Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-02

him, When the man gave the sign OF
distress. The lawyer, who was Senator
Cameron, hesitated. He did not know
what to do, but his conscience came to
his aid. He threw off his oath to the
society and held to his duty to the
state. The next day he sent in his
resignation, saying he could not be-
long to an organization whose oath
was against his duty to the state. It
is not every lawyer who has con-
science like that man. Some two
years ago a criminal was being tried,
and the judge was about to pronounce
the verdict, when the criminal gave
that same sign of distress. The Judge
fined him for contempt of court. 1t Is
not every judge who would have done
that We find that where q man has
been tried and found guilty by eleven
jurors, the twelfth would not sign the
verdict because the criminal belonged
to the same order as himself. Grim
iuals have been sent out free because
of the lodge ties.
Lodges are an evil to the family. It
has been shown that they destroy con-
fidence between husband and wife.
The proper care of the father is to his
children, next to seeking his own sal.
vation, for without that we can do
nothing for onr fellow man. It is 9
duty we owe to our children. The
father should be the first instructor. OF
should teach them the first prayers.
He should tell them of God. He
should advise them with his counsel
and experience. The father who neg
lects them neglects his first and sacred
Inf - toll hx,
outside work that estranges him from
his home, he cannot fulfill the duty he
owes his children. The lodge takes
the money he should spend on the
education of his child. There is no
better way to use an income than for
the education of your children. How
many fathers are there who neglect
the education of their children be-
cause he has to pay the dues to his
society in order to have an insurance,
and leave that money without educa-
tion enough to know how to properly
use it. Rather give your child q
seven years. college course than save
up money and leave them in ignor-
ance that after your death they may
use the money, but not for their own
benefit nor their fellow mans.
wish, before close. to thank the
audiense for the kind attention they
have given US this evening; and for
the regularity with which they have
attended the meetings. It has been a
pleasing and agreeable surprise to US
who come from other states to notice
the interest taken in this work. We
are working not for ourselves, but for
the education and instruction of man,
in order to enlighten them about
secret societies. s:.-@
We believe q man enters the l0dees
through ignorance. If they are edu.
Gated and instructed they will sustain
US in our assertion that the lodges
are not beneficial either in this world
Or the world to come.
The resolutions adopted were
as follows:
Resolved. That We express our thanks to
| the citizens of Willmar for their kind enter
| tainment of delegates to the convention.
Resolved. That we express our thanks to
the press Of the state for advertising the
! convention.
Whereas it is written:-''If thou put the
brethren in remembrance of these things
thou shalt be good minister of Christ
| nourishcd up in the words OF faith and OF
good doctrine"
Be it resolved, That we express our re-
cognition in this Scripture of an incentive
| to faithfulness in warning our brethren
| against the dangers OF secret societies.
Resolved, That We see reason for special
| Thanksgiving to God in the establishment OF
| schools for Christian culture, which bear 4
| faithful testimony against the lodge sys-
tenn, where parents and guardians may send
their children to receive thorough train.
| ing for work in the church of Christ and in
the practical duties Of citizenship. and We
| commend all such to our friends for their
patronage and support.