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Literacy Notices.
LITERACY NOTICES .
The Summer and Winter of the Sold . By Bro . the Rev . EUSKINE NBALB , M . A ., Rector of Kirton , and Chaplain to Earls Huntingdon and Spencer . London : J . Skeet , 21 , King William-street , Charing-cross . THE striking title of this work is certainly appropriate , and requires little explanation , when we look at the contents , the Rev . Bro . having seized and transmitted to his pages the biography of
characters , who have left behind them evidences of spiritual triumph and spiritual declension , which he designates " The Summer and Winter" of their religious lives . The first character illustrated is Claudius Buchanan , a native of Cambuslang , near Glasgow , who , in his juvenile days , conceived the idea of making a pedestrian tour of Europe . Having fallen in love with a lady above his rank , which raised an insuperable barrier to
their union , he was confirmed in this resolution ; and , with the example of Dr . Goldsmith before him , who travelled through Europe on foot , and supported himself by playing the flute , he adopted the violin as the instrument to support him on his travels . But on his arrival in London , exhausted by poverty and distress , he relinquished all idea of going abroad . He then engaged as clerk to an attorney , at a salary of 401 . a year , during which period the light of Gospel truth gradually took possession of his heart ; he became acquainted with Mr . Newton , rector of St . Mary ' s , Woolnott , who , approving of the rising disposition in his young friend to
become a minister of the Gospel , actually placed him at college at his own cost , to whom he afterwards became a curate , until he was appointed chaplain by the East-India Company , in 1796 . He landed at Calcutta on the eve of completing his 31 st year . In 1802 , Mr . Buchanan remitted to his benefactor 520 / ., of which 400 / . was intended as repayment of the four years' allowance which Mr . Thornton made to him at college , and the remaining sum , which he should continue for four yearsfor the education of such a young
, man for the ministry as Mr . Newton and Dr . Milner might select , and for a young man to be afterwards supported at Cambridge , wdio should subsequently fill a useful station in the Church . We cannot follow Bro . Neale through his interesting narrative . The subject of it was a pattern of every good gift , and in the midst of his personal and family afflictions , which were great , he exhibited a resignation which could only be experienced by the true Christian .
The second chapter is devoted to the history of that extraordinary man , Edward Irving , with whom the author appears to have been well acquainted . When Mr . Irving came to London , in 1822 , the church in Crossstreet had only an average attendance of 50 persons , but in one short quarter the seats rose to 1 , 500 . "It has been held , " says the author , "that to the furore which raged respecting him , his personal appearance greatly contributed . To the youthful reader , with whom Mr . Irving , like other departed celebrities , must be a
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Literacy Notices.
LITERACY NOTICES .
The Summer and Winter of the Sold . By Bro . the Rev . EUSKINE NBALB , M . A ., Rector of Kirton , and Chaplain to Earls Huntingdon and Spencer . London : J . Skeet , 21 , King William-street , Charing-cross . THE striking title of this work is certainly appropriate , and requires little explanation , when we look at the contents , the Rev . Bro . having seized and transmitted to his pages the biography of
characters , who have left behind them evidences of spiritual triumph and spiritual declension , which he designates " The Summer and Winter" of their religious lives . The first character illustrated is Claudius Buchanan , a native of Cambuslang , near Glasgow , who , in his juvenile days , conceived the idea of making a pedestrian tour of Europe . Having fallen in love with a lady above his rank , which raised an insuperable barrier to
their union , he was confirmed in this resolution ; and , with the example of Dr . Goldsmith before him , who travelled through Europe on foot , and supported himself by playing the flute , he adopted the violin as the instrument to support him on his travels . But on his arrival in London , exhausted by poverty and distress , he relinquished all idea of going abroad . He then engaged as clerk to an attorney , at a salary of 401 . a year , during which period the light of Gospel truth gradually took possession of his heart ; he became acquainted with Mr . Newton , rector of St . Mary ' s , Woolnott , who , approving of the rising disposition in his young friend to
become a minister of the Gospel , actually placed him at college at his own cost , to whom he afterwards became a curate , until he was appointed chaplain by the East-India Company , in 1796 . He landed at Calcutta on the eve of completing his 31 st year . In 1802 , Mr . Buchanan remitted to his benefactor 520 / ., of which 400 / . was intended as repayment of the four years' allowance which Mr . Thornton made to him at college , and the remaining sum , which he should continue for four yearsfor the education of such a young
, man for the ministry as Mr . Newton and Dr . Milner might select , and for a young man to be afterwards supported at Cambridge , wdio should subsequently fill a useful station in the Church . We cannot follow Bro . Neale through his interesting narrative . The subject of it was a pattern of every good gift , and in the midst of his personal and family afflictions , which were great , he exhibited a resignation which could only be experienced by the true Christian .
The second chapter is devoted to the history of that extraordinary man , Edward Irving , with whom the author appears to have been well acquainted . When Mr . Irving came to London , in 1822 , the church in Crossstreet had only an average attendance of 50 persons , but in one short quarter the seats rose to 1 , 500 . "It has been held , " says the author , "that to the furore which raged respecting him , his personal appearance greatly contributed . To the youthful reader , with whom Mr . Irving , like other departed celebrities , must be a