The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-30
against Secret Orders



In Tuesdays issue Of the Daily FEE
Pass find some queer remarks unsser
the above title To y Eich hvpe you Will
allow me to take few excepuons-
1t L true that .-Our Ssvior's Church
of which / am pzstor In this CIV, mas
voted not TO accept members belonging
to So called secret orders. snt hxs passed
q resolution which virtually expels those
members v no belong to such, II thew de-
eide not to leave them; bur tins action
has Lot ar all been taken on the ground
or for the reason which the FREE Press
suppCses-
That this action il not received as the
FEE PRESS states in any friendly
spirI" by those concerned Il perfectly
natural. Il is only somewhat surprisIi-g
that thew should trouble themselves
about II al al, Il what the Zee PRESS
states Is true, Insr they do not propose
TO give up their secret orcers Tor tncy
had virtually severed their cCEnecsIun
with the church long before tins matter
Was taken up, REG some OF SEem Lave
for wears been members onlv IL name.
j ELL We have had of them for q long
time l. If names They were no, of
the supporting kind and did not attend
church although often urged 70 do SO.
So you see We viii not ioee very much
even though they should withdraw"
But We sincerely hope that their eyes
NAV be opened and their conscience
awakened, so that bv the grace of God
rev NAV turn and do better than The =
have done
The resolution passed by s.Our Szvior's
Church" i as follows
The church rejrcts al systems rhst
-..fz
land with them all l0Ims OF secret.
'soath- bound, or BY solemn promise
ssOOund societies winch according 70
sstheIr nature or IN accordance with
''rheir GIN sEa IheIr principles neceS-
s1sarlIv must become guilty 0f such ssn.
land whichever mem5-r enters INTO 0r
remains II such = society violates the
t-ooElgaIlOH Under which, lie 0OnGd nIm-
S'seIf. when he joined the church, Enc
s'shElI therefore o. treated according 70
section Z" tof tue By avs
Sec 4.rzads thus: II Il member OF the
E-churgn leads an Erus.Fe life, such
zone shall Dc treated according &c
EsMgttleW IS, 1870. Should the gradual
''reprUOf there prescribed be fruItIess
''then such meuEJer shall Dc expellrC
from ths church. by which expulsion
she She loses al rights as 6 church
-'mem Der. 0nIy through repentance cal
such Z person again DC accepted a. r
member of the church and obtain Ms
Il ner rights
Now II ccarse. I know this does not
su,E the FREE Press, ard the FEE Press
does Tot sui m-, for We TWO evidently
disagree very much II regard 70 secret
orders, and IN OrCertnst the reader may
know something about how much se
: = "A -
give this IN reply 70 the editors state
ments-
You say, Mr.. Editor, That the teach
lngs Of the various orders better preDare
men 70 receive and appreciate true
Christianity.
II would indeed ne very interesting &c
know what TIE FREE PREss Unde--ta8ds
by the term True Chris-isnITY" when
Il can brIEg forth sCcl statement; TOr,
knowing hereof / speak, ! am OBJ lgeG
20 assert, and | say posItIvly, and I'm
ready 70 prove what / say. that the
teachIEcs Of some OF Thuse orders better
prepare men 10 TTsCt and deprsc5gts true
Chr1stiALI1y than any other agency
know
When, Mr. Z li,or, you sresk OF mis-
apprehension, preI11Ics, &c, OQt Ii
order 10 MAKE your seemingly wise re-
marks conform better with the truth
shsII hzve 70 change them 8 little, snO
then thew NIu read thus
1 misEpprehensiOu Cf the true nstuF-
Of so-Cssled fJstrrusl orders ex-s-s Il
the minds OF 1Ela-fE people who p=TsEs
IN beIIg bliudlv ed hy prejudice, and e.
fuse 70 ..lck = 90 +-s- false teachings aDC
evil WORKS Of these soc etIes
as consequence Lhey know not wna
they z,tvaczsr. l-Ith er do they know q
the era evil which u being continually
wrong Z % II AK nd through these EgeiI
cIss-
In TINS 80 cEI 81 Enlightened period o.!
the nine eerait4- 1-etI&ury, II seems 5trzngs
indeed nat EEsy one should 30 tl@Tr-zs
hius-lI 30 ErrIL.s.-ce as 70 gUeEfIrn rlgt
and 1u-v OF Igs- church 10 I0lIOg tBv
tesci.5ug- OF he Eesye1ly Father 2DC
accOrCia. 70 His express command -
sepzrat-- Itself from the world ana tn
devil d. & beware o. their evil suzrs-s
and TEN ltatious that lead away 20 de-
1rucrIOE
Now, Mr. Editor, please do explEIl
what yCu mean nv true Christianity.
Resp ectfuIly,
A.G. II. OvERx.
The editor OF the FEE Press has nc