Moravian Lives

was betrayed & my Husband was for that put in Prison.
However soon as he was set free again, he did't [?]
[?] could for all that not be silent by the Visit of 
Christ.n David & the following great Awakening in this Country;
and was by that means imprisoned a second time. I came
in hard Circumstances for his Sake at last I got Bail
& he was set at Liberty again. Now we seriously intented  intended
to leave our Mother-Country, because we had no rest & to 
follow our Brrn which went before us. But as afterwarts  afterwards
Melchious Nitshman with two familys  families more went away,
such a wild Commotion ensued that we must in half a 
Hours time determine to leave our whole Habitation
for our Souls Sake. I intented  intended to take some Linen along
w.th me, but could not find in haste the key-hole, [?]
[?] flung the key away & went w.th my Husband & three
Daughters out the Door. Scarce had I left my Habitation
then Heart feeld  felt Rest & Peace, that nothing in this World
would have inticed me to return again. But scarly we
had pursued our Journey some Miles, we fell in with
8 young Men who brought us in the greatest Distress
& sevel times tyed  tied us. O in what Dificulty  Difficulty were we in!
We knowed  knew what sort of Holes were preport for us in Prison;
therefore we took refuge to begging & told them the would 
consider our Distress & let us go, They were very hard &
inmoveable  immovable but at last they said, as we go for our Con-
siences Sake they would let at Liberty. Who was more glad
then  than we, we procedeth  proceedeth our Journey w.th a more firm Con_
fidence & Faith. At Schönbrunn, where our dear Brother
de Seidliz had part of his Dominion, we heard the first
                                                               Protestant Pr.

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Protestant Preaching en enjoy'd the Love & Goodness of
every Body. This we enjoyed every where, on our Journey
till we at last save arrived at Bertholsdorf. We went
the same Day to Hhuth, where they was just a building the
Congregation House, the Brethren which was on the Roof
knowd us, came down, saluted us with great Joy & Amazement
that we escapd so happily. But as to the same Time was 
no Employment for us there, then we lived 8 Weeks at
Bertholsdorf w.th Vater Nitschmann, but afterwards
the blessed Lady the Gersdorf took us under her Care & pro-
vided us a Lodging & Boarding at Kemniz. But as our
dear Lady a Year after went to her Saviour, we beggd
by our blessed Disciple for a Place in Hhuth. We aquainted
our Lord & the Minister at Kemniz w.th our Intention,
But they disuadeth us: saying what we would do
in this Desart  Desert? & who would give us there our Allimendation?
My Husband answerd  answered: Our Saviour who nourished
4000 Men in the Desart  Desert, He hoped will find Advise  Advice
to bring us there through to. We moved also A.o 1726
to Hhuth, where we found several Trials in the first
Years, & I found out very soon, that the bare
Emigration from my Mother Country, was not enough
to set my Heart at Rest. The fundamental Him:
not to belief on the Son of God & his meritorious
Wounds, was here laid open to me, so that I did't
venture to go to our Lords Supper & thereby lost
the great & blessed Comunion  Communion the 13th Augs at Berthols-
                                                                                                       dorf.