New-York tribune., 1890-08-08
Culture FOR TIE MINISTRY.
pp. JosEpu ANDERSON MAKES A PLEA FOR
GENEROUS SCHOLARSHIP-OTlIEN AD'
npESSFS AT hVON-BY-TIIE SEA.

DRESSES AT AVON BYTIIE- SEA.
Avon.hv.the-sea. \. j.. Aug. (spccal.-Thc second
lecture in the course of the American Institute OF
Christian Philosophy was given this morning Dy ule
Rev Joseph Anderson, :. T. D.. OF Waterbury,
Conn. lie began by reference 10 uie "'s'"9
sion recently carried on in INC lriou"o
under the lead OF Andrew Carnegie IN Ieicr'
ence to the value ot a collegiate education lor uic
average business man. This is a question which mas
two sdes 10 IT, Meantime the fact has been over
looked that even in the professions there Is growing
scepticism in regard the value OF scholarship Ihs
Is especially true of the ministry In 1879 fuiy ono
third of the students in the theological semnares hah
obtained literary and scientific degrees but IT appears
from statistics published by Professor Boone, OF Ihdl
ana University that Of the $500 students now pur-
suing theological course. less than onefourth are
college graduates This decline from olethrd TO one
fourth in the proportion OF cOllegctrained candidates
for the ministry Is striking evidence OF the increasing
desire to enter the ministry by short c1t, ana 10
dispense with broad scholarship and general culture
Dr. Andersons address included a plea for the per
petuation OF a high grade Of scholarship in the mln'
tstry. His argument for this was however condenser
into few words, that he might have time 70 place
boore his hearers the Importance to the ministry, as
well TO all professional men, Of that large additional
requirement which goes by the name or couture
He laid stress on the distinction between the two, and
proceeded to elaborate definition OF culture ne
heving that 10 show what II Is would be 10 CONSTRUCT
TIE best argument In its behalf lie referred 10
Matthew ArnOld's Culture and Anarchy" which ere
ated stir years ago. and - shairp's reply TO
u, deriving from these two books the important
thought that culture must be viewed with respect To
mans relations whole, TO his Intellect not Only,
but TO his aesthetic and his moral nature and there
fore TO his will. lie quoted Professor W. D. Whlt-
ney's account of culture, which makes IL a matter
OF the Intellect almost entirely, and set over against
II that view Of culture which gives prominence 10 the
moral element After having given full recognition TO
the moral and religious elements in The man 0f tue
culture. the speaker referred 10 the aesthetic clements
The ideal man. he said possesses in addition TO
all his other qualities, that quality which is figured in
the bloom Of the towering plant, in the fragrance OF
blossoms in the blush and flavor Of fruit, a quality
which cannot be cOunterfeited any more than you
can counterfeit flowers perfume, which cannot be
hidden any more than You hide the fragrance
Of orchard I'm May; which can only be described
In images like these. but never accurately de
Aned. II comes only the result OF that wise
sAk enlargement, that deliberate catholcity. that
cultivated charity of opinion which characer.zes the
man Of culture"
Having presented this broad view Of culture, dis
tnguslhng II from the dlleisne view which so com
monty prevails. Dr. Anderson proceeded TO show the
importance Of this requirement To the Christian minis
ter. There is avOcatiOD in life IN which culture
is more needed valuable than In the ministry
and there has been no age Of the world when II
was quite necessary IL is to-day. Culture is
Necessary ~ the Christian minister 10 enable him to
render his scholarship practical, and thus 10 bring
DIS professional life TO bear upon the mass OF men.
The clergyman must have his grasp continually upon
his learning 10 the world he must give himself to II.
ne must free himself from the bondage of technical
eIeeds to nytng, however beautiful, which makes
soMaid ,o, Of him, and he must place himself in vital
this only through culture" The lecture closed with
." appeal 10 the Apostle Paul, and 10 the Divine