An Address: Delivered Before the Philosophian and Adelphian Societies of the Furman University at Their Annual Meeting, Greenville, S. C., July 18, 1855 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Orr, J. L.

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ISBN 10: 1331343860 ISBN 13: 9781331343868

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from An Address: Delivered Before the Philosophian and Adelphian Societies of the Furman University at Their Annual Meeting, Greenville, S. C., July 18, 1855

It is true that the student may breathe a moral atmosphere having more elements of the Baptist than any other religious persuasion, for most of the faculty are of that faith, and there is also a theological school, designed. To prepare young men for the ministry, attached to the University. It is equally true that young men preparing for the ministry in all the orthodox Pro testant churches are admitted to the collegiate and theological departments free of all charge for tuition. It is equally true that all students are at full liberty to attend Divine service on the Sabbath in any church - no rule prescribes attendance on a Baptist chaplain or in a Baptist church. Those great truths of the Christian religion, only, in which all Protestants concur, are expounded in the college walls - all controverted doctrines and principles are studiously avoided by chaplain and professors.

And yet, it is urged, as a potent objection to this and similar denominational institutions, that they are sectarian. 'is it just to Wofford, Erskine and Furman University, to assail them, and war upon their usefulness, by an imputation so unfounded in fact?

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Excerpt from An Address: Delivered Before the Philosophian and Adelphian Societies of the Furman University at Their Annual Meeting, Greenville, S. C., July 18, 1855 Ladies and Gentlemen: The day is bright and joyous for the patrons and friends of this University. The fourth year of its existence is now terminated. That which, in its inception, was considered an experiment full of temerity, has demonstrated its entire practicability. The halls have been crowded with matriculates: and this intelligent audience is here to felicitate Professors and Students, respectively, on their triumphs of teaching and learning. Parents and guardians, friends and spectators, with smiling faces and cheerful hearts, are here to congratulate proficients and graduates on the trophies that industry and assiduity have enabled them to bear away. And, yet, there are some heavy shadows cast over the retrospect of the past session. Death has stolen into this campus - has seized upon his victims; and fond affection, with all its kindly solaces, has been impotent to stay the fearful tragedy which he has enacted. Maturity and youth have alike withered beneath his chilling embrace. In the prime of manhood, and in the midst of his usefulness, Professor Mims has sunk into an untimely grave. "A great man in Israel has fallen!" Long will his death be felt as a severe blow on this Institution; but longer still will his memory be cherished by love, friendship and veneration. Youth, too, in its innocence and buoyancy, has been stricken down by the destroyer; and the earth has gloomily closed over the fair features and elastic forms of those who came here, less than one brief year ago, full of hope and life and promise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving th

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• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331343860
• ISBN 13: 9781331343868
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 31