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np to allow of improvements : thus , in violation of common sense , sacrilegiously did they destroy the sacred landmarks of the Grand Master ! Over the altar or pedestal under the roof is the glory of the rising sun , and , " as the sun rises in the east ,

& c , so does , & c , & a . " Near thereto in a circle is the triangle or piumbal line . In the choir is the readme : desk on the outstretched Avings of the CT " -J Roman eagle Aquila . Isaiah 40 , 31 . The pavement of the building is formed of marble , black

and white squares , very similar to those engraven on Masonic certificates- The upper building is beautifully illustrative . There are two domes ; one symbolises the semi-sphere , reckoning- from the equator ; the other dome , more properly the

cupola , reckoning from the ecliptic circle . The poles or centers of the semi-spheres could only allow that of the ecliptic to be over that of the equator at the summer solstice , Avhich as described symbolises heaven in the sign Cancer ! *

Celestially above the Cupola is a little lodge , or temple , or Capella , and above , at the summer solstice , is the " exaltation of the cross , " or the ball aud cross as described in Paper 2 as being the symbol of Friga or Venus , the Goddess of Love , who rises at Easter from the ocean Avhen , in other Avords , she is " lady or mistress of the sea , " AVE MARIA ! f

The inner dome is verily a Royal Arch , without any centre or keystones of any kind , and some 50 or 60 years back through the centre Avas suspended from Capella a rope , the end hanging directly over a brass plate engraven Jos . 2 , 15 . Until

1802 , on raising the brass plate beneath , was a cube or square altar , but this in 1802 AA'as sacrilegiously removed elsewhere , and the body of a dead warrior Avas placed there in its stead . It may hereafter be considered a matter of Avonder

that the Grand Master , a successor of Sir Christopher Wren , did not protest against the sacrilege ; but from Avhat took place about the year 1820 , the Duke of Sussex must be exonerated from blame , inasmuch as he knew not Avhat they did . Luke

23 , 34 . Over the southern porch is a Phoenix rising from its ashes ; J and , although this may be seen by anyone from St . Paul ' s Churchyard , yet

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few of the officials belonging to the building know there is such a heathenish thing ' '' about the place . * The Phoenix can be seen in any Celestial Atlas , and , as it is under Aries , it consequently rises with the eastern equinox every year , and thus is

explained the rising of the fabulous bird from Arabia ( darkness ) . More minute particulars respecting the Cathedra of Lime dan must not be given publicly . From Avhat has been shown , it is hoped

thatintellectual brethren will be of opinion that their Order did not spring from ordinary workmen , but that they , the brethren , are actually descendants of the most influential and the most learned of menwho bmeans of truth and wisdom ruled the

, y rulers of the earth . Oil ! ye ¦ priestly Masons ,. Avhat misery have ye entailed to mankind in consequence of your losing the mysterious truths of heaven !

The Knights Templars.

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .

By ANTHONY ONEAL HAVE . ( Continued from page 350 . ) BOOK IV . —CHAPTER XVIL—( con-td ) . MeauAvhile , the bloody work went on in

otherdistricts , and the Templars ascended , through the fires of their martyrdou , to that peace denied them on earth . Peter do Courtenai , Archbishop of llheims , presided at the Council of Senlis . Nine Templars were consigned by it to the flames , after

refusing all the King ' s offers . Bernard de Farges ,, Archbishop of Rouen , presided at the Council of Ponte-de-1 'Arche , and consigned several Templars

to the flames . In Lorraine , Duke Thibault executed a great number , ancl appropriated their goods . The Archbishop of Sens convened a second assembly on the 18 th August , and ordered four other Templars to be burned at the Porte

Saint Antoine . It is supposed that no less than a hundred and thirteen Templars , from first to last , were burned at Paris . The spectacles presented by these ecclesiastical tribunals were of a most distressing character . Many aged and

illustrious Knights , AA'I IO had , iu the battle-fields of the East , won fame in combat with the infidel , who would have clashed one against a thousand in