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 . general situation. In addition to the above, Church Warden Andreas van OFFICIAL SIGNATURE OF DOMINIE FALCKNER. Boskerk ; Vorsteher and Overseer (kirch-meister) Laur vanBoskerk; the sacristans Hanns La Grangie and Joh. Viet,with Samuel Beekman, reader and sexton, all were liableto military duty whe
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 . general situation. In addition to the above, Church Warden Andreas van OFFICIAL SIGNATURE OF DOMINIE FALCKNER. Boskerk ; Vorsteher and Overseer (kirch-meister) Laur vanBoskerk; the sacristans Hanns La Grangie and Joh. Viet,with Samuel Beekman, reader and sexton, all were liableto military duty when the occasion required their services. At the other end of his ex-tended territory, church af-fairs were, if anything, at astill lower ebb. Pastor Falck-ner, upon his first visit to Al-bany, found the congregationthere virtually disbanded. Asmall and dilapidated housewas called by courtesy achurch, and the membershipscattered without officers or seal of new york, It was not until June, 1705, that he suc-ceeded in effecting a permanent organization. As for any regular stipend in either place, none was inprospect. Church finances were at so low an ebb that barepromises were not even made looking towards the pastorssustenance. A reliable account that has come down to our. 78 Domi?ite Justus Falckner, time informs us that the situation for a time was even worsein New York than elsewhere. Dominie Falckner must indeed have been a courageousman as well as a pious one to enter upon this extendedfield, which he eventually enlarged by serving all the Ger-mans along the Hudson and in East Jersey, from theHackensack in Bergen County to the valley of the Raritan,without any prospect of remuneration. Another fact to betaken into consideration, and one that proves more thananything else how earnest, faithful and diligent he was, isthat he came here an entire stranger, among people whosetongue was somewhat different from his own, and in theface of the direct opposition
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