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From the South. Christian Advocate !.
WoHord College.

Mr.. Eaitor,-I desire to acknowledge.
with many thanks, valuable donation re-
Gently made to the Library of this Institu-
ton by the Rev. F. A. Mood, of Columbia.
1t is quarto, more than two hundred and
fifty years old containing in black letter, the
entire works of Geofry Chaucer-the morn
ing star Of English poetry. This gem of VOL
ume Is in excellent preservation. and 10 a
handsome addition to the literary treasures
of Library. To Mr.. Senator Butler, and
the Hon. J.. l.. Orr, of the House Of Repre-.
sentatives, we are under obligations for simi-
lar favours. A complete and beautiful cabi-
net of minerals has been presented to the
College by Dr.. Dogan, Of Union G. a., one.
OF the Trustees; for which also, we are laid
under special obligation.
1t gives me great satisfaction to say that
the Institution is doing we'll. There are in-
attendance in the collegiate and prepar-
atory departments, between seventy and
eighty students and We have reason to an.
ticipate that this number will be largely
increased at the beginning of the next term,
on the 4th Wednesday of August, when q,
new Freshman class will be formed. The
endowment left by the venerable founder
of the College,-S5O, ,0O0,-was paid over to
the Board Of Trustees by the Executors, on
the lst of January, and invested without.
delay. The proceeds of the amount funded,
with the patronage already secured, will meet
the expenses of the institution the present
year. Professor DuPre is now at the
North for the purpose of purchasing an ex-.
tensive chemical and philosophical appa-
ratus, which will be here by the time It Is
needed.
Without any appeal to public libe1sIity,
an Institution Of learning, OF high grade,
fully oficered, furnished with an extensive
suite of buildings, has come into existence /.
and with fattering prospects has entereds
upon, its course of public usefulness. This,-
.as far as my information goes, is unprele
cedented in the history of our Church. It..
calls for special gratitude to God, the girer.
of every good and perfect gift. 1t is cheer
ing to think that we shall work on in the
noble vocation of Christian Education, free
from the embarrassments and backsets
which scanty means at the beginning gen.
orally entail. We may count on efficiency
and vigour from the very outset. We may
confidently invite the young men from the
families of our members and friends through
ont the extent of the Conference, to our
halls of institution, offering them all the IA
cilties of mental culture possessed by older
Colleges, assured that long career Of use-
fulncss lies before the Institution, and that
it is destined by Gods blessing to promota
to largo extent the highest good Of man,
in time and eternity.
1t is our hope it will be both centre Of
letters and "a shrine of religion, sending out;
its influence, deep and difusive, not only
over classes of society possessed of wealth.
but also over those in more limited oircuna-
stances,'to whom the blessings Of sanctifed<
learning may prove an. inheritance richer than
gold, more precious than all other worldly;
advantages: w. M. WIoHrMAN.-
Wo6ord College, Aprtl eth.