Excerpt from The Science of Language and the Study of the New Testament, Being the Inaugural Lecture Delivered on January 30th, 1906
The history of this Lectureship, in connexion with which I have the honour of appearing before you to-night, illustrates the many-sidedness of Greek Testament study. In other English Universities it has been the close preserve of the clergy, and has been associated with the special type of learning which finds its chosen field in the ponderous tomes of early Christian literature. But the Greenwood Lectureship has had a very different history. Founded sixteen years ago, by the munificence of Mr. C. J. Heywood, it bears the name of a layman, one who is not likely to be forgotten so long as this University is faithful to the ideals of its great Principal. But it does not merely perpetuate the memory of Principal Greenwood. It is intended to keep up the study of a subject he loved to teach. I have heard old pupils of his speak with peculiar warmth of the Greek Testament class Dr. Greenwood used to take, one which had no definite relation to degree courses, but consisted of students of all kinds, drawn together by the enthusiasm of his teaching, and the love of the subject which they shared with the unprofessional teacher. No wonder the University chose another layman to take charge of the subject when Dr. Greenwood's voice was heard no more! I feel that my election quite rudely breaks the succession - though, indeed, I may plead that Dr. Wilkins Alma Mater and my own would have regarded us as equally unelectrical had we sought her permission to teach theology within her walls.
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