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Order Of The Procession On Laying The Foundation-Stone Of The New Buildings For The University Of Edinburgh,
" My Lord Provost and Magistrates of tbe City of Edinburgh , " In compliance with your request , I have now had the honour , t ( in the capacity of Grand Master Mason of Scotland , to lend my aid " towards laying that stone on which it is your intention to erect a " new College . I must ever consider it as one of the fortunate events ' " in my lifethat the Craft of Free aud Accepted Masons should be
, " called forth to assist at an undertaking so laudable and so glorious , " during the time that , from their affection , I have the honour of " sitting in the chair of the Grand Lodge . " The attention to the improvement of this city , manifested by the " Magistrates your predecessors in office , has for many years excited " the admiration of their fellow-citizens . The particular exertion of
" your lordship and your colleagues have merited , and it gives me " infinite satisfaction to say , have obtained , the universal approbation " " of all ranks of men , " The business of this da ) - , equally to be remembered in the annals " of this city and of Masonry , will transmit your name with lustre " to posterity . Thousands yet unbornlearning to admire your '
, " virtues , will thereby be stimulated to follow the great example you ' " have set them , of steady patriotism , love of your country , and ' . ' anxious desire to advance the welfare , and increase the fame , of " the city of Edinburgh . " In the name of the Craft of Free and Accepted Masons , and in " my own , I sincerely implore the protection of the Supreme
Archi" tect of the Universe on your Lordship , and your Brethren in the " magistracy . May you long continue here the ornaments of civil ' " society ; and may you hereafter be received into those mansions , " those Lodges , prepared in Heaven for the blessed I " To this address the Lord Provost , in name of the Magistrates-and Town Council of the city of Edinburgh , made a suitable reply . The Grand Master next addressed the Principalas representing
, tire University of Edinburgh , as follows : " Reverend Sir , " Permit me to congratulate yqu as Principal , and your Brethren « as professors of the University of Edinburgh , on the work in which ' " we have this day been engaged . — -A work worthy of your patrons , " who ( ever considering the public good ) will not permit the seat '
< c of learning established in this ancient metropolis to bear the ap" pearance of decay , at a time when so much attention is bestowed " on the elegance and convenience both of public and private edi- ' " flees . " Permit me likewise to congratulate my country on the proba" bility of seeing the different chairs of the magnificent structure now
" to be erected , filled by men so distinguished for their piety , so " eminent for their learning , and , so celebrated for their abilities , as " those to whom I now have the honour of addressing myself . " Any panegyric I can pronounce must fall so far short , of what is " due to you , sir , and your honourable and learned Brethren , that it would be presumption . in me to attempt to express my sense of Y 3
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Order Of The Procession On Laying The Foundation-Stone Of The New Buildings For The University Of Edinburgh,
" My Lord Provost and Magistrates of tbe City of Edinburgh , " In compliance with your request , I have now had the honour , t ( in the capacity of Grand Master Mason of Scotland , to lend my aid " towards laying that stone on which it is your intention to erect a " new College . I must ever consider it as one of the fortunate events ' " in my lifethat the Craft of Free aud Accepted Masons should be
, " called forth to assist at an undertaking so laudable and so glorious , " during the time that , from their affection , I have the honour of " sitting in the chair of the Grand Lodge . " The attention to the improvement of this city , manifested by the " Magistrates your predecessors in office , has for many years excited " the admiration of their fellow-citizens . The particular exertion of
" your lordship and your colleagues have merited , and it gives me " infinite satisfaction to say , have obtained , the universal approbation " " of all ranks of men , " The business of this da ) - , equally to be remembered in the annals " of this city and of Masonry , will transmit your name with lustre " to posterity . Thousands yet unbornlearning to admire your '
, " virtues , will thereby be stimulated to follow the great example you ' " have set them , of steady patriotism , love of your country , and ' . ' anxious desire to advance the welfare , and increase the fame , of " the city of Edinburgh . " In the name of the Craft of Free and Accepted Masons , and in " my own , I sincerely implore the protection of the Supreme
Archi" tect of the Universe on your Lordship , and your Brethren in the " magistracy . May you long continue here the ornaments of civil ' " society ; and may you hereafter be received into those mansions , " those Lodges , prepared in Heaven for the blessed I " To this address the Lord Provost , in name of the Magistrates-and Town Council of the city of Edinburgh , made a suitable reply . The Grand Master next addressed the Principalas representing
, tire University of Edinburgh , as follows : " Reverend Sir , " Permit me to congratulate yqu as Principal , and your Brethren « as professors of the University of Edinburgh , on the work in which ' " we have this day been engaged . — -A work worthy of your patrons , " who ( ever considering the public good ) will not permit the seat '
< c of learning established in this ancient metropolis to bear the ap" pearance of decay , at a time when so much attention is bestowed " on the elegance and convenience both of public and private edi- ' " flees . " Permit me likewise to congratulate my country on the proba" bility of seeing the different chairs of the magnificent structure now
" to be erected , filled by men so distinguished for their piety , so " eminent for their learning , and , so celebrated for their abilities , as " those to whom I now have the honour of addressing myself . " Any panegyric I can pronounce must fall so far short , of what is " due to you , sir , and your honourable and learned Brethren , that it would be presumption . in me to attempt to express my sense of Y 3