u have at least taught me that
to preach Christ is the only effective way of preaching morality in
all its branches; and out of your humble cottages have I gathered a
lesson, which I pray God I may be enabled to carry with all its
simplicity into a wider theatre, and to bring with all the power of
its subduing efficacy upon the voices of a more crowded population."

* * * * *

There is nothing which I should more like to leave ringing in your
ears than this remarkable statement of my great fellow-countryman. But
I cannot close and bid you farewell without expressing the happiness
which I have derived from these weeks spent in your society and
thanking you for the extremely encouraging attendance with which you
have honoured me from first to last. To the authorities of the
college, as well as to many citizens of this town, I have to express
my indebtedness for an amount of kindness and courtesy which I can
never forget, and which will always make my visit to this country one
of the pleasantest of memories.

Let us, in parting, commend each other to the grace of God:

O God our Father, the infinite Power, the perfect Wisdom and
the immortal Love, in Thy hands are all our ways, and the
success of our purposes proceeds from Thee alone. Follow with
Thy blessing our intercourse together and the work which we
have now completed. Bless this University--its president, its
professors and students. May knowledge grow in it from more to
more, and, along with knowledge, reverence and love. May those
especially who are preparing for the ministry of Thy Son be
filled with Thy Spirit, and in due time may they prove
faithful stewards of the mysteries of God. Bless them in their
studies, in their fellowship with one another, and in their
efforts to advance Thy kingdom. We commend each other
affectionately to Thee; be our God and our Guide in life and
in death, in time and in eternity. For Christ's sake. Amen.

FOOTNOTES:

[61] The earlier President Dwight.

[62] "Great subjects insure solid thinking. Solid thinking prompts a
sensible style, an athletic style, on some themes a magnificent style,
and on all themes a natural style."--PHELPS, _My Note-book_.

[63] "We owe it to the Church, we owe it to the time in which God has
called us to labour, we owe it to the restless and perplexed but often
honest minds in whose presence we carry on our mi