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NATIONAL IJBRARY 
 
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 My Dear Brethren, 
 
 I do not consider it necessary tbi me to make any apology tor put- 
 ting forth an address to you, my lellow Orangemen in Canada, but 
 rather consider it as a duty which I owe to you and to myself, as a 
 member of the Order, and more especially as an appointed ambassa- 
 dor of the Great King, As an Orangeman, I feel inclined to write, in 
 order to set forth some of the many errors but too commonly practised 
 by those of our body, and which give our enemies so powerful an 
 opportunity for condemning us, in the hope that seeing those faults 
 plainly set forth, some, at least, may he led to amend their mode of 
 living, and labor to make all men tliak well of us by the probity and 
 correctness of our lives. And, as God's ambassador, 1 feel con- 
 strained to write, because the sins which thousands of Orangemen 
 commit are of so flagrant a character, that they should be publicly 
 rebuked by every Clergyman, and indeed by every true Christian ; sins, 
 which if not repented of and overcome, will ultimately deprive Orange- 
 men of any right to the name of a Christian Body, when spoken of in a 
 general and collective sense. 
 
 Perhaps some Oi you, and no doubt many of you, will say, surely 
 this is harsh language, worse than we deserve; there is no occasion to 
 be so strict, so severe, &c. But the fact is, that it is only the truth, 
 and the truth but too often sounds terribly severe to many of us, 
 and if you will bear with me a little I feel sure that you also 
 will acknowledge, in a great degree, the justice of the foregoing 
 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 relig- 
 ious 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 of religion mingled with our ceremonies, we have not kept t) ; 
 spirit of religion among us, either in our Lodges, or, generally speaking, 
 in our hearts. Now, to prove this, it is only necessary for any Orange- 
 man to look at the members of those Lodges with which he is inti- 
 
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 inoiciy a;_v|uuinicC:, anu i,u!i3iuci iiic:i lives. i uu wui liicuii mat ni' 
 
 should begin picking out their faults and searching out their secret 
 sins, but look at their lives generally , and at your own hearts particularly, 
 and then ask themselves the question, are we, as a body, living as Prot- 
 estant Christians? Yet what was Orangeism established for? Was it 
 
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 ^* not to protect Protestants from the infoads and assaults of Romanism, 
 both in a religious and political view ? Most assuredly it was. And 
 agam, why was it necessary for Protestants thus to organize them- 
 selves, but because they wished to follow out the true teaching of the 
 Kible, unmixed and untainted with false dogmas, and because they 
 were determined to be able to practice the faith of the Bible unfettered 
 by Papal control, and to give peace and liberty of conscience to them- 
 selves and their children after them. Of course, our forefathers and 
 ourselves are only opposed to Roman doctrine and practice because 
 it is sinful, and from this we take our very name of Protestant, a name 
 at present so widely and often so falsely used, because we protest 
 against Romish error. 
 
 But what kind of Protestants are they, ?.nd what sort of Orangemen 
 are they, who have no religion. Yes, brethren, no religion. For sorrow- 
 ful it is to be obliged to say that many are admitted into Orange 
 Lodges, and thousands live bearing the name of Qrangemen, who 
 literally have no religion. Ask them what creed they profess ; they will 
 very likely answer, Oh ! we are not particular, we are not bigoted, 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 well ; 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. 
 They call themselves Protestants, but they have no true religion, and 
 consequently no true Protestantism ; for real Protestantism consists in 
 leading a life so pure and holy as to prove that you are quite in earnest 
 in protesting against sin, and those persons who call themselves 
 Orangemen and Protestants, and yet live actually in many instances 
 the life of the heathen, are a disgrace to their name and to their order. 
 But let ts bring these remarks to bear a little more closely with regard 
 to certain of the most common sins committed amongst us. As 
 Protestants, we declare that we protest against the errors of Rome, 
 and one ot those errors is the anathematising or cursing of those who 
 are disobedient and heretical by the Pope or his subordinates, yet, how 
 often have not Orangemen and Protestants, so called, been heard cursing 
 the Pope, both body and soul; nay, how often do we not hear Orange- 
 men and Protestants cursing each other for mere trifles, wishing the 
 souls of their fellow men and fellow Protestants in hell, and yet, such 
 men dare to say that they are Protestants, and are not ashamed to 
 boast of their not being Romanists, when 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 ! miserable Orangemen, you 
 condemn the Romanists without condemning yourselves. 
 
 Also again, Orangemen declare that they protest against Roman- 
 ism, because it teaches that it is lawful toprav to the Virgin Mary and 
 to the Saints as mediators between them and God,whereas the Bible de- 
 clares that there isone mediator between God and man-the Man-Christ 
 
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 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 de- 
 
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 ctded reluctance to show themselves in t!.e house of God ; who absent 
 themselves from the courts of the Lord ■■ -ouse for months together 
 and sometimes lor years. Do not sucl ,u prove that they have no 
 love for Christ ; no holy desire for the honor of His name ; no loneinK 
 after heavenly thmgs; no true interest in the question whether Roman- 
 ists pray to the Virgin or to Christ. But yet before the world at large 
 they bear the name of Protestants, and many such as I have just 
 described proclaim loudly that they are Orangemen, while in very truth 
 they are only hypocrites, claiming to be protestors against the sins of 
 Kome, while they themselves are completely sunk in ignorance, in 
 carelessness, and in vice. Oh, ye false-hearted, so-called Protestants. 
 Again, Orangemen declare loudly against the doctrine of transubstantia- 
 tion, as set forth and taught in the Komish Mass, because that too is 
 contrary to the word of God ; but oh. ye Orangemen, who thus con- 
 demn sin in others, how do your actions prove that you are real 
 Protestants? In this respect we condemn the Mass. Quite right, so 
 tar. But why do we condemn it ? Because it is contrary to scripture. 
 Mo other ground can be taken, but you who so signally declare your 
 conviction upon this point because it is contrary to the Bible, how 
 many of you keep the scripture with regard to this subject by being 
 earnest participators of the Holy Communion at the Lord's table? 
 Number up now your thousands of Orangemen in Canada, and see 
 what proportion of them are communicants, and are living as com- 
 municants should live, as if they feared the living God. Are one- 
 half of the Orangemen in Canada communicants f 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 sacred feast, how 
 many are worthy. Dear brethren, how unworthy in this respect, also. 
 are the vast body of Orangemen in Canada to bear the name of 
 i rotestants ; and in like manner ; while we protest against the 
 sale of indulKences, there are thousands of Orangemen who take 
 to themselves all kinds of indulgences, the only difference being 
 that the Romanists buy them from the Pope, and Orangemen 
 use the indulgences without buying, giving themselves up to 
 wickedness without fear and without restraint. Might we not go 
 on thus from sin to sin and show all too plainly that the great bulk of 
 those who are Orangemen, and who call themselves Protestants, live a 
 lite unmixed with vital religion, and thus bring disgrace upon our 
 ancient and noble Society by their anti-chrisf and heathenish lives. 
 Again, I tear that many will say that such ^ ng language is more 
 than is called for, but brethren, and fellow Or^. jemen, is it possible 
 tor any language to be too strong when speaking against such fearful 
 wickedness as we see daily committed by members of our body. 
 Remember, I do not condemn the whole body, but only those who d- 
 cm thus vilely and openly, in defiance of all religion and in direct 
 opposition to the rules of our Society and to the spirit of true Protes- 
 tantism ; and those whom the cap fits let them wear it, for their name 
 IS legion. Just let us reckon up the great sins practised hv thmss^nd'- 
 of our Order, and ask ourselves then, are we, as'^a body, worthy oTthe 
 name of Protestants and Orangemen.? Protestors against sin, and 
 guardians of social order. Is not drunkenness a common sin amongst 
 us ? Is not swearing the same ? Is not foul and impure language 
 
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 styling themselves Protestants Imf^ "f religion seems to consist in 
 
 what miglUyprotest..rsaS evil" Oh lf.1^ '^l ^^omanists. Oh. 
 are who have no fear, no love or od nJ k '''"' n >' ^'•^"g^^'en they 
 he worship of our Redeemer a^ui o ic a Ihe r^h Y^ T S:'^" ^^""^ *° 
 'odges Is ,t not the case that a l H Vi .T'"" ""^ °^^^" ^°»- «"»• 
 put as.de, and a poor, worthlercharct^^^^^^^^ '" sometimes 
 
 perchance, he made more nSe a^a 1 st Li '" '^^^ '*^^^' ^^^^"se, 
 
 always, even if ever, chosen for'h si i.^hT;'""'"; ^''*^ ^"^'^^^ '« "» 
 no matter what his moral hab" sari 'J u^'''? ^ religion, but 
 swearer, he is oftentimes electe 1 h/. ' ^'/hough a drunkard or a 
 
 great noise against tT^e it^ml'of Rome';vf .^ said before, he makes a 
 there IS but too often a deep black n.T of s' T'^"" '^'^ °^" ^^^^t 
 those who do such thin.sand commt .trr^'^.'^^'P^'^"- Purely 
 men to advance the interests of trchn.^f wickedness are not the 
 men have no right to be n..a:{^^^:;- to^'^fl^^ben^vt pt 
 
 ru^s^r^;e:;S;.?c^^!r^ -;i';^- -= we want stricter 
 'n force and insisted upon ; anTanv m^n wl, 'r"^"""" '"^^ ^"^^^ P"t 
 any man who wilfully con inues ^nhTJl ?^''T^ *° ^« reformed, 
 
 •shed, should be expelled from the loJtea.T.,''^'"'' '''"^ '^"^^ «^'»«"- 
 and to h,s fellows. You may ask who it to h"^ ' ^'5''"" ^° ^'"^^elf 
 I answer, you must begin itVoursdves P. ^^'^ '^'' reformation.? 
 iniquities, your own faults ? And Hn! f""° >'^" ^^^ y""r own 
 
 the same ? Surely, dear friends vo° Tn^nf 7''^ '° ^^ P"^^^^ ^rom 
 always, and if you do not reform T wLT^r 'J'^ ^° """^'""^ »" «in 
 you ,n the last great day, theTa^ of Judgment' ""'"' "'" ^'" "'^"" 
 
 in -"^ot^vVUTg^^^ :-[^ ^h-e been more charitable 
 
 instead of exposing them but ^ IC 7u "^ "'^ brother Orangemen 
 are so notorio^us th!t they cannofbe coverln' f ?k''^' ' ^^^« 'p^ 
 who commit such sins expose ?hemseh;L'..°'' *^^ "miserable beings 
 IS there any charity in trvIL fn i *° ^" ^'^""^ them. Neithir 
 
 trustthatititruecLritrwhfchlr":^ ""''^^^^ °^ others. anST . 
 myself, to deliver to you Short address'' """' ^^^^^^^ unworthy in 
 
 ashame7t"iraira\Zl^^^^^^^^ %\T2T T" ^'^^ "— "^ "e 
 the habit of mingling oaths with tJ.;.' "^^^'^ .^°"versing, are not in 
 are pure and whLe fa^g uairis d^' L'^T '■''''°."- . ^^"' ^^°«« '^ves 
 who like David of old, delilh in Loin^„^f";,'^''°^°^^Pray^^^ Men, 
 House. Men, who are strivfng to dd "fr themsif ""T"' °(. '^^ lord's 
 darkness which now envelop^ them in fa?t T' T '^^ P^^P^'^" 
 who are living as Christians How differtn/ !J "^ *° ?^^ ^'^^"^ "^e" 
 flnence which, as a bodv we m.X T ^'^^^^ent then would be the in- 
 on r»-^. a uuuy, we might have iinnn cr^r.■-^.. t>i- ", 
 
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 fellow men, instead of being, as at present, but too often made the 
 merf tools of some cralty and designing politician. 
 
 And I would also say a few words with regard to the feeling and to the 
 
 anguage which is at present cultivated among Orangemen towards 
 
 the Romanists. .1 here is too much of hatred in both to be Protestant 
 
 n^i I '^^ u"' ?' '•? I'l ^^^' ^}'*''^ '^ ^""^ "'"^*' '^^^''^^ «K«'"st the Romish 
 people. We should hate their errors and take good heed lest wo fall 
 into them, but we must not forget that however contrary to the Bible 
 
 TorZ °rh h'm ^'^^''■'';^' ^'■^• y^-' '^^^y ^^^ ^nr brethren, for whom, as 
 tor us, Christ has died, and our duty is to love them as brethren, and 
 sorrow for them as over those who are in great danger, and pray "or 
 hem with an earnest heart that they may be turned from the error of 
 their ways. Remember what St. John says: " He that hatcth his 
 Ijro her is in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that 
 
 hateth his brother, ,s in darkness, even until now." Whosoeve?hateth 
 
 .ifl^hln '^ V""'^^'^^/"^ y^ '^"°^" ^^^t »° murderer hath eternal 
 hfe abiding in him - It a man say I love God and hateth his broth- 
 er, he is a liar. All these and many other like passages prove that we 
 commit a very great and grevious sin when wehate any person,no matter 
 who they be I no matter what opinions they may hold, we shouM hate 
 he sin, but should love, and pity, and pray for those v^ho are guilty of 
 he sm. If we wish to win the Romanists to a purer form of religfon 
 
 God" for Z'./' "'" 'Jr"" ^^ 'T ""^ ^'y P^^y^^ ^"^ by the wifd oi 
 God, for most assuredly no harsh means will succeed with them and 
 
 moreover, the very instant that we begin to use harsh measured or to 
 
 l.rfo2 ^^.^ "^^ ^^r'"^-^ *''^"' personally, that instant we become 
 partakers of their sins, for it is the spirit of persecution which is work 
 mg in us, and the persecution of others is one of their greatest faults 
 
 A.id here, brethren, I must also raise my voice against the very un- 
 christian-hke harangues, which sometimes are m\de to your^body 
 upon our public days and that. too. by those who are ministers of 
 religion ; I allude to the coarse and excessive abuse which is so often 
 poured out against the Romanists. It is quite right tha' ^^eir sins and 
 erroneous doctrines should be pointed out to ylu. Bui fs ft riffhf 
 IS It christian-hke, to rake up against themi year after year the 
 great wickedness which they have committed, a'nj pour upon them a 
 torrent offoul language for nearly halfan hour at a time. Is sucHhe 
 ZlLLTJ^tV: P^°t^«tantism ? will such continual invectives 
 make them think that our religion is purer than their own ? wiU they 
 
 ^cn^^r. Tf'^t '^L"^r"' ''J:'"^^ conduct .? I trow not, and more 
 especially when hardly anything is said with regard to our own short- 
 comings, and scarcely a word of christian advice and christian admoni- 
 tion is mingled with these same discourses. Brethren. I have listened 
 nlth/r^r- ''"^f""^ With Shame to addresses of this sort from ministers 
 mnri M ^;°" of our Saviour, which were calculated to make men hate 
 more than to make them love, which advocated war and bloodshed 
 more than peace, which were incentives to cursine more than to 
 
 En^^ n.f *h ^^'' ^h*" ^,P?^^^'^ *^^" themselves Protestants ; alas ! they 
 know not the spirit of the name. For Christ's sake, my dear brethren, 
 let us labour to cleanse ourselves from these foul stains, and not thus 
 bring disgrace upon our name and calling by such open violations of 
 
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 decency, charity, and religion; let us remember that we are united for 
 religious purposes, and should be a religious, far more than a political 
 body, and as such let us endeavour to lead religious lives as Protestants; 
 etit be our heart s desire to be true Protestants, setting forth in our 
 life and conversation before the world an example of christian dilieence 
 and christian purity ; and let us not, while we protest against the sins 
 of others ourselves, fall away into corrupt and depraved n anners, and as 
 we wish or the reformation of our Romish brethren, let us remember 
 that the best way to win them over is |,v gentleness, and love, and 
 prayer, and by the word of God, and by leading such godly and holy 
 lives as shall prove that in very truth we are following out in all its 
 fullness the teaching of the word of God. 
 
 In conclusion, brethren, let nie say a few words as to the neces- 
 sity ol then l)eing more unity ol religion amongst us. We are united 
 together as Orangemen, because, being united, we have more power to 
 resist Papal aggression ; and would not the same unity in religion trive 
 us more power to resist the devil? are not the dissensions amongst 
 ^rotestants held up by the Romanists as a proof of the heresy of the 
 Protestant religion ? and are they not also a real hindrance to the con- 
 version of the heathen ? 
 
 ♦u nu^ ^i!^^" Orangeism was first established, it was for the support of 
 the Church, and of churchmen were its members composed. All d'vi 
 sions among Christians must be the w6rk of the evil one, as contrary 
 to the spirit of the Bible, as contrary to the spirit of the prayer of 
 our Lord, when He prayed that "they all may be one, as thou. Father 
 art in Me, and I in Thee ; that they also may be one in us that * 
 the world may believe that. Thou hast sent Me." Because' thev 
 are contrary to the words of Saint Paul ; -x\ow I beseech you 
 brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye 
 all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions amongst you 
 but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in 
 the same judgment." And lastly, I speak against divisions, because I 
 hrmly believe, and am sure,th^ all who contend against the Church are 
 hghting against that holy house of God, which is the Church of the 
 living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 
 
 And now, brethren, I hope that you will forgive any errors that may 
 be m this address. If I have used strong language, it is because I feel 
 strongly upon the subject. If I have spoken severely against the sins 
 practised openly by many of those belonging to our body, it is because 
 such sins must be forsaken and abhorred before they who commit them 
 can obtain either an honorable name on earth, or a glorious 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 
 at last 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, the Man-Christ Jesus. 
 
 I remain, my dear brethren. 
 
 Your sincere well wisher, 
 
 And fellow Orangeman, 
 
 "' DAVID lj:nnox. 
 
 Ofthe City of Toronto. 
 
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