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The Committee and Sub-Committees IN BASEL. 1. Committee of the Missionary Society. A. Christ-Sarasin Esq., Senator, Rev. Dr. A. Ostertag. President. Ed. Bernoulli-Riggenbach Esq. Rev. E. Burckhardt, Secretary. Ed. Preiswerk-Burckhardt Esq. Rev. J. Josenhans, Corresponding Rev. Fr. Reiff. Secretary and Principal. E. Bruckner Esq. Rev. A. Sarasin. C. Engelmann Esq. Rev. W. Le Grand. Rev. E. Preiswerk. 2. Financial Sub-Committee. A. Christ-Sarasin Esq., President. Theod. Braun Esq., Treasurer. Rev. E. Burckhardt, Secretary. Ed. Bernoulli-Riggenbach Esq. Rev. J. Josenhans. I 3. Sub-Committee for the Education of Missionaries’ Children Rev. A. Sarasin, President. Rev . Dr. A. Ostertag. D. Burckhardt-Thurneysen Esq., Rev . J. Josenhans. Treasurer. Ben . Reber-Sulger Esq. Rev. J. Pfisterer, Secretary. Rev . R. Anstein. Rev. W. Le Grand. — 4 B. dustitotions in Busel. I. MISSION COLLEGE. Resident Masters. Rev. J. Josenhans, Principal. Rev. A. Huzel. Rev. Fr. Reif. Rev. Chr. Kolb. Rev. P. Wurm. Mr. W. Schmolk. Mr. J, Kolb. Assistant Masters. Dr. Mosley and Mr. Hoff, English Teachers. Dr. Hauschild, Music Master. Dr. Burckhardt, Medical Instructor. Number of Studehts. ;i \ (August 1868.) I. Class. II. Class. III. Class. IV. Class. V. Class. VI. Class. 10 13 11 17 16 22 Total: 89 Students. Of this number: 34 are from Wiirttemberg. 14 » 5 Baden. g other parts of Germany. 19 Switzerland. ” Alsace (France). 18 Russia. » are ” Turkey. China. b)) 18 Holland. 89 II. CHILDREN’'S HOME. Boys’ Yustitution., Director: Rev. J. Pfisterer. Tutors: Mr. Zluhan, Mr. Kraeuter. Boys: 29. Girls” Pnstitution. Directress: Miss C. Scholz. Governesses: Miss M. Runzler and Miss E. Miiller. ’ Girls: 30. <. Trabelling SAgents at Lome, 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 Geermany. Rev. C. Aldinger (late of Christianshorg, Africa), Winterthur, for Eastern Switzerland. Rev. H. Hauff (late of Mangalore), Gotha, for Central Germany. Rev. Ch. Aldinger (late of Chombala, Malabar), Hall, for Wiirttemberg. 6 — . Wlissionaries of the Hasel Sociely. [The letter (m.) after the names signifies: “married” and the letter (w.): “widower”. The names of unordained Brethren are marked by an asterisk.] Hafive Hame. Stafion. @onnfry. AT e Bate of a- five Service I. Missionaries employed in India. (Corrected up to the 1st March 1869.) Fritz (m.) France 1839 Cannanore - - Switzerland 1842 Kotagherry Biihrer (m.) Ch. Miiller (m.) Germany 1842 Tellicherry J. F. Metz do 1843 Kaity G. Wiirth (m.) do 1845 Mangalore India 1851 Mangalore H. A. Kaundinya (m.) 0. Kaufmann (m.) Germany 1853 Anandapoor do 1853 F. Kittel (m.) Mangalore © W I S O B U D e G. Pfleiderer (m.)* do 1853 Mangalore do 1856 Calicut 10 J. Lauffer (m)’“ 11 E. G. Hanhart (m.) Switzerland 1857 Cannanore 1857 12 J. Fr. A. Msnner (m.) Germany Moolky 13 W. Roth (m) do 1857 Bettigherry do 1857 14 C. F. R. Hahn (m.)* Bettigherry 15 S. G. Schoch (m.)* Switzerland 1857 Cannanore 1858 16 J. J. Baegel (m.) Germany Mangalore 17 Mack (m.) do 1858 Moolky 1859 18. Hartmann (m) Switzerland Oodapy 19 %fi Ph. Reinhardt (m.) Germany 1859 Tellicherry 20 E. H. Bergfeldt (m.) do 1860 Tellicherry 21 J. J. Thumm (m.) do 1860 Gooledgood 22 Ch. Fr. Krauss (m.) do 1860 Dharwar 23 Th. F. Schauffler (m.) do 1860 Calicut 24 . W. Stokes (m.) India 1860 Oodapy Hame. Hative Station Country. afe of ac- ive Service e 25 1860 . C. Riehm (m.)* Germany Mangalore 26 Tit. Costa (m.) India 1861 Dharwar 27 J. Fr. Miiller (m.) Germany 1861 Oodapy 28 A. Wenger (m.) Switzerland 1861 Kaity 29 Germany 1862 Fr. Ziegler (m.)* Hoobly 30 C. Stolz* Switzerland 1863 Mangalore 31 Germany 863 J. B. Griter (m) Mangalore 32 S. Gundert (m. do 1863 Palghaut 33 Ch. Réck (m.) do 1864 Codacal 34 Th. Digel (m.)* do 1864 Mangalore 35 J. Knobloch (m.) do 1865 Chombala 36 S, Walter Switzerland 1865 Chowa (Cannanore) 37 Ed. Schweizer do 1866 Oodapy 38 J. Deuber do 1866 Honore 39 J. Miiller * 1866 Germany Mangalore 40 Th. Walz do 1866 Honore 41 W. Schnepf do 1866 Mangalore 42 J. Kittel do 1867 Calicut 43 A. Stoll Switzerland 1867 Hoobly 44 Ch. G. Weigele Germany 1867 Hoobly 45 Fr. Matthissen # Russia 1867 Calicut 46 Chr. Reuther * (m.) Germany 1867 Mangalore 47 Th, Elstisser * do 1867 Mangalore 48 K. Schober # do 1867 Mangalore 49 L. Langel Switzerland 1868 Oodapy 50 C. Linder Germany 1868 Calicut 51 F. Gundert * do 1868 Mangalore At Home. 52 J. G. Kies (w. Germany 1845 late of Gooledgood 53 do K. A. E. Diez (m.) l 1851 |late of Palghaut J Hative Hame. Stafion. @ounfry. af¢ of ac- tive Serpice 54 . G. Plebst (m.)* Germany 1851 late of Mangalore 55 Switzerland 1857 J. Huber (m. late of Hoobly 56 J. G. Burkhardt (m.) | Germany 1858 late of Mangalore II. Missionaries employed in Africa. 57 1846 Aburi J. Mohr (m.)* Germany 58 J. Ch. Dieterle (m.) do 1846 do 59 do 1849 Odumasee J. Zimmermann (m.) 60 J. A. Mader (m.) do 1851 Akropong 61 do 1852 J. G. Christaller (w-) do 62 H. L. Rottmann (m)* do 1854 Christiansborg 63 Switzerland 1857 J. Lang (m)* Akropong CTC P IS BD . e 64 H. Laissle (m.)* Germany 1857 Akropong 65 do 1859 E. Schrenk (m.) Christianshorg 66 M. Klaiber (m-)* do 1859 do 67 do D. Eisenschmid (m) 1861 Kyebi 68 D. D. Ashante (m.) | Africa 1862 Date. 69 Ch. Zimmermann (m) | Germany 1863 Akropong 70 J. G Hoch (m.)* do 1863 Christiansborg 71 M. Rés (m.) France 1863 Odumasee 72 J. L. Miiller (m.)* Germany 1863 Christiansborg 73 B3 o SRR T Sy A TS A. Schonhuth (m)* do 1863 do 74 J. Ch. Fetzer* do 1863 Anum 75 C. Schonfeld # do 1863 Christiansborg 76 Ph. H. Bohner # do 1863 Christianshorg 77 R. Klauss * Switzerland 1863 Anum 78 F. L. Ramseyer (m.)* do 1864 Christiansborg 79 . C. J. Leimenstoll * Germany 1864 do 80 . F. Rehfuss ¥ do 1864 do T From the lists of January 1868. Census of the Andian Zissions. JANUARY 1869. LABOURERS. ScHOOLS. UNDER THE CARE OF THE MISSION. | Mission- Higher Boarding | Parochial Heathen Not Members aries. Native Assistants. Schools. Schools. Schools. Vernacular Members of the Church. of the Church “1 \‘t Schools. lore NAMES OF It MISSION STATIONS | l} Christian Scholars l Schoolmistresses Established in l; | Brethren. Sisters Native Pastors Catechists and Evangelists Christian Schoolmasters Heathen Schoolmasters Number of Schools Seminary Middle Schools. Training Schools é Girls § Girls Anglo-Vernacular Schools Boys Girls Total Communicants Non-Communicants Children Total Catechumens Schoolmasters and E\; Grand Total I. Canara. 1834 ot ey 59 46 125 283 526 304 Mangalore sveessececsersesvrso e 846 1 167 178 1024 Moolky . sssseccsss e st vssses s er e 1845 36 23 28 144 169 190 366 23 28 51 417 Oodapy 1854 3] 13 96 108 115 232 40 48 280 Honore s esssesesiassssset av R OL O 1845 15 13 28 28 Ig RO B A BD Ot N O N OU S OO N = Coorg, Anandapoor...... 1853 OO SO O N B D O - O N W OO O WS SIS 2 S D O OO ey amilemdeni L] S TIore SIS g fé 15 11 (S S e (el e () 26 50 WO OIS 42 95 11 0 115 II. South Mahratta B harvean et shs Sk ........ 1837 13 103 252 16 13 29 257 257 286 ¥ Hoobly nessseecsesesessanet s e 1839 16 60 113 71 73 144 80 80 224 Bettigherry..... o S e h At a 1841 85 115 25 46 71 86 91 162 © W =~3> Gooledgood sesess s cesvecieas s e 1851 ™D BN QO BNO = DN N N (eo) (ool flenlien) =N DO _ OO OO = s O DD OO B WO DA D, SISO D SHEDEDHNC) 1% g é § 50 g 65 45 (=i o fam o) 41 86 (e ) Sl en) 45 45 131 I1I. Malabar. 10 Cannanorel il Sacad. -------- 1841 50 29 29 129 246 211 223 442 140 143 85 11 Mellicherny, . dsie s e 1839 (ep) 15 142 163 bt 404 124 152 279 320 321 600 ........ 1849 17 12 Chomialants s T s 17 10 0 50 68 76 147 16 16 16 01§ 13 Calicut 1842 73 36 15 83 15 222 225 255 487 99 108 595 14 Codaegl oot sk s A SR 1857 33 15 0 0 48 122 122 247 11 258 15 esssecssc e tsess ettt 1858 N = OO D WO D) =N D Q000 Ot Ot OO Ol = Oy W O O a3 = LN O = O = O N OO = O NN QU = 0O DN OO W DI DI DD DD DD N DA IR ADP D O 13 72 79 SO O SN 164 58 O W =3 W W 39 97 % 131 140 237 Palghaut 01§ E 1V. Nilgherries. 16 KaibyaSar it 1846‘;j 2 1 0 (=] 0 0 81 0 95 13 18 33 O 85 118 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 0 0 13 20 46 0 0 46 Kotaghenrys it kool el ans 1867, — 01§ Total 51 39 15 22 63 13 36 i53 34| 3 R s BTSN Bl 5119 204_‘-21'77 205455 ”943 _79 233§ 1_8_6“6 64 174530’7:5 1331471 1594| 5269 013 hotg Census of the Afvican and Chinese Flissions. JANUARY 1868. LABOURE;{% SCcHOOLS. UNDER THE CARE OF THE MISSION. It Mission Native .&:%sistallts. Higher Boarding Parochial Heathen Not Members aries. Schools. Schools. Schools. Vernacular Members of the Church of the Church Schools. NAMES I | OF | MISSIQN STATIONS. {l Scholars Established in Brethren Sisters Native Pastors, Catechists Christian Schoolmasters Christian Schoolmistresses Heathen Schoolmasters Seminary Middle Schools Training Schools Boys Girls Boys Girls Sunday Schools Infant Schools Anglo-Vernacular Schools Boys Girls Total Communicants Non-Communicants Children Total Catechumens Schoolmasters and Total Grand Total oo I ey e =) Tar o o e o B8 | A. Africa. 8| 1. Akra District. Christianshorg sstsserenvstesea. 1845 13 [y 26 55 20 155 87 23 95 205 19 68 87 292 NS Abokoby teesescisev et ettt 1854 [SVREN | SIS ; 10 42 18 12 73 64 31 74 24 169 33 202 II. Adangme District. QOdumiasee. iiir o ieh g T 1859i DO 12 31 14 10 76 38 41 83 43 51 134 Ay v oAt i s 1867 - DD 0 - QO (=) D1 O = 13 () (el 17 13 15 15 22 37 ITI. Aquapem District. erD €O eSS e~ Akropong D R I A ) 1843 26 47 26 24| 32 218 244 38| 174 456 it 14 29 483 [or @)} Aburi Seecsssss-0ecssrsssss st N o0 : SIS, S © 0 50 24 19 36| 39 1847 D) 168 98 27| 100 225 69 93 318 IV. Akem District. Kyebi ee s e s ss e verssseesres s 1861 19 27 15 il 35 35 Kukurantumi D R I I (=) 0 0 —t (=K== O O 59 1861 11 17 29 5 V. Anum District. Anum eecees s stersasseness s 1864 2 0] 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 e . —_— ] — | ——— —_—)— | — ] — ] 11 10 10 19 9 Total 52 33 20;9 20| 10| 12| 0 3(125|104| 210| 88 821 79 752 569(134| 506{1209 106| 234 340 1549 % B. China. Hongkong D I I I I S A A A ) 1856 12 60 86 16| 102 26 37 63 165 i& 2 Lilong N I R I A S P Y 1852 15 46 1 48| 124 3 15 20 144 Chongtsun et s esesssrssancannane 1864 § (88) 13 0 108 j fesrevences ‘sersrnene 59 47 106 Nyenhangly 1864 é g (E)(j 23 e g :;); D. DD 14 (e 46 60| 12 48 120 12 13 25 145 Total. g g 10 :E)):) Mife St 0 7| 16] 48| 39 [on— 14 0 g 0| 41; 0| 165; 280| 13} 159| 452 mmrme | croamsia i | e nsmersass s | masrrssncen, | 2o | emra—| O rmcom— | secocm—— 43 110| 562 s et i Grand Total of the Indian, 91| 56| 3| 85 5’9 27 24| 22| 88| 15/260(356] 526/ 307| 82| 791455| 984| 79(3253]2715(211[2410[5336{272[1772(2044| 7380 African and Chinese Missions. e ST | Hafive Stafion. Fane Gonntry. Date of ac- five Serpice 81 J. Weiss Switzerland 1865 Christiansborg 82 Ch. Bellon Germany 1865 Akropong 83 J. Miiller do 1865 Anum 84 J. Binder * do 1866 Christiansborg do 1866 do 85 G. Zerweck 86 Th. Breitenbach Russia 1866 Akropong 87 J. Kiihne ¥ Germany 1866 Christiansborg 88 U. Liithy Switzerland 1866 Abokobi 89 G. J. Lodholz Germany 1867 Kyebi At Home. 90 E. Schall (w. | Germany 1856 late of Abokobi 91 do 1842 late of Akropong J. G. Widmann (m. 92 Chr. W. Locher (m.) Switzerland 1849 late of Abokobi 93 Germany 1857 late of Kyebi J. Kromer (m.)* III. Missionaries employed in China. 94 1846 R.Ch. F. Lechler(m.) | Germany Hongkong 95 H. Bender do 1862 Chongtshun 96 Ph. Ch. Piton France 1364 Nyenhangly 97 W. Bellon (m.) Grermany 1864 Lilong 98 J. Lorcher do 1865 Hongkong At Home. 99 Ph. Winnes ) d ) l Germany l 185 l late of Lilong ;E 10 . Stations of the Hasel FE lissionaty Society, I. In South Western India A. Canara District 1 MANGALORE. established in 1834 Out-stations Bolma Samuga, Ravaneshwara and Panemangalore MOOLKY. established in 1845 Out-stations: Utchila, Kadike, Kodetoor Santoor and Mundera OODAPY, established in 1854 Out-stations Gudde, Shirwa and Kattupady HONORE, established in 1845, reoccupied in 1867 Out-Station: Carwar 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 BETTIGHERRY. established in 1841 Out-station: Shagotee GOOLEDGOOD established in 1851 Out-station : Kardenhally C. Malabar District 10. CANNANORE, established in 1841 Out-stations: Chowa, Chirakal and Taliparambu 11. TELLICHERRY. established in 1839 Out-stations: Dharmapatanam and Edakadu —— 11 12 CHOMBALA, established in 1849. Out-stations: Muverattu and Kandappenkundu. 13 CALICUT, established in 1842. Out-stations : Coilandy, Ellatoor and Beypoor. 14 CODACAL, established in 1857, separate station 1862. Out-stations: Parapery and Mattoor. 15 PALGHAUT, established in 1858. Out-stations: Cannanoor, Panayoor, Wadackencherry, Karuwapara and Kinnanoor. D. Nilgherry District. 16. KAITY, established in 1846. Out-station: Nerkamby. 17. KOTAGHERRY, established in 1867. II. 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 Iilosi. 21. ADA, established in 1867. C. Aquapem (or Otchy) District. 22. AKROPONG, established in 1843. Out-stations: Date, Mamfe, Adukrom and Doburow. 23. ABURI, established in 1847 and again in 1857, Out-station: Tufu. D. Akem District. 24. KYEBI, established in 1861. 2* 12 —_— 25. KUKURANTUMI, established in 1861 Aquambu District. 26. ANUM, established in 1864. L An China. 27 HONGKONG, established in 1856. Out-stations: Saukiwan and Shakungtsui. 28 LILONG, established in 1852. Qut-station: Maham. 29 CHONGTSUN in the CHONGLOCK District, established in 1864. 30 NYENHANGLY, established in 1864. Deport, %N looking back on the way in which the Lord has led us through the last year, we cannot but first of all humbly ac- 4 knowledge, that we have very much cause to praise and adore His kindness which He has shown in this year, as in former ones. Though we may often be tempted to imagine, we should arrange matters in a more profitable way, if we had the power, in our own hands, we are yet convinced that “the word of the Lord is right and all His works are done in truth.” We cannot proclaim great victories gained, or rapid progress made, during the last year, nor can we boast of excellent proofs of divine life in our congregation. But the work is steadily going on, in a slow way indeed, but still going on. The places that just now seem most promising and most apt to call forth the hopes and prayers of God’s children, are Shagotee (Vide Bettigherry Report )» Hebsoor (Hoobly Report), Santoor (Moolky Report) and Codacal, though the latter In other did not witness many baptisms in the year under review. places the process is more quiet and unobserved, and from some we hear complaints about entire sterility, especially Dharwar and Honore. The congregations are of different classes. Some give reason for rejoicing as Hoobly, in others we sce good aund bad mixed together in a striking manner, as Mangalore and Calicut, the descriptions of which give a faithful picture of the middle standard of our congrega- tions. In Chowa we rejoice to see the most marked change from bad to good. But in one congregation, Anandapoor (and the out-stations of Palghaut) we must even deplore the falling away of a number, who rejoined the heathen; whilst the church in Dharwar seems to remain in the same hopeless condition. We consider it a very important part of our work to dedicate ourselves to the spiritual care of the 14 e eens Christians, gathered {from the heathens. Missionaries and Catechists employ a considerable part of their time and strength in visiting, receiving, praying with, punishing and admonishing the members of the congregation, even subtracting $0 much time from the work amongst the heathen. Many industrial and mercantile establishments have the chief pur- pose of stablishing and making independent the Native Christians. There is till now scarcely any pecuniary help for direct Mission work coming from these establishments, but future times will enjoy also mate- rial help from them. Of preaching to the heathen there is not so much as we desire, yet the reports of the single stations will also mention a good deal of this direct kind of Mission work. In schools for the heathen we have scarcely been allowed to make any progress, so that we are still almost excluded from this kind of work. “Yet we have not to deplore further retrogressigns and still keep up the hopé of regaining a part of the lost field. Our schools for Christians are going on in their quiet way; and we strictly insist on all Christian boys and girls being sent to school, and take very much trouble to superintend the schools. Much pains are taken to educate Christian Schoolmasters and Catechists, and although these schools are as yet so little frequented that the amount of labour bestowed upon them might seem extrava- gant, yet we think this work so important, that we consider even a disproportionately large staff of teachers justified by a look into the future of our native church. We rejoice to find similar sentiments expressed in Madras Church Missionary Record, January 1869: “The true position of a Missionary has been pointed out as consisting in And what was the characteristic of the life of training native agents. Jesus, but His companionship with twelve designated Evangelists, with whom He spent His days and travelled about, in all things setting a pattern of ‘doing good’ etc.” pp. 10. 11. Though we cannot choose the best talents for training, yet we can say that our Christian Schoolmasters increase gradually in usefulness. Their training also does not cease with their being employed in Schools, 15 but they are gathered from time to time to receive further instruction and advice in theoretical knowledge and practical ability. Our Catechists also give much more reason for rejoicing and hope, than the contrary; and of a good number we ave fully convinced that the Spirit dwells within them, and that they have their Master’s work at heart. There is of course a difference in zéal and ability, but hirelings are certainly only an exception amongst them and even a rare one. We know that the hope of the work rests upon them and therefore feel constrained to bring them often before the Lord.—-Besides being weekly instructed in most of the stations, they are gathered once a year for a course of biblical studies and preaching exercise, that extends over 4 days, and always proves very usefal and apt to stir them up. The Native clergy has had an increase of one man, by the ordina- tion of Joseph Jacobi (Vide Codacal Report) so that we now have 3 Native Deacons, besides the 2 Native Missionaries who have been y .4 educated in the Basel Mission College. In the European staff of labourers there have been some changes, most of which are mentioned in the Reports of the several stations, Mr. and Mrs. Diez, Mrs. Brigel, Mr. and Mrs. Traub, Mr. and Mrs. Burckhardt, Mr. and Mrs. Plebst, Mr. and Mrs. Huber have left us and gone to Europe, most of them without hope of coming back to India. Mr. Diez, however, is expected to arrive at his station, Palghaut, within a month or two. Mr. Wiirth also has rejoined us. And we have received reinforcements by new brethren coming out: Mr. Linder for Calicut, Mr. Langel for Oodapy, Mr. F. Gundert for Mangalore. Miss Greter came outin October to be married to Mr. Reuther in Mangalore.* Some of the brethren, who left us in former years, reached the better land during the course of last year. They are Mr. Hebich, # As in former years we feel this year also constrained to thank our Christian friends for the kindness and hospitality they have shown to our travelling brethren, and we wish particularly to mention Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson and Mrs. Anderson in Madras and Mr. Neuberg in Bombay. Especially in this year they have several times exercised their Christian hospitality to a very ) great extent, 16 ————— Mr. Albrecht and Mr. Traub. We shall give only a few notes about them in the Appendix. As far as our pecuniary means are concerned, we are sorry, to be obliged to confess this year also, that we are much straightened for want of funds, and even burdened with debts, and our work is in But we will commend this danger of being crippled on that account. care unto the Lord, whose is both the silver and the gold. 17 I. CANARA. MANGALORE. CLERICAL PART. Rev. G Wiirth (1845). Rev. H. 4. Kaundinya (1851), itinerating Missionary, living for the present in Panemangalore. Rev. Fr. Kittel (1858), literary department. Rev. J. J. Brigel (1858), in charge of the congregation. Rev. E. H. Bergfeldt (1860), Catechist-Seminary. Rev. B. Grditer (1863), Catechist-Seminary. Rev. W. F. Schnepf (1866), Assistant of Mr. Brigel, chiefly looking after the Schools. Rev. E. Schweizer (1866), to replace Mr. Schnepf. CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS: Daniel Aaron, Christanuja Watsa, Samuel Andrea.— Daniel Ammanna CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: Samuel Sonna, Albert Putranna, Moses Aaron, Elias Daniel Ammanna, Peter Simon, Theodor Ephraim, Timothy Bernhard, Silas Joshua. SCHOOLMISTRESSES : Beata Suchitta, Julia Michal, Naemi Jesudasi, Ziporah Antony, Katharina George, Tara Watsa. Commumicants 526 last year 502 Non-Communicants 16 44 Children 304 311 Catechumeni 11 13 Seminary . . 13 17 Christian Day Sc ko.ols 105 136 125 Heathen Boys’ Schools 110 Heathen Girls’ Schools 40 35 The last year brought with it much sickness to this station, so that the majority of the Missionaries had to leave it for some time, either 3 18 on account of their own health or that of their wives, and to seck for health in Coorg, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Kaity or even in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Burkhardt, Mr. and Mrs. Plebst have left us, to all appearance for good, and Mrs. Brigel also has departed for Europe. Of course, the effect of these interruptions in the work were not favor- able, and it is chiefly the care for the female part of the congregation and of the heathen, that had to suffer, as there was a time when only one lady remained at the Station, who of course could not undertake herself the different branches of the work, that used to be carried on by 6 or 7 ladies. Mr. Schweizer has come from Udapy to take the place of Mr. Schnepf, who ought to have moved to another station. But a most serious attack of dysentery hindered him from taking charge of his new work, At the end of the year we had the great pleasure of seeing one of our oldest Missionaries Mr. Wiirth in our midst again, after an absence of 2 years. What will be his definite sphere of labour will be settled in a short time, during which he dedicates himself chiefly to the duties incumbent on him as Senior Missionary for our Indian Missions. On the 11th of October we had the privilege of adding 21 heathens through baptism to the Church of Christ.—From the old man, scarcely able to walk, down to the baby, carried on its mother’s arm to Jesus to be blessed, they were gathered round the Minister to receive the holy rite. The gradual increase of the congregation, steady though slow, necessitated the beginning of a new colony. On a hill in the neighbour- hood of the old Christian village 25 pieces of ground have been rented to Christians and 8 of them have made the beginning of the village by erecting so many nice comfortable houses, digging wells and planting gardens. They have not forgotten to consecrate their new settlement, not only by prayer offered up at the completion of cach single house, but, what we value much more, by uniting themselves to a weekly prayer-meeting and asking Mr. Digel to come and take the lead. Such prayer-meetings in private houses are also in the other parts of the con- gregation, and when we unite for prayer in the first week of January there is daily a good number to join us. We have still, it is true, to 19 —me wish that God may pour out his Spirit on this and on other congre- gations to purge out what remains from the old nature, and to stir all up to a burning love to their Saviour. But we dare not say that even now the spirit does not work within their souls, and as signs of it, several have been driven to confess their sins of their own free will, and ask for consolation from God’s word, Church discipline has worked this year also in excluding sinners, but still more, in pardoning those that repented. We find a great want in them of desire to bring souls to Jesus; but we have also been allowed to witness now and then a beginning of this also, partly in heathens being brought near by Christ- ians, partly in some members of the congregation trying to raise their voices for Christ at heathen festivals. It is a cloud not larger than a man’s hand perhaps, but it may prove to be the forerunner of a great shower. I. Kings 18, 44.—We are happy to see that Christian lyrics ] in Hindoo metre are finding their way more and more into the houses of our congregation, and make singing a pleasure, particularly to the young, and we hope this mode of singing may by and by prove a bles- sed instrument in spreading the Gospel in the houses of heathens. Our itinerating Missionary has now been removed to Panemangalore, b 16 miles south-east of Mangalore. Also he had many hindrances in travelling as much as he would have desired. He has visited 0 Subrahmanya with some Catechists, and preached to the heathen on his journeys to the out-station of Ravaneshwara. The Catechist-Seminary was carried on in the usual way. In conse- y quence of the dismissals of last year, the number of students was less, and yet we could not be sorry for these reductions, as we saw that the spirit of the school was very much better than before the sifting. Yet 0 we were deeply grieved to discover that one of the students, who was already admitted to the axamination, was a regular thief, and we had b to dismiss him immediately, so that all our labour bestowed upon him 6 seems to have gone for nothing. Thus we could send out this year only j three new Catechists as fruit of our Seminary. As the reports on the Jh former students are in all cases satisfactory, and in most cases very encouraging, we rejoice to go on in this work, and are convinced that i God’s blessing rests upon it, and that it will be of great consequence to 3% 20 — to the future of our Mission. But it suffered a severe loss through the departure of Mr. Burkhardt, who had for ten years chiefly dedicated himself to the training of Catechists in Tellicherry and Mangalore, and thus acquired a good experience, but who now was obliged to leave India for good. His place will be filled up by Mr. Bergfeldt. Our Christian Day Schools are carried on on the principle of a sound elementary teaching, without an endeavour at a high education. But constant efforts are made to make them more efficient in this their sphere, and we think we have had some success in this direction last Their number has been increased from 4 to 6, of which 4 are year. in different parts of Mangalore and 2 in the out-stations Bolma and Samuga. A small number of heathen boys attend these schools along with the Christians. We have begun this year to draw a grant-in-aid for these schools, and have got 315 Rs. In the rooms of our former Anglo-Vernacular School a Canarese school is carried on, but with a very fluctuating attendance. We ask ourselves, whether it is worth the trouble, to keep up a school, where the boys are scarcely 6 months under the influence of Christian instruction. The Brahmin-Girls’ Schools have scarcely increased in numbers, although a part of the native population showed a great interest in them. We have mentioned in our last Report the petition, a number of Brahmins sent in last year, and we think it will interest some of our readers to see a copy of it in the Appendix. They have hitherto started a subscription which yielded Rs. 297, and we hope we may re- gard this as the beginning of more liberal contributions to enable us to The old houses are too small procure a proper house for the school. to admit any considerable number of girls, so that we long ago wished for a larger house, but now experience has taught us that the health of European ladies will not stand frequent visits in the small wretched houses, and therefore cousider a proper building as indispensable for the RPN, -, = o e .~ T L s T S e SR R progress of the school. In the mean time we have tried to procure native female teachers, of whom we havenow four for these schools, and might procure more, if they were wanted. As our Home-Committee cannot do much for these schools, we trust that our friendsin India will assist us. P — 21 INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT O ok it s SRR Ly SN Mr. G. Pfleiderer (1854), Mr. C. Stolz (1863), Mr. Th. Digel (1865), M. J. Miiller (1866), M. Ch. Reuther (1867), M»r. Th. FElsdisser (1867), Mr. F. Gundert (1868) We already mentioned the departure of Mr. Plebst, who had for many years devoted his time and strength to the Printing Establish- ment, which 18 years ago he found in a very undeveloped state, and which he now leaves in a high degree of perfection, furnishing us with very nicely printed books, and besides providing a livelihood for 33 Christians and their families, without causing to the Mission any ex- | pense for the Earopean Superintendents or the working people Mr. ] Stolz and Mr. Reuther are now in care of the establishment % LIST OF BOOKS Printed during the year 1868 Canarese Edition Size. Copies. Pages J Outlines of Geography . IIT 12¢ 7000 90 On Self-Support 2000 18 n o) Bible Stories, Old Testament VO 3000 252 Second Catechism of Grammar . VI 16° 15000 64 I Chronological Digest of History of Indla 120 2000 39 0 Almanac for 1869 . 80 3000 64 First Catechism of Grammar IIT 16° = 2000 30 b0 Geographical Primer 12° 2000 36 First Canarese Instructor . VI 6000 86 Il Notes of Decisions of the Bombay ngh Court 80 600 99 ol Confirmation (Second Catechism for) II 1122 2000 22 th Minor Poetical Anthology . II 80 3000 154 History of India IIT 120 3000 470 od he First Book of L.essons 80 3000 32 The Vakeels’ Guide 80 1000 371 76 First Book of Lessons, I. Part (Bombay) 16° 20000 40 ht Do do II ” do ,‘Vi 20000 40 Second do of do 1v 12° 15000 60 Third do do. unfinished IV 10000 108 18 22 —— English. it Edition. Size . Copies. Pages. 80 1200 87 28th Report, Basel Evangelical Mission . Reminiscences of Rev. S. Hebich . . . I » 1000 20 Canarese and English. . . . . . . . . . I 80 2000 96 First Translator . Malayalam. The New Testament. . . II 80 3000 617 1I b 1500 278 Dr. Gundert's large Grammar, finished The Chanakyasitram, with notes 1000 274 II 3000 160 School Panchatantram, unfinished . History of India . 12° 3000 156 Almanac for 1869 80 4000 79 18 Bible Song. . 16° 3000 . . . II 12¢ 3000 109 Kéralolpatti 16° 3000 67 1000 Proverbs . . . . Bible Stories, New Testament II 12° 2000 134 16° 3000 36 The Way of Salvation . . Prérthana vidhi . . 12° 300 25 12° 3000 195 Kérala Parama The Diamond Needle . III 16° 6000 35 162600 4461 In connection with it, but situated in —another part of the town, is the newly erected Bookshop, which has entirely been separated from Mr. Pleiderer’s Shop and removed to the house, where till then the Seminary was located. The Publishing business, together with the sale of books in Mangalore and on all our Stations, is now in the hands of Mr. Stolz, who was joined by Mr. F. Gundert as assistant. L Sale of Tracts. Canara 5153 Copies. Coorg 453 » South Mahratta 3676 » Malabar 7576 ” 75 » Nilgherries Total 16933 Copies. 23 11. Sale of School-Books and Almanacs. Canara 17939 Copies Coorg 1165 » South Mahratta 1456 b Malabar 6627 » 34 Nilgherries ”» Total 27221 Copies From other Depots under our charge (Bible-depot and Government Book-depot) 8892 Copies were sold, so that the sum total of Books sold from our Mangalore Bookshop is 53046 Copies The expenses for Tracts (printing, binding, colportage etc.) were Rs. 1965-14-5 The receipt for the sale of Tracts only 704-10-8 so that there is a loss of . 1261- 3-9 that was partly covered by a gain of Rs 576 7-2 from School-books &e., partly (Rs. 684-12-7) by the Mission Mr. Pfleiderer dedicates much of his time to the interest of the Treasury and the management of the many Church-Funds. In his Mer- cantile Business he is assisted by Mr.J. Miiller and Elsisser. Mr. Riehm has left Mangalore to take care of the Mission-Shop in Mercara The Tiling business is now carried on under the control of Mr. Pfleiderer The Weaving Establishment provides a livelihood for 94 men and women, and is always flourishing. It is chiefly from this Establishment that the above mentioned colony is peopled, and that they earn the money to build their comfortable houses All these establishments furnish us also with a means of over- 5 coming one great difficulty, viz. trying the sincerity of enquirers, who want pecuniary help If they are willing to work for livelihood, they are welcome; if they are mere vagabonds, they soon leave and we can console ourselves over their loss We cannot say that we are sorry to hear again and again from heathen the objection raised “Of what use is it to join you? Your people must work as much as ourselves We think it proper that it should be so, and are happy to have the means to teach our Christians this lesson, which they begin to understand more and more fully 24 MOOLKY. Rev. A. Minner (1857), Rev. J. Mack (1858) NATIVE DEACON: Rev. Sebastian Furtado. CATECHIST: Theophil Aimann;—Johann Philipp. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: Johann Uppen, Josias Mabenna, Mark Ananda. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMISTRESSES: Esther Jesaya, Salome David, Frida. Communicants 169 last year 165 Non-Communicants. Chaldren 190 175 40 28 Catechument Girls' Boarding Schoo : 57 45 Christian Day Schools 59 58 28 10 Heathen Day School This year both Missionaries were allowed to work without much interruption. It grieved us very much to discover, that another Catechist also had fallen into sin, and he was dismissed. The work went on chiefly on the out-station of Santoor. On the 11th September Mr. Minner had the pleasure of administering baptism to 13 persous, who had joined the congregation last year. Besides several Christians who have come from that place, but are living in other congregations, there are now 7 Christian families (altogether 29 persons) in the village itself; $0 that the Mission has got a firm footing there. It was chiefly the startling discovery of this fact, which excited the heathens and eventually led to acts of violence, one Christian being severely beaten by some heathens, so that he had to be carried to the hospital. But the punishment that was inflicted upon the guilty one, will have shown them, that they have not unlimited liberty to vent their anger in such a way. In the begin- ning of the current year 18 other heathens had joined the congregation, But some of them were so frightened and were wishing for baptism. by the threats of the surrounding heathens, that they drew back again. 25 The wife of one convert had left him at the time of his conversion and, liv- ing with her parents, had resisted many attempts of his to prevail on her to return, so much that she had even sent him a letter of divorce. But at last she joined him of her own free will; and even the heathen elders of her caste, in a conference which the Missionary had with them, were of opinion that she would do best to be with her husband, provided she did not eat with him. The educated natives of Moolky have formed a Reading Room. Their first statutes contained a prayer to “The Almighty Supreme Being,”” with which each meeting should begin. Although this prayer has since been discontinued, it is yet a sign for good. They petitioned the Missionaries to take the lead of the whole as President and Vice- President, and as long as they are allowed to influence the meeting in a truly religious way, they see no reason to decline. Mr. Mack has hitherto regularly attended the meetings and is happy to be able to help these young men in their search after truth, even if they be groping as yet in the dark. The Girls’ School begins to show fruits of the care that is again nch Al- bestowed upon it more than was possible in the two last years. het though now and then cases of obstinacy occurred, so much that the otk native Schoolmistress almost despaired of living longer with these bet: girls, yet the spirit has improved again, and it is evident that the 1L} word of God makes an impression upon some of them. In learning ans there is a very marked progress in this year, as appears also from the 10/ grant this school received now for the first time. It was Rs. 2161 in elfs February and Rs. 281 in November., ling dto 608y that a7 glIl fiom ened gaifl‘ 26 OODAPY. Rev. R. Hartmann (1859), Rev. W. Stokes (1860), Rev. F. JlIdllea‘ (1861), Rev. L. Langel (1868). CATECHISTS: Elieser Paul, Charles Gojar, Mark Salis, Daniel Andraya CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: Barnabas Joshua, Benjamin Ananda. Communicants . 108 last year 90 Non-Communicants - - 8 Children. 115 103 Catechument 40 42 20 Middle School. (27) Training School . 2 46 49 Orphan Boys’ School Christian Day School 19 20 17 Heathen Scholars ; This year witnessed many changes on this station. Mr. Schweizer left the station and on the 29th October Mr. Langel, newly arrived from Europe, took his place. The Middle School, or preparandi-school, was transferred from Mangalore to Oodapy, where the necessary buildings had been preparing since September 1867. Pupils and teachers had many reasons not to like the change from the chief town of the district to a place rather excluded from commerce &c. But by and bye they have reconciled themselves. The school, which is carried on on the vernacular principle, has gradually been able to reach a much higher standard by training the teachers very carefully. The boys are studying Arithmetic, Geometry, Greek, Sanscrit, Malayalam and Canarese Classics, History of India, of the World and of the Church; and of course Bible instruction is not neglected, and in all branches the boys are brought to a very fair standard. Most of them could pass the 4th standard and the grants-in-aid realized were Rs. 302 and Rs. 347. A spirit of grumbling, which arose amongst the pupils of the Training School and imparted itself to the Preparandi-School, was quenched not It seems the manual work, by weak concassions but by firm encrgy. 27 P DRSO Mr. Miiller and his nfitive assistant laid on the boys, seemed to them to be too much, but they now do it without grumbling. The Training School is attended only by 3 boys, and they also made a strike to gain concessions; but seeing that we were resolute and would rather have no pupils than make concessions, they again begged for admission. A part of the Jubilee fund had been set apart to build a church in Oodapy. The station had possessed a nice Church at first, but wicked hands had 13 years ago (2nd March 1856) set fire to it and hitherto a school-room had been used for the services. On the 6th of December the new Churc_:h was consecrated. A number of Missionaries and many Christians from the neighbouring congre- gations, had assembled in Oodapy. They gathered in the room hitherto used for service, and after a short prayer they moved in procession, singing a hymn, to the new building. Standing under the porch, Mr. Hartmann, pastor of the congregation, read the 24th Psalm. Then the doors were opened, and singing the 100th Psalm the assembled congregation entered the Church. The prayers and the 84th Psalm were read and a sermon preached by Mr. Hartmann, the congre- gation and the chorus now and then lifting up their voices in singing, After that two babies, one of Mr. Hartmann’s and one of the congregations’ and then 5 T In the afternoon the heathen boys of the boarding school, were baptized. Christians gathered again. Mr. Brigel read Solomon’s consecration prayer b (I. Kings 8th Chapter) and then himself implored the blessing of God upon this house; after which 6 Missionaries and 1 native deacon delivered speeches and 8 d Mr. F. Miiller concluded with prayer. It was a refreshing joyful day, and the solemnity was only increased by the presence of the ruins that had for 13 years of remained of the first church, and by the news that Mr. Traub, who a few years y ago had laboured in this place, had been called to his rest. i The great annual festival in Oodapy was much more frequented el than in other years, because a new Swamy commenced his reign at that 8 time. And the brethren of Oodapy and Moolky were enabled to preach 56 " the gospel during several successive days without any considerable in- of terruption. Other heathen festivals were also visited besides the )a weekly preaching in the bazaar at Oodapy. he At the beginning of last year the prospects of this station seemed very hopeful. There were no less than 42 candidates for baptism; but 8 altogether only 5 boys of the boarding school and 1 man in Gudde could be baptized. The catechumens in Oodapy and the out-station Gudde by 4% 28 — do not give much hope. Out of the 26 persons in Kattupady only 17 have remained steadfast, all the rest have gone back to the heathens; one of them has given an idolatrous meal to be restored to his caste, and after that went on pilgrimage. It is remarkable how very easy };j the heathen now make it for a convert to regain his caste, and it is a ] sign that the walls of caste are beginning to crumble. Even the leader of the whole movement has caused much trouble, and his sincerity seems to be doubtful, but he has not yet gone back. Most of the remaining are now so much founded in the word of God that we should administer baptism to them, if it were not for some disputes about division of the family-property that still keeps their minds in some excitement. It 18 a remarkable connection of circumstances. An | old man hopes to get some gain by becoming a Christian together with his relations. He persuades them to join him in this step. Afterwards he finds himself disappointed and wants his relations to return with him to the heathen, but they refuse and appear to become sincere § Christians. May the Lord’s blessing rest upon them. The young congregation in Shirwa is steadily, though slowly, pl increasing. The converts try to %pick up” their other relatives, as fi they express themselves. b 1 HONORE. Rev. Z. Deuber (1866), Rev. Th. Walz (1866). CATECHISTS AND EVANGELIST: Jacob Kamsika, Samuel Aiman;—Suwartappa Watsa. Communicants 15 last year 7 Children 13 - - 7 The two brethren have now mastered the language and begun their In Honore itself work by preaching first in Honore and on journeys. the people show the greatest indifference. If the Missionaries go to the — 29 bazaar to preach, they now and then fail to get even a single man to hear them So they were bent on preaching in other places and not being encumbered with the care of a congregation or school or some- thing else, they can dedicate themselves entirely to itinerating, a happy lot that does not fall to the share of every Missionary. They have )} accordingly opened the year with a journey to Gokarna and Karwar, and on the Ist December they set out on a larger tour through 6 Gersoppa, Sdgar, Siddhapura &c Unhappily this first tour proved [ too severe for the health of both Missionaries, and Mr. Walz especially 5 was attacked with severe fever Besides that Samuel Aiman has made several larger tours, and he and Suwartappa have accompanied the Missionaries on their tours As the latter of the Catechists is too old to walk, he has contrived to procure something like a manchil ls for Rs. 3 and has himself carried by 2 coolies. The witness of this h old man, who is known to many as a former Shastri, always produces 6 some particular impression. An out-station has been opened in Karwar by the baptism of 6 e persons and Catechist Jacob Kamsika has been stationed there. Hope- T S ful as we felt at this first opening, we yet think we.have reason for being moderate in our expectations May the Lord bless the work of our Catechist in establishing the existing little Church and in making it expand still more il olf he 30 'COORG, ANANDAPOOR. Rev. O. Kaufmann (1853). SCHOOLMASTER: Lucas Bodu. Communicants 50 last year 53 3 - - 7 Non-Communicants Children 42 49 Catechument 11 10 Christian Day Sckoo.l 26 20 Mr. Kaufmann’s health has suffered so much that he is obliged to contemplate a journey to Europe. But Mr. Schnepf, who was appoint- ed to join him as assistant and successor, became so ill just at the time he thought of moving to Anandapoor, that he could not proceed there The new church is not quite finished, but has been opened for service since June 1868, and a few days afterwards the primitive building, hitherto called chapel, succumbed to the rains of themonsoon. Liberal as the contributions of Christian friends have been, the expenses are not yet defrayed and we must again apply to the liberality of those, who wish to further the kingdom of God.* We are deeply grieved to have this year also to report the falling off of some members of the congregation. Three families (8 souls) have gofie back to the heathen, after having gone on in an unchristian spirit for a length of time. It cannot justly be said that outward motives drove them to this step; it was much more an inward estrangement towards the Church and its rules. We must, in cases like this, look back to the beginning of the congregation, when a great number of people flocked together and the Missionary hoped by and bye to train them to Christian life and to instil into their minds a heartfelt love towards the word of God. It is properly this training business which in congregation of this description, does the chief work and makes the people Christians, and if this fails in some cases and some go back to the heathen, it is not so much a losing of what has been gained, but a failure of hopes for future gains. If at the end a good nucleus remains, the work has not been lost and the plan has not failed. ¥ Since the above was written, our Committee have enabled us to finish the building by a gift of Rs. 500. 31 —_—— In Mercara the mercantile business belonging to our Mission, has now been taken charge of by Mr. Riehm, who with his family has settled there for good. Although his work is, in the first instance, the care of the trading, he yet finds time to work for the Gospel in looking after the few Christians there and inviting heathens to the kingdom of God There are in Mercara and its environs a number of young men, who are deeply convinced of the folly of idolatry and even have got an understanding of the glory of Christianity; but their courage fails them to live up to their conviction. May God create in their hearts that resurrection life which breaks even through rocks and chaiuns. We hope scon to be able to make Mercara a proper Mission-station, by placing an ordained Missionary there, and have already bought a house for this purpose. We are now ounly waiting for the approval of our Home-Committee. ) I. SOUTHERN MAHRATTA COUNTRY. DHARWAR. ERev. F. Krauss (1860), Rev. Titus C’ostd (1861). SCHOOLMISTRESS: Maria Bannawasy. Communicants 16 last year 17 Non-Communicants 0 - - 0 Children 13 - 17 Catechumens 0 - 1 Anglo-Vernacular Sch.ool. 137 - 69 - - Vernacular School . 101 63 Mr. Krauss was much hindered in his work by sore eyes, from which he suffered much during the past year; but he itinerated for 105 days, besides taking great pains to put the gospel before the inhabi- — 32 tants of Dharwar itself. This latter work does not show any encouraging 8igns. Not one is found who seeks after truth. We cannot wonder if the Missionary now and then feels downcast. Once on a preaching tour in a conversation with a Dharwar man, he remar- ked, “For how many years the gospel has been preached in Dharwar, and still there is not the least fruit.,” “You must not say so” was the answer of the hea- then, “many have been shaken in their belief in idols and priests, and have discontinued many heathenish customs; it is only love and fear of the world that keeps them back from becoming Christians the fruit will certainly appear”. May this word prove true!—and it will certainly prove true, if God’s children become more fervent in their intercessions, and do not allow the Missionary to carry his heavy burden alone, but bend their own shoulders to the weight, mak- ing his cause theirs in prayers and intercessions. His itinerating tours he finds more refreshing and meets with many willing to hear the gospel, but, as yet, no serious enquirers after the truth have appeared. This year also he carried on his work in the jail, and there visited and instructed a Hindoo, wishing for baptism; but as his sentence of transportation was carried into effect sooner than Mr. Krauss expected, he had not time to administer the rite to him. A second person visited by him was an old Portuguese of 75, under sentence of death. One of the reasons why there is so little inclination among the na- tives of Dharwar to hear the word of God, is, we are very sorry to say, the low spiritual condition of the small congregation there. Very far from being as a city set on a hill, they rather prove a stumbling block to those who are without. There are but few who have any spi- ritual life at all; some are no better than the heathen around them; three have been excommunicated and all connection with them has been broken off. Mrs. Krauss dedicates herself to the female part of the congrega- tion, instructing the girls and gathering the women for Bible reading and prayer. One hopeful feature is the Anglo-Vernacular School. The numbers have increased wonderfully and they have the gospel clearly set before (;Ejl them. We are convinced this cannot be in vain, although up to the f present time we have seen no fruit of our labours. f 33 0 HOOBLY. Rev. J. Huber (1857—left in January 1869), Mwr. F. Ziegler (1862), Rev. G. Weigele (1867). I CATECHISTS: Il it Paul Nagappa, Christian Chinnappa, John Gurusiddha, 6 Abraham Hery. ld th Communicants 71 last year 61 Children 73 - - ol 68 Catechumenz. 0 18 19 Boys' Boarding School Christian Day Scholars . 13 15 22 20 y English School . Heathen Vernacular School 60 80 16 It is a great loss, not only to the station itself, but to our whole d Mission, that Mr. Huber was obliged to leave the country with no of hope of returning. The state of his health did not improve and he be- , came more and more unable to do any work. d The members of the congregation exercise a good deal of control among themselves and the consequence is that every thing goes on smoothly. We cannot record any striking proofs of Christian life, to but now and then we are privileged to see some rays of Divine glory shining forth from deathbeds, sometimes even from those of men whom Y 1 we did not appreciate so much during their lives. As truly Christian 1= characters are not of very frequent occurrence among Hindoo females, 3 it may give pleasure to some of our readers to see the account Mr. ol Huber gives of a woman of his congregation, who departed this life in the year under review: a- Salome was born in 1846 in the Bellary District. Her father was Gauda (headman) of his village, a respected, well to do, and after the manner of Hin- g doos, very pious heathen. One day he discovered to his great astonishment, among a heap of lumber, a large book entitled “The New Testament of our xI‘S Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.” The appearance of the book showed that it 10 came from Europeans, and on enquiry he learned that years ago a Missicnary he from Bellary had come into this village, and had left there several copies of that book, but that no one had thought it worth their while to enquire into its con- tents, Our Gauda took a greater interest in the book than his friends; and the 5 ———— 34 more he read, the more he felt his heart drawn towards it; for he thought he bl W heard voices from another world speaking to him through the book. His desire fully to understand the meaning of the book increased so much, that he sought h 8 out the Christians in Bellary, stayed several days with them, conversed about 8 what he had read, and returning to his home took with him a number of Tracts, which he read very carefully. The perusal of them ripened in him the reso- g lution to turn from dumb idols to the Saviour, whose name alone, under heaven, is given among men whereby we must be saved. When he learnt that a rela- i tion of his, in Dharwar, had become a Christian, he decided to go thither and join the Church. He left, for the Lord’s sake, his office as Gauda of the village, his house and field, and with his wife and two girls started for the town he had never seen before, to find there a new home in the congregation of Christians, as the swallow finds a nest for herself—even the altars of Jehovah. Of course he and his family were joyfully received in Dharwar, and after some further in- struction they received baptism. He received the name of Jacob and his little girl that of Salome. As was to be expected from a man who had embraced the Christian religion from a pure desire to be saved, his after life was in fa ¢ the fear of the Lord, and he could not but be esteemed by all around him for his uprightness, humility and child-like faith. He earned his livelihood by d cultivating the orchard behind the Mission-house, a place that grew dearer and i dearer to him, as there he could, without interruption, converse with his God as h often as he desired. Under the shadowy trees of that garden he prayed much h a and fervently for his salvation and that of his children. But the congregation at Dharwar was not to possess this excellent man for long. In 1856 he paid il a visit to his former home to look after his estate that- was under the care of §i his brothers. They received him apparently with much kindness, but he returned to his family a sick man, leaving no doubt on the minds of those ac- { quainted with the subject that he had received one of the slow poisons so I common in this country. For two years he suffered much, till at last he was J unable to rise from his bed. al During the illness of her father, the sterling qualities of his daughter shone i forth for the first time. Without bidding, she took upon herself to nurse her N beloved father day and night, for her young heart felt that the rough nature of ar her mother unfitted her for such a delicate task. Moved by the self-sacrificing 5 love of his child, the father would exclaim, “Oh my darling child! should I become well again, I will try to repay your love in some way; but even if I J LG cannot do anything for you, I know that the Lord will not forget what you e are doing for me. May my blessing rest upon your head.” When at last he 1 died, Salome was only 12 years of age; in character just like her father with of a lovely countenance, showing the pious, loving and tender heart within. 1 Three years afterwards she married a poor peasant in Hoobly; but the days of of her married life were no pleasant ones, but a series of almost uninterrupted Wi 3 = o he sufferings and privations. Soon after her marriage the days of famine began, irg which proved years of sorrow and anxiety to many a poor family. Salome had i her full share in these troubles, for their crops also had failed, and often they out scarcely knew how to procure their daily bread and water. Besides that she ofs, soon became sickly in body, so that for years, till the day of her departure, 50 she did not enjoy a single day of full health. She gave birth to 3 children, but e, they also were feeble and sickly and required much careful nursing. And then la she had to bear the whole burden, in reality, alone, for her hushand instead of nd being a comfort and support to her, had himself to be borne in much patience. ge, Notwithstanding her poverty and her manifold sorrow, her outward had appearance was always respectable, and her inward frame of mind joyful and s, content; so that one conversing with her, without having a previous insight 156 into her circumstances, could never suppose from her manners what an amount 1 of tribulations both in her family and personally she was going through. For it {le had become a habit with her to cast her burden on the Lord and calmly to ced wait for His help instead of complaining to man. Such had been her good father’s practice before her; she had learned it from him, and when suffering y 11 for came upon her like a flood, she realized by personal experience the strength by and comfort it brought to her heart. Behind her house was a quiet court-yard, nd in which were some bushy trees, and under their shade she would pour out {98 her heart again and again to her Saviour. And He who calls the weary and uch heavy laden to come to him, heard her prayers and gave her rest for her soul 101 according to his promises. But by degrees her longings were more and more aid directed heavenward. Her desire to depart and be with Christ grew gradually so strong in her, that now and then I thought it necessary to remind her of y of he her duties towards her husband and three young children. As her mind was ac thus directed towards eternity, it was natural that she should have rather little inclination to enter more into the cares of this life, than was absolutely necessary. 80 Was Just as little could she find pleasure in the idle gossip that is so common amongst Hindu women. The time thus spent by them she would use for rea- ding the word of God and conversing with Him. Therefore her knowledge of one het Scripture and her insight into its meaning was such as to make it a pleasure p Of and refreshment to talk with her about the word of God, and in general about spiritual matters. ing 01 Her longing after the better land was to be gratified much sooner than we and perhaps she herself had imagined, though a distinct presentiment seems to have it I been in her heart, before there were the least signs of approaching death. About y ot f he 10 days before her death, I went to visit a heathen festival with the intention of returning in about 10 or 14 days. When she saw me going, she felt a strong y ifll impulse to bid me farewell, and being prevented by some household work, she hin lays afterwards wept at having lost the opportunity of doing. A few days after- wards she was attacked with inflammation of the lungs, and from the first pted H¥ 36 e moment she was sure it was the Lord’s messenger to call her home, and she 0ay rejoiced at the prospect. To procure medical aid for her, she was brought the to Dharwar. When there seemed some likelihood that she would get better, the and the physician confirmed the hope of her recovery, she did not feel any joy forn at the prospect, but said with a deep sigh: “Must I then return to this world of sin? Alas! I had hoped soon to be where there is no grief or sorrow.” Even B in her feverish dreams she would exclaim, “I will not remain here any longer, e I will go home to my Father.” When she was reminded of uneducated children ste and was asked whether she would leave them, she replied, “It is true, the all thought of them is the most apt of all things to tie me to earth, but they dare not an stop me here below, for I know the Lord will provide for them. Perhaps they It will have to suffer some more privations after I have left them, but a little more or less troubles in this world is not of much importance, yea those oft trials are useful, for they tend to create in the heart a longing for the true home.” 16 But when it became evident again that she was drawing near her end, her Wi brother-in-law asked her: “What hope have you as a foundation for your longing to go to the Lord? Are you sure He will help you? or do you think because you have been pious and good He will be pleased with you?” But she M answered firmly: “Oh no! It is not trust on my own merit that makes me sure, La God will accept me. If I had only my merit and worthiness, I must despair. But I will enter heaven like the thief on the cross, and 1 know my Saviour will tl 1€ not cast me out; for he has bought me with his blood and has blotted out my the sins like a cloud.” fan On the 10th day of her illness having become very weak, hearing that I ho had returned to Hoobly, and notwithstanding the opposition of her relatives, she persisted in being immediately brought back to Hoobly. In the night they gl arrived there and she forthwith sent for me. But when I entered the room, e she had already lost her speech. She only seized my hand and her peaceful eyes T rested upon me, till in half an hour they were closed in death and her soul left the bodily frame without a struggle. The desire had at last been granted to bid me farewell and to receive my blessing. I myself was grateful for having wh been favoured with witnessing her departure. I consider it a blessing to be near the deathbed of pious Christians. My spirit in such moments is enabled il S10 to look through the fissures of the decayed hut of this body and cast a glance beyond into the gardens of the city of God, and learns joyfully to exclaim with o St. Paul: “Oh death where is thy sting? Oh grave where is thy victory ?” The sting of death is gone. Death is swallowed up in victory. U Although Mr. Huber was frequently hindered by asthma, Mr. Ziegler thy occupied with School work, and Mr. Weigele studying Canarese, each of them tried to preach as much as possible to the heathen. But the 1§ chief part was done by the Catechists, who altogether itinerated 226 sy 37 she days, besides preaching in Hoobiy and the out-stations. In Unakallu ot er, the congregation exerts an influence for good on those around them; the heathen come even to the Christian services. But many, who oy tld formerly had given much hope and who inwardly bad gone out from Vel Egypt, have not entered the promised land, but have died in the wild- 3 erness on the borders of Canaan, because they delayed the decisive Ien the step of outward profession. Fever quickly carried off many a one from not amongst them. In others love has become cold. They still are friendly ey and say, that they will one day become Christians; but there is little tile prospect of it. They have lulled their consciences to sleep, and too 036 often grieved the spirit of God. (We desire our Hindoo friends who 16 read these lines to take it to heart and to hasten to escape from the her out wrath to come.) Some there are still for whom we entertain hope. ink The most hopeful part of the work was in and around Hebsoor. she e, Many people come to the Catechist’s house to learn about the gospel. Last year an old priest came now and then asking to be taught from e will the gospel. Now he has done away with his linga and freely proclaims my the word of God in his village. Very difficult circumstances in his family hinder him as yet from asking for baptism. Some of the very i hopeful features discretion forbids us to put into print. But we would ves, hey give a hint to those Christian brethren who know how to wield the weapon of prayer, that there is here a field where they can cause great 010, 3)’65 victories to be gained by their faithful prayer. Jeft The Catechists prove a great help and Mr. Huber feels very happy | fo jing when preaching with one of them. The attention of his hearers slack- ) be ens after some time, when the Catechist will fall in and carry on the Mis- pled sionary’s train of thought. Attention increases for some time, and when e again it decreases, the Missionary takes up the word and thus they ith 'y ?51 go on for 2 or 3 hours keeping up the attention of the audience and proclaiming the full counsel of God. May God keep these helpers in gler the right spirit of piety and humility. ach The spivit of Boys’ Boarding Schools is better than formerly. There the is now no complaint about outbursts of rudeness and insubordination. 926 38 ————— The Anglo-Vernacular Schoolis not very well attended, but the pre- parandi-school (Middle school) connected with it, has been re-opened with Christian boys, 2 of whom have newly come out from the heathen. BETTIGHERRY. Rev. W. Roth (1857), Mr. . Hahn (1857). CATECHISTS: Paul Badava, Loth Hery. SCHOOLMASTER: Danappa Demanagauda. Commumnicants 25 last year 20 Non-Communicants 46 43 Children Catechument 5 24 ii Qirls’ Boarding Scho;l Christian Day School Heathen Vernacular School 85 ;EI;)) The old members of the congregation are not what we wish them to be; there is scarcely any spiritual life to be seen; yet they en- deavour to live according to God’s commandments and have even with the heathen the name of being truthful men, whose word can be trusted. Some impression has been produced upon them by the fresh spiritual life of the new converts. % The out-station Shagoti, always a hopeful place, has been a source of much joy in the course of last year. Several families of that village have a great desire to become Christians. Some of them cannot find courage to take the step, and one man has even been so weak as to have himself and his family re-entered into caste, after they had lost it by some mistake. Two boys came to Bettigherry firmly resolved to become Christians, but they were persuaded to go back again; one of them, Ranga had tried it for the second time, and failed both times. But 39 m——— e sor;xe have broken through the difficulties, and a genuine strength, not th from nature but from above, becomes apparent in their victory. As we hope to hear great things about this village in future, we will insert the outlines of the past victories of the Gospel there. In November 1865 the first man of this village, Devappa, was baptized in the temple of Hanuman. He has hitherto adorned his profession with a con- sistent walk, and through a school he is conducting, and through conversations and Bible readings with his heathenish friends, has exercised a great influence for good in that village. In February 1867 there was another baptism again in the Hanuman temple. Satyappa, the head of another family, with his son, and a son of Devappa were baptized. Thus the Lord had entered into 2 houses, but the wives in both cases were much displeased at it. One of them ran away to lament in a distant place with her friends the loss of caste she understood to be unavoidable. The other persisted in living in the house with her two We went on children, separated from her hushand and his baptized son. preaching and praying, opened a school and built a house for divine service, as A we could not hope to be in future allowed to make use of the temple. number of men and women promised to come for baptism, and even fixed the day. But when the time arrived they did not feel themselves up to the task. But one youth (Dasappa, now Devadasa) could no longer resist the inquietude in his heart, and as his relatives threatened to kill him, he went to Bettigherry. All entreaties of his friends tended only to make him more firm in his resolu- tion. “If you kill me, I shall the sooner enter into heaven,” he said. - He was baptized at whitsuntide 1868, together with another youth of the name of Lakshmanappa (now Solomo) of Bettigherry, who had come out at Christmas 1867. These two have now entered our preparandi-school at Hoobly and are being prepared to become preachers of the Gospel. Already they exercise a great influence upon their friends. Two other boys followed Devadasa, but < their faith was not equal to the struggle, and they went back again. About | this time the Lord began to put two of the most advanced enquirers into his school of tribulation. Ramappa was for 6 months prostrated with fever and Adiviyappa suffered at the same time from a disease in his leg. As much as these complaints allowed, they passed this time in reading the New Testament and Christian Tracts, and conversing together on them. The consequence was that they resolved not to tarry any longer, but to come out boldly. Ramappa saw clearly that he would be expelled from his house and family as soon as he became Christian. But Adiviyappa had reason to hope that he would draw his family after him, only they besought him to delay the decisive step. Sometime passed without any further action on their side. But in the mean time the other members of Danappa’s family asked for baptism, and after having received instruction twice a day for 3 weeks, they were baptized on the 27th Sep- 40 tember 1868. This time the baptism took place in our new Chapel, which ;vas hay crowded both within and without, by some Christians and many heathens, who pat joi had come to hear and to see what was going on. Whilst perfect order and solemnity reigned in the Chapel the houses of Ramappa and Adiviyappa were ba The houses were be- the scenes of great excitement and even severe contest. g sieged, the two men were worked upon with entreaties and threats, with weep- ing and laughter. They were not allowed to leave the house without being th closely watched; for the rumour was that they should be baptized that day. al They had in truth promised to witness the baptism and to break their caste by taking part in the common meals, But the enemy seemed to triumph, the y men did not come. Our Christians from Bettigherry were already on their way back, and we (the Missionary, Catechist and the two youths Solomo and Devadasa) fo We lingered in the village till the evening. But still the men did not come. took a walk outside the village; and behold, guided by the Lord, we came to al Adiviyappa’s field and there we saw him, watched by two men, who like tigers would not loose sight of their prey. He was much downcast. We tried to 10 comfort him, and admonished him not to deny in the hour of combat Jesus, G( whom he knew and in whom he believed; for the way to life was through death and to vietory through fighting. Followed by his watchmen he returned with us to the village, where he left us, his head bowed down and his looks full of SOrrow. We were entirely shut up in prayer. But lo! next morning he came with fresh courage, and assured us that he would join us that very day. He went to Ramappa, but found him downcast without the strength to accompany him Then he went to Pakierappa, who had promised to join him. But he too was not prepared. “Then I take the step alone” he said and came to us. ‘We sent him home to tell his family of his intention. A new struggle began, but most of his friends soon perceived that it was in vain. Only his mother entreated him to wait 2 weeks more to arrange some business. But his answer was firm, I cannot find any vest. I ought to have gone out before. I will not tarry one day longer.” They spent the day in their endeavours; but when evening had come and we had sat down to our meal, he joined our circle and ate with us and thus got rid of his caste. While eating, the sorrow that had pressed him down gradually became less, his face was lighted up, and at last he felt quite happy. “It was hard,” he said,“but grace has won the victory.” When he returned to his house with Solomo and Devadasa, there he found everything changed. All was quiet as the grave. His mother had fled with his daughter, and his cousin had taken away his wife. In the street people stood laughing, mocking and insulting. After waiting some days and hearing that his wife was to be taken away to a native state at the distance of some 40 miles, he re- solved to go and bring her back, if necessary, by force. He succeeded and after some lamentations, she consented to cook and even to eat with him. After sometime his mother also joined him. But none of the family, has as yet been ———————rs 41 Was baptized, partly because the women were not yet in the proper state of mind, who partly because some 2 or 3 fathers of the families have promised decidedly to and join after harvest and be baptized with Adiviyappa; and he himself wishes his Vere May the Lord baptism thus to be made a decisive victory of the village. he grant that there be not another disappointment in store for us. i The School there is fortunate in possessing such a schoolmaster, as ing ay. the above mentioned Devappa, who, though deficient in education and ability to teach, has a rare gift of touching the hearts of his boys and aste the girls and implanting the love of Jesus in their young hearts. 1ay The Girls’ Boarding School shows a much better spirit than it did ) formerly, and there is also distinct progress in efficiency of the teaching. We Preaching to the heathen was carried on by Mr. Roth, Mr. Hahn to and the Catechist, chiefly in Bettigherry, Godak and Shagotee, but also el 0 in itinerating tours, and they are often gladdened by the willing re- 15, geption their words meet with. ath ith | of me He 0y he GOOLEDGOOD. s an, Rev. J. Thumm (1860), Rev. A. Stoll (1867). et CATECHIST: Solomon Bhaskar. el ill Communicants 45 last year 37 Non-Commumnicants 0 - - 1 en nd Children . 41 - - 38 15 15 ad Christian Day Scko.ol he Heathen Day School 50 55 0 - - 10 en Heathen Night School 1 Mr. Stoll has joined Mr. Thumm, so that two Missionaries have ol been working there during the past year. k e Most of these who were excommunicated, have re-entered the con- gregation. And the Jesnit Missionary who had caused so much confu- ol sion, has chosen to leavethe place again, after having experienced many el disappointments.. oD 42 s The congregation has had an increase from the heathen, nine of them having been baptized at Christmas. One of the elders was, as it seemed on his deathbed, and although the Lord’s grace preserved him to the congregation, the words he spoke in prospect of death may find a place here to refresh and strengthen us Mr. Thumm writes As I read IIL cor. 4, 16—5, 10, he said: “Yes, even if this earthly house t made with hand is dissolved, I know that a house is made ready for me in my Father’s home. ( - Help me that I.may. reach it. ‘There may still be many dark hours when I shall be cast hlther and thither; but I know, the Lord is with me, and therefore I am not afraid; My sufferings are not great and shall be- come so much hghter as I cling the more to the Lord. Pray for me that the Lord may keep my mind fixed on him and that I may be partaker of that glory. This is in one way a difficult thing. Much is required for it There are many hindrances in the way; and I myself am burdened with many deficiencies But I}if in another way the Lord has made it very easy. I only must hold fast the saving rope He has cast out for me; then I know He will bring me even through V | the dark valley of death.” When I read John 17th ‘chapter ‘he remarked 22—24 “These words are my firm foundation and place of refuge. They are my singadikar (a sort of pumpkin used for swimming to cross swollen rivers) with which I cross the river, called death, and am sure not to be drowned E The Lord does not leave me, I am sure; if he would leave me, I should certainly sink. But do we not expect even from a man that he will keep his word ? How should the Lord not keep His word and He has promised that whosoever belie- veth on Him should have everlasting life To attain to everlasting life and be united with Christ is the greatest thing that can be imagined I have done with this world, I now have that one care, how to cross the river death, on whose border I am now standing. He will help me and safely bring me to the § other side I have now time for reflection, and by God’s grace I more and more learn that it is with death just as with birth. A few hours of bitter pain and then a new eternal life On their preaching tours the Missionary and Catechist were often rejoiced by witnessing the great desire of heathen to hear and they observe a very marked difference between their present attitude and that of times past. In several villages the whole of the male populatlon gather now to hear the word of God. But most hearers we had in a village inhabited by shepherds, which has the name of Nagarhal We had scarcely entered the village when a crowd of people gathered and listened for some hours, repeating to each other what they had heard and putting to new arrivals the same questions we had asked them In the afternoon they again gathered and a third time in the evening It was 43 o a true pleasure to see how the people sat round us in a semicircle crowded to- ed, gether, and with great attention listened, in the moonlight, till 8 o’clock After- the wards Holeyas also came to hear the word of God. Some youn people re- membered what Mr. Kies had spoken to them 8 years ago, and also the contents 4ce of the tract they had received from the Catechist But of many who formerly were very near, we have to complain 186 that now they have grown cold; one who had cast away his idols is now oy atk our enemy In Badame it is the same ith Mr. Thumm says: he On my last visit I got some new hope about them. A boy of 14 years as- the tonished me by his led confession, and made some young men blush, by telling 1y, them publicly, “You are always saying the idols are nothing and the gospel is any true, and yet I now and then see you pouring oil upon a stone and folding your hand exclaiming: But ‘My swami, my appa (here he mimicked them in a way that the made all present burst out laughing) When I was a child they gave me a 1gh Vithoba for a toy, and now they want me to adore it I shall never do it. ked What these men (pointing to the Missionaries) say is true.” Some wanted to hey shut him up by asking him: “Why do you rub sandal wood on yourforehead 2" [len but he quickly replied, I did not know that that had any connexion with idol- 1ed atry, I thought it a mere custom. But now I see What it is, and shall wipe it away’’. nly oW We may remark here that our brethren in Gooledgood and lie Bettigherry in former years extended their tours towards Sholapoor 1 be and Beejapoor, and that they intend to do so again in time to come; one but it seems from the B. G. that we have not up to the present time on the succeeded in leaving there visible traces of our presence. 016 and ten ey and o) has i of hey [ was 6% 44 H‘I. MALABAR. b | CANNANORE. Rev. J.'M. Fritz (1839), Rev. G. Ifanhart (1857), Rev. S. Walter (1865); Mr. S. G. Schoch (1857). CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS: Abraham Mulil, Charles Stocking, Timotheus Parayil, Ezra Arungjelam, Diogo Fernandez, Abraham Chatayappen, Cornelius Hutten;—Jacob Kumaren, Abraham Arangaden. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER: Paul Muttu. SCHOOLMISTRESS : Phoebe. MATRON: Elizabeth Chappy. Communicants 211 last year 202 Non-Communicants. - - 14 L8 Children . 223 221 Catechument 2 Girls' Boarding Sckoo.l 5 50 49 . . 58 70 Christian Day Schools Heathen Boys' Schools . . 129 109 . 13 Heathen Girls' School. The congregation has increased by a Roman Catholic family who joined us in the beginning of last year, and by an old woman of the fisher caste. The former had heard the gospel through our colporteur in the Wynaad and had at first to endure many annoyances from their Roman superiors. The conversion of the old woman of 80 rejoiced us, partly because we hope that it may be the beginning'of a greater entrance of the gospel into her vil- lage Tahe, partly because we can in her case so distinctly see how the Father She remembers the time (John 6, 44.) draws the souls of men to the Son. when Mr. Hebich proclaimed the gospel in her village. But what induced her now to come to Jesus was a dream in which she saw Eunike, who had been baptized by Mr. Hebich and died in faithfully attending on cholera-stricken people, beckoning her to come. When her son himself called us, we found her 45 well prepared and willing to receive each word that we told her Especially the publican’s prayer, “God be merciful unto me a sinner” sank deep into her mind, and she has hitherto daily brought it before God as her own prayer. Her baptism was performed in her own house, and many of her heathenish relations and of the fisherpeople were present; and it seems it has left a deep impression n the minds of some of them The branch-congregation at Chowa was for 3 months under the care of Mr. Hanhart, and for the remaining part of the year under Mr. Walter. The spiritual growth of this congregation, of which we spoke in our Even ten out of the last Report, is, God be praised oing on steadily eleven that were excommunicated last year could be re-admitted to the congregation There are some who still give cause for sorrow and anxiety; but of others we can say, that they are a light and a salt to those among whom they dwell And if this congregation has in former years, now and then so shocked us by the depth of wickedness and depra- vity that revealed itself, that we were nearly despairing of seeing any- thing effected among people coming from the dregs of Hindoo society, as is the case with the stock of this congregation, we now think it not only our privilege, but also our duty to chronicle cases where some of the very worst have been at length changed so as to be something to the praise of the glory of His grace Of one individual, who died in the course of last year, Mr. Walter writes He was formerly the foremost in licentiousness and disobedience and on this account was excluded from the congregation Two years ago we could admit him again From that time, but particularly in the course of last year, God placed him in his school of suffering and there made him ready for a blessed entrance into eternal life He knew by whom and why these sufferings were sent, submitted himself with a repenting mind to the chastising hand of the Lord and at last was able to rejoice, that God was now judging his sin in his flesh, that his spirit might be saved. During the last 7 months of his earthly course, he was a true blessing to the congregation. He exhorted every Christian that visited him to be in full earnest about their walk with the Lord. A short time before his end, he said to the Missionary, that none of his brethren in Chowa had lived in such grievous sins as himself; “but though my sins be ever so great,” he added, “I yet helieve that my Saviour is able to forgive them all by virtue of the blood He shed for me; yea, I believe He has forgiven them. My Saviour has accepted me and will not leave me This man, who died in saving faith, has helped several Christians to grow in grace A similar case is that of an old woman who was sick, but has recovered again In the midst of her pains she 46 often st1 engthened herself by childlike prayer and by Scripture texts and hymns, which she had formerly learnt byheart. Thus the Lord has in this year drawn some people nearer to him bV sickness and sufferings.—There is however one very dark spot in this picture in as much as we were obliced to dismiss and excommunicate the Christian schoolmaster of Chowa on account of carnal sins Mr. Hanhart and most of the Catechists spent a good deal of their time 1n 1tinerating, visiting from house to house and preaching to the multitudes gathered at several heathen festivals in Taliparambu, Payawur, Echur, Gurumayur &c The Catechist Abraham Mulil. who is entirely set apart for itineratin can say that, for instance, in the whole of Makravere Amsham there is scarcely one house, where the gospel has not been proclaimed, with how much success is known only to God, and will be known to us perhaps only in eternity. The two Bible-colporteurs, which we had hitherto employed for the Madras Bible Society, have now been dismissed, as the latter society is obliged to make reductions for want of funds, whilst the tract col- porteur has been working on zealously under the superintendence of Mr. Schoch, and the sale of tracts increases 47 — TELLICHERRY. Rev. Chr. Miiller (1842), Rev. L. Reinhardt (1859), Rev. J. Kittel (1867). CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS_: Mattu Peter, Gabriel Pirachen, Jacob Heber, Jacgb Chammanchery, Stephan Chandran. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: Arthur Menzel, Matthias Ayappen, Raphael Muttuswami, Comappen. SCHOOLMISTRESSES: Rosina Bharaden, Hanna Hussan. ENGLISH SCHOOL: Messrs. J. Piers, D. R. Viegas, Bappu. Commumnicants 124 115 last year - - Non-Communicants 1 Children. 223 175 Middle School 10 18 Training School Boys’ Boarding School 60 54 Christian Girls’ Day School 15 15 Anglo-Vernacular School 142 112 Parsee School 73 52 Heathen Vernacular Sckool. 90 79 Heathen Girls’ School . 12 Mr. Bergfeldt had to pass the better part of the year on the Nil- gherries and returned only on the 7th September, but rid of his fever and in possession of his former strength, not however to go on with his old work. In February 1869 he had to leave Tellicherry to help in the Catechist Seminary in Mangalore. His work in the Preparandi-school (Middle school) has now been taken up by Mr. Kittel (junior). On the 27th of September Mr. Reinhardt had the pleasure of bap- tizing 5 heathens, partly the fruit of the regular Sunday services in the town. Two other men have become Christians in the fisher-village, and their attentive, quiet and serious behaviour has been a cause of much joy to the Missionary. The Preparandi-school was under the care of Mr. Bergfeldt till the end‘ of January 1869, and during his absence, Mr. C. Miiller took charge ——— 48 of it. The school had to pass through a sifting process. Some were dismissed as they proved unworthy, and some left on their own account, so that the number sunk as low as six. But now there are again ten pupils preparing for the service of the Mission as Catechists or School- masters. The atmosphere of the school seems to be purer after this storm has passed over. In looking back on the six years in which Mr. Bergfeldt had charge of the school, he finds t i that entered hat out of the 65 pfipils 28 are either dismissed, or dead, or gone away of their own account, 6 have passed the Catechist Seminary and are now working as Catechists, 8 are employed as schoolmasters, 2 as Evangelists (assistant Catechists that have not passed through the Seminary.) 1 is now in the Training School, 10 in the Catechist-Seminary, 10 are still in the preparandi-school. This retrospect shows clearly that much chaff is mixed up with the wheat; but as we never doubted that, such a table tends rather to satisfy our minds, as we see that the separation of the precious from the vile (Jerem. 15,19.) is steadily going on amongst the pupils, who prepare for the Lord’s service. We wish very much for greater numbers, but we should not like to see the quality suffer under this desire. The training class contained 3 pupils at the beginning of this year; but two having entered into their work as schoolmasters, only one re- mains for the present year. We should like to give our readers the benefit of the whole inte- resting report of the Boys’ Orphanage under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Miiller. They would get an insight into the motherly care with which Mrs. Miiller enters into the particular wants and miseries of each of her little boys, and of the wretched family circumstances, from which many of them enter the orphanage, and also the blessing of the Lord that rests upon this labour of love and mercy. But want of space for- bids us to enter into all the particulars. Besides the manifold cares of nursing and providing for the young boys, there is the particular care ———s 49 The different stations of procuring the money wanted for this school. of our Malabar Mission were told at the beginning of last year that no new boys could be received, as the number was full, but this announce- ment was of little avail. Neither the cases of necessity, nor the petitions of the parents, or of the Missionary for the parents were prevented by it. The number of boys increased to sixty. “Yesterday a debt of Rs. 80 was pressing upon my shoulders” Mrs. Miiller writes on 30th December, “and I had often told my heavenly Treasurer: ‘Thou ought to give me Rs. 100 more, if I am to enter the new year without debts. A few days ago when I received a letter, my heart began to beat and my lips said: ‘I should not wonder if my dear Lord should really send the wanted Rs. 100. Hitherto His ways have been like it’. But instead of the expected help the letter contained the painful news that a dear friend whom the Lord had often used as a saving angel for my boys in the time of necessity, was about to leave India and to return to England. How many praying and help- ing friends have in the course of this year been removed from us by change of residence, returning to Europe, or death; and how often had my dear hus- band told me: “We are no longer able to procure the means of subsistence for such a number of boys. Let us beg to be removed to our dear old Chom- bala. This was our state of mind yesterday noon and in the evening I held in my hand a letter containing a cheque for Rs. 75. The gift did not come from the friend who wrote the letter. It had been given by some one else, whose name we do not know. And the friend was certainly right in say- ing: ‘Be sure that the work you have in hand is the Lord’s, and will tend to His honour; and that He has opened out the way for you. Therefore do not fear; He, whose work you are doing, is faithfull; He will provide every thing that is needful’. He reminded me of Franke’s word, that the Lord was feeding him grain by grain. If T had been wondering that the heavenly Father of or- phans had not helped, when I wanted only Rs. 20, hut had delayed till my debt was as large as 4 times 20, this friend gave me this answer to it without knowing my question. ‘In the measure in which the Lord increases our faith, we must pass through proportionally harder trials. Thus He guides us on that we may the better learn what is in His loving heart. But there were not al- ways coming in sums like this. Frequently it was literally coming in grain by grain. Commonly the Lord waited till nothing was left, and then he would send just as much as I wanted—prepared days ago and despatched without my knowing it. I shall not forget the day on which the rice and oil of my school were entirely used up. I had sent a cart to the town to bring both and yet there was no money in the box. But before rice and oil had been brought from the bazaar, a letter arrived that had been travelling for nine days. It contained a thank-offering from a friend, who had been promoted to the rank of a Cap- 7 e e 50 tain and who now set apart his first increase of pay as the ‘Lord’s portion.” At the same time a second letter arrived that had been travelling for 18 days, to bring its gift just at the right moment. Thus I had been helped again, but without having anything to put by.” The numbers of the Anglo-Vernacular or Brennen School have increased from 112 to 142. At the beginning of this year a class has been opened to prepare for Matriculation, and we can say that the school is now in a prospering condition. The Parsee School too has increased in numbers; but we cannot succeed in raising the standard, as the boys and their parents are not able to value Vernacular education, and as soon as possible run off to study English. The Heathen Girls’ School does not prosper, as the attendance is very irregular. CHOMBALA. NATIVE DEACON: Rev. Paul Chandren. CATECHISTS: Paul Snéham, David Teikandy, Johann Peter. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: Nathan Simon, Samuel Mavattil Communicants 68 last year 83 Non-Communicants - Children 76 71l Catechumens 2 32 Christian Day Scholo;rs Heathen Vernacular Scholars 23 46 This station has been in charge of the native Deacon since February 1868. Mr. Reinhardt came once a month from Tellicherry to superintend the congregation and the Mission work. The congre- gation are very urgent in their entreaties to have a European Mission- ary stationed again in their midst. But it seems their chief reason for 51 such a request is their desire to receive the same amount of alms they managed to get out of the Missionary in former years. It seems how- ever very desirable that the people should exert themselves more than they have done hitherto to earn their own bread. We cannot but speak highly of the character and work of the Deacon, though he labours under peculiar difficulties from the circumstance of his being related to a very great part of the congregation. In Wadakery, near Chombala, several people gather to read the Bible and pray, and they wish to become Christians. They have to suffer much persecution, and have not yet been able to overcome the difficulties cast in their way. One family however has broken through the obstacles and received baptism. Notwithstanding the baptism of heathen the number of communi- cants has decreased, as 21 persons have gone to other places. T* — 52 CALICUT. Rev. Th. Schauffler (1860), Rev. C. Linder (1868); Mr. J. Laufier (1856), Mr. J. Mathissen (1867), Mr. C. Schober (1867). CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS: Mathai Kunyen, William Davis, Timothy Cochen, Tobias Chembankoden, Jonas Pattiadu ;— Daniel Willani. TEACHERS: Messrs. J. Mirandez, John Kurien, Govinden, Caleb Appayen, Esaw David. Commumnicants . 225 last year 203 Non-Communicants Children 255 237 Catechument . 17 Girls’ Boarding Sckoc.)l 73 74 41 Christian Day Scholars 51 Heathen boys attending the Anglo- Vern. School 88 70 Heathen Vernacular School 15 15 Mr. J. Kittel left the station, just after he had mastered the lan- guage, so far that he was able to help also in the Vernacular work; his place was filled up by Mr. Linder, newly arrived from Europe. The congregation was increased by two baptisms from amongst the heathen. On the 2nd July 16 persons were added to the congre- gation, and six more on the 1st September. There is reason to rejoice, but also to tremble, and we have been taught this lesson again by the case of a young woman that was baptized in July, and already has fallen into sin. But some are walking in the light. We are sorry to feel ourselves constrained to withhold some particulars about them from the eye of our readers, as we fear the people themselves might read it. The inward condition of the Church is just what is pointed out in Matt. 13, 24-30 and 47-49. There is wheat, but there is also chaff; there are children of God and children of the world; there is true divine life, but also much flesh and carnal walk. There are souls that certainly will be a praise to the Lord Jesus at His glorious ap- 53 —— pearance. There is a good number of those, who outwardly lead a tolerably unblamable life, partly constrained by the wish not to have that name by which we are called among the gentiles, blasphemed through them, although life from above cannot be said to be within them. o3 This description of people may be said to form the majority. But there are some who have grieved us very much by open sin and by a mind full of worldliness and love of sin. No less than 12 have been entirely cut off from connexion with the church. The events of the past year have not been in vain. Several were accused of perjury and theft, and some had even bound themselves together in wickedness, and also unitedly intended to make a disturbance in the service, when their excommunication was to be proclaimed. But these and other of their wicked deeds were brought to light and visited on their own heads; and we know that these judgments of the Lord have made a deep impression on others, and have driven them to become more ear- nest in their prayers for their own salvation. As far as contributing from their substance is concerned, this congregation is in advance of our other churches and has collected during the year as much as Rs. 617 for the different purposes of the church, the mission and charity. But we cannot exactly say in how far this sum is bona fide from the native congregation. On Whitsunday 1868 Calicut had for the first time a harvest feast. The Sunday bhefore every one was admonished, in remembrance of the henefits re- ceived during the past year, to lay down on the Lord’s altar his gifts according to his ability. The native presbyters went also from house to house to collect subscriptions. The congregation heartily concurred with the plan. The girls of the boarding school would not be left behind and begged to be given from their boxes small sums, which in their circumstances were great. How happy they were to be able also to cast something into the box handed round in the church. The boys apprenticed in the weaving establishment desired also to contribute, and as they have nothing they can call their own, they begged to have a part subtracted from their meals during a month and to give the money thus saved as their subscription. Some of the members of the congregation truly made an exertion to give; but some have not yet realized that giving is more blessed than taking. Messrs. Mathissen and J. Kittelnow and then went out in the evenings to offer the pearl of great price to people returning from their daily work, 54 —— and in general were listened to. But itinerating work is chiefly done by Catechists. They are working after the plan of visiting each house in the district round Calicut, and they have begun to do so in the east of Coilandy and round Beypoor. The colporteur paid by the Madras Bible Society has sold 700 Scriptures and Scripture portions for Rs, 83, besides what was sold in the Mission-house; and the Tract-colporteur sold tracts andschoolbooks to the value of Rs. 486-12-8. The Anglo-Vernacular School had for the first time for many years a quiet course, without being interrupted by masses of pupils leaving for the Government School, and the word of God could thus be sown in the hearts of the pupils. The Girls’ Orphanage was much afflicted with sickness of different kinds, and the burden now and then would almost seem to be too much for Mr. and Mrs. Schaufler. Some have died. Here also the entreaties for admission are so frequent and some of them so urgent, that the superin- tendents do not succeed in refusing all, although they try very much to reduce the school to a lower number, as the number 75 appears to be too high, not only on account of the expenses, but also on account of supervision. But if admission is asked for heathen girls, or for girls who in their former condition are exposed to moral dangers, conscience will not allow us to refuse, and thus it happens that the number is the same as it was a year ago. The Weaving Establishment will in future be under the care of Mr. Schober, whilst Mr.Laufer is stillin charge of the carpenter’s work-shop. Both establishments give regular work to a number of our Christians, and the people are put under special Christian supervision. A little incident may be interesting to some: One of the boys was bitten by a mad dog, and yet by the grace of God escaped without any bad consequ- ences. But for us it was a day full of anxiety. He was quickly sent to a native physician known to have experience in such matters. This man gave some medi- cine in consequence of which madness immediately broke out and then was cured by other medicines. The boy is now quite well again. A new branch has been added to this station, Mr. Schober having opened a Mission-Shop in Calicut. 55 CODACAL. Rev. Ch. Roeck (1864). NATIVE DEACON Rev. Joseph Jacobi. CATECHIST: Paul Chittayagam. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER: (. Virgees. Communicants . 122 last year 128 Non-Communicants 3 - - Children 122 128 Catechumens 11 Christian Day Sckolcm:s 48 51 This station witnessed the ordination of Joseph Jacobi, which took place on the 29th July. This day was truly a festival, not only for the new deacon, but also for the congregation and all those who had come from other stations. Six Mis- sionaries, the other native deacon and many Christians from Codacal and the other stations were present; some heathens also came to witness the act. After prayer, Bible reading and the singing of some very solemn hymns, Mr. Schaufler showed from I. Cor. 4, 1-2, that the office of a minister is a service, and not as some put it, a priesthood or mediatorship between God and man; but that we have received this office not from men, but from God, and that we are His and not men’s servants, and therefore owe faithfulness to Him, just as He is Born in Nellore faithful. Then Joseph Jacobi told the particulars of his life. in 1828, he came to Cannanore in 1834, and was with his mother baptized in 1836..In 1840 Mr, Hebich came to Cannanore and preached to the small Tamil His congregation which till then must be said to have heen spiritually dead. daily sermons had the effect of making the people begin to pray and to read the word of God; but it was at first a mere form, and Joseph himself was in sinful ways hastening to destruction. But Mr. Hebich went after him, and prevailed upon him to come to the Mission-house. He was in 1842 admitted to the Lord’s Supper and was willing to dedicate himself entirely to the service of the Lord ; but he had not received grace and forgiveness of sins. In 1845, Joseph tells us, I heard Mr. Hebich preach on Matt. 3, 7, and when he said, %As John then asked the Pharisees that had come from Jerusalem, 1 now ask the Pharisees and Sadducees here present: How will you escape from the wrath to come? He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” This word struck me like a thunderbolt, and I began to feel fear and anxiety on account of my sins. Some days after this I accompanied Mr. Hebich to the deathbed of a man, whom he wanted to call to repentance and faith, But the man replied: “Alas, I have passed the day 56 of grace in sins, and cannot find any way to repentance and faith. Here I lie, a miserable sinner, and feel only the more torment from your words.” Saying these words he closed his eyes and died. But in my heart I heard the words: Thou also art a sinner without hope, and if thou were to die now, what would become of thee?” I went and prayed much in secret during the following days, but without finding any comfort. Friday evening papa Hebich preached on St. John 19, 17, and loudly exclaimed: “Behold now Jesus carried his cross! sinner, there he has borne all your sins also. Do you believe it?” It appeared to me that this question was directed entirely to me, and I prayed, O Lord, give me grace, that I may believe this.” And then comfort, peace and joy of a new life entered my heart. From this day I had only one desire, that was to live entirely to the Lord who had loved me so much. And when I made with dear papa Hebich a preaching tour to Taliparamboo and other places, where we were much insulted by the heathen and even stones were thrown at us, I felt joyful to be privileged to suffer shame for the name of Jesus; I should have rejoiced even to die for him, if it had been necessary. When in 1847 the Lord sealed His word in the hearts of his believers by an outpouring of his Spirit, and there was one revival from Chiracal (North of Malabar) through all our Malayalam congregations to Codacal (South of Malabar), which showed itself in confession of sin and repentance, and had as its fruit lives of serious prayer and of enjoyment of God’s peace, I was in the midst of it and rejoiced From the and enjoyed it with the others. O what precious days were those. houses of Christians and from the chapel God’s praise and fervent prayers were always to be heard. Even boys and girls of 7 and 8, that were in the schools, experienced the grace of God. At midnight they would rise from their beds, pour forth their hearts in praise with tears in their eyes. If you had come to the dying beds of children or adults, you would have thought they were in paradise and had seen the Lord’s face. There was no complaining about pain or any- thing else; but they exalted the Lord, who had accepted them, poor sinners worthy of death, and had given them grace, salvation, heavenly comfort and peace. They only longed to be allowed soon to appear before His face. If Inow com- pare my own present condition and that of the church, I can only pray: “Lord as Thou hast poured out Thy Spirit in the days of old, do it again today.” From 1847 till 1859, I was frequently itinerating with Mr. Hebich through the whole of the district of South Canara, Malabar and Nilgherries. From 1859 to 1868 I laboured in Chiracal, Chowa, Taliparamboo and Palghaut. Very frequently I was inclined to drown the voice of the Spirit and to walk on the broad way of perdition. But the Lord in His mercy has held me till now, and has also shown me much love and patience through his servants, the Missionaries, under whom I laboured. Praise and honour be given to Him!—Mr. Fritz then spoke some words to the candidate for the ordination on the question: “Lovest thou me?” which the risen Saviour addressed to Peter and then reminded the 57 congregation, that it was exactly 26 years ago this month, that he had the first time visited Codacal, and that then all was thick heathenish darkness, and the place itself on which now the village is standing, was very much like a wilder- ness. Then he showed how much had by God’s grace been effected in this time, and that we had much reason to rejoice on this day and to look forward with i S joyful faith. Then Mr. Fritz assisted by Mr. Schauffler and Mr. Roeck per- formed the ordination. The poor congregation has had a better year than the one before had been. Mr. Roeck, assisted by the elders has begun a Poor-fund, to which all have to contribute, each according to his means, the contri- butions to consist in rice, that would be collected in the time of har- vest. Asin other congregations, family-prayer is a common rule in most houses; but the good zeal in this direction was carried too far in one instance. A man made a complaint about his wife and children, that they were not will- ing to pray when he awoke from sleep in the middle of night and roused them for prayers. He was told, that it was quite right and good for him to spend sleep- less night in prayer, but that he must not disturb his wife and children’s sleep, ) o but be content, if in the mornings and evenings they prayed with him. The decrease in numbers caused by some families removing to other stations, has in the mean time been made up by the baptism of 8 persons, that took place in January 1869. Mr. Roeck writes about some of them. In July a family of 4 persons came to become Christians. They had tried for a long time to do so, but had not succeeded. At last they arrived here late in the evening and pronounced their firm resolution to remain here at any cost. Next morning the head of the family had also come, and ordered them to come back with him. When the people saw him they hid themselves and fled to the adjacent Catechist’s house. From there they came all together to the Mission house. The man had been pacified by the persuasion of the Catechist, and now said: “I only fear they are not in earnest about becoming Christians; in this case they would be sent off again by you, and then they have lost their caste and will fall into great wretchedness. If they are really in earnest about becoming good Christians and if you accept them, I shall not oppose it.” ‘When his rela- tives answered that they really desired to stay here, he quietly returned to his house. Yea, he even promised that he would become a Christian with his whole family, as soon as he had arranged his some family matters. May the Lord grant that he himself may be in earnest. Many instances more could be mentioned how the Gospel works 8 58 b_like a leaven in the neighbourhood, especially in families, members of which have become Christians. This station assumes more and more the appearance of a very promising field, and we are scarcely ever any length of time without candidates for baptism. What a pity, there is not even a church sufficient for the present Christians; for if the present building be not even enough for them, how can it be enough for the new comers? A sum has been collected for the building of a new church, the members of the congregation are also contributing, and other native congregations help them; but they are really too poor to domuch, and our Home-Committee are not able to help. Are there no Christians in this country willing to help this poor congregation to get a house for worship, where they can gather for prayer and invite heathen to come to and join in the service of God? The country round Codacal has been traversed in all directions by the Missionary, the deacon and the Catechist, to proclaim the gospel in houses and in the markets. Mrs. Roeck, after having mastered the language, has begun to gather the girls for a working school and the women for prayer, as the men were accustomed to assemble for prayer for some years. —_— 59 PALGHAUT. Rev. S. Gundert (1863), Rev. J. IKKnobloch (1865). CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS: Christian Hoar, Jonathan Kandappen, Johanan Zacharia;—- Nathanael Bharadwajen, Abel Kataperambu. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS: Mr. Andien, Methusalah, Vedanayaken, Josias, Tobias, Yoyada, John Justus. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMISTRESS: Margaret Mandody. Communicants 58 last year 55 Children 39 39 Catechumens 9 10 Christian Girls' Day .Sc}wo.l . 13 13 Anglo-Vernacular School . 72 50 Vernacular School 79 60 We mentioned in our last report, that Mr. Diez was on the point of leaving for Europe. Now we are happy to report, that he will very soon be back, to take up his former work again. Preaching to the heathen could not be carried on in the same sys- tematic way, as when Mr. Diez was present. Yet it was not neglected, Mzr. Knobloch carrying the gospel into the houses of Palghaut and of the out-station Cannanoor, and Mr. Gundert on his frequent visits to the other out-stations proclaiming the gospel to the heathens of those places. This year also has brought with it many and sad disappoint- ments, but some fruits have also been gathered in, and the beginning of congregations formed in most of the out-stations. In Palghaut itself a woman with her 5 children was baptized on the 21st February 1869. From Cannanoor (4 miles to the South) we reported last year the baptism of Védanayaken. This year he has succeeded in bringing his 3 boys also for baptism, although their mother is still a heathen. But what seemed wondrous to us, Védandyaken’s brother, Muttu, himself a heathen, joyfully consented to have his son, a boy of 8 years, bap- 8 60 ot e tized. He himself would have Jiked to join him, but thinks, he must wait till he can persuade his wife to be baptized with him. God grant, he may not wait till the time of grace is past! We are almost afraid that this may be the case with another enquirer in the same village, who for ten years has been “not far from the kingdom of God”, but still lingers withont going out from.Sodom. The school there is very promising, and though the boys, who had been baptized, were exposed to some mockery, not one of the heathe- nish boys left the school in consequence of the baptism. Nine miles te the East, we find another beginning in Panayoor- Three years ago Dévadatten was baptized there; and in this year he was followed by his old mother-in-law. Sheindeed exercised a very bad influence some years ago. But we have reason to think, that her nature has been changed by the grace of God. A young man from this place came to Palghaut and desired to become a Christian. How shocked were we to hear, a few days after he had gone home, that he had committed suicide, to which act he had been driven by some quarrel in his family. The Roman Catholics in Vadackancherry (10 miles south-west) who seemed to be seeking after salvation, have left us again and gone back. But we have baptized a young orphan, who desired to join us. In Kinnanoor (8 miles north-west) the heathenish neighbours gave much trouble in trying forcibly to rob the Mission of a piece of ground. But a mere hearing of the false witnesses, they had procured, convinced the magistrate of the true nature of the case. The fine, he imposed on the guilty ones, seems however to have been taken very kindly by them, as their children were the first, that were sent to our re-opened school. One of the faithless Christians seems to repent, and has begged for re- admission. But a young man, for whom we had much hope, scems not to go on in the good way. Other bitter disappointments happened in the beginning of the current year. Two young men in this place, Palaniyandi and Kélen, who for some years had been in connexion with us, now made up their minds to take the decisive step. “On the 31st December, therefore, I went” relates Mr. Gundert, “to their Both told us, they were resolved to re- place, accompanied by a Catechist. nounce heathenism at once. We went to Palaniyandi’s house and preached to the people there. When we rose to leave, the two youths wanted to go with BRI P us But then one of those scenes ensued, which are so frequent in India, and in which faith must endure the severest ordeal, so much so, as to be able even to break the strongest ties of natural affection. Mother and sister began to cry and threatened to kill themselves. The son did not listen. Then the mother runs to the gate and obtrudes his way, falling at his feet. But all weep- ing and lamenting was lost upon Palaniyandi, who quietly freed himself and accompanied us to Kélen’s house. Kélen’s mother, whose elder son had a short time before become a Mahomedan, was so taken up with grief for him, that she seemed not to mind the step her second son was taking. She even quietly listened to us, whilst we were proclaiming the gospel to the inmates of her house; and did not prevent her son from going with us. But when we again passed Palaniyandi’s house, his mother and aunt came forth, fell upon him and dragged him on to their house, all the time entreating him not to bring such a grief upon them. He frees himself again and returns, without wavering in his resolution. The mother follows at some distaunce, and whilst we are pray- ing and consulting in the Mission-house, a number of people ecrowd around it. He Again and again they entreat him and press him not to forsake them. begins to hesitate, and seeing his friend Kélen, who now virtually left us, go away and return to his house, he wavers still more. As it was time for us to leave, we told him, that now he must decide, but that we would give him full liberty. He expressed himself willing to come with us, if his relatives would not stop himj; but if they again fell upon him, he would yield. But they, as if held by an invisible hand, did not make the least effort to stop him, as we passed them to leave the compound, but followed us at a distance, and at last went back. The youth accompanied us to Palghaut. We now rejoiced, but with trembling; we thanked the Lord and asked him to grant us further victory. But alas! the very next day his mother followed him to Palghaut, and persu- aded him to go with her. We met him, whilst he was going, and put the dan- ger he was running into, before him; but all in vain. He said, he must go with his mother, but expressed a hope to return again at some future time. But will he ever escape from the viles of his relations? They immediately made arrangements for him to marry a young girl, and 20 days had not passed before he was married to her. We have since then now and then seen him. But his appearance is now languid, miserable and confused, and he confesses he has no peace. But how will he free himself? May the Lord have mercy on this poor prisoner of Satan! A similar case occurred in February. Another young man, Chatramy, of the same caste, joined us with full purpose of heart. He accompanied us to Palghaut, breaking through the obstacles, his relations putinto his way. And when they followed him to Palghaut, he remained firm on two successive occa- sions. But at last, in a moment of weakness, he left us and went back to heathenism, 62 Lo Such days, as these, are times of wrestling and pain to the Mission- ary. It seems as if the people of this particular caste were peculiarly affected with such weakness and irresolution, and we must expect for the future also many rebuffs of this kind. May God give the victory, and from people, naturally so weak and inconsistent, raise up men strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. The fifth of these out-stations is Karuwapara (13 miles to the east) Some Roman Catholics expressed a desire to be instructed in the word of God and to join our church. But their motives, not being entirely disinterested, were not strong enough to carry them through, and they have all gone back. And it is most likely better that they did so. The colportage shows an increase upon the sale of last year. It is as follows: Malayalam Tracts. 4370 782 Scripture portions. Tamil Tracts 378 School-books . 952 Total 6482 The Anglo-Vernacular School has risen from 43 to 72 boys and seems to prosper again. 63 IV. NILGHERRIES. KAITY. Rev. F. Mefz (1843), Rev. A. Wenger (1861). EVANGELIST: Abraham Nerkamby. CilRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER: Solomo Bira. Commumnicants 13 last year 16 Non-Communicants 2 - - 0 Children 18 - - 14 - Christian Day Sck.ola;'s 14 - 11 Heathen Scholars . 81 - - 38 The congregation, small as it is, is of the right stamp, and exer- cises a good influence on those around. But they still have to suffer These try to take away one piece much annoyance from the heathens. of land after the other, and as the Christians do not submit to give bribes, they are in the disadvantage before the Panchayat. Once they went so far that Abraham suddenly was seized by the Police and put into prison. But when Mr. Metz, in company of a friend, appeared to carry his cause, the prosecutor and the five false witnesses lost courage. Abraham has only grown in the esteem of the heathen by this occur- rence, as the latter clearly see that he was intheright. Abraham goes on to prove a very valuable help in Mission-work, although he is scarce- ly able to read and to write. The people feel that what he tells them comes from his heart. He is in the habit of telling in most of his ser- mons, how he formerly tried to find rest for his soul by offerings and ceremonies, and how he applied to many gods, but did not find it till he came to Jesus, the Saviour of sinners. Then he will shortly relate about the life, sufferings, death and resurrectiou of Christ and about On the tours which Mr. Metz and His future coming for judgment. Abraham make together, the questions about heaven and hell and in general life after death, are frequently discussed. Once at the end of a B 64 sermon an elderly man exclaimed: “Oh if [ have every day what I want for food, I have my heaven here.”” -But Abraham told him: ¢Why do you, who have not even rdgi enough for food, and soon must leave the earth, talk such impious words?” But old age begins to creep on the faithful evangelist, and it was in this year for the first time that he once in mounting a steep hill, asked Mr. Metz’s permission to hold the pony’s tail. Mr. Metz himself also feels his strength declining and prepares himself to hear and obey the Lord’s call to depart at any time, it may please him. Yet he goes on working like a young man and in the 252 days he has been itinerating during the year, he visited each of the vill- ages several times; only the villages in Todnad he has seen only once during the year. Hitherto he found his old night-huts sufficient, and thought the use of tents too expensive; but he now discovers that the latter way of travelling is more advantageous as he can pitch his tent near the villages and so meet the people, especially in the mornings and evenings, whilst they are often not to be found in the middle of the day. Mr. Wenger takes charge of the congregation and the schools, when Mr. Metz is absent; and when the latter is at home, the former now and then goes on preaching tours. These schools consist of 2 day-schools in Kaity and Nerkamby, A school in Hannikore was carried on till and four night-schools. December 1868. The number of boys under Christian influence was 110 in December last. The sanitarium at Coonor and Kaity was scarcely ever empty dur- ing the last year. And we wish to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Wilson, who attended to our invalids, without accepting remunera- tion. And it is right to mention here also the very valuable aid of Dr. Kirkpatrick in Bangalore. Qur most sincere thanks are due to them, and to some other medical men, who have helped our Missionaries in the days of illness. 65 — e KOTAGHERRY. Rev. A. Biihrer (1842). CATECHIST: Jacob Kanaka. Commumnicants 20 last year 13 Non-Communicants - - - - Children 23 29 Catechumens . 0 55 - - - Christian Day Sc]wol' : 13 16 In the congregation no peculiar events have taken place. There are two very difficult cases of unsettled marriages. One is that of a man, who has joined.us coming from the Roman Catholics. The woman who is his wife in matter of fact, is lawfully married to another man, whom she has not heard of for many years; and the woman, who is lawfully his wife, has for many years been living with another man. Both cases have been put before our General Conference in February 1869, who considered themselves unable to decide anything before the g act of divorcement has appeared, but were of opinion that the man and his wife cannot be acknowledged as full members of the congregation, till they have been able to settle their marriage lawfully. Only if one enters with his heart into the individual cases and tries to bring mat- ters to a satisfactory arrangement, one begins to see entirely through the difficulties of these intricate relations. We wish very much the Act, to be expected soon, may show a way in which the many per plexities about married life of converts may be solved according to equity. The church, Mrs. Cockburn has been building for our Mission is now finished, and shall be given over to our Mission and consecrated on the 6th May 1869. Besides taking care of the congregation, having prayer-meetings in their houses &c., studying Badaga and Tamil, Br. Biihrer is occupied with preaching in the streets and in the bazaar on market-days, and visiting the numerous Badaga villages in a circle of 6 or 7 miles. One of these tours he describes as follows: In the morning at 8 o’clock I start accompanied by my young Badaga Catechist; the village, we are bound to, is at a distance of about 7 miles. But 9 66 there are other villages on the way surrounded by beautiful green fields, and commonly built on hills or on the side of mountains. We must not pass these by. In the first village some 6 men are lying in the sun. One of them says: “Sir, we are miserable, the fever has seized us, and we have scarcely any food. Where does all this misery spring from?” I explain to them the source of all evil and the remedy against it. “What you say is good,” he replies, “we shall reflect upon it. Come again another time”. I go on and find some women pulling up tares in a wheat-field. “Do you try to root out the tares in your own hearts?” I ask them. They wonder and look at each other; then turning to each other, they answer, “Sir, we do not comprehend what you say. Woman’s understanding is like the old plait” (Badaga proverb). “But is there no enmity, strife, envy, anger &c. in your hearts?” “Oh! is that what you call tares?” “Yes and these things are so dangerous, that they will bring you into hell, if they are allowed to grow on” “Do tell us, is there indeed a heaven and a hell, or is everything at an end after a man is dead?” “To be sure, these two places do exist. Do you not hear it at your funeral ceremonies, when your priest standing before the corpse, says the following words from a poem of your ancestors: ‘May your thousands of sins go to Basava's feet. May the door of hell close and the door of heaven open!’ But neither Basava nor Shiva, but Jesus Christ alone has the power to forgive sins here on earth. He is the door of heaven. Reflect on that”. In going on I find some men watch- ing their buffaloes, but I may not stop, therefore I call out: “Hear! give up your stone-god (the Badagas frequently apply this name to their god) and accept the gospel of Jesus’. “Our God has till now provided us with food and drink; what will your Jesus give us, if we become his disciples? Will he give us food and raiment for nothing?” “He, and not your stone-god, who neither hears nor sees, has given you everything, without your knowing or asking it; and if you believe in him, he will give you eternal salvation after this life”. “Who has seen, what is there in the other world? We will go on in the way of our forefathers. It will not do to forsake that way”. “What consolation have you in death? It is said in one of your poems: ‘If one die on the Nilagiri and his relatives perform for him all the ceremonies and even pay the passage-money (to the other world) nobody knows whether he will go to heaven or to hell’. Is not that a poor consolation for a dying man, who is afraid of death and judgment? Look! a Christian’s case is quite different, he believes and possesses what Jesus says: ‘He who believeth in me, has life eternal’. Therefore hear while it is called today”. “You must give us time. We can- not charge at once! Your Abraham (Vide Kaity report) has, as he tells you himself, spent 6 or 7 years in reflections before he became a Christian. Many Badagas are no longer willing to believe in their stone-god”.—I go on praying for the poor people and meet with three men returning from their milking. I invite them to come to Jesus, particularly pressing the word on them: ¢“Come, 67 for everything is ready”. But they, like the people in the gospel, have all sorts of excuses, and are quite content with what they possess already. At lastI reach the intended village and there find a priest from the Mysore-country, hung all over with all sorts of gold and silver coins. He visits the hills every second or third year, and by his farces collects much money from the supers- titious Badagas. Men, women and children are crowded around him to see his idol (Doorga) which he carries in a fine box and shows for money, and to re- ceive his blessing. The priest did not like my presence, yet he went on with his business: “Bring money! Look at the image” he exclaimed, “then you will be kept from sickness, your herds will increase, your pot will be full of mille and butter, your fields will give large crops, your children will prosper; in one word, you will have success and prosperity in house and field, and scarcity and famine shall not be heard of. Hear! Don’t let it be told in vain”. I could no longer be silent, but showed to the poor blind people the deceit of this man, and invited them to Jesus, who so mercifully and kindly calls to him all those who are weary and heavy laden. But I did not find so willing a hearing as this cheat. I saw again that poor man will not be saved for nothing and by grace. The day-school, that hitherto was kept up by Mrs. Cockburn, has been given over to Mr. Biihrer. This lady, besides, has a number of N night-schools, for Badagas and one for Kotas. At the monthly exami- nation of these schools, Mr. Biihrer finds an opportunity to proclaim the gospel to the gathered boys. The third hill-tribe begins also to be influenced by a Christian planter. We have no particular connexion with him, but rejoice if any thing is done. 68 The operations of our Society in other Countries. I. Qur African Mission on the Gold Coast suffers much from the unquiet political condition of the small native states. The war itself is ended; but the country remains not only in a state of fear and excite- ment, but also of insecurity, so that the connexion with our station Anum is still interrupted, But our occupation of the town Ada near the mouth of the river Volta, tends very much to pacify and re-assure the minds of the Negroes. Yet, if we except the station Anum, the Mission work is progress- ing everywhere. Outwardly the Christian villages increase and prosper. But what is of more importance, the number of enquirers is consider- able in nearly all of our old stations. In the year 1867 (the last of which we possess regular reports) Abokobi has had 13, Kyebi and Kukuorantumi 20, Aburi 30, Christiansborg 31, Akropong (with out- station Date) 87 accessions from the heathen; and these accessions have been going on since the mentioned period. A cheering feature is the fact that many of these converts had never spoken with the Missionary, before they applied for baptism; they had been gathered by members of the congregation. A part of the Akra country had not been visited for a length of time. Last year, however, one of the lay- brethren and a native Catechist found time to go there, and after a short time a number of people could be instructed and baptized, The barbarous funeral rites have not decreased, but continue to be cele- brated even with slaughtering of slaves. But the effect produced by them is a despair in the fetishes and a general movement in favour of Christianity. In 1867 a heathen said to the native Missionary David Ashante, “Keep yourself in readiness, you will soon have a number of youths from my district to baptize.” This word is already being ful- filled. There are many discouraging features in the old congregations, and sometimes one might be tempted to despair of them. But in look- ing closer, spiritual life is also discovered in a number of the Negro- Christians. They are also early taught to contribute to the Missionary expenses for church matters and the like, and although all are not 69 —_—— quite willing, there are some who give a joyful response to such de- mands. Il. Our Chinese Mission in the southern part of the great empire is not perhaps blessed so richly as the Missions in some other parts of the country; yet we also can praise the Lord for the blessing bestowed on the labour of our Mission there. The census shows an increase of 39 communicants and 92 in the total of church-members. Mr. Liechler and a Catechist traverse the district in all directions and meet with mach willingness to hear the gospel. Mr. Bender and Mr. Piton preach the gospel in the environs of their stations; and meet with much encourage- ment, whilst Mr. Bellon’s time is chiefly taken up with the train- ing of Schoolmasters and Catechists. The children of the Christians are collected into schools and the congregations are built up in the word of God. Two youths from China are preparing in the Basel Mission College to come out as Missionaries to their countrymen. May the Lord accept the poor and weak labours of His servants, fill them with His Spirit and sanctify the Native helpers, increase, establish and purify the congre- gations, bless the labour bestowed upon the young, and give His merciful showers of grace on the Gospel that has been preached to many heathens. 70 APPENDIX L Three brethren-departed this life during the year under review, and whilst the Report was passing through the press, Mrs. Kaufmann was also called away. 1. Samuel Hebich was born on the 29th April 1806 in Wiirttemberg. From 1817-24 he was in Liibeck, and from 1825-31 he made several voyages to Sweden, Finland, Petersbourg and Moscow in the employ of a mercantile firm of Liibeck. He entered the Basel Mission College in 1831, and in March 1834 left for India in company with Mr. Lehner and Mr. Greiner, the first Missionaries of our Society, who were sent to India. From 1834-40 he laboured in Mangalore and Dharwar, and from 1841-59 in Cannanore, from which places he tra- yersed the length and breadth of the country. After having worked in India for 25 years he returned to Europe in December 1859, where he continued to labour for his Master in preaching tours through Germany and Switzerland, till his heavenly Father summoned him away. He died on the 21st May 1868 in Stuttgart and, as he had wished, found his last resting place in Kornthal, near Stuttgart. His faithful work is known to almost every one in this country. He prea- There are few men who ched in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. have been instrumental in bringing so large a number of people to the Lord, although many surpass him in fine diction and smooth words, and many also do not give so much offence, as he did. But among black and white there are many manifestly declared to be an epistle of Christ ministered by him, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. In the course of the year “Reminiscences of the last fourteen days of the Rev. Samuel Hebich” were printed and distributed to all, that wished to have them. (Some copies are still on hand, and can be had on application.) His Memoir is preparing in German; but it is not certain, whether it will be pub- lished in English also. Some traces of his ministry are to be found in this Report also (Vide Cannanore and especially Codacal.) 2, Heinrich Albrecht was born in Dresden the 31st August 1816. He laboured in India from 1842-66 in Dharwar, Sheemoga, Mangalore and Honore, and passed the last days of his life in Dresden, where he died on the 2nd June 1868 after most severe sufferings. 71 3. Johan Friedrich Traub was born in Wiirttemberg on the 30th June 1834. From 1859 he laboured in India at Oodapy and Moolky. It was chiefly the care for the out-station Shirwa (vide Oodapy), with all the hardships a conti- nued residence in a native house there gave him, that caused his health to break down. Since 1856 he suffered from consumption and returned to Germany in May 1868, where he passed the 4 remaining months of his life in his home at Kornthal, and was released from his earthly sufferings on the 27th October 1868. 4, Amalie Auguste Kaufmann, daughter of Rev. Hornberger, was born in Wiirttemberg on the 13th January 1833. In 1857, the year of the mutiny, she came out to India, to become the wife of Rev. O. Kaufmann, then stationed in Dharwar. In this place and afterwards in Anandapoor, Coorg, she heartily helped in the Lord’s work, till she and her husband made ready to seek in Europe that restoration of health, which both much needed, after having so often been prostrated with Coorg fever. But the preparation for the voyage was too much for the health of Mrs. Kaufmann. She left Anandapoor in a weak condition; and the journey to the coast, in the hottest part of the year, increased the exhaus- tion. She arrived in Mangalore on the morning of the 13th April 1869, with her husband and 3 children, and was already suffering from fever. The illness increased rapidly during the day, and almost before any one was aware of the critical position, she was in, even without bidding farewell to her dear ones, she closed her eyes, to open them no more for this world. Being on her journey home, she Zas reached home in the fullest sense of the word. APPENDIX II Petition of some inh,abitants‘ of Mangalore about @irls’ Schools. Mangalore, 16th January 1868, Bt S 1. It is with sincere regret that we hear of a resolution of the Home-Com- mittee of your German Mission directing the abolition of the Girls’ Schools at this Station, the institutions that, we need scarcely say, have bestowed im- mense benefits on our community, the institutions that have widely spread among our females a spirit to better their social status as regards education, which our Province had been quite destitute of for centuries past, the institu- tions, from the continuance of which we all cherished strong hopes of deriving those blessings of a reform, both in the moral and social condition of our females, which your philanthropic and generous Mission have bestowed on the females of many other Provinces of India. 72 2. The high sense of gratitude we owe to your generous Society for the useful English education, which you have conferred upon many a youth of Canara, we have scarcely words to express. Mangalore, before the arrival of your Mission, we frankly acknowledge, was comparatively in darkness with regard to western civilization, and it is since the visit of your really philanthro- pic Mission that we have arrived at the present state of enlightenment; an en- lightenment, though not quite perfect in the proper sense of the word; we have every hope of its attaining its full development in the course of a few years. It is to your generous Society, that we owe the present advancement of many of our fellow-men in the bigh rank of Public Service, it is to that brotherly love with which your learned Missionaries have always treated us, that we owe our present position among the enlightened natives of India; and it is that warm interest you have always taken on our behalf, and that uniform kindness you have shewn us on all occasions, that we should now look to for the increase and stability of those various advantages you lave bestowed upon us. 3. We now therefore take the opportunity of appealing to your generous Society that you will submit to your Home-Committee this our humble prayer for the continuance of the Girls’ Schools, warmly supported by your strong recommendation. At the same time we would suggest that the two Schools existing at present may be amalgamated and remodelled and rendered more attractive and beneficial to our community by the appointment of a trained European Mistress instead of Native Masters; and we heg to assure your Com- mittee that by this above alteration in the constitution of the Girls’ Schools, the attendance will be far more increased and not fluctuating as at present. The appointment of a male teacher is held to be objectionable by adult females, and consequently the present attendance is not satisfactorily regular. 4 For the support and maintenance of this useful institution we shall not o be wanting in contributin o if the state of things should require any aid. 5 In conclusion we most humbly pray that you will kindly be pleased to take such measures as may render the Female Education in Mangalore per- manent, complete and more useful to ourselves and more gratifying to your benevolent Society. Your most obedient and humble Servants, 34 Signatures. Gxpenditure of the FWlission during the year 1868 I D Rs As 53,262 Personal Expenditure Journeys, including Home passages 24,137 2 Munshis 1,000 Deacons atechists and Evangelists 13,628 é Postages ete 1,361 5 Libraries 273 14 10 Church Expenses 1,646 422 Medical Outlays Schools, English and Vernacular 9,650 5,398 Boarding Schools, Boys Do Gll lb 7,036 Catechist and Preparandi Schools 6,610 Printing Work. 1,256 Buildings, Repairs and H0u<e~Rknt 17,015 4,729 Purchases and off-payments Agricultural Outlays and Taxe 1,519 DN =3 = O =1 DN B = W © Iuterest and Bill discount 326 ORI o en TN B S o N S L S ) S r e Sundries 68 O Sy - ($L) Furnitures 2,516 Total Rs 156,760 o~ S E. & O.E Mangalore, 31st December 1868 ? g%w/eé% 10 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND Received during the year 1868. AT MANGALORE. Received through Mrs. Luxmoore, Rs. AP Bangalore Col. G. W. Walker, Coonoor, Rs. A to the Brethren at Kaity 1200 : Misses Mean 10 W. M. Cadell Esq. 150 Donation 10 Col. J. E. Lawder, 14th Lt. H. Whyte Regt. 100 Donation A. D. Fraser Esq., Mhow 100 S 0 Mrs. Buckle Dr. J. Sperschneider, Lt. C. Luzxmoore Trivandrum 96 Mrs. Buckle Th. Kleinknecht Esq. 69 Donation 1 Rev. C.Isenberg, 1867-68 50 10 Mzrs. Buckle, Nov. and Deec. L. Garthwaite Esq. Lt. C.Luxmoore, do. %;i,i Col. G. 8. Dobbie, for C. 8. 9 Mrs. Buckle, donation 5 OO IEREC I OO coococoococoocococo T Rev. G. Shirt, 1868 10 R. M. Mills Esq. 15 AT HONORE. 25 (@il ian) () (el R o) () {emiilen ) oo/, (o) flan) Dr. J. Macpherson J. Elphinstone Esq., Received through Rev. C. H. Carwar 10 Hesselmeyer, Tezpoor. Rev. E. N. Dickinson 15 C. A, Bruce Esq. 15 0 Capt. Parker Mrs. E. Campbell D50 H. Ingle Esq. 5 0 OO O R. Chrystal Esq. % Rev. C. H. Hesselmeyer G. Flate Esq. 20 Received through J. Neuberg Hsq., H. Robertson Esq. Bombay. D. Davies Esq. Mrs. West 20 The Hon’ble Mr. Justice R. West Esq. 30 Newton 25 G. Tract Esq. A. C. Gumpert Esq. 25 Rev. E. N. Dickinson 10 J. Sheppherd Esq. 10 Capt. Parker OO0 OO OO @ O OIOIS O @ © OND QISND DD Mrs. Benton N. N. Commander of the Col. Field 25 “Clara” 20 F. Vix Esq. 50 R. K. Candy Esq. P. Pendemujee Esq. 5 Capt. E. Silk F. Biihler Esq. J. Cruikshank Esq. 10 F. Wanderer Esq. Mr. Thomas 2 % DO DN OO D OIS SR OISO IS T A friend from Dharwar — BRI DI, D DN J. Neuberg Esq. 75 AT MERCARA, AT CANNANORE. g Donations: = w E. Roberts Esq. | Rev. G. Richter | E. C. G. Thomas Esq. 10 Col. O’Connell General W. K. Babington — L\ E. O. Reilly Esq. Mrs. Garthwaite Capt. A. S. Grove O = a1 O Al D. Eppinger Esq. Mr. Rector Dr. G. F. Trimnell Mr. Johnson Major H. L. Grove no S WOorOoO Ut © coococoo P () colil o) eyl e J =) 5 Mr. Snow G. F. T. for the German A. Griter Esq. et Mission “May it continue Major G. M. Martin to prosper” “ (o) Lt. 8. C. Clarke DY Ooi b GO O O com~MOoPOoOoo oo B cococoooccoocoo '@ Subseriptions : Mr. J. Charlesworth, AT ANANDAPOOR Apothecary 55 Capt. P. A. von Homrigh 16 Rev. H. A. Kaundinya 100 Mr. W. Shannone 6 Mr. Robert Bloefeld 9 Mrs. Habicht 7 Mrs. Wood 3 2 AT DHARWAR. Major C. M. Whyte Dr. W. J. van Someren 100 ~ 150 Mrs. Charlesworth (9] Ch. Shaw Esq. Capt. von Homrigh 2 SO ODOOOOO SO oo OoCOoOO M 75 ) 8 L.' Reid Esq. 40 AT TELLICHERRY Middleton Esq. 24 10 Mr. Franeis, Overseer 30 H. Cameron Esq. 20 0 0 Col. Piers 24 Capt. Galbraith Major Hutsheon 24 J. L. Hannyngton Esq., T. Giertson Esq. 20 3 months 30 F. C. Branson Esq. 10 C. Scott Esq. s s 10 M. Longmuir Esq. W. T. Rayne Esq. Alex. Don Esq. 20 N. N. 15 g % Alex. Robertson Esq, 10 F. C. Pereire Esq., 3 months A. Plunkett Esq. W. Hearn Esq. AT CALICUT. S. Telly Esq. W. 8. Price Esq. G. A. Ballard Esq. 200 Major Wallace o Miss Ballard 10 Col. Shampion E. C. G. Thomas Esq., Dr. Cockell 2 months 100 Mr. Courpalais —t Messrs. Frank & C Mr. Hatherot Madras 0., 412 —Lawrence Esq. F. Chevalier Esq., J. Barker Esq. Cochin 100 H. Micklejohn Esq. H. Hausheer Esq. 10 O —Grant Es(l. N W. P. Austin Esq., 5 months 15 ——Beirnon Esq. J. C. Hannyngton Esq., —Vagan Esq. 3 months 30 A friend at B. (Y K. F. Nordmann Esq. 20 N. N. O O OLih CLO O WD = OVih a3 0 i UL G CONECOCY, G O o IS COl G DE O ECH Con S IOL O oL OMOECOICD COICDNCEICY, © OISO ORI I DS S I ORI CO D NI OIS RN AONT) W. H. Glenny Esq. 20 O OO OO 10* 76 Rs Rs A. Berry Esq. 10 Mrs. Rue W. Maylor Esq. 20 oo B> oo ® Mrs. Cardoza 10 =) SN A friend for Mission-work Major Davis, Supt. of Police 25 on the Hills 30 H. R. Thompson Esq. 10 J. Groves Esgq. R. H. Pierce Esq. 10 =) REONCD Dr. Thacker 50 10 Mrs. C. D. Roberts, F. Wilkinson Esq. Arconum 10 Genl. Dawker 30 A. G. Gover Esq. 10 Mrs . Morgan Mrs. Fergusson, Nellapoor 20 Mzrs . Glasson Mr. A. Veda Muttu 50 Mrs . Ranson Mr. W. Davis 2 (en)i{en) Ten) (el () fé Mrs . Pears AT PALGHATUT. Mrs . Breeks AL @ He 250 0 W. Robinson Esq. Captain Hankin 0% Sl C OISO IOICESICIOVSRS Rev. Dr. H. Gundert, W. Schmidt Esq. OIS SIOICIDIeS OISO Calw. 50 Small donations at H. Sewell Esq. C. S. 25 Otacamund 20 0 § W. Robinson Esq. 35 F. Hole Esq., Supt. of Pol. Messrs. Gay Soobrama W. M. Clarke Esq Shastry & Co. 20 Major H. B. Sweet 100 L. Garthwaite Esq. 16 James Hunter Esq 100 15 Ch. Grey Esq. 10 J. J. Tomlinson Esq. 19 Miss Tomlinson F. Wilson Esq. Mrs. Dupin F. Wilkinson Esq. 10 Charles Lanauze Esq. Mrs. Heyne 20 :i, %(: (et e e @i o) fo) (o) Mrs. Fowlis H. Smith Esq. Mrs. Cardoza ORI DI CRE DNED OGN AT KAITY SOOI OESIO IO & D Ch. Grey Esq., for 120 Medicines 10 Mrs. Walker, 12 months F. Wilkinson Esq., for do. 10 A. F. 130 100 A thank-offering 100 Capt. Goddard Fruits 100 General Clemens 35 100 SRS, S DOV D, (=ham) o) (=) (=) Gl 5 A. Boswell Esgq. J. Groves Esq. J. Nash Esq., Oct. 1867- March 1868 Major Hamilton Mr. Hill, Coonoor 17 Rev. J. Mc’Kee 10 Rev. T. Whitehouse 12 SIS RS Capt. Palmer A friend Lawrence Asylum 10 offering Major Cox, for Medicine A friend 25 Col. Salmon, B. A. 10 SO OO @I O OOty IS OLCOEONDIEONMCONCOECD O 40 Mrs. Onslow, 8 months KOTAGHERRY. Rev. J. Doederlein 10 % ((8: A. H. Streeton Esq. D. Cockburn Esq. 30 1867-1868 36 Mrs. G. F. Cockburn, 10 ) 0 Edinburgh 50 0 A. Allen Esq. Master Sweet, at his Mrs. Atkinson, birth-day Christmas gift 10 Greneral Clemens, 1867 ;) v.:; Mission-box Collection 21 0 77 e Contributions of the Members of the Congregations towards the General Mission Fund. Rs Rs b = A. P. 1 Shantappa Kadiwala Mangalore Mission Jakob Nirmanika Festival Moolky Peter Tehekandy Anandapoor 723 Noah Hosamane 29 Isaac Hosamane Hoobly 23 g g?: Solomo Bhaskar Eg Bettigherry Gooledgood Chombala 1 — Mission Meetings 20 Yok 7 Calicut Girls’ Institution 34 [ T Nizagunappa Balagulla 20 0 Congregation 80 15 NS N OOoO OO O LNMNOCOOOCOOO Mark Rangaredshi 0 | Palghaut and Out-stations 10 Simon Sackkare it 0 | Kaity David Dshaligi 0 Abraham Nerkamby 18 (=) Salomo Dshaligi i g 0 Kotagherry Congregation 15 o O Subscriptions for Schools. AT MANGALORE | Lt. Freith HOE 010 Major G. M. Martin L. Garthwaite Fsq. E. O. Reilly Esq. (SR o0 o R ) (e} =) () o) SIS S to the Can. Boys' School. Capt. A. S. Grove 80 0 H. S. Thomas Esq. AT TELLICHERRY to the Brahmin Girls’® School. Jor the Brennen School H. S. Thomas Esgq. 40 0 W. Sullivan Esq., H. S. Thomas Esq., 7 montns 70 specially for one Teacher 72 0 G. D. Lemon Esq., Col. G. S. Dobbie 20 0 0 2 months 20 Capt. Carnegy, at Bangalore, W. Logan Esq., in March 1869 7 0 13 months 130 Mr. D. D. Cruz,, to the Brahmin Girls' School-fund. 9 months 0 Several leading Brahmins, Mr. Ramoony, Vakeel, for the extension of the 12 months Brahmin Girls’ School 297 12 0 AT CALICUT AT MERCARA for the Girls' School. | R. H. Pierce Esq. 2l Jor the Anandapoor School. Mrs. Smith 2 Capt. R. A. Cole 3300i Miss Ballard 20 oo ©C oo 78 AT PALGHAUT Jor the Anglo-Vernacular School Rs . Capt. Caulfield, Supt. of Police 12 months, at 36 H. Sewell Esq. C. S 2 30 J. Cameron Esq. C. 8 » 2 30 Ch. Lenauze Esq 12 7 12 Mr. W xray 12 12 ” G. Dupin Esq 12 2 » oo e O Ot 12 12 6 Mrs. Dupin ” ” Mr. P. O. Pothen 12 ” Lol = 12 S oo o e oo o Sl c.ofc oo o id T KAITY A friend for a School 25 (= < Misses Anstey 30 Government Grants-in-Aid MANGALORE Canarese Boys’ School - - - - e 12 Preparandi-School “Result System” 302 Brahmin Girls’ School ” 115 Parochial Boys’ School » 65 Girls’ School 244 » MOOLKY Parochial School 2 34 — 216 Girls’ Boarding School UTCHILA Parochial School » 22 - OODAPY Boarding School )i ANANDAPOOR Parochial School, under old Rules 2 94 TELLICHERRY Brennen School » - - 960 CALICUT Anglo-Vernacular - 563 bt » bR} Girls’ Boarding School “Result System 719 Anglo-Vernacular School 258 PALGHAUT ” Cannany Boys’ School » 84 NN O NN OO O YO WO O SINS OTTONON S IOM@ROQIE NG O O QO Contributions of the Congregations towards separate Funds a. Towards the Church Funds Rs. A ) Rs A = Dharwar S 1 Moolky Congregation 15 Hoobly 26 2 Utehila 2 16 5 Pk Bettigherry 27 Santoor 3 et bk Gooledgood Oodapy 23 Cannanore 61 10 Gudde 2 Chowa 8 14 [0 SBEN RPN el e i e 2] 20 SCOLOo PO G Ol al = — 39 4 8 Anandapoor Tellicherry 79 - —y Rs Rs > Chombala 12 Karuwapira 0 Coilandy = Panayoor Calicut 204 Kinnanoor 0 Codacal 13 Kaity, for 2 years 50 1 [SURR SN ) oo 28 Palghant e. To Local Mission Fund. Wadackencherry Kinnanoor 7 Moolky Karuwapira Utchila 2 Panayoor i SO WS WO %% Santoor [y Oodapy b. Towards the Poor-fund. Gudde Cannanore 140 Man galoré 253 Tellicherry Moolky — Utchila Chombala Coilandy Oodapy Calicut Gudde % DD OO OO = 00 CTLW O O OO =3O O P OO Anandapoor 22 Palghaut 15 Hoobly d. Burial Funds. Bettigherry Gooledgood 24 Cannanore 29 11 Cannanore 39 (=Y Chowa 10 Chowa 14 12 Coilandy, 2 years 65 Tellicherry 25 Calicut Chowmbala Codacal 14 15 : Palghaut 17 Coilandy 175 14 Calicut Karuwapara Codacal 10 Wadackencherry Palghaut Pavayoor 15 H OO OO == O PWONSWWOo O DO N WHRODODOOV OO ® | Kinnanoor § 13 SO ODODDOHDBWWS Wadackencherry Chufch building F'und at Anandapoor. DONATIONS: Lt. Freith () } G . Anderson Esq. 20 Capt. R. A. Cole 0O G 100 J M. 20 —DMeclnnes Esq. 10 A. Griter Esq E . A. Wheeler Esq. From Oodapy A . G. Yates Esq. 10 From Honore W. Rose Esq. O N0 10 Th. Kleinknecht Esq. Major Magrath David Kore, Anandapoor J. Brewer Esq. 20 Gad Chainge b W. Jennings Esq. 5 Michael Mara » R. 8. D. 25 10 Joseph Kire » Capt. J. M. Wilson Mathaeus Bomme C. B. Saunders Esq. 50 Capt. R. A. Cole Ol O B O OO OO Ot OLO OO OID OO @ DO O SO S OEDEOIOICOEONO! O O J. Bosinger Esq. 10 S OIS S I OFCSRICHECHCDICH I Ve oo (e e el i) (e en){co il an (e (<2 i e 80 S Rs To G J. G K. Donald Stewart Esq. 20 N AN 8. G. Tipping Esq. 20 F. Hahn Esq. C. Carriappa Esq. 25 SO B Sreve. Y Byas Rev. F. Miiller 522 Contribution towards the » L. Reinhardt 57 pulpit in M. 60 Andrew Mitchell Esq. 10 L The Home-Committee for D B 14 So0o0c0como P (S (e e e D) the inner out-fit 500 g T.C.] Collec Church building Fund at Codacal. Do Last year’s acknow- | Two brethren 10 Do 1200 2 ledgment | N.N. 10 0 Do Collection at the Ordination ' School Master Abraham, Do, of Joseph Jacobi 11 2 Codacal 1 A Native Christian at Do Payment of a debt to the Palghaut old fund 100 Mr. P. Govinden Interest on Cash Balances 61 10 0 » John Kurien | Jacob Kurien Rs. 1409 4 2 Paul Paulus, Codacal Cat. Paul Chitteyagam QLU= B o © DO O (e (@) (oo N esilam i) ; N. B. Amount required about Rs. 5000 Donations for the Mangalore Sick house. H. 8. Thomas Esq. 220 | W. Ormsby Esq. Col. G. 8. Dobbie 25 N. N. Hon’ble J. C. St. Clair 110 Lazarus Abraham, Dresser 23 Lt. Ross Thompson Lukas Joshua, Bookhinder Lt. H. Whyte 9 Mission — John Ball Esq. 13 Mangalore Congregation 3 Old Simon Major W. A. Deey J. Sturrock Esq. A native friend Col. J. E. Lawder OV Ot © SO O ©IDIOIOHS SO SNBSS N. N. DLW O OO O = OO SOOI NODOOO (=i el e oo Bl Haniiias) Donations towards the Orphange at Tellicherry from 1st April 1868 to 1st April 1869 Mrs. Hannyngton, from Calicut 100 Rev. S. G. 10 89 10 Capt. Wroughton, from Vizianagram From a friend through Capt. Wronghton, Vizianagram 75 From Mrs. Foulis, from Coonoor 60 Total 334 10 (=) ey il et e Sl ) 81 - Towards the erection of a building in the Fisher village, Tellicherry. Rs. A P % 0 g By a subscription at Lucknow, through Captain Hornsby 2 0 0 00 00 Towards thg Malabar Widow-fund. T. C. Hannyngton Esq. 16 17 Collection of the native Congregation at Tellicherry 10 Do do Codacal 17 Ei Do do. Palghaut 26 'y Do do Calicut 74 13 Do do. Cannanore 34 14 00 Do do Chombala M 7 8 e COURU L O, D 00 100 9 4 5, 5000 ©FINIS I 00 () 0 1] 0 0 0 0 é {) 0 0 0 % 0 INDEX. — The Committee and Sub-Committees of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society Institutions in Basel ; 5 Travelling Agents at Home Missionaries of the Basel Society 10 Stations of the Basel Missionary Society Report 13 1% I. Canara Mangalore 17 Moolky 24 Oodapy - Honore . 28 Coorg, Anandapom 30 IT. Southern Mahratta Country 31 Dharwar 31 Hoobly 33 38 Bettigherry Gooledgood 41 II1. Malabar 44 Cannanore 44 Tellicherry 47 Chombala 50 Calicut 52 Codacal. 55 Palghaut 59 IV. 63 Vi olqhemflws Kaity 63 65 Kotagherry The operations of our Society in other Countues 68 Conclusion 69 Appendix T 70 Do IT 71 - -— ® s S Sox < . e A A% 2 % % e Pres, Q\\u& % £ a 7 o P R M' ..+ { L &, "l -, *, 5% ol o .«- % % w ke % E W i i, P kg, ke, o ¥ ¥ 7 . e N | A 3N fl o, 43 s, o % o g { 1 A K, #5 L N % 3 LS C; el o o S > .*, 2 s i » % s = & : e * i W il 5 ¥ . » s e ' S i A § e Yo % ! o 3 s Py ik % " o P - e, ,. i, 5 3 . i e s i w5 @ % T i o & % P . 4 - & ke g W : % o { e o o b o b R e s By i 5, < - ot & ) e o e % § ¥ W, B, o ¥ & 3 2, 3 T y b S "o, B i W, e . . e e m s . 5 38 L & iy X i %, e - " & 5 M & s % "3 o ¥ ! o ot ,i.@ % Wi Wy i S o < 2 e A . s 4 e & 2 3 : P oy A A ‘3 o o~ o By | ot e, o % & 1 v & e i - . 5 -4 B # e e ® M . T o - 0 = sty Y & e i Aty » ¥ 25 R g ¥ @ i » g, w ¥ > il .H.fi i e w ot N s %, e o £ X i B, 2 %, " w 2 < ! 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