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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
ON FREEMASONRY . EVIDENCES , DOCTRINES , AND TRADITIONS .
BY THE REV . G . OLIVER , V . T > . ( No . 10 . ) THE prostitution of principle , alluded to at the conclusion of my last article , did not wholly supersede a predilection for the " highest of hills , " amongst God's peculiar people ,
although the idolatrous hill assemblies were prohibited in the strongest terms ;* for the Lord appeared to Moses , after this law had been promulgated , on Pisgah , which is the highest summit of Mount Nebo , and thus consecrated another hill b y his presence . It was on this mountain , according to the Targum of Jerusalemthat the Logosor
, , Word of the Lord , conversed with Moses face to face . And Josephus asserts that the voice was so loud as to be distinctly heard by all the people in tbe camp , a circumstance which would confirm their belief in the sanctity of " the highest of hills . " The Samaritans , as Hottinger , in his Smegma Orientale , testifies , thus describes the parting
interview , on this mountain , between Moses and Joshua , Eleazev tbe high priest , and tbe elders . They accompanied him in his ascent to Pisgah , and " were so overwhelmed with grief and apprehension when he took leave of them , that they could not be induced to quit the spot ; on which the Shekinah came down from heaven in a pillar of fireand
, separated them from him , and they saw bim no more . " Again : Joshua was commanded to build an altar on Mount Ebal ; and the prophet Samuel issued his pi - edictions from the summit of a hill , where he resided in holy seclusion . The prophets dwelt in a similar situation . Solomon , the chosen of God , offered sacrifices on a hill at
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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
ON FREEMASONRY . EVIDENCES , DOCTRINES , AND TRADITIONS .
BY THE REV . G . OLIVER , V . T > . ( No . 10 . ) THE prostitution of principle , alluded to at the conclusion of my last article , did not wholly supersede a predilection for the " highest of hills , " amongst God's peculiar people ,
although the idolatrous hill assemblies were prohibited in the strongest terms ;* for the Lord appeared to Moses , after this law had been promulgated , on Pisgah , which is the highest summit of Mount Nebo , and thus consecrated another hill b y his presence . It was on this mountain , according to the Targum of Jerusalemthat the Logosor
, , Word of the Lord , conversed with Moses face to face . And Josephus asserts that the voice was so loud as to be distinctly heard by all the people in tbe camp , a circumstance which would confirm their belief in the sanctity of " the highest of hills . " The Samaritans , as Hottinger , in his Smegma Orientale , testifies , thus describes the parting
interview , on this mountain , between Moses and Joshua , Eleazev tbe high priest , and tbe elders . They accompanied him in his ascent to Pisgah , and " were so overwhelmed with grief and apprehension when he took leave of them , that they could not be induced to quit the spot ; on which the Shekinah came down from heaven in a pillar of fireand
, separated them from him , and they saw bim no more . " Again : Joshua was commanded to build an altar on Mount Ebal ; and the prophet Samuel issued his pi - edictions from the summit of a hill , where he resided in holy seclusion . The prophets dwelt in a similar situation . Solomon , the chosen of God , offered sacrifices on a hill at