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improve it. Surely I may advance a step, and
ledge of God is best—of God not merely as he is felt after.
if haply he may be found from external nature, but as he

(Hear, hear.) To know Him is the beginning of
To love Him is at once the purest and noblest
To serve Him willingly is the most perfect

enjoymen

the praise of secular pursuits, however valuable in them-
selves, the exquisite culogium of the Roman orator, and
applying his words with peculiar emphasis to your sacred

studies, say" Ceterte n
omnium, neque locoru

.que tem porurn sunt, neque wtatuna
n : inee stadia adoleseentiana alunt,

senectutern oblectant ; secundas res ornant ; adversis per-
fu,jum ac solatium prmbent: delectant domi, non inape-
&tint foris. pernoctant nobiscum, perigrinantur, rusti-

tiful couplet of our noble poet; and applying it to " God
in Christ," with all the clearness of an enlightened under-
standing, with all the decision and energy of au indomita-
ble will, and with all the softened tenderness of a capti-

vated heart, exclaim—
"Bound where thou wilt my barb, or glide my prow ;
But be the star that guides the wanderer—THou!"
The reverend gentleman resumed his seat amidst the
warmest demonstrations of the grateful and affectionate
esteem of the crowded and intellectual assembly.
The Rev. W. J. CONYBEARE expressed his acknow-

alluded to by the meeting, and added that he came there
amongst associations which would always be connected
with the last six years of his life, as being, :perhaps, the
happiest he had ever enjoyed. The examination in which
he had taken part had given him great pleasure, as he

were to be broueht before them-

be subjects
,cts which rec

the first candidate on the list for the Al`Neile exhibition
who had preferred remaining in the institution at present

delay," lie remarked that the fact was gratifying, because
it showed the advantages held out in the schools were ap-
preciated by those for whom they were intended. He
concluded by congratulating them on the advantages they

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His LORDSHIP then delivered the divinity prizes, ob-
serving that he had great pleasure in doing so, as the

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been engaged was one of the most valuable that could en-

rich was

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heaven. The Bishop concluded by paying a high compli-
ment to Mr. Dixon, one of the masters in the school,
whom he had known at Cambridge.

The next were the historical prizes, in presenting which
his lordship observed, that history was valuable on account
of the lessons of practical wisdom which might be drawn
from it, as regarded their several duties, and the state of
society generally. It showed, also, how much the pro-

bigotry, an

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been diminish&

gentle arts of peace, by the free intercourse of commerce,
and the cultivation of the principles of humanity,p and by
allfhnep rhristinn truths disspininntpd into n snirit of

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The successful competitors fo-r the mathematical and
arithmetical prizes were next called upon, and in coming
forward,

His LORDSHIP, after handing them their rewards, said
that at the colleges those sciences were pursued with great
diligence, and considered as a qualification for
They had a great effect in disciplining the min

Acton for distinction

and ren-

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were distributed b

His LORDSHIP, who expressed his satisfaction
system of rewards being given for advancement f
school to another

'rom one

These were followed by the delivery of the prizes for
French, drawing, and penmanship, those for being first
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cious remarks during each delivery.
The "Jubilate" was then sung by the pupils, and
His LORDSHIP, in a short addre. --Dd the grati-
fication and pleasure he felt in being
in the proceedings, and his do
prosperity of the institution, w

;, express

wed to take part
.e for the success and