Andrew Murray and the Freemason Question: A Rebuttal

By Olea Nel

A Needed Rebuttal against the Scurrulous Claim that  Andrew Murray (1828-1917) of South Africa was a Freemason

 

In this rebuttal, Dr Olea Nel argues:

1. That Andrew Murray was a Spirit-filled evangelical who was thoroughly versed in the Heidelberg Catechism and Reformed Theology.
2. That in the 1870s he had fought several High Court battles to oust modernist Dutch Reformed pastors from the Cape Dutch Reformed Church.
3. That the Dutch Reformed Church both in the Cape and in the Transvaal adamantly denounced Freemasonry as non-Christian.
4. That there were reasons why Afrikaners of the Dutch Reformed Church tended to put up obelisk memorials and gravestones.

 

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clairvaux House
• Release date: May 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9780645459920

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Andrew Murray

And the

Freemason Question

A Rebuttal

By

Olea Nel

Clairvaux House

© Olea Nel 2022

Published by Clairvaux House, Australia

All rights reserved solely by the author.

ISBN 978-0-6454599-2-0  (e-book)

Table of Contents

Introduction

An Overview of the Battle between Andrew Murray and the Liberal Pastors in the Cape Dutch Reformed Church between 1862 and 1870

The Dutch-Speaking Freemasons at the Cape

Andrew Murray’s Obelisk-Type Gravestone

Photographs of the Obelisks Mentioned

Why Honour Andrew Murray with an Obelisk?

Alan Amos Cooper’s Thesis on Freemasonry at the Cape

Closing Remarks

Additional books on Andrew Murray published by Olea Nel

Introduction

When I first came across the unfounded accusation that Andrew Murray was a Freemason, I considered the thought so ridiculous that I didn’t give it any credence. But of late, this scurrilous allegation, which is obviously meant to