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laying the foundation-stone . I can only say that , on this occasion , I most cordially enter into the feelings of gratification you must this day experience in having commenced a building which must reflect credit on all who are connected with the undertaking . { Loud applause . ) I am happy to see a noble friend of mine here to-day , —I refer to the Right Hon . the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Forfar . ( Cheers . ) I am sure he will excuse me for expressing the pleasure I have in seeing him , in his capacity of Lord Lieutenant , on this occasion . I am sure he must feel the greatest pleasure in everything he
has witnessed this day , and in the orderly manner the populace have conducted themselves . I can assure him that I most fully enter into his feelings , and I am glad to see that the noble Lord has sufficiently recovered from a recent illness to be able to be present to-day . ( "Hear , hear , " and applause . ) To the Provost and Magistrates of Dundee I must be permitted to offer my congratulations in regard to the auspicious commencement in the event which has taken place . It must be gratifying to you to see so large a body of people turned out and filling tho streets as there are to-day , with the most exemplary order and quiet . ( Cheers . ) Thishoweveris notso far as I am concernedthe first time
, , , , I have witnessed a similar congregation in the streets . The former occasion was when her Majesty visited this town ; and I can assure you that she was highly gratified ivith the order which the inhabitants maintained on that occasion ; and such conduct on similarly attractive occasions reflects the greatest credit on the people and on the magistracy for the agreeable manner in which they dischai'ge then- official duties . ( Applause . ) I beg to express to the President and Directors of the New Royal Infirmary my gratification at having been present at this ceremony ; and I hope that on the foundation-stone whicli we have this day laidthere may be erected a superstructure which will not onlbe
cre-, y ditable to the town of Dundee , but also to the comity of Forfar . ( Cheers . ) To the member for Dundee , and to the Hon . Colonel Maule , the member for the county , I beg to express my warm congratulations on the auspicious opening of the event whicli this day has taken place . The heavens have looked down as yet with smiles . ( Cheers . ) Allow me , in conclusion , again to express
my cordial wish that , on the foundation-stone which we have just laid , the edifice which will be erected may he to the honour of all who have been concerned in it . ( The noble Duke concluded amidst the lusty cheers of tho immense concourse . ) Sir JOHN OGILVY , in replying , said , —However unworthy of so distinguished a position , still , as I have the honour to be the President of the Institution , as well as Chairman of tho Building Committee , it is my duty to address a few words on this occasion , in reply to the remarks of the Grand Master , and I cannot commence in a way more consonant with my own feelings , or , I am
sure , more in accordance with those of the Directors and Governors , and , I am sure , all the inhabitants of Dundee , than by thanking his Grace the Duke of Atholl , the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and the numerous Lodges assembled here , for the honour they have conferred on as to-day , hy laying- the foundation-stone of this building with Masonic honours . I , therefore , in the name of those I represent , now tender to your Grace our best thanks . ( Applause . ) It has frequently been said to me of late , that to me , and those who have acted with me , this day must be one of pride as well as of great satisfaction . Judging from the infirmity of our nature , it is perhaps not surprising that such
sentiments should have been ascribed to us , and . had the occasion been other than it is , it is not improbable that such feelings would have animated us . I trust , however , that far more ennobling and more suitable and better feelings pervade our minds —( applause)— -feelings more in unison with those which have been so well expressed by the Grand Chaplain . ( Hear , hear . ) I hope that instead of sentiments so much allied to mere human passion , we are imbued with those of gratitude to that Great and Benevolent Being , the Author of all Good , the Creator of all things , the Great and Omnipotent Architect of the Universewhoin His great has permitted us to advance thus far
pros-, , mercy , perously with this great undertaking , and who , I pray , will enable us to carry it on to completion . ( Loud and renewed cheering . ) I trust wc have never forgotten that , " unless the Lord build the house , the builder buildcth but in vain . " While thus we have endeavoured to p lace our reliance on Him , without whose permission we could have done nothing , we have not neglected those means which He has placed within our reach . ( Applause . ) The Building Committee
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Scotland.
laying the foundation-stone . I can only say that , on this occasion , I most cordially enter into the feelings of gratification you must this day experience in having commenced a building which must reflect credit on all who are connected with the undertaking . { Loud applause . ) I am happy to see a noble friend of mine here to-day , —I refer to the Right Hon . the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Forfar . ( Cheers . ) I am sure he will excuse me for expressing the pleasure I have in seeing him , in his capacity of Lord Lieutenant , on this occasion . I am sure he must feel the greatest pleasure in everything he
has witnessed this day , and in the orderly manner the populace have conducted themselves . I can assure him that I most fully enter into his feelings , and I am glad to see that the noble Lord has sufficiently recovered from a recent illness to be able to be present to-day . ( "Hear , hear , " and applause . ) To the Provost and Magistrates of Dundee I must be permitted to offer my congratulations in regard to the auspicious commencement in the event which has taken place . It must be gratifying to you to see so large a body of people turned out and filling tho streets as there are to-day , with the most exemplary order and quiet . ( Cheers . ) Thishoweveris notso far as I am concernedthe first time
, , , , I have witnessed a similar congregation in the streets . The former occasion was when her Majesty visited this town ; and I can assure you that she was highly gratified ivith the order which the inhabitants maintained on that occasion ; and such conduct on similarly attractive occasions reflects the greatest credit on the people and on the magistracy for the agreeable manner in which they dischai'ge then- official duties . ( Applause . ) I beg to express to the President and Directors of the New Royal Infirmary my gratification at having been present at this ceremony ; and I hope that on the foundation-stone whicli we have this day laidthere may be erected a superstructure which will not onlbe
cre-, y ditable to the town of Dundee , but also to the comity of Forfar . ( Cheers . ) To the member for Dundee , and to the Hon . Colonel Maule , the member for the county , I beg to express my warm congratulations on the auspicious opening of the event whicli this day has taken place . The heavens have looked down as yet with smiles . ( Cheers . ) Allow me , in conclusion , again to express
my cordial wish that , on the foundation-stone which we have just laid , the edifice which will be erected may he to the honour of all who have been concerned in it . ( The noble Duke concluded amidst the lusty cheers of tho immense concourse . ) Sir JOHN OGILVY , in replying , said , —However unworthy of so distinguished a position , still , as I have the honour to be the President of the Institution , as well as Chairman of tho Building Committee , it is my duty to address a few words on this occasion , in reply to the remarks of the Grand Master , and I cannot commence in a way more consonant with my own feelings , or , I am
sure , more in accordance with those of the Directors and Governors , and , I am sure , all the inhabitants of Dundee , than by thanking his Grace the Duke of Atholl , the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and the numerous Lodges assembled here , for the honour they have conferred on as to-day , hy laying- the foundation-stone of this building with Masonic honours . I , therefore , in the name of those I represent , now tender to your Grace our best thanks . ( Applause . ) It has frequently been said to me of late , that to me , and those who have acted with me , this day must be one of pride as well as of great satisfaction . Judging from the infirmity of our nature , it is perhaps not surprising that such
sentiments should have been ascribed to us , and . had the occasion been other than it is , it is not improbable that such feelings would have animated us . I trust , however , that far more ennobling and more suitable and better feelings pervade our minds —( applause)— -feelings more in unison with those which have been so well expressed by the Grand Chaplain . ( Hear , hear . ) I hope that instead of sentiments so much allied to mere human passion , we are imbued with those of gratitude to that Great and Benevolent Being , the Author of all Good , the Creator of all things , the Great and Omnipotent Architect of the Universewhoin His great has permitted us to advance thus far
pros-, , mercy , perously with this great undertaking , and who , I pray , will enable us to carry it on to completion . ( Loud and renewed cheering . ) I trust wc have never forgotten that , " unless the Lord build the house , the builder buildcth but in vain . " While thus we have endeavoured to p lace our reliance on Him , without whose permission we could have done nothing , we have not neglected those means which He has placed within our reach . ( Applause . ) The Building Committee