19th November:
In the forenoon about 11:00 I preached on the Text for the Day [5] about the burning of the heart of Jesus’ for humanity in His threefold future. The Savior blessed it and made His Presence powerfully felt. After the Sermon the results of the Synod were ready and the Children’s Lesson held. Then in a separate opportunity the Chief Elder Festival was announced [6] amid a very blessed feeling of His Wounds
20th November:
I left Quittapahilla and went on to Donegal [7]. Because my journey through the country and its purpose was well known, along the path I had to take the Brethren and Sisters stood waiting in the doors until they saw me and would give me no peace until I had at least looked into their houses. The children were also very eager, gathering around me immediately and being very cute. This meant that it was already night when I got to my dear Johann Schmidt. The Brethren there were working hard on the chimney and were eager to finish so that we could be together undisturbed. We were very happy together. He has a sweet little dwelling there and the Brethren and Sisters there and their children love him very much. The latter had given me many greetings to bring to him.
7. Quittapahilla, later Hebron then Lebanon; Donegal, Milton Grove NW of Mt. Joy, Lancaster County
Brother Bader's Diary
of his Journey and Visit to the Schools in the Country from
16th November 1752 to
28th February 1753
Translated by Pastor Roy Ledbetter
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