On The college sustained a very serious loss in the death of its principal, the Rev. Alexander Mc- Knight, D. D. , which took place after a short illness, on the 4th November, 1894. Dr. McKnight was born in Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland , and re¬ ceived his education in the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. As a student he took a high.place in his classes and won prizes in Latin, Greek, logic, mathe¬ matics and natural philosophy. He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Ayr on 18th February, 1850. Five years later he was, by the Colonial Committee, appointed to the chair of Hebrew in the Free Church College in Halifax . Soon after his arrival in Hali¬ fax he accepted a call to St. James' church, Dart¬ mouth, and in addition to his professorial duties con¬ tinued, with much acceptance, 'to minister to that charge until 1868, when, having accepted an ap¬ pointment to the chair of exegetics in addition to that of Hebrew, he found it necessary to resign his pastorate over St. James' church. In 1871 the Rev. Principal King, D. D. , having resigned his position in the college on account of failing health, Dr. Mc ¬ Knight was appointed to the chair of systematic the¬ ology, and in the year 1878, by a unanimous vote of the General Assembly , he was elected principal of the college, which position he filled with great ability until his useful career was terminated by death. Dr. McKnight was a profound theologian, a fine scholar, possessed a highly cultured mind, well stored with general information, was deeply versed in ecclesias¬ tical law, was of a kind and genial disposition, of 175