Writes that he is more than prepared to obey the Basel Committee and regard the 4th Commandment as applying to them, though he adds the condition of his being convinced that they are being guided by the head of the church. This letter in fact asks to…
The letter is concerned partly with impressions - he obviously feels surrounded by an alien and hard society. In the palace in Kibi the first thing you see as you go in is an image, with an offering, of food in front of it. The king himself is…
The letter is partly printed as an annex to the 1862 Annual Report (pp.117-119). Additional information: 3 further people -in Kukurantumi have come forward as catechumens including a middle-aged man: A man has announced to the King in Kibi that he…
He discusses building plans and reports difficulty with the sawyer’s work because of laziness. Strömberg replies to criticisms made to him by Inspector Josenhans, especially over his suggested wife over whom he had asked the Basel Committee to open…
Talks about Kibi as his new homeland (‘Heimat’). Says in Kukurantumi there are Asante schoolboys. In Kibi they had to suffer a strike when a man slaughtered a sheep and swore they should not work for the mission at least than 2 dollars per thousand…
Enthält auch zwei Nummern der "Missionary Bureau Notes, Annual Report, 1894" von September und Oktober 1894 / Also contains two volumes of "Missionary Bureau Notes, Annual Report 1894" from September and October 1894
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