Secret Societies: A Discussion of Their Character and Claims

by David Macdill; Edward Beecher; Jonathan Blanchard

CONTENTS.

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• [I. SECRET SOCIETIES: A TREATISE] by Rev. D. MacDill
  • [CHAPTER I]. Their Antiquity.
  • [CHAPTER II]. Their Secrecy.
  • [CHAPTER III]. Oaths And Promises.
  • [CHAPTER IV].Profaneness.
  • [CHAPTER V]. Their Exclusiveness.
  • [CHAPTER VI]. False Claims.
  • [CONCLUSION].
• [II. SHALL CHRISTIANS JOIN SECRET SOCIETIES?] by Jonathan Blanchard, D. D.
  • [Shall Christians Join Secret Societies?]
  • [Supposing it to be Innocent, Will It Pay?]
  • [Is it Obligatory?]
  • [Is it Right?]
• [III. REPORT TO CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS]. by Edward Beecher, D. D.
  • [CHAPTER I]. The moral character of secrecy.
  • [CHAPTER II]. Associations or combinations involving secrecy.
  • [CHAPTER III]. Religious rites and worship in societies or organizations, open or secret.

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