!trith all this in front of ue, and. not belng a.ble to d.o
anything, I wrote to ay Directors nlth the plea to call me back
frou Zurlch, before lt l.ras too la.te for ue to travel. f soon
got a letter from my Dlrectors, to go on to Grand-enfelt and. try
to get ny health back again. The arl"vlce i^ras good, and. as weak
as f felt I got read.y to leave Zurich. I took leave of friends
a.nd. Bretheren r,lho had. shown Ere so much kinrLness and. love. From
them it sounded. llke:tTill 
lue meet againr?, and so f left Zurlch,
as I can say today, ;rldever to see it a6ainii. But I atn stl}I at
heart loiith the Bretheren ancl friend.s there, by lettere ruhich
fol-Ior"red me to Australia.
' I i.rent tc Sr'ritzerland. rrith an easy heart, and. as I could.
seer our meetings rfere i.;e11 attend.ed.. Cften different ones
caue to me for heart to heart talk. I was friend.ly r.rith other
ministers in the tovrn, and. on the 1and. r,,rhich cou1cl only be
looked. on as very pleasant. But there i,ras a d.anger ln ones own
heart, to thi nk one is scmething, when one is nothing,
I went to I(onigsfelt to see Bro. I,iartin ancl stayed. r.rtth
him for a few days rest and heart to heart taIks, then took
leave of Bro. Ilsrtin and. Kon1gsfelt. I could. then go by traln
from Offenburg in orre stretch to Gnad.enfeld..
I rras put in the sick bay at oncc at the Bretheren?s house
lrhere the rest and. good. nursing seemed. to get my illness to a
stand. still. 
After three months at Gnadenfeld ny cond.ltion
seemed. so much better, that f could_ think of makirrg a journey
over the Bussian bord.er to Pabianice, I'rhere f arrived unherald.ed.
but got a hea.rty r:elcome. Although 1d.id. not get much rest,
my cond"ltion seemed. to improve a lot there.
f uent bo l'Iarshal to see tny brothers and friend.s there, and.
r,rhi)-e there I got a letter on Z(,th August, LB53 from my
Directors, nith a ca}l to go to South.hustralia, to serve the
tsrethren and their families there lrith gospel preaching and.
Holy Sacrament.
At flrst I ?ras taken baelc, and by surprlse. I had. to take
tine to think and pray for light in thls calling. 
After a lrhile
the Saviour gave me pleasure for this call.
I r,rrote to the Directors that und-er the trust of the
Saviours help, I l.rould- folloly bhe call and ltoulcl try to be read.y
soon.
I'io-vr I could tal


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