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History Of Masonry.
fixing thc holy ark In its proper place , between the cherubims ; when Jehovah filled his own temple with a cloud of glory ! The invocation and prayer used by Solomon on this occasion was as follows : Standing before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel , he spread forth his hands and said :
O Lord God of Israel ! there is no God like thee , in heaven above , nor in the earth beneath , who deepest covenant and sheerest mercy unto thy servants , that walk before thee with all their hearts . Thou hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hadst promised him : what thou spakest with thy mouth , thou hast fulfilled with thine hand , as it is this day . Let all the people of the earth know that the Lord is God , and that there is none else .
Let all the people of the earth know fhy Name , and fear fhee . Let all the people of the earth know , that I have built this house , and consecrated it to thy name . But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ? Behold Heaven and fhe Heaven of Heavens cannot contain thee . How much less this house which I have built 1 . Yet have respect , O Lord my God , to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee : May thine eyes be open towards this house by day and by night , even , toward the place of which thou hast said , " My name shall be there . "
And when thy servant and thy people Israel shall pray toward this house , hearken to their supplication ; hear thou ' them from Heaven thy dwelling-place ; and when thou hearest forgive 1 The fame of-this grand edifice soon prompted the inquisitive of all nations to travel to Jerusalem , and . survey its _ excellencies , as far as was allowed to the Gentiles ; and they soon found , that the joint skill of all the world came infinitely short of the Israelitesin the "
, wisdom ,-strength , and beauty of their architecture ; when the wise King Solomon was Grand Master of all Masons at Jerusalem , when the learned King Hiram * was Grand Master at Tyre , and tiie inspired Hiram Abbif had been Master of the work : when true Masonry was under the immediate care and direction of Heaven ; and when the noble and the wise thought it an honour to be associates of the incraftsmen in their wellformed lod
genious - ges . Accordingly the tern- ' pie of Jehovah became the just wonder of all travellers , by which , as by the most perfect pattern , they resolved to correct the architecture of their own countries upon their return . When Solomon had accomplished this great undertaking of erecting a temple to Jehovahfor the purpose of national devotionhe
, , engaged the Fraternity in carrying on other works ; viz . two palaces at Jerusalem for himself and his queen , the stately hall of judicature with his ivory throne , and golden lions ; a royal exchange , made by filling up the great gulph between Mount Moriah and Mount Zion ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
History Of Masonry.
fixing thc holy ark In its proper place , between the cherubims ; when Jehovah filled his own temple with a cloud of glory ! The invocation and prayer used by Solomon on this occasion was as follows : Standing before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel , he spread forth his hands and said :
O Lord God of Israel ! there is no God like thee , in heaven above , nor in the earth beneath , who deepest covenant and sheerest mercy unto thy servants , that walk before thee with all their hearts . Thou hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hadst promised him : what thou spakest with thy mouth , thou hast fulfilled with thine hand , as it is this day . Let all the people of the earth know that the Lord is God , and that there is none else .
Let all the people of the earth know fhy Name , and fear fhee . Let all the people of the earth know , that I have built this house , and consecrated it to thy name . But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ? Behold Heaven and fhe Heaven of Heavens cannot contain thee . How much less this house which I have built 1 . Yet have respect , O Lord my God , to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee : May thine eyes be open towards this house by day and by night , even , toward the place of which thou hast said , " My name shall be there . "
And when thy servant and thy people Israel shall pray toward this house , hearken to their supplication ; hear thou ' them from Heaven thy dwelling-place ; and when thou hearest forgive 1 The fame of-this grand edifice soon prompted the inquisitive of all nations to travel to Jerusalem , and . survey its _ excellencies , as far as was allowed to the Gentiles ; and they soon found , that the joint skill of all the world came infinitely short of the Israelitesin the "
, wisdom ,-strength , and beauty of their architecture ; when the wise King Solomon was Grand Master of all Masons at Jerusalem , when the learned King Hiram * was Grand Master at Tyre , and tiie inspired Hiram Abbif had been Master of the work : when true Masonry was under the immediate care and direction of Heaven ; and when the noble and the wise thought it an honour to be associates of the incraftsmen in their wellformed lod
genious - ges . Accordingly the tern- ' pie of Jehovah became the just wonder of all travellers , by which , as by the most perfect pattern , they resolved to correct the architecture of their own countries upon their return . When Solomon had accomplished this great undertaking of erecting a temple to Jehovahfor the purpose of national devotionhe
, , engaged the Fraternity in carrying on other works ; viz . two palaces at Jerusalem for himself and his queen , the stately hall of judicature with his ivory throne , and golden lions ; a royal exchange , made by filling up the great gulph between Mount Moriah and Mount Zion ,