The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-08

C9u,Gapdcrics Knights Tcmplar. - Masonic
Temple-Dc Molay No. /, Tuesday, 10th; Wash
ington No l, Wednesday, 11th.
Iuc'cH and -icccptcd Scottish Rte.--Sanctu-
airy, 1907 & street-Evangelist Chapter Rose
.Croix, Tuesday, 10th.
st. Johns Lodge No. II will work the third
degree Friday evening.
Dawson Lodge No. 16 will confer the third
degree Monday evening.
Harmony Lodge No. Il will work the first
degree Thursday evening.
Arminius Lodge No. % will transact routine
business Monday evening.
Stansbury Lodge No. 25 will probably confer
the second degree Monday evening
George c. Whiting Lodge No. 90 will transact
routine business Thursday evening
Washington Commandery No. l will confer
the Order of the Red Cross Wednesday evening.
New Jerusalem Lodge No will probably
work the first or second degree Thursday even
ing.
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Europe.
Hope Lodge No. 20 will confer the first de-
gree Friday evening. A lecture will also be
delivered by Brother O'Donoghue.
De Molay Commandery No. will confer the
Order OF the Red Cross Tuesday evening. a
ueleEaJiOU IRON Observation-Disclosures SONl-
mandery, of Philadelphia, will visit the COM
mandery upon this occasion to witness the con-
ferring Of the degree.
Eureka Chapter No. will confer the Past
and Most Excellent degrees Friday evening.
Companion Orville Drown, the presiding officer
of the chapter, takes especial pains to see that
visitors are pleasantly welcomed and fraternally
entertained at the convocation Of the chapter.
Potomac Chapter No. will confer the Most
Excellent Masters degree Tuesday evening.
The work in the chapter is on the heincrease, and
Z very fattering interest is consequently being
shown by the members in the affairs of the body.
An invitation to all Chapter Masons is extended
to visit this chapter upon the regular and
special convocations.
The committee appointed to arrange for the
celebration of an event Of importance in 1lar-
mory Lodge No. II will report Thursday even
ing. Members of the lodge should take notice
Of this intended action and endeavor to be
present at this communication. The time of
meeting in this lodge has been changed to 7:3O
o'clock the year round.
Mount Vernon Chapter No will confer the
Mark Master degree Monday evening. At the
last cOuVOcaton the Mark was worked, followed
Tuesday evening with the Past and Most Excel
lent, and concluding Wednesday evening with
the Royal Arch: the two last convocations being
special, were called on account Of eXigencies in
the work, which rendered such action absO-
lutely necessary.
Mark degree Monday evening at the regula
cOnTOcat.Ou. Thursday evening the Past an(
Most Excellent will be conferred. The NJ. Z
II. P, George st. Baird, Assistant Supernten
dent Of the State, War, and Navy Building lef
the city last Wednesday on very unique eX
curstOn. His destination is the Natural Bridg
Of Virginia, and he will drive the entire dis
tance about three hundred miles, in his buggy
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The cathedral of the Scottish Rite Sanctuar
was occupied Tuesday evening by Mithra
Lodge Of Perfection, the fourth and fifth dc
grees Of the rite being conferred Wednesda
evening Osiris Lodge occupied the same ROOF
and worked the second degree On next Tue
day evening Evangelist Chapter, Rose CrOil
will confer The eighteenth degree and on WeC
ueslay evening special communication
Osiris Lodge will be held for the first degre
Evangelist Chapter Of Rose CroiX will ais
hold Il spccial meeting Friday evening for Il
fifteenth and sixteenth degrees. Harmon
Lodge meeting in the room Thursday eVeniI
will make very busy week at the sanctuary
Very few Masons are acquainted with the ma
uer Of reckoning time Masonicaly, and the fC
lowing instructions Will prove not only usefI
but extremely interesting. The Masonic e
commences with the creation Of the world, an
Nuudi, or, MasOnically expressed, limo Inc
year Of light. Between the creation of the wor
and the advent of Christ four thousand years
teryeued; thus A, ID. 1866 added to 1000 Civ
the Masonic year $500 The rite of Mira
adopts The chronology of Archbishop UshC
which adds four years TO the common era I
Scotch Rite adopts the Jewish chronology, a
employs the Hebrew manner Of dividing I
year into months, closing the year in septemt
and beginning the new year on the 18th Of IL
month, ,Tisr ~ The York Rite commenC
the year with January ! and the French X
with March i. The Royal Arch degrees beg
the computation with the year when the bui
ing of the second temple was commenced 3
b. c. The Royal Arch year is therefore rec
oned by adding $50 to the current Christian ye
The Royal and Select Masters reckon their til
from the year in which Solomon's Temple "
completed, viz: 1000 years B. G. The Knigl
Tempar compute time fromthe founding of
commence their reckoning from the destructi
of the Templars in 1914. The following II
viii show at glance how to find the year in I
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