CHAPTER II. 

 PASTOR or ST. JOHN'S. 



CALLED TO ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. CHARLESTON, s. c. EARLY MIN- 

 ISTRY LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE OF THE NEW ST. 

 JOHN'S MARRIAGE JOHN NICHOLAS MARTIN BIRTH OF 

 DAUGHTER SECOND VISIT TO HIS NORTHERN HOME. 



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HE subject of this memoir writes : 



"I would gladly have spent the remainder of my 

 days among the friends and relatives of my boyhood 

 and early youth. A hemorrhage of the lungs, how- 

 ever, with which I had been attacked whilst at col- 

 lege, was making a fearful inroad on my health, and I 

 was advised by my physicians to seek relief in a more 

 Southern climate. I took a sea voyage to the West 

 Indies, and recuperated greatly. On my return to 

 Rheinbeck I found that a call had been sent from 

 the congregation in Charleston, S. C., to the Presi- 

 dent of the Synod of New York, Dr. Q.uitman, with 

 a request that he should recommend some clergy- 

 man who might be adapted to this field of labor. 

 He was the father of General Quitman, and was 

 regarded as one of the most learned and eloquent 

 men of his day. He, and my ever faithful friend, 

 Dr. Mayer, of Philadelphia, proposed 1113^ name to 

 the Charleston congregation. They immediately 

 sent me a call to become their pastor. After con- 

 sulting with my family and congregation, they 

 reluctantly gave me leave of absence . for nine 

 months. 



" An extra meeting of the Synod of New York had 



