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Faculty of Arts."
"That in these embarassing circumstances the Trustees,
after long and anxious deliberation, have felt it to be their
duty to request the Moderator of Synod to call a pro re nata
meeting, that the representatives of the Church may have an
opportunity of consulting together as to the course which it
is now most advisable to adopt, and of giving such expression
of their views as may guide the Trustees, in their earnest
desire to act both for the best interests of the Institution and
in closest accordance with the mind of the Church, and for-
asmuch as the communicants of the Church are, by the Royal
Charter, members of the College Corporation, they have deemed
it proper to invite them to be present, in the hope that the Synod
will permit them to take part, if so disposed, in its deliberations."
"In conclusion the Trustees take this opportunity of
reminding the Synod that at the time Queen's College was es-
tablished one of the strongest motives under which its founders
acted was furnished by the almost entire want in Canada
of the means of obtaining a superior education, and that during
the whole period of the existence of the College such education
has been afforded by its instrumentality not only to
Students belonging to the Church with which it is con-

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