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| [{{::bishop_john_williams.jpg?350 |Bishop John Williams, before 1875. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34505989|Trinity College Archives]]}}] | [{{::bishop_john_williams.jpg?350 |Bishop John Williams, before 1875. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34505989|Trinity College Archives]]}}] |
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| The young Williams was ordained deacon and later priest by former first president of Washington College, [[brownell_thomas_church|Thomas C. Brownell]]. Between 1837 and 1840, Williams tutored students in Ancient Languages. However, he also served as a back channel, communicating about the "Low Church Party" at Washington College, to the Reverend Jarvis, who had left in 1837 for Middletown, Connecticut, taking his library from Trinity with him. Williams furthered the cause of High Churchmen with his presidency in 1839-1841 of the Associate Alumni of Washington College. He became a member of the [[house_of_convocation|House of Convocation]], which placed Bishop Brownell into the newly-created position of Chancellor of Washington College, as well as President of the [[trustees|Board of Trustees]]. | The young Williams was ordained deacon and later priest by former first president of Washington College, [[brownell_thomas_church|Thomas C. Brownell]]. Between 1837 and 1840, Williams tutored students in Ancient Languages. However, he also served as a back channel, communicating about the "Low Church Party" at Washington College, to the Reverend Jarvis, who had left in 1837 for Middletown, Connecticut, taking his library from Trinity with him. Williams furthered the cause of High Churchmen with his presidency in 1839-1841 of the Associate Alumni of Washington College. He became a member of the [[house_of_convocation|House of Convocation]], which placed Bishop Brownell into the newly-created position of [[chancellor_of_the_college|Chancellor]] of Washington College, as well as President of the [[trustees|Board of Trustees]]. |
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| Williams had been serving for six years as Rector of St. George's Church in Schenectady, New York, at the time of his election as president of Trinity College in 1848. He strongly influenced the College's direction towards the teaching of theology. Theological students soon attended Trinity in greater numbers, which led to the adoption of [[theology_department|a full course of theology]] by the Trinity Board of Trustees in 1851. President Williams even fulfilled the increasingly important role of professor of the Bible and Theology. Publishing several books on biblical topics, by 1851 he was named Hobart Professor of History and Literature. He thought History was a subject that ought to be required for undergraduates at Trinity, though he believed it should be taught "with a constant reference to the Holy Scriptures." | Williams had been serving for six years as Rector of St. George's Church in Schenectady, New York, at the time of his election as president of Trinity College in 1848. He strongly influenced the College's direction towards the teaching of theology. Theological students soon attended Trinity in greater numbers, which led to the adoption of [[theology_department|a full course of theology]] by the Trinity Board of Trustees in 1851. President Williams even fulfilled the increasingly important role of professor of the Bible and Theology. Publishing several books on biblical topics, by 1851 he was named Hobart Professor of History and Literature. He thought History was a subject that ought to be required for undergraduates at Trinity, though he believed it should be taught "with a constant reference to the Holy Scriptures." |
| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 86, 89, 92-96, 113-115, 118, 124, 143-144, 242. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 86, 89, 92-96, 113-115, 118, 124, 143-144, 242. |
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