The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1911-12-09

nos r.orzanllod as Frccmasonry. ri
ua1 uhsn TIE Roman brnnch a. thIa
|r1urch. anos1 original secret c1arac.
tar uas nocn&sItatcd by the per.ccu|
tIons against Christlanlfy aa veil a.
against ne learned societies. sought
70 rule the World by a union o. church
and state. that the popes q Rome -
rnn 10 e1pel TIE lcarnod socI1iIos
and oonnscats their boou and prop
orty.
Thh neocnsltnted q reorganization
q ne secret societies under various
names. for ne sake Of preserving ne
nclancr1 aud Individual liberty. The
chief q hcse societies appears IN
der ne zamc Of FrccmrronrT today.
but fhcrc nrc many other orFanlra
lions of srecinl character. proioaning
ana prscfirInE some one or moro q
ths original tsncfs for Which Chris.
iianlty- and before that other organ
nations stood.
Ths break cane. not by secret or.
ders uifkdrawinr nom the church. but
1 hy tie church making the division
lInen and lniro11cinE poIIl|cai dog
man into questions o. morality. The
church IA Subjective IN in teachings
anl TIE secret orders are construc
tivc-tAr reason they are called
~buIIlrrs of civilization"
Does Rons object 20 secret or
ders~ a. suohf Well. hardly. what
II the CoiIcTe OF CardInnIsf What n
the Jesuit Order. whose vcry symbol
lIs an adaptation and corruption oI
hat Of ROYAL Arch Masonry What
are the Knights Of Columbus. the
Young Mems Institute and dozens Of
ofhersf They are secret but have
not elent the church" Rome knows
that a secret order can be used TO
destroy a. well a. 20 build. She
knows that her secret orders can be
and are used a. vreckers OF every.
thing she wants TO destroy, az well
AZ constructors Of the church.
Rome burned Grand Master Of
the knight Tomplar AZ the stake. con
I nscatsd its property. and presented
Ia 70 4 rival order which had re
malned m the church" Today VIC
and among orders Of Christian Ma
son. various branches Of the -Knights
of Malta for example. while the
same order n also TO be found IN va
lrIous branches. within The Vatican ~.
elf and IN Roman Catholic courts of
Europe. Rome never fails 70 cling
TO vkrf~rer hrnnches Of these ancion>
orders she can control but damns with
sxcseding bitter damnation those she
cannot
Even among the fraternai insurance
orders as well a. less offensive FRA
lt.fuitics IKE the Elks. she strives her
Ib~st 70 capture whatever y attrac-
tive 10 her young men The Elks. for
example, have been taken over en-
ltirely By the Romanistg who consti-
tute the greater portion OF its mem
bsrship. nearly ererywhere.
Another example. witness the Or
der OF Foresters" Of which there are
many branches and independent ira
ltsrnltiss. This Il the third largest fra
ltsrnity IN the United States when
Ian ifs divisions are considercd. There
are about ~ different organizations
lof this name IN the United States and
lat least four OF them bear the distinc-
live same Of Catholic" Foresters.
Now the question comes. what does
lthls mean and what are We going
10 DO about itf Are We going 20 re-
lmnin idle and treat the bulls OF the
lsvIcs eerent OF God" with silent CON
tempt lust becau~e We imagine they
ARE harmlessf II they are harmless
then that Il the only proper course
In not then the gage ~ battle has
been nung down and u behoovcs ne
Ito at least protect ourselves.
Are they harmlessf Well MasonE
win scarcely forget the Morgan farce
lin this country. engineered By the
lJesulfs. This attack did not hurt
masonry. but n came very near dis.
lrupting the Union and destroying the
work done By our Masonic ancestors
I'm building up this nation and her
laws. Needless to say, these bulls
|sst every Roman Catholic az he Il
Ia good one) against every non-Roman
lCathoIlc. especially the Masons, Odd
lFcllows and similar orders" The
Morgan episode made bitter enemies
| OF Protssfants. Christian was se'
Iaeninst Jew and Catholic against
protestant. Bibles were burned STATE
LEGISLATURES were turned into courts
Iof lnquisition. A great political par
Ifv was formed upon the Issue
Iof anti-nasonry with q dead body -
. the sIoean-sin good enough Nor
gan IN after the elction."
Are those bulls harmlessi The
present CRY II that our federal consti
tuition Il godicssi Our schools .r'
I |eodisssi Catholics must have publi'
. school money for their psrochia
lschoolsi Men must Be elected to ono,
! land ali as governors, judges, and pres
|. Iidents-bccnusc they are Catholicsl
Voters must consider the religious
lnffiintion OF candidates before vot
. Iingi An this Il the CRY OF the priests
land Il Il bslng acted upon- Politick
. domination Of any acct. means sub
/ |joction. When religion Il made q mat
| tier Of poltticnl activity then The DO
|ple Of tkis sountry are not properly
|rcprczcnfcl.
1urt stop and consfier. you secre'
/ |order men. n fou have rot some -
|snoneIbIIIty IN connection With TIL
|untion'e government Who built ~
|Vho carved cnf each and every stats
. that n new m 1e Union7 WHO vrot'
] the Declaration Of indcpcadcncrf WIZ
, wrote. and what vas he coupi<<io1
! 'of fk1 state Ic<isIzlurcs thzt s1or(e<
. |rm~ 1a<.<.I 1~n<|ItufIInr 4.