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In Sept. 1744, I married my dear wife, Salome Kuchely ( a daughter of my mother's third husband) and we moved to Oley Hills. The next year we sold our possessions there and moved to with our first born child, Magdalene to near Nazareth, now Aluta commonly knows as Gold Farm, in Northampton county. We suffered pioneer hardships, and frequenly the Indian menace us. Our greater sorrow was that we had no minister or place of worship. In 1755, the Brethern of the Synod held at Betchel on the "Swatavia" sent us a preacher. On one occasion while my family was gathered around the table, I listented to the conversation of my children, and watching them closely, a terrible fear came upon me, lest I fell short of my duty and perchance one or another of them might go astray. I could not refrain from tears. In the distress of my heart I left the table and went out into the woods, where I expected to work, but my feeling overcame me when I fell on my knees and earnestly besought the Lord that He might take them into hands and guard them from all evil, since I lacked the needed wisdon to train them up in His fear. Then and there I experienced such a blessed assurance that he had heard my prayers that I since felt that they were safe in His hands.
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