Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof - Plough

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Against the Wind But Eberhard did not attend. He celebrated Easter in the Sannerz community. A few days after Easter he resigned from Ahlborn’s Free German Fellowship. And at Pentecost he and all the adult members of the Sannerz community joined the new Free German Union. In July, Eberhard was asked to lead the “circle of elders.” This put him at Erich Mohr’s side, building up the Union. What drew Eberhard to this group? What kept him in it for over seven years? Did this group offer anything besides an ever-deepening friendship with Erich Mohr? For one thing, Eberhard could always count on finely tuned ears in that circle – and lively, frank, and controversial discussions as well. He found a common urge to “become true men.” It seems that adherents of the Free German Union refused to sidesep any question, religious or political, however difficult the consequences might be. These were the same type of people who had left their mark on the Neuwerk movement’s stormy beginning. Among these idealists Eberhard saw an opening for the same task he had described back in 1920 with resect to the Youth Movement: “It is tremendously important that we find the right way of pointing these people who seek God to the one and only way, which is Christ.” 15 The Free German Union agreed to the Easter 1924 statement of purpose: “We want to model ourselves on the great figures and heralds of eternal powers.” They reckoned Lao-tze, Tolstoy, Goethe, Gandhi, and others to be these role models, and they repeatedly included Jesus Christ in this list. 16 Eberhard seized this willingness to listen to the voice of Jesus in addition to the many other voices, doing all he could to help these young people learn of Christ’s nature and way of life. 17 Eberhard organized conferences and projects at Sannerz. In the spring of 1925 the Free German Union considered buying a house in the village of Sannerz and setting it up as a fellowship house, but the idea was scrapped for lack of funds. In January of 1926 the Free German Union ceased publication of its newsletter and accepted Eberhard’s offer to publish its future announcements in the Wegwarte. Groups and individuals in the Free German Union sponsored foster children in the Sannerz community household. This growing interacion with the Free German Union coincided with Eberhard’s attempts – most of them futile – to achieve an understanding of the Sannerz community among churches, SCM, and other religious groups. Even in the Neuwerk movement the Sannerz community was being pushed further and further aside during this time. 132
Spiritual fight Against the Wind When Eberhard Arnold looked at the youth movement he saw a raging battle that transcended the merely visible forms: “A most profound spiritual battle is being waged here, a preliminary skirmish between the vanguards in the great, decisive battle between the coming Christ and the anti-Christian glorification of man.” 18 This same battle surfaced on occasion in the Sannerz household. In the summer of 1921, for example, Eberhard wrote to Normann Körber, “The stream of visitors that flows through our house brings to us much that is demonic and much that is divine. We are continually engaged in crucial struggles.” Eberhard stood watchful. He did not tolerate behavior or words that offended 133 the spirit of community. When visitors introduced unhealthy spiritual elements to a conversation he opposed them immediately and decisively. 19 Demons, or unclean spirits as the Bible calls them, were not simply a figment of the imagination for Eberhard. He took them just as seriously as he took the victory of Jesus Christ over such powers. Experiences similar to those of the Blumhardts in Möttlingen and Bad Boll were not lacking in Eberhard’s life. In her memoirs Emmy would write of visitors who could not bear the frank and truthful atmosphere in the community. In moments of worship and deepest gathering they would make compulsive disturbances, their faces twisting into uncontrollable grimaces. Eberhard tried firmly and lovingly to help such people. Some would not accept help and were asked to leave the community. Sometimes it took days or even weeks of struggle before the demonic elements were overcome. Then this victory would be reflected in Eberhard’s poems, as in March 1925: Up, join the battle now! Up, with the hosts of Light, United all! Demons of darkness smite, Break through a path for light! Give all for truth and right, Fighters to be! EberhardandtheSannerzcommunitywagedtheirlongestandhardestbattleonbehalf ofLotte Henze, a young woman who came to Sannerz in 1924 from the Braun’s Baptist youth group. Eberhard’s report omitted all details that could have satisfied a thirst for sensationalism:
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Against the Wind E b E r h a r d a
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Contents—iv Foreword—ix Preface
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Mapping Out Inner Land 14 —61 Aga
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Select Bibliography Arnold, Christo
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