Bray", they experienced
some difficulty, owing to the fact that a letter of introduction
Oglethorpe expected to receive from Count Zinzendorf had failed to arrive,
but the exhibition of their passports, and Richter's explanation
that Zinzendorf thought (from newspaper notices) that Oglethorpe
had already left England, enabled Boehler and Schulius to establish
their identity. So soon as Zinzendorf heard that his word was needed,
he sent them a formal letter of introduction to Oglethorpe,
which was gladly received as corroboration of their statements.
The Moravians were at their own expense while waiting in London,
but Oglethorpe promised that they should be provided with Bibles, grammars,
and other things they might need for the negro school.
Being detained in London for three months, instead of three weeks
as they expected, Boehler and his friend had ample opportunity
to make acquaintances in the metropolis. They sent word of their arrival
to those Germans who had learned to know Zinzendorf
and the earlier Moravian emigrants to Georgia, and on the first Sunday
"the brethren", (as they affectionately called all who, like themselves,
were interested in living a Christian life,) came to them,
and a series of meetings for prayer, conference, and instruction was begun.
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