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so frequent!}^ characteristic of the same faith 

 in the old world. Exercising their sacred func- 

 tions under the auspices of a Protestant go- 

 vernment, they feel the value of mildness in 

 their own conduct, and strenuously endeavour 

 to repay its protecting power by a zealous per- 

 formance of their duties, and by instilhng into 

 the minds of their flock a grateful obedience to 

 the laws, with a reverence for the constitution, 

 as^ well as the obligations imposed upon them in 

 their character of good citizens. They are also 

 chiefly employed in the important cares of edu- 

 cation, of which they acquit themselves in a 

 manner that reflects the highest credit upon their 

 exertions. To this fact the seminaries of Quebec 

 and Montreal, and the college of Nicolet, bear 

 a powerful testimony. In these estabhshments, 

 where the higher and abstruse sciences yield to 

 those of more extended and primary utility, 

 professors are employed to teach the various 

 branches of the classics, mathematics, and 

 belles-lettres, whose learning would acquire 

 them reputation in any country. In com- 

 municating their instructions the French idiom 

 is in general use, but in the college there is 

 a professor for the English tongue, an example 

 worthy of being followed by the two former, as 

 this language now becomes an essential part 

 of youthful studies. The revenues of the 



