A1thouBh rie remaineC friend.l-y in heartto heqrt 'talhs, the
three minisbers, Kavel , Fritche and. iiaier, uho as pa.th breakers
here, trustrrorthily r,rorliecl for the German Lr.tthern Church, hai,'e
noi.r been one a.f ter another, callcd. to eternity.
fn tireir place came oLher young Inen, some trained" there,
and others trainecl at BaseI , iieruansburg and lleud.e tteslau,
came as l-ead.ers of bhe Lutheran Church.
In contact lrith these mcn t,le rlcre fricnd.ly, but kept to
ourselves, vlhich T^ras also noted. by thcm, bu'L; iic d-id- not riork
against cne anoiher, a.no at tines cculd- hel-p one anoLher.
Since tlie f irsi yea.rs of our l'.ore.vians herc , Lhi ugs tooll otl
a clif ferent turn 1 i,-:i1C1 not f or the gocd- cither. 
lis I'ioses saic1,
(Deuteroncuy )2 v L5) 
::They got fat flnd- full LlPr ancl so they
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6ur., t.rucirLr.r.J ,:lilrj- iocliin6 bacli r- cot-ii.;- siu.:, Ic.r17 i;;ite abotri thcn"
About oLr-r l.leople, lhey iJerc not fr-r.l} olr fat, btrt uncler
God- ! s bless ing, they r:orked. harci tc gct orl. Abou.t that t ine ,
scEIe slyness among bhc hard.ly groun ulr oncs hacr. stc.rteci to
spreacir a.hrJ- io m;, sorrol; sone cf thc uothcrs starbcd- to take
their part, they tr,,re lrc trying to excllse then sy saying they llere
ncL school chilCren any more, anC ue uust thei:efore leb them
expand. thenseives.
To acLcl to it, 
some famil:-es hacl come from Geruany and hact
setbled. ncerbye and a.f tcr gciting to l,,no';; them they seemed to
irave coue frou the lioa.bites of olden iines.
Thcse people soon stnrtecl com.inq to our Ch.urch, irhich lras
not clenied to them. lhey soon found- oui thc houses r.rhere they
could- have thcir private plcasure, and. the people in those
irouses seeued- to hc.ve fa.lIen for them. T heref ore in these
house s s o rriany d.if f erent ( --- ) stertcd", rrhicir r,rere not allot;ed.
in our iioravian Connunity"
I thcrefore hacl to intervene in kind-ness, 'r ilot in love
that cl.n stai-:cl allr:, ancr- I r.;arned LITem against these aeetings"
The people in ihese hcuses tttou6ht they had thc freed-om
and. continued. a.gainsi my l,rarning, ancl as they could. not get
their r.ray they'/rere going to leave c.ur iioravian Chr-rrchr anC they
lrere scen from our side as havin6 lcft our Church"
Nor'r f hao solcl land to these people a.nC therefore they
r,rere oiiners in our Revier, ancl thercf ore they thought they had.
a Church right.
As som.e of ttrcir he:-,cls hacl conle f:rca Ge raany since their
leaving our chur:ch, a.nd ccu-Id not helir thcn, in their uproar
against us ancl io clrivc things further, they asked- a Baptist
i'iinister to give a scrmon in their olrn hone e.t the same tiue
as in our church. They also triccl to 5et sonc of our church
people to j oin thein , but uithout rcsr-rlt.
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