110 INTER-!\EMIN.\RY "lIISSIONARY ALLIANCE.LIST OF SOBJ ECTS.111HISTORICAL NOTE.[PROM THE LAST REPORT.llThe Publishing Committee was instructed at the last sess ~ on towrite up and insert in the present Report a history of the Alhance.We have found it impossible to get detailed Information on the subject.The following extract from the report of R. \II. Mateer, ofPrinceton, Chairman of the first Executive Committee, gives a conciseaccount of its organization, to which we append 8. ltst of the places ofmeeting.]II The movement, of which the present cODvention is an outcome,originated about a year ago among the students of the Theological8eminary at Princeton, and sprang from a desire for some co-operationof theological students in promoting the cause of missions. Atabout the same time, the students of Hartford Theological Seminary,moved by 8. similar impulse, addressed a circular letter upon the sametopic to the students of various seminaries. After considerable correspondencebetween the members of different institutions, the formationof nn Inter-Seminary Convention was deemed the most feasible ofthe various plans sugge!:lted for the accomplishment of the ends inview. In response to a letter s~nt from Princeton, a preliminary Conferencewas held in New York City, April 9th, 1880, at which twentytwodelegates, representing twelve seminaries were present. Otherseminaries "ent letters approving the general plan. This PreliminaryConference adopted tl. resolution to hold an Inter-Seminary Conventionfor the discussion of themes bearing on the relation which we are tosustain to the work of Forei~n and IIome MissiJns, whether we laboras missionaries abroad Or as pastors at home. An Executive Committeewas apPOinted with authority to make all necessary arrangements forthe boldiug of euch a convention, to which it was ahm instructed tomake its report. It is at the call of this committee that the presentconvention is assembled."The following have been the places of meeting:1880 ________________ __ New Brunswick, N. J.188L ________________ Allegheny, Po.1882 -------- _________ _ Chicago. III.1888 __ -- ---- - _______ __ Hartford, Conn.1884 ____ ---- ____ __ --__ Princeton, N. J .18@5-------------_____ RoCbE'ster,N. Y.1886_ - -- -- -___________ Oberlin, O.lS'i7 -- -- ---- -_______ --Alexandria, Va.1888 ____ ---- - _________ Boston, lIIass.P. 8.-1889, October 24-27 ____ Chicago, Ill....LIST OF SUBJECTS.1 880- New Brunswick.Fundamentally a <strong>Missionary</strong> Socip,ty." ' .."The ChurchBoston UDlvelslty."The Indifference of the Ch ur Ch to the World's Evangelization; , .its Cause and its Remedy."Allegheny Domlnary." Secular Testimony to the Success of Missions."Oberlin Seminary.e Diverse Talents and Culture in"Scope for the Best and ~ ost New Brunswick Seminary.<strong>Missionary</strong> Work." . Y Men to Home <strong>Missionary</strong>'Vork.U The Right Attitude of oung Crozer Seminary.Given to Missions by Theological Students." ."Impulses l'Union Semmary.CI . ms of Foreign \I". .LISSlOnS a n Young Men.""The Present al Alexandria Seminary.Work '!I"M "H What Constitutes a Call to . lsalOnsry . Drew Seminary.1881 Allegheny."Apostolic Methods of <strong>Missionary</strong> Work." Vanderbilt rniversity.Developing a Foreign <strong>Missionary</strong> Inter~st in"Importance ofXenia Seminary.Sabbath Schools."Demands of the llome Field."II The Present PeculiarGarrett Biblical Institute.. h D nds of the Home Field."U The Best ~[ethods of Meeting t e ema Hartford 8emlnary.Aggressivenessj the Church's Answer to I~fld~lity.1III ChristianPrinceton Seminary."How may Every Theologlca . I St u d en t be Brou·ht . to • Con-0 Q t. 9". . d Decision of the MiSSIOnary ues Ion.scientious ConsideratIOn snNewton Seminary.R l' to <strong>Missionary</strong> Work.".. The Practice of ~[edicinei its e atlOnBoston University.1882 Chicago.U Romish Aggressiveness in the Westj How Shall it be Met?"Rochester Seminary.\I Methods of Developing <strong>Missionary</strong> Interest in Colleges."Lancaster ~emIDary.
112 INTER.SEMINARY ){[SSIONARY ALLIANCE."Tbe ~lotive for Accepting the Call to Mission Work."Cumberland University."Why sbould the American Church Undertake Evangelical WorkIn the Romish and Protestant Countries of Europe."Andover Seminary."How Shall the Best Talent of our Colleges and TheologicalSeminaries be Secured for <strong>Missionary</strong> Work?"Louisville Seminary (So. Bap.)II The Urgency of Immediate Work among the Freedmen."Cbicago Seminary.Ii Mission Work in South America."Lane Seminary.t SS3- Hartford.II Lessons from the History of Missions."Yale Divinity School." Moravian Missions." Knox College."Departments of Foreign :<strong>Missionary</strong> Work and their Hequirementa."Garrett Biblical Institute."Needs and Methods of 'Vestern Frontier Work."Hamilton Seminary.1& How to Arouse an d 'I D a i ntain <strong>Missionary</strong> Interest in theChurcbes."Gettysburg Seminary.I SS4- Prlnceton.II Pioneer Missions."Crozer ~eminary ." :&11s810ns among the North American Indians."Chicago Seminary." Denominationalism in Missions"Boston University.".[. i '.l' 188 Ons tn Central Arrica ." New Brunswick Seminary.II Systematic Giving: its Relation to Missions."U The <strong>Missionary</strong> Outlook."Alexandria Seminary.Union Seminary.1 SS5- Rochester.:: <strong>Missionary</strong> Work tn South America." Hartford Seminary.Mi88ionary Work among the Jews" D S .II The Pe I C il '. rew emlDary.reona a to the Mission Work" Chica S I" What do th Bibl . go em nary.es e e Teach Concerning Missions.".. L Morgan Park Seminary.8SS00S from the Life of Dr. Alexander Duff."" The MI8810nary Outlook.".. MiaalobB In Africa.", SS6- 0berlln.Westminster Seminary.Aliegheny Seminary (U. P.) .Lancaster Seminary (Reformed).•..•LIST OF SUBJECTS . 113"Our Frontier as a Mission Field." Yale DIvinity Scbool.II How caD we Best Promote :<strong>Missionary</strong> Interest in our Colleges."Wittenburg Seminary." China.'!Vanderbilt University.U Every Christian a <strong>Missionary</strong>."Auburn Seminary." Why Should I go to tbe Foreign Field." Newton Seminary.1887- Alexandrla." The Relation of the Congo Free State to African Missions."Rochester Seminary.U Mission Work among the IndiaDs."Bates Seminary."Wbat Headway is Christianity laking against Mohammedanism."Bangor Seminary."Work of the Home Ministry for Foreign MissioDs,"Garrett Bibical Institute."The Urgency of the Call."Princeton Seminary.I SSS- Boston." Commerce and Missions." Gettysburg Seminary."Importance of Establishing Christian Coileges in Foreign Mis·sion Fields."Western Seminary."Evangelization of the Foreign Population in our Western Cities."A.ndover Seminsry."Significance of the Crisis in Japan." Oberlin Seminsry."What of tbe Seed that has Failen on the Islands of the Sea."llamilton Seminary.II How Far is it Practicable for Seminaries and Colleges to SupportTheir Own Missionaries?"Union Seminary (Pres.).