Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-09-05
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tai day of Lutzen, the project was re-
isumed by Chancellor Oxensterna, who
had succeeded to the government Of
Sweden. and in due time the strong
foundations of a Swedish Lutheran
lcolony were laid on the banks of the
delaware During the administration
Eof the energetic Governor Printz, Swe-
den succeeded in maintaining the integ-
rity of her colony, but in 1855 the
quarrels of the Swedes and the Dutch
/ with respect to title eliminated in the
coming of doughty Peter Stuyyesant
! with oyerpowering force and the sur
render of the colony on honorable
terms to the Dutch, who, in turn, nine
years later were obliged to relinquish
the territory to Great Britain, ma
ton mightier than either Holland or
Sweden.
1t was the end of the Swedish colony
but not at once of the church that had
/ been established under the Archbishop
of Upsala. The Swedish community
of some seven hundred souls cherish
ed its language, traditions and doc
trine, though there was no adequate
provision for maintaining pastoral sue
cession in the parishes that had been
/ established After the lapse of forty
years reviving interest in the mother
church led to sending out missionaries
to the long neglected communities, the
venerable structures Gloria Del Church
/ in philadelphia and Old Swedes
! Church in Wilmington remaining as
monuments of their honorable effort.
Strange to say, not even the best
1 trained of these men thought about
taking measures to secure Independent
/ development of the Swedish Lutheran
Church in America, and in the long
run prompt filing of vacancies by send
ing out men from the home land was
not achieved. AS result, many OF the
people were without regular exposition
of the Word and enjoyment of the
rights and ordinances of the church for
some time, amongst the rest the good
people of Raccoon and PENIS Neck.
/ Their pastor, Peter Trauberg, for a
time the only Swedish pastor in the
country, had, in 1741, been called to
the vacant Cristina parish. William
Malander, a school teacher, destined to
succeed him, had not been ordained,
owing to the fact that the death OF
Pastor Dylander prevented the carry
ing out of an order of the Archbishop,
which commissioned Dylander and
Trauberg to formally admit Malander
to the ministry
In the same year that Pastor Trau-
berg left the people of the locality
named, the zeal for evangelization that
animated the Moravian Church sent
! the pioneers of that body to this coun-
/ try They came with definite pur-
pose German immigration to the wes-
tern world had grown to considerable
proportions, bringing about hundred
thousand people to Pennsylvania. In
general these were as sheep without a
shepherd Their religious condition
was the more deplorable, because, by
reason of sectarian diversity, they
We're utterly distracted and demoraliz-
ed. To minister to religious needs of
these people and to infuse new spir-
it into all church communions the
Norayian brethren believed to be their
distinct mission in America. So fine a
| purpose was very exacting in its de
mand. The Moravians were equal to
the demands. Dividing their member
ship into two sets, those of the one to
| devote themselves to missionary and
educational activity, those of the other
to provide for the support of missionar-
les and teachers by developing and
pushing industries in the Moravian set
! Elements in Pennsylvania, they carried
on for a long time an evangelistic
/ activity that made neglected people
feel the thrill of a strong religious life.
1t was not the aim of the Moravian
itinerants, men of various nationalities
and of different church connections
now closely bound together by COM
mon purpose to promote the interests
of the Moravian Church. Their aim was
to promote true Christian living, with
out interfering with the work of any
denomination or labor of any minister.
Making everything subservient to the
preaching Christ to the unchurched
| and the neglected, they 1abored with
blessing among those by whom the
famine Of the Word was sorely felt.
IN process of time many centres of
itinerant activity were established, ey-
IN beyond the bounds of Pennsylvania.
1t was only natural that the Moravi-
an preachers should find field for use
/ fuIness among the Swedes on the east
side of the Delaware, who had been
without a regular pastor for some time.
to Paul Daniel Bryzelius. a native of
Sweden, who had studied at Upsala.
In January, 1743, he proceeded direct
ly to Pastor Trauberg, who accorded
him hearty welcome. With knowl-
edge and consent of the Swedish pas
tor and invited to do so by souls who
/ joyfully received him, Bryzelius
preached for the first time in the house
OF Joran Kyn, near Maurice River on
January 26, 1743. A second preaching
| place was near Cohansey, where a ne
! elected Lutheran congregation vel
coined his services. Other preaching
places were at Raccoon, PENIS Neck.
Ananias Land, Kalckenbrucken Mana
thain, Some Leonard Schnell was sent
to Bryzelius to render assistance, par
ticularly in the work among the Ger
mans. The principal station was Rae
coon, where Bryzelius resided with his
family, having accepted formal call