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Masonic Missions.
Craft . This , however , is a duty not so well fulfilled as it might be , for A'arious causes , some the fault ofthe Craft , ancl . some the fault of the individual . Candidates are initiated without consideration , whether they will become subscribing members ; and from laxity of administration and want of good example they cease to subscribe , and are lost siht ofenjoying the privileges of membership ivithout its
g , responsibilities . Upon this head much more might be said , for it is . one great evil , that in many Lodges very heavy subscriptions are raised , while too often no Masonic-purpose is complied with , ancl no Masonic duty discharged . Thus many a man is deterred from encountering such heavy charges . One evil is , that there are many parts of the country in -which
there is no efficient Lodge , and many large towns in ivhieh there is no Lodge at all . This evil we cannot but consider one loudly crying for reform , and we are very desirous of rendering such an appeal more effective by making it better known . This we shall endeavour to do by a series of articles , in which we shall refer to places ivhieh are destitute of Lodges , and to various points in our organization calculated
to piromote the interests of the Craft . To show that something is required to be done under this head , we will observe that in England there
are—Pour counties having One town with a Lodge . Pour „ „ Two , ; Pour „ ., Three „ Two „ „ Four „ Three ,, „ Five „ Five ., „ Six „
^ Thus , in the great and prosperous country of England , there are nearly half the shires having less than six Lodges , though there are some shires so considerable as to justify division , as the provinces of Yorkshire and East and West Lancashire . The colonies aro in much the same neglected condition , and they only appear to thrive ivhen they escape from our jurisdiction .
Among the shires having only one town having a Lodge , or rather only one Lodge , we do not find Rutlandshire ; that small shire is one Avithout a Lodge , though it has population enough to support one . We do hoAvever find Cambridgeshire , in which the town and university support three Lodges . Little Huntingdonshire has its one Lodge .
Westmoreland has only a Lodge at Kendal , and yet Appleby and the Lakes ought each to have a Lodge . Buckinghamshire , our readers will not be surprised to find , has only one Lodge , and that not at the county town . Of the two Lodge shires we may begin with Bedfordshire , which can maintain only two Lodge towns .
Leicestershire , surprisingly enough , is another of these . Leicester maintains its two Lodges , and there is Hinckley with another , and that is all .
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Masonic Missions.
Craft . This , however , is a duty not so well fulfilled as it might be , for A'arious causes , some the fault ofthe Craft , ancl . some the fault of the individual . Candidates are initiated without consideration , whether they will become subscribing members ; and from laxity of administration and want of good example they cease to subscribe , and are lost siht ofenjoying the privileges of membership ivithout its
g , responsibilities . Upon this head much more might be said , for it is . one great evil , that in many Lodges very heavy subscriptions are raised , while too often no Masonic-purpose is complied with , ancl no Masonic duty discharged . Thus many a man is deterred from encountering such heavy charges . One evil is , that there are many parts of the country in -which
there is no efficient Lodge , and many large towns in ivhieh there is no Lodge at all . This evil we cannot but consider one loudly crying for reform , and we are very desirous of rendering such an appeal more effective by making it better known . This we shall endeavour to do by a series of articles , in which we shall refer to places ivhieh are destitute of Lodges , and to various points in our organization calculated
to piromote the interests of the Craft . To show that something is required to be done under this head , we will observe that in England there
are—Pour counties having One town with a Lodge . Pour „ „ Two , ; Pour „ ., Three „ Two „ „ Four „ Three ,, „ Five „ Five ., „ Six „
^ Thus , in the great and prosperous country of England , there are nearly half the shires having less than six Lodges , though there are some shires so considerable as to justify division , as the provinces of Yorkshire and East and West Lancashire . The colonies aro in much the same neglected condition , and they only appear to thrive ivhen they escape from our jurisdiction .
Among the shires having only one town having a Lodge , or rather only one Lodge , we do not find Rutlandshire ; that small shire is one Avithout a Lodge , though it has population enough to support one . We do hoAvever find Cambridgeshire , in which the town and university support three Lodges . Little Huntingdonshire has its one Lodge .
Westmoreland has only a Lodge at Kendal , and yet Appleby and the Lakes ought each to have a Lodge . Buckinghamshire , our readers will not be surprised to find , has only one Lodge , and that not at the county town . Of the two Lodge shires we may begin with Bedfordshire , which can maintain only two Lodge towns .
Leicestershire , surprisingly enough , is another of these . Leicester maintains its two Lodges , and there is Hinckley with another , and that is all .