Christian Cynosure . hiscountry was in danger. He felt the fullforce of the virtues, which adorn the do-mestic circle, and shed lustre from thehumblest roof. The last act of his life,which has been so much censured byknaves and fools, flowed from the purestmotives. My life, said Capt. Morgan, isthe property of my country, and mycountrymen have a claim upon my ut-most faculties for the preservation of allthat is dear to intelligent freemen. Thebane of our civil institutions is to befound in an order powerful and numer-ous, and daily becoming more so. Itcankers and corrodes to the core thefounda
Christian Cynosure . hiscountry was in danger. He felt the fullforce of the virtues, which adorn the do-mestic circle, and shed lustre from thehumblest roof. The last act of his life,which has been so much censured byknaves and fools, flowed from the purestmotives. My life, said Capt. Morgan, isthe property of my country, and mycountrymen have a claim upon my ut-most faculties for the preservation of allthat is dear to intelligent freemen. Thebane of our civil institutions is to befound in an order powerful and numer-ous, and daily becoming more so. Itcankers and corrodes to the core thefoundation on which justice is based, andis destined, unless timely checked, to be-come the leveler. not of proud distinc-tions, but of social order. With its powerand corruption not only individuals maybe sacrificed but in time the state. If mylife be the forfeit I owe to my country anexposure of its dangers. I was completely converted from Ma-sonry to Christ.—Pres. C. G. Finney. 132 CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE. September, WILLIAM MORGANS DAUGHTER. When seized by the Masons in Sep-tember, 1826, Captain Morgan had twochildren, a girl and a boy, the latter be-ing only an infant in the arms of hisyoung and shrinking wife. The inquirywhich naturally rose for these remainingmembers of the family with the revival ofthe lodge discussion was hardly answeredto the satisfaction of all. It was under-stood that Mrs. Morgan married again,and that one of the children was living inOregon. Soon after the Batavia conven-tion it was reported that the daughter,Lucinda Smith Morgan, died near Sa-lem, in that State. Through the kindness of Mrs. SarahK. Stevens, of Batavia, N. Y., we are per-mitted to print the following letter, writ-ten by Captain Smith, her husband, mreply to a letter of condolence sent himby Charles Betts, Esq., of Freeport, Illi-nois, a gentleman who was born in Ba-tavia, and whose father, Robert P. Betts,was a participant in the exciting and fear-ful scenes of 1826, being one of the
Size: 1317px × 1898px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectsecretsocietiesrelig
