The gems of masonry : emblematic and descriptive (1859)
Sherer, John · Cincinnati : The Author · leaf 50
.Placed, as this figure is, among the affecting emblems of mor-tality, she seems looking beyond the grave to the regions oflastino blessedness. 0. . .For therein is the righteousness of God revealed fromfaith to faith : as it is written, The just shall live by faith.—Rom. i, 17. Therefore we… … A—FR A Y E R. A... The repetition of this emblem, in each successive stepof masonry, is peculiarly calculated to impress the memorywith our constant obligation to piety and devotion. Were thebenefactions of Providence but partially or unfrequently enjoyed,perhaps we might forget that return of…
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