Constitution Rules and Regulations ...: With an Appendix, Containing the Ceremonial Prayers, Charges and Forms ..

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Página 41 - King of saints; who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy ; for all nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Página 41 - Most Holy and Glorious Lord God, Thou Architect of heaven and earth, Who art the giver of all good gifts and graces, and hast promised that where two or three are gathered together in Thy Name, Thou wilt be in the midst of them...
Página 42 - Lord is gracious: to whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Página 43 - For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : as free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Página 49 - ... 5. That you will promote the general good of our order, and, on all proper occasions, be ready to give and receive instructions, and particularly from the (General and) State Grand Officers ? 6.
Página 42 - Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation : he that believeth shall not make haste.
Página 55 - The qualities which should recommend a Treasurer are accuracy and fidelity : accuracy in keeping a fair and minute account of all receipts and disbursements ; fidelity, in carefully preserving all the property and funds of the Chapter...
Página 43 - Unto you therefore which believe he is precious : but unto them which be disobedient, the Stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner...
Página 44 - Master, to dispense light and truth to the uninformed Mason; and I need not remind you of the impossibility of complying with this obligation without possessing an accurate acquaintance with the Lectures of each degree. "If you are not already completely conversant in all the degrees heretofore conferred on you, remember, that an indulgence, prompted by a belief that you will apply yourself with double diligence to make yourself so, has induced the brethren to accept you. "Let it, therefore, be your...
Página 58 - ... reputation. May your Chapter become beautiful as the Temple, peaceful as the Ark, and sacred as its most holy place. May your oblations of piety and praise be grateful as the incense; your love warm as its flame, and your charity diffusive as its fragrance.

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