A brief account of the life of my beloved father, Bishop BENJAMIN RATZLAFF, who died in Nebraska, October 31st, aged 83 years and 7 months. He was born in West Prussia in 1791, in the village of Inschorki. In 1807 he was baptized, and received into the church at I'schochofki.
On the 25th of May, 1810, he was ordained as minister of the same church. The same year he emigrated to Russia. He was chosen a Bishop the 9th of April, 1835, and on the 21st of the same month, by the grace of God, he was ordained to his office.
As we were not permitted to live in accordance with our faith here, we left our native land the 25th of July, 1874, to come to America; and with God's assistance we arrived, in health, at Lincoln, Nebraska, the 8th of September. He remained well three weeks thereafter, when his left foot became very much swollen, and gave him severe pain. On the 31st of Oct., at 2 A.M., our beloved father fell asleep in Jesus, in the hope that the Lord will bestow on him everlasting blessedness.
Herald of Truth, January 1875, pages 14, 15
On the 25th of May, 1810, he was ordained as minister of the same church. The same year he emigrated to Russia. He was chosen a Bishop the 9th of April, 1835, and on the 21st of the same month, by the grace of God, he was ordained to his office.
As we were not permitted to live in accordance with our faith here, we left our native land the 25th of July, 1874, to come to America; and with God's assistance we arrived, in health, at Lincoln, Nebraska, the 8th of September. He remained well three weeks thereafter, when his left foot became very much swollen, and gave him severe pain. On the 31st of Oct., at 2 A.M., our beloved father fell asleep in Jesus, in the hope that the Lord will bestow on him everlasting blessedness.
Herald of Truth, January 1875, pages 14, 15
A brief account of the life of my beloved father, Bishop BENJAMIN RATZLAFF, who died in Nebraska, October 31st, aged 83 years and 7 months. He was born in West Prussia in 1791, in the village of Inschorki. In 1807 he was baptized, and received into the church at I'schochofki.
On the 25th of May, 1810, he was ordained as minister of the same church. The same year he emigrated to Russia. He was chosen a Bishop the 9th of April, 1835, and on the 21st of the same month, by the grace of God, he was ordained to his office.
As we were not permitted to live in accordance with our faith here, we left our native land the 25th of July, 1874, to come to America; and with God's assistance we arrived, in health, at Lincoln, Nebraska, the 8th of September. He remained well three weeks thereafter, when his left foot became very much swollen, and gave him severe pain. On the 31st of Oct., at 2 A.M., our beloved father fell asleep in Jesus, in the hope that the Lord will bestow on him everlasting blessedness.
Herald of Truth, January 1875, pages 14, 15
On the 25th of May, 1810, he was ordained as minister of the same church. The same year he emigrated to Russia. He was chosen a Bishop the 9th of April, 1835, and on the 21st of the same month, by the grace of God, he was ordained to his office.
As we were not permitted to live in accordance with our faith here, we left our native land the 25th of July, 1874, to come to America; and with God's assistance we arrived, in health, at Lincoln, Nebraska, the 8th of September. He remained well three weeks thereafter, when his left foot became very much swollen, and gave him severe pain. On the 31st of Oct., at 2 A.M., our beloved father fell asleep in Jesus, in the hope that the Lord will bestow on him everlasting blessedness.
Herald of Truth, January 1875, pages 14, 15
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