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Asa , A . M . 3052 , just 364 years before the final desolation of Judea , which corresponds exactly with the time it lay uncultivated , for the sabbatical years in this period of 364 would be 52 .
This term of seventy years from the first captivity beinonow nearly expired , Daniel humbled himself , and prayed to the Lord that his gracious promises mi ght be speedily fulfilled ; and in answer to his petitions he was assured by the angel Gabriel , not only that Jerusalem should be rebuilt , and the Jews restored , but that they should experience a full and
more perfect restoration to all their former privileges at some more distant period . Salathiel was Grand Master of Masons and Prince of Judah at this time , and to him Daniel first communicated the joyful tidings , which was soon spread through the children of the captivity , who rejoiced in the enlivening prospect of an earl y deliverance .
After the city was invested and taken by Cyrus , and the death of Cyaxares at Babylon , and Cambyses in Persia , had left him almost sole monarch of the East ; he came to Babylon , and there met with Daniel , who had been the first minister of state now nearly seventy years , and whose reputation had been recently increased by his prediction of the t of Bablon from
conques y the handwriting on the wall , and by his miraculous escape from the lions . The kino- consulted Daniel on the affairs of state ; and being inclined to the study of philosophy , he enquired into the nature and end of the Jewish mysteries , and the peculiarities of thenworship . Daniel gave him a lucid explanation of the entire system , beginning with the Creation and the Fall of Man , and ending with the appearance of dip . Messiah on
earth , first in his humiliation as a Saviour , and afterwards in his glory as a Judge ; shewed him the sacred books ; pointed out the prophecies , and referred to their accomplishment ; initiated him into all the mysteries of that science of li ght which we now call Masonry *; and concluded by shewing him the prophecy that related to himself . Cyrus was staggered . He considered the prophecy , which had been uttered nearly two centuries before his
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. The History And Antiquities Of Freemasonry.
Asa , A . M . 3052 , just 364 years before the final desolation of Judea , which corresponds exactly with the time it lay uncultivated , for the sabbatical years in this period of 364 would be 52 .
This term of seventy years from the first captivity beinonow nearly expired , Daniel humbled himself , and prayed to the Lord that his gracious promises mi ght be speedily fulfilled ; and in answer to his petitions he was assured by the angel Gabriel , not only that Jerusalem should be rebuilt , and the Jews restored , but that they should experience a full and
more perfect restoration to all their former privileges at some more distant period . Salathiel was Grand Master of Masons and Prince of Judah at this time , and to him Daniel first communicated the joyful tidings , which was soon spread through the children of the captivity , who rejoiced in the enlivening prospect of an earl y deliverance .
After the city was invested and taken by Cyrus , and the death of Cyaxares at Babylon , and Cambyses in Persia , had left him almost sole monarch of the East ; he came to Babylon , and there met with Daniel , who had been the first minister of state now nearly seventy years , and whose reputation had been recently increased by his prediction of the t of Bablon from
conques y the handwriting on the wall , and by his miraculous escape from the lions . The kino- consulted Daniel on the affairs of state ; and being inclined to the study of philosophy , he enquired into the nature and end of the Jewish mysteries , and the peculiarities of thenworship . Daniel gave him a lucid explanation of the entire system , beginning with the Creation and the Fall of Man , and ending with the appearance of dip . Messiah on
earth , first in his humiliation as a Saviour , and afterwards in his glory as a Judge ; shewed him the sacred books ; pointed out the prophecies , and referred to their accomplishment ; initiated him into all the mysteries of that science of li ght which we now call Masonry *; and concluded by shewing him the prophecy that related to himself . Cyrus was staggered . He considered the prophecy , which had been uttered nearly two centuries before his