p. 9 | The Bible in the Universities

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 15, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 41.

The Bible in the Universities

The Bible in the Universities.—It is used as the basis of certain courses of study in some of our universities and colleges. For instance, in Brown University, which makes it as prominent as any other educational institution, "the Bible is the basis of eleven courses of study," says President Andrews, "covering three hours a week for one-third of a year." Harvard does not use it as a basis book at all, altho in the Divinity School it seems to come in incidentally. The greatest book of all books, the study of which will expand, invigorate, enlarge, vitalize and discipline the mind as no other can, is treated as a mere literary work, suggestive, perhaps, of certain things, but as a final authority, never.