The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-29
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upon Ht FuHs ~ fNe tdttCT uIfeF Nc dBtUr- (
p der of sMorgdn,-- Tae principle Of secret /
societies in general s--HS opposition 10 de !
Spiriiof christianity. t.aa titHga9 I'd |
st-3 ifrs is8b 81 -------- . @sl sist (, I
IA, Night came biooding over the broad face
Ioi naiure7-the stars began to sparkle in the
blue black Of beayen-and the crescent moon
had already sunk behind the submits nf the
wcslern hills; when lchnbod sailed fothfrom
his gentle snooze upon the curbs stone, aud
sought more comfortable quarters nihe lHne
ily Market House q Ii was the hour. when
disemboded spirits, according 10 some, steal
forth from quiet cburchyalds, and when The
guilty murderer, like the sieaithy wOlf, ptowls
about (urhs innocent prey..Ea H. gata3i
nWhogoes lherelp asks the 20 diside Guar,
dian" as tho apparent spectre passes the
,or OF Odd Fellows Hail. fs9 aa sfs#'
"Only poorIchabod, in scarchofa sheller.''
"Where did you come tromm SAID The
t''gnardian." Uat ...a0 s5ms8s riE
''Froml The regions below directGrom Bcel
zebub, said the beggar, roncallNa q gsl9
7'What is going on there 2" saidAhe other.
''Much the. same as here" e .,s as
y"What is that ?paa ga s,gj .9s5 eaF
"Ihe rich taken in and the poor kept out!"
! There is more truth in the foregoing than
either novelty or poetry. The practicable
workings of the theoreiical excIusiveness Of
Odd Fellowship, are too lamentabIy palpnbe,
Ito be denied even by q friend Of the secret
1 Order The female, the young, the poor,
! diseased and infrm, are alike excluded from
!, the sympathy and benevolepce Of The Fra
+, ternity; and we think, so far as the female
character is concerned, she has no great rea,
son to mourn The loss Of hoaors, unless Odd
Fellowship can show brighter .escutcheon
than il has heretofore exhibited. The ex-
clusion, however, Of the poor and afflicted,
, from the henefils Of the lodge, will have The
good effect Of Strengthening their attachment
Ito that Gospel, whose Founder had no resi-
/, dence nor where 10 lay his head, and who
went about dong good "hnsolf taking on
4 infpnlies s. bearing our sicknesscs." Chris
itianiiy offers its untold blessings to men oI
NJ every class; il is lis most marked feature
that sta The poor The Gospel is preached
and the beggal who dales not COME into the
n ODD Fellows' Lodge, because be has not {
n rich Offering TO lay beCore the pagan delty,! :!
!, ready TO obey The call Of HIM who offars par
don and love "wlthont money aid without
price"
III is our purpose 10 speak Of the history
and principle of Old Fellowship or Free
= masonry for ~e take il far granted, withou
q begging the question, las we wlI prove it, i
il he Denied thai they are originally one am
II the same thing, In fact, Odd Fellows them
i selves laclly admit il, in claiming their an
q cienl pal ernity ald gencaIogy, which can b
d traced, in Ibis county at least, through n
!, other source ihan thltof Speculative Ma
q sonryi' We apprehend that when the mon
p ster is dssected. it will be found that Od
:. Fellowship begins where Ffeemasonry leave
, off, and that The ghost of William Morga
:, forms the articulation al which The tw
- members hinge. OSd Fellows thcmselve
,e have admitted TO me, that their Order wa
built upon the ruins of Freemasonry, whic
had become motc "odlous than which," b
i its numerous crimes, and so base, from a
\, exDosurc of lis secret oaths and mummere
- llattuherc were. none found 50 low as To
- il reverence" Oid Fellowship, then, will
oC ont materially altering lss secret ceremonie
aud adopting all its prominent embemS an
10 pretenslons, took the place of Freemnsonr,
az and in gathering its antiquity, We mu
,o reach back and fetch up the whole mpos
IL ture-- Freemasonry and Old Fellowship
Cog md Magog together. -4 yua~ J
The history of Secret Societies, shows th
lie The practice had its origin il idolatry, Sc
or, tishncss and ignorance; which, like is
companions The Asiatic Cholera and Il
ph SmaII.Pox, originated in the darker portion
nj of The East,frnm whence it took deePf root
led henighted Egypt, and from thence was inlr
es. daced into southern Europe. II was fist US
ilh in ihe worship of heather deties, under (
tlcl name Of sacred mysteries, parliculariy !
lie the Elpsinians, whose services were perlor
on ed in gloomy recesses, during noctuFr
in darkness, and under seal of the greatest s
III. crecy Tho Initiated INDUCING themselves
ulG alF,hc denominations with which The o ject
lad thei. worship was supposed to be deIighte
in |, was then introduced into Greece, whe
cen lthe nrcctcc, in some instances, nssum
md something nole OF an elevated character,
erelihe worship Of certaiu virtues, and Tie dee
| and strange cotitFaricties of men; bui,
nee most instances, its duties were perverted
he lhe lying phAlppics oC their Oracles, and
res. HcentiousnessH and drunkenness ol their lea
aus Of B1ccbrs. IL was ne.t introduced j
hid Rorao at n very. eatly period Of her histo
o ENh.reait assumed more Of an alistocralic {
,jIexclusiye Iorm.,and where admllance 10
elpiynle and religious Itess constituted
ra- principal distinctive dllteTence between
her gentes or gems, and iler much degraded
ION serfsh plebeaRs. il ltwarshippcd about all
oil senseIess things uFor Gods IOoIstool, as y
'ere as all Ithe fooIishjcoRIriVances Of their O
hole hands, until ,Js Principal traits were per,
rIci' ted in another chunnel, and stuck hands
nd united with The, mpnasterles, and inquisili
henof sovereign PonldS Of Popes. II n
oenl spread like The Bohan Upas, TO most co
and tics of then beclouded Europe, wher
and soon after became well nigh knocked in
heir head. ly lhe apostolic blows Of The speuI
glon and writer's Of, The Reformation, nnd was :
the lsequently extended, when ils deadly wo
To was healed, under The new name of Fr
'ler masonry, throughout the British EnpiIc,
ms, under lhe name OF Independent Order Of
loni Fellows, 10 tie United States, pher the
fac dlc,on and murder Of Morgan. For
.s trnth of what IIicSe state asrt cannoNq
a.,g extensive passpgeRin asmere newspaper
As IN lIticIe4 see Jones' Church History, Go
wv ed sp.-i0 tp I3; GiIIie's Greece, and g
lsmi,b's uaHbridged Histories pfGleece,R r
first land Englnnd the writings nfl MoFbeim
have oscl lItus; and il,eeiwO solumrs of'ROla
4sAucicnt History. ~ t3tsah iGsba4t