They arrived in the Wachovia, the 100,000 acres the Moravians owned in NC on November 17, 1753. After cutting a path of two and one half miles they settled in an abandoned cabin. Within hours of their arrival they held a simple Moravian lovefeast to give thanks to the Lord for their safe arrival.
A hymn compose for the occasion, by one of the brethren, was sung:
We hold arrival lovefeast here,
In Carolina land,
A company of Brethren true,
A little pilgrim band,
Called by the Lord to be of those
Who through the whole wide world do go,
To bear Him witness everywhere,
And naught but Jesus know.
The Moravians from ancient times to the present have a “Watchword” or devotional Bible text for every day of the year. The texts are drawn, even in the 21st century, by lot every year. The text for the day of their arrival was Revelation. 2:13, which appropriately reads: “I know where thou dwellest.”
Indeed He knows where you and I dwell. What good news!
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