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 . ther presbyter is this allu-sion in Dom. Rudmans letter, which the latter evidently learned fromhearsay. Dom. Lock died twelve years before Rudmans arrival in Amer-ica. The person to whom the allusion refers, Avelius, was a Dutch studentby the name of Abelius Zetskoorn, also written Selskoorn, who
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 . ther presbyter is this allu-sion in Dom. Rudmans letter, which the latter evidently learned fromhearsay. Dom. Lock died twelve years before Rudmans arrival in Amer-ica. The person to whom the allusion refers, Avelius, was a Dutch studentby the name of Abelius Zetskoorn, also written Selskoorn, who came to thiscountry and for a time performed divine service at Sandhook. He went toManhattan with a recommendation to the Lutheran Congregation at thatplace. Governor General Stuyvesant, to get rid of him, sent him to Dom-inie Lars Lochenius on the Delaware, where it appears that he taughtschool, took upon himself to baptize children, and on Whitsuntide 1663was permitted to preach a sermon at Tinicum. Shortly afterwards he re-turned to New York, where he appears to have ministered to the DutchLutherans and appears in the records as Dominie Abelius. Dom. Berken-meyer in his list of Lutheran pastors of Manhattan mentions him as Goet-waters successor. 1703-MEMORIAL OF DOM. JUSTUS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE ORIGINAL CANVAS IN SWEDEN. REV. ERIC TOBIAS BIORCK. ONE OF THE OFFICIATING MINISTERS AT ORDINATION OF JUSTUS FALCKNER. Admonition from Dominie Biorck. 57 The church council at New York, under date of Octo-ber 27, 1703, wrote him to come to New York and preacha trial sermon. This was followed three days later by aformal call from the congregation to serve them as pastor. Justus Falckner acknowledged both letters under date ofNovember 3, 1703, accepting the call, but refused to comeon and preach a trial sermon. As the congregation didnot insist upon the trial sermon, Dominie Rudman forth-with made arrangements to sever his connection with hisNew York charge and returne
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