"a Burning And a Shining Light" : Being the Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool
"a Burning And a Shining Light" : Being the Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool
Thomas Raffles
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With a mind already the subject of considerable culture, and habits formed for the pursuits of science, he com- menced his academical course under circumstances the most auspicious. The importance of such a pre- vious preparation in candidates for the Christian ministry, and the patronage of our dissenting col- leges, is not, perhaps, sufficiently considered. It is to be regretted, that so many enter without having previously obtained the lowest rudiments of general science, or even a tolerable... acquaintance with their native tongue. The time allotted for a student's residence is, in the most liberal institutions, but short, compared with the immense labor and mag- nitude of the object to be obtained. But much of this time, short €U3 it is, must be expended in the in- culcation of those first principles of knowledge, which might be easily obtained elsewhere ; and then when the student is somewhat prepared for studies Digitized by Google BEV. THOMAS SPENCEB. OD more suitable to the dignity of a college, he begins to preach.
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