iedel, and held the song service, praying and thanking God for having
brought us together again.--Dober's Diary.)

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Wesley. Feb. 7th.

Mr. Oglethorpe returned from Savannah with Mr. Spangenberg, one of the
pastors of the Germans. I soon found what spirit he was of; and asked
his advice with regard to my own conduct.

====== 19 & 20 Feb. 1736.

Nitschmann. Feb. 19th and 20th.

(We waited for the small vessel that was to come for us. Br. Spangenberg
held the prayer and song services.--Dober's Diary.)

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Wesley. Feb. 9th.

I asked Mr. Spangenberg many questions, both concerning himself and the
church at Herrnhut.

====== 21 Feb. 1736.

Nitschmann. Feb. 21st.

(The small vessel came; we had much rain, and the wind was so strong
against us that we had to spend the night on the transport.--Dober's
Diary.)

====== 22 Feb. 1736.

Nitschmann. Feb. 22nd.

(In the afternoon we reached Savannah, where we were lodged in the house
which the Brethren who came a year ago have built in the town. The
Lord has done all things well, and has turned to our good all that has
befallen us, even when we did not understand His way, and has laid His
blessing upon our journey,--thanks be unto Him.--Dober's Diary.)

====== 27 Feb. 1736.

Wesley. Feb. 16th.

Mr. Oglethorpe set out for the new settlement on the Altamahaw River.
He took with him fifty men, besides Mr. Ingham, Mr. Hermsdorf, and three
Indians.

====== 6 Mar. 1736.

Wesley. Feb. 24th, Tuesday.

Mr. Oglethorpe returned. The day following I took my leave of most of
the passengers of the ship. In the evening I went to Savannah.

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Organization.

The arrival of the "second company" was a marked event in the eyes
of the Moravians already settled at Savannah. Hitherto all had been
preparation, and labor had seemed less arduous and privations less
severe because they were smoothing the path for those who were to
follow, and it was with well-earned satisfaction that wives and friends
were lodged in the new house, taken to the garden and the farm, and
introduced to acquaintances in the town. No doubt poor Catherine
Riedel's heart ached with loneliness, and her tears flowed fast, when,
at the close of that long and stormy voyage, she heard of her husband's
death, and stood beside his grave in the Savannah cemetery;--but there
was little time for grieving in the press of matters that required
attention, for Spangenberg's long visit was now to e