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PAGE REVIEWS 195 FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND 196 & 197 " THE GREAT , AWFUL , TREMENDOUS , AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE NAME" 197 & 19 S

THE CRAFTMetropolitan 198 & 199 Provincial 199 ROYAL ARCH 199 ORDERS OF

CHIVALRYKnights Templar ... ... ... ... 199 PRECEPT AND PRACTICE 200 MULTUM IN PARVO 201 THE FAIR SEX AND ADOPTIVE MASONRY 201 & 202 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE 202 & 203 ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS ... 203 MASONIC FESTIVITIES— ¦

Mount Sinai Royal Arch Chapter of Instruction 203 THE " LITTLE " TESTIMONIAL FUNDList of Subscriptions 203 PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MIDDLESEX ... 204

RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE 204 UNION OF THE MASONIC CLERGY 204 SCOTLAND 205 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK . 206 ADVERTISEMENTS ... 193 , 1 94 , 206 , 207 , & 20 S

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« An Introduction to the Reading and Study of the English Bible . By WILLIAM CARPENTER , author of " Scientia

Biblica , " " Scripture Natural History , " & c ; editor of " Calmet ' s Dictionary of the Bible ; " fifth large edition and abridgment . Three vols . S . W . Partridge and Co ., 9 , Paternoster-row .

We hail the republication of this learned and luminous work with very great pleasure , inasmuch as the present time is truly one of transition , both as regards the political world and the religious world . As the

author aptly remarks in his preface , the "religious thought " of mankind is "stirred up from its very depths . " We live in an age when all super-mundane agencies are ignored—all divine inspiration

deniedall the "strainsof high belief , so heavenlike , so sublime , " utterly derided and despised . The wildest and most visionary theories are propounded day by day and find eager disciples ; communism in social politics ,

and rationalism—so-called—in points of faith , are spreading fast around us , and we quite agree with our Brother Carpenter that it is the duty of every man who values the precious treasures contained in

the Scriptures , to place those treasures within the reach of all who read and think . _ In the handsome work now under review , we have no hesitation in saying that Brother Carpenter has fully attained his

desired object . To a chaste and perspicuous style , he adds a thorough comprehension of the lofty truths elucidated and enforced in the pages of the Bible ,

Years of study must have been consumed to give our venerable and venerated confrere so great a mastery over the text as to enable him to illustrate it with such

conspicuous power and eloquence of expression . The secret , we fancy , lies in the fact that Brother Carpenter is fully embued with the grandeur of his theme , and conceives no effort of intellect sufficiently

adequate to convey to thc reader its surpassing interest and importance . And it is precisely this feeling which ever leads to the accomplishment of a great literary success . Perfection rests upon thc

mountaintop—let us struggle towards it . Wc cannot however , accept our author ' s modest estimate of his book as an " attempt ; " on the contrary , we consider it to bc a

welldigested , well-matured , and exhaustive work upon the Holy Scriptures , and these attributes really confer upon it permanent value for reference hereafter . But it is

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more than this : it is not merely doctrinalnot merely a concordance or an historical summary—but a fair and impartial interpretation of those obscure passages and symbolicphrases with which certainportions ofthe sacred volume abound .

We confess that we have not yet had time to peruse thoroughly , and to analyse minutely , these excellent volumes , but we may say that they fully sustain the fame of their veteran author , who , now that the

shades of three-score-and-ten years rest upon his brow , is as zealous as ever in the good cause of rational freedom—civil and religious . The extraordinary range of thought which the work embraces may be

faintly imagined from the following list of its contents , as published in Parts : —r . The English Bible : How to read and study it . 2 . The Symbolical and Figurative Language of the Bible . 3 . The Beauties and

Peculiarities of Style in the Bible . 4 . Modern Infidelity and Bibliophobia , and the objects and influences of the Bible . 5 . Biblical Natural History : Astronomy , Geology , and Botany . 6 . Biblical Natural

History : Zoography . 7 . The Sources and Character of Scriptural Difficulties , real and imaginary . 8 , 9 , , 11 , and 12 . Examination of Scriptural Difficulties ; the

Pentateuch •the Post-Mosaic Histories ; the Poetic and Prophetic Books , and Gospels of Matthew and Mark ; Luke to Colossians ; Colossians to Tude . .

Such is a brief outline of the task which

Bro . Carpenter has set himself to perform , and which he hasaccomplished so admirably and completely . To all—and who isnot?—interested in the studyof theoldest and best book written for man , we can confidently

recommend "An Introduction , " with the certain conviction that it will make many doubtful points clear , and illuminate with rays of wisdom many apparently dark and unintelligible allegories .

The Marquis of Lome and the Clan Campbell . John Hogg , York-street , Coventgarden . This very neat and pleasant work contains an epitome of thc history of the house

of Argyll , and is extremely interesting at the present moment , when all Englandand of course wc include the " land of the mountain and the flood "—is rejoicing over the marriage of the Royal Louise with the heir of Lome . The vicissitudes of fortune

that have befallen the Campbell house during the last six centuries are faithfully pourtrayed , and the chronicle is one which may well awaken conflicting thoughts of joy and sadness in the minds of all who

read . Now , however , the glories of the house appear to have culminated in thc royal alliance which has just been consummated ; and in cordially counselling our readers to secure a copy of " Tlie Marquis

of Lome and the Clan Campbell , " we may be permitted to hope that the auspicious event which has caused its advent may prove the commencement of a long career of happiness to the Princess and her noble consort .

History of thc Lodge of Hengist , No . 195 . By Bro . Rev . P . II . NEWNHAM , W . M . London : Bro . R . Spencer , 26 , Great Queen-street . [ EXTRACT . 1

It seems to bc generally understood that Thomas Dunckerley was a natural son of George II . * and a considerable pension allowed him by the Crown , in acknowledgment of this

claim , placed him in easy circumstances . His life was a varied one . In early youth he studied for the law ; was subsequently called to the bar , and practised his profession . At a later period ,

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however , we find that he was employed in the navy , and that he took part in active service at the siege of Quebec . As a Freemason , his services to the Craft commenced in early life , and in recognition of these he was ultimately honoured with the chair of S . G . W . ; and it was

specially ordered by G . L . " that he should always take precedence of all Past Senior Grand Wardens . He was P . G . M . for Bristol , Dorset , Essex , Gloucester , Hereford , Somerset , Hants , and the Isle of Wight ; and after the formal constitution of the Royal Arch Degree , he was

Grand Superintendent for these same provinces , together with Wilts , Devon , Kent , Nottingham , Surrey , Suffolk , Sussex , and Warwick in addition . Nor did he limit himself to the study of Craft Masonry only ; but heartily identified himself with those other orders which , as his large

Masonic researches had , no doubt , convinced him , have for the last 700 years been more or less closely allied with that Masonry which , in some of its so-called " Landmarks , ' - ' is probably less ancient , if not less genuine , than those other orders . Thus we find that he presided over

the Revival of the Order of Knights Templar in England in its present exclusively Masonic form ; and that for some years after this revival ( in 1790 ) he was M . E . and S . G . M . of Knights Rosa Crucis and Knights Templar ( degrees of chivalric and philosophical Masonry which , at that

time , were worked under one Constitution ); and that he composed a lecture , which for sometime was worked in K . T . Encampments under the name of "Dunckerley ' s Sections . " Perhaps , however , the most important fact to be noted in connection with Dunckerley ' s Masonic career is

his early connexion with the establishment of the R . A . Degree upon a recognised basis . * This Degree ( originally known as " Dermott ' s Degree " ) was in the first place constructed out of materials extracted from two degrees previously worked on the Continent ( and which

probably originated in Germany ) by the seceding brethren about the year 1738 ; and apparently , in the first place , with no higher design than to widen the gulf between themselves and the Constitutional Masons . It appears to have been practised in England , exclusively by these

Seceders , for about thirty years , during which time some modification or other of the Degree had been introduced into Scotland , Ireland , and America ; while it was still ignored by our own Grand Lodge . Dunckerley , perceiving that the Degree had taken a hold upon the Masonic

system too strong to be shaken off , wisely resolved to join in the movement forestablishing it among the ranks of the Constitutional Masons , which originated with Heseltine and others about 1766-9 . Accordingly he visited the

socalled " Ancient" Lodges , carefully studying their rights , and eliminating therefrom much that was incongruous ; and thus , shortly after the date of the formation of our lodge , he brought out that modification of the Seceder's Ritual

which was known as " Dunckerley ' s Degree , " and was , no doubt , the foundation of our present RA . Degree , although I believe that a very small portion of the original ritual would be recognised by the R . A . Masons of the present day . After a public Masonic career of nearly

half a century , Dunckerley died at Portsmouth in 1795 , at the age of 71 . He was a man , not only of great learning , but of thoroughly and genuinely liberal mind . His speeches possessed much grace and much humour , as well as real

eloquence , and undoubtedly did good service in advancing the best interests of Masonry . In private life he was distinguished by a largehearted charity ; and it is said that he trenched seriously upon his income by his readiness to assist every case of distress .