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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
Gibeon ; and here God appeared to him in token of his approval , and confirmed the promises which he had made to David , his father . Elijah sat on the top of a hill when he was miraculously protected from the soldiers of Ahaziah and the " holy place" of Elisha was the apex of a mountain ! Mount Sion was denominated " the place of the NAME of the Lord and the
; " city of Jerusalem was peculiarly designated "the holy mountain . " And the Almighty denounced judgments against the heathen , because they boasted , during the Babylonish captivity , that the possession of the holy mountains and ancient high places of Israel was an undeniable proof that the Chaldean deities were more powerful than Jehovah ; and he promises that the mountains shall be again restored , and flourish in holiness as heretofore .
Ihe grounds for this partiality for " the highest of hills , " as a place acceptable to the Deity , will more clearly appear from a remarkable prophecy of Micah , which plainly declares that when the Lord comes down from heaven , he will appear upon the hir / h places of ihe earth . The kingdom of the branch , or tbe New Jerusalem—the lace of eternal
p happiness promised to all just and faithful men , is called by Isaiah , " a holy mountain . " And this metaphor is borne out in the Apocalypse . St . John describes this happy place of rest as " a great and high mountain , " on the summit of which is the throne of the Lamb , being a situation of surpassing holiness . The Redeemer of mankind
almost always retired to the summit of a mountain to pray ; and Mount Tabor , the place of his transfiguration , where the Deity manifested himself in the presence of the three favored disciples , is pronounced "holy . " The last appearance of Jesus Christ amongst his followers was , by his own especial appointment , on the Mount of Olives , and from thence he ascended into heaven .
These authorities are capable of great extension , but I refrain from producing any further testimonies in proof of the fact that the patriarchs , and the Jews under the Mosaic dispensation , held their most sacred assemblies on " the highest of hills , " under the sanction of the Most High , because it will now be sufficientlevidentAnd its
y . necessity had become so deeply engrafted in the minds of the Israelites , that when Jeroboam instituted his spurious system at Dan and Bethel , he copied the example , and ordained a hierarchy to conduct the worship of his golden calves in the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
Gibeon ; and here God appeared to him in token of his approval , and confirmed the promises which he had made to David , his father . Elijah sat on the top of a hill when he was miraculously protected from the soldiers of Ahaziah and the " holy place" of Elisha was the apex of a mountain ! Mount Sion was denominated " the place of the NAME of the Lord and the
; " city of Jerusalem was peculiarly designated "the holy mountain . " And the Almighty denounced judgments against the heathen , because they boasted , during the Babylonish captivity , that the possession of the holy mountains and ancient high places of Israel was an undeniable proof that the Chaldean deities were more powerful than Jehovah ; and he promises that the mountains shall be again restored , and flourish in holiness as heretofore .
Ihe grounds for this partiality for " the highest of hills , " as a place acceptable to the Deity , will more clearly appear from a remarkable prophecy of Micah , which plainly declares that when the Lord comes down from heaven , he will appear upon the hir / h places of ihe earth . The kingdom of the branch , or tbe New Jerusalem—the lace of eternal
p happiness promised to all just and faithful men , is called by Isaiah , " a holy mountain . " And this metaphor is borne out in the Apocalypse . St . John describes this happy place of rest as " a great and high mountain , " on the summit of which is the throne of the Lamb , being a situation of surpassing holiness . The Redeemer of mankind
almost always retired to the summit of a mountain to pray ; and Mount Tabor , the place of his transfiguration , where the Deity manifested himself in the presence of the three favored disciples , is pronounced "holy . " The last appearance of Jesus Christ amongst his followers was , by his own especial appointment , on the Mount of Olives , and from thence he ascended into heaven .
These authorities are capable of great extension , but I refrain from producing any further testimonies in proof of the fact that the patriarchs , and the Jews under the Mosaic dispensation , held their most sacred assemblies on " the highest of hills , " under the sanction of the Most High , because it will now be sufficientlevidentAnd its
y . necessity had become so deeply engrafted in the minds of the Israelites , that when Jeroboam instituted his spurious system at Dan and Bethel , he copied the example , and ordained a hierarchy to conduct the worship of his golden calves in the