LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN ALBERT BROADUS BY ARCHIBALD THOMAS ROBERTSON Trofessor of the Interpretation of the V ew Testament in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ThAte is no life of a man faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem - Carlyle PHILADELPHIA Bmetican Baptist publication 1910 Copyright IQOX by the AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY Published May, x from the Society own pees Si quis piorum manibus locus si, ut sapientibus placet, non cum corpora exstinguuntur magnae animse placide quiescas, nosque, domum tuam, ab infirmo de siderio, et muliebribus lamentis, ad contemplationem virtutum tuarum voces, quas neque lugeri, neque plangi fas est admiratione te potius, quam temporalibus laudi bus, et, si natura suppeditet, aemulatione decoremus. Is verus honos, ea coniunctissimi cuiusque pietas. Id filiae quoque, uxorique praeceperim, sic patris, sic mariti memoriam venerari, ut omnia facta dictaque eius secum revolvant, famamque ac figuram animi magis quam cor poris, complectantur non quia intercedendum putem imagimbus, quae marmore aut asre fmguntur sed ut vul tus hominum, ita simulacra vultus imbecilla ac mortalia sunt forma mentis aeterna quam tenere et exprimere, non per alienam materiam et artem, sed tuis ipse mori bus, possis. Quidquid ex Agricola amavimus, quidquid mirati sumus, manet mansurumque est in animis homi num, in aeternitate temporum, fama rerum. Nam multos veterum, velut inglorios et ignobiles, oblivio obruet Agricola, posteritati narratus et traditus, superstes erit. TACITUS DE AGRICOLA. X PREFACE their lives to it. No institution has had a nobler history of sacrifice and heroism. It is enough to fire the blood of every lover of Christian education. It iscertainly one of the great achievements of our time. But the life of Doctor Broadus would be worth the tell ing apart from his share in this high performance. His personal character, accurate scholarship, original think ing, marvelous preaching, matchless teaching, great wis dom, rare personal influence, breadth of view, high ideals, and earnest piety, mark him as one of the foremost products of American manhood, one of the ripest fruits of modern Christianity. The high praise here given will seem sober truth to the multitudes who felt the joyous touch of his personal power and will be amply justified to those who knew him not by the life story here unfolded. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was the pride of American Baptists and his influence is undying among us. The materials for the early part of Doctor Broaduss life are not so abundant as for the later years, and yet enough is known to trace with clearness his childhood and to give a fair picture of his youth. He himself began to jot down notes of his early days, but he could not find time to finish them. A visit to the scenes of his child hood revealed many points of interest concerning his boy hood. Enough good material exists for several volumes. The selection has been made on the principle of keeping Doc tor Broadus himself constantly before us and from vary ing and progressive points of view. This will explain to some why their letters are not used. Chapter X L alone could have been made a whole volume. At every point in the European and Oriental tour Doctor Broadus wrote careful descriptions of surpassing interest. From Rome he sent some fifty pages of discriminating criticism. So it was at Jerusalem, Athens, everywhere, Besides the PREFACE XI letters there was the diary in the Oriental part of the trip. Nearly all this had to be reluctantly passed by and only the more personal parts introduced. It would not be possible to recount the many courtesies received from numerous friends, besides the family and other relatives, who have gladly furnished material for this work. A general acknowledgment of gratitude is here made. But I must acknowledge special indebted ness to Prof. F. H. Smith, LL. D., for help on the Univer sity of Virginia period, and to Dr. W. H…