. Spurgeon. Episodes and anecdotes of his busy life . en come to us from America, Australia, and theCape, and applications have frequently been madefrom foreign countries. German students haveattended our classes during their own vacations, andmembers of other colleges are usually to be seenat our lectures. The institution never deserved tobe charged with giving a mere apology for aneducation; and if ever that reproach could havebeen justly cast upon us, it is utterly undeservednow that the time of study has become more ex-tended, and a fuller course of training has thusbecome possible. Schola
. Spurgeon. Episodes and anecdotes of his busy life . en come to us from America, Australia, and theCape, and applications have frequently been madefrom foreign countries. German students haveattended our classes during their own vacations, andmembers of other colleges are usually to be seenat our lectures. The institution never deserved tobe charged with giving a mere apology for aneducation; and if ever that reproach could havebeen justly cast upon us, it is utterly undeservednow that the time of study has become more ex-tended, and a fuller course of training has thusbecome possible. Scholarship for its own sakewas never sought, and never will be within thePastors College; but to help men to become effi-cient preachers has been, and ever will be, the soleaim of all those concerned in its management. Ishall not, in order to increase our prestige, refusepoor men, or zealous young Christians whose earlyeducation has been neglected. Pride would sug-gest that we take a better class of men; butexperience shows that they are not better; that. THE PASTORS COLLEGE 61 eminently useful men spring from all ranks, thatdiamonds may be found in the rough, and thatsome who need most pains in the polishing, rewardour labor a thousandfold. My friends will stillstand by me in my desire to aid the needy butpious brother, and we shall rejoice together as wecontinually see the plowman, the fisherman, andthe mechanic taught the way of God more per-fectly. It is needless to say that this institution hasbeen eminently successful. The erection of col-lege buildings came to be a necessity. They wereerected at a cost of $75,000, every cent of whichwas provided. Fifteen thousand dollars of thissum was presented by a widow lady as a tributeto her dead husband, and $10,000 were given as athank-offering by one who had profited by sermons. Hundreds of churches have been established bythe students of the Pastors College; many thou-sands of members have been brought in church fel-lows
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