Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-04

Alta special Canclsve OF the Grand
| Commandery Of knights TemPlar of the
State of Pennsylvania, held on the Goth
or september. 1857. the Committee to
whom was referred tine Templsr work
made report, from which we take the
foiI1wiug passages.
Speaking Of the English Ritual, the
Committee say:
: Tie Ritual has been transmitted
| through tue secret archives Of tbs Order,
! hv thr instrUme entaliiy OF tie Immemo-
rial EucampIueuts. These EucRmp~
meuis cursisted Of the Baldwyn En-
1 campment al Bristol, The Antiquity El-
/ campnieut Al BAJb, the Observance En-
canlmeut at London, the Ancient York
] Couclave OF r -demptiOn ut Hull, and
/ the Mount CaIvary or Esrly Grsnd
! Fucampment at London. These En-
campments are styled INIMEMORIAL,
/ baving existed prior TO the formation Of
! the Grand Conclave of England and
[ Wales.
The Committee quote from report in
/ 1856 to the Grand EncGmpment Of the
| United States, which asserted d" that the
EugIish Templars may be divided into
thrs clsssee:
l. The Knights OF Baldwin, who as
/ ssrt that their encsmpment 81 Bristol
/ WAS psts b,ished about the time Of the re-
turn of Richard from the Hcly Land,
! and that &c has been Ia operation ever
. The Templars, who owe allegiance
\ To the Grand Conclavs Of EnglsOd. This
| Grand Conclave claims TO be the legiti-
mate head Of the Order In England,
| Wales and Canada.
8. The Templars Of the United States.
And they briefly assert that these de-
rive their origin from the three original
Encampmeuts, at Bristol, Bath and
York, and are styled ImmemoFisl En-
csmpments.U Elsewhere they state that
the trst Grand Encsmpmentin in America
was instituted In Philadelphia, In May,
1897
No proof is sdduced Of the assertion
thst the American Templsrs derive their
origin from those Of England, nor Is 1t
stated Ia whst manner the frst EncAmp-
msus or Commsndsriss IN PsnpsyIvs-
MIA were formed.
The Committee state that the Grand
Conclave Of England was formed on the
oath Of Juue, 1871, and derived their
| Ritual from the Immemorisl Eneamp.
ments and that this Ritud has ever
since been pertlnaclously adhered TO in
England.
As TO the mode 10 which the Grand
Fncampment Of the United States was
created, and the Ritual manufactured,
the Committee say:
In ar address delivered before the
/ Grand EneampmeDt OF Massachusetts
| and Bh0de Island on the 5th day Of
Nav. 1855, the NJ. + Sir William Sewali
/ Gardner, Grand Master, used the follow
= On ibe 9th Of May, 1905 Sir Thomas
smith WebD, OF PrOvidencei Sir Henry
! F,wle, OF Boston sir Jonathan Gage,
/ ~ Newburyport, with Other IeDlptGr
| N1sOy,s. Assem- bled 81 the Masonic Hall,
At Providence, and FORMED this Grand
I Eucampment lhere
thew assem- bled and laid the foundation
/ of TemplRr Masonry IS We recognize II
1 fn-dRV. lnte hihnN
ment was the germ Of Templar Masonry
as now organized In the Usited States,
and the Ritual as adopted here has been
taken as = aTue Templar work through
out 4 ~ qdiction OF the Grand Eo-
| camp135J 3 Iah-gUnited States.
I In,nle, IS ~ yer the formation OF the
General q. .gss 4 Eaeampment of the Uni.
ted states, Sir Henry Fowle was em-
Moved by that Grand body 70 establish
/ Subordinate Eneampments, and rs an
I instrietor of the TemplAr Ritual.
4 Perbans no person ia the United States
had more 20 do with the Formation and
! Renovatiou OF this Ritual than Sir
| ttsnrv FoWIe. We have then
for oar grAtificatloD, that this Grand
1 Enoapment Massachusetts, and Rhode
IsIapdl has furnished the Ritual which
/ is now used Ia all the bodies, both Graud
and Subordinate, within the United
/ Statesn
The NJ. f. Sir William Sewall Gard
ner. in 1864, as Grand Master, prepared
the History Of the Grand Eneampnaeut
I of Massachusetts and Rhode Islsns. In
tbis history be says: Fortunately II eAn
be determined with slmost absolute eer-
tainty that that Convention June 20.
1876, which organized the General Grand
Eucampn of the United StAtesl was
composed Of but -FOUR KNIGHTS --SiI
Thomas smith Webb, Sig Heary Fowle
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Ia fAi- - trAit. lirt aunuLa, tE11 IL "a nn
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