Wallace as co-pastors . Arrangements were made to combine the college service with the second service of the congregation, which, in some measure light- ened the labors of Dr. Wallace. " However, as re- sponsibilities increased with the growth of the col- lege, he felt that his sphere of labor needed concen- tration. Monmouth College was founded with the design of being, in an eminent degree, a Christian college. The agencies for securing this end were wisely arranged, president, professors and students having definite and well-understood lines of effort and influence. All had opportunities of influence on all the students, and as officially their spiritual, as 42 A Busy Life. well as their mental and moral instructor, his sphere was more extended and more comprehensive than that of any professor. Clearly seeing and valuing his work in this line, in order that all interested might receive the attention they required, and which he felt was his duty to give, shortly after his return from Europe, he requested to be released from all pastoral care in the affairs of the Second Church. The congregation consented to this request, and he was formally released by the presbytery December 29, 1868. However, the relations between the pastors, respecting their work and the college services in the afternoons of the Sabbaths, were continued as before.