pon Cutbush, who proceeded to deliver courses on these
subjects.

Desirous of learning something in regard to St. John's College, the
authorities of St. John's Lutheran Church were consulted. It must be
remembered that this is the oldest English-speaking Lutheran Church in
America. It was founded by General Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, and a
unique distinction of this church is that in a period of 113 years it
has had but three pastors. Nothing in the minutes of the church showed
that a movement toward the establishment of a college had ever been
made. Moreover, search in the archives of the State Department failed
to bring to light the granting of a charter for an institution bearing
the name of St. John's College, although in an old directory of
Philadelphia, reference is made to St. John's College, and to the fact
that Cutbush was Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Natural
Philosophy in it. The same source of information declared that "the
lectures were held back of St. John's Church in Race Street." It may
be questioned whether Messrs. Goodman, Greiner and Braeutigam, who
were the leaders of the congregation in the early years of 1800, and
enthusiasts in regard to the reformation in education, did not,
perhaps, carry out their thought without consulting the rest of their
church associates. In the history of the church there is a singular
reference to the purchase of houses and lots which were known as "the
fourteen chimneys" and the statement is made that the object of the
purchase is not given. These "fourteen chimneys" may have been the
buildings back of St. John's Church on Race Street.

Benjamin Smith Barton was another professor in St. John's College, who
devoted himself to Natural History and Botany. Mr. Greiner, who was
associated with Messrs. Goodman and Braeutigam also taught in the
institution, and the head of the college or school was a Mr. Bachman,
who later became a Lutheran clergyman and naturalist of high repute in
South Carolina.

It is interesting at this far-away day to note the purposes of the
Society for the promotion of education as set forth in its
constitution. Among other things, it is said "the education of youth
in useful knowledge ought to be a primary object with parents and
friends, that more especially ought every endeavour to be made in a
religious community to lay a sure and solid foundation for every moral
and social virtue. Impressed with a conviction of this important
truth, a