P(/N/or at Gifead. 25 



When he delivered his farewell sermon in Gilead, 

 the voice of lamentation and weeping tilled the 

 house. At the close of the services they joined with 

 him in singing a hymn the writer (Rev. Barnett) 

 remembers to have heard in childhood, but which 

 is no longer familiar. The first line was : 



" I'll take my staff and travel on." 



The subject of this memoir has left in his memo- 

 randa this grateful record: "1 was especially in- 

 debted to Dr. Quitman, of Rheinbeck ; to Rev. A. 

 Brown, of New York : and to Dr. Mayer, of Phila- 

 delphia, for their instructions while I was a student 

 in Theology." 



Rev. Dr. Quitman and Rev. Dr. Philip Mayer, of 

 Philadelphia, are thus described : " They were re- 

 markable men, of polished learning, courtly man- 

 ners and noble bearing. Quitman had been a 

 teacher in the family of the Prince of Waldeck. 

 They kept the traditions of a State Church and 

 -firistocratic society. They were good pastors. They 

 have left behind them a social influence, still fra- 

 grant and wholesome. Their spiritual children are 

 remarkable for their lofty integrity.* 



These Christian gentlemen, doubtless, contributed 

 towards the moulding of John Bachman's charac- 

 ter; and the gracious manner which distinguished 

 him through life, may, in part, be attributed to 

 those early influences and associations. 



*Rev. Edward T. Horn, in Yrar Booh of flw City of Charks- 

 lon, 1S84. 



