The Ahiman Rezon,: Containing a View of the History and Polity of Free Masonry: : Together with the Rules and Regulations of the Grand Lodge and of the Grand Holy Royal Arch Chapter of Pennsylvania,

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Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania., 1825 - 274 pages

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Page 229 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded...
Page 183 - God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests...
Page 230 - See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil, in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments...
Page 213 - BROTHER EF, You are appointed Junior Warden of this new lodge ; and are now invested with the badge of your office. The Plumb admonishes us to walk uprightly in our several stations, to hold the scale of justice in equal poise, to observe the just medium between intemperance and pleasure, and to make our passions and prejudices coincide with the line of our duty.
Page 209 - ... You agree that no visitors shall be received into your lodge without due examination, and producing proper vouchers of their having been initiated in a regular lodge.
Page 107 - But if you discover him to be a true and genuine brother, you are to respect him accordingly ; and if he is in want you must relieve him if you can, or else direct him how he may be relieved. You must employ him some days, or else recommend him to be employed. But you are not charged to do beyond your ability ; only to prefer a poor brother that is a good man and true before any other poor people in the same circumstances.
Page 218 - Such is the nature of our Constitution, that as some must of necessity rule and teach, so others must, of course, learn to submit and obey.
Page 218 - Finally, my Brethren, as this association has been formed and perfected with so much unanimity and concord, in which we greatly rejoice, so may it long continue. May you long enjoy every satisfaction and delight which disinterested friendship can afford. May kindness and brotherly affection distinguish your conduct, as men, and as Masons. Within your peaceful walls, may your children's children celebrate with joy and gratitude, the transactions of this auspicious solemnity. And may the tenets of...
Page 211 - HAIL MASONRY divine! Glory of ages shine ; Long may'st thou reign ! Where'er thy lodges stand, May they have great command And always grace the land, Thou Art divine ; Great fabrics still arise, And grace the azure skies ; Great are thy schemes ; Thy noble orders are Matchless, beyond compare ; No art with thee can share, Thou Art divine. Hiram, the architect, Did all the craft direct How they should build...
Page 229 - Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to-day; that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there...

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