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Referring to this period, Dr. Bachman wrote : 

 " The establishment of our church in the South, was 

 a source of greater anxiety to my mind than even 

 the prosperity of my own congregation. I came as 

 a pioneer in our holy cause. There was but a single 

 Lutheran Synod in the Southern States that of 

 North Carolina, which had recently been organized, 

 and we had no theological school." 



The next year (1824), it was proposed that a 

 Synod should be formed in South Carolina ; the 

 Pastor of St. John's hailed the prospect with enthu- 

 siasm. He was not present at the preliminary meet- 

 ing; but, at its first convention, he transferred his 

 membership from the Synod of New York to that 

 of South Carolina. It was his privilege, at this 

 meeting, to assist at the ordination of Christopher F. 

 Bergman. 



In 1817, Revs. Philip Henkel and Joseph Bell, 

 undertook to establish a Classical and Theological 

 Seminary, in Green County, Tenn. The Tennessee 

 Synod, at its meeting (1818), in view of the great 

 need of such an institution, expressed its satisfac- 

 tion, and promised its fostering care. " A letter," 

 say the minutes of that year, " was also read, from 

 Rev. John Bachman, pastor in Charleston, S. C., in 

 which he expressed his great desire that a Seminary 

 for the education of Ministers should be established, 

 and assured us that his congregation would gladly 

 contribute towards the support of the enterprise." 

 This pledge was fulfilled. The minutes of the Ten- 

 nessee Synod for 1819 record " $221.75 a contribu- 



