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students, 4100 volumes, and real estate worth $65,000. 

 W. P. Thirkield, S. T. ])., is dean. 



McKendree College, at Lebanon, 111., has a theolog- 

 ical department with lo students. 



GERMAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Central Wes- 

 leyan College, at Warrenton. Mo., opened 181.4, has a 

 theological department under H. A. Kjeli, D. D., with 

 4 teachers and 44 students. 



METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. SOUTH. Trinity 

 Cullfi/f, at Trinity. N. C.. has a theological depart- 

 ment. The 8 teachers and 142 pupils reported doubt- 

 less include the whole college. 



Vaittlfi-liilt f.'nii-1-r.iiti/, Nashville, Ti-nn., founded 

 1872-75 with the finest endowment in the South, has 

 a Biblical department, with 12 teachers and 4.") stu- 

 dents. W. F. 'J'illett, D. D., is dean. 



AFRICAN M KTHODIST EPISCOPAL. Wilber/orce L'ni- 

 rerxih/. at Willx:rforec, Ohio, opened 1X53, has a theo- 

 logical seminary with 5 students under S. T. Mitchell. 



AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION. Liringxtmi 

 Cn/li-ge, Salisbury, N. C., has a theological depart- 

 ment. 



METHODIST PROTESTANT. 



Adrian College, Mich., opened 1878. has a school 

 of theology, with 3 teachers and 21 students under D. 

 L. Stephens. 



}\'i at in luster Theological Seminary, at Westminster. 

 Md., opened 1X82 under J. T. Ward, D. I)., reports ;"> 

 teachers, 11 students, and M .small library and property. 



W pi. EVAN METHODIST. Wheaton Tneouigieal 

 Seminary, at Wheaton, 111., opened 1881 under L. N. 

 Strutton, has 5 teachers and 10 students. 



MORAVIAN. 



The Theological Seminar;/ was opened at Nazareth, 

 Pa., Oct. 3. 1807, with 2 professors, E. L. liazdius 

 and J. C. Beckler, and 3 students, who in time be- 

 came bishops. It was removed to Bethlehem, Pa., 

 1838, and has continued there, except for a sojourn of 

 7 years (1851-58) at Nazareth. It was incoriwrated 

 1863 as the Moravian College and Theological Semi- 

 nary, with a course of 4 years in classics and 2 in the- 

 ology. It has an endowment of $80,000, a building 

 worth $9000, and a library of 5500 volumes. There 

 are 25 students under Profs. A. Schultze /president), 

 J. J. Hamilton, C. B. Shultz, and H. A. Jacobson. 



PRESBYTERIAN. 



Princeton Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N. J., 

 was founded by the General Assembly in 1812. ])r. 

 Archibald Alexander was at its head till 1851. Dr. 

 Samuel Miller was professor, 1813-50; Charles Hodge 

 (a. v.). 1822-78 ; J. Addison Alexander. 1835-60 ; John 

 Breckinridge, 1836-38; J. W. Alexander. 1849-51; 

 and A. T. MeGill, 1854-83. Dr. W. II. Green 

 was added to the faculty 1851 ; C. W. II. .dire, 1860; 

 J. C. Moffatt, 1861; C. A. Aiken. 1871; A. A. 

 Hodge (q. v.), 1877; F. L. Patton (q. v.). 1880; and 

 W. M. 1'axton, 1883. Under these scholars Princeton 

 has always been noted for the stern consistency of its 

 Old School theology. It has instructed some 3700 

 students, and now has about 140 under II instructors. 

 The library has 46.000 volmnes. The seminary has 

 received many benefactions from R. and J. Lenox. R. 

 L. and A. Stuart, and others. It is except imially well 

 supplied with funds and bnildinss. The Hililicnl Re- 

 poritiiry rniil 1'rinn-ton lin-irir. from 1825 to 1872, un- 

 der the editorship of Dr. C. Hodge, represented the 

 "Princeton School" and its theology. The General 

 Catnliii/iie of the seminary, by Dr. W. E. Schenck. 

 1882. covered 330 pages. 



I'liinn Tlteoloffii-iif Seminar)/, at Hampdcn-Sidney 

 College, Va. . existed in g.-rni at an early period, and 

 was reformed 1812 by the Synod of Virginia. In the 

 next 8 years it sent out some 30 licentiates. Dr. 

 Moses Hoge, president, died 1820, and in 1824 the 

 Hanover Presbytery established the seminary as a sep- 

 arate institution. It passed under the care of the 



General Assembly in 1S26, and was henceforth gov- 

 erned, through 21 trustees, by the Synods of Vir- 

 ginia and North Carolina, receiving its present name. 

 Dr. J. H. Rice was in charge, 1824-31 ; Dr. G. A. 

 Baxter was president, 1832-41, and Dr. S. B. Wilson 

 from 1841. By 1831 there were buildings, a library, 

 and 3 professors ; a fourth was added 1854. The sem- 

 inary now has 5 teachers, 60 students, 12,400 vol- 

 umes, 40 acres, with buildings worth $50,000, and an 

 endowment of $250,000. 



Auburn Theological Seminary, at Auburn, N. Y.. 

 was established by the Synod of Geneva 1819, and 

 chartered April. 1820. Ten acres were given and a 

 building erected ; afterwards enlarged at a cost of 

 $40,000. In IS74-75 Morgan Hall was built, 216 by 

 4") feet, and ."> stories in height, costing $100,000. The 

 Dodge and Morgan Library cost $40.000, has room for 

 50,000 volumes, and now has over 16,000. The semi- 

 mry is governed by trustees and commissioners, repre- 

 senting the presbyteries included in the Synod* of 

 Albany. Geneva, Central New York, and Western 

 New York. The doctrinal tone is in harmony with 

 Princeton: "No leaven of Pelagianism or Arminian- 

 ism lias ever found its way into this school." Each 

 professor on entering on his office signs a declaration 

 of In-lief. There are 5 chairs, of Christian theology, 

 church history and government, Biblical criticism, He- 

 brew language and literature, and sacred rhetoric and 

 pastoral theolocy. Dr. 8. M. Hopkins is senior pro- 

 fessor; Dr. Willis J. Beccher is professor of Hebrew. 

 There are about .",11 students and 700 graduates. 



The \\rxirrn J lifolngical Seminary was opened at 

 Allegheny, Pa., Nov. 16, 1827, in accordance with 

 action taken by the General Assembly in 1825. J. 

 Stockton and E. P. Swift, D. D., were its first teach- 

 ers. Eighteen acres of ground were granted. The first 

 building, occupied 1831. was burned 1854, and another 

 dedicated 1S56. There are now 3 halls and 5 profes- 

 sors' houses, valued together at $105,000. The library 

 has some 21,000 volumes. The government is vested 

 in 40 directors and a board of 30 trustees, the latter in- 

 corporated 1844. Each professor at his inauguration 

 subscribes a pledge. They number 6, with some 70 

 students and over 1500 alumni, among them many 

 umsionaritjs. There is a post-graduate course. 



The Theological Seminary of the General Assembly 

 (South) was begun ' 1828' and chartered 1832. At 

 first under the care of the Synods of South Carolina 

 and Georgia, w.ith which that of Alabama joined in 

 1857, it was transferred in 1863 to the General Assem- 

 bly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate 

 States of America, which changed its name after the 

 war. Among the professors were Dra. J. H. Thorn- 

 well (theology), 1855-02, and Howe (Hebrew), 1831- 

 83. The seminary had in 1863 a good endowment, 

 which was largely destroyed by the war, and not re- 

 placed till 1882, when the school, after being closed for 

 2 years, was reopened with 5 professors and some 25 

 students. Prof. Woodrow was suspended in 1886 on. 

 account of his showing favor to evolution. He was af- 

 terwards tried for heresy, but acquitted. The semi- 

 nary was closed in 1886. 



tjane. Theological Seminar;/, nt Cincinnati, Ohio, was 

 begun as a preparatory school Nov. 18, 1829, 60 acres 

 at Walnut Hills and a small sum of money having been 

 given. The academy was abandoned in 1834 and the 

 theological department opened in December, 1832, with 

 Drs. Lynian Beecher and T. J. Biggs as professors. 

 Dr. Calvin E. Stowc came in 1833 and Dr. B. Dickin- 

 son in 1835. An exodus of students occurred 1834. 

 (See OlterUit.) Dr. D. H. Allen was professor of sa- 

 cred rhetoric, 1840-51, and of systematic theology, 

 1851-67. when he was succeeded by H. A. Nelson, 

 D. D. Dr. G. E. Day was professor of Biblical litera- 

 ture, 1851-66 ; Dr. T. E Thomas of New Testament 

 literature, 1871-75; Dr. H. Smith of sacred rhetoric, 

 1855-61 and 1865-79; and Dr. Z. M. Humphrey of 

 church history, 1873-81. There are 5 professors and 



