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The Order Of The Temple .
side over a small Preceptory , and cannot admit Knights into the Order . Tire proper appellation of a Preceptor , if a Knight , is " Noble and Venerable ; " if a Chaplain , "Venerable . " The appellation and title commonly in use , "Eminent Commander , " or " Grancl Commander , " is incorrect : " Commander " was the title of the Knights Hospitallers , not of the Templars . The common mode of addressing or describing a Kniht Templar in
g use _ in England is incorrect ; namely , Sir Knight Crucefix , or Sir Knight Goldsworthy : the practice in Ireland is more correct , Sir William White , Sir George Cricbton * , or Brother White , & c ; as is also the usage in Scotland , Fra : Deuchar . The proper officers of a Priory or Preceptory should be similar to those of a Grand Chapter ; Preceptor or Prior , Seneschal , Marshal , DraperSecretary , and Almonerbesides Chaplain . The Sword-bearers
, , , bearers of the Beauseant , and other similar officers , are proper to both Grand Chapters and private Preceptories . These observations may perhaps shock the prejudices of some worth y Brethren , who are disposed to consider the arrangements and system they have been used to as the best possible , and to dread any departure from established usage ; but I thought it right to lay them before you , and my Brethren , as the result of much and long investigation , in the
hope that some of the hints they contain may be useful in placing the Order of the Temple on a footing more agreeable to its ori ginal constitution and form . I remain , Sir and Brother , Your very faithful Servant , May , 1844 . BROTHER . WALTER , a Chaplain .
"Brotherly Love, Relief And Truth."
"BROTHERLY LOVE , RELIEF AND TRUTH . "
FEW there are , ( among our Brethren at least , ) I think , who will deny the Universality of Freemasonry ; that it is to be found in each quarter of the globe , flourishing in countries , almost inaccessible to Europeans , and even working onwards ( though silently , and sometimes secretly , ) in the midst of danger , enmity , and persecution ; or that it exists amongst the Caffres , and the Druses , \ Arabs and Moors ; the priests of Persia , and the Bramins of Hindoostan .
We know , indeed , that it has left in all ages , and in all portions of the globe , its peculiar emblems , and mighty monuments , such as , the Pyramids of Egypt , the Cave of Elephanta , temples , and mystic caves , tombs , and monuments in former ages ; and in more modern times , cathedral upon cathedral of stupendous grandeur , and yet perfect beauty , that handing them down to future generations of Brethren , as wonderous tokens of its mighty skill , and inexhaustible commentaries on
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The Order Of The Temple .
side over a small Preceptory , and cannot admit Knights into the Order . Tire proper appellation of a Preceptor , if a Knight , is " Noble and Venerable ; " if a Chaplain , "Venerable . " The appellation and title commonly in use , "Eminent Commander , " or " Grancl Commander , " is incorrect : " Commander " was the title of the Knights Hospitallers , not of the Templars . The common mode of addressing or describing a Kniht Templar in
g use _ in England is incorrect ; namely , Sir Knight Crucefix , or Sir Knight Goldsworthy : the practice in Ireland is more correct , Sir William White , Sir George Cricbton * , or Brother White , & c ; as is also the usage in Scotland , Fra : Deuchar . The proper officers of a Priory or Preceptory should be similar to those of a Grand Chapter ; Preceptor or Prior , Seneschal , Marshal , DraperSecretary , and Almonerbesides Chaplain . The Sword-bearers
, , , bearers of the Beauseant , and other similar officers , are proper to both Grand Chapters and private Preceptories . These observations may perhaps shock the prejudices of some worth y Brethren , who are disposed to consider the arrangements and system they have been used to as the best possible , and to dread any departure from established usage ; but I thought it right to lay them before you , and my Brethren , as the result of much and long investigation , in the
hope that some of the hints they contain may be useful in placing the Order of the Temple on a footing more agreeable to its ori ginal constitution and form . I remain , Sir and Brother , Your very faithful Servant , May , 1844 . BROTHER . WALTER , a Chaplain .
"Brotherly Love, Relief And Truth."
"BROTHERLY LOVE , RELIEF AND TRUTH . "
FEW there are , ( among our Brethren at least , ) I think , who will deny the Universality of Freemasonry ; that it is to be found in each quarter of the globe , flourishing in countries , almost inaccessible to Europeans , and even working onwards ( though silently , and sometimes secretly , ) in the midst of danger , enmity , and persecution ; or that it exists amongst the Caffres , and the Druses , \ Arabs and Moors ; the priests of Persia , and the Bramins of Hindoostan .
We know , indeed , that it has left in all ages , and in all portions of the globe , its peculiar emblems , and mighty monuments , such as , the Pyramids of Egypt , the Cave of Elephanta , temples , and mystic caves , tombs , and monuments in former ages ; and in more modern times , cathedral upon cathedral of stupendous grandeur , and yet perfect beauty , that handing them down to future generations of Brethren , as wonderous tokens of its mighty skill , and inexhaustible commentaries on