430 John Bachman. 



Love, fruitful in devices, kept the bier within the 

 altar covered for six months, with fragrant flowers 

 the emblems of the resurrection. 



[From Lutheran Visitor, by the Editor, A. R. Rude, D. P.] 



Died, in Charleston, S. C., Tuesday, February 24th, 

 at 930, "A. M., Reo. John 'Bachman, D. D., 

 LL. D., D. Ph., Aged 84 Years and 20 Days, 



Fully prepared long ago, watching, waiting; for, 

 as he often had declared, his work was done; calmly, 

 peacefully, without a sigh, he slept, the spirit went 

 to Jesus, and those who stood around the bed could 

 not tell whether it was life or death. 



Honored by all who knew him, loved by all whom 

 he ministered to in holy things, a wise counsellor, 

 a devoted friend, a learned man, a fervent patriot, 

 but, best of all, a devoted Christian, a faithful 

 minister of the Gospel, an example to all; in him 

 his family, society, and the Church have lost one 

 whose like we know not where to seek, whose place 

 we know not who can fill. Even for the last two 

 years, when unable to appear in public, unable to 

 serve at the altar and in the pulpit, and confined to 

 the house and the sick-room, he yet was a tower of 

 strength, a shining and burning light, and a living 

 witness of the blessed truth, that " now abideth 

 Faith, Hope and Charity, these three, but tho 

 greatest of these is Charity?' 



Though a learned man, though he had known 

 every plant '* From the Jn/ssop on the ivall, to t/ie 

 cedar on Lebanon " every beast, creeping thing and 

 bird of many lands, he, during the closing years, 

 forgot all. The works he lost sight of. the Work- 

 man, the Creator, he remembered ; the sciences 

 were to him things of the dead pa<4 ; the Bible was 

 to the last his precious all. The Psalms, the words 



