The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-04

societys cause As a result, many and generous subscriptions from that sec ton were secured whereby great en- couragement was brought to those in charge of the work at home. Professor Bella B. Edwards may also be mention- ed as an earnest friend and advocate, < in his time, of the work of the society. Amidst his great and manifold labors as instructor, lecturer, editor and al- most universal man of letters, he found time for frequent communications for the press, as well as frequenr personal visitation among the churches of Mas saehusetts, in behalf of the society. X
 From 1927 onward for quite a number of years the American Education soci- ety included the work carried on both by the Congregational churches of the country and a large pontion of the Presbyterian churches. The breaking up of this united work was gradual, and the end cannot be very definitely fixed. For some years the returns as to money received and men assisted on the Presbyterian field were quite irreg- ular, so that in the main it may be said that during the eighty years of the ex- istence of this branch of the society's work it has been distinctively Congre- gational, having raised in this time, all told, about $2500,000, and having aided nearly or quite $500 regular students for the ministry.
 During this period four Of it's five cor responding secretaries have died, name- ly, E,liphalet Pearson, a prominent founder of the society, 9 man of pro- found and varied scholarship, teach- CT and preacher scarcely equalled for enviabl repute among his contempora- ries, of unusual gifts in the conduct of affairs, and of unreserved consecration to the work of the Lord, particularly as related to the ministry of His Word1 John Goldman, scholarly and able minister, polemic foefnan worthy of his steel, as he abundantly evinced in 1 the exciting times of the Unitarian de- l lection, cultured above most men of his time through European travel and per- sonal acquaintance with European di- | vines, philanthropists and men of let 1 ters: William Cogsweli, prominent pastor, an earnest believer in the su- prene significance of the ministerial calling, and a fertile and useful writer
 upon the relation of young men in col- | lege to the uTl1VSFSai spread CL lile SUS- pei of Christ; Increase N. Tarbox,wnose
 memory is still fresh in the churches,
 and whose graceful peR, whether as
 that of genealogist, historiographer, es-
 sayfst, or poet, made him widely and ! favorably known to the reading public
 for g. whole generation, and who as q i true believer in the work Of this society
 was it's faithful servant and able de- fender for thirty three important years | in it's history
 The Society for the Promotion of Col
 legiate and Theological Education at
 the West came into being as neces-
 sary outgrowth of the work of the American Home Missionary society. It
 carly appeared that the institution of | higher Christian learning must go hand | in hand with the movement to preach the pospel and to establish churches in
 the rapidly opening districts of the
 great west The work of soliciting funds for this object was for some years carried on without organization and by | individuals wf1o. in the interest of Home Missions. tsst 9 personal rsspon- sibility for the establishment and main-
 tenance of this class of schools. But | (Condnued on Twelfth Page.)