end their unrighteous systems, charge him with having a devil, but he
also knew that for the same purpose men would charge him with having
connections with such systems; therefore he said, to uncloak the falsity
of such charges, "Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in
the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it
not." Mat. 24:26. Jesus gives commandment to preach upon the housetop what
ye hear in the ear. Mat. 10:27. "For God shall bring every work into
judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be
evil." Eccl. 12:14.

It is not the mission of this work to reveal the awful oaths and secret
works of these various orders. Other men by many volumes have done this.
We only hope to help you to see that secrecy is contrary to the Bible and
the Spirit of Christ and Christianity. It is a thing of the world and
conducted on a worldly basis. Connected with many of these orders are life
insurances--a thing of the world. The Christian is separated from the world
and Christ becomes his all in all. To make prominent the good qualities of
their secret systems men tell us of their obligations to help their
brother and his family. How these orders provide help for a man in time of
need, and how true each member is to his obligation, etc. Such might do if
there were no God nor Christianity. Secrecy provides only for its own
members. Salvation provides for all. A member of a secret order is under
no obligation from his order to visit a poor sick man by the way who is
not a member of his order, but is under obligation to visit and care for a
sick fellow member, though he be rich. We see no Christianity in this. We
see no humanity. It is having respect of persons, forbidden by Scripture.
Humanity, and much more Christianity, will not only send man to do good to
the rich, but to the poor also, be they of any class or nation. A man that
is a Christian will visit the sick and afflicted, no matter what may be
their station in life.

If a man thinks he is a light in the world because he is true to the
obligations of his secret order in visiting and administering to the needs
of his sick brother, he is very much deceived. Such is a false light. When
a man has to place himself under such solemn oaths to do good, it proves
that he has but little or no humanity. "Do good to all men," is the spirit
of Christianity. A man need not take the obligations of a secret order to
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