President of the General Synod. 93 



Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon you in con- 

 sideration of your literary and scientific attainments, 

 and 3'our zeal and activity in advancing the cause 

 of virtue and religion. 



'' The duty of making this communication has 

 been assigned to me, as I had the pleasure to origi- 

 nate the resolution. It afforded me no ordinary 

 gratification thus to evince the high personal regard 

 and friendship which I entertain for you. 



" Having thus discharged my official duty, let me 

 repeat my regret, that I was unable to reach Gettys- 

 burg in time to meet you there. I was anxious to 

 converse largely with you on many topics of interest 

 to our Zion ; and even supposed that our com- 

 munion on these subjects might be of future use to 

 the church. ' S. S. S." 



The South Carolina Synod, in 1833, had united 

 with the General Synod, North. The Pastor of St. 

 John's was elected President of this bodv in, 1835, 



