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Scotland.
Arch , No . 114 ; Union and Crown , No . 103 ; St . Mark , No . 102 ; Thistle , No . 87 : Navigation Lodge , Troon , No . 86 ; Thistle and Rose , No . 7 ;!; St . Mungo , No . 27 ; Ancient Brazen , Linlithgow , No . 17 ; Hamilton Kilwinning , No . 7 ; the Lodge of Glasgow Freeman St . John ' s ; the Grand Lodge . The superb silver vases ancl cornucopia , specially brought from Edinburgh , the former for the reception of the oil and wine ; the latter filled with choice flowers and wheat in full earwere
, carried by operative members from the Glasgow Freeman St . John ' s , drafted , pro tempore , into the Grand Lodge . Barnhill , the site of the new erections , is situated about a mile and a half distant , in a northerly direction , from the place of rendezvous . AVhen the junior lodge approached tbe outer barrier of the grounds , the procession halted , and opened up , the brethren on each side touching with their elbows those of their right and left hand neihboursso as to
g , allow the Grand Lodge to pass through , followed by the Freeman St . John ' s and the other lodges , in the order of their seniority .- As the Grand Lodge wound its way up the acclivity , on the crown and sides of which the buildings are situated , towards the north-east angle of the main foundation , followed by the long train of subordinate lodges , their significant banners flaunting lazily in the torpid air , the various officehearers decorated with the picturesque insignia of their office ; a capacious
stand , erected for the purpose , and all the adjacent knolls crowded with youth ancl beauty , their sparkling eyes fixed with eager and curious gaze on the novel and unwonted scene ; the trees which skirted the field clustered with more adventurous occupants of hardier sex and humbler class ; ancl the spirit-stirring music of the different bands , altogether produced a beautiful and impressive effect . The peculiar state of the atmosphere also imparted a solemn influence . The day
had been close ancl sultry , the clouds hung in thick and lurid masses around , loaded with electric matter , which ever and anon discharged itself in peal and flash , ancl led to the not very agreeable anticipation of tiie usual pluvial accompaniments of such phenomena . AAHien the Grand Lodge had taken up their position , a solemn prayer was offered up by tbe interim Grand Chaplain . Bro . Notman , Secretary to the pro re nata Grand Committee , then read aloud the inscription on the plate , which was as follows : —
"In the year of our Lord 1849 ; of the reign of Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Queen , Defender of the Faith , the thirteenth year ; and of the era of Masonry , 5 S 52 , the foundation-stone of these buildings was laid in due form , with masonic honours , by the Hon . Archibald Alison , Esq ., Advocate , L L . D ., Sheriff of Lanarkshire , Provincial Grand Master Mason of the province of Glasgow . " These buildings are to he erected by the Parochial Board of Barony parish , in pursuance of the Poor Law Amendment Act , 8 and 9 Yic . c . 83 , and destined
to he a poor ' s house , in the words of the Act , ' for more efficiently administering to the wants of the aged , and other friendless impotent poor ; and also for providing for those poor persons who , from weakness or facility of mind , or by reason of dissipated and improvident habits , are unable or unfit to take charge of their own affairs . ' May Almighty God prosper the undertaking , and . direct the Parochial Board , Governor , and Officers of the Institution , in all their efforts for administering to the wants of the deserving poor , and mitigating the evils of pauperism ; and to His name , iu Christ , ho ascribed all the glory . ' Blessed is he that considered ! the poor ; the Lord will deliver him in the day of trouble . 'The Book of the Psalms of David , Psalm xii . verse 1 . ' For the poor always ye
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Scotland.
Arch , No . 114 ; Union and Crown , No . 103 ; St . Mark , No . 102 ; Thistle , No . 87 : Navigation Lodge , Troon , No . 86 ; Thistle and Rose , No . 7 ;!; St . Mungo , No . 27 ; Ancient Brazen , Linlithgow , No . 17 ; Hamilton Kilwinning , No . 7 ; the Lodge of Glasgow Freeman St . John ' s ; the Grand Lodge . The superb silver vases ancl cornucopia , specially brought from Edinburgh , the former for the reception of the oil and wine ; the latter filled with choice flowers and wheat in full earwere
, carried by operative members from the Glasgow Freeman St . John ' s , drafted , pro tempore , into the Grand Lodge . Barnhill , the site of the new erections , is situated about a mile and a half distant , in a northerly direction , from the place of rendezvous . AVhen the junior lodge approached tbe outer barrier of the grounds , the procession halted , and opened up , the brethren on each side touching with their elbows those of their right and left hand neihboursso as to
g , allow the Grand Lodge to pass through , followed by the Freeman St . John ' s and the other lodges , in the order of their seniority .- As the Grand Lodge wound its way up the acclivity , on the crown and sides of which the buildings are situated , towards the north-east angle of the main foundation , followed by the long train of subordinate lodges , their significant banners flaunting lazily in the torpid air , the various officehearers decorated with the picturesque insignia of their office ; a capacious
stand , erected for the purpose , and all the adjacent knolls crowded with youth ancl beauty , their sparkling eyes fixed with eager and curious gaze on the novel and unwonted scene ; the trees which skirted the field clustered with more adventurous occupants of hardier sex and humbler class ; ancl the spirit-stirring music of the different bands , altogether produced a beautiful and impressive effect . The peculiar state of the atmosphere also imparted a solemn influence . The day
had been close ancl sultry , the clouds hung in thick and lurid masses around , loaded with electric matter , which ever and anon discharged itself in peal and flash , ancl led to the not very agreeable anticipation of tiie usual pluvial accompaniments of such phenomena . AAHien the Grand Lodge had taken up their position , a solemn prayer was offered up by tbe interim Grand Chaplain . Bro . Notman , Secretary to the pro re nata Grand Committee , then read aloud the inscription on the plate , which was as follows : —
"In the year of our Lord 1849 ; of the reign of Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Queen , Defender of the Faith , the thirteenth year ; and of the era of Masonry , 5 S 52 , the foundation-stone of these buildings was laid in due form , with masonic honours , by the Hon . Archibald Alison , Esq ., Advocate , L L . D ., Sheriff of Lanarkshire , Provincial Grand Master Mason of the province of Glasgow . " These buildings are to he erected by the Parochial Board of Barony parish , in pursuance of the Poor Law Amendment Act , 8 and 9 Yic . c . 83 , and destined
to he a poor ' s house , in the words of the Act , ' for more efficiently administering to the wants of the aged , and other friendless impotent poor ; and also for providing for those poor persons who , from weakness or facility of mind , or by reason of dissipated and improvident habits , are unable or unfit to take charge of their own affairs . ' May Almighty God prosper the undertaking , and . direct the Parochial Board , Governor , and Officers of the Institution , in all their efforts for administering to the wants of the deserving poor , and mitigating the evils of pauperism ; and to His name , iu Christ , ho ascribed all the glory . ' Blessed is he that considered ! the poor ; the Lord will deliver him in the day of trouble . 'The Book of the Psalms of David , Psalm xii . verse 1 . ' For the poor always ye