Lamb of God. In the evening
I went to the large Orphan-house, built, in dependence on the Lord, by A.
H. Franke, to see one of the classical teachers, who is the son of my
father's neighbour, and whom I had not seen for about fifteen years. I
found him, to the joy of my heart, to be a brother in the Lord. This
evening I spent in the same room where it pleased the Lord to begin a work
of grace in my heart, with several of the same brethren and sisters with
whom I used to meet seven years ago, and told them of the Lord's
faithfulness, gentleness, kindness, and forbearance towards me, since I
had seen them last. Truly how good has the Lord been to me since!

April 2. This morning I again spent in calling on the brethren and
sisters, being enabled, every where, before learned and unlearned, to
testify about the blessedness of adhering to the Scriptures as our only
guide in spiritual things. I left Halle this afternoon, having received
much love from the brethren, and drove fifteen miles further, to a beloved
brother and old friend, brother Stahlschmidt at Sandersleben, who has
shown me much kindness even since I have been in England. I was received
with much love by this brother and his dear wife, and his man servant,
also a beloved brother. [This brother (the man servant) I met fifty-four
years ago at Gnadau, a Moravian settlement, where I several times spent a
few days for the refreshment of my soul, to which place he also came, a
distance of about forty-five miles, for the same purpose. He was then
living with a farmer, ploughing his fields, &c. At that time our hearts
were knit together; for I wish it to be understood by any unconverted
reader, that, whilst I should at one time have looked with scorn upon such
a person, if he had attempted to be familiar with me, now the love of
Jesus, in whom we were one, filled my heart with love to him, and these
outward distinctions were broken down. In consequence of this
acquaintance, he wrote me several letters to Halle, and I wrote to him.
Those letters were particularly refreshing and spiritual, and therefore I
read them to other brethren, and also to brother Stahlschmidt, a wine
merchant. On account of this, he had a great desire to have brother Kroll
living in his house. The Lord, after a time, brought it about, and this
brother lived with him above forty years, and was a friend, a brother, and
a most faithful servant to this merchant, so that his considerable
business was in