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My friends— you may inquire why the Masonic Order Was invited to lay the corner stone. More than 3,000 years ago the Lord said unto Abraham, "Take now thy son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." Abraham did as he was commanded. He, his son, Isaac, and two young men with them, traveled three days and on the third day Abraham saw the place afar off. Now, when Abraham had seen the place, he said to the young men, "abide ye here, and I and the lad will go yonder and worship and come again to you." Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it upon his son Isaac, and he took the fire in his hand and a knife and they went both of them together "The altar was built, the wood placed thereon, Isaac placed upon the wood and Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay

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