Excerpt from Thirty-Second Annual Reports of the Boards of Education of the Presyterian Church in the United States of America: Presented to the General Assembly, May, 1851 The Board of Education respectfully present to the General Assembly this, their thirty-second Annual Report. The first part of it relates to the proposed changes in the plans of the Board; the second part contains an account of the operations of the year; and the third part presents some general views on the relations of Home, the School, and the Church to the training and salvation of the soul. Part First. On the Proposed Changes in the Plans of the Board. The first part of the Annual Report of the Board of Education for the present ecclesiastical year will be in answer to the requirement of the General Assembly to "report more fully" on the changes proposed by the Board to the last Assembly. In fulfilling this injunction, the Board desire to state explicitly that the main object of the proposed changes was the improvement of the character and qualifications of candidates for the ministry. It is well known that the Board of Education have been labouring under many objections throughout the Church, amounting in some districts to a want of confidence in its fundamental principles. These objections arise from various impressions more or less prevalent; such as the many failures to center the ministry which have occurred in the history of our educational operations; the want of the proper character and qualifications in candidates who have been sustained by the funds of the Church; and the low rank of life from which some of the indigent candidates have risen. The latter objection is believed to be felt only to a limited extent, and it would be still more circumscribed, if the two preceding impressions were less prevalent. 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.