16th December:
We passed here.
17th December:
The Sermon, Children’s Lesson, Communion Quarter Hour, and Singstunde were accompanied by astounding Grace amid repeated strong blessed emotion. A thousand tears began and flowed. Much joy was also present.
18th December:
Br. Johann Mueller held school all day and the 19th as well in my presence. In the evening the Singstunde was held with a palpable sense of [the Savior’s] Presence.
20th December:
Again the school was kept right sweetly [16] by Br. Johann Mueller to the satisfaction of myself and the children. Towards noon Br. Johann Schmidt arrived here on his return journey from Bethlehem to Donegal. Among other things he also had many letters, especially from Europe, these made us especially glad. He left right after the meal to go to Br. Georg Loesch. In the evening we had a visit from Br. Jungmann of Gnadenhuetten [17]. He spent the night with us and left quite early in the morning for Lancaster.
21st December:
I once again had the necessary discussion about the school with Brother and Sister Mueller, expressed myself completely and took heartfelt leave of them and the children, who acted very sad and said that they would have been glad if I would only stay with them and their parents for five years or had spent the holidays with them.
16. MS: niedlich, the frequent use of “cute” “sweet” is characteristic of the earlier “Sifting Time”
17. On the Mahoning Creek, now site of Lehighton, PA
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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