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ubTURINGEN l

REPORT

OF THE

BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL

dMissionary Society

FOR

1869

THIRTIETH REPORT

OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION

IN SOUTH-WESTERN

INDIA

—_— L IR Ko s

MANGALORE

PRINTED BY STOLZ & REUTHER, BASEL MISSION PRESS

1870

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BASEL GERMAN EVANGEL. MISSIONARY SOCIETY

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3

STATISTICAL NOTICES

i @Elge Gomnuttee ad Sub-Committees

IN BASEL.

1. Committee of the Missionary Society

A. Christ-Sarasin Esq., Senator, President

Ed. Bernoulli-Riggenbach Esq., Vice-President

Rev. J. Josenhans, Corresponding Secretary and Principal

Members

Rev. A. Sarasin

Ed. Bruckner Esq

Rev. W. Le Grand.

C. G. Engelmann Esq

Rev. Dr. A. Ostertag

Rev. E. Preiswerk

Ed. Preiswerk-Burckhardt Esq

Th. Sarasin-Bischoff Esq

Rev. Fr. Reiff.

2. Financial Sub-Committee

A. Christ-Sarasin Esgq., Senator,

Ed. Bernoulli-Riggenbach Esq

President

Ed. Preiswerk-Burkhardt Esq

Rev. J. Josenhans

J. Miiller Esq., Treasurer

3. Sub-Committee for the Education of Missionaries

Children

Rev. A. Sarasin, President

Rev

Dr. A. Ostertag

Rev

J. Josenhans

D. Burckhardt-Thurneysen Esq.,

Treasurer

Ben

Reber-Sulger Esq

Rev

R. Anstein

Rev. J. Pfisterer, Secretary

Rev. W. Le Grand.

—_—

4

B. dnstitations in Fasel.

I. MISSION COLLEGE.

Resident Masters.

Rev. J. Josenhans, Principal.

Rev. A, Huzel.

Rev. Fr. Reiff.

Rev. J. M. Victor

Rev. P. Wurm.

Mr. G. Staiger.

Mr. J, Kolb.

Assistant Masters.

Dr. Mosley and Mr. J. R. Mitchell, English Teachers.

Dr. Hauschild, Music Master.

Dr. Burckhardt, Medical Instructor.

Number of Students.

(August 1869.)

I. Class.

II. Class.

III. Class.

IV. Class.

V. Class

VI Class.

10

9

15

12

14

23

Total: 86 Students.

Of this number:

34 are from Wiirttemberg.

15

»

b

Baden.

10

»

»

other parts of Germany.

15

»

»

Switzerland.

£

»

n

Alsace (France).

»

Russia.

18

»

Turkey.

5

»

China.

%]i

”

»

Holland.

86

.

II. CHILDREN’S HOME

Boys’ Instifution.

Director: Rev. J. Pfisterer.

Tutors: Mr. Zluhan, Mr. Kracuter.

Boys: 28.

Giels” Institution.

Directress: Miss C. Scholz.

Governesses: Miss M. Runzler and Miss E. Sprenger.

Girls: 29

C. Treatelling gents at Aome.

Rev. L. Nagel, 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 Grermany.

Rev. C. Aldinger (late of Christiansborg, Africa), Winterthur, for

Eastern Switzerland.

Rev. H. Hauff (late of Mangalore), Gotha, for Central Germany.

Rev. Ch. Aldinger (late of Chombala, Malabar), Hail,for Wiirttemberg

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6

D. dtlissiomaries of the Basel Society.

[The letter (m.) after the names signifies: ‘“married” and the letter (w.): “widower”

The names of unordained Brethren are marked by an asterisk.]

Hative

Hame,

Station.

@onntry.

Date of ac-

five Serpice

1. Missionaries employed in India.

(Corrected up to the 1lst March 1870.)

. Fritz (m.)

France

1839

Cannanore

:

.

Biihrer (m.)

Switzerland

1842

Kotagherry

1842

Ch. Miiller (m.)

Grermany

Tellicherry

J. F. Metz

do

1843

Kaity

India

1851

H. A. Kaundinya (m.)

Anandapoor

K. A. E. Diez (m.)

Germany

1853

Palghaut

do

E. Kittel (m.)

1853

Mangalore

G Pieiderer (m.)*

do

1853

Mangalore

;§

do

Calicut

J. Lauffer (%

1856

10

E. G. Hanbart (m.)

Switzerland

1857

Cannanore

i

J. Fr. A. Manner (m.)

Germany

1857

Moolky

12

W. Roth (m.

do

1857

Bettigherry

13

do

C. F.R. Hahn (m.)*

1857

Bettigherry

14

S. G. Schoch (m.)’-‘-

Switzerland

1857

Cannanore

15

J. J. Brigel (m.)

Germany

1858

Mangalore

16

J. Mack (m.)

do

1858

Moolky

17,

R. Hartmann (m.)

Switzerland

1859

Oodapy

18

L. Ph. Reinhardt (m.)

Germany

1859

Tellicherry

19

E. H. Bergfeldt (m.)

do

1860

Mangalore

20

J. J. Thumm (m.)

do

1860

Gooledgood

21

Ch. Fr. Krauss (m)

do

1860

Dharwar

22

do

1860

(Calicut

Th. F. Schauffler (m.)

23. W. Stokes (m.)

India

1860

Oodapy

24

1860

w0 Richm (m)*

Germany

Mangalore

Hative

Hante.

Station.

Connfry.

Mafe of ac-

five Derpice

25

India

1861

Tit. Costa (m.)

Dharwar

26

J. Fr. Miiller (m.)

Germany

1861

Oodapy

27

Switzerland

A. Wenger (m.)

1861

Kaity

28

Fr. Ziegler (m.)*

Germany

1862

Hoobly

29

C. Stolz (m.)*

Switzerland

1863

Mangalore

30

J. B. Griter (m)

Germany

863

Mangalore

31

S. Gundert (m

do

1863

Palghaut

32

Ch. Réck (m.)

do

1864

Codacal

33

Th. Digel (m.)*

do

1864

Mangalore

34

J. Knobloch (m.)

do

1865

Calicut

35

S. Walter (m.)

Switzerland

1865

Chowa (Cannanore)

36

Ed. Schweizer

do

1866

Oodapy

37

J. Deuber (m.)

do

1866

Hubly

38

J. Miiller #

1866

Germany

Mercara

39

Th. Walz

do

1866

Honore

40

W. Schnepf

do

1866

Anandapoor

41

J. Kittel

do

1867

Tellicherry

42

A. Stoll

Switzerland

1867

Hoobly

43

Ch. G. Weigele

Germany

1867

Guledgood

44

Fr. Matthissen ¥

Russia

1867

Calicut

45

Chr. Reuther (m.)*

Germany

1867

Mangalore

46

Th, Elsisser *

do

1867

Mangalore

47

K. Schober #

do

1867

Calicut

48

L. Langel

Switzerland

1868

Oodapy

49

C. Linder

1868

Chombala

Germany

50

W. Schmolck #*

do

1869

Tellicherry

51

G-. Ritter

do

1369

Mangalore

52

G. Spillmann #

do

1869

Calicut

53

J. Hesse

do

1869

Kaity

04

H. Daimelhuber

do

1870

Mangalore

Hative

Stafion.

Fame.

[

Gonntry

Dafe of ac-

five Serpice

Brasche

1870

Oodapy

Germany

e =

-

hmid #

do

1870

Mangalore

At liome.

1851

57. G. Plebst (m.)*

Grermany

late of Mangalore

58. J. Huber (m)

Switzerland

1857

late of Hoobly

1858

59. J. G. Burkhardt (m.) | Germany

late of Mangalore

II. Missionaries employed in Africa. §

Germany

1846

Aburi

60. J. Mohr (m)*

61. J. Ch. Dieterle (m.)

do

1846

do

do

1849

Odumasee

62. J. Zimmermann {m.)

T e oo B2

63. J. A. Mader (m.)

do

1851

Akropong

64

do

1854

Christiansborg

H.L. Rottmann (m-)*

65

E. Schall (m.)*

do

1856

Abokobi

do

1857

Kyebi

66, J. Kromer (m.)*

O oo ~3 O

67

H. Laissle (m.)*®

do

1857

Akropong

68

do

1859

Christiansborg

E. Schrenk (m.)

10

69

M. Klaiber (m.)*

do

1859

do

11

70

do

1861

12

D. Eisenschmid (m)

Kyebi

13

71

D. D. Ashante (m.) | Africa

1862

Date.

14

72

1863

1

J. G. Hoch (m.)#

Germany

Christiansborg

73

A. Schonhuth (m.)*

do

1863

do

do

1863

Ada

74. J. Ch. Fetzer (m.)*

16

75

C. Schonfeld *

do

1863

do

17

76

Ph. H. Bohner #

do

1863

Christianshorg

77. F. L. Ramseyer (m.)* | Switzerland

1864

Anum

78

1864

C.J. Leimenstoll (m)* | Germany

Christiansborg

3

79

J. Weiss (m)

Switzerland

1865

Christiansborg

§

4 From the lists of January 1869.

i

Gensus of the Fndian Filissions.

JANUARY 1870.

fio,

L ABOURERS.

ScHOOLS.

UNDER THE CARE OF THE MISSION

Boarding | Parochial

Heathen

Not Members

Mission

aries.

Native Assistants.

Schools

Higher

Schools.

Schools.

Vernacular

Members of the Church.

of the Church.

Schools.

|

10

: NAMES

OF

MISSION STATIONS.

[angalore

Scholars

oobly

Vv

Christian

fangalore

Schoolmistresses

Seminary

Middle Schools,

Training Schools.

é

Girls

§

Girls

Anglo-Vernacular Schools

§

Girls

Total

Communicants.

Non-Communicants

Children

P;i

Catechumens

Schoolmasters and

Total

Grand Total

g

Established in

Brethren.

Sisters

Native Pastors

Catechists and

Evangelists

Christian Schoolmasters

Heathen Schoolmasters

Number of Schools

I. Canara.

1. Mangalore

sesevsnces

.11834

b

49

50

80| 42

235

555

315

884| 20

123

143

1027

|

6

41

34

25

165

196

199

401|157

25

18

583

2. Moolky eeeoeieennns Aoadtoasonoc ) 1845

et

60

29

10

118

115

125

246(313

10

323

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1837

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62

167

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71

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181|432 175

370

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* These 3 numbers have been corrected as in those of our last Report there was a mistake, which we have since discovered.

W

Census of the Afviow and Chinese Fissions.

JANUARY 1869.

Il

I

|

LABOURERS.

ScHooLS.

UNDER THE CARE OF THE MISSION

I

Mission

Native ‘Assistants.

Higher

Boarding | Parochial

Heathen

Not Members

I

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Schools.

Schools.

Schools.

Vernacular

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of the Church

3

Schools.

|

NAMES

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OF

|

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MISSION STATTONS.

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li

i

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=

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Brethren

disters

Native Pastors,

Catechists

Christian‘Schoolmasters

Christian Schoolmistresses

Heathen Schoolmasters

Seminary

Middle Schools

Training Schools

Bays

Girls

Boys

Girls

Sunday Schools

Infant Schools

Anglo-Vernacular Schools

Boys

Girls

Total

Communicants

Non-Communicants

Children

Total

Catechumens

Schoolmasters and

Total

Grand Total

A. Africa.

1. Akra District.

. Christiansborg

1845

10

0

ok

53

46

22

150

109

13

94

216

20

80

100

316

2

. Abokoby

vecesrc st s esnescsnn e

1854

S S

(=) (=)

43

19

30

=) (=)

(e>) (=)

95

125

21

84

230

22

21

43

273

1, Adangme District.

o

s Gdumasee: st Lo b aaib s 1859

oy

12

27

10

12

66

39

43

90

12

32

122

4. Ada

1867

Q- Ot

15

26

12

02

23

35

47

III. Aquapem Dz'st?*z'ct.

Akropong

D I R R A )

1843

3

13

22

54

51

25

52

34

251

3

33

11

310

654

22

25

47

701

Aburi

D N N I I

1847

(3

54

35

28

65

41

SU)

223

153

17( 187

307

16

63

5

386

PPy S T — T Y - )

IV. Akem District.

Kyebi

90e s ses e avereer et s e

1861

20

Kukurantumi

seevs e e sverns T enE e

1861

11

28

2

58

13

18

76

9

|- Anun? District.

9:

Anum

1864!5» 3

14

22

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e

0

Total.

31

19/ 10} 26

15

12

13

49

9v

172

87

856

703[1581|110

252

362

1943

211271109(200

e | | —

‘805 73

. | Mo | e—

]

B. China.

i

Homgkong.:lcaalernsi88n5 150, 1856,

0} 51

12

71

105

26| 132| 20

45

65

197

2

Lilomg) covger bo oo ionion SRS s )

i

6} 21

31

191

1852!

29

64

75

50

125| 35

66

Chongtsun

Sssvosseeassensncenses e

1864

11

24

57

58I 1Y

4

7

126

Nyenhangly

te8ssessess'sanesroene

1864

g g

§

:f:j)

(é

18

g

g

é

1%

g

39

61

12

50

123212

19

31

154

i

Total.

|

|

t

s | o | W | e eeoma

b

04.16

S e b s

O OO =

W] © O ro

| N2 s ¥ SG i)

6].464.69| 4

g):

g

60/ 1| 1981 298| 17\ 184| 499, 71

98,169/ 668

m—— | —— | ———— — | — | C— — — e | —— " | o—— — —— | S— | — — | w—— | p—————

Grand Total of the Indian,

I 90| 58| 3| 96

56 29121

291°89|:12(8111374|488 (347 [172

871525 600} 67/3162{3046{191{2615/5852(736(1564|2300| 8152

African and Chinese Missions.

|

Hative

Hame.

Station.

Gotnfry.

Dafe of ac-

fine Service

80

Ch. Bellon

Germany

1865

Akropong

81

J. Miiller

do

1865

Anum

82

J. Binder *

do

1866

Christiansborg

83

G. Zerweck

do

1866

do

N R N

84

Th. Breitenbach

Russia

1866

Akropong

85

J. Kiihne ¥

1866

Christiansborg

Germany

86

U. Liithy

Switzerland

1866

Abokobi

87

G. J. Lodholz

1867

Grermany

Kyebi

88

J. Marti ¥

Switzerland

1868

Akropong

89

H. Marchand *

do

1868

do

At Home.

90

1852

late of Akropong

J. G Christaller (w.) | Germany

91

J. Lang (m.)*

| Switzerland

1857

do

92

!

1863

late of Abokobi

Ch. Zimmermann (m) | Germany

!

H

93

| France

| 1863

Odumasee

M. R (m.)

III. Missionaries employed in China.

94

R. Ch. F. Lechler(m.) | Germany

1846

Hongkong

95

H. Bender

do

1862

Chongtshun

96

Ph. Ch. Piton

France

1364

Nyenhangly

97

1864

W. Bellon (m.)

Germany

Lilong

98

J. Lorcher

do

1865

Hongkong

At Home.

94

Ph. Winnes

( Grermany

l 1852 llaf;e of Lilong

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E. Stations of the Hasel Ilissionary Society,

I. In South Western Indig.

A. Canara District.

1

MANGALORE, established in 1834.

Out-stations: Bolma, Samuga and Ravaneshwara.

MOOLKY, established in 1845,

Out-stations: Utchila, Kadike, Kodetoor, Santoor and

Mundera.

OODAPY, established in 1854.

Out-stations: Gudde, Shirwa and Kattupady, Kurkal and

Bolmar.

HONORE, established in 1845, re-occupied in 1867:

Qut-station: Carwar.

COORG STATIONS, established in 1853.

Anandapoor, Mercara.

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

PR

12

CHOMBALA, established in 1849.

Out-stations: Muverattu and Kandappenkundu, Wadagara.

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 Kinndnoor-

D. Nilgherry District.

16. KAITY, established in 1846.

Out-station: Nerkamby.

17. KOTAGHERRY, established in 1867.

1I. In Western Africa.

A. Akra or Ga District.

18. CHRISTIANSBORG, established in 1345.

Out-station: Tashy, Legong.

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. Anum District.

22. ANUM, established in 1864.

D. Aquapem (or Otchy) District.

23. AKROPONG, established in 1843.

Out-stations: Date, Mamfe, Adukrom and Doburow.

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

Out-station: Tufu.

2%

12

E. Akem District.

25. KYEBI, established in 1861.

Out-station: Kukurantumi.

ITI. In China.

26

HONGKONG, established in 1856.

Out-stations: Saukiwan and Shakungtsui.

27

LILONG, established in 1852.

Out-stations: Wanghang, Maham and Khichung.

28

CHONGTSUN in the CHONGLOCK District, established

in 1864.

Out-stations: Sungthen, Shonghang.

29

NYENHANGLY, established in 1864.

Out-station: Chamhang.

Deport,

OR many years past we have often been downcast by seeing how all

our lobours seemed to be in vain, and we have now and then given

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some expression to thisfeeling in our Annual Reports.

The vision

in Zechariah 1, 8—12 was now and then the fit expression for our

thoughts, and especially the word: ¥We have walked to and fro through

the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.” Now

and then we had been full of hopes that we might haveseen the arm of

the Lord revealed in blessing our work in a more signal manner; but

almost just as often we have been disappointed, and would afterwards

only console ourselves that we had not sounded the trumpet of triumph

before the victory was gained.

Yet the work has been always pro-

gressing, although slowly and sometimes very slowly; and the labour

bestowed onthe congregations, on the schools educating Native Mission

Agents and on the Industrial Establishments educating honest and

thrifty Native Christians, was done very carefully though unostenta-

tiously and often impeded by weakness and sickness; and preaching

to the heathen was always going on through the whole of our Mission

Districts, though we were often complaining in our hearts, that we

lacked the full measure of the Spirit and of that divine strength, which

accompanied the apostles, and which is so necessary for Missionary

works.

This year our hearts were at several times filled with expectations

of great and extraodinary things.

At the end of the year we cannot

indeed say that our hopes have been realized to their full extent (and

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very happy are we therefore not to have promulgated them before the

proper time), yet we must praise the Lord that He granted us much

more than we should have dared to expect a year ago.

At one time

we were in negotiations with people who called themselves the repre-

sentatives of 5000, and who considered amongst themselves the question

whether they would not become Christians.

Eventually they have not

become Christians and are as far from it, as formerly, although now

even the matter is not altogether beyond the region of hope.

At

another time we were led by reports of Native Christians, and partly

by that of Catechists, to the expectation of seeing some 50 or more

persons joining our Church in the south of South Canara. This hope

also has not been realized.

At another time the heathens in many

places of the Tulu country were saying, that soon great numbers of

them would join.

But this also has been mere talk.

There has also been a class of people about whom we commonly

prefer to keep silence, in order not to disturb a secret work of grace,

and not to rouse suspicion and opposition.

They are those who are

inwardly convinced of the truth of Christianity, and who sincerely wish

to profess Christ by baptism. But they cannot overcome the fearful

obstacles cast into their way. Some of them read the Bible and pray,

Some would not mind the loss

and have a great desire to be saved.

of property, of honour and position and the persecutions of priests and

the like; but what they cannot overcome is the love of their aged

parents or their wives or their young children, whom they would lose

by such a step.

And they are not able to love Christ more than father

and mother.

We hear in secret so much about such people from

Kottagherry (V. Kott. Report), Palghaut (V. Palgh. Rep. 1868) Canna-

nore, Calicut, Bettigherry (V. Bett. Rep.) Guledgood (V. Gul. Rep.)

and other places, that we cannot refrain from putting the case before

our Christian brethren.

Weare convinced, few who have been born

as Christians would profess Christ, if such profession was connected

with such difficulties and required the severing of the most tender bonds

of filial affection, and in so far we cannot but heartily sympathize with

these friends. They know, believe and love the truth more than many

Christians. Our hearts bleed to see them walking about without peace

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and with their hearts torn, their consciences accusing them for not doing

their duty, and the warning example of many others before them, who

had been in a similar condition and have now fallen back into the bonds

of sin and spiritual death, more thoroughly than before their awakening.

They know all that, they know the danger they are in, they desire to

escape, they yearn to be saved, they are ashamed of themselves for

their cowardice, and yet they have not got the strength to break through

the bonds, and by and bye they also may sink back into spiritual death

and will have succeeded in hardening their hearts and stifling their

consciences. And several Zave done so. (These are not fancy pictures,

but drawn from life, and there are such as will recognize themselves

in reading it.)

But we are also aware that the bonds would fall from

them, like the ropes from Samson’s hand (Judges 16, 6 —14.) if the

flame of genuine divine life from above was fairly kindled within their

hearts,and we mourn with Hiskia (Isaiah 37, 3.) that the children have

come to the birth and there is no strength to bring forth. We also are

inclined to accuse ourselves that we have not more divine strength,

to make their fire kindle at ours.

If any where it is here that prayer and intercessions are wanted,

and are the most proper means to be employed, because, what human

exertions can do, has been done.

And certainly faithful prayers of

His beloved ones might here be answered with the most signal accept-

ance from on high.

We hope that these lines may bring the matter

home to the hearts ofsome believers, and we beg all those that know

how to pray, to make this class of people a special object in their

intercessions.

These are our disappointments.

But we have not had only dis-

appointments.

The Lord has granted as a great success in opening

doors before us.

The number of baptized Christians have, it is true,

only been increased by 181% of whom 77 are communicants; but the

number of inquirers shows an increase of 432.

Most of our stations

have had uncommonly little fruits in the course of this year, and

the increase is almost exclusively due to the great numbers that joined

* Since the above was written ca. 113 have been baptized in Gudde, Qodapy

and Shirwa.

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near Moolky and Oodapy. We cannot say, whether after4 or 5 years

our joy over these conversions will be just as great as now. (It is al-

ready less than it was 3 months ago, as a number have gone back

again.)

But without anticipating future sorrows, we will thank the

Lord for the many who still hold on and take them as an earnest of

what must come anyhow at the Lord’s own good time, where numbers

of heathen shall go and say, “Come ye and let us go up to the mountain

of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.”

This time must come

for India also.

We have given a description of the nature and results of these

conversions under our statement of Moolky and Oodapy, although we

are not yet able to say, what will be the eventual result of this move-

ment. Shagotee also, the hopeful out-station of Bettigherry, has this

year again taken one step forward, although as usual amongst severe

struggles.

Our older congregations are becoming consolidated more and more,

and much care is bestowed on nursing them and grounding them in the

fear of the Lord.

The last year has been exceptional in bringing to

light many hidden sins, and we have faithfully laid these cases before

our friends, perhaps even with more truthfulness than is compatible

with wisdom. But those that have a real interest in Mission work will

understand enough of it, to be able to see these matters in the proper

light, and we see that the Bible does not hide thesins of the saints and

the deficiencies of the first Christian churches.

The picture might

even look darker than it really is, because we always feel some reluct-

ance in speaking too much of the fruits of the Spirit, that come to our

knowledge, as we are afraid of disturbing the work of God and destroy-

ing the childlike simplicity of our Native brethren, if they should find

themselves mentioned in such a Report.

Therefore we preferred to

point out the triumphs of grace in those that have died in the Lord,

and are now beyond the region of temptation and spiritual pride.

Several such cases will be found in the Reports of the stations.

But

also amongst the living, there are the Lord’s people, in whom the work

of God becomes visible to those who have intercourse with them, and

we trust it will be fully revealed when Christ, who is their life, shall

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appear.

Some are mere babes in Christ, yet born by Him, but others

have only the name of being Christians, while they deny the power of

godliness.

Whilst in Malabar the number of heathens studying in our schools

have increased, chiefly by the re-opening of an Anglo-Vernacular

School in Cannanore, the other districts have less heathen pupils than

We should not be unwilling to make greater efforts

in former years.

also in this branch of Mission work, but our funds are scarcely suffi-

cient to carry on the other branches.

But we endeavour to train Schoolmasters, chiefly for our Christian

schools, and we gather the Schoolmasters of each district once a year

for a course of theoretical and practical studies.

And Mr. F. Miller,

who has the charge of schools in Canara, can say, that the School-

masters try to improve themselves, take a deep interest in the prescribed

course of exercises, and as a fact, the standard of educationand ability

is steadily rising amongst them.

But what we cultivate mostly is a

sound elementary Vernacular education, laying the foundation of all

other education, instead of quickly flying on to so-called “higher

studies.” We are happy to see, that our Schoolmasters begin to take

an interest in this careful fundamental teaching, which so frequently

is not appreciated by the Natives of this country, but which in fact

forms the basis for a sound development of a general culture of mind.

If at the end of his studies now and then one deserts us and seeks

employment somewhere else, we are sorry for it, but try, not to lose

courage in going on in the work of training.

Faithful and grateful

men will certainly not be wanting altogether, and God has to bear

more of the ingratitude of men, than we have.

Anglo-Vernacular Schools we have only very few.

But we endeavour to raise an educated, pious staff of Native helpers

through our 3 Preparandi Schools in Oodapy, Tellicherry and Hubly

and through our Catechist-Seminary in Mangalore.

In these schools

also the Vernacular is chosen instead of English, though this is also

taught as a lesson, and is cultivated as much as possible.

Our purpose

is ?n these schools to lay a solid foundation before we strive for higher

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things, although we endeavour to go as high as the solidity of thé

foundation, the time and the capacity of the pupils will allow.

Amongst the Native helpers we have had to mourn over two sad

falls into sin, and one case of desertion.

But as a rule our Catechists

give us much reason to rejoice and most of them work faithfully for the

Lord and walk in the fear of God.

By and bye we hope a number of

them may become able to be entrusted with more responsible positions

and to work without special supervision; but for the present most of

them are still in want of such help as can be given by careful supervi-

sion and guidance.

The changes in the staff of European Agents have been mentioned

in the Reports of the Stations.

The arrivals have been the following:

Mr. and Mrs. Diez and Mrs. Wiirth have come back from Europe,

Mzr. Schmolck, Mr. Hesse, Mr. Ritter and Mr. Spillmann have for the

Jirst time entered the Mission field within this year.

And in January

1870 Mr. Schmid arrived for the mercantile business and Mr. Daimel-

huber and Mr. Brasche were sent expressly to help in the new work

amongst the Tulu people.

Mr. F. Gundert and Mrs. Reinhardt have

left for Europe.

Three have been called away by death: Mrs. Kauffinann, whom

we mentioned in our Report of last year, Mr. Kauffmann and Mr. Wiirth

about whom some particulars are given in the Appendix.

If we may mention our pecuniary circumstances, we must say that

many important things remain undone, because the funds are not suffi-

cient and that the subscriptions we receive in India are steadily falling

off, whilst our Home-Committee are still encumbered with debts.

The numerous conversions in the Tulu country make new claims upon

us; two additional Missionaries have been sent out, and chapels are to

be built in that district.

We trust that friends will not be failing to

come forward and assist us.

We have pointed out in another place,

for which purposes funds are chiefly required.

But our chief hope is

on the Lord of Lord, who never has disappointed those that trust in Him.

Finally we wish to express our thanks to all of our friends who

have continued with us and have in this year also assisted us with their

money and with their prayers.

The acknowledgment of money gifts

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————

But here we must mention

is to be found at the end of the Report.

the help that has, in cases of sickness, been rendered by medical men,

and we must chiefly thank Dr. Roberts in Calicut and Dr. Ridings in

Mangalore for their kind gratuitous help.

‘We also express our thanks

to our friends in Madras and Bombay who have shown hospitality to

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several of our Mission party.

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1‘;

I. CANARA.

MANGALORE.

CLERICAL PART.

Rev. Fr. Kittel (1853),* literary department.

Rev. J. J. Brigel (1858), in charge of the congregation.

Rev. E. H. Bergfeldt (1860), Catechist-Seminary.

Rev. B. Grdter (1863), Catechist-Seminary.

Rev. G. Ritter (1869).

Rev. H. Daimelhuber (1870).

CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS.

Daniel Aaron, Israel Aaron, Christanujo Watsa, Abraham Hery.—

Daniel Ammanna.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS.

Samuel Sonna, Albert Putranna, Elias Daniel Ammanna, Peter Simon,

Theodor Chainga, Barnabas Soen.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMISTRESSES.

Catharina George, Julia Michal, Naemi Jesudasi, Tara Watsa,

Hanna Luclin, Sabina Nellika.

Communicants

51515)

last year

526

Non-Commumnicants.

14

=

-

16

Children

315

-

304

Catechumenst

20

-

11

Seminary .

14

13

Christian Day

,S.'ch.ool:s

9

105

Heathen Boys’ Schools

80

-

125

Heathen Girls' Schools

42

-

40

The state of health of the Missionaries was in general this year

better than last, but we twice had the melancholy duty of following

members of our Mission-family to their last place of rest.

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

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——

The 19th April Mrs. Kaufmann was passing through Mangalore

to go with her husband and children to Europe; the Lord called her

away from this life and her earthly remains were burried on the 20th

April.

Mr. Kaufmann continued on his journey and came as far as

Germany, but a few days afterwards he also succumbed to the weakness

he had contracted in India, and died in Stuttgart on the 25th June

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1869.

One of their children had died in Basel in 1868.

And to

make up the tragical story, the ayah that had accompanied the children

to Triest was drowned, when she was just entering the Mangalore

harbour on her return to her native place.

Mr

Wiirth had returned in 1868 from Europe and landed in

Mangalore on the 24th December.

We had valued him very much

and had been happy to have him in our midst.

He was just about to

take up his residence in Mercara, when he was attacked by a sickness,

that most likely was typhus, and which caused his death on the 25th

December 1869.

Mrs. Wiirth had arrived from Europe on the 5th

of the same month just in time to nurse her husband in his last days

and close his eyes.

The grief of all of us was most bitter, and we could

not understand the ways of our heavenly Master in taking away old

experienced workmen, when they were most wanted, and in depriving

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us of the opportunity of having before our eyes the constant exhorta-

tion to spirituality and close walk with God,

which the example our

dear brother always gave us in quite an unusual degree.

Yet we

believe that what God does is done according to justice and wisdom.

The outward changes in the staff of labourers are the following:

Mr. Wiirth has died.

Mr. Kaundinya and Mr. Schnepf have been

transferred to Anandapoor, Mr. Schweizer has gone to Qodapy to help

there in the great work. Although Mr. Ritter has arrived in November

1869 and Mr. Daimelhuber in January 1870, they are not yet able

to render any considerable help, before they have mastered the language,

s0 that the pressure of work now and then was very great on the re-

maining Missionaries, especially on Mr. Brigel, who has the care of

the whole congregation and also the greater part of the supervision of

the schools. Besides this, Mrs. Wiirth has come back from Europe, and

Miss Miiller (daughter of the late Mr. Miiller of Hubly) has arrived

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—

to become Mrs. Stolz (December 1869). As the work of the Missionary

ladies is a very important one, we are always glad to have more fo

lighten the work.

The moral and religious standard of the congregation is compa-

ratively a good one.

We need not tell thoseacqainted with Missions,

that by far not all that are numbered as members of the congregation

are really converted men, but there are a number of such amongst

them and the majority are walking consistently in the life of Christian

propriety. There were some serious cases in which church discipline

had to be exercised, but to counterbalance these sad falls, there were

also true repentance and conversion to God.

In many cases we have seen that those who leave our church to

serve sin, cannot go on unpunished as the heathen, but they are com-

monly very soon seized by evident judgments from God and form a

strong sermon to the rest of the congregation on the text “God is not

mocked.” (Gal. 6.).

The numerous accessions from heathens in the neighbourhood pro-

duced for some time a great influence on the members of the congre-

gation, stirring them up to new zeal in visiting their heathen relations

and calling them to the kingdom of God; and now and then Catechists,

accompanied by members of the congregation, proclaimed the Gospel

in the surrounding villages or on heathen festivals.

But we still desire,

that God may grant a more deep awakening of spiritual life amongst

our congregation.

We are endeavouring to accustom the Native Chri-

stians more than hitherto to contribute towards the expenses for their

own church, and also towards the expenses of the Mission work. We

were at one time met by a voluntary movement on the side of the con-

gregation to take upon themselves, as much as possible, the expenses

for church and school.

But unfortunately they proposed only laying

up a store for a remote future instead of immediate use, and besides

We wish

that the collecting of the money seems to make no progress.

that before long the matter of self-support may go beyond word into

action and instead of providing only for future generations may also be

of use for the present.

The converts from heathen have not been numerous in Mangalore

.

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itself.

9 persons were baptized on the 31st October.

Some others

who had asked for baptism and had been instructed along with the

rest, were refused at that time

They are however contained in the

number of 20 candidates for baptism, amongst whom there are also

some of the caste of Billawars from which the great numbers near

Moolky and Oodapy are chiefly recruited

The news of the Billawars of Mangalore has run the round of Indian

newspapers, and we now do not think it out of place to tell about them

what we know

A telegram was sent to Calcutta by one of their

leaders requesting the Brahmo Somaj to send a missionary of theirs to

Mangalore, where 5000 were said to be willing to enter that commu-

nity. These leaders are people with whom we had been acquainted

for many years, and we now tried again to influence them in favor of

Christianity, One of their leaders came to our house, and as soon as

they granted us permission, we returned the visit in their houses.

But

it became more and more apparent that there were scarcely any sp111~

tual motives, the chief reason of their wish for change being the desire

to rise in social position, and they begged to make conditions, that

in the event of their becoming Christians, they would not be one with

the congregation, but remain an independent body, to be allowed to

visit heathen plays etc

We saw that the utmost discretion was re-

quired, unless we would run the risk of getting a church built on a

rotten foundation

We asked for permission to explain the matter of

religion and Christianity to gatherings of people in their or our apart-

ments; but this they would not consent to, and it seems that, after all

It is said that

they have called a missionary of the Brahmo Somaj

he will soon arrive, and we are anxious to see what part he will take

with us and what will be the results for our work They may pos-

sibly be in favor or the reverse

But we trust that the Lord knoweth

His people and that He will not allow them to find rest anywhere

short of full reconciliation through Christ with God

We also have

not given up the hope that some of those people may at last direct

their eyes to higher things and scek for true salvation

Preaching Tours have been made by nearly all of the Missionaries,

the Catechists and the pupils of the Seminary, to the villages in the

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neighbourhood of Mangalore, to Hosadurga, Bekal, Karkala, Subrah-

manya, Coor

o)

o

and several heathen festivals in the neighbourhood of

Mangalore were visited. There were also other opportunities for in-

fluencing the heathen, which were thought more profitable than mere

bazaar-preaching, so that this latter branch was somewhat neglected

in the course of the last year.

It may interest people in similar circumstances, that one of our

converts has succeeded in getting back his wife through the Divorce-

Since

Act

He was a Brahmin and had been converted 8 years ago.

this time he had been separated from his wife, who now was quite will-

ing to join him, when the court gave her opportunity to carry out this

intention without difficulty.

The Catechist-Seminary had a very peaceful year, the studies scarce-

ly suffering any interruption.

We trust that the Spirit of God works

in the hearts'to fit the youths for their future work.

We are trying

as much as possible to extend the course of studies from 3 to 4 years,

which would, together with the 4 years of the Preparandi-School,

The studies in the Seminary

lengthen the whole course to 8 years.

comprise Dogmaties, Scriptural Ethics, Church History, Introduction

to the Bible, Theology of the Old Testament, Prophecies on Christ,

Explanation of the Old Testament from the vernacular translation,

and of the New Testament from the original, Greek, Sanscrit, English

and singing.

All these lessons (with partial exception of English)

are only given in the vernacular, which we consider capable of imparting

even the higher degrees of learning; there have however till now been

obstacles that hindered us to carry the studies to that perfection which

we wish to reach, in order to enable the Natives to take the greatest

possible part in Mission work.

The Christian Day Schools have decreased again to 4, the schools

on the out-stations Samuga and Bolma having been discontinued.

A Vernacular School for heathen boys was carried on as before in

the town, but we could not find the means to re-open an English School

as we were now and then advised to do. Our means are too straitened

for that, and our strength is scarcely sufficient for the different branches

of the work that is now going on.

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e

The Brahmin-Girls’ Schools are still carried on in the same wretched

little native houses. The inhabitants of Mangalore have not yet added

the deed to the word, and Christian friends have not come forth to help

us to place the schools on a proper footing, which makes us still more

thankful to those friends whohave continued their regular subscriptions

and thus enabled us at least to carry on the schools in the former way.

The out-station Ravaneshwara, near Hosadurga, has also been in-

creased by another family, so that we are now intending to station a

Catechist there. In the mean time Missionaries and Catechists pay their

visits there.

But the hopes of a greater accession from the relatives

of the converts have not been realized.

INDUSTRIAL: DEPARTMENT.

Mr. G. Pfleiderer (1854),

Mr. C. Riechm (1860),

Mr. C. Stolz (1863), Mr. Th. Digel (1865), Mr. Ch. Reuther (1867),

Mr. Th. Elsisser (1867),

Mr. G. Schimid (1870).

After scarcely ayear of labour in India Mr. Gundert was obliged

to leave his work on account of a disease of the heart and to return

to Europe.

Mr. Pfleiderer also is obliged to go to Europe for some

years and Mr. Riehm has come from Mercara to take his place as prin-

cipal of the Mercantile Business and Treasurer of our Mission, whilst

Mr. Miiller takes care of the shop in Mercara.

The Printing Establishment has occupied 43 men and boys, 39 of

which are Christians.

It has furnished the following books:

LIST OF BOOKS.

Printed during the year 1869.

I. Canarese.

Edition. Size. Copies. Pages

Hymns for Children with Tunes

.

I

128

500

84

The Wanderings of Yamundbdy

2»

2000

172

Bible Stories II. New Testament

»

3000

192

The Heart Book

.

Vi

16°

3000

80

26

Edition. Size. Copies. Pages

The Sermon on the Mount

111

16°

8000

16

3000

49

History of Mahomed

The Sufferings of Christ

III

5000

62

60

The good Way

IX

4000

On Caste .

2

4000

47

Thoughts about Death

III

»

4000

32

Rulings of the High Court in Madms I

ID

80

2000

34

Do

do

II

2000

35

Extracts from the Indian Penal Code

12°

500

193

Third Book of Lessons, B. G., finished

v

10000

34

School-Grammar

IV

»

8000

123

Second Book of Lessons, M G

11T

3000

146

Manual of the Law of Evidence

80

1000

109

History of India (Morris)

v

25

6000

470

2000

33

Description of Coorg

Arithmetical Exercises for Beginners I

2000

31

Do

do

1I

»

2000

30

ZAsop’s Fables

IV

6000

200

First Book of Lessons, M. Gr

1I

80

8000

32

The last days of Boosy

16°

3000

102

80

200

156

Sabhédpatra (Congregational Papu) vol I

Arithmetic, Part I .

192

3000

101

%

80

1000

200

History of the Church of Lhnst unﬁmshed

Almanac for 1870

3500

68

11. English

29th Report of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society

80

1200

82

II1. Tulu

II

19

1000

104

Short Bible Stories

.

Tulu Prayers

1500

55

IV. Malayalam

80

3000

373

Malayalam-English School-Dictionary

The Art of dying Happy

.

Iv

16°

4000

35

III

4000

32

The Fruits of Sin

The Way of Righteousness

11T

”

4000

21

1I

3000

39

History of Mahomed

Mahomed and Jesus compared

3000

24

1I

12°

2000

27

First Catechism .

.

]

27

Edition. Size

Copies. Pages

Second Catechism (for Confirmation) -

II

1e20

2000

21

I

2000

136

Clift's Geography

On Self-support .

3000

13

80

3000

14

Malayalam Primer

School-Panchatantram, finished .

v

3000

44

do

125

3000

256

History of India

The Pilgrim’s Progress

III

3000

222

3000

74

Elements of English Grammar

The Malayalam Country .

3000

86

The true Cross

II

16°

3000

84

Bible Stories I. Old Testar.nelit

IV

12

3000

159

1I

168

4000

83

Henry and his Bearer

On Bribery

3000

22

Almanac for 1870

80

3500

70

168,900

4960

Making a total of printed pages of 153 millions.

The Book Depository was carried on by Messrs. Stolz, and Gundert,

and since the latter’s health failed, by Mr. Stolz alone.

The following

list shows the progress of the work:

SALE OF BOOKS AND TRACTS.

I. Own Publicatiens.

a.) Religious Tracts and Books, including Almanacs.

Copies

In Canarese

17779

» Malayalam

9903

» Tulu

283

» English

73

»

”»

and Canarese

28

28066

b.) Schoolbooks, etc.

In Canarese

32891

4430 37321

» Malayalam

4%

28

———

I1. From other Depots.

Bibles and Bible portions

525

Bangalore Tracts, in Canarese

597

Other books, chiefly Schoolbooks,

in English, Canarese, Tulu and

Malayalam.

12627

13749

Total of Copies 79,136

The Mercantile Business has been carried on by Messrs. Pfleiderer,

Miiller and Elsdsser; Mr. Pfleiderer being at the same time Treasurer

to our Indian Missions, and Manager of the different Church-Funds.

The Weaving Establishment is more and more regaining its former

credit, which had been somewhat shaken in consequence of the bad

cotton years.

It occupies 87 men, women and boys.

The Tiling Business is going on as before.

Although these establishments do not at present render any pecu-

niary help tothe Mission, they are yet of great valuenot only by giving

opportunity to many of our poor Christians to earn their livelihood in

a truly honest way, but also by putting all these working people under

the special moral and religious supervision of the respective Managers.

Each establishment takes particular care to fulfil this part of their task

and it must be said that they are a real help in making Christian

influences take deeper and deeper root in the hearts of the working

men, so that the pastor of the congregation may well consider the

Managers of these establishments as his coadjutors, while as a matter

of course; they support themselves.

An incident in the Weaving Establishment may be of interest, as

giving an insight into the “dark places” of the earth which are full

of cruelty. Mr. Digel relates,

One day two of my weavers came running into my room quite out of breath

When I came I found all the

and called me to come to the weaving room.

men gathered round a man who was in the highest degree of rage.

The

he stretched

strongest among the weavers held his hands, feet and head;

out his tongue and his voice was more like the roar of a tiger, than the voice

of a human being, We had him bound with ropes to wait till his fit of

rage was over,

He bit one, knocked another with his foot in his face until it

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bled.

Now he lay on the ground licking the dust and eating it.

He

tried to jump up, so that we feared he might break the ropes.

At last he suec-

ceeded and jumped about with his hands and feet bound, till he fell down again.

We sent for the Police.

The two men that came had not the courage even to

touch him.

We sent for a cart and more Police.

The poor man then said:

“Why have you bound me? I have not stolen.”

We now removed the ropes

from his feet.

But he soon ran away and crouched down against a bamboo

bush, taking a bamboo stick into his hand.

A weaver that came near him re-

ceived a severe blow, that blood came. At last he was secured and taken away

by the Police.

In the evening an old man, a Brahmin, was brought to me and told me that

he was the father of the young man and was willing to pay anything his son

might have brokenin my weaving room. He wept much.

From him I heard

the following story: His son was a healthy strong man of 22 years of age.

Since some time he had been in a dispute about some ancestral property, that

was claimed by his relatives.

The case was to be heard that day in the Court.

He had for this purpose come with his son from his place to Mangalore, and

there stayed in the same boarding house with the other party. These mana-

ged to put some poisonous fruit (Datura?) into the son’s food.

After breakfast

he began to become unconscious.

They went to a temple where they offered

money and prayed earnestly. But after dinner he began to rage and ran away.

He was caught to be brought to the boat and sent home; but he escaped again

and ran away. Then he came to Balmatha and ran directly into the weaving

room, where he jumped upon a loom. The weavers took him away and brought

him out and there I first saw him.

The opposite party had succeeded in their

purpose, as the son could not appear in the court, but soon afterwards died.

MOOLKY AND OODARPY.

The movement in favor of Christianity, which has so much brighte-

ned up the course of the past year, has been so very much alike in

these two stations that we think it fit to explain the general features of

it, reserving the detail of the two stations for afterwards.

Contrary to our wishes some news about the numerous conversions,

if we may use the word in such a sense, have found their way into the

newspapers. We rather wished not to have much noise made about

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the matter, but to wait till the time of our annual Report would come

and till we should have had opportunity to see how much wheat and

how much chaff might be amongst the new comers.

Now even we

cannot yet say whether the fire that is burning will be a lasting one,

or whether it is just a flame quickly rising and just as quickly dying

away. We have had occasion already to deplore the falling away of

many; but others are standing firmly and even in the midst of many

annoyances and the raging of their enemies, are resolved to remain

steadfast.

Whether the life from above is rooted deep enough to bring

them through, remains to be seen.

The prayer of Christians through-

out the country will certainly contribute much towards bringing the

We might possibly be grieved by many more

matter to a good issue.

going back into the mire they had escaped from.

To the contrary it

may be possible that the fire may spread still more and that great

But for the

numbers might join.

Such a time must come anyhow.

present it seems to us that the minds are not sufficiently prepared and

that the purely carnal mind is as yet too prevalent to allow a general

conversion to Christianity to take place even amongst the one caste,

chiefly concerned.

At all events it is not yet the time to sound the

trumpet of triumph and to relinquish ourselves to an unmitigated joy,

but rather to have the harness more firmly guirded round the loins, to

prepare for severer fight and increased activity and chiefly to join in

fervent prayer that the Lord may really convert those that are baptized,

that he may strengthen and purify those that apply for baptism, that

He may keep down the fury of the enemies, that He may move many

others to come, and may soon cause the great day to draw near, when

the whole country will be subject to the Lord and to His anointed One.

Yet we praise the Lord, and we magnify His name that, till now, He

has been on our side as a mighty warrior and has given us one success

after the other.

Glory be to His name. Amen.

If we take together communicants, children and candidates for

baptism of the three stations in the Tula country, Mangalore, Moolky

and Oodapy, we find an increase of 503 persons within the period from

1st January to 31st December 1869.

The villages in which they

live are altogether 28, scattered over asurface of 24 miles in length and

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4 miles in breadth. The chief places are Santoor, Utchila, Cap, Kattu-

padi, Udyavara, Bolmar, Uppuru.

Chiefly in the months August, September, October many men were

coming to the stations and applying to the Missionaries or Catechists

to come to their houses, pray there and remove the different objects of

devil-worship from their houses.

There were times when daily one

or two houses joined and once no less than 100 souls joined within one

week (these very 100 soon afterward went back again).

It was

chiefly the Billawar-caste (toddy-drawers) from which these people

came, but some families of the Fisher-caste, and also some of the Bants

(land-owners) and Konkani (shopkeepers) were mixed up with them.

The motives that induced them to come were of different kinds.

Perhaps it cannot be said that even in the most promising case, it was

the pure sole desire to find pardon of their sins through the blood of

Christ that induced the people to seek for admission into the Christian

Church.

But it was in many cases the conviction that what the Mis-

sionaries had been preaching for some 20 or 30 years was the truth,

that their religion and their social circumstances were rotten, and that

the manner of life in which they saw the Native Christians walking,

was far better than their own.

Joined to this was a dread of their

demons, a feeling of misery under the annoyances coming from their

demons and gurus, whilst they were convinced that the Christians were

stronger than the devil and were able to shelter them also from his

persecution. Even heathenshold that belief, and new comers frequently

implored the Catechist to sleep in their house for some nights that they

might under his protection be safe from the vengeance of the demons.

So far all would be right, and if people come only from these motives,

we rejoice and trust that a further instruction in the word of God may

purify and spiritualize their ideas, although it is still very doubtful

whether a plant planted in such ground may stand the heat of prese-

cution.

But unhappily the motives were not always so pure, desire to

find protection from the oppressions of the landlords and a kind of

mantra against sickness was frequently mixed up with it, and worse

than that, in some cases the hope to be freed by the Christians from

different taxes, rents and other impediments, they disliked, was almost

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the only motive that induced them to come.

But it would be a down-

right wrong to say that this latter was the common case.

There was

certainly a wind from God blowing through the country and moving the

hearts of the people.

The Gospel had been preached faithfully for

many years through the length and the breadth of the country, several

of the Missionaries had toiled till their lives fell under the weight of

the hardships, the congregations in the midst of the heathens had been

carefully nursed in the word of God and church-discipline had been

busy to remove the wicked ones. This begins to tell upon the surround-

ing people, and they often know the whole history of the congregations,

And the result

all the receptions into and exclusions from church.

of these their observations is an impression, more or less clear, that

Christianity is the religion of justice and of real holiness.

If we men-

tion names it is chiefly the late Mr. Ammann who worked faithfully

for 20 years, and Mr. Traub who some years ago bestowed such an ex-

traordinary care on the new converts in Shirwa, who have left their

traces behind them.

A sifting process was most urgently required if the wheat, that

undoubtedly exists, was not to be buried on account of the chaff. And

this sifting process came.

Those that had come from purely worldly

motives soon found out that they had made a wrong calculation.

They

lingered for some days and finally went back to their demons.

When

a first selection of them had to be baptized, the chief man of that party

was refused baptism, but only one of the party became wavering by it.

He however went back to the heathen.

The rest were exposed to

numberless sorts of annoyances and persecutions.

The creditors began

to press them for their debts, the landlords raised their rent or tried to

cheat them out of the rights they had on the fields, false accusations

were brought against them, some of them were beaten, others forsaken

by their wives and all their relatives, so that they could not cultivate

their fields, one was robbed and his wife maltreated in his absence.

The heathens in 2 or 3 villages vowed that they could not rest till

Christianity had disappeared again from their villages.

In these

troubles the majority have remained steadfast till now, and have rather

increased in faith; others are wavering even now, and no one can say

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s

what will be the final results, and some of whom we had hoped better

things, have even succumbed under the pressure and gone back, pro-

mising to try again at a more favourable time.

As we may conclude from this description, the moral and spiritual

condition of these inquirers is of the most different kind. A clear

full conversion and renewal of heart can scarcely be spoken of, with

exception of perhaps a few cases.

But there are many amongst them

that are earnest about learning the word of God and obeying it and of

leading new lives. Many have a great joy about the treasure they have

found.

But there are also a few who do not care much for anything

spiritual.

Knowledge, and religious knowledge in particular, are on

a very low standard as may be expected.

What Christianity is, must

first be learned.

But great pains are taken to teach it, and the results

are encouraging.

Those under instruction for baptism learn willingly,

and the word of God begins to operate in their hearts, and some may

truly be called converted men.

The circumstance of the inquirers being scattered in so many

villages, of course increased the labour of Missionaries and Catechists

very much, as much more as the chief hope rested not on the spiritual

condition at the time of the people’s joining the congregation, but on

the fruit that would spring from careful instruction and prayerful

exhortation.

We tried therefore to draw as many workmen as possible

towards this district.

Mr. Biikrer came from Kottagherry (Nilgherries)

to help. He had for 20 years been a Missionary to the Tulu people,

but had since some years taken up his work amongst the Badagas,

because he could no longer stand the climate of the coast.

He began

to instruct the inquirers in Santoor (Moolky) and ended with

baptizing there 5 families (27 souls) on the 6th January 1870. Now

he has taken his residence in Gudde (south of Oodapy) to prepare

another number of inquirers for baptism.

Mr. Walz came from Honore

to instruct the people in Bolmar and Uppuru (N. E. of Oodapy), but

he could baptize only two.

The majority of that place fell back into

demon-worship.

20 more are waiting for baptism.

Some Catechists

and Schoolmasters were procured from other parts of our Mission, and

the Missionaries, Catechists and Schoolmasters of the respective places

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did all in their power to instruct the people as much as possible. Yet

we were not able to do so much as we wished.

Catechists are of very

great use in this movement.

We are happy to say that those of them

that are in those places dedicate themselves entirely, body and soul,

to their work and that they have the greatest possible zeal to do every-

thing they can to bring many souls to Christ. On the 8th of M‘irch

the number of newly baptized was about 110,

But not only the agents of the Mission, also members of the congre-

gation help as much as is in their power, and especially Oodapy poss-

esses a man who 15 years ago was a devil-priest himself, but who has

since then walked as an upright Christian, and exercises a very great

influence for good.

No less do the converts that have been baptized

2, 4 or 6 years ago exert themselves as much as lies in their power

to draw others after them.

We mention chiefly the congregation in

Shirwa (8. E. of Oodapy).

They might almost be considered to form

the origin of the movement.

When they came some years ago, their

motives were not pure at all, and there was only a minimum of spiri-

tual desire about them. But Mr. Traub was indefatigable in his labours

to bring the word of God to their knowledge; at last it took effect, and

now, although they may still be called babes in Christ, they walk them-

selves as good Christians and make great exertions to bring the sur-

rounding heathens to a knowledge of Christ.

We now desire the most fervent prayers of our Christian friends

for this country, and the new congregations that are forming in it.

Noising abroad the wonder of these numerous conversions will not help

the least and will not add one sheep to the Lord’s fold.

But sincere

and earnest prayer will certainly not be lost and will help on the good

work as much as personal labour.

And if some are desirous besides lifting up their hands, also to‘open

them in order to help with their money, we would point out that the

necessitics of the case make desirable the following objects: small

chapels, school-houses and catechist-houses, to be erected in some

4 or 6 central points; an increased staff of Catechists and School-

masters, and a greater allowance for the boarding schools in Moolky

and Oodapy, to enable them te educate a number of the boys and girls

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of the new comers.

Should some-one feel a particular wish to help

such debtors as are pressed by their creditors for the sole reason of

having become Christians, and are in danger of being entirely ruined

in consequence of their religion, the Missionaries will be happy to use

such contributions in a most discreet way.

But the contributors

must expressly state that it is their desire that their contributions

should be devoted to that purpose.

How often have these poor people

to hear the mocking words of those that formerly used to help them:

Go to the Missionaries and ask their help; you have joined them and

have no longer any part with us.

MOOLKY.

Rev. A. Mdnner (1857), Rev. J. Mack (1858).

NATIVE DEACON:

Rev. Sebastian Furtado.

CATECHISTS AND EVANGELIST:

Theophil Aimann, Samuel Bunyan;—Johann Philipp.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS:

John ifppen, Timothy Bernhardt, Josias Mabenna, Mark Ananda

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMISTRESSES :

Ester Jesaya, Susanna.

J

Commumnicants

196

last year

169

l

Non-Communicants

Children

1809

190

Catechumens

157

40

Il

Girls’ Boarding Schoo'l

65

57

Christian Day Schools

I

28

Heathen Day School

0

The chief events on this station have been mentioned already.

Baptisms have taken place in Santoor and in Utchila. From this

latter place we hear one incident.

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Bire was a pupil of our school till 1867, when he was taken away together

with all the rest of the heathen boys, because the conversion of some pecple

there frightened the heathen. He became sick and his father Kanne made many

vows on his account. The boy continued to read even during his sickness the

books he had received in the school, especially the Psalms. At Iength the poor

boy died, and his death made such an impression on his father that he soon

afterwards asked to become a Christian.

He has hitherto been steadfast not-

withstanding the annoyances from his landord. Since then his wife has joined

him.

The Boarding School for girls, under the careful supervision of

Mr. and Mrs. Mack, has got a number of girls from the families of the

inquirers. It is most desirable that as many as possible of these should

receive a more careful instruction and education than they can expect

in their scattered villages and from their parents, who themselves have

got only the most rudimentary beginnings of Christian knowledge

and principles. The school will in this way be a very material help in

planting Christianity deeper into the hearts of the new families and

congregations.

The behaviour of the girls gave satisfaction, and there is a visible

progress in learning, which was rewarded with Rs. 266 grant from

Government.

At one time

In June as many as 36 were attacked with smallpox.

26 were lying at the same time. Some were at the gates of death. But

the Lord has spared us this grief. And fruits of the visitation are appa-

rent in a greater seriousness and turning towards God, that has come

over those particularly who were so near eternity. Only one of them sank

under the consequences of the disease. We give a short sketch of her

life, to show how grace can reach even those, that seem quite sunk down

to the eondition of beasts, and how necessary schools as these are for

saving such wretched creatures.

Tangi, born in 1858, soon lost both her parents, and lived without any help,

sleeping in the open air or in the corner of some hut, living upon the food of

dogs or the gifts of kind-hearted men. She looked more like a beast than like

a human being and was moreover mocked and insulted by the boys of the

village.

In 1866 some Christians brought her to the Mission-house, begging

us to receive her into the Orphanage. She was washed and clothed and instructed.

Very slowly indeed she returned to human habits.

Though her progress was

very slow in all respects, she became obedient and behaved well.

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to her urgent desire she was baptized in 1867. But she never grew quite strong.

There was always some kind of sickness about her.

When in June 1869 the

smallpox was in our school, Ruth (that was her new name) suffered from it

more severely than others and eventually never recovered from the consequences,

which by and bye developed into consumption and put an end to her life the

18th August. She suffered much during her illness, but ripened also for heaven.

When I, Mr. Mack relates, told her the first time that she was going to die, she

began to weep bitterly. On being asked whether she was afraid, she said, “Yes,

I am very much afraid.”—%Why ?”—¢“Because of my many sins.” Seeing that

she was of a contrite mind, I pointed her to Jesus, the Saviour of sinners. She

was enabled to lay hold on him and never lost that hold during the remaining

days of Ler life. She was so weak that her nurses were obliged to lift her and

move herlike a baby. Nevertheless one night without help she sat up and begged

instantly that all the girls might be called round her bed. When her wish had

been fulfilled, she began in a solemn voice to say: “I have called you to bid

you farewell. I am now going to my Saviour who has forgiven my sins. Walk

so, that one day you also may join me there.” After this she shook hands with

each of the girls, then lay down, and a few hours afterwards she died.—This

death and the funeral made a deep impression on all the girls.

May it be of

lasting consequences.

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OODAPY.

Rev. R. Hartmann (1859), Rev. W. Stokes (1860),

Rev. F. Miiller (1861), Rev. E. Schweizer (1866), Rev. L. Langel

(1868),

Rev. J. A. Brasche (1870).

CATECHISTS:

Elieser Paul, Charles Gojar, Mark Salis, Samuel Andreya,

Daniel Andreya.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS:

Barnabas Joshua, Benjamin Ananda.

115

108

Commumnicants

last year

Non-Communicants

9

125

115

Children

Catechument

313

40

15

20

Preparandi-School

Training School

3

60

48

Orphan Boys’ School .

Christian Day School .

39

19

Heathen Scholars

8

This station contains the Preparandi-, the Training-, the Orphan

Boys’-(or Boarding) Schools.

It has a number of out-stations, which

this year have considerably increased in number and importance, by

the numerous conversions on which we have reported.

In the beginning of the year Mr. Stokes and Mr. Langel were

protracted for many weeks with severe fever, that seemed to be the

consequence of sun-strokes, and for some days made the recovery of

Mr. Langel very doubtful.

Mr. Miiller is fully occupied with the Preparandi-School and the

supervision of all the elementary Mission Schools of the district and was

assisted by Mr. Langel, who also took the care of the congregation from

Mr. Hartmann as much as his weak state of health allowed. Mr.Schweizer

came from Mangalore in October to instruct a party of inquirers in an

out-place, called Tottam.

Mr. Walz also came from Honore to instruct

and baptize some inquirers in Bolmar.

Mr. Brasche has just arrived

from Europe and cannot render any help before he has mastered the

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language. So the chief burden of the great work fell on Mr. Hartmann and

Mr. Stokes, and we are very sorry to say that this burden became too

much for Mr. Hartmann who in January 1870 became most seriously

ill

May the Lord keep him and quickly restore him to the important

work, in which, to our opinion, he cannot be spared just now.

Mr. Stokes has finished the preparation for baptism of a number

of people in Kattupadi and administered baptism to 15 of them on

the 12th September.

Paresere, the principal leader of the inquirers there, could not be admitted

to baptism as he evidently is not sincere.

Therefore his niece Ramu, who is

dependent on him, also wished to have her baptism postponed, but desired

her children to be baptized.

Of the rest of the adults I can say, writes Mr.

Stokes, that they are sincere.

Of one amongst them I make bold to say, that

he has spiritual life, and in the happy faces of the children a heartfelt joy could

be read.

I asked the others whether they also wished their baptism to be

postponed for Paresere’s sake. They answered, they would have been happy if

Paresere could have been admitted, but they longed for baptism not for man’s

but for God’s sake.

Many heathens were present to witness the act of baptism.

But Paresere has since left us altogether.

From Kattupadi, Mr. Stokes removed to Shirwa where he lived

with his family in a native house to instruct and baptize another party

of inquirers.

Mr. Harétmann with his family pitched their tent in Udyavara, where

they lived for some months, instructing the inquirers, till a severe at-

tack of illness obliged him to return to Oodapy.

We mentioned above that now and then the hope of recovering

from sickness was a motive that causes people to ask for instruction

and baptism, and we may give two instances to show the opposite effect

that may result from such a motive.

In Uppuru a very numerous family (or rather a number of several house-

holds) joined us on the 20th of October, removing themselves all the para-

phernalia of demon-worship. The head of the family was suffering from con-

sumption in a very advanced stage. From the beginning we told him plainly

that his condition was such as to give almost no hope of recovery. He remained

steadfast and said, that then he desired to die as a Christian.

But the other

members of the family did not agree with him. They wanted to go back to

heathenism and at last succeeded in persuading the dying man to refuse baptism

and die as a heathen.

He expired during the performances of a heathen

conjuror.

The whole large household then left us again.

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In Gudde a family had joined us.

The son of the family, a youth of about

20 years, was also suffering with consumption, and soon it was apparent that

there was no hope of his recovery. But his only desire was to be baptized

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and when this wish had been complied with, he died soon afterwards with the

name of Jesus on his lips, rejoicing at being accepted by Him.

His family

was deeply touched by the scene, they rejoice at the great difference between

this death-bed scene and those they had seen amongst their heathen relations

i

and they are more firmly attached to Christianity than before.

The pupils of the Training School take some of the lessons together

:J

with the pupils of the Preparandi-School.

The rest of their time they

employ in practical exercises in the Orphan School.

This year they

had now and then to go to out-places either to strengthen some newly

converted people or to take temporary charge of a school, to set the

Catechist free for other work.

The Preparandi-School also lent a helping hand in carrying on the

work of the religious movement.

Now and then they made excursions

to some place where people were to take the decisive step, and by their

presence and their music they cheered up the new friends and some-

[

what soothed the fury of the enemies.

When some house-owner asked

them to destroy some tulasi-katte or some demon sanctuary, they did

not wait for a second order, but went at it heartily; but never without

consent of the owner.

But a greater help was rendered by the two

Catechists who are teachers of the school.

Besides their school-work,

they frequently went to the out-places to pray with, or preach to, or

advise the new comers.

Neither they, nor their pupils, nor their col-

leagues, the other Catechists, waited for any stirring up from the

Missionaries, they really had their whole soul in the work, and took it

to heart just as much as the Missionaries.

We thank God that in such

a time He has given us helpers, that are of an upright mind.

The

studies however were not neglected: Bible-doctrine, Bible-knowledge,

Geometry, Arithmetic, Canarese Prose and Poetry, Malayalam, Sans-

crit, Greek, Geography, History of England, of India, and of the Church,

Singing were taught in the three classes.

At the end of the year

three pupils were sent to the Catechist-Seminary in Mangalore and

three to the Training School in Oodapy.

Even the Orphan School felt something of the events round abouf

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Oodapy. The teacher of the school had often to go to some out-stations.

Some boys now and then helped some convert who had been deserted

by his household, to do the necessary work on his fields.

Bat chiefly

a number of boys from the new places entered the school to receive a

good elementary teaching, a sound Christian education, or a training

for some higher school.

We consider the work of this school to be of

the greatest importance for the progress of the work; first of all as

the boys are imbued with the Spirit of Christianity much more than

would be the case if they staid in their villages; and we trust they will

take back to their homes a higher degree of Christian knowledge

and character.

Then we wish to train out of the new converts a

number of Catechists and Schoolmasters, and this school must neces-

sarily form the first stepping-stone.

But the more Catechists we can

train out of the new people, the more complete will be the victory of

the gospel and the more hope we can have for permanency and increase

of the movement towards Christianity. Therefore we warmly recom-

mend the school to the patronage and support of our Christian friends.

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HONORE.

Rev. Th. Walz (1866),

Rev. A. Stoll (1867).

CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS:

t

Jacob Kamsika, Samuel Aimann;—Suwartappa Watsa.

Commumnicants

12

last year

15

Non-Communicants

Children

15

13

Catechumens

12

)

Mr. Deuber was most seriously ill, so that he expected his last

hour. He got better again, but only strong enough to go to the Nilgher-

ries for rest and cure. There he had the joy of meeting and marrying

b

Miss Vetter from Europe. It is hoped that Hoobly will better su;t

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his health than Honore; so he is to be stationed there, while Mr. Stoll

has come from Gooledgood to take his place in Hounore.

Mr. Walz passed the latter part of the yearin Uppuru near Oodapy

to help in the work there, and Suwartappa also found during this time

his work in the Tulu country.

From Honore Mr. Walz with the Catechists made two greater

preaching tours, one to Sircy and Gokarna and the other to Kollar and

Kundapur, besides many smaller tours in the neighbourhood of this

station.

But he cannot give any report about a door being opened.

In Honore itself the old apathy towards the gospel still prevails.

In Carwar the Catechist, Jacob Kamsika, takes care of the small

congregation, holding service on Sundays, visiting and praying with

them in their houses. He preaches the gospel in different parts of the

town and where he is not suffered to do that, he sells tracts and speaks

There

on their contents.

He also has access to some Hindu families.

are some inquirers in Carwar.

But altogether the results are below

the hope, which we had in the beginning. Some of the former inquirers

were moved by purely worldly motives, and finding that their worldly

hopes would not be realized, they drew back.

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COORG, ANANDAPOOR.

Rev. H. A. Kaundinya (1851),

Rev. W. Schnepf (1866)

MERCARA: M. J. Miiller (1866).

SCHOOLMASTER: Lucas Bodu.

4

Commumnicants

53

50

last year

Non-Communicants

-

-

42

-

=

42

Children

Catechument

12

-

-

11

-

-

Christian Day School .

23

26

Mr. and Mrs. Kaufmann left this station in April 1869, the latter

to find her gravein Mangalore and the former in Stuttgartin Germany

(V.Mangalore Report and Appendix).

Mr. Kaundinya took his place

in Anandapoor and was joined by Mr. Scinepf in January 1870. But

Mr. Kaundinya and his family suffered a great deal from fever.

The new church will soon be finished, our Home-Committee having

granted the sum needed for its completion.

Ten heathens have been

admitted to the church by baptism.

This congregation is one of our weakest in social, intellectual and

religious standing. Yet the services are attended to, family prayer is

the rule in most houses and we had not to complain of gross sins or of

apostacy during the course of the past year. But it is very much to be

desired that the word of God may enter more deeply into the hearts

of the people and that more may become visible of genuine Christian

and spiritual life.

It is a very strange matter, that heathenish sorcerers advise our

apostates to return to the congregation.

It reminds us of facts like

those mentioned in Mark 1, 24. and in other places.

Mr. Kaundinya

writes as follows:

“Several of those that left our congregation in former years are desirous of

rejoining it.

For most members of their families have died one by one.

The

remaining members applied to sorcerers and soothsayers to learn the reason

of these calamities and the means of escaping from further troubles, and the

answer has been in two cases: The Bhitas are persecuting your family and they

will go on to do so till all of you are dead, unless you settle in Anandapoor.

For there the God of the Christians is acknowledged and therefore the Bhitas

are without power in that place”.

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Although Mr. Kaundinya had many impediments on account of

sickness and unavoidable absence in Mangalore, he still succeded in

making his annual tour to the great festival in Subrahmanya. The late

Mr. Wiirth also itinerated in the Coorg country and met with some

hopeful signs in Kiggednadu.

But he himself returned with a most

violent and tenacious fever, the consequences of which never left him

entirely.

The Mercantile Business in Mercara has had a change, Mr. Riehm

going to Mangalore to take up the work of Mr. Pfleiderer and Mr. J.

Miiller taking care of the Mercara business.

Besides daily prayers with the Christians in connexion with the

mercantile business, there are services in Canarese on each Sunday for

all that like to attend.

In Mercara also we had one baptism from the heathen.

It was already resolved to make Mercara a full Mission station,

the house was procured, and Mr. Wiirth was making preparations to

take up his residence in Mercara, when the Lord interposed and carried

out his thoughts, that frequently are so different from ours. Mr. Wiirth

died and Mercara is again without a Missionary; yet we hope that the

plan of stationing a Missionary there will not be given up.

I1. SOUTHERN MAHRATTA COUNTRY.

DHARWAR.

Rev. F. Krauss (1860),

Rev. Titus Costa (1861).

Communicants

15

last year

16

Children

13

13

Anglo-Vernacular ;S’ck'ool.

96

137

Vernacular School

62

-

-

101

Preaching in Dharwar showed as little fruit and encouragement in

this year as in any other.

Mr. F. Krauss itinerated for 98 days. He

came as far as Ramabednur and Bijapur.

The gospel was in many

places listened to with great willingness and the heathens even expres-

sed their joy at seeing the Missionary coming to them. But that does

not prove much, as the behaviour of men is quite different when once

the gospel begins to make its claims fully understood in the hearts of

nmen.

Then the whole natural enmity of men is roused against it.

About Bijapur, Mr. Thumm, who accompanied Mr. Krauss writes:

One evening we preached in a narrow street, lined on both sides with shops.

Soon the street and the shops were filled with hearers, and there was a stillness

’

as we are accustomed to find only in a place of service but not in a bazaar.

Three sermons were

We could feel that the word was received by the people.

preached one after the other and we continued preaching for an hour after the

lamps had been lighted.

There was again occasion for regular visits in the jail for Bible

teaching and prayer.

The congregation gave no particular reason for complaint, although

it is still far from what we desire it to be.

Yet we have also been al-

lowed to see signs of spiritual life even in Dharwar.

The English School has decreased very much in numbers, owing

partly to Bible reading and prayer, and partly to other reasons.

Mrs. Krauss teaches the girls of the congregation.

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HOOBLY.

Mr. F. Ziegler (1862),

Rev. Z. Deuber (1866).

CATECHISTS:

Paul Nagappa, Christian Chinappa, Johan Gurusiddhappa

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER:

Aaron Dawala.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMISTRESSES:

Tabitha Havala, Shanti Nagappa.

Commumicants .

79

last year

71

Non-Communicants

Children .

69

73

18

18

Boys' Boarding /é'ck.o ol‘

Christian Day Scholars

24

13

24

22

Emglish School

Heathen Vernacular School .

52

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work of the station

Mr. Ziegler and Mr. Weigele had to carry on the

together.

The former had the care of the schools, and the latter the

preaching to the heathen, whilst the care of the congregation was di-

vided between both. Mr. Weigele left the station in January 1870 for

Gooledgood and Mr. Deuber came from Honore to take up his place

in Hoobly.

The congregation did not go on in the same smooth way as before,

there were several cases of bitter quarrelling, that eventually led to the

exclusion of some from the Lord’s Supper. They contributed as much

as Rs. 249-9-8 towards the expenses of the congregation and Mission.

Both Missionaries made some preaching tours, and the Catechists

altogether itinerated for 123 days.

Besides that, Mr. Weigele went

nearly every day to proclaim the gospel in the town.

We do not

however see any fruits at present.

There are several hopeful signs,

but such signs have so frequently been disappointed most bitterly,

One of the chief men in

that we cannot depend on them very much.

Unakallu, who formerly was so near the kingdom of God, has quite

sunk back into the mire of sin.

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The English School is carried on, and Mr. Ziegler gives 27 lessons

a week in it, although there are so few boys.

But as it serves at

the same time to prepare boys for the Catechist-Seminary in Mangalore

and other Christian boys for school-work, we cannot consider the labor

lost that is bestowed on it.

The Boys’ Boarding School has improved still more under its teacher

Abraham Hery, but when he had to leave Hoobly for his health to

return to his native place, Mangalore, it was difficult to procure an-

other teacher.

The school has furnished help to new converts who

had been left by their relatives and could not carry on their work on

the ficlds. Mrs. Ziegler bestows much care on the outward wants of the

boys, and now and then takes also a class.

Singing is also taught in both schools.

European and Native tunes

are used for this purpose.

Mr. Ziegler has taken the trouble to put

some of these latter into notes and 12 of them have been printed.

BETTIGHERRY.

Rev. W. Roth (1837),

Mr. F. Hahn (1857).

-CATECHISTS :

Paul Badappa,

Lot Hery.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER:

Danappa Demanagauda.

Commumnicants

29

last year

25

Children

44

46

Catechumens

.

)

Girls’ Boarding Scho.ol

20

24

Christian Day School

10

Heathen Vernacular School

55

;

[t is again Shagoti which has been the most hopeful part of this

Mission field. In our last years’ report we gave the story of Adiviyappa,

who on the 28th September broke caste and joined the Christians, and

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we then added that his wife and mother soon afterwards joined him, but

that his friends Ramappa and Pakierappa could not then muster cour-

age to come with him.

Now we are able to tell of the baptism of

Adiviappa with his family and of Rdmappa at last taking the decisive

step. Although the gospel has been preached very much in this village,

and the people are very friendly towards it and a number of the most

respected men have become Christians, the resistance offered to new

comers is still very decided.

But the Lord gains one victory after the

other, each one resisted to the utmost of the enemy’s strength, but just

thereby more decisive and glorious.

The wife and mother of Adiviappa had come only on account of their

husband and son and had to suffer much mockery from their friends, which

they could only answer by tears.

Therefore they were at first ashamed of

attending to the instruction for baptism.

But by and bye the female friends

and neighbours forgot the past events and came again to the cursed house,

now one, then another, to ask for fire, to grind on their mill &e.

Twice the

elders of the town took measures to prohibit this friendly intercourse, but after

a short time it went on as before.

Even the parents of the young wife, paid a

visit in the house and.that went very far to soothe the minds of the women.

So the instruction could begin regularly once or twice a day. And during

this their hearts opened more and more, their understanding increased, and

they began to long for the day of baptism.

Their shy manner disappeared and

courage and joy shone on their faces.

During the act of baptism they did not

hide their faces as the custom is with Hindoo women, but they looked openly

into the Missionary’s face, whilst he was preaching and baptizing, and seemed

to devour each word.

Adiviappa, of course, had always been longing for

baptism and had only waited on account of the two women and also of 2 of

his male friends who had promised to join him after the harvest.

They could

not yet find courage to do so. Yet the baptism took place on Whitsunday

(28th March 1869).

He received the new name of Gnanappa, his wife that of

Madavva and his mother Danavva. A great number of heathens had gathered

and few women of the village were not present at the sermon and the baptism,

so that the chapel was quite filled up and surrounded by people. During the baptism

the most solemn stillness prevailed amongst the mass of people. The confirma-

tion of 2 hoys followed and several speeches were delivered by Mr. Roth and

the catechist Paul Badawa.

Yet the whole service, that lasted for 2} hours

Afterwards a meal given

seemed to have passed too quickly for the hearers.

by the newly baptized family united all the Christians present.

In the after-

noon Mr. Roth and the Catechist Lot Hery preached again, and there were

again many heathens to listen.

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After this we are rather astonished to hear the following narrative

of the resistance which Ramappa had to meet with, when he took the

decisive step. He is one of the men who now and then had promised

to come and who is mentioned in the story of Adiviappa’s (or Gna-

nappa’s) conversion.

Each time his courage had failed.

But in

October Mr. Roth writes:

We were called to Shagoti, where two men, heads of families, and one youth

wanted to become Christians. When we arrived, one of them had already given

up his intention.

But the other two came to the Mission-house.

The one was Rangs, the youth, who had come twice in the last year and

had twice succumbed in the fight (V. Report 1868, page 38.) This time he

resisted the most fervent entreaties and the most passionate anger of his father

and elder brothers for 5 hours, till at last he was seized by force and carried

away, when after half an hour he came back with two of his relatives to declare

that he would not become a Christian.

Defeated for the third time!!

Ramappa (a man of 30 years) had intended to come last year with Gnanappa,

but had not then been able to break through the obstacles. He understood, it

seems, the heat of the struggle he was to go through.

But now he came and

for two days resisted the most excessive anger of his cousin, who treated him

with insult, and the passionate grief and anger of his father, who would no

longer allow him to stay in the house. Main force was also brought into play,

but the Missionary told the Police, who were quietly looking omn, to do their

duty. Ramappa pleaded in the most touching terms with his father: “Since

2 or 3 years I have found the truth and it gave me strength to love you so

much, that I was obedient in everything. I did not squander one pie, and what

work you put on me I always did without murmuring. Because a year ago

I wished to become a Christian, you humbled me frequently and put on me

nearly the double amount of work, but my love to you did not abate, and with

all my strength I tried to do your will as an obedient son. However you

treated me, my wife and my children, I always was content. As you begin

to become old, did T not try in all possible ways to lighten your burden? I

could do all that, because the truth gave me the strength. And now that I

am about to give myself up entirely to this truth, do you think I would now

love you less and be less your obedient son? Certainly not! Dear father! will

you cast off me, your obedient son, my wife and children and take into your

house a stranger as a son? (He had threatened to adopt some one else.) Will

he love you as your own son does? Consider it, father, dear father!” The father

softened and would most likely have yielded, had not some others just then

come up to them and turned the father’s mind again. Ramappa was the pillar

of the house, and would have been more so from now. But the villagers in-

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fluenced the father so, that he does not admit his son into his house, although

it will be his own ruin.

' But there is some hope that she

Ramappa’s wife has not yet joined him.

will come in course of time.

Three hours north of Shagoti, there is another village, Narhalli,

where we had much reason for hope during the last year.

A number

of goldsmiths have been desirous to hear the gospel, and gave prospects

of soon becoming Christians and one of them has removed to Betti-

gherry to be baptized.

Mr. Roth writes:

With the baptism in Shagoti another joyful sign was given to us. Three

men, goldsmiths from Narhalli, came from there to witness the baptism. Two

amongst them were so convinced of the truth of the sermons, and so impressed

by all they saw and heard, that they quite forgot their caste and took part in

the brotherly meal of the Christians. They never seemed tired of hearing about

They passed the night there

the sufferings, death and resurrection of Christ.

and returned to their village only the following day.

These two men, Ishvara and Ningappa are followers of Vedantism. Ishvara

is even considered one of the chief men of that sect.

He is an energetic man

of 40 years of age, and what he takes up he enters into heart and soul. He

hecame a follower of Vedantism 4 years ago, and scrupulously obeyed its

commandments. We made his acquaintance on the heathen festival in November

1868, when he often heard our sermons, bought several of our books and in-

vited us to come to his village.

In December I went there with the Catechist

Paul Badawa, and we found in hisand in 4 surrounding villages an open entrance

for our preaching. Ishvara was very friendly towards us and promised to come

again to Bettigherry. This he did and came several times, but still continuing

a Vedantist. I quite shrunk when the long haggard man with a face some-

what excited, unshaved, with clothes unwashed, covered with a rough woollen

blanket, bowed several times at my feet and offered, as presents, some money

or sugar and other things. I allowed him at first to act as is the custom with

his sect in order not to frighten him away. But the third time I would not

receive his presents, but the Catechist and myself spoke with him as plainly

as possible about the Christian doctrine and about conversion to the true God

His heart was touched. He felt

and the one great High Priest Jesus Christ.

quite a new life and understood the falseness of his Vedantism. Next morning

he returned to his house with a joyful heart, and promising to come now and

We sent him word that there was to

then to hear the service in Bettigherry.

be a baptism in Shagoti and he came with two of his friends.

From that time he used to gather each Sunday 4-6 men to his house to read

the Bible with them.

When we came there again, from 20-30 men came to

the temple, where we put up, to hear the gospel preached. The goldsmiths in-

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vited us to dinner without paying any regard to caste. The people of the village

asked us to build a house in the village for ourselves and a school for the

children. Ishvara told us, thathe had been studying the Vedanta with an earnest

desire to be saved.

But the wicked life of many of the Gurus had offended

him

People used to mock him, so that he thought already of putting an end

to his wretched life and so quicklier to attain to perfection, when he fell in

with us and heard the gospel.

He and Ningappa now intended to settle in

Bettigherry and to become Christians.

Some time afterwards Ishvara really came to Bettigherry and is now living

there, receiving instruction for baptism together with his wife. But his Vedantistic

ideas are still clinging to him, so that we cannot at present baptize him. For

his village and his friends it has been a great loss that he has settled in

Bettigherry. They have lost their leader and are not strong enough to bear

the enmity for Christ’s sake that falls on them also, from the very people who,

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a few months ago, were so friendly. When we last came there they scarcely had

the courage to pay us a visit in the temple.

The school in Shagoti suffered very much under the events of the

year.

All the heathen boys left the school, which had to be carried

on with the 2 Christian boys, till these were by and bye joined by 8

heathen boys. But a rival school has now been erected by the enemies,

who are afraid of the Christian influence our little school exercises.

And they have indeed reason to be afraid, for although the teacher

Danappa is a stranger to any proper method of teaching, and wonders

why the green colour on the maps should not signify the rice-fields but

MRy e o LD,

the sea, he yet is able to teach reading and writing after his fashion,

and at the same time, to exercise a great influence for good on the hearts

I

of his pupils.

A number of them have expressed their resolution to

become Christians.

Some have confessed Christ, but some have been

prevented by their parents.

t

The Girls’ Boarding School has passed through a heavy trial.

y

Half of the girls were prostrated with smallpox, 5 had them very

t

severely, and 2 girls sank under it.

But we had also the joy to see

that the word of God had not only entered the head, but was rooted

in the heart, and had given comfort even in the valley of the shadow

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of death.

several

Missionaries and Catechists proclaimed the gospel on

preaching tours and met with people, who understood that there is no

middle path between Christianity and their false religion and that they

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ought to embrace the former.

“Bat,” they will say, “howis thatpos-

sible? Would not our families, relatives and the whole village turn

against us?”’—The great heathen festival in Bettigherry gives a good

opportunity to preach the gospel to great numbers.

Preaching is re-

gularly carried on in Bettigherry and Gadack, in which both Mis-

sionaries and Catechists take part.

But the experiences on these

occasions are not very encouraging.

e e R N AR - L (e L B Tl g Mo o A S

GOOLEDGOOD.

Rev. J. Thumm (1860),

Rev. Ch. Weigele (1867).

CATECHIST: Solomon Bhaskar.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER: Johan Prabhakar.

CHRISTIAN SHOOLMISTRESS: Priscilla Prabhakar.

Commumnicants .

43

last year

45

41

Olildren.

.

44

Christian Day School

13

25

38

50

Heathen Day School

Mr. Thumm and Mr. Stoll have been working together during this

year, but in December

Mr. Stoll left the place for Honore and Mr.

Weigele now takes his place in Gooledgood.

The congregation caused much trouble, and although no gross sins

had to be rebuked, the spirit of Christian love and peace was wanting

very often.

Even the elder, whom we mentioned in our last Report

did not always carry out the spiritual and pious mind, which he showed

when he was apparently lying on his deathbed.

There have been no baptisms from amongst the heathen.

A youth

from Gudur that came to Goolédgood with the intention to become a

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Christian and who showed so much courage, went back after the fight

Mr. Stoll writes:

had scarcely begun.

In the month of July we came to Gudur on a preaching tour.

A Hindoo

youth of 18 years, a goldsmith, came to speak to us.

He had bought many

tracts from Mr. Kies and expressed his intention to become a Christian.

Two

weavers of the same village expressed the same intention.

We told them, they

could find us in Gooledgood after two months and there could speak more on

the matter.

He came at the appointed time and staid some days with us,

eating in the house of a Christian.

But then his mother came and, when he

was going to our house, two Mahomedans seized him and dragged him to his

mother.

She prevailed on him to return with her, which he did; and now his

relatives are doing all in their power to ruin him through opium and brandy.

There are some people here earnestly seeking after religious truth,

but, unequal alone to the heavy responsibility of openly confessing

Christ, they now seek to influence their countrymen and to cause a

general movement in favour of Christianity. Mr. Thumm writes about

this:

A visit from Pastor Modak from Bombay caused a new commotion among

these people.

In a sermon of two hours’ length he destroyed their religious

system so that they could not find an answer.

And it is partly a fruit of the

impression he produced that some influential people joined and gave out a

theme for a prize-essay, the essays to be examined by a committee of six, one

of whom was our Catechist, and the best essay to receive a prize of 5 Rs.

The subject was to be: “A way of salvation to be described, so that Christians,

Mahomedans and the 18 sects of Hinduism can approve of it.”

Ten essays

were sent in.

In the presence of 4 or 500 people, listening most attentively,

they were read in the monastery of the lingaits.

Three were selected as the

best, that of the Catechist, of the Postmaster of the place, and of a Brahmin.

We are glad to discover any sign of life and particularly the

mooting of the great question:

‘What must I do to be saved?

Preaching in the town and in the neighbouring villages was carried

Mr.

on regularly, being interrupted only by four preaching tours.

Stoll, after having recovered from the consequences of a sun-stroke,

travelled in June and July, for 34 days in the east and south-east of

3

Gooledgood, and in September, for 13 days in the south, Mr. Thumin,

accompanied by the schoolmaster, for 19 days in the direction of

Kulladghee, and in November and December with Mr. Krauss from

Dharwar and two Catechists, to the north till Bijapur.

They gene-

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rally found the people listening much more willingly than in former

years, but also got a deep impression, what a wide field for work

still remained.

Pl MALABAR.

CANNANORE.

Rev. J. M. Fritz (1839),

Rev. G. Hanhart (1857),

Rev. S. Walter (1865); Mwr. S. G'. Schoch (1857).

CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS:

Abraham Mulil, Charles Stocking, Timotheus Parayil,

Ezra Arnajalam,

Diego Fernandez,

Abraham Chatayappen,

Cornelius Hutten ;—dJacob Kumaren, Abraham Arangaden.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS:

Paul Muttu, Caleb Parayil, David Ponon.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMISTRESS: Ploebe. MATRON: Elizabeth Chappy.

Communicants

.

202

last year

211

Non-Communicants

P

17

Children.

. 211

223

Catechumens

Girls’ Boarding Sch

.ool.

43

50

Christian Day School

52

58

60

Anglo-Vernacular School .

Heathen Boys' School .

70

129

Heathen Girls’ School .

10

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We had only one baptism from the heathen, a Hindoo girl of 15

years, of whom we believe that she loves her Saviour.

The condition

Yet we

of the congregation does not give many encouraging signs.

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know that there are of the Lord’s people amongst them, and at some

deathbeds we were priviledged to see grace triumphing over death.

These are chiefly three cases, Rahel the wife of the Catechist Timothy

Parayil, and formerly wife of Jacob Ramavarma. She had been baptized by Mr.

Hebich. When she felt her end approaching, she asked for the Lord’s Supper

and said afterwards: “Now I am ready to meet the Lord. Te has blotted out

Another case is that of the old Simon of Talipa-

my sins and pardoned me.”

rambu, aged 80 years. And the third is that of Pauline, a girl of the boarding

school.

Services are carried on in Malayalam, two on Sundays, and one on

Friday evening, and besides that the youths of the congregation have

a meeting of their own on Wednesday nightt An English sermon is

also preached on Sundays.

Preaching to the heathen was steadily carried on by Mr. Hanhart

and the Catechists on the Bazaar, in the houses, and on preaching

tours.

Of his work in the town Mr. Hanhart writes:

There are a number of people who are pleased to see us in their houses

and some of them are touched by the power of the gospel, but they have not

got the courage to confess Christ. Others have made for themselves a religion

of their own, chiefly those who speak English. Some are still dark heathens.

Others would follow for wordly considerations.

The great festivals in Taliparambu and Payawur were visited by

Mr. Hanhart, Mr. Walter and a number of Catechists.

They were

willingly heard and could preach from beginning to end without distur-

bance. This was not the case in Kottiur of which Mr. Hanhart writes:

The festival in Kottiur had never been visited by Missionaries; 1, because

the place is quite in the jungle and no house can be obtained, 2, because it is

so near the monsoon and often disturbed by rains, 8, because the people on it

are particularly beside themselves and unfit to listen to a sermon. But the

Hindoos said, we visited all the other festivals but this one, because we were

afraid of the God Perunal, who would be sure to kill us; therefore we resolved

We did so and found a house in Manathana, which is

to go there for once.

not very far from Kottiur and where the influx of the pilgrims is great. We

preached to them till a fearful row was got up and firebrands were cast upon

us

We were obliged to retire and even driven from the house we had rented.

Yet we went the next day to Kottiur itself and tried to preach as much as cir-

cumstances permitted.

The

The gospel is also spread by the sale of books and tracts.

Catechists sold 904 copies for Rs. 76, the colporteur 1948 copies for

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Rs. 205, and the bookshop in the town sold chiefly school-books for

Rs. 242,

An Anglo-Vernacular School has been opened last year.

One

Hindoo and 2 Christian teachers are employed in it and the number

of pupils has risen to 60. Mr. Fritz gives some lessons in it.

The Girls’ Boarding School is under the care of Mrs. Fritz, assisted

by her daughter Miss Fritz, who gives daily lessons in the school.

Religious instruction is imparted by Mr. Fritz.

Three girls have been taken from us by death. One of them suddenly died

almost ere we were aware of her being sick, and before we could call for medi-

cal help. Bunday morning she was quite well, and Monday morning she ex-

pired. The two others died from consumption. We have reason to hope that

all of them are with their Saviour.

About one of them, Pauline, Mrs. Fritz

says, that in the two years she passed in the school, there was never the slight-

est reason to blame her for anything, she was a child of peace and loved by

everyhbody. In her last sickness the peace of God was ruling in her heart, the

word of God was her pleasure and she loved her Saviour.

She grieved very

much in thinking of her mother, who is living a sinful life and daily prayed

for her.—There are 3 heathen girls, who received particular instruction.

One

of them was baptized.—Those of the Christian girls, that are able to do it,

shall in future be held to pay as much of their expenses as possible, and a small

beginning has already been made. Besides the needle-work done in the work-

ing hours and the profit of which goes towards the expenses of the school, the

girls who find a pleasure in it, work in their leisure hours and sell their work

to have some money to put into the Mission hox.

We encourage them, in

order to accustom them early to give something for the Lord, yet we leave it

quite to their own free will.

Thebranch-congregation at Chowa is still under the care of Mr. Walter.

With exception of a severe sickness that befell him in August, Mr.

Walter could, through the whole year, take care of the congregation,

the schools, and the preaching to the heathen. The Catechists rendered

valuable help, so that the gospel was preached in the neighbourhood

and at greater distances.

The growth in spiritual life goes steadily

on.in some of the Christians, though in others we cannot see signs of

inward life, and two personshad even to be excommunicated on account

of adultery.

But we must add, that the woman came herself and con-

fessed, compelled to do so by the pricks of conscience.

Mr. Walter

gives two instances of his experience amongst the heathen.

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Kanaren, a yo'ung& man from Pudiangadi, had for many years beenin con-

nexion with a Christian overseer and Christian coolies, had heard the word of

life from them, taken part in their daily prayers and lived in their houses. He

was convinced of the truth of the gospel and loved it, but wished to wait till

his old parents were dead.

But at last he resolved now to go to Pudiangadi,

Before he could how-

arrange his family affairs and come back for baptism.

ever carry out his intention, the fever seized him and he died in Chowa, in the

house of a Christian. His father thanked very warmly for the care we had be-

stowed upon his son and, strange for a heathen, for our giving him a place in

a corner of our churchyard. His death is a thrilling proclamation of the word:

Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon Him while He is near.

If we wonder at the quickness with which God shortens the time of grace

to one seeking Him, but lingering, we must adore his longsuffering towards

hardened sinners, who reject the grace of God for many years and yet are

sought by him with more than maternal care, till at last they are found.

Ramen, now Simeon, was born towards the end of the last century in

Muverattu. In his youth he scarcely escaped from being seized by Tipoo Sahib

and forced to become a Mahommedan, as was the fate of so many people there.

In Cannanore he heard the gospel from Mr. Hebich.

He says, “Often the

beard-sahib admonished me with honey-words to forsake idolatry and become

a Christian.”

But his words fell on a rocky soil.

Trying to persuade himself,

there was neither heaven nor hell, he lived after the desires of his heart in all

possible sins and stifled his conscience, which would not acquiesce in his

scepticism by telling himself he had committed no sin, never killed a cow, a

snake, or a cat, and did not owe anything to anybody.

In 1861 his eldest

son died a heathen and his

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other sons became Christians.

But Ramen only

plunged himself deeper into sin.

Some years after, his Christian son became

The

very ill and was near death and the father came to him to nurse him.

faithful words from his apparently dying son did not entirely fall to the ground;

but he did not yield, although even his wife, after therecovery of her son,

asked for and received baptism.

The father went on in his sinful ways.

In

1867 he came to live with his son, but without giving uphis vices.

The son

but in

tried hard to change him and to persuade him to stay in his house;

vain. Ramen left him again and went to Chowa.

There he at last applied

for baptism.

But still there was no visible change in his heart.

Instruction

for baptism was however begun in hope.

This hope was realized. Difficult,

as it was, to make him comprehend and retain the fundamentals of the gospel

by explaining them over and over again in the most simple way, the word

f;ook root in his heart.

Hearing the history of Christ’s suffering, he would

exclaim, “I am a great sinner and have committed many sins, but Jesus died

on the cross for me also.

I now believe it.”

And that he was a changed

character became evident to Christians and heathens, who could not refrain

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On the 27th of June he

from giving utterance to their surprise at this change.

received baptism, after which he had longed so warmly. His joy was great

and childlike.

This year also, Mr. Walter can relate of another ecase of a Native Christian,

who for years had wallowed in sins of every description and entirely separated

himself form the church. But on his deathbed the Lord that had been seeking

him all the time at last found him.

He repented most deeply and found grace

and peace in Christ.

The case made a deep impression on the congregation.

Cases like these show us again and again that there is some bless-

ing in church-membership even for those that repudiate the blessings

thereof and that at a later period the seeds may spring up, that at first

seem to have died without germinating.

The Missionaries of this station wish to express their warmest

thanks to Dr. Blacklock for the uncommon kindness and care with

which he has helped them in all cases of sickness and even without

any remuneration.

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TELLICHERRY.

Rev. Chr. Miiller (1842),

Rev. L. Reinhardt (1859),

Rev. J. Kittel (1867);

Mr. W. Schimolck (1869).

CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS:

;

Mattu Peter, Gabriel Pirachen, Jacob Heber, Jacob C’lzammanchery;

Stephan Chandren;— Timotheus Timmen.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS ¢

Arthur Menzel, Matthias Ayappen, Raphael Muttuswami, Comappen.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMISTRESSES:

Rosina Bharaden, Hanna Hussan.

ENGLISH SCHOOL: Messrs. J. Pires, Ch. Viegas, J. F. Pereira,

Bappu and C. Cannen.

Communicants

.

e

.

.

122

last year 124

Non-Commumnicants.

18

-

-

3

Children

.

156

223

Preparandi—School:

11

10

Training School.

.

Boys' Boarding School .

60

60

15

15

Christian Girls' Day School.

Anglo- Vernacular School

211

142

Parsee School

45

73

Heathen Vernacular Sckool..

68

90

Heathen Girls’ School.

.

12

12

We have already mentioned the departure of Mr. Bergfeldt for

In October

Mangalore and the arrival of Mr. J. Kittel in his place.

the staff of labourers was increased by Mr. W. Schmolck who came

from Europe to take charge of the Training School.

el

Three persons have been received from the heathen. The condﬁct

of the congregation has been satisfactory. There are few houses

without family-prayer.

The men have a prayer-meeting of their own

on Sundays, and the women come together for the same purpose on

Services are held on

Thursdays under the direction of Mrs. Miiller.

each Sunday; 2 Malayalam ones on Nettur, 1 Malayalam in the town

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and 1 English in the town. A service is also held on Wednesday

evenings.

The Catechist in the fishing village has daily morning

and evening prayers.

In the fishing village many young men, heathens, were in the habit of

attending to the Catechist’s prayers.

In consequence of it a youth of 17 wanted

to become a Christian.

But his mother hindered him, and now all young men

are strictly prohibited by their relatives from attending these prayers.

Mr. Reinhardt and the Catechists regularly carry on bazaar-preach-

ing. Mr. Kittel accompanied by Mr. Linder, a Catechist and some

pupils of his school made a preaching tour into the interior of the

country.

Several other tours have been made by the Catechists.

The Preparandi-(or Middle-) School passed a quiet year under the

guidance of Mr. J. Kittel.

The studies in Bible, Composition, History,

Geography, Arithmetic, Geometry, Malayalam, Sanscrit and English

were continued almost without interruption.

One of the pupils can

be sent to the Catechist-Seminary in Mangalore.

It is very much to

be regretted that our congregations have very little sympathy with

this school, which prepares for the Lord’s service.

They generally

prefer employments that are more remunerative.

But we must wait

the Lord’s time, when He gives another and more spiritual mind into

the parents and children of our Native Church.

One of the pupils

asked for his dismissal, as he suffered very severely from frequent

epileptic fits.

It may interest some, that our Catechist Mattu succeeded

in curing him from this disease, which in Europe is considered incur-

able.

On preaching tours the pupils show much zeal, especially two

who are advanced in years.

The Training-School within the four years of its existence furnished

6 Schoolmasters and 2 Evangelists.

Now a teacher from Europe,

Mr. Schmolck has arrived expressly for this purpose, and it is only

to be regretted that at his arrival he found no pupils in the school.

Mrs. Miiller has again reason to praise the Lord who has helped

through the whole year in all the difficulties and brought the Orphanage

to the end of the year without any debts, but also to thank her kind

friends who have so willingly come forward to assist her in her work.

They have helped her to overcome the displeasure, she felt at first in

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finding that part of her (German) report had been extracted for pub-

lishing in India.

She feels particularly touched by the regular gifts of a friend, who, though

not over-rich himself, writes:

“The more I give, the more I possess and the

more the Lord blesses what I possess.

I have long enough been an unfaithful

steward, with the good He had entrusted to me.”

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Mr. Miiller’s exertions in teaching have considerably raised the

standard of learning, so that some heathen boys come to learn in the

school.

The supervision and nursing of the boys gave much to do.

When we prayed God daily that He might take the lambs entrusted to us

under His care, we should have liked to see and hear more of the fruits of the

Spirit.

But very often we had to fight with the sad fruits of envy, falsehood

and theft.

And yet His grace has been mightier than our sins.

He yet has

cared for His flock, and if He did not keep watch himself we certainly should

have even much more occasion for correcting and punishing

Seven boys have

left the Orphanage and entered into different trades or into the Preparandi-

School.

The little wild fellow

Of new boys we mention Paul, 6 years of age.

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had indeed known well how to live without us inthe wilderness. Only he had

no particular liking for clothes, and to learn to keep them clean was one of the

most difficult lessons for him The numerous burns in his face and on his hody,

do not speak of excessive kindness on the part of his mother.

She used to

punish him for disobedience with a hot iron.

Gabriel, a dear poor child, arrived

with a home-sick heart,

His tiny legs were swollen.

Salomo did not like to

be with us and freely told me,

that he had not come willingly and that his

mother had sent him only hecause the “Sahib” (Mr. Schauffler) had wished her

to do so.

This I could well understand because Mr. Schauffler had quite as

much as he could do in taking care of the sick mother of the boy.—Manuel

from Chombala came covered with very bad itch, one could scarcely look at

him. How astonished was his grandfather, when he saw him, a few weeks

after, to find him clean and healthy. But when after the monsoon a violent

typhus fever prostrated 20 bhoys, he became so dangerously ill and did not re-

cover for so long a time that we feared for his life.

Yet he was healthy again

when the time came to pay a visit in his home in Chombala.

During the time

when the fever prevailed in our school, as also when several boys were laid

up with dysentery, we saw that the room we had built last year was so small

for want of funds, that it was not sufficient for a sickroom.

We had to lodge

the patients in the schoolroom, so that it was almost impossible to give lessons

in the same room.

So we began to build a larger sickroom, looking to the

Lord for the means.

And He gave them to us through dear friends.

May He

fulfil their other wish that the room may not be required very often. Much

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pain is taken to make the boys themselves earn part of their livelihood by

manual labour of different kinds.

Again we are able to report an increase of our Anglo-Yernacular

School in numbers, which have risen from 142to 211 and in efficiency,

the school now containing 6 classes, the highest of which prepares for

matriculation.

The school was examined by the Director of Public

Instruction, who expressed himself satisfied.

There is a Girls’ School under the care of Mrs. Reinhardt, and

two Schools for heathen boys, one the ParseeSchool and the other

situated in the fisher-village.

But there is much rivalry from heathen

schools which increase more and more.

Times have changed so much

that to be considered a learned man among Hindoos, it is no longer

necessary to know the Shastras, but Dr. Gundert’s Malayalam Grammar.

CHOMBALA.

Rev. C. Linder (1868).

NATIVE DEACON:

Rev. Paul Chandren.

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CATECHISTS:

Paul Sneham, David Teikandy, Johann Peter.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS:

Nathan Simon, Zacharias Chandren.

Commumnicants

71

68

last year

Non-Communicants

Children

74

76

Catechument

24

27

Christian Day Scholm.“s

Heathen Vernacular Schools

15

23

Since June the station has again a European Missionary living in

it, after it had been under the care of the Native Deacon for nearly two

years.

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But now also the greater part of the congregation-work is under

the care of the Deacon, who proves himself a servant of Christ under

many difficulties.

Once a part of the congregation revolted against

him and sent two petitions against him to the President of the district.

The quarrel arose on account of a piece of ground belonging to the

Church-fund.

He bore with great patience the mean and wicked

calumnies of his enemies and forgave them with truely Christian spirit.

Three persons from the heathen have been added through baptism.

Although events like the above mentioned have taken place, we

know that there are also such in the congregation as love the Lord and

know how to pray. The presence of a European Missionary would

almost have revived the old system of asking alms.

But Mx. Linder

does his best to prevent such a habit from growing.

One of the Catechists has grieved us by throwing up the Mission-

service, nominally on account of his small pay.

We expected better

things from him.

Preaching to the heathen is carried on by the Deacon and the

Catechists and Mr. Linder helps as much as his knowledge of the

language permits.

Wadagherry, Peyuli, Kuttipuram and Kuttiyadi

were visited now and then and the festival in Kirur was taken advant-

age of to preach the gospel.

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CALICUT

Rev. Th. Schaufiler (1860),

Rev. J. Knobloch (1865);

Mwr. J. Lauffer (1856), Mwr. F. Mathissen (1867), Mwr. C. Schober

(1867),

Mr. G. Spillmann (1869)

CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS

Matthat Kunyen, William Davis, Jona Pattiadu,

Timotheus Parakandy, Tobias Chembankoden

SCHOOLMASTERS: Messrs. J. Mirandez, John Kurien, P.Govinden

Thomas Matthew, Esau David

Commumnicants

.

.

.

234 last year 225

Non-Communicants

.

13

-

-

7

Children

192

-

-

i Thkes

14

Catechument

.

.

Girls' Boarding School

68

73

Christian Day Scholars

53

51

88

Heathen Boys of the Anglo- VG’)"ﬂC&C’LLZCM’ School 70!

Heathen Vernacular School.

o

.

10

-

-

15

Mr. Kittel left this station in January 1869 for Tellicherry, Mr

Linder in June for Chombala

But Mr. and Mrs. Knobloch came to

help Mr. and Mrs. Schawpler, while Mr. Spillmann came to qualify

himself for the management of the carpenters’ work-shop

There was only the baptism of one man from the heathen, and he

has already been gathered to his Lord’s joy

Born a Nayer, he had travelled from place to place to find rest for his soul

Four years ago he came to Mangalore, where one of the students of the Semi-

nary took him into his house, explained to him the way of salvation and after-

The man returned to his family, but had

wards accompanied him to Malabar

not yet found rest for his soul

He again met one of the young men, he had

seen in Mangalore and who now was a Catechist and was influenced by him to

ask for baptism

While he was under probation, palsy set in, and when he

was near his end, we baptized him, and we were happy to observe, during the

month he was still suffering, the signs of new life within him

He departed

this life in childlike faith and dependence on the Lord and at last had found

the rest he had always been longing for.

Of this congregation also we are able to say that real piety and

sincerity is to be found amongst a number of them

The Bible is read

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and family-prayer held in most of the houses.

It is touching to see

an old man, who is unable to read himself, employ a boy to come daily

to his house and read to him from the word of God and to pay him

for it. Particularly we now and then are priviliged to stand at death-

beds, where we see the ship safely cast anchor in the haven of eternity.

This was the case with Debora the wife of our Catechist Jona.

Sprung

from a wretched family, she was educated from her early childhood in our

Boarding School and soon showed signs that she was a child of God. Also

the English lady, with whom she was serving as ayah, never had occasion to

find fault with her.

In 1868 she was married to Catechist Jona, to whom she

proved a true helpmate, never hindering him in his work, but to the contrary

encouraging him that he should not be hindered from any preaching tour for

her sake. The first, she would say, was the Lord’s work, and her concerns were

secondary. When he was absent, she would always be lifting up her hands that

the Lord might bless his work and make it fruitful.

But always she felt that

her life was not to last long, and spoke on it with her husband even on the eve

of her wedding. When her confinement drew near, she predicted the number

of dayss he had still to tarry on earth, and even when the physician hoped that

she was better again, she was not shaken in her conviction.

After she had

been delirious for some days, consciousness returned shortly before her end.

She bade farewell to her husband, with whom she had lived in a very happy

marriage, and to her relations, then she began to look upwards and exclaimed:

“See! See! they have come, they have brought a new vestment for me,” and

breathed her last.

Other signs of the Spirit’s working have been free confessions of

sins that were made to the Missionary. But these confessions at the

same time opened a view into abysses of sins, ruling amongst members

of the church.

These dark sides of the congregation became visible

also in number of other cases.

One man even hanged himself in con-

sequence of perpetunal family quarrels.

Others had to be excluded on

account of adultery and other sins.

Some joined the

Roman Catholic

church after having been excommunicated by us on

account of their

sinful ways, and we are only sorry that two of them

succeeded in en-

ticing 2 girls of our school, who were their relations,

into their sinful

ways.

One, to whom the baptism of his child was refused by us, applied

to the chaplain of the Church of England; but he also refused it, after

having enquired into the particulars of the case.

Having found the

same refusal from the Roman Catholic priest, he went to Coimbatore to

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persuade the Missionary of the London Mission there to baptize his

child.

With what success we do not yet know.

Some of those who had been excommunicated in past years, sought

for re-admission; we could not yet grant this request, but invited them

to a regular course of instruction from the word of God, and some of

them avail themselves of this opportunity. An association of young

men has been formed under the guidance of Mr. Mathissen, who in-

structs the young men not only in religious but also in other subjects.

The opening of a new out-station at Vithery in Wynaad, which we

already considered to be a settled matter, has met with unexpected

hindrances and therefore could not yet be effected.

We should be

very happy, if soon the way would become smooth, so that we could

get a firm footing in Wynaad.

Through Mr. Knobloch's arrival on the station more energy could

be bestowed on preaching to the heathen, and the station is so happy

as to have 2 Catechists exclusively set apart for this work, who are

not engaged in any work for the congregation or schools, whilst the

Catechists, who are helping in the congregation, preach to the heathen

as much as possible.

We are happy to say that these Native helpers

Mr. Schaufjler preached on the

have the Lord’s work really at heart.

heathen festival at Coilandy, but complains that he did not find many

willing hearers.

Mr. Knobloch with some Catechists itinerated for 23

days through 26 villages in the east of Coilandy, visited some fairs

and in December the great festival at Kiroor.

Numbers of attentive listeners surrounded the preacher, and even Maplas

‘Whilst

could be seen amongst them.

The contrast to former times was great.

in former years the sermon used to be interrupted by shouting, or even the

whole immense crowd would set up a tremendous yelling and howling, there

was the utmost quiet prevailing this year on our preaching place.

Partly we

attribute this change to the presence of the European Superintendent of

Police.

The Catechists altogether itinerated 233 days visiting 55 principal

places, and proclaiming in some of thew the gospel from house to house.

In general they met with a favourable reception, though the reverse

was sometimes the case, and once they scarcely escaped from getting

struck by an angry Mapla.. Besides that they visited the houses

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The fairs of Karupa-

of Calicut alone or together with Mr. Knobloch.

rambu and Mavally were regularly visited by them.

They endeavour

rather kindly to invite the people to the kingdom of God than to enter

into polemics, although this latter can, as a matter of course, not be

entirely avoided.

In general, Mr. Knobloch can say, he finds that the

people listen more willingly than formerly, and objections and cavilling

are less frequent.

Now and then he meets with people who are “not

Yet visible results have not become

far from the kingdom of God.”

apparent and the Missionaries long most fervently to see more fruit

of their labour and their prayers.

The Colporteur and the Catechists sold 3821 tracts and realized,

The Bible-col-

the Colporteur Rs. 334 and the Catechists Rs. 229.

porteur paid by the Madras Bible Society sold, within the 8 months he

was employed, 516 Scriptures or Scripture parts in Malayalam, Tamil,

We wish to employ

Telugu, Canarese, Hindustani and English.

another Bible-colporteur for Wynaad.

The Anglo-Vernacular School was attended by 108 boys, 37 of

whom are Christians. Mr. Knobloch supervises it, he and Mr. Mathissen

The standard of the school has been made

give also some lessons.

higher so as to correspond with the 8rd class of the Provincial School,

and the attendance of the boys is much more steady than in former

years.

Mrs. Schauffler has now got the assistance of Mrs. Knobloch in the

This help came just at the

direction of the Girls’ Boarding School.

time, when the strength of Mrs. Schauffler began to be unequal to the

work. The state of health has in general been much better than in

former years.

Yet we had to regret the death of one girl.

The re-

gret however was mixed with joy, as we could see that she died a

child of God. She had entered our school in 1368 as a heathen, but

had soon opened her heart to the gospel and had been truly converted.

The Weaving Establishment has been under the supervision of

Mr. Schober.

We wish to express our particular thanks to Messrs.

Frank & Co., who not only assist us in disposing of our cloth, but

returned the half of the percentage as subscription to the Mission.

This Establishment and the Carpenters’ Workshop give a livelihood

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to 63 men and women of our congregation and put them under parti-

cular Christian supervision and care. But if some think that the profits

of these establishments cover the expenses of our Mission, they are

greatly mistaken.

The pecuniary profits of these industrial establish-

ments suffice only to keep them going, train young boys for useful

occupations and now and then to increase the number of our industrial

establishments. The Mission itself draws no immediate pecuniary pro-

fit from them, although the moral support the Mission receives from

them is not inconsiderable.

The mercantile business was carried on by Mr. Schober.

CODACAL.

Rev. Ch. Réck (1864).

NATIVE DEACON:

Rev. Joseph Jacobi.

CATECHIST: Paul Chittayagam.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER: (. Virgees, Benjamin

Commumnicants

.

.

.

116 last year

122

Non-Communicants.

.

Children

132

122

Catechumens

.

.

11

Christian Day Scholars

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Altogether 11 persons have been added to the church.

The de-

crease shown in the census was caused by the removal of some families

to other places.

Others are waiting for baptism.

The congregation has passed through a kind of sifting process, in

which several were found wanting. No less than 6 persons had to be

excommunicated and some others were put under milder degrees of

church-discipline.

Sins of the worst kind, adultery, sorcery, theft

have come to light.

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From these things it might appear that the religious and moral life

of the congregation was what the enemies of the gospel so frequently

declare the life of Native Christians to be.

But we cannot agree with

that. First of all, it is by members of the same congregation that these

crimes have come to light, and they have not even been afraid to incur

the enmity and eventually to suffer from the vengeance of the evil-

doers. Such sins are exceptions and the bulk of the congregation dis-

approve of, and are shocked by such occurrences. Then we see that at

least one of the excommunicated sincerely and deeply repents for his

deeds. The greater part of the congregation have walked-in accordance

with the word of God. Family-prayer seems to be in use in all houses.

For some it is the expression of a heartfelt desire, whilst with others

it may be a'mere good custom. In many houses the Bible is read, but

the reading must frequently be done by the children, as they are more

likely to be able to read.

Most of the congregation are poor and some very poor, yet they

have contributed Rs. 205-5-10 for their own poor and the different

expenses of the congregation. Even the poorest have given something

with good will and there are also “mites of the widow’’ amongst it.

Mr. Rock himself was prevented from preaching tours, partly by

helping in Calicut, partly by the building of the church, partly by the

instruction for baptism and confirmation he had to give, and which

made his presence on the station necessary.

But the Native Deacon and Catechist traversed the district in all

directions and commonly found a willing hearing for their message.

There can be no doubt that the mind of the people is not as it was

before.

Hinduism has lost much of the hold it formerly had on the

minds.

But many fall a prey to Mahomedanism.

A Hindoo, with whom they began to speak, answered: “I know already

what you have to say, for I possess a New Testament.

It is truly the word

of God, for my heart tells me so0.”

They met also with other people who do

not only know the word of God, but who love it.

In one place they met with one, who is a sorcerer and demons-priest. He at-

tentively listened to the gospel. “For 59 years,” he said, “I have been serving the

devil and have advised others to do so.

But now I know all that to be a false-

hood and fraud and your word to be the truth.” When the Deacon admonished

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him to dedicate the rest of his days to the Lord and Redeemer, he expressed his

willingness and said, he yearned to be delivered from the chains and fetters of

darkness. The man told us that some of his relatives were Christians, and that

his own son, and the son’s mother, his former wife, were in our congregation.

He says that there is really a power of darkness in sorcery. When he has said

his mantras and made the necessary preparatidns, he loses his self-consciousness

and the spirit, taking possession of him, gives answers to the questions put to

him. When he awakes he does not know what has been going on. But he now

believes that he has been an instrument of the evil one, and he longs to be

delivered from him.

It seems he would have gone with the Deacon, if he had

told him to do so.

But there are difficulties about his livelihood, as it comm-

only is the case with demons-priests.

Tracts and books were sold for more than Rs. 100.

The church that had for so long a time been a desideratum for

Codacal is now at last beginning to build.

But we could not have

done 80, if our Home-Committee had not come forth and contributed a

good sum towards the building of it.

The working school under the care of Mrs. Rock is still going on,

and it is a matter of joy that the Deacon’s wife has begun to help Mrs.

Rock in this work, as it is not very common that the wives of the Native

Mission agents take an active part in the work.

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PALGHAUT.

Rev. E. Diez (1851),

Rev. S. Gundert (1863).

CATECHISTS AND EVANGELISTS:

Timotheus Cochen,

Johann Zacharia,

Jonathan Kandappen;—

Daniel Willanz,

Daniel Nyarackaden.

Abel Kattaparambu,

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTERS:

Mr. Andrew, Josiah,

Methusalah Mattu,

Joyada Nyarackaden,

Caleb Appayen, Tobias Swamg/.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMISTRESS: Margaret Mandody.

Communicants .

64

last year

58

Children.

51

39

Catechumens

Y

Christian Girls’ Day. Sc.ho;)l

13

13

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Anglo-Vernacular School

Vernacular School .

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Mr. Knobloch left the station in June for Calicut and a few days

afterwards Mr. Diez arrived from Europe.

But he did not find many joyful things on his old station, which

he had left 11 year before.

His report contains much more sorrowful

and even deeply affecting news, and the hopeful signs are only few.

First of all there is the most melancholy fact that two Catechists

have not walked worthily in their calling.

Christian Hoar had been a Catechist for 20 years and had even

formerly been valued in his work. But since some years there were

frequent complaints about a want of spiritual life that became visible

in him.

In this year the Lord’s hand was heavy upon him, so much

thatat last he confessed atleast part of his fearful sins. The rest of them

was also by and bye brought to light.

Of course he could not stay

any longer in his work.

Another, Nathanael, left us secretly, chiefly

on account of the shame, his wife’s bad conduet brought on him.

But

afterwards it became apparent that he himself had not had a good

conscience, being given to drunkenness and wanting in honesty in money-

matters.

The fall of these two assistants has caused much scandal and

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hindrance to our work through the whole of the district, but chiefly in

Palghaut and Karuwapara, where they were stationed.

Far be it from us to conclude from this that the rest of our Cate-

chists are of the same description.

We cannot see their hearts and

we know that he who stands must take heed lest he fall, but we have

reasons to believe that they are the Lord’s and do their work for His

sake.

Several of our Native Christians in Palghaut itself and its out-

stations are giving us much trouble, by resisting church-discipline etec.

We are even now and then threatened by one or the other, that there

are also other Missionary Societies, whom they might invite.

But we

trust that with exception of the Roman Catholics, there may be no ser-

vants of the Lord, who prefer annexing of the fruits of others and

hindering the strict exercise of church-discipline to calling in the

heathen and building up the kingdom of God, where Christ was not

named. (Rom. 15, 20. 214

This is at least the principle which

always guides us and also guided us through the last year, when Chri-

stians of Trichoor came to one of our out-stations to enquire about the

possibility of being accepted by us.

As they belong to the Church

Mission, and are dissatisfied only because they have been put under

church-discipline for quarrelling with another party in their congre-

gation, they were told that, as a matter of course, we would not receive

them.

They then went further to Coimbatore to put the same request

which had been refused by us, to the Lutheran Missionary in that place,

and even boasted afterwards that they had there found a willing hear-

ing, but facts have not justified these boastings of theirs.

A similar

request, which one of our converts made to Mr. Herre, the Lutheran

Missionary in Coimbatore, he referred to us, to keep up the friendly

understanding between the sister societies.

In Cannanoor (4 miles south of Palghaut) also we have much

trouble with our converts and one, Ramen, who 11 years ago began to

speak about becoming a Christian, and who is still reading the Bible,

not only does not come for baptism but even begins to work against us.

May God have mercy on the poor, weak and wavering people!

Happily some rays of sunshine have not been denied us to light up

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the darkness of last year’s events.

Eight persons were added to the

congregation by baptism.

A young man, employed as servant in the traveller’s bungalow was brought

near by native Christians and received baptism on the 6th June. We mentioned

some years ago the death of our Catechist Paul Itirarichen, who departed in

the Lord.

Now his old father, who always had refused the call of grace, has

come here to take his son’s God as his God. A nephew of his has come like-

wise to become a Christian.

Amongst these manifold difficulties the work had to be carried on,

exhorting the wavering and unsatisfactory Christians and strengthen-

ing the faithful ones and preaching to the heathen.

This latter work

was chiefly united with the Missionaries’ visits to the out-stations

Cannanoor, Kinnanoor, Karuwapara, Panayoor, Wadackancherry. The

Catechists, who are chiefly stationed on these places, tried to influence

the heathensin their environs, and besides made a number of preaching

tours.

On one of them Mr. Diez accompanied them.

But there also

he complains that the people are not listening so willingly and so nu-

merously as formerly.

The two colporteurs and the Catechists have sold within the time

from June 1868 to June 1869 the following numbers of copies:

Malayalam Tracts

.

3023

664

Scripture portions

Tamil Tracts

300

School-books

.

1000

marer———

Total 4987

The Anglo-Yernacular School has been under the care of Mr. Gundert.

It numbers 71 boys at present.

The care for the Girls’ School was chiefly lying on Mrs. Gundert,

and we are sorry to say that her health suffered under it.

She was

helped by Mrs. Knobloch and afterwards by Mrs. Diez,

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IV. NILGHERRIES.

KAITY.

Rev. F. Metz (1843), Rev. A. Wenger (1861), Rev. J. Hesse (1869).

EVANGELIST: Abraham Nerkamby.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMASTER: Salomo Bira.

Communicants

18

last year

13

Non-Communicants

Clildren

0

20

18

11

14

Christian Day Scholars

Heathen Scholars

29

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In January and February Mr. Meiz visited four funeral festivals

of the Badagas and Todas.

Many hundreds from all the castes of the

hill-tribes and from the people of the adjoining low-countries were

present. Especially at one of the Toda funerals nearly all the different

tribes of Southern India were represented and, besides English, from

Many had come for com-

10-12 languages could be heard spoken.

merce, others out of curiosity. Besides that Mr. Metz has together with

Abraham itinerated through the whole of Paranganad and the

greater part of Todanad.

They preached in all villages even in those

that contained only 2or3 houses, till at last Mr. Metz had to retarn

sick with fever.

The two last weeks of the year he passed in Ner-

kamby, where our Native Christians live.

Mr. Wenger visited the

villages in the neighbourhood of Kaity and made some tours in Todanad

and Mekanad. It was an important occurrence not only for our Chri-

stians, but for the whole of the Nilgherries, that the Badagas had to

see, that Government protects the Christians, if they are wronged by

others.

Linga Gauda is the grandfather of our Catechist Jacob Kanaka. 4 or 5

_years ago, he very nearly would have become a Christian. But as he resisted

the call of grace to his heart, he became our enemy. When a family of his

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village became Christians, he ordered a stone-wall of 5 feet high to be built in

the middle of the village to close up the way for our converts.

At that time

his wife died and the heathens considered that as a punishment from God for

When he married again, his second wife,

his enmity against the Christians.

a girl of 16, died likewise, and the heathens thought this to be a further punish-

ment,

But Linga did not yield.

At last we thought it necessary to apply to

The Commissioner came himself to look at the matter and

the Magistrate.

pronounced the free place, that is always hefore the row of houses, which form

a Badaga village, to be a public road, which could not be shut up. The peo-

ple now began quickly to pull down the wall, but only as long as the Com-

missioner looked on.

Scarcely had he left them, they left off taking the wall

down.

But the Commissioner some days after sent a peon to report, and the

consequence was that the whole of the wall was removed the day after. The

Badagas tried also to deprive the Christians of their possesions in land. Aec-

cording to the customs amongst the Badagas the fields of the father are nomi-

nally divided amongst his sons, a share being appropriated to each of them, but

virtually all the fields remain the joint-property of all the sons, each of whom

has a claim on part of each of the shares. Now they refused the Christians

their parts in the shares of the others, without however leaving them in the full

possession of their own shares. So the Christians would by and bye have lost

all landed property. The Commissioner decided that each Christian should

receive the share, that lawfully fell to him, as his exclusive property.—The

heathens saw to their astonishment that injustice will not be permitted even

against Native Christians and they suddenly became quite polite and friendly.

Soon afterwards Linga Gauda died and he even called Mr. Metz, before his end,

and told him that now he was going to the “Lord” (meaning the one true God).

Mr. Metz, afterwards went several times to see him before he died, and had a

good opportunity afforded to him to explain not only to the dying man, but

also to numbers of relatives, who were present, that without Jesus man cannot

appear before the “Lord”, but that a dying man also may still find the door of

grace opened for him, if he be willing to turn to the true Saviour.

Two adults and two children from the heathen were baptized.

One of them is the sister of Jacob Kanaka.

Her father demanded us to

pay him a pension of Rs. 5 for his son, and just as much for his daughter, and

threatened to bring a complaint against us if we did not agree.—A few weeks

ago the girl was married to Isaac, Abraham’s son, in the presence of some

English friends, and of ahout 100 Badagas, Todas, Kotas and Kurumbas.

One was the wife of the

Three people died in the course of the year.

Christian Schoolmaster, who died shortly after the evil designs of the heathens

in that village had been foiled. Therefore we were astonished that now the

heathens came and offered to dig her grave, refusing to accept any other

payment than one meal for those who did the work. They also helped to carry

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the coffin to the grave and at the funeral many of them wept tears of genuine

grief. They repeated the Lord’s prayer together with the Christians and threw

each a handful of earth into the grave

The mother of the deceased, who had

been baptized two years ago, but is weak in intellect and Christian knowledge

sang an air after the manner of Badaga women

In it she Jamented her daughter

and her daughter’s orphan boy and desired that she might have died in her

daughter’s place, ete.

But the burden of the lamentation, that was repeated

again and again was: But the Lord Jesus will raise thee up and bring thee to

a beautiful place, or:

But yet I know, that Jesus Christ does everything

aright

KOTAGHERRY

Rev. A. Biihvrer (1842)

CATECHIST

Jacob Kanaka

Communicants

19

last year

20

Non-Commumnicants

3

Children

26

23

Christian Day Sc/zool

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13

Mr. Biihrer writes: The last year passed very quietly and I can-

not report of any great work of God, yea not even of a single con-

version

Yet I am joyful and hopeful in the Lord, because I am quite

certain, that mine and my brethren’s work amongst these hill-tribes

will not be in vain, just as little as the labour has been in vain that

was bestowed on the Tulu people, amongst whom I formerly laboured

4

for 20 years, and where I am at this present moment helping the bre-

thren to “draw the net”

Our work on the Nilgherries is for the pre-

sent a seed in hope, but we know that “hope maketh not ashamed.”

God be praised, that I was able during the course of the last year

to sow the seed of the gospel on the weekly market-days, at hea-

thenish funerals and other festivals, on streets and fields, in houses

and villages

As long as the Lord grants me life and health, I shall

consider preaching to the heathen my chief duty, although it is not the

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casiest kind of Mission-work. Yet I do not neglect the care of the

small congregation, to whom I preach a sermon on Sundays and hold a

Also in the small school T

weekly prayer-meeting in their houses.

give some instruction every week.

When the Badaga and Kota night-

schools of Miss Cockburn come together for their monthly examination,

I make use of the kind permission I bave got, to expound some Bible-

texts.

The young Badaga schoolmaster who, a year ago, wanted to become a

His mother already lamented him

Christian, was some time ago seriously ill.

as dead.

The Catechist and myself visited him.

He recovered and rose with

the firm resolution to become a Christian, as God had spared his life only for

As soon as his parents

this purpose, and as longer delay might be dangerous.

discovered it, they watched him day and night and entreated him not to bring

such a calamity on their house, and at last they prevailed with him, so that he

promised not to become a Christian whilst they were alive. But the poor man

cannot find peace and he already is sorry that he gave such a promise. Only

the Lord by interposing wonderfully can help in this case.

On the 4th of May the consecration of the nice church took place,

which had been built and presented to our Mission by Miss Cockburn.

Several of the Missionaries and our Native congregation were present

as a matter of course.

But besides them we had the pleasure of seeing

some 40 European friends.

There were also a good number of Kotas

and Badagas. All present were addressed in their several languages.

A collection for a bell yielded more than Rs. 80, amongst which we

also observed 1 Rupee from a Badaga heathen.

The Catechist finds his chief occupation in the Christian School, yet

he has two afternoons a week free to preach in the surrounding villages.

Now and then some members of the congregation go on Sundays to

the villages to invite the people to the kingdom of God.

In the beginning of November Mr. Biihrer left his station to work

in the Tula country for a few months, where he baptized a number of

people in Santur and another number in Gudde and returned to Kotta-

gherry in February 1870.

Mr. Wenger took for the time the care of

the station and congregation.

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The operations of our Society in other Countries.

I. Our African Mission had a year full of heavy trials but also

distinguished by extraodinary results.

Many of the Missionaries and

their wives suffered much from the effects of the climate, a number of

them had to seek restoration of their Lealth in Europe and 3 of them,

Mr. Liithy, Mr. Rehfuss and Mrs. Klaiber have been called to their

last rest.—In consequence of the death of the king of Aquapem and

some chieftains, all sorts of injustice and atrocities prevailed in the

country even to the slaughtering of men for the benefit of the deceased.

But just these cruelties opened the eyes of many and drove them to

In Mamfe, for

seek for something better in the Christian religion.

instance, a man was executed by the mob; in consecquence of it, his

wife committed suicide, as she said she could not live without him, and

her mother did the same.

Three corpses were lying in the streets of

the village.

The whole family of the executed man were under the

ban

Then the people began to ask: ¢Shall we hurry on towards the

the precipice with the heathen or shall we choose another way?” Oune

of the Christians in Mamfe and the Catechist were willingly accepted

as leaders, and 50 people desired one after the other to become Chri-

stians and received baptism.

In another village Amanukrum the

gospel had been preached for many years.

In this time of anarchy

a number of rude but influential men tried to abolish the sacred custom

of hospitality. The good men, who opposed their endeavours were

persecuted and this drove them to abandon fetish service altogether

and to come to Jesus for protection. In Abirio the heathens resolved

on the festival of a fetish to force the Christians again into subjection

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to the fetishes, or else to drive them away from the village. But the

Christians remained steadfast, and at last theheathens had to give in,

as they considered it to be a disgrace for the chief place of fetishism,

if 90 persons were to leave it in one day. Akropong also had to wit-

ness scenes of oppression and cruelty, but the result was an increase of

198 persons, which the Christians got from the villages surrounding

Akropong. In Aburi 82 persons were baptized, and in Abokobi 61.

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So that the increase of our African Missions during the year 1868 has

been 372 souls.

Persecution is not wanting. Several of the new

converts were whipped by their fathers, others were expelled from

the town; one had his house ruined by the enemies of the gospel;

others have to bear insult and blows; some were put into stocks.

A youth of 16 was prevented from attending to the instruction for

baptism. One day he managed to come to the Sunday-service and then

he showed the stripes from the whipping, he had received, because he

wished to become a Christian.—In Kyebi there is a slave who wishes

to be baptized. He is a youth from Ashante, who was onc day caught

by the Akem people and sold as a slave.

A relation of his in Kyebi

bought him, in order to give him an opportunity of effecting his escape

from the Akem country to Ashante.

But behold! he refuses to flee,

because he could not hear the gospel in his own country and he prefers

to hear the gospel as a slave in a foreign country to living without

the gospel as a free man in his own land.

These are a few traits of the events during 1368.

But since then

news of a most serious nature have reached us.

The united armies of

the Akuamu and Ashante fell into the districts on the coast and Anum,

one of our stations, fell into their hands.

Mr. and Mrs. Ramseyer with

a child of less than 1 year of age and Mr. Kiihne were taken prisoners

by them in June 1869.

They afterwards were carried away into the

interior of the country to Kumasi. Since then (till February 1870)

no reliable news have been heard about them.

They are entirely pro-

hibited from writing. We hear that they have been compelled to look

on when the heads of 970 captives were taken off. Rumours say that

one of them has sunk under the hardships of the marches.

But we

know mneither who of them, nor whether it is true.

Our Home-Com-

mittee have moved the Central Government of Switzerland, who have

Lord Cla-

applied to the Foreign Minister of England for his help.

rendon promised to do all that was in his power to effect the delivery

of the prisoners, and our Home-Committee are willing to pay any

ransom that may be required.

Although they take such steps as may

seem necessary, they are deeply convinced that not men, but God

alone can help, and they endeavour more to invoke the help of the

——

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almighty One, than to trust on human help.

Need we say that all

who read this and know how to pray, are most earnestly called upon to

remember also the poor captives in Africa?

The stations of the North German-(Bremen-) Society, that are

next to ours have also severely suffered under this war, and most of

their Missionaries have been obliged to flee.

At one time it seemed

as if all or nearly all of our stations in Africa would be swept off by

the tribes from the interior, but we trust that the Lord will ward off

this heavy blow from us and will even in the end bring out of these

tribulations glorious fruits to the praise of His name.

i

In China our Mission has 4 stations in the province of Canton

which is in the south of China. - They had 5 Missionaries during

1868, now 6 European and 1 Native Missionary, stationed in them

and are assisted by 14 Catechists and Schoolmasters.

The Native

Missionary Rev. Minsin-Chin studied in the Mission College at Basel

from 1865 to 1869.

Fourteen youths are being trained to become

Catechists and Teachers, and the Missionary ladies take charge of the

The

Girls’ Boarding Schools, in which they have gathered 69 girls.

Missionaries worked in comparative peace through the whole year, al-

though some of them live at a distance of more than 100 miles from the

coast, though all sorts of annoyances from the heathen were not wanting.

In the year 1868 the increase from the heathen was 47, and 71 in-

quirers more are waiting for baptism. The Missionaries and Catechists

have traversed the district in all directions proclaiming the gospel

and have met with many hopeful signs.

About their congregations,

containing 499 souls or 298 communicants, they can say that not-

withstanding many deficiencies and some serious cases of sin, their

lives in general are satisfactory, and the converts regularly attend

i

to the services and read the Bible in their houses.

81

el st

APPENDIX.

We wish to give some few particulars about the lives of the two

brethren, that departed this life during the course of last year.

{. Otto Kaufimann was bhorn onthe 19th October 1828 in Lahr, a town of Baden.

He studied in the College of his native place with a view of afterwards preparing

for the ministry, but eventually was apprenticed in a mercantile house. Having

had an interest in mission-work from his childhood, a Missionary Meeting, which

was held in 1842 in his native place and in which the misery of heathenism

was represented, made such an impression on him and on one of his friends, that

they immediately resolved to dedicate themselves to the work of Mission. But

he soon understood that for this purpose the gospel ought to be rooted more

deeply in his own heart.

The Lord now took him into His instruction, and

taught him to understand his own natural corruption, but also to experience the

greatness of God’s mercy.

It was chiefly that excellent servant of God, the late

Rev. W. Rein, who helped him on in spiritual matters.

A dangerous illness

from which he recovered again gave the last decision, and in 1849 he entered

the Mission College in Basel.

He studied with success, but always laboured

under extreme shyness, which he never quite got over.

From 1853 to 1861 he

laboured in Dharwar and from 1861 to 1869 in Anandapoor in Coorg. He was

not allowed to see much fruit in his faithful labors.

Dharwar has always

been the most barren part of our Mission field, and our departed brother also

found it to be such. We cannot say, that he had many baptisms from the heathen

there, yet some were granted him and a particular joyful case for him was that

of a murderer and his brother whom he baptized in the Jail in 1859, one

of whom was executed the very day after baptism, whilst the other, who

was innocent, still lives, as far as we know, a consistent Christian, near

Belgaum. In Anandapoor he baptized 28 personsin 1862, but in after years he had

to pass through the painful experiences of seeing numbers of his converts falling

back into heathenism, so that when he left the congregation after 8 years of labour,

the numbers were nearly the same as when he took over the charge ofit. Besides

this, the rest of the congregation did not give much reason for joy, and there

were only few consistent Christians amongst them. He and his wife and children

suffered much from the fever, that is so prevalent in Anandapoor.

One of his

children died even in Europe from the consequences of this Coorg fever,

At last

whose ravages in the body became quite apparent only after death.

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82

he longed to find some rest and new strength on a visit to his native country,

But the Lord guided him differently. On the journey to the coast his wife broke

down and scarcely reached Mangalore on the morning of the 19th April, where

she died on the evening of the same day, without even being able to bid farewell

to her husband and children (V. Report 1868 page 71).

These were the bitterest

hours our brother ever had had to pass through.

“You many imagine,” he

writes, “what were my feelings, when I was standing alone with my 3 motherless

children, after having buried what was most precious to me on this earth.”

“The earth has lost its attractions for me” he exclaimed.

The voyage to Europe

-

was most trying for him, as he had to care for

aJC

hildren and was

himself

suffering from diarrhaea.

Fortunately a nephew of his, whom he had called by

telegraph, came as far as Triest, to accompany him.

He reached Stuttgart, but

His brothers came there to see him and a sister of

could not proceed further-

his nursed him ti!l his last hour.

Rev. Mr. Blumhardt asked him: Tell me, dear

brother, have you never been tempted to complain that God has led you through

177

so many hardships ?” “Neve

.

he replied.

He expired on the 25th June 1869

during the blessing of Mr. Miiller, one of his fellow-labourers, who prayed: “Oh

Lord, grant him eternal peace and make up to him for every thing he has

sacrificed for Thy sake.”

2. Gottlob Adam Wiirth was born on the 18th September 1820 in Pleidelsheim,

Wiirttemberg.

His bent of mind would have been most in favour of philologi-

cal and theological studies, but as he could not have afforded to defray the

expenses for such a course of studies, he was apprenticed to a surgeon.

Bat

even in this condition he made use of every moment he could spare to make

progress in Latin and Greek, in which endeavours he was assisted by a pious

Dean, Mr. Zeller, who discovered a predominating philological talent in the

youth.

To procure the necessary books for his studies, he would deny him-

self any pleasure and comfort.

Though now and then the speeches of Cicero

might occupy his mind so, that he spoiled some plaster or mixture, he did not

neglect his next duties and succeeded in passing his examination as Assistant

Surgeon in the Army. But in the mean time the desire for further studies had

increased in him and he now began to estimate the value of souls much higher

than the value of the body. He entered the Mission College in Basel and made

a most excellent use of the 6 years, he was there allowed to bestow on philo-

logical and theological studies.

The great pleasure of studying never left him

even during the years of faithful practical labour. Even when itinerating in

India he would carry with him Latin and Greek classics in which he felt quite

at home, as also the Hebrew Bible was a favourvite study of his, even to the

last months of his earthly life.

In 1845 he was sent to India together with Mr. Kies and Mr. Mérike. Hoobly

in Southern Mahratta was his first station, where he hadno other work than

preaching to the heathen.

He mastered the Canarese language in quite an

S

unusual degree and in the last years of his life there could be no doubt that

no European could equal him in Canarese, whilst it may be doubted whether

many Natives have a more comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the lan-

|

guage than he.

The common language of conversation and the high language

{

of books would be equally familiar to him. And he was well versed in Sanscrit.

This he never allowed to interfere in any way with direct Mission work.

In

1850 he was called to Mangalore to teach in the Catechist Seminary, but after

a year already his desire was granted and he could return to the South Mah-

In 1852 he

ratta country. From 1851 to 1866 Bettigherry was his station.

f

was privileged to baptize the first-fruits of that station.

Itinerating remained

his chief work. When he was downcast with seeing so little fruits of his labours,

he would console himself that the Lord does not look on success but on faith-

f

ful work.

His excellent knowledge of the Canarese language enabled him to

make himself useful also by literary labours, and what we possess from his

)

pen is valued more than anything else.

In 1854 he was married. This enabled

him to found an orphanage for girls, which enjoyed the careful superintendence

of Mrs. Wiirth for a number of years.

In 1864 Mrs. Wiirth was obliged to

leave for Europe and in 1867 Mr. Wiirth followed her.

He left a congregation

of 61 persons (20 communicants) chiefly the visible fruit of his labours.

But

the seeds he had sown were germinating, and what we related in our Report on

Shagoti near Bettigherry is chiefly to be considered as a work of his faithful

and pains-taking labours. We trust that more fruits may still become apparent

in future years.

In 1868 he returned to India and arrived in Mangalore on the Christmas

eve

His last year he passed chiefly in Mangalore, presiding in the General

Conferance we had there in February 1869, guiding the concerns of our whole

Indian Mission as Senior Missionary, making some little books ready for the

press and frequently officiating in our.Native Church there.

He made two

tours, one to Coorg and the second to his former field of labour.

But he always

If

t

passed much time in meditation and prayer, from whence he brought an unction

to all the work he was performing and spread a blessed influence wherever he

came.

Impassionate and quiet, as was his speech, his words carried much a

greater weight with them than those of others.

Mild and pliable as he was,

his quiet influence was very great, and was felt through the whole of our Mis-

sion.

|

A chief ornament was also his genuine humility of mind. Without

knowing previously what a superior scholar you had before you, his unpretend-

ing manner and behaviour would have given the impression, that he possessed

only a moderate degree of learning, whilst a further acquaintance would reveal

a man, from whom you could get profit in every possible branch of learning.

But divine grace had subjected all his faculties and had won the victory over

his whole nature.

)

His last year seems to have been a special preparation for dying. When

i

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i

he had a severe and protracted attack of fever in April and May 1869, he seri-

ously thought, that his last hour might be near. He recovered, but his strength

was broken and was decreasing more and more.

On the 5th December

Mrs. Wiirth came back from Europe, and he arrived on the 7th December from

Southern Mahratta.

But the joy of meeting was very short.

They intended

quickly to start for Mercara, which was to be their station, but on the 9th

December he was laid up with typhus fever which quickly consumed his

strength, so that on the 25th of December he closed his earthly career, to awaken

for a better Christmas day in heaven.

He had always been delirious during

the last days, so that he could not give testimony of the hope that was in him,

but even in the delirium he would now and then speak of “the blood of Jesus

Christ,” ask for “the big Bible,” preach to the congregation, or catechize

children on the Lord’s Supper. At 7 o’clock he said, “Now I must struggle for

3 hours more on this hill”, and at 10 o’clock he breathed his last, whilst the

friends, gathered round his bed, were singing the German hymn:

Death, my earthly house thou breakest,

Which is made of dust and clay,

But my hope thou never shakest,

For my sins are washed away,

Blotted out

But not by me,

Jesus bore them on the tree.

His death has heen a very heavy loss to his widow and his two children,

but also to the Mission.

We miss him very much and we pray the Lord that

He may make up for the loss not so much by filling up the number again, but

by imparting the spirit that was in him, on the rest of his fellow-labourers.

Grpenditure of the 3F Wission

during the year 1869

—_— S T —

Rs

=

Personal Expenditure

59,2738

>

Journeys, including Home passages

22,922

10

Munshis .

1,075

Deacons, Catechists and Evancrehsts

15,318

O w o =3 'T

Postages, Stamps, ete.

1,489

S

Libraries

432

o~

Church Expenses

1,195

>~

166

%

>

Medical Outlays.

Schools, English and Vernaoulal

10,449

1

5,446

Boarding Schools, Boys’

Do

Girls

7,045

5,993

§

Catechist and Preparandi-Schools

Printing Work

1,759

Buildings, Repairs and House-Rent

13,099

;

Purchases and off-payments

6,615

12

Agricultural Outlays and Taxes

1,352

ot

Interest and Bill discount

331

Sandries

267

15

Furniture

1,669

Total Rs

155,908

12

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E. & O. E

Mangalore, 31st December 1869

% j /gmééed

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS

TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND

Received during the year 1869.

AT MANGALORE.

AT MERCARA.

Rs. A. P.

Rs.

5

;

Col. G. W. Walker, R. E. 1200

0

0

Rev. G. Richter

47

J. A. C. Boswell Esq.,

Col. A. Stevens

35

M. C. 8.

100

0

0

28

A Griter Esq.

ev. C. Isenberg, Hydrabad 25

0

0

e

W. Williams Esq.

Mrs. Puckle, Bangalore,

E. O. Riely Esq.

12

Jan,—March,

S. Fennell Esq.

9

Lieut. H. Whyte, 14th

|

J. Dallas Esq.

Regt. N. L.

24

E. Meynell Esq.

Dr. John Brett, 35th Regt.

Lieut. W. Freeth

12

NaE

50

»

J. C. Clarke

Col. M. Cholmely, Commandg.

Mr. G. Rogers

33rd Regt. N. I. Vizianagram,

»

W. Green

to Rev. G. Wiirth

50

»

J. Green

R. A. Fitzgibbon Esq.,

b

J. M. Walker

Chittanhally

George Bertram

Mrs. L. Garthwaite

g

5

»

J. Pereira

bl

Col. J. H. M. Babington,

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thro’ Messrs. Binny & Co.

30

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Alexander Primrose Esq.

50

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Bombay.

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25

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2

Mr. J. Biihler

AT ANANDAPOOR.

A friend

15

Mr. E. W. Gallwitz

J. Neuberg Esq.

3

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AT HONORE.

MOOLKY AND OODAPY.

R. E. Candy Esq.

10

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AT DHARWAR.

Regt. N. I, for the wants

Ch. Shaw Esq.

10

of the movement.

50

B. Baker Esq.

15

M.

100

AT OODAPY.

55

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Mrs. L. Garthwaite

10

Mr. Ch. Compalais

12

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22

A. Don Esq.

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5

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18

Mr. J. Charlesworth, Apoth. 60

A. Grant Esq.

110

Mrs. Habicht

11

Mr. C. Hauson

Mr. W. Shannon

12

20

Mr. A. D. Morris

— Giertson Esq

5

Mr. Attkinson

H. F. Nettles Esq

2

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Mr. H. M. Judge,

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18

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14

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W. Scott Esq.

L. Darling Esq.

12

AT TELLICHERRY.

Do.

Donation

20

W. Price Esq.

25

J. C. Hannyngton Esq.

30

Major Battey

8

20

24

J. W. Savage Bisq.

J. Middleton Esgq.

F. Hole Esq.

10

Beynon Esq.

10

V. Cameron Esq.

10

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B. Backer Esq.

— Dobbie Esq.

1:3

AT CALICUT.

Mr.- Charles

J. Hannyngton Esq.

40

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A. G. Gover Esq.

130

At

W. P. Austin Esq.

18

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§

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E. G. Dawson Esq.

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13

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AT BETTIGHERRY.

G. A. Ballard Esq.,

Rev. J. G. Hawker

3

6 months

160

30

P, H. Scott Esq.

10

(= f{=)

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L. Garthwaite Esq.

E. G. C. Thomas Esq.

200

AT GOOLEDGOOD.

Miss Florence Lenanze

R. H. Peirce Esq.

10

A. Bosanquet Esq.

60

21

G. Blackwell Esq.

20

Capt. Comingham

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50

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A. Berry Esq.

10

Lieut. W. G. Cumming

9

W. H. Roberts Esq. M. D.. 6

AT CANNANORE.

C. M. Isaac Esq.

6

Rev. W. H. Powell

6

Mrs. Charlesworth,

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for 1868

(9}

Messrs. Frank & Co.

‘141

Capt. van Homrigh

2

Mrs.Fergusson, Nellampore 20

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ONHODOOOODOODCODO

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AT PALGHAUT.

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50

Brig. General Selby

14

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W. Robinson Esq. C. 8

100

Major H. D. Broughton

tev. Dr. H. Gundert, Calw 50

Smith, Madras. St. C. 31st

J. J. Tomlinson Esq.

10

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Mrs. Tomlinson

10

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100

Dr. E. Blacklock

5

Col. C. B. Maloney

12

AT KAITY,

Lieut. Col. A. G. W. Burn 8

10

Col. E. F. Watermann

6

F. Wilkinson Esq.

Mrs. Heyne

20

Major C. M. White

36

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Foulis

5

Lt. Col. F. Wells

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3

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Cardosa

5

Major D. Standon

8

Ch. Grey Esq., for medicines 10

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General Clemens

35

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C. E. Thomas Esq.

Th. Stanes Esq.

30

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J. Groves Esq.

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62 11

Major Hamilton

E. Pilgrim Esq.

25

Lient, H,

Rev. J. McKee

10

Rev. G. Cooper

H. 8. Th

Capt. Palmer

Capt. J. Goddard

100

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J. Hunter Esq.

100

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10

Col. Bacon

25

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50

Dr. McKee

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Mrs.

Mackenzie

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Mzirs. Walker, Coonoor

100

H.§. Tho

J. W. Breeks Esq.

Mission box

13

M. J. Wal

His Excellency the

Col. Mackenzie

10

H, Winter

Governor of Madras

50

F. L. Benfort Esq.

10

Mrs. Dawson

20

Mrs. Cockburn

10

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Miss Cockburn

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Contributions of the Members of the Congregations towards

&.D. Lengy

‘the General Mission Fund.

66 13

Mr. Sal. Barker

2

Mangalore congregation

E. A. thro’ Rev. B. Griter

10

0

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Anandapoor

12

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12

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120

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11

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2

15

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2l

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1

13

M. J. Walhouse Esq.

50

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10

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12

N. N.Rs. 3 & Rs. 2

| J. Cameron Esq., Jan,

10

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35

M. Boussard, Drumm Major 1

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12

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12

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10

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nls

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35

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31

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Moolky

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Mr. Esau David

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Col. E. J. Lawder

The Hon’ble J. C. St. Clair

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M. J. Walhouse Esqg.

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Capt. Ross Thompson

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J. Ball Esq.

Mr. Lucas Joshua, Bookbinder

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TELLICHERRY.

J. Ch. Hannyngton Esq., Calicut

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Col. M. Cholmeley, Bimlipatam

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Miss King, Coonoor

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Miss Marg. Cockburn, Kotagherry

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Lieut. A. 8. Grove, Banda N. W. Provinces

Col. O. Connell, Banda

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Mrs. Reid, Tellicherry

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Rev. A. Biihrer

35

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M. D. Cockburn Esq.

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G. W. Forbes Esq.

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Major Aynsley

F. L. Cockburn Esq.

200

Rev. T. Whitehouse

D. Cockburn Esqg.

20

R. Clarke Esq.

Mr. L. L. Dyce

General H. Dowker

5

Major J. M. Madden

Mrs. R. Strange

Mrs. Pears

From a Missionary box

68

Mrs. Hayne

20

S. F. Chew Esq.

Mr. Gray

20

Mrs. Hallock

Rev. W. B. Addis

5

Rev. J. T. Nash

Mr. C. J. Addis

W. S. Ranton Lsq.

M. B. A.,

J. Woodburn Esq.

Lieut. Colonel Taylor

20

Miss Macdonald

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J. G. C. Harklots Esq.

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Col. H. D. Sheppard

Edward R. Groves Esq.

(Ireland)

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140

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60

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no

The Rig’;’ht Rev. the Lord

Mrs. Fowlis

Bishop of Madras

30

Mzr. Charles Sanderson

Mrs. G. F. Cockburn

Mrs. Burn

(Edinburgh)

30

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Mzr. Hodges

George Arbuthnot Esq.

T. Onslow Esq.

(Liondon)

35

Mzr. Sroves

Contents of 2 Missionary

boxes

238

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et FINIS. st

INDEX.

Page

The Committee and Sub-Committees of the Basel

German Evangelical Missionary Society

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Institutions in Basel

Travelling Agents at Home

S OV

Missionaries of the Basel Society

Stations of the Basel Missionary Society

10

Report

13

1. Canara

20

Mangalore

20

Moolky and Oodapy

29

Moolky

35

38

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Honore .

41

Coorg, Anandapoor

43

11,

Southern Mahratta (‘(mntry

45

Dharwar

45

Hoobly

46

Bettigherry

47

52

Gooledgood

III.

Malabar

54

Cannanore

54

Tellicherry

59

Chombala

62

Calicut

64

Codacal

68

71

Palghaut

IV. Nilgherries

74

Kaity

74

Kotagherry

76

The operations of our Society in other Countries

78

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