Lutheran landmarks and pioneers in America : a series of sketches of colonial times . e foemanMight perish by sea and by land: And flowers from herbariums Elysian Long pressed, yet still sweet, in the visionWere strewn by a spiritual hand. n9 LUTHERAN LANDMARKS AND PIONEERS IN AMERICA There were saints,—there were souls heavy-laden With the burden of sins the shadow there lingered a maiden With a babe to her bosom close pressed,And the peace that exceeds understandingBorne on odors of blossoms expanding Forever abode in her breast. Then hushed were the prayers and the chorusAs w
Lutheran landmarks and pioneers in America : a series of sketches of colonial times . e foemanMight perish by sea and by land: And flowers from herbariums Elysian Long pressed, yet still sweet, in the visionWere strewn by a spiritual hand. n9 LUTHERAN LANDMARKS AND PIONEERS IN AMERICA There were saints,—there were souls heavy-laden With the burden of sins the shadow there lingered a maiden With a babe to her bosom close pressed,And the peace that exceeds understandingBorne on odors of blossoms expanding Forever abode in her breast. Then hushed were the prayers and the chorusAs we gazed through the gloom oer the pews, And the phantoms had gone from before usBy invisible dark avenues, And slowly we passed through the portals In awe from the haunts of immortals Who had vanished like summers light dues. O Church! that of old proudly flourished, Upon Thee decay gently falls,And the founders by whom Thou wert nourished Lie low in the shade of Thy walls;No stone need those pioneer sagesTo tell their good works to the ages: Thy ruin their greatness J*£o%%£.*cCc<Kf. The Lutheran Church in Salzburg XIIITHE SALZBURGER EXILES IN GEORGIA Probably the colony of purest form and most per-manent character planted on American soil was the oneestablished by the Salzburgers in Georgia in 1734, knownas Ebenezer. There were many others, both commercialand religious, but they were either dispersed by enemies,disrupted by internal troubles, absorbed by new settlers,or lost in the change and development of their surround-ings. Ebenezer preserved its colonial character unchangedby incoming or surrounding influence longer than anyother American colony. The Salzburgers were Lutheran exiles driven fromAustria, and were so called because they came from theprovince of Salzburg. This province lies directly east ofBavaria and was formerly under the rule of Germanprinces, and therefore the people speak German. TheTyrolese Alps run through the province, and it is su
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