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Thing in the World, which I must experience; but I found, there was nothing
but fantom?. How often have I thought of Fulneck, & wished me to be
there, when I was uneasy, which was very often.
His course here was solid; he served faithfully in the Shop &
was legitimated among Brn & Strangers. His Connexion & Converse
with our dear Savr was real, but in Stilness. He was admitted here
to the holy Sacrament May the 23d 1767, which was a real grace to
Him; & as often as he fed afterwards with the Congn on the Body &
Blood of Jesus in the holy Sacrament, he enjoyed it as a poor Sinner,
who thought himself very unworthy of this great grace, but felt at
the same Time, that he stood very mich in Need of it, & that he could
not do without. And so he always got new strength & life our of the
Wounds of Jesus. Whom he was spoken with previous to the holy Sa
crament, he was not of many Words, but one perceived clearly, that his
Heart did live in the Sufferings of Jesus. All the Meetings he en-
joyed both in the Congn & his Choir, proved a Blessing to him; the
Doctrinal? Day, we had last Novembr, was very blessed to him, & he
afterwards told, that he enjoyed a particular Nearness of our Savr at
the Cup of Covenant. Last year he was made old? a Candidate for
the East-Indies, which he accepted of: for he was very willing to serve
our Savr, wheresoever his Service should require it, tho' on account of
his weakly Constitution he had but little Hopes to be of any Use in the
Service of our Savr among the Hearthen. That Time he came among the
Inforcessors?, which was very weighty to him. But our Savr, who was
pleased with his Willingness to serve him, had other Thoughts about him.
He grew weaker from Time to Time, & in the Beginning of Decembr he
was obliged to move in to the Sick-Room. First we did not think, that
he would go home of this opportunity; but he soon thought so, & was quite
set upon going home. Here he had a sabbatical Time in the Nearness &
Converse with our Savr. F Once he said: tho' our Savr has had so great a
F tho' it was a Shool- Time for him too, in which he had to learn many lessons & to speak thoroughly with our dr Savr about many Things.
Mercy upon one, yet I fel myself often so indifferent towards Him, which
is the greatest pain, I have in the Sick- Room; at which he wept very much.
But he soon was comforted again & chered by a gracious Look of our Saviour.
He himself dictated his Course of LIfe to Br Martens; & when he had done
therewith, ? which was last Friday, he made Haste to meet his eternal
Bridegroom. He had it very easy in his Sickness; the Day before his going home
he once complained, saying: Dear Savr! it is too hared for me; but he soon
got it easier. He was present to himself to the last Moment, when the
Blessing of his Choir & the Congregn was imparted unto him during a
sweet ^Feeling of our Savrs Nearness, & soon after his Soul departed into the
arms & Bosom of Jesus, last Tuesday about 7 o'Clock in the morning, rig?
Feby the 6th 1770 in the 34th year of his Age.
Praise to Thee; our God, be brought for this Sinner redeemed with thy Blood.