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his grasp round the trembling figure loosened . " I have been a fool to forget the barrier . Merciful Heavens , I had forgotten that !" This was enough ; it roused the true woman in the heart of Alice AVest .

" Don't , don't , " she wailed , twining her arms about his ne . ek , and nestling her head against his breast again ; " don't , Lowndes , say that ! I love you all the , more forfor " "Then , " interrupted liepassionatel

, y , "there is nothing on earth to conic between us . Will you be my wife—my own dear wife , Alice ?" From the first her resistance had been faint , and , woman-like , she wavered . The temptation was trio strong , and ,

womanlike , she yielded . " Ves , " she murmured—a clear , soft murmur ; " I will . " His kisses rained fast and thick upon the blushing , upturned face . To poor blind Lowndes Forrester the world was all beautiful then .

The Life Of Bro. George Oliver, D.D.

THE LIFE OF BRO . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D .

I ) V AI . BIiliT Ci . . M . VC ' h'KY , M . I ) . The Rev . George Oliver , D . D ., one of the most distinguished and learned of English Masons , was descended from an ancient Scottish family of that namesome

, of whom came to England in the time of James I ., and settled at Clipstone Park , Nottinghamshire . He was the eldest son of the Rev . Samuel Oliver , Rector of Lambley , Nottinghamshire , and Elizabeth , daughter of George AVhitehead , Esq . He

was born at Pepplewiek , November Sth , l 7 S-i , flud received illiberal education at Nottingham . In 1808 , when but twentyone years of age , I ' . o was elected second master of the grammar school at Caiston , Lincoln ; in 1800 ho was appointed to the

head-mastership of King Edward ' s Grammar School , at , Great Grimsby . In 1813 , ho entered holy orders in the Church of England , and was ordained a deacon . The subsequent year he was made a priest , in the spring of 1815 , Bishop Tomline collated him to the living of Glee , his name being at the time placed on the Boards of

Trinity College , Cambridge , as a ten-year man , by Dr . Bayley , Sub-Dean of Lincoln and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop . In the same year ho was admitted as Surrogate and a Steward of the Clerical Fund . In 1831 , Bishop Kaye gave him

thelivinoof Scopwick , which he held to the time of his death , lie graduated as Doctor of Divinity iu 1830 , being then Rector of Wolverhampton and a Prebendary of tho Collegiate Church at that place , both -of which positions had hecn presented to him

by Dr . Hobart , Dean of Westminster . In 18-1 ( 1 , the Lord Chancellor conferred on him the . Rectory of South Ilykeham , which vacated the incumbency of Wolverhampton . At tho age of . seventy-two , Dr . Oliver ' s physical powers began to fail , and

he was obliged to confine the charge of his parishes to the care of curates , and he passed tho remaining years of his life in retirement at Lincoln . In 1805 , ho had married Mary Ann , the youngest daughter of Thomas lleverley , Esq ., by whom ho left live children , lie died March 3 rd , 1807 , at Faslgalo , Lincoln .

To the literary world Dr . Oliver was well known as a laborious antiquary ; and his works on ecclesiastical antiquities , during fifty years of his life , from 1811 to 1800 , earned for hint a high reputation . Of these works the most important were ,-

" History and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of Beverley , " " History and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of AVolverhampton , " " History of the Conventual Church of Grimsby , " "Monumental Antiquities of Grimsby" "

His-, tory of the Guild of the Holy Trinity , Sleaford , " " Letters on the Druidical Remains near Lincoln , " " Guide to the Druidical Temple at Nottingham , " and "Remains of Ancient Britons between

Lincoln and Sleaford . " But it is as the most learned Mason , and the most indefatigable and copious Masonic author of his ago , that Dr . Oliver principally claims our attention . He had inherited a love of Freemasonry ; for his

father , the Rev . Samuel Oliver , was an expert , master of the work , tho chaplain of his lodge , and contributed during a whole year , from 1797 to 1798 , an original Masonic song to be sung on every lodge night . His son has repeatedly acknowledged his indebtedness to him for valuable