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A Brief Historical Sketch of the Western Baptist Theological Institute
A Brief Historical Sketch of the Western Baptist Theological Institute Author:John Stevens Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: | chosen, it will be seen from the list, that seven were of Ohio,— six of them of Cincinnati, and one, Rev. J. Lyon, residing some five miles from the city. T... more »he six residing in the city constituted the acting portion of the Committee. At the annual meeting of the Society, Nov. '35, the first six of the Executive Committee before named, to wit, those residing in Cincinnati, were re-elected; the other six were as follows: A. G. (iano, Henry Miller, and R. Willard, of Cincinnati, J. L. Holman, of la., and C. Johnson and S. M. Noel, of Ky. At the annual meeting, Nov. '36, those of Ihe preceding year were re-elected, except that the name of W. C. Buck, of Ky., was put in place of S. M. Noel. No changes were afterwards made up to Oct. '42. So that during the first year six, and subsequently nine of the twelve Executive Committee were of Cincinnati, and formed the sole acting portion of the Committee. Immediately after their appointment in Nov. '34, this committee proceeded to the execution of the first part of their duly—measures for establishing a Theological Seminary. " They felt themselves called to an enterprise of high moment to the prosperity of the churches, to the extension of the Redeemer's cause, and the honor of his name; an enterprise, the proper conduct of which demanded much wisdom of counsel, reach and firmness of purpose, energy of action, and much of unwearied diligence." " In the prosecution of their duties the first object of the committee was to procure a competent General Agent, one whose experience, knowledge of affairs, capacity for business, conciliating disposition, and weight of1 character, should be fitted to awaken interest, inspire confidence, secure co-operation, and insure caution and prudence, as well as energy in the management of so important a...« less