A Lexicon of Freemasonry: Containing a Definition of All Its Communicable Terms, Notices of Its History, Traditions, and Antiquities, and an Account of All the Rites and Mysteries of the Ancient WorldMoss, Brother, 1860 - 524 pages |
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adopted allusion Ancient Craft Masonry Ancient Scotch rite apron Architect body brethren brother called candidate celebrated ceremonies chapiter Christian colour consecrated cubits Deacon degree Deputy Grand derived doctrines duties East Egyptian elected emblem emblematic Entered Apprentice erected established existence Fellow-Craft France fraternity Freemasonry Freemasons French Grand Lodge Grand Master Hebrew hence High Priest Hiram Hiram Abif Holy honour initiation institution instruction Jerusalem jewel Jews Judah Junior Warden jurisdiction Kilwinning King Knights Templars labour legend letters light Lodge of England Mark Masters Master Mason Mithras officers Oliver operative masonry origin Past Master Perfect pillars practised Prince principles Pythagoras received regulations represented ritual Rose Croix Royal Arch Masons sacred says Scotland second Temple secret Senior seven signifies Solomon Solomon's Temple square stone Sublime supposed symbolic lodge Temple tetractys tion triangle truth virtue Warrant of Constitution word worship York rite Zerubbabel
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Page 379 - For the Lord is a great God, And a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth : The strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it : And his hands formed the dry land.
Page 351 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 168 - And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people ; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto Ihe Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.
Page 318 - Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
Page 317 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel.
Page 75 - And he said, Nay ; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot ; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.
Page 291 - And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship ; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
Page 261 - ... with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
Page 379 - O COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Page 291 - I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich...