The mysteries of freemasonryReeves & Turner, 1860 |
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... lodge . The most material and best founded objection that has been brought against masonry , is the oaths which it imposes upon the brethren . They are shocking to the taste of the present age : their continuance was an enormous blunder ...
... lodge . The most material and best founded objection that has been brought against masonry , is the oaths which it imposes upon the brethren . They are shocking to the taste of the present age : their continuance was an enormous blunder ...
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... lodges contrary to the strictest morals . The exposition of the ritual by those even who are inimical to the order , proves the fact . And , as has been often urged , if there were no other testimony , the characters of many of those ...
... lodges contrary to the strictest morals . The exposition of the ritual by those even who are inimical to the order , proves the fact . And , as has been often urged , if there were no other testimony , the characters of many of those ...
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... lodges is perhaps due on the score of precedent ; which has in all times greatly influenced the customs and government of the world , and sometimes sanctified principles the most absurd and pernicious . The mysteries were protected by ...
... lodges is perhaps due on the score of precedent ; which has in all times greatly influenced the customs and government of the world , and sometimes sanctified principles the most absurd and pernicious . The mysteries were protected by ...
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... lodge , about which much secrecy is pretended , and which is kept covered from the eyes of the pro- fane or uninitiated . The utmost decorum is observed , and no person is annoyed for not paying homage to the sacred contents of the ...
... lodge , about which much secrecy is pretended , and which is kept covered from the eyes of the pro- fane or uninitiated . The utmost decorum is observed , and no person is annoyed for not paying homage to the sacred contents of the ...
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... lodges , the master is stationed in the east , representing Osiris the sun ; and the senior warden in the west , representing Isis or Virgo , the sign of harvest ; his duty is to pay the craft their wages , which alludes metaphorically ...
... lodges , the master is stationed in the east , representing Osiris the sun ; and the senior warden in the west , representing Isis or Virgo , the sign of harvest ; his duty is to pay the craft their wages , which alludes metaphorically ...
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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.