Löytöretki juurille jatkuu. Kreivi Nikolaus von Zinzendorf perusti pakolaiskeskuksen mailleen. Herrnhut.
Siellä oli vanhimmisto:
"First, then the Count laid down the rule that all male adults in Herrnhut, no matter to what sect they might belong, should have a voice in the election of twelve Elders; and henceforward these twelve Elders, like those in the neighbouring estates of Silesia, had control over every department of life, and enforced the Injunctions and Prohibitions with an iron hand. They levied the usual rates and taxes to keep the streets and wells in order. They undertook the care of widows and orphans. They watched the relations of single young men and women. They kept a sharp eye on the doings at the inn. They called to order the tellers of evil tales; and they banished from Herrnhut all who disobeyed the laws, or conducted themselves in an unbecoming, frivolous or offensive manner.
The power of the Elders was enormous. If a new refugee desired to settle in Herrnhut, he must first obtain permission from the Elders. If a settler desired to go on a journey, he must first obtain permission from the Elders. If a man desired to build a house; if a trader desired to change his calling; if an apprentice desired to leave his master; if a visitor desired to stay the night, he must first obtain permission from the Elders. If a man fell in love and desired to marry, he must first obtain the approval of the Elders..."
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/hutton/moravian.v.iv.html
Zinzendorf keksi parituhatta virttä. Standup tyyliin hän seuroissa saattoi soittaa ja keksiä virttä laulaessaan.
Siellä oli vanhimmisto:
"First, then the Count laid down the rule that all male adults in Herrnhut, no matter to what sect they might belong, should have a voice in the election of twelve Elders; and henceforward these twelve Elders, like those in the neighbouring estates of Silesia, had control over every department of life, and enforced the Injunctions and Prohibitions with an iron hand. They levied the usual rates and taxes to keep the streets and wells in order. They undertook the care of widows and orphans. They watched the relations of single young men and women. They kept a sharp eye on the doings at the inn. They called to order the tellers of evil tales; and they banished from Herrnhut all who disobeyed the laws, or conducted themselves in an unbecoming, frivolous or offensive manner.
The power of the Elders was enormous. If a new refugee desired to settle in Herrnhut, he must first obtain permission from the Elders. If a settler desired to go on a journey, he must first obtain permission from the Elders. If a man desired to build a house; if a trader desired to change his calling; if an apprentice desired to leave his master; if a visitor desired to stay the night, he must first obtain permission from the Elders. If a man fell in love and desired to marry, he must first obtain the approval of the Elders..."
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/hutton/moravian.v.iv.html
Zinzendorf keksi parituhatta virttä. Standup tyyliin hän seuroissa saattoi soittaa ja keksiä virttä laulaessaan.
Vastaukset 4
Vanhimmat
Arvaa onnistuisiko täällä sarvikuonojen maassa
Laulut ja lauluseurat Herrnhutin mailla:
"The most important part of the church life was the singing:
Hymns and music were poured out and sung on every possible occasion, on land and sea, throughout the far stretches of the Moravian enterprise. No opportunity for singing was lost. Even the harvesters had their own hymns and the night watchmen sang on their rounds….
Verses were often composed on the spot to celebrate the return of a ‘pilgrim’ or the reception of a letter from the mission field. In particular, Zinzendorf loved the famous Singstunde or song-service which he himself had founded in Herrnhut. Many complete hymns were sung at such a service, and single stanzas were then chosen to continue a spontaneous theme as the evening advanced. Hymn-singing from memory was cultivated because only in this way, Zinzendorf argued, could the verses most effectively express the individual’s experience"
http://countzinzendorf.ccws.org/moravians/index.html
Herrnhutissa laulettiin miltei koko ajan. Myös yövatija lauloi läpi yön.
As the night-watchman went his rounds, he sang a verse at the hour, as follows:—
The clock is eight! to Herrnhut all is told,
How Noah and his seven were saved of old,
Hear, Brethren, hear! the hour of nine is come!
Keep pure each heart, and chasten every home!
Hear, Brethren, hear! now ten the hour-hand shows;
They only rest who long for night’s repose.
The clock’s eleven, and ye have heard it all,
How in that hour the mighty God did call.
It’s midnight now, and at that hour you know,
With lamp to meet the bridegroom we must go.
The hour is one; through darkness steals the day;
Shines in your hearts the morning star’s first ray?
The clock is two! who comes to meet the day,
And to the Lord of days his homage pay?
The clock is three! the Three in One above
Let body, soul and spirit truly love.
The clock is four! where’er on earth are three,
The Lord has promised He the fourth will be.
The clock is five! while five away were sent,
Five other virgins to the marriage went!
The clock is six, and from the watch I’m free,
And every one may his own watchman be!
At this task all male inhabitants, over sixteen and under sixty, took their turn. The watchman, in the intervals between the hours, sang other snatches of sacred song; and thus anyone who happened to be lying awake was continually reminded of the presence of God.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/hutton/moravian.v.iv.html
Zinzendorf ja seurakunta Herrnhutissa lähettivät kolme miestä lähetysmatkalle Ruotsin Lappiin.
Miehet olivat: Andreas Grasmann, Daniel Schneider ja Johann Nitschmann.
Miehet saapuivat Tukholmaan, jossa viipyivät opetellakseen ensin ruotsinkieltä ja olivat suureksi siunaukseksi monelle sielulle Tukholmassa.
1735 he lähtivät Tornioon ja kiersivät lähetysmatkallaan ympäriinsä Ruotsin Lapissa.
David Cranz, Alte und Neue Brüder-Historie
osa III sivu 242
http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/30767/262/cache.off