the students was upon his heart. He labored with them, and prayed for them, and rejoiced when any gave evidence of the new birth. It was not mere reformation of life, nor only a cultivated and refined scholarship that he sought; but that Christ should be formed in them "the hope of glory." In his chapel sermons, designed especially for the students, he sought not to display his ability as a metaphysician, or as a mere theologian, nor to ex- hibit specimens of rhetoric; but he sought to bring what power he possessed to expound and illustrate '51) 52 A Susy Life. the grand truths of the gospel of the grace of God, and to bring these truths to bear upon the heart and conscience of his hearers, that they might be brought into the full enjoyment of that peace which comes from believing upon the Lord Jesus Christ. While he preached doctrine, and advocated the reforms of the times, both from the pulpit and plat- form, yet the theme he most delighted to dwell upon was Christ and him crucified. He seemed to enter into these subjects with an earnestness that made his soul glow with divine fervor. When he was called to preach away from home, he generally chose such themes as most fully brought forward " the fulness of the gospel." He seemed to be imbued