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Report of the Basel German Evangelical missionary society for 1875, 36 . e ) o o % o 2 B 3 35 v i . - ¥ 5 L 5 it s oo S e s . o e R — P s e 5 N12<524391237 021 W —_— D ik bl i e . i ol et it i il e s B i il o I w&i sttt iy BB B . ST S0 S SN ST AP RO L) WU BRI R LN Y63 REPORT OF THE Basel German Kvangelical WISSIONARY SOCIETY FOR 187D THIRTY-SIXTH REPORT OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION IN SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA B ) —— T e MANGALORE PRINTED BY STOLZ & HIRNER, BASEL MISSION PRESS 1876\ 25 pASLg ‘(/ GQESC:: 7 % ’.% & =t e EC T prey) o)) =\ 0O \ %ﬂk‘ £/ & A % £y Jos1n oo \ﬂw B \ MBS J 'h e e the Western Bensus of the Basel Berman Fvangelival Mission on Boast of India, 1st JANUARY 1876. Agents of the Mission, Schools. Under the care of the Mission. European Native Agents. Schools 'Higher Boarding Schools. Parochial Schools. Heathen Mission- Vernacular Schools. Present Church-M fambers- aries. NAMES OF MISSION STATIONS. Christian = Evangelists Schoolmistresses Schoolmasters instruction during 1875 1st January 1875 Established in the year Brethren Sisters Native Pastors Catechists and Christian Schoolmasters Non-Christian Number of Schools Seminary Training Schools Preparandi Schools Boys ;:ﬁ Girls Anglo-Vernacular Schools % Girls Total of children under Number of Converts baptized Number of Church Members Communicants Non-Communicants Children Total Catechumens, 1. Canara. Mangalore "o s s e e 0008008 000 e 1834 — - 98 104 2 243 1163 657 2H 500 1179 27 Mulky 184 ot 70 29 156 115 F 610 380 343 *733 100 S e 00 00 0020000 e e s 0 8 e 1854 |\ 31 Udapy (S14 41 162 147 *669 433 398 *841 208 Karkal 8¢ 0 0 0000000000090 00 1872 35 27 15 44 Honore 6 ¢ 0 0 5000000008000 00 1845 58 16 38 62 Mercara 1870 26 35 =1 O O i W DO = Anandapur 1853 DD DD DD DO O B = D O = o DD O OO OO =IO bk ek DD b e B D -0 0O O W O™ OO O O (=)l o) (e Y e A ) OO -3-3m® (sl e (o) (fam) ) {em) (Lo) O OO OO O (eeyiem) eo) o) ES [ el (o) OIS O DS OO0 DD 20 17 DD DD g (o=l (o) el ie=ri(0) 37 39 114 72 18 71 161 25 I1. South Mahratta. Dharwar 99 8000006080000 0800 1837 61 65 126 61 33 29 62 26 Hubly. s 0890062 0000009000 0e 1839 18 10 12 51 118 172 68 81 150 10 Bettigherry 6000000808080 0000 1841 13 82 101 114 80 58 140 1q 6006069 ¢9 00060000000 1851 N DN B DO - D N DD (= il o) ) - DO DO DO DO b O O O =t Ot O DD O W~ DO (===l A=) (=) SO SO (==l =) (=) 89 SO =D 98 —_— ot O O 89 45 DO O O 44 91 —_ O O Guledgud II1. Malabar. 12 Cannanore ©9 9 0000000000000 00 1841 35 23 58 116 467 252 21 228 501 13 Tellicherry 1839 62 12 32 217 49 iy 419 11 348 170 169 339 13 14 Chombala 1849 48 18 14 80 232 126 109 236 15 Calicut 1842 56 46 38 203 50 396 19 626 367 24 312 703 18 16 Codacal 1857 31 15 46 232 111 90 205 17 1858 DO = O DD W DO WD W OHOO O 1 DD =3 ¥ i 0 O D GO == Ut WO O O =Moo D O e O 3 = Ot DO W =t =3 WO (o= Filem e (e el K o) (g) (=) o) i) o) H 50 o) (g) 38 61 39 DO WO WO 156 13 150 71 il 74 Palghaut 162 IV. Nilgherries. 18 = 29 40 51 24 26 B e o R 1846 52 19 Kotagherry ® o005 000000008 000 1867 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 24 : 35 61 62 15 Total 63| 40 s | s 141 183 456] 343| 626| 425 2303 362 5284 2988 141 2628 5757 444 63| 36 64 E(;) 16 21 151 00 518|311} 641} 463 4;5 2429 128 50567 2714 130 2440 5284 449 Total of January 1875 —_— | Decrease during 1875 se 08 0 00 0 00 2 13 10 17 0f e 38 9 126 0 —_— ] | _—j— Increase ditto. e s 000 0 0 00 o] 32/l — 234 22 274 11 188 473 *One out-station has passed from Udapy to Mulky. European Missionaries of the Basel German Evangelical Mission. A. In India. Corrected up to the 24th March 1876. [The letter (m.) after the names signifies: “married”, and the letter (w.): “widower” The names of unordained Brethren are marked by an asterisk.] Hative Station Hame Gounfry Date of ac- . d. M. Pritz (m.) Germany % tive Dervice Cannanore 1842 . J. A. Bithrer (m.) Switzerland Kotagherry Chr. 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 Merecara G. Pfleiderer (m.)* do 1853 Mangalore J. Lauffer (m.) do 1856 Cannanore ]ggj-) L. G. Hanhart (m.) Switzerland 1857 Palghaut 10 8. G. Schoch (m.)* do 1857 Cannanore L1 J. Mack (m.) Germany 1858 Hubly 12 Switzerland 1859 Karkal R. Hartmann (m.) 13 W. Stokes (m.) India 1860 Kaity 14 J. B. Graeter (m.) Germany 1863 Mangalore 15 do 1863 do S. Gundert (m.) 16 Th. Digel (m.)* do 1864 do b Hative Hae | Station Gountry | | Date of ac- five Derpice 17 . J. Knobloch (m.) Germany 1865 Calicut 18 . S. Walter (m.) Switzerland 1866 Cannanore 19 . J. Miller (m.)* Germany 1866 Mercara 20 Th. Walz (m.) do 1866 Mangalore Ch. G. Weigele (m.) do 1867 Guledgud 22 Fr. Matthissen * Russia 1867 Calicut 23 1867 do Th. Elsdsser (m.)* Germany 24 C. Linder (m.) do 1868 Chombala 25 W. Schmolek (m.)* do 1869 Tellicherry 26 do 1869 G. Ritter (m.) Udapy 27 H. Daimelhuber (m.) do 1870 Mulky 28 J. A. Brasche (m.) do 1870 Udapy 29 ‘W. Sikemeier Holland 18 Mangalore 30 N. Hiibner (m.) Germany 1871 Bettigherry 31 J. Hafner (m.) Switzerland 1871 Mulky 32 1871 P. Ott (m.) Germany Udapy 33 'W. Niibling do 1871 Honore 34 J. Welseh (m.) do 811 Dharwar 35 do 1871 G. Hirner (m.)* Mangalore 36 C. Hiittinger * do 1871 do ;E 37 ‘W.Hasenwandel (m.) do 1872 Bettigherry 38 . A. Burkhardt* Switzerland 1872 Mangalore 39 1872 Udapy . G. A. Ziegler (m.) %Germany 40 . J. Hermelink do 1872 Karkal 41 7 . G. Wagner do 1872 Codacal 42 . A. Dobler * 1872 Cannanore f | Surinam b 43 cd. ¥ o Veil Germany 18472 Anandapur | 5 44 . A. Kohler do 1873 Kaity .; Sl Hative Fame Station @ountry : t\i;::?:j 45 K Hauri * Switzerland 1873 Mangalore 1873 do. 46 . E. Héarlin (m.) Germany 4.7 J. Layer do 1873 Kaity 48 C. Feuchter * do 1873 Calicut 49 J.8. K. Ostermeier * do 1873 do 50 G. Grossmann Switzerland 1874 Guledgud 51 R. Schenkel 1874 Hubly Germany 52 C. Pfleiderer * do 1874 Calicut 53 J. Baumann * Switzerland 1874 Mangalore 54 Jd. Veil * Germany 1875 do. 55 W. Liitze do 1875 Hubly 56 L. Gengnagel do 1875 Homnore 1875 57 E. Liebendorfer do Tellicherry At Home. 58 J. F. Metz ! Germany 1843 late of Kaity 99 do 1857 J. Fr. Ménner (m.) late of Udapy 60 W. Roth (m.) do 1857 late of Bettigherry 1858 61 J. J. Brigel (m.) do late of Mangalore 62 J. J. Thumm (w.) do 1860 late of Hubly 63 E. H. Bergfeldt (w.) do 1860 late of Mangalore 64 J. Fr. Miller (m.) do 1861 late of Udapy 65 C. Stolz (m.)* Switzerland 1863 late of Mangalore 66 1870 late of Cannanore W B Schénthal * | Germany Just now on the way Home. 67 1860 late of Calicut Th. ¥.Schauffler (m.) | Germany 68 Fr. Ziegler (m.)* do 1862 late of Hubly 69 do 1867 J. Kittel (m.) late of Tellicherry 70 G. Spillmann (m.) * Switzerland 1869 late of Calicut 71 N. Weitbrecht (m.) * | Germany 1871 late of Mangalore B. On the Western Coast of Africa.” (GOLD COAST.) Hative Hane Sftation Gountry Date of ac- ine Service 12 1842 Akropong J. G. Widmann (m.) | Germany 3 J. Chr. Dieterle (m.) do 1846 Aburi 4 J. Zimmermann (m.) do 1849 Abokobi 5 do 1851 J. A. Mader (m.) Akropong 76 H.L. Rottmann (m.)* do 1854 Akra T D. Eisenschmid (m.) do 1861 Akropong 8 D. Asante Africa 1862 Kyebi 79 J. Chr, Fetzer (m.)* Germany 1863 Christiansborg 80 C. Schonfeld (m.) do 1863 Odumase 81 do 1863 Abokobi Ph. H. Bohner (m.) * 82 Joh. Miiller (m.) do 1865 Akrﬁopong 83 J. Binder (m.)* do 1866 Ada 84 do 1867 Aburi G. J. Lodholz (m.) 85 Chr. J. Buhl (m.) * do 1869 Christiansborg 86 Joh. Kopp (m.) do 1869 Odumase Switzerland 1870 Ada 87 J. J. Weber 38 J. G. Fritz (m.) Germany 1870 Christiansborg ;; 89 F. Ziegel * do 1870 Akropong I do 1871 90 J. Klass * Christiansborg 1] 91 A. Langhorst (m.) do 1872 Abokobi 1l 92 P. Steiner do 1872 Christiansborg 1] 187 Akra 93 R. Miiller * do 94 do 1872 do R. Spengler * * Taken from the List of Ist January 1875. Hative Hame Station Gountry Date of ac- fipe Service 95. M. Mith Germany 1873 Christiansborg 96 J. M. Miiller do 1873 Akropong 97 Th. Essler do 1873 do 98 N. Dieterle * Africa 1874 Christiansborg 99 C. Bender * Germany 1874 do Gone to Africa in the beginning of 1875. 100 A. Petavel * Switzerland 1875 Akropong 101 A. Mohr Africa 1875 Kyebi 102 E. Werner 1875 do Germany 103 H. W. Handel do 1875 do 104 C. Weigle * India 1875 Akra 105 F. A. Ehmer 1875 Ada Germany At Home. 106 J. Mohr (m.) Germany 1846 late of Aburi 1852 107 J.G. Christaller (m) | do late of Akropong 108 E. Schall (m.) do 1856 late of Christiansb. 109 F. Ramseyer (m.) Switzerland 1864 late of Kumase 1865 110. Chr. Bellon (m.) Germany late of Akropong 111, J. Weiss (m.) Switzerland 1865 late of Abokobi 112, Joh. Kiithne * Germany 1866 late of Kumase 1868 113, H. Marchand * Switzerland late of Christiansb. 114, Germany 1869 L. Haas (w.) late of Kyeb? C. In China. Hafive Hame | Station Gonntry Date of ac- five Service 115 R.C.F.Lechler (m.) | Germany 1846 Hongkong 116 H. Bender (m.) do 1862 Chongchong 1.7 Ph. Ch. Piton (m.) do 1864 Lilong 118 J. Lorcher (m.) do 1865 Hongkong 119 Min-siu-tschin (m.) | China 1869 Lilong 120 G.A.Gussmann (m.) | Germany 1869 Nyenhangly 121 18 do Kong-Fat-lin-Ayun | China (m.) 122 Ch. G. Reusch 187 Lilong Germany i 123 R. Ott Switzerland 1873 Chongchong l 124 M. Schaub do 1874 E Lilong al At Home. he 125 W. Bellon (m.) Germany 1864 E late of Lilong ju L (2 i ) cl & th Report. —cccoPo—— @HE last year has passed very quietly without any stir- ring events, yet it is the most fruitful year our Indian © Mission has ever had. Several of our old brethren in- deed have left us for Europe, but under circumstances which permit us to expect all of them to come back, and in the meantime other brethren have returned from Europe to take up their work for the second time. There have been some cases of sickness, but less than has happened in other years, and there has not been one death neither amongst the European Agents of our Mission nor amongst Deacons and Catechists. Thus it behoves us to praise the Lord for His gracious dealing with us, for His fatherly care over us, and for the success He has granted us. “Bless the Lord O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and for- get not all His benefits.” Our Mission in Malabar, however, cannot in the same degree claim this year as one of particular blessing, having had only a limited share in the success of last year, having passed through several struggles in connexion with the case of a young o - 10 A, Missionary, Mr. Merkle, whom at last it was thought fit to re- i (1 move from India, and seeing quite a number of old Mission- aries obliged by their health to leave in the beginning of 1876. W 18 But on the whole the year has been one of quiet success and & well-being. W of I. INCREASE OF OUR CONGREGATION. L We have already mentioned that our congregation has 8 f grown more in this year than in any previous. We have now a congregation of 5,757 souls against 5,284 of last year, showing th al an increase of 473 souls (always excluding the 444 Catechu- mens). It may be interesting to glance at the gradual, though slow, progress of our congregation during the last 29 years ( The about which we can procure the necessary numbers. numbers of our congregation, including all adults and chil- dren that have been baptized and remained under the care of our Mission, were at the end of 1847— 762 1855—1952 1863—3068 1871—43T1 1848 878 1856—2015 1864—3191 1872—4727 of 1873 5057 1849— 995 1857—2060 1865—3227 T 1850—1153 1858—224T7 1866-—3392 18745284 ts 18511366 1859—2548 1867—3584 18755757 at 1860—2733 1868—3591 1852 1578 ag 18531713 1861—2857 1869—3772 1870—4209 I 18541862 1862 —2969 Though these are only dry numbers and show nothing Can about the spiritual character of our acquisitions, they yet seem Bug to speak a language, showing us that even a drop, if repeated Chy Wi over and over again, will succeed in excavating the stone; 3 that notwithstanding the changes of persons and times, the 810 work is steadily progressing, and even, that not only the num- 1y S sl 1] 16 bers themselves, but also the ratio of increase is growing 0n (1870 marking the period of accelerated growth). Although 76, we are grateful, even if only the same progression of growth ind is not diminishing, yet we must feel that only with an increas- ed ratio of progression the great work can be achieved, to which we have put our weak hands, namely the conversion of the whole nation, and we are full of gratitude towards our Lord that He allows us to see some beginning of a greater has speed in carrying out His work. May we soon be privileged 10W to mark the yearly increase, not by so many hundreds, but by thousands, as is already the case in other parts of the world ing and of India. hu Part of this increase is again due to the excess of births igh s (238) over deaths (125), which is as much as 113. But by The far the g?eater part is t}lrough the baptism of heathens. hil- il 1. CONVERTS FROM HEATHENISM. 362 heathens have been baptized in the course of this year, of whom 206 are adults.* There are besides 444 Catechu- 1 mens who have joined us and are under instruction for bap- 4 tism, but have not yet been baptized. Some people wonder | at the necessity of instruction before baptism, and will quote against it the example of Philip baptizing the eunuch of I:Jt_hiopia (écts. 8‘,7736. 38.). But then it must be considered 4 e 2 & illg maké‘a calcuvlration of the numerical increﬂz;gé orf the cong'l‘egzltion it g cannot be correct to choose for it the number of adult baptisms, as the Indian gell Evangelical Review does in No. 9, page 95; there are annually quite a number of Christian children who by confirmation enter the ranks of adult Christians, el without being shown in any part of the Census, so that the virtual increase is 3 or 4 times the number of adult baptisms. Of the 5,757 Christians of our Mis- one sion scarcely 1;000 have been baptized as adults. We therefore choose he fhe number of baptisms of adults and children from the heathen. Nillls DEd 12 that many of those who join us are almost without any know- h ( ledge of the Gospel, having only general ideas that the Chris- tian religion must be good and righteous. And if the head of § the house may have his reasons for becoming Christian, the 1l other members of his family just follow him, unless a parti- th cular degree of hatred against Christianity incites them to il We are il leave the house and break off the family-connexion. happy if they can be persuaded not to forsake him. But then il of course it is of the utmost importance that they should not il be baptized before they know what baptism is meant for. if Thus we lay great stress on a careful preparation for baptism, (U] not however aiming at any deep study of Scripture, but just il making them acquainted with the chief features of Scripture al History, the Creation, the First Sin, the Deluge, the lives of ra Abrabham, Moses, Joshua, the Birth, Life and Death of our by blessed Saviour, and then giving some explanation of the Ten 1¢; Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer and the Apostolic Creed, Th which if possible we make them learn by heart. Necessarily 001 this course of instruction is meant at the same time to reach 1y the hearts likewise and kindle the flame of Divine love within. Wi This is the simple plan of our “instruction for baptism” as it B is with trifling deviations followed in each of our stations. WIS Commonly a Catechist gives the first part of the instruc- Th tion, after which the Missionary follows up the teaching. deg After this the candidates for baptism are brought before the The Presbytery of the congregation, who judge of their fitness for tOI baptism. fop It is again the Udapy district in which the greatest num- ing bers of baptisms have taken place, Udapy with its out-stations dra and the adjacent Mulky with out-stations having had 262 Stes baptisms in the course of the year, whilst 308 more are wait- a the ing for baptism. And there is no sign of a stand-still. We 13 e W have in former Reports spoken much about the nature of these 18 conversions (if conversion be the proper name for it) which are of scarcely the fruit of a thorough change of heart and of a con- the viction of sin and righteousness, but rather of a general feeling it that the Missionary brings truth, and especially a desire to get to rid of the demons. Not unfrequently worldly desires are e mixed up with it, and anybody knowing the condition of these 11 down-trodden people, cannot grudge them the desire to raise ot themselves to a truly human condition. But they are mistaken, jor if they seek it in another way than that of improvement of their 1, own characters and lives. Now and then some find out the ust mistake too late, and, not receiving from the Missionary that 1re aid which they expected, turn back to heathenism; but this is 5 of rather an exception. In most villages in which Christianity out has gained a footing, the numbers increase year by year, and Ten new villages are added to the number of our out-stations. sed, There is hope that after some years whole villages may be- come Christian, although as yet the conversions are very ily el much limited to the Billawars (toddy-drawers) and Fishermen, One man hin, with only a slight sprinkling of the higher castes. gave 1t as his reason for becoming Christian, that he did not s 1 0ns wish to be the last of his village who joined the new religion. ILIC‘ The vexations of which we wrote in former Reports are rather decreasing, though they have by no means disappeared entirely. ing. the The contractors for toddy and arrack, e.g., now and then try to make those that furnish neither arrack nor bribes, suffer o for their desertion by iniquitous accusations. The act of leav- ing caste and Hinduism and joining our Church in the first - grade, usually goes on very quietly, and it is chiefly when a 1008 greater or smaller number have become ready for haptism 96l and are baptized together, that more attention is drawn to it the progress that has been made silently. We 14 g There were chiefly two such baptismal days in that district, S all the one in Padur, the other in Gudde. We wrote 1n our last for Report about the great hardships the first convert in Padur had to bear, when he had almost single-handed to bear the €0 1 brunt of the enemies’ battle for several years, but how the an Lord triumphed at last; now it seems that of the Billawars Mr re| in the village the majority have become Christians. ye Daimelhuber writes: 68 The festival of BEaster (28th March 1875) was in a particular th 48 souls were on sense a day of triumph for our church in Padur. fo that day by baptism received into the covenant of God. ‘We rejoice 1N over such a deed of the Lord, and desire the friends of Christ’s cause b to rejoice with us. The kingdom is the Lord’s, and His be the glory! an Some of these people had joined us in 1874, and been in connexion for more than a year. Most of them live in Padur itself, some in the fin adjacent village Perur. They are partly field-labourers, partly ng| toddy-drawers. Different kinds of distress, sickness, loss of beloved Day children, pecuniary losses, etc. had in God’s hand been the means to ingt break their hearts and drive them to Christ. A woman, Paresri, ¢hil resolved to become a Christian when her husband was very ill, and But she feared to lose him. Her husband recovered and for some time 0§ | remained connected with the Christians, but 2 years ago he returned But his wife and her son remained steadfast.— ope to his old religion. o} David and Lea had lost several children. In 1874 another of their ang children fell sick, and the mother thought, the God of the Christians the might help them. She therefore influenced her husband to join the 0ong Christians, and although God did not grant what they requested, be p but took away the child, they nevertheless would not turn away from of th Him.—Tukre (now Samuel) had in former years desired to join us together with his family, but could not muster the necessary courage. Vitag In 1874 one of his children fell sick, he sought and found the true and Physician, and desires now to walk as His disciple.-——Paul had been But she suffered the baptized in 1870, but his wife had deserted him. in) much from the demons, and could not by all means get rid of them. EYE] 15 (i So she resolved to give up her religion, came back to her husband, st and asked for baptism.—Joshia had in 1870 been under instruction [ur for baptism, but had after some months joined the heathen again. He the could not however find peace in his mind, and had besides many the troubles in his house. At last he yielded, returned to the Christians ars and asked for baptism. He is now zealous to bring his friends and relations to the knowledge of Christ.—Guruwe (now Salomo) had for Mr years expressed an inclination to become a Christian, but as he poss- essed influence in the village, he hesitated to suffer affliction with llar the people of God. He was also a demon-priest, and had frequently 3 0 to officiate as one possessed by the demon, which brought him a good 01ce income. But the example of Joshia, his brother-in-law, influenced JUSe him so strongly that he with his whole family joined the Christians, ary! and is now praising Jesus who sought and found him! xion The instraction had first been begun in 1874 by the Catechist, and the finished in 1875 by the Missionary. They were very desirous after tly instruction and also zealous in attending the services on the Lord’s wed Day Those who were quicker in comprehending would at home instruct those of weaker intellect. 1 saw one of them taking up his 5 tO 811 child and say: “Look, my child, we were ina way that leads to death. and But God remembered us, and sent His servants to our village to show fimé us a new way.’ None of them can read, but a school has been e opened for their children. All of them, however, exert themselves i to be at least in the possession of a New Testament in Tulu.—1I now and then found it necessary to tell them that learning and knowing theit ans the Christian doctrine would not be sufficient, but that their old p the condition was bad in the sight of God, that the innermost heart must be renewed and a new holy walk flow from it; and I could see that most 35{8&; from of them were driven to pray: “Create in me a clean heart, O God!” When the day for baptism drew near, the new converts sent in- i U8 vitations to the churches round about, in Utchila, Gudde, Udapy, ete. gt , frue and from cach congregation some Christians came. The pupils of the Middle-School in Udapy and even those of the Catechist-Seminary : Jeen in Mangalore came with their Teachers and some other Missionaries. ﬁ’el‘@d them: Everybody was happy that after five years of tribulation this little ety 16 congregation had thus increased. The room which is used for services in Padur could not hold all the people, many were standing before the house, and some heathens too could be seen amongst them. One of the converts had begun to bring green twigs for decoration, and soon the rest took up the idea and decorated the VI8 front of the house. I preached on the lesson of the day (Matth. 28, I 1-10.) pointing out the victorious resurrection of Christ, and the power- ful assistance He brings to His people. A baptismal hymn in Tulu Then (0! was then sung by the pupils of the Catechist-Seminary. 18 questions were put and joyfully answered by those about to be baptized. It was very solemn to hear them vow to remain faithful Sp1 to the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. After this each family group advanced to the baptismal font, and kneeling down re- al ceived the Sacrament of Baptism, and with it a new name. Then In the afternoon followed the singing of some verses and a prayer. all came together for the second time. After singing and prayer ye Mr. Graeter read the words with which Rebecca had been blessed the e8p by her family (Genesis 24, 60.), and applying them to this young growing congregation, wished that it also might be the ‘‘mother of app Mis thousands of millions,” ete. Again the Seminarists rejoiced the congregation by singing a hymn. Then the Native Deacon Sebastian ang Furtado, on the ground of ii. Tim. 2. 8, exhorted the newly baptized whi 4 not to forget Christ, and in times of adversity to hold fast that Christ is raised from the dead and lives. At last Catechist Eliezer showed (hy that one of the best cvidences of the truth of Christianity is a ka la Christian congregation where the old heathenish vices have disap- peared and justice and truth rule in all things; to which the congre- ) { gation answered by singing in Tulu: Chny ey For the glorious Hope before us Ol)p( Let us boldly fight, ba(}L Onward pressing For the blessing 1 In eternal light. Am I weak? I lean on Thee, Ing an 17 for Do I faint? Call Thou to me Onward hurry, ling Never tarry 1gst Till the goal is reached. for the After this the converts of Padur had a feast ready for all visitors from other stations, which united most of them for a short 9%, time before they went off to their several stations. Wer lulu There is a light kindled in Padur, that even now is seen in the What we have seen achieved there till now hen country round-about. is an earnest that He who was raised from the dead will divide the ) he thiul spoil with the strong. mily There was a similar day in store for Gudde, which is 16 about five miles distant from Padur. Mr. Ott writes about 1t: fhen Christ says in John 4, 38: “I sent you to reap that whereon 1001 ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured and ye are entered into ayer their labours.” This word is fulfilled very frequently in the Mission, ssed especially in places that have been worked on for many years oung er Of apparently without success. Such has been my case too. The old Missionaries sowed the seed with many prayers and perhaps sighs, the and now at last it begins to grow in several places. The field is st Such white, and now and then a day must be fixed for the harvest. ;tized a day was the bHth September 1875, for us together with our frist Christians and especially the newly baptized, of which we may say : um'ed “This is the day which the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be Sr iSﬁ glad in it.” Altogether 94 souls were added to the church of whom Jisap- 45 adults and 38 children were heathens that were baptized, 2 were ngre: Christian children, and 7 adults, people that in former years had been baptized but had not then been strong enough to resist the opposition and temptation from the heathen, and had therefore gone baek, but had now returned with 2 children. After the Catechist had begun the instruction, I dedicated two Not with all, but with months to make them ready for baptism. many of them, I could see a zeal in learning, a joy in God’s Word and All of them an earnestness in forsaking old heathenish customs. 3 D 18 longed for ;baptism, and we therefore had a meeting of elders ih 0 Gudde. Pe ‘We could, praise be to God, admit all of them; for one of them, a young man, about whom we had had doubts whether he was A worthy of baptism, had himself left us some days before. fo We tried to make our chapel look as decent as possible for the ha day, although we were sure it must be too small for all those that fn would come together, as invitations had been sent to all congregations Th round-about. Four Missionaries from Mangalore (32 miles south) pr with the Catechist—Semingary, Mr. and Mrs. Brasche from Udapy with ol the Middle School, and many Christians from other stations came to- pé gether. It was refreshing to see numbers of Christians in their Sunday b@ dress, winding their way along the small paths raised between the Af green rice-fields. There seemed to be no end of them. The chapel was pa just enough to hold the people to be baptized and the women of the aft First the congregation, all the rest had to stand before the house. i pupils of the Catechist-Seminary sang a hymn, after this I read the lon 103rd Psalm, and spoke a few words (being prevented by bad health des from speaking more). Then the Native Deacon Sebastian Furtado Ch (whose church is 3 miles south of Gudde) preached from Matth.8,1-11, hay and invery appropriate words admonished the people to have done with 1ne] their old condition and to throw themselves like children into the arms of God. After this the 7 backsliders (with their 2 children) 117¢ were re-admitted to the church, being most earnestly exhorted to be 16l now faithful unto death. This act and these words could not but Ven remind each one of the many temptations that awaited new Christians, and thus give a touch of a serious kind to the following ceremony. hop he Then the new Christians came in family groups to the baptismal table, 0 and kneeling down were baptized and blessed in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. A second service took place in the of N the afternoon, when 3 Missionaries and 3 Catechists spoke to and admonished the newly baptized Christians. Of those baptized 33 live in Gudde and Cap, increasing the con- Ot gregation there to 167, and 50 in Koppala. g Thisis a place 2 miles north of Gudde, which now contains 64 Chris- a8 tians who live in the middle part of the village and hope gradually Ang 19 P 5 11 to win over the Whoie village. The chief person amongst them is o of Peter (formerly Guruwe), a man of some influence in his village. His Was Her relatives tried hard wife Sarah too bears a good character. to win her back, and as long as she wore her ornaments they still the had hope; but after she had laid these aside, they only made one last tha trial, which was resisted by the woman as stoutly as those before. 100 This couple would, it seems, not so soon have found the courage to uth) profess Christ, if God had not used means to make them go on. Her yith eldest son who had always been the chief joy and hope of his old ) 10 parents, had for more than a year endeavoured to persuade them to day become Christians, but they had always said, they were too old for it. the At last this son fell sick, and feeling his end draw near, he called his a5 parents near and entreated them mnot to delay becoming Christians the after his death. They had, he said, prevented him from it, and now The son died, and his parents could not any fl 10 God called him away. he longer resist his dying request. They omitted, as he had expressly alth desired, all heathenish funeral ceremonies, and soon after joined the fado Christians. Now they will not, they say, rest till the whole village have aceepted Christianity. May God prosper their endeavours and increase their zeal! vith the In Gudde one, Joseph, is the chief person among those newly bap- e tized. For some years he had had the impression that the Christian o he religion was true, and had desired to embrace it, but had been pre- bu vented by his relatives. In the beginning of 1875 he took the step, 10115 hoping to be followed by his relatives. Although this hope failed him, 01 he rejoices in having at last come to a decision. His wife however bl able, joined him in becoming Christian. May the faithful God carry on [ the the good work He has begun in them, to His glory and the salvation oe 10 of sinners! and There have been other baptismal days in several other out-stations of Mulky and Udapy. But also the Coorg country 0ol has once more seen the baptism of quite a number of heathens, \hllq as they had .in former years taken place mow and then in Anandapur, but had afterwards partly been counteracted by gally 3% 20 desertions and apostacies. The people in Attolimani (an out- a station of Anandapur in Coorg, of which we spoke in our 34th a Report) have now been baptized. Mr. Veil writes: h On the 24th January 1875 we had the first baptism in Attolimani. 01 I invited several Coorgs to be present, but none of them came. 15 adults and 24 children were baptized, and besides 5 persons who formerly belonged to the Anandapur congregation, but had returned s 18 to heathenism, were now received back into the congregation. They had very much been the cause of the rest becoming Christians. il Thus the new congregation in Attolimani numbers 44 souls. g (1 We had delayed their baptism for nearly 3 years, partly to test their ¥ sincerity; and their first enthusiasm may in consequence have cooled down a little. Yet they now rejoiced that they had reached what they had desired for so many years; and I had the impression that all of them felt the importance of the day and were anxious to receive a blessing from the Lord. During the previous course of instruction ¥ I had now and then seen proofs of their earnestness in the attentive listening to my words, and the repetitions they gave in their own naive way of what they had heard the preceding day. Before the (i day fixed for baptism I called each one of the adults to speak and 1n pray with him, and they were all visibly and deeply affected. And W the faces of the children were radiant with joy, when I prepared them R for the day, and told each one his name and what it meant. In the fo collection made after baptism, besides several smaller coins, four (s Rupec-pieces were found, which is much indeed for such poor Ca people as they are. Now also they have a particular joy in “giving I something to God” on each Sunday. Now and then before and after W their baptism I could, whilst passing on the street, overhear their Wa family-prayers, which they have every evening in their several houses Hi after the common evening-prayer led by myself. I have heard truly 1 penitent prayers, which so touched me, that I remained standing B before the house and silently joined in their prayers. On other days th I listen from a distance to the singing that reaches my ear out of bt several houses, intermingled with the voices of children. If now n 21 Sl It and then in one of the less common hymns each verse is sung in it another tune, I cannot but find it melodious nevertheless. Since then the bhilding of the Chapel and of the Catechist’s i, house have been completed, and the Chapel was dedicated to God on the 31st March by an unostentatious service. 16 Unfortunately some things have also happened somewhat to ho ned damp the joy felt in this increase of our congregation. Partly it is the discovery of the many debts the people were saddled with, hey and which might have been a reason for the dispersal of the congre- uls gation, if Christian friends had not stepped forward to hold off the creditors. Partly several traces of their old heathenish ways have el come to light and shown that Christian piety has not yet reached an led all-pervading influence over these people. hat hat Calicut has had 19 baptisms. Of Achuden (now Jesudasen) Give who was baptized this year, we have spoken in our last Report. tion Of another Mr. Schayffler writes: five il One of the newly baptized is Chokkalingam, a Dresser in the He was born in Madras, and first heard the Gospel the Civil Hospital. and in a Mission School there, but without being deeply impressed. And When studying in the Medical College he intended to join the Roman Catholies, but did not carry out his intention. He was sent hem the to Port Blair as a Dresser, and there had much intercourse with the Catechist of the Church Mission. After 3 years he was sent to four Calicut, and soon sought our intercourse, and at last asked for baptism. pOOI’ The Roman Catholics tried hard to draw him to their side, but he ving was now rooted too firmly in the Word of God to listen to them; he fter heir was also very willing to profess Christ before the world and take His yoke on him. At his earnest request we baptized him without 11868 much delay on Christmas-day 1875. He chose the name Alexander ruly Barnabas Cornelius. He had formerly been held back by the ding thought of the disapproval and sorrow of his parents and relatives, dags i o but now he has the joy to hear that one of his brothers seriously meditates following his example. 10w 22 In Ancharkandy remnants of a former congregation were a( found last year, and 9 persons were this year baptized, and Dl form now a congregation together with the old Christians b there, and have their regular services. Only we have not yet g been able to station a Catechist in the place. They are looked h after by Missionaries and Catechists from Tellicherry. i One case in Bettigherry interests us as connected with J0 the frequently recurring case of separation of hushand and wife,—in this case a child-husband and a child-wife,—and sho- wing how even a wife who joins her Christian husband against Ig)‘ her will may eventually turn out a joyful and willing Christian; a case which i1s not the first of its kind witnessed in our Mission. Mr. Hasenwandel writes: Devapriya Shubha was born of heathen parents and betrothed by them, when he was a little boy, to a heathen girl. Some years I afterwards his parents became Christians, and the boy was sent to the ) Middle-School in Udapy and the Catechist-Seminary in Mangalore, R whilst his child-wife was with her parents. After both had grown Some of f up, he claimed her, but for several years without result. i) her female relations advised her, that she should rather live as a f harlot than join her Christian husband. One of her relatives who for many years has desired to become a Christian, and is only preven- ] ted by the fear of losing his wife and his children, encouraged her 0! seriously to go to her husband. But she would not, and Devapriya was obliged to sue her under the Native Converts’ Divorce Act. Being 1 summoned by the Court, she consented to go with her husband. 1 ¥ came with my wife to see her in her husband’s house, but she would b not speak with either of us. After three weeks her husband was able to prevail on her to go to the Christian Chapel, but 6 months pas- sed ere she consented to receive instruction in the Christian religion. Then also she did not give her full mind to it. But once her hus- band took her to the deathbed of a Christian girl of 6 years, and there took occasion to explain to her the difference between the dying of 16 a Christian and of a heathen, and explained to her that the Christian, nd as a child of God, was entitled to the hope of entering into eternal bliss. This word took hold of her and warmed her heart. She now 1S began to long for baptism. Her whole nature was changed, her 76 ed shyness and dullness were gone, and she would praise God, that He The 14th had against her will forced her to join the Christians. Mareh 1875, when she received holy baptism, was a day of great th joy to her. nd In some other cases results that we thought to have already ho gained, slipped out of our hands again; and in cases where we st published the victory, we think it incumbent on us to chronicle 1; likewise the defeat. The Cheruma family in Wadackanchery ur (Palghaut) about which we spoke last year, left us again after The Mahommedan a short time and went back to Cochin. ed woman in Karuvapara (Palghaut) has also gone back and re- ars joined Mahommedanism. Even Henry (Kunaly) and his brother the Munichogi, of whom we spoke on page 17 and 20 of our last Ie Report, have not justified the great hopes we had concerning Wi them. Munichogi has returned to heathenism, and Henry has of at least been wavering for a long time, and begins only now ! One Christian in an out-station of to show more life again. ho Karkal went back to heathenism saying: He had now long el enough been in darkness and would now return to the light her of demon-service, which he had left out of ignorance. We do 174 not however reckon this case under our “disappointments” as mg we never had considered him a good Christian, but rather a ld a burden and impediment. ] e 01 it {7 L e B 24 16 the W [II. CONGREGATION. This amounts now to 5,757 souls, who are scattered over e 15 stations and some 60-64 out-places in South Canara, North for Canara, Coorg, South Mahratta, Malabar and the Nilgherries. I The care of the congregations has gone on in the usual anl wh manner as described at length in our last Report, by providing for their spiritual nurture from the Word of God, by supervis- an ing, admonishing, punishing in the way of church-discipline, and an also by doing for their outward necessities as much as cir- ar cumstances allow and as seems compatible with the true higher th interests of our converts. We would not like to have James 1N 2, 15.16 applied to us by saying to a brother or sister who is he naked or destitute of daily food—¢Depart in peace, be ye fro warmed and filled, without giving those things which are need- We {ul for the body.” On the other hand the danger is very great 1 of feeding up a spirit of dependence and hindering the need- of ful energy from developing. The middle-path between want e of the necessary care and crippling excess of it, is diligently {rg sought by us, though we find it very difficult to discover and Do keep to. Of one thing we are certain, viz. that either extreme fig] is decidedly wrong. Just as in so many other spheres of thi life, e. g. the mental and bodily training of children, the aly egrowing of plants, etc. it proves just as injurious to let el things grow wild, as to overdo nursing and tending. The Con- ferences we had in Mangalore in February 1875 with all the 3 Missionaries and Native Elders of our Mission in Canara and g Coorg, revealed on the one side a difficulty of finding the neces- s sary means of providing for the rising generation, without th exposing them in their critical age to too intimate a con- Lay 25 Gl L nection with heathens and dependence on heathen masters, on the other side a certain want of self-dependence, energy and willingness to hard work in our Christians. The condition of our congregations must this year also be Vel described as one of a mixed nature—very few strong characters th for whom we need not fear and tremble, a great many well- 08 meaning weak characters with some good traits of character 1l and some shortcomings, and some wicked characters, members which are best severed from the body, and their number now /18 il}g and then increased by such as have fallen under temptation But the nd and been very much entangled in the meshes of sin. grace of God is at work even amongst such, and now and 11 her then has turned one back from the way to perdition, whilst in the better but weak kind of persons it can now and then 068 01§ be observed how the Spirit of God gradually leads them on (& from step to step, and cleans them from their iniquities. How we should rejoice to see the Spirit of God work more mightily ed pat in the midst of our congregations, and make them full vessels ol of His power and holiness! And even if a reduction of mem- bers should take place, as Gideon’s warriors were reduced ant 1ty from 22,000 to 10,000 and from 10,000 to 300, the remaining portion would, if filled with power from on High, be able to and fight a mighty battle amongst the Midianites, surpassing any ee Let us wait God’s time, and g of thing we have seen till now. also help to hasten it by prayer and sanctification of our own the Jet selves! In the meantime services for the adults and for children, Jon- prayer-meetings, celebrations of Lord’s Supper are carried on the In several and and pretty well attended by the congregation. places Missionary Festivals have again united Christians from (65 the whole Districts in question; the annual week of prayer m)llt has been observed. In some places the week of Good Friday ¢ol 4 e 26 is specially dedicated to daily gatherings in which Christ cru- il cified forms the special subject of contemplation and prayer. 1 Family-prayer, with reading of the Bible, is a common custom pa 16! amongst our Christians. Insome congregations, as Bettigherry, Hubly and Cannanore, Young Men’s Associations are carried I if on by the young men themselves. The most numerous of our el congregations is in Mangalore, the number being more than 1100, of whom a part find work in our Industrial Establish- Sal 166 ments, whilst others seek their livelihood ‘independent of us. the Part of the young people have a choir that practises twice a wh week, and now and then enlivens our services by an anthem, thy which is at other times done by the Seminarists under the gui- of dance of Mr. Gundert. Some of the young men have for some th years constituted a Literary Society, gathering now and then m of an evening when a Canarese lecture is given by one of ha them and afterwards discussed by those present under the an guidance of a Missionary or a Catechist who has been invited by by them to take the chair. The departure of Mr. Brigel who pla he since 1866 had been in charge of the extensive congregation, formed an epoch in the life of the station. 11 Sk The elders of the congregation had resolved to give a farewell () meeting to their beloved pastor, and had fixed on Monday evening it} the 5th April 1875. A great part of the congregation gathered in asg our Shanti Church. The Catechist Charles Gojar presided. A solemn hag hymn in Canarese was sung, after which the Catechist thanked God Pas in prayer for all He had done to the congregation up to this day. Ju] Having then read Acts 2, 5-12, he addressed the congregation in 4 Tulu: “We have come together to say ‘salam’ to our beloved teacher, fan who for 9 years has fed us with the Word of God. We have much rea- in) son to thank, first of all, the Lord, that He has given to our nation His the Word in our own language. How much money, time and strength had it te be spent till this was reached! ‘What should we be without this e Word? We ask our beloved teacher, to thank our dear Committee Tey 27 e (LU in Basel in the name of all of us, for all the sacrifices they have e, undergone for us. But we thank him also for all his love and sym- ston pathy and for all his instructions and admonitions, which we have received from him. Let us pray to God, that He may keep him and 11y, ried his family on their long voyage, bring them safely to their home, and, if it be His will, lead them soon back to us in new strength and health our ete. ete. After this the young men of the Printing Establishment than Then the Catechist lish- sang a hymn composed by them on Psalm 100. read Psalm 90, 2. 3. After this the boys and girls sang in Canarese f us, the touching English hymn: “Shall we ever meet each other?”’ to e & which the response followed: “We shall surely meet each other”, e, then Hebr. 13, 7-9 was read, and a hymn sung. After this one g of the elders of the Church read a Canarese address composed by j0me the elders and printed for the purpose, having at the top in orna- then mental types of different colours the words: “Remember them which ] of have the rule over you who have spoken unto you the Word of God,” the and thanking Mr. Brigel for his service in the Church of Mangalore, by giving a review of the progress and improvements that had taken ited place in the congregation in different branches during the 9 years who 00, he had officiated. The church had in this time grown from 800 to 1167, the Schools for Christian children had increased, an Infant Sehool, a Literary Society, a Choir had taken their origin, a new oell colony of Christians had been begun on the out-skirts of the town ete., ning either under the direct influence, or at least the supervision and assistance of the Pastor. The address lamented that the Church o 10 Jomn had not yet become strong enough to take the expenses of the (fod Pastor on their own shoulders, as would have been their duty. It proceeded by asking Mr. Brigel kindly to aceept a small present as 0o il in a memento. This was brought and put before Mr. Brigel. It was a sandal-wood box on which an exeellent ecarving of the Shanti Church ohery 16 in Mangalore in the centre, was surrounded by different emblems of the heathen religion, in the midst of which the Church has been esta- p His blished and which it is intended to conquer; the box econtained jhad f this beautifully bound copies of the Tulu Church-Prayers, the New Testament and the Hymn-book. After this the Catechist-Seminary jiftee 4% 28 e sang a hymn and then Mr. Brigel spoke to the congregation from to Paul’s words in Aets 20, 32, commending the Christians to God and to the word of His grace, and promising not to forget them. Sixteen 01 years ago he had welecomed the Mangalore congregation in a small 18 chapel, which since then had long been replaced by this large Church; | a4 Now but now as then he would tell them: “Peace be with you”. the Shanti Choir sang a hymn, composed by them for the occasion. Mr. Graeter was asked to offer up prayer, and a Canarese hymn I'l sang by the congregation ended the meeting. How good to have such refreshing sights now and then, where the tender feelings come to the surface and where the che progress during a period of some length is brought to memo- 86t sel ry. For we have had in Mangalore not only lovely sights and joyful meetings in the course of the year, many and awful m sins came to light, which filled our heart with grief, and now 4 10 and then would nearly make us lose hope, particularly as we did not see much of that shame and zeal against these sins ot amongst the rest of the congregation as St. Paul desires in 1. Cor. 5, 2-7. of This feeling was in some of course, but not in as many as we should have wished, and even this was partly hay counterbalanced by the conduct of others who rather took oft the part of the evil-doers, or were at least more sorry that g the sins had come to light than that they had been committed. These sins were first several cases of adultery, one of which 0ne was even followed by a law-suit and imprisonment of the offender. Then several cases of theft in our Mercantile Esta- blishment came to light, and gave us a deep and sad impres- sion how difficult it is to train Natives, even Native Christians, to honesty and faithfulness in money-matters. Of course But we church-discipline was exercised on the offenders. deeply felt that this was not enough, but that the Spirit of By God must Himself do His work in the hearts, if these sins are By to be overcome and a real improvement is to take place. e e 29 Tom As in former years our endeavour is to teach our Churches and to collect money for purposes of the Public Divine Service, toen for the Poor and for Mission purposes. But we defer giving mall lists this year, as they would scarcely differ from those in the reh; last Reports. Now 5100, yin IV. EVANGELISTS, CATECHISTS AND DEACONS. Our Evangelists and Catechists are 62 in number, partly in hen, the charge of congregations, especially in the out-stations, partly set apart for itinerating, and some very few employed in 0 schools. As a rule they are pious, upright men who are useful ohs il in their sphere, although there is, as a matter of course, a great variety amongst them; supervision of their work must 10V § We not however be neglected, especially as many of them are young. 0 g 1 There has not been any increase of their number, the class of the Catechist-Seminary that ought to have furnished them, t il having left the Seminary before their term was finished, one itly ook of them having become a Catechist earlier and two more School- masters. that tted On the other hand we have again been obliged to dismiss one, whilst another partly tendered, partly got his dismissal. }hich The number of Deacons has remained the same, namely 5. the ista- preS- 1405, V. EUROPEAN MISSIONARIES. 11se The number of these is 63, of whom however 6 are on the f We 1 of eve of leaving us. With deep gratitude towards our heavenly Father we are able to report that not one of our circle has ¢ 416 been removed by death (2 children excepted), whilst in the 30 e six preceding years altogether 15 were taken from our midst. hac a1 We must however mention the death of ar. Hahn, who had worked in more or less close connection with our Mission from 1857-1871 in Coorg and South Mahratta, went to Europe in Me Myr. Bosshardt 1871, and died there on the 28th March 1875. M. had worked in Malabar from 1856-1866, and died in Europe s1ds the 21st November 1874. We may perhaps say, that sickness (no also has been more rare in our midst; yet we have had some (0 severe illness especially in the case of the newly arrived asr. Mr. J. Kittel and Mr. Schmolck’s Liitze and of Mrs. Schauffler. g child in Tellicherry have passed through an attack of small- §ev pox. But the gracious God has preserved all of them, although Mo Mrs. Schaufiler did not recover and will be obliged to go home. (a Some of our old workers have left us in the course of the year, to seek restoration of their health in Furope, in- tending however to come back again to India: Mr. Manner after 18 years, Mr. Brigel after 17 years, Mr. Thumm after 15 years, Mr. Schinthal after 5 years of uninterrupted labour, whilst Mr. Roth, who came out in 1857 and again in 1864, Ver goes home for the second time. £xc On the other hand, as many as four of our old brethren tlo have returned to India with their wives, after passing two 1o} years in Europe, and have been stationed: Mr. Hanhart in heg Palghaut, Mr. Schoch in Cannanore, Mr. Mack in Hubly and Con Mr. Hartmaenn in Karkal. This is a greater number of old bt workers coming back to their former work, than we have been flop accustomed to see in former years. The But it will be counterbalanced by a number who will oDy leave us in the early part of 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Schauffier, the Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler, Mr. and Mrs. Riock, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kittel, Rep Mr. Spillmann, Mr. and Mrs. Weitbrecht are preparing to depart on account of their health, but we hope to see some of them Chy 31 idst, back again after some years, whilst Mr. Merkle, Mr. Bourquin had and Mr. Titus Costa have left our Mission. from There are some new arrivals also: Mr. F. B. Veil for the e 1 Mercantile Establishment in Mangalore, Mr. Liitze for Hubly, lardt Mr. Gengnagel for Honore, Mr. Liebendorfer for Tellicherry; be- 10pe sides this Miss Weber (now married to Mr. Hiibner), Miss Werner NESs S0me (now Mrs. Ritter), Miss Fritz (nOW’]l,/f?'s. Hirner), Miss Buser (now Mrs. Ott). i M I’ This year also we have to express our thanks to several olek's medical gentlemen for their valuable and gratuitous help in mall- several cases of sickness, etc. And we especially mention Dr. ugh Mac'Allum in Mangalore, Dr. Bell in Dharwar, Dr. Roberts in 0me. Calicut, Dr. Fletcher and Dr. Barrows in Cannanore. s 0f , - inner VI. PREACHING TO THE HEATHEN, r 19 01l This work is carried on by Missionaries and by Catechists. 864 Very few Missionaries have preaching to the heathen as their exclusive work, most of them having one or several congrega- But that does hren tions to care for, schools to superintend, etc. A not prevent the preaching in the bazaars of the town and on it 10 heathen festivals or on other occasions when great numbers come together. Some however have scarcely any other duty and { old but preaching to the heathen, such as the Missionaries sta- hen tioned in Honore and one or two of those stationed in Kaity. The visits to the several out-stations furnish however much il opportunity for other Missionaries to reach the heathen. Of uﬂ(irs the Catechists some are expressly set aside for itinerating, a separate fund having by some legacies been established at Kitfel, Home expressly for this purpose, from which these itinerating epal‘t fhent Catechists are supported. The pupils of the Middle Schools —_— 32 to and the Catechist-Seminary accompany the Missionaries as well to the bazaar-preaching, as also in the tours through ma the country, attracting the people by singing, and partly prea- ha 10 ching themselves. Of places visited regularly once a year we may mention fh il near Mangalore the festivals at Mangala Devasthana, Kaderi, pai Kudapu, Suratkal; Udapy has a very important festival in January, and some smaller ones in the environs. From e o! Honore that in Gokarna, from Dharwar that in Ugrugola, tha from Guledgud that in Balashankeri and in Hunsur, from Tad Calicut one in Coilandy and one in Tirur, and from other sta- of tions many other festivals or markets have been visited. A Mo great number of other places have been reached on preaching an he tours, and along with preaching the sale of tracts is carried on Now and then opposition is met with; frequently the Or Missionary must stand the taunts and vexations of people that 1 ang come with no other intention but to prevent the preacher from speaking and the hearers from listening. In Kaderi near Mangalore an immense drum was rolled before those prea- chi ching and beaten by about 8 boys who were put up to it by the Brahmins under connivance of the Police present. the Mr. Welsch writes about a preaching tour: 8en ‘We remained some days in Hebbali (6 miles South of Dharwar) ang and went twice a day to one of the bazaars to preach. In the first 86t days we had a quiet audience, and as a proof of their willingness to Wit hear, the people bought tracts to the value of two Rupees (as tracts il are extremely cheap this represents a good number). The Brahmins L disliked this, and when we again took our stand in one of the main- Bih streets they came from all sides, filling the street, the shops and the roofs on the other side of the street. From all sides angry eyes were directed against us and we felt that we had to do with the king- L) ang dom of darkness. Yet we began to preach. Butin the same mo- ment they began on all sides from the street, the shops and the roofs Jou 20 33 i L 08 a8 to bawl out: “We will not hear, be 61‘1", be off!’” All sorts of gri- ough maces, the old bawling out, the young laughing, others clapping the We could pre hands, and we standing in their midst, such was the scene. do nothing but retire, and were happy that at least no stones were ntion thrown, as has now and then happened on other oceasions. But we e, know that the kingdom will be the Lord’s, and therefore do not des- pair at such oceurrences. ‘We next went to Behatti. But there the tival 'rom people were so much against us that neither they, nor the Patel would bring us any provisions, although we offered higher prices gola than usual. Yet we stayed there and in the evening went to the ba- from zaar to preach, and found, what we had not dared to hope, a number st of people who heard our preaching throughout without interrupting. L A More than this, one of them followed us, asked for more information hing and at last offered to bring provisions without remuneration, which ied he then did for four days. At the end we gave him some books. On the further progress of the tour the Gospel was willingly heard the that in several villages, and especially in Shirhatti which was touched on from another preaching tour, the work was very encouraging. near Mr. Walter writes the following hopeful account of a prea- ching tour: 160 i by The rajah of Menapuram, whom I had visited in 1873 and who then had shown much pleasure in hearing the Gospel, now and then sent through Colporteurs travelling on his possessions, salams to me and invited me to visit him another time. On the 15th March we rval) ; first set out to his place, and reached Menapuram in the morning together 0§59 fo with 2 Catechists and 2 Colporteurs. In the travellers’ bungalow a number of school-boys gathered round us, and from their questions 10018 jmills I saw that they had read not only our tracts but also part of the Bible, so that I could freely speak to them about Christ. nail- d the In the afternoon we went to several houses and spoke with the eyes people there and in the fields. The first Nayar (land-owner) we met and spoke with, answered: “This is what we want. Through reading king- y 100 your book (the New Testament) I have been convinced that all our roofs gods are nothing in comparison to Christ. In Him I believe, to Him 5 34 R e I pray daily.” He then asked about the New Jerusalem about which he had read in the Book of Revelation. We could now and then par her see that our Bible Colporteur had not laboured in vain: Altogether we had much joy from the visits of this day. ‘We were not sent away wor in a single house, but joyfully received and willingly heard by most wal for people. Next morning we went to see the rajah. He was very friendly tak I was anxious to know and well remembered our former visit. get whether he had made use of the Bible he had then bought from us, or whether he had only bought it out of politeness and afterwards laid Mar it aside. He 10V I saw that he had diligently searched the Scriptures. said, he now loved and esteemed it as the sole rule of his faith, and list had had composed a Sanskrit stanza: “We are filled with this world’s lusts; our hearts are ever sullied by wicked desires; we are erring and getting entangled deeper and deeper in the meshes of sin’s net. He O Lord Jesus, Thou alone canst redeem us, canst make us free!” the I read Rev. 7, 9-17 and spoke on it. He listened attentively and 0ot expressed his assent. He made us promise to call on him again before leaving the place. We did so a few days afterwards, and gave his Wwho 0n { youngest son a book of Biblical pictures which gave very great plea- sure to the son and to the father. He expressed the hope soon to and call on us in our house in Chombala, when he would have much to Kin speak with us. He again bought some books from our Colporteur, kil I and gave them some presents. He had also, as long as we had been 10 {] there, daily sent rich presents of milk and vegetables. king On our further tour on the lands belonging to this rajah, we fre- Who quently heard from high and low caste-men that this rajah was al- Plet; 16 ways praising our religion, and had composed several stanzas which praised Jesus as the only Saviour. As a consequence high and low people and especially the relatives of the rajah, listened willingly Rup to our words. What would be the influence if he had the ecourage to Chy embrace Christianity publicly! May the Lord guide him and lead ‘[hev him to a full faith. Wan In another village we met a Nayar woman who listened very attentively and then said, she now knew that her gods were nothing e1thy hieh and could not help her, that she was a great sinner, and longed after hen pardon; but would Jesus receive her mnevertheless? When we told her her more about the Saviour she exclaimed: “These are good precious \Way words’’s and when we were about to leave her, she lifted her hands to- sk wards heaven and exelaimed “Ishwara (God) has sent you to me ‘When we had for nobody has ever told me such precious words ndl taken leave she still kept on thanking us and promised never to for- k0w get what we had said about Christ I U8 Such persons longing after pardon and grace are not so very rare Jaid Many are tired of idolatry and long after salvation in Christ, as we now and then saw during these days Besides being attentively He and listened to in many places, we sold also all the Tracts and Bibles we nd's had brought with us 1ing Should not all our readers pray God most earnestly that § 160 He may lead all these souls and many others with them to ree! the full deliverance in Jesus Christ? There are other en- and couraging signs to be met with now and then of heathens efore whose heart is on the side of Christ But it is astonishing o Jus on the one hand, how hard it is for them to take the last step, Jea and on the other hand, how far away they are as yet from the 0 ch 10 Kingdom of God before they have crossed the ditch that sepa- feuly rates them from an open profession and encloses them outwardly in the communion of idolater How many, very many, of this heen kind have lost what they had of true piety, whilst with those p 116 who join Christ through baptism, as a rule, inward life and 19 ﬂl piety will go on steadily increasing. ;\th]l In Bettigherry Mr. Hasenwandel has in his subscmpmon-hst d low Rupees 25 from two Hindus who are convinced of the truth of ing! May Christianity, and will help the good cause by money Lo‘e 10 they soon give themselves as a “living sacrifice Myr. Hasen- Jead wandel says further Mr. Hiibner goes three times a week and myself twice to preach 161y either in Bettigherry or Gudduck. The Catechists go with us, and Jung H¥ 9 d 6 thy if we eannot go, they go alone. We cannot but praise their zeal for, and regularity in preaching to the heathen. Our common rule he is to go to the house of some one we know, and whilst we are stand- fol ing before the house and speaking with the people present, others fur will gather. We have thus met many who like the Word of God, ab the and we prefer this method by far to preaching in the bazaar. 'We had for two months waited for some priests who were about e to become Christians. But on the day fixed for it the most courageous cal Oof Ve of their number suddenly fell sick and died the day afterwards. course we have our doubts about the cause of his death. The rest Ch did not then take the step, but have not given up the intention, and S01 they have also been joined by others, who desire to become Chris- mo tians with them, May the Lord strengthen them for the heavy struggle fac th that awaits them! And may those who know God help them with their prayers! £01 Our Christian services are also attended by heathens more than Th they were formerly. Last Sunday I counted 25 of them. An ho Such signs of inclination to Christianity, stopping short of of actually embracing it, we have also seen in Kotagherry in the Nilgherries. Mr. Biihrer writes: Some months ago great excitement was caused amongst the Bada- gas (Burghers) by the death and especially the burial (Badagas’ corpses are always burned) of one of them. This man had been employed in the post-office and had some education. He had heard the Gospel for some years and had given up many customs of his caste and re- n ligion. On his death-bed he confessed to a Native Christian his faith in God, and begged his son to have his body buried after his death, gh omitting all heathen ceremonies, musie, dancing, funeral pile, ete. and shy His son had the coffin made We interring him in his ground in a coffin. by a Christian, and carried out all the injunctions of his father not- Car withstanding a fierce opposition of his relatives and his caste. Mr. an Kohler (as I was prevented from being present) together with the Cate- chist and some Christians went with the coffin. Many Badagas were present and wondered at what they saw. Others remonstrated and Whi 37 SR A el threatened expulsion from caste. Some approved of it, lent even a rule helping hand when necessary, and took part in the funeral meal that nd followed. Mr. Kohler did not however take any direct part in the hers funeral, but made use of the opportunity to speak to those present TOd, about their superstitions and about the Gospel. Next day I went to the man’s house and spoke with those present about what had hap- hout pened. I regretted very much that the man’s relatives had not 60us called me or the Catechist to the dying man. But I suppose they 0f were afraid, we would persuade him to be baptized and have a rest Christian burial, which they would have considered a shame. The and son’s courage in acting against the deeply rooted customs and cere- hrise monies of his caste, and in earrying out his father’s request in the oole face of all opposition must be admired indeed. Nobody would have thought him able to do it. His elder brother, who died suddenly their some years ago, had once been on the point of becoming a Christian. The extraordinary event will long be discussed by the Badagas. than And we have reason to rejoice at it, although those who do not know, how deeply caste has struck its roots, cannot understand the bearing 1t of of it. May the Gospel soon effect greater and more radical changes! { the Jada- Wik SCHOOL WORK. IPSes ed it ospel In the course of last year we had six Anglo-Vernacular Schools BL: in Dharwar, Hubly, Cannanore, Tellicherry, Calicut and Pal- faith ghaut. Those in Tellicherry and Calicut are in a very flouri- ieﬂths shing condition, their ntimbers also having increased again. i ﬂlld We are convinced that they are doing a good work. Our mﬂde Cannanore English School could not develop for want of funds, y not- and since the close of 1875 it has been discontinued. M Mr. Schaufler in Calicut writes: (afe- The building of a new house for the Anglo-Vernacular School gl which was begun last year was finished before the monsoon and Gl 38 the opened on the 25th May 1875. Some European and many native gentlemen were present on the oceasion and Mr. Garthwaite, Go- tho the vernment Inspector of Schools, Mr. Barrow, Principal of the Provineial School, and myself delivered speeches. The girls of our the Boarding Sehool sang some hymns, and the whole ceremony ended I8 the with the singing of “God save the Queen.” Our school increased somewhat in numbers notwithstanding that the there were some rival schools. Our new house may be one of the reasons. The standard of the school was raised, so that we now Wa prepare for the Hth class of the Provincial Sehool. There are 52 Pa Christian boys, some few Mahommedans, some Brahmans, but the ma- Vel jority are Nayar boys, which easte may perhaps be considered the most influential, though not the highest one, in Malabar. Mr. Barrow, the Principal of the Provincial School, has always shown a very 801 The school friendly and encouraging disposition towards our school. i has five large classes of which the lowest is divided into two divisions. The expenses of the school are covered by school-fees and Salary- of Grant, so that the reproach of expensiveness which is so frequently ang brought against English Mission Schools, has no foundation in this SCh\ case. Biblical lessons have been given regularly, and in all classes in Malayalam, partly to youths of 17 and 18 years of age. We had no direct conversions amongst the boys, but we baptized 2 young men 1ng, in whom the first seed had been sown in some of those English Mis- 163 sion Schools which frequently are thought of so little as missionary Pen agencies. We think the ecritics ought not to overlook such faets. on A young man who formerly had been a pupil of our School used to at- if § tend our Christian Services on Sundays. One Sunday morning he ang had made up his mind to remain with us, But his relatives had got Legs wind of it, and carried him off. Most boys who have gone to our Chy school for years, take with them some seeds in their hearts, and we are sure the Lord will quicken some of these and make them bear fruits for eternal life. Why should we demand fruit immediately in f\le the case of schools, whilst we must wait patiently for fruits from the 0 preaching of the Word to adults? Should the Word that is taught in the schools be less powerful than that preached in the bazaars, or should I'ep Ll itive the hearts of boys and youths be less open to good impressions than (o those of the people we meet in the thoroughfares? We should think the the contrary to be the case. And again the Word that is taught in our the school will certainly spread as far and as quickly as that which nded is preached in the open air, and is taken by the boys into houses of the town and of villages, which eould scarcely be reached by ano- that ther agency. o of 10W Elementary Schools for heathen boyé are carried on in Dhar- war, Hubly, Bettigherry, Guledgud, Tellicherry, Calicut and 6 h2 it Palghaut. They show a slight decrease in numbers, but are | the very much the same as last year. For Hindu Girls we have one school in Mangalore and in 1o, vory some places a number of heathen girls attend schools together shool with heathen or Christian boys. 100, These are the schools for heathen, which have the purpose lary- of reaching the youth with the Word of God and of extending ently and strengthening our influence in the population. Our this schools for Christians serve another purpose. 5509 had The Flementary Schools for Christians (Parochial Schools) are meant to furnish all our Christians with that knowledge of ; men Mis reading, writing and the Word of God which is almost indis- nary pensable, at all events extremely desirable, for a Christian congregation. Heathen boys are of course welcome to attend, facts: o af- if they do not object to the Christian character of the schools, Iy he and now and then they do not only take part in the Bible 4 gov lessons with the Christians, but also learn Bible passages and o oW Christian hymns with the greatest pleasure. ld e The Boarding Schools are for poor children whose parents heat are either dead, or utterly unable to provide for their children, the or quite unfit for training them, or living in a place where their children could get no training. If ever possible the pa- ;ht il hould rents are held to pay part of the expenses. If heathen children S 40 are offered or offer themselves for entrance in the school, they Inf fen are joyfully received. Although each year shows some of such, their number is always limited, the cases being rare in which heathen parents are willing to part with their children, especi- hee W ally as living in such a school interferes with caste very materially. We have such schools for boys in Udapy, Hubly, Ong diff Tellicherry, and for girls in Mulky, Bettigherry, Chombala and il Calicut, whilst Kaity has a small boarding school both for boys and girls. In Tellicherry one of the boys disappeared suddenly, ver par and not the least could be heard about him, neither did the hee Police find any trace of him, although we have offered a good I reward. The last we know is that he went to the bazaar and 16y did not come back. After the monsoon several boys were ol seized with small-pox. We closed the school and sent all boys off But even there several of away to their respective villages. Iy them were attacked with the disease, sometimes in a ‘severe form. One of the boys died, and we are sorry to say, he was From the boarding school the dis- not one of the good boys. case spread to the houses of the congregation; it also entered pra the Mission-house: Mr. Kittel and the young boy of Mr. Schmolck’s m suffered much from it. 1 g About the spirit in the school and some marks of the good ag] But influence such a school may have on the condition of the future Sou families, Mr. Hasenwandel writes: of § A Christian family living in the town had in former times been The a cause of much vexation to the Missionary by want of piety, neglect 1ot of Divine Services and of the Sabbath and had now and then been an I8 g object of church-discipline. Last year the eldest son married a girl Both tan from the school, and this year his brother married another. the girls were good in singing. They wanted to continue in their new the home the morning and evening prayers which they had had in the fou school. The spirit of the whole house changed gradually. Divine thy Services are now attended regularly and the Sunday is no more broken. 41 ——s they In their family prayers they sing so joyfully that it attracts the at- uch, tention of all the heathens round about. hich I have no reason to complain about the children. The cane has pec- been used less this year than formerly, and in the cases in which I very was forced to use it, the girls punished acknowledged the necessity. ibly, One girl, who was punished now and then, would afterwards try in and different ways to reconcile me and draw a kind word from me, either by bringing flowers or by some other means. Another girl was hoys ; el very severely punished for telling lies, she came afterwards, asked my pardon, and said the punishment had been necessary as she had really | the been on the point of becoming a bad girl. But she would now pro- good mise me to walk truthfully before God and before men, and to begin a and new life. A few days after she asked me to eall a girl who would not were pardon her. I asked: “why will she not pardon you?”’ “She has hoys often admonished me, and I have not till now followed her advice.” al 0f I was happy to see that the girls look after each other’s behaviour. orere From Calicut Mr. Knobloch writes: ) 748 The condition of health has been very good in this year, and we s praise God for it.—We are endeavouring as much as possible to find ared proper ways of disposing of our elder girls, so that we must not keep oleh's in our schools as many as we had formerly. ‘We therefore have now a greater number of smaller girls, which partly inereases our work. good But we can also see many encouraging signs that the work in the ifuze souls and characters of the girls is not in vain. The good behaviour of the children lessens and sweetens the trouble of educating them. heex There are some who do not cause us much joy, but the majority are eg’iect not only obedient, but also truthful in speaking and acting; which is so important a thing with children in this country. Of some we on A0 ) gil’l can even say that they are salt to their school-fellows. Most of them find a pleasure in praying for themselves and others, and love Both the Word of God; and of some older girls we know that they are I new in the founded on Christ, and have reason to hope that they will not leave this foundation. ivine oken: 42 e A touching instance of ﬁl’ial love resting on love to God came to & 1 our knowledge. In June 1874 a young girl of 8 years was taken 10 into our school, because her wicked father did not care for his wife and his children, so that the woman could not but leave him in order yea to save herself from perpetual scolding and beating, and to earn dro something for herself and her children. The father squandered his to1 earnings in drinking and other vices. In the beginning of 1875 are the little girl who from her earliest childhood had a taste of the Wi wretchedness of the whole family’s condition, gathered up her sch courage, and with tears in her eyes begged her father to lead a new life, to come to church again, and to take the mother to his 4] house. Hard as his heart was, he could not resist the pleading of his little daughter and promised her to do what she begged of him. (e Soon after the re-united family began to dwell in their former house, Ste The quarrels of many years’ standing gave place to peace. After fag some further time the man, who of course had formerly been ex- 0c cluded from church-fellowship, begged to be admitted again. After a time of trial proportionate to his former wicked ways, he was on hi the Sunday before Christmas permitted to take the Lord’s Supper and sche with the congregation for the first time again after many years. What joy it is for the little girl! But we also thank the Lord for Wio such fruits of our labour. Jan Moy Of other schools we mention the Infant School in Mangalore, My where children of less than 6 years of age gather to play, char sing, etc. In some stations like Mangalore the girls after school-hours are taught female work in Industrial Schools under Hlﬁg the guidance of the ladies of the station. In some stations, as ang Honore, (Karwar), Bettigherry, Codacal, Palghaut, Sunday Schools ULy are attended by Christian boys or young men, but without ang attracting heathen boys; whilst instructing the children of () our congregations in the Word of God, besides being an im- portant item in our Parochial Schools, forms also an essential thej fith part of our Sunday Serviqu, the afternoon service being as the e 43 : 16 to a rule set é,part for the catechising of all Christian children aken in church. wife Of our Middle Schools, which prepare youths from 14 to 18 rder years for the Catechist- or for the Training-Seminary, we have earn dropped that in Hubly, as indeed it had never been possible ] his There 87 to make it correspond with the other Middle Schools. are now one Middle School in Tellicherry and one in Udapy. ' the her Whilst hitherto schooling and boarding was quite free in these schools, it has now been resolved to make a small beginning in al o s making some of the boys pay at least a part of the expenses. In conse- ng of The Middle School in Tellicherry has 32 pupils. him, quence of small-pox of which Mr. Kittel and the Catechist 0USe, Stephan Chandren who is a teacher in the school, were at- After tacked, the school had to be closed for some time. But by ) EX- God’s particular mercy none of the pupils had the disease, After which however was very strong in the Orphanage close by, 5 01 and in many houses of the neigbourhood. In October the xpper school was rejoiced by a visit of the Lord Bishop of Madras, Qa1S. In { for who also examined the pupils in biblical knowledge. January 1875 six pupils were sent to the Catechist Seminary in Mangalore, and in 1876 four are likely to be sent there. After loze, Mr. Kittel's departure Mr. Schmolck will temporarily be in charge of the school. I]l'&ya after The Middle School in Udapy has 27 pupils. In the begin- 111[161‘ ning of 1875 four entered the Catechist Seminary in Mangalore and three the Training Class in Udapy. Three pupils proved 18, a8 chools unworthy and left or were dismissed, whilst the character and behaviour of the rest are satisfactory and in some cases .thout o1l of a cause of joy to the teachers. Frequently the pupils with 10 their teachers went out to places at a greater or less distance, either to be present at the preaching to the heathen or at enﬁﬂl T the baptism of converts. - 6% 44 . £l The Training School in Tellicherry has now 2 pupils and the one in Udapy 4, who are to become school-masters. The Catechist Seminary in Mangalore increased to 21 pupils, which have since been reduced to19 and in February 1876 to 18, but will increase again in April. It came to light that il the tone of speaking in the school was contrary to true Christianity. One had to be dismissed, and another left partly 10 ?\'hi in connection with it, partly for family reasons. As by far an( the greater majority ‘had joined the school only within the last two years, none could enter upon the work of Catechist. Th The lessons of this year were: Pastoral Theology, Comparison tay: of Christian Churches, Explanation of the Old Testament The from the Canarese, and of the New Testament from the Greek Gar text, Preaching and Catechetical Exercises, Greek, English, Sanskrit, and Singing. Besides preaching in the bazaar in Th Mangalore once a week, the pupils were several times taken 16§ out on preaching tours, and made also trips to Padur and to heg Gudde (each about 32 miles from Mangalore) to be present at the baptism of a great number of new converts, as it LtOI was considered that an increase of their interest and sym- [a] pathy in the conversion of heathens would benefit them for by their future work more than a couple of lessons that might be lost thereby.—The school is now in charge of Mr. Graeter Was and Mr. Gundert. tiKé ang Dy Wit Cat 45 and Dils, VIII. LITERARY WORK. 6 t0 that Mr. Fritz and Mr. Chr. Miiller have continued to take part in the revision of the Malayalam translation of the Bible true which is in the name of the Madras Bible Society carried out tly j 1ar in connexion with the Church and London Missionary Societies and the Syrian Church in the Cochin and Travancore territories. ‘. the hist, They have on account of this work made a journey to Cot- 1501 tayam to a meeting of the whole Committee of Revision. The Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans were ment reek carried through the press. lish, A Mahratti tract and Chapters 23 and 24 of Lectures on Theology by Ishwar Dass have been translated into Cana- I ill aken rese by the Catechists Salomo Bhaskar and Christanuja, and bear the title «“The Married Life”. d to sent Two Canarese Tracts «Subjects for Consideration” and «“The g 1t Story of a Princess” have been written by Mr. Walz, and two gy Malayalam Tracts «“The Grapes” and «“The Plantain Garden” ) for by Mr. Walter. ight A Christian monthly paper «Kraistasabhapatra” Vol. VIL. agler was continued and edited by Mr. Waiz, and one in Malayalam «Keralopakari” by Mr. Chr. Miiller. Christian Almanacs have again been published in Canarese and Malayalam. The Canarese Commentary, translated from Germany by Dr. Mogling, has been carried on. And an English-Canarese School-Dictionary has been written by the Missionaries Mr. F. Ziegler and Mr. Walz and the Catechist Christanuja. e R 46 Printing Press and Book & Tract Depository. Rej These have continued under the care of Mr. Sikemeier, ] S Mr. Hirner and Mr. Burkhardt. The Printing Establlishment gives work to 37 persons, Tal Dy Eng A LIST OF BOOKS Printed during the year 1875. @) Canarese. Ed: Size : Copies: Pages: Tot. pages: I 80 1500 115 172500 Nagavarma’s Prosody (completed) First Instructor (Spelling-Book) VIII 12° 4000 86 344000 i 12° 5000 56 280000 The Married Life: I. The Wedding ” I1. Husband & Wife I 12° 3000 24 72000 122 32 96000 » I11. Parents & Childr. I 3000 (Genesis-Exodus XX. II 32° 5000 367 1835000 Bib Almanac for 1876 80 5500 80 440000 Subjects for Consideration 32° 4000 12 48000 Bit fe The Story of an Actor & of a Princess ! 32° 4000 20 80000 — 12° 10000 2 720000 Rels Second Book of Canarese Poetry . Seh Commentary to the Old Test. the 80 1000 68 68000 G Historical Books (completed) Kraistasabhapatra, 7th Volume 80 350 164 57400 Map i b) Malayalam. Liturgy : II 80 500 180 90000 Acts of the Apostles I 32° 5000 152 760000 Almanac for 1876 80 3500 80 280000 Garland of Prayers, in metre e 162 1000 24 24000 frag L] 32° 4000 16 64000 The Grapes The Plantain Garden 32° 4000 16 64000 Bs 80 500 208 104000 Keralopakari, 2nd volume Yag A First Course of Translation, 8:) 3000 80 240000 Malayalam & English . Ty iod 4 { c) English. Ed Size: Copies: Pages: Tot.pages 1eler . Report of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society for 1874 80 1200 8 93600 nent 40 112 34 3808 S.Indian Paleography, (completed) Tales about India 16° 600 159 95400 80 250 11 Dayadacacloki (Engl. & Sansk.ritj 2750 English-Canarese Dictionary % 80 2500 456 1140000 Total 72012 2586 7173058 pages: ‘STATEMENT OF TRACTS AND BOOKS 2500 sold from 1st July 1874 to 30th June 1875. 4000 Own 0000 Publications Foreign 2000 Publications Total English Verna- English Verna 6000 cular cular 3000 Bibles and New Testaments 211 55 119 385 0000 Bible Portions & Tracts con- 8000 taining Biblical Selections 6228 111 256 6595 000 119 34590 1896 1872 Religious Traets and Books 384717 000 Sehool-books and Works in General Literature 146 9872 5961 6828 22807 3000 Maps, Picture-books and Pic- 7400 ture-sheets ete. 21 1247 99 1375 273 .50922 9270 9174 69639 0000 1000 This vstatement shows an increase of 1876 copies, chiefly 0000 tracts. 4000 13 Colporteurs have been employed at an expenditure of 4000 Rs. 1077, whilst some Bible Colporteurs are paid by the 4000 Madras Bible Society. 4000 A grant of 300 reams of printing paper from the Religious 0000 Tract Society in London is acknowledged most thankfully. 48 I foun hone IX‘ INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. for These are Weaving Establishments in Mangalore, Cannanore, durt Tellicherry, Chombala, Calicut, and Codacal; Tiling Establish- of W of ments in Mangalore and Calicut, and a Carpenter Work-Shop in Calicut. and of ] The Mechanical Establishment in Mangalore, which as yet Whi is in its beginning, finds employment for 9 workmen and 5 year apprentices, and the Tiling Works in Mangalore have now poor been taken in hand by Mr. Baumann. The Weaving Establish- their ment in Cannanore is again under the care of Mr. Schoch who plan has come back from Europe, whilst Mr. Schinthal has been fim¢ obliged to go to Europe on account of his health. The erection of a Weaving Establishment in Chombala of which we spoke last year, having proved such a great help to the congregation there, it has been resolved to give the Sepa st benefit of such an establishment to Codacal too, where cir- cumstances had so changed that many converts were without Degn Chie the means of subsistence. The house is building now. Whs We have now and then spoken of the great importance these Work-shops have for our congregations, giving the We | mak means of livelihood to many, training them to useful work 1grg and to habits of industry and punctuality, and putting them in a particular degree under Christian supervision. Especial Wor] care is also bestowed on the apprentices. Besides being trained to business, put under Christian influence in the daily public prayers, and being sent to Church on Sundays, they also, as we hear from Mangalore, have separate lessons on secular objects on evenings, and on religious matters on Sundays.—Mr. Digel writes: 49 it This year also a considerable number of mostly poor people have found work in our Weaving Establishment in Mangalore, and have honestly earned their bread. We are happy to say that the demand for Tablecloth, Napkins, Towels, etc. has considerably increased n0re, during some years. Within the last ten years the average number blish- of workmen has been 85 men and women, and the number of yards Shop of different cloths 276,282, including 39,178 yards of Tablecloth and Napkins of Damask and Diamond pattern. Out of the proceeds of these sales Rs. 45,689 have been disbursed as pay to the workmen, s yeb which has certainly proved an essential help to our converts. Ten nd 5 years ago only 6 men had their own houses, and the rest were too ) 10w poor for a hut of their own; now 18 men with their families inhabit Dlish- their own houses surrounded with small gardens of cocoanut and h who plantain trees and vegetables which they cultivate in their leisure Jeen time. Mercantile Establishments. ala of These are in Mangalore, Mercara and Calicut and form a - help separate branch, being also carried on from funds altogether o the distinet from the Mission-funds. “Money-making”” has never ? - been the chief purpose of these establishments, one of the ithout chief purposes being the training of natives for honest trade. What disappointments have been met with in this latter part rtance we have pointed out on page 28. Yet we do not despair of 1g the making Christianity triumph in this sphere also, which is ge- | work nerally to such a great extent the domain of the god of this world. g ‘[,helll Specml heing [} dﬂﬂ) d ) . they ong 0% s O 1 50 er 9% THE OPERATIONS OF 0ase fror OUR SOCIETY IN OTHER COUNTRIES. (08 Ash Africa. The We spoke last year of the rescue of our Missionaries who pla were prisoners in Ashante* (Ashantee, Asantee), their return it to Germany and the preparations that were made to open a cha mission in Ashante. o The appeal of which we gave a copy in our last Report, I met with pretty good success in England, Germany and ar Switzerland, although the sum considered necessary (£6000) pla was not raised, yet (up to 15th October 1875) £2675 had been the collected in England and £1633 on the Continent expressly for an Ashante Mission. Three Missionaries Mokr, Werner and they 1 Mis Handel were sent to Africa in the beginning of 1875, to make who first the necessary preparations for an early beginning of the 0ne Ashante Mission, studying the language etc. They soon made with exploring tours to Begoro, lying on the way from our stations to Ashante on the frontiers of this country, and to Okwao within the Ashante country. They found the people, and in of A that Begoro also the chieftain, very willing to hear the Gospel and desirous to receive Missionaries. Deop And it was resolved to have one station in Begoro and the other in Okwao, or a town near It i Ient 1t Our Society has been taught by very many years’ ex- el o madg Whet QSince then flie 151;11es_0f the Missionaries have been published in German and in English, giving a description of all they went through within the four years and a half of their captivity in Ashante. The book bears the title: FOUR YEARS IN ASHANTEE oy by the Missionaries Ramseyer & Kiihne, Edited by Mrs. Weitbrecht of and can be had in our Book & Tract Depository in Mangalore, been 5] perience in Africa, that it is desirable to have the stations not at too great distances from each other, because in the many cases of diseases. death and other kind of distress, assistance from other stations is necessary, and because the way to the S < coast must be kept open Besides this the two chief towns of Ashante. Kumase and Dwaben, are at war with each other Therefore it was not deemed advisable to settle in either of these 7ho places, before a footing be gained nearer to the old stations, and ofur peace be established in Kumase and Dwaben The dangerous el & character of the African climate became evident only too early in connection with this new enterprise; one of the new brethren por Mr. Handel, being struck down by fever a few months after his and arrival in the country. But others have been sent to take his 5000) place Mr. and Mrs. Ramseyer have embarked in Liverpool on hee the 6th November 1875 to go back to the country in which regs they passed four years and a half as prisoners, and to start a + and Mission there; they have been accompanied by two lay brethren ake who are to carry on the building of the necessdry houses, the { the one in Begoro and the other in Okwao, so that the staff to begm made w1th will, with Mr. Werner and Mr. Mokr, comprise five brethren.? PR af10n8 *Later news mforms us that the war between the two chief cities Jwao of Ashante, Kumase (Coomasie) and Dwaben, has really broken out nd 10 that Dwaben has suffered a very heavy defeat and that many of the ] and people have taken refuge in English territory in the province of Akem ) have It is to be feared that Dr. Gouldsbury, whom the English Govern- ment had sent to mediate between Kumase and Dwaben, has been nedl g 6X made a prisoner by the king of Kumase, and it is even doubtful whether Kumase will not provoke another war with England (ermal Mr. Ramseyer has arrived on the Gold Coast, but he cannot now the fou! on account of the war, proceed to Okwao, which is in the Ashante le country. But in Begoro, in the English territory near the houndaries of Ashante, a station will be begun, and a piece of ground has already preeht been bought from the chieftains there 7% e Turning to our old stations on the Gold Coast of Africa, 10w great changes have taken place in consequence of the esta- es)e nuc blishment of an English Colony in these parts. Slavery has been abolished and the whole society transformed thereby; coul Schools are being opened by Government which draws on the stock her of our Christian Schoolmasters for teachers; roads are to be 1ar made; the prices of labour, of food and every thing have hapt suddenly risen very considerably, and especially the salaries shoy which Government offers to educated Natives are very much Lor higher than our old ones. There are certainly some hard- sche ships and disadvantages connected with the change for the heat moment, but altogether our brethren there cannot but rejoice Ley at the sudden change that accomplishes within one year what wife else would have taken 10 or 20 years. The defeat of the adec powerful Ashante king has produced a deep impression on and all the Negroes thereabout. There is also much willingness ap). to know and to accept the Gospel. 241 converts from the find heathen were baptized in 1874 (the last year about which we He possess statistics) and 200 more were waiting for baptism, ence the schools are fuller than formerly, and there is a general she desire after education. But on the other hand death has made Cely deep gaps in the ranks of the workmen, on the 19th May pl&m Mrs. Bohner, on the 21st May Mr. Handel, on the 29th August sou Mr. Klass, and on the 11th September Mr. Weber were removed Dene by death. The Christians now number 2619 in 7 stations and 21 out—stations. al; trict China. hing Our Misson there has 4 stations and 10 out-stations in the dFOV province of Canton and the neighbouring provinces. Two of 100](( these stations are about 150 miles from the coast and thus Ol quite inland. Yet the Missionaries generally live there lly without personal danger, although as a matter of course they Whe 53 Sy Tica, now and then have to bear the opposition of the populace, and esta- especially Chinese converts now and then have to go through has much hardship in consequence of the lawless condition of the reby; country. The Gospel is making gradual progress. A num- stock ber of converts have left the country and emigrated to Deme- b0 e rara and other places, but 83 persons have been added through have baptisms from the heathen. One case is encouraging, as ALIES showing how events that seem a defeat may eventually by the much Lord’s guiding turn out a victory. One of our Christian hard- school-girls was forced by her heathen relatives to marry a + the heathen husband. M. Lechler as also the girl tried hard to prevent the marriage, but without success. But the young joice what wife exercised a good influence on her husband, first she persu- f the aded him to leave his village and settle near the Christians, pon and some time afterwards she had the pleasure of seeing him gHCSS apply for baptism. In another case a Christian man could not find a Christian wife, and was obliged to marry a heathen. ) the h we He however worked on her, brought her under Christian influ- fism, ence, taught her the chief points of the Christian religion, and she soon became a really earnest enquirer, and has now re- neral made ceived baptism.—The Missionaries on their tours have reached May places 300 miles distant from each other, so that the Gospel sounds through large tracts of that immense empire. It hap- vugust n()\'ed pened also that people came from a distance of 60 miles, from s and a place never reached by Missionaries and begged that their dis- tricts should be visited. Two years ago the populace of Lilong hindered the building of a house for Mission purposes and drove the Missionaries away. DBut now they not only quietly 1 thC looked on when the house was built, but in the same village a : o Of Christian funeral procession could start from the centre of the | thus village and take its stand on the public place of the village, there where crowds gathered to listen patiently to a long sermon ex- , they 54 plaining the difference of heathenish and Christian funerals. This shows a great change in the feelings of the populace. The girls’ school in Hongkong was for the first time examined by the Government Inspector of Schools (Hongkong is under all | English Government), received a grant of 284 dollars, and was sely praised in very flattering terms by the Inspector of Schools. tual Unfortunately this praise has somewhat upset a number of our Sure girls, so that a little more severity became necessary. There are now 10 Missionaries, two of whom are Natives, con; who have studied in Basel; the congregations numbered 1070 the souls at the close of 1874. {0 0 Persia. pra The surplus of a Persian Famine Fund was in 1872 given over to our Home Committee on the condition of erecting an hea, Orphanage in Persia. Two Armenian Missionaries, educated in Him our Mission College in Basel, were sent to erect such a School whi in Tebris. But American Missionaries took the field before them. wor] So they were directed to turn to Ispahan, which mea- sure lead to a disruption between one of the Missionaries and Amg the Committee in Basel, whilst the second Missionary proceed- ed to Ispahan. But lo! in the meantime the Church Mission had passed a resolution to establish a Mission there. Our Home Committee entered into negotiations with the Church Missionary Society, the result of which was that the Church Mission now will take the Armenian Missionary into their charge, whilst the money in hand will still be used to erect and carry on the Orphanage. We think that by this arrange- ment the Mission in Persia will cease to figure in our Reports. An appeal made to our Society to open a Mission in Japan had to be answered in the negative, as the Society is not able to take up two new enterprises together. 85 P L erals. The In conclusion we feel called upon to praise God for o by under all His kindness and goodness over us, to humble our- d was selves for all our shortcomings, want of zeal and of spiri- hools. of our tuality, and to ask Him for His help and for a new mea- sure of His Spirit for us, our Native helpers and our congregations. We likewise thank all our friends for jtives, 1070 the assistance they have rendered to us personally and to our cause, by personal sympathy, by gifts and by prayers, and entreat and admonish them to keep their given hearts open for the Lord’s work, to be co-workers with ng al Him, and neither to forget the particular part of the work ted which is entrusted to our hands. May God bless the School hefore work done for His cause, and all those who are His. 1ned Amen. g and oceed- 100 Our S OER S ——— hurch areh their ; GYeCt range: epOft& Japn i ablﬁ Stattons of the Basel Berman Bvangelical ission Society TN SOULDH-W ESITUEEE INE - TG A A. CANARA DISTRICT (Corrected up to the 24th March 1876) Hative Jgents Pages on Stations & Oul-Stations Missionatics Deacons, Catechists which the N Station is and Evangelists mentioned Date of Ac- ive Service I Nangalore Mr. G. Pfleiderer 1866 24 26 27 OUT-STATIONS: Christanuja Watsa Rev. J. B. Griter Charles Gojar 1867 28 30 238l Bolma, Ravaneshwara, Hosadurga ) Rev. S. Gundert 1872 39 39 42 ; =N Kasargode. Rev. Th. Walz Benjamin Ponon Daniel Ammanna 1856 44 46 417 Mr. Th. Digel 48 49 Rev. W. Sikemeier Mr. G. Hirner Mr. C. Hiittinger Mr. A. Burkhardt Mr. R. Haur: Rev. E. Harlin Mr. J. Baumann Mr. J. Veil 2. Mulky OUT-STATIONS: / Rev. Rev. H. Daimelhuber J. Hafner o IR ] B =T 6 T T )] BB N e Rev. Sebastian Furtado 1 K7 D 1866 | AN 12, 14 2 N ® Y 15 N, B\Yi & ¥ J Baumann WV eil S R Rev H. Daimelhuber Rev. Sebastian Furtado | 1866 12 14 15 2. Mulky OUT-STATIONS: Rev J. Hafner Rev. Daniel Aaron 1872 16 19 Munderu, Santur, Kutyar, Ulya, 1869 Samuel Bunyan Kadike, Kodetur, Padubidri, Kalatur, Israel Eliezer 1871 Utehila, Padur, Mullur, Yermala, Jeremia Sonna 1874 Mallar, Peryr, Tuledu, Alankara, Kolichur. Johann Philip Salins 1863 CEnie 3. Udapy Rev G. Ritter Rev. Diego Fernandez 1872 12 13 1 1866 18 19 30 OUT-STATIONS: Rev A. Brasche Eliezer Paul Udyawara, Shirva, Bolle, Kat- Rev P. Ott Samuel Andrea 1867 31 32 40 tingeri, Ninjur, Kudigrama, Palli, LG Rev A. Ziegler Abraham Hery 1867 43 44 Gudde, Cap, Mundodi, Kattupadi, Daniel Andrea 1867 Kurkal, Madambail, Kalanja, Kop- pala, Kalianapur, Uppur, Bolmar, Gabriel Almanda 1871 Tottam. Bethuel Soans 1873 Josias Aarons 1873 Nathan Suchitta 1874 4, Karkal Rev R. Hartmann 1874 23 30 OUT-STATIONS: Rev J. Hermelink Obed Sumitra Arur, Mudar, Nandolige, Hek- kateka. Pages on afive Bgents which the Stations & Out-Stations Wissionaries Deacons, Catechists Station is and Evangelists ate of Ac- ive Service mentioned LS &t Honore Rev. W. Niibling Jacob Kamsika 1852 31. 32. 42 OUT-STATION: Mark Salis 1867 Karwar. Rev. L. Gengnagel Henry Robert 1870 6 Mercara Rev. F. Kittel Israel Aaron 1856 49 Mr. J. Miiller S, (5 ° Anandapur 1873 19 20 OUT-STATION: Rev: H. A. Kaundinya— Joseph Bhagyan Rev. J. B Veil Attolimani. B. SOUTHERN MAHRATTA DISTRICT 31 32 37 Dharwar Rev. J. Welsch Lot Hery 1868 i 39 9. Hubly Rev . 4. Mack 1858 26 30 31 Christian Chinnappa OUT-STATIONS: Rev . R. Schenkel David Punita 1874 37 40 43 Unakallu, Hebsur. Reyv . W. Liitze 10 Bettizh erry [ Rev. N 1[ ?i],).llel‘ ’ Paul Badﬁppn,_ | 1s58]23 2¢€ > (> O OUTN-STATNTITONS 2 Rev. R. Schenkel U n «\?{ :)\\\\\ ‘,“?“ suar. \ Rev. W \ David Punita LA bes ‘1874[?7 10. Bettigherry Rev . N. Hiibner Paul Badappa 1858 23 26 30 OUT-STATION 1874 35 36 39 Rev . W. Hasenwandel Solomon Devada Shagoti. 40 42 Il. Guledgud Rev . Ch. G. Weigele Solomon Bhaskar 1858 32 39 OUT-STATION Rev . G. Grossmann Kardenhalli. C. MALABAR DISTRICT 1851 26 30 31 Rev J. M. Fritz Charles Stocking 12. Cannanore Rev J. Lauffer Abraham Mulil 1854 48 OUT-STATIONS: 1855 64 Chowa, Taliparambu, Chirakal Rev. S. Walter Abraham Chatayappen Mr. S. G. Schoch Jacob Chammanchery 1861 Cornelius Hutten 1867 Mr. A. Dobler Joseph Taddai 1871 Jacob Kumaren 1863 Abraham Arangaden 1870 1867 22 13. Tellicherry Rev. Chr. Miiller Rev. Paul Chandren o Mr. W. Schmolck Gabriel Pirachen 1850 (9] 9 43 44 Paul Sneham 1861 48 #8 Rev. E. Liebendorfer Stephan Chandren 1867 1872 Joseph Mandody Pages ou Hative Jgents which the Stations & Out-Stations Rlissionaries Deacons, Catechists Station is and Evangelists ate of Ac- ive Service 4D mentioned 14, Chombala Rev. C. W. Linder Jacob Heber 1849 23. 30. 33 OUT-STATIONS: Ezra Arunajalam 1855 34. 40. 48 Muverattu, Kandappenkundu David Teikandy 1866 Isaac Laban 1871 CEAT 15. Calicut Rev. J. Knobloch 1843 21 30 31 Matthai Kunyan S OUT-STATIONS: Mr Fr. Matthissen Paul Chittayagam 1859 32 37 (9] 2 8 09 Elatoor, Coilandy, Beypore. Mr . Th. Elsdsser Johanan Peter 1859 3] (D) 9 40 41 Mr . C. Feuchter William Davis 1861 42 48 49 Mr. J. S. K. Ostermeier Jona Padiath 1868 Mr . C. Pfleiderer Timotheus Parakandy 1869 Joseph Mirandez 1872 16. Codacal Rev. A. Wagner Rev. Joseph Jacobi 18 6-8 42 48 OUT-STATION: Mattu Peter 1850 Parapery. Antony P. Veliattingara | 1871 17. Palghaut ) 20 | Rev. K. A. E. Diex |] T. Cochan Wengalan l1ss50]| 23 30 W O arapery. \ L2 LU0 Y A ¥ CALO bodenbogn <o Seteghend s i | : 5] £ S0 Rev. K. A. E. Diez T. Cochan Wengalan 1850 23. 30. 39. 17. Palghaut 1867 | 42. OUT-STATIONS: Rev. .. G. Hanhart Tobias Chembankodan Kannani, Panayur-Attikodu, Johanan Zechariah 1868 Kinanur, Wadakanchery, Karuva- 1873 Gabriel Hermon para, Angatipuram. Abel Kattuparamben 1863 1870 Chr. Parambattukavil John Puthenvidu 1870 D. NILGHERRY DISTRICT Rev. W. Stokes Silas Shanta 1874]31. 40 19 I8. Kaity OUT-STATION: Rev. A. Kohler Nerkamby. e Rev. J. Layeir e el WReV. J A, I;i_ihrer ;I acob Kanaka 18é8 36. 37 19. Kotagherry Alission Cependitore of the during the year 1875 e T Rs As Personal Expenditure 60,405 10 19,309 Journeys and Home-passages Gen Munshis 1,522 fo 17,353 Deacons, Catechists and Evangelists i Postages 1,089 13 Col Libraries H 3 427 12 Church Expenses 1,321 Dr Medical Expenses 727 1y 15,014 Schools, English and Vernacular AR Orphanages, Boys and Girls 15,299 (. B (i Catechist and Preparandi Schools 7,609 i§ Buildings, Repairs and Rents 13,089 14 Dr, ] Capt, Purchases and Off Payments 2,750 Mg Agricultural Outlays and Taxes 1,465 Bes Industrial Establishments 1,000 2,036 12 fosd 4 Printing Charges Furniture Expenses 1,274 12 AX LW Administration Charges 2,514 10 Lo S &0 c o)) ik o oo o &y & > " 1. B Total Rs. 164,211 -3 (o], Col, E.& O. E Cal, ( \Ia‘]m Mangalore, 31st December 1875 napt G Dlid 0 Dr, 3 \Iam SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND Received during the year 1875 Rs. As. P Rs. As. P 1 AT HONORE. AT MANGALORE. 10 Genl. G. W. Walker, r. E. A Spens Esq., Karwar ((: for Malabar & Canara 1200 R. A. Mac’Donald Esq. 50 =) H. S. Thomas Esq. 830 100 AT MERCARA. Col. H. H. O’Connel H. W. Clift BEsq. Chicka- Major H. G. Puckle Rev. G. Richter 12 mangalore 100 E{i Rev. Dr. J. Mackee 15 Dr. W. Sperschneider, 15 Trivandrum 98 The same from Offertory Mr. J. S. Harvey 17 A Friend 50 M. T 20 C. Barnade Esq., Lower 24 Ganges Canal 50 N. N. Major H. G. Thomson 36 (Sl =y (=) Sl =Y e ) © oo © © © © © Dr. H. Gundert, Calw 50 20 Capt. E. S. Skinner AT ANANDAPUR. Mrs. S. A. Fitzgibbon 20 J. P. Hunt Esq. 100 Bestie Hobart, for Dharwar 5 S © © o © (i o) i oY i om0 o) Mrs. Haller 12 % 50 Acknowledged by Rev. Th. Walz. Donald Stewart Esq. 10 A. Mec. C. Webster Esq. 160 0 H. Minchin Esq. 20 o o © O S0 ONd J. W. Best Esq. 100 150 AT DHARWAR. 2 J. Ball Esq. Col. R. S. Couchman 60 E. P. Robertson Esq. 100 30 Col. W. Rowlandson 35 ‘W. Sandwith Esq. E 30 Col. J. H. Champion 10 Col. Ch. M. Hailes Major Picton Warlow 45 e G €. Bell 25 25 Capt. Q. S. A. Jamieson 60 e oo O O o OO OO OO NC Capt. C. Hay Capt. Ch. Browne [ AT BOMBAY R. C. Beynon Esq 20 2 Sl oSl C O OGS Collected by Rev. J. G. Deumler W. H. Scott Esq. (,W Dr. Birdwood 30 O 0 A. Steward Esq. 2 < Major T, Candy, Poona 50 O 0 A. M. Don Esq. E S0 CEOTONONO SISO =} 64 Ll T Rs. As. P. Rs. A8, P. Capt. M. Ward 10 107 0.4 0 Miss King, Bangalore Mg M. Turnbull Esq. 10 Mrs. King, do. For 20 W. L. Price Esq. A. Gover Esq. 20 i H. W. Lewis Esq. 10 AT CALICUT. C. Anding Esq. Mr. W. Shearer 200 W. Logan Esq. (ren Mr. Ch. Courpalais 14 L. A. Browden Esq. 10 Mg M. J. K. Sexton 10 :g) OO O ICHOHSIID S A. Mac’Gregor Esq. 45 Hon J. J. Nash Esq. 12 AT HUBLY. BB A. F. Schlunk Esq. 25 M G. Gifford Esq. 30 (=) G. Henke Esq. 22 CH “Poor White” 20 W. Henke Esq. 15 Mg Karwar Company through Rev. A. W. Rebsh 14 Mr. Norman 50 45 Lady W. C. Darling Esq. J K AT GULEDGUD. D. Buick Esq. 10 Col R. Candy Esq. 50 W. L. Garthwaite Esq. 30 60 Maj N. Kennedey Esq. 10 = () A. J. Stuart Esq. Rey Rev. W. Wace AT CANNANORE. Th, { H. Wigram Esq. 15 R 9 ¢ @ e 9 9 o O 0 C © O (e =t o (e i =l e e e e I =N E (o ) ) General A. J. Cadell ! 45 1. D; Mr. F. G. Good, Collection M Dr. F. Fletcher 55 in a Mission Box 10 14 (] 1, General Selby 55 Miss King, Bangalore 10 Col. J. Mac’Donald 10 Mrs. Knott 5 0 (ren G, § Lt. W. H. Sawyer 58 Messrs. Frank & Co., Madras 235 E O O © ED Col. Williams 24 N. B. Towards the erection of a V.3 Major H. E. Brett New Widow Asylum for the The p Col. Campbell 21 21 Calicut Congregation. Ru; Major J. Gabbett Col. Colville R. Stanes Esq. Coimbatore 100 0 Messrs. Schlunk Brothers Mr. O. Costelloe 30 5 & Co., Calicut 200 Capt. C. Puddicumbe A Lady Friend for Girls 10 AT PALGHATUT. New Year’sGift by a Friend 50 10 Mrs. J. Dupen, 12 months 12 A Ny Mr. Symns, Manantoddy E. C. Elsworthy Esq., Sati Mr. J. S. Walker 12 ” 12 M, § Mr. J. R. Gorman, D. P. W 12 J Grimes HEsq. 12 ” 12 v L Soldiers of H. M’s. 43rd H. T. Knox Esq. 12 n 60 » A Mr. P. Ramen OO OO OGN OO (SIS OO NN O OO O OO OO OFORO IO CHOLIDHOTO 'O O OO @O The Hon’ble. W. Robinson 150 ¥ AT TELLICHERRY. (== (e T <o) DO OO J. J. Tomlinson Esq. 10 Balyy W. G. Underwood Esq., His Lordship the Bishop of allgy Madras 50 2 months 10 Balgy g 0c]¢ 65 As, P Rs.As. P Rs. As. P 100 00 Mrs. M. A. Willis S 00 A. F. Schlunk Esq. 00 Capt. Morant, r. E. For the Kalpatti Girls’ School, 00 the Hon’ble W. Robinson 50 H. B. Grigg Esq. 25 G. R. Cockerell Esq. AT KAITY. Dr. Whitton 00 Genl. G. W. Walker, r. E. 120 Mrs. Jefferson 00 Mrs. Onslow 60 A. F. 00 Hon’ble J. W. Sim 50 H. H. Littledale Esq. 00 F. H. Sharp Esq. 50 M. S. S. g 00 20 Mr. W. Clarke 20 Mrs. Higgins 00 C. Hayne Esq. 100 Mrs. Breeks 5 20 090 Mrs. Hayne Mr. M. Hill 00 Lady Hobart 30 z (=) e ey = ) =i ol ) (= (o) (e =) o 0O 0 C O o0 0 o o oC W. E. Schmidt Esq. 00 J. Hodges Esq. 10 25 AT KOTAGHERRY. 00 Col. Grove A~ 00 Major B. Hobart 10 J. G. Hill Esq. 50 00 Rev. M. G. Goldsmith 10 F. Groves Esq. 25 50 Mr. Anderson, Apothecary 00 Th. Stanes Esq. 00 J. Darling Esq. Through Mr. Strange Mrs. Darling ¢ 5 R 10 H. Rogers Esq. f:;) ) 14 9 Ch. Gray Esq. 00 Genl. Madden M. Ryall Esq. 00 (e 8. 10 E. C. Brace Esq. E. D. G. 10 Through Mr. De’Cruez z5 ot W B.oS. o0 o0 oo’ O O 00 e o0 O C OO SISO I0 OIS OOl ISIDRSIC PO IS From a Friend 50 10 0 Do 10 The Proprietors of the the 50 Orphan Mission Box 12 oo deNGHe T© OIS e SO O OO O O OO 1O O Runnymede Estate \000 Donations from Members of the Congregation and Natives. i 00 AT MANGALORE. AT MULKY. Do A Member of the Congre- Mr. Th. De’Lang 00 gation 25 Rev. Daniel Aaron = Mr. S. Aimann 10 Orphanage, Mission Box 2 4 k2 g S =IO O 00 ” L. Joshua Fasting of the Girls 28 00 ” A. Aarons AT UDAPY. 00 N. N. &S e 0 O O S 00 OO 0 Middle School Pie Collection 19 9 i0 0! Balmattha Brotherly Associ- 00 ation 15 Orphanage for the Ashante 10 Mission 4 13 6 Balmattha Christian Friendly Society 7 Congregation Pie Collection 1 10 10 0 ! 9 ——y 66 Rs: As. P Rs. As. P Isaac P Boys’ New Year’s Singing Paul Bellagulla (=) Proceeds 0 Noah Hosamane first Joseph Bellagulla Orphan KARKAL. day Lazara Sackkare From the Congregation Dinon Devaputra HONORE. From {] Salomo Dshaliki From the Congregation Devapriya Shubha AT ANANDAPUR. David Dshaliki From il Mr Joseph Kire 10 Shantappa Jona Samuel Jeshuren 5 Mr. J;)h David Kore 24 Jacob Hosamane 3 oAb Philipp Antony 24 Ratnappa 0oL O oo . 6 6 Joseph Badami 12 y 05 ” Stephan Antony 12 Lot ey B (el Aol o ) | SF R e = e i ) Rahel 12 Anandapur Congregation Christadasa © O O ok el b R el e DD RO W RO © ©C 0O 0 00 OO0 OO oo o o oo AT DHARWAR. AT CANNANORE. From the Congregation Cannanore Congregation 12 ot Nanga) AT HUBLY. Chowa ” 14 Mu}ky Utchila Christ. Chinnappa Weavers and Winders, in Jonathan Hawala Mission Box 10 Padyp Tabitha Hawala Rutyar AT TELLICHERRY. David Punita Santuy Rev. Paul Chandren 24 Mundey Maria Sujee Rattnappa Hawala P S S e S S O O W O O ©C O oo o9 AT CHOMBALA. Udapy Society for the Increase of Micha and Silas Gudde Christian Knowledge 11 10 Shiryy T Suprian Offerings, Women’s Prayer Katup, Two Heathen Fishermen Meeting Caleb 10 Kaliang 15 Karky] From the Congregation Mr. Andrew 10 Pakirappanna Mudraddy HOnore Samuel Manikodu Esq 40 Sundry Contributions O O O o W 11 O O © O © © Nerggy, AT BETTIGHERRY. AT CALICUT. Bettigherry and Shagoti 65 14 P. O. Pothan Esq. 22 Congregation Two Friends 25 Rice Collection in the Congregation 33 14 AT GULEDGUD. Priscilla, proceeds of 2 fowls 0 10 [ Salomo Bhaskar 10 0 Eunike, proceeds of a silver I Otbang Mark Ranga Redshi 5 0 chain 12 Ly 67 AES e Dal = R As Py Rs. As. P Isaac Patiatu and Edidye, Mr Mathu 3 0 0 ” David Manikam first gift Orphanage Girls’ Confirmation George Therian :i E g day 1 14 11 Moses AT CODACAL. AT KAITY. From the Congegation 13 From the Congregation AT PALGHATUT. AT KOTAGHERRY. From the Mother Station Mr. D. Prakasham, Writer Filial Stations 12 k2] Mr. Samuel, Schoolmaster Mr. John Manikam Daniel, Carpenter 9 ” Abraham From Native Christ. Meetings 2 (= = Y= S O o < % (o) (empidem il ori et &)1 SO OIS =t ” Josgeph, B. A. SSLES RS e e e e e e e e s o e ) Contributions of the Congregation, as Church Taxes. Mangalore 241 15 10 Anandapur 20 16 11 Dharwar = Mulky 14 Utchila Hubly 21 12 Padur 12 Bettigherry 23 12 15 Kutyar Guledgud Santur 15 Cannanore 36 11 Munderu g 12 Chowa 12 32 Tellicherry 58 (=] Udapy Gudde 11 14 Chombala 37 172 10 9 Shirva 11 Calicut Katupadi Coilandy 10 Kalianapur 12 Codacal 34 = 22 10 Karkal Palghaut Homnore Kaity 10 Mercara Zé S cre Sl eleloRe DS © L0 OO Kotagherry 11 SO0 O SO OO0 QSO0 WO O WO O 1 % for Schools. Subscriptim}s AT TELLICHERRY. 14 AT MANGALORE. J. Reid Esq. 110 10 Towards the Brahmin Girls School. 100 [e=] A. Gover Esq. H. 8. Thomas Esq. 90 0 0 D. Buick Esq. 15 9% Litun Mgt s s o 68 Rs As Rs. As. P. AT CALICUT. AT KAITY. ANAND W. Roberts Esq., m. D. 16 0 0 DHARY Major Bertie Hobart HUBLY Mr. Ferguson 10:20. 0 Collections in aid of the Orphan Schools. BETTIG Mangalore Congregation 17 6 Guledgud Congregation 17 4 0 Calicut 24 Mulky " ” GULED Udapy ” 5 10 Codacal ” Mercara ”» 2 14 Palghaut ” 10.¢ 6 W B O D S OO B > CANNA Hubly " Kaity ” TELLI( Bettigherry ” 1k 0 S OO lw O W CHOMB CALICU Boarding Contributions to the Orphanages. Mulky 103 8 Tellicherry 60 Udapy 63 Chombala 51 15 CODAC, 25 Calicut 62 Hubly Bettigherry 51 Kaity 59 12 [ =R S | =) PALGH, Rev. Schauffler 40 (=)o o) W ii(o o) Ky, For Educating Protestant Children of the 34th Regiment in the Boarding Schools in Mulky and Tellicherry H. S. Thomas Esq., Tanjore 72 0 0 Dr. R. Dempster 11 0 Capt. Q. 8. A. Jamieson 60 0. 0 J. Moss Esq. 11 0 Lt. Col. Rowlandson 4. 050 Col, Ry‘ 8 1y Grants in Aid. J. Bal] MANGALORE Parochial Boys’ School 52 J. BOys ] Parochial Girls’ School . 85 12 DrR Col, B, § Nireshwalya School 12 Bokapatna School 44 J. Nogg j Brahmin Girls’ School 89 LM, g MULKY 216 k. Girls’ Boarding School Utchila School 11 JWBe UDAPY Middle School 175 95 Boys’ Boarding School Shirva School 10 ©. O O O B D (=T =T = T R = = T = = R == 69 As, P Rs. As ANANDAPUR Parochial School 72 DHARWAR Anglo-Vernacular School 301 00 22 HUBLY Parochial Girls’ School Parochial Boys’ School 88 Old Hubly School 110 497 Anglo-Vernacular School BETTIGHERRY Girls’ Boarding School 68 Vernacular School 109 GULEDGUD Vernacular School 66 Parochial Girls’ School 29 © 9 P e b O S CANNANORE Vernacular School 85 o TELLICHERRY 383 [ Anglo-Vernacular Parsi School Boys’ Boarding School 178 CHOMBALA Girls’ Boarding School 319 CALICUT 60 (e=) Putiyangady School Girls’ Boarding School . 571 12 Anglo-Vernacular School, Salary Grants 1052 CODACAL Parochial School 130 15 Parapery School 19 347 17 PALGHAUT Anglo-Vernacular School Parochial School 60 Kannani School 30 KAITY & NERKAMBY 1874 & 1875 280 (=) il 5 [0 ol H(ilo o) o) o Cc ocpecle o oo oo eI OO0 S SO 1y Donations for the Mangalore Sickhouse. Acknowledged by REev. Haerlin Col. Ryves 8 0 0 H. Hart Esq 18 H. 8. Thomas Esq 60 Major P. Warlow 18 66 J. Ball Esq E. Palmer Esq J. Boys Esq 12 E. Gibson Esq 21 0 Dr. R. Dempster 18 Col. W. Rowlandson 12 Col. R. S. Couchman 36 12 12 F. Stokes Esq J. Moss Esq 12 A. C. Lawford Esq A. Mc ‘Webster Esq 40 E. B. Powell Esq 10 24 Mr. Lucas Joshua Capt. Q. 8. A. Jamieson J. W, Best Esq S s oo o0 O O O % ” A. Aarons (e=fslemi o) (eitan)s dom) Sica)l ey et (=) OO O IoCOoO O O —— B FINIS = ——— % R e e e e i INDEX. ~— Page BEuropean Missionaries of the Basel German Evangelical Mission Report Increase of our Congregation 10 II Converts from Heathenism 11 III Congregation 24 IV Evangelists, Catechists and Deacons 29 European Missionaries 29 VI Preaching to the Heathen 31 VII School Work 37 VIII Literary Work . 45 Printing Press and Book & Tr act .Depository 46 IX Industrial Establishments 48 Merecantile Establishments 49 The Operations of our Society in other Countries 50 Africa 50 China 52 Persia 54 Conclusion 55 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- 56 tioned in the Report) Expenditure of the Mission during the year 1875 62 Subseriptions and Donations 63 B v e g D SRy . S e e = iﬁ\%}zﬁ - o - —_— e (i = M M i W H ! 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Et e 4 .5 | | Bl gV 36 G b - % S &"‘m g L 4 e & %;‘ b b4 i §4¢ 048 . e S - & o e g % P A . " ® By Wy % g i & o 1A » g ) b, S w i, e s S A 1a¢ & 5 a s Sy ! ] Vv | [ Euroskala Offset | o REPORT | o 1 5 VierFarbSelector Standard * OF THE | = % | o Basel Berman Bvangelical | 15 :L§ ; 14 CMISCIONARY SOCIETY 13 | FOR 12 l'10 1 1=y e) | 10 | THIRTY-SIXTH REPORT OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION IN SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA I | I's 6 —— e 5 | I8 8 N N 4 MANGALORE 3 PRINTED BY STOLZ & HIRNER, BASEL MISSION PRESS 2 1876\ W Copyright 4/1999 YxyMaster GmbH www.yxymaster.com 1