The Sword and the Trowel, 1866: A Record of Combat with Sin and Labour for the Lord (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Sword and the Trowel, 1866: A Record of Combat With Sin and Labour for the Lord

To many able contributors our best thanks are tendered, and if some admirable compositions have failed to appear, it has been because happily we have had and tle still to have an embarrassment of riches in this respect. To insert that we receive a half-crown magazine would not suffice, we must therefore plead for the kind forbearance of friends whose productions are delayed. We fear that many poetic contributions must be declined with thanks, for we have more than enough in quantity, and the quality is in some cases not above proof. However, we are quite as grateful for well-meant aid when we decline as when we acce t.

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