Constitution and Laws of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, Founded on the 18th of January, 1836

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Excerpt from Constitution and Laws of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, Founded on the 18th of January, 1836: As Revised and Amended, A. D. 1875 That the design of the Founders of this Seminary may be publicly known, and be sacredly regarded by the Directors, Professors and Students, it is judged proper to make the following preliminary statement: A number of Christians, both clergymen and laymen in the cities of New York and Brooklyn, deeply impressed with the claims of the world upon the Church of Christ to furnish a competent supply of well-educated and pious ministers of the Gospel, impressed also with the inadequacy of all existing means for this purpose, and believing that large cities furnish many peculiar facilities and advantages for conducting theological education, having, after several meetings for consultation and prayer, again convened on the 18th of January, A.D.1836, unanimously adopted the following resolution and declarations: § 1. Resolved, in humble dependence on the grace of God, to attempt the establishment of a Theological Seminary in the City of New York. § 2. In this Institution it is the design of the Founders to furnish the means of a full and thorough education, in a the subjects taught in the best Theological Seminaries in this or other countries. § 3. Being fully persuaded that vital godliness, a thorough education, and practical training in the works of benevolence and pastoral labor, are all essential to meet the wants and promote the best interests of the kingdom of Christ, the Founders of this Seminary design that its students, remaining under pastoral influence, and performing the duties of church members in the several churches to which they belong, or with which they worship, in prayer-meetings, in the instruction of Sabbath-schools and Bible-classes, and being conversant with all the benevolent efforts of the present day in this great community, shall have the opportunity of adding to solid learning and true piety the teachings of experience. § 4. By the foregoing advantages, the Founders hope and expect, with the blessing of God, to call forth and enlist, in the service of Christ and in the work of the ministry, genius, talent, enlightened piety and missionary zeal, and to qualify many for the labors and management of the various religious institutions, seminaries of learning, and enterprises of benevolence, which characterize the present times. § 5. In short, it is the design of the Founders to provide a Theological Seminary in the midst of the greatest and most growing community in the United States, which may commend itself to all men of moderate views and feelings, who desire to live free from party strife, and to stand aloof from all extremes of doctrine or of practice. 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 the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.