Eli Perkins on Women Masons.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 107, 1 April 1884, Page 2

Eli Perkins on Women Masons.

Eli Perkins is a Royal Arch Mason, and at a Masonic celebration in Wash- ;- ington he undertooK to answer the question^ why women cannot be Free Masons.' ; Wo.iuen sometimes complain that they are f not permitted to enter the lod^e and work >yith the craft in their j^ibors^ and learu 'all there is ta, be learned in this institution. { . will lexpldiri the reason. . I learn that before the Almighty had finished .His .work He was in doubt about about creating Eve. -i The creation of the living imd creeping things nad been accomplished, and the ,A,l mighty yhad made Ad^in, who wais the first Mason, and created for him th,a finest lodge in .the ; world, and e'alled'it, faradwe -0.-i. (Langhier) He then caused all the beasts of the field and fowls ot the air to pass before Adam, for him to name them, which was a piece of workJiq.h^ito^Qalobe, thjpb no confusion might. therefQie arise" ■ from Eye, >vhom Ho knew would make' trouble; it she was allowed :to ;f .participate id il~, if he created her beforehand. Adam being fatigue^with his first task fell-asleep, and when he awoke found Eve in the Lodge with hi,tn> ; . o Adajm, being- senior warden, placed eve as the pillar of beauty in the South, aud they received their instructions from the Grand Master in theoiE?w3b,-,, ! a,nd i .when finished, she impiet^aitaljr'. called the crait.froni labor to , refreshment- ; Instead of attending to the, clvnies qf her office, as she ought, she left Jher statibn, S violated her obligation, and let in 'an expelled, MaSon, who had no, business there, and went around with him, leaving Adsun to look, after ithe jewels, [flijs fpllow had been, expelled; frQui the Grand Lodge, with several p.fcners > s.o me . time before. Find jng , that < Eye wa?-. up longer trustworthy, ant] th^t ;. she, had caused Adam to neglect Jus duty ". and let one ia whom h^ had expelled/ the Grand Master closed the Lodge and turneJ them oat,.. s^jiting .a,faithful tyler, to guaid the doorjvitli Riming sword. Adam repented oi his folly ; and went, to wqr|c like ?a ;J good man jand a good Mason, in order to get reinstated again. >o\ so with Eve!- She-, got angry about * it, and commencM raising Onin, and did it again when she go^t, Abel. (Laughter.) Adam on accdunt of his reformation, was per- j nutted to establish lodges, and work in the % degrees,and while Eve was allowed to join him in his *woVk?of^charity on j the outside, she was never agiin psrmiited to assist in the regular works of. the cra'ftf-^Hence the reason why J a woman can not become an inside Mason. \T? B" ;