The Knights Templars.

Kni g ht from blame . The defensive armour of a horse illustrated the necessity of wealth to a Kni g ht , for a Kni g ht Avithout estate could not maintain the honours of chivalry , aud be protected from temptation , poverty opening * the door to

treason and vice . But chivalry was not in the horse , but in the Kni g ht , who taught his horse well , and accustomed himself and his sons to noble actions ancl virtuous deeds ; AA'hcreas a foul ancl recreant Kni g ht , AVIIO practiced himself and taught

his sons evil works , converted tlie one into the other , the cavalieresque and equestrian qualities , making himself ancl his sons beasts , and his horse a Knig ht . ( To be continued . )

Address.

ADDRESS .

Delivered at tlie Anniversary Meeting of the Eosicrucian Society of England on the 1 st inst ., hy Bro . Robert Wciitiuorth Little ( S . 3 L ) , Master-General . Brethren , —I am penetrated with a sense of my inabilitv to address you thia evening in a manner

sufficiently worthy of the solemn aud august truths de \ eljped iu the study of Eosicrucian philosophy for , although our thoughts may flash bri ght and beautiful as sunbeams , it is but seldom that Ave can invest them in language of a corresponding splendour ,

and the kindled glory of our conceptions is therefore lost , perchance , for ever . To the fitting contemplation of our mysteries Ave must bring minds divested of the cares and griefs of life—unfettered b y the chains of custom— -and free from the storms of passion and rirq ' i'dice which darken rind desolate the souls of

men . The grandest heights that Faith reveals—the most luminous regions of Thought aud Intellect are to be attained by a steady devotion to the cause of truth , aud an unwavering progress iu the paths of science . In general terms , AVO may enounce that the primary object of Rosicrucianism is to elucidate the

mysteries that encompass us iu life , and to reverently raise the veil from those that await us in the dreaded dominions of Death—looming like awful shadows through the profound abysses of tho Infinite and the Eternal . It is by calm meditation on such ennobling themes

that the soul is prepared for its Avondrous destiny in the radiant Future , when the celestial essence of man shall be filled with glory from the fountain-waters of light and wisdom .

It is no chimera of the imagination to believe that the rolling mists of error which obscure our spiritual vision , Avill A-auish before the resistless advent of knowledge ; it is no vague dream that the mind of

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man may he purified and perfected hy an humble recognition of the power of the Supreme , and a pervading sense of His love and beneficence . To attain this object , we invite our aspirants—prescribing , by certain laAVS , the direction of their course , and guiding them through the Arcana of the TJnknoAvn . By regulated steps they are led from the daAvn to tha meridian of Dav . The talismans Avith

Avhich Ave entrust them are unalterable precepts of virtue ; Ave tell them iu the language of a greatthinker that '' the truth of Nature is a part of the truth of God—to him who does not search it outdarkness ; to him who does , infinity ! " We call upon them to bear aloft the torch of hope across the nig ht

of life . We proclaim that despair must be banished from our dwelling-places , for " a bold heart may command anything , " aud the lamp of reason should never be extinguished by the spectral shades of doubt . The symbols with Avhich our neophytes are familiar , as

Avell as those which are known only to the advanced adept equally demonstrate the existence of an All-Powerful and All-Sustaining Being , and alike impress upon us the necessity of religious faith . Our mystic lore is evolved from the ideal of divine philosophy ,

our principles are indestructible as the great universe itself . Our studies tend not to the deification of matter , but to the exaltation of reason as the priucipal agent in the intellectual organisation of man . Our investigations are not , however , restricted merel y to the moral aspect of nature—Ave glean from the fields of the physical world abundant food for

thought—dedicating our efforts to the service of truth , aud advancing hopefully in the spheres of duty allotted to us in the actual present . This , my brethren , is the true alchemy of life . This , the magic by Avhich Ave remove mountains of ignorance and vice , this , the real " elixir vitae" from the springs of light and beauty ; this ,

therevelation of the sublimest faculties of the soul . Nourished by lofty musings and divine imaginings the faith to which we aspire will waft our spirits into the inner circles of wisdom—yea , beyond the lampless shores of death our feeble steps shall be upheld by the

mighty strength of love , and supported by the unquenchable fire of universal intelligence . Such are the elementary principles of our philosophy , and such are the results that will inevitably follow a devout adherence to our laws . In the serene tranquilit y of

thought the soul is unconsciously elevated above the things of earth , in the interpretation of the mystic symbols of antiquity its ethereal sympathies are naturally awakened . Follow , then , my brethren , iu the track of those

enlightened sages whose names are hung like constellations in the hea \ 'eu of fame , beginning with the Chaldean shepherds of old , AVIIO drew lessons from