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Article CHARACTER OF ST. CLAIR OF ROSSLYN, ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE BURIAL OF BERTRAND DE BLANCHFORT. Page 1 of 3 →
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Character Of St. Clair Of Rosslyn,
his life , on all occasions where his influence or example could prevail , to extend the spirit of Masonry , and to increase the number of the Brethren . It is , therefore , with justice that his name should be ever dear to the Craft , and that ive lament the loss of one who did such honour to our institution . To these more conspicuous and public parts of his character , I am
happy to add , that he possessed , in an eminent degree , the virtues of a good and benevolent heart—virtues which ought ever to be the distinguishing marks of a true Brother .
The subject of the above funeral eulogium , pronounced by his successor in office in the Grand Lotlge , was initiated a Mason in the ancient Lodge of the Canongate Kilwinning , and frequently afterwards filled the chair . A full-length portrait of St . Clair in his Masonic insignia still decorates the walls of his mother-lodge , along with those of Burns and of Byron , of Shakspeare and of Scott . Truly of him might it be said , " *\ on sibi sed sojietati vixit . "
The Burial Of Bertrand De Blanchfort.
THE BURIAL OF BERTRAND DE BLANCHFORT .
A SCENE OF TIIE TWELFTH CENTURY . THE great bell of the convent at Jerusalem tolled the midnight hour , when the members of the religious and military Brotherhood of Knights Templars assembled in the chapel of the Order to perform the last solemn ritual over the remains of their late Grand Master . Bertrand de Blanchfortthe good and the greatwas now no more ; and all Palestine
, , mourned the loss of one of the bravest defenders of the faith and of the kingdom . Groups of pilgrims and devotees , who had been indebted to his guardian care in furnishing them with escorts to the holy places in Jtutea , gathered around the gates and precincts of the Temple , to get a glimpse if it were possible , or to list if they could hear aught of the sad and sacred ceremony of his obsequies . Many a spoken and many a silent prayer were sent up to hih heaven and to all the
g saints , to intercede for the soul of the revered Sir Bertrand ; and not a few there were who in fearful anticipation were heard fervently to add , that the Brethren might be directed by the spirit of grace in their choice of a worthy successor to his place . The scene within the conventual chapel was passing solemn . There
they stood , m their robes of spotless white—the war-worn heroes of a hundred fights—about to pay the last earthly honours to their muchloved lord and master . Wrinkled and furrowed as their swarth y faces were , the feelings of human nature were too strong not to penetrate even through the scars that marked many a noble cheek ; and the channels which were wont to run down in drops of blood and of sweat , were seen now to convey the tear from the eye of the affectionate follower and friend . All the brotherhood of the Order were summoned to assist : —the grand officers , knights , and esquires being ranged in a vast circle around the chapel , and the prelates and chaplains of the Order occupying their
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Character Of St. Clair Of Rosslyn,
his life , on all occasions where his influence or example could prevail , to extend the spirit of Masonry , and to increase the number of the Brethren . It is , therefore , with justice that his name should be ever dear to the Craft , and that ive lament the loss of one who did such honour to our institution . To these more conspicuous and public parts of his character , I am
happy to add , that he possessed , in an eminent degree , the virtues of a good and benevolent heart—virtues which ought ever to be the distinguishing marks of a true Brother .
The subject of the above funeral eulogium , pronounced by his successor in office in the Grand Lotlge , was initiated a Mason in the ancient Lodge of the Canongate Kilwinning , and frequently afterwards filled the chair . A full-length portrait of St . Clair in his Masonic insignia still decorates the walls of his mother-lodge , along with those of Burns and of Byron , of Shakspeare and of Scott . Truly of him might it be said , " *\ on sibi sed sojietati vixit . "
The Burial Of Bertrand De Blanchfort.
THE BURIAL OF BERTRAND DE BLANCHFORT .
A SCENE OF TIIE TWELFTH CENTURY . THE great bell of the convent at Jerusalem tolled the midnight hour , when the members of the religious and military Brotherhood of Knights Templars assembled in the chapel of the Order to perform the last solemn ritual over the remains of their late Grand Master . Bertrand de Blanchfortthe good and the greatwas now no more ; and all Palestine
, , mourned the loss of one of the bravest defenders of the faith and of the kingdom . Groups of pilgrims and devotees , who had been indebted to his guardian care in furnishing them with escorts to the holy places in Jtutea , gathered around the gates and precincts of the Temple , to get a glimpse if it were possible , or to list if they could hear aught of the sad and sacred ceremony of his obsequies . Many a spoken and many a silent prayer were sent up to hih heaven and to all the
g saints , to intercede for the soul of the revered Sir Bertrand ; and not a few there were who in fearful anticipation were heard fervently to add , that the Brethren might be directed by the spirit of grace in their choice of a worthy successor to his place . The scene within the conventual chapel was passing solemn . There
they stood , m their robes of spotless white—the war-worn heroes of a hundred fights—about to pay the last earthly honours to their muchloved lord and master . Wrinkled and furrowed as their swarth y faces were , the feelings of human nature were too strong not to penetrate even through the scars that marked many a noble cheek ; and the channels which were wont to run down in drops of blood and of sweat , were seen now to convey the tear from the eye of the affectionate follower and friend . All the brotherhood of the Order were summoned to assist : —the grand officers , knights , and esquires being ranged in a vast circle around the chapel , and the prelates and chaplains of the Order occupying their