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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
but chosen of God , and precious , ye also , as lively stones are built up a spiritual house . Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture—Behold , / lay in Zion a chief Corner-Atone , elect , precious , and he that ' believeth on him shall not be confounded . "—In this passage , Jesus Christ is represented as a sure Foundation Stonelaid in Zionfor the
, , sons of men to build their hopes upon . His temple , thus built on Him , is compared to a beautiful and impregnable edifice , consecrated to Jehovah , and durable as Him whose holy name is inscribed thereon . « Here is a stone that can never moulder away by the waste of all-consuming time . The strongest marble , and even flinty rocks decay . The firm foundationsthe
- stately columns—the majestic buildings of Nineveh , Babylon , and Imperial Rome , and all the magnificent structures of antiquity , though formed of the most durable stone , and promising immortality , are now shattered into ten thousand fragments , or lying in ruinous heaps . But Christ is a foundation for immortal soulsimmortal as themselves ; a foundation that now stands as firm under Adam , Noah , and Abraham , as the first moment
they ventured their dependence upon it;—a foundation that will remain the same through the countless ages of eternity . " * At the final destruction of the Temple by the Romans , although a plough was passed over its ruins , the ancient Foundation Stone was not removed , but remained in its bed within the bosom of the
holy mountain , until once more threatened with desecration by Julian , emperor of Rome , who , having apostatized from Christianity , in which he had been educated , was resolved to restore the ancient superstitions of heathenism , and with them the practice of the Spurious Freemasonry . He collected a body of workmen to the
prepare foundations for re-edifying the temple on Mount Moriah , which he resolved to accomplish , that he might throw discredit on Christianity by frustrating the prophecy of its founder . Witli great labour the ground was cleared , by digging up all the remains of the old building to its deepest excavationsuntil one stone of the foundations
, was not left upon another . All had been taken up and carried away . At last they discovered our Sione of Foundation , which , though small in size , resisted all their attempts to remove from its place .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
but chosen of God , and precious , ye also , as lively stones are built up a spiritual house . Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture—Behold , / lay in Zion a chief Corner-Atone , elect , precious , and he that ' believeth on him shall not be confounded . "—In this passage , Jesus Christ is represented as a sure Foundation Stonelaid in Zionfor the
, , sons of men to build their hopes upon . His temple , thus built on Him , is compared to a beautiful and impregnable edifice , consecrated to Jehovah , and durable as Him whose holy name is inscribed thereon . « Here is a stone that can never moulder away by the waste of all-consuming time . The strongest marble , and even flinty rocks decay . The firm foundationsthe
- stately columns—the majestic buildings of Nineveh , Babylon , and Imperial Rome , and all the magnificent structures of antiquity , though formed of the most durable stone , and promising immortality , are now shattered into ten thousand fragments , or lying in ruinous heaps . But Christ is a foundation for immortal soulsimmortal as themselves ; a foundation that now stands as firm under Adam , Noah , and Abraham , as the first moment
they ventured their dependence upon it;—a foundation that will remain the same through the countless ages of eternity . " * At the final destruction of the Temple by the Romans , although a plough was passed over its ruins , the ancient Foundation Stone was not removed , but remained in its bed within the bosom of the
holy mountain , until once more threatened with desecration by Julian , emperor of Rome , who , having apostatized from Christianity , in which he had been educated , was resolved to restore the ancient superstitions of heathenism , and with them the practice of the Spurious Freemasonry . He collected a body of workmen to the
prepare foundations for re-edifying the temple on Mount Moriah , which he resolved to accomplish , that he might throw discredit on Christianity by frustrating the prophecy of its founder . Witli great labour the ground was cleared , by digging up all the remains of the old building to its deepest excavationsuntil one stone of the foundations
, was not left upon another . All had been taken up and carried away . At last they discovered our Sione of Foundation , which , though small in size , resisted all their attempts to remove from its place .