An address upon laying the foundation-stone of the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, June 18, 1840. With notes, and an appendix ... To which is prefixed, an account of the ceremony / [Vaughan Thomas].

  • Vaughan Thomas
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1840
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Credit: An address upon laying the foundation-stone of the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, June 18, 1840. With notes, and an appendix ... To which is prefixed, an account of the ceremony / [Vaughan Thomas]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    our thanks and praises to Divine Providence for the mer¬ ciful deliverance which the arm of the Lord, outstretched to prevent and powerful to save, has vouchsafed to our Sovereign, Queen Victoria—the Sovereign of our country, and the Queen of its affections. May our rescued Queen, and her Royal Consort Prince Albert, the partaker of her danger and her deliverance—may they continue in health, peace, joy, and honour : may they live long and happy on earth, and, after death, obtain everlasting life and a glorious immortality.” The assembly responded to the prayer by a long and fervent Amen. The Address also embodied a great variety of historical evidences to show, that the public mind formerly had not been sufficiently alive to the importance of providing for professional education at the first building of Hospitals by voluntary contribution; for though Charity and its dis¬ pensations ought to take the lead and be the first consi¬ deration, Science and Instruction ought not, as formerly, to be neglected. The ceremony being completed, the authorities, public bodies, and Masonic Lodges, (the latter in reversed order,) moved on, passing on their return to the Town Hall along Islington-row, the Five Ways, Broad-street, and Paradise- street. The Provincial Lodge was then formally closed : and it reflected the highest credit upon the “ sons of Light,” that, notwithstanding the fatigue which they underwent, there was but a slight difference perceptible in their nu¬ merical strength, on their return to the Lodge-room. Altogether the spectacle was one of the most gratifying description ; and never, on an occasion of a similar nature, did we witness the proceedings conducted with greater
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