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south-west from Jerusalem , and a little ovea ? two miles from the sea ; in the Old Testament it is always mentioned as an important place . It withstood a two months siege by Alexander the Great , and during the Koman period , it was subjected to repeated attacks . Baumgarten , who was there in the early part of the sixteenth century , describes the place as very large , with many mean buildings . " Yet there are
some reliques left , and some impressions that testifie a better condition : for diuers simple roofs are supported with goodly pillars of Parian marble , some plain , some curiously carved . On the summitte of the hill are the ruins of huge arches , sunke low in the earth , and other foundations of a stately building . Prom whence the last
Sanziack conveyed marble pillars of incredible bignesse , enforced to saw them asunder ere they could be removed ; which he employedin adorning a mosque below in the valley . " Scattered pillars of grey granite and fragments of old marble columns and statues are all that now remain . All travellers agree in admiring the richness and variety of the vegetation , both wild and cultivated , of the environs .
The Mohammedans had abandoned Jerusalem , and the Templars again entered the city of David , bareheaded and barefooted , singing holy songs of triumph . Having prostrated themselves at the holy shrine , they , in martial array , and awakening the solitudes with the voice of the trumpet , proceeded to take up their ancient quarters on Mount Moriah . The news of the reoceupation of Jerusalem was received with universal joy , and the Hospitallers , seeing the policy of the Templars crowned by success , hastened to join them .
Thus we see this small number of gallant Knights—despite the vast host of armed warriors arrayed against them by the fiercest nations of the East— -had not only maintained their position in Palestine , but had also actually recovered the Holy City , as well as other strong places , which had only been won in former contests by the united armies of all Christendom . In this , whatever other merit
maybe denied them , the career , of the Templars was most marvellous , and worthy of all admiration . The strong contrast between the trained and well-ordered soldiery of the Temple and the disorderly throng of the Crusaders , could not fail to be perceived by the Roman
pontiffs , who had so often bestowed the highest encomiums on the Brethren . The great feature of the Order—by which they maintained at all times most perfect discipline—was the vow of implicit obedience to their superiors , which at the same time bound them to each other .
In the early part of the thirteenth century , while the Grand Master and many Brethren were battling for the possession of the Holy Land , the Templars in Spain were equally distinguished for the victorious result of their gallant deeds in conflict with the Moors .
In England , Henry III ., in return for their services in Palestine , loaded the Templars with favours ; and on Ascension-day , 1240 , he went with all his court to the consecration of the nave ( which is the part now used for divine service ) of the Temple church in London The deeds of gifts to the Order which are in existence , prove the
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Ghiva.Let,
south-west from Jerusalem , and a little ovea ? two miles from the sea ; in the Old Testament it is always mentioned as an important place . It withstood a two months siege by Alexander the Great , and during the Koman period , it was subjected to repeated attacks . Baumgarten , who was there in the early part of the sixteenth century , describes the place as very large , with many mean buildings . " Yet there are
some reliques left , and some impressions that testifie a better condition : for diuers simple roofs are supported with goodly pillars of Parian marble , some plain , some curiously carved . On the summitte of the hill are the ruins of huge arches , sunke low in the earth , and other foundations of a stately building . Prom whence the last
Sanziack conveyed marble pillars of incredible bignesse , enforced to saw them asunder ere they could be removed ; which he employedin adorning a mosque below in the valley . " Scattered pillars of grey granite and fragments of old marble columns and statues are all that now remain . All travellers agree in admiring the richness and variety of the vegetation , both wild and cultivated , of the environs .
The Mohammedans had abandoned Jerusalem , and the Templars again entered the city of David , bareheaded and barefooted , singing holy songs of triumph . Having prostrated themselves at the holy shrine , they , in martial array , and awakening the solitudes with the voice of the trumpet , proceeded to take up their ancient quarters on Mount Moriah . The news of the reoceupation of Jerusalem was received with universal joy , and the Hospitallers , seeing the policy of the Templars crowned by success , hastened to join them .
Thus we see this small number of gallant Knights—despite the vast host of armed warriors arrayed against them by the fiercest nations of the East— -had not only maintained their position in Palestine , but had also actually recovered the Holy City , as well as other strong places , which had only been won in former contests by the united armies of all Christendom . In this , whatever other merit
maybe denied them , the career , of the Templars was most marvellous , and worthy of all admiration . The strong contrast between the trained and well-ordered soldiery of the Temple and the disorderly throng of the Crusaders , could not fail to be perceived by the Roman
pontiffs , who had so often bestowed the highest encomiums on the Brethren . The great feature of the Order—by which they maintained at all times most perfect discipline—was the vow of implicit obedience to their superiors , which at the same time bound them to each other .
In the early part of the thirteenth century , while the Grand Master and many Brethren were battling for the possession of the Holy Land , the Templars in Spain were equally distinguished for the victorious result of their gallant deeds in conflict with the Moors .
In England , Henry III ., in return for their services in Palestine , loaded the Templars with favours ; and on Ascension-day , 1240 , he went with all his court to the consecration of the nave ( which is the part now used for divine service ) of the Temple church in London The deeds of gifts to the Order which are in existence , prove the