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On Freemasonry.
all eternity ; which is expressed in the Apocalypse by A and ii ; ' and originated the nineteenth degree of the Rite Ancien et Accepte ; called Grand Pontiff . " All things were made by him . " He was the Creator and Grand Architect of the Universe , so frequently referred to in Freemasonry , and symbolized by a blazing star ; ancl the words , " was made ilesh and dwelt among men , " are an illustration of the star personified . The evidences of this fact are numerous and striking . When any great
event for the benefit of mankind has been deemed necessary , it has been invariably effected by the agency of the Great Architect of the Universe , manifested in a visible lucid appearance , as a smoke , a cloud , a fire , or a blazing star . Hence Philo terms the divine Word , " a supercelestial star . " All the various revelations of the Deity , whether in the works of creation , providence , or redemption , were made through him , and therefore , lie is properly styled the Word of God . He conversed with
Adam in the garden of Eden ; ° ancl the appearance was uniformly by a light like fire ; appeared after the fall as , a flaming swjrd ; li fell like a beam of glory upon Abel ' s sacrifice ; passed like the flame of a tamp between the sacrifices of Abraham ; 12 displayed himself in the pillar of a cloud and of fire , which guided and protected the Israelites in their deliverance from Egyptian bondage ; " in the cloud of glory , and in the judgment of Urim . " The same being appeared under such different forms as were best adapted to the occasion—to Abraham .
under the oak of Mamre ; and the Chaldee parapbrast , to express that " God went up from Abraham , " uses the words Fulgur Dei ; to lsa . ac at Beersheba ; l 0 to Jacob at Mahaiiaim ; 17 to Moses , as a flame of fire , at HOreb ; and to Joshua before the city of Jericho ; he answered the prayers of Elijah by fire ; and those of Solomon , at the dedication of the temple , by the same element . But the most remarkable manifestation of the Grand Architect of the Universe , is that which is symbolized in Freemasonry by a Blazing Star ,
. as the herald of our salvation . We have already seen that almost every divine appearance , from the creation to the advent of Christ , was attended with a luminous appearance like fire , or the flame of a lamp ; and , therefore , tbe star in the east , which was seen by the wise men , would be of the same nature ; for when it appeared , they immediately departed , and it conducted them on their way to Bethlehem , " till it came and stood over the place where the young child was . "— It was
the same glory of the Lord which , on the night of the nativity , shone round about the pious shepherds near Bethlehem ; ancl might , therefore , have been of a globular form , and ascending along with the celestial clioir , might have been seen in its ascent by the magi at the distance of five or six hundred miles , diminished to the size of a star , hovering . oyer the land of Judea . This appearance must have strongly attracted their notice and attention . And if these magi were the descendants of Balaam , who prophesied of the star to rise out of Jacob , and also
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On Freemasonry.
all eternity ; which is expressed in the Apocalypse by A and ii ; ' and originated the nineteenth degree of the Rite Ancien et Accepte ; called Grand Pontiff . " All things were made by him . " He was the Creator and Grand Architect of the Universe , so frequently referred to in Freemasonry , and symbolized by a blazing star ; ancl the words , " was made ilesh and dwelt among men , " are an illustration of the star personified . The evidences of this fact are numerous and striking . When any great
event for the benefit of mankind has been deemed necessary , it has been invariably effected by the agency of the Great Architect of the Universe , manifested in a visible lucid appearance , as a smoke , a cloud , a fire , or a blazing star . Hence Philo terms the divine Word , " a supercelestial star . " All the various revelations of the Deity , whether in the works of creation , providence , or redemption , were made through him , and therefore , lie is properly styled the Word of God . He conversed with
Adam in the garden of Eden ; ° ancl the appearance was uniformly by a light like fire ; appeared after the fall as , a flaming swjrd ; li fell like a beam of glory upon Abel ' s sacrifice ; passed like the flame of a tamp between the sacrifices of Abraham ; 12 displayed himself in the pillar of a cloud and of fire , which guided and protected the Israelites in their deliverance from Egyptian bondage ; " in the cloud of glory , and in the judgment of Urim . " The same being appeared under such different forms as were best adapted to the occasion—to Abraham .
under the oak of Mamre ; and the Chaldee parapbrast , to express that " God went up from Abraham , " uses the words Fulgur Dei ; to lsa . ac at Beersheba ; l 0 to Jacob at Mahaiiaim ; 17 to Moses , as a flame of fire , at HOreb ; and to Joshua before the city of Jericho ; he answered the prayers of Elijah by fire ; and those of Solomon , at the dedication of the temple , by the same element . But the most remarkable manifestation of the Grand Architect of the Universe , is that which is symbolized in Freemasonry by a Blazing Star ,
. as the herald of our salvation . We have already seen that almost every divine appearance , from the creation to the advent of Christ , was attended with a luminous appearance like fire , or the flame of a lamp ; and , therefore , tbe star in the east , which was seen by the wise men , would be of the same nature ; for when it appeared , they immediately departed , and it conducted them on their way to Bethlehem , " till it came and stood over the place where the young child was . "— It was
the same glory of the Lord which , on the night of the nativity , shone round about the pious shepherds near Bethlehem ; ancl might , therefore , have been of a globular form , and ascending along with the celestial clioir , might have been seen in its ascent by the magi at the distance of five or six hundred miles , diminished to the size of a star , hovering . oyer the land of Judea . This appearance must have strongly attracted their notice and attention . And if these magi were the descendants of Balaam , who prophesied of the star to rise out of Jacob , and also