| page_0051Synod, a fraternal letter to the Ministers and Congre-
gations there, requesting their cordial co-operation and
effective aid; and finally, the Synod recommend to the
brethren who shall be engaged in this work to use
their best exertions to stir up parents, possessing the
means, to confer upon their sons that higher education
which Queens College was founded to give, and to
consecrate to the work of the Ministry such of them
as afford favourable indications of piety and talents,
that the main design of this Institution may be secured,
- the preparation of young men for the Ministry of our
Church."
The recommendation of the Synod, and the visits
made during the summer at the request of the Trustees
by Professors George and Weir in the West, Professor William-
son in the East, and the Revd George Macdonnell in
the Maritime Provinces, were so far successful in calling
for the liberality of the friends of the College, that ul-
timately about [pounds] 3500 of the purchase money was
derived from the source.
On 7th February, 1854 Professor Williamson
and Smith and Mr. Andrew Dummond were appointed | page_0051Synod, a fraternal letter to the Ministers and Congre-
gations there, requesting their cordial co-operation and
effective aid; and finally, the Synod recommend to the
brethren who shall be engaged in this work to use
their best exertions to stir up parents, possessing the
means, to confer upon their sons that higher education
which Queens College was founded to give, and to
consecrate to the work of the Ministry such of them
as afford favourable indications of piety and talents,
that the main design of this Institution may be secured,
- the preparation of young men for the Ministry of our
Church."
The recommendation of the Synod, and the visits
made during the summer at the request of the Trustees
by Professors George and Weir in the West, Professor William-
son in the East, and the Revd George Macdonnell in
the Maritime Provinces, were so far successful in calling
for the liberality of the friends of the College, that ul-
timately about [pounds] 3500 of the purchase money was
derived from the source.
On 7th February, 1854 Professor Williamson
and Smith and Mr. Andrew Dummond were appointed |
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