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Word in happiness and joy. Hold on to this Book," 

 he said, " Consult it every day, and the love and 

 goodness of the Lord will be manifest to you." In 

 conclusion he urged the younger members not to 

 give heed to the efforts of those who would disrupt 

 the Inspired Word, and render void the the teach- 

 ings of Moses aud the Prophets. 



John Whipple Potter Jenks may not have been 

 great, in the sense in which the world counts great- 

 ness, but he was a great worker, and the talents with 

 which Nature had endowed him, whether one, five 

 or ten, he improved until they yielded returns an hun- 

 dred fold. In the annals of his Alma Mater he must 

 always appear as a true benefactor, providentially 

 raised up for the work which he was permitted to 

 accomplish. As the years go by the alumni will 

 gaze with renewed interest upon his portrait, placed 

 by his loving children in the midst of the labors of 

 his hands, recognizing it as the portrait of one who 

 devoted his energies and strength to the founding of 

 a Museum which bears his name, and thus gave 

 facilities for instruction in one of the noblest and 

 most interesting of all studies, that of Natural His- 

 tory. 



