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ubTURINGEN l

REPORT

OF THE

Basel Evangelical Missionary

Society.

FORTY-NINTH YEAR.

1864.

TWENTY-FIFTH REPORT OF THE BASEL EVANGELICAL MISSION

IN SOUTH WESTERN INDIA.

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MANGALORE:

PRINTED BY PLEBST & STOLZ, BASEL MISSION PRESS.

1865,

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RNeport

OF THE

BASEL EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

o lord

STATISTICAL NOTICES.

W—T\“‘

A. @he Gonmittee and Sub-Committees,

1. Committee of the Missionary Society.

A. Christ-Sarasin Esq., Senator,

Rev. A Sarasin.

President.

Rev. W, Le Grand.

Rev. E. Burckhardt, Secretary.

Rev. Dr. A. Ostertag.

Rev. J. Josenhans, Corresponding

Ed. Bernoulli-Riggenbach Esq.

Secretary and Principal.

Ed. Preiswerk-Burckhardt Esq.

C. F. Spittler Esq.

Rev, Fr. Reiff.

The Committee meet at the Mission-House on Wednesday evenings

or oftener, if required.

2. Financial Sub-Committee.

A. Christ-Sarasin Esq., Senator,

Rev. J. Josenhans.

President.

Theod. Braun Esq.

Rev. E. Burckhardt, Secretary.

Ed. Bernoulli-Riggenbach Esq.

C. F. Spittler Esq.

Ed. Preiswerk-Burckhardt Esq.

3. Sub-Committee for the Education of Missionaries’

Children

Rev. A. Sarasin, President.

Rev

. W. Le Grand.

Courvoisier von der Miihll Esq.,

Rev. Dr. A. Ostertag.

Treasurer.

Rev. J. Josenhans.

Ben

Rev. G. Meuret, Secretary and Di-

. Reber Sulger Esq.

rector of the Boys’ Institution.

Rev

. R. Anstein

4

[

B. Ynstitntions at Hasel.

I. MISSION-COLLEGE.

Resident Masters.

Rev. J. Josenhans, Principal.

Rev. G. Fleischhauer.

Rev. Fr. Reiff.

Rev. J. Pfisterer.

Rev. P. Wurm,

Mr. J. Berner.

Mr' J' KOlb.

Assistant | Masters.

Mr. Mésley, Mr. Hoff, English Teachers.

Dr. Burckhardt, Dr. A. Bernoulli, Medical Instructors.

Dr. Hauschild, Music Master.

Number of Students.

I. Class. It. Class. IIL. Class. IV. Class. V. Class.

VI. Class

6

1Y

12

16

12

19

II.’ CHILDREN’'S HOME‘.

1. Boys” Pustifution.

Director: Rev G. Meuret.

Tutors: Mr. O. Grimmer.

Myr. Kaelber.

Boys 295

Girls” Justitution.

Directress: Miss C. Scholz. Governesses: Miss E. Lang. Miss E. Rowohl.

Girls 27.

Travelling Agents.

Rev. F. Zaremba. Rev. L. Nagel. Rev. J. Huber. Rev. G.F. Miiller

Rev. Ch, Irion.

Rev. J. Hofer.

Rev. W. Hoch.

—

5

L2

C. @lissionaries of the Basel Society

(The names of the unordained Brethren are marked by an asterisk.)

Hative

Hane

Station

@onnfry

date of ac-

five Derpice

l. Missionaries empleyed in India.

11tz

France

1839

Calicut

Biihrer

Switzerland

1842

Mangalore

;]é?;

Albrecht

184

Dharwar

Germany

Ch. Miiller

do

1842

Tellicherry

J. F. Metz

do

1843

Nilagiris

G. Wiirth

do

1845

Bettigherry

J. G Kicg

do

845

Guledagudda

J. Haller*

do

1851

Mangalore

© W 3 & T I W N =

H. A. Kaundinya

India

1851

Mangalore

S

K. A. E. Diez

Germany

1851

Palghaut

=

G. Plebst #

do

1851

Mangalore

o

0. Kauffmann

do

1853

Coorg

&

F. Kittel

do

1853

Mangalore

~

G. Pfleiderer *

do

1854

Mangalore

=

Ch. Aldinger

do

1855

Chombala,

16

J. Lauffer

do

1856

Calicut

17

J. Bosshard *

Switzerland

1856

Cannanore

18

E. G. Hanhart

do

1857

Cannanore

19

J. Fr. A. Manner

Germany

1857

Mulki

20

J. Huber

Switzerland

1857

Hubli

21,

C. F. R. Hahn

Germany

1857

Coorg

22,

Gr. Schoch *#

Switzerland

1857

Cannanore

23

Roth

Germany

1857

24.

Hauff

Bettigherry

do

1857

Mangalore

25.

Burckhardt

do

1858

26.

?If

.(]f

Mangalore

Brigel

do

1858

Mulki

Hative

Stafion.

Hame.

Gonnfry.

afe of ac-

.‘ g

e Serpice

[

27

J. Mack

1858

Hubli

Germany

28

R. Hartmann

Switzerland

1859

Udapi

J. Fr. Traub

1859

‘!

29

Grermany

Udapi

30

L. Ph. Reinhardt

do

1859

Tellicherry

31

E. H. Bergfeldt

do

1860

Tellicherry

32

K. Brunner

Switzerland

1860

Bettigherry

33

J. J. Thumm

Germany

1860

Guledagudda

34

Chr. F. Krauss

do

1860

Dharwar

35

Th. F. Schauffler

do

1860

Calicut

36

W. Stokes

India

1860

Udapi

37

K. Riehm*

Germany

1860

Mangalore

38

T. Costa

India

1861

Dharwar

39

J. Fr. Miller

Germany

1861

Mangalore

40

1861

Alb. Wenger

Switzerland

Nilagiris

41

J. G. Schmidli*

do

1861

Codacal

42

Fr. Ziegler®

Germany

1862

Mangalore

43

C. Stolz*

Switzerland

1863

Mangalore

44

J. B. Graeter

Germany

863

Mangalore

45

S. Gundert

do

1863

Cannanore

46

Ch. Roeck.

do

1864

Codacal

At Home.

47

J. Strobel

Germany

1856

Frankfort.

48

P. Convert

Switzerland

1857

Neufchatel

49

Ch. Moerike.

Germany

1 845 Stuttgart

il. Wissionaries employed in Africa.

50

J. G. Widmann

Germany

1842 | Akropong

51

J. Mohr *

do

1846 | Aburi

52

J. Ch. Dieterle

do

1846 | Aburi

e e L

Hative

Hane.

Stafion,

Gonntry.

five Serpice

53

Chr. W. Locher

Switzerland

1849

Abokoby

54

J. Zimmermann

Grermany

1849

Odumase

55

J. A. Mader

do

1851

Akropong

56

J. G. Christaller

do

1852

Aburi

57

H. L. Rottmann *

do

1854

Christiansborg

58

J. Heck

do

1856

Odumase

59

E. Schall#

do

1856

60

Abokoby

Ch. Zimmermann *

do

1856

Akropong

61

J. Kromer #

do

1857

Kyebi

62

H. Laissle #

do

1857

Abokoby

63

G. J. Lindenmeyer #

do

1857

64

Christianshorg

J. Lang #

Switzerland

1857

Akropong

65

K. F. Aldinger

Germany

1857

66

Christiansborg

E. Schrenk

do

1859

Christiansborg

67

C. Fr. L. Strémberg

Sweden

1859

68

Kyebi

M. Klaiber#

Germany

1859

Christiansborg

69

Chr. J. M. Harnisch

do

1860

70

Akropong

Dav. Eisenschmid

do

1861

Kyebi

71

Dav. D. Asghante

Africa

1862

72

Akropong

J. G. Hoch *

Germany

1863

Akropong

73

Matth. Roes

France

1863

Odumase

74

J. L. Miiller#*

Germany

1863

Christiansborg

75

Alb. Schoenhuth #

do

1863

76

Christiansborg

J. Chr. Fetzer#*

do

1863

Christiansborg

(i

G, H. Schimaneck

do

1863

78

Christiansborg

Schoenfeld *

do

1864

79

Bohner *

do

1864

80

Klaus #

do

1864

81

Ramsayer*#

do.

1864

82

Rehfuss*

do

1864

o

s

Fafive

Fame.

Stafion.

Gountry.

afe of ac-

i

A

&

tive Dervice

83.

Leimenstoll ®

Germany

1864

84

Lindenmann ¥

do

1864

Ill. Missionaries employed in China.

85

R. Ch. F. Lechler

Germany

1846

Hongkong

1852

36

Ph. Winnes

do

Lilong

87

. H. Bender

do

1862

Hongkong

1862

88

E. J. Eitel

do

Lilong

89

Ph. C. Piton

France

1364

Tshonglok

90

. W. Bellon

Germany

1864

Lilong

|

:

16

17

18

19

B

2]

2

%

/

Censns of the Alissions.

JANUARY 1865.

-

il Missiona.

ries.

ScHOLARS.

] i\Tative Christians

ToTALS.

Higher Chris-

Vernacular

tian Schools.

Boarding | Parochial

Schools.

Schools.

Schools.

NAMES

OF

MISSION STATIONS.

Catechumeni

Jommunicants

belonging to the Church

Established in

Brethren

Sisters

Catechists & Schoolmasters

%ﬁ

i Native Schoolmistresses

Heathen Schoolmasters

Seminary

Middle School.

Training School

Boys

} Girls

§

Girls

English Scholars

Boys

Girls

Non-Communicants

Children

Total

Catechumeni

Members of the Church and

Schoolmasters & Scholars n

.:ii

_Eg

- I. India.

1834

nO

42

S~

51

94

2

;:

Mangalore

295

430

284

732

19

101

177

928!

Mulky

L R R R

1845

(@)

28

103

134

176

318

14

332

36

Udapy .

®0ess0ses sceveess eesasen

1854

(@23

12

0

74

53

101

158

14

172

a4

(o

Coorg

1853

10

17

80

60

144

144

146

P HOBWAT s v s 1837

25

90

115

18

11

38

39

118

157,

Hoobly

mePaesecsscrsoservrsosroan

1839

)

17

110

156

46

74

120

121

125

246

Bettigherry.

11841

Do

160

195

it

47

66

66

162

228

Guledagudda

tesccenestesscenssen

1851

58

66

25

32

63

63

58

121

O W3S UL O =

Cannanore

1841

()3

30

]

135

253

214

10

g

215

448

448

145

593

Tellicherry

L R I AN

1839

-3

140

190

104

140

252

253

123

376!

11

Chombalass s viis i 1849

11

—

O = DO O -3¢ O

22

45

83

66

155

155

22

177

12

Calicut

®ecesecsrevrstreesrcEnnens

1842

(ep)

13

86

169

158

§

162

360

364

76

13

Codacal

L I I T A S I S,

1857

36

e

47

116

440

14

123

243

(V)

273

273

Palghaut

L I I I IR IR I U AP

1858

g

20

159

27

17

46

47

159

206!

15.

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D I R N I L AR Sr AP PSP S

1846

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= WO OOONON Ih WO OO I

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DO 00D OSSO

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(i) (e itopies el ol lemi L (=) d o) (e () (3 6) (e

553

)

11

22

25

48

48

51

|

j

Total of India Missions

|

E

|

31

61

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19

15

56

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|

16

27

10

17

Christiansborg

11845

0

18

0y 116

60

28

107

195

32

227

11

238

Abokobi ........ R B

11854

3

17

6

0

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00

76

15

82

147

21

194

10

204

18.

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18

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10

4

49

25

26

55

60

26

86

19

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L R N R I I A

1843

70

26] 20

12

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112

92

89

293

12

305

59

364

200

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1847

11

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21

Aburi.

%

42

8] 131

43

21

49

113

31

144

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230

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e cc s v 0r0rer0v000ssctsnse e

1861

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g

g

§)

%

g

32

0

0

0

0

32

10

22

10

32

24

56

1.2

2

10

Total of Africa Missions

| S

26

B CDECD VYIS

103

791175

56| 44| 107] 24| 627

conom | commersrwsa

326/164| 361| 851

———

111

962

216

1178

III1. China.

22

Hongkong

%9 eccscceesrer e ranses e

1857

26

0

0

0

0

0

26

39

0

14

53

16

69

17

86

23

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1852

;

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0

0

0

0

50

123] 29

67

219

10{ 229

14

—

243;

Total of China Missions

E

0

E

0

4

0

26| 46

0

0

o o 76| 162| 29| 81| 272| 26| 298| 31

B el b

e | —con———

329

Grand Total

25

82| 14(245(320|326(193|493| 700 60|2598(2017(316{1981|4314/|222[4536{1546|6082

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STATIO)

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STATIONS OF THE BASEL MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

I. In South Western India.

A. Canara District.

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MANGALORE, established in 1834,

Out-stations: Bolma and Sammuga.

MULKY, established in 1845.

Oui-stations: Kadike and Utchila.

UDAPY, éstablished in 1854.

Out-stations: Gudde and Shirwa.

4

COORG STATIONS, established in 1853.

Mercara, Almanda, Anandapur.

5

HONORE, established in 1845 at present without missionary.

B. Southern-Mahratta District.

6. DHARWAR, established in 1837.

7. HUBLY, established in 1839.

Out-stations : Unakallu and Hebsura.,

8. BETTIGHERRY, established in 1841.

9. GULEDAGUDDA, established in 1851,

Out-station: Kardenhally.

C. Malabar District.

10. CANNANORE, established in 1841.

Out-stations: Chowa, Chirakal, Taliparambu.

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TELLICHERRY, established in 1839.

Out-stations: Dharmapatnam and Edakadu.

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CHOMBALA, established in 1849,

Out-stations : Muverattu and Kandappenkundu.

13

CALICUT, established in 1842,

Out-stations: Coilandy, Malapuram, Beypore.

14

CODACAL, established in (1857) separate Station 1862,

Out-station: Paraperi.

15

PALGHAUT, established in 1858.

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D. Nilagiri District.

16. KAITY, established in 1846.

Out-station: Chogatorre.

II. In Westem Africa.

A. Akra or Ga District.

17. CHRISTIANSBORG, established in 1845.

Out-station: Taeschi.

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18. ABOCOBY, established in 1854.

Out-stations : Damfa and Sasabi.

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B. Adangme or Krobo District.

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19. ODUMASE, established in 1856.

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C. Aquapem District (Otshi Language).

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20. AKROPONG, established in 1843.

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Out-stations : Late, Mamfe, Adukrom, Doburow, Abonse

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21. ABURI, established in 1847 and again in 1857.

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OQOut-station: Tuto.

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D. Akem District (Otshi Language.)

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22. KYEBI, established in 1860,

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Out-station: Kukurantumi.

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23. HONGKONG, established in 1856,

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Out-stations: Shakthungtsui and Saukiwan

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24. LILONG, established in 1852.

Out-station : Pukak.

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25. TSHONGLOK, established in 1864.

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Report,

SING unto the Lord a new song: for he has dome marvel-

lous things; his right hand and his holy arm has gotten

him the victory. The Lord has made known his salvation,

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his righteousness has he openly showed in the sight of the

heathen.

He bas remembered his mercy and his truth toward

the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the sal-

vation of our God.

Yea blessed be the Lord for all he has done amongst us during

the past year, for all his loving kindness and assistance given unto his

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servants, for all his longsuffering and patience with which he has borne

their shortcomings and sins, for all the blessings he has bestowed upon

their work, It is His mercy alone, by which the young plants of our

congregations have been preserved and increased, and another year has

been granted unto us to proclaim to many heathen the blessed message

of salvation.

Yet in looking at the visible results of the labours of the past year,

we cannot say they are such as the longing heart would wish; the

progress of our work has not been such a one as would also strike

the eyes of the unbeliever. But we know by faith, that the work of

faith is not done in vain and that, what has been sown in the name of

the Lord will undoubtedly bring forth glorious fruits.

The promise

of God though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come and

not tarry. Hab. II.

On the other hand it cannot be denied, that there is a certain

standstill in the work of the mission experienced all over India by

almost all the Mission Socicties, and it would perhaps be not out of

place to enquire into the causes of this common experience.

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Now we think we are not mistaken if we say, that first of all the

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cause of this slow progress will be found in ourselves, in the agents of

the mission and their supporters. We mean in our want of earnestness

comn

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and singleness of heart.

Just because the results are not such as we

close

would wish or expect, oftentimes weariness creeps in, zeal slackens

prayer and intercession grow feeble.

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much

time to look away from our own weakness and from our own work up

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to our great head, the author and finisher of our faith.

Besides this there are some secondary causes to retard as it seems

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the progress of the kingdom of God.

Formerly many of the heathen

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were moved to join the Christians though not by purely selfish and

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For

secular motives, yet by others than the salvation of their souls.

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instance many were brought to the Mission by their desire after a better

much

and purer knowledge than their heathen teachers could give them, and

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this knowledge they could only obtain in the mission schools.

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others undefined expectations of bettering themselves were mixed up

healt

with religious motives, the more so as the natives could never be per-

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suaded that the missionaries have no connection with the Government

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nor any real influence,

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But now the desire after knowledge is partly satisfied by Govern-

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ment schools and the examinations for Government offices occupy nearly

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exclusively the minds of the more educated youth. The many and

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great changes introduced by Government in the administration of India

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have given the mind of the people another direction.

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On the other side the real purposes of the missionaries, the purely

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spiritual object of their preaching and teaching is now more generally

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understood; expectations of a worldly character have not been realized.

Therefore if one now resolves to join the mission he has to count the

tria]

cost.

At the same time the supporters of the old heathenish systems

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are now more alive to the danger awaiting them by the spread of the

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Gospel and they are better prepared to fight against its influence. The

tegt,

strong one watches his house more carefully since he is aware of the

dilapidated state of his fortress

But we have no reason at all to be discouraged or sorry about this

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state of things.

Just the humiliations and trials which we have to

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go through by the will of the Lord are signs that he has new blessings

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in store for us.

If the heathen are no longer brought into christian

shness

communion by secondary motives we may expect more real conversions.

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While under the altered circumstances the word of God is brought

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closer to the hearts of the heathen, we may well wait longer for that

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much desired ends the fulness of the heathen entering the doors of

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Christ’s sheepfold.

In looking especially to the state of our own mission, we have to

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remark that the want of agents for our necessary work severely felt

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already during the previous year-has continued and rather increased.

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Besides the loss of our dear brethren Miiller and Ammann already

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spoken of in the report of the last year the efficiency of our staff was

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much reduced by the protracted illness of Mr. Metz and Mr. Moerike,

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in consequence of which the latter found himself directed by the Lord

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to leave his cherished work and dear flock to seek restoration of his

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health in Europe.* At the same time, when Mr. Finckh, the principal

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of the Seminary, had expressed his desire to return to Europe by, the

ment

beginning of this year, Mr. Graeter had to come down from Palghaut

in order to fill up the vacancy. It can hardly be said, that these losses

rern-

have been made up by the return of Mr. Roth and the arrival of

eatly

Mr. Roeck. At the anniversary of Basel itself our Committee consi-

and

dered it necessary to state in public that 4the present number of agents

[ndia

“working in our Indian Mission is scarcely capable to carry on effi-

“ciently the existing work, much less to prosecute and extend it among

irely

“the heathen.

Still the pressure upon our finances did not allow us

rally

“to satisfy these most crying wants.”

lized.

Our congregations too had to go through many and not ordinary

f the

trials; at ome Station cholera and famine, at others typhus or small-

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pox or great distress in consequence of the rise of all prices put the

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faith and patience of our native brethren and their pastors to a severe

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test. But also these afflictions we take to be God’s loving visitations

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*In these as well as in other cases of sickness we have been favoured with

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the very kind assistance of several Medical Gentlemen, to whom we would here

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“‘tender our heartfelt thanks,

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although many heathen otherwise willing have been prevented from

joining the Christians on account of these heavy trials.

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The numbers of our congregations have not increased considerably.

after

The unusual mortality amongst our Christians and the small number

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of heathen baptisms are the cause why our census list shows only an

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increase of 131; the number of catechumeni too.is comparatively

depa

small.

Yet the congregations have by these very afflictions and trials

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been more closely united, deeper rooted in faith and inwardly more

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established. And our christian schools are now in a more prosperous

state than ever.

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Our Society completes in Octob;r next the 50th year of its exist-

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ence and our Committee intend to celebrate this as the year of jubilee. As

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to how our Committee propose to have the jubilee celebrated we allow

who

ourselves to add a few words at the close of the report.

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I. CANARA.

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Already in the report of the last year we mentioned the transfer

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of Mr. Mack to Hubly. In May the Lord called another of our fellow-

labourers unexpectedly to his heavenly rest.

Mrs. Kittel, after a stay

yea

in the missionfield of only 4 years apparently in the vigour of health

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and strength and in the midst of her blessed work was taken ill by

Iny

typhus fever.

Either herself or those arround her were scarcely

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aware of the dangerous character of the disease, when her end was at

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hand and the Lord took her away from her dear husband and her be-

the

loved little ones.

Mr. Albrecht, who had reopened the station of

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Honore and laboured there for 3 years under many difficulties, felt

fog

himself so much suffering by the climate of the coast, that his removal

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to a country more congenial to his constitution was thought necessary.

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In consequence of his transfer to Dharwar the Station of Honore, for

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which no other missionary could be spared, had again to be abandoned.

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With the beginning of this present year Mr. Finckh also, who

had conducted the Seminary for native assistants for 6 years, left India

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from

with his family for Europe. But just when we expected to hear of his

safe arrival at home we were startled by the distressing news, that he,

Dy,

after a sicknes of only two days, was suddenly taken away and found

mbey

his grave at Corfu.

When he was aware of his approaching end, he

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had grace from the Lord to commit himself entirely into his will and

ively

depart in full confidence in his saviour.

How wonderful are the ways

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of our God, quite different indeed from our own, yet his ways are ways

more

of salvation and glory.

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In consequence of Mr. Finckh’s departure Mr. Burkhardt took

charge of the institution as principal and Mr. Graeter was called from

st

Palghaut, where he had to leave his cherished work at the English-

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School, which just began to prosper most hopefully, Mr. and Mrs. Stokes,

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who were constantly ailing in the South Mahrattha District, were

temporarily transferred to Udapi.

Lastly we may mention the arri-

val of Mr. Th. Digel in the beginning of this year, who is to take

charge of our weaving establishment in the place of Mr. Haller.

The

latter after 14 years of indefatiguable and successful labour wishes to

seek a climate cooler and more suitable for the European constitution

than that of the coast, as he has made up his mind not to return to

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Europe, but to spend his life in India.

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In this district of our mission field as well as in the two others

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yearly synodal meetings are held, in which at the first day the mis-

alth

sionaries communicate to each other their experiences and consider

\] by

important subjects concerning their work; onthe second day the elders

cely

of the congregations join them in conference to speak about the spi-

aﬁt

ritual state and the wants of the several churches and deliberate upon

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the furtherance of God’s cause in and through the churches; on the

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third day all christians of the district willing and able to attend gather

felt

to a missionary meeting, where short addresses are delivered by mis-

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sionaries and catechists as well as by other members of the congrega-

1y

tions.

The last meeting took place in the month of September and

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proved again a source of manifold blessings, in bringing before our

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eyes the state of our whole work, showing our shortcomings, strengthen-

hho

ing our faith and renewing amongst all the christian brethren, Eu-

ropeans and natives, the union in the Spirit. One of the chief sub-

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sects brought before the meetings was and will henceforth be #ke selfsup-

port of the congregations, the importance of which matter also our

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native brethren fully understand and begin to carry out as far as their

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very limited means will allow.

The preaching to the heathen has also this year been prosecuted partly

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by the Brethren Bithrer and Kaundinya especially devoted to this work,

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partly by the other missionaries as far as their other duties would al-

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low, usually accompanied by Catechists, Colporteurs or pupils of the

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Seminary. Thus the sound of the Gospel has again and again been

heard by thousands gathered at heathen festivals, as for instance Gokarna,

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Subramanya, Perdur, Vitla etc.; and what is of more lasting effect, the

Salvation in Jesus has been testified to many people of all classes in

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A. Biihrer (1842)* Rev. H. A. Kaundinya (1851)

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F. Kittel (1853)

Rev. H. F. Hauff (1857)

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Rev.

A. H. Finckh (1857) "Rev. G. Burkhardt (1858)

work,

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F. Miiller (1861)

Rev. B. Graeter (1863)

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of the

Mr. F. Ziegler (1862). INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT: Mr. J. Haller

been

(1851) Mr. G. Plebst (1851)

Mr. G. Pfleiderer (1854)

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Mr. C. Riehm (1860) Mr. C. Stolz (1863) Mr. T. Digel (1865).

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CATECHISTS AND SCHOOLMASTERS.

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J. Kamsika, Samuel Aiman, Daniel Aaron, Sebastian Furtado, Israel

Aaron, Suwartappa Watsa, Theophilus Aiman, Joshua Joshua, Aaron

Aaron, Samuel Sona, Albert Putranna, John Upenna, Ulrich Upenna.

Communicants

430

last year 421

Non-Communicants.

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19

Children

284

-

262

Catechumensi

19

-

16

Seminary pupils.

15

6

Middle School

20

21

Christian Day-School .

87

77

Anglo-Vernacular School.

51

89

5 Vernacular Boys’ Schools.

94

118

2 Vernacular Girls' Schools

28

26

A short glance at the numerous staff of Europeans and native

agents written above will show, that this Station is the headquarter of

our mission. Two of the most important means for the spread of the Gos-

pel and christian knowledge among Christians and heathen are in opera-

tion at Mangalore: the Seminary for preparing our native agents and

the Printing Press.

The latter has begun last year to print also

Malayalim books.

The Seminary is undoubtedly one of our most im-

portant institutions, and the progress of our whole mission-work depends

in a good part from the success of this school in furnishing us with well

prepared and able assistants. The sghool received in its IId class for

*The figures after the names of Missionaries show their date of active service.

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the first time students also from the Malabar Middle-School at Telli-

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cherry, thereby bringing in full operation the plan of having a central

institution for the whole mission.

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With the opening of this class

Mr. Burkhardt, now the principal of the institution, entered upon his

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work as teacher.

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The subjects taught during last year were:

Doctrine of faith — Theology contained in the Old Testament.

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Church History — Exegesis of some books of the New Testament.

all

Greek, English, Sanscrit, Music, Preaching Exercise.

The older pupils also accompanied missionaries or catechists on

their itinerary mission-work and took part in preaching to the heathen

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in the bazaars.

We have much reason to praise the Lord for the

blessings vouchsafed to this school,

The instruction was continued

throughout the year with scarcely any interruption and the pupils

conducted themselves irreproachably as far as human eyes can see.

Yet we would ask the prayers of our friends especially for this important

institution, that the Lord may prepare for himself in this school his

chosen vessels to bear his name amongst the heathen and to assist in

building up the church of Christ.

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From the Middle School under Mr. Miiller’s superintendence, who

is assisted by three native teachers, the eldest class after having finished

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their course of studies left in February, four of the scholars entered

the Seminary ; the three remaining who were not able to prosecute a

higher course of studies, yet willing and fit to serve the Lord, are to

find their sphere of labour as teachers and catechists of alower grade.

Though in the Middle School some interruptions in the studies were

caused by theillness of Mr. Miiller and of many of the pupils, the grace

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of the Lord has visibly been in this branch of our work.

On the whole

the boys have been found industrious and obedient.

It is hardly neces-

sary to say that the real object of this institution can only be obtained

by the boys if at the same time growing in grace and in the fear of God.

The Congregation, containing more than 400 Communicants, has

now reached that state, when they must think for supporting their

teachers and ministers by their own means.

With a view to accom-

plish this object a churchfund has long been established by the founders

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Lelli

of the congregation partly with the liberal help of a christian friend

ntral

formerly at Mangalore and some gifts of our Committee, partly by the

class

contributions of the church-members.

This fund has now so far

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advanced that with continued contributions of the Christians themselves

a considerable share of the expenses in school and church can be de-

frayed by it.

This year the expenses of the two parish schools, which

hitherto were borne by the mission-fund, have been taken overby the

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churchfund besides the current expenses of the church, the whole

amounting to about Rs. 700.

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The support of their poor is entirely borné by the congregation, the

hen

account of last year shows

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an income out of the poor fund of Rs.

contributions of the congregation

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pils

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Total

453

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Rs

411

810

the expenses amounted to

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To give a more efficient help in cases of need and to increase the

means of defraying the expenses of the church, the Christians have

begun to raise a voluntary tax amongst themselves and have thus in

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fact constituted themselves into a kind of mutual help-in-need society.

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For direct mission purposes Rs. 122-0-6 were contributed last year,

of which sum Rs. 87 were offered at the missionary meeting held in

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September last.

In order to awaken the congregation to a real spiri-

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tual life and walk, and to unite the missionaries and native christians

to a closer union in spirit, weekly prayer-meetings have been reesta-

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blished in different parts of the congregation under the guidance of the

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missionaries or catechists. Having a goodly number of youths uncon-

nected with the families of the congregation, it was found necessary

and useful to gather them in one house under the superintendence of a

worthy christian man, For the benefit of all the elder boys an evening

school twice a week has been established under the management of

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four of the missionaries, in which the elements of reading, writing,

casting accounts, singing and a little English has been taught besides

reading the word of God and prayer.

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Eleven adults have been added to the congregation from among

the heathen.

About the Weaving Establishment it is not necessary to say much.

The apprehensions we had for this establishment in consequence of the

cotton famine by which a great number of weavers in other parts of

India have been cast out of work and fallen in distress, the Lord

graciously dispersed.

The weaving shop was never more prosperous

and less able to execute all the orders coming in than during the past

year.

Between 60 and 70 persons were employed and two times their

number could easily get work.

Our Press too is now in full operation and great has been the help

rendered by it in spreading sound knowledge in the form of schoolbooks

and above all by the publication of healthy christian tracts and parts

of the books of the Bible.

We subjoin a list of the books issued from

our press during the last year.

List of Books printed during the year 1864.

I. In Canarese.

Copies

Pages.

First Book of Lessons, for the Madras Government

2000

70

Third Book

do

do

3000

130

Bombay

Iraru patrike (twelve letters), 5th edition -

-

-

-

2500

82

Morris’ History of England, II Part

-

-

-

-

-

1000

200

First Book of Lessons for the Bombay Government, I Part

2000

40

do.

do

IT Part

4000

40

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Aesop’s Fables, 2nd edition

2500

244

First Canarese Instructer, 5th edition -

-

-

-

-

5000

88

-

-

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Catechism of Canarese Grammar, 3rd edition -

3000

64

Canarese Almanac for 1865

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2500

64

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Krishna and Christ compared -

2000

76

The Bible in Canarese 4°

continued -

-

2500

504

-

-

The Old Testament 12° in 4 volumes

do

2500

1512

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II. In Malayalam

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

3000

The good Shepherd -

16

Truth and Error in Nala’s History -

-

-

1500

84

Instruction in divine Truth

=

-

-

-

=

2000

16

The Art of happy Dying -

-

-

-

=

=

2000

40

The Way of Righteousness -

-

-

-

-

2000

22

21

ng

Copies

Pages

On the Lord’s Prayer -

-

2000

12

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1500

34

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The Fruits of Sin

III. In Tulu.

the

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

600

108

of

Tulu Hymn Book

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IV. In English and Canarese.

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Selections of Stories, Revenue papers and Dialogues -

200

208

ast

V. In English.

-

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24th Report of the Basel Mission

-

1100

70

The Tribes of the Nilagiri Hills -

500

154

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50,900

3888

ks

The Sale of the Books printed at our press is conducted by Messrs

fs

Pfleiderer & Riehm.

Besides the bookshop in the town, depots of

)i\

books are established at our different Stations.

At the same time two

Colporteurs are engaged in Canara, who, going round through pettahs

and bazaars, to heathen festivals and wherever opportunities offer them-

selves, try to sell their books or at least to bear testimony of Christ

and the one true God.

The sale of books if compared with the state-

B

ment of the last year shows a considerable inerease, though we are

still in the first stages of selling and buying books and an interest

for reading books is scarcely beginning to be awakened among the

people.

Statement of the Sale of Books and Tracts from July 1863 up to July 64.

A. Books not from the Mission. Cop.

B. Mission Books.

Cop.

1

-

-

. English Schoolbooks -

878

1. Sold at Mang. shop detail

- 6475

. Canarese

do

=

-

&

- 2991

2. through Colporteurs -

-

- 2649

. Diverse Books -

-

-

-

-

102

-

-

-

856

3. Depot at Mulky

g

. Bibles and Bible-portions

-

469

Udapi

-

=

-

516

o3

=

- 1009

4,440

Coorg

Honore -

=

o

356

Dharwar -

=

- 1049

=

-

-

Hubly

670

Guledagudda

-

630

14,210

22

=

MULKY.

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Rev. A. Maenner (1857)

Rev. J. Brigel (1858)

CATECHISTS AND SCHOOLMASTERS

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Leonhard Shiri, Markus Maben, Elias Ammanna.

SCHOOLMISTRESSES

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Esther Jesaya, Naomi Jesudasi.

Communicants

128

134 last year

Non-Communicants

8

Children

176

169

Catechument

14

19

Girls' Bo arding-Sck‘ool.. .

63

52

Christian Day-Scholars

36

46

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Heathen Day-Scholars.

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By the Lord’s grace we had the privilege to receive into Christ’s

Church 12 souls from among the heathen at Mulky and 4 at the out-

station Utchila.

Most of the former could not be baptized without

a longer time of probation, because the brethren were not quite sure

of the reality of their profession.

But afterwards they were convinced

of a work of the Lord having indeed begun in these poor souls, which

he will surely carry on and finish.

The Christians of this Station are for the greater part very poor

and deeply sunk into debts, and they therefore require the more to work

and pray, trusting in Him who alone can help and who indeed has not

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forsaken them hitherto.

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In a peculiar manner the Lord showed his saving and protecting

power to his people when at a time when the ravages of cholera and

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smallpox carried away numbers of people at and around Mulky, none of

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the Christians was attacked by either of the dreadful scourges.

for

The Girls’ Institution, containing 63 pupils, was also graciously

fi

preserved from severer diseases. The school-work has been carried on

of

in like manner as in former years under the superintendence of

the

Mr. and Mrs. Brigel.

Cor

The Outstation Utchila under the charge of Mr. Maenner was visited

the

regularly twice a week and made his abode by him for a good part of

log

23

—_—

the year for the purpose of instructing the Catechumeni and of labour-

ring amongst the heathen in the neighbourhood.

The preaching of the Gospel has been carried on regularly on the

Bazaar at Mulki and the heathen festivals in the vicinity, at Perdur,

Udapi, Suda, Tibur have been visited by the brethren in the company

of the Catechists and other Christians.

UDAPY.

Rev. R. Hartmann (1859) Rev. F. Traub (1859)

158

CATECHISTS AND SCHOOLMASTERS

out

Silas Joshua, Barnabas Sona, Benjamin Maben.

hout

Communicants

53 last year 54

Non-Communicants

4

-

-

suIe

1

nced

Oleldren

101

88

Catechumens

14

24

hich

Orphan Boys’ Scho o'l

50

44

Christian Day-Scholars

2l

-

-

pOOY

otk

The Christians at this Station had to bear a good deal of afflictions

in the shape of the smallpox epidemic by which several members of

ot

the congregation and a number of boys in the orphanage were attacked.

In consequence of this disease the orphanage had to be closed for a

ting

time and the children sent to their respective Stations. From amongst

and

16 Of

the boys no one was carried away by the disease, though many suffered

for a considerable time.

Out of the other Christians some died. These

times of afflictions in the congregation have proved to be also times

sly

1 on

of sifting. For while some bore their trials with patience and putting

, of

their cares on Him who cares for us, others took offence at what they

considered a want of love and selfsacrifice in those of whom they

ited

thought they had a right to expect other things. One family for inst.

lost all courage and went back to the heathen.

It was not a little

¢ of

S D S

in 8

disheartening to the missionaries to make such experiences, but they

1

have no reason to despair, knowing that the Lord and his Spirit will

The

have the victory in spite of all human weakness, unbelief and hard

by |

heartedness.

har

As a sign of the Lord’s presence we rejoice to relate that he has

unexpectedly opened a door in another direction.

gor

4

“Some eight miles to the South East of Udapi a family consisting of 3

£

brothers and their old mother had resolved to give up their former demon wor-

th

spip and to become followers of Christ. In consequence of this resolution their

Yet the

In

wives went away to their relations, taking their children with them.

men were stedfast ; the small temple of the demon (Bhuta) was emptied of its

all

implements and served afterwards as a temporary dwelling-place to the visiting

1oy

missionary.

But in this case also the Lord was pleased to lead these poor peo-

th

ple in a way they did not expect.

The head of the family who was their head

fo

in every respect, fell sick with smallpox. This was a severe trial for these igno-

lea

rant and weak people. “Why,”they asked, “we have resolved to serve the true

God, we alone in the village, and such afflictions come just upon us. People

say, now you are justly punished for forsaking the sacred customs of your an-

cestors; is that true?” On the other hand the sick man, seeing the danger that

he most likely would not recover, confessed that he had greatly sinned against

the Lord and be in need of the remission of sins, he prayed to Jesus to wash

him with his precious blood and desired to be baptized in his name.

The old mother often requested the young missionary with tears: “O son!

restore my child unto me!” On the responce: “mother, that is not in my power,

it is in God’s hand, call on him” she said: “Yes, I pray to Jesus, him only I

want, but ah! he must not die, what would become of us, we are quite alone

in the village going this new way, ah, the good man must not die!"” Thus the

conflict between the old heathenish darkness and the new glimmering light

was going om.

Yet the disease increased, all hope passed away and the dying man was

baptized on the 29th of January 1864.

This was a heavy blow for the family ;

they lost their head doubly and as they afterwards confessed to the missionary

soon after the death of their brother, they had taken it seriously into conside-

ration, whether they ought not to return to the heathen, believing, as they did,

{

they could not live as Christians without their deceased elder brother; but a

Mohamedan earnestly warned and dissuaded them from taking such a step.

After the trial was over, the Lord who had wounded, began to make his face

shine again upon the afflicted and to make his refreshing mercy known unto

them.

A few months afterwards the wife of one of the Catechumeni joined

her husband with her two children and attended the christian instruction and

25

they

in September another family of the same village, related to the former, gave

il

up demon-worship and 6 persons desired to be instructed in the ways of truth.

The Lord grant that this small work begun under many trials may increase

herd

by his grace and what has been sown with tears may grow up to a blessed

harvest,

> has

ur Boys’ Orphanage, though not spared from many diseases, has

gone on under the Lord’s grace in good order. In general the boys

of 3

In the afternoon

learn willingly under their well trained teachers

| O

he

they work in the fields and palm garden or assist 1n household work

In the evening it is cheering to see their merry faces when they run to

he

f its

and fro in playing as if no hard work had been done, and to hear their

1ing

joyful laughter ring through the air

The boys after they have passed

peo

their 14th year enter, if able to do so, the Middle-School at Mangalore

head

to prepare themselves for the work of catechists or teachers, or they

igno

leave the school to learn some trade according to their abilities

fue

opl

[ 8l

that

ainst

ash

COORG, ANANDAPUR

son!

Rev. O. Kauffmann (1853) Mr. F. Hahn (1857).

e,

SCHOOLMASTER

Iy I

Joseph Kire, afterwards Johann Philipp

Jone

the

Commumnicants

°

80 last year 18

4

-

-

2

joht

Non-Communicants

Children

60

60

39

W7as

Catechumenst

Parochial School

17

21

lh 1

Y

We have much reason to praise the Lord that he has preserved

de

did,

the brethren at Anandapur throughout the year in a climate still

it &

dreaded by so many as feverish. Yet the more the jungle recedes, the

tep

more fever also seems to disappear and the country, where the mission-

208

ary was so often incapacitated to work by fever, may prove at the end

nto

such a one where many will resort to from the hot lowlands for the

ped

restoration of their health

nl

4

26

————

About missionary operations not much is to be reported. Although

the singlehanded Mr. Kauffmann used every spare time to go out to

the heathen and to preach regularly at the weekly fair at Virajendra-

pett, as well as visiting the larger festivals in the vicinity, his time

was too much occupied with the care of the Christians at Anandapur

and at Mercara.

As long as the state of the funds at our disposal do

not enable us to place a second missionary in the country, not much

of greater results can be expected.

Yet it is not a small thing to see

the little congregation at Anandapur grow in knowledge and steadiness

0

and to have the young generation educated in the fear and nurture of

the Lord.

The building of a Church, the necessity of which was mentioned

fi

in our last report, may with God’s help begin after the monsoon. The

:

appeal made by Mr. Kauffmann on behalf of this work was responded to

)

in such a liberal manner, the Mysore Government also granting Rs. 1000

for the purpose, that the sum thought necessary is either at hand or

promised. There remains now for us to express our sincere thanks

to all who assisted in this good work by which the Europeans living

in the vicinity will be benefited as well as the native Christians.

HONORE AND SIRCY.

It has been mentioned already for what reason we were obliged

again to abandon this Station.

God grant that the vacation may not

last long. And even now we hope to be enabled to have the town

and country of Honore visited by our itinerary missionaries and the

work begun there in many souls refreshed, until this Station may

again and permanently be occupied by one or two labourers.

27

1eh

b to

I3

me

II. SOUTHERN MAHRATTA ;JOUNTRY.

iy

do

1ch

506

It has been mentioned already last year, that Mrs. Wiirth was

58

of

compelled by failing health to leave for Europe in March.

After her

departure Mr. and Mrs. Stokes took full charge of the Girls’ Insti-

od

tution, but they also by repeated attacks of fever and other ailings

were often prevented from work and as soonas Mr. Roth returned from

he

Europe with his partner, to enter his former duties at Bettigherry,

fo

)0

Mr. Stokes left for Udapi on the coast.

)1

In April Mr. Mack was called to Hubly to fill up the vacancy left

(8

by the death of Mr. Miiller and to open a Middle-School for the edu-

1

cation of native assistants. © After his arrival Mr. Wenger returned to

his own Station at Dharwar from whence he set out for the Hills to

change places with Mr. Krauss.

In October Mr. Albrecht removed

with his family from Honore to Dharwar where he had been formerly

labouring eleven years ago.

Though such frequent changes are in many respects to be deplored

as a hindrance to a steady progress of our work, they are often un-

|

avoidable as long as sickness and death and other causes are telling

upon the labourers in the mission field.

The Missionaries in this district observed on the one hand a decided

increasing desire after books, partly caused by growing wealth and the

changes brought on by the cotton famine, but on the other hand they

see also a preponderating desire after the things of this world and a

still greater indifference concerning spiritual matters. We may here

mention some instances of what the Missionaries experienced on their

mission tours.

When the brethren Wiirth and Kies after having brought their

families to Bombay, had left the railway at Sholapoor, they were enabled

4%

28

the very next station this side of that town to preach in Canarese.

The people of the village, just then met together to a prize-fighting,

willingly heard the tvords of the strangers. The name of Jesus was

not unknown to them, but they thought it impossible to live as a true

disciple of Jesus. In another village the people were greatly amazed

to hear Europeans speak their own tongue. They understood it well

that their Gods are only imaginations of men, but they remarked:

there must be something in the worship of our Gods, for why should

otherwise Government have the landed property of their temples un-

touched.

Mr. Wiirth made another journey to Mulgund, south-west of

Bettigherry. There a small hut has been erected for the shelter of the

travelling missionary.

Daily a number of people gathered there around

Mr. Wiirth, who had given up gross idolatry as numbers have done

in this part of India, but as they have not yet accepted the right compass,

the Word of God, to guide them through the pathless sea of imaginations,

they could not help falling upon rocks and quicksands such as intem-

perance and lose morality of every sort.

One of the men, who came

there to Mr. Wiirth, appears indeed to be not far from the kingdom of

heaven,

About another mission tour Mr. Wiirth relates:

«Scarcely had we entered Gadshandragada (North-East of Bettigherry),

when a number of men assembled to dispute with us, but not with an ill will.

On the evening a great crowd assembled and heard quietly for the greater part.

At the same time the catechist read at another place a tract on the errors of

Hindu religion and the truth as it is in Jesus.

Thus the work could be conti-

nued for 4 days at the end of which the people, to whom the catechist had

read, were so much satisfied and rejoiced at his service done to them, that they

presented him with a piece of cloth as a token of their regard and declared

that many of their prejudices against Christianity had been removed, for in-

stance, that in becoming Christians they must wear hat and trowsers and live

according to Kuropean manners.

In Shagoti there are since many years a

number of people reading the Bible, keeping the Lord’s day and praying. Yet

they would not renounce caste and publicly confess Christ.

Lately however

When we visited

some of them were meditating upon taking a decisive step.

them, they and many others came to the temple where we had our quarters,

and listened to us quietly, In the presence of the idol we had a regular Sun-

day service, prayers, reading of the Bible and sermon with these people.

29

——

DHARWAR.

Ese.

g,

Rev. H. Albrecht (1842)

Rev. F. Krauss (1860)

Was

Rev. T. Costa (1861).

116

all

Communicants

18

last year 9

-

-

pell

Non-Communicants

3

5

Children

.

17

-

15

od

-

Catechument

0

uld

Anglo-Vernacular S;:ko.ol

25

43

1

Vernacular School

90

-

-

80

We do not wish to repeat again. and again complaints caused by

of

the

the barrenness and seeming hopelessness of the work at this Station.

It is with faith and hope we have to look up to the Lord, who is able

mnd

and willing to make the desert blossom and to quicken the dry bones.

(e

The removal of Mr. Albrecht to Dharwar has not been caused by want

15,

18,

of labourers at this Station but by the personal reason of the much

impaired health of himself and family. Yet in consequence of this rein-

gils

forcement the brethren are now enabled to visit more regularly and to

me

1 of

a greater distance the villages around, and to proclaim there the tidings

which are despised in the capital of the district.

The Schools, both Anglo-Vernacular and Vernacular, labour under

1y

il

the great disadvantage that the heathen teachers leave their situations

as soon as they can get a more lucrative employment somewhere else,

atl

5 of

and we are not yet able to replace them with competent christian tea-

il

chers.

The number of pupils in the Anglo-Vernacular School has con-

fiad

siderably decreased, not so much because it is conducted by missionaries

hey

but because the parents find an English education unnecessary as they

n',ed

10

can easily find other means to get the boys employed.

The Vernacular

Jive

School is in a flourishing condition as far as the number and atten-

15 &

dance of the boys go, but the teacher is about to leave and very likely

Vel

many boys will also leave in consequence.

yer

ited

(36

-

30

HUBLY.

Rev. J. Huber (1857)

Rev. J. Mack (1858).

CATECHISTS

Paul Nagappa, Christian Chinappa, Paul Badawa, Jonathan Linga.

Communicants

46

last year 44

Non-Communicants.

Children

74

54

Catechument

12

Orphan Boys' School

27

21

Parochial School

14

English School

17

Vernacular School.

110

-

175

fields of the

It is refreshing indeed, from the barren desertlike

former Station to turn to the neighbouring Hubly, whose Christian

community is a real leaven working amongst the masses.

Last year

to the out-station Unakallu another one, “Hebsoor,” some 15 miles

distant from the head-station, has been added by the baptism of some

converts living there and by stationing a worthy catechist among them

to water the young plants and to carry the gospel farther on to the

heathen.

The removal of some of the most earnest christians from

the congregation at Hubly itself partly by death partly by their being

placed at out-stations, has weakened the inward spiritual strength of

the congregation at the head-station.

At the same time it has seemed

good to the Lord of the Churches to lead this congregation into a trial

of another kind, viz: the difficulty of getting their daily bread. One

part of the congregation, the weavers, had already beenin great distress

since several years and now as the usual rains failed, the peasants also

}:]

got scarcely in what they had sown and a real famine is lying heavily

upon the land.

Therefore, the brethren write, we cannot look forward

to this coming year without great anxiety.

Only in raising our eyes

i

up to our father in heaven who feeds also the birds though they neither

sow mnor reap nor gather into barns, we have a good confidence and hope

that He will not forsake us, because we are of more value in his eyes

4l

than many sparrows.

R S

31

In Unakallu our expectations about some inhabitants there, men-

tioned in our last report, have not yet been realized. But three other

residents of that village were brought to the Lord.

One of them, a

brother of the catechist stationed there, had twice before come to the

missionaries resolving to stay with them, but twice his elder brother,

still a heathen, had prevailed over him and brought him back. But

now, when he saw himself without peace and rest, he took the final

step and preferred the communion of Christ who had himself revealed

unto him, to that of his brother.

Of more importance was the event which took place at Hebsoor,

the baptism of the firstfruits there on the 5th of June.

This first

The

baptism was administered to two families consisting of 9 souls.

two men Rama and Rajappa belonged to that peculiar religious sect

already mentioned above.

The votaries of this sect assert the doctrines

about the hindoo gods and caste to be mere human inventions (though

they are careful not openly to break with caste) and false.

They pro-

fess one common fraternity of all men, one single Godhead though not

personal but pantheistic, to whom they feel bound to sacrifice all, body

and soul and property.

But these pantheistic notions are necessarily

void of moral principles, because the spirit of man, which is considered

to be one indivisibly with God, is neither responsible for, nor connected

with, the doings of the body or the passions of the heart.

Conse-

quently these people have fallen not only in great mistakes butin deep

immoralities, for instance, to prove that they have given up all and

every thing unto the Deity, they have not hesitated to declare their

wives the common property of the brotherhood and more especially of

the Guru.

By these practices one of the above mentioned converts

had sunk deeply into the slough of impurities, out of which the

almighty grace of God alone could save him.

To be witnesses of this first baptism at Hebsoor, already the previous even-

ing the majority of the male members of the Hubly church and some mission-

aries had arrived there.

In the morning the joy of the festival day was in

danger of being disturbed by a strange rivalry of the two catechumeni as to

which of them was to have the priority to regale the guests., This matter

amicably settled, the service began at lo’clock and continued until 50’clock,

as in connection with the baptismal service the opportunity was improved to

32

e

On account of the

have a missionary meeting in the midst of the heathen.

heathen who gathered in great crowds, wé would have much preferred an open

air meeting, but the strong wind, rising clouds of dust, forced us into the small

chapel which, sufficiently great to accomodate not more than 60 hearers, was

soon thronged by 175; others in great numbers had to stand outside. After the

hymn was sung and prayer offered up, Mr. Huber addressed the assembly from

the parable of the marriage of the king’s son and the wedding garment and

pointed out that, as so many of those that were bidden, rejected the council

of God concerning their salvation, the Lord calls the poor and the mamed and

the halt and the blind that his house might be filled, but these must appear in

their wedding garment.—After him Jonathan, the catechist at Unakallu, spoke

about God, that he is light and in him is no darkness. Mr. T. Costa related

how the children of God in Europe took so great an interest to see all heathen

turned from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Simon, one

of the elders of Hubly, praised the great love of God towards the sinners.

Catechist Paul Nagappa spoke about Paul's sermon held at Athens and lastly

Christian Chinappa, the newly appointed leader of this young church, addressed

the assembly in a masterly and very impressive manner about the last com-

mandment of the Lord: go ye therefore and teach all nations ete. After this

Even the heathen heard during all this time with

baptism was administered.

great attention and a vivid impression of the truths brought home to their

That day was indeed a happy day both

hearts was legible upon many faces.

T ——

of reaping and sowing: may the Lord give a blessed fruit. As it is usually the

case, in this village also the beginning of the kingdom of God is very small

and contemptible in the sight of the world. About this event the teacher of

the Government School at Hubly wrote in a Mahratthi paper, that the Padre

had on the 5th of June baptized a number of stupid shepherds. Now there is

indeed nothing to boast of, but we rejoice in the conviction, that the Lord

chooses things which are not, to make out of them something which no wis-

dom of the wise men can understand and against which even the gates of the

hell shall not prevail.

In Hubly an Anglo-Vernacular-School has beenbegun by Mr. Mack.

Besides 6 christian boys who are to be prepared for the work of

teachers and assistants of the mission, only 11 heathen boys attend at

present and these too very irregularly.

The Vernacular-School in Hubly itself, until now in a prosperous

condition under a well trained schoolmaster, is at present in danger

of loosing its efficiency on account of the teacher leaving for a more

lucrative employment.

If such accidents in the heathen boys’ schools

33

—_———

are a constant source of trouble to the missionaries, they are the more

glad to have one school of this kind giving them real satisfaction.

The school at Unakallu, although the teacher is not a baptized

christian, has almost the appearance and character of a christian school,

whether we consider the teacher or the boys. The best convincing proof

of this state of things is, that they have of their own accord begun

to open and close the school with prayer, all the boys standing up with

heads uncovered and hands folded.

They generally use the Lord’s

prayer.

BETTIGHERRY.

Rev. G. Wiirth (1845)

Rev. W. Roth (1857)

Rev. C. Brunner (1860).

Communicants

.

19 last year

18

Children

.

47

44

Girls' Orphan ;S'cho.ol

27

32

Parochial Boys’ School .

3

2 Vernacular Schools.

160

-

-

180

The little congregation at this Station has on the whole walked in

the fear of the Lord. Formerly nearly all of them were weavers, but

they have now all save one turned farmers.

This change could the

more easily be effected, as the mission is in possession of a goodly

number of fields.

Mr. Brunner had this year also charge over the building of the

new mission premises, a work which, under the ruling high prices and

the scarcity of labour on the spot, tried the patience of the builder in

N0 common measure.

It is perhaps interesting for many of our readers

to see a table showing the difference of the prices ruling in the bazaars

now, compared with former years, of the principal necessaries of life.

The list was furnished by Mr. Mack and is based on careful investi-

gation.

5

34“

ARTICLES

1854

1860

1863

1864

Bread

for 1 Rupee

16

16

5 loaves

Milk

= o

» 1 Anna

1 Seer

Meat

1 1b.

11

3 Annas.

Rice

1 Rupee

20

12

3 Seer.

Dchola (millet)

48

16

-y

»

Wheat

36

14

Gram

48

18

”

Pepper

»

64

bk

S N © Ul N oW

28

»

Grass

9

5

undle.

Firewood

’i’::,:,:

1 Cartload

;

S o

é

"

upees.

Timber

» 1 khandy

=

50

12 cub. ft.

Lime

» 1 Rupee

64

32

11

4 Seer.

Common cloth ,, 1 cubit

4

5

8 Annas,.

The @irls’ School has now after many changes, referred to above,

found a superintending Matron in Mrs. Roth, who had already in

Europe acquired much experience in similar works of charity.

The two Vermacuiar Schools at Bettigherry and Gadak, which

had a good number of boys attending, were dissolved by the order of

our home Committee in June last.

During the last year Mr. Wiirth has again been enabled to

devote much of his time to itinerary preaching.

Want of space in a

report like this does not allow us to give our friends longer accounts

of otherwise interesting experiences made on such tours, t‘han what has

been qlluded to above.

=

GULEDAGUDDA.

Rev. G. Kies (1845)

Rev. J. Thumm (1860).

CATECHIST: Solomon Bhaskar.

Communacants

25 last year 31

-

Non-Communicants

6

-

3

Children

-

-

34

Catechumens

e

-

Parochial School

?

(;_));

-

-

1!

-

-

Vernacular School .

?

60

55

The past year has been a time of great trials and

struggles for

the little band of christans at this place.

Asalready shortly mentioned

in the former report, the congregation, by the mysterious dispensation

of the Lord, has been bereft of two of its chief men, we could say in

truth of two of its pillars,

On the 23rd of February one of the first

fruits of the congregation, the pious elder Déwapriya was called out

of this world.

But the congregation suffered a much more severe loss,

when Shantappa, the chief support of the christians in spiritual as well

as in temporal matters departed this life on the first of March.

As

the life of this dear christian brother was so closely connected with the

whole history of the congregation, and as his death has become the

cause of some discouraging commotions in it, it appears not cut of

place to give a sketch of his life and of his last days.

« Malkapypa, this was the former name of the departed brother, was horn at

Gadak about 1820. He belonged to the caste of the Pattegarers or silkweavers.

Secing that his father’s trade did not succeed well, the son removed to Guleda-

gudda some 20 years ago and worked for a time with one of the chief manu-

facturers, until his employer assisted him to begin a business of his own.

In

those days of ignorance the spirited youth was entirely bent upon following

the lusts of the flesh, so much so, that his patron advised him to marry a second

wife rather than to fall a victim to his sensual inclinations.

About this time

a change came over his mind by a moveme

i+

iiu,

which had begun among the

workmen of his patron.

A number of these people, desiring to find the truth,

invited a famous Guru of the Kalagnani sect, and for a time every evening they

But

learned the sentences and the mysteries accepted by the Kalagnanis.

when these mysteries were found such as instead of restraining allowed full

liberty to every kind of concupiscence and lasciviousness, their better moral sense

revolted against these unclean doctrines and they fell far from satisfied.

In

5'35

e

36_

this time of longing after truth, by the Providence of God some christian tracts

fell into their hands, the doctrine of resurrection contained in them caught

their attention, and they at once sent a deputation to the missionaries stationed

at Bettigherry.

In consequence of this visit the missionaries were induced to

g0 several times over to Guledagudda, and at last Mr. Kies took his fixed

residence there.

Yet when on the 29th July 1850 the 12 firstfruits of the town

were baptized, young Malkappa was not one of their number.

The reason was,

that he was still labouring under many heavy debts incurred partly on account

of his former loose habits, partly on account of his newly established business,

and he intended at first to pay off his debts in order that nobody may question

the sincerity of his motives.

On the other hand he did not draw back, when

persecution arose against the newly baptized brethren.

The heathen not only

considered them outcasts, but they dismissed them from their employment and

interdicted everybody to give them work.

But Malkappa, not in the least

daunted, took them all under his employ. Now the enemies roused all his

creditors, who first of all declared, they would no longer give him anything

on credit, if he did not solemnly renounce every thought of becoming a christian.

By these proceedings his eyes were opened; he plainly saw, now or never was

the time for him to come to a final decision. Without wavering he, to the sur-

prise of the missionary, came to the mission-house, declaring to risk his all for

Christ’s sake, upon which in the presence of all he broke the holy thread, With

this act that struggle with relations and former friends experienced by so many

new converts began and continued for three days. Scarcely was this battle,

decisive for all eternity, fought out, when another heavy trial began for him as

well as for the whole little band of christians.

The creditors began now in

right earnest to demand their dues.

To satisfy their most urgent claims, he

was, to his own great sorrow, obliged to sell his newly erected house and it

seemed as if the design of the enemies, to deprive the christians of their daily

bread, had succeeded. But just at this time of need the hand of the Lord was

not shortened. In a manner quite unlooked for, assistance came, English friends

offered some money; through their help credit also was opened to him by

Bombay merchants, and our home Committee were in the meantime enabled to

offer their help and to have a workhouse built for the poor christians thrown

out of employ. Thus the danger passed over.

From that time Shantappa

gradually rose in respect amongst his towns people, who more and more came

to obtain his advice and counsel in domestic matters as well as in public affairs,

which he did in such an excellent and impartial way, that without his seeking it

he was honoured with a seat in the council of the town.

His trade too flou-

rished in a mauvner, that he was enabled to build a spacious house and at his

death to leave not an inconsiderable property. His wisdom, and his affectionate

disposition and his moderation were put to the test chiefly in his own house by the

necessity of his having to see that his two wives should live in amity towards

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each other and the relations on each side. In this, we are glad to say, Shantappa

was by the blessing of God most suceessful. Although he was prevented from be-

ing an elder of the congregation on account of his having two wives, he was the

most faithful assistant of the missionary, the liberal host of the congregation,

the openhanded supporter of the poor, the meek and unbiassed adviser of his

erring brethren,

At the beginning of the year he, with some other members

of the congregation, went with the Brn. Wiirth and Kies to Bombay, to see the rail-

road and the wonders of the famous seaport. On their return from Sholapoor he

fell sick with fever, which by the fatigues of the journey increased so much,

that full typhus fever developed itself.

He spoke little, but when on the 29th

of February Mr. Thumm asked him, how he felt in his mind, he expressed his

full conviction of the faith he had hitherto confessed and an entire confidence

in the grace and merits of Jesus Christ, and at last he gave his children up to

the care of their father in heaven and to the guardianship of the missionaries.

These were his last words, he soon became unconscious and did not even recog-

nize his much beloved teacher Mr. Kies, who had hastened to his dyingbed

from Bagelkote.

The more dangerous the disease apparently grew, the more

numerous the neighbours, friends and even headmen of the town came to his

house to ask with unfeigned concern after the state of his health. When on

the 1st of March at 20’clock a visible change for the worse took place and

Mr. Kies knelt down to commend the departing spirit to his Saviour, the rela-

tions burst forth into a heart rending wail, which was renewed with increased

force, when he had breathed his last. -The Funeral was attended by so many

heathen and Mahomedans, that the missionaries had their apprehensions about

disorders during the funeral service.

But all went on in good order and the

whole assembly was so much moved by the event, that the words of seripture

and the prayers spoken near the grave made a deep impression. Many heathen

attended also the funeral sermon afterwards held in the chapel, and some were

even moved to tears.

The effects of this loss were deeply felt throughout the year.

Not ounly the

heathen relations of the deceased tried every means to draw the weak survivers

back to their old communion in order to rob them of the property left by

Shantappa; but even some discontented members of the congregation, who

were unwilling to bear the discipline of the church, but had been hitherto re-

strained by the powerful influence of Shantappa, took advantage of the state of

things, stirred up the family of the deceased against the missionaries and plotted

together, to bring disgrace upon the most honourable member and elder of the

congregation and to draw after them, if possible, the bulk of the church mem-

bers meditating to secede from the mission,

This wicked plan however was

frustrated through the Lord’s grace by the interposition of some heathen friends

of Shantappé,. Yet we have been much cast down by this melancholy occurrence.

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III. MALABAR,.

The number of European labourers in this district, already much

reduced at the openiug of the year, has, we are sorry to say, not yet

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been filled up; yea it was rather still more reduced.

It is true, the

growing congregation at Codakal has at last got its ordained pastor,

Mr. Roek, who arrived in September last.

Likewise the Boarding

;

School at Calicut has got its assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Schauffler.

But on the other hand Mr. Graeter was called away to Mangalore to

fill up the place of Mr. Finckh, in consequence of which the continuance

of the English School at Palghaut became doubtful.

At the same time

the connection with Messrs. Ch. and A. F. Schlunk has been dissolved.

The rather complicated management of the mission-and church-property

in this district had to be undertaken by Mr. Schaufiler.

Mr. Schoch

was prevented by a protracted illness to attend to his work for the

greater part of the year.

And Mr. Lauffer too was compelled to seek

restoration of his failing health on the Nilagiris. For different reasons

a change of stations was thought desirable between the brethren

Miiller at Cannanore and Hanhart at Tellicherry, and between the

brethren Bosshardt at Codakal and Schmidli at Chowa (Cannanore)

respectively.

It need not be pointed out, how heavily the burden of the work

pressed upon this reduced number of our brethren, who were obliged

to attend above all to keep the existing work agoing, and of course

could not think of extending it.

These circumstances, viz. the paucity of our active labourers and

the financial embarassments of our Society, on account of which the

required reinforcements with increased expenses could not be supplied,

were the cause of the order of our Committee in conscquence of which

nearly all the schools conducted by heathen teachers were given up.

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This seemingly sweeping measure of our Committee, by which 23

schools mostly in Malabar were at once struck off, did however not

reach so far in its results, as had been feared.

Many of the schools

were continued by the schoolmasters without further assistance of the

mission, and these not only allow the missionaries free access to their

schools, but they desired it expressly. Other schools have been kept

on by private means. On the whole there are many signs which show

a decided change taking place in the minds of the heathen near our

Stations, which gives us reason to hope, that in a short time the

heathen will be not unwilling to send their children to christian

teachers. The Lord grant, that these schools may soon be re-established

on a more efficient and more promising basis than before.

When their duties in the schools were so much lessened, the mis-

sionaries had the more time to devote their strength to the direct pro-

clamation of the Gospel which they did by regular preaching on the

Bazaars as well as by more or less extensive mission tours.

This

year also the more important heathen festivals at Payawoor, Kiloor,

Coilandy, Cadumbu etc.

were visited by missionaries and catechists

and the tidings of Salvation proclaimed.

To give some insight in the joys and trials experienced on such

occasions, we subjoin a few extracts from the reports.

Mr. Aldinger

writes about his visit to Taliparambu:

It is well known what struggles and sufferings dear Hebich and his cate-

chists had to undergo at this place, where their addresses were not seldom ans-

wered with stones flying at their heads.

They used to prepare themselves

for the coming battle the day previous to their preaching with prayers until mid-

night, yet they could not venture out into the multitude without fear and trem-

bling. Now all is changed, one has not to fear anything. We may go in the

very midst of the crowds without any fear of being annoyed. The same cate-

chists, who in former days as often as they had to face the erowds, could hardly

get over the trembling of their knees except by beginning to preach, now step

forward with such a boldness, that one rather has apprehensions, whether they

may not go too far in their attacks. What may he the cause of this change?

There are still angry faces and awful mockers, but it is no longer their time,

no longer the hour of darkness., In the mornings and evenings we had always

quiet hearers.

Still more striking is the visible decrease of the votaries to the

shrine, which year by year is becoming more apparent. According to the

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testimony of visitors themselves, merely a fifth of former gatherings is now to

be seen.

Another proof of a growing indifference towards their gods is, that

now Europeans and Christians are not prevented from going and standing at

places, to which in former years their very approach was considered desecrating.

During the festival or fair at Keilur Mr. Schauffler and his companions did

not meet with as much encouragement as the brothren at Taliparambu, but

even here the Lord was visibly on their side.

After the missionary with the

catechists had preached for two days and experienced increasing opposition,

on the third day the multitude, stirred up by the Nayers, raised a fearful howl-

ing to silence the preachers; at last a Nayer, who had formerly often heard the

Gospel, stept forward with the expression on his face, you are all blockheads, I

will soon silence them., Andnow with a fluency of the tongue Inever heard before,

he began to oppose us.

Burning with rage he called us big liars, our words

lies and the Lord Jesus likewise a liar ete.

“Believe, believe, you say always,

he cried, well, show your faith, here before our eyes let a sign be done in the

sky, let a carriage come down from heaven to take you up.” In such a manner

he cried and caused the howling to increase so, that we could no more conti-

nue. Almost vanquished and cast down we returned with sorrowing hearts.

That night in company and singly in private we strove with the Lord in prayer:

we pleaded his promises and entreated him to endue us with power of his Spirit.

When we next morning stood again on our place to preach, we observed the

same Nayer approaching. My heart ached and I called inwardly upon the

Lord: O, dear Saviour, shut the mouth of this adversary.”

One of the cate-

chists went to him and begged himn not to disturb us again, and lo! the man

answered : I did not come to quarrel but to hear, and this he did very attentively.

Yea when we went over to another place to preach, there also the same man

stood listening in silence and the same he did at a third place. We looked at each

other joyfully astonished —yes indeed the Lord hears prayer, Hallelujah!

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CANNANORE.

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Rev. G. Hanhart (1857) Rev. 8. Gundert (1863)

Mr. J. Bosshardt (1856)

Mzr. 8. Schoch (1857).

CATECHISTS AND SCHOOLMASTERS.

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Charles Stocking, Timothy Parayil, Joseph Jacobi, Abraham Mulil,

Abraham Dshatayappen, Ezra Arunadshelam, Jacob Kumaren,

Abraham Arangadoo, Abel Mannen.

GIRLS’ SCHOOL.

SUPERINTENDENT: Miss M. Schweitzer.

SCHOOLMISTRESS:

Solome Jacobi.

Communicants

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214 last year 233

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Non-Communicants

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19

43

Children

215

228

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68

Glirls’ Boarding-:Sch.ool..

Christian Day-Scholars

51

50

135

248

2 Vernacular Boys’ Schools.

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Heathen Girls’ School

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8

The members of the congregation have been somewhat reduced

in number partly by the removal of some families to other stations and

the reduction of the inconveniently great number of girls in the insti-

tution, partly by an unusual mortality caused by the ravages of small-

Pox.

On the other hand those that were received from among the

heathen were not more than three persons.

This state of things is

lying heavily upon us; it is a day of small things and we must fer-

vently pray, that the Lord will send us a time of refreshment from his

counfenance.

Yet we have many proofs, thatthe Lord has not forsaken

us, wherby we may hope, that also the rain of God’s grace will not be

withheld from wus in this time of barrenness.

In the out-station Chirakal since four years the homeless widows

of the district had been gathered; those able to work were employed

in different ways, and all of them received more or less some support

from the mission funds.

But lately. our Committee resolved to make

over the care of these widows to their respective congregations, grant-

ing as a fund for their support the sum of Rs. 3000 once for all.

This

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grant, though handsome in itself, is, as will be easily perceived by our

friends, quite insufficient as a fund the interests of which alone would

be available for the support of these widows and orphans.

A fund

To this however our con-

of at least Rs. 10,000 would be required.

gregations in their present state of poverty are quite incapable of con-

tributing more than a frifle.

They have begun to collect money for

the purpose, but to meet the exigences, the brethren have been put to

the necessity to solicit the aid of our English friends in India.

The

appeal made has already been liberally responded to, about Rs. 1500

having been received.

But the object is still far from being realized,

and we wish to lay this worthy cause once again before our christian

friends.

The Girls’ School has lost the valuable superintendence of Mrs. Miiller

who is especially gifted for this work, and the charge of the school has

devolved upon Mrs. Hanhart and Miss Schweitzer. The institution had

to go through a very severe trial, when during two months not less

than 24 of the dear girls fell sick with smallpox.

All recovered by

the grace of God with the exception of two, who lost their eyesight,

one of whom however was afterwards released out of this world of

sorrows by a peaceful and blessed death.

The two remaining Vernacular Schoels (two others had to be given

up) have certainly a good influence in their neighbourhood.

To one

of the teachers the missionary in charge bears the testimony, that he

not only knows the truth as it is in Jesus, but that he has received,

loves and testifies it without reluctance before friends and foes and has

brought many sacrifices for the sake of truth.

Yet he has not yet come

to the final decision of giving himself entirely over to the Lord.

'We cannot refrain ourselves from relating a case of peculiar deal-

ings of the Lord with a family at Cannanore in consequence of which

a precious soul has been brought over to Him.

“A young man, now employed as schoolmaster, who was converted three

years ago (vide Report of 1861) was attacked by smallpox so virulently, that

the physician himself despaired of his recovery. When the young man was

thus lying unconsciously on his sickbed, his respectable heathen relations came

to see him and entreated his disconsolate heathen mother, to make the usual

vows and offerings to their demon, for the wrath of the demon must be appeas-

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ed, if ever recovery could be thought of. But the elder brother of the poor

sufferer, likewise a Christian, very strenuously opposed these counsels and pre-

vailed at last so far upon his mother; that she vowed, if the God of the Christi-

ans should save her son, she herself would join his church. And behold! against

every hope the sick man recovered, a wonder of grace for all who had known

his dangerous state. The aged mother was true to her word. She at once

attended the christian service and after due preparation was baptized in the

name of Jesus.”

TELLICHERRY.

Rev. Ch. Miiller (1842)

Rev. L. Reinhardt (1859)

Rev. H. Bergfeldt (1860).

CATECHISTS AND SCHOOLMASTERS

Mattu Peter,

Gabriel Pirachen,

Diego Fernandez,

Jacob Chammancheri, Arthur Menzel, Matthias-

ENGLISH SCHOOL: Messrs. Pires, W.

Viegas, Monteiro, Bappoo.

Communicants

°

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104

last year

103

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Non-Convmunicants .

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Children

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140

107

Catechument

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Middle School

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30

31

71

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Orphan Boys’ School .

Parochial Girls® School

.

10

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0

140

106

Amnglo-Vernacular School.

The chief event of the Station was the completion

of the little

Church, which had been much longed for, after the many difficulties

encountered. The consecration took place on the 2nd of October, to

which occasion the brethren of the neighbouring stations gathered.

The day was spent with joyful meetings in the presence of the Lord;

several addresses were delivered by missionaries and catechists.

It

was indeed a refreshing day at a time of trials and many sorrows.

Christian friends in Europe had sent the gift of a bell for this house

of prayer, and to have a proper belfry for it the congregation contri-

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buted on this day nearly the whole sum needful, although the christians

at the place are just now passing through a time of unusual distress.

The Middle School, under the direction of Mr. Bergfelds, suffered

for a time some interruption in the course of instructionin consequence

of one of the native teachers falling dangerously sick with smallpox;

but the Lord spared him graciously for his work. The school, con-

taining 4 classes, is now in full working order and we trust, that its

pupils will turn more and more well trained labourers for the great

vineyard of the Lozrd.

The Orphanage, now under the superintendence of Mr. and Mrs.

Miiller, was mercifully spared from any severe sickness in a time when

people all around were laid low by dangerous diseases.

Only the be-

ginning of the rainy season told on many weaker constituted boys, but

without any fatal end.

The Angle-Vernacular School, called ¥Brennen School’ is by God’s

grace flourishing under its headmaster Mr. Reinhardt, who speaks

about the past year as the most prosperous and blessed year since he

began to labour in it. In spite of the rival school of the Roman Catholics

with its inducements, the number of scholars on the rolls was never so

high and the attendance very satisfactory. At the public examina-

tion, at which the Judge Mr. Sullivan had the kindness to preside,

the chairman expressed his full satisfaction at the state of the school.

Proofs are not wanting, that the leaven of the Gospel is working

silently but not the less powerfully in many of the youthful hearts.

Last year the Vernacular School, erected by the liberality of a

Parsi gentleman Kosru Dara Sha, could be opened with about 50-60

boys.

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‘CHOMBALA.

Rev. Ch. Aldinger (1855).

CATECHISTS AND SCHOOLMASTERS

Paul Chandren, Johann Peter, Payl Sneham, Nathan, Uriel.

Communicants

83 last year 85

Non-Communicants.

6

-

-

0

Children

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66

63

Catechumens

0

1

11

14

Parochial Boys' ,Sckoo.l

Parochial Qirls' School

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12

16

Vernacular School.

22

89

Last year the poor little flock of christians at this Station was for

a considerable time bereft of its paster, who, himself much reduced in

strength, had to accompany his very sick wife to the Hills. By God’s

wonderful grace they were restored; but now they had to bear other

trials together with the congregation. Typhusand smallpox laid a great

part of the christians on a protracted sickbed and 13 of them, many

in the midst of their days, were called away from this world.

This

time of sickness was the more distressing as these poor people even

in time of health gain their livelihood with difficulty. Yet the Lord

be praised for all his dealings, for in such times of trials the reality of

Grod’s promises and of the faith of true believers is put to the test and

found sure.

Especially the family of one of the catechists was sorely

tried.

Yet during this time of great affliction his spiritual life visibly

grew stronger and his whole conduct spoke more about the hope which

was in him, than many words could do.

For many of these poor chris-

tians thus called away death had lost its terror and we have a well

founded hope concerning them.

But for this unusual mortality, by which many bonds of love were

torn asunder, the number of communicants would have been increased

not inconsiderably. For the Lord granted us 12 souls out of the

heathen, two of whom shortly after their baptism died a happy death.

Another one, a Nayer, still under instruction, died so suddenly, that he

could not be baptized, but he died with the name of the Lord Jesus

on his lips.

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The missionary and the catechists, partly accompanied by a

colporteur, have several times traversed the surrounding country pro-

claiming the words of life.

Sometimes other members of the congre-

gation also have gone out to testify of the salvation in Jesus.

This

was especially done by the small band of christians living at the out-

station Muverattu, through whose instrumentality quite a movement

was caused amongst the heathen.

A number of young men came for-

ward with the declaration to join the christians, all of them were at

first taken back to their families partly by force, but some have again

returned to the christians and now receive instruction.

Besides the Parochial School at Chombala under a trained master,

there is a school at Muverattu visited by christian and heathen children,

entirely conducted upon christian principles.

The heathen school at

Wadagerry, though no longer in connection with the mission, is fre-

quently visited by the missionary, and his visits are now apparently

-

more appreciated by the master and the boys than when the school

was partly supported by the mission.

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CALICUT

Rev. J. M. Fritz (1839)

Rev. Th. Schauffler (1860)

Mr. J. Lauffer (1856)

CATECHISTS

Mattai Kunyen, William Davis, Timothy Kochen, Abel Kaduparamben

TEACHERS

Mr. Mirandez, C. Kurien, J.

Kurien, Virgis.

Commumniconts

°

°

°

158 last year 148

Non-Communicants .

40

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-

16

°

Children

°

°

. 162

159

Catechument

°

o

0

66

65

Girls’ Boarding Sckool

Christian Day-School

®

°

°

17

16

°

°

°

86

94

Anglo-Vernacular School

The Christians of this Station live partly scattered over a number

of out-stations

Consequently the amount of work lying upon the mis-

sionary charged with these duties, is nof a hght one and for him not

much time was left for direct mission work.

. Schauffler however

with the assistance of a catechist visited the two malke‘c places in the

vicinity of Calicut almost weekly,

Amongst the 28 baptisms administered last year there were only

4 of adults

The spiritual growth of the congregation in the grace and

knowledge of our Lord IIe only knows thoroughly, who searches

hearts and reins.

But as far as religious life shows itself by the

attendance of the public services, family worship and by the relation

of the church members to their paster, there is really not much to be

complained of.

“On the 13th of November we had the joy to receive after due preparation

three young men into the congregation by baptism

The first of them is a

Tier youth about 19 years of age

He formerly was for a time in the company

of the Syrian Christians, but as he did not find there what his heart longed

He is a

after, he came here and asked for admission into our congregation

quiet industrious man and we have every reason to be satisfied with his conduct

The second is a young fisherman from Tellicherry of about the same age with

the former

When a boy he had already learned the word of God in one of the

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schools established at Tellicherry by the missionaries, but the spark of divine

fire at that time fallen in his heart has lain hid under the embers until the

Lord himself kindled the flame.

Now the lad without peace and rest in his

mind took refuge to the migssionaries at Tellicherry. His relations, as soon as

they were informed of the place where he was, resorted there and prevailed on

him by entreaties and fair promises to return with them. The poor boy did

still look too much upon that which is visible; therefore he had not the power

to count all things lost for Christ. Yet he was by no means at rest; unable

to withstand longer the drawing of the father unto the Son, he for the second

time left the parental roof secretly and went to the missionaries at Calicut in

order to evade the inquiries of his relations, and fully resolved no longer to

disregard the call of Jesus to follow him. Yet he was not spared the struggle

with his dear ones according to the flesh and, but for the assistance of God’s

grace, his heart, deeply moved by his mother’s wailing, would not have been

strong enough to prefer Jesus even to these dearest ones.

After baptism we

thought it the best to let him return to his own family to testify there to all

the great things the Lord had done unto him.

He

The third of the 3 persons baptized is a Brahmin from Trevandrum.

too had formerly heard the word of God, but still the bonds of the family were

stronger than his new convictions.

In this state of mind he came about 11 year

ago to Calicut and visited the missionaries from time to time as Nicodemus

came to Jesus.

In this time the Lord himself cut asunder the bonds which

still kept the young man away from Him, his second wife also died.

And now

the decision was made, the same day when he received this distressing news

he broke the holy thread and came openly over to us.

As the young man has

a quick intellect and had already made a good progress in the knowledge of

Salvation, he could soon be baptized and he is now in the middle-school at

Tellicherry, preparing himself for the work of preaching the word of God to

his countrymen.

May the Lord who has redeemed these three souls also with his precious

blood, keep them in his communion and let them be to the praise of his glory.

The Boarding-School under the care of Mrs. Fritz assisted by Mrs.

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Schauffler, is divided in two parts.

The elder and better gifted girls

receive a somewhat higher education than the others, a little English

also being taught.

The Angle-Vernacular Scheel is still labouring under the same

difficulty as last year, the Government School drawing away most of

its pupils as often as new admissions take place there.

In consequence

of this fact there are only a few boys attending our school for more

than 11 years.

But though under these circumstances not only the

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steady progress of the school is much checked, even the existence of the

school put in jeopardy, we do not feel ourselves at liberty to close the

school entirely, for we are still enabled to give there these poor boys

a valuable store of divine truths, which they could not get elsewhere.

And if the seed of God’s word, now sown under discouragements, will

spring up in a future day and bring fruit by God’s blessing, we shall

feel richly recompensed for our present trouble.

CODACAL.

Rev. Ch. Roeck (1864)

Mr, C. Schmidli (1861).

CATECHISTS AND SCHOOLMASTERS

Christian Hoar, Jacob Heber, G. Virgeese.

Communicants

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116 last year 119

Non-Communicants.

.

.

4

-

-

1

Children .

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123

-

-

96

-

Catechumenc.

.

30

7

Parochial School .

.

.

.

.

47

-

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After Codacal had been without an ordained missionary for several

years, during which time the brethren at Calicut had to officiate here

also, this year a new missionary could be sent for this important post,

and we pray that the Lord may grant him a rich measure of faith and

spiritual strength to perform the work allotted to him and to carry out

in his part the gracious purposes of the Saviour concerning these be-

nighted regions.

The christians here, who had had a distressing time the previous

year, were also this year sorely tried. Nearly all these people are

small farmers and depend for their livelihood entirely on the produce

of their fields. The distress which befell them, may therefore be im=-

agined, when we state that not only the second harvest of the previ-

ous year, but also the first harvest of the last year were utter failures.

Besides and partly in consequence of this, cholera made its appearance

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ab the beginning of the year and made sad havoc amongst the famished

people. Yet we are called by the word of God to take all these afflic-

tions as gracious chastisements of the heavenly Father, who prepares

his people by trials and bereavements for future blessings. As a token

of God’s mercy and presence among us we may also accept the goodly

number of 30 catechumeni, who were brought to the missionaries.

Though some of them, who had sought outward assistance and not the

salvation of their souls, have turned back, in the meantime others

have taken their place and others have already entered the Church of

Christ by baptism. May they all be preserved and strengthened in the

precious faith they have testified.

The Parochial Sehool is now in a much more satisfactory condition

than formerly, since a trained teacher has been put in charge of it,

Those of the boys, who are sufficiently advanced in the vernacular and

the elements of learning, are also tgught English.

PALGHAUT.

Rev. E. Diez (1851).

CATECHISTS AND SCHOOLMASTERS

Paul Ittirarichen, Paul Chittayagam, Nathanael Bharadwachen

ENGLISH SCHOOL Mr. J. Pothen.

Communicants

0

27 last year

23

Non-Communicants

&

-

=

0

Children

17

-

-

20

Anglo-Vernacular ;.S’c7¢.ooé.

130

-

-

119

Vernacular School.

20

=

-

15

On this our youngest but by no means least important Station

Mr. Diez has, we are very sorry to say, again becn left singlehanded

at a time when a second missionary was urgently required to enter the

door which the Lord had opened.

Yet when Mr. Graeter was called

away to Mangalore, there was no one else who could be spared for

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this place. In consequence of this scdroity of labourers, chiefly result-

ing from financial difficulties, which forbid our Committee to send out

fresh men, it was declared by our Committee, that also the Anglo-

Vernacular School at Palghaut, which was just beginning to prosper,

could no longer be supported from the mission funds and that for that

But the brethren there, whose heart

reason it should be broken up.

was in this their cherished work, could not be persuaded thus to destroy

a work of hope without trying every means to save it.

With many

personal sacrifices they and the first teacher of the school contrived

to keep the school agoing, and we trust, that the Lord himself will

awaken friends willing to lend a helping hand to this Station and its

blessed works.

We know that our home Committee too will not fail

to send the much needed reinforcement within this present year, if ever

their finances do not prevent them.

The most important work of this Station is that carried on among

the heathen around. Mr. Diez, who is peculiarly gifted bodily as well as

mentally to encounter the hardships and other difficulties connected

with itinerary preaching, was indefatiguable in visiting the villages

and bazaars far and near, assisted by a staff of native labourers, to

call the people to their only Saviour and Mediator Jesus Christ.

His

attention was chiefly, but by no means exclusively, directed to a peculiar

caste or rather tribe of the district, called Ilawars, numbering about

70,000 souls, to whom the Lord had opened the door. Although these

people are still quite ignorant about the contents of the word of God

and the way of salvation, there is unmistakably a desire to hear and

to understand the doctrines of the Gospel. The messengers of the Lord

going out to them, have with very few exceptions not only met with

a cordial reception, but often their new acquaintances entreated them

to lengthen or soon to repeat their visits.

By these occasions the

Scriptures and tracts were widely disseminated.

During 13 months

not less than 2081 Secriptures and tracts were sold by the missionary

and his companions, in which work a colporteur, whose expenses were

borne chiefly by the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society, did very good

service.

Yet though the field looks promising, we do not cheer unclouded

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e

hopes.

The great enemy of our souls is still on his watch to guard

his own.

And the Romanists, ever ready to reap where others have

sown, and to frustrate the efforts of evangelical missions, are just now

extremely busy to turn this movement going on amongst the population

around Palghaut to their profit.

We would therefore recommend this Station and the interesting

work going on there especially to the interceding prayers of the Lord’s

people.

IV. NILAGIRIL

KAITY.

Rev. F. Metz (1843) Rev. Ch. Moerike (1845)

Rev, Aq Wegger (1861)

Commumnicants

.

22 last year 22

Non-Communicants

1

-

-

5

-

-

Children

25

29

Catechumens

0

-

-

2

Preparandsi

.

1

-

-

3

-

-

Christion Day-Scholars

10

6

The brethren at Kaity write about their experiences of the last

year: A year of many vicissitudes in joy and sorrow has passed away.

But unto the Lord, whose name is Faithful and Truth, be glory and

praise for all, for the afflictions and anxieties as well as for the abund-

ance of his comforts and mercies. Hallelujah!

Both the senior missionaries of the Station were nearly at the

same time attacked with fever, which very probably was caused by the

same influences, viz. the powerful rays of the sun during the months

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preceding the monsoon. Mr. Metz was first struck down by such a

severe fever that he himself as well as his friends did not think he

would be restored to this poor life. But his removal to Coimbatore

was through God’s grace the means to restore his strength in such a

manner, that he was enabled during the latter part of the year to go

on his errands as messenger of the Lord all over the Hills with his

former strength and wonted activity. But dear brother Moerike was

so much weakened by constantly repeating attacks of fever, that his

nervous system was quite shaken and a return to Europe unavoidable.

After more than 19 years of incessant labour, only interrupted several

times by some serious illness, Mr. Moerike departed with his partner

for Europe in February last. May the Lord grant them a blessed

journey and restore them speedily for their cherished work among the

Hill tribes.

The work of evangelization amongst the Hill tribes has been un-

promising to a degree, yet the work of faith, continued patiently with-

out any visible effect fora long time, has been rewarded with not many

but the more precious fruits springing up on the barren ground. And

in these fruits we have the visible and undeniable proof, that the Lord

is able and willing to bring also these poor people, despised by black

and white, to a new life in Jesus.

Mr. Krauss, who was chiefly engaged in superintending the heathen

schools and educating some christian youths in a training class, chang-

ed places with Mr. Wenger in the middle of the year. Thus Mr.

Wenger has returned to his first field of labour.

Mr. Metz, in his wanderings through the small villages of the

Badagas, was many times cheered by the reception his testimony met

with, chiefly in some villages near Kotagherry.

“ Qur dear Abraham

also, Mr. Moerike remarks, the first fruit from amongst the Badagas,

proves himself more and more a really useful assistant in the mission

work. He was indefatiguable in testifying the saving power of Jesus

by word and walk.

The whole congregation of Badaga christians,

though small in number, is a source of joy for the missionaries by their

One member of the

steady walk in the light and their whole bearing.

AR

54

His last words to those

congregation departed this world in peace.

present were: ‘Tell me about Christ as long as I am able to hear’. ”

Our new little church at the christian hamlet Nerkambe, part of the

The

village Chogatorre, presents a fine prospect even from afar-

f

i

our

building expenses were entirely defrayed by kind contributions o

English friends, whom the Lord had made willing at the proper time

to assist in this good work. Our native christians were not able to

give money, but they gave themselves up to the work, which they did

with right earnest, asking no other reward than to see their own church

completed. The day of consecration was a day rich of joys and

blessings.

One circumstance cast a dark shadow into the general joy.

Mr. Moerike, the pastor of this small congregation, had not the pri-

vilege to be present with the opening of the house of prayer, the

fatigues endured during the erection of the building having prostrated

him

More than 60 Europeans assembled at that day at Nerkambe fo

-

solemnize this consecration of the first church erected on the Hills for

the indigenous natives, amongst their number was- to be seen the

esteemed Lord Bishop of Madras, who, being just on the Hills at the

time, wished to show his sympathy for the cause of the Lord amongst

these poor people. Besides a warm address spoken by the Bishop and

the introductory service of Mr. Metz, several addresses were delivered

in not less than 5 different languages.

When Mr. Metz had finished

his service in Canarese, the Lord Bishop spoke in English, his words

being translated into Canarese by Mr. Metz to the numerous Badagas

present. After him Mr. Thomas, for a long time Collector at Coimbatore

and the well known friend of the Hills people, spoke in Tamil, a

language pretty well understood by the Badagas; then the Rev. Porter

of the Church Mission, in order to avoid the tedious translation,

addressed the people in Telugu, expecting that those who understood

Canarese and Tamil would also be not entirely strangers of the sister

language.

At last the Evangelist Abraham expressed in his own

Badaga tongue his gratitude to the Lord for the blessed work he had

brought to such a happy conclusion, and called his countrymen with

very touching words to come and be partakers of the grace and exceed-

ing great love of our Saviour.

It was on the whole a day rich with

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blessings and will not be forgotten by all present. May now this new

building be a light-house for the benighted people tossed to and fro in

the waves of this restless life, to guide many souls to the harbour of

Emmanuel’s land.

Very likely drawn nearer by the event of this church building came

in the first months of the year three youths one after the other, de-

claring their resolution to remain with the christians.

Yet one only

remained steadfast and unmoved by the entreaties of his relations and

could be received by baptism into Christ’s flock.

The operations of our Society in other countries.

1. Africa: In this vast continent the work of our mission is carried

on a very limited space, at the gold-coast.

There six Stations with

a number of out-stations are established amongst four different negro

tribes; all of them being under English protection.

The reports from

these Stations are on the whole very satisfactory compared with those

of previous years, where the awful death rate of the Eur

ers

opean labour-

and in consequence the very slow progress of the work were

very

trying for the faith of the leaders of the mission.

Now thanks be to

God, this state of things has happily changed for better. With the

completion of salubrious dwelling

places, the clearing away of the jungle

and the necessary precautions learned by sad experience, the health of

the missionaries is much better, and with the steady increase of useful

native assist

ants the work can now be prosccuted without such dis-

tressing sacrifices of life and health as was prev

iously the case.

At the close of 1863 (the last year about which full records are

at our hand) the census shows 851 churchmembers and 129 ¢

atechu-

meni against 719 churchmembers

and 129 catechumeni reported the

year before.—Of the 84 missionaries working

there 15 are ordained,

the other 19 8ave one are engag

ed in the different industrial establish-

56

ments carried on there.

This comparatively large number of lay-

brethren is the more needed in the African missions as in these quite

uncivilized countries nothing could be procured by native labourers in

the shape of carpenter-work or any other thing necessary to Europeans.

Thus formerly the ordained missionaries had to waste their time not only

but also their health and life in erecting buildings, doing the required

farming work, etc., until experienced assistants took this burden from

At the same time the work of civilization must of

their shoulders.

necessity accompany the work of evangelization, if not, the progress

of the latter will be much retarded. Now we can fairly state, much

has already been accomplished in this way, the fruits of which will

become each year more apparent.

Fducation also has made some important strides forward, 627

pupils having attended the mission schools during the year. The

Seminary for training mative assistants number 10 boarders, the two

Middle-Schools 26 pupils. The influence of the Gospel on the heathen

is decidedly on the increase; the blessing of education being more and

more appreciated, old and time-honoured, yet cruel customs being dis-

regarded or falling silently in disuse in spite of remonstrances made by

the conservative party, headed by the fetish priests.

All this, much as we have reason to praise the Lord for it, is still

little, if compared with the vast regions still sitting in darkness, entirely

given up to the cruel dominion of Satan. But He who has carried on

his good work so far will surely accomplish it.

9. China: This empire is now in a measure opened to his servants

by the hand of God, and our missionaries have gladly availed them-

selves of this opportunity and carried the banner of the cross farther

inland. When in the previous year Mr. Winnes ventured into the in-

terior to visit the newly gatherd flock of believers in the Tshonglok

district, some 300 miles to the North East of Hongkong, he had to do

go as by stealth. The year afterwards Mr. Lechler, protected by the

passport of the Prussian Consul, travelled openly through the land, res-

pectfully received by the authorities, and testifying the Salvation in

Jesus to high and low in hotels and public offices: and he was enabled

to procure for the Christians at Tshonglok, who had hitherto suffered

57

——

many wrongs from robbers, without getting redress or protection from

the mandarins, some effective assistance. On receiving these cheering

news our Committee felt constrained, in spite of the financial pressure,

to send two missionaries from Europe, in order to erect a new Station

at Tshonglok and to take care for the Christians and numerous enquir-

ers in that region; the Chinese Christians there having already by

their own means prepared a suitable house for the expected teachers.

According to our latest accounts Mr. Bender has safely reached Tshong-

lok to take up his abode there, but the other missionary, a French

subject, has been refused a passport by the French Consul at Canton

under the plea, that the French treaty with the Chinese has reference

only to Roman Catholic missionaries; thus an unjustifiable and vex-

ing delay has been caused, which will however in no wise retard the

progress of the Lord’s work.

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Conclusion,

We have only to say a few words about the financial state of our

Mission Society and the contemplated celebration of the Jubilee of our

Mission.

When every year we look back to the ways the Lord has brought

us, and to the means by which he has sustained so large a body of men

as our Mission represents, we are astonished and constrained to give

all praise and glory unto Him, whose is both silver and gold and who

has hitherto not ceased to care for his servants. We at the same time

acknowledge with thankfulness the support received from all those

friends whom the Lord has made willing to assist in this great work

of calling those who are still in the power of Satan to Him and to his

blessed kingdom, by their sympathy, prayer and pecuniary aid.

The Receipts of the Basel Society during the past fi-

nancial year (1863) have been:

1.

Donations from Auxiliary Societies

2. 87,174

Donations of Friends

85,897

Halfpenny collections

86,901

From other sources .

92,443

(D IS G N

.

Reimbursements ete.

24,810

307,225

Under the second head are included the contributions from India,

viz. Subscriptions and Donations

Rs

11,118

Government Grants .

2,321

Contributions of native congregations

224

(These latter are the gifts of the native churches for purely missionary pur-

poses during the year 1863, not including the considerable sums given by them

for church-funds, poor-funds ete. The latter kind of sums given this year 1864

are to be found in the bhody of the Report under the head of Mangalore).

59

e

The Expenditure is represented by the following vtems

Mission Fstablishment ai Basel

Rs. 31,168

Mission Institution at Basel

.

3

28,863

African Mission

99471

Indian Mission

L]

.

162,920

China Mission

°

14,845

S O I W b =

Massionaries sent to North and Sout

America ete

.

1,359

338,926

By this statement it will appear, that again a deficit

of more than Rs. 30.000 has come out

This would in

itself not be such a heavy burden, but as the expenses

are ncreasing every year in consequence of the high

prices of necessaries in India and at the same time the

income remained stable, reduction in the expenses be-

came 1nevitable

The required reinforcements cannot

be sent out, the work cannot be extended as a mission

work ought always to be, if it should not suffer

W

lay this state of our finances before all our friends with

the prayer, that the Lord may direct them, to glve a

helping hand to His work.

¥ In this sum is included the money spent for the outfit and passage of the

missionaries going to India as well as all other outlays made at home for the

Indian mission

8%

60

———— s

Conéerning the celebration of the Jubilee of the Basel Evangelical

Missionary Society our Committee has published an invitation and

appeal dated Basel 15th December 1864, out of which we extract the

resolutions of our Committee and the concluding remarks.

The resolutions are:

1

That all the members and friends of our Evangelical Missionary

Society shall be invited by an especial appeal, to unite in prayer and

intercession before the throne of grace in behalf of the Basel Evangelical

Missionary Society and its work, indwidually and in public meetings,

especially during the week of prayer at the beginning of the year, at

our anniversary, and on the day of the founding of the Society, 25th

September.

2

That our fiftieth anniversary, which is to take place on the 5th

and 6th of July, shall be celebrated as our Jubilee.

3. That this Jubilee shall be celebrated without ;po’mp or many for=

malilies, avoiding all extraordinary arrangements besides the usual

program of the anniversary. All persons attending and acting on the

Sestive days are reminded to make, as far as lies in them, the JSestwval

a time of adoration in the Spirit and in truth, a day of thanks-gwing,

working and reviving a more humble, sincere and vigorous faith, a

still closer union in the Spirit of all the friends of the Society and

more active, answering and unreserved devotion to the great work of

the mission, both on the part of its Friends and onthat of its Labourers.

4. That some of the friends of the Society be called upon to pre-

pare tracts for the occasion, by which the interest for our work may be

extended among high and low and the present friends of the Lord’s cause

strengthened in the work of the Lord.

Besides this a member of the Committee shall be appointed to write

the outlines of the history of our Society, to be distributed at the an-

nversary.

5

That all the Auziliary and Branch Societies and all the Friends

of the Mission be requested, to direct their efforts to the end that

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61

a,

all those, that are in friendly connexion with our Society, may

be confirmed and strengthened in their resolution by the Jubilee, that as

Sfar as lies in their power, the institutions and the work of the Basel

Society may be preserved and continued in its progress;

b,

That each and all the Members and Friends of our Society,

especially those, that are possessed of means, may acknowledge it as an

obligation of gratitude and love, not to allow this year of Jubilee to

pass, without entirely freeing the Society of the burden of their debts;

¢,

That besides this, if it be the gracious will of our good Lord,

some of our friends may contribute special gifts to a Jubilee-fund,

which, according to circumstances and the amount of the sum contributed,

would be dedicated either for the endowment of one of our Seminaries

or for the establishment of a new Station or the erection of Church in

one of our mission-congregations.

We, on our part, need not add any thing more to the above resolu-

tions; but conclude with the words of the Circular of our home Com-

mittee: that every reader of this and every friend of their work may

be assured, that they remember in this year of Jubilee more than ever

the words of Scripture: %a man can receive nothing, except it be given

him from heaven.” John III, 27; and that other word ¢The Father

loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he

will show kim greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

For as

the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son

quickeneth whom he will.” John V, 20. 21.

Let every thing be uncertain, one thing is undoubtedly sure, that

God is a God of mercy to the poor and needy and that the long dura-

tion of the night, wkick covers all heathen nations, is not to be con-

sidered a sign, that God according to his counsel will have this night

continued for a long time to come, but that on the contrary it is a loud

witness and powerful arqument for every one, whose heart beats for

his brethren in misery, not to be backward in bringing them assistance

and also that it is a testimony, that the Lord hastens, yea surely he

hastens to finish His work.

Expenditure of ﬂge AWissions

During the year 1864

_vy\\&oc

Rs

5

Personal Expenditure of 51 Brethren & 31 Sisters 54,162

Journeys, including Home passages

L]

10,687

i

Munshis

1,526

Catechists

9,329

Postage

1,049

Libraries

250

Church Expenses .

3,628

Medical Expenses

536

Schools, English and Vemacular

11,081

[

O O B Ut © Ot W = po M

Boarding Schools, Boys’

5,845

~1 © W O B M o =T 5 W

Do

Girls

L]

7,990

S

Catechist and Preparandi Schools

°

8,235

=

Buildings, Repairs and House-Rent

24,801

15

—t

Off Payments.

755

Agricultural Outlays and Taxes

2,071

Printing Work

L]

2,739

14

Industrial Establishments

1,849

12

Part of Income Tax

353

Furniture

830

10

Interest and Bill dlscount

370

Freight and Sundries

321

13

Total Rs

148,417

14

Sl OO 0O = WO = o o

E. & O. E.

Mangalore, 31st December 1864.

? g?//m/ tel

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS

TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND,

Received during the year 1864.

AT MANGALORE:

Rs

Acknowledged by Br. Plleiderer

Col. W. J. Cooke, 8th Regt.

15

Lt. Col. J. Curtis

10

By Messrs Arbuthnot & Co.

Major H. C. Fletcher

10

Rs. A. P.

Capt. P. O. Connell Jan. to

Capt., Ch. M. Hailes

Dec. 1863

300

Capt. J. E. Baillie

J. Ball Esq. Dy. Collector

20

Capt. E. W. Childers

20

Mr. G. May

5

coococooco B

cocococoo T

Capt. A. C. Hay

60

Dr. John Brett

20

Mzr. J. Mills, (besides R. 10

100

(=) () (=) (o) (=)

(& () (=) (o) (=)

for School prices)

20

(e=]

L)

J. A. C. Boswell Esq.

Through Mr. Apothecary Xavier

HONORE.

For himself

20 0

Lt. W. Manson, R. E.

20

Mrs. E. Steele, Toomkoor

3 0

30

(=) )

o o

Th. Tod Esq.

&

£

0

(8)

W. Wedderburn Esq.

Remitted by Dr. Sperschneider,

ANANDAPOOR.

Trevandrum, for himself

57

4

For J. A. Brown Esq.

Dr. Harper, Mercara

50

1862 to 1863"

48

Rev. G. Richter

36

Rev. G. Deimler, Bombay

Rev. A. Fennell

19

R. 12 R. 26, 11,

38 11

Major G. Martin

20

J. C. Dickenson Esq.

5 0

Capt. R, Taylor

Col. Shaw

50 0

W. V. Drummond Esgq.

Rev. C. W. Isenberg

20 0

D. A. Brown Esq.

Capt. A. J. Bruce

91

SO DS

Lt. John Shaw

By Rev. G. Richter, Mercara.

A Friend

§

OSCOCOoOOoOo OO OOO

oo oo cO

Mrs. Varden, England

40 0

DHARWAR.

C. W. James Esq., Mercara 20 0

(= ==)

Mercara Subscriptions,

Capt. A. Hassard

18

Sept. 1863 to Jan. 1864. 77

L. Reid Esq. Bo. C. S.

60

J. G. Thompson Esq.

F. Lloyd Esq. Bo. C. S.

30

Thank offering of a Friend

Capt. Guertson

Deva Rao at Cumpta

nN OO DO

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() (o= b () )

R. Hunter Esq. Bo. C. S

24

A. J. A. Hervey Esq. Insp.

A Friend

Govt. Tel.

9

;

3

Dr. Langhley

S. Miller Esq.

Dr. J. H. Pierce

W. Cannen Esq.

Acknowledged by Br. Hauff.

A Friend

Lord Bishop of Madras

30 0

R. C. Beynon Esq.

;;é)

R. Dawson Esq.

100 0

A Friend

50

50 0

G. Lee Morris Esq.

M. C. M. Courpalais

12

M. J. Wallhouse Esq.

20 0

(== ey ()

Ch, Shaw Esq. Bo. C. S.

50

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64

Rs

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Mr. Th. Smithers,

Mis

from a Heathen

:

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Superviser D. P, W

R.6

Mr. W. Dailby,

HOOBLY.

Overseer D. P. W.

Th

Dr. Mills, Kolhapoor

10

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A

GULEDAGUDDA.

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Mrs. Onslow, 11 months

55

Mrs. Waddington

Mr. Hill

32

CANNANORE

J. Darling Esq.

General Coffin

300

()l ) ()

SO O O

Capt. H. D. B. Smith,

Do.

Proceeds from

Oudh

100

Mzrs. C. Lace

406

E

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Rev. Dr. Gundert

50

J. Knox Esq.

100

Capt. Hornsby,

W. H. S.

20

H. Ms. 102nd Regt

45

\

do.

35

W. 8. Lowe Esq.

200

T.t. Stevens,

Mrs. Van Sommeren

25

th

L. Garthwaite Esq.

26

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Miss Van Sommeren

Major Campbell,

J. Groves Esq.

10

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thror

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&

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Mrs. Wroughton

Commander Mitcheson

15

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Sir W. Denison

100

|

TELLICHERRY.

Lady Grant

100

Mr. F. Clarke

50

(=== (=) ()

EDIORC)

J. G. Thompson Esq.

20

General Dowker, through

W. Stanes Esq.

35

[

CHOMBALA.

50

oo

A Friend

E. Butcher Esq.

Through Major H. O’Connell, Coonoor.

CALICUT.

Lord Bishop of Madras.

50

W. Robinson Esq. Madras 100

50

C. A. Ballard Esq.

200

0

(=)

Rev. J. V. Bull

E. B. Thomas Esq.

20

J. F. Punnett Esq.

Mrs. Hayne

10

13 months.

130

Miss G. Hayne

W. Darling Esq.

6

Miss L. Hayne

H. Proverbs, 3. 9.

15

50

J. E. Thomas Esq. Coonoor 3

W. H. Stanes Esq.

Col. Woodfall

25

Pt o M i S

Lt. Col. Halliday, Kamptee 20

Mrs. Hodgson

Capt. Griffin

100

%

SISISISISIS©,

Rev. W. W. Wait

10

Mzus. Th. Frank

50

PALGHATUT.

48

100

J. L. Darling Esq.

Aty LB Sl ety

W. Robinson Esgq.

Mrs. Darling Senior

J. J. Tomlinson Esq.

10

Dr. C. Smith

10

Mrs. Tomlinson

10

Mrs. E. Herklotts

10

Miss Tomlinson

5

J. Fergusson Esq.

5

(€2 (@) (@) (e ()

() () (eiie)ie)

Mzrs. Porter

Capt. Treasure

Subscription J, M. B. McIntyre Esq.

J. Hunter Esq.

50

December 1863.

5

Major H. O’Connell

120

J. P. Andy Esq. M. D.

Major C. E. Taylor

50

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18§3Dec———May 1864 18 0 0

J. Malpass Esq.

65

AP

Rs

Rs

)

Miss Malpass

R. C. Dobbs Esq.

00

Major H, B. Sweet

20

Mrs. Lindsay

F. Groves Esq

20

100

Major Sankey

Th. Stanes Esq.

Mzrs. Inglis

Miss Stanes

10

Lt. Col. Milleyr

A. H. Streeton Esq.

10

Mrs. Thacker

J. Hayne Esq.

10

A(g

g

Capt. Milmann

:

Mrs. Mc'Causland

through Miss C., Kotergherry.

Miss Cockburn

100

Mrs. Rogers

%

coococooococo P

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§

g

through Mrs. Wilson Palamcottah

F. Cockburn Esq.

20

J. L. Johnson Esq.

15

R. 8. D

20

Mrs. Johnson

5

W. H

10

G. A. Parker Esq.

3

ALPSHS

10

3

10

N. A. Roupell Esq.

§)

Capt. Carnegy

Capt. Ainsly

2

o|direct: Capt. Milman

10

the Hon’ble H. Frere Esq. 20

0

Dr. Cleghorn

50

Mr. Shakespear.

10

SECIDNDHOID D OIS

0

Col. Cooper

20

§

((i;)g)

Rev. J. Whitehouse

12

through Mrs. G. F. Cockburn, Bangalore

Do. sacramental collections 30

n,

G. F. Cockburn Esq.

0 0

J. F. Agnew Esq.

50

Mrs. Burn

General Clemens

35

S OD OO OO O DI

S OO OOO OO0 O

Mzrs. C. Pearse

W. Robinson Esq. for

Lt. Col. Babington

L Ot Ot O

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§

Tamil Tracts

25

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(=)

%

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Subscriptibns

for Schools.

001

MANGALORE

R. Dawson Esq.

12

J. Read Daniel Esq.

15

Emnglish School.

21

:

J. G. Thompson Esq.

28

M. J. Walhouse Esq.

G. Lee Morris Esq.

27

Rev. H. A. Kaundinya

2

SOOI D

OO OO

Col. W. Cooke

22

Brahmin Girls’ School.

J. Ball Esq.

142

J. G. Thompson Esq.

42

R. Dawson Esq.

36

18

J. Read Daniel Esq.

15

G. Lee Morris Esq.

21

Col. W. Cooke

11

M. J. Walhouse Esq.

R. Dawson Esq.

24

F. Robertson Esq.

30

J. Read Daniel Esq.

13

F. Anderson Esq

100

M. J. Walhouse Esq.

14

Rev. H. A. Kaundinya

60

M:r. T. Rangappa

14

M. C. Webster Esq.

50

»

Rev. H. A. Kaundinya

34

(&) (=) () () e fem) Kemf e

OISO N ICORC)

K. Dasappa

HONORE.

»

Venkappa Punja

»

C. Rangappa

(=) (o) ) ey =) ey () oy em) () (o)l am) i)

(el el ey (eniilen ) ey (ool (e (e (eIl e il )

Canarese School.

Canarese Schools.

W. Wedderburn Esq.

18

TELLICHERRY.

J. G. Thompson Esq.

70

G. Lee Morris Esq.

27

Brennen School.

Col. W. Cooke

11

(@) {e2) e

SIS

e A Lt R e e — S — S P Gy

A. W, Sullivan Esq. 12 M. 120

9

&

Rs.

R

A

0

P

J. H. Garstin Esq. 3 Mths. 15

A. C. Burnell Esq.

J]

C. G.Bloomfield Esq. 6 ,,

30

Dec. 63. to Jan. 64.

1

Mr

F. P. Pereira Esq.

iz,

36

5 o

0

N

I

8

F. E. B. Steele Esq.

Mr. L. D. Rosario,

8 »

Mr. F. Smithers, Supervisor,

Mr

» D.D’ Cruz,

iy

it

D. P. W. July-Sept.

S0 0

G

» Ramoony, Vakeel, 12 ,,

6

A Nayer

0

hOoOOoOooo o P

OO SO OD T

Subscription for the English School,

T\Ix

Palghaut, from 1st Oct. 64— Apr. 65.

CALICUT.

Girl’s Boarding School.

Mrs. Lakshmani Sing

(Maharaja Widow) thro’

G. J. Glasson Esq.

Rev. B. Grater

50

for 1861-1863.

600

10

Mrs. Rogers

30

&S

A Friend

J. Ferguson Esq.

F, Buist Esq. for German

iy

OO

[l e)

Mission Schools.

16

Mr. E. Smither, Subsecrip-

tions, for Oct. Nov. Dec. 3

PALGHATUT.

J. J Tomlinson Esq.

10

Anglo-Vernacular School.

He

D. Brewster Esq.

Mr. J. Monikam,

G.. Morrison Esq.

5

May to Dec. 1863.

24

J. H. Garstin Esq.

8

J. M. B. Mc'Intyre Esq.

H. Hole Esq.

12

SoooCo

SCoOoOoOoOoCO

December 1863.

5

The Right Rev. the Lord

by

50

G. P. Andy Esq. M. D.

Bishop of Madras

Dec. 1863 to May 1864. 12

A Friend

O O

SO

Government Grants in aid

TELLICHERRY.

MANGALORE.

Brennen School

960

English School

636 0

Canarese School

72 A )

NEILGHERRIES.

240 O

Brahmin Girls’ Sehool

36 0 0

Hills Schools

R I e e e A L] = =3

First Badaga Church Building on the Neilgherries.

CONTRIBUTIONS

Co

25

Trustees of Mr, Casamajor’s

R. Stanes Esq.

fund

564

=)

&

J. Hayne Esq.

29

i

Sacramental Collections at

Major Sweet

50

Kaity & Kotergherry 115

G. Dawson Esq.

20

Col. Woodfall

100

James Stanes Esq. Lodon 250

Mzrs. Lawson

20

A. H. Strecton Esq.

J. Hodges Esq.

10

Major H. O’Conell

20

A Kotergherry friend

230

Major C. E. Taylor

50

Th. Stanes Esq.

100

Mrs. Cockburn

40

¢

50

Miss Cockburn

65

E. B. Thomas Esq.

Capt. Haultain

100

M. D. Cockburn Esq.

10

D. Cockburn Esq.

50

OO ODOOO

SIS SIS ICIDS OID

Mrs. Robinson

25

DITONSO D IO DD D

OO DO DD OO

67

5 AP

Rs

J. L. Johnson Esq

Mr. and Mrs. Linsdale

4

oo

Mrs. Johnson

0

:

e

Badaga Christians in

Mrs. Horsley

Money 17

6 0

Mrs. Anderson

Do

in manual labor

50

0L 0

0 0

G. A. Parker Esq

Besides valuable gifts by friends of

N. A. Roupell Esq

Sehoo

Mrs. Mirus

WRNOTOLO Ut

coococococo P

DD D

Timber, Roofing Paper, Matting

and Be]l

. 60

Contributions towards the Church to be built at

:)

(3(()0)

Anandapoor, Coorg

N. B. former Contributions

S. G. Tipping Esq

50

acknowledged 1863 840

1

6

G. R. Evans Esq

25

Her Majesty’s Govern-

W. J. Gage

5

ments grant thro’ W

Mr. Crippes

H. Kerr Esq. Supt

Capt. H. D, B. Smith

100

?i)?g

of Coorg

1000

(==)

(=]

Henry Mann Esq

200

Rev. G. Richter, Proceeds

Hahn’s Verwandte

30

of Photographs

75

Donald Stewart Esq

20

%

;

A friend

Th. Taylor Esq

A. Mitchell Esq

10

Rev. A. Fennell

100

J. W. Schmid Esq

15

Major G. M. Martin

50

E. Blandford Esq

14

Capt. R. Taylor

100

Frank Brown Esq

25

20

15

ajor G. F, Peyton

W. Brown Esq

Ed. Ludlow Esq

J. W. Savage Esq

20

Ch. Grant Esq.

25

00

SR leayson Esq.

Association of btudents

Peter Kennedv Esq.

Halle

25

W. V. Drummond Esq.

25

10

Interest of last years con-

00

C. W. James Esq.

tribution

50

(=) (=] COODOODO OO WOOooD S

[l ] COCOO0OOOCOORRODOOODOS O

Th. Taylor Esq.

15

SO OISO © DO oIS

(s Ji=) () ) (<) () ) (e MM () (o) (o) )

168

Contributions of the Members of the Congregations,

to General Mission fund

MULKY Congregation

3

8

0

GULEDAGUDDA

ANANDAPOOR

Mr

Shantappa

50

Ele. Aiman

Nizagunappa

30

David Dshaligy

10

HUBLY

Nathanael Dshaligy 30

Congregation Members

¥ 3 3

Solomon Bhaskar

9

Johan Sakare

9

(o gl el 5o o Yoo

(= ){=) [« Y =)

BETTIGHERRY

4

0

0

Congregation Mission Col-

e e e — O i R R B —— i —

e o o o o o o S o =

Congregation Members

lections

16 13 10

g%

68

Rs. A. P.

R AP

Girls’ Boarding School, Proceeds of

CHOMBALA

5

0

work made for the Mission during

Congregation Members

leisure hours

15720

0

CALICUT

KAITY

Overseer Francis

29..20. -0

Congregation members.

714 6

MANGALORE Congregation towards the support of the poor

233

10

Members of the Congregation

Congregation towards the local Mission-Fund

122

MULKY

Congregation towards the Church and School-fund

12

14

ok

»

»

Poor-fund

34

15

Local Mission-fund

11

[y

11

UTCHILA Congreg;ation, tow’;rds Congregation Poor-fund

»

Church-fund

12

2

Church-fund

UDAP‘Y

Poor-fund

”Local Mission-fund

GUDDE

24

Church-fund

Poor-fund

Tocal Mission-fund

DHARWAR

Church-fund

§

HOOBLY

Church-fund

12

e u

ocal Mission-fund

15

Poor-fund

13

BETTIGHERRY

Church-fund

36

Poor-fund

27

Local Relief-fund

ocal Mission-fund

OO W OLW = I

GULEDAGUDDA

[PRREC I RIS R A A

Poor-fund

114

-

2

Church-fund

116

CANi\I ANORE

Church-fund

15

U‘OOOOOOOO@MUOOQ\]O}M#U@O}PH@“‘

41

$ 88y Hs Uy

Poor-fund

Local Mission-fund

[Soapray

TELLICHERRY

¥ 83

Poor-fund

18

towards ri"ower for the Bell

36

Church-fund

14

CHOMBALA

Poor-fund

[y

[y

CALICUT

Church-fund

50

COILANDY

oW © O OU =

Po”or-funé’

church-fund

16

CODACAL

%

Local Mission-fund

o

»

Poor-fund

12

b

Burial-fund

40

PALGHAUT"

church-fund

11

»

Poor-fund

19

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»

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N IRCTE T - R B R A A

Local Missiqn-fund

€O Lo L W OO

U‘@U‘O’@HQO’Q)—*H\]OOMW

el

69

Additional Donations, accounted for from lst January

to 30th April 1865

Rs

MANGALORE

Dr. H. Seitz

10

Acknowledged by Br. Pfleiderer.

J. Sigg Esq.

25

IRst AT e

W. J. Stevens Esq.

10

Dr. Sinclair

10

Th. Kleinknecht Esq.

14

2000

Rev. R. Galbraith

10

J. Garrett Esq., Proceeds

l?é))

§

of Paper and Env.

57

Andrew Taylor Esq.

Rev. J. N. Merk, Kangra

collected by F. Chevalier Esq.

Mr. Th. D’Lang

§§

through Rev. G. Daiible, Secundrabad

S. Miiller Esq. Shada-

shegur

138

SEE G

Col. Wheeler

200 0 O

Col. Field, Poona

25710 00

collected by Rev. G. Deimler, Bombay

F. Chevalier Esq.

50,2 04. 0

His Exe. the Governor

100

:

the Hon. W. E. Frere

100

collected by Rev. G. Fenton, Poona

the Hon. H. Newton

50

Lt. Col. H. Bell

30

R. Ashlers Esq.

50

Major Th. Candy

30

J. L. Brown Esq.

10

Capt. Davidson

10

10

Rev G. L. Fenton

10

J. B. Bickersteth Esq.

W. Callum Esq.

20

Rev. J. K. Weatherhead

J. Campbell Esq.

15

Rev. J. W. Gardener

J. D. Faithful Esq.

20

Dr. M. Haug

A. C. Gumpert Esq.

50

OISO OO0 OO

SIS S OO OO

Capt Wahab

DO OIOOC

(=) (=i (@ (o) () (=)K< (e im)

Th. Hahn Esq.

Lt. G. A. Jakab

F. Hess Esq.

}

50

B. B.

12

Remitted to Messrs. Arbuthnot & Co.

R. Hannay Esq.

25

Madras

25

50

S

(=)

E. Heycock Esq.

Dr. A. Cleghon

D. J. Kennelley Esq.

20

Capt. P. O’Connell

Dr. Kane

20

January—December

300

J. Kingsmill Esq.

10

Capt .A. C. Hay

60

J. Neuberg Esq.

20

Capt. C. Hay

60

15

Col. R. S. Dobbs.

50

R. A. Passmore Esq.

Col. A. Rivers

20

SO CcCOoOOQOO O

SO O OO0 OO0 QO

the Hon. H. Frere

100

OO DS

SO O OO

— FINIS —

INDEX

e

Page

Committee, Sub-Committees, &ec. of the Basel

Evangelical Missionary Society

Institutions at Basel

Missionaries of the Basel Society

Stations of the Basel Society

Report

%

I. Canara

14

Mangalore

1%

22

Mulky

Udapy

23

25

Coorg, Anandapur

Honore and Sircy

26

Il

Southern Mahratta C

oun:tl'y

27

Dharwar

L

29

Hubly

30

Bettigherry .

33

Guledagudda

35

il

Malabar

38

Cannanore

41

43

Tellicherry .

Chombala

45

47

Calicut

Codacal .

49

Palghaut.

50

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52

IV. Nilagiri: Kaity

55

The operations of our Society in other countries

Conclusion

58

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