History of Presbyterianism

childlike humanity, greatly beloved by all his stu- dents, and indeed by every one who knew him. As a preacher he was clear, logical, earnest, highly in- structive and deeply interesting, and as a Christian he was sincere, devoted and faithful in the service of the Master. Of him it might be said as of Nathan- iel, “In him was no guile.” Few men in the Cana- dian Church have done more to build up and extend the influence of Presbyterianism, and to advance the cause of the Redeemer, than the late Principal Mc- Knight, whose memory is revered by thousands, both in the land of his adoption and of his nativity.

In the year 1895 the General Assembly appointed the Rev. Professor Pollok, D. D., principal of the college, Rev. D. M. Gordon, D. D., to the chair of systematic theology and apologetics and Rev. Robert Falconer, B. D., to the chair of New Testament ex— egetics. The college has done noble work in the past, and equipped as it now is, with a staff of pro- fessors not excelled by those of any other college in the Dominion, the church may feel assured that it will continue to supply her increasing demands with a band of ministers thoroughly equipped for the service of the Master. It has already sent out well on to three hundred laborers into the vineyard, and while many of them are settled in the Maritime Provinces, others of them are to be found doing the work of the Lord in various fields from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, in almost every state of the American Union, in Australia, in England and Scot- land, and in the islands of the sea.

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