Oct. 20. Sunday. . . "In the evening service Br. Koher stated that the chief reason for which our Lord planted our congregations here in Wachovia was that we might preach the Gospel to the heathen, especially the neighboring Cherokee and Creek Indians.
It has been our constant desire to watch what goes on in these nations, and see whether the hour has come in which this plan of the Saviour can be carried out. Sixteen years ago our Br. Martin Schneider, now pastor of Friedberg, was commissioned to visit the land of the Cherokees, and so did. He was kindly received, and they expressed a wish that Brethren might live among them and teach them about the Great God.
Soon thereafter a great war broke out among the Indians, and nothing more could be done in the matter. Now conditions in these nations seem to have changed, and the matter was taken up to see whether the time had now come to visit the Cherokees again, or at least in their neighborhood to inform ourselves about them, and our dear Lord has ordered that it shall be attempted. After full deliberation, our Lord decided that our Br. Abraham Steiner, in Bethabara, should be called for the task, and he has accepted the proposal with a willing heart as from the hand of the Lord, confident His mighty help, and powerful support. Our Br. Friedrich Christian von Schweintz has been found ready the willing to go with Be. Steiner." -The Salem Diary.
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