The mysteries of freemasonryReeves & Turner, 1860 |
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... appears evident , that this country was the salient point from which the religious observances of the ancient world com- menced . What are emphatically called the mysteries , is but another name for religion ; and an exposition of what ...
... appears evident , that this country was the salient point from which the religious observances of the ancient world com- menced . What are emphatically called the mysteries , is but another name for religion ; and an exposition of what ...
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... appear- ance of rain , * but the river swelled , to their great amazement : it flowed on a sudden over its banks , and took from them those pro- visions which they thought themselves already sure of . The waters continued to rise to the ...
... appear- ance of rain , * but the river swelled , to their great amazement : it flowed on a sudden over its banks , and took from them those pro- visions which they thought themselves already sure of . The waters continued to rise to the ...
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... appear quite different . The connection of this star and the rising of the river , caused the people to call it commonly the Nile - star , or barely the Nile . In Egyptian and in Hebrew , Sihor ; in Greek , Seirios ; in Latin , Sirius ...
... appear quite different . The connection of this star and the rising of the river , caused the people to call it commonly the Nile - star , or barely the Nile . In Egyptian and in Hebrew , Sihor ; in Greek , Seirios ; in Latin , Sirius ...
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... appear con- spicuous in the conduct of every mason ; but is more especially com- memorative of the star which appeared in the east , to guide the wise men of Bethlehem , to proclaim the birth and the presence of the Son of God ...
... appear con- spicuous in the conduct of every mason ; but is more especially com- memorative of the star which appeared in the east , to guide the wise men of Bethlehem , to proclaim the birth and the presence of the Son of God ...
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... appears that the ancient Egyptians , after they had ascertained the great benefit of the inundation when they were properly prepared for it , changed the name of their Evil Genius , the Water Monster , from cb , * to Python ; which had ...
... appears that the ancient Egyptians , after they had ascertained the great benefit of the inundation when they were properly prepared for it , changed the name of their Evil Genius , the Water Monster , from cb , * to Python ; which had ...
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Page 313 - And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them : And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation.
Page 136 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 287 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory: The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in.
Page 113 - Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Page 287 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Page 289 - NOW when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Page 301 - LORD : my spirit faileth : hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Page 287 - THE earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein : For He hath founded it upon the seas, aud established it upon the floods.
Page 312 - Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
Page 305 - And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD : And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.