CHAPTER II 
HIS COLLEGE LIFE. 
T ime having confirmed in his own mind the 
determination to become, if possible, a mission- 
ary, as well as having satisfied others of the 
existence of mental and spiritual qualification 
for such a vocation, Thomas Comber was advised 
by his pastor, Dr. Stanford, and other friends, to seek 
admission into the Baptist College in Regent’s Park, 
under the presidency of the Rev. Joseph Angus, D.D. 
As one of the preliminaries to this admission, he was 
required to preach before the church of which he was 
a member. It was naturally a trying ordeal ; but 
one who was present testifies to the approval with 
which his discourse was received, and to the cordiality 
with which a recommendation was forwarded to the 
College Committee urging his acceptance. His suita- 
bility being further satisfactorily ascertained, he entered 
the Institution in the year 1871, in his nineteenth year; 
being considerably assisted by a fund raised amongst 
the members of the Denmark Place congregation, his 
old friend Mr. Norton Smith acting as treasurer. 
The Divine Providence having thus placed him in 
circumstances so favourable to preparation for the 
