The mysteries of freemasonryReeves & Turner, 1860 |
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... knowledge , which was known or cultivated in remote times . It was the principal source from which the Grecians derived their information ; and , after all its windings and enlargements , we may still trace the stream of our knowledge ...
... knowledge , which was known or cultivated in remote times . It was the principal source from which the Grecians derived their information ; and , after all its windings and enlargements , we may still trace the stream of our knowledge ...
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... knowledge of which will lead us immediately to perceive the enormous abuse that has been made of the institutions of the first men , and place in sufficient light the origin of the idolatry of our fathers . Another effect of this ...
... knowledge of which will lead us immediately to perceive the enormous abuse that has been made of the institutions of the first men , and place in sufficient light the origin of the idolatry of our fathers . Another effect of this ...
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... knowledge of the most important truths , and to inculcate their principal duties . † The character of the Egyptian writing designed to signify God , was not a simple flame or blaze , as was the general usage of the east , but a circle ...
... knowledge of the most important truths , and to inculcate their principal duties . † The character of the Egyptian writing designed to signify God , was not a simple flame or blaze , as was the general usage of the east , but a circle ...
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... knowledge we now have of the genius and taste of the eastern nations , and chiefly of the Egyptians , for symbolical figures and significant ceremonies , we are authorised to think , that the singu- * Ovid . Metam . of Erichthonius . + ...
... knowledge we now have of the genius and taste of the eastern nations , and chiefly of the Egyptians , for symbolical figures and significant ceremonies , we are authorised to think , that the singu- * Ovid . Metam . of Erichthonius . + ...
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... knowledge men had acquired of the moon , the eclipses of the sun , and the whole order of nature . The name signifies a support ( atlah , support , prop ) , which gave oc- casion for the invention of the metamorphosis of the doctor ...
... knowledge men had acquired of the moon , the eclipses of the sun , and the whole order of nature . The name signifies a support ( atlah , support , prop ) , which gave oc- casion for the invention of the metamorphosis of the doctor ...
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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.