Quite a number of the settlers
seemed open to the idea of mutual aid in the spiritual life,
material conditions were very different from those in Georgia
and better suited to the Moravian needs, the Quaker Governor
was not likely to force military service upon people
who held the same theories as himself in regard to warfare,
and there were large tribes of Indians within easy reach,
to whom the Gospel might be preached. As troubles thickened in Savannah,
therefore, the heads of the Church at Herrnhut began to look
toward Pennsylvania, and ultimately sent thither the larger companies
originally destined for Georgia.
In August, Spangenberg went to visit the Moravian Mission
on the island of St. Thomas, returning to Pennsylvania in November,
where he remained until the following year.
Chapter V. The Second Year in Georgia.
The English Clergymen.
The same day that Bishop Nitschmann left Savannah, John Wesley moved into
the parsonage which had just been vacated by his predecessor, Mr. Quincy.
A week earlier he had entered upon his ministry at Savannah,
being met by so large and attentive an audience that he was much encouraged,
and began with zeal to perform his pastoral duties.
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