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that the last trump had already sounded , and that the Valley of Jehoshaphat was about to render up its dead . "—Chateaubriand ' s Travels in Greece , Palestine , § c , vol . ii ., p . 38 ; Stackhouse ' s History of the Bible . It appears to be an extravagant opinion that all mankind shall be judged in this valley , merely because Joel ( iii ., 2 , 3 ) hath said , " I will gather all nationsand will bring them into the Valley of
Jehosha-, phat , and will plead with them there for my people . —Let the heathen he wakened , and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat ; for there will 1 sit to judge all the heathen round about . " This signifies no more than the valley or place where the Lord shall judge and punish them , or , alluding to the word "Jehoshaphat , " which signifies "God judges , or the judgment of the Lord , " it may refer to the judgment which God will denounce and execute on his enemies . Now , when we say , " in
the Valley of Jehoshaphat , " we do not use it as a proper , but an appellative name , which denotes the judgment of God . It would not be proper in this place to enter more fully into this subject , but as most of your readers will no doubt clearly understand what is here set forth , I trust a more lengthened explanation will be deemed unnecessary . Yours fraternally , S . B . AVILSON , P . M . Cadogan Lodge . No . 1 ( 18 , & e
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR , —Many of our Craft , from their position in life , must be readers of books of travel and historical and descriptive works of various kinds . If each were to make notes of what they read which appear to relate to Masonry , and send them to your Magazine , they would form a collection which those who have time to study these isolated facts might connect together and elucidate many points . Below are some of my notes , by way of example .
LAYAHl / s " NINEVEH . " Vol . i ., p . 110 . —At Al-IIather all the stones are marked with either a builder ' s sign or have reference to some religious observance , and are found on most of the buildings of Sassanian origin in Persia , Babylonia , and Susiana . Page 282 . —The tomb of Sheik Adi , prophet of the Yezedis , on the lintels of the doorway are rudely carved a liona snakea hatcheta
, , , man , and a comb . He was told by Sheikh Nasi- that they were not emblamatic ornaments , but merely the fancy of a Christian mason who repaired the tomb some years ago . Vol . ii ., p . 142 . —Note on the rock-tablets of Bavian , near Mosul : in the description of them it says , " On the body of tbe king and in the centre of tha writing , is an inscription inclosed within a triangle ; I suppose a name . "
LYNCn ' s " DEAD SEA . " Page ISO . —Town of Tiberias ; Lake Tiberias ; Palestine in 1848 . The Jewish Sanhedrim of this town consists of seventy rabbis . The rabbis stated to him that controversial matters of discipline among the Jews all over the world were referred to this Sanhedrim .
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To The Editor.
that the last trump had already sounded , and that the Valley of Jehoshaphat was about to render up its dead . "—Chateaubriand ' s Travels in Greece , Palestine , § c , vol . ii ., p . 38 ; Stackhouse ' s History of the Bible . It appears to be an extravagant opinion that all mankind shall be judged in this valley , merely because Joel ( iii ., 2 , 3 ) hath said , " I will gather all nationsand will bring them into the Valley of
Jehosha-, phat , and will plead with them there for my people . —Let the heathen he wakened , and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat ; for there will 1 sit to judge all the heathen round about . " This signifies no more than the valley or place where the Lord shall judge and punish them , or , alluding to the word "Jehoshaphat , " which signifies "God judges , or the judgment of the Lord , " it may refer to the judgment which God will denounce and execute on his enemies . Now , when we say , " in
the Valley of Jehoshaphat , " we do not use it as a proper , but an appellative name , which denotes the judgment of God . It would not be proper in this place to enter more fully into this subject , but as most of your readers will no doubt clearly understand what is here set forth , I trust a more lengthened explanation will be deemed unnecessary . Yours fraternally , S . B . AVILSON , P . M . Cadogan Lodge . No . 1 ( 18 , & e
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR , —Many of our Craft , from their position in life , must be readers of books of travel and historical and descriptive works of various kinds . If each were to make notes of what they read which appear to relate to Masonry , and send them to your Magazine , they would form a collection which those who have time to study these isolated facts might connect together and elucidate many points . Below are some of my notes , by way of example .
LAYAHl / s " NINEVEH . " Vol . i ., p . 110 . —At Al-IIather all the stones are marked with either a builder ' s sign or have reference to some religious observance , and are found on most of the buildings of Sassanian origin in Persia , Babylonia , and Susiana . Page 282 . —The tomb of Sheik Adi , prophet of the Yezedis , on the lintels of the doorway are rudely carved a liona snakea hatcheta
, , , man , and a comb . He was told by Sheikh Nasi- that they were not emblamatic ornaments , but merely the fancy of a Christian mason who repaired the tomb some years ago . Vol . ii ., p . 142 . —Note on the rock-tablets of Bavian , near Mosul : in the description of them it says , " On the body of tbe king and in the centre of tha writing , is an inscription inclosed within a triangle ; I suppose a name . "
LYNCn ' s " DEAD SEA . " Page ISO . —Town of Tiberias ; Lake Tiberias ; Palestine in 1848 . The Jewish Sanhedrim of this town consists of seventy rabbis . The rabbis stated to him that controversial matters of discipline among the Jews all over the world were referred to this Sanhedrim .