The mysteries of freemasonryReeves & Turner, 1860 |
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... dead letter ; showing , however , the force of habit in continuing a custom no longer needed Too much light is now abroad in the world to require the square and compasses to direct men in their duties . The continuance of these old ...
... dead letter ; showing , however , the force of habit in continuing a custom no longer needed Too much light is now abroad in the world to require the square and compasses to direct men in their duties . The continuance of these old ...
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... dead ; under which are four canopi of various capacities , indi- cating the state of the Nile at different periods . The first is terminated by the head of the dog - star , which gives warning of the approach of the overflow of the ...
... dead ; under which are four canopi of various capacities , indi- cating the state of the Nile at different periods . The first is terminated by the head of the dog - star , which gives warning of the approach of the overflow of the ...
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... dead body , when we show how the sense of these symbols came to be perverted . " This he afterwards attempts to do as follows ; - " Thus being gradually come to ascribing divinity , and offering their worship to the ruler , representing ...
... dead body , when we show how the sense of these symbols came to be perverted . " This he afterwards attempts to do as follows ; - " Thus being gradually come to ascribing divinity , and offering their worship to the ruler , representing ...
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... dead . But what contributed most to the strange notions people framed to themselves of this triceps Hecate , which was at the same time the earth , the moon , and the wife of Pluto , is this . So soon as the first phasis of the new moon ...
... dead . But what contributed most to the strange notions people framed to themselves of this triceps Hecate , which was at the same time the earth , the moon , and the wife of Pluto , is this . So soon as the first phasis of the new moon ...
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... dead , to come again into the heavens . Imagination had a vast field to explore here , and Hecate never failing to visit successively those two districts , it could not be doubted but she ruled both in heaven and in the invisi- ble ...
... dead , to come again into the heavens . Imagination had a vast field to explore here , and Hecate never failing to visit successively those two districts , it could not be doubted but she ruled both in heaven and in the invisi- ble ...
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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.