“And let Thy Word have speedy course, Through every land be glorified, Till all the heathen know its force, And fill Thy churches far and wide; Wake Israel from her sleep, O Lord, And spread the conquests of Thy Word!” Before this time, however, the first call for missionary workers had come to Halle from outside Germany. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER II. Pioneers and Methods PIONEERS. _Bartholomew Ziegenbalg_ Henry Plütschau John Ernst Gründler Benjamin Schultze John Philip Fabricius Christian William Gericke _Christian Frederick Schwartz_ Karl Ewald Rhenius Thomas von Westen Per Fjellström _Hans Egede_ John Jaenicke METHODS. German Societies The Basel Society The Berlin Society The Rhenish Society The North German or Bremen Society The Leipsic Society The Hermannsburg Society The Gossner Society The Breklum or Schleswig-Holstein Society The Neukirchen Society The Neuendettelsau Society The Hanover Society The Bielefeld Society Scandinavian Societies The Danish Missionary Society The Norwegian Missionary Society The Norwegian Church Mission (Schreuder) The Norwegian Lutheran China Mission The Swedish National Society The Swedish Church Mission The Swedish Mission in China The Swedish Mongol Mission The Jerusalem Association The Home Mission to the Santals Finnish, Polish and other societies. American Societies Nine Norwegian Societies General Synod General Council United Synod South Synodical Conference Joint Ohio Synod Danish Society Iowa Synod ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER II. PIONEERS AND METHODS PIONEERS. [Sidenote: A Danish Colony.] In 1526, nine years after Luther had nailed his theses to the church door at Wittenberg, the King of Denmark accepted the Evangelical faith. Subsequently the Lutheran Church was made the State Church. About a hundred years later Denmark acquired by purchase an Indian fishing village, Tranquebar, on the east coast of southern India. There a Danish colony was established, there a Lutheran church called Zion Church was built, and thither two preachers were sent to minister to the Danes. Eighty years later the heart of a pious King, Frederick IV, became concerned for the spiritual welfare of the heathen in this colony. His court chaplain, Doctor Lütken, who was also deeply interested, set about securing men who would be willing to undertake the work. Failing to meet with a response in Denmark, he applied to friends in Berlin. They recommended a young German _Bartholomew Ziegenbalg_.