Excerpt from Discourses by Rev. Samuel T. Seelye, D. D., And Rev. Calvin E. Stowe, D. D., Delivered at Lowell, Mass., And Hartford, Conn., Before the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West For the Lord giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understand ing. - proverbs 2 6. This passage of Scripture furnishes a theme that is especially appropriate to the present occasion. We learn from it that wis dom is a divine communication, and that knowledge is acquired by intercourse with God. It teaches us, not that education is important to Christianity, but that Christianity is essential to education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.