of your merits”. “You have ever been pleased to associate your manifold honours with your relation to this (Pittapur Rajah’s) College, as you have also consecrated your conspicuous gifts of head and heart to its expansion. We, too, on our side, have learnt to delight in the loving and enduring nature of that valued relationship-” “ A special honour to the Brahmo community.” ‘‘ Bombay and Bengal could count Knights amongst Brahmos, and now Madras has you, amongst them.” “A rare honour which, I boliovo, has been but honoured by your association with it. It becomes to us a matter of family pride and joy.” ‘‘ This honour, exalted as it is, is nothing compared to the very high esteem and sincere love they (your pupils and friends) bear for you.” And what is the sequel ? Before the eye of man, an immediate response of grateful acknowledgment to every individual greeting. ‘ But at the Altar of the Unseen, only the writhing cry of self-abasement under its own revaluation of values ! ‘‘ Thou art t*he witness to. Thou art the Judge of, all the pain and anguish
