Christian Cynosure . withdrawn from the worship ofMohammed, but they adopt some relativeof Mohammed as their divinity, and thisworship being unlawful, drives them tosecret society organizations, which arepolitical as well as religious and henceare dangerous to the Turkish govern-ment. The other class of secret societiesis formed by those who have had theireducation in the schools of France andItaly, and who have joined the infidel and 204 CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE. November, 1899. atheistic lodges of those countries, andthey having become infidels, upon theirreturn to Turkey have themselves organ-ize
Christian Cynosure . withdrawn from the worship ofMohammed, but they adopt some relativeof Mohammed as their divinity, and thisworship being unlawful, drives them tosecret society organizations, which arepolitical as well as religious and henceare dangerous to the Turkish govern-ment. The other class of secret societiesis formed by those who have had theireducation in the schools of France andItaly, and who have joined the infidel and 204 CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE. November, 1899. atheistic lodges of those countries, andthey having become infidels, upon theirreturn to Turkey have themselves organ-ized similar lodges in their own country. SEPARATION IN CHINA. Come out from among them and be yeseparate, saitli the Lord. II. Cor. 6: 17. The Misses Grace and Gertrude Wyck-off, for the past ten years missionaries inChina under the American Board ofCommissioners for Foreign Missions,and who have again returned to China,answered questions at the prayer meet-ing, July 27, 1898, in the Wheaton Col-lege Church as follows:. ???????????*?????????????????? Question—Are the Chinese, among whomyou labor, members of secret societies? Answer by Miss Wyckoff—The Chinese em-pire is honey-combed with secret societies. Question—When the Chinese profess faithin Christ, and desire to unite with the Chris-tian Church, do you require them to abandontheir secret lodges, and if you answer affirm-atively, why do you make such a require-ment? Answer by Miss Wyckoff—We certainly dorequire them to abandon their secret as the Chinese say: It is impossible forone foot to be on one boat,and the other onanother boat, because you would certainlyfall. Hence it is decidedly a part of therequirement, that when they come into thechurch they must leave secret societies. In 1878 a great many Chinese came into theclnuch on account of the famine relief, whodid not abandon their secret lodges, andthese were the cause of much anxiety, andsome were afterwards expe
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