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The Martyrdom
of Munson and Lyman in Lobu Pining
Biography
/ Samuel Munson
Samuel
Munson had known God since he was a small boy. He lived as a child
of God and always prayed and went to church. This was similar
to the story of Samuel as it is written in the Old Testament.
He was born in New Sharon, Maine in North America on 23 March
1804. At the age of 10 Samuel Munson's parents died of an epidemic
disease. God did not leave Samuel, even though he had lost his
beloved parents. He was adopted by a couple.
His foster parents and Pastor Peet predicted Samuel Munson would
become a churchman one day after observing his behaviour at home
and in society. Their prediction came true. In 1823, when Samuel
was 19 years old he was baptized again and confirmed. In 1825
he finished his study at Coligium Bowdoin.
Seeing
Samuel's good behaviour, the president of the school gave him
a recommendation to go to Zending Boston Institution and he received
a scholarship. It was only $50 per month. It was not enough for
him so he worked hard to support his studies.
When
Samuel heard about the story of Steward and how he had became
an evangelist, he finally joined Andover seminary school in 1829
and finished in 1832. He was then baptized as an evangelist. After
that he worked for the American Board of Commissioners.
While
working he studied medicine which became useful in his future
service. His favourite verse in the Bible was taken from the book
of Acts of the Apostles 8:4, "The believers who were scattered
went every where, preaching the message", which to him meant that
an evangelist should willing to suffer and work in isolation if
necessary to spread the good news of the Gospel.
In
1833, Samuel Munson married Sanger Abbe from Brunswick. Soon after
they were married they went to N.O.I to serve as missionaries.
They had their first child in Batavia on 27 February 1834 and
it became the first American child who was baptized in Batavia
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