The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740Fries, Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta)
History
The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740
Fries, Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta)
Moravians -- Georgia
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 was
true that he loved us and we loved him, but that we did not so quickly
admit any one into our Congregation.” Then at his request Toeltschig
outlined the Moravian view of conversion, and the requisites for
church-membership.
A few days later Charles Wesley unexpectedly returned from Frederica,
and Oglethorpe sent word that either John Wesley or Ingham should come
down in his place. The latter was by no means anxious to go,--his former
experience had not been agreeable, but the reason he gave the Moravians
was that a number of Indian traders were soon to visit Savannah, and
he was very anxious to see them. They advised him to be guided by John
Wesley’s wish, which he agreed to do, and then found that Wesley had
decided to go himself.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account