The Griess Family: God’s Covenant Faithfulness (2) Sutton, Nebraska
This article traces the Griess family's journey from Germany through Russia to Nebraska, demonstrating God's providential care and covenant faithfulness across generations and continents. Part of a series documenting pioneer families who established early Protestant Reformed communities in America, the article details the 1873-1874 emigration of German settlers fleeing religious persecution and shows how God sovereignly prepared a homeland for these faithful believers.
Previous article in this series: January 2025, p. 157. Submitted by Carmen Griess, member of Loveland PRC in Loveland, Colorado. Recall from the previous article that we have followed the pioneer families of Johann Henrich Griess and Johann Nicolaus Ochsner from Germany to Odessa, Russia. God had mercifully provided them pastors when they experienced famine of the Word. Now it is 1871, and Russia, feeling threatened by the ever-growing population of Germans, has overturned the manifestos that...
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