St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-03
SCORES SECRET ORDERS
The Christian Association Spreads
Itself on Condemnatory
Resolutions
Which Rake Secret Societies Up
the Back, Then Down the
Middle.

The Minnesota Christian association.
which is an organization of the several
denominations for the purpose of cry
.ng down secret organ iZations. has coll
Guided It's session at New London, in
Handiyohi county, where it emitted
terrific roast on all the secret bodies it
rOuld think of. "A series of resolutions
vas adopted Which, after the usual
YGteS of thanks for entertainment. pro-
ceedS as follows:
Whereas, The overwhelming import
anCe of the antl-secret reform is but
very partially realized; and, whereas,
there is a deporable Indifference to the
subject among the majority of the
ahurches Of the land;
First-Resolved. That we endeavor
by the help Of God. TO- arouse the atten-
lion of pastors tO,theteyilS and dangers
Of the secret lodge system.
SecOnd-ResOlved, That we commend
TO all pastors favorable to this reform,
wisely and dScreetly, but faithfully, to
instruct their members as to the evils of
5ecretism, and enioin upon them to do
he same by their children, especially
by private conversation and the faithful
distribution Of facts upon the subject.
Third-ResOlved. That the bitter and
relentless antagonism of secretism to
Christ, as the only way of salvation.
should be placed in the foreground of
our warfare against the lodge.
FOurth-And. whereas, FreemaSonry
stands before us, as judged by its own
writings, a system of false worShip-the
Hvention of wicked spirits and wicked
men, and that revived by company of
''pOthOuse companions" or saloon loaf
rrs, in London gin shop. in the year of
our Lord III; and, whereas. this sys-
rem of false worship has perverted the
3ible to its own purposes in the aliena-
lion of the souls of mankind from the
only true God and Father of our Savior
Jesus Christ, by tie substitution of a
false religion founded upon the enor.
nous falsehoOd invented by themselves
about the Bible, namely, that during
he building of King Solomon'S Tenn
pie, Hiram, its builder. was murdered,
md after being dead fourteen days and
lis body "in high state of putrefac-
fiOn," he was raised from death to life
iy King Solomon; and this fabulous re-
rurrection is substituted by them for the
real resurrection Of our Saviort, he Lord
Jesus Christ; and, whereas, it appears
rom their own printed standard work
# the lodge that no man can be master
laSOn without personating the fabulous
Hiram OF freemasonry, whom they iden-
'ify with the pagan names OF the prince
Of devils. Osiris, Bacchus, Tammaz,
The point within a Circle" identified
with Baal, Peor, etc, and going through
with mock ceremony of death, burial
and resurrection. so as to be personally
Identified with the ancient forms OF
Iagan Sun-WorShip practiced by ancient
wi NO
Apostle Paul has declared that we
cannot be partakers of the table of the
Lord and the table of deVilS;'' q. Corin-
lbians, X, 21).
Resolved, That we obey the injunc-
non of the Scriptures, to ''Have no fell
oWship with the unfruitful works of
darkness. but rather reproye them"
(EpheSianS, ", IL
And, furthermore, whereas secret So
rietieS, such as Odd Fellowship and
knights of Pythias. publish and pro-
lain the Identification of the ritualSm
Of their own and all other secret soci-
etles with the same ancient paganSm
upon which Freemasony claims to be
founded;
Resolved, That we disfellowship and
dlSGOuntenance all secret societies that
have affairs in their lodges.
Fifth-Resolved, That we hereby eX-
press our appreciation of and our
Hearty thanks to the church and people
who have so kindly entertained this
convention.
The executive committee was in
stTucted 10 arrange for an annual con-
ventiOn, to be held in Minneapolis or
st. Paul in January or February ne Xt.
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