[Footnote 2: [Any assistance which we can afford in carrying out this
suggestion, which we may remark comes from one who has had practical
experience on the subject, we shall be most happy to render.--ED.]]
_Inscriptions on old Pulpits._--"N. & Q." has given many kinds of
inscriptions, from those on Fonts and Door-heads down to those on
Watch-papers; perhaps, therefore, it may not be without its use or interest
to make a beginning for a list of inscriptions on old pulpits. The first
inscription I quote is from Richard Baxter's pulpit, of which I have given
a full description in Vol. v., p. 363.:
1. Kidderminster. Baxter's pulpit (now preserved in the vestry of the
Unitarian Chapel). On the panels of the pulpit:
"ALICE . DAWKX . WIDOW . GAVE . THIS."
On the front of the preacher's desk:
"PRAISE . THE . LORD."
Round the sounding-board:
"O . GIVE . THANKS . UNTO . THE . LORD . AND . CALL
UPON . HIS . NAME . DECLARE . HIS . WORSHIP
AMONG . THE . PEOPLE."
At the back of the pulpit:
"ANNO . 1621."
2. Suckley, Worcestershire; round the sounding-board (apparently of very
old date):
"BLESSED . ARE . THEY . THAT . HEAR . THE . WORDE . OF
GOD . AND . KEEPE . IT."