Moravian Lives

who determined to adhere to our Savr & his atonement, resolved to pur-
chase a piece of Ground & build a Church for themselves, where they
could hear the Gospel in peace, which they also soon accomplished.
My late Husband consecrated it, and preached in it about a
Year, & then gave the whole work into the Brn's hands, and we
removed to Bethlehem. May 20 1748, we were received into the
Congn & were made partakers of the H. Communion the 13 August
the same Year. In 1749 we were accepted Aeoluths[?] and Augst
22 1750 we left Bethlehem, pursuant to a Call we had recei-
ved from Count Linzendorff to come to him to London. We were
detained on our voyage by a violent Storm. Capt Garrison who had
been upon Deck two nights, and almost two days, came into the
cabin, threw himself upon the Bed, and said: "Now our Saviour
must be Captain and all for I can do more." My Husband with
Br Nathanael Seidel and David Lisberger came to my Bed
side, where I lay very sick, and asked me whether I was ready to
go to our dear Saviour, for they thought we should all soon be
with him. I answered, yes I am ready, but I do not believe our
Savr has brought us here that we should finish in the Sea.
While we thus communed together, the Ship enacked[?] as if broken
to pieces, immediately after which the Mate, who was on Deck, call-
ed our to us "Now the Lord be praised, the Masts are all broke, &
I hope we shall be saved. The Ship now felt on one side as if
going to the bottom. The Captn rose up hastily from his bed
& went upon deck; they cast away all the Masts & regging, so
that the Ship righted[?] again, & we then lay at the Mercy of a
raging Sea. Two days after a Ship from Shull restoon[???] us, the
Captn of which offered to take us all on board, for he said, he fear-
ed we should never reach England in our Shattered Vessel. But
Captn Garrison chose to continue on his own Ship, & our confidence
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