The Cheistian Cynosuee.

VOL. XV., No. 1.

"In Secret Have I Said Nothing.''— /«»t« OTvritt.

WHOLE No. 648

EZRA A. COOK, Pdblishek, No. 18 Wabash Avbnub.

CHICAGO, THUKSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1882.

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lASZB Of CONTByXS.

Editorial :

Correspondence. ..... 1

State of Parties 8

The Blaine Boom 8

Batavia Convbntion: Thurlow Weed's Recol- lections 3

Proceedings 5

Historical Reminiscen- ces 12

Contributions : TheiAbdiels of Our Re- form 1

The Truth Cuts 7

Rbform Stort : Holden with Cords Chap. XXII. .. 2

CORBBSPONDBNCB :

Kellertonism or Law; The Mt- Pulaski Murderers ; OurMail 6

Reform News : The Massachusetts State Convention... The Morgan Monu- ment 8

Books and Magazines. 7 Religious News : The Christian Union Meeting ; The Re- formed Synod and

Freemasonry 13

Home and Farm 14

Home Circle 10

Children's Corner. . . 11

SoHDAT School 11

News of the Week. . . 16 American Politics. ... 9

Churches vs. Lodgery 14

Anli-masonic Le cturers 14

Then. C. a 14

Publisher's Dbp't. ... 16

This Numbor

of the Cynosure completes the report of the

Proceedings at Batavia, and contains in full 'hurlow Weed's memorable letter, which will be read with interest almost as deep as that felt by the Convention when read in its hearing. The historical reminiscences at the monument fill another valuable page, and will be contin- ued

IN CUE NEXT.

When will also appear Mrs. Mather's state- ment respecting the pretended Mrs. Monroe, and the experiences given by seceded Masons on the last evening which moved the soul of every listener. The addresses of Prof. E. D. Bailey and Elders Hinman and Browne are also promised for publication. Our edition last week was earl^ exhausted, so that extra copies cannot be supplied, much to our regret. •-•-•

The AhdtusHon Number

Of the CynoBfu/re, Sept. 7th, can be supplied in large quantities or small at 3c. each. Remember this is the illustrated paper, and the same matter in an an ordinary pamphlet would be worth five times the amount. Send for this paper, and scatter it among your neighbors, friends who are canvassing for subscribers send your names and get some copies free, so many as you can wisely use to bring back returns.

NOTICES.

Indiana.

The annual State Convention for Indiana will be held at Carthage, Rush county, October 24th and 25lh. Friends of the reform in the State are urged to make im- mediate preparations to attend. The place selected is a grand one for the convention.

Signed by Ex. Committee: 8. L. Cook, J. W. Lowman. Bei^. Ulsh, Wm. Small, B. Hansen.

New Hampshire.

The Sixth Annual Convention of the New Hampshire Christian Association will be held at Center Strafford Wednesday and Thursday, October 11th- and 12th, A. D. ISaS. President J. Blanchard, D.D., of Wheaton, 111.,

Rev. J. P.Stoddard of Chicago, Prof. E. D.Bailey of Worcester, Mass., and other brethren will address the Convention. Friends coming on the Worcestei and Nashua railroad please notify Deacon E. Smith, Center Straflord, N. H. ; those coming on the Boston and Maine, Elder J. N. Bartlette, Center Barnstead, N. H. ; and those on the Dover and Alton railroad, Frank Pugsley, Roch- ester, N. H. Teams will be waiting Tuesday the 10th at Harrington on the first named road, Dover on the second and Rochester on the third. Entertainment will be free. Friends in neighboring States are cordially invited to be present. Brethren in New Hampshire, come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty. Come praying that the Holy Spirit may rest upon our convention with power and blessing. By order of the Executive Committee.

8. C. Kimball, New Market, N . H. Sec'y N. H. C. A.

Illinois. — An announcement of the Annual Conven- tion of the Illinois Christian Association will be found in next week's Cynosure. Where and when shall it be held ? Whoever has an answer, write to W. I. Phillips, Treas., 221 West Madison St. Friends here are in favor of Chicago, and Nov. 1st and 2d as the time. Let us hear from all.

Editorial Correspondence.

THE MONUMENT CONVENTION.

Dale, Wyoming County, N.Y. ) At Mr. F. W. Capwell's. V Saturday, Sept. 16, 1882. )

Readers of the Ctnositke : — I am here to atop over Sabbath, among hills crested with woods, with springs in their valleys which out- live the drouth; old orchards, with their little hard, native seedling fruit, being now crowded out with young cultivated trees; in short, I am amid surroundings exactly like the hills of Yer- mont, where my young imaginations were all born. The air is balm ; and the fountain in front of the hoi;i8e, fed by a spring up the hill, sends up its graceful curve of water. I am here as one transformed into a young man and may as well confess it.

I arose this morning by light, and, forgetting the many years walking with me, I went up some of these hills to their summits. In the midst of a cornfield on one hill I found a little grave-stone with this epitaph:

"Behold a sweet and lovely child. Which once so fair serenely smiled.

Has bid the world adien . He feels no more the pangs of death, Or breathes the agonizing breath ;

No tears his cheek bedew."

This is indigenous poetry, evidently, which grew out of these hills like the shrubs and wild apple trees. I wandered on and climbed a fence into a hill-pasture, where, amid some stray Can- ada thistles (which, though hated, looked like old friends,) 1 found a few more grave-stones, broken and dilapidated, yet I read on the stone of a young man, perhaps brother to the babe sleepmg in the corn-field, the following:

"Dear children, think as yon pass by. The lonely grave in which 1 lie ; As I am now soon yon must be. Therefore prepare to follow me."

In these and every other epitaph here I found no allusion to God, eternity or religion. On re- turning to the house I learned they were the unremoved remnants of an old hill grave-yard, and that the family to which they belonged were men of powerful frames, who drank enormous quantities of whisky, and so had no religion, and left no friends to remove their bones when the cemetery was removed. The curee of the liquor traffic thus follows beyond the grave.

1 am here seven miles from Warsaw, the home of Seth M. Gates. I am going to speak in his church to-morrow if I can speak on the relation of the lodge to the Christian religion. If not, I will speak elsewhere. When through the Sabbath I will write an account of it, with other interesting matters. Here in the small village of Dale, at night I preached for Bro. Hyatt, whose name is ^miliar to the Cynomire

readers. If I could crowd my thoughts and feelings into a letter, my readers would be as happy in the reading as I am in the experience.

Satueday eve,, Sept. 16. — I have to-day vis- ited, in company with the able and unwearied Mr. Capwell, the several pastors in Warsaw, N. Y., and am to preach there to-morrow (Sunday) night. Messrs. Starry of Iowa, and Butler ot Missouri, came down from Batavia with me. They have to-night gone over to Wyoming to exemplify the degrees, or one of them. These men have in them all, Capwell, Starry and But- ler, elements of great power and will yet become prominent men in their respective States. The readers of the Cynosv/re will note this, and see if coming years do not fulfill the predic- tion.

I intended to speak at large and in detail of the Monument Convention, but must defer it until I see what Messrs. Stoddard and Kellogg have written. A thousand tokens indicate great and speedy enlargement of the reform.

Monday Moen,, Sept. 18. — I preached yes- terday evening in the M. E. church, Warsaw, N. Yt, long the home of Hon. Seth M. Gates, to an apparently interested and intelligent con- gregation. Messrs. Starry and Butler, who ex- emplified the Entered Apprentice degree *t Wyoming on Saturday night, give the first and third degrees at Irving Hall, Warsaw, on Mon- day and Tuesday evenings. Elder J. F. Browne, of Kentucky, is to be with them. Since Mr. Butler left his home in Albany, Missouri, the American party there have nominated him for Congress on the American ticket. He is a young, clear-thinking man; and in our judg- ment, if his life is spared he will yet hold and do honor to a seat in Congress. I^ext to Sec- retary Stoddard, here, who

"Has won Golden opinions from all sorts of people."

Mr. F.W. Capwell has accomplished and is ac- complishing wonders in this part of the State. The meetings being held by Starry, Butler and Browne, are of his procuring. Mr. Capwell is a man of mature age, tireless energy, and excellent business talents. He has a beautiful home in the hills back of the village of Dale; and is blessed with a most excellent and happy family. He is a fair speaker, and if the American party succeeds, will yet adorn the highest office in the State.

The subject of Woman Suffrage was fully considered in the Convention, and not a word was said against it. The Convention unanimous- ly passed a carefully drawn paper, offered by Pres. C. A. Blanchard, which was supplemented by a general resolution offered by Tres. Kep- hart, of Avalon College, Missouri, whose coun- sels in the Convention were of the utmost im- portance. J. B.

The Abdiels of our Reform.

BY P. S. FEEMSTEK.

I once traveled alone through a wild moun- tain region on the headwaters of Broad river, North Carolina. The rocky cliffs rose high on either side and streams ploughed madly over them.

The laurel and ivy, beautiful but poisonous, were the principal growth, and wild beasts lurked in the dens by the roadside. In a quiet nook amidst those scenes of threatening gran- deur one single violet grew and bloomed alone ; that lone violet spoke volumes to me and has been a lasting inspiration.

In this work of reform many of the churches have looked down upon me cold and grim as rocky cliffy and sometimes torrents of passion

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have d^bed madly over them, and from the dark dens of the lodges angry men have hissed and growled. Thank God for the few lone wit- nesses, brave witnesses for truth and purity, who have helped and cheered me on my way.

It is wonderful how much can be accom- plished by one fearless witness for truth in any community. At Montgomery, Ala., a wide door was opened to me by the judicious aid of one man, Kev. K W. Fay. At Lyons, Kan., I was favored with a reasonably good hearing mainly through the influence of brother John Hotter, who is ever a swift witness against the lodge power. In Sedgwick Oity 1 spoke to goodly congregations and was enabled to bear testi- mony to the tru^h in the very teeth of the lodge Hon, with none to stand by me but the Kier family.

I mention these simply as illustrations, not because they are the only ones who have met me with bread and water and have stood brave- ly by me in the thickest of the fight. There have been many others just as brave and just as true whose names may not be known on earth but who will no doubt stand at last in that great company "who came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

At other points where many claimed in a

?met way that lodge worship was false worship, have walked to the appointed place alone, opened the house and lit the lamps with my .own hand, and bore my testimony against the devil worship to those who gathered there with- out one word of sympathy from any source whatever.

I have often wondered if Paul felt the^e things as keenly as I do when he wrote to Tim oth, "At my first answer no man stood with me but all men forsook me. I pray God it may not be laid to their charge."

When I see lodges fattening on the coward- ice of their foes, and growing strong in places where the faithful testimony of those who see and know their evil nature would wipe them out. I realize as I never did before why the fearfid are classed in Rev. 21:8 with the unbe- Ueving and ahommdble and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers., and idolaters and all liars, and doomed to the lake which burns with fire and brimstone.

Business men are fearful that they will hurt their trade. Preachers are fearful that they will lose their salaries and congregations. Whole denominations are fearful that they will not be able to keep step with their sister denomina- tions in the mad scramble for numbers, wealth and social power. Hence all unite to crowd out, frown out or freeze out the dreaded testi- mony to the truth. May the Lord grant grace to the faithful even unto death in this struggle for truth.

REFORM STORY.

Holden

PEOPLE,

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A suNinr

W here t/ieMoney Goes.

-, yfhen secret society leaders fall we get some tru*^^h. The following from the Royal Templa/r is light on secret darkness.

"Members of the order bear in mind this fact, that while the self-elected Supreme Coun- cilor, so-called, was drawing one hundred dollars a month from the order, and eating the bread of idleness, the editor of the Royal Templa/r was working day and night to earn money to publish a paper devoted to the order, and never received even his just dues from the Supreme Council, for work done.

While the would-be publisher of the official pf^per draws nearly fifteen hundred dollars a •yeay ifrom the order, the publisher of the Royal "Territvlar has spent in hard cash nearly fifteen hun<^'ed dollars and years of time and more value than money.

That the Royal Tmvpla/r has done more to build up the or(^er than any other means, we call upon the man, C. K. Porter, who bears wit- neai, and his evidence is true as published in his, annual report.

Betweeu the Royal Templar, the paper of the people, and the paper published by tne Su- preme Council, we call upon the members of the order to decide. From their verdict there ^6 no appeal'^

with Cords.

OY THE AUTHOR OF

LIFE," ETC. Chapter XXII—CotMnued.

Eachel uttered a low cry of horror. I was silent — struck dumb with the reflection of Elder Cushing's speech, and the coarse, horrible jest- ing which nad succeeded it. Every allusion made by Darius Fox, and the group of which he was the center, most of them Royal Arch Masons like himself, grew clear as daylight. They were talking about the murder of Captain Morgan ; Elder Cushing knew it and that benign smile and smooth speech was intended to blind me as well as some others in the lodge to a truth it was thought best not to have us learn too suddenly.

"How do you know Captain Morgan has been murdered?" I inquired at last.

"From the best authorities possible — Masons themselves. Full five weeks before he was kid- napped in Canandaigua, I heard the subject dis- cussed at a meeting of the Chapter, in a way that left no doubt on my mind what the fra- ternity intended. A minister of the Gospel, a Royal Arch Mason, gave me my first informa- tion that Captain Morgan was writing out the secrets of Masonry. He said that Morgan had forfeited his life by the act, and he himself would be willing to be one of a number to put him out of the way ; for he believed God regard- ed the Masonic institution with so much com- placency that he would never allow his murder- ers— his executioners, I believe was the word he used — to suffer for the deed. I understood from a reliable source that 'Morgan and Miller were both apprised of this danger and pre- pared for defence or I should have sent them warning."

"But how does it happen — ^" "That I know so much more about this horri- ble business than you?" said Mark, anticipating my unuttered question. "You are only a Mas- ter Mason; you have promised to keep every secret of a brother Mason, murder and treason excepted. But I am a Royal Arch Mason; I have promised to keep all a companion's secrets, murder and treason not excepted. Furthermore I am what they call a high Mason; as high as Elder Cushing himself. I took the Ineffable Degrees in the city of New York. I am a Knight Templar; I have drank of wine from a human skull, and over the horrible draught I have invoked in awful terms a double damnation on my soul if I violate the least of my Masonic obligations. You and Rachel look horrified. I don't wonder; but I speak the words of truth and soberness when I affirm that this is actually what 1 and every other Knight Templar has done. It is called 'the sealed libation' because it seals all other obligations the candidate has taken or will take. Henceforth he is bound by double penalties, — a horrible death and perdition on his soul, both invoked by his own lips. What wonder that the secret of Morgan's murder can pass safely and silently from one Knight Temp- lar to another without the smallest fear of dis- closure!"

"But if this is so, Mark, how dare you^— " And again I stopped while Mark completed the un- finished inquiry.

"How dare I reveal all this, you mean? But it is a very small part of what I intend to reveal to the world should God spare my life. I am. Masonry's slave no longer, I am Christ's free- man. And if the foul institution whose hands are red to-day with the blood of Morgan should require my life also, may He give me strength not to shrink from the sacrifice !"

" But O, Mark 1 my brother, be careful 1 " cried Rachel, turning pale ; while I put in a word or two of caution. " Don't go to throw- ing away your young life, Mark. You can bear testimony in a quiet way, and do just as much good, perhaps more than by testifying publicly."

But when once the martyr spirit is fully rousied in man or woman words of mere worldly prudence will go as far to^yarda quenching it as water poured on Greek tire. . "A};, Rachel and Leander; you both love me

but you must forgive me if I have already taken counsel of a higher wisdom than yours. Why should I continue to deny the Lord that bought me? If I have let fear and shame govern me in the past, must they hold a base dominion over me all my life? Kever!"

"But Mark—"

"He that loveth his life shall lose it. He that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal;" answered Mark, solemnly. "I have learned not to fear them which kill the body. And if you want to know where, it was in an encampment of Knight Templars, when I saw the sword of every Sir Knight in the room drawn to charge upon me, a poor, shivering, helpless wretch, because 1 refused either to drink wine from a human skull or take the blasphem- ous oath required of me; and was told by the Most Eminent, 'Pilgrim, you here see the swords of your companions drawn to defend you in the discharge of every duty we require of you. They are also drawn to avenge any viola- tion of the rules of our order. We expect you to proceed !' For one instant I thought I would submit to anything, even death itself first. And then a clergyman who was an acquaintance of mine, and had accompanied me — all the rest were utter strangers — stepped forward and told me that he and the rest of the Sir Knights had taken the oath and drank of the fifth libation ; that it was all perfectly proper, and would be qualified to my satisfaction. Fear accomplished tne rest. I drank the cup of a double cur<»e, but better I had died a martyr's death on the points of those naked swords than have done it ! Satan desired to have me that he might sift mo as wheat; but now that I am converted shall I not strengthen my brethren, bound in these ter- rible meshes, — longing to escape, yet seeing no way of deliverance? Shall I not by revealing all I know of this monstrous system save other poor souls from being fooled and betrayed as I have been?"

I looked at Mark in a wonder which was due to the fact that while his Masonic obligations to secrecy seemed to rest on him with the light- ness of a feather's weight, I felt them as bmd- ing as ever on me, and did not understand how- he with his more delicate moral sense could dis- pose of them so. easily. Mark must have under- stood the look, for he continued, — '

"Not a single one of those unholy vows ha^]| the least binding force on my conscience. Once they bound my whole soul and mind and will as - with fetters oi adamant, but now the law of the spirit of liberty in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Those vows were made to Satan and not to God. Shall I by continuing to regard them acknowledge his au- thority over me? Shall I have secret fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness because too cowardly to come out boldly on the Lprd's side and expose them? Shall I give the god of the lodge even a silent worship? — for it has a

fod, and lately I have found out his name. Not ehovah, maker and preserver of men; not Jesus Christ, our ever blessed Redeemer. His name is Baal, the sun-god of ancient Moab and idolatrous Israel. And in every lodge all over the land are practiced rites borrowed from the old pagan mysteries; the same that Ezekiel described in his vision, 'Behold at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar were . five and twenty men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east. And they worshipped the sun towards the east.' You and I, Leander, did exactly what those old idolatrous Jews did when we were conducted round the lodge three times with our faces towards the east. W'e too, were worshipping the sun, or call it by another name, Baal."

"But how did you find out all this, Mark?" said I, in mingled astonishment and perplexity, greater if possible than when I sat in Benjamin Hagan's cabin, and listened to the honest back- woods preacher as he weighed the boasted moral- ity of tne lodge in the scales of the Ten Com- mandments and found it— wanting. *

"The murder of Morgan was the first thing that opened my eyes; and this little book," added Mark, at the same time drawing a small

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yolume from hia coat pocket which he handed to me; "has, under God, been the instrument of converting me forever from the worship of this false, unclean, red-handed deity of the lodge. I turned it over. It was entitled: "An In- Quiryinto the Origin and Nature t)f Specula- five Freemasonry, by Elder John G. Stearns. Mark continued, .

"Quite as much for the crime of introducing this book to the notice of some of my Masonic acquaintances, as for my, outspoken abhorrence of Captain Morgan's murder, a hint was soon dropped me by the Faculty— all high Masons— that my resignation would be acceptable. Of course I resigned at once, though 1 let them know at the same time that I understood per- fectly well the reason of my dismissal. Now you and Rachel know the whole story. I have come home a humbler, wiser and I trust better man than when I went away. I believe the Lord has a work waiting for me. Till he shows me when and how to take it up I shall go back and fill my old place on the farm. And now, Leander, 1 have a question to ask. Are you con- tent to remain longer connected with the insti- tution that has taken the life of Morgan?"

"No; and may heaven bear witness that I leave it henceforth forever," I answered solemnly. And then Rachel, who had sat silent hitherto, gazing in blank bewilderment from one to the other, as what woman would not on discovering that her nearest male relatives have been secret- ly practicing heathenism, turned to me with the quick tears of a sudden joy in her eyes,—

" Now you are mine, Leander, ail mine! Nothing to come between us more. Thank God !" I clasped her hand silently, and it was like a second sealing of our marriage vows.

"Leander ,'° said Mark, as we were parting for the night, "I know your grandfather is a zealous Mason. What does he say about this aflEair of Morgan's?" ■ _,

"Very little; but 1 think you will find it hard to convince him that Morgan is not alive and safe somewhere in Canada," 1 answered. For the fact was, my grandfather though hitherto iLe most easy and good natured of beings, had developed of late such a strange testiness in re-

fard to this one particular subject, that I hardly new what to think of him. He refused to lis- t*>n to the least hint of any suspicion on my part that Morgan might have possibly fallen a victim to Masonic vengeance. "Don't talk nonsense to me, Leander," was his invariable way of dispos- ing of the subject; and alter a few attempts I fin all V shut my mouth and talked no more of the objectionable "nonflense."

The next morning we went over to see him. There had been a sharp frost during the night and my grandfather, who suffered much with rheumatism, and felt keenly the sudden oncom-

Thurlow Weed's Recollections of the Abduction of William Morgan.

.„^ of cold weather, we found seated in the kitchen — which no one om-fait in the domestic economy of those primitive days will need to be informed was, in ordinary cases, the family sitting room — enjoying the warmth of the bright fire blazing in the huge fire-place. He shook hands heartily with Mark, and the latter after replying to sundry surprised exclamations and inquiries from my mother and Miss Loker, took a seat beside him and quietly told the aw- ful tidings.

But contrary to all my expectation there was no impatient outburst of disbelief on my grandfather's part. He sat for a moment not speaking a word, his head bowed and his eyes fixed on the floor.

"I can bring proof if that is necessary;" said Mark who felt as I, at a loss to interpret his silence. "Proof ! I want no proof." And my grand- father rose up, tall, straight as in the days of his youth; and taking off the glistening Masonic badge that he had worn for so many years, he walked up to the fire blazing on the hearth and deliberately flung it into the flames, while my mother and Miss Loker looked on, amazed. "I want no proof;" he repeated. "It is all there,— in the Entered Apprentice oath. Fool that I was never to see it before!"

And tottering back to his chair, the excite- ment over, my grandfather bowed hia gray head and wept.

Prepared at th« Bequest of thm Secretary of the y. C. A. anA read in ttie NatUmal ConvetUUnt. at Batavta, Sep. 14.

New York, September 9th, 1882. Dear Sir :— I have delayed the answer to your letter inviting me to attend the unveiling of the monument of Captain William Morgan in the hope that I should be able to be present on that occasion. n . •

Impaired vision, added to other infirmities, prevents my going far from home. The occa- sion is one that recalls an event of startling in- terest, arousing deep, popular feeling, first at Batavia, Leroy, Canandaigua and Rochester; then pervading our own, and other States. Af- ter reading the proceedings of a meeting at Ba- tavia with the Hon. David E. Evans as presiding oflScer, I wrote a six line paragraph for the Ro- chester Telegraph, in which f stated that a citi- zen of Batavia had been spirited away from his home and family and that after a mysterious absence of several days a village meeting had been held and a committee of citizens appoint- ed to investigate the matter; adding, as it was known that Freemasons were concerned in this abduction, it behooved the fraternity whose good name was suffering to take the laboring oar in restoring the lost man to his liberty.

That paragraph brought dozens of our most influential citizens greatly excited to the office, stopping the paper and ordering the discontinu- ance of their advertisements. I inquired of my partner, Robert Martin, what I had done to exasperate so many of our friends. He brought me a book and directed my attention to an ob- ligation involving severe penalties as a punish- ment for disclosing the secrets of Masons, in- quiring what I thought of a man who after ta- king such obligation, violated it? I replied that I did not know any punishment too severe for such a perjurer. The discontinuance of the paper embraced so large a number of its pa- trons, I saw that my brief, and as I supposed, very harmless paragraph would ruin the estab- lishment. Unwilling that my partner should suffer, I promptly withdrew, leaving the estab- lishment in the hands of Mr. Martin. The pa- par was doing well, and until that paragraph ap- peared, my business future was all I could desire. At that time an editor was wanted at Utica, where I had formerly worked and where 1 had many friends, but my ofler to go there was de- clined. I was equally unfortunate in my ap- plication for employment at Troy. The objec- tion in both cases was that I had been too busy in getting up an excitement about Morgan.

Meantime the mystery deepened and public meetings were held in several villages, Roches- ter included. In the meeting at Rochester it was assumed that all good citizens would unite in an effort to vindicate the law. A committee was appointed, consisting of seven, three of whom were Masons. It was soon discovered that the three Masons went from the commit- tee, to the lodge rooms. It was subsequently ascertained that two of these gentlemen were concerned in the abduction ; and that Morgan had been committed to the jail in Canandaigua on a false charge of larceny, and that he had been carried from thence secretly by night to Fort Niagara. The committee encountered an obstacle in obtaining indictments in five of the six counties where indictments were needed. The sheriffs who summoned the grand juries were Freemasons. In four counties no indict- ments could be obtained. In Ontario, however, the District Attorney, Bowen Whiting, and the Sheriff, Joseph Garlinghouse, regarded obliga- tions to the laws of the State paramount. Sher- iff Garlinghouse and District Attorney Whiting discharged their duties independently and hon- estly. As the investigations proceeded the evi- dence increased that Morgan had been unlaw- fully confined in the Canandaigua jail and se- cretly conveyed to Fort Niagara, where he was confined in the magazine. There was every reason to believe that he was taken from the magazine and drowned in Lake Ontario. This, however, was so boldly and pel-sistently denied — denials accompanied by solemn assurances that Morgan had been seen alive in several places

thsct the public sentiment was divided.

At town meetings several months after Mor- gan's disappearance the question was carried into politics. A large number of zealous Anti- masons determined to make political issue. Solomon Southwick was nominated for Gover- Our committee firmly resisted all such

nor. V.-. —- J .

efforts, urging all who were connected with UB in an effort to vindicate the law, to vote for the candidates of the party with which they had been previously connected. We endeavored to induce the Whig State Convention to nominate Francis Granger, but failing in that, we gave our support to Judge Smith Tompkins. After- wards at a village election in Rochester, Dr. F. F. Backus, who had been treasurer by a unani- mous vote of electors from the time the village charter had been obtained, was again the candi- date of both parties. No whisper of opposi- tion was heard before the election or at the polls, but when the votes were canvaesed a ma- jority appeared in favor of Dr. John B. Elwood. Dr. iBackus was an active and influential naem- ber of the Morgan investigating committee ; that astouding result produced an instantaneous change.

Political Anti-masonry fvom that moment and for that reason became an element in our elections. It was alleged and extensively be- lieved of the "infected district," that the "Mor- gan Committee," to gratify personal aspirations went voluntarily into politics. Those allega- tions were as untruthful as they were unjust. It was not until we ascertained that the frater- nity by a secret movement was strong enough to defeat the candidate of both political parties that we consented to join issue with them po- litically. ,. .^,

In the Autumn of 1827, the discovery of the body of an unknown man on the shore of Lake Ontario, near the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek, gave a new and absorbing aspect to the ques- tion. The description of that body, as pub- lished by the coroner who held an inquest over it, induced a belief that it was the body of Wm. Morgan. Our committee decided to hold an- other inquest. Impressed with the importance and responsibility of the question, I gave pubr lie notice of our intentions and personally in- vited several citizens who had known Morgan to be present. One of our committee went to Batavia to secure the attendance of Mrs. Mor- gan, and as many others who knew him as would attend. The body had been interred where it was found. The rude coffin was ojjen- ed in the presence of between forty and fifty persons. When it was reached and before re- moving the lid, I received from Mrs. Morgan and others who knew him well, descriptions of his person. Mrs. Morgan described the color of his hair, a scar upon his foot, and that his teeth were double all round. Dr. Strong con- firmed Mrs. Morgan's statement about double teeth, one of which he had extracted, while an- other was broken, indicating the Position of the extracted and broken tooth. When the coffin was opened the body disclosed the peculiarities described by Mrs. Morgan and Dr. Strong.

This second inquest and the examinations of the body proceeded in open day, and in the presence of Masons and Anti-masons, not one of whom dissented from the coroner's jury by which the body wa^ unanimously declared to be that of William Morgan. Mrs. Morgan in the testimony failed to recognize the clothes. The body was taken to Batavia where it was re-interred ; no one as yet expressing any doubt of its identity. . .no-

Subsequently, however, we were surprised by a statement that the body supposed to be that of Morgan was alleged to be a body of Timothy Monroe, who had been drowned in the Niac'ara River several weeks before holding the firstln quest. This awakened general and in- tense feeling. Notice was given that a third in- quest would be held at Batavia, where the wid- ow and son of Timothy Monroe appeared as wit- nesses. Mrs. Monroe swore to a body essen- tially different from that found at Oak Orchard Creek. Her husband she said had black hair that had been recently cut and stood erect. Her testimony made her husband from three to four

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inches taller than that of the body in question. She testified that her husband had double teeth all round and described an extracted tooth from the wrong jaw and knew nothing of tlie broken tooth. The hair upon the head of the drowned man was long, silky and of a chestnut color. While that of Monroe, according to the testi- mony of Mrs. Monroe and son, was short, black and close cut. While Mrs. Monroe failed in describing the body, her description of the cloth- ing was minutely accurate, the heel of a stock- ing was described as having been darned with yarn different in color. Her cross examination was very rigid, her answers throughout were found to be correct. The clothing thus de- Bcribed had been in possession of the coroner, who testified that It had not been seen either by Mrs. Monroe or any stranger from whom she could have obtained information. On the other hand Mrs. Morgan's description of the body, before she had seen it, was quite as satisfactory as Mrs. Monroe's description of the clothes. Our committee took no part in the inquest and the body, as is known, was declared to be that of Timothy Monroe.

This served to extend and intensify "excite- ment." It was everywhere charged and largely believed that I had mutilated the body in ques- tion for the purpose of making it resemble that of Captain William Morgan. I encountered prejudices thus created both in Paris and Lon- don twenty years afterward. Our investigations were embarrassed and protracted by the absence and concealment of important witnesses. One of those witnesses was an invalid soldier who had the care of Morgan while confined in the magazine at Fort Niaerara ; but he disappeared and every effort to find him was unavailine: for more than a year. I finally traced him (Adams) to Brookfield, a mountain town in Vermont. On our way back, he at different times stated that hearing a noise in the magazine he reported it to Mr. Edward Giddins, keeper of the Fort, who told him that a stranger was lodged there who, in a day or two would be taken to his friends in Canada, but nothing must be said about it. He then from time to time carried food to the perfon. Soon afterwards near mid- night he was told to have a boat in readiness for the purpose of taking away the man in the magazine. Several gentlemen arrived in a car- riage by whom the man was taken from the magazine and escorted to the boat. Adams was told to remain on the dock until the boat should return and that if in the mean time any alarm Bhould be given, he was to show a signal to warn the boat away. As nothing of this kind occurred the boat returned quietly, and as of the six who left in the boat only five returned he supposed that one had gone to his friends in Canada.

Adams was wanted as a witness in trials then pending in Canandaigua. We reached that place m the afternoon of the day the court convened. Three men were on trial for the abduction ; the testimony of Adams was essential to complete the link. On being called to the stand he denied all knowledge bearing upon the question. He re- sided, he said, at the time specified, in the Fort, but knew no man being confined in the maga- zine; knew nothing of men coming there at night in a carriage; and knew nothing of a man being taken from there in a boat. His denials covering the whole ground were full and explic- it. That, for the time being, ended the matter. When the court adjourned, I walked across the square with Judge Howell, who presided, and wno remarked to me, that I had made a long journey for nothing, my witness, Adams, being Ignorant of the whole affair. General Vincent Mathews of Rochester, who was walking on the other side of the Judge, replied with much feeling, that "the old rascal had not uttered one word of truth while he was on the stand." Gen- eral Mathews was the leading counsel for the kidnappers, but refused to be a party in tamper- ing with witnesses. On our return to Rochester the witness Adams was in an extra stage with his Masonic friends. As there was no longer any need of hiding, he was on his way to Niag- ara. In passing the Mansion House, Rochester, Adams, who was standing in the door-way, iMked me to itop, saying he wanted to explain

his testimony. The lawyers, he said, informed him that if he told what he knew about the magazine and the boat, it would be a confession which would send him to States prison. They also told him that the law did not compel a wit- ness to criminate himself; and, to avoid punish- ment, he must deny the whole story.

In 1881, after my removal from Rochester to Albany, a libel suit was commenced against me by General Gould of Rochester. It was tried at Albany. Judge James Van Derpoel presid- ing. The libel charged General Gould with giving money he received from the Royal Arch Grand Chapter to pay Smith and John Whit- ney, to enable them to escape from justice. Gerrit L. Dox, treasurer of the Grand Chapter, and John Whitney, one of the recipients of the money, were in court to establish the truth of the libel. Mr. Dox testified that a "charity fund" had been entrusted to General Gould. John Whitney was called to prove that he re- ceived a part of the fund, with which, in com- pany with Burage Smith, he left Rochester and was absent nearly a year. General Gould's counsel objected to witness' testimony until it had been shown that General Gould knew that the money furnished was to enable Smith and Whitney to escape justice. The courts sustain- ed this objection, and Whitney's testimony was excluded. As it was impossible to prove what was known only to General Gould himself, the trial ended abruptly. Judge VanDerpoel in charging the jury dwelt at length upon the li- centiousness of the press, and called upon the jury to give exemplary damages to the injured and innocent treasurer. The jury thus instruct- ed, but with evident reluctance, found a verdict of $400 against me. My offence consisted in asserting a fact, the exact truth of which would have been established if the testimony had not been ruled out by a rnonstrous perversion of justice.

Colonel Simeon B. Jewett of Clarkson, Major Samuel Barton of Lewiston, and John Whitney of Rochester, passed that evening at my house. Jewett was prepared to testify that he furnished a carriage for those who were conveying Mor- gan secretly from Canandaigua to Niagara. John Whitney was one of the party. Major Barton would have testified that he furnished the carriage which conveyed the party from Lewiston to Fort Niagara; John Whitney being one of that party. Whitney would have sworn that Gould supplied money to enable him to "escape from justice." In the course of the ev- ening, the Morgan affair being the principal topic of conversation, Colonel Jewett turned to Whitney with emphasis and said, "John, what if you make a clean breast of it?" Whitney looked inquiringly at Barton, who added, " Go ahead."

Whitney then related in detail the history of Morgan's abduction and fate. The idea of sup- pressing Morgan's intended exposure of secrets of Masonry was first suggested by a man by the name of Johns. It was discussed in lodges at Batavia, Leroy and Rochester. Johns suggested Morgan should be separated from Miller and placed on a farm in Canada West. For this purpose he was taken to Niagara and placed in the magazine of the Fort, until arrangements for settling him in Canada were completed ; but the Canadian Masons disappointed them. After several meetings of the lodge opposite Fort Ni- agara in Canada, a refusal to have anything to do with Morgan left his "kidnappers" greatly perplexed. Opportunely a Knight Templars encampment was installed at Lewiston. The occasion brought a large number of enthusiastic Masons together. "After labor," in Masonic language, they "retired to refreshment." Under the exhilaration of champagne and other viands the chaplain (the Rev. F. H. Cummings of Rochester) was called on for a toast. He re- sponded with peculiar emphasis and in the lan- guage of the ritual: "The enemies of our or- der— may they find a grave six feet deep, six feet long, and six feet due east and west." Im- mediately after that toaet, which was received with great enthusiasm, Colonel William King, an officer in our war of 1812, and then a mem- ber of Assembly from Niagara county, called

Whitney of Rochester, Howard of Buffalo, Chubbuck of Lewiston, and Garside of Canada out of the room, and into a carriage furnished by Major Barton. They were driven to Fort Niagara, repaired to the magazine and informed Morgan that the arrangements for sending him to Canada were completed, and that his family would soon follow him. Morgan received the information cheerfully and walked with sup- posed friends to the boat, which was rowed to the mouth of the river, where a rope was wound round his body to each end of which a sinker was attached. Morgan was then thrown over- board. He grasped the gunwale of the boat con- vulsively. Garside, in forcing Morgan to relin- quish his hold, was severely bitten.

Whitney, in concluding his narrative, said he was relieved from a heavy load; that for four years he had not heard the window rustle, or any other noise without thinking the sheriff was after him.

Colonel Jewett, looking fixedly at Whitney, said, "Weed can hang you now."

"But he won't," was Whitney's prompt reply.

Of course a secret thus confided to me was in- violably kept.

Twenty-nine years afterward, while attending a Republican National Convention at Chicago, John Whitney, who then resided there, called to say that he wanted me to write out what he once told me about Morgan's fate to be signed by him in the presence of witnesses, to be eealed up and published after his death. I promised to do so before leaving Chicago. There was no leisure, however, during the sitting of the con- vention ; and even before its final adjournment, forgetting what I had told Whitney, I hurried to Iowa returning by way of Springfield to visit Mr. Lincoln. In the excitement of the canvas which followed and the secession of Southern States upon Mr. Lincoln's election, I neglected the important duty of securing the confession Whitney was anxious to make. In 1861, 1 went to Europe, and while in London wrote a letter to Whitney asking him to get Alex. B. Williams then a resident of Chicago, to do what I had so unpardonably neglected. That letter reached Chicago one week after Whitney's death; clos- ing the last and only chance for the revelation of that important event.

Whitney was a mason by trade, honest, sober, industrious, but excitable. In all the early stages of the Morgan affair he believed he was doing his duty. The final crime was committed under the circumstances I have related.

I now look back through an interval of fifty- six years with a conscious sense of having been governed through the "Anti-masonic excite- ment" by a sincere desire first to vindicate vio- lated laws of my country, and next to arrest the great power and dangerous influence of secret societies. We labored under serious disadvan- tages. The people were unwilling to believe that an institution so ancient, to which so many of our best and distinguished men belong, was capable of not only violating the laws but of sustaining and protecting offending men of the order. A vast majority of American- people believed that Morgan was concealed by our com- mittee for political effect. While we were be- ing fiercely denounced by rousing and incendi- ary spirits. Judge Enos T. Troop, in charging the grand jury at Canandaigua, spoke of Anti- masonry as a "blessed spirit, a spirit which he hoped would not rest until every man implicated in the abduction of Morgan was tried, convicted, and punished."

It is pleasant also to contemplate the charac- ter of those with whom I was associated, judi- cially and politically for six years. Than James Wadsworth, George W. Patterson and Philo C. Fuller, of Livingston ; Trumbull Cary and Tim- othy Fitch, of Genessee ; Albert H. Tracy and Thomas C. Love, of Erie ; Bates Cooke and Geo. Boughton, of Niagara ; Andrew B. Dickinson, of Steuben ; John Maynard, of Seneca ; Myron Hawley, of Wayne; Francis Granger, JohnC. Spencer and Samuel Miles Hopkins, of Ontario; Wm. H. Seward, Christopher & Edwin B. Mor^ gan, Cayuga; Dr. Nott, of Schenectady; Victory Birdseye and E. W. Leavenworth, of Ononda- ga; W. H. Maynard, of Oneida; Samuel Works,

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Frederick Whittlesey, Dr. F. F. Backus and Harvey Ely, of Monroe; Henry Dana Ward, of New York; Richard Rush, John Sar- geant and Amos Elmaker, of Penn.; and Wm. Wirt, of Va., an equal number of truly good and eminent men cannot be found among the original and zealous Anti-masons. My friend Wier C. Little, of Albany, is almost the only survivor. Signed, Thuelow Weed.

THE MONUMENT CONVENTIOm.

ProcMtlings of the Fourteenth National Meeting.

TWENTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF MOEOAn's ABDUC- TION FROM BATAVIA. Wednesday Evening.

The Convention again assembled in Opera House Hall, and President Collins requested Rev. A. D. Gaines, of Rome, N. Y., to lead in prayer. A soul-stirring eong by George W. Clark preceded the address of the evening, which was made by President J. Blanchard on the political features of the reform, or " New Testa- ment Politics." The address made a deep im- pression upon the minds of all, and especially those who are accustomed to exercise the right of suffrage, who probably understood clearly, if never before, the necessity lor the American party, and the philosophy of the American move- ment.

A collection was taken after the address to de- fray the expenses of the Convention. While Gearge Clark sang " The Good Time Coming," something over $21 were handed in. After a report from the business committee the Con- vention adiourned.

TOUnSDAX— Morning.

The prayer meeting this morning was led by one of the Secretaries, Rev. W. H. Ross, of Mich- igan. There was the same earnest spirit of the day before. One could but believe that if such a meeting could be kept up for a short time in Batavia there would be a reviving among the spiritual dry bones of the city.

President Collins offered the opening prayer as the Convention began business. The minutes were amended by striking out the titles that fre- quently occurred, though not without a protest or two.

Bro. E. D. Bailey, from the committee on the Christian Cynosure reported the result of their deliberations. As more time was needed than could at this time be given for the consideration of this report it was laid on the tabic until 11 o'clock.

At the request of the President that one of the Vice-f residents should be designated who should take the chair in his unforeseen absence, F. W. Capwell, vice-president for New Yorlc, was made first vice-president by unanimous vote.

Ten o'clock had come, and the order of the day was the letter of Hon..Thurlow Weed, giv- ing his recollections of the Morgan abduction and the trials which followed. Prof. E. D. Bailey, from the committee on resolutions and correspondence, read the letter amid the pro- found interest of the Convention, which deep- ened as he proceeded. Pausing a moment as he was reading of the Monroe inquest it was stated by a delegate that Judge Taggart had positively stated his belief that Mrs. Monroe,^put forward by the Masons, was a man in woman's clothes. Secretary Stoddard remarked that at the close of the reading he would introduce a witness who knew the man who personated Mrs. Monroe. There was needed no spur to the attention of the meeting, but these hints quickoned every thought, and the elderly members crowded to the front that no word should be lost. As the reading proceeded with the confession of Whit- ney, and Mr. Weed's anxious letter to him t® have his testimony secured by affidavit, which reached Chicago just after his death, the painful disappointment was reflected on every counte- nance. As the reading ceased and the letter was held up to show the signature of Mr. Weed, Bro. Stoddard quoted from a private letter, from the daughter whose hand penned the history at the dictation of her father, telling of Mr. Weed's anxiety that this testimony should be completed, »nd of his rising from his seat to sign it with his

own hand; enquiring eagerly if the signature was so written as to be known.

President C. J. Kephart presented directly a resolution that was in the minds of all ordering the publication of Mr. Weed's letter, with a preface by Secretary Stoddard, and that copies should be furnished to colleges and public read- ing rooms for free distribution among the young A substitute for the first part was finally pre- sented and voted thus : ^^Mesolved, That the Na- tional Christian Association be instructed to publish the minutes, speeches and papers sub mitted to this Convention in pamphet form."

President Kephart renewed the second part of his resolution, urging with ability and force the necessity of bringing the young men into communication with facts like thoee given in this letter. Mr. Weed and other aged men would soon be gone, their voices hushed, no more to instruct by their experience. It was voted after some discussion that Secretary Stod- dard and C. C. Foote be a committee to publish Mr. Weed's letter and other corroborating testi- mony in separate form for gratuitous and other circulation.

President C. A. Blanchard moved the follow- ing:

Resolved, That we consider the prolonged life and vivid memory of the Hon. Thurlow Weed as special provi- dential means of conveying to the present and succeeding generations authentic information respecting the abduc- tion and murder of Wm. Morgan, and that for this we de- voutly return thanks to Almighty God.

Mr. Stoddard then introduced his witness re- specting the Monroe inquest which was given by Mrs. Mather, the Convention listening with breathless interest.

J. A. Conant moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Weed for his reminiscences and that President J. Blanchard be requested to communicate the expression of the Convention to him. A rising and unanimous vote passed this motion.

Letters were also announced by Prof. Bailey from Dr. Howard Crosby, R. Smith, of Mary- ville, Mo.; Bishop Milton Wright, Father Isaac Preston, John G. Fee and Elder J. L. Barlow. Several of these names were received with ap- plause and Bro. Clark said he had received his first inspiration in Anti-masonry while living in his family in Lockport, N. Y.

Bro. Ross moved a vote of thanks to Mrs. Mather, Miss Stevens, Judge Taggart and others for their reminiscences of the Morgan times. Adopted by a rising vote.

A song —

"There's many a cheer in this Christian work; , It we only stop to talie it" —

by our ever-ready friend Clark added another round in the ladder of success which the Con- vention was mounting.

Prof. Bailey reported an additional word from Elder Barlow : " Speak to the children of Israel that they go forward."

The report of the committee on resolutions was then read and accepted, fm-ther action being deferred until alternoon.

Mr. Oliver, agentof the Ryegate Granite Co. which constructed the monument, was introduced to the Convention, and expressed his thanks to the body, to the National Christian Association and the people of Batavia for their interest in the work upon the monument, and for the uni- formly pleasant business relations which their representatives had maintained with him. !?This gentleman, said Bro.j Stoddard, and Mr. Carter, his principal, were both once members of the lodge, but had left it years ago. Mr. Oliver responded that he had been out fourteen years The statement was received with applause.

There being a heavy docket for the aiternoon it was decided to adjourn only untiljl.30 o'clock.

Afternoon,

President Collins being in the chair and order called. Rev. A. D. Carter, of Deersville, O., of- fered prayer.

The report on resolution s was taken up and the first four adopted without opposition. Upon the fourth brethren C. J. Kephart and C. A. Blanchard made able addresses in favor of practi- cal Anti-masonry. The colleges that maintained the principles oi this reform, the papers and the pulpits, deserved especially the support of men who believe the lodge to be sapping the founda- tions of society, civil rights and pure religion.

Anti- masonry is too apt to be like the system whose war against the truth it is endeavoring to suppress. There are speculative Anti-masons and operative Anti-masons. What is needed is that the former should all take their place* with the latter.

The leport of the committee on the Cynosure being the order of the day at 2 o'clock, it was now taken up and adopted as read from the com- mittee as follows:

Whebkas, In the wise providence of God, the Pitts- burgh Convention, meeting in 1868 felt that our reform needed a paper, promptly started, ably edited, and widely circulated, which shall make opposition lo secret societies a specialty ;

Resolved, 1, That with humble gratitude we recognize the power of God in blessing the efforts of reform workers in steadily maintaining and improving the Cynosure and in making it during the last fourteen years helpful to our reform in so many ways. An encouragement to lec'.urers, an aid in collecting funds for ihe Association Publishing House in Chicago and for the Morgan monument, as well as in many others.

2. That Its past usefulness justifies the opinion that a largely increased circulation of the Cynosure would mul- tiply (in a corresponding ratio) the number of workers and hasten the triumph of our reform in the family, socie- ty civil and political, and in the church.

3. That we approve the action of the Galesburg Convention in creating a Cynosure extension fond.

4. That we recommend that an extension fund of $3 000 enabling us to offer our paper to six thousand new sub- scribers at half price this fall and during the coming win- ter be raised.

6. That we now secure in donations and pledges as large a part of this $8,000 as possible, and further recom- mend and advise churches and Associations to take up collections for this fund wherever and whenever prac- ticable.

Whebeas, by the action of this Convention we assume a new responsibility and sanction a more intimate rela- tion toward the Christian Cynosure ; therefore

Rebolved, That we appoint C. C. Foote of Detroit, A. G. Laird of Chicago, and W. P. Gray, editor of the Interior, to confer with the publi sher as to the disburse- ment of the fund now proposed to be raised, and to report at the next Annual Meeting such recommendations as may seem best calculated to promote the future success and increased ciiculation of the paper.

Prof. E. D. Bailey spoke ably on the report, referring to the efforts that had been made by the publisher at great sacrifice to himself ; to the indispensible agency of the paper in sustaining the lecture work ; in procuring the Publishing House fund, and putting the National Christian Association upon a substantial monetary basis ; in raising the monument fund, without which the chief glory of this occasion would be want- ing ; in opening the way for American voters to unite against the lodge despotism at the polls ; in developing the great Southern field which prom- ises, under God, such great triumphs for the truth ; and in every way conducing in the most important manner to make the reform successful. He called upon the Convention to make a prac- tical demonstration of their interest in maintain- ing so faithful and able an agency, by raising the whole of the amount oaUed for if possible.

Subscriptions were called for after the an- nouncement that one brother pledged the last hundred of a thousand dollars, or would make every nine dollars ten.

It had been provided that an hour should be given at their request for a women's meeting, and at three o'clock other business was suspend- ed. Mrs. E. A. Cook, Mrs. McPherson, Mrs. Capwell, Mrs. J. Blanchard, Mrs. L. N. Stratton, Mrs. Baldridge and two other ladies were seated upon the platform, and Mrs. Cook led in the proceedings by remarks upon the necessity of training children not only to believe in reform principles, but to work for their promulgation and success. She referred to a Band of Hope in Chicago which was doing a noble temperance work in its way. Such companies of children open ways of doing good and reforming families. We must train the children to respect good laws, and if we are faithful we shall be well repaid.

Mrs. H. Baldridge, of Varick, N. Y., after reading a brief extract from the Voice of Mason/ry^ said that a soldier should be al- lowed to speak of his experiences. We •!! feel like Mary in the Garden when we think of what Masonry tries to do. We want Christ brought back. Masonry claims to per- petuate the ancient usages. Shall women be made again the slaves of lust? Thank God, the days of anarchy, of superstition, of the slavery of women are over! Christ raised woman from all this degradation, how can she bear that he should {ContiMted on 9th page.l

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9e|>tember 2d, 18Bd

CORRESPONDENCE.

Kel/ertonism or Law?

Claeiisda, Iowa, Sept. 6. A 'few days since I was passing through the little village which became so odorifically known a year since in connection with the mobbing of Elder Rathbun for his anti-secrecy sentiment. The train was a freight, and as it had a ten minutes stop to make I stepped into the post- office to see what that "old handmaid" of the bully and intimidator, Freemasonry, would have to say for itself after a year's time to think it over. 1 had expected that public sentiment would have shamed those who were shameable into some sense of respect for the fundamental doctrines of the Constitution, at least.

I asked the postmaster, who also edits the local paper, how it was about the mobbing of a minister, about which I had heard. He replied by saying that he could give me the whole thing in print, and I supposed a copy of the famous rooster "Kellerton Tract" was forthcoming, but that seed had all been sown, and, a musty file of papers requiring too much time, he proceeded to give the Masonic narrative in its abbreviated form, omitting the "spitting" part of it till questioned, and admitting that Gale made the assault and after getting Elder R. "out in a mad-hole in front of the store" "some of the roughs about town," as he expressed it, egged both Elder R. and his few friends ; concluding by saying that, as the ruffian Gale had paid his fine previously, the trial at Mt. Ayr could do nothing with him. In reply to a question he said that public sentiment had been with Gale all the time — Elder Rathbun "was talking about things he'd no business to be talking of." I ex- pressed astonishment at this kind of doctrine, mentioning that I had known Elder Rathbun for years and had about the same opinion of Masonry that he had, especially since it had shown itself wicked enough to brutally assault a peaceable minister simply because he came there to exercise his right of free speech in a Christian manner against the institution.

A bystander then spoke up, saying that "the best business men of the town sided with Gale, and you'd better be careful how much you say, too, or you might get served in the same way. Rathbun made more family trouble than any- thing else that ever happened, and the men here aren't going to tolerate it. The women-folks are all opposed to secret societies anyway, and he just made any amount of difficulty," etc.

I tried in the minute I had left to enforce the truth that free spech was a fundamental right of every citizen of this government, but it was no use whatever. The lodge had with him, as it claims with everybody, rights before which every right of the individual and of the entire community outside its portals paled into insignificance and faded out of sight. There seemed to be not the least idea of free speech on the subject of Masonry in the speaker's mind, and no possibility of getting it there.

I had stayed a minute too long and the train was gone, but the practical experience of purely Masonic intolerance and terrorism may be worth the consequent delay. "When an entire stran- ger cannot be in a town ten minutes without be- ing told to shut his mouth about Masonry un- der pain of physical violence, it shows some- thing bf what the vile iustitution of the gag and bludgeon would do in every town, had it the power and the tools to carry out its be- hests.

, These things have suggested other thoughts. Is it true that we are so under the control of the secret lodge that there is no relief? I have never been satisfied with the stoppage of legal pro- ceedings in this case. It seemed that here was an absolutely clear case of Masonic gag-assault, in which the chief assailants were known and could be proven, and in which the rights of re- form lecturers ought to be vindicated and lodge intimidation punished if it cost a thousand dol- lars to do it. Not only would justice be thus attained and further violence rendered less prob- able, but the movement would be brought be- fore the people in a way and with facts other- wise impossible. I an^ not ignorant to my cost

of the methods of the lodge in the courts, by which guilt is made innocence and innocence guilt. I know that Mason against Anti-mason is equivalent in most courts to judgment for plaintiff before the trial is even begun ; but is this not often because the secrecy issue is not made? because the lodge is allowed to put through its game unchallenged; instead of hav- ing fearless anti-secrecy attorneys to bring the trial before a free judge, keep forsworn men off the juror's bench, and watch the entire trial with reference to this issne? The ordinary at- torney is either ignorant of the devices of the lodge or in league with them. It will take men of correct principle and more than ordinary ability, of course, to carry this case through in the teeth of the lodge power, but I may be pardoned, at least in the absence of a thorough trial, for yet thinking that it could be done. Time and again have laborers in this reform suffered insult and injury at the hands of Ma- sonic ruffians, ranging from simple assault to the loss of life in the waters of Niagara ; and never yet has the lodge been punished. As at ill- famed Kellerton, the gag-power has in every case come off triumphant. Is it not time that the issue was squarely made and fought through, from the lowest to the highest court if neces- sary? If we let these matters go, what claim have we to the protection oi the law? Do we not thus even put a premium on intimidation and gag-law ? •

For one, I believe that nnless there are legal obstructions which do not appear on the sur face, proceedings should be again instituted, and this case carried through to conviction, or con- viction proven impossible. Anti-masons are citizens and have the rights of citizens, which they ought by every honorable means to protect; or if these rights have been so completely sto- len by the thievery of the lodge power that even the most skillful and wary defense can no longer enforce them in our courts, let the fact be proven so clearly and convincingly by the facts of the actual trial that they can no longer be doubted by any sensible man. J, D. NtrmNO.

The Mt. Pulaski Murder.

Bloomington, III., Sept. 16, 1882.

Editor Cynosuee : — Your readers have doul^^t- less heard ^through the papers) of the horrible triple muraer which occurred at Mt. Pnlaski, a few miles from this place. Strangely enough, up to this time there is no clue whatever to the perpetrators. Detectives are busy at work on the case; and numerous arrests have been made of vagabonds and citizens, and all to no pur- pose. A hitherto very sharp detective of this place confesses himself as completely nonplus- sed, and the public generally feel that the in- wardness of this case is certainly uncommon. I would like to recall some of the circumstances which to my mind show the earmarks of the lodge so plainly that we wonder it has not been mentioned before. They are something like this :

The victims were a bachelor and two hired hands living in a rented place. Their house was of two rooms, one of them empty. Their bodies were found outside the house with gags in their mouths, hands tied behind their backs, heads completely bandsged over eyes and ears, legs tied at knees, and ithroats out from ear to ear — all just alike! The gags were made of coarse stout cloth which had been provided to make horse blankets. Each gag was made of a roll with ends or strings of the same carefully provided for tying behind the back of the head, showing that time and deliberation was taken, and uniformity was observed. Whoever did the whole job observed a ritual or prescribed form.

Again. There were numbers engaged in it. Three stout men would not submit to be bound, gagged and butchered except by a large party and considerable force. Money could not have been the object as there was but little, and in- stant shooting would have secured this without the troublesome method which they observed.

Then there were no signs of violence about the house. No one will suppose that three lusty farmers could be bound and gagged with-

out leaving signs of physical stroggle easy to be seen. It is very plain that these men sub- mitted tamely to be bound — "trusted themselves to their guides, etc., etc." All of which will be readily understood by those who have passeid through the sublime process of initiation in tlie numberless secret brotherhoods. Whether the result of this initiation will make men more careful in trusting themselves to the midnight fraternities remains to be seen.

The tactics used to cover up the murder of Morgan have been freely used In this case. A letter comes from some place in Missouri trying to implicate the principal victim in murders there. His character is assailed in his own neighborhood. Poor tramps and half-witted vagabonds are arrested by the score ; all to no purpose, only to keep the public n(iind employed till the affair has time tp blow over. These, Mr. Editor, are some of the earmarks which every one is at liberty to interpret to suit him- self, but to me this is the only plausibly solu- tion. J^ppectfully,

LooEBB Ok.

Note. — This line of investigation should be followed. If it is found that the farmer was a repenting Mason, or had obtained the lodge se- crets, or nad been crossing the track of the lodge so as to arouse the hostility of Masons, a reason for such a deli,ber^te and shocking mur- der would immediately appear. That, we un- derstand, is the point on wnich there Is least evi- dence. If Freemasonry can supply a reason it will not be difficult to trace back the line to the perpetrators. — Ed. Ctn.

Our Mail.

Rev^ J. Excell, Lake Fork, O.:

"I still feel the pressure coming from the secrecy ele- ment in our church, but nothing daunted, I am urging the battle ; it seems to me there will have to be a division which I lament ; but much better so than a whole surren- der, t should like to attend the Annual Convention and unveiling of the statue, but cannot. May God bless the efiort to the weakening of the enemies of righteousness."

J. DeLong, Warren, 111. :

"The people of Warren are under lodge government with sealed lips, ministers included. Why are they silent on this abominable institution ; are they ministers of Christ or of Satan?"

Chasi Gunn, Swan Creek, 111. :

"May God bless and speed the day when our land shall be freed from the curse of secrecy. I am with you in spirit in this reform work. I esteem the Cynosure and circulate it all I can." ^"-^ ■

R. H. Evans, Troy, Iowa:

"I live in the country near Troy. There are two churches there — two synagogues of Satan to perform their idola- trous worship The spiritualiiy of the churches is fast dying out, while the lodges seem to flourish. May Ood grant the time may soon come when they will be blotted out, for 'tis Baal worship."

E. 0. Spencer, Wysox, Pf.:

"I enclose two dollars to assist in the erection of a mon- ument in memory of the first person who dared to face death iu order to lay bare the Masonic trap that honest men might not be caught in its slavish meshes ignorantly. I hope it may be a lasting rebuke to the liberty and life- depriving institution."

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Words of Life for every Day.

SANCrriFY THKM THROUGH THY TRUTH ; THY WORD IS TRUTH.

Thursday, Sept. 28. — His name shall endure forever : his name shall be continued as long as the sun : and men shall be blessed in him : all nations shall call him blessed. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Isriael, who only doeth wondrous things. — Ps. 72:17-18. "'

Friday, Sept. 29. — Love worketh no ill to his neighbor : thdrefofe love is the fulfilling of the law.— Rom. 18:10.

Saturday, Sept. 30. — The night is far spent, the day is at hand : let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let t(s put on the ar- mor of light.— Rom. 13:18. ''

Sabbath, Oct. 1. — She hath done what she could : she is come af orehand to anoint my body to the burying. — Mark 14:8

Monday, Oct. 2. — For we walk by faith^ not by sight— 3d Cor. 5:7. ^ ' ' ■-'" ' /i

Tuesday, Oct. 3.— We 'iii'e confident, 1 iay, and willing rather to bei absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we

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may be accepted of him. — 2d Cor. 5:8-9.

Wednesday, Oct. 4. — For we mast all appear before the judgment aeat of Chriet; that every- one may receive the things done in his body, aecording to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. — 2d Cor. 5:10.

Books and Magazines.

A SouvENiE OF Washington. — A very beau- tiful little Elzevir volume, which richly deserves a place in every patriotic American home, is : "The Words of Washington," being selections from the most celebrated of his papers, issued by The Useful Knowledge Publisning Compa- ny, 18 Vesey St., New York. Next to the Declaration of Independence, these brief, manly, clear and statesmanlike papers of Washington, are worthy to be familiar to the mind, and treas- ured in the heart of every lover of his country. In the charming and convenient little volume now issued at 25 or 35 cents per copy, accord- ing to binding, it will find a welcome place in every home library.

The North American JReview for October opens with an article on "The Coming devolu- tion in England," by H. M. Hyndman, the En- glish radical leader, giving an instructive ac- count of the agitation now going on among the English working classes for a reconstruction of the whole politieo-aocial fabric of that country. Mr. Hyndman represents a socialist society which he hopes will accomplish this end. His article discredits itself frequently by the exhibi- tion of strong partisanship. Of the trade-union lodges as they now exist in England he says : "Moreover, above the rank and file of laborers there stands the ariistoeracy of labor — the trade- unions, who, though they have done admirable work in the past, now block the path of radical reform. As an old trade-unionist said of them the other day, they are a standing protest against the tyranny of capital, without the slightest idea of progress. Their leaders too, are, almost with- out exception, more or less in the pay of cap- italists." A foot note adds: "The trade- unionists are a small faction of the work-people of England, yet they constantly pose as if they represented the whole body. There could be no greater absurdity. They are not even agreed among themselves on any matter of moment; and are, in truth, to-day a convention or rather a reactionary body full of the old 'fads' about limitation of apprentices and the like, though meanwhile machinery is practically abolishing the skillful handicraftsman." Other articles in the Review are: "The Morally Objectionable in Literature," by O. B. Frothingham; " Discov- eries at Troy," by Dr. Schliemann; "Political Bosses" by Senator John I. Mitchell of Penn,; "Safety in Railway Travel," by Geo. L. Vose of the Mass. Institute of Technology; and "The Protection of Forests," by Prof. Chas. S. Sar- gent of Harvard.

Ths Pro and Con of the SptMing Reform is an address before the Ohio State Teachers' As sociation at Put-in-Bay in 1877, by Prof. O. E. Vaile, formerly of Woodward High School, Cincinnati, published in pamphlet form by Burnz & Co., New York ; 10 cts, each. The Professor argues ably for a reform in English spelling to conform to pronunciation ; but his best reasoning cannot stand before the ridicu- lous appearance of a page written out in accord- ance with his theories. The fact that our En- flish spelling is conformed to arbitrary rules elps to anchor the pronunciation. The spel- ling reform has obstacles as well as any other.

The Truth Cuts.

The following editorial, in the ^Independent Statesman, is from the pen of Past Grand Master Joseph Kidder, Grand Secretary of Grand Lodge of New Hampshire :

"fibst-class knave.

"Any man who proposes to make money by publishing and eelling an "expose" of any se- cret society, merits the rank ot a first-class knave and is pretty sure to earn and receive the disgraceful appellation. No honest or consist- ent man can engage in any such business. Be- ware of such villains. They are entitled to no respect whatever, even despising themselves ^or the course they pursue if there is any personal respect left in their make up."

Such is the outburst of friend Kidder's wrath. He has no rebuke for his lodge com- rades who flood the market with pretended ex- positions of Masonry and Odd-fellowship to throw dust in the eyes of the people, but that man is a "first-class knave" who sells for twenty- five, cents the very instruction which a "Grand Master" or "Worshipful Master" sells for twen- ty-five dollars. As to making money, the pub- lic may suspect that the "Grand Master" who sells Odd-fellow lore for twenty -five dollars may make as much money as Ezra A. Cook, of Chi- cago, who sells the same article for fifty cents. "Grand Master" Kidder would oblige the pub- lic by showing wherein his goods are more valu- able than those of Mr. Cook, and also what law human pr divine the publisher of a correct "ex- pose" has violated. If our lodge friends would take the usual lawful course to prevent compe- tition and have their rituals copyrighted no one would infringe. If they print books and cir- culate them among half a million people and do not take the usual precaution of a copyright how can they justly complain of competition? Beyond all this, the Worshipful Masters of Ma- sonry and the Grand Masters of Odd-fellowship who have become convinced that these secret societies are a gigantic system of swindling and wickedness have voluntarily exposed their so- called secrets. As the Masonic fable runs: "King Solmon commended the craftsmen who repented of their design to murder Hiram Abiff," and why may we not commend these lodge men who from a sense of duty expose the hidden wickedness of the lodges to which they have belonged. St. Paul regarded it a proof of sound repentance when the lodge men of his day con- fessed their deeds and publicly burned their lodge books.

Friend Kidder has a larger job on his hands than he is aware of when he issues a public proclamation to "boycott" all men who aid in ex- posing the pretended secrets of the lodge. The spirit of the lodge protest is an infallible proof of the correctness of the "expose." Mr. Cook's address can be found in the advertising columns of every Christian Witness.

— No advanced thought, no mystical philoso- phy, no glittering abstractions, no swelling phrases about freedom, not even science with its marvelous inventions and discoveries, can help us much in sustaining this Republic; still less can godless theories of creation, or any infi- del attempts to rule out the Redeemer from his rightful supremacy in our hearts, afford any hope of security. That way lies despair. — Robert C. Wmthrqp.,

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20 Masonic Murder, by Elder T. R. Balrd 2

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'i'i Masonic Oaths and Penalties swornto by theOrandLodgeofR. I.. 4

'23 Letters of J. Q. Adams and J. Madison on Freemasonry 4

'24 Satan's Cable Tow 4

"25 Character and symbols of Freemasonry, Illustrated 9

'26 Address of the Niagara Association on the Murder of Morgan... 4

'27 Judge Whitney and Masonry — Masonry Defends a Murderer 8

28 Nathaniel Colver and Howard Crosby on Secret Societies 2

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31 Hon. Seth M. Gates on Freemasonry 4

32 Origin, Obligation and Expenses of the Grange 4

33 Hon. Wm H. Seward on Secret Societies 2

34 What Great Men Say about Freemasonry 2

35 Objections to Masonry, by a Seceding Mason 4

36 Masonic Chastity, by Emma A. Wallace 4

87 Reasons why a Christian should not be a Freemason (German) . . 4

38 Masonic Oaths and Penalties, by Rev. A. M. Mllllgan 4

39 Should Freemasons be admitted to Christian Fellowship? 4

40 The Object of the American (Anti-masonic) Party 8

41 Freemasonry a Religion (shown by Its own authors) 8

42 Duty and Ability to Know the Character of Masonry 4

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44 D. L . Moody on Secret Societies 4

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Carry religious principle into common life, and common life will lose its transitoriness. The world passe th away. The things seen are temporal. Soon business with all its cares and anxieties, the whole "unprofitable stir and fever of the world," will be to us a thing of the past. But religion does something better than sigh and moan over the perishableness of earthly things. It finds in them the seeds of immortal- ity.— John Caird.

The man who has in him the elements of a worker for Christ will find a field or make one. Paul, when a prisoner, made converts in Caesar's household. — Spurgeon.

At a monthly church collection not long since a ten-dollar bill was put in the box with a paper affixed, on which was written: "To be given to a missionary who does not use tobacco."

In Alabam*, nineteen out of the sixty-five counties are now under strict prohibitory laws — about one-half of the population of the State.

It is announced that by order of Receiver Corbin no liquor will hereafter be sold at any of the stations of the Long Island Railroad Com- pany.

ft Eminent men on Secret Societies ;Compo»e<l of "WftBlitog- ton Opposed to Secret Societies. "Judge Whitney's Defence," ' The Uystio Tie. " ' 'Nan-atlves and Argu- ments, " ' 'The Antl -masonioSorapBoo' ', " and"Oalh« and Pena/les of Freemasonry %8 proved In the New Berlin Trials." .....S»

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Oaths of 83 Degrees ; coa poseiof ' 'Freemaaonry Bi- posedu ' 'History of the AbduSHon and M order of Mor- gan, "Valance's ConfessloE " "Bernard's Bemenls- cences of Morgan Times, "and "Oat iS and Penalties of 83 Degrees" : ■ »"

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CHICAQO, THORSDAT, SEPTBMBBR 28, 1882.

Calvin D. Rockwell, a venerable man, born in Leroy, N". Y., in "Morgan times," wrote the Batavia Convention, too late for reception, ask- ing a direct vote, "whether it is right to hear Masonic ministers ;" and urging "thorough or- ganization in every township in the United States ; and the Cynosure in every family." He predicts certain ultimate success. The words of these aged men, uttered from the portals of eternity, are like voices from the ekies.

Feiend L. Boyd sends in another article on oaths which he must excuse us from publishing. In it he says: "There is not a Christian govern- ment on the planet." Well, brother, elect the candidates on the American ticket, and they will at least give a Christian administration.

State of Parties.

The Bepublicans and Democrats of the two leading States, New York and Penn- sylvania, have lately met by their rep- resentatives, adopted what are called "plat- forms," and nominated candidates.

The two platforms in l^ew York consist' of some thirty resolutions, each being of similar length; and if the Eepublican platiorm had been read in the Democratic convention, and the Democratic platform in the Republican, omit- ting party names and flings, they would have, perhaps with a single exception, been hailed with equal applause.

Thus the Republicans eay (Res. 3.) :

"Monopolies oppressing the people, or unfairly dis- criminating against local interests, are wrong in principle and should not be tolerated."

The Democrats (Res. 10) say:

"The public welfare demands that various questions, relating to chartered monopolies * * * should be met; and we are in favor of the adoption of measures to restrict the power of such monopolies."

The Republicans say again:

"Stringent legislation should be enacted to secure purity and honesty in the primary elections ; and all pos- sible safeguards thrown around these sources of political action of the people."

The Democrats, on the same point, say:

"We favor the speedy passage of general laws provid- ing against fraud and intimidation at such (primary) elections."

And so on throughout the whole of the two platforms. Each platform, however, insisting that the other is dishonest and that its own crows are the whitest. There is one exception. The Republicans betray a dread of the x rohi- bitionistB, and say they have no new doctrine to present on the questions which have hereto- fore occupied much of the public attention; such as * * * the regulation of traffic in intox- icating liquors," etc. And when they come to the liquor constitutional question, now pressing in that and other States, they somewhat meekly beg the Democrats to come to their help, say- ing: "That changes in t^e fundamental law should not ordinarily be the subject of party action." * * * "We therefore urge the people of the State, without reference to party, to examine with intelligent care the Constitutional amend- ments submitted to them," etc.; and then add:

"Rebolvbd, That while there are varying opinions on the sale of liquors, we subscribe to the principle that the proposition on that subject, like all other propositions for change in the fundamental law, ought to be submitted to the popular vote."

This timid action declares that the Republi- aui party "has no new doctrine," but adheres to the old doctrine ot "regulation," not "prohibi- tion;" yet votes that the "people" (Democrats included) "without reference to party," shall shoulder the Question of prohibition. This is traveling out of its record. Being a party con- vention it is in honor lesponsible to the people to ^iye thatparty's opinion, for or against pro- hibition. Wnereas it pledges the party to "reg- ulation," which means licenae; yet agrees to join with Democrats in submitting all constitutional changes "to the popnlar vote."

The difficulty with this action is, that it is half-hearted. Suppose the vote taken in New York, as in Kansas and Iowa, where Republi- cans are wheeling off from prohibition, adopted

by an overwhelming "popular vote," will New York Republicans stand by that "popular vote" or not? That is the question. Men will not follow timid leaders. This, the old Whig party found, to its cost, when the Republican party swallowed it up, and left such a political giant as Webster to wail out, "I, whither shall I go." The Democrats of New York, are, on the con- trary, true blue graduates from "The Confeder- ate Crossroads which is in the State of Ken- tucky." And, as before, they will flourish and beat their timid antagonists, till a party which "fears Grod and regards man," now no larger than a man's hand, covers the political heavens, a^Tthere is "abundance of rain."

The Green backers, Prohibitionists, and other reform parties are between two mill-stones — reform and the lodge, which boasts that it nev- er changes its "land-marks." And the idea of a political party gaining control of this Repub- lic, one half oi which conceals its proceedings from the other half, is simply preposterous. Success for such a party means only the success of the secret, and surrender of the open half. That is to say, the rule of the lodge, which now rules the two old parties. The war never would have been ended and the Union been saved, by Freemasons, sworn by a hidden, "higher" law to help each other. But when the Anti-masons Seward, Chase, Stanton and Stevens, were the Government, Lincoln and Liberty had a plat- form which stood ! God will save America by Americans', men, no matter where born, with American hearts in their breasts; American principles in their heads, and American votes in their hands. Ood sanie America !

The Blame Boom.

Ex-Senator and Secretary James G. Blaine passed through Chicago last week Wednesday returning from an address at a soldier's-reunion at Topeka, Kansas. Prominent Republicans ealled on him at his hotel here.

Senator Blaine is just now become the lion of the Republican press. The Republican vic- tory in Maine is attributed to him, and as the Republicans were doubtful how that State would go, and as that party, like the Democracy, has no principles but John Randolph's seven, viz., "Five loaves and two fishes," it is ready to glo- rify the leader who promises them success. And among the distinguished men of this country few have a more notable record than Mr. Blaine.

We should like to know whether Gov. St. John was among those who invited Mr. Blaine to Kansas at this time. And as he comes from a strong prohibition State, we shall await with lively interest the effect of his visit to Kansas on the prospects of St. John's re-election as Gov- ernor. But whether he ventures to encourage the St. John wing of the Kansas Republicans or not, we know that it would be fatal to hid hopes and St. John's too, if they, or either of them, should be known to be hostile to the lodge. As the Abierican party had no candidate in the field for Governor of Kansas, and as St. John is a reformer, and the lodge and liquor party is death on him, we advised the Americans in Kan- sas to let the nomination go by default this time, and vote solid for St. John, on the ground that the postponement of a duty is not the neglect of it. So we voted for Harrison, who was person- ally anti-slavery, instead of Birney in 1840, on the ground that the Liberty party was not yet fairly on its legs. But in a fortnight after Har- rison's election, we put S. F. Chase at our head and voted straight for abolition until slavery fell.

The lodge stood behind slavery and was the soul of the slave power. When once the Amer- ican party is fairly launched in any State and we are aboard, we must "sink or swim, survive or perish" with it. If the Anti-masonic party fifty years ago had followed the advice of John Quincy Adams we should to day be free from the lodge curse. It fused with the Whigs, took in Freemasons and died.

—In Elder Callender's letter on "Christian Union" in Sept. 14th Cynosure, the types were unhappily made to say "ill bred views," when the word should have been illiberal.

— After the Worcester convention last week, which is briefly reported elsewhere. Secretary Stoddard visited Boston, New York, and hoped to reach Washington City before the Sab- bath.

— Bro. Hinman is, with brethren Browne, Starry and Butler, also stopping in western New York to lecture. He preached twice and lec- tured three times, during the week after the Convention, in Varick, the home of brethren A. and H. Baldridge. After preaching again on Sabbath last he was expecting to visit Seneca Lake and at Altay to visit the blind veteran Enoch Honeywell.

— Mrs. E. D. Bailey was summoned by tele- gram from the Massachusetts State Convention, where she was nobly aiding her husband, to the bedside of her aged and dying mother at Wheaton. She reached her destination Thurs- day night. Mrs. Grant, her mother, yet linger- ted on Monday morning, yet patiently waiting for the call that should take her spirit home to God.

— With grief we learn of the death of Dr. S. A. Sterrett, of Pittsburg, last week. He was, we believe, an elder in Dr. A. M. Milligan's church and one of those "who seemed to be pillars."

— ^The arti'vie on page 7, entitled " The Truth Cuts," should have been credited to the Chris- tia/n Witness.

THE HORGAH MONUMENT.

THE INSCRIPTIONS.

[South side ]

SACBED TO THE MEMORY OP

WILLIAM MORQA.N,

A NATIVE OF VIBQINIA,

A CAPT. IN THE WAR OP 1818,

A RESPECTABLE CITIZEN OP

BATAVIA AND A MARTYR

TO THE FREEDOM OF WRITING,

PRINTING AND SPEAKING THE

TRUTH. HE WAS ABDUCTED

PROM NEAR THIS SPOT IN THE

YEAR 1826 BY FREEMASONS

AND MURDERED FOB REVEALING

THE SECRETS OP THEIR ORDER.

[East Bide ]

ERECTED BY VOLUNTEER

CONTRIBUTIONS PROM OVER

2000 PERSONS RESIDING IN

CANADA, ONTARIO,

AND 'H OP THE

UNITED STATES

AND TERRITORIES.

[North side j

THE COURT RECORDS OP

GENESEE COUNTY AND PILES OP

THE BATAVIA ADVOCATE

KEPT IN THE RECORDER'S

OFFICE CONTAIN THE HISTORY

OP THE EVENTS THAT CAUSED

THE ERECTION OP THIS

MONUMENT.

[West Bide.]

THE BANE OP OUR CIVIL

INSTITUTIONS IS TO BE FOUND

IN MASONRY, ALREADY POWERFUL

AND DAILY BECOMING MORE

SO.»*» I OWE TO MY COUNTRY

AN EXPOSURE OP ITS DANGERS.

WM. MORGAN.

Morgan Monument Fund.

Receipts for week ending Sept. 23, 1882 :

A Friend, $t> ; P B Hill, W Parsons, 75 cents ; H J Bbt and A Croach BO cents each; J W Murray, 25 cents ; A Williams % cents. Total, $8.03 ; Grand Total, $1,970.08.

Secretary J. P. Stoddard alBO reports the following sams paid to him:

D Klrkpatrick, Syracuse, $50; Thomas White, Brooklyn, $26; llis- souri friends, $21.75; Mr and Mrs J Blancbaid, Wm Corbel, Jos A Bent, Jr, Bev D Yant, Mrs T Bliss, Mr Jefferson, $5 each ; Mrs S A Proctor $3; J Osgood, $2.50; Wm Woodward, Canandaigua. Beuben Gardner and wife, P D Miller, T Hudson, $2 each; L J Tnncher, S 0 Thompson, Mr. Croffut, Wm. Sloeson, Klisha Darls, J Archer, Prof A C Bideout, Prof £ D Bailey, Elder J L Barlow, W Hopkins, L A Phillips, James Akaon, A A Miller. P Miller, F D Parrlsh, Elder A D Freeman, Ber E Mathews, Hiram S Browne, Chas Browne, Jas Haire, Hiram Tiffany, each $1 ; C J Kephart, Elder J N Campbell, George Smith, George Perry, Alexander Baldridge, Wm Henderson, 50 cents each; Bev Mills and friend 30 cents; H N Waldo, P Balch, 25 cents each; Mrs S McCononghey, Mrs Waldo 10 cents each. Total $168.25.

There may have been some small sums banded 'me during th» hurry of ConTention that have been overlooked. If any, error or omission is noticed by a friend it will be cheerfolly corrected.

J. P. SlOOSAU),

September 38, 1883

mn CHRISTIAN CYi^OSUt^E.

[Coniinned from 6th jpageJ] be caet out and the old usages brought back ? Why do we find that our children, when they grow up, get into these lodges ? Many young men are made infidels in college. Infidelity in- creases, though we now have Sabbath schools all the year round. "Why do we thus go backward ? The reason she believed to be in the teachings of Freemasonry and other orders. A book was published in 1802 warning this country against the Illuminatti. This book the Masons wished to get away from her husband's father, who owned a copy. He refused to let them have it. A few months later his large new house was burned and two children perished, but they did not destroy the book. It was in another place. This book said that the best way to propagate Illuminism was by means of the first three de- grees of Freemasonry, and in colleges.

Mrs. L. N. Stratton read a brief but excellent paper on the relation of our reform to the tem- perance cause, and at its close presented the fol- lowing :

Whbbbab, We aa Christian women and mothers assem- bled in the National Christian Association at Batavia, N. Y., believe that secret societies are antagonistic to the temperance work in our land, and that their influence on our work is like the simoon on the desert plain ; there- fore

Rbsolvbd. That a delegation of five ladies to represent this honorable body be appointed to attend the N. W. C. T. U. to be held in Louisville, Ky., in October, and pre- sent a petition asking that the relation of secret societies to the temperance work may be presented to their prayer- ful consideration and action.

President Collins requested Mrs. McPherson to preside while attention was given to this reso- lution.

After its adoption Mrs. L. H. Plumb, of Strea- tor, 111.; Mrs. J. S, Collins, of Washington ; Mrs. M. E. Cook, of Chicago; Mrs. M. E. McPherson, of Washington, and Mrs. L. N. Stratton, of Whea- toD, were chosen the committee called tor, to visit the National meeting of the Womans' Christian Temperance Union.

Mrs. McPherson spoke in favor of female suf- frage, and gave some account of her experience among the advocates of that movement, who were at first, she said, all infidels. The women suffrage meetings in Washington were well at- tended. She studied the people who attended these annual meetings for five years, and was convinced they were right. She gave an account of her personal sufferings through the agency of the lodge, and avowed her devotion to the re- form wnich aims to destroy that system.

As the hour clased, President Collins thanked the ladies for the interesting manner in which they had occupied the time. Before the con- sideration of the resolutions yet unadopted, time was given for further subscriptions to the Exten- sion Fund. The total amount yaised was $325.25, the cash paid being $104.50.

The resolutions w6re then taken up and dis- cussed with much freedom and ability. Some of those presented were tabled, some were replaced by substitution. The whole as adopted appears herewith :

RESOLUTIONS :

RsaoLVED, That we take special pleasure in recogniz- ing the valuable services to the anti-secrecy reform of the American Wesleyan, the American Freeman, the United Presbyterian, Our Banner, the Free Methodist, the Chris- tian Instructor, the United Brethren in Christ, the Rich- mond Star, and other similar papers ; and we commend them to the patronage of friends of this reform.

2. That we tender our sincere thanks to those who have favored the Convention with addresses.

3. That our sincere and hearty thanks are hereby ex- tended to those citizens of Batavia who have entertained members of this convention.

4. That the managers of the Washburn House and the Hooper House are entitled to the thanks of this Conven- tion for the unwearying care and attention bestowed upon the members.

5. That our hearty thanks are also due to Mr. R. T. Car- ter of Vermont, proprietor of the Ryegate Granite Works, and to his agent, Mr. R. W. Oliver, for the gentlemanly- business-like, and efficient manner in which they have executed the contract for the erection ol a monument to Wm. Morgan.

6. That the committee of the National Christian Asso- ciation, and particularly J. P. Stoddard, its Chairman, deserve the most earnest thanks of this body for their un- tiring and arduous labors in securing the erection of this granite memorial and in assembling this, the largest and most effective Convention yet held in the progress of our reform.

7. That the Free Methodist church which has enter- tained in its house of worship sixteen members of this body, deserves the thanks of our Convtnliou and our earn- est prayers to Qod,

ResolveDj That those who favor our cause should pat- ronize and aid by their money and patronage, such news- papers, churches and colleges as openly declare the truth respecting the secret conspiracies and idolatries of our day.

Resolved, That in the death of Samuel D. Greene, the companion and friend ot Capt. Wm. Morgan in his strug- gles against the lodge, we feel the loss of a fearless, per- sistent advocate of reform principles and we cheerfully place on record this brief tribute to his memory.

Resolved, That secret associations are not adapted to promote the temperance or anjr other good cause, and that we earnestly request all our friends who are in these lodges to abandon them.

It should be stated that the first three resolu- tions which appeared in the report of the politi- cal meeting in the evening were adopted with the above, but were afterward stricken out, ^th- out disagreement.

A long session had been held, when the record was read and approved.

Adjournment was made to the early hour of 7 o'clock, and the benediction was pronounced.

Xhwning.

After the opening prayer by Rev. G. L. Paine, of Millview, Pa., president Collins spoke briefiy upon the work and results of the Con- vention.

Pres. C. J. Kephart moved that the three resolutions referring to political action be omit- ted from the minutes. President Collins re- marked that if he dealt strictly with the mo- tion he should have to declare it not in order, but as it was a direct way of getting at what all were agreed upon and which would be adopt- ed in another form, he would allow it. The motion was passed without dissent, and the Con- vention then took a recess, to resume business at the call of the chair.

The sitting resumed after the brief political meeting, and Bro. Clark opened with a song. Elder Browne was also called upon and re- sponded with a Masonic Ode, "To the Mother of Masons," which was heartily received.

F. W. Capwell presented this :

Resolved, That this Convention present its hearty thanks to the owner of the Hall, to Rev. Mr. Newell, and to Mrs. Perry for favors extended, and to all who have in any way helped to make our visit to this city a pleasant one.

There was some desire to debate the matter. Bro. Foote called attention to the contrast be- tween the ministry of Batavia and the hotels. None of the pastors, so far as he was informed, had noticed the Convention, although some had promised to so. He spoke of the dread of touching the matter lest some Freemason's feel- ings should be hurt. He referred to the un- hospitable greetings some had received from friends residing in Batavia.

Mr. Newell, a boarding-house keeper, was

Eermitted to make a statement which covered is own house. He would have gladly accom modated a large number of the delegates. He felt that he had been slighted, and that the peo

Ele of Batavia were misunderstood. They were ospitable and friendly.

It was explained that the notices that had ap- peared in the city papers, requesting entertain ment for delega.tes, had possibly not been seen by some who would have contributed to the suc- cess of the meeting by opening their homes, and the resolution was adopted.

The seceded Masons were then called to the platform. Four responded: E. Conkling, of Napoli, N. Y.; S. S. Cone, of Wapella, 111.; S E. Starry, of Clarence, Iowa; and R, B. Gard- ner, of Elyria, O. Several other seceded Ma- sons had been present as is seen on the roll, but had left for home before this closing met- ing.

The first address of the evening was given by Elder H. H. Hinman, N. C. A. agent in the South. It was an able presentation of the needs of the Southern field and is well worth a wide circulation through the press.

Mr. Clark sang "Mr. Dash." With the witty sentiment of this song the readers of the Cyno- sure have long been familiar as it first appeared in our columns from the pen of Rev. Joseph Travis. But Bro. Clark's rendition awakened almost boisterous applause.

Elder J. F. Browne, of Kentucky, was then introduced and after a preface describing the particular educational work in, which he was en-

raged, he spoke upon " • ■ by

''Masonic Means ot race," usmg a chart by way of illustration. His argument made a deep impression upon the Convention.

Each one of the renouncing Masons then told his experience in simple, unaffected lan- guage. This part of the Convention was one of the most enjoyable. A full report of these testimonials will be given hereafter.

The hearty expression of the Convention ap- proved a motion of thanks to Dr. Collins for so ably providing over its sessions ; and thanks were also tendered the secretaries. Pres. J. Blanchard wished also to thank the respected friends who had broken loose from the bond- age of the lodge, and whose experiences had so thrilled every soul during the evening. If a thankful spirit is any evidence of the religious condition of this Convention it must be seen that none before have at all equalled it. It was, at least, with a feeling of devout thanksgiv- ing to God that all arose and almost joined hands as we sang,

"Praise God from wbom all blesBiDgs flow."

and then dispersed Pres. Blanchard.

after the benediction by

AMERICAN POLITICS.

The Iowa American.

The arrangements have all been made to start the Iowa American on its mission. All that is necessary now is a list of subscribers to start with, which we must have to make the paper a success. Send all subscriptions to N. Bourne, Cedar Rapids, as he has accepted the position of publisher and office editor. Cedar Rapids is a railway center.

Bro. Bourne is a reliable and responsible man, and is known to many of the friends of this re- form.

We would like to have five hundred bona fide subscribers to start with on the first issue ; but would rather have the thouaand. So please send on the names and addresses as speedily as possi- ble. It will take promptness in this matter as October will soon be here. It would take bat a little effort on the part of subscribers of the Cynosure to secure 1,000 names for the Ameri- can. Where five can be sent to one address it will cost but twenty cents for a year. Then take hold in earnest and the work will be done. I have secured seven names and have not gone out of my way a foot.

I expect to be "instant in season out of sea- son." Those persons to whom I spoke at Win- terset about making up whatever monthly de- ficiency there may be will please send me their names- to that effect, so we can be assured in go- ing on with the paper in case we don't get the requisite number of subscribers. The October and November numbers are provided for. We ought to have ten more names. Who will be the next? John Doeoas, Chai/rman Publishing Com. < « 1

Vote For Him.

Says the Albany Freeman on the issue in the Third Missouri District :

"After hearing, as well as conversing with men from nearly every part of the Third Con- gressional District, we are nearly unanimously agreed that it is best to announce M. N. Butler of Albany, Mo., as the American Reform can- didate for Congress in said district. We now make the announcement, and if on his return from Batavia, "New York, he accepts the nom- ination, he will enter the canvass, and try to se- cure a joint discussion on the issups of the day with Grand Master Dockery."

Iowa American Ticket for 1882.

For Secretary of State ; A. W. Hai.l.

For State Auditor: Wm. Elliott.

For State Treasurer: M. Speinssibbd.

For Attorney General: Jacob W. Kooebs.

For Judge of Supreme Court: Josbph P. Febgoson.

For Clerk of Supreme Conn ; W. P. Nobbis.

Michigan Fifth District.

For Bepreeentative In Congreas : Hskbt S. Istom,

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THE CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE.

September 28, 1888

HOME CIRCLE.

The Last Words of Our Lord.

'To the uttermost parte of the earth,"

The risen Saviour said, Speed forth, O friends, as my witneBses, JProclalm that I left the dead And ascended up on high,

Kemiseion of ali sins to give,

Aud repentance, too, and faith.

That perishing men may live.

"To the uttermost parts of the earth,"

Speed forth, O friends, and tell Of the need of a new, a secoud hlrth,

To save mankind from hell. Go ; tell all men I was lifted up

On Calvary's cursed tree ; Go; tell what ye have seen and heard,

And draw all men to me.

"To the uttermost parts of the earth,"

Oh, mark ye well the bound I The distant isles of the Gentiles— all

Must hear the joyful sound 1 To my murderers preach it first,

At Jerusalem begin ; But linger uot at that starting point,

For the world lies dead in sin.

For "the uttermost parts of the earth"

Eternal life I've won ; On the gloom of universal death

Shines now the riseu sun. Go forth 1 let every creature hear.

Let all the world be told. That the woman's sufferiug seed has crashed

The head of the serpent old.

•'To the uttermost parts of the earth,"

Friends, 'tis my last command. My parting charge, that ye bear the words

Of salvation to every land. Let every erring child of man

Be assured that God la love. And freely offered to each and all

Is a home with me above.

"To the uttermost parts of the earth,"

O Lord, the words untold 1 Thy heart how large, thy love how warm I

Our hearts how cramped and cold 1 Full eighteen hundred years have passed

Since thy final accents fell, But the uttermost parts of the earth are left

In death and darkness still.

—Selected.

Experience of Wm. Hazenberg, South African Mis- sionary.

I was born in Netherlands, in the year 1840, and went to America In 1867. I am not aware of the time of mj conversion, but served the Lord from my earliest recollection. My grand- mother, being a very pious woman, told me al- ready in my childhood that she expected the Lord would use me as a laborer in his vine- yard, in which she has not been disappointed, though she did not enjoy the privilege of wit- nessing it.

Not later, perhaps, than the age of' nine I commenced to ask: the Lord to make me a preacher of the gospel, which 1 then already enjoyed as food for my soul. But I was early troubled with stammering to such an extent that it seemed almost impossible to me that my prayer in regard to the ministry should be an- swered.

I also had in my early days a presentment that I had to go to America, although very iew left for it in my vicinity. After 1 had passed the age of twenty I became fully convinced that Christ was my Saviour, which made me exceed- ingly joyful. Shortly after the Loid plainly called me to make preparation for the ministry, tor which 1 had been praying already many years. I commenced the appropriate study, though the said impediment in my speech had not yet been cured. 1 studied with pleasure, which had always been my delight, but recited with pain, because 1 could often not express what was in my mind on acount of my old trouble. After 1 had pursued my studies for some time, 1 heard of a man in Germany, who cured men from stammering. This man 1 con- sidered as the probable instrument in God's hand to enable me to execute the ministerial of- fice; accordingly 1 went, and after having been under his treatment about four days I was per- fectly cured, and which has proven sufficient, under condition of being a little careful in re- gard to the method. Then I felt at liberty to go to America, which 1 vamly tried to do before.

In America 1 continued my studies and finally became minister of the Dutch Eeformed Church, and was minister of that denomination for five years, in two congregations, the first at Fulton, 111., the second at Passaic, New Jer- sey.

^Vhile I was in America, but before entering the ministry, the Lord made it plainly known to me, that he would use me in South Africa for the promotion of his kingdom. Since that time I always believed this fact, yet it must hap- pen at the Lord's own appointed time. Noth- ing could deprive me of the conviction that I had to go to Africa.

While being minister at Passaic, N. J., I be- came very sick with the typhoid fever, but I be- lieved surely to survive because I had to go to Africa. And so it happened, however danger- ous it appeared otherwise. During all this time, however, I did not understand the simple way of 8anctifi(3ation by faith. The old way of sanc- tification by means of resolutions, exertions, and unbelieving prayers, was yet my way, and which, of course led me to teach others also the same way of sanctifieation, by following which they must suffer disappointment as 1 did my- self.

Some time after my sickness, which had cre- ated in me an increased desire for devotion, providentially some holiness literature fell into my hands, by which I was informed of my de- ficiency in holiness not only, but also how I might obtain it, and that immediately. By Scripture and experience they convinced me of the truth of their assertions. This was the first step in the way, and even an important one, but to possess it myself was another step which was yet to be followed. I now commenced reading and re-reading holiness tracts, prayers, and books, but I struggled on for some days be- fore I obtained the blessing which 1 so much longed for. Finally I learned the way by means of a tract by Mrs. P. Smith: "A word to the wavering ones." In that tract, as well as in many others I had read, it was told that we have merely to trust in Christ for sanctifieation, but she said a person might ask. How shall I trust? This she answered by saying: "Trust Christ, that He will keep you trusting," and these very words were especially blessed to my soul, though such an experience may be often thought of as very insignificant. They appeared to my soul as a ray of light from the San of Righteousness. I immediately experienced that 'virtue went out of Christ into my inmost soul. I was obliged to stop reading, nor was there at present any more need of it, but I went up and down my room glorifying God, and rejoicing in Christ, and praising him for his abundant mercy, not only delivering me from the pun- ishment of sin, but also from the power of sin, which I had so often and earnestly sought for in vain elsewhere. The fulness of the Holy Spirit and the sweetness of thej communion with God I then enjoyed surpasses all descrip- tion.

It happened in October, 1880, I think, that I attended a holiness meeting at Dr. Palmer's, at New York, while Rev. Wm. Taylor was there, who spoke about his missionary labors, and how the Lord supplied all his temporal wants, and enabled him to do so much in spreading the gos- pel without the aid of any missionary boards. This gave me more courage to go out to South Africa in the same way. A couple of days after this event, the desire came into my heart in a special manner, while reading the word of God, to be more generally useful in the vineyard of the Lord. This desire, as given by the Spirit, was immediately responded to by the Spirit, saying, to satisfy my desire I had to go to Af- rica. From this time we made preparation to go. We had to sell our furniture, which we expected might furnish the means necessary, in part at least, as also happened. My wife and I talked about a bookcase ot ours as being per- haps difficult to sell, but the same day a lady came aud expressed the desire of buying said book-case, without knowing anything about our intention. This occurred to us as a very re- I markable providence.

After we had decided to leave for Africa,

trusting in the Lord for the supply of means, I came to the conclusion to write to Dr. C. Cul- lis, at Boston, about becoming connected with his Faith Work, knowing that missionaries were laboring in various parts of the world in con- nection with his Work of Faith, trusting only in the Lord for their temporal support. He, Dr. Cullis, accepted me as such, saying that he had been praying for some time already for a missionary to South Africa. The English lan- guage is here very useful, since the English speaking population is already quite numerous, yet to be of much and general use in this coun- try the Holland language is essential, since the . Dutch Boers are not only the most numerous portion of the population in South Africa, but also the colored people in Cape Town and else- where use almost exclusively the Dutch lan- fuage, the Mohammedans included. The Mo- ammedans in Cape Town alone member about 6,000. We took passage with a sailing vessel from New York to the Cape. Wo did not dread the voyage, believing the Lord would bring us safely to the place of our destination. It took us sixty -five days from New York to the Cape.

We had a very prosperous passage in general, although many disasters occurred on the ocean while we were crossing. Only twice we had a little while strong wind. All the crew testified they never before had enjoyed such a passage, during which they had so little water on deck. We had also splendid accommodation on the vessel. We had the cabin of 'the captain for our use. When we got the first view of Table mountain, about 4,000 feet high, we rejoiced, and felt very thankful to the Lord for bringing us sately in this place. At our arrival we had little money left, but we trusted the Lord would supply all our wants, and so he did. The Lord brought us into contact with Christian people. They asked us sometimes how we got our sap- port, expecting we were connected with some society, which was responsible for our mainte- nance, as generally is the case with those who go to foreign lands to preach the gospel. Then we told them how we trusted only in the Lord for that. Many could hardly understand how such a thing could be, as if the Lord had to make windows in heaven to accomplish this.

From the first I commenced visiting some of the most neglected people in spiritual things, especially the Mohammedans. Nobody cares for their souls. Their religion is a mixture of Judaism, heathendom and Christianity. They seek their salvation in prayers, five times a day, in fasting, a whole month in a year from sunrise until sun set, and in giving alms. Their man- ner of public worship attended only by males, is ridiculous. They are engaged in things, which are of a most superstitious character. These people I have visited a good deal during my stay in this place. Many before me have labored among the Mohammedans, but all with very little or no success. They are so hard to reach, principally because they haye a false re- ligion. They believe in Christ as a good man, but deny his divinity and atonement. Perhaps the Mohammedans would furnish a promising missionary field to the Unitarians, but such a church would not do them any good. They gen- erally listen patiently when I talk to them about the way of salvation by faith in Christ, but sometimes they refused hearing about it, saying they have their own ministers. It also hap- pens that they make objections to the Christian religion, in some respects, accepting the Koran Mohamud as their revelation from God, from which book they derive their objections. I hope, however, the Lord has blessed my labors among them, though I cannot tell to what ex- tent.

My labor though has not been limited to the Mohammedans. I have preached in several con- gregations of the Dutch Reformed Church in this country. Some time ago I received an in- vitation to preach successively in several of their congregations, in each a week. This preaching was especially to be on the doctrine of holiness or sanctifieation by faith. This in- vitation I got it seems through the instrumen- tality of one of their ministers, who ia also an excellent holiness man, and has much influence

September 2S, 18S9

THE CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE.

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in the whole church, on account of his talents and piety. Three of these seven churches I have visited, and the blessing of the Lord at- tended my labors. — Highwcuy of HoUneas.

CH/LDREH'S CORNER.

One Way to Learn.

Bufua was but fifteen, yet he had been a year and more at work in Mr. Johnson's store. He came home very tired every evening — running upstairs and down so much, and handling over groceries of all sorts.

"I wish I had studied harder when I was in school, Uncle Edward," he said, one night; "but I don't feel much like taking up a book after my day's work is done. I don t know how those wonderful boys managed we read about who learned so much in their spare minutes."

"You may learn a good deal, Rufue, every day, and that too, without any painful applica- tion. It will not wear you out in the least; but, on the contrary, it will be rather inspiring and cheering. The way it is done is this: Get into the habit of reflecting well over everything that goes on about you. Events and people pass be- fore the view of the majority, leaving as little impression as the rolling clouds. The only thing that seems to awaken this listless attention ia the prospect of 'having some fun.' That is well enough in its place; but it cannot be made the business of life, nor of the spare moments of life, if we would ever amount to much here. A thoughtful boy is by all odds the one to make the most of himself and stand in the highest es- teem. It will take a little while to form the habit; but every fresh effort will make your pow- ers of mind more wide awake, and stronger for the next opportunity. You can learn even from things that are not pleasing in themselves. If a man comes into the store with a rough, coarse way of speaking and acting, you can take a mental note of that man, and determine that you will cultivate quite a different style. When a tipsy youth steps in, and talks in his maudlin, silly manner, there is a temperance lecture for you. If some one else manages a piece of work inuch more skillfully than yourself, take a sharp look at his method, and learn his *sleight of hand.' It will be a great deal more profitable all your life than to learn a dozsn funny tricks. If you hear people conversing upon subjects upon which it is well to be informed, give at- tention to their remarks, and store away the points in your memory. It is surprising how much one may gain from conversation if he will but learn to sift out the wheat from the chaff. You can learn much from thoughtful reading ot good papers also, and it will rest instead ot tir- ing you. So, don't give up- the ship, Rnfus, and conclude your education must stop because you work hard all day. You are acquiring an ex- cellent practical education in your store work, and it will be easy to double its value, if you will but adopt the attentive, thoughtful habit." — Selected.

Both Hands Alike.

A person who has the equal use of both hands is called ambidextrous, as though posses- sed of two dexters, or right hands. A man in New York is a remarkable example of this, and he claims that it is not a born gift, but an ac- quirement within the power ot any person. Re- cently he lectured upon the subject, and began his illustration by showing on the blackboard what he called the best test of ambidextry, the writing signatures. He wrote his own name with both hands at once, backward and forward, right side up and up side down, and in half a dozen different way&

"This," said Mr. Woodward, "is a valuable accomplishment for a bank president or railroad official ; for he who can write his name twice while another is writing it once deserves three holidays a week or double pay."

Then the lecturer wrote a love-letter in French with one hand, and a business letter in English with the other, simultaneously. Af- terward, at the same time, he wrote such words as Fontaiuebleau and Constantinople. As an

athletic exercise, club swinging and dumb-bell shaking sink into stupidity beside this. The most difficult thing to do is to draw a square with one hand and a circle with the other. Then he attempted the task. The ends of the circle did not meet, and it was not round ; be- side, the square looked like a parallelogram, but the audience applauded.

Finally, Mr. Woodward drew, with both hands, symmetrical geometrical figures, which he called decorative designs, employing the right hand on the right side of the figure, and the left hand on the left side. He sketched seven of these figures in a minute and a half, and said, "I will challenge the best drauglits- man in New York City to perform this task in an hour and a quarter with one hand, and he may select his own design." — Ex.

SABBATH SCHOOL.

LESSON 8, October 1.— The Passovek.— Mark 14: 12-21.

(1) And the first A&j of unleavened bread, when thev killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where will thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? (2) And he sendeth forth two of his disciples and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. (3) And wheresoever he shall go in, say yo to the good man of the house, The Master saith. Where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disci- ples ? (4) And he will show you a large upper room fur- nished and prepared: there make ready lor us. (5) And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them : and they made ready the passover. (6) And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. (7) And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said. Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateih with me shall betray me. (8) And they began to be sorrowlul, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I ? and another said. Is It I ? (9) And he answered and said unto them. It is one of the twelve that dippeth with me in the dish. (10) The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him ; but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is be- trayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

Golden Text. — It is the sacrifice of the Lord's pass- over.— Exodus 12 :27.

NOTES.

(12) "And the first day of unleavened bread." That, is, the first day, namely, Thursday, the 14th day of Nisan. The feast of the unleaven- ed bread, or the passover, properly began on the 15th (just after sunset of the 14:th) of Abib or Nisan, and lasted seven days. But the pre ceding day, the 14th, was the one appointed for the slaying of the lamb ; and on the evening of that day the paschal supper was eaten (Exod. 12:6. Lev. 23:5). It was, therefore, termed the first day of the feast. — Abbott. "Unleav- ened bread." The whole seven days of the feast was so called because leaven was rigidly excluded during the whole time. — This specially symbolized three things : (1) The haste with which they fled from Egypt, not having time to wait for bread to rise (Exod. 12:34-39). (2) Their sufferings in Egypt, hence called the bread of affliction (Deut. 16:3), and hence all the afflictions of the bondage of sin. But (3) chiefly their purity as a consecrated nation, since fermentation is incipient putrefaction, and leaven was thus a symbol of impurity. — F. H. Newhall. "The passover as a type of Christ and his Supper." (1) It was a lamb, as Christ was the Lamb of Grod. (2) A male of the first year. In its prime. (3) Without blemish, as Christ was perfectly pure, without spot. (4) Set apart four days before, the 10th of Nisan Christ's triumphal entry was four days before the crucifixtion, the lOth. (6) It was slain, and roasted with fire, denoting the death and exquisite sufferings ot Christ. (6) It was killed between the two evenings, three to six o'clock. Christ suffered at the end of the world. He died at this same hour, and at the passover feast (7) Each person must have a slain lamb. So Christ died for all. (8) Not a bone broken. (9) It was eaten with bitter herbs of repent- ance. (10) Its blood must be applied to be ef- fectual. (11) It looked forward to future de- liverance, and became, after the death, a feast of hope and joy. (12) It was a feast of separation from the world; and (13) of protection as God's children. — Ghieiiy from M. Henry.

(13) "A man bearing a pitcher of water." A very unusual sight in the East, where the water

is drawn by women. He must probably havo been the slave of one who was an open or secret disciple ; unless we have here a reference to the Jewish custom of the master of a house him]; self drawing the water with which the unleav- ened bread was kneaded on Nisan 13. • If so, the "man bearing a pitcher of water" may have even been the Evangelist St. Mark, in the house of whose mother, and probably in the very up- per room where the last supper was held, the disciples used at first to meet (Acts 12:12). The mysteriousness of the sign was perhaps intend- ed to baffle, as long as was needful, the machi- nations of Judas. — Cambridge Bible.

(14) The circumstantial detail is not without a special point. Judas was watching forjjan op- portunity : had he known in what place our Lord was to be found out of the temple, arrest would have been easy. But two disciples only were sent; and even they would not know where our Lord would be that evening, for the un- known guide was to meet them on their arrival. — Cooh. Thus, when Christ by his Spirit comes into the heart, he demands admission as One whose own the heart is ; and gains admission as One who has all power in the heart, and cannot be resisted. — Henry.

(15) "In the evening." It was probably while the sun was beginning to decline in the horizon that Jesns and the disciples descended once more over the Mount of Olives into the Holy City. Before them lay Jerusalem in hei festive attire. White tents dotted the sward, gay with the bright flowers of early spring, oi peered out from the gardens and the darker fo- liage of the olive-plantations. From the gor- geous temple buildings, dazzling in their snow white marble and gold, on which the slanting rays of the sun were reflected, rose the smoke oi the altar of burnt- offering. The streets musi have been thronged with strangers, and the flat roofs covered with eager gazers, who either feasted their eyes with a first sight of the sa cred city, for which they had so often longed or else once more rejoiced in view of the well remembered localities. It was the last day-view which the Lord had of the Holy City, — till hi( resurrection. — EdersheirrCs '■'•The Temple and iti Services, ^^ pp. 194, 195.

(18) Melanchthon declares that the three greatest marks of pity and compassion are (1^ to tolerate the wicked for a season ; (2) to ab- stain from exposing their sins as long as possi- ble ; (3) to warn them plainly and gently be- fore leaving them forever. Tliese are striking ly exemplified in Christ's dealings with Judas. — Stock.

(19) "Is it I?" Their kaguage expresses ir the original a much stronger negation than in our version, — Surely not I, Lord? Compart their strong assertion that they will not deny him (Matt. 26:35). To their questioning, Christ makes no response. Not one of them ventures to question the truth of the Lord's prophecy and each asks the personal question, "Is it I V No one accuses, even by implication, his neigh bor. Is not this a pattern for us in that self examination which should always precede oui seasons of sacred communion with our Lore (1 Cor. 11:28)? — an examination which should look forward rather than backward ; prepare foi the future rather than attempt to measure the past ; and always be a «e^/-examination. — Ah bott.

(21) After this, Judas, who probably had noi heard the words about the sop, himself asks, "Is it I ?" as if it would be suspicions if he only did not ask the question with the rest. Chriei replies (Matt, 26:25) that he is the one; and bids him do quickly what he proposes to do. Then Satan entered into him (John 13:27). Sa- tan whispered, "Be man enough to resent such exposure: your reputation here is gone, and you may as well go, and have your revenge —

and your money." — Cowles.

A gentleman said recently: "The Eepublican party have no important issues in Massachusetts and are likely to suffer defeat." Now is a good time to take up some reform as an issue worth fighting for, as prohibition and anti-secrecy.

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THE CHHISTIAN CYNOSURE.

September 28, ISSfi

tteminisoences of Morgan.

As told at the Unveiling of the Monument.

Judge Moses Taggart, a hale old gentleman of 83 j'ears, yet looking a dozen years younger, a resident of Batavia, and the legal officer before whom the Anti-masons gave their testimony in the third inquest over the body of Morgan, was first introduced. He said:

Ladies and gentlemen,! am asked to make some remarks of a historical character on this occa- sion, respecting the transactions of tifty-six years ago in this place, in which I personally partici- pated. 1 knew Morgan well at the time of the abduction, and remember the incidents of those days with which you most of yen are doubtless in some degree familiar. But I did not know of the lawless misdeeds of the Freemasons un- til after they had occurred. The uprising that followed was not only extraordinary but terrific. The wliole country was aroused and Masonry sunk before the public indignation. I remem- ber also the abduction of Miller. People sud- denly came into town from Leroy and other places for miles around. They were armed with lioop-poles or something resembling bludgeons. Miller was carried ofi ; but rescued by a com- pany of his Iriends that followed. I was never connected with the lodge. Sixty-two years ago in talking with a brother in reference to Mason- ry, 1 told him that 1 would join when I became 21 years old. He referred me to Abbe Bar- ruel's History of Jacobinism which was in ray • father's library. I there read that the Jacobins were protected by Freemasonry in their terrible work during the French Revolution. The wri- ter also related some of the scenes of Masonic initiation. From that day 1 had no more desire to unite with the lodge. Some months afj^er the abduction of Morgan there was organized an Anti-masonic political party which overrun New England, Kew York, Pennsylvania and other States, and from that party sprang the Aboli- tion party, which gave life to the Republican party and destroyed American slavery, the brother system to the Masonic lodge.

The expositions of Mai-onry were sought after by the fraternity for the purpose of destroying them. David Bernard's book they would steal and burn or otherwise destroy. 1 obtained one ot the early editions and have kept it for hfty- three years. It is hardly necessary for me to reler to the published documents of that day issued by Anti-masonie committees and conven- tions, which are all true. They give the sworn testimony before coroners' juries, court trials, etc. But then some Masons even in that day who were bold enough to deny them, in the face of facts as open as the day. The same ar- guments are in ihe mouths of Masons to this day. It is the only way they can see to avoid the public indignation, though the most of them know what is the truth. When a Mason says seriously that ail these things are fabrications, he has not sense enough to keep his mouth shut. There is no doubt at all but that Morgan truly revealed Masonry. The forms of the lodge may have changed some since that day, but there is no doubt that there is no change m principles. It is not a universal fact that evil-minded men were in the order in that day. There were some men who went into it with an honest purpose. Some men in this village were inveigled into the lodge, but when the popular uprising came that suppressed Masonry such men renounced it.

Rev. C. 0. Foote, of Detroit, said he wished to confirm one item of Judge Taggart's testi- mony, in nearly all our records ot the Anti- masonic times ot fifty years ago there is some account of the activity of Masons of LeRoy in the abduction of Morgan. Aiterward 103 per- •ons came out in a great convention held in chat place and testified over their own names that Morgan's and Bernard's revelations were true. 1 had many intimate friends among that num- ber, and might give you their names if desired. Seth M. Gcites was one, the man who opened the first prayer meeting in Congress. In Le- roy the lodge had built a temple of very beau- tiful and costly design. It was circular in form, a very costly building. The lodge in LeRoy g»yd u^ its charter, and its fine building was de-

serted and was finally sold for the purpose of Christian worship, and I afterward preached in it.

Eev. B. T. Roberts, editor of the Earnest Christian, Rochester, N. Y., Spoke briefly as follows : Among ordinary people who give any thought to the subject of Freemasonry but few give attention to the fact that it is an ene- my of the Christian religion. Those who have investigated this matter are able to prove clearly, so that their evidence can carry any jury, that Masonry is a religion. It has religious ordi- nances, a baptismal service, a burial service, etc. Salem Town, a distinguished Mason who lec- tured before the Grand Lodge of New York when De "Witt Clinton was Grand Master, claims that Masonry is a religion and that it will save the souls of those that trust in it in the world to come. It is high time that all Chris- tians should awake to the importance of this subject. What right has any one to administer an oath except as empowered to do so by the Almighty God to whom that oath is addressed. But in the lodge we see men of every character administering oaths of the most binding form as far as language is concerned. General Sher- idan when he went to Louisiana to sup- press the disturbances raised there by the se- cret lodges, said of the White League, that a nation that will allow irresponsible bodies of men to drill and train themselves for the opera- tions of war, is not worthy the name of a na- tion. But Masonry has its drill corps, trained to the highest degree; and yet no question is made to these men who meet by night and in secret to prepare for the exigencies of war when all the land is at peace! Study this subject and you will become convinced that the lodge sys- tem covers a dark and fearful combination against our government, our courts of justice and our holy religion.

Moses Pettengill, of Peoria, 111., was next in- troduced. He said : I was a school teacher at Lewiston, N. Y., at the time of Morgan's ab- duction, and was present at the trial when Eli Bruce, the sheriff of the county, was examined for 'participating in that affair. I was also ac- quainted with Col. Jewett, who was, with me, a New Hampshire man. I went over to Fort Ni- agara, a few miles away to visit the place, and was shown all over the place but the magazine. The keeper said thet no one was allowed to visit that part without a special order. Morgan was confined in the magazine at that very time, and there was no other reason why I might not have inspected that part of the I ort with the rest. Besides attending the examination of Bruce at a later day, I rode on horseback over the very route taken by Morgan's abductors only about three days after they had passed. Hence in all the proceedings of this occasion I feel the deep- est interest. Masonry says to us as the slave- holders did, "Let us alone." But we must no more listen now than we did before. The agi- tation of this subject must go on, and God will bring the evil to an end in his time. We all have a personal work to do in this matter. Mothers and sisters, you have a special mission, to keep your husbands, sons, brothers and friends from going into the lodge. We must keep the young men informed on this matter and if they keep out the old members will die off soon and the lodge die with them.

Secretary Stoddard said : It is fifty-six years ago this evening at about nine o'clock since Mor- gan was taken from Canandaigua jail by a band of Freemasons. After getting out of the jail he found that he was about to be forcibly seized by men whom he had every reason to fear were determined to take his life and he cried "Mur- der! Murderl Murder!" The woman who heard that thrilling cry is on this platform. Her name is Mrs. Evelina P. Mather, of Ellington, N. Y.; and she is 88 years old.

Calls from every side were made for her tes- timony as Mrs. Mather was aided by friendly hands to stand upon a seat that all might see and hear. She told in a clear voice how she saw the crowd running about the jail, and in the moonlight she saw they were disguised and had a living man dragging along in their midst. Sho heard him cry ''Murderl murderl murderl

Help, for God's sake!" and would never forget the piercing tones. There were few or none of the citizens to be seen, and the band of men hastened off in a carriage.

At this point Prof. C. A. Blanchard read the following extract, furnished by Mrs. M. E. R. Jones, of Boston :

"Extract from an address delivered before Constellation Lodge and the associate lodges at Dedham, Mass., June 24, 1829, by Nahum Oa- pen :

"But hark ! What discordant strains are those borne upon the southern breeze and ech- oed from the north, east and west? What means that dismal cry, disturbing this general harmony of the nation, state and village? In tones, from howling rage to whining pity, from the screaming yells of superstition to the base growl of bigotry, we hear the woe-begone name of Morgan — Morgan — Morgan ! uttered and re- uttered, echoed and re-echoed through the land. And who is Morgan? Alas! what words can the ingenuity of man seek out, meaning what this name conveys? Meaning, not exactly what we would call a man, but a being, that once was — or perhaps is — a needy, hollow-eyed, sharp- looking wretch, a living dead man —

"And with no face, as it were, ont-facing us."

A being, the texture of whose character breaks at every touch and stands in eminent need of the mercy of God and the charity of man. But he was murdered — murdered by the Masons. This is a serious charge ; a charge made against an institution dedicated to the care of the all- seeing eye of heaven ; and moved by the spirit of man, by the love of a brother, and the pre- cepts of Christianity.' "

Miss Sarah Stevens, of Batavia, '\jpas next ask- ed for a statement of her recollections. She said she well remembered the rumors that were in many mouths about Morgan and Miller pub- lishing the secrets of Masonry and what would happen. She was 16 years old in 1826 and was intimate with D. C. Miller's family and also knew Mrs. Morgan well. Went to her house after she came back to Canandaigua where she had been to find her husband, and heard hex tell of meeting Ganson at Stafford. She remem- bered the attack of the "Hoop-pole brigade" on Miller's office. The office was armed, but Miller was seized. There were about 300 men in the crowd as near as she could remember. She saw the rescuing party going after Miller. She knew also that Miller, Morgan and Harris met together one evening not long before these events. Morgan spoke strongly of the evils of Freemasonry. He said, "I am determined to expose it. 1 shall die for it ; but I want you to stand by me. I can see nothing before me but death which the lodge has sworn to infiict upon me. Give me your hands. Look after my lit- tle girl." Harris told me of this himself some years later. Harris married Mrs. Morgan some time after her husband was killed.

This lady, said Bro. Stoddard, when she was done, has cared for the graves of Morgan and Miller's family for forty years. When we asked her to point out the place she took us to the very spot.

"Shall Morgan's Murder be Forgot?" sang Bro. Clark with an emphasis that everyone ap- preciated.

[^Continued next week.']

— Mr. Cook met with quite a severe accident on his voyage from Japan to Sydney, New South Wales, being thrown from an upper to a lower deck by the lurching of the ship during a storm and was severely bruised ; but after sur- gical treatment and a week's rest, when be reached Sydney, he was ready for work. Says Zion^s Herald : "He was received by the lead- ing dignitaries of Church and State, and deliv- ered four lectures to immense crowds amidst the greatest enthusiasm. Every possible attention and courtesy were shown mm, enabling him to form correct ideas of the condition of the social, civil, eduoational and religious interests of the country. He certainly has gathered a wonder- ful store of material for very interesting lec- tures when he reaches his home again."

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Beptember 28, 1889

THE CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE.

REFORM NEWS.

The Massachusetts State Convention.

By the aid of copies of the "Wdi-cester Spy kindly sent by president Cheever and secretary Bailey, we are able to briefly report tlie State Convention at Worcester last Tuesday and Wednesday :

The Maegachnsetts Christian Association in opposition to secret societies, says the Spy, be- gan its annual session in this city last evening at Horticultural Hall, the president, Eev. Henry T. Cheever, in the chair. In opening the meet- ing, Mr. Cheever said they were convened as Christian patriots aud reformers to bring their combined moral and religious influence to bedr against the nn-christian, oath-bound orders of secrecy with which the community was perva- ded and demoralized. He said they were united and strong in the conviction expressed by a dis- tinguished patriot and orator of the day, that every good citizen should make war on all se- cret societies till they were forbidden by law and rooted out of existence. This association is aux- iliary to the National Christian Association, whose headquarters and publishing house are at Chicago, 111. The language of the call for this convention was read. Gathered under such a call for united counsel and consideration, Mr. Cheever said it was meet and in order first of all to implore the divine blessing.

An address was made by Rev. J. P. Stoddard, agent of the National Christian Association, in exposition of the immorality and iniquity of oath-bound secret societies, especially the so- called "Masonic," debauching the conscience, and defying God's law. He closed by calling on all Christians and patriots to unite in their full strength and with the sword of the Spirit cast out and expel from the land so vile an in- stitution.

On Wednesday the forenoon session was open- ed with prayer by Rev. E. D. Bailey. Letters were read from Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby, of New York, and Wendell Phillips, endorsing the movement. Statements from the paper of Thur- low Weed read at the unveiling of the Morgan monument at Batavia, N. T., last week, were also read. The following officers for the ensu- suing year were elected: President, C. B. Knight, of Worcester; Vice-presidents, Rev. E.

D. Bailey, of Worcester, Increase Leadbetter, of Auburndale, L. E. Lincoln and Mrs. M. E. R. Jones, of Boston ; Secretary, Mrs. E. D. Bailey, and Treasurer, David Manning, Sr., both of Worcester ; Executive Committee, A. F. Spauld- ing, Rev. H. T. Cheevsr and S. A. Pratt, of Worcester, Moses Morse, of Southbridge, Mies

E. E. Flagg, of Wellesley. • At the afternoon session Prof. S. C. Kimball, of Newmarket, N. H., made a statement of the progress of the work in his State, and brief speeches were made by Rev. J. P. Stoddard, of Chicago, and Rev. W. T. Sleeper, Rev. E. D. Bailey and Rev. Mr. Nordig, of Worcester, John Tanner, of Boston, Rev. J. L. Barlow, of Willimantic, Conn,, and A. M. Paul, of Providence, R. I.

In the evening the speakers were Rev. Mr. Barlow and Prof. Kimball, who were very pro- nounced in their denunciation of the Masonic order, the former claiming that it was in league with Satan, and thought it the duty of every Christian to oppose its principles. He also gave a history of the Morgan murder in west- ern New York in 1826, and referred to the pro- ceedings of the recent dedication of a monument erected to his memory at Batavia.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

— The family of the late Deacon Whittin, of Whittinsville, Mass., who left an unsigned will, are carrying out its provisions as if it had legal force. The Massachusetts Home Missionary So- ciety has received $20,000, the permanent fund of the American Board $2.5,000, the Church Erection Society $8,000, and the University of New Mexico $5,000.

— The Moravian Church lately celebrated the 160th anniversary of the beginning of its great foreign missionary work which dates from Au-

gust 21st, 1732, when Leonard Dober and Da- vid Nitschmann, the first two Moravian mission- aries, set out with $6 in pocket from Herrnhut, Germany, on their way to the West India Isl- and of St. Thomas. The Moravians of Bethle- hem celebrated the event with appropriate ser- vices, Monday, August 31st, when Rev. C. A. Thompson', D. D., of Boston, delivered the Jubi- lee Oration.

— The recent death of President Allen, of Girard College, Philadelphia, has called public attention to the provisions made in the will of Stephen Girard against Christianity being taught in the institution which he munificently found- ed. During Mr. Allen's illness neither his pas- tor nor any other Christian minister could visit him, and none could go within the college walls to take part in tho funeral services. But the exclusion of ministers does not seemi to have accomplished what Girard intended. The Sun- day School Times says : "President Allen had himself done the work of a clergyman in that college while living, and at his funeral Christian services were there held by Christian laymen. After this his remains were taken into a neigh- boring church, where Christian liberality gave freer air ; and there a score or more of promi- nent Christian clergymen united with a large as- sembly in paying another tribute of respect to the life and work of this distinguished Chris- tian layman." The Girard heirs and the trus- tees of the fund are said to be a unit as to the propriety of teaching Christianity in the col- lege, while technically obeying the will by ex- cluding clergymen.

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The Christian Union Meeting.

Pursuant to a call in several papers a number of brethren attending the convention of the N. C. A. at Batavia met in the Opera House, Sep. 15th, to consider what could be done for the pro- motion of Christian union.

R. W. Lyman, of Arcade, N. Y., was chosen chairman, and 0. C. Cone, of Wapella,Ill., secre- tary. After prayer communications were read from J. G. Fee, of Berea, Ky., and Rufus Smith, of Maryville, Mo.

Several meetings for consultation had been held during the intervals of the convention, and on the 15th the brethren met at the house of Bro, A. C. Newell, No. 24 Jackson street, where the following paper presented by H. H. Hinman was read and adopted :

Believing that the only authorized division among men is between the children of God and the children of the vsricked one, and that this division ought to be far more complete and manifest than it now is, and believing that organized division in the body of Christ is sin against him and wrong to all mankind, and recognizing the fact that multitudes of Christians and many local congrega- tions greatly deplore the evils of schism (called heresy in the Bible) and are groaning after deliverance from its power, and that Christian reformers are especially led to see that it is the greatest obstacle to the promotion of Christian morality either in the world or the church ; therefore

Resolved, 1. That we favor the holding of a National Convention of the friends of Christian union to devise means for the more complete separation of God's people from all worldly and Christless associations and their unity and harmony in him.

2. That we recommend the formation of a Christian Missionary Society, not for the creation or promotion of any schism in the body of Christ, but to aid such faithful men and churches as are laboring to promote the purity and the unity of the people of God.

3. Resolved, That Bro. J. G. Pee, of Berea, Ky., R. W. Lyman of Arcade, N. Y., and Rufus Smith of Maryville, Mo., be a committee to call such a convention and to take the steps necessary to organize such a Missionary Society.

The Reformed Synod and Freemasonry.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Sep. 6th, 1882.

I have just read the report of the General Synod of the Reformed Church at its meeting in Schenectady, New York, in June l&st, in re- ference to certain memorials on the subject of Freemasonry. In substance, this report de- clines any action on account of constitutional limitations, and refers the whole matter to the several consistories 5'upon whom alone the re- sponsibility rests, and to whom alone the power belongs."

Without attempting to discuss the merits of the question as to constitutional authority, I wish to notice some things of a general charac- ter :

1st. The report carefully avoids all expres- sion of opinion as to the character of Masonry, and its relation to the church. There is not one word which a Mason could construe as hostile to that institution, and not one word to those who, from no sense of duty, have done violence to the moral sense of their brethren by be- coming Freemasons.

2d. It discourages all discussion of the mer- its of the question, and talks largely of Chris- tian charity, of sacrificing prejudices, and study- ing those things that work for peace. Whether the author of the report was a Mason 1 cannot say ; but it is just such a report as the Ma- sonic party would desire, and reminds one of similar utterances in the days of slavery. Sin only asks to be let alone. It will be content to be very quiet in the church, if not opposed.

3d. The Synod did not feel restrained from discussing similar questions and expressing most positive convictions. They had no difficulty in saying what they thought about Chinese immi- gration. They discussed elaborately the ques- tion of the right of a local church to control its property, and found a large number of legal precedents to show that no property once be- longing to, could ever be alienated from the de- nomination ; but in reference to the Christless worships and profane oaths of the lodge it is evident that they had never formed an opinion, and felt bound to hold all Anti-masons under bonds to keep the peace with their brethren of the lodge and "let the dead past bury its dead."

In short, the report is simply an assumption that there is nothing morally wrong in Masonry and that it is simply a question of expediency about which men are expected to differ.

H. H. H."

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Mr. Pentecost in Scotland. — Mr. Pentecost's letters from Scotland this summer, during what he terms his "half-holiday and half-work, have been exceedingly interesting and encouraging. In a recent letter he says : "I wish I could give you some idea of the very great work God has been doing in Scotland the past season, and how large and blessed a share he has been allowing me to have in it the last five weeks. For many nights past we have not been able to accommo- date the ever-increasing crowds of people that have come to hear the Word. The after meet- ings have been eo large that it has been impossi- ble to deal with inquiries separately. One night there were more than forty men rose in their seats and avowed their conversion to God that night, besides many women and children." At another meeting there were twenty-seven avowals of conversions, etc, etc. Everywhere crowded meetings ; everywhere immediate re- sults. He speaks in glowing terms of the Christian life and service of families by whom he has been entertained. At one of the meet- ings he says a man found the Saviour, and im- mediately searched through the great audience for his sister, and brought her into the inquiry- room that she might find the same Saviour. The next night he brought five or six of his friends, and had the delight of knowing of the conver- sion of all. He has learned of more than three hundred conversions at the meetings he has been permitted to hold. As a natural consequence, it has been hard for him to get away from the ear- nest requests from all quarters for him to re- main. In Glasgow he was seriously approached as to accepting the pastorate of a leading church there. But he says his home work — the Tomp- kins Avenue church, the Ellery Street Mission, the Academy of Music services, etc., — to which he longs to return, did not permit even a thought of change. He went to Switzerland with his family, to spend the last days of his vacation, and then turned his face homeward.

J. J. O'Shea, of Aibia, Iowa, writes : "In reference to the American Party I expect a very good vote here on the State ticket. We have had no county convention, and as it is too late for such a convention we can vote on the State ticket. Some of the county papers are getting badly scared at the projects of Anti-masons."

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^Prayerjwill make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer. — Bwny(m,

THE CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE.

SepiemW ^'S(, 1884

VOMt. AND FARM.

Wealth in Walnut Trees.

Jacksonville, III. — Mr. C. B. Wilpon drove me out to his farm to-day to see some black walnut trees. "These trees," he said, "were planted from the seed twen- ty years ago. I saw them plant- ed." I measured these trees and they were sixteen inches throug;h. They would saw into timber a foot square. They would cut 300 feet of clear black walnut boards and then have the tops, limbs, and stump left. The stump itself would sell to-day for $5 to be saw- ed into veneers. The boards would be worth $30.

"What could you sell those trees for to timber men as they stand," I asked.

"I conld sell them for $25 per tree, and ten years from now they will be worth $50."

From these facts I came to this conclusion : A black walnut tree will pay $1.25 per year for the first twenty years. A thousand of them will pay $1,200 per year.

Now, every Illinois farmer has it in his power to make more mon- ey off of a row of black walnut trees around his farm, than he can make on his farm if sowed in wheat. How can he do it?

This way : A farm of 160 acres would be 10,560 feet in circumfer- ence. Now plant walnut trees four feet apart all around it and you will have 2,760 trees ; which will be worth $25 apiece in twenty years.

Again, a farmer can set all of his sloughs, low places, and all hog pastures into black walnuts. Two thousand handsome walnut trees arrowing on a farm would be worth $50,000 in twenty years, and would not interfere with the farm at all. Orange raising in Florida will not pay half so well as black walnut raising in Illinois.

"How should black walnuts be planted 1" I asked Mr. Bates, a nur- seryman at Whitehall, 111.

"The easiest way." he said, "is to strike the ground with a com- mon hammer in the fall, make a round hole two inches deep and drop the walnut in. It will cover itself with leaves and dust. The debris over the kernel will be so light that the sprout will have no trouble in finding its way out:"

"What would you do after they come up in the spring?"

"I'd go around and put a shovel- fnll of sawdust, tan-bark, grain- chafi, or straw around each sprout. This will keep the roots damp and kill the grass or weeds around the roots. A boy could plant a thou- sand trees in a day in this manner. I'd plant them twice as thick as I neeaed them and then thin them out." — Chicago Tribune.

A Hint for Window Gardening.

A recent English writer gives the following, which suggests a way in which hardy wood-climbers might be made available for win- dow decoration in winter or early spring :

"Some years ago, as I was pass- ing through a room used only oc- casionally, 1 perceived an odor of fresh flowers that surprised me, as none were ever kept there. On raising the curtain of the east win-

dow, I saw that a branch of Dutch honeysuckle had found its way be- tween the two eashes at one cor- ner, while growing in the summer, and had extended itself quite across the window; and on the branch inside there were three or four clusters of well-developed flowers, with the usual accompani- ment of leaves, while on the main bush outside there was not yet a leaf to be seen. The flowers in- side were just as beautiful and fra- grant as it they had waited until the natural time of blooming. Since then I have tried the experi- ment purposely, and always with the same result."

A heavy covering of the ground over the roots of the plants with leaves, and sufficient protection of the stem outside, would allow this method to be practiced in quite se- vere climates.

Christian Workers

Who depend on voluntary con- tributions of Christian people in whole or in part for their support:

J . F. Bkowne, Cabin Creek, Ky.

Eli Taplet, Columbus, Miss.

J. F. Galloway, Okahumka Florida.

Wm. Hazenbukg, Cape Town, S. Africa.

A. D. Zaraphonithes, Andros, via Syra, Greece.

G. H. Filian, Armenia.

Contributions for either of these brethren may be forwarded either through the editors of the Cyno- sure or the Treasurer of the N. C. A. Please designate to which one such funds shall be sent.

BIBLES.

We have recently exchanged a lot of Anti-masonic publications for Bibles which we offer at low rates post paidl

We have well bound pocket Bi- bles at $1.00, $1.35, $1.50, $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 and $3.00. Also some fine Oxford and Tract Society Teachers Bibles at $3.00, $3.25, $3.50 and $4.25.

Of the family Bibles all but two have already been disposed of, leaving one at $3.00 and the other at $6.75.

Among the pocket Bibles are some Oxford edition with leather protecting edges at $2.00 and $3.00 each. Address,

Ezra A. Cook, 7 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

IMPORTANT TO TRAVELERS !

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NATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

221 W. Madison St., Chicago.

President. — J. Blanchard, Wheaton, 111.

Vice - President. — Thos. H. Gault, Chjcago.

EC. Sec. — John D. Nutting, Chicago.

Cor. Sec. and Gen. Agent. — J. P. Stod- dard, 221 W. Madison Street, Chicago.

Treasurer.— W. I. Phillips, 221 W. Madison Street, Chicago.

Directors. — Philo Carpenter, J. Blanch- ard, M. R. Britten, E. A. Cook, H L. Kel- logg, D. P. Baker, T. H. Gault, A. G. Laird, C. R. Hagerty, John Gardner, L. N. Stratton.

THE national CONVENTION.

President.— Rev. S. CoUinB, Wash- ington D. C.

Secretaries. — H. L. Kellogg, W. H. Ross &nd M. N. Butler.

The object of this Association is :

"Toexpoie, withstand and remove eecret loct- •Um, Freemasonry in particolar, and other uitl- ChristUn moTementt, in order to save the chnrch- M of Christ from being depraved, to redeem th« •dmlnlstratlon of Jnetice from perversion, tad onrrapablicaBKOTemment from eormptioiu**

To carnr on this work contributions are ■olicited from every friend of tiie reform.

FoKM or BiqimT.— I give and bequeatk to the National Ohristlan Association, Incorporated and ezisting nnder the laws of the Stat* of Illinoli, the sum of — doDara, for the pnrposes of said Association, and for wUch the receipt of it* Treaearer for th« t!m« betiis' nhall b« « (iiaielanl d1s.;lt»--

STATE AUXILIARY ASSOCIATIONS.

Alabama. — Pres., W. A. McAlpine Sec, G. M. Elliott; Treas., E. ishel, all of Sekna.

California. — Pres., L. B. Lathrop, HoUister; Cor. Sec, Mrs. U. P. Merrill, Woodland; Treas., C. Ruddock, Wood- land.

Connecticut. — Pres., J. A. Conant, Willimantic ; Sec, Geo. Smith, Willi- mantic; Treas., C. T. Collins, Windsor.

Illinois. — Pres., D. P. Baker, Chicago; Sec. W. H. Chandler, Van Orin; Treas., W. I. Phillips, 221 W. Madison street, Chicago.

Indiana. — Pres., I. W. Lowman, Au. burn ; Sec, Wnd. Small, Amboy ; Treas., Benj. Ulsh, Silver Lake.

Iowa. — Pres., C. D. Trumbull, Morning Sun; Rec. Sec. A.W. Hall, College Spring; Cor. Sec, W. T. Moffitt, Morning Sun; Treas., Joseph Laird, Wayne.

Kansas.- Pres., J. S. T. Milligan, North Cedar ; Sec, J. Alter, Valley Falls ; Treas. J. A. Ton-euce, Winchester.

Massachusetfs — Pres., Henry T. Chee- ver, Worcester ; Sec, David McFall, East Cambridge.

Michigan.— Pres., Wm. Win^, Grand Rapids; Rec-Sec'y, A. H. Springstein, Pontiac ; Cor. Sec, W. H. Ross, Allegan ; Treas., C. C. Foote, 88 Columbia Street, Detroit.

Minnesota. — Pres. E. G. Paine, Wasi- oja; Cor. Sec, W. H. McChesney, Fair- mont ; Rec. Sec'y Thos . Hartley, Richland ; Treas., Wm. H. Morrill, St. Charles.

Missouri.- Pres. C. J. Kephart Avalon ; Treas., William Beauchamp, Avalon; Cor. Sec, M. N. Butler, Albany.

Nebraska.- Pres. S. Austin, Fair- mount ; Cor. Sec, W. S. Spooner, Kearney ; Treas , R. A. Bishop, Seeley's Mills.

New Hampshire. — Pres Benj. M. Ma- son, Moultonboro; Sec, S. C Kimball, New Maj-ket; Treas., E. Smith, Center Strafford.

New York. — Pres. F. W. Capwell, Dale; Sec'y, Isaac Hyatt, Dale; Treas., M. Merrick, Syracuse.

Ohio.— Pres., Wm. Dillon, Dayton; Cor. Sec, J. P. Lytle, Sago; Treas., J. M. Scott, Alexandria.

Pennsylvania.- Pres. A. L. Post, Mon- trose; Cor. Sec, N. Callender, Thompson ; Treas., W. B. Bertels, Wilkesbarre.

Wisconsin.- Pres., Enos Collins, Colo ma ; Cor. Sec. W. W. Warner, Baraboo ; Treas., M. R. Britten, Vieona.

West Virginia. — Pres.. D. B. Turney, Sec, John Bosley, Grafton ; Treas., H. B. Higgins, Petroleum.

Anti-masonic Lecturers.

General Agent and Lecturer, J. P. Stoddai-d, 221 West Madison street, Chi- cago.

Agents for the South : H. H. Hinman, Wheaton, 111., and Paul S. Feemster, Larned, Kans.

E. D. Bailey, Worcester, Mass., Agent for New England.

Degree Workers. — (Seceders.)

D. P. Rathbun, Clarence, Iowa,

S. E. Starry, Clarence, Iowa.

Jas. Furguson, " "

J. K. Glassford, Carthage, Mo. State Leoturbrb.

California, D. A. Richards, Woodland,

Connecticut, J. L. Barlow of WW mautio.

Indiana, B. L. Oook ot Albion. Missouri, M. N. Butler of Albany. New Hampshire, L. D. Bryant of New Market. Wisconsin, Thos. Lowe, Coloma Bta.

Other Lbctubbrb. C. A. Blanchard, Wheaton, 111 N. Callender, Thompson, Pa. J. H. Timmons, Tarentum, Pa. J. H. Baird, Templeton, Pa. T. B. McCormick, Princeton, Ind E. Johnson, Dayton, Ind. J. M. Bishop, Chambersburg, Pa A. Mayn, Promise City, Mich. J. B. Cressinger, Sullivan, O. W. M. Love, Baker, Mo. A. D. Freeman, Downers Grove, HI. R. Faurot, Jackson, Miss. J. P. Richards, Belmont, Wis. Edward Mathews, N. C A. office. Wm. Fenton. St. Paul, Minn. E. I. Grinnell, Blairsburg, Iowa. Warren Taylor, Roxabelf O. J. S Perry, Thompson, Cfonn.

C. F. Hawley, Wheal on. 111.

J. T. Michael, New Wilmington, Pa. Prof. S. C. Kimball, New Market, N. H. Elder L. H. Buf kins, Scranton, Iowa, S. G. Barton, Breckinridge, Mo. Joel H. Austin, Goshen, Ind.

D. B. Turney, Bird Station, HI. J. F. Browne, Cabin Creek, Ky. £. Barnetson, Jackson Valley, Pa.

The Churches against Lodger/.

The following denominations are com- mitted by vote of their legislative assem- blies or by constitution to a separation from secret lodge worship :

Advtotists (Seventh-day).

Baptists-— Primitive, Seventh-day and Scandinavian.

Brethren (Dunkers or German Baptists).

Christian Reformed Church.

Church of God (Northern Indiana El- dership.)

Congregational — ^The State Associations of Illinois and Iowa have adopted resolu- tions against the lodge.

Disciples (in part).

Friends.

Lutherans — Norwegian, Danish, Swed- ish and Synodical Conferences.

Mennonites.

Methodists — Free and Wesleyan.

Methodist Protestant (Minnesota Con- ference).

Moravians.

Plymouth Brethren.

Presbyterian — Associate, Reformed and United.

Reformed Church (Holland Branch).

United Brethren in Christ.

Individual churches in some of these denominations should be excepted, in part of them even a considerable portion.

The foUowinjs; local churches have, as a pledge to disfellowship and oppose lodge worship, given their names to the follow- ing list as

the associated CHUBCHEB of OStRIST.

New Ruhamah Congregational^amil- ton. Miss.

Pleasant Ridge Congregational, Sand. ford county, Ala.

New Hope Methodist,Lownde8 co., Miss.

Congregational, College Springs, Iowa.

College Church of Christ, Wheaton, 111.

First Congregational, Leland, Mich.

Sugar Grove church. Green county. Pa.

Military Chapel, M. E., Lowndes Co., Miss,

Hopewell Missionary Baptist, Lowndes Co., Miss.

Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist, Lown- des Co., Miss.

Simon's Chapel,M. E.jLowndes co.. Miss.

Pleasant Ridge Missionary Baptist, Lowndes Co., Miss.

Brownlee church, Caledonia, Miss.

Salem church, Lowndes Co., Miss.

West Preston Baptist church, Wayne Co. Pa.

Other local churches which have adopt- ed the same principles are —

Baptist churches ; N. Abington, Pa. ; Menomrnie, Mondovi, Waubeck and Spring Prairie, Wis. ; Wheaton, 111. ; Per- ry, N. Y. ; Spring Creek, near Burlington, Iowa ; Lima, Ind. ; Constableville, N. Y. The "Good Will Association" of Mobile, Ala., comprising some twenty-five colored Baptist c^iurches; Bridgewaler Baptist Association, Pa. ; Old Tebo Baptist, neiar Leesviile, Henry Co., Mo. ; Hoopeston, 111.

Congregational churches : 1st of Ober- lin, O. ; Tonica, Crystal Lake, Union and Big Woods, 111. ; Solsbury, Ind. ; Congre- gational Methodist, Maplewood, Mass.

Presbyterian church, Hoopeston, 111.

Independent churches in Lowell, Coun- tryman school house near Lindenwood, Marengo and Streator, 111.; Berea and Camp Nelson, Ky. ; Ustick. 111. ; Clarks- burg, Kana. State Aesociation of Mlnitj' ten and Churdies in Cluriit of Ke&tuolij

September 21,"1882

THE CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE.

CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS OF EZRA A. COOK,

FOR SAT^E BY

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EZSA A. COOK, NO. 7 WABASH AVENXJE, OHIO AGO, ILL.

NATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 221 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO.

PROF. E. D. BAILEY, 8 POBTTLNAD STREET, WORCESTER, MASS.

Books at dozen or retail prices sent post-paid. Not less than one-half dozen sent at dozen rates. Books by mail are at riek of person ordering, unless 10 cents extra is sent to pay for registering them, when their safe delivery is guaranteed. Books at retail ordered by express, are sold at 10 per cent. discount and delivery gua7'anteed, but not express paid. Postage stamps taken for small sums. t^?~A Uberal discount to dealers and regular canvassers.

ON FREEMASONRY.

Freexnasonry Illustrated. A complete exposition of the seven degrees of the Blue Lodge and Chapter. Profusely Illustrated. A historical sketch of the Institution and a critical analysis of the character of each degree, by Prest. J. Blanch- ard, of Wheaton College. Monitorial quotations and nearly four hundred notes from stanlard Ma- sonic authorities confirm the truthfulness of this exposition and show the characterof Masonic teich- Ing and doctrine. The accuracy of this exposition legally attested by J. O. Doesburg, Past Master Un- ity Ci; No. 191, Holland, Mich , and oth' rs. This Is the latest, most accurate and complete exposi- tion of Blue Lodge and Chapter Masonry. Over one hundred lllustratfons — several of them full page — give a pictorial representation of the lodge- room, chapter and principal ceremonies of the de- grees, with the dress of candidates, signs, grips, »tc. Complete work of 640 pages, in cloth, $1.00; fei dozen, $9.00. Paper covers, 60 cents; per doz- en, $5.50. First three degrees (376 pages). In cloth, 75 cents; per dozen, $7.00. Paper cover, 40 cents; per dozen, $4.00. ^^The Masonic quotations are worth the price of this book.

Knigrht TexnplariBm. Illustrated. A full Illustrated ritual of the six degrees of the Council and Commandery, comprising the degrees of Royal Master, Select Master, Super-Excellent Master, Knight of the Red Cross. Knight Templar and Knight of Malta. A book of 341 pages. In cloth, $1.00; $8.50 per dozen. Paper covers, 50ctB; $4.00 per dozen .

FreeznaBOury Exposed. By Capt. "William Morgan. The genuine oldMorgan book republished, with engravings showing the lodge-room, dress of eandldtetes, signs, due guards, grips, etc. This rev- elation was so accurate that Preemasons murdered the author for writing It. 35 cents each ; per dozen, »2.00.

Adoptive Masonry Illustrated. A full and complete Illustrated ritual of the five degrets of Female Freemasonry, by Thomas Lowe; comprising the degrees of Jephthah's Daughter, Ruth, Esther, Martha and Electa, and known as the Daughter's Degree, Widow's Degree, Wife's Degree, Sister's De- gree and the Benevolent Degree. 20 cents each; per dozen, $1.76.

Valance's Confession of the Murder ot C.VPT. Wm. Morgan. This confession of Henry L. Valance, one of the three Freemasons who drowned Morgan In the Niagara River, was taken from the lips of the dying man by Dr. John C. Emerj , of Ra- cine County, Wisconsin, In 1848. 10 cents eachs per dozen. $1.00.

History of the Abduction and Murder

ofCapt. Wm. Moegan. As prepared by seven com- mittees of citizens, appointed to ascertain the fate of Morgan. This book contains indisputable, legal evidence that Freemasons abducted and murdered Wm. Morgan, for no other offense than the revela- tion 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 respectable Freema- sons In the Empire State were concerned In this crime. 25 cents each; per dozen, $3.00,

The Broken Seal; or Personal Reminiscences ofthe Abduction and Murder of Capt. Wm. Morgan. By Bajnuel D. Greene. One of the most Interesting books ever published. In cloth, 75 cents ; per dozen, f7. BO. Paper covers. 40 cents ; per dozen, $3. 50 .

Reminiscences of Morg'an Times, By

Elder David Bernard, author of Bernard's Lighten Mseonry. This Is a thrilling narrative of the inci- dents connected with Bernard's Revelation of Free- masojiry. 10 cents each; per dozen, $1.00. .

Oaths and Fenalties of the 33 De-

SBEES OF Fkeemasonby. To get these thirty-three degrees of Masonic bondage, the candidate takes half-a-mllUon horrible oaths. 15 cents each; per dozen, $1.00.

Oaths and Fenalties of Freemasonry,

as proved In court In the New Berlin Trial. Also the letter of Hon. Richard Rush to the anti-Mason- ic committee of York County, Pa., May 4th, 1831. The New Berlin trials began in the attempt of Freemasons to prevent public initiations by seceding Masons. These trials were held at New Berlin, Chenango Co., N. T., April 13 and 14th, 1831. and General Augu.stus C. Welsh , sheriff of the county, and other adhering Freemasons, swore to the truth- ful revelation of the oaths and penalties.- 10 cents each; per dozen, $1.00.

Finney on Masonry, The character, clai ns and practical workings of Freemasonry. By Prest. Obarles G. Finney, of Oberlln College. President Finney was a "bright Mason," but left the lodge when he became a Christian. This book hag opened the eyes of multitudes- In cloth, 76' cents; per dozen, $7.60. Paper cover, 35 cents; per dozen. $3.60.

Ex-President John Quincy Adams*

Letters on the Nature of Masonic Oaths, Obliga- tions and Penalties. Thirty most Interesting, able and convincing letters on the above general subject, written by this renowned statesman to different pub- lic men of the United States during the years 1831 to 1833. With Mr. Adams' address to the pec ile of Massachusetts upon political aspects of lodgery; an Appendix giving obligations of Masonry, and an able Introduction. This Is one of the most telling anti- secrecy works extant, aside from the Expositions. Price, cloth, $1.00; per dozen, $9.00. Paper, 36 cents ; per dozen, $3. 50.

The Mystic Tie, or Freemasonry a LaAeui WITH the Devil. This Is an account of the church trial of Peter Cook and wife, of Elkhart, Indiana, for refusing to support a reverend Free- mason; and their very able defense presented by- Mrs. Lucia C. Cook, in which she clearly shows that Freemasonry is antagonistic to the Christian religion. 16 cents each; per dozen, $1.25.

Masonry a Work of Darkness, adverse to Christianity, and Inimical to republican govern- ment. By Rev. Lebbeus Armstrong (Presbyterian), a seceding Mason of 21 degrees. This is a very telUne work and no honest man who reads It will tMtik of Joining the lodge. 16 cents each; per

Judg'e Whitney's Defense before the

Grand Lodge of Illinois. Judge Daniel H. Whit- ney was Master of the lodge when S. L. Keith, a member of his lodge, murdered Ellen Slade. Judge Whitney, by attempting to bring F.elth to justice, brought on himself the vengeance „f the lodge, but he boldly replied to the charges against him, and afterwards reuouncea Masonry, 15 cents each; ner dozen «1 ^'5

ON ODDFELLOWSHIP.

Revised Odd-fellowship Illustrated.

The complete revised ritual of the Lodge, Encamp- meut and Kebekah (ladles') degrees, profusely Illus- trated, aud guaranteed to be strictly accurate; with a sketch of the origin, history and character of the order, over one hundred foot-note quotations from standard authorities, showing the character and teachings of the order, and an analysis of each de- gree by President J. Blanchard. This ritual cor- responds exactly with the ' ' Charge Books " fur- nished by the Sovereign Grand Lodge. In cloth, $1.00; per dozen, .?8.()0. Paper cover, 50 cents; per dozen, $4.00.

Odd-fellowship Judged by Its Own Utter- ances; Its Doctrine and Practice Examined In ths Light of God's Word. By Rev J. H. Brockman. This Is an exceedingly interesting, clear discussion of the character of Odd-fellowship, in the form of a dialogue. In cloth, 50 cents; per dozen, $4.00. Paper covers, 25 cents ; per dozen, $2 00. German edition, entitled "Christian and Ernst," paper covers, 50 cents each. The German edition is published by the author.

Other Secret Society Rituals,

Knights of Pythias Illustrated. By

Past Chancellor. A full Illustrated exposition of the three ranks of the order, with the addition of the "Amended, Perfected and Amplified Third Rank." The lodge-room, signs, countersigns, grips, etc., are shown by engravings. 25 cents each ; per dozen, $2.00.

tTnited Sons of Industry Illustrated.

A full and complete illustrated ritual of the secret trades-union ot the above name, giving the signs, grips, passwords', etc. 15 cents each; per do^en, $1.25.

Good Templarism Illustrated. A full and accurate exposition of the degrees of the Lodge, Temple and Council, with engravings showing the signs, grips, etc. 25 cents each; per dozen, $2.00.

Exposition of the Grange. Edited by Rev. A. W. Geeslln. Illustrated with engravings, showing lodge-room, signs, signals, etc. 25 cents each ; per dozen, $2.00.

Ritual of the Grand Army of the Re-

PUBLIC, with signs of recognition, passwords, etc., and the ritual of the Machinists' aud Blacksmiths' Union. (The two bound together. ) 10 cents each; pc- dozen, 75 cents.

Temple of Honor Illustrated. A full and complete Illustrated ritual of "The Templars of Honor and Temperance," commonly called the Temple of Honor, a historical sketch of the order and an analysis of Its character. A complete ex- position of the Subordinate Temple, and the degrees of Love, Purity and Fidelity, by a Templar of Fi- delity and Past Worthy Chief Templar. 26 cents each; per dozen, $2.00.

Secret Societies Illustrated. Containing the signs, grips, passwords, emblems, etc., of Free- masonry (Blue Lodge aud to the fourteenth degree of the York rite). Adoptive Masonry, Revised Odd- fellowship, Good Templarism, the Temple of Honor, the United Sons of Industry, Knights of Pythias and the Grange, with affidavits, etc. Over 250 cuts, 99 pages, papercover. Price, 25 cents; $2. 00 per dozen

MISCELLANEOUS.

Secret Societies, Ancient and Modern.

A book of great Interest to officers of the army and navy, the bench and the clergy. Table of Con- tents: The Antiquity of Secret Societies, The Life of Julian, The Eleuslnian Mysteries, The Origin of Masonry, Was Washington a Mason? Fillmore and Webster's Deference to Masonry, A Brief Outline of the Progress of Masonry In the United States, The Tammany Ring, Masonic Benevolence, the Uses of Masonry, An Illustration, The Conclusion. 60 cents each; per dozen, $4,75.

Oolleg'e Secret Societies. Their customs, character, and the efforts for their suppression. By H. L. Kellogg. Containing the opinion of many prominent college presidents, and others, and a full account of the murder of Mortimer Leggett. 25 cents each : per dozen $2 00

General Washington Opposed to Se- CKBT Societies. This is a republication of Gover- nor Joseph Rltner's " Vindication of General Washington from the Stigma of Adherence to Secret Societieii,''' communicated to the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, March 8th, 1837. at their special request. To this is added the fact that three high Masons were the only persons who opposed a vote of thanks to Washington on his re tlrementto private life— undoubtedly because they considered him a seceding Freemason. 10 cents each; per dozen, 75 cents.

Freemasonry Contrary to the Chris-

tian Religio*;. A clear, cutting argument against the loJge, from a Christian standpoint. 5 cents each; per dozen, 60 cents.

Are Masonic Oaths Binding on t.ne In-

ITIATE. By Rev. A. L. Post. Proof of the sinful- ness of such oaths and the consequent duty of all who have taken them to openly repudiate them. 6 cents each; per dozen, 50 cents.

Secret Societies. A discussion of their char- acter and claims, by Rev. David McDill, Prest. J. Blanchard and Rev. Edward Beecher. Each of these able writers In clear, forcible language treats the subject In oneormoreof its varied phases. Rev. David McDIll in six chapters treats of 1. "Their Antiquity; 2 Their Secrecy ; 3. " Oaths and Prom- ises;"! • 'Profaneness''' 5. "Their Excluslveness;" fi. "False Claims." Prest. Blanchard handles the topic: " Shall Christians Join Secret Societies?" in a masterly way, showing clearly that Ihey are all opposed to the genius of Christianity; and Dr. Beecher closes with his Report en Secret Societies, which was adopted by the Congregational Associa- tion of Illinois at Ottawa in 1866. In cloth, 35 cents; per dozen, $3.25. Paper coT!r, 15 cents; per dozen, $1.25

ITarratlves and Arguments, showing the conflict of secret societies with the Constitution and laws of the Union and of the States. By Francis Semple. The facf that secret societies in- terfere with the execution and pervert the adminis- tration of iaw Is here dearly pcoTStU 16 oante eacbi perdoieD,$l,i&

History Nat'l Christian Association.

Its origin, objects, what it has done and alms to do, and the best means to accomplish the end sought; the Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and By- laws of the Association, condition of the Carpenter donation, with engraving of building donated by Mr. Carpenter; tables showing llie number of pas- tors and communicants In churches that exclude members of secret societies, tabular view of local, county, state aud national conventions, and list of organizations auxiliary to the National Christian Aspoclallon; brief opinions of eminent men on se- cret societies, and testimonies of religions bodies apilnst thcni, 25 eciils ■ach; per dozen, S-l.hO.

Minutes of the Syracuse Convention.

Containing addresses by Rev. B. T. Roberts, Chas. W. Greene, Esq., Prof. C. A. Blanchard, Rev. D. P. Rathbun, Rev. D. S. Caldwell, Mrs. M. E. Gage, Elder J R. Baird and others. Unpublished Rumiu- Iscences of the Morgan Times, by Elder David Ber- nard; Eecollections of the MorganTrials. as related by Victory Birdseye, Esq., and presented by his daughter, Mrs. C. B. Miller; Secretary's Report; Roll of Delegates; Songs of Mr. G. W. Clark; Pa- per by Enoch Honeywell; Constitution N. C. A.; Reports of Committees and a Report of the Politi- cal Meeting. 25 cents each; per dozen, $2.00.

Proceedings of Pittsburgh Convention.

Containing Official Reports; Addresses by Rev. D. R. Kerr, I, D., Rev. B. T. Roberts. Rev. G. T. R. Melser, Prof. J. R. W. Sloane, D. D., Prest. J. Blanchard, Rev. A. M. Milllgan, D. D., Rev. Wood- ruff Post, Rev. Henry Cogswel/, Prof. C. A. Blanchard and Rev. W. E. Coqullette; also Report of the Political Mass Convention, with Platform and Candidates for the Presidential Campaign of 1876. 25 cents each; per dozen, $2,00.

The Anti-Mason's Scrap-Eook, consist- ing of 31 Cynosure tracts. In this book are the views of more than a score of men, many of them of distinguished ability, on the subject of secret societies; and the dangerous tendency and positive evil of organized secrecy are shown by the most varied and powerful arguments and illustrations that have ever been given to the public. Those who wish to circulate n.ntl-Masonic Tracts ought to have the book to select from. 20 cents each; per dozen, $1.75.

Sermons and Addresses.

Sermon on Masonry, by Kev. James Wil- liams, Presiding Elder of Dakota District North- western Iowa Conference. M. E. Church — a seced- ing Master Mason. Published at the special re- quest of nine clergymen of different denominations, and others. 10 cents each; per dozen, 75 cents.

Sermon on Masonry, by Rev. W. P. M'Na- ry, pastor United Presbyterian Church, Blooming- ton, Ind. This Is a very clear, thorough, candid and remarkably concise Scriptural argument on the character of Freemasonry. 5 »:ents each; per dozen, 50 cents.

Thirteen Reasons why a Christian should not be a Freemason. By Rev. Robert Armstrong. The author states his reasons clearly and carefully, and any one of the thirteen reasons, if properly con- sidered, will keep a Christian out of the lodge. 5 cents each; per dozen, 50 cents.

Freemasonry a Fourfold Conspiracy.

Addressof Prest. J. Blanchard, before the Pittsburgh Convention. This is a most convincing argument against the lodge. 5 cents each ; per dozen, 50 cents.

Grand Lodge Masonry. Its relation to civil government and the Christian religion. By Prest. J. Blanchard, at the Monmouth Convention. The un-Christian, antl-republl'- .n and despotic character of Freemasonry Is pre ed from the high- est Masonic autliorities. 5 cents each; per dozen, 50 cents.

Sermon on Secretism, by Rev. R. Theo. Cross, pastor Congregational Church, Hamilton, N. Y. This is a very clear array of the objections to Masonry that are apparent to all. 5 cents each; per dozen, 50 cents.

Sermon on Odd-fellowship and other se- cret Societies, by Rev, J. Sarver, pastor Evangel- iC'd Lutheran church, Leechburg, Pa. This is a very clear argument against secretism of all forms and the duty to dlsfellowsblp Oddfellows, Freema- sons, Knights of Pythias and Grangers is clearly shown by their confessed character as found In their own publications. 10 cents each; per dozen, 75 cents-

Prest. H. H. George on Secret Societies. A powerful address, showing clearly the duty of Christian churches to disfellowship secret societies. 10 cents each ; per dozen, 75 cents.

Sermon on Secret Societies. By Rev. Daniel Dow, Woodstock, Conn. The special object of this sermon is to show the rght and duty of Christians to examine into tlie character of secret societies, no matter what object such societies pro- fess to have. 6 cents each ; per dozen, 60 cents.

Secrecy vs. the Family, State and Church. By Rev. M. S. Drury. The antagonism of organized secrecy to the welfare of the family, state and church is clearly 8ho\vn. 10 cents each; per dozen, 75 cents.

Prof. J. G. Carson, D. D., on Secret

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Freemasonry Illustrated, 7 degrees $100

Knight Templarism Illustrated, 6lh to 13th deg 1 00

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Stearns' Inquiry Into the Nature and Tenden- cy of Freemasonry 60

The Broken Seal 75

Finney on Masonry 75

J. Q. Adams' Letters and Addresses 1 00

Odd Fellowship Judged by Its Own Utterances 60 Secret Societies, by Blanchard, McDIll and Beecher 35

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Rituals and Secrets Illustrated. Com- posed of " Temple of Honor Illustrated," " Adoptive Masonry Illustrated," "United Sons of Industry Illustrated," and "Secret Societies Illustrated," DooaA togsttier lBClotti,«l.OOMObt f9.tt)per <

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Anti-Masonic Sermons and Addresses. Composed of " Masonry a Work of Darkness;" the Sermons of Messrs. Cross, Williams, M'Nary, Dow and Sarver; the two addresses of Pres't Blanchard, the addresses of Pres't H. H. George, Prof. J. G. Carson and Rev. M. S. Drury; "Thirteen Reasons why a Christian cannot be a Freemason," "Free- masonry Contrary to the Christian Religion" and "Arc Masonic Oaths Binding on the Initiate?" 287 pages; cloth. $1.

Morgan's Exposition, Abduction and

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By "A Fanatic." A hlitorlal sketch, by a Unlt«< Presbyterian minister, vividly portraying the irork- Inga of Secretism In the varlons relation! of erery-day life, and showing bow Individual, domestic, social, rrllglouB, professional and public life are trammeled and biased by the baneful workings of the lodge. Being presented In the form of a gtory, this Tolnm* win Interest both old and yoang, and the moral of the story will not bare to be searched for. Psrenti who wish, not only to keep their children out of these night-schools of Satan, bat to give them arsn- ments against them In the most attractive dress, will do well to purchase tbis book. 11.60 each; 116. W per dozen.

Steams' Inquiry into the Nature and

Tendency of Freemasonry. With an Appendix treating on' the truth of Morgan's Exposition and containing remarks on various points in the charac- ter of Masonry, and a Dialogue on the necessity of exposing the lodge. 338 pages: cloth, OOcentseachj per dozen. $5.00. Paper covers, 40 cents each; per dozen, .*4.00.

Stearns' Revie'w of T-wo Masonic Ad» DRESSES. In this scathing review the lying preten- sions of the order are clearly shown. 10 cents each; per dozen, ^.00.

Steams' Letters on Masonry. Showing thr antagonism between Freemasonry and the Chris- tian religion. Paper cover, 30 cents each; per doz- en, $2.50.

Freemasonry Self-Condemned. By Rev. J. W. Bain. A careful and logical stal 'ment of reasons why secret orders should not befellowshiped jy the Christian Church, and by the United Presby- terian church in particular. Paper covers: price, '20 cents each; perdozen. $2,00.

Light on Freemasonry. By Elder D. Ber- nard. To which is appended " A Revelation of the Mysteries of Odd-fellowship (old work), by a Mem- ber of the Craft." The whole containing over five hundred pages, lately revised and republished. In cloth, $1.50 each; per dozen, $14.50. The first part of the above work. Light on Freemasonry, 416 pages, 75 cents each; per dozen. $7.50.

Freemasonry and the M. E. Church. Let every lover of truth and Justice read this report of the trial of Rev. J. T. Michael, showing how he was driven out of the M. E. church for opposing Masonry and loving Methodism. 10 cents each; perdozen. $1.00.

Bernard's Appendix to Light on Ma- eoNRy. Showing the character of the Institution by its terrible oaths and penalties. Paper covers: 25 cents each; perdozen. $2,00.

Discussion on Secret Societies. By Elder M. S. Newcomer and Elder G. W. Wilson. This discussion was first published in a series of ar- ticles in the Church Advocate, and afterward In pamphlet form. The Evangelical Bepository,re- viewing it, says: "This pamphlet consists of a se- ries of artfcles originally published in the Church Advocate, Lancaster, Pa. Elder M. S. Newcomer opposes secret societies, and especially Freemasonry and Elder G. W. Wilson defends the system. We are free to say that Mr. Newcoxer has thoroughly routed his opponent at every point. Mr. Wilson speaks by the book, as he is a Royal Arch Mason," 25 cents each; per dozen, $2.00.

A Masonic Conspiracy, Resulting in a fraudulent divorce, and various other outrages upon the rights of a defenseless woman. Also the account of a Xasonic murder, by two eye-wltaesses. By Mrs. Louisa Walters. This Is a tkrllllBKlr Inter- esting, trde tMnrratlve. '«i9 c«ats «kt6b: per dozen; •»,» . -__. "