The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-12-03
VOL. XII.
DREW THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
Its Advantages and Routine Life.
Professors, Library and Buildings
As Described by N West Vir.
ginian.
.spondenee New Dominion.


have desired me to write to them
concerning Drew Theological Semin-
airy. its location, surroundings, ad-
yantages, DC. My time for cores
pondence is so limited that cannot
write to each, so | ask space in the
New DOMINION for letter to all,
hoping that / shall be able to make
it readable and instructive to all who
are interested in the educational
work of Methodism.
Leaving New York the Delaware ii
Lackawanna railroad bores through
the Bergen rocks, crosses the New
ark marshes and then begins an up
ward climb into the billy, rolling
country of northern Jersey. Along
it's line you pass many villages and
summer resorts, and in an hour, as
the train makes bend in the road,
Madison comes in view. The place
is made up chiefly of city merchants,
and is quiet and dreary enough.
We walk up the road which runs
westward to Morristuwn, SO noted as
the headquarters of Washington dur
ing the revolution. We soon reach
an iron gateway, fanked on either
side with stone porter's lodge. but
we do not wait till the little darkey
runs to Massa Gibhon with our card
to announce our presence, for those
days are past, and the aftiuent South
ern planter, whose retirement in this
pleasant place Daniel Drew present
ed to the NJ. e. Church, is passed
with them and now the huge iron
gates stand wide open. No more do
they debar alike the friend and
stranger until his will was known.
Up the driveway we walk, through a
handsome park of thirty acres, till
we reach large brick mansion, built
on the model of an English manor
house. Off to the right is the hand
some residence four president, DR..
Buttz, and to the left near the en-
trance, the cottage of DR.. Miley; still
farther towards the east the houses
of DR.. Crooks and OF DR.. Strong may
be seen through the trees. If you
tend towards the left, the path leads
to two long, stone trimmed, brick
buildings used as the dormitories for
students. The upper one, called As
bury Hall, is wholly cut up into pri-
yate rooms, while the lower one,
named after Philip Embury, contains
the malron's headquarters, our cozy
dining room and hall for the meet
ings of our literary societies, besides
many pleasant studies. Both build
ings are steam heated and well furn-
ished. Back of these grounds piece
of woodland gives every opportunity
to the elocutionist or recluse.
The rooms of the mansion, proper
" termed Mead Hall, have been
strangely perverted from their form
er use. One wing makes handsome
residence for DR.. Upham; the large
dining room serves us for chapel;
the private apartment parlor and
chambers serve for lecture rooms.
Up stairs, besides lecture rooms, is
our library of about 10000 volumes
in four we'll arranged alcoves. The
quiet life, with pure mountain air, is
yelv helpful to our studies, while our
nearness to New York brings us into
contact with the mighty machinery
Of Methodisin, in an hour and halt
we can run into the book rooms, see
how our missionary, Sunday school
and educational departments are
managed and meet to recognize, il
not to know, the men who bear the
burdens and the honors Of the
church. Or we may go to hear the
sermons of Talmage, Storrs, Hall OF
Beecher. But 60 with me through a
days routine and you will see how
very vital is our work.
This is Wednesday morning. A
breakfast on oat meal, rice, with
Graham bread, explains the fail
looks Of most Of the students. Moth
ing stands the test like pulse. Nine
o'clock we meet in the chapel. One
Of the seniors is to preach, he does SC
with fear and trembling not SO much
on account of his position between
men and the LORD, Jas on account of the
criticisms that are to follow from his
classmates and the professors. The
hour thus spent, at ten, we jun5ors
recite Greek. The New Testament
Greek bothers us with it's peculiai
idioms, and the old college vocabu
larry needs new additions and many
changes, as we read the simple ex-
pressions of Johns gospel, many new
and unthought of meanings come te
our minds, and by the careful teach
ings of our instructor we are enabled
to look below the surface and see the
depth of the evangelist's words. IT'S
better to wear through the dust Of
years to the solid rock before we have
to build against the elements. AT
eleven we present ourselves in the
aectnre room Of Dr. Miley, and with
styiographic pen in hand prepare for
rapid writing for an hour in taking
a lecture in systematic theology