Columbia Theological Seminary Course Catalog 1868-1869, 1868-1869

O^LTA^LOaXJE

OF THE

OFFICERS AND STUDENTS

OF THE

THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

AT

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA,

FOR

MDCCCLXVni MDCCCLXIX.

COLUMBIA, S. C.

PBINTED AT THE PRESBYTERIAN PUBLISHING HOUSE.

1869.

Sftorfr of Birtdors.

Rev. JOSEPH R. WILSON, D. D., Chairman.

HENRY MULLER, Esq., ZVeaawra-.

Rev. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, D. D.

Rev. WILLIAM BANKS.

Rev. WILLIAM ELINN.

Rev. DONALD McQUEEN.

Rev. A. F. DICKSON.

J. A. ANSLEY, Esq.

Gex. JAMES GILLAM.

J. W. SIMPSON, M. D.

Prof. JOSEPH LeCONTE.

CATALOGUE.

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Accessus.

FACULTY.

Exitus.

Thomas Goulding,* D. D., Professor of Eccle-
siastical History and Church Polity, 1884.

George Howe, D. D., Professor of Biblical Lit-
erature.

A. W. Leland, D. D., Professor of Christian
Theology. 1856.

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

Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1838.

Charles Colcock Jones,* D. 1)., Professor of

Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1850.

Alex. T. McGill, D. D., Professor of Ecclesias-
tical History and Church Polity. 1853.

B. M. Palmer, D. D., Provisional Instructor in
Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1854.

B. M. Palmer, D. D., Professor of Ecclesiastical

History and Church Polity. 1856.

A. W. Leland, D. D., Professor of Sacred Rhet-
oric and Pastoral Theology.

J. H. Tiiornwell,* D. D., LL. D., Professor of

Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1862.

J. B. Adger, D. D., Professor of Ecclesiastical
History and Church Polity.

James Woodrow, Ph. D., M. D., Perkins Professor
of Natural Science in connexion with Revelation.

Wm. S. Plumer, D. D., LL. D., Professor of
Didactic and Polemic Theology.

TTJTOES I2ST HEBEEW.

Bazile Edward Lanneau,* A. M. 1855.

James Cohen,* A. M. 1862.

^Deceased.

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Whole number of Alumni, .

364

Deceased,

-

. .

82

Foreign Missionaries,

....

12

From Massachusetts,

7

From Kentucky,

2

New York,

10

Missouri,

2

Pennsylvania,

18

Rhode Island,

1

Ohio,

2

Vermont,

1

Virginia,

3

Connecticut,

5

North Carolina,

49

New Hampshire,

2

South Carolina,

124

New Jersey,

4

Georgia,

66

Maryland,

1

Arkansas,

1

Canada,

1

Alabama,

25

Scotland,

2

Mississippi,

18

Ireland,

3

Louisiana,

4

Hungary,

1

Tennessee,

7

England,

1

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North Carolina,

40

Vermont,

Louisiana,

9

Kentucky,

Georgia,

49

Connecticut

Alabama,

29

New York,

Massachusetts,

1

Maryland,

South Carolina,

83

Virginia,

New Jersey,

2

Ohio,

Pennsylvania,

4

Michigan,

Tennessee,

12

Minnesota,

Mississippi,

30

Missouri,

California,

1

Oregon,

Texas,

6

Ireland,

Illinois,

3

Scotland,

Indiana,

3

Japan,

Arkansas,

15

India,

Florida,

9

Brazil,

New Hampshire,

1

Places of res

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TERM OF 1868-1869.

GEORGE HOWE, D. D.,

Professor of Biblical Literature.

A. W. LELAND, D. D.,

Professor Emeritus of Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology.

J. B. ADGER, D. I).,

Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity.

JAMES WOODROW, Ph. D., M. D.,

Perkins Professor of Natural Science in connexion with

Revelation.

WM. S. PLUMER, D. D., LL. D.,

Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology.

Professor of Pastoral and Evangelistic Theology and. Sacred

Rhetoric. *

* The duties of this chair have heen assigned to Drs. Adger and Plumcr ;
Dr. Adger giving instruction in Sacred Rhetoric, and Dr. Plumer in Pasto-
ral and Evangelistic Theology.

CATALOGUE.

3)C\R1WG TUB TBIiM OF / SOS- i 86.9.

SEUIOE CLASS.

NAMES.

Atkinson, W. R.
Baker, B. L.
Brimm, W. W.

Dickey, Wm. N.
Gowan, P., Jr.
Nicholson, A. P.
llichards, C. M.
Smith, W. Cuttino
Wilson, J. L.

RESIDENCE.

Spartanburg, S. C.
Liberty Co., Ga.
Decatur, Ga.
Mecklenburg, N. C.
Orangeburg, S. C.
Pickens, S. C.
St. Francis Co., Ark,
Pendleton, S. C.
York District, S. C.

GRADUATE.

S. C. College.
Student of 0. U.

Davidson College.

Student of S. C. Col.
University of Va.
Student of U. Va.
Stewart College.

HVHHDZDIilE CJL, ASS.

NAMES.

RESIDENCE.

GRADUATE.

Douglass, Jas. H.
Glasgow, L. K.
Latimer, Jas. F.
Law, John
Martin, Jas. L.
Moore, John S.

York District, S. C.
Newberry Dist., S. C.
Abbeville, S. C.
Memphis, Tenn.
Fairfield Dist., S. C.
Sumter Co., Ala.

Davidson College.
S. C. College,
Stud't Erskine Col.

Student of S. C. Col.
University of Miss.

J-TTHSTIOIR, CLASS.

NAMES.

RESIDENCE.

GRADUATE.

Daniel, Eugene

Raymond, Miss.

Stud't Oakland Col.

DuBose, H. C.

Darlington, S. C.

Univ. of S. C.

Evans, W. W.

Carlisle, Ky.

Centre College.

Gcetchius, Geo. T.

Columbus, Ga.

University of Ga.

Ingram, Wm. M.

Somerville, Tenn.

Stud't LaGrange Col.

Leeper, F. L.

Columbiana, Ala.

McBryde, J. T.

Pendleton, S. C.

Univ. of S. C.

Neel, S. M.

Somerville, Tenn.

Stud't LaGrange Col.

Read, John J.

Raymond, Miss.

Stud't Oakland Col.

Smart, R. D.

Beaufort Dist., S. C.

Wofford Col., S. C.

White, J. S.

York Dist., S. C.

University of Va.

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^S&JjJirBS.

There is but one Session in the Seminary year. The year
commences on the third Monday in September, and ends with
the second Thursday in May.

&)tomi&&um.

The regular time for admission to the Seminary is in Septem-
ber. It is very desirable that all Students should be present at
the commencement of the year, particularly those entering the
Junior Class.

The Seminary is open to Students of every denomination.
Candidates for admission must furnish the Faculty with satisfac-
tory testimonials of being in full communion with some Christian
Church, and of having been regularly educated at some College
or University, or in the absence of such testimonials, must satisfy
the Faculty, by examination, that they have made attainments
deemed equivalent. Such pei*sons, on assenting to the Consti-
tution of the Seminary, are admitted to the enjoyment of all its
privileges.

CATALOGUE. 11

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The Course of Study embraces a period of three years, and
covers the several departments of theological education.

I. BIBLICAL LITERATURE.

1. The Grammar of the Hebrew and Chaldee Languages and the
Grammatical and Exegetical study of the Hebrew and Chal-
dee Scriptures. Various portions of the Historical, Poetical,
and Prophetic Books are read, together with the Chaldee
parts of Ezra and Daniel. Translations of portions of the
New Testament into Hebrew.

2. The Exegetical study of the New Testament in Greek. The
Harmony of the four Gospels, the Epistles, the Apocalypse of
John.

3. Biblical Antiquities, Sacred Geography, the Principles of
Interpretation, Biblical Criticism, Introduction to the Old
and New Testaments.

4. Lectures on the Canon of the Old and New Testaments, on
Interpretation, on Biblical Criticism, on the Languages of the
Original Scriptures, and on Prophecy.

The studies in this department occupy six days in each week
in the Junior year. In the Middle and Senior years, there are
Exegetical exercises three days in the week.

II. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND CHURCH POLITY.

These branches are taught partly by lectures and partly by

text-books.

1. The Junior Class is occupied twice every week with Old Tes-
tament Church History, the text-book being Kurtz's Manual

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of Sacred History. After finishing that work, they begin
Mosheim's Church History.

2. The Middle Class recite also twice every week in Christian
Church History. They take up Mosheim wherever they left
it as Juniors. Killen's Ancient Church is also a text-book
of this year. The Professor constantly supplements these
text-books with lectures.

3. The third year is devoted to Church Polity. The text-book
is Book IV. of Calvin's Institutes ; the Professor meets the
Class twice every week, either for a lecture or for examination
on the text-book. Particular attention is given to the expo-
sition of our Form of Government and Book of Discipline.

III. SACRED RHETORIC.

1. A Course of Lectures on Sacred Rhetoric is delivered to the
Middle Class. The Senior Class is carried through Bautain's
Art of Extempore Speaking.

2. Exercises in public speaking, consisting of Original Declama-
tion, Delivery of Sermons, and Forensic Debates, accompa-
nied with free criticism.

3. The public and private criticism of Sermons and Skeletons.

4. Dissertations, Essays, and Critiques, prepared by the Senior
Class, on various subjects in the department of Sacred Rhetoric.

Wednesday evening is appropriated to Rhetorical Exercises,
including Debates, Declamation, and the Delivery of Sermons.

IV. NATURAL SCIENCE IN CONNEXION WITH
REVEALED RELIGION.

In this department, instruction is given exclusively by lec-
tures. It embraces the Natural History of the Bible ; Geology,
Astronomy, and other branches of Natural Science, as far as
they have any real or supposed connexion with Revelation ; and
also Archaeology and Chronology. During the Senior year, the
question of the L T nity of the Human Race is fully examined.

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V. MENTAL AND MORAL SCIENCE.

A brief course in this branch of knowledge belongs to the
close of the Junior year. Its chief object is to revive knowledge
previously acquired, and to render it certain that the Professor
and students will use terms in the same sense during the Theo-
logical course.

VI. DIDACTIC AND POLEMIC THEOLOGY.

In this department each leading topic is introduced to the
minds of the classes by one or more lectures. Continual refer-
ence is had to the best writers on each topic. One day in the
week is set aside for conversation on the matters already gone
over, and to the reading of short essays on subjects previously
assigned. Proof texts are constantly required on points of
Revealed Theology.

VII. PASTORAL THEOLOGY.

In this department the course is very full, extending over
three years. In the Junior Class, instruction is given in experi-
mental and practical religion, sometimes called by the old divines
Theologia activa. The Middle Class critically study the Pas-
toral Epistles. To the Senior Class, lectures are delivered on
the principal matters commonly included in specific instructions
on the pastoral office and work.

Instruction may be obtained in the city in the French, Ger-
man, Italian, and Spanish languages.

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'P'ROF&SSO'RS' CONFJB'RJNC;.

Thursday evening is occupied 'by the Professors in familiar
conference before the Students, upon personal piety, the best
plan and method of study, and kindred topics.

&UIZ3)IJ\~GS.

These are neat and commodious. The Central Building is
devoted to the Library and other public purposes. Law Hall
and Simons Hall were planned especially for the comfort of the
Students, are lighted with gas, and supplied with the most neces-
sary articles of furniture.

The extensive and choice Library of the Rev. Dr. Smyth, of
Charleston, has been added to the former Library of the Semi-
nary, and our whole collection now embraces 18,117 volumes,
besides the private Libraries of Professors. The use of the
University Library is also extended, by courtesy, to the In-
structors of the Seminary, a collection of great value, and now
amounting to 24,000 volumes.

The Society of Inquiry on Missions is in possession of a val-
uable Cabinet, and its Heading Room is furnished with the most
important Periodicals, Foreign and Domestic.

The Board and Washing of a Student residing in the Seminary
amount to from one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty
dollars per annum. The Institution is a charitable foundation,
and no charge is made for room-rent, tuition, or use of Library.
Provision is also made for the support of students who are in
need of aid.

BCCZJ5SI& STICjIZ ft&Zri. TIONS.

The Seminary, formerly related to the three Synods of South
Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, is now under the control of
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States.

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

" To the Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary of
the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, to them and to 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 Seminary."

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.

The Seminary is pleasantly located in the city of Columbia
a place remarkable for health, the capital of the State of South
Carolina, the seat of its University and other public Institutions,
of easy access by railways, which are connecting it more and more
with other portions of the South and Southwest, and making it
easy of access from any part of the United States.

The next term will begin on Monday, September 20, 1869.

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