Show AT EAST SIDE BAPTIST Sermon t Masons by Rev E H Shanks In the East Side Baptist church the center was occupied by the Masons and extra chairs were crowded hii to ac comodato the public Mrs Shanks presided pre-sided at the organ Mrs Nlma Conwcll Tuttle sans a solo the offertory was sung by Fred Butler the choir rendered ren-dered on anthem and Rabbi Lowen steIn offered tIle Invocation The sermon ser-mon on Masons and the Bible vas an oJoquont and instructive discourse by Rev Ernest H Shanks He gave a historical sketch of Free Masonry and Us principles told of its struggles on behalf of virtue honesty HlnTrty and purl during the Dark Ages of the world Ho showed in what sense Masonary Is n religious Institution not a system of theology and not a creed but a broad system requiring faith in God n belief in the Bible and fidelity to principle SL John the Baptist was Introduced as a patron of the Masonlo order early in the sixteenth century His stern Integrity which induced him to forego every consideration1 in the discharge dis-charge of his duty and obligations to God the unshaken franknpss with which ho met martyrdom rather than betray his duty to his master his steady rcproval of vice and the continued con-tinued preaching of rep lCnCC and virtue vir-tue make him a fit patron of the Masonic Institution Masonry If based on the Bible Its symbols arc taken from the Bible Its principles are the same as those laid down in the Bible A Mason becomes a better Mason by reading the Bible The lessons taught byMaspiujy am more t fully taughUJn the Blblo und the principles of virtue inculcated by Masonry arc even better shown in the book of books |