We cannot lay too much importance on the study of the Bible by the medical missionary—a first-hand acquaintance with it as a source of power. "He needs an up-to-date knowledge of Bible interpretation that will keep him from narrow or too literal views; a broad knowledge of the fundamentals of Christianity that will enable him to present it constructively and coherently; a knowledge of its relations to modern thought that will help in bringing it to bear on the characteristic problems of the present day; an ability to teach the Bible effectively, which is not necessarily involved in a most thorough scholarship, and which can be developed only through practice."

PROFESSORS' CONFERENCE

Missionary Professorship in the German Universities

The Apologetic Value of Christian Missions

The Demand for Men and Women of Education in the Orient

Professors' Responsibility to Call and Prepare Students for Foreign Missionary Service

Claims of Foreign Students Upon Professors

The Christian Woman Student's Duty to Her Oriental Sister

MISSIONARY PROFESSORSHIP IN THE GERMAN UNI

VERSITIES

PROFESSOR JOHANNES WARNECK, PH.D., LL.D., GERMANY

IN GERMANY, missions originated in circles of ordinary Christian people, and were on that account long ignored by the general public and—it must be added with regret-by theologians as well. Of late, things have improved. The magnificent development of missions, their increased successes, their value for the colonies, have all combined in procuring them a place in public recognition and among men of learning. The universities have had no share in the awakening and deepening of missionary interest in Germany. But now men begin to perceive that theology, to be fruitful, and to maintain its influence upon the life of Church and nation, must be in vivid touch with the vast problems imposed upon the Church, at home and abroad, and cannot afford to ignore the missions but has to learn from them as well as render service to them. On examination of the lecture lists of German universities we find that missions occupy to-day a comparatively large space among the subjects. We have at present five regular professorships of missions, namely, at Halle, Berlin, Bethel, Leipzig, and Basel. The chair at Halle was initiated by the late Professor Warneck, as the first representative of missions in that capacity. The chairs at Berlin and Bethel have a special interest, through having been originated and being maintained by the Council of German Missions. It has come to be considered a matter of honor by the universities to invite a missionary expert to lecture on missions; but, in addition to such lectures, the subject of missions has been included in the college curriculum by professors of Church history and systematic or practical theology-for example, at Göttingen, Breslau, and Königsberg. Of eighteen German universities we find this winter ten with lectures on missions, to which more (under special terms of delivery) may be added, thus affording to the majority of German students regular opportunity for hearing about missions. In behalf of Roman Catholic students, one professorship of missions has been established at Münster. Confining myself to Protestant lectureships, I will say that they treat such subjects as the following:

History of Protestant Missions, or History of Particular Fields;