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... brethren their ideas , believing them to be my own . I desire this evening to submit to your consideration something new , and it has been a matter of no small difficulty for me to choose a theme with the hope that it may be interesting ...
... brethren their ideas , believing them to be my own . I desire this evening to submit to your consideration something new , and it has been a matter of no small difficulty for me to choose a theme with the hope that it may be interesting ...
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... brethren at every turning , the procession with all its mystic phara- phernalia , the circle around the open grave , the symbolic broken chain of fraternal affection , the depositing of the white lamb - skin apron and the evergreen ...
... brethren at every turning , the procession with all its mystic phara- phernalia , the circle around the open grave , the symbolic broken chain of fraternal affection , the depositing of the white lamb - skin apron and the evergreen ...
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... brethren of King Solomon's Lodge a Free and Accepted Master Mason . And ere another month had passed away I had perfected myself in the lecture of that degree . Our lodge room was situated in the business center of the town , and the ...
... brethren of King Solomon's Lodge a Free and Accepted Master Mason . And ere another month had passed away I had perfected myself in the lecture of that degree . Our lodge room was situated in the business center of the town , and the ...
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... brethren present may know this aged and worthy Brother , I will say that his name is Moses J. Harvey . * * * * In September , 1827 , I changed my residence from Sutton to New- port , New Hampshire . As soon as it was possible , after ...
... brethren present may know this aged and worthy Brother , I will say that his name is Moses J. Harvey . * * * * In September , 1827 , I changed my residence from Sutton to New- port , New Hampshire . As soon as it was possible , after ...
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... brethren who formed National Lodge No. 12 , it will be found among the very first who affiliated with that Lodge under the Mastership of that brave man and good Mason , James Shields . The first Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge ...
... brethren who formed National Lodge No. 12 , it will be found among the very first who affiliated with that Lodge under the Mastership of that brave man and good Mason , James Shields . The first Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge ...
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Page 112 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 6 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free!
Page 280 - For humanity sweeps onward ; where to-day the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands ; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return To glean up the scattered ashes into history's golden urn.
Page 179 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 31 - A wanderer is man from his birth. He was born in a ship On the breast of the River of Time. Brimming with wonder and joy He spreads out his arms to the light, Rivets his gaze on the banks of the stream. As what he sees is, so have his thoughts been. Whether he wakes Where the snowy mountainous pass Echoing the screams of the eagles...
Page 282 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 113 - The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust.
Page 77 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Page 37 - On all sides, are we not driven to the conclusion that, of the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful and worthy are the things we call Books...
Page 33 - And the width of the waters, the hush Of the grey expanse where he floats, Freshening its current and spotted with foam As it draws to the Ocean, may strike Peace to the soul of the man on its breast As the pale waste widens around him...