The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-01-30
TWENTIETH CENTURY QUESTION
is MOST ABLY DISCUSSED

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The christian era commenced with
the birth Christ, differently estimated
from 74s TO 754, A. U. @. Cold Roman
calsndarj. Suppose il is put at $50.
The instant after the birth Of Christ
the b. G. ceased and the Al. d. CON-
msncsd. The time increased from
seconds to minutes, from minutes to
hours, from hours to days, from days
to weeks, from weeks to months, from
months to the twelvs-montb, making
the frst year, and on January lst, A..
D., 1, one year having passed from the
date Of His birth, He was one year old
just the same as il the y ear from
January lat, $50, had been counted to
January, lat, 7Ol, and so on.
But as B. G. csassd immediately at
ter the birth of .christ the year Of our
Lord commenced; that IL, we were in
the arst year, but had not passed the
twelve-month making up the frat
year, and until twelve months mad
passed We could not say ADJ.
just year after me commencement
Of the christian era, on January lst.
A. D. l, Ut is understood that Jsnua-
~ lat is given instead Of Dscenb@
2Sth, as the years and oenturie. count
from that time) one year had passed
and on January let, A. D. ?, two years
bad passed. Now, mark, one year
had passed on January lat, A. D. l,
and twoysars on January lss, A. ?. 2,
At the commencement Of the year ana
not attbe end Of the year 2, or the
commsnoemssl Of the rear 3; there
fore, II one yea, had passed upto Jan-
uary let, A. D. /, aud two years Op 20
January let. A. D. ?, ten yssrs must
have passed on January let, A. D. 10,
and ifty years on January lst, A. D..
80, and ninety nine years on January
let, A. D. 30. aud one hundred years
90 January lst, A. D. 100. Now, take
particular notice that one hundred
years since the commencement OF the
christian era, January Let, A. D to
January Let, A. d. 100, bad passed or,
rather, one hundred years bad been
fully accomplished y to anainoluding
midnight OF December 3ist, A. D 90,
and the second century commenced on
January ist, AID. 100.
\ Now, to make this perfectly plsln,
would ask this question: Now old
would you be on January isg 1919,
had you bssn born January LIST, leooi
Would you not be ninetsen years 0lf
or rather, would you not be uinsteeg
years old on Dec slst, At midnight, a
d. 1918, and be in your swentiat
year on the morning Of January "a
1919, and on your next birthday swe1
~ years Olds What right hava he
advocates OF the nineteenth oenfaFy
to ignore the twelve months that foim
the component parts ief the irst year
before A. ID. could be reached, any
mOrethan they wOuld ignore the, COM
pOnentpArts OF the one in 1901, and not
start from 1900 to count ths twelve
month but wait until lsolis reached be-
fsrs counting, which you'd make the
count from 1900 to 1901 no year, from
1901 to 1909 one year, according to
their theory. Again, II the first centu-
ry was accomplished at midnight on
the sIst of Dec., 90, aud the second
century commenced January LIST, 100,
the second century must have ended
at midnight, Dec. slst, 1879, and the