John Christian Hope (August 20, 1806 – July 9, 1879) was a

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scholar, priest, secretary and president of the South Carolina Lutheran Seminary, Representative, and Senator in his native state of

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. J.C. Hope was born in

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District, South Carolina to Johann Christian Haupt and Christina Fellers. Johann Haupt was the son of a Hessian

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veteran. J.C. Hope and Louisa Eichleberger had three children, James Cornelius (August 23, 1834 - July 17, 1909), Mary Ann Catherine (February 14, 1835 - August 22, 1874) and John Julius (September 26, 1840 - December 20, 1852).

Lutheran studies

J.C. Hope rode on horseback to

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during the late 1820s or early 1830s. He enrolled as a student at the Gettysburg Seminary. He was encouraged to attend by

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. There he studied under Dr. Ernest Lewis Hazelius. About Hazelius he wrote in a letter to Rev. Bachman:

Humility is a striking attribute of his, yes, when spirits, far less noble, would traverse the highest summits, his is moving in the lowest valley. And, though he can soar to the highest summits of the intellectual world, yet, he delights to move in the most inferior vales of wit.

Church service

John Christian Hope graduated from the Seminary in 1831. He was ordained in 1832. He served the following churches. * St. Stephen's, Lexington, 1831–1834 *St Michaels's, Columbia, 1834 *Ebenezer, Columbia *Sandy Run, Swansea, 1832–1833 *Colony, Newberry, 1850–1851 *St. Luke's, Prosperity *St. Matherw's, Pomaria, 1838–1843 *St. John's, Pomaria, 1843–1850 *Bethlehem, Pomaria, 1832–1837 *St. Paul's, Pomaria, 1834–1838 *St. Peter's, Piney Woods *St. Johns, Lexington

References

* MS. letter, John C. Hope to the Rev. John Bachman, Nov. 6, 1830, S. C. Synod Archives. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, John Christian 1806 births 1879 deaths People from Newberry County, South Carolina Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives American Episcopal priests 19th-century American Episcopalians 19th-century American Lutheran clergy 19th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly