86 John Bacliman. 



tion t<j the Seminary from Kev. J. Bachmaii's con- 

 gregation." 



United action of the church, liowever, was lack- 

 ing. From this cause, the institution was short- 

 lived, and in 1820, Ave hear nothing more of the 

 Seminary in Tennessee. 



The pastor of St. John s had sought with frateriial 

 s[)irit to foster an institution begun in another 

 State ; its failure kindled in his heart a deeper 

 longing and more determined purpose, that, at no 

 distant day, by the blessing of God, a Seminary 

 should be founded at the South on a firmer basis. 



November, 1827, the Synod of South Carolina met 

 in St. John's Church, Charleston. On that occasion? 

 the l)eloved young Scliwartz, gave a report of a 

 missionary tour he had made through the middle 

 and upper districts of South Carolina. His re])ort 

 made a profound impression upon the Synod, and 

 stirred the heart of his father in Christ, who wrote, 



" John Schwartz brought to us a far more correct 

 account of tlie state and wants of the countr}', than 

 any we had before received ; and he has thus, enabled 

 us to see the necessity of renew^ed exertions to i)ro- 

 cure ministers, and to encourage our brethren in the 

 interior to build churches and to organize themselves 

 into congregations." 



In 1829, Rev. William D. Strobel, (his former stu- 

 dent), returned from New York to Charleston, and 

 immediately joined Mr. Schwartz in his missionary 

 work, and their zealous labors were greatly blest. 



The necessitv for the establishmentof a Theolooi- 



