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MANGALORE: PRINTED AT THE GERMAN MISSION PRESS 1855. = - g, i 5, - i, S s S o RLEEORT, The course of the past year has been Ghequ@r@d- by more changes and trials than have usually fallen to our lot during a twelvemonth. Laborers whom we thought almost necessary to the wellbeing of the Mission, have been suddenly removed by the Lord of the harvest. Others were obliged to return for a season to their na- tive country. Some of the Stations were, in consequence, seriously weakened, a loss not compensated for by the arrival of a few reinforcements, however valuable. To complete the short sketch of our present position we must add, that three new stations have been commenced at the very time when our home resources are curtailed by the present war, and by the distress which has now 80 long prevailed in Southern Germany. Serious losses were first suffered by our Chinese Mission. Br. Lechler was, in March 1854, married to a sister sent out to him from Sweden: he had to resign this gift to the Lord within little more than a month. The same disease that cut short her career, shortly after carried off our Br. Hamberg, a laborer highly esteemed 1* 4 by his colleagues in the field of Chinese Missions. He had just been enabled to compile from authentic sources a narrative of the Insurrection in China, and was on the point of paying a visit to the camp of Hung-sin-tsuen, accompanied by a kinsman of the Rebel Chief, when he was unexpectedly called to his rest, (in May 1854.) On the 7th of July we lost Br. Biihler, the senior Missionary at Kaity, by an attack of Cholera. The widows of both thege brethren returned to Europe with their little ones. ~ Mrs. Hamberg has already reached home, having lost one of her children during the sea voyage.—Mrs. Greiner, who for twelve years had labored diligently in the Mangalore Mission, and could not be prevailed on to retire for a season from her post, though an insidious disease had undermined her strength, expired on the 23rd of November from mere debility, having only half an hour before given birth to a healthy child. These were sore trials. Little less painful than these losses were the severe criticisms which they drew on our society, as if it neg- lected to care for the wellbeing of its laborers, and was therefore guilty of their premature death. We will not hide from our friends, that we are indeed exhorted by our Committee to live as economically as can be done with- out injury to health or efficiency; and that the majority of our supporters on the continent are continually ask- ing questions such as these: are not our Indian stations are not the established on too expensive a footing? 5 Missionaries occasionally tempted to live like Gentiemen? Can no reductions be made in their establishments? etc. We are in this respect under a sort of cross-fire—our excellent friends on this side of the water wish us to do the thing somewhat handsomely and generously; the brethren at home fear to lessen the sympathies for our work within their sphere by allowing us too great a latitude in the disposal of money, and beg of us to discover where farther retrenchments might be feasible. Now we may venture to say that as a body we are trying to do our best under existing circumstances; we do not allow ourselves to be swayed by any demands or suggestions of friends in India or at home, which from experience we feel assured, would, if attended to, injure our work. We desire to maintain a German style of living as far as is consistent with prudence: and we are not aware that our ranks are thinned by sickness and death to a greater extent than those of English or American Missions. We do not wish to give any offence to such of our brethren in the ministry as live more comfortably, or to judge their manner of life and the scale of their expenses: and we hope that neither will theirs be set up as the standard; seeing that in such a case even the instructions given to the Apostles in Matth. x. must be found fault with, and the life of St. Paul condemned as wanting in respectability. May we be instructed from above both how to abound and how to suffer need, without being ever found wanting in 6 L] cheerful contentedness! ¢He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast”:—may no folly or guilt of ours ever deprive us of the same! But according to some statements that have found their way into print, we must by this time have done with cheerfulness and contentedness. Not only have we “health, spirits, and hope destroyed”, but our Mission is %in all probability ruined for ever” by the shortsight- edness of our deputation. We are happy to declare that such is not the case. We do not say that we were all equally pleased with all the proceedings of our deputa- tion. We do not mean to maintain that such inspections are an unmixed good, neither would we concede that they are an utter failure. Too much may have been expected from them, and their danger seems to lie in the temptation to the Home Committees of acting at once boldly upon the views and theories resulting from the But information obtained by a visit of a few months. it cannot be counted a grievous hardship, if Missionariés are now and then forced to look on their own doings from different points of view, or to have the nimbus that surrounds their work, (especially among continental churches) removed by unsparing scrutiny and minute discussion, or to have occasionally to defend with rea- sons a position taken up in faith. A work that is ruined by going through trials like these, is not of God. If b i any of us have had our tempers tried by such difficulties, new to us after the great liberty of former years, we L can only say, we are sorry for it, and hope by the grace of God to do better next time But we certainly never meant to cast away our confidence and beg to assure our friends, as they will gather from the reports below, that during the past year the prospects of success in our calling have no- ways diminished On the 6th of January 1855 two ships were seen approaching the Mangalore roads. The one proved to be the “Owen Glendower”, wherein our Brethren F. Miiller and Huber with their wives and Mrs. Biihler were to embark for Europe, taking with them 23 children of the Mission These were sad partings Yet all felt com- forted when the other Ship was found to be the “Vernon”, about to land two Brethren, the Rev. G. Camerer and F. Sauvain for the Tulu and Malayalam Missions, and the brides of the Brethren Mcerike and Leonberger We could not but perceive that, as regards the strength of our laborers, we are still losers. There is evidently an end to the youthful times of our Mission, when every loss inflicted by death or failing health was repaired with alaerity. We are now satisfied if we can at all keep up the strength of our personal staff, and must draw the means for any future extension from an in- creasing number of efficient native teachers Yet we do not doubt that the Churches which sent us out will strain every nerve to the full extent of their limited means, in order to maintain their work of love and to 8 fill up -‘the gaps in our ranks. And we also hope that many children of God in this country who are entrusted with richer means of usefulness, and especially such of them as have been brought to the knowledge of the Lord in this heathen land, will be stirred up anew to succour us according to our need, so that the spread of the glorious Gospel in these regions not only be not hindered, but even carried on more boldly and effectu- ally in spite of the political commotions of the time. 1 I. SOUTHERN MAHRATTHA COUNTRY. DHARWAR. Rev. C. Moerike (left in Jan. 1855). Rev. O. Kaufmann. Catechists: Jacob Kamsica, and John Banawast. Communicants 18 Non-Communicants Children 17 Catechumens Total ... 42 As Br. Mcerike was ordered by the Committee, to return to the Neilgherries, and Br. Kittel was directed to take up his abode at Hoobly, only one brother has remained at this place which used in former years to be one of the principal stations of our Mission.—The native congregation has been increased by the accession of one Canarese family. The head of this family is a cultivator, who was formerly a mem- ber of one of those secret associations which are so numerous in the S. M. country. He used to attend nightly meetings in a solitary tem- ple, to assist at discussions on doctrinal points and at those meals of brotherhood, at which the distinctions of Caste are discarded. He soon found, however, that the smoking of Opium and Bang, and the eating of various kinds of animal food were the principal mysteries to be learned at these meetings. This did not satisfy him. At this time a Gooroo showed him the % Mirror of the Heart” (one of our tracts), and advised him to apply to the Padre for farther instruction. The Gooroo himself had, he said, no inclination to search farther for the truth. In the mean time, the illness of a child induced the man to vow a pilgrim- age to the abode of the celebrated, aged devotee (Adiviayya) near Belgaum, who is said to subsist without taking any food. This man too is said to have advised him to go to the Padres. In this manner the man, who is about thirty years of age, came to the Dharwar Mission 2 15th Report, German Evang. Mission. 10 house. He was instructed in the word of God and has conducted himself satisfactorly. His wife also showed, during a serious illness, that the word of God had not been without influence on her heart. In December last this family was baptized.— Another Tamulian family which had been under instruction pre- paratory to baptism, had to be postponed on account of gross sins of which the husband at least has been convicted. The Christian children, though still of tender age, make pleasing progress-under the tuition of John. Br. Meerike has devoted much of his time to Bazar preaching; and the other Brethren, who were still studying the language, usually accom- panied him. An especial opportunity of preaching the word to mul- titudes, presented itself at a festival of the Cholera-goddess which last- ed for three days. Only on one day some Mohammedans created a disturbance, by which the heathen also were encouraged to be noisy, so that the preacher was silenced; but on the two other days he was enabled to deliver his message without hindrance. HUBLY. Rev. J. Miiller, and Mrs. Miiller. Catechist: Paul. Communicants 5 Children ; Catechumens Total .i. 28 The Missionary family, especially Br. Miiller has, during the last year, been severely tried by repeated attacks of a malignant fever. Still the Lord bas, in His mercy, again vouchsafed a measure of health and strength. In December last the hands of Br. Miiller were strength- bl ened by the accession of Br. Kittel who has been ordered, after having acquired the Canarese language, to settle i1 at this place. One of the Christian weaver-families was strongly tempted to forsake the fellowship of our little church and to relapse into heathenism; yet we are thank- ful to say—better counsels prevailed and some improve- ment is visible in the conduct of the elder members of this family. The yoimg blacksmith of whom mention is made in last year's report, has since been baptized and walks consistently. Towards the close of 1854, six Christian men of the Congregation set out, of their own accord, on a preaching tour to the neighbouring towns and villages. They were, on the whole, well received and there is reason to hope that they themselves, as well as others, will have been benefited by their tour.—Br. Miiller also made a short tour in November, but contracted a renewed and serious attack of fever. The former indifference of many among the townspeople is gradually chan- ged into decided enmity; but the great majority still adhere to the old saying: “ We can do nothing ourselves; we must remain as we are, till God is pleased to change us”. BETTIGHERRY. Rev. G. Wiirth, and Mrs. Wiirth. Preparondi: Paul and Salomon. Communicants 10 11 Children Catechumens Total 25 This congregation has been diminished by the sepa- ration from it of a married man with four children who had rown dissatisfied with the close superintendance under which he lived at the Mission Premises. Also a psed in- second married pair left the churgh, having rela 2% 12 to heathenish sing On the other hand. one adult wo- man and nine children have been added to the congre- gation. The latter were rescued from starvation duung the late famine. Mrs. Wiirth has taken charge of them, assisted by some of the members of the congregation. In June last Br. Wiirth visited Lingasagar in the Nizams Count- ry. His way led him through parched fields—the want of water was universal-—prices had risen to six times their usual amount; most of the cattle had perished; the Pariah Villages were surrounded with heaps of bones The Gospel was preached to many; some heard it meekly; others “raised smoke” s the Canarese proverb says—that is, tried to ward off the evangelical message by disputing. Many said: Why should we join you, if we must still labor ?—Christ and Channabasava are one and the same!—You are so powerful a na- tion!—can't you, then, make rain? One man said that the drought arose from God having let go the thread by which he holds the Universe; he thought the end of the ever varying game of worldly life had now arrived The Mohammedans offered incense and sprinkled their Mosques with water, in hopes of procuring rain In one village a Linga priest sat on a field for five days, refusing to eat or drink till rain should come At last the rain came, and the holy man was brought back in triumph The distress was very great Many acknowledged that God had sent the drought to abate their pride: and yet they remained hard- hearted. Very frequently people say: When the proper time arrives, all will join you, but this time has not yet come. Others say: We shall become Christians if God inclines our hearts, but as he does not do $0, we remain heathens. Some, indeed, are very mear to the kingdom of God, but they still want firmness of purpose to enter into it. A heathen in our neighbourhood dafly smeared his sick child with ashes in the name of Jesus Christ, saying the words & Let this child be Thine in life and death”. Upon farther enquiry we found that these ashes had been given to the man by a Lingayet priest who is said to have cured some cases of Cholera by the same application. Others are said to have been healed of snakebites by calling on the name of Jesus. Nevertheless these people who believe the name of Christ to be so efficacious, will not hear of confessing him openly, although they admit the necessity of so doing. . 13 MALASAMUDRA. Br. J. Leonberger. Catechist: Jacob Kamsika (since Dec. at Dkarwa;fl). Communicants 5 Children 3 Catechumens 2 — Total ... 10 A great number of distressed people have come to the Mission House during last year.—Some stayed for several months, broke their Caste, attended our services, and yet, after their most urgent wants had been satisfied, it became apparent that they cared only for the bodily support which they received from us. The farmservants have (as in former years) given much trouble by their enmity to Christianity, which they show by doing every- thing in their power to discourage new comers and enquirers. Some of the best servants were on this ac- count dismissed. This intolerable rule of the heathen Two families servants is however drawing to a close. that had received baptism at an outstation of the Bellary Mission not very far from Malasamudra—but found it rather difficult to gain a livelihood in their native place, have been received here with the consent of their spiri- tual fathers (6th January 1855); and several heathen of their acquaintance, who are well inclined, have fol- lowed them in the hope of obtaining regular occupation on the extensive grounds of this colony. Around us, the heathen have done their utmost to propitiate heaven by means of extraordinary offerings, processions and festivals. Num- bers of saints professed to fast in hopes of obtaining rain from the Gods. They certainly abstain from their ordinary food, but are abun- dantly provided with milk, plantains etc., and almost adored by the de- 14 luded multitudes Only one thought seemed to fill the hearts of all, the thought: “What will become of us, if rain is withheld”! On all sides we were met with the words «If your God be the true one, ask him to send rain”.—DBut it was evident that even a famine, however severe a visitation, is not powerful enough to turn men’s hearts “Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction ; they have made their faces harder than a rock they have refused to return”. Jerem, v. 3. In July and August last a tour was made, during which the Missionary met with many pleasing instances of earnest enquiry. At Mulagunda especially, many weavers declared that they would gladly become Christians if only a permanent outstation could be established Also at Shiggale we had most attentive hearers At Shiratte we met a Mohammedan who appeared to be superior to most others in the neighbourhood. Though only an ordinary weaver, he reads and understands the Koran, and bitterly complains of the ignorance and drunkenness prevalent among his co-religionists. GULEDAGUDDA Rev. G. Kies, and Mrs. Kies. Catechist: Christian Communicants soas 20 Non-Communicants Children 14 Catechumens Total 40 The buildings for the use of the converts, and the Mission House, the erection of which cost a good deal of trouble, have at last been completed, and the Mission- “N ary rejoices to be now again enabled to devote all his strength to direct Mission work.— The congregation, which had received a considerable increase during the 15 year, requires constant watching; some of its members have caused much grief; one had to be dismissed and some others were excluded from the Lord's supper All the members of the congregation are now able to earn their bread as independent laborers working at their trade (as weavers) This happy result, which greatly relieves the mind of the Missionary, has been finally brought about by means of a loan obtained from a Christian friend The children of the congregation are regularly taught by Mrs. Kies The adults are taught by Br. Kies in the evenings, especially during the rainy season; and the hours thus spent have been very pleasant and profitable. In December last the Missionary made a tour in an easterly direction. He experienced much indifference and aversion from the majority of the people, but was greatly encouraged by the satisfactory intercourse which he had with some young men There had been a hope, for some time, of a door being opened among the Madagas, a low tribe which lives on the shores of the Malpurba river, but the women of the tribe, being too much addicted to their old ways, turned the hearts of the men, so that few only re- main desirous to become acquainted with the truth Great apprehension was felt in our neighbourhood on account of the long-continued drought Thousands of people migrated from the Nizam’s country and begged their bread in our neighbourhood, but only two children that were adopted by members of the congregation who had none of their own, have remained with us We have heard heartrending tales of distress In a village on the banks of the Krishna a man drowned his two children whom he ‘When the mother heard this, she was unable to support any longer threw herself into the river at the same spot where her little ones had perished.—A newly married pair had travelled about for some time in quest of food, till at last the husband sold his wife for grain to an opulent man; but the woman could not bear the change: next morn- ing she was found dead in a well A great number of rain-makers and rain-prophets arose both among Hindoos and Mohammedans; and although people felt that they were imposed upon, yet they greatly As soon as the first rains fell, honored and courted these 1mpost01s all the people who had come in quest of food, and also those who had taken up their abode with us, returned to their homes. 16 IL. CANARA. MANGALORE. Bev. C. Greiner; Rev. G. Weigle, Mrs. Weigle; Rev. B. Deggeller; Rev. W. Hoch, Mrs. Hoch; Rev Kullen; Rev. H. A. Kaundinya. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT. Mr. G. Pfleiderer, Mr. G. Plebst, Mr. J. Haller Catechists: Simeon, Enos, Elieser. Schoolmasters: Samuel, Leonhard, Danel. Communicants 196 Non-Communicants 77 Children 237 Catechumens 36 et Total .... (1 Jan. 55) 546 1 THI!Z' CONGREGATION. With the increase of the congregation, the anxieties of the Missionaries increase. There are many who do not walk worthily of the Gospel in which they profess to believe. Yet we should be ungrateful, were we not to acknowledge that the Lord still has his work in the hearts of many both of the old and new members of the congregation. — The Mission has experienced a sad be- reavement in the death of Mrs. Greiner, of which more hereafter. Br Greiner has left this station, at which he had labored for upwards of twenty years, in order to take up his abode and work at Udapi, forty miles to the North of Mangalore, on the 13th of February 1855; Br. Biihrer has taken his place. There has been an unusual num- 17 ber of deaths in the congregation. | May the living members be the more earnest in seeking the things which belong to the peace of their souls! A goodly number of converts has been admitted into the Church by Baptism on the 11th of February 1855. Two young people at Bolma fell into grievous sin; the man con- fessed, but the woman at first hardened her heart and threatened to run away. But the Lord softened her. For a whole fortnight she wept and prayed and sought forgiveness for her sin. She has since walked in a becoming manner.—Old Simeon the Catechist was sent on a visit to the new converts at Kalydnptr, who are exposed to much temptation and intimidation. Among the new comers there is a woman from an influential family with four children. She was first induced to seek help with Jesus on account of the illness of her children, which she ascribed to the influ- ence of evil spirits. She has since been instructed and baptized, and conduects herself satisfactorily.— An oilmaker who had wished to become a Christian some years ago, but was then prevented, has now overcome all obstacles, and there is every hope, that his large family will follow 2 his example. Some, who had joined us and given fair hopes, have been again drawn away, chiefly by the love of their relations. The Romish Church greatly bestirs itself at Mangalore. There are to be opposition Schools, a College, a rival Industrial Establishment, a Nunnery, and even, perhaps, a printing Press. Would that we could say with the Apostle: Every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea and will Phil 101 8. rejoice. The girls’ School was under the supéri‘ntendance of the late Mrs. Greiner till her strength completely failed, when Mrs. Hoch teok tem- porary charge of it. It is now conducted by Mrs. Biihrer. A great number of the elder girls were confirmed and admitted to the Sacra- ment towards the close of last year. The boys’ orphan School is, we trust, prospering. Some of the boys are very well behaved and affectionate. The prospect of being called back by their ungodly relations moved some of them even to tears. A new branch of industry has been hit upon, viz. the manu- facture of mats and rugs out of dyed Coir-rope. There appears to be considerable demand for such mats. The Orphan House will soon have to migrate to Mulky, where it will have more adequate and sa- 15th Report, German Evang. Mission. 3 18 lubrious accomodation than in the confined and overcrowded Compound of our lower Mission House.—Some of the more advanced boys have been instructed with a view to their being employed as Schoolmasters. A shop has lately been established, in which books and Stationery are sold by one of our Christians. An esteemed Christian friend has aided us in this undertaking by ordering from Madras the first invoice of books, English, Canarese, Hindustanee, Tamil, and Telugu. The sale has hitherto been encouraging even beyond our expectations. II. THE CATECHIST CLASS. The third year of the course of preparation which our Catechist pupils undergo, has now passed away, and The ranks of the class have only one year remains. been considerably thinned, for we have had the sorrow to be obliged to dismiss no less than three young men in the course of one year, because they had, in vari- ous ways, given evidence of their unfitness for the work of evangelists.—The remaining pupils, however, cheer us by their steady walk and by their progress which, we hope, is solid, though by no means splendid.— One youth of this class has, at the request of our Home Committee, been sent to Europe in order to be farther instructed in our Missionary College at Basle. The pupils made an extensive preaching tour to Dharwar, and back again by Shimoga aud Mercara, in the beginning of of 1854. They were, on this tour, accompanied by Br. Kaundinya, who found some interesting opportunities for preaching the word, especially at Cumptah, Sircy, Shimoga, and Chickamoglir. A smaller preaching tour was made at the end of September, to the neighbouring towns Mudabidri and Kérkala. At Kérkala, the ruined capital of the Jains, the Gospel was listened to with great attention. Some of the pupils also delivered short addresses to the heathen, and were patiently listened to. The once great establish- ment of the Jains is visibly decaying. At Kirkala, there are said to have been five hundred Jain families; now there remains only one; at Mudabidri there are still forty.— e e s 19 111. THE ENGLISH SCHOOL. This institution has been signally blessed. Many of the difficulties which beset our path in former years, appear to be fairly overcome. The attendance is most encouraging, and exceeds what we had formerly con- sidered as the highest possible number of English Scholars that could be furnished by Ma,ngalore. The assistant teachers do their duty zealously and satisfactorily. A school-fee has been introduced, (of a Quarter Rupee per mensem) in order to bring our school within the provisions for a Government Grant in aid—and on the first day of payment one hundred and twenty boys payed their fee without the least difficulty. . A European teacher, Mr. Richter, is expec ted )to arrive in September next. A public examination of the School was held on the 15th of September last. The subjects of examination were: First Class: Journies of the Apostle Paul — History of the Mohammedans in India — Practical Surveying — Pneumatics. Second Class: History of the birth of Christ— Geography of Asia.— The answers obtained were creditable and satisfactory. Mr. Anderson, the Civil and Session Judge, who presided at the examination, concluded the proceedings with an heart-stirring address. Several new pupils have been admitted into Mr. Hoch's Indobriton boarding School; so that this little branch of the English School can likewise be said to be in a flourishing state. The Canarese Schools in various parts of the town, (four in number) are in a more promising state than formerly. One of them had to be closed for some time on account of the ravages of Cholera in the quarter in which it is located. The former masters of three of these Schools have been replaced by young men, trained at our Canarese and English Schools; an arrangement which promises to be very beneficial. B a i 3* 20 1V. THE PRESS. Br. Weigle has been engaged in superintending the operations of this department, and especially in carrying through the press a Biblical Commentary which is bein translated from German into Canarese, (He has also shared in the stated services both English and Canarese, and has, together with Br. Kaundinya, preached in the Bazar'as regularly as his health and his other duties would permit.) LIST OF BOOKS PRINTED FROM NOVEMBER 1853 to 1854. Copies. Pages. I. Typographed Books: Fourteenth Report of our Mission. 8vo........ 1300 52 Mangalore Almanac. 4to ®0eccccccencencceseato0conos 1000 72 Canarese Bible Stories 8vo. (not finished). --------- 4000 128 Commentary to the New Testament (Translation teesscesae 1000 from the German) 8vo. (not finished) 144 Henry and his Bearer. 16mo. (not finished) 4000 16 II. Lithographed Books: Canarese Spelling book. 16mo *®ecsosenesss o eoesce 1000 64 The essence of Knowledge. 16mo 800 161 Larger Spelling book. 16mo.......... 1000 112 Universal History in Canarese (as faI: asthe reformation) I. & II. Part. 8vo. -------------- 200 355 Collection of Scripture texts for schools. 8vo.... 1000 112 Total 15300 1216 V. THE INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT. Br. Pfleiderer has been sent out by the Home Com- mittee to take general charge of this Establishment, and his knowledge of mercantile affairs has already been of great 4b‘enefit not only to the Mangalore workshops, but 21 also to those at our other stations, which are likewike placed under his control. The watchmaking Establishment has been closed, as not suited to the requirements and capacities of our native christians. The watch- maker, Mr. Miiller, had been invited by our Committee to enter upon direct Missionary work, in the first instance as an unordained assis- tant Missionary—a position for which his competent knowledge of Canarese would have qualified him; but he preferred to accept of a situation under Government. Our best wishes accompany him in his new career. X In the weaving Establishment, there has been a marked progress. Twenty-four looms are now regularly worked. ‘Workmen and apprentices will, of course, always give trouble; but since the diligent have found, that by steadiness they can earn a great deal more than by desultory and indifferent work, the number of good workmen is on the inecrease. Four youths from other stations have already been instructed, and will, as they return to their own stations, spread the knowledge they have acquired. The stuffs woven on our looms meet with a ready and remunerating sale. Br. Haller’s health had been seriously injured by fatiguing atten- dance on a sick apprentice; but a month’s stay on the Kudure-mukh, the excellent Sanatarium of Mangalore, was blessed to his complete recovery. MULKI. Rev. A. Biihrer, Mrs. Biihrer; Rev. F. Lehmann. Catechists: Nathanael, Titus, Isaak. Communicants 120 Non-Communicants Children 126 Catechumens 21 Total .... 248 The past year has been one of quiet and, the Lord be thanked, successful labor. The congregations in the 29 various villages connected with this station have, with one exception, been considerably augmented. Especi- ally at Gudde there has been a great increase and there are prospects of a yetricher harvest.—At Kadike the Lord has vouchsafed a new blessing; two families have joined the church and some others are in a hopeful state. At Coditdr a new family promises to join us—and the con- version of this family is expected to influence several others. In the immediate vicinity of Mulks, traces of new life are perceptible. At Uchila only the work has, to the sorrow of the Missionaries, been stationary s vef not without a hope of better days. At Beiir the heathen give witness to the light which the Christians let shine before men by their charitable and kind conduct. At Kalydnpdr the word finds a ready entrance into the hearts of many. At Kiflenjec a nice family is under in- struction, preparatory for baptism. During the Monsoon, Br. Biihrer has devoted part of his time to the instruction of his Catechists. Our new-comers have to contend with many difficulties. The refusal of their wives and families, to join them, is a strong temptation to backsliding, to which some, alas, have succumbed. Others are exposed to fierce persecution; one was so cruelly beaten by his heathen neighbours, that he was unable to work for several weeks. Another has had his house broken into by thieves on three successive occasions.—Cholera has committed great ravages in our neighbourhood; the offerings by which the deluded people tried to send the goddess of pestilence from one village to another, would not avail. Of our congregation, we lost only one member, a boy. On the 19th of March, four persons were baptized at Mulki: among them the first convert from the village properly called Mulki (all the other members of the Congregation live in hamlets around this village.) This man, who was called Simeon, had for several years ceased to be- lieve in the power of Bhutas and refused to offer to them. As long as nine years ago he had intended to confess Christ, but delayed again and again till at last his wife died and he, too, became ill. During his illness he said to one of the Catechists: My desire is, to die in the name of Jesus. Contrary to all expectation, he recovered, and had no rest in his mind, till he had taken the decisive step. Great were the 2 3 lamentations of his children and grandchildren, but the old man was not shaken in his determination. He hoped that his relations would soon join him. But this has not yet been the case. Another baptism took place at Mulki on the 15th of October, when twelve persons were admitted into the church after several months’ instruction. Most of them have a good knowledge of the truth; the younger members have learnt to read, and rejoice in reading the word of God. A remarkable case of troubled conscience has occurred. A member of the congregation, whose conduct was in other respects satisfactory, had frequent quarrels with his relations. No remonstrances would avail. He became more and more hardened and obstinate; till one evening, after having refused an offer of reconciliation, he became very uneasy, could find no sleep, arose to pray in the middle of the night, but could find no words. He went out into the fields, pursued by the voice of conscience—at last he threw himself down on the ground, trembling in agony. His sins stood before the eye of his mind like mountains; he exclaimed: I am lost; I shall now die and have to appear before the righteous judge. He then arose, awakened his brothers, and told them of his anguish. He asked their pardon for all the sins that he had committed against them. They were greatly surprised and fried to comfort him with passages of Seripture; but he said that the word of God, instead of comforting, only condemned him. The Catechist also tried in vain to comfort him. “These promises, he exclaimed, are not for me.” Towards evening he was somewhat more composed, but still could find no rest during the night. Next morning he came to me, confessed his sins and showed every sign of despair. I made him repeat the words: O Jesus, Son of the living God, have mercy upon me, a miserable sinner! He did so, tremblingly at first, but afterwards he took courage. He was easier during the following night, yet found but little sleep. As he was led to think of some particular sin that he had not yet confessed, he got up, awakened the Catechist, and confessed it to him forthwith. From that time, however, he was most desitous to hear the glad tidings of the Saviour and the remission of sins to be had through him. For a whole fortnight he was so much troubled in his mind, as to be unable to work; but ever since he has had great peace and walked in a very becoming manner. At Gudde, an idol house in which the Beidériu (ancestors of the Billavers) were worshipped, has been_deserted through the conversion of the officiating priest. A considerable number of full length (wooden) statues of these heroes was removed or destroyed during the night; the rain will soon finish the work of destruction. Many members 24 of the congregation, who had expressly prayed for the destruction of this place of abominations, are greatly strengthened in faith by this event. At Gudde, twenty two persons were baptized on the 22nd of February 1854. Only two of this number are children. The adults had been instructed in the history and doctrine of the word of God for a con- siderable time. Among them was the priest to whom the above mentioned idol-house belongs. At Beiltr, Br. Lehmann baptized eleven people; and likewise eleven at Kalydnptlr; among the latter was also the first convert from the North side of the Kalydnpur river. This man was exposed to a great deal of persecution, which has, however, gradually subsided. His mother, though herself a heathen, has called him back to her house. Gideon at Beilir frequently preaches in the Bazar of Udapi after he has completed his day’s work. He has lost much property in consequence of his conversion, but bears his losses with cheerfulness. His old grandmother, a woman of singular strength of mind, had at first been a determined enemy, but now puts the younger generation to shame by her zeal. On a particular spot near her village she had frequently knelt down and prayed with her grand-daughters, that a Missionary might yet be stationed near their village. The girls had been unwilling to yield to the whim, as they thought, of their grandmother. They said, they would be laughed at, if they were seen to kneel in the fields; they would rather go to an adjoining wood. But the grandmother was inflexible. “Just here let us kneel down”! And this spot, consecrated, as it were, by her prayers, now turns out to be the very spot on which the new Station at Udapi has been founded. UDAPL ® Bev. C. Greier, Rev. G. Camerer. The considerable number of villages over which the Mulki congregation is now scattered, has rendered it expedient, in the judgement of our home Committee, to fix a more central spot from which the evangelisation < of the Northern parts of the Tulu country shall hence- forth proceed. We have received orders to erect a large Mission house for a married brother and for two bachelors E 2 D at Udapi, the great centre of Tulu Brahmanism, and Br. Greiner has already taken up his abode at the new station, and will soon be joined by Br. Camerer who has lately arrived from Furope. Br. Biithrer has been ordered to take Br. Greiner’s place at Mangalore, and will there be assisted by his old fellow-laborer, Br. Lehmann; while Br. Deggeller, with the Orphan house, which is much in want of a more suitable locality, will in future occupy our Mulki station. It is our hearts’ desire that these great changes, whose main object is, to dispose our Missionary forces in such a manner that they may most effectually enter the doors which the Lord opens in so many places,—may be owned and blessed by the great Lord of the Church. Br. Greiner has already taken up his new post. It was not easy for him to bid farewell to Mangalore, the scene of his labors and sufferings during full twenty years. Yet the new field in which he has been called to labor, is full of promise and he has been enabled to begin with cheerfulness. A suitable spot has been selected for the Mission premises, and these (including a church) are in course of erection. The Mission compound is very near to the town of Udapi, yet sufficently removed from the noise and abominations of the idol- worship. After the piece of ground had been granted to the Mission by the authorities, the leading Brahmans of the place protested against the settlement of the Padres. But they were too late. The excite- ment of the heathen was great, but they only injured themselves by their impotent rage; for under an erroneous impression, that a certain piece of woodland in the vicinity of the Mission compound would also be granted to the Missionaries, they united to cut down in a single night dll the trees, whose decaying branches had, from time immemorial, furnished firewood to the surrounding hamlets. Thus a footing is established in the vicinity of this stronghold of Satan. May it soon be our happy task to report that a large and practicable breach has been made in the fortress! 15th Report, German Evang. Mission. 26 HONORE Rev. J. J. Ammann, and Mrs. Ammain. Catechist Chr. Kamsika Communicants Non-Communicants Children Catechumens S =1 Ko Total ... 19 Mrs. Ammann has returned from the Neilgherry Hills, which she had been obliged to visit on account of her bealth. Her sojourn has been blessed to herself and her children Br. Ammann went up to the Hills before the rains, to bring Mrs. Ammann back; and on the re- turn journey he halted two days at every stage, and had abundant opportunites for preaching the word and dis- tributing Tracts and Scripture parts The congregation has decreased in numbers, a great part of it being in the serviee of the Christian Lady through whose instrumen- tality many of them were brought to the knowledge of the truth, and who has now left Honore. A famfly which had been instructed by Br. Ammann, was baptized On this at Ottacamund by the Lord Bishop of Madras. occasion, the Bishop congratulated them on their un- reserved abandonment of Caste, and strongly exposed the folly and wickedness of keepmg up Caste-distinctions among Christians.—We rejoice in this testimony from the head of a sister church, which, we are informed, has not failed to make a deep impression on the Claste- AR Christians. Br. Ammann has given much of his time to itineracy; partly from a conviction that this branch of missionary work deserves greater at- 27 tention than it has hitherto received, and partly because this kind of work is most conducive to his precarious health. In February of last year he visited Shimoga, and preached very frequently, on the road as well as during his stay at Shimoga. There are some young men who evidently long for salvation; especially one, who has heard the truth from Br. Wiirth, and who seems to have serious thoughts of confessing Christ before men. On the return journey Br. Ammann had the joy to see that not all the seed which he had cast abroad, had fallen by the way side.—At Sircy, which he has visited several times, he found many attentive hearers in the Bazar. A journey in a Southerly direc- tion, as far as Mulki, was undertaken during the break of the Monstin. On this oecasion Br. Ammann felt it a privilege to be enabled to preach to the Christians at or near Mulki, many of whom are his own spiri- tual children.—In August and September shorter tours to the South were undertaken, when the people of the indigenous caste (Nédavas, Bantas, Billavas) were found very accessible. Also the Brahmans, and especially the Mussulmen, were found remarkably open to the preaching of the word, during a weeks’ stay at Murudéshvara. There was a great demand for books. The month of October Br. Ammann spent at Siddhaplr, above the Ghéts, in great bodily weakness, yet constantly visited by attentive and earnest enquirers. Bazar preaching at Honore has been carried on with as much re- gularity as was possible; but these and other tours (the great heathen festival at Gékarna was also visited) have caused many interruptions. The School at Karike in the neighbourhood of Honore is going on tolerably well; the visits paid to it are good opportunities for preaching. The Schoolmaster is a serious enquirer, but throws obstacles into his own way by a perverse desire to amalgamate the Christian truth with his Shdstras. He would like, for instance, to exchange the name “Jesus” for some other fine Sansecrit name. A sad proof of the enmity of the old man! A school in the Honore Bazar eontinues to be supported by the liberality of a Christian friend. At a late examination, the boys showed a very fair acquaintance with biblical history. 4% 28 SHIMO G A. Rev. F. Albrecht, c;md Mrs. Albrech, Communicants 5 Non-Communicants 2 Children 8 ket .. A5 For several years past, the Home Committee had been anxious to meet the wishes of an esteemed friend of our Mission, who had placed his dwelling house at Shimoga at their disposal, on condition that a Missionary At last should be sent to occupy that important post. they came to the resolution of sending Br. Albrecht, who had been recruiting his health on the Neilgherry hills, and whose former place at Dharwar had been filled by Br. Moerike.—Br. Albrecht arrived at the new Station in the latter half of August, and forthwith applied him- self to preach the word of God daily in the streets and bazars of Shimoga. He has found many willing héarers; among them not a few who had heard the Gospel preached at Hubli and in the neighbourhood; for the great traffic of the Nuggur district attracts many of the industrious Lingayets and Banajigas of the Southern Mahratta country. May also this new station prove a good field that bringeth forth fruit an hundredfold! 29 ITI. MALABAR. CANNANORE, CHIRACAL, ANJERCANDY, axo PALGHATUT. Rev. S. Hebich; Rev. H. Gundert, Mrs. Gundert; Rev. E. Diez. Catechists: Timothy, Jacob, Joseph, G. O’ Brien, Paul, Daniel, Sebastian, Diego, C. Stocking. Under preparatory instruction, Abraham. Communicants 193 Non-Communicants 30 Children 225 Catechumens 44 Total - 499 The past year has been a very trying one; yet the Lord always graciously vouchsafes strength as our days are. A great fire which consumed many of the native huts in the neighbourhood (on the 9th March 1854) also reached our compound—and destroyed the school and other buildings. The greater part of the Mission pre- mises were saved, by a favorable change of the wind at the very moment of need®). Sickness also, and especially Cholera, has been very prevalent in several of the con- gregations.—Some progress has been made towards the solution of the difficult problem of providing useful and remunerative labor for the enquirers and also for those *While this report is being prepared for the press, a fire set to a haystack by some ill-disposed person (in the night of the 29th March 1855) has destroyed the outhouses in the middle of the Compound; and the Mission house and Cha- pel would doubtlessly have partaken of the same fate, but for the blessing of the Lord on the vigorous exertions of the officers and men of H., M. 25th A and 74th Regiments. As we have sustained considerable loss and as the build- ings that have to be re-erected, must all be tiled, we hope our friends will help us according to our need in this season of distress. S 30 native Christians who are dependent on the Mission for their subsistence; and several workshops have been erected on a plan similar to that pursued at Mangalore; —some who would not work, have been told that %nei- ther should they eat”, and in this manner a weeding of the native Congregation has been effected.—Br. Hebich has made several extensive tours, during which he had abundant opportunities of preaching the word of God to Europeans as well as natives. The girly’ school at Chiracal now numbers 61 boarders, many of whom are still very young. In some, we hope, a work of grace 1s going on.—The congregation at Anjercandy is dis- tressingly poor, and exposed to many peculiar tempta- tions. The prayers of all Brethren are requested in particular for this church. The connection of J. Searle with our Mission has been dissolved. After having been engaged in 1846, and, since that time, employed on the same terms as a Native Catechist, he by and bye changed his ! mind from his original engagement, and therefore the Brethren thought it better that he should leave the Mission and seek some secular employment. From the 4th of April to the 23rd of June last year, Br. Hebich made a tour to Malapuram, Palghat, the Hills, Bangalore and the French Rocks. On the 6th of August he had the happiness to baptize 28 souls; this was a day of rejoicing, but after a few days there came The Lord saw fit to visit us with Cholera. a season of great trials. Two members of the Mission also were attacked (Br. Diez and Mrs, Gundert); but the Lord blessed the means for their restoration, while at the French Rocks, at Chiracal and Cannanore several Church mem- bers were suddenly called away. A young woman, the wife of a Cate- chist, died in peace, wishing in her last hours, that on her grave the Hymn «All is well” should be sung. Also Philippina the wife of Silas, was glad to go to her heavenly home. A poor orphan girl who had never shown what passed in her heart, surprised us by the fervour of her devotion and the calmness with which she exhorted and bid farewell to her surviving sister. Others had neither time nor strength “n left to give evidence of their faith. From the 20th of September to the 1st of November Br. Hebich was (2] i again on a journey, accompanied as before by the Catechist Joseph. He conducted daily services at Palghat, in English and Tamil, and had goodly congregations in both these services. The native congregation of Palghat fluctuates much in number, most of its members being natives of other places.—Also among the heathen at and around Palghat the word was freely preached; we travelled from village to village, sound- ing forth the message of the cross. The Lord gave us much joy and peace, and we have reason to believe that this preaching season has been blessed to many. A beginning has been made of selling tracts. After some failures, we at last found a good number of willing purchasers in the market places.—The great heathen festivals at Taliparambu and Payawlr were visited as usual. The visitors (in 1854) were fewer than usual, because the rice and pepper harvest had been scanty. Our attempts to sell books were met with ridicule. % Oh, the Padre has turned shop keeper!” was the cry. Yet a Brahman, who seemed interested in our books, bought several.—A good impression seems to have been made among the weavers at Taliparamb gives great hope. y ; this outstation Rémotti, an intelligent Tier, had obtained a copy of the ten Com- mandments seventeen years ago, before a Missionary was stationed at a Christian. Cannanore. Then already he had some passing thoughts of becoming Even as a boy he was greatly interested in the first man of his caste who had become a Christian. This was an officer of a local corps that had been raised during the war with the Cotiote Réjah.—This officer had gained great reputation by his bravery, so that he was looked upon as an ornament of his caste. After he had been pensioned, he had gained the friendship of a pious draftsman in the Engineer’s establishment, and had, through this man, been persta- ded of the truth of the Christian religion. He did not break his caste, but kept himself pure from all idolatrous practices and used frequently to retire to a private room for worship. The old man died and was buried with military honors; his wife survived him, remaining a heathen ; but his younger brother was baptized and died a short time after him. All this happened more than twenty years ago. When Missionaries came to the Northern part of the Malaydlam country, Rdmotti visited the Mission Schools and became thoroughly acquainted with all Missionary publications. On account of his great ability he soon found employment as a Moonshee. While thus employed, he continued to visit the Missionaries. He vainly tried to reconcile the contradictory statements of the heathen Shdstras by means of a pan- theistic philosophy; for he could never quite shake off the sense of sin. He enquired, searched, doubted; the meaning of the heathenish 32 sacrifice oceupied him for a long time. By meditating on these things he was led to believe the sinfulness of man, the necessity of a future judgment, and the existence of an atonement. Yet a long progress of growth in grace was needed before he felt enabled to take upon him- self the shame of the followers of the cross—to forsake his wife and two children, and to lay hold on Jesus as his only treasure. The day on which he made up his mind to do this, was the 13th of June 1854. His conversion produced a great sensation among the people of his caste. Great numbers of them came to converse, to re- monstrate, to argue, to hear the word.—He was followed in his renun- ciation of idolatry by a nephew Cunyambu, and by an elderly female relation of his, who had long been instructed by him and his nephew before they had taken the decisive step themselves.—The commotion among the Tiers was renewed when Ramotti (Abraham) was baptized, and to a still greater extent when (in November last) he began regu- larly to preach in the Bazars. To qualify him more fully for the office of a Catechist, he is regularly instructed in the word of God and makes very satisfactory progress. At Chiracal, on the 6th of January a poor woman died, after a long illness, of a loathsome disease. She was patient to the end and comforted herself by the hope of everlasting life in Christ Jesus. Her only joy during her last days, when she was literally being devoured by worms, was, to get some one to read to her the word of God, or to hear the girls singing a hymn before the door of her cottage. She frequently sighed, %Come, Lord Jesu!” and at last departed in peace. TELLICHERRY. Rev. C. Irion, Mrs. Irion; (Rev. F. Miiller, Mrs. Miller—gone to Europe.) Catechists: Matthai, Mattu, and Gabriel. 63 Communicants Non-Communicants Children 82 Catechumens Total .... 155 | Mr. and Mrs. Miiller have left for Europe in January 1855, in charge of the large number of Missionary 33 ¢hildren which our friends have permitted us to send home for education. Br. Miiller’s health had long been indifferent, and as he felt that he eould not do his work efficiently while his: constitution was giving way, he thankfully availed himself of the opportunity offered him for recruiting his strength.—The remaining brother greatly feels the difficulties of his isolated position. Mrs. Irion’s health has been very unequal. Since the beginning of the new year she has had cause for rejoi- cing in the greatly increased measure of health. and strength vouchsafed to her. The congregation has only been augmented by the accession of two Christian families which came from. another station. The Orphan house is going on as usual. Twelve boarders have left the institution, and the same number has been admitted. Br. Miiller conducted a class of Christian instruction preparatory to Confirmation, and had the happiness to see traces of the working of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of several boys. After School hours the boys are employed in manual labor, chiefly in making ropes and mats from the cocoanut-fibre.—The Heathen Schools are prospering. A beginning has been made of selling tracts aud books to the Natives; and the trial has been encouraging. A preaching room and Schoolroom has been erected, with the assistance of Christian friends, at the entrance of the Tellicherry Bazar, and Br. Irion has regularly preached twice a week to an audience of, on an average, about seventy ¥ hearers. The oldest member of our congregation, Noah, (who is mentioned in former reports) has at last fallen asleep in Jesus in his 106th year. Towards the end of his life he almost lost his hearing; to the last, he did not suffer from any disease, but only from weakness and cold.— A day before his death, the Missionary saw him for the last time. He was reclining on a mat, warming himself near the fire. He had 15th Report, Grerman Evang. Mission. 5 34 been unable, for some days, to swallow any thing but sugar-water He said: I am ready; I am not afraid of death, because I trust I shall go to the Lord Jesus who has come down upon this earth for my sake. He is my Saviour. He occupied himself in praying and praising all day long, during the last months of his life. ‘When Br. Irion left him, the old man watched his departure with beaming eyes A painful contrast to this happy child of a hundred years forms the baptized Maplah Baker, who continues to be the cause of much trouble and grief. This unfmtunate unsettled man, left the congrega- in April last, being disappointed and mortified because he had not been chosen an elder.—In May his wife, who had accompanied him, came back; but she soon changed her mmd and joined her husband who it was said, was engaged in getting an edition of the Koran printed. At last, however, in October, Baker returned, utterly rest- less, as if he was driven about by ovil sprits, and begged so hard to be readmitted, that the Missionaries consented once more to admit him on trial. 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Catechists Paul, Daniel, Timothy Under preparatory instruction: Aaron Communicants 46 Non-Communicants Children 44 Catechumens Total 98 In the course of the last year, five souls from the heathen have been added to the Congregation; and six others are under instruction preparatory for baptism. ‘With the assistance of a Schoolmaster whom the Mis- sionary has known for many years, a School has been erected in the immediate neighbourhood of the Mission- ary settlement, which is visited by the children of Nayers and other respectable classes This School already numbers sixty Scholars.—The heathen festival at Kilur has been visited, and the Gospel preached to the thousands who are attracted there by the strong delusions of idolatry.— In April last Br. Miiller made a short tour to the Wynaad, where, at a coffee-estate, he had an opportunity of preaching to the Pamers, a very shy, ignorant, yet well disposed aboriginal race.— On Good Friday 1854 Vadagara Rdmen was baptized with his family He walks worthily and has returned to his former occupation as a fisher, as well as some other Christians who had been temporarily occupied in cultivating the fields.— Two Church members had to be excluded on account of adultery A young woman belonging to the Congregation who had made herself very useful by assisting Mrs. Miiller in the School, died in peace in D @ February 1854. Her dying prayer was “Lord Jesus receive me into the number of Thy saints who serve Thee before Thy throne”! We have reason to hope that this prayer has been fulfilled 5% 36 CALICUT. Rev. J. M. Fritz, Mrs. Fritz; (Bev. J. J. Huber, Mrs. Huber—gone to Europe); Rev. F. Sauvain. Catechists: David, Paul, Jacob, Christian, and Joseph. Communicants 104 Non-Communicants 17 Children 108 Catechumens 40 Total .... 269 One of the two Missionary families that have for many years resided and labored at Calicut, has been compelled to return to Furope. Mzyrs. Huber’s health which had long been precarious, had, during the last year, failed so entirely, that it became necessary to think of a change. Our Committee therefore permitted Mr. and Mrs. Huber to accompany the Children who were Mrs. sent home at the beginnin (2] o of the present year. Huber barely lived to be put on board ship; yet there seemed to be a slight improvement during the few hours We are anxious to that the ship remained off Calicut. hear if it has pleased the Lord to restore her and bring her ‘to ‘her native land, or if He has willed otherwise. Mr. Huber’s place has been filled by Br. Sauvain, one of the two new DBrethren who arrived on the 6th of January. Also Br. Fritz has had his share of trials. Myrs. Fritz has been ill—but has been restored, thanks be to the Lord: but the had the sorrow to lose their onl boy, who died of Croup on the 19th of March 1854. bl ai A Church is in course of erection, towards the build- ing of which the Madras Government, as well as private individuals, have liberally contributed. Also the mem- 2 87 bers of the Native Church, (and even the Sehool-girls of the Institution) have done what they could. It is hoped that the church will be finished before the commencement of the rains. May the Lord reward the cheerful givers by whose assistance this building has been raised* One of our converts who wa$ formerly a weaver, has been sent to Mangalore in order to become acquainted with the improved method of weaving introduced at the industrial Establishment of that place Some Cherumar youths (of the slave caste) have come to us from the South—Dbecause, they say, they had heard that our God was greater than he of Codungaltir.—On the 15th of October, two Tier youths were baptized—one of them a Peon who willingly bears the ridicule which his confession of Christ has brought upon him, the other a Schoolmaster, who hopes te be able to go on with his school even after baptism.— On the 17th of August, a Brahman youth, Vencata Subeyya, came to the Mission house. He had been at Calicut in his early youth— was then taken to Madras by his father, and put to a school where he & acquired a good knowledge of English After his veturn, he was for some time a volunteer in the Court; then he was employed as a Munshee with several Gentlemen While employed in this manner, he lost one of his fingers by the bursting of a gun, and was nearly killed by the kick of a horse These things seem to have made some impression upon him.—After a while he returned to Calicut, to learn Surveying While there, he became acquainted with the Missionaries He enquired much about Christianity, and asked for a New Testament Some time after, he went back to Malapuram, where he continued to read the word and to correspond with Br. Fritz On the 17th of August he made up his mind to become a Christian, cut off his hair- lock and took up his abode at the Mission house. He has been sent to Mangalore where he will have suitable employment in attending the lessons of the Catechist Class. His conduet has hitherto been becoming. May the Lord fill his heart with humility and love, and fit him for his work, unto His own glory! A Tier man who had been Schoolmaster in our service for twelve A N years, resolved, during a severe illness, to become a Christian slight improvement in his health caused him to waver; but suddenly *The donations collected for this purpose will he accounted for in our next Report. 38 he got worse again. He sent for the Missionary; but, alas, too late. He was dead before Br. Fritz could reach his house. His wife has returned to her heathen relations. The chaff of our Congregation is winnowed off, as it were, by the Romanists who are establishing themselves in great strength at this place, and by the Maplahs, who are ever ready to receive proselytes. IV. NILAGIRIES. Rev. F. Metz, Rev. C. Mewrike, Mrs. Meerike. (since March 1855.) Catechist: Satyanadan. Communicants Non-Communicants Children g Catechumens - 0 O W Total .. "7 This station has had to mourn the loss of a faithful A laborer, Br. Biihler, who died in July of last year. short mnotice of his life will be found in the obituary annexed.—During the greater part of the year Br. Metz has been alone; which was the more trying to him, as his health has been far from strong; now, thank God, the station is once more fully occupied by the return of Br. Moerike, who has lately received a helpmeet in the person of Miss Burk, and is now permanently stationed on the Hills. Br. METZ WRITES: The Hills have once more been visited with sickness. After the Typhus fever, the smallpox demanded its victims and above a thousand Badagas were carried off by this disease. n The sick who were, as usual, deserted by their own people, were often grateful for the assistance of the Missionary; but those who get well again, seem to forget all, and rather to be ashamed of the impressions 39 which they ree‘eived during their illness.—The word of God haé hitherto been most effective in the Todansd. Also with the Todag I have come into some contact; and on one oceasion I succeeded in rescuing a Toda whom about fifty Badagas were ready to hang on suspicion of sorcery. I rejoice at the determination of Government to discountenance at least in some degree the abominab le cruelty practised by the Todas at their funeral festivals. The headman of the Todas has threatened to swallow poison in case the ancient customs of his tribe should be interfered with; but we know the value which is to be attached to such threats. Also the customary dance on burning coals has been forbidden, and the Héruvas, the Brahmans of the Hills, are enraged against the Missionaries, to whose influence they ascribe ‘When the prohibition. Mgélir, one of the three villages in which this dance used to be practised, was burnt down, people said that the anger of the God Milinga, who had been offended by the sermons of the Missionaries and by the prohibition of the dance, was the cause of this disaster. The Kotas also, the artificers of the Hills, are no friends of Christianity. They refuse to make ploughs and pots for those Badagas who have to some extent discontinued their heathenish practices, and on a late & occasion when I preached, the y struck up their dismal music, which made it impossible for me to p roceed. V. COORG. -ALMANDA. Rev. H. Magling. Communicants Non-Communicants Children Catechumens cene Total .. 11 p Br. Meegling has published a report of his proceed- ings in the new field which he has occupied, in the Madras Christian Herald, and also i n a separate form. We firsfu reprint an abstract of this pa per. 40 Almanda, 5th July, 1854. My dear Brother—Last Saturday I discharged the last workman In the Church Brother Hebich, who paid from the Mission premises. me a visit on his return from the French Rocks to Cannanore, preached the first sermon to the infant Church of Almanda, a fortnight ago. Besides the regular Sunday and week-day services, I use it daily for morning and evening prayers, at which the whole little company attends. Puakka and her boy have been led by a special providence, almost blind-folded, t6 Almanda, but are now happy in the fellowship of Christians, and the hearing of the word of God. T hope to baptize them soon. Last year, Their story is very simple and yet singular. when I lived in Mr. Griffith’s house at Mercara with the Almanda family, I superintended the thatching of the roof before the monsoon We purchased the straw came, or rather Stephanas did it for me. required from Coorg people of the neighbourhood, who carried their bundles of straw past our house to the bazar. Among the Coorg farmers, who came several times to us, there was Kambaya and his wife, people of Modur, a village at a distance of six or seven miles. They conversed with Stephanas and his wife once or twice. But no N On their part, however, a ques= particular notice was taken of them. tion of life and death arose. Kambaya told his wife, that he thought of joining the Missionary, as Somaya (Stephanas) had done, “for L know,” he said, “this is the true way.” Puakka would not listen to To leave caste and property (she had by her such a proposal. diligence and thriftiness contrived to acquire some property, though very poor, when she commenced keeping house with her first husband, Ponnappa’s father, the elder brother of Kambaya) for nothing !—never! Kambaya renewed his efforts at persuading hiswife, but to no purpose. At last he said: well, then, you stay at home and do as you please; keep your property. But let me take Ponnappa with me and join the padre. This proposal was equally unpalatable to the poor woman, who is excessively fond of her only boy. She did all she could to dissuade her husband. We went to Almanda, where Stephanas was The monsoon set in, and reinstated into his house and property. poor Kambaya was taken ill with fever, of which he died last October, Had Puakka allowed herself to be led by her husband, who knows but Kambaya might be alive now and a member of the new Coorg Church. May the Lord have had mercy upon him! But who would have thought, that Kambaya’s death would be the salvation of his wife and step-son. Yetso it was; some time after the decease of 41 Kambaya the Coorg Panchayet decreed, that Monnaya the only re- = maining brother of Kambaya and Puaya, Ponnapya’s father, though married to Puakka’s own elder sister, and separated, since thirty years, from his father’s house, (having joined his wife’s family), should now become Puakka’s husband, and the step-father of his nephew. Puakka was miserable; she dreaded, that her darling boy would be roughly treated, yea, fare worse. But what could the poor woman do. The whole world (i. e. her little Coorg-world) was against her. She her- self was seized with fever, her brother-in-law commanded in the house, her dear boy had to bear harsh language. In this perplexity a thought of despair shot across her mind: If I run with my boy to the Padre, and if we become Christians, we shall be safe. Ponnappa will become a learned and happy man.” She spoke secretly with the boy, who remembered, what his father Kambaya had spoken last year, and joyfully agreed. One morning they left the house together, to go to. Beppunddu; but when they had gone a little distance, Puakka lost her courage; she could not give up everything, and go among strangers. They returned. After a few days, however Monnaya came again to the house, forced the fever-stricken woman to load rice, and abused the boy;—and now the final resolution was taken. On the following Friday, mother and son packed some clothes into bundles of straw, ) S and walked towards Mercara, as if they were going to market. At Mercara they sold the little straw; made one bundle of their clothes, and directed their steps to Beppunddu. Riding home from my market- preaching on Friday evening, as I drew near Almanda, I saw two persons in the twilight at some distanee walking wearily on the path before me_ They looked like strangers. I passed them, but felt drawn back, for I fancied they had looked at me, as if they wanted something. I turned and asked: ¢ whither so late?” They replied: to Beppunddu. % And whither in Beppunddu?” To Almanda. “To Subaya, I sup- pose.” (Subaya is Stephanas’ heathen relative.) No, to Somaya (Stephanas’ old name). % Are you relatives of Stephanas?” No, but we know him. “Well, I said, I will go before you, we are close to Almanda.” In a few minutes they followed me. The mother said, that she had come with her son to ask for my protection. They wished to enter our Church, would give up caste and everything; and then she gave a short account of herself in accordance with the above narrative. She had taken with her a bond for Rs. 50, which she had " lent to a shopkeeper at Mercara, and a sum of money, part of a little purse she had made at home. Everything else she considered lost, but she hoped, that I would take charge of her son, and educate him. For herself she would contrive to provide. There was the bond, and 6 15th Report, German Evang, Mission. 4 42 her little store of rupees, and she could work. The first appearance of these two refugees from heathenism pleased me much. The evident mutual affection of mother and son, their straightforward and unem- barrassed manner, their alacrity in putting their words into practice (the boy’s juttu quickly disappeared without a word from me)—every- thing prepossessed me in their favor, and now, after a further acquaint- ance of several weeks, I see no reason to change my opinion of them. They now They have been led by God by a way they knew not. hear the word of God daily, and begin to understand it, and to feel its power. It is a great joy to teach such people, perfectly ignorant of course, but predisposed to receive the word of God reverentially, and their faces lit up now and then with the brightness of joy, as they hear of the riches of God’s love to sinful men. May the Lord give unto them His holy Spirit and make them His own! Is not this a good and gracious beginning for the new Church, a first gift to the new house from Him, who is the giver of all! Puakka was surprised and glad, of course, when she learned from me and Stephanas, that she need not lose all her property. The little family property will be divided between her son and her brother-in- law. A fortnight ago I had another new arrival which gave me great L & joy. But to make things clear, I must go back to the beginning of this year. In the end of January a poor woman, badly dressed and looking very miserable, came to Almanda house, and begged Salome, She had lived for two Stephanas’ wife, to receive her into the house. years like a slave in her mother’s house, having been cast off by her husband on a charge of adultery. % My parents,” she said, did not permit me to enter their house, but made me live outside, and work with the slaves. Since a year I have thought of seeking refuge with you, for I am sure, you will treat me more kindly than my own people. Salome and I will gladly work like a slave, if you receive me.” Stephanas asked me what they ought to do. I said, that if they were inclined to ‘receive such a poor woman, I had of course no objection, but I thought it would be wise, to send such a person away to some distant Mission-station, rather than keep her in a neighbourhood, where every body would talk about her and her reception at Almanda. I begged them therefore to tell Shiauwa, that she might stay, if she was willing after a time to go to Cannanore or Mangalore. She replied: 4Tl go anywhere, and do any thing, only receive me.” Thus she was received. For some time the poor woman looked at church and at prayers more like a wooden figure, than like a living body. But gradually she thawed into life and intelligence, she began to repeat 43 » the Lord’s prayer, and to understand the reading and expounding of the Scriptures. Salome gave her an excellent character. She had ” never seen a person work harder than Shiauwa. “It is a pity, she said once to me, “that Shiauwa cannot stay here. I would gladly have her for ever in my house. But you are right, she must go. At Mangalore she may be baptized after a time, and afterwards, she added, I hope, she may find a husband there, for she is only 24 years old, and will make a good wife now, I am sure.” In April; you remember, I went to Mangalore to deliver my little Coorg son by adoption, Gabriel, to my sister, Mrs. Weigle who, with her husband, had with much love agreed to take charge of the little fellow for some time and bring him up with their own two boys. On that occasion T asked Gabriel’s sisters, Mary and Martha, to accompany their brother, and thus there was a good opportunity for Shiauwa to emigrate to the Coast. She took care of the children on the journey. At Mangalore Mrs. Greiner kindly took charge of her, and employed her as servant in the girl’s boarding school. Also at Mangalore she bore a good character, and after some time, I trusted, she would be baptized. But what to do for her afterwards? Was she to live single for ever? Being turned away by her busband lawfully, as she herself acknow- > ledged, had she a right to marry again? Was there no possibility of reconciliation ? It was a difficult case. The solution came most unexpectedly. A fortnight ago Stephanas brought a Coorg man to me, who introduced himself as Bopu, of the Biddanda family at Kadi- yettinddu, the husband of Shiauwa. He told me, that he came to seek his wife. “I was in the Malaydlam,” he said, “two years ago, when two of the women in our house, who hated both me and my wife, contrived to disgracé her. My poor wife at once acknowledged the charge, and was turned out of the house and caste, because the man who had seduced her, was a Péle (a caste below the Coorgs). I could do nothing for her. But I know, she has been ruined by a scheme of enemies. I forgive her, and have come to join her. I know, that I lose caste and everything by receiving her as my wife; but I prefer her to my family and my caste.” I told him his wife was at Mangalore and would be baptized soon, I hoped. He answered, «If my wife becomes a Christian, I shall follow her example”. I told him, that I heartily wished he would act upon these professions, and ad- vised him to go to Mangalore forthwith. He said, 4I shall go < to-morrow morning, if you give me a certificate, that you send me, which I may show there. For the sooner I go the better, otherwise my relatives will find me out and hinder me from going.” The man was as good as his word; on the following morning he started for 6% a 44 Mangalore, and I have heard, that he has arrived there May God ‘be gracious to these poor souls and gather them into the fold of the igood shepherd. I could add to this report a few more interesting particulars which I have communicated to you privately, but fear lest the birds carry my news to the wrong ears Safely, however, I may say, that I hope the gospel will have great success among the Coorgs How soon greater progress may be made, it is not for me to know 'or to'say, but my heart’s desire is, that Christ's name may be greatly and speedily glorified among this people, and in all India To return to the account of my buildings, with which I have com=- menced: the Church, a neat structure, 40 ft. by 22 with walls 14 high above the foundation, and of two feet thickness, stands in the céntre of the level, which crowns the slope of cleared jungle ground, on which I have settled, and is situated due north. At a short distance a neigh- bour’s jungle nearly intercepts the view northward. Towards the east the road from Mercara to Virarajendrapett passes and almost touches the Mission ground. Towards the south we see the Perambédi hills Towards the west there is a magnificent view across some low hills, bordering rice valleys, of the Western range of the Ghats, from Peram- badi to Talakaveri The mountains rise to a height of little less than ol &3 6000 feet above the sea, and carry the fancy of the spectator along their green slopes and wooded glens up into the blue heavens whose clouds and sunshines ever play around their majestic brows In aline twenty feet behind the Church, (to the Southwest and Southeast) my own house and its match, in which the Catechist’ lodgings, the kitchen and the godown are placed, stand at a distance of about forty feet from each other. Thesé houses are also 22 feet broad and about 40 feet long. The church has three high narrow windows on the eastern and western walls, and corresponding doors on the north and south sides Narrow verandas, edged with ‘green turf, run round the buildings Every thing looks to me most pleasant Others perhaps may not find Almanda so very lovely a place Yet T am delighted with it, ‘and thantk God for this tabernacle in the wilder- ness, and trust that it will be made the very gate of heaven to many a forlorn 'and wayworn soul But I must not forget to express my gratitude to the kind and liberal friends, who have so steadily support- ed the new Mission, though I have not teased them much, I trust, with " begging. Since the beginning of September 1853, I have spent upon the Almanda buildings, including the cutting down of the jungle, few rupees less than Rs. 1,700. = The rest of the expenditure of the Coorg Mission during nine months has amounted to upwards of 1,200 45 L Rupees; yet I have received all T wanted, when it was wanted. Thé whole of the Coorg Mission account, receipts and disbursements; will appear in the next report of the German Evangelical Mission. This leads me to the communication of another piece of good news, that by the good pleasure of the Lord, I trust, my connexion with the Basle Mission has been restored. Our Committee have given me the choice of returning at once under the general rules and regulations of their Indian Missions, or of conducting the Coorg Mission for the pre- sent as a kind of non-regulation branch of the Mission corresponding directly with the Home Committee, and supporting the Mission by special contributions for Coorg, without being connected with the con= ferences of the older stations, or the general Indian treasury. I have chosen the latter alternative joyfully and gratefully. A new Mission seldom thrives well under regulations unadapted to its own peculiar circumstances and requirements, and 1 have courage enough to trust in the continuance of such a measure of contributions as may be neces- sary for the unembarrassed prosecution of the work. Though considerably impeded by the superintendence of the building-work — and building is a peculiarly tedious business in Coorg—yet I have been enabled to travel all over Coorg, and to MK preach in all its quarters during the past year. I have visited the great places of Coorg pilgrimage, at Talakdveri and Subrahmanya, during the season of the annual festivals. ‘At Mercara and Virarajens drapett I have preached almost on every weekly market-day sinee last new year’s day, i. e. once a week at Mercara, twice a week at . Virarajendrapett. I have generally had good audiences, Sometimes many and very attentive hearers. The Lord has enabled me to do the work of an Evangelist among the Coorgs joyfully, with few excep= tions, and hopefully; and I believe, that the number of those peopleé who are now and then visited by thoughts of a change, is not small To-day I learnt the untimely end of a poor man of Nalkandda, who had been with me several times, and talked of joining the Mission: He was too proud to give up his caste. Yet he returned again and again, perhaps under some presentiment of his fate. His elder brother had long quarrelled with him, and, I suppose, domestic misery had A few week$ first induced him to think of making my acquaintance. ago I saw the young man for the last time. He fell sick soon after. ‘While he lay helpless on his bed, his elder brother murdered him 'a e 28 few days ago. Poor soul! Had he trusted in Christ, he would now be alive and safe. May the Lord have had merey upon him! Next season I hope to lay myself out much more in public preaching, and in trairelling through the length and breadth of the province. My 46 héalth, God be thanked, has much improved. In fact, I have ceased to consider myself an invalid at all. Abundance of exercise in the open air, and in the open air of Coorg, is one of the best medicines. I have not ridden less than two thousand miles last year, on a mode- rate computation, and hope to travel yet more diligently during the next fair season, if the Lord give me health and strength. I conclude with the hearty wish and prayer, that the Lord may abundantly bless all the dear Brethren and Friends, who have so nobly assisted a new Mission, commenced eighteen months ago, with no other letter of credit, but the firm persuasion, that Christian love would not let a Mission- ary’s faith be disappointed, and the prayer that all our supplications for the salvation of Coorg may be graciously heard and mercifully uanswer(‘ada to the glory of Iis name, whose we are and whom we serve. H. MorgLING. This report is continued up to the present date (April 1855) in the following communication from Br. Meegling. A few weeks after the publication of the last Report in the pages of the M. Chr. Herald, I left the little congregation at Almanda in charge of the Catechist, and repaired to Bangalore, whither Stephanas and little Samuel, who had never been out of Coorg, accompanied me. I purposed to apply to Lieut. General M. Cubbon, the Commissioner of Mysore and Coorg, for Government support in behalf of English and Vernacular schools, to be established in connection with the Mis- sion among the Coorgs. My application was received with great kindness, and I have every reason to hope, that this country, after having been neglected for a while, will receive its full share of the bounty of an enlightened and noble government, now happily bent on the fulfilment of its high duties to this great country. ‘When I started for Bangalore in the pleasant and profitable com- pany of Mr. E. Porter, one of the most successful of South India Missionaries, who had paid me a flying visit,—I took with me two Manuscripts which I wished to get printed at the Wesleyan Mission Press viz. my articles on Coorg, published in the M. Chr. Herald, with some additional sheets, which I hoped to complete from documents obtain- able only at Bangalore, and a revised translation of the first half of Paley’s Hora Paulinz. I calculated on a stay of some six or seven weeks at Bangalore. But my calculations were completely nullified. I found, that, if these two little books were to be printed, I had to | | _— 47 carry them through the press myself. After careful consideration I resolved on doing so, thus lengthening my stay to three, perhaps four months. When the first sheet of Paley was in the press, I was per- suaded by an old and faithful friend of Indian Missions to revise and print the whole of the Horz Paulinz, and to extend the translation also to the valuable annotations of Birk. I labored as hard as I could, and was enabled to complete the two books. With the exception of a short visit to Madras and some Bible Revision work, necessary in order to absolve the Manuscripts of the new translation of the Psalms, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes, all my time from the end of August to the end of January was taken up by these publications. Still I considered that I was in the path of duty, though kept at a distance from my large parish. The Coorg Memoirs will, it is hoped, serve the interests of the Coorg Mission in various ways, and the printing of the transla- tion of Paley’s Hora Paulinz, which is to pass into Telugu and Tamil also, may assist many a Bible student among the young men of South- ern India in the study and full comprehension of one of the masterpieces of English Theological Science. On the third of February I returned at last to Almanda, whither Stephanas and Samuel, who had commenced to learn English at pl 1§ Bangalore, had preceded me in November. I began preaching at the markets of Virarajendrapett and Mercara as formerly without interrup- tion, except during a fortnight’s journey to the coast, where I wished to see my little Coorg boy, Gabriel, and whence I had to bring home Bopu and Shiauwa, now Thomas and Dorothea, who had been baptized by Mr. Greiner on the 11th of February.—My preaching is received with more attention, I often think, than last year, and generally the listeners behave well, but it will take a long time yet before the pur- port of these weekly speeches is really understood. I have still very frequently to correct the strangest misconceptions. An English school has been commenced at Mercara, pending the sanction of the Supreme Government which has the administration of Coorg. Forty boys attend the school regularly. A considerable number will come in when the school will be fully established. One or two Vernacular schools may be added before the Monsoon. The Coorg Mission has entered on its third year, which will be the year of schools. May the blessing of God rest upon this new agency. May the ploughs of the schools and the diligent sowing of the word and gracious showers from on high work together to clothe the long fallow field with a rich harvest. The subjoined account will show, that the Coorg Mission is considerably in debt. However, a few friends may easily bring the 48 e balance back to the right side of the book without distressing them- ho selves: I bave only to remark that my private expenditure has been more of i than doubled by the travels incident to the period of the last nine he months, over which the account extends, and that the expenditure for Thomas and Dorothea, whom I had in part to suppert during their hi al stay at Mangalore, because they did not earn enough to live upon, 0 will now cease, as Thomas has become the gardener of Almanda, while the outlay for Hannah and Samuel will continue, though it will A be reduced when their property will be restored to them Wl { f VI OBITUARY b 0] During the past year the Lord has called to their h rest two beloved members of our Missionary body Br. Biihler departed this life on the 7th of July 1854, after an illness which had first resembled an attack of Cholera (then raging at He h Kaity) and subsequently assumed the character of a violent fever. had been an invalid almost from his childhood; and yet we all were al painfully surprised when we heard that it had pleased the Lord to call him hence. Br. Biihler had spent his early days under the roof of his father whom he assisted in the care of a large farm. "While there, he had had the privilege of familiar intercourse with the pious minister of his native place, who has since himself sent a son as a Missionary to China Through this Minister our brother first became acquainted with the Missionary cause He was received as a pupil in the Basle Missionary College in 1835. Although his studies, while there, were frequently interrupted by illness, yet his progress was such, that on the completion of his course the Committee resolved to keep him at home as a teacher in the institution, until his health should be more firmly ;\% established. He accordingly spent some time at a Geerman University, engaged principally in the study of the Arabic, Persian, and Sanscrit languages, and then returned to Basle, where he rendered valuable services as a tutor His principal study, and therefore also the subject of his most valuable lessons, was the Qld Testament in the original é Mean- Hebrew tongue, with which he had acquired a rare familiarity while, in 1846, our Society established a station on the Nilagiri Hills; & and it was at once resolved to send Br. Biihler to this station where, it i 49 1= was thought, he had a better chance of keeping his health than in the hot climate of the plains of India. Br. Biihler arrived in the beginning ) of 1847, and forthwith applied himself with great zeal and success to i the study of the Canarese and Badaga languages. Even before he had mastered these languages, his mature christian experience and or il his familiar knowledge of the word of God made him a very valu- able assistant to his fellow-laborers, and enabled him, through the 1, 4 medium of the English language, to do a good deal of Missionary work. After he had overcome the difficulties of language, he gave himself wholly to the calling which had long been so dear to him. His health, though always precarious, was frequently better than he had ventured to hope. The year 1849 was almost wholly spent in the low country, first at Mysore, where he perfected his knowledge of Canarese, and at the same ‘time aided in the revision of the Canarese Version of the Old Testament, and then at Mangalore where, while awaiting the arrival of his bride elect, he assisted in the instruction of the Catechist Class for eight or nine months. At last, in January 1850, he returned to the hills with I his bride. Scarcely, however, had he arrived, when he was stretched on a bed of sickness so severe, that for many days his life was despaired of. By degrees he recovered, to labor a few years more in the Lord’s an at vineyard. What fruits his earnest and affectionate appeals may have borne in the hearts of his hearers, that day must reveal. But his friends e and fellow-laborers will never forget him.—His last days were replete with intense suffering; yet he was enabled to assure his friends, that “the God of Israel” was near him.—His death was the first that oceurred f & in our circle since the month of May 1845. But we were yet called to mourn at other graves. In October last, 1 1y we had to commit to the ground, at Mangalore, the earthly remains ed of a beloved boy, seven years of age, who had greatly delighted his parents and their friends by his early acquaintance with his Savior, sle 16 and by his extensive knowledge of hymns and scriptural passages. Had he lived but a few weeks longer, he would have gone home with the he 14 Missionary Caravan that went by the Owen Glendower; but our heavenly father saw fit to call him to a better home by a shorter road. ly While the sorrow on account of this loss was still fresh in our ltfl it minds, we were still more deeply afflicted by the sudden death of Mrs. Greiner, who expired from sheer weakness on the 23rd of November, Je after having given birth to a fine boy who still survives.— Mrs. of Greiner had come out to this country in 1842, and had thus for il twelve years borne the burden and heat of the day. She has been an :14 exceedingly valuable member of our Mission. She has founded, and, th till within a month of her death, conducted the large girls’ boarding it 1ith Report, German Evang. Mission. 50 She has watched with a mother’s care and affec- School at Mangalore. tion not only over the boarders, but over all the women of the Congre- gation (many of whom had, too, been boarders of the School in former years). She labored indefatigably, with much wisdom and good sense, and yet in perfect humility.—She was quite at home in the large Con- gregation of Mangalore, and even among the little churches of the She knew not only the name, but every neighbouring outstations. particular of the outward and inward history of every individual, and, being perfectly conversant with the native language, made admirable use of this knowledge in addressing suitable and impressive words to each. During the long period of her sojourn in India, she was only absent from her post for one year, when she was compelled to seek restoration of her shattered health on the Neilgherries. She returned somewhat improved in health, in autumn 1848; yet she never was perfectly well from that time; and especially the last years of her life were years of great weakness and suffering. Yet she continued to work amidst much bodily weakness till, about a month before her death, she was confined to her couch. But, although she had been weak and suffering for so long a time, there was no reason to anticipate her immediate departure; she herself, though she had often viewed death and prepared for it, can hardly have been aware of its approach, any more than those who watched her last moments. What a joyful sur- prise will it have been to her, to awake in another and better world. “Whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation”. Hebrews xiii, 7 51 CONCLUSION. : er 0 36 he We now beg to recommend our work to the prayer- 4 ful support of the Lords’ people, to whom we are heartily , grateful for all the kindness they have shown to us up 3 fo to the present day *). ly Though we cannot plead guilty of any despondency, ok yet we cannot hide from ourselves and our friends the o fact, that our finances are not in a prosperous condition. ife We take the liberty of appending the following state- fo ment explanatory of our Society’s present position and i 1 prospects. oL The Basle Society has entered its 40th year: its th 1y birth coinciding with the beginning of the great Europe- an peace (1815), during the continuance of which it has grown to its present dimensions. In no sense can it claim to be called a great Mission, its resources never having exceeded a tithe of the income of the great Soci- eties. The income of the Society in 1846 was L 960 » » , 1825 » ”» 3,524 » » , 1835 » » 5,213 » » » 1845 ” » 10,722 That sum was no more reached during the seven succeeding years, but after the return home of our de- putation there was a manifest increase of interest and sympathy. ¥) Our special thanks are due to the Medical men at our various stations who have continued to give to ourselves and our families their valuable advice and assistance whenever we were in need of it, 7% 52 The income of 1852 amounted fo ., 12472 that of 1853 to » » 13,342 With this sum the climax of our Society’s means seems attained. The outlay had even in the most pros- l f perous years exceeded the income by L. 500 or 600, so that independently of other causes, a contraction of b operations had become a duty. But it would seem that all the Christian enterprises of the past generation have now to undergo a time of trial. And so have we. The Protestants of Russia, formerly most liberal contributors especially to our Indian Mission, have not been able to i do much of late: the warmhearted German Colonists of dl the South, scattered from Bessarabia to Georgia, have 1¢ now hardly time to consider the claims of the Heathen, Iy Germany itself, impoverished especially in the Southern 6l provinces by the revolutions of 1848 and 1849 and by i a succession of famine years, and distracted by the incess- Ch ant rumors of war, is in a state of distress the like of st which has not been experienced within the recollection Ch of any living man; and it is not to be wondered that in Wy such times the sources from which charitable institutions fany draw their subsistence, should be more or less dried up. 0 Accordingly there has been a great falling off in Jos donations throughout Germany; from July 1854 the income of the Society decreased to an alarming extent, ()f \ and some voices declared its very existence endangered fim by the prospect of a general war. At the end of the Gl year an extraordinary effort was made by the richer Ieg members of the Committee in connexion with a few the friends, in order to cover the emormous deficit and to Joet 5 discharge the responsibilities incurred: but this was 1§ effected by sacrifices, the repetition of which cannot be looked for Consultations were in consequence held on ), the subject of reductions, should these be rendered neces- f sary by the continuing apathy of the religious public i The resolution arrived at was, to begin with retrench- ments in the Home Establishments, where nearly one Ve he half of the Students at the Missionary College were 19 warned to prepare for quitting; the preparatory Institu- tion was on the point of being closed and the teachers f0 of and other employees held themselves in readiness to resion their situations It was felt that changes at home, ve il however much they would eventually impair the effici- 3t} ency and impede the progress of the Society, might be introduced with more ease, and would tell more on the by g8 Christian community than any reductions on distant of stations.—Of the Missions carried on by the Society, the Chinese one being the youngest and least extensive, it o [ 10 was considered that after the Home Establishment, this farthest of their Missions would have to be reduced in ons order to preserve those of Western Africa and India, if g il possible, in their integrity But before finally committing themselves to a course the of contraction in their operations, our Committee resolved 1 a‘fea first to issue a special appeal to the Christian public of Germany and Switzerland, in order to lay on them the fhe responsibility of these shortcomings in the spread of ;h@l fow the Gospel among the Heathen. While our Committee were dehberatmg on the sub- | 10 ject of reductions, they received sad news from their 54 stations on the Gold Coast. The negroes, formérly‘ subjects of Denmark, had for some time been displeased with their English Masters and the new fiscal regulations adopted by them. One day some natives of Ussu tried -1 B s o2 to smuggle brandy casks into the Colony. An officer arrived to prevent them, but the smugglers would not P yield; soldiers and negroes flocked to the spot and the f¢ riot threatened to grow into a revolt. The Governor called for a man of war, which at once began to open [} The first ball struck the Mission fire on the place. house, and hastened the departure of the brethren, who th trusting in the promise that their premises would be il spared. had resolved to remain at their post as long as 00 possible. The town was converted into a heap of ashes; o the Mission Houses which were built of more solid ma- 16, terials, were left standing, but in a sadly ruinous state. il The eircumstance that many of the rebellious Negroes be had endeavored to hide themselves behind the Mission th buildings, had rendered these a special mark for the fire of the British vessel of war. At the date of our last ol accounts, peace was likely to be restored, and the scat- St tered Church-members were returning. There 1s some ang hope of an indemnity being obtained for our losses from It the Government of the Colony; still the Committee will have to bear a considerable outlay for the re-establish- ment of that Mission; would that we could, therefore, manage to press the less heavily on them! But, alas, we find it impossible to reduce our expen- diture much farther without crippling the efficiency of our Missions; and we, too, have had unforeseen expences b5 and losses;—especially the burning down of the out- houses of our Cannanore Station, a misfortune which has now occured for the second time within the year, will entail a severe expence on our Committee. We are convinced that most of our friends and sup- porters do what they can, and some even exert them- selves beyond their power. It does not therefore seem right unto wus, at a time when most other Christian undertakings are suffering the like straits, to ask these But we friends for greater exertions in our behalf. think it possible, that some who have not hitherto given much for Missions, might at this time be stirred up to consider with greater attention the claims which the work of the Lord has upon them; and we accordingly would request our friends, to see how they may increase not so much the amount of their own contributions, as the num- ber of those who count it a more blessed thing to give than to receive. As for us, we hope to have grace given to us to re- joice in our holy office of beseeching the world in Christs’ stead to be reconciled with God, even if greater trials and heavier cares than hitherto should be connected with 1t The Lord will provide! - CENSUS OF THE MISSION, (1. January, 1855). Euro- School- ScrooLs CONGREGATIONS ToraLs pean masters Parochial Vernacular Agency Boys g to the church and Catechumeni. Schoolmasters and Established in ' Brethren ‘ Sisters | Catechists Christians Heathens | Preparandi | Boarders Day Scholars Boarders | Day Scholars l | English Scholars _ig} st e :;og [ Communicants Non-Communicants |’ Children g Catechumens Members of the Church | Scholars not belonging | | _;;_ I Tae CaxArRA STATIONS: csessssssevesessee s 1834 Ju—y ~ 5 ok (o p) 196 771237 510 36 546 328 < g Grand Total 87 1. Mangalore o W 2. Mulki seecsvccssesscsscsas e |1843 el ok 120 21126 248 21} 269 278 3. Honore scecenseserecesseats o0 1852 ?1 13 19 46 65 4. Shimoga evesccee sersenscesas 1854 Pt =t DD O Pt et d DD D SO O - O (=] (el ami NG SO 3 oog SO O = (= S O O % % % 5 15 0 15 15 II. SouTHERN MAHRATTA STATIONS: 1. Dharwar sscsvscseceeseesesan 1837 92 o 18 17 38 42 94 6 2. Hubly e86se sev0c ecvesvecssos 1839 200 207 15 24 28 206 3. Bettigherry *esesss0avecessns 1841 110 32 146 10 ikt 20 25 146 17 4. Malasamudra eevcsccvseos e 1841 10 10 5. Guledagudda.......... 1851 Pk i el DD DD e e O D = N OO O = O B DD SIS O (=) =) (=) (=) (=) WOk O (=)o e itles) He) = ol A (emiem i) 50 0 b7 20 %4; 14 % 40 51 84 ITI. MArABAR STATIONS: — 70 131 193 30,225(%448 44| 492 564 1. Cannanore with out-stations'1841 2. Tellicherry sescssseecsscase e 1839, 3 160 195 63 7| 82| 152 3| 155 163 318 3. Chombala seess e s 80 s s ss e 1849 —t 60 95 46 2| 44 92 6 98 61 159 4. Calicut 1842 = DD 170 23 104 17]108} 229 40| 269 176 445 teven 0 8 1 IV. Ninacirr Starrion: Kaity 1846, 16 17 17 V. Coore StaTion: Almanda.... 1853 % % % % % % § NWO OO O :gl) OO O g 15 g 64 0 3 10 1 1l 62 73 e | e e e e | e ] e} A ot s S Total | 30| 15|34l 20| 30[16|82(117|162|52|210/1160! 32/1815]814[146[902|1862|174/2036 141413443 * Imclusive of 110 English and East Indian members. 57 Expenditure of the Mission DURING THE YEAR 1853—1854. Rs As Ps B R —— Expenditure of 28 Brethren and 16 Sisters 24,409 11 11 Journies 6,392 Moonshees 580 12 Catechists ° 4,715 Postage 1,591 Libraries 380 Building and Repairs . 10,193 Catechists’ Institution at Mangalore 1,244 %S: Boys’ Institutions 2,159 14 Grirls’ Institutions 4,005 English Schools 1,350 14 Vernacular Schoools 2,425 Church Expences 2,630 Taxes 370 Printing Establ.ishmen.ts 2,633 Agricultural Outlay 3,425 Furniture 260 Sundries 544 jz) Interest 491 10 Total Rs. 69,804 =l 0O ON WO U= agihp O =Nwowmw Errors Excepted. Cannanore, 31st October, 1854. Samuver HesicH. 15th Report, German Evang, Mission. 58 DONATIONS Received from November 1853 to 1854 MANGALORE Rs A. P F. Lascelles, Esq. August to October 30 A CKNOWLEDGED BY BR. DEGGELLER Rs A.P Major G. G. M'Donell Aug F. Anderson, Esq. 300 Dr. W. A: Leslie 66 OO (o= e Jaw) 220 W. Lavie, Esq., for 1 year DHARWAR F. Anderson, Esq., for Ca- techist Titus 96 ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE BRN M. C. Chase; Esq. 145 o ()i(ex o O (c=)es) WeieLe and MOERIKE C. F. Chamier, Esq., for 6 Catechist Daniel 92 (=) S Myr. Whittle J. 8. Law, Esq., B. C. § 325 Major Cuppage; 27th Regt Dr. M. Thompson 60 I. 50 Lieut. J. R. Jardine Lieut. W. P. 8. Smyth 55 o o Lieut. €. M. J. Thornton 35 Native Tulu & Tamil Con- 20 gregation since Aug. a.c Mz. C. Courpalais 200 Danby Seymour, Esq M.P 50 A. Jones, Esq., B. C. 8 10 H. Frost, Esq 25 Miss Maltby 10 OO O [ T J. H. Arthur, Esq 50 Mrs. Maltby G-. Haldwell, Esq 50 Collected by Tamil Chris- Lieut. Col. Bayly 100 tians 1 13 > SOoOO ™ 10 H. N. B. Erskine, Esq 100 AGENOWLEDGED BY BR. KULLER. Major W. Hebbert 50 0 J. N. Rose, Esq. B. C. 8 20 M. C. Chase, Esq, J. H. Springer, Esq. 30 F. Lascelles, Esq. Honore 18 4 Major Heath 15 A. Hall, Esq. Sircy 224 9 § G. Stewart, Esq. 20 F. N. Maltby, Esq. 1853 50 July to 1854 June 300 R. E. H. Light, Esq DD OO OO OCOSOOOLIPOD HOOoOODOOOCOTDOOOOOoOOOOD Dharwar Congregation Capt. H. F. Gustard, Mer- cara 30 HOOBLY Mrs. Nesbit, Bath 100 o O 0 E. B. Mills, Esq. Townsend ACENOWLEDGED BY Br. MULLER hill, Plymouth 300 Isaac, a native Christian 1 11 C. F. Chamier, Esq 20 0 Jacob 0 13 ” » HONORE BETTIGHERRY ACKNOWLEDGED BY BR. AMMANN. ACKNOWLEDGED BY BrR. WiRrTH The Christians at Sircy 8 Captain Balmain 100 0 Rev. Mr. Sayers 20 GULEDGUDDA ! Dr. W. A, Leslie, 1853 18 Nov. to 1854 Janry ACENOWLEDGED BY Br. KiEs A. Hall, Esq. Sircy 10 20 0 Capt. M. Cholmeley 25 g) OO [ | Dr. Don 59 NILAGIRIES. Rs Mr. P. F. Pereira Mzr. J. Pereira : Ag E A CENOWLEDGED BY BR. MeTz. Rs A.P H. Frere, Esq., a contribu- N. N. tion towards the expense 10 of the passage to Eng- Mr. Darling land of Br. G. F. Miiller W. H. Stanes, Esq. 25 00 300 00 and family CALICUT. CANNANORE ACENOWLEDGED BY Br. FrITZ. ACENOWLEDGED BY BR G. Harris Esq. 200 0O Hepics, H. V. Conolly, Esq., for and collected schools 361 0 by Messrs. A. Zorn, & Co., Bombay. H. D. Cook, Esq. 150 0 Lord Elphinstone 100 0 0 8. Sandeman, Esq. 10 0O Native Congregation 5 13 §: By Lieut. H. Bell, Engs. For the girls’ school: Dhoolia 60 from H. L. Anderson, Mrs. Goodwyn Esq. 10 J. G. Glasson, Esq. i5 A. Friend Mrs. Sandeman 20 Mrs. Lascelles 10 g (§) Capt. A. McDonald,I.N. 50 Capt. H. B. Sweet, 39th Rev. Hormusjee Pestqn— N. L 15 jee W. Payne, Esq. 25 30 A Lieut. P. A. Carnegy, 3?&.1 Z Col. Willoughby For Codacal : Dr. Craig 20 Lieut. Mitcheson, I. N. 25 Capt. Stack 15 10 A Friend thro. R. Knight, Capt. G. Selby Esq. 10 S. Sandeman, Esq. 40 OO0 OO O N. N. 10 CHOMBALA. A. Bosanquet, Esq. 60 Thro. Capt. A. McDonald, AcrNowLEDGED BY Br. Cur. MurLrer. I. N. 138 A Friend 25 Mrs. vSandcman 20 9.0 Capt. Arrow 25 The Native Congregation 5 9 4 A Friend 10 TELLICHERRY. J. Parson, Esq. 10 C. W. Campbell, Esq. 20 J. Flemming, Esq. 10 AcrNowLEDGED BY Br. Irioxn. J. J. Lawrence, Esq. 10 H. Frere, Esq, 100 10 64 A Friend J. T. Philip, Esq. Dr. P. H. West A. 8. Sandeman, Esq. 10 SCocoocococoocoscoo Soo (== Ne>Res il e SO S 20 By Jas. Hunter, Esq. Bombay The Native Congregation DD S Nele N e e Lieut. Johnson, 4th B.N.I, 20 Towards the building of a Jas. Hunter, Esq. 50 SO new school in the town. H. Frere, Esq. 50 Capt. H. J. Willoughby, i E / Bombay Army 30 () oo Covooocoocoroo SCoo cCoocoD oo J. D. Robinson, Esq. 35 By Messrs. Arbuthnot and E. Brennen, Esq. 20 Co. Madras Dr. P. H. West 15 H. Stokes, Esq. subscrip- Mr. W. Graham 10 OSSO L= B o W ) tion for 1854 500 8% 60 Rs A.P Rs Surgeon E. W. Eyre, Mr. W. Roberts b} Bellary 30 Dr. James Reid J. H. Goldie, Esq. 50 Lieut. C. Pierce 100 Mr. S. Slane Brigadier A. Clarke, 1853 do for 1854 100 % (f(;) % OOOCDCDb> ccococo @ Serjt. Major S. Alexander F. J. Knox, Esq. By Dr. Moses Rogers, Chi- Mrs. Knox’s Donation to cacole the Girls institution, Aska: Cannanore 100 F. J. V. Minchin, Esq. ey 50 R. B. Capt. W. J. Tweedie 0o S OO = ° H. Stokes, Esq. 120 H. Stokes Esq., his sub- i vis scription to the She- moga Mission from w o= July to Dec. 1854 210 gpEE™ o (=} - ct By T. A. N. Chase, Esq., H o wB . w e DO et OUpd QU =t DO DO O COoOOOOOODD Masulipatam E. W. Bird, Esq. 25 SHE usselconda : J. J. Cotton, Esq. 10 =2} .. < o Rev R. I. Noble Lieut. W. Hands Rev Lieut. V. Shortland [l o B Rev. , J. K. Nicholson . T. Z. Darling Berhampore: Rev. H. (o)) Ot Ot (o] Rev G. English Wilkinson, Missy Rev . J. E. Sharkey Chicacole: Mr. Heiden Dr. M. Rogers 11 (V-] [o=d [l oCoO s B e B <o I oo Rl o T e il coe R B J. E. Kellie By Major E. T. Cox, 2nd N. N. N.V.B. Chicacole 1853 30 A. T. Ottmann Major E. T. Cox Mrs. Isabell Glass 10 Mrs. Bezer T. A. N. Chase, Esq. W. Knox, Esq. 15 J. A. Marjoribanks %%: COoOO0OOOOoOODOOOOOO OO0 Capt. G. Sturrock 10 ocoOooC OO C By Dr. Moses Rogers, Chi- By Major S. A. Grant, cacole Trevandram' J. Glass, Esq. 10 J. S. T. White, Esq. Mr. J. Fraser J. A. Brown, Esq. 12 Major E. T. Cox 30 Dr. F. Reid 12 Lieut. C. G. Philipps Lieut. J. P. Maud Major S. A. Grant W. Robertson, Esq. Serjt. Major S. Alexander 'W. Knox, Esq. 15 Mr. 8. Slaney 25 J. Roberts, Esq. Dr. M. Rogers J. Kohlhoff, Esq. Bimlipatam: Mr. T. R. A. White Mrs. James Young J. B. :fi% COoOODODDODOOOOO COoOO0OoODOOOOOO A Friend Chittavalsah: By Dr. J. Sperschneider, J. A. Dawson, Esq. Trevandram 10 oo SO COOROOOO o0 o0 coooO0OoO@ Major 8. A. Grant 24 C. Minchin, Esq. Dr. J. Sperschneider By Capt. G. Selby, Oota- J. A. Brown, Esq. 12 camund J. Roberts, Esq. 10 G. H. 10 OO0 OQO coocoQ Al s. oo oo Mr. F. Roberts 61 Rs A.P Rs 4 ‘V’ Rev. Thos. Whitehouse 10 L/ I. 8. Vernede Esq. 5 Mr. T. Clarke 5 § Rg Mr. R. Pierce 10 g Friend to the Mission R.D.Parker, Esq., Madura 50 g Pg Ditto By Brig. W. Prescott, Trichinopo ly Mr. S. Hullock Br. Gl. Cleveland 10 Mr J. Brown Brig. W. Prescott 6 [y W. Williams 5 Major Brett Major Minchin S Dr. J. Brett 5 TLC N O NN D] OOt By Walter Elliot, Esq., Vizagapata Lieut. Moore Walter Elliot, Esq 100 J. Thompson, Esq H. Newill, Esq. C. 8§ 25 L.W 20 Capt. Rundall, Engs A.H PR 10 CoococBooro Major Woodfall Dr. G. V. Cumming, Su- Major Sheppard perintendant Surgeon NS Ts oo Capt. G. F. Shakespear ) 10 Lieut. Corbett, 38th N.I W. H. Stanes, Esq E. B. Thomas, Esq 30 Rev. J. C. Street Mr. Lamb, I. N CODODOOLODODOODBD DO COO0O OO LLOOODOO P Major Brett N =t Ol D o By Capt.R. 8.Dobbie, 39th N I. Ooty. Capt. A. Beghie Capt. E. Gage, 15th N. L 10 0 (o] Capt. Hamilton J. H. O Ot Ot By Capt. W. Horsley, Palameottah C. J. Bird, Esq. 50 Mr. Hudson, P. Sudr Ameen 5 G. A. Ballard Esq 20 Capt. Hudson 5 11 N. N 50 Ensign Stevenson, 38th 5 Capt. W. H. Horsley 50 Mosley Smith, Esq. C.S. Agra 500 COOCOODODDOOOLOO Lieut. Mainwaring, 2d N.I. 10 By Lieut. C. W. Dun, Singapore Capt. G. Carr, 2nd N. I 5 Lieut. C. W. Dun, 43rd 20 Lieut. A. Jenkins 15 Miss Begbie 5 :0) Capt. R. Shawe, 2nd N. L. 5 CODDOOOD Mr. De la Condamine 5 (Copifes (o) O OO OoOLOOCTOO OO0 O co@@ By Capt. G. St. Dobbie, Bangal By Mr. G. Stanger, Bellary Mzr. Mackenzie 20 r 8. Pelly, Esq G He J OOu COOOCLODD:! S Mr. G. Stanger 10 D SO Thro’ Madr. Chr. Herald By Capt. John Halliday, Toomkoor Dr. J. Brett, 13th N. I 20 Mr. Xavier, Apothecary 20 00 R.T. Tucker, Esq. Ben. C.S. 400 o O SO Capt. J. Halliday 20 00 By Dr. W. Burrell, Cuddalore By Capt. C. Taylor, Rajamundry Dr. W. Burrell 20 T. Prendergast, Esq 100 Rev. Thos. Blenkinsop 10 Capt. C. Taylor, E.V.B - O T o T o = A. Hall, Esq. 50 for 1853 50 8. N. Ward Esq 50 OO »” wigh 1854 50 0 (z) ByF.H Crozier Esq. Nellore Amalapore F. B. Elton, Esq 25 Lieut. J. F. Stoddard 10 L. Forbes, Esq 4 Lieut. . T. Haig, Engs 10 F. H. Crozier, Esq 25 Capt. A. McNeile 5 By E. Cullin, Esq., Cochin Lieut. H. L. Grove 30 (:))3 5 E. Cullin, Esq By Major G. Carr, 16th N. I. Aden Dr. J. Pringle 50 Col. J. Outram 30 0 dJ. Ballard, Esq 20 OO SO0 oo O oo Sooco Major C. W, Hodson 15 0 § & Rs e Rs A.P Major G. Carr 15 4 14 Native Congregation Gompertz, Esq. 15 To s GirLs’ ScHOOL AT CHIRACAL. Gray, Esq %E Miller ACEKNOWLEDGED BY BR. GUNDERT H. Bolton Major A. G. Young 58 00 Dr. A. N. Magrath 20 00 % rivate D1. Keely apt. F. B. Lys Mrs. Sandeman 30 00 » Isaac Campbell H. Frere, Esq 50 00 » MecCraith, Gunner Mr. W. Hertz SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR SCHOOLS Mrs. Jennings % For THE ENeLISH SCHOOL AT Lieut. S. Galbraith 10 MANGALORE, By Rev. A. F. Lacroix, Calcutta F. N. Maltby, Esq. 200 Mrs. Davis 10 o ococoococococoocoocoocoo'd F. Anderson, Esq. 150 By T. A: N. Chase, Esq. Masulipat S o SoLoOoOOCOO OO D m F. Copleston, Esq. 80 T. A. N. Chase, Esq. 4 130 J. J. Cotton, Esq 10 C. F. Chamier, Esq 70 F.J.M 10 M. C. Chase, Esq 10 W. Fisher, Esq 30 Lieut. Col. G. Grantham Major A. Cuppage 24 N. N 10 Lieut. C. H. Drury 5 A Friend Lieut. J. Orr 3 A Friend Lieut. C. A. Pierce 2 Mr. Heiden 25 Lieut. W. P. Smyth J. F. Cyrus Lieut. G. W. Walker 120 Lieut. F. S. Browne W. Lavie, Esq 20 J. Crocker A. Hall, Esq 50 H. Bezer Capt. R.S. Dobbs, Toomkoor 28 %\ M. Jannison Rev. R. Posnett 20 J. A. Marjoribanks 2% COOOOOOOLCOLOOOO COOCOOOOOOCLOOOO 10 CPOPOOCOROLOEOLOLEREQ J. Robinson, Esq. Caxvavore CHURCH. % For THE VERNACULAR SCHOOLS Major A. G. Young 180 MANGALORE. Dr. T. White, 39th N. L. 20 F. N. Maltby, Esq 120 20 96 Capt. H. D. Hart F. Anderson, Esq Capt. A. W. Kerr 15 C. F. Chamier, Esq. 60 Capt. W. H. Boswell 120 Major A. Cuppage 24 Capt. G. Fitz Maurice 15 Lieut. J. Orr ¢ A first fruit” 10 Lieut. C. A. Pierce 100 T — Dr. A. N. Magrath 50 Excrisa Scaoorn AT CALICUT 245 O oo O S OoOoCReR Capt. R. Ranken Mr. R. A. Fitzgibbon 20 R — Lieut. Colonel Carthew 50 ACCOUNT OF THE COORG MISSION, 94th Brethren at Bangalore 16 Dr. D. D. Foulis 70 ReExDERED BY Br. MoOEGLING. Col. Budd 100 COoOCOOOOoOoCOOOOOOO Donations to the Coorg Misssion from Lieut Col. Clemons and March 1853 to June 1854 collected by him 29 <o COoOMOOOOoOOOOOOOD 400 H. M. 25th Brethren 31 12 H. Stokes, Esq, Capt. H. B. Sweet 17 8 Major T. Lavie 50 Lieut. P. A. Carnegy 20 0 Lieut. Col. Brown 110 20 0O SO O O Rev. J. N. Moody % E.))) J Capt. Harvey, Bangalore & Rs g Rs‘ A.P. E. F. Elliot, Esq. 100 F. N. Maltby, Esq. 100 : Capt. F. S. Gabb 15 Miss. Miiller 10 F. L. Blane, Esq. 100 Lieut. C. W. Martin 20 Rev. J. B. Sayers 15 Capt. W. T. Nicolls 50 W T N 100 Mrs. Maurer 50 20 W. H. Bayley, Esq. Lieut. Roberts 50 dJ. D. Bourdillon, Esq. 100 Mr. Thos. Marsden 14 J. Goldingham, Esq. 35 John Brett, Esq. 10 Major Smith 50 L.C. 8. W. 16 Dr. H. Cleghorn 10 Thro’ Madr. Chr, Herald 10 G. A. Harris, Esq. 10 Mz, Fuller Lieut. C. T. Harkness 150 Mrs. Bruddock 10 F. Lascelles, Esq. 120 Lieut. G. V. Winscom 25 Rev. J. G. Beuttler 10 Lieut. Smyth, 27th. N. L 25 Capt. G. St. Dobbie 30 ey POOOCOODOOODOODOOO J. H. Bell, Esq. 50 Serjt. Major Taylor 25 Q. Mzr. Serjt. Potter Capt. W. H. Boswell 140 Major W. W. Dunlop 20 F. Copleston, Esq. Mzrs. Miiller 10 Lieut. W. Walker, Engs. 80 Mrs. Shepherd 10 Thro’ Madr. Chr. Herald 25 A Friend of Coorg 70 Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Maltby 35 Sir John Shore 50 Miss Maltby 10 A. Hall, Esq. 150 Thro’ E. F. Elliot, Esq, ‘A Friend 420 200 C. F. Chamier, Esq. 100 H. Frere, Esq. 100 J. Bayley, Esq. 50 Lieut. Holland 30 [oo T. L. Blane, Esq. 50 Major F. Minchin 20 Lady Montgomery 50 E. B. Thomas, Esq. 20 50 Major Woodfall 60 J. F. Thomas, Esq. 10 W. A. Morehead, Esq. 30 —~Sperling, Esq. —Campbell, Esq, 50 Capt. G. Harkness 70 Col. Smith 30 W. Hudleston, Esq. 100 Divers Donors 41 SCOoOOoOoOLDPDOOoOOR COOOODOODO OO OO OOOOODODOO cCoCoooooco COOCOCOCOLCLDODOOOCOOOLO O Officers of the 4th N. I. 19 Capt. W. Bisset 50 483 =] =3 Capt. R. 8. Dobbs 50 H 50 A friend of Coorg Rev. A. Fennell 10 Expenditure from March 1853 Mz. Carpendale to June 1854. Mzrs. Graham W. Fisher, Esq. 50 1047 Rev. G. A. Hornle 21 Private and Travelling 50 Catechist 171 Grant from N. N, Moonshee 318 Mercara Residents 147 Postage 216 Miss, C. A. L. W, 10 Books 54 Capt. Brockman 10 Horse 255 Fhwl 1] Capt. G. Hare 55 W. Elliot, Esq. 100 Buildings and repairs 2034 50 Loan to Stephanas 726 bel Rul 18 fery (=305} Major A. G. Young Assistance to Christians & Capt. J. E. Palmer 65 enquirers, medecine, ete. 85 [o+] L.C. AW. A, C. W, 20 Capt. G. H. 80 COOOO OOV OC OO OCOCOOOLDOOOOOO=OOOOOOOOOOMD (=R === N o= R e R o B oo oo B e B e i oo B ove B o B oo i oo B o B < B > B o B e B e B B e B o B o e S e o S o B e S B I o W e S T e T o S e T B o B o B < B oo W o Total Expenditure 4909 o ar 64 State of accounis on the 30th Rs A.VP. June 1854. Brought over 1148 8 Rs AP, Capt. G. Harkness 50 — 50 — Expenditure (seelast page)4909 12 9 W. R. Arbuthnot, Esq. Donations 4835 9 7 A Friend, for Travelling, 140 — Actual debt of the Mission do for Moonshee 50 — 74 3 2 4th M. N. I. Jul. to Dec. 54) 63 — on the 30th June 1854 27th M.N.I. Jan. to Mar. 55f 53 — | |(received from the collec- DONATIONS tor in the 2d week of Apr.) § o et S 1554 8 O From 1st July 1854 to 1st April 1855. 70 Mzs. Ph. F. Lascelles, Esq. Expenditure from 1st July 1854 20 to 30th BMMarch 1855. C. F. Chamier, Esq. 190 Hon. W. Elliot, Esq. 100 Household and travelling F. N. Maltby, Esq. 50 expences 1028 13 Catechist 108 — M. C. Chase, Esq. Moonshee 13 —— Col. Coffin 20 89 Capt. P. Francis, Engs. 50 Postage 32 8 Lord Harris 200 Books Capt. G. S. Dobbie 50 Horse 162 100 Fraserpetthouse, A. Hall, Esq. expended Friends at the French received : : ’ Rocks 41 10 Sir John Shore 52 15 H. Frere, Esq. 50 For Hannah z;nd her son b4 70 For Thomas and Dorethea 38 Lieut. W. Walker, Engs. —_— Printing of Horz Paulinze 50 Capt. W. H. Boswell 55 Carry over 1148 8 = Total expenditure 1710 15 i—:; State of the Coorg Mission accounts on the 30th March, 1855. Expenditure, as above seveesccseccrocerscsrevoe 710 15 10 Donations ©9° 00600000 cesss00s00000000c000 00000000 155% 8 — Deficit ©eec0s0ece vccsessesccsscscssva s Rs 156 7 10 Debt of June 1854 “es o e 00 ecsvses s esvse0ssn s 94 3 2 Total Deficit on the 31st of March, 1855. Rs. 220 11 — N. B. Several mistakes which have crept into the accounts published in the Madras Chr. Herald for April 25, 1855, are here corrected. H. 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