Moravian Lives

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on the other; and where I might escape the
snares and temptations that seemed to thicken a=
=round me, and with which I was too weak to
contend. I have before observed, that meetings were
held at our house on Sundays, and the Holy Com=
=munion administered every 4 weeks. this bless=
=ed ordinance I trembled to approach and con=
=tinually resolved to absent my self from it; but
a monitor within prevented me and would not
suffer me to keep my self away. It may be won=
=dered at by some, that in the state of mind I
have described, I could venture to partake of
the Lords Holy supper, but I verily believe it
to be one of those peculiar mercies which ought
to be recorded by me with the warmest gra=
=titude; for every approaching celebration led me
to self examination, and compelled me to cry
to Him, who was able to deliver me from
this bondage in which I was held by the
world and sin, and to speak pardon and peace
to my troubled heart. This He did, blessed
be His name! when the favor was least ex=
=pected, so that I was constrained to own,
with tears of Joy, "it is good for me to be
here! Another circumstance in the chain
of events at this peculiarly trying period of
my life I have ever considered a particular 
blessing. The Minister, who, served in this
small part of the Congregation was an old