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Provincial.
The GRAND MASTER said , —I demand to know to whom this building is to be dedicated . The Rev . W . HARTLEY . —To God and St . Leonard . Mr . Hartley , of Liverpool , the Director of Ceremonies , then presented the contractors to the Grand Master ; and Mr . Rampling , the architect , presented the plans , which the Grand Master approved of . Tiie Rev . G . Dowty , the Provincial Grand Chaplain , E . L . D ., then
invoked the blessing of God upon the proceedings of the clay , after which , The Grand Master then presented Joseph Fielden , Esq ., with an elegant silver trowel , addressing him in these words : — I present you ivith this trowel , in order that you may duly accomplish the ancient ceremony which you are now called upon to perform , ancl I trust that in future years , and long after the completion of the sacred edifice , the commencement of which the Great Architect of the Universe has confided to
your hands , this Emblem of Masonic Architecture may bo handed down to your children ' s children for many generations . After which Mr . Waddington , of Padiham , presented Mr . Fielden with a mahogany mallet . A large bottle , hermetically sealed , and containing copies of the Blackburn Standard , and the Preston papers , the coins of the present reignand a list of subscriptions to the edificeengrossed on
parch-, , ment , was then deposited in the cavity of the lower stone . The aperture was covered by a plate , which contained the following inscription : — D . 0 . M . Gloria in Ezcelsis . The foundation-stone of the church at SsMerstone , in the parish of Blackburn , county of Lancaster , and diocese of Manchester , in lieu of the ancient and ruinous chapel of St . Leonard , was laid
by Joseph Fielden , of Witten Park , Lorcl of the Manor of Balderstone , ou Thursday , July 22 nd , 1852 , being the 16 th year of the reign of her Majesty Victoria , Queen of Great Britain and Ireland , in the 5 th year of the consecration of the Bight Bev . Father in God , George Prince Lee , D . D ., Lord Bishop of the diocese , and the 31 st of the vicariate of the Bev . J . Whittaker , D . D ., Vicar of Blackburn and Honorary Canon of Manchester , and the 25 th anniversary of the ministry of the Bev . W . Hartley , the incumbent . The site was the gift of Charles Thomas Calvert , Esq ., of London . Jonathan Hopwood , churchwarden ; Wm . Hargreaves , sidesman ; Bev . J . W . Whittaker , D . D .,
Eev . W . Hartley , John Addison , Esq ., H . M . Fielden , Esq ., building committee ; B . B . Bampling , Preston , architect ; Messrs . Hargreaves , Clitheroe , ancl Messrs . Waddington , Padiham , builders . He next spread the mortar , the upper stone was lowered , and he struck it three times with a mallet , after which , The Acting GRAND MASTER said to the Senior Warden ( Mr . Withers ) , " What is your symbol of office ? " and being answered , he directed the same inquiries to the Junior Warden ( Mr . W .
Hopwood ) , and the Master ( the Rev . W . Hartley ) , and each having answered Masonically , and having applied their respective symbols ( the compass , square , and plumb-line ) , and found it correct , The GRAND MASTER pronounced the stone properly laid . JOSEPH FIELDEN , Esq ., then said it had given him very great pleasure to have the honour of laying the foundation-stone of the church , and of receiving the very beautiful trowel with which he had been presented . He could assure them that it would always be held bhim in the greatest estimationand he
y , trusted that it would always remain in his family , and that it ivould be handed down to his children as an heir-loom , which would remind them of the duties they owed both to themselves ancl their fellow-men . ( Hear , hoar . ) He trusted that the edifice , the foundation-stone of which had now been laid , might be , under the blessing of God , by the aid of a faithful ministry , tho means of
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Provincial.
The GRAND MASTER said , —I demand to know to whom this building is to be dedicated . The Rev . W . HARTLEY . —To God and St . Leonard . Mr . Hartley , of Liverpool , the Director of Ceremonies , then presented the contractors to the Grand Master ; and Mr . Rampling , the architect , presented the plans , which the Grand Master approved of . Tiie Rev . G . Dowty , the Provincial Grand Chaplain , E . L . D ., then
invoked the blessing of God upon the proceedings of the clay , after which , The Grand Master then presented Joseph Fielden , Esq ., with an elegant silver trowel , addressing him in these words : — I present you ivith this trowel , in order that you may duly accomplish the ancient ceremony which you are now called upon to perform , ancl I trust that in future years , and long after the completion of the sacred edifice , the commencement of which the Great Architect of the Universe has confided to
your hands , this Emblem of Masonic Architecture may bo handed down to your children ' s children for many generations . After which Mr . Waddington , of Padiham , presented Mr . Fielden with a mahogany mallet . A large bottle , hermetically sealed , and containing copies of the Blackburn Standard , and the Preston papers , the coins of the present reignand a list of subscriptions to the edificeengrossed on
parch-, , ment , was then deposited in the cavity of the lower stone . The aperture was covered by a plate , which contained the following inscription : — D . 0 . M . Gloria in Ezcelsis . The foundation-stone of the church at SsMerstone , in the parish of Blackburn , county of Lancaster , and diocese of Manchester , in lieu of the ancient and ruinous chapel of St . Leonard , was laid
by Joseph Fielden , of Witten Park , Lorcl of the Manor of Balderstone , ou Thursday , July 22 nd , 1852 , being the 16 th year of the reign of her Majesty Victoria , Queen of Great Britain and Ireland , in the 5 th year of the consecration of the Bight Bev . Father in God , George Prince Lee , D . D ., Lord Bishop of the diocese , and the 31 st of the vicariate of the Bev . J . Whittaker , D . D ., Vicar of Blackburn and Honorary Canon of Manchester , and the 25 th anniversary of the ministry of the Bev . W . Hartley , the incumbent . The site was the gift of Charles Thomas Calvert , Esq ., of London . Jonathan Hopwood , churchwarden ; Wm . Hargreaves , sidesman ; Bev . J . W . Whittaker , D . D .,
Eev . W . Hartley , John Addison , Esq ., H . M . Fielden , Esq ., building committee ; B . B . Bampling , Preston , architect ; Messrs . Hargreaves , Clitheroe , ancl Messrs . Waddington , Padiham , builders . He next spread the mortar , the upper stone was lowered , and he struck it three times with a mallet , after which , The Acting GRAND MASTER said to the Senior Warden ( Mr . Withers ) , " What is your symbol of office ? " and being answered , he directed the same inquiries to the Junior Warden ( Mr . W .
Hopwood ) , and the Master ( the Rev . W . Hartley ) , and each having answered Masonically , and having applied their respective symbols ( the compass , square , and plumb-line ) , and found it correct , The GRAND MASTER pronounced the stone properly laid . JOSEPH FIELDEN , Esq ., then said it had given him very great pleasure to have the honour of laying the foundation-stone of the church , and of receiving the very beautiful trowel with which he had been presented . He could assure them that it would always be held bhim in the greatest estimationand he
y , trusted that it would always remain in his family , and that it ivould be handed down to his children as an heir-loom , which would remind them of the duties they owed both to themselves ancl their fellow-men . ( Hear , hoar . ) He trusted that the edifice , the foundation-stone of which had now been laid , might be , under the blessing of God , by the aid of a faithful ministry , tho means of