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ago . £ ta « $ jutit then r * cel >« $ ' aa > ecot * i \ t from my reverend ; aad wortby frie > Mi , Mr . Iagh&m , a Clergyman of the Churdb of Kngland , * who having- spent almost a
twelvemonth at Savanna , in company with several of them , received the greatest part of his information from them , and especially , from the Rev . Mr . Spangenberg , Pastor , or as they call h , Bishop of tire Moravian Church at Philadelphia .
I need not tell yon , Sir , how well the names of the Moravian and Bohemian Brethcen were known , long- hefore Luther ' s t »« e , for I doubt not but you are much Uel&er acquainted than I with those singular footsteps of Divine Providence hy which the beginning * of a reformation was
noised among tbenL , as it had been long "before among the Waldenses , from whom , nevertheless , I cannot find that doctrine < or / discipline was derived ; though there was a great resemblance between them . 1 > ft 4 se chnrcbes , throughout all the succeeding- ages , have remained , in part at leas % a distinct bod y * neither
incorporated with tbe Lutherans , * nor Calvimsts , aor & » yt other sect in Germany ; anil in con * sequence of that , together with the re-Mfrrkable strictness of their discipline , through in doctrine they have indulged to a great latitude ; they have been continually exposed to persecution not only from Papists but from Protestants too .
I think it now about fifteen years since fSve- © # them , flying from the violence to which they were exposed at home , took refuge- in a wood at Herrnhut , which Was a > part o € the celebrated Count Zinzeudorf s estate * . That pious nobleman * returning franx the Court of Dresden , weary of their impieties and immoralities , and fearful of hazarding his salvation by a longer con *
¦ * Benjamin Ingham , in the game ship with John ao < l Charles Wesley , accompanied to Georgia in the spring of 17 % , tiha third colony sent out by the Moravian * , * Inghum , in conjunction with the Bohemian broth . ee Rosa and his wife set up a 8 cbaeL for the Indians , not iar front an In-1
dian village . ' In 1738 , Mr . Ingbatn , with John Wesley , accompanied from England a " Moravian brother / ' into Germany , which Mr . I . appears soon to have left , ' arid become & very popular preacher
in Yorkshire . See La Trobe ^ s History , pp . 194 , « 86 , 229 . t AttgugWGo < tK £ b Spangeubei-g , A . M . of the ifcrffvelwty of Halle . He united himself to Count Zinzendorf atHferrnhut in 1733 , was in Georgia , an 4 afterwards at Philadelphia in / 1 tf 36 , but not dotiseci *^ B ** hop tllfirtWUL " 11 fc Atiklfkr
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tltitrance there ,, happened to pas * through that wood , and saw a little but lately raised , and perceiving a smoke in it , had the curiosity to alight and go into it , where he found these five refugees who , in a very respectful manner , owned themselves trespassers on his ground , and discovering
their religion and circumstances implored his protection . This he readily granted , and entering . into some religious discourse with them , was £ o much impressed that he invited , and encouraged their frequent visits , and soon set up , first weekly , then daily preachings exposition and prayer , in his family , to which any one that pleased fo come wa ® admitted . !
The number of the Congregation soon grew considerable , and one of the Moravians was dispatched to carry the agreeable news into his native country : but , either in his journey or return ^ he was seized by the Roman Catholics , whipt from town to town like a felon , frequently threatened with immediate death , all tli « intimations of which fee received with the most heroic resolution , and at last died of their repeated ill usage . || Nevertheless
J The five refugees from Moravia were brothers , named Neisser ^ who nad joined Christian David , a carpenter . He began the settlement at a * e $ Iferm JSnt or the
Watch of the Lord , by striking Mfc axe into a tree , and exefoftning-, Here hath the spafrow Jbund an kous 6 y and the swallow a nest for herself ; ev&n thine altar * 0 Lord of Hosts . Caimt ZjUtzeirdoi'f " even in tbe lQth year of hi * age , had formed th < a resolution of being a preacher of the gospel , " though in 1721 * " in obedience
to his grandmother he bad accepted a post in the administration at Dresden /* That year , however , lie became acquainted with Christian David . Vet he does not appear to have been apprized of the settlement at Herrnh « t till 1722 , When he was returning ; fiem : lSb 6 rsdorf Where be had married the Coui » te £ » 8 * Revss . c ' < in the 2 ; ls ( fc of
JDecember , he was conducting his Lady to Hennersdorf ; and having : deserted froca the road a house in the wood ,, he signified his surprise , but also- his satisfaction ; went in to these Moravians , an < f , bidding tfretfi welcome , fell with them upon bis knee ' s and prayed . Soon after , be mpvtd irito his newF ^ -erec ted mansion at BertboM ^ orf . ^ Mw p . 94—101 .
|| N ^ ttccount ag reeing to this appears in € rmit % s History ox La Trobe s Notes . It appears that m l 7 'StS " Christian Qa * vi £ set out , agai » /^» Hlprav ^ a , " wj | ei « " hit conversations ^ cca ^ ioAejd a . grc a ^ $ fpotio / r , " and roused the ^? e ^ l of Me ^ fiior Nkschmann , who was c ^ n ^ d " a jf ^ tin > e In prison , and was there ^ realed m ° 8 t uitmetcrfiilly - bvtt WA » fi $ | ^ kv seiip with derision . " Attdther ofm ^ &Lme tart
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66 Dr . DoddHdge ' s Account &f i&e Moravian Brethren *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1816, page 66, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2449/page/2/
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