The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-05-30
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From the Clarendon Banner.
THE CHURCH TRIAL,
OR
JININ THE MASONS

The Rev. Batuch Held ehcrger WAS ar.
rtgmed before Tia. Etl.,c congregation for
jnIn the Freeuasons. People cum far
and ueere 10 see him tried 1t Was be,
ter tor horse race to the 70 Ks IN them
dIggI-, and most as good as u banging
Iuc meinhers ot the Church, many OF
them, brought their families in Wagons,
determined to see il ou', cos, what ii
inUut.
Cd Mss S;uwup, the cake ooman
brought her whuie stock along so did
Zee Jo-h, vino makes temperance beer
Nut OF whiokev and monss,, So did BiIl
Nm--, who peJdlcs cowJrlls Of his
own manufacture. Candidates wsrs ther.
agents were there. the devil (rlnier's)
WAS there. TIE Masous, Ut whom ihers
a'e not many among those dssolHt7 hills,
<nust.red III full sueng'h. Finally, there
was general tniu cut, a,d 20 Conclude,
We were there uur>rlf
Pa sou lleiiIeherger's VIE, Who had
gone SEX when she heern tell that h. r
beloved Baruch had pitched head fore
most mo Masonry, got We ngan Wien
the found lie VA, likely 10 be expelled
from the Church On account OF it. and
tuck her lords part with utiLi,e rivacIty.
She had ss'ched ia vain for the brand :;
J, couldn't be found.
/. was Saturday Lefore Ihe third Sab
bath IN May. Etfere church WAS early
crow ded, chockiui. lis seats made Of
rails, whose sharp edges would have
reused The sympathy OF a rooster, were
cro"ded lhIckiy on their points Of gravir
", by human beings painfully balanced.
The pulpit WAS but ii pen closed on three
sides but il Was crowded bv five aud
one half preachers, come to help the
bfe, thTin try the case and degrade the
criminal. The reverend monster himself
WAS On the spot. He WAS An oil man
with thin gray hairs, tall N statute, bur
with do~nca look like an en,phniopSy
chite meek III counteuance, gem,le ct
speech, benevolent ~ v,snge-Who would
have thobght la see him sitting there "a
Zing calmly around h IN, that he, BaIuch
U"idiehorger. for twenty years Jealous
minis er, Who hal stemmed tie torrent
or religious nnovaions, could SO gricv-
ouslv have USeIsteppeJ church rules aud
jined The MaSons But he had, and
here MAS The result. What's the world
conng to Who knows
EHeis church was not nj all like the
temple ui Luxor, eilher, in shape or mng
nlh,iencs, still less did it resemble kmg
Solomon's Temple. On the contrary il
vas low log cabin Of thing, chinked
with mud. plain rs hnSey w"olsey aud
C. Id as n quaker as Rey. Heidlebergel
s,pEe IN II Ia answer the charges read T.,
the mhdcTaIor aud to plead To the merits
'of Ihs Gaze, his bald top just reached
The beams that bound the esnds oi the
building together.
Tie charges were specified tue plea
WAS gully.
a b 'rried consultation in hoarse
whisper was heard to the horse block,
and lLen the moderator in Confused
manner begged leave 10 axe the ccaeen
gashun ef he III uld detlsr the guilty
brother expended or suspe!ied.
Another hurried consultation, during
which eieviDg old oomen, Who wore black
bonnie AID n shoes, loudly cIamored.
sVspei him susrel him after which the
moderator prudsnily expressed the idea
that had been hinIed to him by one OF
the older members, aud 'old Parsou Held.
IeheTger 'ef he'd anything to norate 10
the way Of vindicashun he mout'
Gbe criminal Acknowledged The cour
iesv by a low bow and went on his quie,
meek ~ay 10 norofe
Il feel 10 admit brethren. beloved
(the old man differed from Webster in
his orheoPy. as the reader will perceive,
u feel TO admit that eordiD TO church
rules, done wrong. Yes. I done wrong.
Masonry is y ssaeurt inGtushun, and you