8th, 9th, 10th January:
Our Brother and Sister took turns keeping school, they had taken note of the method well.
11th January:
In the morning class I still spoke very heartily with the children. Among other things I asked them not to make the hearts of our Brother and Sister sad, not to make it hard for them to keep school, but to continue to love the Little Lamb. Among many tears I took tender leave of the children. In the afternoon our Br. Rauch came from Donegal, bringing the long-desired, happy news that our dear and beloved Sister Anna Johanna, Br. Toeltschig [20], Brother and Sister Krause and Sister Rauch will arrive tomorrow evening.
12th January:
About 11 o’clock was the wedding of Daniel Heckedorn from across the Susquehanna and the widow Susannah Kinst of Quittapahilla and after that a Lovefeast [21]. About 4 o’clock the dear, above-named company arrived and were received with joy. Because we had been advised that it was the 27th Birthday of our dear Sister Anna Johanna, so we made preparations without her knowledge. After the evening meal, about 9 o’clock, she was led into a room that had been closed. There was a table decorated with the Watchword and [Doctrinal] Text for the day as well as her birth year and day. We had a dear and happy Lovefeast during which Br. Bader played the Guitar and Br. Engel sang several little songs and verses written especially for her.
20. Johann Toeltschig, one of the “5 Churchmen” from Moravia who were in 1724 the first to come to Herrnhut as conscious descendants of the Unity; the first man whose marriage was approved by the Lot; leader of the Moravians in Georgia and later in England and Ireland.
21. A simple meal, not the Eucharist, held to celebrate a special occasion, emphasizing fellowship
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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