Resting in calm repose,
The fiercest blast that blows
And bows yon sturdy oaks on Bashan's height,
Can yield no influence here; —
For many and many a year
Hath slept in Jesus this our stalwart Knight.
While rust corrodes his great cross-hilted sword,
The toil-spent Templar rests before the Lord.
He heard an inward call, —
Leave home, leave country, all
That love you or are loved, — leave wealth and fame,
And with this ruddy Cross,
Cou... moreThe Knight Templar at Rest
by Robert Morris
Resting in calm repose,
The fiercest blast that blows
And bows yon sturdy oaks on Bashan's height,
Can yield no influence here; —
For many and many a year
Hath slept in Jesus this our stalwart Knight.
While rust corrodes his great cross-hilted sword,
The toil-spent Templar rests before the Lord.
He heard an inward call, —
Leave home, leave country, all
That love you or are loved, — leave wealth and fame,
And with this ruddy Cross,
Count other things but dross,
To go and battle in your Master's name!
There, where I walked in early days with men,
Go, I will meet you, striving there, again!
Meekly he rose and went;
His hard-earned tortune spent
In the high cause for which he took the sword;
He chose the lowliest place;
For nothing can abase
The servant when he imitates his Lord.
Yet where the strokes fell thickest midst the din
He listened, yearning for that voice again.
And here the Templar fell;
Battling full long and well;
He fell beneath the point of Paynim spear;
But to his dying eve
The Master's form drew nigh,
The Master's whisper blest his dying ear; —
Well done, true Knight, inherit thy reward!
The servant is not greater than his Lord!
Its Successes
In 1129, the Order of the Temple received official papal recognition at the Council of Troyes.
Louis VII granted the town of Sevigny in to the Templars in 1149 out of gratitude for their financial and military aid.
Saint Augustine accepted that under certain conditions, a Christian may use force.
Omne datum optimum recognized the Order of the Temple as defenders of the Catholic Church and attackers of the enemies of Christ, thus putting them under the papal umbrella.
Milites temple allowed the Templars to collect contributions on behalf of the church and to grant a partial substitution for crusading as well as a limited indulgence.
Militia dei gave the Order permission to take tithes, obligations, and burial fees where they had oratories and to bury members of their own familia there.
According to William of Tyre, it was under Pope Eugenius III that the Templars received the right to wear the red cross upon their tunics.
On May 1, 1187, Grand Master Girard of Rideford of the Templars led a mixed force of Templar, Hospitaller and secular forces to defeat at the Springs of Cresson.
The Templars arrange to purchase from King Richard I was Cyprus
Louis IX endorsed Reginald of Vichiers as Master of the Temple to replace William of Sonnac.
Turcopoles are the light mounted troops, often recruited by Templars from the local population.
The Order of Mountjoy was absorbed into the Temple in 1196, due to its inability to survive.
Templar Houses were used to provide loans, hold mortgage pledges and store precious documents.
