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.
13th January:
About 1 o’clock the children had a blessed Lovefeast. Br. Toeltschig spoke very heartily to them and at the close the child of a friend of Philip Beck was baptized with a palpable grace into the Death of the Lamb. After the Lovefeast the Brethren and Sisters came and took tender leave of the dear [traveling] company.
14th January:
About 10 o’clock Br. Toeltschig preached to a great number of people on the Text for the Day. It was the very dearest address and there was a blessed feeling all over the Worship Hall. After the Sermon there was the Quarter Hour Devotion for the single men, which Br. Toeltschig also held. After that was the Lovefeast for the Comunicant and received Brethren and Sisters and last of all the single women. The remainder of the day we made ourselves useful to the Brethren and Sisters and passed it completely in their presence.
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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