There were poor school facilities in Savannah prior to Delamotte's arrival,
and he at once saw the need, and devoted himself to it.
Delamotte seems to have been a quiet man, who took little share
in the aggressive work of his companions, and consequently escaped the abuse
which was heaped upon them.
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.
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