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Scotch Masonic Lectures.
' best readers of our day ; he has long held a respected place amongst the brethren , and the Forfar and Kincardine Lodge ( over which he for -many years presided ) owes its position principally to his exertions . Bro . Robertson is shortly to
: give lectures on the tracing boards . It may be remembered by some of our readers , that Bro . Robertson occupied the chair at the Masonic sseeting in Dundee Avhilst that town was visited hy the British Association .
Bro . Willison , R . W . M . Lodge St . David's , -deserves high commendation for his successful -efforts to provide instruction for the brethren . ' This gentleman ' s family predecessors have held Office in St . David ' s Lodge for more than a century
¦ past . We are also informed that lodges of instruction are in course of formation ; and when we mention that Bro- David Dickson , P . M . Lodge -Ancient 49 , G . L . S ., is expected to take an active
¦ part iu the movement , it will be a guarantee ¦ that the work will be ably done . Others of the "brethren have also been labourin g in the good cause . Bro . Beatts gave a lecture on Ancient
Mythology ; Bros . Hutton and Inverarity have itlso given readings . On Wednesday , the 26 th ult ., Bro . Cowie gave a lecture in Lodge St . Davids , R . W . M . Willison ¦ m the chairBroCowie chose for his textthe
. . , Bosefcta Stone in the British Museum , givin ° - a rapid sketch of Egyptian history , the ancient -secret associations , and the various opinions of Jheir connection with Freemasonry . There was also
announced for the 11 th inst ., a grand Masonic assembly of the Dundee lodges , which was ¦ expected to be a brilliant affair . We shall give several of the Scotch lectures in detail in future numbers of the MAGAZINE .
The Knights Templars.
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .
By ANTHONY ONEAL HATE . { Continued from - page 184 . ) BOOK II . —CHAPTER V .
' Tim alloAvance to the Grand Master was in keeplag with his high office . He was allowed four Worses , an esquire of noble birth , and in his train -were two Knights as companions , a Chaplain and : two Secretaries , the one for conducting his Latin •;& SN . sM ) spondence , the other his Arabic . The Latin 43 scr , efcary he might , should he think fit , permit to
become a Knight of the Order . In addition to these , he had a farrier , a cook , * a Turcopole , two footmen , and a Turcoman . The Turcopoles were the offspring of a Turkish father by a Christian mother , or those who , having been reared among
the Turks , had acquired a knowledge of their mode of fighting . The Christians employed a considerable number of them as a light force . The Turcomans , on the other hand , were born Turks , and employed as guides in the Holy Land . As
might have been scarce expected , these mercenaries Avere true to their Masters , and fought bravely in defence of the Cross . Lardner says that , on a march , the Turcoman rode behind an esquire ; but during the time of war he was led by
a cord , to prevent his escape , should he prove treacherous . By the statutes , the Grand Master might take two beasts of burthen with him on an ordinary march ; but iu war time , or in case of his going beyond the Jordan , ' or the Dangerous
Pass Nahr-el-Kelb ( Les Pas de Chien ) , at the Dogs' Eiver , near the sea on the way to Antioch , he might have four , but these were to be carefully stabled when he arrived at his destination , and placed at the service of the Order . In the times of war he was commander-in-chief . When , he
died , he was buried , with solemn and majestic honours , at the dead of night , by the light of torches and wax candles , an honour permitted by the Order to be shown to no other brother although the English brethren did so , in the case of one of
their heads . All the Knights , Avithin summons , were required to be present at the funeral , and the prelates within reach were invited to honour the occasion with their presence , which they were ever ready to do . Each brother was
required , within seven days , to repeat two hundred times the Lord ' s Prayer , for the repose of the soul of the Grand Master ; and a hundred poor persons were fed , at the expense of the Order , for a similar purpose .
By ^ the Bull Omne Datum Optirmim , the Pope declared the Grand Master to be Bishop of the Order . In a manner the Grand Master exercised sacerdotal functions , but we do not find him engaged in the hearing of private confessions ,
although he did public , or offering up the sacrifice of the altar and the like . He was Bishop iu name only , but not in reality . This title , and his
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Scotch Masonic Lectures.
' best readers of our day ; he has long held a respected place amongst the brethren , and the Forfar and Kincardine Lodge ( over which he for -many years presided ) owes its position principally to his exertions . Bro . Robertson is shortly to
: give lectures on the tracing boards . It may be remembered by some of our readers , that Bro . Robertson occupied the chair at the Masonic sseeting in Dundee Avhilst that town was visited hy the British Association .
Bro . Willison , R . W . M . Lodge St . David's , -deserves high commendation for his successful -efforts to provide instruction for the brethren . ' This gentleman ' s family predecessors have held Office in St . David ' s Lodge for more than a century
¦ past . We are also informed that lodges of instruction are in course of formation ; and when we mention that Bro- David Dickson , P . M . Lodge -Ancient 49 , G . L . S ., is expected to take an active
¦ part iu the movement , it will be a guarantee ¦ that the work will be ably done . Others of the "brethren have also been labourin g in the good cause . Bro . Beatts gave a lecture on Ancient
Mythology ; Bros . Hutton and Inverarity have itlso given readings . On Wednesday , the 26 th ult ., Bro . Cowie gave a lecture in Lodge St . Davids , R . W . M . Willison ¦ m the chairBroCowie chose for his textthe
. . , Bosefcta Stone in the British Museum , givin ° - a rapid sketch of Egyptian history , the ancient -secret associations , and the various opinions of Jheir connection with Freemasonry . There was also
announced for the 11 th inst ., a grand Masonic assembly of the Dundee lodges , which was ¦ expected to be a brilliant affair . We shall give several of the Scotch lectures in detail in future numbers of the MAGAZINE .
The Knights Templars.
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .
By ANTHONY ONEAL HATE . { Continued from - page 184 . ) BOOK II . —CHAPTER V .
' Tim alloAvance to the Grand Master was in keeplag with his high office . He was allowed four Worses , an esquire of noble birth , and in his train -were two Knights as companions , a Chaplain and : two Secretaries , the one for conducting his Latin •;& SN . sM ) spondence , the other his Arabic . The Latin 43 scr , efcary he might , should he think fit , permit to
become a Knight of the Order . In addition to these , he had a farrier , a cook , * a Turcopole , two footmen , and a Turcoman . The Turcopoles were the offspring of a Turkish father by a Christian mother , or those who , having been reared among
the Turks , had acquired a knowledge of their mode of fighting . The Christians employed a considerable number of them as a light force . The Turcomans , on the other hand , were born Turks , and employed as guides in the Holy Land . As
might have been scarce expected , these mercenaries Avere true to their Masters , and fought bravely in defence of the Cross . Lardner says that , on a march , the Turcoman rode behind an esquire ; but during the time of war he was led by
a cord , to prevent his escape , should he prove treacherous . By the statutes , the Grand Master might take two beasts of burthen with him on an ordinary march ; but iu war time , or in case of his going beyond the Jordan , ' or the Dangerous
Pass Nahr-el-Kelb ( Les Pas de Chien ) , at the Dogs' Eiver , near the sea on the way to Antioch , he might have four , but these were to be carefully stabled when he arrived at his destination , and placed at the service of the Order . In the times of war he was commander-in-chief . When , he
died , he was buried , with solemn and majestic honours , at the dead of night , by the light of torches and wax candles , an honour permitted by the Order to be shown to no other brother although the English brethren did so , in the case of one of
their heads . All the Knights , Avithin summons , were required to be present at the funeral , and the prelates within reach were invited to honour the occasion with their presence , which they were ever ready to do . Each brother was
required , within seven days , to repeat two hundred times the Lord ' s Prayer , for the repose of the soul of the Grand Master ; and a hundred poor persons were fed , at the expense of the Order , for a similar purpose .
By ^ the Bull Omne Datum Optirmim , the Pope declared the Grand Master to be Bishop of the Order . In a manner the Grand Master exercised sacerdotal functions , but we do not find him engaged in the hearing of private confessions ,
although he did public , or offering up the sacrifice of the altar and the like . He was Bishop iu name only , but not in reality . This title , and his