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On Freemasonry.
obtained his father ' s blessing . On the death of Isaac , Jacob fled to Padanaran to avoid the wrath of his brother , who , full y sensible of the value of the loss he had sustained , determined to avenge himself by violence . While journeying , overcome b y fatigue and distress , Jacob rested at a p lace called Lutz or Luz—the bare ground his couch , a stone his p illow . Here it was that the Almi g hty appeared to him in a wondrous vision .
" And he dreamed , and behold a ladder set upon the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . " And , behold , the Lord stood above it , and said , I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father , and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest , to thee will I give it , and to thy seed ;
" And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth , and thou shalt spread abroad to the west , and to the east , and to the north , and to the south : and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed . "—Genesis , chap . 28 .
This wondrous vision was intended as a warning to mankind never to despair ; to show that God is with us in the city or the desert , in the li ght of day or the darkness of ni g ht ; that in the midst of wretchedness and misery his power can protect and raise us from abasement to honour . The mystical allusion of the ladder and its staves is
doubtless understood b y every Mason . Jacob , after setting up a stone in token of God ' s covenant , departed for the East , and arrived where the servants of his uncle Laban tended their sheep . Here he remained for fourteen years , servingseven for each ofhis wives , Leah and Rachel , increasing in his flocks and worldly possessions till the time appointed b
y the Divine command for his return to the land ofhis father . While on his way , Esau , who had heard of his intention , hastened , at the head of a bod y of his followers , to meet him ; which circumstance alarming Jacob , for he knew his brother ' s disposition , he prayed to the God of his fathers for assistance , who permitted an angel to wrestle with him , in
token that he should not be overcome . At break of day the angel gave up the contest and changed the name of the patriarch into Israel , a name signifying , in Hebrew , a prince powerful with God and man . After an affectionate meeting with his brother , whose heart had been touched , they separated . Esau to the land of Seir , whose sovereignty he had won , and Jacob to Canaan ,
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On Freemasonry.
obtained his father ' s blessing . On the death of Isaac , Jacob fled to Padanaran to avoid the wrath of his brother , who , full y sensible of the value of the loss he had sustained , determined to avenge himself by violence . While journeying , overcome b y fatigue and distress , Jacob rested at a p lace called Lutz or Luz—the bare ground his couch , a stone his p illow . Here it was that the Almi g hty appeared to him in a wondrous vision .
" And he dreamed , and behold a ladder set upon the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . " And , behold , the Lord stood above it , and said , I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father , and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest , to thee will I give it , and to thy seed ;
" And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth , and thou shalt spread abroad to the west , and to the east , and to the north , and to the south : and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed . "—Genesis , chap . 28 .
This wondrous vision was intended as a warning to mankind never to despair ; to show that God is with us in the city or the desert , in the li ght of day or the darkness of ni g ht ; that in the midst of wretchedness and misery his power can protect and raise us from abasement to honour . The mystical allusion of the ladder and its staves is
doubtless understood b y every Mason . Jacob , after setting up a stone in token of God ' s covenant , departed for the East , and arrived where the servants of his uncle Laban tended their sheep . Here he remained for fourteen years , servingseven for each ofhis wives , Leah and Rachel , increasing in his flocks and worldly possessions till the time appointed b
y the Divine command for his return to the land ofhis father . While on his way , Esau , who had heard of his intention , hastened , at the head of a bod y of his followers , to meet him ; which circumstance alarming Jacob , for he knew his brother ' s disposition , he prayed to the God of his fathers for assistance , who permitted an angel to wrestle with him , in
token that he should not be overcome . At break of day the angel gave up the contest and changed the name of the patriarch into Israel , a name signifying , in Hebrew , a prince powerful with God and man . After an affectionate meeting with his brother , whose heart had been touched , they separated . Esau to the land of Seir , whose sovereignty he had won , and Jacob to Canaan ,