”5 ° A H I ST O R Y O O O O O 1 S I O N S N C H U RC H . TA Y L O R HA M I LTO N . A H I S T O R Y 4, ‘O " ‘OCM L semi O F T H F. M I S S I O N S O F T H E OR AV A N C H U R C H . D U R I N G T H E E I G H T E E N T H A N D N I N ET E E N I H C E N T U R I E S . B Y J. TA Y L O R H A M I L TO N . " P m x O P ( nc u H ISTO R Y m T m: M OR A V I A N T n aowu cu . S u sanna ” r rsso n u , A N D V i m: P a mmns'r 0? T m: Sea m FO R P R OP AGATI NG T mz Gosru A M ONG T H E H u r u m. e n u mm . PA . B ET H L E H E M . P A C O P Y R I G H T I oI g , L R H A M I L T O N . B Y j . TAY O I ’ R E I ’A C I E ssentia ll y a reprint of p ortion s of the H istory of the Mora C h u rch u bl ish ed by a u th or 1 00 vian p the in the year 9 , the account of the mission ary labors which constitute a chief ra ison ’ d [We for its separate denominational existence is herewi th issued in separate form in the belief that thus the needs of a wider public desirous of some insight into the details of Mora vian missionary activity may be met . A brief sketch of the history of the church has been prefixed . and supplementary chapters setting forth the essentials of Moravi an missionary aims and methods and characteri stics o f administration have been appended . By formal resolution the Directors of the S ociety for P ropa gating the Gospel . on January 8 . I 90 I . took c ognizance of the o o fo l purpose of the author , and desired the incorp rati n of the l owing minute in his preface : “ R ev . o o P o f Whereas , the J Tayl r Hamilt n , Vice resident B o this society , and a member of the Executive oard of the M ra vian Church , North , is publishing a History of the Missions of . the Moravian Church therefore be it resolved , that the Board of Direct o rs of The S ociet y fo r Propagating the Gospel am ong the Heathen welcomes this publication with deepest sa tisfac tion .and desires herewith to express its cordial end orsement of the same . The Board likewise placed at his disposal the illus t ration s which embellish the vo lume . For the maps thanks are due to the ofli cial s o f the a g enc y fo r Moravian Missi ons in . K l esel y . F . P emsel London , the Rev C J . Secretar . and M r . J . Manager . B ethlehem . Pennsylvania . January 1 9 . I 90 | . TA BL E OF C O N TE N TS . l N T R OD T R Y .— h U C O T e M o av a C h . a H istori a l Sketch . r i n ‘ ' ‘ l — o C H A P T E R . The First Deca de.do m H . I C H A PT E R l l .— T he M issions on the N orth America n C ontinent ” o to 1 60 o O—t [ pri r 7 , wW P y . 7 W 4 7 6 — M s ion C H A PT E R I I I . i s arg U ndertaking s d u ring the atter Part of t he Zinz endorfi an E ra n J: ! . o P ”I f . C H A PT E R l V . The Establishment of the Mission in La brador. - V ‘ 1 7 64 1 7 76. £10 4 » s. W , “ C H A PT E R V .— The Indian Mission from the PontI ac \V a r to the Removal to Canada . C H A P T E R V I - The Missions to the HeathenI n the Period preced l o C ediately after their J u bilee. a l . .3 l 58 2 E R V l l — T he R a of the s o I n a 1 2 2 1 . enew l Mis i n C pe Colony. 79 . 2 ? — 93 7 C H A P T E R V l l l . T he Indian Mission at the close of the E ig a nd d u the o e a of the e u ring p ning Ye rs Nineteenth C nt ry.J“ V r" " — T he Fo ss o f om u b to th e b > l X . reig n Mi i ns . r their J ilee y d f 8 8 L V S no o 1 1 . 8é H A T E R — The d s o f om 1 82 0 to 1 8 C P X . In ian Mis i n . r 3 7 .( I . V “ 94 C H A PT E R X I .— T he Foreign Missions .from 1 8 1 8 to 99 C - H A PT E R X I I . T he Missions.from 1 83 6 to 1 857 . 1 1 2 C H A PT E R X l l l — T he Three N ew Mission Fields entered betweerim t he Y ears 1 848 a nd 1 857 — t he M oskito Coast . A u strali a and Central 9 27f A sia . C H A P T E R X l V .— The Foreign M issions . from 1 857 to 1869 . 1 3 6 5 C H A PT E R X V . — T he Foreig n Missions. from 1 869 to 1 879. 1 54 I) (I ?c C H A PT E R X v l .— T he Foreign M issions. from 1 879 to 1 889 . 1 7 3 — 86 C H A PT E R Xvl l . T he Fou ndi ng of the Mission in Alaska. 1 C H A PT E R XV l I l .— T he Founding of the Mission in German E ast f 1 A rica . 9a 9 0 ~ C H A PT E R X l X — A Brief S u n ey of the l ield d u ring the closi ng Years of the Nineteenth Centu ry C H A PT E R X X — T he A im a nd M ethod s of M oravian Missions. 2 09 C H A P T E R X X L — T he A dministrati ve Polity of M oravian M issions. 2 1 5 C H A PT E R X X l l .— T he Financial M a nag ement of M oravian Missions. I N D E X . I L L U STR A TI O N S . r u F rontis l eee. Her nh t , p a d h is a a f ac a 1 1 A Greenl n er in K y k , ing p g e E mo W om of a ado an ski en L br r (Christi s) , isber er ac n to th e I d a Ze g Pre hi g n i ns , o av a o - u a a ama o M r i n Missi n q rters in P r rib , F a irfield a ma ca , J i , Mission H ou se at Shiloh. o ou and u c . oma M issi n H se Ch r h in St Th s , ac f ow of A a a Bl k ell s ustr li , E z A u a a bene er, str li , a K yel ng , a a K rat , o dv ac G e erw ht , o E mo of a a Y ung ski s Al sk (Christians), Travel in Germa n E ast A frica . H ome for Lepers. Jeru salem M A P S . M a of th e W o d ow th e a o of th e o av a M isssions p rl , sh ing St ti ns M r i n (Section I ) M a of th e W o ow th e o of th e o av a o p rld , sh ing Stati ns M r i n Missi ns c o I I (Se ti n ), W d a a d a nd C en tra l m c s ow the a o of est In i Isl n s A eri a , h ing St ti ns th e o a v a o M r i n Missi ns , I N T R O D U C TO R Y . T H E C H U R C H H I STO R I C A L S K E T C H . MORAVIAN , A Although the true name of the church whose missionary activities are set forth in the following pages is The Unitas Fratrum or The Unity of the Brethren , it is generally known as Th e Moravian Church , because it was thus desi g nated in the act of Parliament in 1 749 .