Universal Masonic Library, Volume 4Robert Macoy J. W. Leonard, 1855 |
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... happiness . Without descending to minute particulars , this may be illustrated in a few words . The well - known symbols of Masonry are the SQUARE and COMPASSES , which convey the abstract means and end of the science in the most clear ...
... happiness . Without descending to minute particulars , this may be illustrated in a few words . The well - known symbols of Masonry are the SQUARE and COMPASSES , which convey the abstract means and end of the science in the most clear ...
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... religion . The furniture of our pedes- tal plainly intimates that the object of all our researches is the glory of God ; the end of all our illustrations , happiness in a future state . The many dignified names X11 PREFACE .
... religion . The furniture of our pedes- tal plainly intimates that the object of all our researches is the glory of God ; the end of all our illustrations , happiness in a future state . The many dignified names X11 PREFACE .
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Robert Macoy. happiness in a future state . The many dignified names " which grace our annals , sufficiently prove that our insti- tion is of the most social and beneficial tendency . No age has exceeded the present in the extent of its ...
Robert Macoy. happiness in a future state . The many dignified names " which grace our annals , sufficiently prove that our insti- tion is of the most social and beneficial tendency . No age has exceeded the present in the extent of its ...
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... happiness in a future state . It cannot , then , be denied that such valuable secrets might be truly trans- mitted by oral tradition , when it is admitted that the idolatrous mysteries were actually transmitted through the same medium ...
... happiness in a future state . It cannot , then , be denied that such valuable secrets might be truly trans- mitted by oral tradition , when it is admitted that the idolatrous mysteries were actually transmitted through the same medium ...
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... , either of misery or happiness , according to the deeds done in this life , was a doctrine universally admitted by all the world . 15 Orig . Sacr . , 1. 1 , č . 1 . that small race of men who adhered to the genuine FREE - MASONRY . 9.
... , either of misery or happiness , according to the deeds done in this life , was a doctrine universally admitted by all the world . 15 Orig . Sacr . , 1. 1 , č . 1 . that small race of men who adhered to the genuine FREE - MASONRY . 9.
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Page 61 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 161 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 62 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 62 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 221 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 163 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 92 - He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and admired in all them that believe in that day.
Page 60 - And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna : for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Page 48 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Page 133 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.