Excerpt from Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Canada, in the Province of Ontario: At Special Communications
The Acting Grand Treasurer then deposited the phial containing the coins and other records of Canada in the cavity of the stone,
The Rector of the Parish, the Rev. Bro. Fletcher, then presented the Acting Grand Master with an elegant silver trowel, and having suitably acknowledged the gift, the ceremony proceeded, and the stone was duly laid according to the forms and ceremonies laid down in the Book of Constitution.
The Acting Grand Master, R. W. Bro. J. Ross Robertson, then delivered the following address: - Rev. Sir, Church Members, and Ladies and Gentlemen of Blenheim - Pursuant to the command of our M. W. Grand Master, and at the invitation of you, reverend sir, and those associated with you in this work of works, we are congregated here in Grand Lodge to-day to discharge a duty that is peculiarly acceptable to the members of the fraternity of Masons, by laying the foundation or corner stone of an edifice, dedicated to the worship of the omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent Father the Treat and Glorious Architect of the Universe. We, as Masons, regret, and I am sure you will join with us in our regrets, that the esteemed brother who so faithfully presides over the twenty thousand craftsmen of this fair province is not able to be with us to-day, for no one is more eminently worthy to take trowel in hand and perform the duty that has so happily fallen to my lot than M. W. Bro. R. T. Walkem, the Supreme officer of our great brotherhood. He is a brother known to so many of you, a prominent and consistent member of your own communion, one to whom we all look up with pride, as an exemplar in word and act of the principles and precepts upon which our institution is founded. Words fail me when I endeavor to express the pleasure that we, as Masons, have in contributing by our efforts to place as firmly as on a rock this temple, which shall yet contain another of the ten thousand pulpits from which will be preached "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good will towards men."
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