THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, GIL MANTON, N. H. THE term of study in this Seminary, is three years. The Professorship of Biblical Criticism, is filled by Rev. Heman Rood. The Professorship of Sacred Rhetoric, is filled by Rev. Aaron Warner. The Professorship of Systematic Theology, is yet vacant; during its vacancy, the other professors will take charge of the department. It is designed, however, to fill this professorship so soon as may be. The Institution will then afford all the advantages enjoyed in similar seminaries in our country. The Library now contains eleven hundred volumes. This Seminary has been in operation only about six months, and has in its first class, ten students. They are prosecuting some of the higher branches of English study, the Languages, Biblical Criticism, and Systematic Theology. Besides these, eight or ten have already applied for admission into the next class. The Seminary is designed to give to young men an enlarged and thorough theological education, yet it is not the intention of the Trustees to exclude young men of piety and talents, who may be advanced to considerable extent in English studies, and who, for obvious reasons, may not be able to take a regular collegiate course. They wish to raise up a class of men to meet the many pressing wants of the country immediately around them, as well as to furnish those who may be prepared to cta on a wider field, and in a sphere demanding a more thorough discipline. They will be unwilling, however, to put any man into the Christian ministry, who is not in a good degree furnished to every good work. For funds both to sustain and enlarge their operations, and to furnish additional buildings, the Trustees express their reliance on God, and the charity of the Christian public. They have resolved for the above purposes, to raise $30,000 by subscription. In accomplishing their designs, they solicit the sympathy and co-operation of all who pray for the peace of Zion. They wish to present this object of their many anxieties and prayers, to the Christian churches in their own State, and elsewhere, and to ask such aid as they in their wisdom and benevolence, may see fit to impart. AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY. Quarterly Meeting of the Directors. THE usual Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Education Society, was held on Wednesday, July 13, 1836. Appropriations for the Manchester, A Collection, in part North Haven, Two Individuals, to const. Rev. Leverett Griggs a L. M. of Ct. Br. Southington, Individ. 100 of which from Tim. Higgins, to const. himself a L. M. of Am. Ed. Soc. Wethersfield, A Collection, in part 79 35 $403 26 30 00 143 00 78 66-475 61 $1,237 11 Whole amount received $19,332 30. Clothing rec'd at the Rooms of the Parent Society Bath, N. H. Mrs. William Hutchins, a bundle. |