Excerpt from The Ladies' Repository, Vol. 36: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature, Art, and Religion; January-June, 1876; Third Series, Volume III Christ and Christ-work. Health, piety, and life-devotedness are the conditions of entrance. Languages, ancient and mod cm, the usual course of the theological seminary, and the added Special branches preparatory to their life-work, form the curriculum of study. All is gratuitously provided. The care of the house and grounds is the only equivalent rendered by the Zbglinge. Thus the doors are thrown Open to the poor, by whom chiefly, as well as to whom, the Gospel is to be preached. Otherwise the institution were a failure. The hope of heathendom lies with the humble. Not many mighty, not many noble, are called to this work. 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.