New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-23

you may we'll do it." Ana then de-
ponent would not do it, but resisted the
more, and asked for his uncle and other
worthy persons who had brought him there.
you must do what order you" And still
he would not Seeing his determination the
knight then said to him: 'If you will take
your oath on Gods holy gospel that You
will tell all the brothers of the order that
you have done all that have directed l
will dispense with your going through the
ceremony" And the depOnent gave his
promise and oath. Being asked If he had
ordained any brothers, he said he had en-
tered few on account of this irreverent
act, which was essential to their reception.
However, he said that he had made five
knights When asked whether he had
MADE them abjure Christ, he swOre that he
had spared them in the same way that he
had been spared himself, and one day,
when he was in the chapel hearing mass,
Brother Bernard said to him: "Sir, a Ger
tain plot is Matching against you; q paper
has already been drawn up informing the
grand master and the rest that in receiving
brethren into the order yOu do not Oh
serve the forms you are bound to eb-
serve" and deponent thinks that this was
for his sparing the feelings of these knights.
Adjured to tell the origin Of this strange
blindness in denying Christ, he answered
on his oath-some of the order attribute it
to the commands of the grand master made
prisoner by the sedan; others assert it to
be in imitation and in remembrance of st.
Peter, who thrice denied Christ. The in
dictment published by the court of Rome
set forth that in all the provinces they had
idols-that is to say, heads, some OF which
had three faces, others but one; that in
their assemblies, and especially in their
grand chapters, they worship the idol as
god, as q savior, saying this head could save
them: that it bestowed Oh the order all its
wealth: made the trees, flowers and the
plants of the earth to eprout forth.
Numerous 6epositiOns OF the Templars in
France and Italy, and much indirect evil
dence in England bore On this count with
additional circumstances. Deodat Jatfet,
admitted into the order at Pedenat, dep0ses
that he who admitted him showed him
head or idol which seemed to him to have
three faces, telling hin: This you must
orship as your savior and the savior OF
the Order Of the Temple"
The temple was not sacred name to
Christians only. If it expressed to them
the holy sepulcure it suggested to Jews and
Musselmans the temple of Solomon. The
idea of the temple, higher and more general
still than that Of the church, scared in
some sort above all religions. The church
had a date, the temple none. Contempt
rary Win all ages IL WAS b ey Iuuol VI IOc
perpetuity of religion. Even alter the ruin
Of the Templars the temple subsists as a
tradition, at least in the teachings of nu-
merous secret societies down to tho Rosicrn-
clans and the Freemas0ns. The candi-
date had three questions put to him before
he was introduced into the chapter. He
asked three times for bread and water, and
the fellowship of the order. He made three
vows. The knights observed three grand
fasts. They took the sacrament three times
a year. Aims were distributed by all the
houses of the order three times week only.
On fast days they were allowed to have
three different kinds of dishes. They wor
ship the cross solemnly three times year.
Each swore not to turn his back on three
enemies. They fogged three times in full
chapter those who had deserved the chas-
tisment. The same holds good on the
charges brought against them. They were
accused Of denying three times, OF splitting
three times on the cross, and this is what
the centuries tell of the Knights Tenn lar.-
PHILADELPHIA Times.