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Title: The gems of masonry : emblematic and descriptive
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Sherer, John
Subjects: Freemasonry
Publisher: Cincinnati : The Author
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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ssued by John Sherer, Esq.,and done in the celebrated establishment of Sarony & Major,of New York. In size it is twenty by twenty-six inches, theproper dimensions for mapping and framing. The quality ofpaper upon which it is printed is of the very best in strength,tint and texture, that can be manufactured. In every wayit does credit to the subject, the publisher, and the large andrespectable class to whom he now confidently appeals forpatronage. The hope is entertained that this first attemptamong our own countrymen to perpetuate the past glories ofthe City of Peace, the ancient Salem, will be met in aspirit of liberal encour^agement and support. To give the reader a correct description of this splendidpicture we commence with an outline sketch illustrating thegradual formation of Jerusalem.-i^ As the Israelites stood on the elevated peaks of Moab, and * For most of the details of this description the writer is indebtedto Bartletts Walks About .Jerusalem, a work of rare merit.(2)
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4 looked with eager gaze west and north-west across the long,deep basin of the river Jordan, a wild chaos of hills andbroken country in the horizon, met their view. In the midstof these was the hill-fort of the Jebusites, the almost impreg-nable city, afterward Jerusalem, or the City of Peace. Thiswas the key to the whole range, and proved the last of theirconquests in Canaan. At that period only the left hand, orsouthern portion was built up, called the Hill or Mountainof Sion. This was alike the boldest and most extensive.It was separated from Moriah on the north-east, and Acraon the north, by a narrow ravine, afterward styled the Tyro-peon ; on the south and west the Valley of Hinnom made asure defense from all attacks. The desperate resolution of theinhabitants against the onset of Davids host, as detailed inthe II. Book of Samuel, Chap, v., evinces alike the strengthof the position, and the importance attached by that greatcaptain to its possession. And the king and his men went

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