nion "we assured them that we loved them, and would
welcome them as honored guests at the Lord's Supper, for we believed
that they loved the Lord." This invitation, however, the young clergymen
would not accept.

On the 6th of August, Charles Wesley left for England, bearing
dispatches to the Trustees, and with the hope of interesting others in
the evangelizing of the Indians. He meant himself to return to Georgia,
but feeble health prevented, and he resigned his office as Secretary to
Gen. Oglethorpe the following May. His brother John accompanied him to
Charlestown, and then went to Frederica to deliver certain letters to
Gen. Oglethorpe. He found there was "less and less prospect of doing
good at Frederica, many there being extremely zealous, and indefatigably
diligent to prevent it," his opposers even attempting personal violence.
One "lady" tried to shoot him, and when he seized her hands and took
away her pistol, she maliciously bit a great piece out of his arm. Still
he made two more visits to the place, and then in "utter despair of
doing good there," took his final leave of Frederica.

Work Among the Indians.

When the Moravians adopted the conversion of the Indians as their main
object for settling in America, they were greatly influenced by the
attractive descriptions of the "wild people" which were being published.
In a "Report", ascribed to Gen. Oglethorpe, it is stated that "nothing
is lacking for their conversion to the Christian faith except a
knowledge of their language, for they already have an admirable
conception of 'morals', and their conduct agrees perfectly therewith.
They have a horror of adultery, and disapprove of polygamy. Thieving is
unknown to them. Murder is considered an abominable crime, and no one
may be killed except an enemy, when they esteem it a virtue." This,
like too many a description written then and now to exploit a colonizing
scheme, was far too good to be true. The Indians proved apt learners,
but of the vices rather than the virtues of the English, and drunkenness
with all its attendant evils, was quickly introduced. Afraid of their
dusky neighbors, anxious to keep on good terms with them, distrusting
their loyalty to the English under the bribes offered by French and
Spanish, the Government tried to limit the intercourse between the
Indians and the settlers as much as possible, treating the former as
honored guests whenever they came to Savannah, but forbidding the lat