Moravian Lives

Covenant with some Awakened, to remain by
the Doctrine of the Merit of Jesus the Blood & Death of
Jesus, & this was the Beginning of the united Flock
in Stuttgard, whereto in December came still 7
Brn. After a repeated Visit in the Congrn. I obtai-
ned my Dismission from military Services in Apr.
1744 & arrived with the Congrn in Herrnhaag with 
the W. Word: What is accounted foolish by the World
God has chosen & Jan. 7th. 45 I was received into
the Congrn. at which the Verse: Happy Congregation
whose Robes the Lambs Blood keeps from all De-
filements & was so impressed on my Mind, that
I always rejoiced as often as it was sung in the Con-
gregation. In 1746 Nov. 13th. 1746 I was admitted to
the H. Comn. which proved a particular Strengthening
to my Heart. 1749 I got a Call to go to Pensilvania Pennsylvania  
set out in February with a Company of Brn. by
Way of Holland & England & May 12th. we arrived safe
& well in New york & on the 21st. in Bethlehem. My
Course here is known to the Brn. & Srs. therefore
I will conclude.  Thus far he himself.
     He served in Bethlehem by his Mason Trade

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and in various Services of the Oeconomy Economy here faith,
ful & usefully. He was particularly a faithful
& edifying Watchman in the Night for many Years,
& in his advanced Age he often testified how blessed
this Service had been for his Heart, what happy Hour
he had often had in Conversation with our Savr. & what
Proofs of his gracious Protection & Preservation
he has experienced in the Night particularly in the
Indian War. He had a good deal of scriptural
Knowledge, & loved to read edifying Books, but
had at the same time a faithful Heart towards our
Savr. & his Congrn. & was always full of Faith
& Courage & of a Witness Spirit 1749 he was married
with his late Wife Sophia Dorothea Sophia late Num-
berger, with whom he lived 34 Years in the married
State, & ha in which he had 3 Sons of whom one Son
Frederic is here & 2 are in Wachovia Sept. 5th.  
1783 he became Widower & his increasing Age 
Weakness & Sickliness obliged him to live in Quiet,
ness & Rest. On his last Choir Testival this Year
he was obliged to stay in his Room, but beleived believed, 
that our Savr. would also bless him there. His