The  name  of  Mr.  Rodgers  appeared  among
the  subscribers  to  this  letter  *.  He  did  not,
however,  subscribe  his  own  name  to  it.  Not
being  even  present,  when  it  was  signed,  a  par-
ticular friend  of  his,  who  was  an  actual  subscri-
ber himself,  who  knew  the  zeal  of  Mr.  Rodgers
in  every  thing  which  had  for  its  object  the  pro-
motion of  vital  religion,  and  who  did  not  doubt,
for  a  moment,  that,  if  he  had  been  present,  he

*  The  names  of  the  eighteen  ministers  who  appeared  as
subscribers,  were,  Gilbert  Tennent,  William  Tennent,
Samuel  Daviea,  John  Blair,  Charles  Tennent,  Moses
Tuttle,  Charles  Me  Knight,  Benjamin  Chesnut,  William
Ramsey,  John  Rodgers,  James  Finley,  Abraham  Keteltas,
John  Roan,  Abner  Brush,  John  Moffat,  Alexander  Mac-
ivhorter,  Robert  Smith*  and  Samuel  Kennedy.
108  St.  Georges.
would  have  joined  with  his  friends,  took  the
liberty  of  putting  down  his  name,  as  well  as  his
own.  Though  this  unwarrantable  procedure
gave  Mr.  Rodgers  a  fair  opportunity  of  making
a  public  disavowal  of  any  concern  in  the  busi-
ness ;  and  though  he  was  urged  to  make  such  a
publication ;  yet  the  delicacy  of  his  friendship  to
the  excellent  man  who  had  taken  this  improper
liberty  ;  together,  it  is  probable,  with  some  lurk-
ing doubt  whether,  if  he  had  been  present,  he
would  not  have  given  his  name  with  the  rest  of
his  brethren ;  induced  him  to  forbear  such  a
measure,  and  to  take  his  share  of  the  current
ridicule  and  censure.
