Christian Cynosure . Virginia jurisdiction ;—but Alexan-dria subordinate lodge was No. 39, Penn-sylvania. Washington is here said to have beenan active member of that lodge fromApril 28, 1781, to Dec. 14, 1799:—butAlexandria, No. 39, Pennsylvania, ceasedto exist Jan. 20, 1789, almost eleven yearsTDefore Washington died. He is said to have remained an ac-tive member*from April 28, 1781,—buta lodge entry dated June 24, 1784, morethan three years later, records his be-ing admitted as honorary member. He is here alleged to have been amember of Alexandria, No. 39, Pennsyl-vania, nearly a score of y
Christian Cynosure . Virginia jurisdiction ;—but Alexan-dria subordinate lodge was No. 39, Penn-sylvania. Washington is here said to have beenan active member of that lodge fromApril 28, 1781, to Dec. 14, 1799:—butAlexandria, No. 39, Pennsylvania, ceasedto exist Jan. 20, 1789, almost eleven yearsTDefore Washington died. He is said to have remained an ac-tive member*from April 28, 1781,—buta lodge entry dated June 24, 1784, morethan three years later, records his be-ing admitted as honorary member. He is here alleged to have been amember of Alexandria, No. 39, Pennsyl-vania, nearly a score of years:—but whenhe died, aged 6y, it w-as Fredricksburg,No. 4, Virginia, that reported his death tothe Grand Lodge, as if his membershiphad never been transferred from whereTie went through what he called childsplay, when hardly more than a boy. Finally, in 1798 he denied presidingover any lodge, though reputed GrandMaster of America ; and denied havino-been .in a lodee more than once or twice,later than Some men are like clothes pins, thevperform their best service when theirmouths are shut. Modesty seems to l^e a characteristicof all our directors. They furnish withreluctance a photograph from which ismade a half-tone, andseem to think it a viola-tion of the rules of pro-priety to give the factsfor their life a more completeand extended historyof ^Ir. Mori son thereader is referred tothe Rev. W. H. Dan-iels Life of D. L. Moody, page 214. It is known that he was born in theHighlands of Scotland in the year knowledge of catechism and hisScotch orthodoxy will scarce be ques-tioned wdien he says, The devil was inme from the beginning. He ran awayfrom home in his early boyhood, andwent to sea. The sea has always beenthe devils stronghold for the ruinationof young men and boys. It would be dif-ficult to tell where this lad did not goduring his sailor period. On hearing of the great Chicago fire,and being desirous of seeing the ruins,he set sail for
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