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Theological Encyclopedia: An Outline Sketch (Classic Reprint)
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It is the science of sacred things, as over against sacred words. It includes I. Scriptural Epigraphy.
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John Preston Searle was an American professor of theology and clergyman in the Reformed Church in America.
Background
John was born on September 12, 1854 at Schuylerville, New York, United States, the son of Reverend Samuel Tomb and Cornelia Fonda (Southworth) Searle. He was of a family that furnished the ministry with at least one member in every generation from the coming of Reverend William Searle of Branford, England, to America in 1692. His grandfather, Jeremiah Searle, his grandmother's father, Jacob Tomb, and two of his father's brothers were clergymen. The family tradition and his home life naturally turned John Preston Searle toward the same calling.
Education
Searle was graduated from Rutgers College in 1875 with honors and from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1878.
Career
Entering the service of the Reformed (Dutch) Church in America, to which, in New York State, his grandfather had transferred the family connection from the Congregational Church of New England, he was licensed by the Classis of Passaic and ordained by the Classis of New Brunswick. That same year, 1878, he became pastor of the church in Griggstown, New Jersey, remaining as such for three years.
In 1881 he was called to the large and influential First Church of Raritan, Somerville, New Jersey, where he became greatly honored as a preacher and greatly beloved as a pastor. His ability and practical interest in affairs soon brought him to the general knowledge of the denomination and its institutions. In 1893 the General Synod chose him professor of didactic and polemic theology, later systematic theology, in the New Brunswick Theological Seminary. He filled this office until his death nearly thirty years later.
As a teacher and as a man he won the confidence and affection of the students and continued to be their helper and adviser after their graduation. Bringing into the life and management of the Seminary his aptness for affairs, he became president of the faculty in 1902, and chairman of the official committee on grounds and buildings, holding these positions with his professorship to the end. He was also an influential member of allied institutions and boards.
From 1898 he was one of the trustees of Rutgers College and from 1906 he was secretary of the board. He was a member of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church from 1894 and vice-president of it from 1896. In 1917 he was chosen president of the General Synod of the Church. He was president of the Council of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches.
His publications were chiefly sermons, addresses on special occasions, and contributions to papers and periodicals. He prepared for his students an "Outline Sketch of Theological Encyclopedia" (1907) and was incessantly useful in the drawing up of thorough and important reports for the committees of official bodies to which he belonged. In addition to intellectual clearness he exhibited a singularly spiritual quality in his preaching and conduct of worship, which was made the more appealing by his unusually rich and sympathetic voice.
He died in 1922.
Achievements
John Preston Searle was Professor of Systematic Theology at New Brunswick Theological Seminary for thirty years. He was one of the founders of the Council of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches, an officer of the Arabian Mission, as well as served as president of the General Synod. His most famous work - "Outline Sketch of Theological Encyclopedia" (1907) .
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Views
Searle was insistent on a sound theology and was well furnished with the learning related to it.
Personality
Searle had intellectual gifts and preaching ability.
Connections
On December 12, 1882, John Preston Searle was married to Susan Bovey, of Cherokee, Iowa, by whom he had four children. He had at least two sons, Robert W. Searle and Raymond B. Searle.
