The History Ofthe Knights Templars of Canada - Softcover

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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.1890 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXV 'convent General" Divided Aoainst Itself.--Stormy Mertino In London.--I I.i..and's Dionified Conduct.--Sad Death Of England's Great Prior.--Canada And Her Position In The Federation. HILK Canada continued to bask in its own prosperous sun, the Fratres at the other side of the Atlantic were not enjoying anything like peaceful harmony. The same assumption of superiority on the part of the English Templars which contributed so much to the vexatious delays experienced by Canada when applying for her elevation to the dignity of a nationality, was playing sad havoc with the unity which the federated bodies so much needed, and which was so necessary to the healthy existence of Convent General. With characteristic autocracy, the English Fratres desired to carry everything according to their own views, and by force of numbers drown all attempts at justifiable opposition. Their lofty arrogance seemed boundless, and threatened seriously to work irreparable injury to the Order in the United Kingdom. An extract from the proceedings of Convent General, held in Dublin, on the 27th October, 1876, and in London on the 8th December following, and introduced into the report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, will give some idea of the condition of affairs at the time. The Arch-Chanoellor of the Order, The Hon. Judge Townshend, LL.D., G. C. T., being the senior Greal Officer present, opened the Convent General in ilue form, acting for and in the absence of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master. After a long debate on the question of the powers of Convent General to alter the Statutes without due consent of the Groat Priories, tho ArchChancellor stated "that it was erroneous to suppose that the Treaty under considerat...