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Masonic Knights Templar.
campment of Templars , formed after the model of our noble Scotch brethren , has nothing to fear from prosecutions of law ; it is not a secret society , Templars never were so ; it is true , the absolute power of admission was not , nor is it now , published to the world at large , but this does not constitute a secret society . Whereas , the present English Templars are , to all intents and purposes , a secret society , and as such , and not being protected by the lawwhich protects Freemasonsare
, , liable to the most constant , vexatious , and tedious , and expensive law proceedings . But to put all this aside , no one who is well acquainted with the present society of Templars in England , can help admitting that a great proportion of those who have been of late years installed Knight Templars , have been unfit from their rank and position in society , even to have received the honour of Knighthood , such as these ought to have been created serving Brothers of the Order , ancl treated
with all respect and Brotherly affection ; but they should never have been admitted among the more honourable of the Order , for whom the honour of Knighthood was reserved . The fact is very clear , the whole Order demands a thorough revision , and , in my opinion , that revision can only he made by following so noble an example as our Scotch Brethren ; viz ., by throwing off the apron , and with it all allegiance to Masonry . I agree with the Scotch againout of RESPECT to Masons ,
, I would always give them a PREFERENCE , but I would not DETER a man from joining the ancient society of Templars , because , perhaps , he had a conscientious scruple to prevent his becoming a Mason . 1 most firmly believe that if the G . C . insists on the apron being worn , and thereby retaining the visible connexion with Masonry , that all the camps which are composed of proper Knights , ( viz ., gentlemen , for as Knights we do NOT meet on the level ) , will secede , and either join the Scotch
Encampments , or else hold themselves as an independant body . * Your obedient servant , FRA . GUMELMUS BE CORYTON , MILES TEMPLI . 2 ilth November , 1 II 44 .
Collectanea.
COLLECTANEA .
THE BENEFACTORS OF MANKIND . —It has not been permitted to individuals to effect with their single arm those great revolutions which urge forward the destinies of the moral ancl intellectual , and the political world . The benefactors ' , of mankind labour in groups ,, and shine in constellations : and though their leading star may . often be the chief object of admiration , yet his satellites must move along with , him and share his glory . Surrounded with Kepler , and Galileo , and Hook , and Halley , ancl Flamstead , and Laplace , Newton , completes the seven pleiads by whom the system of the universe was developed . Luther , and Calvin , and Zuingle , and Knox , formed the group which rescued
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Masonic Knights Templar.
campment of Templars , formed after the model of our noble Scotch brethren , has nothing to fear from prosecutions of law ; it is not a secret society , Templars never were so ; it is true , the absolute power of admission was not , nor is it now , published to the world at large , but this does not constitute a secret society . Whereas , the present English Templars are , to all intents and purposes , a secret society , and as such , and not being protected by the lawwhich protects Freemasonsare
, , liable to the most constant , vexatious , and tedious , and expensive law proceedings . But to put all this aside , no one who is well acquainted with the present society of Templars in England , can help admitting that a great proportion of those who have been of late years installed Knight Templars , have been unfit from their rank and position in society , even to have received the honour of Knighthood , such as these ought to have been created serving Brothers of the Order , ancl treated
with all respect and Brotherly affection ; but they should never have been admitted among the more honourable of the Order , for whom the honour of Knighthood was reserved . The fact is very clear , the whole Order demands a thorough revision , and , in my opinion , that revision can only he made by following so noble an example as our Scotch Brethren ; viz ., by throwing off the apron , and with it all allegiance to Masonry . I agree with the Scotch againout of RESPECT to Masons ,
, I would always give them a PREFERENCE , but I would not DETER a man from joining the ancient society of Templars , because , perhaps , he had a conscientious scruple to prevent his becoming a Mason . 1 most firmly believe that if the G . C . insists on the apron being worn , and thereby retaining the visible connexion with Masonry , that all the camps which are composed of proper Knights , ( viz ., gentlemen , for as Knights we do NOT meet on the level ) , will secede , and either join the Scotch
Encampments , or else hold themselves as an independant body . * Your obedient servant , FRA . GUMELMUS BE CORYTON , MILES TEMPLI . 2 ilth November , 1 II 44 .
Collectanea.
COLLECTANEA .
THE BENEFACTORS OF MANKIND . —It has not been permitted to individuals to effect with their single arm those great revolutions which urge forward the destinies of the moral ancl intellectual , and the political world . The benefactors ' , of mankind labour in groups ,, and shine in constellations : and though their leading star may . often be the chief object of admiration , yet his satellites must move along with , him and share his glory . Surrounded with Kepler , and Galileo , and Hook , and Halley , ancl Flamstead , and Laplace , Newton , completes the seven pleiads by whom the system of the universe was developed . Luther , and Calvin , and Zuingle , and Knox , formed the group which rescued