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Justus Helmuth was born on May 16, 1745, at Helmstedt, Germany. He was the son of Johann Christoph and Justina Helmuth.
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Title: A short account of the yellow fever in Philadelphia : for the reflecting Christian. Author: Helmuth, Justus Henry Christian Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP01478400 CollectionID: CTRG95-B115 PublicationDate: 17940101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: "Copy Right Secured according to Law." "The proprietor's preface", signed, Tobias Hirt, p. 3 "List of all the Burials in the several grave-yards of the city and liberties of Philadelphia ... from August 1st to Novemeber 9th, 1793"--P. 4 Collation: 55 p. ; 21 cm
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Justus Helmuth was born on May 16, 1745, at Helmstedt, Germany. He was the son of Johann Christoph and Justina Helmuth.
Justus Helmuth was educated in the Halle Orphanage and at the University of that city, in both institutions coming under the influence of Gotthilf August Francke.
In his twenty-fourth year, while acting as preceptor in the Orphanage, Justus Helmuth accepted a call to Pennsylvania, was ordained at Wernigerode, said goodby to his mother, and landed at Philadelphia, April 2, 1769, accompanied by his friend, John Frederick Schmidt. Succeeding John Siegfried Gerock, he was pastor at Lancaster from 1769 to 1779. In March 1779 he became co-pastor of St. Michael’s and Zion’s in Philadelphia and held office until his retirement in September 1820. His colleagues during these forty-one years were John Christopher Kunze, John Frederick Schmidt, and Frederick David Schaeffer. Helmuth was noted for the mildness and serenity of his temper and for the moving eloquence of his preaching.
During the yellow-fever epidemic of 1793 Helmuth's mettle was put to a severe test. In the course of a few months 625 members or adherents of his congregation died. Helmuth spent the greater part of each day in the churchyard, committing bodies to the ground as fast as the graves were made ready. Each morning he held a brief service in his church, speaking to his hearers as one dying man to another.
Helmuth's publications include: Empfindungen des Herzens in einigen Liedern (1781); Denkmal der Liebe und Achtung, Welches seiner Hochwurden dem Herrn D. Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg ist Gesetzet Worden (1788); Betrachtung der Evangelischen Lehre von der Heiligen Schrift und Taufe (1793); Kurze Nachricht von der Sogenannten Gelben Fieber in Philadelphia (1793; English translation by Charles Erdmann, 1794); Kurze Andachten einer Gottsuchenden Seele (1786; several later editions); Plan einer Anstalt zur Erziehung der Jungen Prediger (1805); Etliche Kirchenlieder (1809). Enough of his devotional and occasional poems, printed as leaflets, have been preserved to fill a large volume. C. F. Geliert was his principal model. He lived his last years in retirement.
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Justus Helmuth was a member of the American Philosophical Society.
On July 5, 1770, Justus Helmuth married Maria Barbara Keppele, who bore him five children.