The gems of masonry : emblematic and descriptive (1859)
Sherer, John · Cincinnati : The Author · leaf 23
mples, contained and recordedin this book, are held in the highest veneration by every trulymasonic brother, insomuch that he who esteems it not is ignorantof the first great luminary of the world. The bible is, at once,our guide in this world, and our passport to a better.—Mon. 49.—Phillips 4, 5,… … G. . .This representation of the floor of the temple is an emblemof human life, variegated with pleasure and pain, prosperity andadversity. The border surrounding it, is figurative of the bless-ings of eternity, which can be enjoyed only by the faithful. Theblazing star in the center is an emblem…
Freemasonry
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Franc. Ern. Bruckmanni, med. doct. acad. caesar. nat. cur. et soc., reg. Pruss. Scient. Colleg. et practic. Wolffenb. Epistola itineraria I-[XII] .. (1728)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-francernbruckman00bruc-17-0.webp)
