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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
ON FREEMASONRY . EVIDENCES , DOCTRINES , AND TRADITIONS .
BY THE REV . O . OLIVER , D . D .
( No . 7 . ) THE next important event in which our foundation-stone has been mixed up by the voice of Masonic tradition , is in the celebrated offering on Mount Moriah , where , it is supposed Abraham deposited it with the privity of Isaac ; for
we hear no more of it till after the death of Abraham , when Isaac built an altar to the Lord on this stone at Beersheba , and the promises to Abraham , his father , were renewed . When Jacob was sent away to visit his uncle Laban in Mesopotamia , to avoid the fury of his brother Esau , the servants of Isaac were directed to bear this stone along with himin
, the hope that its virtue might prove a protection and a blessing in that long and perilous journey . Being weary and benighted at Luz , he ordered his attendants to nroceed , and leave him alone . Here , after
offering up his prayers to Jehovah , he laid himself down upon the cold ground to rest , placing the Stone of Foundation for his pillow , and having the cloudy canopy of heaven for a covering . He slept , and in this lonely situation , while oppressed with sorrow at parting with his mother , whom he was to behold no more , it p leased the Almighty to favour him
him with a celestial vision . Angels hovered over —a ladder of communication united earth and heaven—and the Divinity appeared at its summit , to assure him of his favour and protection , and to predict the future grandeur and power of his posterity . A choir of seraphim then rapidly ascended to the throne of grace ; their bright wings waving
in the beamy light ; and having received their commissions , hastened to descend the ladder , and spread the glad tidings through the world . Overpowered with this effulgence of glory , Jacob awoke . Darkness was over the face of the earth ; and he was filled with reverence and godly fear , and exclaimed , " How dreadful is this place ! this is none other VOL . VIII . N N
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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
ON FREEMASONRY . EVIDENCES , DOCTRINES , AND TRADITIONS .
BY THE REV . O . OLIVER , D . D .
( No . 7 . ) THE next important event in which our foundation-stone has been mixed up by the voice of Masonic tradition , is in the celebrated offering on Mount Moriah , where , it is supposed Abraham deposited it with the privity of Isaac ; for
we hear no more of it till after the death of Abraham , when Isaac built an altar to the Lord on this stone at Beersheba , and the promises to Abraham , his father , were renewed . When Jacob was sent away to visit his uncle Laban in Mesopotamia , to avoid the fury of his brother Esau , the servants of Isaac were directed to bear this stone along with himin
, the hope that its virtue might prove a protection and a blessing in that long and perilous journey . Being weary and benighted at Luz , he ordered his attendants to nroceed , and leave him alone . Here , after
offering up his prayers to Jehovah , he laid himself down upon the cold ground to rest , placing the Stone of Foundation for his pillow , and having the cloudy canopy of heaven for a covering . He slept , and in this lonely situation , while oppressed with sorrow at parting with his mother , whom he was to behold no more , it p leased the Almighty to favour him
him with a celestial vision . Angels hovered over —a ladder of communication united earth and heaven—and the Divinity appeared at its summit , to assure him of his favour and protection , and to predict the future grandeur and power of his posterity . A choir of seraphim then rapidly ascended to the throne of grace ; their bright wings waving
in the beamy light ; and having received their commissions , hastened to descend the ladder , and spread the glad tidings through the world . Overpowered with this effulgence of glory , Jacob awoke . Darkness was over the face of the earth ; and he was filled with reverence and godly fear , and exclaimed , " How dreadful is this place ! this is none other VOL . VIII . N N