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Literary Notices, &C.
disquisitions on controverted points of doctrine , which fail to convince because they are imperfectly understood . The same observation will apply to the promiscuous religious assemblies of a populous manufacturing town . The Addresses have been delivered at AA'olverhampton ancl Scopwick with equal success . The style is persuasive , mild , and affectionate . They are characterized by extreme plainness of language , and contain a series of earnest exhortations to avoid error and embrace
truth ; that the hearers may be induced to walk in the narrow path of righteousness here , and be animated with the hope of everlasting happiness in the world to come . " Dr . Oliver , as an antiquarian , has given superior proofs of intelligent investigation ; as a great moral agent , he has embellished his writings with the vigour of a master mind ; as a scholiast , he is eminent ; as a Masonic historian , unequalled ; his sermons on Freemasonry are the
connecting links of piety , with sound morality ; but it was reserved for him to give to the world the essential proof that the classical scholar- — the orthodox clergyman— 'and the Masonic historian—great ancl sound as are his attainments—fell into the shade when contrasted with the sweetness , beauty , and piety , that breathe throughout the discourses delivered to the labourer and the artisan , as assembled to hear their pastor in the secluded glades of Scopwick , or in the
manufacturing district of AVolverhampton . The selection of Jacob's Ladder , however metaphorical the subject may appear , has a comprehensiveness applicable to the humbler classes ; ancl , as a divine lesson , is by Dr . Oliver made easy of comprehension . The lesson from the great poem of life is rendered with so simple , yet so touching an interest , that while attention is attracted , it is fixed , and rendered anxious to proceed on the ascent—not with dread and doubt—but with cheerful spirit , and hopeful encouragement . AA'e look for the completion of the volume with pleasing anxiety .
New Craft Tracing-boards . By Bro . J . Harris . Spencer . London . AVe direct the attention of our readers to the " circular" which Bro . Harris has addressed to the Craft ( it will be found at the end of this number ) , for the general explanation of this valuable improvement in the artistical delineation of Masonic lectures ; selected , as this improved tabular illustration has been , by a committee of the EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENTwe felt it a duty to examine with all the severity of
, criticism , from a conviction that v / hat proceeded from the inheritors of the Masonic zeal and industry of " Peter Gilkes , " whose memory we delight to honour , would stand the most powerful assay that Masonic investigation would allow ; and we compliment Bro . Harris on the just claim he has established to the justice of the selection of his new Craft Tracing-boards by the most competent authority .
Portraits of Celebrated Freemasons . Spencer . London . What will Mrs . Caudle say ?— " Bless me , Caudle , if they hav ' nt—a woman—shame on ' em ! Well , did you ever—no , never . You don ' t believe it—but I do—look at the picture , it is like as life—and the apron , Caudle , its the fellow to your own . Never mind—oh , never mindthat ' s always the answer we poor women get ; but , Caudle , I'll tell Punch of it—he'll be glad of such an opportunity to give you a rub ; didn ' t he expose you at your initiation ? and didn ' t he exult at my hiding your cheque-book on the 18 th June , when you pretended to be
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Literary Notices, &C.
disquisitions on controverted points of doctrine , which fail to convince because they are imperfectly understood . The same observation will apply to the promiscuous religious assemblies of a populous manufacturing town . The Addresses have been delivered at AA'olverhampton ancl Scopwick with equal success . The style is persuasive , mild , and affectionate . They are characterized by extreme plainness of language , and contain a series of earnest exhortations to avoid error and embrace
truth ; that the hearers may be induced to walk in the narrow path of righteousness here , and be animated with the hope of everlasting happiness in the world to come . " Dr . Oliver , as an antiquarian , has given superior proofs of intelligent investigation ; as a great moral agent , he has embellished his writings with the vigour of a master mind ; as a scholiast , he is eminent ; as a Masonic historian , unequalled ; his sermons on Freemasonry are the
connecting links of piety , with sound morality ; but it was reserved for him to give to the world the essential proof that the classical scholar- — the orthodox clergyman— 'and the Masonic historian—great ancl sound as are his attainments—fell into the shade when contrasted with the sweetness , beauty , and piety , that breathe throughout the discourses delivered to the labourer and the artisan , as assembled to hear their pastor in the secluded glades of Scopwick , or in the
manufacturing district of AVolverhampton . The selection of Jacob's Ladder , however metaphorical the subject may appear , has a comprehensiveness applicable to the humbler classes ; ancl , as a divine lesson , is by Dr . Oliver made easy of comprehension . The lesson from the great poem of life is rendered with so simple , yet so touching an interest , that while attention is attracted , it is fixed , and rendered anxious to proceed on the ascent—not with dread and doubt—but with cheerful spirit , and hopeful encouragement . AA'e look for the completion of the volume with pleasing anxiety .
New Craft Tracing-boards . By Bro . J . Harris . Spencer . London . AVe direct the attention of our readers to the " circular" which Bro . Harris has addressed to the Craft ( it will be found at the end of this number ) , for the general explanation of this valuable improvement in the artistical delineation of Masonic lectures ; selected , as this improved tabular illustration has been , by a committee of the EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENTwe felt it a duty to examine with all the severity of
, criticism , from a conviction that v / hat proceeded from the inheritors of the Masonic zeal and industry of " Peter Gilkes , " whose memory we delight to honour , would stand the most powerful assay that Masonic investigation would allow ; and we compliment Bro . Harris on the just claim he has established to the justice of the selection of his new Craft Tracing-boards by the most competent authority .
Portraits of Celebrated Freemasons . Spencer . London . What will Mrs . Caudle say ?— " Bless me , Caudle , if they hav ' nt—a woman—shame on ' em ! Well , did you ever—no , never . You don ' t believe it—but I do—look at the picture , it is like as life—and the apron , Caudle , its the fellow to your own . Never mind—oh , never mindthat ' s always the answer we poor women get ; but , Caudle , I'll tell Punch of it—he'll be glad of such an opportunity to give you a rub ; didn ' t he expose you at your initiation ? and didn ' t he exult at my hiding your cheque-book on the 18 th June , when you pretended to be