Rosina Neubert (1705-1785)
- Name:
- Rosina Neubert
- First name:
- Rosina
- Last name:
- Hauer (birth)
- Birth date:
- 1705-09-14
- Birth place:
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Kunewalte, Moravia
- Death date:
- 1785-08-14
- Death place:
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Gender:
- Female
- ML ID:
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mlper000211
Relations (family):
- Dobias Hauer, parent
Memoir:
- Archive: Bethlehem Archives
- Shelfmark: MemBeth 0286
Rosina Neubert was born on September 14, 1705, in Kunwald, Moravia, and from childhood carried a love for the faith nurtured by her father's secret devotional readings. Her conviction deepened so profoundly during the First Revival that she resolved to flee her homeland rather than forfeit her soul, enduring imprisonment, forced labor, and attempts to break her spirit before escaping on December 28th, disguised in her brother's clothing, and traveling four German miles through deep snow in a single night to reach safety. Guided by friends already settled in Herrnhut and sustained by a shepherd she had not yet fully come to know, she arrived on January 14, 1727, where Pastor Rothe of Berthelsdorf took her under his care and she received Holy Communion for the first time at Easter.
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I was born in Moravia in Conne Walte, on September 14, 1705. My father was Dobias Hauer, my mother a Friedrichin by birth. From my childhood on, I always held a love for good in my heart and was instilled in it by my father, who diligently read his books in secret. When the First Revival there came to pass, a meeting was also held in my father's house, and my heart immediately took to the subject. It was not long before my sinful ruin was clearly and vividly revealed to me, on an occasion that the blessed Brother Melgor Nischman was holding. This made me reluctant to miss an opportunity afterward, but because I was in service, I couldn't and wasn't allowed to do everything I would have liked. It was immediately decided in my heart that I would not remain in my father's land because I saw no way there to save my soul. Nevertheless, no one from Moravia had yet left. In my 18th year, I went with 5 other unmarried women to this new place of worship. I left without hesitation and often took the will with me—to the church when I was milking. thatwent and He also told a few people about it, from Schmäller, if I stayed too long, that he would secretly subjugate me in other ways, and that he wanted to go to prison for the good work, which they objected to, but I was willing to suffer everything for it. When the meetings continued, ever larger and more serious, the day finally came and I was also accused. And I had to go to prison in my 19 andIn my 20th year, I also had to drive the car for a month as punishment, after which the authorities also made me do it as punishment. to an inn to try and change my mind, but you couldn't achieve that. wolkj sehr we zlsWhether they forced me to dance at the fair, because that really drove me crazy, so that I was there day and night.chEuffze from the state of being redeemed. They also pressed on with the tide to terrify us, but the good shepherd, whom I did not yet know and love as I should have at that time, knew how to save his sheep in Corzem because many of my acquaintances had already left and were living in Herrnhut, among others also our blessed brother Georg Pisch, his wife, our dear Anna Johanna, her mother, who became one of my closest friends. this I could not rest without seeing myself rescued, so she sent her husband to Moravia to bring me back or be captured, and thus arrived there on Christmas Day. He kept himself hidden for several days because I could not escape the fires and felt anxious because I did not know how to get out of the inn, and there was also a great deal of snow. I took my belongings and three or four times, but each time I had to turn back on the path, until finally the holidays were over, when all the trouble and hustle were over. So on the evening of December 28th, I set out in the clothing of my brother, who himself worked there as a servant, and several others, who took me a mile away, to where I had summoned my brother Pisch. Then my companions went back again. Mother Waschkin and her son also went with us. We went the same way All night in deep snow, 4 German miles, where we arrived the following day in Kößnitz, there we stayed over the New Year. [Page break] On January 2nd, 27 AD, we set out on our journey. In Schlössig, we met Mr. SteinMez, who was coming from Herrnhut, who did us many good things and was pleased with our departure. We got through Schlössig safely and arrived in Herrnhut on the 14th, to the joy of us all. Since there were no institutions or workers in Herrnhut at that time, Pastor Rothe from Berthelsdorf took it upon himself to take special care of all the Moravian Brethren, and proved his loyalty to me. Before Easter, I went with several others to his house for 14 days, according to the custom of the time, and at Easter, for the first time, I went with him to Holy Communion.
