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tian Knowledge , to be held at the Music Hall , at eleven o ' clock this morning . His lordship accordingly arrived at Leeds on Thursday even ' ng , and dined and slept at the vicarage . The doors of Christ Church were thrown open about half-past nine , and long before the hour appointed for the commencement of the service , half-past ten o ' clock , the edifice was crowded in every part . the incumbent
Prayers were read by the Rev . John Holroyd , M . A . . The bishop , who during prayers , had stood on the north side of the altar table , the Vicar of Leeds being on the south side , read the communion service at the altar . The epistle was read by the vicar , and the
gospel and the apostle ' s creed by his lordship . His lordship preached from Acts iv . ver . 32 : " And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul . " At the close of the service a collection was made towards defraying the expenses of the late alterations , and erecting Sunday schools in connection with Christ Church . The sum amounted to 72 / . AVhilsl the congregation were leaving the church , the bishop , the
vicar , and the committee partook of a cold collation in the Vestry . A large body of the clergy and other friends were admitted to the house of Mr . Stephen Mitchell , near the church , where a cold collation was also provided . At the same time the mayor and members of the corporation took refreshment at the Court-house ; after ivhich they formed in processional order and repaired to Meadow Lane . His worship , ancl a part of the corporate body , had attended divine
service . THE PROCESSION . The procession was then formed in Meadow-lane , to proceed to lay the foundation-stone of St . George ' s church , in the following order-Mr . Edward Read , the late chief constable , on horseback , as marshalman , wearing the insignia of a Free and Accepted Mason ; band of music ; Freemasons in their usual order ; various municipal and parochial
parties ; the Mace Bearer ; the Mayor ; the Justices of the Peace for the borough ; the churchwardens , three and three ; choristers ; the clergy , four and four ; the bishop in his carriage , accompanied by the vicar ; the architect , with the plans ; the chairman and treasurer of tlje committee ; the committee with white wands , four and four ; various municipal and parochial parties , with music . The procession passed over the bridge , at Briggate , through Commercial Street and Bond Street , along Park Place , past the Vicarage , and proceeded directly toward the site of the intended new church on Mount Pleasant .
When the procession had arrived on the ground , the 100 th [ Psalm was sung by the choristers and the entire assemblage . The Rev . Joseph Holmes then offered up the prayer . A quantity of lime having been placed by the operative masons under the stone , ivhich was suspended in the usual manner , a silver trowel was handed to the bishop , which he applied to the lime , and the stone was lowered to its bed amidst the cheers of the surrounding multitude . Bro . Heselton , of this town , acting as Provincial Grand Master of the Free and Accepted Masons of the AVest Riding , in the absence of the Earl of Mexborough , R . W . P . G . M ., then handed to his lordship the mallet with which the foundation stones of Christ church and St . Mary ' s
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Provincial.
tian Knowledge , to be held at the Music Hall , at eleven o ' clock this morning . His lordship accordingly arrived at Leeds on Thursday even ' ng , and dined and slept at the vicarage . The doors of Christ Church were thrown open about half-past nine , and long before the hour appointed for the commencement of the service , half-past ten o ' clock , the edifice was crowded in every part . the incumbent
Prayers were read by the Rev . John Holroyd , M . A . . The bishop , who during prayers , had stood on the north side of the altar table , the Vicar of Leeds being on the south side , read the communion service at the altar . The epistle was read by the vicar , and the
gospel and the apostle ' s creed by his lordship . His lordship preached from Acts iv . ver . 32 : " And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul . " At the close of the service a collection was made towards defraying the expenses of the late alterations , and erecting Sunday schools in connection with Christ Church . The sum amounted to 72 / . AVhilsl the congregation were leaving the church , the bishop , the
vicar , and the committee partook of a cold collation in the Vestry . A large body of the clergy and other friends were admitted to the house of Mr . Stephen Mitchell , near the church , where a cold collation was also provided . At the same time the mayor and members of the corporation took refreshment at the Court-house ; after ivhich they formed in processional order and repaired to Meadow Lane . His worship , ancl a part of the corporate body , had attended divine
service . THE PROCESSION . The procession was then formed in Meadow-lane , to proceed to lay the foundation-stone of St . George ' s church , in the following order-Mr . Edward Read , the late chief constable , on horseback , as marshalman , wearing the insignia of a Free and Accepted Mason ; band of music ; Freemasons in their usual order ; various municipal and parochial
parties ; the Mace Bearer ; the Mayor ; the Justices of the Peace for the borough ; the churchwardens , three and three ; choristers ; the clergy , four and four ; the bishop in his carriage , accompanied by the vicar ; the architect , with the plans ; the chairman and treasurer of tlje committee ; the committee with white wands , four and four ; various municipal and parochial parties , with music . The procession passed over the bridge , at Briggate , through Commercial Street and Bond Street , along Park Place , past the Vicarage , and proceeded directly toward the site of the intended new church on Mount Pleasant .
When the procession had arrived on the ground , the 100 th [ Psalm was sung by the choristers and the entire assemblage . The Rev . Joseph Holmes then offered up the prayer . A quantity of lime having been placed by the operative masons under the stone , ivhich was suspended in the usual manner , a silver trowel was handed to the bishop , which he applied to the lime , and the stone was lowered to its bed amidst the cheers of the surrounding multitude . Bro . Heselton , of this town , acting as Provincial Grand Master of the Free and Accepted Masons of the AVest Riding , in the absence of the Earl of Mexborough , R . W . P . G . M ., then handed to his lordship the mallet with which the foundation stones of Christ church and St . Mary ' s