CHAPTER XXIII. 

 WORK FOR THE CHURCH. 



AT SrXTY-EIGHT VIGOROUS AND HOPEFUL EVEN TENOR OF LIFB 

 BROKEN BY DEATH OF A BELOVED DAUGHTER SERMON ON 

 FORTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF MINISTRY IN CHARLESTON 

 AS PREACHER AND PASTOR PROGRESSIVE SPIRIT SOUTH- 

 ERN BOOK OF WORSHIP A COMMON SERVICE LUTHER ANISM[ 



STURDY AND UNCOMPROMISING NEWBERRY COLLEGE DRS. 



STORK AND BROWN. 



In 1858, at the age of sixty-eight, Dr. Bach man 

 spoke of himself as an old man ; but, in fact, he was 

 then scarcely beyond the prime of his rich, full life. 

 We quote his words, used after anxious and exhaust- 

 ing labors; "I know a cure, a run into the country, 

 and an ambling pony. Providence has smiled up- 

 on me, and I find myself enjoying life and able to 

 accomplish a certain amount of labor" and this 

 was no small amount. 



In the winter-home of his son-in-law, Mr. W. E. 

 Haskell, he enjoyed, besides his panacea, "country 

 air and horseback exercise," the society and devoted 

 attentions of his daughter, Harriet Eva, Mrs. W. E. 

 Haskell. There was a singular congeniality of tem- 

 perament between father and daughter ; alike ener- 

 getic, buoyant, and loving, the interchange of visits, 

 after her marriage, was looked forward to with mu- 

 tual delight. 



