Pastor at Gilead. 25 



When he delivered his farewell sermon in Gilead, 

 the voice of lamentation and weeping filled the 

 house. At the close of the services they joined with 

 him in singing a hymn the writer (Rev. Barnett) 

 remembers to have heard in childhood, but which 

 is no longer familiar. The first line was : 



"I'll take my staff and travel on." 



The subject of this memoir has left in his memo- 

 randa this grateful record : " I was especially in- 

 debted to Dr. Quitman, of Rheinbeck ; to Rev. A. 

 Brown, of New York ; and to Dr. Mayer, of Phila- 

 delphia, for their instructions while I was a student 

 in Theology." 



Rev. Dr. Quitman and Rev. Dr. Philip Mayer, of 

 Philadelphia, are thus described : " They were re- 

 markable men, of polished learning, courtly man- 

 ners and noble bearing. Quitman had been a 

 teacher in the family of the Prince of Waldeck. 

 They kept the traditions of a State Church and 

 aristocratic society. They were good pastors. They 

 have left behind them a social influence, still fra- 

 grant and wholesome. Their spiritual children are 

 remarkable for their lofty integrity.* 



These Christian gentlemen, doubtless, contributed 

 towards the moulding of John Bachman's charac- 

 ter ; and the gracious manner which distinguished 

 him through life, may, in part, be attributed to 

 those early influences and associations. 



*Rev. Edward T. Horn, in Year Bool of the City of Charles- 

 ion, 1884. 



