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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.

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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.

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”

Baden.

”

Russia.

China.

”

Prussia.

”

”

Alsace.

18

Western Africa.

”

”

Bavaria.

”

Turkey.

§

18

”

Hesse Darmstadt.

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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

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. Krauss, late of Dharwar (1865—1871).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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ed the courtyard of the temple.

a while,” says the Rev. W. Stokes, “the secular managers of

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the temple told us that they wished to make us a present.

When we remonstrated, saying, that we did not expect any

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thing of the kind, they answered, that it was their custom to

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give something to every visitor to the temple, and that there-

fore we also must accept a present.

Scarcely had we returned

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to our quarters, when several servants of the temple brought

us large quantities of rice, ghee, oil, currystuff, sugar, plantains

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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

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missionaries were invited to a Coorg wedding. According to

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the custom of the Coorg people the f@ther of the bridegroom

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himself came to invite the guests and brought some presents,

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consisting of rice, pork, butter, cocoanuts and plantains. After

the marriage ceremonies were over, Mr. Kaundinya found an

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opportunity of speaking about the way of salvation to the male

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guests, and Mrs. Kaundinga to the female guests.

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Sometimes we accidentally (if we may use the word) find

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fruit where we did not look for any, and this gives us the

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conviction that much fruit grows out of our labour which never

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comes to our knowledge in this world. At Mahe a heathen

woman died in sincere faith in Jesus.

“During her whole

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sickness,” says the Rev. Chr. Miiller, ‘she prayed to Jesus, and

so praying she breathed her last.”

By her relatives she had

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been hindered from receiving baptism. On a preaching tour

amongst the Badagas in May, the Rev. S. Gundert had a con-

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versation with a consumptive man whom he directed to Jesus

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as the physician of body and soul.

“Yes,”” answered he, «I

know that, the former Missionaries have told me so; and I do

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believe it. Jesus, that is my only thought both early and late.”

This he said with such emphasis that it could not have been

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hypocrisy; and if it were but even a mustard seed of faith, will

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not the Lord say unto him «Be it unto thee even as thou wilt?”

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Lastly we do not forget the large number of heathens who

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have become acquainted with the name of Jesus and who have

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come to a more or less distinct conviction that he is the only

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true Saviour and that they ought to believe in Him. They are

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standing, as it were, at the gate of the Kingdom of Heaven.

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Would that they did not stand doubting so long, but take

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courage to step over the threshold and thus secure the peace

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of their souls for which they are longing.

Some of them,

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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-

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son of their hesitation is either that they are not earnest in

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forsaking favorite sins or that they cling to family and caste

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connections, or that they love the praise of men more than

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the praise of God, or that they are afraid of the cross which

they may have to bear. Most of our missionaries are acquaint-

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ed with such people. They are neither heathens nor Christians;

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they are like the children that are come to the birth and whom

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there is not strength to bring forth. We pity them with our

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whole heart.

May God open their eyes that they may see the

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danger of the position they are in.

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Colportage, the faithful ally of the Missionary in his work

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amongst the heathen, has last year been carried on as usual,

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both by our own colporteurs who sell tracts and school-books,

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and by those of the Madras Bible Society who sell Bibles and

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portions of Scripture only. The total amount of these sales

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will be seen from another page.

It has now become the rule in

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our whole Mission, that only in exceptional cases tracts and

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Bible portions are given gratis, and we are therefore confi-

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dent that those who buy, also read them. As one instance of

On returning

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this, we give here the following little incident.

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from the heathen festival at Sircy, the Rev. 4. Wenger and his

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native assistants stopped in a lonely little village and the people

10

of the village soon gathered around them. Scarcely had M.

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Wenger begun to speak to them, when a young man interrupted

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him saying, “We know much about Jesus Christ, but you must

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stay two days here, to tell us more about him.”

When asked,

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whether a missionary had been in their village to tell them

about Jesus, he answered, “No, but we have your books in our

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village, we bought them at Sircy.”

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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:

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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

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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

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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.

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Anglo-Vernacular Schools.

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The work in our six Anglo-Vernacular Schools at Hubly,

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Dharwar, Cannanore, Tellicherry, Calicut and Palghaut has

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been carried on without interruption.

Our hearts gladden at

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the reflection that so many hundred heathen boys, mostly of

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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.

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We are glad to be able again to report an increase in the

numbers of the Anglo-Vernacular School at Hubly. The

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school has also advanced in attainments and a fifth class was

all

formed during the past year.

Besides the Bible lessons, the

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class-books of Canarese prose and poetry have frequently eli-

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cited questions and explanations about true and false religion.

The eleven pupils of our South Mahratta Middle School, who

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wish to become Catechists and teachers in our Mission, are

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day scholars in this school. Several of them were at the close

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of the year sent to the Udapy Middle School, preparatory to

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their entrance into the Mangalore Catechist Seminary. The

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Dharwar Anglo-Vernacular School has fully recovered from

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the shock it received by the establishment of the Government

High School in that place in 1872.

The number of boys has

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increased from 64 to 90, nearly half of whom are Brahmins,

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one third are Lingaits and the rest belong to various other

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castes.

The headmaster of the School, the Rev. T. Costa, has

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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-

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triculation Examination.

The boys have shown not only no

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repugnance to the Bible lessons, but have even assured ar.

Costa that they like to read the Bible.—The changes in the

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staff of teachers, the dismissal of the headmaster, and the

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want of Christian teachers have proved a great draw-back to

the Anglo-Vernacular School at Cannanore.—The building of

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the Anglo-Vernacular School at Tellicherry had to be enlarg-

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ed, as it was too small to accommodate the large number of

boys who attended the school.

This caused much inconve-

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nience for the space of six months.

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Besides, several unavoid-

able changes in the staff of teachers have likewise imped-

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ed the steady progress of the school.

In order to remain

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on good terms with the Government School of the place and

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the Inspector of Schools, we cut off our highest class, so that

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the number of boys is only 168 against 186 of last year,

namely 9 Christians, 152 Hindoos and 7 Mahommedans.

The

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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

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most numerous attendance, namely 221 boys, and is in a very

efficient condition.

The standard of the School having been

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raised, a number of young men of 17 and 18 years now attend

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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

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Christian religion.

We cannot believe that all the good seed

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which is thus cast in these young hearts will be lost, and we

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hope yet to see the day of harvest.—At Palghaut the repug-

fl

nance of the boys to the Bible lessons has nearly disappeared

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in the Anglo-Vernacular School, and we think this happy

change is partly due to the good influence of the headmaster

Mr. George Therian.

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Boys’ and Girls’ Boarding Schools.

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The inmates of our Boys’ Boarding Schools at Hubly,

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Udapy, Tellicherry and Kaity, in which latter place also several

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girls have been admitted, are either orphans, or the children

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of poor Christians, or they have been thrown upon us as hea-

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thens.

Their number at the close of last year was 163.

In

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our institutions they receive not only clothes, food and ele-

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mentary instruction, but also a sound religious and moral

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training which may with God’s help enable them to become

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useful members of society. So much have these institutions

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been blessed by the Lord, that not a few of the boys trained

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in them have in the course of time become our assistants as

Teachers or Catechists.

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In the course of the year 31 new boys have entered the

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institution at Udapy, 21 of whom were heathen boys, belong-

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ing partly to our numerous inquirers, many of whom are poor.

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Twenty-three heathen boys have been baptized. One of them,

who had lost both his parents, had come to Mr. Brasche beseech-

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ing him to receive him into the Boarding School. As he made

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a good impression on Mr. Brasche, he allowed him to stay.

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Shortly after a relative of his came to take him back again;

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but Koti (the boy) firmly withstood all his persuasions. See-

ing his efforts unsuccessful, the man tried to raise suspicions

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in the mind of Mr. Brasche against Koti.

But Mr. Brasche

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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

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from the Word of God how to become good. And you yourself

too would do well to become a Christian.”

Hereupon the

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man gave up his intention of taking the boy away. And lo,

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not long after he really came, beseeching the missionar-

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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

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his, will ere long likewise forsake their dumb idols and be-

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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.

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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

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Mr. Ziegler has taken charge of it.

When on a visit to his

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parents in Bettigherry, the boy had incautiously been placed

to sleep in the same room with a little child that had small-

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pox, and had thus doubtless caught the infection.

Many of

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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

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of females in this country, we may say that the want of girls

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schools is even greater than that of boys’ institutions

results of Christian education which we have also last year

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had the privilege of seeing, have been very pleasing

The

whole number of girls in-our institutions in Bettigherry, Mulky,

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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

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father, a Mahommedan convert from Brahmanism, earned his

but he was addicted to

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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

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House of Mangalore with the entreaty that she might be cared

for

The Rev. J. Brigel received her and sent her to the Mulky

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Girls’ School

At first she appeared very sullen and shunned

the society of the other girls; by degrees her face cleared up,

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she became sociable and finally expressed her desire to be

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baptized. Whilst receiving instruction for baptism, fifteen Ma-

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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,

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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

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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.

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For eleven years Mr. Miiller has been in charge of this School;

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of the 105 pupils who have received his instruction, a great

number are now working in the Lord’s vineyard as Catechists,

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Schoolmasters, Evangelists or Oolporteiurs. His labour has

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truly not been in vain.

The Middle School at Tellicherry under the direction of

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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

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others had to be dismissed for various reasons.

A number of

the pupils have accompanied the Missionaries and Catechists

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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fallen amongst thieves.

‘We also have been like that man,’

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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.

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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-

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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.

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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,

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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-

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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-

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Col. G. W. Walker, R. E.

120

60

A friend

Ja

Mrs. Onslow

J. Davidson Esq.

Mrs. Higgins

20

R

G. Steevens Esq.

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Lt. Col. Clemens, 1872 & 73 70

20

(o=} R Ko=) ()

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Mrs. Hayne

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Mrs. J. W. Breeks, England 100

Robert Stanes Esq.

25

Col. Halliday, Vizianaga-

Bett

E. A. Rouse Esq.

10

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Gul

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150

100

AT KOTAGHERRY.

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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

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H. E. Lt. Genl. Sir F. P.

Mrs. Shewell

Haines, Commander-in-

Chief

50

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Contributions of the Members of the Congregations.

Mangalore, Mr. L. Joshua

0

Mulky and Kadike Con-

Mr. Leonh. Julien

(c=)

0

17

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Peter Simeon

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Santur, Daniel Aaron,

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Deacon

Balmattha Brotherly As-

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16

Udapy Middle Scholar

Nahasson

12

Christian Friends’ Society 6

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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

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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

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Mr. Malkiel Unniri

@w O o o o e

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Jonathan Hawala

Thank Offering

Priscille of Coilandy

Tabitha Hawala

Stephan Kabadi

Girls of the Orpanage,

proceeds of work done

Aaron Dauli

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Jacob Nirmanika

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Ratnappa

Codacal, Samuel Joshua

Maria Sudji

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Joseph Jacoby, Deacon

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Subscriptions for Schools.

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Rs. As. P

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Capt. W. Ranking

10 0

Towards the Brahmin Girls’ School.

AT DHARWAR.

H. S. Thomas Esq.

42

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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.

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MANGALORE

Parochial Boys’ Seligpl = - - o s o o

19

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Girls’ School -

225

Brahmin Girls’ Schools

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Girls’ Orphanage School

221

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178

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EANANDAPUR

Parochial School -

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200

DHARWAR

Anglo-Vernacular School -

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HUBLY

Anglo-Vernacular

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276

73

Old Hubly Vernacular School -

Boys’ Orphanage School -

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60

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Parochial Girls’ School -

BETTIGHERRY

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99

Girls’ Orphanage School -

Vernacular

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23

GULEDGUD

Vernacular School -

CANNANORE

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457

Vernacular

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at Mulil -

83

Vernacular

at Chowa

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66

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Vernacular School, in Fishermen’s Village

91

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Anglo-Vernacular School

363

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244

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Middle School, Nettur -

Boys’ Orphanage School

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440

12

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418

CHOMBALA

Girls’ Orphanage School -

Muverattu Vernacular School -

29

12

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CALICUT

Anglo-Vernacular School

876

-

53

Vernacular School, at Putiyangady -

Girls’ Orphanage School -

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644

12

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-

-

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201

CODACAL

Vernacular School

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227

PALGHAUT

Anglo-Vernacular School

Kannani Vernacular School

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26

12

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Capt. W. Ranking

12

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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

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10

N

N

J. Moss Esq.

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Capt. Q. S. A. Jamieson

24

Mr

Lucas Joshua

12

A. C. Burnell Esq.

12

Peter, Dresser

Col. Orr

15

Joseph

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Alex. Primrose Esq.

Leonhart Julien

12

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Capt. R. G. Jenkins

91

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Remitted by Miss L. Anstey, Bangalore, for the

Sanitarium on the Kudremukh,

Rs. As. BL

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Col. Yarborough

50

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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

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Mr. & Mrs. Brandram Peele 21

Collected by Miss L. Anstey.

10

Henry Jones Esq.

A Friend of the Mission 1001

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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

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Mrs. Clift

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Col. & Mrs. Bruce

2

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brecht

230

Friends

300

Friends per Mrs. Diez

219

Mrs. Bruce

5

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H. M. Blair Esq.

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Henry Conder Esq.

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