CHAPTER XXI. 



D E F E N S E O F L U T H E R . 



Pp:rsoxal hecollections, by dr. summp:ks — defknsk ok 

 luther and the reformation — lines on a flyleaf, by 

 dr. johv l. girardeau — natural history for children — 

 hobbies — snuff. 



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R. SUxMMERS ill liis " Personal Recolledions 

 writes : 



" I never knew a man, who bad more regard for 

 "our poor relations" tlian Dr. Bachman. It was 

 not confined to the noble horse and sagacious dog ; 

 but it seemed to embrace every thing that had the 

 breath of life. 



" The Doctor was so seated in the hearts of his 

 })arishioners, that they almost worshipped him. In- 

 deed, he Avas reverenced by nearly the whole com- 

 munity. He was not much loved by the infidels, 

 wliose *' science falsely so called," he so utterly de- 

 molished. Some of our Roman Catholic brethren 

 disliked him and not without cause. He defended 

 the character of Luther from their defamations ; ex- 

 ])osed the licentious doctrines contained in Den's 

 Theology, one of their text books, which they 

 nffected to deny, and carried the war into Africa, 

 by showing the demoralizing influence of the Con- 

 fessional. '■'' '•' * * In his conti'oversy with the 

 papists, the Doctor was goaded to unusual severity." 



While some of his Roman Catholic brethren, 

 may have disliked him heartily, yet others appre- 



