THE "SHARRI TEPHLIA."

Evening Star, Issue 12625, 3 October 1905, Page 7

THE "SHARRI TEPHLIA."

Order ttat fajbai to noamb ia recalled bv the aconisttion by fee Borne* CMbo&u Church, of the twawtohte at Thornton Haarb known m **Tsm Twapfc." It vw int»n4ed far the tefdonariera of a new Order of tasaU»at*oo<i uaOed the "Supaema Sham Tephba, of England." The mcaahea, aooooding to rank, were robes of gorgeous damn, mostly of «|k—black, white, red, hn> sod greei*—<waamented with for and gold and saver lace. There were Wuent banqueta, presided over by the "Bi<jht Worshipful Grand Chaplain." Tba initiate, arming in the rote of "a weary wanderer on Ins tntresß," had to be of approved worthiness, and a krge port of the ceremony consisted 'of leading him about without tie, cottar* or coat on. He was dob/ warned of a dangerous jonroey, for -whack he was fortified wttb the aim and password. Moreover, he was assured tiw* be would be "conducted ower the dark golf, and landed on the peaceful shorn of the blessed," and reminded of the uncertainty of earthly existence. At this point, too, the Dead' .March wu riajed by the organist. ©very occasion of meeting bad its prescribed order of dress, even for members' funerato and weddings. The schema included' the building of ten Provincial Grand Temples in various parts of the country, ana it was intended that there should be a " Grand Council of nity of Provincial Temples of the Supreme Sharri TenWia of England." Bat tke Order finally OTCcambed ingloriowßly under the debts incurred, and the inevitable law case followed with its ncwomantio dSßcJosums- At cno time the Order had funds in hand to tie amount of £16,000.