are measured by the end. To pile the Andes; to make a line of sand, the limit of the sea; to poise the solar system, in mid-space; to "guide Arcturus, with his sons," are trophies of Omnipotence. It takes no lessit would take more, if there were measures, in Almight iness-to lift the grovelling sense, from earth to heaven; to win the reckless and rebellious will, to rule itself; and, from the ruins of the Fall, to bring again, the order, the beauty, the harmony, the purity, the loveliness, the perfectness, of the original Creation. "And God saw every thing that he had made; and, behold, it was very good." To say, that this is the design of education, is to say, that the means to educate a human soul must come through God. And He has bountifully provided them. If we may say it, He has laid Himself out, on that provision: and brought all agencies to bear, divine and human, on the training of the soul, which Jesus suffered, to redeem. His holy Word, His holy Church, His holy Spirit, are all enlisted, in that work. And holy Angels ply their constant ministra tions, in behalf of human souls; and, when a single one has turned, from sin to holiness, merge all their ministry, in the high harpings, which fill heaven, with hallelujahs. But, means are to be used. They cannot use themselves. Nor, can the God, who compel their use: because, He made it free. In vain, the swellings of the Jordan, if the leper would not wash. In vain, the floods of day, to eyes, that close their lids. And, worse than that, if worse can be, the seduction of the Devil has so won, with human hearts,

made the heart,

as to divorce the soul, from God; and leave Him out of that most gracious work, for which He gave His blessed Son, and sends His Holy Spirit. Education, without the Church; education, without the ministry; education, without the sacraments; education, without prayer; education, without the Bible: in one word, godless education, is the order of the day. And the physical powers of men are educated, and their intellectual faculties, and their social nature, just as a monkey or a parrot might be trained; and all, that God cares most for, and all that is immortal, in its essence, left, to run its own wild way, and do its own wild will. Against all this, we set ourselves, immoveably. We have been taught, of holy Paul, as he had learned, from Jesus Christ, our Lord: "beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tra dition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ: for, in Him, dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead, bodily; and ye are complete, in Him." The education, which we undertake, is Christian education. In no disparagement of physical developement. In no disparagement of intellectual training. In no disparagement of social cultivation. But, for the fullest, most effectual, furtherance of them all, in that, which God designed, should comprehend them all, and give them value, beauty, glory, power and immortality, the nurture and the culture of the heart; that, so, the child of God, redeemed, regenerated and renewed, in Jesus Christ, may be "complete, in Him."

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III. And this, because the motive, to educate a human soul is, that it may be fit for God. EDUCATION IS A DIVINE THING: not only as it is from God, and must be through God: but, as it should be for God. The motives which are used, to further education, among men, are many and various. For personal elevation for the pleasure of it; to appear well in society; for the gratification of friends; to serve the country. All, in their way, good; to their extent. But all, far short of the whole truth. This is the true motive to education: to restore to God, as near as may be, that, which, at the Fall, was lost. Little as he may think it, man is a trustee to his Maker, of the image, which He made him in. Restored, by the redemption of the Cross, to the capacity of its renewal, and furnished through its purchase, with the means, he lies under the most solemn obligation, to improve the one, so as to ensure the other. All other motives are but partial, temporary, ineffectual. This, only, rises to the height of the "great argument," of human obligation. And, as water never rises higher than its source; and only the mountain springs can reach the upper stories, in a house; so, this, alone, can animate and prosecute the enterprise, by which, the gracious purpose of the Cross can, surely, realize its

purposes.

"Mere human energy shall faint,

And youthful vigor cease;
But those, who wait upon the Lord,

In strength, shall still increase.

"They, with unwearied step shall tread

The path of life divine:

With growing ardor, onward move;
With growing brightness, shine.

"On eagles' wings they mount, they soar,
On wings of faith and love;

Till, past the sphere of earth and sin,
They rise to heaven, above."

My Children, you have received the honours of the Institution. You are, now, to prove, that you had earned them. There will be much expected of you. See to it, that it be not disappointed. You step upon the stage of outdoor life, at an eventful moment, in the drama. Great movements are in progress, everywhere. The end, no man can see. Nor, are we answerable, for that. It rests, and it is safe, with God. You are not, now, to learn your great responsibilities; as men, as freemen, and as Christians. They have been truly set before you, day by day, through all your academic life. You are now, to turn the precepts of your Alma Mater into practice and to realize her lofty aims, in your high course, of duty and of honour. Remember life is short. Remember, being is eternal.

VI.

THE BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS,

AT THE

* SIXTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF BURLINGTON COLLEGE.

THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN.

THERE are no accidents. Nothing, in nature, or in life, that is not by a plan. A providential law pervades the universe. And, yet, with universal freedom. A sparrow does not fall, without our Father. Nor, a hair is black or white, but as He wills. Yet, Liebig will reveal to you the glands, by which the colouring matter is distributed, to each particular hair. And the blithe sparrow chirps and chatters, as he springs from spray to spray, in the full consciousness of perfect liberty. As the scale of the creation rises, towards the Creator, this freedom, with a law, becomes, at once, more manifest and more magnificent. It is the majesty of moral natures. Angels exult in it. It is the unconscious charm of childhood. It links our life, through all its stages, into one. And its electric chain takes in eternity. A great

*St. Michael and All Angels, A. D. 1855.