A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . the story of his honorable ancestry,his own resolute refusal of state preferment for re-ligions sake, and concludes in these words: He iswalking on the path where God is to be found; whileyou, even in the best of your deeds, seem to be run-ning ever farther away from him. If I am to judgeyou by your writing, you seem to be putting out yourown eyes so as never to see his Light, his Savior andhis Glory.(2) This polemic only embittered the already unhappycareer of Hochmann and hastened the date of his re-tirement to Schwarzenau. (i)
A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . the story of his honorable ancestry,his own resolute refusal of state preferment for re-ligions sake, and concludes in these words: He iswalking on the path where God is to be found; whileyou, even in the best of your deeds, seem to be run-ning ever farther away from him. If I am to judgeyou by your writing, you seem to be putting out yourown eyes so as never to see his Light, his Savior andhis Glory.(2) This polemic only embittered the already unhappycareer of Hochmann and hastened the date of his re-tirement to Schwarzenau. (i) Peter Lobach was a member at Creyfelt who endured four years im-;prisonment for becoming a member of the Brethren church. (2) The letter in full is in Vol. II of Goebels Christliches Lcben. 24 History of llic Brctlircn. At Schwarzenau in a valley, called the valle\- ofhuts or of peace to this day, Hochniann built alonely little house. This hut of his was only a fewpaces in length and width. It had a kitchen and asleeping room. He called it Friedensburg. Here,. Scene near Hoc/unanivs Homc—Sch-warzcnaii. as a neighbor to Alexander Mack, they were in closecommunion, and Friedensburg, no doubt, was thescene of many solemn conferences between thesenoted men. Here Hochmann was \isited by repre-sentatives of all the non-state religions. But to nonewas he so intimately attached as to the little band of Tlic Pictistic Patlipndcrs. 25 refugees under Mack. They held much in , however, was always anxious to organize acongregation in which the ordinances of Gods housecould be honored and observed. This led eventuallyto separation and painful regrets on the part of Erasmus in the days of Luther, Hochmann be-lieved it better to reform from within, but Mack witha fearless spirit and a resolute will broke from everyentangling alliance, accepted only the logic of events,relied upon God to guide him aright, and boldly or-ganized a new congregation with the Bible as the rul
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