r to come to his relief. He told a woeful story of persecution
by the settlers, and injustice from Oglethorpe to Charles Wesley, all
undeserved, as Oglethorpe freely admitted when he threw off the weight
of suspicion laid upon his mind by malicious slanderers, and sought
an interview with his young secretary, in which much was explained and
forgiven. But poor Charles was in great straits when he sent Ingham to
Savannah, sick, slighted, and abused, deprived even of the necessaries
of life, and so cast down that on one occasion he exclaimed, "Thanks
be to God, it is not yet made a capital offence to give me a morsel of
bread!"

Wesley obeyed the summons, taking Delamotte with him, Ingham caring for
the Church and Delamotte's school during their absence. There were poor
school facilities in Savannah prior to Delamotte's arrival, and he at
once saw the need, and devoted himself to it. Delamotte seems to have
been a quiet man, who took little share in the aggressive work of his
companions, and consequently escaped the abuse which was heaped upon
them.

On April 22nd, Ingham sent an invitation to Toeltschig to visit him, and
this was the beginning of a close personal friendship which lasted for
the rest of their lives, and of such a constant intercourse between
Ingham and the Moravian Church, that he is often supposed to have become
a member of it, though he really never severed his connection with the
Church of England. Toeltschig speaks of him as "a very young man, about
24 or 25 years of age, who has many good impulses in his soul, and is
much awakened." He had come to Georgia for the sole purpose of bearing
the Gospel message to the Indians, and it was through him that the
Moravians were finally able to begin their missionary work.

When Wesley and Delamotte returned from Frederica, the former resumed
his association with the Moravians, continuing to join in their Sunday
evening service, and translating some of their hymns into English.

In May two questions were asked of Toeltschig, upon the answering of
which there depended more than any one imagined. The Diary says,--"The
20th, was Sunday.--Mr. Ingham asked if we could not recognize and
receive him as our brother; to which I replied, that he did not know us
well enough, nor we him, we must first understand each other better. On
the 21st, Mr. Wesley spoke with me, and asked me the selfsame question.
I said to him that we had seen much of him day by day, and that it w