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•inaii gave the sermon force, and to his kind words a 

 healing virtue. In literar}- circles, in public places, 

 at a country house, in Synod, he was the centre. It 

 is easy to see, as we read the dry reports of Synods, 

 how inurdi he was respected, how proud all were of 

 him, how fearful of offending him. He must pre- 

 side at every Synodical Communion, he must take 

 part in every ordination, and what he and his 

 church are doing, was spoken of, as if it were every- 

 body's pride. Lofty in principle, pure of heart, 

 zealous, tender, and simple as a child in his trust in 

 God, John Bach man, by his own fidelity, has made 

 the past and the future of St. John's congrega- 

 tion."* 



We have seen, that in his early ministry in a 

 Southern field, he was among the pioneers ot the 

 Lutheran Church. The battle for the revival of the 

 doctrinal basis of the Lutheran Church had then 

 scarcely begun. He preached few doctrinal ser- 

 mons. Dr. Bach man's spirit was, eminently pro- 

 gressive. This is apparent, when we remember the 

 part he took in the formation of the Southern Gene- 

 ral Synod of to-day, whose unmistakable tendency 

 from its infancy was toward confessional, historical 

 Lutheranism. 



We can never forget his eager desire for the pub- 

 lication of the Southern Book of Worship — a ritual 

 thoroughly Lutheran in character. We remember 

 his joy when his congregation willingly adopted the 

 new book, in place of the old New York " Hymns 

 and Liturgy." Many can recall, his earnest, per- 



*City of Charleston Year Book, Edward T. Horn, D. D. 



