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Committee of the Missionary Society. A. Christ-Sarasin Esq., Senator, ! Rev. Dr. A. Ostertag. President. id. Bernoulli-Riggenbach Esq. Rev. E. Burckhardt, Secretary. Ed. Preiswerk-Burckhardvt Hsq. Rev. J. Josenhans, Corresponding Rev. Fr. Reiff. Secretary and Principal. E. Bruckner Esq. C. F. Spittler Esq.* C. Engelmann Esq. Rev. A. Sarasin. Rev. E. Preiswerk. Rev. W. Le Grand. | 2. Financial Sub-Committee. A. Christ-Sarasin Esq., President. | Rev. J. Josenhans. Rev. E. Burckhardt, Secretary. 3 Theod. Braun Esq., Treasurer. C. F. Spittler Esq. f Ed. Bernoulli-Riggenbach Esq. 3. Sub-Committee for the Education of Missionaries’ Children. Rev. A. Sarasin, President. Rev. Dr. A. Ostertag. Courvoisier-von der Miihll Esq., Rev. J. Josenhans. Treasurer. Ben. Reber-Sulger Esq. Rev. J. Pfisterer, Secretary. Rev. R. Anstein. Rev. W. Le Grand. * Died on the 8th of December 1867. e 4 B. Anstitutions i Dasel. I. MISSION COLLEGE. Resident Masters. Rev. J. Josenhans, Principal. Mr. J. Kolb. Rev. Fr. Reiff. Rev. G. Gutbrod.- Rev. P. Wurm. Mr. W. Schmolk. Assistant Masters. Dr. Mosley and Mr. Hoff, English Teachers. Dr. Hauschild, Music Master. Dr. Burckhardt, Medical Instructor. Number of Students. (August 1867.) I. Class. II. Class. III. Class. IV. Class. V. Class. VI. Class. 1§ 11 15 10 20 22 Total : 89 Students. Of this number: 32 are from Wiirttemberg. 17 » Baden. » » other parts of Germany. 14 » Switzerland. 3 ” 7 Alsace (France). Russia. » » 9 Turkey. f;.; Armenia. » » 2 » China. 18 Holland. 89 5 [ —— II. CHILDREN’S HOME. Boys” Pusfifution. Director: Rev. J. Pfisterer. Tutor: Mr. Heininger. Boys: 26. Gicls’ Instifufion. Directress: Miss C. Scholz. Governesses: Miss . Rowohl and Miss Anna Josenhans. Girls: 30. <. Tradelling Qaents at Bome. Rev. L. Nagel, for French Switzerland. Rev. E. André for French Switzerland. Rev. J. Huber (late of Calicut), for Western Switzerland and Alsace. Rev. G. F. Miiller (late of Tellicherry / ) , Stuttgart, Travelling Secre- tary for Wiirttemberg. Rev. Ch. Irion (late of Tellicherry), Carlsruhe, Secretary for Baden. Rev. J. Strobel (late of Cannanore), Frankfort, for Central Germany. Rev. C. Aldinger (late of Christiansborg, Africa), Winterthur, for Eastern Switzerland. Rev. H. Hauff (late of Mangalore), Gotha, for Central Germany. Rev. Ch. Aldinger (late of Chombala, Malabar), Heilbronn, for Wiirttemberg and Alsace. e 6 o. Pissionaries of the Hasel Society. [The letter (m.) after the names signifies: “married” and the letter (w.): widower The names of unordained Brethren are marked by an asterisk.] Hative FHame. Gounfry. S%‘}fafion. Aafe of ac- five Serpice 1. Missionaries employed in Endia, (Corrected up to the 1lst March 1868.) . J. M. Fritz (m.) France 1839 Cannanore . J. A. Bithrer (m.) Switzerland 1842 Kotagherry Ch. Miiller (m.)- Germany 1842 Tellicherry —{% J. F. Metz do 1843 Kaity India 1851 H. A. Kaundinya (m.) Mangalore K. A. E. Diez (m.)} Germany 1851 Palghaut G. Plebst (m.)""-‘ do 1851 Mangalore O. Kaufmann (m.) do 1853 Anandapoor 2 F. Kittel (m.) do 1853 Mangalore 10 do 1853 G. Pfleiderer (m.)* Mangalore itk J. Lauffer (m.)* do 1856 Calicut 12 Switzerland 1857 (Cannanore E. G. Hanhart (m.) 13 J. Fr. A. Minner (m.) Germany 1857 Moolky 14 J. Huber (m.) Switzerland 1857 Hoobly 15 Germany 1857 Bettigherry W. Roth (m.) 16 C. E. RiBahn (m.)‘:’:' do 1857 Bettigherry 17 Switzerland 1857 Cannanore S. G. Schoch (m.)""-‘ 13, J. G. Burkhardt (m.) Grermany 1858 Mangalore 49 J. J. Brigel (m.) do 1858 Mangalore 20 J. Mack (m.) do 1858 Moolky o S i) e B e A R R R < S S R i R 21 R. Hartmann ( m.) Switzerland 1859 Oodapy pil 22 | 1859 J. Fr. Traub (m.) Grermany Moolky F 0\ + Left for Europe in March 1868. + Living at Kaity. S —— Hative Hame. Gonnfry. ;%faﬁon. | Date of ac- 23 == a0 . L. Ph. Reinhardt (m) Germany 3 itive Service Tellicherry 24 do Tellicherry E. H. Bergfeldt (m.) J. J. Thumm (m.) do %% Gooledgood 26 do 1860 Dharwar Ch. Fr. Krauss (m.) 27 Th. F. Schauffler (m.) do 1860 Calicut 8 India 1860 W. Stokes (m.) Oodapy 29 C. Riehm (m)” Germany 1860 Mangalore 30 India Tit. Costa (m.) 1861 Dharwar 31 J. Fr. Miiller (m.) Germany 1861 Mangalore 32 A. Wenger (m.) Switzerland 1861 Kaity 33 Fr. Ziegler (m.)* 1862 Germany Hoobly C. Stolz* Switzerland 1863 Mangalore 35 1863 J. B. Griter (m) Germany Mangalore 36 S. Gundert (m. do 1863 Palghaut 37 Ch. Rock (m.) do 1864 Codacal 38 Th. Digel (m.)* do 1864 Mangalore 39 J. Knobloeh (m.) do 1865 Chombala 40 S. Walter Switzerland 1865 Chowa (Cannanore) 41 Ed. Schweizer do 1866 Oodapy 42 J. Deuber do 1866 Honore J. Miiller # Germany 1866 Mangalore 414 Th. Walz do 1866 Honore 45 W. Schnepf do 1866 Mangalore 46 J. Kittel do 1867 Calicut 47 A. Stoll Switzerland 1867 48 Hoobly Ch. G. Weigele Germany 1667 Hoobly 49 Fr. Matthissen ¥ Russia 1867 Calicut 50 Chr. Reuther * Germany 1867 Mangalore 51 Th, Elstsser ¥ do 1867 Mangalore D2 . K. Schober # do 1867 | Mangalore Jlafive Station. Hante. @onry. Date of ac- five Derpice —— At Home. 1842 late of Dharwar 53 F. H. Albrecht (m.) Germany N— 54 G. Wiirth (m.) do 1845 late of Bettigherry 55 J. G. Kies (w) do 1845 late of Gooledgood | II. Missionaries employed in Africa. | 1842 56 J. G. Widmann (m.) | Germany Akropong 57 do 1846 Aburi J. Mohr (m.)* do 1846 do 58 J. Ch. Dieterle (m.) 59 Chr. W. Locher (m.) Switzerland 1849 Abokobi 1849 Odumasce 60 J. Zimmermann (m.) Germany 61 do 1851 Akropong %:):)1) %\ J. A. Mader (m.) 62 J. G. Christaller (w.) do 1852 do 63 do 1854 Christiansborg H. L. Rottmann (m) * 64 J. Lang (m.)* Switzerland 1857 Akropong % 65 1857 Kyebi ; 6 J. Kromer (m.)* Germany 66 H. Laissle (m.)* do 1857 Akropong do 1859 Christiansborg 10, ¢ 67 E. Schrenk (m.) 1, 1 68 M. Klaiber (m.)¥* do 1859 do do 1861 12, () 69 D. Eisenschmid (m.) Kyebi RERV: 70 D. D. Ashante (m.) Africa 1862 Date. 4, ( 1863 15, py . Ch. Zimmermann (m) Germany Akropong 72. J. G. Hoch (m.)* do 1863 Christiansborg Odumasee 16 g 73. M. Ros (m.) France 1863 X Germany 1863 Christiansborg 74. J. L. Miiller (m.)* 75. A. Schonhuth (m.)"* do 1863 do § 76. J. Ch. Fetzer* do 1863 Anum 77. C. Schonfeld * do 1863 Christiansborg +) From the lists of January 1867. Census of the Andian Alissions, JANUARY 1868. I\ LABOURERS. ScHooLS. UNDER THE CARE OF THE MISSION. Mission Native Assistants. Higher Boarding | Parochial Heathen Members of the Church. Not Members | aries. Schools. Schools. Schools. Vernacular of the Church Schools. ‘]i fal NAMES OF herry dgood MISSION STAT.IONS. Scholars Christian Established in Brethren Sisters Native Pastors Catechists and Evangelists Christian Schoolmasters Schoolmistresses Heathen Schoolmasters Number of Schools Seminary Middle Schools. Training Schools m% Girls é Girls Anglo-Vernacular Schools § Girls Total Communicants Non-Communicants Children Total Catechumens Schoolmasters and Total Grand Total 1. Canara. :; Mangalore esesssescesporsennsssens | 1834 69 19 110 3 344 502 311 857 13 190 203 1060 R R R R R R R R R 1845 | 35 2 10 113 165 175 344 28 10 38 382 Moolky . Oodapy eccsssas sesevecs osevmer 1854 49 11 0 17 88 90 103 201 42 12 54 255, Honore -------------------------- | 1845 | 14 14 OUs OB = Coorg, Anandapoor........ 1853 | %1) = O D) DD = OO = O N D WO = O N W Ot OO O WK S SASNNCY = O o OO (eii{en) Hem) e LS| (copesy el ey 1] (emyd )il Nl e () %)2 14 SO © W () (en) (el (o) 20 53 -3 O 0 H> H> 49 109 10 5 15 124 II. South Mahratta. Dharwar esesscrsrvecssessre e s et 1837 69 132 17 K7 34 136 137 171 1 Hoobly R COORD O DGR RO0 O L el D O ORI BOECH 1839 20 80 134 61 68 129 105 105 234 95 128 20 43 66 96 99 165 Botohbrry i i Son i s 11841 b BO = BD © WP~ D Gooledgood D A R R ) 11851 = nND QO B (ez) {amiilc) (=) e e OO OO O O s O BO O Ot bO (o) ey o) i) (=i ) @) (=) () lé ié) SOl O O DO 65 (=i ey ey fes) 80 37 —_— W OO 38 76 [ 55 55 131 I11. Malabar. 10 Cannanore PR R R RN R 1841 49 44 26 109 ot 241 20 221 437 124 126 563 ¢ 11 Pellichereyi. .\ & oo . ------------ 1839 —ry 15112 137 347 115 15 291 58 258 549 12 Chombala tsecesvssscestsscasevs e 1849 16 10 48 78 o 161 46 91 212 13 Calicut D R R R N R N R R 1842 74 27 14 70 15 200 203 237 442 86 103 245 14 Codacal sesesveessecssnosoevssces 1857 35 16 51 128 128 257 264 DO = et QO 15 Palghaut D R R R R I ] 1858 DO bt DO k= QO OO SO = OO B DO I B O O o = O O DO O = O N = O = O = b Y = QO B =~ Ot (e len el (o) eyl (@il o ew) OO OO WO % 50 60 S OO0 w 123 55 O = hD e S 39 94 % 106 116 2190 IV. Nilgherries. 16 49 16 0 14 0 69 01 Kaity (1846 [S gy 30 39 17 Kotagherry D () 4= 0f 11 el : 0 SIS 16 13 0 29 42 2 0 32 44 Total }1867 | ? -3 11 19} 58 52] 39 17| 45 5/122]194|285|22 § 340 84 5 2(214411767| 86|1731|35841140|1268(1408| 2992 01§ 015 Oensns of the Dfviom and Chinese Flissions. JANUARY 1867. LABOURERS, Scroors. sty = = UNDER THE CARE OF THE MISSION ot Mission aries. Native Assistants. Higher Boarding | Parochial Schools. Heathen Members of the Church. Not Members Schools. Schools. Vernacular of the Church. ” Schools. 8 NAMES ; e OF 80 81 MISSION STATIONS. 82 Scholars 83 = Established in Brethren Sisters Native Pastors, Catechists Christian Schoolmistresses Heathen Schoolmasters Seminary Middle Schools Training Schools Boys Girls Boys 84 = Christian Schoolmasters Girls Sunday Schools Infant Schools Anglo-Vernacular Schools Boys Girls Total Communicants Non-Communicants Children Total Catechumens Schoolmasters and Total Grand Total § A. Africa. 86 1. Akra District. 81 1845 15 uy 26 49 18 1. Christiansborg 102 78 21 75 174 47 53 227 8 2. Abokobi 1854 (=) B Ot SO (=) 41 15 42 99 64 10 82 156 22 30 186 8 I1. Adangme District. %0 B Odumasce ity e 1859 Il 29 20 F5) 7 46 5 46 97 37 44 141 I I11. Aquapem District. Akropong 1843 6 7 29 50 20 16 24 22 170 208 43 118 369 16 30 46 415 5 Aburi L R R R R R R R R R R} 184 S O 52 40 91 I 19 119 43 S 173 95 16 84 195 15 41 56 251 1V. Akem District. L I I R A Y 1861 15 30 20 18 43 12 20 63 Kyebi ; V. Anum Dristrict. 9 Anum Sresssessrerarenssssrtasr e 1864 12 3 20 23 | e S —] ——_— — e —— —— % Total, 0] 26 Tt 1114 93 61|129 84 661 523|103 428/1054 74| 178 | 35| 21 s | s | 430 | rxmamnn 6| 25 pr— 1]2 s | o onscnss | mmmessinen | i | aorisonerr | smmm——" o s | e | a—— | s | v 252| 1306 X% % B. China. 0] 48 48 63 13 77 23 24 47 124 Hongkonsy: . cohivivi i 1857 %, 2 Lilong D R I R R B R 1852 || 6| 19 22 15 62 69 44 114 39 48 162 Chongtshun 4esereressecansens e 1864 § § 23 g § § (g) 16 g 46 109 58 169 10 26 36 205 .§.) _.._% B R e | Total, z;) i ?} N OO e e | 19| 48 45 31 i . 156) 241 % 115| 360) 42| 89| 131] 491 rrermr—a __.;; | rr— | w— ] — S— | c— —— Grand Total of the Indian, Z 5 Z 23| 21] 25{100| 12{255|335 446| 297|129 8 Z 340| 876 62|2961 ‘2531 198]2274|499812561535({1791| 7131 | 1 | Africanf}ul ,‘f‘,,l,li“ese Missions. B S i e etk G e e B Sl 9 ‘;ﬁative Hame, Station. =9 @ounfry. Date of ac- fine Service 78 Ph. H. Bohner * Germany 1863 Christiansborg 79 R. Klauss # Switzerland 1863 Anum 80 F. L. Ramseyer (m.)* Switzerland 1864 Christiansbhorg 81 C. J. Leimenstoll* 1864 do Germany 82 F. Rehfuss # do 1864 do 83 J. Weiss Switzerland 1865 do 84 Ch. Bellon Germany 1865 Akropong 85 J. Miiller | Grand Total do 1865 Anum 86 J. Binder * do 1866 Christiansborg 87 Gr. Zerweck do 1866 do 88 Th. Breitenbach Russia 1866 it Akropong 186 89 J. Kiihne ¥ Germany 1866 Christiansborg 90 U. Liithy Switzerland 1866 Abokobi 141 At Home. 41 91 251 E. Schall (w) ] Germany ' 1856 llate of Abokobi 63 III. Missionaries employed in China. 92 1846 R. Ch. F. Lechler(m.) | Germany Hongkong 2 93 H. Bender do 1862 Chongtshun A 94 Ph. Ch. Piton France 1364 06 Nyenhangly | 95 W. Bellon (m.) Germany 1864 Lilong 96 J. Lorcher do 14 1865 Hongkong 162 20 At Home. 491 et 97 Ph. Winnes Grermany I 1852 lla.te of Lilong 1l il — 2 10 . Sttions of the Basel Alisstonary Society, | I. In South Western India. A. Canara District. 1 MANGALORE, established in 1834. Out-stations : Bolma, Samuga and Ravaneshwara. (N3] MOOLKY, established in 1845, Out-stations: Utchila, Kadike, Kodetoor, Santoor and Mundera. 3 OODAPY, established in 1854. Out-stations: Gudde, Shirwa and Kattupady. HONORE, established in 1845, reoccupied in 1867. COORG STATIONS, established in 1853. Anandapoor, Mercara and Almanda. B. Southern Mahratta District. DHARWAR, established in 1837. HOOBLY, established in 1839. Out-stations: Unakallu and Hebsoor. 8. BETTIGHERRY, established in 1841. Out-station: Shagotee. GOOLEDGOOD, established in 1851 Out-station : Kardenhally. O. Malabar District. 10. CANNANORE, established in 1841. Out-stations: Chowa, Chirakal, Taliparambu. 11. TELLICHERRY, established in 1839. Out-stations: Dharmapatanam and Edakadu. 12, CHOMBALA, established in 1849. Out-stations: Muverattu and Kandappenkundu 11 AR 1 P (8] CALICUT, established in 1842, Out-stations : Coilandy, Ellatoor, Beypoor. T 14. CODACAL, established in 1857, separate station 1862. Out-stations: Parapery and Mattoor. 15. PALGHAUT, established in 1858. Out-stations: Cannanoor, Panayoor, Wadackencherry, Karuwapira and Kinnanoor. D. Nilgherry District. 16. KAITY, established in 1846. Out-station: Nerkamby. 17. KOTAGHERRY, established in 1867. 1. In Western Africa. A. Akra or Ga District. 18. CHRISTIANSBORG, established in 1345 Out-station: Tashy. 19. ABOCOBY, established in 1854. Out-stations: Damfa, Sasaby and Ochirekomfo B. Adangme or Krobo District. 20. ODUMASEE, established in 1859. Out-stations: Kpong, Dowromadam and Ada. C. Aquapem (or Otchy) District. 21. AKROPONG, established in 1843. Out-stations: Date, Mamfe, Adukrom and Doburow. 22. ABURI, established in 1847 and again in 1857. Out-station: Tufu. P. Akem District. -l 5] 3. KYEBI, established in 1861 Out-station : Kukurantumi, E. Aquambu District. 24. ANUM, established in 1864. 2% el Ll 12 I11. In China. 25 TP ————e——— HONGKONG, established in 1856. Out-stations: Saukiwan and Shakungtsui. 26 LILONG, established in 1852. Out-station: Maham. 27 CHONGTSUN in the cHONGLOCK District, established in 1864. Out-station: Nyenhangly. é Et I § 0 ) ¥ 01 I [ t i 0 Repoed, N laying the Report for 1867 before our English friends, we desire first of all to give expression to our heart-felt gratitude to the Lord 9 for the multifarious blessings bestowed on the different branches of our work, as well as to our joyful conviction, that His hand is working with us and leading us on step by step in the way, which must end in India’s subjugation to the cross of Christ, This conviction based as it is on God’s infallible promises, cannot but be confirmed by His dealings with us during the last year also, which presents—among manifold trials and dissappointments—many a hopeful feature and many an indication of actual progress: If we cast a glance on our census,—the number of European labourers (the wives of the Missionaries included) has risen from 77 to 88 With special gratitude we state, that, for the first time since several years, we have not to record a single death among the staff of our Missionaries, though a great many of them were partly or entirely disabled from their work by failure of health. Moreover, whilst we had to deplore the departure for Europe of only two members of our body (Mr. & Mrs. Convert) during 1867, we were permitted to welcome as many as thirteen new arrivals from Europe. These were indeed a most necessary reinforcement, after having sustained a suc- cession of losses during preceding years, which the above arrivals have hardly supplied. # i * We take this opportunity, publicly to express our deep sense of gratitude to such of our friends in Madras and Bombay, as have so very hospitably given a comfortable home to our new brethren at their first landing on the shores of this—to them a strange country, and we feel constrained to mention the names of the Rev. Messrs. Miller and Stevenson, Mrs. Anderson at Madras and Mr. Neuberg at Bombay. 14 As to our native agency we are glad to state, that a second native minister has been ordained (vide Report of Chombala, Malabar), and that the number of our catechists and evangelists has grown from 45 to 52, and that of the Christian schoolmasters from 30 to 39, whilst that of our female teachers has remained the same during the last two years. Besides, two additional stations appear in this Report. Honore, after so many vicissitudes, has been re-occupied by two new brethren, and Kotagherry, hitherto an out-station to Kaity, has been raised to the rank of an independent station. We have also been led to occupy several new out-stations by cheering events which have occurred there during the year. Our educational institutions are four more in number, than in the preceding year, and those, who attend (Christians and heathen) amount at present to 2144, which again is an increase of 358 over last Report. This is chiefly owing to the increase of 179 boys and twenty girls to the number of attendants in our heathen vernacular schools and of 79 children in our Parochial schools above the last year’s census. Even in our Anglo-vernacular schools an increase of 93 scholars appears on the roll, but we fear the standard of instruction has been lowered in some instances in consequence of the erection of Government Schools on our stations. Lastly as regards our Christian Congregations we are likewise happy to be able to record an addition of 192 souls. Thus if we look only at the figures of our census, which altogether show progress, we have ground for praising the Liord of the harvest But we are far from over-rating and taking courage for the future. the value of mere figures. For He, who judgeth righteously and trieth the reins and the heart, may reckon with other numbers; and we also cannot fail to discover an immense diversity of quality in those figures. And the very year under review has in one station or other brought N to light some grievious defects among our people vertheless, on reviewing the last year's history, we are led to believe that the inward state of our people is not retrograde whilst their number increases; we may rather say our churches are, in many respects gradually, 5 A s though slowly, growing out of their infancy and youth into a some- what more manly and self-reliant state of Christian life As to the influence, which the Mission exercises over the heathen population within our reach, we need only point to the promising fields round the stations Moolky and Oodapy, Bettigherry and Gooledgood Palghaut and Kaity, to show, that the Gospel is mightily working as a wholesome leaven among numbers of people, who have not yet been able to extricate themselves from the thraldom of heathenism, though the competition of Government Schools may have deprived us of part of our influence over the hicher classes hus not only from the figures of our census, but from other indications also we are confident, that the Lord is with us and has much people to be claimed for Hml on the vast field occupied by our Mission. But alas! if we have reason to hope and rejoice at the prospects before us, there is another line of figures, which depresses us and which we, therefore, cannot keep from the notice of our friends. The total annual receipts of our Society have since 1862 (which year is marked as a new period in this respect) been fluctuating between 88,000 and 757,000 frs.; and as the last two years’ receipts are the lowest in this scale, we are afraid, that, if no new sources of help are opened we cannot expect any considerable rise in the receipts for the next year. But the demands of the Mission work have long gone in advance of those receipts, so much so, that our Comunitiee found themselves again burdened with a deficit of not less than 101,000 frs. at the out- set of last year.® It is clear, that if the friends of Missions do not make particular efforts, very considerable reductions in our work will be inevitable; and these reductions will be the more painful, because the Jeatures of our fleld of labour are at the present time most promising Our Committee have already laid this state of things before the Christian public through the medium of the Qerman Missionar Yy paper and added the declaration, 1 “f/zat zf the Lord really should command us to stand still and e *Acco:dmg to our r latest intelligence the deficit has swollen to 164,000 frs, at the beginning of the current years, 16 ——— “reduce our work, we shall not refuse to submit, knowing, that outward “restriction is not equivalent to being doomed to inward stagnation, “but may turn out to be the very way towards spiritual progress and “greater fertility,” and R 2 “That we shall not deem ourselves justified and bound to take “this step, unless, notwithstanding our earnest appeal to Christian liber- ( “ality, the state of our finances do not improve.” This appeal to the liberality and self-denying zeal of God's people J we desire to echo itn the ears of our dear English friends, adding, 1 That our work must certainly be regarded as auxiliary to the 0 greai Mission, with which the British nation has been entrusted by Him, who made her the ruler of this vast empire, and 2 That the contributions, derived from this country, for which we certainly do not feel ungrateful, have for years been falling off in the same measure, as they were more needed. May the Lord, to whom all the gold and silver of the world be- long, move the hearts of those, into whose hands these pages may fall, still more liberally to sacrifice for His cause out of those things which are His and are entrusted to them, and to do so joyfully and prayer- fully, that their offerings may be acceptable to God and profitable to themselves ! CANARA. 1 What we designate the District of Canara, comprises first of all f our three stations in Southern Canara, viz. Mangalore, Moolky, and Oodapy, where the vast majority of the population, as well as our Christian congregations speak Zulu, whilst, in our Mission, the mani- i fold educational, as well as literary labours are chiefly conducted in Besides these, we include f the Government language, Canarese. in this District the purely Canarese Missions on our North-Canara & Station Honore, and our Coorg Station Anandapoor. Y 17 —_— d MANGALORE. Iy i CLERICAIL: PART. Rev. H. A, Kaundinya (1851),* Rev. F. Kittel (1853), Rev. & Burkhardt ' (1868), Rev. J. J. Brigel (1858), Rev. F. Miiller (1861), Rev. B, Griter (1863), Rev. W. T. Schnepf (1866). Je CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS: Jacob Kamsika, Daniel Aaron, Israel Aaron, Elieser Paul Karat, e Christanuja Watsa, Samuel Andrea, Charles Gojar.— Daniel Ammana, Elias Dantel Ammana. )y CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: 17 Samuel Sonna, Albert Putranna, Aaron Aaron, Moses Aaron, Timothy it Bernhard. a. SCHOOLMISTRESSES: Beata Suchitta, Naemi Jesudast. L Commumnicants 502 last year 488 Non-Communicants. 44 26 h Children 311 287 !- Catechument 13 30 fo Seminary . 17 i1y Middle School 27 22 136 Christian Day Schools. . 111 Anglo-Vernacular School 19 1Y 110 55 Vernacular Boys’ Schools Vernacular Girls' Schools 35 28 Though there is such a large body of European Missionaries lo- Il cated in this our central station, a want of hands was most painfully felt during the whole of the year. If we omit the industrial depart- i ment, there are indeed very few left for the great variety of Mission Il work properly so called. For the evangelistic branch Mr. Kaundinya 1- 1l only was set free in the whole district, but he also was interrupted for a portion of the year by his being obliged to take up the work of e another for a time. The literary department was only supplied at the 4 end of the year, by one single man, Mr. Kittel, who with his newly *The figures after the names show the date of active service. 13 ki married wife, retarned from Europe in October to resume his former charge. The pastoral duties among our Christian Congregation de- volved chiefly on Mr. Brigel, who, however, had not only to send his ¢l suffering partner to the Nilgherries in February 1867, but had to fol- { low her in June, as her state of health rendered his personal attendance indispensable. During his absence Mr, Kaundinya had to assume the e T S P Y VU ¥6 charge of the Congregation. Mr. Brigel, anxious to resume his work, o pa so mach endeared to him, and considering his presence with his wife 1 no longer absolutely necessary, left her and returned to Mangalore in e October. But as early as December he was again called to the Hills. 0r As Mr. Kaundinya could not again be withdrawn from his itinerating of duties during the best season, the whole charge of the large congrega- P Y S TN 18 tion devolved upon the shoulders of young Mr. Schnepf, who, having not yet completed his first year in India, was still engaged in the study of Canarese. He could not, therefore, be expected to be sufficiently fo prepared for administering to a large congregation, consisting chiefly 16 of Tulu speaking members, and so extensive that one Missionary, how- fo: ever experienced, has long proved insufficient for the task. Moreover, I poor Mr. Schnepf was continually suffering from head-ache, so that it of was indeed a most trying time to him. He and all of us are, therefore, & glad of the prospect of speedy relief by the return of Mr. Brigel, as his wife, seeing no chance of recoveryv in India, has resolved to depart for Europe without him. Th Four Missionaries of the station, viz. Messrs. Burkhardt, F. Miiller, hh G'rdter, and Ziegler were engaged in the different educational establish- Wi ments. But in this department also we have to complain of consider- 164 able interruptions, in as much as Mr. Burkhardi, on account of his own B iy and his partner’s ill-health, was compelled to go to the Hills for i two months, and Mr. Ziegler from the same reason had to be absent on Il the Nilgherries almost for the whole year. The latter .(Mr. Ziegler) 1] had scarcely returned in the middle of December, when an order of the L) Home-Committee arrived calling him to Hoobly; and consequently his fag iy Mangalore charge, the English School had to be abolished. His name e appears now in the census of Hoobly. Thus this year was a time of Ag suffering and trial to the staff of European labourers. Happily we ey 19 " ¢ know, that tribulation also is a blessing to God’s people, and we pray, le that these afflictions may in their results be beneficial to the work i entrusted to us. ) | These vicissitudes have, as we have seen, fallen heavily upon the 106 Congregation. Nevertheless we may speak of progress even during this he year. First we have to record a numerical increase of 56 members, tk, partly occasioned by the baptism of 19 heathens. As an indication of ife inward growth, we may observe that Christian discipline is more and il more exercised especially by the elders against those who walk dis- s, orderly and inconsistently. It may be regarded partly as the effect il of good discipline, that the apparent number of Non-Communicants i) is so large, which fact, though deplorable in itself, can scarcely be taken ng as a sign of retrogression, especially if we take into consideration, that dy most of the cases, which called forth church discipline, originated in tly former years and were brought to light during the last year partly by f y the voluntary confession of the offenders themselves. Lastly we have il to mention the joyful fact, that this year of trial has added a new and Ty promising Out-station, Rdvanéshwara some forty miles to the south tit of Maungalore, where the conversion of a family opened us a door and )16y gave us a firm footing. i Wé beg to insert some details from a report of Mr. Kvaundinya: arb The head of the above family was called Puttappa, of the Malaver caste. The dignity of chief or head-man of the caste is hereditary in his family; and his father had succeeded to the office. ol'y The latter was involved in a law-suit, ]b]l with a Brahmin by which, though he won it, he lost a large portion of the wealth of the family, but obtained emancipation from the Brahmin’s claims el- He had his only son Puttappa somewhat educated according to the Hindu A style, and he devoted himself to the Jnédna, (science), which is equivalent for to Pantheism with those people About five years ago a tract of ours on Caste on fell into his hands and was diligently read. From this time he felt strengthened in his rejection of caste and idolatry and occasionally gave utterance to his ler) conviction. he He was seeking something, which would give his soul full satis- faction; and by and bye the idea dawned upon him, that Christianity was the s true religion. About that time he heard, that a Brahmin in Mangalore had mé previously become a Christian and was now living at that place as a Missionary. 0l Accordingly he set out for Mangalore to see that man (Mr. Kaundinya); but on Wiv hearing, that he was absent, he became dispirited and returned home, not, how- g 20 ever, without bringing with him a new tract “On Religion,” which he had bought ff in the Mission-Shop. But his relatives, when they heard him speak of becoming h a Christian, thought him to be mad, confined him, and put his feet in the stocks. ¢l After having regained his liberty, he went to Mangalore again; but though he 5 d was shown the way to the Missionaries, his courage failed, and agitated by a strange fear, he left the place to return home, without having seen any of them. On his way back he went into the house of a Mussulman to find an apparatus for smoking hemp. Here he became talkative and began to expose his dislike for caste and idolatry. On the morrow he was induced to eat with them, and 1I was taught by them, that Mohammedanism was the religion, he had hitherto sought. He spent some days amongst them without finding peace; and then fell into the snares of Roman Catholics. But when he entered their church i and saw the multitude of their images, which many were worshipping, he thought: there is idolatry again, and turned away with detestation, protesting, al Mohammedanism was better than that. He was then publicly taken by his 0l Mussulman friends to their mosque at Mangalore and received the name of Abdul Kéder. Some time later he was actually’ circumeised. But though the g Mussulmans did their best to cheer him, the uneasiness of his heart remained fo unabated. For he had not found, what he sought. Afterwards he paid a visit to his native village, but was not allowed to see his wife and child. Dispirited D thereby, he went to Kasargode and entered the police service. But when after 1] three months, on another visit to his village, first his son and then his wife consented to eat and live with him (though they became outcasts thereby); he left the police service again and lived as a Mohammedan by name, but was in- 1l wardly more and more alienated to that religion, whilst his former inclination towards Christianity was more and more strengthened by appropriating and ( reading fresh supplies of Christian tracts. Nor did this state of his feelings remain hidden from his co-religionists, who persuaded him, that the Protestant I Missionaries never admit Mohammedans to their religion on the ground, that § they cannot be trusted, but always turn back again. Thereby he was deterred from taking any further step, but tried thenceforth to obtain the peace of his th soul by a closer adherence to the precepts of his adopted religion. Thus he But all as in wvain. The incessant fi attended the mosque more frequently. disquietude and the insatiable yearning of his heart could not escape the observ- il ation of some of his heathen relatives; one of these persuaded and encouraged Iy him to make another attempt to see Mr. Kaundinya; for he was as a Moham- 0 medan, he said, already lost to them, and they could only rejoice, if he should of turn a Christian at last. But Puttappa again failed to find Mr. Kaundinya at home. His mind, however, was now made up; and at length, by the help of his relative, an interview in Mangalore was effected, and was followed by a Wi visit of Mr. Kaundinya to his house in Rédvanéshwara and the dispatch of two a1 catechists to instruct him and his family in the Christian religion and preach Ui 21 oht the Gospel to his countrymen. At once he gave up his old passion of smoking ing hemp, joyfully imbibed the Gospel of peace and rapidly acquired a correct and ks clear knowledge of God’s plan of salvation. Now he had found, what he had he so long sought; and at length after six months of preparation the longed for Y& day came, when he with his wife, his grown up son and his newly born infant em were solemnly baptized by Mr. Kaundinya into the death of Christ and made \tus members of His body. This joyful event happened on the 10th of November. like Besides his visits to Ravanéshwara in May and June and afterwards and ert0 in October and November, Mr. Kaundinya being specially appointed hen as well as qualified for Itineraney, travelled at the opening of the year i1ch to the north-east, chiefly to Mudabidri and Karkalla, visited the famous he heathen festival at Gokarna at the northern termination of Canara, ng, and hoisted the banner of Christ at the western border of our district his on the festival at Subramanya in November and December. He was o of the generally accompanied by one or more of the catechists and -on his med tour to Gokarna by Mr. Stokes and some students in the Seminary. yisit Besides him, Mr. Gréter availed himself of his vacations to make two ited preaching tours, one to Tirthala in February and the other to Mudabidri fter in July. We may add here, that the Missionaries of Moolky and wife +he Oodapy found themselves abundantly occupied in preaching the Gospel 5 111 in the neighbourhood of their stations, chiefly on the heathen festivals of ton Oodapy, Mudabidri, Padabidry and others. In the whole district of and Canara (Coorg included) 259 days were spent on preaching tours by the ings Missionaries, 1217 days by our Catechists and the students in the tant that Seminary, and 18 days by other church members. rred Among the educational institutions of Mangalore the Seminary for ' his the training of catechists and preachers for our whole Indian Mission 5 he field, stands foremost. It is in the charge of Mr. Burkhardt and sanb Mr. Grater. We have already mentioned in the last Report the cheering TNl ao”ed barvest, which this institution reaped in January 1867, in furnishing our Mission with a fresh supply of nine well-trained catechists. it But ould after that harvest the great husband-man—to use the parable of Jes. 28, Ya ﬁt' 24-29—began to plough the ground and to thresh the corn, or to speak Ipof without figure-—He visited the school with trials of many kinds. First by & 40 a multitude of indispositions and maladies depressed the spirit of the pupils and impeded the prosecution of their studies, so much so, that reﬁﬁh 22 for several months full half of the students were disabled Then a Jog spirit of discontent arose among a part of the twolower classes and finally Hi led to the desertion of one pupil from the Mission service Two others Jis were to be dismissed on account of grave moral defects; and a fourth took his leave on the ground of ill-health In addition to all this the o principal, being sorely afflicted in his fumily, had at length to leave his Do duties for a time from the failure of his own health. We trust, how- led ever, this sifting and trying process was not, in the providence of God 110 without a wise design, nor without a blessing, just as the husband-man our will not break the clods of his ground, nor thresh his bread corn in (on order to destroy it, but to make it more useful It is true, with re- sy gard to the number of labourers to be expected from the Seminary, our whi prospects have fallen off for the next few years. But a li¢¢le band of faith- a8 ful and spiritually-minded men is better, than a multitude of hirelings for We thank God, that He has at the opening of the current year also Y ha given us from the Seminary three new and promising catechists, who, having successfully passed their examination, were solemnly set apart ol for their new office on the 9th of February. The table of lessons for d ( subjects: the three classes contained in the last year the following 8 Doctrine of the Christian faith, Church History, Explanations of Gospels l}lll] in Canarese, and Explanation of the Epistle to the Romans from the at ] original; then the English, Greek and Sanserit languages, Homiletical oh and Catechetical Exercises, and Singing il The Middle-School is intended for boys of from 14 to 18 years of afte age to be trained principally for the Seminary, all of them being board §1af] ers, as are the students With regard to health this School formed a il sineular contrast to the Seminary, the last year having been declared of i by the superintendent, Mr. Miiller, to be decidedly the best in this res- 18 6] pect out of the six years, he had spent in Mangalore. In the staff of i) the teachers some changes took place, which, however, did not affect g the course of instruction or the efficiency of the School. The state ot of knowledge is indeed most encouraging and satisfactory; and the the boys not only submit to the firm discipline of their superintendent, but fha learn more and more to regard it as wholesome Every day’s wor begins with a biblical or catechism lesson; then followin 4 classes these By 23 | & lessons: Arithmetic (Colenso’s was completed), Universal History, lly History of India, and Church History, Geography, the Canarese, Eng- i} lish, Malayalim and Sanserit languages and Singing. ”l With a sad heart we have to register the abolition of our time- honoured Anglo-Vernacular School. The opposition of part of the his population against the religious instruction of a Mission School had )W led in the preceding year to the ercction of a Government School. The o, novelty of the matter actually filled the new school and almost emptied 141 our old one. Our Home-Committee, therefore, contemplated and re- n commended the immediate abolition of the latter. Mr. Ziegler, the superintendent, naturally long hesitated in retiring from the work, to out which he had given his whole heart. But meanwhile, he was laid t aside, as mentioned above, by the hand of God, and had to be absent g5, for almost the whole year. The attendance of his school did not how- 150 ever, fall off further; and among a number of his former pupils, who ho, had not found in the Government school, what they had expected, the pmt old attachment and confidence to their former master returned; and for a desire of completing their studies under his able guidance gained ofs strength, especially when it was known that a number of Mr. Zicgler's P 7 pupils had distinguished themselves in the Matriculation Examination he at Madras. Their desire at last embodied itself in the form of a petition oal 104 to him for opening a class, preparatory to the Examination, for a select number of talented and advanced young men. But when Mr. Ziegler, s of after his return from the Hills, was ordered by the Committee to another al { station, a great agitation arose among those Brahmin youths and re- Bl d4a sulted in another petition, signed by fifty of them, to the Missionaries ar ell of the place, repeating the above proposal and urgently asking for the 1TE0 retention of Mr. Ziegler; for a Government School, they advanced, Aﬁ Of could never make up for a Mission School, as education without moral foct and religious instruction could never produce honest men. We regretted sfate d not to be able to comply with their wish; but Mr. Ziegler had at least ] th the satisfaction to know, that his labour among the higher classes of t bub the population was not without effect and appreciation. Wol B At the same time another petition of a number of respectable fhese Brahmin parents was handed to the Missionaries in behalf of our fwo 24 have Brahmin @irls’ Schools, recommending to raise their standard by the appointment of more female teachers and promising to assist us with supe contributions of their own. The object of this petition was just what p:u'tt we could have wished; and we hailed it as another good sign. ‘What | ASHIS still is wanting, is: the deed following the word. com Our Christian Day Schools also, chiefly the Glirls’ School, have made good progress during the last year, as we had an opportunity to observe at the public examination held at the beginning of the current year. Ot INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT. Day Lit Mr, G. Plebst (1851), Mr. G Pfleiderer (18564), Mr. C. Riehm (1860), Hla Bu Mr. O. Stolz (1863), Mr. Th, Digel (1865), Mr. J. Miller (1866), (a Mr, Oh. Reuther (1867), Mr. Th. Elstsser (1867), Mr. K. Schober (1867). Do LB This department is at present well provided with labourers, and some may perhaps be apt to call it a luxuriant supply. But it looks better I on the list, than it is in reality. For the first of the above names, i Mr. Plebst, left Mangalore in October last, to seck a restoration of his Sh shattered health on the Nilgherries; and probably cannot be reckoned AV S as an active labourer for this whole year. It iseven doubtful, whether he will ever return to his old station. Also the lastnamed, Mr. Schober, Ou Wi does not belong to this station, as he has only to spend his first months On The in India here and then to proceed to his destination, Calicut. Cay Mercantile establishment with its branch in Mercara, as well as the 8l Publishing business and the direction of the Colportage at present occupy the hands of Messrs. Pfleiderer, Rielm, Miiller and Elsdsser, the By latter of whom has recently arrived from Kurope. Mr. Pfleiderer’s time, however, is much occupied by labours, connected with the general o agency of our Indian Mission, which has long been his task. The above establishment, as well as the new Tiling bustness introduced by Mr. Plebst, and especially Mr Digel's Weaving establishment afford to Dy a good many of our Christians the means of subsistence. Lastly we i 25 the have to mention the extensive Printing and Casting Establishment, the ith superintendence of which wholly devolved on Mr. Stolz since the de- hat parture of Mr. Plebst until the close of the year, when he received an hat assistance from Europe in Mr. Reuther. The amount of work, ac- complished on our press, may be seen from the following ave iy LIST OF BOOKS the Printed during the year 1867. & Candwese. Edition. Size Copies. Pages 0 I 1520 4000 88 Outlines of‘ Geography Daniel and his Companions 16° 4000 40 . 3000 87 60), Little Henry and his Bearer Flattich’s Household-Rules III 2 3000 62 Burial Sermon for Rev. €. Moerike 1000 28 ) Canarese Hymnbook 12° 2000 144 1) 1I 80 500 232 Doctrines of the Christian Religion Jillg I. Book of Lessons I. Part (Bombay) IV 16° 15000 39 Do II do 1v 15000 39 ol 2 II Do do 11T 12° 11000 60 165, I1I Do do 11T 9000 147 » his Short Bible Stories . II » 5000 102 A Treatise on Vaccination 11 80 600 14 ned Second Catechism of Grammar 16° 7000 64 het 10 12° 8000 90 Outlines of Geography . ety What is Truth? 320 3000 32 ‘,thS On Demons . 129 1500 118 he Canarese Almanac foxz 15.368. 8° 3000 64 ) 1I 12° the School-Panchatantra, unfinished . 3000 144 oot bc Tulu- the First Catechism » I 122 1000 31 (ro ¢ English. il 27th Report, Basel Mission. Society 80 1100 90 [he d. Maloyalim. by Dr. Gundert’s Catechism of Grammar II 16° 3000 140 R The same with English Translation , ° 2 1000 320 We 26 Edition. Size. Copies. Pages II 80 1500 192 Dr. Gundert’s Large Grammar, unfinished . Heart-Book II 162 3000 64 Arithmetic ] 3000 86 Hymn-Book 2 80 2000 300 First Malayalim Translator II 16° 2000 80 The Incarnation of Christ, Prose 3000 14 Instruction in Divine Truth 2 3000 16 . III 12° 3000 78 Truth and Error in Nala’s History The Good Shepherd 16° 5000 80 4000 86 Malayalim Almanac for 1868 On the Lord’s Prayer v 16° 3000 11 137,200 3110 disp the The Publishing Business of Messrs. Pfleiderer and Riehm furnishes all our Mission-stations with the books printed by our own press. The general account of the sale from July 1866 to July 1867 contains the following figures: Wag 1,) Sale of Canarese, Tulu and English Books and Tracts. 0wl Sold at the Mangalore Shop, detail 12701 Copies. Ay » through one ortwo Colporteurs in the Canara Be Al District 2593 » a Colporteur in South Mahratta 697 2 Blb b 2 the Depot in Moolky 888 Sl 328 ” 2 » » Oodapy 2 » 2 » Honore 668 Mercara 978 by » 2 29 » 2 2 » 2 » Anandapoor 123 2 i 8¢ 1863 » 2 » Hoobly » (lrey b Dharwar (24 months) 1381 that 2 2 ”» Bettigherry 1046 403 GOQl ” 2 b Gooledgood Bm} ”» :;: ” Kaity 45 0 ) Total 28714 Copies. ﬂgr 27 —— ges. 2.) Sale of Malayalim Books and Tracts. 192 b4 Sold at the Mangalore Shop, detail 295 Copies. 4152 b 86 » through the Depot at Cannanore 300 » » 2 » 2 Tellicherry 2428 » 80 2» » » Chombala 865 14 » » » Calicut 4403 » 16 » ”» ” Codacal 1034 1888 78 » » Palghaut Total 15065 Copies. 86 This shows a sum total of 38,779 Copies of our own publicétions 110 disposed of, and is an increase of not less than 10,811 Copies upon the total of last year. hes The expenses of these books for printing, binding ete. (o) amounted to Rs. 8152-2-7 1ns bi) 5857-9-8 The receipts for the sale of tracts only to A balance of Rs. 2294-8-11 was therefore to be defrayed by the Mission. This balance is chiefly owing to the tracts being sold under the cost price, to give the truth a wider circulation. pies All this refers to books of our own publication. Besides these, 8280 Copies of other books, principally Bibles and » Bible portions, tracts and school books, were sold from the Mangalore Shop. Only one Colporteur is at present employed in the Canara District by the Mission. In the preceding year the Bible Society remunerated b a second Colporteur, but according to their principle only for Bible circulation. The results, however, were not at all encouraging, so that we had to give up the experiment. But every preacher of the Gospel, Missionary or Catechist, is in the habit of offering tracts or Bible-portions for sale. With the above figures before us, we can ::; only rejoice in the spread of Gospel truth and take courage to hope a great harvest in due time. opﬁ 4% e e 28 MOOLKY. 8¢ Rev. A. Ménner (1857), Rev. J, Mack (1858). §C tt NATIVE DEACON: Rev. Sebagtian Furtado. il CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS: i Mark Salis;— Josua Josua, Johann Philipp. ! CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: p | Johann Upenna, Mark Ananda, Josias Mabena I CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMISTRESSES: a( Esther Jesaia, Salome David, Frida. 11 Communicants 165 last year 138 f Non-Communicants - - 4 7 Children 175 175 Catechumens 28 19 Girls' Boarding Sckoo.l' 45 49 Christian Day Schools 58 48 Heathen Day School . 10 10 E At the opening of last year Mr. Traub still was a labourer at this station. But the repeated breaking down of his health necessitated fi his ultimate departure from Canara in February for a lengthened stay on the Nilgherries. We regret, that we cannot as yet speak of any f improvement in his health, and can scarcely hope, that he will ever be able again to work in India. After his departure Mr. and Mrs. Minner found themselves again left alone and really over-burdened by the multifarious duties of the station with its five out-stations. The Girls’ Institution, however, soon ] received help by the arrival of Miss Schweizer from Calicut, who re- mained at the station, till she was married to Mr. Fr. Miiller in If § Mangalore at the end of the year. But meanwhile, other aid had arrived on the 3rd December, namely Mr. and Mrs. Mack from Hoobly. Our native pastor, Mr. Sebastian Furtado, who is entrusted with the care of the branch-congregation at Utchila, which numbers 82 souls, [¢ had the joy to witness and lead an interesting movement among the heathens of the place towards Christianity. 1] 29 Several families declared their readiness to join us and attended divine service. But one of them drew back in consequence of the obstinacy of his sons, another was removed to a distant village with his wife and children and that—we are told—on the instigation of a Roman Catholic. At last only two men stood firm in spite of the opposition of their families, indeed one of them has succeeded in winning over to his side a number of his relatives at another place (vide Oodapy Report). Two years back one or two families in the out-station Santeor had publicly thrown away the shackles of heathenism and were anxiously wait- ing for baptism. But it could not at that time be administered to them, as the paucity of labourers rendered a regular preparatory instruction impracticable at so distant a place. Meantime they have wonderfully stood the test, in suffering a great amount of persecution and temptation with- out wavering. Now at length in the last year, as soon as a new cate- chist was available, the cheering and blessed work among those dear well-tried people was allotted to him; and after Mr. Ménner himself had managed to spend some time in their midst, they at last received the longed for seal of their faith on the 25th of August in that same Bhuta-room, where the fore-man of the little band had done sacerdotal his service to the idol in the days of his ignorance, and which had been fod transformed into a place of Christian worship during the past two years. With this head-man, who now bears the name of Abraham, were bap- tay Y tized, his wife, his married son (but without the latter’s wife and he children, who were still kept back from him), and another man, (who by this very step lost his wife, who was given to another in marriage). all About the same time three other men came forward, openly avowing their belief in Christ and declaring their determination to join His church; and as the an earnest of it they handed over all their idols, 17 in number, to the Missionary. )00 They also had to encounter a most vigorous opposition from their numerous - relations, who came in multitudes from all quarters and tried their utmost to shake the resolution of the new comers. 10 One began indeed to waver, but the firmness of the other set him right again. Though their trials had not yet ad It was indeed a ceased at the close of the year, they remained steadfast. J cheering sight, to us all when on the Missionary Meeting of the District, which ith was held at Moolky on the 10th of December, a body of 15 people were seen coming from that newly born congregation. uls, The superintendence of the Girls’ Orphanage passed from Mr. Traub {he into the hands of Mr. Ménner and afterwards Mr. Mack. These changes 30 P e Y, could not but tell disadvantageously upon the institution; but it was brought into jeopardy much more by the severe fall of the catechist of employed in it, who was dismissed immediately and his place supplied i) by another to advantage. And now came the chastising and purifying t0 hand of the Lord, in severely visiting our little flock with diverse Sl maladies and producing deep impressions for good on many of them. gt It is indeed a great mercy, that the grave offence was not productive ke of worse evils, than were brought to our knowledge. ] 11 ) e[\ 0 ha OODAPY. i (2 Rev. R. Hartmann (1859), Rev. W. Stokes (1860), fa Rev. E. Schweizer (1866). W CATECHISTS: Theophil Aiman, Daniel Andrea. sh CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: Barnabas Josua, Benjamin Ananda Communicants 81 hi 90 last year Non-Communicants 1e] Children 103 106 a0 Catechumens 42 BV Orphan Boys' School . 49 46 0ye Training School Can Christian Day School 20 20 ey Heathen Scholars 17 an The Missionaries of this place and their families enjoyed with one exception pretty good health during the year and could therefore unin- terruptedly discharge their duties. Mr. Stokes had to look to the out- stations, whilst Mr. Hartmann had charge of the main station and the Boys’ Orphanage with the small training class, in which latter task he was assisted by Mr. Schweizer, who had, however, to devote most of his time to the acquisition of the language. 31 sl Ll Was The daily routine of the station was interrupted by a great amount hist of building work; a chapel, the expenses of which are defrayed from »HEd the Jubilee fund, the building for the District Middle-School, which is ing to be transferred from Mangalore, and a bangalow for its European Jbl7 superintendent are in course of erection, and give to Mr. Hartmann a £l great deal of trouble; for this central place of idolatry has hitherto iy kept remarkably aloof from the influence of modern progress and speediness of action. The congregation of the oldest out-station Gudde, has caused us much sorrow and grief in consequence of a quarrel about an inheritance, in which the chief men were involved. But the young out-station Shirwa gave us much comfort and joy during the whole of the past year. On the 22d September this congregation was again increased by the baptism of five persons, viz: an old father bent by the weight of 60 years, with his aged wife, his son 25 years old, a married grand- daughter and the brother of the latter. As they were members of the family, which were first baptized, at the place, the joy of the little flock was the greater and deeper. Another joy fell to the lot of this station, the Lord granting them an off- shoot out-station, which, however, at present consists only of catechumens. A candidate for baptism at Utchila, withdrawing from the stern opposition of his relatives settled down at Kattupady near Oodapy, where he likewise had relations. His appearance at first roused the same excitement and opposition against him at the new place; after some months of patient endurance, how- ever, he succeeded, by the wonderful grace of God, in gaining his opponents over to his side, so much so that now 26 persons have presented themselves as candidates for baptism, and are under Christian instruction; a former Bhuta or demon-temple, the property of some of the people serving the Missionary as an abode and place of worship. on! i i the A58 st R R 32 HONORE. Rev. Z. Deuber (1866), Revr Th, Walz (1866). CATECHIST AND EVANGELIST: Samuel Aiman;—Suwartappa Watsa. Communacants Children [ After repeated interruptions this station was re-occﬁpied at the beginning of last year, by two new brethren, sent from Kurope ex- pressly for this destination. They found there the necessary accom- modation for themselves and their catechists and also a chapel; but th there were no Christians except those few, whom they brought with fo e them. As they were, during this their first year, almost exclusively engaged in the study of the language and could scarcely venture on preaching to the heathen population, the Mission work was left to the il catechist and evangelist, stationed there. al In the population of Honore the brethren did not meet with en- couraging signs; they bitterly felt the icy chilliness and indifference of b the people to their message, and could not yet discover one single 4 inquiring soul. But in the surrounding country the catechists generally li found a good and sometimes joyful, yea thankful reception. Especi- C ally at one place a door seems to be opening for the gospel. But 0l about the details we would rather keep silence, till we may be able to il speak more surely. 10 I fh (g 1o W of to the a M ————————— 33 COORG, ANANDAPOOR. Rev. 0. Kaufmann (1858). SCHOOLMASTER: Lucas Boiu. Communicants 53 last year 69 Non-Communicants 7 - - {f Children 49 - 58 Catechument 10 - the s 20 - 18 Christian Day Scho ol. £X it We regret to record Mr. Kaufmann as the only representative of but the Coorg Mission, Mr. Hakn, with his family, having left Anandapoor pith for Bettigherry on the 5th of April, after having roofed over the new vely chapel, his last work in the Coorg Mission. Thank be to God—Mr, , 0D Kaufmann’s health was just sufficient to enable him to discharge his the multifarious dutics, though for two months he had to take a change of air with his family, en- As to the Congregation we have to confess a numerical retrogres- g of sion and to account for it—we are sorry to say—not only by the emi- pgle gration of several members to other stations of ours and the morta- ally lity surpassing the number of births, but also by the declension from g0l Christianity of as many as 12 people. In some cases it was the result But of prolonged matrimonial quarrels. But it grieved us to the quick to e f0 see one family forsake the Lord eVi‘dently with the intention of escap- ing His chastisements, which, they thought, they discerned in the great mortality among the Christians during the last years and especially in the death of the most respected Eider, named Mark. Not only the death of this man produced the deepest impression upon the congrega- tion, but his whole life exercised the greatest influence upon them. We, therefore, think ourselves justified in communicating a brief sketch of his life. In his youth Mark had been in the service of the last Coorg Rajah, having to provide his elephant with daily food. After the conquest of the country by the English and the banishment of the Rajah, Mark had to earn his livelihood as a common cooly, and as such we find him among the workmen, whom Dr. Mbgling had employed in building the chapel at Almanda; and there he received ) 34 - his first impressions of the necessity of a conversion to Christ. He was soon of a regular attendant of Dr. Mogling’s divine services and subsequently received r baptism with 42 others from his despised and degraded caste (Hollayar). Though they were no longer slaves according to law, their Coorg master found means to restrict their personal liberty and hinder the free exercise of their Christian juil worship. The infant congregation, therefore, expressed the desire to secure T their perfect independence by the acquisition and cultivation of fields of their Fe own. This led finally to their settling down in Anandapoor, where they found fe extensive, but waste rice-fields, which Mr. Kaundinya appropriated for their benefit. Mark, who had a sharp eye and sound judgement, was chiefly the man, who found out the right place for the settlement; and when, afterwards, it was found necessary to select one of their own number, who was familiar with all their little affairs, to superintend the young unsettled community, just recovered from a half-barbarous condition; the unanimous voice of the people voted Mark for this post. And indeed, they could not have made a better choice. For he was superior to all of them in his character and talents. He was the acknow- ledged chief and representative of the community in their secular affairs. Subse- quently he was made an Elder of the congregation and became as such a great help to the pastor in spiritual concerns also. Such was his influence and autho- rity, that we could scarcely get one of our men to do any secular work for us, if he discountenanced it, or that, if any abuse in the congregation was to be abo- lished or any sacrifice to be imposed on them, his weighty word was indis- pensable, and sufficient. This influence was exercised not by words of strict command, nor by eloquent argumentation, but by the clearness of a practical intellect and determination in prosecuting his aims. He used to express his thoughts in short and abrupt sentences only. On his inward spiritual life, however, he was very reserved. Not even on his dying bed did he open his heart. But from his zeal for the real welfare and respectable conduct of the congregation, as well as from his own consistent life, his successful abstinence from former vices, and for other reasons we may judge, that a work of grace was going on in his heart. He died of inflammation of the lungs at the age of 52 years. Mr. Kaufmann was absent on a preaching tour; he had scen him e on his sick bed before his departure, but did not anticipate, that he had only three days more to live. e His son, the schoolmaster of the willage school, since February Lo Tef 1867, who has, by his diligence and activity brought his school into I good working order, has, though still a young man, been created the Jai successor of his father as an Elder of the Congregation. il Besides administering to his congregation, Mr. Kaufmann, as the 8 only C‘oorg Missionary, considers it his peculiar duty to spare as much glo 35 St 5000 of his time as possible for itinerating. Thus he spent 69 days in ived preaching tours and 19 days in visits to his out-station Virajendrapett. igh cans The places visited by him are: Kiggatnad in January, Bettadapoor fian in February, Irappu and Yetusawirasheema in March, Kutta in May, cure Talekaweri in October, and Subramanya in November and December heir For nearly all these visits he availed himself of the seagon of heathen und their festiya..ls, in order to command greater audiences. nau, was 4l ered ark I ne 10W hse II\. SOUTHERN MAHRATTA COUNIRY. real lthO DHARWAR. 11, b Rev. I, Krauss (1860), Rev. T. Oosta (1861), idis pict TEACHERS: Annachary, Shreenivas, Kallappa, and Chinnappa. ol Communicants 17 last year 13 i - - Non-Communicants 0 2 hfu, Ohildren . 17 16 his Catechument 0 0 the Anglo-Vernacular Sc koo‘Z 69 65 11C0 - - Vernacular School 63 46 ace 406 We heartily regret to be obliged to designate this station year by i year as the most barren of all, and feel deep sympathy with the nly brethren, to whom it has been allotted to labour on such a field. The Lord, however, does not leave them altogether without comfort and a7y refreshment. One source of consolation has, during the past year (as nto previously), been the privilege of preaching to the prisoners in the Itha Jail the liberty, which is in Christ. They were again made instru- mental in bringing the shining light of the Gospel to several doomed the sinners, to brighten up the dark path of a criminal's death or the gloomy prospects of a banishment for life. llCh H# 36 We beg to subjoin some extracts from Mr. Krauss’s letters: Being very much dejected at the complete apathy of the population of fo Dharwar, Mr. Krauss was called one day to the jail, where a Lingaite, con- e demned to transportation, was longing for Christian instruction. At the first, a number of from 10 to 15 fellow-prisoners joined; but, the novelty having o passed away, these fell off altogether after a few weeks with the exception of two men, who with the man first mentioned continued his most attentive “dis- me ciples,” as they called themselves. In their desolate condition, it was no he difficult task to convince them of the utter vanity and sinfulness of idolatry g0l and Hinduism, as well as of their need of salvation through Christ. The ba Lingaite, in a short time, learned to read his New Testament and was brought 00 to a joyful confession of his faith in Jesus. It was not so easy, however, to an bring him to acknowledge the necessity of baptism. “Did he not already believe in the one true and living God, and was not that quite enough?” At 80 last he learned to understand it and asked for baptism, which he received with ol his two believing fellow-prisoners. In the beginning of October Mr. Krauss Su wrote about them as follows: “I am visiting them daily and spending truly blessed hours with them. hin They rejoice in their Saviour and regard His peace as their highest treasure. Af Today I administered the Lord’s Supper to them for the first time. We were indeed, richly blessed and vividly realised the o communion with the Lord and His believe1~$. Only a few days are left to wh them on this place; on the 15th instant, they are to be transported to the Andamans. As they never went beyond the horders of their villages, they naturally look forward to the event with anxiety, which is, however, in some th measure allayed by their inward peace. They are often mocked by their JUf: comrades, because they were not set free in consequence of their becoming at Christians. But they would reply: “Transportation is no longer dreadful to us; e for our home is not here, but above. Wherever we may go, our God is with ma, us; and when we die, Jesus Christ will take us to Himself, into His heavenly / kingdom.” Besides, Mr. Krauss speaks of a fourth baptism in the jail, as well as of regular instruction given to a man, who, being sentenced to death, had only to live ten days longer. In the ntmost anxiety of mind he would exclaim: “I have served Shiva so long, and now, when I have to die, I find myself utterly forsaken; all is dark before me; no way leading me to salvation.” After_some days he learned something of the way of the malefactor on the cross. “Never will I thirk any more of my idols” he would say, I will only pray to Jesus, that He may forgive my sins and save me.” The population of Dharwar turning a deaf ear to the Gospel, Mr. Krauss considers it his special duty, to carry his message to distant parts. But during the past year he was often prevented from doing 37 — 80, at the beginning of the year by a stay in Bettigherry of ten weeks of to assist the Missionary there after Mr. Wiirth's departure, and at the bon- end chiefly by inflammation of his eyes. st, The other Missionary Mr. 7%t. Costa is fully engaged in educa- ing 1 of tional work. Dharwar is well provided with schools, with Govern- ment schools, as well as private ones. In his Anglo-Yernacular School dis 10 he had the grief of seeing himself suddenly forsaken by almost all the ity scholars of the first and second classes, in the early part of the year; The but he had the satisfaction of hearing that his former pupils were ght occupying the first places in the Government Anglo-Vernacular School, , 10 ady and of seeing the places of the deserters filled by younger scholars, At so much so, that he was obliged to employ an extra teacher. His vith chief difficulty still is to find able masters and to keep such, if he 1SS succeeds in finding them. In this year also one of his masters left uly him for the better salary, which Government was able to offer him. 408 em After we drew up our census, the number of scholars was on the in- crease and at present (March) amounts to 80 boys, the majority of the ;10 whom are Brahmins. the A former scholar of The Canarese School is likewise prospering- hey the English school, a well-gifted and active young man, but without e means of prosecuting his studies, has found a welcome employment as heit jing a teacher of this school, and has since been doing very well. The in- 1l crease of attendance has necessitated the appointment of a second yith master, only y of yfo elly ome pyel o) ‘pelx hant ing 38 e —ca— han HOOBLY fo fl amo Rev. J. Huber (1857), Mr. F. Ziegler (1862), Rev. A, Stoll (1867) he Rev. G. Weigels (1867) who CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS : him Paul Nagappa, Christian Chinnappa, Johan Gooroosiddhe ;— and Jonathan Hawalo Wea by SCHOOLMISTRESS: Salome Chinnappa Communicants of 0 61 last year 65 of o Clildren 68 75 Catechumens 0 yeal Boys’ Roarding School 19 25 A Christian Day Scholars 15 167 lear Linglish School . e 20 24 1 Heathen Vernacular Scﬁool 80 80 him tion We have for several years been wont to hear from this station ship most interesting and cheering reports of the struggles and victories him of heathens on whom the Lord had laid a firm hold- But the last year he was one of manifold trials and humiliations uite Justi First of all a very severe illness befell the senior Missionary of “altl the place and president to our General Conference Mr. Huber, and for Nei iy a time it seemed, we should lose him. But now we have to praise the Lord, that He has wonderfully spared him, by restoring his health §ieof Bein, beyond his own and our expectation His hands have at the same hut b time been strengthened by the arrival in November of two new brethren, the 4 who were, however, not available for active labour, nor are they both he ) destined for this station Another change has taken place by Mr. Mack he being transferred to Moolky and Mr. Ziegler succeeding him ag) CO!Hp As regards the Conmgregation, Mr. Huber frankly and sorrowfully confesses tly a retrogression has taken place This is first a numerical ﬂxe ej decrease of the Church-members, which is owing—irrespective of the Clh 13 removal to other stations of several members-—chicfly to the great 01 1 mortality, which distinguishes not only the last, but the past four years (h) § \v'[b by Thirty two members died during this period, which is a greater number breth 39 than all the deaths that occurred from the commencement of the station to this time. And as the very best and most influential men have been iy amongst those 82, Mr. Huber, fears, the intrinsic standard of piety in But the dying beds of some, the congregation has been lowered also. whom he deemed unpromising members, cheered him and proved to him, that there is a great difference between the death of even such and of the heathen, and encouraged him to go on working without wearying even among those, with whom the seeds seem to have fallen by the way side or among thorns. Some extracts from a letter of one of our catechists on the life of one, whom we could regard as a pillar of our Congregation, but whom we have lost by death during the last year, may not be without interest. Simon was baptized in the beginning of 1852. Like his father he had learned the trade of a gold-smith and had acquired uncommon proficiency in it At the first all his former customers drew back from him, which brought him into no little strait. But gradually their anger gave way to the considera- tion of their own interest; for nobody could furnish such exquisite workman- ation ship and of nobody were they so sure, that he would never cheat them, as of him. ories To test him they had taken some pieces of finery, bought from him, to other gold-smiths, who, on investigating them and learning their prices, were )631 quite amazed, and laying their hand upon their mouth, exclaimed: “the age of justice seems to have come back again.” Thus he belied the old proverb: “although rice were changed into gold, the gold-smith could not cease stealing.” v of Neither did he indulge in vain talk with his customers, but used every opportu- 1f 0! nity of bringing the Gospel to their hearts with a fine wisdom and winning xil sweetness, and was an avowed enemy of every kind: of backbiting and slandering. 0 Ith Being chosen an Elder, the affairs of the church cost him much time and labour ; jame but he discharged his duties with joy for the Lord’s sake, and to make up for 116H, the time, which he sacrificed to the church, he often worked at his trade during hoth the night. Nor did he become weary of his labours in behalf of others, after he was bereaved of his wife and children, and brought so low by reiterated fuck attacks of fever, that he was emaciated like a skeleton. Never was a word of complaint or murmuring heard to proceed from his mouth. And he was always 1}t ly ready to assist by word or deed whosoever asked his advice or help. He was therefore, when sitting at his trade, continually surrounded by a number of vieal Christians or heathens, to whom he was giving advice on all sorts of subjects, i 10 or instruction from the word of God.—On the 18th of August after only one et day’s illness, he was dying in peace and quietness, and while the Missionary was recommending his soul into the Father’s hands, the tears of the bystanding Al brethren were rapidly flowing down their cheeks. On the morrow, when hig ﬂbel — 40 body was committed to the earth, many heathens were present and were heard saying to each other: “Again a good man has passed away; gold has its prize b bat this man had a higher one.” But more than they, the Christian congregation felt with the deepest sorrow, what they had lost. His memory will be blessed. As regards our work among the heathen, the Gospel was regularly preached in some places of the town, especially from the newly esta- blished Book-shop, and due attention paid to the population of our two out-stations (Hebsoor and Unakallu)and other places in the neighbour- hood. But as to tours to a greater distance—it was only possible for Mr. Huber to make one, in the beginning of the year; but his catechists were able to do more in this way. “We cannot complain,” Mr. Huber reports, “of an unfriendly reception at any place, nay in a neighbouring village we were always most urgently invited, and, if we failed to make our appearance within the wished for time, we were sometimes greeted with reproaches. Nevertheless they could not yet come to a decision for Christ.” The Boys’ Boarding School, which is also attended by day-scholars £va from the congregation, was under Mr. Mack’s superintendence. A re- e duction in the number of pupils has taken place; but the results of the of T instruction under their present native teachers, as exhibited at the ex- ney amination at the end of the year, were highly satisfactory. his The English School, under Mr. Mack's direction, had suffered much whi from the irregular attendance of the puapils. The four Christian boys, 800 who were being prepared for the Mangalore Seminary, on Mr. Mack’s 01‘p] departure, were transferred to the Mangalore Middle School, there iy to finish their preparatory studies. The present superintendent is e Mr. Ziegler. May he be able to kindle a deeper interest in the school, the. o as to bring it into a state of greater prosperity. clud the froy Dlag hay a da\ q —_——— 41 heard BETTIGHERRY prize, ration Rev. W. Roth (1857); Mr. F. Hahn (1857) essed latly CATECHISTS Paul Badawa, Abraham Hery. esta- SCHOOLMASTER: Danappa Demanagauda 't Commumnicants 20 bout 20 last year Non-Communicants - - o for Chaldren . 43 - - 39 hists Catechument - - - - Girls' Boarding Sc]wol 26 25 { any Christian Day School = - vited Heathen Vernacular School 95 - - 85 were 6104 We mentioned in last Report, that Mr. Wiireh, who had, during 21 years of incessant labour, rendered invalnable service in the pastoral 0iars evangelistic and literary departments, was compelled from failure of i ¢ health to return home early in the year After his departure Mr. Krauss f the of Dharwar came to assist Mr. Roth for 10 weeks, till May, when the b ¢X newly appointed fellow-labourer of the latter, Mr. Hakn, arrived with his family But these, unhappily, brought the Coorg-fever with them, nach which made almost the whole year a time of suffering to them. As )08 soon as possible Mr. Hahn assumed—Dbesides the charge of the Girls 10k's Orphanage—the care of the secular affairs of the station and the whole here district, whilst Mr. Roth devoted himself to his pastoral duties and nt 18 preaching to the heathen He executed two preaching tours, one to 0ol the south, and the other to the north of Bettigherry Some former members of the Church who had previously been ex- cluded on account of gross sin, caused much troub and sorrow to the Missionary, till he at last sacceeded in removing them altogether from the precincts of the Mission compound. The out-station Shagetee is still a highly interesting and piomlsmg place, where an wunbaptized congregation of from 30 to 40 members have for a number of years been in the habit of gathering together i m a Hanuman temple every evening and particularly during the Lord’s days, to read the Scriptures and pray to the true God T'wo years 6 42 e metrarearee. ago the leader of this party took courage to receive baptism, and was in the last year followed by three other members, a father and his two 8S0Ons. Thenceforth the baptized and unbaptized members were united in prayer without any distinction in the same memorable temple, till the Mission built a school-house, whereupon the meeting was trans- ferred to this more congenial locality. The Missionaries have spent 58 happy days, and the Catechists 41 amongst this remarkable congregation. There could be seen, among a number of un- baptized believers, the three headmen of the village mingling with the few native Christians and the European Missionary, all of them eagerly feeding upon, and rejoicing with all their hearts in one and the same word of life. “If you look at them,” Mr. Roth says, “you wonder, why the majority of them still hesitate to be baptized. It is strange indeed; and they fully perceive themselves, that they cannot remain as they are, and yet they linger. If you ask for the reason, by they all will answer with a sigh: Alas! the caste! They are all of them in the good circumstances, respected by men, with many relations. But from the day ha of their baptism, they are outcasts, and their friends become their enemies. (I When Danappa and Satjappa were baptized, their wives fled from them, chiding and abusing them, and took some of their children with them. They returned— dur it is true—after 4 or 5 months, but only under the condition, that their hus- wit bands should never enter the kitchen, lest it be defiled and themselves lose of their caste. And the husbands had to submit to this humiliating condition and the have since to live in the verandah of their houses, and use seperate drinking and eating vessels.” Iy the Danappa, the first man, who received baptism is conducting a L) village-school, which was, however, better attended last year, than at present. % As to the §irls’ Orphanage at Bettigherry we had last year to re- th port a most painful offence in connection with it. Now we are glad to ik be able to testify to a change for the better, which we owe under God n to to the rigid removal of all impure elements from among the boarders, as well as to a total renewal of the body of native assistants. The sey girls have voluntarily commenced prayer-meetings among themselves for which proviously they had to be forced to attend by their then mistress. 1¢ They are open-hearted, confiding, obedient and diligent, and their wh Ch merriness in play, forms a contrast to their gloomy and sneaking 111ap- ners a year ago. Wi wh 1] yag GOOCLEDGOOD. 18 o Rev, J. Thumm (1860). unted CATECHIST : Solomon Bhaskar. le, til frang- CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER: Johann Prabhakar. Communicants . . . 37 last year 30 = = nongst Non-Commumnicants of un- . . 38 - - 33 Children native 15 5 = 15 Christian Day School n, and Heathen Day School . 55 - - 39 1 look Heathen Night School . . 10 - - 0 fate to , that We are happy to state, that the wound inflicted on the congregation 8401, by the rebellion and secession of a number of church-members two or em in three years age, may now be regarded as /ealed, Many of the seceders g day had come to their senses again a year ago and pleaded for re-admitt- eIIES. ance into the church, which was then granted to some of them. Now iding ned— during the last year four others of those misguided people returned e hug- with repenting hearts, being joined by the Roman Catholic wife of one 5 lose of them, who was solemnly received into the Protestant Church, whilst nand the Jesuit Padre, who had at the request of the rebels undertaken a pking rival Mission, appears to have more and more found the place, where the people are so well acquainted with the Bible, too hot for him. g 4 Several months ago he retired from this, and is now residing at Dharwar ok again. Moreover, the congregation has received another accession by the baptism of 4 adults, some of whom are most promising. All this ) 1€- may well be taken as another sign of God’s favour assuring us, that dto in future also He will not disown onr work, but gloriously carry it on God to victory. fers) It was indeed a festive joy, when on Trinity Sunday, after the usual divine The - service in our chapel, first two women from the number of the seceders came yes, forward with a contrite heart and broken spirit confessing their error and were 038 re-united with the church; then rose four adult heathens (one a man of 66 years), el who after the public confession of their faith, were baptized into the death of Christ. After the sacred ceremony one of the newly baptized stood forth again 14~ with his wife, to have a Christian benediction pronounced upon their wedlock, which was entered into when they were in ignorance. The memorable divine 6% 44 service was concluded by the whole congregation uniting in the celebration ing of the Lord’s Supper. he v It is true: this year also brought its sorrows and trials. On one mile occasion three men of the congregation were on the point of openly (fro defying the authority of the Missionary and presbytery. Secing the o tl great danger, the Missionary used no other means but fervent prayer ing for them and their large families, and conquered thereby. For after he some time they came in the utmost distress of mind, and with tears 13¢ and trembling, confessed what had long lain as a secret curse upon hon their souls. It appears from their conduct, that this was indeed a Can turning point in their life. the The heathen Vernacular School ot Coshthapetta, though conducted a%q by a Christian master, has, as the above figures show, had a cheering increase in the attendance. 8600 Besides, some adults, at present ten in number, most of them being former pupils of the vernacular school, Ex) are in the habit of regularly visiting the Christian schoolmaster af 0 night, to continue or repeat, under his direction, what they had learned 0w, in former times. hear 1te; Mr. Thumm has bestowed a great deal of his time and strength on they preaching to the heathen. He has regularly visited the surrounding villages with his catechist, and reports on those visits as follows: Wk il “There was seldom a want of an audience and we could often perceive, hlivi that the word of God, though it does not at once produce frait, was steadily and secretly working as a powerful leaven. We had indeed encouraging ex- ente periences in this respect. In the village of Gooledgood itself many heathens Was have purchased Canarese Bibles, and others have requested some Christians to 48] read to them the word of God. A weaver, who passes as a Shastri in this al g country, takes his Bible with him wherever he goes. The other day he relat- 1 0 ed to me with great pleasure, that, some months ago, he was called into a village ef; some 30 miles distant, to read the heathen shastras to the people; when the i 16 whole village was assembled around him in their temple, he produced the Bible 1t instead of the Hindu books and read it to them day by day, declaring: this shastra alone contained the truth. froy People never became weary of hearing, Ney showed their joy by numerous acts of gratitude and love, and at last dismissed an him with presents and with an urgent invitation to repeat his visit shortly. the Regarding himself, the man assured me, that he was a Christian; what was still wanting, was, that he should eat with us.” Ip1 the, Besides his visits in the vicinity Mr. Thumm made several preach- bl 45 oo tation ing tours to a distance. First from the 19th to the 26th of January 1 0n¢ he was itinerating during the festival of Illacall, which is about 27 miles to the south-east of Gooledgood. The object of his second tour penly (from the bth to 10th February) was to reach Suribani about 36 miles 7 the aver to the south-west, but he was detained on his way by some eagerly inquiring souls in Badam: and was called back to Gooledgood before after he could reach his destination. His ¢hird tour (from the 26th to the teats 13th March) he made in the company of Mr. Wiirth, who was on his ipon home-journey and used the opportunity, as far as the borders of the el & Canarese country, to preach—for the last time—the name of Christ to the Hindus. Mr. Thumm’s fourth journey was to the south, when he oted again visited Badami, where the Lord had thrown open a door on his 1ing second tour. 0 There is a number of inquirers in that town (Badami), one of whom, having 100l, experienced an answer to his prayer in a severe sickness, had vowed, he would raf join the Church of Christ and was about to fulfil it, when an uproar of the med town’s people, though it was immediately quelled by the police, utterly dis- heartened him. The whole body of these inquirers are, however, keeping up an intercourse with the Missionary at Gooledgood. “The vessel is the furnace” on they would say, “only not burned enough as yet, but it will surely come to that.” ding We can scarcely refrain from mentioning another most touching incident, He which occurred on his (Mr. Thumm’s) first preaching tour at Illacall. A writes on it as follows: dily “One evening in passing by a Matha (Hindu convent), 1 was requested to enter. ex Not willing to be prevented from preaching in the Bazaar to which I ;! 16118 was going, I promised to look in on my return. But on their urging me, I at 15 {0 last consented. When I entered into the inner court-yard, I found myself in this an assembly of more than 150 men, who courteously greeted me and led me olat into a hall, where they offered me a chair. ~Suddenly a'small tahle was placed lage before me with a book on it; and how great was my astonishment, when I saw i he the whole of the Canarese Bible, of the large size, lying before me. On opening i le it I learned from a German inscription on the first page that it had heen bought his from our dear brother J. Miiller late of Hoobly, on the 15th of December 1862. ings Never bad I had such an opportunity, nor had I ever been requested in such aed an energetic way to preach Christ. I did so with great joy, asking Him to put fl the right words in my mouth, that I might be ecnabled to glorify His great name. iy still I preached from Acts 4, 12. (“Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven” etc.) When I had concluded, several questions were asked by the people; one of which was: whether I could e 46 prove from the Bible, that we were really cormmanded to make all men Christians. I answered: the passage read and explained before, might justly he taken as a proof; but I would show them another proof still more direct, namecly Matt. 28, 18—20., which passage was acknowledged by the man who had put the question (the proprietor of the Matha) as being quite to the point. Meanwhile, my travelling companions (viz: the catechist and several churchmembers, who were accompanying me of their own accord) had entered, and two of them addressed the assembly in short speeches. It was after nightfall, when we returned to our tent, thanking the Lord for this excellent opportunity of proclaiming His name, and praying for a gracious shower upon the seed sown to make it fruitful.” In conclusion we may add the general notice, that in this District the European Missionaries spent 110 days, the catechists 96, and other churchmembers 44 in itinerating. of ¢ the Six 1 0l fell | e logay My, Cany 47 tians. 148 & it 28, estion 6, Iy IIT. MALABAR. ) Were R 0 onr name, CANNANORE. l\ Rev. J. M. Fritz (1839), Rov. & Hanhart (1857), shrict Rev. 8. Walter (1865); Mr. 8., G. Schoch (18567), other CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS: Abraham Mulil, Charles Stocking, Timotheus Parayil, Esra Arunajelam, Diego Fernandez, Abraham Chattayappen, Cornelius Hutten;—Jacob Kumaren, Abraham Arangaden. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: Matthias Aniyamvidu, Paul Muttu. SCHOOLMISTRESS: Phoebe. MATRON: Elisabeth Chappy. Communicants . 202 last year 217 Non-Communicants 14 - - 24 Children 221 - 201 Catechumen: Girls' Boarding Scko;l .. 49 42 70 52 Christian Day Schools Heathen Boys' Schools 109 96 Heathen Garls’ School 13 As the preceding, so the past year also had to witness a succession of changes in the body of European laborers. During the first months the congregation enjoyed-the services of Mr. Convert, who, after only six months’ renewed labour in India, had to embark for Europe in April on account of his broken health. The care of the congregation now fell on Mr. Hanhart, who thereby was—to his great regret — prevent- ed from his favorite duty, itinerating. Before that time Mr. Walter, located in the out-station Chowa, had left the place for a time to assist Mr. Diez at Palghaut; which necessitated Mr. Gundert's transfer from Cannanore to Chowa. The latter by order of the Home-Committee 48 To being subsequently permanently séationed in Palghaut, Mr. Walter WO returned to Chowa in September. But when at the end of the year, hrin in consequence of Mr. Diez’s departure, Mr. Gundert wanted assistance ofh at Palghaut, it fell again to the lot of Mr. Walter to render it. gho Meanwhile, another change had taken place: our veteran. Mr. Fritz The still of Calicut, in obedience to an order of the Committee, had entered upon “fe this station and assumed charge of the congregation on the 30th of his September. Thereby Mr. Hanhart was to be set free for preaching to the heathen, though he is as yet bound to the station (Chowa) to at I some extent by Mr. Walter’s absence. al The Congregation, with its branches in Taliparambu, Chiracal and of t Chowa, could not but have sorely felt these continual alterations. But & 0 we thank the Lord, that He has watched over this flock and kept them C18 together. - It is indeed a great advantage to the station to be provided opir with a goodly band of faithful catechists, who, though destined for the dist heathen, are of course a blessing to the Christians also. The pres- Deer bytery likewise contains men, who really prove a help. Of an exten- die sion we cannot speak; only one adult woman with her two children gy having been baptized during the year. que By this event the cup of joy of our old Isracl, her brother, was full, after getf he had in the previous year seen his son Joseph reunited with him as a member of the spiritual Israel. The paramount feeling of his heart might indeed be plir well expressed by the words of his namesake of old: “Now let me die, since sak my son Joseph is yet alive”. He suffered painfully from consumption for Plag several months; but as he had always gone on his way quietly, after he knew Christ, so he bore his last sufferings also with silent patience, never murmuring gla even under the most acute pain, and heartily rejoicing at the glorious prospect before him. One of the last earthly joys allotted to him was the marriage of allg But after that his son Joseph with one of the mistresses of vur Girls’ School. Iy happy day he rapidly sank, whilst his longing for the dissolution of his earthly and tabernacle and to be present with Christ was increased. When he was asked, the : whether he was assured of the forgiveness of his sins, he joyfully answered: “Oh yes, I have not the least doubt!” One sorrow, however, he had, namely for the salvation of his wife, who, he feared; had not yet entirely given up her the heart to the Lord. There was, therefore, no lack of touching exhortations to ik et ing her, to flee for refuge to the Lord Jesus. Addressing himself to his son he said: Puof “for you I have no sorrow, only do not forget, that you have merely made a beginning in the service of the Lord ; ‘strive carnestly to learn Him more fully.” _49 S L Valte: To his newly baptized sister he said: “you do not yet know any thing of the eat, word of God; but go on learning diligently, renounce sin, seek the truth, and bring up your children in the fear of God.” In this way having taken leave stance of his family, old Israel gathered up his feet into the bed and yielded up the er 1 ghost, whilst his new daughter-in-law was praying with him, on Easter Even. Frity The days of his pilgrimage did not attain to the 147 years of Israel of old, but [ upon still he had reached the 67th year of his age. He might have said with him: )th of “few and evil have the days of my life been;” but the later years at least, and his departure from this life were gladdened by a Saviour’s love and power. iching A few remarks must be added on the branch-congregation at Chowa, ia) 0 at present under Mr. Hankart’s carve. This settlement is, as our nearer and older friends know well,—for the most part—a colony of Christians il and of the slave-caste from Anjarkandy. They have for many years been But a continual source of sorrow to the Missionaries by their unruly mann- them ers and unworthy conduct. But now we may thank God, that our yvided opinion expressed in last Report, that the year then past would be or th distinguished as a decisive turning point in the history of Chowa, has ])7‘83 2 been confirmed by the events of last year. A better spirit, more obe- onlen- dience, chastity and piety have been manifested. The number of church- ildr Il members has-—it is true—sunk from 203 to 181 chiefly in conse- quence of the total exclusion from the church and removal from the , after settlement of 11 unrepenting people, who had long been under disci- embet pline. But we cannot regret their departure except for their own e(}d he §inee sakes. For it will be rather a blessing to the rest. The Lord has on for placed before our eyes numerous examples in this little church of His knew grace being mighty to save the most depraved and unworthy of men, puring .ngect As to the European congregation administered to by our Mission- age of aries, it has in consequence of the departure of the 102d Regiment dwindled down to 12 members. ol that Still our brethren go on in patience arthly and hope to proclaim the free grace of the Gospel, leaving to the Lord ﬂSkcd7 the time, when it may please Him to throw open new doors. Wcl'ed | The Christian parish-schools at Catnanore and Chowa, as well as ) ﬁme]y the heathen schools at Chalattu and Mulil have all of them made cheer- 1) ey it 10 ing progress with regard to both the number of attendants and their o il proficiency. In the Mulil school there are 13 heathen girls. m{tde 4 qlly” As regards the Girly’ Boarding school, the superintendence has 7 e changed hands, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz succeeding Mr. and Mrs. Hanhart. { Notwithstanding this, our little flock had a very quiet and happy year. 1 I This station may be regarded as the head-quarters of Itinerancy i the District,in as much as the “¢ravelling Missionary” (Mr. Hanhart) and the Stravelling catechist” (Abraham Mulil) are both residing at this place. And they have both devoted whatever time they could spare to this their peculiar calling, traversing the northern part of Malabar in different directions. Before Mr. Convert’s departure Mr. Hanhart visited in January Madai, Payanoor, Kawai, Nanoor ]0% Kariwelloor, Kunyamangalam, Edodu and Ramentaly; in February Anjarkandy and environs, as well as the heathen festivals at Payawoor § and Pattuwem; in March the festival of Taliparambu, from whence f he returned to Anjarkandy, to complete the work of the foregoing i month. As soon as he was relieved from the charge of the congre- I gation by Mr. Fritz’s arrival, he again set out for Taliparambu. At fi other times during the year he applied himself to domiciliary visits in the surroundings of Cannanore, as much as his other duties permit- ted him to do. He makes these general remarks in one of his letters: “As a rule, we had the best reception from the Tiers, and the worst from Brahmins and Maplas (Mohammedans). I would not imply, that all the mem- bers of these two parties opposed us as enemies; indeed many of them, to our great joy, showed much interest in our preaching; and especially a good many women evinced great pleasure at the message of the Gospel, which was quite new to them. But in general, these parties are certainly not our friends, nor will they become so, till the spirit of God awakes their darkened hearts to new life and light. The Maplas still are the farthest from us. They have no ear for the Gospel, they hate it with all their hearts and deem it not worth the trouble to make themselves in the least acquainted with it. Though there are even amongst them some few, who show some little interest in the truth, there is no lack of others, who would strain every nerve to stifle any germ of better feeling, which might spring up in their co-religionists. They are indeed a poor benighted people, who, like their forefather Ismael, know only too well how to mock.” But on the part of other classes Mr. H. met with many examples of a glad reception and a hungering after a better righteousness, than Hinduism can lead to. 51 SRR TR SRR art, The other Missionaries of the District could not, with few excep- 6ar. tions, spare any time from their station-duties for itinerating, though in all the stations open air preaching was carried on as regularly as possible. The days spent in itinerating by Missionaries amount to 333, by catechists b » 657, AR by other church-members ” b 253 ]alt) Moreover, this station contains the Central Book Depot, which is [ under the energetic management of Mr. Schock and which supplies the i other stations of the District with Bibles and Bible portions, received oul it from the Bible Society and with Tracts chiefly of our own publication ture (vide Mangalore Report). In the Shop religious and school-books are 000K offered for sale in the following languages: English, French, German, nary Dutch, Irish, Portuguese, Telugu, Canarese, Tamil, Malayalim, Hindu- All OOt stanee, Sanscrit and Hebrew, (also Scriptures for the blind). these languages may be heard in and around Cannanore, as, on 60ce 0108 the one hand, the large European settlement and, on the other hand, the 216 numerous heathen festivals in the neighbourhood are continually at- A tracting people of all nations. pisits b Sale of Scriptures and Scripture Portions, during 1866 and 1867, es Sold at the Cannanore Shop, 1291 Copies. from » through the colporteur for North Canara 482 523 ment » » » for Wynaad fo Ol 2296 Copies. many Made over to the other stations 2760 » quie Total of Scriptures sold in Malabar 5056 » 5, nor ) new Sale of Tracts from July 1866 to July 1867, 10 eal Sold at the Cannanore Shop, and through one colporteur 3350 Copies. i the 16 010 » through catechists and schoolmasters at Cannanore 802 » : {here 4152 Copies better Made over to other Stations 2953 » Jeed & Total of Tracts sold in Malabar 6705 Copies 0 We” Sum total of Bibles and Tracts sold in Malabar 11761 Copies mples T# 52 s The above Scriptures and Seripture portions, sold directly from (a Cannanore, were in the following languages: (49 il [l English (Bibles and New Testaments) 143 Copies » Malayalim, Bibles and Bible Portions 1731 » 9 Tamil » » 235 che fait Canarese ”» 5 79 Hindustanee 69 ple 2 » 9! ) Telugu » ” 34 Wit on » Portuguese (New Testaments) o S TR R0 AR | French and English New Testaments 2 » dee Mi a French Bible 1 Copy nf Total 1296 Copies. our tur By the sale of these 2296 Copies were reeilized Rs. 308 15 11 hig b » » » the above 4152 Copies of tracts, sold directly from Cannanore were realized Rs. 513 3 0 whi Total Rs 7822 =911 the of § A number of eolportenrsis employed to circulate these books, some any a8 of whom are remunerated by the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society, to whom we feel constrained to express our hearty thanks for the liberal Way ae and invaluable help rendered to us in spreading the life-giving Word of God. Three of our colporteurs are connected with the Central Depot Che at Cannanore; two of them traverse the whole northern part of Malabar, & Wi one with tracts and the other with Bibles, whilst a third one carries and his Bibles to the Wynaad. The middle part of the District is visited fony by a tract colporteur from Zellickerry and a Bible colporteur from hay Chombala, and lastly the South of the District has its colporteurs in Calicut and Palghaut. On the whole, we may bear testimony to the great activity and zeal of our cclporteurs, to which, under God’s bless- ing, i S t may be principally owing, that the results of our Bible colport- age have been declared by the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society to be about the best in the presidency. With a hungering for the Word of God our colporteurs rarely meet. School-books generally find a ready sale, but as soon as a Bible is produced, people turn away with disdain, saying: with your new religion we will have nothing to do! Roman 53 o Catholics very often prove the greatest enemies of the Bible. But even from amongst them the Lord has lately granted cheering fruit to the colportage. A Roman Catholic, employed as a writer in a plantation in Wynaad, pur- chased a New Testament from our colporteur, a most unostentatious, but faithful and humble man. This brought to the writer much scorn from the peo- ple, and aroused the anger of his master, who threatened him and the colporteur with a variety of things. Nevertheless both found means to converse further on the great topics, which had impressed the heart of the Roman Catholic most deeply. At last he took leave for some time, and presented himself to the Missionaries at Cannanore asking for instruction in the Gospel and admission into the Protestant Church. Both were granted him, after we had satisfied ourselves as to the honesty of his motives. Hoping to bring his family, he re- turned to his home rejoicing, though he would most likely have to renounce 11 his lucrative employment. In conclusion, a few remarks are due to our Weaving Establishment, 0 which (with its branch establishment at Tellicherry) is flourishing under 11 the good direction of Mr. Schoch. It has sorely felt the cotton crisis of the last years, but passed through it without having had to dismiss (e any of its workmen. It affords the means of subsistence to as many as a hundred persons (children included). Its manufactures found their )y 10 ol way to the Exhibition at Calicut last year, where the first prices were ord awarded for its Table cloths, Table napkins, Towels, Cotton clothing, Checks, Drills ete. But we regret, that Government intends to introduce epot fury a weaving establishment among the prisoners of the “Central Jail,” 16 and will thus make competition with private enterprise, which may ited turn out to the serious disadvantage of the latter, Government not having to reckon, as private persons have. 1om g 11 the [ o1t )bG (rod saley ]ﬂiﬂ: mal 54 [ TELLIVCHERRY. 01 t Rev, Ch. Miiller (1842), Rev. L. Reinhardt (1869), onl Rev. H. Bergfeldt (1660). yill CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS: had 0N Mattu Peter, Gabriel Pirachen, Jacob Heber, Jacob Chammanchery, Stephan Chandren. tho CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: kn Arthur Menzel, Matthias Ayappen, Raphael Muttuswamsi. of SCHOOLMISTRESSES: Rosina Bharaden, Hanna Hussan. siol ENGLISH SCHOOL: Messrs. J. Pires, D. R. Viegas, M. Monteiro, Bappu pray frier Commumnicants 115 last year 106 Say Non-Communicants 1 - - 7 whe 148 Children 175 His Middle School . 18 21 hes Training School nan 54 60 evid Boys’ Boarding School . 15 14 Christian Girls’ Day School . del 112 102 one Anglo-Vernacular School 58 41 Parsee School ang Heathen Vernacular Schoo 'z 79 29 tha Heathen Girls’ School But sior The old Mission-house, which scarcely afforded sufficient accom- hag modation for two families, at length underwent a thorough transfor- 86z mation at the beginning of the past year, and was reoccupied by $tre ina Messrs. Ch. Miiller and Bergfeldt in March. The latter now thought it to We be a fit time to enter into matrimony, which event happened on the lay 1st of November. But shortly after, he was—as it were—torn from his inq new and happy home. An intermittent fever, which since February had heg slowly undermined his strength, broke forth at length with such vehe- the of] mence, that he was compelled in the middle of December to hasten to the Hills in a most exhausted state. Mr. Reinhardt also was much thiy weakened by fever, which he caught on a preaching tour to the Wynaad in the beginning of last year. litg Ing TR —— 55 The Congregation has increased but little. Among the 14 baptisms of the year there were only b baptisms of heathens, and amongst these only one adult. The latter is a man of good family from the fishermen’s village, in the prime of life, and well versed in Hindu literature. He had long known and loved the Gospel and openly confessed it to his hery, companions. He was baptized on Christmas Day.—The past year, though barren of visible fruits, was not without encouragement. For instance a most respectable heathen, learned in Hindu wisdom, long known to us and acquainted with the Gospel, but making no outward profession of faith, not even before us, was laid on his dying bed and called f6r the Mis- sionary to pray with him. When asked: to which God do you want me to pray? he exclaimed in the presence of a whole assembly of heathen relations, appt friends and neighbours: “Your God is my God, and your Saviour is my Saviour. I believe in Him, though I have done nothing to prove it.” And when the Missionary had commended his soul to Him who had bought it with His blood, and was about to leave the house, the pressure of the man’s hand bespoke the deepness of his gratitude, whilst he promised, to keep in mind the name of the Lord Jesus alone until his end. And he did so indeed; he had evidently forgot all his heathen erudition and dwelled constantly, even in his delirious dreams, on reminiscences from the word of God. When the Missionary once more visited him, his face was lit up with joy, and he whispered: “I am anointed with the oil of gladness.” He hoped still, to obtain some respite, so that he might make some arrangements in his family, and then receive baptism. But this was not granted to him. He died soon after this last visit of the Mis- sionary. A- similar instance was brought to our knowledge of a youth, who THS He was had formerly attended our School, and since loved the Gospel. u]Sfo}" seized with small-pox. Feeling his end approaching, he once more rallied his el by strength, tried to kneel down, prayed to Jesus, and sank back a dead man. If— T in addition to such melancholy, but, at the same time, comforting examples— we are informed of some wealthy heathens, being in the habit of holding regu- on the lar family worship, where they read God’s word and pray to Jesus; if we sce ol hlS in our annual District’s Missionary meeting, held at Tellicherry, a number of heathen sitting for 5 hours in our chapel and listening to all the speeches of 1§ hod the Missionaries and catechists without wearying;—if we consider such signs | Vehe‘ of life, we cannot but take courage, and hope, the Lord will accomplish great sten 0 things in His time. ( puch Another Sunday Service has been established in the town, to faci- Vynﬁad litate the attendance of such Christians as are living there, and to induce the heathen to listen to the preached truth. Thereby we 56 sought to correct in some measure the disadvantage of our Missionary de settlement being two miles distant from the town and seperated from the By it by a river The principal work of this station is, however, educational. Among flo our Christian Schools stands foremost the Middle School of the Malabar th District under Mr. Bergfeldt's direction What we mean by this name The n may be seen from the Report of the Mangalore Middle School 00 number of the pupils has lately fallen off, partly owing to a lack of fit youth in the District For this reason the School at present con- ) tains (3] classes only instead of four The illness and absence of the 10 superintendent has somewhat intsrrupted the regularity of the course di of instruction, though the other teachers and the pupils enjoyed good l; health One of the boys obstinately left the school disregarding the al serious warning of his master, and took service in the police; but a an month after he was convicted of having committed divers thefts, and to A few weeks after he was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment il was seized with small-pox and suddenly cut off,—an awful example of of, and warning against unfaithfulness and ingratitude Oh it would Al be well, if the pupils in our institutions would more appreciate the Jif benefits they enjoy, and better understand the greatness of the sacred al alling to which they aspire Of the 9 boys who had completed their course in the beginning of the past year, six were admitted into the 0l Mangalore Seminary, whilst one only entered the th Training Class, which at present contains only 3 pupils, who are 81¢ under Mr. Miiller’s direction to be trained for schoolmasters both prac- 8 tically and theoretically. 8, The Boys’ Orphanage, under Mr. and Mrs. Miiller’s care, is intend- ed to afford a home to the destitute and orphan boys of the District Jui from six to fourteen years of age, and impart to them the usual ele- W mentary instruction in the Vernacular, besides a little English. They dl are a merry little flock, apparently feeling happy in their asylum thy and some of them scem really to acknowledge the charity, which has 1 snatched them from both bodily and moral destruction. But the means 18 allowed to the institution are not nearly equal to the wants of the Dis- trict: and the hearts of the Superintendents were often melted by some = o I naty description of misery, which induced them to receive some boys above from the regular number, though they did not know, how to support them. But they experienced some striking examples of God’s help, which nong flowed in at the very moment of necessity from some unknown or un- abar thought of source. 1416 The boys of the congregation participate in the instruction offered The in the Orphanage; whereas the girls have a Day School of their own, k of conducted by a native mistress under the superintendence of Mrs. Miiller. oon= To pass on to the institutions for Zeathen youths, we have first to f the mention the Anglo-Vernacular or Brennen School under Mr. Reinhardt's )UIse direction. The goodly number of 112 attendants are divided into 5 g«)Od classes and include 104 Hindus, 3 Mohammedans, 4 native Christians e and 1 East-Indian. In consequence of the illness of the head-master hut & and superintendent, as well as of some unfounded rumours, which tended , and to raise doubts as to the continuance of the school a number of the r hie scholars of the upper classes went away; which occasioned the standard mple of instruction to be somewhat lowered for the last year, in as much as rould Algebra, Geometry and History of England had to be discontinued. y-{he But we trust, the institution will soon be up again toits former standard ored and efficiency. their The Parsee School, conducted in the vernacular (with the exception ) the of a little Sanscrit), has prospered in the past year. Notwithstanding that small-pox frightened away some boys, the attendance has con- - alb siderably increased over the former year. There is a heathen @irls’ Prﬂ‘c- School, conducted in the same building, but as yet on a very small scale. end- Instead of our Dharmapattna School, which had to be abolished gtl‘ict in the course of the past year, we were led to open another Vernacular ele- School in the fishermen’s village close by Tellicherry, under much better ['hey auspices. It has been well developed under its Christian master, and Jum the attendance has continued to increase notwithstanding the erection j has in the immediate neighbourhood of an opposition school, which, however ) 6403 is said to be fast declining. i gome £ Q CHOMBALA. ben Rev. J. Knobloch (1865). el frie NATIVE DEACON: Rev. Paul Chandren. the CATECHISTS: Johann Peter, Paul Sneham. el CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: ass hec Nathan Simonien, Uriel Mawattil. Communicants . 83 last year 84 isf Non-Communicants 1 - = 2 162 Children . . 77 o - 73 Ch Catechument . 0 . 5 - = 3 he - - Christian Day Scholars 32 29 pre Heathen Vernacwlar Scholars 46 = - 46 par At this station the heart-refreshing ceremony of the ordination of e i) a native deacon has been witnessed on the 13th of March. Qur dear hol 116 brother Paul C’hcmdren is the first native minister in Malabar and the to1 second in our whole Basel Mission; he was the first fruits of this 16§ Christian congregation‘, and has always been a valuable and faithful for help to the Missionaries and has served the Mission as a_catechist for ag, a succession of years. 810 Mr. Ch. Miiller of Tellicherry, the founder of this station and spiritual 0f father-of Paul delivered the ordination-sermon from Rev. 3, 11.; after which, alf i according to the custom of our Chureh, Paul Chandren himself stood forth to give to the numerous assembly a brief sketch of his life. In his accustomed humble way pointing to the low caste, from which he had sprung, he showed €1 how the Lord had always respect to the lowly and poor, that it might be mani- Wl fest, that it is by the grace of God, we are what we are. The sacred ceremony pa was then performed by the senior Missionary of the District, Mr. J. M. Fritz. n The day was indeed a season of refreshment not only for this, but for our 0 kit Malabar congregations in general, which were all strongly represented on the oceasion. On the morrow, the new deacon set out for a preaching tour to 10 Angedipuram. On the whole we saw to our great joy, that he was resolved to in no wise to suffer himself to be diverted from his former humble and simple 10 habits by the new position to which he was raised. His additional salary only affords a wider scope to his charity. May the blessing of the Lord henceforth M rest upon the work of our aged brother in the eve of his life! = 59 The Congregation indeed offers ample opportunity for charity, there being many poor amongst them. It was therefore, a most welcome help, when a sum of money was handed over to the Missionary by a friend to be employed in procuring tools and materials of labour for the most destitute; and he exerted himself to find out suitable employ- ment for them. Some of them, however, grieved him by their want of assiduity. The increase of church-members is only two, though three heathens were added to the congregation by baptism. One of these is a respectable man of Kuttipuram, a place some twelve miles distant. The germ of faith was first laid in him through the colporteur and reading of the New Testament, and was cherished by occasional visitors from Chombala. After having waited for his wife and children for 5 months in vain, he at last took the great step alone, though with their full approbation; and presented himself at his place as a candidate for baptism, which, after due pre- paration, was unhesitatingly performed on the 15th September. -He evinced great eagerness of heart and quickness of intellect. Suprien—such was his Il of new name—accompanied by the Missionary and the deacon, returned to his fear home the day after his baptism rejoicing at what he had found, but with heavi- the ness of heart at what he might have to encounter. It was indeed no light matter to feel himself treated as an outcast in the place, where he was formerly highly i respected, yea to be shunned by his own wife and children, though they had hfal i formerly encouraged him. He was requested to leave his house and village for again, which they said, was now no longer his home. But when the Mis- sionary showed, them that they had neither right nor power, to deprive him tnal of his property, they at length reluctantly submitted to what they could not alter. Still he was long sorely tried by his isolated position. The feeling of ich bitterness is now, however, cooling down. I to Another of the three baptized was a brother to one of our old church-memb- ned ers. Twelve years ago he was on his way to Chombala to ask for baptism, ved when he was seized near the bridge of Mahé by some men and persuaded, Al partly by insinuating words, partly by tinkling silver, and partly by force im- o1y mediately to embark for Bourbon (Mauritius) as a cooly. But the poor man, il on his arrival there, found himself not a cooly, but a slave except in name; and Qur was not set free till he had lost his arm in a machine, when he was sent back the to Pondicherry, from which place he proceeded as soon as possible to Chombala, to to seek out his brother and to fulfil the intention, in which he had been so vel roughly interrupted 12 years ago. |ple The Parochial School at Chombala under its able master and the ply pfh mized School in the outstation Muverattu are both in good order. ]# 60 PSS — CALICUT ng Rev. Th. Schauffler (1860), Rev. J. Kittel (1867); Mr. J Lauffer (1856) pai o Mz, F. Matthiscen (1867\ byt CATECHISTS Matthar Kunyen, William Davis be Timothy Cochen, Tobias Chembankoden at TEACHERS We Messrs. J. Mirandez, John Kurien, Govinden Jacob Kurien vl he Communicants 203 last year 201 Non-Communicants 2 =~ - 18 th A Children 237 - 211 Catechument e Girls' Boarding Sckool 74 74 ha Christian Day Scholars . 41 41 il Heathen boys attending the Anglo- Ve7n ;S’nkool 70 Heathen Vernacular School 15 - 106 ye i The event most telling upon this station, was the departure of liy Mr. Fritz, who was removed to Cannanore by order of the Committee It was indeed painful to the congregation which had been gathered in (07 by him, as well as to his fellow-labourers, to see our aged and experi- fo enced brother, the senior of our Malabar Mission, and the founder of L this station, taking up his travelling staff and leaving the place, where Wl the Lord had during a quarter of a century richly blessed his labours 1t} and which also was doubly endeared to him by the trials he had sus- th tained and by its being the resting-place of his dear ones, who are I¢ waiting for a glorions resurrection morn His departure took place Di in the end of September Mr. Schaufiler, who bad charge of the se- i\ cular affairs of the District in addition to his station duties, was pre- Da viously over-burdened and became more so after the departure of his \ elder fellow-labourer Three other names of Missionaries—it is true— appear on the list, but Mr. Lauger’s time and strength was fully en- hi gaged in the Carpenter-Establishment and the other two brethren, U Mr. Kittel and Mr. Matthissen, having newly arrived from Germany, of were not yet able to embark in active service. 4 61 —————— Mr. Schauffler’s difficulty was enhanced by internal storms break- ing out in the second half of the year (shortly before Mr. Fritz's de- B) parture), and shaking the whole congregation to its foundations. The apparent occasion of it was an accusation of adultery made to the pres- bytery against the weaving maistry. The complaint appeared to have been taken advantage of, if not originated by party hatred, and was at length dismissed by the presbytery as unproved. The ill-feeling was now turned against the latter and especially against Mr. Schauffler, who was accused of partiality. The counter-party brought the case before the magistrate, who, however, dismissed it as being unfounded, though they had spared no expense, nor had they shrunk from using every means even oaths, evidently false, thereby bringing disgrace upon the holy name they profess, before heathens and Mohammedans. Nor had an appeal to the English Judge any other result, than a confirma- tion of the presbytery’s verdict. By this sad history, which does not yet appear to be at an end the thoughts of many hearts have been re- vealed in a fearful way. May the Lord give them repentance, and de- ) of liver us from the wicked! tee Yet we have good reason to believe, that Aoly seed is left in our Iin congregation, a number of souls whom the Lord has chosen and sealed I to be His. And as long as such are with us, we cannot despond. The of Lord has also comforted the hearts of the brethren by giving them to ¢16 witness some souls pluckved as brands out of the burning. In addition, 118, nine persons joined them from the heathen, and were an earnest to them, that God had not yet withdrawn His hand from them. Another 15~ are refreshment, the brethren mention, was the visit of Dr. Macleod and A0 Dr. Watson, a deputation of the Established Church of Scotland. 56 Thus they were in numerous ways encouraged to go on in faith and patience, till the Lord removes the cloud and makes His sun of mercy 't his again to shine upon them. ot The Christian settlement in the remote Malapuram, which had hitherto been administered to by the Calicut Missionaries, was broken ) up daring the last year, in consequence of the transfer to Tellicherry elly of Mr. Francis, who had been the employer of the people. The con- 0 gregation of railway-employers at Beypore has dwindled down, like- 62 wise in consequence of removals so that Divine service is now only held each other Sunday in the library room of the Railway Station. An ample opportunity of proclaiming the Gospel to crowds of people, was afforded to Missionaries and catechists by the Exhibition of industrial and agricultural products at Calicut. We can bear witness to much zeal evinced by our catechists on this and other oceasions. The Anglo-Yernacular School, which had been abolished by our Committee in consequence of the pupils having annually left for the Government Provincial School, was re-opened during the past year under much better auspices, inasmuch as the lower classes of the Government school had been cut off, whereby our school will gain more stablity. Thus we have good reason to hope, that most of our scholars will continue for three years under the influence of the Gospel, which by In addition wh cannot possibly be without effect on the lives of many. to the 70 heathen boys on the list, all the boys of the congregation of 11 a proper age attend this séhoo], so that the sum total of the attendants is 97. of The Girls’ Boarding Schoel, (attended by the girls of the congre- ye gation also) was much tried by sickness of different kinds, of which e several boarders died. On the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz the I Twelve of the T superintendence devolved on Mr, and Mrs. Schauffler. cleverer girls form a higher class, in which some English is taught. ]l(’( fes tuf nf bT( 1 th LY ey Co foy 80 lt] 63 only CODACAL. fon, § of Rev., Ch, Roeck (1864). tion CATECHISTS: Christian Hoar, Paul Chittayagam NEss oS, CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER: (. Virgeese. our Commumnicants 128 last year 114 - the Non-Communicants 1 = Children 128 - 1519 year the Catechumeni 7 ~ = 20 'o 51 - - 48 101 Christian Day School lars Turning from the history of storm-tossed Calicut, we feel relieved hich by the quietness, which marks the past year’s history of this station b fion where scarcely any incident worthy of note has occurred, but the mar- pof riage of the lonely Missionary. anfs A year ago the congregation, which consisted almost exclusively of rice-agriculturists, had bad—for the first time during several gre- years—a good rice-harvest and could therefore enter upon the last hich year with less anxiety than usual. But we are sorry to add, that the the prospects for the present year are darkened by another scanty harvest. the The congregation has again had an accession by the baptism of 10 heathens. The Missionary was refreshed by the lively interest mani- fested by the congregation in weekly prayer-meetings, which he insti- tuted first in their houses, and then, from want of room, had transferred into the Mission house. The attendance of Divine services in the branch-congregation at Parappery also was cheering. Happily or unhappily the room was scarcely sufficient. The congregation is now rejoicing at the prospect of obtaining a chapel. The building, which was hitherto, though improperly, called a chapel, is a dismal, obscure place, has long become too small for the ever-increasing congregation, and is now fast falling into decay. The Committee at Basel seeing the urgent necessity, had promised Rs. 2000 towards the erecting of a chapel, provided that an equal sum could be collected in this country. But their financial embarrassment renders it impossible for them to fulfil their promise. An appeal to Christian ———— 64 liberality was responded to by the collection of a sum amounting to Rs. 1150-2-4 up to the 21st January 1868, for which we wish to tender our hearty thanks in the name of the congregation. But still the fund is unequal to the estimate of the building which is Rs. 4000. The congregation itself joyfully promised to contribute Rs. 100 by the end of the year, which is indeed all that can be expected from such a poor community.*® The Parochial School is in good condition. The two catechists traversed the country in different directions, and observe, that their message was more willingly accepted towards the South, than towards the North. W il €l by I¢ (¢ (f 11 [ [} g bl 4| ¥ # Bach of the Missionaries will be happy to forward any contribution to- wards this purpose to the proper place. 0o —— 65 PALGHAUT. g o h fo | the Rev. E. Diez (1861), Rev. S. Gundert (1863). CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS : The end Joseph Jacobi, David Teikandi, Jonathan Kandappen, poor Nathanael Bharadwajen, Abel Katuparambu. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: Mr. Andrew, Methusala, Wedanayakan, Josias, Samuel Mandodz, and Abraham Vasisthen. ) the CHRISTTIAN SCHOOLMISTRESS: Margaret Mandodi. Commumnicants 85 last year 34 0 - - 4 Non-Communicants Children 39 33 10 39 Catechumeni Christian Girls’ Day :Sci;ooé 13 50 41 2 Anglo-Vernacular Schools Vernacular Schools 60 39 This station has never seen such an agitated year; yea we may with good reason say: the Missionaries had to fight a pitched battle during the whole of it; gathering up all their forces against the enemy’s arranged and determined armies, pressing onward and being re- buffed, conquering and being defeated, suffering severe losses and being reinforced by reserves. To look first at the combatants on the Lord’s side,—MTr. Diez, who had charge of the station, at the end of the pre- ceding year, lost his fellow-labourer Mr. Buchmiiller by death, and re- ceived in compensation Mr. Walter of Chowa, who arrived at this place in February and was subsequently relieved by Mr. Gundert of Canna- nore, who was permanently stationed at Palghaut. But the heaviest blow fell on the station, when Mr. Diez’s iron constitution began to give way under his extraordinary exertions, and he saw himself, after some hesitation compelled to abandon all work and leave the station altogether on the 21st November, committing the prosecution of the G ~ combat into the hands of Mr. Gundert. Unremitting Missionary labour ol t0- of 16 years, fourrof which he had spent at Palghaut, added to the ex- 9 66 traordinary exertion of the last two years, and lastly some bitter and sha depressing disappointment during the past year had over-taxed even Ro his strength. His chest appeared seriously affected; and totally dis- to abled from work he is at the present time (March) embarking for of Europe, but he cleaves to the hope of soon returning to his old battle- field, from which he was hurried away, just when his service was deg most needed. In consequence of his departure, Mr. Walter had to wh a8 hasten back again to the aid of Mr. Gundert. fat As regards the native agency, the oldest and most experienced la- de bourer of the station was cut off by death, at the beginning of the year, Ve it Just at the moment, when a wide door seemed to open, and the fight ofl began most vehemently at the place, (Kinndnoor), where he was locat- ed. Reinforcement was called in from our coast-stations. But in their Ro (.Jht zeal to keep what had been gained and to push forward, if possible, m some of our catechists also exerted themselves beyond their strength, and broke down one by one, especially as the climate of Palghaut seems Wl detrimental to the health of the natives from the coast. Several had th to take sick leave for a length of time. And now to pass on to the Missionary field,—its important point na n; is not the congregation at Palghaut, which is very small, nor ifs hc heathen population, but the five out-stations in the District, three of he Kinnanoor is the which had been commenced during the past year. ﬂew name of the first of these three, established in consequence of ¢the bap- he tism of eight heathens, belonging to three families of the Ilawar caste. wh We celebrated this holy ceremony with heartfelt joy and gratitude on the P 6th of January 1867. But how bitter was our disappointment, when under the e subsequent trials they evinced a worldly raindedness, which surprised us, and 0h Kt which made them unequal to meet the persecutions which burst upon them and to withstand the temptations held out to them. By and by the ears of the Wi heads of the three families grew deaf to the most earnest warnings and entreat- ho ies of the Missionaries and catechists, and step by step they retreated, till they to seemed lost to us. In November the last of them renounced his connection with €y the Mission. This painful experience was one of the chief causes of Mr. Diez’s an illness. How glad would he be to hear, that, though they have denied the Lord, We He has not let loose his hold of them; and the -latest intelligence really leads [ us to believe, that they are not altogether lost. log The reasons that led to the occupation of the other two new out- fa Vi 67 and stations Wadackancherry and Karuwapara, were urgent petitions of Vel 1 Roman Catholics, who, not satisfied with what their priests could offer (113~ to them, longed for instruction in the Word of God. for The movement in these and other places induced the Roman Catholic Bishop tle- of Wimbatoor to take a circuit in those parts with great pomp, to produce a Was deep impression of the holiness and majesty of the Roman Church. Every [ to where he busied himself with tearing to picces and burning “the English Veda” as he called the Bible, wherever he could get at it; and—strange to say—this fate was shared by some Sanscrit books (Grammar and Dictionary), which he la declared to be almost as dangerous to Roman Catholics as even the “English Veda.” He succeeded in frightening several families from our connection and eat, made them attend mass again, whilst his unworthy demeanour brought some ght others to a decision in favour of the “English Veda.” In addition to several cat- Roman Catholics, who subsequently solemnly and openly joined the Protestant | 1 Church, we were permitted to gather in the first fruits from the heathen also ble, in that country. f h, We now go on our old outstation Cannaneor (4 miles to the South) 8 where we have for years kept up a school. We have also to report had the joyful celebration of a baptism: From the time, when our school was established, a man of the Ilawer caste it named Kuntchw evinced great interest in the word of God. He was soon, like 118 many others of his caste, satisfied, that there is only one way to salvation and that this way is not to he found anywhere but in Christianity ; but unlike others of he resolved to go on that way. In the beginning of January (1867) he signi- the fied to Mr. Diez his resolution of becoming a Christian. As soon as his decision ip- became known, a fearful storm burst upon him. Among his former friends, who now tried their utmost to keep him back, stood foremost one named te Palanen, a man of great authority and influence in the country, but an acknow- the ledged enemy of the Gospel. Upon the catechist he poured out a shower of the nd obloquy, and exhausted every means of persuasion and intimidation upon Kuntchu, who firmly replied: “I am determined to become a Christian, and em will not yield a step.” Upon this defiance of his authority his anger knew no the bounds. On pain of excommunication from the caste every body was forbidden at to give him or the catechist water or fire, or to render them any service what- 14} ever. This also was of no effect. His three younger brothers were now instigated ith against him, but they answered: “we shall follow him in due time.” The enemies el were not more successful in urging his wife to forsake him with their children. r}d, Thus the preparatory instruction went on under continual combats; and when s looking forward to the approaching day of baptism, we could only rejoice with fear and trembling. DBut the Lord rules amongst His enemies. Two days pre- 1f« vious to the baptism the above mentioned Palanen was seized with a most pain- 9% 68 ful disease, which confined him to his house on the day of baptisin and put an ate end to his life within a few days. Thus the holy ceremony and the most im- And he has since done cre- api portant day passed without the least disturbance. dit to his new name Vedandyakan (Bible-foreman), walking as light among his His wife and five juil heathen countrymen with firm courage and child-like faith. children have willingly consented to remain with him, May they, as well as of many inquirers in the village soon follow this their fore-man. pol The man of whose conversion we gave a detailed account in last the Report, is still in the fiery trial. Upon the whole we see that the hea- Th then have not in any case abandoned the hope of winning back the ton converts, but are continually harassing and wearying them to bring the them back to themselves. Our neophites would no doubt be in a much 0y easier position, if we could or would take them away from the direct the influence of their old acquaintances and concentrate them in our vici- a4 § nity, as it has sometimes been done in our coast-stations. But we oh are sure we should thereby sacrifice more than we should gain. Had the three men at Kinnanoor mentioned above stood in the same posi- tion as the generality of our converts, they would possibly have with- stood the temptations and persecutions to which they were subjected. Notwithstanding all the struggles and losses of this year we have to record an increase of 23 to the number of our congregation. Blessed be the Lord, who conquereth among his enemies! We see at present all castes resolutely arrayed against us. The Brahmins and Nayers are incensed beyond measure, because we dared to place Christian Ilawers on a level with them. The heathen Ilawers have bound themselves with other lower castes, not to take any Christian book from us. This accounts for a temporary deficiency in the results of colportage during the past year. The book and tracts sold at this station, are the following: Portions of the Scriptures in Malayalim, Tamil and Telugu 685 Copies Mangalore and Tellicherry tracts (in Malayalim) 2142 n Tamil tracts 364 b Total 3191 Copies. This total shows a decrease of 1135 Copies against the sale of the last year. But can we really call that a retrogression, which origin- ( 69 1t an ates in a marked progress of the population from indifference and 1m: apathy to decided enmity and open warfare? ore 7 b With regard to our Angle-Vernacular School we expressed the hope 97 five in last Report, that it was “capable of living’ in spite of the erection [l 2 of a Government Rate School, which had deprived us not only of a portion of our scholars, but also of our best teachers And now, after last the lapse of another year, we can testify to the fulfilment of that hope 164 The school has continued up to the former standard and to the same ex- the tension, notwithstanding the many labours, which continually diverted ng the attention of the superintending Missionaries to other spheres More- uch over, we were led during the last year to open an English School in 'ect the outstation Wadackancherry, which is, however, still conducted on 101 a small scale But more cannot be expected considering the agitated we character of the year Tad DBl th ed ave sed IV. NILGHERRIES he red i) KAITY ny Rev. F. Metz (1843), Rev. A, Wenger (1861). e EVANGELIST Abraham Nerkamby ld CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER: Christian Atcha 16h Commumnicants . e 16 last year 20 Children . 14 = = 26 11 - - 13 Jhristian Day Scholars i) eathen Scholars 38 - = 3 li9 The apparent decrease in the figures of the above list must he accounted for by the cheering fact, that Kotagherry has grown out of the - 70 the rank of an outstation to Kaity into that of an “independent statlon, poi wherefore its census must henceforth appear separately. hac As to Kaity itself we are happy to have scarcely anything to re- at bly port but progress, if we except the health of the senior Missionary Mr. Metz, which seems rather to be on the decline fror He already feels hib the infirmities of old age, growing upon him in consequence of the hard- wh ships of a toilsome life Ch The main-body of our Badaga Comgregation is living around ou ed il lovely little chapel at Nerkamby During the past year we were 1 permitted to make a footing in the midst of the Badaga village close fac by, named Chogatorry That the Badagas have had to allow, how- Wif ever reluctantly, a Christian family to live in the midst of their closely gor built houses, is indeed a great point gained The circumstances of this wh mmportant event are the following are Jogy, a young Badaga, having been trained by ourselves, was long employ Ba ed by us as a schoolmaster in Chogatorry. When we spoke with him on the na one thing needful, he expressed his faith, and occasionally promised to become a Christian in the course of time Still he remained a captive He had married fize her a wife, that is to say, had bought her for Rs. 80; but she embittered his life to such an extent, that he at last was divorced from her But now the obstacle Ien was, that he had no wife for if he became a Christian, the small number of out tui Christian Badaga girls afforded him little chance of marrying again So he 10¢ But his conscience was not at ease to took a heathen Badaga wife He began to teach his new wife Bible history; this aroused the suspicion of his mother of in law, who indignantly declared to him, in the moment, when he should become W hs the Christian, she would certainly run away with her daughter and the (newly But he was unable to withstand any longer the voice of con- of ¢ born) infant science or the call of his Father in heaven, and disregarding these and other more fearful threats of his relatives, he asked for further Christian instruction leg But behold, in a short time the mind and baptism, whatever might come of it the of his mother in law so entirely changed that she, to his great surprise, urged ful him to be baptized, promising at the same time, that she would soon follow him herself with his wife and infant the And when she heard, that the day of Jogy’s baptism was fixed, she went even a step farther, asking that they should all be baptized together Thus the family moved into the Christian village VI during the time of instruction, and were all baptized there together with a On the morrow their trial began bl cousin of theirs on the day of pentecost The Chogatorry (heathen) people were resolved to oppose to the utmost their Se living within the village, and offered themselves to build a house for them in i 71 jon, the Christian village, though they were not quite determined on the latter point. Meanwhile, the new Christians took them by surprise, by coming back and taking possession of their hut, sooner than the people had expected, Ig= at a time, when most of them were out in their fields. Now a village assem- [ v bly was convened and came to the resolution of prohibiting the Christians from using the water of the village. But they dared not enforce the pro- aels hibition. At length to shut off their huts they made a fence eight feet high, 1l which, however, put the heathen to much greater inconvenience than the Christian family. The headman of the village, when he was one day question- our ed by the Missionary about the hedge answered: “My people are so very ere bad, that they would not have left the Christians unmolested; so I thought 086 it best to have a fence made around them for their protection.” Well, the - fact is, that a Christian family resides in the midst of the Badagas a living witness of the power of Christ; and another fact is, that the fence is nearly ely gone, and that a number of heathen youths are in the habit of visiting Jogy, his whose name is now Salomo, every night to be taught by him. All these events are quite unprecedented among the Badagas and may mark a new period in the Badaga Mission. loy A few weeks after the baptism of the above family a widow from the Toda- the nad was received into the Church. )me A married daughter of hers had been bap- tized a year previous, and this formed the first attraction to the mother. When red her intention was known in her village, the people first tried to retain her by ¢ 10 rendering her some little services, yea they even began to thatch her roof gra- acle out tuitously, but their zeal and charity was barely sufficient for one side of the roof and the other side remained unthatched. ) he Now intimidation was brought to bear upon her. Her brother in law claimed half of her property consisting ol of 4 buffaloes. But one day her boy drove them into the Christian village, her me where they were kept, till the woman could follow, and were protected against fly the claims of the brother in law, who protested with a great noise, but, conscious of the injustice of his cause, dared not to use force, nor go to law. Ol During the past year, as formerly, #lr. Metz, as much as his het declining strength permitted, ¢traversed the Hills in all directions with 100 ind the message of the Gospel, being generally accompanied by his faith- red ful and zealous evangelist Abraham. Mr. Wenger also iFinerated in oW the Koondah District. of ald Three small schools are at present in connection with this station, 100 viz. 1. a Christian School at Nerkamby conducted by the above men- ha tioned Salomo (formerly Jogy) who, in addition, has a small Night- an School in his own house at Chogatorry, 2. a Heathen School at Kaity, 1€i\' attended by Tamil and Badaga boys and two girls, and 3. a Night- ) in 72 PREES SR, School in Achinakallu, which was—as it were—bequeathed to us by ¥ a dying Badaga youth (about 16 years of age). 1t That youth had long been acquainted with the Missionaries, and became much attached to them. In the beginning of the past year, he fell seriously ill but his comfort amidst his sufferings was the Bible. His parents, therefore, thought it necessary to guard him, when the Missionary visited him. Still he hoped to recover so far, as to be able to join the Christian church. But he sank more and more. Shortly before his end he was removed to a distant place in direct opposition to his own wish, nominally for a change of air, but in reality to be beyond our reach. Scarcely had he arrived, when he felt his end approaching. He then implored his father again and again in the most touching way to send for the Missionary or evangelist; for he wanted a new name, ere he died; but this his carnest request met with a refusal. At length he subwmitted, saying: “I am sure, Jesus knows my name, though I have not obtained a new one; and I know, Jesus receives sinners.” Thus he died, after he had requested his father to carry to Mr. Wenger some little messages. The father, as soon as he came back to Kaity, went to see Mr. Wenger, fell on his knees before him and wringing his hands cried: “Pardon me! pardon me! I am a great sinner;” and then he related faithfully all the incidents of his boy’s last days, not even omitt- ing, that his son’s last request had been, that his younger brother should be given over to Mr. Wenger in his stead. This request, however, was not fulfilled; 0 but the night-school which the youth had commenced during his last iliness in his (?xvn house, was made over to the Mission. | } i K It will not be irrelevant here to mention another feature of this i station, viz. that Kaity, as well as Coonoor (in the neighbourhood) affords ¢l the necessary accommodations for owr Missionary sanitarium. There has scarcely been a year, when these localities were unoccupied. But never were they so crowded as during the whole of the last year. It may be that we often hesitate too long in coming to the resolution to take a vacation or to undertake a journey to the Hills, and in the end A gain nothing thereby but an involuntary prolongation of our stay in the sanitarium. We desire on this occasion to mention Dr. Wilson at It i Coonoor, who, like his predecessor Dr. Ogg, was always ready kindly to attend to our invalids, and did so withoat accepting any remunerations. 81 £ b 7 o by We herewith tender our hearty thanks to him, as well as to those medical friends in our other stations and at Coimbatore, who havga ame rendered similar service to our brethren. yil 0re, ped 1018 rect ) he ing: KOTAGHERRY. end b Rev. A, Biihrer (1842). ng: CATECHIST: Jakod Kanaka and s Commumnicants 13 § he Children and 29 Catechument and nitt: Christian Day School .. . 16 | he Jed; The small Christian congregation of Kotagherry has long been in connection with the station of Kaity (16 miles distant), from which 1685 place it was administered to by occasional visits of the Missionaries. But during the last year the Committee thought it a fit time to raise it to an independent station, and to entrust it to the care of our veteran Missionary, Mr. Biikrer, late of Mangalore, whose health had proved unequal to the climate of the Western Coast. After a short stay at Kaity he settled down in his new station on the 27th February 1867 in his a rented house close by the place, where Miss Cockburn is building a vl‘dS chapel for Badaga Christians, which she most generously intends to 1616 make over to the Basel Mission. But Mr. Biihrer had first to apply himself to the acquisition of the It Badaga dialect, but soon began to visit the numerous Badaga villages 1t0 in the vicinity. ond “We seldom meet” he reports, “with an obstinate opposition; and there is 1N rarely any one prepared or able to dispute and argue. They are much more 1 af ignorant of the Hindu Shastras, than people of their standing in the low country. ,to But what we have to complain of, to strive against and to pray for, is the gross superstition of all and the indifference of heart and dullness of intellect of many, ik 10 74 s ——— though there are also such as give to the Gospel a willing hearing and a ready consent. Yea now and then one may be heard saying, that there may be a time, when all Badagas would be Christians.” A visible fruit Mr. Bithrer has not yet been permitted to gather in. One Badaga youth indeed, who was employed as a schoolmaster by Miss Cockburn, appears to be very near the kingdom of God. But his parents also observed it and positively interdicted him every inter- course with us, and compelled him at once to give up his employment. As a valuable aid of the Mission work, we beg to mention a number of schools supported by some English friends. Miss Cockburn sup- ports, in addition to the Christian Day School, 4 Badaga Night-Schools and a Koter School (the latter quite a new phenomenon), and gives the Missionary free access to all these schools. Mrs. Robinson like- wise has her four Night-Schools regularly inspected by our catechist By these schools the Badagas have been aroused to some extent from their lethargy. May it be lasting, and result in blessed fruits! and may the Lord be the great reward of all those, who make sacrifices for the evangelization of these hill-tribes! The operations of our Society in other Countries.* 1. Qur African Mission on the Gold Coast in the dominion of a number of petty negro-chiefs dependent on British protection, is divi- ded into five districts and comprises seven stations with two languages, G4 and Otchi, and different dialects. All these stations are situated on the right side of the river Volta with the exception of the last esta- blished Anum, the outpost towards the kingdom of Dahome. Among the 35 Missionaries employed by our Society during the year 1866, we find as many as 18 lay-brethren; such a large proportion of the latter being needed for all the different mercantile, industrial and agri—- e e 5 B * Qur regular Reports on the African andwChinese Missions only come dowr; to the beginning of 1867, S ady cultural establishments, the pioneering labours of which are found doubly 64 necessary in such an uncivilized country. Tt is aspecial cause of grati- 10, tude that no death of a Missionary occurred, though two of them lost their wives and many of them fell sick. This is indeed a mercy, con- by t sidering what fearful havoe death has made on this field in former years. The number of Church members in our whole African Mission ll’. it amounted in the beginning of 1867 to 1054, exceeding the correspond- er ing figure of the preceding year by 36,—a small increase, it is true, when compared with former years. But if the comparative quietnesss P- which seems to form one of the characteristics of the year, has been Is An absolute quiet- 8 productive of inward growth, we cannot complain. e ness, however, cannot be expected in unsettled Africa; and on one or f two of our stations disturbances occurred, for instance in the out-station Date, where the heathen used violence against the Christians, suspect- ing them of having withheld the rain, in consequence of having roofed On the whole, the brethren observe, one of their houses with shingles. that the heathen are less afraid of committing acts of violence than before. It was a cause of much rejoicing to the oldest station Akro- pong, that a chapel, so long needed and longed for, was erected and subsequently consecrated. 1. Qur Chinese Mission contains 3 stations and employed 5 Mis- sionaries in the beginning of 1867. The oldest station is Lilong, on the continent opposite to Hongkong. The latter island contains the second station, established at a time when the Missionaries of Lilong had to seek a refuge in + ] he British dominion. The reason, which led to the occupation of Chungsthun in the far interior of the vast empire (in 1864), was, that, in the wonderful providence of God, upwards of 100 souls had been instructed in the word of God by native instru- mentality, and were anxiously waiting for our Missionaries to baptize them. The two Missionaries settled there were for several years in constant peril from robbers and rebels, who in large numbers infested the country. But the Lord has mercifully kept them and their steadily increasing flock from any serious harm; and now we may add with great thankfulness, that the Chinese authorities begin to enforce more decidedly the law for the toleration of European strangers, and at the 10% . same time have taken energetic and sﬁccessful measures towards the extirpation of robbery, the great plague of that remote country. Each congregation has had a slight increase, being however only 19 souls in all. During the last year a ckapel has been built for our Hongkong congregation. “At the opening ceremony the Bishop of Hongkong having kindly consented to be present and address the meetin to ) o said: He was glad to assist at this the first ‘missionary meeting’ held since his arrival in China, and was astonished at the progress which appeared to have been made in training Chinese. The singing of Christian hymns by a Chinese congregation in their own language was, irrespective of the natural surprise at their being able to take part in Western musie, a gratifying incident to those, who hoped to see the entire nation, at some future date, familiar with Christian worship. His Lordship con- claded a speech of much liberality of feeling by observing, that under- takings of this nature would always command his hearty good wishes.” Another independent testimony we may subjoin from the same issue of a Hongkong Newspaper (Overland China Mail), from which we copied the above remarks: “The Mission Chapel and School erected at West Point under the auspices of the Basel Mission were opened for Divine Service on Satui- Considerable credit attaches to the Rev. Mr. Lechler and day last. other gentlemen, who have so earnestly lauboured in the good cause of evangelizing the Chinese, and we trust that they will receive the hearty support of all, who are interested in China Missions. A sum of 1,000 Doll. yet remains to be defrayed, for which an appeal has to be made to the community; and we may safely anticipate, that the liberality of the Few Missions are less osten- Colony will not be appealed to in vain. tatious, and more heartily carried on, than the one to which we allude; and few also make less frequent calls upon the purses of its friends.’ “ he ch s Goneluston. g In conclusion we joyfully testify, that—notwith- '§ standing all disappointments and trials, all defeats and i 0 defects, of which we have to complain—it is indeed a I glorious privilege and mercy to take an-active part in 18 God’s own work and thus to be “labourers together with of God.” G, But He has made the Mission work the common cause it of his whole Church by His general and unrestricted parting command: “Go ye and teach all nations baptizing 1 them” ete Upon this command we take courage to 6 recommend our Mission in His name to the Lord’s people and ask them not to overlook the opening remarks of this Report on the present embarrassment of our Society, (page 15) and to do what the Lord bids them, mindful of the promise, which a supporter of our Mission had added to his liberal gift as a motto viz. Pro. 11, 24. i “There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.” But above all, we plead for the infercessory p?‘@gé;ﬁ of our friends and supporters. For what we most need, cannot be bought with money; for it is power from above for ourselves, and a shower of the Holy Spirit upon our Missionary field. 78 Esxpenditure of the wiﬁsidn During Vthe year 186%. ~— ORI Rs Asg 50,078 Pergonal Expenditure. Journeys, including Home passages 17,7922 8 Munshis - 1,128 Deacons, Catechists and Evangelists 13,975 Postages 1,230 10 Libraries 377 % Church Expenses 2,098 13 2 448 0 Medical outlays Schools, English and Vernacular 9,089 12 0 Boarding Schools, Boys - 5,332 7,315 o Boarding Schools, Girls Catechist and Preparandi Schools 7,443 3 3,065 (2] e I GREHCOR Printing Work. Buildingg, Repairs and Hou .se—i{en't 95,123 Off Payments 1,615 Agricultural Outlays and Taxes 1,519 Ot =3 Ot Furnitures 1,698 Interest and Bill discount 295 Freight and Sundries - 265 12 - Total Rs. 149,825 ol = o= w E. &:0. E. Mangalore, 31st December 1867. 7 Phlesidosen 79 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND Received During the year 1867. Rs A P Rs. . 10 AT MANGALORE. H. Lucius Esq. A Meidinger Esq. 10 F. Graham Esq. Lt. Col. P. O’Connell, Jan. W. J. Cowen Esq. to May 1865, 5 mths. to Messrs. Arbuthnot & Co. 125 J. Rayan Esq. Major H. O’Connell 1865 Dr. Seitz 10 to Messrs. Arbuthnot O. Miiller Esq. 20 0. Rudberg Esq. 10 & Co. 120 Rev. F. K. Weatherhead Major J. Goddard R. E. for 1865 to 1866 24 Rev. Dr. Wilson Do. 1866 to 1867 24 0 Honorable Newton 25 H. M. Birdwood Esq. 10 Col. G. W. Walker, Coonoor Dec. 1866 to Nov. 1867 W. Meadman Esq. 20 to the Kaity Brethren 1200 Dr. N. Collum A friend, Proverbs 3, 9. A J. Kingsmill Esq. 20 2 0| Rev. G. Deimler 10 OCCCOCO0OOCP0000COOC b oo ooscocoooocoocoococococoo 1st April 1866 R. Stanes Esq., Coimbatore 20 AT MERCARA, Col. G. St. Dobbie 100 Received through Col. E. Gage 14 50 Col. O’Connell 110 J. Bosinger Esq. 31 » thro’ Rev. G. Bowen 20 he Capt. Grove Major A. J. Bruce 10 § § Rev. G. Richter 55 Mr. Xavier, through Major g E. Roberts Esq. 12 Bruce 10 H. R. Thompson Esg. 10 A. R. Watson Esq. 20 0 E. O. Reiley Esq. Received through A. Graeter Esq. 10 Cooco oo o CoOoOooCcOoOCoCO Rev. G. Bowen 10 AT ANANDAPOOR. R. N. Mills Esq. sent from England 100 Mrs. Jennings for School Prizes 10 Mr. Ball. oo for Poor 10 § Collected by Rev. (. Deimler, Bombay AT DHARWAR. Dr. Leith 100 1. Subseriptions: L. T 20 L. Reid Esq. 110 Mr B I.Siihler 120 Ch. Shaw ilsq. T. Vix Esq. 50 —Candy Esq. 4 A. Welti Esq. 10 s Th. Longmuir Esq. 36 J. Sigg Esa. 25 R. Daniel Esq. 30 30 Col. Piers 24 J. Neuberg Esq. OoCcooo0o SR SHD IS S Major Hutcheon 24 OO OoCOOO [ =l o e e Moo I = Fr, quderer Esq 80 % Rs Rs A 1) Major Wallace 20 | J. Hannyngton Esq. 20 0 20 Dr. Thorp Capt. Wilson, 39th Regt. 42 11 W. Scott Esq. 22 Ni L Col. Pirie 18 E. B. Thomas Esq. 50 0 J. E. Yates Esq. 10 Col. R. S. Dobbie, G. J. Hatteroth Esq 12 Palamcottah 7 4 10 8 C. Satorius Esq. R. Stanes Esq., Coimbatore 28 R. S. Pelly Esq. 10 Dr. Cleghorn, Madras 30 0 § A. Plunkett Esq. Col. G. W. Walker, for J. King Esq. Wynaad 65 L. Lawrence Esq. 12 Mrs. Fergusson, 10 20 J. A. Major Esq. Nellampoor Mr. C. Courpalais 12 H. R. Pierce Esq., yearly Mr. Simmons 14 Subseription 10 —Hope Esq. Scio O oIoDOID oo oo alol B> cocoococoocoococoococooco T W. Maylor Esq. 10 10 92 ~ Donations : J. L. Hogarth Esq. 10 % % Mrs. Subbaya, Kampty Ch. Shaw Esq. 3 J. Hart Esq. AT PALGHAUT. —Candy Esq. 225 W. Robinson Esq. —Anon Esgq. W. E. Gray Esq. 12 J. Hearn Esq. J. J. Tomlinson Esq. 10 From a Native z;): OO OO () (=) (o) [empy (e (e) Mrs. Tomlinson 10 Miss Tomlinson ((é g AT GOOLEDGOOD. Capt. Caulfield, Suapt. A, Bosanquet Esq. 100 =) of Police 5 | W. Hole Esq. Supt. of Police AT CANNANORE. Dec. 1866 2 Dr. H. Gundert 50 Mr. Smithers, Supervisor Col. 8. G. Halliday 50 D P W 3 0 Capt. Hornsby H. M. 102nd 5 2 AT KAITY, NILGHERRIES Col. Francis Young Major Burn 35 Mrs. Walker, 12 months. 12 General Ireland 10 Mrs. Onslow 12 » = (e} F. Chevalier Esq. 3 Gen. Dawker 35 N. N. at Kamptee 3 25 W. Robinson Esq. W. Winkler Esq. Lt. Col. Sweet 50 Mrs. Bugnion (for Orphans) 4 Lt. Col. Babington 50 Mr. J. M. Harvey 2 SO WO O DO OO O SO OU CORCONONICOS CORCD _J.Nach Esq. Mr. Charleswroth, 50 17 (=) Major Farewell 100 Apothecary J. Boswell Esq. AT TELLICHERRY. Rl D 12 ok Rev. T. Whitehouse 12 Donation of N. N. 100 Lawrence Asylum offering 50 25 5 CDOOR OO OOC OO SISO D O oo oSS H. Sewell Esq. Major Grant F. C. Wotherspoon Esq. 10 L OND (e (o)) FROM COONOOR. AT CALICUT. 150 Th. Stanes Esq. 20 G. A. Ballard Esq. 200 E. B. Thomas Esq. Miss F. J. Ballard 20 O O (e () Mrs. Hayne 10 NN SO O | Rs Rs 30 o P o Mrs. Lushington 10 Mr.s. W. Stanes J. Hunter Esq. 20 W. Mullaly Esq. 10 FROM KOTAGHERRY Mrs. Darling A friend 200 A friend A friend Mr. and Mrs. Cockburn 100 Mrs. Foulis D. Cockburn Esgq. 10 E. Brown Esq. 50 Miss Cockburn 50 10 Mission box 28 Dr. Ogg 10 Mr. Dais G. V. Law Esq. W. E. Hayne Esq. cCoocococoocococo0OoQ P coococococococooco T I,CB W. Robinson Esq. 50 SooCcoo0cOoO () ooy L) () (et e for Schools. Subseriptions 10 W. Logan Esq. AT MANGALORE. J. F. Pereira Esq. 12 F. Anderson Esq. 50 Messrs. D. D. Cruz. 1 32 Mr. Ramoony, Vakeel (@i {em){e)iicns oo OO M. J. Walhouse Esq. J. Ball Esq. 12 AT CALICUT. R. D. McMinn Esq. dJ. Sturrock Esq. 11 L. Garthwaite Esq., towards H. S. Thomas Esq. 56 IO OIS (e {am) (=) o) (cm) {on) the Girls’ Boarding School 10 Mrs. Cook, Coimbatore 50 AT MERCARA. A friend, towards the for the Anandapoor School. 42 support of Girls Capt. R. Cole, Superint. 30 Capt. Firth, Survey Dep. 6 AT PALGHAUT. 17 Major G. M. Martin Rev. Mr. Rhenius 21 Capt. Grove 4 SoOoC SO OO Mr. Smitters, Supervisor, - DR AT TELLICHERRY. Col. J. H. Scott to Messrs 120 10 A. W. Sullivan Esq. Arbuthnot & Co. H. Sewell Esq. 20 =) (=] Government Grants in Aid. Mangalore, Canarese | Tellicherry Brennen Schools 81 830 School 960 Anandapoor School 80 0 O 11 ———— 82 Contributions of the Members of the Congregations towards the General Mission Fund. Rs P = B> )-U Mangalore Congregation 18 Isaac Hosamane Moolky do. S Rahel Widow Anandapoor do. Ratnappa 54 Jacob Nirmanika during five years Hoobly Congregation 1K Salomo Dshaligi Bettigherry do. 10 Johann Prabhakar Gooledgood do. 15 Peter T'chekanda Nizagunappa Balagulla 30 Chombala Congregation ek 15 Calicut Girls’ School Mark Rangaredshi - Simon Sackara 6 Palghaut Congregation L) Noah Hosamane Nerkambe do. [y Salomo Bhaskar Evang. Abraham SO DO RO UL O =t s it = DD B Kotagherry Congregation 30 oy HOMNMWOWNMNOOoOOoODOO OO HONWOOoCOOOO David Dshaligi % C OO O OOO IO N M= DI OO OIS RCONT Shantappa Kadiwala fo Contributions of the C’ongregations towards Separate Funds. MANGALORE Church and School fund - - 76 12 Support of the Poor - - 234 5 MOOLKY 32 14 Church and School fund- b Poor fund - - s - - 17 Local Mission fund - - 40 UTCHILA Church and School fund - = - - - S N g D © 0O 2 Poor fund - Local Mission fund = - = SANTOOR Church and School fund OODAPY 2” Church and School fund - - - = = 2 Poor fund » Local Mission fund - - GUDDE Church and School fund Ol Uor 00 OUn-L Ny b Poor fund - - - = - 10 - -5 » Local Mission fund DHARWAR » Church and School fund HOOBLY Church and School fund ja—y N0 O N e A O UL = Ol N Poor fund - - - - - 14 - 2 Local Relief fund - - BETTIGHERRY Poor fund - - - - - S B o PO OO OOOHO O D AT — 83 Rs > to 24 GOOLEDGOOD Church and School fund, Collections Donations 28 - - - - Collections 11 [y Poor fund - Donations 10 - = - - 46 CANNANORE Church and School fund TELLICHERRY ” do do - do - 12 E CHOMBALA do COILANDY » do do - 10 do Collections 73 11 CALICUT ” do. Legacy 91 1l = - 26 PALGHAUT Church fund 2” Poor fund - e — 57 ey - - N = W .0 NN O O O = O X 10 2” Burial fund » Local Mission fund - & WADAKENCHERY Church fund Poor fund - & 38 2 Burial fund Local Mission fund n - oy KARUWAPUR » Church fund Poor fund - 1 14 » Burial fund - 2 Church fund KINNANORE = 15 Poor fund b Burial fund - 1 » Local Mission fund CANNANORE » Church fund s - - - - (Palghaut) » Poor fund S OO OO N O OO WOD D o > O O H O O O © O© O © © O = N i Donations towards the Si«:khpuse, Mangalore. 12 18 Dr. H. King, 4 months N. A. Roupell Esq. 4 m 3 M. J. Walhouse Esq., 4 m 40 W. M. Cadell Esq. » 30 Col. G. St. Dobbie 10 50 W. 8. Whiteside Esq. 2 » 20 Lt. K. T. Stevenson 11 2 33 J. Sturrock Esq. 4 » 20 O SO OO » 15 Lt. Ross Thompson, H. Sewell Esq. i 16 Major M. Howlett Dispensary fund H. 8. Thomas Esq. 7 3 120 J. Ball Esq. © W w W 2 (o) e S el eyl o em XL B o000 @ Hon’ble J.C. St. Clair 6 » 60 DO D O OD 5% —— 84 Donations towards the expenses of the Church- building at Anandapoor, Coorg up to May 1868 Rs. A P Rs ) . Dr. H. Moegling - . 120100 11 Th. Taylor Esq Col. O’Connell Mezrcara 50 A. Graeter Esq 20 N. N 20 J. M 20 H. E. Rose Esq 10 A. Wheeler Esq 10 Th 10 aylor Esq A. G. Yates Esq R. A. Scobie Esq 15 W. Rose Esq 30 Col. E. Gage 50 Major Magrath 10 Capt. Grove 35 J. Brewer Esq 20 Dr. Nash 10 R.S. D W. Jennings Esq 25 Capt. R. Cole 10 A friend 10 Capt. J. M. Wilson 10 Lt. R. Cox 50 SO0 OODODOO OO C. B. Saunders Esq. C. B 50 Studenten Verein Halle 23 12 J. Bosinger Esq 10 Rev. H. Neviandt 4 7 0. ). C. K 25 Soc oo oD oo oo > OO D SAOICIC SIS S Capt. Grove 15510 COOoOOoOOoOOoODCDCOOCDCOCOOODO b 1 Donations towards the Church to be built at Codakal, Malabar. Received by the Rev. Th. Schauffler at Calicut up to 31st December 1867 I. Donations of English Friends. E. C. G. Thomas Esq., M. H. M. B. by the Madura 50 S Rev. A. Hanhardt == =) Capt. Carnegy by J. Cockburn Esq. and family Mrs. Wilson at Madras 10 by the Rev. A. Biihrer 58 Major Burn, Cannanore 30 P. Grant Esq. 50 Mr. Wood at do K. D. Roberts Esq 9 J.Lankshew do Major Hessey 20 10 Mrs. Godfrey H. R. Grienes Esq Habicht N. N 10 Mrs. Furucke 30 Mzr. P. Bertram at Covmbatore » Charlesworth by R. Stanes Esq. %‘ 20 Me. Intire % - 50 ”» allard Esq. 2 O. Briant 1is £I> Balla: d 10 SO NN ORDEON NI SOOI O DOD D F. Chevalier Esq. at Cochin, 50 SISO I® OIS @O OO () e} Vo) (el [aliien o) () (e i) Lq*;q) . Ferguson Esq. at Dr. Middleton, I. Royals Nellampore 5 =) [ X. Y. Z 20 at Malapuram G. G. Winsford, Sergeant A. Berry Esq 10 Mzr. Wesh by the R. H. Pierce Esq 10 Rev. A. Hanhardt 3 Capt. Gillham @I DIDIO PO D 85 Rs. Rs. A. P. 1 8 Mr. Mc Donald Mr. Daniel De Costa » Henry De Costa 0 W. Taylor Esq. v ol % (é 5 0 (=N \0 Capt. A. M. Dawis II. Donations of the German Mission brethren. secescss e 50 0 0 Rev. E. Diez 10 10 J. M. Fritz 40 » 20 L) { 0 n b, . s W, 50 Eine Stille im Lande 15 WERNO ev. L. Reinhardt 10 X 20 € G. Hanhardt 10 Y. 7. 10 . at Ch. 50 B oW 20 SO OoOoOoO0OQ oSoCcooooQo =ol” =} ev. A. Biihrer 20 E. Sch. in Oodapy » F. Traub 10 From the brethren = in Oodapy 23 - 10 R. in B. 15 K. in Ch. 12 N OO (=) C. M. Rev. S. Walter 20 SO0 OO0 OOO III. Donations oééf the Congregations. Codacal. Calicut. Mr. Weddamutta Abia 50 Schoolmaster Virgise Matthew Mannayil 2 Job Amattu Girls’ School 20 Collection in the New Mr. Caleb Year’s night 10 » C. Thomas Codacal Church Collect B P. John » Moolky. » Sam. Subaya Swa-tu—k S OO OoCOOO SOOI D O Cannanore. From the Congregation 16 C.in M. S ~3 Elisabeth Anna Girls’ School Qodapy. Joseph in Chiracal From the Congregation 21 Obed Sneham 13 Mr. Stocking, Catech. Gooledgood. Joab From the pastor and Job, Shopkeeper Congregation 20 Mose do. N. N. From the Congregation at Paskal Eryswyl (Switzerland) Chowa Congregation O OCOOO WO M OO OO BPOOOCOOOOOO by the Rev. H. Wenger 8 Interest on Cash Balances 12 Tellicherry. C. A.R...., I instalment 25 Stephan Chandren, Catech Total Rs. 1200 O 0w O OO ——tesinn 86 Donations towards the Orphanage at Tellicherry. Rs A' P. Rs P‘ Col. G. St. Dobbie 20 0 0, Mrs. Wroughton, Mrs. Foulis, Coonoor 30 0 0 Vizagapatam 10 Some friends in Coimbatore 40 Miss Gertrude Anstey 25 (=he > fie) (=o i{can] L am) s Coonoor 15 0 0 Mzrs, Thomas, Madura Mrs. Hannyngton, Tellichery 70 0 0 Donations towards the Malabar Widow fund. March 1867 to March 1868. J. Ch. Hannyngton Esq., The Congregation Tellicherry 28 at Chombala 10 4 6 0 Do. 60 14 Mrs. Schmidt, Bangalore Do. 5, Calicut The Congregation » Codacal at Tellicherry 14 Do. » Palghaut 13 O O T Do. » Chowa 21 G. Glasson Esq., Do. » Cannanore 3 no Ot OO o O § Ottacamund 50 s Donations towards the Malabar Tract fund. Received from 1st March 1867 to 1st March 1868. J. Ch. Hannyngton Esq., Collection at Tellicherry 28 62 0 O From the Orphan boys at Tellicherry 10 Capt. W. Wroughton, Tellicherry Vizagapatam 107200 From the Orphan girls at E. L. G. Thomas Esq., Calicut Madura 29, 020 Collection at Palghaut T b LNl St st INDEX Page The Committee and Sub-Committees of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society Institutions in Basel Travelling Agents at Home Sy Ot W Missionaries of the Basel Society Stations of the Basel Missionary Society 10 Report 13 I Canara 16 Mangalore 1% Moolky 28 Oodapy 30 Honore 32 Coorg, Anandapoor 33 11. ° 35 Southern Malratta Country Dharwar 35 38 Hoobly Bettigherry 41 43 Gooledgood II1. Malabar 47 Cannanore 47 Tellicherry 54 Chombala 58 Calicut 60 Codacal 63 65 Palghaut . IV. 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