ength to strength."
Ingham, meanwhile, informed of Toeltschig's arrival in London, had
hastened "over one hundred and forty miles" to see his friend, a fact
that seems to have touched Toeltschig deeply, and arranged to go with
him to Herrnhut, as they had often planned while still in Georgia. John
Wesley joined them, and the three young men sailed on June 24th,
landing at Rotterdam two days later. Wesley's Journal does not mention
Toeltschig by name, but on leaving Rotterdam he says, "we were eight
in all, five English and three Germans," and there is no doubt that
Toeltschig went with them to Marienborn to report to Count Zinzendorf,
who was living there during his temporary exile from Herrnhut.
In Rotterdam, Dr. Koker showed the party much kindness, while at Baron
von Watteville's in Ysselstein, they were received "as at home". At
Amsterdam, they joined in the meeting of the "societies" established
under Moravian influences, and from there proceeded to Cologne, and
up the Rhine to Frankfort. Having neglected to supply themselves with
passports, they experienced much difficulty whenever they reached a
walled city, sometimes being refused admittance altogether, and at other
times being allowed to enter only after much delay, which caused Wesley
to "greatly wonder that common sense and common humanity do not put an
end to this senseless, inhuman usage of strangers." When any of their
number had an acquaintance in the city to which they had come they
sent in a note to him, and he would arrange for their entrance, and at
Frankfort they applied to Peter Boehler's father, who entertained them
"in the most friendly manner."
On Tuesday, July 15th, they reached Marienborn, where Wesley remained
for fifteen days, and Ingham for about seven weeks.
From Marienborn, Wesley went to Herrnhut, stopping at Erfurt, Weimar,
Jena, Halle, Leipsig and Dresden on the way. He remained at Herrnhut
twelve days, and then returned by the same route to Marienborn, and to
England.
This trip to Germany has been given as the beginning of the breach
between Wesley and the Moravians, but it is doubtful whether such was
really the case. In the "Memoirs of James Hutton" it is stated that
Wesley was offended because Ingham was admitted to the Communion at
Marienborn, while permission was refused him, and that he secretly
brooded over the injury, but Wesley himself does not mention the
occurrence, and refers to Marienborn as a place where he met
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