the means. These facts at this time of day ought to be re- garded as axioms by every moral educator. Hence our conclusion is easy. No moral excellence is ever produced, except through the principles of the Gos- pel as the means, and the Holy Spirit the efficient agent. But tjie Bible is the only original deposi- tory of these principles. If, then, "it is the first duty and highest merit of every place of education, of whatever name or character, to unite with all its other workings an effort towards the formation of such a character," it is the first duty and highest merit o every place of education, especially of every college, to make the principles of the Goepel as set forth in the Bible the subject of regular systematic study. And inasmuch as it is true in the college, as well as in the church, that " neither is he that plant- eth anything, neither is he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase," the college ought to unite with all its other workings, daily, earnest prayer for the gift of the Spirit, to open the eyes of every understanding, to renew and sanctify every heart. But it is said by way of objection: "The Claims of the Bible. 105 necessity of morality is conceded. Yet morality is distinct from religion. A man may be a moral man, and not religious. Your argument for religious