He was the third Rector
of the Savannah Parish, the Rev. Henry Herbert having been the first,
and he preached in a rude chapel built on the lot reserved
for a house of worship in the original plan of Savannah, --
the site of the present Christ Church.
The first word of discouragement was brought by Ingham,
who returned from Frederica on April 10th, with a message from Charles Wesley
begging his brother to come to his relief. He told a woeful story
of persecution by the settlers, and injustice from Oglethorpe
to Charles Wesley, all undeserved, as Oglethorpe freely admitted
when he threw off the weight of suspicion laid upon his mind
by malicious slanderers, and sought an interview with his young secretary,
in which much was explained and forgiven. But poor Charles
was in great straits when he sent Ingham to Savannah,
sick, slighted, and abused, deprived even of the necessaries of life,
and so cast down that on one occasion he exclaimed, "Thanks be to God,
it is not yet made a capital offence to give me a morsel of bread!"
Wesley obeyed the summons, taking Delamotte with him,
Ingham caring for the Church and Delamotte's school during their absence.
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