Mark me, Zaid, for well I warn thee, pass not near my window more, Artium parens et altrix Graeca diligentia est; Repperit polivit usque finem ad unguis extimum. Master, Master, see their tails Sir are of pointed sting possest; Chor. Stings which thy proud self shall feel, too; but, companions mine, this way; Cover flanks and close your ranks, point your arms and make essay; Onward to the glorious combat, arm'd in fury, dipt in rage, Soon shall know this haughty foe, what it is with wasps t' engage. DACTYLIC. Μώδ' άγε Κάλλιοπά θυγατέρ Διοσ ἀρχ ̓ ἐρατών ἐπεὼν ἐπι δ ̓ ἱμερον Hail to Ben Tyler, who sells all the prizes; Lasset Gelehrte sich zanken und streiten, Sing' unsterbliche Seele der sündigen Menschen Erlösung hexameters. Led by my Erato bright, to the beautiful shadows of stillness, - ANAPAESTIC. δηλόν δ' αρχής εξαίρομενόν Mrs. Pratt you're an angel in face 60 Deplorable Sion, qu' as tu fait de ta gloire Tu n'es plus que poussiere et de cette grandeur I remember, one eve, when the sun, half in shadow, Sank slow to his own western island afar, Whilst the peasants and peasant girls danced near my trellis, Φανερόν μεν ἐγώ;' οιμαί γνωναί τους είναι πάσιν ομοίως ότι τους χρηστούς των ανθρωπών εὖ πράττειν ἐστι δικαίον ... Βουλήμα καλόν και γενναιόν και χρήσιμον εἰς ἅπαν έργον. Have a care what you do, they're a sharp, angry crew; quick as wasp's nest, when urchins molest it; And like wasps they've their stings, from their haunches there springs a goad sharpened to all admiration; Their weapons once out, they come on with a shout, with clamor and vociferation; And they bounce, and they bark, at once steam, smoke, and spark, Away with hard thoughts and soft minds, Sir, Give me stone, flint and pebble, and their numbers, though treble, shall fly like the chaff from the wind, Sir. ARTICLE XI. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES IN GERMANY. By C. E. Stowe, Prof. of Bibl. Literature, Lane Seminary, Cincinnati. It is only within a few years that Protestants have established seminaries exclusively for theological education. The oldest institution of the kind, I believe, is that at Andover in Massachusetts, the next at Princeton, New Jersey. They are still unknown in Great Britain, and they have but recently been established in Germany, where they are now fast increasing in number and efficiency. It is now generally admitted that the pastor needs more theological teaching than he can obtain in the university, and that it is best he should obtain it at an institution established for this particular purpose; but the question, whether these institutions should be in connection with universities or separate from them, whether in cities or in the country, are still matters of warm debate. During a recent tour in Germany, I had opportunity of visiting several of these seminaries, and my impressions are decidedly in favor of those which are established in cities separate from universities, like that at Wittemberg. The senior professors of these institutions are also pastors, the students are limited to a very small number, that all may feel the personal influence of their teachers, and generally they are required to go through the university course of theology previous to entering the seminary. The university course is two years, and that of the seminary two or three, making in all four or five years of theological study. The principal institutions of the kind are the following: The oldest is that established in the ancient cloister of Lockum under three professors, with a two years' course of study and the number of students limited to ten. Another at Hanover under five teachers, at the head of whom is Dr. Salfeld, is limited to nine students. In Herborn in Nassau there are two professors and one assistant teacher, and the course of study is quite similar to that pursued in the theological schools of our country. These and that at Wittemberg (of which a more particular account will be given presently) as also that at Gotha under the superintendence of Dr. Bretschneider, whose course of study includes three years, are independent of universities. In immediate connection with the universities there is one at Berlin, under the care of Dr. Strauss, one at Jena under the care of Drs. Schott and Schwartz, one at Erlangen under the direction of Dr. Englehardt, one at Bonn under Dr. Nitzsch, one at each of the universities of Göttingen, Leipsic, Kiel, Griefswalde, Tübingen, and Heidelberg, and a very superior one at Halle in which Tholuck teaches systematic theology, Gesenius and Wegscheider exegesis, and Thilo and Marks historical and practical theology. These institutions are under the care of the government to which they belong, and both the professors and students are generally maintained at the public expense. At least this is the case with all the seminaries not connected with the universities, and with some that are so connected. As the seminary at Wittemberg is one of the best, if not the very best of the kind in Germany, I will here give a brief view of its regulations and course of study, which may be taken as a favorable representation of these institutions generally as they exist in Germany. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT WITTEMBERG. This institution was established by the king of Prussia in the year 1817, on the third centenary of the reformation. The object of the king was partly to compensate for the removal of the ancient Wittemberg university to Halle, but chiefly to help forward his design of introducing a more efficient ministry into the evangelical church of his dominions. Its buildings are the old Augustine cloister, in which Luther lived and taught, and where his study table, his chair and lecture-room are still shown, and near by, is a small plain house bearing the inscription "Hier wohnte, lehrte, und starb Melancthon," Here Melancthon dwelt, taught, and died. There are four professors at the head of whom is the Rev. Dr. Heubner, who is at the same time senior pastor of the principal city church. Two of the city pastors also give lectures to the students on select topics, so that in fact the number of teachers is six. One of the four regular professors is also head master of a free school, attached to the seminary, and gives instruction to the students in the art of teaching. The whole number of the students is limited to twenty-five, who are provided with rooms, fuel and 180 Prussian dollars annually, equal to about 130 dollars of our money. They are not admitted till they have gone through the regular two years' theological course of the universities, and have become well acquainted with the fundamental principles and facts of exegesis, church history, dogmatics, homiletics, etc. The object of the seminary course is to give further instruction in these topics and especially to point out their practical bearing in their application to purposes of pastoral labor. The course of study extends through two years, each of which is divided into two terms, and consists of lectures, exercises, conversation, and devotional meetings. I. Lectures. These are not intended to take up any of the topics which belong to the regular course of theological instruction in the universities, but rather to carry forward practical theology from the point where the theoretical theology of the university stops. The lectures for two years, comprising twelve for each week, are arranged in the following manner. 1. Practical exposition of the New Testament, four lectures a week through all the four terms. 2. Practical exposition of the Old Testament, intermingled with apologetics or evidences, two lectures a week through two terms. 4. History of the religious spirit and religious life in the christian church, four lectures a week for one term. 5. History of preaching and homiletics or sermonizing, four lectures a week for one term. 6. History of catechising and the religious instruction of children, two lectures a week for one term. 7. History of church discipline, two lectures a week for one term. 8. History of public worship, four lectures a week for one term. 9. Pedagogics or the science of education, the principles of school keeping, one lecture a week through all the four terms. 10. Methodics or the principles of method, one lecture a week through all the four terms. II. Exercises. These are, 1. Exercises in the interpretation of the Old and New Testament in the Latin language, four times a week during all the four terms. 2. Discussions or debates in the Latin language on theological subjects selected by the teacher, once a week during the four terms. 3. Examinations on all the subjects studied, once a week during the four terms. 4. Homiletic exercises or preaching- generally each student is called upon to preach three or four sermons each term. On Sundays and festival days they preach from the portion of the gospels and epistles appointed for those days, and on Tuesday of each week they preach from a text of their own selection. These exercises are held in the church to the door of which Luther affixed his famous theses against indulgences and where the great reformer, with his coadjutor Melancthon, lies buried. Their graves are beneath the floor, about half way down the broad aisle, and in the wall opposite are their portraits at full length, while on each side of the pulpit are interred their patrons, Frederick the Wise and John of Saxony, whose statues in marble are kneeling over their tombs in the attitude of prayer. Before a sermon is written the student makes out in writing. |