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Standing in this position , and surrounded by these appalling circumstances , the
terrified neophyte was severely questioned , and all the acts of his life scrutinized
with the severest exactitude , to ascertain if he were worthy to be allowed to ...
Standing in this position , and surrounded by these appalling circumstances , the
terrified neophyte was severely questioned , and all the acts of his life scrutinized
with the severest exactitude , to ascertain if he were worthy to be allowed to ...
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What we do see of him , standing out in bold relief from the surrounding darkness
, and detached from the mythological shadows which environ it , lead us to
believe him to have been a man of no ordinary character . He was a poet of most
...
What we do see of him , standing out in bold relief from the surrounding darkness
, and detached from the mythological shadows which environ it , lead us to
believe him to have been a man of no ordinary character . He was a poet of most
...
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From Thee ; and aye before thy golden throne Unwearied stand those holy ones ,
who do Thy will , and bear thy gifts to man ! The bright And glorious Spring ,
adorned with brilliant hues , And crowned with new - born flowers , and Winter ...
From Thee ; and aye before thy golden throne Unwearied stand those holy ones ,
who do Thy will , and bear thy gifts to man ! The bright And glorious Spring ,
adorned with brilliant hues , And crowned with new - born flowers , and Winter ...
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... sing airs so tender and melodious that the very plains and mountains would
open and expand with delight ; and that the ghosts , attracted by the sweetness of
his songs , would leave their infernal caverns and stand motionless before him .
... sing airs so tender and melodious that the very plains and mountains would
open and expand with delight ; and that the ghosts , attracted by the sweetness of
his songs , would leave their infernal caverns and stand motionless before him .
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... such as deserve it , when they stand in need of it , and to bestow food on those
that are in distress ; but they cannot give anything to their kindred without the
curators . They dispense their anger after a just manner , and restrain their
passion .
... such as deserve it , when they stand in need of it , and to bestow food on those
that are in distress ; but they cannot give anything to their kindred without the
curators . They dispense their anger after a just manner , and restrain their
passion .
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Page 142 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Page 114 - And as for their piety towards God, it is very extraordinary; for before sun-rising they speak not a word about profane matters, but put up certain prayers, which they have received from their forefathers, as if they made a supplication for its rising.
Page 234 - How often we forget all time, when lone, Admiring nature's universal throne, Her woods, her wilds, her waters, the intense Reply of hers to our intelligence ! Live not the stars and mountains ? Are the waves Without a spirit? Are the dropping caves Without a feeling in their silent tears? No, no : — they woo and clasp us to their spheres, Dissolve this clog and clod of clay before Its hour, and merge our soul in the great shore.
Page 226 - If thou ask to what height man has carried it in this manner, look on our divinest Symbol : on Jesus of Nazareth, and his Life, and his Biography, and what followed therefrom. Higher has the human Thought not yet reached : this is Christianity and Christendom ; a Symbol of quite perennial, infinite character ; whose significance will ever demand to be anew inquired into, and anew made manifest.
Page 117 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Page 111 - Essens reject pleasures as an evil, but esteem continence, and the conquest over our passions, to be virtue. They neglect wedlock, but choose out other persons...
Page 274 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 270 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him, half dead.
Page 272 - ... and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine ; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will repay thee.
Page 106 - They contemn 5* the miseries of life, and are above pain, by the generosity of their mind. And as for death, if it will be for their glory, they esteem it better than living always ; and indeed our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence what great souls they had in their trials, wherein, although they were tortured and distorted, burnt and torn to pieces, and went through all kinds of instruments of torment, that they might be forced...
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| Title | The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, The Masonic Institution Considered as a Means of Social and Individual Progress Household masonic library |
| Author | Augustus C. L. Arnold |
| Publisher | R. Macoy, 1858 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 298 pages |
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