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' nominis itmhra , ' some description may not bo unwelcome . The looks and hearing of the man were such as to excite a high opinion of his intellectual powers . Tho casual observer who passed him in tho street would say , ' There goes an extraordinary man . ' He was in height upwards of six feet , and proportionality strongly built . His features bore the impress of courage and intellect . He had a head cast in tho best Scottish mould , and waving around it a profusion of fine , long , curly black hair ; his forehead was broad , deep , and expansive ; thick black projecting eyebrows overhung a very dark , small , and
rather deep-sunk penetrating eye ; he had the nose of his nation , a mouth well formed , and exceedingly expressive of eloquence . In a word , the whole physique of the man was noble ; and , when speaking , his countenance was animated , striking , and intellectual in the extreme * * * * For some time the tide of popularity bore him triumphantly along . Genius , and learning , and piety countenanced him ; rank and beauty made r & idesvons in Cross-street . It was deemed an exploit to get into the Caledonian church without loss of life or limb . Beyond all question , his pulpit addresses were an intellectual treat . He had studied old English literature thoroughl—had imbibed its iritand did
y , sp , not shrink from being measured by the standard of its excellence . No thoughtful reader can read many pages of his orations without being forcibly reminded of the prose of Milton . " But a winter of delusions succeeded a summer of brightness—a change which Bro . Neale continues to describe with deep interest , and points out as a warning for the highly-gifted : — "' The greater our intellect isthe greater our need of to guide itThe
, grace . strong- man has the greatest need of discretion , and the rich man of prudence . ' With all his faults , he was a noble being , —unselfish , true-hearted , compassionate , courageous , and firm . Scotland should be proud of him . A mind more original and independent has not been devoted exclusively to theology for many years . We want him now , as then , to thunder into the ears of the vacillating and hollow-hearted . "
But we must leave off ; the rest of the volume is replete with interest , and contains biographical sketches of Bishop Turner , Mrs . Sherman , Bernard Barton , Mr . Sherwood , Francis Jeffrey ( Lord Jeffrey ) , Caroline Fry , John Sterling , Viscountess Powerscourt , Elizabeth Squirrell of Shottisham , General Lee , and Henry Watson Fox , the missionary , all of which cannot but be read with the deepest interest .
A Dictionary of Symbolical Masonry , including the Royal Arch Degree , according to the System prescribed by the Grand Lodge and Supreme Grand Chapter of England . By the Rev . G . OLIVER , D . D . Richard Spencer , 314 , High Holborn , 1853 . 8 vo . pp . 387 . OUR Rev . Brother , whose Masonic writings far exceed in number and value those of any other authorhas been frequently and
, deservedly eulogized ; but the volume before us , we venture to predict , will be found the most valuable of all his productions , and highly entitled to a place in every Masonic library . It exhibits , at a glance , every Masonic term , illustrated by quotations from innumerable authorities , supplying an exhaustiess fund of instruction to the young student , and a useful hand-book to the accomplished Mason . Amongst the authors quoted are Josephus
, Adam Clarke , Matthew Henry , Archbishop Mant , Bishop Patrick , Bishop ITorsley , Prideaux , Manasseh , Ben Israel , Aben Washeh , Rosenberg , Euclid the geometrician , Anderson , Gadicke , Calmet , Dermot , liitto , Tytler , Preston , Ash , Mackey , Hutchinson , Hemminge , Harris , Watson , Dunkerlev , Laurie , & c .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Literacy Notices.
' nominis itmhra , ' some description may not bo unwelcome . The looks and hearing of the man were such as to excite a high opinion of his intellectual powers . Tho casual observer who passed him in tho street would say , ' There goes an extraordinary man . ' He was in height upwards of six feet , and proportionality strongly built . His features bore the impress of courage and intellect . He had a head cast in tho best Scottish mould , and waving around it a profusion of fine , long , curly black hair ; his forehead was broad , deep , and expansive ; thick black projecting eyebrows overhung a very dark , small , and
rather deep-sunk penetrating eye ; he had the nose of his nation , a mouth well formed , and exceedingly expressive of eloquence . In a word , the whole physique of the man was noble ; and , when speaking , his countenance was animated , striking , and intellectual in the extreme * * * * For some time the tide of popularity bore him triumphantly along . Genius , and learning , and piety countenanced him ; rank and beauty made r & idesvons in Cross-street . It was deemed an exploit to get into the Caledonian church without loss of life or limb . Beyond all question , his pulpit addresses were an intellectual treat . He had studied old English literature thoroughl—had imbibed its iritand did
y , sp , not shrink from being measured by the standard of its excellence . No thoughtful reader can read many pages of his orations without being forcibly reminded of the prose of Milton . " But a winter of delusions succeeded a summer of brightness—a change which Bro . Neale continues to describe with deep interest , and points out as a warning for the highly-gifted : — "' The greater our intellect isthe greater our need of to guide itThe
, grace . strong- man has the greatest need of discretion , and the rich man of prudence . ' With all his faults , he was a noble being , —unselfish , true-hearted , compassionate , courageous , and firm . Scotland should be proud of him . A mind more original and independent has not been devoted exclusively to theology for many years . We want him now , as then , to thunder into the ears of the vacillating and hollow-hearted . "
But we must leave off ; the rest of the volume is replete with interest , and contains biographical sketches of Bishop Turner , Mrs . Sherman , Bernard Barton , Mr . Sherwood , Francis Jeffrey ( Lord Jeffrey ) , Caroline Fry , John Sterling , Viscountess Powerscourt , Elizabeth Squirrell of Shottisham , General Lee , and Henry Watson Fox , the missionary , all of which cannot but be read with the deepest interest .
A Dictionary of Symbolical Masonry , including the Royal Arch Degree , according to the System prescribed by the Grand Lodge and Supreme Grand Chapter of England . By the Rev . G . OLIVER , D . D . Richard Spencer , 314 , High Holborn , 1853 . 8 vo . pp . 387 . OUR Rev . Brother , whose Masonic writings far exceed in number and value those of any other authorhas been frequently and
, deservedly eulogized ; but the volume before us , we venture to predict , will be found the most valuable of all his productions , and highly entitled to a place in every Masonic library . It exhibits , at a glance , every Masonic term , illustrated by quotations from innumerable authorities , supplying an exhaustiess fund of instruction to the young student , and a useful hand-book to the accomplished Mason . Amongst the authors quoted are Josephus
, Adam Clarke , Matthew Henry , Archbishop Mant , Bishop Patrick , Bishop ITorsley , Prideaux , Manasseh , Ben Israel , Aben Washeh , Rosenberg , Euclid the geometrician , Anderson , Gadicke , Calmet , Dermot , liitto , Tytler , Preston , Ash , Mackey , Hutchinson , Hemminge , Harris , Watson , Dunkerlev , Laurie , & c .