CHAPTER XXVI. 

 AFTER THE WAR. 



AN ASSISTANT PASTOR ENGAGED ADDRESS ON HUMBOLDT FIFTY- 

 FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SERMON REV. W. W. HICKS ELECTED 

 CO-PASTOR PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF ST. JOHN'S OPPO- 

 SITION THE SCHEME ABANDONED RESIGNATION OF CO-PAS- 

 TOR ACCEPTED REV. JOHN H. HOnOUR ELECTED ASSOCIATE 

 PASTOR FRUIT AFTER MANY DAYS A GRANDSON STl'DIES 

 FOR THE MINISTRY. 



JANUARY, 1869, a committee was appointed to con- 

 J fer with Dr. Bachman with regard to an assistant 

 for St. John's. Just at that time Rev. W. W. Hicks, 

 of the Dutch Reformed Church, arrived in Charles- 

 ton, and was introduced to the Pastor of St. John's. 

 The former visited him and spent hours in his 

 study. His impressive reading of the Bible touched 

 the Doctor's heart. Mr. Hicks signified his willing- 

 ness to serve him as an assistant, and expressed a 

 desire to leave the Dutch Reformed Church and to 

 join the Lutheran. He was engaged for six months. 

 On the 14th of September, 1869, the centennial 

 anniversary of the birth of Humboldt occurred. Dr. 

 Bachman's German fellow-citizens urged him, on 

 the ground of his personal acquaintance with the 

 great scientist, to prepare an address for the occa- 

 sion. Although he hesitated at first, his heart 



