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FIRST HALF YEARLY REPORT

OF THE

Greeman FPigstonaries,

IN

TINNEVELLY,

AT THE END OF JUNE 1836.

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IT may not be uninteresting to our Christian friends to

know what has been done here during the last 6 months

we therefore with pleasure publish the following brief account

of the present state of the Mission.

According to the health and strength granted to us by our

gracious God, we have been travelling during part of every

month in the country, in the midst of christian and heathen

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villages, preaching and distributing the word of life.

can say with humble gratitude that our labours have not

been in vain.

1st.—CoNGREGATIONS.— We mentioned in our last address

that at the end of December 1835, we had under our superin-

tendence—

1,561 familis—containing 5,581 souls—in

154 villages.

From the accompanying

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list, made up to the end

of June last, the total

will be found to be at

189

the present time

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This increase has partly been from the old Congregations

in 15 places; but chiefly from among the heathen, of whom

227 families in 38 villages, have placed themselves under

Christian instruction.

The increase would have been larger,

were it not that 18 places have been struck out from our list,

because the families resident there, have either removed to

other places, joined the Church Mission, or returned to

heathenism.

We are sorry to say that in 47, out of the 189 villages now

on our list, divisions have been effected; that is, a part of

each Congregation is with us, and the other part with the

Church Mission.

However, the people in 142 villages con-

tinue undivided.

The oppression which our people have experienced in cer-

tain villages, has compelled us to seek other lands for them

upon which to settle.

This has already been accomplished

in one instance ; and we hope to be able to succeed shortly

1in others.

There are also 4 new christian villages rising in

different directions.

First Izalf-yearlg) Report

The above mentioned total of souls, consists :

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Of baptized Men.

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©oe o0 o0 -436

W omen. ...

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Children. Lo, 0.

. .432

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Unbaptized Men, but under a course

of Christian Instruction........1,455

omen.

33

.l'...1)479

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Children.

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e o o o 2’204

5,138

Total. .6,356 souls.

We have had 107 baptisms since our return toTinnevelly,

viz. 34 men, 20 women, and 53 children.

The Lord’s Supper

has been administered every month in Palamcottah, at which

most of the Catechists attend, together with such persons of

the country congregations as can conveniently make the

journey.

Our journi

es among the people have been productive of

mutual joy ; and on the whole, they are earnestly desirous of

being fed with the word of God, and of laying aside their sin-

ful habits.

Their simple faith and confidence in the Lord

God of their salvation, is, in many instances, striking. Here

and there they have trials to endure, under which the Divine

promises are their comfort.

2d.—CartecHisTs.—A¢t the end of last year, there were 75

in employ ; now at the end of June, there are 96 ; including

head Catechists and Assistants ; being an increase of 29.

We place none in the office but such as in Christian charity

are believed to be converted characters.

They have had

their monthly exercises as in former years ; they learn, every

month, a chapter or a part of a chapter by heart, which is

explained to them at the monthly assembly ; besides which

they latterly had a whole Epistle appointed to them for pri-

vate study during the month ; on the contents of which they

are questioned when assembled here.

A commentary on

St. Matthew’s Gospel is also dictated to them.

3d.—ScHooLs.—At the end of last year we had 40; now

there are 48, with regular Masters, and 20 served by the Ca-

techists with Ushers ; in all therefore 68 schools.

Of these,

3 are girls’ schools ; one of which is on the premises, con-

taining 19 girls under the care of Mrs. Schaffter ; they are

fed, clothed and instructed. Another day-school is in Ra-

jahkudy* avillage not far from hence, under the care of Mrs.

* The congregation of this place is now remov'@%&ﬁnbtbér"spot of

Murugenkuritchy, which has been purchased that they may setile upon

it, in order to separate them from the heathen,

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ivesin drunken-

ness and other vices.

cut of order,

The small girls’ school, t :ga'

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of the German Missionaries.

Muller ; and a third is in the town of Tinnevelly, superin-

tended by both Mrs. Schaifter and Mrs. Muller, and con-

taining 21 girls.

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In all the schools, there are now 2,093 scholars, of whom

2,004 are boys, and 89 girls.

Of the 67 Schoolmasters and Ushers, 21 are Christians,

the remaining 46 are Heathens ; but these latter are pretty

well instructed in the principles of Christianity ; and most of

them are also well inclined towards it.

One of the head

Schoolmasters has lately been baptized at his own urgent

request.

He has been acquainted with Christianity these 7

years, but was only brought to a deep conviction of its truths

since January last ; -though even previous to it, his upright,

and truth-loving conduct, proved him to be influenced by the

word of God.—His name is Timothy.

Every heathen Schoolmaster is instructed in Christianity

for 2 or 3 months previous to his being sent to a place.

And whilst employed, all learn a portion of Scripture by

heart, which is explained to them at the monthly Meeting.

During their stay at Palamcottah, they usually attend all

the Divine Services, by which means their knowledge is in-

creased ; and it is hoped, (as we have already had instances

of the kind) that their minds are gradually preparing for the

reception of the Gospel. With reference to many of them it is

only Caste which is the hindrance to their openly embracing

the truth, chiefly on account of their relations.

4th—Tur Preparanot Crass.—At the end of June there

were 15 persons in this Class, part Christians preparing for

immediate usefulness among the Congregations, and part

Heathens preparing to be Schoolmasters.

The latter are

usually but 2 or 3. They are on the premises, and are daily

instructed chiefly in the Holy Secriptures, and in doctrinal

and historical Catechisms ; also in Tamil Grammar.

They

learn daily a portion of Scripture by heart, which is minutely

explained to them. They have thus gone through a large

part of the Gospel of St. Matthew, and are now learning the

Epistle to the Romans.

5th.—THE SEMINARY, consists of 25 scholars ; who are

fed, clothed, and instructed on the premises.

Their studies

have hitherto been the Tamil and English languages, Tamil

and European Arithmetic, Geometry, the Evidences of

Christianity, and the word of God. From various circum-

stances we have not yet been able to resume with them

Geography and History ; but hope to do so in future. We

have the pleasure to see them not only desirous of learning,

but also improving in Christian morality.

Nine of these

lads give evidence of a change of heart, and afford hope of

their one day being usefully employed in the Mission.

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6th.—I1inances.—Unconnected withany Society, we have

cast ourselves entirely and directly on the Lord’s care and

providence ; because we are humbly assured, that we serve

Him, that the cause in Tinnevelly is his cause, and that the

people are his and not ours.

QOur trust and confidence in

Him have hitherto not made us ashamed. He has supplied

all our wants ; and he has engaged to be our provider until

the end.

It is the glory of these days that his people

learn more and more to sever the chaff from the wheat, and to

act up to the Catholic spirit of the Gospel.

We thought of

adding a list of those friends who have hitherto supported

the work in our hands, together with an account of our ex-

penditure ; but upon farther consideration we deem it right

to leave this till the end of the year, as we formerly stated

in our address.

We bless and praise God our Saviour,

for all he has done for us, and we thank his servants, who

for his sake, have so willingly given us their aid. We would

at present only mention that our monthly expenditure amounts

to nearly 1,700 Rupees ; and request those of the people of

God who from various causes have hitherto withheld their aid

from us, to relinquish any prejudices they may have imbibed,

and to come forwird in the support of a cause which is based

on scriptural grotinds, and which we humbly trust, has the

TLord Jesus Christ for its head, whose glory in the hearts of

sinners and in the world, becomes more and more the chief

desire of our souls.

As many of our old Congregations have lost their Chapels

by certain strange proceedings, the erection of new places of

worship has caused a considerable expenditure, not from the

costliness, but from the multitude of such buildings : many of

them are but mere sheds, affording a mere shelter from the

heat and the rain.

It may easily be conceived how trying it

must be to the people, to see their former better buildings

locked up before their eyes, and left to perish rather than be

granted to them for christian worship.

It is also our desire to form Mission Establishments in

the interior of the country, for which our funds require en-

The same we may say with respect to the pur-

largement.

chase of School books, and printing religious tracts and books

for the instruction of the Catechists.

We have hitherto

printed one tract, especially for the Congregations, to encou-

rag

e them in their trials ; and we have now a small body of

Divinity in Tamil in the press for Catec

hists and Students

in Theology ; as it is our ardent desire, by the help of

of the Lord, to raise up a more able and efficient native

ministry.

We notice these particulars for the kind consi-

deration of our respected friends.

We must not forget to state, that by the late prosecutions.

of the German Missionaries.

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before the Magistrate, our people have been subjected to

considerable expense, to meet which they have formed a

special fund, to which they contribute monthly.

This extra

expense has hitherto prevented us from commencing the

But we trust the

operation of Tract, and other Societies.

Lord will in his own time, remove these hindrances.

CONCLUDING REMARKS.

_ In certain recent publications, doubts have been raised

as to the efficiency of our former plan of proceeding, and

especially as to the character of the Native Christians,

Sorry as we are at the misrepresentations and insinuations

which have been made, we will by no means enter into a

minute refutation of them.

If those who make them can

pursue a better plan, we shall wish them God speed, and

willingly learn of them.

It is easy to throw down a build-

ing, but not so to raise one ; it is easy to cavil and find fault

with measures, but not so to institute or improve them.

We shall therefore simply content ourselves with making a

few remarks on the work pursued here, particularly with

respect to the Congregations, for the satisfaction of our

frieads.

What we are going to say is indeed not new, as

we have often given them similar statements in our former

reports ; but as they are probably forgotten it may be well

to repeat them.

The means used for calling the heathen out of darkness

to the glorious light of the Gospel are simply these,—the

preaching of the word of God by ourselves and the Cate-

chists, the circulation of religious tracts and portions of the

Scriptures, the establishment of schools, the intercourse of

native Christians with their heathen neighbours, and prayer

for the Divine blessing. No other means are resorted to ;

no worldly advantages are held out to any; if one of our

Catechists were known to do any such thing, he would not

only be sharply reproved, but according to the nature of his

offence would be dismissed from his office.

From the

beginning, the holding forth of worldly advantages for the

purpose of drawing the people over to Christianity or attach-

ing them to us, has been an abhorrence to our minds, and

we trust the Lord our God will ever preserve this feeling in

our breasts.

We can fearlessly say, that there is not a sin-

gle Congregation, which cannot rise up and declare that in

point of worldly advantages, they have always been dis-

couraged by us to expect them, when expressing their desire

to become Christians.

The representations that we have

given to the people of christianity, have been simply these;

that the religion of Jesus will make them sober, just, chaste,

heavenly-minded, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, and as

a natural consequence, diligent in business.

Thus far we

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have told them that Christianity will improve their worldly

condition, but herein we have done nothing more than pro-

phets and apostles have done before us.

To tell the people

that they will be comfortable and happy under the influence

of that Gospel which teaches us to deny ungodliness and

worldly lusts, ought never to be considered as an enticement

presented to them to throw off the profession of heathenism

for the garb of Christianity, on the ground of worldly advan-

tages.

We are aware it has been stated that we have taught

the people that if they become Christians, they would be

freed from paying taxes either to the Government or to their

land-lords, as well as freed from rendering other dues to

those to whom they are indebted —but we fearlessly assert,

that though this charge may be made, it cannot be sustain-

ed ; it is a perversion of the truth, as opposed to our priaci-

ples as to our practise.

Whoever else may have taught such

things, we have never done so; and if a Catechist should

have gone further in this matter than either our instructions

or the word of God warranted him to do, it has certainly

Such a line of conduct would

been without our knowledge.

moreover be useless, as the people would in such a case soon

be undeceived, not only by their intercourse with ourselves,

but also by the fact that they have to suffer in this very par-

ticular ; they being often compelled to pay more taxes after

having joined the Christian Church than they did before.

What then it may be asked influences the people to re-

nounce heathenism and embrace Christianity ?

We reply

that their motives appear to be various and mixed. The

people receive the knowledge of Christianity by one or the

other before mentioned legitimate means; their minds be-

come convinced of the excellency of the Gospel, and as a

consequence they become desirous of embracing it ; but vari-

ous causes often hinder them from breaking the chain which

binds them to custom and to the world. Some individuals do

not hesitate long; they are compelled by the force of truth

to shake off idolatry at once and enter the Christian path.

Others go more slowly to work; they come and inquire,

ask for tracts and the Scriptures, and examine them for a

length of time, without taking any decisive step further than

leaving off the grosser part of idolatrous worship. This is

particularly the case with the wealthier inhabitants ; who

evince their earnestness in the matter, even by purchasing

Christian bocks.

Thus lately two respectable natives bought

the Tamil Evidences of Christianity for two Rupees each.

Again, many carry the thought of becoming Christians about

with them for years, till some great trouble or aflliction,

either from oppression or sickness comes upon them ; they

are then powerfully led to think that in a connexion with the

of the German Missionaries.

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christians it will be well with them ; the result of which is,

that they renounce heathenism and request to be regularly

instructed in the word of God. 'There was lately a remark-

able instance of this.

A rather wealthy Nadan in the south,

acquainted with christianity for many years, had been all the

time leading a wicked life, to the great injury of his bodily

health ; he tried many medicines and idols too, to make him

well, but in vain ; at last he became deeply convinced of his

wickedness, and resolved to come to one of us whenon a visit

in that quarter ; he came and told his whole case, and earn-

estly requested to have special prayer made for him to the

Lord Jesus Christ.

After suitable advice on the subject,

prayer was made for him ; he attended the divine services of

the day, and went home determined to follow Christ, whether

Further means were

his bodily sickness be removed or not.

used and blessed ; he is now well and building a prayer house

in his village.

Now shall we reject such people because they

come to Christianity in the first instance, not from purely

spiritual motives ?

If persons who are already acquainted

with christianity, and who behold the improved condition of

native christians around them, are led to think that by a

connexion with them, and by worshipping the christians’

God, they shall be delivered from their troubles, from vain

expenses to idols, from the fear of devils, &c. ; and upon this

determine to embrace christianity, surely this is not an evil

thing to be rejected.

If God uses such means to bring the

people under instruction in the wholesome truths of the Gos-

pel, are we to quarrel with them, because they do not come

exactly in the way we wish them to come ? or ought any one

to defame the work of the Mission, because the people do not

immediately show forth all the fruits of true conversion, and

do not at once leave off all the evil habits which they have

contracted from their youth ?

Let us not forget from

what a mass of corraption a native has to come out, when he

embraces the Gospel.

How long is it even with Europeans,

after their conversion, before they can shake off all the

worldly and superstitious notions and habits in which they

had previously lived ?

And how many conversions among

them take place chiefly through the instrumentality of afflic-

tion or troubles of a worldly nature ! If they require a great

deal of patience and forbearance, how much more the

natives !

To this it is said, ¢ true, but do not call them

christians.”

Certainly not in the proper sense of the word ;

but why not in its general sense, and for the sake of distin-

guishing them from the heathen ? Are they unworthy of the

term merely because from circumstances (not under their

controul) they have not yet received the rite of baptism ? Is

1t nothing to be accounted of, that they have actually forsaken

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First half-yearly Report

their idols and the fear and worship of devils, and have

broken the former in pieces ?—that they are learning the

word of God, and are gradually improving in right views and

in character ; becoming better men, better fathers, mothers,

children ; better masters, servants, and subjects ? Not that

we suffer vice in them ; they ¢ must be exhorted, reproved,

and sharply rebuked,” as also the primitive christians had

need to be (Titus 1, 13, and 2, 15), but in all this, a great

deal of wisdom, patience, and gentleness is required, lest we

root out the wheat with the tares, and altogether choke that

which is good in them.

How few Europeans deserve the

name of christians ! and yet they are al/ called so, for obvi-

ous reasons.

It has been asked how many real christians are there among

the ten thousand converts in Tinnevelly ? (meaning particu-

larly our Mission).

To this we answer that we do not know.

Neither the rite of Baptism, nor that of the Lord’s Supper,

is a safe criterion by which to form a sure estimate.

Many

both Europeans, and Natives, enjoy these ordinances, and yet

are not thereby real christians ; and so we say on the other

hand, that there may be many true christians among our

congregations, though they have not yet received the rite of

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baptism, and had administered to them the Lord’s Supper.

¢ The Lord knows them that are his,” and we are persuaded

that in every congregation there are at least some men and

women who believe in Jesus Christ as their Saviour.

The

great day will declare them. A correct judgment in this

matter depends much upon the measure we use to estimate a

true christian.

Europeans who have had the advantage of a

christian education for centuries, and who have received a

tincture of propriety and true morality with their birth, even

though they be yet unconverted—are apt to form a wrong

estimate of a truly Christian character among the natives,

because they measure them by themselves ; they imagine

that a native Christian must be as civil, courteous, cleanly,

kind, candid, liberal, intelligent, and just as themselves;

and they are ready to strike off from their list of native

Christians every one whom they find not possessing these

qualities in the same manner and to the same degree ;

while on the contrary they put on their list of true

Christians every one who exhibits these qualities as

Europeans do, whatever may be their character in other

Now, much as these qualities are to be prized,

respects.

and to be encouraged in the natives by all proper means,

yet KEuropeans who use them as a measure to ascer-

tain whether a native is a true Christian or not, are adopt-

ing an erroneous standard.

Every true Christian must,

indeed, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour, for-

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sake idolatry and every sin ; but with this character there

may still be mixed much indecorum (to us), and, indecent

carriage, with many superstitious notions, and bad habits

contracted from their very birth ; many of which they

had been taught to consider even as decent and proper.

We will not here instance habits which merely refer to

manners, and have nothing sinful in themselves, but go

at once to the habit of lying or prevaricating so com-

mon among the Natives.

That direct falsehood is wicked

and must be given up, every native Christian of course

but that a

knows,

and the true believer abhors it ;

E

cunning way of speaking (implying falsehood) is wicked

also, this he may not know or feel so immediately or so

strongly, having all along considered it rather a virtue than

a vice.

Now we do not wonder at all, if on certain occa-

sions even the true native Christian 1s guilty of this species

of falsehood ; nor ought we to deny him to be a true chris-

tian merely on that account.

Such a mode of speaking

among the Natives is similar to what are called by Euro-

peans, ‘ white lies.”

And, alas! how many Europeans are

guilty of the same, whose conversion to God it would be

Do we excuse the native Christians in

difficult to question !

these habits ?

Not at all.

We only wish to show that there

are certain bad habits in them, on the account of which

merely we cannot deny them to be true christians ; they are

habits, the renouncing of which depends on their growth in

grace and holiness, about which they must be continually

and opportunely instructed, warned, and reproved. The

are sad blots in their christian character ; but the Holy

Spirit has instituted the sacred ministry to remove them ;

through his gracious influence they will be removed, and

the native Christians also will come ¢ to the measure of the

stature of the fulness of Christ,”—but this is a work of time,

and we must patiently labour and wait for it.

Happy are

we in being able to say, that there are already many native

Christians who have by the grace of God so far advanced in

holiness, as to be free even from these blots, who would not

knowingly speak a falsehood on any account.

It must also be remembered, that among the 10,000 pro-

fessing Christians, children are included, which form a large

portion of the whole.—For instance among the 6,356 souls

now on our list, there are 2,636 children.

Again, of the

remaining 3,720 adults, only 786 are baptized, the rest

are candidates for baptism ; and again, among the bap-

tized, there are some who were Roman Catholics.

Those

whom we admit to the holy ordinance, are such as give

us reasonable hope that their hearts are right with God.

Those who are not yet baptized, however, must not be

thought to be all unzonverted persons ; we are sure there are

many among them, wbo ought to have the rite administered

10

First half-yearly Report, &e.

to them-—our circumstances alone have hitherto prevented this

being done. We humbly think that the fact alone that so many

souls have been snatched from the strong holds of idolatry,

and brought into the way of knowing the only true God and

the Saviour, should be a matter of great joy to every christian

heart ; and should call forth most fervent prayers for the

We

finishing of the great work so happily begun in them.

have never said that all are real christians; the contrary has

been our language, as we have often witnessed the strong

workings of iniquity even in some who had been baptized—

still we do not hesitate to say with joy and gratitude to God,

that there are indeed many who love the Lord Jesus Christ,

and sincerely endeavour to walk according to his command-

ments.

That there i1s a mixture among the Congregations

is not at all extraordinary ; it is no more than was the case

among the primitive christians, and than what we now meet

with among Europeans.

It is true, that in the late struggles

here, a number of the native Christians have been led to

show a very different character to what they have been

taught ; we mourn over them, and pray that God may in

mercy restore them ; but it is also as true, that a great many

of them have, in the midst of very {rying circumstances,

shown that their faith is not inactive, and their know-

ledge of the word of God not vain; they have shown

that they can relinquish the goods of this world for

spiritual advantages.

Some by-standers have cried out

¢ Desolation !

Woe 1”

But let the heart of none fail.

The

congregations of Tinnevelly have been severely tried; but

this trial has already worked much good for them, and we

trust will work still more.

Our eyes behold it with pleasure

~— we bless God for it, and are assured that our former labour

has not been 1n vain.

Our prospects are certainly encourag-

ing. The late troubles have had a wholesome effect even

upon the heathen; who continue to resort to us even with

greater confidence than they did before.

The large increase

from among the heathen during the last six months is a

proof of this.

We praise God our Saviour for all the blessings he has

bestowed upon us and upon this people; truly he has been

good to us and fulfilled his precious promises ; he has graci-

ously borne with our failings and imperfections ; as our da

has been, so also has he caused our strength to be.

We

daily feel more and more that without Him we can do no-

thing. For every good that has been done, to him alone be

all the praise.

C. Rurnius.

P. SCHAFFTER.

SINDUPOONTURIE,

ParamcoTTAH,

J. J. MuLLER.

July 13, 1836.

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J. LECHLER.

LIST OF CONGREGATIONS

11

UNDER THE CARE OF THE GERMAN MISSIONARIES IN

TINNEVELLY AgT THE END OF JUNE 1836.

CANDIDATES

BaprTIZED.

FOR

ouses

BarTism.

NaMmEs oF VILLAGES.

No. of Catechists

and Assistants

No. ot Chapels or

Prayer H

No. of Families

2

E

Children

2

E

Children

Total of Sculs

|

l No. of Villages

I—DisTricT.

o~

&~

22

(V]

72

Sindupoontoorei

—

11

=

e

65

Moolikullam

Murugenkuritchy

11

24

Tatchanalloor

Naganapuram

q

A

2

o

et

93

Tinnevelly

13

Paleiyapati

Pt (D) D el (D et O D

Vengapapuram

3

!

€O 00~ O UV i QU DO =

Sattirapetti

—

34

10

Kumaragiri

11

Kammapatti

—

36

12

Elandeikullam

3L

13

Aiyarampetty

(U S

32

;

14

Veppankullam

0 QC O = =3 1 DS ~J G0 00 =3

10

15

Kallattikinnaru

Do

COVO~—ONCTNNWTS—WD

—

63

16

Elayirampannei

— DD

—

NOCCCTOTSOWNRO O NGB+

—

[\V]

62

17

Sivasangeipetty

15

l~c-o-wc

18

Paneiyeripetty

| TR T R R i | L] { oo Tl ol e R R s 1) o PR )

—

& OG0 ==

SCWWHONRNNNW —-NCKN ——C 00

10

f—

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20

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18

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3

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64

957

II—DisTRICT,

l)

>~

3

54

134

Keel Rajahpaleyam

(V)

Vayilkatupetty

——

29

i

Vepankullam

2

Kovilankullam

X0

Sillikullam

11

Sembagapuram

20

Muttu Samipuram

(:Z)

Ramasundirajiri

:z(j)

4

Attivali

2

2

;

|

e

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Ramalingapuram

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];%

[ —

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14

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%

42

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ot

<

Total. s

.

4

88

23

3!

34

o8

52

6

281

III—DISTRICT.

16

'5

15

74

Latchmipuram

99

[38

66

180

Ootamalel

Paramkudapuram

36

57

2

43

28

117

Soleigiri

11

13

Veerakelampudoor

| e Fol ot ol DO |

43

Rasakobalaperi

Ramenoor

Kalungapetti

l§

22

Sorandei

26

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—

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87

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2

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List of ‘C’ongregatioﬁs, &c.

CANDIDATES

BAPTIZED.

FOR

Barrism,

NamEs oF VILLAGES.

No. of Catechists

and Assistants

‘ No. of Chapelsor

g

.L;gi

_§_

I Children

Total of Souls.

\No of Villages

11

Aladiputti

5

91

12

Pavanasapuram

§

5]

38

13

Puliyampetty

1]

21

14

Rettiyapetti

(.é

39

15

Marudapuram

P Tt ‘ No. of Families

i

16

chcwh'

16

Kavelakuritchy

DR R e )

©ocom=c——1{ Prayer Houses

:%

0

Fgg:}i:

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10

22

—f——

10

16

Total...

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©

24] 18

11

207

231 346

819

IV—~DisTrICT.

—

—

—

—

Kaliyanapuram

55

Karutteipilleyoor

Pattiyoor

Potdelpudoor

TS

Chettikullam

Tirumaleipuram

Papakudi

Tulukeipetty

Mukkudel

R QO DO s

%

Meila

papuram

1

Kalla

d

eikuritchy

12

Erammalpuram

13

Pulankullam

-0

14

Tekkupulankullam

SIS by 00

15

Kistnabadi

16

Mel Visuvasapuram

(V)

17

Pettanadanoor

18

Sivaseilam

R

19

20

Avudeiyanadenoor

Sivanadanoor

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%

— WO =R NO =~ —COCO—=CW

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—U ke O N

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w

71

36

3!

W

36

39

&

215

t \11 OO OM=OOMO—=CCOC O

V—DisTrICT.

Asirvadapuram

ot

o

43

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%

D) =

37

Sandoshapuram

20

Panneikullam

SWRO

Paranniyappapuram

Kalunguvilei

e

e

SO

—

—

2]

69

Tadenkullam

25

Kalakullam

—OO =W

€0 00 ~Y O UV QO B =

Pudupatchery

21

10

Vayittalingapuram

20

11

Anandapuran

—

32

12

Nagakullam

16

13

SOURNCOWO = —N

10

14

Atchampadu

NNASWRORP—OWWO

28

15

Kaludoor

Kurippenkullam

—

W O

£

p—

69

OHOCOOMONROOHO ~

16

(Y TR AT o e S TR R T TR PO TR

%

CONNEDARNOWS ~—

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2

;

Papankullam

|

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76 | 82 143 1407

|

List of Congregations, &c.

‘

CANDIDATES

FOR

ses

BapTizZED.

pels or

Baprism.

NaMmEs oF VILLAGES.

=

er Hou

No,. of Catechists

and Assistants

No. of Cha

Pray

No. of Families

g

E

Children.

3

§

Children.

Total of Souls

! No. of Villages

VI.—DisTtRrICT

Podoor

36

39

w

o4

140

Karikovil

Muttukistnapuram

16

j—

=

N

58

st

30

Aaneikudiyiruppu

Muttumattamoli

—

23

21

Tupramaniyapuram

OO

12

Pudiruppu

—

Pudoor

(S

—

St

50

Ettamoli

2

Sangenkudiyiruppu

13

Atchambadu

=S o0~ Ot i 0o b0 =

Nannikullam

NCNDONTOOOW

37

Perumpanei

— —

pa—

(3]

43

14

Kanaveri

NODOWNWDH DW= N

15

Amattavanakudy

Do

(34

NN —O=~WDHmpOWwWwn

()

"

87

16

Pudukullam

25

17

Melpuddukullam

NN O W~ WO —

18

Kirubapuram

W=

=

N

o

(o)

60

119,

20

|

Satankullam

Nganakudiyiruppu

21

Tatchemmoli

AT Yo B B ) AL T i Yt vl Yl Yoo (WAdh 1 A VAL Vg S

)

-

22

— D —

— NG

SR,

BN —

57

C et O O et el OO S O e S Ol b SN

23

Anandavilel

Nallammalpuram

[

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WO — ]~

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|

34

{

9

VII.—DisTRICT.

!

27

133

‘30

191

463

Anbinnagaram

10

11

21

48

/Sundenkotel

22

{Dharmanagaram

24

23

46

93

é

Tendikatapuram

12

I3

18

43

Visuvasapuram

29

30

30

37

98

Pitcheikudiyiruppu

A s it

2

|

Kadatchapuram

14

11

14

44

Patcheri

37

41

40

2

13

|

Padukeipetti

12

16

13

5

36

|

Kareinkadu

11

28

%i)

Nandenvilei

3

vt o et

|Sekadivilei

49

fo—

et

{39

29

38

56

169

3

‘Tinnatambikudiyiruppu

14

42

32

49

87

181

15

Saukiyapuram

Elakarivilei

16

Tattanmadam

13

13

19

41

17

16

et

12

27

54

18

Pakiyanadapuram

10

10

28

48

Kaliy_’envilei

2

19

Pudeiyapuram

Rt J o e W ] Mt DOl SR o |

20

Putchikadu

11

21

Vadaka Ramasamipuram

-

5

2

22

Pitchenvilei

2

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23

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-

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21

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Lz‘st( of Congregations, &c.

CANDIDATES

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FOR

pels or

Baprism.

NamEs oF VILLAGES.

e

No. of Catechists

and Assistants

No. of Cha

Prayer Houses

:

Total of Souls.

‘ No. of Villages

l No. of Families

%:;_

| Women

)

=

24

—

no

39

25

Uyarattakadiyiruppu

1

60

Anugragapuram

e

21

i

23

26

Alagappapuram

27

Udeippookudiyiruppu

— &

28

Tembagalingapuram

—

|

0

40

el

29

ji

]

[N )

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g

3

T8t s ! Children

12

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e

PR P —— PREESR PSS e e ]

17 1 29

Fotales .

13

488

49

447

468

710

771

VIII—DistricT.

Retchanyapuram

-

—

St

—

59

Panikanada

12

Kallamparei

}1kudi)'ir11pp11-

N QO

Kurupidoo

B

Pattakarei

-

28

—t

—

et

29

Semmarik_.ullam

Kalluvilei

18

Vaniyenkarinatuvalei

Q

Paravenkuritchy

Terikudiyiruppu

Nalamtulah

NC—=Crmt =~ O C O~

LrainanBocouw

69

o

N

50

Kottankadu

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NI N =R I N

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2

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segaris

-

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ot

15

et

37

0

>

Amurapuram

-

BOUT BOBD VU s O e, ST 00 e DO 3

0

2

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—

|

|

i

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16

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15 14

89

151

404

IX—DisTrICT.

Kongularayakuritchy

[N}

3

—

(]

=y

8

105

Tirupulankudy

-

29

Streevygoondam

Pitcheinarto

Peroor

poo

14

Pottel

-

Panneivilei

Nagampatchery

B

p—

]

| )

62

ORI T W -

Ramenoor

-

10

10

Perunikullam

11

14

12

Narukarenkudiyiruppu

13

13

Vaniyenkudiy-iruppu

B i e G0 O P D OO = G0 O

R W—=OEO—~W—=CNU

14

14

—

5

15

Ségukkuvaittar

[N

B

C

o

Sakkammalpuram

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23

16

Sivanandapuram

30

17

Supramaniyapuram

18

amalingapuram

3

19

Serveikarenmadum

—

31

20

10

21

Katusakkammalpuro

COoONCCW—NOCWEOT — —C O WD

4

22

Kumarabommeipuram

1 ] 1 1 1 1

— N — 0 CO B T

0

COCNOCW—OOoOONNOON—OOC =D

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Keilasapuram

l OCOCCOCHO=ROCOO—OOOOO - —

1

‘ OOCOJOO-‘C\J%OOQOC&[OOCOOOL%

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P

(do] ' COCHCCmIR=CO~OOOOOCON

22

6

..__._‘__.

135

42

2

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w

12 {111

134 1470

Total..

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List of Congregations, &c.

S

5

CANDIDATES

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FOR

;

BA.PTiS'M.

NamEs oF VILLAGES.

and Assistants

Prayer Houses

No. of Catechists

No. of Chapels or

i

] Men

[ Women

i

| Children

t Women,

l Children

! Total of Souls

|

' No. of Villages

\

‘ No. of Families

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Puliyarkuritchy

(V]

e

R

N

96

Kuttavenkullam

17

Salapudoor

Aaneikullam

25

Puduvoor

Aarupulli

X2

—

s

37

Atchambadu

Kilavaneri

13

Tereikullam

25

Valiyammeipuram

e

e

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52

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Kalandeipannei

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39

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92

15

Resta

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16

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17

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Reypootankullam

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19

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IT may not be uninteresting to our Christian friends to

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know what has been done here during the last 6 months

we therefore with pleasure publish the following brief account

of the present state of the Mission.

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According to the health and strength granted to us by our

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gracious God, we have been travelling during part of every

month in the country, in the midst of christian and heathen

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villages, preaching and distributing the word of life.

We

can say with humble gratitude that our labours have not

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been in vain.

1st.—CoNGREGATIONS.— We mentioned in our last address

that at the end of December 1835, we had under our superin-

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tendence—

1,561 familis—containing 5,581 souls—in

154 villages.

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From the accompanying

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list, made up to the end

will be found to be at

of June last, the total

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This increase has partly been from the old Congregations

in 15 places; but chiefly from among the heathen, of whom

227 families in 38 villages, have placed themselves under

Christian instruction.

The increase would have been larger,

were it not that 18 places have been struck out from our list,

because the families resident there, have either removed to

other places, joined the Church Mission, or returned to

heathenism.

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We are sorry to say that in 47, out of the 189 villages now

on our list, divisions have been effected; that is, a part of

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each Congregation is with us, and the other part with the

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Church Mission.

However, the people in 142 villages con-

tinue undivided.

4

The oppression which our people have experienced in cer-

3

tain villages, has compelled us to seek other lands for them

upon which to settle.

This has already been accomplished

in one instance ; and we hope to be able to succeed shortly

in others.

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There are also 4 new christian villages rising in

different directions.

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