Fearing for the safety of his wife, his children and his followers, he made a solemn vow that if God spared the castle from disease he and his followers would perform a pilgrimage to the church of Maria Weissenstein to give thanks to the Virgin Mary
वडिल क्ले सिनिअर जरी विचाराने मेथडिस्ट असले तरी त्यांनी आपल्या मुलाचा ख्रिश्चन रीतीप्रमाणे बाप्तिस्मा करण्याची पत्निस अनुमती दिली होती.