CHAPTER XXIX.

About Herrnhut -- Persecutions in Moravia -- A Wandering Carpenter -- Good Tidings -- Fugitives -- Squatters on the Hutberg -- Count Zinzendorf's Steward -- The First Tree -- The First House -- Scoffers -- Origin of the Name -- More Fugitives -- Foundation of the Union -- Struggles and Encouragements -- Buildings -- Social Regulations -- Growth of Trade -- War and Visitors -- Dürninger's Enterprise -- Population -- Schools -- Settlements -- Missions -- Life at Herrnhut -- Recreations -- Festivals -- Incidents of War -- March of Troops -- Praise and Thank-Feasts 279