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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... principles of the Craft , to the study of which he has devoted his time and talents . In the preparation of the History of the Masonic Institu- tion , every available means has been adopted to obtain the most reliable information ...
... principles of the Craft , to the study of which he has devoted his time and talents . In the preparation of the History of the Masonic Institu- tion , every available means has been adopted to obtain the most reliable information ...
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... principles were coexistent with the universe-- for he qualifies the preceding sentence by the following expressions : " Ever since symmetry began , and harmony displayed her charms , our order has had a being . " Regarding TRUTH as the ...
... principles were coexistent with the universe-- for he qualifies the preceding sentence by the following expressions : " Ever since symmetry began , and harmony displayed her charms , our order has had a being . " Regarding TRUTH as the ...
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... principles of the revealed religion of their fathers ; for it will be remembered that , previous to the fall of Jerusalem , the power and authority to transcribe the law were confined to the Scribes , and hence but a small portion of ...
... principles of the revealed religion of their fathers ; for it will be remembered that , previous to the fall of Jerusalem , the power and authority to transcribe the law were confined to the Scribes , and hence but a small portion of ...
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... principles pro- fessed by them , their mysterious organization , surrounded them with so much consideration that many distinguished men sought to participate in their privileges . The most im- portant monuments erected by them at this ...
... principles pro- fessed by them , their mysterious organization , surrounded them with so much consideration that many distinguished men sought to participate in their privileges . The most im- portant monuments erected by them at this ...
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... principles , its dogma of liberty , equality , and fraternity , alarmed the kings and clergy , and they sought to arrest its progress . Edicts were fulminated against it in Russia ( 1731 ) , its meet- ings forbidden in Holland ( 1735 ) ...
... principles , its dogma of liberty , equality , and fraternity , alarmed the kings and clergy , and they sought to arrest its progress . Edicts were fulminated against it in Russia ( 1731 ) , its meet- ings forbidden in Holland ( 1735 ) ...
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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.