Some Press Opinions

Some Press Opinions
on
“The Saviour Of The World”

“Miss Mason’s sympathetic treatment of the Gospel story of the ministry of Christ catches the echo of the Divine sympathy. Love for the Master, love for His teaching, love for His disciples, prompts all her thoughts. She is an earnest believer in the faith once delivered to the saints. The work should merit an important place among books of sacred anthology.”—The Academy.

“… Where Miss Mason leaves the actual Scriptures for comments and thoughts of her own, she is distinctly illuminating. Not least interesting is the series on the Cross, and again a series on the mission of the Apostles; while the description of the man who ‘knows’ the ‘Kingdom’ will be a delight to any mystic.”—Tablet.

“The same careful, reverent handling of holy things characterises this volume, which, like the first, is a paraphrase, in blank verse chiefly, of the Gospel narrative.”—The Guardian.

“The authoress has been entirely successful in her aim. Her verse is simple and devoid of sought adornment, and the familiar story wrought into it is revealed in something of its original sweetness.”—Glasgow Herald.

“Miss Mason has much of the subtle skill of Browning, and her effusions breathe everywhere a spirit of deep devotion to ‘The Saviour of Mankind.’”—Catholic Times.

“Miss Mason’s gracefully versified tractate in Christian theology—for that is what the poem is—should be read without weariness by the devout. … On its literary side the book will readily evoke the admiration and sympathy of readers who like to have familiar lessons of Christianity refreshed by good workmanship in metrical art.”—Scotsman.

“Miss Mason writes with sympathy, sincerity, directness, and insight; she never gives one the feeling that the incident she has chosen for her subject is belittled, her poems being simple and reverent throughout, and frequently marked by the possession of considerable beauty.”—Birmingham Post.