= Extremely rare, no copies in South Africa, Germany or UK. Only one copy in WorldCat (New York Public Library); The National Library of South Africa holds an edition under the title Incwadi yokubala (Port Natal, American Mission Press, 1849) in a convolute, but not this edition.
On 12 October 1849, Louis Harms (1808-1865) founded the Hermannsburg Mission Seminary. This date counts as the foundation date for the Hermannsburg Mission. Harms worked at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church in Hermannsburg, from 1844, initially as a curate and, later, as its Lutheran pastor. He was considered a good minister by the community and had a great talent for bringing things alive. GGGHarms had a vision to begin his missionary work with the Oromo people (then called the Galla) in East Africa. The necessary funds were raised from the Hermannsburg congregation and later a large circle of friends. He even succeeded in building his own mission ship, the Candace, which was named after the Ethiopian queen, Candace, mentioned in Acts 8:27. The attempt to get to Ethiopia, failed however. Consequently, the Hermannsburg missionaries landed at Port Natal (now Durban) in South Africa in 1854. There they began to work among the Zulu people, and from 1857, were also operating in the Transvaal. In 1859 they established a mission station in Shoshong and in 1864, August Mylius started his work with the Telugu in southern India.