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discharge of the duties of life. A man entirely ignorant of the subjects of the college course may live a happy and useful life; certainly, however, such an increase of knowledge as the study of these subjects secures, would render that life much more useful. And it must be conceded on all hands that ignorance here is absolutely incompatible with any very successful discharge of the ordinary duties of life. Claims of the Bible. 85 A knowledge of the principles of literature and science is then important. There is, however, a knowledge much more important a knowledge es- sential to an upright, happy and useful life. He that lives such a life, be it professional or non-profes- sional, public or private, must know what is right and what is wrong, and how to distinguish the one from the other; he must know how he may be recon- ciled to an offended God, and live at peace with him ; and how he may be freed from every unholy affection and come to cherish those elevated sentiments that assimilate the human to the divine ; he must know those magnificent truths, from whose unfathomable depths alone can be drawn motives adequate to raise men from the dust, and constrain them to enter the elevated walks of true obedience to the great law- giver ; and, if in his whole career, he does aught for