Moravian Lives

of floating Ice, and large Mountains of Ice, on account
of which the usual Packet could not go, but boats were
used and these being full of Passengers were dragged over
the floating pieces of Ice, and between the Ice Mountains,
and whenever they came to open water, the boats were let
down into it, and rowed over to the next floating Ice,
and in this manner it was continued the whole day,
till towards evening, when it began to grow dark, and
then [?] to snow very hard, and a high wind arose
which blew from the Land into the wild ocean, and the
large piece of Ice upon which our boats and all the pass-
-engers were, drove very fast into the great Sea which put
the Captain and Passengers into the greatest consternation
and they gave themselves up for lost, without any hopes
of a possibilty of being saved. I was also terrified, but
I kneeled down on the Ice, supporting myself by laying [?]
hold by one of the boats, and prayed loud to our dear
Saviour, to save us, telling him that he knew I was his
and that I could not think my life would end here &c.
&c - I arose with confidence and in a few minutes the
wind shifted, and blew towards the Land, which was a 
small Island in the Baltic, to which the piece of Ice
we stood up on was drove in less than half an hour
and thus we were all saved, the Captain and passengers
being amazed at this wonderful and unexpected de-
-liverance. After my return to Copenhagen, I found that
I could no longer do with the company of the Pietists,