PREFATORY NOTE. At the annual meeting of the Pastoral Union of Connecticut, in the Chapel of Hosmer Hall, Hartford, May 8, 1884, Rev. Graham Taylor, Rev. John H. Goodell, and J. M. Allen, Esq., were appointed a committee to publish at their discretion the proceedings of the semi-centennial celebration of the Theological Institute of Connecticut. Congratulating the officers and students, the graduates and friends of the Institute upon the record of its past history, the substantial and invaluable attainments of the present, and the still brighter prospects of growing power and usefulness in the future, the Committee present as a fitting Memorial of the Semi-Centennial Anniversary, I. A brief account of the observance of the occasion. II. The papers, addresses, and letters prepared for the celebration abridged in accordance with the design of this publication. III. An appendix containing reports of the past year's work, an account of the closing exercises with the address of Professor Riddle to the Graduating Class. |