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... mysteries . As many Lodges of Instruction are held weekly , I have extended the number of Lectures to fifty - two , that the Masters may be furnished with an original dissertation on some portion of the Ritual for every meeting TO THE ...
... mysteries . As many Lodges of Instruction are held weekly , I have extended the number of Lectures to fifty - two , that the Masters may be furnished with an original dissertation on some portion of the Ritual for every meeting TO THE ...
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... mysteries , which can only be legitimately referred to in a tyled Lodge . Being , however , under no specific restrictions in the composition of these Lectures , I have not hesitated to expatiate on many subjects in a more free and ...
... mysteries , which can only be legitimately referred to in a tyled Lodge . Being , however , under no specific restrictions in the composition of these Lectures , I have not hesitated to expatiate on many subjects in a more free and ...
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... mysteries of the art , are only to be acquired by practice and experience in the Lodge ; the latter includes the history of genuine Masonry , the lives and characters of its patrons , and the ancient charges and general regulations of ...
... mysteries of the art , are only to be acquired by practice and experience in the Lodge ; the latter includes the history of genuine Masonry , the lives and characters of its patrons , and the ancient charges and general regulations of ...
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... mysteries are in- cidentally mentioned , together with the traditional period when religious rites were first introduced as a speculative feature in the operative Craft . - The genuine Landmarks of Masonry , however , are of a different ...
... mysteries are in- cidentally mentioned , together with the traditional period when religious rites were first introduced as a speculative feature in the operative Craft . - The genuine Landmarks of Masonry , however , are of a different ...
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... mysteries without the aid of magic , such as the art of gold - making , the invention of a panacea , the philo- sopher's stone , and other chimeras of alchemy which afterwards haunted the heads of the Rosicrucians and the elder ...
... mysteries without the aid of magic , such as the art of gold - making , the invention of a panacea , the philo- sopher's stone , and other chimeras of alchemy which afterwards haunted the heads of the Rosicrucians and the elder ...
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Page 120 - Let there be light," said God, and forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence* pure, Sprung from the deep, and from her native east To journey through the airy gloom began, Sphered in a radiant cloud, for yet the sun Was not; she in a cloudy tabernacle Sojourned the while.
Page 136 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the neerest by possessing our souls of true vertue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest • perfection.
Page 170 - Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 318 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 53 - Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ? And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness : and he was called the Friend of God.
Page 98 - Only candidates may know, that no master should take an apprentice, unless he has sufficient employment for him, and unless he be a perfect youth, having no maim or defect in his body, that may render him incapable of learning the art, of serving his master's lord, and of being made a brother...
Page 28 - A Mason is a peaceable subject to the civil powers, wherever he resides or works, and is never to be concerned in plots and conspiracies against the peace and welfare of the nation, nor to behave himself undutifully to inferior magistrates...
Page 279 - I received a summons to appear at a Lodge to be held the next day at Masons
Page 335 - THE ANTIQUITIES OF FREEMASONRY, Comprising Illustrations of the FIVE Grand Periods of Masonry, from the Creation of the World to the Dedication of King Solomon's Temple.
Page 62 - And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done ? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.