New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-05
SUMMER STUDY OF THEOLOGY.
PROGRAMME OF THE ATHENAEUM SCHOOL
AT SARATOGA

In connection with the Athenaeum Summer
Schools at Saratoga an interesting enterprise Will
be opened on Monday. known as the Saratoga sum-
mer School OF Theology. The dean OF the school.
Professor Edwin Knox Mitchell. OF the Hartford
Theological Seminary. has prepared an interesting
and valuable curriculum which can be followed
without proving too much OF tax in summer
weather. The school Is TO open on Monday WIN
lecture courses by the Rev. J. +. McCurdy, profes-
sor Of Oriental languages In the University OF To-
ronto, and the Rev. DR.. George Dana Boardman,
pastor OF the FRS; Baptist Church. Phila-
dephia DR.. McCurdy's course Ancient Israel
Among the Nations will consist OF six lectures,
continuing from July TO II. as follows: The En-
v.ronment Of Israel" THE Tribes of Israe The
Early Monarchy" The Northern Kingdom The
Southern Kingdom" The Exile and Return.
Dr. Boardman's lectures, on the topic Corporate
Society. or Christian Sociology. Surveyed from the
Standpoint OF the Bodily Organism" VIII be given
on the same days. as follows: Corporate Society.
or Mankind One Body" Corporate Equilibrium, or
Othersm in Society" Corporate knowledge, or
Othersm in Education" Corporate Christianity,
or Otherism in Churchdom." Corporate National
ity, Otherism in Mankind, Corporate headship'
or Wholeism In Christ"
During the next week. July l3 TO 49, there VIII also
be two conducted simultaneously. the hrst,
by the Rev. Dr. f.. p. Could. professor OF New
Testament literature at the Episcopal DIVINITY
School, Philadelphia will have for its subject New
Contemporary Literature" "Synoptcal Gospels"
Pauline Epistles. First Group: Pauline Epstles,
Second Group: "Cathcc Epstles and Apocalypse.
"Johannean Writings" The other course will be by
the Rev. Professor Charles c. Stearns an arcn-
aeologst, on The Roman Catacombs and his vari-
Gus topics will be Sources Of Information. Inc
Introduction OF the Catacomb System at Rome.
Historical Resume: THE General Construction OF
a Catacomb. The Loculus. Arceso.ium. Cubicuium
The Mode OF Burial Location and CHARACTERIZE
ton of the Various Roman Catacombs"; Data Con-
corning the Development The Catacomb Basifcas
Localities OF Special Interest: "Fresco work
sarcophagi; inscriptions. Exhibit OF Fac
SMILES" From July 20 to % there will also be two
courses. The Rev Henry Ferguson. professor OF
history in Trinity College, Will lecture on Ihs
Christian Church and the Roman Empire, as foi-
lows: The Church In the Time Of Tertul!an. The
Church Under Persecution" THE Conversion OF the
Enp,re" "Asceticsm and Monasticism. The
Church in the Conciliar PERIOD. THE Church ana
the Western Barbarans" The Rev Professor D.
II. W. Stuckenberg, d. d.. lecturer and author OF
Cambridge. Mass. will lecture on present Tneo-
LOGICAL Tendencies" considering the following as
poets: THE Grounds OF These Tendencies. the
Historical Development and Dominant Factors OF
the Age which Determine the Theologcal Tren r;
"Criicism and Negttion' "cons!I It Zen, rem
School." The Social Trend In. 1heol9gy;" From
July q to August the Rev. II. ". Hubert, pro-
nary cincinnaa viii lecture on The Storm and
Stress of the Medieval and Modern church. taxing
the following topics: Islam. Greek Philosophy ana
the Rise Of Skepticism The Crusades: Cnriste en-
tcllect vs. the World Spirit" 'Mystclsm: the Heart
VS. the World Spirit The Rerorma Ion; the Cnr.s-
tian Renaissance" Reaction Against Journalism IN
lecture on Some Phases of the Religious Life OF
New gland. l62o-lss6." follows: The Relisious
Life Of the Puritan Period l620-l66O) The Decline
Of Religious Feeing In New England Q66l- lI35l.
The Great Awakening and Its Sequels N'3?-liyl.
Current Era Ose5-lSs6.' The week OF August to
Will have for one of It's The Growth OF
English Hymnody.' by Professor Waldo 5. Pratt.
professor OF ecclesiastical music and hymnoiogy az
the Hartford Theological Seminary: The MetItcal
iowers' Charles Wesley and the Methodi9ts,"
Early Hymns IN the Estl bshed Church, James
Montgomery and the Early Nineteenth Century
Present Day Tendencies" The other course Will
Rev DR.. William r. Terrett. professor OF consti-
tutonal history In Hamilton College, who divides
his course into two parts: % The Right of the
State: "Soveregnty." False Theories OF the State
Of the state: The state the Creator OF Rights
ard Liberties. "Oiher Functions OF the State.
Forms OF Goyernmen; and Duties of Citizenship"
During all this time. In ad1.GCn to the lecture
mentioned. there are certain O.d Testament
classes, which 10 be conducted BY the Rev.
Harlan Creelman professor OF Biblical literature at
Yale University. Two courses In the Hebrew lam
guage for beginners tor those intending to enter
a theological seminary. or for -,ibc students who
wish to know the language and one for those
Quoted for hour each day during the six weeks
from July to August H. There Will also b
series Of lecture studies the wise men Of ancient
Israel and Their writings. enti;ed The Vision
occupy one hour each day during the four weeks
from July TO August !.