The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-05-19

aSaync they lcapcd and crvcd, and went
torthc till they came in the rcache Of the
Ares Motions. Then the Ares Motions
went in amange them, and fgh,cdlc rightc
llandidc amangc them will, their double
cdgedde swolGs. When the men of Aza
rus felte the sworles passvngc thrughe
heedes. arnrs and breasts, many of them
caste do"u their swordcs, and returned dis
comliitca. Then YOU should have scne the
Ares Motion dasshc in a,l,ange ;l,cm and
ky!l create nombre Of them. And ever
st! lie the Ares Motions did cutie wlh.r.
they save the greatest plcacc, and their
sharpe swordcs did run into the men, and
whcn they were downc they could cnat re
turnc agavnc. The prcacc was so thvck
that one overthrow another, and 50 the Ares
Motion liyIcd all
After this victory there was great re
j"icing, and tho Aros Motion had no more
trouble. They spread over Asia, Africa
Russia, China, Greece, Rome, Europe, in
fact over the whole world In China, Con
fuction was among its most distinguished
members, and \ perusal Of his works will
convince each Son Of Malta of this fact. rs
he uses terms none but Il member could un
'lcrstand. In different countries the order
bore different names, in order to divert the
attention Of dcspotic governments. Alex
andcr the Great, and his sire, were honora
tle members Of our fraternity. Four Of the
renowned wise men were also brothers.
Their names are Anacllarsis the Scy
THAN; Pittacus Of Mytylene; Pcriandcr of
Corin,ll, and Solon. The question rro
pounded by Pcriander, viz: which is The
most perfect popular form o: government
and the answers Of the wise men, arc re
corded in the records Of the Grand Lodge
at Constantinope, and were derived from
thence 10y the historians. Bruce of Scot
land was head of the order in that land,
and was succeeded by the noble Douglas,
to whom lie bequatlIcd his heart to he car
ried to the Holy scpulchro Douglas was
killed i'll Spain by the iufIcls III his pro
gress to The Holy Land AS he was bat
Ting bravely with tho Ares Motion about
him, lie took the casSct, and dashing it on
the ground exclaimed, Now pass thou on
as thou vast wont to do, and Douglas will
follow thee or die lie did die noLly, and
in the Escurial lodge, a sublime and beau
utul degree was for a long time conferred
styled the Bloody Heart" The old man
uscript mentions Richard Occur de Lion as
an officer Of our ancient and sublime order.
1t states that the conditions on which lie
released his conquests in Palestine, were Oh
ialned by the discovery that Saladin was
also member of the Ares Motion. The
talisman which had worked such wonder
fuI cures in the hands of Saladin, was taken
to Scotland, and for many years kept in the
Bruce Lodge No. 47. This talisman was
made by Moorish sage, member Of our
order. The manuscript makes mention of
many noted names recorded in the Book OF
Icrpe:uity now kept at the Grand Lodge
in Constantinople.
We mention few Bayard Francis,
lst Count De Folk, noted for his great
beauty Iainault Bourcicault, WHO, with
others, held tournament at St. Inglerre,
near Calais, against all corners; Sir Regi-
nall De Roye, who fought Sir McIIoland;
Louis 14th in England, King Alfred.
Black Prince, Sir Thomas More, Earle of
Chatham, Wolsey, Fox, Wm. Pitt in
fact, noted men in all countries. Napo
leon was a member and was initiated in
the Pyramid Lodge, No. 15, in Egypt. All
his Marshals were also members. Louis
Napoleon is the head Of the order in France
and Prince Albert in England. In the Uni.
ted States the first men Of the nation claim
relation with lis as brothers, bound Ivy the
Maltese bonds of affection. We arc not
permitted to mention the causes Of the
name Sons Of Malta, as that is secret. We
have only given mere caption Of the
great history Of our ancient order, as full
transcript would fill many volumes. 1t
was known in the time of the Revolution,
and to it we are indebted for the capture of
Andre.
We now number many thousands, an,!
our influence is felt through the length and
breadth Of the land. Our Object is high
and praiscworthy. The great, the good,
the noble and the scrf; the Hebrew, the
man of peace and the military man the
learned and unlearned, meet upon n per-
feet level, for we know no distinction save
that which we create. In every land and
in every cline, among al people and ma
tions, the Son Of Malta finds brothers and
friends. The honesty and integrity Of our
order, the purity Of the doctrines we teach,
are evinced by the rapid progress we have
made in the United States. As soon ms
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