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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
belief that the true pronunciation of this word was lost in their days , because the supposed effects of its ordinary pronunciation did not appear . The Temple of Herod is described by Josephus as a most magnificent fabric of marble , set off with the greatest profusion of costly decorations , and the finest building upon
earth since the days of Solomon ; being much larger than the Temple of Zerubbabel , besides the advantage of the Grecian style , and the Corinthian order of architecture , with all its later improvements . It was not completely finished , in all its apartments , till about six years before it was destroyed , In the arrangement of this work , Herod
acted as Grand Master ; Hillel and Shammai as his Wardens , and Manahem as his Grand Superintendent of Works , under whose management ten thousand masons , besides labourers , were employed ; but , instead of completing it in seven years , as Solomon had done , this temple was fortynine years in handbefore the workmen were finally
, withdrawn . I have said that this Stone of Foundation was a type of the Messiah . And my opinion is corroborated by St . Peter , who applies it expressly to Jesus Christ . " To whom coming , " says he , " as unto a living stone , disallowed indeed of men ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
belief that the true pronunciation of this word was lost in their days , because the supposed effects of its ordinary pronunciation did not appear . The Temple of Herod is described by Josephus as a most magnificent fabric of marble , set off with the greatest profusion of costly decorations , and the finest building upon
earth since the days of Solomon ; being much larger than the Temple of Zerubbabel , besides the advantage of the Grecian style , and the Corinthian order of architecture , with all its later improvements . It was not completely finished , in all its apartments , till about six years before it was destroyed , In the arrangement of this work , Herod
acted as Grand Master ; Hillel and Shammai as his Wardens , and Manahem as his Grand Superintendent of Works , under whose management ten thousand masons , besides labourers , were employed ; but , instead of completing it in seven years , as Solomon had done , this temple was fortynine years in handbefore the workmen were finally
, withdrawn . I have said that this Stone of Foundation was a type of the Messiah . And my opinion is corroborated by St . Peter , who applies it expressly to Jesus Christ . " To whom coming , " says he , " as unto a living stone , disallowed indeed of men ,