The gems of masonry : emblematic and descriptive (1859)
Sherer, John · Cincinnati : The Author · leaf 26
.1 John, was in the isle tliat is calledPatmos, for the word of God, and for thetestimony of Jesus Christ.—Bev. i, 9. Inthose days, came JoIhi tlie Baptist, preachingin the wilderness of Jiidea, and saying, Re-pent ye : for tl^ie kingdom of lieaven is athand.—MatL iii, 1. There was a man sentfrom… … Q. . .The tenet of broth-erly LOVE is a distiiio-uish-ing cliai-acteristic of mason-ly, as w^ell as of Christianity.To extend relief to the dis-tressed is likewise our ac-knowledged duty. Thesevirtues if suitably and pi-ac-ti cal 1 y e xe m pi i fie d, assim i la tea moral to those generousspirits…
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