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Page S-34 - For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Page S-35 - ... to the ends of the earth, and to the end of time, should believe in his name, might live through him.
Page S-28 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Page S-70 - And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Page S-44 - The size of the Holy of Holies was the same as that of the porch, namely, twenty cubits square. It contained the ark of the covenant, which had been transferred into it from the tabernacle, with its overshadowing cherubim and its mercy-seat. Into the most sacred place, the high priest alone could enter, and that only once a year, on the day of atonement. The Temple, thus constructed, must have been one of the most magnificent structures of the ancient world. For its erection, David had collected...
Page S-48 - For they wrote several books of magic, and hid them under that prince's throne, and after his death, told the chief men that if they wanted to know by what means Solomon had obtained his absolute power over men, genii, and the winds, they should dig under his throne; which having done, they found the aforesaid books, which contained impious superstitions.
Page S-25 - Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
Page S-85 - ... MASTER'S DEGREE. NONE but the meritorious and praiseworthy ; none but those, who, through diligence and industry, have progressed far towards perfection ; none but those who have been seated in the Oriental Chair, by the unanimous suffrages of their brethren, can be admitted to this degree of Masonry. In its original establishment, when the temple of Jerusalem was finished, and the fraternity celebrated the...
Page S-23 - The Captain of the Mountain of the House went round to every Watch in succession with torches flaming before him, and to every guard who did not stand forth, the Captain said,
Page S-22 - The triple Temple of Jerusalem, the lower court standing on its magnificent terraces, the inner court raised on its platform in the centre...