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Course of Study for Ministers

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 10, 1870

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 35, No. 21.

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Course of Study for Ministers.

By James White; John Nevins Andrews; J. H. Waggoner; G. H. Bell; Uriah Smith

We, the undersigned, committee, appointed March 26, 1870, by the “Minister’s Lecture Association of S. D. Adventists,” to suggest a yearly course of study for ministers, recommend the following course for the present year:

I. BIBLE SUBJECTS.

  1. Thoughts on the Revelation.
  2. History of the Sabbath.
  3. Exposition of Matt. 24.
  4. Work on the Atonement.
  5. Works on the Sanctuary and 2300 days.
  6. Resurrection of the Unjust.
  7. Sermon on the two Covenants.
  8. Commandment to restore and build Jerusalem.
  9. Review of Aker’s Chronology.
  10. Which? Mortal or Immortal.

II. GENERAL READING.

In addition to the daily study of the Bible, we recommend the following special course of reading:
  1. Mosheim’s Ecclesiastical History.
  2. Rollin’s Ancient History.
  3. Dobney on Future Punishment.
  4. D’Aubigne’s History of the Reformation.
We recommend Dobney as a model for style of candid and impartial argument.

III. EDUCATIONAL WORKS.

In addition to the above, it will be necessary for many to study the elements of English Grammar. And here we would recommend the “Elementary Grammar on the synthetic method, by J. M. B. Sill, Welch’s Analysis, and Quackenbos’ Course of Composition and Rhetoric; especially that portion of this latter work which treats of punctuation, the proper use of capital letters, and such information as will enable one to correctly prepare manuscript for the press. Under this head we also recommend careful practice in penmanship. All will be expected to bear examination on these points.
We trust that all the ministers will, with us, make this a subject of prayer, and endeavor to realize their responsibility in the sight of God, to show themselves approved unto God, workmen that need not be ashamed, remembering that they must soon give account of their stewardship.
JAMES WHITE, J. N. ANDREWS, J. H. WAGGONER, G. H. BELL, U. SMITH, Committee.