The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-28


jlghr, and will soon befree Is God makes
His people tree In trying TO save the
youth Of the land rom isleinpeTance,
they found an enemy Of whose insidi0us
workings VIC have heard 50 much today.
They have seen with shame the ChTistless
lodge more yenersled than church, and
women carefully excluded from lis pro.
ceedirgs. They see SONS whom they
have reared taught the great secrets
which mothers are not permitted 60
know. Aud wherever they go, 10 the
uttermost bounds OF civilization,
this moloch is sci up which they wor-
ship. Laws which are TO be terror 10
evil doors. are set aside 10 screen those
who belong 10 the lodge.
Every interest, political and social, is
in jeopardy through the influence of
this anti-repubtIcan institution. Women
have been watched with fear and trem-
bling, hardy daring 10 lift their voices,
however leebiy, against its approach
This monster ingades the sanctlty OF the
home, gradually alternating those whom
God has Joined together. Fortunes are
squandered by husbands and sons in the
lodge, and wives and mothers suffer
that money may be put into the Golfers
to keep up some grand worthy patri-
arch's family, and ell in the name OF
charity. Women are compelled to care
for their own sick and dying children,
that husbands may attend lodge and haye
good time Husbands and sons have
learned TO love the cup that inebriaies
through the banquets given by the lodge
while to outsiders they profess TO be the
friends of sobriety.
We rejoice in the advanced public
sentiment on this subject. Throughout
the land are thousands of women, watch
ing with prayerful interest every step
We take in exposing this evil which Is
sapping the very foundation OF society
and threatening the body polite. Wo-
! men IN the temperance work are baffied
on every hand through men sworn To
one another and thus eyading the laws
! Is il surprising that women have grown
suspiciousiof that of which every woman
Is kept IN ignorance? Shall women not
be permitted to lift warning voice in
| this matter? Shall not those belonging
| 10 the secret temperance organization be
enabled TO break of from these things
believing they give encouragement to
the enemy that we are trying 10 put
| down!
Let all branches OF workers for hu.
manity come to the light and go forth
as openly to the world as the crusade
| Then God will smile more and more on
our efforts and we Will have victory
Let women enter their protest against
the lodge:
/. Because it imposes a sinful oath to
maintaIn-they know not what.
2. Because the lodge, by interfering
with the nearest relations of life, sepa
rates those whom God hath joined TO-
gether:
. pocauaa Tho LODI ve 10 mora veDprat
| ed than the church.
4. Because the lodge prevents the set
Il ement of the question of temperance
). The difficulty of enforcing Law
when men are sworn TO protect one
another.
DIR. Blanchard being called upon, dis
! coursed eloduently for a time on the
follies of Masonry
Rev. 5. Collins being called, gave 8
| statement of the reform work done IN
Washington city
The following was adopted
Whereas, This convention extended
TO Rev. Mackay, Masonic clergyman
of this city, half an hour to address this
convention; and
Whereas, The said Rev. Mackay left
this convention with evident passion
and violent denunciation when called to
order for his language; therefore
Resolved, That Rev. Mackay violated
in our judgment the courtesy of this
convention by denouncing our methods
and utterances, stigmatizing them as ma
lIcious, ungentlemanly and unchristian
and by inslnuating that our speakers
were boasting of their perjury, and
| while he could talk to us he could not
give us ears or brains.
On motion, adjourned sine die
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