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Mr DfiAA B]i£TinisN,-*-
I do not consider it necessary for me to
make any apology, for putting forth an address to
you my fellow Orangeman in Canada, but rather
consider it as a duty, which I owe to you and to my-
self, as a member of the Order, and more especially
as an appointed ambassador of the Great King.
As an Orangeman, I feel inclined to write, in order
to set forth some of those many errors, but too com-
monly piractised by those of our body, and which give
our enemies so powerful an opportunity for con-
demning us, — in the hope, that seeing those fiaults
plainly set forth, some at least, may be led to amend
their mode of living, and labour to make all men
think well of us, by the probity and correctness of
their lives, and as God's ambassador, I feel constrain-
ed to write, because the sins which thousands of
Orangemen commit are of so flagrant a character
that they should be publicly rebuked by every cler-
gyman, and indeed by every true christian— sins, which
if not repented of and overcome, will ultimately de-
prive' Orangemen of any right to the name of a
Christian body, when spoken of in a general and
collective sense.
Perhaps some of yon, no doubt, many of yon, will
say, surely this is harsh language, worse than we
deserve, there is no occasion to be so strict, so severe,
and 80 on ; but, the foot is, that it is only the truth,
and the truth but too often sounds very terribly so-
vere, to many of us, and if you will bear with me a
Httl« whiloi I feel sure that you also, will aeknowl*
s
edge in a great degree, the jastlce of the foregoiog
remarks.
The great fault then, that it appears to me that
Orangemen make, is this : they seem to forget that
they are, or at least should be, a religious, more than
a political body — I do not mean to say that religion is
banished altogether from our Lodges, but I say, that
whilst we keep the form oT reiigioh mingled with
our ceremonies, we have not kept the spiiit of reli-
gion among us, either in our Lodges, ar geneially
speaking in our hearts.
Now, to prove this, it is only necessary for any
Orangeman ip )ook at the members of tho^e Lodges
with which he is intimately acquaiiited, and consit-
der their lives. I do not mean, that you should be-
gin picking out their faults, and searching aiU their se-
cret sins, but look at their lives generally, and at your
own hearts particularly, and then ask yourselves the
<]iiestion, are we as a body, living as FrotestantChris^
tiam? Yet what was OrangeismestabHshedibr? Was
itnpttoprdteet Protestants Irom the ii^rostds and hbs-
saultspl Roipanism both in a ire^gious and politioal
view? Most assuredly it was. ^d^gain^, why "tyas it
necessary for Protestants thus to organize themselves,
)mt because they washed to fbllow out the true
leaching of the Bible, ;uniaiixed, and uiiitainted wit^h
falsre dogmas, and because ihey were determined to
be Bhle to practice the faith of the Bible* un|et<te]red
Jby Papp^i control, and to give ipeace and nb^eiity: of
eonscienoe to themselves, and their children lalter
them. ^ ' ■ .'^ ■ '. r. ■•:■■:' I:- r,
NoWyOf ooui^e out ibrefathers and qurselv^i/?tte
only Pi^osed to ^oman doctrineiand praptice,?^suiiae
it is sinfujj and from thip we take fpur very ,iiaw pf
Ifrptestant, (a, name at present nqwide^p^^ido^i^
ie^ falsely «sed/'b©eause j^Piprptest i^ftipsl fl^rpfeh
^f«ef. i,jBii^ whafUsind iof Br^te^ailis inmMfafynWi
w^tfoft of»Om0gemena«e tbe9,f^Q bi^i^p.no raU-
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gioni Yes brethren, no religion I For sorrow fj|l it
is to be obliged |o say, that many are admitted into
Orange Lodges, and thousands live, bearing 'the
name of Orangemen, who literally have no religion.
Ask them what oreed they profess, they will very
likely answer, << Oh we are not particular, we are not
]t>igoted| we go almost anywhere." Ask them, << Well
are you a Protestant?" Why, they would be
angry at the bare idea of being otherwise. *They
would say, most likely, << Why yes, to be sure I am
a Protestant, aye, and an Orangeman as welJ." And
I greatly fear, dear brethren, that but too many of
our number imagine that by such Protestantism
they may reach Heaven. Oh, how fearfully they
will be mistaken in the last day. nf Ht i^b
They call themselves Protestants, but they have
no true religion, and consequently no true PrOf
testantism, for real Protestantism consists in lead*
ing a life so pure and holy, as to prove that you are
quite in earnest, in protesting against sin. And those
persons who oall themselves Orangemen and Pro>
testants, and yet live actually in many if^stanoes
the life olf a heaithen, are a disgrace to their name)
and to their order. . .. , qiit^Afciv.*
But let us bring these remarks to bear a little more
closely , 'widi regard to certain of th& most ^common
sinscommYlUd ant^ongstus. . ^
: As Frotesthnls, we leclave that we protest ag^in^
tbe^rrori^Romie, smd on^of thoseeerois is the.aimthr
eaiatii^ing,or eiirsing of tihose^hoaie disobedient and
herdtidBtf^ by th^ Pope i>t h is subordihates; yet ho whi-
ten ihav^»iii0tt0ti^gemenaii|dProtei<s;tahl8(^
b^6A iMelafrd^cliiii^g^he Fope^both h^d^ anidiSou)-tnay;,
hibw^en'^mib n^heta, not in times past^toti^ow,
how often do we ndtih^Oitngemei^ai^d Fa^eBUudls
(Htmngeadh^o^llsr^i^m^ Irifieer ^iidiiii^.the.'^ouls
dlheir^fiBiloi^ flieify tfnd Mdw Px'otleiplants iniiell;
And ]^et such ifim iup i^mfti^tf^aiBj^fM
antt, and are not ashamed to boast of their not being
BomanistSyWhen they are showing by their own words
that they have no true religion, no fear of God in
their hearts. Alas! for such Protestants. Oh| mis-
erable Orangemen ! You condemn the Romanists
for cursing their fellows, and then go and do the
same thing. Yet, how can you, who do such tiiiugs
Condemn the Eomanists, without condemning your-
selves also 1
Again, Orangemen declare that they protest against
Romanism, because it teaches that it is lawful to
pray to the Virgin and to the Saints, as mediators be-
tween them aud God, whereas the Bible declares
that there '* is one mediator between God and man,
the man Christ Jesus." But what, brethren, is the
use of protesting against such an error, fearful though
it is, when the man who protests, worships no God,
and seeks no mediator. Are there not men admitted
into the Orange Lodges, who scarcely know the
Lord's prayer; who have a decided reluctance to
shew themselves in the House of God, who absent
themselves from the Courts of the'Lord's House fot
months together, and sometimes for years 1 Do not
such men prove that they have no love for Christ,
no holy desire for the honour of His name, no long-
ing after Heavenly things, no true interest in the
c^uestion, whether Romanists pray to the Virgin or
to Christ 1 But yet, before the world at large, they
bear the name of Protestants, and many such, as I
have just described, proclaim loudjy that they are
Orangemen, while in very truth they are >only hyp-
ocrites, claiming to be protesters against the sins of
JEt^e, whikJthey themselyes, are completely sunk
in ignorance, in carelessness, ai|d m yiQes . P>| ■ ye
ftlse b9arte4, so-oalle4i Pr^estaots. - ./ f^ r liri ..^
Um qliv^m^^M^a^tUm^ m S9^ fiirth and faiight
yt
the wtid dtQod. But Oh I W (ytliii^tHh% "Mh
thar (^OndMnn sin in oth^rii, wM dd ^Ottlr'ttottbHs
provb that yott ftre feal Ptotestdnts in this 'fespAdC.
W^ condemi^ the mass; qtiite' right so far^biU vHiy
do we eondemir it? Because it is 'Contrary to S<Jfrp-
ture; no other ground can betaki^n, but you 'Who' so
signally declare your c'onviction u|H>rt this pdnt, b^
cause it is contrary to the Bibles now mitny of )<oU
keepVxQ Scripture with regard to thissubject- by be-
ing earnest participators of the Holy Co mm union at
the Lord's tablet Number up now your thdnsAtids
of Orangemen in Canada, and see what proportion
of them are communicants, and are living as cortl^
muuicants should live, as if they feared the living
God. Are one half of the Orangemen in Canada
communicants? Are one ^i^ar^^ of them communi-
cants ? And yet our Blessed Lord said, << Do' this in
remembrance of me;'* but yet you, will not do it.
And of those who do partake of the Holy and Sa<^
cred Feast; how many are worthy 1 Bear Brethren ,
how unworthy in this respect, also, are the vast body
of Orangemen in Canada, to bear the name of Pro-
testant.'* Um m
And in like manner j while we protest against the
sale' of* Indulgences,* there are Ihousanxl^d* Orange-
men who take to themselves all kind of indul^ettees,
the only difierence being, that the Roihanists btiy theiii
from the Pope, and Orangemen use the indulgenfcea
without buying, giving themselves up to wkJk-
ednesis without fear, aiid Virithont constraiDft.
Might we not go on thu» from sin to siti; aiid
shoi/ir alt too plainly that the great bulk of those
who^are Orangemen, and who call themseli^ Prdtei»-
tanm^'live a life unmixed with Yital religtdi!lj and
thus bring disgrace upon our ancient iand^ iioble^^
ciety^ by fhHf^fttttiicfhfrisfian and htelhi^aish H^es,
^ ^j^itH t itn» thflit'^n^tiy wilf s#f (fh^iittfh ttH^g
language is more tb^ is calk^ tMF Btit^' bMtlirei
Had filldW OmngemMii if it potsibU for any Un-
jCtum to be too strongi when speaking against snch
feariul wiokedness as we see daily committed by
members of our bodyt Eemember, I do not condemn
the whole body, but only those, who do sin, thus vile-
ly and openly, in defiance of all religion, and in di-
rect opposition to the rules of our society, and to the
spirit of true Protestantism; and those viiom the cap
flUlH them wear it, and their name is legion. Just
let us reckon up the great sins practiced by thousands
o£ our Order, and ask ourselves then, are we as a body
worthy of the name of Protestants and Orangemen. —
protestors against sin, guardians of social order. Is
not drunkenness a common sin amongst usi Is not
swearing the samel Is not foul and impure language
often heard from the lips of our members t l» not
God's church neglected, nay, almost forsaken by
hundreds 1 Is not the Sabbath profaned and dese-
crated bj thousands of men who boast of being
Orangemen indeed, but whose only idea of religion
seems to consist in styling themselves Protestants,
and io gating the Romanists t Oh ! what mighty
protestors against evil. Oh ! what worthy Orange-
men they are, who have no fear, no love for God,
and who ufilf not even come to the worship of Our
Kedeemer,
And, Ipok at the choice of officers for our lodges*
Is it x^vt the case that a good^ and worthy man is
sopietimes put aside, and a poor worthless character
elebted in his stead, because, perchance, he made
more noise against Romanism t The Master is not
always, even, if ever, chosen for his high principles
and religion ; but no matter what his moral habits
are^ even although a drunkard, or a swearer, he is
oftentimes elected, because, as I said before, he makea
a great noise againirt the name4^ Rome, wiiile with-
in his^fwn hear^ there is^ but too e^e%a deep Uack^
pitolainiandeom^tioo^ nuq ^jkM^m^s^.-'^i ;.. -
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Bntely thofo who do soch thuifi,tiHl commit tueli
wickednesses, are not the men to advani^ the interests
of the christian religion— sorely such men have no
right to be made Omngemen, or to call themsehres
Protestants. siouv.
We want, Brethren, a reformation amongst us $ we
want stricter rules fur the regulation of our mem-
bers, and we require such rules put in force and in-«
sisted upon, and any man who refuses to be reformed
— any man who wilfully continues in his errors af-*
ter being duly admonished, should be expelled from
the Lodge, as being a disgrace to himself and to his
fellows. You may ask, who is to begin this reforma-
tion? I answer, you must begin it yourselves. Cannot
you see your own iniquities, your own foults ? And
4/> y^ ooi wish to be purged from the same 1 Sure*
ly, dear friends, you do not desire to continue in sin
always? And, if you do not reform. Oh ! what
dread sorrow will fall upon you in the last great day
— the day of judgment, ijwv
Perhaps i( may be said that it Would have been
more charitable in me, to have sought to cover the
errors of my brother Orangemen, instead of exposing
them ; but, alas! the sins of which I have spoken
are so notorious that they cannot be covered, for the
miserable beings who commit such sins compose them*
selves to alParound them. I*)e!th;?r is there any chari-
ty in trying to deceive ourselves or others ; and I
trust that it is true charity which now makes me,
however unworthy in myself, write tp you thisf short
address.
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I want to see my fellow Orangemen^men whom uo
one need be ashamed to hail as brethern ; men wbo
are never seen staggering about the streets, or in the
taverns ; men, who when conver8ingf;.ftro not in t^a
habit of minglii^; oaths with lheir^oonvei8aiiiiti,|
meni whose livws are pure aud whoet laBgnaco is
Mmi ^irJVtitifiirfWWitftf to deliver themdefv^si
rt6<n*m \!Ej^ii^^ aiiri!il6*i%hi(5ti rioV enVefo^i
thbih. ' Iri met, Tlong toae«them men, ^hib a!re liv^
hi ei-lktdf, w&' ihrght hdv^ up6n' society^ The
rlfttii^ df art ^Orah^hlan ^^^M'be an Honor, tifid
the good and' virtubuji Wbiild press' into ou^ rafnks.
We\ would t^ aWe by th^ grace of God to advance
the great' cati^e \if the Christiart Church, and inighl
do f^argcok! to our' fallow naen, instead of being, a^
at present, but tbo dftfifn mad«f thef mere ^ools of some
ciafty atid des^gnin^ ipoliticlan^
'And t'wotrld 'ds^ say a* f6w words with regard to
ttfe fyetin^, aM to tW lingtia'ge, whidh is at preseiVt
cultivatedMafiftd^gOnitigemenjt^
Tfieteistdo niiim of hatred in both to he Protestant or
Christian. That is to say, there is too mu^h hatred
against the Tioman peo]s^ei We should hate theii
e^rors^ and take good heed lest we fall into them,
iHit ^Q nnist not forget that however contrary to the
Bibljd inany of their doctrirtes are, y^t they are our
brethren^ for whoin, as for us,Christ has died, and our
di^ty is l(3(iov$ them as brethren, and sorrow for theni
at oyer those yrhp are ;in great danger, and pray for
t^i^iQ, >vith ^n earnest hearty that they may be turned
frpintb6ierrorof thi^r w#ys^,Reniember what St John
myth <,(Ij[Q,tl?^t hatotb Ms brother is in darkness, and
walketh in darknesSi and knoweth not whi>her he
tH
I, because that darkness has blinded his eyes.'^
tteit a^ith fe^ltt the lighti Md^hdtei^Ms Imo-
goeth,,because
«^J|o ttet^ith hi^itt the light, ,
hMin dWrWe^ ^er trnttir ilo\*';'^ ** WHoseVfer
ae» tfi9'lite*fer S tWtilWfereh and^ ye kdbW lYit
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All tkesei and many otbi^r ^ikppassagesi prore that
we commit a very great and gri^yoof; sini when we
hate any person, no matter who they be, lip ihatter
what opinions they may hold $ we should hate the
sin, but should lofe, andpi^|y,^aMprfiyf9r>|hose who
are guilty of the sin. T*
If we wi$h to win the Bomanists to a purer form
of religioui let us strive to win thein by love, and by
prayer, and by the word of God, for most assuredly no
harsh means will succeed with them, and moreover,
the very instant that we begin to use hard measures,
or to feel hard and bitter against them personally,
that instant we become partakers of their sins ; lor
it is the spirit of persecution which is working in us,
and the persecution of others is one ol their greatest
faults. And] here, brethren, I must also raise my
voice against the very unchristian like harangues,
which sometimes are made to your body, upon our
public days, and that too by those who are ministenr
of religion. I allude to th<; coarse and excessive
abuse, which is so ollen poured out ag^ainst the Ro-
manists. It is quite right that their sins, and erroh*
eous doctrines should be pointed out to you, but is it
right, is it ohristian-like, to mke up against them
year after year, the great wickednesses which they
have committed, and pour upon them a torrent of
foul language for nearly half an bour at ati]!ne?
Is such the way to win thenii to {Protestantism T
Will such continual invectives make then! thihlc
that our religion is purer than their o^n t t^lll tney
be converted think you by such coudiict t I trow
not. And inpre especially wtieh hardly d^
said with regard to ou^ own short^obi^ihgB^ ^nd
scarcely a word of phristiaii advice, jin^i^hrisuan ad-
monition is mingled with these s^jnifd^C^^^^
Brethren,, t havf .Iisfene4 till inj ^^^'^iMted^ w^^^^
shan^^ to aa4rej^ of th* wt^ftpa^ ||iU)i^ibf rtife
religion of our SaTiouir» wKich1^erecate(^Mt%dW^^^^^
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Tcm^d %^ poti than pekce, which
yti^iiilK^mm^ than to prtiyer. But
yM J|i^' Ij^t^^ (M! th<^m^mvds Protestants ; alas
iU4^ IMrS^tadit t*d ^fif^, off the name'. ; -^ ;^
? tor CJrjst^ sake, iKiy dear breth^reb/ m us labour
ior <i^^4f€^^uri^lvefi fr6m^ ibui stains, and not,
4rnW|)rJ[a^^^^^^ bar name and culling, by
ajiicte op^U iB^i^&tipihir oT det^ency^ charity, and reilg-
ipl^, PH^ ft^ united for relig-
ibi^ l^r|^'e|^klltl'pihoald b& "a reli^fons far m6re than
a (xm^l^^i body; and as such, let us endeavor to lead
reiligiOj^ U¥e$« AV Protifsitalnts, let it be our heart's
desife t<9 be tir^f t^rotest^hti, ]idettrng forth :in our life
ap4 oojt)ireiyttii|n befbr^ the vT'orld, an example of
Ohristian fjitlg^n^^ind^^istiaii piirfty ;,and us
pot, Y^hile Wi6'|rdt^rt Sjgain^t thte sink of others, our-
sM^Ive^ fa^ll W#ay Wto covrupt khd d^pmir^ manners ;
and; ^6 iv/e \;rtsh ibr the reifdripation of oar
It^mah B^hr^fii, let ais rehletn!ber th^t the best way
td^in t%el^ pv^r. i^ l^y g^^ love» and
prayer, ai^d, by )eiatfinj{ sa& eodjfy^^a holy lives
asshailprb^ethlat in vety truth, 'W^ ire following
out in all its fdllness, the teaching of the Word of
'. |jh don^lft^ici^, Bfkte^ a few words,
as to the nedeisity of tl^ere being more unity ofrelt^^
^ ainipng^t ti4. , ifft^6iinited togetlier as Oratcger
m^y Wcatiia» 1^^^^^ we have mOre power to
i^3'ipt<'Pia[pa|l i^re^i^^^^^ And woUfld not the same
iinity in Xeii#l<>^ '^v^^ lis piori |(ower to jresijrt the
devil 1 z^riB hot ithe^^^^^ PMestalits
heli up bjr the feotokni^ts ais a probf of the heresfy t^
the Protestant religion 1 And arb they not also a
lea^ hindrance to the cohverision of the Heathen t
And when Oi^ngeisai was first established, it was
established ii>r /me iKit>I>or^i <>l^fae dhurch, and of
^knf^oiieii were its mebibers composed. All divis-
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ions ainong christians must be tiie work of the Evil
One, as omtrcary to the spirit of the BibUf as eoniiary
to the spirit of the prayer of our Lordi when he prayed
** That they all may be one, as thou Father art in Me
nnd I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us : that
the world may believe that thou hast sent Me." Be-
cause they are contrary to the words oi St* Paul,
1 Cor. 1 ch. X v., ** Now I beseech you, brethren, by
(he name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak
the same thing, and that there be no divisions among
you, but that ye be perfectly joined together in the
same mind, and in the same judgment." And lastly,
1 speak against division because I firmly believe^ and
am sure, that all who contend against the ^< Church,"
are fighting against that holy << House of God, which
is the Church of the living Grod, the pillar and
ground of the truth," 1 Tim. 3 and 15,
And now Brethren, I hope that you will forgive any
errors that may be in this add/ess. If I have used
strong language it is because I feel strongly upon the
subject. If I have spoken severely against the sins
practised so openly by many of those belonging to our
body, it is because such sins must be forsaken and
abhorred before that they who commit them can ob-
U in, either an honorable name on earth, or a glo-
rious one in Heaven. And]my earnest prayer to God
Most High, is that He will grant to us such a measure
of Divine grace, as shall enable us truly to repent us
of our iniquities, and to live as becometh Christians,
so that atlast we may all meet before the throne of
the Creator, through the redeeming blood of Him,
who is the only '< Mediator between God and man^
i\ve man Christ Jesus."
I remain.
My Dear Brethren, 'nbmd Im^^
Your sincere well wisher^sdw imf-
And fellow^ Orangemam i :
JOHir BZZiTOHv