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502 Page 347, et seq.
503 " October 5, 1704, Mr. Andrew Rudmann, late Swedish Minister, by the direction of Mr. George Keith serves there (Oxford) now in hopes of encouragement from the Honorable Society .. . At Germantown in the same County the people are numerous, they want both Church and Minister."-EVAN EVANS .- M. S. records of the Church General, Archives of S. P. G., London.
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Religious Intollerance.
It was mainly on account of these services among the Welsh at Radnor and Oxford that the Swedish Lutheran clergyman became particularly obnoxious to the Quakers, and various were the plans made by the dominant party to rid the Province of such an active missionary, who had been so signally successful in leading the Welsh residents from Quakerism back to the church of their fathers, and who was now recognized as in the employ of the Propaga- tion Society of London.
The first open breech occurred when the Quaker author- ities again attempted to prevent both pastor and laymen from crossing the Schuylkill on Sundays to attend public worship. Orders were given to prevent the clergymen from being ferried over the river. This led to much dissension between the parties, and ended by the Churchmen, who knew from their previous experience 50% the uselessness of appealing to the Council, obtaining a boat of their own to ferry themselves and parishioners across the river as occa- sion demanded.
This action at once caused a protest from the Quakers, and culminated in an "Information " being lodged against Pastors Rudmann and Sandel. This was presented to the Provincial Council, May 4, 1704,505 by Benjamin Cham- bers 506 proprietor of the ferry :
504 Page 264, supra.
505 " Minutes of the Provincial Council, Colonial Records," vol. ii, page I37. 506 Benjamin Chambers was one of the passengers with Penn on the " Welcome" and a man of powerful physique. As early as 1683 he was appointed to keep order among the public houses in the growing city ; after serving a term as High Sheriff, was licensed to operate a ferry below that of Philip England before mentioned. Tradition tells us that this privilege was granted him with special reference to the trouble with the Swedes. The King's road to Darby, etc., was afterwards laid out so as to pass over this ferry, and it is still known by the name of Chambers' suc- cessor : " Gray's Ferry."
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"Benja. Chambers presented an Information to ye Board, upon an apprehension of another ferry boat, being intended to be sett up on his ferry Landing place, by two swedes ministers, setting forth yt he had been at very great charge & Trouble in erecting ye sd ferry for ye Publick Good, that by his Diligence & Expenses he had cut through ye Rocks, made long Causeys through ye mudd, & for ye accomodation of ye Countrey, at whose instance he had first sett it up ; he had made such conveniences as ye like had never been known before in these parts, and therefore requested that his merits might be considered, & no other persons suffered to enter upon his Labours by oppression, to bereave him of that small benefit wch thought reasonable should accrue to him, & was far short of what those who endeavoured to take part with him imagined."
In the minutes of Council, held on May 27,50 following, we find :-
"The case of Andrew Rudman & Andrew Sandel, Clerks, & their answers to ye Informations exhibited to this board, by Benjamin Chambers, relating to ye Scuylkill ferry, was read. Ordered thereupon, that notice be given to both ye sd parties, to appear at this Board next Council day."
A month later, June 23, 1704 : 508
"Andrew Rudman, ye Swedish Minister, & Benja. Chambers, appear- ing according to ye Ordr of ye last Council before ye Board, & their several applications being again read, B. Chambers, in answer to ye Swedes, offer'd a long Paper, wch proving too tedious, & ordered to be changed in ye Direction. It was referr'd to ye afternoon, & ye Council adjourned to four of ye Clock."
In the afternoon session of the Council : 509
"The Paper of Benja. Chambers, in answer to the Swedes ministers offered in the morning, was read, & both Parties called in & heard, & the Consideration of it was deferred, & the Council adjourned to S in the morning."
Here all record of the case stops. What the final dis- position of the matter was does not appear, as the minutes of the succeeding meetings are silent upon the subject.
507 Ibid page 147.
508 Ibid page 149.
509 Ibid page 150.
479
Trials of the Early Missionary.
When Dominie Rudmann, who was physically frail, first took charge of the Oxford and Radnor congregations, he walked to and from the city, stopping at the houses by the wayside, no matter of what nationality the inmates- whether English, Welsh, Swedish or German-catechising in some, reasoning in others, and often administering con- solation in the hour of sorrow; while in some cases, where the occupants were too strongly imbued with Quakerism to heed his discourse, he would meet with a rebuff strong enough to cause him to obey the scriptural injunction-" To shake the dust from off his feet and pass on."
On these lonely pilgrimages he would frequently, when his strength was exhausted, sink down, faint and weary on a rock or stump of a tree, pray for both bodily and spiritual strength, and after thus refreshing himself again start upon his journey, singing a few verses of the good old rhythmi- cal prayer of the Fatherland :
" Liebster Jesu, gnadensonne, Meines herzens zuversicht,"
to cheer him on his way while toiling wearily through the forest, over hill and dale, to his distant charges.
He was frequently overtaken upon these journeys by the sudden storms so common in our country, with no protection but such as was afforded by the trees of the forest which happened to be near the road-side.
When he realized that his frail constitution would no longer sustain such exposure and fatigue, lie tried to hire a horse in Philadelphia, but soon found that his slender means would not bear so great an outlay. Consequently there was no other remedy, when the weather permitted, but to continue his ministrations on foot.
It was not until Dominie Rudmann had thus served the congregations for three years that he was notified by Mr.
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Chamberlain that he had been granted a gratuity by the Society in London. This amounted to a total of £62 sterling, from which he paid Mr. Club 15 pounds Pennsyl- vania currency for his services at Radnor, and £5, 7 shil- lings, to remove an old debt for ceiling Oxford church. He also bought a horse so that he could supply his distant charges with more certainty.
During Mr. Evans' absence in England, while he was in charge of Christ Church, a misunderstanding arose between the two ministers in relation to a bill of exchange, which induced Pastor Rudmann to resign the care of Oxford to Mr. Club, the Welsh schoolmaster at Christ Church. This he reported to the Society in a letter dated August 26, 1708, which proved his last communication thereto. He suc- cumbed to his zeal on September 17, 1708, as foreshadowed in his letter :
"I am a sickly man, and now for seven weeks together in consumption, I have buried lately one of my daughters, and most that come to see me give ine up for a dead man, which I do believe also. If I should die this time, what a miserable family I should leave behind me-a helpless widow, and two poor small children who cannot procure a farthing."> 510
On the day following his death, Dominie Rudmann, according to an old record, was attended to his last resting place in Wicacoa church by a long procession of mourners- Swedes, Hollanders, Englishmen and Germans-where his colleague and fellow-laborer Biörck tendered him the last service and buried him in front of the altar of the church which he had built. He delivered a funeral sermon in English on the text selected by Rudmann himself; Psalm 73: 24.
510 Pennsylvania Records S. P. G., London.
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Persecution of Swedish Lutherans.
All nationalities present followed with blessings the faithful laborer who had understood how to give in abund- ance to so many.
Dominie Rudmann had lived in America eleven years, and in the world not quite forty years, and left behind him his wife, who was one of the Mattson family, and two daughters, Gertrude and Anna Catherina Rudmann. His tomb bears the following inscription :
" MORS MIHI VITA IN COELO QUIES EST.
"This marble covers the remains of the Rev. Andreas Rudmann. Being sent hither from Sweden, he first founded and built this church; was, a constant faithful preacher, eleven years, in this country where he advanced true piety by sound doctrine and good example. He died 17, Sep- tember 1708, aged 40 years."
Since the year 1840 the stone over his grave, together with other tombs within the church and chancel, have been hidden from view by the flooring then put into the church. The arrangement of the pews was also changed, the wide aisle up the centre being replaced by the two side aisles. The baptismal font, the two gilt cherubim and the tablet in front of the organ-loft are really all that remain at the present day of the original church, except the walls.
AUTOGRAPH OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS.
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Shortly after Pastor Rudmann's death, the old trouble between the Quakers and the Swedish Lutherans broke out anew, when it appears that forbearance upon the part of the Swedish Lutherans ceased to be a virtue. Sandel who, it seems, was a muscular Christian, attempted to take the law into his own hands, as is shown by the minutes of Council, August 11, 1709 : 511
"A Petition & Complaint from Benjamin Chambers to the Board, was read, setting forth, that pursuant to his Covenants, formerly entered into with this Govmt., at ye first erecting of his ferry over Skuylkill River, being employed in Repairing ye long Causey leading to the ferry on this side the said River, lie was attacked by Andrew Sandal, minister of the Swedish Church in the County of Philadia., & by Violence drove from his work thereon ; Whereupon, "Tis Ordered, that the said minister, Andrew Sandal, attend this board the 16th Instant, about Eleven in the forenoon, to render an acct. of the said act, and the reason of his Interrupting a person employed in the Queen's High Way, in the necessary repairs thereof."
At the next meeting of Council, five days later, August 16, 1709, the accused clergyman appeared in his own behalf : 512
"Andrew Sandal, the Swedish minister, according to order, appeared and the Petition and Complaint of B. Chambers being read to hin, he desired a Copy of it, and that he might have time to answer it, being 110w new to him, for that he had not notice to appear at the board till last night.
"Ordered, that he have time till the first Council day next week."
In obedience to this order Pastor Sandel again appeared before Council, August 23, 1709,513 with the following result :
"Pursuant to an Order of the 16th Instant, the Swedish minister, A. Sandel, appeared by an address to this Board in writing, gave his answer to the Petition & Complaint exhibited against him by B. Chambers,
511 "Colonial Records," vol. ii, pp. 477-8.
512 Ibid page 478.
513 Ibid page 484-5.
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which being read, it appeared that the said minister, claimed a right to erect a fferry there on this side of Schuylkill, because the road & Cause- way leading to the ferry is laid out thro' his land ; & further Charged B. Chambers with a violation of his contract, with making spoil of the timber on the Land which he had taken of the owners thereof on this side of the River, with Divers other allegations in his own defence.
"But the Govr. and Council taking into Consideration, that Roads when once laid out for the Publick Service according to Law, are no longer the property of any particular person, but belong wholly to the Publick, & the Road leading from Philadia. to the said ferry, being gen- erally called the Queen's Road, is therefore wholly under the Cognizance of this Board ; and further, considering that all ferries upon such Publick Roads are a Privilege of the Proprietor, only by Virtue of the Royal Grant to him & his heirs. It is therefore unanimously ye opinion of the Govr. and Council, that neither the said minister, Andrew Sandel, nor any other person claiming a Right or Interest in the Land through which the said Road is laid out, has any better right to ye Road or ye adjoyning ferry than any other of the Queen's Subjects has or can claim to the same, and that no person under any pretence whatsoever ; shall be allowed to erect a Publick ferry over the River Skuylkill, or any other water in such Roads as aforesaid, but by special Grant of the Proprietor & this Board. Adjourned."
Thus end the official records of this controversy, which stands out in such bold contrast to the " Great Law" pro- mulgated by William Penn at Chester on the 7th day of Ioth Month, called December, 1682, and which was in- tended to assure religious liberty to every resident of the Province.
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INDEX.
A.
Abo University, 141. Acrelius, 69 ; quoted, 126. Advice for all Professors (Köster), 278 ; extracts from, 279. Aerial apparition, 152. Aegidian Kirche, 297. Agonius, Brother (Michael Wohl- farth), 198. Alchemy, 148. Allen, William, sailing instructions, 19, 20, 21 ; autograph, 21. Alliance, Evangelical, 200. Almanac (D. Leeds), 110. Alpha and Omega, 43. Amazone, Baron de, 291. American darkness, the second, 271.
American Philosophical Society, 113, 115, 118. Amsterdam, Consistory of, 69. Amulets, astrological, 120. An armed escort, 22. Ancient lamp, 99. Anchorite cell (Kelpius), 212. Andrews, Simon (recorder), 175. Anglican faith, the, 233. Anhangsel, 120, Anti-Pietists, 135. Anti-slavery clause, 444. Apocalypse, Broadside of, quoted, 112.
Apparatus, astronomical, 194; phil- osophical, 194. Appelmann, John Peter, 322. Arcanum explodes, 247.
82;
Arndt's "Wahres Christenthum," 3 ; note on, 3; “ Paradies Gärt- lein," 3. Ari van Guinea, 322, 325. Ari van Guinea, Jr., 323. Arnold, Gottfried, 51, 54; quoted, 289, 315, 466. Arrowsmith, I., 286. Artabel, a charm, 122. Asseburg, Rosamunda von, 61, 304. Auf ihr Christen, 344; fac-simile, 345. Augsburg Confession, 66.
Augustus (Old Trappe) Church, 57. Auren, Rev. Jonas, 94 ; sketch of, 126, 127; missionary among the Indians, 128; married, 129, 142, 144, 349, 475. Austin's dictionary quoted, 138.
B.
Baal, Priests of, 185. Babelonish coasts, 46. Backus, quoted, 136. Baldt, John, 340.
Ball, John, 31S. Baus, Christopher, 6.
Baptist Congregation, 30. Baptism, public, by Köster, 274. Baptists' services, 140. Barbadoes Plague in 1699, 138.
Barclay, Robert, 440. Barber-chirurgeon, 117. Baron Kelpio, 224. Bartram, John, 407. Basel Bible, 42.
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Baster, Roger, 137. Baumgartner, Paul, 223.
Baur, Maria J., 445. Bechtel, John, school, 395; bury- ing-ground, 421. Beekmann, Samuel, 364.
Beerens, Catherine, a pious virgin, 18. Behmen's Aurora, 73. Behmists, 47
Beissel, Conrad, 5, 198, 201, 391.
Behagel, Daniel, 168 ; heirs of, 169. Bell Lane Church, 136.
Benezet MSS., 179.
Bericht an alle Bekenner, 87.
Berkenmeyer, Rev. W. C., 326; appeal to, 329; diary, 329, 331, 332, 334 ; autograph letter, 333, 385. Besprechen, 122. Bethlehem, Moravians at, 5.
Bibles, scarcity of, 68; bought by Köster, 261.
Bibliotheca Furliana, 438, 453, 455: 458. Bibliotheque raisonnee, quoted 294 Biedermann, Ludwig, 39 ; marries, 85, 156, 258, 472. Bietigheim, old church, 465.
Biörck, Rev. Eric Tobias, 32, 226 ; greeting to, 227; fac-simile of . letter, 228, 94, 95 (Dissertatio, 128), 128, 129, 142, 144, 158; title Disertatio Gradualis, 343, 372, 349, 353, 355 ; autograph, 360, 372, 373, 475, 480.
Birger, Johann, 385.
Bitter Sweet Night Ode (hymn), 239. Black Alice, 288. Blue Anchor Tavern, 28. Blumen, V. Schwalenberg, 254. Blutige Schauplatz, 93. Board of Property, 312.
Boehme, Jacob, writings of, 15; sketch of, 48, 464. Böhm, Johann, printer, 31, Böhnisch, George, lands, 6, 198, 338. Bohemia Landing, Kelpius lands at, 27 ; "Sara Maria" drops anchor at, 12.
Bohemia Manor, 4, 312. Bone, Andreas, 197. Books, legend of, 195. Books, mystical, 194 ; titles of, 195, 196.
Boone, George, 320.
Boskerk, Andreas von, 364. Boskerk, Cornelius von, 376. Boskerk, Laur von, 364.
Botanical garden in America, first, 406. Bowles, J., 432.
Bowman, Rt. Rev. Bp., 426.
Bownas, Samuel, 162, 163. Bowyer, Thomas, 267.
Bradford, Wm., 75, 8S ; press, men- tion of, 105, 108 ; prints book for Biörck, 12S; prints "Protesta- tion," 272 ; imprint, 278.
Brandenburg, Arms of, 251. Bray, Rev. Thomas, 285. Breitenhaupt, Rev. Dr., 54, 55.
Breitenhaupt Institution, 297. Brethern in America, 87, 96. Brick-kiln claimed by Falkner, 168 Bridegroom, Celestial, 71. Bringhurst. John, 424. Brinton, Dr. Daniel G., 40. Brotherhood, Mystic, 205. Brunnquell, M. Ludwig, 223, 468.
Burlington Meeting, picture of, 269. Burlington, Yearly Meeting at, 267. Burgstaller, an Alchymist, 57. Burroughs, Ed., quoted, 268. Bush-hill, 34.
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Index.
C.
Cabbala, doctrines of, 92 : mention of, 112. Calov, Rev., 231, 232.
Calovians, 232. Calvinists, 67.
Cammerhoff, Bishop, 398, 9. Camp of the Solitary, 392.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 285.
Carpenter, Joshua, buys ground for church purposes, 262, 263, 284. Carpenter, Samuel, 450.
Cassel, A. H., 234.
Casselberg, Frederick, 147.
Catechism, Keith's title of, 75.
Cathari, 37 ; sect, 38.
Cattle stamped with Magic Seal, I24.
Celestial phenomena, lookout for, 71. Celestial Eve, 80.
Chamberlain, Secretary, 479.
Chapter of Perfection, organized, 299, 390. Charles XI, 93, 473.
Chambers, Benjamin, 477 ; inform- ation against Swedish Lutherans, 478 ; renews trouble, 481.
Chester County, Furly claims, 174, Chew, Col. Benjamin, 210, 212.
Chiliasm, 131, 132.
Chiliasts, 37.
Christi blut und gerechkeit, 399. Christ Church, Philadelphia, 30, 140, 202, library, 194; founding of, 261; ground secured for, 262 ; size of lot, 262 ; indenture for ground, 262-3, 277 ; building erected, 285 ; dedication of, 287 ; vestry organ- ized, 287; description of, 288 ; named, 288; bi-centennial, 298. Chronicon Ephratense, translation of, 5 ; quoted, 197, 391, 3, 400, 402.
Church dedication in New Jersey, 331. Church of England, 96.
Church services, established by Köster, 253. Churchtown, Penna., 318. City lots claimed by Falkner, 168, 173. Civitatis Erffurtensis, quoted, 55, 148.
Clarke, Rev. Dr., 136, 163. Clark, Thomas, 314, 5, 18.
Edw., 434, 442, 443. Claus, John, 441.
Claymore, Robert, slave of Dr. Witt, 413; attends his master, 413 ; carries lantern, 414 : acts as agent, constructs clocks, 414; performs last offices for Dr. Witt, 415 ; manumitted and receives legacy, 417.
Clayton, Rev. Thomas, arrives in Philadelphia, 96 ; appointed, 285, rector of Christ Church, 287 ; death of, 289.
Claypool, James, 450.
Clocks and tools, 417, 418.
Club, Rev. John, 480.
Colloquim of the Soul (hymn), 239. Collegia Pietatis, 49, 57, 59; in Erfurth, 21, 223, 303.
Comet Stern, neuer, by Zimmer- mann, 118. Cometo-Scopio, 119. Comet of 1743, 412. Community, new formed, 87.
Compendium Anti-Calvinianum, 369.
Compton, Dr. Henry, Bishop of London, 285 ; portrait, 286. Conestoga, missionary to, 142. Conjuration of burns, 122; trans- mission of, 123.
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Index.
Conrad, Rev. T. K., 426.
Cooper, Capt. James, 476.
Corwin, Rev. E. T., 324. Cotweis, John Conrad, Recorder, 172. Crandall, Joseph, 163 ; visits Penn- sylvania, 163.
Creed, Pietistical, by Hochenau, 54. Crefeld (Germany), 35.
Crisheim, 70. Croese, Gerard, 43, 44, 54-67. Croese Quakeriana, quoted, 38, 43 ; sketch of, 44, 61.
Croese, titles, 433, 434, 437.
Cummings, Rev. A., 194.
Curieuse Nachricht von Pennsyl- vania, 98; colation, 99. Curious burial custom, 415.
D.
Dankers, Jasper, 4. Davidsche Psalterspiel, 344; kleine, 346 ; Sauer's, 347. Davis, William, 86, 159; trouble about, 163 ; letter of, 164; book by, 164 ; title of, 165 ; sketch of, 166, 263, 267, 270, 277.
Decretum Senatus against Pietists, 59. Deichmann, Henry Jacob, secre- tary, 16, 178, 226. Deli, Michael, 221, 223. Denndorf, 221. De Quaaker's Vergadering, 432. Dern, Mollie (Falkner), 323. Dern, William, 323.
De Resurrectione Imperii, 88; co- lation, 99 ; fac-simile, 90.
De Rudder, Nicholas, Spanish Ad- miral, 22. Descartes, René, 255. Devotional exercises, 177. De Watteville, mention of, 22.
Disconsolate Soul, the (hymn), 241. Divination, practice of, 413. Divining Rod, 112, 113, 109. Doane, Rt. Rev., 426. Dock Creek, 28.
Documentary History of New York 371.
Doop Register, 374.
Dotterer, H. S , quoted, 319.
Downs (roadstead), 18; letter sent from, 18.
Drost, Herman, 197.
Dunkers, mention of, 4, 197.
Dutch Lutherans, 69.
E.
Early printing in Philadelphia, 108. Ebeling, quoted, 32.
Ebner von Eschenbach, 223.
Eckerling family, 198; Israel, 201, 392 ; Michael, widow of, 391.
Ecstatic women, 304.
Edicts, Royal, against Pietists, 54, 58.
Education neglected, 70.
Educational movements, 83.
Edwards, Humphry, 174.
Edwards, Rev. Morgan, 277.
Egyptian burdens, 189.
Einsiedler-hütte, 212.
Elect, prerogatives of, 187.
Elixir Dulcis, large sale of, 111, 112.
Elixir of Life, 111, 112.
Elrichs, Magdalena, 304.
Emblem, Hermetic, 91.
Emigration to Pennsylvania, 198. Endt, Theobaldt, synod at, 200. Engeströmska-Samlung, 156.
England, Phillip, prevents Luth- erans from attending church, 265, Enthusiasts, Theosophical, 37. Epitome, Rosicrucian, 63 ; explana- tion of, 64.
Index. 489
Episcopal services at Philadelphia, 68.
Ephrata Community, a mystical sect, 5 ; mention of, 7 ; relics, 7; MSS., 70, 73, 79, 80 ; symbol of, 77 ; MSS., 115 ; MSS., 126 ; MSS., 151; cloister, books at, 195; hymn books, 198; MSS., 203 ; MSS. quoted, 248; MSS., 339 ; camp at, 392.
Erfurth, seal of, 49; Collegium at, 258 ; Prophetess, 303.
Eschenbach, Andrew, 6. Esopus, church at, 317.
Essenes, symbol of, 37, 38 ; de- scribed, 38.
Essenism, 62.
Essentia dulcis, 57.
Eucharist administered by Köster, 277.
Evans, Rev. Evan, 160; arrival of, 289 ; Churchtown, 318, 319; estab- lishes church at, 476, 480.
Evans, Gov. John, proclamation by, 107, 108.
Exorcism of the Devil and the Quaker Spirit, 276.
F.
Fabricius, Dr. J. J., 51 ; Magister, 178, 222, 226 ; letter to, 229.
Fabritius, Jacobus, 30-69; pastor on the Delaware (note), 252.
Facio, Herr, 456. Fahnestock, MSS., 70. Fairhill, 35. Fairman, Thomas, 70, 205, 206. Fairmount, 34. Fairmount Park, 202, 206, 215. Faiths, allegorical representations of, 182.
Falkner, Anna Catherina, 384.
Benedictus, 384, 385.
Falkner, Benedictus (2), 385. Rev. Christian, 302.
Falkner, Daniel, Sendschreiben 13 ; fac-simile of title, 15 ; efficacy of prayer, 17 ; excommunication by Köster, 27 ; invocation by, 27; Sendschreiben, 35; mention of, 39 ; describes services, 68, 74; Gajus, 79, 85, 87, 88; sent to Europe, 97 ; Curieuse Nachricht, title, 98; visits Holland, 99 : publishes book, 99; returns to America, 139, 145, 146, 147, 157, 194, 214, 215 ; chosen bailiff, 169; attorney, 173 ; burgess, 175 ; com- mitted, 175 ; marriage, 176, 177, 207, 258; impressions of, 299; Keithian schism, 300; defamed by Pastorius, 300; character of Falkner, 301 ; parentage and birth of, 302 ; attends University at Erfurth, 303 ; communicates with Spener, 304; the ecstatic maidens, 304 ; explanation of his excom- munication by Köster, 304; Francke and the Erfurth pro- phetess, 305; receives a deed of gift from Catherina Schutz, 306; autograph, 307 ; return to Penn- sylvania, 307; demands an ac- counting from Pastorius, 308; Furly to Falkner, 309; Pastorius' accusation, 310; tries to settle affairs of Frankfort Company, 3II ; acts as attorney, 312; Jo- hann Jawert, 313; the Sprogel conspiracy, 315; Capt. Vining's report, 317 : Falkner Swamp, 319; Andreas Sandel, 320 ; the first German Lutheran Church in America, 321 ; called as pastor to New Jersey, 322 ; first German Lutheran baptisms in Jersey, 322 ;
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Ari van Guinea, 323 ; pastor at Millstone, 324 ; Hanover Church, 325 ; Rev. W. C. Berkenmeyer, 326 ; fac-simile of subscription list, 327; dedicates Lutheran Church in New York City, 328 ; Casper Stöver asks ordination, 329; refused by Falkner, 329; visit by Berkenmeyer, 330; a church dedication, 331 ; supplies Kocherthal's congregations, 331 ; Rev. John A. Wolff, 332 ; old age and retirement, 334, 448, 449.
Falkner, Justus, arrival in America, 145 ; burgess of Germantown, 146, 158, 169, 173, 174, 177, 178; birth of, 302-307 ; agent for Furly, 309, 321, 322, 323, 325 ; earliest record of, 341; as student at Halle, 543 ; portrait, 342 ; Biörck's note on, 343 ; as hymnologists, 344 ; Auf ihr Christen, 345; general use of his hymns, 346; O Herr der Herrlichkeit, 347 ; attorney for Furly, 348, 449 ; claims land, 348 ; ministry in Penna., 349; ordination at Wicacoa, 350; call to New York, 353 ; a solemn service, 354 ; arrival in New York, 361 ; the old Kercken-Boeck, 361 ; the Latin votum, 362 ; official signature, 363: the vestry, 364; church meeting, 365 ; an appeal for aid, 365 ; publishes first Lutheran text book in America, 367 ; title page, 368; Falkner's orthodoxy, 369; fac-simile of first original hymn printed in America, 370 ; extent of missionary field, 371 ; Biörck's account, 372; the old Church Register, 373 ; interesting entries, 376; Doop Register, 377 ; prayers, 378; baptises a negro, 379; an
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