Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Appointment of Professor William Henry Green As an Instructor in the Seminary
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CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APPOINTMENT OF Professor William Henry Green AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN / Princeton Theological Seminary May £, 1896 MTH A PORTRAIT NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1896 o-vc^> w.^ bczm Ji t v vxv^r -^p^cju^y TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction, . iv TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE The Established Teacher, by Dr. Griffin, . -76 The Learned Doctor, by Dr. Fox, ....... 80 The Head of the Faculty, by Professor Paxton, . .84 APPENDIX TESTIMONIALS AND LETTERS OF REGRET From Institutions of Learning and Associations, . -89 From Individuals, .......... 132 Press Articles, . .156 Bibliography, 181 INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT At a meeting of the Board of Directors of Princeton Theological Seminary, held in Princeton, October 8, 1895, the following action was taken : " The Board of Directors, calling to mind the fact that this Seminary year will complete the period of a half-century since the appointment of Dr. William Henry Green as an Instructor in this institution, therefore, in view of the pre-eminently valu- able and protracted services which Dr. Green, in the provi- dence of God, has been enabled to render as an Instructor and Professor in this institution, the Board deem it due to Dr. Green, to ourselves, and to the cause of truth that some suitable and proper official and public recognition of the same should be had at the proper time, the close of this Seminary year, the fiftieth anniversary of his appointment. Therefore, Resolved, That a Committee of five members of this Board, consisting of three ministers and two laymen, be ap- pointed, with power, in co-operation with a Committee of the Trustees, a Committee of the Faculty, and the Executive Com- mittee of the Alumni Association of the Seminary, to make all needful arrangements for such anniversary services." In accordance with this resolution, the following Committee of the Board of Directors was appointed : the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, D.D., Chairman, the Rev. George D. Baker, D.D., the Rev. Robert R. Booth, D.D., LL.D., George Junkin, LL.D., and Logan C. Murray, Esq. ; and the Secretary of the Board was directed to send copies of the above action to the Board of Trustees, to the Faculty, and to the Executive Com- mittee of the Alumni Association. On the 15th of October the Faculty appointed as the Committee called for by the action 4 INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT of the Directors, Professors B. B. Warfield, D.D., LL.D., John D. Davis, Ph.D., and George T. Purves, D.D., LL.D. The Trustees, at their meeting held on October 30th, appointed to represent them the Rev. Abraham Gosman, D.D., the Rev. John D. Wells, D.D., and the Rev. Edward B. Hodge, D.D. On the 1 2th of November the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association, consisting of the Rev. William E. Schenck, D.D., the Rev. John Fox, D.D., the Rev. Joseph H. Dulles, the Rev. W. Brenton Greene, D.D., the Rev. Samuel J. Milli- ken, the Rev. Benjamin S. Everitt, D.D., and the Rev. Newell W. Wells, held a meeting and resolved to recommend to the Association that in view of the celebration of the fiftieth an- niversary of Professor Green's connection with the Seminary as an Instructor, the Association consume only so much time at its annual meeting as is necessary for the election of officers for the ensuing year and the hearing of the customary reports. The General Committee, composed of the several commit- tees of the Board of Directors, the Board of Trustees, and the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association, met in Alex- ander Hall, November 12, 1895. The Rev. Dr. Gosman was elected Chairman and the Rev. B. S. Everitt, D.D., Secretary. A general outline of the programme for the celebration, to take place on Commencement Day, May 5, 1896, was adopted. This was afterward modified in some slight particulars. Dr. Erskine, together with the Committee of the Faculty, was made a Committee of Arrangements to perfect the programme. A Committee on Invitations was appointed, consisting of the Rev. Joseph H. Dulles, Professor Warfield, Dean J. O. Murray, the Rev. Newell W. Wells, and the Rev. Howard Duffield, D.D. The following were appointed a Committee on Fi- nance: George Junkin, LL.D., the Rev. R. R. Booth, D.D., LL.D., and the Rev. E. B. Hodge, D.D. The Trustees present were requested to call the attention of the Board of Trustees to the desirability of securing a further endowment of the Sem- inary in connection with the celebration of the semi-centennial of Dr. Green's services. The Rev. Chalmers Martin was later added to the General Committee, to take charge of the enter- tainment of specially invited guests. : INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT 5 Through the labors of the above committees the arrange- ments for the celebration were completed. One change of mo- ment in the programme was occasioned by the lamented death of the Rev. Talbot W. Chambers, D.D., LL.D., who had accepted the appointment to make one of the principal addresses, that upon Dr. Green's services to the Church at large. President Patton, of Princeton College, consented to take his place, as will hereafter appear. An invitation in the following form was sent the officers of the Seminary, to its living benefactors, to its alumni, to American Semitic scholars, to the theological insti- tutions of this country, as well as to the more closely affiliated colleges, and to the theological faculties of Europe THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AT PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, REQUESTS THE HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE ON TUESDAY, MAY THE FIFTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR WILLIAM HENRY GREEN AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE SEMINARY. The replies received indicated a very widespread and warm interest in the celebration. Many of the letters of regret from institutions that could not send a representative and from indi- viduals who could not attend will be found published at the close of this volume. What may well be termed the most notable Commence- ment Day in the history of the Seminary began with the usual graduation exercises in Miller Chapel. These were followed by a brief meeting of the Alumni Association. Upon its ad- journment a procession was formed in the Seminary campus under the marshalship of Professor William Libbey, of the Col- : 6 INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT lege, and marched in the following order to Alexander Hall, on the College campus, which was kindly put at the disposition of the Committee by the College authorities Presiding Officers Representatives of other Institutions Directors of the Seminary Trustees of the Seminary Speakers of the Day Faculty of the Seminary Trustees and Faculty of the College Invited Guests Alumni of the Seminary by Classes Graduating Class Undergraduates. Dr. Green met the procession in Alexander Hall, which was filled to its utmost capacity. The programme that follows was successfully carried out. There was found to be no time to read the selected letters of regret received from institutions and individuals. Instead of this, Dr. Schenck made a few re- marks with reference to the number and warmth of these letters and Dean Murray made the announcement, which was received with much enthusiasm, that it was proposed to mark the com- pletion of Dr. Green's fifty years' services in an enduring way by the raising of one hundred thousand dollars for the endow- ment of a William Henry Green Memorial Professorship of Semitic Languages. PrincetonTheological Seminary Eighty Fourth Annual Commencement. Fiftieth Anniversary OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ProfessorWilliam HenryGreen.D.DILD. as Instructor in the Seminary Tuesday May 5t.m 896. 3ubilee Celebration ALEXANDER HALL, AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK A.M. Presided over by the President of the Board of Directors. HYMN "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord." PRAYER Thk Rev. John Gulian Lansing, D.D. Professor in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America, at New Brunswick Opening SoDress DR. GREEN'S SERVICES TO THE SEMINARY . The Rev. Abraham Gosman, D.D. President of the Board of Directors Booresees DR. GREEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO BIBLICAL CRITICISM The Rev. Charles M. Mead, Ph.D., D.D. Riley Professor of Christian Theology, Hartford Theological Seminary DR. GREEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO SEMITIC SCHOLARSHIP The Rkv. J. F. McCurdy, Ph.D., LL.D. Professor of Oriental Literature, University College, Toronto DR. GREEN'S SERVICES TO THE CHURCH AT LARGE The Rev. Francis L. Patton, D.D., LL.D. President of Princeton College TReplg by> professor Oreen Congratulatory BoDresses FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U. S. A. The Rev. Robert Russell Booth, D.D., LL.D. Moderator of the General Assembly OUR SISTER CHURCHES The Rev. \V.m. M. McPheeters, D.D. Professor in Columbia Theological Seminary OUR SISTER SEMINARIES Thk Rev. Willis J. Beecher, D.D. Professor in Auburn Theological Seminary DR. GREENS "ALMA MATER'' Ethelbert Dudley Warfi eld, LL.D. President of Lafayette College THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON COLLEGE . Henry M. Alexander, LL.D. New York City THE OLD TESTAMENT REVISION COMMITTEE The Rev. Howard Osgood, D.D., LL.D. Professor in Rochester Theological Seminary IRepltes to Unvitations Read by the Rev. WM. E. SCHENCK, D.D. Secretary of the Board of Directors H\ MN "Our God Stands Firm, a Rock and Tow'r." Benediction By the Rev. JOHN H. MUNRO, D.D. Pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, Phila. Hlumni Dinner UNIVERSITY HALL, AT TWO O'CLOCK P.M. Presided over by the Rev. WILLIAM E. SCHENCK, D.D.