The Rev. "W. McGregor «aid he had come amongst them as a stranger, but he did not wish to make himself strange to them. It was his desife to become one of themselves. Five years ago, when Dy Cairns of Melbourne had desired the students to bear in mind the spiritual needs of the Colonies, he had expressed his willingness to go, and when his studies were completed he was asked at once to accept the position he now occupied. He could not say why he was in this place more than in any other —he could only recognize the guiding and directing hand of God, which had brought him here He came as an ambassador, and would look for their Christian forbearance and kindness to bear with his many faults and weak nesses, in inducting him to his duties, his brother Mr Morice had said to him, " You have come far from your native land, my brother, and you will meet with many trials and difficulties; but put your trust in God, and He will enable you to overcome them." With this reflection he would comfort himself, and whatex er difficulties he might en counter, he would not complain. One thing he entreated of this congregation —from Sabbath to Sabbath let him see them in their places in the House of God. Nothing was more encouraging to a Minister of the Gospel than this, and nothing was more discouraging to him than to preach, week, after week, before empty pews. A great responsi bility lay with the present generation in this new country —a responsibility perhaps greater than that of any nation in the old world— for in the hands of this generation was the making and moulding of the future of the land. Every nation desired to be great in the sight of others ; but there was only one way to attain this greatness. Politi cians might count their ships and their armies, and with them gamble away the fate of a nation, as Napoleon had done ; economists might look to commerce, with increasing wealth and worldly

prosperity; but the Minister of the Gospel knew that it was righteousness alone which could exalt a nation. The secret of Britain's greatness was this— that the influence of the Bible was in the hearts of the people. 