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a Jew and a Mason—though that ought to be done in a closed lodge—show how intimately was Masonry connected , not only with Christianity , hut with a religion far more ancient . Referring to the sneering manner iu which some persons alluded to Masonry as a benevolent or benefit society , lie said it was not just to put Masonry on a par with a purely benevolent society . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not in the sense of the word intended by the objectors a purely benevolent societyfor not above one in
, a hundred Freemasons ever came on the Benevolent Fund at all —( hear , hear)—and when they looked on the princes and peers , nobles , lords , and earls who were members of the fraternity —not that the door was not always ready to be opened for the poorest man in the world—they could not call Masonry in the common acceptation of the word a benevolent society . ( Hear , hear . ) Aud yet iu another sense they were a most truly
benevolent society , and their benevolence was not only wordly benevolence , hut godly benevolence , for if there was a society in the world that would lead man from his lodge in this world to look up to the lodge above it was Freemasonry . ( Cheers . ) After an allusion to the precepts taught among the fraternity , the rev . chaplain stat ed his willingness to acquiesce in the request made to him to allow his sermon of that day to be published . ( A-
p plause . ) The PROV . G . MASTER next proposed " The Health of the Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge . " He said when he was first appointed , by the kindness of Lord Zetland , to the office of Provincial Grand Master , he fully intended at the time to have appointed an old member and a most distinguished brother of the Order , who had filled the office of Grand Secretary under the
late Lord Snffiekl , the late Provincial Grand Master , to the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master . Ho now found that that brother had in a certain degree expressed himself anxious to retire from the onerous duties of office , and that he had , as it were , already to a certain extent retired . He considered tbe time had now arrived when to appoint a Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and in making the appointment he had this day made he hoped
he had made one that met with the full approbation of the brethren . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Bro . Fox had for a period of ten years performed the arduous duties of Provincial Grand Secretary , he ( the Prov . G . M . ) hoped with the full approbation
of every Mason in the province . ( Hear , hear . ) He had acted with no party feeling , but had endeavoured throughout to carry out , conscientiously and honestly , those principles that were the distinguished ornaments of the Order . The Prov . G . M . concluded by coupling with the toast the name of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . AV . Leeds Fox . ( Drunk with honours . ) The D . PROV . G . MASTER , in responding , briefly thanked the brethren on behalf of his brother officers , congratulated the
brethren on the selection of officers for the year , for he believed they were one and all enthusiastic admirers of the Order , and were all eager and willing to do their duty in the positions to which they had been called . With regard to himself , he had to thank the Provincial Grand Master and all the brethren of the province for the kindness shown to him during the time he had had the honour of filling the arduous post of Provincial Grand Secretary . That it was an arduous one he must without
say , their imagining him to be guilty of egotism . It was an arduous post , and , so far as its great duties were concerned , he certainly was , to a great extent , glad to see them put on the shoulders of one who , he was sure , would do his duty to the province . ( Hear , hear . ) He had no doubt he had frequently erred , but if so , tbe error had been with the head and not with the heart . His wish had been to see Masonry flourish in the province , and it was
right that in resigning his secretaryship lie should state , that in the year 1856 , when the present Grand Master was installed , there were 120 Masons who were members in this province ; but since then Freemasonry had gone on not by spasmodic starts , but in a progressive way , which they coulddepend upon more , until now there were 450 memhers , and theprogress still continued . ( Cheers . ) I'liis was a matter they could congratulate themselves on , and it certainl
y was a great pleasure to him that during the time lie liad been Secretary , there was such a progress in the Craft . ( Hear , hear . ) He thanked the Grand Master most heartily for the honour conferred upon him this day—an honour quite unexpected , though the Provincial Grand Master had frequently asked him to accept it ; but until last night he had not known it was the Grand Master ' s full determination to give him the
appointment . As the Grand Master had then wished him to accept it , he thought he should not he doing his duty either to the Grand Master or to the members throughout the province , if he had not accepted it . At the same time , he knew that
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the duties tt . at would fall upon him would be of a somewhat arduous character , although different from the secretaryship ; but his object was the good of the Craft . He should not find fault where no fault was to be found . He did not wish to be thought officious or disagreeable ; but , on the other hand , he hoped they would remember when he had the honour to come among his brethren in Norwich officially during the winter , his object was , as it would still be , to promote that harmony and
uniformity of working , and that good feeling that should ever subsist among Masons . ( Hear , hear . ) He should continue to do this , without fear , favour , or affection , at the same time hoping to gain the love and good-will of all . ( Applause . ) If he did this , he should be satisfied and think himself amply jewarded for all the duties he had performed as Provincial Grand Secretary . ( Cheers . ) The PROV . G . MASTER proposed "The Health of the
Past Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , " which he coupled with the name of Bro . Sir Henry Stracey . ( Drunk with honours . ) Bro . SIR HENRY STRACEY briefly responded , and proposed " Tlie Health of the Visitors , " which he coupled with the name of Bro . Adams , on whose abilities and zeal in the Craft he bestowed the highest eulogium . He said it was delightful
on these occasions to meet with men whom they knew to he free from the animosities and jealousies of political life . They met , as they had that morning been told in the second lesson , as equals , because they were there told not to be respecters of persons . ( Hear , hear . ) This fine sentiment they all felt to be embodied in the principles of Masonry ; they all felt as one with each other , and knew that what was said amongst themselves was said in confidence and good fellowshipand that he
, who betrayed their confidence was unworthy of being a member of the Craft . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed that Freemasonry was connected with revelation , that it was truly religious and Christian-like , and that in Masonry there was that allowance made for the faults of others which was not always made under different circumstances . ( Applause . ) Bro . ADAMS responded .
The PROV . G . MASTER next gave " The Health and Prosperity of the Lodges of the Province , " remarking that he had received a very good report of the way in which the work of the different lodges was performed . It was highly satisfactory to him to learn that the lodgo work was done in a very perfect and effectual way . He understood there was a wish to have a Masonic library in Norwich , a measure which he highly approved , and to which he should be most happy to give every
support in his power . ( Cheers . ) He also understood that a communication was needed between two of the rooms in the hall , and he should have pleasure in directing this to be done . ( Cheers . ) He coupled with the toast the name of Bro . Back . ( Cheers . ) Bro . BACK briefly responded . The PROV . G . MASTEU next proposed " The Charities of the Order , " and in doing so he took occasion to make an appeal on
behalf of the Boys' School , stating that they were now building a school capable of receiving upwards of 100 at a cost of £ 20 , 000 . The building was on freehold ground , purchased four or five , years since . He had belonged to each of the Charities ( the Schools , and the Institutions for Decayed Masons and their AVidows ) for nearly fifty years , and had heen their treasurer for more than a quarter of a century , and , consequently , had taken the greatest interest in them . At tlie last anniversary of the
Boys' School they had received £ 3 , 500 , and the year before they received upwards of £ 4 , 000 ; but they were still short of the sum required to complete the work . He heard from the Secretary that he had not had for a considerable time the honour of recording any brother of the province as a steward in connection with the Boys' School , and he trusted that the brethren would enable him to report that some half-dozen or a dozen brethren would agree to he stewards on the next occasionwhich would
, be on the second AVednesday in March . The building would cost between £ 20 , 000 and £ 25 , 000 , and as there were not sufficient funds to complete-it they required the support of the brethren at large . The Prov . G . Master concluded by proposing" The Health of tlie Ladies , " and the toast having been responded to by Bro . Morgan , the Prov . G . Sec , the proceedings were brought to a close .
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THERE are many things that are thorns to our hearts until we Jiave attained them , and envenomed arrows when we have .
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a Jew and a Mason—though that ought to be done in a closed lodge—show how intimately was Masonry connected , not only with Christianity , hut with a religion far more ancient . Referring to the sneering manner iu which some persons alluded to Masonry as a benevolent or benefit society , lie said it was not just to put Masonry on a par with a purely benevolent society . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not in the sense of the word intended by the objectors a purely benevolent societyfor not above one in
, a hundred Freemasons ever came on the Benevolent Fund at all —( hear , hear)—and when they looked on the princes and peers , nobles , lords , and earls who were members of the fraternity —not that the door was not always ready to be opened for the poorest man in the world—they could not call Masonry in the common acceptation of the word a benevolent society . ( Hear , hear . ) Aud yet iu another sense they were a most truly
benevolent society , and their benevolence was not only wordly benevolence , hut godly benevolence , for if there was a society in the world that would lead man from his lodge in this world to look up to the lodge above it was Freemasonry . ( Cheers . ) After an allusion to the precepts taught among the fraternity , the rev . chaplain stat ed his willingness to acquiesce in the request made to him to allow his sermon of that day to be published . ( A-
p plause . ) The PROV . G . MASTER next proposed " The Health of the Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge . " He said when he was first appointed , by the kindness of Lord Zetland , to the office of Provincial Grand Master , he fully intended at the time to have appointed an old member and a most distinguished brother of the Order , who had filled the office of Grand Secretary under the
late Lord Snffiekl , the late Provincial Grand Master , to the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master . Ho now found that that brother had in a certain degree expressed himself anxious to retire from the onerous duties of office , and that he had , as it were , already to a certain extent retired . He considered tbe time had now arrived when to appoint a Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and in making the appointment he had this day made he hoped
he had made one that met with the full approbation of the brethren . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Bro . Fox had for a period of ten years performed the arduous duties of Provincial Grand Secretary , he ( the Prov . G . M . ) hoped with the full approbation
of every Mason in the province . ( Hear , hear . ) He had acted with no party feeling , but had endeavoured throughout to carry out , conscientiously and honestly , those principles that were the distinguished ornaments of the Order . The Prov . G . M . concluded by coupling with the toast the name of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . AV . Leeds Fox . ( Drunk with honours . ) The D . PROV . G . MASTER , in responding , briefly thanked the brethren on behalf of his brother officers , congratulated the
brethren on the selection of officers for the year , for he believed they were one and all enthusiastic admirers of the Order , and were all eager and willing to do their duty in the positions to which they had been called . With regard to himself , he had to thank the Provincial Grand Master and all the brethren of the province for the kindness shown to him during the time he had had the honour of filling the arduous post of Provincial Grand Secretary . That it was an arduous one he must without
say , their imagining him to be guilty of egotism . It was an arduous post , and , so far as its great duties were concerned , he certainly was , to a great extent , glad to see them put on the shoulders of one who , he was sure , would do his duty to the province . ( Hear , hear . ) He had no doubt he had frequently erred , but if so , tbe error had been with the head and not with the heart . His wish had been to see Masonry flourish in the province , and it was
right that in resigning his secretaryship lie should state , that in the year 1856 , when the present Grand Master was installed , there were 120 Masons who were members in this province ; but since then Freemasonry had gone on not by spasmodic starts , but in a progressive way , which they coulddepend upon more , until now there were 450 memhers , and theprogress still continued . ( Cheers . ) I'liis was a matter they could congratulate themselves on , and it certainl
y was a great pleasure to him that during the time lie liad been Secretary , there was such a progress in the Craft . ( Hear , hear . ) He thanked the Grand Master most heartily for the honour conferred upon him this day—an honour quite unexpected , though the Provincial Grand Master had frequently asked him to accept it ; but until last night he had not known it was the Grand Master ' s full determination to give him the
appointment . As the Grand Master had then wished him to accept it , he thought he should not he doing his duty either to the Grand Master or to the members throughout the province , if he had not accepted it . At the same time , he knew that
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the duties tt . at would fall upon him would be of a somewhat arduous character , although different from the secretaryship ; but his object was the good of the Craft . He should not find fault where no fault was to be found . He did not wish to be thought officious or disagreeable ; but , on the other hand , he hoped they would remember when he had the honour to come among his brethren in Norwich officially during the winter , his object was , as it would still be , to promote that harmony and
uniformity of working , and that good feeling that should ever subsist among Masons . ( Hear , hear . ) He should continue to do this , without fear , favour , or affection , at the same time hoping to gain the love and good-will of all . ( Applause . ) If he did this , he should be satisfied and think himself amply jewarded for all the duties he had performed as Provincial Grand Secretary . ( Cheers . ) The PROV . G . MASTER proposed "The Health of the
Past Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , " which he coupled with the name of Bro . Sir Henry Stracey . ( Drunk with honours . ) Bro . SIR HENRY STRACEY briefly responded , and proposed " Tlie Health of the Visitors , " which he coupled with the name of Bro . Adams , on whose abilities and zeal in the Craft he bestowed the highest eulogium . He said it was delightful
on these occasions to meet with men whom they knew to he free from the animosities and jealousies of political life . They met , as they had that morning been told in the second lesson , as equals , because they were there told not to be respecters of persons . ( Hear , hear . ) This fine sentiment they all felt to be embodied in the principles of Masonry ; they all felt as one with each other , and knew that what was said amongst themselves was said in confidence and good fellowshipand that he
, who betrayed their confidence was unworthy of being a member of the Craft . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed that Freemasonry was connected with revelation , that it was truly religious and Christian-like , and that in Masonry there was that allowance made for the faults of others which was not always made under different circumstances . ( Applause . ) Bro . ADAMS responded .
The PROV . G . MASTER next gave " The Health and Prosperity of the Lodges of the Province , " remarking that he had received a very good report of the way in which the work of the different lodges was performed . It was highly satisfactory to him to learn that the lodgo work was done in a very perfect and effectual way . He understood there was a wish to have a Masonic library in Norwich , a measure which he highly approved , and to which he should be most happy to give every
support in his power . ( Cheers . ) He also understood that a communication was needed between two of the rooms in the hall , and he should have pleasure in directing this to be done . ( Cheers . ) He coupled with the toast the name of Bro . Back . ( Cheers . ) Bro . BACK briefly responded . The PROV . G . MASTEU next proposed " The Charities of the Order , " and in doing so he took occasion to make an appeal on
behalf of the Boys' School , stating that they were now building a school capable of receiving upwards of 100 at a cost of £ 20 , 000 . The building was on freehold ground , purchased four or five , years since . He had belonged to each of the Charities ( the Schools , and the Institutions for Decayed Masons and their AVidows ) for nearly fifty years , and had heen their treasurer for more than a quarter of a century , and , consequently , had taken the greatest interest in them . At tlie last anniversary of the
Boys' School they had received £ 3 , 500 , and the year before they received upwards of £ 4 , 000 ; but they were still short of the sum required to complete the work . He heard from the Secretary that he had not had for a considerable time the honour of recording any brother of the province as a steward in connection with the Boys' School , and he trusted that the brethren would enable him to report that some half-dozen or a dozen brethren would agree to he stewards on the next occasionwhich would
, be on the second AVednesday in March . The building would cost between £ 20 , 000 and £ 25 , 000 , and as there were not sufficient funds to complete-it they required the support of the brethren at large . The Prov . G . Master concluded by proposing" The Health of tlie Ladies , " and the toast having been responded to by Bro . Morgan , the Prov . G . Sec , the proceedings were brought to a close .
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THERE are many things that are thorns to our hearts until we Jiave attained them , and envenomed arrows when we have .