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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
master ; at another , slanderously accused of a crime which his soul abhorred , and injuriously thrust into a public prison as a malefactor ; now with his feet hurt in the stocks , and the iron entering into his soul ; and now arrayed in vestures of fine linen , as ruler over all the land of Egypt , wearing the gold chainand riding in the second chariot of Pharoah
, , whilst the people cried before him— " bow the knee , "—this illustrious patriarch appears to have uniformly maintained the same virtuous character , and to verify the observation of the Egyptian monarch , " that it was difficult to find such an one as this is , a man in whom is the spirit of God . " Thus providentially rescued from the jaws of famine , the
patriarch Jacob passed , with all his household and substance , into Egypt , taking with him the famous stone , which appeared to be connected with the prosperity of his family , and was consequently regarded by him as a sacred heirloom , to be transferred in safety to his children . When he arrived at Beersheba he offered a sacrifice on the stone , surmounted by an altar of earth , and was comforted and supported in a vision of the night , by a promise of the Divine protection for himself and his posterity .
Joseph met the aged patriarch at his entrance into the land of Egypt , and welcomed him with the kindest tokens of filial love and reverence , and after he had presented him at the court of Pharoah , he placed him in the province of Goshen , and nourished him with the best fruits of the country during the remainder of his life . The filial piety of Joseph
met with its reward ; for at the death of Jacob , the patriarch invested him and his two sons with a peculiar blessing ; and bequeathed to him that mysterious stone , which appeared to be endowed with so many virtues . Joseph embalmed the body of his father with princely magnificence , after the manner of the Egyptians , and removing it to the land of
Canaan , he buried it in the cave or sepulchre at Machpelah , the tomb of Abraham and Isaac , which had been purchased of Ephron , the Hittite , for four hundred shekels of silver . And there they mourned seven days , with a great and very sore lamentation . And when the Canaanites , the inhabitants of the landsaw the mourning in the floor of Atadthey
, , said , " This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians ;" wherefore the name 01 it was called Abelmizraim , which is beyond Jordan . Freemasons are accustomed to esteem Joseph as one of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
master ; at another , slanderously accused of a crime which his soul abhorred , and injuriously thrust into a public prison as a malefactor ; now with his feet hurt in the stocks , and the iron entering into his soul ; and now arrayed in vestures of fine linen , as ruler over all the land of Egypt , wearing the gold chainand riding in the second chariot of Pharoah
, , whilst the people cried before him— " bow the knee , "—this illustrious patriarch appears to have uniformly maintained the same virtuous character , and to verify the observation of the Egyptian monarch , " that it was difficult to find such an one as this is , a man in whom is the spirit of God . " Thus providentially rescued from the jaws of famine , the
patriarch Jacob passed , with all his household and substance , into Egypt , taking with him the famous stone , which appeared to be connected with the prosperity of his family , and was consequently regarded by him as a sacred heirloom , to be transferred in safety to his children . When he arrived at Beersheba he offered a sacrifice on the stone , surmounted by an altar of earth , and was comforted and supported in a vision of the night , by a promise of the Divine protection for himself and his posterity .
Joseph met the aged patriarch at his entrance into the land of Egypt , and welcomed him with the kindest tokens of filial love and reverence , and after he had presented him at the court of Pharoah , he placed him in the province of Goshen , and nourished him with the best fruits of the country during the remainder of his life . The filial piety of Joseph
met with its reward ; for at the death of Jacob , the patriarch invested him and his two sons with a peculiar blessing ; and bequeathed to him that mysterious stone , which appeared to be endowed with so many virtues . Joseph embalmed the body of his father with princely magnificence , after the manner of the Egyptians , and removing it to the land of
Canaan , he buried it in the cave or sepulchre at Machpelah , the tomb of Abraham and Isaac , which had been purchased of Ephron , the Hittite , for four hundred shekels of silver . And there they mourned seven days , with a great and very sore lamentation . And when the Canaanites , the inhabitants of the landsaw the mourning in the floor of Atadthey
, , said , " This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians ;" wherefore the name 01 it was called Abelmizraim , which is beyond Jordan . Freemasons are accustomed to esteem Joseph as one of