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Sgotlamd.
winning , No . 56 , headed by their respective Eirst Principals , favoured the meeting with their presence . They were severally addressed by the excellent chairman , who received in return able replies and congratulations . The evening was spent in a most agreeable and instructive manner , the remarks
made by the chairman in introducing the various toasts in the programme abounding with incident and illustration , for which few , who do not like himself feel a deep interest in Ereemasonry , would be found capable . The proceedings were , at intervals , relieved by some excellent singing by Comps . Ebsworth , Manning , Darling , Law , & c . The meeting closed shortly after ten o ' clock , the Companions joining in the national melody of " Auld Lang Syne . "
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN SCOTLAND . The following brief history of Knight Templarism in Scotland we extract from the preface to the Statutes of the Order just published , in which we think we trace the hand of our esteemed Bro . and Comp . Dr . Walker Arnott , of the Glasgow Dniversity :- — - " It is a matter of history that the Order of the Temple was endeavoured to be suppressed in 1309 . In Erance it was extinguished by Philip le Bel ; in England
by King Edward II .: only two remnants are known to have survived the general persecution ; - —one of these was saved in Portugal on condition of changing the name to that of ' Knights of Christ , ' and of becoming a mere honorary Order , of which the Crown alone was to have right of nominating the members ;—the other was in Scotland , probably saved by the determined stand \ vhich the Scotch were then making against Edward , and which resulted in the freedom of their native country . *
" About the commencement of the reign of James IY ., or prior thereto , a union was effected by the Knights of the Temple and those of St . John , and the lands belonging to either body were consolidated . This union appears to have continued till the era of the Reformation , when the Act 1560 prohibited all allegiance within the realm to the See of Home . The combined Orders then lost their estates , and ceased to be known as a military body . Unwilling to drop their ceremonies , they fraternised with the Freemasons , and in their Lodges
continued to receive postulants . By the ancient laws of the Temple no one could be admitted to the privileges of a Knight who could not show a certain descent ; and it is probable , therefore , that it was at this time a distinction took place among the members , and that two classes originated : the one open to the Freemasons in general , although they could not show a genealogical tree ; the other was restricted to those who could . There is no evidence that there was any difference of initiation , nor was this at all likely . These two sections may be styled
* " During the last and present centuries it was supposed that a third , and , according to some , the only , branch of the Order in existence , had been preserved in Erance , but such claim was unsupported by extrinsic evidence , and , as is now well known , was founded on a charter , the fictitious nature of which is obvious , from Bertrand Duguesclin ' s name being adhibited to it , while history declares that he could not write . To this surreptitious body the late Duke of Sussex and Sir Sidney Smith both belonged before its origin had been ascertained . By some it has been asserted that the Order was established by a Pope , and that
another Pope could extinguish it at his pleasure by a Bull or otherwise ; but a Charter of Privileges cannot be so arbitrarily suppi-essed : besides , the Order was only confirmed by a Pope , and continued whether the then temporal head of the Church pleased or not , so long as a sufficient number of its members survived to carry on its affairs . The present body in Scotland merely claims to be the legitimate descendants , by adoption , of the original Knights of the Order . The ftoyal Order of Scotland has never claimed , as alleged by some writers , to be * derived from the Ancient Order of Knights Templars . '" YOL . III . 2 TJ
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Sgotlamd.
winning , No . 56 , headed by their respective Eirst Principals , favoured the meeting with their presence . They were severally addressed by the excellent chairman , who received in return able replies and congratulations . The evening was spent in a most agreeable and instructive manner , the remarks
made by the chairman in introducing the various toasts in the programme abounding with incident and illustration , for which few , who do not like himself feel a deep interest in Ereemasonry , would be found capable . The proceedings were , at intervals , relieved by some excellent singing by Comps . Ebsworth , Manning , Darling , Law , & c . The meeting closed shortly after ten o ' clock , the Companions joining in the national melody of " Auld Lang Syne . "
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN SCOTLAND . The following brief history of Knight Templarism in Scotland we extract from the preface to the Statutes of the Order just published , in which we think we trace the hand of our esteemed Bro . and Comp . Dr . Walker Arnott , of the Glasgow Dniversity :- — - " It is a matter of history that the Order of the Temple was endeavoured to be suppressed in 1309 . In Erance it was extinguished by Philip le Bel ; in England
by King Edward II .: only two remnants are known to have survived the general persecution ; - —one of these was saved in Portugal on condition of changing the name to that of ' Knights of Christ , ' and of becoming a mere honorary Order , of which the Crown alone was to have right of nominating the members ;—the other was in Scotland , probably saved by the determined stand \ vhich the Scotch were then making against Edward , and which resulted in the freedom of their native country . *
" About the commencement of the reign of James IY ., or prior thereto , a union was effected by the Knights of the Temple and those of St . John , and the lands belonging to either body were consolidated . This union appears to have continued till the era of the Reformation , when the Act 1560 prohibited all allegiance within the realm to the See of Home . The combined Orders then lost their estates , and ceased to be known as a military body . Unwilling to drop their ceremonies , they fraternised with the Freemasons , and in their Lodges
continued to receive postulants . By the ancient laws of the Temple no one could be admitted to the privileges of a Knight who could not show a certain descent ; and it is probable , therefore , that it was at this time a distinction took place among the members , and that two classes originated : the one open to the Freemasons in general , although they could not show a genealogical tree ; the other was restricted to those who could . There is no evidence that there was any difference of initiation , nor was this at all likely . These two sections may be styled
* " During the last and present centuries it was supposed that a third , and , according to some , the only , branch of the Order in existence , had been preserved in Erance , but such claim was unsupported by extrinsic evidence , and , as is now well known , was founded on a charter , the fictitious nature of which is obvious , from Bertrand Duguesclin ' s name being adhibited to it , while history declares that he could not write . To this surreptitious body the late Duke of Sussex and Sir Sidney Smith both belonged before its origin had been ascertained . By some it has been asserted that the Order was established by a Pope , and that
another Pope could extinguish it at his pleasure by a Bull or otherwise ; but a Charter of Privileges cannot be so arbitrarily suppi-essed : besides , the Order was only confirmed by a Pope , and continued whether the then temporal head of the Church pleased or not , so long as a sufficient number of its members survived to carry on its affairs . The present body in Scotland merely claims to be the legitimate descendants , by adoption , of the original Knights of the Order . The ftoyal Order of Scotland has never claimed , as alleged by some writers , to be * derived from the Ancient Order of Knights Templars . '" YOL . III . 2 TJ