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A short Acct of the Life of our dr Father Gold. 1745
On the 9th of April our dr. Sav took him home to himself towards
evening. He was one of his Sheep for which he took abundance of Pains
which is well known to many of us, who also thank the good Shepherd
with an humbled heart for his faithfullness in going after the poor
bewilder'd sheep the Sinners, till he can get them in his Arms & carry
them Home, to the other sheep in the Fold of his Church, where he can
nurse & tend them. But as all don't know it, who could also with us worship
& praise our Savr for it, or look back & see that our Sav has dealt even
so with them, & thereby have an Opportunity to reflect on his Shepherds
faithfullness, & waht Trouble & Pains he takes for us, with what eagerness
& Love he goes after us, with unspeakable Hunger & Thirst for our Souls
& it's not to be wonder'd at, since he has shed his Blood for us poor Worms.
How our Savr Labour that no Soul may be lost, the most People know,
especially amongst Us. But as we cannot but think it will be a pleasure for
every one to hear, with what an amazing Love he has pursued our dr Br Gold
in the World, till he could snare him with the Cords of Love, therefore we thought
it necessary & usefull to make it known to every one that they mat rejoice
with us, that they good Shepherd hast last found his Sheep Br Gold
He was really drawn by the holy Ghost, to leave this native Country
Moravia, Estate * Good Days in the World to deliver his Soul, & he was so
far obedient as to go with his Wife and Children, tho not with his whole Heart,
and came to the Church in HHuth in the Year 1727. His heart still cleaved
to the Earth & sought there as much as lay in his Power, to procure
something again which he could call his own, at which his dearest Wife
& Daughter (Krugelstein) were heartily grieved. The more he got for
himself, the more he was enslaved to it, used to conceal the little Money
he had & receive Alms of the Church. The Church was not ignorant of
it but yet would not, from turning from those Things by the Law, hoping always
our Sav would find a Time, when he could best deliver him out of the
Devils Snares. At last He & his wife were sent to St Thomas's in hopes
he might get a Blessing for his own Soul, the Church promising themselves
A Blessing for the poor Negroes thro his Wife's faithfull Heart to our Savr &
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