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Notes on tbc United Orders of thc Temple and Hospital 787 Grand Lodge of Scotland 7 S 7 Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmoreland 789 So called Ancient Landmarks 789 Emulation Lodge of Improvement 790
C ORRESPONDENCE . — United Grand Lodge 790 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 790 Notes on the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital 791 Bro . Morton Edwards and Grand Mark Lodge ... 791 The Vote of Thanks to Bro . LI . Evans' 791
Masonic Notes and Queries 791 Masonic Tidings 791 United Grand Lodge 792 CRAFT M ASONRY : — Metropolitan Jv . 794
Provincial 794 ROYAL A RCH : — Provincial 795 Metropolitan 795 Masonic Meetings for next week 79 6 Advertisements 785 , 786 , 797 , 708 , J 99 , Soo
SUPPLEMENT ( Eight pages ) : — Show Masons 801 MARK M ASONRY : Provincial So 1 Aids to Study , by Bro . W . Carpenter 802 On Freemasonry , by Brn . H . T . Bobart S 02 Lodges of Instruction S 03
lied Cross of Constantinc 804 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR : — Scotland 805 Consecration of a Knights Templar Encampment at Liverpool 806 Correspondence S 06 The Grand Lodge of Scotland S 07 Poetry 80 S
Notes On The " United Orders Of The Temple And Hospital."
NOTES ON THE " UNITED ORDERS OF THE TEMPLE AND HOSPITAL . "
A Lecture delivered hefore thc Era Ires nf the Prudence Eiicaiii / iinenl ( if Masonic Knights Templar , al Ipswich , on l / iti 31 . il J a hi , 1872 .
13 Y EMRA HOLMES , 31 , Eminent Commander of the Encampment , Grand Provost of England , Provincial Grand Banner Bearer of the Royal Oidur of Scotland , iVc . ( Continued from Po . ^ c 772 . )
Bro . Yarker says that " the History of the Jerusalem Encampment , tho oldest in Lancashire , commences in 1786 , but many old Freemasons believe that long prior , to the issue of warrants
the Chivalric Orders were practised under the sanction of the Blue Lodges . " He seems to think that it is in 1686 , under the sanction of the Scottish Chivalric Order of the Temple and St .
John that our traditions point for the revival of the Knights Templar . Dom Calmet records , that Viscount Dundee
was at this period Grand Master of the Order of Templars in Scotland , and states that he had received from the titular Viscount the Grand Cross his brother wore when he fell at Killiecrankie in
168 9 . Certain it is , however , that thc Grand Lodge of all England at York recognised the Order previous to 1780 , and at the union of thc two Grand Lodges in 18 15 , as I have elsewhere
stated , it was expressly stipulated that the article referring to what should be considered pure Ancient Masonry was nut intended to prevent any lodge or chapter from holding a meeting in any
of the degrees of the Orders of Chivalry , according to the constitution of the said Orders . This was no doubt in consequence of the Dukes of Sussex and Kent ( both being heads of the Order , the one
as Grand Master the other as Grand Patron ) bring also Grand Masters in the Craft . The present prosperous condition of the United Orders of the Temple and the Hospital is no doubt due to the great exertions of its present Grand Chancellor ,
Notes On The " United Orders Of The Temple And Hospital."
Sir Patrick Colquhoun , as well as to the support of noblemen like the Earl of Limerick , Lord Skelmersdalc , Lord Eliot , and others , to whom wc , as Knights Templar , owe a debt of gratitude
we cannot easily repay . In Scotland the Order , which during the last century had accepted charters from the High Knights Templar in Ireland , whose origin I believe is not very well
known , but who arc now under the Grand Mastership of the Dnkeof Leinster , and hold a hi gh social position in their own country ; but these charters were discarded , Laurie tells us when they accepted a charter from the Duke of Kent .
The United States Knights Templar owe their origin to England , tracing their descent from the Baldwyn and York , and other immemorial En campments , I believe , as stated in Mackey ' s Lexical ! and Cross Chart .
The three independent bodies of Knights , in the United Kingdom are shortly , I believe , to be under one sceptre , that of the Trinee , of Wales ,
when we may confidently look lor a new raising of the Beauseant , and the Templars will take their proper position as a great chivalric bod y before the world .
That we are thc legitimate descendants of the Crusading Knights I have no manner of doubt ' and as , I have said before , both friends and enemies have admitted that ' great fact .
In Barniel's history of Jacobinism the author . , citing the frightful charges against thc Templars , which as a Jesuit of course hejbelieves says , " Such nevertheless are the men from whom the Masons
glory in being descended . Yes , and their descent is real . Their pretensions are no longer chimerical . Were they to deny it , we should force them to recognise as their progenitors not the
whole of the Order , but that part whose ancient corruption and obstinate hatred against the altar and the throne , when added to their thirst of revenge , must render them still more formidable to
both kings and pontills . " Were we to trace the descent of the Freemasons by the Templars wc should not have the assurance of those who suppose the Grand Master
Molay , when in the Bastile creating the four lodges , that of Naples for the East , of Edinburgh for the West , of Stockholm for the North , and of Paris for the South . Yet following nothing but
the Archives of the Fremasons themselves , and the apparent affinities which subsist between them and the Knights Templar , we are entitled
to say to them : —Yes , the whole of your school and all your lodges descend from the Templars . Aficr the extinction of their Order a certain
number of criminal Knights , who escaped thc general proscription , formed a body to perpetuate their frightful mysteries . " * very insullieient grounds , but I have already , for
the most part , disposed ol that question . lie says : — " Another relk etion , which strikes me as being of weight , though 1 do not know that any one has made it , is that between thirty and forty
thousand Knights not only survived the condemnation of the Order , but also survived Philip le Bel and Clement V . The greater part of these
had onl y been conuemned to canonical penance , to so many days fasting and prayer , or to a short imprisonment . They lived in diiFerent parts of
Notes On The " United Orders Of The Temple And Hospital."
the world , where they had nothing to fear from their persecutors and tyrants . " Barruel thinks therefore that if they had been innocent they would have asserted their innocence
after the death of Phili p le Bel . His argument , however , is in favour of the probabilities of our descent , whatever it may be is to our innocence , and when our brethren
in the craft ridicule our pretensions I am reminded of what was said some time back in the Freemasons' Magazine touching the High Grades . Our venerable Brother , Charles
I'urton Cooper , who may be called the Martin Tupper of Masonry , in speaking of the Hi gh Grades to a brother says , " if , as you assert , the high grades are useless , valueless , how do you
account for their having existed amongst ns so many years , and for their being more flourishing now than at any former time ? English common sense rarely tolerates , much less favours
what has no value , no use * * * * * you make obscurity of origin the foundation of an argument against the high grades . If
you are consistent you must , as it seems to me , equally make obscurity of origin the foundation of an argument against modern English
Freemasonry . * There is much wisdom in our learned bro ihers remarks . ( To te concluded in our next . )
Grand Lodge Of Scotland.
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .
PRESENTATION OT BlJST TO LoRI ) DAI . UOUSIF ,. On Mondar , the and inst ., the Grand Lodge of
Scotland met in their hall , George-street , the Earl of Rosslyn , Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scotland , in the chair . There was a
large attendance . The following office-bearers , who had been recommended for election by the Grand Committee , were elected accordingly , and duly installed into ollice , vi / ..:
—lit . Hon . Earl Rosslvn ... G . Master , bit . Hon . Farl Dalhousie P . G . Master . Sir M . Shaw Stewart , Bart . D . G . Master . Henry Inglis , Esq S . G . Master .
Col . A . C . Campbell S . G . Warden .-Rt . Hon . Earl of Kellie ... J . . Warden . Samuel Hay G . Treasurer .
Alex . J . Stewart G . Secretary . John Laurie G . Clerk . Rev . V . G . Faithful , M . A . G . Chaplain .
Rev . Dr . Gray ,, Major W . II . ' Ramsey ... S . G . Deacon . ' F . A . Barron J . G . Deacon . David Bryce Architect . Alexander Hay G . feweller . JohnCoghill G . Dir . of Ccrs .
D . Robertson G . Bible-Bearer . James Ballantine G . Bard . Rig ht Hon . Lord Rosehill G . Sword-Bcarer . C . W . M . Miiller G . Dir . of Music . R . Davidson G . Organist .
AL Macki'ii / . ie Chief G . Marshal . A . T . Apthurpe G . Marshal . W . M . lirvce G . Tyler .
lames Baikie Outer Guard . F . S . Melville Pres . G . Stewards . J . Ilaig . _ Vice-President . Durinir the installation of the M . W . Grand
Master , the chair was occupied by the Past G . Master , the F . arl of Dalhousie . The Earl of Rosslyn , on again taking the chair , briefly returned thanks for that renewed expression of their confidence . After this formal business had
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Notes on tbc United Orders of thc Temple and Hospital 787 Grand Lodge of Scotland 7 S 7 Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmoreland 789 So called Ancient Landmarks 789 Emulation Lodge of Improvement 790
C ORRESPONDENCE . — United Grand Lodge 790 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 790 Notes on the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital 791 Bro . Morton Edwards and Grand Mark Lodge ... 791 The Vote of Thanks to Bro . LI . Evans' 791
Masonic Notes and Queries 791 Masonic Tidings 791 United Grand Lodge 792 CRAFT M ASONRY : — Metropolitan Jv . 794
Provincial 794 ROYAL A RCH : — Provincial 795 Metropolitan 795 Masonic Meetings for next week 79 6 Advertisements 785 , 786 , 797 , 708 , J 99 , Soo
SUPPLEMENT ( Eight pages ) : — Show Masons 801 MARK M ASONRY : Provincial So 1 Aids to Study , by Bro . W . Carpenter 802 On Freemasonry , by Brn . H . T . Bobart S 02 Lodges of Instruction S 03
lied Cross of Constantinc 804 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR : — Scotland 805 Consecration of a Knights Templar Encampment at Liverpool 806 Correspondence S 06 The Grand Lodge of Scotland S 07 Poetry 80 S
Notes On The " United Orders Of The Temple And Hospital."
NOTES ON THE " UNITED ORDERS OF THE TEMPLE AND HOSPITAL . "
A Lecture delivered hefore thc Era Ires nf the Prudence Eiicaiii / iinenl ( if Masonic Knights Templar , al Ipswich , on l / iti 31 . il J a hi , 1872 .
13 Y EMRA HOLMES , 31 , Eminent Commander of the Encampment , Grand Provost of England , Provincial Grand Banner Bearer of the Royal Oidur of Scotland , iVc . ( Continued from Po . ^ c 772 . )
Bro . Yarker says that " the History of the Jerusalem Encampment , tho oldest in Lancashire , commences in 1786 , but many old Freemasons believe that long prior , to the issue of warrants
the Chivalric Orders were practised under the sanction of the Blue Lodges . " He seems to think that it is in 1686 , under the sanction of the Scottish Chivalric Order of the Temple and St .
John that our traditions point for the revival of the Knights Templar . Dom Calmet records , that Viscount Dundee
was at this period Grand Master of the Order of Templars in Scotland , and states that he had received from the titular Viscount the Grand Cross his brother wore when he fell at Killiecrankie in
168 9 . Certain it is , however , that thc Grand Lodge of all England at York recognised the Order previous to 1780 , and at the union of thc two Grand Lodges in 18 15 , as I have elsewhere
stated , it was expressly stipulated that the article referring to what should be considered pure Ancient Masonry was nut intended to prevent any lodge or chapter from holding a meeting in any
of the degrees of the Orders of Chivalry , according to the constitution of the said Orders . This was no doubt in consequence of the Dukes of Sussex and Kent ( both being heads of the Order , the one
as Grand Master the other as Grand Patron ) bring also Grand Masters in the Craft . The present prosperous condition of the United Orders of the Temple and the Hospital is no doubt due to the great exertions of its present Grand Chancellor ,
Notes On The " United Orders Of The Temple And Hospital."
Sir Patrick Colquhoun , as well as to the support of noblemen like the Earl of Limerick , Lord Skelmersdalc , Lord Eliot , and others , to whom wc , as Knights Templar , owe a debt of gratitude
we cannot easily repay . In Scotland the Order , which during the last century had accepted charters from the High Knights Templar in Ireland , whose origin I believe is not very well
known , but who arc now under the Grand Mastership of the Dnkeof Leinster , and hold a hi gh social position in their own country ; but these charters were discarded , Laurie tells us when they accepted a charter from the Duke of Kent .
The United States Knights Templar owe their origin to England , tracing their descent from the Baldwyn and York , and other immemorial En campments , I believe , as stated in Mackey ' s Lexical ! and Cross Chart .
The three independent bodies of Knights , in the United Kingdom are shortly , I believe , to be under one sceptre , that of the Trinee , of Wales ,
when we may confidently look lor a new raising of the Beauseant , and the Templars will take their proper position as a great chivalric bod y before the world .
That we are thc legitimate descendants of the Crusading Knights I have no manner of doubt ' and as , I have said before , both friends and enemies have admitted that ' great fact .
In Barniel's history of Jacobinism the author . , citing the frightful charges against thc Templars , which as a Jesuit of course hejbelieves says , " Such nevertheless are the men from whom the Masons
glory in being descended . Yes , and their descent is real . Their pretensions are no longer chimerical . Were they to deny it , we should force them to recognise as their progenitors not the
whole of the Order , but that part whose ancient corruption and obstinate hatred against the altar and the throne , when added to their thirst of revenge , must render them still more formidable to
both kings and pontills . " Were we to trace the descent of the Freemasons by the Templars wc should not have the assurance of those who suppose the Grand Master
Molay , when in the Bastile creating the four lodges , that of Naples for the East , of Edinburgh for the West , of Stockholm for the North , and of Paris for the South . Yet following nothing but
the Archives of the Fremasons themselves , and the apparent affinities which subsist between them and the Knights Templar , we are entitled
to say to them : —Yes , the whole of your school and all your lodges descend from the Templars . Aficr the extinction of their Order a certain
number of criminal Knights , who escaped thc general proscription , formed a body to perpetuate their frightful mysteries . " * very insullieient grounds , but I have already , for
the most part , disposed ol that question . lie says : — " Another relk etion , which strikes me as being of weight , though 1 do not know that any one has made it , is that between thirty and forty
thousand Knights not only survived the condemnation of the Order , but also survived Philip le Bel and Clement V . The greater part of these
had onl y been conuemned to canonical penance , to so many days fasting and prayer , or to a short imprisonment . They lived in diiFerent parts of
Notes On The " United Orders Of The Temple And Hospital."
the world , where they had nothing to fear from their persecutors and tyrants . " Barruel thinks therefore that if they had been innocent they would have asserted their innocence
after the death of Phili p le Bel . His argument , however , is in favour of the probabilities of our descent , whatever it may be is to our innocence , and when our brethren
in the craft ridicule our pretensions I am reminded of what was said some time back in the Freemasons' Magazine touching the High Grades . Our venerable Brother , Charles
I'urton Cooper , who may be called the Martin Tupper of Masonry , in speaking of the Hi gh Grades to a brother says , " if , as you assert , the high grades are useless , valueless , how do you
account for their having existed amongst ns so many years , and for their being more flourishing now than at any former time ? English common sense rarely tolerates , much less favours
what has no value , no use * * * * * you make obscurity of origin the foundation of an argument against the high grades . If
you are consistent you must , as it seems to me , equally make obscurity of origin the foundation of an argument against modern English
Freemasonry . * There is much wisdom in our learned bro ihers remarks . ( To te concluded in our next . )
Grand Lodge Of Scotland.
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .
PRESENTATION OT BlJST TO LoRI ) DAI . UOUSIF ,. On Mondar , the and inst ., the Grand Lodge of
Scotland met in their hall , George-street , the Earl of Rosslyn , Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scotland , in the chair . There was a
large attendance . The following office-bearers , who had been recommended for election by the Grand Committee , were elected accordingly , and duly installed into ollice , vi / ..:
—lit . Hon . Earl Rosslvn ... G . Master , bit . Hon . Farl Dalhousie P . G . Master . Sir M . Shaw Stewart , Bart . D . G . Master . Henry Inglis , Esq S . G . Master .
Col . A . C . Campbell S . G . Warden .-Rt . Hon . Earl of Kellie ... J . . Warden . Samuel Hay G . Treasurer .
Alex . J . Stewart G . Secretary . John Laurie G . Clerk . Rev . V . G . Faithful , M . A . G . Chaplain .
Rev . Dr . Gray ,, Major W . II . ' Ramsey ... S . G . Deacon . ' F . A . Barron J . G . Deacon . David Bryce Architect . Alexander Hay G . feweller . JohnCoghill G . Dir . of Ccrs .
D . Robertson G . Bible-Bearer . James Ballantine G . Bard . Rig ht Hon . Lord Rosehill G . Sword-Bcarer . C . W . M . Miiller G . Dir . of Music . R . Davidson G . Organist .
AL Macki'ii / . ie Chief G . Marshal . A . T . Apthurpe G . Marshal . W . M . lirvce G . Tyler .
lames Baikie Outer Guard . F . S . Melville Pres . G . Stewards . J . Ilaig . _ Vice-President . Durinir the installation of the M . W . Grand
Master , the chair was occupied by the Past G . Master , the F . arl of Dalhousie . The Earl of Rosslyn , on again taking the chair , briefly returned thanks for that renewed expression of their confidence . After this formal business had