countenance is an indication of
the heart; and that no stranger should gain admission and discover
the secrets of this august assembly, this Order of the Christian
Mark was conferred on those who went about doing good, and
following the example of their illustrious Master, Jesus Christ.
Go thou and do likewise.

MOTTO.--"Christus regnat, vincit, triumphat;" [i.e., Christ rules,
conquers, triumphs.] Rex regnantium, et Dominus dominantium.

Israel on the left breast, a triangular plate of gold, seven eyes
engraved on one side, on the other the letter G in the five points.

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KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE.

HISTORY.--St. Helena, daughter of Caylus, King of Britain, consort
of Constantine, and mother of Constantine the Great, in the year
296, made a journey to the Holy Land in search of the cross of
Jesus Christ. After leveling the hillocks and destroying the
temple of Venus, three crosses were discovered. It was now
difficult to discover which of the three was the one sought for by
her. By order of his Holiness, Pope Marcellinus, they were borne
to the bed of a woman who had long been visited by sickness, and
lay at the point of death; she placed her hands upon the second
cross first, which rendered her no service; but when she laid her
hand upon the third, she was restored to her former health. She
instantly arose, giving glory to God, saying, He was wounded for
our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the
chastisement of sin was upon him, and with his stripes we are
healed. On the spot where the crosses were found, St. Helena
erected a stately church, one hundred paces long and sixty wide;
the east end takes in the place where the crosses stood, and the
west of the sepulchre. By leveling the hills, the sepulchre is
above the floor of the church, like a grotto, which is twenty feet
from the floor to the top of the rock. There is a superb cupola
over the sepulchre, and in the aisles are the tombs of Godfrey and
Baldwin, kings of Jerusalem. In 302, St. Helena instituted the
Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of our Lord and Saviour,
Jesus Christ. This Order was confirmed in 304 by his Holiness,
Pope Marcellinus; they were bound by a sacred vow to guard the
Holy Sepulchre, protect pilgrims, and fight infidels and enemies
of the cross of Christ. The city of Jerusalem was rebuilt and
ornamented