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Masonic Missions.
No . 110 , the Social Lodge , has made some endeavours for reform , ancl in 1856 , the Lodge furniture was renovated ; about twenty members sometimes meet , ancl many worthy brethren have been there initiated . The ofllcers are men in a good worldly position ; in 1856 and 1857 , no less than sixty-five brethren ivere initiated , and all these became subscribing brethren , the officers taking care to secure this
essential condition , neglected in many Lodges , wMch are quite content to take initiation fees , pass and raise the initiates , ancl then leave them to the world without Masonic culture . This Lodge subscribes to the charities . No . 258 , the Lodge of Perseverance , is in active work and receiving many initiates . The Perseverance Chapter is effectually worked by
brethren of Nos . 258 ancl 110 and meets quarterly ; it is a considerable Chapter . Of the other Norwich Lodge , and of the remainder in the province we know nothing . We do not know whether No . 60 is at work either in Lodge or Chapter , though it was in 1856 . Of the Provincial Grand Lodge we have to report that , as wo have obsel-ved , Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbell is the Provincial Grand Master ; that he was appointed in 1852 ,
ancl—notwithstanding , that the state of Masonry was in a disgraceful and declining state , so much so that it has been described even in 1856 as having been almost a dead letter since Bro . Lord Suffield ' s time—Bro . Cabbell did not hold a Grand Lodge until 1856 , and not till then was he installed . It was from no want of desire on the part of the brethren , for about two hundred attended his
installation at Norwich . On the occasion of that ceremony , Bro . Cabbell was obliged to express his regret that " many of the Lodges in his province assembled with small and diminished numbers " , and he promised that no exertion should be wanting on his part to remedy this state of affairs . Bro . W . L . Fox , the Prov . Grand Secretary , on the same occasion contrasted it disadvantageous ^ with Suffolk , ancl said
that though Norfolk had only eight Lodges , he hoped in a year or two there would be twenty . We are sorry to say his hopes have not been realized , for Bro . Cabbell has not added one new Lodge to the register . In a return of Provincial Grand Lodges made by order ofthe Grand Lodge of England , it appears that in ten years previous to 1857 one
Provincial Grand Lodge had been held iu Norfolk , ancl once had a Provincial Grand Master presided . Norfolk was one of the worst iu the list . We must observe that this is not altogether attributable
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Missions.
No . 110 , the Social Lodge , has made some endeavours for reform , ancl in 1856 , the Lodge furniture was renovated ; about twenty members sometimes meet , ancl many worthy brethren have been there initiated . The ofllcers are men in a good worldly position ; in 1856 and 1857 , no less than sixty-five brethren ivere initiated , and all these became subscribing brethren , the officers taking care to secure this
essential condition , neglected in many Lodges , wMch are quite content to take initiation fees , pass and raise the initiates , ancl then leave them to the world without Masonic culture . This Lodge subscribes to the charities . No . 258 , the Lodge of Perseverance , is in active work and receiving many initiates . The Perseverance Chapter is effectually worked by
brethren of Nos . 258 ancl 110 and meets quarterly ; it is a considerable Chapter . Of the other Norwich Lodge , and of the remainder in the province we know nothing . We do not know whether No . 60 is at work either in Lodge or Chapter , though it was in 1856 . Of the Provincial Grand Lodge we have to report that , as wo have obsel-ved , Bro . Benjamin Bond Cabbell is the Provincial Grand Master ; that he was appointed in 1852 ,
ancl—notwithstanding , that the state of Masonry was in a disgraceful and declining state , so much so that it has been described even in 1856 as having been almost a dead letter since Bro . Lord Suffield ' s time—Bro . Cabbell did not hold a Grand Lodge until 1856 , and not till then was he installed . It was from no want of desire on the part of the brethren , for about two hundred attended his
installation at Norwich . On the occasion of that ceremony , Bro . Cabbell was obliged to express his regret that " many of the Lodges in his province assembled with small and diminished numbers " , and he promised that no exertion should be wanting on his part to remedy this state of affairs . Bro . W . L . Fox , the Prov . Grand Secretary , on the same occasion contrasted it disadvantageous ^ with Suffolk , ancl said
that though Norfolk had only eight Lodges , he hoped in a year or two there would be twenty . We are sorry to say his hopes have not been realized , for Bro . Cabbell has not added one new Lodge to the register . In a return of Provincial Grand Lodges made by order ofthe Grand Lodge of England , it appears that in ten years previous to 1857 one
Provincial Grand Lodge had been held iu Norfolk , ancl once had a Provincial Grand Master presided . Norfolk was one of the worst iu the list . We must observe that this is not altogether attributable