350 John Bachman. 



suasive words, recommending its adoption by the 

 whole Southern Church. 



In his old age, perhaps, the strongest desire of his 

 heart, was that all English-speaking Lutherans 

 should have a Common Service. We find him sug- 

 gesting and urging the same, and when prevented 

 by age and feebleness from attending the General 

 Synod that met at Winchester, Va., in 1870, ex- 

 pressing to his brethren, by letter, the burden of his 

 heart's desire — uniformity in Books of Worship — in 

 other words, a Common Service for the whole 

 Church. 



The Pastor of St. John's was broad in his Christian 

 charity. Dr. Summers records : " When in Eng- 

 land, Dr. Bachman visited the Oxford divines, 

 Pusey, Newman, and others, and, on his return, 

 spoke of them as learned, well-meaning, though 

 misguided men." 



His Lutheranism was sturdy and uncompromis- 

 ing. The anxious bench, etc., found no favor in his 

 eyes. On one occasion wlien a revival of religion 

 stirred tlie hearts of the community of Charleston, 

 Dr. Bachman decided to open his Church for a short, 

 daily . service. He asked no assistance from his 

 brother ministers. The services were continued for 

 a week ; the attendance was large; but there was no 

 undue excitement. Before the close of the week, a 

 few over-zealous members suggested a mourner's 

 bcncJi, but Dr. Bachman declined to comply, on the 

 ground that such an institution would not be in ac- 

 cordance with Lutheran teaching and usage, whicli 



