the rulers of the darkness of this world; against spiritual wickedness in high places.

"Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

"Stand therefore with your loins girt about with truth.

"And having on the breastplate of righteous

ness.

"And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

"Above all,.taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench the fiery darts of the wicked..

"And take the helmet of salvation,

"And the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God."

CHAPTER IV.

Knights of Malta.

THE following passages of scripture are occasionally rehearsed in encampments of Knights of Malta.

Acts xxviii. 1-6. "And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his

hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly; but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god."

St. John xix. 19. "And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

St. John xx. 24-28. "But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples, therefore, said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered, and said unto him, My Lord, and my God."

CHAPTER V.

THE order of Knights. of the Holy Sepulchre was instituted in the year 1219. Their uniform

was a red cross, and their oath to defend the sepulchre of Christ. Upon the extinction of this order, many of them joined the Knights of Malta.

The Knights of Tutons, or Allemagne, wore a white garment with a black cross.

The Knights of Calatrava, a black garment, with a red cross on the breast.

The Knights of Alcantara, a green cross. The Knights of the Redemption wore a white garment, with a black cross.

The Knights of Christ wore a black garment with a double cross.

The Knights of the Mother of Christ, a little red cross, reflected with gold.

The Knights of Lazarus wore a green cross on the breast.

The Knights of the Star wore a star on their hats.

The Knights of the Band wore a band of three fingers width, fastened on the left shoulder, and brought over the breast, under the right arm.

The Knights of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary wore a collar made of plates of gold and silver, with a picture of the Virgin Mary pendent thereto.

The Knights of St. Michael wore a chain of gold, woven like little shells, and a picture of St. Michael pendent thereto.

The Knights of St. Stephen wore a black garment, with a red cross.

The Knights of the Holy Ghost wore a dove on the middle of a cross.

FREEMASON'S MONITOR.

PART FIRST.

BOOK IV.

ON ENCAMPMENTS OF KNIGHTS IN AMERICA.

CHAPTER I.

Grand Encampment of Knights Templars, and the Appendant Orders, for the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

A GRAND Convention of Knights Templars was holden in Providence, R. I. on the 6th day of May, A. D. 1805; when the following measures were proposed, and adopted unanimously,

viz.

"Resolved, as the sense of this convention, that the formation and establishment of a grand encampment of knights templars would tend to promote the honour and interests of the orders of knighthood, and of masonry.

"Resolved, that a committee be appointed to devise and report a form of constitution, explanatory of the principles upon which a grand encampment shall be opened.

“Resolved, that the convention be adjourned until Monday, the 13th instant, then to meet again in Masons' Hall, in Providence."

Monday, 18th May, A. D. 1805.

The convention met, agreeably to adjournment, to take into consideration the report of the committee appointed on the sixth instant, for devising and preparing a form of constitution; which being read and amended was unanimously approved and adopted.

The convention then proceeded to a choice of officers, who were installed in ample form. At an assembly of this grand encampment, holden in Boston, in the month of May, A. D. 1816, it was resolved that three delegates be appointed on the part of this grand encampment to meet a general grand convention to be holden in the city of Philadelphia, or the city of New York, in the month of June, A. D. 1816, for the purpose of forming a general grand encampment of knights templars for the United States, and a constitution for the government of the same; and the M. E. Thomas Smith Webb, ME. Henry Fowle, and M. E. John Snow, were appointed accordingly.

The delegates proceeded to the city of NewYork, where a convention assembled consisting of the representatives of nine encampments and councils.

The convention, after mature deliberation, formed and adopted a constitution, and opened a general grand encampment of knights templars, and the appendant orders, for the United States.