The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-07

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here the hidden seed" re-es,sbIished
.ne o!o church Of tine Cnitas Fratrum
nnIcit ior nearly a century had been
olsorsanlzed and disrupted. On Au-
gust -, 1927, the holy communion
naS celebrated and was attended with
9uch d wonderful realization OF the
LORD presence and baptism OF His
spirit that-the day is still commence
rated as the spiritual birthday of the
renewed Brethren's church. A few
years later ZinzendUf, who was a
lutheran. connected himself with the
onitas fratrum and was consecrated
a plshep Of the church at Berlin May
~, 1897. After hat he devoted him
ser largely TO the mission work of
the church. especially in America.
anu TO the financing of its various en-
terprlses. which he did mostly on the
cIeolL OF his own personal estate. In
1l49 the formal recognition Of the
Inltas Fratrum by the English Par
amen made London an important
center. and for several years Zinzen-
dorf and other leaders spent much
time there, but in 1855 the Count
went back to Herrnhut. making ii
once more he center of the largely
increased activities of the Brethren's
church. In l143 it had already been
Teckoned that there were $1,000 peo-
pie IN close connection with the
brethren.
In 1875. Count Zinzendorf having
secured transportation for the colon
lists and a grant Of land near "
nah, August Gottlieb S~pangenberg.
who was destined to become the
Of the Morayian Church both
IN Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
set out to Georgia with a band of
settlers for the purpos Of doing mis-
slonary work among the negroes and
Indians. No great measu of success
was achieved and in 1740 the Georgia
Moravians abandoned Georgia and
went to Pennsylvania on the sloop Of
George Whitfield. The history of the
Moravians in Georgia is the subject
OF an interesting book from the pen
of Miss Adelaide Fries, the talented
daughter Of Mr.. John w. Fries. Of
Salem. The Moravians had. prior to
the time Of the Georgia settlement.
established a congregation in Pennsyl-
yania. but it was not until ZinZen-
dorf arrived in December, 1741, that
the center of Moravian activity was
fixed at Bethlehem.
In 1851 Lord Granville offered
Count Zinzendorf 100000 acres of
land in the colony Of North Caro-
lima for Moravian settlement. The
Brethren had found it difficult to
maintain their views and ideals of
life in close contact with ~neighbors OF
divergent views, and this offer OF an
isolated tract away from other peo-
pl. struck them favorably. Bishop
Spangenberg was appointed to visit
the tracklesS forests Of western North
Carolina to select the tract. On Au-
gust 25, 1852, Sp~angenberg and five
companions set out from Bethlehem,
/ Pa. for North Carolina. where they
manfully entered the deep
forests, wandering far n wide over
miles Of country hey
travelled over Indian trails and buffalo
paths. followed by Indians who
watched them with suspicious eye.
Spangenberg wrote that he could not
remember Yer to have felt so cold
a wind as that in the December biz
Yard in the mountains OF western
North Carolina.
valley of the Yadkin and found a sec
ton Of rolling woodland, all watered.
with prospects Of good hunting and
fishing. 1t reminded them Of the
beautiful lands Of Austria and the an
cestral estate of the Zinzendorfs in
that country called Wachu and as it
seemed just what they wanted. $685.
acres were surveyed and on January
25, 1853, S~pangenberg gave to the
tract the name OF WachOvia. Under
the agreement with Lord Granville
Z~inzendorf was to pay 500 pounds
purchase money and a large sum as
~uuit-rents. Just how to raise n
funds for the enterprise did not APP
pear. The interesting story Of how
the funds were raised is told in an
article in the North Carolina Booklet
Of April. 1910. by Miss Adelaide Fries,
who visited Herrnhut in 1905 and dug
out Of the archives there the inter
esting information. It seems a land
known as Der N. {. Land
and Colonie Establishment" was or
ganized and shares sold to those most
literally inclined.
BY October s. 1853. plans for form
ing a settlement in this new territory
were completed. and on that date a
of twelve single Brethren set
out from Bethlehem. Pa, bound for
Wachovia. They were well distribu-
ted among the various caIlngs. Ihey
were Bernhard Adam CRUDE, pastor;
Jacob L1osch, warden: Hans Martin
kalberlahn. physician. Hans Peter
son, tailor; Christopher Merkiey, ba-
ker; Frederick Jacob Pfeil. shoemak-
er and tanner: Jacob Lung. gardener;
uornaD I,osch- Johannes Usher and