The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740Fries, Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta)
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The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740
Fries, Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta)
Moravians -- Georgia
The next to pass away was Mrs. Haberecht. Her health began to fail the
latter part of March, but she did not become seriously ill until the
26th of May, when she returned from the farm, where she and others had
been employed, and told her friends that the Saviour had called her, and
her end was near. With joy and peace she waited for the summons, which
was delayed for some time, though on several occasions her death seemed
only a matter of hours. On the 16th of June she shared with the others
in the celebration of the Communion, and on the following evening “went
to the Saviour”.
Matthias Boehnisch’s illness was of short duration, lasting only from
the 27th of September to the 3rd of October. He had had a severe fall on
the ship coming over, from which he continued to suffer, and now a hard
blow on the chest injured him mortally. Some of his companions found it
hard to understand why he should be taken, for he was a good man, who
gave promise of much usefulness in the Lord’s service. It is an old
question, often asked and never fully answered, but Boehnisch, conscious
almost to the last, was perfectly willing to go, and his associates felt
that the influence of his life “would be a seed, which would bear fruit”
in others.
It was a serious mistake that sent Juliana Jaeschke to Savannah with
the second company. A seamstress was badly needed, and had she been
so minded she might have been very useful, but in a list giving very
briefly the standing of each one in the “Society”, it is curtly stated
that she was “ill-mannered, and obstructing everything.” Soon after her
arrival it was suggested that she marry Peter Rose, but the lot forbade
and he found a much better helpmeet in the widow of Friedrich Riedel.
Waschke thought he would like to marry Juliana, but she refused, even
though Bishop Nitschmann, Mr. and Mrs. Toeltschig pled with her. Her
preference was for George Haberland, and the result was an uncomfortable
state of affairs, which disturbed the leaders of the “Society” not a
little, for living as they did as one large family it meant constant
friction on all sides. They did not know whether to force Juliana to
submit to their authority, (as a member of the “Society” she had pledged
herself to obedience to the duly elected officers), or whether they
should wait and hope for a better frame of mind. At last they referred
it to the lot, which read “Juliana shall not marry any one yet.” This
settled the question for the time being, but did not improve the spirit
of the parties concerned. A few of the others were homesick, and lost
interest in their work and the cause for which they had come over.
Hermsdorf returned from Frederica, sick and depressed, and was kindly
received by the Moravians in Savannah, though their first favorable
impression of him had been lost on the voyage across the Atlantic, when
he complained of the fare, and lay in bed most of the time.
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