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Review Of Literature, &C.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE , & c .
Latomia . A Freemasons' Quarterl y Review . Leipzig . —We have reviewed this excellent periodical at soii . e length in another department of this number . * A Sermon . Preached at Portsmouth , on occasion of the Installation of Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Bart , C . B ., as Prov . Grand Master for Hants ., on July 4 , 1842 , by the Rev . T . T . Haverfield , B . D . Micah . vi . 8 . — " He hath shewed theeO what is goodand what
, man , ; doth the Lord require of thee , but to do justly , and to love mercy , and to walk humbly with thy God ? " Few preachers reach—none surpass—Brother Haverfield in the choice of subject , or the delicacy of treating it . His language is always clear and emphatic , and his earnestness of delivery has a solemnity in it that fixes the hearer ' s attention , the piety of his discourses is of the purest faith . In the Sermon before us , Christianity is not contrasted with Masonrv , but
the latter is pleasingly made dependant on the former ; this sentiment is , however , by no means prejudicial to the feelings of any sect whatever . The great Masonic attributes , Justice ancl Mercy , are thus beautifully alluded to : "Justice , in its mildest form , always retains a sternness of aspect and deportment ; but Mercy either wins our hearts b y her smiles , or softens them with her tears . * * * Mercy , again , is the voluntary offspring of a gentle heart : human laws may enforce Justice , hut they cannot
compel Mercy . Mercy , in short , is the dove which descends with the everlasting spirit on the soul ; and while Justice commands us to live in peace with our nei ghbours , Mercy bids us cultivate their love , esteem , ancl friendship , and live with all men in the closest ties of brotherhood . " It is long since we heard a discourse from our excellent Brother ; the present is one which , having read it ( for we could not attend the provincial meeting ) , has renewed the warmest recollections of his fervency and zeal in " that holy scheme of religious faith and practice , whose author is God—whose founder is God ' s only Son . "
Address . Delivered before the Boston Encampment of Knights Templars . By Charles AV . Moore . Moore and Levey , Boston , U . S . A Committee appointed to tender the thanks of the Encampment to the talented author , and requesting a copy for the press , thus express themselves : — " While performing this agreeable duty , the Committee take the liberty of testifying their personal gratitude for the rich entertainment the Address afforded them , and of urging a compliance with the above
request . " We , in the " old country , " thank the Committee for asking , and the author foi complying with the request , by which a copy has bent its way hitherwarcl . AVe apologize to both parties for having so long neglected to notice this excellent address . We had read it with great delight , and lent it to a friend , who , being equally gratified , took the small liberty of gratifying others ; but at length we regained our lost treasure .
Chivalry is regarded by our author as the distinguishing characteristic approach from barbarism and i gnorance to civilization and knowledge ; and he traces courtesy of manners , the point of honour , ancl attachment to truth , from the period when chivalry first dawned , —nor is he wrong .
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Review Of Literature, &C.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE , & c .
Latomia . A Freemasons' Quarterl y Review . Leipzig . —We have reviewed this excellent periodical at soii . e length in another department of this number . * A Sermon . Preached at Portsmouth , on occasion of the Installation of Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Bart , C . B ., as Prov . Grand Master for Hants ., on July 4 , 1842 , by the Rev . T . T . Haverfield , B . D . Micah . vi . 8 . — " He hath shewed theeO what is goodand what
, man , ; doth the Lord require of thee , but to do justly , and to love mercy , and to walk humbly with thy God ? " Few preachers reach—none surpass—Brother Haverfield in the choice of subject , or the delicacy of treating it . His language is always clear and emphatic , and his earnestness of delivery has a solemnity in it that fixes the hearer ' s attention , the piety of his discourses is of the purest faith . In the Sermon before us , Christianity is not contrasted with Masonrv , but
the latter is pleasingly made dependant on the former ; this sentiment is , however , by no means prejudicial to the feelings of any sect whatever . The great Masonic attributes , Justice ancl Mercy , are thus beautifully alluded to : "Justice , in its mildest form , always retains a sternness of aspect and deportment ; but Mercy either wins our hearts b y her smiles , or softens them with her tears . * * * Mercy , again , is the voluntary offspring of a gentle heart : human laws may enforce Justice , hut they cannot
compel Mercy . Mercy , in short , is the dove which descends with the everlasting spirit on the soul ; and while Justice commands us to live in peace with our nei ghbours , Mercy bids us cultivate their love , esteem , ancl friendship , and live with all men in the closest ties of brotherhood . " It is long since we heard a discourse from our excellent Brother ; the present is one which , having read it ( for we could not attend the provincial meeting ) , has renewed the warmest recollections of his fervency and zeal in " that holy scheme of religious faith and practice , whose author is God—whose founder is God ' s only Son . "
Address . Delivered before the Boston Encampment of Knights Templars . By Charles AV . Moore . Moore and Levey , Boston , U . S . A Committee appointed to tender the thanks of the Encampment to the talented author , and requesting a copy for the press , thus express themselves : — " While performing this agreeable duty , the Committee take the liberty of testifying their personal gratitude for the rich entertainment the Address afforded them , and of urging a compliance with the above
request . " We , in the " old country , " thank the Committee for asking , and the author foi complying with the request , by which a copy has bent its way hitherwarcl . AVe apologize to both parties for having so long neglected to notice this excellent address . We had read it with great delight , and lent it to a friend , who , being equally gratified , took the small liberty of gratifying others ; but at length we regained our lost treasure .
Chivalry is regarded by our author as the distinguishing characteristic approach from barbarism and i gnorance to civilization and knowledge ; and he traces courtesy of manners , the point of honour , ancl attachment to truth , from the period when chivalry first dawned , —nor is he wrong .