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 . Within the Aula. 17 ON VO. 18 Dojninie Justus Falckner. The devout and spiritual trend of mind of the youngtheological student is best shown by several of his hymns,incorporated at the time by Francke in his revised hymn-book : Geistreiches Gesang Buch Halle i6gy. The most noted of these hymns is
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 . Within the Aula. 17 ON VO. 18 Dojninie Justus Falckner. The devout and spiritual trend of mind of the youngtheological student is best shown by several of his hymns,incorporated at the time by Francke in his revised hymn-book : Geistreiches Gesang Buch Halle i6gy. The most noted of these hymns is the one commencingwith the line: Auf! ihr Christen, Christi glieder. This is found on page 430 of the original edition. Thishymn is a stirring, vigorous composition of eleven stanzasof six lines each. It was set to the melody Meine Hojf-nung stehet veste and was well calculated to raise thereligious fervor of the worshippers. Upon a manuscript copy of this hymn, Falckner notestwo references to the scriptures as his theme, or the foun-dation of its composition, viz. : Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of Hismight (Eph. vi. 10). For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world, and is the vic-tory that overcometh the world, even our faith (i John v. 4). Originally the hymn was designated, An
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