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studying aiul tliinkiiig. He who had been a hardy 

 lad, breathing the pure country air, became a book- 

 worm. No more merry snow-balling, no more out- 

 door, invigorating exercise. Suddenly, one day, he 

 feels a sharp and racking pain — the brain has been 

 over-fed. and the body denied its needful rest. The 

 result was not strange, but to the ardent student 

 startling and unlooked for — he had a liemorrhage 

 of the lungs, and was forced, just as he was about 

 to gain the goal of his ambition, to leave college 

 without graduating.* It was a bitter and humili- 

 ating trial to him. He returned home weak and 

 despondent. When strong enough, he roamed 

 through the woody glens, and, resting under the 

 shade of a tree, carved his name on the bark. 

 But the healthful mother — Nature — was doing 

 her appointed work. Sunlight and pure air. were 

 her tonics; and, by degrees, hope revived, and 

 strength of mind and body were renewed. Ambi- 

 tious thoughts and aspirations again possessed his 

 soul — but what avenue of distinction was now open 

 to him? After much reflection, he selected the law 

 as a profession ; procured the books, and became 

 interested in the study — -'till there was ever an 

 unrest, an unsatisfled craving, within him. 



His parents, from infancy, had instructed him in 

 the Word of God — " Thy Word is a lamp unto my 

 feet, and a light unto my path." One Sunday he 

 took down an old volume from his father's book- 



*The degree of Mmfer of Arts was afterwards conferred 

 upon liiiu l)y Williams College. 



