"Inneres d. Rungwe-Kirche. Ausgemalt v. Br. Meyer. Der Text links: Der Herr ist nahe. Der Text rechts: Lobe d. Herrn alle Welt." ("The inside of t[he] Rungwe-church. Retouched b[y] Br[other] Meyer. The text on the left: The Lord is coming. The text on the right: Praise the lord all ye lands."). View towards the altar of the church in Rungwe. There are two signboards beside the altar. The left one says "Mbamba ari ku bupipi" ("The Lord is coming") and the right one "Kimpare Kiara ikisu kiosa" ("Praise the Lord all ye lands"). Imprinted on the image: "Rungwe, Inneres der Kirche. Ostafrika No. 471." ("Rungwe. The inside of the church. East Africa No. 471"). Included from the box of duplicates. -- Paul Theodor Meyer (1864-1933) was a son of the missionary Philipp Ludwig Heinrich Meyer. Together with Théophile Richard, Georg Martin and Johannes Häfner he started the missionary work of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in what is now Tanzania in 1891. He founded the mission stations Rungwe in 1891, Rutenganio, Utengule and Ipanya between 1894 and 1897. From 1891 to 1916 he was superintendent of Rungwe missionary province. After being interned for three years he returned to Germany in 1919.
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image
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colored slide no. 471 photographic print, 10.0 x 14.0 cm. photographs
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