Universal Masonic Library, Volume 7

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Robert Macoy
J. W. Leonard, 1855

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Pagina 55 - THE Old Testament is not contrary to the New ; for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and man, being both God and man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, which feign that the old fathers did look only for transitory promises.
Pagina 59 - Who art the giver of all good gifts and graces, and hast promised that where two or three are gathered together in Thy Name, Thou wilt be in the midst of them : in Thy Name we assemble and meet together, most humbly beseeching Thee to bless us in all our undertakings ; to give us Thy Holy Spirit, to enlighten our minds with wisdom and understanding ; that we may know and serve Thee aright ; that all our doings may tend to Thy glory and the salvation of our souls.
Pagina 17 - Constitutions (the) of the Freemasons ; containing^ the History, Charges, Regulations, &c., of that Most Ancient and Right Worshipful Fraternity, for the Use of the Lodges.
Pagina 53 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Pagina 293 - Atlantic wave ? Is India free ? and does she wear her plumed And jewelled turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit...
Pagina 15 - For she is. the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of His goodness.
Pagina 247 - All preferment among masons is grounded upon real worth and personal merit only; that so the lords may be well served, the brethren not put to shame, nor the royal craft despised: Therefore no master or warden is chosen by seniority, but for his merit.
Pagina 59 - Most Holy and Glorious Lord God, Thou Architect of heaven and earth, Who art the giver of all good gifts and graces, and hast promised that where two or three are gathered together in Thy Name, Thou wilt be in the midst of them...
Pagina 33 - Ye shall understand (my dear friends) that amongst the excellent acts of that king, one above all hath the pre-eminence. It was the erection and institution of an Order or Society which we call...
Pagina 300 - ... which distracted her own mind. Yet, amid a very credulous and ignorant population, it is astonishing what success may be attained by an impostor, who is, at the same time, an enthusiast. It is such as to remind us of the couplet which assures us that " The pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat.

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