Breaches in brotherhood

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Creator

Nabong, Ignacio

Language

English

Source

The Cabletow Volume XXXVIII (No. 4) October 1962

Year

1962

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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Breaches In Brotherhood by Icnaci.o Nabonc Cabaiiatuan Lodge No. C.ubanaltian Cilv Present rivalries among Christians portray an unhappy episode in the story of the Gospel. They are a menace to the Universal Brother hood of Man. The inherited jeal ousies among ministers will defeat man’s ideal of Faith, Hope and Charity. Evidently the Brotherhood of Man under God staggers under the impact of the bickerings of those who preach the Holy Scriptures. And the worst is that religious sects take de light in sowing hate and throwing stones against other denominations. Such an unholy attitude is charac teristic of some Iglesias and lhe Ro man Catholic Church. The latter stands irreconcilable to such organ izations as Masonry and YMCA: Masonry gets the worse. This how ever, should not be the case because both Masonry and the Catholic Church stand for the Universay Bro therhood of Man and the Father hood of God. With such a common ideal, they will be better off if harmony and co operation is observed; and if this cannot be done at least no hostility should exist. It will be irrational for one to hurl dislikes to the other; and Masons harbor no hate to any religion. In fact Masonry thrives on many religions; its members come from diverse sects. In the PI it is not surprising to find that a great number of Masons are Roman Catho lics. The frontiers of Christianity can not advance as long as part of the Catholic clergy will remain hostile and preach that Masons have no God. Akin to lhe present situation an incident took place in the life of Christ, where John said: Master, wc saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not; for he that is not against us is for us. Luke 9:19. Since Masonry professes Faith. Hope and Charity its mission cort elates with that of the Roman Ca tholic Church: and the latter has to follow he lesson given above. We, as Christians, need a spiritual rebirth to give future generations a blight vista of hope and promise; we must be assertive to accelerate lhe advent of a modern Utopia, geared on the im peratives of morality and reason. The leaders of the Holy Books, to be true to their mission, must eval uate present world conditions and detach themselves from bias, selfish ness and greed to create new rules that will make us fit to a life of peace and sanity. The fragmentation of mankind into rival groups and sects is a chal lenge to the conscience of the clergy for a united and purposeful efforts if society is to be reshaped; they must practile sympathy and tolerance for the harmony of the whole. 110 THE CABLE TOW October, 1962 Most people put religion as first in importance in their life. So, the divi sion and rivalry among Christians cannot be less than tragic. When things fall apart, the center cannot hold. Social cohesion is possible only when the units dividing mankind can be bound together. The lifeblood of our religion will stay poisoned as long as present conditions do not change. The clergy is responsible lor this state of things; disintegration is fast at work, and collapse may come. When all men have the same origin, the same nature and the same end: when all Christians profess to live under the ideal of Love of Neighbor, it is a calamity that that ideal will remain more in the breach than in the observance. No. Greed and jealousy must go; our present-day religious life must ac cord with truth and reason; our Faith with truth and charity; and all serv ants of God, to be worthy of him. must lead the ignorant to light. Ig norance and fanaticism must not be taken advantage of. The clergy, enlightened as its mem bers are, cannot ignore the truth about Masonry. That belief in God is lhe master key to its membership, the keystone on which it rests, and lhe fulcrum on which it operates. It will be unpardonable for any minis ter or preacher to tell others that Ma sons have no God; because such is an unmitigated lie. Many of lhe problems ol mankind to day will be solved if there is unity and understanding among the follow ers of Christ. This will never be ac complished as long as his servants choose to remain wolves in sheep s clothing. True Christianity is that which accords with his precepts in the Bible. Ministers and pastors will do better building themselves up to gether, instead of tearing each other down. And in Masonry, the believers of one Universal Creator are building a Faith that will be a salve to the many ills of mankind today. AAA YOUNG QUASHA AWARDED PRIZE POTTSTOWN, Penna., Oct. 2 - Wayne G. Quasha, son of Attv. and Mrs. William II. Quasha, 22 Molave Place, Forbes Park, Makati, Rizal, Phil ippines, recently was awarded a prize lor English VIII, Bible VIII, Latin VII, and an honorable mention in Math VIII. Wayne, born in Ma nila in 1917, was graduated from the American School in 1961. He was an Eagle Scout in tlu American School Troop 1, Boy Scouts of the Philippines and attended the Second Boy Scout jamboree at Zam boanga in I960. He was the captain and pitcher of the Giants, one of Manila Polo Club Little League baseball teams, which won the Manila Bay Little League Championship. BREACHES IN BROTHERHOOD 111

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