In 1990 or
1991, The Plainville
Baptist Church leaders transported their choir
to The Grange
to do a performance.
The "Plainville Baptist Church" choir was (and continues to be) directed
by Dan Laramore. [His wife, Jan, is also on the faculty
of Grace Baptist Christian Academy.] (1)
I do not recall the
precise location or name of this Grange. At the time Gary
and I (who were members of the choir) were not aware the Grange had
anything to do with the occult. We never questioned anything they did and trusted them implicitly. We should not have blindly trust them.
The Bible says to "prove what is acceptable to the Lord."
The Grange is a
Masonic-like fraternal order, an organization
"whose members are usually bound by oath and who make extensive use of
secret ritual in the conduct of their meetings":
"The Grange, like the Masons, Odd
Fellows, Elks and Moose, is a fraternal organization. One distinctive
feature of fraternal orders is their emphasis upon traditional
procedures for conducting their meetings. These procedures, often called
rituals, employ members who have specific parts to play in opening and
closing ceremonies. The Grange, like other fraternities, has levels or
"degrees" of membership and a member advances from one level to the next
by participating in or observing the rituals for that level."
Quoted
from
http://www.boonecountyfair.com/grange.htm
"When the Grange first began in 1867, it
borrowed some of its rituals and symbols from Freemasonry, including
secret meetings, oaths and special passwords."
Quoted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Grange_of_the_
Order_of_Patrons_of_Husbandry#Rituals_and_ceremonies
Some Grange degrees correspond to
the great mother goddess worshipped in witchcraft:
The Grange is
formally known as "The Order of the
Patrons of Husbandry." Openly, it seems
a relatively harmless organization like the Farmers Co-op. However,
beyond the basic membership level there are higher levels where you must
swear oaths and partake in secret rituals.
That alone should
be a problem for Christians (cf. Matt. 5:34-37). However, it is actually
quite a pagan organization. The higher degrees (5th-7th) are named after
the pagan goddesses
Pomona, Flora
and Demeter.
The four lower degrees correspond to the four faces of the great mother
goddess and
she is worshipped in
witchcraft.
Quoted from: The
Grange: A Masonic Organization? http://www.saintsalive.com/
resourcelibrary/ freemasonry/ the-grange-a-masonic-organization (The url
documents the source of my quote. This is posted for information. It is
not an endorsement of Saints
Alive Ministries.)
The Grange's highest degree represents
a festival in honor of a bloodthirsty Greek "goddess" (demon):
Grange material states that the highest (National)
degree "…represents a harvest festival in honor of Demeter, Greek
goddess of agriculture and fertility." While that is intriguingly vague,
things get more specific elsewhere. In an historic work on the early
years of the Grange, we learn much more. We will see that
this "harvest
festival" is actually one of the most horrific ceremonies of witchcraft.
Quoted from: The Grange: A Masonic Organization?
www.saintsalive.com/ resourcelibrary/
freemasonry/ the-grange-a-masonic-organization (The url
documents the source of my quote. This is posted for information. It is
not an endorsement of Saints
Alive Ministries.)
For documentation of the Grange's
demon-exalting rituals and degree work, see:
http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/fraternalism/grange.htm
Warning: This information was obtained from
a pro-Masonic website.
Footnotes:
(1)
The Attleboro Patch website mentions
that Jan Laramore is a teacher at Grace Baptist Christian Academy: "Under the direction of faculty
member Jan Laramore, GBCA students adroitly staged “The Mikado” in two
acts, spanning approximately two hours." [update: Jan moved away
from the area a few years ago.] Quote source:
http://attleboro.patch.com/groups/announcements/p/an--grace-baptist-christian-academy-students-make-stage-debut
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