The Symbolism & Significance Of Numbers.

the Hebrew sephiroth . By itself , it is the wholly complete number for the world , but its square , and its cube , more especially , represent its perfect completion in heaven , io is the whole , formed by two incomplete fives . It is the sum ,

too , of the two extremes of all the other numbers i . e ., i + 9 , 2 + 8 , 3 + 7 , 4 + 6 . The last are nearer to each other than the rest , hence 10 = 4 + 6 , represents , chiefly , the completion of the world and sin . In a lesser degree , 10 = 3 + 3 + 4 = completion of an individual in the world .

11 ( eleven ) is an omen of defeat , or death . 12 ( twelve ) represents full spiritual completion , as 10 represents full worldly completion . Twelve is 4 + 8 , or the world on resurrection or regeneration . It is also 3 x 4 , or the world intimately connected with tlie Trinity . There are

12 hours in the day , and 12 months in the year ; all ruled or governed by the Supreme . The 12 signs of the Zodiac are expressive of the cosmogony of nature , spiritually and materially . The square of 12 , i . e ., 144 , 1 s the limit of the Rosicrucian circle .

This completes the review ofthe symbolism of numbers , unless we look at the higher and compound numbers , which obtain various significations as they are compounded of the lower numbers , or are produced by their multiplication . These ,

however , are seldom used , though they have been by Captain W . A . Baker , in his ingenious and curious work on the Book of Revelation , entitled " The Day and the Hour , " to which I am indebted for some of the noticeable uses of

numbers in the Bible , and where the student may find a great deal more to the same purpose . Thus , he notices that 3 x 10—the 3 representing individual completion , or heaven and earth , and the 10 the wholly complete number for the

world—should represent the completion of an individual epoch in the world . Thus , Joseph was 30 years old when he stood before Pharaoh ; he had completed his term as a humble individual , and commenced a new kind of life . David was

30 years old when he began to reign . Christ was 30 years old when he completed his life as a mere man , becoming at that time a public teacher , & c . * 3 x 12 = 3 6 , should represent , if we refer to the signification of each of the two

numbers , completion of an individual epoch in heaven * 6 x 7 = 42 , should represent completion of evil , and God ' s judgment thereon ; 4 x 10 = 40 , should denote a completion of time in the world . The spies were in Canaan 40 days , the Jews were in

the wilderness 40 years , and they were delivered into the hands of Pharaoh for 40 years . The three kings of Israel , Saul , David and Solomon , each reigned 40 years . Moses was 40 years of age when he visited his brethren , ancl was 40

y : ars a stranger in the land of Midian , each term representing full worldly completion , and t ' . ie two making him 80 years old , the resurrection or new life number multiplied by the complete 1 o , when the exodus took place . 4 x 12 ¦ = 4 8

should represent spiritual completion , but with something worldly in it ; thus , 48 cities were given to the Levites . 7 x 10 = 70 , should represent perfect completion in the world . The days of a man arc 70 years , when he has completed

these he has lived his full term . The captivity of the Jews in Babylon was for 70 years , and their final dispersion is for 70 prophetic weeks . 10 x 10 = 100 , and more fully 10 x 10 x 10 or

io- = 1000 , represents divine completion . " One day is with the Lord as a thousand years , and a thousand years as one day . " " Thousand thousands ministered unto him , and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him . " ( To be continued ) .

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The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents . A PRESSING ENQUIRY . ( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —It might . be

useless , but would it bc unfair to ask for a report from the Grand Stewards as to the number and names of the brethren present at thc Installation of our new Grand Master ? to which might also be added a return of the number and value of jewels lost or

destroyed , of dress coats and other articles of wearing apparel damaged , of bruises inflicted , of tempers ruffled , and of bones ( G . L . ) altogether lost ? Yours fraternally , A VICTIM TO MISMANAGEMENT . May 16 th , 1870 .

( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I know not who was responsible for the arrangements made for the admission of brethren to the Grand Lodge on Saturday last at the Installation of the new Grand Master , but whomsoever it may have been , deserves

severe reprobation for not making proper and necessary provision to enable the brethren to pass in in an orderly manner , and it is not to be wondered at that after being packed and pressed ( more like animals than men ) for at least an hour , loud cries of " Shame " came from all parts of thc rooms . Thc

scene that occurred is too well-known to those who were present , and need not be extended , but let us hope a recurrence of such an event will be avoided in the future , and which cannot tend to tlie elevation of the Craft . Dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , A COUNTRY W . M .

( To thc Editor of The Freemason . ) SIR , —Being desirous of showing my respect to our new Grand Master by being present at his installation , I journeyed 250 miles in obedience to my summons from Grand Lodge , and presented myself at Freemasons' Hall at 4 o'clock this afternoon .

Considering the probability of the attendance of many brethren from the country , 1 think it might reasonably have been expected that some provision would have been made for guiding their inexperienced footsteps in thc proper direction on arrival , but no such attention was shown , and in company

with a brother , who was apparently attracted to mc by our common forlorn condition , I made my way , after several mistakes , to a room upstairs where the components of a struggling mass of humanity were attempting to sign what I supposed to bc a visitors ' book . Here , again , there was no information as to the

book in which to sign , ( and there were many books lying about , ) no order , no regularity , and very little ink , and at this moment I am in ignorance as to what book I signed , or why I signed it . Arrived outside the door of the lodge , I found myself in a seething , surging crowd of brethren , most

fraternally hustling , jostling and " chaffing , " and here I remained nearly an hour , feeling like one of the crowd outside thc pit door of a theatre on a Boxing night . Presently , with difficulty , a passage was cleared , and I beheld thc Grand Officers pass into the lodge , the doors were closed and so remained ,

and I , in common with many others , had accomplished the feat , and paid thc expense , of taking a long journey merely to be hustled in a crowd , and get a brief glimpse ofthe Grandees ofthe Order . A more utter want of management and arrangcmcct I never saw , and I am expressing the feeling

of many provincial brethren of considerable rank in the Craft , who were near mc , when I say that this , my first visit to Grand Lodge , is likely to be my last . I ask you lo insert these few lines in your ncxt issue , in the hope that they may meet the eye of some of those brethren who have thc management

of these matters , nnd that thc recurrence of such a discreditable scene as I saw this afternoon may be prevented , an end that could easily bc accomplished by a very small modicum of tact and management . I am , yours fratcrnallv ,

CHARLES JANSON , Jun ., W . M . Tecs Lodge , No . 509 , Stockton-on-Tees Covent Garden , 14 th May , 1870 .

AN ( IMAGINARY ) MASONIC RELIC . ( To the Editor of ' The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —At page 212 , Bro . Isaac Banks tells us that he " visited the St . Mark's Lodge , Glasgow , and had the pleasure of seeing a very old carved oak chair in that lodge . " He further states , " I believe it belongs lo thc sixteenth century , and was found in St . Mungo ' s Cathedral

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Church . " Very good , and going on in the same strain I might add , that this is the very chair which St . Mungo himself used ; further it is believed , that Malcolm Canmore rested his kingly body in this same chair , when dictating the celebrated Malcolm Canmore Charter , discovered in 1806 ! However ,

to come to realities , this ' sixteenth century chair was made in the nineteenth century , and was presented to the Glasgow Royal Arch Chapter by Bro . W . B . Huggins , Esq ., 0116 th December , 1850 ; consequently this " very old Masonic relic" is now about twenty years old ! I have an idea that Bro .

Banks has not a very clear recollection of what he really saw . I believe he refers to the old carved oak box , which belonged to St . John ' s Lodge , zVhas the date 1684 [ seventeenth century ) on it , and there is some childish story of its having been found in the Cathedral , lyinsf where I consider it never was lost .

However , this box is really an interesting Masonic relic , it is finely carved , and on thc lid are cut out several of the Masons' working tools ; there is , a twelve inch rule , ( not a twenty-four inch gauge as I have heard erroneously stated ) , compasses and square , plumb rule and level , and on the front the

date 1684 , and the words " God save the King , and Masons' Craft . " If Bro . Banks ' , " Scotch " story is a specimen of thc way " Scotch " Masonic relics are treated or manufactured , then as a Scotchman all I have got to say is , " Save us from our friends , " & c . I am , yours fraternally ,

W . P . BUCHAN . MASONIC LIFE BOAT FUND . ( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) SIR AND BROTHER , —Seeing many letters and enquiries in your paper respecting the " Late Masonic Life Boat Fund , " I thought the following might be interesting to some . It is copied from a subscription card sent to lodges some time ago : —

" In the meantime Bro . Hyde Clark , D . D . G . M . for Turkey , and Bro . Wm . Smith , C . E ., P . M . 26 , 33 , 840 , & c , have consented to act as Treasurers . All cheques and P . O . O . to be crossed through Messrs . Willis , Percival & Co ., Bankers . Communications to

be addressed to citherofthcTrcasurers , or the Secretary , Masonic Life Boat Fund , at the office of thc Freemasons' Magazine , 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London . " There is no name given for Secretary . Yours fraternally ,

NORTHERN LIGHTS . THE LEGEND OF JOSHUA .

( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Three questions arc asked by the writer of the above-named article at page 206 of your valuable journal : — 1 st . Had Moses prayed that thc light of day might be prolonged ?

2 nd . Did Joshua hold up his hand when he prayed for thc day of light to bc prolonged ? 3 rd . What is the book of Jashcr ? In reading the passages of scripture to which the article refers , and to read thc Bible as commanded by our Lord ( sec Mark xii . 24 ) , and as Masonry

teaches us—not by the doctrine of Colenso and others like him—wc may understand that there is some truth in thc ceremony of thc second degree of our Order . Referring to thc book of Exodus , xvii . 12 , we read , "And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun . " The Hebrew word of

" steady" is TITK-W — faithful . The Targum Onkelos , the most ancient we have , translate it indie Chaldee

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' And his hands were spread in prayer , until thc going down of the sun . " We have nothing plain mentioned particularly of that prayer , but by thc time thc sun set thc battle was over . Why should we not suppose that the

prayer was for thc sun to stand still , and that Joshua in his own battle with the Amorites remembered thc victory over thc Amalekitcs , and prayed to God in thc same manner and for thc same purpose as Moses did ?

Now , what is the book of Jashcr ? It means nothing more than thc book of Genesis , as Targum Onkelos calls it , NrP * n ** lNl fr-TlDD , " The Book of our Law , " and it refers to thc passage of Genesis xlviii . 19 , "And his seed shall become a multitude of nations . " Jacob prophesied that of Joshua , for when thc sun stood still Joshua ' s name became

known amongst all nations . The same in 2 Samuel i . 18 , "Also he bade them teach thc children of Judah thc use of thc bow ; behold it is written in thc book of Jashcr . " This refers to the passage in Genesis xlix . 8 , " Thy hand shall be in thc neck of thine enemies , " ancl was thc reason David taught the tribe of Judah thc use of the bow . Yours fraternally , D . STOLZ .