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the converse ol this . lo anybody un the moon the earth would be seen as it was one and a quarter seconds ago , and from the sun as it was eight minutes ago ; and if wc were at this particular moment in Jupiter , and looking back , we should sec what was happening on this earth an hour ago , nainclv , when we were

arrieiiuj al this house . Now let us go in imagination , to cue of the nearest fixed stars , and looking back , we should see what ^ as happening io years ago ; and , ' ^ oin ^ slill further to a faroff cluster , the light would onlv just now be arriving there which

started from this earth at the time when man first appeared , and all the cv . cnts which have taken place from that remote time lo the present would , as time rolled on , reach there in exactly the same succession as the } : have happened on this earth .

Let us now come , in imagination , towards the earth , from some far-off cluster of stars . Il we traverse the distance in one

year , the whole of the events from the Creation of man would appear before us , only thousands of times quicker . Make the journey in a month , a da )' , an hour , a second or a moment of timc , and all past events , from the grandest to the most trivial , will be acted in an infinitesimal portion of time . To an

Omnipresent Being , therefore , an eternity mav be at will compressed into a moment , or a moment drawn out to an eternfty , and to such an one time can therefore have no objective reality , and may be said to non-exist . In conclusion , let us see whether these thoutrhls will

not make clear some of those nielaphvsical enigmas which confront us whenever we see great injustice being perpetrated on the earth . Let us but turn for a solution to anv point ol space , and we shall find at each point , according to its remoteness , the actual deeds beiutr enacted , whether lor

good or whether lor evil . In lad il mav be said that throughout infinite space every event in past cternilv is now and will be lor ever and ever indelibly recorded . A crime committed hundreds or thousands of years ago may never have been found out ; but for ever and ever there is aud will be to elcnntv depicted in

space the actual living scene from beginning lo end . The criminal and his victim have alike died and turned lo dust ; the place . and surroundings have been swept away from the present I 1 I £ R 1 '" . ; but for ever and ever llie whole tragedy will be acting THKRK to confront the soul of the criminal , and will to all

eternity cry out for justice , unless we believe that in some afler life a soul , under that beautiful attribute of Dcilvwe call Merev , will be given a chance oi retrieving and Mo / ting out such crimes front the future . In fact we may thus clearly understand how that , wherever we are and whatever we do Ihe All-Seeinti Eiie . is not

only upon us now but is also at this very moment looking at every event which has taken place from past eternity . Let us go to a slar sufficient !) ' distant from the earth aud we lind , just arriving there , the scenes which took place when ( irand Lodge was first inaugurated 1 S 0 vears ago ; at another point still more remote

is only arriving now that scene , so interesting to Masonrv , which look place on this globe nearlv JODD vears ago when . Solomon and his master builder Hiram Abiff were laving out

the foundations ol that wonderful 'I emple on Mount Moriah , and every act with minutest detail Irom that time will be depicted there in true succession until the stately pile has been finished and the workmen are bid to cease labour . Once more let us dive

into space , so far this time that we reach that point whine is now arriving that wondrous scene when Matter was . first called into existence , then indeed would be spread out before us the true Tracing Board , the materialisation of the Thouyhls of T ( i . A . O . T . I . ' , thc design being laid out in lines and curves ol

LIGHT , for Light though present , is invisible lo human sight until il is impinged on Matter , even as noble designs , though present in the mind of an Architect , cannot be understood by his Master Masons until mapped out on a material Tracingboard .

Thus , Brethren , liave 1 tried to give you a i jlimpte only ol some of those Hidden Mysteries of Nature and Science which it is the privilege of every Master Mason lo study , and although it cannot be classed as an Archaeological Kssav , 1 ( rust that , in ii'V endeavour to interest , I have succeeded in laving certain

thoughts before you , which , by explain ing and emphasising the great beauty ol parts of our Ritual and the prominence given therein to the Supreme Being lend not only to show Masonry in its true colours , but also encourage us to be more earnest when as the Sun sinks in the West aud labour ceases we , with all reverence , and itumilitii , e . cpress our yralitude lo T . G . A . O . T . U .

A l . oNi .-l KM WANT SIITUI . AT List . Miiuy CHITS have been in ,., ] | ,, lviiicil y our great ii : ilinir . il evil . 1 lie Thirst Crave , hut hitherto none have met wilh in 111 -h nii'cr--, nw ing hi tin- inlVriiirily of llie so-called ii < m-. lliuln il iv drinks . Il is IIM | II . II tlnil I IK- Swiss Wine fiunpuiiy . w Im are im rniluoiiig n n-allv superior Mini genuine temperance beverage nil I III- l . nlnl nalkel , may this " . Trill WIIIII . Ilicir produce being I In' | nuv . iiiil ' enuenlod . jui I' the |„ . | grapes uliiiiiiiiilili-. I . niiilim Depot . ' -V . y Fast cheap , I / i nidi HI . Thai I his w im-is ubsnlutolv free I ' ruiii alcohol is iiriivccl liy the fuel , ( lint it is admitted ilmv Tree into iliis coiintrv .

Occurrences Of The Year

Occurrences of the Year

F / iu . ii 1 st- DIXI : MI ; , ISlXi . ru aurn XOVI' -IHER , ISl / 7 . Dr . i : ¦ KJIHMI :, lSUli . I . Ijlii . 'ii-lcHy ( . ' nrmiiuuication ( if Mark Grand Lndge ; votes of ( hanks to tlio Karl nf Kusloii mul Viscount Duugarvuu for their gift of a gilt table ; lo Urn . Cajit G . II . lira ™ for lu ' . s irojihic . s of Chinese si > e ; uv ; to llm . I ! . Loveh-ml Lnvclnnd for liis trophies of Japanese adze ? , Ac . ; and to

HIM . George II . Parke for llie jiortruit of tlio Karl of ' . allium , fast . ( J . . Master , I'rov . G . M . Lancashire . - . ' . — I ' narlerly Communication uf United ( irand Lodge ; I ' m . , 1 . II . Matthews appointed I ' l-c .-iili'iii of llie Hoard of Hcnovoleuoo ; the rank of I ' ast G . Warden conferred II | MIII Urns . Thomas Fenn and Knliorf Grev , I ' ast Presidents of llie Hoards of General 1 ' urposes and Keuevoleuec

respectively . Cuiiseoralioii , hy Km . Sir Knrnlio Lloyd , D . P . G M . Cheshire , of tlie New Hriglilou Lodye , Xo . " " ( il !' , Sew 'iri ' glilon ; Uro . Lieut .-Col . C . S . Dean , first W . M . ' •' . —Xapthali Lodge . X ' o . 1 'ljli , Heywood , K . Lancashire , celebrates the . centenarv of its coiislilnlion . Destruction Uv live of the Masonic Hall . Ottawa .

I-. — Consecration , by Comp , L . Lotcliworlh , ( . ' .. Scrilie [•' .. of tho Earl of Zelluiid Chapter , No . UMU ; Comp . Aug . F . Lay lirst M . K . Z . Winter meeting of I he ( irand Council of ( lie Order of tlie Secret . Monitor . S . Death of Hro . II . . 1 . Tinney , I ' . M . No . V . W . ) . 10 . Annual mooting , at Nottingham , of tin- I'rov . ( irand Lodge and I ' rov . Grand Chapter of Xniti ' nghanishiro ; installation , hy Comp . W . \ V . IS . Hench , M . P ., Grand , I ., of hi . s Honour Comp . W . Masterman as Grand

Saporinsentient . 11 .--Half-yearly meeting of tlie Great Priory of the Order of the Temple ; enthronement of Viscoinii Dnng .-irvan ns Great Seneschal . 11 . Consecration , liy Comp . E . Letchworth , G . Scrilie I ' .. of the St . John al Hackney Chapter , No . "ioll ; Comp . J . Goi'dnn lirst M . K . Z . 15 . Coiisecralioii , liy Hro . K . Leichwortli , G . Sccrelaiv , of the Levton Lodge , . No . L'liL'li ; liro . . lohn Hippie lii .-t W . M .

17 . Visil of the Prov . G . C ) i ; i ) iter of l / anarl ; sliire ( Lower Ward ) to Chapter Cathedral . Xo . ( 17 . Glasgow . IS . t- ' are \ vell lv , mi | iu'i to KIM . W . !•' . Chupmwu , A . G . D . of (' ,., on his departure for South Africa : Hro . Sir . 1 . C . Ilinisdalc . i ' ast G . Treasurer , in the chair . " . ' ! . Funeral of llro . George S . Smith , I ' . M ., I ' . ' A ., manager ol' tho Muuchesteiliranch uf Urns . G . Kenning and Son . " . ' ;> . Hoard of Uoncvnlcuec : Hi cases' relieved with L'l 1 lo . Annual meeting , al Mark Masons' Hull , of the I ' rov . l ' riury of Kent and

Surrev . Funeral of Uro . II . G . Giller , P . M ., P . P . G P . lh- 'ts . - . ' () . —IM-itli of llro . W . U . l' .-i-e , P . M ., P ' / ,. ' - ' 7 . —Masonic service at St . Peler ' s Church , liainsley . ¦ J ' . l . - Comp . the Hon . 11 . . 1 . Parsons installed Pro 11 . . Sujierinleudcnt of Homliav . Installation of liro . the Maripiis of Tullibardine as 1 ! . W . M . of St . John ' s Lodii - e . Xo . 11 , llunkeld .

JAXIARY , KS J 7 . I . New Year ' s l- ' uleiliiinnii-iit at tlie lioyal Masonic lustitulion for Girls , Death of liro . Sit- Henry St . John Halford , Halt , P . isl D . P . G . M . Leicestershire and llulland . . " ,.- ( loeiiiii ; . ' . bv Hro . Col . II . Plait , P . G !> .. D . P . G . M . Xorth Wales , of the New Mall of the St . Elclli l , od e , Xo . 1 / SS , Amlwcli .

Funeral of Uro llcpuly Salnioii . li . -New Year ' s l ' lilci'lainiuenl to the Inmates of thc Koyal Mu . ' ; onie Jieiicvolciit liistilution , Croydon . Aunuitl Mooting , at Salislmry , of ( he Prov . Grand Lotige of Wiltshire . , 7 . Foundation Stone of the Sutherland Institute , Lon ^ liin , Staffordshire , laid with Masonic Ceremonial b y II . H . H ihe Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M .

( . liinrlerJy General Court of llie linyiil -Ma . sonie ln . slitulion for Girls . Death of liro . the llov . Joseph Senior , LL . D ., Past G . Chaplain . S . —( . ' nai'tei'lv General Court of Ihe iloval Masonic Institution for Hoys . Deatli oi' liro . S . liarton Wilson , P . M ., I ' . ' A . Xo . oil . 11 . —Coiisecralioii , hv liro . K . Lelcliworlh , 11 . See , of tiie liy field . Lodge , X ' o JlUi' 2 : Jim . jimii's Hoiillon , (! . !• ., first W . M .

Openinj ; of it New Masonic Hull ut Lyme He ^ is . IT ,. —Consecration , by llro . I " . Letchworlh , V > . See . ol' the Guardian Lodye , Xo . 2 (> "J . * > : liro . James Tnllworihy lirst W . M . Hi . —Consecration , liy Comp . I " . Letchworth , G , Scrilie K . uf the Militai-y Chapter , N ' o . ' M ' Jl : Coiu | i . tlie Karl of Poilarliiigton lirst M . U . % . 17 . —Deallt of lli-n . Lieut .-Col . 11 . Somerville lliirnev , P . G . D .

IS . —Jubilee Festival of the Cleveland Lodi , 'o , Xo . 5 W , Stokesley . iU . —Hoard of Henevolenee ; 17 cases relieved with JtlSll . Studliolute Lodge , X ' o . W . I I , eelehrales its 2 Ut Ainiivei-siiry : lire , the Kh'hl lion . W . Hume Long , M . P ., installed W . M . Coiisecralioii , by Uro . Hob . Wylie , P . G . D ., Dep . I ' . G . M . West Lancashire , of tin . ' Cniuitiorai . 'tl Tuirt'llei-s' Lodge , Xo . ' M ' Jl , Liverpool : Uro . Thomas Salter lirst W . M .

^ 1 . —Presentation to llro . the Kev . , 1 . II . Kose , P . M ., Chap No . 1 "J 87 . : il ) . —Annual Meeiing of tbe Knst Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational and licncvnlent liistilution . i ~ . —Annual Meeting , in Toronto , of the Grand Chapter of Canada ( Province of Oiitarioj . Inauguration of the Zodiac Lodge of Inslruelioii , Xo . 21515 . 2 S . —Annual Meeting , ul Canterbury , of the I ' rov . ( irand Mark Lodge of Kent : Installation uf Uro . Viscount Dunua . i-viui , as L ' l'ov . G . M .

1 ' T . mtLAKY . : i . —(' narlerly Convocation of Supi-eine Grand Chapter . I . — t ) uarlerly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; CKIU voted to the Indian Famine Kclief Fund . ' . Meeting of llie West Lancashire Masonic I'jlnealional liisriluiion . ( i . l- ' oiimlalioi ! Stone of the . Veil Hall of Si . John ' s Lodge , Xo . 175 , G ' reelioek , laid with Masonic Ceremonial , by liro . James llcid , It . W . M . D . P . G . M ..

Ilenfrowshirc West . Presentation hv l . odee of Faith and Unanimilv , No . 11 " , Dorchester , to liro . Joseph ' liobinson , P . M ., P . I'rov . J . G . W . Dorsetshire . I . Annual Meeting , al Derby , of the Prov . (! . Mark Lodge of Derbyshire ; Consecrul i bv If ni . the Kail of Kusloii . Pro G . M ., of ( he Woodiwiss Lodge , No . o 0 : > , Derby ; \ U « . W . 11 . . Marsden lirst W . M . Presentation hv Hanelagli Lodge , X ' o . . S . 'if , to Hro . Hans Scharien . W M .