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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
This was founded in 1858, and is the oldest of the College Christian Associations.
Its object is to promote the religious and moral welfare of the
students by furnishing opportunities for religious work in and near the University,
and facilities for various kinds of healthful recreation and instruction.
Under the former head it conducts Sunday-schools at the University and among
the poor of the neighboring mountains, carries on a system of central and district
weekly prayer-meetings, and arranges for courses of Bible-study under the
direction of competent and experienced teachers. Under the latter head it
publishes a compact and useful Students' Hand-Book to the University, secures
periodical public lectures and discourses, conducts the Students' Reading
Room, and has recently purchased and put into a high state of improvement a
valuable field near the Fayerweather Gymnasium as a free Campus for athletic
sports. The Students' Reading-Room is convenient of access, comfortably
arranged and furnished, and supplied with a large selection of the best periodical
literature. It is open to all members of the University upon the payment
of an annual fee of $2 to meet its current expenses. The Visitors and the
to the students of the University, all of whom are invited to unite in its membership
and privileges.
The following is the programme of courses in Bible-study for 1893-'94:
1. History and Teachings of the New Testament, especially as contained in the Gospels
and the Acts of the Apostles. Prof. John B. Minor.
2. Book of Job, as an independent production and in its relation to the Old and New Testaments.
Prof. Francis H. Smith.
3. Life and Times of Jesus our Lord. Prof. Noah K. Davis.
4. Book of Jonah, in its poetical, historical and religious aspects, with side-lights on and
from the Psalms. Prof. Schete DeVere.
5. New Testament Greek; a critical study of one of the Gospels, with exegetical notes
and comparison of parallel passages. Prof. James M. Garnett.
6. The Bible and Missions; outline studies of the commands, promises and declarations
concerning the spread of Jehovah-worship through the Jews to the Heathen. Dr. A.
Damer Drew.
A course for Sunday-school teachers on the preparation of the International Lessons
will also be provided, if practicable. One or more training classes for Christian Workers
will also be formed, the members pledging themselves to regular attendance and a certain
amount of work.
The courses are open to all students of the University without charge. Each will occupy
one hour a week, usually on Sunday. Regularity in attendance will be recommended
and expected. Any modifications necessary in the programme will be announced at the beginning
of the session.
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