They say they can have more influence for good, but I say that they can have more influence for good by staying out of them and reproving their evil deeds. You can never reform anything by unequally yoking yourself to ungodly men.
True reformers separate themselves from the world.
But, some say to me, if you talk that way you will drive all the members of secret societies out of your meetings and out of your churches. Better men will take their places. Give them the truth anyway, and if they would rather leave their churches than their lodges, the sooner they get out of their churches the better. Come out from the lodge. We must walk with God, and if only one or two go with us, it is all right.