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the annual series of
Payton Lectures
INAUGURATED 1948-1949
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MARCH TWENTY-FIRST TO MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE
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FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 135 NORTH OAKLAND AVENUE PASADENA 1, CALIFORNIA THE
PAYTON LECTURES
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"Studies <3n SBiblical Othics '
JOHN MURRAY, M.A., TH.B., TH.M. Professor of Systematic Theology Westminster Theological Seminary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MARCH 21-25, 1955
1. MONDAY, 7:30 P.M.—"GENERAL INTRODUCTION" 2. TUESDAY, 10:00 A.M.—"PRELAPSARIAN ETHICS" 3. WEDNESDAY, 10:00 A.M.—"POSTLAPSARIAN ETHICS" 4. THURSDAY, 10:00 A.M.—"OUR LORD'S TEACHING" 5. FRIDAY, 10:00 A.M.—"LAW AND GRACE"
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FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Fuller Theological Seminary instituted the Payton Lectures in 1948, providing for a series of five divinity lectures annually by a competent scholar outside the regular faculty, in one of the following areas: the uniqueness or confirmation of the historic Christian faith, the confutation of non-Christian or sub-Christian views, or the formulation of Biblical doctrines.
The Lectures are named for Dr. and Mrs. fohn E. Payton, the parents of Mrs. Charles E. Fuller, wife of the founder of the Seminary.
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PAYTON LECTURESHIP
FEBRUARY, 1949 WILLIAM CHILDS ROBINSON, B.A., B.D., Th.D. Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Church Polity, and Missions, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia Subject: "Christ—The Bread of Life"
FEBRUARY, 1950 CLARENCE EDWARD NOBLE MACARTNEY, B.A., A.M., D.D., Litt.D., LL.D. Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Subject: "A Bow at a Venture"
FEBRUARY, 1951 GORDON HADDON CLARK, A.B., Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy and Department Chairman Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana Subject: "A Christian View of Men and Things"
MARCH, 1952 OSWALD T. ALLIS, A.B., B.D., Ph.D., D.D. Theologian, Author, Old Testament Scholar Subject: "Old Testament Introduction"
MARCH, 1953 EUGENE A. N1DA, Ph.D. Author, linguist Subject: "Anthropology and Missions" The Rev. John Murray, Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, is an outstanding teacher and lecturer, and is a scholar in the Reformed tradition.
Professor Murray was born at Bonar Bridge, Suth erland, Scotland, where he attended the Dornoch Academy. He was a student at Glasgow University from 1919 to 1923, receiving his Master of Arts degree in 1923. The following year he came to the United States to enter Princeton Theological Sem inary where he studied from 1924 to 1927, receiving from that institution the Th.B. and Th.M. degrees. In 1927 he was the Gelston-Winthrop Fellow in Systematic Theology at Princeton. In 1928 he re turned to Scotland to enroll in the Post-Graduate School of Theology, Edinburgh University.
Mr. Murray became Instructor in Systematic The ology at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1929, serving there one year. Following this he became Instructor in Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, which position he held until 1937 when he was elevated to his present position of Professor of Systematic Theology.
Mr. Murray was ordained to the ministry of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in 1937. From 1938 to 1953 he served as Joint-Editor of the Westminster Theological Journal. He is the author of the follow ing publications: Christian Baptism, Divorce, and The Covenant of Grace.