The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-12-31
Masonic Bodies Celebrate Ami
sersary of St. John the
Evangelist Sunday Night
PURITY OF LIFE THE THEME
The Rev. Frederick Ingley of st.
Matthews Church Speaks to
Large Body of Men From
Masonic Bodies of the City

The Rev. Frederick Ingley, rector Of
ST. Matthews church made a strong
plea for a higher standard of life
among the men Of the city at a service
held at the church last night at which
the members of the Masonic bodies in
the city were the guests Of honor and
Kenosha men never had more direct
appeal for purity in life and conduct
thar that made by the rector at that
time. Sunday was the anniversary of
the birth Of st. John, the Evangelist,
or Of the patron saints Of Masonry,
and the day is annually celebrated by
Masonic bodies in all parts of the
world The celebration at st. Matt
hegs church was the first held under
the auspices Of the Kenosha Lodge of
Masons and more than $50 of the mem
bers of the lodge attended.
The service was one of the most
beautiful church services ever held in
the city. The mixed choir Of the
church rendered special music in keep
+ ing with the Christmas tide and the
ch rch was deliberately decorated with
Christmas green's.
Mr., Ingley spoke especially to the
men who made up the congregation
W lich completely filed the church and
ta king the first sentence Of the creed
q believe in God as his text, he made
a strong plea for a man IS religion. He
paid tribute to the Masonic order and
declared that in all ages it had been
one of the great allies of the church
in teaching the belief in God. He de-
clared that the permanence Of the
! Mss.eonic order had been brought about
by the fact that it got it's foundation
from the belief in God expressed by it's
millions of members throughout the
world and that this belief in God had
placed upon the great order burden
of responsibility not only to demand
the reverence of the Diety, but also to
demand that right living which should
be required of every Christian man.
Mr. Ingley declared that there was a
great difference between believing that
thor was a God and believing in God.
d, lie poke of the action OF the father
in teaching his child TO pray and de-
clared that the father should not only
teach the child but that his religion
demanded that he as we'll should learn
a prayer. He spoke of the Masonic
apron as the Emblem of Aurity finding
H. IO Il
Of the order of purity in word and
thought and deed He hit straight
from the shoulder when he declared
that the men of today should guard
their every word in order that the ex-
pressions of their lips should show that
they were the men who lead the Cody
life. His spoke Of the great lesson of
friendship which was taught in the re
lations between the Christ and ST.. John
the Evangelist and declared that while
Masonic historians had never been able
to tell just why St. John, the Evange-
list, was one of the patrons of Mason
1 ry, he believed that that beautiful
friendship which had existed between
0uIISG anu 81 JOHA was Gne moving
spirit which had caused the Masons
to name st. John as one of their patron
saints. In closing he spoke of the
friendship and comradeship which had
been the world mark Of the Masonic
order and urged the members of the
order to add to this friendship that
purity of life which was made possible
through the Fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man.
The sermon was one which sank deep
into the hearts of the members of the
Masonic order and brought home to
them a lesson of purer living and a.
better understanding Of the great
principles of Masonry.