The gems of masonry : emblematic and descriptive (1859)
Sherer, John · Cincinnati : The Author · leaf 63
I.. .This affecting emblem, as masonically contemplated, has atwofold reference, peculiarly calculated to awaken reverence onthe one hand and devotion on the other.— Compiler, … J. . .Since ihe sentence of heaven has gone forth, In thesweat of thy face shale thou eat bread, it becomes us clieerfullyto submit, laboring industriously in our respective callings ; andthough we may be ashamed to beg, wliile we are in health, itis ever honorable to dig for golden or vegetable…
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