Then there r.ras plou.ghing to be done, and- seed.ing, to help
incoue, and uncler GoCqs blessing for further progress. The
first year there could not be much, plcughed- end. sor,rn, but
everyone triecl to clo their best to put in'rhart they coulcl,
and. bnildings Lrad- to be left,
After seeding they had. to put up fences to prctect the
sor,rn field"s from stock, therefore, t.iork upon llork.
Eve:'yone seeued. happyr the cnly complainb one coulcl hear
Eas, that they I'iished they had sone more strength for nork.
For me aIso, it got busier, as I stil-l '..rent to Lightrs Pass on
a Sund.ay to preach" l,iorll clays f preferred to be on our new
settlement, and- to heep s.n eye on the d"if f erent ones, a.no also
to take over as acivisor, so to sayr anci lead_.
Cn the 20th Febr:,.irry f 856, I had cn cL:.: ncr.r scttlcucnt,
a meroorable day, l.rhich r.rill be u.nf orgetlable to me. I.t r'ias
the day l.ihen I r+as goiiig to measure out tJre tsurial llace on
olr-r aiiotncnt on the carci-. Althou-gh r d-cuti aean to speak
about af'fairs, I cannot lea.ve this unncntioned.. As I l,'as
going to put in the first pegc it seeiled- to me as though l
could not lif t the haritrer. I hercl to stop. f sent tl-re youth,
tlre only help I had e a.\.iny for an hour. I sat ciol.rn on the
earth, as I cor-rld. hard.ty f ind- a tl-rought fron the ful-lness of
my heart. It i.ras clear to me irh;r f hacl to com.e, ancl tc have
expcrience and at times not easy -rrith ny people, It came to me,
my choice and call to our Ercthrcn. I i.ras plcased- surely to be
prepared in the Far East froil hoa.e, to pui up the signai flag
of our ilreth::en :tith the Tcxt. 
Acts. 5, LZ.
It caule to me iri this hour, all the ha.rclsltips of many, many
kinds. It also came to my mind, hor.,i tl-ie Lorcl had trclped- me,
after uy callirrg for he1p, ano he had- helpccL nc to cs.rry on sc
that as far as my eyes can see, the lanclr. sc to salr is my
propertyr so that I can novr commence to buiId. a congregation,
It I,.ias a day t.;ithou.t be1I riilging or brass music, so that
I cor"rl-d, like Jacob r sal (Genesis 28 v 16 ) :isurely tire Lorcl is
in this place'?, and- I called- the place Bethel, The naairig of
this may be the nanle of the first lioravian Brethren in South
Australra. 
soon after this Lhe youth came back ancl i.,'e coul-d-
go on hea.rtil.y and. happily 'riith ouf .r,rork.
As often as my thoughts on that Cay alloued., f ',.ias back in
thought aL Christian Davicl in lierrnhut ancl at G.1-. Spangcnberg
in r.merica, anc" George schmid-t in l-frica. 
Also in Greenland.
and Labraclor and ;;as sul:e that I r.ias not alone.
TI?.t same evening all the Brethrcn iil-ro l,rere busy on their
laud by tlay came, and lie celebratecL in front of gr" Kornetzky0s
hut by a good coal fire, i,'ith singrng of i:Should- I not sing
to my Gocltr, etc. etc", c.ncl :i?hank his great name ancl pray to
hin in the d.Llsti?.
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