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name under heaven among men whereby we must be saved."

It was on this occasion that the Honorable Colonel John S. Preston of South Carolina, toward the close of his oration, addressed Bishop Polk in these words: "Whensoever it shall please God, your Master to stay your radiant right arm from his battlefields on earth, and call you to His everlasting triumphs, the heavens and your grateful country will read upon your tomb, 'The Founder of the University of the South.'"

Of the sharp and bitter holocaust that blighted the hopes of that auspicious day in October, 1860, the less said the better. Bishop Polk was persuaded to accept as a temporary appointment the command of the Army of the Mississippi Valley. He did not throw off the gown for the sword; he buckled the sword over the gown. When someone ventured to congratulate him on his "promotion" to the rank of General, he replied gravely, "I do not consider it a promotion. The highest office on earth is that of a bishop in the Church of God." His piety remained