INHERITANCE AND TRAINING 25 



there was only one student he lived with the presi- 

 dent at Killingworth, now Clinton, nine miles 

 away. 



When Jonathan Edwards, a lad of twelve, entered 

 college, there had been, all told, only about fifty 

 graduates. It was during the time that he was a 

 student that the college took the name of Yale. 

 The first year he was there the college was in three 

 places at the same time because of dissensions 

 among the students, and the very small class gradu- 

 ated in two places because neither faction would 

 go to the other place. In all these agitations 

 Mr. Edwards took no part. He simply devoted 

 himself to his studies and followed the line of least 

 resistance so far as taking sides in a senseless con- 

 troversy was concerned. After graduation he 

 remained at Yale two years for post-gi-aduate work, 

 mostly in theology, and then accepted an invitation 

 to preach for the leading Presbyterian church in 

 New York City ; but after eight months he returned 

 to Yale as a tutor and remained two years. 



At this time he was very severe in discipline, 

 bending every energy to securing the right condi- 

 tions for the most and best work. This is what he 

 wrote in his diary when he was twenty-one : 



"By a sparingness in diet, and eating, as much as 

 may be, what is light and easy of digestion, I shall 

 doubtless be able to think more clearly, and shall 

 gain time : 



1. By lengthening out my life. 



2. Shall need less time for digestion after meals. 



