Moravian Lives

 Lives
of some Brethren, who departed in Beth,
lehem in the Months of September & October
1785.
1. Life of our late Br. Rudolph Strehle.
He writes himself: I was born June 29th. 1712 
at Entringen a Market Town in the Duchy of
Wirtenberg. In my tenderest Infancy I had al-
ready a Feeling of our Savr. & liked to learn
Hymns of my Mother which treated of him. From
my 7th. Year I went to School, & learned with Plea-
sure. In my 11th. Year my Mother fell deadly sick
& my Father being also sickly, it came very impressiv-
ly into my Mind, that I soon might be a poor Orphan
& come among strange People, I went into the Field
& prayed God with Tears on my Knees, to save my
Soul, in otherwise things he might do with me as he pleased,
Some Days after my Mother departed. Being 16
Years of Age, my Father brought me to Tubingen
to learn the Mason Trade, & 6 Weeks after he
also departed this Time. I still retained a Concern
about my Salvation, however by Seduction I fell