Defe^nse of Luther. olO' 



ciated the fact, that in the public defense of Luther 

 he acted not from personal feelings, but from prin- 

 ciple and a sense of duty. 



We recall a hospitable home, under the shadow of 

 St. John's Church. The aged host, Mr. P., though 

 a Roman Catholic, delighted to entertain and to 

 refresh the Pastor of St. John's. 



On the occasion of a serious railroad accident, 

 near Branchville, S. C, Dr. Bachman was at hand 

 and gave efficient aid to the sorely bruised and 

 wounded. With words of sympathy and encourage- 

 ment, he endeavored to sustain their fainting cour- 

 age, until the means of transportation could be 

 obtained. Among the sufferers was a Mr. R., a 

 Romanist, who, from that hour, frequently expressed 

 in grateful terms his admiration for a man whose 

 charity was not confined to those of his own creed 

 and confession. 



In 1853, Dr. Bachman publislied ''A Dejmse of 

 Luther and the Lleformation." 



He writes in his preface to the same: 



At the commencement of the controversy, I had 

 no idea of writing more than four or five articles in 

 defense of Luther. Having, however, been con- 

 tinually goaded on by the attacks and denunciation?^ 

 of the Catholic Miscellani/, I concluded that my in- 

 domitable opponents could be best met by carrying- 

 war into their own camp. I had hitherto been dis- 

 posed to leave the cause of Protestantism to the 

 defense of those better skilled in controversial theol^ 

 ogy : the attack, however, on Luther, in my own 

 city, under cir(;umstances most aggravated and 



