The Irish standard., 1918-04-13
Anti-christian Masonry Of Latin
Countries.

Anti-ChrlStIan Masonry OF LAIN
Countries.
The average free-mason of the
United States and Great Britain means
well, and in many ways he does well.
OF religion, as a supernatural inf1u-
ence or method of worshipping God, he
knows little or nothing; but he does
not make a specially of attacking
Christianity or any particular form
of it. The blasphemous and bitter
anti Christian virulence of the mason
~ that prevails in France, Italy
Spain, Portugal, Mexico, and the Latin
republics of South and Central Amer
lea are not characteristic of the ma.
sons resident in English speaking coun-
tries as a. whole. Social good fellow.
ship and the fraternal spirit are more
apparent among them. Belief in a
Supreme Being, as the Creator of man
and the over-ruling Providence that
controls the world, is required of
every British and American mason.
The Grand Orient of France, and the
kindred masonic bodies of Italy, and
the Latin countries of both hemi-
spheres, reject all belief in Supreme
Being, and are professedly atheistic.
For that reason there is no intercOm-
munication between the lodges of
English speaking masonry and sthose
under the Jurisdiction of the Grand
Orient of France and the other coun-
tries l have named.
How Masons Cooperate Against
Christianity.
There is, however, an absolute bond
between the supreme officers of the
English speaking masonic body and
those of the Grand Orient and the 9TH
er sections. What is the object Of this
cooperation? What is the goal to
which these supreme officials of the
masonic society aspire? The object
for which they are working, and the
goal to which they aspire, is to de-
stroy the supernatural religion of
a natural religion, purely human
brotherhood which will ignore any obi
cation of man to a Divine Creator
Behind these deluded and possessed
creatures, inspiring them and suggest
ing to them, are the fallen spirits who
rage because the redeemed of Jesus
Christ will occupy in eternal bliss the
places that might have been theirs,
had they not rebelled against God in
their brief moment of probation.
Paganism, heresy, schism and mas
onry are all variations of Satan's
ceaseless attempts to drag down the
race of Adam to the same gulf of
everlasting fire which our Savior Him
self tells us, "was. prepared for the
devil and his angels (St Matt. 25, 4D.
St. Paul has warned us in words that
cannot be misunderstood or explained
in any other sense: "Put you on the
armor Of God, that you may be able to
stand against the deceits of the devil;
for our wrestling is not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities
and powers, against the rulers of the
world of this darkness against the
spirit of wickedness in the high
places"
Individual Masons' Innocent of These
Pernicious Plans.
Someone may say, know lots of
'free-masons who are good citizens and
kind-hearted men. Not a doubt Of it.
can say the same. History speaks of
pagans and Mahometans who were
men possessed of natural virtues that
call for our admiration. That does
not justify paganism or Mahometan-
ism. Among our Protestant and Jew
ish fellow citizens how often do we
find them good neighbors and benevo-
lent members of our community, but
that is insufficient to justify the errors
that separate them from that Church
in which alone salvation can be found.
In most cases their paganism, their
Mahometanism, their Professionalism, or
their Judaism is an inheritance for
which they cannot be held accountable,
and if they observe the laws of God
to the best of their ability, and as far
as they know how, we can safely leave
them in the hands of that Divine Be-
ing Who if He be all just is also all
merciful. So with the free-masons in
English speaking countries. They join
the masonic order for social goodfel.
lowship without thought that they are
unconsciously aiding and abetting a
conspiracy against Christianity, yes,
and more, conspiracy to wreck every
stable government in Europe and Am
erica.
Masonic Machinery Used for PoIitl-
cal Purposes.
The masons of the Grand Orient
and of the Latin countries simply use
the machinery of the masonic order for
political purposes, for the extirpation
of Christianity, the overthrow of ex-
listing forms of government, and the
establishment of socialistic or anar-
chistfc states, the total abolition of
moral law, and, incidentally, the plum.
der by individuals of everything they
I can lay their hands on. The French
traitor, Caillaux, and the gang of mis-
creants who have helped to ruin
Mexico, are all free-masons of the
Grand Orient type. The Grand Orient
of France has been proved by its acts