The Covenant: A Quarterly Periodical Devoted to the Cause of Odd-Fellowship1842 |
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... continued , " Edward waited a long time for an answer and received none ; but he wrote to you again and sent it by post . In a short time he received your reply , " 66 Oh , Heavens ! No ! I never wrote to him , and that letter was ...
... continued , " Edward waited a long time for an answer and received none ; but he wrote to you again and sent it by post . In a short time he received your reply , " 66 Oh , Heavens ! No ! I never wrote to him , and that letter was ...
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... continued.- Such an extreme course , as a dernier resort to sustain Lodges sinking under pecuniary difficulties , will rarely , if ever be needed , if a prudent system of economy in expendi- ture be but regularly and strictly adhered to ...
... continued.- Such an extreme course , as a dernier resort to sustain Lodges sinking under pecuniary difficulties , will rarely , if ever be needed , if a prudent system of economy in expendi- ture be but regularly and strictly adhered to ...
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... continued in the church to the present day ; — and from which but few have ever deviated , -that of sending away the con- gregation , before the administration of the holy communion . No one who had not been completely initiated into ...
... continued in the church to the present day ; — and from which but few have ever deviated , -that of sending away the con- gregation , before the administration of the holy communion . No one who had not been completely initiated into ...
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... continued without much opposition , until 1425. At that time the rivalry of the operative Masons , seconded by the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church , pro- cured a statute prohibiting the meeting of Lodges . This law produced ...
... continued without much opposition , until 1425. At that time the rivalry of the operative Masons , seconded by the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church , pro- cured a statute prohibiting the meeting of Lodges . This law produced ...
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... continued , is a strong collateral evidence . There is an ancient example of this practice in 2 Kings x . 15 : - " And when Jehu was departed thence , he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Re- chab , coming to meet him ; and he saluted him ...
... continued , is a strong collateral evidence . There is an ancient example of this practice in 2 Kings x . 15 : - " And when Jehu was departed thence , he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Re- chab , coming to meet him ; and he saluted him ...
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Page 100 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Page 161 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 204 - And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: 5 And Jethro, Moses...
Page 294 - Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity...
Page 294 - And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin ; And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship's smiling day ; And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness round all they said ; Till fast declining, one by one, The sweetnesses of love are gone, And hearts, so lately mingled, seem Like broken clouds — or like the stream That smiling left the mountain's brow, As though its waters ne'er could sever, Yet, ere it reach the plain below, Breaks into floods that part...
Page 205 - And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank : so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah...
Page 98 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body I cannot tell: God knoweth); such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth); How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 582 - And such are the mutual relations and connections which compose the sodality,* that " if one member suffer all the members suffer with it, and if one member rejoice all the members rejoice with it.
Page 58 - I CONSIDER a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties; until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein that runs through the body of it.
Page 288 - ... hereafter, in name and fact, be one body politic and corporate in law, to all intents and purposes, and shall have perpetual succession, and shall be called by the name of President and Fellows of Harvard College, and shall from time to...