| Description | He believes that his own misfortunes have touched the hearts of his flock and encourged their conversion, particularly the girls. The boys' school burnt down a few weeks before but work is almost complete on a new one and work on a 70' x 23' permanent school for girls progresses well. Work on a similar building for the boys began yesterday.
The schoolmasters resent Collier's obstruction of their preaching in public and Johnson supports them. Randle, faced with a European trader at Cape Shilling inciting the people to "all manner of lewdness", was forbidden by Collier to interfere. Johnson advised him to rebuke the people and he subsequently preached with success. Collier also now seems to oppose Davies and Tamba accompanying Cates. He quotes from a Cates letter describing a victory over a Moslem proselytizer and praising Tamba's contribution to the itineration.
Johnson had an argument with Collier who wanted him to send some of his boys to Freetown to train as teachers. Johnson wants them to train where they are. He is ignoring Collier's objections to adults serving as teachers and denies that no more European schoolmasters need be sent.
Renner is "baptizing ungodly people". |