1810

Report of the Directors to The Missionary Society at their Sixteenth General Meeting, on Thursday May 10, 1810.

The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed in outlook, with Congregational missions in Oceania, Africa, and the Americas, although there were also Presbyterians (notable for their work in China), Methodists, Baptists, and various other Protestants involved. It now forms part of the Council for World Mission.

The Chapter on South Africa details the work of Dr Vander Kemp in Bethelsdorp. Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp (1747 – 1811) was a military officer, doctor, and philosopher who became a missionary in South Africa. The life of Johannes van der Kemp during his mission in Bethelsdorp is included in the novel Praying Mantis by André Brink.

Lacking back paper wrapper.

135mm x 203mm

R1,250