426 John Bachman. 



hymn (Book of Worship), x^fter reading the line 

 " Trust in tJie mercy of thy God" 1 asked, "Do you 

 trust only in the Lord Jesus ?" The answer came 

 —"Yes" — clear and loud, all in the room heard it. 

 Thanks be to God for all the abundant testimony to 

 His glorious Gospel ! 



Revds. Honour and Bowman came in. Mr. 

 Honour asked '' Shall I read to you ?" he answered 

 in the affirmative, and his favorite hymns were 

 selected. Then we sang — the whole family were in 

 the room. It was a blessed scene and I pray God 

 that it may be sanctified to us all. 



From Rev. Dr. WigJdmau. 



" I knew Dr. Bachman long, loved him well, and 

 was honored with a place at his bedside. He called 

 no man ''fatJier ;" but as an independent Christian 

 philosopher, he brought into harmony the moral 

 and material universe, and then fearlessly, in the 

 very face of so-called science, pronounced his deci- 

 sions in favor of the truth as it is in Christ. How 

 ought such a man to die? There he lay on his 

 couch serene and beautiful, with his white locks 

 falling over his temples, and with a loving family 

 caressingly gathered around his pillow. Though 

 the great intellect had already set, yet the twilight 

 before the approaching night, was so calm and sweet 

 and radiant with the lingering light of a life spent 

 for Christ, that the scene ot that death-bed appeared 

 to be just under the shadow of heaven." 



The flowers he loved best were placed near him ; 

 his chamber was not darkened — only the glare of 

 liglit shut out. As he lay there " under the shadow 



