as Jens was born in 1856 in Skjoldborg, denmark nobody thought the pipsqueak would survive. When he was four years old his mother had teached him til read and write. when he was seven, he could also recite Luther's little catchism by heart. Jens broke his social heritage with help from the Home Missipon and became a priest and missionary in the U.S., Australia, South America, Liberia and at last, as pastor for thee remaining Danish congregation at the former Danish islands in the carribian sea.