New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-17
THE oIFOHD SUMMER SCHOOL.
cr in The Boston Transcript

From a letter In The Boston Transcript
Until recently oxford has been tho seat o. rs No
man could receive It's degrees without subscnphf rh
the thirty nine articles Of the Church OF Colleges
has BEEN followed finally BY the founding Of n tSs
college expressly for me training S e. And ID Inst
~ an "n tb,s new Mansfield College has been the scene
Of one OF the most remarkable gatherhss OF ps1y
tnrIans and Bapsts are numerous Metbodsts would
be- only their conference Is IN session 'nt. o in9r
a men q" OF the church Of England Including two Of our
lecturers the ilstrOus scholars Professor
are represented and America holds Its oWn WIN "a
dozen or minister's. and Professor Bf,srS r anu
frV Neil. what are we after in this summer school
Of theology The prospectus which called us 10
sehsr seemed to m peak q VS. Questions are
up The old methods in which ministers were s,1 PRE-
p %"T on fs S are full Of one people who
are wide awake. Don't you want 10 nave s ro"
look all Of these modern all o Ga be freshest
topics OF modern theology We can at Least, sno"
W Gs da ne w ss practical Preaching in touch with the
most advanced scholarship We promise nor 70 hnrn
viii Will tell YOU all we can in 50 short time about the
higher criticism and everything else which all me
"p So We have come to oxford Old men ore here,
who have finished their work but are as keen as ,he
yoange Of us to r gn GI o cburches de-
lighting to call ourselves students and more ana %
the feet OF the foremost leanc!S OI rcnglous
thought I'm the two nations. 49,
oxford has given Us magnificent hospitality. Exeter
and Wareham have opened their splendid old pan
nuettng halls for evening dinners. Here We nave
delightful social hour in the company OF the greatest
scholars OF England. one OF the oxford masters, In
cap and gown, presdes at each OF the three nbles
daily spread. And old BalIal. the college OF Wyclif
has freely given Its great hah for our evening meet
Ings We all know what wycfe would say II ne
could look upon the At last the liberty and
cnghtenfnent for which he stood centuries ago have
received Official recognition In his university. .
II would be tedious u the general reader TO follow
the detailed outline Of lectures. In general,
they have not been alarming In advanced POSITIONS
our Professor Briggs has taken the extreme front
here as I'm America. Some Of the English lecturers
as we'll as students have been startled bv hum. Bb
Professor Dodds has been very careful while fear
icssly facing difficulties. 70 keep on conservative
ground You are conscious that men all around you
are thinking Intensely. not disposed 10 dognaflze.
absolutely from the tramm'ls OF the mefaphy
theology OF the seventeenth century. md yet standing
on solid ground. All the lectures swing round one
centre. the person and work Of Christ. Two-thrdS
II the programme embrace Christologfcni subjects
Social industrial and practical questions came In
sparngly. Hut n few keen discussions ~ them have
been held The instruction fas had no s"ctarian bias
only main Questions. In which we all have mn equal
interest, have been taken IN. The men who have
stood as the champions Of the awakened scholarship
u tho times have been 10 me the most Interesting
objects Of study. To and hear the men We are
constantly reading about Is worth the journey here.
Their faces and voices will hereafter be present when
turn their pages.