Freemasonry in the Holy Land: Or, Handmarks of Hiram's Builders : Embracing Notes Made During a Series of Masonic Researches, in 1868, in Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Europe, and the Results of Much Correspondence with Freemasons in Those Countries |
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Abd-el-Kader American ancient Arabic ashlars Baalbec backsheesh beautiful Bethel Beyrout Bible brethren Brother called camels cedar chapter Christian church columns Damascus Damascus Gate Dead Sea described earth east Egypt emblems explorations eyes feet Freemasonry Freemasons Gate Gebal give Grand Lodge Grand Master ground hand Hassan hill Hiram Hiram Abif Holy Land honor horses hour hundred Isaiah Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jews Joppa Jordan Josephus King King Solomon labors Lebanon look Lord Masonic Masonry miles missionary Mohammedan Mount Moriah mountains Nahr-el-Kelb native never night Olivet Oriental Palestine Pasha passed Phoenician plain present quarry river rock ruins sacred Saladin Scriptures Sea of Galilee side Sidon sight Smyrna Solomon soul stone Syria Temple thee thou thousand Tiberias tion tomb travellers trees Tyre unto valley village wall words yonder
Popular passages
Page 352 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, — Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Page 381 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Page 289 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 63 - And I saw another mighty Angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud : and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire...
Page 170 - The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, Thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; That saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground ? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, And though thou set thy nest among the stars, Thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
Page 55 - I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 316 - Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green : So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 204 - That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse ; So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destined urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud ; For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill.
Page 413 - Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: and blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Page 358 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day.