Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-24


Masonry:
Stree Masonry informed, was reducad 10 rules al
tho budipe of Soomons Temple and there every reason
10 believe that bond OF union was necessary III SUCH
coupregated mass Of worEmeu ~
"The number of employed in building the temple
was one hundred and thirteen thousand six hundred besides
the men of burden, NOT Free AasohS' WIZ anouA'e "
enty thousand more .,-,o .,, ,o,o,,od j.; rho
fouh wear of Solomons reign the third after the death OF
David and the 4Sh year after the passage OF the hebrews
through the Red Sea. The building commenced IN NOUN
Moriah Monday, the second day OF the month ~ "'c
answers to the 2ls of April and it was finished IN al
parts In little than seven years. on Inc otn Gay Oh e
month Bull which answers 23d day Of October being
the second month Of !hs saijS
man what was necessary Join the several o,r ,os
getner All the noise OF the axe hammer and vas
lined TO the forests Of Lebanon and the quares and ,n
Le5eoaoe that nothing might be heard among the
OF Zion but harmony and peace.' ~ 1'"'oA'
We are pleased 10 "Arhurs Home Gazette lending
It's aid to expose the miserable humbug called tsnt ran
pings" Mr. a. is, we believe, Swedenborgian, and ne
cannot De duped by such shallow articles as were used 10
get persons of his belief favor nposture Eastern
des and those regonsts who believe Christ TO have been
mere man. and his miracles the result of juegie-y or
meT1s, can swallow all the jargon of sprt-rappinps
sounds taps and ridiculous voices Swedenborg SAYS:
spiritual sound though loud cannot at all be heard bv nm
1uTa man nor natural sound by sprs 1.-THE holy spirit
which proceeds solely from the Lord operates on man
cepoy and enables him to comprehend spiritual truths af
God is omnipreset when he desires to communicate with
man. w be impossible for the latter doubt as to the ma
.ute o. e revesnon The services to be performed or the
mission 70 De established He who is every where
will not descend to mediums arc guilty. of
low tricks or frt through the with rude bows and
prohgae men, God made mediums of poor fishermen md
Of virtuous but humble women TO man The
lasting gospel but the lovely Mary the vieant PsuI The
learned Luxe the amiable John, the INDECENT widow the
wealthy Joanna wife of Herods steward and Susanna and
the humble Mary sister of Martha were all Undecided BY
sensuates such mark of the pretended IN .p o
Rochester and other places. -
For some, who have been deuded we can excuse them.
let charity have its full weights but some editors who at
!emPt 10 make money out of base motive have moth
ing but contempt. ~
eion, Is not strange to u.s. For Luther who possessed
great mnd was the dupe of most singular fancy He
says mat ne held many conferences with the devil which
caused him many bitter nights and much restless and wna
fsome IePose no longer wonder that the he
SAILS IN TINS way are found dead in bed am of onn;nn
naI oesner ana and others in that manner
came oy their Deaths The devil profoundly "in
grave and yet shril voice. have eaten busbel of
ssi WIN Num- ne sleeps with me frequently and lies
Johnson the great photographers believed in the
Lane London ghost and died in the full assurance
o hao seen SPIRIT which, after his death was proved
10 De TICK OF some mischievous rowdies 49,
out few years since witchcraft and ma oc xe,o
died by most persons. The Arabians Negroes snrIo
ons, and Scandinasians nbued with the i6s, h,
could be bewtched hence bowls hawks ginss anS
SHOES were nailed the doors keep out the wicked
OF spirits These things are also old the Vsgoths
ana Romans OF an early and pagan age Devils were said
10 meet In houses on Saturday night fly up chimneys ride
the at on oroomscks brushwood or enter cats and NAV
od boy with sleeping dogs whose dreams often revive
Inc r ola IDEA among the supersti,ious.
The word Bob used to frghten children i, mama of
son OF tne goo od the great deity of the Scandna
whose name was used TO strike into their enemies for
The latter fancied they could Bob and the skies ed
with his troops of demons But these day
gone TO their final rest-the application of magic il endless
ana al we nave 10 say oy way Of argument who dis
uro the dead-Boh and the foolish divinators and
nances laugh at their stupidity but dishonesty
'eeps nose from dvuging the cheat! Wheeling Argus