![]() ![]() One particular musical practice attributed to Count Z was a unique worship service called Singstunde. This place came to be called Herrnhut, meaning “under the Lord’s watch”. A year later, the population reached to 300. Three years later, Count Z finds himself with 90 other Moravians living in his huge estate. He had heard that Count Z was allowing oppressed Moravians shelter and protection on his land. The man identified himself as Christian David. This prayer was answered when a lone Moravian knocked on his door, seeking an asylum. This meetings opened up longings in his heart to form a Christian community where the persecuted can find refuge. He also opened his apartment for informal religious meetings and soon attracted a group of like-minded believers. Upon reaching 21 years of age, Count Z purchased from his grandmother the estate where he grew up as a child. From now on I will do whatever He leads me to do.” Basking in the beauty and sadness of Domenico Feti’s Ecce Homo (Behold the Man), he noticed an inscription below it – “I have done this for you what have you done for me?” Deeply touched, Count Z said to himself, “I have loved Him for a long time, but I have never actually done anything for Him. One experience that stood out to him the most was the tour he spent in an art museum in Dusseldorf. His diary bore testament of many events and experiences that impressed his young mind, many of which were spiritual in nature. While Count Z proved himself to be apt in many of the subjects taught in the school, his mind was more inclined to things that were not entirely academic. Many times, he would be seen writing love letters to Jesus and tossing them out of the window of the castle tower.Įcce Homo (“Behold the Man”) by Domenico Feti The sincere spiritual nature of Count Z was manifested early in life. He was then left at the care of two other women, his Aunt Henrietta and his grandmother Lady Gersdorf, who brought him up in a pious atmosphere. Then his mother remarried when he was three. Six weeks after Count Z’s birth, his father died of tuberculosis. At birth, Count Z’s mother’s prayer involved two important things: that he walk blamelessly in the path of virtue and that this path be fortified with the Word of God. Not only were the Zinzendorfs known as VIPs, but they were generally known to be a God-fearing Lutheran family. Thus, when Nikolaus Ludwig was born, he inherited at birth the name Count Zinzendorf. ![]() Among many other responsibilities, they were mainly known to accompany the emperor or represent the emperor as a delegate to different parts of the country as well as foreign lands. Or Count Z, as we will fondly call him in this article.įor 38 years, the males of the Zinzendorf family bore the title “Count”, which denoted a high-ranking status among the nobility. One group of family somehow managed to make it to Saxony, where they settled on the land belonging to a rich young ruler, Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. These events forced many of the Moravians to flee to Protestant areas, which at this time was in Germany (incidentally where Luther made waves many years ago regarding his 95 Theses). Their churches were closed, their schools destroyed, their Bibles, hymnals, and histories burned. A number were also sent to mines and dungeons. On that day, a number of Bohemian and Moravian members of the United Brethren were beheaded and imprisoned. They enjoyed comparative rest until the “Day of Blood”. As they steadily grew in number, they organized and assembled themselves together and began to take on the name “United Brethren.” By Luther’s time, they had about 200 churches scattered all over Bohemia and Moravia (both part of the present-day Czechoslovakia belonging to the Czech Republic). Those who remained faithful were forced to find refuge in isolated woods and caves. Some of them began to compromise on certain doctrinal points yet others stayed faithful. But as years passed and with continued persecution without and betrayals and dissensions within, the Bohemians crumbled. The Great Controversy, 115.Īfter Huss’ death, his followers, later known as Hussites or Bohemians continued to wage a war against the papacy. His doctrines now attracted greater attention than ever before. ![]() He was declared to have been a faithful teacher of the truth, and the council that decreed his death was charged with the guilt of murder. It was felt by the whole nation that he had fallen a prey to the malice of the priests and the treachery of the emperor. The execution of Huss had kindled a flame of indignation and horror in Bohemia.
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