The American pulpit : sketches, biographical and descriptive, of living American preachers, and of the religious movements and distinctive ideas which they represent . ry recent movement. There are in the State of NewYork at least 10 such colleges, some of them attended by 500, 600,and even 800 students. One of them had last year 1200 students,young people of both sexes, who lived in separate boarding-houses,occupied different parts of the same lecture-room, and listened to thesame instructions. Under a strong moral and religious influence,these young people are taught to have confidence in th
The American pulpit : sketches, biographical and descriptive, of living American preachers, and of the religious movements and distinctive ideas which they represent . ry recent movement. There are in the State of NewYork at least 10 such colleges, some of them attended by 500, 600,and even 800 students. One of them had last year 1200 students,young people of both sexes, who lived in separate boarding-houses,occupied different parts of the same lecture-room, and listened to thesame instructions. Under a strong moral and religious influence,these young people are taught to have confidence in themselves, andto respect each other. And it must be confessed that the experimentthus far works well. They are not children, but young men andwomen, influenced by the strongest desires to receive a better educa-tion than can be found in the ordinary schools. They have but afew months, or one or two years at most, to spare, and that with thegreatest economy; and they expect to return to the labors of an in-dustrial hfe. There are few thinofs in America more interestinor thanthis movement. It reminds one somewhat of the scholastic institu-tions of the Middle ?^aved -by J C />rl^ tO( ROBERT BAIRD, THE INTEKNATIONAL PEEACHER. And hatli made of one blood all nations of men, that they should seek theLord, if haply they might feel after him and find him. The circumstances of Dr. Bairds life are peculiar. Their tendencyhas ever been to press him into notoriety, without any design on hispart. He commenced his professional labors as the general agent ofthe American Sunday-School Union. The duties of this officebrought him into close connection with Christians and philanthro-pists of all denominations, throughout the country. He resigned thisagency to become the delegate to Europe of the French Associa-tion. He was thus led to travel extensively on the Continent, toconsult with kings, and join hands with the great and the good ofthe Old World. This experience eminently fitted him
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