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sess qualifications which will make them highly prized and liberally salaried, as interpreters, clerks, and in other services. They cannot and ought not to be treated on the same plan of rigid economy as mere boys. To ensure the prosperity of the institution there ought to be an annual allowance of £25 each, to cover all expenses and support the young men in a manner respectable and befitting the position in life which they are intended to occupy.
The school at the London Mission House in Hongkong could now become what the missionary meeting of 1843 intended it to be, the Theological Seminary of the London Missionary Society in China. The meeting had dropped the designation of college as being too pretentious for the character of the reorganised school.
In adopting the name Theological Seminary, they intended to let the world know their labours were all directed to one end, the preparation of Christian workers. This did not mean the abandonment of a general education in literature and science, but it did mean the inclusion of definite theological studies.
If the name college had been too ambitious, so had the name Theological Seminary. From 1843 to 1847 there were no theological students. Now with the three young men Dr. Legge had brought back from England, the long delayed plans for his school could be realised. But the future was filled with disappointments.
HIGH EXPECTATIONS,
THEN DEFECTIONS AND SETBACKS
Dr. James Legge returned to Hongkong from England in August 1847, renewed in health and with high expectations for the future of his school. He now could organise a theological class in addition to his other classes. The three boys, baptised during their visit overseas, would be the foundation for advanced studies. They showed every evidence of the sincerity and dedication necessary for the achievement of their announced intention to become preachers and evangelists.
Their enthusiasm was infectious. The school took on new vitality. There was an increased interest in its religious objectives.
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sess qualifications which will make them highly prized and liberal- ly salaried, as interpreters, clerks, and in other services. The can- not and ought not to be treated on the same plan of rigid economy as mere boys. To ensure the prosperity of the institution there ought to be an annual allowance £25 each, to cover all expenses and support the young men in a manner respectable and befitting the postion in life which they are intended to occupy."
The school at the London Mission House in Hongkong could now become what the missionary meeting of 1843 intended it to be, the Theological Seminary of the London Missionary Society in China. The meeting had dropped the designation of college as being too pretentious for the character of the reorganised school.
In adopting the name Theological Seminary, they intended to let the world know their labours were all directed to one end, the preparation of Christian workers. This did not mean the abandon- ment of a general education in literature and science, but it did mean the inclusion of definite theological studies.
If the name college had been too ambitious, so had the name Theological Seminary. From 1843 to 1847 there were no theologi- cal students. Now with the three young men Dr. Legge had brought back from England, the long delayed plans for his school could be realised. But the future was filled with disappointments.
HIGH EXPECTATIONS,
THEN DEFECTIONS AND SETBACKS
Dr. James Legge returned to Hongkong from England in Au- gust 1847, renewed in health and with high expectations for the future of his school. He now could organise a theological class in addition to his other classes. The three boys, baptised during their visit overseas, would be the foundation for advanced studies. They showed every evidence of the sincerity and dedication neces- sary for the achievement of their announced intention to become preachers and evangelists.
Their enthusiasm was infectious. The school took on new vital- ity. There was an increased interest in its religious objectives.
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