[864] In addition to the sermons of Miller and Harris cited in the foregoing note, _cf._ _A Discourse on the Origin, Progress and Design of Free Masonry. Delivered at the Meeting-House in Charlestown, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the Anniversary of St. John the Baptist, June 24, A. D. 1793._ By Josiah Bartlett, M. B., Boston, 1793. p. 17. The Rev. Ashbel Baldwin, chaplain of the grand lodge of Connecticut, in 1797, came to the defence of Masonry against the same charge. _Cf._ _The Records of Free Masonry in the State of Connecticut, etc._ By E. G. Storer, Grand Secretary, New Haven, 1859, vol. i, pp. 97 _et seq._ [865] Jedediah Morse’s efforts, in his fast sermon at May 9, 1798, to avoid giving mortal offence to the Masons of New England, have already been noted. See _supra_, LLLpp. 235 _et seq._ As Robison had sought to exculpate the Masons of England, so Morse sought to exculpate the Masons of “the Eastern States.” We shall see plenty of evidence, however, that New England Masons were not deceived. From the first they recognized with more or less clearness that _Masonry_ itself was involved. The good name and integrity of their entire institution were at stake. [866] General Joseph Warren, the Revolutionary patriot and hero, who fell at Bunker Hill, one of the most honored leaders of American Freemasonry. [867] _Cf._ _Columbian Centinel_, June 30, 1798; also _Massachusetts Mercury_, Aug. 21, 1798, for the address of the Grand Lodge in full, together with the President’s cordial response. [868] Harris was Past Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge and Chaplain of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Massachusetts. [869] _A Charge delivered before the Morning Star Lodge, in Worcester, Massachusetts, upon the festival of Saint John the Baptist, June 25, A. L. 5798._ By the Rev. Brother William Bentley, of Salem, Massachusetts. Worcester, June, A. L. 5798. (The initials A. L. in the foregoing title stand for _Anno Lucis_, and represent a common Masonic usage). This charge not only found independent publication, but got into the New England newspapers generally, and did much to distinguish its author as a bold defender of the craft. [870] _Ibid._, p. 9. [871] Bentley, _op. cit._, p. 16. [872] _Ibid._, pp. 22 _et seq._ [873] _Ibid._, p. 31. Bentley rarely, if ever, made as generous a reference to Morse from this time on. His resentment toward the chief calumniator of Masonry, as Morse came to be regarded, grew apace. [874] _Discourses, delivered on Public Occasions, Illustrating the Principles, Displaying the Tendency, and Vindicating the Design of Freemasonry._ By Thaddeus Mason Harris.... Charlestown, Anno Lucis, 1801. [875] Harris, _op. cit._, pp. 51 _et seq._ [876] _Ibid._, _Discourses ii_, _vii_, _viii_, and _x_, particularly. [877] This became one of the terms by which Bentley was alluded to.