Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-31
-.. LTCHFIELD, (CoNN.) THURSDAY, JULY sl. ls4s
HISTORY OF ANDovER SEMINARY.

"Iren9us," in one of his letters to the New York Observer of last week. gives interesting account of recent visit to AndOver, Mass, from which we lextract the following account of the origin of the Theological Seminary at that place, the circum- stances of which are now published, we believe for the first time:
 g In the winter of 1907 Rev. Samuel Spring D. D. ot Newburyport, Mass, invited the Rev. MT. Woods (now Dr. Woods of Andover) of Newbeffy, the old town out of which the city has been taken, to meet at his house with Moses Brown, and Wm. Bartlett Esqrs., parishioners of Dr. Spring and op ulent merchants of Newburyport Dr. s. had of- ten conversed with these gentlemen; neither of whom was professor of freligiop, upon the mpor- tance ot devoting portion oftheir rapidly increa- sing wealth. to the glory of God to whom they were so largely indebted. They now came together to consult in reference to some plan of permanent and extensive usefulness to be accomplished by. their united contributions. The idea of founding a school for theological instruction then presen- ted, and they were asked if they were willing to undertake it. They consented and asked what 1t would cost. Dr. Spring proceeded to figure 1t tip, on the suppositon that there might be twelve stu dents; these students and the professor to be sup- l ported; he estimated the endowment of the whole l at $5O,OOO. Mr. Bartlett expressed surprise at the ! sum proposed, he asked Mr. Brown how much he would give. MT. Brown told him to name; no; !; Bartlett answered you say what you will give and will give the same." Brown said he would give $1O.O00. "Why didn't you say $2O,0 ,000 said he, and I would have done the same" They each sub scribed $1O,OO0 on the spot, and the next day Dr. Spring went to Salem to see John Norris. Esq., al- so rich merchant, not professor of religion though hopefully pious man, and having laid the | plan before him soliciced his cooperation. MT. Norris said that he should prefer to contribute for Foreign Missions. They separated for the night, and the next morning Mr. Norris said to Dr. Spring, "my wife tells me that your object and that of For- eign Missions are one and the same" Certainly, 1 for how can there be missionaries unless we edu- cate men for the work Mr. Norris immediately gave his obligation for $1O 1000 payable on demand It is worthy of record to the praise of this honest man, and example that ought not to be lost on the men of our times, that MT. Norris immediately went to the Bank, and drew out 1O ,0OO ia specie, saying that silver and gold, not paper money, were given to the Lord had it all put up in kegs and ta- ken to hls bed chamber where he dedicated daily to the service of Cod, by praying it, for year and half, before it was called for, and when it was at last wanted for he offered to pay the interest it for the eighteen months since his note was giv- | en That was man! On the same day on which 1 Dr. Spring came to Salem, Dr. Woods went to Charlestown to consult with Dr. Morse on the same l subject He laid the subject before Dr. M. when to his surprise Dr. Morse told him that the thing was we'll fixed that the Trustees of Phillips Acad. l emy at Andover, of whom he was one, were on the eve of establishing such school; that MT. Abbot of Andover had appropriated $20,0OO for the pur- pose and Madame Phillips was prepared to contrib ute to the same object. Here was aserous difficult lty. One Seminary was greatly needed, but two were not. And there was little prospect of uniting l the two projects, for Dr. Spring and Dr. Emmons (wllo was with him in inc enferprise,) were strong 1 Hopkinsians, and the Andover gentleman, Mr French, Dr. Pearson, MT. Abbot, and Dr. Morse of l Charlestown were not. After much counsel and prayer, the difficulty was adjusted by drawing creed to be signed by the professors and by the ap pointment of Board of Visitors with power to re- move professors for adequate reasons. Then new ] difficulty arose each party wanted to endow the professorship of theology, and appoint the man. and l SO strong was the feeling on this point, that for some time it threatened the defeat of the whole 1 scheme. But to the surprise of the Newburyport 1 men, MT. Abbot went forward, endowed the pro- l fessorship and nominated Dr. Woods to the pos.-- As he also the man of the other partys choice, there was no possible objection, and Dr. Woods be- ing man of decided Calvinistic views, yet not an ultra Calvinist, the appointment was universally acceptable. The Newburyport gentlemen now re- turned the compliment by naming Dr. Pearson of Andoyer to the chair of Sacred Literature. MT. Bartlett then endowed Professorship of Sacred Rhetoric, and having engaged Dr. Griffin to take the chair, he erected house for him that cost $20 0O0 ,a ,u % ..' One building was erected mainly by the liberal- ty of Madame Phillips. Mir. Bartlett erected the chapel, and subsequently, Dr Woods wrote him a
 letter. setting forth the necessity of the Seminary,
 
 more rooms for students were needed. MT. Bart
 lett did not answer his letter, but some time after
 wards Dr. Woods observed some laborers digging. and going out to learn what they at, was told that MT. Bartlett had sent them to put up another college building He actually had the brick made at Newburyport, and transported with great care, nearly twenty miles, to Andoyer, and thus put up the third of the three buildings, which now afford such excellent accommodations for students. At his death, MT. Bartlett left $JO,0O0 to the Semina- ryhavng previously appropriated at least ooo found scolarships; Miss Waldo, of Worcester, left ss7 900, as fund for the library .a
 The first class closed its studies in the Seminary in the year 1909. There were but -four student at any time in this class and two of these died in the l Seminary, one of them did not pursue the mnste- rial work and one, Luther Hart, became useful preacher He died in 1884. This was the small beginning of Andover Seminary It has sent forth nearly one Mousand (972) young men to proclaim the gospel of the Son ofGod"
 Oheviot Sheep. Se.-Col. T. J. CARMICHAEL. recently of Westehes:er county, m this State. pas- sed through this city last week on his way 10 Rock Lake, Jefferson county, Wiskonsan. where he is making preparations to enter into the wool-grow ing business on a large scale. He visited the wes tern country last summer. He commences opera tions with about 2O0O, selected from the best ocks in Ohio last year Since his visit to the west, he has visited England and Scotland. for the purpose of ascertaining by personal observation, whether any of the foreign breeds Ofsheep there bred, would be likely to prove more profitable, in his situation, careful examination into the matter. he made choice of the Cheyiot sheep of Scotland, on account of their hardness the weight of their feeces. and the value of the wool for combiug purposes. He