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Article FBEEMASONRY ILLUSTRATED. ← Page 16 of 16 Article MASONET AND HER MISSION; Page 1 of 5 →
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Fbeemasonry Illustrated.
successful . Tb brave Enighife to fight their w bitterness and truth , " Our foliow Christians found us at peace , and left us at war ; they are like those ominous birds of passage , whose appearance portendsi the coming tempest . ^
Some difficulties next arose between regarding their respective rights to certain pro but the di ^ pontiff confirmed all the ancient privileges of the Order , and induced the sovereigns of Europe to coiifor on it many iirimunitie privileges often brmight the Brethren In 1207 , when England , in the reign of Eing
interdict , divine service was continued in the Temple by virtue of Pope Alexander ' s bull , and the people brought alms and offerings fo the priests of the Order , to the gi ^^ Pope Innocent was excessively wrath , and wrote an angry remonstrance to the ^ gave him satisfaction , as soon after the pontiff w ^
in their behalf ; and by one of his letters it appears that in 1209 , he sent a very large sum of money to the Grand Masters of the Temple and St . John , to be employed at their discretion in defence of the Holy Land . The trace with the Moslems having expired , and Philip Duplessis , who was now Grand Master , refusing to renew it , hostilities were resumed .
In the contest between Innocent III . and King John , the latter deposited his treasure in the Temple at London , and frequently resided there ; his orders for the concentration of his fleet at Portsmouth , to resist the French invasion , is dated thence , and the Knights stood firm by the crown . John proved his gratitude to the fraternity by making it several grants . ( To be continued . )
Masonet And Her Mission;
MASONET AND HER MISSION ;
A Series of Lectures delivered before the Backing Lodge , Essex , by the late Bro . James liolfe , P . M .
W . M . anp Brethren , —Man s nature is a trinity ; that is , man ' s spiritual being consists of the intellectual faculties , the moral perceptions , and the soul . These three essentially differing in themselves , and each discharging its own peculiar functions , nevertheless combine together to form the perfect man ; whilst the impulses they transmit to , and the influence they exercise over the body , direct its actions , and render it subservient to them . Such is the view Masonry takes of the constitution of man ; and I have thought this a fitting introduction to a lecture wherein I
LECTURE III
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Fbeemasonry Illustrated.
successful . Tb brave Enighife to fight their w bitterness and truth , " Our foliow Christians found us at peace , and left us at war ; they are like those ominous birds of passage , whose appearance portendsi the coming tempest . ^
Some difficulties next arose between regarding their respective rights to certain pro but the di ^ pontiff confirmed all the ancient privileges of the Order , and induced the sovereigns of Europe to coiifor on it many iirimunitie privileges often brmight the Brethren In 1207 , when England , in the reign of Eing
interdict , divine service was continued in the Temple by virtue of Pope Alexander ' s bull , and the people brought alms and offerings fo the priests of the Order , to the gi ^^ Pope Innocent was excessively wrath , and wrote an angry remonstrance to the ^ gave him satisfaction , as soon after the pontiff w ^
in their behalf ; and by one of his letters it appears that in 1209 , he sent a very large sum of money to the Grand Masters of the Temple and St . John , to be employed at their discretion in defence of the Holy Land . The trace with the Moslems having expired , and Philip Duplessis , who was now Grand Master , refusing to renew it , hostilities were resumed .
In the contest between Innocent III . and King John , the latter deposited his treasure in the Temple at London , and frequently resided there ; his orders for the concentration of his fleet at Portsmouth , to resist the French invasion , is dated thence , and the Knights stood firm by the crown . John proved his gratitude to the fraternity by making it several grants . ( To be continued . )
Masonet And Her Mission;
MASONET AND HER MISSION ;
A Series of Lectures delivered before the Backing Lodge , Essex , by the late Bro . James liolfe , P . M .
W . M . anp Brethren , —Man s nature is a trinity ; that is , man ' s spiritual being consists of the intellectual faculties , the moral perceptions , and the soul . These three essentially differing in themselves , and each discharging its own peculiar functions , nevertheless combine together to form the perfect man ; whilst the impulses they transmit to , and the influence they exercise over the body , direct its actions , and render it subservient to them . Such is the view Masonry takes of the constitution of man ; and I have thought this a fitting introduction to a lecture wherein I
LECTURE III