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by the use of the long-tried methods, the most complete and thorough intellectual culture; and while due care is taken not to interfere with the denominational preferences of any, at least equal care shall be taken to give such instruction in the Word of God as may be necessary to secure the highest moral excellence. And believing that a prosperous institution, faithfully conducted on these principles, cannot fail to be a fountain whence shall gush forth streams of living waters, for which "the wilderness and solitary place shall be glad and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose," I to-day call upon you all to lend a helping hand to Claims of the Bible. 123 plant our college on a firm foundation, and furnish it with all the instrumentalities necessary to qualify it for the most extensive usefulness. The intellec- tual and moral wants of our sons and daughters of the -teeming millions that shall one day throng these broad prairies forbid us to hesitate. A solemn trust has been committed to us; God grant that we may be found faithful. Believing, too, that the excellency of the power is of God, that we need his spiritual presence in the chapel and the class- room, no less than in the church, that we may to any good degree gain the high ends we contemplate, I call upon you, Christian men and women, to pray