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June 8, 1819
Elizabeth Town Gazette
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey
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Seventh annual report of Princeton Theological Seminary: student numbers 51-67, curriculum details by class, successful exams, increasing missionary spirit with recent missions to southwestern Indians by Epaphras Chapman and Job P. Vinall, $2833.21 in donations supporting 28 students, library additions, professors Archibald Alexander and Samuel Miller, five scholarships founded, and board officers/directors listed.
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THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT PRINCETON.
Extracts from the seventh annual report of the Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary, to the General Assembly.
'The number of students in the Seminary at the date of the last annual report, was fifty-one. The highest number in the Seminary during the last winter was sixty-seven. The number still remaining is fifty-six.
The following are the studies which have been attended to through the year by each class; viz. The First class to the composition and delivery of Sermons, and to the Pastoral Care. The class which at the commencement of the winter session became the first, to Didactic and Polemic Theology, Ecclesiastical History, and Church Government. The Second class to the Oriental Languages of Scripture, the Scriptures in the English translation, Biblical History, Dr. Campbell's Dissertations, Biblical Criticism, Didactic Theology, and Ecclesiastical History. And the Third class, which was formed at the commencement of the winter session, to the study of the Scriptures in the English translation, Sacred Chronology, Sacred Geography, Biblical History, the Oriental Languages of Scripture, and Jewish Antiquities.
At the close of each of the sessions in the year, the Board attended to a careful examination of the students, in which they received entire satisfaction.
The Board with pleasure remark, that the Missionary spirit, which has existed among the students of the Seminary, still continues, and appears to increase. Numbers of those who studied in this Institution have through the year been actively and successfully engaged, on missionary ground, in different parts of the United States. And within a few weeks two of the late students of this Seminary, viz. Epaphras Chapman and Job P. Vinall, have set out, under the patronage of the United Foreign Missionary Society, on a mission to the southwestern Indians.
On the subject of Societies for the support of necessitous students, the Board are happy to report, that they have been informed by the Professors, that the following sums have been received, viz.
Female Cent Society of Jamaica, L. I. $215 50
Florida, N. Y. 55 00
Goshen, N. Y. 57 00
New-Brunswick, N. J. 43 32
Hopewell, N. Y. 20 00
Bridgetown, Cum. co. N. J. 27 14
Flemingsburg & Smyrna, Ky. 50 00
Newburgh, N. Y. 52 60
Montgomery, N. Y. 17 00
1st Pres. ch. Newark, N. J. 106 00
Trenton, N. J. 41 50
Lexington, Ky, paid to a student from that country by themselves, 75 00
Cedar-st. Ch. N. Y. 343 00
Scotch Town, N. Y. 47 70
Gettysburg, Pa. 16 00
Conewago, Pa. 24 00
Frankfort, Ky. 50 00
Bedford, N. Y. 20 00
Wall-st. Ch. N. Y. 105 65
Female Mite Society of Augusta, (Geo.) 260 00
Alexandria, D. C. 40 00
Georgetown, D. C. 30 00
Female Society of Lebanon & Bethlehem, N. J. 34 00
Rutgers-st. Ch. N. Y. appropriated to an individual by themselves, 150 00
Plebian Society of Philadelphia, 174 00
Ladies in the Congregation of Freehold, N. J. 61 00
Rev. Mr. Tates' Congregation, Mercer, Pa. 18 00
Added to the preceding sum in Philadelphia, 7 00
A lady in Cincinnati, Ohio, 40 00
Congregation of Bethlehem, N. Y. 6 25
Mr. Nath'l Whitaker, for a particular student, 50 00
Ladies Society of Princeton, N. J. 158 00
Monthly Concert of Prayer, Elizabeth-Town, N. J. 50 00
Certain members of Pres. Cong. New-Brunswick, N. J. 54 00
1st Pres. Ch. of Columbia, S. C. 113 00
Prayer Meeting, Troy, N. Y. 62 06
From do. by Rev. E. Grant, 97 00
From Rev. Elias Harrison, Alexandria, 16 00
Female Cent Society of the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, 100 00
$2833 21
The number of students who have been maintained through the year, in whole or in part, on the above funds, has been twenty-eight; besides those supported by the proceeds of the several scholarships.
Through the year past several valuable books have been presented. In this way, there have been added to the library--one hundred and fifty-seven volumes, besides two hundred unbound volumes and pamphlets.
The Board further report, the donation of two paintings on portions of Sacred History; by Mrs. Abigail Field of Princeton, which paintings have been placed in the Oratory; and also of four elegant lamps for the Oratory, from gentlemen belonging to the Cedar-street Church, New-York.
The Professors of the Seminary are--
Rev. Archibald Alexander, D. D. Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology.
Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D. Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Government.
Five Scholarships have been founded; viz.
1. The Le Roy Scholarship, both founded by Mrs. Martha Le Roy, New-York.
2. The Bayard Scholarship,
3. The Lenox Scholarship, founded by Robert Lenox, Esq. New-York.
4. The Whitehead Scholarship, founded by John Whitehead, Esq. of Burke county, Georgia.
5. The Charleston Female Scholarship, founded by the Congregational and Presbyterian Female Association of Charleston, for assisting in the education of pious youth for the Gospel Ministry.
The Officers of the Board of Directors are,
Ashbel Green, D. D. President,
John Woodhull, D. D. Vice-President,
John M'Dowell, D. D. Secretary.
The present Directors of the Seminary are,
MINISTERS,
ELDERS.
Eliphalet Nott, D. D. Zechariah Lewis,
Asa Hillyer, D. D. John Van Cleve,
John Chester,
Elias B. Caldwell.
John Woodhull, D. D.
John H. Rice,
Gardiner Spring,
Matthew L. R. Perrine, D. D.
Ashbel Green, D. D. Robert Ralston,
John M'Dowell, D. D. J. R. B. Rodgers
William Neill, D. D. Samuel Bayard.
James Richards, D. D.
John B. Romeyn, D. D.
Jacob J. Janeway, D. D.
Ebenezer Grant,
Samuel Blatchford, D. D. Divie Bethune,
Francis Herron,
Robert Lenox,
James Hall, D. D.
John M'Mullin
John Johnston,
Robert G. Wilson, D. D.
David Comfort,
John E. Latta.
Extracts from the seventh annual report of the Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary, to the General Assembly.
'The number of students in the Seminary at the date of the last annual report, was fifty-one. The highest number in the Seminary during the last winter was sixty-seven. The number still remaining is fifty-six.
The following are the studies which have been attended to through the year by each class; viz. The First class to the composition and delivery of Sermons, and to the Pastoral Care. The class which at the commencement of the winter session became the first, to Didactic and Polemic Theology, Ecclesiastical History, and Church Government. The Second class to the Oriental Languages of Scripture, the Scriptures in the English translation, Biblical History, Dr. Campbell's Dissertations, Biblical Criticism, Didactic Theology, and Ecclesiastical History. And the Third class, which was formed at the commencement of the winter session, to the study of the Scriptures in the English translation, Sacred Chronology, Sacred Geography, Biblical History, the Oriental Languages of Scripture, and Jewish Antiquities.
At the close of each of the sessions in the year, the Board attended to a careful examination of the students, in which they received entire satisfaction.
The Board with pleasure remark, that the Missionary spirit, which has existed among the students of the Seminary, still continues, and appears to increase. Numbers of those who studied in this Institution have through the year been actively and successfully engaged, on missionary ground, in different parts of the United States. And within a few weeks two of the late students of this Seminary, viz. Epaphras Chapman and Job P. Vinall, have set out, under the patronage of the United Foreign Missionary Society, on a mission to the southwestern Indians.
On the subject of Societies for the support of necessitous students, the Board are happy to report, that they have been informed by the Professors, that the following sums have been received, viz.
Female Cent Society of Jamaica, L. I. $215 50
Florida, N. Y. 55 00
Goshen, N. Y. 57 00
New-Brunswick, N. J. 43 32
Hopewell, N. Y. 20 00
Bridgetown, Cum. co. N. J. 27 14
Flemingsburg & Smyrna, Ky. 50 00
Newburgh, N. Y. 52 60
Montgomery, N. Y. 17 00
1st Pres. ch. Newark, N. J. 106 00
Trenton, N. J. 41 50
Lexington, Ky, paid to a student from that country by themselves, 75 00
Cedar-st. Ch. N. Y. 343 00
Scotch Town, N. Y. 47 70
Gettysburg, Pa. 16 00
Conewago, Pa. 24 00
Frankfort, Ky. 50 00
Bedford, N. Y. 20 00
Wall-st. Ch. N. Y. 105 65
Female Mite Society of Augusta, (Geo.) 260 00
Alexandria, D. C. 40 00
Georgetown, D. C. 30 00
Female Society of Lebanon & Bethlehem, N. J. 34 00
Rutgers-st. Ch. N. Y. appropriated to an individual by themselves, 150 00
Plebian Society of Philadelphia, 174 00
Ladies in the Congregation of Freehold, N. J. 61 00
Rev. Mr. Tates' Congregation, Mercer, Pa. 18 00
Added to the preceding sum in Philadelphia, 7 00
A lady in Cincinnati, Ohio, 40 00
Congregation of Bethlehem, N. Y. 6 25
Mr. Nath'l Whitaker, for a particular student, 50 00
Ladies Society of Princeton, N. J. 158 00
Monthly Concert of Prayer, Elizabeth-Town, N. J. 50 00
Certain members of Pres. Cong. New-Brunswick, N. J. 54 00
1st Pres. Ch. of Columbia, S. C. 113 00
Prayer Meeting, Troy, N. Y. 62 06
From do. by Rev. E. Grant, 97 00
From Rev. Elias Harrison, Alexandria, 16 00
Female Cent Society of the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, 100 00
$2833 21
The number of students who have been maintained through the year, in whole or in part, on the above funds, has been twenty-eight; besides those supported by the proceeds of the several scholarships.
Through the year past several valuable books have been presented. In this way, there have been added to the library--one hundred and fifty-seven volumes, besides two hundred unbound volumes and pamphlets.
The Board further report, the donation of two paintings on portions of Sacred History; by Mrs. Abigail Field of Princeton, which paintings have been placed in the Oratory; and also of four elegant lamps for the Oratory, from gentlemen belonging to the Cedar-street Church, New-York.
The Professors of the Seminary are--
Rev. Archibald Alexander, D. D. Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology.
Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D. Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Government.
Five Scholarships have been founded; viz.
1. The Le Roy Scholarship, both founded by Mrs. Martha Le Roy, New-York.
2. The Bayard Scholarship,
3. The Lenox Scholarship, founded by Robert Lenox, Esq. New-York.
4. The Whitehead Scholarship, founded by John Whitehead, Esq. of Burke county, Georgia.
5. The Charleston Female Scholarship, founded by the Congregational and Presbyterian Female Association of Charleston, for assisting in the education of pious youth for the Gospel Ministry.
The Officers of the Board of Directors are,
Ashbel Green, D. D. President,
John Woodhull, D. D. Vice-President,
John M'Dowell, D. D. Secretary.
The present Directors of the Seminary are,
MINISTERS,
ELDERS.
Eliphalet Nott, D. D. Zechariah Lewis,
Asa Hillyer, D. D. John Van Cleve,
John Chester,
Elias B. Caldwell.
John Woodhull, D. D.
John H. Rice,
Gardiner Spring,
Matthew L. R. Perrine, D. D.
Ashbel Green, D. D. Robert Ralston,
John M'Dowell, D. D. J. R. B. Rodgers
William Neill, D. D. Samuel Bayard.
James Richards, D. D.
John B. Romeyn, D. D.
Jacob J. Janeway, D. D.
Ebenezer Grant,
Samuel Blatchford, D. D. Divie Bethune,
Francis Herron,
Robert Lenox,
James Hall, D. D.
John M'Mullin
John Johnston,
Robert G. Wilson, D. D.
David Comfort,
John E. Latta.
What sub-type of article is it?
Institutional Report
Annual Summary
What keywords are associated?
Theological Seminary
Princeton
Missionary Spirit
Student Support
Donations
Scholarships
Board Directors
What entities or persons were involved?
Archibald Alexander
Samuel Miller
Epaphras Chapman
Job P. Vinall
Ashbel Green
Where did it happen?
Princeton
Story Details
Key Persons
Archibald Alexander
Samuel Miller
Epaphras Chapman
Job P. Vinall
Ashbel Green
Location
Princeton
Story Details
Extracts from the seventh annual report detail student enrollment and studies by class, examinations, missionary engagements including recent missions by Chapman and Vinall, financial support from various societies totaling $2833.21 for 28 students, library and Oratory donations, professors, founded scholarships, and Board of Directors.