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farmers, to attend regularly upon thefeleflures, as they 

 will thereby be enabled, with little lofs of time, and at 

 a ftill lefs expence, to pofTefs the concentrated wifdom 

 of ages. They will collecl without trouble all the mo- 

 dern improvements, not only in this illand, but upon both 

 the continents of the old and new world, without the 

 wafte of time and money, in long and expenfive journeys. 

 They will have the praftice of the whole world of agri- 

 culture laid fully before them ; and if a defire of fur- 

 ther information, and of a more perfeil: praftical know- 

 ledge rtiould be excited, an event not more to be wifh- 

 ed than expelled, they will leave home, flored with 

 fuch previous information, and fo general a knowledge 

 of the objeft of their inquiry, as will enable them to 

 direft their refearches to the moft important objefts, 

 and to make the moft of their information, by a judici- 

 ous arrangement and well-direcled inveftigation. 1 

 would particularly reccommend thefe leclures to the at- 

 tention of thofe who are deftined for the Church. They 

 will come prepared by a liberal education, and their at- 

 tendance will be only a relaxation from feverer ftudies. 

 As they will be refident in the country, and connected by 

 their fituation and office with this moft ufeful body of the 

 community, their inftruftions and advice will be attend- 

 ed to with almoft filial reverence ; and thus they may 

 employ the many hours of leizure, which niuft here be 

 a burden to themfelves, in difpenfing ufeful knowledge, 

 and throwing, at the fame time, a ftrong bar in the 

 way of vice, by promoting a fpirit of virtuous induftry 

 and laudable exertion. In ray opinion, a knowledge 

 of the principles and prafticc of agriculture, is neceflary 

 to the pcrfeftion of the facerdotal character ; as a mi- 

 .nifter fo endowed, will imitate, and in fome meafure 

 cooperate with God in giving the higheft perfection to 

 his works, and dilTeminating the moft extenfive blelT- 

 ings amongft mankind. They furely will not think 

 this a mean employment or an inferior duty. If they 

 fhould, let them call to mind Becket, Hooker, and a 

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