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FIRST LOCATION LEXINGTON, GA.

Columbia Theological Seminary began work in the

home of Dr. Thomas Goulding at Lexington,

Cia., in 1828

PRESENT LOCATION COLUMBIA, S. C.

The Seminary was located at Columbia, S. C, in 1831, by authority of the controlling Synods. The Seminary will return

to Georgia soil and will be located in Atlanta.

DR. ALEXANDER SPRUNT, FIRST CHURCH, CHARLESTON, S. C.

"South Carolina Presbyterians are very jealous of Columbia Theological Seminary
and n- honored and honorable record for a hundred years in then ( apitol City. They
have consented to its removal to Atlanta simply because they are convinced that a
inary may he erected and sustained in Atlanta."

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THE NATION IS AS STRONG

AS
ITS CHURCHES

ITS CHURCHES ARE AS STRONG

AS
ITS MINISTERS

ITS MINISTERS ARE AS STRONG

AS ITS
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES

DR. HENRY 11. SWEETS, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.

"Columbia Seminary with its fine record and loyal alumni, in its now location of
wonderful beauty under the leadership of such a man of faith and vision and unbounded
energy as President Gillespie, built up in Atlanta, in the centre of five growing Synods,
will be a centre of growing influence and a source of even larger blessing to the whole
Presbyterian Church at home and abroad."

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The Faculty

Richard T. Gillespie, A. B., B. D., D. D.

President of the Seminary

William M. McPheeters, D. D., LL. D.

Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis

Henry Alexander White, A. M., Ph D., LL. D.

Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis

Richard C. Reed, D. D., LL. D.

Professor of Eeelesiastieal History and Church Politv

Melton Clark, A. B., B. D., D. D.
Professor of The English Bible and Religious Education

Edgar D. Kerr, A. B., B. D., D. D.

Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Languages

James Benjamin Green, B. D., D. D.
Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology

John Miller Wells, A. M., Ph. D., D. D., LL.D.
Professor of Practical Theology

Hugh R. Murchison, A. B., B. D., D. D.

Instructor in Missions

Walter P. Taylor, Ph. D.
Instructor in Elocution

Smyth Lecturer 1924-1925 Rev. A. M. Fraser, D. D.

Faculty Officers

Chairman Richard T. Gillespie
Recording Secretary Hugh R. Murchison
Librarian Richard C. Reed
Executive Secretary PI ugh R. Murchison

DR. W. McF. ALEXANDER, PRYTANIA ST. CHURCH, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

"The verdict of the Synods controlling Coluinlhia Seminary is the voice of the Master
and settles tilne wisdom of the removal to Atlanta. Presbyterians can do nothing better
than to raise the needed funds and thus perpetuate the influence of the Seminary of
Thornwell, Palmer and Girardeau.

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Board of Directors

SOUTH CAROLINA

Rev. W. A. Hafner Gaffney, S. C.

Col. W. W. Lewis .' York, S. C.

I). W. Robinson, Eso Columbia, S. C.

Rev. I). M. Douglas, D. D Clinton, S. C.

Prof. S. H. Edmunds, Lift. P. .... Sumter, S. C.

Rev. Alexander Sprint, D. ]) Charleston, S. C.

GEORGIA

J. T. Brantley, Esq. Blackshear, Ga.

Rev. E. L. Hill, D. 1) Uhens, Ga.

Rev. F. K. Sims, D. D Dalton, Ga.

Rev. A. L. Patterson, D. D ...Savannah, Ga.

ALABAMA

Rev. C. M. Boyd. D. D Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Rev. A. (i. Ikons Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Rev. S. E. Hodges, D. D \nniston, Ala.

FLORIDA

Rev. L. E. McNair, D. D.
Rev. W. J. ( Harrison, I). I).

Rev. J. 1'.. Ih it.. \, I). 1).
Rev. C. W. Grafton, I). I).
R. F. [< i m mons, Esq.

Jacksonville, Fla.
St. Petersburg, Fla.

MISSISSIPPI

Jackson. Miss.
.Union Church, Miss.
Water Vallev, -Miss.

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD

/'resilient of the Hoard
I ice-President of the Hoard
Secretary of the Hoard
I rcasurcr of the Hoard

J. T. Brantley, Esq.
Rev. Alexander Sprunt, I). 1).
Rev. J I con R. M urcb rsoN, I). I)
C. II. Baldwi n. Esq.

STANDING C< >MMITTEES

Executive Committee F. K. Sims, VV. W. Lewis, A. L. Patterson, 1). W. Robinson, W. A. Hafner,
Committee on Material Property R. C. Reed, I Iron R. Murchison.
ting Committee- I). W. Robinson, VV. II. Tow.nsend, C. II. Baldwin, Mich R, Murchison

J. C. Copeland, J. T. Dabbs.

OR.

HUTTON, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, JACKSON, MISS.

"('(iluinl)'a Theological Seminary has ^i\cii men a vision of a greal Cod. The Synod
>i Mississippi is deeply interested in tin- founding of binis Seminary in Atlanta. Colum-
lia Seminary is true to the Bible and true to the ideals and traditions of our Gh'urch."

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BEGINNING OF THE SEMINARY

THE Seminary had its beginning in December, 1828, in Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Georgia. Dr. Thomas Goulding, pastor of the Lexington Presbyter-
ian Church, was its first Professor, and was permitted to retain for a time his
pastorate. He taught the first class of five members in his home in Lexington.

EARLY YEARS IN COLUMBIA, S. C.

jf^ARLY in January, 1830, Dr. Goulding, with his few students, moved to Colum-
V^ bia and was domiciled in the parsonage of the Presbyterian Church procured
for his use. The next year he moved into the buildings occupying the present
site of the Seminary. They were not then what they are now. The center building
is the same, but it was then flanked by two small buildings, which have given way
to the two commodious dormitories, known as Simons and Law Halls.

That same year, 1831, Dr. George Howe was elected Professor of Biblical Liter-
ature, and the first class began the prescribed course of theological studies. The cur-
riculum was modeled after Andover and Princeton. Two years later Rev. Aaron W.
Leland was elected to the Chair of Christian Theology, Dr. Goulding having been
transplanted to that of Ecclesiastical History and Polity.

DR. L. E. McNAIR, FIRST CHURCH, JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

"By far the most forward looking project in our educational program is the establishment of Colum-
bia Seminary at Atlanta. I am satisfied our great church will adequately serve this division of our terri-
tory by giving the Seminary such an advantageous location as we are to have at Atlanta. The enthusiasm
is encouraging."

DR. A. A. LITTLE, FIRST CHURCH, MERIDIAN, MISS.

"The establishment of Columbia Seminary in Atlanta is the. wisest move the South-
ern Pres'byterian Churclhi has ever made. It means a steady stream of young men sent
into the pulpits of our church, fitted under the most favorable circumstances for their
life work."

THE FIRST PROFESSORS

DR. THOMAS GOULD1XG

There is a saying that "a good beginning is half-done."
Columbia bad a good beginning. Her first three professors
were men of no ord'nary type. Thomas Goulding was born
in Liberty County, Georgia, March 14. 1786. He died in
Columbus, Georgia, June 21, 1848. It is recorded that at
the time of his deatli he was the oldest of fifteen Presby-
terian ministers from one Church, and that a congregational
Church. When about eighteen years of age he went to
New Haven to enter Yale College, but finding the "fugging
system" in vogue, a system introduced from Europe, he
turned away in disgust. And so it happened that the man
to whom the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia en-
trusted the launching of their Seminary never had the
benefit of either a College or a Theological Seminary. He

pursued his studies in private and the success attending
his efforts showed the mettle of the .man. He attained
distinction in more than one department of learning. He
began the study of law. but before entering into the prac-
tice of his profession God graciously converted him. At
once he showed an active interest in religious work. A
remarkable coincidence had much to do in determining his
future course. Two friends, without collusion, each living
at a distance, vis ted him the same day to call his attention
to the Gospel Ministry. He was ordained a preacher of
the Gospel by the Presbytery of Harmony at Augusta.
Georgia, in 1813. He humorously said of himself that he
was the "first native of Georgia who had become a Pres-
byterian preacher slice the foundation of the world."

THE FIRST PROFESSORS

DR. GEORGE HOWE

Dr. George Howe was a native of Massachusetts. He
was educated at Middleburg College and Andover Semi-
nar)'. Shortly after graduating he came South for his
health, stopping at Charleston, South Carolina. This was
in December, 1830. That same month the Synod of South
Carolina and Georgia met. Dr. Goukllng wrote to the
Synod asking for a Professor of Greek and Hebrew.

On recommendation of two classmates, who were mem-
bers of Synod, Dr. Howe was elected to this chair and
continued to serve for fifty-two years and three months.
In 1836, when he was but thirty-four years old, he de-
clined a call from the Board of Directors of Union Semi-
nary, New York, to the Chair of Sacred Literature. In

declining the call, which was urged upon him by the Board
of D'rectors, Dr. Howe wrote:

'When 1 accepted the professorship which I hold it
was with the hope that I might be the means of building
up the wastes, and extending the borders of our Southern
Zion. This motive still holds me here. Though our insti-
tution must be a small one through the present genera-
tion and yours will be large, it is important, it is neces-
sary, whatever the fate of our beloved country, that this
seminary should live. If I leave it at the present juncture,
its continuance is exceedingly doubtful. If I remain,
though the field of my effort must be small and I must
live in obscurity, we may vet transmit to the men of this
next generation an institution which will bless them and
the world."

THE FIRST PROFESSORS

DR. AARON LELAND

Dr. Aaron W. Leland was also a native of Massachusetts.
He graduated from Williams College in 1808 and shortly
after moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where he en-
gaged in teaching. He was ordained to the ministry in
1812, and the succeeding year was called to the pastorate
of the First Presbyterian Church in Charleston. At the
early age of twenty-eight he was honored with the degree
of Doctor of Divinity by the South Carolina College. He
was called to the Chair of Theology in Columbia Seminary

in 1833 and served the Seminary with unflagging zeal and
to the .eminent satisfaction of his friends for thirty years.
He was magnificently endowed with natural gifts, both of
body and mind. His vigorous powers of thought, his
vivid imagination, his fervid emotional nature, his splendid
voice and majestic form combined to place him in the front
ranks of pulpit orators. In addition to the service which
Dr. Leland rendered the Seminary in the class-room, he
did much to put it on a solid financial basis.

THE FIRST PROFESSORS

DR. BENJAMIN MORGAN PALMER

Columbia Seminary and the Beginning of the Southern

Presbyterian Church.

This illustrious trio was the beginning of a noble succes-
sion. We can do no more than call the roll. Our hearts
may well bow in reverence as we pronounce names of
Charles Colcock Jones, Benjamin M. Palmer, James Wood-
row, William S. Plumer, Joseph R. Wilson, and John L.
Girardeau.

It is not surprising that a Seminary, blessed with such
an array of consecrated talent, should have made a power-
ful and permanent impression on the Church. In the
providence of God, the men connected with this institu-
tion were so placed as to make their influence count for
most. Our first General Assembly met in Augusta, Geor-
gia, on the 4th of December, 1861. The men of Columbia
were there in positions of acknowledged leadership.
Benjamin M. Palmer was Moderator, and in his sermon
on that occasion he lifted into supreme prominence the

sole Headship of Christ over His Church. James H.
Thornwell, whose name shines with a lustre all its own,
gave to the Church its Magna Charta in the notable state
paper sent forth by that Assembly to all the Churches of
Jesus Christ throughout the world, giving the reasons for
our existence as an independent body. The letter on the
Pel gious Institution of the Colored People issued by the
Assembly was the masterly production of Charles Col-
cock Jones. The man who shaped the policy of the Church
in relation to Foreign Missions, and to whom the conduct
of this vital cause was entrusted, was John Leighton Wil-
son. The Book of Church Order was written within the
walls of Columbia Seminary by a committee of which
John B. Adger was the Chairman, and to which he was
the chief contributor. Thus all that is distinctive in our
Church was stamped upon it in the plastic period of its
infancy by the great lights of Columbia Seminary.

THE FIRST PROFESSORS

JAMES HENLEY THORN WEI

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Dr. James Henley Thornwell was one of the greatest
thinkers the South ever produced. At the time of his death
in 1862, he was professor of theology in the Seminary, but
he was recognized as the practical leader of the newly
born Southern Presbyterian Church. He, it was. who
held first place in forming the principles for which this
particular branch of the church still stands. He lived
scarcely fifty years, but they were fifty years of living at
its best.

Dr. Thornwell was the son of poor parents and was
educated by Gen. Gillespie of South Carolina. Probably
no money was ever better -pent than that given to secure

the education of this future moulder of opinion. It is
said that when hut a lad he was discovered one clay by a
stranger, deep in a hook which turned out to he Hume's
History of England. "Read something you can under-
stand," advised the stranger. Instantly the hook was
thrust into the stranger's hands with the challenge. "See
if I don't understand it." To the stranger's amazement
the boy, not yet in his teens, not only understood that
hoo'<, hut every other hook which could he discovered in
the neighborhood. This incident led to an introduction to
the Gillespies and to the college training of the man who
was in a few years to he the theologian of a denomination.

THE FIRST LIBRARIAN

Til OS. SMYTH, D. D.

The Library

Columbia has one of the choicest, if not indeed
the very choicest, theological library in the South.
It contains some 34,000 volumes. A large part of
the library was selected in Europe in the early
part of last century by Dr. Thomas Smyth, a dis-

tinguished scholar and a great book lover. He
purchased books regardless of cost, and many of
them could not be duplicated in this day at any

cost.

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COLUMBIA SEMINARY AND THE FOREIGN MISSION FIELD

The Foreign field was not without a representative in

V^k w tlie faculty. Dr. John B. Adger was for many years a
wm distinguished .Missionary in Syria; and after becoming a
-;^k f ?y professor in the Seminary he did much to impart a Mis-
^r sionary spirit to the student body. The first class of

DR. JOHN B. ADGER six to graduate furnished three missionaries to heathen
lands. One of these was John Leighton Wilson, ranking among the
great missionaries of modern times. His was a massive, statesman-
like mind, capable of dealing with great problems and of influencing
men ot commanding influence. A pamphlet of his falling into the hands
of Lord Palmerston, England's Prime Minister, decided England's
policy touching the suppression of the African slave trade.
Mis mantle fell on Hampton C. DuBose, the author of his
biography. Perhaps the greatest and most beneficent re-
form that has been wrought in modern clays was the
suppression ot the opium traffic in China; and the leader
of that splendid reform was our own Dr. DuBose.

DR. IOIIX LEIGHTON
WILSON

DK. GEORGE SUMMEY, THIRD CHURCH. NEW ORLEANS.
"Accept my congratulations upon the work already accomplished and best wishes
for your continued success in the campaign for funds for the removal of Columbia Semi-
nary to Atlanta.''

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COLUMBIA SEMINARY AND THE HOME MISSION FIELD

In the Home land the Mission work of our Church
has heen largely under the guiding and nourishing hand
REV. JOHN I. CRAIG, D.D. of the a i umn j () f Columbia Seminary. For more than

twenty vears Rev. John X. Craig, D. D., gave to this work faithful

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and efficient service. At his death he was succeeded by Dr. S. L.

Morris, whose wise and energetic administration has marked a new

and striking era in this vastly important and ever expanding department

of the King*s business. He has already gone considerably beyond

twenty years of service, and the prayer of the Church is

that the day may still be far distant when it will be

necessary to choose his successor.

REV. S. L. MORRIS, D. D.

DR. E. L. HILL, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ATHENS, GA.

"After sixteen years as a member of the Board of Trustees of Columbia Theological
Seminary my highest ambitions for the Seminary are about to 'be realized. The hour
of opportunity has struck. Atlanta Presbyterians will answer. 'Here Am I' and the
Presbyterians of Georgia will follow their lead."

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THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE SEMINARY

/f brief word about the present status of the Seminary. Modesty forbids our pay-
n/a ing- a just tribute to the men who compose the present Faculty. Fortunately
they can speak for themselves. It is enough that they enjoy the full confidence of
the Church. They can be trusted to conserve and nourish and bring into larger fruit-
fulness the precious interests entrusted to them. They are forward looking men, anx-
ious to see the leadings of God's providence and willing to follow it. But they are also
backward looking men. Behind them are the authoritative voices to which their ears are
ever attentive; behind them are the fathers who wrought mightily for God, and who
left a rich heritage of faith and achievement that is not to be forgotten. Looking both
forward and backward they see nothing to shake their belief in the essential soundness
of the distinctive principles which gave birth to our Church and for which it has hither-
to stood.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE

OUR horizon is widening. When the Seminary was founded it took South Carolina
and Georgia both to form one Synod, and that at its best was not a large Synod,
seventy-three ministers, eleven licentiates, one hundred and twenty-eight Churches,
and eight thousand five hundred and sixty communicants. It contained five
Presbyteries, two in Georgia and three in South Carolina. Now there are five Synods
owning and controlling the Seminary, and these contain a communicant roll of more than
one hundred and twenty-eight thousand. These Synods cover a territory stretching
East and West six hundred miles, and stretching North and South six hundred miles.
The line that bisects this territory passes through Atlanta. With the Seminary placed
at this strategic point, a sober vision sees great things in the near future. The golden
age lies there. The dawn of that age is already brightening into joy.

DR. W. C. ALEXANDER, GLEN LEVEN CHURCH, NASHVILLE, TENN.

"The removal of Columbia Seminary to Atlanta and the consequent accession of the Synod of Mississippi to
its constituency means much for the future. It marks a real advance of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Re-
gretting its removal from my native state I nevertheless wish it the greatest possible success."

DR. HENRY WADE DuBOSE, FIRST CHURCH, SPARTANBURG, S. C.

I he handsome offer made by the Presbyterians of Georgia is one hri^ht with
promise. For the greater Columbia Seminary that is to he built in Atlanta it is easy to
foresee a glorious future, full of blessing for Southern I'rcsln terianisin."

REV. RICHARD T. GILLESPIE, A. B., B. D., D. D.
Columbia's New President

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The New Proposition

Columbia Theological Seminary began its work in the home of Dr. Thomas Collid-
ing at Lexington, Ga., in 1828.

Columbia Theological Seminary is therefore 97 years old.

Columbia Theological Seminary was located at Columbia, S. C, in 1830. It has had
a long and honored record. It has rendered a noteworthy service to the Presbyterian
Church.

Columbia Theological Seminary is owned and controlled by the Synods of Alabama.
Florida. Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina.

The controlling Synods have unitedly voted to accept the invitation of the Synod of
Georgia to locate in the city of Atlanta.

In locating in the city of Atlanta. the Seminary is returning to the soil of its nativity.

The Presbyterians of Atlanta have offered to provide not less than $250,000 for
buildings and to donate an adequate site.

A magnificent site of forty acres near the city limits of Atlanta has already been do-
nated by interested friends. This offer has been accepted by the Board of Directors
of the Seminary.

The Synod of Georgia has offered to provide not less than $250,000 in addition to
the amount provided by the Presbyterians of Atlanta for Columbia Theological Semi-
nary buildings.

A campaign under the direction of the Executive Committee of Christian Education
is now in progress in the city of Atlanta to procure not less than $250,000 for Columbia
Seminary.

With the completion of the Atlanta campaign plans will be made for launching the
campaign in the Synod of Georgia.

DR. J. O. REAVIS, ASSEMBLY'S SECRETARY FOREIGN MISSIONS
"There is much interest throughout the South in the establishment of Columbia Seminary m Atlanta. It
is generally agreed that Atlanta is the ideal location for a Theological Seminary for our Church.''

DR. HARRY M. MOFFETT, VINE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

"The establishment of Columbia Seminary at Atlanta, with adequate equipment,
should enable this 'honored institution to render The Church and Tibe Kingdom a still
larger service.''

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FATHER OF THE NEW MOVEMENT

R. RICHARD C. REED, I). D. L L. D., Acting Presi-
dent of Columbia Seminary since July 1st, 1924, since
1X98 has been Professor of Ecclesiastical History and
Church Polity and a member of the Presbytery of At-
lanta and the Synod of Georgia. He was recently
made Moderator of the General Assembly, the highest
office in the gift of the Presbyterian Church.

For twenty-five years Dr. Reed has been interested in
some such movement as has just come to head, and
said recently at a Blue Hue meeting in Atlanta, where
he was an interested spectator, bringing greetings
from the faculty, that the movement was "the
realization of his dream" that the day on which the
movement was launched to bring Columbia Seminary

to Atlanta was "the happiest day of his life." Dr. K^'^d is literally father of the

movement.

Atlanta will be the richer gaining a valuable citizen when Dr. Reed takes
up his residence there after the completion of the Seminary. He will continue
to hold the chairs he has held in Columbia for many years, and the Seminary will
continue to benefit by his influence.

Dr. Reed was associate editor of the "Presbyterian Quarterly" and co-editor of
the Presbyterian Standard. Is the author of the "Gospel As Taught By Calvin,"
"History of the Presbyterian Churches of The World" and "What Is The Kingdom
of ( rod."

DR. DONALD McQUEEN. FIRST CHURCH. PALATKA. FLA.

"Now that removal has been decided upon loyal Presbyterians should stand "Every
man in his place 'round about the camp." With the two institutions under Presbyterian
auspices located at the Capitol of the Empire State, Atlanta s'hould become the Presby-
terian Mecca whitiher the tribes go up and the mantles of the illustrious triumvirate
Thornwell. Palmer and Girardeau inspire the effort."

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THE PRESENT CHALLENGE

THE TERRITORY:

The territory of Columbia Theological Seminary embraces five states: South Carolina, Georgia, Flor-
ida, Alabama and Mississippi. This vast area constitutes an empire within itself, which stretches from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from the North Carolina-Tennessee line to Key West.

Area in Square Miles:

South Carolina 30,989

Georgia ... 59,265

Florida 58,668

Alabama 51,998

Mississippi 46,865

Total

247,785

Population in 1920:

South Carolina

Georgia

Mississippi

Alabama

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1,683,724
2,895,832
1,789,384
2,348,174
1,789,384

Total 9,685,584

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN COLUMBIA'S TERRITORY IN 1924
'ive Synods South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi:
i Church Membership :

South Carolina

Georgia

Florida

Alabama

Mississippi

Total

36,653
30,024
15,741
22,632
23,149

128.199

Sunday School Enrollment:
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida ...

Alabama

Mississippi ..

29,095
26,895
11,916
17,051
15,101

Total

100,058

Churches : Supplied

South ( 'arolina 212

Georgia 164

Florida 87

Alabama 142

Mississippi 214

Vacant

Total

81

293

69

253

35

122

79

221

54

268

Total

839

31 X

1157

DR. C. M. BOYD, FIRST CHURCH, TUSCALOOSA, ALA.

"Delighted with prospects. Seminary in Atlanta will mean much to Synod of Ala-
bama. It will he fine for hoys to he trained in that atmosphere, it will also he great
challenge to ot'her Synods. Site selected particularly pleasing. We are with you."

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Ministers :

Serving as Pastors
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South Carolina 115

Georgia 102

Florida 37

A labama 7( i

Mississippi 84

Not Serving as
Pastors & Supplies

61

39

26

34

24

total
L76

141

83

1 10

108

Total 434

184

618

Candidates for Ministry in 1924:

South Carolina 61

Georgia 48

Florida - 13

Alabama ., 26

Mississippi 59

Total 207

ii. Increase of Membership in Columbia territory by five-year periods since

1900-1905 1. ' 73.JS7

69,182 4,105, or

1900:

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1 905- 1910 84,344

73,287 11,058, or 15 %

1910-1915 97,557

84,345 13,212, or 15|/ 2 %

1915-1920

(War Period)

1920-1924.

(Four Years )

109,591
97,557

128,199
109,591

12.034, or 12 %

18,608, or 17 %

Total increase in 24 years

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Influences favoring a steadily increasing growth in the membership of the Church in the future.

EVANGELISM
The Presbyterian Progressive Program, with its department of Evangelism and Missions.
The well arranged and aggressive program of the Woman's Auxiliary.
The organization and promotion of the Men of the Church under efficient leadership.
Activity ot the organized business men's evangelistic clubs.

Increased evangelistic effort in the Sunday School and Young People's Societies.
Growth of interest in personal evangelism throughout the Church.
Attention now given to pastoral evangelism by the seminaries and by our ministers.
Increasing number of city-wide and state-wide evangelistic campaigns.
General revival of evangelistic interest and emphasis in all departments of church work.

HOME M1SSK INS
Crowing recognition of importance and value of Nome Mission Work.
More efficient leadership and better organization for the work.

More aggressive policy of Home Mission Committees in Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly
Increasing gifts for promotion of Home Mission Work.

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5. Extension of Sunday School work into more destitute and formerly neglected fields, with increasing
force of field workers trained for their task.

(c) GROWING INTEREST IN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

In no department of our work is there greater interest, nor greater promise of future growth in the
church. Christian Education is the basis of permanent and substantial development. Our Christian Minis-
try, and other Christian leaders are in large part the product of Christian Schools and Colleges.

iv. The increase of membership in Columbia Seminary's territory for the next twenty-five years may con-
servatively be estimated on the basis of growth during the past twenty-four years and in the light of the in-
fluences favoring a steadily increasing growth in the future.

1. An increase of 12% during each five-year period, which was the rate of increase during the war
period, and was the least productive five-year period since 1905, would yield a membership in 1949 of 225,378.

2. This would yield a net increase during the next twenty-five years of 75%. But the past hvenly-
four years the net increase was 85%.

It requires but little optimism to forecast a one-hundred per cent increase within the next twenty-five
years, or to believe that at least we shall have a church of 250,000 members by 1950, and a half million
members fifty years hence.

The question arises, where shall ministers be secured and trained to serve this growing church of the
future, 'ihe other seminaries of the church are taxed to furnish ministers for their own constituency. The
supply is never sufficient to meet their demands. . ,

The students of a seminary, during their three years of residence, become identified with the local com-
munity, through the friendships formed, by serving in vacant churches, by marrying into the families of
the neighborhood. For these reasons, it is difficult to bring them back to their home community, or to hold
them when they come.

WHERE THE MEN COME FROM WHO SERVE THE FIELDS
"In the Spring of 1923 a total of 108 men went out from Union Seminary, Richmond, Va. Of this large
number just nine labored in the fields in any of the hve Synods in Columbia's territory. Of these, hve
labored in Georgia and one each in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina.

Seventy-six men went out from Kentucky Seminary, of whom two labored in any ol the five
Synods named. These labored in Mississippi; sixty-two went out from COLUMBIA SEMINARY.
Oif these all but approximately fifteen served fields in the five Synods named. Of these thirteen cer-
tainly (and probably fifteen) "labored in Georgia; three in Alabama; four in Florida; two in Missis-
sippi, and sixteen certainly (and more probably twenty) in South Carolina. In other words, though
( ol UMBIA SEMINARY sent out only ONE-THIRD as many as Union and Kentucky combined,
it furnished the Synods 'of ALABAMA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA. MISSISSIPPI and SOUTH CARO-
LINA with more than FOUR TIMES as many laborers as its two sister seminaries combined.

CANDIDATES FOR THE MINISTRY
i. Increase in Candidates by five-year periods:

From 1900 to 1905

From 1905 to 1910

From 1910 tol915

From 1915 to 1920

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decrease from 90 to 76

increase from 76 to 95 25%

increase from 95 to 147 52%

decrease from 147 to 100 (War period)

increase 100 to 207107%

The increase from 1900 to 1924 was from 96 to 207, which is 115%

Proportion of candidates to total' membership in the five Synods:

1900 1 candidate to 721

1924 1 " " 619

DR. DUNBAR II. OGDEN, GOVERNMENT ST. CHURCH, MOBILE, ALA

"Surrounded by the vigorous churches of Atlanta, Columbia Seminary will quickly
become one of the leading theological schools of the entire country. Conservative hut
not reactionary, progressive bul not radical, we need just such an institution in the
heart of the South.''

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iii. Influences favoring an increase in the future Number and Proportion of Candidates:

1. Increasing number of Young People's Societies, with growing interest and improved programs.

2. Recent establishment by General Assembly of separate department of Young People's Work, with
full-time Secretary to promote Young People's Work throughout the Church.

3. Increasing attention given to Young People's Conferences in Presbytery, Synod and at Montreat.

4. Renewed interest in Christian Education, with increased gifts for this cause.

5. Increased religious activities, under direction of the Church, in the Colleges and Universities
of the South.

6. Effort of Y. M. C. A. and Student Volunteer Movement to secure recruits for whole time life
service in the Church.

7. The Seminary, through its faculty and students, will make persistent effort to carry a message
to every Church in our territory, and to lay on the hearts of parents and young people the urgent
need for trained Christian leadership, and will endeavor to be the instrument of God in calling men
into the Ministry of Christ.

IV.

FORECAST

From 1900 to 1905 there was a decline in the number of candidates, but it is gratifying to notice that,
except during the war period while our young men were in France, there has been during the last twenty
years a steady increase; the increase since 1900 being from 96 to 207, which is 115 per cent. If we should
maintain this rate of increase for another period of twenty-five years, there would be more than four hun-
dred candidates in 1950.

.Twenty-flve years ago the proportion of candidates to membership was 1 to 721, while this year it is
1 to 619 members. If the forecast for membership for 1950 is not too great, and we should be able to main-
tain the present ratio of 1 to 619, on this same basis there would be in 1950 more than four hundred candi-
dates in Columbia's territory.

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND THE FUTURE

Conditions at Columbia during the past twenty-five years have not been favorable for securing the
attendance of even her own students. Throughout this period there has been much unrest and much un-
certainty concerning the future location and development of the Seminary. Under these conditions stu-
dents are alwavs reluctant to enter an institution, an 1 in consequence, attendance at the Seminary has not
been normal. Under normal conditions the student body at present should be at least one hundred.

With the decision to re-locate the Seminary in Atlanta, all uncertainty concerning the future has been
removed. A definite program is being prepared. New and adequate equipment is being provided, increased
endowment and support funds are being sought, her territory has been enlarged by the accession of Missis-
sippi, diligent effort will be made in the future to meet every requirement of her constituency. The Semi-
nary is to be established in an ideal location, near the center of her territory, in the largest and most influen-
tial city in the South. With the spirit of Atlanta and the support of five great Synods in this aggressive
movement, there comes to Columbia Seminary such infusion of life as comes only with new birth.

Under the spell of enthusiasm which arises upon consideration of these facts, it is difficult if not un-
safe, to risk a forecast of the future. One fears to prophesv, lest he should be swept away by the bright
prospect which is before us. It is safest to let everv man for himself frame a vision of the future of this
great school of the prophets in Atlanta. It is safe to say, however, that the brightest and best days of
Columbia Seminary are the days that are ahead, that in the future an ever increasing number of young
men will come to her halls to be trained for the Ministry of our Church.

DR. M. E. MBLVIN, ASSEMBLY'S STEWARDSHIP SECRETARY.

"The removal of Columbia Seminary to Atlanta promises to he one of the most
f;ir reaching steps our church has ever undertaken. I endorse the movement without
qualification. '

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The Response to the Appeal

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Dated 102?

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Atlanta, Georgia

Synod of Georgia, U. s.

In order to assist in providing a fund of not less than $500,000 in
the Synod of Georgia for Columbia Theological Seminary, and in con-
sideration of the subscriptions of others to this fund, I hereby promise to
pay to Mr. J. S. Kennedy, Treasurer of the Executive Committee,
Atlanta, Georgia, the sum of

payable .-is indicated below

Dollars

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(Please indicate title Mr., Mrs., Mis>, or Dr.)

Street and No.

City and State

Church Presbytery of Atlanta

The amount subscribed above shall be payable as follows:

Firsl Payment 25 per cent within 60 days from date or

Second Payment 25 per cent six months after first payment is due

Third Payment 25 per cent twelve months after first payment is due

Fourth Payment 25 percent eighteen months after first payment is due

Or as follows

The last three payments shall become binding and payable on condition
that a total of not less than $500,000 be secured in cash and pledges.

Compiled by S. \Y. McGILL

Field Secretary, Department of Schools and Colleges
Executive Committee of Christian Education, Presbyterian Church, U. S.

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FORM OF BEQUEST

ADD A CODICIL TO YOUR WILL

(Suggested Legal Form)

GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY:

WHEREAS, I, MARY SMITH, did on the 2nd day of January, 1923, sign, seal, declare and
publish my last will and testament in the presence of JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE AND HENRY
SIMPKINS, who signed the said will and testament as witnesses; and

WHEREAS, I am desirous to add an additional bequest and devise in said will, I, therefore,
make and publish this codicil to said will and testament.

ITEM L: I give, bequeath and devise to the COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY in
fee simple $10,000, in cash and $25,000, of income producing bonds and my house and lot, known as
No. . Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, in fee simple.

This the 10th day of February, 1925.

MARY SMITH, (L. S.)

Signed, sealed, declared and published by MARY SMITH, as her last will and testament,
in the presence of us, the undersigned, who subscribe our names hereto in the presence of said
testatrix after she had signed her name thereto and at her special instance and request, and in
the presence of each of us.

This the 10th day of February, 1925.

JOHN DOE,
RICHARD ROE,
HENRY SIMPKINS.

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