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I e SN A S S . o === — — T _— P v3 - i < -~ s a S - MREPORT - or i sl '] == A A i E W k & = - iy [A 1N 3¢ il IISSION IN THE SOUTHE RN MARATHA, CANARA, AND MALABAR PROVINCES: IN THE FORM OF A LETTER T i ROM THE MISSIONARIES TO TS ~ Friendsg aud Supporters, £ £ P 4 BOMBA Y: AMERICAN MISSION PRESS. E A WEBSTER, B R INRB R s 18 47719 ;{ A\ S N 523 e 7 ING % Al .{ KL OR L, 1 L A (R 4ln CuristiaN Frienps, — At the close of another year, which has elapsed since the publication of our last Report, the pleasing daty devolves up- on us of bearing testimony to the goodness and mercy of our gracious Lord, who has continued, as heretofore, to support and protect and bless the work committed to our feeble hands, and of acknowledging with joyful gra- titude the kind encouragement and generous assistance, received from a large number of Christian friends and brethern residing in this country, whose liberality has far surpassed our expectations. Praised be the Name of our God! His Mercy endureth for ever. He bears with the infirmities of His servants, pardons their sins, overrules their counsels, comforts their hearts, heals their diseases, hears their prayers, and blesses the work of their hands. Many have been the tokens of His power among us during the past year, of His long-suffering, His mercy and His faithfulness. His Name be praised?! May His blessings richly descend upon the souls and works of those, whose hearts and hands, He has moved and directed to succour and assist this Mission ! To go a yearly rouud of visiting friends and brethren, who have, by Chris- tian sympathy and liberal assistance, established a claim on our regard, and . love, in order to give expression to the acknowledgment of those obliga- tions, which have been conferred upon us, and to rejoice with them in the gifts and mercies received at the hands of the Lord, during another stage of the progress of our work, is a cheering employment, but &t the same time it may well be conceived, that the task imposed on Missionaries of publish- ing reports on the progress and success of their own labors is no easy one. While the retrospect on the short comings, failings and sins of a past year, fills the heart of God’s servants with shame and sorrow, a statement of the course, and the circumstances of their work, may produce a semblance of self- praise, and while it is intended to erect a monument to the grace, and mer- cy and power of God, some may be tempted to give honor to weak and poor men instead of aseribing all glory to our Holy Liord. May He direct all hearts aright by his Good Spirit. MALEYALAM MIiSSION. CANNANORE STATION, KSTABLiSED IN JANUARY, 1841. Missionary. — Rev. S. Herich. Cannanore being one of the principal Military stations of the Madras Pre- sidency, a considerable number of HindG Christians, partly soldiers of Na- tive Regiments, partly servants of European gentlemen, have for many years been living there, destitute of the superintendence and discipline of a re- gular Christian Ministry. Several pious gentlemen, alive to the interests R 4 of religion, not only among their own countrymen, but also among the Native Christians of this land, made long ago some provision for the Tamil congre- Others, par- gation by appointing a reader for conducting Public Worship. ticularly’ one Christian friend, who is still anxiously and zealously engag- ed in the work of God at Cannanore, took a personal interest in the welfare ss in the midst of many temptations of a congregation, otherwise so helple and dangers. We may add, that some of the Chaplains of the Church of England, though fully occupied by their own peculiar duties as pastors of a = = - 2 a ) tion, extended with praiseworthy zeal their care lerge Furopean congreg and protection to the flock of Native Christians. Yet the want of a pastor ‘orced, the Catechist him- was severely felt, discipline could not be duly enf self stood in need of spiritual direction and rule, and many were the disor- On these ders which openly or secretly distarbed the congregation. grounds our beloved at 1d excellent Brother, the Rev. F. G. Lugard, re- icherry, in 1839, to assist him quested Br. Gundert, after his arrival at Tell ary in the management of the I’ Qaix jil congregation and the superintendence of the Native schools. ir. Gundert readily complied with this request and agreed to visit Cannanore at stated times in order to preach, to administer the Sacraments, and to inspect the schools. At last, however, it became ma- nifest that occasional visits from a Minister, not residing at the place, were not sufficient for the effectual and satisfactory management of so fluctuat- ing and heterogeneous an asscmblage , and Br. Gundert, seconded by Mr. Lugard, invited a year ago Br. Hebich to come to Cannanore and to devote some weeks to the settlement of the affuirs of the congregation, and to the establishment of good order and Christia n discipline, amcng them. Accord- ingly Br. Hebich went down to Cannanore towards the end of June 1840, re- solved, with the help of God, to engage in the arduous task of gathering, It admonishing, instructing, edifying, dis v iplining and forming, into one body, ﬁ. all the Native Christians, Tamil, Maleyalam, and Portuguese. This labor, carried on for three months, aided in a truly Christian and brotherly spirit i by the Rev. F. Lugard was bl essed, and the object of the visit to a consid- erable extent accomplished. All were addressed by that first and mo- Those, who did repent and con- mertous message : “Repent and believe !” fess their sins, were received into the Church. Scme, who had lived in illicit connections, were married. Two chilcren of Christian parents were 1 left Cannanore, he was permitted to baptized, and before Br, Hebicl baptize, after a course of careful instruction, three heat! 1en men, seven women, (two of them far advanced in age) and three children. Also three individuals of the Romish Church, one man and two women, were baptized on their express request, grounded on the unscriptural character of their for- mer baptism. Thus in September 1840, on the celebration of the Liord’s Sup- per before Br. Hebich’s departare, the number of communicants amounted to Charge was also taken of a small Tamil school connected with forty-one. the congregation ; and on a reques t communicated to Major A. Law, an old friend of ours, the chapel, in which the Native congregation had been ac- customed to assemble, was presented to the Mission. Our Committee at Basle, on receiving a full Report of the work commenced in Cannanore, resolved, in the name of the Liord, to send one of their Missionaries to occu- heir choice fell on Br, Hebich, whose efforts py the new field of labor, and t there had been so singularly blessed by the Lord. Accordingly Br. Hebich returned to Cannanore in January last. In the meantime some of the members of tl 1e congregation haci left the place. Two heathen men, inmates of the Poor House, had been bap- One of them has since died. After some time most tized by Br Gundert. of those, who had formerly been rejected on account of their unconcern and unwillingness to repent, received grace and showed such signs of a change Some other of mind, as made their readmission into the Church advisable. — E— > (3] Christians, who had not been in communion with this congregation, have join- ed it. There are now upwards of sixty communicants in connection with the native church. Of late one Tiar woman, an inhabitant of the Poor House, one Nair Youth, formerly one of the boarders of the Mangalore Institution, and a Tamil man, advanced in life, were baptized. The poor woman died shortly after her baptism. Difficulties, which have arisen regarding the grant of the Chapel, made by been happily settled, a suitable domicile Major Law to our Mission, having was erected, adjoining the Chapel, for the use of the Missionary residing at e the station. A Maleyéalan school, frequented by 75 Boys and 10 girls, has been establishcd on the Mission premi @ P es e Preaching has, for several months, been carried on without intermission, in the evenings in front of the houses of Christian soldiers or other members of the congregation, who receive by turas visits from the Missionary, and on these occasions many heathens also hear the Gospel. The Poor House, oreatly enlarged and zealously conducted by our esteemed friend and bro- ther Rev. A. Fennel, affords likewise many opportunities for proclaiming the Message of peace among the destitute and- suffering. Five Tiar wo- men, inmates of the house, have applied for instruction and baptism, but pa- tience and caution are needed in such cases. Among the Mussulman po- pulation nothing has as yet been done. One Mapli, however, seems to be a serious enquirer, although he is afraid of exposing himself to troubles Among the Portuguese families, the by openly avowing his convictions, Lord has opened a door for the communication ofthe truth as it is in Jesus. The population of Cannanore appears to have lamentably suffered from the contagion of a dissolute Eurcpean soldiery,—a deplorable fact, which es- tablishes a strong claim on the zeal and compassion of those, who are con- scious of the high responsibility resting on Christian sojourners in a heathen land, W g M }47 o J’wg?w b < B TELLICHE S RY STATION. EstaBLISED 1N APpRIL, 1839. Misstonaries. Rev. Dr. H, GUNDERT ; Rev. H. MENGERT ; Rev. H. M. Erirz. The Maleyalam branch of our Mission has in the course of the past year considerably expanded. Labour and troubles have increased, but in pro- portion labourers have been added and blessings multiplied. At Canannore, as stated above, a separate stationhas already been established, and an ex- tension of the Mission farther South, urged by some zealous and influential friends, is under serious consideration,. Five Brethren, whose arrival from Europe we were expecting at the time of the publication of last year’s Report, landed at Bombay on the 11th of June, and after a stay at that Presidency of three months, with friends of our Mission, who received them most kindly and supported them most liberally, arrived at Mangalore on the 20th of September. Two of them, without de- lay, proceeded to Tellichery. They immediately entered on the study of the Maleydlam language and were at the same time enabled to relieve Br. Gundert from the charge of his boarding school and thesuperintendence of an English free school, established by a bencvolent Lady residing at the sta- tion, and to afford assistance also in other departmentsaccording to their abilities. (§) Br. Gundert has been actively and successfully engaged 1 the Catechet- ical instruction of a number of individuals, desirous of admission into the Christian Church, in the establishment, an d superintendence of schools and ibouring plantation, in Missionary operations among the labourers of a neigl the property of I'.Brown, B sq. Baptism was administered at Tellicherry on the 26th of July, 1840, to one Joseph, aman of the Vettuver caste, and on the 27th of March to Sa- to Mary the wife of the Catechist Vedamuttu; rah, the sick wife of amember of the congregation ; on the 11th April to Sa-~ muel, a nephew ofthe same person; on th 1e 98th of March to Eliza, the el- s. Gundert ; and on the 27th June, dest girl in the institution, in ¢ . harge of Mr to Titus, a Tiar youth, who, Wl th one Muttu, a school-fellow, who had been huxc h, was admitted at the same time to the Lord’s baptized in the Romish C Supper. Both these youths have given strong evidence of their hearts hav- ing turned to God. Some infants als o were baptized, in the course of last year. in the Fort of Tellicherry and Katirur, have The two Maleyalam schools, been carried on without interruption, an d are attended by about the same number of boys as last year. T'wo other schools | 1ave been established in The former can- a neighbouring weaver vil lage and in Dharmapatna. tains 38, and the latter 35 scholars. These schools are regularly visited and examined, and frequently a number of villagers, assembling at the School- The Schoolmasters Rooms, will listen to an address from the Missionary. and monitors have to appear at the Missi on house, on one afternoon every ergo an examination and receive week, when they make their reports, und , and in the doctrine of the farther instruction, both in their school lessons Word of God. A Nair man, of the name of Ravuni, has entered on a course of Christian instruction. H> was engaged on a pilgrimage to Banaras. On the He had left his h ome in disgust on account of family dissensions. yoad, being maltreated by a Bréhman fellow travelle r, and takenill, his trou- bles both of mind and body prompted him to the resolution of taking refuge with a teacher of a new religion. Another interesting field of labor is the plantation, at Anjerkandy, of I an, who after having procured many years ago a Ti- Brown, Esq. a gentlem nevelly Catechist, for t he purpose of instructing the workmen of his estate, and of educating their children, no sooner heard of the establishment of a Mis- d the superintendence of the Missionaries sion at Tellichery, than he requeste in order to secure the stea dy progress of the good work of preaching the Gospel to the people connected with his establishment. This conduct wor- is deserving of high thy of the Christian proprietor of a large Indian estate, oraise and of universal imitation. After the departure of the Tamil Catechist, t he reader of the Cannanore Hebich, who had paid a visit congregation was given up for this work by Br. Br. Gundert is superintend- to the plantation during his stay in Cannanore-. kandy congregation, and his teaching is read ily accepted by ing the Anjer those poor people. Large numbers have applied for baptism. Three wo- have been received into the Church there men, twelve men, and two boys, since August last. One man, after having been excommunica ted for half been rea dmitted into Church-fellowship. Two youths have a year, has heir studies in the Telli- been permitted by their proprietor to prosecute t hool, with a view of qualifying then 1 selves for the manage- cherry boarding sc 1e plantation. May the power of God ment of schools to be established on tl and deliver many souls work mightily among that d egraded class of people, from the bondage of darkness. The lowest castes of Hindus are oppressed by and brutalizing superstition, which can scar- a degree of spiritual indolence cely be conceived, but by those, who have engaged in the work of infusing the word of light and life into their dark minds. Nair and the The boarding school, which cantains twelve youths of the 7 slave caste, is under the superintendence of Br. Fritz. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are taught by a Tiar schoolmaster: and Br. Fritz, as far as his knowledge of the language will allow him, has engaged in a course of Ca- techetical instruction. It 1s an encour- Most of the boarders promise well. aging sight to behold a number of boys, belonging to different castes, living peaceably together in a country, the inhabitants of which are divided in a distressing manner by distinctions in themselves the most insignificant. Bi- ble history and geography are taught by Br. Gundert. Mrs. Gundert is conducting two female schools, one of them a day- school, attended by 20 girls, chiefly of Portuguese descent, who are instruet- ed in the English and the Maleyalam languages, arthmetic, Bible history, geography, and needle work ; the other, a boarding school containg 16 girls, who have been entirely given up to the Mission for support and education. These are taught Maleyalam and English, reading and writing, casting accounts, and female work, as making lace, &ec. Thus, to the praise of God be it said, the mustard seed, sown by His hand in the ground of North Maleyalam, has taken root and is growing and spreading under the shadow of His wings. CANNARESE MIESION. Southern Mardatha Stations. Daarwar, EstaBrisuep v 1837, Houery, EsTaBLisuep v 1839, I QUuTSTATIONS : — BETTIGHERRI AND MALSMUDRA, FisTARBLISHED 1N 18471, Musstonaries, Rev. H. LEHNER, Rev C. HrLLER, — H. Frey, — G. SUFPPER, — — J. LAYER. J. Muiriex, iy @. Essic. The more prominent features in the development of the work of our Mis- sion in this province are, the baptism of seven individuals, four men, one wo- man and two children by Br. Frey,at Hubli on the 7th February last, the first fruits of the Mission above the Ghats; the religious movements among the Lingaites and Kélagnana people in the neighbourhood of our stations there; the establishment of several Canarese schools ;and the commence- ment of two outstations in the villages last mentioned. Of the four men baptized at Hubli, one is a native of Mangalore, a member of a Native Christian family in connection with that Mission. The three others are cultivators, natives of villages in the vicinity of Hubli. They have been acquainted with the Misslonaries, and have gone through a course of Christian instruction, for a considerable time previous to their reception into the church. When they were baptized, they found it necessary, not only to dissolve their connection with their caste and relations, but to quit their homes alto- gether, and to take up their abode near the residence ofthe Missionaries, in order to secure to themselves the farther guidance, instruction and protec- tion, of their friends and teachers. They have found an asylum on the pre- mises of the Hubli Mission, where they support themselves by their own la- S ¢ Q P ’ tef L he nucleus bor, without being mole 1 by their enemies,and are forming of a Native church. N 1 L d L.bm atien- The movements of the Kélagnér s had for a long time att tion both of the bretl en of our own Mission, and ol our t oved friends ? 1 and colleagues at Be } ; aume. It appeared a matter of some dif f ulty to all, ; f ;l ('é tory judg- who interested themselves in the question, to pronounce a sati 1e real objects of the enqui rers, which ment, as to the precise character and tl were then made at once by so large a number of peop le, who had previous- < fa) at concern for the truth of the gospel, ti 1at had for ly shewn no very gr laimed in their part of the country. They themselves many years been proc 8- accounted for the intsrest, which they were now professing in the Chr uced among them through the tian religion, by the excitement recently prod study of a collection of prop hecies (KX alagnéna) which, they said, “ distinctly ancient religious sects, and the predicted the approaching extinction of the establishment of a new faith through the instrumental ity of foreign teach- ers, the description of whom bore a close resemblance to the appearance, The excitement caused by the dress, and habits, of European Missionaries.” partial fulfilment of those old proj hecles was, they said, deepened and hich they had seen strengthened by t he establishment of Mission-houses, w hin the last few years At the same time, some rising before their eyes wit of their chief men did not conceal , that they expected to be received into inti- and to receive from them friendly mate connection with the Missionaries, advice, and substantial assistance not only in spiritual matters,but also in se- cular affairs. It was not easy to form a decided opinion as to the measures to pursued under so novel circumstances On be adopted, and the line to be the one hand there appeared to be some da nger of encouraging designs of a he devices of some artful leaders; doubtful character, and being deceived by t on the other hand considerable anxiety was felt, lest, from a distr ust in the professions of some leading men, d esires of a higher nature awakened by hearts of a multitude, hitherto, it migl 1t be, thought- i the spirit of God in the less of eternal things, sl wuld be left unsatisfied. In March 1840, the Bre- thren Frey and Essig, undertook a jour ney into the district inhabited by the ee weeks among them. The former of the Bre- Kalagnanas and spent thr thren afterwards lived three montl 1s at Bentlr where, great demands were made on his time and strength by a large number of enquirers. In Sep- tember last the Brethren Lehner and Hill er proceeded on a Missionary tour to Gadah and Bettigherri. At Bettigherri in particular, t he villagers list- he Gospel, and treated the ened with such eagerness to the preaching of't Missionaries with suc h kindness and confidence, that one of them at once resolved to remain, for some time at le ast, in order to satisfy the wishes of d to afford them full opportunity to acquire a more compre- the people, an hensive knowledge of the word of God. H is stay, with the exception of a ds of half a few days absence now and then, has been prolonged for upwar Some ot her Brethren also have paid visits to the same field of labor, year. fa) [ one tl and many of the inhabitants of Bettigherri hav C & irough a course of ipture. A school esta- exp ositions of the Gospels and other parts of Scr blished in the centre of the village, wasspeedily fi lled with from 50 to 60 and received instruc- boys, many of whom attended with great regularity lso in the doctrines of tion, not only in common subjects of teaching, but a lies came to Br. Hiller, the Bible. On the 10th of July, the heads of ten fami which they had hitherto worshipped. and delivered into his hands the idols, to have their wives and children ta ught by the Mis- They agreed also sionary. Encouraged by the prom ising appearance of affairs, the Brethren Home Committee the plan of forming a of the Mission proposed to our . Christian settlement on a conveni ent spot in the neighbourhood of Hubli, where converts might be gathered together in a place of refuge, protect- instructed in suitable trades ed from threatening temptations and dangers, C © Y and agricultural improvements, and governed, as a separate Christian coms= munity, according to the principles of the Gospel. Our Committee have ap- proved of the measures taken,and the plan proposed by the Brethren. The Government of the Presidency of Bombay have granted a petition for a piece of ground, on which the colony is to be. established ; and a place containing 116 acres having been marked out at Malsamudra for the Christian village in contemptation,it is expected, that a number of families from Bettigherriand other places of the neighbourhood, who have had to suffer much scorn and ridicule and injustice, and, in some cases, violence from their relations, their A former friends, and some of the native authorities of the district, will ere long forsake those places, in which they are exposed to the power of their ene- mies, and be admitted into the new asylum. Public preaching has been carried onregularly at Dharwar and Hubli. At Dharwar, a station visited by the Chaplain of Belgaum once a month, the Brethren are in the habit of performing English service on those Sundays, on which the Chaplain is not present. In preaching to the Natives, market places, streets, or open schools, sometimes private houses, are chosen accord- ing to circumstances. Every Saturday a Sermon is preached before some bundred beggars, to whom the Missionaries dispense the alms of Chris- tian friends residing at the station. The audiences, listening to Chris- tian addresses, generally consist of the poor and ignorant. The Brah- mans either affect to despise the preaching, or, when they do listen, are fierce opponents and disputers, difficult to be silenced by reasonable ar- guments. Also among the Lingaites, those who are rich, shew themselves averse tothe truth, and, although they are not so clever and dexterous as the Brahmans, offer perhaps an equally determined opposition. Yet also among this class of people now and then one is to be met with, whose heart is touched by the truath. The people above the Ghats are, generally speaking, more superstitious, more wedded to their customs, and more tenacious of the ways It 3 of their fathers, than those who live on the sea coasts. The population of the Southern Mahratha Country has attained a degree of prosperity, and is so bu- sily engaged in commerce, trades, or agriculture, that their minds are fearfuily unconcerned about that which is invisible and eternal. In many of the re- mote villages the name of Christ is still little known, and the meaning and object of the Gospel yet less understoad, and, as this province has been under a HindG government up to the last 20 years, the old religion seems to have a stronger hold on the minds of the people here, than in other parts of the country. 'The great majority of the pepulation are worshippers of the Linga. Towards the Eastthe caste of weavers is very numerous. They are devoted to the service of the Saktis, the most abominable of superstitions. It is diffi- cult to say, whether the political influence of the Brahmans or the spiritual dominion of the Linga priests, be more powerfully exerted against the spread of truth. With sorrow it must be acknowledged, that the description of the Cretians as “liars, evil beasts, and slow bellies,” is a too faithfal portrait of the Hindu character, and in our own immidiate neighbourhood, the divine honor paid to the Linga priestsis a stronghold of Satan, the conquest of which would appear to us almost hopeless, if, the assurance was not given by the Lord, that with Him nothing is impossible. The situation of the Dharwar Mission-house by the side of the road lead- ing to the Cutchery of the Principal Collector, attractslarge numbers of visi- tors from among the riats who pour in from the districts at stated sea- sons, for the purpose of settling their accounts with Government, when crowds of villagers visit the Mission-house. To those who are able toread, tracts and Scripture portions are freely dis?.ribute& [5) ~ 10 ScHoOLS. The female boarding school under the charge of Mrs. Lehner, contains 8 girls, They are instructed in Cannarese and English, and in needle work, and have enjoyed good health during the past year. The English school, for which a building has been erected in the town, is frequented by from 35 to 50 boys. It is conducted by a country-born Schoolmaster, who is stea- dy and pious, and diligent in the discharge of his duty, under the superinten- dence of Br. Essig, who attends the school himself daily for two hours. The scholars are Christians, Mussalmans, Lingaites and Brahmans. Read- ing, writing, arithmatic, Bible history, geography, grammar and the rudi- ments of astronomy, form the principal lessons, and considerable progress has been made during the past year. Two Cannarese schools have been re- cently established, one in the northern, the other in the southern extremity of the town. Each of'them is attended by about 40 boys. Tracts and Cate- chisms are read by the Schoolmasters, who, as well as the boys, belong to the Lingaites. A few, however, of the scholars are Mohummadans and Raj- puts. Br. Essig, the superintendent also of these schébls is teaching the history ofthe Bible, and the people seem to be much pleased with the atten- dance ofthe Missionary. Both schools are located in the verandas of little temples. At Hubli a school house has been built near the Bazar, containing about 50 scholars, and is regularly superintended by Br. Supper. The The school at Bettigherri, established by Schoolmaster is a Lingaite. Br. Hiller, and conducted, under his superintendence, by a Brahman and Sa- tyanaden, a Christian Catechist, has already been mentioned. MissioNnary Tours. An excursion of the Brethren Frey and Essig, and the stay for three months of the former at Benttr, has been mentioned above. In August 1840, the Brn. Layer and Frey, set out for the last named place, which is the centre of a cluster of villages, whose inhabitants were then in a state of considerable excitement produced by the reading of the Kalag- néna writings. The Brethren spent a fortnight amongst those people and were unremittingly engaged in conversing with enquirers, and in preaching to those crowds, which from time to time collected around them. They de- parted with the impression of having enjoyed a season of grace, and having sown the seed of the word, not enly on the high ways and on stony ground, or amidst thorns, but also in good soil which would yield its fruit in due time. In September the Brn. Lehner and Hiller undertook a Missionary tour in the same direction, as far as Gadak and Bettigherri, They rejoiced in finding the people as well disposed, attentive and teachable,as they had been led to expect, and at Bettigherri Br. Hiller resolved to take up his abode for a season, as stated above. From the 29th September to the 12th of October, the Brethren Layer and Essig, travelled to the North West of Dharwar and visited T'ékir, old and new Kittar, a large place with a good Bazar, where they had a long and friendly conference with a high priest of the Lingaites, on the subject of the Christian religion. On parting, the Swami begged of them, to make hima present of the four Gospels, a request, which was of course readily complied with. The Swami has since died. From Kittlr they went to Garag, where they preached for four days to attentive audiences. Lastly they removed to to Nargendra. Every where the people appeared to be favorably disposed, ¥ especiale the p oor weavers and husbandmen. But the Brahmans as inva- riably withstood the word of truth fiercely. From the 11th of December to the 28th of February last, Br. Essig paid a visit to Bettigherri where he assisted Br. Hiller, and had the privilege 11 of expounding the Gospel of Christ to some 40 villagers, who used to assem- ble every evening, after having finished their day’s work, in a certain place appointed for the meeting. Br. Essig went also several times over to Gadak, but he there found the people slower to hear and quicker to speak and to dispute. Two days he spent at Abhigiri, a village to the North- ward of Bettigherri and was fully employed, during the time of his stay, in proclaiming the word of life. On his return to Dharwar he passed through Benttr, where he was very much pleased with the demeanor of the people. One feels himself soon at home among people so simple minded and so well disposed towards the truth, and those who love to hear the Gospel are happy in receiving the Missionary into their houses, and will welcome him milk. on a hot day, not only with a cup of cold water, but also with a bottle of pure In November last, the Brethren Frey and Layer, spent again ten days in Benttr and its neighbourhood, and were much encouraged by the pleasing appearance of the progress of the word of God. From the 15th of April to the 5th of May, Br. Layer performed a Mis- sionary tour in the immediate neighbourhood of Dharwar, and visited the villages of Nariyendra, Momikatti, Kutttr, Kilheri, Mugada, Selkinkope, Halekcpe and others. In the vallies through which the waters descend from the heights of Dharwar towards the western Ghéts, there are many hamlets dispersed, which are inhabited by poor and simple cultivators, who have little to do with Brihmans and lend a willing ear to the message of the Gospel. But they are deeply sunk in very degrading saperstitions. In the course of the past year, several of the Brethren have suffered more or less from sickness, though, God be thanked, none ofthem has been laid aside from his work. Br. Layer, whose eyes were for sometime in a pre- carious state, has continued to improve and is expecting, under the blessing of God, soon to be restored to full health and strength. Brother Supper also has repeatedly paid visits to,and labored in the villa- ges by which the plain surrounding the town of Hubli is studded. CANNARA. MANGALORE, ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1834, Missionaries. Rev. C. GREINER, Rev. G. H. WEIGLE, RS H. MoeeLing, — J. AMMANN. P — G. I. SurTER, Before entering on the report of the progress of this Mission, we must stop to communicate the mournful intelligence of a great loss and severe affliction sustained by us in the death of Mrs. Greiner, who arrived in India in the beginning of Mareh last. After a stay of some months in the circle of her friends at Basle, she set out for India early this year, by the awerland route, and landed at Bombay on the 13th of March, where she was most kindly received into the house of our dear friends the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Stevenson. Br. Greiner joined his bride by the end of March, and on Easter Even both of them arrived safely in Mangalore. On Sunday after Easter Mrs. Grei- ner was taken ill, and after a lingering disease, which gradually undermined her strength, and which at last took a sudden and dangerous turn, she fell asleep in the Lord, on the evening of Friday the 18th of June. One of her last prayers, which she uttered with a clear voice, a few hours before 12 her death, was a supplicalion for the blessing of the Lord on the work of the Misston. The ways of God are past finding out. May He, who has inflicted the wound, heal it, and may his grace sustain, comfort and strengthen our dear brother. Many a pleasing hope has been buried in the grave of our departed sister. Ofthe five Brethren, who were sent out by our society last year, two, as Br. Muller after a has been stated, have jcined the Tellicherry Mission. stay at Mangalore of three and a half months, was, in answer to a request of of the Brethren of the Mission above the Ghats, added by our Committee to the strength of the Hubli station, The Brethren, Weigle and Ammann, have remained here, It was mentioned in our last year’s report, that we intended purchasing some lands for a farming experiment in the neighbourhood of the town, where the native families, connected with the Mission, might under the direction of one of the Brethren live and support themselves by their own labour. In September 1840, a large piece of ground, a hill half a mile to the East of Mangalore, containing an extensive garden and the ruins of public build- ings, destroyed by the Korg insurgents in 1837, was ordered by Government H. M. Blair, Esq. principal Collector of Can- to be put up for public sale, nara, to whose kindness and liberality the Mission had been previously much indebted, and who was well acquainted with our circumstances and pe- culiar wants, took the opportunity of purchasing for a considerable sum those grounds and presented them to the Mission, a gift, the importance and value of which will be more and more felt and appreciated, in proportion as the work of our Mission will be extended among the lower castes of the natives. Some thousand Coffee plants were given us by the same friend, and in a few weeks the garden was covered with a new plantation. "T'wo of the burnt down houses, the solid walls of which had stood the violence of three wmonsoons, were, in the course of the pastdry season, roofed in, and ren- dered habitable, which will after some time be occupied by the Mission. In the garden a native family of the Billava caste, the head of whichisa hopeful candidate for baptism, has already been settled, and by and by other Native Christians may find there a useful employment and comfortable home. Br. Greiner is the pastor of the littie Church, the members of which (eighteen communicants and eleven children) stand in almost daily inter- course with him. The have during the past year lived in unity with each other ; regularly attended the Sundays and week days services; partaken, with a few ex- ceptions, of the Lord’s Supper every month, and, no offences having disturb- ed the congregation, the past year has been a season of peace and inward growth. Seven individuals have entered on a course of regular instruction, some of whom appear to be single minded men, not far from the kingdom of God. On the Lord’s Day two services are held, one in Tulu the other in Cannarese. Prayer meetings are held on Wednesday evenings, when the Psalms are expounded. On the 1st Monday of every month the congrega- tion assembles for a Mission prayer-meeting, when accounts are communi- cated of the progress of the Gospel in India and other parts of the world. Somge of the Brethren have been employed in preaching the Gospel to the heathen in the town and suburbs of Mangalore. The Poor House with its overseer, one ofthe men baptized in 1839, is ot superintended by Br. Greiner. Upwards of 300 beggars and sick people are addressed in Tulu on Saturday mornings, before the weekly allowance of rice is distributed among them. The funds of this establishment are supplied by the Christian liberality of a number of gentlemen residing at the station. Some children of the Poor House inmates are taught to read and write Cannarese by the overseer. - i3 MISSIONARY TOURS. Br. Greiner, accompanied by Br. Miiller, visiied, during the month of November, some of the principal places to the East and North of Mangalore. At Banttal some of the Billava caste appeared to be well disposed. At Raikall, a village between Bantdl and Budabiddri, the Missionaries were well received by a principal family among the low caste laborers of the district. At Kérkala, the Konkan Bréhmans gave Br. Greiner a very encouraging reception. They listened and asked questions, with an ap- parent simplicity and sincerity, unusual among that caste. Also at Madabid- dri, one of the principal Jain places in Taulava, some Jains and Billavas ap- peared to take real interest in the subjects of several addresses delivered. In December, the Brethren Moegling and Weigle paid a visit to Yénur one of the old, now deserted, Jain towns to Dhurmasthalla, the centre of the Bhuta worship in Taulava, and to Subramanya, one of the strong holds of idolatry, whereon the Jétre in the week before the full moon in December, many thousand people from Maistr and Taulava are collected, partly for the sake of alarge cattle market, partly on account of some pompous ce- remonies, and the drawing of several huge cars in honor of Subréya, the son of Siv4, and Narasimha, an Avatar of Vishnu. About the middle of January, 1841, Br. Ammann accompanied Br. Miiller on his journey to the stations above the Ghats. On his return from Hubl{ by way of Harihar, Simoga and Agumbi, he preached and conversed fre- quently with visitors on his halting stages, but met with very different kinds of treatment in different places. In March Br. Sutter staid a few weeks at Madiffri (Marcara) ; and spent part of his time with the members of a small Indo-Briton congregation there. He preached to them on the Lord’s Day and administered the Sa- crament. 8 On these tours a considerable number of books was distributed. Tracts were frequently despised, while portions of Scripture were in many instances read. eagerly sought for, and always well received by those, who were able to SCHOOLS. The institution for the education of Native boys, which has been during the past year under the charge of the Brn. Moegling and Sutter, is bidding fair. The number of boarders has increased to 40. The eldest of these youths was married in December last, to the eldest girl of Mrs. Gundert’s school, and is now employed in the school of the institution. T'wenty of the board- ers accompanied Br. Sutter on a long journey to Agumbi, Sikarpur, Hubli, Dharwar, Sirsi, Gersepp and Howavara, in October last. Their strength and courage were sometimes put to a rather severe test, but, good humour and cheerfulness seldom failed them, and after an absence of six weeks, they returned in safety to their younger and weaker compani- ons at Mangalore. Br. Sutter has had, during the past year, the principle share in the management, of the school. Thhe topics of instruction are: read- ing, writing, and casting accounts, and the history of the Old Testament, in the lower classes. Exposition of the Gospels and the Book of Revelation, History of the Old and New Testaments, Church history, geography, arith- metic, and singing, in the upper classes. The 1st class, consisting of 5 boys, are instructed in English and translate Beynon’s Cannarese Pilgrim’s Pro- gress into English, and Marshman’s History of India into Cannarese. A class of eleven youths receive Catechetical instruction, and it is hoped that they may be received into the church in the course of this year. 14 The institution has been mercifully preserved from disease, and the ge- nerality of the boys arein the enjoyment o f good health and spirits. The English school in the town, supporte d by a number of friends to na- Fifty-five boys are on tive education residing at the station, is prospering. O n an examination he 1d in the list. The average attendance is fo rty-five. January last, before the members of th e School Committee, the boys were found to have made considerable progress. Before the end of May, Br. been materially assisted in the ma- Moegling, who since October last had nagement of the school by Br. Weigle, resigned the superintendence in or- der to devote a greater portion o f his time to his duties in the above mention- ed institution. In consequence, the school Committee have put the English school under the charge of Br. Sutter. Reading, writing, arithmetic, expla- nation of Scripture passages, history of the Bible, g rammar, geography, an the elements of geometry, form the princip al topics of instruction. Br. Ammann has taken charge of the Cannarese school, established in This sec hool is attended by upwards the centre of the town early last year. of forty boys of different castes, who rea d without reluctance both Can- narese Gospels and tracts, and receive dail y instruction from the Mission- Another school, conducted ary in geography, and the histo ry of the Bible. by one of the converts, is loca ted in the house of a member of our congre- gation, and frequented chiefly by chi ldren of the neighbours, friends and rela- tions of our Native Christians. A Bible lesson is also here given every day. tablished in Kadige, a village fifteen Some months ago, a school was es miles to the north of Mangalore, ont he bank of the Sasihitlu river, and, a short time before the setting in of the monsoon , two other schools were set t from Kadige, and another at on foot, one at Adfir, a village three miles distar Hind Books are excluded Bukkupatna, one of the suburbs of Mangalore. from these schools, and the Schoolmaster is kep t in check by careful super- intendence and frequent examinatio ns. The object in establishi ng schools at some distance from the station is, no t merely to afford some instruction to a number of heathen children, but also, to o btain a place for the Missionaries in the minds and affections of the inhabitants of these more secluded places. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. In the course of the past year, the Maleyalam Mission has printed a Bi- blical tract, comprising the first part of Genesis. Another, containing the times of the Patriarchs, is ready for the press. A Maleyalam and English Dictionary, the want of which is severely felt by students of that language, is in the course of preparation. In the Cannarese Mission, t he following books have been composed, or ¢ranslated from the German : a colloquial tract written in the common dia- lect, a collection of fifty Hymns, Luther’s Catechismus Minor, a larger Cate- chism, One Hundred and Four Histories from the Bible, by Dr. Chr. Barth. CENSUS OF THE MISSION. Brought over 30 16 COMMUNICANTS. Missionaries, Wives of do. Hubli, 18 Children, . Mangalore, 21 Cannanore, 50 Christian Schoolmasters. Tillicherry, . 13 9 15 and Catechists, ; Anjerkandi, — 101 e Carried over 30 e ol 15 Brought over 131 Brought over 367 BoArpine ScrooLs. Narive ScHoowus. Bettigherri, 40 Dharwar, Girls’ School. 8 Hubli, Mangalore, Boys’ School. 40 Dharwar, 80 Tillicherry, do. do. 12 Mangalore, 100 Ditto Girls’, do. 16 Cannanore, 85 N 76 TELLICHERR Y. Fort, . 45 Encrism Scroors. Weaver Villa Dharwar, 45 g -e’ 3 38 55 Dhurmapatna, 35 Mangalore, Katirar, 40 Tellicherry, 60 Anjerkandi, 30 160 Female Day School, 20 el 56 57 €3 Carried over. 367 930 List of Conlributions to the Mission from Friends residing in India. Contributions from 1835 to the st of March 1839, printed in the July num- ber of the Oriental Christian Spectator, of the year 1839, Rupees 14,5894 F. N. Maltby, Esq. 100 Capt. Barnett, 50 Capt. MacKenzie, . 35 Lieut. Brown, 10 M. Ditmar of the Engineers, 50 Lieut. Penny, 50 Capt. Butcher, 50 A.J. Bruce, Esq. 100 Friends at Belgaum .bvy s 50 Tremenhere, 350 8 S. Van Someren, Esq. 100 Dr. A. Leith, 30 Lieut. Wheeler, A. Campbell, Ezq. 46 Lieut. Roberts, 30 Capt. Woodfall, 30 Major A. Law, 200 J. H. Pelly, Esq. at Dharwar. 25 Rev. F. G. Lugard, 50 J. I1. Pelly, Esq. at Surat. 100 Doctor Dix, 30 E. B. Mills, Esq. 200 Major J. Bell, 100 Major J. Bell, 2004 G. A.Harris, Esq. 20 Doetor Williams, 10 E. B. Mills, Esq. Capt. Woodfull. 15573 Lieut. Hebbert, 100 200 J. Shaw, Esq. 100 By friends for the passage A friend, 50 home of Br. Loesch, 1200 Chas Forbes, Esq. 30 “ Goolam Messeeh, forthe Dr. Leith, 40 Liome passage of Dehlinger, 800 A. Campbell, Esq. 50 From friends in Bombay Capt. Oliphant, 50 during the stay of the five Lieut. Johnston, 20 Brethren, Miller, Meng- 10 Major Shee, ert, Fritz, Weigle and 868 Lieut. Kennedy, Ammann about, H. Webb, Esq. 100 / N Subscriptions for the Eng- Walter Elliot, Esq. 100 lish ‘School at Mangalore, 612 Colonel Alexander, 50 From a friend for Male A. F. Bruce, Esq. 200 lam tracts, y:i.- 50 Capt. Butcher, 50 E. B. Mills, Esq. 8! Capt. Hammond, 12 Friends at Belgaum by E. Capt. Maitland, 10 H. Townsend 2094 Major Burns. 3 Esq F. Hodge, Esq. 50 E. Cullen, Esq. 10 Dr. J. Flockton, A. Seth Sam, Fsq. 10 i6 300 Mr. Courpalais, 60 J. Vaughan, Esq. 14 50 Capt. Chalmers by Mis. Blauir, Capt. C. Willis, 25 L s, Esq. 00 Lieut. Lamb, 30 Dr. Blest, 10 Dr. Roe, 20 . Lieut. Beacher oft Lieut. Brickle, o . 200 Lieut. Greeraway, 20 Rev. R. Nisbet, 50 The Hon’ble J. Faris 1609 Capt. C. Rowlandson, 40 J. P. Larkins, Esq. . h, Esc-i 50 Dr. Hechins, Capt. E. Stanton, . 0 50 Capt. Roberts, 30 100 30 T. H. Baber, Esq. Capt. Beaumont, . 100 H. Baber, Esq. F. N. Maltby, Esq. 30 Friends at the French Rocks Capt. Woodward, 20 by Capt. Stewart, 35 Lieut. Irby, Rev. F. G- Lugard, 50 Lieut, McKenzie, 100 Dr. Turnbull, 20 Capt. Chalmers, 6 * Major Liaurie, Mr. Kirby, 3C0 15 J. Vaughan, Esq. Mr. Kirby, 112 W. B. Anderson, Esq. 300 Major A. Clarke, 100 Capt. Chalmers, . 100 Major A. Law, 10 50 Capt. Langford, Major Budd, 25 G. A. Harris, Esq. 365 Capt. Geils, 41 Capt. Briggs, Capt. McAlpin, Mrs. Smith, 20 Cannanore Missionary 3 meeting Collections, 107 Lieut. Von Streng, . Capt. M. J. Rowlandson, Major A. Law (for a Ta- 15 mil Schoolmaster), N. B. Asthe yearly accounts of the Mission are closed on the 21st of October, the contri- butions, which have been receive d since the 1st November iast, will be acknowledged in the next Report. The contributions amounting, as will be seen from the above list, to a very considerable sum, ! ave enabled our Society to carry their operations han the resources derived from Germany in this country, much farther t ted them to do. Our report will have shown that, under would have permit the blessing of tl he Lord, the labors of our Mission, and consegently its wants, are Increasing every year, and we trust, that, as hitherto, the libera- ndian friends and Brethren will k eep pace with the progress of lity of our I ow laborers from Basle in the our Work. We are expecting three new fell course of this year, a most acceptable accession to our str ength, on this vast field of labor. This reinforcement and the establis! mment of the Malsamud- ra Colony in the midst of the country, in habited by the Kélagudna people The will, no doubt, occasion an unusual rise in the expen diture of the year. May He, whose Name w e procl aim, raise in our behalf Lord will provide. not only those, who wil 1'support our work by the gifts of their liberality, but also a goodly co mpany of those, who will assist us by their prayers in our combat, not only ¢ against flesh and blood, but against spiritual wickedness in our trials and discouragements ; re- in high places ;’ sympathize with us joice with us in the grace and bless ings of the Lord, and join us in calling upon Him, who is faithful, for the fa 1filment of His promises, and the coming dom. To Him be praise and Glory, Majesty and Dominion, of His King Recommending you to Hig grace and Spirit, . We remain, Christian Friends, Yours1 n the love of the Lord. S. HegicH, J. LAYER, J. MULLER, J. C. LEHNER, C. HILLER, H. M. Fritz, G. 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