About Johann Martin Boltzius
American German-born lutheran pastor... | Johann Martin Boltzius was a German-born American Lutheran minister. He is most known for his association with the Salzburger emigrants, a group of German-speaking Protestant refugees who migrated to the British colony of Georgia in 1734. They founded the city of Ebenezer, Georgia to escape persecut
![“The shoemaker [Johann Ludwig] W[eidmann, 6th-GGF]. has been having some serious scruples about some verses of Holy Scripture, about which I set him right today by reminding him that he should first profit from the easy and clear verses of Holy Scripture and then gradually he will learn to…” quote by Johann Martin Boltzius](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c80/johann-martin-boltzius-22940_learning_the-shoemaker-johann-ludwig-w-eidmann-6t_3106477.jpg)
![“All wooden parts are being prepared according to the design of this surveyor and engineer, and [7th-GGF Georg] Kogler prefers following his instructions rather than his own head, since he is convinced of Mr. Avery's skill, experience and honesty” quote by Johann Martin Boltzius](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d56/johann-martin-boltzius-22940_engineering_all-wooden-parts-are-being-prepared-acco_109313.jpg)
![“In Abercorn things are very profane, they do not celebrate Sundays and holy days. . . . It is a shame that Sundays are esteemed so little by most people in Christendom. Some of them drone it away loosely, others [the freethinkers] believe it is a day like other days, even though our dear God has…” quote by Johann Martin Boltzius](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/dcc/johann-martin-boltzius-22940_dear-god_in-abercorn-things-are-very-profane-they_2307652.jpg)
![“During the conversation she [7th-GGM, Anna Maria Hoepflinger Floerl] also talked about the guidance with which God had provided her when they started to expel the Salzburgers. She was born in the state of Bavaria and brought up in ignorance by her seriously erring mother and some relatives…” quote by Johann Martin Boltzius](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/124/johann-martin-boltzius-22940_communication_during-the-conversation-she-7th-ggm-anna_2699780.jpg)
![“[Mrs. Rieser] diligently instills into her children the advantages they have here over their miserable fatherland in Salzburg. They knew, saw, and heard nothing of the horrors that she had seen and in part experienced. They lived, she said, in solitude, are healthy, and are free and have the means…” quote by Johann Martin Boltzius](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/613/johann-martin-boltzius-22940_children_mrs-rieser-diligently-instills-into-her_3051035.jpg)