General History, Cyclopedia and Dictionary of Freemasonry: Containing an Elaborate Account of the Rise and Progress of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Associations--ancient and Modern : Also, Definitions of the Technical Terms Used by the Fraternity |
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... Light , or year of the Creation . The com- mon or ordinary date of Masonry , and , like the vulgar era , may be used in all Masonic documents . It is particularly appropriate to Ancient Craft Masonry . To find this date add 4000 to the ...
... Light , or year of the Creation . The com- mon or ordinary date of Masonry , and , like the vulgar era , may be used in all Masonic documents . It is particularly appropriate to Ancient Craft Masonry . To find this date add 4000 to the ...
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... light . E. A. or E.A.P. Entered Apprentice . F ... or FF ... ( Fr. Frère ou Frères . ) Brother or Brethren . F. A. M. or F. and A. M. Free and Accepted Masons . F. C. Fellow - Craft . F. H. C. Faith , Hope , and Charity . F. · . U ...
... light . E. A. or E.A.P. Entered Apprentice . F ... or FF ... ( Fr. Frère ou Frères . ) Brother or Brethren . F. A. M. or F. and A. M. Free and Accepted Masons . F. C. Fellow - Craft . F. H. C. Faith , Hope , and Charity . F. · . U ...
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... Light . should be made in red ink . Besides the generally current abbreviations given above , other short methods of statement are frequently employed in particular cases . The meaning of unexplained contrac- tions will be sufficiently ...
... Light . should be made in red ink . Besides the generally current abbreviations given above , other short methods of statement are frequently employed in particular cases . The meaning of unexplained contrac- tions will be sufficiently ...
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... Light . AFRICAN MASTER BUILDERS . A secret society with a Masonic form which came into being about the year 1756 , and ceased to exist in 1786. It professed to be devoted to the discovery of truth , and the cultivation of virtue , and ...
... Light . AFRICAN MASTER BUILDERS . A secret society with a Masonic form which came into being about the year 1756 , and ceased to exist in 1786. It professed to be devoted to the discovery of truth , and the cultivation of virtue , and ...
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... light , who has applied for admission to the mysteries of the Order , and , having been accepted , is preparing himself for the induction . ASS . An emblem of stupidity and ignorance . In the Egyptian system it represented the ...
... light , who has applied for admission to the mysteries of the Order , and , having been accepted , is preparing himself for the induction . ASS . An emblem of stupidity and ignorance . In the Egyptian system it represented the ...
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Page 480 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia. the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 440 - Nevertheless what saith the scripture ? Cast out the bond'woman and her son : for the son of the bond'woman shall not be heir 'with the son of the free'woman.
Page 637 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Page 196 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Page 482 - And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Page 261 - And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.
Page 196 - Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.
Page 586 - The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
Page 9 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Page 199 - And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.