An exposition of the mysteries or religious dogmas and customs of the ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druids. Also an inquiry into the origin, history, and purport of freemasonryauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
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... worship was introduced , to recon- cile the people to the change . For the origin of the term mosaic , or musaic work , see page 288 . The Cenotaph , or Mock - Coffin , used in the anniversaries , is typical of the death of the sun in ...
... worship was introduced , to recon- cile the people to the change . For the origin of the term mosaic , or musaic work , see page 288 . The Cenotaph , or Mock - Coffin , used in the anniversaries , is typical of the death of the sun in ...
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... worship , the strongest oaths were required to bind the initiated to secrecy for had the real intent of its founders been known , it would doubtless have cost them their lives . That Canute was superstitious , and of course vindictive ...
... worship , the strongest oaths were required to bind the initiated to secrecy for had the real intent of its founders been known , it would doubtless have cost them their lives . That Canute was superstitious , and of course vindictive ...
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... worship of one God . * * Great use is made of the Bible , in the ceremonies of masonry ; which may be accounted for by the conformity in the customs of the Hebrews with those of more ancient nations , from which the masonic order is ...
... worship of one God . * * Great use is made of the Bible , in the ceremonies of masonry ; which may be accounted for by the conformity in the customs of the Hebrews with those of more ancient nations , from which the masonic order is ...
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... worship to the ruler , representing the functions of the sun , they to complete the absurdity , took him The coffin of Hiram has a place among the emblematical figures of masonry.- Edit . for the first of their kings . Thence this odd ...
... worship to the ruler , representing the functions of the sun , they to complete the absurdity , took him The coffin of Hiram has a place among the emblematical figures of masonry.- Edit . for the first of their kings . Thence this odd ...
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... worship to the ruler representing the func- tions of the sun ; they , to complete the absurdity , took him for the first of their kings . Thence this odd mixture of three inconsistent notions I mean of God , of the sun , and of a dead ...
... worship to the ruler representing the func- tions of the sun ; they , to complete the absurdity , took him for the first of their kings . Thence this odd mixture of three inconsistent notions I mean of God , of the sun , and of a dead ...
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Page 125 - 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 323 - 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 99 - 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 294 - 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 313 - There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Page 314 - 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.
Page 296 - 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 294 - 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...
Page 309 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Page 294 - 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, and established it upon the floods.