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SEVENTH REhPORT

OF THE

Geman Evangelical Mission,

IN

SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA.

BANGALORE:

PRINTED AT THE WESLEYAN MISSION PRESS,

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REPORT

The Evangelical Missionary Society of Basel, one of whose branches

our German Mission in southwestern India forms, has completed the

thirtieth year of its existence

It was founded in the year 1816 by a

iruly Evangelical Alliance of Christian men, belonging to various pro-

testant churches, and established in the love of Jesus Christ and for the

glorification of His Name among the heathen

Small and unpretend-

ing was the beginning, but it is the good pleasure of our Lord, to choose

weak and base and despised things, yea things which are not, for con-

founding the things which are mighty and for bringing to nought things

that are, The Society has grown up before Him as a tender plant, and

as a root out of dry ground. Having planted it He has blessed it, and

under His blessing it has become a Gospel tree, the fruits of which are

scattered over the most distant countries of the globe

In the course of the year 1846 the committee of our Society at Basel

have been enabled to send out twenty one brethren and six sisters.

Two brethren Hamberg and Lechler have gone to China, to commence

a Mission at Hongkong under the direction of an able and devoted man,

who has himself spent many years in the service of the gospel among the

(Chinese,

These brethren will, it is hoped, be the forerunners of a larger

company of Messengers from the churches of Southern Germany to the

greatest of all heathen empires.

Three brethren, Bost, Bion, Nark, have been sent to Bengal, whi-

ther they have been invited by a number of Christian Friends interest-

ed in the establishment of a Mission at Dacca, in a part of the country

hitherto comparatively neglected.

Four brethren and one sister have joined the Basel Mission on the

Western Coast of Africa, in the neighbourhood of Danish Acora;

Maischel, Dieterle, Stanger, Mohr, and Mrs. Widmann.

Three brethren, Steiner, Gackenbrimer, and Besel have gone to North

America for the purpose of preaching the Gospel among the spiritually

neglected German emigrants and the Indians of the far West

Four brethren, Hinderer, Clemens, Lohrer, and Ehrhardt, have enter-

ed the Institution of the Church of England Mission at Islington, after

having completed their studies at Basel

4

Three new brethren have been added to the strength of our South-

western India Mission, Buhrer, Deggeller, Hoch. The two latter have

joined the Mangalore Station, the former has settled on the Neilgherry

Hills where a New Mission has been established through Br. Weigle.

This Mission among the Badagas, and other tribes of the Hills, owes its

origin, under God, to the liberality and zeal of a Friend of Missions,

who is so well known to almost every Mission in the South of India,

that we need not scruple to fulfil his wish and forbear mentioning his

name.

Four sisters also have joined our Mission; three of whom are now

the wives of the Brethren Buhrer, Miuller and Albret.

One has come

out to assist in the management of the female boarding school of

Tellicherry, Besides these: Br. Moegling and Br. Gundert with Mrs.

Gundert, who went home sick in the end of 1845 have, by God’s

grace, been enabled to return with new health and strength to the

posts.

So considerable a number of labourers have proceeded from the Mis-

sion House at Basel to the very ends of the world, in the thirtieth year

of the Mission. May the Lord of the harvest, who has sent forth these

labourers into the wide world, make them by His grace, faithful servants

and keep and bless them, that each of them may on the day of glory,

come to the great assembly in our Father’s house rejoicing, bringing

his sheaves with him.

Ours is one of the very few Missions of the present day, which exist

and work without the help of ecclesiastical union, and Government.,

The few Missions established on these principles serve as a proof, that

really Evangelical Alliances may be formed for the prosecution of dis-

tinct practical objects, without being at the mercy of the crafty enemy,

whose power lies in the dissensions and divisions among the people of

God. We take the liberty of inserting here an exposition of the prin-

ciples of our society contained in a pamphlet published by our Com-

mittee, five years ago:

¢ The name of Evangelical Missionary Society is sufficiently expres-

sive of the principles to which the Committee adheres with regard te

doctrinal and ecclesiastical differences.

They have hitherto maintained

against considerable obloquy, that the chief end of the Protestant Mis-

sionary ought to be this: to promulgate among the heathen the pure

doctrine of the Gospel unalloyed by the peculiarities of the modern

distinctions which have arisen between the Lutheran, Calvinistic,

and other parties of Protestantism ; that the differences in the creeds

9

of our Protestant Church are rather to be deplored as the fruit of hu-

man weakness, than to be boasted of as infallible Shiboleths of divine

truth; that all our. confessions of faith bear the marks of their age and

of human imperfection; but the word of God alone abideth for ever.

Accordingly the groundwork of the theological education of the bre-

thren of : the Institution are the fundamental doctrines common to all

Protestant churches, while subordinate points are subjected to free

discussion unfettered by the authority of individuals or churches.

It

is not intended: to give to the minds of the future Missionaries the

stamp of Luther or. Calvin or Zuingli, but to endear Christ to their

hearts and to establish them in His truth. The teachers do not shun

to judge any of the great names of the reformation by the word of

God, interpreted according to the rules of a faithfal and enlightened

theology.

On the broad basis of evangelical truth and love, the society

have stood these twenty five years, and hope to abide thereby, God

helping them.

The creed of the society as such, is the word of God,

or if they are pressed for a more distinct confession of faith, they would

subscribe to those truths which are held by all Protestant churches.

On the other hand no constraint is laid on the consciences and under-

standings of tutors or students, each being at liberty to adhere to.

whatsoever doctrine he may judge to be most consonant with holy writ,

as long as they keep within the bounds of humility and love with re-

gard to those who dissent from their opinions.

For these reasons the

Missionaries sent out by the Basel Society have to subscribe to no ar-

ticles. They leave this question to those church authorities, to whom

the Missionary may apply for ordination, they themselves being satis-

fied with the assurance that their brethren will teach among the heathen

the pure Gospel in child-like faith, without disputing on the way among

themselves, and without diverting the minds of their converts from the

one thing needful, to trivial, unfruitful disputes.

They respect the

peculiarities of the different confessions of faith, which are held by the

Protestant churches of Europe, but they respect -them all, without

over-rating the excellency of their own creeds, and would put no other

burden on the heathen, but the easy yoke of the Gospel.”

“As to church government, the question whether a church ought to

be ruled by Bishops, or consistories, or synods, may appear of great

importance among Europeans, not so among heathen converts of the

present age,

You may set up the appearance of the one or the other

form of church polity, yet it will exist but i name.

The personal in-

fluence of an active Missionary will and must be every thing among

6

his convert church for a long time, and the future history of those

churches, which are now in their infaney will not exhibit the same fea-

tures which are presented by the history of our European churches,

but develop themselves under other circumstances in a different

manner.”

These are the principles of our Committee and we have hitherto

found them as good in practice, as they are sound in theory.

We do

not all of us belong to the same church in Europe, but we rejoice heart-

ily in the brotherly communion which by the grace of God, we have

with each other here in partibus infidelium.

We have not been taught

the same Catechism, and have not learned the same version of the sys-

tem of divine truth, but we find, that both-among the heathen and

among our converts and infant churches, all of us teach the same gos-

pel, proclaiming the utter depravity and helplessness of fallen man, the

holiness and love of God, the great salvation established by Jesus

Christ, the son of God the son of Man, the atoning aud cleansing

power of His Blood, the holy work of the Spirit of Jesus Christ in the

heart of the believer, and inviting all men to come and see and taste

the goodness and grace of God in Christ Jesus.

And we find, also,

that Hindoo Christians are taught by the same spirit, to receive every

one, whom Christ has received, as a Brother, and to hold communion

with God’s children on the broad and free ground of the word of God

and of the love of Christ. We do not at all despise creeds and church-

es, far from it.

For every one will naturally feel an attachment to his

own church.

But we are taught by experience, that, if the grace of

the Lord be with us, we may do our work effectually as evangelists and

as pastors, without introducing forms peculiar to European Christ-

endom,

May the Lord give us grace to look up for strength and wisdom, and

every other gift, to Him and to Him alone, who has purchased us and

the souls He has committed to our care, by His own blood, and who

has promised unto us and unto the little flocks gathered from the wil.

derness of Heathenism, to be with us alway even qnto the end of the

world.

The work of our Mission has prospered during

_the last year. Br.

Sutter indeed has been obliged to return the second time to Europe

on account of his health, but two other invalid Brethren have returned

to India, With few exceptions we have all been blessed with health.

Our congregations have continued to increase in numbers, and God be

thanked, to grow also in knowledge and in grace.

A new station has

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7

been established on the Neilgherries, already occupied by two brethren.

Three

Another outpost at Shimoga, in Mysore has been bespoken.

new brethren and four sisters have joined us from Basel, so that we are

now a company of 25 brethren and 16 sisters.

With the gracious promises of God and the experience of 13 years

before us, we may indeed take courage and hope that we shall yet see

greater things than these.

We would most earnestly call upon every

one of our friends to unite with us in more fervent prayer for greater

manifestations of the power of the grace of Christ in our own hearts,

in the midst of our newly planted churches, and among the thousands

of heathens who hear the name of Jesus proclaimed by us.

O ! for

the day when the Lord will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh!

I. CANARA.

THE MANGALORE _ STATION.

Rev. C. L, Greiner and Mrs. Greiner, Rev. H. Moegh'nq,

Rev, A, Biikrer and Mrs, Biikrer, Rev.J. F, Metz.

Rev. C. Moerike, Rev. B. Deggeller, and Rev, W. Hock.

Also the history of the year over which this report extends bears the

stamp rather of a period of preparation than of a time of accomplish=

ment. We have still to labor in hope and in patience, but our hopes

are founded on the sure word of His promises, and our patience is

strengthened by clear proofs of His presence with His servants, which

He is pleased to give us from time to time, We have seen Him going

forth conquering and to conquer.

He has revived our faith in those

glorious promises, which are Yea and Amen in Him. He has permite

ted us to draw comfort, life and light from the never failing well of His

Grace and mercy, when we have been surrounded by darkness,

when

our strength has failed, when our spirits have sunk within us,

We have

at such seasons received new assurances from Him, that we shall not

be discouraged, but heartily believe, and proclaim aloud as with a trume

pet to a world of sinners: be reconciled with your God! He has also

shown us anew, that success in the service of the Gospel is not of him

that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth

mercy,

and that the business of the Kingdom of God is still carrie

d on not by

might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,

saith the Lord of hosts. There-

8

fore we 'rejoice 'in humility of heart and ‘glorify His name.

He has

done all things'well, butto us belongeth shame and confusion of face,

and we cast ourselves upon His infinite mercy, entreating Him to‘ac

cept, to pardon, to cleanse and to sanctify our services.

If He will not

take His grace from us, and render us faithful servants by His Spirit, we

may yet live to see the darkness, which still covers the people, ‘changed

into light and to rejoice in the prospenty and ‘efficiency of this church

which'is now ‘gathered and nourished in great weakness.

A good measure of sickness has been dealt ‘out to us by the hand of

our wise and good Father during the past year.

Tast June, Br. Bithrer was prostrated by a severe and dangerous

illness, which laid him aside from all work for ten weeks,

But God,

the Lord whose are the issues from death and whose favor is life, had

mercy upon him and restored him again to us.

In August Br. Sutter began to suffer again more seriously from the

disease which in 1842 had obliged him to return to Europe and of

which he had not been entirely cured when he joined us in 1845.

In

September he and Mrs, Sutter left the station for Bombay whence they

proceeded to Europe.

They have arrived at Basel in tolerable health,

but will scarcely think of venturing again to come to India.

Br. Moerike before he had completed his first year at Mangalore

was forced by a pulmonary complaint, to seek a better climate and a

drier air.

He first went to Dharwar, but having derived little beneﬁt

from the change he has gone to the Neilgherries, whence we have re-

ceived good accounts of him.

On the other hand we had the joy of welcoming the return of Br.

Moegling after he had been absent in Earope for one year, during which

his health, God be thanked, has been perfectly re-established, He has

come accompanied by two brethren, Deggeller and Hoch, who ’ha.ve

been added by our committee to the strength of this station, and who are

now busily engaged in studying the language.

- On the 26th of February, Br. Biihrer was married to Miss Hochstetter,

who came out to India with Br. Gundert and his wife. By these new ar-

rivals the number of persons, composing our M1ss1onary househoid has

become greater then ever.

May the Lord be pleased to preserva the

health and strength of the older bréthren, and to make dlhgent and

blessed laborers of those, who have newly put their hand to the plbugﬁ.

.....

The preachmg of the Gospel has in the course of the past year become

to many a savour of death unto death, to others a savour of life unto

life.

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Two brothers, married men, with their wives and children, joined us

at one time; they had felt something of the power of the word of God.

But when temptations from

At first they walked well and gave us joy.

without and within assailed them, they fell away,

One of them, in a

very remarkable manner, was seized with the greatest uneasiness when-

ever he joined with us in prayer, or sat down to listen to the preaching

of the word.

He found it almost impossible to remain quiet in his

place, and the struggles of his soul showed themselves most vividly in

his countenance.

We encouraged him and exhorted him to prayer, and

watchfulness, but he was too weak to withstand the assaults of the

devil. He seems to have given Satan too much room in his heart from

the very beginning.

He has left us.

His brother remained firm for

some time longer. He had exhorted his brother to stand fast in the faith,

But at last, he followed

when he began to sink under his temptations.

him with the children whom they had brought with them, and their aged

mother.

A young man of the weaver caste, who had long been a hearer of the

word, at last resolved on becoming a disciple of Christ, and joined our

people,

He executed his purpose.

As soon, however as he had made

an open profession, the people of his caste and the Mohammedans in

the midst of whom he lived, were roused to the greatest activity. Day

and night they besieged him.

He stood his ground, still his heart be-

gan to waver,

At last his mother, who gave him no rest and continu-

ed to entreat him with many tears not to turn a Christian, before she

When I am dead

died and was buried by him, prevailed over him,

she would say you may do as you please.

He has gone back to bury

his mother.

Another weaver family declared their desire of becoming Christians.

They were, as it afterwards appeared, actuated by worldly motives.

They cared more for the body than the soul, although they made very

fair professions, that they sought nothing but their eternal salvation.

For some time they received instruction in the way of truth, but when

they had fully understood, that they would get nothing but spiritual

gifts from us, they stayed away.

Three heads of families among the toddy drawer caste made a cove-

nant together, to forsake their demon worship and to follow Christ.

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They had in former days often heard the Gospel.

Now they hoped to

gain strength and courage by their union.

And, indeed, when single

hearted and sincere lovers of truth give each other the right hand of

fellowship they derive great help from their natural friendship. But on

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the 6ther hand, when those who unite for some holy purpose are not

seeking the one thing needful, they are more exposed to the assaults of

sin, to the deceits of the world, and the wiles of Satan, and the half

hearted companion retards and impedes him who has more strength

One of them ap-

and faith. So it has happened to these three men.

pears to have commenced in a true and good spirit, but his two com-

rades, who probably had never been really sincere in their promises

and professions, got the ascendancy over him, aud they bave all three of

them become enemies of the cross and calumniators of the cause of

Christ.

A family of the oilmen’s caste came forward and professed the name

of Christ, but after a short time they turned backe.

The father of the

family had made a contract in his business with some others of his

caste. When these men saw and heard what he had done, they declared

that for the present they would not allow him to separate from them,

If he did so, they would sue him in the court for damages.

After the

completion of their joint business he might act as he pleased, but not

before.

He obeyed. In the mean time they have gained such influence

over him by promises and threats, that he has relapsed.

Such losses are very grievous.

It cuts one to the heart to see souls,

once awakened by the word of God, and stirred up to seek refuge with

Christ, falling again into the hands of the liar and murderer.

On the other hand our joy is great whenever we see the Gospel ma-

nifesting itself as the power of God uunto salvation to every one that

believeth.

We have been beaten by the enemy in some quarters and

have mourned over such defeats, but the Lord has richly and abund-

antly comforted and strengthened our hearts by victories which His

Grace has gained for us in others.

Thirty-nine persons, twenty-nine adults, and ten children have been

And six-

received into the church by baptism during the past year.

teen candidates for baptism are tinder daily instruction, of whom several

All of them have had

will soon be received into Christian fellowship.

to go through much trouble and temptation, and great has been, at

times, our anxiety, and our fervent prayers, until the Lord heard us and

gave grace to these souls to surrender themselves to Him, Most of them

have been acquainted with the Gospel and with members of our con-

gregation for a considerable time, and we have cause to rejoice on their

account.

May the mighty One of Israel, the ever faithful God of the

covenant of Grace, perform the good work which He Himself has be-

gun in their souls.

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Among the candidates for baptism there is a Toddy-drawer’s f‘ainilj,

whom their landlord, as soon as he had heard of their renunciation of

idolatry, turned out of their house, because he was afraid that they in

conjunction with the Missionaries, would drive away his demon, who

lives in an adjoining temple, and involve him in misery.

te, ha;’e been

A family of fishermen and a young man of the same cas

enabled to stand firm, and to break through many and serious obstacles

raised by their former friends, their relations, and the people of their

caste.

A family of the oilmen’s caste had heard the Gospel since many years

and were convinced of the trath,

But the difficulties which presented

themselves, appeared to them so great, that they despaired of overcom-

ing them. Last year the small pox raged here and became in the hands

of God’s grace the blessed means of their conversion. The father, the

mother, and five children were at once seized with the disorder. The

eldest son alone retained his health.

They recovered all of them,

When they regained their strength it was found that the waters of af-

fliction had softened the hard ground of their hearts.

They listened

with more attention tothe preaching’of the Gospel. It was still doubt-

ful whether they would soon join the people of God, when the Lord

again visited the son, second in age, with a severe illness. Now they

The eldest son for some time stood aloof,

He

wavered no longer,

was often employed in the house of an influential Mohammedan. When

his employer heard of the conversion of the young man’s family, he and

his people tried all in their power to dissuade him from following his

parents. They poured out the rancour of their hearts against God and

His Anointed in torrents of abuse and blasphemy, and promised to the

young man that they would marry him and makea sahib of him, if he

would become a Mussulman, while he had to expect nothing but con-

tempt and dishonor from associating with the Christians.

For some

time he was halting between two opinions.

At length he resolved to

take a decided course.

He at once cut off his lock of hair, the badge

of caste, and came to us to confess what he had done and what he in-

tended to do.

But while speaking to us, he manifested a good deal of

fearfulness.

For some days he felt so much oppressed in mind that he

walked about without rest; he thought he had cut off his very life with

his hair-loek.

At last he came and entreated us te give nim the word

of God, that he might carry it about with him and sleep upon it at

night ; for, said he, this book will give me peace and protect me against

the devil .who is torturing me.

He was directed .to Him who isa

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tower of strength for all those who come to Him, and a well of salva-

At the same time we

tion full of living water for every thirsty soul.

pitied his weakness and gave him a copy of the Gospel.

From that

time he became quiet.

Similar have been the temptations and troubles

of many other catechumens, especially of those who belong to the Toddy-

drawer caste.

A new feature in the development of our Mission at this place is the

accession to our church of a Roman Catholic family, who have taken

this step from a desire after truth and life, which, could not be satis-

fied by the dead formalities of Romanism.

A young man also from

Mysore, likewise a Roman Catholic, joined usin August last. A Pro-

testant catechist at Mysore had aroused him to a care for his soul.

His father, a Jemadar of some property and influence, could not bear

the thought of his son turning Protestant.

When he began to open

his mind to his relations and to explain to them the errors and abuses

of the Church of Rome as far as his knowledge weunt, he provoked their

anger and hatred. He had much to suffer from them.

Earnestly de-

siring after full knowledge of the truth, he left his family at Mercara

and came to us.

We gave him regular instruction for several months ;

he learned and inquired with very great attention, and when we were

satisfied that he was sincerely seeking the salvation of his soul, we

admitted him to the Lord’s supper and received him to our Church.

From time to time his parents wrote to him letters full of entreaties and

promises, calculated to win him back, and of threats and curses by which

they hope to frighten him away from us.

He remains steadfast, and

is employed in keeping a small Tamil School, which we have erected

on our premises.

The congregation has grown one year older,

Many things have

happened, which have caused us grief and sorrow, at other times we

have seen reason to rejoice and to take courage.

Three children have

died ; six couples have been married ; the Lord’s supper has been ad-

ministered aluost every month. Our public services on Sundays, Wed-

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nesday evenin

fe]

s, and on the first Mondays of months, have been regu-

larly performed, The prayer meetings on Fridays also have been con-

tinued.

The Tamil congregation, which consists of 25—30 persons has

attended the stated Sunday services with greater regularity than formerly.

Some families who are on the eve of leaving Mangalore, appear to love

the Lord, and are walking worthy of their calling, We are sorry to lose

them, as they might have become of great service to others who have

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not yet tasted that the Lord is good. Four persons have been baptized

One of the married women has

and received into this congregation,

lately undergone a change of heart, and henceforth desires to live unto

Him who has given His life for her.

Two couples have been married,

and two children have been called away from this earth by the Friend

of children,

A new out station has been established at Uchila, a place on the sea-

shore, about 25 miles to the north of Mangalore.

A little house has

been built on a field rented by us, for Titus, a young Catechist, whose

birth place is in that aeighbourhood.

When the Brahmans and the

principal landholders found that we were in earnest about the erection

of a little Mission house there, they were much annoyed, and tried all

means to turn us away.

But they were too late. The place had al-

ready been made over to us.

Finding their endeavours frustrated, they

do what they can to frighten the poor farmers, who have shown some

inclination towards the Gospel.

They have even threatened to beat

those who hold intercourse with us, and have hired men to execute

this threat ; still no outrage has taken place.

At Bohna, on the southern side of the Natravati, near Mangalore,

a large piece of good rice land was purchased two years ago, with money

borrowed from the oldest friend of our Mission in this country. Last

year our friend made us a present of those lands.

This is a gift of

very great value to us; for we intend to settle there some of our chris-

tian families, who, we hope, will shine as lights among their heathen

neighbours, and form, under the grace of the Lord, the nucleus of a

new congregation,

May His blessing, whose name we have come to

proclaim among the heathen, be upon these new undertakings, and may

His Spirit infuse life and strength into these new branches of our Mis-

sion-tree ! that they also may grow, and blossom and bear fruit in due

time to the glory of His name.

Another friend of our Mission has invited us to Shimoga in the

Nuggur district, and has made us a most liberal offer if we would esta-

blish a station there,

Our Committee have resolved on extending the

Mission thither as soon as practicable, and we rejoice in the prospect

of carrying the banner of the Cross ere long also to that country.

The

God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that

Great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting cove-

nant, make us perfect in every good work to do His will, working in

us that which is wellpleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to

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whom be glory for ever and ever.

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Missionary tours have been made by the brethren Greiner and

Biihrer.

Br. Greiner went along the coast as far as Kundapura, In

several places, the good reception he received exceeded his expectation.

In other places where the people had formerly appeared well inclined,

he met with great indolence, and even animosity. Br. Biihrer crossed

the Tulu Country on a tour to Agumbi, preaching all the way,

He

Jikewise met with many people averse to the Gospel, bat also with

many who seemed to listen with better attention than formerly.

The Girls’ school under Mrs. Greiner’s charge contains at present

33 boarders.

Six of them have left the school during the past year.

They have been married to young men of the congregation at Manga -

lore and Mulky, They have been employed in the school and in their

A good deal of trouble and trials of patience,

daily work as usual.

gall to the share of the mother of such.a family, but the Lord has helped

us also in this part of our work above our asking and understanding.

Reviewing the whole year, we have to acknowledge with deep grati-

tade that the Lord has in mercy protected us from many a danger, has

delivered us out of many a trouble, and that he has richly comforted,

patiently borne with, and abundantly blessed us. Praise and Glory be

to Him for ever and ever.

Amen.

C. L. GREINER.

A. BUHRER.

B. DEGGELLER.,

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Mission Schoals.

During the past year Br. Metz had almost alone to bear the burden

Br. Moerike had commenced

of this part of the work of our Mission.

to assist in the lessons and the superintendence of the boys, when he

was seized with an illness, which still forbids him to live and to labor

in this climate. -On the last day of the last year Br. Moegling returned

This

to his former post in perfect health, and resumed his labors.

school has so much suffered from changes among the brethrea conduct-

ing it, that we rejoice the more in the mercy of the Lord, who has so

ordered our ways, that now Br. Moegling and Br. Metz have the pros-

pect of working t

ogether without intermission, the former with his health

thoroughly re-established, the latter with his strength still almost un-

impaired after three years iabor.

We have divided the whole Institution into two separate Schools.

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A Preparandi class is under the charge of Br. Moegling.

Eight

Their ages are between 18 and 21.

youths have been received into' it.

After ten years of educational labor, we have now the joy of seeing

some fruits beginning to ripen.

(Three of their former school fellows

are usefully employed as servauts in the Mission ; and six others have

put their hands to trades, Viz, tailors, weavers, and bookbinders, some

of whom will soon be able to earn their own bread.) Br. Moegling,

assisted by a Canarese Moonshee, has the sole care of the preparandi

class,

Our object and desire in the education of these youths is to

render them, with Gods’s help, useful workmen, well at home in their

Bibles, acquainted with their own hearts, and familiar with the charac-

ter of the false religions, which here oppose the progress of the Gospel.

And we have carefully excluded from the list of lessons and exereises

whatever does not directly bear upon the chief object in view.

In the course of the present year they read the historical books of

the Old and New Testament, which are fully but simply explained to

them.

Canarese

The Psalms are fully expounded at morning prayers.

Grammar is taught according to the work of the late Krishnamacharya,

and a selection of original Canarese Poetry is read and analysed.

Besides they read privately some chapters of the Bible every day, and

have to repeat every week the substance of sermons which they have

heard at church,

The above lessons are given by Br. Moegling who

spends four hours every morning with his class.

In the afternoons,

they work their lessons under the superintendence of the Canarese

Moonshee.

Now and then they accompany Br. Moegling on his visits

to the Bazaar, where they hear his discourses and disputations, the

substance of which they repeat and sometimes commit to writing at

home.

They will also accompany him once a year on a Missionary

journey through some part of the Canarese country.

This is a short

outline of a course of studies and exercises extending over the space of

three or four years, which may, under the blessing of the Lord, in whose

name we have undertaken the work, render them useful assistante to

the European brethren who have engaged in the service of thie Gospel

among the heathen population of this part of India.

Br. Metz assisted by Jacob Kamsica, one of our Brahman converts

of the year 1844, conducts the younger school consisting of 44 boys,

under 14 years of age.

They attend school in the mornings, and are

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employed partly in weaving cotton cloth and cotton carpets, partly in

p{'eparing yarn for the weavers during the rest of the day,

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Their lessons are the following :

1st Class. History of the Bible, Biblical Geography, Canarese Cate-

chism, Translations from Canarese into Tulu and vice versa, writing,

Arithmetic, singing.

2nd Class. Bible Stories, Canarese and Tulu Bible reading, Arith-

metic, writing, singing.

3rd Class. Reading, writing, singing.

One of the boys of the name of Alexander, who had made pleasing

progress during the last years, died at Hubli on the 7th Febroary last.

He was taken ill on a journey to the northern stations of our Mission

which Br. Metz undertook with 24 of the elder boys in January. An

abscess of the liver suddenly and unexpectedly terminated his life. We

hope and trust, that it is well with him.

Conrad, a lad who had been many years with us, left us, seduced by

his mother, notwithstanding all our advice and warnings. We have not

heard of him since.

Fourteen boys, most of them very young, have been received into the

school. Some of them are orphans, the rest belong to parents, who are

members of our congregation or candidates for baptism.

In the beginning of the past year many of our boys suffered from

fever, and throughout the year they have been troubled by a very ob-

stinate itch, from which however they have now nearly recovered.

The whole number of pupils under our immediate charge is 57. Viz,

Preparandi Class 8, tailors 2, weavers 2, bookbinder 1, (another has

joined the preparandi class) in the lower school 44.

Of the spiritual state of the little flock committed to our charge we

shall say little,

There is enough of sin to fill us with sorrow, and to

drive us to Him who alone can heal and save souls, but also signs of

divine grace working in the hearts enough to show us that He is with

us. We are unprofitable servants, but we live upon grace never failing,

and rejoice in the labor, which the Lord, in mercy has been pleased to

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H. MOEGLING.

Fr. METZ.

W. HOCH.

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MOEGLING

MULKI OUT-STATION

Rev.. I, Ammann, and Mrs. Ammann

My time and strength are divided between the preaching of the Gos-

pel to the Heathen, the management and superintendence of my small

congregation, and the translation of the word of God into Tulu. During

the past year I have principally employed myself in preaching through-

out the Mulki-district

I bave formed a plan of visiting every village

of the district, to remain in it for some days, and if possible to deliver

the message of Christ to every house

These visits I shall renew as

often as I can

I feel convinced of the utility and necessity of this

labor, and pray that the Lord may be pleased to bless the seed of life

which I bave in this manner sown in our immediate neighbourhood

On these short but frequent preaching excursions and village-visits, I

have principally come in contact with men of the lower castes, and among

the farmer-caste

these chiefly with the Bants

Among this class of

people our warfare is not with the common Hindu Idolatry, but with

the demon-worship peculiar to this country, and with a superficial kind

of religion with the exercise of which they excuse all their worldliness

and all their sins.

“We too worship (od. Daily, early in the morning and late in the

evening, we invoke him, saying

Niarayanah Swami, thou art our pre-

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server, give us our daily food.

We do whatsoever God puts into our

mind,

He causes us to do both good and evil,”

“God has sent these Demons, therefore we are obliged to serve

them, or they will kill us, or torment us in various ways.

They are

servants of the Great God, whom we must do our best to please, as

we try to keep on good terms with the officers of the company.”

“If

the Demons were nothing, how could they work miracles, kill men sud-

denly or heal their diseases in a moment.”. “We must serve both God

and the Demons.

Our forefathers have done so and prospered.

We

“The Demons are kind mas-

should die if we forsook this worship.”

ters; when we fall sick, we make or promise offerings to them, and they

make us whole.

When we wish to revenge ourselves, we may ask them

to vex our enemies and they will fulfil our prayer.”

““What can e

know of these things, we are blockheads.

Who of us has seen heaven

and hell, who knows what will happen to-morrow ?” “As soon as God

will appear to us in bodily form, we shall believe in him.”

“How can

we meditate on such sublime subjects; we are wholly occupied with

the care of our belly.”

These are the usual arguments brought forward

against the claims of the Gospel by these people.

At first view they

appear weak, flimsy and easy to be answered, but through satanic infa-

tuation, they have acquired such strength, and have become such

strongholds of the enemy as cannot be taken by the force of human

reasoning.

For this reason I do not generally spend much time in re-

futing these errors, but rather try to effect an entrance into their hearts

by appealing to their consciences, by convincing them of their sins, of

their depravity, and culpability in the sight of God, and on the other

hand by setting before them God’s love, holiness and righteousness.

Then I am accustomed to preach Jesus Christ, our Mediator, our Atone-

ment, our Saviour, and to exhort them to repentance and faith.

In my small congregation I have met with much that has grieved my

heart.

However we have not been sent to judge men, but to labor as

long as it is day.

Others do follow their Lord in sincerity of heart

though in weakness.

A young man who had been one of the first Ca-

techumeni of this congregation five years ago, but had left us after a

few weeks from love to his wife, returned to us lately confessing his sins,

and his sorrow for having forsaken Christ.

He said, that since his

departure from us the wrath of God had been upon him, wherefore he

had fallen into great distress, now he and his wife were firmly resolved

to walk in this way, whatever might be the consequences.

Our little school, into which none but christian children are admit-

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ted, is under Mrs Ammann’s care.

Bible history, Catechism, Geogra-

phy, Arithmetic, and singing, are taught in it,

In our work among these children, among our adult members of the

church, and among the heathen, we find by daily experience, that we

have to wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,

against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, who

cannot be overcome but by a strength which is given from above,

For

this spirit of power we lift up our hands to God, and entreat all the

Redeemed of the Lord to lift up holy hands with us and for us.

J. AMMANN.

HONORE

STATION.

Rev. I C. Lehner and Mrs. Lehner, and Catechist,

Christian Kamsika.

This station was last year, as our report mentioned, taken up afresh

for Missionary operations by Mr. and Mrs Layer; but as his health

failed him and a change was deemed necessary for his recovery, he left

it in August last for Dharwar,

Our Committee then wished me, who

had formerly resided here for some months, to exchange places with him

and occupy this station.

I with my family, left Dharwar in conse-

quence, at the beginning of November, and arrived here on the 10th

of that month

I too had been suffering severely at Dharwar from ill

health and reached this still in a weak state.

The change, however,

I am thankful te say, proved very beneficial, for within a month of my

arrival I was quite restored to my usual health and strength.

As soon as my health would allow of any exertion I went among the

people to make known to them the glad tidings of salvation for sinners;

but found not many who would lend a ready ear to it.

It is true, they

conduct themselves not so insolently now towards us as they used to do

a year ago; and 1 am especially glad for Christian (a converted Brah-

man) that they manifest a better spirit towards him, and are more in-

clined to listen to his word, yet in general the same apathetic listless-

)

ness and unconcern with regard to their spiritual welfare is every where

visible.

Among the higher castes pride and self complacency present

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themselves on all occasions, and often when I desire in a friendly way

to argue with them about the truth, they either bring forward some

unmeaning assertions, or leave me with a disdainful air, as if to say,

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what have you to do with our concerns? Those of the commoi

asies

we find exceedingly dull, scarcely capable of comprehending one idea

of a spiritual nature.

Their answer generally is, you must talk to our

superiors about these matters, we cannot judge of their correctness, and

if they think it right, it must be so, and we will then follow it. As re-

gards their devotedness to their idols it may be said, that Baal had not

more zealous followers than they are, for since I came here feast has

succeeded feast with its din and bustle,

The Bralmans are never at a

loss to find out some fresh occasions for the repetition of ceremonies.

Whea for instance, in December, the cholera appeared in the village

Kasregoda, they attributed it to some dishonor done by several Mahom-

medans of that place to a certain image of Doorga at Gersoppa.

The

angry goddess was therefore to be appeased by fresh offerings, and

honors done to her name.

Her image was consequently brought forth

from its obscure corner, washed, painted and decorated, and brought

here, attended by music and fireworks, and for the next eight days pa-

raded through the streets and lanes.

We do not fail to show them on

such occasions the folly and criminality of their doings; yet though the

mouth may assent to the truth advanced, the heart is still bent to follow

their infatuations.

We cannot change their hearts, but our prayer to

the Lord for them is, that they may soon have eyes to see, ears to hear,

and hearts to understand the things that belong to their peace.

Missionary tours we have not made any since I have been here, being

prevented by other necessary work : but we generally go mornings and

evenings to this and the surrounding villages, and preach and speak

wherever an opportunity offers.

As yet we have but two Canarese schools, and these are not so well

attended as I could wish ; for those who can afford to pay a trifle es-

tablish one for themselves, in order that their children may not be

contaminated, as they think, by the christian instruction they would

receive at ours,

There is a great demand for an English school, but

this being too expensive for our Mission 1 cannot at present entertain

any idea of ity Some more Canarese Schools however, I wish to establish

in the neighbouring villages as soou as a good opportunity preseths

itself.

Visitors rarely make their appearance at our house, excepting such as

come for books, chiefly of an elementary kind for learning English.

The contributions we receive for the poor (their number is 35) have

been as formerly, distributed to them weekly in rice, accompanied with

Our committee wish us to

exhortations to seek for the bread of life,

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commence here a female boarding school similar to that we had at

Dharwar, and we expect a female assistant from Germany for this pur-

pose.

We have at present three girls whom we brought along with us.

How far we shall sacceed in getting others in this district, we cannot

tell, as, for want of proper accommodation to receive them, we have not

made particular enquiry.

Into the hands of our gracious Lord, who has so mercifully kept and

assisted us hitherto, we commit ourselves and His work afresh.

May

He be our guide, and His service our delight now and for ever. Amen?

Honore, February lst, 1847.

I. C. LEHNER

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II. SOUTHERN MAHRATTA COUNTRY.

THE DHARWAR STATION.

Rev. J. Layer and Mrs. Layer, Rev. H. Albrecht and

Mrs, Albrecht, and Catechist Christian,

Again a year of labors and of trials has passed. Looking upon our-

selves, we see great cause to give thanks and praises to the Lord, for

having given us the privilege and joy of being engaged in His work, and

having borne us with great patience and longsuffering, notwithstanding

our various failings and manifold short-comings. But looking upon the

state of our work we have to mourn that the preaching of the blessed

name of Jesus, the only name by which men can be saved, has become

a savour of life unto life, to so few souls, to none, as far as our know-

ledge goes, in the course of the past year.

But while the real, best, and most_earnestly desired results of Missi-

onary labours, namely the conversion of Heathen, have been vouchsafed

tous very sparingly, we observe other effects of our exertion, which

often cheer our hearts, under the sickening influence of hope deferred,

and give us proof and assurance, that our labour is not in vain in the

Lord.

These preliminary results, as we would call them, appear consider-

able, when we compare the present state of the heathen population

around us, with what it was nine years ago.

At that time few people

had heard any thing of the Gospel, now thousands and tens of thousands

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Ten years ago the belief in

are acquainted with its gracious purport.

the power of idols, the holiness and infallibility of the Shastras, and the

Now this

inviolability of caste, was firmly seated in every heart.

traditional faith sits so loose upon many minds, that you hear multi-

tudes of men declare its vanity.

Then, the people around us slept a

deep sleep of self-complacency, carelessness and indolence; at present

a leaven of inquiry works in their minds, and religious questions begin

to attract the serious attention of many.

In short we find, that the

Lord has hitherto been with us, and has helped us to undermine the

bulwarks of the kingdom of darkness, and we shall not despair of arri-

ving at the predetermined period, when these bulwarks will fall to the

ground, and when the Church of Christ will be established also in this

country, and His holy name be glorified,

Among the laborers engaged in the work of this station some changes

have taken place in the course of the past year. In the year before last

But on the fail-

br. and sister Layer had been transferred to Honore.

ure of br. Layer’s health, under the influence of the coast climate, our

committee directed him to return to this station, in the cooler air of

which, by the Lord's hlessing his health visibly improves. In their stead

br. and sister Lehner have established themselves at Honore, where,

many years ago, they had once made-a commencement,

This change

has had the very best effect upon the healths of both the brethren ; both

are doing very well since they have left climates disagreeing with their

constitutions.

God be thanked for His mercy!

When br. Layer came back to Dharwar he was accompanied by br-

Moerike, whom ill health had obliged to leave his own station at

Mangalore, and who hoped to regain his lost strength in the colder

climate of our province,

However, after a few months stay with us,

seeing his health improve but very slowly, he went to join our brethren

on the Neilgherries.

We hope and pray that the Lord may soon give

him health and enable him to return to active service.

A Mission church built by voluntary contributions from friends of

our mission, has been completed.

Its white little spire is seen from

afar,

This building is not only a pleasing testimony of christian zeal

and a monument of Christ the Saviour of the world, intelligible to the

Heathen, but, being a simple, unadorned protestant church, it is valu-

able also as a lesson to them, and as a proof that we worship God .not

with out ward pomp but in Spirit and in truth. Some time ago a Hindu

in support of his argument that without the help of some visible form,

God cannot be duly worshipped, alleged, that he had observed some

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kind of idol also in our own temple. 'We asked him not to be deceived,

but to come next Sunday to church and to be present during our ser-

vice.

He replied triumphantly, do you think, that I have no eyes to

see the large Idols opposite the entrance of your temple? He meant the

pulpit, and it was easy to set him right.

Other visitors also equally

incredulous as to the absence of images or figures from our church, have

come to assure themselves by their own eyes of the truth of our pro-

fessions about the spirituality of our worship of God

On the 14th December 1845, we consecrated the church to the sers

vice of God, before the building was quite finished.

Since that time

we have used it as an English and Canarese chapel. - Our native con-

gregation consists of 25 Tamil and 1 Canarese Christian, besides the 14

girls of our boarding school.

The Tamil Christians being attached to

the Native Regiments here stationed, have to move with them, and

therefore we cannot become so intimately acquainted with them nor

exercise as much influence upon them as we would wish.

However we

ought to do what we can, in the name of the Lord, and leave it to Him

to give rain and sunshine in due time. The remaining members of the

congregation, who are our servants and live on our premises, or in the

village, have so conducted themselves, that with but few exceptions,

we have on the whole been pleased to see a marked difference between

them and their heathen neighbours, and have felt that the labor we

bestow upon them is not without fruit.

Our Canarese Sunday services are attended not only by our own little

congregation, but also by six of our schoolmasters, who bring 40—50

of their scholars with them.

From time to time we have the joy of

seeing people from the town, or strangers from the neighbouring coun-

try, among the hearers in the church.

The Bazaars and adjoining villages are daily visited. The Gospel is

listened to by many, by some with attention.

More we cannot say.

We are besieging the fortress of a mighty enemy, but have as yet ef-

fected no breach.

The numerous calls of visitors however, from the

town, the villages, and the surrounding districts, tell us, that our labor

has begun to affect the minds of the people.

Many of those, who ac-

companied the Linga priest pretending to be an Avatar of Christ,

whose visit on the 13th July 1845 has been mentioned in a former

report, have since again come to us.

Their ideas are still wild and

erroneous, the effects of the influence of their Guru upon their minds

but we still hope that there are some among them to whom the Lord

will reveal Himself sooner or later, and who will yet enter into the

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All those, who have come

glorious liberty of the children of God.

from Manakivada, the famous Guru’s residence, have appeared to us

men sincerely seeking after truth.

Another field, upon which we sow in hope, we have in our five schools,

Two of these schools are established

which are attended by 210 boys.

in the town of Dharwar, the other three in three adjoining villages.

Our object is to teach our scholars not only that knowledge which

will render them useful members of human society, but also to com-

municate to them that truth, which may prepare their hearts for

the Kingdom of Heaven, therefore the basis of all our instruction is

the Bible.

The Bible is explained, biblical history taught, biblical

tracts committed to memory, before we proceed to Grammar, Geogra-

phy and Universal History.

Greater regularity of attendance is now

established, the teachers are gaining ground in the affections and the

confidence of their scholars, and we hope in the Lord, that He will

nourish them now with the milk of the Gospel, and give them grace to

grow up in due time into faitbful followers of Christ.

Two girl’s schools are conducted in the town.

One of them esta-

blished some years ago is frequented by 14 girls of tender age, whose

progress is not very great, and who demand a great deal of kindness

and patience,

The other was opened by Br. Albrecht three months

ago. We can just report its existence. Female education is still a new

thing in this part of the country. People cannot conceive what advan-

tage the knowledge of letters and books is to confer upon girls. When

we invite them to send their daughters to school we often receive the

answer : Our Girls will never be employed by Government, wherefore

should they learn any thing.

It is enough for them to grind every day

two seers of Jola and to bake some cakes of bread.

In the two schools

we have only 30 girls.

They are quicker of comprehension than the

boys, but forget sooner, what they have learnt.

The female boarding school which was formerly superintended by

Three of the

Mrs. Lehner, is now under the charge of Mrs. Layer.

older girls having accompanied Mrs. Lehner to Honore, the present

number is only 14.

One little girl of 5 months was lately made over

to us by the Magistrate of Dharwar. She was found one morning, by

some poor women who were gathering cowdung on the hills close by

the Mission house.

The mother of the poor child has not yet been

discovered,

The girls spend part of the forenoons and afternoons in

the school, the rest of their time they employ in sewing. It is a matter

of deep regret to us, that we cannot yet discover signs of the fear of

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‘God, or the love of Christ, having taken root in the hearts of these poor

children,

From time to time the growth of the good seed is checked

by the reception of new heathen children, who, if passed infancy bring

with them evil habits and vices dangerous to the rest,

We feel deeply

the importance of such schools, for in them we have to train wives for

our converts, and mothers for their families, on whose character the

prosperity of our future congregation must in a great measure depend,

May the Lord give us all the wisdom, love, and patience we stand in

need of !

J. LAYER,

Dharvwa?', February 5¢h, 1847,

F. H. ALBRECHT.

THE HUBLI STATION.

Rev, I, Miiller and Mrs. Miiller, and Rev. G. Wiirtk.

The past year has been like its predecessors, Our labor has been

the same in the schools, as well as in the streets and market-places.

No fruit has yet appeared. O! for faith and patience!

Our morning prayers and Sunday services are frequented by the same

persons ; Isaac, whom we have often mentioned, is still the only soul in

this place who has received the truth in sincerity.

His conduct is a

source of comfort to us.

He is a living proof of the power of the Gos-

pel to change the hearts even of this generation, amongst which we live

and labor.

Two youths are in the habit of visiting at che Mission houses

They profess a desire of becoming disciples of Christ,

But, in one of

them the expectation of outward advantages seems to preponderate ;

the other, of whom we have a better opinion, has not yet attained the

legal age at which he will be at liberty to choose his own religion, so

that we can do nothing, but hope and pray for them to the God of all

mercies. We have good reason to believe that a work of the Holy Spirit

has begun in their hearts.

May He who has begun it, perform the same

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until the day of Jesus Christ.

Another person, a man of forty years of age, a regular attendant at

our Sunday services, has often begged us to baptize him, but we are

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afraid of placing any confidence in his professions, as long as he con-

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tinues the ruinous practice of smoking hemp, which has seriously inju-

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red his mental powers,

Now and then some visitors have been present

during our Sunday services.

Since a few months one of our school-

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masters has commenced to join us on Sunday mornings with his scho-

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lars, but they are not very regular in their attendance.

our schoolmasters has begun to do the same, but we fear more from a

desire to please his masters than from love of truth.

We have five schools attended by about 300 boys, one fourth part

of whom can read and write with some fluency, They read: portions of

the Bible and tracts, which they partly commit to memory.

They stay

rarely long enough to advance beyond mere elementary lessons.

Almost

every half year, or at least every year, we have to commence anew with

a fresh set of scholars.

And it would be well, if they were regular in

their attendance during this short period of learning. That the principal

business of man should be the care of his belly, is the chief practical

Minds subject to such

lesson constantly taught them by their parents.

influence cannot be expected to take a great interest in the acquisition

of knowledge, by which no money is to be gained.

In the course of the past year four evening schools came into exist-

ence very unexpectedly, and without any exertion on our part.

From

60 to 80 young men used to attend for some time.

We engaged four

schoolmasters for these adult scholars, but made them promise that they

would come to the Mission house once a fortright for an examination.

After alittle while they requested us to demand of them only a monthly

examination,.

We agreed also to this term.

However from that very

time they ceased to attend the school as well as the Mission house

examination.

In short, these schools sank into death as quickly and

unexpectedly as they had risen into life.

We do not yet know by what

motives such a number of young men could have acted in this manner.

Have they done it for the purpose of raising the salaries of the girls’

schoolmasters whom we engaged also for these evening schools?

Our girls’ schools contain from 60 to 70 scholars. They are all situe

ated in the town of Hubly.

A fifth we had established in a neigh-

bouring village. . It was well attended for a few months, when the

girls declared that they found it impossible to come to the school on

account of the hard work they had to do at home.

Among our 70

Hubly girls, there are 24 who have a fair knowledge of reading, writing,

and ciphering,

They, like the boys, commit passages of the Bible and

parts of tracts to memory.

The difficulties in the way of those who

Jabour for the education of the young are so great and so many, that we

should long ago have given up our work in despair did we not know

that Missionary work of every department is a work of faith and pati-

ence, and were we not assured by the word of God that the seed

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gown must grow and bear fruit, although the when and the how are as

Mrs. Miiller visits these schools from time to

yet hidden from our eyes.

time, and once a fortnight each school comes to the Mission house,

when Mrs Miiller reads and explains to them some part of Scripture,

shows them drawings of scriptural objects, and strives to again access

to their hearts,

May the Lord grant a blessing upon this labor.

We have continued public preaching.

Our experience has been

much the same as in former years.

This people is still deaf and blind

and stiff necked, and despises what belongs to its peace.

Now and then

we are a little refreshed by replies a little more promising than their

usual way of gainsay ing.

It is sometimes remarked by people whose

héart is touched by the word of God ;

“We are too old for you; you

can, you see, make nothing of us, but our children, after some twenty

or thirty years, will enter your way. Why should they not? you teach

Still our joy is a

them your doctrine continually in all your schools.”

very poor one. The old people know that what we preach is truth, and

that they ought to believe and follow it, but because they love dark-

ness much more than the light, they comfort themselves with the pros-

pect of their children doing in future, what they will not do themselves

nowe.

The young onu the other hand, defend themselves against the

truth of the Gospel by the example of the old, saying ; “we must not for-

sake the way of the ancients.” Thus the old comfort themselves with the

young, and the young with the old, and both sleep on the sleep of death,

Br. Wiirth arrived in December 1845 from Basel.

After having

spent some months in studying the Janguage, he began to enter into the

work of the station.

In August last, he accompanied br. Albrecht on

a Missionary tour of ten days.

Early in November he set out again

for a preaching journey. He intends to travel through the southern part

of the Dharwar Collectorate, where there are still villages in which the

May the Lord bless

sound of the Gospel has scarcely been heard.

whatever is done in His name for the advancement of His kingdom on

earth, and may He give to His weak servants new faith, new zeal, new

courage for the new year.

«Fstablish thou the work of our hands upon

us ; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.” Amwen,

I MULLFR,

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THE BETTIGHERRY STATION.

Rev. C. Hiller and M s, Hiller, and Rev. G. Kies.

The past year has fled very quickly.

The Lord has been very gra-

cious and kind to us with regard to our souls and bodies, our private

life, and our Missionary labors.

With our whole hearts we praise

His holy name for all that He has done unto us!

With reference to our personal intercourse with the adult part of the

population of our districts, it is a pleasure to us to be enabled to state,

that they show much good-will towards us, and that they are not offend -

ed when we touch their hearts with the word of God.

On the whole

we begin to be rather inclined to hope than to despair.

At Bettigherry

we are welcome in most houses, and the people treat us with a good

deal of confidence, although they do not yet receive the gospel which

we preach, we do no more feel ourselves strangers among them. At

times we have been astonished at the degree of confidence and love

shown us by individuals of our acquaintance.

And more than once,

Hindu men, to whom we spoke of the apparent fruitlessness of all our

labors, and their hardness of heart which prevented the reception of the

blessed ' Gospel, would beg us not to give up our hope, but to have

more patience, until a better day would begin, as they confidently ex-

pecte

We have now and then had opportunities for observing, that

the number of those who long for deliverance from darkness, and who

rejoice at the sound of the name of Jesus Christ, is greater than we had

believed.

Still there is none, who is likely, to human appearance, soon

to take a decided step.

We must do our work in patience and hope,

and wait for the time when the Lord will be pleased to reveal His Arm,

and to deliver one by one out of the hand of Satan,

Our work among the young has been enlarged,

We have now five

boys’ schools, attended by 272 boys.

One of them at Bettigherry has

100 scholars ; one at Gadak village 50 ; One in the Gadak fort 40 ; Lo-

candi 50; Chaulty 32.

Mrs. Hiller has three girls’ schools under her

charge.

One at Bettigherry is attended by 38 ; the second at Gadak

by 28; the third at Locandi by 15 girls,

The masters of three schools, at Bettigherry, Locandi, and Gadak,

have been trained by ourselves. We endeavour as soon as practicable to

supplant our old schoolmasters, most of whom are Lingait Priests, by

young men from our schools, who are not only much attached to us, but

also faithful in carrying out our directions and wishes.

We are perfectly free to do in our sghools whatever we please. The

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people have not the slightest dread of christian books and christian in

struction

We know some houses at Bettigherry, where the fathers,

while themselves employed in weaving, make their children read to them

from their school-books.

For two years we had once all the Bettigherry schools in our own hands.

Our late lamented Brother Hall, however, finding it necessary to stim-

ulate one of the masters to greater exertion and more diligence in

teaching, the priest took his discharge and kept a private school, which

however since the opening of our new school is nearly empty, never to

fill again we hope.

So we shall again be masters of all the village

schools here,

It the Bettigherry and Gadak school rooms a consider-

able number of young men assemble in the evenings for some hours,

which they employ in readin

writing, and cypherin

they themselves

lighting the rooms,

On Sunday mornings the masters of the Gadak

and Bettigherry boys’ and girls’ schools regularly attend our service,

accompanied by the pupils of the first and second classes, which are

also sometimes attended by boys that have left the school, but not in

such a number as we could wish

Br, Hiller visited a Jatre at Wariwi in Aucust last, at which he found

such attentive people and was so well pleased with them, that he in-

tends never to let this Jatre pass unattended, if he can go. After that

he was about a fortnight in the villages south-east of Bettigherry

In

September br. Kies made a Missionary tour of a fortnight to the south

and in February last, he travelled a whole month and preached in a

good many villages

He returned home much rejoiced at the many

good opportunities for preaching the Gospel, and the many agreeable

receptions with which he had met from the people, and acquamtance

formed during his sojourn.

Many of the people who live around us are like mariners tossed by

storms and waves, and looking for a safe harbour through the dark night

without knowing the situation of that place of refuge, nor the way

leading to it,

We are to them a dim light, as it were, shining from

afar.

We attract their eyes towards us.

Some of them wish to make

for it.

Knowing this, so much the more we feel how much we stand

in need of a fresh supply of grace, of strength, of light daily, that we

may be enabled to attract their souls, and to direct them until the day

spring from on high visits them, and their feet be set upon the way of

peace.

We would entreat all our friends, and all the friends of the poor

heathen, that they may not only assist us with earthly supplies, but

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much rather with hearty intercessions for the souls of the people around

us, and earnest supplications for the pouring out of the Spirit of the

Lord upon this generation and-upon us His servants.

C. HILLER.

G. KIES.

THE MALASAMUDRA STATION.

Rev. G. Stenger.

The past year has not been without some severe trials.

Some of

the Colonists, even two of our few Christians, have given me much

sorrow ; nor has there been wanting opposition from without.

Still a

little light seems to break upon the country, the forerunner if not of

the day, yet of the dawn of day, and the greater part of the long and

thick night appears to be spent.

We have lost our only convert from the Kalagrane sect, a washer-

man from Bentur,

He had for years lived in the Colony.

When he

first gave ear tothe word of God, he seemed to be touched by the

power of the Gospel.

¥or a long time Br. Essig instructed him care-

fully.

The grace of God certainly was at work in his heart and we

rejoiced in his baptism.

His wife however remained a heathen, and

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exercised very great influence over him to the hurt of his soul.

degrees he became more careless and gave way to sin. I reproved him

faithfully from time to time, but he hardened his heart more and more.

At last T found it necessary to threaten him with dismissal,

He pro-

mised to reform and I resolved to bear with him some time longer. Now

He did this so cun-

he began to disseminate evil reports against me.

ningly and with such secresy, that some time passed before we became

aware of his machinations.

When those rumours reached us, some of

the brethren assisted me in making a full enquiry.

His malicious

lies were brought home to him and we felt constrained to dissolve our

connection with him. He has returned to Bentur, his native village.

May the Lord have mercy upon his soul and give him grace to repent.

Great as had been his ingratitude and malice, yet I was exceedingly

sorry when [ saw the- poor deluded man depart from the Colony.

What a grief to see those, who have tasted the grace and love of God,

falling again into the snares of Satan.

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A Lingaite monk was baptized in the end o

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he walked according to the AWOI‘d of God. But soon he began to give

way to indolence and laziness.

I gave him but little and easy work,

but he refused to do any regular business.

I showed him the precept

of the Apostle that if any work not, neither should he eat, and warned

him that an idle soul should suffer hunger.

He neglected my exhort-

ations.

He is a young man, who is strong enough to labor; so I gave

him one day a supply of grain and some money sufficient for him to

live upon, and said, now, my friend, grind your flour, gather wood, and

cook for yourself if you wish to eat.

Whenever you do some work for

me, I shall pay you as I do other laborers.

He tried again for a few

days, but was soon tired of his new way of living. He asked leave to

pay a visit to his relations, which was granted.

After a few days he

returned to the Colony and commenced again working: but in vain,

Labor disagreed with him,

He asked me to permit him to return to

his own village.

I could not retain him in idleness.

I consented to

his separation, but exhorted him most earnestly to remain faithful to

Him in whose name he had professed his faith before God and men,

He went away and I have not heard of him since.

Abraham, our oldest Christian, had for a time allowed himself dis-

contentedness, and went to Bettigherry where he stayed seven months

with the brethren there.

A few weeks ago however, he returned to

Malasamudra, cured it seems of his discontentedness.

He walks in

the truth and is a shining light among the people of the Colony.

Also the two other Christian men who live here, are making progress.

They seek the one thing needful and profess the name of Christ before

all people.

In many things they are steill ignorant and weak, but their

hearts appear to be true.

May the God of all mercy fill them more

and more with His spirit, and be their strength, their shild, and their

light, and lead them through the wilderness of this world to the heaven-

ly Canaan, where the weary will find rest, and the faithful inherit a

glory which no eye has seen.

Among the Colonists many changes have taken place, Two families

were admitted on trial,

For some time their conduci gave me much

satisfaction, but after a while they went back to their heathen ways.

They would not keep holy the Lord's day, but rather continue their

daily labor, and often absented themselves from the evening prayers,

and from the Sunday service.

Admonitions had no other effect, but

to irritate them against God and His word.

First I dismissed the

worse family of the two, and hoped that this severity would have a

good effect upon the other family who was stiu permitted to reside in

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the Colony.

In vain! they continued to transgress all our Colony

rules and forced me to turn them away.

Two other families stepped into their places. = One of them with-

drew of their own accord after a stay of a few moaths, having found

the way of life too narrow, too arduous and thorny.

Of the other fa-

mily I cannot say much.

They hear the word of God and obey our

rules, but are still fast asleep in ignorance and worldliness like most of

their fellow colonists.

I take care to disturb them often, and I try to

Some seem to feel the

awaken them, whenever an opportunity offers,

power of the word of God, rays of grace now and then illumine their

darkness ;—still the bonds of darkness are too strong for them. A short

time ago five of the colonists requested me to baptize them.

I com-

menced to give them regular instruction and they were very attentive.

But when they were called upon to forsake all things for Christ’s sake,

their courage failed them ; they had not faith enough to trust in the

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great promises of God which are Yea and Amen in Christ Jesus.

oldest person among them said, that as soon as her young son had

got a wife, she would renounce the world and be baptized: but if

she was baptized first, she was afraid lest he would never get married,

I told her that in such a state of heart she ought certainly not to think

of being baptized, but earnestly pray to God for grace and faith, This

poor old woman seems to feel the love of God in her heart. Some of

her fellow catechumeni declared that they wished to receive further in-

struction, and to wait a little longer till their wives also could be ad-

mitted to baptism with them, who are still very ignorant and are very

slow to understand spiritual things.

Lately the son of the above-mentioned woman applied for baptism,

He is well grounded in christian truth, and as far as I can see, sincere

T advised him to prepare his wife also, to teach

and worthy of baptism.

her what he knew himself, and to pray to the Lord that He would

give her light to receive the word of grace in power.

A tailor family have also asked to be received into the colony. The

husband has sometimes attended our Sunday service, He and his wife

now receive regular instruction.

May God have mercy upon them, and

by His Spirit convince them of the truth of His word, of sin, and of

grace!

Two other families have been with us for five years.

They are with-

out spiritual life ; but as they are regular in their attendance at prayers

and ehurch, observe the Lord’s day, and on the whole lead an outwardly

I must wait

irreproachable life, T have no cause to send them away.

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in patience,

The word of God which they have heard so frequently

and which has often pricked their hearts, will, I hope, one day manifest

its power also in their souls.

Life must come from Him who is the

Life !

In the neighbourhood the word of God has been preached diligently,

On the 15th

and some light begins to break forth here and there.

June, 1846, before sunrise, some men, among whom the Patell and

schoolmaster took a prominent part, entered the temple of Durga ac-

cording to a previously concerted plan, broke the idol and its seat into

pieces and cast them into the street.

This caused considerable ex-

citement, which however soon subsided among the villagers.

I had

heard of the plan of these men, who wished to change the idol-temple

into a school-house, but I did not think they would dare to execute

their purpose s0 soon.

Now a school assembles there every day, the

word of God is read in the former temple, and prayers are offered to

the living God. A Brahmin has tried to turn the minds of the people

again and to restore the temple to the old idol, but I hope the attempt

will prove unsuccessful.

I have had many applicants for admission into the Colony during

the past year, whose wishes I have been compelled to refuse. A man

came from a distance and asked me to receive him, but he wished to

borrow 2,000 rupees, and to be supported by me together with his

family.

A tradesman requested me to build a large house for him and

to lend him money for his trade, and then he would come and live here.

It is a sad thing to find people get so ignorant of our intentions.

The schools continue to flourish.

Reading and writing, arithmetic,

and the elements of Geography are taught.

The Bible and good tracts

are read.

The children make satisfactory progress and seem to take

a delight in the word of God.

At a distance from regular control

and superintendence, schools cannot be established with advantage, as

long as we have no christian schoolmasters.

Besides, the attendance

of poor farmers’ children is always very irregular from the necessity of

their being employed in assisting their parents,

I have not been enabled to make more than one Missionary excursion

Sometimes the

this year, and this was ounly of a fortnight’s duration.

audience is very attentive.

I have in some villages had visitors who

conversed with me till late at night. Brahmins are generally more stub-

born than the common people.

When they feel the power of the word

and are unable to gainsay any ‘longer, they will sometimes go away,

saying, Well, you may serve your God : -we shall serve ours as long

as we please,

E

t"!4

In the Lord’s hand are all hearts. He can turn them liké rivulets of

water.

May He direct the perverse hearts of this people to the way

of life.

He alone can open hearts and give life.

He will do it.

His

He will make it triumph to the praise and

is the cause of the Gospel.

glory of His name.

Awmen !

J. G STANGER.

I11. MALABAR.

THE CANNANORE STATION.

Rev. 8. IIebich.' Timothy, Jacob, Gnanamuthe, Catechists.

A year full of the mercies of our Covenant God has passed again.

My body He strengthened ; my soul He watered with the waters of

life, according as it is written : ‘“He that watereth shall be watered

also himself.” My labor He has made me to do with joy and gladness

of heart. And the labor He has blessed ; therefore fruit has sprung

forth out of it, and we pray, that it may be and remain to the eternal

praise of the Father in Christ Jesus.

Amen,

With God’s grace I have now been labouring -here at Cannanore

fully 6 years.

During the first 3 years the quickening power of His

word went first forth with might amongst the Tamil people, who are

strangers here, and many souls were gained of the Lord ; and amongst

the Portuguese people, amongst whom a good beginning had been made,

and amongst the Europeans, both gentlemen and soldiers, the work of

the Lord was prospering.

In the Tamil Chureh, the fire of the Lord

first began to sever the chaff from the wheat, many went back, and my

grief was great.

Unto the Portuguese the way of Jesus of Nazareth,

the son of God became too narrow; and except two whom the Lord

took to Himself they ceased from following the Lord.

During that

period the Native Regiments were changed as well as the European.

New ones came,

Preparation was made to enter more fully amongst

the Native Malayalam population.

Just four years ago we settled at

Tahy, the fisher-village,

Three years ago we built a house at Chirakal;

and since that time the work of the Lord is increasing amongst the

Malayalam people. Their annual great festivals are regularly visited.

Then there was a tie when the gentlemen altogether despised the

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word, but behold the Lord went forth with power amongst the soldiers

of the new Regiment, and during two years it pleased Him to form for

Himself out of them a Church, which proclaims His holy Name of

Jesus, crucified and glorified to the praise of the Father.

Amen

During this period the native Church has been more established in the

truth, and new members have been added to it, both from among the

Tamil and Malayalam people

In this last year, of which I am now

goin

with God’s grace, to give a short Report, it pleased the Lord to

In all

show His quickening power again, chiefly amongst the gentry

this the Lord has been my strength.

In the holy week preceding Easter, when we commeémorated the

sufferings of our Lord Jesus, it pleased the Lord to put it into the

minds of two dear brethren of the European church, Joseph Searle and

George O'Brien to enter into the Mission work, and I covenanted with

them in the name of the Lord that they should be in cur mission in all

thinoe like our Native brethren, the Catechists, in order to labor with

God’s grace in His Holy Jesu’s Name, amougst the Malayalam peo.

ple, according as the Lord will direct us,

They both . are since the

end of August with me, and study the Malayalam language at Chirakal

under Jacob

They both according to their own choice have been

married to Native girls, Searle on the 4th of October and O’Brien on

the 18th December, 1846, and are happy. I hope with God’s grace that

through the service of these two dear brethren, amongst many other

blessings, a reward will be given again by the Lord to the Natives, for

that time of my labors in the Lord, which 1 have spent amongst the

Europeans for their salvation.

May the Lord bless them and set them

again a blessing, and may they have grace at all times to remember

that they have with the son of God chosen the crossin this pilgrimage,

that also my hope which I have in the Lord on their behalf may aot be

put to shame

I recommend these two dear brethren, with all my dear

Native fellowlaborers, to the fervent prayers of all those who pray for

the coming of His kingdom.

Amen

April 15th, 1846, we went for the first time to the Cherrukoonara

Heathen festival, in order to preach there amongst the people the un-

searchable riches of Christ

but the people treated us so shamefully

there, that we praised the Lord, when He safely rescued us out of their

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hands on that evening

On the 14th June, 1846, I baptized Johannes, a young man who la-

boured at Chirakal a weaver.

The 8th of July is a day humbly remem-

bered’ by us allas a day of special grace of our Lord towards us, in which

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we had the grace to bury the remains of our dear sister, Captain W,

Bisset’s Lady, who fell asleep in the Lord in the night preceding.

We buried her according to our manner, when the whole European and

Native congregations were present

“Precious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of His saints.”

The Lord’s day, 4th October, was for most of us a day of great glory,

in which I had the grace to baptize 10 souls, 4 men, 2 women, and 4,

children.

May the Lord keep them unto Life eternal, and bless them

and set them a blessing.

Amen.

Mornings and Evenings during the whole of December we preached

the Gospel in all the streets and bazaars of Cannanore.

The people

listened very attentively, and received our books with great desire. From

the 14th until the 19th of this month of February, 1847, we had the

grace to visit again the Payawar Heathen festival, where we could do

our work in the name of the Lord freely.

Because of the small-pox

which is raging here at Cannanore and in the neighboarhood, and which

carries many people away, this place was at this time less visited. We

are now again preparing for the Taliporamba festival which takes place

in about a fortnight,

That the Lord may be gracious unto all these

thousands is our prayer. The people do know us now, and are in one

way or other prepared for us,

The power of darkness is very great.

Our divine services during the whole year, by God’s grace, have been

performed without interruption.

Every week three times, both in the

Native Church and English Church, viz ; on Lord’s days, Tuesdays,

and Fridays the native service in the morning from half-past Ten to

One 0’Clock, and the English in the evening from half past six to eight

o’Clock.

Every first Monday of the month we have regularly held our

Monthly Missionary Meetings in English, in which the Lord is always

very gracious unto us, which makes us think highly of these meetings.

During this period, from March 8th, 1846, to February 24th, 1847,

we celebrated,

10 times the Holy Lord’s supper (always both congregations joining.)

S NMenii o .

1

2 Women........

5 Children... ..

l}Were baptized.

9 Children of the cét;ér;a;g;l;ign J

4 Women...

®

5 Children..

L]

} wer\e ‘buried.

and 3 Couples married.

The Native Congregation leaves me thqs much to say. My spirit

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is always much refreshed amongst them. The word of life is in the

whole received by them,

Only 2 youths whom my heart loves much,

have much grieved my spirit,

May the Lord have mercy upon them

and us.

Amen,

A crowd of boys and girls have now been gathered

around me ; the boys I have just sent to Chirakal where the brethren

there take care of them.

And the girls are at Tahy where Timothy’s

wife and sister take care of them.

The four Malayalam schools went on regularly during the whole year .

but at present they are almost empty on account of the small pox, which

is raging,—many people die,

At Chirakal the hatred of the villagers is increasing

is preached near and far,

S F)ut the word

Also at Tahy all seems dead.

Our first fruit there, Patros, has also

been overcome by the devil and draws back from us.

But this does

not discourage us, The Lord will do all things well. Patros gave up

his schoolmastership, and in his place is now a Tier man.

Our christian friends here are now enlarging the chapel by 30 feet

in length.

Blessed be the Lord for all that He does, and may our faith

and the number of those who love God daily increase to the praise of

the Father,

Pray for us, brethren,

Love and peace be with you all.

Now the

God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that

Great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting

covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, work-

ing in you that which is wellpleasing .in His sight, through Jesus

Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever,

Amen,

Cannanore, 27th February, 1847.

S. HEBICH.

THE TE LLICHERRY STATION.

Rev. H. Gundert and Mrs. Gundert, Rev. Chr. Irion and

Mrs, Irion, Rev. C. Miiller and Mrs. Miiller, Rev, F. Mijller

and Mrs, Miller and Miss Kegel. Catechists : Joseph, Mattui,

Ananden and Vedamuttee.

With joy and gratitude to God we record the Principal events of the

past year. He has vouchsafed health to all the members of the Mission,

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so that eéach of us was enabled to porform his individual share of ouf

common labor.

He has given us tokens of his- presence with us, and

We have seen some fruits of

of His blessing resting upon our work.

out ministry in some of those souls to whom we have preached the

word of grace.

Weé have had the privilege of welcoming bac

k t‘o*Ind"'ia’ our dear:

Brother Gundert and his wife, who have returned by the help of the

Lord with rénewed health and strength, within fifteen’ months from

their departure for Europe,

May they long live and labor and be

blessed in their work to the glory of His name, to whom we owe all that

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we have and are.

Our Tellicherry congregation has not grown much since the last re-

Govindea the then candidate for baptism was baptized on

port.

We are satisfied with

Pentecost.

His Christian name is Thomas.

him; he walks in the fear of God and receives the truth of His word

more and more fully.

His conduct proves that he does not content

himself with being a hearer only. Kungikutty, a native of Mahe, had

for a long time halted on both sides, when he was strengthened by the

Spirit of God to make afree and bold profession of his faith before’ his

people. He was baptized on the 16th August: His name is Timothy.

Having been a physician, he has lost his practice, but he rather rejoices

On thé 13th December his wife,

in his deliverance from darkness.

Eunike, and his three children, Christian, Jonah and Rachel followed

his example.

They have to suffer from the enmity of their relations

and the people of their caste ; but the Saviour with whom they have

taken refuge gives them rest and peace of soul amidst all their trouble.

Besides these converts, eight children, born to members of the congre-

gation, were baptized.

On the 23rd June, Baker, the Mussulman backslider mentioned in

a former report, appeared again at Nettur before the Mission house,

and begged with many tears and the most earnest professions of peni-

tence for re-admission.

We treated him rather harshly and told him,

that we did not wish to see him here at all, as he had proved himself

We sent him however to Br. Hebich at Cannanore,

After

a hypocrite.

a few days he returned and pleaded for mercy. He confessed that we

were perfectly justified in casting him away from us, and in disbelieving

every word he spoke; still, he hoped, that we would once more have

compassion upon him, as the Lord he trusted would receive him again,

He offered to do any work, however meéan, if we would only permit

him' to stay with us.

Br. C. Miiller who lives in the town took him

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into his house as a servant.

We are still unable fo come-to a decision

with regard to his character,

Mary, the poorwoman in the poor house, who was baptized last year,

fell asleep in the Lord on the 24th December.

Her happy death pro-

duced a good impression upon the rest of the poor house inmates,

Four of them receive catechetical instruction, but they are slow in

comprehending and get slower in believing the truth of God.

About a year ago the members of our congregation commenced to

hold weekly prayer meetings among themselves, which have been of

great advantage to them.

On these occasions they unite also for the

settlement of disputes and misunderstandings among themselves, and

lay their troubles and difficulties before the Lord.

We are thereby

relieved from the tedious investigation of minute matters, and our

Christians acquire by degrees more independence of judgment, and

more practical wisdom. Of course we keep an eye upon the proceed-

ings of these assemblies.

The Lord’s supper has with some exceptions

been celebrated once a month.

The number of pupils in our boys’ institution has risen to 41. Among

those who have recently entered, there is Lucas, (the nephew of Paul

of Chombala) whose baptism was reported last year.

He is twenty

years of age and is, as far as we can judge, really converted,

Another,

Ambutty of Tellicherry, has repeatedly asked for baptism, He is six-

teen years old ; we are much pleased with his character and conduet,

and hope to baptize him soon.

Some have left the School.

office.

Mark is employed in our priuting

He has considerable mechanical talent, and we wish to work

our lithographic press, as soon as possible, by our own people, Matta

has been sent to Mangalore, where he is to learn bookbinding.

Ma-

dura died of consumption on the 5th February., Having been neglected

in his infancy by his parents and relations, he never enjoyed good

health,

We sent him at last to the poor house were Br, C. Miiller

baptized him at his urgent request a short time before his death. No

change has been made in our plan of instruction ; but since some time

we have made our boys work in our garden during the afternoons. We

intend to continue this arrangement under which they spend part of the

day in manual labor, but find it difficult to provide suitable -employ-

ment for them,

Of the correctness of the principle we are convinced.,

The health of the boys improves ; they acquire a habit of working with

their own hands, most necessary for many of them after they will have

left school ; besides we find they do not learn much less now in half

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a day, than they did formerly when kept to their lessons all day long.

Some English friends here and at Cannanore, have by most liberal con-

tributions, for which we pray the Lord to bless them abundantly, ena-

bled us to build a house for the institution, close by our dwelling house.

This is a great relief both tor ourselves and for the boys, who were for-

merly crowded together in one room of the Mission house.

laét

The girls’ school contains at present 21 pupils, iwo less than the

year. Four of them were carried away by their foolish parents; three

were returned to Cannanore, their parents living there, and preferring

to place their children near them in Br. Hebich’s school; for the same

Ca-

reason one girl went to Calicut and entered Br. Fritz's school.

tharine, the poor sickly child, died of consumption on the 5th March,

1846. Two orphan girls of European parents have also been received

into the school.

Reading, writing, ciphering are taught in the school;

Part of the day is thus

they learn also passages of scripture by heart.

occupied, the remainder is set aside for sewing, knitting, lacemaking,

and other female work. Little can be said of the spiritual state of the

girls; some of them have not yet been baptized Only in four of them,

we discern signs of a wark of grace : these are communicants.

Heathen Schools.

The word of God is read in them, parts of it

committed to memory and impressed upon the minds and hearts of the

scholars by the brethren superintending and visiting the schools. This

part of our work does not present a very promising appearance, but we

must humbly content ourselves with doing our duty, and leave the rest

to Him who alone can change the minds and renew the hearts of the

In June last we were obliged to discontinue

young as well as the old.

our school at Katirur ; we established one at Kurichil, three miles from

this, and in August we erected another at Manaparattu, 8 miles from

this,

The attendance in these schools is on an average as follows,

Fishervillage 27, Fort 22, Dharmapatna 24, Kurichil 25. Manapa-

ratu 30, Waddageery Tier school 25, Waddagerry fishervillage, 22.

The day school of roman Catholic girls, which is conducted by Mrs.

C. Miiller in her own house, has suffered through Mrs. Miiller’s sick-

ness.

Since her recovery the girls have re-commenced attending the

school.

From six to ten children come every day.

Another day school, also in the town, has been opened for Tier girls,

and is attended by upwards of 20 children.

We find it difficult to ex-

clude all heathen books and heathen teaching from this school.

Much

patience, kindness, and perseverance are here required.

Public preaching in connection with our daily visits to the schools

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has been continued. Many a soul has ﬁeard the word of life ; may the

Lord bless it to their salvation.

Br. T. Miiller accompanied Br. Fritz

on a journey to Cochin, Trichur, Palghat, Coimbatoor and the Nilagiris.

They found those heathen, who had never before heard the Gospel

ready enough to listen to the preaching of the name of Jesus Christ,

and to assent to many truths, but generally they would end by saying :

This is all very good, but how are we to provide for our bellies if we

join you? The Roman Catholic churches, of which there are many in

those parts, seem altogether dead in ignorance and sin, and are rather

stumblingblocks in the way of the idolatrous Hindus, than lights illu-

minating the darkness.

At Aujercandy, where Ananden is employed as Catechist, the con-

gregation has been visited by sickness and death.

A bad fever raged

among the people of the plantation.

A lad of 19 years, an old widow

and a young woman, together with her new-born babe and another child

of hers, were taken from us in the course of the year. The two women

have died in the faith ; of the young man we can say nothing particular,

as the fever kept him insensible to the moment of his death: besides

Two men and four women have been

these, four children have died.

baptized.

Five couples have been married. The Lord’s supper has

been celebrated six times. One man has been excommunicated. Another

who was last year under excommunication has been re-admitted to the

privileges of the Church.

This little church is exposed to many temp-

tations and dangers.

Some have not yet been able to overcome alto-

gether their old vice of drinking.

Still there is a seed of God among

them, and His spirit is working among the congregation, for which the

name of the Lord be praised.

At Chombala, the other out-station, the Lord has wrought miracles

of grace during the past year. Paul’s mother a woman of 70 years, and

Lucas her grandson, whom we have mentioned above, have been brought

to the faith, They and a little girl of the family were baptized on the

7th of August.

The oid mother praises the name of God for having

opened her eyes, to see her Saviour, who alone can give her light and

peace for the remainder of her days and her last hours.

Paul’s elder

brother is now still more angry if possible, yet he does not dare to re-

proach or to ill-treat his mother,

He considers them all fools and has

often offered to give them a plaster which would restore them to their

senses,

Poor man! Paul is now and then again consulted and seut

for by sick people, and he uses these opportunities faithfully for telling

the patients of Him who can cure their souls, and of the saving medi-

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cine of the Gospel; sometimes people will entreat him not to speak of

these things, but he tells them, if they call him they must not expect

Lim to be silent about Christ

Waddagerry, a large village eight miles south of Chombala has been

occupied by Catechist Vedamutta

Quilandy the nearest southern sta-

tion, is an outstation of the Calicut brethren

thus outposts are almost

in sicht of one another

The schoolmaster, Jacob, whose story has

been given in the last report

has been deserted by all the children

This was to be expected. On all such occasions the Maplis never fail

to show their zeal against us, by assisting our enemies

Herod and

Pilate are agreed against Christ.

Also our Catechist has given us

some trouble

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We pralse the Lord for the continuance of His grace and merey

towards us.

He, the Saviour of Sinners, does not cease to glorify His

And all those who long for

holy name in the salvation of lost souls.

the coming of the kingdom of God will join with us, heart and soul, in

giving thanks unto Him, who is the Giver of every good gift and the

Doer of every good work

H. GUNDERT

C IRION

C. MULLER

F., MULLER

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THE CALICUT STATION.

Rev. J, M. Fritz and Mrs, Fritz, Rev. J. Huber and Mrs. Huber ;

Catechists, Titus, Simon and Benjamin.

The Indian Missionary has to guard against two opposite faults : he

must not indulge in too sanguine hopes when he commences his work,

and, when he has been engaged in his labors for some time, he must

not despise the small beginnings of the work of grace in the hearts of

men.

Man’s heart and God’s grace are still the same, as they were in

the days of old.

Sin and Satan are still formidable powers, but to the

Grace of God, even in our days and in this country, nothing is impossible.

Such has been our experience in the past year.

Our Mission family has received a most welcome accession in the

person of Mrs Huber.

We heartily wish that the Lord may grant her

health and strength, to help us in gathering and preparing lively stones

for the building of a temple of the living God.

In our little congregation we have had the joy of observing, that the

word of Gcd has not been preached in vain,

Several of the members

of the congregation have been awakened to new zeal and earnestness

in following the Lord. On the other hand we have had a hard contest

on account of caste prejudices, with that part of our congregation

whom we found here, when the Mission was established.

They had

retained many heathen notions with regard to the preservation of caste

distinctions,

Their jeader, who had considerable influence among

them, which he often exercised for good purposes, having died, they have

still farther separated from us.

May God give them grace to see that

the cross and shame of Christ are more glorious than all the glory of

the world.

“They went out from us because they were not of us.”

On Christmas-day last we had the rare joy of receiving 13 adult

persons and 5 children into the church of Christ by baptism.

One of

these converts is the son of a Pujari,

He had himself assisted his father

in his demon-worship. He was brought to the knowledge of the truth

by reading the word of God,

When be came to us he felt convinced

of the sin of idolatry, knew the wickedness of his own heart, and en-

quired after salvation. Joyfully we showed him the way to Christ, the

crucified Saviour of the world.

First he contented himself with ab-

staining from every act of idolatry himself, at a peculiarly busy time, on

account of the prevalence of cholera; then he was moved to speak de-

cided]y and fearlessly against the worship of demons, denouncing it as

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useless and sinful.

His father and relations now began to be angry

with him, but without understanding his motives for such a change of

conduct and language.

After a while they observed that he paid fre-

He was sent to a relative

quent visits to our Catechist at Kotakal.

living at a distavce of 7 miles, who was requested to have an eye upon

him.

After a short time he ran away from hLis relative, returned to his

parents, and recommenced his visits at Kotakal

At this period I met

him once at the Catechist’s house.

He was then perfectly free from su-

perstition, but the light and comfort of the Gospel had not yet entered

I exhorted him to seek God with his whole heart, to pray

his heart.

for a new heart and for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and explained to him

the way of salvation which is in Christ Jesus.

When I saw him again,

after an interval of one month, I found him much changed. His heart

was free‘from fear, he was resolved to forsake, if necessary, father and

mother, house and family, and to become a dead man unto them, having

devoted himself entirely to Christ Jesus, in whom he had found peace

We

and hope.

Still he had not yet broken his mind to his people.

had again a long and interesting conversation, which we closed with

prayer.

Next morning he made an open profession of his faith before

his mother, brothers and sisters, (his father being absent) and invited

them to seek with him the salvation of their souls,

They listened to

him in silence, and wept.

His father did all in his power to dissuade

When words had pro-

him from his purpose of becoming a Christian.

ved powerless, he contemplated force.

Now the young convert left

his house and took refuge with us, carrying with him the sacrificial

sword, with which he had often wounded his head while dancing before

the goddess, the sacred bell and the altar. This he did for the purpose

of showing his contempt of the demon, and proving its nothingness,

When his deed became known the people expected him to fall a victim

to the rage of offended Bhagavati,

However nothing happened to

him, and we hope that the goddess will never recover from this blow

given to her influence among the people of that neighbourhood. We

pray that the Lord may give grace to the whole family of Jacob, to se-

parate themselves from the powers of darkness and to put on Christ

the Lord of righteousness. His mother and a youager brother of his

appear well inclined. May the Father draw them to the son.

Another of the new converts is Daniel, formerly Ramen, Heisof a

respectable Nair family, who had in former days held considerable pro-

perty in Palghat. He received, what the natives call a respectable educa=

tion, that is, he was taught the shastras at an early age, and the obscene

stories of the Puranas, which according to his own account corrupted his

mind when he was almost a child.

His conscience reproved him for his

sins but neither his conscience nor the laws of his religion, nor all the aus-

terities which he practised according to its directions. had the power of

redeeming him from the yoke of his own depravity. He had undertaken

two pilgrimages of penance, one to Ramishvara, the other to Gocarna,

but in vain.

He had found no peace. A third and greater pilgrimage

to Benares was already decided upon, when he met our catechist, Titus

in the Bazaar, and entered into a conversation with him.

Titus spoke

to him on the vanity of idolatry, the worthlessness of self-imposed pen-

ance, and preached to him and to Velu, his companion, Jesus Christ,

the real Saviour from sin, who has taken away the sin of the world by

His death on the cross.

They listened seriously and were invited to

come to the Mission house; I was so pleased with their conversation

that I asked them to stay with us, and to learn the counsel of God for

After some hesitation they

the salvation of the world more fully.

agreed to remain with us, supporting themselves by the labor of their

own hands.

A great struggle they had to sustain in their own hearts,

before they could humble themselves as poor sinners under the word of

God, and rest their hope of salvation on Christ alone, the Lamb slain

for the sins of the world.

Velu also entreated us to baptize him, and

we could not forbid him the water, although he had not made as much

Also in

progress as Rameu, on account of the sincerity of his desire.

the other neophytes we can discern signs of spiritual life.

They are

new born children, and give a good deal of trouble now and then. May

the Lord give unto us love and patience, that we may cherish them and

nourish them with the pure milk of the Gospel.

In December, 1845, Mrs, Fritz commenced a female boarding school,

the number of whose pupils has been doubled in the course of the last

year.

Most of the 27 girls under our charge are orphans, and have

A few of them are

been in danger of temporal and eternal misery.

children of very poor protestant parents who cannot afford to give

them a good education.

Some friends of the Nission have very ge-

nerously given us contributions for this school, for which we beg to

give them our hearty thanks :

May the Lord bless them with heaven-

ly gifts.

Simple elementary instruction is given in the school 3 they

learn reading and writing, casting accounts and singing.

With reading

the Bible and singing they seem to be best pleased.

In the afternoons

they learn sewing and knitting

QOur object is to train them in the

fear of God, so that they may under His blessing become good christ-

A

4

6

ian wivesand mothers. One of the poor girls has died of dropsy, a;fter

a long and painful sickness.

Her death seems to have made some im-

pression upon the hearts of her companions.

Mrs. Huber takes a share

in the management. of this school.

May many of these stray little

sheep be gathered into the fold of the Good Shepherd.

Much has been said against the employment of Heathen schoolmas-

ters in the service of Missions.

Qur experience seems to be in favor

of the old system.

In the course of the past year oneof our heathen schoolmasters was

converted and baptized.

The scholars deserted him, almost all, and

we were obliged to discontinue the school.

Now, however, we have

some prospect of settling him again in his former situation with the

hope of a full school.

In his village we could never have expected a

christian schoolmaster, being a stranger, to have gathered a sufficient

nurcber of boys to begin a school with.

Two boys, one 135, the other 17 years old, had attended one of our

heathen schools, which was dissolved by the death of the schoolmaster.

They came to us and requested to be instructed in Christianity.

It

was found that they had been taught by the late schoolmaster to be-

lieve in the Bible, and to look upon the Christian religion as the only

true one.

We received them as Catechumeni.

The entreaties and

threats of their relations had no effect upon them.

They have remain-

ed steadfast and give us much satisfaction by their conduet and their

zeal in learning.

The poor schoolmaster, had formerly induced also

two other pupils to forsake heathenism.

He himself lingered, and

while he lingered he was seized by death.

Thus the first became last

and the last first.

For the support of sincere enquirers or young converts, something

ought to be done to afford them the means of procuring a livelihood by

their own labor, We intended to teach some of our boys and young

men the trades of carpenters and sfniths, and a friend has suggested to

us the plan of setting up a small paper manufactory for the same pur-

pose.

A few hundred rupees, which the liberality of some christian

friends might easily find to bestow upon so desirable an object, would

enable us to make a commencement, and would be received by us with

the highest gratitude.

The Nayadis of Kotakal have given us a good deal of trouble.

Six

of them died of cholera during the last monsoon, whereby the rest

were so frightened that they run away from the sick and the dying to

hide themselves in the jungles.

Polygamy and adultery are sins, alas,

common amongst them, although they know well their crimi:;ality.

They are beggars by birth and trade, and we have had much difficulty

in accustoming them to a life of regularity and industry.

They have

very few wants, and when they have some store of food they sometimes

take it into their heads to have some holidays, perhaps just at the

busiest season of the year, and we have never succeeded to change such

a determination of idlenress.

However we shall not despair.

The

Father has given the heathen to his son for an inheritance, and we hope

that divine grace will couvert also some of these outcasts into happy

heirs of salvation, yea, into children of God.

Our three Malayalam schools at Calicut have been continued in the

usual way., We have much to complain of the irregularity, the careless-

ness, and idleness of many boys.

The school at Elladur, a village six

miles to the north of Calicut has been discontinued, because the school-

master has become a Christian.

At Quilandi, 14 miles north of Cali-

cut we have added a fifth school to the four we had before established.

This new school is attended by 25 boys and 8 girls.

The aspect of these schools is not very promising.

However we

have no other way of gaining influence upon the rising generation,

Many a boy learns carelessly at school, what may in future rouse his

The sower must sow in hope, or he

conscience and change his mind.

will never reap.

Our whole work we recommena to the care and help and blessing of

Him, who is the Lord of the harvest.

T. M, FRITZ.

J. HUBER.

THE NILAGIRI STATION.

Rev. G. H, Weigle and Mrs. Weigle, and Rev. M, Biille:.

In March, 1845, Br. Weigle was obliged on account of his ewn and

Mrs. Weigle’s health, to leave his former station, Mangalore, and to

proceed first to Mercara and then to the Nilagiri hills, where he was

most kindly received by several esteemed christian friends.

When to-

wards the end of the year he felt his strength returning, his attention

was naturally drawn towards the inhabitants of the Hills, of whom, the

most numerous tribe, the Badagas, speak a dialect of the Cararese.

In October 1845, a distinguished and generous friend of the Mission-

48

ary cause, who had long been desirous of doing something for the

evangelization of the Hill tribes, proffered his aid for the establishing

of a Missionary station in so liberal a manner that our Committee at

once resolved on stationing Br. Weigle on the Hills, and sending out

another Brother, who had been for many years a tutor in the Basle

Missionary College.

At the same time it was resolved to provide ac-

commodation for such of our -Brethren in the low country as might

find themselves compelled by failure of health to leave the scene of

their labors for a season, and who might yet be enabled by their know-

ledge of the Canarese language, to take a share in the work among the

H:Il tribes. It is hoped that the two schemes which the Society has in

view in establishing a Mission on the Hills, namely, the preaching of

the Gospel among the Hill tribes, and erection of a Sanatarium for

the brethren in the low country, will be most effectually combined and

farthered by the erection of two or three small settlements in the most

densely populated parts of the Hills; and steps have accordingly been

taken towards the acquisition of eligible spots, but as nothing has been

settled hitherto in a definitive manner, it is out of our power to

state the particulars.

It may be seen, however, from what has been

stated, that this new Missionary enterprise which our Society has un-

dertaken, in dependance on the Lord and His faithful people, is likely

to be permanent, and that there will be no want of laborers ; a consider-

ation, whicli it is hoped, will call forth the prayers as well as the aid of

mauy Christians in this country, more especially of such as owe a debt

of gratitude to God for the re- establishment of their health by a sojourn

in this very interesting country.

“During the last year Br. Weigle has visited a large number of Bada-

ga villages, and spoken to the inhabitants of the word and way of Life.

He was in some instances listened to with attention, but more frequent-

1y has been received with great indifference, owing probably to the

general inactivity of mind prevalent among the inhabitants of this

secluded district, rather than to any positive aversion against the truths

Also with some Todas and a good number of

he had to proclaim.

Kotas, he has become acquainted, though their slight acquaintance with

the Canarese, has hitherto been an obstacle in the way of a more fami-

liar intercourse,

It will, of course, be one of the principal endeavors

of the Missionaries te make themselves fully acquainted with the pe-

culiar idioms of these tribes, as well as with the dialect of the Badagas,

in order to qualify themselves more fully for the preaching amongst

them.

49

A valuable aid towards the establishment of a familiar intercourse

with the natives has been the vaccination of their children, which they

are very anxious to have performed on account of the frequent and

deplorable ravages of small pox amongst them.

Br. Weigle has

vaccinated about seven hundred children as well as adults during the

last year, and hopes to use this important means of introduction also

in the present year.

Two schools have been established at the villages Katern and Chow-

atorre ; they are as yet but scantily attended, and a prejudice of the

Badagas, which causes them to consider the Tamil language as the only

one worth learning, though it is altogether a foreign idiom to them,

isa

very serious obstacle to their efficiency ; still we have reason to rejoice

that a beginning, at least, has been made, and that a number of Badaga

youths do meet to receive together with the elements of knowledge,

also the first impressions of scriptural truth,

As almost all the boys

are employed in the fields as soon as they are able to assist their parents,

it has been necessary to establish evening schools which begin at sun-

set, and are carried on till ten or eleven o’Clock at night, Upon these,

more than upon the day-schools rests our hope,

Br. Biihler i“s busily engaged with the study of the Canarese lan-

guage, which is not only the necessary stepping stone towards the ac-

quisition of the Hill dialects, but will at once qualify the Missionary

to make himself understood by the Badagas, though of course, his use-

fulness will increase with the measure ofhis acquaintance with the dia-

lects themselves.

May the Lord in His own good time gather unto himself a people

also from among these poor and ignorant trihes !

G. H. WEIGLE.

M. BUHLER,

&

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CENSUS OF THE MISSION.

European agents

i |

MANGALORE.

MALASAMUDRA

Tulu Congreganon

191

Communicants

°

ami

0.

°

25

Schoolmasters

Catechumeni

16

o

Boys schools 3

Da

Boarding Schools, boys 57, girls, 33 90

Colonists and others attendmg

Schools, English School 50,

Divine Service

e

°

wo Canarese 80, TamJl 18, Tulu

e ] 61

School 10

158

CANNANORE

Schoolmasters

[l

e 87

Catechists

MULKI

Youths

°

Schoolmasters (heathen)

Congregation

e

50

Scholars

°

25

%

Schoolmaster Monitor

Native Congregatlon, communi-

School of Christian boys

ee

cants 80, Children 75

155

— §9

English Congregatwn (Commu-

nicants about 70)

150

HONORE

—566

TELLICHERRY.

Congregation

Catechist

Catechists

Schools 2

45

Schoolmasters

Schoolmasters

Scholars

175

Congregation Telhcherry 69 An-

jercandy 55 Chombala 17

.

141

DHARWAR.

Seminary

41

Female boarding School

21

Do.

day schools

30

Congregation

°

o

26

Catechumeni

Catechist

Female boarding School

14

CALICUT

Day schools 5 boys’ 210. 2 gu‘l-

schools 30

240

Schoolmasters

Catechumeni

10

—288

Catechists

Schoolmasters

Day schools, Boys 2/5 Girls 24..

299

HUBLY.

Female boarding school

27

Congregation

Congregation (including Xtian-

Schoolmasters

Children and Communicants 26.) 46

Boys schools 5

300

—395

Girls schools 4

0

.

65

NILAGIRI.

—376

Two Schools

20

Schoolmasters

2

BETTIGHERRY

Catechist

1

Catechist

e

Low country christians attendmg

Schoolmasters

daily prayer and worship

Girls schools 3

E——

81

Boys schools 6

272

Total

3245

362

e — S

51

EXPENDITURE OF THE MISSION

DURING THE YEAR,

1845—46

R.

A. P,

R.

A,

P

Private expenditure of 21

Buildings and Repairs

4,963 2 1

Brethren 11 of whom were

English School at Mangalore

874 2 11

married

°

20,331 3 63

Boys Institutions

4,105 1 8%

Brethren VIoeglmg s, Gun«

Girls Institutions

°

2,492 1 3

dert’sand family’s and Sut-

Printing Establishments

1,803 0 9

ter’s and family’s voyage

Printing at other places

s

559 3 9}

to Europe

Agrlcultural Outlay

e

3,253 1 8

Journeys in the Country .

Church fund at Ma.ngalore

200 0 O

Native Schools

Sundries

550 0 3

Catechists

Moonshees

g

Total Rupees. 59,923 0 10

Libraries

= T ONT~T D

NOOr=Wwik O

P

Postage

se

§)§

OB W O N

LIST OF DONATIONS

Received during the Year from the 1st November 1843,

to the 31st October, 1846

BOMBAY

HONORE

\l

Captain Gordon, Jaulnah

100 23 9

By Mess. Remington and Co.

ard Esquire

°

”

bA ]

Captam W. Hebbert for

Doctor Prichard

ee

20 ,,

3

Dharwar

ee

o

°

.

80 ,,

M

F. Lascelles, Esquire, Subscrlp—

Do

for Cannanore

50 ,,

b2 )

tions for April, May, J une,

W. S.Jacob’s Salary for

July, and August

12

"

January last..

200

?»”

From a friend at Deesa by

A. Graham, Esq.

100

»

270 , 4,

DHARWAR

400

¥ ”»

J. W. Muspratt, Esq.

°

100

19

5]

To Br. Moe

Captain Beaumont

50

9

"

E

ling by I. P

°

Captain Wingate ..

50

»

b1

Larkins,

8q.

100 ,

P5%)

Captain Beachcroft

20

"

1

500

W. E Frere, Esq. ..

50

1

bR

2.9

15

‘W. Legytt, Esq.

50

Doctor Doig

.

50

9

"

MANGALORE.

200

12

"y

S. Mansfield, Esq.

12

12

W. Parker Esquire

oo

120

9

b

200

3

t3 ]

Captain W. Hi

100

2

b2l

W. Hart Esq.

°

50

131

b

Captain Oliphant

200

b

2

Mr. Courpalais

30

”

18]

F. Anderson, Esquire

300

2

bl

Mrs. Wingate for the gxrls

G. Harris, Esquire

kbl

2

schoo

s

10

b4

2

Doctor Me Farlane

50

»

bRl

W. Robinson, Esquire

.

25

»

»”

860

M 3

w.

avie Esquire

.

420

2

H. Stokes, Esquire

500

bbl

2

CALICUT.

Lieutenant Mc Vicar

°

50

bb)

Ho Ve Connolly Esq for

rien

9

schools

”

”

Rev. H. Deane

.

0

24 2 ,,

Contributions to the Enghsh

Schoo

oo

874

211

oe

15 33 .23

3120

W. Goodwyn, Esq.

3% 5

F. Anderson ESqulre

9

J. Glasson, Esq

»

25 79 39,

Captain Ditmas

o

16

Rupees 5813 2 11

FOR THE GIRLS’ SCHOOL

s T

°

0

Mrs. Glasson

Mrs, Goodwyn

1o 2999

FE9Y

382 36

S s —

52

Re A. Ps

R. A,

P.

NEILGHERRIES.

Colonel Budd by Colonel Clarke

adras

30 2 9

Mr. Hullock

1o 27 9

A friend, subscnptxons forJ uly,

220 o o

August September, and

October

200

19

MADRAS

G. Bird, Esq Coimbatore .

0’1

Colonel A. Lawe

200

1 »

260 1 1

Parsons Esq. by G. Van

Someren, Esq.

100

3

ADEN

300 9 39

By Captain C. Taylor

CANNANORE

Captain J. H. Kennedy

1o

25

b

Lieutenant Rich

°

10

3’

7

Conductor J. Ball

Mrs. Rich

10

29

3

Private Morris

2 ,,

22

’7

Lieutenant H. D. James

bR

2

2

b4

Lieutenant Simon Taylor

15

2%

’”

Mrs. Hickley

6 ,,

"’

Ensign J. P. Fraser

72

”

Private Job Golds

12

»”

Captain C. Taylor

20

’”

bR4

Collection in a Mission box by

a friend

13 3

Do.

by 3 children

4 2

P Ty

85 99599

Captain W, Hi

100 ,,

L3

A Birthday’s gift

2

2

MASULIPATAM.

Mrs. Mc Gregor

S )

”

Mrs. Wells

.

10 ,,

”

ByDrW R. Smyth A, B

Her sisters

20 5,

.44

Brigadier A. Cooke

9

59

Mrs. General Walker

45 ,,

124

Mr.B. D. Prazer

b4

99

A friend

Mr. S. Jamigsson

39

”

12 ,,

b4

Mr. L. D. Prazer

”

Major J. P. Woodward

100 ,,

i

Rev. H. Fox A. B

bl

Captain 'W. Bisset

35 5,

29

il

”

Serjeant Rin

TOW

»”

e

Rev. R. Noble A. B

ok

12

bR

Captain A.

il

Young

63 55

124

John Mathison Esq. M

A

SO =O

9

”

Private Balfour

»

39

Lieut. Col. Johnson, 26th

Captain R. Shubrick

100 ,,

"

Regiment

et

b3 5

Captain W. Cantis

100 ,,

2

Mr. P. Marsh

b

bRl

Miss. C. O’Connell

1 ,,

%

My, J. W. Taylor ..

29

b2l

MISS F.

(’Connell

25

L

124

Mr. W. Lodge

°

)

9

3 yearly Mlssmn box by Potts.

e

"

Mr. W. Roberts

3

99

The women’s prayer

Icetmg

Mr. D. S. Turner

bRl

b4

0X

°

15

Mr. J. F. Lincoln

12

L2

Lieut

46

99

e R LD

2

9

Lieut. Boileau

Cooper

13

”

g/

Mr. J. Beeby

. S. Hughes

M

”

Mr

37

2

Lieut. P. O’Connell

20

39

39

M., Du“fey

?’2

1

Lieut. H. O’Connell

30

124

bS]

Mr.

James Grogan

9

3

F. Anderson Esq. for the poor

10

bas

1

Mr. W. Duffe

3 2

2?

A Thank offering to the Lord,

Mr.

S. W. Woods

l”

99

from a family, Four of whose

Ensign W. P. S. Smyth

57’

»”

members were converted through

Doctor W. R. Smyth

10 39293

His Word

in the Mission

Chapel 1846.

500 vy 5

108 ,, »,

Captain S. Young

bR ]

Collection in a Mission box by

a friend

.

1916

BANGALORE.

Lieut. A. Cooper

526

By Captain Dobbs

S. S. Brown Esq by Lieut. A.

Coloene! Clarke

0)9 134

Cooper

°

O!! i

Captain Dobbs

50 ,,

22

Lieut. E. Gage

1799

Captain Hull

30 4, 4

Monthly aubscnptlons of friends

Captain Harve

30 ,,

b

of H. M. 25th Regiment

5351 2

Doctor Cleghorn

°

30 ,,

32

Collections in the Monthly

Missionary meetings

154 3 11

190

b2

Collections of the Mission boxes

in the Church

b, 6

»

o

5

(3]

BETTIGHERRY

R. A, P.

For a school building in Locundy, Captain W mga'ce

50

r) 82

Do

S. Mansfield Esq.

150

1 A

200 0 0O

TOTAL AMOUNT

R. A. P

R. A, P

Bomba

500 0 0

5813 2 11

Bangalore

Madras

220 0 O

Honore

Mangalore

ee

300 0 o

Dharwar

270 0 0

Cannanore

2349 2 11

860 0 0

Bettigherry

s

200 0 o

Calicut

382 3 6

——

Nellghernes

ae

260 1 1

Total Rupees

en

85 0 0

ey Ecsesc————— -

11,363 ,, 5

Masuhpatam

103 8 0

-

FOR THE MISSION.

Donations received since the 1st November, 1846

to the end of February, 1847

CANNANORE

Lieut. M. Barbauld

it

b2

’”

A birthday’s gift

bR 8

Mrs. Hickle

w o

2

’”

Lieut. T. A. Boileau

29

b3 )

Captain A. G. Young

4}

b2

Mrs. Hickle

1

ba4

Conductor J Ball

b4

b

J. P. Larkins, Esquire

Y

7 i)

b2 ]

Private Tardelson

b2l

b4

Captain W. Cantrs

1

77

Samuel’s Mission box

5%

Miss, O’Connell

Captain W. Cantis

ok

2

L4

Poor box

"

b5

Miss. F. O’Connell

Women’s box

WO~ N®

9y

b2

b4

‘Women’s Missionary box

9

Josephina

29

3

Subscriptiens of H. M, 25th Regt 42

9

Captain A. G. Young

Smuwmsgww@

12

LR

Captain A, G. Young

bl

”

Lieut. I. H. Hickley

o)

?

Lieut. Th. H. Boileau

17

1

Lieut. E. Gage

29

b5

Lieut. E. Gage

"

1

Mrs. Tardelsen

Mrs. Hickley

”

E2 )

Conductor J. Ball

Captain Bisset for September,

Captain W. Bisset

y

i

October and November

15

L4

Conductor J. Ball

2

19

b2

Serjeant Ringrow

7

bA 4

”

bl

By Captain C. Stafford

o

”

0

Pott’s Missionary Box

LR

Captam W. Bisset

b2

bi4

Three Children’s Missionary hox 13

7%

. M. 256th Regiment

e

ROTOTNNGS

3y

Captain Cantis

10

9

i3]

A Lyon, Esquire, Bombay, by

Miss. F. O’Connell

5”

2

Dr. Gundert

5

Lo

95

Captain A. G. Youn

10

”

1)

Mrs. Wiggins

1o

Lieut. T. A. Boileau

5

Captain Cantis

10

1

184

Lieut® E. Gage

7

39

Miss. F. O’Connell

b3

29

Mrs., W. Cantis

bR 4

124

3

b4 1

5y

124

Collectiong in the Monthly

H. M. 256th Regiment

(< =)

Missionary Meetings

45

-

Captain 'W. Bisset

35

9

Collections in the Church boxes

14

{

3

Mrs. Hickley

b2)

kR4

L ——

James Osborne

b4

b2l

Rupees. 806 0. 3%

Lieut. J. H. Hickley

Qo

b4

3

Doctor Maillardet

Conductor Ball

Private Balfour

bR

2

b3l

?)

H. M, 25th Regiment

(<]

NN O=WNm

54

CALICUT

R. A. P

R,

A,

Captain G. S. williams

100 ,,

27

Captain Williams

100 ,,

27

H. V. Connolly, Esquire, for

H. V. Connolly, Esquire

o

100

29

Malayalam schools, for July

T. W. Goodwyn, Esquire

100 ,,

9

August

September, and

Mrs. Goodwyn

20 ,,

bR

October, 1846

135 2

124

Captain A. G. Young

1‘ 99

L

Do

for November and De-

cember, 1846

64 2

Captain 8. D. Young

3”

29

97

G. Glasson Esquire

5074,

124

FOR THE GIRLS’ SCHOOL

Rupees

770

2?7 33

Mrs. Baynes

10 ,,

79

Mrs, Williams

50

bal

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List of Subscribers to

he Tellicherry School house.

20

134

12

Lieut. Bean, Engineers

.

9

79

General Leslie, K. H.

10

Lieut. Winscorn, Engineers

99

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Lieut. Col. Williams, 15th Regt

99

2?7

2

79

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Captain Lambart

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13

Major W. G-. White, 35th Regt

Rev. H. Deane

10

7

Lieut. W. Tweedie, 35th Regt

9

79

Captain A. G. Young, 43rd. Regt. 10

73

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Lieut. G. Pringle, ..)5th Regt

2

1

Captain W. Cantis 15th Regt.

20

9?

1)

Captain Gustard

72

27

Lieut. Col. Tweedie 43rd Regt.

10

5

72

Lieut, I Carpendale, Engmeers

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b5

Lieut. A. Drury, 43rd Regt.

%

27

27

Lieut.C. W. F, Whish, 431dReovt 5

5

”

9

297

Mr. C. W. West, Post master

97

ba

Apothecary John Divine

0

79

Surgeon J. McGrrﬂ-gor

2?

7

Lantam S.D. Young, 43rd Regt. &

72

Mrs. A. W. Walker

10

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Mrs. C. King

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b8

A friend of the Mission

5

2

9

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79

97

Mrs. M. O. Walker

5

53

(2

10

Total at Cannanore.

79

2

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10

99

9

29

12

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Lieut. E. Gage

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Lieut. T. A. Boﬂeau "43rd Regt

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F. Anderson, Esqu;re

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577

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Lieut. chklcy, 15th Regt.

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550 73983

9 99

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Lieut. P. O’Connell, Engineers

10 5

19

Entire Total, Rupees

942 278

105,

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Lieut, Haig, Enwneev

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95

Conclusion,

Our most hearty thanks are due to our Indian friends for having

supported our Mission during the past year with more than usual liber-

ality.

We feel the more grateful for this increase in our Indian con-

tributions as the home income of our Society has, according to our

latest accounts from Germany, fallen short of the expenditure of the

Jast year by about (17000) seventeen thousand Rupees. This deficiency

is principally owing to the scarcity, by which Germany also has been

visited, during the past year.

The Lord has hitherto so graciously

supplied our wants, thatwe shall not dishonor Him by want of faith,

when He sees it good to try our confidence in him, Regarding the past

we have to deciare with the disciples of old : We have lacked nothing ;

and looking to the future we shall ask Him to give us grace to be care-

ful for nothing, to seek first His kingdom and His Righteousness, and

to believe, that whatever we need will be added unto us.

May His Name be glorified, His Kingdom come, and His Will be

done!

Amen.

S. HesicH,

J. M. Frirz,

Fr. MULLER,

G. H. WEIGLE,

Cuar. MULLER,

J. C, LEHNER,

C. L. GREINER,

J. AMMANN,

I. F. Merz,

H. MozGLING,

G. STANGER,

C. MoERIKE,

J. LAYER,

C. Irov,

G. WurTH,

H. Gu~nbERrT,

J. HusEg,

G. Kizs,

J. C. HiLLER,

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