9th December:
Conferred with Brother and Sister Johann Mueller about the school. They thought the method easy and good. Since however he had not kept school here he could give me none of the information that I asked for about the circumstances here.
10th December:
About 10 o’clock I preached with a warm heart on the Gospel of the day to a pretty little group including several friends. After the sermon I announced the school to them for tomorrow. After that was the Childrens’ Lesson, the Quarter Hour Devotion for the Communicants and a Singstunde in blessing.
11th December:
The children came to school early. They are so eager that they ran away from their parents and none of them wanted to stay at home so that many parents who still had small children in their arms and otherwise have no one there are in bad shape [14]. The number of school children is 40. They are certainly pretty children whom one can truly love. My heart rejoiced in their childlikeness and simplicity. School itself went very well right away and without difficulty because they already had school in the 8th year and some of the method had been used then too.
12th December:
School continued its lovely course. The number of children increases daily. In the evening was the usual Singstunde.
14. Because none of the other children were there to help
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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