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Article FBEEMASONRY ILLUSTRATED. ← Page 10 of 16 →
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Fbeemasonry Illustrated.
Ihe Templars marched at the right of the sacred relic and the Hospitallers on the left . One of the Patriarchs of Jerusalem , whose narrative is in the library of the Vatican ( an eye-witness of the conduct of the Templars in the field ) , tells * us that they were " always
foremost in the fight and the last in the retreat ; " that " when the signal was given to charge , they humbly sang ' .-. the psalm -Non nobis , non nobis , Domine , sect nomini tuo dagloriam .. ';" . and that " ' . they carefully attended to the commands of their Master . ''
Our brethren will readily recognise the practices of Masons of ancient and modern times in the fidelity of Templars , as well as in their entire reliance on the Most High . Saladin who Had , £ .. »* 1175 , raised himself to the sovereignty of
Egypt and Syria , collected an army of more than 50 , 000 men , and , a second time crossing the desert , was in the sacred land of Palestine . He had with him a body guard of a thousand Memlook emirs , and in a great battle near Ascaion , in 1177 , Odo de St . Amand , Master of the Templars , at the head of eighty Knights broke through this guard ,
and penetrating to the Sultan ' s tent , nearly captured him ; the whole army was thrown into a panic , and in their confusion were
slaughtered or fled . In the next year the Templars suffered a sad reverse ; the Brethren ever active , when peace permitted , to erect glorious fabrics for the worship of the Great Creator of the universe , or walls to protect his servants from the incarsion of the infidel , had commenced the erection of a strong fortress , close to Jacob ' s Ford on the
Jordan , intended to protect and cover the road leading from Damascus to Jerusalem . Saladin advancing to obstruct this work , all the chivalry of the Christians was got together to protect it . Saladin , feigning , by a stratagem , a retrograde movement with part of his troops , was pursued by the Christians , when he moved his light cavalry on both sides of the pursuers ; they were thrown into confusion , and nearly all the Christian army , save the Templars
and Hospitallers who stood hrm , were slam . The Master oi bt . John escaped , but the , Templars were all killed or made prisoners ; including Odo the Master , who was sent in chains toAleppo . Odo died in a dungeon in Damascus in the following year , and Brother Arnold de Torrage succeeded him in office . After this the houses and castles of the Templars were pillaged and destroyed ; but some successes of the Christians induced Saladin to agree to a truce for four vears . To obtain succour in the
deplorable state of the Christians in Palestine , the Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Masters of the two Orders proceeded to Europe , but the Master of the Temple died at Verona on his way . The Patriarch , on reaching London , was received by the Templars at their chief house ; he consecrated the beautiful church the fraternity had just erected dedicated to the Virgin , and which , now restored , is one of the chief ornaments of the metropolis , and an enduring memorial of the architectural taste and skill of these knightly Masons . This consecration the ancient inscription over the door states to have taken place on the
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Fbeemasonry Illustrated.
Ihe Templars marched at the right of the sacred relic and the Hospitallers on the left . One of the Patriarchs of Jerusalem , whose narrative is in the library of the Vatican ( an eye-witness of the conduct of the Templars in the field ) , tells * us that they were " always
foremost in the fight and the last in the retreat ; " that " when the signal was given to charge , they humbly sang ' .-. the psalm -Non nobis , non nobis , Domine , sect nomini tuo dagloriam .. ';" . and that " ' . they carefully attended to the commands of their Master . ''
Our brethren will readily recognise the practices of Masons of ancient and modern times in the fidelity of Templars , as well as in their entire reliance on the Most High . Saladin who Had , £ .. »* 1175 , raised himself to the sovereignty of
Egypt and Syria , collected an army of more than 50 , 000 men , and , a second time crossing the desert , was in the sacred land of Palestine . He had with him a body guard of a thousand Memlook emirs , and in a great battle near Ascaion , in 1177 , Odo de St . Amand , Master of the Templars , at the head of eighty Knights broke through this guard ,
and penetrating to the Sultan ' s tent , nearly captured him ; the whole army was thrown into a panic , and in their confusion were
slaughtered or fled . In the next year the Templars suffered a sad reverse ; the Brethren ever active , when peace permitted , to erect glorious fabrics for the worship of the Great Creator of the universe , or walls to protect his servants from the incarsion of the infidel , had commenced the erection of a strong fortress , close to Jacob ' s Ford on the
Jordan , intended to protect and cover the road leading from Damascus to Jerusalem . Saladin advancing to obstruct this work , all the chivalry of the Christians was got together to protect it . Saladin , feigning , by a stratagem , a retrograde movement with part of his troops , was pursued by the Christians , when he moved his light cavalry on both sides of the pursuers ; they were thrown into confusion , and nearly all the Christian army , save the Templars
and Hospitallers who stood hrm , were slam . The Master oi bt . John escaped , but the , Templars were all killed or made prisoners ; including Odo the Master , who was sent in chains toAleppo . Odo died in a dungeon in Damascus in the following year , and Brother Arnold de Torrage succeeded him in office . After this the houses and castles of the Templars were pillaged and destroyed ; but some successes of the Christians induced Saladin to agree to a truce for four vears . To obtain succour in the
deplorable state of the Christians in Palestine , the Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Masters of the two Orders proceeded to Europe , but the Master of the Temple died at Verona on his way . The Patriarch , on reaching London , was received by the Templars at their chief house ; he consecrated the beautiful church the fraternity had just erected dedicated to the Virgin , and which , now restored , is one of the chief ornaments of the metropolis , and an enduring memorial of the architectural taste and skill of these knightly Masons . This consecration the ancient inscription over the door states to have taken place on the