Gerhard Tersteegen

Tersteegen was born in Moers, at that time the principal city of a county belonging to the House of Orange-Nassau that formed a Protestant enclave in the midst of a Catholic country.

He soon came under the influence of Wilhelm Hoffman, a Pietistic revivalist, and devoted himself to writing and public speaking, withdrawing in 1728 from all secular pursuits and giving himself entirely to religious work.

Additional sermons can be found in Samuel Jackson's Spiritual Crumbs from the Master's Table Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine and H. E. Govan's Gerhard Tersteegen: Life and Selections.

Give no ear to reason’s questions; Let the blind man hold That the sun is but a fable Men believed of old.

Korta Språk och Böner, till uppbyggelse för de enfaldiga (4th edition 1876) contained 19 hymns by Tersteegen.

Among the more fundamental principles he espoused were the following: Here are samples of his reflections: Tersteegen was ever hopeful of God's favor, as attested in the following: He also recognized that blessings come packaged as trials: Tersteegen was adamant that all spiritual growth and joy was centered in a relationship with Jesus Christ.