mental labor, and he scarcely lived to Bee its success, 'tu the recommendation and through the assistance of the friends his genius had secured him, he was preparing to set out for Italy, then- to Btay the inroads
Of Consumptive tendencies; but while on the eve of
leaving Britain he was so greatly reduced that he tarried at Devonshire Place, Shirley Common, near Southampton, lie there expired on Sept 18, L827. Although it was painful at his early age to relinquish all the day-dreams of honorable fame which his youug imagination had with so good reason been led to form, he acquiesced with unmurmuring submission in the lb enjoyed during his last illness in rich
abundance tl„. comforts and hopes of the (iospel. and
hi- death was that of the true Christian, characterized
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by a calm faith in that religion ho had preached, and a cheerful hope in that redemption which had been the theme of his song. The reception which the Course of Time has met with from the public is a sufficient testimony to the talents of its lamented author. His name is now recorded among the list of those illustrious Scotsmen who have done honor to their country ; who, from obscurity, have secured for themselves an unfad- ing reputation; and who will be remembered by dis- tant generations with enthusiasm and admiration. His earliest productions— Helen of the Glen, Ralph Gurnnell, and the Persecuted Family — were in prose, and were is- sued anonymously. They have been republished, with his name, in one volume, entitled Tales of the Covenant- ers, and have passed through several editions. A very inadequate memoir of Eobert Pollok, by his brother, with extracts from his correspondence, has been pub- lished by Messrs. Blackwood (Edinb. 1842), and there is a short memoir prefixed to the Course of Time. One of the best American editions of this poem is by W. C. Armstrong (Cine. 1846, 12mo). See Chambers, Cyclop, of English Lit. ii, 412 sq.; id. Biog. Diet, of Eminent Scotsmen, vi, 138 sq. (J. H. W.)
Pollux, a tutelary deity of mariners in ancient times (Acts xxviii, 11), whose image was placed either at the prow or stern of the ship. See Castor.
Pollux, Julius CIovXwq TIoXvStvKng), a celebrated Greek sophist and grammarian, who flourished near the close of the 2d century, was a native of Anacratis, in Egypt, and, after preparatory training under his father, studied at Athens under the rhetorician Adrian. He finally opened a school himself, and was subsequently appointed by the emperor Commodus to the chair of rhetoric. Several of his contemporaries thereafter at- tacked him, and in many ways aimed to detract from his scholarly repute. He was the author of several works, of which Suidas has preserved the titles. None of them are of interest to us except the 'OvopaoriKov Iv Bi/SAi'oie; /, which has come down to us, and is valu- able because it treats in the first part of the gods and their worship. See Fabricius, Bib/. Grceca, vi, 141 ; Grafenhahn, Gesch. der class. Philologie, iii, 166 sq.
Polones Fratres. See Socinians.
Polotzk (Polish, Polocz), Synod of, an important ecclesiastical gathering, was held on Feb. 12, 1839, and was attended by all the Greek Uniate bishops in Eussia, assisted by several of the most distinguished of their clergy. Its most important action was a synodal ordi- nance drawn up and signed by Joseph, bishop of Lithu- ania ; Yasili, bishop of Orsha; Anthony, bishop of Brest, and twenty-one other dignitaries, in which they declare their "firm and unalterable decision to acknowledge anew the unity of their Church with the orthodox Catholic Eastern Church; and, consequently, thence- forth, together with the flocks committed to their care, to continue in the same sentiment with the holy East- ern orthodox patriarchs, and in obedience to the holy governing synod of all the Eussias." To this act was
appended the declaration of thirteen hundred and five parish priests and monastic brethren, which number was afterwards increased to sixteen hundred and seven. Besides their act, a petition was drawn up to the em- peror Nicholas, praying him to sanction the union of the Uniate with the orthodox Church; which, together with the synodal act above, was submitted to the holy governing synod for examination and approval. The synod shortly after issued its decree upon the subject, by which it was ordained :
1. To receive the bishops, clergv, and flocks of the hitherto called Greek Uniate Church into full and com- plete communion with the holy orthodox Catholic East- eru Church, and so to be integrally and inseparably in- corporated with the Church of all the Russias.
2. To confer the general blessing of the most holy synod on the bishops and clergy in particular, with praver of faith and love to the supreme bishop of our confession, Jesus Christ, that he would confirm them from above in the confession they have made, and that he would rightly direct the work of their ministry to the perfecting of the saints.
3. That in governing those flocks which are intrusted to them, they shall take as their fundamental guide the Word of God, the canons of the Church, and the laws of the empire, and shall confirm the flocks intrusted to them in the same sentiments with those of the orthodox faith; and that they exhibit an apostolical indulgence to any differences in local customs which do not affect the doc- trines or the sacraments, and bring back their people to the ancient uniformity by free persuasion, without vio- lence, with gentleness and long-suffering.