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Encyclopedia > Joseph Merrick (missionary)
Joseph Merrick at an Isubu funeral in Bimbia, 1845
Joseph Merrick at an Isubu funeral in Bimbia, 1845

Joseph Merrick (August 1808–22 October 1849) was a Jamaican[1] Baptist missionary who established the first successful mission on the Cameroon coast of Africa. Merrick began preaching in 1837 in Jamaica[2] and was ordained a full missionary in 1838.[3] In 1842, Reverend John Clarke and Dr. G. K. Prince, members of the Baptist Missionary Society of London, were seeking Jamaican lay missionaries to join them on another expedition to the Cameroon coast. Merrick signed on.[4] The party reached England on 8 September 1842[5] and arrived at Spanish-controlled Santa Isabel on the island of Fernando Po in 1843.[3] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x668, 391 KB) Joseph Merrick at an Isubu funeral in Cameroon, 1845. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x668, 391 KB) Joseph Merrick at an Isubu funeral in Cameroon, 1845. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Baptist is a term describing a tradition within Christianity and may also refer to individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. ... A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... A Mission station is a location for missionary work. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... . Malabo is the capital city of Equatorial Guinea, located on the northern coast of Bioko Island (formerly Fernando Poo). ... Bioko (spelled also Bioco) is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, formerly called Fernando Pó or Fernando Póo. ...


The following year, Merrick visited Bimbia and spoke to King William of the Isubu people to request permission to establish a church on the mainland. Despite some initial resistance, the king acquiesced. Merrick founded the Jubilee Mission,[3] and over the next five years, translated parts of the New Testament into the Isubu language,[2] set up a brick-making machine and a printing press, and used the latter to publish his Bible translation and a textbook for teaching in Isubu. Merrick made excursions into the interior, as when he climbed Mount Cameroon and when he became the first non-African to visit the Bakoko people.[6] William I of Bimbia, born Bile, was the chief and king of the Isubu ethnic group, who lived in Bimbia on the coast of Cameroon in the mid-to-late 1800s. ... The Isubu (Isuwu, Bimbians) are an ethnic groups who inhabit part of the coast of Cameroon. ... John 21:1 Jesus Appears to His Disciples--Alessandro Mantovani: the Vatican, Rome. ... Mount Cameroon (also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako) is an active volcano in Cameroon, near the Gulf of Guinea and is part of a general area of volcanic activity the Cameroon Volcanic Line, which also includes Lake Nyos, the site of the 1986 Lake Nyos tragedy. ...


In 1849, Merrick was in ill health. He set off for England on holiday, and on 22 October, he died at sea.[3] His efforts paved the way for later missionaries, such as Alfred Saker, who used Merrick's printing press to translate and print the Bible in Duala.[7] Joseph Merrick Baptist College in Ndu, Northwest Province, Cameroon, is named for him.[6] October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... Monument to Alfred Saker in Limbé Alfred Saker (b. ... Duala (also known by the French spelling Douala) is the language spoken around the Duala. ... The Northwest Province (Nord-Ouest) is the third most populated province in Cameroon. ...


Notes

  1. ^ Ngoh 352 says he was a "mulatto", but Fanso 101 says he was "black".
  2. ^ a b Ngoh 352.
  3. ^ a b c d Fanso 102.
  4. ^ DeLancey and DeLancey 45; Fanso 101–2.
  5. ^ Ngoh 49.
  6. ^ a b DeLancey and DeLancey 174.
  7. ^ DeLancey and DeLancey 174; Ngoh 69.

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References

  • DeLancey, Mark W., and Mark Dike DeLancey (2000): Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
  • Fanso, V. G. (1989). Cameroon History for Secondary Schools and Colleges, Vol. 1: From Prehistoric Times to the Nineteenth Century. Hong Kong: Macmillan Education Ltd.
  • Ngoh, Victor Julius (1996). History of Cameroon Since 1800. Limbe: Presbook.

 

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