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Church Of England Quarterly Review, And Ecclesiastical Record.
first , of England ' s living poets , " o . ie human heart . " We take our stand on the rights of all , conscious that never was there a ri ght which did not imply a duty , which ( to adopt a simile made somewhere , if we mistake not , by Bayle , ) " may be likened to . the peppercorn freeholders pay their lords , in acknowledgment that they hold from them . " And in fine , we trust to strike a note in the ears of this generation , which will thrill the drowsy chambers of the soul , and vindicate our ecclesiastical commonweal once more into that true liberty , equally removed from licentiousness on the one hand , and superstition on the other . England shall confess ,
" ¦ There is . on Earth a yet auguster thing , Veiled though it be , than Parliament and King . " With the wisdom of this worldly generation , so unfavourable to that subdued feeling of moral restraint which , befits the Christian vocation , we are irreconcileably at war ; and yet we propose to soar above the petty squabbles , the low thoughted cares and ambitions , the vain considerations and supercheries . the irreverence for all things , which , " trumpet tongued "
, we denounce as characteristic of our Countrymen in thesa evil days . Please God , we will elevate our readers above the vapours and the storms which deform and disturb the moral hemisphere . We will transport them to Academic bowers , and nooks made holy by sublime associations . We will accompany them
" To Regions mild , of calm and serene Air , Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot , Which Men call Earth . " They shall hold converse with the mighty minds of the departed , with Plato and with Milton , with Taylor , and with Verulam , till by long gazing , they refine their admiration into the exquisite sensibility of moral instinct ; and " Divine Philosophy" and vital Reliion acquire an ' alfinity with their feelings
g and immediate impulses to action . Then will lawlessness drop its painted veil , and the future be no longer disburdened of its fear . It will be owned that the seat of LAW is the bosom of God . Her vpice is that " heavenlyharmony" whence " this universal frame began . " All things in heaven above , in the earth beneath , and in the waters under the earth confess her providence and her power .
" Continno has LEOES , seternatrue fcedera certis Imposuit Natura locis . " Angels and Man and every crawling creature on this multitudinous globe , with one acclaim , acknowledge her the source of peace and joy . Only let the sound of her voice be no longer audible , let it be drowned in discord and loud uproar , let Sedition and Tumult , Fanaticism and Impiety blow their blasts in our ears , and is it not as if the beasts and birds iii
Orpheus' theatre wore to give full swing to their natural ferocity , insensible to tho soft pleasing airs and accords of his lyre ?* Wo will not cease to rouse the dormant nationality of our countrymen ; like the light of day , our influence shall be uniform and universal ; aud our precepts , touched with eloquence and soft persuasion , shall redound to the Glory of God and the peace and order of Society . And when we recur to our ecclesiastical annals , rich with thrilling associations , —when we
advert to the arched roof ; tho cathedral slate ; the evangelic harmony that sways Ihft senses to salvation , onr readers will be naturally reminded of Jerusalem : the holiness of the inner sanctuary ; the order , the beauty , the sacred consolations of her temple and its services ; the pathos and sublimity of her minstrelsy ; the decency of her ordinances ; the assiduity of her
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Church Of England Quarterly Review, And Ecclesiastical Record.
first , of England ' s living poets , " o . ie human heart . " We take our stand on the rights of all , conscious that never was there a ri ght which did not imply a duty , which ( to adopt a simile made somewhere , if we mistake not , by Bayle , ) " may be likened to . the peppercorn freeholders pay their lords , in acknowledgment that they hold from them . " And in fine , we trust to strike a note in the ears of this generation , which will thrill the drowsy chambers of the soul , and vindicate our ecclesiastical commonweal once more into that true liberty , equally removed from licentiousness on the one hand , and superstition on the other . England shall confess ,
" ¦ There is . on Earth a yet auguster thing , Veiled though it be , than Parliament and King . " With the wisdom of this worldly generation , so unfavourable to that subdued feeling of moral restraint which , befits the Christian vocation , we are irreconcileably at war ; and yet we propose to soar above the petty squabbles , the low thoughted cares and ambitions , the vain considerations and supercheries . the irreverence for all things , which , " trumpet tongued "
, we denounce as characteristic of our Countrymen in thesa evil days . Please God , we will elevate our readers above the vapours and the storms which deform and disturb the moral hemisphere . We will transport them to Academic bowers , and nooks made holy by sublime associations . We will accompany them
" To Regions mild , of calm and serene Air , Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot , Which Men call Earth . " They shall hold converse with the mighty minds of the departed , with Plato and with Milton , with Taylor , and with Verulam , till by long gazing , they refine their admiration into the exquisite sensibility of moral instinct ; and " Divine Philosophy" and vital Reliion acquire an ' alfinity with their feelings
g and immediate impulses to action . Then will lawlessness drop its painted veil , and the future be no longer disburdened of its fear . It will be owned that the seat of LAW is the bosom of God . Her vpice is that " heavenlyharmony" whence " this universal frame began . " All things in heaven above , in the earth beneath , and in the waters under the earth confess her providence and her power .
" Continno has LEOES , seternatrue fcedera certis Imposuit Natura locis . " Angels and Man and every crawling creature on this multitudinous globe , with one acclaim , acknowledge her the source of peace and joy . Only let the sound of her voice be no longer audible , let it be drowned in discord and loud uproar , let Sedition and Tumult , Fanaticism and Impiety blow their blasts in our ears , and is it not as if the beasts and birds iii
Orpheus' theatre wore to give full swing to their natural ferocity , insensible to tho soft pleasing airs and accords of his lyre ?* Wo will not cease to rouse the dormant nationality of our countrymen ; like the light of day , our influence shall be uniform and universal ; aud our precepts , touched with eloquence and soft persuasion , shall redound to the Glory of God and the peace and order of Society . And when we recur to our ecclesiastical annals , rich with thrilling associations , —when we
advert to the arched roof ; tho cathedral slate ; the evangelic harmony that sways Ihft senses to salvation , onr readers will be naturally reminded of Jerusalem : the holiness of the inner sanctuary ; the order , the beauty , the sacred consolations of her temple and its services ; the pathos and sublimity of her minstrelsy ; the decency of her ordinances ; the assiduity of her