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able address will be delivered by the officiating minister , the rector of Keighley . But these few words will not be out of place if they are able to convey to you the pleasure and gratification I have in laying this stone : pleasure at seeing the second church in this district so soon commenced after the completion of the former one ; pleasure at seeing the heartiness and good-will exhibited in the furtherance of your undertaking ; andlastlythe pleasure at the labours of your indefatigable
, , minister and sincere friend , Mr . Fawcett , crowned with such signal success ; and gratification at having the honour of being selected to commence this good work . I have been bred up amongst you , and scarcely a mile from this place have lived all my life . I need not say that my interests are incorporated with your interests ; but if there was one link wanting in the chain to bind me more closely to you , it will this day be completed in my joining with you in commencing this work .
I need not attempt to point out to you the many advantages and blessings which the erection of this church will confer on you . Situated in the midst of a thriving and populous district , where houses are daily building , and additional buildings erected for the homes and work-places of the increasing population , it is indeed a suitable thought to turn your attention to the erection of a house of God , and to think about the welfare of your souls as well as bodies . I need not urge you to persevere in
this good work ; I am sure you all will under the blessing of God . That blessing has already been invoked on our labours , together with your earnest prayers , for without God build the house our labour is but lost ; without it nothing can prosper ; without his blessing the most powerful and mighty in the land can avail nothing : but , aided by his grace and
and strengthened by his power , the most humble instrument in laying this stone ( such as I cannot but feel myself to be ) is made fit and adequate for the purpose . Fostered then by the grace of God at the commencement , and blessed by his care during the building , let us hope that this church will long flourish , and may stand as a memorial to your children ' s children of the zeal of their forefathers towards religion , and of their heartiness in promoting the dissemination of that reli gion in the
doctrine of the Church of England . He then struck the stone and said —I now lay the foundation stone of this church , dedicated to St . Luke the Evangelist , in the name of the Father , the Son , and the Holy Ghost . May God prosper the work . Bro . GREENWOOD then assumed his Mason ' s capacity , and calling the brethren around him desired the Senior and Junior Wardens to test the stone with the plumb and level , after which he tested it with
the square and said— " My brethren and friends , I pronounce this stone to be properly laid and rightly adjusted according to the rules of architecture , and although we may not be skilled in the masonic art like our brethren the operative masons , yet let it not be deemed a vain and idle ceremony that we have applied the plumb , the level , and the square to this stone , for every one of these implements conveys to the Mason ' s mind a moral lesson , and is a symbol which reminds him of his duties .
May God grant that this church may act upon the mind of man as the mason ' s chisel has upon the stone . May God grant that by its operation we may all be made fit and proper to be chosen as one of those living stones in the temple of which Jesus Christ is the chief corner . " The mall was then handed to him by Bro . Perkin ( one of the architects , ) and having struck the stone three times , Bro . Greenwood said — " Thus , thus , and thus . In the name of the Great Architect of the
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Provincial.
able address will be delivered by the officiating minister , the rector of Keighley . But these few words will not be out of place if they are able to convey to you the pleasure and gratification I have in laying this stone : pleasure at seeing the second church in this district so soon commenced after the completion of the former one ; pleasure at seeing the heartiness and good-will exhibited in the furtherance of your undertaking ; andlastlythe pleasure at the labours of your indefatigable
, , minister and sincere friend , Mr . Fawcett , crowned with such signal success ; and gratification at having the honour of being selected to commence this good work . I have been bred up amongst you , and scarcely a mile from this place have lived all my life . I need not say that my interests are incorporated with your interests ; but if there was one link wanting in the chain to bind me more closely to you , it will this day be completed in my joining with you in commencing this work .
I need not attempt to point out to you the many advantages and blessings which the erection of this church will confer on you . Situated in the midst of a thriving and populous district , where houses are daily building , and additional buildings erected for the homes and work-places of the increasing population , it is indeed a suitable thought to turn your attention to the erection of a house of God , and to think about the welfare of your souls as well as bodies . I need not urge you to persevere in
this good work ; I am sure you all will under the blessing of God . That blessing has already been invoked on our labours , together with your earnest prayers , for without God build the house our labour is but lost ; without it nothing can prosper ; without his blessing the most powerful and mighty in the land can avail nothing : but , aided by his grace and
and strengthened by his power , the most humble instrument in laying this stone ( such as I cannot but feel myself to be ) is made fit and adequate for the purpose . Fostered then by the grace of God at the commencement , and blessed by his care during the building , let us hope that this church will long flourish , and may stand as a memorial to your children ' s children of the zeal of their forefathers towards religion , and of their heartiness in promoting the dissemination of that reli gion in the
doctrine of the Church of England . He then struck the stone and said —I now lay the foundation stone of this church , dedicated to St . Luke the Evangelist , in the name of the Father , the Son , and the Holy Ghost . May God prosper the work . Bro . GREENWOOD then assumed his Mason ' s capacity , and calling the brethren around him desired the Senior and Junior Wardens to test the stone with the plumb and level , after which he tested it with
the square and said— " My brethren and friends , I pronounce this stone to be properly laid and rightly adjusted according to the rules of architecture , and although we may not be skilled in the masonic art like our brethren the operative masons , yet let it not be deemed a vain and idle ceremony that we have applied the plumb , the level , and the square to this stone , for every one of these implements conveys to the Mason ' s mind a moral lesson , and is a symbol which reminds him of his duties .
May God grant that this church may act upon the mind of man as the mason ' s chisel has upon the stone . May God grant that by its operation we may all be made fit and proper to be chosen as one of those living stones in the temple of which Jesus Christ is the chief corner . " The mall was then handed to him by Bro . Perkin ( one of the architects , ) and having struck the stone three times , Bro . Greenwood said — " Thus , thus , and thus . In the name of the Great Architect of the