88 John Bachman. 



" It was necessary that a professor to the in- 

 stitution should be elected, and that he should 

 enter at once upon the discharge of his duties. 

 Every eye among the clergy and laity, was imme- 

 diately directed to Mr. Schwartz. He received a 

 unanimous vote as professor of theology. For a 

 time, his feelings almost prevented the power of 

 utterance. At length, he proceeded to thank us for 

 our favorable opinion ; stated his sense of his in- 

 capacity to discharge the duties of the position to 

 which he had been appointed ; pointed out its 

 difficulties; but signified his willingness to under- 

 take it, by the help of God, and entreated our 

 prayers and intercessions. The youth of the indi- 

 vidual, the occasion, the importance of the subject, 

 and his eloqueni address, melted the whole audience 

 into tears. 



" Unwilling to resign the charge of several con- 

 gregations in Newberry, until the year had expired, 

 at the suggestion of the Synod, he concluded to 

 secure a house sufficiently large to enable him to 

 receive theological students in his home, until the 

 permanent location of the Theological Seminary." 



February, 1831, the Theological Seminary opened 

 with flattering prospects. Professor Schwartz soon 

 expressed his fears that if many more came, they 

 could not be accommodated. 



" John Bachman," says one, " was the ruling 

 spirit of the Synod ; for eight consecutive years, he 

 was elected president, and wisely guided the coun- 

 sels of that body." 



His ardent desires and bright hopes for the 

 establishment of the Church of the Reformation 

 in the South seemed now about to be realized. 



