Young men were indeed taught less than they are now taught in theological seminaries- they heard and transcribed fewer lectures--they were not listeners merely, but were allowed to be inquirers, and even encouraged to be disputants. The consequence was, that while-they were taught less, they studied more, thought more, wrote more- and their minds were better disciplined, if not so richly furnished. With less learning and fewer attainments, they were abler men- abler casuists, abler polemics- abler, more instructive, and more practical and acceptable preachers of the Gospel.