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Order of Service |
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First Masonic Service |
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[Liturgy] |
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[London] |
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[Masonic]Lodge of Tranquility No. 185 |
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1923 |
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This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
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Physical
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Only edition. 15, [1] pp., 183:125 mm. light age staining. A very good copy bound in the original wrappers. |
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A souvenir program of the First Masonic Service held in a synagogue in England. It took place at the Brondesbury Synagogue on Sunday, October 28, 1923. [Brondesbury is a section of London]. The service was to raise moneyfor the Jews' Hospital and Orphan Asylum of west Norwood and for the Freemasons' Hospital and Nursing Home of Fulham Road in London. It was organized by the Lodge of Tranquility No. 185 and supported by eight other lodges. |
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The service consisted of processional (including "Tler with drawn sword and Deacons with wands") accompanied by a processinal hymn.This was followed by readings from "The Sacred Law" , verses from Psalm xix, a Masonic Hymn, a prayer, another psalm, a Bible reading, a prayer for the King and the Royal Family, another hymn, a sermon, another psalm and a reading from Isaiah, a "Collection", a prayer and then the Priestly Benediction, concluding with the Masonic Closing Hymn. "The Volume of the Sacred Law" was then closed while verses from Isaiah and Joshua were recited. This was followed by Adon Olam, another psalm and the National Anthem.Then there was a recession of the clergy and the Freemasons. |
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Jews had also been involved to a small extent in the formation of
modern Freemasonry in the early 1700's in England. Until then Jews were not permitted to participate in many of the ordinary activities of life. Then the Enlightenment concept of the universality of all people brought about a society where people's religious beliefs did not affect their rights as citizens. Jews were gradually permitted to exercise the rights of citizenship and to pursue their lives as they wished.
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Reference
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http://www.faqs.org/faqs/judaism/FAQ/09-Antisemitism/section-8.html |
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