The object is that the professors of the University of the South shall not be registered as ministers of the Diocese of Tennessee, but shall retain their domicile and the right of ministerial domicile in their respective Dioceses."

The

In behalf of the Deputy from Minnesota [Rev. Dr. Kidney], I would move an amendment. matter was brought to an end, I think, irregularly. It was not acted upon, but dropped just there. There was an amendment further, drawn up by Judge Sheffey, and which presented the subjectmatter in these words:

"But whenever a Diocese is divided into two or more Dioceses, any Professor in a Theological Seminary therein which is governed by trustees from every part of such original Dioceses, may select to which of said Dioceses he shall belong, and shall not be obliged to obtain and present the above-mentioned letters of transfer."

I would ask leave, if it be not in order otherwise, to bring up this matter and introduce the amendment.

The PRESIDENT. Is there objection? The Chair hears none.

Rev. Dr. WATSON, of North Carolina. What I wish to do is to insert in the original Canon an amendment to the effect that Professors in Theological Seminaries, where the Diocese has been divided, shall not be obliged to present these letters of transfer in the words I before read.

The PRESIDENT. The question is on the adoption of an amendment to the Canon proposed by the Rev. Dr. Watson.

The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution as amended was agreed to.

THANKS TO POSTMASTER, ETC.

Mr. DAYMUDE, of Iowa. Some resolutions of thanks have been passed. I offer the following: "Resolved, That the thanks of this House are hereby tendered to the Hon. Thomas L. James, Postmaster of this city, and to the Hon. William Orton, President of the Western Union Telegraph Company, for mail and telegraphic facilities provided for the use of the members of the Convention, and also to Messrs. Chas. Crawford and Geo. W. Lockhart for their efficient agency in these matters."

The resolution was agreed to.

FINAL ADJOURNMENT.

"Resolved, That when this House adjourn this afternoon, it be to half-past seven o'clock this evening, at Church, and that after the religious services, including the reading of the Pastoral Letter, this House do stand finally adjourned.'

The resolution was agreed to.

PUBLICATION OF PASTORAL LETTER.

Rev. Dr. SCHENCK, of Long Island. I now offer the following:

"Resolved, That the Secretary of this House take order for the publication of the Pastoral Letter, and for its immediate distribution to the clergy of the Church."

The resolution was agreed to.

Mr. McWHORTER, of Central New York. I ask whether the amended Digest is published with the Journal as of course, or whether a resolution is necessary?

The PRESIDENT. The Secretary will state.

Mr. MONTGOMERY, of Western New York. I offer the following resolution, which is a copy of one passed at the last Convention:

"Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to procure from Messrs. M. H. Mallory & Co. copies of the bound volume of the debates of this House sufficient to place ten in the archives of the Convention, to send one to each Bishop of the Church, one to each of the Dioceses, one to the Library of each Theological Seminary and College of the Church, and ten additional copies to be presented to the several Bishops and others recently visiting the Convention."

The resolution was agreed to unanimously.

Rev. Dr. BEACH, of New York. I have no knowledge on the subject of a message from the House of Bishops in regard to the closing services, but some of my colleagues have understood that we are to receive some such communication. I think it should have been here by this time if it were true that we were to receive any. I will simply, therefore, state that the purpose of the change was solely on reasons of convenience. The Bishops have had offers of several churches in the city, and they concluded to go to Calvary Church because it is central, and to leave this Church because they understand that, this being the night of the general election day, we might be disturbed in our devotions in this place.

Rev. Dr. AYRAULT, of Central New York. I move, then, that the name of Calvary Church be inserted in the blank left in the resolution of the Deputy from Long Island.

The PRESIDENT. That will be done as a matter of course.

COMMISSION ON THE CONSTITUTION.

A message (No. 107) from the House of Bishops announced the adoption by that House of the following resolution:

"Resolved (the House of Deputies concurring), That a Joint Committee be appointed to report to the next General Convention on the expediency of creating a joint commission to revise the Constitution of this Church, and also to report a plan for the construction and direction of such Commission, provided they shall approve of such a measure."

Rev. Dr. DE KOVEN, of Wisconsin. I move that

we concur.

Mr. RUGGLES, of New York. That subject was before the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, and expressly reported against unanimously, and the report approved by this House.

Mr. BURGWIN, of Pittsburgh. Permit me to correct the gentleman. It was not in regard to a

committee to enquire into the propriety of appointing a commission. What was before this House and what was voted down was a proposition that we were ready now to go into the appointment of a commission; but this proposition is simply to raise a Committee to report to the next General Convention upon the propriety of raising a joint commission, and if the report be in favor of the propriety of such a commission, then to report a plan for raising it.

Rev. Dr. HALL, of Long Island. I move that we non-concur in the message of the House of Bishops. It is quite too late to act now.

Rev. Mr. HOPKINS, of Albany. The Diocese of Albany, to which I belong, passed a resolution unanimously in favor of that idea, and instructed her Deputies on this floor to do everything in their power to see that it was carried into effect. As this is a Joint Commission, one that will have

time enough, we need be in no danger. I confess I do not see the consistency with which our Rt. Rev. Fathers sent us down a few minutes ago a message that they could not appoint a joint commission in regard to Diocesan Synods because it was so late, and then send down this other thing, which is a much larger question, and really involves the other. That is an inconsistency for them to settle. I think it is a very happy inconsistency, especially the latter part of it, and I hope therefore we shall concur with their recommendation.

Mr. RUGGLES, of New York. I hope we shall not concur. It involves the question whether our Constitution shall grow naturally by accretion in the mode prescribed by the Constitution, or whether by some new patent mode, by a Commission, the whole structure is to be pulled down from top to bottom. That whole question was attentively considered on our Committee, and it deserves the gravest consideration of this House whether we shall take the first initial step towards the demolition of our liberties.

The PRESIDENT. The first question is on the motion that we do not concur.

Mr. BURGWIN, of Pittsburgh. The first motion is to concur. If we do not concur, we nonconcur. The motion was first made that we concur in the action of the House of Bishops.

The PRESIDENT. The second motion was made to non-concur.

Mr. BURGWIN, of Pittsburgh. The motion to concur is the proper one to put, and, of course, if it is voted down then we non-concur necessarily.

The PRESIDENT. The Chair will put the question on the motion to concur with the message just read from the House of Bishops.

The motion to concur was not agreed to, there being on a division, ayes, 45; noes, 48.

CLOSING SERVICES.

Rev. Dr. BEACH, of New York. I am requested to read the following resolution adopted by the House of Bishops:

"Resolved, That while this House is grateful for the courteous offers which they have received from divers rectors in this city of their respective churches, for the closing services of this Convention, they adhere to their motion with respect to Calvary Church for reasons of convenience.'

Mr. MONTGOMERY, of Western New York. I think it would be well to enter this resolution on the minutes.

The PRESIDENT. That would be well enough.

PREPARATIONS FOR ADJOURNMENT.

Rev. Dr. BURGES, of Massachusetts. I move that a committee be appointed to inform the House of Bishops that we have completed our business and await messages from them,

The motion was agreed to, and the President appointed the Rev. Dr. Shelton, of Western New York, the Rev. Dr. Burgess, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Pierrepont, of Long Island, as the Committee.

PRESIDENT CRAIK'S ADDRESS.

The PRESIDENT. Gentlemen, I suppose it would be well for me now, on behalf of my colleagues, the Officers of this House, to return you our thanks for your very complementary resolutions, and I cannot do so very well without expressing my own feelings of congratulations to you upon the patience and disinterestedness with which you have come up to your duty as expected by the Church, nobly, as it seems to me, you have done it.

There is an impression abroad that the Convention has been wasting its time because it has not been providing for the conversion of men for immediate action upon the mass of the community, forgetting that this is a legislative body, and that men cannot be converted by canons or joint resolutions; but you have done in that same direction noble work. You have elected five Missionary Bishops providing that this pastoral and missionary work, shall be done in the future far more efficiently than it has ever been done before; and this surely is a subject of most warm congratulation for the future of the Church, and for the recollection of that which we have been permitted to do here.

Then, again, for the better and truer execution of the divine work of the Church-the conversion of the world-you have, with a full recognition of the essential importance of zeal and enthusiasm as factor in that work, and with a full recognition of that conscience in a sacred thing, determined, nevertheless, that zeal without knowledge, and conscience without capacity to distinguish between truth and error, are not special qualifications for the ministry of this Church, for the office of teachers of the people. And again, you have maintained the broad toleration of this Church, a Church, as we hold, grandly comprehensive, like our Divine Master, tolerant of human infirmity, and of the inevitable confusions of the human mind; but you have likewise unmistakably resolved that false doctrine or the approach to it will not be encouraged, or endorsed directly or indirectly by this Church.

Now then, with these great questions settled, we go forth to the real practical work we are to meet, and in the power of the Holy Ghost, to overcome the old and the everliving and active external enemies of truth, enemies of God and of man alike-to meet and overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, to set forward the salvation of all men. This is the grand practical work to which we go forth now, stronger I believe, more efficient, more resolved, and more earnest than we have ever been before.

Rev. Mr. LEVERETT, of Central Pennsylvania. Mr. Secretary, I move that the address of the President be entered on the Journal.

The Secretary put the question on the motion, and it was agreed to unanimously.

ACTION OF THE BISHOPS.

Rev. Dr. SHELTON, of Western New York. The Committee appointed to wait upon the House of Bishops have performed that duty, and the House of Bishops replied that they were not exactly ready to adjourn. They will be ready probably in the course of fifteen or twenty minutes.

Rev. Dr. BURGESS, of Massachusetts. They will send us down some more business in fifteen or twenty minutes.

FOREIGN CONGREGATION.

Rev. Dr. HALL, of Long Island. There was an

amendment to the Constitution proposed in Message No. 97 of the House of Bishops sent down in my absence yesterday and referred to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments. The Committee on Constitutional Amendments has grown "small by degrees," and as it will be seen from those who are left, my brother from Texas for example, "beautifully less." There is no possibility of action therefore upon that or any other report. The proposed change is by adding an Article 2, which is a very valuable and very important article, and I have no doubt it will excite a great deal of serious attention. It seems to me we have nothing to do except to not occur. The article is one which proposes that persons of foreign race and tongue may have a certain coherency or unity in connection with this Church, and I suppose it will be a very valuable provision when it is passed. If the Convention is prepared to spend time in considering it, I would make a motion either to concur or not to concur, as the House chooses, and I think we can only not concur, and I would offer a resolution that we do not concur in Message No. 97.

Mr. BURGWIN, of Pittsburgh. A motion to not concur is action. We are not prepared to approve or disapprove it at this time, and therefore let us lay it on the table.

Rev. Dr. HALL, of Long Island. Very well. move that it be laid on the table.

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Mr. RUGGLES, of New York. I beg to say that it is a very important and desirable amendment, and if we had time we might pass it, and omit the form of going through the Committee. Three of us have agreed to it on the Committee; all the members of the Committee who are here approve it.

Mr. OTIS, of Illinois. I call for the reading of it.

Mr. BURGWIN, of Pittsburgh. It is too serious a matter to be acted on now. This Church is a national Church, and is composed only of the people belonging to this nation. I am not yet prepared to say that a congregation in a foreign land should be received into our Church.

Mr. RUGGLES, of New York. We have populations speaking a variety of languages in this country. It is to bring in those large bodies of foreigners speedily and promptly.

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Mr. MONTGOMERY, of Western New York. should like to enquire what there is in the Constitution forbidding it now? Is there anything saying that they shall worship in the English language?

MESSAGES FROM THE BISHOPS.

A message (No. 108) was received from the House of Bishops asking for a Committee of Conference on Message No. 114 of the House of Deputies on the subject of the inhibition of an accused minister, and appointing as the conferees on its part the Bishop of North Carolina and the Bishop of Ohio.

A message (No. 109) from the House of Bishops announced its non-concurrence in Message No. 118 of the House of Deputies amending Message No. 12 of the House of Bishops relative to abandonment of the ministry.

Mr. OTIS, of Illinois. As to Message No. 108, the point is this: The House of Bishops ask that where a minister is put on his trial for immoral conduct, the Bishop of the Diocese shall have the right to suspend him from the exercise of his office until he has been tried. We think that is punishing him in advance before he is found guilty, and it involves a very serious question. The Committee on Canons reported against it. It seems to prejudge the case. It is a principle which has never been introduced into our Church in this country. It does exist in the Romish Church and some other Churches. I am not certain whether the power exists in the English Church or not. The view taken by the Com

mittee on Canons was that it was prejudging the case to a certain extent, and that it was punishing a man before he was found guilty. We nonconcurred in the previous action of the House of Bishops, and they now ask for a Committee of Conference. I suppose we ought to agree to the request for a Committee of Conference. The PRESIDENT. Of course.

Rev. Mr. HOPKINS, of Albany. I should like to ask one question before we act further on this matter: Whether it would not be in the power of a Bishop under those circumstances to inhibit the man, and then to embarrass or delay the trial so that it should never come off; whether the result might not be that a man might be suspended simply by the act of the Bishop, without any chance to be tried?

Rev. Dr. CLARK, of New Jersey. There is another question in relation to that. Perhaps some legal gentleman can answer it. It is whether the Bishop would not render himself liable to prosecution for libel in a case of that sort? It is the most extraordinary proceeding ever heard of in any legislative body whatever, to propose that a man shall be condemned before he is tried, cut off from the exercise of the privileges of his office, simply because somebody may suspect him of something, charge him with something, and, before he has had an opportunity to be heard, that he shall have the punishment inflicted upon him of suspension from the duties of his office. I hope, sir, that this message will not be concurred in, and that no committee of conference will be appointed looking to any such legislation as this.

Mr. ROCKWELL, of Central Pennsylvania. It seems to me we have no right to say that we shall refuse the conference the Bishops ask for. They may have some other proposition to make, and it would seem to me entirely proper for us to agree to the conference.

The PRESIDENT. I think, according to the usages of the House, we are bound to appoint a Committee of Conference when it is asked for.

Rev. Mr. HOPKINS, of Albany. I have no objection to a Committee of Conference.

The PRESIDENT. It is moved that a Committee of Conference be appointed.

The motion was agreed to, and the President appointed Rev. Dr. Watson, of North Carolina, and Mr. Otis, of Illinois, as the conferees on the part of the House of Deputies.

Rev. Dr. HALL, of Long Island. Would it be proper to instruct the Committee?

The PRESIDENT. I think not.

Mr. OTIS, of Illinois. I wish the Chair would double the number. Dr. Watson and myself have already expressed our opinions.

The PRESIDENT. The Chair will add Rev. Dr. Hall, of Long Island, and Mr. Burgwin, of Pittsburgh, to the Committee.

THANKS TO ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.

Mr. SMITH, of South Carolina. I wish leave to add to the resolution passed a short time ago-what I think was omitted by oversight-thanks to the Secretary and his assistants.

The PRESIDENT. I thought that was provided for.

Rev. Dr. SCHENCK, of Long Island. No; the resolution I offered was especially in reference to Dr. Perry. I should be glad to have any one else offer an additional resolution.

Mr. SMITH, of South Carolina. I move that the thanks of this body be returned to the Assistant Secretaries for the care and fidelity with which they have discharged their duties.

The motion was agreed to unanimously.

ABANDONMENT OF THE COMMUNION.

A message (No. 110) was received from the House of Bishops as follows:

"The House of Bishops informs the House of Deputies that it non-concurs in Message No. 110 of the House of Deputies amending Message No. 29 from the House of Bishops as to the amendment of Canon 8, Title II., and asks for a Committee of Conference; and the House of Bishops has appointed as sch Committee the Bishops of North Carolina, New York, and Ohio.

On motion, a Committee of Conference was ordered to be appointed, and the President appointed Rev. Dr. Watson, of North Carolina; Rev. Dr. Hall, of Long Island; Mr. Otis, of Illinois, and Mr. Burgwin of Pittsburgh, the conferees on the part of the House of Deputies.

A message (No. 111) was received from the House of Bishops, as follows:

"The House of Bishops informs the House of Deputies that it concurs in Message No. 111, from the House of Deputies, amending the amendment proposed by this House to Section 1, of Canon 2, of Title II., of the Digest; and also concurs in Message No. 106, from the House of Deputies, with this amendment, that after the word 'specifying,' be inserted the words 'as far as possible.""

Rev. Dr. BEACH, of New York. that amendment be concurred in. The motion was agreed to.

CONFERENCE REPORTS.

I move that

Rev. Dr. WATSON, of North Carolina. The Committee of Conference report that upon the question of discipline, Canon 2 of Title II., where it was proposed to inhibit clergymen charged with crime or immorality pending the investigation of the matter, that the House of Bishops recede from their action, leaving us to stand to our own. That is one report.

The same Committee also report, in reference to Canon 8 of Title II. :

"The Committee of Conference on the part of this House report that we concur with the House of Bishops in changing the word 'may,' in the thirteenth line of that Canon, to the word 'shall.' We had proposed an amendment that it should be may 'instead of 'shall.' The House of Bishops insisted on retaining the word 'shall,' and our own Committee report in favor of concurring in their action."

Rev. Mr. HOPKINS, of Albany. Just as it stands now?

Rev. Dr. WATSON, of North Carolina. Just as it stands now.

Mr. BURGWIN, of Pittsburgh. The Canon will come down from the Bishops in a few moments as they propose it, and thus by simply concurring with them, we have the Canon passed. Perhaps ought to explain the matter further.

The Bishops first sent down to us a Canon in which they made provision for inhibiting a minister during the pendency of his trial. The Committee on Canons reported and recommended the House to non-concur, and we did non-concur and sent that action to the Bishops. They sent down a message that they adhered to their previous action, and asked for the appointment of a Committee of Conference. We now have the report of that Committee, advising us to adhere to our original action of non-concurrence with the Bishops. I move now that we approve of the action of the Committee of Conference, and adhere to our former vote of non

concurrence.

The motion was agreed to.

Mr. BURGWIN, of Pittsburgh. On the other matter it is not necessary for us to act, because the Bishops will send down à Canon in a few minutes,

The House resumed its session at half-past seven o'clock, at Calvary Church.

The Bishops having entered the Chancel in their Episcopal robes, Evening Prayer was said to the Psalter by the Right Rev. Benjamin Wistar Morris, D.D., Bishop of Oregon. The Psalter was said by the Right Rev. T. B. Lyman, D.D., Assistant Bishop of North Carolina. The First Lesson was read by the Right Rev. B. H. Paddock, D.D., Bishop of Massachusetts. The Second Lesson was read by the Right Rev. W. B. M. Howe, D.D., Bishop of South Carolina. The Creed and Prayers were said by the Right Rev. Edward R. Welles, D.D., Bishop of Wisconsin.

The PRESIDING BISHOP (Rt. Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, D.D., Bishop of Kentucky). My dear Brethren: The assembling of our General Convention never before elicited such warm attention on the part of the faithful. It is very comforting to know that it probably never was preceded by so many and such earnest prayers-prayers_to God that His presence might be with us, and His blessing and peace rest upon us. If we can judge by fruits, we think we have reason to say that peace, harmony and good feeling have pervaded the proceedings of both Houses to an extent never perhaps before experienced, although in this respect the blessings of God have always attended our deliberations. Upon this we congratulate you, my dear brethren, before we part, rendering thanks to Almighty God for His great mercies, and imploring you to continue to offer up your prayers, that a blessing may descend upon all the decisions at which we have arrived under His blessed guidance.

In response to your request, a Pastoral Letter has been prepared, and will soon be delivered in your hearing by our brother; the Bishop of Easton. Since the preparation of it an event has occurred amongst us which we think will be memorable from this time forth-the election by the House of Bishops of a foreign Bishop of the colored race for the Island of Hayti, and we trust that in the good providence of God he will be consecrated to that

great work on next Sunday. We commend this action on the part of the House of Bishops and the candidate to your fervent prayers.

Rt. Rev. ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE, D.D., Bishop of Western New York. Brethren, the Presiding Bishop has desired me also to say that in his opinion the event which has just been announced is one of so extraordinary a character, and has been consummated under such peculiar circumstances, that it is desirable there should be a response-not a response in the way of a vote, but in the way of thanks to Almighty God, that the Church has been brought, in the blessing of God, to that period in her history when it has become a Mother Church, and when one of the African race, for the first time in all history, has been elected to be sent forth by her, to be the first Bishop of an Island Church, and of a people long afflicted and distressed. These were circumstances which, in his opinion, and that of many of his brethren, called for our thanksgiving to Almighty God, and I propose that it shall be offered in the form of the Gloria in Excelsis. [ Amen."]

The Gloria in Excelsis was sung, after which the Pastoral Letter was read by the Right Rev. Henry Champlin Lay, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Easton, as follows:

BRETHREN OF THE CLERGY AND LAITY:

Within the three years which have elapsed since the Bishops of the Church addressed you by Pastoral Letter, not a few of our number have been released from their earthly ministries. The late Bishops of Ohio, of Massachusetts, and of Illinois no longer assist in our counsels, which they were wont largely to influence. The late Bishop of Indiana, after years of suffering and weary sickness, has found rest; while his brother of Iowa was taken suddenly away by casualty in the midst of labors. The blind Bishop of South Carolina has passed, we humbly trust, from darkness into light, and Armitage, almost the Benjamin of our House, fell sweetly on sleep while it was yet day. Our Missionary Episcopate has lost in Bishop Randall one whose career was marked by energy and self-devotion. Africa has laid beneath the sod her Missionary Bishop Auer, just as he sought to set the battle in array, while we hear in the midst of our deliberations that the veteran Payne, who preceded him, has found his grave in Virginia beside the tomb of his fathers.

Most suggestive is this roll-call of departed brethren, so various in gifts and age, in the work given them while they lived, and the manner of the death appointed them to die? Very fragrant is the memory of their Christian virtues, and well-assured our hope that, in the day which shall try every man's work of what sort it is, they shall find mercy and the reward of grace.

The reports which have come before us afford gratifying evidence of even and steady progress throughout the whole Church. Besides the mere increase of numbers, there is expansion and growth in the agencies designed to seek Christ's sheep, and to keep them from harm. New Dioceses have been erected, additional Missionary Bishops have been appointed, Christian Schools are established. day, more than ever in this Church, men and women are rendering to God their personal servicenot merely sending others, but going themselves to seek the lost, to instruct the young, and to nurse the sick.

To

We desire in this place to express our sense of the exceeding value of the "woman's work" that has been done in the Church, and to encourage its more extended efforts. Whether in the way of organized charitable associations, or of Deaconesses, or of Sisterhoods, it is now proven by actual results that women can do much in relieving the sorrowful,

in reclaiming the vicious, and in upholding the hands of the heralds of the cross. We cheerfully recognize as helpers in the Lord the faithful women of our communion who show themselves succorers of many.

We have, with the concurrence of the Clerical and Lay Deputies, restricted the jurisdiction of our Foreign Missionary Bishop at Yeddo to the Empire of Japan, and we propose, if God will, to consecrate another Bishop for the work in China, and yet another to preside over our Missions in Africa. Measures have been devised to place the infant Church in Hayti on an assured basis. At home, four new Missionary Episcopates have been created for Northern Texas, for Western Texas, for Northern California, and for New Mexico and Arizona. All these deserve vigorous support, and will require enlarged contributions. It is ours to send the officers to the front. It is yours to supply them helpers, and to lade them with such things as are necessary to prosecute their work. And let us seek to realize that it is God the Holy Ghost alone who enlightens, guides, sustains, and sanctifies the Church, and let us pray that our Churches at home and abroad, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of that Holy One, may be edified and multiplied.

Besides this external growth of the Church, we have reason to believe that there is a higher sense among many of our people of the saintliness of their Christian calling, and a yearning after a more complete conformity to the likeness of the Pure and Holy One. We note with much satisfaction the wide circulation of books by living writers which treat of the life of God in the soul of man, and the large demand for the well-worn manuals of devotion which have come down to us from our Anglican doctors. We may not forget that there is danger in the very restlessness of our religious activities, without these correctives of quiet meditation, and personal communion with the Father of all spirits.

In contrast with these encouragements stands out the fact that the supply of candidates for Holy Orders is now inadequate to meet the demand created by the organization of new congregations. And, more than this, but a small proportion of those who are admitted candidates are self-supporting. We entreat you to ponder well these pregnant statements. The priest's office is not coveted by the many; nay, it is avoided by too many of the ingenuous and favored youth of the country, whose parents are able to give them an unrestricted choice of profession.

If this indisposition to consecrate one's self or his children to the work of the ministry be due to the greed of wealth, to the delusion that the accumulation of an estate is, of right, the controlling influence in the selection of our work on earth, then we declare to you, in the name of the living God, that this is covetousness, which is idolatry; this is to pervert the great design of life, and to revolt against the very first condition of Christian service, "Make ready wherewith I may sup; and gird thyself and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken, and afterward thou shalt eat and drink." Woe to the Christian youth who, as he stands where the paths of life diverge, enquires only which of these will lead most assuredly to gain and to promotion, instead of asking meekly, and first of all, "Show me the way that I should walk in," and woe to the father who when his son's eyes are moistened with compassion for the multitude, seeks to distract his attention and disturb his judgment by obtruding on his sight a vision of earthly greatness. We believe that many a young life has been clouded by this irreparable error in its beginning, either of not asking for a word from the Lord, or else of