The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-22

might not fall too hard upon them.
Most of them being in othe Daytime
employed in the Families, a few only
carry on some Work at home, chiefly
weaving for the Country round about.
These Houses are not intended as
Monasteries, the Inhabitants being
free to marry in proper Order, Mar
+ riage being kept honorable amongst
! the Brethren.
! Though the Inhabitants came from
/ different Countries, and of as many
religious persuasionS, yet there are no
! Arguments amongst them about doc
I trinal matters wherein prOtestantS so
/ often differ, satisfied to agree in the
main point of our Salvation through
Jesus Christ and the Mind tic live to
! Him. Therefore as to their Doctrine
/ it may be enough here to say, that
! they never aimed to be particular
Sect nor have they any peculiar Ie-
nets whereby they be distinguished
from other Protestant Churches, but
| rather, that it is principle amongst
/ them to respect every Member OF 9TH
! er Christian peFSuatiOnS who loved
the Lord Jesus indeed, and therefore
| in this respect they live IN perfect
| harmony.
| However to promote Order and
! Good Discipline in every place set
| tied by them, they are used to make
| a brotherly Agreement concerning
/ the Regulations thought necessary,
+ which everybody cOnscientiouSly en-
gageth to observe as long as he is an
Inhabitant, and is undersigned by all
HouSekeeperS and Masters of Trades
They look upon it as a. main Point,
that these Regulations conformable
to the religious principle they profess,
M Schemes
whatsoever be undertaken in any 9th
er View.
Their Church Discipline is not so
much intended for a Correction, in
Case of transgressions, as to prevent
and far remove all Subjects which
could become a Stumblingb to any
member.
For Want of a Church, the Build
ing whereof could not be effected,
Divine Worship is performed in a
Hall, which however upon solemn DC
casions hath often proved too small.
At Bethany the first Westinghouse
|. built in the Wartime being decayed
a new one was erected in ITO and II
for a Church with an Organ, School
room and Habitation for the Minis
! ter, besides several privat@l ouses,
and Congregation Orders were agreed
upon, the keeping upright whereof
| chosen by them.
For the same reasons new church
and other Buildings were at different
| times raised at Bethabara.
Besides these three Villages a good
many scattered plantations gradual
~ arose, whereof those on the South
line Of Wachoyia erected church
and SchOolhouse for the Use of their
Settlement called F'riedburg.
In tho Wears 1-HQ and IN fOIlrt
families arrived from the Broadbay
| in New England, who settled togeth-
| cr iu the South East, End. and the
| Number much increasing from other
| Parts they erected Church and
SchOolhouse, which Settlement is
called F'riedland.
Both these are Germans.
About the Year 1772 several Eng
! liSh Families arrived from Maryland,
who began the Hope Settlement in
| the Western Part of the Tract and
| also erected Church and School
| house. All which Places have their
! Ministers from the Brethren. Besides
| these Settlements which have Joined
| together in some respects, there are a
| good many Plantations in some Parts
| scattered, in others less, where the
| inhabitants have no particular con-
| nectiUn together, however, Care has
| been taken, as much as possible TIC
| provide, that People of the same Ian
guage and also of the same religious
persuasions might live in neighbOr-
| hOOd-fOr many of them do not belong
| to the Brethren's SOciety-which on
| Account of Uniformity o. Customs
and Manners contributeth to Har
mony, and prevents much Of the par
| ty Spirit and Dissentions So apt 9th
| erwise to arise.
OF late Years it was not in the
Brethren's Power to get an exact
Enumeration Of the Wachovia Inhab
itants, yet by the former Lists it is
[ supposed to be now about fifteen hun
| dred.
As to the Land itself, there is still
above half of it unsettled.