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


y open by singing or prayer in the true spir
it of the foregoing qu0taliOasi These lie the
Lodges, o OnOH-believers, RAJ have shielded
US from poverty, and elevated our characters
to the ''Fihh Degreer' But kind Odd Eel
low, have YOU ever read Luke I6: Is, that
THAT which is highly esteemed amUng men,
IS an abominatiOn in the sight Of God. "
And does yoaF proissing Bsolheneeollecl the
admonilon OF the Apostle Paul, Thes 5:
-, 10 'abslain from oil appearance Of eyl"
Again if Chnrity - Friendship, love and
Ifuth-be your object, aud your principles
are so valuable TO yourselves, then why not
extend them to sil--wby not take in all
whether young or old, male or female? Has
not the homeless female, The totiering old
man, the innUeeft yOuih-the iAcapac italed
and The poor--as strong claims on your be-
Inevoence, (if you have nny,) as those who
are possessed of means ever so greai2 This
YOU will hardly deny. Bu, will you gan, ad.
mission TO a female? NO! + his al once ex-
Guides the half Of mankind Though she be
the mother, wife or sister of an Odd Fellow,
and posses all the accomplishments, virtue
and character possible; though she be poor
or crippled; yet neither her poverty, noI her
rtue can excite your Beneyolence, so far as
to admit her into your eicudted Order! No
this honor is not hers-no two persons ap-
pointed TO s1lup with her when sick; no tin ee
dollars week no, not even three cents
and only twenty dollais, instead of thirty, as
in case OF her husband, TO dnfray funeral ex,
penscs when dead. Perhaps they think she
IS not entitled 10 as decent burial as her husr
band! only brethren, have not the faith Of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord ofgloty,
with rcsrect of persons" james 2: /. And
see The old llan, however respectable he may
be, and however much he may be threatened
with poverty or disease, or be on the very
verge OF eternity itself, lie comes not within
the pals of the tender mercies of your asso>
citation, unless he first plank down the
double fee-$20 instead oClO! The unpro.
lected young whether mae or female
however much exposed TO vice, are moi taken
III nj all! leave it for The reader to deter.
mine whether Benevolence, or that sin which
sis The root of all eyi'' is most conspicuous
in this arrangement!
And again: Odd Fellowship be founded
on Christian principles, why do they make
secrets of them, and refuse 10 let them oul I!
Is there anything about Christianity of so
much privacy that a penalty must be enacted
ITO prevent its beng told to another? see their
Constitution, page 26. "Any member who
shall reveal any oflhe secrets of the Order,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be expelled"
Yes, he shall forfeit bis fee of from ten 10
twenty dollars, and be excluded fIom the
privileges of the Lodge! Is there anything
about Christianity, repeat, requiring such
heavy penalties for beirg made publc--any.
thing that demands The members TO be lock-.
ed up 10 themselves, and The "Outside Guar.
diam to stand by. the door while the Chap.
lain is on his knees, for fear little glory
should slip out through the key hoIe2 If
there be any such thing, must confess as
protesting Christian, am not very we'll pos
ted up in its principles!
Now, what we desire of ali true Christians
lie, that they utterly repudia.e such works
Of darkne esS-"touch not, tustea not, handle
Inot"-and that they reprove and rebuke ell
such covenant br eake,s,, as have escaped
from HE Church into the lodge. Tell them
that they who do such things caGnot inherit
The Kingdom of Goblet them know that
you are in earnest, and that you mean them;
and the SECRETS Of lhef hearts will be made
manifest, for they will tromble under the
iwellidirected and we'll deserved lash of truth
and iruny. The times imperiously demand
Just such treatment as this; in the language
of the Apostle Paul, tEpb. 8: 6-12,) "Let
no man deceive you with vain words: for be
cause of these things cometh the wrath Of
God upon the children of disobedience. Be
moi therefore partakers with them. For you
were sometime darkness, but now are ye
light ln The Lord: walk as children of light
lor the fruit OF the spirit is in all goodness
and righteousness, and truh1 proving what
is acceptable unto the Lord. And haze no
fellovihiP acah the unfuiTnl works of dark.
ness. BUT RATHER REpRovE THEM" For it
is shame even 10 speak Of those things which
are done Of them in secret.
QUE PROSUNT OMNIBUS.
P. S. Will the Republican please cepy3
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