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The Knights Templars.

the Carizmans , and who Avere also bound according to the terms of the treaty to defend the territory which the Christians held against all other Saracens , as we thought they Avould be alarmed by the arrival of these said Carizmans . They ,

however , although they had faithfully promised and sworn to afford us assistance , greatly delayed in giving us any succour , and , whilst the Christians , who were so very few compared to their enemies , Avere hesitating as to whether they would

fight against these Carizmans , they often attacked the city of Jerusalem , which Avas entirely unprotected by ramparts . The Christians , therefore , who were in the city , fearing the cruelty of these infidels , assembled to the number of more than

six thousand men , and , trusting to the truce made by them with the Sultan of Carac aud the Saracens of the mountainous districts , left a few only in the city , aud set out through the mountainous districts , Avith their families and all their property

to go into the territory of the Christians . But the Saracens of the provinces sallied out and attacked them , putting some of them mercilessly to the sword , taking away others to a hopeless captivity , and exposing the Christians of both sexes , and even nuns for sale to the other Saracens . Some

of them , howeA r er , escaping , descended into the plain of Ratnab , when the Carizmans rushed on them and committed such slaughter amongst them that out of all this great multitude scarce three hundred Avere left , and those nearly lifeless . These

aforesaid perfidious Avretches then entered the city of the Israelites , UOAV almost destitute of people , and there disembowelled all the Christians who had remained there before the very sepulchre of our Lord , into the Church of Avhich they had

fled for refuge , and even decapitated the priests who were performing mass at the altars , saying amongst themselves , ' Here let us pour forth the blood of this Christian people where they have drunk wine in honour of their God , Avho they

say was here suspended upon a cross / Besides this , Ave inform you of it with sorrow and grief , they laid their sacrilegious hands on the sepulchre of our Lord ' s Resurrection and defiled it in many ways . They entirely tore up the marble tablet

which was placed round it , and polluted Avith every kind of insult in their power the Mount of Calvary , Avhere Christ was crucified , and the whole city , beyond what we are able to express . The sculptured pillars Avhich were placed as an

ornament before our Lord ' s sepulchre , they took

away , and m contempt of the Christians they sent them to the tomb of that most wicked wretch Mahomet as a sign of victory ; and as a farther insult to Christianity they violated the tombs of the happy kings , which Avere placed in the same

church , and scattered their bones in all dii'ections . The reverend Mount of Zion they irreverently profaned , and polluted with enormities unfit to relate the Temple of the Lord , the church of the valley of Jehoshaphat , Avhere is the tomb of the

blessed Virgin , the Church of Bethlehem , and the place of our Lord ' s nativity , thus exceeding the Avickedness of all the other Saracens , who although they often invaded the Clmstian territory always observed some respect for those holy places . But

as these said Carizmans , not content with all this , were aiming at the capture and destruction of the whole country , the Christian people , provoked by so many injuries and enormities , and unable any longer to endure such great evils , sufficient to

arouse grief and bitterness in the heart of rveiy zealous folloAver of the Catholic faith , determined by common consent to unite the forces of the aforesaid Sultan , with those of the Christians in order to resist them . With all these united forces , therefore , on the 4 bk day of October , the Christian

army began to move against them from the Port of Acre , and proceeded through Caesarea and other maritime districts . The Carizmans , then , having gained knowledge of our approach , retreated through various districts , and at length

pitched their camp before Gazara , awaiting there the succours which the Sultan of Babylon—that head and chief of sacrilege—was about to send to them . Having been joined by a large host , sent by the said Sultan , when the army of the

Christians and the aforesaid Sultans approached them , which they did on the eve of St . Luke ' s Day , we found them before Gazara with an innumerable host , aud their legions drawn out in order of battle . On this our army was arranged by the chiefs in

the proper order to attack the enemy , and the Patriarch and other prelates then , by the authority of the omnipotent God and of the Apostolic See , absolved them of their sins , and all gave such signs of sincere contrition in abundant Sowings

of tears , that , regarding as nothing the death of the body , and hoping for eternal reward , they all thought that to die for Christ Avas to live . For although bodily calamity should happen to us through our sins , we must believe that the Most

High , who is the Searcher of Hearts , and knows

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THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. Article 1
CYRUS, KING OF PERSIA. Article 5
MASONIC LIGHT. Article 6
MASONRY AND POLITICS. Article 9
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES, Article 9
MATTER—FORCE. Article 10
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 10
ANTIQUITY OF THE THIRD DEGREE. Article 11
MASONIC MEMS. Article 11
METROPOLITAN. Article 11
PROVINCIAL. Article 11
BRITISH AMERICA. Article 12
TURKEY. Article 14
ROYAL ARCH. Article 15
RED CROSS KNIGHTS OF CONSTANTINE. Article 15
RED CROSS OF ROME AND CONSTANTINE Article 16
SCOTLAND. Article 17
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, MUSIC, DRAMA, AND THE FINE ARTS. Article 19
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 20
Obituary. Article 20
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS, ETC., FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 8, 1868. Article 20
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The Knights Templars.

the Carizmans , and who Avere also bound according to the terms of the treaty to defend the territory which the Christians held against all other Saracens , as we thought they Avould be alarmed by the arrival of these said Carizmans . They ,

however , although they had faithfully promised and sworn to afford us assistance , greatly delayed in giving us any succour , and , whilst the Christians , who were so very few compared to their enemies , Avere hesitating as to whether they would

fight against these Carizmans , they often attacked the city of Jerusalem , which Avas entirely unprotected by ramparts . The Christians , therefore , who were in the city , fearing the cruelty of these infidels , assembled to the number of more than

six thousand men , and , trusting to the truce made by them with the Sultan of Carac aud the Saracens of the mountainous districts , left a few only in the city , aud set out through the mountainous districts , Avith their families and all their property

to go into the territory of the Christians . But the Saracens of the provinces sallied out and attacked them , putting some of them mercilessly to the sword , taking away others to a hopeless captivity , and exposing the Christians of both sexes , and even nuns for sale to the other Saracens . Some

of them , howeA r er , escaping , descended into the plain of Ratnab , when the Carizmans rushed on them and committed such slaughter amongst them that out of all this great multitude scarce three hundred Avere left , and those nearly lifeless . These

aforesaid perfidious Avretches then entered the city of the Israelites , UOAV almost destitute of people , and there disembowelled all the Christians who had remained there before the very sepulchre of our Lord , into the Church of Avhich they had

fled for refuge , and even decapitated the priests who were performing mass at the altars , saying amongst themselves , ' Here let us pour forth the blood of this Christian people where they have drunk wine in honour of their God , Avho they

say was here suspended upon a cross / Besides this , Ave inform you of it with sorrow and grief , they laid their sacrilegious hands on the sepulchre of our Lord ' s Resurrection and defiled it in many ways . They entirely tore up the marble tablet

which was placed round it , and polluted Avith every kind of insult in their power the Mount of Calvary , Avhere Christ was crucified , and the whole city , beyond what we are able to express . The sculptured pillars Avhich were placed as an

ornament before our Lord ' s sepulchre , they took

away , and m contempt of the Christians they sent them to the tomb of that most wicked wretch Mahomet as a sign of victory ; and as a farther insult to Christianity they violated the tombs of the happy kings , which Avere placed in the same

church , and scattered their bones in all dii'ections . The reverend Mount of Zion they irreverently profaned , and polluted with enormities unfit to relate the Temple of the Lord , the church of the valley of Jehoshaphat , Avhere is the tomb of the

blessed Virgin , the Church of Bethlehem , and the place of our Lord ' s nativity , thus exceeding the Avickedness of all the other Saracens , who although they often invaded the Clmstian territory always observed some respect for those holy places . But

as these said Carizmans , not content with all this , were aiming at the capture and destruction of the whole country , the Christian people , provoked by so many injuries and enormities , and unable any longer to endure such great evils , sufficient to

arouse grief and bitterness in the heart of rveiy zealous folloAver of the Catholic faith , determined by common consent to unite the forces of the aforesaid Sultan , with those of the Christians in order to resist them . With all these united forces , therefore , on the 4 bk day of October , the Christian

army began to move against them from the Port of Acre , and proceeded through Caesarea and other maritime districts . The Carizmans , then , having gained knowledge of our approach , retreated through various districts , and at length

pitched their camp before Gazara , awaiting there the succours which the Sultan of Babylon—that head and chief of sacrilege—was about to send to them . Having been joined by a large host , sent by the said Sultan , when the army of the

Christians and the aforesaid Sultans approached them , which they did on the eve of St . Luke ' s Day , we found them before Gazara with an innumerable host , aud their legions drawn out in order of battle . On this our army was arranged by the chiefs in

the proper order to attack the enemy , and the Patriarch and other prelates then , by the authority of the omnipotent God and of the Apostolic See , absolved them of their sins , and all gave such signs of sincere contrition in abundant Sowings

of tears , that , regarding as nothing the death of the body , and hoping for eternal reward , they all thought that to die for Christ Avas to live . For although bodily calamity should happen to us through our sins , we must believe that the Most

High , who is the Searcher of Hearts , and knows

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