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 . f the Pastorius slanders. To the devout and pious Justus Falckner, who first cameto the western world as a Pietist and mystical Theosophist,with the avowed intention there to prepare himself for thecoming of the Redeemer, history will ever point as one ofthe most devout and sincere missionaries an
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 . f the Pastorius slanders. To the devout and pious Justus Falckner, who first cameto the western world as a Pietist and mystical Theosophist,with the avowed intention there to prepare himself for thecoming of the Redeemer, history will ever point as one ofthe most devout and sincere missionaries and brightestcharacters in early German-American history. Although for years almost forgotten by the present gen-erations that now compose the congregations formerlyserved by him, their very existence at the present day, afterthe lapse of two centuries, and the fact of their still adher-ing to the Lutheran faith as based upon the unalteredAugsburg Confession, are his best monuments. They areliving memorials, far greater than either shafts of graniteor tablets of bronze made by the hands of man. As a fitting close to this sketch may be quoted the con-clusion of the ritual formerly used by the TheosophicalBrotherhood of which at one time he was a member— MAY GOD GRANT HIM A
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