Vol. XII JANUARY 1920 No. IV

BULLETIN

COLUMBIA

THEOLOGICAL

SEMINARY

COLUMBIA, S. C.

Published Quarterly by the Board of Directors of the Theological
Seminary of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Florida of the Presbyterian Church in the United States

Ent ered as Second-Class Matter July 11, 1908, at the Postoffice at Columbia
South Carolina, Under the Act of July 16, 1894)

Faculty and Officers

THORNTON WHALING, D. D., LL. D.

PRESIDENT OF THE SEMINARY,
PROFESSOR OF DIDACTIC AND POLEMIC THEOLOGY.

WILLIAM M. McPHEETERS, D. D., LL. D.,

PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS.

HENRY ALEXANDER WHITE, Ph. D., D. D., LL. D.,

PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS.

RICHARD C. REED, D. D., LL. D.,

PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND CHURCH
POLITY.

JAMES 0. REAVIS, D. D., LL. D.,

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH BIBLE AND HOMILETICS.

EDGAR D. KERR, A. M., B. D.,
INSTRUCTOR IN HEBREW AND GREEK.

W. H. MILLS, A. B., D. D.,
INSTRUCTOR IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND WORK OF COUNTRY

PASTOR.

GEORGE S. FULBRIGHT, A. B.,

INSTRUCTOR IN ELOCUTION.

SMYTH LECTURERS.

A. H. McKiNNEY, D. D., LL. D., 1919-1920.

W. H. Roberts, D. D., LL. D., 192o-1921.

Rev. Hugh S. Murchison, A. B., Executive Secretary.

Rev. H. Waddell Pratt, A. B., Field Secretary for
Georgia.

Rev. W. S. Epperson, A. M., Intendant.

COLUMBIA SEMINARY AND THE SOUTH-
WESTERN SYNODS.

The Faculty, the Board of Directors and of the controll-
ing Synods of the Columbia Theological Seminary have
united in an overture to the Synods of Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, and Tennessee, to enter in the ownership and con-
trol of Columbia Seminary, upon exactly the same basis as
those now enjoyed by the present controlling Synods.

The action of the Faculty is as follows :

"The Faculty of the Columbia Theological Seminary
desires to express their hearty sympathy with and approval
of the overture presented by the Board of Directors of this
Institution to the Synods of Mississippi, Louisiana and Ten-
nessee, asking them to unite with us in the ownership and
control of this Theological Seminary, and offering them the
same rights and privileges as those now enjoyed by the pres-
ent controlling Synods, including, of course, proportionate
per capita representation upon the Board of Directors in
each and all of the controlling Synods."

The representation in the Synod of South Carolina is one
Director for every 5,000 or major fraction which will be
taken as determinative in all the Synods.

The action of the Board of Directors is as follows :

"That a Committee consisting of the President of the
Seminary and a member of the Board be appointed, to repre-
sent to the Synods of Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee,
controlling Synods of the Southwestern Presbyterian Uni-
versity, an overture from this Board requesting them to unite
in the support and control of this Seminary on the same basis
as obtains with the present controlling Synods."

The overture which the Board of Directors authorized the

President to present is as follows :

"To the Board of Directors of the Southwestern Presbyte-
rian University, and to the Committee of Said Synods
to Consider Future Relation to Theological Education,
Etc.:

I am authorized by the Board of Directors of the Colum-
bia Theological Seminary to make you the following propo-
sition, viz. :

That you enter into partnership with the Synods now own-
ing and controlling this Theological Seminary upon exactly
the same terms upon which these Synods now own and con-
trol it, having the same proportionate number of Directors.

The constituency of Columbia Seminary is of the same
type of character and of Presbyterianism with yours. The
Institution is the sole property of our branch of the Church,
and, hence, has a single and assured standard.

The Institution has a plant for which it was offered
$250,000 and twenty acres of land in the suburbs as a bonus.
In addition, it has a library of unequalled value in our sec-
tion. It has endowments of $270,000 and an income from
invested funds of $17,000, and from temporary endowments,
of $5,000 in addition.

It owes no debts and has deficit, but on the contrary,
is unique in having an accumulated surplus. It now plans
with every prospect of success, to secure largely increased
endowments. It has grown in six years from twenty to
sixty- four students and has, at present, a larger attendance
than ever before in its history. We ask you to consolidate
your institution with ours preserving the historic continuity
of both, but leaving to the Synods to select the name, which
the combined institution will bear."

This overture was presented to the Synods of Mississippi,
Louisiana and Tennessee, and they all took action deferring
the matter until the next meeting of these Synods in 1920.

The action of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Alabama approving this overture will be found
under the head of "Meetings of Synods."

SYNODICAL CANVASSES.

Each one of the four Synods owning and controlling the
Columbia Seminary has adopted resolutions authorizing a
campaign for the Presbyterian educational institutions in
their respective bounds.

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The Synod of South Carolina proposes to raise one million
dollars, to be divided as follows :

Presbyterian College of South Carolina. .$500,000

Chicora College for Women 250,000

Columbia Theological Seminary 125,000

Thorn well Orphanage 125,000

The Synod of Florida has authorized a campaign for
$250,000,' to be divided as follows :

The Palmer College $125,000

Thornwell Orphanage 41,666

Columbia Theological Seminary 41,666

Davidson College 41,666

The Synod of Alabama has authorized a campaign of
$300,000^ to be divided as follows :

For Alabama Presbyterian College $200,000

For Isbell College.' 50,000

For Columbia Theological Seminary. . . . 25,000

For the Orphan's Home '..... 20,000

For Southwestern Presbyterian Univ. . . 5,000

The Synod of Georgia has authorized the Columbia Sem-
inary to put on a campaign to raise $60,000 for the endow-
ment of a Goulding Professorship and the Rev. H. Waddell
Pratt will enter upon this canvass on January 1st, 1920.

MEETING OF SYNODS.

The Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Florida, which own and control the Columbia Theological
Seminary, at their last meetings adopted the following reso-
lutions in reference to the Theological Seminary:

1. The Synod of South Carolina:

"Your Committee would respectfully submit the following
report : The Records of the Seminary and the official report
of the Board to this body have been placed in our hands, and
have been carefully considered. The Report brings to us
the gratifying information that the Seminary has had the
best year in its history. The reports by the faculty to the
Board indicate diligent and faithful work on its part in the
discharge of the great tasks committed to their hands. We

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note the diligent attention which the Board appears to be
giving to care of the finances of the institution. We make
the following recommendations :

1 . That the Synod approve the Minutes of the Board of
Trustees for the year 1917-18 and 1918-19, and that the
records of such approval be recorded in the Minute Book of
the Board.

2. That the action of the Board in establishing the Chair
of Hebrew and Cognate Languages as separate from that of
Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, be approved and
confirmed.

3. That the overture to the Synods of Mississippi, Louisi-
ana and Tennessee be approved. See page 273 of the
Minutes.

4. That Rev. W. J. McKay, D. D., and Judge W. H.
Townsend, of Columbia, be elected to succeed themselves as
Trustees of the Seminary for another term.

F. W. Gregg,
Chairman."
2. The Synod of Georgia :

"Your Committee on Theological Seminaries beg to sub-
mit the following :

The report of the Board of Directors of Columbia Theo-
logical Seminary to this Synod, together with the Minutes of
the Board, have been placed in our hands.

From these documents it appears that this venerable school
of the prophets has been and is serving the Church with
great efficiency and success.

Under the leadership of a wise and energetic President,
seconded by a most able faculty, Columbia Seminary has
entered on an era of growth and expansion that is placing it
in the front rank of similar institutions of our country.

The Seminary is served by five professors and three
instructors. Last year forty-five students were in attend-
ance, of whom ten graduated with degrees and certificates.

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As to finance :

Current Assets are $268,640.55

Other Assets are 153,808.25

Total $422,448.80

Liabilities, None.
The term of office of one member of the Board of Direc-
tors from this Synod, Rev. A. L. Patterson, D. D., expired
with this meeting of Synod.

Your Committee would recommend :

1. That Synod heartily congratulate the Board of Direc-
tors and the Faculty on the very admirable results achieved
through their self-denying labors, and renders devout thanks-
giving to God for His abiding blessing upon this institution
for the training of the future ministry of the Church.

2. That the Minutes of the Board of Directors, submitted
to this Committee and carefully examined by it, be approved.

3. That Synod cordially concurs in the request of the
Board for the establishment of a Chair of Hebrew and Cog-
nate Languages, separate from Old Testament Literature
and Exegesis.

4. That the Overture of the Board to the Synods of Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Tennessee, requesting them to unite
with us in joint ownership and control of the Seminary, with
proportionate per capita representation on the Board of
Directors, be approved.

5. This Synod, at its 1918 meeting, took action granting
the Seminary permission to solicit subscriptions in Georgia
for the endowment of the Goulding Professorship to the
amount of $35,000. However, the President of the Semi-
nary now earnestly requests that this amount be increased
to $60,000. Your Committee commends that this request
be respectfully submitted.

D. \Y. Brannen,
J. S. Sibley,
S. J. Cartledge,
R. L. Benn,
M. H. Westberry,

Committee.

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The following resolution was adopted :

In connection with the proposed endowment of the
Thomas Goulding Chair of Church History the Synod
respectfully requests that the Board of Directors that when
the time comes to retire the present incumbent of the chair
on account of age limit, they permit the continuation of the
salary of the chair or so much as may be needed for his sup-
port until such necessity shall no longer exist.

The following resolution was adopted :

In endowing the Goulding Professorship in Columbia
Seminary the Synod hereby designates the Professorship the
'Thomas Goulding Chair of Church History.' '

3. The Synod of Alabama:

"Your Committee has very carefully gone over the minutes
and financial report of the Board of Trustees of Columbia
Theological Seminary, and are very much gratified with the
splendid work accomplished. The wide scope of the work
carried on in the Seminary for the thorough training of men
in every phase of church life and activities commends itself
to the Synod.

The financial report shows the Seminary to be in a most
flourishing condition. There is not only no deficit, but an
actual surplus.

We are gratified to see the manifest approval of God as it
rests in rich blessing upon this institution.

The Committee makes the following recommendations :

1. That the Synod formally approve the minutes of the
Board of Directors.

2. That the requests of the Board for permission to estab-
lish a separate chair of Hebrew be approved.

3. That the overture from the Board of Directors to the
Synod of Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee to unite in
the ownership and control of the Seminary be approved.

4. The Synod of Florida:

"Recommendations of Committee on Theological Semi-
nary :

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1. That the Minutes of the Board of Directors of the
Seminary be formally approved by Synod.

2. That Synod approves the request of the Board for the
establishment of a separate chair of Hebrew.

3. That Synod approves of the overture from the Board
of Directors to the Synods of Mississippi, Louisiana and
Tennessee, promising to them, if they should do so, that
proportionate per capita representation on the Board should
prevail in each and all the Synods from the time of the
acceptance of this overture by them.

4. We further report that the Minutes of the Board show
that the finances of the institution are in excellent condi-
tion.

5. That Synod renews its recommendation of last year
commending this institution to the liberality, patronage and
support of its churches and members.

6. That Mr. Chris. Matheson having moved beyond the
bounds of Synod, Elder W. M. Kemper, of DeFuniak
Spring, be elected in his stead.

W. A. Cleveland, Chairman;
Wm. E. McIlvain,

C. T. Paxon.
A true copy.
Attest :

W. B. Y. Wilkie, Stated Clerk of Synod of Florida/*

DR. WM. M. ANDERSON AT COLUMBIA SEMI-
NARY.

Columbia Seminary has just been blest with an unique
series of four lectures by one of its distinguished sons. In
the last several years we have had quite a number of eminent
men to lecture before the Seminary on the Smyth Founda-
tion. These lectures have been distinguished for learning,
for ability and for practical achievement in various spheres
of literary effort. They brought to us the fruits of ripe
scholarship, and made valuable contribution to theological
literature. Their lectures will doubtless be read with interest
and profit by students of coming generations. But for

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immediate helpfulness to those who heard them, these four
lectures by Dr. Wm. M. Anderson easily take precedence of
them all.

We are going counter to Dr. Anderson in calling them
lectures. He insisted that they were not lectures but talks.
Perhaps the distinction was just, but we recall that Wendell
Phillips, one of the most eloquent orators that ever stood on
an American platform, was described as an animated talker.
However we may characterize what Dr. Anderson did, it
was just the thing to rivet the attention and capture the
hearts of those who heard him. He put himself at once en
rapport with the students; he took them into his confidence;
and came to grips with them.

Dr. Anderson spoke to the students out of the abundant
stores of a rich experience an experience extending over
31 years of strenuous and fruitful labors. His object was
to give his young brethren the benefit of all that had con-
tributed to his success as preacher and pastor. While far
from boasting of what he had done, he gave a statistical
summary which spoke for itself. He has been pastor of
four churches, Rock Hill, Jackson, Nashville, Tenn., and
Dallas, Texas, since he left the Seminary 31 years ago.
During this time he has preached 6,234 times, received 4,250
members, married 1,634 couples, baptized 932 persons, and
conducted 892 funerals. These figures reveal a ministry
that has been greatly blessed of God. In his earnest and
familiar talks Dr. Anderson attempted to show the students
the methods he had used for achieving these results. He
stressed the importance of getting acquainted with people,
not superficially, but as thoroughly as possible, of constantly
reaching out after more people, of laying hold of strangers
by tactful methods of approach, and of establishing a rela-
tion of friendly interest. He made it perfectly evident that
he had given earnest heed to the apostolic injunction : "Do
good unto all men as ye have opportunity, especially to them
who are of the household of faith." and with affectionate per-
sistency he urged this duty on the student body.

Dr. Anderson has been literally a "fisher of men." He
has made it his supreme business to catch men, and to draw
them to the Church, and ultimately to the Master. He has

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been tactful and resourceful in prosecuting this business.
To this end he has used the good stock of common sense that
God has given him, and taxed his wits to the utmost. He
has used more than one kind of bait, and thrown more than
one kind of net. He has practiced with the Apostle Paul in
"making himself all things to all men if by any means he
might save some."

These talks were illustrated with numerous incidents from
Dr. Anderson's experience, many of them humorous, and
many of them pathetic, but all going to show that his methods
would work. His cordial, hearty manner, his bright, opti-
mistic spirit, the warm evangelical tone that pervaded all he
said, and the intensely practical character of his words, made
a deep and, we would fain believe, a permanent impression
on all the students.

It has been the privilege of Columbia Seminary to be rep-
resented in the professors' chair by the most richly gifted
teacher our Church has known in the person of James H.
Thornwell, by one of the greatest missionaries of modern
times in the person of John Leighton Wilson, by two of the
greatest preachers of their generation in the persons of Ben-
jamin M. Palmer and John L. Girardeau, but in none of
these has she greater reason to rejoice than in such success-
ful "fishers of men" as Wm. M. Anderson. May his tribe
greatly increase, and may he be spared many years by the
Master whom he loves for the work which he loves.

SMYTH LECTURES BY DR. A. H. McKINNEY.

Rev. A. H. McKinney, D. D., Superintendent of New
York City Mission Society, will deliver the Smyth Lectures
at the Columbia Theological Seminary, beginning January
18th and extending through the week. He will deliver a
companion set of lectures to those which attracted so much
attention a few years ago, on "Guiding Boys Over Fool
Hill ;" and this time his title will be, "Guiding Girls to Chris-
tian Womanhood." He is regarded by many as the leading
Sunday School expert in the United States, and is as attrac-
tive a lecturer as the Sunday School world possesses today.
Ministers in South Carolina and adjacent States who desire
to take advantage of this special course of lectures, will be

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entertained at the Seminary for six dollars for that week.
Because of the large number of students there are only a few
available rooms, but they can be secured at these rates until
they are all taken.

In addition to Dr. McKinney's lectures, interesting courses
will be in progress at that time given by several of the Pro-
fessors, which will be of interest to the visiting ministers, and
they are invited to attend the Seminary for the week, Janu-
ary 18-25.

His subjects will be as follows :

Monday, January 19th Subject: "Through Preadoles-
cence."

Tuesday, January 20th Subject: "Through Giggle Hol-
low."

Wednesday, January 21st Subject: "Through the Boy
Crazy Period."

Thursday, January 22d Subject : "Through the Period
of Criticism and Doubt."

Friday, January 23d, at 5 p. m. Subject : "Through the
Perils of Atavism."

Friday, January 23d, 8 p. m. Subject: "Through Love."

These lectures will be held as announced in the First Pres-
bytreian Church at 8 p. m. each evening. The public is most
cordially invited.

Dr. McKinney is a powerful speaker and has a message of
gripping interest for all interested Christian workers.

REV. HUGH H. MURCHISON AND COLUMBIA
SEMINARY.

The religious public, and especially the friends of Colum-
bia Theological Seminary, will be glad to know that from
this date, Rev. Hugh R. Murchison is permanently associated
with Columbia Seminary, as Executive Secretary and Busi-
ness Manager. The Seminary regards itself as very for-
tunate to secure the valuable services of an honored almunus
and member of its Board of Directors for quite a term of
years. Mr. Murchison is intimately acquainted with the
spirit and character and history of the institution, and brings

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to its service gifts of practical sagacity and business acumen,
combined with scholarship and preaching power, which
promises large degree of usefulness in the service of the
Seminary.

The institution has grown to such an extent as to need, for
all of his time, a minister of Mr. Murchison's gifts and
experience. All of the Synods controlling the institution
now have on campaigns to increase its funds and overtures
are being presented to Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee
to unite in the control of the Seminary.

Mr. Murchison has a fine opportunity for great useful-
ness, and the Faculty and Board of Directors of the Semi-
nary are sure that he is the right man at this juncture in the
history of the School.

One asset of great value in the equipment of Air. Murchi-
son is his intimate acquaintance with the State of South
Carolina, because of his brith and up-bringing, and because
of his services during the war with the State Council of
Defense. He has preached and spoken in practically every
county seat in the State. Air. Murchison will supply the
Lancaster Church for a few months, until he can arrange a
permanent residence.

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