21st January:
About 11 o’clock I preached with a warm heart on Genesis 47:3,4. After the sermon Br. Rauch held the Quarter Hour Devotion for those received [into the Congregation]. At this time a child was sprinkled [24] with the Blood and Water from Jesus’ Side. Then I held a Quarter Hour Devotion for the single men. Towards evening altogether unexpectedly the dear Brethren Horsefield [25] and Joseph Mueller arrived to our amazement and joy on their return journey from North Carolina. They spent the night with us. We passed the evening happily together.
22nd January:
About 10 o’clock they took tender leave and continued their way to Bethlehem. I started school today and kept both here by myself since I had already visited Brother and Sister Nixdorf in their school as I traveled through Warwick to Lancaster. The number of children is 55 and is the largest in this area. They are very dear children with whom one can act as one will. In the evening I held a thorough conference with Brother and Sister Nixdorf in the presence of Brother and Sister Rauch. They understood me quite well and are perfectly content with the method.
23rd January:
Although I began the school in the morning and afternoon I let them keep it completely after that. They do it right well and can find their way around better and more easily because they have already been instructed in the main points by Brother Gottschalk. The children are quite lively and happy.
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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