Johanna Eleonora Benade
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- Title
- Johanna Eleonora Benade See all items with this value
- Creator
- Benade, Johanna Eleonora
- Date
- 1790?-1800? See all items with this value
- Type
- Text
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- Description
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This manuscript is a memoir of Johanna Eleonora Brandt, who died in Rundell on January 7, 1792. It is largely autobiographical because much of the narrative is written in the first person, though later portions appear to have been continued or edited by others after her death.
Johanna describes being born in 1756 in Upper Lusatia to devout Moravian parents who carefully raised their children in the faith and protected them from worldly influences. From early childhood she experienced strong religious feelings, prayer, and emotional devotion to Christ. She later spent time in Moravian educational communities such as Herrnhut and was deeply shaped by communal worship and discipline. The memoir follows her spiritual growth, marriage, hardships, illnesses, and continued commitment to religious life. Later pages describe periods of suffering, physical decline, and labor beyond her strength, but emphasize her patience, humility, and trust in the Savior. - Subject
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Benade, Johanna Eleonora
Moravians--Biography
Women--Biography
Autobiographies See all items with this value - Place
- Fetter Lane, England See all items with this value
- Language
- eng
- Site pages
- Johanna Eleonora Benade (1756-1792)
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