Excerpt from Theological Colleges: Their Aim and Spirit: Illustrated by Two Sermons Preached Respectively, on the Vigil and the Festival of St. Peter, 1881, in Connection With the Festival, and Opening of the New Chapel, of the Salisbury Diocesan Theological College Such cases, were they very rare, would su1ce to justify the existence of a Theological College. Their frequency demonstrates its necessity. Perhaps the chief use of Theological Colleges is in providing men with an opportunity of testing and deepening their own convictions. The quiet and seclusion, once perhaps to be found at Oxford and Cambridge; the regularity of life the community of aim and interests, of faith and life, silently known and recognised, as it can rarely be the frequent services and sacraments; the aids to earnest study - these are the boons which a Theological College may super-add to the advantages of an University education. Few, who have enjoyed them, underesti mate their value. Many have sad reason to regret that they never experienced them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.