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 . y* Fifty Shillings, (No./06<L at half a farthing per diem Int. THis Indented Bill of Fifty Shil-lings, due from the Colonyof New-York, to thePofsefsor there-of (hall be in value equal to Money,& fliall be accordingly accepted bythe Treafurer of this Colony, for thetime being, itf-all publick Pa
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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 . y* Fifty Shillings, (No./06<L at half a farthing per diem Int. THis Indented Bill of Fifty Shil-lings, due from the Colonyof New-York, to thePofsefsor there-of (hall be in value equal to Money, & fliall be accordingly accepted bythe Treafurer of this Colony, for thetime being, itf-all publick Payments, and for any Fund at any time in theTreafury. Dated, New-Tork, the fiof November, 1709. by order of theLieut. Governor, council & GeneralAfsembly of the faid ^ony^-j. SPECIMEN OF MONEY IN WHICH DOMINIE FALCKNERsSTIPEND WAS PAID. 106 Dominic Justus Falckner, The name given to the new convert was ThomasChristian. The ceremony closed with the invocation bythe Dominie: That the Lord would henceforth causethis unbelieving Thomas to become a believing Christian.The morning service closed with the benediction. History is silent as to the fate of this poor Indian slavewho thus voluntarily embraced the Christian faith. Pre-sumably he continued to serve his master and mistress, ac-cording to his solemn promise, with the same fidelity asbefore. Whether his bonds were ever relaxed, or whetherhis subsequent treatment was worse we do not know. A somewhat similar ceremony was performed at Albanyfour years after the above. The convert in this instancewas a negro slave. The entry in the old register reads : Anno 1712, January 27, baptized at Loonenburg inAlbany, Pieter Christian, a Negro and slave of Jan vanLoons of Loonenburg, about thirty years of age. He hasprom