The Templar Manual; Containing a Comprehensive System of Tactics and Drill, With All Ceremonies Appertaining to the Orders of Knighthood. to Which Is ... by the Grand Encampment, Chicago, 1880 - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881. Excerpt: ... COUNCIL WORKING TEXT. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PR-SVALEBIT. PKATER AT OPENING A COUNCIL. O Thou eternal, immortal, and invisible God; we.would desire to come into Thy presence, at this time, with grateful hearts, to render thanks and praise for the wonderful display of Thy goodness and mercy. Be Thou pleased, O God, to be with Thy servants who are now assembled in Thy name; lift upon each one of us the light of Thy countenance; defend us from the evil intentions of our enemies, while traveling the journey of life; and when we shall finally come into Thy presence, to be freed from the chains of sin, and the sackcloth of repentance, be Thou merciful unto us, O God, not according to our deserts, but according to our necessities; and Thine shall be the praise, forever and ever. Amen. Response.--So mote it be. READING OF SCRIPTURE. Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubabbel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren, the priests and Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem: and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord. Then stood Jeshua, with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel, and his sons, the sous of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God; the sons of Hene dad, with their sons and brethren, the Levites. And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple oi the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals to praise the Lord, after the ordinance ol David, king of Israel. And they sung together by course, in praising and giving tbunks unto the Lord, because he is ...