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Brief Chronological Sketch Of The Order Of Knights Templars.
of the Eastern Star , with the additional title of Knights Rosee Cruris . Their duty was to guard the sepulchre , and escort the pilgrims on the road to Jerusalem . A . D . 11 iS , King Baldwin the Second instituted the order of Kni ghts Templars of St . John of Jerusalem , in which he incorporated seven Kni ghts Rosea Crucis . After nine years were expiredthis military order was consecrated bthe Popeand to their
, y , vow of obedience to the Grand Master , and charity to the poor , they added celibacy . The Knights Hospitalers , who originated from the order of St . Lazarus , attended the sick and wounded ; they afterwards became Knights of Rhodes , and are at this time Knights of Malta .
After the ninth crusade , A . D . 1272 , the institution of Knights of the East and West was established . Those Kni ghts had taken a solemn ' oath to shed their blood to establish the worship of the God of the Christians in his Temple at Jerusalem , which when they found it impossible to accomplish , they returned to their respective coun ^ 'tries ; and , in order to establish in their hearts what they could not . realise by action , they solemnly engaged not to admit a brother to the
sixth degree until he'had given proof of his friendship , zeal , and discretion ; and they were created Knights of the East and West by-King Edward the First of England ( who at that time was informed of the death of his father King Henry the Third ) . His Majesty also : dubbed them Kni ghts of the Temple of Palestine ; for , tlie infidels , having- changed or altered the church of St . John to a Mosque , our Brethren denominated the church of the Ploly Sepulchre the Temple of Palestine , from its being situated on Mount Calvary , which is without the walls .
immediately arter King Edward returned to England with his subjects , and became Grand Patron of the Knights Templars , & c . in Britain * . The origin and history of the seventh degree , or Knights Kadosh , may not be written . TPIOMAS DUNCKERLEY . N . B . In 1205 , the Pope , as Grand Patriarch of those military and reli gious orders , directed that the Kni g hts who had served in the crusades should wear a gold cress in future .
Anecdote Of Kamhi, Emperor Of China.
ANECDOTE OF KAMHI , EMPEROR OF CHINA .
HIS ruling passions were , an unbounded curiosity , aud a strongthirst after knowledge . Among other instances of this , there happened one which was whimsical enough : he had a mind to know what it was to be drunk , and for that reason ordered a nobleman ( a Mandarin ) who had a very strong head , to sit down and drink with
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brief Chronological Sketch Of The Order Of Knights Templars.
of the Eastern Star , with the additional title of Knights Rosee Cruris . Their duty was to guard the sepulchre , and escort the pilgrims on the road to Jerusalem . A . D . 11 iS , King Baldwin the Second instituted the order of Kni ghts Templars of St . John of Jerusalem , in which he incorporated seven Kni ghts Rosea Crucis . After nine years were expiredthis military order was consecrated bthe Popeand to their
, y , vow of obedience to the Grand Master , and charity to the poor , they added celibacy . The Knights Hospitalers , who originated from the order of St . Lazarus , attended the sick and wounded ; they afterwards became Knights of Rhodes , and are at this time Knights of Malta .
After the ninth crusade , A . D . 1272 , the institution of Knights of the East and West was established . Those Kni ghts had taken a solemn ' oath to shed their blood to establish the worship of the God of the Christians in his Temple at Jerusalem , which when they found it impossible to accomplish , they returned to their respective coun ^ 'tries ; and , in order to establish in their hearts what they could not . realise by action , they solemnly engaged not to admit a brother to the
sixth degree until he'had given proof of his friendship , zeal , and discretion ; and they were created Knights of the East and West by-King Edward the First of England ( who at that time was informed of the death of his father King Henry the Third ) . His Majesty also : dubbed them Kni ghts of the Temple of Palestine ; for , tlie infidels , having- changed or altered the church of St . John to a Mosque , our Brethren denominated the church of the Ploly Sepulchre the Temple of Palestine , from its being situated on Mount Calvary , which is without the walls .
immediately arter King Edward returned to England with his subjects , and became Grand Patron of the Knights Templars , & c . in Britain * . The origin and history of the seventh degree , or Knights Kadosh , may not be written . TPIOMAS DUNCKERLEY . N . B . In 1205 , the Pope , as Grand Patriarch of those military and reli gious orders , directed that the Kni g hts who had served in the crusades should wear a gold cress in future .
Anecdote Of Kamhi, Emperor Of China.
ANECDOTE OF KAMHI , EMPEROR OF CHINA .
HIS ruling passions were , an unbounded curiosity , aud a strongthirst after knowledge . Among other instances of this , there happened one which was whimsical enough : he had a mind to know what it was to be drunk , and for that reason ordered a nobleman ( a Mandarin ) who had a very strong head , to sit down and drink with