. The book of the chapter : or, Monitorial instructions, in the degrees of mark, past and most excellent master, and the holy Royal arch. ing of the Jews into captivity, ends thefirst clause of the Royal Arch reception. 117 SECOND CLAUSE. The second clause commences by a reference to that happyperiod when Cyrus, having overthrown the Chaldean dy-nasty, restored the captive Jews to liberty and permittedthem to return to Jerusalem for the purpose of rebuildingthe house of the Lord. The ceremonies begin by a recital of the following pas-sages of Scripture: C.\ H/. Now in the first year of Cyrus,
. The book of the chapter : or, Monitorial instructions, in the degrees of mark, past and most excellent master, and the holy Royal arch. ing of the Jews into captivity, ends thefirst clause of the Royal Arch reception. 117 SECOND CLAUSE. The second clause commences by a reference to that happyperiod when Cyrus, having overthrown the Chaldean dy-nasty, restored the captive Jews to liberty and permittedthem to return to Jerusalem for the purpose of rebuildingthe house of the Lord. The ceremonies begin by a recital of the following pas-sages of Scripture: C.\ H/. Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, theLord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia,that he made a proclamation throughout all his king-dom, and put it also in writing, saying : Thus saithCyrus, king of Persia, the Lord God of heaven hathgiven me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hathcharged me to build him an house at Jerusalem,which is in Judah. Who is there among you of allhis people? his God be with him, and let him go upto Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the houseof the Lord God of Israel, which is in Jerusalem.* ? Ezra L 1-^. 118 BOOK OF THE CHAPTER. And Moses said unto God, Behold! when I comeunto tlie children of Israel, and shall say unto them,the God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, andthey shall say to me, What is his name ? Wliat shallI say to them ? ^* And God said unto Moses, I am that I am : Andthus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I amhath sent me unto The Egyptians worshipped the Sun as their cliicf deity,under the appellation of ON, and it was to distinguish him-self as the true and only God that Jehovah in the passagejust recited instructed Moses to inform the Iraelites that hecame to them by the authority of him who was I AM THATI AM, which term signifies the Self Existent Being. Thismethod of denoting the Supreme Deity was adopted by theJews under the teachings of Moses, and distinguished themfrom all heathen nation
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