A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . for where a poor man sits with a richman in a game, the rich man can and will take carethat the poor one does not win an^thing from him,and although I might begin to-day to suffer by theloss which I have suffered, it would indeed be nonetoo early. I have now for almost twenty )ears beentried in various manners and ways in the pathsof the heavenly calling and have given many proofsof my childish ignorance. It will for once be hightime that I should learn the tenth commandmenta little better, so that also in a spiritual sense Ishou
A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . for where a poor man sits with a richman in a game, the rich man can and will take carethat the poor one does not win an^thing from him,and although I might begin to-day to suffer by theloss which I have suffered, it would indeed be nonetoo early. I have now for almost twenty )ears beentried in various manners and ways in the pathsof the heavenly calling and have given many proofsof my childish ignorance. It will for once be hightime that I should learn the tenth commandmenta little better, so that also in a spiritual sense Ishould not be covetous of my neighbors goods; nothing belongs to me and the utmostpoverty is my share, I ought to like this much betterthan to shine in the raiments of others. However, I heartily wish that this simple lettershould please thee as a cheerful answer; for, althoughI possess nothing and can do nothing, yet the sparkof love urges me now to give answer to thee in sim-plicity of heart. For the fn>t â Brother Eckerlin has not imderstood. ^/,pi ^*--^rcX. ^C^xiv^.^^-:. ;u//-^-«^M-*-S ~*-.,«^< Letter of Alexander Macli to Valentine Mail;. rt*^- ^^^ r^ Letter of Alexander Mack to Valentine Mack. Some Leaders in Colonieil America. 225 me rightly, for I have no mind to move again to thenew station; unless it should be clearly ordainedthus by Divine Providence, and I be more stronglyconvinced of it than I have ever yet been convincedof any change. For the secondâThat Brother Heinrich Miiller hassuch a poor view of the life of the Brethren in thenew station is not a great wonder to me and doesnot give me any different ideas of it than I enter-tained before, for just as much as he has praised itabove the measure, just so much must he nowdespise it above the measure; and when, after this,he hits the right measure he has cause to ascribesuch to the infinite mercy of God and not to hisown mind. For it is easy for mankind to err, nowby praising, now by fau
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