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ZION’S CONFLICT 
 
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 METHODIST APOSTASY 
 
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 ESPECIALLY IN 
 
 Connection With Freemasonry. 
 
 A SERIES OF DISCOURSES EXPOSING THE FACT THAT THE METHODIST 
 CHURCH HAS BEEN SOLD OUT BY ITS LEADERS TO THE 
 WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL. 
 
 BY THE 
 
 REV. JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIE, 
 
 General Overseer of the 
 Christian Catholic Church in Zion. 
 
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 Delivered in Central Zion Tabernacle, Chicago, During the Sittings of the 
 General Conference of the Methodist Church in Chicago, 
 from May 6 to May 24, 1900. 
 
 AN APPENDIX: 
 
 Zion’s Inquisition for .Blood, 
 
 I 
 
 J Giving Facts Concerning the Murder of 
 
 Capt. William Morgan. 
 
 CHICAGO: 
 
 ZION PUBLISHING HOUSE, 
 
 1207 MICHIGAN AVENUE. 
 1900. 
 

 
2tr 
 
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
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 Ni 
 
 First Discourse. 
 
 Prelude—“ By What Authority Doest Thou These Things? ” 
 Sermon The Methodists ‘ Seal of the Covenant ’ Ex¬ 
 amined,” . 
 
 Second Discourse. 
 
 “The Methodist Church the Property of the Masonic Order,” 
 Third Discourse. 
 
 “Freemasonry: A Heathen and an Antichristian Abomina¬ 
 tion,” . 
 
 Fourth Discourse. 
 
 Elijah the Prophet of God and the Priests of Baal at Carmel; 
 With its Application to Chicago,”. 
 
 Fifth Discourse. 
 
 “ Degrees of Masonic Devilry/ 
 
 Sixth Discourse. 
 
 “Betrayers Who Kiss the Christ, and Sell Him to His 
 Enemies,”. 
 
 Seventh Discourse. 
 
 “The Rise, Progress and Fall of Methodism in America,” . 
 Eighth Discourse. 
 
 “The Silence of Secrecy and the Open Speech of Chris¬ 
 tianity,” . 
 
 _ Ninth Discourse. 
 
 “The Christian’s Duty in Breaking a Bad Oath ” 
 
 I . . 
 
 Illustrations. 
 
 Portrait of Rev. John Alex. Dowie.Frontispiece 
 
 “ Zion Confronting the Methodist Apostasy,”. 
 
 “ Zion Making Inquisition for Blood ”—The Masonic Murder 
 of Ellen Slade, .... 
 
 “ Baal Mockeries in God’s Temple,”. 
 
 v “The Unruly Assembly of the Prophets of Baal Selecting a 
 Bishop,”. 
 
 “Zion Triumphant Over the Hosts of Baal,” , 
 
 . Portrait of Capt. William Morgan, ....... 
 
 Methodism Clinging to Mah-Hah-Bone in the Darkness of 
 
 Masonr y’”.Facing 
 
 / | “ The False Covenant Set Forth,”.Facing 
 
 “The Masonic Covenant Revealed,”.Facing 
 
 “Zion Making Inquisition for Blood,”.Facing 
 
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Zion’s Conflict With Methodist Apostasy. 
 
 PRELUDE: “BY WHAT AUTHORITY DOEST THOU THESE 
 THINGS?” SERMON: “THE METHODISTS’ ‘SEAL 
 OF THE COVENANT’ EXAMINED.” 
 
 E VER since the Quadrennial General Conference of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church sold itself to Chicago for 
 $50,000 nearly two years ago, the General Overseer has been 
 promising that body of men a “warm reception” when they 
 came to Chicago. 
 
 Since that time, his warnings to them on account of their 
 apostasies, especially in the matter of their fellowship with 
 the “unfruitful works of darkness” in Baal-worshiping Masonic 
 Lodges, have become more and more distinct. 
 
 For the last few weeks that warning Voice had been ringing 
 out with its terrible indictment, until the atmosphere was elec¬ 
 trical with the forebodings of the coming struggle — Zion 
 against the Apostasy, God against Baal. 
 
 On Wednesday, May 2, 1900, the Methodist General Con¬ 
 ference began its sessions at the Auditorium, and on Lord’s 
 Day afternoon, May 6th, the General Overseer began his 
 Series of Nine Discourses on Zion’s Conflict with Methodist 
 Apostasy. 
 
 With their accustomed zeal and love for the work, Zion’s 
 Seventies had distributed, in Chicago and suburbs, 300,000 
 cards announcing this and other meetings of the week 
 and series. The result was seen in the magnificent audience 
 which gathered in the splendid auditorium of Central Zion 
 Tabernacle. 
 
 Every available seat was filled when the services began with 
 the beautiful processional by Zion’s White-robed Choir, and 
 within a very few minutes hundreds w r ere standing in the 
 aisles, in the vestibules and in the vacant space behind the 
 seats in the highest gallery. Many who came were turned 
 away because there was no room for them. It is impos- 
 
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 sible to estimate the number to which the General Overseer 
 would have spoken on that Lord’s Day afternoon, had he 
 
 been able to secure a room large enough to accommodate 
 them. 
 
 Alt hough the m an of God was visibly worn by the heavy 
 draughts upon his strength made by the flying visit to Phila¬ 
 delphia and Washington, and the all-night labors upon Leaves 
 of Healing and other important matters since his return, God 
 was with him in great power, and the telling effect of his Mes¬ 
 sage of Truth was plainly visible in the faces of those who 
 heard. 
 
 \\ hen the ser\ ice begun many countenances wore a sneer, 
 and sullen defiance was pictured upon many others. These 
 sinister looks changed as the speaker proceeded with his 
 argument. They first gave way to a look of absorbing 
 interest, then, in many cases, to conviction and sympathy. 
 In others, the mighty words created the deepest and most 
 solemn thought. 
 
 There were a great many members of the Conference in 
 the audience, and some of these were in open sympathy with 
 the General Overseer. 
 
 One of them, a distinguished member of the Methodist 
 body, sought an interview with the General Overseer after 
 the ser\ ice, and, it being granted, grasped him by the hand 
 and said, “Thou art a man of God! I thank God for every 
 word you said this afternoon.” 
 
 The sermon over, a short intermission was given, during 
 which those who did not wish to partake of the Lord’s Supper 
 withdrew. Those who remained numbered fully 2000. A most 
 blessed time was spent in the services of the reception of new 
 members, the ordination of new officers, and the communion of 
 the Lord’s Supper. 
 
 The presence and power of the Holy Spirit was mani¬ 
 festly m the midst of that prayerful company of Christians as 
 they waited before the Lord. 
 
 As evidencing the “staying” qualities of the General Over¬ 
 seer, and of the thousands of Zion, we mention the fact that 
 the exercises were continuous, save for a few minutes, from 
 
 3 to 9 p. m. —six hours. It was a time of great joy and of 
 power. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
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 Thus, with the sweet consciousness of the blessing of God, 
 was ZioTs great and most important Conflict with the Hosts 
 of Hell in the nominal Church of God begun. a. w. n. 
 
 The 
 
 226: 
 
 FIRST DISCOURSE. 
 
 Central Zion Tabernacle, Lord’s Day Afternoon, May 6, 1900. 
 
 services were opened by singing Hymn Number 
 
 Stand up!-—stand up for Jesus! 
 
 Ye soldiers of the cross; 
 
 Lift high His royal banner, 
 
 It must not suffer loss: 
 
 From vict’ry unto vict’ry 
 His army shall He lead, 
 
 Till ev’ry foe is vanquished, 
 
 And Christ is Lord indeed. 
 
 SCRIPTURE READING AND EXPOSITION. 
 
 The General Overseer then read from the Inspired Word of 
 God in the book of the Prophet Isaiah, a part of the twenty- 
 fouith chapter, also in the book of Malachi, the third chapter: 
 
 Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and 
 turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants -thereof. And 
 U shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so 
 with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer 
 so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the* 
 taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. The earth shall be utterly 
 emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word The 
 earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away 
 the lofty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is polluted under 
 the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed 
 the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 
 
 Behold, I send My Messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me • 
 and Jehovah whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His Temple; and the 
 Messenger of the Covenant, whom ye delight in, behold, he cometh, saith 
 Jehovah of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who 
 shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers' 
 soap: and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify 
 the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and they shall offer 
 unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness. 
 
 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a Swift Witness 
 against the sorcerers— 
 
 Kashaph ( j pharmakoi ), pharmacists, the makers and venders 
 of these damning poisons that are cursing and destroying 
 humanity: nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, opium, laudanum, mor¬ 
 phine, and many other narcotic brain poisons. 
 
 Never was there a time when the witness should be more 
 earnest and persistent, for the whole earth is defiled by the 
 manufacture of poisons which destroy every power in soul and 
 
 body until the spirit is enchained and dragged down to 
 
 hell. 
 
 —and agaiust th e adukcrers and against false swearers; and against those 
 that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not Me, saith Jehovah 
 of hosts. For I Jehovah change not; therefore ye, 0 sons of Jacob, are not 
 consumed. 
 
 From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from Mine ordi¬ 
 nances, and have not kept them. Return unto Me, and I will return unto 
 you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return? Will a 
 man rob God? yet ye rob Me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee? 
 In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob Me, even 
 this whole nation. Bring ye the whole tithe into the Storehouse, that there 
 may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me now herewith, saith Jehovah of 
 hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a 
 blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will 
 rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of 
 your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the 
 field, saith Jehovah of hosts. And all nations shall call you happy: for ye 
 shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts. 
 
 The General Overseer leading, the entire audience joined in 
 singing the twelfth verse with great enthusiasm several times. 
 The effect was marvelous. 
 
 Your words have been stout against Me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, 
 Wherein have we spoken against Thee? Ye have said, It is vain to serve 
 God: and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have 
 walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? And now we call the proud 
 happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, 
 and are delivered. Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another: 
 and Jehovah hearkened, and' heard, and a Book of Remembrance was 
 written before Him, for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon 
 His Name. And they shall be Mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, in the day that 
 I do make, even a peculiar treasure; and I will spare them, as a man 
 spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return and discern 
 between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and 
 him that serveth Him not. For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a 
 furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble: 
 and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it 
 shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear My Name 
 shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and ye shall 
 go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the 
 wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that 
 I do make, saith Jehovah of hosts. 
 
 Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto 
 him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and judgments. Behold, I will 
 send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah 
 come. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the 
 heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a 
 curse. 
 
 Closing with this prayer: 
 
 May God bless His Word. 
 
 Zion’s White-robed Choir then sang, with a sincerity which 
 showed their feeling of the lofty sentiment, the tribute of praise 
 in the words of the Te Deum. 
 
 Prayer was then offered by the General Overseer as fol¬ 
 lows : 
 
 PRAYER BY THE GENERAL OVERSEER. 
 
 Our Father who art in the heavens, we hallow Thy Name. Help us to 
 say with all our hearts: Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth just 
 in the same way as it is done in the heavens. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
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 To that end, inspire in our spirits the words of this sacred song which 
 has come rolling down through the ages sung by martyred hosts; sung 
 amidst the fires; sung amidst the howlings of savage beasts which tore fear¬ 
 less children of Goaf in the ancient days; sung still by hearts, we trust, 
 with that deep humility and pure faith, still following in Zion in the steps of 
 the Son of God. 
 
 We thank Thee this afternoon for all the blessing which has come to 
 us through the Gospel, the Everlasting Gospel of God; that Gospel which 
 tells us not merely of One slain on Calvary for sinners, but of One who is 
 the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world, whose atoning 
 sacrifice antedates human transgression. 
 
 We thank Thee for a Salvation which preceded sin; for a provision 
 and for a redemption which preceded man’s bitter disobedience and 
 fall. 
 
 We thank Thee that in all the ages, in all the afflictions of Thy people, 
 Thou hast been afflicted, and that in Thy love and in Thy pity redemption 
 has ever been provided; that the angel of Thy presence saved them, and 
 that in Thy love and in Thy compassion and pity Thou hast borne them 
 and carried them all the days of old. 
 
 So Zion sings today the glad song that in all the ages amidst darkness 
 and doubt and peril and pain and hypocrisy and apostasies of every kind 
 has been sung by the royal few. 
 
 Oh God, our Father, grant Thy protection at this time, when perils are 
 greater than ever before, perils among false brethren, and perils amidst an 
 apostate and spurious Christianity; perils amidst those who betray their 
 Master with a kiss, sell Him for silver, and consort in the darkness with 
 those who never name His Name or own His power, and yet pretend in 
 the light that they also are Christians. 
 
 Have mercy upon all who have apostasized through Secretism (Amen); 
 through the dark corruptions of Satanic Masonry; through the horrible pol¬ 
 lutions of a false Christ and a false resurrection of a mythical being, and in 
 Thine infinite mercy deliver the people. (Amen.) Deliver the people of 
 God. Deliver the people at large from the powers of those who are the 
 world-rulers of this darkness, and in Thine infinite love and mercy destroy 
 these high places of evil (Amen), and let the people go free. (Amen.) 
 
 For Jesus’ sake, help us in this series of discourses which will occupy 
 the next three weeks, if we are permitted to speak for Thee. 
 
 Give unto us Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith: the Faith which perceives 
 and receives; the Faith which uses the Divine powers which are within 
 Thy grasp; the Faith which works for Thee; the Faith which rests in Thee. 
 
 Give unto us the Love: that Love which is an all-consuming Fire; the 
 Love which makes us love our fellowmen too much to fear them; the Love 
 which bids us warn of danger; the Love which impels us to bring them into 
 Salvation, Healing and Holy Living. 
 
 Give unto us not only these Graces, but the needed Gifts that by means 
 of the Word of Wisdom, and the Word of Knowledge and Faith the Church 
 of God may enter into the possession of the Gifts of Healings; Workings of 
 Powers, Prophesies, Discernings of Spirits, Tongues and Interpretation of 
 Tongues. Grant that Thy people to whom these gifts were given, and from 
 whom they have never been taken away, may remember and realize that 
 the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 
 
 To this end, bless Thy people. Look in great compassion at this time, 
 therefore, upon those who have transgressed the Laws; who have changed 
 the Ordinance; who have broken the Everlasting Covenant of Salvation, 
 Healing and Holy Living. Have mercy upon those who have repudiated 
 and cursed those who preach that Tri-une Gospel, and practice the 
 Triune Baptism which, by Thy Son, Thou didst command. 
 
 Have mercy, therefore, upon the apostate Methodist Conference 
 (Amen), which has denied the Lord who bought His people as their Healer 
 and Cleanser; which has transgressed the Law of the Spirit of Life in 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Christ Jesus; which has changed the Ordinance of that Triune Baptism, 
 which brings with it death to sin, life in God, and power for service; which 
 has broken that Everlasting Covenant. Have mercy upon them. 
 
 Open the eyes of multitudes of godly men and women and ministers 
 within that communion to see the truth, to receive it, and to be set free. Let 
 not pride rule their hearts. Let not hatred shut the door, but let pride and 
 hatred depart. Bless to that end our witnessing for Thee. 
 
 Hear us for Thy people everywhere. Grace, mercy and peace be with 
 all who love our Lord Jesus in sincerity. 
 
 Bless the Christian Catholic Church in Zion (Amen), in America 
 (Amen), in Europe (Amen), in Asia (Amen), in Africa (Amen), in Austral¬ 
 asia (Amen), in the Islands of the Sea. (Amen.) 
 
 Bless the words that shall be spoken this day, to earth’s remotest bounds. 
 
 We ask this and the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in the Name 
 of Him who for our sakes endured the Cross and despised the shame, and is 
 now set down at the right hand of Thy Throne, oh God our Father, our Advo¬ 
 cate with Thee. Hear us for the sake of Jesus, who in the days of His flesh 
 when one asked Him, “ Lord, teach us to pray,” said, “After this manner 
 therefore pray ye”: 
 
 The Disciples’ Prayer was then chanted by Zion Choir and 
 congregation. 
 
 The announcements were then made. 
 
 BY WHAT AUTHORITY DOEST THOU THESE 
 
 THINGS? 
 
 The General Overseer then delivered the following prelude: 
 
 Now it might be a fitting time before I deliver the discourse 
 of today to utter a few words by way of prelude. 
 
 I do not as a rule read the prefaces to books. They are 
 very wearisome, but sometimes they are very necessary. 
 
 If you will permit, I think that it would be proper for me to 
 answer a question which a distinguished minister of the Meth¬ 
 odist body asked me this week: 
 
 “By what authority doest thou these things?” 
 
 “Who gave thee this authority?” 
 
 The same questions were asked of Jesus long ago. 
 
 He was an untitled teacher without any rabbinical rank, the 
 reputed son of a carpenter, or held by some to be the disreput¬ 
 able offspring of a harlot. That horrible and foul charge is 
 flung to this day in the face of the Christian Church by the 
 accursed representatives of modern Spiritualism, that anti- 
 christian imposture. That heathen cult denies the divinity of 
 Christ and defil es the good name of the Holy Blessed Virgin 
 Mother, the purest woman who ever lived on earth. God 
 sanctified her and made her Holy. She was Blessed by God 
 and by the angel whom He sent. In her virginity she con¬ 
 ceived and in her purity as a Virgin Mother she brought forth 
 that Holy Thing, the Son of God. 
 
ZION' S CON FLIC T WITH ME TIIO DIS T APOSTASY. 7 
 
 She was Holy, because God made her so; Blessed, for 
 heaven so proclaimed her; Virgin, for it was a virgin who con¬ 
 ceived and brought forth the Son of God. 
 
 Mother, mother, mother, of Him who bore our sins and 
 carried our sorrows and whose heart was pierced 1 
 
 He was once asked that question. 
 
 By what authority doest Thou these things? And who gave Thee this 
 authority? 
 
 “You have no standing among the rabbis,” they said to 
 Him; “there is not a teacher of rabbinical rank who will 
 endorse you. You have no station. You are a blasphemous 
 wretch.” 
 
 Do you remember how He answered? 
 
 He said, “The Baptism of John, whence was it? From 
 hea-ven, or of men? I will take either answer. Tell me. Was 
 it of heaven, oh Pharisees, or was it of men?” 
 
 But they were crafty Masons. They were not only Entered 
 Apprentices and Fellow Craft M^asons, but they were M^aster 
 Masons. They had not studied Solomon for nothing. Like 
 him, “their hearts were turned away after other gods”; they 
 were, as he was before he died, practically “heathen”; and for 
 this God was angry with them as he was with that beastly 
 Solomon who wound up his life by going after Ashtoreth the 
 goddess of the Zidonians, Milcom and Molech of the Ammon¬ 
 ites, Chemosh of the Moabites, and many others. The Phar¬ 
 isees of Christ’s time were traitors to the Eternal God, and 
 murderous haters of His Son. 
 
 They were bad, but they were clever, and they pondered 
 over His divinely wise answer. 
 
 They said, “If we say from heaven, He will say, ‘Why did 
 you not do what he told you, then? Why did you not believe 
 in Me? He told you I was the Christ, the Lamb of God. You 
 remember that day when he baptized Me amidst a crowd of 
 sinners that he said: ‘Behold, the Lamb of God that taketh 
 away the sin of the world.’ ” 
 
 They saw the point, that if they said that John’s Baptism 
 was from heaven, then they were in a corner, because they 
 must recognize His authority as the Messiah. 
 
 Then they looked at the other horn. 
 
 There was a “ram’s horn ” and a goat’s horn (laughter), and 
 they got on both the horns that time, as their lineal spiritual 
 successors did in Chicago recently. 
 
 There are two horns to all these dilemmas, and the othef 
 horn was this: “ If we say that the Baptism of John is of man- 
 
 look at this audience.” (The General Overseer at this point 
 indicated with a gesture the great audience of over 3000 people 
 then present in the Tabernacle. The effect of this sudden and 
 dramatic application of his lesson was startling and convinc- 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY 
 
 ing.) (Laughter.) “Look at this audience. Look at the 
 crowds who have gone away, because they could not find 
 room. Look at the people. We are afraid of the people.” 
 So they lied. They said, “We don’t know.” 
 
 I WILL ASK YOU THE QUESTION, “FROM WHOM IS MY MINISTRY?” 
 
 When you have settled where my ministry comes from; 
 when you have settled whether Salvation, and Healing, and 
 Holy Living come from the Devil or from God, I will answer 
 your questions. (Applause. Amens.) 
 
 Let every one who has been blessed by Salvation and 
 Healing in Zion arise. (Instantly the witnesses arose, with 
 faces glowing with joy. On every side they told by rising the 
 wonderful story of God’s saving and healing power manifested 
 in Zion until 2500, a veritable cloud of witnesses, were upon 
 their feet.) 
 
 Now, you Methodists, look around. It is a good sight for 
 your eyes. 
 
 Overseer Piper (referring to the Methodists)—They are all 
 sitting. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I suppose that at least 2500 persons are now 
 standing. There are over 3000 persons in this building now. 
 Did God bless you in Zion? 
 
 Answer—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Did He heal you? 
 
 Answer—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Were you sick? 
 
 Answer—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Did that healing come from God or the 
 Devil? 
 
 Answer—“ God.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Have you no fear of the Methodist Confer¬ 
 ence? 
 
 Answer—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—How many of you were Methodists? (Laugh¬ 
 ter.) Put up your hands. (Hundreds of hands were raised. 
 Applause.) 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Did I charge you anything? 
 
 Answer—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Do you know anybody I ever did? 
 
 Answer—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Thank you very much. Sit down. 
 
 That might help the Methodists. You cannot find that 
 answer in the Auditorium. (Laughter.) 
 
 In what Methodist Church today will you find 2500 persons 
 who will arise and say, “God healed us through the Methodist 
 ministry”? 
 
 That is the question you have to deal with. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 9 
 
 When you settle whether Salvation, Healing and Holy 
 Living come from God or the Devil, then you can settle where 
 my authority comes from. 
 
 A WORD TO TRUE CHRISTIANS IN THE METHODIST MINISTRY. 
 
 My brothers who are really Christians, who really have not 
 bowed the knee to Baal; you small remnant of the leaders of 
 the Methodist body who have not been among those who have 
 bowed in the East to the Worshipful Master, and in the South 
 to another officer, and in the West to another, with your eyes 
 blindfolded and all your clothes off excepting a dirty under¬ 
 vest and a miserable pair of drawers, and one shoe off and one 
 shoe on (laughter), and a tow-rope around your necks; all who 
 have not been towed around the secret chamber of Baal, I 
 say to you, my brothers, how can you remain with such asso¬ 
 ciations? 
 
 I have no respect, not an atom, for the hypocrites who 
 know that they cannot serve God and Baal and are the pre¬ 
 tended servants of both. But for you, my brothers and sisters 
 who have not yet bowed the knee "to Baal, I pray: May God 
 bring you out. (Amen.) 
 
 I have no hatred. 
 
 May God open the eyes of those who have bowed the knee 
 to Baal to see their terrible sin, before the Sword of God shall 
 hew them to pieces, as in the hands of Elijah it did at the 
 foot of Carmel’s mountain. I will talk of that story next 
 week. 
 
 I shall say nothing but that which I believe to be true. As 
 far as was possible to verify, I have done so. 
 
 May God help us, and at the end of this fight may God give 
 victory to the right. (Amen.) 
 
 That which is a great trouble to some will now happen. 
 You will give your offerings, and give your—what? 
 
 Voices—“ Tithes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Do you believe in tithing? 
 
 Answer—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Has God blessed you in giving? 
 
 Answer—“ Y es.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—He has? Any who have been poorer for giving 
 their tithes, speak up and say Aye. 
 
 Two voices answered “Aye.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—There were two. (Applause and laughter from 
 strangers in the Tabernacle.) 
 
 Wait a minute. I think that was a mistake. I will put it 
 again. Any who are poorer for giving their tithes, say Aye. 
 (No answer. Applause.) 
 
 I shall ask those who said aye, Was it a mistake? 
 
 Answer—“ Yes.” 
 
10 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Thank you. You clapped too soon, you Meth¬ 
 odists. (Laughter.) You were “ taken in.” I will put it again. 
 I want that point settled in Central Zion Tabernacle today 
 beyond dispute. I will put it affirmatively. Have you been 
 blessed since you gave your tithes? 
 
 Answer—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Any who have not, say No. (No answer.) 
 That is the answer in Zion. 
 
 GOD HAS BLESSED, FINANCIALLY, THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THEIR 
 
 TITHES. 
 
 I only said that because we are attacked everywhere about 
 these tithes. There is no difficulty in Zion about it. I want 
 to know why people should object who do not give anything? 
 (Laughter. Applause.) They might leave that to the people 
 who give. May God bless you. 
 
 Pray for me now. The tithes and offerings will be received. 
 While the ushers gathered the offerings of the people, Zion’s 
 Choir sang the anthem, “Praise ye the Father!” with splendid 
 volume, harmony and expression. 
 
 THE METHODISTS’ “SEAL OF THE COVENANT” 
 
 EXAMINED. 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be accept¬ 
 able in Thy sight, be profitable unto this people, and unto all to whom these 
 words shall come, in this and every land, in this and all the coming time, 
 till Jesus come, for His sake. Amen. 
 
 I am to speak to you this afternoon concerning the Metho¬ 
 dists’ “Seal of the Covenant,” a well-known document issued 
 by all the official organs of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 The copy upon which I shall speak today is one of the official 
 copies, it is that of one of their official papers, the Omaha 
 Christian Advocate of March 3d, the same date as that upon 
 which the Rams Horn uttered its blast against Zion, and came 
 to nothing but shame. 
 
 In the front of all I have to say today I will place the words 
 which I read to you in the twenty-fourth chapter of the book 
 of the Prophet Isaiah, the fifth verse: 
 
 TEXT. 
 
 The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they 
 have transgressed the Laws, changed the Ordinance, broken the Everlast¬ 
 ing Covenant. 
 
 This discourse is introductory. I propose in it to deal only 
 with the first official document issued in connection with the 
 Call to Humiliation and Prayer by the Board of Bishops of the 
 
“Thou shalt grope at Noonday, as the 
 Blind gropetb in Darkness, and toon shalt 
 not prefer in thy ways: . . . and 
 there shall be NONE TO SAVE THEE." 
 Deuteronomy j& x). 
 
 ZION’S CONFLICT WITH THE APOSTATE CHURCHES 
 
 METHODISM CLINGING TO MAH-HAH-BQNE IN THE 
 DARKNESS OF MASONRY. 
 
 "Jesus spake onto them, saying, lam 
 the Light of the World he that followeth 
 Me shall aNOT WALK IN THE DARK¬ 
 NESS, but shall ba»c the Light of Life ” 
 John 8: ta. 
 
 Facing Page io, 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 II 
 
 Methodist—or, as we call it in Zion, Masonic-Methodist Epis¬ 
 copal Church. 
 
 It is within our right to examine a document of this kind 
 which is not only an appeal to the members of that Church, but 
 which spreads before the whole community the present condi¬ 
 tion of that Church. 
 
 It is to be admitted that this document is in strong contrast 
 with that which was issued last week to the meager audiences 
 which attend the Conference in the Auditorium; for there are 
 more people in Central Zion Tabernacle now than there have 
 been in the Auditorium at any one time during this last week. 
 
 Today while we are speaking the report is sent in that with 
 one of the greatest Bishops speaking at the Auditorium, the 
 first floor is full, the balcony one-quarter full, the galleries 
 empty. I will tell you how many there are there, if that report 
 is correct. About 2000! At the outside calculation 2500 are 
 listening to that Bishop. 
 
 There are more than 3000 now present in Central Zion 
 Tabernacle, and I am told that hundreds have gone away for 
 want of room. 
 
 I know what the Auditorium holds, because I preached 
 there for six months. I know exactly what it holds. Its 
 entire seating capacity, exclusive of the stage, filling the 
 highest gallery, is 4037. Our seating capacity is over 3000. 
 
 Before the meager audience of last Tuesday an aged Bishop 
 endeavored to put another document before the people, but it 
 was too late. “The statesmanlike document,” as they called 
 it, was a piece of ecclesiastical politics that came too late. 
 
 It is fair that I should examine the document which I hold 
 in my hand today. It was written by the most crooked of all 
 the Bishops. His policy is held in contempt even by his 
 political associates. I refer to Bishop Charles H. Fowler. 
 
 BISHOP FOWLER THE CHIEF OF BAAL-WORSHIPING APOSTATES. 
 
 This document was written by that Bishop, who is the chief 
 of the apostates of that Church as regards Freemasonry. He 
 is the Grand Chaplain of that Order for Pennsylvania. He and 
 the Bishop who is speaking at the Auditorium, this afternoon, 
 were rebuked publicly this last week for selling their services 
 to their own Church, after being already paid. They were 
 charged with demanding sums of money before they would 
 even dedicate churches. In one case the church was called by 
 the Bishop’s own name. These men were publicly challenged 
 with having made God’s House a place of merchandise and, 
 it might well have been added, a den of thieves. But they 
 must bear their own burden. 
 
 Charles H. Fowler was not the man to malign his own 
 Church. In writing this document he knew that the things 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 he wrote were true. Bishop Ninde, a noble man, who added 
 his name to this document, would not have endorsed it had it 
 not, in his judgment, represented the facts. Bishop Joyce, the 
 other signer to the Call, is, I am informed, a Freemason of 
 high degree, and he could, therefore, be depended upon to 
 endorse the statements of his fellow Masonic-Methodist 
 Bishop. 
 
 I therefore have a right to consider that this document 
 forms a proper basis for this series of exposures upon which I 
 enter today. I allege that which I have a right to be called 
 upon to prove, that the Methodist Episcopal Church has been 
 sold out by its leaders to the World, the Flesh and the 
 Devil. 
 
 The examination of this document will prove it. 
 
 I will take thirteen statements from its voluminous utter¬ 
 ances. 
 
 Here they are: 
 
 APPALLING LOSS OF MEMBERS BY THE METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 Today our Methodism confronts a serious situation. Our statistics for 
 the last year show a decrease in the number of our members. 
 
 That is their first statement. Why did he not tell all the 
 truth? Why did he not tell that they had lost every one 
 who had been added to their communion last year, and nearly 
 24,000 more, according to the figures supplied to the New York 
 Independent by the Rev. H. K. Carroll, LL. D., a leading 
 Methodist Episcopal minister, in its issue of January 4, 1900, 
 page 38? Why did he not tell the Church in plain terms that 
 they had lost the whole year’s labor and 24,000 more mem¬ 
 bers? They lost hundreds of thousands. If you tell me. that 
 the new members remained, then they lost hundreds of thou¬ 
 sands of the old. 
 
 That is the first statement I make. 
 
 It is not a loss merely of 24,000, but it is a loss of 24,000 
 plus all they allege that they gained. 
 
 A terrific state of affairs, is it not? Millions of men and 
 women prayed millions of prayers every day; millions of 
 services were conducted; yet* all they gained was lost, and 
 24,000 more! 
 
 Is there a man engaged in commercial business who would 
 not say that a business so conducted had gone to the “bow¬ 
 wows”; that it was time to close up and invest his capital else¬ 
 where? There is not a business man but would say the 
 same. 
 
 The year before that their best calculation was about one- 
 sixth of one percent gained. Is there one man would conduct 
 business upon such a basis? Will God continue to conduct 
 business with such a Church? It is a fruitless tree, which has 
 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 13 
 
 ceased to grow, and is, therefore, dying; nay, more, it is 
 dead. 
 
 “who slew all these?” 
 
 The second point in this is: 
 
 Year before last our advance was checked. Last year our advance 
 column has been forced back a little. The lost ground is paved with the 
 dead. 
 
 I ask you to note the admission that the ground that this 
 Church has lost is paved with their own dead. 
 
 Who slew them? Why do you not face it? 
 
 “Who slew all these?” 
 
 The man who wrote it helped to slay them. The man who 
 wrote it, and hypocritically weeps over the dead, led the mur¬ 
 der, spiritually, of his own people. The hand which tells the 
 story is one of the hands that slew them. They were slain by 
 Baal and his ministers, of whom one of the chief is Charles H. 
 Fowler. 
 
 LOST SINNERS MEMBERS OF THE METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 Third: 
 
 And there are now unhappily many Methodists who lack present knowl¬ 
 edge of New Testament salvation. 
 
 Which means, in plain English, there are a great many 
 Methodists in the Church who are damned, and all this Bishop 
 calls that lost condition is, that “they slipped a cog.” 
 (Laughter.) 
 
 If a man has no present knowledge of Salvation, is he saved? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Has he any right to expect us to believe that 
 he is saved? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Hence the Methodist Church has in its mem¬ 
 bership a large number of unsaved people. Even the numbers 
 which they claim are a sham, a delusion and a snare. 
 
 THE METHODIST CHURCH PEOPLED WITH THE DEAD, SPIRITUALLY. 
 
 He says many are in the Methodist Church now who 
 
 Have slipped a cog in their experience, and, like many old families 
 who have to date back to some buried ancestor to find their virtue and title 
 to their nobility, have to date back to some dead experience to find their 
 assurance and title to spiritual nobility. 
 
 What! If a man has to date back his title to Methodist 
 nobility to a dead experience, is he not a dead man? Is there 
 anything noble about him? Is he not an ignoble wretch who is 
 a hypocrite, who walks about with a dead experience, and 
 does not know a Living God? The dead are corrupt. They 
 also spread corruption. Let them be buried, if they will not 
 be converted. 
 
1 4 ZION ’ 5 CON FLIC T WITH ME THODIS T A POS TA S Y. 
 
 I am showing what the Church is, according to its own 
 Bishops’ position, and examining this document which they 
 call the “Seal of the Covenant.” 
 
 What covenant is that? It is a covenant with death which 
 has the seal of these Bishops upon it—an agreement with hell. 
 
 I marvel at the blindness of the men who sent this docu¬ 
 ment forth. 
 
 THE METHODIST CHURCH RETREATING IN THE FACE OF THE 
 
 ENEMY. 
 
 Fifth: 
 
 We have great organized benevolences. . . . We have successful 
 
 revivals reported. . . . We bow with grateful hearts, remembering what 
 
 God has done for us. But when we see how little we have done for Him, 
 how we are retreating in spite of all our appliances, we feel our lack of 
 power. 
 
 What! This brave Church retreating? Retreating in spite 
 of their appliances! Who makes them retreat? Who is the 
 cause of their retreat? Can that Church be a Church of the 
 Living God which is retreating in the face of the Devil? 
 
 That Church is a Church of cowards, full of fear; and it is 
 the fearful who lead the procession to hell: for it is written: 
 
 The fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and 
 fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolators, and all liars, their part shall be in 
 the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. 
 
 God’s Word says it; and if this is a Church of cowards who 
 are retreating, then they are retreating back upon the lake of ] 
 fire, and upon the second death. 
 
 They say, “We feel our lack of power.” 
 
 Is that the Church of the Living God which lacks power? 
 When power, whether you call it exonsia (e£ou<na), authority, or 
 Svva /us, force, is gone, it is time for that Church to be buried. 
 
 Does God in Heaven want a Church without power? 
 
 BISHOP FOWLER’S UNFORTUNATE SCRIPTURAL ALLUSION. 
 
 Bishop Fowler further says: 
 
 We can only fall on our faces and cry to Him to have mercy upon us 
 and “not cut us down, but spare us another year,” and dig about us and 
 fertilize us. 
 
 Why did he not say “dung us.” Even the Revised Version 
 says “dung,” not “fertilize.” The old Greek word kopria 
 ( Koirpia ) has just that meaning of “dung,” manure. But what 
 was elegant enough for Jesus Himself to use in the parable of 
 the Barren Fig Tree in Luke 13, was not elegant enough for 
 the Barren Bishop! 
 
 And see if we will not do better. (Laughter.) 
 
 What! Does he forget the parable? Does he forget the 
 passage of God’s Word from which this is misquoted? 
 
 Do you not remember it? 
 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. I 5 
 
 Christ said that the Jewish Church of His day was like unto 
 a tree to which the master of the orchard came seeking fruit, 
 and found none. He found nothing but leaves, as you find in 
 this Methodist Church—leaves, professions loud and strong and 
 confessions of death. In one breath they tell you of their 
 strength. In another they tell you that the ground is paved 
 with the dead; that they have lost power, and are retreat¬ 
 ing. 
 
 The Master said: 
 
 Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find 
 none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground? 
 
 The vinedresser said: 
 
 Lord, let it alone this year also, till I dig about it, and dung it: and if it 
 shall bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, Thou shalt cut it down. 
 
 That parable was spoken, probably, about the beginning of 
 the third year of the Lord’s ministry. Another year was 
 given, and what did they do in that year? Did they do any 
 better? No, they did worse. When the end of that year 
 had come they had plotted the death of Jesus, and He had 
 to utter the doom of the Church and of the Nation. That 
 Church God had planted with His own hand fifteen hundred 
 years before; that Nation God had preserved for nearly twenty 
 centuries. Yet Christ on Olivet’s mountain had to cry: “Your 
 house is left unto you desolate,” and to foretell the doom and 
 destruction of the City, the Church and the Nation. 
 
 I tell you today, Charles H. Fowler—I tell you today, 
 Bishops, Elders and members of the Masonic-Methodist Epis¬ 
 copal Church, that God has digged about you, and dunged you, 
 and you will bring forth no fruL , therefore, He has put the axe 
 in my hand and said, “Cut it down. Why doth it also cumber 
 the ground?” (Applause.) 
 
 Eighth: 
 
 Let us not deceive ourselves. This decline in our membership is not 
 an accident. It comes from a sufficient cause. That cause is the slipping 
 cog in our experience, our lack of spiritual power. 
 
 It is not an accident? No, sir; you are right. It is not an 
 accident. 
 
 A CHALLENGE TO REV. DR. J. M. BUCKLEY. 
 
 I hold in my hand the New York Christian Advocate of April 
 26th, edited by Dr. Buckley, a distinguished member of this 
 Conference, who spoke, I was informed, but perhaps it was a 
 slight exaggeration, about 800 times in the last Conference and 
 is likely to speak a thousand times in this. (Laughter.) 
 
 I admire him. I would like to get him on this platform 
 and have him tell you what he has told others: that Dr. Dowie 
 is a fraud and Divine Healing a lie. I would fixe to have him 
 here. I would like to give him an hour to show that Divine 
 Healing is a lie. I would like to take another hour to pound 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY . 
 
 him, and show him what you could show him and have shown 
 today. I would like to deal with him, and I venture to utter 
 this challenge: 
 
 Dr. J. M. Buckley, you have talked about us all over this 
 country; accept an invitation to come to Zion Tabernacle, and 
 let us hear you here (applause); and I will promise you a larger 
 congregation than Bishop Vincent has today. I issue this 
 invitation on one condition: that, after you have had your say 
 for an hour—and I am sure I will not interrupt you—you shall 
 sit still while I have mine for an hour. (Applause and laugh¬ 
 ter.) If you desire to take it for a week, Dr. Buckley, come 
 along, and Chicago will fill this house to overflowing. 
 
 But you will not come, Dr. Buckley. You are a knowing 
 little Methodist. You are a smart little man. 
 
 You are like Hudibras. You can sing his song: 
 
 He who fights and runs away 
 Will live to fight another day; 
 
 But he who is in battle slain 
 Will never live to fight again. 
 
 I will promise to hand you over in small pieces, metaphor¬ 
 ically speaking, to the Conference. (Laughter.) Come on. 
 
 You cannot say that I am too contemptible, because you 
 know that if Divine Healing has any one man who leads it in 
 this world, I am that man. (Amen. Applause.) My enemies 
 have said that, and they have printed it, too. 
 
 You have to deal with me, Dr. J. M. Buckley. You are a 
 nice little man, but you know how to talk where you cannot 
 get hurt. 
 
 Like Hudibras, it may be said of Dr. Buckley: 
 
 He was a shrewd Philosopher, 
 
 And had read every text and gloss over: 
 
 Whate’er the crabbed’st author hath, 
 
 He understood b’ implicit Faith: 
 
 Whatever Skeptic could inquire for: 
 
 For every Why he had a Wherefore: 
 
 Knew more than forty of them (at Conference) do, 
 
 As far as words and terms could go. 
 
 All which he understood by rote, 
 
 And, as occasion served, would quote; 
 
 No matter whether right or wrong, 
 
 What might be either said or sung. 
 
 However, Dr. Buckley is a very able editor. He is a very 
 able man, especially able when he fights where you cannot 
 reach him. 
 
 I watch him very closely. I read his writings with great 
 interest, and have prepared quite a careful spanking for him 
 during the next nine days. 
 
 I thank him also for many disclosures of facts. 
 
 Dr. Buckley publishes an article in the New York Christian 
 Advocate of April 26th, current number, page 11, Number 651, in 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 17 
 
 which the Hon. J. W. F. White, Judge of the Court of Com¬ 
 mon Pleas, has an article on “The Decline in the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church.” 
 
 SIGNIFICANT ARTICLE BY JUDGE J. W. F. WHITE. 
 
 Judge White opens his article, which Dr. Buckley publishes, 
 and for which he is editorially responsible, by saying: 
 
 I have been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for sixty- 
 five years, and my memory goes back several years longer. 
 
 He speaks concerning this “Seal of the Covenant,” and at 
 this point it will be proper to introduce his testimony. He 
 says: 
 
 In my judgment the paramount cause of the decline was the loss of the 
 revival spirit in the Churchy and this was the result of two causes: first, 
 worldliness in the laity; and, second, lack of spirituality in the ministry. 
 I say the loss of the revival spirit; it is more than a decline. The old 
 revival spirit has gone out of fashion—is abandoned—lost. 
 
 • •••••••••«« 
 
 Formerly, if an unconverted person joined the Church— 
 
 My good Lord, do unconverted persons join the Methodist 
 Church? 
 
 Are there any unconverted who join Zion? If there are 
 any, I want to know, because they have lied, and I will have 
 them out very quickly. You report them. They shall not 
 remain in Zion—unconverted. Not if I know it. Such per¬ 
 sons may be acceptable to the apostate churches; they cannot 
 remain in Zion. 
 
 What business has an unconverted person in the Church? 
 The Church is a Church of converted people, or it is no 
 Church. 
 
 I beg your pardon—it is a Methodist Church. (Laughter.) 
 It is no Church of God. 
 
 Formerly, if an unconverted person joined the Church, he was urged 
 to seek conversion and never rest till he obtained the witness of his par¬ 
 don. Now how is it? The unconverted join, scarcely hear a word about 
 conversion, and never have any personal religious experience. What Jesus 
 said to Nicodemus is forgotten—the new birth is seldom referred to in the 
 pulpit. 
 
 Why is all this? Because so many have joined the Church who are 
 satisfied being members of the Church, without experiencing the new birth 
 or having any personal religious experience. 
 
 Then, if that is the case, Judge White; if that is the case, 
 Bishops of the Church, what kind of a Church is your Church? 
 A Church where regeneration is almost never spoken of, and 
 where conversion is not required. 
 
 IT IS A CHURCH OF THE DEVIL. 
 
 It is not a Church of God. It is a Church of people who 
 are dead in trespasses and sin, who are not alive to God. 
 
 How can it be the Church of God? The Church of God con¬ 
 sists of those who have been redeemed, who through Repen- 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 tance and Faith and Obedience have the seal and the witness of 
 the Spirit, and whose lives are in accordance with their profes¬ 
 sion. 
 
 Is that not a Christian definition of the Church and the 
 conditions for fellowship? These are the universal conditions. 
 
 Now I will add another word of Judge White’s experience. 
 He says: 
 
 They are very respectable people, generally of wealthy and fashionable 
 families. They participate in the fashionable amusements of the day, fre¬ 
 quent theatres, operas, etc. They do not want to hear from the pulpit the 
 plain old Gospel. 
 
 They would never come to Zion then. 
 
 They want a fine church, select choir,— 
 
 We have that. 
 
 —good society. 
 
 We have that; but our “good society” might not suit the 
 fine folks who change “dung” into “fertilize,” and who call 
 backsliding and spiritual death, “slipping a cog.” 
 
 The preacher must give them nice, pleasing sermons on such themes 
 as do not touch their daily life or intimate they are not all good Christians. 
 As they pay the preacher well, he gratifies them and is perfectly happy. 
 
 That is what Judge White, sixty-five years a member of the 
 Methodist Church, said only a week ago last Thursday in New 
 York. I therefore am justified in calling your attention to the 
 fact that the Bishops and leading members tell us that the 
 Methodist Church has gone to the Devil; that it does not even 
 pretend to confine its fellowship to persons who are converted. 
 
 Theatres, operas! Think of one opera. Think of the 
 opera of Faust. Think of that opera of Goethe’s in which 
 Faust, a Doctor; Marguerite, a Harlot; and Mephistopheles, 
 the Devil, are the delightful trinity. 
 
 Is that going to help any one to heaven? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Yet they tell you plainly that the Methodist 
 Church members go to such operas. 
 
 Ninth point: 
 
 We have one dire disease^ -spiritual famine—lack of the witness of the 
 Spirit, lack of personal experience, lack of spiritual power. And the 
 symptoms are many and varied, but the disease is one. 
 
 Then I tell you out of your own mouth: I say that the 
 Church which has that disease has leprosy in its walls, and it 
 is time it were smashed and the people set free. 
 
 THE CURSE OF AMUSEMENT-SEEKING TO NATION AND CHURCH. 
 
 Tenth. In their own words: 
 
 Amusements are sought after as if they were a necessity. Like little 
 children, people of all ages— 
 
 In this Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 —think they must be amused. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 1 9 
 
 How low is the standard of a Nation, let alone a Church, 
 where the cry is simply for bread and for games? 
 
 When that cry was heard in ancient Rome, “bread and the 
 games,” the noblest of her citizens foretold the doom of the 
 republic. 
 
 In any Nation, let alone a Church, where the people are 
 seeking for mere amusement and mere bread, that Nation has 
 gone to political, social, commercial destruction. 
 
 It will fail as a military power, and it will perish as a 
 national power. Let that spirit be supreme in a Nation, and 
 it is doomed. But in a Church—the Church has gone which 
 has that. The Bishops are right. 
 
 I can only tell you that if I were to give you the stories 
 which come to me in hundreds of cases of why persons have 
 come into Zion, it would be a terrible indictment on this line. 
 
 A gentleman in Wisconsin, a little more than two years ago, 
 informed me that he had been an attendant upon the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church all his life. That he had in due time become, 
 in a certain town, the Superintendent of the Sunday School, 
 President of the Epworth League, a member of the board of 
 management, etc. 
 
 He wrote me that he had been a reader of Leaves of 
 Healing for some time, loved its Message and myself as God’s 
 Messenger, but felt that I was sometimes too harsh in my 
 judgment of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 He thought that I should have sought to reform and not 
 destroy it. He said he had prayed God many a time in some 
 such words as these: “Oh God, help Dr. Dowie to reform the 
 Methodist Church.” 
 
 After saying all this, he said, “But I was all wrong, and 
 with this letter I enclose you my application for fellowship. I 
 beseech you to receive me into the fellowship of the Christian 
 Catholic Church in Zion.” 
 
 He then told me why he came to the Gates of Zion. It 
 was because public announcement had been made that instead 
 of an all-night of prayer on December 31, 1897, such as we 
 always have in Zion, the First M. E. Church of that place had 
 provided a New Year’s PAe Concert and Supper in the church 
 parlors, with games of various kinds, and as a grand finale , the 
 Entertainment was to wind up with a kinetescope repre¬ 
 sentation of the Prize Fight between Corbett and Fitzsimmons. 
 (Laughter.) 
 
 He told me that when he saw these announcements he 
 went to his pastor and said, “Sir, you have been minister of 
 this church for years, and, so far as I know, you have not had 
 a single conversion. You have vexed my soul every hour of 
 the time you have been here with your worldly ways, and now 
 you show me that Dr. Dowie is right, and that the Church has 
 
20 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 wholly gone to the Devil. I repudiate all my promises to sup¬ 
 port such a Church: for I intended my money to be given for 
 the extension of the Kingdom of God, and not to the building 
 up of a Church of the Devil; and I come to tell you that here 
 is the resignation of my membership and all my offices.” 
 
 He then said that he enclosed me $85 back tithes, and 
 shortly after he sent me $30 more. 
 
 This illustrates where Masonic Bishops and ministers have 
 led the Methodist Church, and how Zion is seen to be a refuge 
 for the afflicted of God’s people. (Applause.) 
 
 Let me tell you why you have been losing your members. 
 
 Among other reasons, they see that you who are leaders 
 have gone to the World, the Flesh and the Devil. You have 
 sold them out, and their eyes are opened, and they are 
 going to flock to Zion in tens of thousands. (Applause. Amen.) 
 
 I have tens of thousands now. I believe hundreds of thou¬ 
 sands are seeking the way to Zion with their faces thitherward. 
 
 ZION WILL GET ALL THE SHEEP AND LEAVE THE GOATS TO THE 
 
 METHODISTS. 
 
 That will suit them, because they need the goats in the 
 Secrect Societies. (Applause and laughter.) 
 
 They ride the goat. How do I know? I have got one of 
 the goats here now. I have it in its stable here. I bought it 
 down in Wooster, Ohio. It is called “the Day Mare of the 
 Desert.” (Laughter.) Have you not seen it, many of you? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Would you like to see it again? I will have it 
 out before this series is over. (Applause and laughter.) 
 
 I will show you “the Day Mare of the Desert.” 
 
 Eleventh: 
 
 The moral and spiritual forces of the Church, necessary for the build¬ 
 ing of great and Christlike characters, seem to be sidetracked. In many 
 places the spirit of the world is dominant, instead of “the spirit which is of 
 God.” 
 
 Is not that a confirmation of my assertion? Yes or no? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Of course it is. What is the use of talking any 
 more about that? 
 
 Twelfth: 
 
 With some of our people the services of God’s House receive attention 
 when it is convenient. Inclination is towards society and its enticements. 
 
 THE CHURCH WHICH IS SO CONSTITUTED HAS GONE TO THE 
 WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL. 
 
 Thirteenth: 
 
 We are retreating when we should advance at double-quick to keep 
 abreast of the rushing events of our time. 
 
 Friends, so far I have examined “The Seal of the Cove¬ 
 nant,” as the Bishops entitled this Call to Humiliation and 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 21 
 
 Prayer. As for Charles H. Fowler’s story about the Marquis 
 of Argyll, and his sealing God’s Covenant with his blood, it is 
 simply an insult to my country, Scotland, and to its heroic 
 martyrs to link them to the Masonic Goat of which Mr. Fowler 
 is the Grand Chaplain. 
 
 He dragged in the story; but it has no fitness in being 
 used for his rhetorical purposes. Before I am through with 
 these discourses I will declare to you God’s Covenant and show 
 you its Seals. 
 
 But the document we have been examining which has this 
 misleading title, opens by the confession of terrific loss, that 
 lost ground is paved with their dead, and it closes with the 
 declaration that they are retreating. 
 
 By what possible process, therefore, has this General Con¬ 
 ference the effrontery to stand before this city and land and 
 claim to have any existence at all as representing a Christian 
 Church, as an organization which God can bless? 
 
 “Dr. Dowie,” says somebody, “do you deny the existence 
 of Christianity in the Methodist Church?” 
 
 I DO NOT DENY THE EXISTENCE OF CHRISTIANITY-IN THE 
 
 METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 God forbid. 
 
 “Do you deny the existence,” some one might ask me, “of 
 Christianity in the Roman Catholic Church?” 
 
 God forbid. 
 
 The hope, the faith, the love which the Gospel engenders, 
 flourishes in the hearts of millions who know nothing of the 
 fact that they have been sold out, as an organization, to the 
 Devil. 
 
 There is no Church which you can name, which knows any¬ 
 thing about Christ, which is wholly devoid of Christianity. 
 
 God forbid that I should make so foolish a charge. 
 
 I remember one day in Zion Tabernacle No. I, there was a 
 multitude pressing forward for healing, and a woman’s voice 
 rose and fell outside my door in weeping and in pain. 
 
 “Oh Lord, how long?” she cried; “how long?” I opened 
 the door. It was one who was wearied and spent outright, for 
 the deadly disease of cancer had seized upon her. A cancer as 
 large as my hands could cover was in her right breast. 
 
 My wife was there; she who has labored with me so often 
 until long past the midnight hour with the sick and sorrowing. 
 I looked at this suffering, weeping woman, and somebody said, 
 “She is a Roman Catholic, Doctor.” 
 
 I said, “Mary! Mary! Did you believe what I said today?” 
 
 “Yes, Doctor.” 
 
 “Are you willing to come to God through Jesus only, 
 Mary?” 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 “I have come, Doctor. I came as you bade us to do, and I 
 believe that God has taken my sins away. If you will put your 
 hand there, He will kill the cancer.” 
 
 Did I wait to ask whether she had been baptized in Zion? 
 
 Did I wait to ask whether a committee had sat upon her? 
 
 God have mercy upon the people who are sat upon by 
 church commitees. We have no committees in Zion. 
 
 Did I wait to ask her a great many questions? 
 
 I did not, but I said, “ Mary, let us pray.” 
 
 When we had prayed, and I laid hands upon that can¬ 
 cer, she turned to me and said, “It is dead, Doctor. It is 
 dead.” 
 
 I do not know whether Mary Casey is here today. Are 
 you here, Mary? 
 
 Mrs. Casey—“Yes, Doctor.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—There you are. How many years ago was 
 that? 
 
 Mrs. Casey—“Six years in April.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Mary, where is the cancer? 
 
 Mrs. Casey—“Gone. God took it away.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Mary, you were in the Roman Catholic Church 
 then, but you gave yourself to Christ, did you not? 
 
 Mrs. Casey—-“Yes, sir.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—And you are in Zion now? 
 
 Mrs. Casey—“Yes, sir.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—And thousands besides you who have come 
 out of Rome. Thank God for that. (Amen.) 
 
 Oh, do not go away and say that John Alexander Dowie 
 said that there was no Christianity outside of the Christian 
 Catholic Church. God forbid. 
 
 My brothers, Bishops in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 there are some of you who love God as truly and as loyally as 
 I do, and your hearts are breaking over the condition of your 
 Church, for some of you have told me so. 
 
 THE OLD GARMENT OF METHODISM CANNOT BE PATCHED. 
 
 My brothers, get out. You cannot patch that old garment. 
 You cannot put the new wine into the old goat-skin of Masonic- 
 Methodism. 
 
 The goat-skin will burst, and the wine of the Gospel will 
 be lost. 
 
 Make no mistake. My fight is upon the organization. 
 My fight is not upon the loyal and brave and true men who 
 still remain within its pale, hoping yet to reform the utterly 
 devilish Masonic compound. 
 
 I pity them—I love them, and I tell them that they cannot 
 revive a corpse. You cannot revive a Church which has 
 died. 
 
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 23 
 
 This Methodist Church by its own confession is dead. Then 
 let it be buried. The Church of Rome is dead; dead, thrice 
 dead. Yet within her pale there are women and men who love 
 God and desire to do right. 
 
 Would to God that the Church of Rome, as an organiza¬ 
 tion, were buried. Yet Christians are still to be found within 
 its wicked walls. 
 
 They do not know anything about Mariolatry. They do not 
 understand the accursed claims of Papal Infallibility. They do 
 not understand the Idolatry of the Mass. They were brought 
 up in it, and they have been seeking God; seeking Him with 
 all their hearts; seeking Him with tears; and they have found 
 Him, and He is leading them out of the Roman Catholic 
 Church into the Christian Catholic Church. (Amen.) 
 
 I have not dealt, more than by an allusion, with the horrible 
 cancer which is eating into the vitals of the bishopry, elder¬ 
 ship, and laity of the Methodist Episcopal Church. I will read 
 to you, however, one word before I close, from a President of 
 the United States whose character history embalms as that 
 of one of the purest statesmen and noblest citizens of this 
 Republic. 
 
 FREEMASONRY DENOUNCED BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND 
 
 WENDELL PHILLIPS. 
 
 He says these words: 
 
 I am prepared to complete the demonstration before God and man that 
 Masonic oaths, obligations and penalties cannot by any possibility be recon¬ 
 ciled to the laws of morality, of Christianity, or of America. 
 
 These are the words of President John Quincy Adams. 
 (Applause.) 
 
 I will add to them one more, and then close. It is the 
 word of one whose name and fame is in all the homes of 
 America: 
 
 As to the Freemasons, our most influential and dangerous Secret 
 Society, I look upon their claim to antiquity as childish nonsense, and likely 
 to mislead only the grossly ignorant. Their claim to be a charitable organ¬ 
 ization rests on the flimsiest and most insignificant foundations; while every 
 fair man sees their hypocrisy in pretending to be a Christian body. Every 
 Freemason swears to break the law, commit tfm greatest crimes, and 
 repudiate Christianity. History shows them perverting justice, stopping at 
 no crime to protect and conceal their mummeries; controlling politics for 
 selfish and personal ends, and interfering, with great danger, in national 
 emergencies. Every good citizen should make war on all Secret Societies, 
 and give himself no rest until they are forbidden by law and rooted out of 
 existence. 
 
 These are the words of the great patriot, who fought for 
 liberty—Wendell Phillips! (Applause.) 
 
 I will take up the parable. 1 will demonstrate before we 
 are through the truth of these things. 
 
 All in this great audience today who desire God to cleanse 
 their hearts, who desire to be free from all association with 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTAS Y. 
 
 evil, stand and tell God that. (With some exceptions the 
 entire audience arose.) 
 
 Do you desire God to cleanse your hearts? 
 
 Answer—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Do you desire to be free from all evil associa¬ 
 tions? 
 
 Answer—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Then pray. 
 
 PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. 
 
 My God and Father, in Jesus’ Name I come to Thee. Take me as I 
 am. Make me what I ought to be, in spirit, in soul, in body. Give me 
 Thy Holy Spirit, that I may trust Thee and do right; that I may repent of 
 all my sins against Thee, and against my fellowman; that 1 may restore 
 that which is not mine to those whom I have defrauded. Give me power 
 to confess the wrongs I have spoken or done, to the utmost extent of my 
 power, to my fellowman, no matter what it cost. Give me Thy Holy Spirit, 
 that I may be clean, free from all association with the infernal works of 
 secretism and of darkness, and may come out of all churches which are 
 apostate, for Jesus’ sake. (All repeat the prayer, clause by clause, after 
 Dr. Dowie.) 
 
 Did you mean it? 
 
 Answer—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Then you belong to Zion and to God. Sit down 
 and bow your heads in silent prayer as Zion Choir sings the 
 beautiful Recessional Song, “The Church’s One Foundation.” 
 
 After the choir had passed out, singing their recessional as 
 they went, the large audience was dismissed with the following 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 
 And now, beloved, abstain from all appearance of evil. And may the 
 very God of Peace Himself sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole 
 Spirit, and Soul, and Body be preserved entire, without blame unto the com¬ 
 ing of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will 
 do it. The Grace of our Lord Jesus, the Love of God the Eternal Father, 
 the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, the Eternal Comforter; one Eternal God, 
 abide in you, bless you, keep you and all the Israel of God everywhere, for¬ 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 SECOND DISCOURSE. 
 
 Central Zion Tabernacle, Tuesday Evening, May 8, 1900. 
 
 The meeting was opened by singing Hymn Number 100: 
 
 Onward, Christian soldiers, 
 
 Marching as to war, 
 
 With the cross of Jesus 
 Going on before. 
 
 Christ, the royal Master, 
 
 Leads against the foe; 
 
 Forward into battle, 
 
 See, His banners go. 
 
 The Scripture was then read by the General Overseer from 
 the sixth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, closing with 
 this prayer: 
 
 May God bless His Word. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 25 
 
 Prayer was then offered by Overseer Piper. 
 
 The General Overseer then delivered a discourse upon the 
 
 subject: 
 
 THE METHODIST CHURCH THE PROPERTY OF 
 
 THE MASONIC ORDER 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be accept¬ 
 able in Thy sight, and profitable unto this people, and to the tens of thou¬ 
 sands and hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, to whom these words 
 shall come, in this and every land, in this and all the coming time, till 
 Jesus come, for His sake. Amen. 
 
 The words which I read to you tonight are those which I 
 shall place in front of my remarks. In the sixth chapter of the 
 Epistle to the Romans at the sixteenth verse: 
 
 TEXT. 
 
 Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as Servants unto 
 obedience, his Servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of Sin unto Death, or 
 of Obedience unto Righteousness? 
 
 When a man talks severely, as it is essential that I shall 
 talk, he must talk in love; he must talk that which is true, for 
 anything else but simple, naked truth must fail. 
 
 I have the proposition before me tonight, in my own lan¬ 
 guage, which I must sustain by facts. I must demonstrate my 
 proposition by facts which are indubitable, and conclusions 
 which are logical, which, therefore, must stand every test, 
 and which cannot be shaken. 
 
 Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 
 
 I have said that the Methodist Episcopal Church is the 
 property of the Masonic Order. That is a very terrible thing 
 to say. 
 
 It is difficult to get statistics concerning the number of lead¬ 
 ing property-controlling Methodists who are members of the 
 Masonic Order. 
 
 All Masons do not wear the emblem upon their watch 
 chains. Many do. All Masons are not known to be such. 
 Those who are in the highest positions are oftentimes unknown 
 to be Masons. 
 
 I have in my possession and have read, or glanced oyer, 
 almost everything which is now extant in type on this question. 
 
 My studies in it extend over a good many years. My 
 knowledge is derived not merely from books, but from men 
 like Deacon Judd and others in this Church who have taken 
 every degree, except the thirty-third, in straight Scottish Rite 
 Masonry. 
 
 I have had, privately, very extraordinary conversations with 
 a gentleman who has taken no less than ninety-four degrees. 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 These degrees could not all be taken in this country. 
 They comprise the most secret work of Higher Masonry. 
 Hence I have been in touch with, and am informed by, one 
 who stands within a very few steps of the unknown ruler of 
 Masonry. Let me just say here that 
 
 THE WORLD-RULERS OF THIS DARKNESS ARE MASONS. 
 
 Our warfare, or “wrestling,” as the apostle puts it, “is not 
 against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against 
 the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against 
 the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the upper air.” 
 
 Masons in many cases are most crassly ignorant of Masonry. 
 It is perfectly ludicrous to talk with some Masons who have 
 only taken nine or ten degrees and hear the stuff they talk 
 about Masonry. Even brethren like Deacon Judd, who has 
 taken thirty-two degrees, are very little acquainted with many 
 of these degrees. 
 
 One man passed through a great many degrees, that he 
 might have a very high position. He was a very prominent 
 man. They hurried him through them in three days and nights. 
 He paid several thousand dollars, and bought everything in 
 sight, but he said to me, after he had renounced Masonry, 
 “You know more about Masonry than I do.” 
 
 Masons will tell you that an outsider cannot know what an 
 insider can. That is not true. Masons within the lodges do 
 not know, even when they have gone through the thirty-second 
 degree, what I know. 
 
 If it were known that I was the possessor of certain things 
 which I do know of unwritten work, my life would be in still 
 greater danger than it is. 
 
 Not that I care much about that, but I would not get to 
 know some other things which I believe I shall find out. 
 
 An astronomer who is observing the sky and suddenly sees 
 certain movements in the heavenly bodies, exclaims, “There 
 is another heavenly body which affects that body, and I cannot 
 see it. I must get a stronger telescope.” When the stronger 
 telescope comes, the discovery is made. My deductions are 
 similar. 
 
 Anyone who examines this matter attentively, thoroughly 
 and deeply over wide continents, as I have, will know that 
 American Freemasons are a set of babies. They do not know 
 what Freemasonry really is, because Freemasonry has its center 
 in Europe, and its strongest power in Asia. 
 
 Overseer Mason will not be surprised to hear that, because 
 he knows the Chinese Empire is honeycombed with Secret 
 Societies. This Masonic power practically controls all Asia. 
 
 Masonry, which has been so long nominally opposed by 
 Rome, has, I firmly believe, its Secret Center in the Roman 
 
ZION' S CON FLIC 1' WITH ME THOD IS T A POS TA S J 7 27 
 
 Catholic Church, possibly in the General of the Jesuit 
 Order. 
 
 THE HOPE OF JESUITISM IS IN FREEMASONRY. 
 
 Perhaps you did not see it, but when Admiral Dewey and 
 President McKinley came together in Washington on the day 
 of the presentation of the sword which was given to the 
 Admiral by the Nation, a snap-shot was taken at a critical 
 moment, and I have the picture. 
 
 Who is standing between these two? Cardinal Gibbons, 
 of Baltimore. 
 
 I am studying the political situation, and I shall have some¬ 
 thing to say regarding a Methodist-Masonic President before 
 we are through, unless there are some changes at the White 
 House in some important matters. 
 
 Let Zion reserve all expression of promises as to where 
 they will place their votes next November. Zion is theocratic, 
 and our votes will be given where they will do the most good 
 in extending the Kingdom of God. 
 
 The Christia?i Cynosure publishes in its last issue a symposium 
 by Mr. J. M. Hitchcock, in which Mr. Hitchcock endeavored 
 to obtain, for he never obtained it, from the Chicago pastors 
 and those in the immediate vicinity, interviews as to which of 
 them were Freemasons, and their real opinions of Secretism. 
 
 Hitchcock (says the Cynosure this month) interviewed the pastors 
 as the reporter for the Times-Herald of this city. 
 
 What an innocent gentleman Mr. Hitchcock was. Why, 
 had he not seen that H. H. Kohlsaat had become a Freemason? 
 
 The Cy?iosnre continues: 
 
 Mr. J. M. Hitchcock interviewed the pastors as the reporter for the 
 Times-Herald of this city, but such is the power of the Lodge that neither 
 the paper for whom the interviews were obtained nor any other daily in 
 this city dared to publish them. Mr. Hitchcock was told that the Secret 
 Orders would consider the publication of these interviews an attack on the 
 Lodge. 
 
 There was very little danger from anything the pastors said 
 on the subject. Mr. Hitchcock never came to me for what I 
 thought. He is on the side of the Ram's Horn, and so the 
 opinion of the minister who preaches regularly to the largest 
 congregations in Chicago was not sought. 
 
 The strongest talk of these ministers, even those who were 
 opposed to Freemasonry, was like eau de cologne. 
 
 NEARLY EVERY METHODIST MINISTER IN CHICAGO IS A 
 
 FREEMASON. 
 
 Nearly every Methodist minister whom he interviewed in 
 Chicago was a Freemason. 
 
 In the city proper, I think they were all Freemasons. 
 Those who were not Freemasons were pastors of unimportant 
 charges in the suburbs. 
 
28 
 
 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST A EOS TASK. 
 
 It might serve to introduce my purpose if I read to you 
 some words of the prominent Methodist Masons of this city, 
 from Mr. Hitchcock’s manifestly imperfect report of imperfect 
 interviews. 
 
 Rev. Robert McIntyre, pastor of St. James Methodist Epis¬ 
 copal Church, said: 
 
 Secret Orders are decidedly helpful to the best interest of society. I 
 myself belong to three of the older and best known societies; it is of these 
 alone that I speak. They furnish good fellowship and tend to draw out 
 and educate the social nature of man. They have a professional value. 
 Many an orator noted at the bar, the pulpit or public rostrum got his start 
 in the Lodge room discussing the charities and obligations of the Order. 
 •••••••••• 
 
 They are the handmaid of the Church, and I should not hesitate to 
 advise young men to join them. 
 
 Robert McIntyre, you lied when you said that, and you 
 know you lied, if you are a Freemason. You know that the 
 Masonic Order, so far from being a handmaid to the Chris¬ 
 tian Church, is an Order which cuts the Lord Jesus Christ’s 
 Name out of every passage which they read from the Bible 
 where it actually occurs. 
 
 Some other of the gentlemen connected with Masonry were 
 not so cautious. Dr. Hirst, pastor of the Centenary Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, Chicago, was asked his opinion of Secret 
 Societies. He said: 
 
 “The question is too general; be more specific and I will try and answer 
 you.” 
 
 “Well, Doctor, are you yourself a member of any of the oath-bound 
 Secret Orders?” 
 
 “ I am,” was his unhesitating reply. 
 
 “ Have you found that your connection with Secret associations has 
 been helpful to you in the ministry?” 
 
 “ Decidedly so.” 
 
 A BOGUS CHURCH ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Deacon Harper, were you not a member of the Centenary 
 Methodist Episcopal Church? 
 
 Deacon Harper—“I was connected with the Epworth 
 League.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Did you know the Church roll? 
 
 Deacon Harper—“Yes, sir.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Deacon, how many dead members were there 
 on that roll? 
 
 Deacon Harper—“About 300, as near as I can remember.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Could you find their addresses? 
 
 Deacon Haper—“No; the addresses were cut off.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—How long has that Church been established? 
 
 Mrs. Holden—“I think it was 1869, Doctor. I came out of 
 that Church. I know that it is true about the bogus roll.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—In thirty-one years they have not 900 effective 
 members. 
 
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 Mrs. Holden—“They did not have an average congregation 
 of over 300.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—After four years’ existence there is not a single 
 communion at which the Christian Catholic Church in Chicago 
 does not seat 2000 members. 
 
 Dr. Hirst, when you said that Masonry had been helpful, 
 you know you lied, if you referred to the ministry of the Gos¬ 
 pel, in. which repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord 
 Jesus Christ are the first two essentials. 
 
 It might be helpful to you as an individual in getting posi¬ 
 tions and pay, but in winning people to God, you had to deal 
 with a Church more than thirty years old which had not 900 
 effective members. The entire rate of progress in the whole 
 thirty years was not thirty members per year. 
 
 Zion has many members from that Church, not only Mrs. 
 Holden and Deacon Harper, but others who came out of it 
 because it was dead and full of corruption. 
 
 I find out from this that Frank DeWitt Talmage is very 
 favorable to Masonry. (Laughter.) Johnston Meyers says the 
 only reason why he is not a Mason is that he cannot scrape 
 up enough money to buy the degrees. (Laughter.) All the 
 people who have been attacking us are Masons, or in sympathy 
 with them. 
 
 One man says that in one little place where he was pastor 
 there were no less than sixteen different societies. At Malta 
 and St. Charles, Illinois, he says they have run to excess. He 
 does not antagonize them, because he thinks he can get on 
 better not tr do so. Masonry silences cowards everywhere. 
 
 The sick and the poor and the maimed and the halt cannot 
 have the benefit of these Secret Orders. That is a radical dif¬ 
 ference between these Societies and the Church. 
 
 Rev. J. R. Smith, Pastor Wheadon M. E. Church, Evanston, 
 Illinois, said: 
 
 I am a Secret Society man, believe in them and belong to about a dozen 
 or more of them. They do not intend, nor do they interfere with the work 
 of the Church. 
 
 That statement is true as regards the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, where work is controlled by Masons and for Masons, 
 not by God or for God. 
 
 As near as I can get at it, from certain records which I possess 
 and other means of information, I make the assertion that 
 
 SEVENTY-FIVE PER CENT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE QUADREN¬ 
 NIAL CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL 
 CHURCH ARE FREEMASONS. 
 
 In Chester, Pennsylvania, one of the brethren stated that 
 ninety per cent of the members of the Conference there sitting 
 were Freemasons. I have been told that my estimate is too 
 low; that there are numbers of Masons in that Conference whom 
 
30 
 
 ZION ’ 5 CONFLICT WITH ME THODIS T A POST A S Y. 
 
 I do not know to be Freemasons, because my authority is of an 
 earlier date. I am safe in saying that seventy-five per cent are 
 Masons. 
 
 I will take no other tonight than the first three degrees, 
 and let you see whose servants they are. 
 
 I have the degrees. There is no question about that. I 
 have submitted them to Masons well acquainted with them. I 
 have Macoy’s Manual of Masonry now in my hand, printed 
 for Masons only. It may interest you to know how forty-eight 
 of these degrees were preserved. 
 
 When Morgan was murdered, Hon. Thurlow Weed, ex- 
 President John Ouincy Adams and a host of great and good 
 men threw themselves into the fight against Masonry after that 
 horrible crime. Morgan’s book, which Miller nearly lost his 
 life for printing, containing the exposure of these three degrees, 
 was reprinted, and circulated widely. 
 
 Antimasonry and antislavery went together. 
 
 After the murder of Morgan, honest Masons throughout 
 this country who were Christians and patriots first, and Masons 
 afterwards, threw off Masonry, and from 1500 to 2000 lodges 
 surrendered their charters within a very short time. May God 
 grant that a similar good time may come again! 
 
 HOW THE SECRET WORK OF FREEMASONRY WAS REDUCED TO 
 
 WRITING FOR THE PUBLIC. 
 
 John Quincy Adams says that these ex-Masons got together 
 in conferences, public and private, one especially at Le Roy, 
 New York. It was felt that it was a good time to put upon 
 record the secret work of the orders. A number had come 
 from Europe, who were well up in other degrees known there. 
 
 Elder Bernard was appointed to reduce the whole thing to 
 writing. He has given us their most important degrees in his 
 book entitled “Light on Masonry and Oddfellowship,” 
 authenticated by the men who not only were in the Lodge, but 
 the men who were the masters and “sublime potentates,” who 
 initiated the candidates. A President of the United States, 
 John Quincy Adams, says: “To David Bernard, perhaps more 
 than any other man, the world is indebted for the Revelation 
 of the Most Execrable Mysteries of Masonry.” 
 
 The Masons do not need to keep up their lying any more. 
 We have their secrets. We have them from themselves. John 
 Quincy Adams was no liar. Wendell Phillips was no liar. 
 Thurlow Weed was no liar. The antimasons of that time 
 came out of Masonry, and were amongst the best and noblest 
 men America has ever produced. 
 
 I will read to you these three degrees to show you to whom 
 a man belongs when he becomes a Freemason. That is my 
 text. 
 
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 31 
 
 I dare the Methodists to dispute that seventy-five per 
 cent of the members of the Conference in session are Free¬ 
 masons. I dare them to call the roll of that Conference 
 tomorrow morning, to discover who are Freemasons. 
 
 Will Bishop Mallelieu deny that he is a thirty-third degree 
 Mason? Start off with him. Will Bishop Joyce deny it? 
 Will Bishop Fowler deny it? 
 
 I defy Dr. Buckley to have the house brought together by 
 a special call, and every man compelled to answer: Are you 
 a Mason or not? I will be very glad to withdraw the state¬ 
 ment, if it is found that it is not true: that seventy-five per 
 cent of them, at least, are Masons. 
 
 Let me tell you, without going through all these degrees, 
 what all these men must pass through. I will ask Deacon 
 Judd: Can a man become a fourth degree Mason without 
 taking the first degree? 
 
 Deacon Judd—“No, sir.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Can he take a second without becoming a first, 
 or a third without becoming a second? 
 
 Deacon Judd—“No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Are not these three degrees of the Blue Lodge 
 the foundation of Masonry? 
 
 Deacon Judd—“They are the foundation.” 
 
 THE HEATHEN CEREMONIES OF THE FIRST DEGREE OF FREE¬ 
 MASONRY. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I will read you the foundation. I am reading 
 you from that portion of the first degree or Entered Apprentice 
 and ceremonies of the initiation: 
 
 W. M.—Brother Stewards, you will repair to the preparation room, 
 where you will find a candidate in waiting, whom you will duly prepare for 
 the first degree of Masonry. (Before the Stewards leave the Lodge Room, 
 they step to the altar—) 
 
 Now mark, it is an altar. It is an altar to whom? 
 
 Is it of Jesus Christ? Will one of them dare to say so? 
 His Name dare not be mentioned. It is an altar to Baal, the sun- 
 god, where to deceive, and to destroy, they have placed a Bible. 
 
 (Before the Stewards leave the Lodge Room, they step to the altar and 
 make the proper sign. Leaving the altar on their right, they proceed to 
 the preparation room.) 
 
 After the candidate has responded to the usual questions, and has been 
 properly prepared for initiation by the Stewards, he is conducted to the 
 door and requested to give three distinct knocks. 
 
 Now how is he prepared? He is “divested of all his ap¬ 
 parel (shirt excepted).” A pair of drawers is put on him, 
 which are kept on with difficulty. Sometimes they fall off him. 
 The left leg of the drawers is rolled up above the knee. He 
 has on an old undervest, one slipper and one stocking; a hood¬ 
 wink over his eyes and a rope called a cable-tow around his 
 neck. 
 
32 
 
 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 
 S. D. to W. M. (rising and making signs)—There is an alarm at the 
 door of the preparation room. 
 
 W. M.—Attend to the alarm. 
 
 The Senior Deacon, leaving the altar on his right, goes to the door, and 
 answers the alarm by three similar knocks. The door is then partially 
 opened. 
 
 S. D.—Who comes here? 
 
 Suppose it was the Rev. Dr. Joyce, Rev. Dr. Mallelieu, Rev. 
 Dr. Fowler, or the Rev. Dr. McIntyre. 
 
 Steward—A poor, blind candidate, who is desirous of being brought 
 from darkness to light, and receiving a part of the rights, lights and bene¬ 
 fits of this Worshipful Lodge erected to God and dedicated to the Holy 
 Sprits John, as many a brother and fellow has done before him. 
 
 S. D. to Candidate—Is it of your own free will and accord? 
 
 Candidate—It is. 
 
 S. D. to Stewards—Is he duly and truly prepared? 
 
 Steward—He is. 
 
 S. D.—Is he worthy and well qualified? 
 
 Steward—He is. 
 
 S. D.— By what further right or benefit does he expect to gain admission? 
 
 Steward—By being a man, free born, of lawful age and well recom¬ 
 mended. 
 
 S. D.—Let him wait with patience until the Worshipful Master is 
 informed of his request, and his answer returned. 
 
 The Senior Deacon closes the door, goes to the altar, salutes the Master, 
 and gives three distinct raps on the floor with his rod. 
 
 W. M.—Who comes there? 
 
 S. D.—A poor, blind candidate, who is desirous of being brought from 
 darkness to light, and receiving a part of the rights, lights and benefits of 
 this Worshipful Lodge erected to God and dedicated to the Holy Saints 
 John, as many a brother and fellow has done before him. 
 
 W. M.—Is it of his own free will and accord? 
 
 S. D.—It is. 
 
 W. M.—Is he duly and truly prepared? 
 
 S. D.—He is. 
 
 W. M.—Is he worthy and well qualified? 
 
 S. D.—He is. 
 
 W. M.—By what further right or benefit does he expect to gain admis¬ 
 sion? 
 
 S. D.—By being a man, free born, of lawful age and well recommended. 
 
 W. M.—Since he comes endowed with all these essential qualifications, 
 it is my will and pleasure that he enter this Lodge of Entered Apprentices, 
 and that you receive him in due and ancient form. 
 
 The Senior Deacon repairs to the door, opens it wide and says: 
 
 S. D. to Stewards—It is the will and pleasure of the Worshipful Master 
 that the poor, blind candidate enter this Lodge of Entered Apprentices. 
 
 The two Stewards conduct the candidate into the Lodge, close the door 
 and take their seats. 
 
 The Senior Deacon places his left hand on the right shoulder of candi¬ 
 date, and says: 
 
 S. D. to Candidate—My friend, it is the will and pleasure of the 
 Worshipful Master that I receive you into this Lodge of Entered Appren¬ 
 tices in due and ancient form. I place this sharp instrument (jewel of 
 office) at your naked left breast. It is to show that as this is an instrument 
 of torture to the flesh, so shall the remembrance thereof be to your con¬ 
 science, should you ever presume to reveal any of the secrets of Masonry 
 unlawfully. 
 
 The Senior Deacon now takes the candidate by the left arm and the 
 Worshipful Master says; 
 
 
 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 33 
 
 \V. M. to Candidate—My friend, no man should ever enter upon any 
 great and important undertaking without first invoking the blessing of 
 Deity. You will be conducted to the center of the Lodge, and caused to 
 kneel and attend prayer. 
 
 The Master calls up the Lodge by three raps, himself rising last, 
 uncovers his head and repeats the following prayer in the East: Vouch¬ 
 safe Thine aid, Almighty Father of the Universe, to this our present conven¬ 
 tion; and grant that this candidate for Masonry may dedicate and devote 
 his life to Thy service, and become a true and faithful brother among us! 
 Endue him with a competency of Thy Divine wisdom, that, by the secrets 
 of our art, he may be better enabled to display the beauties of Brotherly 
 Love, Relief and Truth, to the honor of Thy Holy Name. Amen. So mote 
 it be. 
 
 GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT 
 
 LEFT OUT OF FREEMASONRY. 
 
 Is God the Father there? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Is God the Son there? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I cannot find them. 
 
 After the prayer, the Worshipful Master goes to the candidate, places 
 his right hand upon his head, and says: 
 
 W. M. to Candidate—In whom do you put your trust? 
 
 Candidate—In God. 
 
 A Mohammedan would say that, would he not? 
 
 Mr. Rice—“I know of absolute infidels saying that.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Conductor Rice used to sing for them in the 
 Lodge when he was a Mason. 
 
 W. M.—Your trust being in God, your faith is well founded, arise! 
 (takes him by the right arm and assists him to rise) follow your guide, and 
 fear no danger. 
 
 The Worshipful Master returns to the East, seats himself and the Lodge 
 by one rap. 
 
 The Senior Deacon now takes the candidate’s left hand in his own right 
 hand, using the appropriate grip, and leads him with slow and measured 
 steps in a direct line near the northeast corner of the Lodge; thence mak¬ 
 ing a right angle to the southeast corner; thence to the southwest corner; 
 thence to the northwest corner, and so regularly about the Lodge; finally, 
 in front of the Junior Warden’s station in the South and one pace distant, 
 when he halts and faces the Junior Warden. As they pass the Junior War¬ 
 den’s station the first time, that officer gives one rap. Instantly the Wor¬ 
 shipful Master begins to read from the 133d Psalm as follows: “Behold, 
 how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 
 It is like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the 
 beard, even Aarons beard, that went down to the skirts of his garments; 
 as the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the moun¬ 
 tains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for 
 evermore.” The reading is timed so accurately that the Psalm is com¬ 
 pleted just as the candidate and his conductor finish the circuit of the 
 Lodge, and arrive at the Junior Warden’s station in the South. As they 
 pass the Senior Warden’s station in the West, that officer gives one rap, 
 and the Worshipful Master signifies the passage of his station by one 
 rap. 
 
 Having halted, as described, before the Junior Warden, the Senior 
 Deacon gives three raps on the floor with his rod. 
 
 J. W. to S. D.—Who comes here? 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 S. D.—A poor, blind candidate who is desirous of being brought from 
 darkness to light, and receiving a part in the rights, lights and benefits of 
 this Worshipful Lodge erected to God, and dedicated to the Holy Saints 
 John, as many a brother and fellow has done before him. 
 
 J. W. to Candidate—Is it of your own free will and accord? 
 
 Candidate—It is. 
 
 J. W. to S. D.—Is he duly and truly prepared? 
 
 S. D — He is. 
 
 J. W.—Is he worthy and well qualified? 
 
 S. D.—He is. 
 
 J. W.—By what further right or benefit does he expect to gain admis¬ 
 sion? 
 
 S. D.—By being a man, free born, of lawful age and well recom¬ 
 mended. 
 
 J. W. to S. D.—Conduct the candidate to the Senior Warden in the 
 West for further examination. 
 
 The Senior Deacon now conducts the candidate in front of the Senior 
 Warden’s station in the West, halts one pace distant, faces that officer, and 
 gives three raps on the floor with his rod. 
 
 The same questions are asked and like answers returned as at the 
 Junior Warden’s station. 
 
 S. W. to S. D. — Conduct the candidate to the Worshipful Master in the 
 East for final examination. 
 
 The Senior Deacon conducts the candidate to the Worshipful Master’s 
 station in the East, where the three knocks are given, the same questions 
 asked and like answers returned, as before. 
 
 W. M. to Candidate—You will be reconducted to the Senior Warden 
 in the West, who will teach you to approach towards the East, advancing 
 by one upright, regular step, your feet forming the right angle of an oblong 
 square, your body erect, to the Worshipful Master in the East. 
 
 The Senior Deacon obeys the order, taking care to leave the altar on 
 the right. 
 
 S. D. to S. W.—It is the will and pleasure of the Worshipful Master in 
 the East that this candidate be taught to approach to the East, advancing 
 by one upright, regular step, his feet forming the right angle of an oblong 
 square, his body erect, to the Worshipful Master in the East. 
 
 S. W. to S. D.—You will see that the Worshipful Master’s orders are 
 obeyed. 
 
 The Senior Deacon now causes the candidate to face to the East, and 
 instructs him how to take the proper step as follows: 
 
 S. D. to Candidate—You will face to the East. Step off with your left 
 foot, bring the heel of the right foot to the hollow of the left foot, and form 
 the right angle of an oblong square. Stand erect! 
 
 S. D. to W. M.—Your orders have been obeyed, Worshipful Master. 
 
 While the candidate is in this position, the Worshipful Master (who 
 does not leave his seat) addresses him as follows: 
 
 W. M.—My friend, for the first time in your life you have advanced to 
 the altar of Masonry. You stand before us a candidate seeking admission 
 into our order. But, before going further, be warned of the solemnity and 
 importance of the step you are about to take; and, if unwilling to proceed, 
 withdraw while there is yet time. 
 
 The design of the Masonic Institution is to make its votaries wiser, 
 better, and consequently happier. We receive none knowingly into our 
 ranks who are not moral and upright before God. 
 
 That is a lie and they know it. I have in my possession 
 the statement of a man who was received into a lodge, and 
 they knew that he was not only a saloonkeeper, but that he 
 kept a bad resort. Judge Whitney, of Belvidere, Illinois, has 
 placed the fact on record that the Lodge of which he was 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 35 
 
 Worshipful Master in that place had drunkards, gamblers, 
 whoremasters, and even aiders and abettors of murderers in its 
 membership. He goes on to say: 
 
 Yet I am free to inform you that our obligation contains nothing which 
 can conflict with your duty to God, your country, your neighbor or yourself. 
 
 That is a lie. Before a man takes an oath he is told a lie 
 by the Worshipful Master. Does it not conflict with your duty 
 to your God for you to go anywhere and offer any worship in 
 which the Name of Jesus Christ is left out? 
 
 Audience—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Is not the command to do all in the Name of 
 the Lord Jesus? 
 
 Audience—“Yes.” * 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Is it not your duty to your country to see that 
 you do not enter into association with criminals and take vows 
 which will make it easy for them to escape justice? 
 
 Audience—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie-—Is it your duty to your God that you shall not 
 take oaths which will make you submit yourselves to being 
 murdered for causes which the law does not recognize? 
 
 Audience—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I will continue the reading— 
 
 With this pledge on my part, as the Master of the Lodge, I ask you, 
 are you willing to take such an obligation, as all Masons have done before 
 you; or do you prefer to retire, as you have a perfect right to do, and pro¬ 
 ceed no further? 
 
 If the candidate consents to take the obligation, the Master orders as 
 follows: 
 
 W. M. to S. D— Place the candidate in due form to be made a Mason. 
 
 S. D. to Candidate—Advance! kneel on your naked left knee, place 
 your right knee so as to form a square, your body erect, your naked left 
 hand supporting the Holy Bible, square and compasses; your naked right 
 hand resting thereon. (The Senior Deacon assists candidate to do this.) 
 
 S. D. to W. M.—The candidate is in due form, Worshipful Master. 
 
 The Worshipful Master calls up the Lodge by three raps; he rises last, 
 uncovers his head, goes to and stands erect before the altar, and places his 
 right hand upon the Bible. The Senior Deacon takes a position behind the 
 candidate. 
 
 W. M. to Candidate—You will repeat your name, and say after me: 
 
 I> Charles H. Fowler, of my own free will and accord, in the presence 
 of Almighty God, and this Worshipful Lodge erected to him and dedicated 
 to the Holy Saints John— 
 
 What on earth has that to do with the Church of the Lord 
 Jesus Christ? Is not the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ dedi¬ 
 cated to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost? 
 
 Audience—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Where is it here? 
 
 A COVENANT WITH DEATH AND AN AGREEMENT WITH HELL. 
 
 Charles H. Fowler, of my own free will and accord, in the presence 
 of Almighty God, and this Worshipful Lodge erected to him and dedicated 
 to the Holy Saints John, do hereby and hereon (Master presses his gavel on 
 candidate s knuckles) most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that 
 I will always hail, forever conceal, never reveal any of the secret arts, parts 
 
36 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 or points of the hidden mysteries of Masonry which may have been hereto¬ 
 fore, or shall be, at this time, or at any future period, communicated to me 
 as such, to any person or persons whomsoever, except it be a true and law¬ 
 ful brother Mason, or within the body of a just and lawfully constituted 
 Lodge of Masons; nor unto him or them until, by strict trial, due examina¬ 
 tion, or lawful information, I shall have found him, or them, as lawfully 
 entitled to them as I am myself. I furthermore promise and swear that I 
 will not write, print, paint, stamp, stain, cut, carve, hew, mark, or engrave 
 them on anything movable or immovable capable of receiving the least 
 impression of a sign, word, syllable, letter or character, whereby they may 
 become legible or intelligible to any person under the canopy of heaven, 
 and the secrets of Masonry be thereby unlawfully obtained by my unworthi- 
 ness. 
 
 All this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, with a firm 
 and steadfast resolution to keep and perform the same, without the least 
 equivocation, mental reservation or secret evasion whatsoever; binding my¬ 
 self under no less penalty than that of having my throat cut from ear to ear, 
 my tongue torn out by its roots, and buried in the sands of the sea, at low- 
 water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, 
 should I, in the least, knowingly or wittingly violate or transgress this my 
 Entered Apprentice obligation. So help me God, and keep me steadfast. 
 
 Is that a Covenant with Death and an Agreement with Hell? 
 
 Audience—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Has any man any right to ask of another man 
 such a covenant and such an oath? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Is this Christianity? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—That is the beginning of Masonry, the Oath of 
 the Entered Apprentice. Whose servant has he become? 
 
 Audience—“The Devil’s?” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Whose property has he become? 
 
 Audience—“The Devil’s.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie— 
 
 W. M. to Candidate—In token of your sincerity of purpose in this 
 solemn engagement, you will kiss the Holy Bible, now open before you. 
 
 That Bible says, in the words of Jesus, “In secret spake I 
 nothing.” “He that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that 
 his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought 
 in God.” “ Every one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh 
 not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.” 
 
 He kisses the Bible which says that the unfruitful works of 
 darkness are to be reproved. 
 
 The candidate kisses the Bible. 
 
 W. M. to S. D.—Brother Senior Deacon, our brother being now bound 
 to us by a covenant which cannot be broken— 
 
 God can break that Covenant with Death and that Agree¬ 
 ment with Hell, and He will do it with tens of thousands and 
 millions. God said: 
 
 Your Covenant with Death shall be disannulled and your Agreement 
 with Hell shall not stand. 
 
 That is God’s Word. They made covenants with death and 
 agreements with hell exactly like these in Elijah’s time, but 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 37 
 
 God broke them and smashed them, and God is going to smash 
 these covenants again. 
 
 He will take Zion to do it, too. 
 
 —you will release him from his cable-tow. 
 
 The order is obeyed. 
 
 W. M. to Candidate—My brother, for by that sacred appellation I now 
 address you, in your present blind condition what do you most desire? 
 
 Candidate (prompted by the Senior Deacon)—Light. 
 
 W. M.—Light being your desire, you shall receive it. (To the Lodge.) 
 My brethren, assist me in bringing our brother to light. 
 
 The brethren all (except the Wardens) come forward and form them¬ 
 selves in two parallel lines from East to West. 
 
 W. M.—“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 
 And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face 
 of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 
 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.” In solemn commem¬ 
 oration of that sublime event, I, in like manner, Masonically declare, Let 
 there be light! 
 
 At the word light, all present strike their hands together once, and 
 stamp with their right feet. The Senior Deacon removes the hoodwink at 
 the same instant, and the Worshipful Master declares: And there is 
 light! 
 
 W. M. to Candidate—Upon being brought to Masonic light, you behold 
 upon the altar before you the three Great Lights of Masonry—the Holy 
 Bible, square and compasses, by the light of the three Lesser Lights, of 
 which these three burning tapers, placed in a triangular position, are the 
 representatives. The Holy Bible is the rule and guide of faith. 
 
 That is a lie. They say that, but they do not believe it. 
 
 The faith of our Lord Jesus Christ demands that you shall 
 walk in the light. They will not walk in the light. They go 
 into darkness. 
 
 The square, to square our actions, and the compasses to circumscribe 
 and keep us within due bounds with all mankind, but more especially with 
 a brother Mason. The three Lesser Lights are the sun, moon and Master 
 of the Lodge, and are thus explained: As the sun rules the day and the 
 moon governs the night, so ought the Worshipful Master to endeavor to 
 rule and govern his Lodge with equal regularity. 
 
 The Master now retires to the East and advancing, says: 
 
 W. M. to Candidate—You now discover me approaching you from the 
 East under the due guard (makes due guard) and sign (makes sign) of an 
 Entered Apprentice. In token of my brotherly love and favor I present 
 you with my right hand (takes candidate, who is yet kneeling at the altar, 
 by the right hand), and with it the grip and word of an Entered Apprentice. 
 Arise and salute the Wardens as an Entered Apprentice. 
 
 The Master retires to his station, seats himself, and then seats the 
 Lodge by one rap. 
 
 The Senior Deacon conducts the candidate to the Junior Warden’s 
 station in the South, leaving the altar on the right, when the candidate 
 salutes the Junior Warden with the due guard and sign of an Entered 
 Apprentice. They then pass on to the Senior Warden’s station and salute 
 the Senior Warden in the same manner. Then they go to the West of the 
 altar and salute the Worshipful Master. 
 
 The Master now takes an apron in his hand, and calls up the Lodge by 
 three raps, himself rising last, and goes to candidate. 
 
 W. M. to Candidate—My brother, I now present you with the lamb¬ 
 skin or white leather apron. It is an emblem of innocence and the badge 
 of a Mason. It is more ancient than the Golden Fleece or Roman Eagle, 
 more honorable than the Star and Garter, or any other order that can be 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 38 
 
 conferred upon you at this time, or at any future period, by kings, princes, 
 potentates, or any other person, except he be a Mason. I hope you will 
 wear it with equal pleasure to yourself and honor to the fraternity. Take 
 it, carry it to the Senior Warden in the West; he will teach you how to wear 
 it’as an Entered Apprentice. 
 
 The Master returns to the East and seats the Lodge with one rap. 
 The Senior Deacon conducts the candidate to the Senior Warden in the 
 West and says: 
 
 S. D — Brother Senior Warden, it is the will and pleasure of the Wor¬ 
 shipful Master in the East that our newly admitted brother be taught how 
 to wear his apron as an Entered Apprentice. 
 
 After he has gotten through all this, and much more, they 
 have a supper, and drink until all is blue. 
 
 The Entered Apprentice is now a fully equipped bond- 
 servant to Satan. 
 
 THE HORRIBLE, UNCHRISTIAN OATH OF THE SECOND DEGREE. 
 
 In the second degree, that of Fellow Craft, I will simply 
 deal with the oath. 
 
 There, after going through a long ceremony, the candidate 
 says: 
 
 All this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, with a firm 
 and steadfast resolution to keep and perform the same, without the least 
 equivocation, mental reservation or self-evasion whatsoever; binding myself 
 under no less penalty than that of having my left breast torn open, my 
 heart plucked from thence, and given to the beasts of the field and the birds 
 of the air as a prey, should I, in the least, knowingly or wittingly, violate or 
 transgress this my' Fellow Craft obligation. So help me God and keep me 
 steadfast. 
 
 Then in the last degree, that of Master Mason: 
 
 I, Charles H. Fowler, of my own free will and accord, in the presence 
 of Almighty God and this worshipful Lodge, erected to him and dedicated 
 to the Holy Saints John, do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sin¬ 
 cerely promise and swear as I have heretofore done, but with these 
 additions: 
 
 That I will not communicate the secrets of a Master Mason to a Fellow 
 Craft, nor those of a Fellow Craft to an Entered Apprentice, nor those of an 
 Entered Apprentice to the rest of the world, neither these nor any of them 
 to any person or persons whatsoever, except it be to a true and lawful 
 brother Mason, or within the body of a just and lawfully constituted Lodge 
 of Masons, nor unto him or them until by strict trial, due examination, oj 
 lawful information, I shall have found him or them as lawfully entitled to 
 them as I am myself. 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that I will stand to and abide by all 
 the laws, rules and regulations of a Master Mason’s Lodge, so far as the same 
 come to my knowledge. 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that I will answer and obey all due 
 signs and summonses sent me from a Lodge of Master Masons, or 
 handed me by a brother of this degree, if within the length of my 
 cable-tow. 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that I will help, aid and assist all 
 poor, distressed brother Master Masons, their widows and orphans, they 
 applying to me as such, and I deeming them worthy. 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that I will keep the secrets of a 
 brother Master Mason, when communicated to me as such, murder and 
 treason excepted, and they left to my own choice. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 39 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that I will not be present at, nor give 
 my consent to, the making a woman a Mason, an old man in dotage, a 
 young man in nonage, an atheist, an irreligious libertine, a madman or a 
 fool, knowing them to be such. 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that I will not visit a clandestine 
 Lodge of Masons, nor converse Masonically with a clandestine Mason, or 
 with one who has been suspended or expelled, while under that sentence, 
 knowing them to be such. 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that 1 will not cheat, wrong or defraud 
 a Lodge of Master Masons, or a brother of this degree, knowing them to 
 be such, but will give them due and timely notice, that they may ward off 
 all approaching danger. 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that I will not violate the chastity of 
 a Master Mason’s wife, his mother, sister or daughter, knowing them to be 
 such. 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that I will not give the grand Masonic 
 word in any other manner than that in which I shall receive it, 
 which will be on the five points of fellowship, and then in a low 
 breath. 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that I will not give the grand hail¬ 
 ing sign of distress, except it be in case of the most imminent danger, or 
 suffering in the cause of innocence and virtue, or in a just and lawfully 
 constituted Lodge of Master Masons, or in a Lodge for instruction; and 
 when I see or hear it given by a worthy brother in distress, I will fly to the 
 relief of him who gives it, if there be a greater probability of saving his life 
 than losing my own. 
 
 All this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, with a firm 
 and steadfast resolution to keep and perform the samej without the least 
 equivocation, mental reservation or self-evasion whatever; binding myself 
 under no less penalty than that of having my body severed in two, my 
 bowels torn from thence and burned to ashes, and these scattered before 
 the four winds of heaven, that no more remembrance might be had among 
 men or Masons of so vile a wretch as I should be, should I, in the least, 
 knowingly or wittingly violate or transgress this my Master Mason’s obliga¬ 
 tion. So help me God and keep me steadfast. 
 
 Many of these vows are notoriously broken; but I desire 
 to call attention to the shameful immorality implied in the fol¬ 
 lowing : 
 
 I furthermore promise and swear that I will not violate the chastity of 
 a Master Mason’s wife, his mother, sister or daughter, knowing them to be 
 such. 
 
 He holds himself free, therefore, to violate other women 
 whom he does not know to be such. That is the inference as 
 clear as anything. 
 
 Here is his last vow, and if it is not a Covenant with Death 
 and an Agreement with Hell, what is it? 
 
 Binding myself under no less penalty than that of having my body 
 severed in two, my bowels torn from thence and burned to ashes, and these 
 scattered before the four winds of heaven, that no more remembrance might 
 be had among men or Masons of so vile a wretch as I should be, should I, 
 in the least, knowingly or wittingly, violate or transgress this, my Master 
 Mason’s obligation. 
 
 I will ask you the question, and I have settled the whole 
 question when I have received the answer: To whom has a 
 man become a bondservant when he has taken these three 
 degrees—to God our Father, to Jesus Christ our Saviour, to the 
 
40 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Holy Ghost our Comforter, or has he become the servant of 
 the Devil? 
 
 Audience—“ The Devil.” 
 
 THE CASE AGAINST THE METHODISTS PROVEN. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—If seventy-five per cent of the men in the 
 Methodist Conference have taken these vows, in whose interest 
 are they controlling the property of that Church? 
 
 Audience—“The Devil’s.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Then my case is proved. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church is the property of Masonry, 
 the property of the Devil. 
 
 The Devil has it so arranged in the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church that the Masonic Order controls that property, which 
 was purchased for the glory of God our Father, and for the 
 preaching of His Everlasting Gospel in Jesus Christ His Son, 
 in the power of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 The Conference now in session is supreme, according to the 
 laws of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Every dollar of the property, every penny of income which 
 ever has been received, or which will be in the four years to 
 come acquired, is at this moment legally the property of that 
 Conference. 
 
 Every stick and every stone of all the property of the Meth¬ 
 odist Episcopal Church North, not only in the United States 
 of America, but in every country where the Methodist Epis¬ 
 copal Church has any property—in China, in Japan, in Africa, 
 in Asia, in Europe, in Australasia, in the Islands of the Sea—is 
 controlled by this Conference. 
 
 Therefore, if seventy-five per cent of that Conference 
 belongs to the Masons, and the Masons belong to the Devil, 
 then the property of the Masonic-Methodist Episcopal Church 
 is the property of the Devil. 
 
 That is what it hascome to. 
 
 The true Christians in that Church will never get it out of 
 their hands. 
 
 You will no more get that property out of the Devil’s hands 
 than the Roman Catholics will ever get the property of the 
 Roman Catholic Church out of the Devil’s hands. 
 
 The Roman Catholic Priests, Bishops, Archbishops, Cardi¬ 
 nals and Pope, so long as they are the unconverted men that 
 they are, will continue to use the property for the Devil. 
 They will sing their Ave Maries, their Paternosters, and 
 call upon the Holy Spirit, while they know that they are 
 ungodly. 
 
 The leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church will con¬ 
 tinue to pray and talk and preach, but they belong to a 
 Secret Order which belongs to the Devil. 
 
 
 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 41 ' 
 
 The people had better get out of that Church quickly, or 
 their children will go to the Devil, too. 
 
 Do you believe that is true? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I want to see how many in this room believe 
 that I have spoken the truth, and made a logical and right 
 deduction. 
 
 Please to stand and show yourselves. (With but few 
 exceptions the entire audience arose.) 
 
 You do not (addressing those sitting)? I am deeply 
 sorry for you. I have told the truth. May God have mercy 
 upon you. I have told the truth, and you know it. You are 
 sinful and wicked in not acknowledging it. I warn you before 
 God that you will share the doom and the damnation of those 
 who have stolen the property of God, and have laid it upon 
 the altar of Baal. 
 
 Let us consecrate ourselves. 
 
 PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. 
 
 My God and Father, in Jesus’ Name I come to Thee. Take me as I 
 am. Make me what I ought to be in spirit, in soul, in body. Give me Thy 
 Holy Spirit. Give me power to do right, no matter what it costs. Take 
 me away from all evil association with apostate churches, and with diabol¬ 
 ical lodges. Help me to fight the good fight of faith against all these evil 
 things. Forgive my sin, and enable me to do right in future, for Jesus’ 
 sake. Amen. (All repeat the prayer, clause by clause, after Dr. Dowie.) 
 
 CLOSING PRAYER. 
 
 Father in heaven, command Thy blessing upon this assembly. We 
 pray for our poor deluded brothers and sisters who are so wicked as to deny 
 the Lord who bought them. Have mercy upon them for Jesus’ sake. Have 
 mercy upon this wicked Conference, the great majority of the members of 
 which are controlled by antichristian devils. Oh, our God, do^ Thou take 
 the good men and women out of that Church. Let it be that Thy people 
 shall escape for their lives and do it quickly. 
 
 Hear us, our Father, in this great fight, and give us victory. Get to 
 Thyself the victory. Break up the lodges in thousands and in ten of thou¬ 
 sands, and set the poor prisoners free. Help them to know that they have a 
 right to break their Covenant with Death and Agreement with Hell. May 
 they break their bonds and come forth for Jesus’ sake. 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 
 Beloved, abstain from all appearance of evil, and may the very God of 
 Peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole Spirit and 
 Soul and Body be preserved entire, without blame unto the coming of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ; faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it; the 
 grace of our Lord Jesus, the love of God our Father, the fellowship of the 
 Holy Spirit, our Comforter and Guide; one Eternal God, abide in you, 
 bless you and keep you, and all the Israel of God everywhere, forever. 
 Amen. * 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 
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ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 43 
 
 THIRD DISCOURSE. 
 
 T HE intense interest with which Chicago and the world are 
 watching the Conflict which Zion is waging with Metho¬ 
 dist Apostasy is unabated. In spite of severe storms and 
 blistering heat, the crowds have continued to throng Central 
 Zion Tabernacle at the services in which the General Overseer 
 has been declaring the shameful condition of this great body 
 of professing Christians. 
 
 Interest in and attention to these clear, logical discourses, 
 founded upon indisputable evidence, has produced its results, 
 and many, heretofore blinded to the real facts concerning 
 Methodism and its connection with the Baal-worshiping abom¬ 
 ination of Freemasonry, are coming out of the organization 
 
 into Zion. * 
 
 On Thursday evening, May ioth,the General Overseer dealt 
 
 largely with Judge Whitney’s exposure of Freemasonry as a 
 protector of criminals. An audience of nearly a thousand 
 persons was present. 
 
 On Lord’s Day afternoon, May 13th, the man of God 
 applied the dramatic story of Elijah on Mount Carmel to the 
 present situation in Chicago, with most telling effectt. Although 
 the weather was almost intolerably warm, there were over 2500 
 persons present, and many came to the doors but did not remain, 
 because of the crowded condition of the Tabernacle, seats being 
 obtainable only in the upper galleries. a. w. n. 
 
 Central Zion Tabernacle, Thursday Evening, May io, 1900. 
 
 The meeting was opened by singing Hymn Number 44. 
 
 The General Overseer then read from the Inspired Word of 
 God in the book of the Prophet Isaiah, in the twenty-fourth 
 and twenty-eighth chapters. 
 
 Prayer was then offered by Overseer Mason, after which 
 the tithes and offerings were received 
 
 The General Overseer then delivered an address upon the 
 
 subject: 
 
 FREEMASONRY: A HEATHEN AND AN ANTI¬ 
 
 CHRISTIAN ABOMINATION. 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be accept¬ 
 able in Thy sight and be profitable unto this people who hear, and unto all 
 to whom these words shall come, in this and every land, in this and all the 
 coming time, till Jesus come, for His sake. Amen. 
 
44 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 My subject tonight is: “Freemasonry: A Heathen and 
 an Antichristian Abomination,” and I take for my text what I 
 have read: 
 
 TEXT. 
 
 Ye have said, We have made a Covenant with Death, and with Hell are 
 we at Agreement. 
 
 And your Covenant with Death shall be disannulled, and your Agree¬ 
 ment with Hell shall not stand. 
 
 For seven hours today, a long time for me to give to any one 
 thing, I have been diligently reading, studying, digesting and 
 considering what I could present to you of this vast subject. 
 
 A SAD STORY OF RUIN THROUGH MASONRY. 
 
 It will now be twenty-five years since I stood at the death¬ 
 bed of a man who had been Secretary of a Grand Lodge 
 of the Masonic Order in one of the Provinces of Australia. 
 
 When he became a Mason he was a prosperous business 
 man. He married a woman of beautiful, majestic character. 
 
 When I knew him, he had gone up through all the degrees 
 of Masonry to the thirty-third, and he had gone down into all 
 the degrees of devilry that a man could enter. 
 
 He had been a consistent Christian, superintendent of a 
 Sunday School, and local preacher. He had worked up a 
 very large Bible class. He was an abstainer. He had been 
 a faithful husband. He had been a kind father, and a prosper¬ 
 ous young man at the head of a considerable carriage, cart and 
 wagon manufactory. 
 
 When I saw him he was a drunkard. Indeed, some of his 
 Masonic brethren had brought to him flasks of whisky, which 
 he secreted about his bed. I took one from the pocket of his 
 night-dress when he lied and told me that he had not tasted 
 whisky for weeks. 
 
 I had long prayed for him. His wife was then a member 
 of the Church of which I was pastor. Her children had been 
 my care for years. She was worse than a widow, and he had 
 come home to her to die—a wreck, a liar, an adulterer, a thief. 
 
 I said to him, “You will go out into the darkness, into the 
 outer darkness. There will be weeping and wailing and gnash¬ 
 ing of teeth in the beyond unless you put things right now.” 
 
 He lied when he talked. “What things?” he said. 
 
 I said, “Well, sir, I shall begin with that whisky you have.” 
 
 He said, “I have not had any whisky for weeks.” 
 
 I was strong and he was weak, and for a moment I put forth 
 my strength, and thrust my hand unde‘r him, and he rose up 
 to protect his whisky, but it was too late. I had the flask in 
 my hand. 
 
 “You liar! Who gave you that?” 
 
 He said, “A Mason. Give it me back. It is mine.” 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST AFOSTASY. 45 
 
 I went out into the back yard and smashed it. I searched 
 under the mattress and around about and found three more. 
 
 I said, “The Church of which I am pastor, and I out of my 
 own pocket, have largely kept your wife and family for some 
 time, you scoundrel. I propose that she shall have a quiet 
 time. If you will die here, and if your miserable carcass is 
 going to yield up its dirty, filthy spirit here, and you are going 
 to be damned hereafter, you shall at least have a quiet time. 
 I will not let you drink.” 
 
 “Is it not my house?” he asked. 
 
 “No, sir; it is not your house. There is not a stick in it 
 that is yours. Your house was sold off long ago when you sold 
 out to the Devil.” 
 
 “You are hard,” he said. 
 
 “Yes,” I said, “ I am very hard. I feel like putting adamant 
 around these worse than widowed and fatherless children. You 
 are a disgrace to humanity. You are worse than'a dog. No 
 brute would do what you have done. Three times you aban¬ 
 doned your wife just when she became a mother; left her on 
 one occasion, stealing every penny that was in the house, with¬ 
 out a bit of bread or a cent of money. I am hard, and unless 
 you will repent I hope you will die in twenty-four hours and go 
 to hell, where you belong.” 
 
 He looked at me and his eyes grew large with surprise 
 and terror. He said, “My God, am I before the judgment 
 throne?” 
 
 I said, “You are. You are before the Judge now. The Judge 
 is at the door, and when you stand before the Great White 
 Throne you will he damned.” 
 
 I will never forget how he rose up in his bed and cried out: 
 
 “if I AM DAMNED, IT IS MASONRY THAT HAS DAMNED ME.” 
 
 I was not expecting that. In those days I knew very 
 little about Masonry. I always counted everything in the way 
 of Secret Societies a pack of tomfoole'ry, anyhow, and despised 
 Masonry too much to give it any serious attention. 
 
 I had been an abstainer all my life, but when I was asked 
 to become a Good Templar I said, “No, sir; I will not have 
 any watery imitation of Freemasonry. 1 will not be a member 
 of any Secret Society. I do not need to do it. I want to fight 
 in the light. I want to fight with the weapons of God in the 
 light. I have no desire to fight with the weapons of the Devil 
 and of darkness. Christ said nothing in secret, and I have 
 nothing to say in secret.” 
 
 When I had gone, that man turned to his wife and said, “Is 
 that a man or an avenging spirit? It seemed to me as if Mr. 
 Dowie filled all the room and as if I could see nothing but his 
 eyes. My God, how will it be when I stand before God Him- 
 
46 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 self?” With that he burst into tears, and cried to his wife for 
 the first time in many years. 
 
 He said, “Pray for me. I used to know John Alexander 
 Dowie’s God. I know nothing about Him now. I have been 
 with Baal. I have been with the accursed Mah-hah-bone. I 
 have been with the damning passwords from Boaz through - 
 Shibboleth to Tubal-Cain.” 
 
 These are the passwords of the three first degrees of Masonry. 
 You are now just as wise as the Masons. (Laughter.) 
 
 They lie and say it is not so, because they lie all the time. 
 Do they not, Deacon Judd? 
 
 Deacon Judd—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—You never started lying to your wife until you 
 became a Mason, did you? 
 
 Deacon Judd—“Never.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I felt that, because I felt that my heart was 
 breaking for that man. I prayed God and said, “Was I a little 
 tooTard?” I prayed a little that night, and the next morning 
 when I came he looked at me, and oh there was such a change. 
 
 He put out his poor thin hand and said, “ Do you know the 
 Devil has gone out of me? The desire for drink is gone; I 
 loathe the thought of it. I have no appetite for it. I asked 
 wife last night to pray, and, bless you, I have slept.” 
 
 He told me how he had dreamed about green pastures and 
 the still waters, and the Good Shepherd, and he said, “ He 
 looked like you.” He said, “Will you help me?” 
 
 I said, “Yes,” and he was all broken up. 
 
 MY FIRST GLIMPSE INTO THE HEATHENISM OF SECRETISM. 
 
 That man got Salvation. He never sought for Healing. 
 
 He said, “Do not pray for my Healing. I think I can last for 
 a few weeks, just enough to show that I have been restored to 
 God. But don’t you pray for my healing. I do not want to 
 go into the world again. I want to pass away. But I am going 
 to tell you all about Masonry.” 
 
 Oh how that dying man poured his heart out! I heard from 
 him a great many things that I do not see in these works. 
 
 Masonry is doubtless very different in different countries. 
 
 I am persuaded that there are many additions and subtrac¬ 
 tions to Masonry; that it is modified, added to, all kinds of 
 ridiculous things put in, some of them just to create fun and 
 interest as they call it, and others of a most serious character 
 connected with revolutions and movements in some coun¬ 
 tries and anti-religious movements in other countries. 
 
 I am persuaded that Secretism is never true to itself. 
 
 It cannot be, because it is devilish, and no devils ever 
 agree. That is one good thing about devilry: you can always 
 count that the devils are quarrelling. If you want to win 
 
' ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 47 
 
 a battle, it is a good thing to set the devils fighting each 
 other. 
 
 That is one reason why Masonry is not strong in this coun¬ 
 try. The Masonic Republicans and the Masonic Democrats 
 and the Masonic Populists are all scratching each other the 
 wrong way. (Laughter.) They do not agree. There is no 
 harmony among them. 
 
 It is a good thing that it is so. 
 
 I am beginning to find out the weakness of the enemy’s 
 position. 
 
 Although the Methodist body looks so strong and the 
 Freemasons look so strong, I have been studying their kopjes , 
 and I believe Zion can outflank and conquer the whole of 
 them in twenty years. (Applause.) 
 
 I told you what the Methodists had to say in my first dis¬ 
 course, in which I examined their document entitled “The Seal 
 of the 5 Covenant.” I did not give you half the fun I might 
 have given, especially if I had given you Bishop Fowler with 
 nervous hands of sacrifice which were stretching up in the dark¬ 
 ness and laying hold of Mah-hah-bone and letting the world 
 spin around beneath. (Laughter.) 
 
 Oh, he is a picturesque and a burlesque sinner! (Laughter.) 
 
 You say that I am exaggerating. I am not exaggerating a 
 bit. It is all here. 
 
 That Mah-hah-bone said all that; said that was what they 
 were to do. 
 
 When with the nervous hands of sacrifice we reach up in the Darkness, 
 take hold of His promises, and hang there , letting the world spin round 
 beneath us unheeded, willing to die, if need be, for the triumph of His cause, 
 then we will always prevail. 
 
 Nice spectacle that, is it not? 
 
 He is holding on to the goat’s tail, not God’s promises. 
 
 One of the lies which Methodist ministers in Chicago like 
 Robert McIntyre, Charles H. Fowler, Dr. Hirst, and others, are 
 telling, is that Masonry is not antichristian; that it is not 
 heathen; that it is not injurious to the Church of God. 
 
 During the last week of this Conflict I will show you the 
 initiation ceremonies of the Masonic Lodge. Twenty-five of 
 our brethren, members of this Church, who have come out of 
 Masonry, will go through the degree work in your pres¬ 
 ence. 
 
 You say it is wrong for them thus to break their oaths? 
 
 Would you like to know what I think of it? 
 
 Was George Washington a good man? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Do you all think he did right to fight for the 
 independence of his country? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
48 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—He broke his oath in doing that. Here is his 
 oath. George Washington took this oath with uplifted sword: 
 
 THE OATH WHICH GEORGE WASHINGTON BROKE. 
 
 I, George Washington, do take Almighty God to witness, that 
 I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to our most Sovereign Lord, 
 King George the Third, and him will defend to the utmost of my power, 
 against all conspiracies and attempts whatever, that shall be made against 
 his person, crown and dignity: And I do faithfully pro?nise,\.o maintain, 
 support and defend to the utmost of my power, the succession of the Throne, 
 in his Majesty’s family, against any person, cr persons whatsoever. Thereby 
 utterly abjuring any allegiance or obedience to the person taking upon him¬ 
 self the style and title of Prince of Wales, in the lifetime of his father, and who, 
 since his death, is said to have assumed the style and title of King of Great 
 Britain and Ireland, by the name of Charles the Third, and to any other 
 person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of these realms. And 
 I do swear , that I do detest and reject and detest as unchristian and 
 impious, to believe that it is lawful to murder or destroy any person or 
 persons whatsoever, for or under pretense of their being heretics, and also 
 that unchristian and impious principle, that no faith is to be kept with 
 heretics. / further declare , that it is no article of my faith; and I do 
 renounce, reject and abjure the opinion that Princes excommunicated by 
 the Pope and Council, or by any authority of the See of Rome, or by any 
 authority whatsoever , may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or by 
 any person whatsoever; and I do promise, that I will not hold, maintain, or 
 abet any such opinion, or any other opinion, contrary to what is expressed 
 in this declaration. And I do solemnly, in the presence of God, and His 
 only Son Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, profess, testify, and declare, that I 
 do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary 
 sense of the words of this oath, without any evasion, equivocation, or 
 mental reservation whatsoever, and without any dispensation already 
 granted by the Pope, or any authority from the See of Rome, or any person 
 whatsoever; and without thinking that I ain or can be acquitted before God 
 or man, or absolved of this declaration, or any part thereof, although the 
 Pope, or any other person or persons, or a 7 iy authority whatsoever, shall 
 dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from 
 the beginning. 
 
 That was an oath, was it not? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Was it not a vow? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Did he break it? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Had he a right to break it? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Did he not break it rightfully when he saw he 
 had made a bad oath, a bad vow? Did he not draw that sword 
 and fight against King George III? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Was he a traitor? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Apply this principle to the man who breaks his 
 Masonic vow. That oath is a bad, wicked oath. The man 
 swears that he will take rSvenge upon the enemies of Masonry; 
 that he will maintain Masons in all kinds of iniquity; that he 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 49 
 
 will help them to escape the consequence of their crimes; that 
 he will submit himself to the penalty of having his throat cut 
 from ear to ear and his heart plucked out and thrown into the 
 sea, and all sorts of abominable things, if he should reveal the 
 so-called secrets. 
 
 Are these good oaths? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Is it right to make them? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Is it right to break bad oaths like these? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 A MASONIC OATH IS A COVENANT WITH THE DEVIL. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—George Washington broke an oath on no better 
 ground than any ex-Freemason breaks his oath. 
 
 When a person makes such an oath, it is a covenant 
 with the Devil. It is not a covenant with God the Father 
 in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the Holy 
 Spirit’s blessing rests. It is not in accordance with the Word 
 of God. 
 
 It is a covenant made in an order where the Name 
 of Jesus Christ is refused admission in its fundamental 
 degrees. 
 
 I want to make this perfectly clear. I hold in my hand a 
 little book now. It was given to me by a Freemason of very 
 high degree. His apron hangs up yonder on the wall of this 
 Tabernacle. His jewels are in that star. That Mason said to me 
 that this book was an authoritative manual, which he used him¬ 
 self in conducting lodges and in initiating candidates. It is 
 official. 
 
 I will read the title of it: 
 
 The Masonic Manual. A Pocket Companion for the Initiated: Con¬ 
 taining the Rituals of Freemasonry Embraced in the Degrees of the Lodge, 
 Chapter and Encampment; Embellished with Upwards of Three Hundred 
 Engravings. Together with Forms of Masonic Documents, Notes, Songs, 
 Dates, etc. Compiled and arranged by Robert Macoy, Past Master, Past 
 Grand Secretary, Past Grand Commander, Grand Recorder, etc. Revised 
 Edition. New York: Clark & Maynard, 5 Barclay St. 
 
 I desire to quote from the Manual a proof of what I have 
 just said, that although the Bible is in the lodge, it is only a 
 pretense and a sham and a lie, and kept there for the purpose 
 of deceiving the people. Although the cross is there, it is not 
 the Cross of Jesus. It is the cross of Baal-sha-lisha—the Lord 
 of the Three. 
 
 From the beginning to the end of that Manual, in the three 
 degrees of the Blue Lodge, in every quotation that is taken 
 from the Bible, the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ is cut 
 out. 
 
50 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 It is never used in any prayer. The Lord Jesus Christ has 
 no place in the lodge. 
 
 THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST LEFT OUT OF SCRIPTURE BY 
 
 MASONIC RITUAL. 
 
 In the Manual on page 86, in connection with the charge at 
 the opening of the lodge in the initiation of a Master Mason, 
 the quotation is made from the New Testament: 
 
 Wherefore, brethren, lay aside all malice, and guile, and hypocrisies, 
 and envies, and all evil speakings. If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is 
 gracious; to whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of 
 men, but chosen of God, and precious; ye also, as living stones, be ye built 
 up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up sacrifices acceptable to 
 God— 
 
 And there they stop. What is the rest of that passage? 
 
 “Through Jesus Christ.” 
 
 But they cut that out. 
 
 Why? 
 
 Because Freemasonry is heathen. Freemasonry is admit¬ 
 tedly heathen, as I shall show you. It is unchristian, and it is 
 antichristian. 
 
 On page 157 of this Manual, under the charge at opening 
 the lodge of the degree of Royal Arch, this portion of the 
 Scripture is read: 
 
 Now we command you, brethren, that ye withdraw yourselves from 
 every brother that walketh disorderly. 
 
 That looks like Scripture, does it not? It is Scripture with 
 something left out. Flere is the Scripture: 
 
 Now we command you, brethren, in the Name of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ , that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh 
 disorderly. 
 
 They leave out the words “in the Name of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ.” 
 
 Now them that are such, we command and exhort, that with quiet¬ 
 ness they work, and eat their own bread. 
 
 But that is not the Scripture. The Scripture puts in these 
 words: 
 
 Now them that are such, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus 
 
 Christ. 
 
 But they cut that out. 
 
 Then in the same passage: 
 
 The Lord be with you all. 
 
 That is 2 Thessalonians 3. They omit there the words: 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 
 
 They leave out Christ’s Name everywhere it occurs. That 
 is the fact throughout the whole of the ceremonies. 
 
 If a Christian, a professed Christian minister, a member of 
 a Church, goes into a lodge, he having been previously pledged 
 that he will do nothing except in the Name of the Lord Jesus, 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 5 I 
 
 is he not a hypocrite when he goes into a place where the Name 
 of the Lord Jesus Christ is cut out? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Is he not a liar? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—When he tells you that the Bible is read there, 
 and he knows that every mention of the Lord is cut out, is he 
 not a deceiver? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—That is what every Mason is when he says that 
 the lodge ritual is not opposed to Christianity. He is a liar, 
 because it cuts out the Name of Jesus, and will not allow the 
 Name of Jesus to be mentioned in the fundamental degrees of 
 the order. 
 
 I will give further proof of that. 
 
 MASONS THEMSELVES INSIST THAT CHRIST HAS NO PLACE IN 
 
 MASONRY. 
 
 I hold in my hand a book which is the first seven Masonic 
 degrees, by Jacob O. Doesburg, Past Master of Unity Lodge 
 No. 191, F. and A. M., Holland, Michigan. 
 
 That book has affidavits attesting its genuineness, not only 
 by Mr. Doesburg, who was a Master of a lodge, but by others. 
 
 I want to point out to you that the religious nature of this 
 order is ungodly, unchristian. It is simply fundamentally the 
 worship of nature. 
 
 He quotes very freely, and I will tell you the chapter and 
 page. 
 
 Page 38: He says, quoting from “Chase’s Digest of 
 Masonic Law,” page 206, one of the accepted authorities 
 amongst Freemasons: 
 
 To require that a candidate profess a belief in the Divine authenticity 
 of the Bible, or a state of future rewards and punishments, is a serious inno¬ 
 vation in the very body of Masonry. ... It is antimasonic to require 
 any religious test, other than the candidate should believe in God, the 
 Creator and Governor of the Universe. 
 
 Any Chinaman or red Indian can say that. There is noth¬ 
 ing of Christianity in that. It is compatible with Unitarianism ; 
 it is compatible with Judaism; it is compatible with Shinto 
 worship; it is compatible with Chinese worship; it is compati¬ 
 ble with all kinds of heathenism. 
 
 Quoting again from “Chase’s Digest,” which, mind you, is 
 written in the interests of Freemasons, page 207: 
 
 The Jews, the Chinese, the Turks, each reject either the New Testa¬ 
 ment, or the Old, or both, and yet we see no good reason why they should 
 not be made Masons. In fact, Blue Lodge Masonry has nothing whatever 
 to do with the Bible. It is not founded on the Bible; if it was, it would not 
 be Masonry; it would be something else. 
 
 Let the Masonic-Methodist tell us then what it is founded 
 on, if it is not founded on the Word of God? You who claim to 
 
 by 
 
 UNIVSKSiTV OF ILLINOIS 
 
52 
 
 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 be Christians, and belong to the Masons, an organization which 
 is not founded upon the Word of God, what have you become? 
 
 I will show you how utterly ungodly and heathen, anti- 
 christian and devilish the lodges in this State are. 
 
 I hold in my hand a very little known pamphlet. Not one 
 newspaper in Chicago has dared to print the terrible facts of 
 this awful revelation of the criminal character of Masonry. 
 
 THE STARTLING FACTS REVEALED BY JUDGE WHITNEY’S 
 
 EXPOSURE. 
 
 I have been giving a good deal of attention to this pam¬ 
 phlet today, and I know no better way to show you the devilry 
 of practical Masonry in this State and city than by taking this 
 pamphlet and showing you what it contains. 
 
 It is written by Judge Daniel H. Whitney, who was Worship¬ 
 ful Master of Belvidere Lodge No. 60. It is his defense 
 before the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois in October, 
 1851. It has never been printed in any paper in this city. The 
 facts have all been suppressed. He was brought before the 
 Grand Lodge on the charge of unmasonic conduct. What do 
 you think was his unmasonic conduct? That as a Judge sworn 
 to obey the laws and put them in operation for the punishment of 
 the criminal, he had attempted to bring a Mason by the name of 
 Samuel L. Keith to justice for the murder of a woman by the 
 name of Ellen Slade. This Samuel L. Keith was a member of 
 Judge Whitney’s own lodge. He had defiled this woman. She 
 had become pregnant through him. He had an abortion per¬ 
 formed, and between him and the doctor murdered the woman. 
 
 This Judge did his duty. The Coroner’s Jury found a ver¬ 
 dict of guilty against this man Keith ; a warrant was issued for 
 his apprehension. That warrant was placed in the hands of 
 the Sheriff, a Freemason. That warrant was not executed. 
 Judge Whitney, although a Freemason, was indignant to find 
 that this man who was a member of his lodge was a murderer; 
 that there was a warrant for his apprehension, but that the 
 Constable and Sheriff were Masons, and that they were covering 
 the man; that the man had disappeared. 
 
 Judge Whitney, as the Worshipful Master of the lodge in 
 Belvidere, a place less than a hundred miles from this city, 
 found that this man was still near Belvidere, hidden. 
 
 As the County Judge and an upright man, he issued his own 
 warrant for the apprehension of the criminal. He was arrested 
 near Paw Paw Grove in the wagon of a farmer named John 
 Allen, hidden beneath bags of hay. 
 
 Amongst the Masons who protected the murderer was an 
 ex-Major-General of the United States Army, who had been 
 found guilty of many crimes by a Special Commission presided 
 over by Maj.-Gen. William T. Smith. The Judge suddenly 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 53 
 
 found that the whole of his lodge was arrayed against him, 
 and that they held that he was committing unmasonic con¬ 
 duct in wanting to punish this murderer. 
 
 For his act this Worshipful Master was brought before the 
 Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois. He was degraded, 
 threatened, and expelled. He was pointed to as a man whom 
 any Mason could slay with impunity, practically, under their 
 oath. He was only delivered from their “ruffianly designs of 
 violence and death at the hands of Master Masons” by the fact 
 that the people of Belvidere, speaking generally, were with 
 him, and that “every move was watched” of those who had 
 these evil purposes. 
 
 THE PROOFS FOR JUDGE WHITNEY’S STORY. 
 
 This story I have on the affidavits of Judge Whitney, and 
 of the Deputy Coroner F. B. Hamlin and all the jury who 
 found him guilty, excepting two. I will read to you some few 
 points in proof of what I have now said. 
 
 Judge Whitney declares that Joel Florida, the Sheriff, a 
 brother Mason, was asked if he had a warrant against Keith, 
 and that he said if he had a warrant against Keith, and saw him, 
 and had it in his power to arrest him, he would not do it. 
 
 I ask you, is there, then, protection for any citizen of the 
 United States if the law against murder must be put aside by 
 a Freemason? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—It is a blow at the Constitution of the United 
 States, of all law, of all liberty. 
 
 Judge Whitney, in his defense, presented to the Grand 
 Lodge renouncing Masonry, says: 
 
 judge whitney’s terrible indictment of freemasonry. 
 
 I write, and state that this lodge has been, for nearly two years past, 
 nearer a hell than anything earthly that I can conceive of. 
 
 I find myself associated, as'a Mason, with drunkards, blackguards, 
 loafers, gamblers, whoremasters, and murderers, and their aiders and abet¬ 
 tors and accessories. 
 
 Disgusted and ashamed of such associates, some two years ago I 
 applied for a demit, which was granted; but afterwards, through the impor¬ 
 tunity of worthy members, and we have such, I consented to a motion to 
 rescind the vote granting the demit, and took the office of Senior Warden, 
 worried on through the year, and, hoping that I might be able to restore 
 harmony in the lodge, and arrange its greatly deranged finances, and rely¬ 
 ing on pledges that discipline should be enforced, I took the office of Mas¬ 
 ter, evidently against the good wishes of the loafers and rowdies; and the 
 lodge has struggled on, improved only in its finances, until the death of 
 Ellen Slade, whom, it appears from the finding of the Coroner’s Jury, 
 Samuel L. Keith, a member of this lodge, seduced, and procured an oper¬ 
 ation to produce an abortion, which resulted in her sudden death, June 20th. 
 
 When the open and palpable course of members to screen, secrete and 
 run off Keith was unveiled, I promptly rebuked, and endeavored to throw 
 the odium from the institution of Masonry and upon those whom I believe 
 guilty of the base transaction. 
 
54 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 But, after all, here is the head and front of my offending: A warrant 
 was put into the hands of Joel Florida, Sheriff, and member of this lodge, 
 on Sunday night, commanding the arrest of Keith; the Sheriff made no 
 effective move to execute it, nor sent out officers, nor gave the warrant to 
 any one. All was excitement, and at a large meeting assembled at the 
 Court House, I denounced the conduct of the Sheriff, and repelled the 
 charges publicly made against the institution, and assured the people that 
 Masonry taught the contrary, and that these men were acting on their own 
 responsibility and in derogation of their duties, not only as citizens, but as 
 Masons. 
 
 I (being Judge of the county) issued on Wednesday morning a warrant, 
 and put it into the hands of officers and men on whom I could rely, and in 
 whom the people had confidence, and they arrested and brought Keith 
 back to town on Friday morning. 
 
 But the Freemasons got a packed Grand Jury together a 
 few months later, which disgracefully reversed the verdict of the 
 Coroner’s Jury and liberated the murderers. 
 
 Now I will read a few words more from Judge Whitney’s 
 statement as to the character of the Masons, and then I will 
 give you the facts as set forth by the Coroner’s Jury, and the 
 rebuttal of the attempt to whitewash the murderer by Maj.- 
 Gen. Hurlbut, their lawyer. 
 
 I will state that our chaplain, the Rev. O. Miller, in open lodge 
 charged Brother Burgess, to his face, with having equivocated and lied to 
 him, and that such had been his course of deceit and duplicity, and that he 
 had shown such an utt©r disregard of truth and veracity that he felt it his 
 duty to declare that he would not believe him under oath. 
 
 “ I find myself associated, as a Mason, with drunkards, gamblers,” etc., 
 etc. (A part of the answer in justification of the foregoing sentence, details 
 a case of licentiousness and drunkenness on the part of two of the members 
 of this lodge, too revolting to publish; the whole has become public; and 
 yet no notice was ever taken of these beastly transactions by the lodge.) 
 In the lodge are ten or fifteen hard drinkers. By reference to the records 
 of the Circuit Court of this county, I find two indictments against a brother, 
 holding at the time high office in the lodge, one for gambling, the other for 
 keeping a common gaming house; and at the same term, an indictment 
 against another brother then holding high office in the lodge, for gambling; 
 and at the same term, an indictment against a private member for gam¬ 
 bling; and at the same term, an indictment against an unaffiliated brother 
 for gambling; and yet no mention was ever made of dealing with these 
 members, although the gambling and rowdyism of these and other 
 members was well known as one of the causes of my applying for a 
 demit. 
 
 Several weeks before the murder of Miss Slade, a brother came to me 
 in open lodge and stated that a brother who had committed a murder 
 wished to visit the lodge. I absolutely refused to permit it, and there the 
 matter dropped. But being astonished that a murderer could present him¬ 
 self as a Mason in good standing, I afterwards made inquiry, and this 
 seems to be the state of the case, as nearly as I have been able to ascertain, 
 and which I think can be relied on. Some eighteen months or two years 
 ago, a Freemason murdered a man in La Salle, or some county in that 
 region of the State, and was indicted and tried and found guilty, or the 
 jury disagreed; and pending the motion for a new trial, or before he was 
 formally remanded, as the case may have been, he was spirited away, and 
 got into the country, and was secreted by members of Belvidere Lodge, 
 until the murderer could be helped off to California. This, it appears, was 
 the same man returning, secretly, for his family, and yet a Mason in good 
 standing. 
 
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 The Masonically-murdered William Morgan and Ellen 
 Slade, with this noble Judge Whitney, are standing in Chicago 
 in Central Zion Tabernacle and witnessing from their graves 
 today in this Inquisition for Blood which Zion is making for 
 God. (Amen.) 
 
 The truth has been suppressed for years, and I am going to 
 bring out the truth. He says, closing his renunciation of 
 Masonry: 
 
 judge whitney’s terrible denunciation of freemasonry. 
 
 My connection with the lodge, thus far, shows to me the utter falsity of 
 all that was represented to me of Masonry before I became a Mason. 
 
 “Brotherly Love and Truth” are almost total strangers to the lodge, 
 and “ charity and relief” have seldom entered our door; not a twentieth 
 time as often as pails of beer have. Out of a revenue of some ten or twelve 
 hundred dollars, but about fifty has ever been appointed for charitable 
 purposes, and yet, it is all frittered away. To speak to you of “harmony” 
 among us would be an insult to its shade. 
 
 But if it is what its controlling votaries make it here,—if no crime is 
 repugnant to Masonry but imaginary or real infringment of its usages, and 
 the refusal to violate the laws of the land and of God, to shield a member 
 from the punishment due to crime, then is Freemasonry all that has been 
 charged by its enemies,—the darkest and most damning institution that has 
 ever scourged the earth and cursed mankind? 
 
 That is the statement of a Judge of the State of Illinois, 
 living within a hundred miles of this city. Every endeavor 
 was made to get it into the public press, but the papers refused 
 to print it. 
 
 They printed lies about this man, damned and blighted his 
 character, and stained a fair, good name. They never published 
 the truth. From a Review of the Evidence, published by Ezra 
 A. Cook, of this city, I take the following: First, an attempt 
 to justify the murderers, which was written by their vile 
 attorney, and published in the Chicago Journal; and, second, a 
 full statement of the case by Coroner F. B. Hamlin and all the 
 jury but two: 
 
 MASONIC ATTEMPT TO CLEAR THE MURDERER SAMUEL L. KEITH. THE 
 CHICAGO JOURNAL REFUSES TO PUBLISH THE CORONER’S 
 STATEMENT. JUDGE WHITNEY’S REASONS FOR 
 RENOUNCING MASONRY, ETC. 
 
 Sep. 16. A. L., 5851, A. D. 1851. 
 
 To C. G. Y. Taylor, Most Worshipful Grand Master, and the members of 
 
 the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois — 
 
 In Annual Communication at Springfield, October, jSji. 
 
 On the 9th of September, 1851, the Circuit Court convened at Belvi- 
 dere. There was an unusually large attendance of people from the coun¬ 
 try, and those of our best citizens. 
 
 A MASONIC SHERIFF PACKS A GRAND JURY. 
 
 There were five Grand Jurors absent, or set aside for cause; and the 
 Sheriff was ordered to fill the panel. He summoned as talesmen, Ralph U. 
 Rix, the Secretary of the Lodge, who is both a Mason and an Odd Fellow; 
 two other Masons, one residing in and the other near town; one Odd Fel- 
 
5 6 ZION’S CONFLICT WITH METHODISi AFOSTASi. 
 
 low, and the fifth neither a Mason or an Odd Fellow, but an ardent friend 
 of Mr. Keith. 
 
 The balance of the Grand Jury were, unfortunately, young and inex¬ 
 perienced men. 
 
 After the Court adjourned, the following appeared in the Chicago 
 Daily Journal of September 13, 1851, over the signature of S. A. Hurlbut, 
 one of the counsel: 
 
 “ Editors Chicago Journal, Gents:—As a great deal of excitement 
 was stirred up sometime since, by the story of an alleged murder com¬ 
 mitted in this town with which the name of Mr. Samuel L. Keith was con¬ 
 nected by public report.it is proper that the same publicity should be given 
 to the justification which that gentleman has at length received under the 
 law. In the time of the excitement alluded to, no pains were spared, here or 
 elsewhere, to give currency to the charges against Mr. Keith, and although 
 in many persons who lent themselves to the feverishness of the day the 
 excitement was excusable, yet in many others the occasion was eagerly 
 caught at for gratifying their private hostility, under the mask of a zeal for 
 public justice. It is to the latter class that the sweeping charges of murder, 
 paraded in the newspapers and hawked about the streets, are traceable, 
 and to such, I have no doubt, the recent action of our Grand Jury has 
 proved a wholesome lesson. 
 
 “At the present term of the Court, a Grand Jury composed of our most 
 noted and influential citizens was empaneled, nearly every member of 
 which was subjected to examination as to his impartiality, and stood the 
 test. After a full and patient hearing of the case, and the production of the 
 testimony, they refused to find any bill whatever, and Mr. Keith was dis¬ 
 charged from his recognizance. 
 
 “ Dr. Woodward, whose name has also been mentioned in the same con¬ 
 nection, has been indicted for the crime of involuntary manslaughter, and 
 will stand his trial at some future term. 
 
 “ By publishing this statement of facts, you will render a service to one 
 who has been cruelly attacked, and whose innocence has now been made 
 manifest. S. A. Hurlbut.” 
 
 To which the Coroner and several of the jurors made the following 
 reply, which the editors refused to publish: 
 
 “ Will you do the mass of the people of this county the favor to copy 
 the (above) letter of S. A. Hurlbut, from the Chicago Daily Jour¬ 
 nal of September 13, 1851, and also insert the annexed statement of 
 facts? 
 
 BRUTAL MURDER OF AN ORPHAN GIRL BY A MASON AND A DOCTOR. 
 
 “ Ellen Slade was a most beautiful, but orphan, English girl, who went 
 to reside in the family of Samuel L. Keith’s father, at the age of fourteen or 
 fifteen years, and continued to reside there, as we are informed, between 
 two and three years. About three months before her death it was rumored 
 that she was in trouble, and that S. L. Keith was the author of her ruin and 
 shame. On Friday night, June 20, 1851, she died at the house of Dr. Wood¬ 
 ward, in Belvidere, under suspicious circumstances. The same night Dr. 
 Woodward fled the country (leaving her dead body in the house, with his 
 wife and mother-in-law and tw r o or three very small children) and was pur¬ 
 sued by Mr. Smith, ex-Sheriff, and the Sheriff, and arrested and brought 
 back to Belvidere. F. B. Hamlin, Esq., acting as Coroner, held an inquest 
 over the body of Miss Slade on Saturday, and assembled the jury again on 
 Sunday evening, who continued their session all Sunday night and a part 
 of Monday. 
 
 “ The main proof before the Coroner’s Jury was: That the post-mor¬ 
 tem examination showed extensive injury, and abortion which produced her 
 death,—and that S. L. Keith took her from her step-father’s the Sunday 
 evening previous to her death. After her death, Keith informed one person 
 that on the above Sunday evening he left her in town on the south side 
 
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 57 
 
 of the river; and he informed another person that he left her on the north 
 side, and informed both that he had not seen her afterwards. Dr. Wood¬ 
 ward, after he had been arrested and brought back to Belvidere, went 
 before the Coroner’s Jury, and testified that, at Keith’s request, he visited 
 her at Keith’s private room in his store, of which room Keith told him he 
 kept the door locked and carried the key in his pocket; and that on the 
 evening of the Tuesday that he visited her at Keith’s private room, she 
 was brought to his, Dr. Woodward’s, house, where she died the Friday night 
 succeeding. 
 
 THE GUILTY DOCTOR FLEES. 
 
 “ L. H. Magher, Mr. Keith’s clerk, testified that he returned from 
 Indiana on the Tuesday preceding the death of Miss Slade, and started to 
 go to the private room in the store, when Mr. Keith told him not to go there 
 and that he did not want any one to go to that room; and on the Friday 
 night of Miss Slade’s death, Mr. Keith said to him, ‘ I want to see Dr. 
 Woodward, can’t you find him?’ And that he, Magher, then went on the 
 mound near Dr. Woodward’s house, when Dr. Woodward came to him and 
 said, ‘She is dead.’ Immediately Mr. Keith came to them, and Dr. Wood¬ 
 ward made the same remark to Keith, ‘ She is dead.’ Keith replied, ‘ It is 
 horrible,how her mother will feel.’ Dr. Woodward then said to Mr. Keith, 
 ‘There will be a fuss about this, and I must leave the country tonight; and 
 my family affairs are in a bad fix, and you must let me have a hundred 
 dollars.’ Mr. Keith then replied ‘that he had not that much by him.’ 
 They three then went to Mr. Keith’s store, where Woodward and Keith had 
 further conversation; Dr. Woodward then told Keith that he would go and 
 get his horse and come back, and that he, Keith, must do the best he could 
 for him. After a while Dr. Woodward returned, and he and Keith had 
 another interview, and then Dr. Woodward left. 
 
 FLIGHT AND CAPTURE OF KEITH. 
 
 • 
 
 “A lawyer went into the jury room, as the Coroner supposed (the pro¬ 
 ceedings being ex-parte ), to aid in the investigation on the part of the 
 people, and after hearing the testimony against Mr. Keith, left the room, 
 and disclosed the fact that he was counsel for Keith, and Mr. Keith imme¬ 
 diately sold out his stock of goods. About three o’clock on Monday morn¬ 
 ing, it was announced to the Coroner and jury that Mr. Keith had fled; 
 being through with the evidence in the case of Keith, they made out and 
 delivered to the Sheriff a warrant, commading Keith’s arrest, but he was 
 nowhere to be found. 
 
 “ On Wednesday morning, at early dawn, a gentleman applied to Judge 
 Whitney for a warrant for the apprehension of Keith; informing him that 
 one John Allen, residing about eight miles south of Belvidere, went to one 
 of his neighbors in the early part of the night, and informed him that one 
 of Mr. Keith’s lawyers had that evening paid him a large sum of money 
 to take Mr. Keith from near Belvidere, and convey him with haste to the 
 Illinois River; and requested this neighbor to aid him, which he refused to 
 do, and immediately communicated this to others. 
 
 “On this information, Judge Whitney issued a warrant for the appre¬ 
 hension of Mr. Keith, and eight or ten men started in pursuit, and overtook 
 and arrested Keith and Allen toward the evening of that day, toward Paw 
 Paw Grove. They found upon Allen two hundred and thirty dollars, which 
 Keith has since claimed and, we understand, taken away from Allen. 
 
 “Allen’s wagon was arranged with two wooden springs running length¬ 
 wise of the inside of the body, on which sticks were laid crosswise, on which 
 were bags filled with hay, giving the appearance of a loaded wagon, and 
 the bags high enough from the floor of the wagon to admit of a person 
 creeping under. Mr. Keith was brought back to Belvidere on Friday morn¬ 
 ing and committed to Winnebago County Jail, on the warrant issued by the 
 Coroner and jury. Subsequently he was taken out of jail, and brought 
 
58 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 before Judge Henderson on a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Henderson, on 
 the same testimony, held Mr. Keith to bail in the sum of two thousand 
 dollars. 
 
 CONVINCING NATURE OF EVIDENCE AGAINST KEITH. 
 
 “With the Grand Jury we have nothing to do, but with the same testi¬ 
 mony as was given before the Coroner’s Jury, we will venture to say that 
 there cannot be found twenty-three candid, respectable and intelligent men 
 in the world who would not have found an indictment; what the testimony 
 was before them, we do not know. The foregoing are the main facts, and 
 we forbear making any comments on them, and leave the candidate to 
 judge whether under this state of facts the people were justified in endeav¬ 
 oring to arrest Mr. Keith, or whether, as Stephen A. Hurlbut, one of his 
 counsel claims, ‘he has been cruelly attacked.’ 
 
 “That ‘the occasion was eagerly caught at for gratifying private hostil¬ 
 ities, under a mask of zeal for public justice,’ is a charge against all and 
 every one of this community; uncalled for and unjust. After Mr. Keith’s 
 arrest, all excitement subsided, notwithstanding it seemed the desire and 
 determination of his friends to provoke and keep it up, to give color to the 
 cry of persecution, and to enable them to draw upon public sympathy, and 
 manufacture public opinion. F. B. Hamlin, Acting Coroner; Henry L. 
 Crosby, F. B. Bement, S. Terwilliger, D. E. Ellis, D. Ransom, S. Avery. 
 Samuel Powell, N. C. Amsden, Daniel Reed, Leonard N. Lake, Jurors. D. 
 Leonard, one of the jurors, was absent, and the other one, S. C. Gooding, 
 the above was not presented to.” 
 
 Lest any one should give weight to S. A. Hurlbut’s letter 
 which I have just quoted, in which he parades his Grand Jury 
 whitewash of the murderer Keith, I give the following facts as 
 to this Masonic lawyer’s real character, which show that he 
 was a convicted perjurer, associate of swindlers, and that he 
 protected criminals from punishment. These facts are con¬ 
 tained in the report of a Special Army Commission, dated 
 April 2, 1865. The protector of the murderers of Ellen Slade 
 was afterwards shown to be a swindling Federal officer—of 
 course, “a good Freemason” all the time. 
 
 CRIMINAL RECORD OF KEITH.’s COUNSEL, MAJ.-GEN. HURLBUT. 
 
 From the Chicago Tribune , September 26, 1874. 
 
 Rockford, Illinois, September 25. —The Journal of this city pub¬ 
 lishes tomorrow morning the report made to the Secretary of War in 1865 
 by a special Commission appointed by President Lincoln to investigate the 
 conduct of General Hurlbut, at that time in command at New Orleans, now 
 a member of Congress from the Fourth Illinois District, and the Republican 
 candidate for reelection. The Journal says: 
 
 Two years ago, when the Republican Convention nominated General 
 Hurlbut as its candidate for Congress for the Fourth District, the Journal 
 refused to support him on account of his personal unfitness. Prominent 
 among things that disqualified him was his administration of affairs in New 
 Orleans while Military Commander of the Department of the Gulf, which 
 had become so notoriously bad that President Lincoln appointed Major- 
 General W. T. Smith, of the Regular Army, and the Hon. James T. Brady, 
 of New York, an eminent and distinguished jurist, a Commission to proceed 
 to New Orleans to inquire into the truth of the charges of misdemeanors 
 committed by his sanction. These misdemeanors were referred to in 
 general terms only, for the reason that the report of the Commission could 
 not be obtained by the Journal to lay before its readers. These charges 
 were, as a matter of course, denied by Mr.'Hurlbut and his friends, and 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 59 
 
 proof of the existence of any such report challenged. A copy of this report 
 we were at the time unable to obtain. 
 
 The report itself, now published for the first time, makes several 
 columns of the Journal , but the gravamen of the charges against Hurlbut 
 is contained in the following letter attached to the report, and addressed 
 officially to General Canby, then in command of the Military Division of 
 Western Mississippi: 
 
 THE CHARGES. 
 
 Office of the Special Commission, \ 
 
 New Orleans, April 12, 1865. \ 
 
 Major-General E. R. S. Canby, Commander Military Division, 
 Western Mississippi: 
 
 General .—The Special Commission has the honor to report that 
 it has proceeded so far in examining the conduct of Major-Gen¬ 
 eral S A Hurlbut as to be entirely satisfied that their duty requires 
 them to recommend his being dealt with as being guilty of heinous 
 
 offenses. . 
 
 The Commission has already asked the Major-General commanding 
 the Division of Western Mississippi to confine certain officers of lesser rank 
 in the military prison for frauds committed by them upon the Government 
 of the United States, and they cannot in justice to themselves or those 
 officers longer refrain from suggesting that Major-General Hurlbut be 
 treated in the same manner. The testimony taken warrants full belief in 
 his having been guilty: First, of official falsehood in an endorsement made 
 by him on a letter addressed to him not in his official capacity, by Colonel 
 H. Robinson, Provost-Marshal-General, Department of the Gulf, which 
 letter is dated January 2, 1865; but, as General Hurlbut knew, was not 
 written till long after that date (correction sent to Major-General Canby), 
 April 14, 1865. Second, a similar falsehood, addressed by him as Com¬ 
 mander of the Military Department of the Gulf, to Major-General Smith, 
 one of the Commissioners, denying all knowledge of the channels by which 
 the letter above mentioned had reached him, although he well knew by 
 whom it had been delivered. Third, guilty complicity with the aforesaid 
 Colonel Robinson while the latter was Provost-Marshal-General, Depart¬ 
 ment of the Gulf, in receiving bribes or gratuities from Clark & Fulton, and 
 C A Weed. Fourth, writing, on or about the 4th day of April, 1865, a 
 letter to said Robinson, intending to create false testimony in his favor as 
 to the taking of bribes as aforesaid, antedating the letter as of the 19th day 
 of November, 1864. Fifth, granting on the application of his brother-in-law, 
 L. L. Crandall, permits for trade, for obtaining which he knew that the said 
 Crandall received payment in one instance of some $5,000, and yet neither 
 reproving or taking any cognizance of the act as illegal or unjust. Sixth, 
 perjury committed before the Commission, in falsely swearing, with wilful 
 and corrupt intent, that he did not know of the receipt by said Crandall of 
 the $5 000 aforesaid, though he well knew the fact as above stated. Seventh, 
 perjury and wilfully, corruptly and falsely stating before the Commission, 
 under oath, that the aforesaid letter, purporting to be written on the 19th 
 day of November, 1864, was written on the day it bears date, when he well 
 knew it was not. Eighth, conniving with the S 3 .id Robinson to prevent the 
 detection of offenses that had been perpetrated by said Robinson as above 
 mentioned. Ninth, wilfully interfering to obstruct and hinder this Com¬ 
 mission in the discharge of its duties so as to prevent the discovery, of 
 fraud and injustice practiced in this department by officers in the service 
 or employment of the Government. 
 
 There may be other charges founded on new discoveries of moneys 
 received by Major-General Hurlbut, or evil practices at which he 
 connived. The present seems abundant to call for arrest and imprison¬ 
 ment. 
 
60 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 * 
 
 We respectfully submit that the higher the rank of the officer who 
 prostitutes his office, the more promptly should be the method of dealing 
 with him, and with this feeling we commend this communication to your 
 early action. 
 
 Your obedient servants, Wm. T. Smith, Major-General. 
 
 James T. Brady. 
 
 Judge Whitney is not living, but being dead he yet 
 speaketh. 
 
 That silent form of Morgan which you saw in the cartoon 
 in Leaves of Healing on Saturday, standing there with his 
 hands bound behind his back, with a bandage on his eyes and 
 a gag in his mouth, with a rope around his waist and great 
 heavy weights at his side, with a saloonkeeper ready to push 
 him over into the Niagara River, stands today with the 
 murdered beautiful English girl, Ellen Slade, two witnesses 
 against the Masonic-Methodist Episcopal Church, whose 
 Bishops and leaders are still in alliance with the murderous 
 secret worshipers of Baal. 
 
 It was a Methodist minister who gave the signal at Lewis¬ 
 ton, New York, when he stood up in the lodge, took his glass 
 and said : “ The enemies of our order,” in accordance with the 
 
 words of the ritual, “may they find a grave six feet deep, six 
 feet long, and six feet due east and west.” 
 
 Four men left that banqueting table, went to Fort Niagara, 
 took Morgan out, bound him and tied him in the way I 
 described. Confessions of three of them are on record, and I 
 published them in Leaves of Healing of May 5, 1900, pages 
 49 - 55 - 
 
 Morgan, and Ellen Slade, and Judge Whitney stand up from 
 their graves tonight and they plead against the Masonic-Meth¬ 
 odist Church whose minister gave the toast that sent one to his 
 grave, and which still protects the organization which contains 
 murderers like Woodward and Keith, which persecutes honest 
 judges like Whitney, and which leaves the way open to seduc¬ 
 tion and the horrible destruction of innocent and beautiful 
 girls like Ellen Slade. 
 
 Shall we who serve God tolerate longer this iniquity? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Shall we not fight it out with ths Devil? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—We denounce the churches which affiliate them¬ 
 selves with the antichristian and heathen abomination of Baal- 
 worship, and the Unfruitful Works of Darkness in all their 
 forms. This is the fight. 
 
 All who believe that Masonry is an antichristian and a 
 heathen abomination, stand. 
 
 > You will find all the Masonic ministers sitting still, ready 
 to give a toast tonight: “The enemies of our order, may they 
 find a grave six feet deep, six feet long, and six feet due east 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 6l 
 
 and west.” (A number of Methodist ministers present kept their 
 seats with defiant looks and gestures .) 
 
 The same murderous spirit is in them tonight. 
 
 Pray for them. Pray with me. 
 
 PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. 
 
 My God and Father, in Jesus’ Name I come to thee. Take me as I am. 
 Make me what I ought to be in spirit, in soul, in body. Give me power to 
 do right, no matter what it costs. Help me to abstain from all evil asso¬ 
 ciation; from the so-called Church which defiles itself with the association 
 of a criminal and heathen organization, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. (All repeat 
 the prayer, clause by clause, after Dr. Dowie.) 
 
 Did you mean it? 
 
 Answer—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Will you live it? 
 
 Answer—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—God help you. And God help those, some of 
 them with hoary hairs, who sat there tonight and by their 
 sitting damned themselves. God have mercy upon them. 
 
 CLOSING PRAYER. 
 
 Father, for Jesus’ sake, command Thy blessing upon this company, 
 upon these words; and help us, if it is with our last breath, to do right. We 
 believe that Masonry is an antichristian and heathen abomination. God 
 destroy it. God destroy the churches which protect it, and set the people 
 free. Be with us in the remainder of this Conflict, for Jesus’ sake. 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 
 Beloved, abstain from all appearance of evil, and may the very God of 
 Peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole Spirit and 
 Soul and Body be preserved entire, without blame unto the coming of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ; faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it; the 
 grace of our Lord Jesus, the love of God our Father, the fellowship of the 
 Holy Spirit, our Comforter and Guide; one Eternal God, abide in you, bless 
 you and keep you, and all the Israel of God everywhere, forever. Amen. 
 
 FOURTH DISCOURSE. 
 
 Central Zion Tabernacle, Lord’s Day Afternoon, May 13, 1900. 
 
 The meeting was opened by singing Hymn Number 6: 
 
 Behold a Fountain deep and wide, 
 
 Behold its onward flow; 
 
 ’Twas opened in the Saviour’s side, ' 
 
 And cleanseth “white as snow.” 
 
 Chorus —Come to this Fountain, 
 
 ’Tis flowing today; 
 
 And all who will may freely come, 
 
 And wash their sins away. 
 
 SCRIPTURE READING AND EXPOSITION. 
 
 The General Overseer then read in the Inspired Word of 
 God in the first book of Kings, beginning in the sixteenth 
 chapter, from the twenty-ninth verse to the end of the eigh- 
 
6 2 
 
 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 teenth verse of the eighteenth chapter, commenting as follows 
 upon the seventeenth and eighteenth verses: 
 
 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, 
 Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel? And he answered, I have not 
 troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have for¬ 
 saken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed the 
 Baalim. 
 
 A little time ago a gentleman whom I know well now, but 
 whom I did not know then, came for the first time into this 
 city. He said to a Methodist minister, “Do you know a man 
 named Dowie?” “Yes,” he said, “I know a man who is a 
 troubler of the whole Church of God; that is the man I know.” 
 (Laughter.) 
 
 I am glad to have that reputation. (Laughter.) 
 
 If there is anything that needs doing today, it is that the 
 nominal Church be troubled. May the good Lord help me to 
 trouble it. (Amen.) 
 
 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto M ant Carmel, 
 and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the 
 Asherah four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table. So Ahab sent unto all 
 the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto Mount 
 Carmel. Now therefore send— 
 
 There is a time when a prophet of God stands supreme over 
 all human law. When he has a Message from God, he has 
 a right to command kings, presidents, rulers, czars and 
 emperors. 
 
 I believe that. Do you? 
 
 - Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—So Elijah said “Send.” He told the Apostate 
 King what he was to do. He had been hunted for, that he 
 might be put to death by this monster Ahab, the king who 
 suddenly found that he had to obey the superior authority of 
 the Divinely-commissioned prophet. 
 
 Now therefore send and gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel, 
 and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the 
 Asherah four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table. So Ahab sent unto all 
 the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto Mount 
 Carmel. 
 
 Just for a moment pause in the reading and think of it. 
 Elijah for three years and six months had been in hiding. He 
 had been sought for everywhere. If he had had a thousand 
 lives, they would all have been sacrificed ; and yet the man who 
 was hunted appeared and compelled the king who wanted to 
 kill him to do what he told him. Think over that fact many 
 times, and very deeply, and then remember what I say —this 
 scene will be repeated on a far wider scale before the Twentieth 
 Century is ten years old. 
 
 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel. 
 
 That meant every tribe of the ten, for Judah was not in this 
 thing at all. It was the ten tribes—our fathers as I believe, 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 63 
 
 according to the flesh: for we are Israelites. Judah did not go 
 into this sin. It was Israel. 
 
 THE MODERN ANGLO-SAXONS AND SCANDINAVIANS THE DESCEND¬ 
 ANTS OF THE TEN TRIBES. 
 
 The kingdom had been rent in twain. It was this accursed 
 Freemasonry of that time, the worship of Baal, which had rent 
 it in twain. 
 
 Judah, with all her faults, had remained more or less true 
 to the Temple of God at Jerusalem and worshiped God. Israel 
 had erected a temple; possibly one upon Mount Gerizim. It 
 may have been even then a spurious temple; such as that which 
 Jesus saw when he talked to the woman of Samaria at the well 
 of Sychar, when she pointed up to Mount Gerizim saying, “ Our 
 fathers worshiped in this mountain, but ye say Jerusalem is 
 the place where men ought to worship.” 
 
 You Danes and Norwegians belong to the tribe of Dan. 
 
 The tribe of Dan took to the sea in ships, landed somewhere 
 about the Danube—which is Dan’s River—went all through 
 Europe, calling every place by the name of their father, Dan. 
 There are hundreds of places in Europe which preserve the 
 name of Don, or Den, or Dan, to this day. 
 
 Denmark is, as you Danes know, Dan-mark. That is the 
 correct writing of it, is it not, Danes? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Dan-mark. When they got there they drew a 
 line and said, “This is Dan’s Mark,” and went no further. The 
 Anglo-Saxon is Isaac’s son, I-Saxon. The Anglo-Saxon and 
 the Scandinavian people are the lineal descendants of the ten 
 tribes. 
 
 Our fathers sinned in this terrible thing. 
 
 I am not speaking of the Jew. The Jews are seldom Free¬ 
 masons. They are occasionally so, because there are, alas, 
 many Jews who are absolute infidels. They have lost all faith 
 in even the existence of a personal God, or of the expectation 
 of a coming Messiah. Such atheists may very properly become 
 Freemasons, who are without God. Atheism is no bar to 
 fellowship: for the point within the circle , the emblem of 
 unbridled lust, is an acceptable emblem to an atheist who lives 
 only for self and sin. 
 
 THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOD AND BAAL THROUGHOUT THE AGES. 
 
 Israel today is to be found in the Anglo-Saxon and Scandi¬ 
 navian races. It is that Israel which God has promised to 
 bless, to call by a new name. 
 
 This same conflict between a true God and a false god goes 
 on through the ages in Israel. 
 
 And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye 
 between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him; but if Baal, then 
 
64 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 follow him. And the people answered him not a word. Then said Elijah 
 unto the people, I, even 1 only, am left a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s 
 prophets are four hundred and fifty men. Let them therefore give us two 
 bullocks;— 
 
 Yes, the prophet of God had no bullocks. The thieves had 
 all the bullocks, as they have today; for the most part, how¬ 
 ever, not entirely. God shall have possession of all the cattle 
 ere long, and all the silver and all the gold. 
 
 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one 
 bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put 
 no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, 
 and put no fire under. And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call 
 on the Name of Jehovah: and the God that answereth by fire, let Him be 
 God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. And - 
 Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for your¬ 
 selves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your 
 god, but put no fire under. And they took the bullock which was given 
 them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning 
 even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any 
 that answered. And they leaped about the altar which was made. And it 
 came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for 
 he is a god. 
 
 Methodists, cry aloud! (Laughter.) 
 
 Call upon your god, you wretches who have bowed at His 
 sacred shrine in the Masonic Lodge —you call him Mah-hah-bo?ie. 
 Scream louder for fire. Call! 
 
 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry 
 aloud: for he is a god; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is in a 
 journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried 
 aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till 
 the blood gushed out upon them. And it was so, when midday was past, 
 that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening oblation; 
 but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. 
 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me; and all the people 
 came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was 
 thrown down. And Elijah took twelve stones— 
 
 Judah was not going to be forgotten. 
 
 JUDAH CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. 
 
 Salvation is of Judah. It is of the Jews. We may not like 
 it. We may be like those stupid people who howl at the Jew, 
 and yet worship a Jewess and a Jew—worship Mary, the 
 Jewess, and Jesus, the Jew. 
 
 The prophet of God must not forget the two tribes. Human¬ 
 ity is indebted to the Jew. As Jesus said at Sychar, “ Salvation 
 is of the Jews.” 
 
 The General Overseer then read verses thirty-one, thirty- 
 two, thirty-three and thirty-four of the eighteenth chapter of 
 I Kings. 
 
 Commenting upon the thirty-fourth verse, he said: 
 
 There is a great deal in triunity. One God, one Faith, 
 one Baptism. But that God is a Triune God: Father, Son and 
 Holy Ghost; and that Faith is a Triune Faith; Salvation, 
 
 

 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 65 
 
 Healing and Holy Living; and that Baptism which we shall 
 celebrate tonight in this place is a Triune Baptism into the 
 Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; 
 death to sin, life in God, and power for service. The man 
 who seeks it is a Triune Man with a spirit, a soul and a 
 body. 
 
 The General Overseer then read verses thirty-five, thirty- 
 six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine and forty of the 
 eighteenth chapter of 1 Kings, commenting as follows upon the 
 fortieth: 
 
 By the Sword of the Spirit these false prophets shall again 
 be destroyed. (Amen.) 
 
 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the 
 sound of abundance of rain. 
 
 Nobody else could hear it, but the prophet could 
 hear it. 
 
 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top 
 of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face 
 between his knees. And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the 
 sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he 
 said, Go again seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, that 
 he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man’s 
 hand. 
 
 “as small as a man’s hand.” 
 
 I am only a small man; my hand is a very small hand. 
 The sneer of seven years ago by the Methodist ministers of 
 this city was that I was a contemptible little man, and Zion 
 Tabernacle a contemptible “little wooden hut.” One called it 
 a “bit of kindling wood.” 
 
 That is true, for it has kindled a fire over all the earth. 
 (Applause. Amen.) 
 
 The cloud from this hand has gone over all the earth, and 
 it has brought blessing, by the goodness of God, in every 
 nation beneath the sun. (Applause.) 
 
 The lightnings are striking out, and I tell you, your days 
 are gone, you prophets of Baal in the Methodist Church! 
 (Applause.) Gone! (Amen.) 
 
 Blows were struck years ago, and ever since I struck, you 
 have been withering. 
 
 You know it yourselves, you wretches! 
 
 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there 
 ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man’s hand. And he said, Go 
 up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain 
 stop thee not. And it came to pass in a little while— 
 
 A LITTLE WHILE—TILL HE COME. 
 
 A little while—oh God, help us to wait for a little while. 
 (Amen.) Thou didst say, oh Christ, “a little while.” It 
 seems long, but it is only a little while. 
 
66 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 “Clouds and conflicts around us press,” but that little while 
 comforts; for He will come again. (Amen.) 
 
 Only a little while. 
 
 Let'the little while between 
 In the golden light be seen, 
 
 While we think how heaven and home 
 Lie beyond that, till He come. 
 
 He will not leave us. He will come to judge the earth 
 with ten thousand of His saints, to convict the ungodly of all 
 their ungodly speecher-that they have ungodly spoken, and 
 of all their ungodly deeds. I believe He has started to do it. 
 (Amen.) The ten thousand are coming! 
 
 Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute 
 judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all 
 their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their 
 hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him. 
 
 They are coming, and the ten thousand times ten thousand 
 are coming too. 
 
 And it came to pass in a little while, that the heaven grew black with 
 clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to 
 Jezreel. And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his 
 loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. 
 
 May God bless His Word. 
 
 Mozart’s sublime anthem of praise, “Gloria,” was then^sung 
 with splendid effect by Zion’s Choir. 
 
 Prayer was offered by Overseer Piper, also by the General 
 Overseer, at the close of which the congregation and choir 
 chanted the Disciples’ Prayer. 
 
 In making the announcements, the General Overseer, among 
 other things, said: 
 
 CONCERNING THE NOMINATION OF JUDGE YATES. 
 
 The Quadrennial Conference, the Methodist Baal-wor- 
 shipers, have their man nominated for Governor, but they have 
 not got him elected. (Applause.) Unless I can get some 
 very clear understanding that he has nothing to do with Baal- 
 worship, Zion will go for a good, clean Democrat, if you can 
 find one, especially if he is free from Masonry. I wish there 
 were hope of a Theocrat winning; but I can see none for the 
 present. 
 
 I sometimes think that the remark is wonderfully true: 
 “Politicians are like cards: the more you shuffle them the 
 dirtier they get.” (Laughter.) 
 
 It is very hard to know which is the dirtiest, Republican or 
 Democrat, sometimes. May God give us some day a Theo¬ 
 cratic candidate, a man who will stand for the rule of God. 
 That day will come. 
 
 There is quite a strong suspicion that Mr. Yates was the 
 Masonic dark horse, and if Zion finds that out, then Zion will 
 go against him on general principles. 
 
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 That means many thousands of votes in Chicago. It, 
 poss-ibly, means the balance of power in Chicago. I think the 
 Democratic and Republican vote is so close that the votes of 
 Zion men, and those whom they can influence, are the 
 balance of power in Chicago. 
 
 The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to those 
 
 who appear to be strong, ... . . 
 
 One man with God on his side is an absolute majority upon 
 
 any question. , „ . 
 
 After a few further announcement* the tithes and offerings 
 
 were received. During the offering, Zion s Junior Choir of 
 bovs sang very sweetly in their clear childish voices. Con¬ 
 ductor Rice then sang the prayer of Elijah from the great 
 oratorio “Elijah”; a magnificent solo, magnificently rendered. 
 
 ELIJAH, THE PROPHET OF GOD, AND THE PRIESTS 
 OF BAAL, AT CARMEL; WITH ITS AP¬ 
 PLICATION TO CHICAGO. 
 
 The General Overseer then delivered the following address: 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be accept¬ 
 able in Thy sight, be profitable unto this people, and unto all to whom these 
 words shall come, in this and every land, in this and all the coming time, 
 till Jesus come, for His sake. Amen. 
 
 The words that I shall place in the front of all I have to 
 say today are in the chapter which I read, the eighteenth 
 chapter of the first book of Kings, and at the twenty-first verse: 
 
 TEXT. 
 
 And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye 
 between two opinions? If Jehovah be God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow 
 
 him. 
 
 There is nothing new under the sun. 
 
 History not only repeats itself, but history never does any¬ 
 thing else. In one form or another the same conditions con¬ 
 tinue throughout the ages, and the conflict, however varied in 
 appearance it may be, is still the same conflict. 
 
 The conflict between good and evil, between God and the 
 Devil, between a humanity destined originally to be a Temple 
 of God which has become the dwelling place of devils, the 
 wrestling of the prophets and the apostles in all the ages, does 
 
 not differ from our wrestling today. 
 
 It is not against flesh and blood. It is “against the prin¬ 
 cipalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this 
 darkness, against the hosts of evil spirits in the. upper air. 
 That expression of Paul’s, “The world-rulers of this darkness, 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 covers it all. “This darkness” is not an accident. “The 
 unfruitful works of darkness” do not exist now for the first time. 
 
 TUBAL-CAIN, WHOSE NAME IS THE PASSWORD FOR MASTER 
 
 MASONS, AN EARLY APOSTATE. 
 
 The apostate condition of the churches is no new thing. 
 The sons of Seth met it in Tubal-Cain, the son of Cain. He 
 wrought cunningly in iron and formed weapons by means of 
 which the power of Cain was extended over the world. And, 
 even after the Tu Baal-Cain descendants were all destroyed, it is 
 very evident that the devils which possessed them were not 
 drowned: for Noah’s descendants aspired to tear God from 
 His Throne. They built a Babel. They thought they could 
 reach to heaven and dethrone God. They think it still. They 
 vainly think that they can dethrone the Son of God from the 
 Empire which God the Father gave Him, and make a mere 
 tool of the Masonic Baal. They smile at His claims, and with 
 an affectation of calm superiority they tolerate Christianity 
 when it is not Christian. 
 
 Satan knows where to strike his deadliest blows. When 
 Noah fought his fight, it was all in vain. God could only save 
 the world and humanity by drowning every one in it, except 
 eight people. 
 
 The history of humanity is continually thus. Again and 
 again the people of God, misled by false shepherds, have been 
 sold out to the World, the Flesh and the Devil, even while 
 they preserve the forms of Divine worship. Again and again 
 in the history of God’s own chosen people have there been 
 crises in which it seemed as if there were only one man who 
 was left to witness for God against an apostate Church. 
 
 This was the case in Elijah’s time. It was the case in John 
 the Baptist’s time. It is the case in our time. Today, for the 
 most part, the leaders of Christianity have gone to the Devil. 
 The churches are the destroyers of true religion. They are led 
 by men who are secretly in alliance with the old-time foe of 
 God—Baal. 
 
 I need not tell the Masons here that Tubal-Cain is the pass¬ 
 word of the third degree of the Blue Lodge, the sign of a 
 Master Mason. That of the Entered Apprentice is Boaz; 
 that of the Fellow Craft is Shibboleth; and of the Master 
 Mason is Tubal-Cain. Tubal-Cain represents the third, and 
 the highest form, in one sense, of Masonry; for all the other 
 degrees are simply built upon the foundations of the Blue 
 Lodge. 
 
 THOU (METHODIST), BAAL, CAIN. 
 
 This fight is with Cain and Baal, the twin spirits. The one 
 was a murderer from the beginning, Cain, and the other was 
 the Devil, who made him what he was. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 6 q 
 
 Baal-Cain! Take it, Master Masons; take it to your hearts 
 —Baal-Cain. 
 
 Tn , thou; Baal-Cain , Devil. 
 
 You are a Master when you get that sign. You have the 
 “Mark” of the Beast. 
 
 The conflict has not changed any. Baal still, Cain still. 
 The murderous spirit still exists in those who have become the 
 servants of Baal. 
 
 Baal is simply a name which is applied in many ways. 
 Baal-Peor, for instance, would mean “the lord of the opening,” 
 the Devil of the opening; and every one of these forms of Baal 
 has a similar signification. 
 
 The great sign of the cross of the highest Mason, the Thrice 
 Illustrious Order of the Cross, as it is said, one of the highest 
 degrees in Masonry, has for its word Baal-sha-lisha. When 
 the candidate comes in he is asked, What is thy sign? He 
 draws his finger twice across the palm of his hand, making the 
 cross, commonly called the St. Andrew’s cross. That is his 
 sign. 
 
 What are the words? I. H. S. That does not mean, in 
 Masonic language, Iesus Hominnm Salvator , Jesus Saviour of 
 men; for the so-called Most Worthy Provost—most worthy 
 devil—on that occasion asks this candidate what these letters 
 mean. The answer comes: “I, Baal; H, Sha; S, Lisha, the 
 Lord of the Three.” This is the form of Baal-worship which 
 is represented by the cross in all forms of Masonry. It is not 
 the cross of Jesus. 
 
 This word Baal, throughout the Scripture, is attached to a 
 great many things. For instance, Baal-zebub means the god 
 of flies, and is connected with corruption. Baal-Berith would 
 mean the lord of the Covenant, and that is connected with the 
 oaths and covenants which Masons make in all the degrees— 
 covenants with death and agreements with hell. 
 
 TERRIBLE EXTENT OF THE APOSTASY OF BAAL-WORSHIP. 
 
 This form of worship 2800 years ago in Israel had com¬ 
 pletely destroyed, so far as man could see, every vestige of the 
 worship of the true God. Two thousand eight hundred years 
 ago in Canaan, in the Holy Land, amid the ten tribes of Israel 
 in Samaria, the capital, and throughout the whole kingdom of 
 Israel, there was not one prophet, and there was not one priest, 
 save Klijah, known to be a worshiper and a teacher of the 
 religion of the true God. It was not true, as Elijah said, that 
 he was left alone; for God said there were 7000 who had not 
 bowed the knee to Baal; but they must have been the “good 
 Methodists” of that time. Cowards! 
 
 That is what the good Methodists are. They are cowards 
 to the very center of their hearts, and if they do not take care, 
 
70 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 they will go where all cowards go: they lead the procession to 
 hell. 
 
 I never knew a coward yet who did not become a liar. 
 
 Elijah had a right to complain of these 7000 who never 
 bowed the knee to Baal who were not Freemasons, but, when 
 they stood for God, never stood beside him. I have a right to 
 complain of the good Methodists in the Methodist Church who 
 say that they sympathize with me and still remain in that 
 apostate Church. I have a right to complain, and I do com¬ 
 plain. I complain of every Christian who is connected with 
 organizations which have any association with secrecy what¬ 
 ever. I say far and wide as this Voice can reach throughout 
 the earth, “You are a coward for staying there, and you will 
 share the doom of the coward. You will be swept with them 
 into the Lake of Fire.” 
 
 THE DOOM OF A COWARD. 
 
 What for? For being fearful, afraid to leave your Church 
 because of your mother, because of your father, because of the 
 property you may lose; because of the friendships you may 
 lose; because of the pleasant associations you may lose. You 
 are a coward, and you will share the damnation of hell. 
 
 Peter was a coward, and it took him to the brink of hell. 
 He denied his Master once, twice, thrice, until with oaths and 
 curses he said he never knew Him. Well nigh had Satan sifted 
 him as wheat. 
 
 Where were these 7000 who had not bowed the knee to 
 Baal? 
 
 Some of them were like Obadiah, they were eating the bread 
 of Ahab and of Jezebel. But for the mercy of God they would 
 have shared their doom. Many of them did, no doubt. In 
 that day you can see how a whole people went astray. It 
 amazes one. The cowards are responsible for most of the 
 degeneracy of the time in the churches. 
 
 How did it happen? It was only a very short period from 
 the Songs of Solomon and the Psalms of David to the chants 
 of the priests of Baal. Very short was the period indeed, 
 because when Saul was made king it was, perhaps, about the 
 period of 1090 B. C.; but when this happened it was about 910 
 B. C., I think. Only one hundred and eighty years had passed, 
 thereabout, between David singing the songs of Jehovah, 
 Solomon erecting the Temple, and the whole nation gone to 
 the Devil; all in a hundred and eighty years! 
 
 A NATION REAPS THE SHAME OF A KING’S SECRET SINS. 
 
 Why was this? I will tell you why. When a king becomes 
 a polygamous beast, when a king becomes what David became, 
 a monster of iniquity who stole his own valiant soldier Uriah’s 
 wife, Bath-Sheba, and murdered Uriah in order to retain her, it 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY, 7 ^ 
 
 is not to be wondered at that Bath-Sheba bore a Solomon who 
 should be the wisest and best, the foolishest and the worst of 
 men. He became a man renowned for wisdom and endowed 
 with power, whom God entrusted to build His own Temple. 
 But before the end of his life he had become an apostate de\ il, 
 had gone after Baal and Ashtoreth, had married hundreds of 
 wives and had hundreds of concubines; seven hundred of the 
 one and three hundred of the other. He became a worshiper 
 of the filthy gods of the Moabites, and the Ammonites and the 
 Egyptians, and caused his offspring to pass through the fiie to 
 Moloch, the dirty dog! Fouler than the foulest Fowler even 
 in the Methodist Church, he went down to the foulest of sin by 
 being the offspring of a king who had gone to the Devil. 
 
 Do you think that you can go to the Devil and not reap 
 
 what you sow? , , „ , c 
 
 A nation will reap the shame, but for the mercy of God, ot 
 
 your secret sins. . £ , • 
 
 Elijah was face to face with a descendant of a line or kings 
 
 who in less than a century from Jeroboam’s were 
 
 choosing wives as Ahab chose his, from amongst the children 
 
 of Baal, the daughters of Ashtoreth. 
 
 I desire you to study a little. I want you to think what this 
 Baal-worship in all ages has been. I want you to know what 
 the Masons themselves say it is. 
 
 MASONIC RELIGION IS THE WORSHIP OF THE LAWS OF NATURE 
 
 AND REVENGE. 
 
 Masons, the veil has gone. Your most secret sins are open. 
 You have said, and it is true, that your religion in Masonry is 
 older than Christianity. It is. It is as old as the De\ 1 . 
 (Laughter.) You say it is the lex nature. You are right. It 
 is also the lex talionis. It is the Law of Nature, and it is the 
 Law of Revenge. You know it. It is the Law of the 
 
 You are in your text books face to face with the facts, well 
 known to us, that Christianity is cast aside, and that Nature, 
 the mere worship of fecundity in the sun and in the moon, takes 
 its place. I shall show you on Tuesday night that a very impor¬ 
 tant part of the worship of the Mystic Shriner is connected 
 with the moon, with lima, the moon. I always thought they 
 were “lunatics.” I know it now. (Laughter and applause.) 
 The sun, the moon and the stars are the objects of veneration 
 
 and worship to the Freemason. r . , , , 
 
 He who speaks to you today is face to face, with an old- 
 time conflict. There is no difference except the circumstances; 
 the fact that we have telegraphs, telephones, railways, and 
 other inventions. Have they ever comforted your heart when 
 you were sick with sorrow? Oh yes, if you could only get a 
 
72 
 
 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 prayer along them to Zion; but in themselves there is no com¬ 
 fort. 
 
 Control of the hidden powers, the glorious powers, of nature, 
 will never comfort an immortal spirit. 
 
 The spirit of man and the flesh of man are crying out for 
 something more than material things. They are crying out for 
 a Living God. 
 
 What are you offering? 
 
 Come, priests of Baal, what are you offering? Come, you 
 wretched Methodists, what are you offering? 
 
 “Oh, Doctor, we offer them the same Bible that you do. 
 We offer them the same Gospel that you do. We offer them 
 the Gospel of John Wesley, Charles Wesley, of the heroic men 
 of the Methodist Church. We teach them repentance, faith, 
 obedience, holiness. We teach the same things. You are 
 denouncing your friends, your brethren.” 
 
 Friends, the Devil is never so clever as when he is preach¬ 
 ing the Gospel; never so clever as when he appears as an angel 
 of light; never so clever as when a Methodist Bishop who has 
 taken the thirty-third degree is offering Christ everywhere for 
 everything, with his tongue in his cheek, knowing that he has 
 become an officer of the kingdom of darkness, and that while 
 he is preaching the Gospel of Christ, it is simply as a cloak for 
 his infernal villainy and apostasy. 
 
 THE METHODIST PREACHES AND TEACHES TRUTH, BUT DOES 
 
 NOT LIVE IT. 
 
 He is like the Pharisees of Christ’s time, who were so 
 orthodox in their preaching that Jesus said: 
 
 The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat: all things therefore 
 whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their 
 works; for they say and do not. 
 
 That is exactly what the Methodist Church is doing today. 
 They are teaching the truth and living a lie. They are teach¬ 
 ing Christianity, and they have sold it in the shambles. They 
 are getting the price of it from retail consumers. 
 
 That is a serious charge. 
 
 Let me prove it to you. 
 
 hirst, I defy every one of them who is a Mason to deny 
 that the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is 
 absolutely forbidden in the fundamental degrees of Masonry, 
 and that in the final degrees, not only is that forbidden, but all 
 religion of every kind is denounced. 
 
 Seventy-four years ago there was a great fight in this 
 country. 
 
 That figure which I showed to you in Saturday week’s 
 Leaves of Healing, standing there in the boat upon the 
 Niagara River, with his hands bound, and his mouth gagged, 
 and a rope around his waist, heavy weights on the boat at his 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 73 
 
 side, and that saloonkeeper who threw him into the river, push- 
 ing him over, according to his own confession—that figure 
 cries out, and still cries out, to God for vengeance. 
 
 Ellen Slade, murdered in Belvidere, Illinois, by Samuel L. 
 Keith, a Freemason, and Dr. Woodward, a doctor—that girl’s 
 blood cries out for vengeance today. A/Coroner’s Jury found 
 that Keith had seduced her and defiled her, and that Keith by 
 abortion had murdered her. Judge Whitney himself, the Wor¬ 
 shipful Master of that Belvidere Lodge, denounced the mur¬ 
 derer, but found that his own fellow-Masons were shielding the 
 murderer and preventing justice being executed. 
 
 These crimes, and thousands of which we do not know the 
 particulars, are crying out. 
 
 Not a paper in Chicago would publish Judge Whitney’s 
 words when he answered the Grand Lodge of Illinois when 
 they challenged him for unmasonic conduct in bringing a Mason 
 to justice for murder. 
 
 HOW MASONRY WAS EXPOSED. 
 
 3 
 
 Seventy-four years ago there was a strong reaction against 
 Masonry. Fifteen hundred to 2000 lodges surrendered their 
 charters, and every decent man in America who was a Mason 
 went out of Masonry. I am sure today, that when the real 
 character of Masonry is known every decent woman will aid 
 me in compelling every half-decent man to get out of that 
 infernal lodge. (Applause.) 
 
 Elder Bernard, with ex-President of the United States John 
 Quincy Adams, prepared with others this book called “Light 
 on Masonry.” Something like forty-eight degrees were at that 
 time reduced to writing by the Masons who renounced Free¬ 
 masonry. These degrees remain the same. In some respects 
 they are worse. 
 
 I charge the Masonic body, the Methodist Church espe¬ 
 cially, that they are worshiping this same Baal, and on next 
 Tuesday night I shall prove that from this and other volumes 
 which contain authentic exposures of the whole of the work of 
 these degrees, covered by affidavits before notaries, by men of 
 indisputable character and of holy life. 
 
 I have already shown you that Baal-worship is the worship 
 of the sun-god. 
 
 In darkness at the feet of the Worshipful Master, so-called, 
 the Entered Apprentice candidate says that he comes for 
 Masonic regeneration. In the East he bows; to the South he 
 wanders, and to the West. He repeats his vows, in which the 
 Name of Jesus Christ never enters. In quotations from the 
 Bible that Name is cut out. When he passes into Fellow Craft 
 and into Master Masonry, it is the same. In Knight Templary, 
 he nominally uses the Name of Jesus, but by and by, as he gets 
 
74 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 into the higher degrees, he is told that that has been simply a 
 word given to him to mislead, and that now he is, in the last 
 degrees of Freemasonry, to understand 
 
 THE REAL NATURE OF THE MASONIC CROSS. 
 
 Let me show it to you. 
 
 On page 199 of this remarkable volume, “Bernard’s Light 
 on Masonry,” the statement is made that the Knight of the 
 Thrice Illustrious Order of the Cross becomes a Minister of 
 Masonic vengeance, to “bring to condign punishment agree¬ 
 ably to the usages of our ancient fraternity” the man who 
 would give away its secrets, declaring the penalty to be by a 
 spear thrust into his left side, bearing testimony even in 
 death of the power and justice of the mark of the holy 
 cross. 
 
 In this order this man swears he will become a minister of 
 Masonic vengeance, and passes quickly then into the degree 
 above—the Knights Adept of the Eagle, or Sun, in which he 
 says he has now come to be “divested of original sin, and 
 destroy the juvenile prejudices of error.” 
 
 Father Adam instructs him. Father Adam—yes, that is 
 true, and it is the old Adam. On page 265 it is stated that one 
 representing Father Adam says that “everything in this world 
 exists according to God’s will; consequently everything in the 
 world is just as it ought to be.” 
 
 Do you not see the affinity between this and the worst form 
 of Spiritualism? 
 
 Do you not see the affinity between this and the diabolical 
 system of so-called Christian Science? 
 
 They each and all teach that evil does not exist. 
 
 He goes on to say that the distance between good and evil 
 is only a fanciful one: 
 
 The distance between good and evil with the Divinity cannot be more 
 justly and clearly compared than by a circle formed with a compass; from 
 the points being reunited there is formed an entire circumference; and 
 when any point in particular equally approaches or equally separates from 
 its point, it is only a faint resemblance of the distance between good and 
 evil, which we compare by the points of a compass forming a circle, which 
 circle when co 77 ipleted is God! 
 
 Is that our Father in heaven? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Is that Jesus Christ? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Is that the Holy Ghost? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Do good and evil exist in God? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—What God is this? Is it not Baal? 
 
 Audience—“ Yes.” 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 75 
 
 Dr. Dowie—After this teaching - , on page 270, the candidate 
 
 is told: 
 
 MASONRY A FOE TO ALL RELIGION. 
 
 Now my brother, behold what you must fight against and destroy, 
 before you can come to the knowledge of the true good and sovereign hap- 
 niness Behold this monster which you must conquer—a serpent which W L 
 detest as an idol that is adored by the idiot and vulgar under the name of 
 RELIGION! ! ! You must cast it forever aside. 
 
 There, you Masonic-Methodist devils, there is your system. 
 Not only'do you deny Christ, but when you get to the end, you 
 
 deny all religion. , _ ,. iU . 
 
 You are not only to do this, but listen! According to this 
 degree of the Adepts of the Eagle, or Sun—I scarcely like to 
 
 read it, but I will read it. Page 276. 
 
 He vows that he will submit to have his tongue thrust 
 through with a red hot iron; his eyes plucked out; to be 
 deprived of smelling and hearing; to have both his hands cut 
 off; and to be exposed in that condition to be devoured by 
 voracious animals, if he should prove a traitor. This ungodly 
 vow and covenant with death he is told that he must make. 
 “He then sits down with the rest of the brethren, and then 
 brother Truth gives the following explanation of the Philosoph¬ 
 ical Lodge.” 
 
 I am not going to take all that in this afternoon, but I am 
 simply going to take one point. Then I ha\ e something \ei\ 
 
 practical to say to the Methodists. 
 
 This degree affirms that: “The Sun represents the unity 
 of the Eternal Supreme, the only grand work of philoso¬ 
 
 phy*” , 
 
 You are to understand that the conception is in the 
 moon. 
 
 Conception in the Moon.—The conception or woman rising in the moon, 
 demonstrates the purity that matter subsists of, in order to remain m its 
 nure state unmixed with any other body, from which must come a new 
 king, and a revolution or fulness of time, filled with glory, whose name is 
 
 Albra-est. 
 
 This degree teaches that there is an impending revolution, 
 and that through the power of the moon this conception is to 
 be brought out—I should say in a lunatic asylum. . (Laughter.) 
 But it is a very serious matter when the lunatics number a 
 million, as they do among Freemasons, and when they aspire 
 
 to a worldwide dominion. ... ~ , 
 
 Methodist-Masons! I confront you as Elijah did at Carmel 
 with this mocking cry: “Pray louder! Pray louder! Your 
 god must be asleep. Perhaps he is hunting. _ 
 
 Masons, Methodists, let me call your attention to. this tact: 
 I first of all reproved you for this on the Pacific Coast in 1888. 
 You closed your churches against my missions. You sent your 
 Presiding Elders up and down the coast to lie about me, prin- 
 
76 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 cipal among them F. D. Bovard, who is now one of your num¬ 
 ber in this city. I reproved you. I reproved Bishop Fowler. 
 It is all in print, in The Second Year's Harvest. I told him that 
 if he were a true Bishop of the Church of God, he would disci¬ 
 pline the liars, whom even some ministers of the Pacific Coast 
 refused to allow to administer the sacraments because they 
 were liars, and very wicked men. In one case a Methodist 
 minister had married his brother’s widow and had beaten her 
 children cruelly with the buckles of a harness until their 
 bodies were bleeding. He had smashed that gentle lady’s 
 face, Mrs. Dowie knows, until it was all covered over with 
 bruises. 
 
 I told the Masonic Bishop Fowler that he was a Bishop of 
 the Devil if he did not do his duty. He made that vile man a 
 Presiding Elder. 
 
 A WARNING AND A PROPHECY; THE PROPHECY FULFILLED. 
 
 I began to warn the Methodist Church. As time went on 
 my warnings grew more numerous, and at last in 1896 I opened 
 in full power on this matter upon the Methodist Church. I 
 said from the Auditorium platform, what is on record in 
 Leaves of Healing, that the time had come for God to set 
 aside the Methodist Church forever; for it would not be 
 reformed, and it must be destroyed. 
 
 I said that from that time there would be no answer to their 
 prayers. 
 
 I will call you to witness. 
 
 What do your statistics show for the years 1897, 1898 
 and 1899? I have shown you from your own books. I 
 have Dr. Carroll’s article in the New York Christian Advo¬ 
 cate, edited by Dr. Buckley, who is now a member of this 
 Conference. 
 
 Last year the Methodist Episcopal Church confesses that it 
 lost nearly 24,000 members from the number with which it began 
 the year. In addition, it lost all that came into it. It lost 
 probably more than 277,000 members and probationers in 
 1899. y 
 
 Let me point out what this means. 
 
 The previous year you had a loss. What does it mean? I 
 will tell you what it means. 
 
 The tables which I have before me in this issue of the 
 New York Christian Advocate, March 15, 1900, not two months 
 ago, say that the Methodist Episcopal Church North has 
 2,600,000 members. 
 
 I shall suppose that you have only two and one-half mil¬ 
 lions, to make it easier reckoning. You tell us, ye Bishops of 
 this Church and this Conference, that you have a God, and He 
 is the same God as the God of John Wesley. 
 
ZION ' S CON FLIC T WITH ME THODIS T A POS TA SY. 77 
 
 I deny it. I say, “Ye are of your father the Devil”— 
 Mah-hah-bone. 
 
 GOD NO LONGER ANSWERS THE METHODISTS BY THE FIRE OF 
 
 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 He used to answer by fire in Wesley’s time, did He not? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Does He answer you Methodists by fire now? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 A Voice—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Did I hear one of you say Yes? 
 
 A Voice—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I will thrust that lie down vour throat. Here 
 is the fact. How does He answer by fire. Two millions and 
 a half of you prayed for the extension of His Kingdom in the 
 Methodist Church last year, didn’t you? 
 
 Voice—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—You prayed twice a day, didn’t you? 
 
 Voice—“More.” ( This came from a Methodist minister from 
 Wisconsin .) 
 
 Dr. Dowie—All right, you say more. That was five millions 
 of prayers a day, wasn’t it? 
 
 Voice—“I don’t know whether they all prayed.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Oh well, you said they prayed, just now. 
 
 Voice—“ I did.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—If they do not pray, they are hypocrites. That 
 is what I believe they are, and you too. (Applause and 
 laughter.) You clearly see now where I am leading you. 
 
 I am glad to have you priests of Baal here. (Applause.) 
 Pray louder! Pray longer! Pray more, and the more you pray, 
 the more your people are damned. Five millions of prayers a 
 day at least, by the laity and clergy; add another million for the 
 prayers of the services, by elders, deacons, class leaders and 
 exhausters generally. (Laughter.) That makes 6,000,000 
 prayers a day. Three hundred and sixty-five days in a year 
 makes over two thousand million of prayers last year, and the 
 more you prayed, the more you lost. (Applause.) The more 
 you preached, the more you lost. Think of it, 2,190,000,000 
 prayers to God which were rejected, or to Mah-hah-bone! The 
 more you agonized and cut yourselves and said, “Oh God, hear 
 us, for Dr. Dowie will mock us if you do not,” the more you 
 lost. (Laughter and applause.) In the “Address of the 
 Bishops” read at the opening of your General Conference in 
 1896, the Appeal was made to all the Church with reference to 
 the four years then lying before you: 
 
 When the next General Conference shall meet we shall be entering the 
 portals of the Twentieth Century. We desire to close these nineteen centu¬ 
 ries of work for the race in a manner helpful to men and satisfactory to our 
 Lord. There is nowhere any greater privilege. The serious responsibility 
 
7 8 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 is as great as the privilege is glorious. We recall the solemn admonition 
 imder which many of us were ordained: “If it shall happen that the 
 Church or any member thereof do take any hurt or hindrance by reason of 
 your negligence, ye know the greatness of the fault and also the fearful 
 punishment that will ensue.” We beseech you, therefore, first of all that 
 you join us in a most earnest endeavor to secure a personal fitness to be a 
 proper medium in this Conference, through which God can express His 
 will concerning the churches; that, laying aside all unworthy ambitions, we 
 shall sincerely seek to know the mind of the Spirit, realizing that any 
 personal advantage that is not for the good of the Church is for the damage 
 of the individual. 
 
 • ••••••••• 
 
 God’s thoughts and plans for His Church are as high above ours as the 
 heavens are above the earth. His Scriptures are full of promises. His 
 skies are full of Pentecosts. “Ask what ye will and it shall be done unto 
 you,” is the limitless Divine promise. Heaven and earth are put in pledge 
 for fulfilment. (Read by Bishop Warren, May 2, 1896.) 
 
 Ha! ha! Ye wretches, how did ye respond to these words 
 read by Bishop Warren? 
 
 Oh, how you did howl, and scream, and try all sorts of 
 schemes from the “boy preacher” (of about 45), to oyster 
 suppers, and kinetescopes of prize fights. But all in vain. 
 God’s skies were not “full of Pentecosts,” and the Bishops lied 
 when they said, “Heaven and earth are put in pledge for ful¬ 
 filment.” You could not pawn God’s Promises in Baal’s 
 Pawnshop, and “heaven and earth” were deaf to your four 
 years of bowlings. You came out at the end with the road 
 paved with the dead, and your avowals of disgrace and defeat 
 and despair are the proofs of God’s anger and of His refusal 
 to hear and answer your prayers. 
 
 You got up revivals. You got them up here in Dr. McIn¬ 
 tyre’s Church. He rides a goat, and tells us he does. He 
 is a Freemason and a liar, as they all are who are Freemasons, 
 when they say that Masonry helps the Church. Shame! that 
 they should lie and say that Masonry helps the Church. 
 
 HOW GOD HAS ANSWERED ZION’S PRAYERS BY FIRE. 
 
 Cry louder! There is no voice, there is no answer. Your 
 leaders have taken you to the Devil, and if you still continue 
 to go with them, you will find your place where the worshipers 
 of Baal found it long ago. You will be cut to pieces at Kishon. 
 
 We are now face to face. While they have not added to 
 their numbers any, we have taken out of Methodism thousands 
 and ten of thousands who are now in Zion, thank God. 
 (Amen.) 
 
 We have taken out of all the apostate churches, and we 
 have taken from the streets and lanes, from the slums, from 
 the saloons, from the houses of shame, and from all classes of 
 the community, rich and poor, thousands, tens of thousands. 
 
 Four years ago February 22, 1896, when I uttered that warn¬ 
 ing against Masonic-Methodism, and said that I should start 
 from that time to fight it and destroy it, Zion had 450 members. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 79 
 
 As nearly as I can reckon by a conservative estimate, she 
 has today more than 50,000 members, thank God. (Applause.) 
 
 There is scarcely a land beneath the sun in which Zion is 
 not planted. They who mocked are mocking no more. They 
 know that they do not know how to retain their ecclesiastical 
 organization. 
 
 Zion is smashing them in India. Zion is smashing 
 them in China. Zion is smashing them in Europe. Zion 
 is smashing them in Africa. According to their own con¬ 
 fession, Zion is smashing them in every town and village in 
 America. 
 
 The contest is different in this respect: I have no altar on 
 which I lay a bullock. They have no altar on which they lay 
 a bullock. 
 
 I point to the Altar of the Atoning Sacrifice, which nineteen 
 centuries ago was wrought for man in Christ the Lamb of 
 God. 
 
 I point to the Holy Spirit, who came with Tongues of Fire 
 at Pentecost. I also point to the fact, that while I have been 
 mocking the Masonic devils in all the churches, and especially 
 in the Methodist, God has been answering by Fire in Zion. 
 That fire is burning brightly in every land beneath the sun. 
 (Applause. Amen.) 
 
 THE DOOM OF APOSTASY. * 
 
 It is only a little fire here and there; it is a cloud as if of a 
 man’s hand here and there, but it is spreading over the land. 
 As I go up to this Carmel so often and so often, it will not 
 be seven years before the blessed rain is pouring out over all 
 the earth. 
 
 The Fire has come which consumes the sacrifice. The 
 apostasy will be marked like that of Greece and Rome, like 
 that of other apostate churches, and God’s people will come 
 out of her as they did when Christ brought them out of the 
 Jewish dispensation, when Elijah brought them out at Mount 
 Carmel. 
 
 Baal-worship will continue as long as the Devil is on earth, 
 as long as there are apostate hypocrite Bishops, Elders and 
 ministers in the Churches. 
 
 But the day is coming 
 
 When the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, 
 
 And the idols are broke in the temples of Baal; 
 
 And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, 
 
 Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord. 
 
 Just as sure as the God in Hezekiah’s time slew in one 
 night the army of Senacherib and saved His people, so God 
 will slay every priest of Baal, and pull down every temple of 
 Baal. 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Hasten it, Lord (Amen), that the people may be set free. 
 He is coming. Do not think the fight is over. It is a longer 
 fight than in Elijah’s time. It is not a fight on one mountain 
 side, but this fight now is to be extended to every land, and 
 on thousands of mountain sides. 
 
 I will meet you wherever your Apostasy extends, and Zion 
 will smash your Baal altars everywhere in the Name of the 
 Lord. 
 
 I will meet you in India and China and Africa and all over 
 Europe and Australia, and Zion will smash you there. 
 
 We shall not stop either with you: for Zion will fight the 
 Apostasy in every form and everywhere, and proclaim a Living 
 God to dying men, and a Full and Free Gospel. 
 
 God, who knows how great and worldwide is the fight 
 against these world-rulers of this darkness, will give us the 
 grace to do it, and will bring into operation a Mighty 
 Church. 
 
 The Christian Catholic Church in Zion will number more in 
 five years than all the Masons on earth today. (Applause.) 
 
 All who stand for God, and all who believe that the 
 worship of Baal is being upheld by the Methodist Church, 
 stand to your feet. ''With some exceptions the audience 
 arose. 
 
 PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. 
 
 My God and Father, in Jesus’ Name I come to Thee. Take me as I 
 am. Make me what I ought to be in spirit, in soul, in body. Give me 
 power to do right, no matter what it costs. Give me Thy Holy Spirit, that 
 I may do right, repenting, confessing, restoring to any whom I may have 
 wronged, doing right in Thy sight. Give me power to abstain from every 
 appearance of evil, and from all associations which are evil, from all apos¬ 
 tasy, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. (All repeat the prayer, clause by clause, 
 after Dr. Dowie.) 
 
 Did you mean it? 
 
 Audience—“ Yes.” 
 
 The services were closed by the General Overseer pro¬ 
 nouncing the 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 
 Beloved, abstain from all appearance of evil, and may the very God of 
 Peace Himself sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole Spirit and 
 Soul and Body be preserved entire, without blame unto the coming of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ; faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it; the 
 grace of our Lord Jesus, the love of God our Father, the fellowship of the 
 Holy Spirit, our Comforter and Guide; one Eternal God, abide in you,bless 
 you and keep you, and all the Israel of God everywhere, forever. Amen. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT Wll'll METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
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ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 83 
 
 FIFTH DISCOURSE. 
 
 M IGHTIER, more destructive and more terrible are becom¬ 
 ing the fearless blows which the General Overseer is 
 delivering against the great Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 now infected throughout by the deadly corruptions of Free¬ 
 masonry. 
 
 Already they are beginning to have their effect and that 
 organization, “cracked through and through,” is seen to be 
 crumbling. 
 
 Thoughtful men, wearing the button of the Methodist Epis¬ 
 copal General Conference, throng Central Zion Tabernacle 
 at every service, manifesting the keenest interest in the words 
 of the man of God. Many of them, by the expression of their 
 faces, and some even by their open declarations, make known 
 their conviction that the General Overseer is right, and express 
 their sympathy with him in this Conflict. 
 
 On Tuesday evening, May 15th, the General Overseer drew 
 the diabolical veil of secrecy from the foul, filthy and mur¬ 
 derous rites of the higher degrees of Masonry and from the 
 Mystic Shrine. 
 
 The arraignment of men of high ecclesiastical and civil 
 station was as startling as it was sadly true. On Thursday 
 evening, May 17th, those who call themselves followers of Jesus 
 and yet go into fellowship with “the unfruitful works of dark¬ 
 ness weie shown to be guilty of the sin of Judas Iscariot, who 
 betrayed his M^aster with a kiss and sold Him to His enemies. 
 
 On Lord’s Day afternoon, May 20th, Central Zion Taber¬ 
 nacle was crowded to within very few of its fullest capacity. 
 Members of the Methodist General Conference were present 
 in hundreds and heard the truth about the once glorious, now 
 apostate and fallen Church which they represented. 
 
 The Spirit of God was present in Power, and nearly the 
 whole audience of about 3000 people remained, eagerly and 
 respectfully attentive throughout the entire three hours’ 
 
 Central Zion Tabernacle, Tuesday Evening, May 15, 1900. 
 
 The meeting was opened by the congreation singing Hymn 
 Number 425. 
 
 Prayer was offered by Overseer Mason. 
 
 The General Overseer then read from the twelfth chanter 
 of St. Luke. V 
 
84 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 After the announcements had been made and the offering 
 received, the following address was delivered by the General 
 Overseer: 
 
 DEGREES OF MASONIC DEVILRY. 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be accepta¬ 
 ble in Thy sight, be profitable unto this people, and unto all to whom 
 these words shall come, in this and all the coming time, in this and every 
 land, till Jesus come, for His sake. Amen. 
 
 Jesus said: 
 
 TEXT. 
 
 Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. But 
 there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed: and hid, that 
 shall not be known. Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness 
 shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner 
 chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. And I say unto you 
 my friends, Be not afraid. 
 
 In the third chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, 
 
 Jesus said at the nineteenth verse: 
 
 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and 
 men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works are evil. 
 For everv one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, 
 lest his works should be reproved. But he that doeth the truth cometh to 
 the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought 
 in God. 
 
 In my previous addresses I have taken occasion to speak of 
 the lesser degrees of Masonry. Tonight, while I speak upon 
 the other degrees of devilry, I feel that I am somewhat ham¬ 
 pered, not from want of material, but from the fact that the 
 material is so abundant and so voluminous that it is almost 
 impossible to satisfactorily crowd into a brief lecture the many 
 things that one has to say. 
 
 I confess to you that, much as I have known on this subject, 
 I have not been prepared for the shameful candor with which the 
 principal Masonic writers are now confessing that Masonry has 
 no connection with Christianity; that it is connected with not 
 only Baal-worship, but with the foulest forms of the Phallic 
 Mysteries. 
 
 I SHALL DEAL WITH THE SO-CALLED HIGHEST DEGREES. 
 
 In the front of all that I have to say, I shall principally 
 attend to those degrees which Bernard and others declare are 
 the highest in Masonry. Especially shall I deal with that of 
 which I have been unutterably ashamed to think that the Presi¬ 
 dent of the United States should be a member; namely, this 
 foul order of the Mystic Shrine, whose ritual I hold in my hand 
 tonight. 
 
 I read to you the other night that Robert McIntyre, Dr. 
 Hirst, and a number of leading Methodist, Baptist and Episco¬ 
 pal ministers had declared that Masonry v/as not antagonistic 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 85 
 
 to Christianity, but was helpful to the Church ; that they were 
 Masons because of the help that it could be to them in their 
 Church work. I branded that as false, and said that they 
 knew it to be false; inasmuch as the Name of Jesus Christ 
 is not once mentioned in all the thirty-three degrees’ of 
 straight Scottish Rite Masonry. 
 
 There is no place where they quote from the Bible in which 
 Jesus’ Name is mentioned as the Son of God. When they 
 quote the Scripture, it is rendered meaningless because of the 
 Name of our Lord Jesus Christ being taken out. 
 
 I start tonight with some startling facts concerning this 
 question of the relation of Christianity to Freemasonry. Now, 
 
 I am not quoting from antimasonic books when I quote from 
 this one. 
 
 I WILL QUOTE FROM THE WRITINGS OF FREEMASONS. 
 
 I hold in my hand an “Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry and 
 Its Kindred Sciences: Comprising the Whole Range of Arts, 
 Sciences and Literature as Connected with the Institution. By 
 Albert G. Mackey, M. D.” 
 
 It is brought down to date by Charles T. McClenachan, 
 author of “The Book of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of 
 Freemasonry, Form and Ceremonies,” etc. This book is 
 printed in Philadelphia by Louis H. Everts, and is the edition 
 of 1898. It is, therefore, a most recent edition, and it is 
 accepted by Freemasons as among their highest authorities, 
 if not the highest, in this country, for Albert G. Mackey held 
 one of the highest offices in the Masonic Order. 
 
 In the article entitled “Christianization of Freemasonry,” 
 on page 162, Dr. Mackey has these words: 
 
 HIGH DEGREE FREEMASON CONTENDS THAT FREEMASONRY IS 
 
 NOT CHRISTIAN. 
 
 It is true that it embraces within its scheme the great truths of Chris¬ 
 tianity upon the subject of the immortality of the soul and the resurrection 
 of the body; but this was to be presumed, because Freemasonry is truth, 
 and all truth must be identical. But the origin of each is different; their 
 histories are dissimilar. The principles of Freemasonry preceded the 
 advent of Christianity. Its symbols and its legends are derived from the 
 Solomonic Temple and from the people even anterior to that. Its religion 
 comes from the ancient priesthood; its faith was that primitive one of Noah 
 and his immediate descendants. If Masonry were simply a Christian insti¬ 
 tution, the Jew and the Moslem, the Brahman and the Buddhist, could not 
 conscientiously partake of its illumination. But its universality is its boast. 
 In its language citizens of every nation may converse; at its altar men of 
 all religions may kneel; to its creed disciples of every faith may sub¬ 
 scribe. 
 
 The Buddhist, the Brahman, the Moslem and the Jew who 
 reject Jesus Christ as the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, 
 the only Advocate for sinners, and the King of Kings, can be 
 Freemasons. 
 
86 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH ME THODIST APOSTAS Y. 
 
 If you cannot understand the significance of that, you can¬ 
 not reason at all. What is this “religion” which embraces the 
 foe of Christianity, which gives comfort to the impenitent Jew, 
 whose fathers shed the blood of the Redeemer; which gives 
 comfort to the Mohammedan, who believes that he is doing God’s 
 service when he imbrues his sword in the blood of the Christian 
 today; which is open to the Brahman, who teaches a woman to 
 sacrifice the fruit of her body for the sin of her soul, and throw 
 her child into the Ganges that the crocodile may eat it, who 
 worships these horrid divinities of India, the trinity of Brahma, 
 Vishnu and Siva, a religion which makes murder a part of 
 its creed? Siva is the Destroyer. 
 
 What kind of a religion is this which embraces all these? 
 
 MASONRY THE UNIVERSAL RELIGION OF THE DEVIL. 
 
 It must be the universal religion of the Devil. I think you 
 will say Amen to that. (Amen.) Any religion which embraces 
 and counts as acceptable to God these murderous, anti- 
 christian, unclean and abominable systems must be of the 
 Devil. 
 
 I will now show you how daring they are in their state¬ 
 ments. 
 
 With a good deal of hesitation, I will read to you from the 
 article on the Phallic worship. I hate to do it. I feel ashamed 
 to do it. I feel that it is degrading that in this age and time I 
 should have to read such things to fight this Apostate Masonic 
 Church. These Masonic-Methodists are brethren of this 
 Mackey. They unite upon these principles, brethren of the 
 Universal Church of the Devil. They pretend that Siva the 
 Destroyer and Jesus the Saviour both find a harmonious meet¬ 
 ing place in Masonry. They pretend that the abominations of 
 Venus and Ashtoreth are in harmony with the Holy Ghost. 
 It is false: and they are betrayers of Christ who drag Him 
 into such fellowship. 
 
 Any one who knows anything of ancient history, and is 
 even moderately read in ancient Phoenician literature or cus¬ 
 toms and habits, knows that, universally, even the heathen 
 writers admit that the Phallic Mysteries were the most foul, 
 filthy and degrading, brutalizing and murderous of all the 
 ancient mysteries. There were none worse. 
 
 What does Dr. Mackey, this leader of Masonry, who tells 
 you boldly that Masonry is allied with all these systems, say 
 of Phallic worship? He says: 
 
 FREEMASONRY CONTENDS FOR THE PURITY OF PHALLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 The Phallus was a sculptured representation of the membrum virile , 
 or male organ of generation; and the worship of it is said to have originated 
 in Egypt, where, after the murder of Osiris by Typhon, which is symbol¬ 
 ically to be explained as the destruction or deprivation of the sun’s light by 
 night, Isis, his wife, or the symbol of nature, in the search for his mutilated 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH ME TIIODIST APOSTASY. 87 
 
 body, is said to have found all the parts except the organs of generation, 
 which myth is simply symbolic of the fact that the sun having set, its 
 fecundating and invigorating power had ceased. The Phallus, therefore, as 
 the symbol of the male generative principle, was very universally venerated 
 among the ancients, and that too as a religious rite. 
 
 This is the symbol which is represented, he says, in Free¬ 
 masonry by the “point within the circle .” 
 
 Look upon the aprons hanging up there on the walls of this 
 Central Zion Tabernacle, which Masons have given up, and 
 you will see this same emblem, which identifies Phallic worship 
 with Masonry. 
 
 Mackey says the same thing here in another form: 
 
 And here, I think, we undoubtedly find the remote origin of the point 
 within a circle, an ancient symbol which was first adopted by the sun-wor¬ 
 shipers, and then by the ancient astronomers, as a symbol of the sun sur¬ 
 rounded by the earth or the universe,—the sun as the generator and the 
 earth as the producer,—and afterwards modified in its signification and 
 incorporated into the symbolism of Freemasonry. 
 
 Do you want to know what Masonry is “incorporated” 
 with? He tells you plainly: 
 
 As a symbol of the generative principle of nature, the worship of the 
 Phallus appears to have been very nearly universal. In the mysteries it 
 was carried in solemn procession. The Jews, in their numerous deflections 
 into idolatry, fell readily into that of this symbol. And they did this at a 
 very early period of their history, for we are told that even in the time of 
 the Judges (Jud. iii. 7) they “served Baalim and the groves.” Now the 
 word translated, here and elsewhere, as groves, is in the original Asherah, 
 and is by all modern interpreters supposed to mean a species of Phallus. 
 Thus Movers ( Phoniz , p. 56) says that Asherah is a sort of Phallus erected 
 to the telluric goddess Baaltes, and the learned Holloway ( Originals , i. 18) 
 had long before come to the same conclusion. 
 
 He identifies it with the other forms: “The Cteis of the 
 Greeks, and the Yoni of the Indians.” 
 
 He has the shameful audacity to declare that this filthy 
 form of worship, a foul and unutterably shameful thing, is 
 represented in Masonry by “the point within the circle.” 
 These are his words: “It is the same thing , but under a 
 different form as the Master and Wardens of a (Masonic) 
 Lodge.” Think of it, that three men represent the Phallus. 
 
 I know nothing more shamelessly foul than this confession, 
 that Masonry is simply a return to the worship of the foulest 
 form of bestial prostitution that you can imagine. 
 
 I am not reading in these quotations from enemies of 
 Masonry; I am reading from a great high priest of Masonry. 
 And how can the Methodist Church be the Church of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ when its ministers, and its elders, and its leading 
 managers are Masons? Is it possible to serve God and Baal 
 at the same time? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—There can be only one answer—No. If that 
 Church will not repent, and drive out of its body these foul, 
 
88 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 filthy children of the Devil, then it is a good Church to come 
 out of. 
 
 May God bring His people out of it. Amen. 
 
 THE METHODIST CHURCH CANNOT BE REFORMED. 
 
 Probably seventy-five per cent of the General Conference . 
 now sitting in the Auditorium are Freemasons. 
 
 The statement was made by Dr. Crouch, a member of the 
 Methodist Conference in Chester, Pennsylvania, two years ago, 
 that ninety per cent of the members of that Conference were 
 Masons. 
 
 You can see who controls the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 It is the priests of the Phallic worship; not merely priests 
 of Baal, but priests of the grove of Asherah, the foul, 
 filthy, damning worship which even the heathen were 
 ashamed of. 
 
 That is Mah-hah-bone—the point within the circle. Indeed, 
 Freemasonry may be called the Mysteries of Mah-hah-bone. 
 
 Mr. Edmond Ronayne’s work, entitled “Mah-hah-bone,” is 
 a very able work upon that subject. 
 
 CONCERNING THE SECRET WORK OF THE KADOSH DEGREES. 
 
 I desire to read to you some things in connection with the 
 alleged last degree of Freemasonry. If may be a question 
 as to whether it is the last degree; perhaps that is not 
 known. 
 
 There are said—I find upon pretty extensive reading—to be 
 at the least seven degrees of what is called the Kadosh. 
 
 I ventured two years ago to say to you that I believed if we 
 could get the facts, we would find that the highest order of 
 Masonry, which has at its head the supreme ruler of Masonry 
 throughout all its various forms, was in the Jesuit Order in the 
 Church of Rome. I am of that opinion still. 
 
 I told you early in this series of addresses that I would not 
 tell you all I knew, and I will not, in your interests, and in the 
 interests of my further knowledge. There are facts in connec¬ 
 tion with Masonry of which only very few, even of those who 
 have reached the highest, or rather the lowest, degrees, are 
 aware. All of these will yet be exposed: for Jesus truly said, 
 “There is nothing covered up that shall not be revealed; and 
 hid, that shall not be known.” 
 
 It is a well known fact that the highest degree Masons say 
 that they only amuse the brethren with the lower degrees; that 
 they are not intended to be understood by them, or to be under¬ 
 stood only in such a way as to mislead them. I believe that, 
 even as they stand, these low r er degrees reveal nearly the whole 
 wickedness to those who have ears to hear, and eyes to see. 
 Bernard in his exposition of the degree which he declares to 
 
ZION ’ S CON FLIC T WITH ME THODIS T APOSTASY. 89 
 
 be the ne plus ultra —“nothing more beyond”—of Masonry, 
 says: 
 
 THE GRAND COMMANDER’S FACE IS NOT SEEN BY EVEN THE 
 
 INITIATED. 
 
 In this chapter there are no decorations, nor any emblem, as the curtain 
 ‘is entirely drawn. There is nothing figured on the ground but the mysteri¬ 
 ous ladder, which must be covered until the candidate has taken his obliga¬ 
 tion. Observe this well: you are never to admit a person to this eminent 
 degree, unless you have full proof of his fidelity. Of the five brothers who 
 compose this chapter, two must be with the candidate in another apart¬ 
 ment, until he is introduced, the other three remain in the chapter to assist 
 in the reception. In a distant place, a Knight of Kadosh cannot initiate 
 another brother in this eminent degree, unless he has a power or patent 
 from an Inspector General or a Deputy Grand Inspector, under his hand 
 and seal; and when a reception is made, the Grand Commander remains 
 alone in the chapter with the candidate, and must be so situated that the 
 candidate cannot see him, as he is not to know who initiated him. 
 
 The name and face of this Grand Commander of the Knights 
 of Kadosh is not to be even seen nor known by the very Knights 
 who compose this highest order. 
 
 FORM OF OPENING THE CHAPTER. 
 
 Question—“ Illustrious Knight, are you elected?” 
 
 Answer—“Thrice Illustrious Knight, Grand Commander, I am.” 
 
 Question—“How came you to be elected?” 
 
 Answer—“Fortune decided for me.” 
 
 Question—“What proof can you give me of your reception?” 
 
 Answer—“A cavern has been witness of it.” 
 
 Question—“ What did you do in the cavern? ” 
 
 Answer—“ I executed my commission.” 
 
 Question—“Have you penetrated further?” 
 
 Answer—“Yes, Thrice Illustrious Grand Commander.” 
 
 Question—“ How shall I believe you?” 
 
 Answer—“ My name is Knight of Kadosh; you understand me? ” 
 
 Question—“What’s the o’clock?” 
 
 Answer—“The hour of silence.” 
 
 Question—“As it is so, give me the sign, to convince me of your knowl¬ 
 edge,-” 
 
 On which they all draw their swords, when the Grand Commander 
 knocks one, very hard, on the table before him, and says: “Illustrious 
 Knights, the chapter is open.” 
 
 As soon as the Knights with the candidate in the antechamber have 
 heard the one blow in the chapter, by which they know the chapter isopen, 
 one of them comes and knocks one on the door; one in the chapter goes 
 and opens the door and asks what he wants. He replies that a servant 
 Knight demands to come to the degree of Grand Elected, as he has all the 
 degrees and qualifications of Masonry which are necessary; which being 
 reported to the Thrice Illustrious Commander, who says: “Illustrious 
 Knights, can we admit this Freemason among us, without running any risk 
 of indiscretion from him?” 
 
 The other two Knights then answer, “We swear and promise for 
 
 him.” 
 
 Then the Thrice Illustrious Grand Commander approaches, and they 
 take each other by the hand, and take the following obligation to each 
 other: “We promise and swear, by the Living God, always Supreme, to 
 revenge the death of our ancestor, and which of us that should in any manner 
 commit the most light indiscretion, touching the secret of our order, shall 
 
gO ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 suffer death , and shall have his body buried under the throne of this Illus¬ 
 trious Assembly ; so God protect us in our design, and maintain us in equity 
 and right.” Amen. 
 
 FORM OF RECEPTION. 
 
 A short time after the two Knights with the candidate have heard the 
 loud rap of the Grand Commander to open the chapter, they both take their 
 hands, and after one of them has been at the door, and when they think the 
 Grand Commander has finished the necessary business, they introduce the 
 candidate, and leave him in the hands of the Grand Commander, and all 
 four retire to guard the door of the entrance, and every other door of the 
 adjacent rooms (if any). The reason of their leaving the chapter is, that no 
 person ever assisted at the reception of a Knight Templar. 
 
 When the candidate enters the chapter, he prostrates his face to the 
 ground, when the Grand Commander, behind the curtain,— 
 
 Mind you, the Grand Commander does not show his face. 
 He may be the Jesuit General, or any other foe of Christ and 
 God’s Kingdom. 
 
 —reminds him of the principal points of Masonry, from its beginning, to the 
 epoch of the assassination of Hiram Abiff; Solomon’s desire of punishing 
 the traitors, in the most exemplary manner; the method he took in dispos¬ 
 ing the Masters who went in search of the three villains, in order to execute 
 his vengeance. He repeats to him the zeal, constancy and fervency of 
 Joabert, Stokin and Jubelum, who, after the most painful search (by Solo¬ 
 mon’s order), had the happiness of finding among the ruins of Enoch’s 
 Temple in the Ninth Arch, the precious treasure of the Perfect Masons, etc. 
 He continues to remind him of the firmness of the Grand Elect, and Per¬ 
 fect Masons, at the time of the temple’s destruction. 
 
 He then says: 
 
 The Illustrious Grand Commander makes a general history in gene¬ 
 alogy of the Masonic Order, its progress, its decline, and the manner how it 
 was sustained, till the epoch of the Ctusades, and until the historical cir¬ 
 cumstances, that have given occasion to the degree which the candidate 
 expects; a degree that will give him a perfect knowledge of the precedent 
 degrees, and the manner how Masonry has come to us; after which, the 
 candidate takes the following obligation, his right hand on the Bible, his 
 left hand between the hands of the Grand Commander. 
 
 The Grand Commander puts his hands out from the cur¬ 
 tain. The candidate does not see his face, and he puts his left 
 hand between the hands of the Grand Commander, and makes 
 this oath: 
 
 OBLIGATION. 
 
 “I promise and swear, never to reveal the secrets of the Grand Elected 
 Knights of Kadosh, or White and Black Eagle, to any person. / swear to 
 
 take revenge on the traitors of Masonry! 
 
 Then he goes on much to the same effect and says he will be: 
 
 “ . . . ready at all times to conquer the Holy Land, when I shall be 
 
 summoned to appear, to pay due obedience at all times, to the Princes of 
 the Royal Secret; and if I fail in this my obligation, I desire that all the 
 penalties of my former obligations may be inflicted on me. Amen.” He 
 kisses the Bible and rises. 
 
 Then the Grand Commander proceeds and says, “ My dear brother, he 
 who has bestowed this degree on you, which you have now aspired to, and 
 who is described in this place, as Grand Commander, and Grand Inspector 
 of all lodges, and Grand Elected, is sensible of the importance of the 
 secret already confided in you; it is therefore necessary to recommend a 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 91 
 
 circumspection, and also to observe to those who take the name of Knights 
 of the White and Black Eagle, and Kadosh, to be always attentive, and not 
 to give the least suspicion relative to our mysteries, order, progress, and 
 end of Masonry. The imprudence and indiscretion of many brothers has 
 given a knowledge to the world of many of our emblems, by which Masonry 
 has greatly suffered, and will be repaired with difficulty. Their indiscre¬ 
 tion has caused the loss and retreat of many puissant brothers, who would 
 have been an ornament and support of our lodge. Such indiscretion in this 
 degree, my dear brother, would be without any recovery, as there are no 
 more emblems; when every matter shall be discovered, disclosed to you, 
 that will give room for some events, of which you will see the consequences, 
 when you shall have heard all my instructions. The word which our 
 brothers place at the end of their obligations, viz: Amen, signifies this is 
 no more , that shall be no more ; if this shall be again. This ought no longer 
 to be a secret to you, who are going to have an explanation of the origin of 
 Masonry, and what has occasioned the society.” 
 
 Then a long lecture is given by Truth, as he is called. If 
 the candidate is afraid to engage, or hesitates to proceed 
 further, he is shown out and the chapter is closed. If, on the 
 contrary, the candidate goes forward, he then kneels and 
 takes another oath, and the Grand Commander says: 
 
 “You swear and promise to me, on that you hold most dear and sacred, 
 First. To practice the works of corporeal mercy, to live and die in your?'eli- 
 gion ”— 
 
 Think of it, Masotiry a religion ! with Mah-hah-bone for a 
 god. We shall soon see what that religion is in this Knights 
 of Kadosh. Look closely to see what the religion is which the 
 concealed Grand Commander talks about. 
 
 —“and never declare to any man who received you, or assisted at your 
 reception in this sublime degree.” The candidate answers, “ I promise 
 and swear.” 
 
 Then the Grand Commander says, “Say with me, ‘ Isedhalad,’” which 
 he repeats. 
 
 Secondly. “You promise and swear to have candor in all your actions, 
 in consequence never to receive in this degree, any brother who is not your 
 most intimate friend, and then by the consent of two Grand Elected 
 Inspectors, if to be met with, or by a patent given you for that purpose.” 
 The candidate answers, “ I promise and swear.” He then repeats 
 “ Scharlabac .” 
 
 Thirdly. “You promise and swear at all times to possess a sweetness 
 of mind, as much as you are capable, to love and cherish your brothers as 
 yourself, to help them in their necessities, to visit and assist them when they 
 are sick, and never draw arms against them on any pretense whatsoever.” 
 Answer—“ I promise and swear.” 
 
 “Say with me, ‘Motechl” 
 
 Fourth. “You promise and swear to regulate your discourse by truth, 
 and to keep in great circumspection and regard the degree of the White 
 and Black Eagle or Kadosh.” He answers, “ 1 promise and swear.” 
 
 “Say with me, ‘ EmunahN 
 
 I desire you to feel the significance of it. You are thoughtful 
 people. Think what the following words mean: 
 
 Fifth. “ You promise and swear that you will travel for the advance¬ 
 ment of heaven, and to follow at all times, and in all points, every matter 
 that you are ordered and prescribed, by the Illustrious Knights and Grand 
 Commander, to whose orders you swear sjtbmission and obedience, on all 
 occasions without any restrictions .” 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 The man has entirely parted with himself forever, if he says 
 Yes. He says yes, “I promise and swear.” 
 
 “ Say with me, ‘ Hcwiach Sciatal ” 
 
 Then he goes on to promise and swear that he will “sacri¬ 
 fice the traitors to Masonry.” He goes on to promise and 
 swear that he will do a great many other things to the same 
 effect, and he says, after the Grand Commander, the words, 
 “ Choemel,” “Binah,” and “Tabinah.” 
 
 After the candidate has pronounced the last word, the 
 Grand Commander relieves him and says, “By the Seven Con¬ 
 ditions, and by the Power that is transmitted to me, which I 
 have acquired by my discretion, by untold travels, zeal, fervor 
 and constancy, I receive you Grand Inspector of all Lodges, 
 Grand Elect' Knight Templar, and to take rank among the 
 Knights of Kadosh, or White and Black Eagle, which we bear 
 the name of. I desire you not to forget it.” 
 
 “ne plus ultra.” 
 
 « It is indispensable for you, my brother, to mount the mysterious ladder 
 which you see there; it will serve to instruct you in the mysteries of our 
 order, and it is absolutely necessary that you should have a true knowledge 
 of it.”’ The candidate then ascends the ladder. When he is on the seventh 
 or highest step, and has pronounced the three last words, the ladder is 
 lowered, and the candidate passes over it, because he cannot retire the 
 same way, as he would in such a case be obliged to go back against which 
 he has taken an obligation, not to retire by the interests and views of the 
 order, which is the reason that the ladder is lowered and he passes over it. 
 He then reads the words at the bottom of the ladder, “Ne plus ultra! 
 
 That is, there is “nothing more beyond.” The Grand Com¬ 
 mander goes on with the alleged history of this order, which 
 I shall not read at length. 
 
 When that discourse is finished, the man is no longer in any 
 sense a Christian, nor has he any religion. In the degree 
 before it, he has renounced all religion. He says he is a Chris¬ 
 tian “no more,” and in this he has become the absolute slave 
 of this Order, and has “sworn submission and obedience, on all 
 occasions, without any restriction ,” to a man whose face he has 
 not even seen, and who may be the General of the Jesuit Order 
 for all he knows! 
 
 Can a man fall lower than when he has reached the “Ne 
 plus ultra” of Masonry? 
 
 THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE. 
 
 I now come to the Mystic Shrine. I am grieved in my 
 heart that in this City of Chicago such an abominable institu¬ 
 tion exists as this Mystic Shrine. This Mystic Shrine is open 
 to those who have taken the thirty-second degree, Scottish 
 Rite, or Knights Templar degree, York Rite Masonry. 
 
 The storv of it i*s told in this introduction. It was imported, 
 like all these other degrees, from the old countries. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 93 
 
 In 1871 the ritual was brought to America by one of the transient 
 foreign members and representatives, and placed in the hands of Dr. Walter 
 M. Fleming, thirty-third degree, Sovereign Grand Inspector-General A. 
 and A. Rite, and Eminent Commander of Columbia Commandery No. 1, 
 Knights Templar, New York. 
 
 For some time it did not succeed, until Mr. Florence went 
 to Europe, and came back, bringing with him the ritual of the 
 order as it is worked in foreign countries. 
 
 In 1876 W. J. Florence called together such of the original members of 
 the organization of 1871 as were living and constituted in December, 1876, 
 Mecca Temple No. 1, as the head of the order in America. 
 
 This ritual which I hold in my hand is the present ritual of 
 the order, and has been given up by those who have renounced it. 
 
 It is entitled “The Mystic Shrine Illustrated. The Full 
 Illustrated Ritual of the Nobles, of the Mystic Shrine. Revised 
 and Enlarged Edition.” 
 
 It is published in this City of Chicago by Ezra A. Cook, and 
 bears date of 1893. 
 
 It also bears the inscription, “Entered according to Act of 
 Congress in the year 1893 by Ezra A. Cook, in the office of the 
 Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.” 
 
 There is not a shadow of reason to doubt its genuineness, 
 and it has been filed in the Library of the Congress of the 
 United States for seven years. Its genuineness has never, 
 so far as I can learn, been disputed. 
 
 The Order is declared to have been established at Mecca, 
 Arabia, in 1608, and to have been revived at Cairo, Egypt, on 
 June 14, 1837. 
 
 The Ritual was compiled, arranged, and issued at Aleppo, 
 Arabia, by Louis Marracci, the Latin translator of the Moham¬ 
 medan Koran. 
 
 The Lodge Room is termed the Temple, and the furniture 
 is Masonic, with some additions, the room being draped with 
 black alpaca or white, edged with purple and blue. 
 
 FURNITURE. 
 
 A canopy or tent in a cart; a pedestal with gavel; large scimiter across 
 the pedestal; altar of obligation covered in black, having on it the Bible 
 and the Koran; the black stone or holy stone of black marble, one foot 
 square or more, and two crossed swords; right of East, altar of incense with 
 burning incense of myrrh, etc.; left of East, bier and coffin, each half way| 
 between East and altar of obligation; laver of water in the South; organ, 
 etc. The working tools, etc., are a large cylinder of tin or sheet iron about 
 thirty feet long and three feet in diameter and constructed so as to tele¬ 
 scope together when not in use; a galvanic battery; an altar on which is 
 placed a gold book with crossed swords on it; three gavels; block and 
 tackle; hoodwinks and blindfolders; boxing gloves; a short ladder; four 
 pair of drawers; three pair of handcuffs; a bumper; sort of desk six feet 
 high constructed so as to fall to pieces when required for work; a large five- 
 gallon sponge; several chairs from three to six feet long; a Chinese gong, 
 horse-fiddle, and any other instrument on which a hideous noise can be 
 produced; twelve suits of uniform with sabers for Arabic soldiers; several 
 masks or false faces; a rough and rugged road made of ropes, etc., bridge 
 
94 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 of sighs; three small syringes; dolman; sandals; firearms; collapse; and 
 any other uncouth dress or figure to create terror or fear to the candidate. 
 
 I will not weary you with the opening ceremonies of this 
 order. I will simply tell you that they strip the candidate. 
 How suggestive that is of the words in Scripture in connection 
 with the last days. See Revelation 16:13 to 15. 
 
 And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth 
 of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean 
 spirits, as it were frogs: for they are spirits of devils, working signs; which 
 go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the 
 War of the Great Day of God the Almighty. 
 
 Then the warning is given: 
 
 (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth 
 his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.) 
 
 One of the things which is done in all these infernal lodges 
 is to strip a man and make him a humiliating object of con¬ 
 scious nakedness. They delight to “see his shame.” 
 
 I suppose if President McKinley, as is publicly alleged, took 
 this degree, he went through this. If he did not, they did not 
 initiate him properly, and broke their own ritual: 
 
 They salute and retire, and prepare candidates by taking off the shoes, 
 coat, collar and vest, and clothing them in white dominoes and slippers, 
 handcuffed, or tied at the wrist loosely. 
 
 How would Mrs. McKinley like to see the President now? 
 
 The candidate enters in like a poor—not only naked, but 
 wretched criminal. However men can so descend as to become 
 so degraded as to enter a lodge like this amongst their fellows, 
 I cannot understand. 
 
 When the candidate (one, two or three) is ready, the Ceremonial Mas¬ 
 ters take charge of him. Threedoud knocks at the outer door of the temple 
 call the Oriental Guide to admit them. The response is, inside, a horrible 
 clatter, the rasping of iron rings over an iron bar and the withdrawal of 
 several large bolts; then the door opens: “ What is the cause of this clam¬ 
 orous alarm? Who dares intrude upon the ceremonies of our Mystic 
 Shrine?” asks the Oriental Guide. 
 
 Is that not a question to ask William McKinley, President 
 of the United States? (Laughter.) 
 
 Has it come to such a pass that the President of the United 
 States comes in nearly naked, clothed in a white domino, and 
 handcuffed? Look at this answer. 
 
 “ Poor Sons of the Desert, who are weary of the hot sands and the 
 burning sun of the plains and humbly crave shelter under the protecting 
 dome of the Temple.” 
 
 THE MYSTIC SHRINE MOHAMMEDAN IN ITS RELIGION. 
 
 After vouching for their characters, the First Ceremonial 
 Master advances and whispers: “Mecca.” The Oriental Guide 
 says, “’Tis well; let them enter.” 
 
 What is Mecca? It is the City where the sacred stone of 
 the Mohammedans is kept, and where no Christian dare enter 
 to this day. If a Christian were known to enter the sacred 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 95 
 
 shrine of the Mosque at Mecca, he would be murdered without 
 any hesitation. They would consider that the only way that 
 they could cleanse the spot which he had polluted by his foot 
 would be to murder him. Several have gone disguised as 
 Mohammedan pilgrims, who have just escaped with their lives. 
 If they had been discovered, they would have been murdered. 
 
 Is it befitting the President of the United States, a member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and given by this people 
 the government of this great country, to go in like this and say 
 “Mecca”? (Laughter.) Washington goes for enlightment to 
 Mecca! The President bows before the Caliph. 
 
 I am ashamed of this thing. It gets worse as you go on. 
 
 They enter, preceded by Marshal, Ceremonial Masters, etc., conduct¬ 
 ing them, the Guide leading all. 
 
 Grand Potentate (three raps, all rise)—Gong sounds once, organ music. 
 They march twice around, organ or singing or both; the gong sounds when 
 they pass the East and when they halt there the second time around. 
 Grand Potentate strikes once; all are seated. Candidates halt. 
 
 Grand Potentate—“ What strange intruders have we here? Our pleas¬ 
 ures were most perfect and should be sacred from this turmoil and display.” 
 
 Miserable William McKinley, what are you doing here? 
 (Laughter.) You will get into trouble most surely. 
 
 Previous to the entrance of the candidate, the Captain of the Guard 
 chooses twelve members, who dress like Arabic soldiers with large broad 
 scimiters, and are stationed outside; drill, and are ready for duty when 
 wanted. The candidates are seized and carried out by the soldiers in a 
 rough manner, at which the Oriental Guide supplicatingly answers. 
 
 Oriental Guide—“Illustrious Grand Potentate, ’tis I who have ushered 
 in (one, two or three) poor Sons of the Desert, who, being weary of the hot 
 sands and burning sun of the plains, humbly crave that sacred boon to the 
 weary and thirsty traveler, a cup of water and shelter under the protecting 
 dome of our goodly Temple. I do commend them to your favor, having 
 found them worthy and not of treacherous or ignoble purpose, each having 
 passed the ordeal of the Secret Ballot of our Mystic Shrine unsoiled and 
 vouched for by a Noble with our secret pass.” 
 
 Grand Potentate—" Most Noble Guide, know you the penaltv of broken ’ 
 faith and do you stand forth as ransom for them all?” 
 
 Oriental Guide—“ Illustrious Grand Potentate, I do.” 
 
 Grand Potentate—“So be it, then. Conduct them once again about 
 our Shrine and to our Most High Priest, that he may imprint upon the 
 tablets of their memories a knowledge of the duties they do'here assume.” 
 
 Candidates are conducted around to the Prophet— 
 
 Aftei\William McKinley has been kicked out, he comes in 
 again. 
 
 —and Priest, who is robed and wearing a mitre. 
 
 Priest—“ Strangers, are your motives for coming among u«s honorable, 
 pure and free from hope of gain or pride of knowledge? 
 
 Candidates—“They are.” 
 
 Priest—" Have you a belief in the existence of a Deity, future rewards 
 and punishments?” 
 
 Candidates—“I have.” 
 
 Priest—“Have you a desire to promote justice and suppress wrong?” 
 
 Candidates—“ 1 have.” 
 
 Priest—“Have you a due regard for female virtue?” 
 
 Candidates—" I have.” 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 p r i es t_« Are you willing to jeopardize your life, if need be, to punish 
 the guilty and protect the innocent and labor in the cause of justice, truth 
 and common humanity?” 
 
 Candidates—“ I am.” . . _ . , , 
 
 Priest— “Have you still a desire to unite with us in the inseparable 
 
 bonds of the Mystic Shrine for the purposes to which you have assented? 
 
 Candidates—“ I have.” . . . , . , 
 
 High Priest—“ If you have answered m sincerity and in truth in these 
 
 replies I can assure you that no conflicting sentiment nor requirement here 
 will mar your principles nor your duties in the. outer world, be they what 
 they may. Our alliance or the Rite of our Mystic Shrme is ancient, honor¬ 
 able, benevolent and secret.” 
 
 Listen to this. This is what Methodist ministers, and 
 Methodist class leaders, and the President of the United States 
 are alleged to have gone through. 
 
 MOSLEM DOCTRINE TAUGHT IN MYSTIC SHRINE. 
 
 « p is ancient as the corner-stone of Mohammed’s Temple of Mecca; as 
 secret as the Moslem that bound the tribes of Arabia to Allah or their god, 
 as honorable as the Christian, and the tenets to which it is dedicated when 
 once assumed cannot be eschewed or cast aloof. We know no retrogres¬ 
 sion- justice is our escutcheon; charity beyond reason we do not expect; 
 virtue must be regarded for its peerless worth and morality observed for 
 the general good of all. We require absolute secrecy and desire all our 
 disciples to hold an interest in our noble cause and a just observance of the 
 tenets of our faith. Let these preliminary teachings be deeply graven upon 
 vour hearts. They are priceless when well observed and attributes that 
 cannot be bought with paltry, sordid gold. By the existence of Allah and 
 the creed of Mohammed”— 
 
 Listen to that, ye who have vowed to obey this Bible as the 
 Word of God, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice. 
 You have sworn in this Mystic Shrine by the creed of Moham¬ 
 med, the false prophet. 
 
 _“by the legendary sanctity of our Tabernacle at Mecca, we greet you, and 
 
 in commemoration of the Arab’s faith in purity and innocence, we accept 
 your answers as sincere, and you will now be permitted to proceed m the 
 rites and ceremonies of the Mystic Shrine. . The Oriental Guide and escort 
 will now conduct you onward, while you will reverently lend an attentive 
 
 ear to our preparatory service.” 
 
 Gong, music, verse. Candidates proceed. 
 
 On they go with the scimiters waving over their heads. 
 
 Grand Potentate—“Who is he who hath professed to have conversed in 
 person with the Supreme and maketh himself mightiest of his Mohammed, 
 
 the Prophet of the Arab’s creed?” 
 
 Gong, music and short verse. Candidates proceed. 
 
 Are these words for a Christian? It is not Jesus Christ, 
 the Son of God, Advocate with the Father, but it is Moharn- 
 med. 
 
 Chief Rabban—“ Who but Mohammed mingled his religion with his 
 Hourii and said: Are not these the true sources of happiness? 
 
 Gong, music, verse. 
 
 Let us pause here, and invite the attention of every honest 
 Christian wife and mother to what the President of the United 
 States has assented to as “the true sources of happiness. 
 
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 Was the President deaf when these words were spoken in 
 praise of Mohammed, who mingled “his religion with his 
 Hourii.” 
 
 Take up the Century Dictionary and read the definition of 
 the word “houri.” It is this: “Among the Mohammedans, 
 a Nymph of Paradise. In the Koran the houris are repre¬ 
 sented as beautiful virgins, endowed with unfading youth, 
 and immunity from all disease. Their company is to form the 
 chief felicity of the faithful. 
 
 “‘Or thronging all one porch of Paradise, 
 
 A group of houris bowed to see 
 The dying Islamite, with hands and eyes 
 That said, We wait for thee.’ 
 
 “—Tennyson “ Palace of Art.” 
 
 Is this the faith of the gentle Christian lady who is mistress 
 of the White House, the Executive Mansion, at Washington? 
 
 Does she encourage her husband with the future delights of 
 the company of these harlots of the Mahommedan Paradise 
 as “the true sources of happiness?” 
 
 Every Christian lady should refuse to receive a man who 
 disgraces his manhood by avowing these “filthy dreams” as 
 his faith. It matters not what his rank, that man is disgraced. 
 
 Assistant Rabban—“ What shall befall them who have reflected with 
 abhorrence that which the Prophet hath revealed?” 
 
 I am one. I reflect with abhorrence upon the lies of 
 Mohammed. If I believed them, I should believe that not a 
 single woman here, or anywhere upon God’s earth, has an 
 immortal spirit. I should believe that you women were just 
 mere beasts, playthings of an hour or a day, and that you had 
 no eternity of being, and that when the monsters of brutal lust 
 were through with you, then you died like dogs, and that was 
 the end of you. That is Mohammed’s creed. Is that a right 
 creed for a Christian President or any other Christian man, or 
 an honest citizen, even, to support ? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Let him go to his wife with that creed, and I 
 would give her the advice now that she has a right to a divorce. 
 I would help her to get it, too. He is a dirty dog who really 
 avows the “revelations ” of the false prophet as his faith. He 
 is one of those of whom the apostle Jude writes: “Yet in like 
 manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set 
 at naught dominion, and rail at dignities (or glories), . . . like 
 the creatures without reason.” 
 
 But the Assistant Rabban continues: 
 
 “ Wherefore their works shall not avail; do they not travel through the 
 earth and see the end of those who were before them?” 
 
 Gong, music, verse. 
 
 Priest—“Why do unbelievers indulge themselves and eat as beasts; 
 shall not their portion be a torment? Appeal to the Prophets for the truth.” 
 
 Gong, music, verse. 
 
98 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Grand Potentate—“ To whom shall be meted out the boiling waters to 
 drink, that they shall burst their bowels and shall be cast into molten lava 
 to be consumed? The infidels who wait until the last hour of justice. 
 
 In the Creed of the Mohammedan the Christian is an infidel. 
 
 Gong, music, verse. . 
 
 Chief Rabban—“Let us be of the number of those who bathe in the 
 fountain of incorruptible waters and rivers of milk, the taste whereof 
 changeth not, and rivers of wine, pleasant and purifying to those who drink, 
 and enter into the vineyards where fruits rare and plenty ever abound, and 
 no evil exists.” 
 
 Dirty dog! He wants to drink milk and wine, and lie down 
 and loaf forever by the River of Life! 
 
 Gong, music, verse. . 
 
 Assistant Rabban—" He who follows the plain declaration of his dictator 
 will ever avoid those whose evil works have been dressed for them by the 
 Devil and who follow up their own lusts.” 
 
 And this cant is uttered in the face of what the Chief 
 Rabban has just said about “the true sources of happiness.” 
 
 UNBLUSHING MOHAMMEDANISM IN MYSTIC SHRINE. 
 
 Gong, music, verse. 
 
 Priest—“There are Moslems among us; there are others who swerve 
 from propriety; but whoso seeketh Islam earnestly seeks true direction; 
 but those who swerve from truth and justice shall merit and reap abun¬ 
 dance of chastisement.” 
 
 What kind of a thing is this for a Christian? 
 
 Gong, music, verse. 
 
 Grand Potentate—" Let us purify one another.” 
 
 I should think all the waters of Lake Michigan would not 
 purify them. (Laughter.) 
 
 “There are two highways to good and evil; attempt not the city of 
 destruction. Be ye all possessed of the faculty of distinguishing and the 
 power of choosing wickedness and piety. For the punishment of each will 
 be equal to the measure of his sin.” 
 
 Gong and music, until the candidates, arriving at the East, halt. 
 
 Grand Potentate—“Sons of the Desert, you have advanced through the 
 preliminary ceremonies of the Nobility of the Mystic Shrine, as far as it is 
 possible, unobligated. Before advancing further in your course you will be 
 required to assume a most powerful and binding oath, inseparably uniting 
 yourself with us, and when once taken it can never be retracted or departed 
 from. But, I assure you, therein is not contained a sentiment exceptionable 
 to all that may become an honest, upright man, be his beliefs what they 
 may. Are you willing to assume such an obligation?” 
 
 Candidates—“lam.” 
 
 Candidates are conducted around to the West and to the Altar of Obli¬ 
 gation amid sound of gong, drum and music. Kneel at altar with bound 
 arms leaning upon the top, heads bowed. Grand Potentate strikes thrice to 
 call all around the altar, and then to candidates: “Repeat after me.” 
 
 MOSLEM OATH OF THE MYSTIC SHRINER. 
 
 Here is the obligation, or part of it. I do not care to read 
 the whole of it. It is very long. 
 
 “ I do hereby, upon this Bible, and on the mysterious legend of the 
 Koran,”— 
 
 Now, that is the Mohammedan Bible, the Koran. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 99 
 
 “ I do hereby, upon this Bible, and on the mysterious legend of the Koran , 
 and its dedication to the Mohammedan faith , promise and swear and vow 
 on the faith and honor of an upright man, come weal or woe, adversity or 
 success, that I will never reveal any secret part or portion whatsoever of 
 the ceremonies I have already received, that are about to be communicated 
 to me,”— 
 
 He also promises to obey the laws and submit to the decrees 
 of the Parent Temple. That Parent Temple is in Syria (Turkey 
 in Asia), at Aleppo, it is said. He promises to obey the decrees 
 of the Parent Temple and also the Imperial Grand Council of 
 the United States of America, and so on. After a great deal 
 more of this stuff, he says: 
 
 GOD THE FATHER, JESUS THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT LEFT 
 
 OUT OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE. 
 
 “ In wilful violation whereof may I incur the fearful penalty of having 
 my eyeballs pierced to the center with a three-edged blade, my feet flayed 
 and I be forced to walk the hot sands upon the sterile shores of the Red 
 Sea until the flaming sun shall strike me with livid plague, and may Allah, 
 the god of Arab, Moslem and Mohammedan, the god of our fathers, support 
 me to the entire fulfilment of the same, Amen, Amen, Amen.” 
 
 Where is Jesus Christ there? Where is God the Father? 
 Where is the Holy Spirit? 
 
 Is this a pledge that the President of the United States 
 ought to have taken? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Did he not swear before the Ever Living God 
 when he took the oath of office? Did he not swear as a Chris¬ 
 tian man? Did the people elect a Mohammedan to office? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Did the people expect this man to swear a 
 Mohammedan oath? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Some may say that he did not mean it. If he 
 did not mean it, he was a fool to say it, and if he did mean it, 
 he was a liar, and deceived the people by representing himself 
 as a Christian, when he was a candidate for the presidency. 
 
 Grand Potentate—“ In token of your sincerity, salute the Sacred Book, 
 
 the Bible.” , . 
 
 Priest—“Unbind the Sons of the Desert. They are now of noble birth. 
 The rays of the hot, flaming sun upon the sterile shores of the Red Sea are 
 strong and more scathing than the hempen thong.” 
 
 Nobles are all seated by the Grand Potentate’s striking once. Candi¬ 
 dates are ordered to arise and their wrists are unbound. 
 
 Priest—“Our Oriental will now conduct the Sons of the Desert to our 
 purifying cavern in the South. It is the fountain of Mecca. Let them there 
 wash their hands in innocency, cleansing themselves of the snares of sin and 
 vice that may have surrounded them, and let them be returned to us free 
 from the stains of iniquity.” 
 
 What muck! What can cleanse away our sin? 
 
 Voices—“The blood of Jesus.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—What can make us whole again? 
 
 Voices—“Nothing but the blood of Jesus.” 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—What cleanseth from all sin? 
 
 Voices—“Nothing but the blood of Jesus.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—But these traitors or fools, or both, say, “It is 
 the fountain of Mecca—go there and come back free.” 
 
 Grand Potentate—“ My friends, it is with pleasure that I extend to you 
 the greeting of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and congratulate you upon 
 having thus far passed the ceremonies of our order.” 
 
 “ With this admonition I yield you up to our Guide and his cohorts, who 
 will conduct you to the anteroom and blindfold you, and one by one you 
 will be subjected to the Moslem test of courage.” 
 
 DEATH SOMETIMES THE RESULT OF MYSTIC SHRINE SECRET WORK. 
 
 “ And should an unforeseen disaster come, we are in duty bound to honor 
 and protect those who are left near and dear to you.” 
 
 A noble of the Mystic Shrine did die during initiation not 
 long ago, in Minneapolis. A very large sum of money had 
 to be paid to buy off the widow by these scoundrels who broke 
 his neck. 
 
 The following is a letter which I read to you during a dis¬ 
 course on Secret Societies delivered in this Tabernacle, Lord’s 
 Day afternoon, May 23, 1897: 
 
 My Dear Dr. Dowie :—I understand you are to have an anti-Secret 
 Society meeting next Sunday. I would like to call your attention to an 
 incident that happened last December in Minneapolis. 
 
 A man died while being initiated into the Mystic Shrine. One who 
 was present told me that the man was blindfolded, and they put a big pair 
 of duck pants on him. To this they attached a rope with a pulley over¬ 
 head. He was then pulled up to the rafters, about twenty-five feet, when 
 the trigger was let go, and the man dropped into a blanket held by several. 
 When he dropped he was dead. 
 
 The Coroner and several doctors being present, went to work and held 
 a post-mortem examination and decided that the man died from heart 
 failure. 
 
 The Coroner was one of the men who assisted in his murder. The doc¬ 
 tors had assisted in his murder, and right there in the place where the man 
 died they held an inquest, and they got a jury to agree upon that verdict: 
 that the man had died of heart failure. They took the man’s body home 
 by a special train. They buried him with honors, and they got the poor 
 miserable widow of the man to sign a letter of thanks to them for murdering 
 her husband. 
 
 The Grand Potentate then continues: 
 
 “ Ere you depart, we bid you God-speed and adieu.” 
 
 Priest (approaching to East and raising both hands)—“And may Adah 
 protect and support you, that you be not cast into ‘ al hotama’ (hell). Now 
 let our secret vaults open to their width, that the vapors of damp stagna¬ 
 tion may pass away. Open the passage to the desert and disperse our 
 trusty Arabs in full array for the Moslem test. Away!” 
 
 Candidates conducted out under solemn music to be prepared for the 
 second section. 
 
 Each candidate is in the custody of an Arabic soldier. They are seated 
 and a drawing of lots takes place if there is more than one candidate, and 
 each takes his turn for initiation. They are put through blindfolded, 1, 2, 
 and 3, etc., according to number, six being the highest number actually 
 initiated any one night. The others, if any, are secretly taken aside, the 
 blinder removed, and they witness the initiation of the others and have only 
 to take the obligations themselves. 
 
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 IOI 
 
 In the Preparation Room they are told: “A rough and rugged road is 
 before you, and it is beset with danger and with difficulties. Your life will 
 be threatened, and you may loose it. But remember those who die in the 
 faith will be resurrected in glory; thereiore summon to your aid courage— 
 that truly Masonic qualification, that puts on a fearless and courageous 
 attitude; that scorns the acts of a coward, who but apes the conduct of a 
 hero. Therefore suffer yourselves to be initiated with all the forms and 
 ceremonies of this ancient and honorable institution. Do you all assent to 
 this trial of fortitude—that truly Masonic qualification?” 
 
 Candidates—“ 1 do.” 
 
 Nos. i, 2 and 3 are first led into the room with hands pinioned behind 
 them, blindfolded; when they are put on the journey over the “ Hot Sand” 
 (rugged road), each with an Arab Soldier on each side, pricking him with 
 his saber to hurry him along, and when one falls down, a whack with the 
 flat of a saber causes him to arise. After they have gone around two or 
 three times two are selected to escape enemies who they are told are 
 approaching on a mission of murdering all. 
 
 The next is the most shameful; but whose is the shame, 
 mine for reading it or theirs for doing it? 
 
 Voices—“Theirs for doing it.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I will put them to shame. Ought I not to? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I am ashamed to do it, but I will do it: for I 
 believe God calls upon me to do it—cost what it will. God’s 
 Word declares that we are to “have no fellowship with the 
 Unfruitful Works of Darkness, but rather even reprove (or 
 convict) them; for the things which are done by them in 
 secret it is a shame even to speak of.” 
 
 And yet to make the “reproof” effectual, and to convict 
 the hypocrites, there are times when God’s Messenger must 
 speak of these things. Fear seems to paralyze every 
 tongue. 
 
 This is the time when the Works of Darkness must be 
 “ convicted.” 
 
 FOUL, VULGAR AND DISGUSTING RITE IN THE MYSTIC SHRINE. 
 
 The bung-hole test. The large metal cylinder is then produced, 
 stretched out about thirty feet. Each candidate is asked if he ever was 
 called a coward, or turned his back on an enemy. He is prompted to say, 
 “No; I perform all I undertake, and never back down or out.” They are 
 then led to opposite ends of the big cylinder, caused to enter,— 
 
 Just think of President McKinley crawling in! (Laughter.) 
 
 They are then led to opposite ends of the big cylinder, caused to enter 
 and are told to hurry up, as the enemy is approaching. The center of the 
 cylinder contains a strong network of cord or wire, preventing either from 
 passing through. They meet in the middle of the cylinder and strive to 
 pass each other, while the Arabs pound on the outside with clubs and swords 
 till they are satisfied, when they slide an opening in the door and ask if they 
 wish to go on or back out. They of course back down and out, when they 
 are given a lecture on their assurance, and told never to be too sure of a 
 thing till they have tried it. They are one by one taken into another apart¬ 
 ment, often stretched out on a plank to rest. 
 
 Now, I just hate to do this in this Tabernacle of the Most 
 High God, where Christ is proclaimed, and the Holy Spirit 
 
102 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 has brought multitudes to find in God a full salvation for spirit, 
 soul and body. 
 
 While in this position a small dog, or one who can imitate a dog, is 
 caused to give a sharp yelp, just after a few drops of warm water have been 
 squirted on the candidate’s face, with the remark, “Take that dog out, he 
 has just-ed in the face of Mr. —* 
 
 Is that not shameful? Oh my God, is it not disgusting? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Women! women! Will you ever have any¬ 
 thing to do with the Mystic Shriners? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 —then a general laugh takes place and the candidate is shown the trick. 
 
 Truly, truly is it written that “ Fools make a mock of Sin.” 
 
 But there won’t be a “general laugh” before the Great 
 White Throne of God on the Day of Judgment. 
 
 You wretches can laugh each other into hell, but you cannot 
 laugh yourselves out. 
 
 The “Bumper” is next used. A box about six feet high; perpendicular 
 on one side, and concave on the other side. A ladder is then placed on the 
 concave side. The candidate ascends the ladder and is seated on the top, 
 his legs hanging over the concave side, T hen he is told to take hold of the 
 end of a large rope, about two feet long, held up by a small string or thread. 
 He is told under no circumstances to let go of the rope, which he firmly 
 grasps, when the box falls to pieces, and he is shot down the concave side 
 of the box, thumping his head and buttocks on a partition that is fixed to 
 receive him. 
 
 Elegant position for the President of the United States, is 
 it not? My good Lord! What a disgrace! 
 
 He is then conducted to the Grand Potentate, whom he is commanded 
 to approach with humble and great reverence, stooping very low on his 
 knees, his head near the ground, his buttocks elevated, where he receives 
 the “ Grand Salaam,” that is a blow, on his buttocks with two pieces of board— 
 
 What a dignified position for the President of the United 
 States. (Laughter.) Did he really receive the Grand Salaam? 
 
 FURTHER AND STILL MORE WICKED AND SHAMEFUL SECRET WORK. 
 
 —between which are placed some torpedoes that explode with a loud 
 report when they come together. This is called the Grand Salaam, or 
 stroke of introduction. He is then introduced to the u>rand Potentate, 
 near whom is a galvanic battery, so arranged (under the carpet) that when 
 the candidate is introduced to the Grand Potentate, he receives a severe 
 electric shock. All those to whose lot it fell, in the casting of lots, are 
 allowed to come into the room and be seated. 
 
 After a social meeting with the members, each of which pass arouna 
 the room and are personally introduced to the officers and members present 
 as well as the Arabian soldiers, two of the best boxers are left with the 
 candidate talking, when one says to the other, “I will bet you a dollar that I 
 can guess nearer to this brother’s age than you can.” The other takes the 
 bet. The money is placed in the hands of another Noble. The bettor, 
 after they have made some ridiculous guesses, asks the age of the person. 
 When he tells his age, they get into a quarrel about it; each gives the other 
 the lie. A challenge is then given and accepted. A ring is formed, two of 
 the candidates are chosen as seconds, and as soon as the gloves are pro¬ 
 duced (large boxing gloves) the Grand Potentate appears, stops the fight, 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. IO3 
 
 fines each of the fighters One Hundred Dollars, and declares that the sec¬ 
 onds (candidates) must fight it out for their respective clients. That is, 
 supposing A and B to be professional boxers, A’s second must fight with B, 
 and B’s second with A. 
 
 RUFFIANLY SPORT OF MYSTIC SHRINERS. 
 
 A ring is formed and the novice candidates, meeting, of course, with 
 some skilled Noble, get some rather hard knocks, which the Nobles and 
 other candidates enjoy. 
 
 While the fighting is going on, some Noble makes complaint that he 
 has been robbed, his pocket picked. He had previously put a package or 
 some valuable article in the pocket or clothes of one of the candidates. A 
 general search follows; the stolen property is found on a candidate, 
 who has not been exercised much, and he is at once charged with the theft, 
 is pitched onto by two or three of the Nobles, roughly hustled out of the 
 room for trial, stripped of his clothing except a pair of drawers; he is then 
 blindfolded, and after being led around the room, is seated on a large 
 sponge filled with ice water, when the news comes that he has been forgiven 
 ori account of his good character, which has just been received by tele¬ 
 graph (possibly from Washington!); he is led out and invested with his 
 former clothing. 
 
 While the foregoing is being enacted, candidates who have escaped 
 the prize fight, etc., are conducted into another room, where they either 
 find several members disguised as women, or find them discussing an 
 expected visit of “Lady Nobles of the Shrine,” or they are squarely told 
 that there is to be such a visit that eve 7 iiiig , and a committee may be 
 appointed to receive them in a proper manner. 
 
 UNSPEAKABLE FILTHINESS IN THOUGHT, WORD AND DEED. 
 
 Candidate is stripped to shirt, drawers and slippers, blindfolded, and 
 led around the room several times, when he is halted. 
 
 Conductor—“This is the place where our brethren stop to sprinkle the 
 Devil’s Pass with urine. You will contribute a few drops of urine to com¬ 
 memorate the time and place where all who pass here renounce the wiles 
 and evils of the world to worship at the Shrine of Islam. Only a few drops 
 will do.” 
 
 Candidate begins to obey instructions, when the blinder is jerked from 
 his eyes and he beholds before him a group disguised as women, with 
 bonneted faces and capes showing, the rest of their bodies hid by a screen. 
 He is allowed to escape from the room amid a roar of laughter from the 
 onlookers. 
 
 Is that not shameful? I ask again—I have asked it whilst 
 preparing this discourse, and especially all this day—can it be 
 that William McKinley, President of the United States, did 
 these things when he was initiated as a Mystic Shriner, or was 
 even present and saw them done to a fellow candidate? If he 
 did either, how can we feel any other than that the most hor¬ 
 rible disgrace has come upon the whole land? How can any 
 honest man ever vote for such a man again? I hate to say it, 
 but it is voting for a man who has gone down into the 
 depths of low, disgusting vice and dishonoring his own man¬ 
 hood. 
 
 The many thousands of Zion voted for him, almost, if not 
 quite, to a man, at the last presidential election, approving of 
 his financial and fiscal policy. 
 
104 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 But, should he become a candidate again this year, how can 
 I ask Christian men to vote for him and Christian women to 
 pray for his success? 
 
 I simply cannot if he remains amongst these incarnate 
 devils, and dirty devils at that, who have the impudence to 
 call themselves “Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.” 
 
 The whole thing continues, and there is a sham Execution. 
 There is blood for blood and life for life. There is a Vigilance 
 Inquisition; one of the candidates being mock-beheaded. 
 
 A member masquerading as a woman has a crescent cut 
 upon his bare breast. The blood seems to be running out. 
 They drink the so-called blood, which is red wine. 
 
 MOCK EXECUTIONS IN THE MYSTIC SHRINE. 
 
 Priest (holding up sceptre)—“And now may justice, peace and mercy 
 abide with you. Strike!” The axe falls, culprit tumbles on floor, execu¬ 
 tioner stoops, lifts black cloth from false head and covers head of culprit, 
 seizes false head by hair, raises it to view and exclaims: “Nemesis!” 
 
 Candidate is hoodwinked and made to approach the block and lay his 
 head upon it. 
 
 Priest—" Hold! Executioner, mark this stranger’s neck with the scime- 
 ter, but do not slay him.” 
 
 The headsman slaps the candidate on the neck with a damp towel and 
 he is at once taken by force and placed in the hammock or canvas, carried 
 and placed in a coffin at the East end of the catafalque, while the culprit 
 and the head are borne into an outer room. Officers all return. 
 
 Potentate—“Thus doth the evil doer and the malefactor meet with 
 * Nemesis ’ at the Inquisition of Mystic Shrine, and it now becomes our duty 
 to deposit the result of our vigilance in the tomb, isolated from the eyes of 
 the meddling world, a fit abiding place for the remains of the unfaithful. 
 Most Noble Oriental Guide, lest the secret clasp of our Mystic Catafalque 
 be prematurely known to our novices, let them be again hoodwinked, that 
 their hearts may be taught secrecy and their tongues silence, ere they are 
 entrusted with the secrets of the Mystic Shrine.” 
 
 Candidates all blindfolded. The coffin is then stood on end or placed 
 at an angle with head on chair, at end of table or tomb, toward the East; 
 the block and executioner placed at the West side. The culprit again 
 elevated by the noose, skeleton executioner at his side; the woman seated 
 at the North; officers and members gathered around table in tableaux and 
 lights turned up; black cloth and frame removed from banquet table and 
 all is in readiness for the finale. 
 
 Grand Potentate—“ Now let us rejoice that iniquity has lain her proud 
 idol in the dust and that justice has triumphed over sin. And ever thus let 
 our light so shine before men that they may behold our good works.” 
 
 That is a blasphemous misapplication of the words of Jesus.* 
 This is the order of the Mystic Shrine. 
 
 I have a statement made by one of these Mystic Shriners 
 that in Cincinnati there were no less than twenty ministers of 
 the Gospel present at a Banquet following a gathering of 
 Mystic Shriners in that city. 
 
 HORRID SCENES AT MYSTIC SHRINE BANQUET. 
 
 Gong; hoodwinks removed; music and general jubilee at banquet. 
 Candidate is provided and eats and drinks from coffin, the culprit also from 
 the gallows, as also the female, still in costume, at the North, etc. 
 
 After general banquet the meeting is closed in a formal manner. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. IO5 
 
 Had these twenty ministers of the Gospel any place there? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Were they not traitors to God and to His Son, 
 Jesus Christ? 
 
 Audience—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—And of the Gospel that they profess. 
 
 Will Overseer Mason, who knows the facts, kindly tell me 
 some of the things which were provided for those who were 
 present, including the twenty so-called “ministers of the 
 Gospel?” 
 
 Overseer Mason—“One bottle of Mumm’s extra dry cham¬ 
 pagne ; one bottle of wine ; one bottle of beer; three good cigars.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Three infernal cigars (laughter) at each plate. 
 
 Elder Stevens—“ Doctor, when the Mystic Shriners met at 
 Detroit, the Cadillac put in eleven new bartenders and the 
 Russell nineteen bartenders. I saw ten ministers I knew march¬ 
 ing with the Mystic Shriners on the street.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—To whom have the ministers of the churches 
 gone when they patronize these abominations? 
 
 Audience—“The Devil.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I declare to you before my God tonight I never 
 felt so ashamed in all my life; but I vowed before Him that I 
 would tell this thing, and that I would tell it in the House of 
 God to the shame of the President of the United States, if he 
 continues to be a Mystic Shriner, and to the eternal disgrace 
 of every minister who has joined in this infernal thing. I do 
 not care if I lose my own head for doing it, I will tell it, and I 
 will print it. 
 
 Are not these Degrees of Devilry? 
 
 Audience—“ Yes.” 
 
 CALL. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Every one in this house who hates and renounces 
 all these works of darkness, stand and tell God so. (With some 
 exceptions, the audience arose.) 
 
 I am ashamed to see some women sitting. Shame to the 
 men who are sitting. I think it still more shameful for the 
 women. 
 
 PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. 
 
 My God and Father, in Jesus’ Name I come to Thee. Take me as I 
 am. Make me what I ought to be, in spirit, in soul, in body. Give me 
 power to do right, to abstain from all association with these infernal works 
 of darkness; to reprove them, to destroy them to the utmost extent of my 
 power. Have mercy upon the wicked men, and worse women, who associ- 
 ate themselves with such things, for Jesus’ sake. Have mercy upon men in 
 this audience tonight who are ministerially corrupt and are sitting still, 
 r or Jesus sake take away these false shepherds, and destroy these false 
 churches, and save the people, in Jesus Name. Amen. (All repeat the 
 prayer, clause by clause, after Dr. Dowie.) 
 
 Did you mean it? 
 
 Audience—“ Yes.” 
 
106 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Will you stand by me in this fight? 
 
 Audience_“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—May God help you. (Amen.) 
 
 I have never felt so angry in all my life as I have felt 
 tonight. I feel I have been tricked and deceived into helping 
 to put into the chair of the United States a man who could be 
 guilty of this thing. I am ashamed of it. Let what I have 
 
 said go to Washington. . 
 
 Tens of thousands of Zion’s friends will wait and watch to 
 see what the Mystic Shriner in the Executive Mansion at 
 Washington will do. 
 
 Their future action will depend upon his. 
 
 If he is silent, and makes no signs of repentance, I believe 
 that not ci single vote will be cast for him by them again if he is a 
 
 presidential candidate. . . £ , . 
 
 He owes God and the Nation a public renunciation ot this 
 abominable compound of Masonry, Mohammedanism and 
 Mystic filth. 
 
 As God’s Messenger, I demand it. 
 
 The meeting was closed by Dr. Dowie pronouncing the 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 
 Beloved, abstain from all appearance of evil, and may the very God of 
 Peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole Spirit and 
 Soul and Body be preserved entire, without blame unto the corning ot our 
 Lord Tesus Christ; faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it; the 
 grace of our Lord Jesus, the love of God our Father, the fellowship of the 
 Holy Spirit, our Comforter and Guide; one Eternal God, abide in you, bless 
 you and keep you, and all the Israel of God everywhere, forever. Amen. 
 
 SIXTH DISCOURSE. 
 
 Central Zion Tabernacle, Thursday Evening, May 17, 1900. 
 
 The meeting was opened by singing. 
 
 SCRIPTURE READING AND EXPOSITION. 
 
 The General Overseer then read in the Gospel according to 
 St. Matthew, twenty-sixth chapter, beginning at the thirty- 
 sixth verse, and commenting as follows upon the fifty-sixth 
 verse: 
 
 But all this is come to pass, that the Scriptures of the prophets might 
 be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left Him and fled. 
 
 What a terrible word that is. Every one of them forsook 
 Him and fled. Bonds, Tortures, and Death were there, and 
 they could not face it. Can we? It will come to that. 
 
 The Theocratic Principle is ineradicable in Christianity; for 
 Christianity demands the preaching of the Gospel of the 
 Kingdom of God, the declaration of the Supremacy of Christ. 
 
 Christianity demands a practical embodiment of theocratic 
 practice, and we say: “We will never rest content until the 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. tOy 
 
 Law of God is inscribed in the statute book of every nation 
 under heaven, and is the Supreme Law.” 
 
 The World will never stand that. The World will fight it. 
 It must fight it. The Flesh will never stand that; the Devil 
 will never stand it. The consequence is, that true Christianity 
 will arouse an antagonism which will compel the Devil, as his 
 last resort, to do what he has done so long: to kill. 
 
 Where will we be then? 
 
 I think I know. I have not run away yet, and I have never 
 felt it in my heart to run away. 
 
 I have heard the whizz of the bullet very close to my ear. 
 
 Where will we be should the trial come? We do know the 
 Kingdom of God will not be established upon this earth peace¬ 
 fully. “You can establish a Methodist Church peacefully any¬ 
 where, and the Devil will give a large subscription. 
 
 As I read, that scene tonight is very real to to me. It hap¬ 
 pened only yesterday: 
 
 One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as 
 one day. 
 
 These things happened in God’s Yesterday. 
 
 They will happen again in God’s Today. 
 
 Beyond lies the Forever with the Lord and Eternal Victory. 
 
 Prayer was then offered by Overseer Mason; also by the 
 General Overseer. 
 
 The announcements were then made, during the course of 
 which the General Overseer made the following remarks: 
 
 Now, one of the things which the Freemasons and others 
 say concerning those of our number who are exposing diaboli¬ 
 cal wickedness in these systems is: How can you believe a 
 man who breaks his oath? 
 
 HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE A MAN WHO KEPT A MASONIC OATH? 
 
 That is a much more pertinent question. Would it not have 
 been better if Herod had broken his bad oath? 
 
 Audience—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Would it not be a wicked thing for a man to 
 keep an oath of that kind? 
 
 Audience—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—That is the kind of an oath a Freemason takes, 
 an oath to murder, an oath to kill. It is wicked to make it, 
 and it is still more wicked to keep it. I am going to show on 
 this night week that it is godly to break it. 
 
 The vilest thing a man can do is to say that he will not 
 break an oath, or break a promise. I will break every promise 
 which the Devil has tricked me into making. 
 
 Break every bad oath you ever made. 
 
 If you have promised to break your wife’s head, break the 
 oath, but do not break her head. (Laughter.) 
 
Io8 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 What a ridiculous thing it is to suppose that when a man 
 finds that he has made a bad oath, he cannot back out of it. 
 If he does not, he is a sinner. 
 
 BETRAYERS WHO KISS THE CHRIST, AND SELL 
 
 HIM TO HIS ENEMIES. 
 
 The General Overseer then delivered the following discourse: 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be accept¬ 
 able in Thy sight, and profitable unto this people, oh Lord, my Strength and 
 my Redeemer. 
 
 I will use for my text these words in the twenty-sixth 
 chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, the forty- 
 ninth verse: 
 
 TEXT. 
 
 And straightway he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Rabbi; and kissed 
 Him. 
 
 The first word in the first oath of the Masonic order is 
 “Hail,” the word of the betrayer, Judas Iscariot. 
 
 The Entered Apprentice when he takes the oath, says; “I 
 will always Hail,” after the introductory words. 
 
 He says : 
 
 I do most solemnly and sincerly promise and swear that I will always 
 Hail, ever conceal and never reveal any of the secret arts, parts or points 
 of the hidden mysteries of Freemasonry. 
 
 THE FIRST WORD IN JUDAS* BETRAYAL THE FIRST WORD IN 
 
 THE MASONIC OATH. 
 
 Do you not think it is very significant that the word which 
 was the first word in the betrayal of our Lord and Master 
 Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane by the apostate 
 hypocrite, thief, liar and betrayer, Judas Iscariot, should 
 be the first word of the Oath in the First Degree of Free¬ 
 masonry? 
 
 “I will always Hail; I will always kiss my Master in the 
 Methodist pulpit on the Sunday, and I will be sure to betray 
 Him every chance I get all the week. I will always Hail.” 
 
 I take tonight just that word “Hail” for my text. 
 
 Is it true that Masonic professed Christians, be they laymen 
 or be they officers or Bishops—is it true that in Masonry they 
 betray their Master with a kiss? 
 
 Is it true that in Masonry they are selling Him to His 
 enemies? 
 
 One of our number was met by a Freemason today. Our 
 brother has taken part in this Church before in exposing Free¬ 
 masonry, and he is going to take part again. This Mason told 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. IO9 
 
 him that his friends wanted to warn him ere he went too far 
 in breaking his Masonic vow. This man was an Introductory, 
 Consistory and Mystic Shriner, the last of which, as we showed 
 you on Tuesday night, is the dirtiest Shrine of all the filthy 
 Shrines of Secretism. 
 
 What kind of a man was this who brought the threat to 
 Conductor Rice? He is an avowed Buddhist. An American 
 by birth, I suppose, he does not hesitate to vow that he is a 
 Buddhist. And yet Methodist ministers in Chicago have the 
 audacity and mendacity to say that Masonry promotes Chris¬ 
 tianity. 
 
 There is no real personal God in Buddhism. How can 
 there be, when the whole object and aim is to get into a 
 state of unconscious existence called Nirvana, in which a 
 man shall pass away and be lost as a drop of water is in the 
 ocean? 
 
 I do not blame such a man half so much as I do those who 
 are associated with him in Masonry and who, hypocritically for 
 the most part, profess to be Christians. 
 
 WHAT DOES BETRAYING OUR MASTER WITH A KISS IN THESE 
 
 DAYS MEAN? 
 
 What does selling Him to His enemies mean? 
 
 Suppose I stand here tonight and plead in the Name of the 
 Lord Jesus Christ for your Repentance toward God, for your 
 Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, for your Obedience to Him. 
 Suppose that I told you, as I have so often told you, that the 
 one thing which God demands is an absolute, unquestioning 
 allegiance to our Lord Jesus Christ, and that Christ is All and 
 in All, the Alpha and Omega; that He is the Way to the 
 Father. Suppose I told you that there was only this One Medi¬ 
 ator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus, and that He 
 is the Propitiation for our sins; and not for our sins only, but 
 also for the sins of the whole world. Suppose I taught that in 
 Him was life, and that He was the Eternal God, the Word who 
 became flesh, and that there is no other Name among men 
 given under heaven whereby we must be saved. Is that not 
 the teaching of professed Christian ministers in the denomi¬ 
 nations? 
 
 Audience—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Yet many a man of them walks away from the 
 place where he has proclaimed these truths, and the very next 
 night walks into a room, divested of all the clothing with 
 which he entered, clothed in the miserable underwear which 
 the lodge provides, with the cable-tow around his neck, and a 
 hoodwink on his eyes. There he declares that he comes in 
 “darkness, helplessness and ignorance, having been wandering 
 amid the errors and covered over with the pollutions of the 
 
IIO ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 outward and profane world,” now inquiring at the door of a 
 Masonic Lodge seeking the* new birth; regeneration in whose 
 name? In the Name of Jesus Christ? 
 
 Audience—“No.” . . , , 
 
 Dr Dowie—In a name which is never mentioned by a 
 
 Christian. It is named by a traitor; it is named by a betrayer; 
 it is named by one who sells Christ to His enemies, but it 
 is never named, except in utmost abhorrence and contempt, by 
 a Christian—the name, the omnific name, Mah-hah-bone! 
 
 All the ceremonies are to represent—what? What I read 
 to you last Tuesday, the Point within the Circle, the Phallic 
 
 ^ The horrible embodiment of brutal lust of that Point within 
 the Circle is his religion, yea, it is his god Lust, damning, 
 hell-born Lust—the worship of the animal nature. 
 
 FREEMASONRY IS SUN-WORSHIP. 
 
 The sun is represented in astronomy by that symbol. The 
 sun is taken as one of the symbols of creative powers. That 
 is what is worshiped in the East at the feet of the Worship u 
 Master, and in the South and at the West as the sun travels 
 
 its course. 
 
 It is so avowed by the Masons themselves. Those who are 
 honest do not even pretend for a moment that there is any 
 
 recognition of Christianity in Masonry. ,, , 
 
 Mackey says that the Brahman, the Buddhist, the Moham¬ 
 medan, the heathen, stands upon an equal platform with the 
 Christian in the lodge, and that the religion of Fremasonry 
 antedates Christianity, and has for its gospel the lex nature, the 
 
 law of nature. . , u 
 
 Is it not betraying the Christ with a kiss, when a man pub¬ 
 licly professes Christianity, and then in the lodge-room passes 
 from degree to degree until he has gone through the whole 
 wearisome thirty-three, like Bishop Mallejieu, Bishop Fow er, 
 and Bishop Joyce, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, like 
 
 others in all the apostate churches? 
 
 When a man has gone through thirty-three of these inter¬ 
 nal degrees, each taking him to a lower depth of devilry than 
 the one before, has he not betrayed his Master? 
 
 Audience—^ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Is he not selling Him to His enemies? 
 
 Audience—“Yes.” , , 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I know nothing at all about what betrayal 
 
 means, or selling the Master means, if that is not true. 
 
 Hence it is today that we see churches which once were 
 renowned for spiritual power become so void of that power 
 that even their hypocritical Bishops are compelled to confess 
 it, as did Bishop Fowler in that address, shamefully entitled 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 111 
 
 “The Seal of the Covenant: a Call to Humiliation and Prayer,” 
 which preceded this Conference. They have the effrontery to 
 tell us that they are the champions of Christianity when they 
 confess that they are retreating in the face of Christ’s ene¬ 
 mies, and that the pathway is paved with the dead. 
 
 They have sold Him to His enemies; they have betrayed 
 Him with a kiss. They have made a mock of weeping over 
 the results, and then gone on with their devilry. 
 
 It will be a marvel if any man becomes a Bishop at this 
 General Conference who is not a Freemason. I do not think 
 it is possible. At all events he will not be an avowed opponent 
 of Masonry. 
 
 I do not think that there is a sensible man or woman here 
 tonight who will say other than that a professed Christian 
 minister, Bishop or anything else you like, who has taken these 
 foul oaths, and put himself into these foul hands, has betrayed 
 his Master with the very word of that obligation, “I will always 
 Hail. I will always cry Hail, Master, and kiss Him and hand 
 Him over to His enemies.” 
 
 It was a deed of darkness when Judas came into that Geth- 
 semane, and said “ Hail, Master.” Their secret work is a deed 
 of darkness: for it is always in darkness that they perform their 
 ceremonies. Even when it is daylight they veil themselves 
 from the sun. They darken their rooms, and they blindfold 
 their candidate. They lead him around in disgraceful attire to 
 worship at the disgusting shrine of Baal. They have even 
 added to it the shrine of Mohammed, as we saw in examining 
 the Ritual of the Mystic Shrine this week. 
 
 Let us register our vow tonight, that we shall never cease 
 to protest against this foul blot upon humanity, and this hor¬ 
 rible betrayal of the Christ, and this shameful selling of Him to 
 H is enemies. 
 
 WHY I WITNESS AGAINST THIS BETRAYAL OF CHRIST. 
 
 “What business is it of yours, Dr. Dowie?” asks some one. 
 
 What, business is it of mine? Am I not Christ’s minister? 
 Did He not send me as His Messenger, and am I here to see 
 the people dragged down to hell by this horrible thing, and 
 say nothing? 
 
 Am I to stand by and see millions of sincere and earnest 
 Christians in these churches who have sought the Lord earnestly, 
 betrayed by their leaders, dragged down and sold out to the 
 World, the Flesh and the Devil, and say nothing? 
 
 What kind of a man would you think me to be if I saw my 
 brother’s house burning, and I did not cry Fire? What kind of 
 a man would I be, if I did not leap forward, and endeavor to 
 rescue from the flames those who would be burned to death, when 
 the flames reached them? 
 
112 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 What kind of a man would I be if I did not wish to awaken 
 the sleepers and cry, “Awake! the house is on fire! Quick! 
 Get out”? It would be my duty to drag them out , if necessary, 
 even if I tore some of their clothes in doing so. 
 
 If I did not do it, I should be a murderer. If I had a voice 
 to speak, and a hand to move, and I stood still for fear that 
 my hands might be burned, I should be guilty of murder. 
 
 A STORY OF AN OWNER’S APATHY WHILE HIS HOUSE BURNED. 
 
 I had my home and headquarters for three years at a certain 
 village near this city, a center of Methodist hypocrisy and 
 apostasy, and I never received the commonest courtesy from a 
 single Methodist minister living there. It is a Valley of Dry 
 
 Bones. . , . , 
 
 One day a fire took place within two doors ot my house. 
 
 There was a street between, but a large hotel at the corner. It 
 was only a frame-work hotel, and near that there was a house 
 
 which took fire. . 
 
 I saw the people in the hotel, in great alarm, throwing their 
 
 things out of the window, and running out into the street. 
 
 I saw the smoke and flames ascending. I thought that hotel 
 was on fire. It was very cold weather, below zero, and scarcely 
 stopping to button my overcoat I rushed across the street, 
 drawing on my gioves as I went. W hen I got there I found 
 the fire was in a house beyond the hotel. 
 
 I found the people of the house, not at all alarmed, stand¬ 
 ing looking on with perfect apathy. I did not know at the 
 time that they were people who owned the house. Then I saw 
 some of them taking out a few pictures and things of that 
 kind. The fire was making rapid headway. 
 
 By this time the fire brigade, such as it was, came up, but 
 there were only two or three of them, and there were not 
 enough men to take care of the hose. I helped screw on one 
 of the hose, and to get it to work. There was nobody else to 
 take it, apparently. I ran into a back-yard and climbed up on 
 a fence and on to the top of an outhouse, and began to play on 
 this fire. ( Laughter.) 
 
 I directed streams of water on the right spots, and I began 
 
 to put out the fire. . 
 
 A man came around and said, “What are you doing? 
 
 “ I am putting out the fire,” I said. “What are you doing?” 
 I was told that this man was connected with the house. 
 
 I helped to put out the fire, and made such a fuss about it 
 that the firemen moved a little quicker, and between us all we 
 got the fire under. 
 
 I never saw such disappointed people as the owners of that 
 house. (Laughter.) I was astonished. I did not expect 
 much in the way of thanks. I did not do it for thanks. 1 did 
 
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 it because it was neighborly and right, and I did not want all 
 the people in the hotel to lose all their things, or any one to 
 be injured by exposure to that cruelly cold weather. There 
 were many little children and some sick and old people there. 
 I did not want the fire to extend to my own house. 
 
 I thought I was doing a kind act in helping my neighbor to 
 put it out, but I was altogether wrong; my neighbor had appar¬ 
 ently expected to get the whole of the insurance. Now he was 
 only going to get a part of it. (Laughter.) 
 
 PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THE FIRES OF SIN PUT OUT. 
 
 There are a great many professed Christians who are very 
 angry with me because I am putting the fire of Baal-worship 
 out. They do not want it put out. They want to get their 
 insurance from the Gehenna Mutual Masonic Provident 
 Association, of which the Honorable Mr. Beelzebub is General 
 Manager. 
 
 Or it may be that they are insured in the Mutual Pro¬ 
 tection and Benefit Association of the World, the Flesh and 
 the Devil, of which Bishop Facing-both-ways is the Chap¬ 
 lain. 
 
 They do not want the fire put out, and they are mad at me. 
 They want the fire to burn on. The fact is, they set the house 
 on fire. They are the children of the Devil. They do not want 
 you to fight the fire, and they are not in earnest. When you put 
 out the flames, when you destroy evil things, and fight sin, dis¬ 
 ease, death and hell, you get no help from these Methodists, 
 and people of that kind. 
 
 They say, “What are you making such a fuss about? Why 
 can you not let it burn out?” 
 
 We do not propose to let this fire go on, do we? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—May God help us. We are going to do what 
 we can to prevent the fire spreading further. 
 
 I feel very much tonight the need of great wisdom in 
 revising the proofs of last Sunday’s discourse. It has all to be 
 gone over, every word, every letter, every comma, every par¬ 
 agraph, everything put right. These proofs are called galley 
 proofs, and I sometimes say I am a galley-slave for the time 
 being. I keep rowing, keep rowing, and keep rowing all the 
 night. When the morning comes the galleys are all transferred 
 into Leaves of Healing, which is Zion on Wings. 
 
 That is what Deaconess Marie Brieger sitting there does. 
 She gets into the galleys and toils over that German edition. 
 And so with Evangelist Pos over the Holland edition. But 
 after our toils, we have this satisfaction, that God takes the 
 Little White Dove and uses it to men and women on every 
 continent,. 
 
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 When it has spread its wings it is a galleon which bears to 
 distant lands better things than these Spanish galleons of 
 old bore: spices and pearls and rubies and gold—it bears the 
 Everlasting Gospel. 
 
 I am so thankful when I hear how the Germans and Dutch, 
 and people all over the earth receive it. 
 
 PEOPLE ARE NOT IN EARNEST. 
 
 The people whom we expected to receive it do not receive 
 it. That is just it: they are not in earnest in putting out the 
 fire. They never were in earnest, and we have to find that out. 
 It is a sore trial to find it out. 
 
 Why, they seem to fear that if the fire were put out they 
 would have nothing else to do; they want the fire to keep 
 burning. 
 
 In a certain town they were talking of disbanding the fire 
 brigade because there was nothing for them to do. It was a 
 great loss to the town to keep it. Within the next week there 
 were many fires. They found, after wondering where these 
 fires came from, that they were lit by the brigade. They did 
 not want to go out of business. (Laughter.) 
 
 It seems to me that there are a considerable number of 
 ministers who do not want the fires on the altar of Baal to be 
 put out. 
 
 They cannot dig. They are no account in any business of 
 any kind. So they just let the fire burn to keep up the denomi¬ 
 national alliance between Methodism and Baal. 
 
 All who are determined that they shall no longer stand or 
 sympathize in any way with those who are betraying their 
 Master with a kiss, and selling Him for silver, stand and tell 
 God that. You will make your protest against this iniquity. 
 All who are determined to renounce the infernal works of 
 darkness, and to reprove them, stand. All who are willing to 
 hold by the infernal works of darkness, keep your seats, and 
 the Devil will know where to find you, and he will, too. (With 
 a few exceptions all arose.) 
 
 I see! I see! It is the people who do not want to put 
 out the fire who are keeping their seats. You can tell they are 
 ministers by the look of them. They are glaring at me as if 
 they would like to Morganise me. But they cannot put me in 
 fear with their shameful threats. The Lord have mercy upon 
 them. 
 
 PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. 
 
 My God and Father, in Jesus’ Name, have mercy upon these wretched 
 people in this meeting who are not willing to stand up with God’s people, 
 and renounce the infernal works of darkness. Have mercy upon those who 
 have betrayed their Master with a kiss, and sold Him for silver to the 
 heathen gods. Have mercy upon them. Break down their Apostate 
 Churches, and set the people free, for Jesus’ sake. Give us power to do 
 
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 right, no matter what it costs. Let us be brave and do right. Forgive our 
 sins. Cleanse us in spirit, and in soul, and in body, in Jesus’ Name (All 
 repeat the prayer, clause by clause, after Dr. Dowie.) 
 
 CLOSING PRAYER. 
 
 F ather in heaven, bless this company. Have mercy upon those who 
 have tonight rejected the opportunity to stand up and renounce the 
 internal works of darkness. Deliver the people from their foul grasp. For 
 Jesus sake destroy these Apostate Churches, and take away these false 
 shepherds. Give us grace to Go Forward, that when these powers are 
 destroyed, and these strongholds of sin and Satan are pulled down, the way 
 may be made plain for the Salvation of multitudes throughout this earth 
 We ask it in Jesus’ Name. 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 
 And now, beloved, abstain from all appearance of evil. And may the 
 very God of Peace Himself sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole 
 bpint, and Soul, and Body be preserved entire, without blame unto the 
 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He that calleth you, who also 
 
 ri d0 !f- G JU ce ° f our Lord Jesus, th e Love of God the Eternal 
 
 Father the feUowship of the Holy Ghost, the Eternal Comforter; one Eter¬ 
 nal God abide in you, bless you, keep you and all the Israel of God every¬ 
 where, forever. Amen. 1 
 
 seventh: discourse. 
 
 Central Zion Tabernacle, Lord’s Day Afternoon, May 20, 1900. 
 
 The serv ices were opened by singing Hymn Number 1951 
 
 Our Lord is now rejected, 
 
 And by the world disowned, 
 
 By the many still neglected, 
 
 And by the few enthroned; 
 
 But soon He’ll come in glory, 
 
 The hour is drawing nigh, 
 
 For the crowning day is coming by and by. 
 
 Chorus—O h, the crowning day is coming, 
 
 Is coming by and by, 
 
 When our Lord shall come in “power” 
 
 And “glory” from on high. 
 
 Oh, the glorious sight will gladden 
 Each waiting, watchful eye, 
 
 In the crowning day that’s coming by and by. 
 
 SCRIPTURE READING AND EXPOSITION. 
 
 The General Overseer then read in the Inspired Word of 
 God in the book of the Prophet Isaiah, the fifty-second chapter, 
 and in the Gospel acccording to St. Luke, the thirteenth 
 
 chapter. He commented as follows upon the eleventh verse 
 of Luke thirteenth: 
 
 And behold, a woman which had a spirit of infirmity— 
 
 She had not merely an infirmity, but a “spirit of infirmity.” 
 A demoniacal possession was added to her infirmity. All 
 lsease is diabolical, Satanic oppression. It comes from the 
 Devil. It cannot come from God, for it is not in God; it could 
 not come from heaven, for there is no disease there. 
 
 There are things which are impossible even to God. 
 
I Id ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 It is impossible for God to lie, and it is impossible for God 
 tc defile He can never be the corrupter of His own creation. 
 It is impossible for God to be the author either of sin or disease 
 The great truth which they did not understand was taug 
 that day by Jesus, that all disease is the work of Satan. 
 
 He was teaching in one of the synagogues. 
 
 Reading on, the General Overseer commented as follows 
 
 u Don the thirteenth verse: . , 
 
 And He laid His hands upon her: and immediately she was made 
 si ;aight, and glorified God. . . , , 
 
 “Oh, that happened nineteen centuries ago. Nobody gets 
 
 r ade straight today.” 
 
 That is what the Methodists say. (Laughter.) 
 
 Not all; but most of them. 
 
 Zion, does God heal today? 
 
 Audience—“Yes.” , , , 
 
 Dr Dowie — All who have been healed through faith in 
 
 jesus, stand. You are God’s witnesses. (More than 2000 
 arose.) 
 
 Did God heal you? 
 
 Witnesses _ “Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie— Just take a look at them, Methodists; take a 
 look at them. 
 
 Are you sure God healed you? 
 
 Witnesses—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie — Did I heal you, or ever claim to. 
 
 Witnesses — “ No.” 
 
 vv i l ri csscis — w • 
 
 Dr. Dowie — Did you have to pay anything for your healing? 
 Witnesses — “ No.” 
 
 And He laid His hands upon her: and immediately she was made 
 straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved 
 with indignation — 
 
 WHY SHOULD THE CHURCH RULERS BE ANGRY WITH DIVINE 
 
 HEALING. 
 
 Why should they be? Whv should men who profess to be 
 Christians be just about as mad as a March hare when they are 
 
 told that somebody is healed ? 
 
 Do you want to make a Methodist Bishop mad?— tell him 
 
 that you have been healed through Faith in Jesus, lhe miser¬ 
 able Baptists are just as bad. (Laughter.) ..... •? 
 
 Why should that ruler have been moved with indignation. 
 Ought he not to have been grateful to God that the poor woman 
 under his ministry, who had been bowed down like that tor 
 eighteen years, had been healed? Ought he not to have 
 
 rejoiced? 
 
 Audience— “Yes.” _ . . - 
 
 Dr. Dowie — Do present-day ministers usually rejoice. 
 
 Audience — “ No.” 
 
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 Dr. Dowie—No, they do not. (Laughter.) They make an 
 awful fuss. If a man believes in Divine Healing, they have 
 in some cases expelled him from the Conference. If they do 
 not do that, they send him to the backwoods, on a starvation 
 salary. 
 
 —And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation— 
 
 Who was that? The ruler of the synagogue, the teacher, 
 the old Rabbi, the old liar and hypocrite. 
 
 And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because 
 Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the multitude — 
 
 He was a Sabbatarian, you know. He believed in the Sab¬ 
 bath—had an awful belief in the Sabbath. 
 
 I have found that the people who are so very troubled about 
 the seventh day, or the first day, being the Sabbath, are for the 
 most part of no account. 
 
 They are cruel; they are hard; they are unspiritual; they 
 do not see the large view of the Sabbath, which was made for 
 man, not man for it. 
 
 The Jews were narrow Sabbatarians. 
 
 This man—just look at him! 
 
 THE MAN WHO HATES DIVINE HEALING A HYPOCRITE. 
 
 And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because 
 Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There 
 are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be 
 healed, and not on the day of the Sabbath. But the Lord answered him, 
 and said, Ye hypocrites— 
 
 A branding iron was put right between his eyes, and when 
 it was taken away you could read the words there, “ Thou 
 hypocrite! ” 
 
 It is between the eyes of every man who fights Divine Heal¬ 
 ing. (Amen.) 
 
 —Ye hypocrites, doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or 
 his ass from the Stoll, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this 
 woman— 
 
 “This woman, who has been shown today for the first time 
 the Healing Stream, the Water of Life; that I am the Foun¬ 
 tain opened in Judah for sin, and for all uncleanness.” 
 
 That was what Christ meant. 
 
 —And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham,— 
 
 A faithful woman; not like them—a pack of hypocrites. 
 He denied their right to call themselves sons of Abraham, just 
 as I deny the right of the Methodist Episcopal General Con¬ 
 ference now sitting in this city to call themselves the sons of 
 John Wesley. You are mostly the sons of 4he Devil (laughter) 
 “and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was 
 a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, 
 because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he 
 speaketh of his own; for he is a liar and the father thereof.” 
 
118 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 That is what Christ says. Do not think that I made up 
 that speech. That is Christ’s speech. \ ou have not heard it 
 for a long time, have you (laughter), some of you? 
 
 —And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan 
 had bound— 
 
 CHRIST DECLARED THAT SATAN WAS THE AUTHOR OF DISEASE. 
 
 Now, Mr. Ruler of the Synagogue, do you see Christ stand¬ 
 ing there, who has branded you as a hypocrite? He is telling 
 you that Satan bound that woman. Do you tell me that was 
 nineteen centuries ago, and it is not Satan who does it now, 
 but it is God? Then, if that is as you say, God is doing the 
 work the Devil used to do, is He not? Is He? 
 
 Audience—“No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie — How do you like that, you Methodists? 
 (Laughter.) 
 
 A nice horn of a dilemma for you. 
 
 No; it is the same old Devil. Or, has he improved? 
 
 Audience — “ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—No; he has become a Methodist. (Laughter 
 and applause.) 
 
 I will take that back. He became a Methodist at least 
 nineteen centuries ago. He is a Methodist still. 
 
 “Well now, Doctor,” you say, “can you find that in the 
 
 Bible?” 
 
 Yes. The Apostle Paul tells you: 
 
 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. Put 
 on the whole armor of God. 
 
 And the whole object of this armor of God is: 
 
 That ye may be able to stand against tas methodeias tou diabolou 
 (t as /xedodeLas rov SiafioXov )— 
 
 The methods of the Devil. (Laughter.) He is a Methodist 
 of a bad kind, and has many sons of that name, although I 
 rejoice to say that there are multitudes of Methodists of a 
 good kind—thousands of whom have come into the fellowship 
 of the Christian Catholic Church in Zion. 
 
 — And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan 
 had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on 
 the day of the Sabbath? And as He said these things, all His adversaries 
 were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things 
 that were done by Him. 
 
 May God bless His Word. 
 
 Conductor Rice then sang “Thy Word is Like a Fire,” from 
 the oratorio “ Elijah,” with clear, resonant voice and a bril¬ 
 liancy and ease of execution which held the breathless attention 
 of the great audience of thousands. The accompaniment was 
 played with accuracy and sympathy by Miss Leah Sprinkel, 
 Zion’s Organist at Central Zion Tabernacle. 
 
 The General Overseer then led the people in prayer. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METIIODIST APOSTASY. 119 
 
 The announcements were then made, during the course of 
 which the General Overseer said: 
 
 BISHOP FOWLER AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. 
 
 The Associated Press, which is in session in Chicago, had 
 very properly Bishop Charles H. Fowler there last week at 
 their banquet, where they handed him “the loving cup.” 
 (Laughter.) They had a speech from him in which he praised 
 them. He said, in effect, that the Chicago press was the 
 sublimest thing in the way of newspaper literature in all the 
 world. (Laughter.) I wonder how he looked when he 
 said it. 
 
 I should think that a flashlight by my friend, Mr. Lawrence, 
 taken at that moment would have revealed all the editors with 
 their tongues in their cheeks. (Laughter.) 
 
 Oh, the hypocrites! They know themselves that of all the 
 kinds of liars who are notorious throughout this country, the 
 Chicago press liar is the worst. 
 
 I begin to think, though, that Philadelphia is coming up, 
 from what I saw there the other day. The fact is that the 
 whole press of this country is just simply one vast syndicate. 
 Oh, the amount of “sin” in that syndicate! 
 
 Have you not noticed the almost absolute silence of the 
 press concerning these meetings? Look at this gathering 
 today. I know how large this Tabernacle is and what it 
 contains. There are about 3000 persons present now—yet 
 tomorrow morning, I could almost bet, if I were a bettor, that 
 you will not see a line in the press. 
 
 Young Lady (seated at Reporters’ Table)—“ How much will 
 you bet?” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Were you reporting here last week? (Ap¬ 
 plause and laughter.) 
 
 Young Lady—Yes. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Now, young lady, just a moment. Did any of 
 your reports appear? 
 
 Young Lady—“Well, they couldn’t.” (Laughter and ap¬ 
 plause.) 
 
 Dr. Dowie—They couldn’t, the young lady says. She looks 
 a very amiable young lady, and she seems to be a very bright 
 reporter. She has been reporting me for about four or five 
 meetings, and there has not been a line in the papers, not one. 
 It is probably not her fault. 
 
 She wants to know how much I will bet. I will bet nothing. 
 Something might appear tomorrow, and I should be very glad. 
 But I never bet anything in my life. 
 
 It would be quite a “red letter day” if a decent report of 
 this meeting appeared. But I have no hope of good treatment, 
 or even the commonest honesty, from the present “generation 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 of vipers” who have taken the place of the scribes of Christ s 
 day The Associated Liars of the Associated Press belong to 
 the World, the Flesh and the Devil. They do not belong to 
 God. Some of them are Methodists (laughter); some of them 
 are Congregationalists; some of them are baptists, some o 
 them are Episcopalians, but they tell you themselves, in a 
 moment of candor, that they belong to the Devil Truth has 
 fallen in the streets. “They justify the. wicked for a reward, 
 and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him. 
 
 THE CHICAGO PRESS HAS KNOWINGLY AND DELIBERATELY LIED 
 
 ABOUT ME. 
 
 Strangers here should not imagine that the press of Chicago 
 ever makes any mistakes about me. It has never made any 
 mistake. It has always lied on purpose. (Laughter.) 
 
 That is what the ancient equivalents of the modern news¬ 
 papers did about Jesus. , .. , 
 
 The newspapers are a pack of cowards. They are afraid to 
 publish even the news of the day. The biggest congregations 
 which gather on any Sabbath in Chicago are in this Tabernacle. 
 They know it, but they will not report my sermons fairly, if at 
 all. ' I do not know that I am very anxious about their report¬ 
 ing me. I think that if the press should praise me I should 
 turn to my wife and to my brothers around me and ask where 
 had I fallen or backslidden, that the newspaper press of Chicago 
 
 should praise me. (Laughter.) 
 
 I tell the Associated Press in all its power, controlling its 
 millions, that their papers are wilfully dishonest and false so 
 far as concerns Zion, and on many other matters. They never 
 tell the truth unless it suits them, and it does not happen to 
 suit them just now to tell the truth about Zion. . God will 
 smash them and sweep them out, as He will every iniquity in 
 
 this world. . . . . , . 
 
 He will capture all the printing presses of the world yet, 
 
 as He will all the other good things which the Devil has, for a 
 time, stolen and used for bad purposes. 
 
 THE RISE, PROGRESS AND FALL OF METHODISM 
 
 IN AMERICA. 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be accept¬ 
 able in Thy sight, be profitable unto this people, and unto all to whom these 
 words shall come, in this and every land, in this and all the coming time, 
 till Jesus come, for His sake. Amen. 
 
 In the front of all I have to say today, I desire to put three 
 passages of Scripture. • 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 First, in the fifty-first chapter of Isaiah, the first verse: 
 
 TEXT. 
 
 Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the 
 Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit 
 whence ye were digged. 1 
 
 In the twenty-fourth chapter of Isaiah and the fifth verse: 
 
 The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they 
 have transgressed the Laws, changed the Ordinance, broken the Ever¬ 
 lasting Covenant. 
 
 Then I will ask you to look at the words of Jesus in the 
 twenty-third chapter of Matthew at the thirty-eighth verse; 
 but I will read the connection: 
 
 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: 
 some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge 
 in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: that upon you may 
 come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the 
 righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew 
 between the sanctuary and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these 
 things shall come upon this generation. 
 
 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, and stoneth them 
 that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children 
 together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye 
 would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto 
 you, Ye shall not see Me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is He that 
 cometh in the Name of the Lord. 
 
 I call your attention specially to these words: 
 
 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 
 
 When Jesus Christ, the Son of God, said these words, He 
 spoke them upon the Mount of Olives, beholding the city in 
 all its fair beauty stretched from Mount Zion to Mount Moriah, 
 and all these beautiful hills and terraces on which the Holy 
 City was built on the other side of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. 
 
 Sitting on the Mount of Olives, He there saw the splendid 
 City; its walls; its numerous fortifications; its beautiful pal¬ 
 aces; its stately towers, and above all the magnificent Temple 
 of Herod, rivaling in its magnificence that of Solomon. 
 
 He looked at this City where the people were gathered in 
 vast multitudes to witness at the Feast of the Passover, the 
 wondrous scene of the Sacrifice of that Passover Lamb. 
 
 He had attended with them the Feast of the Tabernacles. 
 As the High Priest poured out upon the Altar the libation of 
 the water that He had taken from the sacred stream of Siloam, 
 He had proclaimed Himself to be the Fountain of Life. He 
 had cried: “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and 
 drink.” 
 
 THE MIGHTY WORK OF THE GALILEEAN “PEASANT.” 
 
 The scoff and the scorn of the Pharisee at the rude Galileean 
 Peasant had begun to change. Only three brief years of min¬ 
 istry and the Galileean Peasant, the reputed son of a village 
 carpenter, had shaken not only Palestine, but the world. 
 
122 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Greek Pilgrims had come from afar and gone to Philip and 
 said, “We want to see Jesus.” 
 
 All the earth had felt the influence of the words ot Christ, 
 and the multitudes that thronged at that time into Jerusalem 
 to the Feast of the Passover, had also come to see Jesus. He 
 had been working in the Temple. . He had been delixering 
 
 terrific discourses. . 
 
 He had been telling them those awful parables in which He 
 
 had charged upon them their guilt; told them to fill up the 
 measure of their iniquities; that they had slain all the prophets, 
 
 and now they would slay the Son of God. 
 
 He had made them to feel, as they never had felt 
 before, their miserable emptiness, blindness, nakedness, and 
 
 hypocrisy. 
 
 He had smitten Herod on the throne. He had smitten the 
 whited sepulchre who was high priest with a stronger than 
 mailed hand. The scribes, the editors of that day, were told 
 that they were a generation of vipers, and their renowned 
 teachers were told by Him that they were blind leaders of the 
 
 blind. 
 
 Eut when the eventide came, it was His custom to leave the 
 City and Temple, pass down into the valley, climb the hill of 
 Olivet, and then descend to Bethany and rest in the quiet home 
 
 of Martha and Mary. , 
 
 On that night, near to the time when He was to be crucified, 
 
 He sat on Olivet, looked at the great City, and wept: 
 
 Oh Jerusalem! Jerusalem! . . . How often I would have gathered 
 
 thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her 
 wings, and ye would not. 
 
 Then as He wept, He saw the scenes when the Roman army 
 of Vespasian, under Titus, his son, would sweep down upon that 
 City, and would draw the cordon of an awful siege around the 
 doomed place. He seemed to see them plant the Roman 
 eagles, and to hear the battering rams crashing against the walls 
 of the City, when the people should perish in their doom. He 
 knew that they would die after long, bitter strife, of famine, 
 pestilence and war; and that not one stone should be left upon 
 another of all their beautiful buildings. 
 
 He said: “Your house is left unto you desolate.” 
 
 I dare say there were some, if they had published papers, 
 who would have said, editorially, the next morning, “What 
 impudence. This obscure and audacious young Galileean Peas¬ 
 ant from the petty village of Nazareth has foretold the 
 destruction of this vast and mighty City and this splendid 
 Temple.” 
 
 But it all came to pass. In thirty-seven years that city was 
 desolate. The whole nation was either destroyed or carried 
 into captivity. 
 
 
 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 1 23 
 
 Josephus, the Jewish historian, tells of one who stood upon 
 the ramparts of Jerusalem and cried, “A voice from the East; a 
 voice from the West; a voice from the Four Winds; a voice 
 against Jerusalem and the Holy House; a voice against the 
 bridegrooms and the brides ; a voice against this whole people.” 
 This man cried these words for more than seven years, and no 
 cruel punishments could silence him. The terrible story of the 
 Destruction of Jerusalem is an awful fulfilment of the words, 
 “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.” 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church today boasts that it is the 
 strongest organization, ecclesiastically, upon the soil of the 
 United States. 
 
 It holds, while the Roman Catholics may number more, 
 that by reason of its affiliation with Masonry, the Methodist 
 Church can control the nomination of politicians; that they 
 can secure the nomination of one of their number, a Yates; that 
 they can put upon the Presidential seat a McKinley. In fact, 
 this v arrogant body says, “We are the people, and we are in 
 the advance of the Christianity of our time. We rule 
 America.” 
 
 “your house is left unto you desolate.” 
 
 You have transgressed the Laws. You have changed the 
 Ordinance. You have broken the Everlasting Covenant which 
 God made with your fathers when He founded the Methodist 
 Church. 
 
 Look unto the rock when ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence 
 ye are digged. 
 
 Compare yourselves with those who begot you, and then 
 see whether you are any better than the Pharisees of Christ’s 
 time. 
 
 I desire to speak first concerning the rise of Methodism. 
 
 Amongst the names of those who lived, who loved and 
 toiled for God and for humanity, which are enshrined within 
 my heart, there are no names greater than those of two young 
 men who in 1729, in old England, bowed before God and wept 
 and sought for a Holy Life. 
 
 One of these was a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. The 
 other, his brother, was also a man of scholastic attainments 
 and of great spiritual power and of poetic genius. 
 
 John and Charles Wesley, in 1729, sought earnestly to know 
 God’s will. After reading God’s Word and weeping over their 
 own condition and searching through the Word with prayer for 
 light, they saw that they could not be saved to the uttermost 
 without a Holy Life. 
 
 They saw that they must follow after it, if they were to 
 please God. They saw that they must incite others to do this. 
 Hence in 1737, eight years afterwards, seeing still more closely 
 
124 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 that men must be justified before they could be sanctified, they 
 formed the Methodist Society. They never formed a Church. 
 
 They still declared that holiness was their object, and that 
 God had thrust them out to raise a holy people. 
 
 Oh, how dark England was, in I 737 > under the cruel domin¬ 
 ion of the classes! The masses of the people, sunk in sensu- 
 ality, in intemperance and infidelity, were almost heathen. 1 he 
 better classes, even the clergy of the Church of England, were 
 living shameful lives of self-indulgence. 
 
 THE WONDERFUL WORK FOR GOD OF JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY. 
 
 Bishoprics and livings were sold in the open market to the 
 highest bidder. Of earnest and consecrated preaching there 
 was almost none. Here and there a bright light shone in even 
 
 the Church of England. , _ x . 
 
 There were rectories like that at Epworth, where John Wes¬ 
 ley’s father and that sainted mother of nineteen children, 
 Susannah Wesley, taught their children as best they knew 
 
 God’s Holy Way. . 
 
 God has never left Himself without a Witness, but the deg¬ 
 radation, the intemperance, the infidelity and impurity of the 
 classes, and the utter want of fidelity in the Church, cannot be 
 exaggerated as an historic fact. These young men said that 
 they believed that God had sent them out to awaken the 
 
 Church and raise a holy people. 
 
 They were laughed at. They were laughed at very much 
 as 1 was laughed at in 1893, when I built my first Zion Taber¬ 
 nacle in this city. 
 
 They were laughed at very much as I was in 1894, when a 
 distinguished Presiding Elder—-perhaps he is in this jiouse 
 today—spoke with contempt of Zion Tabernacle as a httle 
 wooden hut.” Another, a professor, said it was only “a bit of 
 
 kindling wood.” , 
 
 But I said that the time had come to raise up a Standard 
 for God in Chicago, and that the result of it would be, when 
 the time came, the formation of a Church. 
 
 How they laughed, when they heard, on the 22d of Febru¬ 
 ary, 1896, that the Christian Catholic Church in Zion had been 
 formed with 450 members! 
 
 They do not laugh quite as much today; for many members 
 of the General Conference are here to listen to what I say, and 
 they know that their churches are cracked and broken from 
 the Golden Gate at San Francisco to Hell Gate, New York, 
 by blows given from Zion against their apostasies. 
 
 They know that thousands and tens of thousands have 
 flocked out of the Methodist Church into Zion. And still they 
 come. (Amen.) 
 
 “Oh, what are you talking about?” asks some Methodist. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 125 
 
 Last Tuesday evening, just by the way, two Methodist 
 friends entered this Tabernacle for the first time. 
 
 They came from Grand Island, Nebraska. Their pastor was 
 attending the Conference. They sat and listened to the Word 
 of God. The husband was sixty-one years of age and the wife 
 fifty-seven. They had been Methodists for many years. After 
 the service they said to each other, “We cannot remain in that 
 Apostate Methodist Church. We must obey God and be 
 baptized.” 
 
 On Wednesday night they were baptized. On Thursday 
 they sought an interview with an Elder, and that day or the 
 next they were down at the Auditorium, where they demanded 
 and received from their pastor this letter, dated Grand Island, 
 Nebraska, but written in this city, May 19th. 
 
 METHODISTS FOR MANY YEARS LEAVE THAT CHURCH AND COME 
 
 INTO ZION. 
 
 Grand Island, Nebraska, May 19, 1900. 
 
 This certifies that C. D. Irvine and wife have been acceptable members 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church in this place, and are cordially com¬ 
 mended to the people of God wherever they may go. 
 
 A. Hodgett, Pastor. 
 
 Dear Doctor: —This letter was secured from a Masonic M. E. 
 minister today at the Conference. He gave it very reluctantly. 
 
 Yours respectfully, C. A. Hoy. 
 
 With this they sent me their applications for fellowship. 
 
 The wife has been converted forty-two years, and the hus¬ 
 band has been converted perhaps fifty years. One word here 
 last Tuesday night, in addition to their previous reading of 
 Leaves of Healing, brought them into Zion. They are here 
 today. (Applause). Such cases are multiplied many, many 
 times. 
 
 Are Mr. and Mrs. Irvine here today? (The persons referred 
 to arose). 
 
 Are you the writers of these applications? 
 
 Mr. Irvine—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Have I told the truth? I have stated the facts 
 as far as I have them. 
 
 Mr. Irvine—“They are correct as I heard them.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—You are in Zion now? , 
 
 Mr. Irvine—“Yes.” ' 
 
 Dr. Dowie—You have come out of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church? 
 
 Mr. Irvine—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Why have you come out? 
 
 Mr. Irvine—“ It is because I could not feel justified that the 
 Lord wanted me there any longer; for they did not have any 
 room for Salvation, Healing and Holy Living. I had been 
 reading Leaves of Healing for some time before I came 
 here.” 
 
126 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Dr Dowie—The brother wishes to say that it was not 
 merely the word on Tuesday night, but he had been a reader 
 of Leaves of Healing, and when he came and heard my 
 discourse on Tuesday night, it settled, him. 
 
 This coming out of Methodism into Zion is continuous. 
 Not a week passes without many applications from ex-Metho¬ 
 dists. _ r 11* 
 
 The day for contempt has gone. You are looking very 
 
 serious about it now. You are beginning to see that there is 
 something in it, and unable and unwilling, because dishonest, 
 you are not ready to admit that God is in it. Therefore you 
 must perish as an ecclesiastical organization which God can 
 use: for you “fight against God.” 
 
 THE RISE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH IN AMERICA. 
 
 Let me tell you a few things about the rise of this Church, 
 comparing it for a moment with the rise of the Jewish Church. 
 There are many persons who imagine that because God was the 
 Originator of a thing, therefore that thing will stand. 
 
 God was the Originator of the Jewish Church. For 1500 
 years He bore with it. Methodism is not 200 years old. 
 
 God destroyed the Jewish Church because it had trans¬ 
 gressed the Law, changed the Ordinance and broken the Ever¬ 
 lasting Covenant. He had to destroy it utterly, and substitute 
 
 for it a totally different organization. 
 
 I wish to point out the historic fact that a thing may be of 
 Divine Origination, and yet go to the Devil. Then uod has to 
 destroy it Himself in order to save His people, lhat is the 
 
 condition of the Methodist Church today. . 
 
 This Methodist Church was a plant of grace, which came 
 
 from the grand old British land. 
 
 It was in 1766 that a local preacher named Embury, an 
 
 Irishman, began to preach in New \ork. ... cc ' \ 
 
 These facts are official, for they are contained in an official 
 
 publication which I hold in my hand. . , c . . 
 
 He was the first Methodist preacher in the United States. 
 He formed a Society in a church building which is now in 
 existence; at least I was in it some years ago, in John Street, 
 
 New York, away down in the Bowery. 
 
 Another local preacher named Thomas W ebb, who was a 
 Captain in the British Army, and another, an Irishman named 
 Strawbridge, also, I think, a local preacher helped Embury. 
 They began to preach in an humble way in New York. I hen 
 they extended the preaching and formed societies in Mary- 
 
 land. . . , . 
 
 In 1769 John Wesley sent out two itinerant preachers. 
 
 Boardman and Pilmoor, and in 1771 two others: Francis 
 Asbury and Richard Wright. Then the work began to spread, so 
 
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ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 12; 
 
 that at the close of the Revolutionary War, in 1784, which was 
 eighteen years from the time that the Methodists began 
 preaching, the number of preachers in America was eighty, and 
 the number of members was about 15,000. 
 
 Just a word here. You have spoken with contempt, some 
 of you, concerning the growth of Zion. We formed this 
 Church, as an organization, only four years ago last February. 
 We have one hundred and forty-three ordained officers, and if 
 we could have a perfect enrollment, we would have very 
 much more than 50,000 adult members. There is no Sabbath 
 when we meet here that we do not meet with thousands of 
 members of this Church. There is no continent where the flag 
 of Zion is not planted. In this city alone we have between 
 thirty and forty nationalities in our fellowship. We publish 
 Leaves of Healing weekly and monthly in three languages, 
 and many tracts in many languages. Conversions and healings 
 and consecrations of life to God are daily, yea hourly, taking 
 place in all parts of the world. 
 
 We have more than a thousand members of this Church 
 who are working from week to week as Messengers of Zion in 
 . the form of Seventies who are witnessing for Christ, and win¬ 
 ning many to Christ, from house to house, not only in Chicago, 
 but in scores of other centers of population in America and 
 Europe. They proclaim Christ and reach sometimes nearly 
 half a million people in a week in visitation from house to 
 house, and they speak for Christ with the people face to 
 face. 
 
 Our Zion Literature Free Distribution Fund has sent forth 
 nearly three-quarters of a million of Rolls of Zion Literature 
 to every continent, to hotels, and to steamships sailing on every 
 Ocean. Fifteen to twenty millions have been more or less 
 directly reached by the Message from Zion through that 
 Fund. 
 
 Our Rescue Work is growing quite large, and our Preven¬ 
 tive Work for Homeless Girls and Women has been well 
 begun. 
 
 Zion Printing Works and Zion Publishing House send forth 
 Zion Literature in tons weight every week, from our own well- 
 equipped composing rooms and printing presses. 
 
 The growth of the Christian Catholic Church in Zion is 
 larger by four times, in four years, than was American Metho¬ 
 dism in its first eighteen years. 
 
 Remember that, when next you talk about the growth of 
 Zion. 
 
 I thank God, though, for the glorious Rise of Methodism. 
 
 I am a Scotchman by birth, and an Independent by ecclesi¬ 
 astical birth. I belonged to Cromwell’s Ironsides ecclesias¬ 
 tically. I was born in the Congregational Church into the 
 
128 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Kingdom of God. It is called the Independent Church in 
 Scotland. 
 
 I NEVER KNEW THE TIME WHEN I DID NOT LOVE THE NAME OF 
 
 WESLEY. 
 
 I thank God today with all my heart for the splendid men 
 whom God has given to the world, in Great Britain and in 
 Australia and in America, and in all parts of the world, in the 
 Methodist Society. I thank God for John Wesley’s “ Journal, 
 
 and John Wesley’s “Notes on the New Testament, and Jo n 
 
 Wesley’s “ Letters,” and John Wesley s Sermons. 
 
 r r e a d something of John Wesley’s every week, and some¬ 
 times every day. I thank God for Charles Wesley’s hymns; 
 for the inspiration of: 
 
 0 for a thousand tongues to sing 
 My great Redeemer’s praise; 
 
 The glories of my God and King, 
 
 The triumphs of His grace. 
 
 I want to thank God for the last verse, which the Methodists 
 
 do not so often sing now: 
 
 Hear Him, ye deaf, His praise, ye dumb, 
 
 Your loosened tongues employ; 
 
 Ye blind, behold your Saviour come, 
 
 And leap, ye lame, for joy. 
 
 Charles Wesley believed in Divine Healing. (Amen.) 
 
 I thank God for “Jesus, Lover of My Soul.” . I want to get 
 the Methodists out of this Methodism which is Masonic to 
 
 sing once more the old song: 
 
 Thou, O Christ, art all I want; 
 
 More than all in Thee I find: 
 
 Raise the fallen, cheer the faint. 
 
 Heal the sick, and lead the blind. 
 
 That is Divine Healing, and it is glorious old Methodism. 
 
 (Applause.) But it is not the Methodism of today. 
 
 Oh how I grieve when I hear the Methodists sing 1 . 
 
 “Thou, O Christ, art all I want”—Peggy, run for the doctor. 
 
 (La “ More 'than all in Thee I find»-Where is that medicine? 
 “Raise the fallen, cheer the faint”— Have you no salts that 
 
 T can smell to keep me from fainting? . . 
 
 “Heal the sick, and lead the blind”-Oh Peggy, where is 
 the doctor? Will the doctor never come? (Laughter.) 
 
 The Lord have mercy upon you. 
 
 I THANK GOD FOR THE METHODISM OF THE FIRST FATHERS IN 
 
 METHODISM. 
 
 I believe if John Wesley were alive today, he would have 
 been the leader in the Christian Catholic Church in Zion 
 (Applause.) I believe if I had been, born in his time, I would 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH ME THODIST APOSTASY. 1 29 
 
 have been a Methodist. I can shout as loud as one now. 
 (Applause.) 
 
 I thank God for John Wesley. I thank God for Charles 
 Wesley. I thank God for Asbury, and Embury, and for Dr. 
 Coke. I thank God for them: great men, heroic spirits. I 
 believe that today John Wesley is standing by me in spirit and 
 saying, “More power to you. Smash up that Church. It does 
 not belong to me.” (Applause and laughter.) 
 
 I believe that today I should have, if they were in the flesh, 
 these great and good men with me in my attack upon Masonry, 
 and its filthy and heathen teachings and practices. 
 
 No one can ever say, who speaks truly, that I do not love, 
 and that I am not willing to give my pieed of humble praise to 
 all the men of all churches who have helped me, by the inspira¬ 
 tion of their holy zeal and holy living. 
 
 I shall deny to no man the praise belonging to him. 
 
 Frederick W. Faber died twenty-seven years ago in the 
 oratory of St. Philip DeNeri in London, a Roman Catholic; 
 but who shall dare to say he is not with his Lord in heaven? 
 I love that good man who wrote: 
 
 Was there ever kinder shepherd, 
 
 Half so tender, half so sweet 
 
 As the Saviour who would have us 
 Come and gather at His feet? 
 
 It is God; His love looks mighty, 
 
 * But is mightier than it seems. 
 
 ’Tis our Father, and His fondness 
 Goes far out beyond our dreams. 
 
 • ••••« 
 
 But we make His love too narrow 
 By false limits of our own, 
 
 And we magnify His strictness 
 With a zeal He will not own. 
 
 For the love of God is broader 
 Than the measures of man’s mind, 
 
 And the heart of the Eternal 
 Is most wonderfully kind. 
 
 There is no place where earth’s sorrows 
 Are more felt than up in heaven; 
 
 There is no place where earth’s failings 
 Have such kindly judgment given. 
 
 There is welcome for the sinner, 
 
 And more graces for the good; 
 
 There is mercy with the Saviour, 
 
 There is Healing in His blood. 
 
 If our love were but more simple, 
 
 We should take Him at His word, 
 
 And our lives would all be sunshine 
 In the sweetness of our Lord. 
 
 I thank Frederick Faber; and when I reach 
 some time, I will say, “I bless you, Frederick 
 hymn which has so often comforted my heart.” 
 
 him in heaven, 
 Faber, for the 
 
130 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 I will not deny the Christianity of John Henry Newman, 
 who died a Cardinal in the apostate Church of Rome, whose 
 deeply spiritual words I sing*. 
 
 Lead, kindly Light, amid th’ encircling gloom, 
 
 Lead Thou me on; 
 
 The night is dark, and I am far from home; 
 
 Lead Thou me on. 
 
 Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see 
 The distant scene; one step’s enough for me. 
 
 I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou 
 Shouldst lead me on; 
 
 I loved to choose and see my path; but now 
 Lead Thou me on. 
 
 I loved the garish day; and, spite of fears, 
 
 Pride ruled my will: remember not past years. 
 
 So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still 
 Will lead me on 
 
 O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till 
 The night is gone, 
 
 And with the morn those angel faces smile, 
 
 Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. 
 
 Oh I will not forget that he sang the song which has so 
 often brought tears to my eyes, and melted my heart, as I 
 thought of those 
 
 Whom I have loved long since, and lost awhile. 
 
 Who can doubt that in all the churches great and good men 
 have lived and do live? My fight is not against the good in 
 Methodism, past or present, but my fight is against an organ¬ 
 ization which has been sold out by its leaders until it has become 
 the most contemptible, paltry, political tool in America. 
 
 (Applause.) 
 
 SHAMEFUL POLITICAL PRACTICES OF THE METHODIST GENERAL 
 
 CONFERENCE. 
 
 Look at it in its own politics. Look at Judge Horton having 
 to stand up there last week and rebuke the whole assembly for 
 disorderly conduct which would have disgraced a Democratic 
 convention, (Laughter.) He had to tell them that they were 
 cheats; that some of them came up, passed their tickets to 
 persons who had no right on the floor, and then wanted to 
 bully the policemen. He had to tell them that their conduct 
 was disgraceful, and that their wire-pulling politics were dis¬ 
 
 graceful. . 
 
 They have been balloting a week for a Bishop, and have not 
 
 been able to make a satisfactory deal with the Methodist and 
 Masonic bosses as to who shall be Bishop. They have not 
 been able to decide whether it shall be cran-“ berry” or 
 another kind of a “berry.” (Laughter.) 
 
 They are in great trouble. They are not worrying about 
 prayer, for the other morning when they were called to prayer, 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 131 
 
 their own papers tell us that the members were in the lobbies, 
 discussing and lobbying. There were only a few at prayers, 
 but when it was known that the next ballot was coming, every 
 member immediately rushed in to take his seat. Is that the 
 way to select a Bishop in the Church of theLiving God? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—It would disgrace a Republican convention. 
 (Laughter.) 
 
 There is nothing in common between the Methodist Episco¬ 
 pal Church, whose Conference meets in our city, and the 
 Methodism of 1784, when the Methodist Episcopal Church was 
 formally organized at the “Christmas Conference ” in Balti¬ 
 more, Maryland. 
 
 One hundred and sixteen years have passed away since 
 then, and beyond the fact that the same Bible and the same 
 nominal discipline, in part, is in their hands, so that they have 
 fundamentally the same outward laws, they are not spiritually 
 the same people. 
 
 METHODISTS OF JOHN WESLEY’S TIME WOULD HAVE HAD A 
 
 REVIVAL AT THIS CONFERENCE. 
 
 They remind me of the Pharisees and scribes of whom Jesus 
 said: 
 
 The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat: all things therefore 
 whatsoever they bid you, these things do and observe: but do not ye after 
 their works; for they say, and do not. 
 
 The Methodist Church today has a great many things in 
 doctrine which are right, though I will point out some failures 
 presently; but, if they had the same spirit the primitive Meth¬ 
 odists had in Wesley’s day, they would have had a great revival 
 in this city during the last three weeks, instead of banquetings 
 with the Associated Liars and with the godless alumni of their 
 old colleges. (Applause.) 
 
 I have not heard of anybody being saved, have you? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I have not heard of anybody being healed, 
 have you? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I have not heard of anybody leading a holier 
 and better life because of this great Conference. The last thing 
 that they have thought about, so far as I can see, has been 
 personal Salvation, personal Healing, personal Holiness. 
 
 They came for Church politics, and they are at it day and 
 night with all their might, to their eternal disgrace. 
 
 THE DEGRADATION OF THE BISHOPRIC. 
 
 I will not detail the history of this organization, but I will 
 make this criticism, that very soon after the formation of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church they determined upon a course 
 
132 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 which, if it were to take place in Zion, would destroy Zion. 
 They determined upon the course of making the Quadrennial 
 General Conference the ruling power in Methodism. They 
 degraded the Bishopric, and made it the tool of the Methodist 
 politician. The Bishops must keep silent in all the debates of 
 the General Conference, except when they are expressly per¬ 
 mitted to speak. What is this Quadrennial Conference? A 
 Conference of men, of whom one of their number said the 
 other day that their tactics and modes of working were a 
 shame and an unutterable disgrace. 
 
 This Conference is now the ruling power in Methodism. 
 Yet that Conference has in it a majority of men who have 
 bowed the knee to Baal in the secret lodge. They have wor¬ 
 shiped Baal, the sun-god, whose god is Mah-hah-bone, the 
 “point within the circle”; the filthy god of the Phoenicians, the 
 Phallus, the foul and filthy worship of nature. The majority 
 of those who are in that Conference today have sworn alleg¬ 
 iance to Baal at the feet of his Worshipful Masters. 
 
 Hence that Church today is not John Wesley’s Church in the 
 hands of holy men ; it is in the hands of accidental ecclesiastical 
 politicians who are voted upon once in every four years, and 
 of the Bishops who are their creation, some of them not any 
 better than themselves, and some of them much better. 
 
 Some of the Bishops are men who I am surprised to see 
 continuing there; men whose hearts are broken by the wicked¬ 
 ness of their Elders and fellow Bishops, and the knowledge 
 which they have of the corruptions of their Church. There are, 
 in that Conference, men who have said that they know not how 
 they can continue to live as Methodist Bishops. Some of them 
 have contemplated resignation if they cannot get reforma¬ 
 tion. 
 
 The shame has been that 
 
 FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THEY TOOK POLITICS INTO THE 
 
 M. E. CHURCH. 
 
 They said, “ We will have no more to do with Wesley’s men. 
 We do not care for the men who come from England.” 
 
 They carried the narrow politics of that day into the Church. 
 They degraded the Bishopric, and put it under the thumb of a 
 Convention. They rejected John Wesley’s practices and prin¬ 
 ciples of control. 
 
 Has a convention ever been a successful ruling power? 
 When a nation falls into the hands of a convention, it falls into 
 the hands of a revolution. 
 
 France was once ruled by a Convention, and its rule was 
 that of tyranny, the guillotine, and confiscation. 
 
 At the very beginning, the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 determined that the people should rule, and that was in 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 133 
 
 direct defiance of God’s law as set forth by Christ and inspired 
 apostles. 
 
 That is wrong. I challenge the principle. I challenge it in 
 politics; I challenge it in religion. I challenge the principle 
 that government rests upon the consent of the governed. It 
 does no such thing. Government rests upon God the Eternal, 
 and Him alone. God does not require the consent of His own 
 creation in order to govern it. He governs by Divine Right. 
 
 I challenge the statement that government of the people, 
 by the people and for the people is a righteous principle. 
 
 I challenge it upon this ground: The statistics published in 
 the Chronicle of today say that in this city there are only 
 871,000 persons who declare themselves religious. Of these 
 600,000 are Roman Catholics, 100,000 are Jews, 171,000 are 
 Protestants, and the remainder of the people, about 1,200,000, do 
 not profess any religion. I ask you, therefore, are the majority 
 of the people in Chicago who do not recognize God fit to rule? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—If the majority ruled, would it be a good govern¬ 
 ment? 
 
 Voices—“No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—The government of the people must be for. 
 God and by God. Zion believes in the rule of God, not in the 
 rule of the people. All nations must ere long abandon their 
 “Constitutions,” and cheerfully submit to a Universal The¬ 
 ocracy, or they must perish in the conflict with the Powers of 
 Heaven. Zion proclaims even now the Gospel of the King¬ 
 dom of God. The Methodist Church began with the principles 
 of rule by the people. 
 
 That was the little rift within the lute 
 Which even now has made the music mute, 
 
 And, ever-widening, it will silence all. 
 
 They have an outward form of godliness. They have no 
 
 power. 
 
 john wesley’s prophecy fulfilled. 
 
 John Wesley said in his “Thoughts Upon Methodism” 
 (Works, Volume VII, pages 315-317): 
 
 I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease 
 to exist either in Europe or America. 
 
 But I am afraid , lest they should only exist as a Dead Sect , having the 
 Form of Religion without the Power. 
 
 And this undoubtedly will be the case , unless they hold fast both the 
 doctrine, spirit and discipline with which they first set out. 
 
 • 1 • *••••*• 
 
 The essence of Methodism is Holiness of heart and life. 
 
 And if ever the essential parts should evaporate, what remains will be 
 dung and dross. 
 
 The essentials have evaporated. 
 The dung and dross remain. 
 
134 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Write over Methodism the word Ichabod: for “the glory 
 has departed.” 
 
 Four years ago, when I formed the Christian Catholic 
 Church in Zion,—God is my witness, and you are my witnesses 
 —I did it most reluctantly. I had laid down my pastorate in 
 the Congregational body at a time when many of my brethren 
 of the Congregational Union in Sydney signed a letter to me, 
 begging me to withdraw my resignation. I would not with¬ 
 draw. I said to them, “Brethren, I have done with all churches 
 as they now stand.” 
 
 I made that resolution in February, 1876. I determined then 
 that I should serve God, and evangelize. I did not want to form a 
 Church, but I was compelled to take care of the converts whom 
 God gave me, whom the churches were drowning in cold water. 
 
 It seemed to me as if my heart would break as I saw the con¬ 
 verts whom God gave me all over the world, having their piety 
 assaulted, their purity destroyed, and their energies wasted in 
 connection with churches which hated the very thought of the 
 Gospel which covered spirit, soul and body; which covered, as 
 John Wesley’s Gospel did, Salvation, Healing, and Holy living. 
 
 In 1896, when this Church was formed, I said that ope of 
 the reasons why I formed the Church was because I believed 
 that God had called me as His Messenger to do certain work 
 that could only be done by an effective organization. One of 
 the things was to go forth and smash this Empire of Secrecy, 
 destroy the “unfruitful works of darkness,” and incidentally 
 to smash every Church which protected these, or any other, 
 “works of the Devil.” 
 
 You remember I said that, did I not? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I went forth with that purpose. 
 
 ZION’S WORK AND THAT OF METHODISM CONTRASTED. 
 
 I will show what God has done through my ministry and 
 that of my associates, and what God has not done, but what 
 the Devil has wrought, in the Methodist Church, during these 
 four years. 
 
 Bishop Warren, at the opening of the Methodist General 
 Conference of 1896, delivered an eloquent address on behalf of 
 the Board of Bishops. This address was delivered on May 22, 
 1896, and we had formed our Church on February 22d the 
 same year. 
 
 Bishop Warren said, speaking for the Bishops to the whole 
 Church, these words: 
 
 When the next General Conference shall meet we shall be entering the 
 portals of the Twentieth Century. We desire to close these nineteen centu¬ 
 ries of work for the race in a manner helpful to men and satisfactory to our 
 Lord. There is nowhere any greater privilege. The serious responsibility 
 is as great as the privilege is glorious. We recall the solemn admonition 
 under which many of us were ordained: “If it shall happen that the 
 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 135 
 
 Church or any member thereof do take any hurt or hindrance by reason of 
 your negligence, ye know the greatness of the fault and also the fearful 
 punishment that will ensue.” We beseech you, therefore, first of all that 
 you join us in a most earnest endeavor to secure a personal fitness to be a 
 proper medium in this Conference, through which God can express His 
 will concerning the churches; that, laying aside all unworthy ambitions, we 
 shall sincerely seek to know the mind of the Spirit, realizing that any 
 personal advantage that is not for the good of the Church is for the damage 
 of the individual. 
 
 God’s thoughts and plans for His Church are as high above ours as the 
 heavens are above the earth. His Scriptures are full of promises. His 
 skies are full of Pentecosts. “Ask what ye will and it shall be done unto 
 you,” is the limitless Divine promise. Heaven and earth are put in pledge 
 for fulfilment. 
 
 When I read that I said, “No; heaven and earth are not on 
 your side. Heaven is against you, and earth is against you.” 
 I said that from my platform in Zion Tabernacle No. 2. 
 
 What has happened? Four years have passed away; Zion 
 stands today with her flag planted on every continent and with 
 the most magnificent site for a City, of more than eleven square 
 miles, that ever came into people’s hands, being swiftly pre¬ 
 pared for occupation, near Chicago. (Applause.) 
 
 Zion stands today with splendidly equipped men leading 
 her forces in Asia, Africa, Australia, America, Europe, and in 
 the Islands of the Seas. 
 
 Zion stands with a well equipped printing plant; with a 
 College in which there are representatives from over twenty 
 nations. 
 
 Zion stands today with thousands of her people working in 
 the manner in which Christ directed, from house to house, in 
 thousands throughout the world. 
 
 How does Methodism stand after these four years? The 
 facts will very much astonish you, and will grieve you. 
 
 It grieved me, but it was in confirmation of what I expected 
 would come from that degenerate and Apostate Church. 
 
 I will not go into the figures of all the four years. It would 
 be tedious, but I will take the last year, which Bishop Warren 
 said was to be the banner year of Methodism; the splendid 
 year of Methodism. 
 
 I hold in my hand the book from which I shall now quote 
 some terrible figures. It is official. It contains the Minutes 
 of the Annual Conferences, both the Spring and Fall, of 1899. 
 Upon page 646, in Table No. 1, are the figures which I am 
 quoting. 
 
 TERRIBLE FALL OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 Bishop Warren said that heaven and earth were pledged to 
 fulfil your cry; that you should have a great year for victory. 
 Heaven and earth were against you Mah-hah-bones, children 
 
 of Baal. 
 
136 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 John Wesley’s prophesy which I have just quoted is fulfilled 
 and you “only exist as a Dead Sect, having the Form of Re¬ 
 ligion without the Power.” 
 
 This Table declares that the total number of probationers 
 and members at the end of 1898 was 2,893,883. 
 
 During the year 1899 there came into the Church no less 
 than 257,699 probationers. Add, therefore, the number at the 
 beginning of the year to the number of probationers who came 
 in during the year and their numbers ought to have been, if 
 they had retained their probationers, 3,151,582. 
 
 Instead of this number they confessed that the entire num¬ 
 ber both of probationers and members at the end of 1899 was 
 2,874,037. 
 
 This, therefore, shows that during the year 1899 the Meth¬ 
 odist Episcopal Church lost 277,545. The deaths are accounted 
 for in another column. 
 
 That awful loss is not admitted. Look at the meanness and 
 lying of their editorial writers. 
 
 They say: “Oh that is not the right way to count it. We 
 began the year with 2,893,883; we ended with 2,874,037. We 
 only lost 19,846.” 
 
 What shameful falsehood. 
 
 You lost nearly 19,847 of those you started the year with, 
 and a number equal to all who came in that year, namely, 257,699. 
 
 How long will God bear with shepherds who not only lose all 
 the lambs, but who cannot keep the old sheep in? You have 
 fallen. You are going down a sliding scale. At the bottom, 
 as John Wesley said, “what remains is dung and dross.” All 
 who do not want to end their days in such company will get 
 out quickly. 
 
 Your statistics also show that last year you closed with 136 
 less preachers on trial. Does that not show a Fall? 
 
 Your statistics show that you closed the year with 244 less 
 local preachers. Does that not show a Fall? 
 
 The strength of Methodism at the beginning was its local 
 preachers; and whenever Methodism loses the support of its 
 laity, it has become “dung and dross.” 
 
 Last year you increased the number of Sunday Schools by 
 182, but what increase was there in those who attended? Your 
 statistics show that you lost 2553 teachers and officers and 
 17,850 scholars. You lost 20,403 scholars and teachers, but you 
 increased the number of your schools. Does not that show a 
 Fall? 
 
 GOD CAN NO LONGER USE THE METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 Increase the number of your schools; increase the number 
 of your teachers; continue to pray as you have prayed, and 
 live as you have lived, and you will find that you will go swifter 
 and swifter down into the vortex of annihilation and oblivion. 
 
137 
 
 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Your day has gone. John Wesley’s sad foreboding is a fact 
 and you “only exist as a Dead Sect.” 
 
 God cannot use you. 
 
 You are controlled by the Devil. 
 
 God will not hear your prayer. 
 
 Your Bishops plead in vain. 
 
 Your good people pray in vain. 
 
 They preach in vain. There is no answer. 
 
 God is through with the Methodist Church. 
 
 At the rate it is going down, its hall will soon end in its 
 utter destruction. 
 
 “Oh,” you say, “it is too big for that.” 
 
 The Jewish Church was immensely bigger, and it has ceased 
 to exist. There is no Jewish Church in existence now. There 
 are Jewish strangers; there are Jewish pilgrims; there are Jews 
 wailing outside the walls of Jerusalem. But they have no 
 Temple, they have no sacrifice; they have no Church; and in 
 some of their synagogues many are crying “ There is no Comine 
 One, no Messiah, no God.” 
 
 Soon it will be that there will be wailing in the Methodist 
 Church. 
 
 . Methodism is dead. It may take some time before it will 
 disappear. Dung and Dross,” which are even unfit for fertiliz¬ 
 ing, is apparently all that is left. 
 
 The Church of Rome is dead, but it still maintains an out¬ 
 ward appearance. It still has many temples, but it is dead. 
 It is rotten. It is passing away in the very lands where it has 
 so long held away. The infidels are ready to tear it to 
 pieces in all Latin countries. 
 
 In Italy, where the Pope had his kingdom, infidelity num¬ 
 bers far more than Rome itself. 
 
 There is no place where Rome has made any real progress 
 for a long time—probably thirty years. 
 
 “ Dung and Dross! ” 
 
 Roman Catholicism is perishing. It has an outward name 
 to live, but it is dead. 
 
 Methodism has lost the spirit of Wesley. It has trans¬ 
 gressed the Laws; it has changed the Ordinance; it has 
 broken the Everlasting Covenant. 
 
 METHODISTS HAVE CHANGED THE ORDINANCE OF BAPTISM. 
 
 One of the Ordinances which it has changed terribly is the 
 Ordinance of Baptism. 
 
 It has changed it from a truth into a lie. 
 
 It declares in its Discipline that Baptism is “a Sign of 
 Regeneration or the New Birth,” and at the same time extends 
 it to infants, as if to say that these children were regenerated 
 by Baptism. 
 
1 38 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 That is a lie. Water never changed any baby’s heart. Did 
 it change yours? 
 
 Dr Dowie—But that lie is in their Discipline. There is 
 only one Baptism, and that is Triune Immersion, into the 
 Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 
 That was the Ordinance of Baptism of the Church for seven 
 centuries without one single break, excepting that of Eunomius, 
 who denied the Divinity of Christ, and was rejected by the 
 
 Church. 
 
 METHODISTS HAVE BROKEN THE EVERLASTING COVENANT. 
 
 The Covenant of God is a Covenant of Salvation, and Heal- 
 
 ing, and Holy Living. , 
 
 You have talked of Salvation, but you do not get people 
 
 saved. . . 
 
 You have rejected Divine Healing. 
 
 You have rejected Holy Living. 
 
 You have'broken the Everlasting Covenant, and you must 
 
 perish as an organization. . . , 
 
 Oh God in the heavens, destroy that organization by the 
 
 Might of Thy Spirit, but save the people for Thy Dear Son s 
 
 sake. (Amen.) . 
 
 All who desire God to do this, stand. (The entire audi¬ 
 ence, with some exceptions, arose.) 
 
 PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. 
 
 My God and Father, in Jesus' Name I come to Thee. Take me as 1 
 am Make me what I ought to be, in spirit, in soul, in body. Give me 
 grace to do right, no matter what it costs; to repent, to restore, to do right 
 m all men and in Thy sight. Give me Thy Holy Spirit to live for Thee, to 
 destroy evil. Hear my cry with all in Zion that Thou shouldst destroy every 
 unclean Church. Destroy the Methodist Episcopal Church whose leaders 
 are following after Baal. Destroy the organization, but save the people, 
 for Jesus' sake. Amen. (All repeat the prayer, clause by clause, after D . 
 
 Dowie.) . . , 
 
 Zion’s White-robed Choir then sang their Recessional as 
 they passed out, and the General Overseer closed the meeting 
 with the following 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 
 Beloved, abstain from all appearance of evil, and may the very God of 
 Peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole Spirit and 
 Soul and Body be preserved entire, without blame unto the coming of ou 
 Lord Jesus Christ; faithful is He that calleth you who also will do it, the 
 grace of our Lord Jesus, the love of God our J ather, the fellowship of the 
 Holy Spirit, our Comforter and Guide; one Eternal God, abide in you, bless 
 you and keep you, and all the Israel of God everywhere, forever. Amen. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 139 
 
 EIGHTH DISCOURSE. 
 
 T HE last week of the memorable three weeks of Zion’s 
 Conflict with the Methodist Apostasy was, in many 
 respects, the most glorious. The great victory of the Lord’s 
 Day, when the Rise, Progress and Fall of Methodism in 
 America was so clearly shown by the General Overseer, was 
 followed by much earnest thought among many of the 
 Methodist ministers and laymen attending the General Con¬ 
 ference in Chicago. Results of this were made manifest in 
 the number of expressions of sympathy and good wishes 
 which reached the General Overseer from Delegates, some 
 of them being men of national reputation. 
 
 Then on Tuesday evening the wicked, lying Silence of 
 Secrecy, with its diabolical fruits, was shown in remarkable 
 Contrast with the free, true, Open Speech of Christianity, 
 with its most blessed fruits. So clear did the man of God 
 make this Contrast that conviction settled in many a heretofore 
 hesitating or opposing heart, and the people, at the close, 
 were almost unanimously with the speaker. 
 
 Quickly they arose to express their determination to fight 
 the Devil, not with his diabolical weapons of Darkness and 
 Secrecy, but with the weapons of God, Open Speech and the 
 Light of Truth. God greatly blessed those who made this 
 consecration, and many before blinded as to the real heathen, 
 diabolical nature of Secretism, through this and other dis¬ 
 courses, are seeing the truth and are coming out from the 
 darkness of that abomination. a. w. n. 
 
 Central Zion Tabernacle, Tuesday Evening, May 22, 1900. 
 
 The services were begun by the congregation singing Hymn 
 Number 28: 
 
 I know I love Thee better, Lord, 
 
 Than any earthly joy; 
 
 For Thou hast given me the peace 
 Which nothing can destroy. 
 
 Chorus —The half has never yet been told 
 Of love so full and free! 
 
 The half has never yet been told, 
 
 The blood—it cleanseth me! 
 
 SCRIPTURE READING AND EXPOSITION. 
 
 The General Overseer then read from the Gospel of St. 
 John, third chapter, from the fourteenth to the twenty-first verse. 
 He also read from the eighteenth chapter of St. John, begin¬ 
 ning at the nineteenth verse. 
 
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 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 1 41 
 
 The high priest therefore asked Jesus of His disciples, and of His 
 teaching. 
 
 “Tell us about the people who are your disciples. Tell us 
 about your doctrine.” 
 
 Jesus answered Him, I have spoken openly to the World; I ever taught 
 in the synagogues, and in the Temple, where all the Jews come together; 
 and in secret spake I nothing. 
 
 That was His answer: “What is the use of talking to Me 
 about My disciples, and about My teaching? You are only 
 pretending ignorance. I did not teach in a corner. I did not 
 teach in a secret lodge.” 
 
 Get that into your mind. That is the essential fact in con¬ 
 nection with Christ. He did not fight the Devil with the 
 Devil’s weapons. Fight darkness with light. That is what dark¬ 
 ness hates. Let light fall upon it, and it shrinks into the dark 
 holes. Any Society which needs to find darkness to conceal its 
 actions, is guilty of evil designs or evil practices. Any teacher 
 who must teach Secret Mysteries, is not a Christian. He 
 does not follow Christ. 
 
 Why askest thou Me? ask them that have heard Me, what I spake unto 
 them: behold, these know the things which I said. 
 
 “Ask your own wives, daughters and sons—ask the serv¬ 
 ants of the Temple, and the soldiers whom you sent to arrest 
 Me, who came back and told you that they coul'd not touch 
 Me. When you asked them why, they said, ‘Because never 
 man spake like this Man.’ ” 
 
 “Ask them what I said. What is the use of asking the man 
 whom you charge with crime. Do not ask Me what I said. I 
 talked openly. What I said, I said. I said nothing in secret.” 
 
 That is the great joy in Christianity. God wants everybody 
 to know everything He has to tell. It is a great open secret, 
 and those who are most in the light see most. Those who are 
 walking in their own shadow, and the shadows of their com¬ 
 panions, do not see at all. Oh what fantastic figures they see; 
 their companions around them walking in darkness. Oh let us 
 walk in the Light, in the Light of God. Prayer was then offered 
 by Overseers Speicher and Piper; also by the General Overseer. 
 
 The tithes and offerings were then received. 
 
 THE SILENCE OF SECRECY AND THE OPEN 
 SPEECH OF CHRISTIANITY CONTRASTED. 
 
 The General Overseer then delivered the following address: 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be accept¬ 
 able in Thy sight and profitable unto this people, and unto all to whom these 
 words shall come, for the sake of Jesus, our Lord, our Strength and our 
 Redeemer. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 142 
 
 I speak to you tonight concerning the Silence of Secrecy 
 contracted with the Open Speech of Christianity. I ^nnot do 
 better than quote the words of our Loid Jesus, which I h 
 already quoted and emphasized: 
 
 TEXT. 
 
 I have spoken openly to the World; I ever taught in synagogues, and 
 in the Temple, where all the Jews come together; and m Secret spake I 
 
 nothing. 
 
 The indignation of Christ was very great when He was 
 asked to talk of His disciples and of His teaching. I can 
 understand it personally, because, by His grace, my own teach¬ 
 ing has been plain. I have had nothing to say in Secret. I 
 
 haV One°of the striking things in connection with Secrecy 
 is its silence. Its only chance to prolong its life is to keep 
 
 Stll As I said on Sabbath Day, they have not the spirit of a 
 louse. They have no spirit at all except the Spirit of Fear, 
 and that Evil Spirit is without the courage of a flea. I despise 
 all the millions of Oathbound Secretists for their submission 
 
 to Fear. 
 
 Cowards! 
 
 They are afraid to talk. . . 
 
 “Oh” they say, “as Masons we pledge ourselves to 
 
 Secrecy!” That is the biggest lie of all: for they have no 
 
 Secret which they can pledge. Fn<x 
 
 In 182; the Republican , a paper published in London, Fn & 
 land, published every word of the first three degrees of Free¬ 
 masonry. I hold in my hand a book compiled in England a 
 year or’two later by Richard Carlile, and published by Reeves 
 & Turner, 196, Strand. It contains a Manual of Freemasonry. 
 The first part contains the first three degrees with an introduc¬ 
 tory keystone to the Royal Arch. The second part contains 
 the Royal Arch, Knights Templar and Druids, with explanatory 
 
 note of introduction. T c. a ~ 
 
 That was published somewhere about 1835. I find no date 
 
 upon it, but I know it was about that date and it refers to the 
 fact in its introductory matter that the Republican had pub- 
 lished the truth in 1825. Mr. Carlile says: _ 
 
 If we make ourselves acquainted with all that Masons know of their 
 F reemasomy, we°shall'find aVnk, and that, in fact, they know nothing 
 worthy of being called a secret. 
 
 He goes onto say: “Of Freemasons, I boldly say that they 
 have no secret.” 
 
 He says that in 1825 in the Republican: 
 
 The following forms of opening, working, and closing lodges are literally 
 and truly the formularies of the three common degrees in Masonic lodges, 
 or that secret system which is called Craft Masonry. It has been commum- 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 cated to me by Masons; it has been confirmed by other Masons, 
 has made many Masons without the lodge initiation. 
 
 THE MASONS HAVE NO SECRETS IN THEIR LOWER DEGREES. 
 
 This declaration also was made by Elder Bernard in “Light 
 on Masonry.” It is also my declaration, for I declare to you, 
 and I have again and again declared to you, that Freemasons 
 have vowed to me that ex-Worshipful Master Ronayne’s hand¬ 
 book gives all the so-called secrets. 
 
 It is a downright lie to say that these degrees are secret at 
 all. You can buy for twenty-five cents in Chicago the whole 
 of the first three degrees of Masonry. Masonic Lodges fraud¬ 
 ulently charge large Initiation Fees for Secrets which any one 
 can buy for a quarter of a dollar. There are twenty-five of our 
 brethren who will work this thing out upon this platform as they 
 used to work it out when they were in a Masonic lodge. If any 
 Mason says that their exemplification is not true, then that 
 Mason lies. When you accuse Masons of lying, they only smile. 
 They have promised to lie. They have promised to conceal, 
 and they can only continue to conceal by lying. That is a fact' 
 
 Masons, for instance, in this city have had brought to them 
 my own pamphlet on Secret Societies, which has had a very 
 large circulation. It was published in 1898. I should estimate 
 that over 1^0,000 copies of that have gone out. All over this 
 land, women have gone to their husbands and said: “John, is 
 this true?” and John has only smiled and said, “What does 
 that fellow Dowie know about it? He is not a Freemason.” 
 
 A lady who is quick and clever said, “John, that is exactly 
 what Dr. Dowie says here you would say.” 
 
 “ Did he say that?” 
 
 “ Yes.” 
 
 “Clever fellow, isn’t he, to foresee what I would say?” 
 
 Yes; he said that you would say that he knew nothing of 
 Masonry.” 
 
 “What has he to say to that?” 
 
 “He says that many of the ex-Masons who are around him 
 say he knows more about Masonry than they do, and they say 
 that what he says about it is true. They all say that.” 
 
 “Oh, it is no use talking to me about it. I will not talk to 
 you. There is no use talking to you.” 
 
 “John, if you have taken these things, you have taken an 
 oath to break the law of God and the law of man. The law of 
 
 man does not permit anybody to administer an oath, unless he 
 is a magistrate.” 
 
 THE MASONIC OATH CONTRARY TO LAW BECAUSE NOT LEGALLY 
 
 ADMINISTERED. 
 
 When people administer oaths, they must be qualified to 
 administer that oath by the judicial powers of the land. They 
 must have the legislative, and they must have the judicial, and 
 
 M3 
 
 It 
 
I 4 4 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 they must have the executive powers—this government all 
 working together—to give them the power to administer an 
 
 oath. Do you not know that? . . 
 
 No one in the United States has aright to administer an 
 
 oath unless he be appointed or elected thereto appointed by 
 the Executive at Washington or elected by the people and 
 then it must be in conformity with the law, and then that power 
 must be conferred by another judge and one who has the power 
 
 to administer an oath. . , , . 
 
 I tell you that, as a matter of law, no one has a right to 
 
 administer an oath unless he has legislative and judicial and 
 
 executive authority to confer that power. . . « i 
 
 Now as to the Worshipful Master of a Masonic lodge, do 
 
 the people give him that power? 
 
 DhDowie—Who gives him that power? What right has 
 he to administer an oath to a man, making him swear that he 
 will submit to all kinds of indignities, and all kinds of hor 
 
 He has no more power to administer it than Jesse James 
 the robber had to administer an oath to his gang. No Masonic 
 g-ane is any better than any robber s gang in that matter. 
 
 ^ f therefore say that they may well keep silent, because, if 
 they were to open their mouths, they would confess themselves 
 
 to be lawbreakers. , \ 
 
 Well may they be silent when they are charged as to the 
 
 nature of the oath'that they have have taken, and adl " l {J lst ^ e ?’ 
 They are lawbreakers, both in administering the oath and in 
 
 inflicting the penalty. 
 
 THE SILENCE OF SECRECY IS THE SILENCE WHICH COVERS GUILT. 
 
 It does not cover innocence. It does not cover truth. It 
 does not cover purity. It does not cover that which is right 
 and lawful. It covers the infernal works of darkness. The 
 Silence of Secrecy is only kept up by continual lying. 
 
 Deacon Judd told us that among the things that damaged 
 and injured him through being a Freemason was his being led 
 
 into bad company. , . 
 
 He thought it was very nice at first to be in company wit 
 
 Dr. Lorimer, the Baptist minister, and others of that k , ; 
 But he found that the company which they kept, which he ha 
 to keep, was the company of whoremasters, adulterers, dru 
 ards lfars, and dirty dogs who went from the Masonic Lodge 
 to the harlot’s house. He had not been a profane swearer , but 
 he learned how to swear and how to lie. He said he ne\ er lied 
 
 to his wife until he became a Freemason. . , , 
 
 The Masons have to tell lies. All over the land tonight, 
 the Masons everywhere have been driven by our exposures, an 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. I 45 
 
 those of others, to either admit the truth of what we say or 
 to lie, and they lie. 
 
 They prefer to lie so that the oath to conceal is really, liter¬ 
 ally, an oath to lie. 
 
 This concealment, therefore, is prejudicial, not merely to the 
 interests of the home and of the man, and of his character and 
 of his family, but it is prejudicial to the commercial interests of 
 the people. 
 
 They help each other in lying. It is prejudicial to the 
 transportation interests of the people. I will give you an illus¬ 
 tration of it from a railroad point of view. 
 
 I do not care to air our personal grievances upon this plat¬ 
 form, but there are over one hundred ordained officers in Zion 
 who give their whole time to this ministry. Some of them 
 were Methodist ministers, Baptist ministers, Congregational 
 ministers, before they became lay members of Zion; before 
 they were baptized in Zion and were ordained. 
 
 When they were ministers of these denominations they had 
 no difficulty in getting the regular ministerial rates on the rail¬ 
 ways, but when they came into Zion, not one of these brethren 
 could get ministerial rates. 
 
 Why? Two of the controlling Commissioners, who are 
 Methodists and Masons, have lied about Zion to the railways, 
 and are in a position in connection with that matter to refuse 
 these rates. When one of these Commissioners was brought 
 to. face the fact that he was committing a great injustice, he 
 said, “I am a damned good Methodist.” (Laughter.) 
 
 Where did he tell it to you, Overseer Speicher? 
 
 Overseer Speicher—“In his own office in the Monadnock 
 Building.” 
 
 ZION DEPRIVED OF HER RIGHTFUL PRIVILEGES BY MASONIC 
 
 METHODISTS. 
 
 Dr. Dowie—He told Overseer Speicher, when he was taxed 
 with this, that he was a “damned good Methodist,” and that 
 was one of the reasons he was “not going to give that 
 damned Dr. Dowie and his damned Church any privileges 
 at all.” 
 
 You see what a fine Methodist and Mason he was. 
 
 There-is no question at all about it. The Interstate Com¬ 
 merce Commission has been lied toby these men so completely 
 —and they perhaps are Masons themselves—that they have 
 denied Zion the usual privileges. I do not care anything about 
 it, because Zion can send her Messengers wherever she wants 
 to, and can pay the full fare. Indeed, as far as I myself am 
 concerned, I very seldom can afford to travel by the accom¬ 
 modation trains. I nearly always have to go by the limited 
 trains. If I could go by a quicker train, I would take it. I 
 would like to travel in an air ship. 
 
146 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 We are robbed in that way of hundreds and perhaps thou¬ 
 sands of dollars annually on the railways, just because of this 
 
 accursed, lying Masonry. , „• • 
 
 What Mr. D-said was “ Damned good Methodism is in 
 
 power. It is shocking to hear the words, but he told the truth. 
 
 He is a Methodist. So is the Devil. 
 
 The Devil is a “damned good Methodist. He is damned, 
 and his goodness is his evil. The light that is in him is 
 
 I desire to press the point, that on every side you will find 
 
 this silence and lying of secrecy. T 
 
 I am watching some things down at Washington. 1 am 
 going to speak about them in due time. You cannot muzzle me. 
 
 I utter this warning to the politicians. You look sharp y 
 out. You take care what you are about. God answers my 
 prayer. You cannot rob Zion with impunity. . 
 
 Elijah prayed that it might not rain, and he prayed that it 
 might God heard him both times. Paul prayed that a man 
 might be healed, and he also prayed that a man might go to 
 the Devil. In fact, he did more than that; he delivered one 
 unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh. There are some 
 people who have to be handed over to the Devil, where they 
 belong. It will take an Apostle to do that, but it can be done. 
 Just as sure as there is a God in the heavens, it has been done. 
 
 ZION’S ENEMIES HANDED OVER TO SATAN FOR THE DESTRUCTION 
 
 OF THE FLESH. 
 
 Not one editor of all who fought Zion in 1894 and 1895 
 in an editorial chair today. Nearly all of them are dead and 
 in hell. They died as they lived. They were bad, and I said 
 if they did not repent they would die. The. editors of this 
 time are going on in the same bad way, and will come to t e 
 
 same bad end. , , 
 
 You cannot play with edged tools and not get cut, you tools. 
 
 You cannot run up against the Eternal Rock and not get hurt. 
 You cannot laugh at the grinding-stones in the mill ot God. 
 If you do not get out from under, you will be ground to powder. 
 
 “The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding 
 fine ” You may well be silent over all the land, you Secretists. 
 
 Look at the press of this city. Silent as the grave about 
 thpcip Fxnnsures 
 
 It has-been trying to get up a great many idiotic lies about 
 
 Even the lies will not do. This time they will not go off. 
 Something is damp. The powder does not burn. 
 
 Fdr two weeks they have been getting out a play. Inis is 
 the first public mention I have made of it from this platform, 
 because the thing is dead, and I may just as well say a word 
 about it now. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 147 
 
 Several weeks ago I was told that there was a play being 
 prepared burlesquing Zion, and asked if I would stop it. “ Oh,” 
 I said, “no. The idea of stopping it. What a mistake it would 
 be. ' Let the Devil go ahead.” 
 
 I saw this play advertised, called “Zowie’s Dion.” It was 
 to be given in the Lyric Theatre. I took no notice of it. I 
 had letters calling my attention to it. A number of reports 
 appeared in the papers, saying that I was in a dreadful rage 
 about it; that I was just stamping and jumping with rage, and 
 had consulted my attorney, and would get out warrants and 
 injunctions and suits. All these reports were lies. 
 
 I was hoping the Devil would advertise effectually. I 
 hoped he would go ahead. It does not matter to me; the 
 more he howls the more everybody of sense can see that he is 
 hurt. 
 
 Last Saturday I got a most amusing letter. 
 
 It was brought into Zion by a gentleman who came in puff¬ 
 ing a cigar. By the time he got to the desk he had been told 
 twice to put that cigar out. The clerk at the desk told him we 
 would not talk to him at all with that cigar in his mouth. 
 
 He wanted to see Dr. Dowie. 
 
 “You cannot see Dr. Dowie,” he was told. 
 
 “Well, but I have important business with him,” he insisted. 
 
 “You cannot see him. I know he has made no engage¬ 
 ment with you,” said the clerk. The clerk knows that I do not 
 cultivate the friendship of “ stinkpots,” as we call those who 
 eat and smoke tobacco. 
 
 “Well,” he said, “anyhow, will he get this letter, if I leave 
 it?” 
 
 “Yes, he will get the letter,” was the reply. 
 
 The letter was brought to me, which is as follows: 
 
 Don’t permit yourself to be ridiculed. Don’t allow Henson and his 
 followers to laugh at the vulgar, bawdy-house jokes and slang that is to be 
 put in the mouths of these “ angels and satans.” See your lawyer, get your 
 warrants ready and take them off the stage as soon as the angels appear, 
 
 Chicago, May 19,1900. 
 
 Dr. Dowie (or those who represent him): 
 
 The most outrageous insult ever offered to man will be given you Sun¬ 
 day next (tomorrow afternoon) at the Lyric Theatre. 
 
 You ca7i stop it. Go to Mayor Harrison and have him forbid it. It is 
 called “ Zowie’s Dion Dames.” No doubt you’ve seen the bills. 
 
 You are doing good work. Continue it. You are making friends. 
 
 Have these naked women hauled to the station in the patrol wagons. 
 Take them red-handed —in their angelic and Satanic dresses. Nip it in the 
 bud tomorrow. Your Friend, William J. Fisher. 
 
 The Mayor have heard of it. He should forbid the giving of the piece. 
 
 . We see tonight that not only has the play failed, but its 
 failure has closed up the theatre. 
 
 These people thought they could do something. The Open 
 Speech of Christianity is far more effective than the Secrecy 
 
148 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 of Masonry. An insult to myself and Zion was not popular 
 
 even with the theatre-goers of Chicago. . . 
 
 Who are the men who are reaching the people, and winning 
 
 men to God in this city Are they Freemasons? 
 
 Voices — “No.” . 
 
 Dr. Dowie— Where does the largest congregation in Chicago 
 
 assemble every week? . „ 
 
 Voices— “In Central Zion Tabernacle 
 
 Dr Dowie— When I have gone around to the other laber- 
 nacles in this city on the Sabbath Day, it has been my privilege 
 to speak to about 8000 or 9000 people in a day in this city. 
 
 The only reason I did not speak to more on many occasions 
 was because there was not room for them in the buildings. 
 
 THE OPEN SPEECH OF CHRISTIANITY IS ITS POWER. 
 
 When John Wesley could not speak in the churches, he 
 
 spoke on the church-yard tombstones. 
 
 H What a power those sermons under the canopy of heaven 
 were ! What we need is Open Speech. I think that Christianity 
 has been nearly killed in synagogues. It has been nearly kil ed 
 in churches. It is about time that it burst out again into the 
 
 open, free air of heaven. , 
 
 I hope when we get to Zion City we shah have that 
 
 Oh, beloved, what a mighty power there is in Open Speech 
 
 When that Bible used to be chained to a pillar in an old 
 dim cathedral, it was a power; but what a difference since the 
 Word of God has been unbound, and everybody has been able 
 to read of the wonderful works of God. Now Christianity has 
 
 110 Here^the Book which contains the Word of God in the 
 Old and in the New Wills. The whole Christian religion is 
 stated inside this book. Everybody can read it. You can buy 
 a small copy of it for a few cents. \ ou can buy the New 
 Testament, which is the most valuable part of it, for five cents. 
 I am told that there are Testaments published in England 
 which are sold for one English penny, two cents in American 
 
 “Thave been speaking openly, and I have won under God 
 Masonic-Methodists have been speaking secretly, and y 
 
 ha ^Beloved brothers and sisters, whatever we may do, see to 
 it that our light shines. No man lighteth a candle and puttet 
 it under a bushel. He sets it on a candlestick that it may 
 
 shine to all who are in the house. . . , • Hp 
 
 A great many people say, “ Oh, Dr. Dowie is too plain. He 
 talks too openly; too freely.” Those who talk in that way are 
 people who are given to Secrecy. Or they defend Masons 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 149 
 
 because their relatives belong to that Order, or to some other 
 Order. They do not like plain talking. They do not like 
 open talking. 
 
 Does God love us to do things in secret? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Does He love us to be affiliated with the infer¬ 
 nal works of darkness? 
 
 Audience—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—He desires us to reprove them, and to fight in 
 the light. 
 
 SILENCE NOT GOLDEN. 
 
 I am told that speech is silver and silence is golden. That 
 is a lie. Christ is the Eternal Word. His Words are “spirit 
 and life.” 
 
 Speech, words, are the mightiest powers on earth. One 
 word has been known again and again to create war, and 
 another word peace. 
 
 Thirty years ago, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1870, I had all 
 my books and clothes packed, all my plans settled up. I 
 looked at my boxes which had come with me from Australia, 
 and said, “I am on the wing again.” 
 
 I was going to ship all that I carried with me. I had been 
 a student in Edinburgh University, and was going to ship all 
 my things over to Hamburg. There I was going to speak in 
 English for about nine months to an English-speaking congre¬ 
 gation in that German City. I stipulated with my friends 
 while there to preach in English, but they were always to talk 
 to me in German, so that I might learn the German language, 
 and be able to go to Berlin the following year to study. 
 
 I had been preparing all my course in Edinburgh with a view 
 to taking the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Berlin, and I 
 remember looking that morning at my trunks, as I sat at 
 breakfast, and thinking that in two days I should be on the 
 Continent. 
 
 I was wrong. I took up my morning paper, and there was 
 the story of Count Benedetti talking to King William of 
 Prussia. There has been much contest as to what he did 
 say. The probabilities are that the King was only too willing 
 to insult the Count and to insult France. There is scarce any 
 doubt about that. It was, no doubt, a part of Bismarck’s 
 scheme to provoke France. Bismarck knew that France was 
 not ready for war. He knew better what the conditions of 
 the French army were than the French Emperor did. 
 
 Count Benedetti, I read, had grossly insulted the King the 
 previous day. Count Benedetti denied it, and said that it was 
 the King who grossly insulted him, and France in his person. 
 
 It went back to Paris, and the Duke de Gramont in the 
 Corps Legislative arose and said, “We must resent this insult,” 
 
150 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 and the whole legislative body cried, “War! War! War!” 
 Within twenty-four hours war was declared. In fact, it was 
 practically declared that night, and the French troops were 
 marching at the time I was reading that paper. They were 
 marching on the frontier, and the German troops had been 
 there long ago. 
 
 I could not go across to the Continent. The Continent was 
 closed. Hamburg was closed. My friends wrote to me and 
 said, “Everything is closed. The Elbe is full of torpedoes. 
 You cannot come in from Leith by steamer. You will have to 
 go around by Rotterdam.” 
 
 I saw that my plans were all changed. It was just in a 
 night by one word these nations were plunged into war. 
 
 That one word, before the war was over, had cost France 
 two of her fairest provinces, the blood of tens of thousands of 
 her sons. 
 
 It cost her the humiliation of the siege of Paris. It cost 
 her the humiliation of the Commune. It had cost her every¬ 
 thing that a nation can pay for the price of a foolish word. 
 
 THE MIGHTY POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD. 
 
 It seems to me when I hear people talking about speech 
 being silver and silence golden, that they do not know what 
 they are saying. When God speaks all the hosts of heaven are 
 moved. If God says, “Let there be light,” there is light. 
 
 The chaotic darkness of this world, at the beginning, was 
 illuminated at once by the light which God put around the 
 world before the sunlight reached it. 
 
 The electric rings encircled the earth like those rings of 
 Saturn and made light in a moment all around this earth. 
 
 When a man who knows how to pray, prays to God; when a 
 man who is living in accordance with God’s commandments 
 prays; when a man wholly and perfectly consecrated to. God 
 prays, then the words spoken are mightier than the decisions 
 of legislatures, councils of war or executive powers. And God 
 is mightier than all beside. God encircles that man with 
 Light. 
 
 The day is coming when the words spoken will be a mighty 
 power; when a quiet word spoken in the throne-room of Zion 
 will reach in a moment throughout all the earth, when the 
 King Himself speaks it. 
 
 Here even now in Zion’s offices my word goes a long way. 
 If I go to my office tonight and sit down and write a certain 
 cablegram, it will be in England in a few minutes. If I write 
 a certain reply to the cablegram which is in my pocket now, it 
 will make a wonderful difference. If I utter a certain word in 
 reply to this cablegram, there will be lathes turning, and men 
 working, and there will be work for a large number of men for 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. I 51 
 
 months and months to come; just by a word sent in a cable¬ 
 gram under the Atlantic Ocean. 
 
 THE MARVELOUS EFFECT OF THE WORDS SENT OUT AS ZION 
 
 LITERATURE. 
 
 The word of a man can go far. When President McKinley 
 speaks a certain word, it goes throughout the whole land. 
 
 These open words which we can speak for God, what are 
 they not doing? Let me just show you. Here is a letter sent 
 to me tonight: 
 
 Dear Dr. Dowie :— I herewith send you the applications for member¬ 
 ship in the Christian Catholic Church of Mr. and Mrs. K—. These persons 
 were converted through reading Zion Literature. The brother had become 
 an infidel through the inconsistencies of the teachings and evil practices of 
 the denominations. 
 
 This is signed by Elder S. A. Walton, our Elder in Oak 
 Park. The applications which I hold in my hand are of a 
 brother and sister living at Green Ridge, Missouri, whom I 
 presume are in the city now. 
 
 One was an infidel, but the word spoken from this platform 
 reached them down in Green Ridge, Missouri, and knocked the 
 infidelity out of them. 
 
 What God has done by this word we cannot tell. We can 
 only say, it is going on and on, through the word spoken by 
 the Voice to Zion. 
 
 Everybody who hates the Silence of Secrecy, and is deter¬ 
 mined to speak the plain Open Speech of Christianity, and 
 follow Jesus, stand to your feet. (With some exceptions the 
 entire audience arose.) 
 
 All who will keep on muttering secret words in the dark, 
 and disobey the Lord, sit still and the Devil will know where 
 to find you. All who are determined to live in the Light, and 
 walk in the Light, and speak in the Light, I again say, stand. 
 
 God knows you who are sitting. I would not be in your 
 shoes for all the gold of Ophir. Pray. 
 
 PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. 
 
 My God and Father, in Jesus’ Name I come to Thee. Take me as I 
 am. Make me what I ought to be, in spirit, in soul, in body. Give me 
 power to do right, no matter what it costs. Give me Thy Holy Spirit, that 
 I may speak, love, and walk in the Light, in the Life, in the Love of God. 
 Give me.power to rebuke the unfruitful works of darkness, and to have no 
 fellowship with them, for Jesus’ sake. (All repeat the prayer, clause by 
 clause, after Dr. Dowie.) 
 
 The meeting was then closed with the 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 
 Beloved, abstain from all appearance of evil. And may the very God 
 of Peace Himself sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole Spirit, 
 and Soul, and Body be preserved entire, without blame unto the coming of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it. 
 The Grace of our Lord Jesus, the Love of God the Father, the fellowship 
 
I 52 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 of the Holy Ghost, the Eternal Comforter; one Eternal God abide in you, 
 bless you and keep you, and all the Israel of God everywhere, forever. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 NINTH DISCOURSE. 
 
 T HE crowning event of Zion’s great Conflict with Methodist 
 Apostasy, especially in connection with Freemasonry, 
 was the service held in Central Zion Tabernacle on Thursday 
 evening, May 24th, when two score ex-members of Secret 
 Societies exemplified a portion of the so-called secret woik 
 of their lodges. By means of this Exposure, the General 
 Overseer clinched all the arguments which he has made duiing 
 the eight previous Discourses in this Series, by showing the 
 utter unchristian and antichristian nature of Freemasonry and 
 the other Secret Orders which are, for the most part, founded 
 
 upon it. 
 
 When he announced this meeting, the General Overseer 
 wisely qualified his invitation to the public to attend by limit¬ 
 ing admission, before the hour set for opening the service, to 
 ticket-holders only. These tickets were, of course, issued free, 
 
 as long as there were any left. 
 
 As soon as it became known, however, that tickets would 
 be required for admission, there was a rush for these bits of 
 pasteboard, and although 4500 of them had been printed, they 
 were practically all issued in one day, several days before the 
 meeting. Then began a clamor for tickets from all parts of 
 the city, and even from neighboring cities. He who had two 
 gave one to his neighbor, so that it is probable that nearly 
 
 every ticket printed was used. 
 
 In the early twilight of that memorable Thursday evening 
 twelve stalwart, blue-coated policemen might have been seen 
 gently but firmly restraining and forming into lines an earnest, 
 determined but good-natured crowd on the broad pavement in 
 front of Central Zion Tabernacle. So large was this crowd that 
 the great space in front of the doors was filled and the black 
 swarm of human beings extended out to the curbing. 
 
 From the crowd a steady stream flowed into the great audi¬ 
 torium of the Tabernacle, spread itself over the ground floor, 
 rose to the great broad arc of the first galleries, filled them, and 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH ME THODIST APOSTASY. I 5 3 
 
 then mounted to the topmost tiers of seats in the highest 
 galleries. 
 
 Still that stream flowed in. Nooks and corners were rapidly 
 filled ; men and women gathered in the wide places in the aisles 
 and filled the choir gallery. 
 
 Outside there seemed to be no diminution of the crowd. 
 Newcomers were constantly adding to it to supply the places 
 of those who entered the building, or, becoming weary, went 
 away. Others, merely seeing the crowd outside, went away 
 without attempting to get in. 
 
 It is estimated that 10,000 people thus either entered the 
 Tabernacle, or came to it with the intention of entering. 
 
 Those who found places within numbered over 4000. 
 
 The sight which met their eyes, as they looked upon the plat¬ 
 form, was a strange one for Zion Tabernacle. There sat twenty- 
 six full-grown men, some of them with the snows of winter upon 
 their brows, trying to look solemn and dignified, with short 
 white bibs, or aprons, tied across their abdomens, over the con¬ 
 ventional black of their ordinary clothing. 
 
 The ordeal was especially trying to them, inasmuch as they 
 had received light by which they saw the silliness of the pro¬ 
 ceeding. They were imitating the follies from which they had 
 been delivered, which millions of otherwise intelligent men 
 still practice. These men were arranged in the form of a 
 Master Mason’s Lodge, with regulation lodge furniture and 
 paraphernalia, which will be described later. 
 
 Promptly at 8 o’clock the General Overseer came upon the 
 platform. The brief address which he then delivered was not 
 only a fitting prelude to the exposures which followed, but a 
 clear, logical, masterly argument against Masonic administer¬ 
 ing and making of oaths, vows and penalties. 
 
 The skill with which he handled his subject, and the inspir¬ 
 ing eloquence with which he outlined his position, won for him 
 and for Zion the attention and respectful interest of the vast 
 throng from the very first. 
 
 Central Zion Tabernacle, Thursday Evening, May 24, 1900. 
 
 As the General Overseer appeared upon the platform he 
 was greeted with hearty applause, whereupon he said: I 
 thank you for your very kind welcome. 
 
15 4 ZION' S CON FLIC T WITH ME THODIS T APOSTASY. 
 
 After announcing the hymn, Number 151, the General 
 Overseer commented upon the words, “We’re marching 
 through Immanuel’s ground,” as follows: 
 
 The ground through which we are marching does not belong 
 to America, or to Great Britain, or to Germany, or any other 
 political power. 
 
 The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; 
 
 The world, and they that dwell therein. 
 
 For He hath founded it upon the seas, 
 
 And established it upon the floods. 
 
 Let us feel that this is God’s earth. The Devil shall not pos¬ 
 sess a foot of it. It was beautiful when God made it. 
 
 May God grant that every inch of it which has been 
 usurped by the Devil shall be taken back. (Amen.) 
 
 We desire the Kingdom of God to come on earth. 
 
 The Gospel is the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. 
 
 SCRIPTURE READING AND EXPOSITION. 
 
 At the close of the hymn Dr. Dowie read from the book 
 of Leviticus, fifth chapter, and commented upon the fourth 
 verse as follows: 
 
 Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, what¬ 
 soever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from 
 him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these 
 things. 
 
 I ask you to think what these words mean. If a man has 
 sworn, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, and the thing be 
 hid from him; when he knoweth of it, he shall be guilty if he 
 does not put the thing away; if he does not break that bad 
 oath. 
 
 If a man has been tricked, or when in a state of sin has wil¬ 
 fully taken a Bad Oath, it is his duty to break it. He must 
 make confession to God and ask forgiveness for having made 
 that Bad Oath. 
 
 May God help every man here tonight who in secret has 
 taken a Bad Oath to break it and do right. (Amen.) 
 
 The twelfth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke 
 was then read by the General Overseer; also from the Epistle 
 of Paul to the Ephesians, fifth chapter, commenting as follows 
 upon the eleventh verse: 
 
 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but 
 rather even reprove them. 
 
 Now the word “reprove” is more properly translated in 
 modern English, “convict.” The old idea of reprove was to 
 prove back again, just as a boy who has worked an example 
 proves it back again into its original proposition. 
 
 So these brethren have come here to show you the things 
 out of which they have come, and to reprove them; to prove 
 back again; to convict them. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. I 55 
 
 I know of no better way to convict the Masonic-Methodist 
 and other churches which are full of this dark Wickedness, than 
 to let the thing appear as it is. Tonight they shall be con¬ 
 victed out of their own mouths. 
 
 Those who are to take part in this Mock Lodge tonight will 
 take part in it as seriously as they can. They will do it just as 
 they used to do it in the lodges. 
 
 WE SHALL CONVICT MASONRY BY SHOWING ITS TRUE CHARACTER. 
 
 Tonight, if never before in this great city, there shall be 
 placed before this vast audience the Truth. 
 
 Brothers, have you not said in the lodges what you intend 
 to say tonight? 
 
 Answer—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Will it be an exact representation of the secret 
 work? 
 
 Mr. Ronayne—“An exact representation.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—There will be nothing added and nothing taken 
 from it? 
 
 Mr. Ronayne—“ No, sir. It will be according to the Standard 
 Work.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—We shall reprove, we shall convict Masonry 
 tonight. May God send that wretched, accursed system back 
 to hell, from whence it came, and let all the Masons and the 
 people go free. 
 
 We are going to convict it tonight and prove that it belongs 
 to the Devil. 
 
 Prayer was then offered by Deacon W. S. Peckham. 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN’S DUTY IN BREAKING A BAD 
 
 OATH. 
 
 Dr. Dowie then delivered the following address: 
 
 This is the ninth meeting of a series in which I have been 
 dealing, as God has given me grace, with Methodist Apostasy, 
 especially in its connection with Freemasonry. 
 
 I am to say a few words, and they will be very few, con¬ 
 cerning the Christian’s Duty in Breaking a Bad Oath. 
 
 It is a common statement by unthinking people that any 
 man who would break a vow can never be believed. Such a 
 statement is most foolish. 
 
 I have known men to register a solemn vow, when they 
 have been disappointed in a young lady’s affections: “I will 
 live and die unmarried.” They break that vow (laughter), 
 hundreds of them. 
 
156 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 I have heard people make vows, and even confirm them by 
 oaths, which they afterwards saw it was very proper for them 
 to break. 
 
 The matter of breaking a vow depends upon what that vow 
 is. If that vow is a good vow, the man is a bad man who 
 breaks it. 
 
 If that vow is a bad vow, the man is a bad man who keeps it. 
 
 I ask this large audience for one expression of opinion: 
 Was George Washington a good man? 
 
 Voices—“ Y es.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I will tell you something about George Wash¬ 
 ington. He was a British army officer. He had drawn his 
 sword and sworn by the Ever Living God that he would draw 
 that sword only in defense of King George III of England, and 
 his successors upon the British throne; that he would draw that 
 sword to defend the rights of Great Britain upon American soil; 
 that he would never break that vow, and that he would hold 
 himself guilty if he ever broke it. It was a long vow. I pub¬ 
 lished it in last week’s Leaves of Healing. (See Volume VII, 
 Number 4, page 106.) Did George Washington break that vow? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—He broke that vow because he found it was a 
 bad vow. When he made it, he made it honestly. He thought 
 it was a good vow. He thought that King George III was a 
 good monarch; that Great Britain had a right to rule over 
 America, and do what she liked upon this Continent. 
 
 The day came when he saw that liberty, life and property 
 were all crushed beneath the feet of unbridled tyranny. Then 
 he broke the sword and broke his vow, and drew a sword in 
 behalf of the independence of the United Colonies, to help to 
 make them the great nation they became, the United States of 
 America. 
 
 Did he do right? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—I point out to you that it is a right thing for a 
 man to break a bad vow. 
 
 THE VOWS MADE IN SECRET LODGES ARE BAD VOWS. 
 
 The Oaths which will be shown you tonight are tricks and 
 lies, inconsistent with common honesty and the best interests 
 of this country. 
 
 Young men and women, ever remember that the right to 
 administer an oath is very properly safeguarded by the Con- * 
 stitution of the United States of America. 
 
 All the three great arms of government, Legislative, Execu¬ 
 tive and Judicial, must be united to give a man the power to 
 administer an oath. 
 
 The law must be passed by Congress, and under that law 
 the Executive may appoint, or the people may elect, a magis- 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. I 57 
 
 trate, or a judge ; but if that magistrate or judge is to take office 
 and have the power in his turn to administer an oath, that power 
 must be given to him by a judge who administers an oath in 
 accordance with law. 
 
 Is that not a right principle? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Who gives this wretched fellow here the right 
 to administer an oath? (Referring to Mr. Ronayne, in his 
 capacity as Worshipful Master of Red Dragon Lodge Number 
 666, A. F. and A. M.) 
 
 Mr. Ronayne—“Nobody.” (Laughter.) 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Does the law? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Who gives him the right to inflict a penalty? 
 Does the law? 
 
 Voices—“ No.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Apart from religion altogether, it is right to 
 affirm the principle that no private citizen has any right to 
 administer an oath, or to inflict a penalty. 
 
 I therefore claim that Secretism and the oaths they admin¬ 
 ister and the penalties which they assume to inflict are all in 
 violation of civil law. 
 
 It is wicked and base for any man to assume the right to 
 administer oaths and to inflict penalties. 
 
 This gang of Freemasons (referring to the gentlemen on 
 the platform)—excuse me. (Laughter.) I am talking of you 
 as you used to be. This wretched gang of Freemasons has no 
 more right to administer an oath than a Jesse James robber 
 gang, or any other gang. 
 
 Is that not good logic? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—By the Grace of God, we are in a very beautiful 
 way to smash up this whole business. (Amen.) These breth¬ 
 ren have taken very kindly my assailing of them. Some of 
 them have been out of Freemasonry for many years; one for 
 twenty years, and another for more. But I was the means in 
 God’s hands of bringing the great majority of them out of it. 
 
 j 
 
 IT TAKES COURAGE TO EXPOSE THESE MURDEROUS ORGANIZA¬ 
 TIONS. 
 
 I am very glad that they have the courage of Zion men. 
 
 Did not George Washington risk his neck when he drew his 
 sword in behalf of the liberties of'America? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—He did, and if they had caught him, they might 
 have hanged him as a traitor to his vows. 
 
 The Masons have threatened that all these men now upon 
 this platform will be murdered. 
 
158 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 I have noticed that threatened men live long, because I am 
 one of them. (Laughter.) 
 
 The Masons are too great cowards to dare to do anything 
 of the kind, for they can see the hangman’s rope before their 
 eyes. They are a little more careful than they used to be when 
 they murdered Morgan. 
 
 We despise their threats. We have a right to expose their 
 wicked secrets, which are antagonistic to the national interests, 
 antagonistic to the home interests, and antagonistic to all the 
 interests of the Church of God. We will fight the Devil, but 
 we will not fight him in the darkness. 
 
 We will fight him in the light. We are not afraid. I am 
 thankful that these men, twenty-five of them, gather around me 
 and are not afraid to expose these secrets even at the risk of 
 their lives. May God bless these men. 
 
 We have no unkind feeling to the Masons or the Metho¬ 
 dists, because it has come to the point that when you say 
 Mason, you might almost say Methodist, and when you say 
 Methodist, you might almost say Mason, except in a few very 
 great and good cases. 
 
 When Dr. Buckley was asked the question, he answered in 
 the New York Christian Advocate , saying that Freemasonry 
 was not in accordance with Christianity, and that those who 
 were Freemasons were suffering from an aberration of judg¬ 
 ment. 
 
 Aberration means a wandering away. 
 
 I present that remark of Dr. Buckley’s and that definition 
 to the members of the Masonic-Methodist Episcopal Confer¬ 
 ence. 
 
 I have no unkind feeling. I would God that every man of 
 them were out of Masonry and all its kindred iniquity, and that 
 they were giving attention to the Salvation and the Healing 
 and the Holy Living of the people 
 
 May God grant that they be delivered. 
 
 I desire to say a word or two concerning what you are about 
 
 to see. 
 
 CONCERNING THE EXPOSURE ABOUT TO BE GIVEN. 
 
 Ex-Worshipful Master Ronayne was the Worshipful Master 
 of Keystone Lodge Number 639, A. F. and A. M., in this City 
 of Chicago. He has initiated many who are now high in office 
 and have been in the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Others sitting around me are ex-Masons of high degree. 
 
 Here is one ex-sinner who had thirty-two degrees. There 
 is another who was a Knight Templar and a Mystic Shriner. He 
 was the dirtiest dog of all the lot. (Laughter). He is not that 
 now, for he is clean and in Zion, thank God. 
 
 Now these brethren are simply going to attend, as it were, to 
 duty. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY, 
 
 159 
 
 When the General Overseer had finished his address, he 
 retired to the officers’gallery, from which point he witnessed 
 the strange scenes which followed and controlled the great 
 audience with an occasional word of warning, lest the ridiculous 
 side of the mock solemnities should cause too great laughter 
 and thus rob the exposure of the great lesson it was intended 
 to teach. 
 
 The mock Masonic lodge which now “opened for work” 
 was, owing to the shape of the platform, compelled to call the 
 south end of the platform the east end of the lodge, and the 
 other points of the compass were similarly transposed to cor¬ 
 respond. Otherwise it was, in all essential respects, like a reg¬ 
 ular Masonic lodge. 
 
 In the East sat the venerable Edmond Ronayne, ex-Wor- 
 shipful Master of Keystone Lodge No. 639, A. F. and A. M., 
 of Chicago, a veteran in the battle against Secretism and a true 
 friend of Zion. He was, on this occasion, Worshipful Master 
 of Red Dragon Lodge No. 666, A. F. and A. M., a mock lodge. 
 
 In the West sat an ex-thirty-second degree Mason, on this 
 occasion Senior Warden of Red Dragon Lodge. 
 
 In the South, with his back to the audience, as Junior 
 Warden of Red Dragon Lodge, sat an ex-Mason of three 
 degrees. 
 
 At the right of the Worshipful Master sat an ex-Knight 
 Templar, who took the arduous position of Senior Deacon 
 and repeated its lengthy ritual with an ease which betokened 
 his familiarity with it, having officiated in the same capacity 
 many times before in different lodges. Indeed, all the mem¬ 
 bers of Red Dragon Lodge took their parts so well that a 
 Chicago morning paper commented upon the fact, even while 
 stating that the affair was a “pretended exposure.” 
 
 At the right of the Senior Warden was stationed the Junior 
 Deacon, another ex-Mason. 
 
 Outside an improvised wooden door stood an ex-Master 
 Mason, who served Red Dragon Lodge in the capacity of 
 Tyler. 
 
 On the right and left of the Worshipful Master, respectively, 
 sat the Treasurer and Secretary, both chairs being filled by 
 ex-Masons. 
 
 In the center of the platform stood a wooden “altar,” about 
 three feet in height, and at three of its corners stood tall 
 candlesticks bearing lighted candles. Upon it lay a Masonic 
 Ritual, in place of the usual Bible, and a square and compasses. 
 
 At the right of the Worshipful Master and the Senior and 
 Junior Wardens were short pillars, upon the tops of which lay 
 gavels and other instruments, emblematic of “the craft.” The 
 Senior and Junior Deacons were armed with the long, slender 
 rods of their office, surmounted with emblems of Masonry. 
 
160 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH ME THODIS T A EOS TA S Y. 
 
 Many of the furnishings and instruments were purchased 
 from a regular Masonic supply house in Chicago, and hence 
 were of the regulation size and pattern. 
 
 THE LODGE OPENED WITH REFERENCES TO SUN-WORSHIP. 
 
 Worshipful Master Ronayne, his head adorned with the 
 “plug” hat which is a part of the foolery of Masonic custom, 
 with the assistance of the others, opened Red Dragon Lodge 
 No. 666, for work in the Entered Apprentice Degree, with 
 prayer to some unnamed “ Great Architect of the Universe,” 
 the white-bibbed “brethren” responding to the Amen with a 
 solemn “So mote it be.” 
 
 In the further opening exercises of the lodge, the real sun- 
 worshiping nature of Masonry was revealed by the glib repeti¬ 
 tions of the various Worshipful Master and Junior and Senior 
 Wardens to the effect that they held positions in the East, 
 South and West, respectively, because the sun rose in the East, 
 reached its meridian in the South and set in the West. 
 
 The Secretary was sent to the “preparation room” to col¬ 
 lect a fee from the candidate in waiting, but, quickly returning, 
 stated that inasmuch as the candidate was a clergyman, the fee 
 was remitted. 
 
 After more solemn clap-trap, there were three loud raps at 
 the wooden door. 
 
 The Senior Deacon arose and announced that there was an 
 alarm at the door. 
 
 Being instructed by the Worshipful Master to attend the 
 alarm, he went to the door and gave three raps. The door was 
 then opened and the following conversation took place: 
 
 METHODIST BISHOP “A POOR, BLIND CANDIDATE.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“Who comes here?” 
 
 Junior Deacon (who was with the candidate)—“The Right-Reverend 
 Charles H. Birdhunter, D. D., Bishop in the Masonic-Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, who has long been in darkness, and now seeks to be brought to 
 light, and to receive a part in the rights and benefits of this Worshipful 
 Lodge erected to God and dedicated to the Saints John, as all brothers and 
 fellows have done before.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ Bishop Birdhunter, is this of your own free will and 
 accord?” 
 
 Bishop Birdhunter—“ It is.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“Brother Junior Deacon, is the candidate worthy and 
 well qualified!” 
 
 Junior Deacon—“He is.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“Is he duly and truly prepared?” 
 
 Junior Deacon—“He is.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“Is he of lawful age, and properly vouched for?” 
 
 Junior Deacon—“He is.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“Who vouches for this?” 
 
 Junior Deacon—“A brother.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ By what further rights and benefits does he expect to 
 gain admission?” 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. l6l 
 
 Junior Deacon— By being a man, free born, of good report, and well 
 recommended.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“It is well. Bishop Birdhunter, you will wait with 
 patience until the Worshioful Master is informed of your request, and his 
 answer returned.” 
 
 The door was then closed; the Senior Deacon returned to 
 the altar, gave one rap on the floor with his rod, made the due 
 guard of an Entered Apprentice, and reported: 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ Worshipful Master, the alarm is caused by Right- 
 Reverend Charles H. Birdhunter, D. D., a Bishop in the Masonic-Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, who has long been in darkness, and now seeks to be 
 brought to light and to receive a part in the rights and benefits of this Wor¬ 
 shipful Lodge, erected to God and dedicated to the Saints John, as all 
 brothers and fellows have done before.” 
 
 Worshipful Master—“ Brother Senior Deacon, is this of his own free 
 will and accord?” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ It is.” 
 
 Worshipful Master—“Is the candidate worthy and well qualified, duly 
 and truly prepared?” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“He is.” 
 
 Worshipful Master—“Is he of lawful age, and properly vouched for?” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“He is.” 
 
 Worshipful Master—“Who vouches for this?” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“A brother.” 
 
 Worshipful Master—“ By what further rights and benefits does he 
 expect to gain admission?” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ By being a man, free born, of good report, and well 
 recommended.” 
 
 Worshipful Master—“ It is well. Since he comes endowed with all these 
 necessary qualifications, it is my order that he enter this lodge in the Name 
 of the Lord, and be received in due form.” 
 
 METHODIST BISHOP STANDS NEARLY NAKED IN THE LODGE ROOM. 
 
 The door was then thrown open and Elder H. D. Brasefield, 
 “made up” to represent “Bishop Birdhunter,” was conducted 
 into the lodge by the Junior Deacon. 
 
 As he stepped out into the light of the lodge-room, there 
 was a murmur of mingled horror and disgust at the diabolical 
 system which he was aiding to expose, and sympathy with him 
 that he was obliged to undergo such indignities in order to 
 expose it. 
 
 He was stripped to his undervest and a pair of light 
 trousers. The sleeve on his left arm was rolled to his shoulder, 
 his left breast was bare, his left foot was bare, and the left leg 
 of his trousers was rolled up above the knee. Over his eyes 
 was tied a hoodwink and around his neck was tied a blue rope, 
 called a cable-tow. 
 
 There he stood, an impersonation of a Methodist Bishop, a 
 living rebuke, in the eyes of thousands, to a million American 
 citizens, many of them professed followers of Christ, some of 
 them claiming to be His ministers, who have thus degraded 
 their manhood. 
 
 The ritual of these mock Baal-worshipers then went on. 
 
162 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 The Senior Deacon received the candidate on the point of 
 compasses, pressed to his naked left breast, and addressed him 
 as follows: 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ Bishop Birdhunter, on your first admission into a 
 Lodge of Masons, I receive you on the point of a sharp instrument press¬ 
 ing your naked left breast (here he pressed the point of the compasses against 
 the left breast of the candidate), which is to teach you that, as this is an 
 instrument of torture to your flesh, so should the recollection of it be to your 
 conscience, should you ever presume to reveal any of the secrets of Free¬ 
 masonry unlawfully.” 
 
 The Senior Deacon then passed the compasses to the Stew¬ 
 ard and taking the candidate by the right arm, conducted him 
 a little further inward, and towards the center of the lodge, 
 where he was halted. The Junior Deacon, in the meantime, 
 retired to his proper place, and the Stewards marched behind 
 the candidate. The Senior Deacon then addressed the latter 
 as follows: 
 
 Bishop Birdhunter, as no man should ever enter upon any great or 
 important undertaking without first imploring the blessing of Deity, you 
 will therefore kneel where you now stand, and attend prayer.” 
 
 METHODIST BISHOP KNEELS WHILE A HEATHEN PRAYER IS SAID. 
 
 Then the candidate, representing a minister and a Bishop 
 in a so-called Church of Christ, knelt as if in prayer, and the 
 members of the lodge arose, while the Worshipful Master 
 addressed an alleged prayer to the “Almighty Father of the 
 Universe.” This heathen prayer was not offered in the Name 
 of Jesus, as Jesus directed His disciples to pray after His 
 ascension. 
 
 The Worshipful Master then replaced his hat, which he had 
 removed, and approaching the candidate said: 
 
 vVorshipful Master—“ Bishop Birdhunter, in whom do you put your 
 trust?” 
 
 Candidate—“ In God.” 
 
 Worshipful Master—“Give me your right hand. Your trust being in 
 God, your faith is well founded. Arise! follow your conductor, and fear no 
 danger.” (Helps the candidate to his feet.) 
 
 The Master then retired to his seat in the East, gave one rap, 
 and the members of the lodge took their seats. 
 
 The Senior Deacon then took the “Bishop” by the arm 
 and conducted him slowly around the lodge-room. As they 
 passed the Master and Wardens, these officers each gave one 
 loud rap with his gavel. 
 
 Finally they stopped before the Junior Warden and the 
 Senior Deacon gave one loud rap on the floor with his rod. 
 The Junior Warden arose to his feet and “examined” the 
 “Bishop” with the same questions which were propounded to 
 him when he knocked at the door of the lodge. He then 
 directed the Senior Deacon to take him to the Senior Warden 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 163 
 
 for further “examination.” The Senior Warden, having simi¬ 
 larly examined the candidate, passed him on to the Worshipful 
 Master, who concluded the examination, and then said: 
 
 METHODIST BISHOP TAUGHT HOW TO APPROACH THE ALTAR OF 
 
 BAAL. 
 
 Worshipful Master—“ It is well. Since he comes endowed with all 
 these necessary qualifications, it is my order that you reconduct the Bishop 
 to the Senior Warden in the West, who will teach him to approach the East 
 by one upright, regular step, his feet forming the angle of an oblong square, 
 his body erect, at the altar, before the Worshipful Master.” 
 
 The candidate was reconducted to the Senior Warden, and 
 halted, about five feet from that officer’s station, where the 
 following ceremony occurred: 
 
 Senior Deacon—“Brother Senior Warden, it is the order of the Wor¬ 
 shipful Master that you teach the Bishop to approach the East by one 
 upright, regular step, his feet forming the angle of an oblong square, his 
 body erect, at the altar, before the Worshipful Master.” 
 
 Senior Warden—“ Brother Senior Deacon, you will face the candidate 
 to the East. (The candidate was faced about.) Bishop Birdhunter, you 
 will now take one step with your left foot, bringing the heel of the right to 
 the hollow of the left, forming the angle of an oblong square. (The Senior 
 Deacon placed his feet as required.) Stand erect.—In order, Worshipful.” 
 
 The Master then arose to his feet, and addressed the can¬ 
 didate with the following lie: 
 
 Worshipful Master—“ Bishop Birdhunter, you are now standing before 
 the altar of Masonry for the first time; but before proceeding further it 
 becomes my duty, as Master of this lodge, to inform you that it will be 
 necessary that you take upon yourself a solemn oath or obligation pertain¬ 
 ing to this degree. But I can assure you, upon the honor of a man and a 
 Mason, that in this obligation there is nothing that will conflict with any 
 duty you owe to God, your country, your neighbor, your family, or yourself, 
 In your advancement thus far, you have repeatedly assured us, it was of your 
 own free will and accord. If you are still of the same mind, you will 
 advance to our altar. (He was led to the altar by the guide, the Senior Dea¬ 
 con.) Kneel on your naked left knee, your right (knee) forming a square, 
 your left hand supporting the Holy Bible, Square and Compasses, your 
 right resting thereon (the Senior Deacon placed the candidate in these 
 different positions), in which due form you will say ‘ I *—repeat your name 
 in full—and say after me.” 
 
 Kneeling thus, half-naked, at the altar of Baal, “Bishop 
 Birdhunter” repeated after the Worshipful Master the words 
 of the following horrible oath: 
 
 METHODIST BISHOP TAKES AN ILLEGAL OATH. 
 
 “ I, Bishop Birdhunter, of my own free will and accord, in the presence 
 of Almighty God and this Worshipful Lodge, erected to him and dedicated 
 to the Holy Saints John, do hereby and hereon (here the Master placed his 
 right hand on that of the candidate) most solemnly and sincerely promise 
 and swear, that I will always hail, ever conceal and never reveal any of the 
 secret arts, parts or points of the hidden mysteries of Ancient Freemasonry, 
 which have been heretofore, may at this time, or shall at any future period, 
 be communicated to me as such, to any person or persons whomsoever, 
 except it be to a true and lawful brother Mason, orwithin a regularly con¬ 
 stituted Lodge of Masons, and neither unto him nor them, until by strict 
 
164 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 trial, due examination, or legal information, I shall have found him or them 
 as lawfully entitled to the same as I am myself. . . 
 
 «I furthermore promise and swear that I will not write, print, paint, 
 stamp, stain, cut, carve, mark nor engrave them, or cause the. same to be 
 done upon anything movable or immovable, capable of receiving the least 
 impression of a word, syllable, letter or character, whereby the same ma y 
 become legible or intelligible to any person under the canopy of heaven, 
 and the secrets of Freemasonry thereby be unlawfully obtained through my 
 
 unworthiness. , . , 
 
 “To all this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, with 
 
 a firm and steadfast resolution, to keep and perform the same, without any 
 equivocation, mental reservation or secret evasion of mind whatever, bind¬ 
 ing myself under a no less penalty than that of having my throat cut across, 
 mv tongue torn out by its roots and buried in the rough sands of the sea at 
 low water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows.twice in twenty-four hours, 
 should I ever knowingly or wilfully violate this my solemn oath or obliga¬ 
 tion as an Entered Apprentice Mason. So help me God, and keep me 
 
 steadfast in the due performance of the same. 
 
 “ Bishop Birdhunter, in token of your sincerity, you will detach your 
 
 hands and kiss the Bible.” 
 
 The Deacon removed the candidate’s hands from the book 
 and he kissed it. 
 
 Worshipful Master—" Brother Senior Deacon, you will now release the 
 brother from the cable-tow, as he is bound to us by an obligation, a tie 
 stronger than human hands can impose. 
 
 The Senior Deacon removed the rope from around the can¬ 
 didate’s neck and threw it aside. The Master resumed his hat, 
 stepped back a few paces, and asked the candidate. 
 
 BLASPHEMOUS TRAVESTY ON GOD’S WORD. 
 
 Worshipful Master—“ Bishop Birdhunter, in your present condition, 
 
 what do you most desire?” „ 
 
 Candidate (prompted by Senior Deacon) “ Light. 
 
 Worshipful Master—“ Brother Senior Deacon and brethren, you will 
 assist me in bringing the brother from darkness to light.” 
 
 Then followed a blasphemous ceremony in which the Wor¬ 
 shipful Master spoke the words of God, “ Let^ there be 
 Light,” and the hoodwink was removed from the “Bishops 
 
 eyC The Worshipful Master then explained that the Bible, 
 Square and Compasses were the “ three great lights in Masonry,” 
 and that the three candles, the three lesser lights, represented 
 the sun, the moon, and the Master of the lodge, thus again 
 making veiled allusion to the real religion of Freemasonry: 
 sun-worship. 
 
 The Worshipful Master then taught the candidate the step, 
 due guard and sign of an Entered Apprentice. 
 
 The Entered Apprentice grip and word were then given the 
 candidate, with much solemn mummery, the word being 
 
 Boaz. . , o 
 
 The candidate was then led to the.Junior and Senior War¬ 
 dens, respectively, whom he saluted with the Entered Appren¬ 
 tice “due guard and sign.” 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 165 
 
 These officers, in answer to the Worshipful Master’s 
 questions, reported that these signs were correctly made, and 
 the Worshipful Master then said: 
 
 METHODIST BISHOP GIVEN A MASONIC APRON AS A BADGE OF 
 
 INNOCENCE. 
 
 Worshipful Master—“ Bishop Birdhunter, I have now the pleasure of pre¬ 
 senting you with a lambskin, or white leather apron. It is the emblem of inno¬ 
 cence and the badge of a Mason. It is more ancient than the Golden Fleece 
 or Roman Eagle, more honorable than the Star and Garter, or any other 
 order that could be conferred upon you at this, or any future period, by 
 king, prince, potentate or any other person, except he be a Mason; and it 
 is to be hoped you will ever wear it with equal pleasure to yourself and 
 honor to the fraternity. You will carry it to the Senior Warden in the West, 
 who will teach you how to wear it as an Entered Apprentice Mason.” 
 
 The Senior Deacon then conducted the candidate to the 
 Senior Warden, and after giving one rap with his rod, said: 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ Brother Senior Warden, it is the order of the Worship¬ 
 ful Master that you teach the Bishop how to wear his apron as an Entered 
 Apprentice Mason.” 
 
 The Senior Warden then took the apron from the Bishop 
 and went through the foolery of “teaching him how to wear 
 his apron,” that is, with the bib turned up. 
 
 This done, “ Bishop Birdhunter” was again brought before 
 the Worshipful Master and asked to contribute “something of 
 a metallic kind.” As everything metallic had been removed in 
 the preparation room, he was, of course, unable to comply. 
 The Worshipful Master then said: 
 
 Worshipful Master—“ Bishop Birdhunter, you are helpless indeed. But, 
 this has not been done to trifle with your feelings, but to teach you that 
 should you ever meet a friend, and more especially a brother Mason, in like 
 destitute circumstances, you will cheerfully contribute to his relief, so far as 
 his necessities may require and your ability permit, without material injury 
 to yourself. You will now be reconducted to the place from whence you 
 came, and be there invested with what you have been divested of, and 
 return to the lodge for further instruction.” 
 
 The “Bishop” was accordingly conducted to the prepara¬ 
 tion room. 
 
 The second and third sections of the Entered Apprentice 
 and all of the Fellow Craft degrees were omitted by the Red 
 Dragon Lodge, and the brethren proceeded at once to the 
 work of the Master’s degree. 
 
 The lodge was opened and the preliminary work carried out 
 in somewhat the same manner, as in the Entered Apprentice 
 degree, the details of the ritual being slightly different. 
 
 Then there was an alarm at the door, which the Senior 
 Deacon attended, and the following dialogue took place: 
 
 METHODIST BISHOP DESIRES FURTHER “LIGHT” IN MASONRY. 
 
 Senior Deacon—“Who comes here?” 
 
 Junior Deacon—“The Right-Reverend Brother Charles H. Birdhunter, 
 D. I)., Bishop in the Masonic-Methodist Episcopal Church, who has been 
 regularly initiated as an Entered Apprentice, passed to the degree of 
 
1 66 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Fellow Craft, and now seeks further light in Masonry by being raised to 
 
 the sublime degree of Master Mason.” ,, . 
 
 Senior Deacon (looking at candidate)—“ Brother Bishop Birdhunter, is 
 
 this of your own free will and accord?” 
 
 Candidate—“ It is.” . ... A 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ Brother Junior Deacon, is the candidate worthy and 
 
 well qualified?” 
 
 Junior Deacon—“ He is.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“Is he duly and truly prepared? 
 
 Junior Deacon—“ He is.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ Has he made a suitable proficiency in the preceding 
 degrees ?” 
 
 Junior Deacon — “ He has.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ Who vouches for this?” 
 
 Junior Deacon — “ A brother.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“By what further right or benefit does he expect to 
 gain admission?” 
 
 Junior Deacon—“By the benefit of the pass. 
 
 Senior Deacon — “ Has he the pass?” 
 
 Junior Deacon—“ He has it not, but I have it for him. 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ Give me the pass.” 
 
 The pass, “ Tubal-Cain,” was given, the Senior Deacon made 
 his report as before, and at the order of the Worshipful Master 
 the candidate entered the lodge. 
 
 METHODIST BISHOP FURTHER HUMILIATED BY NAKEDNESS. 
 
 This time he appeared in an even more shameful condition 
 than before, having his breasts, arms and legs entirely naked. 
 Had he appeared as prescribed by the Masonic Ritual, with the 
 cable-tow three times around his naked body, his knees and 
 feet bare, it would have been too shameful for an audience to 
 witness. 
 
 The two points of the compasses were pressed to his two 
 naked breasts and a mass of hypocritical cant concerning 
 Friendship, Morality and Brotherly Love was repeated to him. 
 
 He was then led around the lodge three times by the Senior 
 Deacon, the Junior and Senior Wardens and Worshipful Master 
 giving each one rap as he passed on the first circuit, two on 
 
 the second and three on the third. 
 
 He was then “ examined ” by the Junior and Senior Wardens 
 and the Worshipful Master, with the same questions as at the 
 door. 
 
 He was then taught by the Senior Warden, “how to 
 approach the East by three upright, regular steps, his feet 
 forming the angle of a square, his body erect, before the Wor¬ 
 shipful Master in the East.” 
 
 The Worshipful Master then told him the following dia¬ 
 bolical lie: 
 
 Worshipful Master (addressing candidate)—“Bishop Birdhunter, you are 
 now at the altar of Masonry for the third time; but before proceeding 
 further, it becomes my duty, as Master of this lodge, to inform you that it 
 will be necessary that you take upon yourself a solemn oath or obligation 
 pertaining to this degree. It is one similar in character to those which you 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 167 
 
 have taken in the preceding degrees; but I assure you, upon the honor of a 
 man and a Mason, that in this obligation there is nothing that will con¬ 
 flict with any duty you owe to God, your country, your neighbor, your 
 family, or yourself. In your advancement thus far you have repeatedly 
 assured us it was of your own free will and accord; if you are still of the 
 same mind, you will advance to the altar. Kneel on your naked knees, 
 both hands resting on the Holy Bible, Square and Compasses.” 
 
 THE WICKED OATH OF A MASTER MASON. 
 
 When the “Bishop” had thus again knelt before the Wor¬ 
 shipful Master, at the altar of Baal, he was directed to repeat 
 the following wicked, illegal and unchristian oath, with its 
 horrible penalty: 
 
 “ I, Charles H. Birdhunter, of my own free will and accord, in the pres¬ 
 ence of Almighty God and this Worshipful Lodge, erected to him and 
 dedicated to the Holy Saints John, do hereby and hereon (the Master at 
 these words places his right hand upon those of the candidate) most 
 solemnly and sincerely promise and swear: 
 
 “That I will always hail, ever conceal and never reveal any of the 
 secret arts, parts or points of the Master Mason’s degree to any person or 
 persons whomsoever, except it be to a true and lawful brother Master 
 Mason, or within a regularly constituted lodge of Master Masons, and 
 neither unto him nor them until, by strict trial, due examination or legal 
 information, I shall have found him or them as lawfully entitled to the same 
 as I am myself. 
 
 “ I furthermore promise and swear, that I will conform to, and abide by, 
 all the laws, rules and regulations of the Master Mason’s degree, and of the 
 lodge of which I shall hereafter become a member, and that I will ever 
 maintain and support the constitution, laws and edicts of the Grand Lodge 
 under which the same shall be holden, so far as the same shall come to my 
 knowledge. 
 
 “Furthermore, that I will answer and obey all due signs and sum¬ 
 monses sent to me from a lodge of Master Masons, or given to me by a 
 brother of this degree, if within the length of my cable-tow. 
 
 “Furthermore, that I will keep the secrets of a worthy brother Master 
 Mason as inviolable as my own, when communicated to and received by me 
 as such, murder and treason excepted. 
 
 “Furthermore, that I will aid and assist all worthy distressed brother 
 Master Masons, their widows and orphans, so far as their necessities may 
 require and my ability permit without material injury to myself. 
 
 “Furthermore, that I will not sit in a lodge of clandestine Masons, nor 
 converse upon the secrets of Freemasonry with a clandestine Mason, nor 
 with one who is under the sentence of suspension or expulsion, to my 
 knowledge, while under such sentence. 
 
 “Furthermore, that I will not assist in, or be present at, the initiating, 
 passing or raising of a woman, an old man in his dotage, a young man 
 under age, an atheist, a madman, nor a fool. 
 
 “ Furthermore, that I will not cheat, wrong or defraud a lodge of Master 
 Masons, nor a brother of this degree, nor supplant him in any of his laud¬ 
 able undertakings, but will give him due and timely notice, that he may 
 ward off approaching danger. 
 
 “ Furthermore, that I will not knowingly strike a brother Master Mason, 
 nor otherwise do him personal violence in anger, except it be in the neces¬ 
 sary defense of my person, family or property. 
 
 “Furthermore, that I will not have illicit carnal intercourse with a 
 Master Mason’s wife, mother, sister or daughter, I knowing them to be such, 
 nor suffer it to be done by others, if in my power to prevent it. 
 
 “ Furthermore, that I will not give the Grand Hailing Sign or Sign of 
 Distress of a Master Mason except in real distress, in cases of the most 
 
l68 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 imminent danger, within a regularly constituted lodge of Master Masons, 
 or in a secure place for Masonic instruction; and should I see the sign 
 given or hear the words accompanying it, I will immediately repair to the 
 relief of the person so giving it, should there be a greater probability of 
 saving his life than of losing my own. 
 
 « Furthermore, that I will not give the Grand Masonic word in any other 
 manner or form than that in which I shall hereafter receive it, and then only 
 in low breath. 
 
 « To all of this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear with a 
 firm and steadfast resolution to keep and perform the same without any 
 equivocation, mental reservation, or secret evasion of mind whatever, bind¬ 
 ing myself under no less a penalty than that of having my body severed in 
 twain, my bowels taken from thence and burned to ashes, and the ashes 
 scattered to the four winds of heaven, that no more trace or remembrance 
 may be had of so vile and perjured a wretch as I, should I ever knowingly 
 or wilfully violate this my solemn obligation as a Master Mason. So help 
 me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same.” 
 
 The “Bishop” then kissed the book and the cable-tow was 
 removed. 
 
 The Worshipful Master stepped back and the rods of the 
 Senior and Junior Deacons were crossed over his head. He 
 then repeated again the words, “ Let there be Light,” and the 
 hoodwink was removed. 
 
 The Worshipful Master then illustrated to the “ Bishop ” 
 the Master’s step, due guard and sign, grip and word, Tubal- 
 Cain. 
 
 Then the candidate made these various signs before the 
 Junior and Senior Wardens, and was afterward “taught how to 
 wear his apron as a Master Mason,” by the Senior Warden. 
 
 The brief lecture on the working tools of a Master Mason 
 was omitted, and after saluting before the altar, the “Bishop ” 
 was allowed to retire to the preparation room and resume his 
 clothes. 
 
 When he had again entered the lodge the Junior Warden’s 
 jewel, a small plumb, was hung about his neck by a blue ribbon 
 and he took his seat among the “brethren.” 
 
 The usual closing ceremonies of a Master’s Lodge were then 
 performed up to the moment of closing, when the Worshipful 
 Master said: 
 
 THE BEGINNING OF THE “SECOND SECTION” OF THE MASTER’S 
 
 DEGREE. 
 
 “By the way, is the Right Reverend Brother Charles H. Birdhunter, 
 D. D., Bishop in the Masonic-Methodist Episcopal Church, present?” 
 
 Bishop Birdhunter—“Here.” 
 
 Worshipful Master—“Bishop Birdhunter, you will please approach the 
 East.” 
 
 The candidate approached the East and stood in front of the 
 Master’s chair. 
 
 Worshipful Master—“Bishop Birdhunter, you now no doubt consider 
 yourself a Master Mason, and as such entitled to all the rights and privileges 
 of a Master Mason?” 
 
 Bishop Birdhunter—“Yes, sir.” 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 169 
 
 Worshipful Master—“I presume you do, from the jewel you wear 
 (alluding to the small plumb hanging from his neck). But, my brother, it 
 becomes my duty to inform you that you are not yet a Master Mason, and 
 it is doubtful whether you ever will be. You have yet a rough and rugged 
 road to travel, beset with ruffians and it may be with murderers, and should 
 you lose your life in the conflict yours will not be the first. But remember 
 in whom you put your trust, ‘he that endureth to the end shall be saved.’ 
 On a former occasion you had some one to pray for you, but now you must 
 pray for yourself. You will therefore suffer yourself again to be hood¬ 
 winked; kneel where you now stand, and pray, either mentally or orally 
 as you choose; when done, say ‘Amen’aloud; arise and make your prog¬ 
 ress.” 
 
 The Senior Deacon adjusted the hoodwink over the eyes of 
 the astonished “ Bishop” and then, surrounded by these brothers 
 who had been leading him into the light of Masonic regenera¬ 
 tion, this representative of the Church of God knelt, with no one 
 to pray for him but himself, directed to pray for Divine protec¬ 
 tion from these “ruffians and murderers” whom he was about to 
 meet, who were in reality his “brothers.” 
 
 BISHOP BIRDHUNTER ATTACKED BY A “RUFFIAN.” 
 
 When he had said Amen, he was conducted rapidly around 
 the lodge by the Senior Deacon. At the Junior Warden’s 
 station the first ruffian, representing Jubela, seized him roughly, 
 shook him and said: 
 
 Jubela—“ Grand Master Hiram, I am glad to meet you thus alone: this 
 is an opportunity I have long sought. You know you promised us when the 
 temple was completed that we should receive the secrets of a Master Mason, 
 or Master’s word, whereby we might travel in foreign countries, work and 
 receive Master’s wages: behold the temple is well-nigh completed and we 
 have not obtained that for which we so long sought. I therefore demand 
 of you the secrets of a Master Mason.” 
 
 The following conversation then took place between the 
 Senior Deacon, speaking for the candidate, and Jubela: 
 
 Senior Deacon (for candidate)—“My brother,this is an unusual way of 
 asking for the secrets of a Master Mason, neither is it the proper time nor 
 place. You keep your promise and I will keep mine. Wait until the 
 temple is completed, when if found worthy you will doubtless receive 
 them, otherwise you cannot.” 
 
 Jubela (shaking candidate rather roughly)—“ Talk not to me of time nor 
 place; at first I did not doubt your veracity, but now I do. Give me the 
 secrets of a Master Mason, or I’ll take your life.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ I shall not, neither can they be given until the temple 
 is completed, and then only in the presence of three: Solomon, King of 
 Israel; Hiram, King of Tyre; and myself.” 
 
 Jubela (shaking and pushing candidate about still more violently)— 
 “Grand Master Hiram, I’ll have no more of your parley; give me the secrets 
 of a Master Mason or the Master’s word or I’ll take your life in an instant.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ I will not.” 
 
 Jubela (to candidate)—“Then die.” 
 
 Jubela then drew a gauge across the “Bishop’s” throat and 
 he passed on. 
 
 At the Senior Warden’s station he was seized still more 
 roughly by the second ruffian, representing Jubelo, and the 
 following conversation took place: 
 
170 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Jubelo (shaking candidate with some violence)—“ Grand Master Hiram, 
 give me the secrets of a Master Mason.” 
 
 Senior Deacon (for candidate)— “ I cannot.” 
 
 Jubelo (still more angrily)—" Give me the secrets of a Master Mason 
 or the Master’s word, or I’ll take your life.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ I shall not.” # 
 
 Jubelo (shaking candidate with greater violence)—“Grand Master 
 Hiram, give me the secrets of a Master Mason or the Master s word, or I 11 
 take your life in an instant.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ I will not.” 
 
 Jubelo (to candidate)—“ Then die.” 
 
 Jubelo struck poor Hiram in the chest with a square and he 
 proceeded to the East, where he was seized by the third 
 ruffian, representing Jubelum. Six of the “brethren” held a 
 canvas sheet behind him and the following conversation took 
 place: 
 
 THE “murder” OF HIRAM ABIFF. 
 
 Jubelum (shaking candidate with more violence than did any of 
 the others)—“ Grand Master Hiram, give me the secrets of a Master 
 Mason.” 
 
 Senior Deacon (for candidate)—“ I cannot.” 
 
 Jubelum—“Jubela and Jubelo you have evaded, but me you cannot 
 escape. My name is Jubelum. What I purpose that I perform. Give me 
 the secrets of a Master Mason or the Master’s word, or I 11 take your 
 life.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ I shall not.” 
 
 Jubelum (taking setting maul and touching candidate’s forehead with 
 the short wooden handle)—“In my hand I hold an instrument of death, with 
 which, if you do not give me the secrets of a Master Mason or the Mas¬ 
 ter’s word, I’ll take your life in an instant.” 
 
 Senior Deacon—“ I will not.” 
 
 Jubelum (to candidate)—“ Then die.” 
 
 Then followed the “ murder” of Hiram Abiff, Jubelum strik¬ 
 ing him in the head with the padded “setting-maul,” and at 
 the same time giving him a strong push which sent him back¬ 
 wards into the canvas sheet. 
 
 There lay the Masonic-Methodist Bishop, playing “dead,” 
 like a small boy in his games with his playmates! 
 
 The great audience looked with disgust upon the silly 
 play which a million men nightly enact with as much 
 gravity as if it were really a most important piece of busi¬ 
 ness. 
 
 Then followed the alarm of the three ruffians at the 
 fatal consequence of their action, their hastily made plans 
 for the disposal of the body and their temporary burial 
 of it under the rubbish of the unfinished temple (lodge-room 
 chairs). 
 
 Jubelum remained to watch the body while Jubela and 
 Jubelo went to dig a “grave.” 
 
 This was done in pantomime with pick and shovel, near the 
 Senior Warden’s station. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METIIODIST APOSTASV. 171 
 
 While they were digging-, the Worshipful Master gave twelve 
 strokes, very slowly, upon a bell before him. 
 
 “burial” OF HIRAM ABIFF. 
 
 At the stroke of twelve, which they called “low twelve,” 
 Jubela and Jubelo again approached and the following conver¬ 
 sation took place: 
 
 Jubelum—“ Is that you, Jubela?” 
 
 Jubela—“Yes.” 
 
 Jubelum—“Is that you, Jubelo?” 
 
 Jubelo—“ Yes.” 
 
 Both together—“ Is that you, Jubelum?” 
 
 Jubelum—“Yes; low twelve and not yet discovered. Now what shall 
 we do with the body?” 
 
 Jubela—“Let us convey it a westerly course from the temple to the 
 brow of a hill west of Mount Moriah where we have been and dug a grave 
 due East and West, six feet perpendicular, and there bury it.” 
 
 Altogether—“ Agreed.” 
 
 The canvas and the body were then lifted to the shoulders 
 of the three ruffians and borne slowly to the place where the 
 “grave” was dug. There they were “buried” and an “acacia 
 tree” (Senior Warden’s column) was planted at the head of the 
 grave to conceal it and mark the spot. 
 
 The ruffians then passed out to the preparation room. 
 They soon reentered and saluted one who represented a sea- 
 captain, with whom they held a conversation, asking him to 
 take them with him to Ethiopia. He said that he would, but 
 asked them whether they had King Solomon’s pass. 
 
 They said they had not, but had plenty of money. This he 
 refused, and they returned to the body. 
 
 After discussing plans for escape, they decided to secrete 
 themselves in the mountains, and left the lodge-room. 
 
 king Solomon’s consternation at the absence of hiram 
 
 ABIFF. 
 
 Then there was a moment’s confusion in the lodge-room, 
 and the Worshipful Master, impersonating King Solomon, 
 called the brethren to order and the following questions and 
 answers were given: 
 
 Worshipful Master (as King Solomon)—“Brother Grand Senior War¬ 
 den, what is the cause of this confusion, why are not the craft pursuing their 
 labors?” 
 
 Senior Warden (rising and making due guard of Fellow Craft)—“ Most 
 Excellent King Solomon, there are no designs upon the trestle board.” 
 
 Worshipful Master (in astonishment)—“ No designs upon the trestle 
 board? Where is our Grand Master Hiram Abiff?” 
 
 Senior Warden (making due guard)—“ Most Excellent King Solomon, 
 he has not been seen since high twelve yesterday.” 
 
 Worshipful Master (in greater astonishment)—“Not been seen since 
 high twelve yesterday! Then I fear he is indisposed. Let strict search 
 and due inquiry be made in and about the several apartments of the temple 
 and see if he cannot be found.” 
 
172 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Senior Warden (making due guard)—“Most Excellent King Solomon, 
 strict search and due inquiry have already been made and our Grand Master 
 Hiram Abiff can nowhere be found.” 
 
 Worshipful Master (sorrowfully)—“Then I fearsome fatal accident has 
 befallen him. (Turning to Secretary) Brother Grand Secretary, you will 
 cause the several rolls of the workmen to be called to see if any are missing.” 
 
 The Master retired to his seat. 
 
 The Secretary then called a roll of Jewish names, the 
 brethren answering “Here!” in all cases except when the 
 names Jubela, Jubelo and Jubelum were called. 
 
 The Secretary returned and reported that these three were 
 absent. 
 
 TWELVE FELLOW CRAFTS CONFESS PREMEDITATED GUILT. 
 
 Then three Fellow Crafts entered, wearing their aprons 
 and having on their hands white gloves, as tokens of inno¬ 
 cence. 
 
 They approached King Solomon and stated that they were 
 twelve out of fifteen Fellow Crafts who had determined to 
 extort from Hiram Abiff the Grand Master’s secrets or kill 
 him. 
 
 They said that they twelve had recanted, but feared that 
 the other three had persisted in their murderous design. 
 They acknowledged their premeditated guilt and most humbly 
 implored his pardon. 
 
 King Solomon directed them to divide into four parties and 
 search the four points of the compass for the ruffians. 
 
 The three Fellow Crafts then retired to the preparation 
 room, but quickly returned, and meeting one who represented 
 the wayfaring man, asked him if he had seen any strangers pass 
 that way. 
 
 He replied that he had, and described the three who 
 looked like workmen from the Temple of Jerusalem, say¬ 
 ing that they had desired passage into Ethiopia, but not 
 having King Solomon’s pass had turned back into the 
 country. 
 
 The three Fellow Crafts, believing that these three must 
 have been the ruffians who slew Grand Master Hiram, reported 
 the matter to King Solomon. He sent them out on a still 
 further search. 
 
 While on this search, one of the Fellow Crafts, becoming 
 weary, reclined to rest near the head of the “dead ” Bishop’s 
 
 grave. 
 
 Upon attempting to arise he seized the “play” acacia tree 
 and tore it up by the roots. This seeming to him a suspicious 
 circumstance, he called back his companions, who were con¬ 
 tinuing their mock search, and the new-made “grave” was 
 
 discovered. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 173 
 
 Just then, in a wailing tone, the voice of Jubela was heard 
 coming from the cleft of a rock near by (the preparation 
 room): 
 
 JUBELA, JUBELO AND JUBELUM BEWAIL THEIR GUILT AND ARE 
 
 CAPTURED. 
 
 Jubela—“Oh, that my throat had been cut across, my tongue torn out 
 by its roots and buried in the rough sands of the sea at low water mark, 
 where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, ere I had con¬ 
 sented to the death of so great a man as our Grand Master Hiram Abiff!” 
 
 The Fellow Crafts excitedly agreed that the owner of the 
 voice must be Jubela. 
 
 Then Jubelo uttered his wail: 
 
 Jubelo—“Oh, that my left breast had been torn open, my heart plucked 
 out and given as a prey to the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, 
 ere I had been accessory to the death of so good a man as our Grand 
 Master Hiram Abiff!” 
 
 The Fellow Crafts having identified Jubelo’s voice, Jubelum 
 was heard: 
 
 Jubelum—“ Oh, that my body had been severed in twain, my bowels 
 taken from thence and burned to ashes and the ashes scattered to the four 
 winds of heaven, so that no more trace or remembrance might be had of so 
 vile and perjured a wretch as I, ere I had caused the death of so great 
 and so good a man as our Grand Master Hiram Abiff! Ah! Jubela and 
 Jubelo, it is I who am more guilty than you both; it was I who struck the 
 fatal blow, it was I who killed him.” 
 
 The Fellow Crafts then argued that, although these ruffians 
 were desperate men, they (the Fellow Crafts) had truth and 
 justice on their side, and hence they rushed in and seized the 
 murderers. 
 
 PRETENDED “EXECUTION” OF THE MURDERERS. 
 
 Amidst the laughter of the audience, they dragged them 
 before King Solomon and reported what they had heard them 
 say. Solomon secured from each trembling culprit an admis¬ 
 sion of his guilt and sent them out to execution. They were 
 dragged out by the three Fellow Crafts, who were supposed to 
 execute each of them with the horrible mutilations he had 
 mentioned in his confession. 
 
 The pretended execution was quickly over and the three 
 Fellow Crafts reported the fact to King Solomon. 
 
 They were then sent to find the body of the murdered 
 Grand Master, “ His Majesty” directing them to “observe 
 whether the Master’s word, or a key to it, or anything 
 appertaining to the Master’s degree, be found on or about the 
 body.” 
 
 The three Fellow Crafts then found the “grave” by hunting 
 up the supposed “acacia tree,” and proceeded to “dig down to 
 see what they could find.” This process consisted in rolling 
 back the canvas, which had all this time been wrapped about 
 
174 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 the body of the “ Bishop.” This done, they arose and, spread¬ 
 ing their hands over the body, turned their heads to the right, 
 as if “smelling the stinking bones of Hiram Abiff,” and 
 exclaimed: 
 
 “This is indeed the body of our Grand Master Hiram Abiff.” 
 
 Then they conversed as follows: 
 
 Fellow Craft No. i—“What was it that King Solomon ordered us to do?” 
 
 Fellow Craft No. 2 —“To observe whether the Master’s word or a key to 
 it or anything appertaining to the Master’s degree be on or about the body.” 
 
 Fellow Craft No. 3 —“ What do we know of the Master’s word or a key 
 to it? We’re only Fellow Crafts.” 
 
 Fellow Craft No. 1 —“ True, but we must obey orders.” 
 
 Fellow Craft No. 2 —“ Well, let us examine and see what we can find.” 
 
 After searching about the body the Fellow Crafts found the 
 jewel suspended from its neck and decided to convey it to King 
 Solomon, saying nothing about the word, key, etc., unless 
 questioned. When they reported to the king that they had 
 found the body, he asked them about the Master’s word, etc., 
 but they replied that they were only Fellow Crafts and knew 
 nothing of these things. One of the Fellow Crafts then handed 
 the king the jewel, upon which he exclaimed: 
 
 KING SOLOMON GOES TO “RAISE” THE DEAD HIRAM ABIFF. 
 
 Worshipful Master (receiving the plumb)—“ This is indeed the jewel 
 of our Grand Master Hiram Abiff. There can be no longer doubt of his 
 untimely end. You Fellow Crafts will now form a solemn procession and 
 go and assist me in raising the body; and my worthy companion of Tyre 
 (addressing the Senior Warden, as Hiram, King of Tyre), since the Master’s 
 word is now lost I propose that the first sign made upon arriving at the 
 grave and the first word spoken after the body shall be raised shall be 
 adopted as the sign and word for the regulation of all Master lodges until 
 future generations shall find out the right.” 
 
 The Worshipful Master then gave three raps, which called 
 the “brethren” to their feet, and they gathered in a circle 
 about the prostrate “ Bishop.” As they did so, the Senior 
 Warden slipped the hoodwink from his eyes in order that he 
 might see the rest of the performance. 
 
 The Worshipful Master and all the “brethren” then spread 
 their hands over the body, making the “due guard” of a Master 
 Mason. They then raised their arms to a vertical position, 
 brought them down until the elbows formed a right angle, 
 then down to the sides. This motion is the grand hailing sign, 
 or sign of distress, of a Master Mason. 
 
 The mock Masons then marched three times around the 
 “dead” body, singing the following dirge to the tune of 
 Pleyel’s Hymn: 
 
 “Solemn strikes the funeral chime, 
 
 Notes of our departing time, 
 
 As we journey here below 
 Through a pilgrimage of woe. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 175 
 
 “ Mortals now indulge a tear, 
 
 For mortality is here. 
 
 See how wide her trophies wave 
 O’er the slumbers of the grave. 
 
 “ Here another guest we bring; 
 
 Seraphs of celestial wing, 
 
 To our funeral altar come, 
 
 Waft our friend and brother home.” 
 
 THE SHAMEFUL AND BLASPHEMOUS “RAISING” OF HIRAM ABIFF. 
 
 The procession stopped with the Worshipful Master at the 
 head of the “grave.” At the direction of the Worshipful Mas¬ 
 ter (King Solomon), the Junior Warden, in the capacity of an 
 Entered Apprentice, attempted to “raise” the “Bishop” by 
 the Entered Apprentice grip. His hand slipped from that of 
 “Hiram” and he reported to the king that “owing to the high 
 state of putrefaction, the body having been already dead fifteen 
 days,” the skin slipped from the flesh and the body could not 
 be so raised. 
 
 The grand hailing sign and these words accompanying it 
 were uttered: 
 
 “O Lord, my God, is there no help for the widow’s son?” 
 
 The Senior Warden, representing Hiram, King of Tyre, 
 then attempted, with the Fellow Craft’s grip, to raise the Grand 
 Master Hiram. His hand also slipped off and he reported to 
 Solomon that “owing to reasons already assigned, the flesh 
 cleaves from the bone and the body cannot be so raised.” 
 
 The sign of distress was again given, this time with the 
 exclamation, “Oh Lord, my God, I fear the Master’s Word is 
 forever lost!” 
 
 King Solomon then addressed King Hiram of Tyre, saying, 
 “My worthy companion of Tyre, what shall we do?” 
 
 The Senior Warden, representing King Hiram, answered, 
 “ Let us pray.” 
 
 MASONS MAKE A MOCK OF PRAYER. 
 
 A blasphemous and horrible mockery of prayer was then 
 represented, the “brethren” all kneeling about an alleged 
 open grave, containing the stinking body of the mythical 
 Hiram Abiff, the son of the widow of Tyre, the Worshipful 
 Master reading the so-called prayer. 
 
 After the alleged prayer, they all arose and the Worshipful 
 Master (King Solomon) said: 
 
 Worshipful Master—“ I now command the most perfect silence. And 
 my worthy companion of Tyre (to Senior Warden), with your assistance I 
 will now take the body by the strong grip of a Master Mason, or ‘ lion’s 
 paw,’ and raise it upon the ‘five points of fellowship.’” 
 
 The Master then stepped forward, and taking the candidate 
 by the right hand—grasping it firmly—pressed the tops of his 
 fingers very strongly against the joint of the candidate’s wrist 
 
176 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 where it unites with the hand, the candidate pressing his fingers 
 against the corresponding part of the Master’s hand and the 
 space between the thumb and first finger of each being inter¬ 
 locked. (This is a very firm grip and is called the “strong 
 grip of a Master Mason,” or “lion’s paw.”) The Master also 
 with his left hand laid hold of the candidate’s right arm near 
 the shoulder, while the Senior Warden took him by the left 
 arm, and then both Master and Senior Warden, exerting con¬ 
 siderable force, lifted him to his feet, on “the five points of 
 
 fellowship.” . . , 
 
 This was done by the Master still retaining his grasp of the 
 
 candidate’s right hand, and placing the inside of his right foot 
 against the inside of the right foot of the candidate, the toe of 
 the one being towards the heel of the other, his right knee 
 against the candidate’s right knee, the right breast of the one 
 close against the right breast of the other, the Master’s left 
 hand against the candidate’s back and the candidate’s left hand 
 against the Master’s back, also the Master’s right cheek against 
 the right cheek of the candidate, or the mouth of the one to 
 the ear of the other. 
 
 Thus, in the close embrace of the Worshipful Master, who 
 might have been an unclean villain, and is such in many lodges, 
 the newly-made brother, Right Reverend Charles H. Bird- 
 hunter, D. D., had spoken into his ear the grand Masonic word, 
 “ Mah-hah-bone ! ” 
 
 “shame!” 
 
 THE GREAT AUDIENCE CRIES 
 
 The bogus “resurrection” having thus been accomplished, 
 the audience sat horror-stricken at the awful blasphemy of it. 
 The General Overseer spoke a few ringing words upon this 
 travesty upon our Lord Jesus Christ. Then he said, c Shame! 
 Shame!” In an instant the reply came back from the great 
 audience in a perfect roar of indignation, “SHAME!” 
 
 This closed the degree work of Red Dragon Lodge No. 666, 
 the third section being omitted. 
 
 The General Overseer then said: 
 
 There are said to be a million Masons in America who go 
 through that shocking, shameful lie of the death and resurrec¬ 
 tion of Hiram Abiff. That is all there is in the first three 
 degrees of Masonry, usually called the Blue Lodge. There 
 is no Jesus Christ in it. 
 
 There are more than a hundred other Secret Orders in 
 America which number no less than 7,000,000 members. There 
 are over 8,000,000 altogether. 
 
 The churches have lost their power. Lodge-rooms have 
 taken the place of the Church of God. 
 
 Now you are going to see that which is a good deal more 
 interesting and ludicrous, but which covers in a large degree 
 7,000,000 members of Secret Societies. 
 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 177 
 
 The work of the second section of the Golden Rule degree 
 in Odd Fellowship, varied with some work from other Secret 
 Orders, was then given. 
 
 RIDICULOUS WORK OF THE “GOLDEN RULE DEGREE” OF ODD 
 
 FELLOWSHIP EXPOSED. 
 
 With the exception of a few chairs along the east wall, the 
 lodge-room was cleared of furniture. Clothed in flowing robes, 
 highly colored, and bearing a shepherd’s crook, the Chief 
 Patriarch stood at first on the platform alone, beating- time on 
 the floor with his rod. 
 
 Marching in time to the resounding thumps of that rod, the 
 Odd Fellows and others marched upon the platform disguised 
 as Jews, Mohammedans, Hindus, Chinese, Indians and negroes, 
 each with the characteristic weapon of his race. 
 
 At the direction of the Chief Patriarch, another ex-Odd 
 Fellow, fantastically robed to represent the Senior Warden of 
 the Camp, brought in the candidate. This candidate was 
 divested of all clothing except his shirt, trousers and shoes, 
 and his eyes were hoodwinked. 
 
 When he reached the center of the lodge, che hoodwink 
 was removed and he beheld the strangely-robed “patriarchs” 
 facing him. 
 
 The Senior then explained to him the various races and 
 religions represented by these characters, the representatives 
 of each race bowing to the patriarch as they were mentioned. 
 The candidate was then roughly treated by the bogus Moham¬ 
 medans for being a Christian. A little work from another 
 order was here introduced, and the “patriarch” was forced to 
 pass through an arch, made by the joined hands of his brethren, 
 who pressed him to the floor as he made his progress, crawling 
 upon his hands and knees. 
 
 THE CANDIDATE BOUND BY A CHAIN. 
 
 At the end of the arch he wa^ bound about the body with a 
 chain by the Mohammedans. 
 
 All this was accompanied with a great deal of noisy shout¬ 
 ing and “horse play.” Suddenly the Chief Patriarch called the 
 lodge to order and demanded to know the trouble. The 
 Senior Warden informed him that the Mohammedans had 
 bound the patriarch,” and the Chief Patriarch ordered all 
 concerned to be brought before him. 
 
 The “patriarch” was again hoodwinked, and as he stood 
 bound before the Chief Patriarch, the various characters seated 
 themselves on either side of that officer in attitudes of peace 
 and brotherly love. The hoodwink was then removed and the 
 Chief Patriarch gave a lecture, the chief point in which was 
 that under the “Golden Rule” Christian and Jew, Moham- 
 
178 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 medan and Pagan met on [terms of equality. The General 
 Overseer pointed out, at this juncture, that Odd Fellowship 
 dragged Christ down to the level of the filthy, bestial gods of 
 the vilest pagans. 
 
 THE “DAY MARE OF THE DESERT” EXHIBITED. 
 
 The “patriarch” was again hoodwinked and informed that 
 a steed was about to be brought to carry him on a perilous 
 journey. An ex-Odd Fellow, robed fantastically, then brought 
 in the now famous “Day Mare of the Desert,” which is used 
 in the “rough work” of various orders. The candidate was 
 roughly seized, passed from hand to hand over the heads of 
 the “brethren,” and finally placed upon this absurd “steed.” 
 A paper cap marked I. O. O. F., which the General Overseer 
 explained stood for 100 Fools, was placed upon his head, and 
 in his hand was placed a stuffed club, which he was told was 
 the sabre of his sire, “The Sword of Bunker Hill.” 
 
 Then, amidst the laughter of thousands of people, the 
 “patriarch,” representing, perhaps, a minister of the Gospel, 
 was wheeled around the platform on the “ Day Mare,” sur¬ 
 rounded by what might well be a group of yelling savages. 
 
 Then the handle was pulled out, the vehicle was overturned 
 and the “patriarch” “spilled” upon the floor. Rolling to the 
 edge of the platfoim, he sprang over the reporters’ table and 
 ran down the center aisle into the vestibule. 
 
 Thus ended the utterly silly and nonsensical rot upon which 
 7,000,000 people, who claim to be intelligent, sane and of law¬ 
 ful age, spend years of valuable time and thousands of dollars 
 of money, which is thus diverted from its rightful use in the 
 feeding, clothing and educating of the young, the hope of 
 Home, Church and Nation. 
 
 The General Overseer then said: 
 
 Every one in this meeting who desires to be free from sin 
 and to fight for right with the witness of the Spirit, please to 
 stand. All who desire to serve God fully, stand. 
 
 PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. 
 
 My God and Father, in Jesus’ Name I come to Thee. Take me as I 
 
 am. Make me what I ought to be in spirit, in soul, in body. Give me Thy 
 Holy Spirit that I may do right; that I may restore wherein I have done 
 wrong; that I may confess; that I may trust in Jesus the Lamb of God that 
 taketh away the sin of the world. Give me power to overcome the infernal 
 works of darkness; to reprove them, and to fight against these lodges which 
 destroy Home, destroy the Church, destroy the Nation; which defile the 
 earth, and bring a curse and not a blessing, for Jesus’ sake. Deliver me 
 and bless me and help me to be a blessing to others. (All repeat the 
 prayer, clause by clause, after Dr. Dowie.) 
 
 Now did you mean it? 
 
 Voices—“Yes.” 
 
 Dr. Dowie—Will you live it? 
 
 Voices—“ Yes,” 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 179 
 
 Dr. Dowie—God help you. I am thankful that at half¬ 
 past eleven o’clock, at the end of this long service, thousands 
 of persons are still left to utter this Consecration Prayer. 
 
 Pray for me, and let us sing the Doxology. 
 
 After the singing of the Doxology the meeting was closed 
 with the following 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 
 Beloved, abstain from all appearance of evil, and may the very God of 
 Peace Himself sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole Spirit and 
 Soul and Body be preserved entire, without blame unto the coming of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ; faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it; the 
 grace of our Lord Jesus, the love of God our Father, the fellowship of the 
 Holy Spirit, our Comforter and Guide; one Eternal God, abide in you,bless 
 you and keep you, and all the Israel of God everywhere, forever. Amen. 
 
 LIST OF THE BRAVE MEN WHO EXPOSED THE “SECRETS.” 
 
 The following is a list of those who took part, so bravely 
 and well, in the above startling exposure of the so-called 
 secrets of the first and third degrees of so-called Ancient Free¬ 
 masonry. There is also given after the name of each the 
 degree in Masonry to which he had attained: 
 
 Edmond Ronayne, Chapter Mason. 
 Arthur A. Fox, Master Mason. 
 Frank H. West, Chapter Mason. 
 Burt M. Rice, Knight Templar. 
 Silas C. Burnett, Knight Templar 
 and Mystic Shriner. 
 
 Wm. S. Peckham, Master Mason. 
 
 P. W. Zoller, Master Mason. 
 
 H. W. Judd, Thirty-second Degree 
 Scottish Rite Mason. 
 
 Wade H. Myers, Master Mason. 
 
 A. S. Lasley, Chapter Mason. 
 
 Henry Bratsch, Master Mason. 
 
 John Dow, Master Mason. 
 
 A. Schmalgemeier, Master Mason. 
 Gustav Wolter, Master Mason. 
 
 W. A. Raymond, Master Mason. 
 
 B. F. H. Stanton, Knight Templar. 
 W. Y. French, Master Mason. 
 
 T. R. Evans, Master Mason. 
 
 A. C. Jenson, Master Mason. 
 
 John Murdock, Master Mason. 
 
 Dr. Matthew Jarvis, Master Mason. 
 F. O. Eddy, Master Mason. 
 
 Louis Lindskog, Master Mason. 
 Joseph H. Lamond, Master Mason. 
 
 J. C. Farnfield, Mason. 
 
 The following-named gentlemen participated in the mock 
 conferring of the “Golden Rule Degree” upon a so-called 
 “Patriarch.” Among them are ex-members of several Secret 
 Orders: 
 
 E. A. Parsons, 
 
 R. H. Harper, 
 
 W. H. Bogue, 
 Andrew Peterson, 
 
 F. H. Forshall, 
 
 W. H. Disbro, 
 
 G. W. Smale, 
 
 J. H. Cunningham, 
 Jacob Bollinger, 
 
 G. F. T. Murphy, 
 
 Dr. W. A. Zeno, 
 W. A. Starret, 
 
 J. E. Daniels, 
 George Matson, 
 William Green, 
 J. F. Porter, 
 
 P. T. C. Leise, 
 A. F. Schaffer, 
 John H. Shaw, 
 And others. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 The following article was published in “ Leaves of Healing? Volume 
 
 VII, Number 2, in connection with the Series of Discourses, “ Zion's Conflict 
 
 With Methodist Apostasy ” 
 
 Zion’s Conflict—181 
 
182 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY . 
 
 CAPT. WILLIAM MORGAN. 
 
 MURDERED BY FREEMASONS IN NIAGARA RIVER, ABOUT SEPTEMBER 
 l8, 1826, FOR EXPOSING THE SHAMEFUL SECRETS 
 OF THE MASONIC ORDER. 
 
ZION’S INQUISITION FOR BLOOD. 
 
 THE STORY RETOLD OF THE MURDER OF CAPT. WILLIAM MORGAN, 
 OF BATAVIA, NEW YORK, BY FREEMASONS, IN 
 NIAGARA RIVER, SEPTEMBER l8, 1826. 
 
 N early seventy-four years have passed away since the 
 Rev. F. H. Cummings, Chaplain of a Royal Arch Chap¬ 
 ter, at a Masonic banquet held in Lewiston, New York, on 
 September 18, 1826, was called on for a toast. 
 
 In the expressive words of the Hon. Thurlow Weed, “ He 
 responded with peculiar emphasis, and in the language of their 
 ritual, ‘The enemies of our order: May they find a grave six 
 feet deep, six feet long, and six feet due east and west.’ 
 
 “ Immediately after that toast, which was received with great 
 enthusiasm,” a number of the banqueters left the table and 
 drove to Fort Niagara. They took Capt. Morgan from the cell 
 where the Freemasons had confined him after they had kid¬ 
 naped him, pretending to be his friends. They said that they 
 were taking him to Canada; took him down to a boat, which 
 was ready at the mouth of the Niagara River, and after gagging 
 him, and binding his hands, they wound a rope around his body, 
 tied to him heavy weights, and one of them, whose confession 
 we give in the documents which follow, pushed him over into 
 the dark river. 
 
 The terrible story is told in many of its details, some of 
 the narratives being given on a very recent date in Central 
 Zion Tabernacle by an aged man whose father had taken 
 part in protecting Morgan’s publisher, Miller, and in whose 
 house Mrs. Morgan had lived for ninety days after the murder 
 of her husband. 
 
 The horrible confession made to this brother, Asa Curtiss, 
 of Wheeler, Indiana, by the son of one of those who com¬ 
 mitted the crime, has brought up once more the terrible guilt 
 of the Masonic-Methodist Episcopal Church, which has never 
 repudiated the awful toast of one of its ministers, but has, on 
 
 Zion’s Conflict—183 
 
184 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 the contrary, affiliated itself so closely with the Masonic order 
 that the Methodist Conferences of today are mainly composed 
 of Freemasons. 
 
 In 1898, at Chester, Pennsylvania, the Rev. J. F. Crouch, a 
 member of the Conference then in session, said that ninety 
 per cent of the members were Freemasons. 
 
 It is probable that this proportion obtains in the Quadren¬ 
 nial General Conference which is sitting in Chicago at this time. 
 
 We propose to demand, in the Name of Christ our Lord, 
 an account of the blood of Morgan at their hands, and to show 
 the diabolical, antichristian, and absolutely heathen nature of 
 this Secret Order, which is but a form of Baal-worship. 
 
 For many years we have felt that some one must lay bare, 
 in such a way as to arrest the attention of the whole country 
 and the world, the horrible fact that the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church and other churches have been sold out by their leaders 
 to the Masonic Order, and therefore to the World, the Flesh, 
 and the Devil. No language can be too severe with which to 
 characterize this betrayal of the Covenant of God by those who 
 have made a “Covenant with Death and an Agreement with 
 Hell,” and who deliberately transgress the law of God by affili¬ 
 ating themselves with the “unfruitful works of darkness.” 
 
 This is the condition today, for the most part, of the most 
 prominent leaders of the so-called churches; and in the series 
 of discourses which we begin tomorrow in Central Zion Taber¬ 
 nacle, we will deal especially with the Methodist Apostasy. 
 
 Once more that silent figure, gagged and bound, stands 
 there in the darkness, and pleads, mutely, for the vengeance of 
 God against this horrible system of Secretism which has seized 
 upon the pulpit and the platform, the press and the people, 
 twining its octopus-like tentacles around justice and truth, law 
 and order, strangling the Home, the Church and the Nation. 
 
 Like some horrible devil-fish, its object seems to be only 
 destruction, and its alleged charities and religious ceremonies 
 are but a flimsily veiled pretense, under which it covers the 
 deadliest hatred to God and the Gospel of Salvation and Heal¬ 
 ing and Holy Living which He sent to us in the person of His 
 Son, and in the power of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 We denounce the solemn mockeries of the Quadrennial 
 Conference now being held in Chicago, and before God and 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 1 85 
 
 men and angels we brand the organization as one that has 
 really become the Church of the Masonic Order: an order 
 which denies the Supremacy of our Lord Jesus Christ as King 
 of Kings and Lord of Lords, and which, while pretending to 
 revere the Bible, leaves out every reference to the Name of 
 Jesus from all its ritual, in the thirty-three degrees of straight 
 Masonry. In all its secret lodge worship Masonry never owns 
 Him as the one Mediator between God and man. 
 
 Multitudes of godly men and women, youths and maidens, 
 and doubtless many hundreds of ministers, are to be found in 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, who have no sympathy what¬ 
 ever with the claims of this arrogant and Satanicallv inspired 
 system of secret devilry. These can never be set free until the 
 real nature of Masonic-Methodism is exposed, until this organ¬ 
 ization is shown to be diabolical, and then millions will rally 
 around the Standard which Zion is raising in every part of this 
 land and throughout the world: the standard of a Primitive, 
 Catholic and Apostolic Christianity. 
 
 * 
 
 ASA CURTISS’ STORY OF MORGAN’S ABDUCTION AND 
 
 MURDER. 
 
 Extracts from Editorial Notes, Leaves of Healing, Volume VI, Number 14; Jan. 27, 1900. 
 
 Wheeler, Porter County, Indiana, ) 
 
 January 16, 1900. ) 
 
 Friend Dowie: —I hardly know how to convey to you the information 
 I desire. However, I will try. 
 
 I am laying claim to nearly four-score years; hand trembling, eyesight 
 failing, memory good. 
 
 I have been acquainted with that doleful disease, Masonry, all my 
 
 life. 
 
 It was my father, with a company of soldiers, who took Miller from the 
 Masons at the time they kidnaped Morgan. The Masons brandished a 
 sword over my father’s head with the words, “G— d— you, we have a great 
 mind to Morganize you !” 
 
 We did not expect to see our father alive in the morning, but God pre¬ 
 served him. 
 
 The man who had Morgan in charge was a saloonkeeper and one of 
 the high Masons of New York. 
 
 We soon left the State of New York and located in Loraine County, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Soon after our location the son of the old man who had Morgan in 
 charge located on the farm adjoining ours. 
 
 Soon after the son’s location the old man, the kidnaper, came to his 
 son’s house, having separated from his wife and having lost all of his 
 property. 
 
186 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 When he arrived in Ohio he was the poorest beggar I ever saw. The 
 son looked upon the old man and exclaimed, “ 0 my God, father, what is 
 the matter with you ?” 
 
 SIGNIFICANT CONFESSION OF ONE OF THE MURDERERS. 
 
 The old man answered, “ Ever since I had Morgan in charge and 
 assisted in putting him to death, there have been spirits within and without 
 tormenting me.” 
 
 I was well acquainted with the old kidnaper. He seemed to be dazed, 
 strolling about the fields, and very seldom seen in the streets. 
 
 The old man went about twelve miles west to see a distant relative, 
 and there died. 
 
 Word was sent to his son to come for him. 
 
 A wagon was provided and some friends accompanied the son. Reach¬ 
 ing their destination they put the old man’s body in the wagon and started 
 for the son’s home. 
 
 When within eighty rods of his son’s house, a halt was called by the 
 son, who said: “ I do not want the old man in my house tonight.” 
 
 There was a railroad depot there and a handcar house. 
 
 The son called out, “ Where is the foreman of the track ?” 
 
 Foreman—“He is here.” 
 
 Son—“ Will you open the handcar house and let me put the old man in 
 there tonight?” 
 
 Foreman—“ Yes.” 
 
 I stood looking on, and wondered. 
 
 Within eighty rods of the son’s house, and yet he put the corpse into a 
 handcar house! 
 
 They carried the casket in and set it down on a pile of shovels, crow¬ 
 bars, spike hammers, etc., and locked the car house. 
 
 In the morning the men went to their track work, leaving the car house 
 open, so when they got ready they could remove the body to the 
 grave. 
 
 SINS OF THE FATHER VISITED UPON THE CHILDREN. 
 
 The old man’s son died five or six years ago. 
 
 The grandchildren now live here near me, and I must say that vexa¬ 
 tions and disappointments have followed them all the days of their 
 lives. 
 
 For the space of ninety days after the death of Morgan, Mrs. Morgan 
 made my father’s house her home; then returned to Batavia, and I have no 
 further account of her. 
 
 Sixty-two years ago I gave my name to the M. E. Church, and five 
 years ago I ordered my name stricken from the list. My son ordered like¬ 
 wise. 
 
 Our withdrawal produced quite a flutter amongst the Masons and Odd 
 Fellows. 
 
 Several committees were appointed to request our return, but it pro¬ 
 duced no effect. 
 
 We stand by ourselves. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 1 87 
 
 They have just closed a two weeks’ revival here in our village, where 
 there are eighty members, and their daily attendance during the revival 
 averaged eighteen to twenty persons, worldly people and all. 
 
 LOSS OF POWER IN THE MASONIC-METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 There has not been a convert here in our M. E. Church in twenty-five 
 years. 
 
 Some time ago a quarterly meeting came in order. A minister from 
 Chicago was invited and came down, and also one from Crown Point. 
 
 Three ministers were present Saturday afternoon and I made up the 
 congregation. 
 
 I was the only hearer present. 
 
 I have heart disease and my children fear my departure. 
 
 Some days I feel pretty well and then quite off again. 
 
 I did greatly desire to come to Chicago on some Sabbath Day and hear 
 you preach. 
 
 I should much love to attend your meetings and hear the testimonies, 
 and I might have a word to say. 
 
 I have prayed that God would endow some one with sufficient courage 
 to expose the corruption of the M. E. Church and the Secret Orders. 
 
 Our people are all swallowed up in the Secret Orders. So bold are they 
 as to say that Jesus Christ was a Mason. 
 
 I am so glad you have taken it in hand to reveal them to the people. 
 
 My son says the people are terribly excited here over the exposition of 
 their orders. 
 
 God bless you and all yours for time and eternity. 
 
 How can people have faith in God and at the same time set aside heal¬ 
 ing? 
 
 In my lifetime I have seen much of Divine Healing. 
 
 You will please receive this as from the hand of your friend, who is 
 nearly eighty years old. 
 
 My son says we must not put this letter in the office here, for seeing it 
 addressed to you, they would destroy it. 
 
 Please collect all the mistakes together and charge them to eighty 
 y ears> Asa Curtiss. 
 
 STORY OF MORGAN’S ABDUCTION AND MURDER BY 
 
 FREEMASONS. 
 
 Extract from Report of Meeting held in Central Zion Tabernacle, Lord’s Day Morning, 
 
 January 28, 1900. Leaves of Healing, Volume VI, Number 15; February 3, 1900. 
 
 Asa Curtiss, Wheeler, Porter County, Indiana, said: “ I am the one who 
 wrote Dr. Dowie that letter which appeared in the last issue of Leaves of 
 Healing. I wrote it from experience, and what my father told me. 
 
 “ It wounds my soul to be called to testify against the sins of so-called 
 Christian Churches. I would gladly cut my testimony short by saying, 
 ‘Peace on earth, good will to men begin and never end. ’ 
 
 « But I am called upon to speak of events which took place at Batavia 
 in the days when Morgan was put to death, and the whole country was in 
 commotion. We heard nothing but the talk of Morgan and the Masons 
 
188 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 who put him to death. Yet the common people doubted that cruelty of 
 that character could be so rank as it proved to be. Therefore they were 
 not sufficiently on their guard to be Morgan’s friends as ihey ought to have 
 
 been in time of need. 
 
 “ I have the story from my father and from the lips of the son of a man 
 who was intimately connected with the whole affair. 
 
 MORGAN ABDUCTED BY HYPOCRITICAL LIARS. 
 
 “The old man went into the jail at Canandaigua, and said to Morgan, ‘I 
 am your friend; put yourself under my protection, and you are safe. Say 
 nothing.’ That was in order to get Morgan out of prison and keep him quiet, 
 and to say nothing until they put him in the coach. 1 We are your friends,’ 
 they said, ‘ and if you make any disturbance, the Masons will discover your 
 departure from here, and there will be trouble.’ 
 
 “ Morgan was conducted into the coach. The old man who had him 
 in charge had been driven away. Morgan’s language was: ‘ If you are my 
 friend, then I am safe; but if you are my. enemy, my doom is sealed.’ The 
 man proved to be his enemy, and his doom was sealed. 
 
 “Shortly after, they took an assistant of Morgan’s by the name of 
 Miller. They arrested him for the alleged stealing of some small article, 
 and put him in jail. They brought him put in the night with the same pre¬ 
 tensions that they had Morgan, but Miller,-being posted somewhat by this 
 time, was too sharp to be quiet. He shouted, ‘ I am Miller.’ 
 
 “ My father, with a company of soldiers, made a rush into the crowd at 
 the jail door, seized Miller by the collar, took him away, and gave him over 
 to Anti-Masonic friends. 
 
 “The Masons, with a sword o^er my father’s head, said, ‘ G— d— you, 
 we have a notion to Morganize you here tonight!’ We did not expect to 
 see our father alive in the morning. - : ■ 
 
 “After this we emigrated from the State of New York to Ohio.” 
 
 Mr. Curtiss then related the incident of the old man’s death and strange 
 burial, as published in a letter from him in Leaves of Healing, Volume 
 VI, Number 14, pages 423 and 424. 
 
 He then continued: “The son told my father and myself that from 
 the time he came to years of judgment their house was in a perfect turmoil; 
 that they could not dwell in one house, and he was turned away from home. 
 He told me of the old man’s conduct to his family. 
 
 “ The old gentleman was separated from his wife, and lost every cent of 
 his property. 
 
 “ Hasten, Lord, that happy day 
 When beneath Thy gentle ray 
 The Gospel of the Word shall sway 
 And reign triumphantly.” 
 
 Extract from Report of Praise and Testimony Meeting held in Zion Home, Saturday Even¬ 
 ing, January 27, 1900. Leaves of Healing, Volume VI, Number 15; February 3, 1900. 
 
 Asa Curtiss, Wheeler, Indiana, gave his testimony in detail concerning 
 the murder of Morgan, w r ho was kidnaped by the Masons, confirming the 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY l8g 
 
 letter written by him to the General Overseer, and published in last week’s 
 issue in the Editorial Notes. 
 
 ROCHESTER UNION AND ADVERTISER’S ACCOUNT OF 
 
 THE MURDER OF MORGAN. 
 
 As indicative of the great interest in the case of William 
 Morgan still existing in the minds of the people, we publish 
 the following from the Rochester (New York) Union and Ad¬ 
 vertiser of January 22, 1900. It is an extract from a long article 
 with a sensational heading, illustrated by a likeness of the late 
 William Morgan. (It is from this likeness that the one which we 
 publish in this book is taken.) It will be noticed that this paper, 
 while not antimasonic in its principles, freely admits the 
 murder of Capt. William Morgan by Freemasons. 
 
 In September, 1826, there occurred an event in Western New York, 
 with Rochester its center, which ramified and shook the whole continent 
 and attracted attention far beyond—the abduction of William Morgan, a 
 former resident of this city, from the bosom of his family in Batavia and 
 the jail in Canandaigua, and his subsequent taking off for betrayal of the 
 secrets of Masonry, the prime movers and chief actors in which combina¬ 
 tion of drama and tragedy were citizens and residents here. 
 
 But to return to William Morgan. He was imprisoned by the con¬ 
 spirators, with, of course, the assent of the commandant, and without law¬ 
 ful authority, in one of the casemates of Fort Niagara, awaiting the advent 
 of a representation of the fraternity in Canada to come and take him away 
 and dispose of him. 
 
 Matters were getting too warm for further delay, and he was accord¬ 
 ingly disposed of here. 
 
 JOHN WHITNEY CONFESSES HIS COMPLICITY IN MURDER OF MORGAN. 
 
 One of the conspirators, John Whitney, of Rochester, according to 
 Thurlow Weed, long after all was over, confessed to him in the presence of 
 Simeon B. Jewett, of Clarkson Four Corners, a great Mason and Democrat, 
 that at shut of day he, Whitney, and three others, took Morgan into a boat, 
 with ropes, weights, etc., prepared; rowed out with him on Lake Ontario,j 
 and threw him overboard. 
 
 Months afterward, the body, having become detached from the ropes 
 and weights by action of the water, floated ashore in Niagara County, and 
 was identified as that of William Morgan. It was claimed by the conspira¬ 
 tors and their friends that it was not the body of Morgan, but of one Tim¬ 
 othy Monroe, a Canadian, who had been lost in Lake Ontario. 
 
 • ••••••••• 
 
 The conspirators admitted the abduction, and several of them, indicted 
 in Ontario County, upon arraignment for trial pleaded guilty and were sen¬ 
 tenced to various terms of imprisonment. 
 
190 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 But with the exception of John Whitney, Thurlow Weed being witness 
 as to him, they never owned up to the murder. 
 
 REV. CHARLES G. FINNEY’S ACCOUNT OF THE MURDER 
 
 OF MORGAN. 
 
 Extract from “The Character, Claims and Practical Workings of Freemasonry,” by Rev. 
 
 Charles G. Finney, Late President of Oberlin College. 
 
 CHAPTER II. A SCRAP OF HISTORY. 
 
 In this number I must remind readers of some facts that occurred about 
 forty years ago; which, as matters of history, though then well-known to 
 thousands, are probably now unknown to the great majority of our citi¬ 
 zens. 
 
 Elderly men and women, especially in the Northern States, will almost 
 universally remember the murder of William Morgan by Freemasons, and 
 many facts connected with that terrible tragedy. But, as much pains have 
 been taken by Freemasons to rid the world of the books and pamphlets, 
 and every vestige of writing relating to that subject, by far the larger num¬ 
 ber of young people seem to be entirely ignorant that such facts ever 
 occurred. I will state them as briefly as possible. 
 
 MORGAN’S EXPOSURE OF FREEMASONRY. 
 
 About forty years ago, an estimable man by the name of William Mor¬ 
 gan, then residing in Batavia, New York, being a Freemason, after much 
 reflection, made up his mind that it was his duty to publish Freemasonry 
 to the world. 
 
 He regarded it as highly injurious to the cause of Christ, and as emi¬ 
 nently dangerous to the government of our country, and I suppose was 
 aware, as Masons generally were at that time, that nearly all the civil offices 
 in the country were in the hands of Freemasons; and that the press was 
 completely under their control, and almost altogether in their hands. 
 
 Masons at that time boasted that all the civil offices in the country were 
 in their hands. I believe that all the civil offices in the county where I 
 resided, while I belonged to them, were in their hands. I do not recollect 
 a magistrate, or a constable, or sheriff in that county that was not at that 
 time a Freemason. 
 
 A publisher by the name of Miller, also residing in Batavia, agreed to 
 publish what Mr. Morgan would write. This, coming to be known to Free¬ 
 masons, led them to conspire for his destruction. 
 
 This, as we shall see, was only in accordance with their oaths. By 
 their oaths they were bound to seek his destruction, and to execute upon 
 him the penalty of those oaths. 
 
 ABDUCTION OF MORGAN. 
 
 They kidnaped Morgan and for a time concealed him in the magazine 
 of the United States Fort—Fort Niagara, at the mouth of Niagara River, 
 where it empties into Lake Ontario. They kept him there until they could 
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 In the meantime, the greatest efforts were made to discover his where¬ 
 abouts, and what the Masons had done with him. 
 
 Strong suspicions came finally to be entertained that he was confined 
 in that Fort; and the Masons, finding that those suspicions were abroad, 
 hastened his death. Two or three have since, upon their deathbed, con¬ 
 fessed their part in the transaction. 
 
 They drowned him in the Niagara River. 
 
 The account of the manner in which this was done will be found in a 
 book published by Elder Stearns, a Baptist Elder. 
 
 The book is entitled “Stearns on Masonry.” It contains the deathbed 
 confession of one of the murderers of William Morgan. 
 
 On page 311 of that work you will find that confession. But as many 
 of my readers have not access to that work, I take the liberty to quote it 
 entire, as follows: 
 
 CONFESSION. 
 
 THE MURDER OF WILLIAM MORGAN, CONFESSED BY THE MAN WHO, 
 WITH HIS OWN HANDS, PUSHED HIM OUT OF THE BOAT 
 
 INTO NIAGARA RIVER! 
 
 “The following account of that tragical scene is taken from a pamphlet 
 entitled, ‘Confession of the Murder of William Morgan, as taken down by 
 Dr. John L. Emery, of Racine County, Wisconsin, in the Summer of 1848, 
 and now (1849) first given to the public.’ 
 
 “ This ‘ Confession ’ was taken down as related by Henry L. Valance, 
 who acknowledges himself to have been one of the three who were selected 
 to make a final disposition of the ill-fated victim of Masonic vengeance. 
 
 “This confession, it seems, was made to his physicians, and in view of 
 his approaching dissolution, and published after his decease. 
 
 HAUNTING REMORSE OF ONE OF MORGAN’S MURDERER’S. 
 
 “After committing that horrid deed he was, as might well be expected, 
 an unhappy man, by day and by night. He was much like Cain— 4 a fugi¬ 
 tive and a vagabond.’ 
 
 “ To use his own words, ‘ Go where I would, or do what I would, it was 
 impossible for me to throw off the consciousness of crime. If the mark of 
 Cain was not upon me, the curse of the first murderer was—the blood-stain 
 was upon my hands and could not be washed out.’ 
 
 “He therefore commences his confession thus: ‘My last hour is 
 approaching; and as the things of this world fade from my mental sight, I 
 feel the necessity of making, as far as in my power lies, that atonement 
 which every violator of the great law of right owes to his fellowmen.’ 
 
 “In this violation of law, he says, ‘I allude to the abduction and mur¬ 
 der of the ill-fated William Morgan.’ 
 
 “He proceeds with an interesting narrative of the proceedings of the 
 fraternity in reference to Morgan, while he was incarcerated in the maga¬ 
 zine of Fort Niagara. 
 
192 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 “ I have room for a few extracts only, showing the final disposition of 
 their alleged criminal. 
 
 “Many consultations were held, ‘many plans proposed and discussed, 
 and rejected.’ 
 
 THE MURDERERS CHOSEN BY LOT. 
 
 “At length, being driven to the necessity of doing something immedi¬ 
 ately for fear of being exposed, it was resolved in a council of eight, that 
 he must die: must be consigned to a ‘confinement from which there is no 
 possibility of escape— the grave.’ 
 
 “Three of their number were to be selected by ballot to execute the 
 deed. ‘Eight pieces of paper were procured, five of which were to remain 
 blank, while the letter D was written on the others. These pieces of paper 
 were placed in a large box, from which each man was to draw one at the 
 same moment. 
 
 “‘After drawing we were all to separate, without looking at the paper 
 that each held in his hand. 
 
 “‘So soon as we had arrived at certain distances from the place of 
 rendezvous, the tickets were to be examined, and those who held blanks 
 were to return instantly to their homes; and those who should hold marked 
 tickets were to proceed to the Fort at midnight, and there put Morgan to 
 death, in such a manner as should seem to themselves most fitting.’ 
 
 “ Mr. Valance was one of the three who drew the ballots on which was 
 the signal letter. He returned to the Fort, where he was joined by his two 
 companions, who had drawn the death tickets. 
 
 “Arrangements were made immediately for executing the sentence 
 passed upon their prisoner, which was to sink him in the river with weights; 
 in hope, says Mr. Valance, ‘that he and our crime alike would thus be 
 buried beneath the waves.’ 
 
 “ His part was to proceed to the magazine where Morgan was confined, 
 and announce to him his fate—theirs was to procure a boat and weights 
 with which to sink him. 
 
 MORGAN PLEADS FOR SAKE OF HIS FAMILY. 
 
 “ Morgan, on being informed of their proceedings against him, demanded 
 by what authority they had condemned him, and who were his judges. 
 
 “ ‘ He commenced wringing his hands, and talking of his wife and chil¬ 
 dren, the recollections of whom, in that awful hour, terribly affected him. 
 His wife, he said, was young and inexperienced, and his children were but 
 infants; what would become of them were he cut off, and they even igno¬ 
 rant of his fate?’ 
 
 “What husband and father would not be ‘terribly affected’ under such 
 circumstances—to be cut off from among the living in this inhuman man¬ 
 ner? 
 
 “Mr. V.’s comrades returned, and informed him that they had procured 
 the boat and weights, and that all things were in readiness on their part. 
 
 “Morgan was told that all his remonstrances were idle; that die he 
 must, and that soon, even before the morning light. 
 
 “The feelings of the husband and father were still strong within him, 
 and he continued to plead on behalf of his family. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 1 93 
 
 “ They gave him one-half hour to prepare for his ‘ inevitable fate.’ 
 
 “ They retired from the magazine and left him. ‘ How Morgan passed 
 that time,’ says Mr. Valance, ‘T cannot tell, but everything was quiet as the 
 tomb within. ’ 
 
 “At the expiration of the alloted time they entered the magazine, laid 
 hold of their victim, ‘bound his hands behind him, and placed a gag in his 
 mouth.’ They then led him forth to execution. 
 
 “ * A short time,’ says this murderer, ‘ brought us to the boat, and we all 
 entered it—Morgan being placed in the bow with myself alongside of him. 
 My comrades took the oars, and the boat was rapidly forced out into the 
 river. 
 
 ‘“The night was pitch dark; we could scarcely see a yard before us, 
 and therefore was the time admirably adapted to our hellish purpose.’ 
 
 “Having reached a proper distance from the shore, the oarsmen ceased 
 their labors. 
 
 THE MURDER. 
 
 “The weights were all secured together by a strong cord, and another 
 cord of equal strength, and of several yards in length, proceeded from 
 that. 
 
 “ * This cord,’ says Mr. V., * I took in my hand [did not that hand 
 tremble?] and fastened it around the body of Morgan, just above his hips, 
 using all my skill to make it fast, so that it would hold. Then, in a whisper, 
 I bade the unhappy man to stand up, and after a momentary hesitation he 
 complied with my order. He stood close to the head of the boat, and there 
 was just length enough of rope from his person to the weights to prevent 
 any strain, while he was standing. 
 
 “ ‘I then requested one of my associates to assist me in lifting the 
 weights from the bottom to the side of the boat, while the others steadied her 
 from the stern. This was done, and, as Morgan was standing with his back 
 toward me, I approached him, and gave him a strong push with both my 
 hands, which were placed on the middle of his back. He fell forward, 
 carrying the weights with him, and the waters closed over the mass. We 
 remained quiet for two or three minutes, when my companions, without 
 saying a word, resumed their places, and rowed the boat to the place from 
 which they had taken it.’ ” 
 
 They also kidnaped Mr. Miller, the publisher; but the citizens of Bata¬ 
 via, finding it out, pursued the kidnapers, and finally rescued him. 
 
 The courts of justice found themselves entirely unable to make any 
 headway against the widespread conspiracy that was formed among Masons 
 in respect to this matter. 
 
 THE CRIMINALS NOT PUNISHED. 
 
 These are matters of record. It was found that they could do nothing 
 with the courts, with the sheriffs, with the witnesses, or with the jurors; and 
 all their efforts were for a time entirely impotent. Indeed, they never were 
 able to prove the murder of Morgan, and bring it home to the individuals 
 who perpetrated it. 
 
 But Mr. Morgan had published Freemasonry to the world. The great¬ 
 est pains were taken by Masons to cover up the transaction, and as far as 
 
194 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 possible to deceive the public in regard to the fact that Mr. Morgan had 
 published Masonry as it really was. 
 
 Masons themselves, as is affirmed by the very best authority, published 
 two spurious editions of Morgan’s book, and circulated them as the true 
 edition which Morgan had published. These editions were designed to 
 deceive Masons who had never seen Morgan’s edition, and thus to enable 
 them to say that it was not a true revelation of Masonry. 
 
 In consequence of the publication of Morgan s book, and the revela¬ 
 tions that were made in regard to the kidnaping and murdering of Mr. 
 Morgan, great numbers of Masons were led to consider the subject more 
 fully than they had done; and the conscientious among them almost uni¬ 
 versally renounced Masonry altogether. 
 
 I believe that about two thousand lodges, as a consequence of these 
 
 revelations, were suspended. 
 
 The ex-President of a Western College, who is himself a Freemason, 
 has recently published some very important information on the subject, 
 though he justifies Masonry. 
 
 THOUSANDS OF EX-MASONS MEET TO PUBLISH SECRETS. 
 
 He says that, out of a little more than fifty thousand Masons in the 
 United States at that time, forty-five thousand turned their backs upon the 
 lodge to enter the lodge no more. 
 
 Conventions were called of Masons that were disposed to renounce it. 
 One was held at Le Roy, another at Philadelphia, and others at other 
 
 places, I do not now remember where. 
 
 The men composing these conventions made public confession of their 
 
 relation to the institution, and publicly renounced it. 
 
 At one of these large conventions they appointed a committee to 
 superintend the publication of Masonry in all its degrees. This committee 
 was composed of men of first-rate character, and men quite generally 
 known to the public. 
 
 Elder Bernard, a Baptist Elder in good standing, was one of this com¬ 
 mittee; and he, with the assitance of his brethren who had been appointed 
 to this work, obtained an accurate version of some forty-eight degrees. 
 
 He published also the proceedings of those conventions, and much con¬ 
 cerning the efforts that were made by the courts to search the matter to the 
 bottom, and also several speeches that were made by prominent men in the 
 State of New York. 
 
 This work was entitled “ Light on Masonry.” 
 
 In this work any person who is disposed may get a very correct view of 
 what Freemasonry really is. 
 
 This and sundry other reliable works on Fremasonry may be had at 
 Godrich’s, and Fitch & Fairchild’s bookstores, in Oberlin. 
 
 In saying this, it is proper to add that I have no direct or indirect 
 pecuniary interest in the sale of those or of any book on Freemasonry what 
 ever, nor shall I have in the sale of this which I am now preparing for the 
 press. Freemasons shall not with truth accuse me of self-interest in expos¬ 
 ing their institution. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 195 
 
 Before the publication of “ Bernard’s Light on Masonry,” great pains 
 were taken to secure the most accurate knowledge of the degrees published 
 
 by the committee, as the reader of that work will see, if he reads the book 
 through. 
 
 An account of these matters will be found in “ Light on Masonry,” to 
 which I have referred. 
 
 MASONRY ENTRENCHED IN THE INNER PLACES OF SOCIETY AND 
 
 GOVERNMENT. 
 
 In the Northern or non-slaveholding States, Masonry was almost uni¬ 
 versally renounced at that time. 
 
 But it was round that it had taken so deep a root that in all New 
 England there was scarcely a newspaper in which the death of William 
 Morgan, and the circumstances connected therewith, could be published. 
 This w as so generally true throughout all the North that newspapers had to 
 be everywhere established for the purpose of making the disclosures that 
 were necessary in regard to its true character and tendency. 
 
 The same game is being played over again at the present day. The 
 Cynosure , the new antimasonic paper published at Chicago, is constantly 
 intercepted on its way to subscribers. Four of its first six numbers failed 
 
 to reach me, and now in December, 1868, I have received no number later 
 than the sixth. 
 
 The editor informs me that the numbers are constantly intercepted. 
 The public will be forced to learn what a lawless and hideous institution 
 Freemasonry is. 
 
 But at present I refrain from saying more on this point. 
 
 It was found that Masonry so completely baffled the courts of law, and 
 obstructed the course of justice, that it was forced into politics; and for a 
 time the antimasonic sentiment of the Northern States carried all before it. 
 
 Almost all Masons became ashamed of it, felt themselves disgraced by 
 having any connection with it, and publicly renounced it. If they did not 
 publish any renunciation, they suspended their lodges, had no more to do 
 with it, and did not pretend to deny that Masonry had been published. 
 
 I should just as soon expect slavery to be reestablished in this country, 
 and become more popular than ever before—to take possession of the 
 Government and of all the civil offices, and to grow bold, impudent, and 
 
 defiant—as I should have expected that Masonry would achieve what it 
 has. 
 
 When the subject of Freemasonry was first forced upon our churches 
 in Oberlin for discussion and action, I cannot express the astonishment, 
 grief and indignation that I felt on hearing professed Christian Freemasons 
 deny either expressly or by irresistible implication that Morgan and others 
 had truly revealed the secrets of Freemasonry. 
 
 But a few years ago such denial would have ruined the character of any 
 intelligent man, not to say of a professed Christian. 
 
 But I must say, also, that Masonry itself has its literature. Many Bom¬ 
 bastic and spread-eagle books have been published in its favor. 
 
 They never attempt to justify it as it is revealed in “ Light on Masonry,” 
 nor reply by argument to the attacks that have been so successfully made 
 
196 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 upon it; neither have they pretended to reveal its secrets. But they have 
 eulogized it in a manner that is utterly nauseating to those who understand 
 
 what it really is. , , Q „ 
 
 But these books have been circulated among the young, and have no 
 
 doubt led thousands and scores of thousands of young men into the Masonic 
 ranks, who, but for these miserable productions, would never have thought 
 
 of taking such a step. 
 
 HON THURLOW WEED’S ACCOUNT OF THE MURDER OF 
 
 MORGAN. 
 
 A Pamphlet entitled “ The Facts Stated. Hon. Thurlow Weed on the Morgan Abduction ” 
 
 The following is taken from a little phamphlet entitled, 
 
 “The Facts Stated,” by Hon. Thurlow Weed: 
 
 New York, September 9, 1882. 
 
 Dear Sir :—I have delayed the answer to your letter inviting me to 
 attend the unveiling of the monument of Capt. William Morgan, in t e 
 hope that I should be able to be present on that occasion. 
 
 Impaired vision, added to other infirmities, prevents my going far 
 
 fromhoniccasion , g one that reC alls an event of startling interest, arousing 
 deep popular feeling, first at Batavia, Le Roy, Canandaigua and Rochester, 
 
 then pervading our own and other States. . . , , u nn 
 
 After reading the proceedings of a meeting at Batavia with the Hon 
 David E. Evans as presiding officer, I wrote a six-line paragrag ° r 
 Rochester Telegraph , in which I stated that a citizen of Batavia had been 
 spirited away from his home and family, and that, aftera mysterious absence 
 of several days, a village meeting had been held and a committee of citizens 
 appointed to investigate the matter; adding that as it was known *^1 
 Freemasons were concerned in this abduction, it behooved the fraternity 
 whose good name was suffering to take the laboring oar in restoring the 
 
 man to his liberty. 
 
 ' MASONIC SENSITIVENESS CONCERNING MORGAN. 
 
 That paragraph brought dozens of our most influential citizens, greatly 
 
 excited, to the office, stopping the paper and ordering the discontinuance 
 
 of their advertisements. 
 
 1 inquired of my partner, Robert Martin, what I had done to exasperate 
 so manyU our friends. He brought me a book and directed my attention 
 to an obligation invoking severe penalties as a punishment for disclosing 
 the secrets of Masons, inquiring what I thought of a man who, after taking 
 such an obligation, violated it ? 
 
 I replied that I did not know any punishment too severe for such 
 
 Peri The discontinuance of the paper embraced so large a number of its 
 patrons, I saw that my brief and, as I supposed, very harmleSS , 
 
 would ruin the establishment. Unwilling that my ^ 
 
 promptly withdrew, leaving the establishment in the hands of Mr. Martin. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 1 97 
 
 The paper was doing well, and until that paragraph appeared my 
 business future was all I could desire. 
 
 At that time an editor was wanted at Utica, where I had formerly 
 worked and where I had many friends, but my offer to go there was 
 declined. I was equally unfortunate in my application for editorial 
 employment at Troy. 
 
 The objection in both cases was that I had been too busy in getting up 
 an excitement about Morgan. 
 
 -Meantime the mystery deepened and public meetings were held in 
 several villages, Rochester included. 
 
 In the meeting at Rochester it was assumed that all good citizens would 
 unite in an effort to vindicate the law. 
 
 MASONS BLOCK THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE. 
 
 A committee was appointed consisting of seven, three of whom were 
 Masons. It was soon discovered that the three Masons went from the com¬ 
 mittee to the lodge rooms. 
 
 It was subsequently ascertained that two of these gentlemen were con¬ 
 cerned in the abduction, and that Morgan had been committed to the jail 
 in Canandaigua on a false charge of larceny, and that he had been carried 
 from thence secretly by night to Fort Niagara. 
 
 The committee encountered an obstacle in obtaining indictments in five 
 of the six counties where indictments were needed. 
 
 The sheriffs who summoned the grand juries were Freemasons. 
 
 In four counties no indictments could be obtained. 
 
 In Ontario, however, the District Attorney, Bowen Whiting, and the 
 Sheriff, Joseph Garlinghouse, though Masons, regarded their obligation to 
 the laws of the State paramount. 
 
 Sheriff Garlinghouse and District Attorney Whiting discharged their 
 duties independently and honestly. 
 
 As the investigations proceeded, the evidence increased that Morgan 
 had been unlawfully confined in the Canandaigua jail and secretly conveyed 
 to Fort Niagara, where he was confined in the magazine. 
 
 There was every reason to believe that he was taken from the maga¬ 
 zine and drowned in Lake Ontario. This, however, was boldly and per¬ 
 sistently denied—denials accompanied by solemn assurances that Morgan 
 had been seen alive in several places, divided the public sentiment. 
 
 MASONS IN POLITICS. 
 
 At town meetings, several months after Morgan’s disappearance, the 
 question was carried into politics. A large number of zealous antimasons 
 determined to make it a political issue. 
 
 Solomon Southwick was nominated at Le Roy for Governor. 
 
 Our committee firmly resisted all such efforts, urging all who were 
 connected with us in an effort to vindicate the law to vote for the candi¬ 
 dates of the party with which they had been previously connected. 
 
 We endeavored to induce the Whig State Convention to nominate 
 Francis Granger, but, failing in that, we gave our support to Judge Smith 
 Thompson. 
 
198 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Afterwards, at a village election in Rochester, Dr. F. F. Backus, who 
 had been Treasurer by a unanimous vote of the electors from the time the 
 village charter had been obtained, was again the candidate of both 
 parties. 
 
 No whisper of opposition was heard before the election, or at the polls, 
 but when the votes were canvassed a majority appeared in favor of Dr. 
 John B. Elwood. 
 
 Dr. Backus was an active and influential member of the Morgan inves¬ 
 tigating committee. 
 
 That astounding result produced an instantaneous change. 
 
 Political antimasonry from that moment and for that reason became 
 an element in our elections. 
 
 It was alleged and extensively believed that the “ Morgan Committee,” 
 to gratify personal aspirations, went voluntarily into politics. Those allega¬ 
 tions were as untruthful as they were unjust. 
 
 It was not until we ascertained that the fraternity, by a secret move¬ 
 ment, was strong enough to defeat the candidate of both political parties 
 that we consented to join issue with them politically. 
 
 DISCOVERY OF MORGAN’S BODY. 
 
 In the autumn of 1827, the discovery of the body of an unknown man 
 on the shore of Lake Ontario, near the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek, gave 
 a new and absorbing aspect to the question. 
 
 The description of that body, as published by the Coroner who held an 
 inquest over it, induced a belief that it was the body of William Morgan. 
 Our committee decided to hold another inquest. 
 
 Impressed with the importance and responsibility of the question, I 
 gave public notice of our intention and personally invited several citizens 
 
 who had known Morgan to be present. _ 
 
 One of our committee went to Batavia to secure the attendance of Mrs. 
 Morgan and as many others who knew him as would attend. 
 
 The body had been interred where it was found. 
 
 The rude coffin was opened in the presence of between forty and fifty 
 persons. 
 
 When it was reached and before removing the lid, I received from 
 Mrs. Morgan, and others who knew him well, descriptions of his per- 
 
 Mrs. Morgan described the color of his hair, a scar upon his foot, and 
 
 that his teeth were double all round. 
 
 Dr. Strong confirmed Mrs. Morgan’s statement about double teeth, one 
 of which he had extracted, while another was broken, indicating the posi¬ 
 tion of the extracted and broken teeth. 
 
 When the coffin was opened the body disclosed the peculiarities 
 
 described by Mrs. Morgan and Dr. Strong, 
 
 This second inquest and the examinations of the body proceeded in 
 open day and in the presence of Masons and antimasons, not one of whom 
 dissented from the Coroner’s jury, by which the body was unanimously 
 
 declared to be that of William Morga 7 i. 
 
 Mrs. Morgan, in her testimony, failed to recognize the clothes. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. I99 
 
 The body was taken to Batavia, where it was fe-interred, no one as yet 
 6 xptessmg any doubt of its identity. 
 
 DISPUTE AS TO IDENTITY OF THE BODY. 
 
 Subsequently, however, we were surprised by a statement that the body 
 Supposed to be that of Mbrgan was alleged to be the body of Timothy 
 Monroe, who' had been drowned in the Niagara River several weeks before 
 holding the first inquest. 
 
 This awakened general and intense feeling.* 
 
 Notice was given that a third inquest would be held at Batavia, where 
 the widow and son of Timothy Monroe appeared as witnessess, 
 
 Mrs. Monroe swore to a body essentially different from that found at 
 Oak Orchard Creek. Her husband, she said, had black hair that had been 
 recently cut and stood erect. Her testimony made her husband from three 
 to four inches taller than that of the body in question. 
 
 She testified that her husband had double teeth all round and described 
 an extracted tooth from the wrong jaw and knew nothing of the broken 
 tooth. The hair upon the head of the drowned man was long, silky, and of a 
 chestnut color, while that of Monroe, according to the testimony of Mrs. 
 Monroe and her son, was short, black, and close cut. 
 
 While Mrs. Monroe failed in describing the body, her description of the 
 clothing was minutely accurate. The heel of his stocking was described as 
 having been darned with yarn different in color. 
 
 Her cross-examination was very rigid and her answers throughout were 
 found to be correct. 
 
 The clothing thus described had been in possession of the Coroner, 
 who testified that it had not been seen either by Mrs. Monroe or any stranger 
 from whom she could have obtained information. 
 
 On the other hand, Mrs. Morgan’s description of the body, before she 
 had seen it, was quite as satisfactory as Mrs. Monroe’s description of the 
 clothes. 
 
 Our committee took no part in the third inquest, and the body, as is 
 known, was declared to be that of Timothy Monroe. 
 
 Simultaneously an incident occurred showing the vindictive spirit of 
 our opponents. 
 
 LONGEVITY OF A LIE. 
 
 On the evening of the day that the body interred at Batavia was declared 
 by a third inquest to be that of Timothy Monroe, I went into the billiard- 
 room of the Eagle Hotel to see a friend from Clarkson. When leaving the 
 room, Ebenezer Griffin, Esq., a prominent lawyer employed as counsel for 
 Masons, who was playing billiards, turned to me, cue in hand, saying, “ Well, 
 Weed, what will you do for a Morgan now?” To which I replied, “That is 
 a good enough Morgan for us till you bring back the one you carried off.” 
 
 On the following morning the Daily Advertiser, a Masonic organ, con¬ 
 tained a paragraph charging me with having boastingly said that the body 
 in question “was a good enough Morgan until after the election.” 
 
 That perversion went the rounds of the Masonic and Democratic press, 
 awakening much popular indignation and subjecting me to denunciations 
 in speeches and resolutions at political meetings and conventions. 
 
200 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Explanations were disregarded; the maxim that “Falsehood will travel 
 miles while Truth is drawing on its boots ” was then verified. 
 
 I suffered obloquy and reproach from that wicked perversion for nearly 
 half a century. Indeed, there is reason to believe that even now, where I am 
 personally unknown, generations are growing up believing that I mutilated 
 a dead body for political effect, and, when exposed, boasted that it was a 
 good enough Morgan until after the election. 
 
 Forty years afterwards the editor of the paper who originated that 
 calumny, by a series of pecuniary reverses, was compelled to apply to me 
 for assistance. I avenged the great wrong he had done me by obtaining for 
 him a situation in the Custom House. 
 
 This served to extend and intensify the “excitement.” It was every¬ 
 where charged and widely believed that I had mutilated the body in 
 question for the purpose of making it resemble that of Capt. \\ illiam 
 Morgan. 
 
 I encountered prejudices thus created both in Paris and London twenty 
 years afterward. 
 
 Our investigations were embarrassed and protracted by the absence 
 and concealment of important witnesses. 
 
 MASONS SPIRIT AWAY A WITNESS. 
 
 One of these witnesses was an invalid soldier who had had the care of 
 Morgan while confined in the magazine at Fort Niagara, but he disap¬ 
 peared, and all efforts to find him were unavailing for more than a year. 
 
 I finally traced him (Elisha Adams) to Brookfield, a mountain town in 
 V ermont. 
 
 We reached the log house of Adams’ brother-in-law, with whom he 
 was hiding, between 12 and 1 o’clock at night. Our rap was responded to 
 by the owner, to whom, on opening the door, the Sheriff introduced me, 
 directly after which, and before anything more had been said, we heard a 
 voice from the second floor of the cabin, saying, “ I am ready and have been 
 expecting you all winter.” 
 
 Immediately afterwards the old man came down the ladder, and in ten 
 minutes we departed on our return. 
 
 While waiting for breakfast at the foot of the mountain, several men 
 dropped into the bar-room where we were sitting. 
 
 When called to breakfast, the landlady, carefully closing the doors, 
 remarked that her husband had sent around for Masons, some of whom had 
 already appeared, but that we need not fear them, for she had sent her 
 daughter to inform the other villagers what was going on, and that before 
 we had done breakfast there would be twice as many antimasons as 
 Masons in attendance. 
 
 Returning to the bar-room we found that she had done her work thor¬ 
 oughly. Fifteen or twenty men were in the bar-room glaring at each other 
 and at Adams, but nothing was said and we were driven off unmolested. 
 
 MASONIC BRIBERY OR INTIMIDATION OF A WITNESS. 
 
 On our way back Adams, at different times, stated that hearing a noise 
 in the magazine he reported it to Mr. Edward Giddins, keeper of the Fort, 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 201 
 
 who told him that a stranger was lodged there who in a day or two would 
 betaken to his friends in Canada, but nothing must be said about it. He 
 then, from time to time, carried food to the person. 
 
 Soon afterwards, near midnight, he was told to have a boat in readiness 
 for the purpose of taking away the man in the magazine. 
 
 Several gentlemen arrived in a carriage, by whom the man was taken 
 from the magazine and escorted to the boat. 
 
 Adams was told to remain on the dock until the boat should return, and 
 that if in the meantime an alarm should be given he was to show a signal 
 to warn the boat away. 
 
 As nothing of the kind occurred, the boat returned quietly, and as, of 
 the six who left in the boat, only five returned, he supposed that one had 
 gone to his friends in Canada. 
 
 Adams was wanted as a witness in trials then pending in Canandaigua. 
 
 We reached that place in the afternoon of the day the court convened. 
 
 Three men were on trial for abducting Morgan. The testimony of 
 Adams was essential to complete the link. 
 
 On being called to the stand he denied all knowledge bearing upon the 
 question. He resided, he said, at the time specified, in the Fort, but knew 
 of no man being confined in the magazine; and knew nothing of men coming 
 there at night in a carriage, and knew nothing of a man being taken from 
 there in a boat. His denials covering the whole ground were explicit. 
 
 That, for the time being, ended the matter. 
 
 When the court adjourned I walked across the square with Judge 
 Howell, who presided, and who remarked to me that I had made a long 
 journey for nothing, my witness, Adams, being ignorant of the whole affair. 
 
 Gen. Vincent Mathews, of Rochester, who was walking on the other 
 side of the Judge, replied with much feeling, “ that the old rascal had not 
 uttered one word of truth while he was on the stand.” 
 
 Gen. Mathews was the leading counsel for the kidnapers, but refused 
 to be a party in tampering with witnesses. 
 
 On our return to Rochester the witness Adams was in an extra stage 
 with his Masonic friends. As there was no longer any need of hiding, he 
 was on his way to Niagara. 
 
 In passing the Mansion House, Rochester, Adams, who was standing 
 in the doorway, asked me to stop, saying he wanted to explain his testimony. 
 The lawyers, he said, informed him that if he told what he knew about the 
 magazine and the boat it would be a confession that would send him to 
 State’s prison. They also told him that the law did not compel a witness to 
 criminate himself; and, to avoid punishment, he must deny the whole 
 story. 
 
 HON. THURLOW WEED PERSECUTED. 
 
 In 1831, after my removal from Rochester to Albany, a libel suit was 
 commenced against me by Gen. Gould, of Rochester. 
 
 It was tried at Albany, Judge James Vanderpoel presiding. 
 
 The libel charged Gen. Gould with giving money he received from the 
 Royal Arch Grand Chapter to enable Burragc Smith and John Whitney to 
 escape from justice. 
 
202 
 
 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH 
 
 METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 Gerrit L. Dox, Treasurer of the Grand Chapter, and John Whitney, one' 
 of the recipients of the money, were in court to establish the truth of the 
 libel. 
 
 Mr. Dox testified that a “ charity fund ” had been entrusted to Gen.- 
 Gould. John Whitney was called to prove that he received a part of the 
 fund, with which, in company with Burrage Smith, he left Rochester and 
 was absent nearly a year. 
 
 Gen. Gould’s counsel objected to witness’ testimony until it had been 
 shown that Gen. Gould knew that the money furnished was to enable Smith 
 and Whitney to escape from justice. 
 
 The court sustained this objection and Whitney’s testimony was 
 excluded. 
 
 As it was impossible to prove what was known only to Gen. Gould him¬ 
 self, the trial ended abruptly. 
 
 Judge Vanderpoel, in charging the jury, dwelt at length upon the 
 licentiousness of the press, and called upon the jury to give exemplary 
 damages to the injured and innocent plaintiff. 
 
 The jury thus instructed, but with evident reluctance, found a verdict 
 of $400 against me. 
 
 My offense consisted in asserting a fact, the exact truth of which would 
 have been established if the testimony had not been ruled out by a mon¬ 
 strous perversion of justice. 
 
 Col. Simeon B. Jewett, of Clarkson; Major Samuel Barton, of Lewiston, 
 and John Whitney, of Rochester, passed that evening at my house. 
 
 Jewett was prepared to testify that he furnished a carriage for those who 
 were conveying Morgan secretly from Canandaigua to Niagara. 
 
 John Whitney was one of the party. 
 
 Major Barton would have testified that he furnished the carriage which 
 conveyed the party from Lewiston to Fort Niagara, John Whitney being 
 one of that party. 
 
 Whitney would have sworn that Gould supplied money to enable 
 him to “escape from justice.” 
 
 whitney’s confession of murder. 
 
 In the course of the evening, the Morgan affair being the principal topic 
 of conversation, Col. Jewett turned to Whitney with emphasis and said, 
 “John, what if you make a clean breast of it?” 
 
 Whitney looked inquiringly at Barton, who added, “Go ahead.” 
 
 Whitney then related in detail the history of Morgan's abduction and 
 
 fate. 
 
 The idea of suppressing Morgan’s intended exposure of the secrets of 
 Masonry was first suggested by a man by the name of Johns. It was dis¬ 
 cussed in lodges at Batavia, Le Roy and Rochester. 
 
 Johns suggested that Morgan should be separated from Miller and 
 placed on a farm in Canada West. 
 
 For this purpose he was taken to Niagara and placed in the maga¬ 
 zine of the Fort until arrangements for settling him in Canada were 
 completed, but the Canadian Masons disappointed them. 
 
ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 203 
 
 After several meetings of the lodge in Canada, opposite Fort Niagara, 
 a refusal to have anything to do with Morgan left his “kidnapers” greatly 
 perplexed. 
 
 Opportunely a Royal Arch Chapter was installed at Lewiston. The 
 occasion brought a large number of enthusiastic Masons together. 
 
 MURDEROUS TOAST OF MASONIC-METHODIST MINISTER. 
 
 “After labor,” in Masonic language, they “retired to refreshment,” 
 Under the exhilaration of champagne and other viands the Chaplain (the 
 Rev. F. H. Cummings, of Rochester) was called on for a toast. He responded 
 with peculiar emphasis and in the language of their ritual: 
 
 “ The enemies of our order—may they find a grave six feet deep , six feet 
 long , and six feet due east and west." 
 
 Immediately after that toast, which was received with great enthusiasm, 
 Col. William King, an officer in our war of 1812, and then a Member of 
 Assembly from Niagara County, called Whitney, of Rochester; Howard, of 
 Buffalo; Chubbuck, of Lewiston, and Garside, of Canada, out of the room 
 and into a carriage furnished by Major Barton. 
 
 They were driven to Fort Niagara, repaired to the magazine, and 
 imformed Morgan that the arrangements for sending him to Canada were 
 completed and that his family would soon follow him. 
 
 THE MURDER. 
 
 Morgan received the information cheerfully and walked with supposed 
 friends to the boat, which was rowed to the mouth of the river, where a rope 
 was wound around his body, to each end of which a sinker was attached. 
 
 Morgan was then thrown overboard. 
 
 He grasped the gunwhale of the boat convulsively. 
 
 Garside, in forcing Morgan to relinquish his hold, was severely bitten. 
 
 Whitney, in concluding his narrative, said he was now relieved from a 
 heavy load; that for four years he had not heard the window rustle or any 
 other noise at night without thinking the sheriff was after him. 
 
 Col. Jewett, looking fixedly at Whitney, said, “ Weed can hang you now.” 
 
 “ But he won’t,” was Whitney’s prompt reply. 
 
 Of course a secret thus confided to me was inviolably kept, and twenty- 
 nine years afterwards, while attending a National Republican Convention 
 at Chicago, John Whitney, who then resided there, called to say that he 
 wanted me to write out what he once told me about Morgan’s fate, to be 
 signed by him in the presence of witnesses, to be sealed up and published 
 after his death. 
 
 I promised to do so before leaving Chicago. 
 
 There was no leisure, however, during the sitting of the Convention, 
 and even before its final adjournment, forgetting what I had told Whitney, 
 I hurried to Iowa, returning by way of Springfield to visit Mr. Lincoln. 
 
 In the excitement of the canvass which followed and the secession of 
 the Southern States upon Mr. Lincoln’s election, I neglected the important 
 duty of securing the confession Whitney was so anxious to make. 
 
 In 1861 I went to Europe, and while in London wrote a letter to Whit¬ 
 ney asking him to get Alex. B. Williams, then a resident of Chicago, to do 
 
204 ZION'S CONFLICT WITH METHODIST APOSTASY. 
 
 what I had so unpardonably neglected. That letter reached Chicago one 
 week after Whitney’s death, closing the last and only chance for the revela¬ 
 tion of that important event. 
 
 Whitney was a mason by trade, honest, industrious, sober, but excitable. 
 
 In all the early stages of the Morgan affair he believed he was doing 
 his duty. The final crime was committed under the circumstances I have 
 related. 
 
 I now look back through an interval of fifty-six years with a conscious 
 sense of having been governed through the “antimasonic excitement” by 
 a sincere desire, first, to vindicate the violated laws of my country, and next, 
 to arrest the great power and dangerous influences of “Secret Societies.” 
 
 We labored under serious disadvantages. The people were unwilling 
 to believe that an institution so ancient, to which so many of our best and 
 most distinguished men belonged, was capable of not only violating the 
 laws but of sustaining and protecting offending men of the order. 
 
 A vast majority of the American people believed that Morgan was con¬ 
 cealed by our committee for political effect. 
 
 While we were being fiercely denounced as incendiary spirits, Judge 
 Enos T. Throop, in charging the Grand Jury at Canandaigua, spoke of anti¬ 
 masonry as a “blessed spirit”; a spirit which he hoped “would not rest 
 until every man implicated in the abduction of Morgan was tried, convicted 
 and punished.” 
 
 ROLL OF HONOR OF ANTIMASONS. 
 
 It is pleasant also to contemplate the character of those with whom I 
 was then associated judicially and politically. Than James Wadsworth, 
 George W. Patterson and Philo C. Fuller, of Livingston; Trumbull Cary, 
 George W. Lay, James Brisbane, Moses Taggart, Seth M. Gates, Phineas 
 L. Tracy, Herbert A. Read, Timothy Fitch, Hinman Holden and T. F. 
 Talbot, of Genesee; Albert H. Tracy, Millard Fillmore, Noah P. Sprague 
 and Thomas C. Love, of Erie; Bates Cook, George H. Boughton, Robert 
 Fleming, John Phillips and Lyman A. Spaulding, of Niagara; Andrew B. 
 Dickinson, of Steuben; John Maynard and William Sackett, of Seneca; 
 Myron Holley, of Wayne; Francis Granger, Henry W. Taylor and Samuel 
 Miles Hopkins, of Ontario; William H. Seward, Christopher and Edwin B. 
 Morgan, of Cayuga; Rev. Dr. Nott, of Schenectady; Victory Birdseye and 
 E. W. Leavenworth, of Onondaga; William H. Maynard, of Oneida; Gideon 
 Hard, of Orleans; Abner Hazeltine and John Birdsall, of Chautauqua; 
 Samuel Work, Heman Norton, Samuel G. Andrews, James K. Livingston, 
 Frederick Whittlesey, Dr. F. F. Backus, A. W. Riley and Harvey Ely, of 
 Monroe; Henry Dana Ward, of New York; Weare C. Little, of Albany; 
 Richard Rush, John Sargent and Amos Ellmaker, of Pennsylvania; and 
 William Wirt, of Virginia, an equal number of truly good and eminent men 
 cannot be found. 
 
 My friends Weare C. Little, of Albany; Gideon Hard, of Orleans; 
 Moses Taggart, of Genesee, and Lyman A. Spaulding, of Niagara, are 
 almost the only survivors. 
 
 City and County of New York,— ss. 
 
 Thurlow Weed, being duly sworn, says that the foregoing statements 
 are true. THURLOW WEED. 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of September, 1882. 
 
 Spencer C. Doty, Notary Public , 
 
 17 Union Square, New York City. 
 
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ZION CITY BANK 
 
 JOHN ALEX. DOWIE, President. 
 
 1300 IV1 ichigan Boulevard. 
 
 <£ 
 
 A General Banking Business. 
 
 Checking and Savings Accounts. 
 
 Interest at 4 per cent per annum on 
 savings of $1 to $500, and on savings 
 over I500, 3 per cent. 
 
 TRANSACTS 
 RECE IVES . . 
 PAYS. 
 
 MAKES .... Loans on Improved Real Estate and 
 : Approved Collateral. 
 
 ISSUES .... Drafts payable at all principal cities 
 ===== of Europe. 
 
 collects. . 
 
 MANAGES. . 
 ISSUES . . .. 
 
 On all accessible points on equitable 
 terms. 
 
 Estates and Collects Rents. 
 
 Money Orders available in all parts of 
 the United States. 
 
 Correspondence or a Personal Interview with a 
 view to Business Relations respectfully invited. 
 
 ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO 
 
 ZION CITY BANK, 
 
 1300 Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, III. 
 
 CHAS. J. BARNARD ; Cashier. 
 
 WM. S. PECKHAM, Ass't Cashier. 
 

 
 
 
 
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