Two or three days later he asked Spangenberg
to write his will, and then his strength gradually failed,
until on March 19th, he "passed to the Lord", leaving to his associates
the remembrance of his willing and happy departure.
The term "Helpers" was used to express in a general way all those,
both men and women, who were charged with the spiritual and temporal affairs
of the Congregation. Many of the words employed as official titles
by the Moravians were given a specialized significance
which makes it difficult to find an exact English equivalent for them,
though they are always apt when the meaning is understood.
Perhaps the best example of this is "Diener", which means "servant",
according to the dictionary, and was used to designate those
who "served" the Congregation in various ways. Until quite recently
a Lovefeast, held annually in Salem, N. C., for members of Church Boards,
Sunday-School Teachers, Church Choir, Ushers, etc. was familiarly known
as "the Servants' Lovefeast", a direct inheritance from the earlier days.
It is now more commonly called "the Workers' Lovefeast",
an attempt to unite "Helper" and "Diener" in a term understood by all.
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