"Müller to Basel"

Concerned with the first Mission Anniversary, Total realised from the offerings £20=15, more or less, from the different sources, in proportion to the strength of the congregations as indicated by the records of the stations already extracted - except that Anum contributed more than Boso by 5:4. The festival itself involved a lot of singing by the different groups of the different congregations, and a number of short sermons Imm. Boakye argued that - from his own experience - he could see that the fetishes were of no account. Alb Kwaku (A teacher from the Bremen station Tschakae who also attended the meeting) pointed out how God had saved them from the hand of the Asantes. John Okanta that the love of Christ was the only thing which makes life happy and advances us. James Asawa talked about the hope of everlasting life. In a meeting of the elders of the district after the Anniversary celebrations proper one of the points raised was slavery and pawning. The missionaries directed that if any Christian had a slave or pawn, a record should be kept in which it was written down how much honey per month as pay was being set against the debt involved - and that after 6 years services all pawns and slaves were to be set free. This Müller says was in accordance with the Old Testament model.

13.06.1889

13.06.1889

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