Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-01-12
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Ross DiS, author OF "pen aud Ink
Sketchcs," Passages from the histo-
~ VI IA wasted lifc," ",hc lite Of Chat.
'erIon," &c. Boston; Tappan &
Nhit;cmore, 1854.
We first read this authors produc.
tions in 1874 or As being series of
Pen and Ink Sketches then in course oil
publication in The Boston Atlas ; and
we well remember with what earnest
ness we looked for each number OF the
series, and with what intense and re-
newed delight we read each number
There wac peculiarly and freshness
about the style, a quaintness OF express
sion IN description. and a naturalness,
line the most agreeable conversation,
throughout, which singularIy fascina-
ted US. Since that time we have be-
come personally acquainted with the
author, and have read other works from
his pen. He has recently issued work
called Passages from the history OF a
wasted life !" We have not seen this, but
il is highly spoken OF.
Mr.. Dix IS an Englishnan, a native
OF Bristol, which has long beel noted
for its literary men a man OF talent, of
quick perceptions he writes and writes
we'll, too, with a rapdi,y which 10 per.
iectly astonishing. He has been asso-
ciatsd, more or less. with nearly all the
distinguished literary men Of England,
ofhis day and he has the happies,
faculty OF impar'ing information in re-
gard 10 them, and all those little and
great elements Of character which th.y
possessed, and which it is so pleasant to
read Of. HIS style is such that you ieel
as you had seen the men OF whom he
has written, after reading his descrip-
tions.
10 the boo: now under consideration,
he gives sketches Of a number OF dis
tinguished clergymel in this county,
such as Mr.. Stockton, oil Philadelphia,
President Wayland, Professor Caswell.
Of Providence, Or. Beinune Of Brook.
lyn, Dr. Sharp, Mr.. Miner, DR.. Ed
ward Beecher, Of Bosnn, DR.. Cox, Of
Brooklyn. DR.. Magoon, OF N. York, DR..
Choules, Of the city, John Pierpont,
HeLry Ward Boecher, Father Taylor,
Or. Lyman Beecher, and others. The
volume is written in an easy and pleas.
ant style; the author gives sketches OF
the personal appearance and mental en-
dowments Of the several divincs, the
architecture Of their churches, with oc-
casional notices or the choirs, congrega-
tions, &c.
We extract the following, which is
the close OF the chapter OH the Rev. DR..
Choules, OF this city; the author in
speaking ofone Of the Dr's sermons:-
II is earnest, argumentatve, pract-
cal aud Enthusiastically the composition,
Of one who has drank deeply from those
pure wells OF English undefiled,' the
works OF the good old Divines. There,
is no surface work, no thin plating Of
gold leaf over mass Of base metal all
is sterling and OF irne mintage. Like
most OF the Doctors &c mons II abounds
IN pungen, and pl,hy aphorisms, things
which stick 10 the memory and
olten recur, long after The sermon has
been delivered. The preacher speaks
as one having authority, and his enlary.
ed and extensive knowledge Of the
world and OF humanity in lis various
phases, stand him in good stead in the
sacred desk. Many oil his sermons are
models oil composition solid, sound and
scrip.uTaI. Our preacher has no liking
for the religious "shaus" OF the day,
and when there is 10 necessity he scru-
pies not 10 denounce them. Delivered,
as his dlscourses are, with great iervor
and power, they seldom .ai Of making
a deep impression and the prosperity
OF his church, oil which he has more
than once been pastor, is the best proof
OF the success oil his endeavors to pro-
mote their spiritual prosperity.
Few men in the Baptist denomina-
ton, nor indeed in any other, are better
known than is DR.. Choules. He is an
universal lavori e, and his enlarged lib
crafty Of opinion doubtless COZ tributes
l. this feeling. No one can be less LA
BILE TO the charge OF bigotry than him
self While he defends his own opinions
stoutly. he never attacks. and is al ways
d. 81. l.. IL.
els. The satirical maxim oil Emerson,
Difference from me is the measure oil
absurdiy" is net his. He regards the
right Of other men 10 think on religious
matters, differently from himself. but he
own ground he keeps well guarded, and
will not bate an inch OF it.
DR.. Choulps is well known both IN
this country and in his native land AS
fine scholar and an elegant and success
iul author. His work on the United
States ia a standard text bo'k. OIhpr
works we might mention, but II 10 not
necessary. lie is a popuIar lecturer, the
eeries o! addresses cn Crclp well having
received the high commentator NJ such
II man as Daniel Webster He has ed
tied magazines and religious newspa-
pers, aud to his teachings have been en-
trusted tn sons oi some o the first men
IN our commonly. Ever anxious tu
benefit those who require aid, he has
always opened his purse aud used his
influence to assist struggling talent
No one who ever needed his assistance
applied in vain tor 1t. Indeed, he has
been generous to fault, or he might
now have been among the wea;thest Of
his cl -. Anything mean or narrow is
utterly 70 'eign TO his nature, and none