alty and the facility of communicating, readily and clearly, the necessary instructions. There are few, very few good teachers, even amongst learned men. A good lecturer, a good linguist, a good scholar, is not necessarily, nor very commonly, a good teacher. The art of acquiring learning is, indeed, a great gift—a noble art; but that of communicating it is much greater, and more rare and useful. To do it well, to do it tastefully, to do it pleasingly, and to do it thoroughly, are acquisitions much rarer than most men conceive, than most men would believe. Hence, we sometimes find learned faculties and great men that are not so competent to instruct youth as persons of much inferior attainments and much less renown.

It is true, that no one can teach what he does not know; and though not so evident to every one, it is equally certain that many men, possessing great stores of learning, have them so packed up and assorted, that they can seldom command their resources when needed. Some men have large funds, but little ready money. Their capital is locked up in lands and tenements, in public stocks and banks, that they sometimes lack market money for even the necessaries of life.

Some generals command great armies, but few of them, during an engagement, can promptly bring to a given point, at a given moment, the requisite force to carry a strong position, or to repel an advancing line. But he is the greatest and most successful general, that can soonest see a weak point in the enemies' lines or position; who can, in the shortest time, bring an adequate force to bear upon it, without jeopardizing his own army in any one point; and who can, in the shortest time, with the least loss of men and means, take possession of the whole field. Such men were Buonaparte and Wellington; such, too, were Alexander and Cæsar; and such have been our most distinguished generals and conquerors. So is it in fighting against ignorance and vice; so is it in pleading for truth and virtue; so is it in warring against irreligion, and in communicating true knowledge and religion.

But, at present, I intended no more than to place myself in my proper position-in the true attitude in which I stand to the NorthWestern Christisn University. I saw myself alluded to, but not named, in a report made by an anonymous correspondent, signed L., in a late "Christian Age and Protestant Unionist," and made to stand in the attitude of imputing the "North-Western Christian University" to State pride! If the words "State pride" were used, they were used to disclaim any such feeling as entering into any Christian's motives in regard to building up colleges, or any thing SERIES III.-VOL. VII.

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else connected with Christ's Kingdom, and to commend that singlemindedness which alone is rewarded in heaven.

But I intended no dissertation on colleges, no disquisition on universities, christian or political; no developments of any man's char acter, friend or foe; but to say, emphatically, that I have been act ing in the defence of Bethany. College, and not against any college in Kentucky or Indiana. A. C.

From the British Millennial Harbinger

BIBLE CIRCULATION.

THE increasing circulation of the Word of God, is among the most encouraging signs of the times. The time has been when the price of the sacred volume placed it beyond the reach of the poor; now it can be had for a trifle, or, if need be, for nothing. The following statistics will prove interesting:

In 1804, according to the best estimates that can be obtained, there were in existence only about 4,000,000 copies of the Bible. Now there are more than 30,000,000. In 1804, the Bible had been published in only 48 or 49 languages; in 1847 it exists in 136. In 1804, it was accessible in languages spoken by about 200,000,000; in 1848 it existed in tongues spoken by above 600,000,000. During 1848, 1,419,383 copies were issued by the British and Foreign Bible Societies alone; 400,000 more than in any year previously, except in 1805; and in 1849 we believe the circulation was even still greater.

In every point of view in which it can be contemplated, the Bible is worthy of extensive circulation. Sir William Jones wrote in his Bible: "I have carefully and regularly perused these Holy Scriptures, and I am of opinion that volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written."

Even Lord Byron has recorded his testimony. The following lines were written on a blank leaf of a Bible a few weeks before his death:

"Within this awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries.
Happiest they of human race

To whom their God has given grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray;
To lift the latch, and force the way.
And better had they ne'er been born,
Than read to doubt, or read to scorn."

NINTH COMMENCEMENT OF BETHANY COLLEGE.

THE Fourth of July closed the ninth session of Bethany College. The catalogue presents a greater number of students than we have ever had during any previous session. One hundred and forty names are enrolled upon our lists, congregated from England, Scotland, Ireland, and sixteen different States of our great Union. The examinations, both daily and final, were such as to put to the severest test the attainments of the students in the various schools; and we are gratified to be able to state, that the results were most satisfactory to the Faculty. Our space will not allow us to give, in detail, these results. We must content ourselves with the publication of the names of those who graduated in the five schools, into which the regular course of instruction is distributed:

GRADUATES IN THE SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS.

First honor awarded to Messrs. Hull, Lauck, and Louthan; second honor, to Mr. T. F. Campbell.

GRADUATES IN THE SCHOOL OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES.

First honor awarded to Joseph Bledsoe and J. W. M'Garvey, both of

Missouri; second honor awarded to Robert E. Williams, of Kentucky, and Hanson Boring, of Virginia.

J. G. Agnew,

R. Ballinger,
N. Brite,

A. C. Bryant,
J. W. Butler,
A. W. Campbell,
J. H. Cox,

Samuel Daugherty,

A. D. Frazee,

H. Henderson,

Natural Philosophy.

A. Hull,

J. M'Cariher,

D. C. M'Cormick,
J. W. M'Garvey,
N. W. Miller,
T. Munnell,

T. C. Redd,

W. Satterthwaite,

S. W. Thomas.

First honor awarded to J. W. M'Garvey, of Mo.; second honor to Thos. Munnell, of Va., and A. Hull, of Pa.

GRADUATING CLASS IN THE SCHOOL OF INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL SCIENCE, AND THE EVIDENCES OF NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION.

The performances of the students selected for the occasion, rendered the 4th of July a day of high intellectual and moral enjoyment to the large assembly convened to witness their proceedings. The weather was fine, and the concourse great. On no former occasion have we had more reason to be gratified at the success of our long and arduous labors. The deep attention and interest which pervaded the auditory, was the most expressive evidence of their high entertainment. The addresses were well conceived, well written, and well delivered. The sentiments advanced in them were, in general, such as would do no discredit to the statesman, the philosopher, or the christian. Dictated by high moral and intellectual culture, well matured, and uttered in a chaste and classic style, these addresses produced an impression on all minds, honorable to their authors, and most gratifying to the Faculty, whose richest reward is to witness such fruits of their long and patient toils in developing the minds of the youth committed to their charge.

We have much reason to take courage and renew our energies in the great and enduring work of education. "Success,” it has been said, “is the surest test of merit;" and we may reverse the adage, and say that merit must and will succeed. This has been the abiding confidence of the Faculty of Bethany College, and, therefore, despite of many most untoward circumstances, we have persevered in our labor, and we feel assured, that the time is not far distant when we shall be more than rewarded for the denials and disappointments of the past.

Our brethren are beginning to see the bearings of Bethany College upon

the fortunes and progress of the Reformation. Her graduates, who have entered the evangelical field, are proving themselves worthy of their alma mater, and, more and better, worthy of their high and responsible position before God and man. The intelligent and conscientious portion of the brotherhood are beginning, in a very general degree, to see and acknowledge that our College must be sustained, and the number of her students must be increased. Education is the great handmaid of religion, and we want educated mind to train the vineyard of the Lord; mind educated, not only intellectually, but morally, religiously; educated not only in the subtleties of metaphysics, and the learning of the dead, but in the pure ethics of inspiration, and the learning of that word which liveth and abideth forever. These, Bethany College has proved herself able to furnish, if the brethren will but support her in the work. We still believe they will do so; and though nine years have rolled by and she is yet unendowed, the prospects are beginning to be fairer, and we trust that, before another year shall have elapsed, she will be on a better footing to secure for herself a permanent and lasting influence for good.

A. C.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

On motion, it was

BETHANY, Va., July 3, 1850.

Resolved, That the order of the Board passed in July, 1848, be, and the same is hereby, changed in the following particulars, viz: As soon as two hundred and fifty scholarships shall have been sold and paid for, under the order of 1848, from that period the purchaser of each scholarship, who shall have paid the same, shall be entitled to send a student to the college eacli year thereafter, paying three-fourths the usual tuition fee; and as soon as five hundred scholarships shall have been sold and paid for, from that period the purchaser of each, who shall have paid the same, shall be entitled to send a student each year thereafter, on payment of half the usual tuition fee; and as soon as seven hundred and fifty of said scholarships shall have been sold and paid for, the holders of scholarships, who shall have paid the same, will pay for students at one-fourth the usual tuition fee; and when the one thousand, contemplated in the original order of 1848, shall have been sold and paid for, thereafter all holders of scholarships shall have the right of sending a student each year forever, free of all tuition.

The degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on the following young gentlemen: Randolph Ballinger, of Harrodsburg, Ky.; Joseph Bledsoe, of Lexington, Mo.; A. C. Bryant, of Marion, Ohio; J. W. Butler, of Warren county, Ill.; J. W. Carter, of Richmond, Va.; Samuel Daugherty, of Cape Girardeau county, Mo.; Henry Henderson, of Scotland; James M'Cariher, of Washington county, Pa.; J. W. M'Garvey, of Howard county, Mo.; Thos. Munnell, of Bethany, Va.; W. W. Smith, of Madison county, Tenn.

The degree of Master of Arts was conferred on the following young gentlemen, being Alumni of Bethany College: Charles Louis Loos, Wellsburg, Va.; J. B. Saltonstall, of Clarksville, Tenn.; T. J. Smith, of Mt. Sterling, Ky.; T. C. M'Keever, of West Middletown, Pa.

The honorary degree of Master of Arts was conferred on Dr. Jos. Ray