Samuel Kaboo Morris

Samuel Kaboo Morris (* 1873 in Liberia, † May 12, 1893 in Fort Wayne, Indiana ) was a Liberian Methodist - in the USA also known as "The Apostle of Simple Faith" - and converted to Christianity son of a Kru king.

Life

Born as the eldest son of a Kru king had Kaboo, as was his African name, life as a hostage in the hostile Grebo who abused him and his relatives extorted tribute payments. After weeks of captivity Kapoo felt an irrepressible urge to escape and succeeded in breaking his bonds. He wandered for several days around the jungle and finally found on a plantation that had been created by an Americo-Liberians. There Kaboo met a small Christian community, which was supervised by a mission station of the Methodist Church. At this time just Lizzie Macneil, a young missionary from the United States of America had arrived, which developed into Kaboo an intimate friendly relationship. Mcneil taught Kaboo and revealed to him the power of the Gospel, so that Kaboo 1887 was baptized in the name of Samuel Morris and lived for several months on the plantation. Meanwhile, Samuel Morris had made ​​the decision to become a priest or missionary himself. Since he no longer wanted to return to his relatives ( pagan ), he went to Monrovia to attend a regular school, he earned his living as a house painter and was an avid churchgoer. To 1891, he made ​​the decision to enter the visited by Lizzie Macneil college in the U.S. to undergo the training as a missionary. Penniless, he signed on as a laborer on an American sailing ship and landed on 27 September 1891 at the Port of New York. In early December he arrived at Thaddeus Reade, the rector of the Fort Wayne College. The Lehrerer present were so impressed and touched that you gave him by means of a specially created foundation to stay and study of the life history of the African. Morris was an inspiring orator, he was regarded by his contemporaries as a child prodigy. Even before his graduation Morris died on 12 May 1893 the effects of a cold and was buried with full honors at the cemetery of Fort Wayne College.

The later Taylor University, which had emerged from the Fort Wayne College, Samuel Kaboo Morris honored by numerous foundations, monuments and commemorations. Even in his Liberian homeland, in Sinoe County, was Samuel Morris Kaboo a role model for the youth.

Books about Samuel Morris Kaboo

  • Lindley Baldwin: Samuel Morris: The African Boy God Sent to Prepare an American University for Its Mission to the World. In: Men of Faith. Baker Books, Grand Rapids MI, 1987, ISBN 978-0-87123-950-1, page 94
  • Terry W. Whalin: Samuel Morris: The Apostle of Simple Faith. Barbour Publishing, Inc., Uhrichsville, OH 1996, ISBN 978-1-557488-78-7, pp. 176
  • Terry W. Whalin: Samuel Morris: Missionary to America. Barbour Publishing, Inc., Uhrichsville, OH, 2006, ISBN 978-1-597891-17-2, pp. 208
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