Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 381
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; ink
Transcription:

alles vor uns arme Menschen Kinder \ daß wir Selig werden können, Merkt, Wann wir an ihn Glauben Hal= \ ten, und ihm nachfolgen, Denket \ doch Tausend mal hin, welch einen Unbeschreiblichen \ großen Trost daß wir haben von unserm Lieben \ Gott, Menschen Trost und Hilfe ist guth, aber \ Gottes Trost und Hilfe ist besser, \ Merkt, Gottes Brünnlein hat Wasser \ die Fülle, Amen; Merkt, das wort amen heißt oder bezeigt, alles was vor=her gesagt ist, das ist alles Wahrlich Wahr; Ich will dann \ abkürtzen, Wir sollen beten, Dann wir sind alle sterb= \ lich, und wissen nicht wie bald, ich bin hier, Gott \ sey bey Mir, Amen; Im Jahr 1862, \ David Bixler \

Translation:

all for us poor children of men, so that we could become holy. Note, that when we keep the faith in him and follow after him, think just a thousand times about what an indescribably great comfort we have in our dear God. Human comfort and help is good, but God’s comfort and help is better. Note, God’s little well has water in abundance. Note, the word amen means and signifies that everything we have said before is certainly true. I then will say in short, we should pray, for we are all mortal and do not know how soon. I am here, God be with me. Amen. In the year 1862, David Bixler.

Category: Religious Text
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-lettered. The text extends across the entire document. It is frame by a decorative border. This is the reverse of FLP 331. According to Frederick S. Weiser, the phrase in the text “Gottes Brünnlein hat Wasser \ die Fülle, Amen (God’s little well has water in abundance, Amen)” is a Mennonite table grace.

Associated Names: Bixler, David
Bibliography:

“David Bixler” in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2^nd ed., vol. 1, pp.106-107.

Miriam E. Bixler, “David Bixler, Folk Artist,” Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 81, no. 1 (1977): 30-38.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on artist’s location
Region/County:Lancaster
City/Town/Township:Brecknock Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1862
Image Dimensions Width: 25.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 331
Creator Name: David Bixler (active c. 1828-1864) - Decorator
David Bixler (active c. 1828-1864) - Scrivener