Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . yof our best-knownEastern colleges,while many othershave taken valua-ble prizes in otherhigher institutions oflearning during thepast and precedingyears. Of its present and past pupils, thirty-six have eitherentered upon or are preparing for ministerialor missionary labor. It is believed that ofthose who have attended the academy for aperiod of one year or more, fully seventy-five per cent, have left its walls devotedChristians. Such is the record of an institution whosefounding was directly inspired by the actionof the General Assembly in crea
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . yof our best-knownEastern colleges,while many othershave taken valua-ble prizes in otherhigher institutions oflearning during thepast and precedingyears. Of its present and past pupils, thirty-six have eitherentered upon or are preparing for ministerialor missionary labor. It is believed that ofthose who have attended the academy for aperiod of one year or more, fully seventy-five per cent, have left its walls devotedChristians. Such is the record of an institution whosefounding was directly inspired by the actionof the General Assembly in creating IheBoard of Aid for Colleges and stands as a monument to the wisdom ofthat action. When the late Dr. J. and his coadjutors in 1884 deter-mined to establish this academy, it was withthe firm reliance that, after exhaustingevery reasonable resource among the localfriends and supporters of the institution,the Board of Aid would supplement theirefforts with such financial assistance asmight be necessary. This the Board has. Lewis Academy, Wichita, Kansas. 405 406 LEWIS ACADEMY. [November,
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