cers of the university. It is possible that one may be found whose private fortune will place him above such considerations, and who will consider the good he may accomplish as a sufficient reward for his exertions. But it is evident that no reliance can be placed upon so precarious a contingency; and the committee therefore feel it their duty to urge the importance of providing at least an incipient fund for the support of the minister. All sums, therefore, which may be subscribed over and above the three thousand dollars requisite for repairing the church, will be made over to the trustees of donations to the Protestant Episcopal Church in the state of Massachusetts, to be held by them in trust for the specifick object of increasing the salary of the rector of Christ church, Cambridge. The respectable and permanent character of this corporation is well known throughout the Eastern Diocese; but for the satisfaction of persons at a distance, the committee think it proper to state, that to the same corporation is confided the care of the Bishop's fund, and that of the Church lands in the state of New Hampshire. If, therefore, any benevolent individuals should feel disposed to contribute of their abundance for the support of a parish, which, consisting of young men from every quarter of the union, may be considered as a nursery containing the germs of many other parishes, they may feel the most perfect confidence that their bounty will not be dissipated, nor diverted from its proper

use.

It is with such views of the importance of reviving the church at Cambridge, as it regards the interests both of religion and learning, that the committee are induced to apply to you, and to solicit your aid in circulating the foregoing information, and procuring subscriptions to the accompanying paper. Should you comply with their wishes, they further request that you will return the subscription paper as soon as may be convenient and expedient.

SAMUEL F. JARVIS,
ASA EATON,
THOMAS PERKINS,
DUDLEY A. TYNG,
SAMUEL D. PArker,
FRANCIS WILBY,

JAMES C. MERRILL.

At a recent meeting of the committee, JAMES BOWDOIN, Esq. was elected treasurer.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

OWING to the absence of one of the conductors, several articles were mislaid, which was the cause of No. 3, of the Essays on the Character of the Writings of St. Paul, being printed instead of No. 2, which bas since been found, and will appear in our next number.

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