John
Marshall, a great chief justice of the United States Supreme Court wrote:
"The
institution of Masonry ought to be abandoned as one capable of
producing much evil, and incapable of producing any good which might not be
affected by open means."
Marshall
was himself a famous Mason and had
assisted in the establishment of two Lodges in Virginia. His biography is one
of the only twenty five appearing under the section, "statesmen, Founders,
Officers" in the book "Famous Masons and Masonic Presidents."
He
is included in the same section as Albert Pike and Adam Weishaupt. Marshall
must have therefore known of Masonry. His anti-Masonic statement came shortly
before his death in 1835.
(Source)
Freemasonry and Christianity, The Sword Of The Lord
By Dr. Alva J. McClain