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1 comments about Czech, Moravian and Slovak Fairy Tales (Library of Folklore).

1. Parker Fillmore may be best known for his collection of stories called The Shepherd's Nosegay, but these Czech, Moravian and Slovak Folktales, which were originally published in 1919, are wonderfully detailed, full-fledged stories. In the first story, a prince sees pictures of 12 princesses and decides to search for the one he considers the most beautiful of all. He chooses friends along the way who can help him: a tall man who can stretch to enormous distances, a round man who can widen himself, a man with such keen sight he must keep his eyes bandaged. The four friends must guard the princess for three nights; if she escapes they will be turned to stone. Cleverly, the friends find the princess each time she disappears. She eventually is freed and the prince marries her. The three helpers go into the world to look for fresh challenges. In another story a King learns that a charcoal burner's son will marry his daughter. Though the King does all he can to avoid having this happen, Fate makes it happen after all. In still another story, a seer protects the king and does not allow anything to defeat him. In "The Three Citrons" the prince finds three princesses closed in three citrons, but he loses the first two since he has no food or drink for them. The third citron is opened when there is food and drink. When he has to go to war, his wife faces dangers and is turned into a dove, but is found and recognized when the prince returns. And so it goes. Fifteen stories are included in this marvelous collection.

1 comments about North Carolina and Old Salem Cookery.

1. I have the 1964 edition of this cookbook, and have well nigh worn it out- when searching for faintly remembered dishes from my grandmother's table, or some obscure and ancient recipe to try, this is the first place I turn. Some recipes may be challenging for novice cooks, as several of the older ones are written in narrative form and assume basic knowledge. For experienced cooks who like to experiment, however, or those in search of a nostalgic and amusing read, this work is essential.

1 comments about Count Zinzendorf: First Fruit (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) (Christian Heroes: Then & Now).

1. This was my introduction to the life of Count Ludwig von Zinzendorf. I appreciate his love for the Lord, and he has written some beautiful hymns. His story was very interesting.
   
   When he came into his estates in Saxony, he allowed refugees from Moravia to establish a community, named Herrnhut, on his property. All the people agreed to work together for the good of the whole. Count Zinzendorf founded "choirs", groups of people who lived together and worked together. Single men, single women, married men, and so on. The count became an ordained Lutheran minister, and eventually also a Moravian bishop. He appointed women elders and preachers. These Moravians were actively sending out missionaries to many parts of the world. Zinzendorf went on to plant and oversee several such communities in different areas. One community in Pennsylvania agreed that all the members would own no property, and give all they earned to send others on missions. They also had a 100-year prayer meeting; people signed up to pray for an hour a day, and scheduled it so that someone was praying 24 hours a day, every day. No one was compelled to join these villages, but if they did, they were obligated to follow the many rules. Some Christians chose to come for a certain time period, devoting it to this work, and then return to their lives.
   
   Count Zinzendorf had twelve children, only three of which survived him. When his first wife died, he realized he had spent too much of their marriage away, and not putting her and the family first. It is so sad when we realize our misplaced priorities once it is too late.
   
   I think the count was fervent in his love for the Lord, and spent his energies to serve Him, not always effectively. There was a scandal during the time of his exile from Saxony in which he and his son were preaching a return to childlike faith. This resulted in and was applied to be a return to childishness, spending their time and resources in playing. Zinzendorf saw the error in this and repented, and tried to reverse it. I know he certainly loved the Lord, but many of his thoughts, ideas and teachings were misguided, probably influenced by the times in which he lived.
   
   This book was helpful in learning about the life of a hymn writer and man of faith. I think it is good to read about men who have influenced the Church and the world, whether or not we agree with all they thought and taught.
   
   The authors write to a young audience, and present the material as an engaging story. The facts are not related in such a manner as to touch the heart (as when a child dies, they comment that the count "was sad"), but to hold the interest, which they do throughout the life of count Zinzendorf.

No comments about The Music of the Moravian Church in America (Eastman Studies in Music) (Eastman Studies in Music).

No comments about Ethnographies and Exchanges: Native Americans, Moravians, and Catholics in Early North America (Max Kade German-American Research Institute).

No comments about A History of the Moravian Church.

No comments about The Gift.

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No comments about To Live Upon Hope: Mohicans and Missionaries in the Eighteenth-century Northeast.