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Title: 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
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919
Subjects: Falckner, Justus, 1672-1723
Publisher: Philadelphia : Printed for the Author
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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ee, He will call thee.No one is enriched by the word, unless one who, withouthis wish, is called to teach. How in every way this declar-ation of Luther is harmonious with the practice of the an-cient and purer church, the words of the Emperor Leo willstand. The minister of the word of God ought to be sofree from ambition that he is to be sought for as one whohas to be constrained; being asked for he retires, andbeing invited he shrinks back. Let the necessity of mak-ing an excuse be his own recommendation. Only he, isworthy of the ministry who is ordained unwillingly. Such is the opinion of Andrew Hesselius, Pastor at Christiana and Provost of the Swedish Churches in Pennsylvania. In a letter to Dominie Justus Falckner, dated 1721, onthe day of St. James the Apostle. A partial account of Dom. Falckners part in this con-troversy will be found in the final chapter of this memorial. Dominie Justus Falckners married life proved of shortduration. We know but little of his movements, except
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His Death, 113 what can be gleaned from his official entries, which showthat he continued to cover the whole territory of easternNew York, Long Island and Staten Island. The last entry found in his private diary, and copied intothe old church register by Pastor Knoll, shows that he wasat Phillipsburg early in September, 1723 : Sept. 4, 1723. Baptized at Phillipsburg45 at the uppermill, in the house of David Sturm, Johann Peter, born inthe middle of June; ibidem, Father Pieter Hentz, motherMaria, Witness Johann Birger. After this his history becomes a blank, the only docu-mentary notice being a memorandum made by Pastor Knollin the records of the Lutheran church at Newburgh: Pastor Justus Falcknenier, deceased. Anno, 1723. According to the above record, which is no doubt correct,Justus Falckner died at the early age of 51 years, afterhaving faithfully served the various congregations underhis charge for twenty years. What were the circumstances of his sudden end cannotbe told. Whether

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