Contrast Between The Old And New Knight Templars

measure , praised up Canadian Templarism , and the sum and snbstance of the difference amounts to this : The U . S . Templai " nee ( * uofc brieve in the Trinity , and can call their place of meeting Encampment or Commandery ; while the Canadian Templars must be Trinitarians , and name

their place of meeting " Priory . " He also claims that the Canadians have the old Templar ritual , and the United States Templars have a ritual manufactured by Thomas Smith Webb . Now , with all due respect to Bro . Moore , I beg to state that , in the first place , he knows no more

what the old Templars' ritual was like than he knows about the ritnal of the old pagan mysteries , or of the man in the moon . And , second , he should bear in mind that the old Order of Templars was not constituted to accord with a previous made ritual , but the ritual was

made to accord with the notions of the Templars . Now , it is true the Canadian Templars name their place of mee > ing " Priory , " bufc the priory of the old Templars was not merely a place of meeting , but ifc was their monastery , wherein all the Knight Templars lived in common , the

same as other Orders of Monks did in those days , and do now . To be sure , the old Templars believed in the Trinity , but they also had to believe in the infallibility of the Pope , in the necessity of making frequent confession for their sins , the necessity of Templars' celibacy , the necessity of

praying to the Virgin and holy saints , and , above all , the necessity of going to Jerusalem to kill the Infidel . Now , I venture to say thafc the Canadian Knight Templars bebelieve in no such notions , and have no such aspirations ; but , on the contrary , they , including their Grand Master

Frater Moore , despise the beliefs and notions of the old Templars as " Papal superstition . " "We now see the contrast between the old Templars and the new . The old Templars were soldiers , the new Templars are mere street paraders . The old Templars were strict Eoman Catholics ,

but the new Templars hate and despise Catholicism . And now I will go a step further , and suppose that a body of men dressed in the Canadian Knight Templar custom had entered the precincts of the old Knights Templars , and had called themselves Knights Templars .

The first impulse on the part of the old Knights Templars , I think , would have been a hearty laugh at the funnily dressed pretenders . Suppose , however , the new Templars had told the old Templars about their theological beliefs and disbeliefs , then the unanimous opinion of the old Templars

would have been thafc every one of the Canadian Templars deserved to die for heresy . Yes , the new Templars would have been doomed to death in spite of their swearing up and down thafc they were Trinitarians , and in spite of their calling their meeting place "Priory , " instead of

"Encampment " or " Commandery . " We see now , quiffe clear , that if any of our modern Templars had come into . contact with Grand Master De Molay , that our new Knights Templars would have laughed afc Grand Master De Molay for his " Papal superstition" and

, Grand Master De Molay would have mercilessly burnt the Masonic Templars for being heretics . But after all , notwithstanding Bro . Moore ' s shortcoming , it cannot be denied that he deserves the thanks of the Craffc

afc large , for frankly informing the deluded , pious , so-called , Masonic Templars , that Masonic Templarism at best is but & fraud , and I hope that the next step in the right direction Bro- Moore will take , will be to cut himself loose from Kni ght Templarism altogether . BOSTON , U . S ., 18 th July 1890 .

We learn from tho August number of the Quarterly Life-boat lir " ^ that the Koyal National Lifu-boat Institution has now 29 G p .-, t , ° . ' s nnde r its charge , and last year it granted rewards for saving "' . from shipwrecks on onr coast . At the present time V ' ctinmry aid is peculiarly needed , on account of the special onttav

c ' 3 being incurred by the Committee in replacing a considerable tl M ° f their life-boats by boats of the newest typo and possessing " l iitest improvements . Subscriptions will bo gratefully acknowj-ugeci by the Secretary , Mr . Charles Dibdin , at tho office of tho ^ atitntion , 14 John Street , Adelphi , W . C .

to tW nl X * OiiiMESi . —The attention of all sufferers is drawn * and ? ¦ 0 ™ remedies , for they possess conspicuous advantages as a and ' Win ! lit ^ in n 11 ttl 0 S ° emergencies to which travellers , emigrants wavfa ,. p ?" . V ' i especially liable . They have been largely patronised bv thoir vl .. "y Uu- '* •¦" -e'l . sea , and , in fact , by nil classes of the cominimitv . to

effective r i- iu , vanta S <"' . Tbe Pills are bcyoiid a 1 doubt one of the most f »* med in , r . •ov ' ' ^ covered for cases of obstinate conatination , conand in-p ,,, " ,- ' n aml colic ' complaint * which aro oi gendered by exposure Vice ir . ^ ! - . ' - l' 1 S- The Oiuimint will ha found of the viry greatest ser-•- - " -. u oi ] , i 0 i , aiKCBsscs , erysipelas , autl ail kinds of local ulceratioas .

The Theatres, &C.

THE THEATRES , & c .

Adelphi Theatre . —That the services of Mr . Geo . R . Sinn , the popular playwright and litterateur , and of Mr . liobert Buchanan , the equally successful dramatist and poet , should have been secured by Messrs . A . and S . Gatti for the purpose of constructing an Adelphi drama , is decidedly a new departure in the right direction ; and tha result of their collaboration is an admirable story , healthy in tone and

vigorous in principle . The play is in four acts , and is entitled " The English Eose . " It deals with the adventures of a spirited young Irishman named Harry O'Mailley , who , following out the Adelphi traditions , is falsely accused of an agrarian murder ; but considerable interest is evoked by the fact that his elder brother , a priest , is aware of the real culprit , the secret having boon confided to him under the

seal of the confessional . This inciddnt recalls a similar episode in " A Village Priest , " recently pUyed at tho Haymarket , and ia highly effective , leading as it does to some really fins acting . Of course Harry ' s sweetheart , Ethel Kingston—the English Eose—repudiate * the calumny , and sets to work to clear his honour andseoorehis fr < -.. dom . The web surrounding the innocent man is so closely WOT >

that there appears no hope of escape , but at the last moment Ramii . l O'Mara confesses his guilt , and the lovers are united . The sneveva of the piece was nevtr for a moment in question , though there are a few weak places that futnre performances will strengthen , and the management are once agaiu to be congratulated on their enterprising venture . Mr . Leonard Boyne enters heartily into the character of

Harry O'Mailley , playing with dash and abandon in the earlier scenes , and with considerable pathos where requisite . He is admirably assisted by Miss Olga Brandon , fresh from her triumphant rendering of Vashti Dethio at tho Shaftesbury Theatre , aud who quickly enlisted the sympathies of the audience , as Ethel Kingston . Great credit is due to Mr . J . D . Beveridge for his splendid acting as the old Knight

of Bally veeney , while Mr . Charles Dalton ns 0 Mara , Messrs . Abingdon , J . L . Shine and Lionel Rignold infuse great talent into their impersonations . Miss Mary Rorke does her best with the small part of Bridget O'Mara , but Mr . Thalberg should make a more careful study of the Irish priest . Miss Clara Jecks revels in one of those lighthearted characters whioh are her speciality at this theatre , aud Miss

Kate James , Mr . Bassett Roe , Messrs . Northcote and Mr , East undertake the minor characters with much spirit . The scenic artists , Messrs . Bruce Smith , Goatoher and Perkins , have surpassed themselves with their beautiful pictures and intricate mechanical changes , and Mr . William Sydney ia entitled to great praise for his stage supervision .

The following ladies and gentlemen will appear m the sporting and military drama , entitled " A Million oi Money , " whioh will be produced at Drury Lane early in the autumn : —Messrs . Charles Warner , Mark Quinton , Harry Nicholls , Fred Sheppard , Herbert Standing and Fred Dobell ; Mesdames Jessie Millward , Fanny Brough , and Alice Lingard .

To-night ( Saturday ) will be produced at the Gaiety , Mr . J . W . Pigott's comedy , " The Bookmaker , " which was successfully tried at Terry ' s some time ago . Mr . Nat Goodwin will play the part created by Mr . E . Terry , and he will be supported by Messrs . William Farren , Charles Glenny , Reeves Smith , George Dalziel , Eric Thorne , Fred Wood , and Walker . Misses Jenny M'Nulty , Christine Mayne , Adelaide Gunn , aud Carlotta Leclercq .

Mohawk Minstrels . —The holiday programme given nightly by this popular troupe of entertainers has , during the past week , proved most attractive . This is not to be wondered at when we look at the many clever and attractive items offered . To pnt the audience in a good humour Walter Howard sings the first song , " Oh ! what a world we are living in , " iu that peculiar style well known to

this clever comedian . This is followed by sentimental songs , by Frank Elsworth , F . Russon , A . Fowles , W . Lawson , R . Oliver , and Master F . Bentley , interspersed with comic effusions from G . D'Albert , Johnny Schofield , Little Thomas and Johnny Danvers . The game ia sustained throughout tho first part by Mr . Harry Hunter , tbe popular interlocutor , keeping the singers well up to the mark . ' The new

comicality , " Sewing Machine Agents , brings this section to a close . The characters are admirably sustained by Messrs . Thomas , Howard , Sutton , Schofield , and Danvers . In the second portion of the programme the Mohawks' Band of Banjos thoroughly interest the andience , after which Mr . Walter Howard sings a new song , entitled " My darling Clementine , " with banjo accompaniment . Messrs . Drew

and Alders make their reappearance in an eccentric acrobatic performance , while the now duett , "Mr . and Mrs . Mulligan , " causes roars of laughter , by the clever way in whioh it is rendered by the " Mohawk Johnnies " —Messrs . Danvers and Schofield . Mr . George D'Albert follows , with a cleverly executed song , aft-r which Little Thomas delights tho nudiei ce with a patho ? , entitled "She was true

to somebody eke . The choir then sang the glee " S ) h ! i ..-r ' s Love , " which is followed hy a cornot solo by Celiac Kottaun . Tlie programme is brought to a satisfactory conclusion with anew plantation sketch entitled " Poor Joe , the Orphan Slave . " Iu this the troupo keep up their reputation , and cause endless fun . We would , howover offer them a word of advice . When they are amusing themselves

with the sleeping nigger it would be as well if th n y left that portion of the fun oat which follows the tickling of the feet . We refer to what goes on when the nigger turns his back to the tormentors . It is not quits correct , and may cause offouco to some . Wo may Hdfdy say that the present program mo onght , and doubtless will , draw crowds to the Agricultural HaU for some time to come .

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