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The Late Rev. Samuel Oliver;
in 1798 , which he accomplished , ancl presented a copy of the whole twelve songs to the Lodge when completed . He paid great attention to the business of Masonry , and soon became an expert Master of the work . The unpublished manuscript of a long Masonic Ode , composed by him , is now in the possession of his son . At this time of life our Rev . Brother exhibited tokens of stability and endurance which would astonish a clergyman of the present day . He attended his school with
great diligence and assiduity , including the management ancl private lessons to his fifty boarders , six days in the week . On Saturday evening he rode forty miles to his curacies ; on Sunday performed three full duties , and returned home in the evening , generally arriving about midnight . At seven o ' clock on Monday morning he was in his desk at school ; and on Lodge nights , he set off on Wednesday evening , after his day ' s work , usually on foot , ( for he was particularly fond of walking
exercise ) , to Leicester , thirteen miles distant , ancl returned after Lodge business was over ; and , notwithstanding the distance , he was considered to be one of the most regular attenders . Soon after this he retired from public life , and resided at Gotham , in Nottinghamshire , as the curate of that place and Ruddington ; from whence he removed to AVhaplode in 1801 . The winter of 1805 was a very severe one to himfor he was so grievously afflicted with that
, plague of the fens , which is now in a great measure subdued by the improvements in agriculture , that he had every phasis of the disease on him at the same time , viz . the quotidian , the tertian , and the quartan ague ; ancl consequently he suffered two or three paroxysms every clay . It continued to torment him till midsummer 1806 ; about which time ,
when the worst features of the disease were obliged to be counteracted by pouring in vast quantities of opium , as he lay on his bed in a burning fever in the day-time , he saw three frogs crawling up the curtains , which deliberately placed themselves in a row close to his chin . The first frog appeared to say— " Open your mouth , and suffer me to leap down your throat , and I will heal your disease ! " He shook his head byway of dissent from the proposal , for his faculties appeared benumbed ,
and he found himself unable to speak . The second frog then addressed him , saying— " Open your mouth , ancl suffer me to leap down your throat , and I will not only heal your disease , but I will give you an abundance of wealth ! " He gave a second token of dissent ; at which the third frog made his proposal— " Open your mouth , and suffer me to leap down your throat , and I will not only heal your disease , and give you an abundance of riches , but I will also grant you extreme length of days for their enioyment ! " AAfien these proposals were thus a third
time repeated—as the venerable old man used to say , with great sublimity ;— " By a strong and vigorous effort I roused myself from the benumbing torpor , and , with outstretched arms , exclaimed aloud—Get thee behind me , Satan—I put my trust in the Most High ! " Immediately his eyes were open—the unclean creatures vanished—and every thing remained as it was a few minutes before . Shortly afterwards he went into the high country on a visit to his sonwho then resided at
, Caistor , in Lincolnshire , and after remaining with him a few weeks , the change of air , with the blessing of God , effected a complete and radical cure , ancl he never had a return of his complaint to his dying day . He remained at Whaplode forty-two years , preaching three times every Sunday , and being paid for preaching only once ; till the death
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Late Rev. Samuel Oliver;
in 1798 , which he accomplished , ancl presented a copy of the whole twelve songs to the Lodge when completed . He paid great attention to the business of Masonry , and soon became an expert Master of the work . The unpublished manuscript of a long Masonic Ode , composed by him , is now in the possession of his son . At this time of life our Rev . Brother exhibited tokens of stability and endurance which would astonish a clergyman of the present day . He attended his school with
great diligence and assiduity , including the management ancl private lessons to his fifty boarders , six days in the week . On Saturday evening he rode forty miles to his curacies ; on Sunday performed three full duties , and returned home in the evening , generally arriving about midnight . At seven o ' clock on Monday morning he was in his desk at school ; and on Lodge nights , he set off on Wednesday evening , after his day ' s work , usually on foot , ( for he was particularly fond of walking
exercise ) , to Leicester , thirteen miles distant , ancl returned after Lodge business was over ; and , notwithstanding the distance , he was considered to be one of the most regular attenders . Soon after this he retired from public life , and resided at Gotham , in Nottinghamshire , as the curate of that place and Ruddington ; from whence he removed to AVhaplode in 1801 . The winter of 1805 was a very severe one to himfor he was so grievously afflicted with that
, plague of the fens , which is now in a great measure subdued by the improvements in agriculture , that he had every phasis of the disease on him at the same time , viz . the quotidian , the tertian , and the quartan ague ; ancl consequently he suffered two or three paroxysms every clay . It continued to torment him till midsummer 1806 ; about which time ,
when the worst features of the disease were obliged to be counteracted by pouring in vast quantities of opium , as he lay on his bed in a burning fever in the day-time , he saw three frogs crawling up the curtains , which deliberately placed themselves in a row close to his chin . The first frog appeared to say— " Open your mouth , and suffer me to leap down your throat , and I will heal your disease ! " He shook his head byway of dissent from the proposal , for his faculties appeared benumbed ,
and he found himself unable to speak . The second frog then addressed him , saying— " Open your mouth , ancl suffer me to leap down your throat , and I will not only heal your disease , but I will give you an abundance of wealth ! " He gave a second token of dissent ; at which the third frog made his proposal— " Open your mouth , and suffer me to leap down your throat , and I will not only heal your disease , and give you an abundance of riches , but I will also grant you extreme length of days for their enioyment ! " AAfien these proposals were thus a third
time repeated—as the venerable old man used to say , with great sublimity ;— " By a strong and vigorous effort I roused myself from the benumbing torpor , and , with outstretched arms , exclaimed aloud—Get thee behind me , Satan—I put my trust in the Most High ! " Immediately his eyes were open—the unclean creatures vanished—and every thing remained as it was a few minutes before . Shortly afterwards he went into the high country on a visit to his sonwho then resided at
, Caistor , in Lincolnshire , and after remaining with him a few weeks , the change of air , with the blessing of God , effected a complete and radical cure , ancl he never had a return of his complaint to his dying day . He remained at Whaplode forty-two years , preaching three times every Sunday , and being paid for preaching only once ; till the death