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“Each lodge is an oasis if equality and good will in a desert of strife, working to wield mankind into a great league of sympathy and services, which, by the terms of our definition, it seeks to exhibit now on a small scale.”

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Joseph Fort Newton

Joseph Fort Newton was an American author, orator, and advocate of the Christian revival movement. His works were widely popular in the early 20th century and had a profound impact on the Christian revival movement. more

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