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The Deserter.
you . Unloose my mother's arms from about my neck , father , and give hie your blessing—comfort her when I am gone . " " Fritz , " said the old man , solemnly , " you stand upon the verge of eternity . Is thy mind subjected to the will of God ? " " I am content to die . God ' s will he clone . " The sobs of the wretched mother , whose fortitude had quite forsaken herwere irrepressible .
, " Unsearchable are His ways , my child ; inscrutable are His decrees . Lost ancl wretched as you stand , were it well , He still could save you . " " I am hopeless , father , of all earthly mercy , " replied the young man . " " Hope , " answered the priest , with a tone approaching to cheerfulness , " should never leave us . Should it please Providence to spare thy life"
" Priest ! " exclaimed the mother , who had been listening to his words , " Is there hope ? Thou art a holy man , and would'st not trifle with a soul upon the verge of time . Shall I not be left a childless mother ? Has Heaven , in mercy to my prayer , spared me my age ' s prop—my boy—my only one ?" " It has , " replied the priest , producing the pardon ; " he is free . " In an instant , mother and son were folded in each other ' s arms , while
the messenger of mercy bestowed on them his benediction . The father of Fritz and Frederick of Prussia were Freemasons . The above was related to the writer by one of the young soldier ' s deseendants whom he met in a Lodge in Suabia .
Notitiae Templariae, No. 6.
NOTITIAE TEMPLARIAE , No . 6 .
POSSESSIONS OP THE ORDER IN SCOTLAND . " THE Knights of the Temple , " says the Chevalier Burnes , in his elegant history of the Order lately published , " were introduced into Scotland before 1153 , by King David the First , who established them at Temple on the South Esk , ancl who was so attached to the Brotherhoodthat we are told by an old historian' Sanctus David de prceclara
, , militia Templi optimos fratres secum retinens , eos diebus et noctibus morum suorum fecit esse custodes . ' Malcolm , the grandson of David , conferred on the Brethren ' unum plenarium toftum in quolibet hurgo totius terra ;/ which foundation was enlarged by his successors , William the Lion and Alexander the Second . The charter of the latter is still in the possession of Lord Torpichen , whereby he grants and confirms , ' Deo et fratribus Templi Salomonis de Jerusalem omnes illas
rectitudines , libertates , et consuetudines quos Rex David et Rex Malcolm et decessus pater mens Rex Williehnus dederunt et concesserunt , sietit scripta eorum authentica attestant . '" The House of the Temple on the South Esk , in Mid-Lothian , as it was the first , so it is generally considered to have been the principal residence of the Knights Templars in Scotland . The anonymous author of an interesting account of the Templars , recently published by the
Society for diffusing Useful Knowledge , states that " the chief seat of the Order in Scotland appears to have been Balancradox ; " and he somewhat unadvisedly adds , " its possessions were not extensive in that poor and VOL . v . Y
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The Deserter.
you . Unloose my mother's arms from about my neck , father , and give hie your blessing—comfort her when I am gone . " " Fritz , " said the old man , solemnly , " you stand upon the verge of eternity . Is thy mind subjected to the will of God ? " " I am content to die . God ' s will he clone . " The sobs of the wretched mother , whose fortitude had quite forsaken herwere irrepressible .
, " Unsearchable are His ways , my child ; inscrutable are His decrees . Lost ancl wretched as you stand , were it well , He still could save you . " " I am hopeless , father , of all earthly mercy , " replied the young man . " " Hope , " answered the priest , with a tone approaching to cheerfulness , " should never leave us . Should it please Providence to spare thy life"
" Priest ! " exclaimed the mother , who had been listening to his words , " Is there hope ? Thou art a holy man , and would'st not trifle with a soul upon the verge of time . Shall I not be left a childless mother ? Has Heaven , in mercy to my prayer , spared me my age ' s prop—my boy—my only one ?" " It has , " replied the priest , producing the pardon ; " he is free . " In an instant , mother and son were folded in each other ' s arms , while
the messenger of mercy bestowed on them his benediction . The father of Fritz and Frederick of Prussia were Freemasons . The above was related to the writer by one of the young soldier ' s deseendants whom he met in a Lodge in Suabia .
Notitiae Templariae, No. 6.
NOTITIAE TEMPLARIAE , No . 6 .
POSSESSIONS OP THE ORDER IN SCOTLAND . " THE Knights of the Temple , " says the Chevalier Burnes , in his elegant history of the Order lately published , " were introduced into Scotland before 1153 , by King David the First , who established them at Temple on the South Esk , ancl who was so attached to the Brotherhoodthat we are told by an old historian' Sanctus David de prceclara
, , militia Templi optimos fratres secum retinens , eos diebus et noctibus morum suorum fecit esse custodes . ' Malcolm , the grandson of David , conferred on the Brethren ' unum plenarium toftum in quolibet hurgo totius terra ;/ which foundation was enlarged by his successors , William the Lion and Alexander the Second . The charter of the latter is still in the possession of Lord Torpichen , whereby he grants and confirms , ' Deo et fratribus Templi Salomonis de Jerusalem omnes illas
rectitudines , libertates , et consuetudines quos Rex David et Rex Malcolm et decessus pater mens Rex Williehnus dederunt et concesserunt , sietit scripta eorum authentica attestant . '" The House of the Temple on the South Esk , in Mid-Lothian , as it was the first , so it is generally considered to have been the principal residence of the Knights Templars in Scotland . The anonymous author of an interesting account of the Templars , recently published by the
Society for diffusing Useful Knowledge , states that " the chief seat of the Order in Scotland appears to have been Balancradox ; " and he somewhat unadvisedly adds , " its possessions were not extensive in that poor and VOL . v . Y