THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. CHAPTER I. Origin of the Templars—The pilgrimages to Jerusalem—The dangers to which pilgrims were exposed—The formation of the brotherhood of the poor fellowsoldiers of Jesus Christ to protect them—Their location in the Temple—A description of the Temple—Origin of the name Templars—Hugh de Payens chosen Master of the Temple—Is sent to Europe by King Baldwin—Is introduced to the Pope—The assembling of the Council of Troyee—The formation of a rule for the government of the Templars. " Yet 'midst her towering fanes in ruin laid, The pilgrim saint his murmuring τ esperà paid ; Twos his to mount the tutted rocks, and rovo The chequerM twilight of the olive-grave : 'Twos his to bend beneath the ROC red gloom, And wear with many a kiss Messiah's tomb." TH E extraordinary and romantic institution of the Knights Templars, those military friars who so strangely blended the character of the monk with that of the soldier, took its origin in the following manner : — On the miraculous discovery of the Holy sepulchre by the Empress Helena, the mother of Constantine, about 298 years after the death of Christ, and the consequent erection, by corri li