that theologians should leave the university with a knowledge of ancient gnosticism, but with none whatever of an institution with which their profession will be sure to bring them often in contact." True indeed, and passing strange it is, that by some of the theological faculties of Germany, everything is taught except the one thing; and we cannot help appreciating the sturdy practical sense of Gossner, a founder of missions who, when the writing-desk of Hegel the philosopher was presented to the hospital, converted it into a kitchen table. No oblique thrust at industry and accuracy of scholarship in any existing department of study is intended. Rather, we say, let there be yet other departments, and a more accomplished scholarship. The broader the culture, and the more ample the furniture, the better is the preparation for simplest work and for narrow spheres. But it is claimed. that the universal propagation of the Gospel, as an object of study and interest, should be interwoven among the fibers of every student's heart; that he should not be thought qualified for graduation till he possesses well-defined ideas concerning the greatness and obligations of the work; till he has mastered an outline of its progress hitherto, and of its present activities; till he knows what the best sources of information are, and is at least prepared to build up for himself a symmetrical evangelistic culture. Is it suggested that whole. classes might sometimes go abroad? Blessed result! The God of all the earth, and our risen Lord, who is "expecting till his enemies be made his footstool," and who is wondering at the self-indulgent disloyalty of his professed followers, will look after such an institution, and the churches and country that sustain it. Not less than with the individual, will the seminary that shall thus lose its life for Christ's sake and the Gospel's, save it. But when will our denomination be fired with any such intense evangelistic ardor as an open heathen world and its accessible millions demand? Lectureships and professorships on missions will not, indeed, of themselves supply our own country or the heathen world with the men required. Well has it been said, "A drop of life is better than a sea of knowl edge." Yet improved appliances can hardly fail, in some measure, to expand and ennoble that curriculum through which candidates for the sacred office are to pass. We would fain deem it not too bold a prediction that, without retrenchment elsewhere, there will be enlargement in this direction; that by the close of the present century our theological seminaries will be supplied with such an auxiliary, or something tantamount thereto. In that new and mighty baptism of Christian enterprise, which we pray God may be near, it will be demanded that every theological institution become a wellendowed academy of spiritual strategics and energetic Christian warfare. Sound theology alone will not suffice; orthodoxy in action, in suffering, and sacrifice, is demanded. Calvinism made the French Huguenot and the English Puritan; it has made many a powerful preacher, and many a brave missionary. Holding that there are other ethical elements in the divine character besides love; that the inevitable penalty of sin, unrepented of in this life, is endless punishment; that salvation from sin and from the abiding wrath of God is possible only through the infinite merits of an expiatory sacrifice; it holds also that every living man, woman, and child in Christendom is bound to make utmost efforts to evangelize the nations. This is simply Pauline theology-an incisive Christology, that both broadens and intensifies the inner man. discerns no heroism in hermits on the top of pillars or in caverns. Duty without compromise, is its motto. Scipio affirmed there was not a man in his army who would not, at the word of command, climb a tower and cast himself into the sea. Is a lower grade of obedience seemly in the sacramental host? It Late correspondence with missionary alumni of this institution discloses gratifying loyalty to the aim, methods, and theological attitude of their alma mater. Repeated and grateful reference is made to the eminently Biblical training given here, one result of which is a deepening love for the Sacred Scriptures; to the type of Biblical exegesis, which has enabled these brethren to know where and how to find that truth' which they are to preach. Among those brethren there is but one voice in regard to the instruction-that the theology taught has stood them well in all their work; that it is effective and commands respect; that as experience accumulates, greater confidence is felt in the teaching of this Seminary. One of our honored and beloved brethren, writing from Turkey, says and others say the same substantially-"As I look back over sixteen years of missionary life, I am most thoroughly convinced that the distinctive doctrines which were the basis of all the instructions given there are the only doctrines which will suffice to arouse these nominal Christians for whom we labor, from their fatal trust in outward rites, and bring them up to a life hid with Christ in God.' The fearful depravity so rife among all these peoples, whether Christian or Mohammedan-of which the delineations of the first chapter of the Epistle to the Romans are no exaggeration-can only be removed by the washing of regeneration and by the renewing of the Holy Ghost.' The people are 'lost,' 'condemned already,' and only the plain, pertinent, presentations of the truths of the Divine Word unmixed with human speculations, can save them." It is a gratifying circumstance that a larger proportion of students who have been connected with the Hartford Seminary should enter upon missionary work at home or abroad, than from any other of our seven similar institutions, if not a larger proportion than from any similar seminary of whatever denomination in the land. The first graduating class (1836) furnished a missionary to the Sandwich Islands; the second furnished one for the Spokan Indians far to the Northwest; and it illustrates the wonderful progress of things that, whereas forty-five years ago, he found one hundred and twenty-nine days were required for the journey from Westport, Mo., to the place of destination in Washington Territory, only four days were needed for the recent and first return of this hale brother of 74. Others of our number have or have had their frontier posts in Mexico, Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, India, China, Micronesia, South and Southwestern Africa. Some of them have had their share in the translation of God's Word and the production of useful literature in various vernaculars; and all testify to joys and successes in many a dark spot of the heathen world. Four of the goodly band rest from their labors. One lies buried in the cemetery of Cedar Hill in this city; one had had his watch-tower on Mount Lebanon; Brewster survived only a month after reaching China, and Maynard had but just entered upon his work on the site of ancient Thessalonica. Visiting Mount Olympus and the Vale of Tempe, he contracted a fever which took him to the Mount Zion above. Did ever Grecian hero, philosopher, or poet utter words so full of meaning as that young soldier of the cross in his last sickness-breaking forth into exclamations—“ What a glorious Gospel! What a lovely Savior!" Visiting the grave of Maynard you will pass by Thermopylæ. The simple inscription with which Sparta commemorated the heroic devotion of Leonidas and his faithful band was: "Stranger, tell the Lacedemonians that we lie here in obedience to their laws." This is a decoration-day for deceased comrades. We visit tombstones scattered among the hills of New England and broad plains of the West; one amidst the evergreen foliage of the tropics; one beside the monuments of Morrison and Bridgman, and another looking out upon the Ægean. In each hand we carry a wreath. One motto for our fallen brethren is, "We lie here in obedience to our Master's command; the other, "We are more than conquerors." The Survival of the Ax. When the young prophets of the Gilgal band And sought the waving woods, by Jordan's stream, They little guessed a miracle would crown One small mischance with swift and sure renown, In records broad as earth and long as time. Cheerful they march, and soon the woodland gain. The grateful youth his lost utensil won, Fixed firm its handle-and the work went on. Since that strange scene nine hundred years, and more, Had passed—and, heard again on Jordan's shore, Elisha's miracle smote high and low As if Elisha's master dealt the blow, |