Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- List of sources
- Terminology
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART ONE The incorporation of the Khoesan into the colonial body politic
- PART TWO Colonial crisis and the establishment of a new order, 1848–1853
- PART THREE Post-rebellion politics
- Chapter 17 Contesting reconstruction
- Chapter 18 On the politics of the church
- Chapter 19 On the rights of burghers
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 18 - On the politics of the church
from PART THREE - Post-rebellion politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2018
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- List of sources
- Terminology
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART ONE The incorporation of the Khoesan into the colonial body politic
- PART TWO Colonial crisis and the establishment of a new order, 1848–1853
- PART THREE Post-rebellion politics
- Chapter 17 Contesting reconstruction
- Chapter 18 On the politics of the church
- Chapter 19 On the rights of burghers
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the aftermath of the rebellion, Khoesan involvement in the high politics of the Cape Colony was less pronounced, although they remained influential as voters in a number of constituencies for the new Parliament. It was, above all, in matters concerning the church that they maintained a position of independence, and had to work out a way to develop the strength of the congregations to which they belonged, in the face of attempts by the London Missionary Society, in particular, to demand their financial self-sufficiency and the establishment of the ‘voluntary principle’.
Document 89: On the constitution of the Philipton church
Copy of Resolution passed[?] at a Public Meeting held at Philipton on 11 February 1856
1st Resolution That this Meeting engages to take over the Revd James Read as their Pastor and to Support him with a Salary of One Hundred and fifty pounds sterling [per annum]
2nd That this Meeting will appoint Trustees into whose hands the Mission property will be made over and the following persons be such (viz) The Elders and Deacons of the Philipton Church.
3rd That this Meeting desires to express their thanks to the Directors of the London Missionary Society for supporting the Gospel under them for the last fifty years, and also for the kind expressions towards this Church and people contained in their Letter and do hereby promise to accede to all their propositions.
Signed
James Green
A Hatha
H Heyn
Document 90: On the ‘Christianity of money’
Philipton Independent Congregation Finance[?] Committee to the LMS Directors
Philipton, 18 February 1856
To the Venerated Directors of the London Missionary Society
Respected Fathers in the Church of Christ,
At a Meeting held at Philipton on the 11th our dear Minister Revd James Read read to the assembled church and Congregation constituting this Church and all other churches in this land Independent and voluntary churches. The enclosed resolutions are the expressions of our hearts, your statements are so straightforward, your reasons and reasonings so good and to the point, your promise of aid where really needed so considerate and your guarantees to our pastor and their widows and orphans so ample that we have nothing to add or to discuss; we only hope that the head of the Church will aid us by his providence and grace to fulfil our Christian duties with a right spirit.
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- These Oppressions Won't CeaseAn Anthology of the Political Thought of the Cape Khoesan, 1777–1879, pp. 171 - 187Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2017