BULLETIN OF COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Published Quarterly at DECATUR, GEORGIA Vol. XXIV September, 1930 No. 1 Entered as Second Class Matter May 9, 1928, at post office at Decatur, Georgia, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/columbia30colu BULLETIN of Columbia Theological Seminary DECATUR, GEORGIA Under Control of the Synods of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina Founded December 15th, 1828 Lexington, Georgia, 1828-1830 Columbia, South Carolina, 1830-1927 Greater Atlanta, 1927 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Board of Directors Officers John T. Brantley, LL.D.. President Alexander Sprunt, D. D., Vice-President Frank K. Sims, D. D., Secretary Miss C. Virginia Harrison, Asst. Secretary Class Going Out 1930 L. L. Barr, Esq. Greenville, S. C. C. M. Boyd, D. D. Tuscaloosa, Ala. E. D. Brownlee. D. D Sanford, Fla. J. Bulow Campbell, Esq. Atlanta, Ga. W. A. Hafner, B. D. Gaffney, S. C. J. B. Hutton, D. D Jackson, Miss. J. Sprole Lyons, D. D. Atlanta, Ga. Class Going Out 1931 J. A. McClure, D. D. St. Petersburg, Fla. D. M. Douglas, D. D. Columbia, S. C. C. W. Grafton, D. D. Union Church, Miss. E. L. Hill, D. D Athens, Ga. A G. Irons, B. D Birmingham, Ala. D. W. Robinson, Esq Columbia, S. .C F. K. Sims, D. D Dalton, Ga. Class Going Out 1932 Jno. D. Baker, Esq. Jacksonville, Fla. Jno. T. Brantley, LL.D Blackshear, Ga. S. H. Edmunds. Litt. D Sumter, S. C. S. E. Hodges, D. D Anniston, Ala. R. F. Kimmons, Esq. Water Valley, Miss. A. L. Patterson, D. D. Savannah, Ga. Alexander Sprunt, D. D. Charleston, S. C. Executive Committee J. Bulow Campbell, Chairman F. K. Sims, Secretary E. L. Hill J. Sprole Lyons D. W. Robinson Investing Committee J. Bulow Campbell, Chairman J. C. Copeland C. H. Baldwin J. S. Kennedy W. D. Beatie D. W. Robinson H. Lane Young J. S. Kennedy, Atlanta, Ga. Treasurer C. H. Baldwin, Columbia, S. C Assistant Treasurer COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FACULTY Rev. William M. McPheeters, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, and Apologetics. Rev. Melton Clark, D.D., Professor of English Bible, Pastoral Theology and Religious Education. Rev. Edgar D. Kerr, D.D., Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Languages. Rev. James B. Green, D.D., Professor of Systematic Theology, Chri tian Ethics and Homiletics. Rev. Wm. Childs Robinson, Th.D., D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Church Polity and Missions. Rev. Samuel A. Cartledge, M.A., B.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis. Rev. Henry W. McLaughlin, D.D., Instructor in Country Church Work. Mr. Wallace McPherson Alston, B.A., M.A., Instructor in Introductory Greek. Mr. Thomas Hancock Grafton, B.A., Instructor in English Bible. Administrative Officers Melton Clark, Vice-President Samuel A. Cartledge, Clerk of Faculty Miss C. Virginia Harrison, Bursar COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY CALENDAR SESSION 1930-31 FALL QUARTER Thursday, Sept. 11, 10:00 A. M. Session begins. Chapel Services. Address. Matriculation. Announcements. Tuesday, Nov. 25 Examinations, Fall Quarter. Junior Hebrew Dr. Kerr Middle 0. T. Lit. and Ex. Dr. McPheeters Senior Hebrew Dr. Kerr Introd. English Bible Mr. Grafton Wednesday Junior Homiletics Dr. Green Middle English Bible Dr. Clark Senior Theology Dr. Green Friday Senior English Bible (Elective) Dr. Clark Senior N. T. Exegesis (Elective) Dr. Cartledge Introductory Greek Mr. Alston Saturday Junior History Dr. Robinson Middle N. T. Exegesis Dr. Cartledge Senior Apologetics Dr. Robinson Thursday, Nov. 27 Recess. Thanksgiving Day. WINTER QUARTER Tuesday, Dec. 2 Class work resumed. Saturday, Dec. 20. 1 :00 P. M. Christmas vacation begins. Tuesday, Jan. 6, 8:30 A. M. Class work resumed. Tuesday, Feb. 24 Examinations, Winter Quarter. Junior English Bible Dr. Clark Middle Ethics Dr. Green Senior Past. Theol. and Ed. Dr. Clark Wednesday Senior Theology Dr. Green Introductory Greek Mr. Alston Thursday Junior History Dr. Robinson Middle N. T. Exegesis Dr. Cartledge Senior History Dr. Robinson 6 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Friday Introductory Eng. Bible Mr. Grafton Senior N. T. Exegesis (Elective) Dr. Cartledge Saturday Junior Hebrew Dr. Kerr Middle 0. T. Lit. and Exegesis Dr. McPheeters Senior Hebrew -? Dr. Kerr SPRING QUARTER Tuesday, March 3 Class work resumed. Tuesday, May 12 Examinations, Spring Quarter. Junior History Dr. Robinson Middle N. T. Exegesis Dr. Cartledge Senior N. T. Exegesis Dr. Cartledge Wednesday - Introductory Greek Mr. Alston Senior History (Elective) Dr. Robinson Thursday Junior Hebrew Dr. Kerr Middle 0. T. Literature and Ex. Dr. McPheeters Senior Hebrew Dr. Kerr Friday Senior Theology Dr. Green Introductory English Bible Mr. Grafton Saturday Junior English Bible Dr. Clark Middle Theology Dr. Green Senior English Bible Dr. Clark Sunday, May 17 Baccalaureate Sermon and Missionary Address Tuesday, May 19 Alumni Reunions, Meeting of Board of Directors. Wednesday. May 20, 10:30 A. M. Graduating Exercises. COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Rev. Richard T. Gillespie, D.D., LL.D. Heb. 11:4 "He being dead yet speaketh.' COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Rev. Samuel A. Cartledge, M.A., B.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PROFESSOR SAM A. CARTLEDGE, M.A., B.D., Ph.D. Hail to Dr. Cartledge! We are indeed glad to welcome Dr. Cartledge to the Seminary: He is a Columbian. He already belongs to us; and, ere he has fully realized the dignity of his doctorate, an "old grad" will shout, "Hello, Sam!" Dr. Cartledge is a son, a grandson, and a great-grandson, of Columbia Theological Seminary. He comes of a godly Columbia succession: his father, Rev. Dr. S. J. Cart- ledge, of Athens, graduated in the Class of '89; his grandfather, Rev. G. H. Cartledge, in the Class of '48; and "Sam" thoroughly identified himself with the Columbia life. He was as much a star on the tennis team as he was in the classroom, and that is saying considerable. His voice lent depth to the quartette's WSB classic broadcasts. He was the first president of his class. He is a South Carolina-Georgian. The Cartledge family through the generations have won honors in the academic life of the Em- pire State. Rev. G. H. Cartledge graduated from old Oglethorpe University of Milledgeville. With the passing of this Synodical institution, the Cartledges turned to the University of Georgia, of which both Dr. Cartledge and his father are alumni. Sam was born in 1903 in Anderson, S. C, during his father's pastorate there; he was reared in Athens; and recently married Miss Mary Grace Kehrer, a leader among the young people of the Decatur Presbvterian Church. He thus represents the two States in which the institution has been located and with which it has been most closely identified. He is a scholar. His record abounds with honors first honor : High School, University of Georgia, Columbia Theological Sem- inary; honorary societies and fraternity: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Upsilon; prizes, fellowships; degrees: A. B. (summa cum laude), M. A., University of Georgia; B. D. (magna cum laude), Columbia Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Chicago. His class articles are worded with the care of the Britannica; his grasp of the Greek impressed the graduate stu- dents of Chicago with the high excellency of the New Testament Department at Columbia. He is a teacher. Dr. Cartledge taught English a year at River- side Military Academy; and Propaedeutic Greek three years in Columbia Seminary. Every student bears testimony to his thor- 10 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ough mastery of his subject, his unfailing courtesy, his consum- mate ability to impart information. Dr. H. B. Blakely, the out- going professor, has declared that Cartledge surpassed him in his Greek foundation and his natural ability as a teacher. The election of Dr. Cartledge completes the faculty of the Seminary. Columbia has a carefully prepared, congenial and completely integrated faculty, maintaining "in essentials unity; in non-essentials liberty; in all things charity." Dr. Cartledge comes to Columbia Seminary with as definite a conviction of the truth of historic Christianity, of New Testament supernaturalism, as the institution offered his grandfather 85 years ago. His faith has faced the fires of naturalism, human- ism, secularism and mechanism; in the critical crucible of today it has stood the test. 11 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Dr. Melton Clark, Columbia Seminary, Decatur, Ga. Dear Dr. Clark: You have asked me to tell something of my experiences as a student in Chicago, but I hardly know where to start. I think, though, I will tell something of the manuscripts of the New Tes- tament in the collection of the University of Chicago. In 1895, the University purchased a manuscript of the Gospels. That was the only manuscript in the collection until 1929. Then manuscripts began to come to the notice of the authorities, and funds were raised for their purchase. Now the University has about a dozen Greek New Testament manuscripts. The only school with a larger collection in America is the University of Michigan, which, by the way, does not have a Divinity School. Most of the manuscripts are manuscripts of the four Gospels. One of them contains the Acts and the Epistles, a rather rare type of manuscript. Several of them are "lectionaries," or a collec- tion of Scripture lessons to be read on various days of the church year. The oldest manuscript in the collection is one of these lectionaries, written in "uncial," or capital letters and dating about the ninth century. An interesting thing about this manuscript is that the University bought it from a restaurant that is one of the centers of Chicago's gang life, where the manuscript had been used as an oath book to swear in new members to the gang. All of these manuscripts have been unknown to scholars. Now that the University has them, their contents can be made known. As all these manuscripts are relatively late, it is not expected that any of them will make it possible for us to get a better Greek text of the New Testament than we already have. Yet new discoveries have often come from most unexpected sources. At any rate, every manuscript helps textual scholars in telling the history of the text and testing the theories on which the best texts have been reconstructed. It was my privilege to work up three of these manuscripts for my dissertation. One of the three was actually signed and dated 12 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY by the scribe who wrote it the monk Nicolaus of Edessa, May 4, 1133 A. D. The other two were written probably in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. First the manuscripts have to be col- lated; that is, they are compared with the received Greek text and every variation between the two recorded. Then on the basis of these recorded variants, an attempt is made to see with what other manuscripts the manuscript is related. All three of these manuscripts had somewhat better texts than the average manu- script of their dates. One of the three was related very closely to a "family" of about eight other manuscripts. To complete the work, a description has to be given of each manuscript, describing all its features. These three manuscripts contained quite a few interesting features that I cannot describe now but nothing of any great importance. It was extremely interesting and profit- able though, working with these ancient books, seeing how the New Testament came down from its original writers to us. I have just had photostats made of selected pages from all the manuscripts in the Chicago collection and of photostats of other manuscripts, which might prove interesting and profitable when our students come to textual studies. I have had an interesting and profitable stay in Chicago, but I shall certainly be glad to get back to Columbia again. Sincerely, S. A. Cartledge. 13 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY YOUNG PEOPLES CONFERENCES \oung People's Conferences have become a prominent feature of the summer activities of the church, in the Synods and in some of the Presbyteries. They are now several years old, and may be considered as having passed the experimental stage. They have proved their worth, and are likely to abide as parts of the edu- cational program of the church. These gatherings of young people, while called conferences, are more like schools. For in each conference there is a facultv of instructors as well as of counselors, and class work is required, and credit is given. The conference period is short, embracing only one week, yet it is a week of intensive effort. As much is accomplished in these few days as would be done, perhaps, in an ordinary month or quarter in the home church. The conference workers aim not only at giving instruction: the end of the instruction is consecration decision of will and committal of life. The conferences are centers of enlightenment and enlistment for Christ and His service. Besides all this, the young people have an outing and a good time, and this brightens and freshens life for them. They make new acquaintances and multiply social contacts, and so widen the area and horizon of life. And when they return home, they give a fresh stimulus to the work in local society, and school, and church. Members of the faculty of Columbia Seminary have again and again been called to assist in these young people's conferences, and they gladly respond to these calls. This year Dr. Clark worked in the North Carolina Conference at Davidson College; Dr. Robinson in the South Carolina Conference at Presbyterian College; and Dr. Green in both the 1 oung People's and Adult Conferences of Mississippi, at Belhaven College, located at Jack- son. Appreciating the past services of the 1 oung People's Confer- ences, and believing in their future possibilities, Columbia Sem- inary takes pleasure in speaking a good word for them through its quarterly Bulletin. 14 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY The Honor Roll of Helpers Some months ago the Acting President mailed to some two hun- dred Auxiliaries requests for aid in meeting the expenses of fuel, light, and water, which are furnished free to our students. The following thirty-nine Auxiliaries of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi responded to the request. One Auxiliary in South Carolina Synod sent the amount, though no call had been made on the South Carolina Auxiliaries on account of the de- mands made on the Synod of South Carolina by the campaign for Deliverance of the Presbyterian College. With the un- solicited, but greatly appreciated, gift from South Carolina the forty contributing Auxiliaries gave S480.00. Had the two hundred Auxiliaries responded, the receipts would have amounted to $2,- 400.00 or two-thirds of the amount needed. ALABAMA (3) Aliceville Newbern Lniontown GEORGIA (29) Acworth Athens, First Blackshear Central, Atlanta Chickamauga Columbus, First Comer Dalton Decatur Fort Valley Gainesville Greensboro Henry Memorial Jefferson LaFayette LaGrange McDonough Morningside, Atlanta Moultrie, First North Avenue, Atlanta Peachtree Road, Atlanta Reid Memorial, Augusta Senoia Thomasville Waycross Westminster West Point MISSISSIPPI (7) Clarksdale Hattiesburg, First Meridian, First McBride Memorial Picayune Tchula Water Valley SOUTH CAROLINA (1) Batesburg, Leesville 15 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY LOOKING UPWARD AND ONWARD One of the interesting features of this year's session will be the celebration of the centennial of the Society of Missionary Inquiry. This Society has been responsible for promoting missions for a hundred years now. It was founded in a period when missionary interest in the church was practically non-existent. Its mem- bers have been largely responsible for shaping the missionary policy of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Many of the church's most useful missionaries have come from this Society from the days of the first student president, J. Leighton Wilson, on. But the Society does not live on its past alone. Weekly meetings are held. The various problems of missions at home and abroad are studied. Under the direction of the Society, the members visit and conduct services in city missions, county homes, prisons and prison camps, and help in conducting evan- gelistic services in many churches. All the friends of Columbia are encouraged by the splendid group of new students entering this year. Twenty-one new stu- dents have entered the Junior class. A very gratifying fact about this is that all but two of these men have college degrees. One new student has entered the Senior class, and one the middle class. Four new students are taking special courses, attending a certain number of the regular classes. This makes a total of twenty-seven unusually well prepared young men who have en- tered the regular classes of Columbia Seminary for the first time this year. The student body as a whole is made up of students from nine states and China and Korea. Georgia has the largest representa- tion this year, with eighteen; South Carolina is close behind, with fifteen. Twenty-four Presbyteries are represented; Atlanta leads with eight students, and Pee Dee is next with five. Twenty- two educational institutions have representatives, Presbyterian College leading with nineteen, Davidson next with nine. An attractive feature is being offered this year for the first time. Following the lead of many of the more prominent colleges and universities, Columbia Seminary is starting a night school. In a great city like Atlanta, there are many men who are desirous of preparing themselves for the ministry or for more active and useful Christian service, yet who are unable for various reasons to resign their positions to come to the Seminary as full-time stu- 16 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY dents. To minister to this need, courses are being offered two nights in the week. These are regular Seminary courses, con- ducted by the regular members of the faculty, with the regular high standards, with regular Seminary credit given. Although this is an innovation, eight new students have already registered. This brings the total of new students up to thirty-five. Columbia Seminary is doing all in her power to keep the Southern Presbyterian ministry up to its historically high stand- ards, and, if possible, to raise the standards. Columbia believes thoroughly that the true Biblical religion can and should go hand in hand with true scholarship. Columbia is insisting that, as far as possible, all the men who come into the faculty should have earned doctors' degrees. Columbia is discouraging candi- dates from entering the Seminary who do not have college de- grees, where that is at all possible. Columbia has adopted the quarter system, which is proving so satisfactory in schools of graduate standing throughout the country. Columbia still insists that her graduates be able to study the scriptures in the original Hebrew and Greek. Columbia is doing all in her power to see that every minister who graduates from her halls is a scholar, a gentleman and a Christian. 17 COL U M B I A THE L O G I C A L SEMIN A R Y Ol R FINANCIAL SITUATION When Columbia Seminary found herself at home on her new- campus, it was discovered that there were not a few expenditures incident to such a move which, while necessary, were not provided tor. After three years of life in the new location, these additional expenditures, together with annual deficits in operating expenses, had created an indebtedness of some $217,804.00. It was realized that the interest on this debt was an impossible burden. Steps were taken to relieve this, and in March of this year a campaign was conducted among trie churches of Atlanta. This second call upon the liberality of the Presbyterians of At- lanta, coming so soon after the greater campaign for the removal and rebuilding of the Seminary, was a severe test of the interest of our friends in Atlanta, and right nobly did they meet the issue and stand the test. \\ e did not raise the full amount asked for. but more thai $] ras subscribed, and this has substantially alleviated the financial pressure on the institution. In fact, the subscribers have already assumed |80, of the Seminary's in- debtedness, thus reducing the indebtedness for which the Sem- inary itself is responsible to $123,270. In this connection, it ought also to be remembered that the old Seminary plant in Columbia is worth in normal times easily This w ill be disposed of as soon as it can be advan- tageously sold, and the interest from such sale will be used to offset the interest on the larger part of our present indebtedness. The consummation of such a transaction would bring us so near the balancing of our budget of income and expense that we would have no fear that our friends would welcome the oppor- tunitv of raising the amount necessarv for such an achievement, perhaps $25, \^ ith this bright outlook before us: with our wonderful campus and splendid physical equipment: and with our loyal and enthu- siastic student body, we feel that never before in the history of Columbia Seminary were the prospects more encouraging and her future more secure. 13 FORM OF BEQUEST "To the Board of Directors of Columbia Theological Seminary, of the Synods of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina, of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, to them and their successors, I give and bequeath the sum of Dollars, (or I devise a certain parcel or tract of land, etc.) to be applied by them to the uses and benefit of said Seminary as follows,'' etc. Name Street No. City State 19 IN THE HEART OF THE CHURCB Boston : ^Ke COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY CoMScrratnre in Outlook Progressive in Purpose Scholarly in Method '"rriptural in Tearhins