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Article FBEEMASONRY ILLUSTRATED. ← Page 11 of 16 →
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Fbeemasonry Illustrated.
10 th of February , 1185 . Grerard de Biderfort was the next Master of the Order ; and on the death of Baldwin II . there wer , e many disagreements among the Christians as to who should be his successor ; these dissensions coming to the ear of Saladin , he broke up the truce , and marched an army into Galilee to waste the country . The
Grand Master of the Templars , with ninety Knights , rode over to Nazareth , and there joining the Master of the Hospitallers with forty of his Order , and accompanied by 400 foot soldiers , set out in search of the Moslems , whom they overtook at the brook Kishon ; the enemy taken by surprise , were thrown into confusion , and many were slain ;
but the commander seeing the small number of the Christian force , closed in upon them , and every man , excepting the Grand Master of the Templars and two of his Knights , was slain . This sad event was on the 1 st of May , and the abbot of Coggleshall , who was present , says : " In that beautiful season of the year when the inhabitants of Nazareth were wont to seek the rose : and violet in the fields , they
found only the sad traces of carnage , and the lifeless bodies of their slaughtered brethren . "With mourning and with great lamentation , they carried them into the great burial-ground of the blessed Virgin Mary of Nazareth , crying aloud , ' Daughters of Galilee , put on your mourning clothes ; ye daughters of Zion , bewail the misfortunes that
threaten the kings of Jndah . '' The adjacent country is thus described by a modern traveller : — " The vale resembles a circular basin encompassed by mountains ; it seems as if fifteen mountains met together to form an enclosure for
this delightful spot ; they rise round it like the edge of a shell to guard it from intrusion . It is a rich and beautiful field in the midst of barren mountains , at the base and on the slope of one of which the town stands ; it abounds in fig-trees , small gardens , and hedges of the prickly-pear , and the dense rich grass affords abundant pasture . " I # -l ___ 1- _ . _ _ 1 . — A . X . ! . » . — . J- —* . ——• - » ~* ^ -m- ~ r ^ bh riA ! - » ^* -o . l ^* -. - ¦ - •/* s ~ % . 1 ^ . * - \ 4- -4- L ^ * ~ ± ^ -i- - * ham of the town The church of the
_ , , . Bucking , speaking , says , " Annunciation within the Latin Convent , is the finest in Syria , next to the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem . " He also tells us , " that more than nine-tenths of the inhabitants are Christians of the country , and are a civil and industrious people . " How different this to the aspect of countries where Mohammedanism prevails ; and how different might Palestine become were Turkish indolence driven from the land !
The vast crowds of Mussulmans that hurried to join the standard of Saladin , alarmed the Christians for their safety . The differences that had arisen amongst them were healed , and all the chivalry of the Christian kingdoms was gathered under the King of Jerusalem , to make an effort in defence of his tottering throne . The army , having reached Sepphoris , were encamped , and although the town and fortress of Tiberias were hard pressed by Saladin , the king , by the advice of the Count of Tripoli—whose conduct in the
affair savours strongly of treason—would not move to its succour until imperatively urged by the Grand Master of the Templars . Saladin , turning the siege into a blockade , was , with his host of 80 , 000 men , prepared to meet the Christians . The treachery of the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Fbeemasonry Illustrated.
10 th of February , 1185 . Grerard de Biderfort was the next Master of the Order ; and on the death of Baldwin II . there wer , e many disagreements among the Christians as to who should be his successor ; these dissensions coming to the ear of Saladin , he broke up the truce , and marched an army into Galilee to waste the country . The
Grand Master of the Templars , with ninety Knights , rode over to Nazareth , and there joining the Master of the Hospitallers with forty of his Order , and accompanied by 400 foot soldiers , set out in search of the Moslems , whom they overtook at the brook Kishon ; the enemy taken by surprise , were thrown into confusion , and many were slain ;
but the commander seeing the small number of the Christian force , closed in upon them , and every man , excepting the Grand Master of the Templars and two of his Knights , was slain . This sad event was on the 1 st of May , and the abbot of Coggleshall , who was present , says : " In that beautiful season of the year when the inhabitants of Nazareth were wont to seek the rose : and violet in the fields , they
found only the sad traces of carnage , and the lifeless bodies of their slaughtered brethren . "With mourning and with great lamentation , they carried them into the great burial-ground of the blessed Virgin Mary of Nazareth , crying aloud , ' Daughters of Galilee , put on your mourning clothes ; ye daughters of Zion , bewail the misfortunes that
threaten the kings of Jndah . '' The adjacent country is thus described by a modern traveller : — " The vale resembles a circular basin encompassed by mountains ; it seems as if fifteen mountains met together to form an enclosure for
this delightful spot ; they rise round it like the edge of a shell to guard it from intrusion . It is a rich and beautiful field in the midst of barren mountains , at the base and on the slope of one of which the town stands ; it abounds in fig-trees , small gardens , and hedges of the prickly-pear , and the dense rich grass affords abundant pasture . " I # -l ___ 1- _ . _ _ 1 . — A . X . ! . » . — . J- —* . ——• - » ~* ^ -m- ~ r ^ bh riA ! - » ^* -o . l ^* -. - ¦ - •/* s ~ % . 1 ^ . * - \ 4- -4- L ^ * ~ ± ^ -i- - * ham of the town The church of the
_ , , . Bucking , speaking , says , " Annunciation within the Latin Convent , is the finest in Syria , next to the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem . " He also tells us , " that more than nine-tenths of the inhabitants are Christians of the country , and are a civil and industrious people . " How different this to the aspect of countries where Mohammedanism prevails ; and how different might Palestine become were Turkish indolence driven from the land !
The vast crowds of Mussulmans that hurried to join the standard of Saladin , alarmed the Christians for their safety . The differences that had arisen amongst them were healed , and all the chivalry of the Christian kingdoms was gathered under the King of Jerusalem , to make an effort in defence of his tottering throne . The army , having reached Sepphoris , were encamped , and although the town and fortress of Tiberias were hard pressed by Saladin , the king , by the advice of the Count of Tripoli—whose conduct in the
affair savours strongly of treason—would not move to its succour until imperatively urged by the Grand Master of the Templars . Saladin , turning the siege into a blockade , was , with his host of 80 , 000 men , prepared to meet the Christians . The treachery of the