That evening Spangenberg again called on Gen. Oglethorpe,
who gave orders that a boat should take him next day to Tybee,
where the ship lay at anchor, with all her passengers aboard.
He also told Spangenberg about the English preacher whom he had brought over,
and made inquiries about Nitschmann's position, asking that the explanation
be repeated to the English preacher, who was also interested in him.
The following day Spangenberg waited upon Gen. Oglethorpe
to ask about Hermsdorf, as he heard the General had promised
to take him to the Altamaha, where a new town was to be built.
He also begged Oglethorpe to help him arrange his departure for Pennsylvania
as soon as possible, which the General agreed to do.
About six o'clock that evening Spangenberg reached the ship at Tybee,
and was warmly welcomed by the Moravians, and at their song service
he met the much-talked-of English preacher, John Wesley.
The two men liked each other at the first glance; Wesley wrote in his Journal,
"I soon found what spirit he was of, and asked his advice
in regard to my own conduct," while Spangenberg paralleled this in his Diary
with the remark, "He told me how it was with him, and I saw that true Grace
dwelt in and governed him.
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