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Kang'au's Intermediate School. [pictured left to right] Mr Stevenson, Rev Dr Arthur. Opening of new church cost 3,700/- built entirely by native christians." Exterior view showing Reverend Stevenson and Rev Dr Arthur holding a service to declare the opening of the new church. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission at Kikuyu in 1901. The mission church was built as a memorial to Dr Ruffelle Scott who originally began the building of a mission church as a memorial to the Reverend Thomas Watson, who died in 1900. In 1911 Arthur succeeded Reverend Scott as head of mission, in which post he remained until 1938. He also assisted with the development of the site's first boarding school. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
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