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A Contribution to the History of the Lost Word by the Rev. J. F. Garrison, M.D. (1889). HISTORY OF THE LOST WORD — ANXIETY OF THE ANCIENTS TO KNOW THE TRUE NAME — ITS PRESUMED POWERS — THE TARGUMS — THE SACRED WORD TRACED TO THE JEWS — JEHOVAH, OR J. H. V. H. — SUBSTITUTE — PRONUN CIATION OF THE TRUE NAME LOST — HOW RECEIVED BY THE HIGH-PRIEST — SCRIPTURES READ IN THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUES — TEMPLE FOR THE NAME — QUEEN OF SHEBA VISITS SOLOMON TO OBTAIN THE “WORD” — IT IS CONCEALED IN A ROD — ITS POTENCY — HINDOO OMNIFIC WORD — TETRAGRAMMATON — ESSENES: HOW CONSTITUTED — EAGERNESS TO OBTAIN THE DIVINE NAME — ABRAXAS — THE GNOSTICS — CABALA — POINT WITHIN A CIRCLE — THE YOD — LIGHT — JEWISH WISDOM, STRENGTH, AND BEAUTY — JEHOVAHS IN TRIANGLES — THREE LIGHTED CANDLES — IMPORTANCE OF CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THIS SUBJECT.