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Scotland.
selected . Tbe office of Provincial Grand Master has been deemed too much a merely honorary one , and bestowed where its duties were not likely to be performed . The appointment ( or rather the election by the provinces themselves ) of resident and respectable Deputies tend greatly to counteract one prevalent inconvenience—the absence or engagements of Superiors of Provinces . Some hints about Grand Visitors , in the last Number of the Masonic Quarterly , might be extended to
provincial inspection in many matters . ORDER OF CHRIST . —It appears by the public prints that this ancient Order is still preserved in Portugal , the Queen of that country having recently invested Dr . Bowring , M . P . with the Habit and Cross of the Order of Christ . As the undoubted continuation of the celebrated Order of the Temple , we should like to hear more of its history , if any archives as yet exist . That this religious and military Body should be under present petticoat government is the consequence of its supremacy having being vested in the sovereigns of Portugal after the papal proscription of the Templars . ( Aide p . 36 of this Review , for 1835 . )
KNIGHTS' TEMPLARS . —As Reporters we should have taken an earlier opportunity of stating , that there is no official foundation for the rumour recorded in a former number , that the Knights' Templars of Scotland contemplate becoming a royal body-guard . AVe have been at some slight pains to trace this idea to its source , and we find that it originated several years ago in a somewhat liberal construction , or interpretation of the following passage from the Book of
Cupar" sanctus David de preclara militia Templi Hierosol : optimos fratres secum retinens eos diebus et noctibus morum suorum fecit esse Custodes . " AVhether this was a soul or toffy-guard , or both , it is not for us to say ; but sure enough the ghostly Brotherhood were retained about the royal person . For aught we know , the present sovereign of Portugal may have " morum suorum custodes" selected from the successors of the ancient Templars . Nor do we see whyat this day eventhe Religious
, , and Military Order should not be guards to a queen as well as a king . Among the military , and we trust , also religious cavaliers of our own country , there are the ' ¦ Queen ' s Bays "—the Queen ' s Hoyal Lancers , & c . all officered b y honourable men , who , although they are not bona fide custodiers of the person , nevertheless rejoice in the honor of the name , such , at least , are our individual impressions .
CHARITY FUND . —By an express law of the Grand Lodge of Scotland it is provided and enacted , that " each Brother at his initiation , along with the entry-money to his own Lodge , shall pay the sum of four shillings and sixpence towards the Charity Fund of the Grand Lodge , and one shilling as the fees of recording his name in the Grand Lodge Books ; which dues the Treasurer shall record in a separate book , and shall in wo instance apply them to otherpurposes than those for which
they were exacted . " ( Laws of G . L ., cap . 14 . ) A distinct source of revenue is here explicitly provided for the recruiting of tbe Charity Funds . It is matter worthy of consideration , whether a portion of these benevolent contributions mi ght not be turned with credit and effect into a different charitable channel . Bread to the poor Brother , widow , or orphan , is no doubt the first want to be supplied , even though the morsel afford but temporary relief . Yet , to put the poor in a way of gaining their bread is no less a laudable act , approvable by the soundest policy , more especially when it rescues from ignorance and idleness those
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Scotland.
selected . Tbe office of Provincial Grand Master has been deemed too much a merely honorary one , and bestowed where its duties were not likely to be performed . The appointment ( or rather the election by the provinces themselves ) of resident and respectable Deputies tend greatly to counteract one prevalent inconvenience—the absence or engagements of Superiors of Provinces . Some hints about Grand Visitors , in the last Number of the Masonic Quarterly , might be extended to
provincial inspection in many matters . ORDER OF CHRIST . —It appears by the public prints that this ancient Order is still preserved in Portugal , the Queen of that country having recently invested Dr . Bowring , M . P . with the Habit and Cross of the Order of Christ . As the undoubted continuation of the celebrated Order of the Temple , we should like to hear more of its history , if any archives as yet exist . That this religious and military Body should be under present petticoat government is the consequence of its supremacy having being vested in the sovereigns of Portugal after the papal proscription of the Templars . ( Aide p . 36 of this Review , for 1835 . )
KNIGHTS' TEMPLARS . —As Reporters we should have taken an earlier opportunity of stating , that there is no official foundation for the rumour recorded in a former number , that the Knights' Templars of Scotland contemplate becoming a royal body-guard . AVe have been at some slight pains to trace this idea to its source , and we find that it originated several years ago in a somewhat liberal construction , or interpretation of the following passage from the Book of
Cupar" sanctus David de preclara militia Templi Hierosol : optimos fratres secum retinens eos diebus et noctibus morum suorum fecit esse Custodes . " AVhether this was a soul or toffy-guard , or both , it is not for us to say ; but sure enough the ghostly Brotherhood were retained about the royal person . For aught we know , the present sovereign of Portugal may have " morum suorum custodes" selected from the successors of the ancient Templars . Nor do we see whyat this day eventhe Religious
, , and Military Order should not be guards to a queen as well as a king . Among the military , and we trust , also religious cavaliers of our own country , there are the ' ¦ Queen ' s Bays "—the Queen ' s Hoyal Lancers , & c . all officered b y honourable men , who , although they are not bona fide custodiers of the person , nevertheless rejoice in the honor of the name , such , at least , are our individual impressions .
CHARITY FUND . —By an express law of the Grand Lodge of Scotland it is provided and enacted , that " each Brother at his initiation , along with the entry-money to his own Lodge , shall pay the sum of four shillings and sixpence towards the Charity Fund of the Grand Lodge , and one shilling as the fees of recording his name in the Grand Lodge Books ; which dues the Treasurer shall record in a separate book , and shall in wo instance apply them to otherpurposes than those for which
they were exacted . " ( Laws of G . L ., cap . 14 . ) A distinct source of revenue is here explicitly provided for the recruiting of tbe Charity Funds . It is matter worthy of consideration , whether a portion of these benevolent contributions mi ght not be turned with credit and effect into a different charitable channel . Bread to the poor Brother , widow , or orphan , is no doubt the first want to be supplied , even though the morsel afford but temporary relief . Yet , to put the poor in a way of gaining their bread is no less a laudable act , approvable by the soundest policy , more especially when it rescues from ignorance and idleness those