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liberal grant of a large sum of money , without which this great undertaking could never have been commenced . My Lord Duke , I now beoto conclude with my best wishes for health , happiness , and long life to your Grace , with the addition of every other blessing this world can afford , and in these wishes I am sure of being most cordially joined by this immense multitude . Before the grand ceremony commences of laying the foundation-stoneI beg to jiropose three times three cheers for his
, Grace the noble and patriotic Duke of Richmond , the tried and true friend of his country . The assembled multitude responded enthusiastically to the call of the Lorcl Provost , and three times three cheers and one more were given with hearty good will . The band then struck up " Great light to slime , " and , during the playing of this anthem , the Duke of Richmond , having his mallet in his handwalked down from the platform to the east end
, of the stone , accompanied by the Provincial Grancl Master , the R . W . Masters of the Aberdeen , St . Machar , and St . Nicholas Lodges , the Architect and Contractor , and the three Operatives . The Provincial Grand Master and the R . AV . Masters of the Lodges took their stations
m the west , and carried the jewels of their offices and other implements . The Duke of Richmond directed the records and coins to be placed in the cavities of the stone , ivhich was lowered by the Operatives and other Freemasons present , in due Masonic form . At the conclusion of the anthem his Grace applied the plumb and the level , according to the rules of the Craft , then struck the stone the requisite number of times with the mallet , and pronounced the Masonic
Benediction as follows : — " May the Great Architect of the Universe enable us successfull y to carry on and finish the work of which we have now laid the foundation-stone , and every other undertaking which may tend to the advantage of the city of Aberdeen ancl its nei ghbourhood ; and may these buildings be long preserved from peril and decay . " Mr . Low , acting Provincial Grand Master , assisted by the R . AV . Masters , threw the cornucopia on the stone , and his Grace poured the wine and oil on the stone , saying : — " May the bountiful hand of Heaven ever supply this city and country with an abundance of corn , wine , and oil , and all the necessaries and comforts of life . "
At the conclusion of the ceremonial his Grace delivered a purse of gold to Mr . Angus , Secretary to the College Buildings Commissioners , who handed the same to Mr . Rainnie , the Contractor for the works , saying , " It is the pleasure of tbe Duke of Richmond and the other Commissioners for directing the Government grant for the rebuilding of the College , that those who hewed the stones and those who laid them , and all who assisted , should ' refresh in the light . ' Here , sir , is a purse of gold for that
purpose . " Mr . Rainnie , the Contractor , made a suitable reply . __ The ordnance was then fired thrice , as the signal that the Masonie Ceremonial was concluded ; and the Duke of Richmond and those who descended with him having returned to the platform , three hearty cheers were given in Masonic form . The Duke of Richmond then spoke at some length . He said no one present could be insensible of the general benefits of educationand he
, ivas convinced that they were all deeply sensible of the advantages which not only the city of Aberdeen , but the country at large , had derived from Marischal College . The blessings of a moral and religious education were of incalculable value , and were so self-evident that he would not say another word regarding them , farther than to state that they had been always realized in the instructions of Marischal College —( Cheers ) . VOL . iv . 3 z
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liberal grant of a large sum of money , without which this great undertaking could never have been commenced . My Lord Duke , I now beoto conclude with my best wishes for health , happiness , and long life to your Grace , with the addition of every other blessing this world can afford , and in these wishes I am sure of being most cordially joined by this immense multitude . Before the grand ceremony commences of laying the foundation-stoneI beg to jiropose three times three cheers for his
, Grace the noble and patriotic Duke of Richmond , the tried and true friend of his country . The assembled multitude responded enthusiastically to the call of the Lorcl Provost , and three times three cheers and one more were given with hearty good will . The band then struck up " Great light to slime , " and , during the playing of this anthem , the Duke of Richmond , having his mallet in his handwalked down from the platform to the east end
, of the stone , accompanied by the Provincial Grancl Master , the R . W . Masters of the Aberdeen , St . Machar , and St . Nicholas Lodges , the Architect and Contractor , and the three Operatives . The Provincial Grand Master and the R . AV . Masters of the Lodges took their stations
m the west , and carried the jewels of their offices and other implements . The Duke of Richmond directed the records and coins to be placed in the cavities of the stone , ivhich was lowered by the Operatives and other Freemasons present , in due Masonic form . At the conclusion of the anthem his Grace applied the plumb and the level , according to the rules of the Craft , then struck the stone the requisite number of times with the mallet , and pronounced the Masonic
Benediction as follows : — " May the Great Architect of the Universe enable us successfull y to carry on and finish the work of which we have now laid the foundation-stone , and every other undertaking which may tend to the advantage of the city of Aberdeen ancl its nei ghbourhood ; and may these buildings be long preserved from peril and decay . " Mr . Low , acting Provincial Grand Master , assisted by the R . AV . Masters , threw the cornucopia on the stone , and his Grace poured the wine and oil on the stone , saying : — " May the bountiful hand of Heaven ever supply this city and country with an abundance of corn , wine , and oil , and all the necessaries and comforts of life . "
At the conclusion of the ceremonial his Grace delivered a purse of gold to Mr . Angus , Secretary to the College Buildings Commissioners , who handed the same to Mr . Rainnie , the Contractor for the works , saying , " It is the pleasure of tbe Duke of Richmond and the other Commissioners for directing the Government grant for the rebuilding of the College , that those who hewed the stones and those who laid them , and all who assisted , should ' refresh in the light . ' Here , sir , is a purse of gold for that
purpose . " Mr . Rainnie , the Contractor , made a suitable reply . __ The ordnance was then fired thrice , as the signal that the Masonie Ceremonial was concluded ; and the Duke of Richmond and those who descended with him having returned to the platform , three hearty cheers were given in Masonic form . The Duke of Richmond then spoke at some length . He said no one present could be insensible of the general benefits of educationand he
, ivas convinced that they were all deeply sensible of the advantages which not only the city of Aberdeen , but the country at large , had derived from Marischal College . The blessings of a moral and religious education were of incalculable value , and were so self-evident that he would not say another word regarding them , farther than to state that they had been always realized in the instructions of Marischal College —( Cheers ) . VOL . iv . 3 z