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ANNUAL CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



OFHCERS AND STUDENTS 



OF THE 



Presbyterian 
Theological Seminary 



AT 



COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, 



UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE SYNODS OF 



SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, ALABAMA, AND FLORIDA. 



1901-1902 



coi,umbia, s. c. 

The R. L. Bryan Company. 

1902. 



Calendar. 



1902-1903. 



April 29  Beginning of Final Examinations. 

May 4  11:15 A. M., Baccalaureate Sermon by 

Rev. J. Y. Fair, D. D., Savannah, Ga. 

May 4  8:30 P. M., Missionary Address by Rev. W. 

M. Anderson, D. D., Nashville, Tenn. 

May 6  Meeting of Board of Directors. | 

May 78:30 P. M., x\nnual Meeting of the Alumni 

Association. Address by Rev. S. h. 
Morris, D. D., Atlanta, Ga. 

May 8  Closing Exercises. Presentation of Di- 

plomas and Certificates, and Address to 
Graduating Class by a Member of the 
Board of Directors. 

September 17  Session begins, x^ddress by a Member of 
the Faculty. Enrolment of Students. 

November 27  Thanksgiving Day. | 

December 25  Christmas. 

January 20  Intermediate Examinations Begin. 

January 24  Close of First Term. 

January 27  Beginning of Second Term. 

February 26  Day of Prayer for Youth and Young Men 

in Schools and Colleges. 

N. B. It is of the greatest importaiice that all students in 

all classes be present on the opening day^ since recitations 

begin i7i all classes on the secorid day of the session^ and the 

first few recitations determine and base the work of the 

entire session. 



Board of Directors^ 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 

Mr. W. a. Clark, Columbia, S. C 1904 

Rev. W. W. Mills, D. D., Camden, S. C 1904 

Mr. C. E. Graham, Greenville, S. C 1902 

Rev. B. p. Reid, Reidville, S. C 1902 

Rev. W. G. Neville, Yorkville, S. C 1903 

Rev. J. G. Richards, Blenheim, S. C 1903 

GEORGIA. 

Rev. T. H. Rice, D. D., Atlanta, Ga 1905 

CoL. M. a. Candler, Atlanta, Ga 1902 

Rev. J. W. Walden, D. D., Athens, Ga 1902 

, Mr. J. T. Brantley, Waycross, Ga 1904 

! ALABAMA. 

Rev. E. p. Davis, D. D.,Opelika, Ala 1904 

Rev. a. B. Curry, D. D., Birmingham, Ala 1902 

Mr. J. H. Miller, Birmingham, Ala 1903 

, FLORIDA. 

Rev. W. E. McIlwain, Pensacola, Fla 1903 

Rev. T. P. Hay, Palatka, Fla 1902 

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Committees of the Board. 

 Executive Committee  Mr. W. A. Clark, Rev. B. P. Reid, 

Rev. W. G. Neville. 
\Exami7ting Committee  Rev. J. G. Richards, Rev. T. H. 

Rice, Rev. A. B. Curry, Rev. T. P. Hay. 
Jnvesting Co?nmittee  Messrs. W. A. Clark, J. S. Muller, 
I W. B. LowRANCE, E. O. Thomas, W. J. Duffie. 
Committee on Material Property  REV. R. C. Reed and 

Rev. W. M. McPheeters. 
Libraria7i  Rev. R. C. Reed. 
Preside7tt of Board  REV. W. E. McIlwain. 
Vice-President of Board  REV. A. B. Curry. 
Secretary of Board  Rev. W. W. Mills. 
Treasurer of Board  Mr. T. S. Bryan. 



faculty^ 

WILLIAM M. McPHEETERS, D. D., 

PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS. 

JOHN W. DAVIS, D. D., 
PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS. 

WILLIAM T. HALL, D. D., 

PROFESSOR OF DIDACTIC AND POLEMIC THEOLOGY. 

RICHARD C. REED, D. D., 

PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND CHURCH 

POLITY. 



(Partly filled by other Professors.) 

PERKINS PROFESSORSHIP OF NATURAL SCIENCE IN CONNEC- 
TION WITH REVELATION, AND CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS. 

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SAMUEL C. BYRD, A. M., 

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF PASTORAL THEOLOGY, SACRED 
RHETORIC AND ENGLISH BIBLE. 

Professors Hall and Reed Teach Pastoral Theology and 
Sacred Rhetoric. 

SAMUEL C. BYRD, A. M., 

TUTOR IN HEBREW. 



Chairman of Faculty: W. M. McPhEETERS. 
Librarian: R. C. Reed. 
Clerk of Faculty: J. W. Davis. 



Roll of Students- 



SENIOR CLASS. 

Haney, Thos. F., a. B., Davidson College. 

Rock Hill, S. C. Bethel Presbytery, 

KiMBROUGH, Thos. T., S. W. P. University. 

Scooba, Miss. Tombeckbee Presbytery, 

Miller, Alva E., A. B., Arkansas College. 

Russellville, Ark. Washbourne Presbytery, 

Mills, Henry J., A. B., Davidson College. 

Maysville, S. C. Harmony Presbytery, 

Stewart, Eugene M., S. W. P. University. 

Crystal Springs, Miss. Tuscaloosa Presbytery. 

MIDDLE CLASS. 

Bradshaw, E. N., a. B., Austin College. 

Scranton, Texas. Fort Worth Presbytery. 

Barnes, F. A., A. B., Davidson College. 

Davidson, N. C. Concord Presbytery. 

Henerey, J. D., A. B., Thornwell College. 

Clinton, S. C. Enoree Presbytery, 

IreSON, a. J., A. B., King College.' 

Montgomery, Va. Abingdon Presbytery . 

Marion, J. P., A. B., Presbyterian College of S. C. 

Hickory Grove, S. C. Pee Dee Presbytery. 



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WAI.LACE, I. E., A. B., King College. 

Sale Creek, Tenn. Knoxville Presbytery, 



JUNIOR CLASS. 



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BayleSS, R. p., B. S., Washington College. 

Jonesboro, Tenn. Holston Presbytery. 

Bradshaw, F. a., King College. 

Mt. Horeb, Tenn. Holston Presbytery. 

Branch, J. B., A. B., Thornwell College. 

Clinton, S. C. Enoree Presbytery. 

Brown, J. J., A. B., Presbyterian College of S. C. 

Yorkville, S. C. Bethel Presbytery. 

Brown, Iv. W., A. B., Presbyterian College of S. C. 

Yorkville, S. C. Bethel Presbytery. 

DoAK, A. H., A. B., King College. 

Russell ville, Tenn. Holston Presbytery. 

Furguson, R. p. Iv., S. W. p. University. 

Sandersville, Miss. Meridian Presbytery. 

Meacham, J. B., A. B., Davidson College. 

Rock Hill, S. C. Bethel Presbytery. 

PowEL, R. F., L. I., University of Nashville. 

Eatonton, Ga. Atlanta Presbytery 

Spence, T. H., a. B., Davidson College. 

Davidson, N. C. Bethel Presbytery. 

Thomas, T. A. M., King College. 

Bristol, Tenn. Holston Presbytery. 



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POST-GRADUATE. 

Harris, W. F., Erskine College. 

Union Springs, Ala. E. Alabama Presbytery. 

SPECIAL STUDENTS. 

. Coble, Charles, A. B., University of N. C. 

I Gilmer's Store, N. C. 

Otts, R. F., Roanoke College. 

Greensboro, Ala. Tuscaloosa Presbytery. 



SUMMARY. 

Post-Graduate 1 

Senior 5 

Middle 6 

Junior 11 

Special 2 

Total 25 



Representation. 



Institutions* 



Arkansas College 1 

Austin College 1 

Davidson College 5 

Krskine College 1 

King College 5 

Nashville University 1 

Presbyterian Coll. of S. C. 3 



Roanoke College 

S. W. P. University 3 

Thornwell Seminary 2 

University of N. C 1 

Washington College 1 



Total 25 



presbyteries. 



Abingdon , 1 

Atlanta 1 

Bethel 5 



Concord 

Enoree 

East Alabama, 
Fort Worth.... 
Harmony 



1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

Holston 4 



Knoxville 1 

Meridian 1 

Pee Dee 1 

Tombeckbee 1 

Tuscaloosa 2 

Washbourne 1 

No Presbytery 1 

Total 25 



States and Countries. 

Alabama 2 ! Tennessee 5 

Arkansas 1 Texas 1 



Georgia 1 

Mississippi 3 

North Carolina 3 

South Carolina 8 



Virginia 



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Total 25 



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Class of 190K 

Full Graduates with degree of B. D.: Frank A. Drennan, 
Iv. O. McCutchen, J. R. McRee, Alexander Martin, H. h. 
Paisley, J. R. Roberts. 

With certificate: Wm. F. Harris, Khoshaba Shimmon. 

Sessions* 

The Seminary year begins on Wednesday after the third 
Monday in September, and ends on the second Thursday in 
May. For convenience of some of the classes and for pres- 
byterial reports, the session is divided into two terms, the 
first of which ends on the third or fourth Saturday in Jan- 
uary, and the second begins on the succeeding Tuesday. 

Hdmissioti* 

The Seminary is open to students of every evangelical 
denomination. Every student entering the Seminary is 
required to present a statement from his Presbytery, to the 
effect that he has permission to enter the Seminary, and 
specifying the course he is desired to take. Otherwise he 
must furnish the Faculty with satisfactory testimonials of 
being in full communion with some Christian Church, and 
of having been regularly educated at some College or Uni- 
versity; or, in the absence of such testimonials, must satisfy 
the P'aculty, by examination, that he is qualified to enter a 
course in Theology. 

All students, on entering the Seminary, are required to 
subscribe to the following declaration: "Deeply impressed 
with a sense of the importance of improving in knowledge, 
prudence and piety, preparatory to the Gospel ministry, I 
solemnly promise, in reliance on Divine Grace, that I will 
faithfully and diligently attend to all the instructions of this 



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Seminary, and that I will conscientiously and vigilantly 
observe all the rules and regulations specified in the Consti- 
tution, and also obey all the lawful requisitions, and readily 
yield to all the wholesome admonitions of the Professors of 
the Seminary, while I shall continue a member of it." 

It is desirable that Presbyterian students should connect 
themselves with a Presbytery before coming to the Semi- 
nary. Students from other Seminaries will be admitted ad 
eundem^ on presenting a regular certificate of dismission 
from the Seminary previously attended. 



Courses of Study. 



JUNIOR. 

(17 hours a week.) 

Old Testament.  Hebrew Orthography, Etymology, Vo- 
cabulary, Syntax of the Verb, and Translation at Sight 
in Genesis; Textual Criticism and Archaeology 5 

New Testament.  General Introduction, Special Intro- 
duction to Gospelsj Essentials of Grammar, Harmony 
of Gospels 5 

Ecclesiastical History.  Sacred History from the Creation 
to the End of the Apostolic Period, Ancient Geogra- 
phy, Archaeology and Chronology 2 

Sacred Rhetoric.  Outline of Sacred Rhetoric, Exercises 
in Reading the Scriptures and Hymns 1 

Missions.  Bible Teaching, Biography, Geography, Eth- 
nology and Philology 1 

Theology.  Theology: Its Definition, Method of Distribu- 
tion, Relation to Philosophy, and Source; and Inspira- 
tion of Scripture 1 



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English Bible.  Inductive Study of the Gospels 1 

Mental Philosophy.  A Course of Lectures 1 

Elocu tio7t 

MIDDLE. 

(16 hours a week.) 

Old Testament.  Drill in Exegesis, and in Hebrew Syn- 
tax; Translation of extended passages; General and 
Special Introduction; Elements of Higher Criticism 
and The Canon 3 

New Testament.  Exegesis of Catholic Epistles with Spe- 
cial Introduction; Original Studies 3 

Ecclesiastical History.  From the Apostolic Period to the 
Reformation Period 3 

Sacred Rhetoric.  Outline completed, and Written Exer- 
cises for Criticism 1 

Missions.  Chronological History of Missions; the World 
Religions; Kinds of Mission Work; Qualifications and 
Methods; Incidental Value 2 

Theology.  The Theology of Natural Religion 3 

English Bible.  Study of Historical Introduction, Con- 
tents and Logical Arrangement of Epistles and Minor 
Prophets 2 

Elocution 

SENIOR. 

(15 hours a week.) 

Old Testament.  Messianic Prophecy; Special Introduc- 
tion; Old Testament Theology 3 

New Testament.  Exegesis in Romans and Galatians, 
Studies in Smaller Pauline Epistles, Special Introduc- 
tion, Original Studies 3 



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Ecclesiastical History.  Modern Period, History of the 

Presbyterian Church, and Church Polity 3 

Pastoral Theology and Homiletics,  A Course of Lectures 

and Exercises in the Composition of Sermons 1 

Missions.  Lectures on Mission Topics 1 

Theology  The Theology of Redemption. 3 

English ^2^/^. Topical Study of the Bible 1 

Elocution 

POST-GRADUATE WORK. 

For those who desire to continue their course of study for 
a longer time, or take special studies, no fixed curriculum 
is prescribed, but each student is free to devote himself to 
those branches which he wishes specially to pursue. Such 
students may attend any of the regular classes, or they may 
pursue advanced study and conduct original investigation 
under the guidance of the several Professors in the Semi- 
nary. 1 1 

OPTIONAL COURSES. 

No regular recitations are conducted on Mondays. This 
makes it convenient to introduce optional courses for stu- 
dents who wish to equip themselves better than the regular 
curriculum permits. The following courses are offered, 
there being in each one meeting a week, on Monday, of one 
hour and a half duration. 

A. Metaphysics and Ethics (Prof. Hall). In order 
to meet a necessity in the case of almost all candidates for 
the ministry, a course will be given in Metaphysics and 
Ethics. Haven's Mefttal Philosophy. Dabney's Practical 
Philosophy. 

B. The Septuagint (Prof. Davis).  Careful grammat- 



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ical and critical study of portions from the canonical and 
apochryphal Books of the Old Testament, with study of 
the Text, and comparison of Aquila, Theodotion and Sym- 
machus, so far as time permits. 

C. Arabic (Prof. McPheeters).  Inductive study of Ara- 
bic Etymology and Syntax. Lansing's Arabic Manual, 
Selections from the Quran. "* 

D. Patristic ard Ecclesiasticai. Greek. (Prof. 
Davis). Critical Reading of important selections from 
different periods. 

E. Patristic and Modern Latin (Prof. Byrd). Crit- 
ical Reading of extended selections from the Vulgate, the 
Latin Fathers, and the Reformation writers. 

G. German (Profs. McPheeters and Davis).  For those 
who desire to be able to read German Theological and 
Biblical writers. Joynes-Meissner's Grammar. German 
writers on Biblical Subjects. 

H. History (Prof. Reed). History of Modern Sects. 

Juniors will be permitted to take but one of these courses. 
Middlers and Seniors may take two at a time. The Profes- 
sor will reserve the right to say whether any applicant shall 
take a desired course, basing his judgment upon the recog- 
nized ability of the student and the probability of interfer- 
ence with his regular work. He reserves the further right 
to determine, from the number making application, whether 
the course shall be opened. An apt student, with fixed 
purpose, may thus, in three years, secure five additional 
courses that will prove of immense practical service to him. 



Cbe Departments of Instruction, 



Gcdcsiastical Ristory and Church polity^ 

Professor Reed. 

junior class. 

Sacred History.  Beginning with the Creation, the lead- 
ing events of the history are passed in review. The 
Geography of Bible Lands is studied as an aid to the un- 
derstanding of the history; and to the same end attention 
is called to the recent results of Archaeological investigation. 
Text Books: The Bible.^ Blaike's Manual of Bible History^ 
and The Land of Israel.^ Stewart. 

MIDDLE CLASS. 

History of the Church.  From the iVpostolic Period to 
the Modern Period. All phases of the history are studied, 
as time permits, but special emphasis is laid on the history 
of Doctrine and Polity. 

Text Books: Fisher^s History of the Christian Churchy 
and Zenos' Compend. 

SENIOR CLASS. 

Church History Completed.  History of the Westminster 
Assembly. History of the Presbyterian Church. Church 
Polity. 

Text Books: Fisher's History of the Christian Church; 
Mitchell's Lectures on the Westminster Assembly; Ogilvie's 
History of the Presbyterian Churches; Presbyterianism^ by 
Rev. John McPherson, M. A.; Book of Church Order. 



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Old Ccstaincnt Literature and Gxegesis^ 

Professor McPheeters. 

The aim of this department is to put the student in a 
position to interpret the Scriptures of the Old Testament in 
the original. Special emphasis is laid upon the mastery 
of the principles of Hebrew Etymology and Syntax; the 
acquisition of a copious vocabulary; the formation and cul- 
tivation of those mental habits which condition a correct 
exegesis; and the acquiring of sound principles of inter- 
pretation and of a knowledge of the several branches of 
interpretation. 

The work attempted is determined by the end had in 
view. In the Junior Class the emphasis is laid upon se- 
curing a working vocabulary, a thorough grounding in 
etymology, and an initial acquaintance with the syntax of 
the verb. In the Middle and Senior Classes the object 
chiefly aimed at is to perfect the student knowledge of 
syntax, and to ground him in the knowledge and drill him 
in the application of sound principles of interpretation. 

The matter and the extent of the courses in the Middle 
and Senior Classes varies somewhat from year to year to 
meet the varying needs and attainments of different classes. 

The leading topics of General Introduction, such as the 
Canon, the Text, and Archaeology, are taken up and dis- 
cussed in their connexions; as are also such subjects as the 
Higher Criticism, Prophecy, and Old Testament Theology. 

Upon request, detailed information will be furnished to 
any one desiring it, as to what will be the special features 
of the work to be done in any of the classes for the coming 
session. 



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New ^eatamciit Literature and 6xegestd. 

Professor Davis. 

The aim of the entire course is to lead the student into 
the habit of careful, comprehensive, independent study and 
interpretation of the New Testament. Constant attention 
is given to Word-study, Synonyms, Phraseology and Pecu- 
liarities of Individual Writers, Points of Historical Inter- 
pretation, careful Logical Analysis, and the Inductive Study _ 
of different matters of Syntax, to determine the difference 
between Classical Greek and the New Testament Idiom, 
Hebraisms, &c., the effort being to make the study of the 
New Testament practical, and not merely theoretical. 

The Junior Class has an extended course of General 
Introduction, and studies the Gospels. The Middle Class 
studies the Catholic Epistles. The Senior Class studies 
the Pauline Epistles. 

Students will do well to bring all their Classical Greek 
Books and any works they may have in the field of New 
Testament study. 



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Otdactte and polemic Cbeology. 

Professor Hall. 



The study of Systematic Theology is begun in the Junior 
Year, and prosecuted through the Middle and Senior Years. 

JUNIOR CLASS. 

This Class is occupied once a week with the Philosophy 
of the Feelings, of the Will, and of the Conscience. The 
text book used is Dabney's Practical Philosophy. Part of 
the year is given to Butler's Analogy^ also. 



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The Junior Class is also occupied once a week with Intro- 
ductory Theology, embracing the Definition of Theology 
and the Method of its Distribution, the Relation of Theol- 
ogy to Philosophy and Science, the Source of Theology or 
the Rule of Faith and Duty, and the Inspiration of the 
Scriptures. The text book used is the first volume of 
Hodge's Systematic Theology. 

MIDDLE CLASS. 

The Middle Class studies the Theology of Natural Reli- 
gion, comprising the following topics: The Being of God, 
Man's Natural Ignorance of God, Our Knowledge of God, 
the Names of God, the Nature and Attributes of God, the 
Trinity, the Decrees, Creation, Providence, Angels, Man, 
the Will of Man in Innocence, Moral Government, the 
Covenant of Works and the Principle of Federal Represen- 
tation, the Fall, Original Sin, including a full discussion of 
the theories touching Hereditary Sin, the State and Nature 
of Sin, the Pollution and Guilt of Sin, and the Degree of 
Guilt. 

SENIOR CLASS. 

The Senior Class studies the Theology of Redemption, 
consisting of the following topics: Election and Reproba- 
tion, Appointment of the Mediator and Federal Head, the 
Covenant of Grace, Qualifications of the Mediator, the 
Person of Christ, the Mediatorial Oflfices, the Mediatorial 
Estates, Vocation, Grace, Regeneration, Faith, Justification, 
Repentance, Adoption, Sanctification, the Moral Law, 
Prayer, the Last Things, embracing Death, the State of 
the Soul after Death, the Second Advent, the Resurrection 
of the Dead, the Final Judgment, Glorification, Future 
Punishment, including the consideration of Annihilation- 
ism, Future Probationism, and Universalism. 



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The text books of the Middle and Senior Classes are the 
first volume of ThornwelPs Collected Writings^ and the 
three volumes of Hodge's Systematic Theology. Along with 
the study of text books, lectures, written and unwritten, are 
freely employed. The students are required to submit, at 
all meetings of the classes, digested statements in writing 
of what has been gone over in preceding exercises. Con- 
stant reference is made to the Westminster Standards. 



)Vatural Science in Connection with Revelation, and 
Christian Hpologetics. 



This Chair is vacated for the present. Its field is par- 
tially covered by Professor Hall in Mental Philosophy and 
Theology, and Professor Davis in Introduction and Missions. 



pastoral ZhtoXogrp^ Sacred Rhetoric and Gnglish Bible 

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The work of this Chair is done by two Professors and 
an Adjunct Professor, as follows: 

/. Pastoral Theology and Homiletics, 

Professors Reed and Hai.l. 

junior class. i 

Text book: Broad us' Preparation and Delivery of Ser- || 
mons. Reference is made to Vinet, Dabney, and others. \\-_ 
To this is added Drill in Reading. The selections are made 
chiefly from the Bible and Hymn Book, with Criticism by 
the instructor. Written exercises. 



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MIDDLE CLASS. 

Text book: Broadus (as above); and reference is made to 
Bautain's Art of Extempore Speaking, Masterpieces of the 
Pulpit. Written Exercises are required for Criticism by the 
Teacher. The course in Homiletics is taught by Prof. Reed. 

SENIOR CLASS. 

During the year Pastoral Theology and the Sacraments 
are taught by Professor Hall. Text books: Hoppin's Pas- 
toral Theology^ and Armstrong's Sacraments of the New 
Testameiit. 

II. The English Bible. 
Adjunct Professor Byrd. 

junior class. 

The Junior Class makes a careful inductive study of the 
Gospels, with three objects mainly in view: (1) To get an 
adequate knowledge of the Books; (2) To obtain a compre- 
hensive view of the Life of Christ; (3) To emphasize the 
unity of Revelation, and the Continuity of the Old and New 
Testaments. 

MIDDLE CLASS. 

The Middle Class makes an historical and exegetical 
study of selected books of the Bible, considering especially 
the Pastoral Epistles and the Minor Prophets. The aim 
here is four-fold: (1) Historical Introduction; (2) Thorough 
mastery of the General Contents; (3) Careful logical x^nal- 
ysis; (4) Homiletical and doctrinal relation, bearing and 
significance of the facts. 

SENIOR CLASS. 

The Senior Class studies the Bible by Topics. The 



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method is exegetical. The course embraces History, Word 
Studies, Biography, Typology, Prophecy, and especially the 
Covenants. Special attention is given to the Theology of 
Redemption considered from the view-point of its historical 
revelation. The main positions of writers on Old and New 
Testament Theology are examined. 

The Revised version is the text book through the entire 
course. The standard Commentaries, such as the Cam- 
bridge Bible^ and the works of Gloag, Kurtz, Edwards, 
Oehler, Bernard and others are used for reference. 



Missions* 

Professor Davis. 

At the request of the students of the session of 1897-8, a 
course in the Study of Missions has been introduced into 
the curriculum. The aim of the course is to familiarize the 
student with the history of Missions; the lives of the great 
Pioneers; the several kinds of mission effort; the various 
fields, peoples^ languages, and religions; matters of policy 
and method; to awaken his interest to the fullest, and to 
help him as far as possible in deciding as to his own duty. 
The Junior Class has one hour a week, the Middle Class two 
hours, and the Senior Class one hour, for the entire session. 
The work is done by Lecture, Text Books and References. 

Glocution* 

There is a special fund, the proceeds of which are used to 
provide for instruction in Elocution by a proficient teacher. 
Lectures, with drill in voice culture, expression and gesture, 



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and exercises in reading, are pursued under the instructor 
in this department. 

Gxamitiations* 

At the close of each term, written examinations are held 
upon all the subjects studied during the term. The written 
examinations are submitted to the Synodical Examiners and 
to the Board for their inspection, and are then transmitted 
to the Presbyteries. "No member of the Seminary shall 
be absent from the examination of his class; and, in case of 
the absence of any student, he shall be examined by the 
Faculty at the commencement of the next term; and if his 
examination be not satisfactory, he shall be required to 
make up the deficiency, otherwise he may not proceed with 
the class.^'  Coitstitution. 

On a scale of 100, 75 is the minimum required in each 
subject to pass from a lower to a higher class, also for 
graduation. 

Reports to presbyteries. 

Reports are sent semi-annually to Presbyteries of the 
attendance of the students under their care upon the exer- 
cises of the Seminary, and of their general deportment, 
diligence and standing in study. 

Rhetorical Gxercises, 

In addition to the regular instruction in Sacred Rhetoric 
and Elocution, exercises in Oratory and Debate are held 
under the direction of the Faculty. 

Once a fortnight, original discourses of about fifteen min- 
utes in length are delivered in the presence of the Faculty 
and students. Criticism is invited from all present, the 



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purpose of which is to remove blemishes of matter, manner'* 
and style. Usually three students speak at each meeting. 
Once a fortnight, also, a debate upon some subject chosen 
by the students is held, the aim of which is to cultivate 
thoughtfulness, and also freedom and readiness of speech in 
the students. The Faculty is represented by the ofiBcer of 
the week, who presides, and, should it be necessary, corrects 
errors in the arguments and views advanced. * 

Reltgtous Culture* ^ 

Chapel.  Daily prayers, which every student is required 
to attend, are conducted in the morning by a member of the 
Senior Class, and in the afternoon by one of the Professors. 

Weekly Conference.  Thursday afternoons, begin- 
ning at 5 o'clock, are occupied by the Professors in a Con- 
ference before the students upon personal piety, the best 
plan and method of study, and kindred topics; the students 
taking part in the devotional exercises. 

Society of Missionary Inquiry.  This Society meets 
twice a month, on Monday evenings, and holds a separate 
business meeting once a month. It proves a power in 
awakening and sustaining interest in missions, and takes 
practical oversight of local mission work. It also holds 
two public meetings during the session. 

Mission Work.  Columbia and its suburbs offer consid- 
erable opportunity for religious work and training. There 
are two mission churches in the suburbs. There are three 
factory villages, besides two or three other districts of des- 
titute and ignorant whites. Two missions are conducted 
among these. There is abundance of opportunity for work 



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among the colored people. There are two organized colored 
missions in which the students work. Prayer meetings, 
house-to-house visitation, Sabbath-schools and street preach- 
ing services are conducted by the students. 

Regular Preaching.  Students of the Middle and 
Senior Classes are allowed, with the consent of the Presby- 
teries concerned, and when it does not conflict with their 
Seminary duties, to supply vacant churches in the State, 
every part of which is easily accessible to Columbia. 



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jMisccUancous Information. 



Location and Buildings* 

The city of Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, has 
a population of over 25,000. It is noted for the beauty of 
its site, its broad and well shaded streets, its excellent natu- 
ral drainage, its quiet and refined society. It is a railroad 
centre and an educational centre, having, besides a number 
of lower schools and institutions, the State College, the Pres- 
byterian College for Women, the Methodist Female College, 
a Business College, and two Universities for colored students. 
The climate is salubrious and deemed favorable to those 
having bronchial and pulmonary troubles. Its altitude is 
331 feet. 

The Seminary occupies a beautiful square of four acres in 
the heart of the residence portion of the city, on one of the 
electric lines, opposite the Presbyterian College for Women, 
four squares from Main street, and the same distance from 
the Southern depot. The second floor of the central build- 
ing is used for lecture rooms, the third floor for the library. 
This building is flanked by Law Hall and Simons Hall, the 
dormitories. These have each twenty-four rooms, com- 
modious, well ventilated and lighted. These are kept in a 
thoroughly cleansed and healthy condition, and each is sup- 
plied with a complete suit of furniture, drugget and necessary 
linen and bedding. The Chapel is the small brick building 
on the east side of the square; the mess-hall is on the west 
side  a new and elegant two story brick building, costing 
$3,500, a picture of which fronts this page. 



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historical Sketch. 

The Seminary was founded in 1828 by the Synod of South 
Carolina and Georgia, which occupied the territory now 
embracing the three Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, and 
Florida, so that these other Synods when they were formed 
assumed for themselves the covenant relations entered into 
by their forefathers. The Synod of Alabama entered into 
the same compact in 1857. Dr. Goulding was elected the 
first Professor in 1828, and during 1829 taught five students, 
while continuing his pastorate in Georgia. In January, 1830, 
he and his students removed to Columbia. In January, 
1831, the present building was occupied and Dr. Howe was 
elected his co-professor. In 1854, Simons Hall was erected 
through the liberality of Mrs. E. L. Simons of Charleston, 
and in 1855, Mrs. Agnes Law of Columbia provided for the 
erection of the dormitory that bears her name. Since the 
beginning the Seminary has trained, wholly or partly, 785 
students, besides post-graduates, and some special students. 
The following is the roster of the Instructors from the be- 
ginning: 

faculty. 

Accessus. Exitus. 

1828 Thomas Goulding,* D. D., Professor of Ec- 
clesiastical History and Church Polity. 1834 

1831 George Howe,* D. D., LL. D., Professor of 

Biblical Literature. 1883 

1833 A. W. Lkland,* D. D., Professor of Christian 

Theology. 1856 

1836 Charles Colcock Jones,* D. D., Professor 

of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1838 

1848 Charles Colcock Jones,* D. D., Professor 

of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1850 



* Deceased. 



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Accesstis. Exitus. 

1852 Alex. T. McGill,* D. D., Professor of Ec- 

clesiastical History and Church Polity. 1853 

1853 B. M. Palmer, D. D., LL. D., Provisional 

Instructor in Ecclesiastical History and 
Church Polity. 1853 

1854 B. M. Palmer, D. D., I^L. D., Professor of 

Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1856 
1856 A. W. Leland,* D. D., Professor of Sacred 

Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology. 1871 

1856 J. H. Thornwell,* D. D., LL. D., Professor 

of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1862 

1857 J. B. Adger,* D. D., Professor of Ecclesiasti- 

cal History and Church Polity. 1874 

1861 James Woodrow, Ph. D., D. D., LL. D., 
Perkins Professor of Natural Science in 
Connection with Revelation. 1886 

1867 William S. Plumer,* D. D., LL. D., Pro- 
fessor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1875 
1870 Joseph R. Wilson, D. D., Professor of Pas- 
toral and Evangelistic Theology and Sacred 
Rhetoric. 1874 

1875 William S. Plumer,* D. D., LL. D., Pro- 

fessor of Pastoral, Casuistic and Historic 
Theology. 1880 

1876 J. L. Girardeau,* D. D., LL. D., Professor 

of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1886 

1882 Chas. R. Hemphill, D. D., Associate Pro- 
fessor of Biblical Literature. 1883 
1882 Wm. E. Boggs, D. D., Professor of Ecclesi- 
astical History and Church Polity. 1885 

* Deceased. 



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Accessus. Exitu*i\ 

1883 Chas. R. Hemphii.1., D. D., Professor of 

Biblical Literature. 1885 

1885 JAS. D. Tadlock,* D. D., LL. D., Professor of 

Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1898 

1887 John L. Girardeau,* D. D., LL. D., Pro- 
fessor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1895 

1887 Chas. C. Hersman, D. D., Professor of Bibli- 

cal Literature. 1888 

1888 Francis R. Beattie, Ph. D., D. D., Perkins 

Professor of Natural Science in Connection 
with Revelation, and Christian Apologetics. 1893 
1888 WIU.IAM M. McPheeters, D. D., Professor 

of Biblical Literature. 1893 

1892 Daniel J. Brimm, A. M., Associate Professor 

of Biblical Literature. 1893 

1893 William M. McPheeters, D. D., Professor 

of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis. 

1893 Daniel J. Brimm, D. D., Professor of New 

Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1900 

1893 Samuel S. Laws, A. M., M. D., LL. D., D. D., 
Perkins Professor of Natural Science in 
Connection with Revelation, and Christian 
Apologetics. 1898 

1895 William T. Hall, D. D., Professor of Di- 
dactic and Polemic Theology. 

1898 Richard C. Reed, D. D., Professor of Ec- 
clesiastical History and Church Polity. 

1900 John W. Davis, D. D., Professor of New 

Testament Literature and Exegesis. 

1901 Samuel C. Byrd, A. M., Adjunct Professor 

in the Chair of Pastoral Theology, Homi- 
letics, and the English Bible. 

* Deceased. 



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Lccturcv9. 

Accessus. Exitus. 

1898 Samuel M. Smith, D. D., Lecturer in Pas- 
toral Theology and Homiletics. 1899 

1898 Samuel C. Byrd, A. M., Lecturer in English 

Bible. 1901 

t^utors in Rebrcw. 

1851 Bazile E. Lanneau, A. M. 1855 

1856 James Cohen,* A. M. 1862 

1872 Charles R. Hemphill, A. M. 1878 

1889 Daniel J. Brimm, A. M. 1892 

1892 Samuel C. Byrd, A. M. 1893 

1893 EvANDER D. Brown, A. M. 1894 

1894 Charles M. Richards, A. B. 1896 
1896 William H. Mills, A. B., B. D. 1898 
1898 Melton Clark, A. B. 1898 
1898 Samuel C. Byrd, A. M. 

^utor in 6rcch. 

1894 Alfred L. Patterson, A. B. 1895 

Library* 

The Library contains about 20,000 volumes, mostly theo- 
logical. In it are incorporated the larger parts of the libra- 
ries of Dr. Smyth, Rev. John Douglass, Prof. George Howe, 
and S. Beach Jones, D. D. New books are being continu- 
ally added from a rather small fund for the purpose, as well 
as by gift. The libraries of the Professors, amounting to 
several thousand volumes, are accessible to the students. 

The "Working Library" is a room in Simons Hall, where 
the books needed for daily use and the various periodicals 

* Deceased. 



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taken and received, are kept, and the room is warmed and 
lighted all the time, for use. 

The Society of Inquiry has a considerable and quite inter- 
esting Museum, together with a small library of recent 
works on Missions. 



Boohs Donated Last '^can 

By Prof. S. D. Martin: Prestentation copy of Revised 
New Testament. Fine copy of Old English Prayer Book, 
Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Seat of Sin in the 
Regenerate Man. 

By H. B. Zernow: Meyer's Commentary on New Testa- 
ment, one volume. Channing's Works, one volume. His- 
tory of Corruption of Christian Church. 

By unknown friend: Constitution of the Presbyterian 
Church in the United States of America. Brown's System. 

expenses. 

There are no fees nor charges for room-rent. The Sem- 
inary furnishes buildings, kitchen utensils, table ware and 
linen, and pays the salary of the Matron. The cost of good 
board is reduced to a minimum under the careful supervi- 
sion of the Matron, Mrs. M. S. Ferguson, and ranges from 
$8 to $10 per calendar month. 

Books are purchased at about cost, by a special arrange- 
ment which the Seminary makes. Some text-books can be 
obtained from the Library. Washing can be had at $1.25 
per month. Traveling expenses of students, upon first en- 
tering the Seminary, are paid when Jiecessary; and further 
assistance is given to students from scholarships, and from 
the Students' Fund, so far as it will allow. The student 
requiring such assistance must bring from the Chairman 






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of Education in his Presbytery a written statement of the 
amount he will need for the session to supplement what he 
has available for his support. 

Donatione for Special Objects. 

In response to appeals for donations, there have been 
received up to March: 

Tutor's salary: 

First Church, Selma, Ala $100 00 

For support of students: 

A friend in Selma, Ala 4 00 

C. E. Graham 75 00 

Friends in Selma, Ala., two Scholarships 400 00 

Ladies' Society, Second Church, Charleston.. 250 00 

Opportunities for Liberality. 

Good equipment is not the same as necessary or co77iplete 
equipment. So we present here some opportunities for our 
liberally disposed friends who may wish to help give the 
Institution a more complete equipment. 

1. There is need, both for room and for safety, of a fire- 
proof library building. 

2. There should be a larger Library Fund, an addition of 
$10,000, or more, to the endowment of the Library. 

3. There should be a larger and more commodious Chapel 
of brick or stone. 

4. The Students' Fund should be largely increased, or a 
number of scholarships yielding at least $100 each, per 
annum, should be added. 

5. There is room for a variety of Lectureships. 

6. In a smaller way, gifts of books, maps, charts, casts 



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for the Library and Lecture-rooms, and of supplies for the 

Boarding Hall are always gratefully received. 

\ 

form of Bequest. 

The Seminary is incorporated by the Legislature of South 
Carolina, under its original name, and the proper form of a 
bequest is as follows: 

*'To 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, 
to them and their successors, I give and bequeath the sum 

of , (or I devise a certain parcel or tract of land, etc.,) 

to be applied by them to the uses and benefit of said Semi- 
nary, as follows, etc." 

Testators will do well to have respect to the laws of the 
State in which they reside. The State of South Carolina 
requires that a last Will and Testament be signed by the 
testator in the presence of three witnesses. 



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