Armageddon... a Lamb stood on it and with him 144,000! (Rev. 14:1)

Text: none Quote: The name "Columbia," by George H. Moore   .   .   .   .   .   159    Dr. George H. Moore , of New York, being called upon by the President, presented and read the following communication:—    The approach of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus revives universal interest in the history of the man and the event. [...] [...] "their Conquests and Acquisitions in Columbia  (which is the Lilliputian name for the country that answers our America )." 1 [...] 1 Gentleman's Magazine, vol. viii. p. 285. [...] So far as I have been able to find out, this Lilliputian name for the country answering to English America was the first appearance of "Columbia"   anywhere. Moore, George H., "The name 'Columbia,'" Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society [Boston: Pu...

Text: none Quote: 25. ELISHA CULLEN DICK— Born in 1750 or 1752, Chester Co., Pa. [...] One of the founders and for some years Worshipful Master of the first lodge of Masonry in Alexandria, chartered in 1783, and which became Alexandria Lodge in 1788, with Gen. George Washington as Worshipful Master. After the retirement of General Washington, in 1789, Dr. Dick was re-elected and served for some years. He conducted the Masonic ceremonies at the laying of the corner stone of the District of Columbia, April 15, 1791, at Jones Point, at the mouth of Hunting Creek, below Alexandria, and when the corner stone of the Capitol at Washington was laid, in 1793, he marched arm-in-arm with Washington and took part with the latter in the ceremonies. He also conducted the Masonic services at the funeral and burial of General Washington, and presided at the Lodge of Sorrow. [...] Before going from Alexandria to Jones' Point he invoked the blessing that t...