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On Freemasonry.
introduced the mysteries of Isis into the Hol y Temple ; converted the sanctum sanctorum into an idolatrous adytum , and erected an image of Baal in that most hol y p lace / He offered human sacrifices on the altar of God , and punished with the utmost severity every person who refused to join in these horrible profanations . God therefore declared
, " Behold , I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah , that whosoever heareth of it , both his ears shall tingle . And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria , and the plummet of the house of Ahab ; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish , wiping it and
turning it upside down . " * This denunciation referred also to the Bab y lonish captivity , which now visibl y drew near ; and all the men of Judah , whose hearts were not contaminated with the innovations of Manasseh , saw the horrors and afflictions which were suspended over their country , and submissivel y acknowledged the justice of the punishment .
The chosen few who had not bowed the knee to Baal , privately practised the true worshi p as perfectl y as circumstances would permit , without an altar , a temple , or sacrifices ; and preserved the rites of our science called Masonry , which was their onl y consolation in these times of sorrow and degradation ; haunted by the dail y fear of the fulfilment of
prophecy in the demolition of the city and temple , and their own miserable captivity in a strange land , polluted with superstitious observances and an idolatrous reli g ion . ( To be continued . )
Life And Death.
LIFE AND DEATH .
AVhat is life?—a vapour ' s breath , A passage ending but in death . And what is death?—a moment ' s strife , A fitful dream—it waking life .
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On Freemasonry.
introduced the mysteries of Isis into the Hol y Temple ; converted the sanctum sanctorum into an idolatrous adytum , and erected an image of Baal in that most hol y p lace / He offered human sacrifices on the altar of God , and punished with the utmost severity every person who refused to join in these horrible profanations . God therefore declared
, " Behold , I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah , that whosoever heareth of it , both his ears shall tingle . And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria , and the plummet of the house of Ahab ; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish , wiping it and
turning it upside down . " * This denunciation referred also to the Bab y lonish captivity , which now visibl y drew near ; and all the men of Judah , whose hearts were not contaminated with the innovations of Manasseh , saw the horrors and afflictions which were suspended over their country , and submissivel y acknowledged the justice of the punishment .
The chosen few who had not bowed the knee to Baal , privately practised the true worshi p as perfectl y as circumstances would permit , without an altar , a temple , or sacrifices ; and preserved the rites of our science called Masonry , which was their onl y consolation in these times of sorrow and degradation ; haunted by the dail y fear of the fulfilment of
prophecy in the demolition of the city and temple , and their own miserable captivity in a strange land , polluted with superstitious observances and an idolatrous reli g ion . ( To be continued . )
Life And Death.
LIFE AND DEATH .
AVhat is life?—a vapour ' s breath , A passage ending but in death . And what is death?—a moment ' s strife , A fitful dream—it waking life .