The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-15

have likewise determined 10 run an opposi-
ton line:
"In deeds ike these Odd Fellows boast,
Their trophies gained on time black shore;
In these they Ue wiM GOa's bright host,
Till pain and want are found no more 'LPagc ll2.
They think, too, we reckon, that there is no
need of any other Savior ihaa theiy Order
We copy from page AZ:
''We join our hands in peace;
In peace our banner waves;
These emblem tell that troubles cease,
And that our Order savesi''
Again, on page so, in speaking of their Or
der's youth, and how God had leng hcned out
its days, they say:
''For thee our altar rose,
Great grandsire OF our love;
And when all earthly Lodges close,
o, open thine aboUe!n'
"And rich in virtue, may we prize
That Lodge eternal I'M the skies."-Page 81
And again on page SO:
sod Of eternity
From thy high throne, in light 81 nc,
Long files OF cherubm between,
Bless our Fra ernity
TO thee, the Noblest Grand, we 60,
When VIC would soluce human wo--
we give our hearts to th Cc"'
This is but modest, we should say!--qu ute
little presumption for an Odd Fellow! God
is their Noble Grand and the new Jerusalem
their secret Lodge Gbope! Their Order is
their father, and the Almighty is the "Great
Grandsirc of their love, and when all earth
!y Lodges close, 0, open thine above!"
| We wonder what the Odd Fellows would
do should they he SO fortunate as to get to
heaven? Would they ask leave 10 fence off
the river and Tree of life, or wonld they take
a mortgage on a small corner of Paradise to
build up DegEcel aristocracy9 They
surely could not think of associatinq with the
poor iseased saint whom they had rejected
and despised here beiow--lhat would be in
IlIjnging on Their Constitution and By-Laws.
Bit, seriously, my friendly Odd Fellow, |
have my fears OF your wefare--I am afraid
your wo-As Of untempered mortar will not
stand the ravages Of time and eternity. | am
afraid that the begging Lazarus who has lain
! at your gate full Of sores, desiring TO be fed
with The crumbs that fell Gnm The boun,ies of
/ your Lodge, will rise up in Judgment against
You, and that YOU will have the awful reality
OF participating in securely shut up lodge! I!
a great gulf between you and him, $50 that
they which would pass from hence 10 you,
cannot; neither can they pass to him, that
you'd come from thence" Your prieshy
ChnpIains will not serve you in such an e.
mcrgency Lcvilical excIusiveness,
which posed far on the other side Of the poor,
wounded Jerichoan, will not compare well
with the worldwide merces Of good Sa-
marian! You will then, fear, (unIess you
mend your ways,) hear pronounced The Kings
awful piercing sentence "depart from me
ye cursed" "lor never knew you;" "lor |
was an hungered, {wilhout the ''visbe means
Of support and ye give me no meat; was
thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; was n
stranger, (not one of your Order, aud had no
''residence nor occupation ,') and ye took me
not in; naked, and ye clothed me not: sick i,
("nfirm or dseased,' y and in prison, and We
visited me not.' 'Verily sa. unto you,
inasmuch as ye did il not to one Of The least
Of these, ye did it not TO me. And these
shall 60 away into everlasting pnnisbm mt
but the righteous into life eternal"
My dear fellow traveller to The land of rest
| If you be a luborer 10 Gods moral vine
yard --"the salt Of the earlh"--''lhe light OF
the world"--you should not have your scans
die under a busheI,n - nor shut up and boted
in Odd Fellows Hall! II should shine "like
a city that is set on hill"-and if you be
called and sent 10 preach the Gospel MS you
profess, you should be reclining your arms
upon the sacred desk TO make known the
glad tidngs of salvation to fallen, dying
and sin-rdden world! There is something
VERY suspicious in your remaining in the
ldark--n the studied secrecy which You
Practice. Sand this is the condemnation,
that light is come into the world, and men
loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds Were evil. For every one that doeih
evil hatelh The light, neither comelh TO the
light lest his deeds should be reproved. But
he that doeth truth cometh TO The light, that
his deeds may be made manifest, that they
are wrought in God" John 3:l0-2I
Oa reading the foregoing verses, quoted
from ihoir authorized Minstrel, The reader
has no doubt been struck with the gross i'm
pieiy of Odd Fellowship lie should not be
alarmed at their wanton idoatry. We read
that in ancient times, The people Of Israe
/ danced, shouted and sung around moIter
calf, and said, "I'hese be thy Gods, 0 Israel
l which brought thee up out Of the land Of f.
/, Igyptw If such people us Jews could be de
ceived, and led asttay into idolatry, then WI!
y censure Odd Fellows for parading or march
ing through the streets displaying their rega
: lia or badges, and the slaughter clubs or bat
{ tie axes of Julius Cesarf They should b
d permitted to make speeches and parIake O
f festivals made in honor of their proceedings
: and then enter their secret conclave aud du