THE DEVIL'S CHURCH or MODERN SECRET SOCIETIES, A REPRODUCTION OF ANCIENT PAGANISM
Book Details + Condition: William Arthur Downer (Glassboro, NJ). First Edition, 1904. 295 pages. Hardcover. Very scarce. This self-published volume contains accounts of Freemasonry rituals and ceremonies, and relates modern secret societies to those of antiquity. The final chapters of the book function as a sermon appealing to readers to resist paganism (and the heathens) and embrace Christianity. Black-and-white photograph of the author to front page. Embossed cover and spine. An overall firm copy of a very scarce volume, with tight binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards, with discoloration and fading of title; interior is clean and free of markings save owner's info on front free endpaper; normal age-toning to pages, as well as periodic smudging.
