The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-03-13

pastor Of 81. Johns Lutheran church !;
"anh though no longer able to preach
the gospel. he still manifestS the
l~ivcli~st i,:Hrcst in tie welfare and
prosperity in the Lutheran cnurch,
both III his own synod mnl in Anm:-
lea; and has but recently (March
2S,h, 1922 been permitted, in a re-
]rllni':" posture, to participate in the
dedication Of st. Matthew's German
Lutheran church of Charleston.' The
author says that DR.. Bachman was in
s"in*a'Iy r"mrctMl with the h;s-
tory of the Lutheran church in the
CarolinaS " rs one Of It's most use
"a, and prominent Minister'S
Dr.. Bernlleim quotes sume inter
r-iing extracts from an anniversary
sermon which DR.. Bacllman deliver
ed to his congregation on January
10Th. 1873, on the occasion Of his
having then been forty-three years
their pastor.
Among the quotations from DR..
Bachman 5 sermon "ivcn by Dr.. Bern
helm are:
con the l0tl, Of january. 1915, /
arrived III this city for the purpose
u! taking charge OF this congre@a-
ton. \ meeting Of tic ve>try Of tn
church took place on ,hr 18th. two
days afterwards. and the charge Of
the congregation was. in due form.
committed to my trust. This day,
then. is the forty-third anniversary,
of my arriv&! to tnea"e in the min-
iStry of this city .......... | was
licensed by the Lutheran synod Of
New York in 1913, having previous
~ been elected pastor OF three eon-
yre"ationS in The vicinity Of my own
nri"hb"rhood. in the county Of RenS-
Sclarr. \. Y. where would have
gladly spent the remainder of ny
days. among the friends and rcia-
t;vrS Of my boyhood and early youth.
\ hemorrha2c Of the lungs. however.
of which | had been attacked whilst
at college. was making Il fearful i'll
read IN my h%A2ih. ANA | was advised
mate. \ call had been sent from
this congregation to the president of
the synod Of New York, DR.. Quitman,
with a request that he should recon-
mend some clergyman who might be
adapted to Ibis field c. labor. He
and my ever faithful friend, DR..
Mayer. Of Philadelphia, proposed my
name to this congregation. They i'm
mc1iateiy sent me Il call to become
their pastor. After consultation with
my family and congregation, the re-
%luctantly gave me leave of a. zee
for nine months, during which time
the hope was expressed that my
health would be sufficiently restored
to enable me to RESUME my minister
ial labnrS among them. AS the Lu-
thcran church had scarcely an cxis-
fence in our Southern States, and as
we had no synod here. an extra meet
in" Of The synod Of New York was
convened in December. 1911. at
R%hincbeck, Duchess county, the place
Of my nativity, for The purpose Of
ordaining me. The ordination ser
vices were performed by DR.. Quit
man and the other officers Of the
Synod in the Lutheran church at
Rhincberk. where I mad been baptized
in :afancy. Without returning home,
I proceeded ON my way to this city,"
DR.. Bachman gave an account Of
the state Of the country at that time
the United States being Gin the
midst of a three years. var with the
most powerful of foreign nations"
On his arrival in Charleston. he said,
he "found our citizens working Oh
the lines Of defence thrown around
til. Landslide Of our ~city-cven ladies
went there with hocs and spmlcs to
cheer the citizen soldiers by their
~countenance and example, and 7.
too, Joined at least in form, for it
was our common country that was to
be I%cfcndcd.' He spoke Of the state
OF inc l'Nllcfan clHiPH III NIh'iifa IL
the time. of his arrival in the South,
Savin" therc were only three Synods,
one in New York. composed of scv-
~ minister's: one in Pennsylvania,
which IN point Of numbers was con-
.i,lrrahlr larger: and \ small synod
in North Carolina.
He then cave Il sketch Of the lat
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