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The Order Of The Temple .
" Grancl Prelate" of Scotland is actually a layman , Wm . Eclminston Aytoun , Esq . 3 . The SERVING BRETHREN . —All persons who were desirous of joining the Order , anel who were neither of noble or knightly family , " o-entlemen of blood anel coat armour , " nor clergymen , were admitted under the third general head of Serving Brethren . The mode of ad mission was the same as for the other two classesexcept differences
, some necessary they enjoyed the same privileges and advantages as Kni ghts anel Priests - lived m the same houses , ate at the same tables , and were only excluded by birth from knighthood , anel thereby from the higher offices of th « Order . * rom knighthood they were excluded by birth , and could never attain to it by any valour , or talent , or high character ; and it was therelore one of the mistakes of the Scottish Order to reduce the classes of tire Order to two ( omitting entirely the Chaplains ) , calling those two Knight ami Esquiremaking the class of
, Esquire preparatory to kni ° -hthood , and at the same time reckoning the " guards , band , " and other inferior officers of a priory , members of that class . In fact , they have actually dispensed with two of the three classes ; and substituted partially for the Serving Brethren the Esquires , who were formerly aspirants for knighthood ; it being a principle of chivalry , that no person can be an Esquire , who is not also capable by birth of kni ghthood . I am convinced that a return to the ancient system of the Order
would be attended with excellent results : viz ., that all gentlemen belonging to the Order should , in assemblies of Templars , be dignified as now , with the rank of kni ghthood ; that all clergymen belonging to it should be simply called Chaplains ; and that the very respectable Brethren who may now or hereafter belong to the Order , bein <> - only tradesmen or the like , should , instead of being designated Sir John or Sir Thomas , be content with the title of "Brother" this or that . The costume of members
II . of the Order requires regulation The proper costume of a Kni ght is a close fitting white tunic , reaching lieany to the knee , with a red cross on the breast ; this was worn by knights of old over their armour , or over such ordinary dress as was commonly used when the armour was not worn . I see no impropriety m its being worn over the dress of the nineteenth century , or any proprrety in assuming a dress ivhich belonged to the fifteenth sixteenth
or Ihe tunic should be without sleeves , and the Kni ghts should wear gauntlets of leather . Over the tunic should be worn a white mantle of woollen cloth , having on the left breast , a red cross of four arms the under one being the longest . The dress of the Chaplain is similar to that of the Knrght , only that instead of the mantle he should wear a surplice with wide sleeves , having also the red cross on the left breast
1 he academical cap ivould not be an improper head dress for the Chaplain , in place of the cap of scarlet cloth which belongs to the Knights Ihe old statutes also specially enjoined that the Chaplains should wear gloves . The dress of the Serving Brother should be a tunic , either of white , ivhich was the ori ginal colour , or of'black or brown , which was adopted for special reasons afterwards ; in either case havino- the red cross on the breast—the Serving Brethren mantles °
; wear no . According to the ancient statutes , the dress of the members was supplied out of the funds of the Order , not by private expence . The Jewel of the Order requires also some careful consideration I rave no hesitation in denouncing the Seven-pointed Star , worn commonly hy Knrglits Templars in England and Ireland , as an absurdity of verv
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Order Of The Temple .
" Grancl Prelate" of Scotland is actually a layman , Wm . Eclminston Aytoun , Esq . 3 . The SERVING BRETHREN . —All persons who were desirous of joining the Order , anel who were neither of noble or knightly family , " o-entlemen of blood anel coat armour , " nor clergymen , were admitted under the third general head of Serving Brethren . The mode of ad mission was the same as for the other two classesexcept differences
, some necessary they enjoyed the same privileges and advantages as Kni ghts anel Priests - lived m the same houses , ate at the same tables , and were only excluded by birth from knighthood , anel thereby from the higher offices of th « Order . * rom knighthood they were excluded by birth , and could never attain to it by any valour , or talent , or high character ; and it was therelore one of the mistakes of the Scottish Order to reduce the classes of tire Order to two ( omitting entirely the Chaplains ) , calling those two Knight ami Esquiremaking the class of
, Esquire preparatory to kni ° -hthood , and at the same time reckoning the " guards , band , " and other inferior officers of a priory , members of that class . In fact , they have actually dispensed with two of the three classes ; and substituted partially for the Serving Brethren the Esquires , who were formerly aspirants for knighthood ; it being a principle of chivalry , that no person can be an Esquire , who is not also capable by birth of kni ghthood . I am convinced that a return to the ancient system of the Order
would be attended with excellent results : viz ., that all gentlemen belonging to the Order should , in assemblies of Templars , be dignified as now , with the rank of kni ghthood ; that all clergymen belonging to it should be simply called Chaplains ; and that the very respectable Brethren who may now or hereafter belong to the Order , bein <> - only tradesmen or the like , should , instead of being designated Sir John or Sir Thomas , be content with the title of "Brother" this or that . The costume of members
II . of the Order requires regulation The proper costume of a Kni ght is a close fitting white tunic , reaching lieany to the knee , with a red cross on the breast ; this was worn by knights of old over their armour , or over such ordinary dress as was commonly used when the armour was not worn . I see no impropriety m its being worn over the dress of the nineteenth century , or any proprrety in assuming a dress ivhich belonged to the fifteenth sixteenth
or Ihe tunic should be without sleeves , and the Kni ghts should wear gauntlets of leather . Over the tunic should be worn a white mantle of woollen cloth , having on the left breast , a red cross of four arms the under one being the longest . The dress of the Chaplain is similar to that of the Knrght , only that instead of the mantle he should wear a surplice with wide sleeves , having also the red cross on the left breast
1 he academical cap ivould not be an improper head dress for the Chaplain , in place of the cap of scarlet cloth which belongs to the Knights Ihe old statutes also specially enjoined that the Chaplains should wear gloves . The dress of the Serving Brother should be a tunic , either of white , ivhich was the ori ginal colour , or of'black or brown , which was adopted for special reasons afterwards ; in either case havino- the red cross on the breast—the Serving Brethren mantles °
; wear no . According to the ancient statutes , the dress of the members was supplied out of the funds of the Order , not by private expence . The Jewel of the Order requires also some careful consideration I rave no hesitation in denouncing the Seven-pointed Star , worn commonly hy Knrglits Templars in England and Ireland , as an absurdity of verv