Justus Falckner, mystic and scholar, devout Pietist in Germany, hermit on the Wissahickon, missionary on the Hudson : a bi-centennial memorial of the first regular ordination of an Orthodox pastor in America, done November 24, 1703, at Gloria Dei, the Swedish Lutheran church at Wicaco, Philadelphia . FAC-SIMILE OF DOMINIE FALKNER S ENTRY OF HIS MARRIAGE. Lord, Lord God ! Merciful, gracious and forbearing, ofgreat mercy and consideration, which thou showest untous in a thousand ways by forgiving us our offences, tres- 41 The Rev. John Sharpe, a clergyman of character and ability, was oneof the
Justus Falckner, mystic and scholar, devout Pietist in Germany, hermit on the Wissahickon, missionary on the Hudson : a bi-centennial memorial of the first regular ordination of an Orthodox pastor in America, done November 24, 1703, at Gloria Dei, the Swedish Lutheran church at Wicaco, Philadelphia . FAC-SIMILE OF DOMINIE FALKNER S ENTRY OF HIS MARRIAGE. Lord, Lord God ! Merciful, gracious and forbearing, ofgreat mercy and consideration, which thou showest untous in a thousand ways by forgiving us our offences, tres- 41 The Rev. John Sharpe, a clergyman of character and ability, was oneof the early clergy upon the rolls of the Society for the Propagation ofthe Gospel in Foreign Parts. His chief station under the society was inEast Jersey. Prior to this he appears to have been stationed in Maryland,probably under orders of the Bishop of London. (Nichols to Stubs —Perrys Historical Collections, vol. iv., pp. 54, 349). But little is knownof this clergyman. Upon the rolls of the venerable society he is enteredas having been sent out in 1704, after which his career, so far as the societygoes, seems to be a blank, for immediately after his name and date isentered resigned. According to the above entry by Dominie Falckner,he was still performing religious rites as late as 1712. Another
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