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On Freemasonry.
Hannah , the mother of Samuel , offered a sacrifice of three bullocks , when she dedicated her son to the service of the tabernacle . Samuel gave a sign to Saul consisting of a combination of triads . David bowed thrice before Jonathan . He had three mighty men of valour ; and placed the ark of the covenant in the house of Obed
Edom for three months . When he had numbered the people , he was offered three alternatives , viz ., three years famine , three months at the mercy of his foes , or three days pestilence . Solomon offered sacrifices three times a year . At the building of the temple , this number was peculiarly exemplified . There were three grand masters ; three
places where the materials were prepared ; and the edifice had three divisions . Amongst the workmen were—Harodim , 300 ; Menatzchim , 3300 ;* Adoniram , 30 , 000 ; master masons , 3600 , & c . And the dimensions of the temple were in exact proportion with the three concords
in music . The hei ght was 30 cubits , and the length three times greater than the breadth , The harmony and symmetry of these three dimensions were as grateful to the eye , as harmony in music is ravishing to the ear . Once more : Elijah raised the widow's son b y stretching himself upon the child three times . Samaria sustained a
siege of three years . Some of the kings of Israel and Judah reigned three years ; some three months ; and others only three days . Rehoboam served God three years before he apostatised . The Jews fasted three days and three nights by command of Esther , before their triumph over Haman . Their sacred writings had three grand divisions ;
the Law , the Prophets , and the Psalms . According to our Masonic system , there were three temples , those of Solomon , Zerubbabel , and Ilerod . The Jews reckon only two , and believe that the third , as described by Ezekiel the prophet , is yet to come . The Rabbi Manasseh ben Israel says , " the third temple we hope and look for . " And after enumerating three times seven circumstances as then
existing , which Avere not in the temple of Zerubbabel , he goes on to say , " much more might be urged in proof of this third temple , but I shall only note the remarkable allegory of the three wells dug by Isaac's servants , to which they gave different names . To the first , Contention , from the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
Hannah , the mother of Samuel , offered a sacrifice of three bullocks , when she dedicated her son to the service of the tabernacle . Samuel gave a sign to Saul consisting of a combination of triads . David bowed thrice before Jonathan . He had three mighty men of valour ; and placed the ark of the covenant in the house of Obed
Edom for three months . When he had numbered the people , he was offered three alternatives , viz ., three years famine , three months at the mercy of his foes , or three days pestilence . Solomon offered sacrifices three times a year . At the building of the temple , this number was peculiarly exemplified . There were three grand masters ; three
places where the materials were prepared ; and the edifice had three divisions . Amongst the workmen were—Harodim , 300 ; Menatzchim , 3300 ;* Adoniram , 30 , 000 ; master masons , 3600 , & c . And the dimensions of the temple were in exact proportion with the three concords
in music . The hei ght was 30 cubits , and the length three times greater than the breadth , The harmony and symmetry of these three dimensions were as grateful to the eye , as harmony in music is ravishing to the ear . Once more : Elijah raised the widow's son b y stretching himself upon the child three times . Samaria sustained a
siege of three years . Some of the kings of Israel and Judah reigned three years ; some three months ; and others only three days . Rehoboam served God three years before he apostatised . The Jews fasted three days and three nights by command of Esther , before their triumph over Haman . Their sacred writings had three grand divisions ;
the Law , the Prophets , and the Psalms . According to our Masonic system , there were three temples , those of Solomon , Zerubbabel , and Ilerod . The Jews reckon only two , and believe that the third , as described by Ezekiel the prophet , is yet to come . The Rabbi Manasseh ben Israel says , " the third temple we hope and look for . " And after enumerating three times seven circumstances as then
existing , which Avere not in the temple of Zerubbabel , he goes on to say , " much more might be urged in proof of this third temple , but I shall only note the remarkable allegory of the three wells dug by Isaac's servants , to which they gave different names . To the first , Contention , from the