, 1874-11-19
EVENING SESSION.
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TINT tho work might 10 made mote complete.
EVENING SESSION.
FRESH nEyELAT1oEs.
Tho attendance in tho evening was very much
larger than during tho afternoon--tlo sossiou
boing bold Il, tho auditorium Of tho first Motl~
odist Church. Several ladies we're present. and
appeared to DO highly Interested in the proceed
nGs. Fully an hour was devoted to tue usual
religious ceremonies, tho singing being finely
accompanied by Tho church organiet. a somo-
what remarkable coincidence was that in an
| upper hall Of Tho building, ono Of the loca.
lodges OF !. o. 0. r. Was holding q business
| meeting. DR.. Walker, the newIy-olocted Presi-
| dent, occupied the clair.
THE PRESIDENT
made speech In reference to the comparative
morality OF Christianity md 1[asonry. uo did
not wish 10 disparagc morality rs O social
principle, but he did wish to show how the
morality of tho Lodge mado II difficult for tho
Mason to abido by the faith Of Christ N1ason
uay say that ho Is as good npd t,ua ciiizon nj
any QUO outside OF tho Order. He may feel that
Lo is equal to most and superior to somo. But
no man can feel that ho ia equal to tho
| great example Of tho Lord Jcgua Christ.
Muaon!o morality. howoycr good It might
| be, compared itself With the business
! life around it. or with tho church influence
around it. but all moral men should romembes
tho preccpt Of Paul that they should p,easuro
themselves, aB far as was possible, after the
atandard Of tho Founder Of The Christian roliglon
Masonic morality prevented mon from being re-
pentant, because tloy did not look beyond
tnmnn comparisons for the standard of higher
life. Whilo hIasoury prevented repentance, it
therefore taught immortality. And, in its oath
| it taught immortality BY teaching tho mombor to
keep all criminal eccrota, unless murder aud
treason. in tho fiat throo degrees.
THE couNTERFETEn, TILE GAMBLER, TIE THIEF,
tha ndultarer may Escape, aud their aecreta will
bo kept by tho brethren. In the higher orders
t Of the Masonic Order it is optloual with tho
mombers to except murder and treason or not
~ they may olect. Therefore, Masonry taught
immortality by causing its mombers to Bwear an
illegal and uniusti6aDlo oath. Tho Institution
| was evil, but somo good mon who belonged to it
sustained 1t. If it woro all OWL. in tue line Of
membership, 1t would inevitably graytata
toward he'll. Noro Masonry reduced to evil
members alone, its power would bo 9t IN end.
| Sometimes, iu swearing in now 1ncmGols. home
| passages were omitted from tho oath, but the
| new c0n,er was Bworn to Keep secret not alono
bo!onging to the same oath that may hereafter
| bo repeated 10 him. ThuB tho man swore to
Boluotliag ho never now or could not know any-
thing about. How degrading it was to haze
MINISTER or THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
| tndIctod iuto tho Masonc Order. 4 Masonic
nan,ster VAS led into tho lodge with ropo
abont hs nock' ano ono h'iprer ana part OF nls
clotnlns AiQ asldo. LINK q o mih-
ibtef oi TUG Lore Jesus Co,lss ~
n rope around his neck! tlaueh'er.] And
| hster 6ettlh6 INTO 'he ha'l thefo were aono
things donc,-thsngs 60 Indecent and so revolt
lnE tbat no munster could tsare to tol! 4 to !a
oongsegatmn: G Many abused tho Christian y ,,s re-
| ii6!oh p} tnssepFeaentatloh. Bono o. tlem salt!
ellss 1t. JOIN WIS Maaon, put "el.tn1ormcd
masons khe" better than TINT. 3ne! also
clalmed that solomon Was Masoh. Ihat lilo
woras
which they aaid was Latin. mud which wero used.
they clAimed, in tho Temple Of 6olomol.-
4 building in which tho Latin Inn
guago had ueyor boon heard. [Applanso. ]
SAINT. Did thoy not know thnt king lIerod
smore that 10 would grant the prayer Of tho
womau nontionod iu tho Scripture without
knowing What tho request might DO? s!le said,
npg me hetS tne The herd Of the map
St. john tho patron saint Of the MaHonsl No,
it was Herod! [Applauso.]
Another thing about Masonry was tint oyory
man Of every known sect might pray in the
iIasno Of bis God, but mona could pray III lie
namo OF the Lord Josus Christ.
THIS WAS TERRIBLE
II wGH trup tliat thore wpb bsnnch Of Mason
ry established recently, and not very recently
other, tho knights Templnr. that wore allowed
to pray to JoAuH Christ. But lhe Blue MasonB,
tho Scotch MuHons, and others, wore not permil-
ted to do 30. Tha liusonH notua!ly Wutilgted
the Dlble. IN their folm tuoy quote from St.
Paul to tho Thossalonians. wiIere thoy lott out
tho name OF Jesus UitiBt but copied all tho rest.
Wherever tho name OF tho Lord jesus Onlist 90
ours In their Scripture readlngs, tho Masone
loayo 1t out. The Masonic institution WIS the
| only anll-Chrlst that he lnaw OF. [Applause.]
TUE REV, LIN, sToppAnu,
General Agent Of tho Anti-AlaHonlo (Eationnl)
| Association, noxt apoko uo dealt Particularly
with linanco, and said that tho Cutn.nittee al,-
| pointed TINT evening on tho RAISING Of f,AldH
ba4 placed upon hiu 2!,c duty OF presenting tho
necessity to tue audionco IIo explained tho
objoos Of tho aut,-aIusonic organization, az al-
ready mapped out by tbe PREVIOUS Hpoalsors,
TIo prosecution OF tho work reaulres fl,t,db fur
tue purpose OF mootlue tho poouninry expollsos.
| lie hoped that tho contribution would bo in keep
| inv wIfb thu call ani ,vorthu NJ t1ta 0ccRHiall