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1874

THIRTY-FIFTH REPORT

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Christian

Evangelists

Schoolmistresses

Schoolmasters

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during 1874

1st January 1874

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Brethren

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Non-Christian

Number of Schools

Seminary

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Preparandi Schools

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Girls

Anglo-Vernacular Schools

Boys

Girls

Total of children under

Number of Converts baptized

Number of Church Members

Communicants

Non-Communicants

Children

Total

Catechumens

1. Canara.

Mangalore

1834

oy

124

7

278

15

1100

665

18

480

1163

15

Mulky

L T T AT T ST T T S T S Y

1845

65

41

121

451

201

14

242

457

43

Udapy

L T R S S S S S S Y

1854

63

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195

50

748

432

381

822

252

Karkal

1872

31

24

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Honore

1845

42

20

34

58

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1870

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114

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Dharwar

1837

48

73

128

44

26

35

61

Hubly

1839

21

18

42

70

166

10

168

69

98

172

Bettigherry

1841

19

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120

159

59

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T T I T S S S S Y

1841

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135

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240

219

467

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349

161

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348

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1849

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107

120

232

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1842

57

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28

186

397

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339

265

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1857

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255

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1846

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38

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1867

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64| 54

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200

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641| 463

2429

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5057

2714

130

2440

5284

449

72

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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.

]

Hative

FHame

Station

@onnfry

e R

Date of ac-

five Dervice

. J. M. Fritz (m.)

Germany

1839

| Cannanore

. J. A. Biihrer (m.)

Switzerland

1842

Kotagherry

Ch. Miller (m.)

Germany

1842

Tellicherry

H.A.Kaundinya (m.) | India

1851

Anandapur

K. A. E. Diez (m.)

Germany

1851

Palghaut

F. Kittel (m.)

do

1853

Mercara

G. Pfleiderer (m.)*

do

1853

Mangalore

J. Lauffer (m.)

do

1856

Cannanore

§

J.Fr. A. Ménner (m.)

do

1857

Udapy

10

W. Roth (m.)

do

1857

Bettigherry

il

J. J. Brigel (m.)

do

1858

Mangalore

12

do

1860

J. J. Thumm (w.)

Hubly

13

Th. F. Schauffler(m.)

do

1860

Calicut

14

India

1860

W. Stokes (m.)

Kaity

15

Tit. Costa (m.)

do

1861

Dharwar

16

Fr. Ziegler (m.)*

Germany

1862

Hubly

{

J. B. Griter (m.)

do

1863

Mangalore

18

S. Gundert (m.)

do

1863

do

19

Ch. Réek (m.)

do

1864

Cannanore

20

Th. Digel (m.)*

do

1864

Mangalore

1%

Hafive

Fame

Stafion

Gounfry

Dafe of ac-

five Service

21

. J. Knobloch (m.)

Germany

1865

Calicut

22

. 8. Walter (m.)

Switzerland

1865

Chombala

23

. J. Miiller (m.) *

Germany

1866

Mercara

24

Th. Walz (m.)

do

1866

Mangalore

25

do

1867

Tellicherry

J. Kittel (m.)

26

Ch. G. Weigele (m.)

do

1867

Guledgud

27

Fr. Matthissen *

Russia

1867

Calicut

28

Th. Elsisser (m.)*

Germany

1867

do

29

do

1868

Codacal

C. Linder (m.)

30

'W. Sehmolek (m.)*

do

1869

Tellicherry

do

1869

31

G. Ritter (w.)

Udapy

32

G. Spillmann (m.)*

Switzerland

1869

Calicut

1870

33

H. Daimelhuber (m.)

Germany

Mulky

34

J. A. Brasche (m.)

do

1870

Udapy

1870

35

W. Sikemeier

Holland

Mangalore

36

W. P. Schénthal *

Germany

1870

Cannanore

1871

37

N. Hibner

do

Hubly

38

N. Weitbrecht (m.) *

do

1871

Mangalore

39

J. Hafner (m.)

Switzerland

1871

Homnore

40

P. Ott

Germany

1871

Karkal

41

'W. Niibling

do

1871

Honore

42

Switzerland

1871

Chombala

A. Bourquin

43

J. Welsch (m.)

Germany

1871

Dharwar

44

G. Hirner*

do

1871

Mangalore

45

C. Hiittinger *

do

1871

do.

i

46

do

1872

Bettigherry

'W. Hasenwandel (m.)

47

A. Burkhardt *

Switzerland

1872

Mangalore

1872

48

A. Merkle

Germany

Palghaut

49

G. A. Ziegler (m.)

do

1872

Udapy

do

1872

Karkal

50

J. Hermelink

51

. G. Wagner

do

187

Palghaut

Hatipe

Stafiott

Hame

Gonntry

Rafe of ac-

fine Dervice

52

A. Dobler

Surinam

1872

Cannanore

53

J. . Veil

1872

Germany

Anandapur

54

A. Kohler

do

1873

Kaity

55

R. Hauri

Switzerland

1873

Mangalore

56

E. Hérlin (m.)

Germany

1873

Mulky

57

do

1873

J. Layer

Kaity

58

C. Feuchter

do

1873

Calicut

do

1873

do

59

J. S. K. Ostermeier

60

G. Grossmann

Switzerland

1874

Guledgud

61

R. Schenkel

Germany

1874

Hubly

6

[5)

=

C. Pfleiderer

do

1874

Mangalore

63

J. Baumann

Switzerland

1874

do

At Home

64

1843

Germany

late of Kaity

65

s

nhart (m.)

Switzerland

1857

late of Cannanore

66

1;(1}

do

1857

do

do

Schoch (m.)*

67

Mack (m.)

Germany

1858

late of Mulky

f%i

1859

late of Karkal

68

Hartmann (m.)

Switzerland

69

E. H. Bergfeldt (w.)

Germany

1860

late of Mangalore

70

J.

Fr. Miiller (w.)

do

1861

late of Udapy

1

C. S

Stolz (m.)*

Switzerland

1863

late of Mangalore

B.

On the Western Coast

of Africa

(GOLD COAST.)

72

J. &. Widmann (m.) | Germany

1842

Akropong

73

1846

Aburi

J. Chr. Dieterle (m.)

do

4

J. Zimmermann (m.)

do

1849

Abokobi

75

J. A. Mader (m.)

do

1851

Akropong

* Taken from the lists of 1st January 1874

Fative

Stafion

lame

Gonntry

Dafe of ac-

tive Dervice

76

H.L.Rottmann (m)* | Germany

1854

Akra

7

E. Schall (m.)

do

1856

Christiansborg

78

M. Klaiber (m.)*

do

1859

do

79

D. Eisenschmid (m.)

do

1861

Kyebi

80

D. Asante (m.)

Africa

1862

Kukurantumy

81

J. Chr. Fetzer (m.)*

Germany

1863

Christiansborg

82

C. Schonfeld (m.)

do

1863

Odumase

83

Ph. H. Bohner (m.)*

do

1863

Abokobi

84

F.A.Ramseyer(m.)*

Switzerland

1864

Capt. in Ashante

85

1865

Chr. Bellon (m.)

Germany

Akropong

86

Joh. Miiller (m.)

do

1865

Akropong

87

J. Kithne*

do

1866

Capt. in Ashante

88

G. J. Lodkolz (m.)

do

1867

Aburi

89

H. Marchand*

Switzerland

1868

Christiansborg

90

J. J. Walker (w.)

Germany

868

Akropong

91

J. J. Fischer*

Switzerland

1868

Christiansborg

92

L. Haas (m.)

Germany

1869

Kyebi

Q

i

J

3

Chr. Jm. Buhl (m.)*

do

1869

Christiansborg

94

Joh. Kopp (m.)*

do

1869

Odumase

95

J. J. Weber

Switzerland

1870

Ada

96

J. G. Fritz (m.)

Germany

1870

Christiansborg

97

Fr. Ziegel®

do

1870

Akropong

98

P. Simonet™

France

1871

Ada

99

J. Klass™

Germany

1841

Christiansborg

100

1872

Abokobi

A. Langhorst

Germany

Yi

101

P. Steiner

do

1872

Christiansborg

102

R. Miiller*

do

1872

do

103

R. Spengler™

do

1872

do

104

M. Miih

do

1873

do

105

M. Miiller

do

1873

Akropong

106

do

do.

Th. Essler

1873

e

Hame

Hative

Station

1

@onntry

Dafe of ac-

f

At Home

107

J. Mohr (m.)

| Germany

1846

late of Aburi

108

J. G. Christaller (m.)

do

1852

late of Akropong

109

do

LR

1857

H. Laissle (m.)

do

do

110

J. Weiss (m.)

Switzerland

1865

late of Abokobi

€. In China.

111.

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

| 1846

Hongkong

112.

H. Bender (m.)

do

1862

Chongchong

113

Ph. Ch. Piton (m.)

do

1864

114

Hongkong

W. Bellon (m.)

do

1864

Lilong

115

J. Lorcher (m.)

do

1865

116

Hongkong

Min-siu-tschin (m.) | China

1869

Lilong

117

G. A. Gussmann

1869

Germany

Njenhangli

118

Kong-Fat-lin-A-yun | China

1871

do

[

(m.)

119

Ch. G. Reusch

Germany

72

Lilong

120

R. Ott

Switzerland

Hongkong

Beport.

O is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed

into the ground, and should sleep, and rise night and

¥

Y day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he

knoweth not how.

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of

herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full

-

corn in the ear.

But when the fruit is brought forth, im-

mediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is

come.

Mark. 4, 26-29.

These words which are one of the many parables in which

Christ has set forth the nature of His kingdom in this dis-

pensation from different stand-points, seem to us to coincide in

a particular sense with the progress of our work in the year

under review. Much sowing has been going on, “casting seed

into the ground” broadcast through the length and breadth of the

country amongst the heathen, into the hearts of our Christian

youth in our schools, and in the hearts of the adult Christians

Y

Now and

in church-services and in various private ways.

then a seed is seen springing up and bearing fruit, perhaps

even so that it may be ready for the “sickle”; but for the

greater part the growth has been going on in a quiet, unob-

trusive way ‘“he knoweth not how,” now and then visible to

the attentive eye of the careful and sympathetic observer, but

beyond the reach of his exertions for producing or increasing

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it, and entirely hidden from the eye of the superficial obser-

ver or the lofty critic.

Now and then this growth has been

concealed from the look even of the hushbandman sowing the

seed, so that he may be tempted to despair of success; whilst

the Master, who knows best, bids him “sleep and rise night

and day” and go after his work, quietly commending his ways,

his work and the seed sown to the care of that God who makes

“the earth bring forth fruit of herself”.

Slow is this growth

sometimes and only gradual, so that there are very different

grades of perfection and shades of colour.

Some plants show

only the blade, appearing to be mere grass, others show the

green unripe ear, but even they contain within them the prin-

ciple of divine life, and at His time, but only then, will be

seen “the full corn in the ear”.

Partly we may occasionally

meet with such ears of full corn even now, but we wait and

work for the time when the harvest will be full grown, when

“immediately He putteth forth the sickle”, and comes to esta-

blish His kingdom in glory upon this poor earth. This time

will come for India too, much as appearances may seem against

it, and we will not in impatience or unbelief despair of suc-

cess, because we cannot as yet see the harvest in the time of

sowing. We do know that «the earth’” of the Indian nation

also is “bringing forth of herself even now the blade, the ear

and the full corn in the ear”.

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Thus our Report will show much of the work of preparing

b}

the field and sowing the seed, some signs also of its springing

d

up, how it is gradually developing and showing itself in vari-

ous degrees of perfection, now and then being very unripe,

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even intermixed with noxious weed, but also ripening into the

full corn in the ear as it is even gathered into God’s garners.

[0

We first look at the

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I. INCREASE OF OUR CONGREGATION

as showing the visible results of our work.

Our congre-

L2 4

gation now numbers 5284 church members against 5057 of last

year, so that there is an increase of 227 souls, to which we

may add 449 persons waiting for baptism, against 287 of last

year.

This is partly due to the natural increase by the excess

of births over deaths which in all our Stations together is 245

births against 166 deaths, although some Stations of our

Mission have suffered from quite an exceptional mortality

in the course of this year caused by fever and smallpox. Last

year there were 235 births against 101 deaths, and Mangalore

e.g. shows this year 70 against 30, and last year 67 against 17.

This latter fact seems to be noteworthy as it points to a high

The same

degree of physical vitality in our congregations.

observation has been made amongst the converted Kolhs in

Chota Nagpur, and it would be interesting to know what is the

proportion of births and deaths amongst the heathen.

Al-

though the circumstance of the majority of our converts being

in the prime of life may partially explain this favorable pro-

portion, yet we think it must partially be a consequence of

the higher tone of morality that rules amongst them.

But

the more important kind of increase comes through

£

II. CONVERTS FROM HEATHENISM.

¥

Of them we number 128 baptized, amongst whom 84 are

adults, representing the number of individual resolutions that

had to be formed to take the step from heathenish darkness

to Christian light.

The 449 catechumens have not yet been

baptized and are therefore not reckoned amongst the converts.

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Some of them may also fall away or may be declared unwor-

thy of baptism as has been the case with several catechumens

in the course of last year.

The greater part of converts belong again to the Udapy

district, where 50 persons have been baptized and 252 are un-

der instruction for baptism.

In Udapy itself and the many

villages round about, whole families together join the Christian

Church, in some cases the wife, or a son leaves the Christian

house on that account, in other cases all remain together.

We

rejoice especially to see that in Padur the steadfastness of our

convert Jesaiah, who in former years had to stand alone and

to bear much persecution, has been rewarded not only by com-

parative cessation of hostilities, but also by an increase in the

number of Christians, so that several families, containing 98

We have in

1

souls, have at length joined our congregation.

these parts the great advantage that Christians usually remain

I

in their former positions, villages and houses, and that alto-

gether the real Hindu community is much better reached by

these conversions.

We prefer this of course to the necessity

that so frequently is forced by the families upon converts in

§

other places against their and our wish, of leaving house and

family and occupation, and being thus isolated from their for-

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it

mer surroundings and plucked out of their natural ground.

The time will certainly come in other places too, when Hindus

may become Christians without being driven from their home.

But even now we protest, that it is not we who are to blame

for these separations.

Some few Stations have not been privileged by conversions

from the heathen, but most show a greater or smaller number

16

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of people having joined the congregation in this year; and the

hard struggle that has issued in some cases shows the value of

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these acquisitions.

Now and then heathens longing for peace

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have taken the circuitous road through Mahommedanism, first

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seeking rest for their souls there.

But gradually they have

felt that they were disappointed and have at last turned to

the true Saviour of their souls. (It shows however that Mahom-

medanism is making proselytes from Hinduism.)

We give

v

here as related by Mr. Walter in Chombala, the simple but

touching story of an old woman who for 40 years was a Hindu,

after that a Mahommedan for 32 years, and only in her old

age reached the safe port, where her joyous soul could and

did cast anchor.

Tiruvala was born about 1800 in a respectable family of which

several members have in the course of years become Christians and

partly form an ornament of our congregations, as e. g. the Deacon Paul

Chandran.

When 13 years old she was married to a man of the

fisher caste to whom she bore 9 children.

She had to go through

much grief, first losing 6 of her children, then her mother, and at last

observing that her husband’s love had turned from her to another

AP

woman, so that at her request, he at last dismissed her with a letter

of divorce. (He himself afterwards became a Christian, and died some

years ago.) At that time she deeply felt the wretchedness and misery

of heathenism, her many prayers to her gods remaining unanswered

and her vows proving fruitless.

She lost her faith in the Hindu gods

and thinks now that if the Gospel had reached her then, she would have

accepted it. But she had first to turn to broken cisterns that hold no

water.

Her brother neglecting to perform certain cermonies for her,

she was without mercy expelled from her caste together with her

children, which treatment made her lose all trust in her religion,

Therefore she tried to find in Mahom-

its adherents and its gods.

medanism that peace for which she thirsted, pardon from God and

W\

justice from men.

In 1840 she went to Cannanore, was joyfully

received by the Maplas there and married by one of them.

She

endeavoured faithfully to obey all commandments of her new religion.

Five times every day she performed her prayers, fasted much and

frequently repeated the formula: “La Allah il Allah va Mahammad

resul Allah” (God is the God, and Mahommed is His prophet).

But

A L A e S N s

—

13

she soon perceived that her new religion was as wretched as her old.

She could not find peace for her soul, and compares herself at that

time to a helpless sheep wandering about for many many years in a

great parched desert.

In 1872 her second husband died, and she

had much hardship to earn her daily bread. Her Christian relatives

had for many years lost all traces of her. But when some years ago

they got knowledge of her place of dwelling they tried very much to

lead her to the Lord.

Especially the old fisher Silas took her wel-

fare very much to heart, went to her, and asked her to come to

Chombala.

She came several times, and heard the Gospel, but only

at the close of 1873 she made up her mind to stay with her relatives

and become a Christian.

She now received daily instruction, but

found it very hard to remember what she had heard, and she was

very sorry for forgetting the Bible stories again and again. But she

succeeded at last in learning the Lord’s Prayer and the Ten Command-

ments by heart and in comprehending the cardinal truths of the

Gospel.

She took very lively interest in the instruction, and we

could perceive that her faith and her love to the Lord increased

more and more.

She had often asked to be baptized,

and her

At her

eyes beamed with joy when her request was granted.

baptism she gave loud and distinet answers to all the questions

directed to her, and added a “yes” to every sentence of the prayer

that was said for her.

She desired the name of “Elizabeth’’.

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afterwards said with pleasure in her face, “Now I have joy, and am

satisfied”’.

May the Lord keep her in her faith and joy and make

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her grow in His grace till she can find eternal satisfaction and bliss-

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fulness with Him!—A few days before her baptism a Hindu woman,

a relative of hers, came with her child to join the Christians.

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aged Tiruvala Elizabeth rejoiced much at it and earnestly admonished

her to remain steadfast.

Next day her husband came to take her

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away, but she remained firm. Just so she did when her husbhand re-

turned two days later, so he made up his mind to stay with her

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to become a Christian.

Now they both are zealously learning the

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Gospel, and seem to be in earnest about it.

May the Lord carry out

His work of grace in them!

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If the seeking grace of God is seen in the story of that

old woman, how it leads a long long life to a blessed consummation

in the grace that is found in the eleventh hour, we rejoice

also when we see young men turned to the Lord at a time

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when they still can bring their whole strength and life to the

service of the Lord.

Several such cases are before us.

We

ﬁrs't mention one from Dharwar as related by Mr. Welsch:

Some years ago some hopeful signs began to show in the village

of Ugurugola at about 20 miles distance from Dharwar, a place that

is celebrated for its temple of the goddess Yellamma.

This year

we baptized the first fruit of that village, a young man of the

priest-caste.

He came several times to Unakallu (an out-station of

Hubly) and there heard the Word of God from our Catechist

Jonathan which seized his mind so that he bought a Bible and read

it at home with his bfother.

He believed in Christ and applied for

baptism which he received in Dharwar.

He is now studying in our

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Hubly School to become a Schoolmaster or Evangelist.

His father

has now and then come to visit him, which shows that he has not

cast him off altogether.

We see here the usefulness of our printed Bibles in further-

ing and deepening the effect of the preached Word.

The

following shows how other Christian books may serve as fore-

runners of the personal witnesses and prepare the way to the

spoken Word, so that ¢“the seed springs and grows up he

knoweth not show”’.

Mr. Weigele in Guledgud relates:

In Mushtikery, a village 15 miles distant from Guledgud, there

is a man of the name of Kélappa, a carpenter, who formerly was a

village-priest of the goddess Demavva. For some years he had been

reading Christian books and had thereby acquired some knowledge

of Christian truth.

He was very zealous to bring others to the same

light that shone on him. Therefore he gathered a number of mostly

young people round him, and spoke with them on the contents of his

books.

In consequence of this 9 men from Mushtikery came to

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Guledgud in September 1872 and asked the Missionary to pay a visit

to their village.

But, when he came, these men had been so much

intimidated by the headman of the village and some other opponents

that they did not even dare to come near the Missionary. But a man

of the shepherd-caste, named Balappa felt more and more disquieted

in his conscience, because his outward walk was opposed to his in-

ward convictions from the Word of God, living outwardly as a heathen,

whilst he well knew that as such he could not please God.

In May

1874 he spoke on it with Kalappa, who till then had been his

spiritual guide in the knowledge of truth.

He told him, he could not

find rest in his conscience and therefore intended going to Guledgud

to become a Christian, and asked his opinion on the matter.

Kélappa said, he would not on any consideration prevent him from

doing it, seeing that the Word of God said: “Whoso shall offend one

of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a

millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in

the depth of the sea”; he must entirely follow his own conviction.

Balappa waited for another fortnight, but then he left his village

without giving notice to anybody, and came to Guledgud on the 15th

May. The Missionary happening to be absent, he went to the Cate-

chist and then to Kardenhalli (an out-station of Guledgud) where he

broke caste in the house of Ratnappa, a Christian there. Mr. Weigele

sent word of the event to Kalappa, who told it to Balappa’s relatives.

These were happy to get any news at all about him and acquiesced

in the unalterable fact.

Two of them came to see him in Guledgud.

A few weeks later Kdlappa too came and said, he was one of ours,

we must consider him as such,

It was only for his old mother whom

he must care for, that he delayed.

A week after he sent us some

mangoes through a youth of 16 years named Hanuma belonging to

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the Reddi caste (farmers). He had been expelled from his house for

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reading Christian books with Ké4lappa and had since then lived in

Kalappa’s house.

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He expressed his resolution to become a Christian,

and to make the matter certain he forthwith broke caste.

But he

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desired to go back to his village and tell Kdlappa about his intended

step. When he was leaving his village again he met the headman

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of the village and told him he was going to Guledgud to become a

Christian.

“You must not go alone” was his sneering answer, and

soon Hanuma was overtaken by some young men, who tried to persuade

him to come back. As he would not do it, they took him on their

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shoulders and carried him back to the village where all the people

gathered round him, remonstrating, abusing and cursing Hanuma,

Kéalappa and the absent Missionaries.

They threatened him, unless

he desisted from his purpose, to tie him to a tree and shoot him, and

began by knocking him about.

But seeing that he remained stead-

fast and all their endeavours were useless, they left him. Very early

next morning he left again for Guledgud, taking a circuitous route,

His fear that they would try to make him prisoner again, proved

correct.

His brother with 2 men went after him and, not finding

him, they sat by the town-gate of Guledgud to get hold of him.

At

noon he had not yet made his appearance, so they got tired and went

to the farm.

Scarcely had they left their place at the gate when

Hanuma arrived there and passed safely to the Mission-house.

Some time afterwards his persecutors came there, but seeing that they

could not do anything on private ground and that he had broken

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caste already, they returned to their village.

Their rage turned

against Kalappa as the instigator of all these doings.

He had to

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be protected by the Magistrate.

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Balappa has now in August returned to his village hoping to

regain his wife, in which hope he was however disappointed. Hanuma

is now under instruction.

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If in this case one of the converts had to brave the rage

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of the whole village, persecutions have risen to a much higher

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degree in other places.

In Calicut we hear this in the case

of Achudan.

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He had formerly heard the Gospel in our English School, and

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afterwards from a brother of his who is now amongst his fiercest

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opponents.

He also had intercourse with the Missionaries and Cate-

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chists.

At last he formed and carried out the intention of becoming

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a Christian.

But being of a very respectable family, the son of a

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Native Official of high ’position, he feared a very strong opposition

and therefore went to Chombala.

Then followed a long series of

intrigues and legal proceedings to get hold of him and make him

retract his profession of Christianity. He was even arrested and

taken to Calicut by the Police to be tried in the Court.

The enmity

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against Christianity showed itself with a rancour such as we should

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not have considered possible in this place. But we prefer not to give

the particulars of the case, as we do not wish to stir up the passions

without urgent necessity. Suffice it to say that in the midst of all

these trials he remained steadfast, and has since been baptized.

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If a part of this story was played in Chombala, and this

Station had to bear its share in the fight about Achudan, it

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had, on another occasion, to pass through another even severer

struggle, where there was indeed less skill and intrigue, but

instead sheer brutal force.

Mr. Walter relates:

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In March 1874 a well-to-do, respected man of t};e fisher-caste of

the name of Kunaly came from Calicut to Chombala to become a

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Christian.

He had formerly been a zealous and devoted worshipper

of the goddess Bhagavati and had therefore spent much money on his

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heathen ceremonies. With all that he could not find that pardon

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of sins and peace of the heart after which he longed so much, and

this weakened his faith in his religion.

On the other hand it made

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him more inclined to open his heart to the Gospel which he frequently

heard preached by Missionaries and Catechists on heathen festivals.

The Word of God took hold of his heart.

He spoke with his wife

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entreating her to join him in becoming a Christian, but she refused

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and he had to forsake house and wife and children and lands for

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Christ’s name’s sake, and came to Chombala quite alone.

commenced to instruet him for baptism, when he showed much zeal

and sharp understanding, and being able to read he occupied his

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leisure hours with reading his Bible. He was frequently interrupted

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by visits of his wife, his relatives and many other caste-fellows who

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tried by entreaties, tears and lamentations to take him back to hea-

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thenism. Through several months these exciting scenes were re-

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peated almost daily.

But instead of yielding to their entreaties

Kunaly gave witness of his Lord and Saviour with increasing boldness,

and preached the Gospel to his friends.

‘When these saw that noth-

ing availed with him they turned to sorcery, made offerings to various

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temples, and spent much money to have his mind changed. One said

to Kunaly: “I have spent 150 Rs. and brought offerings to Kutti-

chadden, that he may bring you back to us, but you seem as firmly

resolved as ever to become a Christian.”

Kunaly smiled and said,

he well might have saved that expense.

A demon-priest told his

relatives: “Alas you ask an impracticable thing.

I cannot move

Kunaly by sorcery, for he has joihed the Christians, and my sorceries

are powerless against them.”

Once they said, they had come for a

But he said firmly,

last trial and entreated him again to join them.

he would live and die to his Saviour.

Then they began to curse him,

But

declared him to be dead, and every connection with him ended.

they would not yet give him up.

One evening some former friends

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came to him,and after some conversation asked him to accompany them

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for a short distance.

As soon as they had him alone, they, by some

trick made him lose his consciousness and when he had swooned, they

quickly carried him away. The Catechist and I were absent at the

time, but as soon as I heard of it I hastened after them and overtook

them at a mile’s distance from Chombala on the seashore.

Kunaly

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was surrounded by more than 200 fishermen who hurried along with

him southward.

‘When he saw me he took courage and called out:

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“Let me free, you will take me to hell, but I will return with the

S&hib.”

They were quite enraged as if possessed by demons, and all

Kunaly’s struggles to free himself were prevented by hands that clung

to him on all sides.

I tried to turn their attention from Kunaly by

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preaching to them, and this had with God’s help the success, that he

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could escape and run away. But then their whole rage fell on me;

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and they seemed resolved to be revenged on me.

First they tried

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to drive me into the sea. 'When I escaped from the water, they roared

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out: “Let us drink his blood.” And from the many blows and kicks

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that fell on me I could perceive that they meant to carry out the

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proposal.

But in the mean time a number of Christians and heathen

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todd);-dfawers had cofne up, and seeing my critical situation they

took me and hurried with me towards the house of a Tiyar that was

not far off. Before reachiﬁg it I was again seized by a strong fisher-

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man and grasped so firmly that I was near erying out from pain.

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my deliverers succeeded in ridding me from his grasp and bringing

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me into the house where they quickly bolted the door.

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was lying in the inner room of the house quite exhausted and was

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treated with much love by its owners, the fishermen besieged the

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house so that the Christians and Tiyars found it difficult to keep them

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off. After a while Kunaly also found his way to the same house.

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Four men had run after him and taken him on their shoulders to carry

him to their houses. Buthe was by God’s help enabled to shake them

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off and find refuge with me. Now the Police came up and under

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their protection we returned to Chombala late at night, thanking the

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Lord for His gracious protection during the dangerous events of that

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terrible evening.

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To prevent a repetition of this scene, I laid a complaint against

the ring-leaders in the Court of Wadagherry, when they were fined

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75 Rupees.

Still they tried to win Kunaly back and promised him a large

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house and 1000 Rs. if he would come to them.

They also used sor-

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cery against him.

At this time another man of the Mugayar caste professed Chris-

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tianity but without being obliged to leave his house.

‘When Kunaly

went to see him, he again fell into the hands of the fishermen who

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brought him to Mahe (French territory) and kept him there. 'When

we heard this sad news we daily assembled in the church praying

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God that He might deliver Kunaly and give him grace to remain

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faithful. The Lord heard our prayer, and one evening Kunaly entered

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our house quite unexpected. You may imagine our joy and gratitude,

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and what refreshment it was for our faith.

He now related his

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story. In the week of his imprisonment he was sorely pressed with

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promises and threats of all kind. But the Lord upheld him. And

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behold! in the room in which he was confined for 6 days he discovered

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a Malayalam Bible from which he drew much strength and comfort.

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Seeing that they could not bend his mind they brought him to Telli-

There he was again imprisoned,

cherry to the elders of their caste.

but to his great astonishment and joy he there too found a Bible

which he read with prayer. So he had even a rich blessing from his

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captivity. e often declared to his opposers: “Byno means whatso-

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ever will you prevent me from becoming a Christian.”

managed to escape, and hastened back to Chombala.

He now earnestly desired to be baptized, and this was granted to

him on the 21st June when he received baptism together with the

above mentioned man of the Mugayar caste.

Many heathens were

present, and before them and the Christians Kunaly with joyful assu-

rance gave witness of the faith within him. He desired to receive the

name Henry which had become dear to him through a tract (existing

in Malayalam and Canarese) called “Henry and his Bearer’’.

Munichogi, the elder brother of Kunaly Henry, has followed him

into the Christian church. But being afraid of the entreaties, threats

and other measures of his relatives he went to Palghaut, where he

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joined the Christians on the 26th October, and is now under instrue-

tion for baptism.

~ This Station Palghaut has again passed through such storms

more than others.

Last year we related of the out-station

Karuvapara, where converts were assaulted, the Catechists

were twice falsely accused for abduction and theft, and one

even put under arrest, and fire was set to the chapel, the

Mahommedans being the instigators.

This year the Nayars

had made up their mind entirely to annihilate another outsta-

tion Wadakanchery. We give Mr. Diez’s report of it in an

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abridged form:

In June 1874 a Cheruman family consisting of 11 persons came to

our out-station Wadakanchery.

They were originally slaves of a

rich land-owner in the Cochin territory, whom they had left, as they

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alleged, on account of ill-treatment with the desire for bodily freedom

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and eternal salvation. When we were convinced of the truth of their

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statements, we could not but admit them as Catechumens. For more

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than a month their former masters assisted by friends or by Police

Constables did all in their power to get hold of their persons. Flat-

tery, promises, intimidation, bribing the Catechist, waylaying were

all tried in vain. But on Sunday, the 23rd August, one of the owners

appeared in company of some friends, a Cochin Peon.and a British Con-

stable, serving warrants purporting to have been issued by the Cochin

Government.

Without regard to the protests of the Catechist, ten

persons were seized and first taken to the Police station. After this,

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Antony, a Christian relative of the Cheruman, was kidnapped in the

jungle.

The slave-owners intended to seize in like manner the

Catechist and two other Christians in Wadakanchery; but their plans

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got wind and were frustrated.

Mr. Knox the Head Assistant Col-

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lector and Mr. Porter the Superintendent of Police did their best to

bring the evil-doers before the bar of justice and to get back the

kidnapped persons. These had been brought into the Cochin territory,

where Antony and his brother-in-law were chained and put into

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prison.

After a month one of the slave-owners took Antony from

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his prison and advised him to deny Christ and remain with him, when

he would send for his wife and children, otherwise he would kill him

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wherever he might be. Antony rejected his advise, and, though very

weak, made good his escape; we saw him in Palghaut on the 1st Oc-

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tober half starved and broken in spirits.

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The Collector of Malabar and the British Resident in Cochin made

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unremitting efforts, and at last succeeded in having 6 of the kidnapped

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persons delivered up to the Magistrate at Palghaut. Four were said

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to be too sick to travel, but when the Magistrate’s dresser was sent,

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he found them in perfect health.

So they too had to be given up.

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On the 4th January 1875 they were brought before the Magistrate

who told them they were free and might choose any abode they liked.

Although we have been the persons wronged, yet the higher castes

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hate us more or less for the interest taken in the welfare of these friend-

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less Cherumars, as several of their friends and caste-fellows have

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thereby been thwarted in their plans of oppression.

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just and powerful Government has been put forth in a strong light, and

we thank God for all His help and comfort in our anxiety and distress.

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May these upheavements of the populace prove to be the

sign that the foundations of the old system feel the shock from

these single or aggregate conversions, and that heathenism is

fighting its death-struggle in these paroxysms.

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Those that join us thus one by one or as houses or clusters

of houses are gathered into our

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This amounts now to 5284 church-members

who are

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scattered over 19 Stations and some 60 out-places, sometimes

as many as 600 or 1100 in one place, sometimes only one or

two families being together in the village, as single lights in

the midst of surrounding darkness. In such cases the heathens

of the village now and then have a great desire and much hope

of succeeding in either extinguishing the light or at least

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removing it to another place.

Now and then they succeed

in either way, but in the majority of cases we have not been

obliged to recede from a place in which we had established

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ourselves, but on the contrary have been enabled to increase

our entrance through the door that is thus opened.

With a view, therefore, of making our congregations better

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fitted to exercise an evangelising influence on those aro\und,

we consider

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Care of the Congregations

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one of the most pressing duties of our Mission.

Notwith-

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standing many joyful signs of spiritual life for which we

humbly give all honor to God, we see at the same time so

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many signs of weakness that we are deeply convinced that

true religion must first be planted deeper in the hearts

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of our converts, and there must first be more “men” in

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Christ before we can leave the congregations to take care of

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themselves.

Each of the 19 chief congregations is therefore

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under the care of the Missionary, who tries to be cognizant of

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the moral and spiritua,gl character of each individual of his

flock and whose door is always open to them.

And very

naturally they will come to him with all their complaints and

desires, thinking, and to a certain degree rightly, that what-

ever grieves and oppresses them should find an echo in their

shepherd’s heart, whilst in congregations of older standing

channels are made for providing for external wants and cares

in another way independent of the Missionary.

Services in

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the chief Stations are conducted mostly by the European

Missionary, but frequently the Catechists take their share in

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this work too, whilst in out-stations it falls chiefly to their lot.

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Prayer-meetings in several houses of the congregations, frequent-

ly conducted by private Christians and only now and then at-

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tended by the Missionary or the Catechist, can be found in

many congregations.

The annual week of prayer is (we think)

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observed in all congregations. Each district has its Missionary

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festival, where Christians from the whole district flock together,

as in olden times the members of the sacred nation came to-

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gether in Jerusalem, ¢“whither the tribes go up, the tribes of

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the Lord unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the

name of the Lord”.

Prayers, speeches by Europeans and

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Natives in turns and many songs by the congregation and

several choirs refresh the heart, produce a feeling of oneness,

and enliven the missionary spirit.

The sick are visited by

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Elders, Catechists and Missionaries. They and the poor and

aged are taken care of, in by far the most cases, however, from

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money collected within the congregation itself.

In out-stations

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commonly a Catechist or Evangelist is stationed, or when the

congregation is large a Deacon is ordained for it.

In all of

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these places, but especially in those without Deacons the Mis-

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sionary of the chief Station pays frequent periodical visits to

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superintend the work, and himself ministers to the spiritual

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wants of the Christians. We try, if possible, not to let Chris-

tians stand alone without some kind of provision for their spiri-

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tual wants and their supervision.

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In nearly all out-places where there are some Christians

first a hut is erected for the visiting Missionary, afterwards

a house is built for the Catechist, and a room attached in which

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services are held till a chapel becomes necessary.

possible the new converts are held to bear part of the ex-

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penses.

Now and then the labour is done by them, so that

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there are few expenses.

But unfortunately this is not the

common case, at which however we cannot wonder too much,

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if we consider that most of them either were poor before be-

coming Christians or were by this step involved in all kinds of

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pecuniary and other difficulties.

churches for which as a rule our Home Committee allows only

a small part of the expenses, the remainder being collected

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within India and partly contributed by the congregations.

From Palghaut where a common house was changed into

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a chapel we read from Mr. Wagner the following description

of the consecration of this chapel, connected as it was with

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the baptism of 7 heathens and the reception into our church

of one Roman Catholic.

“This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and

be glad in it,” these words express the tenor of our sentiments on the

day on which we consecrated our church. Such an event is always

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an epoch in the life of a young congregation. Formerly they sought

in idol-temples a place where God’s glory thrones, but could not find

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it

Now they can say: “The sparrow hath found a house, and the

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swallow a mnest for herself, where she may lay her young, even

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Blessed are

thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

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they that dwell in Thy house: they will be still praising Thee.

Selah.”—Corresponding to these feelings our Christians had decorat-

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ed the chapel in a becoming way with wreaths, plantains, cocoanuts

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ete. and with appropriate inscriptions in Malay4lam, Tamil and Eng-

lish. Many Christians from out-stations, some heathens from Pal-

ghaut, Missionaries from Codacal and some English friends had

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gathered for the occasion.

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At 91 a.m. we collected in a large room of our English School

which till then had been used for the services, and in a procession

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moved from thence to the new chapel, the Catechists carrying in their

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The hymn “Jehovah, Jehovah,

hands the holy vessels and the Bible.

Jehovah! to Thy name be honor, glory, praise, ete.” was sung, some

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festival Psalms and Solomon’s prayer (I. Kings. 8) were read partly in

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Malayalam, partly in English.

After another hymn Mr. Linder

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preached in Malay4lam on Isaiah. 66, 1. 2., showed that not a house

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built by human hands but only a humble, contrite heart could make

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this chapel a place where God liked to be present.

Then Mr. Diez

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showed in English from the same words how the glorious grace of

God could change a human heart into a temple of God, and then he

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gave some notices of the lives of the 8 persons who were to be re-

ceived into the congregation.

After another hymn Mr. Diez offered

up a fervent prayer that God Himself might bestow His blessing on

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this new chapel.

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After this the 8 catechumens declared their faith in Christ, some

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in tears, some with joyful courage, an old grand-mother e. g. scarcely

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waiting till the question was ended, but interrupting it with a strong

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“yes”, and shaking of her head in sign of affirmation.

them were baptized and a blessing pronmounced on the eighth, a

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Roman Catholic woman.

The scene was very touching and solemn.

Luther’s spiritual war-hymn “A fiery stronghold is our God, a

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trusty shield and weapon” was sung by joyful voices, and the publie

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service ended with a prayer.

the holy Lord’s Supper from the hands of Mr. Diez and Mr. Wagner.

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In the afternoon one Missionary and 3 Natives preached in Malaya-

lam. The former on Matth. 5, 14-16. The Evangelist Abel showed

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that the chapel was a place of peace. Whilst as heathens they had

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not had peace, they had now peace through Christ with God. It was

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a joy to listen to his refreshing words.

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(who died 6 months later) spoke on the joy that filled his heart

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and the heart of his hearers on that day, and Catechist Tim. Cochen

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admonished the Christians to give hearty thanks to the different donors,

and to God by a worthy conversation and also by themselves collect-

ing money for chapels in other places.

He then concluded with a

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solemn prayer and the congregation with a number of hymmns.

It was a day on which we felt the presence of God and got an

impression that something has already been achieved in our work,

which is an earnest of greater blessings for the future.

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In all congregations a certain number of Presbyters are

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appointed, elected by the congregation, but only under control

and approval of the Missionaries, so that these elections form

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at the same time an occasion for teaching the Christians how

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to vote and how to judge of the proper qualifications for such

an office.

We find as well that they need such a guidance,

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as also that spiritual understanding for the proper qualifica-

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tions is virtually gaining ground. Some ways for caring for the

congregation are mentioned under «Schools,” «Industrial Es-

tablishments” or under «“Church Discipline.”

All need not

be mentioned.

We are quite well aware that much of what has been said

here does not meet with the approval of several friends of

Missions and writers on Missions. But then our converts have

not that ideal stamp as such theories on Mission-work presup-

pose, and we consider ourselves bound to take into full account

the real condition of our people apart from any theory, and

guide them in the way best corresponding to their necessities,

being at the same time convinced that this will be the better

method for preparing a future independence and spiritual ri-

peness of coming generations, to prepare and further which is

a thing never lost sight of by us.

But we wish to follow the

“man which built a house and digged deep and laid the found-

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ation on a rock”

Of course we know, the rock is only Christ

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and founding on Him can only be done by the Spirit of God

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But “digging deep” is our business

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And how do the congregations repay this care bestowed

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on them?

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‘What is the Condition of the Congregations?

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Mentioning first an outward sign, we can say that all chur-

ches are contributing something for Church and School pur-

poses, for the Poor and for Mission-work

If formerly it was

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somewhat neglected in our Mission to inculcate this duty to our

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Christians, we have for years worked to amend this omission

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We cannot give the sums realized in total (some heads will be

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found under “Subscriptions and Donations” at the end of the

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Report), but we take two instances

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Calicut having a congregation of 343 adults (and 265

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children) has the following contributions

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Rs. 234

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Towards Poor-Fund

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Towards Burial Fund

99

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123

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Collection on Sundays

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Church Tax

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85

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Collected in rice

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Donations for Mission purposes

99

26

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Widows’ Fund

9

55

10

99

48

13

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Orphan-Schools

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Church Furniture

99

31

11

36

%;

nd

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Windows in the Girls’ School, by themselves

65,

Total Rs

789

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Palghaut with a congregation of 83 adults (and 67 children

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1

Church Tax

Rs

196

1>

2

Collection on Sundays

29

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15

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3

Subscription towards Mission Fund

99

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4%

28

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Subscription towards Orphanages

Rs

10

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Widows’ Fund

99

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Do

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Bible Society

99

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Church and School Fund (school-fees

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not included)

35 12

Poor Fund (some gift of Euror;ean

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residents included)

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Burial Fund

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47 7

10

Local Mission Fund

99

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Chapel in Wadakanchery

99

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Total Rs

233 10

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And this liberality will, we trust, increase with the growing

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maturity of our congregations which also will produce more

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settled conditions of property and income so that when the

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congregations are large enough they may well be able to pay

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their own expenses of School and Church.

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We cannot deny it, there is not only much weakness in

our congregations, unripe or unchristian principles or want

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of principles, want of spirituality, but also positive sins, strife

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and envy, dishonesty, drunkenness and also adultery, this

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chief enemy in heathenish India; but there are other and

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better characteristics also of which we speak afterwards, and

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we cannot judge of our congregations rightly if we omit

to

either of these sides.

One of the reports writes on the former

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view:

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With the greater mass of Indian Christians, our own congregations

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included, moral tone and moral feeling are decidedly lower than in

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Kurope, and it will most likely take some decades or some genera-

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tions till a decided improvement will have taken place.

Only when

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Christianity has penetrated the nation more thoroughly and masses

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have entered the kingdom of Gtod can we hope to reach this point.

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Christianity has not as yet influenced the life of the nation to a deep

degree.

Solid Christian characters are very rare.

Native Christi-

ans of considerable genius and influence, poets or authors of consi-

derable power must and will appear by and by; but, as far as our

District is concerned, we as yet look for them in vain.

The majority

resemble new-born children, some few are more developed, but

others are even less.

On the other hand it is a sad experience that

there is such a number of bad characters, of people with doubtful

reputation and broken careers on the outskirts of our congregations.

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But we must also say that not unfrequently we have wondered at and

adored the groundless mercy and unlimited sovereignty of our great

God in seeing how He succeeds even with such seemingly hopeless

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subjects in making them signal triumphs of His grace.

We

have, as in former years, seen in this year too, people of such ante-

ng

cedents die in repentance, faith and divine peace.

God be praised

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for it.

But also have we been witnesses when souls that had for

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years been united with God and dedicated to Him have been called

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away to inherit the kingdom prepared for them from the beginning

But as

of the world, and to swell the “great cloud of witnesses’.

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a whole our congregations are in the infant age and infants will

It is true that forniecation ete.

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very frequently stumble and fall.

are considered grave sins, yet with many they are mot viewed as

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something so utterly disdainful and so very destruetive to the Spirit

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as they are by God’s word.

It can scarcely be ecomprehended

how easily some are dragged into adultery.

This year too, I had

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to pass a considerable portion of my time in enquiring into such

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cases, and there were few meetings of the Presbytery in which

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such sins did not form one of the subjects under discussion, so that

I said in one of my sermons before the congregation: that there

are not very many adult church-members who had never fallen

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into carnal sins and some of them repeatedly.

And nobody could

contradiet this mournful fact.

May the Lord have mercy on us and

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create mew natures through His Spirit! But we can also point out a

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number of cases where in the hour of temptation, the tempter was

met and cast back with the Word: “How canl do this great wicked-

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ness and sin against God?” and this happened sometimes with cha-

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racters whom we would not before have given credit for it, whilst,

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alas! we also have had the reverse of this experience.

We also

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have had cases in which a poor sin-bound person, driven by the

uﬂ

voice of conscience and desirous after peace with God, has come of

16

his own accord to rid his conseience by a free confession.

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Similar complaints are registered from Tellicherry and

from Mulky where some great sins came to light in this year,

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and had to be dealt with according to the rules of our

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churches, even Schoolmasters and Catechists being involved

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in it, who of course could not retain their work.

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We think all this can only be understood by one who

thi

knows how it is in this regard amongst the heathens from

whom they spring and what the moral atmosphere is by

hay

which they are surrounded. But he who has an insight into

his

the condition of the populace at large will rather wonder at

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the number of those that remain intact.

And after we have

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thus openly laid the truth of the dark side before our readers

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we have a right and a duty to add that we praise God for so

des

many proofs of a new life, which we may see amongst all

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these shortcomings and sins.—In

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Church-discipline

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all graver cases are not treated by the Catechist or Missionary

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alone, but are laid before the Presbytery which consists of

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all the Missionaries of the Station and a number of Elders

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elected by the church.

And by this body the sinners are

they

either excluded from the Lord’s Supper or excommunicated

that

from the church altogether, so that they cease to be church-

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members, and are also struck off our list.

After showing

proofs of sincere repentance they can be received back

Ocey

again into the congregation, and there are even cases

pur

when such as were entirely away from the church and had

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lived in their sins came back truly penitent, and showed by a

st

godly life or a blessed death that they had received a new

lso

life

But altogether church-discipline is handled energetically

the

“that others also may fear”, that the sinners may come to

) of

repentance and that the congregation may get rid of unworthy

characters

It is known even amongst the heathen round us

nd

that for those who intend to walk unorderly there is no place

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In our congregation, and some heathens say it openly that this

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Of such as had left

18 the reason why they will not join us

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the congregation many years ago and gone to the heathen

Mr. Kaundinya gives two cases from Anandapur, and says that

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this has latterly happened several times

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One of them, Manasse, had left only to be able to serve sin and

by

had lived amongst heathens

But even whilst he was at his worst

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his words influenced those heathen Holeyars even without his inten-

ab

tion in favour of Christianity, and when the Word of God afterwards

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came in a purer form, many of them became Christians and are now

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in Attolimani

When Manasse was very ill he did not only show much

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desire after prayer and God’s Word, but he also desired to undo

all

as far as was in his power the evil influence that had gone forth

from him

He therefore sent for the Attolimani people, and on his

death-bed told them that he had grievously sinned against God by

leaving the Christian church and the Lord Jesus, that the Lord had

ALY

visited and chastised him for this sin, but that he also believed in

God’s mercy towards poor sinners, and was willing to die in this

of

o1§

faith. He admonished them all to let him be a warning example to

them, so that they never might leave the Lord Jesus

‘We believe

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that he left this world purified through sufferings and in sincere faith

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in Jesus the Saviour of sinners

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This is one of the cases as they have rather frequently

occurred in the last years especially in places that like Ananda-

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pur and Chowa (near Cannanore) have had in former years

had

many excommunications and apostacies

Pharisees may be

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scandalised at these ways of God, but they were so even in

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the days of Christ, and if we know His Gospel we must not

despair of any even the most wicked character.

Much less

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are we allowed to give up or cast away weak and falling

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Christians if they repent and submit to church-discipline.

Especially death-beds are the place where we so very fre-

he

quently see the glory of Christ shine forth, whilst the outward

tabernacle of the body is being dissolved gradually, and it

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even now and then shines more brilliantly than we should have

by

expected it, perhaps even in such to whom we did not give

credit for much spiritual life.

Mr. Brigel relates:

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Boas; an old poor man living chiefly on the Poor Fund, had been

pretty regular in attending the services, and had not indeed given

[

occasion for particular blame; yet had he neither shown any signs of

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spirituality or much of Christian knowledge.

But on his death-bed

fir

he could say with much warmth and full persuasion that his faith

sh

rested entirely on Jesus his Saviour, that he was without fear in

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entering eternity, for he knew that the blood of Christ had redeemed

I¢

him and atoned for him; and it was evident that this was mnot

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mere talk.

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Disease, especially smallpox and fever, have been very rife

I

in this year through the greater part of Malabar, so that our

churches in Palghaut, Calicut, Chombala, Tellicherry and

D

fa

Cannanore have lost many members. My

Wagner gives us

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particulars about very different kinds of death:

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There was a tailor, Antony, with his family, who was very in-

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different to his own spiritual welfare and to that of his children, and

(&

When he

who also neglected the services and the Lord’s Supper.

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once fell seriously ill he formed the best resolutions how he would

behave if he got better again.

He did get better, but did not fulfil

8

his promises.

Soon he had forgotten all good impressions.

This

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year he was seized by smallpox and very soon succumbed to it

without having time for mew resolutions and without showing any

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sign of a change within.—His mother too fell sick of smallpox. Then

not

she learned to pray. She got well again.

But the tailor’s eldest

less

daughter died from the disease in her eighteenth year.

She prayed

much before her death and told her mother: “Mother, do not hold me

ling

back.

I do no longer belong to you.

I go to the Lord Jesus in

fre

heaven.” Saying this she lay down and closed her eyes.

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Another case, but which is not mixed with the grief over

it

unrepenting sinners or a life spent in wickedness is given us

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by Mr. Diez from Palghaut:

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The Evangelist Daniel Villany died from smallpox on the 23d

July 1874 in Karuwapara (out-station of Palghaut, cf. “ Catechists and

jeen

Evangelists’). His wife followed him on the 12th August in Paraperi

ven

(near Codacal) where she had gone along with her children to live

5 of

with her parents after her husband’s death. On the 2nd August she

hed

first fell sick, and on the 8th the heat of the fever was so strong that

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she restlessly rolled about in her bed.

She sent for her mother,

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gave her children over into her care, prayed with much fervour to the

ned

Lord to deliver her, and sang in Malayalam two verses of the song:

106

“What, what is this, that steals upon my frame? Is it death? Is it

death?”’

She told her mother: “Mother, do not weep and mourn.

18

I am happy if the Lord through this sickness calls me to Him. Bring

my children up well.

I am so happy, I could be with you for a week.

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Do mnot weep.”

She comforted her brother and admonished him

qnd

faithfully to follow the Lord. To her father she said: “Father, I have

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not the least fear, I rejoice that the Lord calls me away.

I have no

sorrows left. I know as long as you live my children will not want.”

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When her father said: “The Lord helps the orphans,” she replied:

and

“Yes, father, I know it;”’ and then she committed her children in

prayer to the Lord’s hands.

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- On the 11th she felt some relief, but on the 12th the disease was

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stronger than ever; an intolerable heat and unquenchable thirst in-

creasing more and more in the course of the day till she sank under it.

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‘When her father

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She bore her pains with Christian patience.

asked: “Are you not afraid?” she replied: “Why should I be afraid?

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I am not afraid to go to my Saviour.

Nay, I rejoice at it.”’—Her

father said: “Has the Lord forgiven your sins?”’—¢Yes, the Lord has

fully pardoned my sins,

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she replied joyfully with firmness.

Once

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she exclaimed: ‘““Oh Lord help me! Oh Lord how can I pass through

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the valley of the shadow of death?’—Another time: “My help is with

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God, in Him I believe, He will not forsake me.”

In the evening of

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her last day she said: “Father, why must I delay so long?” The

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father replied: “My daughter, the Lord’s time has not yet come;”

‘When the heat still

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then she prayed: “Lord, I wait for Thy will.”

inereased she desired to be bathed with cold water.

Her father told

her that Jesus had cooling water for her.

“Oh yes!” she exclaimed,

i

“I know that with him there is living water and only there my suffer-

i

ings will end.”

And they did end soon.

A few hours later the

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disease had consumed her whole strength and towards 8o’clock of

the same evening she was allowed, as had been her great desire, to

commit her spirit into the hands of her Saviour full of peace and joy.

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We praise the Lord that He lets us see such signs of His

(

glory, just as He revealed something of it to His disciples

at His transfiguration, hiding it again afterwards.

Mr. Ritter

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in Mulky speaking of the painful loss of his wife (see under

“Kuropean Missionaries’’) mentions the death of a woman who

}

always had been a pearl amongst our Christian women, and says:

(

Speaking about my wife’s death I cannot but say a few words

fi

about one who preceded her only a fow days. It is Esther who for

a

many years had been employed in our Female Boarding School.

As

both, my wife and Esther, had been closely united in life, it was my

§

wife’s desire to have her body resting after death at the side of

Esther’s.

This woman was a truly converted, very faithful and

(0

trustworthy character, perhaps the very best amongst our Christian

@

women.

She was of great service to the Mission through her work

in the Boarding School, which she not only performed faithfully, but

also with many prayers and intercessions.

Last year, being asked to

P

become the wife of a Catechist and mother to his motherless children,

it cost her many heavy struggles before she could give her consent.

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Her marriage was a day after ours, and she wept much on that day.

has

Yet she was happy in her new condition and proved her self-forget-

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ting love especially towards her new children.

Few days after her

I arrived a few hours afterwards

ich

delivery a fever took her away.

and direetly went to her housé.

There she lay, a lovely and peace-

ith

y of

ful sight, and round her bed stood her weeping children and her

afflicted husband, so that it eut me to the heart.

She had expressed

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her longing to be relieved from this world of misery and had rejoiced

to be allowed to go home.

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She was indeed one of the best of our Christian women

ed,

in Canara.

Yet we trust and partly we know that now and

for

then Christian women can be found that rank with her or

the

next to her, and whose qualities may be extolled on that day

10f

when He «will make manifest the counsels of the heart”, and

to

partly here below when they have left us and are beyond the

0

reach of blame and praise.

And of men of this stamp we

s

could now also enumerate several if we thought it good to do so.

le

Altogether the services are well attended, and compara-

i1

tively large numbers come together on Sundays, especially

J

when the Lord’s Supper is celebrated. So that in places like

ho

Mangalore it is a refreshing thing even to look at such a

y8

congregation, see their decent appearance and hear their

pds

fresh and vigorous song. There is a desire after God’s word

for

and a marked difference between heathens and Christians.

In several

As

Singing is very much in vogue with our Christians.

my

places, e. g. in Mangalore the boys and young men of the

of

congregation have organized a choir that practises on several

and

evenings during the week, and now and then with an anthem

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embellishes and enlivens the Sunday services, especially when

otk

there is a particular festival, like Christmas, the Lord’s Sup-

but

per, the Missionary Festival, etc. etc. In other places, e. g.

1 {0

Cannanore and Hubly prayer and reading the Bible form the

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chief part of these meetings of young men. Family—priyer i8

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36

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a very common custom amongst our Christians, and it now and

then happens that the schoolboys of the family must read a

(o

passage from the Bible, if the adult members are unable to

1§

read. There are besides prayer-meetings in several private

Su

houses of the congregation.

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We would desire that there might be more of christianising

influence emanating from our congregations than there is.

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Yet we cannot say that it is wanting altogether.

Now and

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then members of the congregation go out to preach with the

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Missionaries or Catechists, and where this does not happen,

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occasional witness is borne to the Lord’s name, and in some

scl

cases a very good and deep influence is exercised by some on

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the heathen.

But alas! this is not the case with all.

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In the course of last year scattered Christians of our and

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of other Missions have been met with, for whom it is now in-

In An-

th

tended to make provision for their spiritual wants.

A

charkandy, where formerly many became Christians and re-

1o

moved to Chowa, there are some remains of the former

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congregation who now asked us to visit them from time to

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time.

As they are coolies on Mr. Brown’s plantation, his per-

the

mission was sought for and willingly granted. They are now

pa

visited twice a month by a Catechist till better provision can

ou

be made for them. Other Christians have been found in the

Wynaad, and they are now visited from time to time by the

Da

e

Colporteur and by the Catechists.

But the place is so distant

from our Stations that this cannot be done as frequently as

foy

desirable.

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Out of these congregations a number are taken for the

exclusive service of the Word.

to

Wh

Catechists and Evangelists.

Of them we have 64 and by far the greater majority work

Iy

to our satisfaction. There is of course much difference between

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nd

them. But some of them are such that we cannot but praise

)

God for giving us such helpers.

It is also a proof that there

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is really a church, and one which at least has some life, that

ate

such a number of well qualified workers for the Lord has

been in the course of years drafted from it.

ng

Their work is supervising the young churches, especially on

15

out-stations, preaching to and praying with them, giving to

nd

new comers the first Christian instruction, teaching in higher

the

Schools now and then also in Elementary Schools, in places

a

where there are not Christians enough to have a separate

116

school with a schoolmaster of its own, preaching to the heathen.

0n

Whilst this latter is a duty incumbent nearly on each Catechist,

whatsoever may be his particular duty, a goodly number are

nd

specially set apart for it, and travel about in the country for

10

the greater part of the year.

Some of them show not only

n

very much zeal for this work, but also a particular qualifica-

16

tion for it, being able to take the hearts of the hearers along

61

with them.

In Bettigherry the heathen formed a Reading

t0

Club and asked the Catechist to be its president, which shows

er

that he is a man of influence.

In other places as in Karuva-

W

para near Palghaut they have also had their share of perse-

al

cution for the Lord’s sake.

One of them Daniel Villany (see

the

page 33) has been called away by death. But his end was

the

peaceful, he died in the full faith that triumphs over death.

b

But alas! on the other hand in Mulky one had to be dismissed

a8

for grievous sins, that had been hidden for years but had at

last come to light; whilst at the beginning of 1875 another had

he

to be dismissed, because grave doubts rested on him, from

which he would or could not clear himself.

Although the Catechist Seminary has this year, the first

time since 1866, not furnished any candidates, one, Jeremia

1k

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Sonna, has passed his examination and been ordained to the

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38

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office of Catechist in September 1874. He had formerly studied

in the Seminary, but had not then been admitted to the exami-

Es

it

nation.

And besides this two young men who had not studied

in any particular school have been admitted as Evangelists,

Nathan Suchitta in Mangalore and Silas Shanta in Kaity.

Re

The number of our

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Deacons

th

has remained the same as before, viz. 5, three of them superin-

SuL

tending congregations in Canara and two in Malabar.

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Those that have studied in the Basel Mission College and

ed

have been ordained in Germany are reckoned amongst «European

5a

Missionaries’”.

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to

European Missionaries.

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Many changes have again taken place in our circle, Mr.

Bergfeldt of the Seminary at Mangalore after 14 years, Mr. F.

Miiller of the Middle School at Udapy after 13 years, Mr. C

a0

Sl

Stolz Superintendent of the Book Depdt and Printing Establish-

ment after 11 years of uninterrupted labour on this coast, left

i

for Europe on account of their health, the latter taking with

him his wife and children, and the two former having lost

e

their wives in India, taking only their children to Germany.

b

I

Our connection with Mr. Grieshaber in Guledgud has, we re-

gret to say, been dissolved, his character not allowing him to

01

live at peace with his colleagues and the Native Christians of

B

his Station.

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On the other hand Mr. Lauffer returned from Europe with

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his wife and one child.

He had formerly worked in India for

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16 years and then passed 2 years in Germany.

And Mmr.

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Gracter who had formerly worked for 9 years and then passed

i

2 years in Germany returned to Mangalore after first being

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married to his second wife.

All the rest are new arrivals in

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India; they are ar. Carl Pﬁez’derer (Junior) for the Industrial

[

Establishments and Mr. J. Baumann for the Tiling Establish-

ied

ment in Mangalore, Rev. G. Grossmann for Guledgud and Reo.

sts,

R. Schenkel for Hubly; and then Mrs. Krauss (widow of the

Rev. F. Krauss) to be married to Mr. Weigele, Miss Heitz now

married to Mr. Hafner, Miss Beitter now Mrs. Ziegler in Udapy.

In some places severe illness had to be passed through,

that made a recovery very doubtful, and Mrs. Linder in Codacal

11

suffered for many weeks from typhoid fever and was therefore

brought to Calicut. But by the Lord’s grace she is now recover-

nd

ed

Mr. Schmolck and Mrs. Schmolck were prostrated at the

all

same time with a strong fever.

One evening, when the sick-

ness was at its highest, some Christian brethren who happened

to be gathered in a Bible meeting earnestly prayed for his life,

and from that moment he began to grow better.

I

Death also, as so frequently during a number of years, has

0

again entered our circle and has taken two wives from the

side of their hushands, and from the work in which they were

sh

eff

so useful.

ith

Mrs. Ritter had first come out to India in 1865 and had

st

been married to Rev. Fr. Traub.

But after a few years she

1]

had to nurse him through a protracted illness and when she went

home with him, he died in Germany in 1868. In 1871 she came

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out to India again and was happy in her work in the Girlg’

of

Boarding School in Mulky, where she worked as a widow till

she was married to Mr. Ritter in 1873.

Mr. Ritter being of

ith

the same station she could continue her work in the Girls’

School, and did it with full joy and much love. Butin December

for

dysentery set in and gradually consumed her strength till the

I

od

6th of March when she died amidst her own prayers and those

of the brethren that had gathered around her bed.

The loss

ng

1

is a heavy one for her husband and for the school and congre-

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gation who have lost a very able, devoted and pious helpmate,

worker and friend.

Mrs. Thumm had come out to India and was married to Mr.

Thumm 1n 1865.

The greater part of her Indian career she

passed in Guledgud at the side of her husband, till they were

The 20th September 1874 she

stationed in Hubly in 1871.

was suddenly torn from the side of her deeply afflicted hus-

band, by an unhappy confinement to which she succumbed.

In these and other cases we had the ready and most valu-

able help of the medical men on the several stations, which

frequently was rendered with a great amount of personal

oxertion and self-denying sacrifices and several times extended

also to the Native youth under our care in the various schools,

We wish to express our

in most cases without remuneration.

deepest gratitude to Dr. MacAllum in Mangalore, who sometimes

Afb

has passed whole nights in our homes, to Dr. Will and Dr.

Hyde in Tellicherry who treated Mr. and Mrs. Schmolck with

much care, Dr. Roberts in Calicut who for a long time called

twice a day on Mrs. Linder and very frequently helped in our

Girls’ Boarding School.

The Bungalow on the Kudremukh near Mangalore, of

which we said in our last Report that it was being built as a

sanitarium for the Missionaries in South Canara, the funds for

which have been kindly collected by Miss Anstey, is now nearly

finished, and by the time that this Report reaches our friends

it will, we trust, be ready for use.*

V. PREACHING TO THE HEATHEN.

This is done in various ways.

One way is going from

house to house in the own Station, and on preaching tours

* Since we wrote the above, the Bungalow has become ready for use, and is

felt a very great boon, by those who use it.

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in the different villages, and it is especially the Malabar

District that is traversed in this manner almost from one end

to the other, the reception being rarely unfriendly and some-

times very hearty and affable. In the Nilgherries the different

villages are visited several times a year; in the harvest time

the people are sought on their fields where they commonly

are willing to interrupt their work and hear the Gospel; the

markets where the people gather at Ootacamund and Cunoor,

and also the funerals where large numbers crowd together

are used as occasions for preaching.

The Missionaries there

are very grateful that some owners or overseers of planta-

tions allow them or even invite them to preach to their coolies

in the morning before they go to their work.

In most Stations

the bazaar of the town is regularly visited and the Gospel

preached to those who collect round the Missionary and the

Catechists.

The pupils of our Middle Schools and of the

)

Catechist Seminary accompany the Missionary and the older

among them preach also.

This kind of work is thought in-

dispensable, as the place where the Missionary lives should

But

entirely be penetrated with the sound of the Gospel.

sometimes it is an ungrateful work. Mr. Miiler from Tellicherry

)

writes on it:

i

We preach twice a week in the bazaar either in the main street

If

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or in the several bye-streets especially also of the fisher-village.

ls

all the Catechists of the station are present, we divide ourselves and

Mr. Kittel is in the habit of visiting in the

preach in two places.

houses accompanied by a Catechist.

The Maplas (Mahommedans)

cause us much vexation by mixing themselves amongst the hear-

ers with the sole purpose of interrupting and preventing us from

)il

going on with the sermon.

“Here is the patience and the faith of

the saints.”

Imagine an auditory of 40-50 people of whom half

)

are intent on disturbance and the greater part of the other half listen

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without interest, and you will conceive how the preacher must feel.

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“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed,

7

yet not in despair;

our despised and crucified Master, the Lord Jesus

must at last have the victory even over this generation.

All occasions on which many people are known to crowd

b4\

together are made use of to preach to the masses.

Especially

the heathen festivals serve for this purpose. As many preachers

as are available are collected on such occasions.

Mangalore

sends its representatives to the festivals at Mangala Devasthéna,

Kudupu, Kadari, Suratkal, the distant Subrahmanya; Udapy

has a large festival within the town, and one in the neighbour-

hood in Stda, both of which are visited by Missionaries and

Catechists of Udapy, Mulky and Mangalore.

Near Carwar

thousands crowd together in Gokarna, and Missionaries never

fail to be present. Cannanore has the festivals at Payanur and

Taliparambu, and there are many more of the kind. Now and

then the opposition is very fierce; on these occasions and in

a

former years not unfrequently violence was used. But often

the reception is favorable, and the opportunity to reach so many

with the message of salvation very welcome.

Mr. Titus Costa reports from Dharwar:

In June 1874 there was an extraordinary festival to the blood-

thirsty goddess Demavva, which lasted 9 days and to which many

thousands of people crowded together.

‘We and the Missionaries and

Catechists from Hubly profited by this occasions to preach the

Gospel to the masses.

‘We had been threatened with violence and

warned, but we could for several days preach without any hindrance,

and sometimes we had 700 to 800 hearers at a time, so that thousands

’ i

must have heard the Gospel in these days.

Of the same favorable situation for preaching on a heathen

festival Mr. Thumm relates:

Just as on the Demavva Jatre in Dharwar, we found a willing

hearing on the celebrated Jatre in Shiratti, which I visited together

with Mr. Rot/ from Bettigherry and three Catechists. Besides what we

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could do in the large temple before the town, where hundreds are com-

ing and going, we went each morning and evening to the place on

which the chief masses gathered, where we found under large shady

mango trees a stand-point elevated 3 or 4 feet which served as a natural

pulpit, so that we could see the whole of our auditory which common-

ly numbered several hundreds.

The sermons were listened to with

the greatest quiet and attention, so that we went on preaching till

our strength was exhausted.

Once when Catechist Christian was

preaching a very impressive sermon in his own popular style, a Hindu

came near him and gave him a 3 pie piece to show his approval.

The Catechist took it, and handed him a tract in return without inter-

rupting his flow of words.

In this manner we worked on for 4 to b

days, so that many could not have been on the festival without hear-

ing our message.

In connexion with this work which, though very exhausting, looks

yet so hopeful and encouraging, that the question rises: But why do not

these people who listen to our words with visible interest and willingly

assent to all we say, why will they not embrace and obey the word

of God? Puzzling and trying as it is to see the hope still deferred, we

do not let lose the firm assurance that the seed that has been sown so

abundantly, will spring up in time; we wish it may be soon.

V. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.

|

Our Schools are rather calculated for the congregation

than for the populace at large.

For this latter there are a

number of Elementary Schools and of higher Anglo-Vernacu-

lar Schools established with the intention of spreading a know-

ledge of the Bible and the Christian religion through the coun-

I

try, to make especially the higher classes more inclined to the

truth, and if God give grace to draw some entirely to Christ.

For want of funds one of the Heathen Vernacular or Elemen-

tary Schools has been closed in Cannanore, and also in other

Stations decrease is visible.

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Of Anglo-Vernacular Schools we have six at Dharwar, Hubly,

Cannanore, Tellicherry, Calicut and Palghaut.

Those at

Dharwar, Hubly and Cannanore show a decrease of numbers,

whilst Tellicherry, Calicut and Palghaut are on the increase.

»

The Bible is taught in all these Schools and most pupils like

1t

Although the visible results in the form of conversions

are not frequent, we are confident that these Schools do not

work in vain.

Did not Achudan (pages 16-17) hear the Gospel

first in such a School? In the same way the seed that is sown

may in other cases spring up after years.

Mr.. Miiller in Tel-

licherry relates of one of his heathen pupils who on his death-

bed desired baptism. The father, himself a heathen, would

have complied with the wish of his dying child, but the boy’s

uncle firmly resisted.

For Christian Children we have first the Elementary or

After this for

Parochial Schools, then the Boarding Schools.

those who intend to serve the Mission as Catechists or School-

masters the Middle Schools, the Training Schools and the Ca-

techist Seminary.

The Christian Elementary Schools are obligatory on all our

Christian children, boys as well as girls, and we take care that,

wherever possible, children of Christian parents in out-of-the-

way places should not entirely go without instruction.

Only

the most necessary things are taught in these Schools, viz:

Bible, reading, writing and arithmetic. In towns one or two

higher classes are added to these Schools.

3]' s

The Boarding Schools contain children who are real orphans,

or whose parents are very poor or live in places where the

children could not be instructed, or in families which are not

a fit moral atmosphere for a juvenile mind. Now and then

heathen children find their way into these Schools with the

permission of their parents, and of course are very welcome.

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Several of these Boarding Schools therefore have had baptisms

of heathen boys or girls.

If the parents are not utterly des-

titute, they are held to pay more or less of the expenses.

That these Schools may not be over-crowded a number of the

children are entrusted to Christian families, a sufficient remu-

neration being allowed. Four orphans were this year given over

to our Mission in Palghaut by the Head Assistant Collector

there. In Tellicherry there was much fever in the School, now

and then 20 to 30 were laid up with it, and one of the boys

died from it, before his death expressing his great desire to

be with the Lord. Mr. Hasenwandel tells us about some of his

girls in the Bettigherry School:

‘We now and then employ one of the elder girls to take care of

our baby.

If one is called before she has had her private prayer,

we may depend on it that she will say her prayers at the baby’s

side, whilst we are away for breakfast.

‘We now and then have sur-

prised one praying at the baby’s bed, which of course re-assures us

that the baby will not be neglected.

We took much trouble to get a certain girl from Shagoti to our

school.

The father, being a Christian, desired it, but the mother,

then a heathen and renowned for her unamiable qualities, resisted.

At last she gave an unwilling consent.

The girl who till then had

been self-willed soon began to behave well. This did not fail to take

effect on the mother also.

Her hard mind was broken, and she ap-

plied for baptism, which has since then been administered to her.

Our Middle Schools in Udapy, Hubly and Tellicherry take

youths, as a rule, from 14 to 18 years of age, and prepare

them either for a Training School or for the Catechist Seminary.

Instruction is given through the medium of the respective

Vernaculars in Bible Reading, Sacred History, Outlines of the

Doctrines of the Christian Religion, Geography, History, Arith-

metic, Geometry, Algebra, English, Greek, Sanskrit, Canarese,

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Malaydlam and Singing.

In Udapy Physics has been added

to these. -

In Udapy Mr. Brasche has taken charge of the School ins-

tead of Mr. Miiller who proceeded to Europe.

In the first be-

bl §

ginning Mr. Brasche had to use severity to break the resistance

of some disobedient boys.

But after this, he says, there was

scarcely any direct disobedience.

Three however had to be

dismissed for various reasons.

From Tellicherry Mr. J. Kittel reports of much disease and

4 deaths.

Others who were also extremely ill with typhus

recovered.

We have reasons to hope that those who departed

went to their Lord.

These events produced a deep impres-

sion on most of the rest.

May it be a lasting one and one

that may bear fruits for eternity.

The Training School in Udapy has 3 pupils who are being

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trained as schoolmasters through a course of practical and

theoretical lessons.

In Tellicherry 4 of the 6 pupils have fi-

nished their course, and have received or are waiting for ap-

pointments in the several Schools of the District.

The Catechist Seminary in Mangalore had only 10 pupils. Two

pupils hadtobe dismissed. But with the beginning of 1875 this

number wasincreased to 21. Instead of Mr. Walz and Mr. Bergfeldt

who were in charge of this School, in the beginning of this year

there are now Mr. Graeter and Mr. Gundert.

Mr. Bergfeld: has

gone to Europe and been replaced by Mr. Gundert.

And M.

Graeter has come back from FEurope to take up his former

work, so that Mr. Waiz has been set free for other work, which

he will find in the care of the large Mangalore congregation,

that is to be given over to him by M»r. Brigel who is leaving for

Furope.

The course of studies in this year comprised: Intro-

duction to the Old and New Testament, Histoy of the Church,

Exegesis of part of John from the Greek and of Joel from the

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et

Canarese, Reading of parts of the New Testament in Greek,

and Greek Grammar, English, Sanscrit, Canarese Exercises,

Homiletical and Catechetical Exercises and Singing. Once or

twice a week all pupils go to the bazaar where one of them and

some of their teachers preach to the heathen.

For the first

time since 1866 this School has ended its year without giving

new Catechists to the Mission. But this ebb does not threaten

to be a lasting one, as we have good reasons to hope that we

shall in future have as many pupils as we want, and shall

even be able to make a stricter selection.

For it is not chiefly

scientific proficiency which is aimed at, but the formation or

selection of thoroughly Christian and of spiritually minded

characters.

VI. LITERARY WORK.

The great importance of Christian books in the Vernacular

for the edification of the Native Christians, and for spreading

the Gospel amongst heathens and especially of the Bible in the

Vernacular is so generally acknowledged, and for any one that

knows India and Indian customs, so self-evident that we can

only wonder if theorists on Mission work express their opinion

that even such works should be postponed to the future in

order to give all strength exclusively or nearly exclusively

to the oral proclamation of the Word not only amongst heathen

but also amongst Christians.

Several traces of the great

usefulness of Bibles and of Christian Tracts may be found

in our Report (pp.14,15,19,20), but there are many more signs

of it to be discovered than we have mentioned. Therefore a

part of our time is always given to preparing books of this

kind. Mentioning some of this work, we must first turn to the

work of Bible translation.

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Mr. Fritz and Mr. Chr. Miiller have been occupied with thé

revision of the Malay4lam translation of the Bible, which is to

be carried out in connexion with delegates of the Church and

London Missionary Societies and of the Syrian Church in the

Cochin and Travancore territories.

A number of new tracts have been written in Canarese: ‘on

Fatalism’, ‘on Transmigration’, ‘Lingaitism’ etc.; in Malayalam:

8 small narrative tracts.

Christian Almanacs have been published in Canarese and

in Malayalam.

A Christian monthly paper for the congregation in Canarese

has been continued, and another in Malayalam for the public

at large has been started.

The Canarese Commentary to the Old Testament has been

carried on to 2 Chron. 19.

A revision of our Malaydlam Church Prayers has been

printed, and a new translation of the Canarese edition of the

same 1S in progress.

An old Jain work “Nagavarma’s Prosody” has been publish-

ed in a critical edition by Mr. F. Kittel, and a selection of 500

Tulu Proverbs by Rev. A. Minner.

To publish and spread these books we have

Printing Press and Book & Tract Depository.

Mr. C. Stolz who from the year 1863 had been in charge

of the Printing Press and from 1869 also of the Book Depo-

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sitory was obliged on account of ill-health to proceed home in

March, when the Rev. W. Sikemeier assumed his work, assisted

by Mr. A. Burckhardt.

Mr. G. Hirner, who superintended the

work of the Press, very favorably bears testimony to the good

conduct and efficiency of the people under his care.

The

following is

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A LIST OF BOOKS

Printed during the year 1874

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) Canarese

Edition

Size

Pages

Copies

Hymns for Children

III

12

123

1000

VI

12°

144

3000

I}

Hymn Book

Short Bible Stories

111

12

104

4000

IV

129

45

4000

Selection of Bible Passages

Almanac for 1875

80

2

5000

d

One thousand Proverbs

16°

56

1500

On Fatalism

16°

40

2000

163

24

4000

0

On Transmigration

0

Lingaitism examined

162

48

3000

Arithmetic, by Channa Basappa

| e T o B o B

125

60

1000

Congregational Paper, Vol. VI

80

152

250

1l

Old Test. Commentary, continued to p. 651

|

80

112

1000

Nagavarma’s Prosody

=i

80

XXXII

160

1500

1l

b) Malaydlam

6

Gospel Harmony

80

36

200

Arithmetie, by L. Galthwalte

12

196

5000

Do

Answers

12

31

500

0

The Gospel of Luke, new Revision

12°

90

1500

»

”

, dJohn

7

”

s T o 0 (R (R S|

1d°

72

1500

Almanac for 1875

80

80

3500

The Rich Man’s Feast

32°

16

3000

32°

24

3000

Stealing the Mangoes

A Call .

392"

20

4000

0p

Fear God.

32°

16

4000

0

The Fruit of bad Company

32°

20

4000

32°

20

4000

n

Kapiolany

ed

The Runaways .

24

20

4000

e e T T N oo R e R B

32°

16

4000

he

Thou shalt not steal .

Keralolpatti (the Origin of Malabar)

11X

12°

112

3000

ol

80

120

470

he

Keralopakari (a monthly magazine)

Church Prayers

1I

80

180

500

50

c) Tulu.

Edition

Size: Pages

Copies:

Hymn Book

1L

12

144

1000

Scriptural Sentences

12°

124

600

Five hundred Proverbs .

16

32

550

j’ ’

d) English.

34th Report of the Basel Missionary

Society .

.

80

91

1200

Revenue Compendium, finished.

80

128

500

Elements of South-Indian Palso-

40

VIII

112

graphy, by Dr. A. C. Burnell

98

English and Canarese Vocabulary.

=

16°

24

2000

Total

2940

83382

STATEMENT OF TRACTS AND BOOKS

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sold from st July 1873 to 30th Jume 1874.

Own

Foreign

Publications

Publications

a

Total

English

cular

English

c L'(Il‘ a

r

Bibles and New Testaments

222

35

197

454

Bible Portions & Tracts con-

taining Biblical Selections

9857

87

709

10653

Religious Tracts & Books. . .

196 30108

639

2111

33054

Sehool-Books, ete. . .......

20

9668

5168

7208

22064

Maps, Picture-Books & Picture-

Sheets

¢ % ¢ o s 0 0 s 2 0 8 s 8 8 o0

100

1302

136

1538

b

316

|

|

49855

723110361

67763

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The Proceeds of the above Sales, Rs. 18773, constitute the

only source of income of the Depository, which by these means

is nearly self-supporting.

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In the list of sale the 44161 copies of Scriptures, Tracts and

Religious Books show an increase against last year of 11000

copies, which is chiefly owing to the new publications.

Ten Colporteurs have been employed at an expenditure of

Rupees 1021.—They sold:

18872 Tracts, Bibles and Parts of the Bible, realizing Rs. 1005

5420 School-Books, ete.

”

”

1234

—

24292 Copies™

”

Rs. 2239

The remaining 43471 copies were sold:

1) at the Depository in Mangalore,

2) at 18 Branch-Depdots of our Mission in S. Mahratta,

Canara, Malabar and Coorg,

3) at the Depots of the Tract Society of Bangalore and

of the Church Missionary Society at Cottayam,

4) by occasional agents, as by native shopkeepers, etc.

The Colporteurs are under the supervision of the Euro-

pean Missionaries, and care has been taken to send them not

only to the populous towns of the coast and the crowded hea-

then festivals, but also to out-of-the-way places inland, and

up the Ghats, so that the aim of the Depository: the spread of a

pure and Christian literature into every house of the districts

entrusted to the care of our Mission, and even beyond them,

has been well nigh attained, especially in Canara and Malabar

where also many instances show that the little books have either

prepared the hearts for the preaching of the Gospel or deepened

the impression of the Word after it had been preached.

We have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a grant

of 150 reams of printing paper from the Religious Tract

Society, London.

*1In the above numbers are not included the sales of the Colporteurs of the

Madras Bible Society.

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VII. INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

Of these we have Weaving Establishments in Mangalore,

Cannanore, Tellicherry, Chombala, Calicut, Tiling Establish-

ments in Mangalore and Calicut, a Carpenter Workshop in Cali-

cut, besides a considerable number of carpenters trained in

the Mangalore Station without a formal establishment and the

beginnings of an Engineering Establishment in Mangalore.

In Chombala a branch of the Cannanore Weaving Establish-

ment has newly been erected, because many of the Christians

there were exceedingly poor, and lacked the opportunity of

employing their powers towards an amelioration of their wret-

ched condition. It can already be reported that the success

is considerable, and this not only as regards the outward cir-

cumstances but also the whole character of the congregation.

Some families earn their whole livelihood there, whilst there

are few families who do not find opportunity for some slight

addition to their income.

In Calicut Mr. Feuchter, who two years ago came from

Europe for the purpose of starting a Tiling Establishment, has

succeeded by indefatigable labour, in finishing the preparatory

work, first partly reclaiming the ground from a swamp, then

erccting 3 ovens, some sheds for drying tiles, an office, some

wood-sheds, procuring machinery, preparing a floor for the

tempering of clay etc., then training a number of workmen who

were quite unacquainted with the work.

Mr. Feuchter had

now and then to work day and night. Now the establishment is

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in full activity, the workmen trained, a good maistry found

even after the first had to be dismissed; and 10 Christians, 8

Hindus, 4 Mahommedans, 3 Catechumens, and 15 Hindu boys,

together 40 persons are occupied in it.

The Cannanore Weaving Establishment which now and

then was afraid of the consequences of rival establishments

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is now rid of this competition and has plenty to do, amongst

others, an order from Government demanding no less than

10000 yards at once, with a prospect of other orders to follow.

Mr. Schinthal in charge of it gives us a short abstract of the

life of one of the labourers which may serve to show the un-

ostentatious influence for good these establishments frequently

exercise.

In

Ruben, one of our workmen, died in the course of this year.

his youth he had been unsteady and fickle-minded, partly in conse-

quence of the migratorylife of his parents, which caused him wander

to and fro with them. He lost his mother early, and was received in-

to the Orphanage at Tellicherry from where he was apprenticed in the

Weaving Establishment there. For some years there were no traces

of any spiritual life visible in his behaviour, and he did not give much

satisfaction.

Gradually a change took place within him that was

easily discernible in his whole life. In 1870 he entered the Canna-

nore Establishment, and earned the full satisfaction of the Superin-

tendent by his industrious, steady and careful work. His exemplary

life enabled him to take as his wife a like-minded pious girl from the

Cannanore Girls’ School. His wife too working in the establishment,

they enjoyed a good income.

They lived happily, and peace was the

ornament of their homestead.

Although they took part in the daily

prayers of the Weaving Establishment, they did not on this account

omit their daily prayers in their family in the mornings and evenings.

But after 11 years of this peaceful life, he began to suffer from

consumption, so that he now and then had to pass his days in sickness,

his wife ailing at the same time.

But they accepted this visitation

as coming from the loving hand of God. He once told me when I

came to see him: “The Lord is the true husbandman, and He knows

when the knife must be applied to the branches of the vine.” On the

3rd January 1875, being only 28 years old, he fell asleep having a

sure hope that he would be taken up into the heavenly habitations.

The Calicut Weaving Establishment has again cause to be

thankful to Messrs. Frank & Co. first er selling so very much

o4

felinifi

of the cloths and then remitting half of the commission to

the Mission fund.

Mpr. Hiittinger, who is an Engineer, finds as yet most of his

work in the Mangalore Tiling Establishment, but he will ere

long make this over to Mr. Baumann and throw himself entirely

into works belonging to his department, in which he has

already made a small beginning.

We need scarcely say that all the pecuniary help our converts

get from these establishments is only the appropriate remune-

ration for their honest work, and does not in the least bear the

character of alms.

But they find an opportunity there for

earnest work and are expressly held to regular and industrious

labour, even though their pay is not by the day, but by the work

done.

Besides this the European Superintendent exercises

a supervision over the whole life of his workmen, and daily

prayers are held in all of the establishments in which all

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workmen, even the Hindus are present.

The produce does

not go to the Mission Treasury, but is laid aside to help

in establishing new branches of the work. The accounts are

altogether separate, so much so, that these Industrial Esta-

blishments are even under a separate Committee.

The Mercantile Establishments.

In Mangalore, Mercara and Calicut are another separate

branch, they being the property of a Joint-Stock Company in

Basel.

But they help proper Mission work in various ways.

1

Mr. Q. Pfleiderer however who is at the head of them is at the

same time Treasurer to the whole of our Indian Mission.

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THE OPERATIONS OF

OUR SOCIETY IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

In Africa.

This Mission has had a very prominent position during the

Ashante war, and has been discussed in many Newspaper

articles.

More than this, Captain Sir John Glover who had a

division of the English army in the invasion, in his report to

Government made very favourable mention of this Mission, and

the English Government expressed to the Swiss Government

their thanks for the effectual help that had been rendered to

the expedition against Kumase through the Basel Mission, a

number of Negro Christians following the division of Sir Jokn

Glover as soldiers, the Catechists accompanying them as Pastors

and the different artisans in our congregations and Industrial

Establishments rendering all kind of service to the army.

Everybody knows that Sir Garnet Wolseley entered Kumase

on the 4th February 1874 and that the prisoners, after having

been in captivity for 4 years and 6 months, were then released

and taken back to the coast,

With the exception of a French

merchant (Bonar), they were Mr. Kihne and Mr. and Mrs.

Ramseyer with 2 children, all belonging to our Mission. At

the anniversary meeting of our Society at Basel they were

present, Mr. Kiikne indeed too weak to speak before the public.

In fact it is doubtful whether he will ever recover from the

consequences of the hardships and privations he passed through.

Mr. Ramseyer on the contrary is quite well and strong, and

eagerly listened to, wherever he shows himself in public to

relate of what he has gone through.

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Since then the «“Gold Coast Colony” has been established,

and the Governor (Sir G. C. Strakan) has been to Akra too,

which lies within the province of our Mission, and has taken

the oath of allegiance from the petty king of the tribes there,

when he commanded them to do away with slavery. Some of

Then our Sta-

our Catechists had to serve as interpreters.

tions were inspected by the Governor and his suite.

We are

confident that this political change in the Gold Coast will

essentially help our Mission: first by establishing peace and

putting an end to those harassing perpetual wars and rumours

of wars, then by abolition of slavery, and we also hope to

receive some material help in the shape of grants-in-aid for our

schools, and to get by and bye good roads.

As early as

1872, when our brethren were still prisoners in Kumase, they

started the idea of erecting a permanent Mission in that place.

A

When the war was ended, before the captives had come to

Basel, the Committee of the Church Mission telegraphed to

Basel that they had been requested to begin a Mission in Kumase

to follow up the success of the war, but they wanted to know

whether our Society which had the first claims did not intend

to extend their work to that country.

Our Society proposed

that the Church Mission should take the Western part and we

would take the Eastern part of the kingdom of Ashante, want

of funds hindering us for the present from carrying out the

plan cherished for very many years, of penetrating into the

interior of Africa by the way of Kumase.

Instead of this

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proposal the Church Mission offered to start a subscription

in England towards the erection of an inland Mission in

Kumase by the Basel Society, which since then they have

Begun to do.

The Christians in Southern Germany and

Switzerland have also taken the matter to heart, and somewhat

more than £1000 have up to this time been collected by

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them. Two Missionaries have already been sent out, to make

themselves ready for Kumase in one of our stations on the

coast, the third who was intended for that purpose is as yet

held back in Germany on account of his military obligations.

We

insert here {from

“The

Hlustrated Missionary News”

the Appeal of the Basel Mission Society to the English

Christians ;—

“The Evangelical Missionary Society of Bale, Switzerland, hereby

solicits Evangelical Christians of Great Britain to contribute to

the creation of a fund for the extension of their Missionary

operations on the English Gold Coast of Western Africa, beyond

the former borders of the British Protectorate to the interior

of the kingdom of Ashantee.

This Society commenced their work onthe Gold Coast more than

forty years ago, with the express intention, and with the plan hither-

to constantly kept in view, to proceed with the Gospel step by step

from the seashore towards Ashantee and the interior of Africa.

In

accordance with this plan, their Missionaries occupy now four distriets

of the Eastern part of the Protectorate—Accra, Adangme, Akwapem

and Akem, the latter being the Northern border of the Protectorate

towards Ashantee.

On the 1st of January 1874 there were 35 European Mission-

aries, with 19 European ladies and 58 Native Assistants in the service

of the Bale Missionary Society on the Gold Coast, labouring at 9

principal stations and 17 branch-stations.

In these 26 places we

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find as many Christian congregations, with 2,414 converts;

candidates for baptism, 1 theological seminary, 2 seminaries for

teachers, 2 grammar schools preparing young men for the seminaries;

3 boarding schools for girls, 3 boarding schools for boys, and 22 day-

schools.

884 scholars are instructed in these different schools.

Farmers and artisans, sent out by the Bale Society, have instructed

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Native Christians in agriculture and arts, and a number of useful

Native labourers bear testimony to the good result of this branch of

Missionary work.

Our Missionaries have completely mastered the Tshi language,

™

which is spoken not only in Akwapem and Akem, but throughout the

kingdom of Ashantee.

‘We have therefore resolved to advance, for—

1

‘We cannot believe that the Lord has brought our Missionaries

to the borders of Ashantee to stop their operations there; we believe

that He will engage them in Ashantee herself.

2

The essential preparations for a Missionary expedition to

Ashantee are accomplished by our Missionaries; we have not to make

them, as other Societies would have to do.

“3.

Our Missionaries, the Rev. F. Ramseyer and Mr. Kiihne,

4

were captives at Kumasi for four years and a half.

During that time

they were eye-witnesses of the fearful misery and woe among the

different Ashantee tribes, caused by the most blood-thirsty Govern-

ment that can be imagined.

[Their German Diary will soon be

translated into English, and published.]

Even during their captivity,

the Missionaries asked our Committee very urgently to send messen-

gers of salvation to the Ashantees, and thus to revenge all the cruelty

and injury inflicted upon them by the Ashantees.

Immediately after

their deliverance by the British army, they again and again renewed

their petition to the Committee of the Bale Society, and Mr. Ramseyer,

whose health alone has been preserved, has offered himself to esta-

il

blish a Mission in Ashantee.

4

Not only Swiss and German friends of the Mission have asked

the Committee of the Bale Missionary Society to extend their work to

Ashantee, but also the Committee of the Church Missionary Society

in London, in consideration of their intimate connexion with the Bale

Society for so many years, and in view of the present position of both

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B

Societies, have not only encouraged our Committee to undertake an

Ashantee Mission, but have, uncalled for, made also the kind offer to

receive at their office contributions from English friends on behalfof a

Bale Ashantee Mission.

On these grounds the Committee of the Evangelical Missionary

Society at Bale are resolved to start the work. For this purpose they

have (1) chosen three students of their Missionary College, who re-

ceived instructions to embark from Liverpool for the Gold Coast in

November, and in the first instance to prepare themselves at Kyebi,

the capital of the Akem land, for their future work among the

Ashantees, which will be commenced after the return of Mr. Ramseyer

to the Gold Coast, if, in the meantime, a sufficient fund can be raised.

(2) They intend, first, to make a mountain station near Begoro, close

to the border of Ashantee.

This station will be a material and

spiritual link for future undertakings in Ashantee herself. From

Begoro they will proceed to the next Ashantee province, Okwao,

where our Mission is known and acknowledged among the Natives.

From Okwao they will, if expedient, push forward to Kumasi or to

other places in a western or northern direction of the interior.

This

plan has been approved by the captive Missionaries as well as by

Sir John Glover.

The realization of this plan requires the sum of £6000 for the

foundation of the projected stations, and an annual sum of £700 for

carrying on the work. As soon as £2000 shall be raised, we shall

start with the Begoro station.

Our present Missions in different parts of the world need the

regular contributions of our friends, which we have received hitherto.

A decrease of these contributions would weaken the existing work;

consequently, we need assistance from abroad for the Ashantee Mission.

The Gold Coast is a British colony, and therefore British Christians

will have special interest in the evangelization of that part of Africa.

For forty years the Béale Missionary Society have laboured on the

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Gold Coast with God’s rich blessing on their work, and have made

large sacrifices of men and means for that coast.

These faects

strengthen our hope that English Christians will give us substantial

assistance.

Encouraged by our friends in England, we appeal to all

B/ |

British Christians in the name of the Lord, in whom we have com-

munion, and for whose kingdom we all have to work, and ask them

to enable us by liberal contributions to preach the Gospel to the

Ashantees.

The Committee of the Evangelical Missionary Society at Béle,

in their name,

J. JOSENHANS,

Principal of the Evangelical Missionary Institution, and,

Secretary of the Hvangelical Missionary Society.

BALE, 13th October 1874.

|

Contributions will be received either by E. Hurcuison, Esq.,

the Lay Secretary at the Office of the Church Missionary Society,

Salisbury Square, London; or by Mr. J. P. WerNer, Agent of the

Bale Missionary Society, 8, Moorgate Street, London.”

Our Mission on the Gold Coast has now a church of 1414

members, scattered over 26 stations and out-stations, and

varying in the different places from 829 in Akropong, to 19

in Kukurantumi.

The number of baptisms from the heathen

has been 166 during the year 1873, the last about which full

reports are at hand. As in India we have there too, our full

machinery, of: Itineration, Day-Schools and Boarding Schools

for Christians and heathen boys and girls, Middle Schools,

Catechist Seminary for those who intend preaching the Gospel,

b |

of regular care of the congregation, of Industrial Establish-

ments of various kinds and of Mercantile Establishments.

The

difference being that heathen children are more easily and more

frequently made over to the entire charge of the Mission, and

that mercantile enterprise finds there a fuller scope and is

more necessary than in India.

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China.

Our Mission has in the South of China four stations with 10

out-stations, Hongkong, the chief station, being in the island

of Victoria on English ground and Chongchong and Njenhangli

The senior

being inland about 150 miles from the coast.

Missionary Rev. R. Lechler, who first went out in 1846, was

able to go out again to his field of labour.

Besides him, there

are 8 Missionaries, 2 of whom are Chinese who have passed

through a course of studies in Europe in the Basel Mission

College and have been ordained in Germany.

The different

congregations number 968 church-members, of whom 106 were

added in 1874, the year under review. A Seminary at Lilong

trains 10 youths for the work of Catechists.

One congregation

contains a Christian woman who as heathen has killed 6 of

her own daughters and a second that has killed 3 daughters,

so that we can easily realize the moral degradation which pre-

vails everywhere among the Chinese.

Whilst at the end of 1872 the attitude of the heathens

was very threatening and several acts of violence were com-

mitted, Mission work in 1873 went on very peacefully, and

even the building of the Catechist Seminary that had been

interrupted by violence could be taken up again, the Mission-

aries that had been obliged to flee could come back.

The latest news relates of a typhoon of most extraordinary

violence that swept over the island of Hongkong on the 23rd

September 1874, making fearful devastations among the Chinese

and European ships in the harbour and amongst the houses

on shore.

Many more than 1000 lives must have been lost,

1000 dead bodies having been found by the Police on British

Territory alone; many of course are on Chinese ground, and

many in the sea.

The Mission-house was injured very materi-

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ally, yet some rooms remained uninjured; more than 300 loads

of debris had to be carried away from our roofs.

Persia.

B

In our last Report we said that two Armenian Missionaries

Mr. Abraham Amirchanyanz and Mr. Melcom Asduadsadrian were

on their way to Persia to establish an orphanage from the sur-

plus of the Persia Famine Relief Fund in Southern Germany.

They arrived in Tebris in the spring of 1874 and intended

to settle down there.

But the American Missionaries in Persia

being apprised of their intentions, had taken care to occupy

Tebris before the two Missionaries arrived.

And now they

demanded from our Committee that we should leave Tebris to

them, the first comers, and in this their demand they were

backed by their Home Committee in New York. To avoid a

conflict, our Missionaries were advised to proceed to Ispahan.

But one of them, 4braham Amirchanyanz resisted this order, and

did it in a manner that finally led to a disruption, so that

we now have there only one Missionary, who will settle in

Ispahan.

THE STATE OF OUR FINANCES

1s very much the same as last year, the debt having scarcely

changed. There is however every hope that the accounts of

|

1874, when squared, will not show a new deficit, as happened

in the last years, but will leave the old very much as it is.

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In conclusion we feel bound first of all to thank our

gracious Lord and Father for all the help He has

granted us. He has fed day by day the large number of

Labourers in all the branches of our Mission, although

there is no fund to fall back upon, but every pie is a gift

of free will from His children, the giving of which is

indeed a duty for them, but one which can only be en-

forced by conscience and the Spirit’s working. He has

granted success to our labours, though not as abundant

as we might wish, yet more than we deserve.

And He

has this year given us an exceptional proof of His help

in liberating the prisoners in Africa from amidst the

barbarous masses of Kumase in which human sacrifices

Our thanks also are due to all

are of daily occurrence.

the Christian friends who have listened to the Lord’s

call and have helped us on with their gifts and their pra-

yers. Let us trust the Lord that He will grant greater

blessings in future and that the work will be carried

out which He has placed in our hands. Amen.

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Stations of the Basel Berman Bvangelical ¥lission Society

IIN

SOV - N SRR ERTG TN A

A. CANARA DISTRICT

(Corrected up to the 1st March 1875)

Pages on

Hative gents

which the

Stations & Out-Stations

Deacons, Catechists

Station is

missionatie“‘z’

ate of Ac-

mentioned

and Evangelists

tive Service

1. Mangalore

Mr. G. Pfleiderer

Israel Aaron

10..33. 35

79

OUT-STATIONS:

Rev. J. J. Brigel

Christanuja Watsa

%%

38. 38. 40

Bolma, Ravaneshwara, Hosadurga,

Rev. J. B. Griter

§

-1

Charles Gojar

42. 46. 48

Kasargode.

Rev. S. Gundert

Johanan Zechariah

1868

52. b4.

Rev. Th. Walz

1872

Benjamin Ponon

Mr. Th. Digel

Jeremia Sonna

1874

Rev. W. Sikemeier

Daniel Ammanna

1856

Mr. N. Weitbrecht

Nathan Suchitta

1874

Mr

. G. Hirner

My

.. C. Hiittinger

Mz

. A. Burkhardt

Mr

b Hanr

|/

Rev. E. Hirlin

Mr. C. Pfleiderer

Mr. J. Baumann

Rev. Sebastian Furtado

1866

30. 34. 37.

2. Mulky

Rev. H. Daimelhuber

OUT-STATIONS:

Rev

. J. Hafner

Rev. Daniel Aaron

1872

39

Munderu, Santur, Kutyar, Ulya,

1867

Abrabham Hery

Kadike, Kodetur, Padubidri, Kalatur,

Samuel Bunyan

1869

Utchila, Padur, Mullur, Yermala,

Israel Eliezer

Mallar, Peroor.

1871

Rev

. A. Minner

1872

11. 38. 42.

3. Udapy

Rev. Diego Fernandez

OUT-STATIONS:

Rev

. G. Ratter

Eliezer Paul

1866

45. 46.

Udyawara, Shirva, Bolle, Kat-

Samuel Andrea

1867

Rev

. A. Brasche

tingeri, Ninjur, Kudigrama, Palli,

Rev

. A. Ziegler

Daniel Andrea

1867

Gudde, Cap, Mundodi, Kattupadi,

1870

Kurkal, Madambail, Kalanja, Posur,

Henry Robert

Koppala, Kalianapur, Uppur, Bolma-

Gabriel Almanda

1871

Bethuel Soans

1873

ar, Tottam, Kakkunje.

Josias Aarons

1873

1863

Johann Philip Salins

o 4 HKarkal

Rev. P.%Ott

Obed Sumitra

1874

OUT-STATIONS:

Rev. J. Hermelink

Mudar, Nandolige.

ative gents

which the

Pages on

Stations & Out-Stations

Missionarics

Deacons, Catechists

Station is

and Evangelists

mentioned

5. Honore

Rev. W. Niibling

Jacob Kamsika

= |Date of Ac-

& [tive Service

42

OUT-STATION

.

Mark Salis

%

Karwar.

6. Mercara

Rev. F. Kittel

54

Mr. J. Miller

oy

L]

Anandapur

Rev. H. A. Kaundinya

Joseph Bhagyan

1873

31

99

Attolimani.

OUT-STATION

Rev. J. F. Veil

B. SOUTHERN MAHRATTA DISTRICT

8.

Dharwar

Rev. Titus Costa

Lot Hery

1868

14. 42. 44,

Rev. J. Welsch

Rev. J. J. Thut

9.

Hubly

Christian Chinnappa

1858

35. 40. 42.

Mr. Fr. Ziegler

David Punita

1874

44

OUT-STATIONS

Rev. N. Hiibner

Solomon Devadasa

1874

Unakallu, Hebsur.

Rev. R. Schenkel

10. Bettigherry

Rev

. W. Roth

Paul Badappa

1858 37. 45.

OUT-STATION:

Rev

. W. Hasenwandel

Shagoti.

1858

1I. Guledgud

Rev

. Ch. G. Weigele

Solomon Bhaskar

14. 38.

OUT-STATION:

Rev

. G. Grossmann

Kardenhalli.

C. MALABAR DISTRICT

1851

31: 32. 39.

12. Cannanore

Rev

). M. Ttz

Charles Stocking

OUT-STATIONS:

Rev

. J. Lauffer

Abraham Mulil

1854

36. 42. 43.

Chowa, Taliparambu, Chirakal

1855

44. 52.

Rev. Chr. Rock

Ezra Arunajalam

Mr. W. P. Schonthal

Abraham Chatayappen

1855

Mr. A. Dobler

1861

Jacob Chammanchery

Cornelius Hutten

1867

Joseph Taddai

1871

Jacob Kumaren

1863

Abraham Arangaden

1870

%6

Pages on

Hative Bgents

which the

Stations & Out-Stations

Rlissionaries

Deacons, Catechists

Station is

and Evangelists

ive Service

mentioned

Date of Ac-

I3. Tellicherry

Rev. Chr. Miiller

Rev. Paul Chandren

1867

30. 32

. 39

Rev. J. Kittel

Jacob Heber

1849

40. 41

44

Mr. W. Schmolck

Gabriel Pirachen

1850

45. 46

52

Stephan Chandren

1867

Joseph Mandody

187

14, Chombala

Rev. S. Walter

Paul Sneham

1861

12

17

32

89

OUT-STATIONS:

Rev. A. Bourquin

David Teikandy

1866

52

Muverattu, Kandappenkundu.

Isaac Laban

1871

15. Calicut

Rev. Th. Fr. Schauffler

Matthai Kunyan

1843

16

27

32

OUT-STATIONS:

Rev. J. Knobloch

Paul Chittayagam

1859

40

14

52

Elatoor, Coilandy, Beypore.

Mr. Fr. Matthissen

Johanan Peter

1859

53

54

Mzr. Th. Elsésser

William Davis

1861

Mr

. G. Spillmann

Jona Padiath

1868

Mr

. C. Feuchter

Timotheus Parakandy

1869

Mr

. J. S. K. Ostermeier

1872

Joseph Mirandez

Rev

. C. Linder

1868

39

16. Codacal

Rev. Joseph Jacobi

OUT-STATION

Mattu Peter

1850

Parapery.

A. P. Veliattingara

1871

Rev. K. A. E. Diez

1850

20. 21. 24.

17. Palghaut

T. Cochan Wengalan

OUT-STATIONS

Rev. G. Wagner

Tobias Chembankodan

1867

27. 32. 33.

Kannani, Panayur-Attikodu,

Gabriel Hermon

1873

44. 45.

Kinanur, Wadakanchery, Karuva-

Abel Kattuparamben

1863

para.

Daniel Nyarakaden

1870

Chr. Parambattukavil

1870

John Puthenvidu

1870

69

D. NILGHERRY DISTRICT

1. Kaity

Rev

. W. Stokes

Silas Shanta

1874

38. 41.

OUT-STATION:

Rev

. A. Kohler

Nerkamby.

Rev

. 4. Layer

19. Kotagher/ry

Rev

. J. A. Biihrer

Jacob Kanaka

1868

Grpenditore of the ARlission

during the year 1874

Rs

As

’-U

Personal Expenditure

58,525

10

Journeys, including Home-passages

92.936

13

Munshis

1,464

14

17,677

15

Deacons, Catechists and Evange.lists.

Postages

L1r1

15

Libraries

407

Church Expenses

1,281

239

14

Medical Expenses

Schools, English and Vernacular

14,623

15

Orphanages, Boys and Girls

13,861

Catechist and Preparandi Schools

9,597

14

Buildings, Repairs and Rents

12,825

Purchases

505

15

Agricultural Outlays. an(.i Ta'xes.

1,305

10

Furniture

908

14

Printing Charges

1,347

12

Administration

2,290

Interest, Bill discount, ete.

186

15

=LA @O0 @ G e O O OO COL L OO0 O Bl G0

Total Rs. 161,101

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& 0 B,

Mangalore, 31st December 1874

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS

TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND

Received during the year 1874

Rs. As P.

Rs. As

P

R. H. Hunter Esq, Rutnagiri 100

0

AT MANGALORE.

J. Neuberg Esq.

65

Col. G. W. Walker, for

Col. Field, Poona

25

Canara and Malabar

1200

(=)

Capt. J. W. Oldham, r. E.

50

Col. A. J. Bruce, Shimoga

30

S

Dr. J. Vitters

12

Mr. Xavier, Apothecary

10

o

J. Macpherson Esq.

10

Dr. J. Sperschneider,

J. Lodge Esq.

10

Trivandrum

98

12

J. N. Beyts Esq.

Lt. Col. John Goddard

10

H. Conder Esq.

25

Capt. E. S. Skirmer

20

L. Macdonald Esq.

Mrs. S. A. Fitzgibbon

20

G. Manson Esq.

10

Col. H. H. O’Connel

100

J. Kingsmill Esq.

10

Drummer Rosario

Th. Graham Esq.

Dr. H. Gundert, Calw

50

SISOl O O O O

© O © O © © ©

Rev. J. G. Deimler

10

Mr. Xavier, Toomkoor,

Major Candy, Poona

50

through Col. Bruce

10

0

(=1

J. Westlake Esq.

10

© S Solo ol e e o o o o O

SO o000 oo 6 o o oo oo &

Acknowledged by Rev. J. Brigel.

AT HONORE.

H. S. Thomas Esq.

420

0

H. C. Hayne Esq. Tinnevelly 50

(==}

(=)

Mrs. Logan

60

60

[en]

A. Spens Esq.

Capt. Q. S. A. Jamieson

60

J. Ingle Esq.

10

S

40

A. Mc. C. Webster Esq.

AT MERCARA.

Col. Hailes, 8th Regiment

30

Mr. G. Bertram

Mrs. Warlow

40

Capt. R. G. Jenkins

15

Mr. J. 8. Harvey

Rev. Dr. J. Mackee

12

Dr. A. McAllum

15

Mrs. Palmer

Rev. G. Richter

13

12

Col. Couchmann

5

(=i ol i lamy i lam) - (eopd el Hamh oy ()

SISO © O O O I i S

Mr. Bastian D’Soza

15

Rev. W. S. Trottman

18

AT BOMBAY.

Ne N

200

DO o Gl &

Qo e olc &S

Collected by Rev. J. G. Deimler

AT ANANDAPUR.

Th, Bosanquet Esq.

200 O

H. Minchin Esq., for 1873 20

72

Rs. As. P

Rsy As. P

Donald Stewart Esq.

bo -0 0

Col. G. Selby, Waltair

110

0

The

50 0 O

From a Friend

1

IR

J. Haller Esq.

J. Hunt Esq.

10

A Christian soldier

12

L1

oM Q.

10

1.6

AT DHARWAR.

2 Girls

1

(<>l e S =R <)

C 0 O RO

J.E

M

100

Col. P. A. Von Homrigh,

D.B

Col. J. H. Champion,

Secundrabad

25

(=

(=

P

12th N. I.

10

L1

15

AT TELLICHERRY.

N. Daniell Esq.

‘W. Sandwith Esq.

40

A. Gover Esq.

40

Dr. G. C. Bell

15

Van Someren Esq.

15

22

130

Col

‘W. H. Scott Esq.

J. Reid Esq.

Mrs

Major Bartholomew

10

G. J. Young Esq.

50

Mg

R. C. Beynon Esg.

30

G. R. Thomas Esq.

10

A. M. Don Esq.

10

Mg

L. D. Baudry Esq.

Mr

A. Steward Esq.

15

J. B. Cross Esq.

Cap

W. W. Robinson Esq

30

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F. L. Goldsmid Esq.

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Col. Couchmann

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J. Moss Esq.

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Mrs. Logan

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Dr. A. Mc’Allum

Mrs. Warlow

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Mrs. Ryves

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Mrs. Dempster

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Mr. & Mrs. Kempson

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Mrs. Carfrae

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Henry Kennard Esq.

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Mrs. W. Lord

C. J. Curtis Esq

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Rev. E. W. Edgell

52

Mrs. Page

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Edward Frewen Esq

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Mr. & Mrs. Peele

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20

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Miss Frewen

George Rollings Esq.

50

Miss C. Gambier

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Miss Shaw

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105

Miss Homan

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Mrs. Williams

Henry Hyde Esq.

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Miss Edith Williams

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W. B. James Esq.

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Miss Florence Williams

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Page

European Missionaries of the Basel German Evangelical

Mission

3

Report

Increase of our Congregation

10

Converts from Heathenism

10

Congregation

22

22

Care of the Congregations

‘What is the Condition of the Congregatlons

27

30

Church-discipline

Catechists and Evangelists

36

38

Deacons

European Missionaries

38

Preaching to the Heathen

40

&

Educational Department

43

47

Literary Work

Printing Press and Book & Tract Depomtory

48

Industrial Establishments

52

The Mercantile Establishments

54

The Operations of our Society in other Countries

55

Africa

55

China

61

Persia

62

The State of our Finances

62

Conclusion

63

Stations of the Basel German Evangelical Mission Society

in South-Western India (giving at the same time an

index to the pages where the several Stations are men-

64

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