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Shibboleth: A Templar Monitor

by George Cooper Connor

[1894]

SHIBBOLETH

A TEMPLAR MONITOR

by SIR GEORGE COOPER CONNOR

Fifth Edition

Nashville, Tennessee: Order of the Red Cross

[1894]

Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com by John Bruno Hare, June 2008. This text is in the

public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.

There was no title page, verso or table of contents in the original book. This title page has been added in

standard bibliographic format for the convenience of catalogers from internal evidence in this book. I have

also added the subtitle for this online editionÏJBH.

p. 1 p. 2

p. 3

Dedication.

SIR JOHN P. S. GOBIN,

M. E. Past Grand Master of the Grand Encampment.

T O WHOM I AM INDEBTED

FOR NUMEROUS PROOFS OF KINDNESS AND SYMPATHY

DURING THE YEARS OF OUR ACQUAINTANCE ,

I DEDICATE THIS MONITOR .

p. 4 p. 5

PREFACE TO FIFTH EDITION.

T HE early demand for the Fifth Edition of S HIBBOLETH , a demand the publishers scarcely

anticipated in times like these, affords the author an opportunity to add several important

matters to the volume, thus rendering it still more valuable to the Order of the Temple. So

far as now seen this edition is a complete Monitor.

This edition contains all that appeared in the Fourth Edition, with a few errors corrected,

and the Banners of Judah and Persia. There is also added a "Third Appendix," which

contains directions for the Reception of Grand Officers; Hints to Eminent Commanders,

and Rules of Order; Rituals for Divine Worship; Ritual of a Conclave of Sorrow; Ritual

for the Christmas Observance; a Form for Recorder's Minutes; an Arrangement of

Asylum and Prelate's Hall; and some Hints on Templar Banquets.

This Monitor reaches farther in its helpfulness than any that has been prepared heretofore.

But it has not attempted to describe the Robes, and other equipments not universally

accepted by the Order. Many requests have been made for the insertion of such

descriptive matter, and the requests have been declined in the interests of peace. Such an

attempt would develop acrimonious controversies.

My thanks are due, and they are hereby returned to the Fratres all over the Union, from

Maine to Mexico, and the Atlantic to the Pacific, for the kind reception given the former

editions of this Monitor, and for the many valuable hints received from all sources. It is

the author's sincere desire to make this volume complete in all respects, and he will still

be grateful for all suggestions looking to such completeness.

Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 10, 1894.

NOTE BY THE PUBLISHERS.

S O far as known, the foregoing Preface is the last word written by S IR G EORGE C OOPER

C ONNOR , the author of this volume. Only a few days later he was forced by disease to the

chamber of death, which he never again left until the end came.

The expression of his thanks in the last paragraph may therefore be taken as his loving

farewell to his brethren; and it is believed that his earnest desire to provide a Monitor that

should be complete and helpful to the members of the Order has been fully realized in

this new edition of S HIBBOLETH , to the preparation of which were given the last of his

labors on earth.

Nashville, Tenn., November 1, 1894.

p. 7

THE ILLUSTRIOUS

ORDER OF THE RED CROSS.

Monitorial Instructions, Notes, Comments, and Suggestions.

A FEW HINTS TO COMMANDERS.

I T is the earnest desire of the author of this Monitor to discover that all the

Commanderies invest the beautiful, instructive and entertaining Order of the Red Cross

with the interest its importance demands. The Ritual provides ample opportunity for the

display of true dramatic taste, both in robing and in reading. It also presents the great

central thought of the Order,ÏT RUTH ,Ïas it has never been presented previous to the

adoption at Denver.

The feeling had become almost universal that the Order of the Red Cross was of slight

importance, and was at best little more than a social observance. Hence the ceremonials

were hurried over, the candidate was practically told that it was mere matter of form, and

he went away profoundly impressed that the Commandery was indeed a jovial institution.

Never was a graver mistake, and the impression so made was more injurious than

beneficial. The Ritual now adopted can not fail to correct that erroneous view of the value

of the Order.

The Order of the Red Cross should, if possible, be conferred upon classes, and be made

the occasion of social intercourse among the members; the healing of wounds, the

forming of new bonds of fraternity. The lessons of the ceremonies tend to these noble

ends, and by conferring them with the dignity and pathos they merit those ends will be

assuredly attained. See with what fervor of gratitude the newly created Companions will

hereafter refer to the name they assumed, and the character they represented. There can

be no nobler, and if the work is done with the devotion to dramatic effects which the

Ritual demands, that name and character will never be forgotten.

p. 8

[paragraph continues] Hence the propriety of the Refection at the close of the work of the

Council.

Commanders will advance the interests of the bodies they govern by securing full

paraphernalia and equipments. The robes need not be expensive, but should be

appropriate. It is of the greatest importance that the Grand Council, Companion

Conductor, Warder and Guards be in Jewish robes and turbans. It is equally important

that the Persian Guards should wear a uniform different from that of the

Order of the Red Cross, an Order not then founded,

technically speaking.

The Princes of Persia and the Rulers of Media

should wear oriental robes, and the Master of

Cavalry should also be in Persian dress. The

Sovereign Master, Prince Chancellor and Prince

Master of the Palace wear the regulation robes.

The seating of the Princes and Rulers, fully robed,

should be in such form as to produce the best effects

upon the Jewish Prince. No fixed floor plan can be

laid down, because of the variations in the different

Audience Chambers. Here Commanders will use

their discretion.

In reading the lines of the Addresses be natural

above all things. Affect no so-called dramatic or

oratorical tones. Invest each scene with earnestness

and pathos, as demanded. Allow no frivolous

allusions, or undignified liberties to be taken with Z.

Play the K ING according to your best conception of

royalty. See that the Means of Recognition are

imparted with great care and accuracy. Let the

dignified Order of the Red Cross be indeed a

preparation for the solemn Order of the Temple.

THE BANNER OF THE ORDER.

It is of green color. In its center is a star of seven points, painted on gold, within which is

painted the blood-red Cross of the

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[paragraph continues] Order, surrounded by the Motto: "Magna est Veritas, et Pr½valebit." The

letters on the arms of the Cross are black.

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