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tksuft VOL WESTFIELD, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1828. NO* 92. PUHMSHK1- ON Fl.il ATS. B7 HAHVXTJT KEWCCZOB, A T WBTWtttt, CHAUTAO^U* Cu. If. T- • !!• • l _l. jj_lJj n&ics. To village subscribers, $-2,50. To office and mail subscribers, when paid, cash in advance, ^1,50, per annum. When paid at any time within thr* year. <22,00. When not paid till after the end of it* year, g-2,50. Most kinds of country produce received in payment if delivered in their season hibition of Christ's sufferings in a lodge _ room, and unite w ith those blasphemers Any person advancing ten dollars, shall in a mock representation of the sacred receive seven yearly subscriptions. bo(Jy an(J b , ()()d of Christ—Dtil remem- Any responsible person procuring 1 ten you are under bands strong as death to the Masonick Order, of which you com- pose a part: you belong lo some fami- ly, to some tribe of masons, and are in bonds of fellowship with all families and tribes throughout the woild. And you arc the abjact tlaves of Heaven-daiing Giblomitcs. Go, if you <-an, from tin- t-able of the Lord, to this infamous ex- subscribers, and being\ accountable them, shall receive an eleventh gratis. for ADVERTISEMENTS Not exceeding a square, wili be inserted three weeks, for $1. Forcvery subsequent insertion, 25 cents. A liberal deduction wiil be made to those who advertise by the year* Eww^r^way——»^«w—g————————^p ANTI-MASONICK. her that there is a holy God, whose thunders sleep not. 1 again request you not to plead ignorance, because you may not have been handed along unto the higher degrees, where the mys- teries of iniquity are more clearly de- veloped. If you have taken any one of the three first oaths, you have ad- vanced sufficiently far to know that it is a murderous institution, and that its only effective cement is blood. You have perceived and known its incon- ceivable profanity, by its oaths. But if these discoveries, which you must have made, have not opened your eyes, yet I entreat yon to pay attention to the developement of your more advan- ced brethren, respecting the blasphe- mies of the higher orders or degrees. My friends, rest assured that this im- pious Babel, whuh its deluded builders Royal Arch degree; *>nd inasmuch >*> masonrv is now published to the world. I fee! it my duty to RMMNIM ail con nexion with the institution, and no Ion j-er consider myself holden by ohliga his seat. The brethren form a circle and march round the alter, singing the most excellent masters song \ all hail to the morning,\ (See Monitor.) At the words, •* The key stone to lay, }) tions to support it. I am convinced one of the brethren puts a key stone from the light ot Revelation, and from experience, that it sustains the mark of the im»°e of the \ Beast,\ and that it is very injurious to the progress of reli- gion in the soul of a Christian, i am furthermore convinced, that masoniy is so closely connected with *' Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Har- lot and Abominations of the earth,\ that it must inevitably fall. I feel it my duty to warn Christians into an arch prepared for the purpose At these words —\ There's no more occasion for level or line, Sfc. At the words, \ the ark safely seated,\ a representation of the ark borne by two brethren is placed on the altar. At the words \ We accept and re- ceive them most excellent masters,\ the candidate is received into the pro- cession. At the words, \ Almighty | Jehovah descend and Jill,\ the breth ^^^•••••^^••••••••^^^^^^^^^^^n^n^n^^^n^n^^H i^^^^^^^^H of all denominations, and especially I ren all kneel, forming a circle round preachers of the gospel, to llee from thej the altar. After the song is cample- n.tiering fabrick, lest it prove their fi-1 ted, (the brethren still kneeling) an nal overthrow. \ Depart ye, depart ye,jam (a black tea pot with the spout go ye out from thence, touch no unclean i and handle boken off will answer) is thing: be ye clean that bear the ves sels of the Loid.\ JOSIAH FOWLER, Minister of the (dospel. Conesus, Feb. 7, 1828. N. B. Neighbouring editors will con- fer a favour on me by giving the above an insertion. J. F.« From the Anti-Mo son irk Inr/uirer. TO THE PUBLICK. placed on the altar with spirits of tur pentine, ether, or any combustible matter in it. The Master then reads a portion of scripture from 2d Chron- icles, 7th chapter, 1 to 4 verse inclu- sive. At the words, '• The fire came dotenfrom Heaven,\ one of the breth ren sets the contents of the urn on fire. This is called burning incense. When the master has concluded, the breth- ren repeat the last clause, ( \for he is From the Awti Mmwmidr Inquirer. Address of a Minister of the Gospel to Jtfasonick Jwnisters. Brethren —I conscientiously believe, from evidence satisfactory to my mind, that the following proceedings are a part and portion of your masonick or- gies. If any «>fyou are ignorant of them, it is because you have not vet advanced, , in the progress of iuioohy, to a fulljhave endeavoured to erect, even unto _^^^^^^^^_^^^^^^^^^_^^_.,. knowledge and developement of the i Heaven, must be deserted by you, or — ,„« S o,„y, --» '7'- v ~~?ZZ S.^ndat each repetition _ mysteries and bl.sphe*es of your or- you will fall and be crushed in its ruins, us violations of the l.te of one or more dldate ls then anong <ther STS^Sanch^ Heer what Your language is confounded. You.o! my fellow c.trzens, feel ,t my duty thingS) to dispense light to uninform- tZeVTmm\* of fa t by masons J understand not one another. lour to renounce Us pnnnples and w.thdraw ed masons , and he already t<> give as ho lea Knowledge o the instil | master builders are div.ded. Some of mysel. from the ft lowh.p «d gove™ |0 ^ instrucll0H H e also re- 72m?u£ WabTdegrS, and whose (hen. are showing to the world H^^i^'^S^^^S^ **\* \fi\ \?*.\??* ? '*? veadtv is not to be\ disputed. Can weakness and rottenness of your foun- j member o, S *^^>*^>Z~~- He raises both hands sud . . . u ru • .• , , n ,i n,,.^ Li-i-—i a .irt „tWr<s vour immousness, n Caynga eonnty,» Sept. 1820, ana toon den » as high as his head, carrying you pretend to be Ch,isnan>, and C ^\^^^J^ ^^ i lis six'degrees, but being disgusted with its J£* ^ tQ the left <>} his fody, masonick Babel to reach to the third 1 ceremonies and disappointed in its prin- witn /tis pa i ms t krown towards his heavens: and others of them are bring- ciptes 1 havenot attended itscg.es tor mM and his fin ingto light its idolatry, and practical;several years. I consider the instill blasphemy. And, depend on it, the warranted—would it not be of vast importance in society, if every man. Would think of this question.— 1 what do you know about it V How- much scandal would be saved; how many dark surmises would be choaked in their birth. If we would live comfortably in this bu- sy tell-tale world, we must pracise on the old man's rule. &c. FOREIGN. things. If you prefer the latter, you must abide the rewards of the latter.— Be assured, brethren, lam not tamper- ing with you. Come out from the or- der, or you will sink with it in its awful demolition. The Christian publick will not much longer permit any of its ministers, of any persuasion, nor its members, to of- ficiate, nor associate themselves with such blasphemers of their Saviour, and whose midnight orgies consist in the representations of assassinations. MONITOR. tian Mihisters, while yon professedly belong, and closely adhere, to a body of wen, and acknowledge them as Dear Brethren,who abuse youi Saviour, and treat him and his most sacred ordinance of the Holy Supper in the following blasphemous manner ? Viz : When the bread and the wine are prepared, \the Prefect asks whether the Knights are in a disposition to partake of the Live Feast, in earnest, peace, and content meat.\ If none hesitate, or offeis to retire, he takes the bread and says— \J. N. (Jesus of Nazareth) our GRAND MASTER, in the night in which he, teas betrayed by his friend*, persccu- Udfor his love of the truth, imprisoned end condemned to die, assembled his trusty brethren to celebrate his last love feast, which is signified to us in many ivcys. He took bread, (here the Pre- fect takes the bread,) and brake t'/, (here he breaks it,) and blessed it, and gave it to his Disciples, and said. This is my body which is broken for y-ju, take it, and eat ye all of it in re- membrance of me, Src. This shall be a mark of our Holy Union. Let each of vou examine his heart, whether love reigns in it, and whe- ther he, in fuD itnitatioB of our GRAND MASTER, h ready to lay doicn his life for The Brethren.\ Oh! Heavenly Futher, have com passion op, n so. It Christian Ministers, and Christian professors, as are con- tented to dwrli in sorb tents, or in the suburbs of such tents < t a ickedness. Dtar Brethren,«rht*n your own breth- ren state such things as these, as cere- r.ionies belonging to the• Institution «d Masonry, *hat (hail ne say ? what can we say ? Could the fallen Angels, in their malice against the Savtoor, insti- tute a ceremony more blasphemous than this? It makes the Lorn 1 of Glory Grand Matter of Speculative Masonry —it brings* forward a new ?md unknown der of Knighthood, to administer or- nances—and it substitutes a body of inftdtls, wlie, in lli^ir fust degrees, ex- l ou . r i i punge the name of Christ from their) ?fl : contempt and defiance of the laws ceremonies, into n pretended chinch of tion as a demoralizing, profane, and dangerous one, and admonish my lel- low citizens not to be led blindfolded into its toils. The obligations are un- fingers separately ex- tended, starting back at the same time as if in a paroxism of utter astonish- ment. This degree being founded on the masonick tradition that the Queen of \-! U : r !L\| ll !^! n ^! i :?! ll !! n \ 0 .\ S I ™* Shthm wot \affected'Tn \this manner uown. Christ has no secret sa ci a | are imposed upon men in a manner that when j; rst S / IC Oeheld the magnificent tents - no bloody aprons—no bloody j destroys ail the.r bind.ng force. I do buUdiilgs erect edby king Solomon ac- ands to teach his followers the arts oSji»Teby pubhekly absolve myself from counts f or t ] ie peculia rities of the sign axe is laid at the root of the tree.— Christianity must fall, or Masonry must frill. They cannot exist together, since so many of its mysteries of iniouitv are known. stents hands to teach his followers the arts olj'-^oy pouucK.y auso.ve „,yse.. ,.u», counts f or the peculiarities o/.... „. s assassination, nor any oaths involvingUJ the.r obligations, and hold rnysell alth h it would seem that the de- murder, and the protection of murder- free to think and speak the sentiments ^ /jfl<;e be£n ijutUuted at the ers, and thieves and robbers. No ! these and language m truth and jaatene nhont jfcScnife, of the temple, and conse- things and Christianity cannot exist to- ihe absurd and heathenish institution of } . tQ ^ visitmade b that gether. The table of Chiist and the freemasonry. Those who wish prools Z )rinccss table of Deists are altogether different «* \Jsat I aver, will fitrd them by read- » JJJs is the substance of the degrees ing Morgan's Illustrat.ons, which I sol- Gs ^^ hy Q^ ^ J^ ^ emnly declare to be a true history of the first three degrees in masonrv. ABRAHAM CHERRY. Rochester, February 19th 1828. rers- From the Baiavia Advocate WANTED. In the town of Anon, L county, near the , brick meeting From the Livingston Register. TO THE PUBLICK. The design of the institution of an- cient freeinasotiiy, we have been taught to believe, was good and moral. Un- der that impression we became mem- bers of the masonick society, and have taken in it three degrees. As explain- ed to us,we thought that masonry taught men ro be moral and upright, and to keep inviolate the laws of their country. Under these impressions we have met and associated with the lod^e. If ma- WJ sonry was rightly explained to us, if the society, was ever pure, then it follows that it has become greatly contamina- ted. Recent facts are a proof of this— acts thd most detestable and outrage- ous have been perpetrated by masons | Perhaps ii would be well for every professing christian who has taken i this degree seriously to examine it and ascertain whether the burning of in- cense is an ordinance of Chirist's ap- . . pointme.nt, or if his faith is strcngth- anngston ^^ ^ atttn ding ceremonies of this M - . „ . . «, ,!!! g hou * e nature. Let him tisk himself. were he an Anti Masonick Store. Ihe ntces. ^^ -^ ^ kneeg amid thc jr umt% sary qualifications J or any person de- ^ tmr jL mtm ^ wou id he be in a situa- sirous to meet wtih extensive encour- g^ £ acceptably before his agement, are, that he be neither a Ma- l/d a Jade — or a Dough Face, SfC V » ' — V5 SOU Continuation of Foreign i4ews by the Cana- da and Corinthian. On the 10th, the three Ambassa dors presented the following note : The Representatives of the three Al- lied Courts of France, Great Britain and Russia, having considered the ques- tion which his Excellency the Reis Ef- fendi has ordered their interpreters to address to them, have the honour of re- plying to them by the present note, in the only way compatible with what they conceive thc sentiments of their Courts upon such a subject. TURKEY.—On the 1st Nov. the news of the battle of Navarino, having reached the ambassadors, but being still unknown to the Porte, the inter- preters of the three Legations repaired to the Porte, and put the following questions to the Reis EfTendi : 1st. What are the instructions that the Porte has sent to Ibrahim PaCha ? 2d. In what light would the Porte consider hostile operations on the part of the three squadrons, if occasioned by Ibrahim Pacha, persisting to refuse compliance with the declared will of the Allied Courts ? 3d. Does the Porte persist in its re- fusul to accede to the proposals made by the Allied Courts? The Reis Effendi gave the following answers : 1st. The Porte has not questioned the Allied Courts respecting the in- structions they have given to the com- manders of the squadrons ; it, therefore does not feel itself obliged to commu- nicate to the Courts the instructions given to its General. 2d. We hope that no hostilities have taken place, and we do not feel dispo- sed to declare now what we should do or not do in certain cases. People do not give a name to a child before it is born, and its sex known. 3d. The Porte will never depart from the principles it has already ex- pressed. On the same day the first accounts* of the battle of Navarino were received by the Porte and the Austrian inter- nuncio. The latter immediately sent to the Reis Effendi to urge him to do his utmost to dissuade the Porte from all precipitate measures. The Prus- sian Ambassador on his part, also en- deavours to make the Porte sensible of its own interest. On the 2d, the Reis Effendi sent for the Dragomans of the three Ambassa- dors, that they might give him some explanation of what had passed. Their To any such, a building tot will be gi- \ * h ma y not generally be known that it is _ ^^^^^^ ven, with every other assistance for the j *? J , » 1 ,n f 89 °f masonick lecturers to visit j answers „ ere not considered as satis- . ,, , , .r ,i '\HI i all the lodrres in a certain section ol country! r ^H^K . , , establishment of the same. Ihe ob ; and recit( f the same , ectures which Morgan jectoj this, is to draw the lines on | ias given to the world, and if any doubts pure masonick principles. They have : arise in the minds of the brethren on any asserted that masons can support ma- • particular point it is the business of the lec- sons, and are determined so to do ; turer to explain them away. In such ca- and us an evidence of their determin-' scs he i s frequently obliged to invent some- ation,they *-— -£*-« « o „ _, thing for the purpose, it be has *vit enough. factory ; and he declared, on the fol- lowing day, that the answers of the Ambassadors of the three Courts had removed the affair from the domain of politicks to that of religious legislation. The Reis Effendi, however, requested the Austrian Internuncio to induce the withdrawn all pat- At ^ e present day it seems to be a part ofITT \-; ~7 . , ,. f . Cnn9tm tn ronage jrom every individual opposed tlieir business to slander thc character of! Ambassadors of the three Courts to to the Batavia and subsequent outra- those brethien who refuse to walk with draw U P a declaration, which he would ges ; therefore, the people are also de- ; them. endeavour to support in the Divan. termined to withhold their supportl SSSmm^^a ^^^k From the Christian Register [from the \ Brethren of the mystic tie.\ Farther particulars will be giv en on application to T. V/IARD, T. WARD. East Avon, Feb. 7th, 1S28. God. And mark—it confounds the sa- crament with their impious love feast. But, who are they, who, as above represented, set apart and administer the sacred symbols of the Lord's Pas- sion, and that in a secret conclave? and who are they who thus r t ceive these symbols? Has Christ ordained a set ttf secret Minb,«ers ? and has he estab- lished a secret Chcich, and that for unknown put poses? Who are they Mho thus solemnly mock the Divine Saviour ? Oh ! Ch'iistian ministers and Christian brethren, who are masons, it is your order who do these things in their secret chambers ot imagery ! and if vou continue your connexion with such blasphemers of your God and Sa- viour, and of Christ's holy religion, can you escape the punishment due to those who thus trample on the blood of the covenant ? Think not to excuse yourselves be- cause you may not as yet have ascend- ed to the higher grades in this mystery of iniquity, and may not be personally acquainted with their distinctive blas- phemies ; for, whatever you may think, of our country, and appalling to our feelings in the extreme. The society being secret, naturally gives those with- out suspicions and fears disturbing their peace and quiet; and. from what has or From thc Le Roy Gazette. The writer of this article long since look several masonick degrees, and having lately had his mind called to examine them in a civil and religious] _ J point of view, has been led to the con- taken place, what may'they not expect ulusiori that masonry is opposed to or fear ? We never joined nor met | fhose rights to which we are all enti. What do you knoio about it.\ —Un- cle Josey was a peculiar man—he had been in the fierce contests ofl our revolution, aud had followed On the 4th Nov. the interpreters of the three Ambassadors brought a writ- ten declaration, which, however, did not produce the tffect desired. On the 5th there was a grand mee- ting of the Divan, at the residence of the standard of Wayne on his In-j the\Mufti. The Imperial Internuncio with the society to do evil. Whatever may be urged in favour of secret socie- ties, we see no good reason why they i should have existence in our country. Under these considerations we cease to consider ourselves members of the in- stitution, and withdraw and forever ab- sent ourselves from the masonick so- ciety. JOHN DODGE, ELLIS CLAP. York, Feb. IS, 1828. KEJrVXCLATION' OF JMSOJVKF. «For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed: And what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.\—Mat. x. 26, 27- To all whom it may concern: I would respectfully inform the pub- lick that I have been a mason for five years, and. have been edited to the tied and as citizens of a free govern, mer.t and the duties which are enjoin, cd upon us by the ruler of the Uni- verse, in the revelation which he has given us in his written word. Thus satisfied of their evil nature and ten- dency, knowing that every exertion has been made, and is now making to keep the degrees from llie world, he feels it his duty to lend his aid in bringing to light \ the hidden things of darkness\ and begins with a sketch of thc sixth or most excellent master's degree. That the brethren may not mis- take his character, he wishes them to dinn expedition; accordingly with all his queerness, he was a most in- terestinor old soldier. I remember well how we little folks used to hansr around him, as behind +he old stove on winter eveniners, he re- counted perhaps ^^^^^^^^^^ time the scenes of war. How of- ten did we weep for the poor old soldier—how often did our indig- nation kindle at the British cruelty —how often have we been ready to burst for laughter, at the antick freaks of the poor Indians, when the shells were snaring over their stockades. The old man is gone—he died a christian soldier one lesson I sent his first interpreter to call the Reis Effendi out, and to deliver to him a note full of friendly exhortations. No final resolution was taken in the coun- cil. On the 8th, the Reis Effendi made. cvcmugB, iiu re- j tQ ^ interpreter of the English Ambas'- s for the hundredth i sadorjthefirst coranjunic ^ on of the learnt from him,which I never shall forget—never to utter about men or matters of life,what I do not per- sonally know. He was a bitter .^_ ,. enemy to those hearsay families.— bear in mind,that when\ thc great arch[ Qne ouestion usually settled a mat- „—, „,.-.// ~*J tho w #~«» W, ter w{th h . m _ tt what do youknoxv angel shall sound the last trump and he appears before his Saviour and Judge\ he expects to be found want ing j if he fails to discharge his duty.^ • \'he \ fod^c is opened in due form, about it.\ His plan v/as, to take nothing, for which the retailer would not consent to be responsi- S^;UinTr^^7Mta^\b\c. Every article of news must be resolution taken in the Council, and of the claims of the Porte, to an indemnity in the affair of Navarino, and on the fol- lowing day (ihe 9thj he repeated the same communication to the Ambassa- dors. Question 1st—Will the Allied Pow- ers desist entirely from the Greek trea- ty? The Allied ambassadors would be wanting their duty and to the truth, if, in replying to this question, they did not repeat the declaration already made by them at different times—to wit, that the unshaken resolution of their courts is to maintain the treaty concluded be- tween them for-the pacification of Greece, and to persevere in the execu- tion of the measures which, they have^ adopted for that object. Question 2d—Will they indemnify the Ottoman Government for The-Ioss of its fleet I
