Excerpt from Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada, in the Province of Ontario: At Especial Communications, Held at Chesley, 4th August, A. L. 5896, Gananoque, 24th August, A. L. 5896, and Brantford 21st July, A. L. 5897, Also at the Forty-Second Annual Communication, Held at the City of Brantford, on the 21st and 22nd July A. D. 189 The acting Grand Chaplain then asked a blessing, and the acting Grand Superintendent of Works read the following scroll: In the Name and in the Favor of the Great Architect of the Universe, On the Fourth Day of August, A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-six, A. L. Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-six, the Sixtieth year of Our Gracious Sovereign Victoria, Queen of Great Britian and Ireland and the Dependencies in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, Dominion of Canada, etc., His Excellency the Right Honorable John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, Being Governor General of Canada, Lieut. Colonel the Hon. G. A. Kirkpatrick, being Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario, The Right Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, being Premier of the Dominion of Canada, The Hon. Arthur S. Hardy, being Premier of the Province of Ontario, The Hon. E. J. Davis being Provincial Secretary, M. W. Bro. Wm. Gibson, M. P., being Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada, A. F. & A. M., in the Province of Ontario, R. W. Bro. J. S. Tennant, D. D. G. M. of the 5th Masonic District, This Corner Stone Of Holy Trinity Church was laid by M. W. Bro. Wm. Gibson, M. P., Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of Canada, assisted by the Grand Officers and in presence of a large concourse of brethren and citizens, with the usual ceremonies of the Order. The acting Grand Treasurer then deposited the scroll in the cavity in the stone, together with a box containing the scroll and certain newspapers and records. A beautiful silver trowel, suitably inscribed, was presented to the M. W. the Grand Master, by the Rev. J. Carlton McCracken, Incumbent of the Church. The Grand Wardens and the Deputy Grand Master applied the implements of their offices to the stone, after it had been placed in position, and announced that the craftsmen had done their duty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.