Excerpt from The Social Meaning of Modern Religious Movements in England: Being the Ely Lectures for 1899

The lectures contained in this volume were delivered to the students of Union Theological Seminary in the spring of the year 1899, as one of the courses established in the Seminary by Mr. Zebulon Stiles Ely, in the following terms:

"The undersigned gives the sum of ten thousand dollars to the Union Theological Seminary of the City of New York to found a lectureship in the same, the title of which shall be The Elias P. Ely Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity."

"The course of lectures given on this Foundation is to comprise any topics serving to establish the proposition that Christianity is a religion from God, or that it is the perfect and final form of religion for man."

"Among the subjects discussed may be: The Nature and Need of a Revelation, The Character and Influence of Christ and His Apostles, The Authenticity and Credibility of the Scriptures, Miracles, and Prophecy, The Diffusion and Benefits of Christianity, and The Philosophy of Religion in its Relations to the Christian System."

"Upon one or more of such subjects a course of public lectures shall be given, at least once in two or three years. The appointment of the lecturers is to be by the concurrent action of the Faculty and Directors of said Seminary and the undersigned, and it shall ordinarily be made two years in advance."

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