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Notes For A Tour To The Avest Highlands*
then sung with great solemnity a Masonic anthem for the occasion . The Rev . Mr . Campbell of Kilwinning , chaplain to the Mother Grand Lodge , having offered up an impressive prayer , Mr . Blair , the Secretary to the Lodge , read the following inscription , which was on the plates , both of the Mares Bridge ancl the Longford Bridge : —
By the Favour of Almighty God , The Foundation Stone of this Bridge , Erected by the Proprietors of the Glasgow , Paisley , Kilmarnock , and Ayr Railway , was laid by George Johnstone , Esquire , Red burn ,
Most AVorshipful Grancl Master ofthe Ancient Mother Lodge Kilwinning , ancl Provincial Grancl Master of the County of Ayr , on the 28 th clay of June , in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Ei g ht , and in the Era of Masonry Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Eight
, being the Second Year of the Reign , and the Day of the Coronation , of our Most Gracious Sovereign , Victoria the First , In the Presence of the Directors of the Glasgow , Paisley , Kilmarnock , and Ayr Railway Company A . D . 1838 .
Office-Bearers of the Lodge : —George Johnstone , Esq ., Redburn , M . W . G ., Master ; George Fullarton , Esq ., younger of Fullarton , Deputy Grand-Master ; John Cunningham , Esq ., Senior Warden ; Archibald Brown , Junior AVarden ; James Blair , Secretary ; Robert Dickie , Treasurer ; Charles Reddie , Esq ., Proxy Master ; the Rev . Archibald Blair Campbell , Minister of Kilwinning , Chaplain ; Robert Brown , Senior Steward ; Hugh AVyllie , Junior Steward ; James Stewart ,
Ty ler . Mr . John Fullarton , younger , officiated as Deputy AVorshipful Grancl Master , in the room of Mr . Johnstone , who was necessarily absent on account of having the day previous heard of his brother ' s death . The ceremony of laying the stone was completed , another anthem sung , the Masonic benediction pronounced over the pouring of the wine and the oil , and the sprinkling of the corn on the top of the stone .
After a luminous exposition of the importance of the undertaking , ancl an eloquent explanation of its objects , Mr . Fullarton observed— " That this Railway , that these Bridges , the foundation stones of which we have now laid with the ancient ceremonies of Masonry , may long remain a memorial of the spirit ancl enterprise of the age that called them into existence , is , I am sure , the sincere ancl heartfelt wish of every one present . To youGentlemen of the Committee of Managementand to you
, , the Agents , who have so ably ancl indefatigably discharged the duties imposed on you , I need not say how much this community are indebted for the promptitude and zeal which have characterized your proceedings , in bringing this splendid undertaking to the advanced stage at which it has now arrived . A short time will now suffice to prove its utdity ; ancl , in the meantime , I am very sure that all who are now present , will heartily unite with me in wishing every success to tho ' Glasgow , Paisley ,
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Notes For A Tour To The Avest Highlands*
then sung with great solemnity a Masonic anthem for the occasion . The Rev . Mr . Campbell of Kilwinning , chaplain to the Mother Grand Lodge , having offered up an impressive prayer , Mr . Blair , the Secretary to the Lodge , read the following inscription , which was on the plates , both of the Mares Bridge ancl the Longford Bridge : —
By the Favour of Almighty God , The Foundation Stone of this Bridge , Erected by the Proprietors of the Glasgow , Paisley , Kilmarnock , and Ayr Railway , was laid by George Johnstone , Esquire , Red burn ,
Most AVorshipful Grancl Master ofthe Ancient Mother Lodge Kilwinning , ancl Provincial Grancl Master of the County of Ayr , on the 28 th clay of June , in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Ei g ht , and in the Era of Masonry Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Eight
, being the Second Year of the Reign , and the Day of the Coronation , of our Most Gracious Sovereign , Victoria the First , In the Presence of the Directors of the Glasgow , Paisley , Kilmarnock , and Ayr Railway Company A . D . 1838 .
Office-Bearers of the Lodge : —George Johnstone , Esq ., Redburn , M . W . G ., Master ; George Fullarton , Esq ., younger of Fullarton , Deputy Grand-Master ; John Cunningham , Esq ., Senior Warden ; Archibald Brown , Junior AVarden ; James Blair , Secretary ; Robert Dickie , Treasurer ; Charles Reddie , Esq ., Proxy Master ; the Rev . Archibald Blair Campbell , Minister of Kilwinning , Chaplain ; Robert Brown , Senior Steward ; Hugh AVyllie , Junior Steward ; James Stewart ,
Ty ler . Mr . John Fullarton , younger , officiated as Deputy AVorshipful Grancl Master , in the room of Mr . Johnstone , who was necessarily absent on account of having the day previous heard of his brother ' s death . The ceremony of laying the stone was completed , another anthem sung , the Masonic benediction pronounced over the pouring of the wine and the oil , and the sprinkling of the corn on the top of the stone .
After a luminous exposition of the importance of the undertaking , ancl an eloquent explanation of its objects , Mr . Fullarton observed— " That this Railway , that these Bridges , the foundation stones of which we have now laid with the ancient ceremonies of Masonry , may long remain a memorial of the spirit ancl enterprise of the age that called them into existence , is , I am sure , the sincere ancl heartfelt wish of every one present . To youGentlemen of the Committee of Managementand to you
, , the Agents , who have so ably ancl indefatigably discharged the duties imposed on you , I need not say how much this community are indebted for the promptitude and zeal which have characterized your proceedings , in bringing this splendid undertaking to the advanced stage at which it has now arrived . A short time will now suffice to prove its utdity ; ancl , in the meantime , I am very sure that all who are now present , will heartily unite with me in wishing every success to tho ' Glasgow , Paisley ,