"I do not see how any Christian, most of all a
Christian minister, can go into these secret lodges with unbelievers. They say they can have more influence for
good, but I say that they can have more influence for good by staying out of
them, and then reproving their evil deeds. Abraham had more influence for good in Sodom
than Lot had. If twenty-five Christians
go into a secret lodge with fifty who are not Christians, the fifty can vote
anything they please, and the twenty-five will be partakers of their sins. They are unequally yoked with
unbelievers. ‘But, Mr. Moody,’ some say,
‘If you talk that way you will drive all the members of secret societies out of
your meetings and out of your churches.’
But what if I do? Better men will
take their places. Give them the truth
anyway, and if they would rather leave their churches than their lodges, the
sooner they get out of their churches the better. I would rather have ten
members who are separated from the world than a thousand such members! Come out from the lodge. Better one with God
than a thousand without Him! We must
walk with God, and if only one or two go with us, it is all right. Do not let down the standard to suit men who
love their secret lodges or have some darling sin they will not give up!"
(D. L Moody)
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