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On Freemasonry. Evidences , Doctrines, And Traditions.
their own eyes the symbols of the Deity manifested on mountains and hills- ^ when they heard the supernatural voice , which sounded like many thunders , speaking from the visible Shekinah—that the scene of these remarkable and unusual transactions was designed to be for ever afterwards considered as peculiarly hol ?
y And we are accordingly assured that such a conclusion was actually formed in their minds , and confirmed during the excitement which accompanied the appearance of these signs and wonders , when " the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount , in the eyes of the children of Israel ; " and they cried out to Moses in
the extremity of their fear , " Speak thou with us , and we will hear , but let riot God speak with us , lest we die . " The impression was never effaced . It was communicated to their children , and from them passed to posterity ; and the feeling was so powerful , that it contributed to produce their apostacy from God . They succeeded in persuading
themselves that the sanctity was in the mountain , and that prayers and offerings there would be efficacious to propitiate the particular divinity to whom it was dedicated ; for they were intimately acquainted with the fauciful mythology of Egypt , and do not appear to have considered Jehovah as being superior to any of the Egyptian deities , whose poweir they had so frequently heard extolled both by the priests and people of that country . The mountain was , therefore , very soon converted to the purposes of superstition .
Even before their admission into the promised land , —and perhaps before the Tabernacle of Moses was constructed , they , are accused , not merely of " bearing about the tabernacle of Moloch , and worshipping the Star of Rempbaii ;" but of hallowing , and planting groves on " the tops of hills " for the secret practice of the spurious Freemasonry of Egypt , the Noachidas
as , and the patriarch Abraham had alread y done in honour of the true God . And in the obscure shelter of these groves , they concluded they might solemnize its rites safely under the protection of the deity who presided over that particular locality ! In these groves the filthy orgies of Baal Peor were celebrated in with
company the Moabitish and Midianitish women ^ where the same scenes of debauchery and obscenity were enacted , which subsequently distinguished the Bacchanalia of Greece . ( See Hist . Init . p . 148 , 149 , Ed 1811 . ) ( To be continued . )
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On Freemasonry. Evidences , Doctrines, And Traditions.
their own eyes the symbols of the Deity manifested on mountains and hills- ^ when they heard the supernatural voice , which sounded like many thunders , speaking from the visible Shekinah—that the scene of these remarkable and unusual transactions was designed to be for ever afterwards considered as peculiarly hol ?
y And we are accordingly assured that such a conclusion was actually formed in their minds , and confirmed during the excitement which accompanied the appearance of these signs and wonders , when " the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount , in the eyes of the children of Israel ; " and they cried out to Moses in
the extremity of their fear , " Speak thou with us , and we will hear , but let riot God speak with us , lest we die . " The impression was never effaced . It was communicated to their children , and from them passed to posterity ; and the feeling was so powerful , that it contributed to produce their apostacy from God . They succeeded in persuading
themselves that the sanctity was in the mountain , and that prayers and offerings there would be efficacious to propitiate the particular divinity to whom it was dedicated ; for they were intimately acquainted with the fauciful mythology of Egypt , and do not appear to have considered Jehovah as being superior to any of the Egyptian deities , whose poweir they had so frequently heard extolled both by the priests and people of that country . The mountain was , therefore , very soon converted to the purposes of superstition .
Even before their admission into the promised land , —and perhaps before the Tabernacle of Moses was constructed , they , are accused , not merely of " bearing about the tabernacle of Moloch , and worshipping the Star of Rempbaii ;" but of hallowing , and planting groves on " the tops of hills " for the secret practice of the spurious Freemasonry of Egypt , the Noachidas
as , and the patriarch Abraham had alread y done in honour of the true God . And in the obscure shelter of these groves , they concluded they might solemnize its rites safely under the protection of the deity who presided over that particular locality ! In these groves the filthy orgies of Baal Peor were celebrated in with
company the Moabitish and Midianitish women ^ where the same scenes of debauchery and obscenity were enacted , which subsequently distinguished the Bacchanalia of Greece . ( See Hist . Init . p . 148 , 149 , Ed 1811 . ) ( To be continued . )