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Article A PILGRIMAGE TO THE PRECEPTORY OF ST. JOHN'S, TORPHICHEN. ← Page 7 of 7 Article MASONIC ANECDOTE. Page 1 of 3 →
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A Pilgrimage To The Preceptory Of St. John's, Torphichen.
swore fealty ( per force it might he ) to Edward of England . He paid , however , the penalty of his submission , being slain about two years afterwards , in the fight at Falkirk , in which engagement also the Grand Preceptor of the Templars was hewn asunder by the sword of AVallace . Beyond this century our glance does not penetrate ; the last trace we have been able to detect being the signature of " Archibaldus Magister Torphichen" mentioned as witness to a charter of AlexanderGrand
, , Steward of Scotland in 1252 . AVith this review , and these reminiscences , we take leave of the ancient Preceptory of the Hospital ; not forgetting to notice , in passing , a time-shattered stone among the tombs in the churchyard , which is said to have marked the centre of the outer sanctuary for fugitive criminals , extending its privilege a mile round in all directions . —And now , ye who have listened to the rambler ' s rehearsal ,
¦ " if on ye swell A single recollection , not in vain He w-ore his sandal-shoon , and scallop-shell . " PILGRIM .
SONNET TO THE TOWER OP TORPHICIIEIW MEJIORI . AL of the famed in battle-field ! Rearing thy gray and venerable head In stern defiance o ' er the mihty dead
g , As round the fall ' n a kinsman casts his shield;—Aye , thou look ' st yet upon the mountains hoar , Claimant of ancient homage ; but the face Of the wild heaths is altered , and the place , In cultured pride , now knoweth thee no more . Sounds too have changed : the ploughboy ' s early song Finds echoes where the trumpet rung before ;
And where the vesper chimes were heard of yore . The birds of night discordant notes prolong . Shrine of the valiant , who in Hol y Land Poured out their sacred blood , eternal stand ! P .
Masonic Anecdote.
MASONIC ANECDOTE .
TO THE EDITOR . SIR—At the particular moment when the "Durango Decree" threatened to exterminate the principles of common humanity from the bosoms of those to whose evil passion it was more especially addressed , a recital of the following circumstances will be the more interesting to your readers , as it shows in as forcible a manner as in any previous records of hihl
your gy-prized periodical , the sacred power which Freemasonry holds over its true votaries . I the more readil y hazard the publication of the following anecdote at the present moment , because I find that some serious misconception has arisen in the mind of a well-known
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A Pilgrimage To The Preceptory Of St. John's, Torphichen.
swore fealty ( per force it might he ) to Edward of England . He paid , however , the penalty of his submission , being slain about two years afterwards , in the fight at Falkirk , in which engagement also the Grand Preceptor of the Templars was hewn asunder by the sword of AVallace . Beyond this century our glance does not penetrate ; the last trace we have been able to detect being the signature of " Archibaldus Magister Torphichen" mentioned as witness to a charter of AlexanderGrand
, , Steward of Scotland in 1252 . AVith this review , and these reminiscences , we take leave of the ancient Preceptory of the Hospital ; not forgetting to notice , in passing , a time-shattered stone among the tombs in the churchyard , which is said to have marked the centre of the outer sanctuary for fugitive criminals , extending its privilege a mile round in all directions . —And now , ye who have listened to the rambler ' s rehearsal ,
¦ " if on ye swell A single recollection , not in vain He w-ore his sandal-shoon , and scallop-shell . " PILGRIM .
SONNET TO THE TOWER OP TORPHICIIEIW MEJIORI . AL of the famed in battle-field ! Rearing thy gray and venerable head In stern defiance o ' er the mihty dead
g , As round the fall ' n a kinsman casts his shield;—Aye , thou look ' st yet upon the mountains hoar , Claimant of ancient homage ; but the face Of the wild heaths is altered , and the place , In cultured pride , now knoweth thee no more . Sounds too have changed : the ploughboy ' s early song Finds echoes where the trumpet rung before ;
And where the vesper chimes were heard of yore . The birds of night discordant notes prolong . Shrine of the valiant , who in Hol y Land Poured out their sacred blood , eternal stand ! P .
Masonic Anecdote.
MASONIC ANECDOTE .
TO THE EDITOR . SIR—At the particular moment when the "Durango Decree" threatened to exterminate the principles of common humanity from the bosoms of those to whose evil passion it was more especially addressed , a recital of the following circumstances will be the more interesting to your readers , as it shows in as forcible a manner as in any previous records of hihl
your gy-prized periodical , the sacred power which Freemasonry holds over its true votaries . I the more readil y hazard the publication of the following anecdote at the present moment , because I find that some serious misconception has arisen in the mind of a well-known