LIBRARY OF PRINCgON A' in ? T ^no3 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BV 4070 .P756 M62 A modern school of the (TW^U-^^^rWb. ?fS15ff'S^S=S^8^^S^?^ ?rw6> ' Beginning at Moses and all the prophets he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.'* ^^ ^SM Ri i^N iM8i^ H^^l ^P^l Pili ipIN n|H ;J|^W^9^^^^U V^^M HL^F^II m r^;'l)!il IE ' i--'iB^ ^^Bin^' 1^ R ^' ^S2 ^oDcrn Scbool ot the Ipropbets | IfTI! ||!j|g i inn^^^' MfM H^^^i K^^M^^^ffil i^^^iraii ■'This JesuJi linlli God ra.sed up whereof we all are witnesses." XTbcolooical Scntinai^ of ttie prc0t)^ter■■ NhW N'ORK CiTV - New York CiTV 1> , - New Brdnsuick, N. J. Eso , f:ast Orange, N. J. HENRY D. MOORE. Esg , FRANCIS B. GRIFFIN, Esq., FRANCIS L. PATTON, D. D., LL. HENRY W GREEN, Esq., Rev C. a. RODNEY JANVIER, Hon WILLIAM M. LANNING, CHARLES H. MATHEWS, Esq., JAMES H. POST, Esq , WILLIAM P. STEVENSON, E.so., W. BEATTV JENNINGS, I). D., - i'.LI/.AXiRrH, N. J. C'RANIORln N. J. New York Citv Philadelphia Philadelphia Newark, N. J. Baltimore. Md Trenton, N. J Salem, N.J. Philadiclphia D., Tricnton, N. J. 1'iiilade;i.1'hia Louisville, Kv. New York City Baltimore, Mu. Haduoni-ield, N. J. New York Citv Princeton, N. J. Trenton, N. J. Pll iladelphia Trenton, N. J Phii.adi;i.piiia New York City ROSELI.E N. J. Philadelphia HISTORY NE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, IN MAY, OF THE YEAR 1810, the (.eneial Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United vStates of America passed an act to establish a Theological Seminary. It met with a favorable response and resulted in opening at Princeton Nevv Jersey, in Au!;---\ L81P, "THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINAKV OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHUUCH IN THE UMTEI) STATES OF AMERICA." A Plan of Tiik Skminarv was adopted by the General Assemlily in order that, "The design of the institution may be known to the public and that lif)th now and in time to come the design be distinctly viewed and sacredly regarded both by teachers and pupils." Among other things the Plan states that the purpose of this Sem- inary " is to form men for the Gosjiel Ministry who shall truly believe and cordially love and therefore endeavor to propagate and defend in its genuineness, simplicity and faithfulness that s\stem of religious belief and practice which is set forth in the Confession of Faith, Catechism and Plan of Goven\ment and I)isci]iline of the I'resby- terian Church. ♦ » * » it is to unite in those who shall sustain the ministerial office, religion and literature, * * ■^ piety of heart with solid learning ; believiug that religion without learning and learning without religion in the minister of the Gospel must ultimately prove injurious to the Church. » » * It is to provide for the Church men who shall be able to defend her faith again.st infidels and her doctrir.c against heretics. * » • It is to furnish our congregations with enlightened, humble, zealous, laborious pastors who shall truly watch for the good of souls. - * " It is to bring to the .service of the Church genius and talent united with piety. » » » It is to furnish a nursery for nii.ssionaries to the heathen and trt such as are destitute of the stated preaching of the Gos])el." ^SEEP^J> ^aCTiJ l*fr^'f- '"^ l'Lt'7 '^' /"^^S KMB IS § aji 1 J » 11^ ^E ^ ^ ^^^bBk ^^mKB ftm m\ im ^'J^^^B^S [KMH( ff^ 'irwvit mi t:u IkI pH^nl^K IeMB Bg'IM^ niiwlmH gg ! ALEXANDER HALL I' OLD SEW frjJtif^rEffl ^ky3 m^M m i svryflp s^^ ^n IT"'''.^'// ■ ' "S^'^^^'5^- '- ''^^S s^hI SijEt^^-a-lLtH^fl Bbb For almost one luiiulifil years this Seminary has tried to be faithful to its trust and has furnished to the Church that established it men of missionary zeal, evangelistic fervor, pastoral loyalty and scholarly ability. From the r.bo\ e Plan the Seminary cannot depart until the Presby- terian Church changes it. Princeton Seminary's position is as well known as that of its founder and controller — the Presbyterian Church. A great agitation has been carried on recently in the secular as well as the religious press for a widening of the scope of theological training. But one of the largest and most influential Presbyteries of the Fast — Newark — when asked recently to permit a student for the ministry to sub,>:titute an e.\aminatiou in Sociology for one in Hebrew, resolved that hereafter no student for the ministry under the care of that Presbytery should substitute any elective for any of the studies required by the Book of Discipline of the Presbyterian Church without special permission of the Presbytery. So long as the majority of the ■ Presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church thus insist on the study of the Old and New Testaments in the original tongues, Princeton Seminary will be fourd ready to furnish them with the highest facilities for such ci'Huve. On the other lunui, it is the efiort of the Hor.id of Directors and the Faculty to jirovide the broadest possible Iraiumg consistent with thoroughness. The curriculum will not be sjuead to shallowness, but it will l)e made as coiniireheiisive as the time of the course will i)ermit. The Last General Assembly, sitting in Denver in May, 1909, took up the matter of Theological Ivducation. The Assembly in answer to an overture from the Presbytery of Brooklyn and others resolved to "appoint a conniiillcc to consider the whole matter of trainini^ our yo7inr 7,-ien for an efficient ministry. The subject to he considered in its relations to our present and urgent social needs the ivork of the tnissiou field at home and abroad and the business methods of practical church administration." Princeton Seminary will be found in hearty accord wnth this action. We note that the Moderator of the General Assembly that pas.sed this resolution was the retiring President of the Princeton Seminary Alumnae Association, BROWN HALL Rev. James M. Barkley, D. D., Pastor of Forrest Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit. The Chairman of the Committee who introduced the resolution was one of Princeton's younger sons and loyal supporters, Rev. John Mcnowell, D. D., of the Park Presbyterian Church of Newark, an authority on Christian Sociology. The Chairman of the Special Committee appointed to "consider the wliole matter," Rev. J. Ritchie Smith, D. U., of Market Square Church, Harrisburg, Pa., is the son of a former Director of Princeton Seminary and himself an ex-President of Princeton Seminary Alumni Association. Rut we take additional pleasure in calling attention to the fact that before the General y\ssenibly had taken up the question. Princeton Seminary's directorate and faculty had already done so. Rev. William L. McEwan, D. D., of the Third Church, Pittsburg, the candidate of the Svnod of Pennsylvania for the Moderatorship at the last Assembly, had been appointed Chairman of a Committee of the Board of Directors to canvass the whole matter of modern demands for ministerial training ; and Rev. Henry C. Minton, D. D., LL. D., Pastor of the First Church of Trenton and an ex-Moderator of the General Assembly, had lieen appointed Chairman of a Sub-Committee to co-operate with the faculty in arranging a curriculum that will embrace so far as possible everyiliinp; tssen'ial to the modern equipment of pn efficient ministry. Two years ago the Board of Directors elected Rev. Charles R. F.rdnian, of the First Church of Germantown, Professor of Practical Theology, in answer to the call they felt the Church was making for a masterly presentation of the English Bible, as well as the scholarly study of the Scriptures in the original languages. These facts are proof that the Seminary has been actively and earnestly seeking the best intere.sts of the young men preparing for the Chri.stian Ministry; and these names, and the names of the members of the faculty and Boards of Directors and Tru.stees, and the positions they hold in the Church to-day, show that the Seminary is in touch with the world of lo-day, and that those directing its affairs are mainly men who have been called by the Church at lariL^e to imi)ortant fields of activity and know from actual service the needs of the church of the present. 5 STUART HALL LOCATION A glance at the map will sliow the advantageous location of Princeton Seniinar>- hjr the practical study of our present anil urgent social needs. It lies midway between New^ York and l'hiladel])l'ia tlie metropolitan centre of the Hastern coast. It is situated near tlie centre of the Filth Sximd ui !'resl)\ fcrian Church in si/e and between New VovU and Pennsylvania, the First and Second .SynoiL^ in - i>.<- 'Phese three Synods contain one-fourth of all our churches, about one-half of the Church's membership ; and they contribute about four-sevenths of all the Benevolent funds, the Synod of New Jersey being fir.st proportionately in this respect. It lies on high and healthful ground, three miles from the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, within one hour's ride of the great cities, but far enough removed from them to l)e free from their distractions to a stutlious life. The local atmosphere of Princeton is (luickening to the .student and the whole environment teeming with the practical problems of present day life. The country is just behind; the city just before. Country and village church work may be studied within walking distance. The largest metropolitan churches and the most varied city mission work in the world may be visited in an hour's journey. Opportunity for the Study of City Work is provided for the students. Two years ago Mr. John H. Converse, a trustee of the Seminary and Chairman of the General Assem- bly's Committee on livaugelistic Work, made liberal jirovis- ion for a systematic visitation of the churches and missions of Philadelphia by the students to study and engage in evangeli.stic work. This was so successful that the Hoard of Directors has i>rovided for a continuation of such work, including with Philadelphia, Greater New York and the million-souled cities of New Jersey. This work is under supervision l)y the faculty and in charge of the department of Practical Theology. LENOX LIBRARY MISSIONARY ACTIVITY The Assembly's Committee on Theologi":al Seminaries ''^ also charged to " study their relation to the Mission Fields at Home and Abroad." Missionarj' meetings addressed by promi- nent pastors and lay workers are held at least once a month dnring the seminary year. Amongst recent sjiecial speakers have been such men as Dr. Grenfell, of Labrador; Dr. Baird, of Korea, and Dr. Underwood, of Porto Rico. Mr. Robert E. Speer was engaged as sjiecial lecturer on Foreign Missions for this past year on his return from his tour of the South American stations. These special lecturers remain at the Seminary as guests for some time, and the personal contact with such men constitutes one of the greatest privileges of seminary life. This missionary lectureship is supported by a liberal endowment, enabling the Seminary to secure the most inspiring and instructive missionary lectures that "can be obtained. Pkomini-.nt Ri;t,ioiou.s Wokkkks are engaged for every Tuesday night dnring the seminary year. Thus the students have the opportunity of hearing as many and as great a variety of men inominent in the various idia.ses of missions, practical religions work and spiritual life, as any city on the continent can afford. And, because thev are brought within the seminary grounds, at an economy of time to the students not possible in city schools. >• CONFERENCE FOR RELIGIOUS WORKERS Once a year a religious conference, at which the note of evangelism is pre-eminent and the purpose of which is the deepening of the spiritual life, is held. This conference is under the eflficient leadership of Rev. Dr. John R. Davies, of Philadelphia, a member of the Board of Directors. It is largely attended not only by the student body but by ministers of surrounding synods, attracted by the splendid list of speakers always secured for the occasion. Tun Spikitum. Lifk and atmosjiliere of the Seminary has been one of its marked characteristics: no slander has e\-er been connected with the institution. rati vc- liil)le stc'iial PROXIMITY TO THE CENTRE OF CHURCH ACTIVITY. AnotliL-i acl\-;uitage ol tlif Seminary's location is tlie pi-oxiniity to the olTices of yreat adniinisl aj^encies of tlit; chnicli-the Hoards of Home and Koreif^n Missions and College Aid, the American Society- and American Trad Society, in New York, and the lioards of Ministerial Keiiel, Mini I'.dncation and Sabliatli School and Publication Work in Philadelphia. The olTices of tliese I'xiards ina\- be visited b\- students interested, and jiersoual ac<|uaint- ance made witli the administrative leaders 111 tile Chuicli, who are Ireciuently present at Seminary exercises. Members of all these Boards being rejne- lenox reference l sented on Seminary's Hoards and vise versa. li.rowsilH'S AND iMvr: t^vi/.ics lend inspiialion to s'.ndy to tlie unde, -i; radn. liclp to th- siicccs^t;;! ^-p-ian'.s. OPPORTUNITIES FOR PREACHING. The primary ]uirpose of Princeton .Seminary is to provide instruction for students for the iniiiislr\-. But along with this consideralile opportunity is afforded the young men to "exercise tlieir gilts." The vSeuiinary is nearer a larger numljcr of Presbyterian churches than any oilier seininarv, and encouragement to i)ractice in preaching is given so far as it does not interfere with tlie more important work of ineparatiou for jHeaching. Six 1m and material and !;i'nor UNIVERSITY PRIVILEGES. The ])rii\iiiiit\- to the t^rent University is one of the greatest advantni^es to tlie Seniinar\- stndents. Not onl\- its lectures hnt its lii)raries anil gyninasivini are ojjen to them. (Graduates of other colleges may pursue during their seminar)- course elective courses in the University, and on successful completion of a two >-ears' course of tliree liours a week receive the Master's des^ree from the Universitv. UNIVERSITY LECTURES. tn addition to the s])ecial lectures given at the .Seminary each year, llie presence at the University of so many disting- uished guests emineut as scientists, statesmen, authors, lec- turers ami preachers, gives the students the o])])ortunity of hearing as varied and noted an arrav of talent as would be ]K)Ssil)le anywhere. POST GRADUATE WORK. The largel\- increased faculty of recent j-cars is due to the University idea adopted several years ago, wfiich has been emiuenth- successful. The purpose has been to make the Seiuinar\- n ]Hodncer not onlv of Christian preachers but also of Christian scholars. Men with sjiecial aptitude for certain lines of work may thus pursue research along chosen lines further than would be jiossible in the regular course. The ]iopularity of this privilege is shown in the fact that from fifteen to thirty-five men have been found in the ]iost- graduate dejiartment each year since its ince])tion. Princeton offers a post-graduate school in Theology of particular value to graduates of other seminaries where the Cahinistic System has not been jiresented at all or presented in an nnfa\-orable way. 'I'his is es])eciany \alnable for men desiring to enter the ministry of any of the l'resb\teiinn or Reformed Churches, and is of great \-aIne to ministers who, after a OLD NASSAU' UNIVERSITY BUILDING MILLER eiitertaininent and period of service, desire to return to the Seminary for refresliment and stimulus. The degree of B. D. may be secured by students pursuing the regular course and taking prescribed extra curriculum work, as well as by post-graduate students. For information in regard to any of these courses address the Secretary of the Faculty, Rev. Paul Martin, Princeton, N. J. Post graduate and extra curriculum courses are provideil in each department : In the English Bible, Church History, Systennitic Theology, Apologetics, as well as in the critical study of the Scriplures in the original tongues and in all tjie languages bearing n])on the interpretation and criticism of the Scri])tures. To tiie graduates of other seminaries or ministers desiring to pursue a post- graduate course the Seminary will extend the same privileges. CHAPEL instruction that are accorded the under-gradnates Tlie rejjort of the Committees of the Board of Directors and the Faculty on the rearrangement of the curriculum, already approved by the Board, provides that the courses of post-graduate work already established and inaintained shall be made more definite and still better filed to equip voum; men 7vho aspire to become experts in their chosen lines of 7vork . ' and provides further for "such a modif cation of the present under graduate course of study * * * that there shall be made place and time for a fuller treatment of the rubric of social ethics covering the practical duties of the Christian nmiistcr * « » Also that if the way seem clear to the Board lectures be provided for the students from men both clerical and lay of promi)ient Christian character who have achieved distinction in the civil and social service of the community. ' ' W^^'' i fiSs'-^J^'y-- 'iriyi^fl III afefp ;ff^ ^m MMb mBBi^i!^^^^ ^^5 CARNEGIE. LAKE 10 THE FACULTY OF PRINCETON Prksiiiknt I'attun, who, '••(.■ l-elifve, is recognized as a leading piiiiosophicai theologian of this conntry, is not a student of Historic Philosophy and Theology only, but is conversant with present day philosophical and theological and sociological theories. He has been delivering a series of lectures in lironiinent centres of religious and educational activities this winter that demonstrates his ability to present tlie position of the Christian Church on all these much discussed questions with the same keenness of perception that has alwaj-s been characteristic of his public utterances. President Patton was a pastor in Nyack, New York City and Chicago: a Professor of Theology in McCormick Theological vSeminary ; President of Princeton University — so that he brings to the Seminary life the rich experience of a varied and useful career. Dr. Wakkiic I.I), Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology, acted for a short time as Pastor in Concord, Ky., Dayton, Ohio, and First Church, Baltimore, before he was called to the chair of Greek I^xegesis in Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny, from whence he was called to the chair that he lias so successfully filled at Princeton. No man in this country to-day has written more in explication and defense of the system of truth to which the Presbyterian Church holds than he. He ranks as one of the most eminent and erudite theologians of the day. Dk. Gkici-:n7C, Professor of Apologetics, has been lecturing j,, Iiis regular course on Christian Sociology. He has not only the scholarly ability, but has had also the ])ractical experience deemed by many so important for this department. He began his ministry as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Ho.ston, and at the time of election to the professorskip was pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelijhia, so that his sociology is not tlieoretical only but it is al.so practical and essentially Christian. I)K. I)i.;WiTT, Professor of Church History, was a pastor for several years in Irvington, Boston and Philadelpliia and a professor in Lane and McCormick Seminaries before being called to Princeton, because he was considered the best equipped man in the country for the position which he fills. He adds to schnlnrly and comprehensive inlonuation on his subject the power of keen analysis and graphic description. Pu(n-. Krdm AN was pastor of the P'irst Church at Germaiitow n, with more than 1,000 members, anrl while luinistering to this cultured congregation, for many years was lender of the work amongst the men of the R. R. Y. M. C. A. before he was called to the chair of Practical Tlieology. He is in great demnnd at Noilhfield and other religious assemblies and International babbath School and Mission Conferences as a ])opular speaker and teuclier. 9 .VitiulUl I'lllUVU-lliTlwIvMiuli In addition to tliese men who have had tlie experience of ]iastors as well as teachers, Princeton is equipped with specialists, so necessary in this day of specialization, particularly in those dejiartiuents where such specialization is needed. Dr. Davis was Hebrew fellow of his class in Princeton Seminary and studied at Leipzig and Bonn Universities. No one who knows questions Dr. Davis' qualifications for the chair of Oriental and Old Testament literature, as practically all his life has been spent in pursuing studies along this line. He is the author of a well-known Bible Dictionary bearing his name. Dr. Vos was Hebrew fellow of Princeton Seminary; studied at Berlin and Strasburg ; was elected Professor of Theology in the Holland Christian Reformed Seminary, and from there was called to the chair of Biblical Theology at Princeton Seminary. Besides making the new department of Biblical Theology particularly his own he is equally distinguished as an academic preacher of high order. To an exceptionally comprehensive scholarship he adds personal devotion to the Reformed Theology and the Doctrines of Orace. Dr. Wii.,^()N graduated from Princeton University and Allegheny Seminary. He jmrsued his studies in Germany, was called to Western Seminary at Allegheny as Professor of Heluew, and from there to the chair of Semitic Philology and Old Testament Criticism in Princeton. Dr. Wilson, after nearl\- thirty years' preparation for this work, is thoroughly equipped to teach on all subjects requiring familiarity with the cognate languages of Old Testament literature. He was one of the popular speakers at Orove City and Winona Bible Conferences last year. Proi-*. Arm.sTR9MO, still a young man, graduated from Princeton Seminary in 1897 ; studied at Marburg, Berlin ask! Krlange'i , because of special aptitude as a Greek scholar, after serving as an instructor for several years in the department he was made jirolessor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis. He is familiar with every phase of New Testament Criticism, and is already recognized as one of the coming leaders in this department of Christian teaming. Assisting these are Dr. Hodgr, in the department of Theology ; studied at Heidelberg and Berlin and taught in Princeton University and Lafayette College. He is widely read and thoroughly familiar with that department of religious literature in which his family and uame have given such prominence to Princeton. Dr. Bovd, in the department of Oriental and Old Testament Literature, was a Princeton Seminary fellow in Hebrew and a student of iCrlangen University. He is a young man of great linguistic gifts, the author of a new text of the PUhiopic Octoteuch, which will be the standard text. Proi". M.\cMii.LAN, in the department of Church History; is a graduate of Toronto University and Princeton Seminar}- and student in Berlin Uuiversity. A man with literary gifts, an Assyrian scholar familiar with Semitic Philology, which he taught most acceptably before being made instructor in the department of Church History. 13 Pkok. Machkn, instructor in New Testament department. A graduate and prize winner at Johns Hopkins Uiii versit\-. His researches on the question of the Virgin birth are quoted I)}' Dr. Orr in his treatise of tliis subject. He won a Princeton Seminary Greek fellowship in his class; studied at Marburg and Gottiugen. Dr. Cotton, after a successful pastorate of eighteen years, was called as instructor in Hebrew because of special qualifications for this position. His ability has been recognized by Louisville Seminary, which has extended him a call to the Hebrew professorship. The Chair of Homiletics is not permanently filled. For the present Dr. Ferdinand Schenck, the occupant of a similar chair in the Dutch Reformed Seminary at New Brunswick, is filling the position. Dr. Schenck is author of two books bearing on the subject that he teaches. The Board of Directors confi- dently expects to be able to announce the acceptance of this chair by next fall by the pastor of one of our leading city churches who has previously proven himself a capable instructor. In connection with this department the Seminary furnished an extra course of lectures the past year on " 1 he Art of Preaching," by Rev. John Thomas, M. A., pastor of the Myrtle Street Baptist Church, Manchester, England, and profes.sor of Homiletics in Manchester College. Other special lecturers for the year were Louis Fitzgekai.d HiCNSoN, D. D., editor of " The Hymnal," " Stone Lecturer" for this year, subject, " The Hymnody of the ICnglish Speaking Churches;" also Rev. Henkv K. Do.sker, D. D., LL. D., professor of Church History in the Theological Seminary of Kentucky, lecturer on New Testament Criticism, subject, " Jesus, in German Theology in the First Decade of the Twentieth Century." The Seminary is also equipped with an Instructor in Elocution of exceptional ability, a man of literary taste and culture, Prof. Hknrv Wii.scn Smith, a graduate of Williams College, and liefore coming to Princeton in.structor in the same department in Williams College and Boston University. With the variety of equipment of men trained in the practical work of the pastorate and as specialists in the great universities, the Board of Directors presents with confidence a faculty than which as a whole, they are fully persuaded tliere is none better for preparing young men for the Christian ministry, and one that is already in touch with "our present and urgent social needs." THE NINETY-NINTH SESSION OF THE SEMINARY will open for matriculation of new students September 15tli, 19in. On September 14th the opening address will be made at 11 o'clock A. M. in Miller Chapel. In adition to :-.n excellent faculty the Seminary is possessed of an unsurpassed e(iui]iment in grounds and buildings. Every want of the student body is liberally supjdied and the expen.ses of living are probably lower than in the large cities. To all the privileges of this great institution the Boards of Directors and Trustees and Faculty extend to every worthy aspirant a cordial welcome. 1 + STUDENTS. The Seminary openeti last fall witli an increased enrollment in the Junior Class over the ])revious year. Princeton has educated about one-qi'.arter of the ministers of the i'reshyterian Clinrch an