It contains numerous artistic steel engravings portraying Biblical narratives from designs and paintings by old masters and engraved by the celebrated English artist, John Stuart. The Bible is the King James Version, complete with the Apocrypha and elaborately supplemented with the historical, astronomical and legal data of that period. Officers then presiding: Jonathan Hampton, Master: William Butler, Senior Warden: Isaac Heron, Junior Warden.”Ībout The George Washington Inaugural Bible John’s Lodge constituted 5757 Burnt down 8th March, 5770 Rebuilt and opened November 28th, 5770. The deep gold lettering, distinctly clear on both covers, displays this inscription: The Bible was printed by Mark Baskett, printer by Royal Appointment to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, London 1767. Scarcely could the Brethren of the time have predicted that within a few short years the Colonies were to sever their ties with their mother country and the Bible was to become the very cornerstone of a new nation founded upon the Masonic principles of liberty and equality. At the time, printed Bibles were an expensive rarity and the Lodge was fortunate indeed to benefit from W. Jonathan Hampton, presented a replacement Bible to the Lodge. ![]() ![]() On November 28th, 1770, the Master of the St. ![]() In addition to losing its earliest records and Lodge furnishings, the original Lodge Bible was destroyed in the conflagration. John’s Lodge suffered a catastrophic fire at its old Lodge room at Scotch Street. Home » The Lodge » George Washington Inaugural BibleĪs one of the oldest Lodges in the United States of America, it is only fitting that our Altar Bible is an irreplaceable part of the fabric of American history.
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