lightly esteem the opinions of his fathers. In later years he endeavored to impress upon the minds of his students the importance of adhering to the faith of their fathers until, after a thorough personal examination, they were satisfied they were mistaken. It was well that he had the opportunity to go over and settle thoroughly in his own mind these impor- tant fundamental truths; for afterwards his time was so much occupied with pressing college duties that he would scarcely have had the opportunity. He after- wards frequently remarked, that he could not have sustained himself in Monmouth during these active, busy years, if it had not been for what he had garn- ered in Boston. He had been laboring in East Boston nearly two years, when he received an invitation from the Board 1(5 A Busy Life. of Trustees of Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illi- nois, to become the president of that newly founded institution. So reluctant was he to leave his pres- ent field, that he at first declined the invitation. However, the health of Mrs. Wallace had been fail- ing; the climate of New England was too severe for her. In the winter and spring of 1856, her lungs gave her much trouble. Under these circumstances an invitation came the second time to become presi- dent of Monmouth College. He consulted with a