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heart that he wo aid go. His resolution was not a little 

 strengthened by the circumstance that on the next 

 day, without any intention or design on his part, he 

 read the same chapter as the lesson at St. Sepulcher's 

 Church. It would not be lawful, however, for him to 

 leave without the knowledge and consent of Mr. Nicol- 

 son, because that would be to leave the parish of which 

 he was curate unprovided. Mr. Nicolson, who had 

 been some weeks at Matching, in Essex, came unex- 

 pectedly to London at this juncture, and calling on 

 Mr. Ingham, Wednesday, October 8 V said to him that 

 he was sorry to part with him ; his warning was short, 

 yet, as he was going about a good work he would not 

 oppose him; and provided he could preach the Sun- 

 day following he Avould give him his consent. Mr. 

 Ingham accordingly preached the following Sunday, 

 October 12, at St. Mary Somerset in the morning, and 

 St. Sepulcher's in the afternoon; and then went to 

 Mr. Button's in Westminister, where he spent the 

 next day with the Wesleys. Mr. Salmon had been 

 seized by his relations in town, and sent down post- 

 haste to his parents in Cheshire, where he was 

 detained; and Mr. Hall, who had made great prepa- 

 rations for the voyage, and had that very morning 

 hired a coach to carry himself and wife down to Graves- 

 end, where the ship lay, changed his mind at the very 

 last moment and drew back. These strange occurrences 

 greatly confirmed Mr. Ingham in the belief that it was 

 God's will that he should go, because he had put the 

 matter upon these issues: "If Mr. Nicolson consented 

 I might go; if not, then there was a reasonable hin- 

 derance against my going at this time;" and he had 

 said to Mr. Wesley some time before, " If neither Mr. 

 Hall nor Mr. Salmon go along with you, I will go." 



