The gems of masonry : emblematic and descriptive (1859)
Sherer, John · Cincinnati : The Author · leaf 56
er the similitude of a palace, and,like a mirror, reflected the image of Deity—the holy of holies was filled with the in-cense of seraphic adoration—kindled by a flame from the altar ofGod. To the horns of this spiritual altar, we may betake our-selves and be forever safe from the… … 44 MOST EXCELLENT MASTER. the smile of conscience and of heaven, the faithful performance ofour respective duties in life is our purest consolation.— Compiler,
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