Spangenberg advised him to turn his thoughts from men to God,
learning from Him "what was better and higher, Faith, Love, Hope, etc.",
and under the Moravian influence he gradually laid aside his unwise fancies,
giving them encouragement to believe that he would eventually come
into the clearer light, as they knew it.
In material things John Regnier was of great assistance, owing to his ability
to turn his hand to almost anything. The shoes of the party were badly torn,
but though they had brought leather and tools from England
none of them knew the cobbler's trade. John Regnier had never made a shoe,
but he took it up, and soon provided for them all, and then he mended
their clothing, and added new garments. He also showed much aptitude
for nursing, and Spangenberg put him in charge of several cases.
A man from a neighboring village sent word that he had severed an artery
and could not check the bleeding, and asked for help. Regnier went to him,
and was so successful in his treatment that in two weeks
the man was entirely restored. Some one discovered a poor Scotchman,
dying with dropsy, lying utterly neglected upon the floor of a miserable hut,
and appeal was made to the Moravians to take him and care for him.
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