Moravian Lives

myself anew to my heavenly Bridegroom. going
once on a visit to my Sister, I stop'd at the house of
a Br. who related to me many things concerning
Count Zinzendorf, and a place called Herrnhuth,
inhabited only by Childn. of God, who amidst the
greatest poverty, having nothing to eat but bread
and water |as they said| were happy & satisfied.
This was the first time I ever heard of the 
Brns Congn & I immeadiately  immediately felt a conviction,
that I belonged to this people, "Were I but so
"fortunate as to come amongst them, I said, I
"would gladly be satisfied with bread & water."
This has remained deep impressed on my mind
ever since. I reviewed likewise Count Zinzendorfs
Berlin discourse, wch proved a great blessing
to me: O how sweet to my hrt. was that Gospel
contained in them, that the only thing needful
for happiness consisted in obtaining as a poor 
sinner Grace & remission of sins in the blood &
wounds of Jesus. In order to bring me to the
real enjoyment of this happiness, our Savr. made
use of a sickness, in wch I felt myself so poor and
wretched, that I was convinced, I should be lost,
unless he had mercy upon me, In this miserable
condition my bleeding Redeemer drew near to