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Star Spangled Banner
American National Anthem Francis Scott Key Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched,
were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night,
That our flag was still there,
Oh say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
On the shore dimly seen throughout the mists of the deep
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes
What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream.
`Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so hauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and country, shall leave us no more?
Their blood was washed out their foul foot steps pollution
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh thus be it e'er when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that has made and preserved us a nation
And conquer we must when our cause is just
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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"The Masonic Ring" Those men who help my dad each day,
They wear those Mason rings.
A Square and Compass set in gold,
The praise of which I sing My dad, he hurt his back you know,
One cold and wintery day.
He slipped and fell upon the ice,
The insurance would not pay. And since that time those rings I see,
On hands that help us much.
With mowing lawns and hauling trash,
Each day my heart they touch. They even built a house for me,
Amid our backyard tree.
Where all the neighbor kids,
Would play with laughter full of glee. My Mom she cried from happiness,
The time the Masons came.
To aid our family in distress,
Without a thought of gain. And when I'm big, just like my dad,
Of this it must be told.
I want to wear a ring like his,
A Square and Compass gold. Long years have passed since when
My dad was in that plaster cast.
And since I swore that Solemn Oath,
Which unites us to the last. But more than that I'm proud to say,
I wear his Mason ring.
The one dad wore for many years,
Until his death this spring. And one last time his comrades came,
To aid my weeping mother.
They praised and bid a fond farewell,
To our fallen Brother. And after which MY son did ask,
About their Aprons white.
And of the rings upon their hands.
Of gold so shiny bright. With tearful eyes I said with pride,
They're men of spirit pure.
Those men who wear those Mason rings,
Of that you can be sure. And before he went to bed that night,
The family he foretold.
Someday I'll wear a ring like dad's,
A Square and Compass gold. Author Unknown
Freemasonry & the $1 BillIt's Only A Dollar
One of the many online activities I engage in regarding Freemasonry and frequent perusal of Yahoo! Answers is one of my favourites, all barring one little thing. Everyone asks the same questions!!! It is no surprise to me now that people seem to get such an absurd, uneducated and sometimes quite comical impression of Freemasonry when many can't even work out how to use a simple search facility to see their question has already been asked hundreds of times before!! Now one of the many things I admire about the American people is there partiotism and the pride they take in their history and achievements, so it always comes as both an unpleasent and surprising shock to see questions regarding the historical aspects of America, USA, and how people of said country try to enforce some really quite distasteful claims. Just a few minutes ago I, for what must be the 3rd, 5th or 7th time in as many days found myself responding to questions regarding the Dollar Bill and it's apparent proof of Masonic infiltration, farsical American history and general NWO clap trap. I used to find it somewhat amusing to begin with, and if I am honest I used to think "funny americans" but now it is almost concerning that people actually believe this stuff?? The American history is one of the best recorded, most envied and the detailing of most aspects is freely available, so how I ask do people even remotely believe such things? So for those who still think the Dollar Bill proves masonic control, is full of masonic symbols blah blah... 1) Benjamin Franklin was the only Mason on the first design committee, and his suggestions had no Masonic content. 2) None of the final designers of the seal were Masons. 3) The interpretation of the eye on the seal is subtly different from the interpretation used by Masons. 4) The eye in the pyramid is not nor has been a Masonic symbol
A committee was assembled in 1776, Independance Day no less, to create a seal for the new American nation.
This first committe consisted of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams, with Pierre Du Simitière as artist and consultant. Only Benjamin Franklin was a Mason, and he contributed nothing of a Masonic nature to the committee’s proposed design for a seal. Du Simitière, who was not a Mason, contributed several major design features that appeared in the final seal namely the shield, E Pluribus Unum, MDCCLXXVI, and the eye of providence in a triangle. The eye of providence usually being interpreted, by the un-educated, as one proof of "masonic influence" has an interesting history. First use of a single "eye" being in Egypt, as the Eye of Horus, it's appearance in the west was late 17th century, shown surrounded by clouds and by the early 18th century it was enclosed in a triangle as a more explicit trinitarian reference to the God of Christianity and considered a solely Christian symbol. Freemasonry was only just beginning in England and hadn't arrived in any other country by then. This symbol was added by a non-maons and at most you could say this part was influenced by the Christian Faith America was born with.
It is written by Hieronimus, on p. 81, “The single eye was a well-established artistic convention for an ‘omniscient Ubiquitous Deity’ in the medallic art of the Renaisance. Du Simitière, who suggested using the symbol, collected art books and was familiar with the artistic and ornamental devices used in Renaissance art.”
Congress declined the first committee’s suggestions as well as those of the second committee in 1780 commitee. Again as with the first the consultant, Francis Hopkinson, contributed a number of ideas that remained: “white and red stripes within a blue background for the shield, a radiant constellation of thirteen stars, and an olive branch.” Hopkinson’s greatest contribution to the current seal came from his design of a different note, the 1778 Colonial 50-dollar bill which is where we first see the unfinished pyramid. The third and final design committee produced the layout in 1782, which congress finally passed. Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, and William Barton, artist and consultant, they borrowed the elements mentioned previously from the earlier designs and sketched what became the official seal of the United States of America. The first mention of the "Masonic Influence" came in 1884 from Harvard Professor Eliot Norton who commented in writing that the reverse was “practically incapable of effective treatment; it can hardly, (however artistically treated by the designer,) look otherwise than as a dull emblem of a Masonic fraternity" The simple, and ONLY fact that remains are the remarks made by Thomson and Barton, and offer the only legitimate explination as to the meaning behind the symbolism, regardless of what anyone else may wish to cunjure up in their imagination “The Pyramid signified Strength and Duration: The Eye over it & the Motto allude to the many signal interpositions of providence in favor of the American cause.” The only element within the design that could be considered Masonic is the Eye of Providence, but the interpretation of it by the designers is very different from that used by the Masons. On the seal the eye represents the active intervention of God over men, and to bring it close to that of the Masonic use you would have to state it stands for a passive awareness by God of the activities of men. A change of words on paper yes, but the change in meaning is huge!. The amusing part of it all those, is the All Seeing Eye did not become incorporated into the emblems of Freemasonry until 14 years after it was introduced to the Seal of the United States, and that was enclosed in a half circle, not triangle, which also changes the meaning. The triangle is specficially used emblematically of the Trinity. Maybe we should be looking into America placing secret symbolism into Freemasonry LOL Only joking...
I had an EXTREMELY DISTURBING Vision @ 5am EST, Saturday, Novemeber 24, 2007. I had EXTREME INSOMNIA @ the TIME. In the Vision, I Began COUGHING/VOMITING My BLOOD, Along w/ ACID, OTHER BODILY FLUIDS & TOXINS of ALL KNIDS; This CONTINUED for SEVERAL HOURS, EVEN AWAKENING MOM!!! My BLOOD/ETC. was TOTALLY BLACK, FOUL SMELLING (IT EVEN ATE THROUGH EVERY CONTAINER INTO WHICH IT WENT!!!) EVENTUALLY, I Went to the Hospital ER, While There, I was (NATURALLY) Examined, however, the Doctors had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS (MY BASIC THOUGHT on the CAUSE Will FOLLOW)!!! They did EVERYTHING They COULD to TRY to SAVE ME, however, I Dies within a FEW HOURS!!! Their Efforts Included BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS (the Hospitals ENTIRE SUPPLY of A+ (My Blood Type) & ALL COMPATIBLE Types was Used (COMPLETELY DEPLETED, IN FACT)!!! They NAMED the DISEASE AFTER ME (Kristopherus Pollium Ex Sanguinus -- Christopher Polley's TOTAL LOSS of BLOOD)!!! SEVERAL YEARS AFTER My Death, the Doctors STILL HAD NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED My DISEASE!!! My BASIC THOUGHT is that it was in SPIRITUAL REALM, Whether GOD ALLOWED SATAN (or One or More of Satan's Minions) to TEST/TRY ME (ala JOB) or ANOTHER KIND of SPIRIT were Involved)!!! If ANY of You have the Anointing of the HOLY SPIRIT Regarding Interpreation of Dreams & Visions (or Know Someone Who Does), PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!! My PEACE of MIND, BODY, SOUL, SPIRIT DEPENDS ON IT!!! Esp. Given that the Vision was (EVEN NOW, it STILL IS) MORE REAL than "REALITY/the REAL WORLD"!!!
For My 1st Blog Entry, I Thought I'd Post the Basic Outline I Used for the Testimony I Delivered @ the Beginning of Sunday on the Morning of Sunday, August 5, 2007. TESTIMONY OF †JESUS† THE †CHRIST† THROUGH CHRISTOPHER W. POLLEY I. MY LIFE BEFORE MY BAPTISM II. MY LIFE BETWEEN MY BAPTISM & MY DECISION FOR †JESUS† A. My Baptism B. My 12 Day in Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital 1. My Bleeding & Blood Loss 2. My Surgery 3. My Blood Transfusions 4. The Blood Donations Done in My Name by Friends/Faith Family 5. My Home Rehab 6. My Epiphany/Affirmation/Confirmation of LOVE from GOD on 9/11/2001 C. Spiritually Adrift & Finding New Home 1. Feeling COMPLETELY Adrift, Spiritually 2. Wayne Gupton Bringing Me to House of Christian Fellowship 3. Feeling @ Home, as of 2nd Sunday III. MY LIFE SINCE MY DECISION FOR †JESUS† A. The Crises Which Led to My Decision for †JESUS† 1. Various Bouts of Severe Major Depression w/ Severe Anxiety/Panic Attacks 2. Feeling the HOLY SPIRIT Tell Me to be More Active in the Church 3. The Most Recent Crisis (the Direct Predecessor to My Decision for †JESUS†) B. My Decision for †JESUS† C. The Continual Improvement & Hopes for the Future
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