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when they found that he watched narrowly over them, 

 and reproved them boldly for their faults, immediate- 

 ly the scene changed. Instead of blessing came curs- 

 ing, and the preacher's kindness and love were repaid 

 with hatred and ill-will. " Tuesday, March 9, 1736, 

 about three in the afternoon," says Mr. Charles Wes- 

 ley, " I first set foot on St. Simon's Island, and imme- 

 diately my spirit revived. The first who saluted me 

 on my landing was honest Mr. Ingham, and that with 

 his usual heartiness. Never did I more rejoice at 

 sight of him, especially when he told me the treat- 

 ment he has met with for vindicating the Lord's-day — - 

 such as every minister of Christ must meet with. The 

 people seemed overjoyed, to see me. I spent the aft- 

 ernoon in conference with my parishioners. "With 

 what trembling ought I to call them mine. At seven 

 we had evening prayers, in the open air, at which Mr. 

 Oglethorpe was present." He entered upon the dis- 

 charge of his ministerial duties with great assiduity 

 and a fixed purpose to promote the spiritual good of 

 the people. He conducted four religious services 

 every day, for the benefit of those who chose to at- 

 tend; and he was in the habit of giving an exposition 

 of the daily lessons at the morning and evening prayer. 

 These services were held in the open air when the 

 weather would permit, in the store-house when it 

 rained, and as the people had no " church-going bell " 

 to summon them to their devotions, they were accus- 

 tomed to assemble at the sound of the drum. Not- 

 withstanding this earnest application to the religious 

 work of the mission, his life at Frederica was little 

 more than one continued course of vexation and sor- 

 row. He labored with all his might, by private ad- 

 monition as well as public instruction, to make the 



