Missionary Register (Volume 2-3) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1814. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... the boys. The Chiefs have confessed that wicked men perpetrated these cruel acts. In truth, the Society's Missionaries on this coast have long encountered, and are still called to encounter, difficulties from the climate, from the habits of the natives, and from the machinations of evil men, which seem unequalled in any other part of the great Missionary Field; and which loudly call on the Members of the Society, and on the Christian World at large, for their sympathy and their prayers.', ... Yet they are not discouraged; nor is the Society which they serve discouraged. These great labours of Christian Charity are gradually earning their re* ward. Nearly 200 children are now maintained and educated in the different Settlements. At Bashia, Mr. Renner and Mr. Wilhelm are erecting a Church i and Mr. Wenzel is building another at Canoffee. At Yongroo, Mr. Nylander is enlarging his school, and proceeding vigorously in the preparation of elc-. mentary books to teach the Bulloms their own tongue. The Gospel of St. Matthew will soon be forwarded to the Society to be printed. It will be the first book of the Word of God which has ever' appeared in the native languages of this coast. At Gambier (the new Settlement of" the Society), Mr. and Mrs. Klein are established with the prospect of a large school. Return of Mr. Peter Jlartwig to tlie Service of the . . " W 'i . .Society. Mr. Peter Hartwig, who left England, in 1804, as one of tig Sociuty's first Missionaries to Africa, but has been for several years from under its protection, has professed sorrow and contrition for his past conduct, Mrs. Hartwig, who left Africa ia 1806 for the restoration of ber health in England, has been liitherto deterred from returning thither by the habits and conduct of her husband. ...