. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . s nia), and yielding to the call of the Holy Spirit, he determined at that early age to ^, devote himself to the #*»? ^ -i^ Christian ministry. t^ *^^ ^?^ Accordingly he began his theological studies under the direction of the Kieh- ard Peters, Rector of the United Parishes of Christ Church and 8t. Peters, and the Rev. Jacob Duche. one of the assistant ministers. It will interest kt. rev wirnur ^M^T? ,. i. ,.,M„a- ,.i candidates for holy or- im \ \ nm ^ \ m \ ders to know, that the theological exercises which most benefited h
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . s nia), and yielding to the call of the Holy Spirit, he determined at that early age to ^, devote himself to the #*»? ^ -i^ Christian ministry. t^ *^^ ^?^ Accordingly he began his theological studies under the direction of the Kieh- ard Peters, Rector of the United Parishes of Christ Church and 8t. Peters, and the Rev. Jacob Duche. one of the assistant ministers. It will interest kt. rev wirnur ^M^T? ,. i. ,.,M„a- ,.i candidates for holy or- im \ \ nm ^ \ m \ ders to know, that the theological exercises which most benefited him were those held ])y him-self and four other young men looking forward to the ministry, underthe direction of the Rev. Dr. William Smith, the provost of the the Sunday evenings of a fiw months for three successive yearsthese young men wrote out and deli\ered notes and exegesis upon Biblehistory. These exercises ha\ing been first submitted to the provost forcorrection and approval, were tlien delivered in public in the hall of the. 460 HISTORY OF THE AJIERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. old college, two speaking in turn each evening, and the provost at theconclusion enlarged on the themes discussed by these youths. Although, says the bishop, this was far from being a com-plete course of ecclesiastical studies, it called to a variety of readingand to a concentration of what was read. There was also use,he adds, in the introduction to public speaking. Each of these students subsequently took orders in the Church,but none reached the eminence attained by the youngest of them all. Five years of this kind of study were passed in Philadelphia, pro-longed in his case because he had graduated so early from were then no schools of the prophets wherein the candidatesfor the ministiy could prepare themselves for their sacred desultory teaching of private and irresponsilile ministers was allthat could be obtained after the pupil had taken his college degr
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