American Society for the Education of Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry was organized in 1815 for the purpose of raising funds for college expenses of young men aiming to become Protestant clergymen. It was renamed American Education Society (AES) in 1820,[2] It was formed under a deep conviction that there was a deficiency of well qualified Protestant ministers, and that no method of supplying this deficiency appeared to be so effectual as that of educating, for the ministry, young men of suitable character who did not the means of educating themselves.[3] Later name changes included American College and Education Society (1874) and Congregational Education Society (1894).
- ^ Home Missionary, The (May 1888-April 1889), American Home Missionary Society, Presbyterian Historical Society, New York, 1888, p. 31
- ^ Monroe, Paul (ed.), Cyclopedia of Education, New York: Macmillan, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1vd73q7n – via HathiTrust 1911-1913
- ^ American Education Society (1826). A Brief View of the American Education Society, etc. Andover: Flagg and Gould. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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