South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-12-02

end-unless all history Is a lie-in No /
Churchism these days as heretofore. /
pious hands will be lifted in holy horror at
this attempt TO perpetuate a school distinct |
" Presbyterian. We shall expect to hear
The cry raised already so often aud so loud |
ly 'bigoted,' 'sectarian,' and the like. Well
be it so Presbyieriaus have Been duped
long enough by such shallow preteuces as
these, and, in their timidiiy have given TO
Others that which they ought to have re-
tanned for mselves-tbeir means. and
their children. When will they learn wis
dom I'm this matter from their brethren Of
other churches? Look at our brethren of
the Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, and Luz
therau churches. Do they cease their no.
BILE and manly efforts to build up and sus-
tain their schools because they are under
their own influence? Do they shrink from
sending their sons aud daughters TO their
own schools simply because they are De
nominatioaal? Let the facts answer We
honor them for their consistent course. We
sincerely applaud their wisdom and would
initiate their example.
Let us sustain our own shoots not as SEC
tartan schools-for the sole purpose of ma.
king Presbyteriaus; but to give our sons
and daughters the privilege of receiving
their education under the influence of prin-
ciples we honestly hold and deeply love.
Uampden Sidney offers US this for our
sons 1t is not sectariau. 1t is not and We
hope never will be under the control of any
church court. It's honored President can
truly boast, as he did at Synod, that its dis
/ cipline aud government never interfere with
/ the honest choice of its students and their
/ parents in fixing their church connection
! that it never has attempted, in any way, the
justly despiscd work of proselyliog to its
faith students from other denominations.
The only sort of Presbyterian Influence
under which it works, aud offers an cduca-
ton, in the judgment of some of our ripest
scholars, second to no similar Institution in
the land, is this: It's faculty are Presby-
tcrau and its trustees are Presbyterian 1t
] is near our Theological Seminary, with It's
/ able faculty oud wholesome Influences -
And We must note in passing the fact that
it is, aud always has been, Que Of the prin-
cipai feeders D this Seminary. Rarely,
indeed, has a class ever passed through its
course Of studies without sending some, Of
ten a majority, of its best men Into that
Seminary, and so into our church as min
isters
Aud now what shall we do? What can
We do to secure still its rich blessings to
US! What say the Presbvterans of this
beautiful and fertile South Branch Valley
1t Is confidently believed by the frieuds
Of The institution that, if it can be carried
ever the dangers of the next FIVE years, its
permanouce will be secured. Ucder its
present system Of scholarships, inauguratcd
before the war, it derives no direct income
from its students. It's vested funds partly
the proceeds Of these sbips-alwavs
small are now Deprecated by the war and
do not yield enough 10 support the fue able
gentlemen composing It's faculty These
scholarships expire by limitation about
1879. Then the tuition fees will be avail
able, aud, it is hoped, the developments Of
the intervening period will place upon a
/ irmcr basis. Meanwhile how can the press.
'ng wants Of these coming five years be met.
Here is their plan aud Jet me earnestly
commend tito the attention Of your readers.
1t will take - 900 a yeor-for the next
five ycars-or $4,000 in all to meet the
necessary expenses Of keeping Up the Col
lego. IL IS proposed 20 raise this sum by
securing ono hmdrod pledges for $40 each
per yeI- elyO 10 tue next bve years,
30 Us Pl'a DO haitycarly instalments OF 10
E'e" pee 20 is Conditioned on ihe securing
OF ,Do Iu't number OF one hundred pledges,
aIo may O' made by one or more Ind'''d-
JUS surely tins small sum- mus d'sIr''
buici throughout The State and bearing so
lightly upon any one party can be raised
BESIDES this, the college proposes TO sell, l1r
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