George Burns is the author of A Pastor's Gift to His Parish Families, The National Church a National Treasure; Or the Excellencies of the Scottish Ecclesiastical Establishment Delineated; Being the Substance of a Sermon Delivered ... on the 11th November 1834, at the Opening of the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale, The National Church a National Treasure; Or, The Excellencies of the Scottish Ecclesiastical Establishment Delineated; Being the Substance of a Sermon Delivered in the High Church of Edinburgh, on the 11th November 1834, at the Opening of the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale. With an Appendix ... in which the Religious State of America is Particularly Brought Forward as the Result of Personal Observation, Prayers Adapted for Public Worship, Lectures and Sermons, Delivered in the Scots Church of Saint John, on Several Ordinary Occasions.