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g this ttic cause of the children of t Highlands and Islatids of Scotland, I could totich some themes winch would stir up the fiery spi of the Norths and warm the generous hearts ofi South, 1 could speak of the children of th schools OS including the orphans of those gallant men who have fought and conqut-red in crery land, and were nevi-r known to luni iheir back upon the enemy of Britain. For from these regions hava icn 1 OI" &PVCATION. 843 come forth the stren^h of those brave battaliona >vhich are the ornament of peace and the bulwark of war. Prca€:hin)( in ihe heart of this mctropoIiR, I can take little aclvantuj^ ol' the^e thetite?*, having no emblems around me to brinf^ them vividly be- fore you ; and yet, in juBtice to my undertaken ta^k. 1 must not omit to mention them. Many of those lo n'|]o:<c education you will this day contnbute, are the children of father.% whom find in hi« pro- viilrnce (.ailed forth from llich" (jvaccful vales snd tonely mountains, to stand as watetimen around the walls of the country, and turn the battle from bcr gates. From the iRhcritancc of that nchest dowry, a father's right hand, how many of these chiklrea were cot off. when their fathers, tn their country & need, went forth and bled, and died» or were disabled in their country's defence, or in the bloody achievement of their country's victory and triumph, 1 reckon that our brethren in arms who so bravely gave themselves to die by sea and land, during the ^vars of the infidel insurrec- tion^ ajid by their valour bore back it)i a while to the abyss the spirits of turbulence,andhav€ bound them again by stubborn bw an:] government, did the beat office for the world which these latter ages have beheld. And that it la duo unto their bloody toils that we sit so quietJy, each one under his own vint^, and under his o^^n fig-troe, without any to make us afraid. And shall we forsake tbeir children! shall we abandon their orphan diUdreo to starvation and want? God forbid. It were enough to make the Lord cast us oflT. and yield us up to the beast from the bottomless pit. when he shall make Wn second iiscent npon the a J 2 9M ON EDUCATiov. IDh, rta^ ol^ European affairs, if wo &hould abundon the widows aod theorphaos of those who heretofore flefeniled u». Brethren, it bi a debt of gratitude you owe th« children of those whose fathers ffkre themselves for you. Thero be thUday so- liciting you by my ljps» sons of the men who fought and conquered for you in every regioa of the earth. Each notable victx^ry by x