under the order of June, 1815, be funded; Oct., 1815, 15. This was the beginning of the "Permanent Fund," which see.

But the funds of the College proved totally inadequate to carry out this arrangement, and the Trustees notified the Synod the next year of their inability to fulfill their part. They, therefore, offered the use of the College Building for the use of the "Theological College," with the exception of the wing used by Prof. Vethake, and the room in which the Grammar School was held, until the College could re-open its doors. The Synod expressed its regrets, but accepted the offer, 1816, 29, 30.— See New Brunswick Seminary, 1815; also Rutgers College, 1815, 1825. THEOLOGICAL COMMENCEMENTS. See Commencements.

THEOLOGICAL FACULTY. See Faculty.

THEOLOGICAL HALL. (Now known as Queens Building, Rutgers College.) To be erected by General Synod and the Trustees of Queens College, 1807, 366; 1813, 4-7, 22; 1814, 77; a collection to be taken up in every congregation of R. D. C. in State of New York, for, 1807, 366; the building begun, 1809, 383, 388; alluded to, 1813, 5; College appropriated $5,000 toward, 1813, 6; Synod appropriates $3,000 toward, 1813, 23; Dr. Livingston's portrait to be deposited in, 1815, 53; Hall not yet finished, 1818, 63; costs of, Oct., 1820, 8; names of subscribers toward Second Professorship to be placed conspicuously in, 1823, 64.

THEOLOGICAL FUND. A term often used for the old Professorial Fund; which see.

THEOLOGICAL HALL. See Peter Hertzog Theological Hall.

THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY. Synod requested to appropriate some money for purchase of text books, not easily obtained here, for use of students; £15 appropriated, May, 1787, 157; the books procured, Oct., 1787, 169; Prof. Livingston to take charge of all books for the use of students, and report a catalogue of same, 1794, 258-9; the books in his care, 1800, 287 [quoted in Digest, 1814, 59, 60]; General Synod agrees with the Trustees of Queens College to provide money for a Library, 1807, 366 [in Digest, 1814, 77]; felt need of a Library, 1812, 416, 418; collections ordered for, 429, 430; 1813, 30, 37; Synod appropriates, $100 for books; a considerable number of books received by donation and purchase; appoints a Librarian, 1814, 19; 200 volumes on hand, 1814, 220; $100 appropriated to increase the Library; donation of a number of valuable books, 1815, 17; agents to be appointed in each Classis to solicit funds for the Library, 42, 46; $500 appropriated toward the Library; Committee appointed (Rev. Drs. Milledoler, Woodhull and Eltinge) to purchase books, and a Librarian to be appointed, 1818, 52, 61; books purchased to the amount of $391.85, 1819, 73; $210.24 paid out for the Library, 1820, 42; Trustees of Queens College appropriated $1,800 toward the Library, Oct., 1820, 8; agents appointed to raise money for increase of the Library, 1825, 40; Sept., 1825, 29; list of subscriptions for the Library, 1826, 12, 13; resolution to buy the Library of late Prof. Woodhull, 1826, 55, 56; Bd. of Superintendents of Rutgers College to seek subscriptions and donations for Library, 1827, 68; ministers and agents requested to press claims of Library, 1828, 129; 1829, 197; needs of the Library, 1830, 234; donations of books to, 281; the Library of the late Prof. John DeWitt to be purchased, 1831, 8; $1,059 raised for same; appraised at $2,104, 1832, 65; Committee instructed to secure same for cash on hand, and pay interest on balance; churches exhorted to take up collections for same, 1832, 66; reports of the Committee on the DeWitt Library, Oct., 1832, 101-2; 1833, 164; First printed Catalogue of Library, 1832 (see 1846, 75, 76, 80); package of books from Prof. Mitchell, of Edinburg, for Library, 1833, 182; yet due Mrs. DeWitt for husband's Library, $767; subscriptions to be sought for same, 1833, 219; further reports on DeWitt Library, 1834, 248, 321-2; fully paid for, 1835, 345, 353, 355; $200 to be annually appropriated toward Library, 1835, 425; Com

mittee to solicit books and money for, 1835, 77; reports of books and moneys received, 1837, 78-80; 1838, 105; 1839, 204-5; 1840, 334; importance of a Librarian, 1842, 124; to be appointed at a reasonable compensation, 126-7; Prof. of Didactic Theology to prepare a Digest of Rules for Library, 1843, 246; Prof. Hodenpyl appointed Librarian, 1843, 237; 148 volumes in the Dutch language presented by Rev. Zecharias H. Kuypers, 1844, 294, 374; nearly 500 volumes added by gift; one dollar fee for the use of the Library to be charged, 1844, 356, 370; rebinding of many books necessary, and care of pamphlets; appropriation needed, 1845, 481, 484, 490; 5,000 volumes now in Library; no printed catalogue (?), 1845, 491; expenses for rebinding and cataloguing, authorized, 1845, 492; Rev. C. R. V. Romondt, Librarian; necessity of a printed catalogue; said to be 10,000 volume (?); catalogue in MSS. ready; no catalogue since 1832; 1846, 75, 76, 80; Bd. of Superintendents of the Seminary ask for a liberal appropriation to purchase "systematic and historical works, commentaries and books of reference," for the Library; printing of the "catalogue" has been postponed by a failure of the appropriation; necessity of rebinding many volumes; 1847, 112, 181; the Library may be removed to Van Nest Hall, 1847, 184-5; lack of exegetical books; $400 appropriated for, 1851, 129, 130, 190; 250 volumes in Dutch, from the Library of late Rev. Eilardus Westerlo, given, 1852, 211; fee of $1 for use of Library, repealed, 1852, 275; Librarian and College Committee ask for an appropriation; report on Library; about 7,000 volumes; $200 appropriated for printing Catalogue and binding, 1853, 365, 368; only $130 spent on Library, 1854, 397; suggestion to separate the part of the Library belonging to the Seminary from that of the College, 1855, 513, 514; separation postponed, 597; deficit on binding and cataloguing, 594-5; Synod orders the books given by Mrs. Margaret Chinn, with the case containing them, from Rutgers College to Hertzog Hall; the Theological Professors to be a Committee to act with a Committee of the College Trustees, for an amicable and equitable division of this Library, 1857, 213, 214; 2,000 books separated for the Hertzog Hall Library, 1859, 376. See Hertzog Hall Library, Sage Library.

THEOLOGICAL PROFESSORS. Rules of Church Government of Dort, 1619, Arts. 1, 18; Constit of 1792, Arts. 19-25 [Professors hereafter shall hold no pastoral charge, Mints. Gen. Syn., 1819, 39]; Constit. of 1833, Arts. 2529; Constit. of 1874, Arts. 22-27.-Synodical Commission appointed, in reference to mode of nominating and electing Theological Professors, their ecclesiastical standing, etc., 1893, 773; report of said Commission; that the Classes as well as General Synod should have the right of nominating Professors; that the Board of Superintendents may temporarily fill vacancies in the Professorships; that the Stated Clerk of Gen. Synod shall notify the Classes when nominations to a Professorship are necessary; and that an amendment to the Constitution, embracing these features be recommended to the Classes, 1894, 75-77; Form of proposed amendment, and its adoption, 1894, 77; 1895, 131; report in reference to Ecclesiastical Standing of Professors: that the Faculty of each Seminary have the right to appoint one of its members as a delegate to General Synod, possessing all the rights of other delegates; Form of proposed amendments, 1894, 78; rejected by the Classes, 1895, 132; Synod must pay Bd. of Publication the cost of printing installation services of Professors; 1894, 121; Committee on State of the Church, 1900, proposed amendment; that the Synod may make only three additional nominations for a Professor, besides those made by the Classes, 1900, 836; adopted, 1901, 1124; also that a Professor retiring from office, if he does not choose to be dismissed to some particular Classis, shall be dismissed to the Judicatory from which he was received, 1900, 836; adopted, 1901, 1124.

THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS. Name used for Theological Seminaries in Constitution of 1833, Art. 4; of 1874, Art. 4. In June, 1867, 242, it was proposed to amend the Constitution by changing "School" to

"Schools." Adopted, Nov., 1867, 340. Particular Synod of Albany requests General Syn. to establish a Theolog. School within their bounds, 1817, 25; reasons for refusal, 1817, 30; term "Schools" again used, 1830, 298; 1832, 75.

THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. See Arcot Seminary; New Brunswick Seminary; Western Sem.

THESES. Collegiate Ministers shall discuss theological theses, according to appointment of General Synod, in order to prepare others thereby for the ministry. Rules of Dort, 1619, Art. 20.-Theses by students, suggested; to be discussed by the class, 1888, 543.

THIRD PROFESSORSHIPS. See New Brunswick Sem., 1825; and Western Seminary, 1905, 40.

THIRTY-FOURTH ST. CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY. See New York City, Broome St. and Thirty-fourth St.

THOMAS DEWITT PROFESSORSHIP. See DeWitt, Thos., Professorship. THOMAS DEWITT THEOLOGICAL HALL, CHINA. See DeWitt, Thos., etc. THOMPSON, MARGARET ANTOINETTE. Gives $2,000 Scholarship, 1894, 17, 27; 1896, 318, 320.

THOMPSON, JOHN B. (Rev. Dr.) Prepares one of the Centennial Discourses "Immovable Attachment of the Church to its own Heirlooms of Faith and Order," 1876, 552; on many important Committees, especially "Hymnology," which see. President of General Synod, 1896.

THOUSAND ISLES, CHURCH OF, at Alexandria Bay, 1851.-A missionary station, supported by private benevolence, 1850, 98; title of parsonage property to be held by Bd. of Corporation, 1859, 377, 454; deed not yet received, 1860, 492; Bd. of Corporation and Bd. of Dom. Missions_clothed with discretionary power, concerning; 1860, 558; deed received, 1861, 13; parsonage title held for Bd. of Dom. Missions; said Board to bear any expense, 1864, 479, 480; Synod owns parsonage property, 1876, 439; requests that title of parsonage and church lots be transferred to Consistory, 1880, 462, 489, 490; church of Utica holds part of the property; permission given to transfer title to Consistory on certain conditions, 1880, 490; President of Synod to represent Synod at 30th anniversary of church, 1881, 790; request permission to sell portion of parsonage lot; granted, and all restrictions waived, 1882, 31, 60, 61.

TITLE, OR NAME, OF "THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA." At first, the churches of this Body were addressed as "The Reformed Dutch Churches in New York and New Jersey;" see letters in "Ecclesiastical Records of State of New York"; in 1789 with the expansion of the Church, the title was given, "Reformed Dutch Churches in North America," 1789, 201; the name incidentally used at the adoption of the Constitution, in the Minutes of Synod, was: "The Dutch Reformed Church in North America," 1792, 236; but the name on the title page of the first edition of the Constitution, printed in 1793, is "The Reformed Dutch Church in the United States of America" same title on second edition, 1815; in subsequent editions-"The Refd. Dutch Ch. of North America;" in the Act of Incorporation, 1819, as "The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church," 1819, 46.

In 1840, the Particular Synod of Albany suggested dropping the word "Dutch" from the name and style of the Church; matter was referred to a special committee, 1840, 379, 380; they reported that such change should not be made except by very general consent, and Synod "Resolved unanimously, That it is wholly inexpedient for this Synod to take any measures with a view to a change of any part of our denominational style and title." The Stated Clerk was directed henceforth to use the name under which the General Synod was incorporated-"The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church," 1840, 420-1. [The word "Protestant" is from this time, inserted

in the title of the Minutes, down to 1867; but the words "of North America” continued to be added, altho' not in the Act of incorporation.]

In 1848, the Committee on the "State of the Church," refers to an elaborate discussion on the subject of changing the Name of the Church, which had been carried on in the columns of the Christian Intelligencer during the year [1847-8], but owing to the perplexing character of the subject, and the practical pressing necessities of other matters, declined to make any suggestions in reference thereto, 1848, 329.

First Formal Attempt to Change the Name, 1853.

In 1853 a resolution was offered "that steps be taken by the proper authorities to have the style and title of this Corporation amended, by omitting the word "Dutch." 1853, 377. A Committee, consisting of Rev. Drs. J .H. M. Knox, E. S. Porter and elder Nicholas Wyckoff, appointed. Elaborate report made at same session in favor of such change; and requesting the Classes to send up their views as to the expediency of it; 377-380; 16 Classes reported, out of the 26, and 15 were opposed to the change:

Resolved, That the General Synod contemplate with pleasure this almost unanimous expression of the several Classes, so far as it has been made, and would express the hope that any further agitation on this subject may be discontinued. 1854, 396, 494. [There was an elaborate discussion of the matter, at the time, in the Christian Intelligencer, 1853-4; and an earnest opposition Circular was published, April 13, 1854. This is dated Jan,, 1854, and is signed by the names of 54 laymen, not a minister's name being on the list. The articles are curious and interesting. The writer has a collection of them. E. T. C.]

Second Attempt to Change the Name, 1866-7.

In 1866, the Board of Domestic Missions referred to the fact that the Name of the Church-"Dutch"-was a great barrier to their success in the West. Synod was asked to look the matter in the face. Accordingly a Committee of five ministers and three elders was appointed "to examine into the expediency and propriety of this change, and report at the next meeting of General Synod." 1866, 102, 112.

A communication was received from the South Classis of Long Island in regard to the Name of the Church; another from Rev. W. Wust; Referred to the Committee on Overtures. As the matter was in the hands of a Special Committee, no action was suggested; 1867, 160, 236.

The Special Committee appointed in 1866, 112, reported, and their report was accepted, amended, and ordered to be printed in an Appendix to the Minutes. (See 1867, Appendix, pp. 1-29, where a full discussion of the subject may be found.) Also to be printed in the Christian Intelligencer, 1867, 285. The Synod recommended to the Classes amendments to the Constitution: that the corporate title of the Church should be "The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America;" that a "Prefatory Note" should be adopted as a part of the Constitution, explaining the change of name, and the identity of the Church under its new Name with the "Reformed Dutch Church;" that the Constitution of the Church embraces [also, besides the Rules of Government] the Catechism, the Compendium, the Confession of Faith, the Canons of the Synod of Dordrecht, and the Liturgy." The ayes and noes are recorded, 110 to 9.-1867, 239-242. Amendments adopted, Nov., 1867, 331-5. (See page 324 respecting opposing petitions). The ayes and noes are recorded, 112 to 7. The Stated Clerk is directed to use the new title, "The Reformed Church in America," in issuing the Minutes of Gen. Synod, Nov., 1867, 340.-A committee was appointed to secure any necessary civil legislation, 1867, 241. Their report: Nov., 1867, 336-340; petition to the Legislature, to change the legal title of the Church, 1868, 464-6; the Act, effecting such change, 1869, 625-6. [The discussion on the change of name was very exciting,

and for many months was carried on in the Christian Intelligencer. Many pamphlets were also issued, especially on the opposition side. A few sets of these have been collected and bound; and some were bound with the sets of Minutes. Most, if not all, of these opposition pamphlets are bound up in the writer's set of Minutes. E. T C.]

TITLES OR NAMES OF INDIVIDUAL CHURCHES, BOARDS, ETC.

Resolved, That the corporate titles of individual churches are properly and legally subject only to the choice of such churches; and that any diversity in said titles which may exist now or hereafter, shall in no way affect the recognized relations of said churches to this Synod and to the Denomination. 1867, 241.

A committee was appointed to consider all the details of the civil legislation which the proposed change of name may make necessary, June, 1867, 241. Their report: No legal objection, as tending to impair or affect any corporate rights, or imperil the property of the Church, or the franchises of its corporate bodies. Temporalities depend on identity of doctrines, etc. Yet a propriety exists in enactment of laws, changing the names of the several corporate Boards, etc. The words "Protestant" and "Dutch" should be stricken out, and the words "in America" added, after the word "Church," so as to read in each case "The Reformed Church in America." Another section should be added confirming in substance the titles of the newly named corporations, in and to all the property, rights and franchises, now vested in the present corporations, and continuing the officers, agents and Boards precisely as they are now constituted, and devolving all the powers and duties of the present corporations upon the newly named Bodies. The appropriate forms of the Acts to this end are herewith submitted.

Nothing exists in the action of Synod which alters the condition or affects the status of the individual status of the individual churches to the Church generally, or their corporate rights and immunities. (See resolution of Synod on this subject of, 1867, 241.) The word "Dutch" may remain in any such title. Nevertheless, the titles of individual churches should generally conform to the name of the Denomination. The act of 1853, entitled "An Act to authorize religious corporations to change their names" provides a simple plan of doing this.

The Committee was continued and enlarged, with power to secure such enactments as they shall find to be necessary. Nov., 1867, 336-340.Petition to the Legislature, 1868, 464-6; Act of the Legislature of New York, 1869, 624-6, 678.

TOTAL ABSTINENCE. See Temperance.

TRACTS OF REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH. See Publication, Board of. TRACT SOCIETY. See American Tract Society.

TRACT SOCIETY of Refd. Prot. Dutch Church. Proposed, 1839, 251-2. Proposition laid on Table.

TRANSFER OF CHURCHES from one Denomination to another. Resolved, That if the General Assembly shall concur, no church shall be transferred from one body to the other without the formal dismissal of the Presbytery or Classis with which it shall have been connected. 1850, 39. The General Assembly would not absolutely concur with this resolution, altho' acknowledging that such consent should generally be obtained, 1851, 143-4. Classis of Raritan request the reaffirmation of the resolution of 1850, 39; request refused. Reasons. 1889, 832-3.

TRANSFER OF CLASSES. General rearrangement made by General Synod, 1800, 301-3. 313-316; see Classes, pp. 143-4, of this Digest; see also Chicago, Particular Synod of; New Brunswick, Particular Synod of.

TRANSFER OF FUNDS, DEEDS, ETC. Owing to lack of incorporation or