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On Freemasonry.
on the authority of the following passage in the Vulgate , to question the miraculous interference of the Deity . " And when the children of Israel saw it , they said to one another , it is manna ; " arguing that unless they had beheld it previous to their sojourn inthe Desert , they coulcl not so readil y have named it .
Tiie error lies in the translation of the Hebrew words N'tt TO , man hu , literally signifying , what is this ? It was doubtless called manna from to man , in commemoration of the question asked by the Israelites when they first beheld it . The second supposition , that locusts were intended to be designated instead of quails , is equally
erroneous : had such been the intention of the sacrecl historian , would the word 'W , selav , from nW ' , salah , quiet , easy , a term so trul y descriptive of the general habit of the bird , have been used ? Again : the Hebrew 7 $$ ? , sheer , flesh , decides the point , flesh applying to the bird , and not , b y any possibility of construction , to the insect . At Rephidim a yet more signal miracle was manifested . The Israelites suffered from want of water ; their cattle lay
perishing with thirst—their children called to them in vain —the few shallow wells of the Desert were exhausted , and in their despair they murmured , when the rock of Horeb , struck by the sacrecl rod , sent forth its waters , ancl the fainting tribes drank of the living stream . The singular appearance of the rock even at the present day , as described
by modern travellers , confirms the miracle recorded by the prophet . It was visited , drawn , ancl described by Dr . Pocock , Dr . Shaw , and others , who state that holes and channels appear in the stone , which coulcl onl y have been formed by the bursting out ancl running of the waters ; no art of man could have formed them , even if any motive could be assigned for such an undertaking in the Desert . To the
mmd interested in the investigation of truth what can be more gratifying than this confirmation , by modern discovery , of an event hallowed in its cause , and veiled by the mist of ages ? The miracle of Horeb , while it manifested the mercy and power of the Great Architect of all , was the type of a mystery to come ; and time , beneath whose scythe the
mountain hath fallen and the valley disappeared , hath respected the monument of His greatness , before whose throne his wings are chained , and in whose si g ht ages are but as a span . History does not present a more remarkable instance of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
on the authority of the following passage in the Vulgate , to question the miraculous interference of the Deity . " And when the children of Israel saw it , they said to one another , it is manna ; " arguing that unless they had beheld it previous to their sojourn inthe Desert , they coulcl not so readil y have named it .
Tiie error lies in the translation of the Hebrew words N'tt TO , man hu , literally signifying , what is this ? It was doubtless called manna from to man , in commemoration of the question asked by the Israelites when they first beheld it . The second supposition , that locusts were intended to be designated instead of quails , is equally
erroneous : had such been the intention of the sacrecl historian , would the word 'W , selav , from nW ' , salah , quiet , easy , a term so trul y descriptive of the general habit of the bird , have been used ? Again : the Hebrew 7 $$ ? , sheer , flesh , decides the point , flesh applying to the bird , and not , b y any possibility of construction , to the insect . At Rephidim a yet more signal miracle was manifested . The Israelites suffered from want of water ; their cattle lay
perishing with thirst—their children called to them in vain —the few shallow wells of the Desert were exhausted , and in their despair they murmured , when the rock of Horeb , struck by the sacrecl rod , sent forth its waters , ancl the fainting tribes drank of the living stream . The singular appearance of the rock even at the present day , as described
by modern travellers , confirms the miracle recorded by the prophet . It was visited , drawn , ancl described by Dr . Pocock , Dr . Shaw , and others , who state that holes and channels appear in the stone , which coulcl onl y have been formed by the bursting out ancl running of the waters ; no art of man could have formed them , even if any motive could be assigned for such an undertaking in the Desert . To the
mmd interested in the investigation of truth what can be more gratifying than this confirmation , by modern discovery , of an event hallowed in its cause , and veiled by the mist of ages ? The miracle of Horeb , while it manifested the mercy and power of the Great Architect of all , was the type of a mystery to come ; and time , beneath whose scythe the
mountain hath fallen and the valley disappeared , hath respected the monument of His greatness , before whose throne his wings are chained , and in whose si g ht ages are but as a span . History does not present a more remarkable instance of