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Renovation Of The Knights Of Malta In England.
Benevolence and Military Valour , —the former is permanent and obligatory , the latter temporary and spontaneous . " All who take the sword , shall perish by the sword ; " but charity is immutable , "it never faileth . " In resuscitating , then , the ancient and illustrious Fraternity of St . John in Britain , it is intended to revive its original , and not its adventitious objects . The times have happily gone by in which , under the dawn of Gospel fihtthe pursuits and observances of monastic life were regarded
g , as virtuous ; whilst , under the meridian influence of the Sun of Ri ghteousness , it is now equally acknowledged and understood , that in the busy concourse of social life man can best discharge his relative duties to man . In accordance , therefore , with the sentiments and the primary purposes of the Order , it is proposed , as soon as the funds of the members will admit , to re-found an institution in the Priory of the Sixth Language , to be called THE HOSPITALLARIUM ,
including—1 st . A Chapter Hall for the meetings of the Council and the Chapter ; a Chapel , a Library , and such other accommodation as may be required . 2 d . A suite of apartments to be called , The Eight Inns ofthe Order ; to be open at all times as a place of resort and intercourse for the Knights Hospitallers of the various European nations . 3 d . A Dispensary for gratuitous medical advice , and the distribution of medicines to all such as the Prior and Council shall consider worthy of aid .
4 . A fund for the pecuniary relief of the distressed ; and to promote such other objects as the members in open Chapter shall consider as falling within the scope ofthe Institution . The funds requisite for erecting the Hospitallarium , and for realising the various objects enumerated , will be raised by the passage-fees and annual subscriptions of the members admitted into the British Language ; and by the donations and bequests of the charitable and humane . The whole funds to be administered according to the votes of
the members in Chapters to be held periodically for that purpose ; with the exception of such sums as may he directed by the donors to be applied to special objects . The sixth language of the Order is composed , as originally , of three classes—Nobility , Clergy , and Sergens . The first class is divided into Equites Justitiee and Equites Gratice ; the former admissible only by proving four quarterings of armsthe latter by the production of
, testimonials of merit . The second class , the Clergy , are eligible virtute officii . The third class , the Sergens , do not require to produce proofs of gentilitical descent : they have a consultative , but not a decisive voice in the Chapter . To provide effectually against the introduction of ineligible persons , the statutes strictly enjoin , that if candidates ( though possessing the usual gentilitical qualifications ) apply for admission into the Order , they shall be rejected . The names and
pretensions of such noblemen and gentlemen as the Prior and Council may consider it desirable to admit , are submitted in Chapter ; and if approved , on payment of the fees , and subscribing the statutes , a diploma is granted under the seal of the Chapter , signed by the Prior and the Members of the Council . " Such is the somewhat interesting and important information conveyed through the medium of the work before named , which , we ought to add , is avowedly written " By order of the Right Rev . the Prior and Council of the British Order of Knights Hospitallers . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Renovation Of The Knights Of Malta In England.
Benevolence and Military Valour , —the former is permanent and obligatory , the latter temporary and spontaneous . " All who take the sword , shall perish by the sword ; " but charity is immutable , "it never faileth . " In resuscitating , then , the ancient and illustrious Fraternity of St . John in Britain , it is intended to revive its original , and not its adventitious objects . The times have happily gone by in which , under the dawn of Gospel fihtthe pursuits and observances of monastic life were regarded
g , as virtuous ; whilst , under the meridian influence of the Sun of Ri ghteousness , it is now equally acknowledged and understood , that in the busy concourse of social life man can best discharge his relative duties to man . In accordance , therefore , with the sentiments and the primary purposes of the Order , it is proposed , as soon as the funds of the members will admit , to re-found an institution in the Priory of the Sixth Language , to be called THE HOSPITALLARIUM ,
including—1 st . A Chapter Hall for the meetings of the Council and the Chapter ; a Chapel , a Library , and such other accommodation as may be required . 2 d . A suite of apartments to be called , The Eight Inns ofthe Order ; to be open at all times as a place of resort and intercourse for the Knights Hospitallers of the various European nations . 3 d . A Dispensary for gratuitous medical advice , and the distribution of medicines to all such as the Prior and Council shall consider worthy of aid .
4 . A fund for the pecuniary relief of the distressed ; and to promote such other objects as the members in open Chapter shall consider as falling within the scope ofthe Institution . The funds requisite for erecting the Hospitallarium , and for realising the various objects enumerated , will be raised by the passage-fees and annual subscriptions of the members admitted into the British Language ; and by the donations and bequests of the charitable and humane . The whole funds to be administered according to the votes of
the members in Chapters to be held periodically for that purpose ; with the exception of such sums as may he directed by the donors to be applied to special objects . The sixth language of the Order is composed , as originally , of three classes—Nobility , Clergy , and Sergens . The first class is divided into Equites Justitiee and Equites Gratice ; the former admissible only by proving four quarterings of armsthe latter by the production of
, testimonials of merit . The second class , the Clergy , are eligible virtute officii . The third class , the Sergens , do not require to produce proofs of gentilitical descent : they have a consultative , but not a decisive voice in the Chapter . To provide effectually against the introduction of ineligible persons , the statutes strictly enjoin , that if candidates ( though possessing the usual gentilitical qualifications ) apply for admission into the Order , they shall be rejected . The names and
pretensions of such noblemen and gentlemen as the Prior and Council may consider it desirable to admit , are submitted in Chapter ; and if approved , on payment of the fees , and subscribing the statutes , a diploma is granted under the seal of the Chapter , signed by the Prior and the Members of the Council . " Such is the somewhat interesting and important information conveyed through the medium of the work before named , which , we ought to add , is avowedly written " By order of the Right Rev . the Prior and Council of the British Order of Knights Hospitallers . "