The Count and the Lot

Count Zinzendorf, pictured above, the progenitor of the Moravians, introduced a controversy practice to the Moravian Church during the 18th century, the lot. In the 18th Century Moravian's made use of the lot in an effort to determine the will of God in situations when the right course of action was not clear to them. Prayer proceeded the drawing of the lot. Three small tubes were placed in a bowl: one said "yes", another said "no" and the third was blank, which indicated "not yet".