▁ ▁They ▁received ▁a ▁warm ▁reception ▁from ▁the ▁As ante h ene ▁who ▁treated ▁him ▁as ▁an ▁old ▁long - lost ▁friend ▁and ▁presented ▁to ▁the ▁king ▁a ▁T wi ▁language ▁Bible ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁translated ▁by ▁Johann ▁Gott lie b ▁Christ aller , ▁the ▁German ▁phil ologist ▁and ▁Bas el ▁mission ary . ▁The ▁As ante h ene , ▁non eth eless , ▁decl ined ▁the ▁gift . ▁Other ▁sources ▁state ▁that ▁he ▁presented ▁an ▁English ▁Bible ▁to ▁the ▁king ▁a ▁de cade ▁earlier ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁June ▁ 1 8 7 1 . ▁The ▁permanent ▁station ▁in ▁K um asi ▁was ▁yet ▁to ▁be ▁set ▁up ▁by ▁Ram se yer ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁political ▁atmosphere ▁of ▁that ▁time . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 2 , ▁Ram se yer ▁and ▁David ▁As ante ▁tried ▁again ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁K um asi ▁with ▁the ▁objective ▁of ▁setting ▁up ▁a ▁mission ▁station ; ▁their ▁attempt ▁however ▁failed . ▁During ▁this ▁period , ▁there ▁was ▁st ool ▁disput es ▁in ▁Ju aben ▁and ▁Bek w ai ▁within ▁the ▁As ante ▁conf eder acy ▁making ▁mission ▁work ▁in ▁K um asi ▁unsafe . ▁On ▁ 2 8 ▁January ▁ 1 8 7 6 , ▁Bas el ▁mission aries , ▁Fritz ▁Ram se yer , ▁Christian ▁Eug ene ▁W erm er ▁( mission ▁d yer ▁born ▁on ▁( 8 ▁April ▁ 1 8 5 1 ), ▁Jacob ▁We iner ▁( mission ▁car p enter ▁born ▁on ▁ 9 ▁February ▁ 1 8 5 0