Moravian Lives

Share of the Choir Comanion being brought to him,
he testified to have had an extraordinary blessed
Day, & was sure, that this would be his last Festi,
val & Comunion Communion here below. The Visit of several 
Brn. & Srs. & particularly of our dr. Br. Johannas
proved a special Joy to him. He looked with Patience
& Faith to meet his Departure, & received for it the Blessing
of the Lord & the Congrn. whereupon he departed 
softly & happily on the 11th. of Sept. in the 74th. 
Year of his Age. 
     2., Br. George Nixdorf has wrote down
the following of his Life: I was born Febr. 22d. 1700
at Schaefer in the Principality of Jauer in Silesia, &
was the first Child which the Revd. Mr. Schwedler bap,
tized in Niederwiese. My dear Mother loved God
& his holy Word, & the Passion Hymns proved at all
Times in the Year a Refreshment to her. She was
a special Friend of the Revd. Mr. Schwedler & frequent-
ed his Preachings & other Meetings very diligently
& took me very often to him, when he then, as often
as I came to him even still in my 12th. Year, fell