"6. That in the present situation of the professorate, while the Synod is destitute of funds to render their appointment independent, and while the professor remains in any measure connected with the congregation at New-York, means should be used to prevail upon that Consistory and congregation, to consent to a dispensation of a part of the parochial duties of the professor, and to obtain from them, for the benefit of all the churches, that he shall be held to preach only once on every Lord's-day, and attend the consistorial meetings, when necessary and convenient; but that the remainder of his time and labour, which may be four days in every week, shall be by him devoted to the immediate business of his appointment, as professor in theology."

"7. That for this purpose, a committee be also appointed, to confer with the professor and the Consistory of the Church at New-York, and to make such arrangements with the said Consistory, in relation to the salary of the professor, as shall be honourable and equitable."

"8. That upon settling what may be necessary with the congregation of New-York, the professor be requested to embrace the first prudent measures of retirement to any place contiguous to the

said city, which he may judge most convenient and eligible, for prosecuting the important purposes of the professorate, as long as he remains connected with the ministerial duties in the city; and that the Synod engage to give him all their support and countenance; while they strenuously, in the mean time, exert themselves to obtain the means for fixing him in a proper and independent manner, at the place determined on as the most suitable for a Divinity-Hall."

9. That the General Synod do immediately, and without delay, take the most effectual measures for raising a fund, to render their professorate independent of any particular or individual congregation; and for that purpose, the committee recommend, that the former resolution respecting collections to be made in all the Churches, and which was revived in the last particular Synod, be now adopted and made to originate, with renewed vigour, from this General Synod; with this variation only, that instead of constituting the Consistory of New-York the keepers of the fund to be raised, there be three persons joined with Mr. Peter Wilson, who shall be Trustees for that purpose, until some other measures be adopted by the General Synod, for rendering the agency in that business more safe and easy."

"10. That as it is the object and wish of the Synod, to obtain the assistance of more than one professor, as soon as the Churches shall put it in the power of Synod to maintain more, so the committee recommend, that this be held up to the public view, as an inducement to increase the funds, and render them productive for supporting not only one, but a sufficient number, if possible, to constitute a faculty of theology."

"11. As it appears from a representation made to this General Synod, by a committee from the Trustees of Queen's College, that no union of that institution with the Trustees of Princeton College, has taken place, or will probably be ever again attempted, the committee recommend, that the act of the last particular Synod, prohibiting the payment of certain moneys collected conditionally, under the patronage of the Synod, in favour of the College of Brunswick, be no longer in force; but that the persons holding any such moneys thus collected, do forthwith remit the same to the Trustees of Queen's College, or pay them to their order."

In pursuance of the request contained in this important document, the Doctor, as soon as he could conveniently, made the necessary arrangements for a removal. The Consistory of the Church consent

ed to what the Synod had proposed, with the understanding, that he should receive, while he rendered them but half the usual service, but half the usual salary, which was certainly a reasonable stipulation; and, to supply the lack of service that would be caused by his removal, in the autumn of 1795, they called the Rev. Mr. Abeel, of Philadelphia, to become one of their pastors. The following spring, he left the city, to occupy a place which he had purchased at Bedford, a little village on Long Island, about two miles from Brooklyn; and here, when fixed in his new resi. dence, he opened his Divinity-Hall with very cheering prospects.

But it must be obvious that, in complying with the wishes of the Synod, he not only sustained a considerable pecuniary loss, as he relinquished a moiety of his regular stipend from the Church, and numerous perquisites, which, as its senior minister, he had been in the habit of receiving, but also subjected himself to no little inconvenience, and, in a measure, exposed his health and life. There were, at that time, no steam-boats moving upon our waters; and the passage between Long Island and NewYork, in the boats then in use, was seldom an agreeable, and oft times, especially in the winter season, was a very dangerous one; but he must be every Sabbath, at least once, in his pulpit ; and other du

ties would make it necessary for him frequently to visit the city. In this view, and taking into consideration the fact, that he had nothing to expect from the Synod but their approbation-that they could neither make nor promise him any other remuneration, it must be confessed, that he now made sacrifices, and evinced a disinterestedness, a submissive temper, and a regard for the good of the Church at large, which justly entitled him to respect and gratitude.

The great motive to a removal was, the hope of being in this situation, more useful as professor, than he had ever been before :-and for a while, the hope was partially realized. Well known as a sound and learned divine-having the requisite leisure for the due performance of his duty-and the expense of boarding in the country being much less than in the city, the number of students immediately increased, and he was encouraged to believe, that the plan which had been adopted for establishing a theological school, would be crowned with complete success; but his expectations, however warrantable, as founded upon the late act of the Synod, in which that body had displayed a commendable earnestness and zeal in behalf of the professorate, and also, upon the favourable commencement of the enterprise, were soon and suddenly disappointed.