On lunatic asylums : a discourse delivered on 2d August, 1810, previous to laying the foundation stone of the Glasgow Lunatic Asylum ... To which is subjoined ... an appendix containing an account of the ceremony .. . and an outline of the regulations proposed for the Asylum / [Stevenson MacGill].

  • MacGill, Stevenson, 1765-1840.
Date:
1810
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Credit: On lunatic asylums : a discourse delivered on 2d August, 1810, previous to laying the foundation stone of the Glasgow Lunatic Asylum ... To which is subjoined ... an appendix containing an account of the ceremony .. . and an outline of the regulations proposed for the Asylum / [Stevenson MacGill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sary to have recourse. Let us only give a little from that which is spent carelessly, and we know not how; which is spent not only without adding to the comfort, but often to the great detriment of ourselves and our families; and I apprehend, not only men in affluence, but in every ordel* of society, will be able to contribute, without in¬ convenience or loss, more than their proportion to the purposes of charity. O! did men only come near, and contemplate with seriousness the miseries of their fellow-crea¬ tures; how would the dark and flimsy cobwebs with which they enwrap their minds, break a- sunder; vanish before the powerful operations of feeling and convictions of duty; and leave them astonished and ashamed, that they could have remained so long indifferent to the woes which are around them! But on this subject I will not enlarge farther. I am surrounded with hearts touched by pity for human suffering. 66 Now, therefore, perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.” May the God of grace and consolation prosper Our undertaking; may He render that Fabric, the first stone of which is about to be laid in our presence, an asylum for the destitute, not in our day only, but through many succeeding ages; and when ages have ceased to roll, and the plans