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The Knights Templars.
Armenia and part of Persia , putting many of the inhabitants to the sword , and dragging * others in captivity . Without country—their home their tents , their dress a sheepskin , boiled herbs and milk their food , for arms , the bow and lance ,
without a spark of humanity—their sole pursuit was war , their sole pleasure bloodshed . The Sultan of Damascus fled before their approach , and hastened home . Nazar shut himself up in Carac , and afc a solemn council held at Jerusalem
it was declared that the Holy City was untenable , and must be abandoned . The Hospitallers and Templars acteel as an escort to Joppa , and then hastened to collect their forces to take the field .
The Carizmans advanced upon Jerusalem , burning and slaughtering as they went . They entered the Holy City , put the few remaining inhabitants to the sword , and broke open the tombs of the kings in search of treasure . They then marched upon
Gaza , stormed the city , and slew the inhabitants . The Grancl Masters of the Templars and Hospitallers with the forces of the Orders and those of the Sultan of Damascus marched to meet them .
A battle ensued which was fought from early morn till nigktfau , when the darkness preventing the combatants from recognising friend from foe , the retreat was sounded . Immense numbers of the Christians fell , but the enemy ' s loss was four times
theirs . On the following day the Templars and Hospitallers having recovered breath , and invoked assistance from on high , renewed the battle . The infidels advanced like clouds of locusts upon the Christians , whose ranks' they broke like chaff .
Unable to cope with them , the Christians gave way for a while to reform their sadly diminished ranks . Again they attacked the enemy wifch such
fury , that the Carizmans were driven back astonished at such courage . On the renewal of the battle de Perigord was killed , aud the field became a scene of mere butchery . The Grand Master of the Hospitallers was taken prisoner , the ranks
were broken up , and the Christians cut down . A few Templars and Hospitallers fled from the field , but afterwards confessed that they would rather have fallen with their brave brethren . Three hundred and twelve Knights , three hundred and
twenty-four serving brethren , with several thousand hired mercenaries , formed the loss of the Templars in this disastrous combat . * ( To be continued . )
The Mystic Tie.
THE MYSTIC TIE .
( From the Free Lance . ) Several important events have lately brought together large assemblies of members of " tha Craft , " in our neighbourhood . At Lancaster , 2 , 000 Freemasons assembled a little while ago ,
under the auspices of the Earl of Zetland , their Grand Master , in connection wifch-a public charity —the Asylum for Idiots—which probably appeals to humanity with stronger claims than any other . As a spectacle that affair was a grand one . The
brethren passed along in procession , with all the insignia of their Order , attired iu their varied clothing * and the gorgeous costume of Grand Lodge , various officers of which came down from London for the occasion . More recently a very lai * ge gathering of Masons was seen afc Halifax ,
when the foundation stone of a new Masonic Hall was laid by Colonel Sir Henry Edwards , M . P ., a Past Provincial Grand Warden . The cost of the building will exceed £ 5 , 000 . This is always a . very imposing ceremony . The symbols connected
with are beautiful aud significant , the devotional exercises solemn and impressive , and the addressers are always of a character to arrest attention and fill the memory . The festivities of the brethren on these occasions are bountiful , like the corn , tha
symbol of plenty , which they scatter ; cheerfulness and hope are inspired , as emblemised by the wine of joy they sprinkle ; and fraternal feeling is cemented , as expressed by the oil of peace with which they mark their consecration of the first material act of a noble work .
The Freemasons of the two great counties of Lancaster and York have always been remarkable for their public spirit , and- the liberality with which they have supported local institutions , and the grand charities which so much distinguish tha
general body . It was evident , both at Lancaster and Halifax , that very great curiosity was awakened in the minds of the multitude . The aprons , collars , gauntlets , medals , the clergymen in their robes ,
and the officials bearing various instruments of office or of symbolization , struck the crowds , who eagerly pressed forward to behold them , as a sight both novel and pleasing * and certainly expressive of something which it was reasonable to infer
, from all the circumstances , was good . Accordingly the question was upon the lips of the uninitiated , " What does it all mean ? " "What is Freemasonry ? " "Is ifc an amusement ? " "For
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Knights Templars.
Armenia and part of Persia , putting many of the inhabitants to the sword , and dragging * others in captivity . Without country—their home their tents , their dress a sheepskin , boiled herbs and milk their food , for arms , the bow and lance ,
without a spark of humanity—their sole pursuit was war , their sole pleasure bloodshed . The Sultan of Damascus fled before their approach , and hastened home . Nazar shut himself up in Carac , and afc a solemn council held at Jerusalem
it was declared that the Holy City was untenable , and must be abandoned . The Hospitallers and Templars acteel as an escort to Joppa , and then hastened to collect their forces to take the field .
The Carizmans advanced upon Jerusalem , burning and slaughtering as they went . They entered the Holy City , put the few remaining inhabitants to the sword , and broke open the tombs of the kings in search of treasure . They then marched upon
Gaza , stormed the city , and slew the inhabitants . The Grancl Masters of the Templars and Hospitallers with the forces of the Orders and those of the Sultan of Damascus marched to meet them .
A battle ensued which was fought from early morn till nigktfau , when the darkness preventing the combatants from recognising friend from foe , the retreat was sounded . Immense numbers of the Christians fell , but the enemy ' s loss was four times
theirs . On the following day the Templars and Hospitallers having recovered breath , and invoked assistance from on high , renewed the battle . The infidels advanced like clouds of locusts upon the Christians , whose ranks' they broke like chaff .
Unable to cope with them , the Christians gave way for a while to reform their sadly diminished ranks . Again they attacked the enemy wifch such
fury , that the Carizmans were driven back astonished at such courage . On the renewal of the battle de Perigord was killed , aud the field became a scene of mere butchery . The Grand Master of the Hospitallers was taken prisoner , the ranks
were broken up , and the Christians cut down . A few Templars and Hospitallers fled from the field , but afterwards confessed that they would rather have fallen with their brave brethren . Three hundred and twelve Knights , three hundred and
twenty-four serving brethren , with several thousand hired mercenaries , formed the loss of the Templars in this disastrous combat . * ( To be continued . )
The Mystic Tie.
THE MYSTIC TIE .
( From the Free Lance . ) Several important events have lately brought together large assemblies of members of " tha Craft , " in our neighbourhood . At Lancaster , 2 , 000 Freemasons assembled a little while ago ,
under the auspices of the Earl of Zetland , their Grand Master , in connection wifch-a public charity —the Asylum for Idiots—which probably appeals to humanity with stronger claims than any other . As a spectacle that affair was a grand one . The
brethren passed along in procession , with all the insignia of their Order , attired iu their varied clothing * and the gorgeous costume of Grand Lodge , various officers of which came down from London for the occasion . More recently a very lai * ge gathering of Masons was seen afc Halifax ,
when the foundation stone of a new Masonic Hall was laid by Colonel Sir Henry Edwards , M . P ., a Past Provincial Grand Warden . The cost of the building will exceed £ 5 , 000 . This is always a . very imposing ceremony . The symbols connected
with are beautiful aud significant , the devotional exercises solemn and impressive , and the addressers are always of a character to arrest attention and fill the memory . The festivities of the brethren on these occasions are bountiful , like the corn , tha
symbol of plenty , which they scatter ; cheerfulness and hope are inspired , as emblemised by the wine of joy they sprinkle ; and fraternal feeling is cemented , as expressed by the oil of peace with which they mark their consecration of the first material act of a noble work .
The Freemasons of the two great counties of Lancaster and York have always been remarkable for their public spirit , and- the liberality with which they have supported local institutions , and the grand charities which so much distinguish tha
general body . It was evident , both at Lancaster and Halifax , that very great curiosity was awakened in the minds of the multitude . The aprons , collars , gauntlets , medals , the clergymen in their robes ,
and the officials bearing various instruments of office or of symbolization , struck the crowds , who eagerly pressed forward to behold them , as a sight both novel and pleasing * and certainly expressive of something which it was reasonable to infer
, from all the circumstances , was good . Accordingly the question was upon the lips of the uninitiated , " What does it all mean ? " "What is Freemasonry ? " "Is ifc an amusement ? " "For