sea-breezes, and her physician advised a change of climate. Demitting his charge in East Boston, he 20 A Busy Life left for the AVest in September, and reached Mon- mouth in October, 1856. The college opened in September, as announced, with Professor Morrison acting president until the arrival of Dr. Wallace. He came in October, as we have said, and at once entered upon the work of his life — the establishment of a Christian college in the West. Filled with this purpose, he left his home in in the East and came West, and entered on the work with an energy and zeal that knew no abatement until compelled to seek a rest from his labors, first, in a short vacation granted him in 1868, which he spent in Europe; then in a brief visit to the sea- shore in 1876, and finally in an entire separation from the child of his heart — Monmouth College. The faculty carried on their work with Dr. Wallace added to their number; and though the students were not up to the standard of advancement for col- lege classes, with God's blessing on their efforts, they hoped soon to rise to the stature of a full-grown col- lege. The first year closed and the first annual catalogue was issued. It contained the names of ninety-nine students as having been in attendance, four of whom