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Article MISCELLANEA TEMPLARIA. ← Page 2 of 2 Article MASONIC ANECDOTE. Page 1 of 2 →
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Miscellanea Templaria.
we believe , were found in a French frigate , captured by the English , after the battle of Aboukir . A number of other relics of the Knights are said to have been blown up with the French flag-ship L Orient .
Masonic Anecdote.
MASONIC ANECDOTE .
To THEE DITOR .-SIR AND B ROTHER—I lately attended a Sovereign Chapter of the Rose Croix * iu London , at whicli the following singular instance of the exercise of the moral power of the Masonic obligation on an individual in whom all the associations of humanity were apparently deadened , that I consider the fact of too deep an importance to remain unrecorded ; and I take the opportunity of intimating to your readers generally , and to such in particular as may be impressd uth that in those
an idea that our obligations are altogether unnecessary , cases where life has been spared under the most improbable and untoward circumstances , it has happened that the Heavenly gift has been delegated to the hands of those who , of aU others , were lea * hkely to hav ? exercised the precious office of mercy . That there is special providence in all things no one will deny ; but Masons may proudly refer to their annals in justification of their system of obligation , for however the mind may become refined , still there are those whose faculties and feelings can only be operated on by some visible sign or
token . But to the story : — . , . „ , The subject of this anecdote many years since was the captain ot a vessel , of some 250 tons , with a crew of eig hteen hands He had left the Havannah , and was passing through the Keys ( 1 believe he so termed the course ) , and was nearly out of sight of land , when a sail was descried , aud the ship seated them every instant His own vessel being a heavy sailer , they were soon boarded by at least the and ordered belowand the work ot
fifty men , captain crew , pillage commenced . A short time sufficed to secure all the portable valuables , which were put into the boat , and conveyed on board the pirate The captain and his supercargo were then ordered on deck , and interrogated as to the cargo itself ; and as of course concealment or disouise was altogether out of the question , they rendered the best account their indifferent knowledge of the Spanish language would Matters apparentlassuming a civil character , when on
permit . were y the pirates boat boarding for the second time , the captain observed m the bow a man standing upright in " the bloody shirt "t , with an axe restinn- on his shoulder . The party soon came on deck and the captain was ordered to go forward ; the supercargo insisted upon accompanying him . They had scarcely proceeded a few paces when the cautain felt himself struck a severe blow on the shoulder , and turning round beheld the and the executioner struggling .
quickly , supercargo It appeared that the supercargo , observing the intention to strike off the head of his captain , had averted the blow ; the other coolly remarked that he thoug ht the chance afforded him of saving time and torture was lost and that therefore the windlass would be a good block for the purpose . Here was no time for preparation , not a moment to collect scattered thoughts , not one moment even for communion with the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Miscellanea Templaria.
we believe , were found in a French frigate , captured by the English , after the battle of Aboukir . A number of other relics of the Knights are said to have been blown up with the French flag-ship L Orient .
Masonic Anecdote.
MASONIC ANECDOTE .
To THEE DITOR .-SIR AND B ROTHER—I lately attended a Sovereign Chapter of the Rose Croix * iu London , at whicli the following singular instance of the exercise of the moral power of the Masonic obligation on an individual in whom all the associations of humanity were apparently deadened , that I consider the fact of too deep an importance to remain unrecorded ; and I take the opportunity of intimating to your readers generally , and to such in particular as may be impressd uth that in those
an idea that our obligations are altogether unnecessary , cases where life has been spared under the most improbable and untoward circumstances , it has happened that the Heavenly gift has been delegated to the hands of those who , of aU others , were lea * hkely to hav ? exercised the precious office of mercy . That there is special providence in all things no one will deny ; but Masons may proudly refer to their annals in justification of their system of obligation , for however the mind may become refined , still there are those whose faculties and feelings can only be operated on by some visible sign or
token . But to the story : — . , . „ , The subject of this anecdote many years since was the captain ot a vessel , of some 250 tons , with a crew of eig hteen hands He had left the Havannah , and was passing through the Keys ( 1 believe he so termed the course ) , and was nearly out of sight of land , when a sail was descried , aud the ship seated them every instant His own vessel being a heavy sailer , they were soon boarded by at least the and ordered belowand the work ot
fifty men , captain crew , pillage commenced . A short time sufficed to secure all the portable valuables , which were put into the boat , and conveyed on board the pirate The captain and his supercargo were then ordered on deck , and interrogated as to the cargo itself ; and as of course concealment or disouise was altogether out of the question , they rendered the best account their indifferent knowledge of the Spanish language would Matters apparentlassuming a civil character , when on
permit . were y the pirates boat boarding for the second time , the captain observed m the bow a man standing upright in " the bloody shirt "t , with an axe restinn- on his shoulder . The party soon came on deck and the captain was ordered to go forward ; the supercargo insisted upon accompanying him . They had scarcely proceeded a few paces when the cautain felt himself struck a severe blow on the shoulder , and turning round beheld the and the executioner struggling .
quickly , supercargo It appeared that the supercargo , observing the intention to strike off the head of his captain , had averted the blow ; the other coolly remarked that he thoug ht the chance afforded him of saving time and torture was lost and that therefore the windlass would be a good block for the purpose . Here was no time for preparation , not a moment to collect scattered thoughts , not one moment even for communion with the