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Fbeemasonry Illustrated.
assistance , and that they had lent me a considerable * sum of
money . The miserable end of the second Crusade caused Louis to return to France , and Des Barres returned with him , leaving his brethren to withstand the Mussulmans . The Treasurer wrote imploring 'him
to return and bring with him additional force , but he abdicated his authority and entered the monastery of Olairvaux , a . u . 1151 . He was succeeded by Bernard de Tremelay . The Moslems advanced to within sight of Jerusalem ; the Templars attacked them at night and defeated them with great slaughter , five thousand being left dead on the field . In the year 1153 , the Master with his knights , alone and
unaided , attempted to take the city of Ascalon by storm ; they made a breach in the walls and rushed into the town , but were overpowered by " numbers and slain to a man ; not a single Templar escaped . On June 19 , 1156 , while marching with King Baldwin , near Tiberias , the troops were drawn into an ambuscade , and eSQO of the brethren
were slain : eiehtv-seven fell into the hands of the enemy , Bertrand were slain ; eighty-seven fell into the hands ot the enemy , Bertrand de Blanquefort , the Master , being among the number . This loss thirty Knights Templars avenged by killing and capturing 200 of the infidels in a night attack ; in this affair the names of Eobert Mansel and G-ilbert de Lacy , both Englishmen , are honourably mentioned . A
letter of the Pope's , at this time , characterizes them as " new Maccabees , far-famed and valiant champions of the Lord . " The Master was liberated from captivity at the instance of Manuel Comnenus , Emperor of Constantinople . He died in 1167 , and Philip of Naplous , who was born in Palestine , and on the death of his wife became a
Knight of the Order , was elected Grand Master . Three years after lie resigned his authority , and Brother Odo de St . Armand was elected . At this time first appears on the page of history the famous Saladin ; at the head of 40 , 000 troops he crossed the desert ; and on his way into Palestine the wild Bedouins joined his standard . His first essay was the seige of Graza , which belonged to the Templars .
The luxuriant gardens , the palm and olive groves of this city of the wilderness , were destroyed by the wild cavalry of the desert . The Templars fasted and prayed ; invoking the aid of the Grod of battles , they opened the gates , and sallying out into the enemy ' s camp performed such prodigies of valour , that Saladin , despairing of taking the place , abandoned the siege and returned to Egypt .
At this time we find there was an officer of the Order called Oustos Chpellce , or Guardian of the Chapel , who had charge of the portable chapel and the ornaments of the altar which were always carried by the Templars into the field . This portable chapel was a round tent , which was pitched in the centre of the camp ; the quarters of the
brethren were disposed around it , so that they might in the readiest and most convenient manner participate in the sacred offices , and fulfil the religious duties of their profession . The Templars and Hospitallers were constituted the guardians of the relic of the true cross , when it was brought from its sacred repository in the Church of the Resurrection to be placed at the head of the Christian army .
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Fbeemasonry Illustrated.
assistance , and that they had lent me a considerable * sum of
money . The miserable end of the second Crusade caused Louis to return to France , and Des Barres returned with him , leaving his brethren to withstand the Mussulmans . The Treasurer wrote imploring 'him
to return and bring with him additional force , but he abdicated his authority and entered the monastery of Olairvaux , a . u . 1151 . He was succeeded by Bernard de Tremelay . The Moslems advanced to within sight of Jerusalem ; the Templars attacked them at night and defeated them with great slaughter , five thousand being left dead on the field . In the year 1153 , the Master with his knights , alone and
unaided , attempted to take the city of Ascalon by storm ; they made a breach in the walls and rushed into the town , but were overpowered by " numbers and slain to a man ; not a single Templar escaped . On June 19 , 1156 , while marching with King Baldwin , near Tiberias , the troops were drawn into an ambuscade , and eSQO of the brethren
were slain : eiehtv-seven fell into the hands of the enemy , Bertrand were slain ; eighty-seven fell into the hands ot the enemy , Bertrand de Blanquefort , the Master , being among the number . This loss thirty Knights Templars avenged by killing and capturing 200 of the infidels in a night attack ; in this affair the names of Eobert Mansel and G-ilbert de Lacy , both Englishmen , are honourably mentioned . A
letter of the Pope's , at this time , characterizes them as " new Maccabees , far-famed and valiant champions of the Lord . " The Master was liberated from captivity at the instance of Manuel Comnenus , Emperor of Constantinople . He died in 1167 , and Philip of Naplous , who was born in Palestine , and on the death of his wife became a
Knight of the Order , was elected Grand Master . Three years after lie resigned his authority , and Brother Odo de St . Armand was elected . At this time first appears on the page of history the famous Saladin ; at the head of 40 , 000 troops he crossed the desert ; and on his way into Palestine the wild Bedouins joined his standard . His first essay was the seige of Graza , which belonged to the Templars .
The luxuriant gardens , the palm and olive groves of this city of the wilderness , were destroyed by the wild cavalry of the desert . The Templars fasted and prayed ; invoking the aid of the Grod of battles , they opened the gates , and sallying out into the enemy ' s camp performed such prodigies of valour , that Saladin , despairing of taking the place , abandoned the siege and returned to Egypt .
At this time we find there was an officer of the Order called Oustos Chpellce , or Guardian of the Chapel , who had charge of the portable chapel and the ornaments of the altar which were always carried by the Templars into the field . This portable chapel was a round tent , which was pitched in the centre of the camp ; the quarters of the
brethren were disposed around it , so that they might in the readiest and most convenient manner participate in the sacred offices , and fulfil the religious duties of their profession . The Templars and Hospitallers were constituted the guardians of the relic of the true cross , when it was brought from its sacred repository in the Church of the Resurrection to be placed at the head of the Christian army .