On 16 July he prayed with great efficacy among the young people. It was meat and drink to him his house was never shut and he visited the entire membership, helping, praying and guiding those in need. Zinzendorf divided the whole number of the brethren and sisters into these Bands and appointed one person at the head of each group …īy day and night Zinzendorf continued to give himself to his work as the unordained catechist in Herrnhut. Moo observes that in the NT, psalm most often refers to the OT Psalms, but Paul also uses the term to refer to distinctly Christian hymns in other passages like 1 Corinthians 14:26. On 19 July and the following week the practical genius of Zinzendorf for the expression and quickening of Christian fellowship gave birth to the “Bands” without which, he said, “the Brethren’s Church would never have become what it was.” A Band consisted of two or three or more persons of some spiritual kinship who met together privately and conversed concerning the state of their hearts, and exhorted, reproved and prayed for one another. Second, these scholars note the terms are used interchangeably even within the NT.
The whole neighborhood was ablaze with thanksgiving to God … All three places were thronged with hearers. Sunday 2 July was a day of great blessing the Count preached in Herrnhut Pastor Schwedler preached in Berthelsdorf and Rothe preached in the graveyard. In June, Zinzendorf and his family took up their new residence in the Herrschaftshaus at Herrnhut, before the walls of their apartments were dry. Firmly believing it to be the will of God, Zinzendorf had thus begun to mold a divided band of refugees of different denominations into a united and witnessing Congregation but all through the summer, the people seemed to be waiting and preparing for a still more signal visitation and commandment from the Lord.
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