promised by the Synod and the citizens of Danville, Kentucky, the Assembly decided to locate the new institution in that town and to give its name to the Seminary. A full staff of Professors was at once elected, and classes were opened in the fall of the same year. The attendance of students was unexpectedly large, but the turmoil and perils incident to the war of 1861-4, shattered the classes. In 1861, the Presbyterian Church of the United States was organised, when a large portion of the field from which Danville Seminary students had come was withdrawn, while by the Reunion of the Old and New School Assemblies in 1869, Lane Seminary became a serious rival in the portion that remained of its original field.

In 1883, the attendance of students was so reduced that several of the Professors resigned, and practically the Seminary was closed. In 1886 it was re-opened, however, and the vacant chairs refilled, the Seminary availing itself of the services of certain Professors in Centre College, an arrangement that is still in force.

The Course of Study is at present being subjected to revision and re-arrangement.

Students requiring assistance may receive such, partly from the Assembly's Board of Education, and partly from the funds of the Seminary.

The Professors are appointed by the Board of Directors, and must conform to the doctrinal standards of the Church.

The

The governing power is in the hands of a Board of Directors, consisting of fifteen ministers and of as many elders, each serving for three years. original members of this Board were appointed by the Assembly, and may fill all vacancies, subject to the approval of the Assembly. Previous to the Reunion, the Assembly annually elected the members of this Board and appointed the Professors.

The Board of Trustees simply holds and attends to the financial affairs of the Seminary.

M'Cormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill.

Founded 1829; reorganised 1859.

The region called the Western Reserve was, between 1820-1830, rapidly filling up with immigrants, for whose religious necessities few ministers could be obtained. In 1827, Hanover College in Indiana was commenced, and in 1829 the Synod of Indiana established a Theological Seminary in connection with it, which, in 1830, was opened under the name of the "Indiana Theological Seminary." In 1840 this Seminary was removed to New Albany, Indiana, where it remained for a number of years. In 1856, the Synods of Cincinnati, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Northern Indiana, Chicago, and Indiana, united in the support of this Seminary, which was then removed to Chicago, and its name changed to that of "The Presbyterian Theological Seminary of the North-West," the Synods retaining their power of appointing or removing the Professors. In 1859, the Synods transferred to the Assembly all their powers over the Seminary, which thus became a General Assembly Institution. In 1872, another change of control took place. The General Assembly appointed a self-perpetuating Board of Directors, with power to appoint or to remove the Professors, subject always to the Assembly's veto. In 1886, the Trustees obtained permission from the General Assembly to recognise the

indebtedness of the Seminary to the princely financial gifts of W. H. M'Cormick, Esq., by connecting his name with it, so that it is now known as "The M'Cormick Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church."

The Session commences on 1st September, and closes 6th April of the following year.

Course of Study :

First Year.-Didactic and Polemic Theology, Biblical and Ecclesiastical History, Ecclesiology, Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, New Testament Literature and Exegesis, Sacred Rhetoric.

Second Year.-Didactic and Polemic Theology, Biblical and Ecclesiastical History, Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, New Testament Literature and Exegesis, Sacred Rhetoric.

Third Year.-Didactic and Polemic Theology, Sacred Rhetoric, Pastoral Theology, Ecclesiastical History, Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, New Testament Literature and Exegesis.

Students pay neither tuition fees nor rent for their rooms in the College building-all being furnished by the authorities. Including the aid from the Education Board, students needing assistance can be aided to the extent of $200 a year.

Theological Seminary, San Francisco, California,

Length of course, three years of seven months each.

Students in attendance, 1886-7,

Volumes in Library,

Pamphlets,

Endowments,

14,300

1,000

$200,000

German Theological School of the North-West,

Dubuque, Iowa, founded 1856.

Adalbert J. Schläger,

Adam M'Lelland,

FACULTY.

1878 Oriental Languages
Biblical Criticism.

1883 Church History.

and

The Seminary is under the control of the General Assembly, acting through a Board of Directors.

First Year.-Theology, Hebrew, New Testament Exegesis, Old Testament History, Antiquities, Psychology, and Ethics.

Second Year.-Theology, Church History, Old and New Testament Exegesis, Biblical Criticism, Introduction, Sacred Rhetoric.

Third Year.-Theology, Church History, Old and New Testament Exegesis, Church Government, Pastoral Theology, German and English Sermonising.

Students attending this Seminary and requiring assistance can receive a moderate aid.

German Theological School, Newark, New Jersey,

founded 1866.

This Seminary seeks to educate a German Ministry for the Germanspeaking people of the United States. Instruction is given in both languages-English and German. Its promoters desire that at graduation the Students should be, on the one hand, in full sympathy with the American Christian mind in the doctrine, polity, and practice of the Scriptures; and, on the other hand, in full sympathy with the German mind in language, and in domestic and social life. The graduate, as an individual, should gravitate towards the German flock; the pastor and flock, as a mass, should gravitate towards the American life.

Students in attendance, 1886-87, 29; of whom Theological,

Hebrew Exegesis and Church History.

New Testament History and Aca

13

3000

$18,000

Value of Endowments,

$44,000

The Seminary year extends from the second Wednesday of September to the second Wednesday of June.

The course of Theological study is divided into two departments—the Theological and Academic. As the design of this institution is to educate young Germans, without separating them too far from linguistic, social, and domestic affinities with their German countrymen, and as there are no German primary institutions or colleges in the U.S. to fit young men for such a theological school, the plan of instruction is designed to furnish a compacted course of studies as usually taught in the academy, the college, and the Seminary. The full course comprises seven years-four years in the Preparatory and three years in the Theological department. The curriculum now in force is subject to modification as the classes advance.

Course of Study :

Junior Year.-Hebrew, Greek, Exegesis, Old Testament Introduction, Theology, Church History, Homiletics, Missions.

Middle Year.-Hebrew, Greek, Theology, Church History, Sacred History, and Exegesis, Homiletics.

Senior Year.-Old and New Testament Exegesis, Theology, Church History, Church Government and the Sacraments, Pastoral Theology, Homi letics.

Theological Department of Biddle University, Charlotte, North Carolina, founded 1877.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES.

Union Theological Seminary, Hampden-Sidney, Va.,

founded 1812.

In 1812, the Synod of Virginia, established at Hampden-Sidney, within the bounds of the Presbytery of Hanover, a Theological Seminary which was of the greatest service in providing ministers for the rapidly increasing population of the South. Its first Professor, Dr. Hoge, having died in 1819, the Seminary remained in abeyance till 1823, when Dr. Rice was appointed Professor.

In 1826, the Presbytery requested the General Assembly to take over in part the funds of the Seminary, and manage them for the benefit of the institution. To this the Assembly agreed, and then decided that the Seminary at Hampden-Sidney should in future be known as "the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, under the care of the Presbytery of Hanover."

The Presbytery now transferred the care and control of the Seminary over to the Synods of Virginia and of North Carolina, on which the Assembly ordered the institution to be known as "The Union Seminary of the General Assembly, under the care of the Synods of Virginia and North Carolina."

The Seminary is under the care of the Synods of Virginia and North Carolina. The Board of Directors is composed of twenty-four members, twelve from each of the Synods to which the Board reports. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States has a right of general superintendence, may advise and recommend, but not originate, measures for the management of the institution.

The Course of Study is as follows:

First Year.-Church History, Hebrew, Greek, Biblical Literature, Homilectics, Theology.

Second Year.-Church History, Hebrew, Greek, Theology, Exegesis.
Third Year.-Theology, Church History, Exegesis, Archæology.

The College year extends from the 1st of September to the 1st of May, and "any young man who is a communicant in any Christian Church of evangelical faith, being a graduate of any respectable college, or presenting satisfactory testimonials of possessing such literary qualifications, especially in the languages, as would entitle him to enter the Senior Class in any such college, may be admitted to the privileges of the Seminary."

Theological Seminary at Columbia, South Carolina, founded 1828.

In 1827, the Seminary in Virginia had been reorganised by the Assembly as "The Union Seminary of the General Assembly under the care of the Synods of Virginia and North Carolina."

This at once led the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia to take active measures for organising a Seminary within its bounds. In 1828 therefore, the Southern Theological Seminary was established at Columbia, S.C. In 1833, application was made to the New England States and elsewhere for financial assistance, when a sufficient sum was obtained to secure the permanency of the institution.

Columbia Seminary was organised in 1828, and is at present under the control of the four Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and South Georgia and Florida.

The course is similar to that usually followed in the other Theological Seminaries of the Presbyterian Church.

The students requiring aid receive such, it being left to themselves to refund or not as their circumstances may admit.