Union Seminary Magazine (Volume 22) - Softcover

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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1910. Excerpt: ... THE UNION SEMINARY I----I MAGAZINE i--i Vol. XXII. DECEMBER, 1910--JANUARY, 1911 No. 2 *THE OLD THEOLOGY AND THE NEW. R. A. Webb. Mr. President and Brethren of the Board of Directors: In calling me to the Professorship of Apologetics and Systematic Theology you have created for me a great opportunity and conferred upon me a high distinction. I trust I am duly appreciative of both, and adequately thankful for what you have done. My task is not irksome, my duties are not drudgery. The subject which I teach fascinates my mind, charms my powers, and evokes my enthusiasm. To walk the raised fields of sacred truth with aspiring young men puts me on my mettle, challenges my spirit, and converts my occupation into my joy. In signalizing my induction into my professorship, I shall attempt a comparison of the Old Theology and the New, with a view to showing that the Old is better than the New. I begin by saying that Systematic Theology is becoming once more the dynamic center of Christian thought. It is beginning to be seen that the very best apologetic is that harmonious and self-consistent statement of Christian doctrine which articulates with the human soul as the tenon fits the mortice. The facts of nature must be reduced to scientific form in order to satisfy; * Inaugural Discourse, delivered by R. A. Webb, on the occasion of his induction into the professorship of Apologetics and Systematic Theology in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Kentucky, at Louisville, Ky., May 3, 1910. and the rational demand is just as imperative that the facts of the Christian religion shall not be dispensed by its teachers in a disorganized and disunited condition. Even the "New Theology," which had its rise in a revolt against dogma, is beginning to proclaim its triumph, and formulate its findings in...