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Ahiman Rezon: or, A Help to a Brother;(Dermott, Laurence) 1756

Author:- Dermott, Laurence

Date:- 1756 -

UGLE Classification:- BE 94 GRA (ANT) - Government and Organisation of the Craft: Constitutions and Laws, Texts

WMLMT Classification:- Constitutions,Regulations

Country of Origin:- England -

Order:- Craft (& Freemasonry General)

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Shewing the Excellency of Secrecy and the first cause, or motive of the Institution of Free-Masonry; the Principles of the Craft, and the benefits arising from a strict observance thereof; what sort of Men ought to be initiated into the Mystery; and what sort of Masons are fit to govern Lodges, with their Behaviour in and out of the Lodge. Likewise the Prayers used in the Jewish and Christian Lodges. The ancient manner of constituting New Lodges, with all the Charges, &c. Also theOld and New Regulations, the manner of choosing and installing Grand Masters and Officers, and other useful Particulars too numerous here to mention. To which is added the greatest collection of Masons Songs ever presented to public view, with many entertaining prologues and epilogues; together with Solomon’s Temple and Oratorio, as it was performed for the benefit of Free-Masons. By Brother LAURENCE DEHMOTT. London: Printed for the Editor, and sold by Brother James Bedford, at the Crown, in St. Paul’s Churchyard. 1756. The first edition of the Constitutions of the “Atholl” Masons or “Ancients,” is scarce, as with all such old publications. The other editions are 1764, 1778, 1787 (rarest of all, and its existence for some time questioned), 1800, 1801, 1807, and 1813. The last two have lists of Lodges, but not noted for their accuracy. There is scarcely another library anywhere that has such a set of these Laws and Regulations of the schismatic body.

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pp. 24. 209. 8¼”x4¾”. 1756.