CHAPTER XXIV. 



The Beginning of the War. 



Colored congregation — iiis defence — old plenty — boston 



DRAYTON — BISHOP PAYNE— JEHU JONES — SERMON ON DUTY 

 OP THE CHRISTIAN TO IIIS COUNTRY — THE ORDINANCE OF 

 SECESSION — LETTER TO EDMUND RUFFIN— TAKES IIOSTITAL 

 STORES TO VIRGINIA — A COMFORTER TO HIS GRANDSON — 

 MEASLES — UNEXPECTED VISITORS — BREAD CAST ON THE 

 WATERS — FOUND INSEN^SIBLE— ST. JOHN'S CHURCH CLOSED. 



IN 1860, Dr. Bachman's pastorate in Charleston 

 had extended over forty-five years, and the con- 

 gregation under his charge was at the zenith of its 

 prosperity. 



The Minutes for that year record 560 communi- 

 cants — 370 white and 190 black. 



Sunday-school for the whites : Teachers, 20 ; 

 pupils, 120. 



For the blacks : Teachers, 32 ; pupils, 150. 



The two-story lecture-room, huilt in 1831, was 

 especially adapted for the use of two schools. The 

 upper story was occupied by the white school, and 

 the hasement by the colored. 



Dr. Bachman's laborious and successful work 

 among the negroes of his adopted city has been, 

 perhaps, overlooked or overshadowed by his achieve- 

 ments in other directions. 



In this field his power as an organizer, was 



