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TRANSVAAL BRETHREN RELIEF FUND . The following Contributions to this Fund have been received , namely : — JL s . d . R . W . Bro . George Richards , Dist . G . M . Transvaal ... ... ... 100 o 0 Bro . S . R . Baskett ... . ... ... 1 1 o Bro . W . F . Lamonby ... ... ... 1 1 o Beaminster Manor Lodge , No . 1367 ... 110 Committee Dinner Club , R . M . I . for Boys , per j . M . McLeod , Secretary ... ... 550 Bro . j . M . McLeod and Family , Christmas Dinner Collection ... ... ... 330 Dinner Collection , Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 207 > , per Bro . Glwser ... ... 6 6 6 Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 97 G , Bruton ( Somersetshire ) , per Bro . W . P . Buckley , P . M ., Treas . ... ... ... 210 Cheques , Post-office Orders , & c , to be made payable to the " Proprietor" or "Editor" of the Freemason , London Joint Stock Bank , Ltd ., Chancery-lane Branch .
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^^^s^ssM SATURDAY , J ANUARY 13 , 1900 A
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution held its regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the ioth inst ., Bro . W . Russell , P . A . G . D . C , occupied the chair , and there was a full attendance of members to support him . The main business was the
consideration of a 'ong list of petitions , 21 in number , 'I of them being from brethren , and the remaining 10 from widows of brethren . The result of thc Committee ' s deliberations was that all were accepted and the names ordered to be entered on the lists for the annual elections on the third Friday in May . ? * *
We have been requested lo announce that the Prov . G . Master of Cornwall has ruled that the installation ° t the W . Master ot thc Fort Lodge , No . 1528 , New-
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quay , on the 14 th November last , was illegal , and that , in consequence , the W . M . and officers of the lodge remain as they were before that date . We are also informed that the Prov . G . Master has suspended
the Fort Lodge from its Masonic duties pending an inquiry into official complaints of irregularities alleged to have been committed by members of the said lodge .
* * * We very heartily congratulate Bro . C . E . Davies , M . W . G . Master of the Grind Lodge of Tasmania , on the honour—that of Past Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England—which his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , our M . W . G . M ., has been pleased to confer upon him .
» * * With all deference to Bro . W . F . Lamonby we consider we are justified in describing Lord Carringtonor Earl Carrington as he is now—as having " served as the last District Grand Master of New South Wales
under the English Constitution . " True his lordship was never installed in office , and , therefore , under Article 82 of the Book of Constitutions as referred to by Bro « -Lamonby , none of the acts he may have done as District Grand Master can have had any validity .
But the Grand Lodge Calendar for 188 9 includes his lordship among the District Grand Masters and gives the date of his patent of appointment as the ioth January , 1888 . He was never installed as District Grand Master , because not so very long after his appointment he was elected and installed as the first
M . W . Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales . We do not consider the matter is one of any great importance , but there is no doubt about his having been appointed to the office , and we think the Calendar Committee of the Board of General Purposes is justified in including him in its lists of District Grand Masters as stated .
# * « We most cordially reciprocate Bro . T . May ' s kind wishes for " a Happy New Year and a prosperous XXth Century , " but we do not agree with him that we entered upon the latter on Monday , the 1 st instant . Dr . Joseph Parker , of the City Temple , dogmatically
asserts that we did , and supplemented this assertion with the statement that " no man in his senses can doubt it . " But Dr . Parker notwithstanding , we hold that we are still in the 19 th century , and that the world will not enter upon the next or 20 th century until the first moment of the ist January , 1901 .
•» » The question whether the birth of Christ occurred at the date ordinarily assigned to it , in the year which is commonly described as u . c . 4 , or at some other time , has nothing whatever to do with the point which
has been raised as to whether we are now in the 19 th or 20 th century . For practical purposes , we reckon our time from the birth of Christ , and the moment or moments in which He was being born into the world are the beginning of the first year of the Christian Era .
That first year was not ended until the last of the full number ot days constituting a year had run its course , and then the world entered upon the second year . When 99 years had been thus completed , the world entered upon the last year of the ist century , and
when that in its turn was completed , there was an end of the ist century of the Christian Era . Following up this mode of computation we have the second century ending with the close of the year 200 A . D ., and so on with eich succeeding century until we come to the
19 th , which entered upon its course on the ist January , 1801 , and will have completed that course on the 31 st December , 1 9 00 , but not before . As Bro . Lovegrove very justly remarks , it is ridiculous to affirm that 1899 years make up 19 complete periods of 100 years each , i . e ., 1900 years .
* * * Bro . May is quite right in saying that " a new century must begin ivitho , " but the " o" must not be taken to apply , as he appears to apply it , to a whole year , but only to that infinitely small portion of time
which follows instantly upon the completion of tlie preceding century . There is no " year o A . D . " in our chronology as there is a "year 1 A . D ., " or " 101 A . D ., " or " 1801 A . D ., " but there is a moment of time " o " so brief as to be entirely indeterminable . This commencing moment of each successive new period of
time , which begins , as we have said , when the preceding period is completed , may very properly be indicated as " o , '' but though inappreciable in itself it becomes with each succeeding moment ever more and more appreciable until it has grown to what is called a " second , " then to a minute , an hour , a day , and lastly ,
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to a year , consisting of a given number of days . Each succeeding year in its turn begins and ends in the same way , and whe ? too of these years have passed , what is called a century is completed and we start afresh with the first moment of the next century , and so on .
Bro . May is quite right in his argument derived from the case of the pedestrian who undertakes to walk 100 miles . It is undeniable that said pedestrian has covered his 100 miles " when he arrives at the 100 th milestone . " We grant that " he must walk one mile before arriving at the first stone , " and also that "the
second 100 miles begin at the 100 milestone , " but the conclusion we draw from these statements is not the same as Bro . May draws . The first 100 miles is completed when the looth milestone is reached , but the first mile of the second 100 is not completed until the 101 st milestone is reached , and the second 100 miles not until the 200 th milestone .
* * * The mistake which Bro . May makes is in considering the milestone is in itself a mile , whereas it is , in fact the point at which one mile ends and the next mile begins . The pedestrian must cover 1760 yards before he reaches his first milestone , 100 times 1760 yards
before he reaches the 100 th milestone , but he must cover an additional 1760 yards before he reaches his ioist milestone and an additional ioo times 1760 yards before his 200 th milestone . In fact , the milestone is in the position of the mathematical point , that is , it has neither parts nor magnitude . It seems to mark the
end of the mile and the beginning of the mile , but in neither case is it a part of the mile , and is best indicated by o . Similarly in our measurement of time , the point which separates the new year from its predecessor is " without parts or magnitude , " and for convenience sake we must indicate it by " o . "
* » » In order , however , to make our meaning still mjre clear , we will take the centigrade thermo . Tieter for the purposes of illustration . This , as our readers are aware , is marked out into 100 equal spaces , called degrees , starting from zero (" o" ) as freezing
point and rising to 100 ° ( boiling point ) . If we consider each of these spaces or degrees to be a year , we have between o and 100 a complete century ; and if w ; continue the measurement , say , to 200 , we have a second century , starting from 100 and ending with 200 . This continuation may be carried as far as may
be required for the purposes of the proposed measurement . If , on the other hand , we carry on the measurement in the opposite direction , then , starting from ( "o" ) , we shall in due course arrive at ioo below zero , and taking each space or degree as a year , we shall have another complete century .
* •* Now if we take the line at zero to represent the birth of Christ , then in the 100 equal spaces or d egreeswhich , for the purposes of our argument we call yearswe have between that line and 100 a complete century , and for every additional 100 spaces we have an
additional century . Then starting in the opposite direction from zero—the Nativity—and marking out 100 equal spaces or years we have a complete century terminating , of course , with the completed rocth space , and then a second complete century terminating similarly with the completed 200 th space and so on
ad infinitum . Thus with zero representing the birth of Christ , we have each successive completed 100 spaces above it , representing a century B . C ., and each successive completed series of 100 spaces below it , representing a century A . D ., and it will need 19 successive series of 100 spaces to complete ig centuries . Hence
the 20 th century does not commence until the 1900 th space or year has been completed . This is a very simple illustration , and some may suggest that , in our anxiety to make things clear , we have overlaid it with detail ; but , in our humble judgment , it presents the case admirably in a manner that cannot be questioned .
At the Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys which was to be held at Freemasons' Hall at 4 p . m . to-day ( Friday ) , a motion , of which Bro . Richard Eve , Past Grand Treasurer , Chairman of the Board of Management , had given notice , was to be brought before the meeting to the
effect that the Board of Management should have power to place—without election—on the list of Boys maintained and educated out of the Institution " any duly qualified boy , who , by the death or permanent incapacity of his father whilst engaged in time of war n the Naval or Military Service of his Queen and Country , may become entitled to receive the benefits of
the Institution , provided that at the time of such occurrence the father was a subscribing member to some lodge . " We have no doubt that this proposed new Rule , of which it is impossible to speak in terms of exaggerated commendation , will be accepted by the Court of Governors nem con ., but of this we shall be in a position to certify our readers next week , when wo hope a report of the proceedings will appear .
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TRANSVAAL BRETHREN RELIEF FUND . The following Contributions to this Fund have been received , namely : — JL s . d . R . W . Bro . George Richards , Dist . G . M . Transvaal ... ... ... 100 o 0 Bro . S . R . Baskett ... . ... ... 1 1 o Bro . W . F . Lamonby ... ... ... 1 1 o Beaminster Manor Lodge , No . 1367 ... 110 Committee Dinner Club , R . M . I . for Boys , per j . M . McLeod , Secretary ... ... 550 Bro . j . M . McLeod and Family , Christmas Dinner Collection ... ... ... 330 Dinner Collection , Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 207 > , per Bro . Glwser ... ... 6 6 6 Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 97 G , Bruton ( Somersetshire ) , per Bro . W . P . Buckley , P . M ., Treas . ... ... ... 210 Cheques , Post-office Orders , & c , to be made payable to the " Proprietor" or "Editor" of the Freemason , London Joint Stock Bank , Ltd ., Chancery-lane Branch .
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QPIERS AND pOND'S OTORES ( NO TICKETS REQUIRED ) . QUEEN VICTORIA STREET , E . C . Opposite St . Paul ' s Station ( L . C . and D . Ry . ) PRICE BOOK ( 1000 pages , illustrated ) , free on application . FREE DELIVERY in Suburbs by our own Vans . LIBERAL TERMS FOR COUNTRY ORDERS . For full details see Price Book .
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^^^s^ssM SATURDAY , J ANUARY 13 , 1900 A
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution held its regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the ioth inst ., Bro . W . Russell , P . A . G . D . C , occupied the chair , and there was a full attendance of members to support him . The main business was the
consideration of a 'ong list of petitions , 21 in number , 'I of them being from brethren , and the remaining 10 from widows of brethren . The result of thc Committee ' s deliberations was that all were accepted and the names ordered to be entered on the lists for the annual elections on the third Friday in May . ? * *
We have been requested lo announce that the Prov . G . Master of Cornwall has ruled that the installation ° t the W . Master ot thc Fort Lodge , No . 1528 , New-
Masonic Notes.
quay , on the 14 th November last , was illegal , and that , in consequence , the W . M . and officers of the lodge remain as they were before that date . We are also informed that the Prov . G . Master has suspended
the Fort Lodge from its Masonic duties pending an inquiry into official complaints of irregularities alleged to have been committed by members of the said lodge .
* * * We very heartily congratulate Bro . C . E . Davies , M . W . G . Master of the Grind Lodge of Tasmania , on the honour—that of Past Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England—which his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , our M . W . G . M ., has been pleased to confer upon him .
» * * With all deference to Bro . W . F . Lamonby we consider we are justified in describing Lord Carringtonor Earl Carrington as he is now—as having " served as the last District Grand Master of New South Wales
under the English Constitution . " True his lordship was never installed in office , and , therefore , under Article 82 of the Book of Constitutions as referred to by Bro « -Lamonby , none of the acts he may have done as District Grand Master can have had any validity .
But the Grand Lodge Calendar for 188 9 includes his lordship among the District Grand Masters and gives the date of his patent of appointment as the ioth January , 1888 . He was never installed as District Grand Master , because not so very long after his appointment he was elected and installed as the first
M . W . Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales . We do not consider the matter is one of any great importance , but there is no doubt about his having been appointed to the office , and we think the Calendar Committee of the Board of General Purposes is justified in including him in its lists of District Grand Masters as stated .
# * « We most cordially reciprocate Bro . T . May ' s kind wishes for " a Happy New Year and a prosperous XXth Century , " but we do not agree with him that we entered upon the latter on Monday , the 1 st instant . Dr . Joseph Parker , of the City Temple , dogmatically
asserts that we did , and supplemented this assertion with the statement that " no man in his senses can doubt it . " But Dr . Parker notwithstanding , we hold that we are still in the 19 th century , and that the world will not enter upon the next or 20 th century until the first moment of the ist January , 1901 .
•» » The question whether the birth of Christ occurred at the date ordinarily assigned to it , in the year which is commonly described as u . c . 4 , or at some other time , has nothing whatever to do with the point which
has been raised as to whether we are now in the 19 th or 20 th century . For practical purposes , we reckon our time from the birth of Christ , and the moment or moments in which He was being born into the world are the beginning of the first year of the Christian Era .
That first year was not ended until the last of the full number ot days constituting a year had run its course , and then the world entered upon the second year . When 99 years had been thus completed , the world entered upon the last year of the ist century , and
when that in its turn was completed , there was an end of the ist century of the Christian Era . Following up this mode of computation we have the second century ending with the close of the year 200 A . D ., and so on with eich succeeding century until we come to the
19 th , which entered upon its course on the ist January , 1801 , and will have completed that course on the 31 st December , 1 9 00 , but not before . As Bro . Lovegrove very justly remarks , it is ridiculous to affirm that 1899 years make up 19 complete periods of 100 years each , i . e ., 1900 years .
* * * Bro . May is quite right in saying that " a new century must begin ivitho , " but the " o" must not be taken to apply , as he appears to apply it , to a whole year , but only to that infinitely small portion of time
which follows instantly upon the completion of tlie preceding century . There is no " year o A . D . " in our chronology as there is a "year 1 A . D ., " or " 101 A . D ., " or " 1801 A . D ., " but there is a moment of time " o " so brief as to be entirely indeterminable . This commencing moment of each successive new period of
time , which begins , as we have said , when the preceding period is completed , may very properly be indicated as " o , '' but though inappreciable in itself it becomes with each succeeding moment ever more and more appreciable until it has grown to what is called a " second , " then to a minute , an hour , a day , and lastly ,
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to a year , consisting of a given number of days . Each succeeding year in its turn begins and ends in the same way , and whe ? too of these years have passed , what is called a century is completed and we start afresh with the first moment of the next century , and so on .
Bro . May is quite right in his argument derived from the case of the pedestrian who undertakes to walk 100 miles . It is undeniable that said pedestrian has covered his 100 miles " when he arrives at the 100 th milestone . " We grant that " he must walk one mile before arriving at the first stone , " and also that "the
second 100 miles begin at the 100 milestone , " but the conclusion we draw from these statements is not the same as Bro . May draws . The first 100 miles is completed when the looth milestone is reached , but the first mile of the second 100 is not completed until the 101 st milestone is reached , and the second 100 miles not until the 200 th milestone .
* * * The mistake which Bro . May makes is in considering the milestone is in itself a mile , whereas it is , in fact the point at which one mile ends and the next mile begins . The pedestrian must cover 1760 yards before he reaches his first milestone , 100 times 1760 yards
before he reaches the 100 th milestone , but he must cover an additional 1760 yards before he reaches his ioist milestone and an additional ioo times 1760 yards before his 200 th milestone . In fact , the milestone is in the position of the mathematical point , that is , it has neither parts nor magnitude . It seems to mark the
end of the mile and the beginning of the mile , but in neither case is it a part of the mile , and is best indicated by o . Similarly in our measurement of time , the point which separates the new year from its predecessor is " without parts or magnitude , " and for convenience sake we must indicate it by " o . "
* » » In order , however , to make our meaning still mjre clear , we will take the centigrade thermo . Tieter for the purposes of illustration . This , as our readers are aware , is marked out into 100 equal spaces , called degrees , starting from zero (" o" ) as freezing
point and rising to 100 ° ( boiling point ) . If we consider each of these spaces or degrees to be a year , we have between o and 100 a complete century ; and if w ; continue the measurement , say , to 200 , we have a second century , starting from 100 and ending with 200 . This continuation may be carried as far as may
be required for the purposes of the proposed measurement . If , on the other hand , we carry on the measurement in the opposite direction , then , starting from ( "o" ) , we shall in due course arrive at ioo below zero , and taking each space or degree as a year , we shall have another complete century .
* •* Now if we take the line at zero to represent the birth of Christ , then in the 100 equal spaces or d egreeswhich , for the purposes of our argument we call yearswe have between that line and 100 a complete century , and for every additional 100 spaces we have an
additional century . Then starting in the opposite direction from zero—the Nativity—and marking out 100 equal spaces or years we have a complete century terminating , of course , with the completed rocth space , and then a second complete century terminating similarly with the completed 200 th space and so on
ad infinitum . Thus with zero representing the birth of Christ , we have each successive completed 100 spaces above it , representing a century B . C ., and each successive completed series of 100 spaces below it , representing a century A . D ., and it will need 19 successive series of 100 spaces to complete ig centuries . Hence
the 20 th century does not commence until the 1900 th space or year has been completed . This is a very simple illustration , and some may suggest that , in our anxiety to make things clear , we have overlaid it with detail ; but , in our humble judgment , it presents the case admirably in a manner that cannot be questioned .
At the Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys which was to be held at Freemasons' Hall at 4 p . m . to-day ( Friday ) , a motion , of which Bro . Richard Eve , Past Grand Treasurer , Chairman of the Board of Management , had given notice , was to be brought before the meeting to the
effect that the Board of Management should have power to place—without election—on the list of Boys maintained and educated out of the Institution " any duly qualified boy , who , by the death or permanent incapacity of his father whilst engaged in time of war n the Naval or Military Service of his Queen and Country , may become entitled to receive the benefits of
the Institution , provided that at the time of such occurrence the father was a subscribing member to some lodge . " We have no doubt that this proposed new Rule , of which it is impossible to speak in terms of exaggerated commendation , will be accepted by the Court of Governors nem con ., but of this we shall be in a position to certify our readers next week , when wo hope a report of the proceedings will appear .