Christian Cynosure . ichigan, from abalance of $26,600 cash in theTreasury. We presume there is butone Mason in the burned district,and the Grand Lodge intended to dogenerously by him. The officialreport acknowledges a decrease inmembership of 252, the total mem-bership being 33,072. —The national meeting of theOdd- Fellows Order, called by them Sovereign Grand Lodge, was heldlast month in Cincinnati. The col-umns of the papers were given up tomore important matters during thefuneral week while the meeting washeld and we have seen little of itswork. One change was made re-quiring all the busin
Christian Cynosure . ichigan, from abalance of $26,600 cash in theTreasury. We presume there is butone Mason in the burned district,and the Grand Lodge intended to dogenerously by him. The officialreport acknowledges a decrease inmembership of 252, the total mem-bership being 33,072. —The national meeting of theOdd- Fellows Order, called by them Sovereign Grand Lodge, was heldlast month in Cincinnati. The col-umns of the papers were given up tomore important matters during thefuneral week while the meeting washeld and we have seen little of itswork. One change was made re-quiring all the business of the Odd-Fellow Lodges to be done in thethird degree. They thus becomemore nearly allied to the Freema- sons, and it will soon be said amongthem, as by the latter, that no manis an Odd-Fellow until he has takenthis third degree. The object of thismeasure is to keep what they havecaught—to have an argument tohold before disappointed and disgus-ted initiates, of greater benefits,light and knowledge higher The Churches againstLodgert. The following denominations are com-mitted by vote of their legislative assem-blies or by constitution to a separationfrom secret lodge worship: Adventists (Seventh-day). Baptists—Primitive, Seventh-day andScandinavian. Bible Christians. Brethren (Dunkers or German Baptists). Church of God (in part). Disciples (in part). Friends. Lutherans—Norwegian, Danish, Swed-ish, and Synodical Conferences. Mennonites. Methodists—Free and Wesleyan. Methodist Protestant (Minnesota Con-ference). Moravians. Ornish. Plymouth Brethren. Presbyterian—Associate, Reformed andUnited. Reformed Church (Holland branch). United Brethren in Christ. Individual churches in some of thesedenominations should be excepted, inpart of them even a considerable portion. The following local churches have, as apledge to disfellowship and oppose lodgeworship, given their names to the follow-ing list as THE ASSOCIATED CHURCHES OF CHRIST. New Ruhamah Congregational, Ham
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