12th December:
School continued its lovely course. The number of children increases daily. In the evening was the usual Singstunde.
13th December:
Johann Schmidt came to us from Donegal on the way to Bethlehem. He brought the happy report that the school in Donegal was going as wished. He spent the night with us and left.
14th December:
Early in the morning to Bethlehem. To my pleasure and that of the children, Br. Johann Mueller kept school. They are right lively. The ones who are supposed to stay at home offer money to those who come here, so that they can come too.
15th December:
As usual there was no school. Because by my last visit here with Brother Nathanael [15] I had promised the Heidelberg Brethren and Sisters to visit in their homes, and because they asked me to, we resolved to make a tour. Br. Johann Mueller and I started early and were finished by evening. Everywhere we went we were made welcome, occasioning joy and pleasure with parents and children alike. In the evening was the Quarter Hour Devotion of the Communicant Brethren and Sisters.
15. Seidel, later his brother-in-law
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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