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 SKETCH 
 
 OF THE 
 
 RISE, PROGRESS and PRESENT STATE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
 OF THE" 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH is the UNITED STATES. 
 
 TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED, 
 
 A CO PY 
 
 t 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CONSTITUTION OF THE SEMINARY. 
 
 (.*uhllshed by Order of the Board of Directors. 
 
 ELIZABETH TOWN : 
 rintsd \y Shepsrd KoilKlE, Huly opp«Bite the Aaedcmj.— IJl: 
 
SKETCH 
 
 OF THE 
 
 RISE, PROGRESS AND PRESENT STATE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, &c. 
 
 J HE importance of the union of piety and 'earnino; in 
 the Holy Miiiistry, is one of those radical principles of ec- 
 clesiastical uisiioni which the experience of ages has serv- 
 ed more and more to confirm. If the Pricst^s lips were, 
 ef oldfto keep knoirlcdge; if the IMinisters of the Gospel 
 are hound to feed the people with Tcnonlcdge and with jm- 
 der standing ; then notliing can be plainer than that igno- 
 rance, or small and indigested knowledge is, next to the 
 ■want of piety, one of the most serious defects in a candi- 
 date for the sacred office. And it is equally plain, that no 
 church which neglects the proper education of her minis- 
 try, can be considered as faithful, either to her own most 
 precious interests, or to thy honour of her divine Head and 
 Lord. 
 
 Impressed witli these solemn convictions, a number of 
 the Ministers and other ^Members of the Presbyterian 
 Church, long before the establishment of their Seminary, 
 now so happily in operation, deeply lamented the want of 
 such an Institution, and saw, with much pain, the ex- 
 treme disadvantages under which candidates for the Mi- 
 nistry laboured, in pursuing their Theological Studies, — 
 They saw young men, after devoting only twelve or eigh- 
 teen months, and, in some instances, much less, to thcftu- 
 dy of Theology ; and even, for that time, almost wholly 
 without suitable helps, taking on themselves tiie most 
 Avci^uty and respo;!sibic oi all oii.ccs. 
 
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 They saw the " Reformed Dutcli Church," the « As- 
 Bociite Reformed Ci.urch," and the Descendents of the 
 venerable Puritans in Nevv.England,all going before them 
 in an honourable and successful career of exertion, to re- 
 move thcr disadvantages, and to establish Seminaries for 
 the Instr rtion of their Candidates for the Ministry; and 
 they p erceived, that unless the Presbyterian Church 
 sh i id imitate their examples, while other denominati- 
 ons rose and flourished, they would inevitably decline, and 
 fall into a state of discouraging Aveakness and inferiority. 
 
 Accordingly, after long waiting, and after much coun- 
 sel and prayer, the proposal to establish a Theological Se- 
 init)ary in the Presbyterian Church, was lirst introduced 
 into the General Assembly, during the sessions of that body 
 in May, 1809. It was so far countenanced, that an overture 
 onthesubject was -enl down to all the Presbyteries for their 
 consideration and judgment. The opinions of the Presbyte- 
 ries were so far received by the General Assembly which 
 gat the next year, that the following Resolution, after ma- 
 ture deliberation, was adopted by a nearly unanimous 
 vote, viz. — 
 
 " Resolved, That the General Assembly will, in the 
 " name of the Great Head of the Church, immediately 
 ** attempt to establish a Seminary for securing to Candi- 
 *' dates for the Ministry more extensive and efficient The- 
 " ological Instruction, than they have heretofore enjoyed.** 
 
 This measure was followed by the appointment of a 
 large Committee, to draft a Constitution for the proposed 
 Seminary; who, at the meeting of the next Assembly, 
 May, 1811, reported their draft, which, after considera- 
 ble amendment, was adopted. This Constitution has been 
 for some years before the public ; Ixit for the sake of those 
 xvh© may not have iiad an opportunity of inspecting it, it 
 
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 wil! he subjoine 1, at full lei gth, to the present Sketch. 
 The friends of the Seminary, it is confidently hoped, will 
 see in every clause of that instrument, an earnest solicitude 
 to render the Institution a nursery of vital godliness as 
 well as of theological learning ; and thus make it, what it 
 can never otherwise be hoped to prove, a blessing to the 
 Church of God. 
 
 At the meeting of the next Assembly, in May, 1812, the 
 location of the Seminary washxed at Princeton, in New- 
 Jersey; a Hoard of Directors was elected, and the Rev. 
 Dr. Archibald Alexander was appointed Professor of Di- 
 dactic and Polemic Theology. On the last Tuesday of 
 June following, the Koard of Directors held their first 
 meeting. On the l:^th day of August, of the same year, 
 the Board of Directors met again, anrl Dr. Alexander was 
 solemnly inaugurated, and entered on the dutiesof his of- 
 fice. The number of Students, at the opening of the Insti- 
 tution, was three. 
 
 At the meeting of the Assembly in May, 1813, the 
 number of Students had increased to eight. By this As- 
 ee'nbly the Rev. Dr. Samuel Bliiler was elected Professor 
 of Ecclesiastical History and Church Government, and 
 was inaugurated by the Board of Directors on the 20th 
 of September following. The number of Students has 
 been gradually increasing from the fust opening of the 
 Seminary until the present time. The highest number, at 
 any one time, has been forty-nine. 
 
 The General Assembly, in 1815, taking into considera- 
 tion the great inconveniences resulting to the Institution 
 from the want of suitable apartments for the recitations, 
 and other exercises of the Seminary ; ai)d more especially 
 the numerous privations, and even dangers to their health, 
 to which the students were sub^'fcted by the want pf conve- 
 nient j[)laces of lodging ; determined to erect a Public Edi- 
 
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 iice in Princeton, which should contain all the pubh'ca- 
 partments indispensably necessary for the present, aiid al- 
 so lodging rooms for the comfortable accommodation of all 
 the pupils. Accordingly this edifice was commenced in the 
 autumn of that year, and is now in such forwardness that 
 it is hoped the Institution may without much difiiCulty 
 be accommodated in it, from and after thccomraencem.ent 
 of the next session. Tiiis building is of stone, one hundred 
 and fifty feet in 'cngth, fifty in breadth, and four stories 
 high, inclutling the basement story. The estimated cost, 
 before the work was actually begun, was between forty- 
 seven and forty-eight thousand dollars ; and it is now re- 
 duced to a certainty, that it cannot exceed much, if any, 
 fifty thousand dollars. This edifice has bt^en admired by 
 all who have seen it, as a model of neat and even elegant ; 
 and, at the same time, of plain economical, and remarkably 
 solid workmanship. When finished, it will be at once an 
 honour and a blessing to the church. The erection of it 
 IhHS far has alreatly nearly exhausted the funds hitherto 
 collected — to finish it will require a vigorous exertion.—- 
 That this exertion will be made, and that it will be 
 crowned with success, cannot for a moment be doubted. 
 Our confidence in a happy result is unshaken. The tokens 
 of Divine favour toward the Institution forbid us to fear. 
 The hearts of men are in tlie hands of Zion's King ; and 
 the silver arid the gold will not be witiiheld from a work, 
 which we are persuaded he delights to prosper. 
 
 Although this " School of the Prophets" has existed 
 but little more than five years ; and although it has con- 
 stantly laboured under serious disadvantages, from the 
 ■^vant of funds, of a suitable library, and of other import- 
 ant accommodations ; it has exhibited results of the most 
 gratifying and animating kind. The students who have 
 been in the Institution from its c mm n ement, incladmg 
 those who now belong to it, amount iu ninety-seven- Of 
 
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 ihe^T, forty-seven have Seen licensed to preach tlie GospeJ. 
 Twenty-four are settled Pastors, some of them in congTe- 
 gations amonc^ the most important within our bounds; 
 andthe labours of several of them have been blessed with 
 special revivals of relii!;iot). Twenty have been engaged, 
 or are now engaged, in Missionary labours, or have accept- 
 ed Missionary appointments. The labours of several of 
 them on Missionary ground, have been signally owned 
 and blessed by the Gxeat Head of the church. Congre- 
 gationf^ in very important situations have been formed 
 through thf' instrumentality of their labours: — And the 
 pouring out of the Hoiy Spirit has, in several instances, 
 remarka!)ly f dlowed them. Tiie field of labour into 
 which many of them have gone, or are going, is exceeding- 
 ly important. Through the last year the students of the 
 S'-minary have been ictively engaged on ^Missionary ground 
 in the states of New- York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North 
 Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana, 
 and the Michigan and Illinois Territories — And appoint* 
 cients have now been accepted, in addition to other re- 
 gions, lor the Missouri Territory, the IMississippi Territo- 
 ry, and Alobile and the city of New Orleans. 
 
 The students have been actively and successfully en- 
 gaged in the vicinity of the Seminary in promoting the in- 
 terests of religion — And there is now existing among theni, 
 a " Society of Inquiry respecting Missions;" this society 
 was instituted in the spring of ISli. It meets once a 
 month. Its object is to store the minds of the students 
 with knowledge on Alissionary subjects, to ascertain the 
 situation and wants of dcsti ute regions of the world, and 
 the best means of spreading the Gospel among them; and 
 to enkindle and cherish the spirit of Missionaries in their 
 own souls — It is especially to this instituiion, under G )d, 
 that the Missiwaary spirit is to t*u ascnbed, wJUich kas 
 
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 iately been excited among the students of the Seminary, 
 and which promises to be extensively useful to the Redeem- 
 er's Kingdom. 
 
 These facts speak a language in favour of the Seminary 
 which cannot be mistaken. If any thing can animate its 
 friends, and reconcile te its support those wlio have hitli- 
 crto regarded it with aversion or indiirerence, it is the ex- 
 tensive benefits which it has already procured to the church. 
 However Christians may differ as to the means of doing 
 good, they must rejoice in ail those efforts which promote 
 the glory of God, and accomplish the designs of his grace, 
 in the salvation of men. The claims of the Theological 
 Seminary at Princeton do not rest on the promises of use- 
 fulness, but on the actual advantages which it hdis furnish- 
 ed. Already it has sent forth able and faithful labourers 
 into the harvest ; workmen that need not be ashamed, 
 rightly dividing the word of truth. The prayers of the 
 church are answered. The borders of our country arc 
 pressed with the feet of Missionaries, who have been edu- 
 cated in this Institution. Sinners are now listening to the 
 Gospel from lips that have drunk deeply at the fountain 
 of sacred truth. The student has exchanged his place at 
 the feet of his teachers, to engage in the active labours of 
 the cross, and to proclaim the unsearchable riches of Christ. 
 In various parts of the church, desolated by the death of 
 the fathers, have risen the children ; and it is a most grat- 
 ifying circumstance, one w-hich we consider as a peculiar 
 manifestation of divine favour, that in some congrega- 
 tion, where the pastor was chosen from among the Stud- 
 ents of our Seminary, there have been extensive revivals. 
 In proportion as this Institution shall be kn wn, it will 
 gain on the aiTection of the churclies. Its importance 
 must be felt in every section of our community. It is a 
 fountain which enjoys, it is believed, the favour and pro- 
 tection of Zion's Xing. His own right hand is throwing 
 
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 into it the salt of grace, an i its streams are already flow- 
 ing to revive the desert. To prottctit; to give it the full 
 advantages of the cordial exertions and prayers of the 
 church, are duties which the indications of Providence 
 and palpal)le events have placed beyond the reach of 
 <Ioubt or question. It requires the prompt and prayerful 
 aid of its friends. This is a season of deep interest to its 
 welfare. Every day its- importance and respectability are 
 rising. — The hopes of its friends are more than realized. 
 The practicability of its design is reduced to demonstra- 
 tion. We call upon our churches to contribute to its funds ; 
 to redeem their pledge ; to give it all the ardour of their 
 supplication, and so much of their substance as shall ena- 
 ble it to do all the good of which it is capable. 
 
 From what has been done we may anticipate what this 
 institution is designed to do. It requires not the spirit of 
 prophesy to foresee, that by its instrumentality, under the 
 favour of God, the waste places of Zion will be rebuilt^ 
 sinners will be converted to Jesus; his children strength- 
 ened, comforted and confirmed. To this generation it is 
 vastly important ; to the next it is £.till moke £o ; and we 
 cannot but believe that the millennial morn will bespread 
 ui)on it, as upon |,he mountains ; tliat it is one of tiie pre- 
 cursors of the season of righteousness, and raany have a. 
 deep instrumentality in proiuotin; its reign. This Insti- 
 tution cannot be suJlered to langnish without involving 
 the chavacter and interests of our church deeply and vi- 
 tally. It was eetablished with prayer. Its resources are in 
 the hearts of the churclies. Its income, and its prosperity, 
 under God, must come from a spirit excited to do good^ 
 and that will " not be weary i^ well Doise." 
 
 That the friends of this Institution may be the better 
 able to judge of its wants, and of the various ways in 
 which the wealthy and the pious may contribute to its 
 
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 benefit, it is judged proper to exiiihit, in detail, the fol- 
 lowing items, with a distinct explanation connected with 
 each. 
 
 I. The Support of the Professors. 
 
 This is mentioned first, because it is the most vital and 
 indispensable part Qi the whole. A Theological Seminary, 
 uithoiit adequate Instructors, would, of course, be a name 
 tvithout a reality. And it is equally evident, that capable 
 Instructors cannot be expected to quit other important 
 stations, and devote themselves, for life, to this object, 
 without some good prospect of a comfortable and perma- 
 nent support. It has been a painful circumstance, both 
 lo the General Assembly, and to the Board of Directors, 
 that the present Professors, witli respect to this point, have 
 had no other human dependence, than what was very pre- 
 carious, and which has repeatedly threatened to fall ut- 
 terly short of what was necessary for the payment of their 
 tdlaries. It is earnestly desired that some permanent esta- 
 blisliments might be formed for this purpose ; in other 
 words, that wealthy and pious individuals would endow 
 Professorships ; that is, give to the Trustees of the Gene- 
 ral Assembly a principal sum, not less than S25,000, in 
 eacii case, the annual interest of which might be devoted 
 for ever to the support of a Professor. Tliis has been done 
 in some sister institutions, with a liberality which reflects 
 the highest honour on a numbef of distinguished individ- 
 uals. The names of liollis and Jjo^lston, of Haiicock^ 
 Hersey and Ervingy designating so many different Profes- 
 sorships in the University of Cambridge, in Massacluisef Is, 
 have long been monuments of splendid munificence, and 
 in wiH be transmitted with honour to the end of time : And 
 
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 llie Tlieological Seminary at Jndovcr, the Frofesso rshijn 
 of Christian Tlicologi/y of Sacred Jxhctoricy and of Sacred 
 Literalure, confer on the names of Bartlett and Abbots of 
 
 BronrnTuifX Norris an illustrious immortality. Can the 
 
 thnu;j;ht be admiftctl that there is less enlightened attach- 
 ruent to the Church of Christ, or less disposition to cxsrcisn 
 munificence in the l)est of all causes, in the bosom of the 
 PreshytcrianChnrch,thanamongour Congregational Breth- 
 ren of New-England ? No, it cannot. We rather cherish 
 the hope, that when the object is fairly presented, and the 
 urgent necessities of the Institution whose cause wc are 
 pleading, are fully made known, there will also be found a- 
 mong us an amount of christian liberalit}-, in some degree 
 commensurate with the dcmaadfor its exercise. 
 
 It will be observed, that the Constitution of the Semi- 
 nary provides, " That if any person or persons, not ex- 
 *' ceeding tliree, shall, by will, or during his or their lives, 
 " found or endow a Professorship, or Professorships, said 
 *' Professorship, or Professorships, shall for ever afterwards 
 " be called and known by the name or names of those who 
 
 " founded or endowed them." As no Professorship, as 
 
 yet, has thus been endowed, any one of the three mention- 
 ed in Section 1st, Article 3d, of the Constitution may be 
 selected as the object of such endowment : But as the Pro- 
 fessorship oi Oriental and Biblical Literature is still vacant, 
 for want of the means of supporting a third Professor, it 
 ■would be conferring a peculiar favour on the Institution if 
 that Professorship could be adequately endowed, as a third 
 Professor' is much needed. 
 
 The General Assembly of 1815, resolved, " That a sum 
 " not less than tncntij-fwc thousand dollars shouUl be con- 
 **■ fiidercd as requisite to endow a Professorship." . 
 
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 11, Tilt Support of Students-, 
 
 A na >'bpr of the students belonging to the Serainaiy are 
 wnable : provide the means of their own support ; and ud- 
 less these means were furnished from other sources, would 
 he obliged to withdraw from the Institution, and from ali 
 the advantages which it affords. This generally has 
 been, and is now the case, with al^out one third of the 
 whole number. But after all that has been done in this way^ 
 many pious and promising youug men in different parts of 
 our church, who desired to come to the Seminary, have 
 Ircen prevented from enjoying the privilege, because no 
 encouragement to hope for support could be held out to 
 tTiem ; and in eome cases, it is feared the church has beea 
 ailogether depiived of the services of precious youth, who 
 Ipight have adorned her ministry; but who saw no door 
 open for pursuing the studies necessary to qualify them for 
 the sacred office. 
 
 It is of the utmost importance, then, that funds be fur^ 
 nished for the support of indigent students, or to afford a 
 partial aid to those whose means are too scanty to furnish 
 an entire support. Indeed the Seminary cannot be con- 
 sidercd as accomplishing all that it is intended to accom- 
 plish, until it shall be able freely to open its doors to aH 
 the youth of piety and talents, who may desire the holy 
 Ministry, whether in possession or destitute of the means 
 of support, and gratuitously to aiTord them boarding, as 
 well as tuition. 
 
 For this purpose, it will be observed, that the Consti- 
 tution of the Seminary provides for the endowment of Srho- 
 farships, that is, devoting a principal sum, the interest ol 
 
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 wliich shall be sacredly applied, for ever, to the support of an 
 indigent student. These Scholarships, it is further provided, 
 shall for ever bear the name of their founder? respectively. 
 Three Scholarsliips have been already founded :)y distin- 
 guished friends of the Seminary ; and it is earnestly hop- 
 ed that their number ^vilI be increased. Can a christian of 
 •wealth and pu!)lic spirit devote a portion of his properly 
 to a more interesting purpose? To provide for the educa- 
 tion of one minister of the t:ospel after another, in an un- 
 broken succession, perhaps to the end of time, is surely one 
 of the mostdepirabjeachievmentsof christian charity -.vhich 
 a truly pious mind can contemplate : and this is to be done 
 by so small a sum as twenty-five hundred dollars. To 
 what other object can such a sum be appropriated, that 
 will be likely so extensively to promote the glory of God, 
 the good of souls, and the eternal reward of the pious do- 
 nor ? 
 
 The General Assembly have determined that a suranof 
 less than tno thousandjloc hundred dollars shall be consid- 
 ered as requisite to endow a Scholarship. 
 
 The greater part, however, of the support which has 
 been hitherto furnished to indigent students, has been de- 
 rived from the contributions of Female Cent Societies in 
 difl'erent districts of our church. It is highly gratifying 
 and nothing more than justice, to state, that by the libe- 
 rality of pious females, sixteen student Sy in the course of a 
 single year, have been either in whole or in part, support- 
 ed in the prosecution of their studies. It is very much to 
 be wished, not only that the Societies already formed 
 may be maintained and extended, but also that new ones 
 may be formed in those portions of the church, in which 
 nothing of this kind has been done. A few pious females 
 by associating, and contrib, ing annually two or three 
 dollars eachj may become the happy instruments of fnrn- 
 
ishing' funds which will nearly, if not entirely, carry 
 through the Seminary, a youth, who may be long an emi- 
 nent herald of the cross, and a means, of blessing to thou- 
 sands. 
 
 The funds furnished by the Female Cent Societies 
 have been {generally placed at the disposal of the Profes- 
 sors, who deposit them in the hands of the Treasurer of 
 the Board of Directors, subject to their drafts: and of 
 the manner in which they are appropriated, an exact re- 
 pert is annually made by the Professors to the Board of 
 Directors, and an account of the monies received from the 
 several Cent Societies, published in the annual report of 
 the Board, for the information of the Churches. 
 
 III. The Purchase of an adequate Library. 
 
 A good library is an article of the first necessity in a 
 Theological Seminary. Without it, students are sub- 
 jected to privations and embarrassments of the most seri- 
 ous kind, at every step of their course. The Libra- 
 ry at present possessed by the Seminary is very small 
 and imperfect. It contains comparatively few of the 
 bool^s which are most important to the Theological stu- 
 dents. And of the few valuable ones which it does con- 
 tain, there arc, in most cases, only single copies ; whereas 
 with respect to a number of I)ooks, it is highly desirable, 
 and almost indispensable, that there should be a consider- 
 able number of copies. The friends of the Seminary in 
 every part of the United States are respectfully informed, 
 that doiia< ions in books, of almost every kind, will be grate- 
 fully received ; but that the Institution especially needs 
 
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 v,'orVs on Biblical Criticism, both Ilebre\7 and Greek, ap- 
 proved Lexicons^ works on Systematic Theology, in ali lau- 
 j^uages, works on Ecclesiastical History and Church Gov- 
 cr7iment ; and, in short, all those books which are more im- 
 mediately connected with tlie actual studies of the Institu- 
 tion. But, besides donations in books, any friend of the Se- 
 minary disposed to contribute to its funds, may, if he 
 think proper, direct that, whatever he shall contribute, 
 shall be devoted to the increase of the Library. 
 
 ly. The necessary Buildings for the Use of the 
 Seminary. 
 
 The present state and the urgent demands of the princi- 
 pal public Edifice, for the accommodation of the Students, 
 were before represented. It wil! probably, in a few weeks, 
 be in a situation, with some crowding and inconvenience, 
 to serve the purposes of the Institution, during the ensu- 
 ing cession. But a variety of circumstances render it high- 
 Jy desireable that the whole of ii should be finished as soon 
 as funds can be obtained for the purpose, especially as there 
 appears to be a prospect that the whole of it will, at an 
 early period, be wanted. 
 
 Such is the state, and such are tlie claims and the wants 
 of an Institution which, it is presumed, is second to none 
 in importance to tlie American Churcli. For its support 
 v,'e have no human dependence but the liberality of the 
 wealthy and pious. "Whether it shall proceed with vigour 
 and effect, or with lani;oar and comparative inutility, de- 
 pends, under God, on the patronage it shall receive. We 
 tall, then, on the friends of religion, to consider the iin- 
 portance, and the critical situation of the object which w« 
 present to their view. You acknowledge that vnu are 7T>'- 
 
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 jrowr otvn, but that y»u are bought with apriee^ and are bound 
 to ^t'^fify God in your bodies and spirits which are his. If 
 it be so, your silver and your gold are the Lord's; and yoU 
 are under obligations to employ them, in such a manner 
 as will most effectually promote t he glory of Him by whoss 
 bounty tiiey were given you. With this great principle 
 in view, consider the pressing calls of large and tlourishiug 
 , churches, who solicit in vain for Ministers to break to thera 
 the bread of life. Consider the necessities of many pious 
 and ingenuous youth, who are at present either discourag- 
 ed from making the attempt to gain an education for the 
 ministry ; or going forth very imperfectly qualified for 
 their arduous work. Consider the honour of tlie church 
 with which you are connected; the interests of religion 
 for which yo!i profess to feel ; the innn'te value of immor- 
 tal souls who are perishing for lack of knowledge ; the au- 
 thority of that God who commands you to compassionate 
 them. And we entreat you to rciiect on what will proba- 
 bly be your feelings and wishes in regard to the disposi- 
 tion of any property of which God has made you stew- 
 ards, at that solemn period when you shall appear with 
 an assembled universe, at the tribunal of the great Judge 
 
 of quick and dead We entreat you to reflect on these 
 
 things; and then say, whether you can consent to with- 
 hold a portion of your substance, w hen called upon to aid 
 in one of the most important concerns ever preserited to 
 your consideration. 
 
 The foHowing are legal forms of a bequest of personal 
 property, and a devise of real estate to the Theological Se- 
 minary, viz, 
 
 IN CASES OF PERSONAL PROPERTV. 
 
 t give and bequeath to the Trustees of the General Js' 
 scmbbi of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of' 
 
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 America^^and to their Sucresscrrs and Assigns, the sum of j^^* 
 
 or shares in the Ba?ik of 
 (or any other pp.rsonni property, as the case may be) to be 
 applied to the use of the Theolpgieal Seminary of said 
 Church, and now located at Princeton, in the state of Ncw- 
 Jcrse'i ; or, to f he support of students in indis^ent circum- 
 stances in said Seminar// ; or, to such other uses as the tes- 
 tator may think proper to express. 
 
 IN CASES OF REAL ESTATE. 
 
 I give and devise to the Trustees, <?■(;. (as above) all that 
 tract or lot of land or tenement^ messuage or other > eal es- 
 tate, (as the case may be) situate in, ^^c. for the use, ^-c. 
 (as above.) 
 
 The above forms may be used by a testator residing in 
 the state of Pennsylvania, where the Trustees of the Gen- 
 eral Assembly have been incorporated ; but in the other 
 states of the union the following forms are recommended, 
 viz: 
 
 IN CASES OF KEAL ESTATE. 
 
 I give and devise unto A, B, & C',* and the survivors and 
 survivor of them, and the heirs of such survivor, (describe 
 the real estntt.) ^/or the use of, and in trust for, the direc- 
 tors of the J'heolagical Scminar/jofthc Fresbiitcrian Church 
 of the United States, now located at Frinceton, in the state 
 of New-Jersey. 
 
 IN CASES OF PERSONAL ESTATE. 
 
 Igive and bequeath, (as above, excepting instead of " the 
 " heirs of such sursivor,'^ say,) the executors, adjninistra- 
 tors and assigns of such survivor. 
 
 * The teflator may appoint but one or two truftees, if he thinks 
 proper, , 
 
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 The Professtrs of the Seminary are : 
 
 Eev. Archibald Alexander, D. D. Professor of Didactic 
 a d Polemic Theology. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D. Professor of Ecclesiastical 
 History and Church Government, 
 
 Three Scholarships have been founded^ viz. 
 
 The Scholarship, > Both founded by an un- 
 
 The ■ Scholarship, J known individual N. York. 
 
 The Lenox Scholarship, founded by Robert Lenox, esq. 
 of New- York. 
 
 The Officers of the Board of Directors are : 
 
 Ashbel Green, D. D. President. 
 
 John Woodhull, D. D. Vice-President. 
 
 John M'DowcIl, Secretary. 
 
 The present Directors of the Seminar jj are: 
 
 MINISTERS. ELDERS. 
 
 Samuel Blatchford, d. d. Divie Bethune, 
 Francis Herron, Robert Lenox, 
 
 James Hall, d. d. John M'Mullin. 
 
 John Johnston, 
 Robert G. Wilson, 
 David Comfort, 
 John E. Ldtta. 
 
 John Woodhull, d. d. i^echarlah Lewis, 
 
 Eliphalet Nott, d. d. Joseph C. Hornblower, 
 
 James Blythe, d. d. John yan Cleve. 
 
 James Ins;! is, d. d. 
 Asa Hillyer, 
 Jonathan Freeman, 
 John Chester. 
 
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 Ashbel Green, d. d. 
 William Neill, d. d. 
 John IM'Dowell, 
 James Richards, d. d. 
 John B. Romeyn, d. d. 
 Robert Finley, d. d. 
 Jacob Jv Janeway, d. d. 
 
 Robert Ralston, 
 John R. B. Rodgers, 
 Samuel Bayard. 
 
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