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Article AFFECTING INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON. ← Page 2 of 2 Article REVIEW OF LITERATURE, THE DRAMA, &c. Page 1 of 4 →
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Affecting Incident In The Life Of Dr. Johnson.
Johnson had that morning walked through the snow and sleet of a stormy November day , to the market-place of Walsall , and on the spot where , duly as Wednesday came , his father had for many years spread his little stall of books , the repentant son stood for four hours , bareheaded , in self-inflicted penance , writhing with remorse for a crime done forty years before , and which on that day he would probably have freely given the remaining days of his own life to recall ; but the words
of Rasselas , Prince of Abyssinia , rung in his ears , and in the agony of his spirit he repeated them aloud—" ' It is too late ! it is too late !" Out upon Time ! who for ever , will leave But enough of the Past for the Future to grieve O ' er that which hath bean , and o ' er that which must be ! J . A . W .
Review Of Literature, The Drama, &C.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE , THE DRAMA , & c .
Review of Masonic Sermons . The Rev . Brother Coltman ' s , P . G . C ., sermon , preached before the P . G . Lodge of Lincolnshire , June 11 , 1835 , and published at the request of the Brethren of that Province . The text is from Ps . xc . v . 17 . The opening sentence does justice to the religious character which identifies every " true brother . " The introduction appears to allude to some architectural ceremony of which the title page does not inform the
reader . The defence for appearing in Church clothed in the costume of the Order , is grounded on very just similitudes . The whole argument deserves the attention of the over-scrupulous . The three Mystic Luminaries of the Lodge are well amplified . The Mason is no infidel of Revelation as the preacher shews , where he says , — " Unenlightened by the countenance of our God , and without the guidance of unerring wisdomour minds must ever have remained buried in ignoranceand
, , all their powers have been vain and useless . " The paragraph at p . 11 , beginning— " Thus , on his first entrance , " and ending at p . 12 , " and examine it , " deserves the perusal of those who are anxious to learn what is the moral furniture of a Lodge . We cordially recommend Brother Coltman ' s sermon to the reading of all the brethren . We had wished it longer . Is the preacher not in error with regard to foreign
Masonic Lodges not interfering with political affairs of their different countries ? We seek information in suggesting the question . The Rev . Brother Kelly , A . M ., Curate of St . Mary ' s Dublin . —A Charity Sermon on behalf of the Masonic Female Orphan School , June 8 , 1834-. Published by the Governors , and at the desire of the members of the Grand and other Lodges before whom it was preached . It must have been a very gratifying testimony of approbation to our
reverend brother , that his sermon was called into publication by an unanimous resolution of Vestry , in which the R . W . D . G . M . was Chairman , and the thanks of the meeting at the same time conveyed to Brother Kelly , for his " very able and eloquent discourse . " The author ' s very modest address contains one very sound reason for complying with the wishes of his friends for the publication of his sermon , viz ., " a sincere wish and anxious endeavour to remove from the mind of the uninitiated , impressions which hitherto have been detrimental to the diffusion of Masonic principles , and the promotion of a truly religious Order . " The text is from Acts xx . 3 ' 2 . We make the fol-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Affecting Incident In The Life Of Dr. Johnson.
Johnson had that morning walked through the snow and sleet of a stormy November day , to the market-place of Walsall , and on the spot where , duly as Wednesday came , his father had for many years spread his little stall of books , the repentant son stood for four hours , bareheaded , in self-inflicted penance , writhing with remorse for a crime done forty years before , and which on that day he would probably have freely given the remaining days of his own life to recall ; but the words
of Rasselas , Prince of Abyssinia , rung in his ears , and in the agony of his spirit he repeated them aloud—" ' It is too late ! it is too late !" Out upon Time ! who for ever , will leave But enough of the Past for the Future to grieve O ' er that which hath bean , and o ' er that which must be ! J . A . W .
Review Of Literature, The Drama, &C.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE , THE DRAMA , & c .
Review of Masonic Sermons . The Rev . Brother Coltman ' s , P . G . C ., sermon , preached before the P . G . Lodge of Lincolnshire , June 11 , 1835 , and published at the request of the Brethren of that Province . The text is from Ps . xc . v . 17 . The opening sentence does justice to the religious character which identifies every " true brother . " The introduction appears to allude to some architectural ceremony of which the title page does not inform the
reader . The defence for appearing in Church clothed in the costume of the Order , is grounded on very just similitudes . The whole argument deserves the attention of the over-scrupulous . The three Mystic Luminaries of the Lodge are well amplified . The Mason is no infidel of Revelation as the preacher shews , where he says , — " Unenlightened by the countenance of our God , and without the guidance of unerring wisdomour minds must ever have remained buried in ignoranceand
, , all their powers have been vain and useless . " The paragraph at p . 11 , beginning— " Thus , on his first entrance , " and ending at p . 12 , " and examine it , " deserves the perusal of those who are anxious to learn what is the moral furniture of a Lodge . We cordially recommend Brother Coltman ' s sermon to the reading of all the brethren . We had wished it longer . Is the preacher not in error with regard to foreign
Masonic Lodges not interfering with political affairs of their different countries ? We seek information in suggesting the question . The Rev . Brother Kelly , A . M ., Curate of St . Mary ' s Dublin . —A Charity Sermon on behalf of the Masonic Female Orphan School , June 8 , 1834-. Published by the Governors , and at the desire of the members of the Grand and other Lodges before whom it was preached . It must have been a very gratifying testimony of approbation to our
reverend brother , that his sermon was called into publication by an unanimous resolution of Vestry , in which the R . W . D . G . M . was Chairman , and the thanks of the meeting at the same time conveyed to Brother Kelly , for his " very able and eloquent discourse . " The author ' s very modest address contains one very sound reason for complying with the wishes of his friends for the publication of his sermon , viz ., " a sincere wish and anxious endeavour to remove from the mind of the uninitiated , impressions which hitherto have been detrimental to the diffusion of Masonic principles , and the promotion of a truly religious Order . " The text is from Acts xx . 3 ' 2 . We make the fol-