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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
Shap , in Cumberland , where the idol is placed without the temple , and in each case was of great altitude . * We find vestiges of this practice not onl y in the east , ancl near the confines of the Hol y Land , but in the remotest regions of the west . The earl y population of America sacrificed their human victims before a sacred pillar , which
served also to measure , says Humboldt , the solstitial and equinoctial shadows ; or , in other words , like the pyramids of Egypt , to answer the purpose of a dial to mark the progress of time . And this is agreeable with the usages of all ancient nations who practiced the Sabian idolatry . They entertained a peculiar veneration for such rude cokxmns , which were esteemed sacred to the ereat luminaries that .
govern the day and ni g ht , aud their stone circles were transcri pts of the solar orb . This abomination was forbidden in the Mosaic law . « Ye shall not set up a stone pillar , SnjKr / v avaimjtrere vpiv , neither shall ye place in your land a stone to be looked on in adoration , \ L 6 OV O-KOWOV _ V <^< = ev ¦ rij yn vpav Trpoo-Kvurjo-at avrco . "f
It should appear that this famous stone of foundation was left at Bethel for a testimony of the remarkable favours of Jehovah towards the descendants of Abraham and Isaac ; because , many years afterwards , when Jacob had fled from Laban , accompanied b y his wives and children , and cattle , and all his substance , God commanded him to take up his residence at Bethel , and rebuild his family altar for sacrifice and worshi p ; and tradition does not furnish the sli ghtest
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
Shap , in Cumberland , where the idol is placed without the temple , and in each case was of great altitude . * We find vestiges of this practice not onl y in the east , ancl near the confines of the Hol y Land , but in the remotest regions of the west . The earl y population of America sacrificed their human victims before a sacred pillar , which
served also to measure , says Humboldt , the solstitial and equinoctial shadows ; or , in other words , like the pyramids of Egypt , to answer the purpose of a dial to mark the progress of time . And this is agreeable with the usages of all ancient nations who practiced the Sabian idolatry . They entertained a peculiar veneration for such rude cokxmns , which were esteemed sacred to the ereat luminaries that .
govern the day and ni g ht , aud their stone circles were transcri pts of the solar orb . This abomination was forbidden in the Mosaic law . « Ye shall not set up a stone pillar , SnjKr / v avaimjtrere vpiv , neither shall ye place in your land a stone to be looked on in adoration , \ L 6 OV O-KOWOV _ V <^< = ev ¦ rij yn vpav Trpoo-Kvurjo-at avrco . "f
It should appear that this famous stone of foundation was left at Bethel for a testimony of the remarkable favours of Jehovah towards the descendants of Abraham and Isaac ; because , many years afterwards , when Jacob had fled from Laban , accompanied b y his wives and children , and cattle , and all his substance , God commanded him to take up his residence at Bethel , and rebuild his family altar for sacrifice and worshi p ; and tradition does not furnish the sli ghtest