Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-25
INTELLIGENCE
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Masonic TEMPLARIsM.

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NO. 8.
fcoNrISuRD FRoM LAST sATURDAN]
The Certificates Issued by Dunckerly il
1898 and 1894 had at their head, among
other emblems, the doub!e-beaded Eagle
of the Kadosh, the interlaced triangles
and the six banners of the Prince of The
r lyal Secret and ran thus:
Thomas Danekerly, Of Hampton
! Court Palace, in the county OF Mlddle'
sex, Most Eminent and Supreme GRANT
| MASTER OF the r 1yal and Exalted he
| ligious aud Military Orders Of II K D N
I Grand Elected Masonic Knights lem
| plars, X DOS II of st. Johni OF Jeru'
salem, Palestine, etc."
We quote again from the same article
"The Seal attached to the Dunckerly
| Certificate is that fund on the warrants
| but one Of 1896, after the succession o
! Lord R.ucliffu, has a fine seal OF the
| Rose Croix The former bears q column
surmouu'ei with rays Of light, aad
! Square. Level aud Plumb-Rule; behind
are two swords Crossed; below " A. l.
57g5 - Tor I70l) "LXXXL" At the
sides Of the Column are found Mite
Maltese Cross, PatTiarebal Gross, Jerusa-
lem Cross. Six Stars, A, o., and the in
seriution 'RO. HRDM. KOOH. X. t,
P H.. r IN HOG STGNO VINCESi
surDlC1r9ted Ev q Double Headed Eagle.
The latter setl has q Ladder Of SeUer
Steps,n 1.-THE KadOsh ladderl; behind
are CrOss>S words, Circle, and thirty three
.T0rsD Tthe thlrty-three Lights of the
Rose Crolx1 4" At the foot OF the Ladder
is the letter NJ, and st the top or glory,
the letter n, Triangle, and Cu5ic Stone
vsrious letters sre scattered about, etc,
the dates Ills, 1914; the ages 80 9-27-
81; the letters P. X. II. NJ, etc"
Although it Is a difficult matter to
say what either the York or the Dunk
erIv working was 1t this period, yet a
c0py OF the Templar Lectures, as used in
fSaj has been placed ia my hands by the
kirdnass Of Sir Knt. Thomas Lonsdale
RoId. which may be derived from those
O. Tue latter. though the officers are sim
liar slso 10 Eac3mpDents working under
Graft Warrants. 1he preface Is as fol-
lows:
The order OF High knights Templar
consists OF tweDty-Oue members assem-
bied in Grand Chapter and Royal En-
campment. The Grand Master or Cap
tain General is the head, with Captains
Commanding, Standard-beareTs, etc. At
ali PROFESSIONS are carried q Sword and
Scsbbard, with q blue silk cushion fringed
with black. Each knight a broad ribbon
across the breast, hanging down TO the
left side, tied with blue ribbon in bow
knot, with one Star of the Order on the
LEFT breast. At the bottom OF the ribbon
OF scarf hangs a short dagger" the Ka-
dosh dagger; "alsO the image or picture
of Saint John hangs pendant to q blue
siIk ribbon at the middle OF the breast
The habit or ensign Of the Order are q
marble Girdle, Cap, Stsr and Garter or
Cross. The Crsss or Star OF the Order is
made of blue silk twist, with gold irrsdi-
ated witE beams of blue. The Knights
of the Order are estreAsd clearly the
greatest Military Otder In the world"
This, it is pretended, is the source of
American Templarism, this Hsredom-
Kodesh x. 7. P, at the head Of which
Dunckerly put himself in 1871; this crea-
ture Of the Irregular and Legitimate
Dsrmott Grand Lodge of "AucienW
Masong,-thjs Oder imported from
France into England. Ia what point or
particular do the two resemble each
ether? Eot in the Old work, for not one
particle of that has been retained. bot
in the Statutes and Regulations, not in
name, not in Jewels, not IN dress, not in
ana thing whatsoever. And yet this
American Templarism turns up its nose
at that scnttish Masonry, OF the Rite Of
Perfection and Az A. Rite of which
it is the Legitimate creature and Issue!
THE sams article continues to say,
speaking o. ,he EnesmpmeBts of 1902;
"This Ritual is considerably different
to the present, and similar 10 that probe
bly Of the early GrGnds Of Scotland, and
resembles also very closely that at pres
ent in uss in Ireland, in both Of which
countries the Order Of Malta was ever
conferred. 1t contains much Of the old
spirit cf the Cdivalric Orders, and the
o, B. is in three separate parts. The
term knight Templar and Knight OF
Saint John are used synoDymously, and
the lectures open
{" Worthy knight Of the Order OF Saint
John OF Jerusalem leaIled knights Tenn
uIaT), - and the formula at installation
vas" Your name, which has heretofore
A B shall he no longer 4. B., but Sir
A.P. In the name of the Holy Trinity,
I dubb. create and confirm thee Knight
Cf The Order uf St. John OF jerusalem,
the true and faithful soldiers Of Jesus
Christ. BE faithful unto death, and thou
shalt receive 3 crown of life"
"Of course, if this were pure Tenn
uIar Oder, the ceremony OF cOnf5Tring
the accOlade during receptions Is 3 mod
ern innovation"
Dro. Yarker next gives the following
return Of members, by which it is showr
that these conclaves were originally
chartered by the Dsrmott Grand Lodge
Lancaster tO-wit:-We the under
signed John Shaw, shOpkseper, and JOhT
Chew, garment-maker, both Of AIanehes
ter. twOmem bers Of q Lodge Of Free and
accented M1sOns called tbs COHcldUe D
/ Jerusalem, No. 4, usually held at thi
| house OF Richard France, known by th'
sign of Sir John Falstsff, Market Place
Manchester, pursuant to an Act OF Par
/ lament passed in the thirty-ninth yea
| Of his present Majesty George the Third
! lentitled an Act for the more effectus
! suppression Of Societies established fo
/ reasonable and seditious prsctices) d.
/ hereby certify on oath that the sal,
! Lodge or ConclRvc, OF which We are boti
mem beis, hath before the passing Of tn
! se!d Act been usually held under the de-
nomination o. Lodge CT Conclave O
/ Free aud Accepted Masons, by virtue o
a regular warrant from the Grand LOdg
of England, according to the rules Of th
! said Society or Lodge OF Free Masons.
"a" sworn TO. etc. ..-. JOHN SHAW" "
th,sIsth day OF march, 1890. JOHN CHEW"
We shall show hereafter, by histories
extracts, from an author whose state
| meuts are not to be gainssid, that 10
| French Degrees were brought over fror
France about 1850, and introduced int
and worked in the Lodges which followe
the lead Of Lawrence DermOtt; and tbs
al a later dsy they were adopted by th
4 other and regular Grand Lodge. 1t ws
thus that the Rose Croix and Kados
went to England and were worked thel
for half century, in bodies Ghsrtere
by the DermOtt or York Grand Lodge