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Lord your God, and his testimonies and his statutes,
which he hath commanded thee." vi. 17.
"Thou shalt diligently teach them unto thy children,
and shall talk of them when thou sittest in thy house,
and when thou walkest in the way, and when thou liest
down, and when thou risest up." vi. 7.
"This commandment have we from God, that he who
loveth God, loveth his brother also." I John iv. 21.
"By this we know that we love the children of God,
when we love God and keep his commandments. I
John v. 2.
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his com-
mandments." I Jon v. 3.
The following exhortation was then delivered by
Bishop Atkinson, of North Carolina:
Christian Brethren, Friends and Fellow Citizens:-- It
is decent and agreeable to the precepts of Holy Scripture,
that in all our undertakings, we should beseech Almighty
God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift, to
direct us with His most gracious favour, and further us
with His continual help. Especially, therefore, when
we are gathered together to lay the foundation of a
house which is to be erected to His honour, and consecra-
ted to the promotion of true Religion, virtue and learn-
ing among men, let us humbly ask the foregiveness of
our sins, and implore His merciful protection and bless-
ings.
After which was said the following prayers by Bishop
Cobbs, of Alabama:
Almighty and Everlasting God, who hatest nothing
that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sin of all those
who are penitent: create and make in us new and con-
trite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins and
acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee,
the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness:
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, by those
holy inspiratation we think those things that are good
and by whose merciful guiding we perform the same:
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look graciously upon thy humble servants here assem-
bled in thy name and presence, and vouchsafe to us thy
protection in the work in which we are about to engage.
Grant to all who shall be employed in the furtherance of
this undertaking, wisdom to plan, and strength and skill
to execute, every part of it, till the whole structure rise
in due proportions and finished beauty, an offering which
thou wilt be pleased to accept at our hands, to the
honor of Thy Eternal Majesty, and by Thy blessing be
instrumental forever in enlarging the knowledge and
promoting the peace and happiness of mankind: through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Stir up, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the wills of thy
faithful people, that they giving cheerfully and liberally
of the abundance with which thou hast blessed them,
may set forward this good work, and by thee be plen-
teously rewarded: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Choir then sung the 79th selection, being the 100th
Psalm of David:
Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, announced the deposits in
the corner-stone, and in naming the articles to be de-
posited, as they were held up, one by one, before the
people, made such remarks respecting each as was deem-
ed suitable and appropriate. The following were the
articles deposited in the metal casket, before it was
fitted into its proper place:--
Copy of the Canonical Scriptures--Old and New Tes-
tament.
Book of Common Prayer.
Copy of the Constitution of the United States of
America.
Constitution and Canons of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, together with proceedings of the last Conven-
tion of that body.
Journals of the Dioceses of North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas,
Kentucky and Tennessee, forming the confederacies
united in the undertaking.
Volume containing documents written in relation to
this University.
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