CHAPTER VIII. 



1833. 

 ADDRESS ON HORTICULTURE ESSAY ox THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Pastor of St. John's regarded all God's 

 1 creatures as humble messengers and guides 

 to lead men to the feet of the Divine Teacher. As 

 he contemplated with the spiritual eye the marvel- 

 lous works of creation, penetrated with love and 

 gratitude to the Creator he sought to lead others to 

 study the wonderful '* Book of Nature." 



He was deeply interested, and mainly instru- 

 mental, in the formation of a Horticultural Society 

 in Charleston. In 1833, he was requested to 

 follow up his teachings with an address to the 

 Society. 



We have selected extracts from the same ; yet 

 these lack, of course, the continuity of the whole. 

 Besides, the facts and truths, perhaps familiar to 

 us, came to our fathers and mothers fresh and new. 

 The words, too, fell from the lips of one whose 

 patient, modest and unselfish labors, had won their 

 admiration and respect, To this must be added the 

 electrical presence, voice and smile of John Bach- 

 man. 



