Universal Masonic Library, Volume 4Robert Macoy J. W. Leonard, 1855 |
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... principles of the science , as it actually existed in the primitive ages of the world , that a correct idea of its beneficial tendency can be conveyed to the mind of those who look upon Masonry as another name for licentiousness and ...
... principles of the science , as it actually existed in the primitive ages of the world , that a correct idea of its beneficial tendency can be conveyed to the mind of those who look upon Masonry as another name for licentiousness and ...
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... principles are strictly adhered to , it cannot possibly be otherwise . It is not simply practical or operative , but speculative or spiritual Masonry that produces this desirable communi- cation . Our ornaments , furniture , and jewels ...
... principles are strictly adhered to , it cannot possibly be otherwise . It is not simply practical or operative , but speculative or spiritual Masonry that produces this desirable communi- cation . Our ornaments , furniture , and jewels ...
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... principles of religion ; that thinking men , though not admitted amongst us , may possess the means of investigating our preten- sions , without being able to unravel the web in whose meshes our peculiar secrets are carefully enfolded ...
... principles of religion ; that thinking men , though not admitted amongst us , may possess the means of investigating our preten- sions , without being able to unravel the web in whose meshes our peculiar secrets are carefully enfolded ...
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... principles of Operative Masonry . These were pre- served amidst the increasing degeneracy of mankind , and their apostacy from God and true religion . " Stillingfleet lays this down as an axiom : - " There is no certain credibility in ...
... principles of Operative Masonry . These were pre- served amidst the increasing degeneracy of mankind , and their apostacy from God and true religion . " Stillingfleet lays this down as an axiom : - " There is no certain credibility in ...
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... principles of Lux were sacri- ficed , founded as they are on the belief and acknowledg- ment of one only Supreme Being , the Creator and Governor of the world , when these edifices were dedi- cated to deceased mortals , or the host of ...
... principles of Lux were sacri- ficed , founded as they are on the belief and acknowledg- ment of one only Supreme Being , the Creator and Governor of the world , when these edifices were dedi- cated to deceased mortals , or the host of ...
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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.