poems he has given such a pretty picture of the scene when the mothers of Judah brought their little ones to Christ for a blessing that every child will be glad to read it here:

"They brought Him their babes, and besought him,

Half kneeling, with suppliant air,

To bless the brown cherubs they brought him,
With holy hands laid in their bair.

"Then reaching his hands he said, lowly,
'Of such is My Kingdom;' and then
Took the brown little babes in the holy
White hands of the Saviour of men ;

"Held them close to his heart and caressed them,
Put his face down to theirs as in prayer,
Put their hands to his neck, and so blessed them,
With baby hands hid in his hair."

ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.

T the Semi-Centennial of Andover Theological

A Seminary, on August 4th, 1858, one of the

speakers made the following remarks:

"There is one spot near us which has to me more interesting associations than any other on these grounds. I refer to the Study of the Bartlett Professor. If its unwritten history could be published it would form an interesting chapter in the religious history of our country and of Christendom. It would reveal suggestions of wise forecast, original plans of usefulness, the starting of thoughts and movements and in

stitutions amidst conference and prayer, the influence of which has gone to the ends of the world. Soon after its occupancy by the second Professor of Rhetoric in 1812, there was established in it a weekly meeting for prayer, and for devising ways and means of doing good. And in this little meeting there were planted and cherished into growth many germs which

are now plants of renown and trees of life. In Andover the scheme of Foreign Missions first assumed the visible and tangible form which gave rise to the American Board, and Mills was one of the four students whose names were signed to that memorable paper drawn up here (in this study) and which, after consultation, was presented to the General Association, and led to the formation of the earliest and largest Foreign Missionary Association in our land. Here, too, was instituted the Monthly Concert. The proposal of such a union of Christianity in America as had already existed in Scotland was made and considered at the meeting in this Study.

"In 1813, Dr. Porter (the Bartlett Professor) purchased a little book, when the thought strikes him that by associated action and contribution, religious publications might be made cheaper, and more generally diffused. This thought was presented to the little

meeting of brethren in this Study, and at once grew into the New England Tract Society.

"The question has been more than once raised 'Who originated and established the first religious newspaper in the world?' A witness still living states positively, as a matter of personal knowledge, that the Boston Recorder' had its birth in Dr. Porter's Study.

"The want of a Society, national in its operations, for aiding young men in their education for the ministry is felt. It is talked over at the Study-meeting at Andover; and as the result there arises the American Education Society.

"That the American Bible Society was originated through any influence proceeding from Andover is not affirmed; yet certain it is that before it was organized in New York the importance of such a national institution, in addition to the Massachusetts Bible Society, was a matter of special consultation in this circle of brethren. And it may be stated with confidence that the American Home Missionary Society was the result of thoughts and suggestions that went forth from this place. Encouragement from this Study organized an Association of Heads of Families for the promotion of Temperance, and the first name on the pledge is E. Porter; the six following names are of

THE FAMOUS BARTLETT PROFESSORSHIP STUDY, ANDOVER, MASS.