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Leopold, Catliolic Archbishop of Salzburg, was 

 also instrumental in bringing valuable accessions 

 of German settlers to America. Driven by fierce 

 cruelty from the Noric Alps in Bavaria, the Salz- 

 burgers gladly emigrated to America. The sympa- 

 thies of all Protestant lands were aroused. The 

 historian, Bancroft, writes, " A noble army of mar- 

 tyrs going forth in the strength of God, marshalled 

 under no banners, save that of the Cross and pre- 

 ceded by no leaders, save their spiritual teachers 

 and the great Captain of their salvation." All 

 Protestant Europe bade them Godspeed. 



The Salzburgers reached America in 1734. Be- 

 fore the Revolutionary war, they had built two 

 churches in Georgia, one at Ebenezer and the other 

 at Savannah. 



In 1823, the Pastor of St. John's, received leave of 

 absence from his Church to visit these places, and 

 learn if the congregations still existed. He found 

 that the small building then erected, had been se- 

 questered. (In 1797, the Church at Savannah had 

 been destroyed by fire. On that occasion, St. John's 

 Church, Charleston, contributed |oOO towards re- 

 building it.) 



Rev. Dr. Bernheim writes, * '' Dr. Bachman's 

 visit to Savannah was not one moment too soon. 

 By means of his well directed and energetic labors, 

 a congregation was organized, and Rev. S. A. Mealy, 

 who had received his theological training from Dr. 



*German Settlements in the Carolinas, by G. D. Bern- 

 heim, D.D. 



