the newest Rev. Leonard Schnell, the replacement from Neubert, who was simply entitled in order to Heidelburg, occupied our home and you may commenced the school wath five boys, and you can three girls, their partner exercises the brand new Rev. Reinhard latter. Summer twenty-eight the Ronner and you can partner showed up away from Bethlehem once the assistants regarding college or university and you will August 11 the first pastoral functions. lovefeast was held on the Gemeinhaus, by the Bishop Nathaniel Seidel, out of Bethle-
”awakened” people during the Warwick township which they could have a great pastor in order to reside one of them. From inside the Sep, 1745, the fresh new Rev. Daniel Neubert
GEMEINHAUS When you look at the Sptember, a meeting w^just like the held within George Klein’s home to take on issue regarding strengthening a school and you may fulfilling-domestic (because known from the folthe “church” St. James).
Bethlehem, the first one to become therefore gotten, not only in \\^arwick, in this new Colony, all the professionals within Bethlehem and you may Nazareth getting current emigrants of European countries.
members: Brethren, George Klein, Hans George Kiesel, Henr>- Rudy, Sherzer; Siblings, Anna Klein, Christiana Kiesel. Verona Rudy. Apollonia Scherzer. The initial communion
constantly designated from the later diaries,”Warwick School-house, “stood to your east part of Klein’s ranch, toward declivity of a little mountain, north of what is today Alain Path, and you may northeast of your household, 1905, out-of Mr. Clement Badorf. Subsequent to 1763 it absolutely was made use of while the a school and as a blocking place for faraway members after they came to chapel on the Weekend. Inside the due to the fact
February, 1766, it was taken down being centered from logs, and you may re-erected opposite the rectangular, on northern-east place, its uses as the just like end up being-
1753, Bishop Peter Boehler prepared a good “People,” which is, a class regarding individuals whom, whilst the they were perhaps not members of the newest Warwick chapel, desired to feel beneath the spiritual supervision of their pastors and you can to generally share in the average and you can special church services. Brands from people into the Warwick township attached to the Brethren nine,
Dav’d Biehler, Martin Boehler, Andrew Bort, Henry Bossert, Michael Fib, Andrew Frey, Christopher Frey, V^alentine Grosh, Jacob Heil, David Hilton, Religious Huetter, Jacob Jones, Michael Klein, Religious Kling,
Bethlehem and Nazareth. Bethlehem is the brand new “Pilgrim Congregation ;” that is, the newest professionals was in fact missionaries or even in training to own instance provider, otherwise was in fact laboring to own for example assistance of them
was indeed constantly future and you will going on telephone call of one’s chapel in passion among Indians plus the negro slaves in the west Indies and you can Surinam, (Dutch Guiana) or in that which you noAv call household purpose labors inside the Pennsylvania while the adjacent territories. Nazareth try the fresh new “Patriarch’s Package,” getting composed mainly regarding producers, exactly who tilled its countries and you can achieved regarding the harvests towards the exact same popular objective. This type of congrega-
Historical LITITZ tions was, fundamentally, peculiarly constituted. The brand new participants lived-in romantic household and with the best savings, surrendering of many personal legal rights, and you will placing brand new proceeds of the work for the a common treasury. Not all one to are suitable to your labors, restrictions and you can thinking-denials of these a personal and spiritual people, so that as emigrants proceeded to arrive
out of European countries who might not be compatible and you will willing members of sometimes off Zinzendorf and you will Spangenberg so you can prothese settlements, it had been solved because of the vide a third Chapel – settlement
homes 491 miles, towards the church, he to receive a keen annuity from ?70 during their lives. On Spangenberg’s return from Europe into the 1754, Klein frequent so it render into the self-confident terms, announcing their mission to help you retire to help you Bethlehem along with his wife and you will daughter. August transfer of your 20, 1754, the fresh judge property for the Unity of the Brethren