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Royal Arch.
words " Entered , passed , raised , and arched , " is noticed ; but the degree he practised seems to have been the French one , and , indeed , nearly the whole ritual followed in that Lodge was grounded on that of Baron Hunci ' s system for the "Logos de Stride observance , " as is obvious from other letters still preserved . But the Royal Arch alluded to in the curious and enigmatical Masonic plates , published by Lambert a few years afterapproaches more to the English Koyal Archif it be
, , not an attempt to compound the two . The degree of Royal Arch is also noticed by Laurence Dermott , in his "Ahiman Rezon , " so far back as 1756 . Dermott was a keen supporter of the ancient against the modern Lodges , and , in an edition of that work , he prefixes an "" Address to the Gentlemen of the Fraternity , " in which some queries are put and answered ; among these is , — " 7 th . Whether it is possible to initiate or introduce a modern Mason in the Royal Arch Lodge ( the very essence
of Masonry ) without making him go through ancient ceremonies ?" In Scotland , as appears from the Book of Constitutions of the Grand Lodge ( 1836 ) , there are a considerable number of Lodges called Royal Arch , and which were so called when they applied to and received confirmatory charters from the Grand Lodge , as the Glasgow Royal Arch in 1755 , Stirling Royal Arch in L 759 , & c , all of which formerly practised Royal Arch Masonry , in addition to St . John ' s Masonry , and
all of which , it is believed , still wear red ribbons on their aprons , and red sashes and collars ; for , in Scotland , the Grand Lodge does not enforce one colour as in England . Whence these Lodges obtained their original authority , or what induced them to take that name , is perhaps now unknown even to themselves . Previous , however , to the commencement of the eighteenth century , the Royal Arch has not been traced with any plausibility . But it is to
be hoped that some one will take up the subject ; for if the Royal Arch can be proved to have been invented so lately even as 200 years ago , it must fall to the ground as a modern imposition , the secret history of its origin being then untrue and intended to deceive . If it be reall y ancient , the records of one or more of its many Lodges or Chapters may establish its long existence in England as easily as in the case of St . John ' s Masonry . But , whatever be the result , ancl without respect to the future support or downfall of the degree , let the investigation be conducted with accuracy and a desire to clear up the truth . R . A .
The Knights Hospitallers.
THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS .
" IN the tenth century , the merchants of Italy , trading to the Levant , obtained permission from the Khaliph of Egypt to erect an hospital at Jerusalem for themselves , and for Christian pilgrims , who visited the holy city . When the crusaders shortly after gained possession of Jerusalem , they took this hospital under their especial protection , and certain from their ranks devoted themselves to its service , and to the protection of pilgrims , especially of those ivho were sick . These
Hospitallers , as they called themselves , soon became a military order , and took the name of Knights of St . John of Jerusalem . Like the Templars , they were a canonical as well as a military order . At their head was a Grand Master , whom they obeyed not only as their military chief
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Royal Arch.
words " Entered , passed , raised , and arched , " is noticed ; but the degree he practised seems to have been the French one , and , indeed , nearly the whole ritual followed in that Lodge was grounded on that of Baron Hunci ' s system for the "Logos de Stride observance , " as is obvious from other letters still preserved . But the Royal Arch alluded to in the curious and enigmatical Masonic plates , published by Lambert a few years afterapproaches more to the English Koyal Archif it be
, , not an attempt to compound the two . The degree of Royal Arch is also noticed by Laurence Dermott , in his "Ahiman Rezon , " so far back as 1756 . Dermott was a keen supporter of the ancient against the modern Lodges , and , in an edition of that work , he prefixes an "" Address to the Gentlemen of the Fraternity , " in which some queries are put and answered ; among these is , — " 7 th . Whether it is possible to initiate or introduce a modern Mason in the Royal Arch Lodge ( the very essence
of Masonry ) without making him go through ancient ceremonies ?" In Scotland , as appears from the Book of Constitutions of the Grand Lodge ( 1836 ) , there are a considerable number of Lodges called Royal Arch , and which were so called when they applied to and received confirmatory charters from the Grand Lodge , as the Glasgow Royal Arch in 1755 , Stirling Royal Arch in L 759 , & c , all of which formerly practised Royal Arch Masonry , in addition to St . John ' s Masonry , and
all of which , it is believed , still wear red ribbons on their aprons , and red sashes and collars ; for , in Scotland , the Grand Lodge does not enforce one colour as in England . Whence these Lodges obtained their original authority , or what induced them to take that name , is perhaps now unknown even to themselves . Previous , however , to the commencement of the eighteenth century , the Royal Arch has not been traced with any plausibility . But it is to
be hoped that some one will take up the subject ; for if the Royal Arch can be proved to have been invented so lately even as 200 years ago , it must fall to the ground as a modern imposition , the secret history of its origin being then untrue and intended to deceive . If it be reall y ancient , the records of one or more of its many Lodges or Chapters may establish its long existence in England as easily as in the case of St . John ' s Masonry . But , whatever be the result , ancl without respect to the future support or downfall of the degree , let the investigation be conducted with accuracy and a desire to clear up the truth . R . A .
The Knights Hospitallers.
THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS .
" IN the tenth century , the merchants of Italy , trading to the Levant , obtained permission from the Khaliph of Egypt to erect an hospital at Jerusalem for themselves , and for Christian pilgrims , who visited the holy city . When the crusaders shortly after gained possession of Jerusalem , they took this hospital under their especial protection , and certain from their ranks devoted themselves to its service , and to the protection of pilgrims , especially of those ivho were sick . These
Hospitallers , as they called themselves , soon became a military order , and took the name of Knights of St . John of Jerusalem . Like the Templars , they were a canonical as well as a military order . At their head was a Grand Master , whom they obeyed not only as their military chief