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Colonial.
The Eminent Commander in a suitable manner acknowledged the high compliment paid , and evidently felt deeply the honour conferred ; he then , in accordance with the wishes of Er . Gordon , selected and invested the following eleven Eraters , addressing them in the following terms : — " To you , Frs . Robert Lellers and Samuel Boyden , I present this orderas being the sole surviving Knights Companions
, of the St . John of Jerusalem Encampment , and as being the only connecting link betAveen the old Templars of this city and those who have lately joined tbe Order , and are members of the Hugh de Payens . Now truly has it been exemplified in your steadfast attachment to the Order , that the sacred mysteries are safely lodged in the repository of faithful breasts . To you , Frs . Alexander Gordon ,
James Alexander Henderson , Samuel Deadman Fowler , Richard Dowse , AVilliam Joseph GoodeA'e , and John James Bury , I feel much satisfaction in according this order , as to your exertions and zeal on the behalf of our noble and ancient Order of Knights Templar its success is mainly owing : you have all held high positions in the Craft , and may your zeal still continue in favour of the Order of the Temple ! You Avere the first Knihts that I installed under
g the new warrant of Hugh de Payens , and hence I trust you will feel that the future success of the Encampment will in some measure depend on your proper and continued appreciation of our beautiful Order . To the very Eminent Er . Henry Emly , the Grand Chancellor of the Order , at whose hands this Encampment has received many
marks of favour , I feel great gratification in being able to present him with a cross of the order of merit , as a small token of how much we all appreciate his kind assistance ; and I do so the more readil y , inasmuch as it is at the particular request of the chivalric founder , Er . Lieut .-Col . Gordon , and as also , at this assembly , Er . Emly has been unanimously elected an honorary member , this first one chosen bthis the only Encampment in the Western hemisphereunder the
y , Grand Conclave in England and Wales ; and which distinction I trust he will receive as an earnest of the manner , in which Canadian Templars appreciate his zealous endeavours toAvards the progress and advancement of the Order . To Era . Sir Allan Napier McNab and Thomas Douglas Harrington , the Prov . Grand Masters for Canada AVest , and for Quebec and Three Rivers , I accord also
this badge of distinction : then hi gh position in Craft Masonry , and the readiness and zeal they have evinced in ranging themselves under the banner of the cross , warrant me in conferring on them this order of merit , agreeably to the Avish of that zealous Frater Er . Lieut .-Col . Gordon , who has established this order of merit , to be known as ' The Gordon Order of Merit of the Hugh de
Payens Encampment . ' It is now and will be confined to twelve Eraters of acknowledged merit , who must be members of this Encampment , and the possessor of the order wiU wear it for life ; whenever a vacancy occurs it will be filled by that Erater , on whom the suffrages of the surviving members of this order may fall . And now , my Eraters , may we , Avhen we wear this ribbon and order , ever
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Colonial.
The Eminent Commander in a suitable manner acknowledged the high compliment paid , and evidently felt deeply the honour conferred ; he then , in accordance with the wishes of Er . Gordon , selected and invested the following eleven Eraters , addressing them in the following terms : — " To you , Frs . Robert Lellers and Samuel Boyden , I present this orderas being the sole surviving Knights Companions
, of the St . John of Jerusalem Encampment , and as being the only connecting link betAveen the old Templars of this city and those who have lately joined tbe Order , and are members of the Hugh de Payens . Now truly has it been exemplified in your steadfast attachment to the Order , that the sacred mysteries are safely lodged in the repository of faithful breasts . To you , Frs . Alexander Gordon ,
James Alexander Henderson , Samuel Deadman Fowler , Richard Dowse , AVilliam Joseph GoodeA'e , and John James Bury , I feel much satisfaction in according this order , as to your exertions and zeal on the behalf of our noble and ancient Order of Knights Templar its success is mainly owing : you have all held high positions in the Craft , and may your zeal still continue in favour of the Order of the Temple ! You Avere the first Knihts that I installed under
g the new warrant of Hugh de Payens , and hence I trust you will feel that the future success of the Encampment will in some measure depend on your proper and continued appreciation of our beautiful Order . To the very Eminent Er . Henry Emly , the Grand Chancellor of the Order , at whose hands this Encampment has received many
marks of favour , I feel great gratification in being able to present him with a cross of the order of merit , as a small token of how much we all appreciate his kind assistance ; and I do so the more readil y , inasmuch as it is at the particular request of the chivalric founder , Er . Lieut .-Col . Gordon , and as also , at this assembly , Er . Emly has been unanimously elected an honorary member , this first one chosen bthis the only Encampment in the Western hemisphereunder the
y , Grand Conclave in England and Wales ; and which distinction I trust he will receive as an earnest of the manner , in which Canadian Templars appreciate his zealous endeavours toAvards the progress and advancement of the Order . To Era . Sir Allan Napier McNab and Thomas Douglas Harrington , the Prov . Grand Masters for Canada AVest , and for Quebec and Three Rivers , I accord also
this badge of distinction : then hi gh position in Craft Masonry , and the readiness and zeal they have evinced in ranging themselves under the banner of the cross , warrant me in conferring on them this order of merit , agreeably to the Avish of that zealous Frater Er . Lieut .-Col . Gordon , who has established this order of merit , to be known as ' The Gordon Order of Merit of the Hugh de
Payens Encampment . ' It is now and will be confined to twelve Eraters of acknowledged merit , who must be members of this Encampment , and the possessor of the order wiU wear it for life ; whenever a vacancy occurs it will be filled by that Erater , on whom the suffrages of the surviving members of this order may fall . And now , my Eraters , may we , Avhen we wear this ribbon and order , ever