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Report of the Basel German Evangelical missionary society for 1872, 33 . e ) o o % o 2 B 3 35 v i . - ¥ 5 L 5 it s oo S e s . o e R — P s e 5 N12<524391237 021 W —_— D ik bl i e . i ol et it i il e s B i il o I w&i sttt iy BB B . ST S0 S SN ST AP RO L) WU BRI R LN Y63 REPORT OF THE I BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL Missionary Society 4 FOR 1872 1% THIRTY-THIRD REPORT OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION IN SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA ;ﬁ % MANGALORE j: PRINTED BY STOLZ & HIRNER, BASEL MISSION PRESS 1873 (& 2 25 ) Dl LT, = o® SCg © & et =S e €57 75 o)) V SN /% Ei\; & @ CA\2 D) LY Qe 3, Js3nl a0 Z \OUS's ad ox e Jon 1 ,,zl » 3 e e I. Guropean Alissionaries > of the Hasel Geeman Goangelical Flission. A. In India [The letter (m.) after the names signifies: “married”, and the letter (w.): “widower The names of unordained Brethren are marked by an asterisk 2] \ Hafive Hame e Stafion Gonntry Bate of ac five Service J. M. Fritz (m.) Alsace Cannanore J. A. Bithrer (m.) Switzerland Kotagherry Ch. Miiller (w.) Germany Tellicherry J. F. Metz do 1843 | Kaity H. A. Kaundinya (m.)|India 1851 Anandapur 1851 K. A. E. Diez (m.) Germany Palghaut ittel (m.) do 1853 Mercara ??E: b fleiderer (m.) do 1853 Mangalore G. Hanhart (m.) Switzerland 1857 Cannanore 10 Fr. A. Mianner (m.) Germany 1867 Udapy 1001 do 1857 Roth (m.) Bettigherry 12 Schoch (m.)* Switzerland 1857 Cannanore 13 Brigel (m ) Germany 1858 Mangalore 14 g(; do 1858 ack (m.) Mulky 15 artmann (m.) Switzerland 1859 Karkal 16 Bergfeldt (m.) ‘Germany 1860 Mangalore L7 g‘r JII:II Thumm (m.) do 1860 Hubly 18 Th. F. Schauffler (m.) do 1860 Calicut 109 India 1860 Udapy W. Stokes (m.) 20 Tit. Costa (m.) do 1861 Dharwar J. Fr. Miller (w.) Germany 1861 Udapy 22 Switzerland 1861 Honore A. Wenger (w.) 23 Fr. Ziegler (m.)*% Germany 1862 Hubly e it Hafive - Hane. Statiot. Gonnfry. Dafe of ac- five Derpice 24 Switzerland| 1863 Mangalore 4k . U Stolz (m)* 25 . 8. Gundert (m.) Germany 1863 Kaity 26 Ch. Rock (m.) do 1864 Chowa 27 do 1864 Ih. Digel (w.)* Mangalore 28 J. Knobloch (m.) do 1865 Calicut 29 S. Walter (m.) SWitZerland 1865 Chombala Mercara 30 J. Miiller (m.)* Germany 1866 31 Th. Walz (m.) do 1866 Mangalore 32 do 1867 Tellicherry J. Kittel (m.) 33 Ch. G. Weigele do 1867 Guledgud 34 Fr. Mathissen * Russia 1867 Calicut 35 1867 Calicut Th. Elsésser (m.)* Germany A 36 . C. Schober* do. 1867 Mangalore 37 Switzerland 1868 Kaity . L. Langel (m:) 38 . C. Linder (m.) Germany 1868 Codacal 39 . W. Schmolk (m.)* do 1869 Tellicherry 40 . G. Ritter do 1869 Mulky 41 . G. Spillmann (m.)* Switzerland 1869 Calicut 42 .. Hesse Russia 1869 Mangalore 43 1870 . H. Daimelhuber Germany Mangalore 44. J. A. Brasche do 1870 Udapy 45 . W. Sikemeier Holland 1870 Mangalore 46 . W. P. Schoenthal * Germany 1870 Cannanore 47 . N. Hiibner do. 1871 Udapy 48 . N. Weitbrecht* do. 1871 Mangalore bli 49 . K. Hafner Switzerland 1871 Honore 50 . P. Ott Germany 1871 Karkal 51 . W. Niibling do 1871 Hubly 52 . A. Bourquin Switzerland 1871 Cannanore 53 Alsace 1871 . F. Welsch (m.) Dha:{rwar Hative Hame. Stafion Gonntry Bafe of ac- five Serpice 54 G. Hirner* Germany 1871 {Mangalore 55 C. Huttinger * do. 1871 |Mangalore 56 W. Hasenwandel (m.) do. 1872 | Bettigherry 57 J. L. Grieshaber do. 1872 |Guledgud 58 A. Burkhardt* Switzerland 1872 | Mangalore 59 A. Merkle Germany 1872 |Chowa do. 60 G. A. Ziegler 1872 |Udapy 61 J. Hermelink do. 1872 {Mangalore 62 do. 1872 | Palghaut G. Wagner 63 A. Dobler Surinam 1872 |Chombala 64 J. F: Veil Germany 1872 | Anandapur At Home. 1856 |late of Chombala 65 J. Lauffer (m.)* Germany 66 C. Riehm (m.) do. 1860 |late of Mangalore 67 Germany 1863 |late of Mangalore J. B. Griter (w.) 68 J. Deuber (m.) Switzerland | 1866 |late of Hubly B. On the Western Coast of Africa 69 . J.G. Widmann (m.) |Germany 1842 | Akropong 70 . J. Mohr (m.)* do 1846 |Aburi do 1846 |Aburi 71 . J.Chr. Dieterle (m.) 72 . J. A Mader' (m)) do 1851 |Akropong 73 do 1854 |Ada . H. L. Rottmann (m.)* T4 . E. Schall (m.) do 1856 | Abokobi 75 . M. Klaiber (w.)* do 1859 |Odumase 76 Africa 1862 | Kukurantumy . D. Asante (m.) 710 . J. Chy: Fetzer (m.)* Germany 1863 |Ada 78 . Ph. H. Bohner (m.)* do. 1863 |Christiansbhorg e Hame. Hative G Station. @onntry,. | five Service ;.;".\ 79 . C. Schoenfeld (m.) Germany 1863 Odumase 80 F.A.Ramseyer (m.)*|Switzerland 1864 Capt. in Ashante 81 do J. Weiss (m.) 1865 Abokobi xl 82 Chr. Bellon (m.) Germany 1865 Akropong 83 do. 1865 Joh. Miiller (m.) Akropong 84 G. Zerweck (m.) do. 1866 Christiansborg 85 J. Kithne * do. 186 Capt. in Ashante 86 G. J. Lodholz (m.) do. 1867 Kyebi 87 H. Marchand * Switzerland | 1868 Christiansborg 88 1868 J. J. Walker (w.) Germany | Akropong 89 J. J. Fischer* Switzerland 1868 Christiansborg 90 Germany 1869 Kyebi L. Haas (m.) 91 Chr. Jm. Buhl (m.)* do. 1869 Christiansborg 92 Joh. Kopp (m.)* do 1869 do. 93 J.J. Weber Switzerland Odumase 1870 94 J G vtz (m.) Germany 1870 Christiansborg 95 Fr. Ziegel * do. 1870 Akropong 96 W. Kammerer do 1871 Christiansborg 97 P. Simonet * France 1871 do. 98 J. Klass* do Germany 1871 99 J. Haas Switzerland 1872 Odumase 100 R. Miiller* 1872 Germany Christianshorg 101 Spengler * do 1872 do 102 P. Steiner do 1872 Abokobi 103 A. Langhorst do. 1872 Christianshorg “ At lome. 104 J. G. Christaller (m.) Germany 1852 late of Akropong 105 H. Laissle (m.)* do. 1857 late of Akropong do 106 D. Eisenschmid (m. | 1861 late of Aburi Hame. Hative Station. Gounfry i 2 Tafe of ac- tive Serpice 107 . B. Schrenk (m.) Germany 1859 'late of Christnsb 108 J. Zimmermann (m.) do 1849 late of Odumase 109 J. Roeck do 1870 late of Ada 110 J. Binder do 1866 late of Christnsb 11 C. Leimenstoll (m.)* do 1864 late of Christnsb (. In Chiha. 112 H. Bender (m.) Germany 1862 Tschongtshun 113 Ph. Ch. Piton (m.) Alsace 1864 Hongkong 114 W. Bellon (m.) Germany 1864 Lilong 115 do 1865 J. Loercher (m.) Hongkong 116 Min-siu-tschin (m.) China 1869 Lilong i17 G. A. Gussmann Germany 1869 Njenhangli 118 China 18%1 Kong-Fat-lin-A-yun do {119 Ch. G. Reusch Germany 1872 Lilong At Home 120 Ph. Winnes 1852 Germany late of Lilong 121 R.Ch. F. Lechler (m.) do 1846 late of Hongkong IL. dlatibe Qgents of the Basel German Coangelil Alission i Indin, A. Deacons. Sebastian Furtado Mangalore 1866 Utchila Paul Chandren Chombala 1867 Tellicherry Madras 1868 Joseph Jacobi Codacal Daniel Aaron Bangalore 1872 Santur Ot I W N = Diego Fernandez Kalamundkur 1872 Shirwa Jafive Hane. Stafiot. Gountry. Bafe of ac- five Service b Catechists. Matthai Kunyan Cochin 1843 Calicut Jacob Heber Codacal 1849 Tellicherry Z Mattu Peter Cochin 1850 do. Gabriel Pirachen Tellicherry 1850 do. 10 Timotheus Cochen Chombala 1850 Palghaut Ireland 1851 Cannanore 11 Charles Stocking 12 Jacob Kamsika Mangalore 1852 Carwar 13 Hubly 1853 Hubly Paul Nagappa 14 Abraham Mulil Cannanore 1854 Chowa 15 Abraham Chatayapen|Madras 1855 Chirakal 16 do 1855 Cannanore v Ezra Arunajalam ] Israel Aaron Bangalore 1856 Udapy 18 Theophil Aiman Mangalore 1856 Mulky 1858 19 Paul Badappa Bettigherry Bettigherry 20 Christian Chinnappa Hubly 1858 Hubly 21 Solomon Bhaskar 1858 Guledgud Bettigherry 22 Johanan Peter Calicut 1859 Codacal 23 Paul Chittayagam Cochin 1859 Palghaut 1861 Calicut 24 William Dayvis Bangalore 25 Jacob Chammanchery |Chirakal 1861 Taliparambu 26 Paul Sneham Codacal 1861 Chombala 27 David Teikandy Calicut 1866 Chombala 28 Christanuja Watsa Honore 1866 Mangalore 29 Eliezer Paul Calicut 1866 Udapy 30 Stephan Chandren Chombala 1867 Tellicherry 31 Charles Gojar Mangalore 1867 Mangalore Honore 32 Mark Salis Mangalore 1867 33 Jonathan Kandappen |Cannanore 1867 Palghaut | Hative Hame. Station. @onntry Date of ac- five Serpice 34 Tobias Chembankodu [Codacal 1867 Ravaneshwara 35 Cornelius Hutten Cochin 1867 Chowa 36 Samuel Andrea Mangalore 1867 Udapy 37 Abraham Hery Mulky 1867 Mulky 38 Daniel Andrea Mangalore 1867 Udapy 39 Johanan Zachariah Chombala 1868 Hosadurga 40 Jona Padiath Chombala 1868 Calicut 41 Lot Hery Mulky 1868 Hubly 42 Jacob Kanaka Nerkamby 1868 Kotagherry 43 Samuel Bunyan Mangalore 1869 Udapy 44 1869 Calicut Timotheus Parakandy|Calicut 45 Solomon Vellien Vellore 1870 Bettigherry 46 Henry Robert Mangalore 1870 Udapy 47 Gabriel Almanda Coorg 1871 Udapy 48 Israel Eliezer Mangalore 1871 Mulky 49 Cochin 1871 Codacal Anth. Valiyattingara 50 Isaac Laban Calicut 1871 Coilandy 51 Joseph Taddai Tellicherry 1871 Chombala 52 Joseph Mandody Chombala 1872 Codacal 53 Benjamin Ponon Chombala 1872 Mangalore 54 Gabriel Hermon Codacal 1873 Palghaut 55 Joseph Bhagyan Mangalore 1873 Karkal 56 Bethuel Soanes do. 1873 Udapy 57 Josias Aarons do. 1873 Mangalore s SR A i 20 s s SRR 10 Hative | 1 Hame. Station Gountry. ES Date of ac- fine Service i C. Evangelists. 1856 59 Daniel Ammanna Mangalore Maﬁgalore 60 Jacob Kumaran Tellicherry 1863 Tellicherry 61 Calicut 1863 Palghaut Abel Kaduparambu 62 Johann Philip Mangalore 1863 Mulky 63 Daniel Nyarakadu Cochin 1870 Palghaut 1870 64 Abraham Arangaden |Cannanore Taliparambu 65 Daniel Shankaran- Tanur 1870 villany Palghaut 66 Johann Puthenvidu Cannanore 1870 Coilandy 67 Chrysostomus Param- Do S Yo 2k N I ik bathukavil Calicut 1870 Palghaut 68 Joseph Mirandez Quilon 1872 Calicut i Wl e e Risidin e e i NS SR o S ' i i e e B e S S rr— s ST e —— s | Census of the Hasel German Coangelical Flission on the Whestern Const of Fndin. 1st JANUARY 1873. AGENTS OF THE MISSION. SCHOOLS. UNDER THE CARE OF THE MISSION. Higher Boarding Parochial Schools Heathen Not Members European Mission- Native Agénts. Schools. Schools. Vernacular Members of the Church. of the Church. aries. for children for children Schools. above six under six years. years. NAMES OF MISSION STATIONS. Christian Scholars 1st January 1872 Shoolmistresses Schoolmasters instruction each Congregation on the Established in Brethren Sisters Native Pastors Catechists and Evangelists Christian Schoolmasters Non-Christian Number of Schools Seminary Middle Schools Training Schools § Girls § ;; Boys Girls Anglo-Vernacular Schools Boys Girls Total of children under Out-stations Number of Converts baptized during the year 1872 Number of the Members of Communicants Non-Communicants Children Total Catechumens Schoolmasters and TE Grand Total. 1. Canara. [y Mangalore se000secssserostcesooes 1834 b bk O 67 % 941 611 11 417/1039] 13 93 106 1145 Mulky ©sv000000vscens0ss scssece 1845 49 25 §§ S 533 297 12 249 558 58 12 70 628 Udapy “80e 00 s00s08cccsss0i 00000000 1854 [ 3] 47 21 161 [Ty 440 224 16 226 466 123 131 597 Karkal #1000 e0erctsossses ecesnea s 1872 oo 12 9 21 15 15 36 2 40 19 27 Honorer e o o 1845 46 55 Mercara....... - 1870 S OO =N O 23 16 4 23 23 a3 O OU i OO b = Anandapur ®ecvaseecscccrences e 1853 D) B DD D Ot Lo Ot — D O = W N O - ~ SO N Ok ® —-_-Oo OO0t O SO OO O ® (=) (eilen) (e (e (o) bk O et D ] &3 O S oS S DI @ SRS D, (=)o) deml (@) () Llem) () g DS D 11 11! Z% (=) fe=iiiamy i) {ami(ey (o)) D U g ()i () (eo) el 22 O O =t =3 OO § 111 50 15 39 104 g 10 114 1I. South Mahratta. 64 60 124 36 27 21 48 128 128 176 Dharwar 1837 Hiablwes oo v ci 1839 17 14 45 68 183 141 65 102 167 12 136 303 10 Bettigherry L R A R R AR R ) 1841 § 10 90 119 81 55 49 107 96 96 203 1l D R R R I R R R R R ) 1851 N N O BN O N NN S S D, - N WO — et - O R o O O Ot [SURE SSEEN B ) SIS (=) (s=) o) te) (=) (=) (=) (=) (45‘ 14 1l () (am) (am) (e (e ooy femlien) ()i} fmlile) 25 — B O — 00 W O 89 39 W WO D 44 86 —-_ O OO 95 Guledgud I11. Malabar. 129 73 12 Cannanore tecsesec-secessecn0sese 1841 23 37 13 275 504 259 207 471 196 198 669 13 Tellicherry D R R R R R R A 1839 28 24 186 38 14 393 339 185 358 2417 247 605 14 Chombala D N I I I S ) 1849 it 119 89 143 91 102 196 17 19 215 15 Calicut ©evs000 @eccescsescrescsca 1842 : 30 30 153 54 334 519 308 236 550 200 209 759 261 16 Codacal ®vecesses ssesss 0 e 1857 48 18 66 124 126 260 269 17 Palghaut ®cec0 0 ss0ectassesscsnsens 1858 DD =t OO W 3 bk ped QO s DD QO Ot OO = O -3 OO ~1 W i O Ot = O 0 O i O =t o DO N OO a0 OURg OO =3 i (el o) (o) (ot ilan) g (=) (=) (el (=) 0) =) (g) % 46 () (IR e (e S0 e == 46 56 (z 160 Ot WO O W Ot = O O Ot W 111 64 % 54 125 g 126 139 264 IV. Neilgherries. 18 ------------- ctestesserecservee 1846 17 0 0 0 26 43 26 16 45 18 18 63 Kaity 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 22 : 30 57 0 0 57 19 Kotagherry @eesssesssecssescs san 1867 PSCRC] | SRS PRSI ety R (o IR 0 | sl — | — | — | — e ——— Total. 64| 35 60 45 1 30| 71} 12 78 155 199| 457 282 15/623| 476] 87|2408 56| 143 4404|2489 102/2143[4727/270|1279]1549 6276 Total of January 1872 “eoccsvses e BN e 59| 35 2 60 48 17 24 0| 14| 58 1291 202 324 237 St SRRRNESRN - o ol OISR PRI SR [ R N DN RO s % 0[638| 582 7212312 02307 115|1982(4404/258|1279|1537 5941 esscsescsssecs 0 0 20 % 26 133 45 15 96 ) 13 0 0 0 0 Decrease during 1872 —— | ——— | —— ——] ———— | —————— | | ——— | —— | ——— | —— - e e R B B ey [ E— Increase duitto. stesscaases s 0 0 0l 65} 106 175 61| 323| 12| o]~ 12 PRSNGSR L S IS5 D AR IS e Aw W o - — Yot Aeport. | ITH heartfelt gratitude towards the Head of the Church (Eph. 5, 23)—which He loved and for which He gave & Himself that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish,— we present to our friends the Report of the Basel Evangelical Mission in South Western India for the past year. We count it undeserved grace that the Lord has allowed us to labour for another year in his vineyard, to weed, to plant and to water it; and although we cannot report any extraordinary success, yet His blessing has rested on every branch of our labour, and has been discernible in our work in the congregations and in the schools, in the bazaars and at heathen festivals. Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end! At the desire of many friends we have departed from the usual arrangement of the Report, and instead of noticing suc- cessively the operations of each of our 19 Stations in Canara, Coorg, Mahratta, Malabar and on the Neilgherry Hills, we §h311 give a survey of the principal events amongst our Eu- ropean Missionaries and Native Agents, in our congregations ?nd in our schools, and of the general increase and spread of 2* 12 i the kingdom and knowledge of Christ in our field of labour. Let us first look at the changes which have taken place in the ranks of S xR I. OUR EUROPEAN LABOURERS. 1 State of Health. As was the case last year so also this year we have had a great deal of sickness and failing health in the ranks of our Missionaries. It has already been mentioned in last year’s Report that Mr. and Mrs. Riekm, Mrs. Schaufler and Mrs. Rock had to return to Europe in the Spring of 1872. Mr. Lauffer and family had to leave India in May, after 15 years’ uninterrupted labour. In Summer the Principal of the Cate- chist Seminary Mr. Griter, having in vain tried to recruit his 44 strength in Bangalore and Mercara, had to follow them with his family; and the two other European teachers, Messrs. Bergfeldt and Hesse also suffered from failing health and had to absent themselves from their station for a great part of the year. As Mr. Hesse’s health has not at all improved, we are very sorry to say, that he will he compelled to return to Europe early in 1873. The two Superintendents of the Mangalore Book Depo- sitory, Messrs. Stolz and Sikemeier, had to leave their post for several months. Our Senior Missionary Mr. Fritz: of Cannanore, and Mr. Langel of Udapy had to pass the greater part of the year on the Neilgherry Hills, as also Mrs. Kittel of Tellichery. Several others had to leave their work and station for a short time, as some rest and change of air were absolutely necessary for them; among them Mr. Schober, whose excitableness and nervousness have increased so rapidly and developed such gloomy symptoms that he had to embark for Europe while wis are writing these lines. 13 e Others, as Mr. Hasenwandel, Mrs. Hanhart and Mrs. Spillmann have suffered from such severe illness, that we for a time dis- paired of their lives; but it pleased the Lord to hear our pray- ers and to restore them to health again, although it was either impossible or unadvisable for them to leave their Stations. Besides long labour on this coast has so impaired the health and strength of Messrs. Schoch and Hanhart in Malabar, Messrs. Hartmann and Mack in Canara and Mrs. Roth in Bettigherry that they have already received permission to return to Europe in the Spring of 1873, in order to recruit their health in their native country. From these remarks it will easily be seen that the greater share of ill-health has fallen on our Canara District, and es- This has been the case for pecially the Mangalore Station. many years and we firmly believe that one chief reason of it is, that we have no suitable sanitarium in our neighbourhood, to which we could repair for a short vacation when we feel the want of it. We however believe that this want is being supplied now, mainly through the liberality of Miss Anstey in Bangalore, who has not only given a large sum out of her own purse, but g has nobly undertaken to collect the necessary funds amongst her friends, and has already put several thousand Rupees at our disposal for this purpose. We cannot refrain here from expressing our hearty thanks to all the medical men who have gratuitously treated our pati- % ‘ents with constant and tender care, especially Dr. Dempster of % Mangalore, Dr. Fletcher and Dr. Rickard of Cannanore, Dr. Roberts of Calicut, Dr. Rogers of Coimbatoor, Dr. Davis of Coonoor, Dr. C. A. Andrew of Mercara and others. 2. Death of Mrs. Graeter and Mrs. Digel. The most mournful news of the past year, however, is the death of Mrs. Graeter in the Hospital at Triest and the sudden 14 death of Mrs. Digel under the most melancholy circumstances. The news of both these events came upon us like a thunderbolt. Mrs. Graeter had laboured in our Mission by the side of her husband for nearly six years. Her labours were especially de- voted to the two Brahmin Girls’ Schools at Mangalore, a work iR i T for which she was eminently qualified and in which she labour- ed with indefatigable zeal. She also imparted regular ins- i truction to the female teachers of these schools in order to render them more efficient for their work. She was known to, and esteemed by, many of our English friends, and the following extract of a letter of Mr. Graeter to his friends in India relating her sickness and death, will be read with in- terest by them: «Yesterday the 10th October,” says he, «at half past 11 a. ». my dear wife departed this life in the Hospital ; in Triest, in full assurance of eternal life through her Redeemer. g I am left alone with my child like one bruised and wounded by this sad bereavement. We left Mangalore on the 30th July and taking our route via Mercara, Bangalore and Arkonum, arrived in Bombay on the 14th of August, and stopped four days in the Royal Hotel. Apparently my wife was quite well, al- though fatigued by the journey. On the 17th we went on board the Arethusa and left Bombay on the 18th. We all became sea-sick, Paul Kaundinya whom we took with us to s Europe, myself, who had not known sea-sickness till then, our Rudolf, and my dear wife. The latter was very severely at- tacked thereby, although in coming out 6 years ago she had remained free from it. Very soon dysentery also set in and lasted to her end, at times increasing, at times decreasing in 4% k3l vigour. Regular nursing and proper food for patients were not procurable on board the Arethusa as there was neither a doctor nor a stewardess on board. It took the miserable ship 39 days to get from Bombay to Suez. Then all the passengers left her, el 6 and we especially had good reason for doing so, as my wife could i not stand it any longer. From Suez we went by rail to Alex- 191 le andria, where we arrived on the 17th of September. At first we rk put up in the British Hotel, hoping that my wife only needed rest to recover. But when we saw that this hope was vain, 1T 1§ we asked for admission in the Kaisersworth Hospital which we all obtained and where my wife was nursed with the kind- to ! est care and attention. Nevertheless her illness increased he and the doctor strongly advised us to continue our journey in order to get into a cooler climate as soon as possible. So we i} embarked on the 2nd of October in the Minerva where we were glad to find a good doctor and suitable food for patients. The If doctor paid us every attention and deserves our warmest thanks. al I Yet the illness increased rapidly and reached such a height in the night between the 3rd and 4th October, that although we 3 had already thought a fatal end possible, yet only now such an Iy end seemed to us most probable; nay we lost all hopes of re- I covery and seriously spoke of death to each other. When the 8 } doctor succeeded with indefatigable pains in checking the dysen- tery, two other enemies appeared, fever and vomiting. The )i latter was unconnected with sea-sickness, and was besides in- | creased by the awkwardness of the stewardess, who holding a 0 smelling-bottle to my wife’s nose, spilt its contents into her s nose and throat. All this time she had not grown particularly wg thin, but now she became so rapidly emaciated, that she i shrank within four days to skin and bone, and lost her appe- tite entirely. On the 8th October we reached Triest and lodged in the Hotel de la Ville. There we passed a dreadful night, b because we could not get a nurse, and night-watching had i )8 weakened me so much that I could not keep myself awake and i from my drowsiness I did not understand what my wife said. ) The following day we took her to the Hospital and as she seem- 16 e 11 ed to revive after having been for several hours under skil- fr ful medical treatment, and as she was very carefully nursed, we again began to hope for her recovery, and believed that f0 the crisis was over. In the evening I went to the Hotel to have W an undisturbed night’s rest after so many sleepless nights. 8l The next morning when I entered the Hospital, the two doc- tors met me in the gate and told me that her weakness had increased alarmingly, so that they feared very much for her (0 life, especially as her stomach refused to retain any nourish- d ment. I immediately saw that a great change had come over her since I had left her the previous evening and that her end 1t was near. When I spoke to her about it, she expressed her full trust in the Lord Jesus. Then I received her last wishes 8l and prayed with her. A few hours afterwards she was no more 10 W in the land of the living. «] cannot write any more. I know you feel with me, and W some of you know by your own sad experience, what it is, to W have half of one’s existence torn away, and that at such a time not one wound only is inflicted, but many. I feel assured 1t sh that neither the Arethusa nor Alexandria, nor the heat nor the cold has inflicted this wound, but the Lord, our Heavenly e at Father; and to His name be all honor and glory.” £} When Mr. Gracter reached Stuttgart on the 17th of October, he received a very kind letter addressed to Mrs. Graeter, and i written by Mrs. Digel in Mangalore. But she to whom it was g N addressed had died a week ago, and she who had written it fo had died even two weeks sooner. Mrs. Digel came to this 8¢ country late in 1871, and was married on the 12th December. She always felt so well, and laboured so cheerfully that death ({ came as unexpected as a thief in the night. But it was God’s J{ t holy will that it should be so, and on the 24th of September Mr. Digel became a widower for the second time. The follow- B~ e 17 —e il ing lines are an extract from a letter written by him to his il friends in the Mission about this melancholy occurrence:— hat «It is with a broken heart,” says he, “that I communicate A to you the mournful news of the sudden death of my dear wife. Last night she was buried in our churchyard by the 1ts 0C side of my first wife, who died less than two years ago. ad «My wife to whom I was married on the 12th of December 1871 always enjoyed the best of health in this country, and her sh could do her work with unbroken strength. She educated my dear child with as much care and affection as if she had been el nd its real mother, and the child was attached to her accordingly. ey “In the 3rd week of September the annual district Mis- sionary festival was celebrated here in Mangalore, and she hes 0re joyfully took her share in entertaining several of the guests who had come from other stations. On the following Sunday a young woman of the congregation died very suddenly and nd to was buried in the evening of the same day. When my wife was asked whether she also intended to follow the corpse to 16 red its last resting place, she answered in the negative, adding that she thought it too awful that one who had been in good health 10! at 9 a.m. must be buried even before sunset. nly “The following day my wife was still as well as could be expected in her circumstances; she stayed up till 10 ». m. and hel then went to bed, only complaining of a slight headache. After ad midnight she awoke me and was soon after seized with con- was vulsions. Her whole frame shook, her eyes rolled, and she 1t fell into a deathlike torpidity. The fits were not long, lasting this scarcely a minute, but they recurred every half hour. The her doctor came and did what he could. In the course of the fore- ath ol's noon she was several times conscious for a minute, and said that her headache had gone and that she felt no pain. et “Strong bleeding and a blister on the head seemed to check o | 3 i LRl 2 18 the vehemence and frequency of the convulsions, and at 3 p.m. fir & we again had a ray of hope for her recovery; but we were deceived. From 4 p.u. she began to sink rapidly; the con- N vulsions indeed ceased, but a deathlike sleep and a loud ar rattling in the throat began instead of them. Shortly before midnight she breathed her last; her spirit departed without a fo o struggle. The following evening she was buried. «“All who knew her, esteemed her. Her sterling character, al her great experience and her child-like and strong faith made af her a support not only to me, but also to the other ladies in Pa the station and to the Native Christians with whom she came b in contact. th «Twice within two years has the Lord made such a gap in my life, so that I always repeat the question, ‘Why, Lord, of hast Thou laid this burden upon me? My bodily health has L also been thoroughly shaken. I have to thank the Brethren fo and Sisters of the station for all their kind help and consola- 10 tion; but the true consolation must come from above and I Remember me and cry out, ‘Lord, help me, or I must sink. e — my dear baby which has become an orphan for the second time’. I especially wish to thank Mrs. Brigel who has kindly taken charge of my dear child.” 3. Arrival of reinforcements. It need scarcely be said that on account of the many i) B cases of sickness, failing health and death, a great portion of labour had to remain untouched, whilst other work could not ta B \: be done so well as is desirable. We are therefore very thank- th ful both to our Heavenly Master and our Home Committee that the gaps have been filled up again. (s of At the beginning of the year not only Mrs. Méanner and Mrs. Reuther were able to return to their stations and to re- a & sume their former duties, but also three new labourers arrived \\' ( AT AP TA——_ e 19 P from Europe, Rev. W. Hasenwandel for Bettigherry, Rev. J. L. €10 Grieshaber for Guledgud and Mr. A. Burckhardt for the Mercantile i} Mission Branch. In October a reinforcement of five brethren oud arrived from Europe, Rev. J. Hermelink for Mangalore, Rev. G 016 A. Ziegler for Udapy, Rev. A. Merkle for Chowa, Mr. A. Dobler 5 8 for Chombala and Rev. G. Wagner for Palghaut. Last but not least we had the pleasure to welcome in December the safe fer, arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Pfleiderer on their return from Europe ade after an absence of more than two years. They were accom- 1 panied by Rev. J. F. Veil (for Anandapur) and four ladies, the mé brides of Messrs. Brasche, Hasenwandel, Welsch and Linder to whom they were married the same month. ap Thus the number of our European labourers at the close 1d, of 1872 is 64, against 59 at the close of 1871. We pray‘the has Lord especially to make these new brethren a great blessing ren to His work in this country and to grant them a rich harvest la to the honor of His glorious name. i1 nd nd IL. OUR NATIVE ASSISTANTS. dly 1 Their increase in number and their efficiency. We have in the service of our Mission ordained Native Ministers (Deacons), Catechists, Itinerating Native Missionaries, 1y Evangelists, Schoolmasters, and last but not least in impor- of tance, Colporteurs. In December four pupils of the Catechist 0t Seminary at Mangalore successfully passed the prescribed nk theological examination and received Catechist ordination. In fee Calicut Mr. Joseph Mirandez has been discharging the duties of city-missionary since the 15th of July; he visits Christians nd and heathens in their houses, to comfort them in times of 16 distress, to rouse them in times of spiritual drowsiness and to warn them of apparent danger. ;ed 8% 20 — The sphere of labour of these assistants differs accord- 1I i ing to their ability and the wants of their respective stations. Some are employed as teachers in our schools and institutions, ) others as special assistants to the Missionaries in charge of di congregations, others have chiefly to preach the Gospel to the de heathen in bazaars, at heathen festivals and in private houses In and we are happy to say that in general they fully answer our to expectations. The greater number of them are zealous in to their work, remembering that they must give an aecount of a8 their stewardship at the last day. There is for instance a Catechist in Hubly who every evening accompanies the Mis- 00 sionary to the bazaar after having given five or six lessons in th the Boys’ School and preaches with an ardent desire to save the i% benighted souls of his countrymen. Their character is, with N not many exceptions, upright and their private life honorable, Bl so that they are respected both by Christians and heathens. at Some have had to go through severe affliction, Evangelist Abraham at Taliparambu lost within a short period three children from small-pox. Catechist Jacob Chammancherry lost one child from the same epidemic; our itinerary Native Mis- Ca sionary of North Malabar, Catechist A4érakam Moolil has been é 1 so ailing for the greater part of the year that he was unable al to do his work. Catechist 7olias in Ravaneshwara was bitten al by a mad dog; but we are glad that in such and similar trials 10 they do not lose their faith, but turn the more to Him who ed alone can comfort effectually. On the other hand we are not i blind to their faults and shortcomings and especially are con- — i vinced that they want regular supervision by the Missionary an of their station. ha To increase their efficiency, one of the Missionaries of every Ju station gives to the Catechists and Evangelists of his station il regular instruction once a week or at least once a month, to ——— 21 ! improve tﬁeir knowledge of the Word of God. In some stations, 113 however, these lessons could not be given on account of other IS, pressing work. Besides, the Catechists and Evangelists of each of district meet once a year for three or four days under the presi- the dency of one of the Senior Missionaries, receive instruction, de- s liver sermons on a prescribed text, read a lecture on a given ul topic and are strengthened by mutual brotherly love. ¢The 1 topic for this year’s lecture,” says Mr. Thumm in Hubly, “was of as follows: What is sin and what is merit @) according to the > 4 Hindoo Shastras and the notions of the common people &) ac- [is- cording to the teaching of the Word of God?—The text for 1 the sermon to be prepared was Rom. 3, 28. After the lectures the had been read, the sermons delivered and the presiding Mis- ith sionary had corrected the mistakes and false opinions express- le, ed in them, a brotherly meeting for mutual edification termin- s, ated the three days’ work.” hst 2. Peaceful death of an Evangelist. 166 st On the 24th October our Evangelist Timothy Timmen was s called to his eternal rest. Fair indeed was his life in our gen midst, peaceful and earnest, full of love towards the brethren hle and towards the heathen round about him*; he was modest ten and always content, so that we can truly say, we have felt jals nothing but pleasure in watching his useful career. He suffer- i ed very much during his long illness, but his mind and all not his affections were set on things above, where Christ is, to 0L whom he had surrendered himself, and in whose sufferings and death alone he sought and found consolation, peace and tal')" happiness. His patience in sufferings and his peaceful end ery made a great impression on the heathen inhabitants of his village. When we buried his earthly remains on the following fon * He was stationed in the fisher-village in Tellicherry. - , 10 Ser day in the churchyard on the hill, many heathens followed the | by corpse. We indeed stood sorrowing at the open grave, but the conviction, that again a ripe sheaf has been gathered into ar) fro the dwellings of peace and the house of our God, gathered by the endeavours of our Mission, turned our sorrow into un- §eI speakable joy. for 3. Ordination of two Native Pastors. an ha Lastly let us say a few words about our ordained Native (1) Pastors (Deacons). At the beginning of the year we had three in our Mission, Rev. Sebastian Furtado at Utchila, Rev. Paul for Chandren at Chombala and Rew. Joseph Jacoby at Codacal. With adl their devotedness to their work, and with their efficiency we ad Ai can express ourselves quite satisfied. In July afr. Paul Chandren 0n was transferred from Chombala to Tellicherry (Nettoor) and fm has taken charge of the congregation there. For the greater for part of the year Mr. Joseph Jacoby had to take the whole res- 0v ponsibility of the congregation in Codacal upon himself, as 861 Mr. Rick had to leave in June and his successor, Mr. Linder, hey was detained in Palghaut, and as Mr. Knobloch visited the station 1 only once a month. He has done his work faithfully and 861 patiently. M. Sebastian Furtado is still at Utchila, and besides Ing providing for the wants of the congregation there, takes an lis active part in preaching the Gospel to the heathen of the dis- (0] trict, for which work he is eminently qualified. the But the most important matter in connection with this of branch of our Mission is, that Mr. Daniel Aaron and Mr. Diego the Fernandez received Deacon’s ordination on Sunday the 11th JUK February at Mulky, after having faithfully served the Mission for 20 years as Catechists. We give a short description of this )t interesting day and an extract from the addresses which were delivered. The proceedings of the day were conducted by the ES] R e 23 the Senior Missionary of the Canara District, ar. Brigel, assisted by Mr. Mack and Mr. Minner. On Saturday the 10th of Febru- hut nfo ary a good number of guests both white and black had arrived hy from neighbouring Stations. Before the beginning of the service the Missionaries pre- L} sent and the two Ordinandi assembled in the Mission-house for prayer, in order to ask the Lord for His gracious presence and blessing. Then they entered the church and after a hymn had been sung, Mr. Brigel offered up prayer and addressed the v congregation as follows:— 160 «This day is a festival day, and it behoves us to come be- aul fore our kind Lord and merciful God with thanksgiving and ith adoration, with prayer and supplication. We thank Him and e adore Him for the heavenly Kingdom which He has established Iren on this earth, and also that in this heathen country He con- nd tinually extends this Kingdom, and that He continues to send ter forth new messengers of peace to increase His flock, to watch 05 over it and to lead it on to green pastures. He has sent His as servants from distant countries, to preach His saving Gospel ery here and to call sinners to repentence; and also from the 100 people of this country He has already called many into His nd service, to labour in His vineyard. In our Basel Mission in des India there are at present forty-nine Catechists, nine Evange- an lists and three Deacons labouring for the Lord, and we have 1is come together here to-day to increase the small number of the latter. Laying on hands, we wish to ask God in the name his of our glorified Head for His heavenly gifts and blessing upon o0 them. Pray, therefore, that the Lord may condescend to be 1th present now in our midst with the fullness of His life and 100 \ blessing.” his Hereupon Mr. Daniel Aaron addressed the congregation and ere especially told them what the Lord had done for him from the the ey 24 days of his childhood till now. «“About 50 years ago,” said he, yeat «“there lived a Tamil cook in Bangalore, who was in the service 185 hav of an English gentleman. He had learned to read and write and knew a great many heathen songs by heart. His master ery was a God-fearing man, took a great interest in the spiritual e 0 welfare of his servants, and, from time to time, sent a Catechist to visit them. The cook did not like this, began to contradict han it and dispute with the Catechist and at last hid himself when he saw the Catechist coming. But this zealous man yet found har a way to get at the heart of the cook. He put a tract in as t His the path by which he knew the cook must go; and the cook found it, took it up, and was so struck with its contents that tiny he longed impatiently for a visit of the Catechist. As, however, he did not make his appearence, the cook went to visit him. They He talked together about the subject of the tract and the truths of of the Gospel in general, and the cook was so much impressed e thereby that he was fully convinced and was shortly afterwards Was baptised in the name of Jesus Christ. He received the name fa] of Aaron. Afterwards he went to Cannanore and prepared in bl —— the Mission School for the work of the Lord amongst the hea- in then. About that time Mr. Hebich visited Cannanore and on m— Afte his return to Mangalore took Aaron as Catechist with him. Of this Catechist I am the fourth child. My elder brother and lal myself attended the Boys’ School superintended by Dr. Magling; ord but my heart was unchanged at that time. One day I and of { one of my school-fellows fell sick. We lay in the same room. lahy My comrade died quickly, and I also was on the brink of death. S0n Then my heart was melted and in my terror I vowed unto the gre; e g e e N A Lord that in case I should get well, I would earnestly turn Sist from my sinful ways to serve Him faithfully. The Lord res- 1yt tored me to health again; I opened my heart to my teacher u and found true peace for my soul. After preparing for five Sid g 25 | e, years in the Seminary, I was ordained Catechist in January TiCe 1852 with 8 brethren, by the Rev. Mr. Josenhans. As such I mite have laboured for 20 years on Balmattha in Mangalore, and ster very naturally that place has become very dear to me, so that fual I can say with the Israelites when they remembered Jerusalem chist in their captivity: If I forget thee, O Balmattha, let my right dict hand forget her cunning; for Balmattha is my spiritual hen birthplace. I know every corner, nay every tree there, and have had many joyful and many sad experiences there. But jund t 10 as the Lord has called me to Santur, I go there obedient to His call. cook I am persuaded that He will be with me and con- that tinue to bless me.” v, After this Mr. Diego Fernandez addressed the congregatioﬁ. [hey He read John 6, 37 and showed from his life that he was one uths of those whom the Saviour has in no wise cast out. His parents ssed were Roman Catholics in Kalamundkur and he, their only son, was born in 1830 after his father had made several vows. But the ards me father died when his son Diego was only eight years old. Some time afterwards his mother moved to Mangalore, and Diego came dm hea in connection with the Mission School and with our Mission. ] on After due preparation he was ordained Catechist in 1852, and laboured for nearly 20 years as Catechist in Malabar. 0f and Hereupon Mr. Brigel addressed the two Catechists to be fing ordained. Especially he pointed out that although the nature of their labour as Deacons did not differ from that of their and )OI labour as Catechists, the aim of both being the salvation of ath. souls, yet, whilst their responsibility had till now lain to a great extent on the shoulders of those Missionaries whose as- ) the turh sistants they had been, their responsibility‘ henceforth would rest on their own shoulders. He further showed that the chief 168 qualities in a pastor were love to Jesus and living faith. “Be_ cher sides,” said he, “a servant of the Lord must be humble and fire 4 e 26 tol must not look to his own glory, but to that of his heavenly Master. Then he will have a precious reward.” th at After these addresses the two Catechists knelt down and Dety with the laying on of hands the Divine blessing was implored be I for their new office. ted T hap [11. OUR CONGREGATIONS. Jou he { 1 Their numerical increase. fory The total number of our Christians is 4,727 against 4,404 han at the close of 1871, so that there is an increase of 323 souls, hor of which 180 were baptized as infants and 143 as adults. Al- an though we heartily thank the Lord for this blessing bestowed on ah the labour of sinful men, yet we do not rest contented with this the increase; but knowing that He wants to be asked for His gifts (0n and that we have a prayer-heaﬁng God and Father in heaven, the our last year’s result only encourages us to ask greater things of by Him. Let us ask in faith, doubting nothing ; for who would dare to say, that He cannot or will not fulfil His gracious promise, hay s1b] «A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong el; nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time?” Is. 60,22. Nay, dis what we have seen till now is only an earnest of greater things to come. of ¢ We doubt not that He has much people in this country and that He will gather them into His fold in His own the (0D good time. the 2. Some sad experiences. he In examining the spiritual and moral condition of our con- ff (an gregations we must always take into consideration the depth il from which they have to be raised, the many and strong fetters af | from which they must be freed and the filthiness and superfluity Jou of naughtiness from which they must be cleansed when they begin yor 27 e enly to learn to know Christ. Then we shall n(;t be surprised to hear that although we can boldly say that there is a great difference and between their life and that of the heathen to whom they formerly ored belonged, yet downfalls do happen and grievous sins are commit- ted. These, bad as they are, we shall not conceal from our friends. Two grievous cases, a suicide and an attempt at suicide, have happened in the past year; the latter, committed by a desperate young man at Anandapur, was frustrated, as the rope with which he attempted to hang himself was cut before he was dead. The former was committed by a young woman at Nercamby, who 404 hanged herself in heathenish sorrow over the death of her first- ouls, born. Other remains of heathenism also came to light here Al and there. At Codacal the parents of a sick child called in d on a heathen sorcerer, but without avail, as the child died never- this theless. At Unakallu, an out-station of Hubly, a man of the guts congregation, named Shantappa, has given infinite trouble to e, the Missionaries and gre;at offence to the whole congregation g of by sowing the seeds of quarrel amongst them. It seems to dare have been his endeavour to cause as much mischiefas pos- nIse, sible, till he was excommunicated. Also Mr. Roth of Bettigherry 100 relates a very sorrowful case: A young man, a weaver, who Nay, disregarded all his warnings and exhortations, was in the habit ings of speaking with contempt of Christians at the houses of hea- this then neighbours and friends, till he was dismissed from the (D congregation. Now he goes about in rags and begs rice at the doors of the very Christians of whom, a short time ago, he spoke so contemptuously in the hearing of the heathen. We cannot but see herein the righteous judgment of God who does 0o not allow His name to be scoffed at in vain. The brethren Iepth at Guledgud have also had the sad experience of seeing two Hess youths return to heathenism. It is very sad to see such ity )ed mn young men on whose spiritual welfare we have bestowed so 4% 28 B —— much pains, again wallowing in the mire from which we be- Mr It would have been better for 101 lieved them to have escaped. them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after get (hy they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment de- livered unto them. Another matter which often causes us pain of is the habit of contracting debts, a habit which we have till thy ple now in vain endeavoured to eradicate, although we see a change for the better in many of our Christians. It is a2 na- tional fault and most people take to it very readily. From child- m¢ hood, we may almost say, a great number of them are accus- of tomed to live from hand to mouth; when they have much, Th they spend much; when they have nothing, they contract debts, kn as long as they find anybody willing to lend, when they have 5] lost all their credit, they drag on a miserable half-starved of existence. i th Cases of adultery and fraud have also happened in several a congregations. These are sad experiences, but they are exceptions and ey not the rule, and considering that we find much sinfulness in th our own hearts and that even the Apostles had to upbraid -:i i th their congregations for divers sins and vices, we are not dis- al couraged; the less so, as on the other hand we see many hope- it ful signs to encourage us. Y 10 3. The Word of God and Prayer. al The Word of God which is preached twice every Sunday in €y all our stations and also in a number of out-stations, is receiv- g ed willingly and bears good fruit. The morning services are It everywhere attended very satisfactorily, in some stations also 0] the evening and week services. In the Mahratta country the I Dengue has often prevented considerable numbers of Christi- ans from attending the services. Instead of weekly services 0 ,% 29 6 be- Mr. Ménner in Udapy has introduced house services. As 1t r for would be next to impossible for the Christians to come to- after gether from their distant and scattered dwellings, he visited the £ de- Christian houses by turns, reading a portion of the Word of God, explaining it and concluding with prayer. We pain Wl think this a very judicious plan, worthy of imitation in other ee 4 places. ) 18- Our congregations also take an interest in the Missionary hild- meetings which we hold in all our stations on the 1st Sunday CCus- of every month, and the progress of the kingdom of God. ueh, The Missionary spirit is not wanting among them, as we ehts, know that many of our people are not ashamed to speak about have salvation through Christ to unbelievers, when opportunities rved offer. At Calicut the members of a prayer-meeting began of their own accord to collect amongst themselves for the Mission veral and last year their subscriptions amounted to Rs. 20. In most houses family-prayer is offered at least in the and evening, if not also in the morning. Those who cannot read g8 10 themselves, make their children read a chapter and then say raid the Lord’s Prayer. The members of the congregation have dis also private prayer-meetings amongst themselves, and in several J0pe- stations, where these were not before held, they have been be- gun At Dharwar the young men have begun a regular “meet- ing”, that is, they do not only pray together, but also speak about the portion of the Word of God which they have read, every one making a few practical remarks upon it. We ) il el take it as a very encouraging sign that such a prayer-meeting has also been begun at Chowa. The men there, young and are old, meet for prayer every Sunday from 7 to 10 »p. m. They also the read portions of Holy Scripture, sing and pray together. This meeting is a great blessing to the congregation, for the parti- isti- rices cipators in it exercise discipline among themselves and make e o 30 peace wheré it is disturbed; they also have forbidden drinking, i gla our so that whilst this vice was formerly very common, it has now disappeared nearly altogether. The Lord has indeed done ult s great things at Chowa; for although ungodly things still hap- pen, yet he who knows the wretched condition of these con people 15 years ago and compares it with their present Du religious and moral condition, must confess that the Lord’s (h work has certainly been going on there. the fi For the most part we have suitable, although humble, places of worship. At out-stations the services are usually conducted in school-rooms. For some time regular services have been held in the town of Tellicherry (the greater part of the congre- gation lives on the Nettur hill, two miles distant from the town, where they also have their services); and it is therefore very desirable that they should have a suitable place of worship. The few English residents there have a nice little church for themselves; the Romish Christians build new churches and re- % pair dilapidated ones. It is therefore a very natural wish that we also should have a separate edifice for the accommodation of the congregation and as a witness to the heathen around. i Lastly we wish to express our thanks to Mr. Fr. Cockburn at Kotagherry for having supplied our native church there with new and strong seats. 4. Their liberality and endeavours at self-support. 'ﬁ It has sometimes been said, that the amount of subscriptions and donations which a man gives towards his Heavenly Master’s Al- cause is a very good barometer of his spiritual condition. though we do not agree with this statement in this naked form, yet there is some truth in it, and for a number of years it has been our endeavour to accustom our Native Christians to contri- bute towards the Lord’s cause according to their ability. We are 31 — king, glad to see that our endeavours have not been in vain and that 10w our Native Christians have begun to see the truth of the word lone «Jt is more blessed to give than to receive In illustration of hap this we may mention the contributions of several of our Native hese congregations towards divers charitable and mission purposes sent During the past year the Mangalore congregation with 1039 id's Christians of whom 611 are communicants, has contributed the following sums: — Rs As P aces cted Collection at the Sunday services, baptisms and marriages 264 6 11 been 210 Local Mission Fund, 1nclud1ng collectlon at the Mission Anniversary 115 4 WL, 337 b Church tax ) Towards the Madras B1ble Somety 32 14 :hlp Towards the Sick-house 22 8 for Do 38 15 Orphanages | 76 Donations for the General Mission Fund 33 4 (e (e}, ) ] Kol op) £ (aw) hat 844 9 7 f1on The congregation at Calicut with 550 members, of whom d 308 are communicants, has contributed the following sums:— un Towards the Poor Fund 198 (@p) 103 rith Towards the burying fund Offerings at the Sunday morning services and Missionary meetings 93 Church tax 80 rt Rice collection (valued) 31 28 0ns District Widow Fund o' Collection for Orphanage 53 60 % 0 o 00 B I =1 Al Towards the Mission Fund Towards paying off the debt of the new Glrls il School-house 75 has 724 1 16 We mention with particular satisfaction that several «“spe- P il 32~ cial thank-offerings” are included in this sum. For instance at the beginning of the year a young woman gave Mr. Shaufler Rs. 14, as a thank-offering on account of the safe delivery of her first child. The congregation at Kotagherry numbering 57 Christians of whom 22 are communicants has contributed Rs. 70 for tea Wh charitable and mission purposes. 101 Considering the general poverty of our congregations, and that the greater number of our Christians have an income less liz than Rs. 10 per month, we think these results very satisfac- gat tory and encouraging, and hope that the mouths of those may be stopped who only speak of natives becoming Christians for the (h TED sake of gain and of their remaining Christians only as long as We do not say that Mis they enjoy temporal advantages thereby. hot we have no “rice Christians” in our congregations: alas! we Tl have some. But we have neither induced them to join us in order to swell our numbers, nor do we encourage them to Gan G0y remain, when we find out their real intentions. Such ur a case happened last year at Kaity. A woman returned to her heathen relatives, because a regular small sum which she had m ang formerly received, was withdrawn in 1871. She has done well, and no Missionary will run after her to call her back again. R ——— ——— I As to the items above mentioned, we wish to say a few are Sid« words about «“Church taxes.” A small sum is yearly levied from every communicant in our congregations and only those hey are exempted whose poverty is well known. These collections by are put into a fund which must accumulate till it has reach- ed a certain sum, and even then not the principal, but only () the yearly interest is taken to cover the expenses of the con- TR, G - S PSRN S thy of gregation, that is, to maintain ministers, schoolmasters etc. Thus we hope that in the course of time the Mission will become thy self-supporting. I § 33 — ace uffer 1V. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. { her 1 Elementary Schools. Being convinced that preaching is very necessary, and that Hang ) for teaching should not be neglected, we neither belong to those who think that the Mission has no business to establish Schools, nor to those who believe that India should chiefly be evange- cand ) Jess lized by means of educational establishments. We have an Elementary Parochial School in every congre- sfac- gation and in all those of our out-stations, where half a dozen may rihe Christian children can be got together. And we may as well remark here, that according to the rule laid down in our ¢ a8 that Mission, the parents or guardians of our Christian children are bound to send them to School till they are about 14 years old. ! we This rule is, however, sometimes infringed, as some parents 1§ 10 The m 10 cannot yet see the great benefit derived from education. course of lessons in these Schools is very much like that in Such 0 her our Boarding Boys' and Girls’ Schools, which we shall notice in another paragraph. The efficiency and zeal of the teachers had and the progress of the children in these Schools have in ge- well, neral been satisfactory. Sometimes these Christian Schools all are also attended by heathen and Mohamedan children. Be- , few sides we have in many of our stations Elementary Schools for eried heathen, in which regular religious instruction is given either those by the Missionary of the station or a Catechist. 11008 Every Missionary who has been in charge of such Schools each can witness that the labour bestowed on them is not in vain, and only that he has often been encouraged by seeing the blessed truths con of the Word of God so gladly received by heathen children. As Thus these Schools do not differ very much from each other, a few oMe remarks about one of them will be sufficient for all. For in- stance thg Elementary School at Hubly had in attendance 69 b AR T 34 boys in January 1872 and 85 during the rainy season. After Mal 2 the rainy season the number of boys decreased somewhat on aho : account of the labours connected with the harvest. Instruc- tion is imparted from 7 to 10 a. m. and from 2 to 51 ». m. und Rs. 73-8-0 of grants-in-aid were received from Government. ard The course of instruction comprises Bible Stories of the New mp and Old Testaments and the learning by heart of Scripture pas- sigh sages, Reading and Writing of the native language, Outlines of that Geography, the elements of Arithmetic, Grammar, and select lar portions of native classics. When Mr. F. Ziegler, the Mission uTh School Inspector of the district, inspected the School, he examin- for ed the boys in a story of the Old Testament and in one of the New 1§ 9 Testament, and although the former had not been repeated for 000 9 months, and the latter for 7 months, yet the answers were 400 very satisfactory and it was very encouraging indeed, writes . fo 1 Thumm, to hear them say their Scripture passages so fluently. Gros In the number of these Elementary Schools are also the ! two Brahmin Girls’ Schools at Mangalore, which have last year Wit} been under the care of Mrs. Gracter, and after her departure they under that of Mrs. Walz and Mrs. Pfleiderer. The female our teachers of these Schools, together with several grown up girls a8 of the congregation, receive regular instruction for their im- bug provement by the ladies in charge of these Schools and thus i al form a «“female teachers’ training class.” Bih In the latter part of the year an Elementary School was It is opened in Mangalore for the children of the Drummers. th@ superintended by Mr. Sikemeier who also holds a meeting in i th the school-room every Tuesday evening for the benefit of the Drummers and others who wish to attend. to Ve 2. Our Anglo-Vernacular Schools. o At the beginning of the year the number of our Anglo-Verna- 1 cular Schools was seven, two in the Mahratta district, four in han 35 e After Malabar, and one in Mangalore. But the last-mentioned was af on abolished early in 1872 on account of insufficient attendance. struc- These Schools are established to bring those Hindoo youths %P. A, under the influence of the Gospel who aim at a higher stand- ment. ard of education. Although, therefore, we take great pains to New impart sound secular instruction in them, yet we never lose e pas- sight of this chief aim. And we have much pleasure in seeing nes of that our endeavours are not in vain. Of the Anglo-Vernacu- select lar School at Hubly, for instance, Mr. Ziegler writes as follows: 185101 «The number of boys has been slowly but steadily increasing AIIID- for the last 5 years, so that whilst in 1868 it was only 20, it 2 New & 55 in 1872, But what encourages me still more, is the d for conviction, that our labour is not in vain. We have taken Were another step towards the principal aim of the School, which is 5 M. to undermine heathenism and to sow the precious seed of the ly Gospel in the heart. Whilst a few years ago most boys of the o the upper class still defended their heathenish systems of religion with more or less vehemence, you may now sometimes hear ; year rhure them exclaiming, ‘All the assertions about the Hindoo gods in our books are untrue.’ I am the more encouraged thereby, male girls as I very seldom attack their false religion in a direct way, 7 1 but rather prefer the plain light of the Gospel to dispel their thus darkness. Besides the boys often put such questions in the Bible lessons that you can see they take a lively interest in | was them, whilst formerly they showed much indifference and en- It 18 mity.” It has already been remarked in last year’s Report 1 in that the “Brennen School” at Tellicherry had to be given back { the to Government. But when the Mission re-opened its Anglo- Vernacular School in another locality, it was very gratifying to see the attachment of the boys to the Mission School, as most of them came back to us, so that the number of boys 11 had increased to 186 at the close of the year, namely 6 Christ- i Hk > 36 ol e ians, 166 heathen and 14 Mohamedans. The work of this t0 “ar School as also that of our other Anglo-Vernacular Schools is opened daily with a portion of Holy Scripture and prayer and 0r the also closes with a short prayer. Whilst our Anglo-Vernacular School at Cannanore has re- sad ceived a new and suitable building in the Camp Bazaar and ord the number of boys has increased from 93 to 129, that in 80U Dharwar had to go through a severe trial on account of the BO( for opening of the Government High School, the number of boys having been very considerably decreased ; yet we have no reason the to despond, as 64 boys (that being the number on the roll-call (Ul at the close of the year) under the influence of Gospel truth, the is a number not to be despised. are The Anglo-Vernacular School at Calicut has 153 boys and fro is in a very satisfactory condition. In Palghaut there is still e much aversion to the Christian instruction in our school, and fl! sl many parents prefer sending their boys to other schools. all 3. Our Boys’ aﬁd Girls’ Boarding Schools. att Our Mission supports altogether four Boarding Schools for Fies girls, three for boys and one, in Kaity, for both boys and girls. R—————— 1 As these institutions annually cost a large amount of money, itk let us first say a word about their necessity and the great tio benefit which accrues from them to our congregations and the Bi progress of our work generally. A great number of the in- | b mates of these institutions are poor Christian orphans who, were of it not for the refuge they find in them, would be utterly desti- als tute and abandoned to physical and moral ruin; the parents thy of others are either too poor or morally unfit to give their af children any thing like education. Others again have come il from heathenism and have found a refuge in these institutions. % 8l “The parents of most of these boys” says Mr. Ziegler, referring = % 37 e SRS this to a large number of boys in the Hubly Boys’ Boarding School, ls is “are either morally degraded, or excommunicated, or heathens, and or they are unknown, so that we have much reason to thank the Lord that He has prepared them a home here; but their y 16 sad antecedents also make it our duty to pray for them, in and order that they may not fall a prey to the enemy of their fm souls.” And Mr. Knobloch who has been in charge of the Girls’ the Boarding School in Calicut, since the departure of Mrs. Schaufler boys for Europe, writes as follows: «Of the 73 girls on the list at 801 the close of the year, 22 have lost both parents, 36 have lost call one, one is a heathen, the parents of two others are still hea- uth thens, 7 come from wretched families, the parents of 4 others are very poor; the parents of one girl live in Beypoor (7 miles and from Calicut) and pay for her boarding.” These statements, still we think, supply sufficient reasons for the establishment of such and schools; they are truly philanthropic institutions! The course of instruction pursued in these schools is natur- ally of an elementary kind, but a «“higher class” is usually attached to them for those boys and girls who have good abili- for ties and of whom it is presumed that they may become useful in the service of the Mission, hereafter, as Catechists, School- 1ls masters and Schoolmistresses. The chief subjects of instruc- ney, reab tion (of course all taught in the Vernacular) are the following: Bible reading and Bible stories, learning by heart Scripture the ) 10 passages and Hymns, Reading, Writing, Grammar, the elements of Arithmetic, the Outlines of Geography, (in some schools yere ot also of History) Singing, and in the higher class English. Whilst the forenoon in these institutions is dedicated to lessons, the onfs afternoon is employed for field and garden work in the boys’ heir ome institutions, and for sewing, knitting and crochet work in the girls’ institutions. ons: g In general we can say that these institutions are a very il 0 38 R g the great blessing to most of the children educated therein and pu the latter repay by their good conduct and diligence the trouble taken with them. With some of course all our endeavours fail, ml( el as is the case in every institution. At Tellicherry, for instance, pu several boys ran away, because they did not like to conform clo to the strict discipline which is necessary in such an insti- st tution. Bs Concerning one of them Mr. Schmolk, who is in charge of the institution there, relates the following remarkable story: ed n “For some time this boy had been afflicted with epileptic fits and had therefore enjoyed more of the master’s care than the hay other boys. In January he was sent to Palghaut for change ‘% (i of air. «After his return,” says Mr. Schmolk, “we had the im- pression that he rather liked the return of his fits; he grew 1§ % of overbearing, was not content with his food and clothes, would always idle about and insulted his comrades. ‘When he one T¢] day got a sound beating for this bad behaviour, his epileptic ha fits ceased and never returned. A few weeks afterwards he of ran away with another discontented boy, first to Palghaut where el The cler- he had some relatives, and from thence to Cochin. S gyman there put him in an English School, and several months Th afterwards sent him back to his (European) father in Calcutta. tha Sey On his way there he paid us a visit, looking like a SCATECTOW in his European clothes, and pretending to have forgotten his § native tongue and to know only English.” Such sad experiences are however amply outweighed by the encouragement we feel when our labours are blessed with a favourable result. It was very touching” says Mr. Knobloch, *to Sllp see the attachment the girls manifested towards Mrs. Schauffler it at her departure to Europe. Besides they took a lively inter- Ll est in regard to the debt which rests on the institution, and al having received our promise that their earnings in their leisure ft hours should be used for the purpose of liquidating the debt, - i 39 [ ———— and they worked so industriously that they realized Rs. 75 for the uble purpose. At their request the girls have also received per- fall, mission to save a good handful of rice every day for charitable e, purposes. In this way they got Rs. 5-9 with which they bought form cloth, made clothes of it and presented them to the poor- nsti- est children of the congregation at Christmas. They also put Rs. 10-7-8 into the mission box. arge We have often been encourag- 017 ed by their giving similar proofs of their good will and unselfish interest.” o fits Mr. Walter in Chombala has had the happiness of ) the baptizing three of the seven heathen girls who entered the Girls’ School in the course of the year. Lalllge 10 The health of the inmates of the greaterﬁ number of these institutions has been good. Others have had a very bad time grew ould of it during the whole of the rainy season, especially at Mulky, Tellicherry and partly at Hubly. At Mulky so many girls ) 016 eptic had dysentery and fever that for several weeks the number of sick girls was greater than thatof the healthy; two of them s he here were called from this life and departed in joyful trust in their Saviour. cler- Two others were for some time on the point of death. The boys at Tellicherry were all attacked by chicken-pox, so nths that the lessons had to be discontinued for several weeks. ;utt&: Several boys had to go even twice through this sickness. crov 1 hiS 4. Middle Schools, Training Classes % and Catechist Seminary. by These three kinds of institutions have the special aim of 1th & h,<t0 supplying our Mission with Catechists and Teachers. In the ﬂﬂ@r Middle Schools the boys remain for 4 years: then those who wish to become teachers have to enter the Training Class for el and about two years, and those who are willing and whom we believe fit to become Catechists, enter the Seminary for 3 or 4 years. IsiIe The special aim of the Middle Schools being to prepare debt, 40 ey pupils for the Training Classes and the Seminary, it is evident teact that many lessons must be taught in them which are considered ing ( unnecessary in Anglo-Vernacular Schools, whilst other lessons, which are thought indispensable in Anglo-Vernacular Schools, aCC0! are set aside in our Middle Schools. The list of lessons taught ment last year in the Udapy Middle School (from which that in indel A8818 Tellicherry does not materially differ) is as follows: Sacred History, Catechism, Bible lessons, that is popular and practical from explanation of Holy Scripture, Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, Semr Universal History, the History of India, Canarese, English, yean Greek, Malayalam, Sanscrit and Singing. homg he w Mr. Miiller, the Principal of the Udapy Middle School, had to repair to the Neilgherry Hills, in order to recruit his health dism after more than 10 years’ uninterrupted labour in the under- One mining climate of the Western Coast. During his absence a m 61 kind of foolish and childish insubordination manifested itself fore against the Acting Principal. It was, however, put down pup without difficulty and the repentence of the ringleaders seemed so sincere that no dismissal of pupils was necessary. At the Exp beginning of the year three pupils of this School entered the the Catechist Seminary. Preg The Tellicherry Middle School has during the past year re———— crit, had the greatest number of pupils ever attained, namely 41, Lafj of whom two passed the 5th Grade teachers’ examination at fiffh Cannanore. Two pupils entered the Training Class, and one Emp the Catechist Seminary at Mangalore. iy The course of instruction in our Training Classes at Udapy full and Tellicherry is partly theoretical and partly practical, that m——— oo Putf is, besides receiving lessons in various sciences, they have to im- pra) part lessons in the junior classes of the Boys’ Schools, under {rig the surveillance of older teachers and the Missionary in charge, i) The Udapy Training Class has five pupils who will D. V. become ang 41 e e ident teachers in 1873. All the four pupils of the Tellicherry Train- idered ing Class have become teachers during the course of last year. 95008, The Catechist Seminary at Mangalore suffered much on hools, account of the illness of its Kuropean teachers, as we have anght mentioned in the beginning of this Report. The Seminary is at 1 indebted to much gratitude towards Mr. Wenger for his ready acred assistance in this time of trouble. Mr. Walz arrived in July ctical from Honore to take Mr. Graeter’s place. In the ranks of the oebra, seminarists more gaps were made this year than in former glish, years. Devadasa, from the Mahratta district, had to be sent home, as 18 months’ trial had fully convinced him and us that he was unfit for the climate on this coast. Another one was | had health dismissed, a third one’s resignation was accepted. A fourth nder- one, from Malabar, had tobe sent to the Udapy Middle School in order to improve his knowledge of Canarese and Greek be- nee o itself fore taking up his studies in the Seminary. Thus we lost four down pupils in the course of the year. emed The subjects of instruction last year were the following: § the Explanation of several books of the Old and New Testaments, the latter from the Original; Doctrines of Faith; Homiletics, 3d the Preaching exercise, Catechetical exercise, English, Greek, Sans- In December the annual exami- year crit, Hinduism and Singing. nation was held, to which four seminarists were admitted; a 1y 41» on ab fifth whose course was likewise finished, was ordered to seek employment elsewhere, till we could place more confidence in d one him. The four examinandi passed the examination success- Tdapy fully and on the 15th of December we had the pleasure of putting them into their new office by the laying on of hands and , hat prayer. Three of them will be stationed in the Canara dis- 0 - trict, where there is still a great need for Catechists, and one mder in Malabar. We beseech the Lord to keep them in His fear 1ge: and love, and to make them fruitful in His vineyard. 1000 42 Ll tion 210 V. THE GOSPEL AMONG THE HEATHEN. stat Preaching to the heathen has been carried on as much as eal possible, that is to say, as much as was possible without neg- at | lecting the spiritual wants and care of our congregations and Ji of | schools. For we are of opinion that these duties must first stil] be attended to, and that as far as lies in us, nothing should &1 be neglected which serves to make the congregations attractive GeNn, in the sight of the heathen, by leading a life worthy of the gal calling wherewith they are called. Bazaar preaching has been dal t regularly carried on in almost every station where there is a bazaar at all. Most of the heathen festivals and market Bet places have been visited by Missionaries, Catechists and Col- | ¢ porteurs, and many preaching tours have been undertaken in g s every direction of our field of labour. The impression made | hig by all these efforts on the heathen population is not every- fer where the same. In some places the Gospel is heard atten- ng tively, in others it raises disputes and quarrels, and in some Especially in wif places it is heard with apparent indifference. i % Honore, Mercara and on the Neilgherry Hills the patience of Ing the Brethren is severely tried by the apparent unproductiveness of their endeavours. «In the twenty-five years of my labour Bo: i in the Tulu country,” says Mr. Bihrer of Kotagherry, «I was pri- ful vileged to baptize more than 150 heathen in the name of Christ, but here in Kotagherry I have not yet baptized even a tn single heathen, notwithstanding that I have constantly ex- horted and besought them to forsake their heathenish ways ly and to believe in Christ. Truly we stand in need of much i patience and faith, and I thank God that I have not yet be- ba come disheartened.” 801 The numerical result in this branch of our labour is, that Iy the Lord has allowed us to baptize 143 heathen, as we men- B e 43 tioned on page 26; and besides there are at the close of the year 270 Catechumens (inquirers under instruction) in the various stations. As has been the case for several years, so also last ch as year the richest harvest has been gathered in at Mulky and Deg- at Udapy, these two stations having not only had an increase 5 and of 51 members, but at the close of the year 181 persons were first still under instruction for baptism. The increase of the con- hould gregation at Mulky would have been still greater than the chive census shows, if a number of families had not left for Man- »f the galore, in order to find more suitable means of earning their been daily bread. 158 A very interesting baptism was celebrated by afr. Roth at arket Bettigherry. «Three years ago,” says he, «“a heathen was bap- (ol tized and received the name of Devapriya; but on account of 1 10 his conversion he was driven from his home and family by made his own father and cousin. Last year, however, the two lat- fery- ter themselves asked for baptism. They received it after due tten- instruction, and are now living in Devapriya’s house. The 506 wife of the latter still lives in heathenism, and after having ly 1 been divorced from her according to the rules laid down in the ) Of Indian Marriage Act, he has married a well-minded girl of the 01688 Boarding School. They, together with Devapriya’s newly bap- hour tized father and cousin, seem to lead a very happy and peace- y pl‘i— ful life and are one of the best families in the congregation.” eOf In Hosadurga, on the southern frontier of the Canara dis- trict, eleven persons were baptized by Mr. Wenger, and we glad- ex ly availed ourselves of this happy occurrence to establish a ays new out-station there. It was a great joy to us to be able to uch baptize these first-fruits of a new place, and as there are thee some Christians also in Ravaneshwara, five miles from Hosa- durga, we hope that soon a new station with European Mis- fhat sionaries will be established in that part of the district. pel 6% 44 e In some respects the work of the Colporteur is even more OV In important than the preaching of the Word to the heathen. mak the various stations nine Colporteurs have been paid by the Mangalore Book Depository and several others by the Madras sche Bible Society. We give a few particulars about the operations mt of the three Colporteurs who laboured under the supervision heal of Mr. Schoch of Cannanore. “This very important branch of pait Mission work,” says he, “was conducted with much energy and 10w great pleasure, and as far as numbers are concerned, it has call shown a satisfactory result. No less than 7,318 Copies of the il 11§ Bible, New Testaments, portions of Holy Scripture, Tracts and a b School-books were sold last year, and the amount realized is Sel Rs. 1,203. all “Two Colporteurs were employed by the Madras Bible e and Society and one Tract Colporteur by the Mangalore Mission fo ) Book Depository. They systematically visited every town and every village in North Malabar. In all seasons you see them in the street and at the poorest huts, offering the precious Word to the people. No pains are too great, the burden and heat of the day are not shunned in making the Word of God acces- hag sible to all classes of people. Like the itinerary Missionary, oot ahoy the Colporteur must daily be prepared for new combat; for 12th the enemy of souls resists him in innumerable ways. Scorn, Wag contempt and ridicule are often the share allotted to him in Tnep market-places by heathen priests and fanatical Mohamedans. - = <z oA el But by many also he i1s gladly welcomed, and as the sales Hupy show, not sent away empty. Therefore their labour has its Ty reward; and although darkness still covers the country, yet we I, see rays of light here and there and the promise that the earth timg shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord being gradually PN IS the fulfilled. Our native Colporteurs see this also and this is the the reason why they do not lose their courage. The wonderful ahle U — 45 S el ey 1more power from above always strengthens them anew and thus L In makes them fit for further endeavours. ¥ the “This work cannot be given up. When we see heathen adras schools everywhere established and heathenish literature taught ations in them, we must the more take pains to supply them with yIsion healthy food. Also our Catechists and Evangelists often take ch of part in the sale of books and meet with great encouragement 7 and now and then. A land-owner in this district, for instance, t has called all his labourers together after the address of the Cate- of the chist was finished, and ordered every one of his people to buy s and a book. When they replied that they had no money, he an- o 18 swered that they might give rice or pepper instead of it and a Mappilah who was also present, immediately took the produce Bible and paid the full bazaar price for it. May the Lord continue to bless this branch of our labour.” 185101 1 and them Word VL. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW STATION. heat The most important new undertaking during the past year 0065 has been the establishment of a Station at Karkal, a town nary, about 35 miles to the north-east of Mangalore. On January for 12th of last year the foundation stone for the Mission Bungalow o, was laid in the presence of the Christian and heathen work- n n | men It was a solemn hour, and the prayer which was offer- ed up and the address delivered on 1 Peter 2, 1—10 by M. dans sales Hartmann evidently made a deep impression on all present. From this day to the setting in of the south-west monsoon § its of W6 Mr. Hartmann and his family had to live in tents, and several earth times experienced the particular care and divine protection of aally the Lord during fearful thunderstorms. In May and even at g the the beginning of June the weather was so exceptionally favour- able for building purposes that the heathen Magistrate said erfl e 46 to Mr. Hartmann, “Truly your God is with you, seeing that He 1601 of b lets all the country around be dried up, in order that you may have sunny weather for building”; and notwithstanding form many difficulties, Mr. Hartmann and family were able to leave nw the tent and remove to the new house on June 5th. The very the 1 next day the monsoon set in with a vehemence seldom witnessed. hesor The feelings with which the establishment of this new and station has been looked upon on the part of the heathen po- Sane pulation, must be called decidedly friendly. Only the Conkany inqu Wor bazaar dealers showed signs of disapproval at the beginning; but when they saw that we only expended money without send- her | ing any out of the country, they soon became reconciled to also our design; and even more, when we stood before their temple fores preaching Christ on the day of their principal festival, several they young men from among them successfully stopped the noise like which was intended by several malicious persons to drown our 10ry voices. When the drums were brought out and began their — We noisy business, a hint from these friendly young men was cont enough to silence them. Then some boys began to ring the g bells of a well decorated car; but also this trick was easily e —t"; put down. The other castes have scarcely shown us an un- friendly face. At the two principal festivals of the rural popu- lation in this district we had occasion to preach to large crowds J— of people and were not in the least interrupted. Soon after his arrival in Karkal Mr. Hartmann began to receive visits from well-wishing heathens, who however, were chiefly moved by curiosity: they wanted to see a European lady all < and European children and hear them talk the native lan- S10p, guage. One of them, Tukra by name, seemed to have come the from another motive. On being asked what he wanted, he gave % the usual answer ¢nothing”. Afterwards, however, he took frag 1g la a letter from his pocket and gave it to Mr. Hartmann. It was a ang _— 47 ot He recommendation written by some Christians in Padur, relatives b you of his wife Mani, who it was said, had to suffer much from the nding leave tormenting of her family demons (bhutas). On the first Sunday in which divine service was ¢enducted in the sitting-room of VelIy the new Mission house, this man Tukra was also present and o556, besought the Missionary to come to his house, offer up a prayer new and take away the idols (demons), which was also done the 1 po- same day. Thus this man and his wife Mani have become kany inquirers and have since then been attentive hearers of the Word of God. The mother of this wife, Baidi by name, with ning; send- her son Narana and her son-in-law Appanna with their wives o t0 also -expressed their wish to become inquirers. Although un- mple foreseen obstacles were placed ‘in their way, yet in November :\"91'341 they had their idols taken away and became attentive hearers, 00156 like Tukra and his wife. They have already committed to me- ] 0Ur mory the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed and the Ten Commandments. We hope that they will be baptized in 1873. May the Lord their Was continue to bless this new station and make it fruitful in win- ; the ning many souls for Him who gave His life for their salvation. 5&Sﬂy il opu- W I.NDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND ’ owds MERCANTILE BRANCHES. Nl tO 1 Weaving, Carpenter and Tiling Establishments. ere These Establishments which are connected with our Mission, Jady all owe their existence to the many troubles which the Mis- Jan- sionaries met with in finding a suitable means of livelihood for their converts. 0me Those among them who had at all learnt a trade, were unable to continue it, because their former heathen ga\’e ook relatives and friends had broken off all connection with them; and those who had been coolies formerly, could no more find 28 b 48 et i work as such. Cases even have happened of well-to-do persons 1nor having had to forsake everything in following after Jesus. What was to be done with these persons? The Missionary can- Mr. not say to them, “Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled,” without giving them those things which are needful to the body; and neither can he support his converts. As provision for such 1nd difficulties the above mentioned establishments have been begun, 811 and we have found them to answer their purpose excellently. heer Not only a good number of our converts honestly earn their byl livelihood in them, but they are also a touchstone for lazy in- 86t quirers who pretend to be anxious about the salvation of their the souls, whilst in reality they seek only temporal advantages. The principle acted upon in these establishments is, «If any of ) 1Thess. 3, 10. man will not work, neither shall he eat.” and The Weaving Establishment in Mangalore gives work to 83 thre persons, 42 men and 41 women; among the former is also the suff blind boy Abraham who earns his livelihood by drawing water for the dyers, sweeping the dyeing house and doing other me- nte nial work; and all this he does with such promptness that no Cou; one would ever imagine him to be blind. The average earn- 8¢ ings of a weaver are about 9 Rupees a month. 24,520 yards i} of cotton cloth for Europeans and Natives have been woven hag during the past year. The spirit amongst the labourers is a good one; especially they feel that they owe much gratitude towards the Mission, not only for the spiritual, but also for the temporal blessings they enjoy, and in order to show their grati- byj tude not only by words, but also by deeds, they have planted Ty a large number of cocoanut and mango treesin a garden near The the weaving house, with the intention that the whole produce all of it shall be put into the Mission box. The hardest task in the constructing this garden was the digging of a well, water not g being found until they had dug to a depth of 60 feet. fag 49 S 8018 Every day’s work in the Weaving Establishment begins with SUS, morning prayer, conducted one week by the Superintendent Gan. Mr. Digel, the next week by his Native Assistant Leonhard Shiri. ed,” The Weaving Establishments in Cannanore and Tellicherry, ody; and that in Chombala, opened in September last, have been such under the direction of Mr. Schoch of Cannanore, that in Calicut oun, is in charge of Mr. Elsisser. In the latter 12,651 yards have itly been woven during the past year, part of which has been sold heir by Messrs. Frank & Co. in Madras. These gentlemen always set aside half of their commission as a donation to the Mission, y - et the sum amounting last year to Rs. 145-4-6. 1 The Carpenters’ Shop in Calicut, under the superintendence any of Mr. Spillmann, has given an honest livelihood to 28 Christians and a number of heathens. Several of the former, as well as 083 three weavers have worked so steadily that they have saved sufficient money to purchase their own houses and compounds. ) the ater The Tiling business in Mangalore, which has been super- Jilly intended by Mr. Hiittinger, has manufactured and sold in the { 10 course of the past year more than 170,000 flat tiles, and their a1 usefulness is so much appreciated by the population that, not- ards withstanding several rival manufactories, the demand for them 0yen has been so great, that many orders could not be executed. 150 2. Printing Press and Book Depository. fude - the The Printing Press in Mangalore has been superintended ;ra’[i- by Messrs. Stolz ¢ Hirner and has also last year issued a good number of carefully printed Tracts, School-books, Almanacs etc. ,nted nedt The number of people employed by the Press is 38, nearly all of whom are Christians. We are thankful to say that duce the spirit of peace and unity prevails amongst the workmen ;k il and that the relation between masters and men is very satis- y.‘ I}Ot factory. 50 L The books, tracts etc. which are printed by the Press, are o sold by the Book Depository, of which Messrs. Stolz and Sikemeier | are in charge They have a Depot in each of our stations : LIST OF BOOKS Printed during the year 1872 Bihl Bibl a) Canarese Edition. Size Pages. Copies te Reli Old Testament Commentary, continued 80 80 1000 First Catechism of Grammar IV 1162 30 3000 Sche Map Second - do VII 12¢ 60 4000 VII 12° 86 4000 First Canarese Instructor Canarese School Grammar 122 128 4000 IT folio 500 | Sheet-Lessons in large Type Almanac for 1873 80 72 4000 ? Iec A Dialogue on some of the Hmdu Systems of Religion Jo20 40 3000 16° 16 6000 Rel The Way of Wisdom E What is Truth? II 1162 26 3000 Canarese-English Translator II 80 97 2000 Congregational Paper, Vol. IV, 80 120 200 Children’s 11T 80 48 200 ”» ” b) Tulu A Grammar of the Tulu Language 80 148 500 req ahl c¢) English A Tract on Sacrifice 12° 134 500 e S48 3 hey 80 57 1200 82nd Report of the Basel Mission her Varadaraja’s Law of Partition and Succession 80 76 200 {0 1 Revenue Compendium, begun 80 480 500 The Madras Educational Record 80 440 400 lar d) Malayalam WIs Almanac for 1873 8¢ 72 3500 i The Sufferings of Christ, in m;:tre 16° 73 4000 80 595 1500 A Manual of Pharmacy Dr. Gundert’s Malayalam Dxctlonary, ﬁmshed 80 534 1500 Total 3417 48700 T — 51 , are meier LIST OF TRACTS AND BOOKS SOLD. § Own Foreign Publications Pufb1icati0ns Total English English nac?ﬂ-ar nacular Bibles and New Testaments 242 47 142 431 Bible portions and Tracts with selec- ted Bible Passages 8759 645 9404 Jopies 1000 Religious Tracts and Books 225 20963 373 639 22200 School Books ete. 11 11069 4768 6785 22633 3000 1313 1313 Maps,Picture-Books & Picture-Sheets 4000 55981 4000 236' 41033] 6501‘ 8211 4000 500 This year also we have to acknowledge with thanks the 4000 receipt of a grant of 300 reams of printing paper from the 3000 Religious Tract Society, London. 6000 3000 2000 200 3. The Mercantile Branches 200 at Mangalore, Mercara and Calicut. This part of the work was established in order to meet the 00 requirements of the Mission Stations and of the industrial est- ablishments, and to represent the latter in their mercantile bearings. They now not only give employment to a good num- 500 ber of our Native Christians, but also contribute their share 1200 200 to the funds of the Society. 500 Besides this the general agency of the Mission in its secu- 400 lar matters is conducted by the Mangalore Branch which like- wise is the centre for the management of the whole of the 3500 Mission accounts and monetary transactions. 4000 1500 1500 8700 % 52 s fhe THE OPERATIONS OF 12 OUR SOCIETY IN OTHER COUNTRIES. la 1 In Africa.® the Iy Our Basel Evangelical Missionary Society has 8 stations on the unhealthy Gold Coast of Africa. The number of Mis- En 501 sionaries labouring there is 32, assisted by 26 Catechists, 11 Na- tive Schoolmasters and 12 female teachers. The number of e Christians belonging to the Mission is 1952, the number of off heathens admitted into the church during the past year is 105, (01 and the number of inquirers under instruction for baptism wit 18 83 eve Thus we see that notwithstanding the many obstacles which hinder the progress of the Lord’s work and the great ) eve unhealthiness of the climate, the Lord has graciously condes- cended to bestow His blessing on the labours of His servants. 1Ay The social and moral degradation of the African nations Tan is very keenly felt not only in our congregations, but also in for the Middle Schools and in the Catechist Seminary; and this is hoh no wonder, as evils which have been generally practised by a e nation for thousands of years are not easily eradicated. gar At Odumase a second story was being built on a part of an( the Mission house, but before the walls were finished, a strong Cag e — wind getting under the roof, lifted it up and threw the whole e on that part of the house which was inhabited by the Mission- heiy aries, thus not only causing them much fright, but also oc- 0rd casioning a great loss to the Mission fund. But notwithstand- 0 1 ing this mishap we have to praise the Lord for His kindness in lett not allowing the Missionaries to be hurt in the least. o During the whole of last year also a painful interest was Tag felt in the fate and welfare of Messrs. Kiihne and Ramseyer who, the the latter with his wife and child, have been languishing in thiy *Taken from the Report of the Home Committee. b()rs 53 —_— the miserable captivity of the barbarous Ashante king since 12th June 1869. The sufferings and privations especially of the lady and child are very severe. In the beginning of last year the peace negotiations with the king of Ashante were resumed by the English Government and the first condition put by 1008 \is England was the liberation of the European captives. After Na some time news was received that the king indeed would have r of been willing to release the captives, but that his chief military r of officer Adubofo looked on them as his personal property ac- cording to African martial law and that he would only part 103, tism with them on £6480 being paid as ransom. Afterwards, how- 1cles ever, a rumour was current that the peace party had gained the upper-hand in Ashante, but it has not been confirmed. And ;reat 1es- even if the liberation of the Missionaries could be effected by paying the above mentioned sum, they themselves refuse to be ants. Hons ransomed in that way, as it would then prove very profitable 50 1 for the Ashantees to pounce upon any European they could get hold of and to ask large ransoms for their liberation. At the IS 18 by & end of October intelligence reached us that the prospects re- garding the liberation of the captives were more favourable, and a letter written by the Acting Governor of Cape Coast it of Castle informs us that the Ashante king had agreed to ac- 1003 cept £1000 as ransom, and that an English messenger was ol 100: being despatched with that sum to the frontier of Ashante, in order to pay the ransom and to bring the captives with him o 0C- to the coast. In fact on the last day of December (1872) a mrz‘fi- letter written by one of the captives at a place, which is only 1 two days’ journey from the frontier of the Ashante kingdom, W was received in Basel. “On the 11th Nov.,” says Mr. Kiihne, If every- WA the writer of the letter, “the king sent us here. thing progresses favorably, we shall be with you (in Christians- = borg) next Christmas. The doubts, whether at last we were e really being set free or not, caused us so much anxiety that we felt quite feverish. Mrs. Ramseyer’s baby is teething and b very weak; we fear for its life. I dare say we must wait here 0 about four weeks before everything is settled.” I 81 According to this letter, the captive Missionaries are no longer detained in the capital, but are on their way to the fi i Coast, yet still in the Ashante territory, and with the prospect of having to stop there for a whole month. Since then several CC months have elapsed without bringing us any news at all, so W that we are again quite in the dark respecting these severely afflicted Brethren. Let all the Christian friends who read these “f lines unite with us in intercession for them and for the be- nighted kingdom of Ashante. Is it not written, that <the king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as rivers of water: ih he turneth it withersover he will’? Shall all the sufferings of our Brethren go for nothing? We cannot believe this, but are 8l on the contrary convinced that they will bear happy fruit for B the Mission in Africa and especially for the kingdom of Ashante. i During their captivity the Brethren have not forgotten the I work of their heavenly master. From Kumasse, the place of I their captivity, Mr. Ramseyer wrote as follows in August: «The i Lord hasﬁgiven us an open door and grace to preach salvation in Christ to many heathen. Every Sunday we stand in the (8 streets of Kumasse and tell three or four hundred listeners, lo how their Saviour has loved them even unto death. Then we ¥ have the small school which the Lord has given us. Ten or fo more of the wild Kumasse boys attend it pretty regularly for an hour a day; they learn to write on slates, to count and to sing. It is really touching to hear these children singing such hymns as ‘Great Immanuel’ etc. It is true, we must often call them in from the streets to get them together, but this hy work encourages us nevertheless.” In an audience with the & 55 e at king, the latter told Mr. Plange, the messenger of the English nd Government, to send a Missionary to his country. Mr. Plange 16 communicated this to our captives. Thus they found an op- portunity of asking the king, whether he would allow a Mis- sionary of our Society to settle in Kumasse and guarantee him 10 he full liberty. The king replied that it was on this point he ot had conversed with Mr. Plange. He wished a Missionary to 4l come, and build a house and preach the Word of God; he pro- mised even that he would send his sons to the school and 50 would himself now and then pay a visit to the Mission house. :1y 356 “And we too shall send our boys” added several chiefs. - he 2. In China. 2} Our Mission has four stations in China, namely Hongkong, of Lilong, Tshongtshun and Njenhangli, with seven ordained Mis- 16 sionaries, nine Catechists and nine Christian School-masters. Besides 10 Christian youths are preparing for Mission service in o1 te the Middle School and Catechist Seminary in Lilong. The number of Christians belonging to the Mission is 754; the he of number of persons baptized during the past year is 86; the Xhe number of inquirers under Christian instruction is 74. 01 After these general remarks we wish to give a few parti- he culars of the joys and sorrows of the Brethren there. In Li- 15, long the Brethren had to go through much anxiety. A few we years ago the Home Committee allowed a certain sum of money 01 for the enlargement of the educational establishments in Lilong, for as it was very desirable that the teachers and pupils of the t0 Catechist Seminary should have their own building, but when this plan was being executed, the hatred of foreigners of which ch el all the newspapers have told us, had already set in and the 1S building plan had to be given up. After peace was re-establish- ed in the country the Missionaries bought a building site and the S Sy 56 the necessary materials for building, and began building a wall 0 round the compound. These proceedings caused much excite- In ment and ill-will among the people of the village. In asking A for permission to build the boundary wall, the Missionaries had T omitted getting a written permission from the Chinese elders fu of the village, and this oversight gave the enemies occasion for quarrel and violence. A number of rude fellows came and th broke down the wall. Thereupon our senior Missionary, Mr. th Lechler, quickly came from Hongkong and appeased this storm th by paying 50 dollars for the oversight of the Lilong Missiona- [ Meanwhile ries, and thus peace seemed to be re-established. of the Consul of the German Empire in Canton whom Mr. Lech- I ler had made acquainted with this occurrence before leaving 10 Hongkong, had asked the Chinese Governor General of Quang- €X tung to send the elders of Lilong a warning through the 0n This occasioned an outbreak of fresh and more Mandarin. 1 vehement hostility against Mr. Bellon, senior Missionary of al the station and afterwards also against his colleague. As M. he Bellon was suspected of having caused the Mandarin to send 0u the warning, the heathens, together with several excommuni- 16 cated Christians, tried to get him into their power. Through ie God’s providence, however, Mr. Bellon succeeded in escaping secretly with his family, and reached Hongkong in safety. But then the wrath of the heathens was turned against 1 ch Mr. Gussmann who also had to flee to Hongkong after having th informed the district Mandarin of the state of affairs and having an made him responsible for the safety of the Mission property. 8I( The Mandarin then sent several officials and eight soldiers to 1 seal the Mission house and to protect the property. The elders A3 of Lilong were then warned to prevent any further violence. he By and by the excitement cooled down, but not to such a an degree as to allow the Missionaries to return to their station, 57 1l On the contrary they have resolved to get the pupils of the e Institution also to Hongkong and to continue their lessons there. g Although we do not yet know how this sad affair will end, yet ad we firmly believe that these trials also will turn out tQ the IS furtherance of Christ’s Kingdom in China. r In Hongkong “union meetings” have been introduced for nd As the Native Christians of the various Missionary Societies. /i three Evangelical Societies labour in Hongkong, the C. M. Society, Bk the L. M. Society and the Basel Missionary Society, three such 1% union meetings were held last year, one in the church of each ile of these Societies. The purpose of these meetings is to promote ]z unity in spirit among the Native Christians of the various de- g nominations; and we would wish that such unity in spirit 0. existed and were augmented in every field where more than he one Evangelical Missionary Society is labouring for the Lord. )16 Those of our Christians in Hongkong who are servants, are ol all well reported of by their employers except one, who has [r been dismissed by his master for laziness. A good number of nd our Christians are in the police, and two of them have already Il received the premium for good conduct during five years of L“h service. ng The greatest number of baptisms took place in Tschongtshun, namely 34. Of these new members 20 were adults and 14 \t} nst children. In Njenhangli an old man of seventy was among ng those baptized. He had attended divine service for six years )i and had repeatedly desired to be baptized. At last the Mis- int sionary fulfilled his wish on last Christmas day, although his t0 memory and faculties are so weak that he could remember ers very little of the instruction he had received. Never mind, if ce he only loves Christ and fully trusts in His atoning sufferings and death, all is well. ] & 0D ik e The pr oc]ress of the Basel German 10 Hvangelical Missionary Soczetz/ in. South-Western India, or (esfablzs/zedm 1834) dm"mg the Decade 1862-1872. th (Written for the Mission Conference at Allahabad.) For a brief, yet comprehensive, review of the progress and present state of this Society’s operations in Canara, Coorg, South-Mahratta, Malabar and the Neilgherries, we beg to refer I. To the Evangelistic and Pastoral Department. Churchmembers 1y Tert 1t01y Agency $6 Stations|Outstat. fiurop. l\anve'(,,at & Adu‘ts’(}luldr Total Miss.’ Pastor Evang. 00 Census per 1st Jan. 1862 15 21 49% 0 37 1540 1317 | 2857 an » 99 » 1872 18 43 1y 3 60 2389 1982 |4371 ¥ Including 10 unordained Brethren in 1862, and 14 in 1872 Wi We thus observe a progress in il 1 Extension of Territory: 3 new Stations and 22 Out-sta- 1¢ tions having been established 10] an 2 Addition of Agents: 10 European Missionaries more 3 Ordained Native Pastors {than in [ 1862 23 Catechists and Evangelists 3 Increase of the Church: 849 Adults 665 Children Total: 1514 Members added to the Church showing an increase of 53 per cent on the numbers of 1862 59 Other points: 4. Itineracy has of late years been carried on more syste- matically, a number of Missionaries, as well as Native Assistants, peculiarly gifted for it, having been set apart for this most important branch of direct Mission work. Thus, beside the i, ordinary preaching to the heathen in and near the Stations, the time devoted to itinerating in 1871, amounts to 740 days, spent by Missionaries Catechists in preaching tours 1432 99 99 among the heathen, 192 9 99 ; Churchmembers nd and further: 18, for 823 days by Missionaries 335 Catechists in visiting Out-stations. 99 9 On these latter occasions too, though the main object is to nurture and raise the young Churches and Schools, the good ers seed is frequently cast among the neighbouring heathen. The otal corresponding numbers of 1861 not having been kept on record, an exact statement of the progress made is impossible. 81 Lﬂ 5 The samelike Colportage, the faithful ally of itineracy, whereof in 1861 but small beginnings are traceable, has by means of thorough organization and the laying of a regular net of Depots and Sub-depots all over the country, been deve- st loped in a most satisfactory way, as regards both extension and efficiency. During the last 12 months the sales amount- 16 ed to 3 in ) 9,835 Scriptures and Scripture portions (including Bible Stories and Tracts with Select Bible Passages). 22,200 Religious Books or Tracts. b, 22,613 School-Books. 1,333 Picture-Books, Maps etc. 4 8% 60 220 2 ‘Together 55,981 Copies (49,244 Vernacular and 6,737 Eng- lish), for which the sum of Rupees 14,453 was realized. 6 Without ostentation, it is but fair to state that as to providing a Christian Vernacular literature, admirable services have been rendered by the combined and singularly blessed efforts of our literary brethren and our able Press at Mangalore, which within the last decade produced no less than 8 to 9 lacs of Copies (540,000 Canarese, 285,000 Malayalam, 9,000 Tulu) of Scripture portions, Tracts, Religious and other Books, Alma- nacs, Periodicals, and School-books of every description and size, from the smallest commonplace publications up to high, scientific works of more than a thousand pages. For details e N vide our Annual Reports. 7 As regards our efforts for raising our Christians in a social and material point of view, by means of various Industrial or Mercantile Establishments, managed by our lay Agents and intended to create a class of Christian artisans, mechanics, o ¥ D>y s tradesmen, etc. we beg to refer to the special paper on the ex- pediency of such Industrial enterprizes, drawn up for this Con- ference by the Rev. A. Wenger.* Suffice it here to say that these KEstablishments are in a flourishing condition and on the WV T ooy whole have fairly answered our expectations, by giving useful employments and honorable subsistence to many who other- oy & To idlers wise might have fallen a burden to the Mission. these Establishments certainly offer no attraction; for all have to earn their daily bread by the labour of their own hands, and thus are trained in regularity, steadiness and assiduity,— habits so beneficial and yet so rare even among Native Christians. * “The Relations of Missionaries to their Converts in secular matters.” B o == o == < e = o = e o _.‘VD o = I1. Educational Department. Classification of Native Agency Number of Schools Pupils according to Religion Christian ‘ Heathen School- School- | School- Total] Christian Heathen Total Christian Heathen Total masters mi:gses- masters 2% 7 36 70 24 43 67 620 1971 25691 ‘Census per 1st Jan. 1862 » b 1872 48 1 24 89 38 65 1057 1255 2312 19 Classification of Pupils according to Sexes. Bbys Girls Total | | 1% Catech. Normal Prepar- ; Boardg. Paroch. Anglo- e Board. Paroch. Vernac. Semi- Schools Schools ay Vernac. Schools ac. 110 tal Schools | Y Schools Total nary. Schools Schools Schools ! Schools — 36 123 196 474 1402|2231 ] 184 124 52 360 |2591 Clensus per 1st Jan. 1862 » »” 1872 14 6 58 129 324 688 h82 (18011 202 | 237 72 511 2312 fi e 62 At a first glance it might appear, as if we had not much reason to speak of progress in the Educational Department, there being a considerable falling off in numbers. This re- trograde movement, however, solely refers to Elementary Ver- nacular Schools under Heathen Masters,—from which field ) the Home-Committee in 1862 to 1865, much to our regret, or- dered a partial retreat, owing to a pressing want of funds on B the one hand, and to the alleged inefficiency of these Schools A on the other, it being thought, they absorbed too much of our P time and strength without showing corresponding results, as long as they were managed by Heathen Masters. Hence this lamentable loss of some 800 Vernacular Scholars (654 against 1,454), for which even the additional number of 200 Anglo- a Vernacular Scholars (688 against 474) appears but a small II and inadequate compensation. 1I q In every other respect however we observe a decided pro- gress. it 1 As to education in general we had 0] 0 attending Schools. Christian Pupils of Churchmembers. Total mlmbe;: under instruction. Proportion 1st Jan. 1862 620 on — e 2857 1 in 4-6 9 99 1812 4051 29 4371 = — 1, 4— Ul a proportion which bears favorable comparison with even the W best educated parts of Germany, not to mention other countries (Prussia 1 in 6-27; England 1 in 7-7; France 1 in 9). i 0] 2 Female Education: While in 1862 we had but 14 p. ct. girls D in our Schools (360 out of a total number of 2,591 pupils), § they now represent the respectable proportion of 22 p. ct. (511 2 { out of 2,312), £ 5 =, of which are Boarders and 3 Day-Scholars. 8 8. To point out more clearly, in which of our Schools the 1] most marked progress appears to have been made, we beg to 3 subjoinﬁa, table showing the et 63 ch Tohld P7.0p07~tz'on of Puprls attending the various it kinds of Schools. v oI Description of Schools. 1st Jan. 1862 1st Jagn. 1872, Pupils Percentage Pupils. 0 Percghtage Ik Elementary Vernacular Schools. 1454 56°1 p.ct 654 283 p. ct Do 0 Parochial Day-Schools. 320 12°4 » 561 24-3 » Boarding-Schools. 307 ll 11-8 ” 331 = 14-3 2 ls Anglo-Vernacular Schools. 474 e 183 ” 688 297 ”» ur 36 2 1-4 78 34 a8 Preparandi Schools and Seminéries. 2 ” 92591. 2512 11§ 5t Comparing these proportions, we hail with special joy the - advance made in Parochial Day-Schools (24 p. ct. against 12 p.ct. |l in 1862), “though in laying such stress on purely Vernacular instruction we are conscious of pursuing a course somewhat We at variance with the principles of many other Societies. for our part confess that for a healthful, normal development of our Christian youth in general, we consider the imparting of a sound Elementary Vernacular education an object of ut- most importance, and preferable by far to a multiplication of English Schools, with an education unmistakably tending to unfit the majority of attendants for their position in after life, 16 while for the really gifted ones of our boys ample provision es for higher education has been made by our own Anglo-Verna- cular Schools, Preparandi Schools etc., as well as by the corres- Is ponding Government Schools being within so easy reach of all. ) Situated, however, as we are, in predominantly rural districts, the present indiscriminate way of encouraging a general pur- 1 suit of higher studies, as if all alike had to go for Matricula- tion, or even IV. Grade, appears to us an ill-advised measure, 16 0 eventually doing more harm than good. 4. A prominent fact in the history of this Decade was the — 64 It opening of a new Catechist Seminary at Mangalore, established for raising a more thoroughly educated Native Agency. The I Catechist Schools at Tellicherry and Mangalore, which until 1863 had supplied us with Native Assistants, had to descend i to the rank of «Middle Schools”, being at the same time placed on a broader basis so as to be adapted to the preparatory After four ﬁ training both of Catechists and Schoolmasters years of study in the Middle School, those of the pupils, who by character, gifts and ability promise to become useful in the more direct line of Mission work, are transferred to the new Seminary at Mangalore, to pursue a course of higher theo- logical studies for another three years, while the rest enter into the Model or Normal Schools at Udapy and Tellicherry, to go through a practical course of teaching before being actually employed as Schoolmasters The subjects taught in the Theological Seminary are the following: Introduction to the Scriptures, Dogmatics, Ethics Church History, Exegesis of the New Testament from the Ori- ginal, of the Old Testament from the Vernacular,—Homiletical and Catechetical exercises, Hinduism; of languages English, Greek and Sanscrit;—Singing The medium of instruction is not English, but the Verna- cular (Canarese and Malayalam), the brethern in charge con- sidering it their special task to impart to Hindoo youths these theological sciences clothed in their own native idioms, as far as they are capable of receiving them. We thank God for being able to state, that this Seminary has proved a thorough success, having within these past few years supplied us with a most welcome band of 28 well-trained and highly useful Assistants 5 Hand in hand with the numerical increase of all, ex- cept Heathen Vernacular Schools, we rejoice to observe with- in the whole range of our Schools a steady and marked im- provement in tone and efficiency, resulting from their thorough e 65 led re-organization (1869) and careful supervision by European he local and District Inspectors, as well as from the inéroduction of til a continued systematical training of our teachers by means of ob- nd ligatory periodical meetings, combining examination and ins- ced truction. Similar meetings are held with our Catechists and 0y} Evangelists, to ensure their continued self-improvemet in the Jur most desirable branches of knowledge. o II1. Financial Department. the A. The Income of the Mission. (4] 31st Dec. 1861. 31st Dec. 1871. £0 Rs Proport. Rs Proport. 1to Homé-fundé remitted. 97,148 = 83+ p.ct. 132,882=85"2 p.ct. Local Donations and Subsecrip- 8 Ill tions. 10,338 = 88 ,, 6,971 = 4.5 2 Government Grants. 1,816 = 1.6 ” 4,333= 2:8 ,, Other local sources (Endowments, the School-fees, Revenues, Lands, s, Houses, Sundries.) 7,744 = 66 , 11,7117= T:5 o il Rs. 117,046. Rup. 155,903. Al sh, B. The Outlay on the different Departments of Mission Work. 1861. 1871, Rs Rs It Proport. Proport. ) European Missionaries, personal expenditure. 36,812 = 31:5p.ct. 57,747 = 3T~ paeli ) Native Pastors’, Catechists’ and : Evangelists’ Salaries. 1,50% = 6:4 » 16,391 = 105 » f0 Schools,including Boarding Train- ing Institutions. 992,727 = 194 2 32,674 = 20°9 gh th Journeys, includ. Home Passages. 16,915 = 14'5 » 25,830 = 166 2 On lands, houses and furniture. 21,386 = 183 15,187 = 97 » ful 6. Moonshees, Statn. Libraries, Print- ing work, Postage & Sundries. 8,334 = T3 » 7,073 = 46 % Support of destitute Churchmem- bers or Catechumens. 3,320 = 2:8 ” 1,051 = 07 ” i Rs. 117,046. Rs. 155,903. ol 9 66 These numbers prove 1 That the cost of the Mission is 33 p. ct. kigher than in 1861, t while there is a corresponding increase of 20 p. ct. in the strength of the European staff I 62 99, 99 29 ,» Native Pastors, Catechists & Evangelists 99 99 99 ,» Native Schoolmasters a3 99 99 9 ,, Churchmembers 2 That the liberality of : Anglo-Indian friends, instead of keeping pace with the growing extension of the work, has been reduced to Zalf of what it was ten years ago (4 p. ct. against 8 p. ct. of the whole income), while the Churches at home are manifesting their increased interest in Missions by doubling their efforts. 1 3 That for the support of destitute Churchmembers and Catechumeni but one-forth of the amount required 10 years ago is spent now (0-7 p. ct. of the whole expenditure against 2-8 p. ct. in 1861), which leads us on to the important question of Progress towards Self-support made by the Native Church. 1861. 1871, Donations of Native Christians. Rs. 208 Sunday Collections and Church- Rs. 274 A. Subsidies. » 380 Contributions in support of Board- Towards the General Mission ing Schools: Cash Rs. 827, Field- produce Rs. 144. 471 % Fund. Proceeds of mneedlework, garden- ing etc. by the children in Boar- ding Schools. 809 772 Contributions towards Church and School-funds. 75 » 733 (op) Contributions towards Poor-funds. 10 » 430 ~ Contributions towards Local Mis- B sion funds. 15 Towards local Contributions towards Malabar Widow-fund. 125 1 Funds and for the new Orpha- Charities. nage building at Calicut Rs. 159. for the Chapel re- 244 J Sundry Charities ¢ novation at Pal- »” ghaut Rs. 56. for the Poorhouse at e Mangalore Rs. 29. Rs. 1,168 |Rs. 3,378 67 e Thus the Contributions of the Native Church amounted 1 to Rs. 1,168. in 1861 —on a total number of 2,857 Church- members,= 61 Annas per head. Rs 8,918 in 187l-—on a total number'of 4371 Church: fs members,=121 Annas per head. We fully mean to go on with téaching our Christians the of great lesson of giving being more blessed than receiving. Many 7l of them have recognized the special importance of the matter; st much, however, remains to be done yet. e 4. As a measure of precaution towards the time, when 5 the young churches will have to stand upon their own legs, independently of Home-resources, each of our Stations has il IS been provided with its own ¢“Church and School-fund,” the ad- ministration of which, subject to the rules of agreement and st )i a superintending Board of Trustees, lies in the hands of the Presbytery of each Station, a corporation consisting of the Furopean Missionaries and such Native Elders, as were chosen by the congregation. Having been started many years ago on a small scale and in an unostentatious manner, these Church- and School-funds now represent a joint-stock of Rs. 114,900, most of it in landed property. The objections raised against the system of endowments, as the surest way of robbing the future Indian Church of energy in efforts of bene- volence, will have no weight in our case, if it be remembered ) that to a great extent the very increase of these Funds depends on the continued zeal of the Churches themselves, and that, if the above mentioned sum has to be divided amongst 18 Sta- tions with 43 Out-stations, it will take an indefinitely long time yet, till each Station will be able to pay even for its Schools, not to speak of Pastors’ salaries and other current Church expenses. According to our experience, the existence and administration of these Funds, instead of diminishing the energy of our Chris- 9 68 = tians, acts but as an additional stimulus to increased liberality or self-support. Besides, we deem it a wise measure, during these years of peace to educate our Churches in the art of self- administration and self-government, trusting, that when in coming stormy times the tie connecting them with the Mother Church at Home, should be severed, they shall D. V. not col- lapse in a gulf of confusion and anarchy, but be able to stand the crisis and maintain their independence. May God further bless and prosper the work of our hands. AN N R T T S R B W A % PR R A 200 R M ST B S S W B - o 0 By AR R Sl LR R T L AR N G % f Expenditure of the ARlission 1 during the year 1872 d ) Rs As 59,055 Personal Expenditure Journeys, including Home passages 30,855 1l Munshis 1,964 13 Deacons, Catechists and Evangehsts 18,222 1,399 10 Postage and Postage Stamps Libraries 419 Ll Church Expenses 1,193 12 Medical Expenses. 364 12 Schools, English and Vernacular 13,281 13 Boarding Schools, Boys’ 6,249 1l Boarding Schools, Girls 6,338 9,066 14 Catechist and Preparandi-Schools Buildings, Repairs and House-Rent 39,399 1,813 Purchases of ground and Off-Payments Agricultural Outlays and Taxes 1,751 1,876 Printing Work Furniture 2.953 é Interest, Bill dlscount Fre1ght and Sundmes 523 10 Total Rs 196,672 N © 9 B & © W O E.&O.E Mangalore, 31st December 1872 L}// m/ tet SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND Received during the year 1872. Rs A Rs. AT MANGALORE. Mrs, Johnstone 20 Col. Annesley Col. G. W. Walker, R. E., thro’Rev.S.Gundert, for A Friend 50 Rev. J. G. Deimler 10 Malabar and Canara 900 Major H.D. Broughton Col. Field, at Poona 25 50 Smith,31st M. N.I., Sam- Capt. Oldham 100 (e J. Lodge Esq. 10 balpore 10 Dr. Sperschneider, Trivan- J. N. C. Beyts Iisq. drum 98 J. Burgess Esq. Rev. Blaich, in Cajar 8 N. Spencer Esq. 50 Major Candy 50 Dr. John Brett, Bellary 10 A.J.Bruce Esq., Toomkoor 30 G. R. Wilson Esq. 10 DO O © O O O b O J. Neuberg Esq. 20 Elcio © clchc o> O oo o c S o eI o & oo e o Apoth. Xavier » AT HONORE. Acknowledged by Rev. J. Brigel. Acknowledged by Mr. J. Kamsika, Col. W. Rich, 34thM.N. L. 33 Carwar. Cpt. W. O. Foord 2 Mrs. Spence, Carwar 50, 0 0 Capt. Jamieson » 50 Capt. W. Ranking » 12 AT UDAPY-. A. C. Burnell Esq. 10 J. Sturrock Esq. 120 H. 8. Thomas Esq. 100 Mr. Carroll 5 : : G. W. Pringle Esq. E::)% @S SR O AT MERCARA. AT BOMBAY. Col. H. C. Fletcher il5) Collected by Rev. J. G. Deimler. Col. C. M. Hailes 30 : P. Staunton Esq. 25 0 Donation from a Friend 400 0 Mr. E. C. Schiever 10 J. Kingsmill Esq. 10 Mr. G. Bertram jg) : Dr. Partridge 5 AT ANANDAPUR. G. Manson Esq. 10 P, W. Robertson Esq. 10 L0 DD o e o OO Mr. C. J. Puddicombe 60 = Rs > e Rs el AT DHARWAR. Cabt. E. Faunce (=) M 100 Capt. Knatchbull, 89th Lt. Col. A. Battye Regt. foot 2 Capt. Strettell, 9th Regt. N. I. 1 0 E. Jones Esq. C. S. Shaw Esq. 20 Lt. Hyne, 89th Regt. foot 3 Mr. C. Hanson 5 Mr. H. M. Judge 1 S D) G. Waddington Esq. Soldiers of H. M’s. 89th Regt. foot 35 T. Bartholomew Esq Ed. H. Hallum Esq. A New Year’s gift from Dr. W. Cates g a friend 20 R. C. Beynon Esq. 30 AT TELLICHERRY. 30 J. R. Hatherley Esq. Miss E. King, Coonoor 10 Capt. J. Coussmaker 10 Capt. Wroughton, Vizaga- A. M. Cantem Esq. patam 50 J. Middleton Esq. 30 10 AT CALICUT. S. Dobbie Esq. Price Esq. 40 A. MacGregor Esq. 210 H. M. Winterbotham Esq. 80 ?"S... Grant Esq. 20 Major Law 20 180 M. Ward Esq. A. G. Gover Esq. Mr. Channa Basappa C. King Esq. 14 12 J. B. Clerk Esq. James Nash Esq. N' N' 100 OO0 OO0 e o 0O oC OO OoOC B O 0O 0 LSO IO @EG S &G OO (SR G A R. Darling Esq. 40 B R e B e e e e i b b I et S 0 AT HUBLY. W. Austin Esq. Mrs. Garthwaite () ey fan) lam) oy cm i S ey o) 0O DO 1D s D Capt. Godfrey 2 &) Messrs. Frank and Co., AT CANNANORE. Madras. 145 56 General G. Selby - 56 L. Garthwaite Esq. Brig. Gen. Kitson 18 G. A. Ballard Esq. 25 50 Col. C. . Molony 36 P. Leslie Esq. Col. E. F. Waterman 22 H.Hole Esq., Supt. of Police 5 6 Col. J. C. Macdonald 24 Miss Ballard, Trivandrum Col. Williams, 9th Regt. N.I. 8 W. G. Underwood Esq. 6 S OO OO O D0 O D O Lt. Col. C. M. White 5 AT PALGHAUT. Col. Prescott S. C. 3 . Dupen Esq. 12 Col. Traven S. C. 1 . Elsworthy Esq. 12 0 Capt. Hodgson 10 ES;r arthwaite Esq. 20 Mrs. Garthwaite 10 §.; Grimes Esq. 12 _ e o« D = Mrs. Murray 2 SToTeT e © OIS &I S S SOOI O O S S0 ONSD J. E. Portens Esq. 12 Miss King “Thanksgiving The Hon. W. Robinson 100 for mercies received”’ 20 (o=l H. Smith Esq. 10 SN OIS DO g 72 Rs I) Rs J. J. Tomlinson Esq. 10 (=) H. B. Grigg Esq., c. s. Cod H. M. Winterbotham Esq. 100 C. G. Master Esq., c. s. 100 AT KAITY. Mrs. Onslow 60 o oo b= S orNe Y Pal Col. G. W. Walker, R. E. J. W. Hayne Esq., Palam- Kai 90 cottah 50 9 Months Rob. Stanes Esq. 25 E. C. G. Thomas Esq., c. s. 50 Mrs. Higgins, thro’ Rev. A. H. Streeton Esq. 60 A. James 25 A thank-offering from a 10 J. Hodges Esq. friend to the Mission 50 Rev. Dr. H. Gundert, Col. J. P. O’Connell 100 Calw, Germany 50 tow His Ex. The Right Hon. AT KOTAGHERRY. M 50 Lord Hobart, Governor 100 Mrs. Cockburn His Ex. Lt. General Sir A Friend 60 50 B P, Haines: k. ¢. B, “QOne less than the least” 200 The Hon. A. J. Arbuthnott 25 Collected in Mission box 7 SN ey (> G emh i oo (ol The Hon. J. D. Sim 25 Bax For the Orphan Schools J. R. Cockerell Esq., c. s. 25 (oo e el g (Mission box) 24 A ] J. W G Contributions of the Members of the Congregations towards Mz, the General Mission Fund.r Rs A B, Rs b= 1) 10 Ca Mangalore, Mr. L. Joshua 6 Bettigherry Congregation Mr. Abraham Shetty Guledgud, Mr.Nijagunappa 15 p—t John Ellis ; [3) Mr. Salomo Bhaskar 9 » Brotherly Association 11 » John Prabhakar 1 e emi tan) e Noah 4 Mr. Nahum Thomas 15 BN O o) M4} Udapy from the Pupils of Collected in Mission box 6 3 ek B OO O DO % the Middle School 11 Cannanore Congregation Honore Communicants, Tellicherry Mr. Francis, Overseer 20 Moy Mercara Congregation Dy Chombala Congregation 1l Anandapur Mr. Philipp 24 Anthony 22 Calicut P. O. Potham Esq 8 Mr. Daniel Moses (] AN Mr. Steph. Anthony 20 DR, ” Lukas Bodu, School- From a Prayer Meeting master 11 From the Confirmands 11 Hyj » David Kore 12 From a girl’s box 10 g Dharwar Congregation Rice collected from the Hubly Congregation [SUR gl) =D D I O Congregation women 25 15 73 SIS T T AP Rse A P Rs Codacal and Paraperi Kotagherry Mission box Congregation 3 13 10 Carpenter Daniel 13 Palghaut Congregation 18 00 Schoolmaster Samuel Kaity Congregation 1 0. 0 Catechist J. Kanaka S o 0 W b S Wwoe o T Subscriptions for Schools. AT MANGALORE AT TELLICHERRY towards the Brahmin Girls' School. for the Brennen School M. J. Walhouse Esq. 10 0.0 Mrs. De Cruz 3 H. 8. Thomas Esq. 48 0 0 AT CALICUT AT DHARWAR. for the Girls’ School. Col. E. Bowdich 24 Mrs. Austin [— T — T — T — 1 § 45 Baron H. de Larpent W. Roberts Esq., m. D. ) (=) 0 A. Don Esq. 22 b) G. A. Ballard Esq. J. C. Anding Esq. AT PALGHAUT. W. H. Scott Esq. D. Buick Esgq. 45 G. Waddington Esq. Mr. C. Courpalais 11 (el i oy (i ) (Y ibles ) o)l ey ey (=) AT KAITY AT HUBLY Jor the Orphanage. Jfor the Orphanage. Mrs. W. R. Robertson, ol 2 Madras 25 Capt. Goodfrey. Government Grants-in-Aid. = - - - - 89 g MANGALORE Congregation Schools 0 Canarese Boys’ School = 91 é Brahmin Girls’ School - 83 [7 MULKY Girls’ Boarding School - 282 S o o @ UDAPY 66 (=] = Boys’ » » 1 Preparandi-School - 120 ANANDAPUR Parochial School - = - 72 e DHARWAR Anglo-Vernacular School - ol (0 o)l e (=il am il of o o Jitl =) il 5] Canarese School - - 85 S % HUBLY Anglo-Vernacular School 269 11 - 28 8 Old Hubly School - Boys’ Boarding School - 27 Girls’ School = - - 29 @ N B ® S oo o e oo 10 10 74 Rs. A. - 99 0 BETTIGHERRY Girls’ Boarding School Boys’ School & - - i - - 24 GULEDGUD Boys’ School CANNANORE Anglo-Vernacular School 407 Mulil School - - 74 Girls’ Boarding School - 137 % 1 Chowa Parochial School 92 TELLICHERRY Brennen School - o 408 = - Preparandi School 252 Orphanage School - - 517 - - Parochial School 145 School in the Fisher Village 50. CALICUT Anglo-Vernacular School - 661 Parochial School - o = 48 - Girls’ Boarding School 613 CODACAL School at Codacal - - - St - - - School at Paraperi 31 PALGHAUT Anglo-Vernacular School - - 100 - = - Parochial School 46 Vernacular School at Kannani 51 - » » » Kinnanur 217 » » » Wadackencherry - - 25 ©C O WO O OO OO OO WX S eI ere s e Sids 0 o & & ache o Contributions of the Congregations towards separate Funds. a. Towards Church Funds. Bettigherry 19 = Be.iA P, Shagoty Hubly 58 Mangalore 323 5 63 12 Guledgud Mulky Cannanore 58 Utchila 6 0 31 — Santur 4 13 Tellicherry Calicut 86 Kutyar 5 13 Padur Codacal Palghaut 32 et Udapy 37 13 12 Kaity Gudde Kotagherry 25 O OO e VO OO B UL el UL = WO O P Shirwa 12 b. Towards Poor-Funds. Mercara 12 Anandapur 46 Mangalore 264 6 11 19 15 English Services 46 S OO OO WWo B Mulky 75 Rs Rs Utchila Wadakencherry 11 Santur Panayur Kutyar - o M Karuvapara Padur — ] Kinnanore 12 Udapy Kannany 10 Gudde Kaity (22: Mercara éz lggj Kotagherry 13 14 N O OO DO O Anandapur 12 ¢. Towards Local Mission Funds. Hubly 36 Mangalore 115 4 0 Bettigherry 10 Mulky 9115 1 Guledgud 10 15 Hubly 28 1 1 Cannanore 13 d. Towards the Malabar District Chombala 87 Coilandy 13 Widow Fund. Codacal 27 EZSE Collection from the Palghaut 15 for] O = O 0= WO O 0O O Stations 89 1.4 Donations for the Mangalore Sickhouse. 55 Captain Chrystie John Bradshaw Esq. M. J. Walhouse Esq. 30 Major Ryves 14 18 Bt S — A R e — e — TR R T R R R R S A. C. Burnell Esq. Major Pyer M. C. Webster Esq. 20 Capt. Jamieson 20 12 H. 8. Thomas Esq. Capt. Ranking E. H. Pringle Esq. J. W. Boys Esq. 18 37 Mr. A. Aarons 19 Dr. Dempster E. Palmer Esq. » L. Joshua 12 A. Primrose Esq. P. M. Joseph J. Moss Esq. » R. Peter Colonel Rich 24 » Abraham Shetty Capt. Foord B. S. of M. 20 oo e o o oo @ e e o e &0 oo o 00 o O A Member 4% Sl oW OV &I O o IO I O (=)t oo il coml il erm [l (e cm i ) i @)l Lo S i ) J. Ball Esq. Donations towards the Rebuilding of the Mission Chapel at Palghaut. 50:.0 -0 10 W Ol SO e a3 U e O D D D L. Garthwaite Esq. Mr. John Manykam H. Smith Esq. 10 07 0 = ILNGES 10% T e — — R o G TS R S e e B v e g D SRy . S e e = iﬁ\%}zﬁ - o - —_— e (i = M M i W H ! WM k- M w\u - | i M i | i g | w | W W m | NSRS s i - e S = - = i s ik o v i e e 4 [ e L7 P 8 Bl W S ot o S N W i S8 or .. i :. ¥ i iy 1 9 i G ‘&’Ql & o e 4 * 4 BN o f Ve & 3. Py 2% ot ¥ :’v‘ A 5 ,;i ol ¥y G ¥ i & e . > o % i s s o S e o & . e L oy € e ¥ b 5 ‘:«’ Sie ¢ 9 o i % ‘Evv - OeE . WA W ; L3 g &, g i b B o i i e e ' | & i B4 g i b fen 3'? e E; &l 4 {& A ¥ e o8 TR o }1" :‘? e 35 3 a X 54 1"-"*: 3 ;&é 5 ; s wry e 5 ek LA 5 R . < 5, g ey ¥ et ; i .}» wF oy % s ¥, 5 S xﬁ g B Fok, > o i ol # ,}u&! % % & 4 i e i i, m“{? 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I 20 cm Vv REPORT 2 O THE o i VierFarbSelector Standard * - Euroskala Offset = % BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL o o |:-§ ; dMissionary Soacicty g 14 P FOR 13 12 1872 1 THIRTY-THIRD REPORT 10 OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION 9 IN SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA 8 3 é 6 [ 5 MANGALORE 4 PRINTED BY STOLZ & HIRNER, BASEL MISSION PRESS 1873 3 2 m Copyright 4/1999 YxyiMlaster GmbH www.yxymaster.com ? 1