-
Articles/Ads
Article AN ACCOUNT OF THE ROYAL CUMBERLAND FREEMASONS' SCHOOL. ← Page 5 of 5 Article THE CHARACTER OF SALADINE, Page 1 of 4 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Account Of The Royal Cumberland Freemasons' School.
QUALIFICATION OF CHILDREN FOR ADMISSION . First , That" no Child can be admitted under the full age of five years , nor above the age of nine years , nor any Child that is strumous , or afflicted with any infirmity , or who has not had the small And
pox . , JT . Secondly , Every Child applying for admission must produce the four following Certificates , viz . . . A Certificate from the Master and Wardens ( for the time being ) of the Lodge where the father was made a Mason ; or from a Lodge where he is or has been a Member . . A Certificate from the Grand Secretaryof the father having been
, duly registered as a Mason ( if made since the year 17 6 S ) . A Register of her age , from the parish where she was born , or other satisfactory proof thereof ; and a Certificate from some one of the medical Governors , of the present state of her health . S . J .
The Character Of Saladine,
THE CHARACTER OF SALADINE ,
SULTAN OF EGYPT AND SYRIA . HISTORY , which is often but one continued recital ofinjus * tice and cruelty , seems to afford mankind some consolation , when , in the midst of so many crimes , she stops to relate some acts of clemency and moderation : what is singular upon this occasion isthat we find these traits in the person of a prince whom
his-, torians class among the list of barbarians ; but would they not themselves be barbarians so little to acknowledge virtue ! Though Saladine is celebrated by his conquest , he derives his real glory from his pacific virtues . From his youth he testified none of those impetuous passions which often bespeak extraordinary genius , nor did any one circumstance presage his future greatness ; it seems ,
even by his history , that if fortune herself had not placed him . upon the throne , he never would have made any efforts to reach it ; so greatly do circumstances change and display the real characters of men . This prince was originally of the nation called Kurdes , a savage people divided into tribes , who having fixed their habitation in Syria , on the banks-of the Tyger , gave to that country the
name of Kurdistan . His father , Ayoub , impatient- to exert his courage , quitted his own country in his youth , with one of his brothers named Schirkouh , and went in quest of employment to the governor of Bagdat , who commanded there in the name of the Seljoucide ' s . This governor having had testimonies of Ayoub ' s bravery , gave him the government of Tekvit , a place situated upon the-western banks of the Tyger , Here Saladine drew his first breath , in , 1137 .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Account Of The Royal Cumberland Freemasons' School.
QUALIFICATION OF CHILDREN FOR ADMISSION . First , That" no Child can be admitted under the full age of five years , nor above the age of nine years , nor any Child that is strumous , or afflicted with any infirmity , or who has not had the small And
pox . , JT . Secondly , Every Child applying for admission must produce the four following Certificates , viz . . . A Certificate from the Master and Wardens ( for the time being ) of the Lodge where the father was made a Mason ; or from a Lodge where he is or has been a Member . . A Certificate from the Grand Secretaryof the father having been
, duly registered as a Mason ( if made since the year 17 6 S ) . A Register of her age , from the parish where she was born , or other satisfactory proof thereof ; and a Certificate from some one of the medical Governors , of the present state of her health . S . J .
The Character Of Saladine,
THE CHARACTER OF SALADINE ,
SULTAN OF EGYPT AND SYRIA . HISTORY , which is often but one continued recital ofinjus * tice and cruelty , seems to afford mankind some consolation , when , in the midst of so many crimes , she stops to relate some acts of clemency and moderation : what is singular upon this occasion isthat we find these traits in the person of a prince whom
his-, torians class among the list of barbarians ; but would they not themselves be barbarians so little to acknowledge virtue ! Though Saladine is celebrated by his conquest , he derives his real glory from his pacific virtues . From his youth he testified none of those impetuous passions which often bespeak extraordinary genius , nor did any one circumstance presage his future greatness ; it seems ,
even by his history , that if fortune herself had not placed him . upon the throne , he never would have made any efforts to reach it ; so greatly do circumstances change and display the real characters of men . This prince was originally of the nation called Kurdes , a savage people divided into tribes , who having fixed their habitation in Syria , on the banks-of the Tyger , gave to that country the
name of Kurdistan . His father , Ayoub , impatient- to exert his courage , quitted his own country in his youth , with one of his brothers named Schirkouh , and went in quest of employment to the governor of Bagdat , who commanded there in the name of the Seljoucide ' s . This governor having had testimonies of Ayoub ' s bravery , gave him the government of Tekvit , a place situated upon the-western banks of the Tyger , Here Saladine drew his first breath , in , 1137 .