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Present State Of Free Masonry.
™„ S ? ' CHA - ^ RIGHT ' mm wh 0 ad ^ unassuming modesty to very extensive Masonic knowled ge ; and at the same time conducts the great work with a becoming firmness worthy the importance of the occasion The exalted Order of the lUzoZt is attended to and practised b y both Lodges-and a very ancient and mysterious degree of Masonry , THE PASSAGE OP THE BDOB h here known and cultivated . ' - ls
A Brief History Of The Religious And Military Order Of The Knights Templars Of St. John Of Jerusalem.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST . JOHN OF JERUSALEM .
BY J . JVATKIN S , LL . D .
THE force of enthusiasm was ' never exhibited in more vivid colours , diversified with more striking and ' extraordinary circumstances , and attended with more beneficial effects , than in those romantic expeditions which were carried on by the full union ' of the European nations for the purpose of wresting Palestine , and particularly its holcapitalfrom the dominion of the crescent
y , , and restorinait to that of the cross . ' ' ' ° Among the beneficial effects which resulted from the Croisaid ° s we may reckon , as one of the chief , the opening of a communication between the northern parts of Europe and Asia ; and the vast stores of knowledge which were thereb y disclosed to their view . ' And of the striking circumstances which characterised them that
of the institution of the Military Orders is by no means to be accounted one of the least . ¦ The history of those reli gious kni ghts excites sentiments of wonder and veneration , while , at the same time , it throws a strong and illustrating-stream of light upon general history ; and , here I shall venture to add , also upon that of Freemasonry .
We shall see , in a very striking point of view , a close and admirable connexion between an institution which is ' universal W the atmosphere as to its embracing men of every kindred or clime , and that which obliged its professors to a perpetual hostility against the enemies of the Christian banner . ' The seven Asiatic churches after illuminating the rerion where
, human nature suffered a dismal' eclipse by its defection from its autnor , and waeie also it received again the li ght of the divine favour in the ascension of the Sun of Ri ghteousness , had their candlesticks removed and their lights extinguished , agreeable to the prediction of the last of the prophets . ¦ l : ~
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Present State Of Free Masonry.
™„ S ? ' CHA - ^ RIGHT ' mm wh 0 ad ^ unassuming modesty to very extensive Masonic knowled ge ; and at the same time conducts the great work with a becoming firmness worthy the importance of the occasion The exalted Order of the lUzoZt is attended to and practised b y both Lodges-and a very ancient and mysterious degree of Masonry , THE PASSAGE OP THE BDOB h here known and cultivated . ' - ls
A Brief History Of The Religious And Military Order Of The Knights Templars Of St. John Of Jerusalem.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST . JOHN OF JERUSALEM .
BY J . JVATKIN S , LL . D .
THE force of enthusiasm was ' never exhibited in more vivid colours , diversified with more striking and ' extraordinary circumstances , and attended with more beneficial effects , than in those romantic expeditions which were carried on by the full union ' of the European nations for the purpose of wresting Palestine , and particularly its holcapitalfrom the dominion of the crescent
y , , and restorinait to that of the cross . ' ' ' ° Among the beneficial effects which resulted from the Croisaid ° s we may reckon , as one of the chief , the opening of a communication between the northern parts of Europe and Asia ; and the vast stores of knowledge which were thereb y disclosed to their view . ' And of the striking circumstances which characterised them that
of the institution of the Military Orders is by no means to be accounted one of the least . ¦ The history of those reli gious kni ghts excites sentiments of wonder and veneration , while , at the same time , it throws a strong and illustrating-stream of light upon general history ; and , here I shall venture to add , also upon that of Freemasonry .
We shall see , in a very striking point of view , a close and admirable connexion between an institution which is ' universal W the atmosphere as to its embracing men of every kindred or clime , and that which obliged its professors to a perpetual hostility against the enemies of the Christian banner . ' The seven Asiatic churches after illuminating the rerion where
, human nature suffered a dismal' eclipse by its defection from its autnor , and waeie also it received again the li ght of the divine favour in the ascension of the Sun of Ri ghteousness , had their candlesticks removed and their lights extinguished , agreeable to the prediction of the last of the prophets . ¦ l : ~