A Masonic Manual Comprising Decisions of the M.S. Grand Lodge, F. and A.M. of the State of California, from Its Formation to the Present Time: Including Also: the Constitution of the Grand Lodge; the General Regulations; the Uniform Code of By-laws of Lodges ...

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Pagina 227 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Pagina 245 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets ; when the sound of the grinding is low...
Pagina 253 - Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased ; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away : his glory shall not descend after him.
Pagina 217 - Be thou, O God, exalted high; And as thy glory fills the sky, So let it be on earth displayed, Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.
Pagina 131 - You agree to hold in veneration the original rulers and patrons of the Order of Masonry, and their regular successors, supreme and subordinate, according to their stations...
Pagina 245 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them ; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain...
Pagina 131 - You agree to promote the general good of society, to cultivate the social virtues, and to propagate the knowledge of the art.
Pagina 253 - What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?
Pagina 229 - The Plumb is an instrument made use of by operative masons to raise perpendiculars; the Square to square their work; and the Level to lay horizontals...
Pagina 239 - And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity it, profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long and is kind: charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.

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