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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW.
SEPTEMBER 30 , 1842 .
MASONIC OFFERING TO THE REVEREND GEO , OLIVER , D . D . WITH what irrepressible emotion do we pen the few lines that herald an object of such importance as " a Masonic offering" to him who , of all Masons , so nobly merits the universal gratitude of our Craft . Power may gain proselytes
to its footstool—persecution may force many to protect the oppressed—but honour , love , and gratitude will all unite to make an " offering" to Dr . Oliver , worthy the acceptance of the most eminent Freemason of the age . In a postscript , ( for as we could not conclude the entire
account of the circumstances connected with this important case in time for the current matter , we are thus compelled to place them ) , ample particulars will be found .
We leave the subscription in the hands of a Craft , dispersed over the surface of earth and its waters , every portion of which has benefited as extensively by Dr . Oliver ' s researches into our mysteries , as by the benevolent affections that his writings inspire . It should be remarked that this
great object is irrespective of province or country ; for , like the genial influence of nature , Dr . Oliver has irrigated a world by the rich streams of his Masonic literature . It is worthy of remark , that the subscription meetings have not—and , we trust , will not—be sullied by unnecessary allusion to the ungracious folly , which , had it the power , VOL . IX . K K
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW.
SEPTEMBER 30 , 1842 .
MASONIC OFFERING TO THE REVEREND GEO , OLIVER , D . D . WITH what irrepressible emotion do we pen the few lines that herald an object of such importance as " a Masonic offering" to him who , of all Masons , so nobly merits the universal gratitude of our Craft . Power may gain proselytes
to its footstool—persecution may force many to protect the oppressed—but honour , love , and gratitude will all unite to make an " offering" to Dr . Oliver , worthy the acceptance of the most eminent Freemason of the age . In a postscript , ( for as we could not conclude the entire
account of the circumstances connected with this important case in time for the current matter , we are thus compelled to place them ) , ample particulars will be found .
We leave the subscription in the hands of a Craft , dispersed over the surface of earth and its waters , every portion of which has benefited as extensively by Dr . Oliver ' s researches into our mysteries , as by the benevolent affections that his writings inspire . It should be remarked that this
great object is irrespective of province or country ; for , like the genial influence of nature , Dr . Oliver has irrigated a world by the rich streams of his Masonic literature . It is worthy of remark , that the subscription meetings have not—and , we trust , will not—be sullied by unnecessary allusion to the ungracious folly , which , had it the power , VOL . IX . K K