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South Africa, ELIM. Old Postcard Scripture Gift MissionSouth Africa Vintage Artist Drawn Colour Old Postcard. ELIM. Panorama showing Mountains, Houses & Palm Trees. Scription Gift Mission. Francis C. Brading Secty.Background: Elim is a unique historical village, situated halfway from Gansbaai to Bredasdorp. It was founded as a Moravian mission station in 1824 on the site of an existing farm called Vogelstruiskraal. As the third Moravian mission station in the Cape, it was dedicated to establishing a self-supporting church of indigenous people. Even at present, it is still owned and managed by the Moravian Church of South Africa.
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