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will be pleased to retain as a mehiorial of this pleasing and important event . " A Fellbw Craft attended , carrying some fine mortar , which his excellency , with the trowel , spread over the stone where the box was deposited . The upper stone was then slowly let down , and having been properly placed , his excellency applied successively the square , the level , and the plumb , to prove that the stone was properly adjusted . His excellency then said , . " - 'I declare this work to be wellr & rmed , true , and trusty . "
The W . M . of the Goede Hoop Lodge ( Bro . P . A . Brand ) then , taking the cornucopia , poured put corn upon the stone , sayings "In the name of the Great Jehovah , to whom be all honour and glory , I dedicate this building to art . " The W . M . of the Goede Trouw Lodge ( Bro . P . A . j . Kirsten ) poured > out of a silver cup , wine upon the stone , saying , "In the name of the Great Jehovaii , to whom be all honour and glory , I dedicate this building to scienee . " The W . M . of the British Lodge ( Bro . J . S . Rowe ) , pouring out oil upon the stone , said > fr In the name of the Great Jehovah , to whom be all honour and glory , I dedicate this building to literature . " -
The W . Ms , of the four Lodges then knocked upon the stone three times with the mallet ; and , the work having been finished , Bro . Brand offered up a prayer , saying , f < We invoke the blessing of the Great Architect of the universe upon this building ; and trust this work , thus begun in order , be continued in peace , and closed in harmony . So mote it be !" The volunteer artillery and royal rifle corps then fired a feu dejoie , the band playing the National Anthem .
The ceremony having been concluded , his excellency retired to the dais , and addressed the large assembly as follows :- —Gentlemen who compose the committee and body of subscribers to the library of Cape * Town , and the committee and body of the subscribers to the museum of Cape Town , —I beg to congratulate you on the auspicious event which we have this day . had the pleasure of witnessing ; namely , the laying of the foundation stone of what may well be thought a noble building—an institution which will prove of the greatest advantage to South Africa for all time . Gentlemen , nature has done everything for us in this site .
We have here a beautiful valley , embosomed in magnificent hills . Our progenitors in this colony collected for us a noble library , and the present inhabitants of the colony—amongst whom are many gentlemen distinguished in science—have collected the nucleus of an excellent museum ; whilst in these gardens we have had gathered for us , since the time of Van Riebeek , the most valuable plants from all portions of the globe . Everything , therefore , seems here united to give us a spot for a library and a museum , such as is almost unequalled in the world . Then , gentlemen , we must not be forgetful of our geographical position . We must be
aware that we possess a position which , isolated as it may at first sight appear , must be regarded as the most central in the world , which lies half way between the rising kingdom of Australia and the important countries of America . The importance of this position must increase with the progress of the human race ; and the number of ships resorting to this port must necessarily still go on increasing . And we want to offer to those strangers visiting our shores , an asylum which might at once afford much in the way of improving their minds , and
delighting them with the aspect of beautiful nature . We want , in fact , to preserve that old hospitality of the Cape for which it has become so memorable . There are those amongst us here to-day , the descendants of those old colonists ( Mr . Brand amongst others ) who rendered themselves for ever celebrated in the memoirs of Captain Cook , for the kindness with which they received him and his companions . We who are Englishmen may well feel grateful to the people of that period , who offered a home and friendship to our distinguished countryman .
And then , again , gentlemen , look at our position with regard , to the continent of South Africa . We must feel convinced that to the European races trading with the interior , every day this point of South Africa must become of greater and greater importance , and be the school in which future generations of the inhabitants of this part of the continent of Africa must be educated . All therefore seems to unite in pointing to this spot as that whereon to raise an institution , not for the present alone , but for future tim © . We hope that there will be many indi-
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will be pleased to retain as a mehiorial of this pleasing and important event . " A Fellbw Craft attended , carrying some fine mortar , which his excellency , with the trowel , spread over the stone where the box was deposited . The upper stone was then slowly let down , and having been properly placed , his excellency applied successively the square , the level , and the plumb , to prove that the stone was properly adjusted . His excellency then said , . " - 'I declare this work to be wellr & rmed , true , and trusty . "
The W . M . of the Goede Hoop Lodge ( Bro . P . A . Brand ) then , taking the cornucopia , poured put corn upon the stone , sayings "In the name of the Great Jehovah , to whom be all honour and glory , I dedicate this building to art . " The W . M . of the Goede Trouw Lodge ( Bro . P . A . j . Kirsten ) poured > out of a silver cup , wine upon the stone , saying , "In the name of the Great Jehovaii , to whom be all honour and glory , I dedicate this building to scienee . " The W . M . of the British Lodge ( Bro . J . S . Rowe ) , pouring out oil upon the stone , said > fr In the name of the Great Jehovah , to whom be all honour and glory , I dedicate this building to literature . " -
The W . Ms , of the four Lodges then knocked upon the stone three times with the mallet ; and , the work having been finished , Bro . Brand offered up a prayer , saying , f < We invoke the blessing of the Great Architect of the universe upon this building ; and trust this work , thus begun in order , be continued in peace , and closed in harmony . So mote it be !" The volunteer artillery and royal rifle corps then fired a feu dejoie , the band playing the National Anthem .
The ceremony having been concluded , his excellency retired to the dais , and addressed the large assembly as follows :- —Gentlemen who compose the committee and body of subscribers to the library of Cape * Town , and the committee and body of the subscribers to the museum of Cape Town , —I beg to congratulate you on the auspicious event which we have this day . had the pleasure of witnessing ; namely , the laying of the foundation stone of what may well be thought a noble building—an institution which will prove of the greatest advantage to South Africa for all time . Gentlemen , nature has done everything for us in this site .
We have here a beautiful valley , embosomed in magnificent hills . Our progenitors in this colony collected for us a noble library , and the present inhabitants of the colony—amongst whom are many gentlemen distinguished in science—have collected the nucleus of an excellent museum ; whilst in these gardens we have had gathered for us , since the time of Van Riebeek , the most valuable plants from all portions of the globe . Everything , therefore , seems here united to give us a spot for a library and a museum , such as is almost unequalled in the world . Then , gentlemen , we must not be forgetful of our geographical position . We must be
aware that we possess a position which , isolated as it may at first sight appear , must be regarded as the most central in the world , which lies half way between the rising kingdom of Australia and the important countries of America . The importance of this position must increase with the progress of the human race ; and the number of ships resorting to this port must necessarily still go on increasing . And we want to offer to those strangers visiting our shores , an asylum which might at once afford much in the way of improving their minds , and
delighting them with the aspect of beautiful nature . We want , in fact , to preserve that old hospitality of the Cape for which it has become so memorable . There are those amongst us here to-day , the descendants of those old colonists ( Mr . Brand amongst others ) who rendered themselves for ever celebrated in the memoirs of Captain Cook , for the kindness with which they received him and his companions . We who are Englishmen may well feel grateful to the people of that period , who offered a home and friendship to our distinguished countryman .
And then , again , gentlemen , look at our position with regard , to the continent of South Africa . We must feel convinced that to the European races trading with the interior , every day this point of South Africa must become of greater and greater importance , and be the school in which future generations of the inhabitants of this part of the continent of Africa must be educated . All therefore seems to unite in pointing to this spot as that whereon to raise an institution , not for the present alone , but for future tim © . We hope that there will be many indi-