Moravian Lives

V. The Wittower Georg Gross.
He was born 1688 the 25 of Jan. at Swindrazheim
in Alsacia, where his Parents were Farmers. His good
Parents did all in their Power to give him a Christian
like Education, sent him to Shool  School & impressd
themselves in him the fundament of the protestant
Religion. By his first Communion, he was extreamly  extremely
touched in his Heart, but had no Power to resist
his Inclination & could not fulfill his Promiss  Promise;
The Fear for Gott however very often kept him back from
Sins. Ao. 1705 he was put out as Apprentice to a 
Shumaker  Shoemaker & became Master himself Ao. 1712. In the
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mean time he very often had Visits of Grace in his
Heart, especially by perusing evangelic Hyms  Hymns.
"But I didn't know (writs  writes he himself.) that our
Saviour came for me in this World & suffert  suffered & dy'd
for me. I never was contented & very often restless,
but it went over again."
Ao. 1714 he settled himself at Ingwile & marryed  married
Mary Magdalen Shweigheimer. "We both (writes he)
were of one Mind to begin a little House-Church,
& frequented the Church on Sunday very exactly; we
both knowed  knew very well there is some thing wanting
& often tack'd together: that there must any where
in the World be such People as the Bibel  Bible describe
it, be where it will; & as we heard that M.r Engelbach
& afterwards our B.r Timoeus preach'd the Gospel in
Buxwiler, then we went thiter every Sunday, & so
was a Week contented again. At last we resolv'd
for the Sake of the Church & the fine Shool  School to move
from here & setlle in Buxwiler, which we effected
1731." His Marriage State was bless'd by our
Lord w.th 9 Children, Seven have departed their
Life before his coming to the Congregation
& his Son Hieronymus went home 1736 in the
Service of our Lord in England, from Son he survived
                                                             4 GrandChildren