Some time during these months Matthias Seybold left for Pennsylvania,
where he married, and was one of the company that established the settlement
at Bethlehem. He returned to Europe in 1742, and died at Herrnhut in 1787.
In May, the Rev. George Whitefield reached Georgia, "authorized to perform
all religious offices as Deacon of the Church of England,
in Savannah and Frederica," in the place of John Wesley.
The poverty of the people touched him deeply, he distributed to the most needy
such sums as he had brought for their relief, and with James Habersham,
who had come over at the same time, he agreed upon the erection
of an Orphan House. Whitefield visited Ebenezer, and acquainted himself
with conditions there and elsewhere, and then returned to England, in August,
to raise funds for his Orphan House, Habersham meanwhile beginning
to collect and instruct the most neglected children.
During his stay in Georgia, Whitefield lodged with Charles Delamotte,
who was still carrying on the little school. During the winter
Delamotte had boarded for a while with the Moravians,
and when he returned to England in the autumn, he at once associated himself
with the English members.
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