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August Gottlieb Spangenberg
A bishop of the renewed Brethren's church, Zinzendorf's colleague and the writer of his Life, who died at Berthelsdorf at the age of eighty-eight.
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This site quotes August Gottlieb Spangenberg 4 times across 4 books, and lists 0 works.
- Lived 1704 to 1792.
- Quoted here most in Matthew: 1 of 4.
August Gottlieb Spangenberg
- Lived
- 1704 to 1792
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- Moravian Brethren
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Quoted in full, because August Gottlieb Spangenberg died in 1792 and these works are out of copyright. Each citation below names its edition and its year. A citation naming a modernised text means that edition makes its own editorial changes, and that edition's terms are not in this site's record.
“The Count concluded the year, after addressing the children at Great Hennersdorf, in the customary manner with the church.”
The Life of Nicholas Lewis Count Zinzendorf, translated by Samuel Jackson, page 406
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He first of all spoke upon the watchword for the day, "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world;" and asserted that the watchwords in the beginning of the year had been verified.
Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” BSB
“He told me how it was with him, and I saw that true Grace dwelt in and governed him.”
Diary, February 1736, in Adelaide L. Fries, The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740, page 123
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Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. BSB
“Each of these individuals devoted one hour in the day or night, as best suited his convenience, to prayer before God, to filial converse with him, and to intercession for the church of Christ collectively, for the community, and, in the sequel, for all the…”
The Life of Nicholas Lewis Count Zinzendorf, translated by Samuel Jackson, page 88
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churches of the Brethren and their choirs; for individuals, for the missionaries, the land in which they dwelt, the magistrates and teachers, the whole of Christendom, and the human race in general; so that by means of this arrangement, silence was kept neither day nor night before the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing. BSB
“About this time he began to speak upon a passage of Scripture, or a verse of a hymn, in the singing-meetings, which were held every evening, and this gave occasion to the daily ‘watch-words;’ for when the singing-meeting was over, he gave the text, or…”
The Life of Nicholas Lewis Count Zinzendorf, translated by Samuel Jackson, page 95
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verse of a hymn, on which he had spoken, to the brethren and sisters as a watch-word for the following day. He made the commencement on the 3d of May, and gave the following verse as a watchword:— "'Twas love that urged him from above; 'Twas love that forced him from his throne. Then let me give him love for love, And once more yield him up his own."
1 John 4:19 We love because He first loved us. BSB
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A bishop of the renewed Brethren's church, Zinzendorf's colleague and the writer of his Life, who died at Berthelsdorf at the age of eighty-eight.
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