really unworthy of
his regard, and then trying to draw Toeltschig into a discussion of his
possible marriage; despairingly making his way to the garden to hide
himself among the swine, feeling he was fit for no better company,
and then going to the woman and asking her to marry him, to which she
consented, having already thrown Jag over; again bitter repentance,
confession, and a plea that his associates would forgive him. Either he
was really in earnest this time, or Spangenberg's arrival had a salutary
effect, for after that the Swiss woman disappears from the story, and
two months later Jag returned, promised good behaviour, and humbly asked
for readmittance to the household which was at once accorded him.

The first days of his visit to Savannah, Spangenberg spent in
acquainting himself with the condition of affairs, and in interviews
with the members singly and collectively, trying to persuade them to
content themselves in Georgia. The "bands" were reorganized, but he was
unable to re-establish a feeling of unity among them, and even those
who were willing to stay, and work, and try whether their plan might not
still be carried out, felt that it would be unwise to hold the rest, for
as Toeltschig wrote, almost with a groan, "it is a blessed thing to live
with a little company of brethren, who are of one heart and one soul,
where heart and mind are dedicated to Jesus, but so to live, when many
have weak wills and principles, and there must be a community of goods,
is rather difficult, especially when many seek their own ends, not the
things of Christ."

Spangenberg was forced to see that his arguments were futile, and wisely
yielded to the inevitable. At a general conference each man was called
upon to state his wishes. Several desired to leave at the earliest
possible moment, others as soon as the debt was fully paid; two or three
wanted to return to Europe, others preferred to go to Pennsylvania to
Spangenberg; some longed to live among the Indians as missionaries,
while quite a number were content to stay in Savannah, unless absolutely
forced to leave, or definitely called to labor elsewhere. However, no
immediate steps were taken toward breaking up the settlement.

On the 12th of August, Spangenberg and Wesley visited the Salzburgers
at Ebenezer, by the invitation of Bolzius, the senior pastor. They, too,
had had their troubles without and within, and Gronau had mourned over
the fact to the Moravians, who deep