Moravian Customs and Other Matters of Interest (Classic Reprint)
Author: Harry Emilius Stocker
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-01-29
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780267156641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Moravian Customs and Other Matters of Interest Each settlement was not only a Church, but a religious community, governed by rules and regulations which had for their object a total separation from the smful follies and carnal lusts of the world. This fos tered the missionary zeal which constrained the Brethren to carry the gospel to the most degraded nations of the earth. But it also served to keep the Church small in numbers. Moravians have always been more eager to win souls for the Lamb that was slain than to gain members for their Church. Hundreds of people to whose spiritual needs they ministered in the early days of the Church in America were turned over to other Churches. Seventy thousand persons in Europe to-day are formed! Into societies and' served spiritually by fifty seven missionaries of the Moravian Church, although these people remain members of the State Churches. This is known as the Diaspora. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
