Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-08-04
READY TO PREACH.
EARS OF STUDYING COVERED BY i"
TIANo THEOLOGICAL STUDENT

81. Mother
81 Years Later When He Graduates
r., pledged Preacher
won read the other day said " prom.
~, oman. ''of the commencement
Hen' me-, . Of Princeton theological semi
sief0lss Of the graduation of % stu
nary 'DG There was nothing about that to
dsn'a ct nublic attention, and very likely
aura -, not get further into the article
, yUu the headlines 1t meant o. more
'pAD clergymen in the world that was
IUu.o most people But to man who
s sl Sssn through the training that has
nN1 onded for those boys it means a
'O0' doal more. never read of sem
p01' commencement without feeling
lnAiy that so many more students
40 pulled through safely
n', There is not much general knowledge
,na labor required in the making of a
,.-rvmau People could easily find out
Y " .hsv chose to inquire, but it is some
.s;ng thew do not stop to think of. A
clergyman is supposed to be able to an
spI apy Biblical question that may be
IVY" WA him, but where he gets all his
ssohnical knowledge nobody thinks OF
' ''I;rg He does not get it from reading
a $50 Scrintures, certainly. If you were
Wv hoen On reading Revelation till you
"rdarstood it thoroughly, how old would
Won be- when you finished? :,
mo don't ask me whether think !
understand it now or we may drift
u u into a theological discussion which
iii he very Improbable. What l start
sdt osay is something about the severe
.s,;rinC that man must go through be-
iowa he can be graduated from theolog-
hal seminary and SO become clergy
man Severe? 1t is more than severe,
and YOU see it results in thousands of
nbysically weak preachers all over the
world.
''The training of clergyman really
bepins when he is 6-year-old child at
bismother's knee, for in nine cases out
n ten the parents decide for him and
decide early. But start with the boy
when he has been graduated from
Grammar school, because he will prob
Sbly receive that much education in any
case. whatever his business or profess
sion ia to be. He should then be in the
peighborhood of 10 years old. He must
now begin a special preparation for col
lege, a preparation that differs from the
ordinary preparatory course of students
not studying for the ministry. He must
give at least four years to special study
Of Greek and Latin, and at the same
time lay good foundation in ancient
history, English composition and litera-
ture and higher arithmetic and algebra.
1.-THE boy then, at 16, is ready to enter
college and take the usual four years
classical course. In the first year he
struggles with algebra, geometry, Latin,
Greek, English history and English lit
Eature In the second year the same,
with the addition of comparative physi-
olOgy, mechanics, analytical geometry,
physics and rhetoric. In the third year
be adds also chemistry, logic, German
political science and philosophy. The
fourth collegiate year includes all Of
these studies and geology, consular and
International law, French, ethics. astron-
omy and botany besides.
HE is now, on leaving college, ready
TO enter u theological seminary, unless
indeed he proposes TO go into the gen
eral theological seminary of the Protes-
tant Episcopal church, i'll which case he
Is required to be able to read the Old
Testament in Hebrew and the New Tes-
lament in Greek before he can enter
After his eight years of Greek he should
be able to read the New Testament in
the original, but this does not always
follow. 1t often happens that Il student
who goes through his Greek lessons well
enough in college finds ON going into the
seminary, where he must actually use
the language, that he knows very little
about it.
The course in the theological semi
uary occupies three years-making II
years study in all after leaving the
grammar school. The studies in the
theological seminary are theology,
church history, Old and New Testament
languages, geography of Palestine, moral
philosophy and sociology, with lectures
w sermonizing and the duties of min
sO0r and practical examples in preach
me Hebrew is one of the sticking
points, for it is positively necessary for
astrological student to read Hebrew al,
most as readily as he can English 1t is
agrind, terrible grind, this long strug
gie with Greek and Hebrew.
1t is in the seminary, of course, that
S ae student gets his theological training
QUIZ each denomination has its favorite
'o'iege. Theological students frequently
occupy an unpleasant position through
Uut Their collegiate and seminary courses
ine churches help them when they are
ao' able to help themselves, and they
"o often have the feeling of being in
part charity students. All of the col
'eges make reduction in the tuition of
candidates for the ministry.
Alter graduation from the theological
summary the student receives a profes-
sional certificate from the faculty, and
-. 40 must then pass an examination before
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