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Report of the Basel German Evangelical missionary society for 1873, 34 . 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 Basel German Ghanwgelical Q <4 4 ! ) 1541 onary Society FOR il =y S THIRTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION IN SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA - ——F«==0—Dp > = MANGALORE PRINTED BY STOLZ & HIRNER, BASEL MISSION PRESS - 1874 Py i A OﬁUESC@ \\\ & ) é’l 3 << éo (3 4 ;é Jdocal Tasv e G REPORT OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGEL. MISSIONARY SOCIETY. of X@X3> STATISTICAL NOTICES. A. The Commttee nd Sub=Committees in Basel 1. Committee of the Missionary'Society. A. Christ-Sarasin Esq., Senator, President. Ed. Bernoulli- Riggenbach Esq., Vice-President. Rev. J. Josenhans, Corresponding Secretary and Principal. Members: Rev . 4. Sarasin. E. Preiswerk-Groben Esq. Rev . W. Le Grand. E. Bruckner Esq. Rev . Fr. Reiff. C. G. Engelmann Esq Rev . Em. Preiswerk. Th. Sarasin-Bischoff’ Esq. Rev . 4. Linder. LBev . W. Ecklin. 2. Financial Sub-Committee. A. Christ-Sarasin Esq., Senator, Ed. Bernoulli-Riggenbach Esq. President. Ed. Preiswerk-Burkhardt Esq Rev. J. Josenhans. J. Miiller Esq., Treasurer. 3. Sub-Committee for the Education of Missionaries’ Children Rev. J. Josenhans. Rev. A. Sarasin, President. D. Burkhardt Thurneysen Esq., B. Reber-Sulger Esq. Treasurer. Rev. R. Anstein. Rev. J. Pfisterer, Secretary. Th. La Roche- Burkhardt Esq. Rev. W Le Grand. % 4 e B. Hnstitutions i Hasel. I. MISSION COLLEGE. Resident Masters. Rev. J. Josenhans, Principal. Rev. Th. Walker. Rev. Frr. Reiff. Rev. Ch. Kolb. Rev. P. Wurm. Mr. J. Frohnmeyer. M. J Kolb‘.\ Assistant Masters. Dr. H. Mosley and Mr. A. Grditer, English Masters. Mr. R. Low, Music Master. G. Burkhardé Esq. M. ., Medical Instructor. Number of Students. (August 1873.) 1. Class II. Class ITI. Class IV. Class V. Class VI. Class 8 14 i1 15 19 23 Total: 90 Students. Of this number: 43 are from Wiirttemberg. 15 are from Switzerland. » ” Baden. ” Russia. China. ” Prussia. ” ” Alsace. 18 Western Africa. ” ” Bavaria. ” Turkey. § 18 ” Hesse Darmstadt. g » » Asia Minor. II. CHILDREN'S HOME. Boys’ Institution. Director: Rev. J. Pfisterer. Tutors: Mr. S. Geschke, Mr. A. Spering. Boys: 31 Girls’ Institution. Directress: Miss C. Scholz. Governesses: Miss M. Runzler and Miss E. Schlachter. Girls: 29. C. Anfalids. a. Missionary. Dr. Felician Zaremba, late of Tartary. b. Missionary Widows. Mrs . Biihler, late of Kaity, Nilgherries (1849—-1854) Mrs . Miiller, late of Hubly (1845—1865). Mrs . Hoch, late of Mangalore (1851—1861). Mrs . Finckh, late of Mangalore (1858—1865). Mrs. Morike, late of Kaity (1855—1865). Mrs . Ammann, late of Udapy (1845—1865). Mrs . Albrecht, late of Honore (1847—1866). Mrs . Wiirth, late of Mangalore (1854—1871). Mrs © 00 =3 O UL i W N = . Krauss, late of Dharwar (1865—1871). et D. Trabelling Agents at Aome. Rev. L. Nagel Q for French Switzerland. Rev. Mr. Narbel s Rev. J. Huber, late of Calicut, Basel. Rev . G. F. Miiller, late of Tellicherry, Stuttgart. Rev . Ch. Irion, late of Tellicherry, Carlsrube. Rev . J. Strobel, late of Cannanore, Frankfort o/M. Rev . C. Aldinger, late of Christiansborg, Africa, Winterthur. Rev . Ch. Aldinger, late of Chombala, Hall. + . 3 Jul ssion Agents, I. European Missionaries of the Basel German Evangelical Mission. 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.] Hafive Hame Stafion. @onntry dafe of ac- ve Derpice f . . J. M. Fritz (m.) Germany 1839 Cannanore Switzerland 1842 . J. A. Biithrer (m.) Kotagherry . Ch. Miiller (m.) Germany 1842 Tellicherry India 1851 l, . H. A. Kaundinya (m.) Anandapur . K. A. E. Diez (m.) Germany 1851 Palghaut do 1853 Mercara . F. Kittel (m.) . G. Pfleiderer (m.)* do 1853 Mangalore QD =1 O O ¥ W D = do 1857 }; . J.Fr. A. Minner (m.) Udapy e, . 'W. Roth (m.) do 1857 Bettigherry 10 do 1858 . d. d. Brigel (m.) Mangalore 1l . E. H. Bergfeldt (w.) do 1860 Mangalore 12 do 1860 . 4. J. Thumm (m.) Hubly 13 . Th. F. Schauffler (m.) % do 1860 Calicut 14 India 1860 . W. Stokes (m.) Udapy 15 . Tit. Costa (m.) do 1861 Dharwar 16 1861 . J. Fr. Miller (w.) Germany Udapy Ly . A. Wenger (w.) Switzerland 1861 Honore 1862 18. Fr. Ziegler (m.)* Germany Hubly | 19 . 0. Stolz (m.)* Switzerland 1863 Mangalore Hame Hafive Gonntry %taﬁpn Date of ac- fine Serpice 20 . S. Gundert (m.) Germany 1863 Kaity 21 do 1864 Chowa Ch. Réck (m.) . 22 Th. Digel (m.)* do 1864 Mangalore 23 do 1865 Calicut J. Knobloch (m.) 24 S. Walter (m.) Switzerland 1865 Chombala 3t 25 1866 Mercara J. Miiller (m.)* Germany 26 Th. Walz (m.) do 1866 Mangalore 27 do 1867 J. Kittel (m.) Tellicherry 28 Ch. G. Weigele do 1867 Guledgud 29 Fr. Matthissen * 1867 Calicut Russia 30 Th. Elsésser (m.)™* Germany 1867 Calicut do 1868 Codacal 31 C. Linder (m.) 32 . W. Schmolk (m.)* do 1869 Tellicherry 1869 33 . G. Ritter (m.) do Mulky 34 . G. Spillmann (m.) * Switzerland 1869 Calicut 1870 Karkal 35 . H. Daimelhuber (m.) Germany 36 . J. A. Brasche (m.) do 1870 Udapy 37 . W. Sikemeier Holland 1870 Mangalore 38 . 'W. P. Schonthal * Germany 1870 Cannanore 39 . N. Hiibner do 1871 Mulky 40 . N. Weitbrecht (m.)* do 1871 Mangalore 41 . J. Hafner Switzerland 1871 Honore 42 . P, Ott Germany 1871 Karkal 43 . W. Niibling do 1871 Hubly 44 Switzerland 1871 Cannanore . A. Bourquin 45 . F. Welsch (m.) Germany 1871 Dharwar 46 . G. Hirner * do 1871 Mangalore 47 . C. Hiittinger * do 1871 Mangalore 48 do 1872 Bettigherry . W. Hasenwandel (m.) 49 . J. L. Grieshaber do 1872 Guledgud Hane zﬁaﬁﬁe Station Gonntry afe of ae- ¢ Serpice fi = 50 A. Burkhardt* Switzerland 1872 Mangalore Chowa 51 A. Merkle Germany 1872 52 . A. Ziegler do 1872 Udapy do 1872 53 Hermelink Mangalore 54 . Wagner do 1872 Palghaut Surinam 1872 Chombala 55 . Dobler * 56 F. Veil Germany 1872 Anandapur do 1873 57 . K¢hler Kaity 58 . Hauri* Switzerland 1873 Mangalore 1873 59 . Hirlin (m.) Germany Mangalore 60 Layer do 1873 Dharwar do 1873 Calicut 61 . Feuchter * 62 “OHEHER SR QH 8. K. Ostermeier * do 1873 Calicut At Home. 63 F. Metz Germany 1843 late of Kaity 64 Lauffer (m.) do 1856 late of Chombala 65 . G&. Hanhart (m.) Switzerland 1857 late of> Cannanore 66 G-. Schoch (m.) * do 1857 late of Cannanore 67 Mack (m.) Germany 1858 late of Mulky 68 . Hartmann (m.) Switzerland 1859 late of Karkal 69 B. Griter (w.) Germany 1863 late of Mangalore 70 Deuber (m.) Switzerland 1866 late of Hubly 71 SN S N H S Hesse Russia 1869 late of Mangalore éé B. On the Western Coast of Africa. 10 (GOLD COAST.) 10 72. J. G. Widmann (m.) | Germany 1842 Akropong 19 do 1846 Aburi 10 73. J. Chr. Dieterle (m.) 74. J.Zimmermann (m.) do 1849 Odumase I do 1851 I 75. J. A. Mader (m.) Akropong I i) Hafive %{dme Stafion @ountry ¢ Serpice ate of ac- fi = 76 B. Schall (m.) Germany 1856 Christiansborg [ M. Klaiber (w.)* do 1859 Odumase 8 D. Eisenschmid (m.) do 1861 Kyebi 79 D. Asante (m.) Africa 1862 Kukurantumy 80 1863 J. Chr. Fetzer (m.)* Germany Christiansborg 81 Ph. H. Bohner (m.)* do 1863 Abokobi 82 do 1863 Odumase C. Schonfeld (m.) 83 F.A.Ramseyer(m.)* Switzerland 1864 Capt. in Ashante 84 Chr. Bellon (m.) Germany 1865 Akropong 85 Joh. Miller (m.) do 1865 Akropong 86 J. Kiithne * do 1866 Capt. in Ashante 87 G. J. Lodholz (m.) do 1867 Aburi 88 H. Marchand * Switzerland 1868 Christiansbhorg 89 1868 J. J. Walker (w.) Germany Akropong 90 J. J. Fischer * Switzerland 1868 Christiansborg 91 1869 L. Haas (m.) Germany Kyebi a 92 Chr. Jm. Buhl (m.)* do 1869 Christiansborg 10 93 Joh. Kopp (m.)* do 1869 do (7 94 J. J. Weber Switzerland 1870 Ada 95 J. G. Fritz (m.) Germany 1870 Christiansborg 96, do 1870 Fr. Ziegel * Akropong 10 97 P. Simonet * France E8.71 Christiansborg 98 J. Klass* L8l do Germany 10 99 Haas Switzerland 1872 Odumase 100 R. Miiller * 1872 Germany Christiansborg 101 R. Spengler * do 1872 do 102 P. Steiner do 1872 do 103 A. Langhorst do 1872 Abokobi 104 M. Miiller do 1873 Akropong 105 Th. Essler do 1873 do 106 . M. Miih do 1873 Christiansbhorg 2 10 Hative Station Hame @ounfry Date of ac- five Serpice T At Home. 107 J. Mohr (m.) Germany 1846 late of Aburi 108 do 1852 J. G. Christaller (m.) late of Akropong 109 H. Rottmann (m.)* do 1854 late of Ada 110 do 1857 H. Laissle (m.) * late of Akropong il E. Schrenk (m.) do 1859 late of Christiansb 112 Switzerland 1865 late of Abocobi J. Weiss (m.) 113 G. Zerweck (m.) Germany 1866 late of Christiansb 114 J. Binder do 1866 late of Christiansb 115 J. Rock do 1870 late of Ada 116 W. Kammerer do 1871 late of Christiansb i C. In China. 117 1862 H. Bender (m.) Germany Tschongtshun 118 Ph. Ch. Piton (m.) do 1864 Hongkong 119 do 1864 W. Bellon (m.) Lilong g 120 J. Lorcher (m.) do 1865 Hongkong 121 China 1869 1( Min-siu-tschin (m.) Lilong 122 G. A. Gussmann Germany 1869 Njenhangli 123 China 1871 do 11 Kong-Fat-lin-A-yun 12 124 Ch. G. Reusch [m.] Germany 1872 Lilong 125 R. Ott - Switzerland 1873 13 Hongkong 14 At Home. 15 16 126 1846 R. C. F.Lechler (m.) Germany late of Hongkong 1§ 127 Ph. Winnes do { 1852 late of Lilong 1§ I { s 11 II. Native Agents of the Basel German Evangelical Mission in India. Hative Stafion Hame . Gounfry Dafe of ac- s Al e e e fine Derpice A. Deacons. 5 Sebastkian‘ Furtado Mangalore 1866 Utchila Paul Chandren Chombala 1867 Tellicherry 5 Codacal Joseph Jacobi Madras 1868 5 Daniel Aaron Bangalore 1872 Santur Ot > W DD = Diego Fernandez Kalamundkur 1872 Shirwa 5 B. Catechists. Cochin 1843 Calicut Matthai Kunyan Jacob Heber Codacal 1849 Tellicherry Mattu Peter Cochin 1850 do © W a9 ®D Gabriel Pirachen Tellicherry 1850 do 10 Timotheus Cochen Wengalam Chombala 1850 Palghaut i1 Treland 1851 Cannanore Charles Stocking 12 Jacob Kamsika Mangalore 1852 Karwar 13 Abraham Mulil Cannanore 1854 Chowa 14 Abraham Chatayapen Madras 1855 Chirakal 15 do 1855 Cannanore Ezra Arunajalam 16 Israel Aaron Bangalore 1856 Mangalore 17 1856 Theophil Aiman Mangalore Mulky 3 18 Paul Badappa Bettigherry 1858 Bettigherry 19 1858 Christian Chinnappa Hubly Hubly 20 Solomon Bhaskar Bettigherry 1858 Guledgud 2% i 12 Hafive Hame Station Gonntry Date of ac- five Serpice * 21 Johanan Peter Calicut 1859 Codacal 22 Cochin 1859 Paul Chittayagam Coilandy 23 William Davis Bangalore 1861 Calicut 24 Chirakal 1861 Jacob Chammanchery Taliparambu 25 Paul Sneham Codacal 1861 Chombala 26 Calicut do David Teikandy 1866 § 27 Christanuja Watsa Honore 1866 Mangalore 28 Eliezer Paul Calicut 1866 Udapy 29 Stephan Chandren Chombala 1867 Tellicherry 30 Charles Gojar Mangalore 1867 Mangalore 31 Mark Salis do 1867 Honore b 32 Jonathan Kandappen Cannanore 1867 Chombala 33 Tobias Chembankodu Codacal 1867 Ravaneshwara 6( 34 Cornelius Hutten Cochin 1867 Chowa 35 Samuel Andrea 1867 Udapy Mangalore 36 Abraham Hery Mulky 1867 Mulky 37 Daniel Andrea 1867 g Mangalore Udapy 38 Johanan Zechariah Chombala 1868 Hosadurga 39 Jona Padiath do 1868 Calicut 40 Lot Hery Mulky 1868 Hubly 67 41 Jacob Kanaka 68 Nerkamby 1868 Kotagherry 42 Samuel Bunyan Mangalore 1869 Udapy 43 69 Timotheus Parakandy Calicut 1869 Calicut 44 Henry Robert Mangalore 1870 Udapy 45 Gabriel Almanda Coorg 1871 do 46 Israel Eliezer Mangalore 1871 Mulky 47 Anth. Valiyattingara Cochin 1871 Codacal 48 Isaac Laban Calicut 1871 Coilandy 49 Joseph Taddai Tellicherry 1871 Chombala 50 Chombala 1872 Joseph Mandody Codacal 13 Hafive Hame Stafion @onntry afe of ac- five Dervice 51 Benjamin Ponon Chombala Mangalore 52 Gabriel Hermon Codacal g% Palghaut 53 Joseph Bhagyan Mangalore 1873 Karkal 54 Bethuel Soanes do 1873 Udapy 55 Josias Aarons do 1878 Mangalore 56 Obed Sumitra do 1874 Karkal 57 David Punita Hubly 1874 Hubly 58 Tobias Zechariah Mahe 1874 Mangalore 59 Solomon Devadasa Hubly 1874 Hubly C. Evangelists. 60 Daniel Ammanna Mangalore 1856 Mangalore 61 Jacob Kumaran | Tellicherry 1863 Cannanore 62 Calicut 1863 Abel Kattuparamben Palghaut 63 Johann Philip Mangalore 1863 Udapy 64 Daniel Nyarakaden Cochin 1870 Palghaut 65 Abraham Arangaden Cannanore 1870 66 Daniel Shankaran- rI\‘alipau'aumbu villany Tanur 1870 Palghaut 67 Johann Puthenvidu Cannanore 1870 do. 68 Chrysostomus Param- bathukavil Calicut 1870 do 69 Joseph Mirandez ' Quilon 1872 Calicut F. Stations of \t@e Wasel German Eoangelial Atlission Society. I. IN SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA. A. CANARA DISTRICT. Stations Missionaries Hative Jgents NAMES NAMES NAMES of Deacons, Catechists and Evangelists 7k Members of Date of Ac- tive Service -y & |Established et Israel Aaron = |Date of Ac- < [tive Service I. Mangalore ok S |the Church Mr. G. Pfleiderer 1853 OUT-STATIONS: Rev. J. J. Brigel 1858 Christanuja Watsa 1866 Ravaneshwara, 1867 Bolma, Rev. E. H. Bergfeldt 1860 Charles Gojar Hosadurga. Mr. C. Stolz 1863 Tobias Chembankodu 1867 Mr. Th. Digel 1864 Johanan Zechariah 1868 Rev. Th. Walz 1866 Benjamin Ponon 1872 Rev. W. Sikemeier 1870 Josias Aarons 1873 Mr. N. Weitbrecht 18%1 Tobias Zechariah 1874 Mr. G. Hirner 1871 Daniel Ammanna 1856 Mr. C. Hiittinger 1871 ™ LA IR i e g ey g 1 4 o~ ca B \ Mrx. L. Durtinger | S et iR Mr. A. Burkhardt 1872 Rev. J. Hermelink 1872 Mr. R. Hauri 1873 Rev. E. Hirlin 1873 Mrs. Reuther 1868 2. Mulky 1845 | 451 Rev. G. Ritter 1569 Rev. Daniel Aaron 1872 OUT-STATIONS: Rev . N. Hiibner 1871 Theophil Aiman 1856 Munderu, Santur, Kutyar, Abraham Hery 1867 Ulya, Kadike, Kodetur, Padu- bidri, Kalatur. Israel Eliezer 1871 Ot 3. Udapy 1854 | 748 Rev . A. Manner 1857 Rev. Sebastian Furtado 1866 OUT-STATIONS: Rev . W. Stokes 1860 1872 Rev. Diego Fernandez Shirva, Utchila, Padur, Rev . F. Miuller 1861 Eliezer Paul 1866 Gudde, Kattupadi, Kaliana- pur, Udyawara, Bolle, Kat- Rev . A. Brasche 1870 Samuel Andrea 1867 Rev A. Ziegler 1872 Daniel Andrea 1867 tingeri, Ninchur, Kudigrdma, Palli, Mulur, Yermala, Poso- Samuel Bunyan 1869 ttu, Mallar, Cap, Mundodi, 1870 Henry Robert Kurkal, Madambail, Posur, Gabriel Almanda 1871 Kopala, Uppur, Arur-Bolma- Bethuel Soanes 1873 ra, Tottam, Kakkunje. 1863 Johann Philip N Missionaries Hative gents ‘ %fations NAMES NAMES of Deacons, Catechists NAMES and Evangelists Established the Church Date of Ac- ive Service Date of Ac- tive Service 4. Karkal 1872 « |Members of =t Rev. H. Daimelhuber 1870 Joseph Bhagyan g OUT-STATION: Mudar. Rev. P. Ott 18471 Obed Sumitra % 1852 5. Honore 1845 e Rev. A. Wenger 1861 Jacob Kamsika OUT-STATION: Karwar Rev. J. Hafner 1871 Mark Salis 1867 g1 6. Mercara 1853 e Rev. F. Kittel 1853 Mr. J. Miiller 1866 1853 117 7. Anandapur Rev. H. A. Kaundinya 11851 Rev. J. F. Veil 11872 B. SOUTHERN MAHRATTA DISTRICT. 8. Dharwar 1837| 44 Rev. T. Costa 1861 Rev. F. Welsch 1871 Rev. J. Layer 1873 N AR IS 5 Lo |~ P B S R T e andal 9. Hubly 1839 168 Rev. J. J. Thumm 1860 Christian Chinnappa 1858 OUT-STATIONS: 1868 Mr. Fr. Ziegler 1862 Lot Hery Unakallu(, Hebsur. Rev. W. Niibling 1871 David Punita 1874 Solomon Devadasa 1874 1841 111 Rev . W. Roth 1857 1858 10. Bettigherry Paul Badappa OUT-STATION: Shagoti Rev . W. Hasenwandel 1872 1. Guledgud 1851 89 Rev . Ch. G. Weigele 1867 Solomon Bhaskar 1858 OUT-STATION: Rev . J. L. Grieshaber 1872 Kardenhalli. LT C. MALABAR DISTRICT. 12. Cannanore 1841 480 Rev. J. M. Fritz 1839 Charles Stocking 1851 OUT-STATIONS: Rev. Ch. Rock 1864 Abraham Mulil 1854 Chowa, Taliparambu, Mr. W. P. Schonthal 1870 Ezra Arunajalam 1855 Chirakal. 1871 1855 Rev. A. Bourquin Abraham Chatayapen Rev. A. Merkle 1872 Jacob Chammanchery 1861 Cornelius Hutten 1867 Jacob Kumaran 1863 1870 Abraham Arangaden Stations Missionarics Hative Dgents NAMES NAMES NAMES of Deacons, Catechists Established the Church ate of Ac- ive Service ~+ and Evangelists ate of Ac- tive Service 13. Tellicherry 1839 o IMembers of 49 Rev. Chr. Miiller 1842 Rev. Paul Chandren OUT-STATION: Rev. J. Kittel 1867 Jacob Heber Dharmapatanam. Mr. W. Schmolk 1869 Gabriel Pirachen Mattu Peter 1850 Stephan Chandren 1867 81 14. Chombala 1849 220 Rev. S. Walter 1865 Paul Sneham 1861 OUT-STATIONS: Mr. A. Dobler 1872 David Teikandy 1866 Muverattu, Kandappen- Jonathan Kandappen 1867 kundu. Joseph Taddai 1871 15. Calicut 1842 588 Rev. Th. Fr. Schauffler 1860 1843 Matthai Kunyan OUT-STATIONS: Rev. J. Knobloch 1865 Paul Chittayagam 1859 Ellatoor, Coilandy, Beypore. Mr . F'r. Matthissen 1867 William Davis 1861 Mr . Th. Elsasser 1867 Jona Padiath 1868 Mr . G.. Spillmann 1869 Timotheus Parakandy 1869 Mr . C. Feuchter 1873 Isaac Laban 1841 . J. S. K. Ostermeier 1873 Joseph Mirandez 1872 \ Mr. J. S. K. Ostermeier |1873 | Joseph Miramdez | ~ 16. Codacal 1857 253 Rev. C. Linder 1868 Rev. Joseph Jacobi 1868 OUT-STATION: Parapery. Johanan Peter 1859 A. P. Veliattingara 1871 Joseph Mandody 1872 1858 | 135 Rev. K. A. E. Diez 1851 T. Cochan Wengalam 1850 17. Palghaut OUT-STATIONS: Rev. G. Wagner 1872 Gabriel Hermon 1873 Kannani, Panayur, Kinanur, Abel Kattuparamben 1863 Wadakanchery. Daniel Nyarakaden 1870 Daniel Shankaran-villany 1870 Johann Puthenvidu 1870 61 Chr. Parambattukavil 1870 D. NILGHERRY DISTRICT. I8, Kaity 1846 38 Rev. S. Gundert 1863 OUT-STATION: Nerkamby Rev. A. Kohler 1873 1867 65 Rev. J. A. Biihrer 1842 | Jacob Kanaka 1868 * 19. Kotagherry II. IN WESTERN AFRICA. A. AKRA OR GA DISTRICT. Stations RMissionaries Hative 39&&5 NAMES NAMES NAMES of Deacons, Catechists and Evangelists. 20. Christianshorg e ® |Established e [Members of & the Church 12 Missionaries 4 Catechists OUT-STATIONS: 0% Tashy, Legong, La. 21. Abokobi 1854 357 3 Missionaries 5 Catechists OUT-STATIONS: Damfa, Sa- sabi, Ochirekomfo, Maiera. B. ADANGME OR KROBO DISTRICT. 22. Odumase 1859 96 3 Missionaries 3 Catechists OUT-STATIONS: Kpong, Douromadam, Jilosi. 23. Ada 1867 3 Missionaries 1 Catechist OUT-STATION: Adafo = P AT S e —— RIS i OUT-8STATION: Adalto C. ANUM DISTRICT.* 24. Anum-Kumase 1864 4 2 Missionaries D. AQUAPEM OR OTCHY DISTRICT. 1843 | 865 6 Missionaries 1 Deacon 25. Akropong OUT-STATIONS: 9 Catechists Bethel, Date, Mamfe, Amanu- krum, Adukrum, Doburow, Mampong, Apirade. 26. Aburi 1847 463 2 Missionaries 1 Deacon = 3 Catechists OUT-STATIONS: Tufu, Asantema, Asekyi. E. AKEM DISTRICT. 2 (Catechists 27. Kyebi 1861 14 2 Missionaries 28. Kukurantumi 1861 45 1 Missionary * This Station has been destroyed by the Ashantes, and is at present unoccupied as its Missionaries have been made captives and taken to Kumase on the 12th of June 1869. III. IN CHINA. Stafions RMlissionaries Sative Jgents NAMES NAMES NAMES of Deacons, Catechists Established the Church and Evangelists 29. Hongkong 1856 ro | Members of; o 3 Missionaries 2 Catechists OUT-STATIONS: Sau-ki-wan, Kim-kai-tshai, (44 Thet-hang. 30. Lilong 1852 264 3 Missionaries 4 Catechists OUT-STATIONS: Chong-hang-kang, Banghang, Lyung-kong-tsai. 31. Chongtshun 1864 190 1 Missionary 4 Catechists OUT-STATIONS: Sung-theu, Shong-hang. 32. Nyenhangly 1864 183 1 Missionary 1 Catechist OUT-STATIONS: Agenhangly, Tsham-hang. . - =k Vi P Ty e G. Census of the ?‘@aﬁzl Gevman @mgelml Ahission on the UWestern Const of Fnbdi. 1st JANUARY 1874. AGENTS OF THE MISSION. SCHOOLS. UNDER THE CARE OF THE MISSION. European Higher Boarding Parochial Schools Heathen Not Members Mission- Native Agentg. Schools Schools. Vernacular Members of the Church. of the Church aries. for children for children Schools. ptized above six under six years. years. NAMES OF MISSION STATIONS. Scholars Christian Schoolmasters VS v imstruction each Congregation on the 1st January 1873 Established in Brethren Sisters Native Pastors Catechists and Evangelists Christian Schoolmasters Schoolmistresses Non-Christian Number of Schools Seminary Middle Schools Training Schools Boys Girls é} é Girls Anglo-Vernacular Schools § ;; Total of children under Out-stations Number of Converts ba during the year 1873 Number of the Members of Communicants Non-Communicants Children Total Catechumens Schoolmasters and ;g Grand Total. 1. Canara. 1. Mangalore R R R R K] 1834 73 72 42| 34 267 18 1039 642 11 447(1100] 21 76 9 1197 D R R R R I Y 1845 34 21 13 133 18 440 213 229| 451 10 15 25 476 2. Mulky S daADT.oivevvnas e 1854 47 26 § 36 214 % 141 584 414 10 324| 748|161 36 197 945 48 Wapleal oo ... s S 1872 2 00 O O é 0 19 21 21 10 31 40 5. Honore ---------- . see sesacen 1845 0 46 17 ) 20 42 43 Bs Mereara.....o.hoivoioiviail, S 1870 OO OO 23 18 2 26 26 e Anandapur....... SR 1853 DD DN RO N Ot DD W — N O = Q= 0 - - O O NN OO WWO NSO O P~ OO DS DY DD @I @ N O Do OSSO DS @IS (=) () (il (SO eyl SO OO = OO § ;é 10 () o) i) ) (et am) g) § g 30 —_ O - NOO W 104 57 13 47 17 34 1 45 162 I1I. South Mahratta. 8 Bhatwariiae.. o o 1837 90 43 =) 186 48 24 20 44 147 147 O 51 99 9 Elublys o oasi Gt 1839 205 167 63 105 168 165 169 337 10. Bettigherry..... Gl o 1841 94 124 107 50 58 111 95 95 206 11. Guledgud ®6scecseccscsettseesnnene 1851 DD DN QO W S = NN (e (o) Hamyi(en) Bl ek QLD ek et DO =O O O B O QO W O N ((8)) 1% ()i () () 3§ ((g)) S Ot Ot o (22) @IS @ (g 23 § 41 — N O — N W O 86 45 - o0 43 89 OO O 23 23 112 I1I. Malabar. 12. Cannanore Teeserevsreccssseccencs 1841 35 23 143 120 16 337 471 217 259 480 259 25 739 13. Tellicherry D R R I R R I R R ) 1839 34 15 0 168 40 18 380 3568 16 182 349 230 579 14, €hombala........ e e 1849 47 17 14 78 196 95 119 220 224 1h. Galieut . i...... 1842 é) 31 0[158 119 403 71 20 550 324 248 588 264 286 874 16 Codaeal. ... .. .0 G 1857 43 21 64 260 29 118 255 261 17 Balohaut..... S sioeriaes 1858 DD = -3 b QO Ot Pt bt N s QO B O OO O =3 W -1 N o S OU RO -3 O O et bt DD bk D N OB O O~ B RO W N =3 Ot () (=) e {om) (amyilcm) §) (§(8j (e (enpianiiien] (a) 76 89 § 179 B = 00O W ;§T 125 70 lg 61 135 % 174 184 319 IV. Nilgherries. 16 29 18. Kaity -------------- sscseer e DO 1846 45 24 14 38 17 22 60 #9¢ Kotagherry............ S o 1867 el Ll [RSS Y pu—— e B B B e | [ PR B el Rt B SR — ST — : 0 0 0 : 0 3 : 57 25 35 65 0 — 0 65 Total 62| 35 64| 54 18 291 65 163 07 349 263 20 7686 739 8312628 —gn 86 61 228 472712615 97/2345(5057|287|1512(1799 6856 Total of January 18738 .............. 64| 35 * 62| 45 17 30F 1 12 78 2 155| 199| 457 282 17 62 476| 87(2408 56 2482 102(2143|4727|270{1279(1549 6276 —_— ) ] — Decrease during 1873 _— — ] — — ] —— | — | e | e | — | — | — | — e T | — = | e | e | 108 1) Increase ditto. R R A Y 63 263 220 5 133 202| 330] 17| 233| 250 580 * By mistake the number given in last year’s Report was 60 instead of 62 o 7 deport, . HROUGH God’s grace the Basel Evangelical Mission in South-Western India has finished another year’s labours, & and on taking a retrospect of it, we find much reason to praise Him who is the giver of every good gift and every per- fect gift. Not only have we been allowed to continue our work in peace, whilst our brethren in Africa have all the year been disquieted by wars and rumours of wars, but the Lord has granted us more or less increase in most branches of our work. When the time for the conquest of the promised land had come, the Lord said unto Joshua, “Be strong and of a good courage, be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” These words of divine command and divine promise we apply to ourselves and the work we have undertaken in His name. We believe that the time for the spiritual conquest of this large, benighted land has come. As the Lord has faithfully kept the promise given to Joshua, so He will faithfully keep the promises given to His whole church, and will hasten the time when all the It therefore earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. behoves us and all the friends and supporters of our Mission, to be strong and of a good courage, and not to be dismayed at the number, cunning and wrath of the enemies. Behold, His reward is with Him! —_— 24 In preference to our former custom of reporting separately the occurrences in each of our nineteen stations in the five 1 districts which we have begun to fill with the sound of free salva- tion through Christ our Saviour, namely Canara, South Mahratta, Malabar, Coorg and the Nilgherry Hills, we give a short account of the joys and trials which have fallen to our lot in the various branches of our work. I CHANGES IN THE STAFF OF OUR ji EUROPEAN LABOURERS b Last year, like its predecessor, has made several keenly [ folt gaps in the ranks of our European labourers. The Nil- gherry Hills have lost their indefatigable and experienced iti- W nerary Missionary the Rev. F. Metz, who first came out to India in of 1843. We regret his departure the more as we have little hope af that he will be able to return to this country. In his place the Rev. A. Kohler was sent ofit in May. On account of general gt debility the following four Missionaries have had to return 80 with their families to Germany, in order to recruit their health, ill viz. the Rev. R. Hartmann of Karkal after fourteen, the Rev. G 8 Hanhart, itinerary Missionary of North Malabar, after sixteen, the Rev. J. Mack of Mulky after fifteen, and Mr. G. Schoch, Su- perintendent of the Cannanore Mission Weaving Establishment, My Je after sixteen years of uninterrupted labour on this coast. We have hopes that they will, with God’s grace, be able to re- by £l turn to India after an absence of eighteen months or two years. M. Schober’s departure has already been noticed in last year’s 1§ 1 Report; in May Mr. Hauri arrived in Mangalore from Basel to Jes take his place. In March and August respectively Messrs. Hesse it and Langel, the latter with family, had, to our great regret, — bay to leave India, their constitutions having proved unequal to Par 25 —— the Indian climate. Mrs. Roth of Bettigherry left for Europe in February, on account of debility consequent on long resi- dence in India, her husbandvrema,ining behind, as he feels well ! enough to carry on the Lord’s work for a few years longer. Besides the reinforcements mentioned above, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Harlin have come out from Germany for the Mission in South Canara, the Rev. J. Layer for the Nilgherry Hills, azr. Feuchter as Superintendent of the Tiling Works in Calicut and Mr. Ostermeier for the Mercantile Branch in Calicut. Together with these, five ladies came out: Mrs. Schauffler to rejoin her husband in Calicut after an absence of eighteen months, the y other four were engaged to Messrs. Chr. Miiller of Tellicherry, 1 Daimelhuber of Karkal, Digel and Weitbrecht of Mangalore, to ot whom they were married shortly after. Just before the close m of the year Mrs. Rock returned to her husband in good health, pe after an absence in Germany of twenty months. he The health of those of our Missionaries who were by God’s al grace allowed to remain at their work, has in general been 1 good. Mr. Hasenwandel of Bettigherry, however, whose severe th illness we reported last year, has not yet recovered fully; G several others have been more or less ailing. e We mention here with deep grief the unexpected death of ik Mrs. Bergfeldt of Mangalore on the 5th of October, after six ot years of mission life. She made herself useful to the station )3t by superintending the Brahmin Girls’ Schools and by giving 16 employment to needy women of the congregation. Her grave Mo is the sixth in our new Churchyard, dug within the last four pLD years to receive the earthly remains of Europeans connected ] 10 with our Mission. May the Lord graciously comfort the hus- oss¢ gl’et: band and four little children who sorrow ovgr her early de- parture! [0 4 —— 26 A number of Medical gentlemen have carefully attended our patients not only amongst our European Missionaries, but also in some cases the sick in our congregations, without asking any remuneration, and we here wish to express to them our hearty thanks, especially Dr. Dempster and Dr. McAllum of Mangalore, Dr. Roberts of Calicut, Dr. Fletcher, Dr. Rickard and Dr. Ritchie of Cannanore and Dr. Davies of Karwar. The Kuduremukh Sanitarium. E For a long time we have felt the desirableness of having a little Sanitarium for the brethren in the Canara District. § There are at present thirty-five European labourers male and female stationed in that district, who, when a little dhange i of air was desirable for them, have hitherto had no proper place in the vicinity to get it, so that instead of recruiting their strength in the proper time and with little expense, they went on drudging till the distant and expensive journey to the Nil- gherry Hills or to Bangalore was imperative. The Kuduremukh, al however, is not very far off, and is about six thousand feet ] high. We have often wished to own a little bungalow there, and are glad that we can now report that this wish is being 0 fulfilled, Miss Anstey and her friends having put the necessary fa funds for it into our hands. i On the 6th of December last the site for the bungalow was i L chosen and made over to us by Government. Within a few days the jungle was cleared and a little house, which is to be used I¢ as an out-house, was erected and is at present occupied by the superintendent of the building and the low-country labourers. D Notwithstanding the difficulties in the way of building in such h a place, we are confident that the house will be finished with- in a reasonable time and that it will help to preserve the ey 27 ———— health of our brethren of the Canara District. We wish to ex- press our hearty thanks to Miss Anstey and her friends for their kind efforts on our behalf. “LITERARY WORK. In Native Christian literature a fair beginning has been made, but as the work in the stations is constantly increasing, the leisure for such work gets less and less. We regret this the more, as, with the exception of our Anglo-Vernacular Schools, the medium of instruction in all our institutions, the Catechist Seminary not excluded, is not English but the Vernacular. The Rev. Mr. Fritz and the Rev. Chr. Miiller have continued their labours in the revision of the Malayalam New Testament. The first three Gospels have been printed, and the Gospel of St. John is nearly ready for the press. The Rev. Mr. Fritz has besides translated into Malayalam § «A Catechisation by the late Rev. S. Hebich” in which especi- l ally the divinity of Christ is proved from passages of the New and Old Testaments. i y A Commentary on the Old Testament in Canarese is being continued by the Rev. Dr. H. Mogling, and the first part, con- taining the Pentateuch, was issued in the course of last year. i The second part, the Historical Books, is far advanced. The work is based on Dr. Barth's well known Bible Manual. 1 Mr. Chr. Miller has got up the Malayalam Almanac for 1874, the Canarese Almanac having been prepared by Mr. Stolz. d The Rev. F. Kittel has compiled and carried through the 16 press a Canarese Anthology with notes and a Glossary. As those passages which a decent person cannot read without blushing, or which are otherwise objectionable, have been omit- ted, we hope it will prove a useful class-book. 16 4 % 28 The Rev. Mr. Knobloch has edited «“Malayalam Hymns for Children” with appropriate English or German tunes. A little book like this has long been a desideratum in our schools, and we think that it will answer the purpose the better, as the % tunes are printed not in the ordinary notation, but in figures, a system which according to our experience even dull boys catch up without difficulty, and which entirely suffices for the purpose of singing. | A little book «“Good Words,” written by the late Evangelist Suvdrtappa Watsa of Honore, has been carried through the press. It contains above one hundred Sanscrit ¢lokas which § he has translated and explained, and to which he has made suitable illustrations recommending the Christian religion; 8¢ he does this especially in his notes to those clokas which refer to sacrifice, showing that the sacrifice of Christ alone can pro- W pitiate for sin. Catechist Solomon Bhdskar of Guledgud has translated Ll into Canarese the tract “Satya Dharma Lakshana” (charact- Iy 1t eristics of the true religion), and has besides got ready for the press a translation of “the Wedding Drama”, which a la Brahmin intends getting printed at his expense, in order to 1 counteract the mad wedding expenses customary amongst the N Canarese people. Several other manuscripts are ready for the press, but fr could not be printed for want of funds. The «Sabhapatra,” a§ a Canarese religious monthly paper, has now reached its sixth 1§ year and proves a blessing to our people. W0 n i STATE OF OUR FINANCES, De We beg to lay before our friends the following statements ace showing the present position and prospects of our Society. lng R 29 ! The present state of our finances shows a great deficit, so that lo if special efforts are not made on the part of all our friends d both at Home and in this country, we shall shortly be obliged 16 to reduce the present extent of our work, not only here in India, but also in Africa and in China. At the beginning of )s, s last year, when the annual accounts for 1872 arrived from the he various mission fields, our Home Committee saw themselves burdened with a deficit of Rs. 60,000, chiefly owing to un- 5t avoidable expenditure in India, such as home passages and allowances for invalid Missionaries and their families, neces- he ch sary buildings in Karkal, Karwar, Ravaneshwara, Chombala le and Calicut,* salaries for the increased number of our Native Assistants and students in India and elsewhere; these expen- L (9} ses are indeed unavoidable, if the natural growth of our [0 work is not to be crippled for want of funds. Besides this the receipts of our Society did not keep pace ed with the expenditure during the past year, so that far from being able to get rid of the burden in the course of the year, (f it had increased at the close of last year to the amount of one {0} lac and eight thousand Rupees. This burden presses heavily not only upon the Home Committee, but also upon every to Missionary, they being hindered by it in all their movements. he We therefore appeal urgently to the liberality of our friends and solicit them not only to continue their present b 1 assistance, but, if possible, to increase their contributions. It dy th is in obedience to the Lord’s command, “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature,” that we have undertaken this great work, and we should be very sorry and discouraged indeed, to be obliged to come to a standstill or perhaps even to beat a retreat on account of insufficient funds. nts *Buildings connected with the Mercantile Branches are not included in these accounts; all expenditure on account of the Mercantile Branches is entirely 3ty unconnected with the funds of our Society. 30 — NATIVE ASSISTANTS. The whole number of our Native Assistants is 123; namely five ordained Pastors, 51 Catechists, three itinerary Native Missionaries, 10 Evangelists, and 54 Christian School Masters. { So large a number of Native Converts directly employed in Mission work is a comforting proof that the Lord has graciously and richly blessed our Mission, and we also take it as an earnest of still greater blessings to come. To the number of our Catechists ) four young men have been added after having successfully passed the theological examination in those sciences which 1 they have been taught during their three or four years’ studies '\l in the Catechist Seminary at Mangalore. We are the more glad of this addition, as two of them, David Punita and Solomon { Devadasa, are natives of the South Mahratta District and have | increased the small number of our Native Assistants in those a parts. The other two, Obed and Tobias, have been stationed in Canara. We pray the Lord to keep these young brethren in bodily health and in constant communion with Himself, and §t to let them see much fruit of their labours. On the other It hand we have lost two Catechists. In July last Solomon Vellien fy died in Hubly of consumption after less than three years’ Iy active service. His young widow has been placed in the Girls’ i Boarding School at Bettigherry, and we hope she will become I In Hubly a useful assistant in the education of the girls. hi one of the Catechists has left the Mission service rather than (i As the allow himself to be transferred to another Station. Missionaries of our Society must, for the Lord’s sake, be willing th to go to any place they may be sent to, it is only right to re- (il quire the same readiness in our Native Assistants. ta 31 P — Thus the whole number of our Catechists at the end of 1873 was fifty-one. They have assisted us in our work in the y congregations; a good number of them are employed as teach- 76 ers and managers of our Boarding Schools, Middle Schools 3 and the Catechist Seminary. Others give religious and some- 1 times also secular lessons in our Elementary Schools, especially Iy in small out-stations where the Missionaries cannot pay re- all gular and frequent visits. They have accompanied the Mis- )i sionaries in bazaar preaching and in itineracy, and where the number of inquirers is great, they have given instruction pre- paratory to baptism. Some of them, especially in small out- Iy stations, have spent much of their time in visiting the heathen ch in their houses, inviting them to enter the kingdom of heaven. 165 With the zeal, sincerity and efficiency of most of them we have had reason to be well satisfied. In general we can say that e 0n they walk worthy of the vocation wherewith they are called. AL We confidently hope and pray that they will yet abound more )3e and more in every spiritual gift, so as to become more and il more useful in the Lord’s vineyard. Several of our Catechists have also last year gone through 1n nd severe trials. In November Catechist Joseph Taddai of Chom- fiel bala was seized with gastric fever, which soon turned into en typhus and brought him to the brink of the grave, so that L his life was despaired of for many days. With resignation to God’s holy will and firm faith in his Saviour he waited for the 1ls me hour of his departure. But the Lord heard our prayers on bly his behalf and did not take him away ¢in the midst of his days.” han he Catechist Anthony Veliyattingara of Codacal had also to go through a severe trial, his wife having been mentally derang- ling ed after the birth of her little boy in February. He had to IC take her to Calicut and Palghaut, to see if these changes 32 would alter her state; but this hope was not fulfilled. In b October the little boy who had been his father’s comfort here on earth, died rather suddenly. But this sad event seems to I have wrought a change for the better in the mind of the poor d woman, so that although still weak in body, her mind has be- come clear again. il The number of our itinerary Native Missionaries (who in f1 fact are Catechists set apart exclusively for itineracy) has been il increased from two to three, Catechist Israel Aaron having been al appointed for South Canara with his head-quarters in Mangalore. €X In the dry season he has been mostly itinerating in every i direction of his district, and in the rainy season he was nearly of every day seen in the bazaar, speaking with individuals about al the one thing needful. Of the two others the itinerary Mis- (1 sionary of North Canara, Catechist Mark Salis, has his head- of quarters in Honore, and the itinerary Missionary for Malabar, it Catechist Abraham Mulil, has his home in Chowa. The latter, th we are sorry to say, has also for the greater part of last year '[0] been unable to do his work on account of sickness and old age, A and we fear he must give up itineracy. We regret this the more, NIl as his extensive knowledge of native writings and sciences kn has made him well fitted for this post.—The chief duty of our to for Evangelists i is to cast the seed of the Word of God amongst the heathen. In general they have worked satisfactorily, and several have shown much zeal for the Lord’s cause. May they also con- ha; tinue through God’s grace to become more and more useful in the preparing the way for the Lord amongst their brethren after the the flesh! We have had reason to be seriously displeased with the only one Evangelist on account of his laxness towards several n members of his family whose life is a reproach to the Gospel. iy 33 — n This led him to hide sins which he ought to have revealed to I6 his superiors; he has thus become partaker of other men’s sins. to May he remember from whence he is fallen, and repent, and 0r do the first works.—The ) Christian Teachers in our schools have mostly worked well; the regular examina- 10 tions of the Inspectors of Schools and the grants-in-aid receiv- {41} ed bear witness to this. Some of them, however, want regular el and strict supervision. One teacher had to be dismissed and 16 excommunicated for immorality. May the Lord have mercy In several stations, for instance in Kaity, the want 1y upon him. 1ly of teachers regularly trained for their work is much regretted, In out and is a great hindrance to the progress of the schools. [is- order to increase their efficiency the Mission School Inspectors ad of the various districts gather all the Christian teachers of the At ar, district around them once a year for four or five days. e, these meetings they are partly examined in those books and ear topics which they have been prescribed for previous study, 20, partly they receive hints on education and are instructed in 016, such knowledge as is useful and necessary for a teacher to 1068 know. Of course it is not the amount of knowledge imparted to them, but the new impulse and encouragement they receive oul for their vocation, which renders these meetings so beneficial.— The number of our 160 Ordained Native Pastors 170 has not increased and is still five. We are glad to see that gl they do not content themselves with fulfilling their duties in ﬂ iIl fter their congregations, but consider themselves debtors «both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, both to the wise and to the yith unwise,” trying to win souls for the Lord whenever an op- gl portunity offers. Therefore they spend as much time as their el 5 34 ety duties to their congregations will allow of, in visiting the i We houses of heathen and in preaching at heathen festivals. f append here a few extracts from the journal of the Rev. J. Jacobi al of Codacal, which will serve to show that the Word of God P bears more fruit than we often imagine. Referring to a 0 preaching tour made at the end of the rainy season of last il year, he says: «InChavakadu I visited the Salt Manager, a Tiyan, th who was sick of rheumatism. For a long time he has heard Bl the Word, has been convinced of its truth and has continually th read the Scriptures. Before seeing the old man, I had an 01 hour’s conversation with his eldest son, a writer, who told me 1 that neither he nor his parents worshipped idols, ‘for we know las for certain,’ said he, ‘that all this is but vanity and untruth.’ Ca When I asked him, whom they worshipped now, he said, ‘we an believe in Jesus Christ; He is the Saviour of the world.’ I W answered, ‘he that believeth in Jesus will also keep His com- mandments, and His commandment is, ‘he that believeth and e is baptized shall be saved.’ When he rejoined, ‘the Lord kar asketh of man only his heart, therefore it is all the same to I Him, whether we outwardly remain heathen, or change our efe native customs.’ I read to him several passages from the New any Testament, showing him that confessing Christ with the mouth hoy was necessary as well as believing in the heart. (Rom. 10, 9-10.) 001 He promised me to consider this matter more fully for the fu- 2 ture. By this time the old man was prepared to see me and al received me kindly, bidding me to be seated near his bed. fol When I made a few inquiries about his sickness, he told me 10 that he had been suffering for several months, and that he wt was now quite unable to move. Upon this I remarked that all the sickness and pains which we suffer were the fruits of pla Whe S1n ‘After this’, I continued, ‘the wages of sin, which is ang death, will put an end to all our sufferings here; and what is oy 35 e the then your hope? Have you considered it? Have you laid the We foundation of your hope upon the Rock of Ages? for it is cobt awful to meet death without our debts being paid, our sins jod pardoned, whilst a fountain, even the side of our Lord, was ) & opened upon the cross for their cleansing.’ Hereupon I spoke ast about the love of Christ, and His sufferings and atonement for all, the salvation of his poor soul. By this the man was so touch- ard ed that all the while he was hearing of the wonderful love of lly the Saviour, tears filled his eyes, and now and then he burst an out crying for mercy. I read to him a few comforting pro- il mises of the Saviour, such as Matth. 11,28 and John 6,37. At 10W last he said to me, ‘I believe in none but Jesus; He alone th can save me; to Him I pray and will continue to do so more ‘e and more.’ The man is not dangerously ill, and I hope he will recover not only in body, but also in soul. il «On our way to Cherupulchery we came to the house of a nd well-to-do Tiyan. He being absent, his wife received us very ard kindly and gave us what we had need of. After a short time her 0 10 husband came home, muttering his Mantrams ¢‘Nama Shiviya’ etc our He passed us quietly, without taking any notice of us, ew and devoutly performed his evening ceremony for nearly an uth hour, after which he asked us, who we were and whence we had come? After answering his questions, I read to him Acts 17, 10) {11 22—31, and spoke about the creation of man in innocency, about his fall and his redemption through Jesus Christ, and and bed told him that God in His name now offered full and free par- don to all that believe. I felt that the man received the Word 100 with an open ear, and that his conscience assented to the be {hat plan of salvation set forth in the Gospel. It was rather late when we went to rest. Next morning at 4 o’clock he awoke us 5 00 and told us that he had been meditating all night upon our b 19 4 0 it 38 words and that he wished to hear more of that truth. 5* 36 e may be,’ said he, ‘that it is God that has guided you under my roof, in order to make known to me the way of salvation.’ I spoke to him again and gave him a portion of the Gospel of Luke and the tract ‘Best Choice,’ and advised him to pray to the living God, who hath ears to hear, and who is able to supply all our wants, both those of our soul and those of our K of body. The man accompanied us for half a mile and told us that he was beginning to disbelieve the Shastras, and to be- 2 lieve that all about the Hindoo gods and customs was folly il and lies.—At Puttenkandapuram I went to see an old Tiyan up who formerly not only used to read the Word of God for him- ! self, but also conversed with other people about the truth he an had found in it. I found, however, that he was dead now. of When I reached his house, his old widow came out lamenting of and said, ‘Six weeks ago old Krishnan died of dysentery; he 10 only suffered for a fortnight, and whilst lying sick, the book the (New Testament) was never out of his hands, he was reading 0n in it and conversing about it till he became quite unable to to do so any longer. A little before his death he called for his Prg sons and charged them not to neglect reading the book which Th he himself had found to be the truth. These were almost his 1t ¢ last words.’ Since his death the well used New Testament ISI and the tracts he possessed, have been tied together in a bundle UL and laid at the head of his cot. The old woman bought an- Sigl other tract, to add it to the bundle. (o (i «At Kangiramuk we visited a Tiyan. One of his sons was eng very desirous to get one of our books, but his father forbade hle him saying: ‘If you only read the book, you will be caught Fop in the net and become a Christian ; therefore let us neither read frug in, nor hear about these books.’ But when 1 had read to them (61 three chapters from ‘The Human Heart Book, the father him- lllg self wished to have the book and gladly paid the price of it.” lug] 37 ey )il OUR CONGREGATIONS. of Their increase during the past year. ay fo The number of our Native Christians in India amounts to I 5,007 against 4,727 in the previous year, showing an increase s of 330 souls. The number of heathens baptized last year is he 228, against 143 baptized in 1872. This increase gives us lly much reason to praise God for the blessing He has bestowed jan upon our labour. From the census prefixed to this Report it 111 will be seen that of the 228 new converts 141 belong to Udapy he and its out-stations, that is, at this single station the number of new converts during the past year falls short by only two 0w 1 of the entire number of converts baptized in the preceding year in the whole of our Indian Mission. Let us add to this that of he the 287 catechumens under instruction for baptism who were 00k [ing on the list at the close of the year, no less than 161 belong o 10 to Udapy, so that for 1874 too this station alone has more prospect of increase than all our other stations taken together. his hich This is truly an astonishing fact, and if we ask ourselves, how s it comes to pass that this station in the midst of other stations is privileged to reap more fruit than its neighbours far and gent ndle near, we can only find this answer, “so it seemed good in the an sight of the Father in Heaven. Who are we that reply against God?” This increase in the converts of one station, however, 7as encourages us to believe that God will in His own good time bless every station with a similar or even greater increase. hade For this we wait as the husbandman waiteth for the precious ght 1ead fruit of the earth.and hath long patience for it, until he re- ceive the early and latter rain; and meanwhile we go on work- em Jum ing and praying for the coming of His kingdom in this be- nighted country. 1t i 38 — of Religious and Moral Condition of our Native Church. It We bestow much care on' our Congregations, because we Pl‘ think it of great importance that they should not only be no gr stumbling-block to others, but become lights to shine in dark places, and we rejoice to say that our efforts in this di- s rection have been much more encouraging than discouraging. i) In saying so we must, however, beg our friends to keep in Su mind that the religious and moral depravity inherited from ch of generation to generation for thousands of years, cannot be put off as an old garment. Although, therefore, we have good 1 reason to speak of progress attained, yet truth forbids us to hide the deficiencies which still exist. §6¢ Divine Service on Sunday morning has been very well at- I tended in all our stations, the afternoon services and weekly Ta] services less so, the latter partly owing to the circumstance Iy that many Christians have their employment at a distance from [ the churches they attend. Many have a real desire after the by Word of God, and it is received by them as the Word of the 1ng living God, able to save their souls. Prayer is not neglected. Ca In most houses, we may say, family-prayer is held every Wi evening; as, however, many men must go to work so early in Ho the morning that they cannot call their families together, fa- he mily-prayer is not generally observed in the morning. The ill prayer-meetings which our male converts have held among them- hig selves, continue to be a blessing; and for this reason the Mis- m, sionaries try to kindle the fire again when it is apt to go out. 801 In our last Report we mentioned that the prayer-meetings at Wh Chowa had a good influence also upon the moral and social i We can now add that the col- condition of the congregation. Coy lections which they make among themselves at these meetings yea have reached the sum of Rs. 70; from this fund the members g, 39 —— of the meeting are assisted in times of sickness or distress, ch but they must repay the sums in better times. This little e piece of self-government is worthy of imitation in other con- 10 gregations also. 1n With respect to matrimonial life we cannot express our- di selves satisfied throughout; cases of dispute and even of un- ng faithfulness have happened in several stations, and whenever B! such things have come to our notice, we have exercised sharp 0m church discipline. Yet, when we compare the matrimonial life he of our people with that of the heathen generally, we see a very ood marked improvement. 10 The signs of spiritual life which we have here and there seen in our Christians, convince us, that the Spirit of God has at wrought in them for good and that our endeavours are not in vain. Ky Frequently when we have been called upon to visit our 106 dying Christian converts, we have found in them proof of a il true and living faith; the fear of death had been overcome by the assurance of full and true pardon through the suffer- the the ings and death of Christ. During the smallpox epidemic in rod Calicut at the beginning of last year, a young man, Moses, who had for 12 years proved a faithful servant in the Mission oy Soon after gl House, was attacked by this disease and died of it. he had been taken ill, he had the conviction that he would fo The not recover. He was ready to die, and said the day before il his death, that he felt certain that all his sins were pardoned in Jesus and that therefore he had no fear of death. Even \[15 oub some heathens who witnessed his death, said that during the whole time of the epidemic they had never seen a man die s&t like that.—A similar fearless death was that of the aged fisher ;cial ol Cornelius of Tellicherry, a man who had for a long series of years been a great help to us in our work amongst the fisher- g8 hers men of that place. qu him death was swallowed up in vic- 40 ———— e, tory, death had lost its sting. It is a happy feeling for a 0 Missionary to see a man who came to us as a heathen, dying in such full and sure hope of eternal happiness, and it makes D hi up for many disappointments he may meet with in his labours.— 10 In Calicut there is amongst the inquirers under instruction for baptism a man who had attended a member of the con- 60 il gregation in his last illness and thus had become an eye-witness of his happy death. A few words addressed by the sick man b direct to his heathen attendant, to come to Jesus, and the In de peace of God to which the whole bearing of the dying Christian gave witness, made such a deep impression upon him that ere sh This th long he asked for admission into the church of Christ. also is a sign of spiritual life. B Considering the general poverty of our congregations, we ha th may say that a number of our people contribute towards cha- ritable and Mission purposes according to their ability and do fir JUi it willingly, although there are also not a few others who have to be constantly exhorted and yet do not fulfil their duty of in this respect. We are unable to mention the whole sum he contributed last year by all our Christians, but we can give the sums contributed by those stations whose reports on this 1ng subject lie before us. wh Rs As 861 14 Bettigherry (50 Communicants) has contributed 63 Gy Palghaut (70 99 ) 29 170 }?31. 820 13 7 i Calicut (324 93 ) ) 0n Codacal 29 ) ) 110 4 11 (127 of} But it is not always the amount, which makes a gift well- thy pleasing in the sight of God, but the mind in which the gift C0) is offered. An old woman in Coilandy wished to give some- Sy thing towards the Lord’s cause, but she had nothing. Then i the thought struck her, that she might rear a fowl»and sell it, hy 41 — s ! £ 1o &0 savo the pmice for which dho soldhibis anhag ing to the Mission.—In Hubly the father of a numerous family kes puts every Sunday one anna into the collection plate, not of fizgs his abundance, but of his want, and he would prefer to fast, rather than not give this offering. On one occasion having 00 i earned a little more than usual, he brought half a rupee to the Mission. A woman of the congregation at Anandapur s nan brought Mr. Kaundinya Rs. 70, saying, “You know that my the husband was so dangerously ill two years ago that his life was despaired of; at that time we vowed unto the Lord, that, if it tian 616 should please Him to spare my husband, we would give half of the produce of the coffee garden we had just begun to plant.” This By God’s blessing her husband recovered, and though two years had elapsed before the plantation produced any return for Ve cha: their labour, she faithfully brought half the proceeds of the first crop. Another member of the same congregation brought 1do Mr. Kaundinya five bhatties of paddy (valued Rs. 9) as a thank- who duty offering for the Lord’s blessing on his crop, and added that he would do so every year. sum These are very encouraging facts, and they help us in bear- glVG ing the shortcomings of our Christians and the grievous cases this which now and then happen in our congregations. In Malabar several persons had to be excommunicated for sorcery. In Guledgud there lives a family not far from the Mission com- pound which has caused the Missionaries much sorrow; not only do they themselves walk disorderly, but they also lead %: 3;1 others astray. Two young men there joined the Romish church; and when one of them came back again to rejoin our el congregation, it came to light that he had formerly led a gltt sinful life, and re-admittance was refused him; some time gome afterwards he made his appearance in Belgaum and presented Then himself to the London Mission there as an inquirer for bap- oll 16 6 42 tism! Several persons and families have relapsed into heathen- ism; but even them we do not give up, as we have often seen such people return to us with the humble confession that their awakened consciences had been all the time of their separa- N tion from the congregation upbraiding them for their back- sliding.—At Kaity a member of the congregation had given his P W only child in charge of his father who is still a heathen. When the Missionaries showed him not only the great sin of this act, but also the great wrong done against the child, he hardened his heart and put on his lingam (heathenish sign) again, thereby excluding himself from the congregation and 1 1 returning to heathenism. Several members of the same con- gregation absented themselves for a time from divine service 8 in a spirit of insubordination. But we are glad to say that § this crisis has passed over, and the confession of their wrong gives us reason to hope that good will come out of the evil I which has happened.—That the bad habit of intemperance has entirely disappeared, we cannot say; but those who are addict- 1 ed to this vice are mostly ashamed to yield to it publicly, and we keep a strict watch over them and rebuke them, that others also may fear. Taking everything together, both the encouraging and the discouraging features of our Christians, we have ample reason to thank God for the many improvements amongst them, and we are sure that He will continue to work in our midst through His sanctifying Spirit; for “except the Lord build the 1 house, their labour is but lost that build it; except the Lord ) keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain”. After this description of our Christians we wish to give 1 a few particulars about — 43 9} The New Converts 60 BLL whom we have been privileged to receive into our congre- The greater number of them % gations during the past year. tk seem to be sincere in their profession and have already given 1§ proofs of this on various occasions. The first seventeen whom we baptized in the newly established station at Karkal on May i} of 925, are all farmers. While heathens, they observed every new- he moon as a holiday and ploughed on Sundays. After becoming Christians, they observe the Sabbath and disregard the new- jil nd moon. Their heathen landlords were very angry at this and threatened to drive them away from their homes and fields, )i 106 saying, “we shall pay them out for their constant going to Our new converts, however, did not allow them- ab prayer.” selves to be frightened, and hitherto the threats of their land- »Hg mil lords have happily not been carried out. Of two inquirers baptized in Palghaut the Rev. Mr. Diez 125 relates some interesting particulars. The one was an intelli- b Iy, gent old woman; she made over everything she had, a little house, several jewels, etc. to Mr. Diez, saying, “I beg you to b receive me into the church of Christ, to care for me in my sickness and to bury me; and if something is left, give it to he a poor, helpless woman who may come to you for the salvation 0l of her soul.” She died three days after her baptism.—The nd other, who proved to be a steadfast inquirer, is a young married Ist man from Coimbatoor. When a boy, he studied in the London he Mission School of that place, but remained for a long time an id enemy to the truth. When, however, several Tracts were put into his hands, and Mr. Manykam, railway contractor in Coimba- \[4 toor, had procured him a Tamil New Testament, his eyes were opened to see the truth as it is in Jesus. This led him to de- sire to become a Christian. In Coimbatoor he did not dare to 6 * 44 el make a public profession of his faith, because he was afraid hi of the wrath and cunning of his many influential relatives and it friends. Therefore he came to Palghaut and received instruc- tion for baptism with the other catechumens. Not long before tr he was to receive baptism, his brother came to Palghaut with a cunning friend and tried to persuade him to return with him fa to Coimbatoor, urging as his reason that his (Venkada Ram, ki the enquirer’s) daughter was dangerously ill. “You may be back to Palghaut in three days,” said he. A vehement struggle €y ensued in his mind. Mr. Diez advised him not to believe any ti one, not even his own brother, but he left him at liberty to go i or stay as he liked. He did not go, and his brother had to 01 return to Coimbatoor alone, as his leave of absence had run E out; he, however, left his friend behind and charged him to bring his apostate brother on the following day. But all the I¢ persuasions of this cunning man availed nothing with Venkada A Ram, who sent him away next day with the assertion that if (l his daughter was to die, she was in God’s hand; but that he 0o knew she would not die. On the third day his brother sent al him a registered letter, saying: «I pray to God to throw you ! into hell; we shall perform the funeral rites* for you, if you do not come back immediately.” Whilst he was reading the letter on the road, a girl clasped his legs crying out: «O father, father, do not leave us.” It was his own daughter who had been said to be lying on her deathbed. She had come with {c her aunt to persuade her father not to become a Christian. k He resisted also this hard temptation, saying to Mr. Diez, «Sir, o if T return now to Coimbatoor, I am lost.” In holy baptism 8l he desired to have the name of Jesudasan (servant of Jesus), fl saying, “I have long enough served the devil; but I have now W * It is usual, when a man becomes a Christian, for his relatives to perform 0 his funeral ceremonies, as they then look upon him as one who is dead. b 45 ald bid him good-bye in order to serve the Lord Jesus alone.” nd He was baptized early in January of this year. 10 This instance shows us, through what severe trials and 0re troubles some converts have to go, to save their souls; they ith must literally forsake houses and brethren and sisters and 1 father and mother and wife and children and lands for the o, kingdom of God’s sake. And those cases in which an inquirer he must leave his family behind are by no means exceptions, but o) ole even mostly the rule whenever the wife is disinclined to Chris- ny tianity. Other trials await them from the hatred of the hea- 40 then. Consequent on the baptism of a heathen in Kardenhalli, o out-station of Guledgud, both he and our other Christians there gl had to suffer not only many vexations from the heathen, but 0 also considerable pecuniary loss; the latter has not yet been redressed and the former we never expect to be redressed. the ot Also at Karuvapara, out-station of Palghaut in the Cochin en- bif clavure our inquirers and Christians have had very hard times of it on account of the intense hatred of some Mahomedans he ent and Hindoos. The occurrences which have happened there, are related as follows by the Rev. E. Diez. }’011 «The origin of the illfeeling among the Mahommedan and fou the Hindoo inhabitants was the conversion in 1871 of a Mahom- medan woman H. This illfeeling, however, was not long openly B ad manifested in consequence of the then Tahsildar requiring the former husband of H. and certain others to find security to ith keep the peace. Things remained in this state till the 22nd an Wil of May 1873 when two Waduga women (grand-mother and grand-daughter) came in broad day-light to the Mission sta- 10 tion of Karuvapara from Kolinyampara. The grand-daughter ls), was married about two years ago to a certain S., but was divor- 0V ced about March or April 1873. The grand-mother, who had o1 been more or less acquainted with the tenets of the Gospel 46 I SRR for the last ten years, resolved shortly afterwards to join our T Mission with her young grand-daughter. This step seems to hr have enraged the latter’s former husband S. who threatened (0] forthwith to murder the few Christians in the station and then (a to commit suicide. We had reason to believe that he was en- il couraged in making these threats by others; and our suspi- ol cions were confirmed when on the 25th of May a Panchayat als (a native council), hastily formed of Hindoos, Mahommedans da and Roman Catholics, called for our two Catechists and called (a upon them to deliver up the two Waduga women. it «Whilst the Catechists were thus absent from home, S. tried a3 to possess himself of the persons of the two women, but his We attempt was frustrated by Providence. The same night S. the paraded the street with a lighted torch threatening to set fire of to our Chapel and Catechist’s house. The day following he i} assaulted the former Mahommedan female convert H., who kept an a small shop. On the arrival of Catechist D. N. with H. at the the Sub-Magistrate’s Court at Chittoor, they found S. had al- e ready lodged a complaint against our two Catechists, alleging gl abduction of his wife, theft of jewels and Rs. 100 in cash, and to assault. The Catechist D. N. would there and then have been il put in prison, had not some friendly person stood bail for him. «It was about midnight of this day that our Chapel was set pr on fire, and although the remaining Catechist and some watch- Pa men raised an alarm, nobody in the neighbourhood offered the ; slightest assistance in extinguishing the fire. I petitioned the Sub-Magistrate’s Court to find out the perpetrators of this crime, and shortly after a certain S.S. accused our other Catechist Ch. H P. of house-breaking by night and stealing some 60 and odd Ch Rupees. On my visit to Karuvapara on the 30th May I 1 was shown a warrant to search the Catechist’s house and i premises. To the utter dismay of our party a small parcel to 47 Our was pointed out lying at the bottom of our well, which, when 10 brought up, was found to contain part of the stolen property ned complained of by S. S. In the face of this evidence our poor e Catechist was taken into custody and made to carry the bundle £n One of our Cate- in question to a neighbouring guard-house. Sl chists, we are glad to say, volunteered to keep him company and ¥ also did his best to cheer him up and to find bail for him next ans day. As two heavy cases were thus standing against our led Catechists, I asked Mr. La Nauze to take up our defence in that Court. We are greatly obliged to him for his ready jed assistance and his able defence. The two cases in which we hug were defendants, were thrown out in the course of enquiry; on the other hand the assault case had to be given up for want fire of evidence, and lastly our complaint of arson had to be with- he drawn. Finding that the illfeeling against the Catechists ept and other Christians was both strong and general, we removed But to ab them to another station and replaced them by others. l ensure peace, I was obliged to go to Eranakulam and lay our Ing grievances before the Dewan Shangunni Menon Esq., ©. 8. L nd to whom we are greatly obliged for his speedy and peremptory gel measures for our relief.” il But with all their wrath the enemies cannot hinder the set progress of Christ’s kingdom. As a proof of this we give some ! particulars about the establishment of an out-station in the the Attolimani in Coorg. 16, Nearly five years ago a good number of people of the Holeya caste in Hoodikeri expressed their desire to embrace (h ydd Christianity. Their motives for doing so were of a mixed ] nature, being partly religious desire and partly secular ex- d pectations. As the Missionaries were neither able nor willing el to fulfil the latter, their zeal abated till the Lord himself FrSEERE EEE 48 roused them out of their sleep by divers calamities. One of I Ve them, disgusted with the hesitation of his friends, came to the missionary in Anandapur, was instructed and received baptism 30 Ca in 1871. The desire to embrace Christianity was thereby re- vived in the others. They frequently paid visits to Mr. to Kaundinya, who at last told them, that they should not keep coming singly, but should send their leading men as their re- presentatives, to say plainly and uprightly what they wanted. {h This they did in March 1872 and when Mr. Kaundinya returned {h the visit and asked them individually whether they really and {h sincerely desired to become Christians and to break off their al connection with heathen customs and heathen sins, they all i answered in the affirmative. In order to get away from their 01 unhealthy village, and for various other reasons which need (s not be mentioned here, they had by this time sold their fields i and begun to settle in Attolimani, which is not only healthier The tl and more fertile, but also nearer to the Mission Station. top of a gentle elevation was then fixed upon as the proper fe place for building a schoolroom, a house for a teacher and a it chapel for divine service. After this was settled, they asked fs the missionary, when he intended to begin regular instruction 1 with them in the Christian religion and to receive them into the L Christian church. He answered, to prove them: «I see you are s What time have fully engaged with your own work at present. { you for hearing instruction?” Their ready answer was, “We can find sufficient time for your instruction, and yet hope not to fall 0 behind with our work.” This hearty wish could only be satisfied last year, as Mr. Veil then settled amongst them to instruct them preparatory to baptism. We have good reason to hope that ere long at least a number, if not all, of them will be baptized in the name of Jesus. A school has been opened in Attolimani, i with Mr. Jacob Mara as teacher, and gives very fair hope of { 49 e 0 0f progress Six of these people, the whole number of whom the was 38 at the beginning and has since increased to about 151 50, we have had occasion to see at Mangalore, where they 16 came on foot from a distance of more than one hundred miles 11] (i to be present at the annual District Missionary Festival They eep made a very good impression upon us 16 When we compare the present with the former condition of ted these people, we cannot but see a very marked improvement Formerly ned the Lord’s good work is going on in their midst and they were devil-worshippers, one of them a devil’s priest they helr grew up in the fear of demons; they were given to gluttony, all drunkenness and the works of the flesh in cases of sickness el or calamity they took refuge in sorcery and other powers of darkness eed Now they come together to hear the Word of God ﬂlda they declare that they have renounced the devil and all his 1161 works, that they hate drunkenness and disorderly life and that Instead of The they are ashamed of their former life and doings |p61 fearing the demons any longer, they trust in the living God and da have already proved on various occasions that this is not mere ked talk We pray to the Lord that He may not only make them o1 true and happy members of His body, but also grant ther grace to become shining lights for others, especially their heathen re- the a6 latives and friends who still keep aloof. In conclusion we beg 476 to express our hearty thanks to those of our Coorg friends who have shown special interest in the establishment of this new 0an fall out-station fied OUR WORK AMONGST THE HEATHEN o0 pré Bazaar preaching. To make known unto the heathen the only way of salvation Bl il through the atonement of Christ our Saviour, and to invite aOf them to become partakers of this salvation, we have continued 7 50 — bazaar preaching as frequently as our other duties permitted us. | ey But for some time past we have not met with very encourag- 0] ing results in those stations, where bazaar preaching has th been regularly carried on for a long time. This may be partly tr owing to the circumstance that the bazaar audience is not that at class of people whose minds are best prepared for the seed of (1 hy the Word of God and whom we most wish to inﬂuence. How- ever we are convinced that our labour is not lost, and some- it times we receive encouragements when we have least expected 1 them. Such a one fell to Mr. Thumm's lot during his six or S seven days’ stay in Dharwar, the spiritual barrenness of which place has nearly become proverbial in our Reports. The will- ingness on the part of the heathen to hear the Word of God, Iy gives us hope to believe that a brighter day has begun to dawn o over Dharwar. The brethren of the Station had for some time past been unable to carry on bazaar preaching regularly. J “Kvery morning from seven to ten or eleven o’clock,” says 0 Mr. Thumm, ‘“we went to preach in one of the surrounding vil- lages and suburbs of Dharwar; the same in the evening, and 0 we were everywhere listened to attentively and were very sel- f dom contradicted. Even in the principal bazaar of the town 0 very good numbers of attentive hearers gathered around my- h self and the Brethren of the station. At first we ascribed this 1] happy surprise to the circumstance that the usual disturbers might be prevented by official and other duties from attending our morning addresses. To be sure of this, we also went to { the bazaar in the evenings. If however we had good audiences I in the morning, we had crowds in the evening and could preach to them without the least disturbance. This was indeed more b than we had expected, and it raised our courage and cheerful- ! ness for our work in this place.” Besides Mr. Thumm was in- vited to give a lecture in the Prarthana Sabha on Saturday 51 s i evening on “the Necessity of a Mediator.” In doing this he not 4§ only showed the necessity of a Mediator, but also pointed out has the qualities he must needs have and that Christ was the only tly true Mediator between God and man, exhorting the audience ha at the same time to accept this Mediator Although the dis- | of cussion which followed the lecture plainly showed (as was to O be expected) that the auditors did not agree with every thing 6 said, yet we are glad of every opportunity which offers itself fod to us to bear witness of the way of salvation for lost sinners 01 ich Heathen Festivals and Itineracy ill The heathen festivals, large and small, in our districts and 0l beyond them, have been visited, and the seed of the Word of Wil God been sown amongst hundreds and thousands of heathen 1né Although we seldom see immediate fruit from these labours i yet we consider them very important, as salvation in the name A8 of Jesus becomes known to many who live in such places where Missionaries never or seldom find their way. The re- il nd ception of our message at such festivals, and on the preaching 391 tours which have been undertaken, is various, sometimes de- cidedly unfriendly, but more generally it is good. There may il be disturbers of peace and persons who ask sophistic questions 0f hus in order to perplex the preacher and to make him ridiculous before the audience; but they seldom go beyond that On the i g other hand there are usually listeners present who encourage An interesting occur t0 the preacher by their attentiveness rence at the Yellamma heathen festival is related by Mr. Thumm 05 wh The temple near which the Missionaries had pitched their tent. stands in the saddle-like hollow of the Yellamma hill )16 il Around the temple and on both slopes of the hill thousands To see this i1m- | of pilgrims light their watch fires at night posing and picturesque sight, the Missionaries and their na- ay 7% 52 tive assistants left their tent after supper, to mount on the top of one of the hills. In the middle of the way they were arrested by a man crying out, “Here they come to tell us T e, S about the Word of God, come here!” And lo, within a few minutes from five to six hundred people gathered around them and listened very quietly to the addresses which this ! happy circumstance called forth. At the change of speakeyrs a person wanted to interrupt, but the man who had called the people together, bid him be quiet, and besought the Mis- % sionaries to pray aloud to the only true and living God, which § they also did after four addresses had been delivered. We cannot believe that such occurrences pass without leaving a lasting impression on at least a number of hearers. i Visiting the heathen from house to house. This kind of Missionary work is perhaps the most effective of all, not only because a very great number of persons can be reached who otherwise have scarcely any opportunity of hearing about the way of salvation—for instance, the women who seldom dare to mingle with a bazaar audience—, but also because the hearers get an opportunity to make replies, to express doubts and to ask for explanations of those things e A e B P S A k3 which they do not understand. This is also the best time and occasion to rouse them to the consciousness of their personal responsibility in regard to religion. But considering the many millions of heathens in the districts we wish to fill with the % glad sound of salvation, we feel the utter insufficiency of the present number of labourers whom we can spare for this work; and the necessity of bringing home the word of truth to every individual urges us to pray the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth more labourers into His harvest. Whenever possible, our Missionaries have spent a considerable portion of % 53 e he their time appointed for itineracy, in visiting the heathen of 16 R F e whole villages from house to house; and the reception they s mostly have met with, was a very friendly one, in some cases W even a truly hearty one. Especially from various parts of nd Malabar we have received accounts of the joyful reception his which the Missionaries have frequently met with on such er- x e~ s rands, and we give here a few extracts from their journals. ed Referring to a preaching tour towards the north-east of 18 Chombala, undertaken in September last, the Rev. Mr. Walter ch says: “In Panur, 15 miles distant from Chombala we be- Ve gan our work. Our way led us past three very respectable- looking houses belonging to people of the Nambyar caste. On entering the court-yard of the first of them, we were received with kindness by its owner, an elderly and respec- table-looking man. With increasing attention and interest he and the other inmates of the house listened to our word, \( all expressed their conviction that the Gospel was the true way of of salvation and finally wished to buy a Bible for which the Colporteur gave him an opportunity. In the second house el 50 the verandah was filled with Brahmins and N4yars sitting about t0 in groups and playing at chess in order to kill time. When we approached, they all rose, and an intelligent looking young g5 d man, the head of the house, welcomed us and ordered a chair to be brought. When I had sat down, I began with telling al them that they should not rest content with the share of earth- ] b ly comfort which seemed to have fallen to their lot, and then explained to them the important task of our short life on earth, I8 § showing them from Matth. 16, 26 ‘that a man is not profited ] if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul’ Afterwards two Catechists also spoke about the way of salva- e oL tion, and none of the hearers, not even the Brahmins, dared to of coptradict them. One of the latter, summoned by a man of 54 Al e the Nayar caste, to refute our doctrine, answered: ‘I cannot refute the truth.’ Ther one of the Nayars himself conducted us to the third Nambyar’s house, where we were also received E kindly.” i In continuing their journey close to the Wynaad Hills, they were with few exceptions everywhere heard willingly, and sold many portions of Scripture and tracts. On Septem- ber 12th they lost their way—accidentally and yet providen- tially, because thereby they got an occasion to give witness to i the truth of God before a Rajah and his household. They had already passed his palace, when he sent a messenger after them, to invite them to come in. This visit, however, they were obliged to postpone to the next morning. Immediately after they had entered the palace, the Rajah appeared, a vene- s e N e R i rable and very sensible looking man, clothed in silk. The d Rajah and Mr. Walter having taken their seats in a spacious verandah, a number of Brahmins and Ndyars placed them- selves behind their master’s chair. Many others of the house- | hold and even women placed themselves in the courtyard, so as to be able to overhear the conversation. This Mr. Walter 2 opened by explaining to the Rajah the urgent necessity of a way of redemption, taking for his text the second half of the ! first chapter of the Epistle to the Romans and applying each verse to the present deplorable state of heathenism. The Rajah listened attentively and devoutly, and also when Mr. Walter showed him that redemption was finished in Christ both for 1 high and low, and encouraged the Rajah to become a partaker as of it, it was evident that he listened not only with his outward t ears, but with a hearty longing for saving truth. At the close of the interview the Rajah said: «I have a very sick child which I must take bitter medicine, if he is to get better, as he will not take this vﬁllingly, I must force him to take it. This sick = sty 55 —— of child is myself.” Before taking leave the Rajah bought a copy of the New Testament and also one of the Old Testament and ol i one copy of every tract that Mr. Walter had with him, thanking him at the same fime for the words he had been privileged to 5, hear. Portions of Scripture were also bought by mgny of his I attendants. Mr. Rock and five Catechists set out on a preaching tour to Shrikandapuram in the north-east of Cannanore on the Tth t of May. In Perippai they began their work, going from house to house to make known the glad tidings of salvation. They i) 7 were well received in almost every case, and their word was y listended to attentively. One old woman was quite delighted at it, crying out, “Why did I not hear this sooner! Is there y really hope of salvation even for me? and what must I then do to be saved?” She would scarcely believe that God could 16 I love such a one as her. The Catechist then taught her a short The prayer which she repeated till she knew it by heart. following day they met with the same encouraging reception of 80 the Gospel, both among the Nayars (landowners) and Tiyars (toddy-drawers). Only the Brahmins wereinaccessible. Happily or they are not numerous in that district, and they are very 16 ignorant, as many of them have not even learnt to read. M. Rock met with a Brahmin performing his ceremonies before i a delapidated little temple. When he had finished, Mr. Rock wanted to speak to him, but he showed by his gestures that he er L was not allowed to speak, and that the Missionary should go «] quietly sat down on a stone,” says Mr. Rick, “and oL away. told him that he need not speak at all, that he need only hear. 56 I had scarcely spoken for five minutes, when he ran into the house and closed the door behind him, opening, however, the window in order to see when I should go away. The women ot and children of the house heard us willingly. The following k 56 e morning we came to a village in the midst of the jungle, where, | i as far as I know, the Word of God had never been preached be- fore. At first the people appeared to be very shy, but when they knew who we were and what we had come for, they dis- missed all fear, and gathered themselves together before a large house, where we spoke to them till noon. When we left them, they gave us some buttermilk which was very welcome on account of the excessive heat. In the afternoon of the fol- fi lowing day (11th May) we preached in Attoor and Kottoor, where we also met with a good reception. A young Nayar there accompanied us from house to house for several hours i and at the close asked us for an explanation of several mat- ters which he could not understand. Then we came to Chem- paramboo. Toilsome as had been our way to that place, over t} hill and dale through the jungle, we met with a sufficient re- compense when we arrived there. One man said to us, ‘The way which you proclaim to us is the right one, but to me it seems very difficult to walk in it.’ I answered him, ‘For the g natural man it is even impossible to walk in it, but to those who earnestly wish, God gives strength enough for it; and remember, that this is the only way that leads to eternal life.’ All the people of the place, men, women and children gathered around us; amongst them there was also an old man, the richest g and most influential man of the place. He had several of our tracts in his possession which he had bought at the Payavoor festival. He had read them, but had not understood them fully; therefore he had various questions to ask us and we answered them. He is, we believe, not far from the kingdom of heaven. With tears in his eyes he told us how Mr. Hebich had exhorted and loved them like a father. He said, it was a great joy to him that we had come to his place. To us it was likewise a great joy, and I pondered the word in my mind: 57 I¢, Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among he the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth’.” 61 Results of Mission Work. s As far as the results of our efforts amongst the heathen can oft be expressed in numbers, they have been already given on 16 a previous page, from which it will be seen that more than 0l two hundred heathen have been added to the church, and that o, nearly three hundred are still under instruction for baptism. ar As another, but by no means unimportant result, we mention 11§ the friendly relations between the heathen and the Missionaries ot which afford many occasions of speaking a word in season. They are only now and then temporarily interrupted, when 91 the heathen have been stirred up by conversions from their midst. In Panayur (Palghaut ‘District) a respectable Nayar [0 he (landowner) has presented our Evangelist Daniel Shankaran it with strong palmyra-wood for the roof of the new Catechist house. e When at the heathen festival at Perdoor, the Missionaries visit- «After we had sat there for 56 ed the courtyard of the temple. a while,” says the Rev. W. Stokes, “the secular managers of id the temple told us that they wished to make us a present. When we remonstrated, saying, that we did not expect any ol f thing of the kind, they answered, that it was their custom to I give something to every visitor to the temple, and that there- fore we also must accept a present. Scarcely had we returned Ui to our quarters, when several servants of the temple brought us large quantities of rice, ghee, oil, currystuff, sugar, plantains e and raisins. In the afternoon of the same day a man of the Bant caste, the (heathen) landlord of some of our Christians in Gudde, made us a present of a kid.” At Anandapur the 15 missionaries were invited to a Coorg wedding. According to it the custom of the Coorg people the f@ther of the bridegroom 8 58 Cometil s himself came to invite the guests and brought some presents, N fo consisting of rice, pork, butter, cocoanuts and plantains. After the marriage ceremonies were over, Mr. Kaundinya found an (! opportunity of speaking about the way of salvation to the male i guests, and Mrs. Kaundinga to the female guests. i Sometimes we accidentally (if we may use the word) find o fruit where we did not look for any, and this gives us the i conviction that much fruit grows out of our labour which never th comes to our knowledge in this world. At Mahe a heathen woman died in sincere faith in Jesus. “During her whole i sickness,” says the Rev. Chr. Miiller, ‘she prayed to Jesus, and so praying she breathed her last.” By her relatives she had a] been hindered from receiving baptism. On a preaching tour amongst the Badagas in May, the Rev. S. Gundert had a con- ] versation with a consumptive man whom he directed to Jesus D as the physician of body and soul. “Yes,”” answered he, «I know that, the former Missionaries have told me so; and I do 01 believe it. Jesus, that is my only thought both early and late.” This he said with such emphasis that it could not have been d hypocrisy; and if it were but even a mustard seed of faith, will th not the Lord say unto him «Be it unto thee even as thou wilt?” fr Lastly we do not forget the large number of heathens who it have become acquainted with the name of Jesus and who have ) come to a more or less distinct conviction that he is the only J true Saviour and that they ought to believe in Him. They are b standing, as it were, at the gate of the Kingdom of Heaven. i Would that they did not stand doubting so long, but take W courage to step over the threshold and thus secure the peace ? il of their souls for which they are longing. Some of them, Tl we say it with grief, have so long stood doubting, that we are afraid, that the day of grace may pass by, and the door be locked, before they have come to a happy decision. The rea- (:E 59 oy 15, son of their hesitation is either that they are not earnest in ter forsaking favorite sins or that they cling to family and caste an connections, or that they love the praise of men more than ale the praise of God, or that they are afraid of the cross which they may have to bear. Most of our missionaries are acquaint- nd ed with such people. They are neither heathens nor Christians; he they are like the children that are come to the birth and whom el there is not strength to bring forth. We pity them with our 11 whole heart. May God open their eyes that they may see the le danger of the position they are in. nd Colportage, the faithful ally of the Missionary in his work ad amongst the heathen, has last year been carried on as usual, lil} both by our own colporteurs who sell tracts and school-books, )l and by those of the Madras Bible Society who sell Bibles and 1S portions of Scripture only. The total amount of these sales | will be seen from another page. It has now become the rule in do our whole Mission, that only in exceptional cases tracts and " Bible portions are given gratis, and we are therefore confi- el dent that those who buy, also read them. As one instance of On returning ill this, we give here the following little incident. " from the heathen festival at Sircy, the Rev. 4. Wenger and his 10 native assistants stopped in a lonely little village and the people 10 of the village soon gathered around them. Scarcely had M. ly Wenger begun to speak to them, when a young man interrupted hi him saying, “We know much about Jesus Christ, but you must ! stay two days here, to tell us more about him.” When asked, ke whether a missionary had been in their village to tell them about Jesus, he answered, “No, but we have your books in our 00 1, village, we bought them at Sircy.” I he W 8 * 60 el EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. The whole number of children and young men under in- struction in our 65 Day Schools and Boarding Institutions is 2,628, namely 1,468 in our Elementary Day Schools, 686 in our Anglo-Vernacular Schools and 370 in our Boarding Institutions. The number of boys and young men under instruction is 2,058, that of the girls is 570. The particulars are as follows: t Elementary Day Schools. These schools are either parochial schools, established for the benefit of the children in our congregations; or heathen vernacular schools, established for the benefit of heathen children. The course of instruction pursued in them is of an f elementary kind; Bible lessons and learning by heart of Bible passages and hymns forming part of it; and we are glad to state that we meet with no opposition; on the contrary, the greater number of the heathen boys and girls in these schools like these lessons. It is not to be expected that the labour bestowed on these schools will bear immediate fruits; we are sowing in hope and leave the rest to God. The progress and the behaviour of the children have in most of these schools been satisfactory. What we regret is the comparatively small number of heathen girls sharing in the benefit of instruction. The only school in which there has been an increase in the § number of female scholars is that of the fisher village of Telli- cherry. Our whole Mission has only two exclusive Girls’ Schools for heathen children, namely the Brahmin Girls’ Schools at ] Mangalore of which Mrs. Pfleiderer has last year been in charge. The Parochial School of Kotagherry had to be closed for want of attendance; the children are now sent to the school of Miss Cockburn who has kindly allowed our missionary there to im- part the Bible lessons in the school. 61 e Anglo-Vernacular Schools. 11 The work in our six Anglo-Vernacular Schools at Hubly, 18 Dharwar, Cannanore, Tellicherry, Calicut and Palghaut has ur been carried on without interruption. Our hearts gladden at T I8 the reflection that so many hundred heathen boys, mostly of 8, the higher classes, have been regularly instructed in the way of salvation. And not only that, but our influence stretches to the relatives and friends of the boys, a circumstance of which we become convinced by the questions they ask in the lessons. (0} £l We are glad to be able again to report an increase in the numbers of the Anglo-Vernacular School at Hubly. The 91} school has also advanced in attainments and a fifth class was all formed during the past year. Besides the Bible lessons, the le class-books of Canarese prose and poetry have frequently eli- fo he cited questions and explanations about true and false religion. The eleven pupils of our South Mahratta Middle School, who ls wish to become Catechists and teachers in our Mission, are ur day scholars in this school. Several of them were at the close It of the year sent to the Udapy Middle School, preparatory to 1 their entrance into the Mangalore Catechist Seminary. The s Dharwar Anglo-Vernacular School has fully recovered from 1l the shock it received by the establishment of the Government High School in that place in 1872. The number of boys has 16 increased from 64 to 90, nearly half of whom are Brahmins, I one third are Lingaits and the rest belong to various other l§ castes. The headmaster of the School, the Rev. T. Costa, has | even been able to raise the standard of the School, so as hence- forth to enable the boys of the highest class to pass the Ma- it triculation Examination. The boys have shown not only no 5 repugnance to the Bible lessons, but have even assured ar. Costa that they like to read the Bible.—The changes in the 62 e staff of teachers, the dismissal of the headmaster, and the gl 0f want of Christian teachers have proved a great draw-back to the Anglo-Vernacular School at Cannanore.—The building of i the Anglo-Vernacular School at Tellicherry had to be enlarg- 01 ed, as it was too small to accommodate the large number of boys who attended the school. This caused much inconve- fr nience for the space of six months. 1S Besides, several unavoid- able changes in the staff of teachers have likewise imped- he ed the steady progress of the school. In order to remain 1D on good terms with the Government School of the place and T the Inspector of Schools, we cut off our highest class, so that 11 the number of boys is only 168 against 186 of last year, namely 9 Christians, 152 Hindoos and 7 Mahommedans. The 2 11 Bible lessons in the two upper classes are taught in English, in the two lower classes in the Vernacular language.—Of all our Anglo-Vernacular Schools that in Calicut has had the 11 most numerous attendance, namely 221 boys, and is in a very efficient condition. The standard of the School having been § raised, a number of young men of 17 and 18 years now attend ) the School. 1In the Bible lessons many of the boys have evinc- 1I ed a lively interest in the history and saving truth of the 1I Christian religion. We cannot believe that all the good seed p1 which is thus cast in these young hearts will be lost, and we a( hope yet to see the day of harvest.—At Palghaut the repug- fl nance of the boys to the Bible lessons has nearly disappeared t in the Anglo-Vernacular School, and we think this happy change is partly due to the good influence of the headmaster Mr. George Therian. * I Boys’ and Girls’ Boarding Schools. ( W The inmates of our Boys’ Boarding Schools at Hubly, I Udapy, Tellicherry and Kaity, in which latter place also several 63 o he girls have been admitted, are either orphans, or the children to of poor Christians, or they have been thrown upon us as hea- of thens. Their number at the close of last year was 163. In ) our institutions they receive not only clothes, food and ele- of mentary instruction, but also a sound religious and moral [¢ training which may with God’s help enable them to become i useful members of society. So much have these institutions d been blessed by the Lord, that not a few of the boys trained il in them have in the course of time become our assistants as Teachers or Catechists. nd ab In the course of the year 31 new boys have entered the I, institution at Udapy, 21 of whom were heathen boys, belong- he ing partly to our numerous inquirers, many of whom are poor. )h, Twenty-three heathen boys have been baptized. One of them, who had lost both his parents, had come to Mr. Brasche beseech- 1 i ing him to receive him into the Boarding School. As he made 'y a good impression on Mr. Brasche, he allowed him to stay. il Shortly after a relative of his came to take him back again; 1 but Koti (the boy) firmly withstood all his persuasions. See- ing his efforts unsuccessful, the man tried to raise suspicions 10 in the mind of Mr. Brasche against Koti. But Mr. Brasche l perceived the trick and answered him, «If the boy is as bad as you say, it is better for him to remain here and to learn 6 from the Word of God how to become good. And you yourself too would do well to become a Christian.” Hereupon the d man gave up his intention of taking the boy away. And lo, J not long after he really came, beseeching the missionar- ) ies to say a prayer in his house and to take away his bhutas (demons), as he wished to become a Christian. He and his whole family are now under instruction for baptism, and there is good reason to hope that several other families, relatives of R his, will ere long likewise forsake their dumb idols and be- = A e 64 —cay lieve in the only true and living God. Koti was baptized last Christmas and received the name of Immanuel. The spirit among the boys is very good, and what we es- pecially value, is their willingness to do manual labour. When they heard of the financial difficulties of our Society they all with the exception of one asked leave to employ their leisure hour in the evening in manual labour and to put their earn- ings into the mission-box. The leave was granted and it made them very happy, to be thus enabled to contribute a mite towards the Lord’s cause; it amounted at the close of the year to Rs. 9.—Another instance of their good will they showed on New Year’s morning. The night before they rose at twelve o’clock and sang before the houses of their teachers and the Christians of the congregation. They now asked Mr. Brasche for the mission-box, and having received it, put in Rs. 1-10-0 being the presents which they had received at several houses as their new year’s gifts. After the rainy season many of the boys were attacked by inflammatory fever; not seldom a dozen or more of them were in the sick-room at the same time; and we were glad when now and then a day passed without adding to the number on the sick list. The fever was so violent that not a few boys were brought to the brink of the grave; but by God’s mercy they all recovered except two, whom the good Shepherd, we are sure, has taken to His heavenly pastures. ; At Hubly the number of boys was 30. One boy, six years of age, Jacob, an obedient, contented and cheerful boy, died of smallpox, the first case of death in the institution since f Mr. Ziegler has taken charge of it. When on a visit to his B ( parents in Bettigherry, the boy had incautiously been placed to sleep in the same room with a little child that had small- J‘ pox, and had thus doubtless caught the infection. Many of 65 S O the boys have also had attacks of intermittent fever and in- flammation of the eyes The latter is a regular annual. visitor not only in this institution, but in the district generally Nevertheless the examination has shown very satisfactory re- I sults 1in most lessons. Three of the elder boys, Who were still heathens, have received holy baptism. On account of the general ignorance and even degradation 1t of females in this country, we may say that the want of girls The schools is even greater than that of boys’ institutions results of Christian education which we have also last year i had the privilege of seeing, have been very pleasing The whole number of girls in-our institutions in Bettigherry, Mulky, {7 Chombala, Calicut and Kaity is 207 The behaviour and progress of the girls have been quite i satisfactory and their health has been generally good. A large i number of the girls in Chombala and Calicut have indeed been attacked by smallpox, but the disease was happily of a mild form, so that none of the patients died of it At Mulky the Rev. G. Ritter has baptized a Mahommedan girl about whom he relates the following particulars Her name is now Caroline; she lost her mother in early childhood; her 6 father, a Mahommedan convert from Brahmanism, earned his but he was addicted to xy livelihood by preparing medicines drunkenness, fell sick in consequence of this vice and died in the hospital of Mangalore The little girl had thereby become entirely destitute and was brought by a friend to the Mission B House of Mangalore with the entreaty that she might be cared for The Rev. J. Brigel received her and sent her to the Mulky 15 Girls’ School At first she appeared very sullen and shunned the society of the other girls; by degrees her face cleared up, d she became sociable and finally expressed her desire to be i baptized. Whilst receiving instruction for baptism, fifteen Ma- 9 66 P — hommedans came to the Mission House at Mulky, saying, «We have heard that you have a girl of ours here, but it is a shame for us and against our religion, that she should be- come a Christian, therefore we wish to get the girl.” Here- upon Mr. Ritter asked them, whether they were related to her. They answered, “No, her relatives are in Mangalore.” Then Mr. Ritter said, “Let her relatives first come here; they are the only persons who have a right to claim the girl, and I will have nothing to do with anybody else in this matter.” But no re- lative came, and so the girl was baptized without the least molestation. The spirit amongst the girls is a very good one, and the following instance may show that they feel themselves indebted to the Mission and are able to make sacrifices for the Lord’s cause. Once in the monthly Missionary Meeting M. Ritter pointed out to the congregation how difficult it was for our Home Committee to get the funds necessary for the carry- b ing on of the work, and exhorted the congregation to consider whether they could not somehow or other increase their contri- butions. After church the girls came to Mr. Ritter, to ask his permission, henceforth to fast in the evening and to put the money saved in this way, into the mission-hox. Before giving a decision, Mr. Ritter wanted to have a list of those girls who wished to fast. The list was brought and contained the names of all the girls, except those of the very young and the sickly. At the foot of the list they had written: «God loveth a cheer- ful faster.” Hereupon they were allowed to fast one evening in the week for the benefit of the Mission; and when visitors came that evening, they could see of themselves, that the girls were really cheerful fasters. We trust, these useful Schools will continue to prove a blessing both for those that are educated therein, and for our work generally, and we recommend them to the prayerful in- terest of our friends, 67 e Middle Schools, Training Classes and Catechist Seminary. In our three Middle Schools at Hubly, Udapy and Telli- cherry those of our young men receive admittance who wish to prepare for Mission Service. After passing through the Middle Schools, they enter either the Training Classes to be- come teachers, or the Catechist Seminary at Mangalore to be- come Catechists. The course of studies pursued in the Middle § Schools comprises Bible Reading with short explanations, Sacred History, Outlines of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, Geography, History, Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, English, Greek, Sanscrit, Canarese, Malayalam and Singing. The Udapy Middle School with its 31 pupils is in a flourish- ing condition. At the close of the annual examination in December last, the principal, Rev. F. Miiller, told the pupils in his address that he had received permission from the Home Committee to recruit his health in Germany after more than 12 years’ uninterrupted labour in India. When he had ended, the eldest pupil read with deep emotion an address of thanks to their much beloved and esteemed principal and teacher. % For eleven years Mr. Miiller has been in charge of this School; S of the 105 pupils who have received his instruction, a great number are now working in the Lord’s vineyard as Catechists, | Schoolmasters, Evangelists or Oolporteiurs. His labour has 8 truly not been in vain. The Middle School at Tellicherry under the direction of s the Rev. J. Kittel has likewise passed a prosperous year. One of the pupils died rather suddenly in the house of his parents in Calicut, one left the School of his own accord, and three I others had to be dismissed for various reasons. A number of the pupils have accompanied the Missionaries and Catechists 9 * 68 ———, regularly twice a week to bazaar preaching, in order to attract a numerous audience and to heighten the impression by good singing. The Training Classes at Udapy and Tellicherry have each had three pupils. They have received both theoretical instruc- tion in those branches which a teacher wants most, and practi- cal training in the boys’ institutions in the art of instructing. The Catechist Seminary of Mangalore has last year had nine pupils, namely three from the Canara District, three from Malabar and three from the South Mahratta country. We regret very much that the Seminary has been deprived of the valuable aid of the Rev. J. Hesse, who had to return to Europe on account of bad health. The course of studies comprised last year: Explanation of the Epistle to the Galatians from the original, Explanation of the Old Testament Prophecies concern- ing the Messiah, and Biblical Ethics. In the Greek New Testa- ment the following books were read and explained grammati- cally: the Epistle of James, the first Epistle of Peter, all the books of St.John and the second half of the Acts of the Apostles. English, Sanscrit, and Malayalam lessons have also been im- parted. Besides this theoretical instruction we have not left the practical training of the pupils out of sight; they have ac- companied us regularly once or twice a week to bazaar preach- ing; we have taken them to heathen festivals and have under- taken several preaching tours with them: on all these occasions the elder pupils had to deliver addresses. Catechetical and preaching exercise in the Seminary have. likewise been part of their practical training. In December last we had much pleasure in adding the four eldest pupils to the number of our Catechists, as has already been mentioned on a previous page. One pupil had to be sent back to his station. In January of this year the new course of instruction was opened with twelve pupils. 69 s l INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. Weaving, Carpenter, and Tiling Establishments. The many temporal and spiritual blessings which our Native Christians have derived from the above mentioned Establish- ments have also in the past year been so evident that they are the best apology for them. Not only have a large number of 3 i} our converts and inquirers honestly earned a comfortable live- lihood, but the order and regularity to which all the labourers are trained, exercise a very beneficial moral influence upon 6 them. These workshops were not established to make money, 6 but to be an aid to the pastors of our congregations. The Lay 0 Brethren in charge of the Establishments are doing a truly use- ful and self-denying work. The usefulness of these Establishments and the good influ- ence they have upon the labourers, can be seen from a short description of the circumstances of several of them. “M. is a peace-loving, industrious and somewhat shy man,” says Mr. Digel, who has sent us a report on this subject, «he i owns a house, a garden and a well. He truly loves his wife and children; pleasing cleanliness and order reign in his house. Whenever there is a heathen festival in or near Mangalore, he asks for permission to go there in order to proclaim the good news of the Gospel, and does not grudge the loss of half a day’s At pay. When speaking to the heathen he loses all shyness. the prayer-meetings he likewise takes an active part. The other day I heard him speak about the parable of the man who had E fallen amongst thieves. ‘We also have been like that man,’ I said he, ‘we have lived in the fetters of sin up to the time the missionaries came to this country to help us out of this miser- f able condition.’—S. is a quiet, contented old man. He and his Their son is in the wife earn enough to live comfortably. 70 —— Catechist Seminary. A few years ago a big boil rendered him incapable of working for a pretty long time, but he bore this trial with meek resignation.—A. understands his profession well; he knows how to arrange a Jacquard loom from begin- ning to end. Years ago he was an elder of the congregation, but not watching over his heart, he fell into sin. His repentance we believe to be sincere; he is steady in his work and owns a little house with a garden and well.—H. lost his wife many years ago; after her death he fell into sin and left the station in consequence of it. Three years ago he came to us, confessed his whole guilt and asked us for re- admission. After due consideration we received him on trial, and since then I have had no reason at all for complaint. He is very industrious and has already begun to build a little house for himself.” We have three Weaving Establishments, one in Mangalore, onein Calicut and one in Cannanore; the latter has two branch- es, one in Tellicherry and one in Chombala. Besides we have a Carpenters’ Shop in Calicut and a Tiling Establishment in Mangalore. The latter has proved so useful, that the Com- mittee of the Industrial Establishments have resolved upon opening another one in Calicut. The site for it has already been bought, and the necessary buildings are in the course of erection. Its superintendent, Mr. Feuchter, thinks that even before the beginning of the next rainy season the new esta- blishment will be in working order. The daily work in our establishments is usually begun with the reading of a portion of God’s holy Word and with prayer, performed either by the Lay Brother in charge or by his native maistry. The num- ber of Christians who thus earn an honest and sufficient liveli- hood is about 260, of whom about 90 are women (either the wives of the labourers or widows); and considering how diffi- 7 —_— cult it is in this country for women to get suitable and last- ing employment, this latter circumstance is of great importance in poor congregations. One of the women employed in the Weaving Establishment at Chombala is a convert from Mahommedanism about whose for- mer life and conversion we beg to give some details as related by the Rev. Mr. Walter. In the little island of Pulopianga, off the western coast of Malacca two girls, Halissa and Ussambi, were born to their Mahommedan parents. In their early childhood they lost their mother, and as the stepmother, whom they got shortly after, treated them harshly in many ways, their grand- mother, a fanatical Mahommedan, had pity on them and received them into her house. According to Mahommedan custom Halissa was married in her fifteenth year; but as the match was against her grand-mother’s wish, the latter began to dislike and even tohate Halissa. When, however, a few years afterwards Halissa’s husband died, leaving his wife entirely unprovided for, her grand- mother was obliged to take her again into her house, but she embittered her grand-child’s life as much as possible. This constant trial bore blessed fruit, and she opened her heart to the Gospel which was proclaimed to her by a missionary of the Church Mission. She resolved to become a Christian, and in baptism received the name of Laisa. The father of these two children was servant to the above mentioned missionary, and although he did not like the con- version of his daughter to Christianity, yet he did not oppose it, as he had learnt to respect this religion through the influence of his master. The grand-mother, however, was quite beside herself, .because Laisa had added apostasy to her former dis- obedience, and tried to take her life, and in order that her darling Ussambi might not imitate her sister, she forbade all Laisa lived communion with her and watched her carefully. 72 Ll with the other Christians and was happy in the enjoyment of the divine peace which she had found. She desired moreover to share this happiness with her sister. As she dared not enter her grand-mother’s house, she sent message after message to tell Ussambi to meet her in the Mission House, but all to no effect. Then her father, who lived in the Mission compound, became ill, and now the grand-mother could no more keep Ussambi back, but sent her to see her father, bidding her to return as quick as possible. The two sisters rejoiced very much at seeing each other again. The Gospel was not exactly unknown to Ussambi and the efforts of her sister in this direc- tion were not in vain, The seed of truth fell in good ground and Ussambi resolved to remain with her sister and to become a Christian. This, however, was too much for the father: one daughter he had no objection to give to the Christian religion, but not two. As she refused to return to her grand-mother, e he thought of taking her life. Shortly afterwards the grand- mother appeared before the Mission House accompanied by many Mahommedans. They summoned the girl to come away with them, but Ussambi had given her heart so firmly to the Saviour that she had grace to answer them, «“I am resolved to become a Christian, and even though you kill me, I shall not return with you; te die as a disciple of Christ I count by far happier than to live as a Mahommedan.” Hereupon the grand- mother and her friends threatened to kill her and returned home in order to consult about the proper time and way to do it. This was a time of severe trial for Ussambi, but she remain- ed steadfast. She was instructed in the Christian religion and received in baptism the name of Lydia. At this her re- latives became so furious that she could never venture to leave the Mission premises without an escort; nay, although accom- 73 e panied by a safe guard, she was one day assaulted by a Mahom- medan on her way to church, and could only with difficulty be rescued out of his hands. This showed the missionary that he was no more able to protect Lydia, and he resolved to send her, if possible, to a Christian congregation in India. At this juncture a trading vessel arrived in the port of Pulopianga. One of the sailors in it, a Christian from Cochin, who had married a relative of Lydia, visited the missionary. s Jacob, that was his name, was well known to the missionary, and his arrival just at this time seemed to be the Lord’s do- ing. He consented to take charge of Lydia and to get her to a Christian congregation in Malabar. Having arrived there, he left his vessel, and after short stays in various places on the coast, settled down in Kuttiadu near the Western Ghauts. Lydia of course went with him and earned her scanty livelihood with her own hands. In and around Kuttiadu there reigned heathenish darkness, and the entire want of spiritual care was a great drawback to their spiritual life. Lydia at first diligently read her New Testament, and as this gave her strength and edification, she led a pious and unreproachable life for three years, but after that she could no longer resist the temptations by which— alas! Jacob himself enticed her. She fell in sin and bore him two children, one of which died shortly after its birth. This was a most unhappy time for both of them. They knew and felt their life to be sinful and culpable, they longed to be freed from the fetters of sin and yet had no strength to break these fetters. Lydia especially had a very strong conviction Jacob’s con- of sin and longed much to lead a Christian life. science also awoke, and it often troubled him that he had kept his word to the missionary so badly. He therefore resolv- ed to get Lydia into a Christian congregation, and through 10 74 e God’s providence he soon saw an occasion to do so. It was as follows: Our Catechists made a preaching tour towards the east and were much astonished to meet with a Christian family in Kut- tiadu. ~ v This was a great joy for Jacob, and more so still for Lydia. With hungry hearts they received the preaching of the Gospel which they had so long been without. Jacob related to the Catechists his and Lydia’s former life, confessed his great guilt and besought them to take Lydia to a Christian congre- gation, if possible to Chombala. This could not, however, be done immediately. When the Catechists had returned to Chom- bala, they told Mr. Waiter about the case, adding, that they were convinced of the sincerity of Lydia’s repentance and of her desire to lead a new life. Mr. Walter then despatched Cate- chist David Teikandy to Kuttiadu, to bring Lydia to Chombala. They arrived in the station in July 1872. As Mr. Walter was At just preparing a number of catechumens for baptism, he placed Lydia among the number. The good impression which he had at first formed of her, was confirmed, and he soon found her to be a sincere Christian. She sorrowed over her former sinful life, often shed tears on account of her sins, and earnestly besought the Lord to grant her forgiveness and His grace, till at last she was again able to rejoice in her Saviour and her divine calling. After a four months’ trial Mr. Walter no longer saw any reason to resist her repeated entreaties, but publicly received her into the congre- gation and also baptized her child. It was a happy day for Lydia; she showed childlike joy and sincere gratitude, that after wandering astray, the good Shepherd had brought her back again and had shown her a place of refuge. She supports herself and her child with the work of her own hands in the Weaving Establishment. She proves to be a quiet, industrious 75 e and pious woman May the Lord grant her grace to remain faithful wnto the end. Printing Press and Book Depository The Printing Press with its 42 labourers, mostly Christians has also last year been of good service to the Mission, supply- ing the stations with nicely printed Tracts, School-books, Al- manacs, ete The European Superintendents were the same as in the preceding year The whole bearing of the labourers as well towards each other, as towards their superiors, has been very satisfactory They, as also the labourers in our Industrial Establishments, have a savings’ box, into which every one has to put a certain sum every month, and from which they are assisted in times of sickness The Book Depository is under the direction of Messrs. Stolz and Sikemeier We append here a list of the books printed in the course of last year by the Press, and of the Bibles, Tracts and Books sold by the Book Depository LIST OF BOOKS Printed during the year 187Y3 E a) Canarese. Edition Size Pages Copies First Book of Lessons v 80 32 10000 III 32° 12 5000 The Wise Men from the East The Birth of Christ . IIT 82° 16 5000 The Parable of the Lost Sheep, ete. III S22 12 5000 Poetical Anthology IIT 8(‘- 421 3000 0ld Testament Commentary, p. 347—650 contmued I 8¢9 304 1000 Almanac for 1874 8° 72 4500 ” ” 1873 II 80 72 1000 Morris’ History of India 122 470 6000 Counsels to the Young 122 24 3000 Selected Scriptural Sentences 11T 120 120 1000 1T 129 64 3000 Chronological Digest of the History of India Good Words . 129 120 2000 10% %'k 76 Edition Size Pages Copies Blindness Cured . ° . . 32° 16 5000 %j} Congregational Paper, Vol. V. . 80 140 160 Second Book of Lessons. ° 12 144 6000 Police Constable’s Catechism 0 ° . . o T 12¢° 72 2000 b) English. K4 33rd Report of the Basel Missionary Society . 8o 75 1200 Revenue Compendium, econtinued (to page 1336) 80 893 500 The Rod in India 8¢ 343 600 On some Pahlavi Inscriptions ° 40 16 50 ¢) Tul‘u. A bad Mind changed . ° . 32¢ 20 2000 80 67 100 Vamg¢abrahmana ® . d) S;mscm't. . 89 33 60 Dévatadhyayab.ré-hmar_la Spelling and Reading Book . e) %lla..lay%clai.vz XII 8¢ 40 5000 68 5000 First Book of Lessons 11T 80 Do do IV 8° 68 10000 A Catechisation by the l;mte .Rev'. S.. He;oic}; 169 23 5000 4 129 88 1500 The Gospel of Matthew, New Revision Do Mark do 1240 57 1500 Almanac for 1874 80 76 3500 I 129 114 1000 Hymns for Children. Total 4092 99670 LIST OF TRACTS AND BOOKS SOLD. Own Foreign Publications Publications Total English English Ver- nacular nacular Sl Bibles and New Testaments 249 47 159 455 Bible portions and Tracts with selected 7602 90 556 %\ Bible passages . 8248 Religious Tracts and Books 419 21600 687 1761 | 24467 School-Books, ete. . 58 10550 6952 9017 | 26577 ur.e-éh(;et.s 139 394 943 65 1541 Maps, Picture-Books & Pict 616 40395 8719 11558 | 61288 77 —_— This year also we have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a grant of 200 reams of printing paper from the Religious Tract Society, London. | Mercantile Branches. The aim of the Mercantile Branches and their connection with our Mission was stated in last year’s Report. We need only remark here, that they have been carried on as hereto- fore. Connected with the Mercara Branch is a Depot of Bibles, Tracts, School-books and Periodicals. The annual proceeds of § the sales in this department amount to about Rs. 1700. THE OPERATIONS OF OUR SOCIETY IN OTHER COUNTRIES. In Africa. During the past year our Society has had eight stations on the Gold Coast of Africa. They are worked by 85 European Missionaries, one European female teacher, three Native Dea- cons, one itinerary Native Missionary, 24 Catechists, two Evan- gelists, 15 male and 12 female Native Christian Teachers. The number of our Christians there is 2249, of whom 1124 are communicants. The number of heathen baptized in the course of the year is 207, whilst 93 are still on the list of inquirers. In the various schools, both high and low, 830 children and young men are educated, viz. 340 Christian and 174 heathen boys, 194 Christian and 122 heathen girls; 19 young men are preparing for the Mission service in the Catechist Seminary at Akropong; 245 grown up persons and children are instruct- * Compiled from the Reports of the Home Committee, el L 78 ed in Sunday Schools. Thus we see that notwithstanding wars and rumours of wars it has pleased the Lord to bless the arduous work of our brethren in that unhealthy country. After this general intimation of the status of our African Mission, we give a few particulars of the joys and sorrows ﬁ{ of our brethren there. The condition of our poor captive missionaries in Kumase (Coomasie), the capital of the Ashantee kingdom, has remained unchanged during the whole year. The joyful hope of liberation which had suddenly dawned, when we were writing our last Report, was frustrated through the After that no information at all treachery of the Ashantees. was received for several months; for some time even the rumour was current that they had been killed. In May (1873), how- ever, a letter, written by the captives themselves, was received in Basel, showing that they were still alive and comparatively well, but also intimating that their present circumstances for- ¥ bade them to communicate particulars about the abortive ef- forts made for their liberation. The invasion of the English Protectorate by the Ashantees, the particulars of which are sufficiently known from the news- papers, spread great fear not only among all the tribes of the Gold Coast, but also in all our stations. In fact the existence of our African stations, on which so much money has been spent and which during the last ten years have made great progress, was endangered. There would have been scarcely anybody to resist the Ashantees, had they taken their way to the coast through our field of labour; but they chose the 41 road to the west of our district, where the English position is strongest, penetrating to the very vicinity of the residence of the Governor of Cape Coast Castle. Thus all our stations have till now remained undisturbed. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes. This unexpected and gra- %Y e cious protection we take as an earnest, that, although the war is not yet finished, He will also in future keep His protecting hand over our missionaries, their families and their flocks.* The perfidious inroad of the Ashantees has put all plans of establishing a Mission Station in their territory out of our thoughts for the present; yet we must keep in mind not only that the long captivity of our brethren in Kumase (Coomasie) (for four years and six months!) was permitted by the gracious providence of God, but also that the Lord through this war has put the Ashantee nation in the fore-ground, thus reminding His Church of the necessity of their conversion, and of her duty towards all nations. In the course of the year under review five brethren had to return to Germany on account of sickness, and on the 1st of June the Rev. Mr. Haas, a very promising missionary, died of fever after less than twelve months’ labour in the Lord’s vine- yard. Three new brethren were sent out and three others were able to return to Africa after having recruited their strength in their native country. On the night of the 2nd of October the Mission Carpenter- shop in Salem near Christiansborg with everything in it and the out-houses belonging to it, were burnt down, it is believed, by an incendiary. The European Superintendent, Mr. Klass, was then absent from the station on account of ill-health. The Native Christians and even some heathens did their best to quench the fire, in which they were so far successful that the buﬁgalow of Mr. Kilass was saved. We regard it as a progress of our Mission and as a decid- ed step in advance in building up a Native Church, that three * Just as we are going to press, the good news of the victorious entry of the English troops into Kumase (Coomasie) and of the liberation of our brethren reaches us by telegraph. 80 e faithful Catechists received ordination as Pastors of congrega- tions, the first ordination of this kind in our African Mission. o May they have grace to abide in Him, and thus to bring forth much fruit. One of them, Theophilus Opoku, had to begin his new office under very discouraging circumstances. A great portion of his new congregation at first refused to receive him as their pastor, thinking that they ought to have a European missionary; but when they perceived the ability, zeal and mo- deration of their new pastor, they not only received him, but even learnt to esteem and to love him. Amongst the newly baptized converts in Aburi there is a very respectable man who had to go through severe trials, and to resist many temptations before his baptism. First of all he had to liberate his 19 slaves; and keeping them with their consent henceforth only as servants, he gave them fields which they might cultivate for themselves; but he commanded them 3 not to work on Sundays either for themselves or for him, and not to neglect the House of God. Then he had to. send away five of his six wives. Further he having for some time been a chief, although not yet formally installed in office, the heathen of his village wanted to put him solemnly into office, in order to hinder his being baptized; but he plainly told them that, if they would put him in office as a Christian, he would con- sent, but not otherwise. As they would not hear of that, he repaired to the village of the Christians. Hereupon the hea- thens offered the Christians liquor, if they would persuade him to return to them, but he told the Christians that they had no right to accept the liquor, as he had fled for protection not to them, but to the Lord Jesus Christ. The heathens did not yet leave him in peace; seizing him by force, they killed a sheep, sprinkled his feet with the blood, painted his whole body with chalk and carried him on their shoulders about the village. — 81 But when they had let him go again, he went to his house, washed himself and again repaired to the village of the Chris- tians. Seeing that he could not be deterred from his deter- mination to become a Christian, the heathen after this left him in peace. In holy baptism this faithful man received the name of Paul. In China. The number of Stations of our Society in China is four, viz. three on the Continent and one in Honkong. Last year eight European Missionaries laboured there, assisted by twelve Catechists and Evangelists, eight male and one female Chris- tian Native Teachers. Our converts number 862; the number of heathens baptized last year is 58; that of inquirers under instruction is 72. In our Schools 224 Christian and heathen children of both sexes are instructed; three young men are preparing in the Catechist Seminary for the Lord’s service. The well-known hatred of foreigners has been a great drawback to our Chinese Mission. The missionaries of Lilong, who had been obliged to flee to Hongkong, could only venture to return to their station after an absence of five months, dur- ing which time negotiations went on between the German Consul and the Chinese authorities. Their return to Lilong was joyfully hailed by their flock. Divine service had been regularly held by the Catechist and the ordained Native mis- sionary Min-siu-tshin. The official seal which had been put on the Mission House by the Chinese authgrities at the request of the missionaries, had been respected by the mob, so that nothing had been stolen or broken during the absence of the missionaries. The illfeeling of the authorities and the popu- lace towards the missionaries with their congregation has, however, not yet ceased, so that the present peace can only be considered as a truce. 11 82 e e In the village of Yun-sin-wui our converts had to flee from their homes on account of the hostility of the populace. In the house of one of the Christians a room had been fitted up for divine service, and from 70 to 80 persons from the vil- lage and neighbourhood met there regularly for their edifica- | tion. The heathen, however, soon became enraged that so many from their midst were receiving the religion of the foreigners, and began to throw stones at the house during the time of divine worship. As they saw the Christians bearing this meekly, the head-men of the place gathered a great and tumultuous crowd before the house on a heathen festival day, forced open the door of the house, and carried away every thing in it. On the following days the houses of the other Christians in the place were plundered and damaged; luckily they escaped without personal injury. Complaints were im- mediately made to the district mandarin, but neither have b )}I' 1 their losses been compensated, nor have the evil-doers receiv- ed punishment. A kind of peace, or rather truce, has, how- ever, been made, so that the Christians could at least return to their homes. Similiar trials have fallen upon the Christians in the village of Kungkau. Because of these systematic vexations, bazaar preaching and itineracy have not been carried on to the usual extent in the continental stations, and it is almost wonderful that the progress of our Chinese Mission has not come to a standstill, as it might have been expected that everybody would take care not to join the band of Christ’s followers. In spite of opposition, however, there has been decided progress: not only have all our stations had an increase, but also a good number of inquirers are receiving Christian instruction. This com- forting fact compensates us for the anxiety we have had to go through for our brethren and their congregations, and gives 83 Lo us fresh hope and courage in carrying on the Lord’s work. Truly He prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies. In Persia. It was in the summer of 1872 that the Committee of the Persia Famine Relief Fund at Stuttgart offered our Home Com- mittee the balance of that fund, a sum of nearly 29,000 flo- rins, if they were willing to establish an Orphanage in Persia in which a number of orphans might receive Christian education. Our Committee, who had been obliged to give up their opera- tions in Persia forty years ago, consented to this proposal the more readily, as the Stuttgart Committee did not insist on a Furopean Missionary being sent there at the beginning. The Committee of our Society thereupon decided to ask the two Armenian young men, Mr. Abraham Amirchanjanz and Mr. Melcom Asduadsadrian, who had been educated in the Mission College at Basel, and who at that time were working in Turkey independ- ent of our Society, whether they were willing to enter the ser- vice of our Mission and go to Persia for the sake of establish- ing and superintending an orphanage. They consented; but the correspondence between them and Basel, as well as consult- ations about the proper time to start for Persia and the proper place to choose for a Mission settlement, were not brought to a close before the cold season had set in, and thus their immedi- ate departure was prevented. They started for Persia in the spring of last year, and in August news was received of the safe arrival of Mr. Abraham in Tiflis, a town between the Black Sea and the Caspian. We hope that by this time they may have safely arrived with their families in Persia and may have begun operations. May the Lord condescend to grant us much fruit in this re-opened field of labour of our Society. il 84 it i In conclusion we wish to offer up praise and thanks- giving to the gracious Lord who has kept us and blessed us through another year. To His care and protection we k4 & recommend all our stations with their labourers, congre- gations and schools, and all the direct and indirect mis- sion work which is carried on in them. And we would ask all our friends to lend us a helping hand by interced- ing for our work before the Throne of grace. We be- seech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with us in your prayers to God for us. Now the God of peace be Amen. with you all. p 3 B S o - 1 Expenditure of the Alission during the year 1873 ) Rs As 60,083 14 Personal Expenditure Journeys and Home passages 33,066 11 Munshis . 1,743 10 Deacons, Catechists and Evangehsts 17,023 10 1,580 Postages Libraries 381 1,516 - el H D - O O Church Expenses Medical Expenses 401 10 = 15,361 Schools, English and Vernacular Orphanages, Boys’ 6,291 12 6,831 Orphanages, Girls’ Catechist and Preparandi Schools 9,459 Buildings, Repairs and House-Rent 33,202 1,009 Purchases and Off-Payments gg Agricultural Outlays and Taxes 2,232 1,939 11 Printing Work Furniture 1,672 Interest, Bill dlscount ete. 333 10 S O DY =1 W i Ol b= Total Rs 194,130 = E. & O. E Mangalore, 31st December 1873 W/em/gé.% SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND i Received during the year 1873. Rs. As. P Rs. As. P AT MANGALORE. Capt. J. W. Oldham 50 Col. G. W. Walker, R. E,, N. Spencer Esq. J. Lodge Esq. 10 thro’ Rev. 8. Gundert, for Canara and Malabar 1200 Rev. Macpherson 20 10 A Friend 20 John Vitters Esq. Mrs. Garthwaite 20 J. N. Beyts Esq. 12 The late G. Schmid Esq. 44 L. Macdonald Esq. Col. H. H. O’Connell A. Johnstone Esq. 10 100 (=)o p) e (e () PO D OND) Through the Staff Officer, Col. Day » Mangalore, from the late Th. Graham Esq. Drummer Rosario 20 13 M. Gouder Esq. 25 50 Dr. John Brett, Bellary 100 Major Candy, Poonah Mrs, Garthwaite 20 0 Rev. J. G. Deimler 10 GO0 O @0 0.0 0 @ g AT MULKY. Acknowledged by Rev. J. Brigel. H. S. Thomas Esq. 160 0 Mrs. C. Barnado, Kasgunge, Ne W B 30 Capt. W. Ranking 12 60 Capt. Q. S. A. Jamieson AT HONORE. Capt. R. &. Jenkins iy R. A. Macdonald Esq. 50 J. Ball Esq. 50 DO S O (=)ol o) & (o) J. Bosinger Esq., by sale of AT CARWAR. Photographs 37 A. Spens Esq. AT BOMBAY. AT MERCARA. o Collected by Rew. J. G. Deimler Col. W. J. Oven 25 130 0 Col. C. M. Hailes 30 Th. Bosanquet Esq. Col. Field 25 Major H. G. Thomson 14 Dr. Partridge 10 Rev. Dr. J. Mackee G. Manson Esq. 10 Rev. G. Richter J, Kingsmill Esq. 10 QOO D O @S & D Mr. J. 8. Harvey 12 R QDO D (=3 (oo 1 o i e B () 87 j‘; Re. As. P, Rs. As. P Mr. J. D'Vaz 10 AT CANNANORE. Mrs. W. Green Col. Colvile Mr. G. Bertram General Cooke 18 24 Mr. E. C. Schrieves Col. Campbell Y A Scoteh friend 10 Col. C. P. Molany 36 NG N g ((2;: Col. A. F. Williams 24 Capt. Macdonald 24 Mrs. Fitzgibbon, thro’ Rev. G. Richter, for the Church Col. Watermann 20 Fund 20 Mrs. Garthwaite 20 R. Buttler AT ANANDAPUR. Lt. W. H. Sawyer 30 C. J. Puddicombe Esq. 25 0 45 S O O & O OO O ©C C o0 0 o0 0 0 0 O O General G. Selby, Waltair General G. Selby, towards the For the Kiggat Nad Mission. () o 50 cost of a Malayalam Tract 10 Donald Stewart Esq. A Christian Soldier of H. J. Chisholm Esq. 30 M’s. 43rd. 8. &. Tipping Esq. 18 Capt. Wroughton 10 F. Marsden Esq. 30 From a friend P. M. Z. 10 Mr. Philipp Anthony 70 SIS O O (o) les) eyl (e i) XXY 3 AT DHARWAR. From a Poor Fund SASHO IO O CLOIO IO O Col. J. H. Champion AT TELLICHERRY. 100 (= < M 100 W. Reid BEsq. 20 e N. Daniell Esq. AT CALICUT. Lt. Col. W. Park 90 A. G. Gover Esq. Dr. M. M. Mackenzie 12 L. Garthwaite Esq. 60 20 J. Middleton Esq. J. J. Nash Esq. 13 ‘W. H. Scott Esq. 10 R. Darling Esq. F. L. Goldschmid Esq. 10 A. MacGregor Esq. 120 R. C. Beynon Esq. 30 W. M. Winterbotham Esq. 20 J. R. Hatherley Esq. 20 W. G. Underwood Esq. 12 J. Richard Esq. W. Logan Esq. 10 J. C, Anding Esq. 15 G. Henke Esq. Ch. Compalais Esq. 12 e ol O O O Oc e e o e O o O © O O W. Cumming Esq. B., to be applied for preach- G. Coltnam Esq. S O OSSOSO DO O CIeI0 CIOD OO OIS O ing, not for Schools 100 Messrs. Frank and Co., Madras 214 = AT HUBLY. 30 AT PALGHATUT. J. R. Middleton Esq. Mrs. F. Austin 10 AT GULEDGUD. G. 8. Dupen Esq. 12 G. H. Johns Esq. 50 T. C. Elsworthy Esq. 12 25 Mr. Gorman ‘W. Allen Esq. (spi (e (ol e SO O0IO 88 Rs. As. P Rs. As. P Ste 20 0 J. N. Portesus Esq. Capt. Awdry, Private Secre- T The Hon. W. Robinson 200 tary to the Governor 25 Da H, Smith Esq. 16 Dr. H. Gundert, Germany 50 Dhar 10 J. J. Tomlinson Esq. Christopher Sylk Esq. Hub! H. M. Winterbotham Esq. 50 Capt. P. Montgomery, Ca E. A. Wheeler Esq. 15 e e © @ O QL QEON ST © Do P, W 10 Ca 10 'W. H. Stables Esq., for the Rev. George English Jo Chapel burnt down at H. Birdwood Esq., c. s. Ta Karuvapara R. T. Watson Esq. St Mrs. Col. Grove AT KAITY. As AL G it Col. G. W. Walker, R. E. 120 60 A friend Ja Mrs. Onslow J. Davidson Esq. Mrs. Higgins 20 R G. Steevens Esq. (3§ it Lt. Col. Clemens, 1872 & 73 70 20 (o=} R Ko=) () (== e el (oo () Mrs. Hayne B Mrs. J. W. Breeks, England 100 Robert Stanes Esq. 25 Col. Halliday, Vizianaga- Bett E. A. Rouse Esq. 10 IO 0 O O 00 O @O0 & O 0 0 O O O OO0 0 & O 0 O Gul ram 150 100 AT KOTAGHERRY. S( A. H. Streeton Esq. George Arbuthnot Esq., for F. Cockburn Esq. 200 j Adderly Estate 100 D. Cockburn Esq. 90 Miss Cockburn 50 Can His Ex. The Right Hon. Lord Hobart, Governor 100 The Hon. G. S. Forbes 20 Cho WSO DS o Bl com | R o) (== 0 (== H. E. Lt. Genl. Sir F. P. Mrs. Shewell Haines, Commander-in- Chief 50 Ty Contributions of the Members of the Congregations. Mangalore, Mr. L. Joshua 0 Mulky and Kadike Con- Mr. Leonh. Julien (c=) 0 17 gregations Gy ” Peter Simeon 0 Santur, Daniel Aaron, Dy Deacon Balmattha Brotherly As- W) sociation 16 Udapy Middle Scholar Nahasson 12 Christian Friends’ Society 6 © United Friends’ Society 7 Middle Scholars 12 A Member of the Congre- Children of the Boys’ 6 Orphanage gation Mission box in the Weav- Honore Congregation ing Establishment 15 Mercara Congregation 12 Mulky, Children of the Girls’ Anandapur, Mr. Philipp Orphanage 1 Anthony 26 Ul 89 Re. As. P Rs. As. P s, P Tellicherry, Paul Chandren, Stephan Anthony Lucas Bodu 12 Deacon David Kore’ = 15 Chombala Congregation 2 Calicut, P. O. Pothan Esq. 23 Dharwar Congregation Hubly, Catech. Paul Nagappa 9 Mr. Daniel Moses 4 Mr. Thomas Puttenvidu 10 Catechist Lot Hery Cate. Christ. Chinnappa b Mr. Malkiel Unniri @w O o o o e D0 DO Jonathan Hawala Thank Offering Priscille of Coilandy Tabitha Hawala Stephan Kabadi Girls of the Orpanage, proceeds of work done Aaron Dauli 45 14 [T T = T S R S =S == — = A~ at their own time Manappa Hambala Proceeds of a Rice collec- Jacob Nirmanika tion 15 Ratnappa Codacal, Samuel Joshua Maria Sudji [ W S = S S~ S R TN Joseph Jacoby, Deacon [y Sunday Offerings S Several others N ©O O & oo O QO = Bettigherry Congregation Palghaut Congregation, Guledgud, Nijagunappa S including out-stations © Salomo Bhaskar © Kaity Congregation Mark w Kotagherry, Samuel, School- Noah 'S master 11 15 ok 8 (== Cannanore Congregation Daniel, Carpenter Chowa Congregation ZEE -0 00 0 0 w o o O O¢erings in Mission Meetings 5 an <o o o o Subscriptions for Schools. Rs. As Rs. As. P AT MANGALORE. Capt. W. Ranking 10 0 Towards the Brahmin Girls’ School. AT DHARWAR. H. S. Thomas Esq. 42 0 0 12 Mr. Sorabjee Kharsedshi AT CALICUT. Drummer Boys' School Capt. Q. S. A. Jamieson 55 For the Girls’ School. 9 Dr. R. Dempster 26 W. H. Roberts Esq., M. D. Col. Orr 9 § § Rev. T. Foulkes 20 Government Grants-in-Aid. ; MANGALORE Parochial Boys’ Seligpl = - - o s o o 19 - - - - - - - » Girls’ School - 225 Brahmin Girls’ Schools - - 97 MULKY Girls’ Orphanage School 221 2 e Semihi e - - - 18 = o O O @® o © O O UTCHILA Parochial School 12 90 Rs. As. P. 100 12 UDAPY Boys’ Orphanage School- Middle School - - - - 178 & i’ﬂ EANANDAPUR Parochial School - - - 72 200 DHARWAR Anglo-Vernacular School - Vernacular ” 85 10 - - - HUBLY Anglo-Vernacular ” 276 73 Old Hubly Vernacular School - Boys’ Orphanage School - - - 60 - - 52 Parochial Girls’ School - BETTIGHERRY - - 99 Girls’ Orphanage School - Vernacular n 111 - - - - 23 GULEDGUD Vernacular School - CANNANORE Anglo-Vernacular School - - - 457 Vernacular ” at Mulil - 83 Vernacular at Chowa - - 66 " -TELLICHERRY Vernacular School, in Fishermen’s Village 91 - - - - - Anglo-Vernacular School 363 - - - - - - 244 ® O O O OO ®® O Middle School, Nettur - Boys’ Orphanage School - - - - - 440 12 - - - - - 418 CHOMBALA Girls’ Orphanage School - Muverattu Vernacular School - 29 12 - - - - - CALICUT Anglo-Vernacular School 876 - 53 Vernacular School, at Putiyangady - Girls’ Orphanage School - - - - 644 12 - - - - - - - 201 CODACAL Vernacular School - - - 227 PALGHAUT Anglo-Vernacular School Kannani Vernacular School - - - - 26 12 - - - - - - - 31 12 O8O0 00 0 e adesiececsio®cls s 5 iacie O Kinnanur Vernacular ” AL SO - Donations for the M;;éélore Sickhouse. Capt. W. Ranking 12 (=) E. Palmer Esq. 24 J. Ball Esq. H. 8. Thomas Esq. J. Boys Esq. 12 A friend 20 38 Dr. R. Dempster 17 Mrs. Schmid, Kupferzell “’i 10 N N J. Moss Esq. T Capt. Q. S. A. Jamieson 24 Mr Lucas Joshua 12 A. C. Burnell Esq. 12 Peter, Dresser Col. Orr 15 Joseph ” S O W o o a0 oo oo & 5 c oocieio Alex. Primrose Esq. Leonhart Julien 12 e 00 OSSO QIR DD OO NN O Capt. R. G. Jenkins 91 ———— Remitted by Miss L. Anstey, Bangalore, for the Sanitarium on the Kudremukh, Rs. As. BL Res Ass P Collected by Mrs. Anstey. Col. Yarborough 50 0 sy o Wm. F. Burnley Esq. 50 Mrs. Cookney 31 Miss Bruce 10 Mrs. Langton 21 Mrs. Mac’Farlane 10 Anonymous 20 20 Lady Mary Oswald 2 A friend of the Mission 10 Mrs. Powys 20 Findlay Anderson Esq. Mr. Gamble 100 Mrs. Thompson 10 Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Stuart 51 W. 8. Palmer Esq. 10 Mr. & Mrs. Jordan 10 Binning Esq. 10 Miss Romile 15 Jas. Bishop Esq. 10 10 Mrs. & Miss Anstey 391 N. B. Downing Esq. " Miss James 100 Miss Soveridge Mrs. Jordans, Bible Class 10 Rev. F. Valpy Miss Bacras 10 Miss Rogers 2 Miss Grove 30 Readers of the Christian 27 L. R. Valpy Esq. 10 Mr. & Mrs. L. R. Valpy 381 WS e OOl D S OO DD O O 0 OO 0 O o o 0o 0 o o o oC Mr. & Mrs. Brandram Peele 21 Collected by Miss L. Anstey. 10 Henry Jones Esq. A Friend of the Mission 1001 @ Mrs. Rollings 10 Interest on Bill of Ex- Mrs. Williams 10 change 60 Mrs. Cockburn 10 G. E. €. B, 100 A German Lady 5 Col. O’Connell 50 Collected by Miss James 1178 [y (G o o (o) (o'oY (o o3 ey (o o)l el el i Lo o)l =t Gy e ) Sm Rl S oo iolilelc o e o o oo o ONS IOHICIO OC Mrs. Knott 10 E Collected by E. Dalpy Esq. Mrs. Clift 80 Col. & Mrs. Bruce 2 Friends per Mrs. Weit- brecht 230 Friends 300 Friends per Mrs. Diez 219 Mrs. Bruce 5 E The Misses Jackson 100 A friend H. M. 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