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It is this time our pleasing duty to set out with sizcere and grateful acknowledgements of the generous liberality with which the extraordipary appeal, we were compelled to make last year, has been responded to by our Friends in a manner far exceeding our highest expectations. Upwards of eighteen thousand rupees have been contributed to the funds of our Mission, which were at a low ebb indeed, in the end of 1247, by the Christian public in the South and West of India. And we have to value this rich gift of love the higher, as the past year has laid a taxation unusually heavy upon the benevolence of the Indian public. Hearty thanks to all our large- hearted Brethren and Friends, and praise and glory to Him, who has remembered the necessities of His servants and supplied them out of the treasury of His Grace. This our ninth report contains nothing very remarkable or extra- ordinary. God be thanked we are all still alive, and at work in His service among the people of this country, for whom a day of Grace, we believe has come, We pray and liope, that the Lord of all grace will turn this wilderness into a garden, Our employment and experience does indeed beur a strong resemblance, to the situation of some bands of workmen, sent into the jungles to commence cultivation. We have cleared some patches of ground by cutting, and burning, and digging, by hard labour ; and we rejoice in our work and manner of life, as much as any other backwood’s man, who turns a piece of wilderness into a general abode of humanity In some places we are sowing the good seed, as it were among the very stumps and roots of trees, among the very rocks and bushes, in others the ground begins to have the as- pect of a regular ficld, or a pleasant garden Still we are surrounded by a wilderness, ever ready to encroach again, upon the hard won ground, the old vegetation is ever attempting to spring up with new luxuriance, and the sound of the roaring lion, seeking whom he may .devour, is often heard. Ner’are the labourers sent by the Lord of the 4 country, to take possession of the wilderness exempt from the hard- ships and dangers incident to their situation. They suffer now from the cold of unbelief, now from the fever of impatience, and in the heat of the day or in the loneliness of the dark night their spirits often sink. However, progress is made, and the wilderness will in due time, it may be when our own bodies will have been .sown into this ground, become a field, a garden of the Lord, full of plants of His own planting, of trees of righteousness, of fountains and rivers of living waters. Thus saith Faith ; let us believe Her words and pray and work for their fullfilment, while it is day. And may the Lord himself give His Amen aod His blessing. MANGALORE STATION. 1.—CONGREGATION. Rev. C. L. Greiner, Mrs. Greiner ; Rev. A, Biihrer, Mrs Biihrer; Rev. B. Deggeler. We have passed through another year, by the mercy and faithful- ness of our God. Many and great have been His favours, and we de- sire to praise and glorify His holy name, 1 bowing low before His face and humbling curselves for so many sins, infirmities, and short comings of which we must plead ourselves guilty. The past year has also been full of trials with regard to the state of our congregation, but the Lord gives us grace to believe, that the riches of His merey have not yet ceased neither shall ever do so; but that He will accomplish His work in His people. His grace has been visibly manifested in several, during the past year, by reproving, awakening, humbling and healing them. But many, we are sorry to say, are yet without a brokea and contrite heart, and not having expe- The rienced the enlivening power of the gospel, walk in darkness. love of this world and the lust of the flesh, more particularly are the worms which gnaw at the tree of spiritual life and prevent its cheerful Two adults only, a man and a woman and 14 children have growth, We have at present twelve been added to the Church, by baptism. but it is yet doubtful, whether we persons under regular instruction ; Several others shall be able to admit all of them into the church. have applied for baptism but have turned back. The Lord seems to The people there, gather a little flock at our out station, Utchilla. are more willing to hear the word than in any other place. The man o whose baptism has been mentioned above, is from that place. Two young men there (one of them a Fisherman, the other a Toddy drawer) have been impressed with the truth and have joined us. Both of them had to undergo a hard struggle, The one was sorely tried by his mother and other relations; they endeavoured by entreaties and threat- enings to hinder him from taking the fatal step, all their attempts were in vain. The other one, after having left his wife and house, was told But the that he sheuld be received again into his mother’s house, people of his caste refused to receive him as they were afraid that thus their caste would be destroyed ; still they tried all they could to per- suade him to return to their caste, He did not listen, but a fortnight later they succeeded, with the help of some influential farmers, in get- ting him first into their own house, and after sometime to a distant village, and arrangements were made to receive him back. But great anxiety of mind was felt by him; in the night preceding the day, on which he was to be received again, he made his escape and in the night reached Moolky, where he took refuge in the house of one of our Christians, and sent for Titus, (our Catechist at Utchilla) who came at once, and, on finding him really sorry for his weakness, sent him to Mangalore, where he was since regularly instructed. It is but natural that this affair occasioned no small noise at Utchilla and in the neighbourhood, and many, who used to come to the house and hear the word preached to them, are so much frightened that they now avoid and hate us as most dangerous people. This ill feeling, however, has somewhat sabsided, and it seems that the Lord will glorify Him- self still at that place We shall try to visit the place at least once a month, for a couple of days, We are very anxious to get a piece of ground at that place, which might be cultivated by the people who have left their home for Christ’s sake, and are thrown out of employ- ment, in consequence. We intend to apply to Government for that purpose, and shall feel very thankful if our request is granted. Two young men, who expressed a desire to become Christians, and two Christian families, have settled on our little Colony Bolmah in the course of the year, Buat we have been under the painful neces- sity of removing one of the families on account of the fall of its head, a man in whom we placed great confidence. In August Enos was placed there as a Catechist, to help on the Christians and to preach to the heathen in the vicinity. But we regret to say that there is in him a want of energy, as well as of that faith which worketh through love ; one of the young men (mentioned above) left the place again, but 6 another one took his place ; and there are now three who receive daily instructions with a view to their baptism ; another one, we hope will shortly be added to their number Br. Greiner undertook a Missionary tour to the north of Manga- lore, on which he-was absent for five weeks, two of which were spent at Utchilla, to confirm those who on former occasions, had shown a desire to hear the word, and to preach to those who had never heard the gospel. At Cap, the member of an influential family was not far from the kingdom of God ; but it would seem that he has quite fallen away, as he was no more seen at Utchilla, though he had been advised to seek instraction there, the place being but 6 miles distant from his native village. At Udapy, Karkalla, Moodbiddery, Goorpoor, Bantwal, and Feringapet the people, with a very few exceptions, were deaf to the truth. In the last named place only a drunkard expressed a desire to join us. The girls school has been carried on in the usual way: we have met many encouragements as well as trials. May the Holy Spirit work in the hearts of the children; so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Three girls have left the school in the course of the year, two of whom were married to young men belonging to the congregation, and one has entered the service of Mrs, Ammann, Another girl, who had come of her own accord, went away again after some time. Mrs Greiner being absent on account of ill health, the care and superintendence of the school entirely devolved upon Mrs. Biihrer. The Tamil congregation at present numbers 38 members, who have regularly divine service on Sundays. Br. Deggeller has taken charge of this congregation We conclude this report, asking the Lord to make us willing and able to do His will. st C. L. GREINER. 9. The Lord has humbled us in different ways, during the past year, but also comforted us according to his merey. I could not itin- erate as much as I might have wished, being kept at home partly by Br. Greiner’s absence and partly by indisposition and business. I have been permitted to baptize a young man, a peasant, of whose sincerity I was convinced ; and who has since proved himself true un- is Samuel. der the many trials that have befallen him. His name Shortly after his baptism be was married to a young girl of our School, and sent to Bolmah, I made some short tours in the neighbourhood of Mangalore—to rd e Bolmah, Suratkul, and Utchila. At Bolmah the Roman Catholics are very ignorant, they even join the heathen in the sacrifices which they offer to the demons. Many of the heathen are very much afraid of our visits ; they believe that we wish to make them Christians by some craft or enchantment. When conversing with some heathen at Su- ratkul, they objected to my opposition to their idolatrous practices by asking, how it came that so many rich and great people were attached to their mode of worship ; why government sanctioned it by supporting their temples and priests. 1 was told. in another place, that a gentle- man (whose name they mentioned) bhad given a considerable sum to their temple. One of them asked, why God had not destroyed the devil after the fall of Adam, but allowed him to go on doing so much evil ; he thought that the ignorant people might perhaps believe us, but that the better informed (to whom he thought himself to belong) never would. His objections were answered out of the Ist Chapter of the Romans and the 11th Chapter of Matthew, but the poor con- ceited man thought himself wiser than God and His word. I visited several places in the neighbourhood of Utchila, where I spent twelve days. I preached, one day, at the house of a priest; se- veral of the people boasted that their demons were able to heal the sick, to cleanse the lepers, etc. A poor leper, just present, heard their sayings and called out: Sir, look upon me, my hands and feet are a proof of the healing power of the demons, I have vowed and brought sacrifices to them, but they have not helped me. This silen- ced the people, but a woman replied : It is the punishment of your sins, Two weddings were celebrated on one day in the house of a toddy drawer. Several hundred people assembled on this occasion. I went to the house with Isaac and Titus, and we had some quiet con- versation with many of the guests. My text was the marriage feast Matt. 21. Some enemies who came in from Mulkee induced the I asked musicians to silence us by the noise of their instruments. them to be quiet, but in vain, and we were obliged to retire. After a while Titus and Isaac returned to the house and had the pleasure of preaching for about an hour to attentive listeners. In January I visited the great festival at Udapy, Samuel accom- panied me; we chanced to meet his father in a Bazaar on the road ; he turned his back to us and would not say a word to his son. At Udapy I preached about the fall of man and the way of salvation through Christ ; but I was prevented from entering fully into the sub- ject by the constgnt objections raised by some Brahmins, 8 On the evening of the same day I went again to the Bazaar to preach. In the neighbourhood of the temple I found a crowd of peo- ple, occupied with preparations for the feast. A young Brahmin, with some others, came and asked what I wanted and why I had come here. Ireplied that I had a message worthy of their acceptation, as it was able to save all who believed it; he smiled contemptuously and retired. Meanwhile a number of people had gathered round me and 1 conversed with them for some time, till I was interrupted by the young Brahmin who forced himself through the crowd, took hold of my hand and said : We shall not let you go, unless you shew us the God whom you preach. I tried to convince him of the folly of his request by telling him that God was a spirit and cannot be seen by sinners as we are, moreover that he could not shew me his own soul or spirit. But all my reasoning was in vain ; he insisted upon my shewing him God, as I had promised to do. Iappealed to the crowd ; some cried out: Yes, he had said it, he must shew him; but most of the people were silent. I requested them to be quiet and to hear me, but on seeing that the noise only increased, I went off. The crowd followed and the Brahman continued close to my side ; they made a dreadful noise ; I wanted to go to the Cutcherry but missed the walk ; at last I got into a street which leads to the public Bungalow. Here the noise increased and stones were thrown at me. I requested some people with whom I had conversed in the morning, to put a stop to this disorder. They reproved the crowd. I then hastened on till I was beyond their reach, and reached the Bungalow. After some time a peon was sent from the Cutcherry requesting me to point out the I was unwilling, at brahman who had been the leader in this affair: first, to do so, but thinking that we might again be prevented from preaching in the Bazaar, 1 pointed him out and he was taken into cus- tody, but released next morning at my request. Next day I visited a village in the neighbourhood, where I met with some people, (among whom the headman of the place) with whom I had some conversation to which they listened attentively ; after I had left they sent me a present of cocoanuts. In the evening I again went to the Bazaar and preached close by a shop. Some people listened, wondering what the stranger might have to tell them in their own lan. guage. Some brahmins, however, by abusing and mocking, soon compelled me to retreat. On Tharsday I again went to the village in which I had been on the preceding day ; I was able to speak at seve- ral houses of the way of salvation. The people listened and assented 9 to what I said, but were very shy. On my return I met the headman who took me to his house, where I met some people from the neigh- bourhood of Mulkee, who listened to what I preaclied, and said that they had heard the same words from the Padre at Mulkee. My conversation was too long for the headman; he repeatedly tried to in- terrupt me by offering to take me to another house, and when I left he was nowhere to be found. Still afterwards he brought some cocoanuts for me to the Bungalow. In the evening I went to the bazaar, where I met a brahmin sit- ting before the house and reading ‘ Biblical stories” which he had re- ceived from us in Mangalore. He asked me to sit down and to explain them to him, which I did gladly. On Friday Br. Deggeller and myself went to the road which leads to the sea, and was full of people going to bathe; on their return we tried to speak to them, but they were not very willing to listen, think- ing that the waters of the sea were better able to wash away their sins than the blood of the Lamb of God. After dinner we resumed our post. Some people who had come from the Ghéats, listened very ate tentively, and even followed Br. Deggeller to the Bungalow to be spoken and read to, at the very time in which the cart with the idol was drawn through the streets. It is a great pity, that these simple people cannot read. A brahmin who passed by and heard that we were Padres, said. ¢ If these are Padres, you may be sure of all their words being untrue.” On the road we met twelve fishermen ; I asked them what they were doing; they replied that they had just now drawn their god Krishna on the cart and had but received the third part of a pice each for their pains. On my asking them, why so little, they replied : the god whose cart we have pulled is very poor. I told them that they had more profit from carrying a gentleman than from serving such dumb and dead idols, and preached to them the living God, rich unto all who call upon him. After I had preached to them for some After the time, they said to each other, ¢ he knows it, he is right.” festival was over I returned to Utchila. May the Lord cause the good seed to bring forth fruits unto life eternal. A. BUHRER. Secemorsosas 8. On my return from Soobramanga, where I had visited thé yearly festival and had preached for four days and distributed nearly 300 Tracts, and parts of the Scriptures, I remained for some days at B 10 Vittl Qs This place formerly was the residence of the Rajah of Vittla, who now has a pension of 6000 Rupees a year. He lives at a place three miles distant from his former capirtal, where he has commenced the building of a fine Bungalow, but was obliged to stop for want of mo- He is ney which goes to the hungry brahmins who feed upon him. obliged to live in a miserable small house close to the unfinished build- ing. The ruins of his former palace are still to be seen at Vittla, The first visit which I received was of the headman of the place, who talked a great deal about the foily of loving the world and seeking riches, and tried to convince me of the identity of their Shastras with ours. But, when I came to speak of idel worship, he defended it by saying that those who know God, contemplate Him in the image. Another visitor did not hesitate to say that all their Shastras and ce- remonies had been invented by men, that Jesus Christ was the great God who had created us, and that we ought to love Him, but the peo- ple, added he, are like the young birds which, after having been hatched and warmed and fed by the old ones. fly off and no more care for them. I reminded him of his duty to love Christ and to confess Him before But he men, by renouncing idolatry and by becoming his disciple. replied that he thought it was enough, if he did it before his death. When I went to the bazaar in the evening and on the following days, I found scarcely any body, a company of tumblers attracting all peo- ple On Sunday morning the above named man with the headman and another one who is employed in the Cutcherry paid me a visit. We had some conversation about their system of pantheism, and I tried to shew to them the impossibility of the world, and all that is in it being an illusion, and, as it were, a play of god, and to shew that it was the devil who played with men by the tricks of idolatry. This led to the question who the devil was : and in course of the reply I entered more fully into the truths of the gospel, and finished by reading to them the st and 2nd Chapters of Genesis. I gave them the gospels in Tulu. With the exception of these people but few came to ask for books. The Rajah who knew some of our brethren, sent me an invitation by two of his people with whom I went to his house in the evening. He received me in the half finished house, where we conversed about the word of God and the way of salvation, as well as about Geogra- But he was particulary anxious to get some in- phy and Magnetism. formation about medicine and shewed me an old English book treating of this science, which he was unable to read, and of which I could not 11 make much myself. He invited me to spend a féw days with him and sent for my luggage to Vittla, giving orders at the same time that all we wanted should be given out of his own stores, On Monday we hai some long conversations. Two things the poor man was particularly anxious to learn: whether there was no medicine which might cure all diseases and prevent death ? and whether the art of changing common metals into gold was known in Europe, I was, of course, obliged to answer both questions in the negative, but took this opportunity of telling him, how death had lost its terrors for those who have found forgiveness of their sins and peace with God by faith in Jesus Christ, and how miserable an endless life would be in such a world of sin and suffering. He also wished to be informed about Magnetism, etc. and to know the particulars of the place and circumstances, of the future world ; but easily comprehended how we, being sinful and mortal men, cannot have adequate ideas of the nature of an eternal God and of heavenly things. I explained to him, how all that was revealed to us in the word of God of the glories of heaven and the terrors of hell was sufficient for us. This again reminded him of death, a thought which seemed to be dreadful to his mind, and he asked why faith in Christ which was said to take away our sins, did not deliver us from death also, which is the wages of sin. I replied by telling him of the eternal life which is given to believers, and of the resurrection of the body, which doctrine I illustrated by reading to him the 5th Chapter of John, This led to the doctrine of redemption, in general, and I pointed out to him the want of real joy and peace on the part of a sinner, who tries to be reconciled to God by his own works, as well as the peace and power of those who believe in Christ. He then asked, whether it was not sufficient to believe that Chri-t was the Son of God, and to pray in His name to the Father? Why it was necessary, by forsaking caste and eating with Soodras to be exposed to disgrace and persecu- tion. I replied that the question simply was, whether caste was ac- cording to, or against the will of God. After being convinced of its being contrary to His will, the Christian no more cares for the opinion or hatred of the world, bat forsakes it, in obedience to God whom he serves. I added that men, whom self love has set at variance with each other, are not only recoaciled to God by faith in Christ, but taught to love and esteem each other as members of one family, which precludes the keeping of caste, and that the forsaking of those things which are Lo s contrary to the will of God, is included in the open confession of Christ commanded to the believer, With regard to disgrace and persecutiog, 12 I told him, that Chriét had called those blessed who suffer for His sake, and that, in order to be partakers of His glory, we must take a share in His sufferings. Moreover I assured him that true faith in Christ as the Son of God and the Saviour of sinners, creates quite new views and feelings with regard to caste and all other things. The people of the Rajah, too, conversed with me in his absence. All of them expressed their conviction that idolatry, caste, etc. were but the inventions of men and the product of ignorance; that they only took part in the idolatrous ceremonies for the sake of their people, without attaching any value to them, that they did not belong to those who teach salvation by outward works (Karmamarga) but to those who strive to attain to it by inward knowledge (Gnanamarga.) They were very obliging, and were almost offended at my leaving them so soon. I gave books to all of them. The Rajah received ¢ the Pilgrims Progress” and two gospels. May the blessing of God rest upon the word preached. B. DEGGELLER e II. SCHOOLS. Rev. H, Moegling ; Rev, J F. Metz; Rev, W. Hoch. 1. CATECHIST CLASS. Two young men have been received into this class during the past year; one had to be excluded on account of grievous misconduct, Thus the number of preparandi is now nine. The Epistles of Paul to the Romans, Corinthians, and Galatians have been carefully expounded, and in the Old Testament the Psalms Three hours and Proverbs have been explained in the same manner. a day have been devoted to the exposition of these parts of Scripture, the scholars taking notes in the course of the lessons which they re- ceive in the mornings and forenoons, and entering them into their books in the course of the afternoon. Besides they have read Krish- namacharya’s Canarese Grammar, the second half of the work, and the first thousand of a collection of Canarese proverbs printed at the Mis- ~ sion Press in 1848, We have on the whole seen reason to be satisfied with the diligence and the conduct of the youths composing this class, and we hope that in due time they may prove themselves effective As this workmen in the Mission and faithful servants of the Lord, report will be seen by them, we think it will be better to add nothing 13 to this sort of statement, May the Lord give them grace to grow in the knowledge of His word and of themselves and to be filled with true love towards Him, the Saviour of the world, and their brethren stili sitting in darkness. H. MOEGLING. oemocamrones 1I. BOARDING SCHOOL. My time during the past year, was entirely occupied by attending to this school, In the mornings T have given instruction in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Biblical History, and Geography, assisted by Christian Hamsika, and in the afternoons [ have superintended the boys at their work. Most of the boys who are upwards of 14 years old, have left school and are learning different trades. They are now attending a Seven of course of instruction preparatory to their confirmation. them are employed in weaving, two have been apprenticed to our book- binder; two have been sent to Hoonsoor to be taught tanning and shoemaking in the Government establishment at that place, into which Some others are Captain Budd has had the kindness to receive them. employed as writers. We met with many difficulties in setting the boys to learn trades, and it took a long time to make them understand that these trades were calculated to supply them in an honest and honourable way with their daily bread. During the first year they considered the work as a kind of pastime, but when the charm of novelty was gone and they saw that they must work in good earnest, some of them cried now and then. The parents, too, were foolish enough to think it a shame that their boys should be employed in such a way. But we hope that, after sometime, all will be convinced of the value of an independence secured by the knowledge of useful trades. One of the elder boys, who had, for years, tried our patience by idleness, selfwill, and other sins, at last tried all he could to annoy us. He was therefore sent to Cannanore to his mother, though he asked pardon and permission to return to the School. The three boys of a Tamil Catechist who never gave us cause to One of be pleased with their conduct were sent back to their father. them was sent back to us, and re-admitted, as he promised to behave ) better in future, Two Roman Catholic boys, whose parents had beeri in connection with us for some time, in hopes of having their debts e; paid, to?k fihejr boys away when they found themselves disappointed. 14 Two of the weavers have been married in the course of last year ; one of them who has come from Tellicherry will probably return there and instruct some of the elder boys in that institution in his trade. We give to the unmarried weavers one fourth and to the married ones five sixths of the profit of their work which will we hope enable them after a few years to set up for themselves. In the beginning of October, T was compelled by ill health to leave Mangalore, and to go to the Hills. The change, under God’s blessing, has been beneficial ; still I am far from well, and often feel that my constitution has suffered a severe shock. As the rest of the elder boys will shortly leave the school and the younger will have a separate school of their own, I shall have more time to devote myself to preaching and other direct Missionary labours, for this purpose I have commenced the study of the Tulu language. J. F. METZ. e e III. ENGLISH SCHOOL. The past year has been an important time for this School ; “its influence has grown and spread. The attendance has never been bet- ter, and tho’ fruit does not now appear, yet we are confident that the Lord will give us another harvest in due time, as He has done here- tofore. The first class have had the following lessons: Reading of the Bible, Universal History, Geography, Grammar, Translating from Canarese into English and vice versa ; composition ; and Arithmetic. The second and third classes read the Bible, and were instructed in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, the rudiments of English Grammar, ete. The fourth class learn to spell and write and commit to memory easy sentences. Three lads of the first class act as monitors during seve-‘ ral hours of the day. We cannot but feel that the organization of the school is yet ca- pable of much improvement, to which we are, however, approaching by a regular course of lessons and strict order. Still more I feel the want of hearts open to the influence of the word of God. At times I think I see signs of interest and feeling in some face, but such impressions appear to be but passing. May the Lord give me faith to pray and work patiently, with true and self-denying love. May he have mercy upon these poor souls and cause at least some of them to hear Iis voice and to follow Him. W. HOCH. e ———— 15 IV. CANARESE SCHOOL. I can say but little about this part of my work. The English school has up to this time so fully occupied my attention that I was forced to reduce my attendance on the Canarese school to a few hours during the week which were employed in examining the boys in Bibli- But cal History and in hearing them repeat portions of Scripture, I am about to devote more of my time to this interesting work. One of the Canarese schools has been discontinued on account of the bad behaviour of the Schoolmaster ; most of the boys who left that School have entered the one which is still kept up. This school is attended As the Master of this school has not much by from 50 to 60 boys. talent for the work, I have of late given him an assistant in the person of one of the first class boys of the English school, who, I hope, may turn out a useful Canarese Schoolmaster. May the Lord bless this work, also, and cause it to bring fruits to His honour and to the glory of His holy name. W. HOCH. Do ecr—= V. PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. The Press has commenced to do some work besides supplying our own Mission as hitherto, with the books required for its own use. A translation of a school book of Chambers’ for the use of the Canarese Schools in the Southern Mahratta Country which are under the direc- tion of the Bombay ¢ Board of Education” was printed during the year. The Press has also been employed by the Canarese Bible Re- vision Committee, for the printing of a first draught of the translation of the greater part of the New Testament, which they submit to the criticisms of all Canarese Missionary brethren before the final revision is undertaken., A commencement has also been made in the printing of a ¢ Bibliotheca Carnataca,” or an edition of all Canarese Authors of note, ancient and modern,—a work which is carried on at the expense of one of the most liberal friends of Missions in Soathern India whose name is too well known to require mentioning The object of this undertaking is to furnish the Missionaries, employed in the service of the Gospel among the Canarese, with a complete materiel for master- ing their language. One hundred copies only are, therefore, printed of each book. 16 Books Printed for the Muission Pages Copies Canarese Proverbs. ? LK} 276 1000 245 1000 Pilgrim’s Progress translated and ehghtly Indlamzed Canarese Hymn book (a hundred Hymns with tunes) 357 1000 Barth’s Old Testament Stories translated ° 150 1000 Do New Testament 200 115 1000 Sanmarga vicharane (X ] 38 1000 Do do o0 oo 88 800 Do. do . (XX} LX ] 103 1500 see (X eo0e 1000 Gnana Stchane Henry and His Bearer (translated) eoe 120 1000 ] A Bookbindery is connected with the Press, in which a good book- binder is employed to whom several of our Mission Boarders have been apprenticed., They have a great deal to do, and our customers seem to be gene- rally satisfied with the manner in which their commissions are executed H. MOEGLING MULKEE STATION Rev. J, Ammann; Mrs Ammann My labours during the past year have more particularly been di- rected to the heathen I cannot speak of visible fruits still I feel thankful for having had grace given me to sow the seed of life in many villages and houses during my visits in different parts of the country My aim was to know nothing The Lord only can give the increase but Christ crucified ; and thus my preaching, though it varies accord- ing to the difference of hearers and circumstances, may be briefly summed up in these truths., God has given to us, poor and hell worthy sinners, his only Son to be a propitiation for our sins, and to give life to the world ; by his blood forgiveness of sin aad eternal life are of- fered to all men; repent and believe We think that such an offer ought o be great and precious for the heart of a poor sinner; but most who hear it scem to be little interested in it. As long as we speak of our sinful state and the justice of God many are attentive and ap- pear interested ; but if we mention Christ crucified, they look indif- ferent and drowsy ; most of them think that these things are good for the white people but not for the black, and this prejudice is not easily removed by a mere contradiction Others make the objection: How could God suffer, die and rise again ? Others have their hearts harden- ed by fatalism ; saying that all we do is in vain ; what God has written into mans skull must come to pass, be it good or bad, happiness or misery. Others say that they do not want salvation through Christ ; they believe that fasting on the eleventh day of the month, gifts to brahmins, or the service of gods and demons will procure them for- giveness of sins. Others believe that by pronouncing the name of Narayana or Rama their sins are devoured as wood by the fire. There are also those, who, from fear of being bewitched by our preaching, I have even (as they say) avoid entering into conversation with us, repeatedly been very roughly bid to go away ; with some, when I wag approaching the house, with others when I began to talk about God. I have (with few exceptions) no more heard of the rumour that was afloat among the people last year, that we give a powder to them to entice them to adopt our caste. But the enemy has tried by another means to hinder the power of the word. The people had been made to believe that I myself had brought offerings to a certain demon, because the troubles he gave me were too great for me, and many gave me to understand that they believed this rumour, by saying that their demon service was far from being vain, as even such as believed in one God, worshipped the demons in secret. The belief in these demons is very deeply rooted in the hearts of the Tulu people, among whom I have to labour, and many of them defend it with great warmth, They believe that there are a great many angels, servants of God, who, in by-gone times, were mighty men upon this earth but have left it as The demons asked God spirits and are now in the presence of God. for food, and He advised them to get it from the Tulu people; and if R these give them the food (which consists in the offerings of rice, fowls, pigs, toddy, water, etc. according to the commandment of God, the demons pray for their worshippers, bless them in their house and busi- J ness, heal their diseases, protect them from danger, from the intluence o of evil spirits and bad men, punish those who hurt them and can even be intreated to torment and kill their enemies. For this reason the or demons which are supposed to have taken up their abode in a house, 11 are called together every evening by the sound of a drum as they may k have left during the day the house committed to their care. But, if these demons do not get their food, they are believed to visit men and f cattle with disease and even death Thus almost every misfortune or s illness is ascribed to the demons; on which occasions the priest is Iy Cc 18 consulted, who after having either looked at the stars (as the brahmins do) o1, according to their own fashion, put a winnowing fan upon fresh boiled rice pronouncing at the same time some magic formula, when the sticking on or not of the rice to the fan is considered ominous, names one of the demons or some deity as the cause of the evil, upon which revelation sacrifices are immediately brought to the offended deity, either in secret or in the presence of many others, and if a god is the cause of the misfortune, money and feasts for the brahmins are pro- mised In their public sacrifices, the priest and another worshipper of demons pretend to be possessed by the spirit which is to be appeas- ed by the offerings, and usually promises, as an angel before god, to do good to the sacrificing people he not unfrequently concludes by exhorting the people to further offerings There are demons who are supposed to be the guardian, not only of houses and families, but of whole villages ; for these a great feast is kept at least once a year at which all the inhabitants of the village present their offerings, and people come from a distance to offer such gifts as they may have vowed to the demons, when in danger Thus these poor people are kept in constant fear and slavery ; and are the more deluded by the beliefs that these demons are angels of God and have been permitted by him to be served by men Even those who somewhat feel the truth of the word of God, live in constant fear of being killed by the demon, if they were to give up their worship There, no doubt, are some whose belief in the demons is somewhat shaken ; but, in general, the fear of them is deeply rooted in the hearts Nothing short of the grace of Christ is able vo loosen bonds like these; and we would ask our friends, earnestly to intreat the Lord for us, his messengers, and for these poor deluded souls. Qur small congregation has gone on in the usual way ; not much is to be said about them A young man has fallen away and has not yet repented. Two families have removed to Mangalore in the course of the year May our faithful shepherd make this congregation a church of the living God J AMMANN 19 DHARWAR STATION. Rev. J. Layer, Mrs. Layer ; Rev. F, H Albrecht, Mrs, Albrecht. The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad! this is the expression of our feelings on reviewing the events of the past year, with regard to our Missionary labours. We have been permitted We, the labourers, to see blessings more than in any preceding year. have been compelled, by illness to be less active ; Mr Albrecht, in particular, was unable to work for several months on account of severe indisposition which compelled him to go to the coast for three months, from whence he has returned strengthened, but not perfectly well. But in the same measure in which our strength failed, did the Lord reveal his might by calling wandering sheep to His flock. Thus He strength- ened our faith by visible proofs of His unchangeable desire to save those who are lost. We have been permitted in the course of the past year, to admit into the church of Christ, ten adults and two little girls. Six of these are Tamulians, and four belonged to the Lingaites Up to that time we had only now and then been permitted to baptize a Tamulian, still we longed for the time in which the Lord would open a door to us, among the Canarese population of this district. By the conversion of these four persons this longing desire of our hearts has been fulfilled and the foundation for a Canarese congregation has thus been laid. These four converts are: an old Linga priest—a young man formerly a cloth shopkeeper—the wife of a headman of a village, who still is a heathen, and the daughter of respestable heathen parents, who have given their consent to her being married to the young man mentioned above. The Linga priest, whose name is Peter, is an old man, though still strong and of an energetic character. He has nearly forgotten how to fead and to write, but has a sound understanding; He formerly led a wild and vagabond life; at the same time he was a dreaded sor- cerer and much sought for as an exorcist. He was convinced, some years ago, of the falsehood of the Hindoo religion by the reading of such passages of Canarese Shastras, whose authors reject idolatry and caste, and prophecy of the establishment of true religion. At the same time he was advised by two other men, who despised the worship of idols and keeping of caste, to practice these doctrines by joining those, who, though in secret, assemble to eat meat, and eggs, and drink spirits to prove that they believe all men to be of one caste. He propagat- ed these doctrines and gave such feasts, to which he invited people of 20 different caste, on which occasions verses alluding to the folly of idola- try and caste were sung, Some years ago he heard of us from others and began to feel interested in what he heard ; a year and a half ago At he heard the gospel preached by one of us on a missionary tour. that time he was a disciple of the priest (mentioned in the last report) who had come with many of his followers to us, to become a Christian. But as that man continued to delay this step, the Linga priest resolved to make the beginning himself and to separate from the rest. So he joined us. He has been with us for upwards of a year, and gladdens our hearts by his sincerity, and his zeal in making known the way of salvation to others. He is willing to do the meanest services in ihe He has also been the means of garden, ete. and lives very frugally. bringing us into contact with some of his former disciples and ac- quaintances, and we have reason to hope, that some of them may follow his good example, The second young man, a native of Sircy, was first made ac- quainted with the Gospel, by a friend of his who believed it, but had not renounced caste. He was fully convinced of its truth after a short time. A pious gentleman taught him farther, and brought him to us He has been with us for to be more fully instructed and baptized. four months, and we cannot but rejoice on his account. As he is talent- ed, and has much zeal and love, we hope that he may soon be made a useful fellowlabourer to us, and partly he is such already by the grace of God. In October we were visited by three heathen who had felt the drawing of the Father to the Son, in a village no less than 100 miles distant from Dharwar, Br. Layer, writes thus about this visit, On the 10th of October three Lingaites, two of whom were priests and one a money changer made their appearance at my window. On my asking them the reason of their visit, they replied that, by the reading of our books, they had been convinced of the folly of idolatry, and that they wished to become disciples of Jesus Christ, But as this was impos- sible in their own village on account of the persecution to which such a step would expose them, they had come to ask us to allow them to live with us. The above-mentioned young man had some time previ- ously given me an account of these men, but I was both astonished and rejoiced to find by many conversations that I had with them in the course of four days, that they were not only seeking, but had al- ready found the truth. They had been led to the faith in the following nmanner. People of their village, who had received tracts from Mis- sionaries in distant villages or on pilgrimages, brought them to one of 21 the priests (who was well versed in their Linga Shastras) requesting him to read these tracts and to communicate the contents to them. He did so, and by this reading was gradually convinced of the truth of these books. The other priest, his brother, and the money changer read them too aud received similar impressions. From that time all the three tried to procure as many tracts as they cculd. They read them with great zeal, talked them over and were more and more con- vineed of the truths they contained, About six months ago they were confirmed’ in their faith by the young man, who visited their village He daily conversed with them during his stay of twenty days, gave them the Gospels and Christian books and even induced them to go with him to a temple at some distance where nobody could observe them, and there to kiteel down with him in prayer to the living God, thus converting an abode of Satan into a Sanctuary. I was astonished to see how much knowledge of divine things they had acquired. They knew by heart long passages of tracts, and were acquainted with all the leading events related in the gcspels. They showed, moreover, such a clear insight into the articles of the Christian faith, the doctrines of the trinity, the fall and redemption of man, the necessity of the new birth, ete, that I can fully approve, what a pious gentleman, after having repeatedly conversed with them, has told me, viz; that they give the impression of being Christians of some years standing. The confession of their faith in Christ and their hope of salvation through him was such as one ouly hears from those who are rooted in the faith by grace. On seeizg and hearing all these things, we could not but say. “ What hatb God wrought !” Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit ” saith the Lord God of hosts. Zechar, iv, 6. These men had only once seen and heard a missionary, and that was six years ago, and at a time when they were indifferent about what they heard. . I add that, on a Missionary tour that I lately made, I visited these men in their home, and found them to be the same as they had shewn themselves here. One of them requires some time to settle all his affairs ; otherwise they would already have joined us together with their families. Our congregation, inclusive of the 12 girls of the institution, a- mount to 49 members, 26 of whom are adults and 23 children. We have twice Canarese service on Sunday, and a meeting on Wednesday ;n evening with that part of our congregation who live in the town. A= f bout 60 of our heathen schoolboys together with their heathen school- 2 masters attend the service on Sundays, as well as some heathen from the town, and though we have not yet seen any change of heart among these, we may hope that the knowledge they thus acquire of our holy faith, may in due time bring forth fruits The Divine Service in Enunglish has with some exceptions been continued Missionary tours We undertook but three last year, two in our immediate neighbourhood and one to a greater distance We had however, the satisfaction to find those, who formerly have heard the word of life, grown in knowledge, and those who had never heard of it generally willin yea even anxious to listen to our preaching; this encourages us to hope that the Lord may shortly bid the dead bones to stir and live. Sometimes the people have very confused ideas about spiritual things, as may be seen by the following circumstance. In a discourse with some people, in which we endeavoured to prove that the creator of heaven and earth is the only true God one of them re lated the following story which is well known among them “ A female (a worshipper of the Goddess Yellamma,) and a Linga priest travelled together; they unexpectedly came to a large river and had nothing to cross it The woman takes a large pumpkin, sits in it and calling upon her goddess with all her might, safely reaches the opposite shore The Linga priest spreads his cloth upon the water, seats himself upon that, and, calling upon Shiva, safely reaches the middle of the stream here he begins to fear The woman advises him to call upon Yellamma, he does so and is drowned.” This, the arrator observed is a proof that it is quite indifferent which God or idol we worship, provided that we do it in perfect faith Another man to whom we endeavoured to shew the folly of worshipping the priests, sinful men as himself, replied : A tree is full of fine Mangoes; I wish to get one, but must throw 10 or 20 stones before I can suc- ceed. Just so T may be deceived by 10 or 20 priests, but at last I may meet with one who can take away sins.’ Some shew by their opposition that the gospel has pncked them to the heart A bigotted Linga priest who has a school of about 30 boys in a neighbouring village, caused the pepper in a shop close to a place in which we were preaching to be stirred, and was glad when the preacher and his auditors began to cough and were obliged to re- Iy move f In the same place a rich oil merchant hopes to deserve heaven -~ by building a temple Schools We had seven schools during the past year, viz, § boy’s and 2 girls schools; which were attended by about 200 children 23 We are sorry to say that the schools do not appear so promising as we could wish, in consequence of our having so frequently been prevented by sickness to superintend them Still the children have mot only been taught those things which will tend to make them useful for this life, but also those things which we hope may prove the means of sal- vation to some of them One of the girls schools, being very badly attended, was dissolved We made an attempt in a reighbouring village to conduct a school with the condition that we should defray half of the expense connected with the school and the parents of the pupils the other half. The parents were quite willing in words, but when the thing was to be done, only a few kept their promise; the rest sent their boys to other schools saying that if they were to pay any thing they would rather give it to their priests by whom their boys would be instructed in their own religion Thus we were obliged to discontinue the school We have had many wvisifors out of the town and neighbourhood and so the gospel was made known to many We were frequently visited by the acquaintances and former disciples of our newly bapti- zed Linga priest they usually staid for a day or two and heard the word from him and ourselves. One of them expressed a wish of remaining with us altogether, but, as we doubted his sincerity we re- fused Our institution for girls which is conducted by Mrs. Layer, contains at present 12 girls The eldest of these was confirmed at the beginning of the year, and at the time gave pleasing evidence of the grace of God working in her heart She has since been married to a catechist in connection with the Missionaries at Belgaum We are often humbled by seeing so little of a real change of heart in these children ; and we pray that the Holy Spirit may be poured out upon them and upon us. Every Monday alms contributed by the recidents of the station, are distributed to nearly 100 poor people, on which occasions the bread of life, which cometh from heaven and giveth life to the world is offered to them also. May the Lord daily stir us up to eter in at the straight gate, and reveal his great salvation more fully to us; so that we may make known far and wide his great name which is like ointment poured out and may we be found in Him at His glorious coming J. LAYER F. H. ALBRECHT 24 HOOBLY STATION. Rev. J. Miller, Mrs Miiller ; Ilev. G. Wiirth. Our hearts are filled with gratitude in reviewing the past year of our labours. For although we cannot yet speak of great works of God among the people around us, we find ourselves called upon to praise and glorify the saving grace of Jesus as it was particularly revealed to us, in the case of one of the members of our little flock. The young convert Nagappa (a weaver from this place) whom the Lord had given to us at the close of the last year, was exposed to many temptations after having left his relatives. One of his sisters, and more especially his mother who is very much attached to him, visited him frequently and tried by flattering promises to bring him back from a way, which in their eyes was so disgraceful. They told him that he could not marry the girl to whom he had been engaged— how miserable he would be if the missionaries were to leave Hoobly, ete Although we, of course admonished the young man, first to seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, he was left to his own judge- ment and inclination. When his relations saw that their promises and threatenings far from making any impression on him, only gave him the opportunity of proving to them the folly and sinfulness of their idolatrous practices, out of the word of God, and even from their own religious books, they tried other means. They pretended that they only wished him to leave our house and to return to theirs, without chang- ing his religion. This might have appeared very harmless; but we were well aware, that they wished only to get him into their power again in order to ruin him or to send him to a distant village where he would be entirely prevented from having any intercourse with us. The young man remained firm amidst all these temptations. So they gave him up for lost and have siuce visited us less frequently. When we exhort them to open their eyes and to lay hold of salvation, they invariably reply : Is it not written in your Shastras: thou shalt 9 honour thy father and thy mother ;’ why then, do you cause children to leave their parents? Your religion is good for you; ours forus; The word of Christ; “He you have come only to spoil our caste. who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me” isa “ hard saying ” to them. Still we hope that some members of his family may yet follow his good example. A newly converted Hindoo though he be upright, still may have some expectations with regard to his worldly, prospects, in joining our £ - 2 J congregations—This young man, too, had some hopes, which were disappointed ; these disappointments did not shake his mind. He has learnt to sew with Mrs. Miiller, and partly supports himself by this employment, We endeavour to increase the knowledge in reading, writing, &c. which he had acquired previous to his joining us. On Missionary tours he makes himself useful as a reader and Catechist. May the Spirit of God make him a witness to his people. He was baptized, after several months instruction, together with one of our servants, a Tulu man, Both of them were visibly touched and moved by the Holy Spirit, when they were questioned about the apostles creed, at the time of their baptism, They have now received the seal of their adoption, for which they had longed May the Lord keep them faithful ! Our small Congregation conrsists of five members. 1. Isaac, (unmarried) aged 40 years. He continues to rejoice us by his walk. \ 2. Paul, (unmarried) aged 18; (lately converted) These two are Canarese people. 3. Nicholas ... 4. Jonathan ... 5. Luke LAY } All of whom are unmarried and in our service. Our divine services on Sundays are regularly attended by these people, and frequently by some of our schoolmasters and some people from the town. Our sclkools are one of the means used to make known the true God and his son Jesus Christ among the heathen around us. I We have five boys schools, 2 in New Hoobly, 1 in old Hoobly, 6 and 2 in neighbouring villages, all of these are frequented by many children excepting the one at old Hoobly which was somewhat desert- ed in consequence of the conversion of the above named youth. The girls schools are not so well attended, because the Hindoos think it very superflucus to teach girls. We have two girls schools, 7 It in which on an average 30 girls are instructed. But as soon as they ol acquire a tolerable knowledge of reading, writing, and cyphering, they are taken away by their parents to assist them in their business, All fe these children, boys as well as girls, read our tracts at school; they 4 also commit to memory parts of our books about which they are ex- amined once a week at our house, In this manner we endeavour to 18 sow the good seed into the young hearts, We have been encouraged to continue in this work, by the conversion of Paul who received his Ve fi’rst impressions in one of ouryschools. our 26 We have also this year been permitted to proclaim the gospel in the town and neighbcurhood. We have also preached Christ to the visitors in the Mission house. Several youths, friends of Paul our new convert, pay frequent visits to us. One of them, at a time, wished to remain with us and to become a christiaz. But, as we could not see in him any eonvictions firm enough to carry him through the trials and temptations connect- ed with such a step, we did not think it advisable to comply with his request. These youths have, in fact, broken the rules of caste, by having repeatedly eaten with the christian members of our household. What they want is to feel in their hearts the need of a Savieur, We made several Missionary tours, and have the pleasure to find that heathenism begins to lose its footing among our people by the preach- ing of the gospel and the reading of christian tracts Certainly, heathen prejudices are as yet deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; but the gospel, constantly preached, must carry the victory at last ; for the ends of the earth are given to Christ, J. MULLER. G. WURTH. BETTIGHERRY STATION. Rev. C. Hiller. Mrs. Hiller. Rev. G, Kzes. We are once more permitted through the grace of God, to com- municate to our dear Friends in this country something of our doings and experience during the past year. The Lord has given us health and strength and enabled us to work without interruption, for which we desire to praise him. The way in which we work among the peo- ple around us, is principally by conversation and familiar intercourse ; and we find to our great joy and encouragement, that among the peo- ple the number of those of whom we may confidently hope that they seek the truth and are real inquirers, is increasing ; many of these are Some of them regularly attend well acqnainted with their Shastras. our daily evening worship. When we shall be permitted to admit them by baptism into the Church of Christ, we do not yet know, but we desire to acknowledge with heartfelt gratitude that our field of la- bour, which seemed so hard and barren sometime ago, ceases to be so. We see many souls, gradually ripening for a joyful harvest. We have reason to believe that the Lord blesses the word, which we try to bring home to the hearts, by our preaching and conversation, to many more souls, than we know of at present, 27 " The priest whom we mentioned in our last report as having been baptized, is a useful and zealous fellowlabourer to us. Br. Hiller travelled with him for three months ; (from the beginning of February to the end of April) they visited his people in the North and found everywhere open ears and hearts for the word of salvation. Another priest who is famous for his learning, joined them on this tour, took A young wo- off his Linga and travelled with them for two months. man, too, joined them, and a widow, the member of a respectable farmer’s family. The first of these returned to her home after having The widow was baptized in June, lived with us for three months, and not long after her baptism married to Christian the converted priest. The priest who joined Br. Hiller on his journey still remains with us. We do not yet know, whether or when we shall be able to baptize him. The way of the kingdom of God appears too narrow to him, but we dare not make it broader to please him. In the beginning of August, Christian and his wife accompanied Br. Kies on another The woman, who was now a baptized journey to their own people. Christian, and had married, as a widow, a man who had been a priest, found a much more friendly reception among her relations than we had dared to expect. Oa this journey many heard of the gospel who had never heard of it before, and some of those who had been impres- sed with divine truth on Br. Hillers journey, were confirmed by Br. Kies preaching. They returned at the end of November, greatly rejoiced and en- In many places the people couraged by what they had witnessed. made them promise soon to return and to proclaim to them the way of salvation more fully. We feel quite happy in the possession of Chris- tian and his wife, both of whom came to us from a distance; they have 1d of by God’s grace, been the means of opening to us quite a aew fie labour in which we have a pleasure to wor k, and which, together with the pleasing and cheering prospects in our immediate neighbourhood causes us to forget the trials and sorrows of by-gone years, and to look —ter O TS with hope and confidence. to the time, not far distant we believe, in 14 which many shall turn to the Lord. Tn the course of the year, a girls school at Gadag was discontinued and at Locundi two. But the one at Gadag is to be reopened on the 1st of January or February. The school at Locund: will be reopened as soon as we meet with a Schoolmaster, whom we can confidently place there, M Our former reports contain all the particulars w-hich‘ werare able 28 to give about our schools. We have 204 children i;x five schools, 160 of whom are boys and 44 girls. We conclude by praying for many blessings to our dear friends in this country, and by recommending ourselves to their prayers. J. C. HILLER. ‘G. KIES. MALASAMUDRA STATION. Fev [l G. Kies, My r . Stanger The Lord has been very merciful to us during the past year; He has graciously helped us through in all our trials, and safely led us with His faithful hand. Our work has been carried on in the usual way. The word of God has frequently been preached at this place and in the neighbour- hood, and many souls have thus had the opportunity to hear it. Many seem to be hardened and no more to take heed to the word which has been preached to them for many years without working any change in them, Some who used te attend the Sunday services, have left off joining us, so that they are less attended to than they used to be; we cannot help exclaiming with an old Brother who had preached for many years, “ The people are tired of hearing.” The Colonists, Two of the families, who had been here for near- ly seven years, not shewing any desire to become Christians, and ra- ther proving a stumbling block to others, were “desired to leave us. They have not yet done so; but will leave us in the course of this year ; together with two other families connected with theirs ; so that, with the exception of the servants, we shall only have two or three fa- milies left. May the Lord soon give us such as seek the welfare of their souls in truth and sincerity. The washerman of Bensur, men- tioned in our last report, was sent away, as he clearly proved that he did not love the Lord. DMany“people have come from different parts of the country and expressed a wish to remain with us, but on being told that they must work and earn their own bread, they changed their minds. Such experiences are very discouraging, bat we know that the work is the Lord’s, and He will in due time bring it to a glo- rious end; if we will but work faithfully, never forgetting that one soul is of more value than the whole world. i Our Christians walk in the light of the word of God, we have always to watch over them, particularly over the Tamil family. I ————————— o = 9 The two men from Humbala visited their native village for some weeks; but on their return to us, they expressed their disgust with the state of things there, and their pleasure in being once more with us. The three men at Shakote and another one, the headman of a village in the vicinity, who has joined them long since, assemble al- most on every Sunday in the temple to read the word of God together; —they often visit us here, with the exception of the headman who was laid up for a long time with a very painful disease which prevented him from moving, he is now nearly well by the use of medicines which we have given him. His disease was attributed by his friends and relations to the vengeance of the idols whom he has left off worship- ping, when 1 went to visit him on his sick bed, I found that such talks did not confound him, but that he bore his sufferings with patient re- signation. These people find it very difficult to leave their families, which have, as it were, one purse, into which 4 v he earnings ot all the members are thrown, and from which all are supported, those, there- fore, who separate from the family, lose at once their share in the family property, and are reduced to destitution. But the Lord conse tinues to work in them and will give them that perfect love which driveth cut fear, They very much need the prayers of the children of God. Some time ago a family entered the poor l/xouse here ; not much can as yet be said about them—A man came from a place in the South and expressed a wish to become a christian ; but when he was desired to work he ran away. Many would come if they might lead an idle life. The school at Shakote was given up, as the elder boys were all taken away to work in the fields, and no others came instead. The school at Kurtagaty was discontinued after a short time on account of the schoolmasters bad behaviour. The school at Assundy gets on pleasingly ; sowme of the elder boys and girls have been married, but others have come in their stead ; there are 22 boys and 3 girls in the school, all of whom learn well. They read and commit to memory Dr. Barth’s Biblical stories, as well as good tracts. They read well and get on nicely with their cyphering. I was about to accompany Br, Kies on his Missionary tour to the North, when I was obliged to return on account of a severe attack of illness,. which troubled me for some months; still T was able to con- tinue my daily work, though at times with great difficulty, I was obliged to go to Belgaum twice, on business conneeted 30 with our suga;' Manufactory which is prospering ; it is getting more extensive, occupies many people and is profitable to the Colony. I was obliged to spend 8 days at Kushgal and Hoobly for a change of air, which did me good. Still I did not gain my full strength till the end of the Monsoon. The Lord be praised for all He does for us from day to day. His grace be with us furthermore, as we put our trust in Him. J. G. STANGER. G. KIES. CANNANORE STATION. Rev., S. Hebich, Catechists, Timothy, Jacob ; Gnanamuttu, Joseph Searle, George O Brien, Joseph, James Duncan. Since that gracious visitation, (from the 16th September to the 17th October 1847) when it pleased the gracious Lord to pour upon his little church here at Cannanore—upon black and white, His holy Spirit, hallelujahs have filled our hearts and our houses by day and by night, which was and is peculiarly striking and exceedingly refreshing amongst the little black children, both at Chirakal amongst the boys and at Tahy amongst the girls. Oh, what God does is great! The just shall live by faith. Amen. Yet not what a man receives, but what he keeps of the gift of God is great. It is very easy to receive, but it is very difficult to keep. The devil is Therefore a new struggle has been and is before us. ever busy within and without to steal from us the gift of God. There- Amen. fore the just shall live by faith. A few months after these blessings the devil succeeded to carry some souls off, as it were by storm, of whom some have returned a- oain. The most striking feature of God’s holy and gracious ways in His native church here in the last year, was that it pleased Him to take from this cursed earth into His heavenly mansions, four babes, twelve children, two women, and John ; these all died in the faith. These twelve children were of the age from 3—9 years, four boys and eight girls. They all bad a very painoful sickness for a long period, and they all expressed a desire to be with Jesus, However painful at the time the separation from these dear children might have appeared, yet their death was a blessing to us all Young as they were, the Spirit of Jesus had taught them to love Him, and to be His for ever, 31 because it pleased Him to die for them and to reveal Himself unto them. If it is a glorious thing to see Jesus in a grown person, it is far more so to see Him in a child. Oh, what has Ged done for us ! Hallelujah ! Amongst the four boys is Isaac whom his mother gave up to the service of the Lord from his birth. The dear child (about seven years old) died gloriouslye Two of these boys, each about three years played on new years day 1848 the dead, as I heard after their death. Emmanuel died the first day and Benjamin the second day of this new year 1849. Emmanuel was twice redeemed from death—and wher he was already unable to speak, he folded his little hands ever When we on new year’s evening, were singing and praying to Jesus. praying before his house to bring his body to the ground, the mother sat with little Benjamin near us, and then Benjamin looked up to Je- sus and said : ¢ O Lord, redeem me from this skin in which I have so _much pain.” The next morning at 3 0o’Clock, he was with his Lord. This was a day of glory unto us. All the eight little girls also were turned to the Lord; the crowd of the girls surrounded them with their prayers and with their songs, and when we brought their bodies to the ground, we all felt as people that have a king whose dominion and kingdom is -everlasting, who was dead, and, behold, he lives for ever- more and has the keys of hell and of death, who has loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and unto whom our souls are espoused for ever and ever. Amen ! Also the two Our hope is that we shall see Him as he is. Amen, women died in the Lord; the first soon after her baptism, the second in ehildbirth, fully prepared. Jo/n is the same boy who has been named in our report 1843, now a youth of above 22 years of age. He gave himself up to the service of the Lord, and the Lord dealt wonderfully with him, so that I was greatly comforted through his service, until about two years before his end, the devil got the victory over him, and would take him away for something greater, when the Lord graciously resisted his running away; yet, more than a year he wanted to be restored again in which time I had great.sorrow and grief concerning him, but in the last year he ripened for heaven and God gave him grace fully to repent and to see what man is by himself. His spirit departed in full assurance of faith at mid-night July 22nd. 1348, Hal- lelujah. The second great feature of God’s holy and gracious ways in his native church here, is, that four of the little boys gave themselves up to the work of the Lord, They were lalgt year in that gracious sea~ 32 son, converted to the Lord by His Holy Spirit. I, therefore, on Lord’s day, the 22nd October 1848, seeing that I cannot keep them, gave them up accordingly, spirit, soul and body, into the keeping ‘of my God and Master in the presence of the two congregations, where they also publicly gave their spirit, soul and body up unto the keeping of the Lord, confessed their faith in the Lord Jesus, the Son of God, and their great desire, to serve him faithfully unto death by his grace. Amen. To the praise of the Lord be it told : they have since that time been the vessel by which the Lord refreshed us all. Their names are; Daniel 16 years, little Joseph 13 years, George 13 years, Herr- mann 13 years, May the Lord keep them for Himself and His holy work unto Life Eternal. Amen., These dear souls are recommended to the fervent prayers of the faithful people of God. Oan the 7th October 1848 we had again, through God’s grace, a missionary meeting of both congregations at our Chirakal station, This time were also, with God's grace, our brothers and sisters, the gentlemen and ladies present, but most of our white brethren could not get leave. It was a day of great blessing for us. The Lord was pow- erfully amongst us. Our brethren, the seven Catechists, addressed us also, and our great theme was: Christ crucified, the son of God j— and particular reference was made to that great an1i glorious time in which the Lord by His Spirit quickened and revived so many of us to His own praise, Amen. Here we particularly, also, as always, re- membered our dearly beloved brothers and sisters of H. M. 25th Regiment at Madras, and cur brethren and sisters at Bangalore and at all the different stations; that we all may be kept unto life eternal and be made fruitful auto our God in Christ Jesus. Amen, In this solemn season 1 in the name of the Lord married Brother George O’Brien to sister Susanna, and Brother James Duncan to sister Sarah, and Eliza was espoused to brother Joseph. . H, M. 25th Regiment has been removed to Madras, and our bro- thers and sisters in that regiment are now under the faithful care of our dear brother and fellowservant, the Rev. J Anderson of the Seoteh Free Church, and his brethren; our fe]lowship is with the Father and the Son through the Holy Ghost, - Since that time one of their number, James Duncan, has joined us here in the work of the Lord as Catechist, and is now learning diligently the Malayalam language, and is recommended to the fervent prayers of God’s people, that he may prove a faithful soldier of Jesus Christ amongst the Natives. On the 30th of June 1848 we opened our new corner school with a public ser- 33 vice and asked the blessing of our Lord also upon this work of His. And since that time the catechists, Joseph Searle and Joseph preach the word of God, morning and evening to those who pass by ; also this work is especially recommended to the fervent prayers of His people. Many of our Native brethren and sisters have been removed from this place in their callings as servants to gentlemen and ladies, and they are ever remembered in our prayers, that they may be faith- ful unto death. The greatest part of our native congregation, is living in the Mission at Chirakal, Tahy, and Cannanore. Since H. M. 94th have arrived here, about thirty souls have joined the Church, of whom some were converted formerly, others were quickened here by the word of truth. We all have one mind, viz. to serve Him who died for us, and The rose again for us, even Jesus, Jehovah our Righteousness. Spirit of the Lord went also amongst the band people of the 43rd Regt. N I; among whom some have been quickened and for others there is hope. The annual heathen festivals at Payawur and Taliparambu have this year been visited again by us, and this time in greater power than ever. We are full of hope in Christ Jesu. Amen, At Chirakal, Tahy, Cannanore and the neighbourhood, the word has been preached throughout the year. The native Schools at Cannanore, Tahy and Attadapa are attend- ed to, and the whole work is recommended to the fervent prayers of the people of God, and glory and honour ascribed unto Him alone, in whose name and power we run, even the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost in Christ Jesu. Hallelujah, Amen, S. HEBICH. P R TELLICHERRY STATION. Rev. H. Gundert, Mrs. Gundert, Rev. C. Irion, Mrs Irion. Rev. F. Miiller, Mrs, Miiller, Rev. C. Miiller, Mrs. Miller. Miss, Kegel. I. CONGREGATION AND GIRLS BOARDING SCHOOL, AT TELLICHERRY. With thanks to God we conclude another year through which His faithful hand has helped us We have no great suceesses to re- E 34 port upon. The past year has been a time of sifting rather than of successful growth, as appears by our census, which shows a decrease of numbers in our congregation, But with all this, we feel the more thankful for that which has been preserved or newly given by the grace of God. The health of cur Missionary families has been as good as in any preceding year. Mrs, Gundert returned from the Hills in May, consi- derably strengthened, and Miss Kegel, who had been ailing for some time, recovered her usual measure of health on a visit to our friends at Calicut, (in November and December.) Mrs, Irion has given over charge of the girls school to Mrs. Gundert since her return from the Hills, and devoted herself, together with Mrs F. Miiller to the care of the women. Mrs. F'. Miller at the same time instructs the girls in English, 7he girls school is now under the care of Mrs. Gundert and Miss Kegel. At present we have twenty-eight boarders, most of whom are under twelve years of age. Eight boarders entered the school during the last year; but three of them went away and three died ; the eldest was married ; so that we have but one more than last year. Their progress, on the whole, is pleasing, and many of them are obedient and industrious, The gracious visitation of last year has left some abiding fruits among them, which have appeared more par- ticularly in several cases of dangerous illness. Ore of them, Anna, has been cursed by her mother (a Portuguese woman) because she withstood her enticements, from love to the Lord. The state of the congregation is not as pleasing as we might have expected a year ago. The time of awakening in the end of the year 1847 was followed by one of lukewarmness, occasioned by want of brotherly love in the congregation The Lord, then, tried us with sickness. Noah a young man of caste who at the time of the general awakening did seek and find salvation through Christ, was married on He the 14th of February to one of our newly converted school girls. was taken ill a week after this marriage, and tenderly nursed by his young wife. He gave proofs of his faith in Jesus amidst the raging of the fever, and died on the last day of the month, This was the first case of small pox, which continued its ravages amongst us for nearly three months, Some were taken ill suddenly which caused the grea- ter fright ; for the heathen believe that this disease is occasioned by the goddess Kali, who takes possession of her victims of a sudden. We have seen in many during this time of trial, how averse the flesh is to suffering, but also how love can . triumph over the fear of death. ” 3 3 One family, who had been excommunicated, have been snatched away in their sins. We had for ¢he first time (on Easter day) fwo funerals in one day The measles and other diseases took away some members of the congregation, particularly children, Besides nine who died two families (with thirteen persons) were removed from us, because their heads were more and more hardened till at last their dwelling among us became insupportable to them. There is nothing particu- lar to report about the five baptisms which took place ; by which only one adult person was added to the church Those who are being prepared for baptism do not show a very great desire for heavenly things ; still we have good hopes for some of them. II. CONGREGATION AT ANJERCANDI We get a similar impression on turning to the congregation at An- Jarcandi; there are but few in whom spiritual growth is visible. Old sins such as the lust of the flesh, drunkenness, and anger have appeared again in some We have not been permitted to see many fruits of the testimony of Christ which this congregation is called to give to the great number of their heathen fellow labourers on the Plan- tation The situation of our Catechist Timothy there is deserving our heartfelt sympathy and prayers; for he has to contend with many spirit- ual and outward enemies, and three of his predecessors have more or less been brought to shame. Among the six persons who have been baptized during the year there is an elderly couple who have, for some time past, heard the word of God with longing'desire, and who live unblameably before mene. The day of their baptism (22nd October) was a day of rejoicing for the better members of the congregation, as nearly two years had elaps- ed since any adults had been received into the church althouch a number of heathen regularly attend our Sunday services years since III. OUTSTATION AT CHOMBALA We have more pleasing prospects with regard to the outstation Chombuala Micah who had lost his wife and children for the Lord’s sake, has regained them after several attempts, and we hope that also the wife is seeking the Lord Micah’s brother and his wife have been We are received into the church by baptism on the 25th of January. particularly pleased to see the latter growing in faith, We have hopes 36 of continued increase on this station, to which belong also some in- habitants of Mahe. We have enabled the people to carry on their fishing trade in boats of their own, which excludes the necessity of their seeking work with the proprietors of other boats. Thus the tempta- tion of drunkenness is in a great measure avoided. We thank the He has not only preser- Lord for having blessed this work hitherto. ved our people there from falling into sins, but has made them a light to their friends and relations, so that some of them begin to ask for the way of salvation. This, we may hope, is partly owing to the respect which our Catechist Panl has gained even with our enemies, by faithfully following Christ. = IV. OUTSTATION AT WADAGARA. Wadagara is another outstation in the south; Catechist Matthew is still waiting for some fruit of his labours, which we hope may appear ere long. The word of God is regularly read in a Tier family, and their superstitious and idolatrous practices are gradually discontinued . Also a Nair a man of some consequence among his neighbours is high- ly rejoiced at the word of God : he would insist upon rewarding the Catechist with money for his first instruction and has since proved that he has the truth at heart, But he has not yet ventured to make an open profession. These two outstations have hitherto been regularly visited by the two brethren Gundert and C. Miiller ; but we have hopes that Br. C. Miiller may be enabled to devote himself more exclusively to this hopeful work, by removing to Chombala. The word of God has been preached with more or less success at the heathen festivals in the neighbourhood, two of which were visited by Br. Gundert and several by our Catechist Thomas. We were not able to dispose of many books on these occasions, so decided is the enmity which shows itself on all our meetings with great numbers. We are rejoiced at the faithful witness which our native Brethren bear to the heathen on such occasions, and sincerely trust that greater num- bers may yet be won by their faithful service. H. GUNDERT. C. MULLER. 37 V. BOYS' BOARDING SCHOOL. In laying before our friends a short report of our boys school, it might easily happen that, without our wishing to do so, we might copy last year’s report ; for in our school so small a change is perceptible from year to year that such repetitions can hardly be avoided. If once we should be permitted to report to our friends that all our boys had been truly converted these repetitions would cease. and there would be But till then we must abundance of new events to report every year. be conteat with the state of things as it is. When we last reported upon the institution, the number of our pupils amounted to 46. In the course of this year we have received _seven more boarders ; ten have left us and one has died after several months illness; we have consequently four less than at the end of last year. We are thankful to say, that, with the exception of one, none out of the ten has ran away from us, (as it used to happen so frequent- ly in former times) and only one of them was sent away on account of his bad behaviour.—Three of the boys were sent away with their relations who had given us a vast deal of trouble; Adam and Esra, too, were prevailed upon by their mother, to leave us ; their going away grieved us very much ;—but we have since had a letter from them which shows that they already begin to feel the evil of their having left us, and we pray that grace may be given them to renounce their Romish relations together with the inheritance which had been held out to them, as a bait.* Justin, was sent back to his mother on account of ill health. Henry and Samuel Wiggins, too, have been sent back to their father. A Nayar boy who had been with us but a short time is the only one who ran away one night, and stole some clothes. May the Lord cause some of the good seed which has been sown into these childrens hearts, to germ and to bring forth some fruit in his own good time. There is not much to say about those who have been newly re- ceived. Two of them are already placed with some masters tc learn trades, and seem to be industrious lads. The rest have begun to visit the school; we cannot report great progress of any of them. The beys were employed in the following manner during the past year. In the forenoon they have their lessons (till one o'Clock.) The two youngest classes are instructed in reading, writing, arithmetic, and their catechism. We have a spelling book for beginners; the Bible * They have returned in February, 1849. 38 is the only class book for the rest. The two senior classes have gone through a course of Biblical history, explanation of the Psalms, har- mony of the Gospels, the fulfilment of prophecy, church and profane history, geography of India, arithmetic, and singing. We have no particularly talented boys which is our reason for trying to make them well acquainted with the word of God in the easiest manner possible. All the boys with the exception of those who learn trades, work in the garden in the afternoon, from 3 to 5 0’Clock, under the superin- tendence of their schoolmaster, Taddai, who understands the cultiva- tion of land. The boys at first were much averse to this kind of work ; but we are glad of it as it is a sure means of keeping off idle people, who would otherwise come to us to be fed and clothed. Two of the boys, a weaver and a book-binder, are still at Mangalore, Six are here ; one of whom is a smith, the others ironmen, carpenters, and tai- lors. Three of them have to go to town every day, and seem to be industrious and to like their business. With regard to the spiritual state of our boys we can say but little. The time of awakening last year was followed by a period of sifting. Still we may hope that a fear of sin has remained in many hearts, and this is a great blessing, particularly with the younger boys. Another fruit of that time is a more willing obedience among the children, The stick is nearly banished from the school; and words, which formerly did not suffice, have taken its place. When we first begdn the work in the garden, we had to hear many complaints and to see many discontented looks; now this is a rare occurrence ; this proves more love for work,—no little thing among Hindus ! —Another remaining fruit of last years gracious visitation is a daily prayermeet~ ing which was then begun by the boys, (without our suggesting it,) and has been continued ever since. This, certainly, is kept up only by the better boys; and is, no doubt, a burden to some of the rest, particularly to the younger boys; however their attendaoce is quite voluntary and we of course, do not the least interfere with it. We have but eight boys who are not yet baptized ; all of them have repeatedly asked to be admitted into the church; but they are too old to have their request complied with, without previous instruc- tion and the assurance on our part that a change of heart has taken place in them. Only five out of the thirty-four baptized boys : partak;a of the Lord’s supper. Of all of these we may say, that a work of the Spirit is begun in their hearts; and that their influence with the other boys is a good one, 39 Should you feel grieved at not learfiing more encouraging ac- counts of our school, the more we would ask you, pray for us. C. IRION. F. MULLER. e -5 VI. DAY SCHOOLS. The schools at Tellicherry and in the neighbourhood were, at the beginning of the year in a very declining state, and gave us much un- easiness; but, by the grace of God, the boys schools at least have been The so much bettered as to be a subject of joy and gratitude to us. course of instruction has been the same as in former years: Reading, Writing, History of the Old and New Testaments and Explanation of the Epistles of St. Paul in a weekly meeting, held in the Mission house at Tellicherry. After having for some time tried in vain to prevent the learning of heathea songs in our Schools, we have at last succeeded to do so to a great extent, by translating Bfinyan’s Pilgrims Progress, into Malayalum verse, the boys now take great pleasure in learning this by heart ; and we have even been asked by some adults for these ¢ Shastras.” Through the grace of God, two schools have been re-established at Wadagara. One of these, and that the most promising one, is held in the verandah of our Catechist Matthew’s house. The Bible is the only class beok, and they love to learn the word of God. Most of them learn more than they are required to do. One of the boys, who had always attracted our attention by his diligent and obedient beha- viour, was lately beaten by his elder brother, upon which, to the no small astonishment and horror of the parents, he knelt lown in a cor- ner of the room to pray for the offender, according to the word of Christ. He was at once forbidden to go to school any more ; but the schoolmaster, (who as yet halts between two opinions) tried to per- suade them that it was at least better to pray to the Creator than to use bad language ; and thus the boy was permitted to return to school. Oh that the Lord may preserve the spark of faith in the heart of this child, This pleasing experience has strengthened our hopes more than we can well express. The schools have also this year, been a means of preaching the gospel to adults:in different ways. The word of God is daily preached in the poor house ; on the 22nd of April a dying woman was there re- eeived into Christ’s church by baptism ; all who were present at the 40 administration of the holy rite, were deeply touched and we trust the name blessed The woman received, according to her wish Christiana ; she feel asleep in Jesus on the following day. Many in- mates of the poor house have expressed a wish to be baptized ; but we have hitherto been obliged to refuse, as we are not fully convinced of With some the wish to enter the poorhouse and to their sincerity be baptized before they die, arises from the desire of being decently interred Such is the blindness of their hearts ! C. MULLER s VII. MALAYALUM PRESS Books printed in the course of last year Pages. Copies Barth’s New Testament stories . sse » 108 400 evo LR 46 350 Arithmetic for children.. Church history... oe eoe (X) 474 300 transla- 2nd edition of : the Lord’s prayer by Luther eoe o0 10 800 ted from the German... j 2nd edition of: the good Shepherd e ese seo 16 1000 do do. do (X3 26 600 Little Henry and his Bearer see 40 600 LR 100 360 Biblical history (not finished) 300 Paschimodayam (a periodical) . Missionary notices (periodical).. (XX} 150 ° 28 400 Book of the heart... In distributing the books we make various experiences Some receive them gladly and use them profitably ; others dare not touch them for fear of being bewitched by the power which they ascribe to them, and of being won over to Christianity. The seed whieh is sown in this manner, works more in secret and mostly unseen by us, still we sometimes have the pleasure of seeing it spring up and bring forth fruit The book of the heart with pictures appears to be particularly liked by the people ; the natives knowing the meaning of the different animals which represent various sins very well ; and they seem to feel interested in the things, thus brought home to them, Were we to give away the little books gratuitously, we would, no doubt, be rid of all the copies; but we ask a trifle for them, which is not much liked by the natives who know nothing of buying books. F. MULLER 41 ALICUT STATION Rev. J. M. Fritz, Mrs, Fritz, Rev. J, Huber, Mrs. Huber, In reviewing the closing year we feel ourselves called upon to thank the Lord for all his love and faithfulness which He has shown to us in many ways during the past year, and to exclaim ¢« Not unto We us, Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name be glory and honour. have been permitted to make known the gracious will of God by dis tribution of parts of the Holy Scriptures and tracts, by schools and preaching. We are grieved to say that we cannot speak of much suc- cess ; this is sowing—not harvest time May we be faithful in sowing the heavenly seed ; we or our successors shall then see a season of reaping ; for the word of the Gospel cannot fall to the ground ; it must accomplish the gracious purposes of God aund at the proper time both he that soweth and he that reapeth shall rejoice together We have not met with much direct opposition, on the part of the Natives, either Mahomedans or Hindoos The greatest enemy that obstructs our way, is the dreadful indifference with regard to the best and holiest things we offer them, and which alone are able to make the sinner’s heart for ever happy. May the Lord create in the hearts of these poor people hunger and thirst, not after the things of this world, but after the bread and water of life, even Jesus and His righteousness. We have also this year had the joy of perceiving a growth in the grace and knowledge of God and our Saviour, in some of the members of our congregation, and thus the sad trials which others occasioned to us, have in some measure been lightened We have had the privilege of adding several souls to the church On the 23rd of January we baptized six adults and four younger girls, belonging to the girls institution which is under the charge of Mrs. Fritz, and Mrs Huber We had reason to believe that a work of grace had beeen begun in the hearts of the elder girls, and our hopes have been confirmed by their conduct On the fourth of June a weaver with his family (three persons in all,) and on the 5th of November a Tamil family of four members were baptized. The latter one are servants to an English family at this place. On the Ist of January 1849, another Nair family together with two youths, two women, and two children, were received into the % church. May the Lord acknowledge them as His own and write their r 42 names into the book of life. We have had six marriages during the year and several children were baptized. On Sundays we have regularly two services in Malayalim, and our daily morning and evening prayers, can be attended to by all peo- -\ ple on our premises. Mrs, Fritz and Mrs, Huber have @4 weekly prayer meeting with the women belonging to the congregation, and the men assemble for the same purpose once a week, May the Lord be in their midst, The Lord has shown us Hié mercy on our two outstatic;ns, Coi- landy and Cotacal, where some of our Christians reside. We cannot yet report of victories among the people who visit the schools at the first named place, nor among the Nayadees at the latter station; of one boy among the latter we cherish the hope that he received the word in * good ground.” We work in hope, not doubting that the Lord will make good His promises, The Lord has graciously preserved us from sickness and death during the past year, in our native congregation. But Mr, and Mrs. Fritz have had the privilege of surrendering their first born, and at that time only child, to the faithful shepherd of souls, The Lord has given it, the Lord has taken it, the name of the Lord be praised. Mrs. Huber’s health has been so far restored as to permit her to take an active part in all the labours connected with the schools, etc. We take this opportunity of publicly expressing our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Buchanan for his unwearied and kind attention and help te both of our families. May the Lord reward him! We mentioned in a former report some Tam:l Christian families who live here, but who have separated themselves from us, because we would not tolerate their caste prejudices. One of them have since re- joined the Roman Catholic church, (to which they formerly belonged) and their children who had been baptized by us, were rebaptized. Another Nair family who had for some time been in connection with us, but had been sent away on account of bad conduct joined the Ro- man church. A davghter of this family who knows and loves the Lord, is a member of our congregation. Since November 1848 Mrs, Huber has commenced an English day school for Portugese and Indo-briton girls, and it is prospering in spite of the opposition of the Romish priest; there are already twelve pupils, amongst whom are three Parsee girls. The girls boarding school at present numbers thirty children, _ their age varying from four to sixteen years. ‘We hope that some of these children will t:e the Lord’s! 43 About two hundred and thirty heathen children are daily instrues ted in the Mission schools. Thus far the Lord has helped us, And we trust that His grace may furthermore help us, and that He will bless us and cause us to be a blessing to such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. J. M. FRITZ, J. HUBER. NILAGIRI STATION. Rev, G. H. Weigle, Mrs Weigle. Rev. M, Biihler. Rev, E. Moerike, In reviewing the past year, we see much reason to praise the Lord, who has given us many tokens of His grace in the beginning of this work, for as such we must consider our present labours, as our deficiency in the knowledge of the Badaga dialect was a considerable impediment to our operations. Br. Weigle who is employed by the Madras Auxilary Bible So- ciety as translator to the Canarese Bible Revision Committee, has de- voted all his time to this important work. Br. Mosrike whom ill health obliged to exchange the low country for the Hills, has been permanently stationed up here, and his and Br. Biihler’s time has been exclusively devoted to preaching in the villages of the Badaga’s and attending to the schools. Br. Moerike resided at Karteru ; Br. Biihler spent the greater part of the year at Kota- gherry ; for some months he was at Mysore to study the Canarese language, which is indispensable for a Missionary to the Badagas who speak a hill dialect of the Canarese. Mrs. Gundert and Mrs. Greiner who had been with us on account of ill health, have returned to their stations after having under Gods blessing in a great measure recovered their health. Br. Metz also who had paid us a visit on account of his health, left wus in hopes of having gained sufficient strength to resume his la- bours at the coast, but has since been obliged to return an invalid. Our Missionary laboars have often put us in mind of the words of the prophet : *“ Who is he that despiseth these days of small things.” % Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit it shall come to pass, saith the Lord God of hosts.” Our last report mentioned two small schools at Kateru and Chogatorre, and a large flourishing one at Kai- ty, which was attended by upwards of a hundred boys, who made plea« 44 sing progress, notwithstanding the novelty of the thing for reading and writing heretofore was a thing unheard of amone the Bada- gas They read the word of God and often caused us to rejoice by their remarks on it, and by their voluntary visits to our house But this promising school was dissolved for six months on account of the misconduct of the schoolmaster, in which the son of one of the first Gaudas was implicated This being found out, the head Gauda used all his influence with the people, net only to prevent them from send- ing their children to school, but to make our intercourse with the people in gereral, as difficult as possible. He so far succeeded that the school at Karteru was attended but by a few boys, and the one at Cho- gatorre had to be given up altogether The people of some distant villages, who formerly had expressed their wish to have schools and even their willingness to build or fit up houses for that purpose, now turned from us. Br. Moerike one day came to a large village, where the people had long ago promised to have a school When he said I have now been eight times with you, and you have always referred me to some future month or lucky day, and after all you do not keep your promise, they replied And if you come a thousand times what is that to ns? But thanks be to Gad the above mentioned Gauda acknowledged his fault and asked the pardon of the generous friend of our Mission who had established the school ; and the Gauda assisted in reopening it; it is now prospering again under the charge of a Christian schoolmaster. The school at Karteru, too, is better attended ; another one has been commenced at Sullugodu in the neighbourhood of Kotagherry, and we have hopes for a fourth at a large village. We have also a Tamil school in the Bazar at Kotagherry. The state of these schools exercises great influence on our prin- cipal work,—the preaching of the word in the villages which is natu- ral, considering the intimate connection between all the Badagas. For although they are dispersed in four Nadus, (districts) and upwards of two hundred villages, they are in close connection by their lan- guage, aste, 1ntermarriages, ete, One funeral ceremony assembles the inhabitants of many villages—one religious festival collects persons out of the four districts This intimate convection,—though it may in time become the instrumeat of much good—at present is a great hinderance to our work. The enmity of one Gauda soon infects others, and we often observed the dread of losing caste, etc. spreading from one village to another In visiting the villages we have mostly met with a friendly reception at first; and were thus enabled to speak to 45 individuals and crowds of the things concerning their peace ; on se- cond visits we have often been received in a less friendly way, chiefly owing to the influence of those who think themselves wiser than the rest, and intimidate those who lend us a willing ear. Sometimes we did not get one answer to all our questions, and at others the people dispersed in all directions when they saw us approaching. Though we cannot speak, after so short a period, of great victo- ries gained by the gospel, we perceive with joy that some light is be- ginning to dawn upon the thick darkness which has hitherto covered the hearts of these poor idolators, The acknowledgement of the pow- er of sin and sinful habits, of their weakness in counteracting the influence of the secret workings of the devils and sorcerers, the objects of their superstition, (amongst whom the Mullakurumbers in the jun- gles on the slopes of the hills are most dreaded) and their readiness to acknowledge their utter ignorance in spiritual things, frequently pro- cure us an easy access to their hearts. Oh, one of them exclaimed, with tears in his eyes—none of us can take the root of sin out of our hearts, Some have attended at our Sunday services ; others our daily morning and evening prayers; but as yet none of the Badagas have ventured openly to join us, although many are convinced of the truth of our way, and have some confidence in us. In some places the peo- ple assure us that they pray to the God Jesus every morning and evening, and we have no reason to doubt their statement, after having One of them asked some time had frequent intercourse with them. ago: DPray, tell me, Aow I must pray to Jesus. There is no doubt much ignorance ard superstition mixed up with these expressions, as we may perceive by a name they sometimes give us: Shiva kandid- hone—Swami-kandidhone, which means the man who has seen Shiva. We therefore, do not attach too much value to these expressions, their minds are, as yet too little enlightened. We are brought into frequent and familiar contact with the peo- ple, by distribution of medicine, inoculation, etc. Frequent applications for help, made by poor lepers, people ill of the small pox, etc. made us anxious to have a small poor fund which would enable us to help in eases of real distress, Some kind Christian friends at Ootacamund have contributed some money for this purpose and we feel most thankful for their aid. In October last a Sanyasi, who for many years past had visited the hills as a beggar, came to us. We had met kim on a previous oc- easion, on which he shewed a great dislike to any religious conversa=- 46 tion; now, to our surprise, he wished for instruction about our way. Since then Br. Moerike instructs him regularly. Although his confi- dence in his own good works as a means of salvation has given way to a more meek and humble disposition, we must yet wait in faith and patience, for a complete change of heart. May God, who alone can prosper our sowing and watering on this hard ground, look down in mercy upon us, and glorify His name amongst a people who do not yet hunger and thirst after His righteousness, and wander about upon the mountains as sheep without a shepherd, G. WEIGLE. M. BUHLER. C. MOERIKE. 47 DONATIONS Received from October 1847 to October 1848. R. P. By Lieut. Peter By G. VarSomeren, O’Connell Esq., Madras 50 Capt. C. Rowlandson F. B. Elton, Esq. 100 Colonel Parsons 100 Capt. Horsley 50 Brigadier Kitchen 100 oo Lieut. P. O’Connell 125 Brethren of H.M. 25th M. Douglas, Esq. Regiment 43 20 ((é(; ;;) Lieutenant Furlongs 10 F. Child, Esq. r. E.W. Eyers through 330 0 o 100 S. S. Brown, Esq. 100 Messrs. Binny & Co. 00 (=) o Maj. W.Ditmas, Artillery 3¢ 0 A Fiiend Colonel A, Lawe 400 ;; Brethren of H, M 25th Regiment Capt. Powys, 4th Regi- P. Carstairs, Esq. 160 : ment, N. I. 50 Samuel Garling, Esq., Charles Shubrick, Esq. 50 Penang 00 Capt. T. D. Roberts 20 Lieut. Peter O’Co .n.n ell, Mosley Smith, Esq. 500 (:)); 0§ for the last 7 months, Captain C. F. Itby, 9th 175 Regiment N. 1. 100 (August) at 25 Rs. 01400 36 Major Woodward, 32d. Regiment N, I. 50 By the Rev. A, Fennell. Lieut. Colonel 2 Capt. Wilson, 32d. Re- Rev. A. Fennell 25 giment N. I, 10 e} Mrs. Fennell 10 13100 o Mr. W. R. Smith 15 10 By Capt. W. Cantis, Mr. J. Thompson 10 Bangalore. Lieut. G. C. Collyer 10 General West 50 Capt. Garrard A Friend Capt. Brodrip Capt. J. Smith 10 Mrs. Prior 25 A. S. Mathison, Esq. 15 0000000000 oco0oQCoo0oCo0o0O0 Major Apthorp 20 137 0 o Major Todd 10 By the Rev. G.F. Lug- 170 o o Captain Alexander 10 ar Dr. Smith 10 1700 o Lieut. Hickley 10 Lieut. H. O’Connell 10 By Dr. Mceses Rogers, 10 Chicacole Major Congdon 10 Major Simpson 10 Capt. W. Bisset James Fraser, Esq. 10 Capt, Walker 10 Lieut. Stevens 18th Regt 10 Capt. Fishe, Artillery 15 Dr. G. Smith 10 Lieut. Gage 10 John Young, Esq. 10 Lieut. VonStreng 25 Mr. C.H. Dunselman 10 Lieut. Hickley 10 10 g © 000000 Native Stephan Dr. Rogers 10 70 0 o Lieut. Hickley Capt. Dobbie 10 o Capt. Bisset 10 1000 o Lieut. Hickley 10 Capt. C. E. Irby 100 o o Lieut. H. O’Connell Lieut. Cooper & Friends 30 o o Stephan S. S. Brown, Esq. 100 o. 0 Capt. Bisset F.B. Elton Esq. by Messrs. Lieut. Gage. Arbuthnot & Co. 100 0 o Capt. Bisset % § §§ OO0OCO0O0OLOO2000POOROOOOOODCDODO s 330 0. 0 s 319 @ © 48 I R. A. P. Capt. Bisset A friend (G o Lieut. Hickley The Brethren of the 12th Lieut. Hickley Regiment 70 0 o Capt. Bisset The Sisters 400 Lieut. Hickley The Brethren of the 43rd Capt. Bisset ot bt bt d ok Regiment 77 0 o Mr. Jones Mrs. General Walker 50 oo General Wilson Mrs. Mills 20£ sent from o Sk Englan A Friend J. W. Maillardet, Esq 23 The Brethren of the l2th Lieut. Colonel Davidson Regiment 160 Lieut. Hickley Pt The Sisters Major General West A Brother §§ Mrs. Brett Fist gift of the Brethren COUMOUNMUNOPLoCOODOOD » OC0CQ0C00O0O0COO00O0O00OOO 5(2 Capt. Knyvett H. M. 94th Regt. Capt. Dobbs 100 o The Brethren of the 43rd Lieut. Hickley 10 o Regiment Capt. Bisset 10 o The Brethren of the 43rd Capt. Powys 10 o Regiment 100 Capt. Bisset 30 o A Friend 0 20 o Q0000000000000 OODOODRDODO A mite for the Lord’ Lieut. Hickley Wor 320 0 o Capt. Bisset 20 o (=) The Brethren of the 94th Lieut. Hickley 20 o Regimen 12 1 7% Capt. Brockman 2 0 (o] The Sisters 42 o o The Brethren of the 43rd Regiment TaHE CHURCH AT CANNANORE Cantonment 700 The Brethren of the 12th Conductor Ball 2 o Regiment The Brethren of the 12th The Brethren of the 43rd Regiment 5]l oo Regiument (o] The Brethren of H, M The Brethren of the 25th 94th Regiment 1210 Regiment (o} The Sisters The Sisters 13 [¢] The Brethren of the 43rd The Brethren of the 12th Regiment 147 o Regiment (o] The Brethren of the 43rd A thank offering to the Regiment 68 0 o Lor The Brethren of H. M. A young friend o Three children’s Boxes The Brethren of the ]2th 94th Regiment The Sisters 17 é):; é The Brethren of the 12th Regiment on 70 The Sisters w0 Cr wo (==} Regiment (1) The Brethren of the 43rd Mrs. King 25 Regiment 3“ Mrs. Kin The Brethren of H, M, The Brethren of the 25th Regiment 30 94th Regiment Patt’s Mission Box Lieut. Boileau O <S> A friend 20 A Friend For a watch The Sisters A. Boileau, Engineers [3) Mo Sanfuel’s Mission Box WO OO0 o g Christiana OCoO00OW coo0coo<,m» © The Brethren of the 43rd The Brethren of the 12th Regiment 36 =] Mrs. Cummin 10 Regt (<] 20 The Sisters Firstlings gift from WM Quarter Mr. FitzGerald (3, o] o v v The Brethren of the 12th Colonel Coffin b (=] oo o [l -R=i) Regiment The Brethren of the 43rd The Brethren of the 25th Regt. 70 o o R it A A Regiment 44 The Brethren of H. M. The Sisters 13 94th 21 o o A birthday’s gift ? [=J<1 L Re) g The Brethren of the 12th Christiana egt o] (¢} The Brethren of the 43rd A Friend 5080 Dt fogpd foped oy Regiment 55 49 + RAP RAP Quarter Mr. FitzGerald 500 General Gibson 00 A Frien 0oo General Gibson for the The Brethren of the 43rd School 10 o Regiment 70 0 o A Friend 600 o The Sisters 926 T. Elton, Esq. 15 o The Brethren of H. M. Major Grant 25 o 94th Regiment 21 2 0 Capt. Balmain 27 32 1 J. Hodges, Esq. Collection in the Church 20 E (o)) (=l ol == o] Mission Boxes G. VanSomeren, Esq. Collection in the month- 31 3 8% iy 019 0 0 DHARWAR. ly Missionary Meetings 22 8 o James Duncan from his Lieut. Fanning 5000 journey from Madras Rev. Sandys 20 o returned 30 2 4 Capt. Rowlandson 15 E. Twopenny, Esq. 20 BOMBAY. H. Gordon, Esq. Capt. W.G. Hilbert 50 o0 o Capt. Hamilton 14 5000 10 (é A. J. Loyal, Esq. TELLICHERRY. E. J. Weston, Esq. 10 :((éo) Two Friends, at Dharwar 60 Dr. Eyre by Capt. Carr 50 o o Rev. Taylor 19 Colonel A, Lawe 200 o o W. W. Bell, Esq. 100 250 o o Lieut. Griffiths 10 10 CALICUT. H. Rolland, Esq. 50 H. V. Conolly, Esq. for P. W. Legeytt, Esq. Schools 1847 119 o o R. Y. Bazett, Esq. 100 100 o o A. Campbell, Esq. 100 T. W. Goodwyn, Esq. Lieut. Douglas 10 R. 8. Robinsoa, Esq. 100 o 0 G. Vary, Esq. 50 H. V. Conolly, Esq. for S. Blunt, Esq. 100 Schools 1848 200 o o 50 A Friend 100 o o W. Frost, Esq. R. S. Robinson, Esq. 1000 o W. E. Frere, Esq. 100 Capt. A. S. Williams 50 0 o J. Payne, Esq. 15 Lieut. Fanning 50 T. W. Goodwyn, Esq., W. Hart, Esq. 100 monthly May to Oc- J. Springer, Esq. 100 tober, for the Girl’s 50 School 60 o o J. W. Muspratt, Esq 50 832 0 o Capt. Reynolds H.Morris, Esq. towards Capt. Wingate 100 50 o Lieut. Kemble 100 the building Narayen (Kathoon) Mrs. Goodwyn, monthly 120 o Colonel Prior 50 Mrs. Williams 50 0 o9 A Friend 100 NILAGIRIS Colonel Macan 100 Colonel Tomkyns 120 A Brother 20 Colonel Russel 200 Capt. Rawlinson 15 Capt. Parker 40 C. W. Reade, Esqg. 100 Capt. Buckle 20 Mr. Courpalais Mrs. Fraser 50 Mission Box in the Chapel 3 § § Dr. Turpbull Through the Dharwar 50 Capt. Davidson Treasury from Poonah 61 From Hydrabad Cos.Rs.4 6 [ Mr. Kyte 480 Different Friends 56 2522 1 9 Colonel Alexander 50 MANANTODDY. Colonel Coffin 20 QO OON~OOOO0O O CO0oO~mMOOOQOO Mrs. King by Mr.Gundert15 o o A Friend at Trichinopoly 38 1500 G. C. Collyer Engineer, HONORE. at Waltair 25 0 Colonel Coffin 20 —Reade, Esq. 56 0 o E. Story, Esq. 20 o Dr. Colebrook 25 0 0 E. Story, Esq. 0o Sloe Qo o0oo° Mr. Claudius, Kotagherry10 o G 50 RAP RAP BETTIGHERRY. MANGALORE. W. A. Goldfineh, Esq. 200 o o F. Anderson, Esq 300 200 o o Dr. Kevin A.J.W. 10 BOMBAY By Rev. Isenberg. G.W.C C. . 15 0 Dr. Macfarlane 50 A. Wattenbach 50 o Parker, Esq. Madura 50 C. Kind 10 o J ce 25 o H. Stokes, Esq. 25 Rev. H. Mengret C. Reade. Esq 37 G. Candy, Esq. 10 35 Rev. Dr. Stevenson 10 Capt. Rundall 250 Ven.Archdeacon Jeffreys 30 W. Lavie, Esq 300 S. D. Murray J. Walker, Esq J. Pope, Esq. 20 J. Malthy, Esq 15 H. Johnston, Esq. 10 Major C. Woodfall 330 10 H. Stokes, Esq 500 T. Zorn, Esq. 100 F. Anderson, Esq 300 J. Vanpell, Esq H. Stokes (collected) 119 A Friend 30 H all 150 Major Candy 50 oooooooooo 0000000000000 0Q sq 50 420 o o Major White 50 Bishop of Bombay 150 o F. Copleston, Esq Archdeacon Jeffreys 50 o W. Walker, Esq 50 R. X 30 o G. Forbes, Esq 300 eyes 400 o Capt. Rundall 35 B. Holt, Esq. 50 o G. Harris, Esq. 50 A. Friend Through ’V.[a_] Woodfall 90 A.. Lyon, Esq. 24 0000000 C00O000CPPOO2 WOOOOOOOOQ 00 000Q00C0000000OQNWOOOOODOODO Colonel Moore 100 Messrs. Kemp Rev. J. Cook 20 S LS N ) ‘W. Acland, Esq 50 F. Anderson, Esq. for A Friend 30 10 o 0 Dr. Thomson 20 Br. Hebich’s poor 100 e e 100 0 L. D. Murray, Esq. 50 A. Wattenbach, Esq. Neilgherries House rent 300 returned 180 o © ‘Lleut. Field 25 180 o o Capt. Willoughby 50 6. 0.0 0000009 e Dr. J. Wilson ,05. 000000000000 QCQOO0OO 1440 o o Total Rs. 18,040 3 5 Donations received since October 1848 MANGALORE. NILAGIRI. 30 o Lieut. Ranken 30 o A Friend 200 o o Rev. B. Field 'W. Cherry, Esq 10 0 0 'W. Lavie, Esq. 20 o Colonel Alexander 50 0 0 J. Vanpell, Esq. 100 o T. P. Larkins, Esq. 100 o CuurcHE AT CANNANORE. 1 10 o 5000 A’ Friend in Belgaum 50 o The Brethren of the 12th Regt Mrs. General Walker 27 13 The Brethren of the 43rd Regt 1500 10 o The Brethren of H.M. 94th Regt 2610 Major Congdon 100 o The Sisters 820 Captain Ditmas S.D. Y 3000 Mrs. General Walker 30 o o000 PooO0O00O0O0 The Brethren of the 12th Regt 5000 DHARWAR The Brethren of the 43rd Regt 4400 3130 Dr. Winchester 20 o The Brethren of H.M. 94th egt D. Young, Esq. 29 o Four Brethren of the 94th a pre- Lieut. Francis 50 o (<=M} sent to the Lord 400 A well wisher for the Lieut. Boileau 10000 Girl’s School ¢ A mite 500 35 o The Sisters 700 Colonel Prior 51 RAP RAP The Brethren of the 12th Regt 6000 From different Places The Brethren of H.M. 94th Regt 3210 ENGLAND. 1500 Collection by Mrs. Bell and Mrs Two Brothers 730 ix £ 5 Three Children 800 £5 The Sisters Collection by Mrs, Hills £10 The Brethren of the 12th Regt 70 0 0 E. B. Hills, Ksq The Brethren of H.M. 94th Regt 2330 The Sisters 920 £20 229 oo The Brethren of the 12th Regt 4000 CUDDAPAH The Brethren of H.M. 94th Regt 28 3 6 E. Maltby, Esq. 10000 The Sisters 420 BANGALORE 1000 0 19900 E. King, Esq., Manantoddy A Brother in the 12th Regt 20 00 Through Captain W. Bisset MADRAS. The Brethren of H.M. 94th Regt 2510 500 Brethren of H.M. 25th Regt 3000 The Sisters 500 Brethren and Sisters of the same 2610 ‘¢ Goodfriday’s Gift’ Mrs. General Walker 3000 Lieut. P. O’Connell, subscriber 100 0 0 Mrs. Cummin 700 for 4 months 3500 Capt. Halliday 2100 Captain Rundall, subsr. CENSUS OF THE MISSION, 1. MANGALORE. 6. MALASAMUDRA. ° European agency o0 European agency Schoolmaster Catechists ° Schoolmasters Congregation [\ Congregations 250 Schools one with boy 8 0 DD = ped 1= Schools, Mission School 74 and girls. English School 30 7. CAN NANORE Candidates for baptism 15 2. MULKEE European agency Catechists - European agency Schoolmasters Catechists Congregation (natlve) ° Congregation Schoo ] [aRe=RVE 8] Scholars with schohrs 55 Candldates for baptlsm z TELLTCHERRY DHARWAR European agency ° ° European agency . Catechists 14 Catechists Congregation o0 161 Schoolmasters Day schools (10) with 285 49 A boys boarding school 42 Congregation 12 6 Girls do. 0. 28 Girls boarding school. Candidates for baptism 13 Day schools, boys . 400 9. CALICUT [¢] irls 10 Candidates for baptism European agency ° 4. HOOBLY Catechists ° Schoolmasters § European agency Congregation . Catechists chools : Schoolmasters ° g A. Gr1rls boarding school w ith Congregation 30 5 Boys schools with boys 300 o . 226 2 Girls schools with girls 30 Day schools with boys and irls 15 14 5. BETTIGHERRY Candidates for baptism o 10. NILAGIRI European agency Catechists Schoolmasters Catechists European agency g ° Congregation Schoolmasters CNOoolS Congregation 3 Boys schools with boys 160 Schools : three with b03 8 7 2 Girls schools with girls 44 Candidates for baptism % 52 EXPENDITURE FOR THE MISSION DURING THE YEAR 1847—8. R AP Wy Expenditure of 25 Brethren Moonshees : 84 and 16 Sisters 19,129 0 % Libraries : 16 2 Postage: 1,21 8 -g) Brother Lehnet’s voyage 248 Building and rep airs : 6,6 5 to Europe 2,49 3 2,11 O N O O sl oatol b Journeys : G Printing establishments : 16 Native schools : 3,38 Taxes : Printing at other . ?1aces s Boys ins titutions : 3,68 25 ;:Z 1% Girls institutiens & Schoo 3,42 ;IJ: Sundries : 3% Female teacher . 1‘?‘ 46 Catechists : ee 2,59 § %l é Total : 48,952 fi— 5 fitflmi&mm The last year, a fragmentary account of what is contained in the above report, was commenced by us unde r very serious apprehensions The Lord has and with hearts, we are ashamed to say, full of cares. helped u s thus far, and has, to the praise of His name, graciously dis- appointe d all our anxieties, We have learnt a little more management of our resources, but have never been less in want of money than during the past year, and have never had a larger balance than at the end of it. We awe indeed this prosperity in a season when the failure which threatened the resources of our Society at home, in a great measure to the liberality of our friends in India: but it is the Lord who has made them both willing and able to answer our call. In leok- future after such a year, we cannot but face boldly ing forward to the The Lord will all seeming diffic nlties and distant clouds of trouble. May He give richly to those who have given unto surely provide. us, comfort those who have comforted us, and make us both rejoice together in the fulness of His grace. S. HesicH, G. H. WEiGLE, C. MULLER, C. L. GREINER, J. AMMANN, J. F. Murz, G. STANGER, C. MOERIKE, H. MOEGLING, J. LAYER, C. Iri0NW, G. WurTH, H. GUNDERT, J. HuBER, G. Kizss, A. BUHRER, M. BuHLER, J. C. HiiiER, J. MULLER, H. ALBRECHT, B. DEGGELLER, W. RocwH. J. M. Frung; F. MuLLER, P. S.—In December last two new Brethren arrived, who bhave been sent out by our Committee, to join the Mangalore Station, and to establish among our mnew Native Christian commuunity some trades which promise a fair return to honest industry. They are them - selves Clock and Watchmakers by profession, and have learned the se- veral trades necessary for the manufacture of German Clocks. 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