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Masonic Missions.
will be appointed Deputy Prov . Grand Master : but the . Masons in the province , truly grateful lor the attentions , courtesy , and liberality of the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbed , earnestly hope he will be present to guide and govern the Lodge . His absence would prove a serious loss . May God bless him . " May the Lord be bis light and his salvation . '
I am , yours truly , SAMUEL TITLOW , Norwich , Mag 2 btit , 1859 . Prov . Grand Chaplain . This is a very able letter , and we presume expresses the sentiments of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk ; but it will be observed that it does not disprove that the province ought to have twenty Lodge
towns and has only five , for a population of nearly half a million of people ; that it has only eight Lodges instead of thrice as many ; that the Lodges with one exception meet in taverns ; that there is not iu the province a single Masonic hall ; that there is no provincial benevolent fund ; that there is not a Masonic library in the province , and that the higher rites of Masonry are not practised and encouraged .
So far from it , our Yevy Worshipful brother acknowledges that the province had grievously declined ; but he says that Masonry has rapidly advanced in Bro . Bond Cabbell ' s time , because the number of members in the Lodges has increased—so far , so good . With regard to what Bro . Titlow says about the benevolence and Masonic character of Bro . Bond Cabbell , we presume no one will deny it , or the stronger tribute we have paid to him at p . 77 . 1 : but the
question is as we then put it , of his capacity as a Masonic administrator , and wo must refer the brethren to our volumes , to the proceedings of the Provincial Grand Lodge in 1856 , to our description of the province at p . 771 , and to Bro . Titlow ' s letter . A great part of Bro . Titlow ' s letter is devoted to a vindication of the practice of the Provincial Grand Lodge of giving the amount of
their collections "to non-masonic charities , a practice which may curry favour with the popular world , which is not commendable . " We spoke in these mild terms of the proceedings of the Provincial Grand Master and Provincial Grand Lodge , because as our report bore heavily upon them in other respects , we really wished to avoid exposing them too severely to the censure of the brethren , because we do not take up this
duty for the purpose of holding up any one to blame , but with , the sincere desire of promoting a return to pure Masonry—and trusting that the hint we gave to our Eight Worshipful friends would bo taken . The return we get for this is a lecture on charity from the Very Worshipful brother , with several texts of scripture . We are content
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Masonic Missions.
will be appointed Deputy Prov . Grand Master : but the . Masons in the province , truly grateful lor the attentions , courtesy , and liberality of the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbed , earnestly hope he will be present to guide and govern the Lodge . His absence would prove a serious loss . May God bless him . " May the Lord be bis light and his salvation . '
I am , yours truly , SAMUEL TITLOW , Norwich , Mag 2 btit , 1859 . Prov . Grand Chaplain . This is a very able letter , and we presume expresses the sentiments of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk ; but it will be observed that it does not disprove that the province ought to have twenty Lodge
towns and has only five , for a population of nearly half a million of people ; that it has only eight Lodges instead of thrice as many ; that the Lodges with one exception meet in taverns ; that there is not iu the province a single Masonic hall ; that there is no provincial benevolent fund ; that there is not a Masonic library in the province , and that the higher rites of Masonry are not practised and encouraged .
So far from it , our Yevy Worshipful brother acknowledges that the province had grievously declined ; but he says that Masonry has rapidly advanced in Bro . Bond Cabbell ' s time , because the number of members in the Lodges has increased—so far , so good . With regard to what Bro . Titlow says about the benevolence and Masonic character of Bro . Bond Cabbell , we presume no one will deny it , or the stronger tribute we have paid to him at p . 77 . 1 : but the
question is as we then put it , of his capacity as a Masonic administrator , and wo must refer the brethren to our volumes , to the proceedings of the Provincial Grand Lodge in 1856 , to our description of the province at p . 771 , and to Bro . Titlow ' s letter . A great part of Bro . Titlow ' s letter is devoted to a vindication of the practice of the Provincial Grand Lodge of giving the amount of
their collections "to non-masonic charities , a practice which may curry favour with the popular world , which is not commendable . " We spoke in these mild terms of the proceedings of the Provincial Grand Master and Provincial Grand Lodge , because as our report bore heavily upon them in other respects , we really wished to avoid exposing them too severely to the censure of the brethren , because we do not take up this
duty for the purpose of holding up any one to blame , but with , the sincere desire of promoting a return to pure Masonry—and trusting that the hint we gave to our Eight Worshipful friends would bo taken . The return we get for this is a lecture on charity from the Very Worshipful brother , with several texts of scripture . We are content