EXPLANATORY NOTES.-I. Carry the right foot three inches to the rear, the left knee slightly bent, resting the weight of the body principally on the right foot. Second, drop the sword point to the ground to the right, and on a line with the great toe of the left foot, parallel to the front; the sword vertical in front of the body; the fingers and thumb holding the end of the hilt, which rests in the palm of the right hand, the back of the hand up and covered by the left hand, as in Figure

14.

2. Return to the CARRY, as in Figure 2, bringing the right foot to its former position. The references in the first line is to John iv, 6: "Jesus, being wearied with his journey, sat." And it was about the sixth hour."

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THE THIRTEENTH DEMONSTRATION (IN ONE MOTION).

SIR KNIGHT, KNFEL.

Knee, in worship at the throne
Where EMMANUEL rules alone;'
And the service of the tongue,
By celestial chorus sung,-
"Glory in the highest be,
Peace, good will eternally!"

EXPLANATORY NOTES.-I. Kneeling is done by three motions. First, come from the CARRY to the PARADE REST, as in Figure 14. Second, draw back the right foot about twenty-eight inches to the rear. Third, kneel on the right knee so that the front of the knee and the rear of the left heel will be on a line parallel with the front, the head erect Figure 15 gives this position, save that the head in that engraving is bowed, where in the present DEMONSTRATION it should be erect. The reference in the lines is to Philippians ii, 10, II. "At the name of JESUS every knee should bow, of things in Heaven and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST is Lord, to the glory of GOD the Father."

EXPLANATORY NOTES.-1. Incline the head forward as in Figure 15. In place of the lines given above a solo singer may introduce Handel's music from The Messiah to the words of Isaiah: "He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." The effect of this is beautiful.

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THE FIFTEENTH DEMONSTRATION (IN THREE MOTIONS).

SIR KNIGHT, RISE.

Would we, Sir Knights, be freed from care,—'
The storm cloud vanishes in prayer:'

One true petition, fervent, deep,

Is, to the soul, refreshing sleep;

Prayer animates the arm and heart;

Prayer points anew the Templar's dart;

And binds his powers in sweet accord

To do the bidding of the Lord.'

EXPLANATORY NOTES.-I. Raise the head and assume the position indicated in DEMONSTRATION XIII.

2. Rise up with a dignified movement, and bring the right foot to the side of the left, as in Figure 14.

3. Take the CARRY, as in DEMONSTRATION XII.

THE SIXTEENTH DEMONSTRATION (IN SIX MOTIONS).

RETURN SWORD.

Perish every sword in rust,'
Crumble, emblems, into dust,
Be our very flag accursed,
And our names forgot,

Ere we draw in evil strife,—2
Ere we use in evil life,-
Ere we flaunt where sin is rife,'
And the Lord is not!

Templars, thorny was the road
That the MAN OF SORROWS trod,'
But, returning back to God,

Peace HE left, and love :*
Follow peace! the way is short,
Cherish love! this life is naught,

And the last great battle fought,

Find THE LORD above!*°

FIG. 16.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.-I. Seize the scabbard as in Figure 16, near the top with the left hand, inclining it a little forward, as in Figure 1. Then bring the sword, with the blade vertical, to a point six inches in front of the left shoulder, the lower part of the hand to the height of the chin. Lower the blade across and along the left arm, the point to the rear. Turn the head slightly to the left, fixing the eyes upon the opening of the scabbard, and insert the blade, assisted by the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, until the right forearm is horizontal (Figure 16). Finally, return the blade, turn the head to the front and drop the hands to the sides. (In some Manuals it is ordered that the eyes be not cast down.

2. DRAW SWORD, as directed in DEMONSTRATION I, and come to the CARRY.

3. Raise the sword vertically, and wave it right and left as in DEMONSTRATION I. 4. REVERSE SWORD, as instructed in DEMONSTRATION IX.

5. CARRY SWORD, as in Figure 2.

6. RETURN SWORD, as above.

The manner of recitation of this part should be bold and forcible as possible.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.-I. The sword being in the scabbard, as at the close of DEMONSTRATION XVI, seize the scabbard with the left hand, palm in front, thumb to the left, arm extended, and raise it, bringing the left hand in front, nearly as high as the belt, and a little to the left of the buckle, as in Figure 17. The scabbard rests along the left forearm, the back of the hand down, the cross at the hollow of the elbow.

The recitation of the Templars' Prayer should be deliberate, reverential, and intoned in the manner of cathedral service. Solemn music would give effect to this DEMONSTRATION.

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THE EIGHTEENTH DEMONSTRATION (IN ONE MOTION).

DROP SWORD.

No more the trenchant blade to wield,'
No more the helmet and the shield,
The Templar's strife is o'er;
The sepulcher where Christ hath lain,
That holiest place is ours again,
To be bereft no more.

In peace we lay our weapons by,

And chant the hymns of victorv.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.-I. Drop the scabbard to the side and place the left hand upon it, as before advised.

The allusion in the fourth line is to the nominal purpose of the Crusades, viz.: to rescue the Holy Sepulcher from the hands of the enemy. This attempt cost the Christian world millions of human lives, and the impoverishment of all the business interests of Europe.

THE NINETEENTH DEMONSTRATION (IN ONE MOTION).

SIR KNIGHT, YOUR VALEDICTORY.

The earth may reel from trembling pole to pole,

The fiery billows in their fury roll,

But, fixed on CHRIST, the Templar Host will stand,
And brave the terrors of the burning land:

Hail and Salute!'

Winter may bind the earth in icy chain,

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Spring may unloose the laughing streams again;
Summer may heat, and autumn heap the land,

While fixed on CHRIST the Templar Host will stand: -
Hail and Salute!1

The enemies of law may rouse their ire,

And threaten us again with rack and fire,—

We laugh to scorn the persecuting hand,

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And, fixed on CHRIST, the Templar Host will stand··

Hail and Salute!1

God speed you, Brothers of Golgotha's Cross!

God keep you from all detriment and loss!

Ever, by gates Celestial be ye fanned,

And, fixed on CHRIST, your Templar Host shall stand:

Hail and Salute!'

1. Take the chapeau (or cap) by the front piece with the left hand; raise it from the head and place it on the right shoulder, slightly inclined to the front; then replace it on the head and drop the hand to the side.

This completes the Poem. It is courteously offered the devotees of Masonic chivalry as a combination of declamation and military exercise, uniting the glorious hopes of Christian Knighthood with the graceful, heathful and suggestive movements of the cross-hilt Sword. To render it with due effect demands much practice, considerable suppleness of tongue and limbs, and a knowledge of the ritualistic allusions pervading every line. Its preparation has cost much labor, both at midnight and at noon, but in the conclusion the writer feels a glow of satisfaction in the hope that Templars, after he has left the field, will find in it a reference to the adage: Placeat homini quidquid Deo placuit.

REMARKS CONCERNING THE TEMPLAR'S SWORD.

(From an Address delivered at Washington, D. C., March 28, 1860, on the reception of the Honorarium of a Templar's Sword from the Grand Encampment of the United States.)

There is a romance, if I may so express it, in all past time attending the SWORD. Scarcely do we enter upon the Mosaic account of the Creation ere we find that "the Lord God placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life"; showing that as an implement of war or defense, the SWORD was the earliest weapon known.

Throughout the Old Testament, the SWORD is conspicuous as a weapon. We find mention of that most mythic of all mythical SWORDS, inasmuch as it doth not appear at all, and is only known in the interpretation of a dream as the SWORD of Gideon the son of Joash, and is afterward proclaimed as the SWORD of the Lord and of Gideon.

As an evidence of the careful manner in which that weapon, when the property of any noted individual, was preserved, we see that the SWORD of Goliath was wrapped up in cloth, and kept behind the ephod by the priest of the Most High. In modern times the Swords of Frederick, of Charlemagne, of Napoleon, etc., have been carefully preserved. Even among the disciples of Jesus one was armed with a SWORD which he used most valorously in defense of his Master.

In the history, real and fanciful, of past heroes, the SWORD bears no insignificant part. That chivalrous leader of the olden Knighthood, King Arthur, bore a SWORD, whose miraculous reception is told in many ways, the SwORD EXCALIBUR.

From the days of the patriarchs, through the whole range of history both ancient and profane, we see standing out in bold relief the Hero and his SWORD. We have all seen the SWORD of Washington as preserved in our national archives by the care of his grateful countrymen.

. Every true Templar holds his SWORD under certain solemn conditions; no true patriot can receive one without attaching to it duties sacredly to be regarded.

The word SWORD in its original signifies to lay waste, and this meaning is forcibly shown in the account of the assassination of Abner, disemboweled by one stroke of the Jewish sword. "To gird on the sword" implies the declaration of war; "to smite with the edge of the sword" signified a passage of arms to the hilt.

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