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myself anew to my heavenly Bridegroom. going
once on a visit to my Sister, I stop'd at the house of
a B<hi rend="superscript">r</hi>. who related to me many things concerning
<persname>Count Zinzendorf</persname>, and a place called <placename>Herrnhuth</placename>,
inhabited only by Child<hi rend="superscript">n</hi>. 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 
B<hi rend="superscript">r<hi rend="underline">ns</hi></hi> Cong<hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript">n</hi></hi> & <emotion>I </emotion><sic><emotion>immeadiately</emotion></sic><emotion>  </emotion><corr><emotion>immediately</emotion></corr><emotion> felt a conviction,
that I belonged to this people,</emotion> "Were I but so
"fortunate as to come amongst them, I said, <emotion>I
"would gladly be satisfied with bread & water."
This has remained deep impressed on my mind</emotion>
ever since. I reviewed likewise <persname>Count Zinzendorfs</persname>
<placename>Berlin</placename> discourse, w<hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript">ch</hi></hi> proved a great blessing
to me: O how sweet to my h<hi rend="superscript">rt</hi>. 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 Sav<hi rend="superscript">r</hi>. made
use of a sickness, in w<hi rend="underline"><hi rend="superscript">ch</hi></hi><hi rend="superscript"></hi> <emotion>I felt myself so poor and
wretched, that I was convinced, I should be lost,
unless he had mercy upon me,</emotion> In this miserable
condition my bleeding Redeemer drew near to