A Mirror for the Johannite Masons: In a Series of Letters to the Right Hon. the Earl of Aboyne

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Masonic Pub. and Manufacturing Company, 1866 - 102 pages
 

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Page 41 - In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil : whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Page 103 - A mason is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law; and if he rightly understands the art, he will never be a stupid atheist, nor an irreligious libertine.
Page 27 - And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
Page 102 - Freemasonry is a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.
Page 17 - By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him, for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Page iii - ... for as Masonry hath been always injured by war, bloodshed, and confusion, so ancient kings and princes have been much...
Page 39 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Page 6 - But though in ancient Times Masons were charged in every Country to be of the Religion of that Country or Nation, whatever it was, yet, 'tis now thought more expedient only to oblige them to that Religion in which all men agree, leaving their particular Opinions to themselves...
Page 25 - There was a man sent from God, whose name was John ; the same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Page 60 - In ancient times the Christian Masons were charged to comply with the Christian usages of each country where they travelled or worked...

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