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Lanah, A Tale Of The Flood.
LANAH , A TALE OF THE FLOOD .
( A VISION . ) THE awful fiat of an incensed Deity was pronounced , and the hour predestined for the destruction of earth ' s guilty race drew near . Noah , who with his sons , were faithful
followers of Lux , or that pure Masonic science which teaches the knowledge of the one , true , only God , had completed the ark of safety and awaited the appointed time when he and his race alone should be preserved amid the strife of waters and the wreck of a lost world .
Japheth his youngest son , was deeply imbued with the love of his Creator ; it was a feeling calm yet so intense , that it gave the tone to his existence . Each flower whose perfume gladdened his grateful sense , or gemmed winged insect that
nestled in its fragrant bosom , was precious in his sight , for He had made them and pronounced them good . But deeper far than for the soulless wonders of creation was his regard for his fellow-creatures : he gazed upon them — the lost — the young—the beautiful—and his heart
yearned to save them . He had warned them of their idolatries , expostulated with them , prayed for them—but in vain : proud of their strength and lustiness , they turned his words to scorn and bade him hold his peace . The ark was finished , the vast labour of years was accomplished ,
and Japheth knew that the hour of desolation was at hand : — " Yet once more will I seek them , " he exclaimed , as he descended from the mountain home of his father to the plain beneath , inhabited by the now united race of Cain aud Seth , " once more warn them of the wrath to come . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Lanah, A Tale Of The Flood.
LANAH , A TALE OF THE FLOOD .
( A VISION . ) THE awful fiat of an incensed Deity was pronounced , and the hour predestined for the destruction of earth ' s guilty race drew near . Noah , who with his sons , were faithful
followers of Lux , or that pure Masonic science which teaches the knowledge of the one , true , only God , had completed the ark of safety and awaited the appointed time when he and his race alone should be preserved amid the strife of waters and the wreck of a lost world .
Japheth his youngest son , was deeply imbued with the love of his Creator ; it was a feeling calm yet so intense , that it gave the tone to his existence . Each flower whose perfume gladdened his grateful sense , or gemmed winged insect that
nestled in its fragrant bosom , was precious in his sight , for He had made them and pronounced them good . But deeper far than for the soulless wonders of creation was his regard for his fellow-creatures : he gazed upon them — the lost — the young—the beautiful—and his heart
yearned to save them . He had warned them of their idolatries , expostulated with them , prayed for them—but in vain : proud of their strength and lustiness , they turned his words to scorn and bade him hold his peace . The ark was finished , the vast labour of years was accomplished ,
and Japheth knew that the hour of desolation was at hand : — " Yet once more will I seek them , " he exclaimed , as he descended from the mountain home of his father to the plain beneath , inhabited by the now united race of Cain aud Seth , " once more warn them of the wrath to come . "