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illustrated with sentences and quotations. But, 

 from the shortness of time, and the great heat, 

 (August 29th), he did not show us any other outlet, 

 and we were obliged to return by those six steps, 

 and finish where we had begun."* 



We may hope that the heat, etc., had its full share 

 in the short comings of that particular sermon, 

 delivered by our brave, useful, and beloved an- 

 cestor. 



In 1774, a letter was sent to Pastor Martin, be- 

 seeching him to serve his old charge. He replied, 

 " In compliance with the desire of the vestry, 

 (St. John's), I will serve the Evangelical congrega- 

 tion of Charleston, one and a half years, etc. Deo 

 volente, will take charge the first Sunday in Advent." 

 When the time of this engagement drew to a close 

 and there was no hope of obtaining a pastor from 

 abroad, Pastor Martin was induced to engage for 

 two years longer. The subject of our Memoir tells 

 us, " During the stormy season of the Revolution 

 the Germans of Charleston had been the strenuous 

 advocates and defenders of the rights of their 

 adopted country. ' The German Fusilier Company ' 

 was formed from the original members of St. John's 

 congregation. They participated in the dangers 

 and sufferings of the Revolution, and their captain 

 fell at the siege of Savannah. Their pastor, the 

 Rev. John Nicholas Martin, on his refusal to 

 pray for the king, was driven from his church and 



*Life and Times of H. M Muhlenberg, by W. J. 

 Mann, D. D. 



