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 Report of the Basel German Evangelical missionary society for 1877, 38 . 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 00, OF THE Basel Grerman Kvangelival 0 1 6 b WISSTONARY SOCIETY 9 FOR B DD o oo OO 1877 THIRTY-EIGHTH REPORT OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION IN SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA GO W e QO DY O O = O MANGALORE e i N CUE L W PRINTED AT THE BASEL MISSION PRESS 1878 o e — e % N 7 S \BQ'“)ESCE (( A\ % = %:j/ 2 2 Z 795349 4 0 D D) @/7:1s‘d‘5 R i European Missionaries of the Basel German Evangelical Mission A In India. Corrected up to the 1st May 1378. [The letter (m.) after the names signifies: “married”, and the letter (w.): “widower’ The names of unordained Brethren are marked by an asterisk. e Hative Hame Gounfry , %mtién Date of ac- tive Serpice 1839 . 4. M. Fritz (m.) Germany ] Cannanore . J. A. Biihrer (m.) Switzerland 1842 Kotagherry 1851 . H.A.Kaundinya (m.) India Anandapur . K. A. E. Diez (m.) Germany 1851 Cannanore . G. Pfleiderer (m.)* do 1853 Mangalore . J. Lauffer (m.) do 1856 Cannanore . L. G. Hanhart (m.) Switzerland 1857 Palghaut Germany 1857 Mangalore . J.Fr. A, Ménner (m.) O O 3 O U B W N . W. Roth (m.) do 1857 Guledgud = do 1858 Hubly J. Mack (m.) R. Hartmann (m.) Switzerland 1859 Karkal 1860 Guledgud J. J. Thumm (m.) Germany Th. F.Schauffler (m.) do 1860 Calicut India 1860 W. Stokes (m.) Kaity J. Fr. Miller (m.) Germany 1861 Mangalore > o @ o do 1862 Fr. Ziegler (m.) Bettigerry 17 . J. B. Graeter (m.) do 1863 Mangalore do do 18 . S. Gundert (m.) | 1863 1* e Hative Hame Station Gounfry Bate of ac- tipe Service 19 1864 Th. Digel (m.)* Germany Mangalore 20 S. Walter (m.) Switzerland 1866 Chombala 21 1867 Calicut Th. Elsisser (m.)* Germany 22 C. Linder (m.) do 1868 Chombala 23 do 1869 W. Schmolck (m.)* Tellicherry 24 G. Ritter (m.) do 1869 Udapy 25 H. Daimelhuber (m.) do 1870 Mulky 26 J. A. Brasche (m.) do 1870 Udapy 27 W. Sikemeier (m.) Holland 1870 Mangalore 28 'W.P.Schonthal (m.)* Germany 1870 Cannanore 29 N. Hitbner (m.) do 1870 Bettigerry 30 Switzerland 1871 Kundapur J. Hafner (m.) 31 B, Ot (m) Germany 1871 Udapy 32 do 1871 Honore W. Niibling 33 J. Welsch (m.) do 1871 Dharwar 34 do 1871 G. Hirner (m.)* Mangalore 35 C. Hiittinger (m.)* do 1871 do 36 A. Burkhardt* Switzerland 1872 do. (Bettigerry) 37 G. A. Ziegler (m.) Germany 1872 Udapy 38 J. Hermelink (m.) do 1872 Mulky 39 G. Wagner do 1872 Codacal 40 A. Dobler (m.)* Surinam 1872 Calicut 41 J. F. Veil (m.) Germany 1872 Mercara 42 R. Hauri (m.)* Switzerland 1873 Mangalore 43 E. Harlin (m.) Germany 1873 do 44 J. Layer (m.) do 1873 Kaity (Hubly) 45 C. Feuchter™ do 1873 Calicut 46 J. 8. K. Ostermeier* do 1873 do 47 Switzerland 1874 G. Grossmann (m.) Guledgud (Kaity) 48 R. Schenkel Germany 1874 Hubly (e Hame Hative Station Loyntry afe of ac- | =29} ive Service | 49 C Pfleiderer (m.)* Germany 1874 Calicut 50 . J. Baumann (m.)* Switzerland 1874 Mangalore 51 3 Yeilr Germany 1875 Mercara 52 . W. Litze do 1875 Guledgud 53 do 1875 Honore . L. Gengnagel (m.) 54 . &. Liebendorfer do 1875 Tellicherry 55 do 1876 do J. Frohnmeyer (m.) 56 A. Ruhland do 1876 Palghaut 57 C. G. Eble do 1876 Anandapur 58 M. Hoch Switzerland 1876 Dharwar 59 E. G. Halbrock™ 1876 Cannanore Germany 60 G. Benner* do 1877 Calicut 61 do 1878 H. Altenmiiller* Mangalore Single Ladies. [ 62 Mrs. Schoeh Switzerland 1863 Calicut 63 1866 Mrs. Weigele Germany Guledgud 64 Miss Kocherhans | Switzerland 1876 Calicut At Home. 65 Chr. Miuller (m.) | Germany 1842 late of Tellicherry 66 J. F. Metz do 1843 do Kaity 67 F. Kittel (m.) do 1853 do Mercara 68 do 1858 do J. J. Brigel (m.) Mangalore 69 J. Knobloch (m.) do 1865 do Calicut 70 do 1866 do Mercara J. Miller (m.)* 7@ Th. Walz (m.) do 1866 do Mangalore 2 Fr. Matthissen* Russia 1867 do Calicut 3 W. Hasenwandel (m.) | Germany 1812 do Bettigerry B. On the Western Coast of Africa.” (GOLD COAST.) Hative Hame Stafion Gounfry Adafe of ac- ine Service et 4 J. Chr. Dieterle (m.) | Germany 1846 Aburi do 1851 5 J. A. Mader (m.) Akropong 76 H. L. Rottmann (m.)* do 1854 Akra 11 D.Eisenschmid (m.)? do 861 Akropong 78 D. Asante (m.) Africa 1862 Kyebi 79 C. Schonfeld (m.) Germany 1863 Odumase 80 Ph. H. Bohner (m.) do 1863 Abokobi 81 J. Weiss (m.) ' Switzerland 1865 do 82 ' Germany 1866 Ada J. Binder (m.)* 83 G. J. Lodholz (m.)® do 1867 Aburi 84 do 1870 Christiansborg J. G. Fritz (m.) 85 A. Langhorst (m.) do 1872 Ada 86 | do 1873 J. M. Miiller (m.) Akropong 817 Th. Essler (m.) | do 1873 do 1874 Akra 88 Dieterle™® Africa 89 Bender® 1874 do ’! Germany 1875 90 Petave l*t) ' Switzerland Akropong 91 Mohr | Africa 1875 Begoro 92 Werner 1 Germany 1875 Abetifi 93 Weigle™* India 1875 Ada 94 HoHEBBQH A. Ehmer 1875 Christiansborg 95 J. Weimer * Germany do 1875 Abotifi 96 G. Glatzle * do 1875 Begoro I I‘a;ken from the List of Ist January 1876. 2) Mrs. Eisenschmid died in 1877. 3 Went Home in 1877. 4) Died in 1877. % : Hame Hlative Station Counfry Tate of ac- five Service 97 . M. Seeger* Germany 1876 Christiansborg 98 26 Buek” do 1876 do 99 . C. H. Krauss*!) do 1876 do 100 Ph. Buss* do 1876 Abetifi 101 M. Sautter do 1876 Akropong 102 A. Dannenberg™? do 1876 Ada 103 W. L. Wernle* do 1876 Christiansborg Gone to Africa in 1876 and 1877. 104 G. L. Schmid Germany 1876 Aburi 105 R. Furrer Switzerland 1876 Odumase 106 J. Fr. Buch Germany 1876 Christiansborg 107 J. Bischoff Switzerland 1876 do 108 J. Jordi* do 1877 Akropong 109 BE. Preiswerk® do 1877 Akra 110 E. R. P. Biittner* 1877 Ada Germany At Home, 111 J. Mohr (m.)* Germany 1846 late of Aburi 112 J.G. Christaller(m.) do 1852 do Akropong 113 M. Klaiber (m.) do 1859 do Christiansb. 114 J. Ch. Fetzer (m.)* do 1863 do do 115, Switzerland 1864 do Abetifi Fr.Ramseyer (m.)% 116 J. Miller (m.)*%) Germany 1865 do Akropong 117 J. Kithne* do 1866 do Kumase 118 Chr. J. Buhl (m.)*3) do 1869 do Christiansb. 119 do 1869 do Odumase J. Kopp (m.)? 120 P. Steiner? do 1872 do Christiansb. 1) Died in 1877. 3) Returned to Africa in 1877. 2) Went Home in 1877. 4) Mrs. Miiller died in 1877, C. In China. Hafive = Flame /23 Sfafion Country Date of ac- Sep—p 124 R.C.F.Lechler(m.) Germany 1846 Hongkong 122 do 1864 Lilong Ph. Ch. Piton (m.)" 123 J. Lorcher (m.) do 1865 Hongkong 124 China 1869 Min-siu-Chin (m.) Chongchong 125 G.A.Gussmann (m.) Germany 1869 Nyenhangly 126 Kong-Fat-lin-Ayun (m.) China r8el do 127 Germany 1872 Lilong Ch. G. Reusch (m.) 128 R. Ott Switzerland 1873 Chongchong 129 M. Schaub do 1874 Lilong Gone to China in 1877. 130 P. Kammerer Germany 1877 Lilong 131 D. Schaible | do 1877 Nyenhangly 132 G. Morgenroth do 1877 Lilong 133 do H. Ziegler Switzerland [ 1877 At Home. 134 | H. Bender (m.) i Germany | 1862 | late of Chongchong 1) Went Home in 1877. Coast of India, Benstis gf the Basel German Huangelical Mission an the Western ist JANUARY 1878 Agents of the Mission, Schools. Under the care of the Hission. Buropean Native Agents. Parochial Heathen Present Church Members. Mission- Higher Schools Boarding Vernacular aries. Scheols. Schools. Schools. NAMES OF MISSION STATIONS. Christian Schoolmasters instruction during 1877 1st January 1877 Number of Church Members Established in the year Brethren Sisters Native Pastors Catechists & Evangelists Christian Schoolmasters Schoolmistresses Non-Christian Number of Schools Seminary Training Schools Preparandi Schools Boys Girls Boys Girls Anglo-Vernacular Schools Boys Girls Total of children under Number of Converts baptised Communicants Non-Communicants Children Total Catechumens 1. Canara. Mangalore 1834 [y e 131 126 p—t 295 1107 598 29 468 1095 37 Mulky . 1845 (o} 68 37 166 769 378 367 754 39 1854 [or] 40 30 158 961 486 11 449 946 81 Udapy. Karkal 1872 49 31 28 65 1876 12 Kundapur Honore 1845 82 26 41 70 Mercara 1870 19 22 % . 1853 DD DO RO = DD B DD H- = DO = DN DN OO0 OO NO O W O B O O O O =1 -1 OO OO SO DN -] (eo )il em Yl am )il el =il =i oo Jif( =) N O =OO a0 (=) ==l (e (emyid el (el i) EHIE G IS IO O © Ol SOOI XSSO N ONC X OO SHOHOIEC, 22 14 () s () (o (e o) (el SISO ORI G ()i ) (o) () ) (Y (o) 36 WO = O DD 170 62 25 76 163 24 . Anandapur 1. Souwth Mahr czz;f(;. . 1837 Dharwar . ° 80 188 61 56 40 69 113 37 10 Hubly . 1839 81 S = 1 59 151 50 137 81 88 178 131 10 1841 % W W w 60 ikl 92 135 71 10 817 168 289 Bettigerry 12 Guledgud . 1851 2 DO O DD DD (i) fe=)e) WL WM = [T G S = et O e SN [ (=) (=) (oo (o) DO ID (e (=S =) B ) 62 S o SISO il (§) 83 OO OO 156 86 39 41 82 647 III1. Malabar. I3 Cannanore 1841 71 2 61 13 1T 517 281 10 222 513 217 14 Tellicherry . 1839 oo 5 14 25 22 46 15 407 334 172 162 336 £S5 Chombala 1849 § g 2 ?) 45 19 12 76 z 242 124 114 242 16 Calicut 1842 49 51 45 14 é 61 25 376 725 381 17 300 698 15 Codacal 1857 23 16 39 215 142 120 263 17 18 Palghaut . . 1858 z § SO = O o= S W 00 > =] Ct = QO DD O W % § AN U= W (e ey Al ) ) (o) el e (cn) {0 0) () SO O OO SISO DO 70 11 45 |102 23 251 § 162 73 13 72 158 20 V. Nilgherre 'es.. 19 Kaity . 1846 3 20 15 14 59 58 20 44 67 1 Kotagherry. 1867 | 0 0 78 34 49 92 0 — ] ——— | —— ] — | —— | —— | SRS Rotal: . 63 50 66 5 23 28 62 19 11 47 266 271|528 |386 465 |566 95 2654 5904 3070 165 2802 6037 1874 | C—— | o | ——————l | OS] | o e | i | Sommem—" s—m— Total of 1st Januwary 1877 . 63| 41 6 62 53 19 30 60 | 22 59 156 184 506 (350 567 [516 80 2450 z 5 5609 3042 166 696 5904 299 Decrease during 1877 . _— | ]| | | 12 102 0 S 0 Increase 0110 87 22 36 50 15 204 g 295 28 106 133 {1075 _ditto. *There are about 20 orphans in Anandapur. But they were not yet entered in the Census. dreport, X 13 also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not re- v turned unto me, saith the Lord. And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm de- voured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.” “And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name 2 e 10 of the Lord shall be delivered: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem ghall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.” These two words significantly ex- press the character of the past year for South-India and for the work which our Mission has carried on: thousands and tens of thousands, yea millions taken away by the awful visita- 0 tions of the Lord, yet very few traces of turning to God in ) truth and reality, some, however, turning their eyes to the a cities of refuge established in their midst, seeking not only i food for their starving bodies but an abiding resting-place for a1 their weary souls as well. Some fifteen or eighteen hundred di have sought refuge with us, of whom about twelve hundred by remained to be more fully instructed in the way of the Lord di and become members of His church. Some two hundred to ¢h three hundred children have been plucked out of the ravages 119 of hunger, and are now led in the way of peace and righteous- D ness. But the task has been a very heavy one for our brethren, £X standing in the midst of those scenes between the living and Ga the dead. There are few amongst them who do not feel the injurious effects it has had on their health. And one of them, ha who had to bear the chief brunt of the battle, has died the sh death of a hero, spending and being spent in the service of of Christ and the poor suffering brethren.—Whilst thus one part of our Mission-field will always look on the year 1877 as one i Ch of the chief epochs from which a new period is to start, the work 10 in other parts has gone on in a more quiet way, the progress €0y being even below the common average of success; and that ofh part where the work used to be most progressing, has almost come to a standstill, and even shown some signs of a retro- Ch 18 grade movement. hag fry L 1| ol 0t . INCREASE OF THE CONGREGATIONS. ox: for This year shows the unusual fact that the number nd fa of baptisms of heathens (291) is greater than the increase of the congregations (133), whilst in other years the excess of n births over deaths increases the congregations quite apart of the access from without. But this year we have 310 deaths ly against 249 births and a loss of 97 from excommunication for and removal. The greatest mortality was in the famine red districts, where our congregations lost four times as many red But in stations of other by death as they gained by births. ord districts also, Mulky, Udapy, Anandapur, Cannanore, Telli- to cherry, Chombala and Kaity, the mortality was in excess of the ges natural increase. Mangalore, Mulky, Udapy, Anandapur, JU§ Dharwar, Hubly, Calicut and Palghaut have to chronicle more 61, excommunications than re-admissions of the excluded. In the and case of Udapy this is owing to relapsing into heathenism. thé For several years the Tulu stations, Mulky and Udapy, e, had each year a goodly number of baptisms; but this year the shows a considerable decrease, notwithstanding the number eOf of Catechumens with which the year was begun. Mulky, how- part ever, shows 6 baptisms, and some families have joined the 0ne Christians during the course of the year, and are still under ork instruction. In connection with Udapy some heathens have (G come over, but only one was ready for baptism; and on the that other hand a number of losses must be reported of baptized 08t Christians and of Catechumens who have returned to heathen- of10- ism. The fire that seemed to be spreading more and more has come to a standstill. Will it die out altogether? We trust the Lord may not only revive it but let it burn in a purer flame than before. My. Ritter of Udapy writes: 2% A 12 Out of the great number of Catechumens only one has been A small baptized. The majority have returned to heathenism. part have remained steadfast. Others joined us; but many of them, though showing much courage and promising firmness in the begin- ing, very soon yielded to the pressure that bore on them. Of such new accessions we have one family in Perala, and two in Malapu. But after so many disappointments we scarcely dare to rejoice over f such new-comers. Next year will show whether they remain faith- P ful May the merciful God strengthen them! {f I - Thus the same distress which in one part of the country impelled the people to join us, has been the cause of their at leaving us in another part. S Our Mission in Karkal, also in the Tulu country, has had some baptisms this year, and has got a footing in a new 1l (C (its fourth) village, so that the flame promises not to die out. From Tellicherry some more progress has been made in 4 Ancharkandy, and a house has been procured, so that now a B Catechist resides there. In Calicut some persons have been 1 baptized. There were many more enquirers, but the majority have left again, as they were not bent on spiritual things. N ) In Kotagherry two heathens were baptized and two Roman Catholics admitted to the congregration. \’ii Thus each station shows at least some converts, with the 0 0 exception of Mercara and the newly formed station at Kundapur. But the chief increase of the year is in South Mahratta about 0 which we report in another para. There remain now in South Mahratta 1104 and in other i districts 270 persons for future instruction and trial. it Juk I %0 ) (] 13 i} all II. PROGRESS OF THE MISSION IN THE )m, 11 FAMINE DISTRICTS. ch U The most prominent feature of this year has been the ) terrible famine, consequences of which have been felt in all th parts of our Mission, whilst several of our stations were in the midst of its ravages and one in the very worst part of it. In the Kaladgi Collectorate, in which our Mission-Station Ty el Guledgud is situated, the deaths of last year are calculated at 83,500, and in that particular taluk at 12,000; so that it is 148 supposed that this taluk, Badami, was the most severely visited of all India. Also in the Dharwar collectorate which (34 it contains three of our stations, Dharwar, Hubly and Betti- gerry, many thousands died. And in the Coorg country in n which are two of our stations, Mercara and Anandapur, the ol starving people crowded in from Mysore and died by hundreds. The other part of our Mission, North and South Canara, ity g Malabar, and the Nilagiris, though not quite directly affected, suffered indirectly by the excessive rise of the price of all a1 victuals, and by the influx of starving people from the neighbouring districts, as also by the partial failure of the the Itk Crops. The Mission itself could not but be influenced in many ways by this fearful calamity. oub As soon as the first forebodings of the coming famine her appeared, our Mission made preparations to meet the calamity. Measures were taken towards the end of 1876 to receive as many as 200 orphans; for the members of our congregations relief-works were planned and provisions of rice sent to he sold at cost price. Appeals for help were sent to Europe, and collections made in Germany and Switzerland with pretty good success. These enabled the Missionaries to begin relief- —— 14 works for Christians. To heathens alms were given, but the numbers of begging people steadily increased till they came l by fifties and hundreds, so that the alms had to be restricted to the old and sick. In Guledgud A4r. Weigele had in the i 0 first months charge of the distribution of the charities of the Municipality and from 1st December 1876 to April 1877 some 200 people, blind, lame, maimed, and old, daily collected in his 1 compound to receive their dole of grain. f Some men, who for many years had known the Gospel and 0 (1 had intended to forsake Hinduism, came now and joined our Church. They had now and then to overcome strong opposi- £ tion, and were forsaken or expelled by their families. As they ! were without the means of livelihood, many of them had to il take part in the relief-works and to perform cooly work at W 1 lower than the usual rates, although they had perhaps never before done such work. In Guledgud, Kardanhalli, Mushta- th to gery, Shagoti, Hubly and Dharwar such conversions took place in the first months of last year. Some, however, joined the Chris- W( for tians without being in any way influenced by the distress. It was observed in many places that the resistance against the of preaching of the Gospel had disappeared almost entirely, and 10 10 that people listened much more attentively than formerly; yet the pride, and opposition against the Gospel had always been il lig so strong among the Canarese people, that still it seemed unlikely that any one would be willing to join the Christians, 1o C0) even to save his life, excepting perhaps, some villages where the populace was more prepared for the Gospel. n frg But as the distress grew more and more severe and hund- thy reds had already died, other people of those villages in far which the Gospel had been preached for many years, and con- oy versions had occasionally taken place, came to the Mission- aries, asking them to be admitted to the relief-works and sho the Lo 15 he expressing their willingness to forsake Hinduism and embrace me Christianity. Some of them were relatives of former converts, bed whom not long before they had very much opposed but who the were now very happy to be thus united again to their relatives; the others were old acquaintances of the Christians. me Relief-works for the members of the congregations, recep- hus tion of children into Orphanages and distribution of alms to the needy and helpless—these had till then been the three ways nd of assisting the people. But now the Missionaries were by Our circumstances compelled to enlarge their circle. Many hundreds, even thousands, thronged the compounds and would not be O8I ey put off with alms, but came again and again, asking to be admitted to the regular relief-works and expressing their t0 at willingness to give up idolatry and accept Christianity. Their 98 idols, some said, had been of no use to them in this calamity, they would now follow the God of the Christians. What was 1t a0t to be done? In ordinary times a man offering in the same way would be set to work, and his willingness to do a day’s work 18 It for a day’s wages would be considered presumptive evidence of his sincerity, till further instruction and trial furnished the means of testing him still more. Could the people be refused nd now that it was evident that they very much needed help and yet must starve without it? And as all could not possibly be re- 661l lieved, was it not right, yea a duty, to receive as many as ned possible of those who protested that they were willing to be- S, come Christians? Of course it was clear that their coming now 016 in the time of great distress did not prove that after the dis- tress was over, they would still cling to Christianity. But nd that was no reason why their lives should not be preserved as 10 far as our means reached. The question of baptism must any- how be postponed till a course of instruction has not only O o shown to them what Christianity is, but also to us whether they will embrace it with their hearts. and 16 i S Funds received from other sources (Mansion Fund, Bombay 0 ‘Anna Fund’ etc.) we would use for general relief, and we should have been happy to have had more for this purpose. Yet 7 our first duty seemed to be to bring safely through the famine (4 a selected number of those who begged for full admission as i adherents. And the funds received through our Home Com- of mittee for the use of our own people, must first be used for al those that had taken refuge with us, although some of it went of also for occasional relief of other people.- We had the more reason to limit the extent of regular systematic relief, as the I numbers seeking admittance into the circle of our own people st were much greater than we were ever able to receive and pro- i vide for. In fact they were more, than we, knowing the general B character of the Canarese people, should ever have dared to lag expect. The extent also of the relief-works became much larger f1g than we ever intended; but on the other hand the sums flow- Jé ing for relief purposes through our Home Committee from o Germany and Switzerland likewise exceeded anything that we kn ever dared to hope for. to The people who joined us in this manner were employed e in relief-works. Only people, from sickness or debility unable Lg( to work, or those whom we were obliged to refuse admittance, Sm were supported with alms. Sickness was indeed very rife, JIC partly cholera and smallpox, partly famine-diarrheea. Great the numbers died: in Guledgud 80, in Bettigerry 50, in Hubly 0ng 30 Some of them asked for baptism before they died; to and when the request appeared to be earnest, they received it hoy Of course, work could not be got out of the sick people. 10, But those in good health, even if they were much weakened by starvation, were set to work and received wages of 3 As. per day for a male and 2 As. per day for a female. Some were not SuP at all accustomed to manual labour, and would formerly have Uil Pre B 17 ay considered it a great dishonour to do such work, yet now they We did it willingly. Weavers, goldsmiths, even priests, had to carry Vot earth and stone. Others, indeed, were less willing, and in 106 cases where the supervision could not be carried out carefully, a8 they would try to shirk work. But altogether a fair amount it of work has been carried out: wells, tanks, channels, houses, for and chapels, walls round compounds etc. remain as the results enb of the labour of these poor people. 0re In the admission to the circle of those for whom we thus the undertook to provide, as much care was employed as circum- ple stances permitted, to get only good people. In Guledgud the 10 distress was greatest, and the greatest numbers were admitted. al But they were all of the town itself or of neighbouring vil- | 0 lages, especially of Mushtagery and Kardanhalli where Chris- ger tians had lived, and the Missionaries paid visits for many ow years, and great hopes of numerous conversions had been rom entertained for many years. Such people were personally We known either to the Missionaries or the Catechists or at least to the Native Christians of these villages, and careful enquiries yed were made about their general character, and only those were ahle received about whom very good reports were heard. Only a 106, small part of all those that asked for admittance could be I'ife» received, and we wished to select the best. The people crowded peab the compound; if a door in the bungalow was opened to admit ahly one, a crowd would press in with him, and it was very difficult ied to send away the rest. They would sit in the compound for ived hours and come again day after day. With more means many 0p1€ more could have been received and, we must add, kept alive. ened Some weeks after these accessions had begun in Guledgud, per supplicants appeared also in the other stations, but at first o 20t only people that had come from a distance. They also ex- have pressed their willingness to be guided by the Missionaries in 3 ————— 18 s everything. Their distress was now and then very great, and they would prostrate themselves before the Missionaries, em- hs sh brace their feet, and beg hard not to be sent away. But it was clear that only a selection could be made, and the Mis- fai il sionaries, assisted by the Catechists, tried to pick out the most the hopeful characters. Many of them disappeared afterwards or had to be sent away for disorderly conduct; but as the 1y famine increased more and more, people living in the station itself begged for admittance, and were of course preferred to the more floating population. In he The numbers increased rapidly, till Guledgud had about 700, Bettigerry 500, Hubly 400, and Dharwar 50 employed in to relief-works. But in August the funds at disposal were thy an nearly exhausted, and the brethren became afraid that they would be exhausted before the famine was over, and they m would be left helpless with all the people on their hands, es- fol pecially as there was much reason to fear that the famine e was not yet coming to an end, but might last through another 10 ) year. Therefore some stations reduced their expenses by sending away some of the people. The brethren of other Ve stations could not make up their minds to take such a step, n but were nevertheless obliged to refuse admittance to any a4 new-comers. This was sometimes very hard indeed, as th the people begged so pressingly to be received, and some of al them seemed very hopeful subjects. Myr. Grossmann writes for of a couple in Mushtagery that asked for admittance. They 00y were known as quiet well behaved people who, till then, had o always been in good circumstances, and possessed a house and fields of their own. The brethren would have liked very I much to receive them, but they dared no longer increase their hoy numbers. Some time afterwards they were bitterly grieved qug on hearing that both the man and his wife had died from the toy 19 nd starvation Yet concerning those people whom they really had admitted, their faith was tried indeed, but never put to it 1t shame The funds seemed to run short, but they never quite [is failed: not one man had to be sent away for actual want of 0sb money; and when the worst part of the famine was over and ds the people were sent back to their respectlve villages, there the remained still a sum for future use Alonoside the admittance of these men to relief-works, 100 [ to a number of children were gathered into Orphan Schools In the first months of the famine, people, even if they were out begging, would not give up their children to us but preferred to let them starve It even happened afterwards in two or | three cases, that parents who had brought us their children 616 hey and had been very thankful to see at least their children in good hands, were so much importuned by their caste- hey fellows that they came to demand them back again; and as 68 1106 we insisted that they must refund part at least of the expenses incurred on their behalf, the caste gave them the neces- her sary amount of money. But there their charity ended. And by her we were grieved to hear afterwards from the parents that in some cases their children had died from hunger But after tep, a while some learned to appreciate the refuge offered to their any children. and their numbers steadily increased, as one told a8 another of the house where their children would be cared o of for Some indeed offered their children for sale, but were, of 1668 course. refused and told that love to their children ought ey to make them feel happy, if they saw them provided for ad i e sl ey )11 * 1 then some alms were given to the parents whose children we had taken in charge, just as alms were given to thousands more, it is really strange el how that could be twisted to signify a purchase, as was done in a certain helt quarter Only a malicious mind, and one not practically engaged in helping The wonder is rather that such insinuations el the starving could so pervert facts could possibly be heeded and believed by better people 700 3% ol 20 i Sometimes we were cheated by people who had stolen a child and brought it to work on our compassion, or by af an elder girl stealing a young child, and bringing it as her i sister, to get herself admitted. Such children had to be given up again as soon as they were claimed. But altogether 01 we did not lose many in this way. More were taken away all by death, as the poor creatures had now and then suffered Wl grievously from want of food for many days before they came ch to us. Bettigerry haslost 9, Guledgud 7, Hubly 3, and Dharwar none by death, which after all is less than was to be expected ch when at times there were in one school 40 children laid up with illness. fo The most careful nursing was sometimes of he no avail to overcome the ravages which bitter hunger and the. use of unfit nourishment (as grass, leaves, etc.) had already effected in the small bodies. la It was really pitiable to look on fa the poor emaciated beings whose ravenous hunger impelled ha them to chew and eat raw grain without waiting for its o being cooked, and whose hunger could not be satisfied at first I without endangering their lives. And oh! how happy they are now, and how joyfully they answer to the question whether th th they enjoy their meals! A description, however, of the measures taken to lay the first foundations of cleanliness, might be it 1 too much for the fastidious reader; but the practical helper had to begin with this as soon as the first meal was over. And now you would not recognize the famine children with 0r their clean bodies and clothes, their merry talk and their joyful songs, although traces of past sufferings still linger in their g faces. As a matter of course no time is lost in leading them Li to the good Shepherd who «shall gather the lambs with His 0 an arm, and carry them in His bosom.” Baptism, however, in the fo case of children of 8 years and upwards, is only given after some instruction, and when a desire is expressed. In cases th 8 —_— 21 olen where there is reason to think that they might be claimed by afterwards, baptism is deferred, especially in the case of girls her who have passed through an act of marriage. he These children were distributed between the two old her Orphanages in Bettigerry and Hubly which now have 50 girls Way and 76 boys, and new Orphanages were opened in Guledgud red with 75 boys and in Dharwar with 50 girls. A number of pmne children have been given over to Christian families. War In Anandapur also, in the Coorg country, some 30 or 40 ted children have been taken in, but many of them were already 1) too far gone and died soon. It is hoped that 26 more may g of be given over to us by the Mysore Government. and All the people that had taken refuge with us were regu- ady larly instructed in the Gospel and some of them made very (00 fair progress. This was especially the case with those who Jled had come in the very beginning of the famine and had been 1t longing for many years to be Christians. But also of the irst rest many opened their minds to the Word of God, although hey their great ignorance made it difficult for them to learn any her thing. Only those who have had personal experience, by en- 1168 deavouring to instruct such people, can form an adequate be idea of the utter absence of any intelligent knowledge about [per Divine things, of the entire dullness of understanding, the el almost total inability to think and feel about spiritual things rith or about any subject higher than cattle, food, earth, money, 5fu1 etc It would at times seem almost an impossibility to open el up the obtuse minds for higher thoughts and aspirations. j6m Only their greatest and most painstaking care, coupled with fis an inexhaustible store of patience, can succeed in laying a the foundation of spiritual understanding in minds which till fter then have been without any thing of this kind; and it is 568 scarcely possible that in Christian (at least in Protestant) 22 i countries such all-pervading ignorance should be found, as with the agricultural classes in this country. Excepting the 4 small number of those who, as heathens, have already tried ol to speculate and converse about matters of religion, the mass 1! of the people are the very opposite of those philosophers, they are imagined by European idealists to be. Yet if these fu people are ever to be lifted from their low position, the ne- th cessary labour of patience and love must be undertaken. 01 And this is emphatically the Missionary’s task, who, therefore, €8 must not reject such subjects as hopeless. We thank God, if ta the people themselves become willing to enter into such a th course of instruction. And the labour is not in vain. To (a observe how gradually light breaks in upon the darkness, how A the face, the intellect and the heart more and more reflect 1 the light put hefore them, is rich reward for all the trouble.— do Of the majority of those whom we have now under instruction of we can say that they are willing to learn. But they them- to selves complain that what they have learned will not remain e in their memory. With some indeed the carnal mind is the preponderating element, and they must by and by be sent e away, unless the Word of God succeeds in changing them. a Others have already been admitted to baptism. Some have left on their own account as soon as they saw their way to a S0 a§ means of livelihood. Others are waiting and begging for to baptism; but, it seems, they must first be more instructed th in the way of life, and it must first become more evident of whether they cling to Christ only as long as they expect to be fed thereby. Many have stood this test, as they continue jitt a8 to attend services on Sundays and instruction on week days, s even after every assistance has been discontinued and they have fallen into sore distress. Others have become wavering pr U when the help ceased, although the need had not yet ceased. hgl GoeEA st 23 ] But most of them are ever open to a word of admonition and the encouragement, and we have good hopes that in progress of ried time by dint of careful instruction, faithful guidance, spiri- 1858 tual preaching and unwavering prayer a number of churches £rs may be formed, able to honour God by their lives, to carry 1656 further on the sound of the Gospel, and to wipe out any slur 1e that may have been cast on them on account of the outward en circumstances of their conversion. Besides this, we shall o6, especially cast an eye on the young members of the families, | if taking care that they are from their childhood instructed in h a the Lord’s ways and never become a prey to that spiritual To callousness in which their forefathers have lived for centuries. how And it is proposed also to influence the young men to collect lect in night-schools to learn the arts of reading and writing, which b— do so much to dispel darkness. A selection will also be made of talented boys who are to be instructed still further, so as tion il to be able to become teachers of others in schools and cha- a0 pels and in carrying the Gospel to the heathen. the When the relief-works were discontinued and the people sont were told to look out themselves for their own livelihood, we 1 asked ourselves whether all of them would remain steadfast. 1976 Some had disappeared before this period, but the ceasing of 0 4 assistance did not make any difference.- The people continued for to attend Divine service and classes of instruction, expressing cfed their desire after baptism. In one case in Guledgud a number Jent of them did not attend even on Sundays, pleading that poverty f 10 made it impossible for them; but when we, considering this nue as a sign that they would not become Christians, prepared to strike their names off the list, they strongly objected and a5, they promised to manage to come for Sunday service and week- 1ing day-instruction, protesting that they never would forget the help they had received. In other cases also they themselves el P 24 admonish those that are remiss in attending services, that they W] i should not forget the great help received. Only very few of them have been baptized, and in Guledgud, where the numbers ¢hi (o were greatest, none at all (except two dying men), as it was sal considered safer to wait till there was less danger of their the being influenced by worldly motives. After careful instruc- 001 tion, however, some were baptized in Dharwar, Hubly and I Bettigerry, but there also chiefly those who were known to e have been very much inclined towards Christianity for many tr years. ha In Dharwar AMr. Welsch writes of a young man who came Wh for quite independent of the famine, and before it had begun, and of a second man, who had with his wife been reflecting gl for for many years on asking for baptism, but who was helped aft by the famine to ripen his intention and come to a final decision. 0n al The former, a deaf youth of 25 years, of the name of Bhimapfa, ba (now Peter) was born in Seidapur, near Dharwar, in a wealthy an family; but his father died in 1865, and soon afterwards the boy lost dT{ his hearing in consequence of small-pox. He became poor and was Hi obliged to work as a servant in Hubly. ‘‘There I made,” he himself relates his story, “the acquaintance of the Catechist Christian, and Ing received from him a Mahratti traect. Although I had almost for- (01 gotten how to read, yet the contents attracted me so much that I read and re-read the tract, and afterwards asked for other books. At last alt the Catechist gave me a book on the Miracles of Christ which I read 80 with very great interest, and which brought me to believe in Christ. i} I learned by heart several Bible passages and drew much comfort from liv them, especially from the word: ‘Come unto me all ye that labour his From that time I and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest’. Bin) could mot be without a Bible. A year afterwards I returned to Sa Dharwar, and as my mother and relatives did their best to hinder 1§ my reading the Bible, I looked out for a place where I could read il 2 J ” - The hey without molestation, and found it in the house of Catechist Lot. yof regular reading of God’s Word and the conversations with the Cate- 0618 chist steadily increased my faith in the living God, and the Spirit of God showed me one truth after another. Knowing that there is no Was heir salvation but through Christ, and feeling in my own experience that the Gospel is a power unto salvation to every one that believeth, I [110 could no longer remain a heathen. Inthe beginning of January 1877 and I left my mother’s house, though not without a severe struggle, and 110 went to the Mission-house to ask for baptism. My mother came and Ay tried by all means to take me back to her house, and it was very “hard for me to resist. After this she returned with our relatives, MG who, when all words had proved useless, tried to take me away by force, but were baffled in their plans by the Missionary. The Lord ? m, gave me strength to remain steadfast in all these trials, and I now ing ed found time to read the Word of God in peace and to quench my thirst after the water of life. The Lord Jesus showed mercy on me, as he nal once had shown on the Syro-Phenician woman, forgave me my sins and gave peace to my heart. His name be praised! When I received baptism on the 28th January I felt the nearness of the Spirit of God ppé and was richly blessed. May He who has sought and found me, Jth Jost draw also my mother and brothers to Him, and may He keep me in a8 His grace till I shall see Him face to face.” We find it especially wonderful that God has found ways and self and means to kindle the flame of His love in this poor man, whose inter- course with the outer world is so much impeded by his deafness. for ol The second man, Balappa (born in 1839), had in his childhood attended a Mission School in Bettigerry and carried away with him Jast good seed which sprang up after many years. He afterwards settled oal pist. in Ugurugola as a goldsmith and married a wife, with whom he lived a very happy life. Her death crushed him entirely, he felt 700 our his sinfulness and sought for help in the Hindu Shastras which he studied with great zeal. His father feared he would become a e Sanyési and therefore married him again as quickly as possible in | 10 1864. In 1869 the Missionaries came to Ugurugola and, he says, \der “T listened to their preaching and found what I had been always ead 4 26 . seeking. Their words were like balm to my heart.” He together with some friends had frequent intercourse with them, and was con- of vinced of the truth. “I made,” he says, “an agreement with a friend to buy a whole Bible. He gave the money (Rs. 2), and I bought the Bible (a big quarto) from Mr. Ziegler in Hubly and §el on joyfully carried it on my shoulders to my village. My friend died and I remained in sole possession of the Bible, which I read again ap al and again till I found peace of mind.” For several years he was known to the Missionaries as one who was near the kingdom of God, nf for but he could not find strength to overcome the obstacles. He was also burdened with debts and was afraid that his creditors would Tie (0] ruin him if he became a Christian. Thus he was in an unsettled 0u condition for years, together with his wife who was of one mind with him. “We knew the truth but lacked the courage to live 6 H up to it; but still less could we serve unrighteousness and falsehood. ‘We suffered much in this condition.” ‘When the famine came and to the he was in distress, he at length found courage to break through his bonds. In March 1877 he went to Dharwar with his wife, broke an 8al caste and asked for baptism which he received on the 20th May 1877. He is now employed as a Schoolmaster, and we have reason to hope il that he will prove a faithful Christian. my li\w Besides these three persons, five more have been baptized b after careful instruction. i Some of those employed on relief- works have left again, but 37 remain after the relief-works a8 th have ceased, and are under instruction for baptism. Thus a af congregation is gathering in this place which for many years e seemed so sterile. And besides this the Orphanage has brought Wa new life to the station. Hy In Hubly also we find some whose conversion has no \ii connexion at all with the famine. Amongst the rest there let are some very hopeful characters, who were selected for hig baptism, whilst the remaining 131 were reserved for further the instruction, so that there will be time to test their sincerity. i 27 Pl her Baptisms took place on three different occasions in the course CON: of the year. Myr. Mack writes: ha q Appu, a young Tamil man of about 26 years, had been our servant from the first days after our return from Europe in 1876, first and fied on the journey, then in our house. We learned more and more to 100D appreciate him; in his work he was skilful, painstaking and orderly, and in his behaviour he was quiet, modest, and sober. He was also was intelligent and had acquired a degree of knowledge which is rarely fod, found in servants. He spoke and read several languages. But Was we had to regret that he was not only a heathen, but also lived in yuld tled concubinage. ‘We tried to win him to Christ, inviting him to attend our services and speaking privately with him. Our endeavours, jind especially those of Mr. Liitze and Mr. Schenkel, were not in vain. Jive ood He occasionally attended Divine Service; he sent one of his children to out boarding school, and showed more and more inclination to hear and Some attacks of fever caused him to think on death his the Gospel. and eternity; his conscience was roused, and he began to long after oke salvation. This continued to work in him, and one day he came to 17, me saying he was firmly resolved to become a Christian. I expressed 10p6 my joy at his resolution, but told him that in this case he could not live on in concubinage. He replied that he was well aware of that, but that the woman was also willing to become a Christian and to be zed united to him in Christian marriage. They were joyfully received lief as Catechumens and instructed in the elements of Christianity. On ks the 28th January I administered baptism to them, and in the week Their three children § & afterwards married them as a Christian couple. pals were also baptized. But Jesudasa (this is now his Christian name) ght was not to be without suffering for Christ’s sake. His relatives near Hubly were very angry with him, and his father, a butler in Bellary, who till then had been very affectionate towards him, wrote an angry 10 letter, saying that he considered him dead and was about to perform 61 his funeral ceremonies, would no longer be his father, and lamented for the loss of his son. Jesudasa bore all this with meekness, and he and ther his wife, Elizabeth, have hitherto walked as becomes Christians, and ity 4% = we had occasion to see how they opened their hearts to the Spirit of ask hie God, when He reproved them for their shortcomings and false steps. In January 1876 a man from Unakallu, Shivardya, came with Goc his nephew Linga, and said that he had, for some time, intended to 101 become a Christian, but had always delayed. But now he was about a0 to take the step, only he must first settle a law-suit, and he now car s begged me to take charge of his money, and to write a letter in his favour to the Gauda of his village. This looked suspicious enough, he as natives frequently try to get the Missionary’s help in their law- ‘toi suits. But the appearance of the man made such a good impression, il and the Christians to whom he referred me, spoke of him in such terms, that I resolved to comply with his request. The law-suit it was after some months decided in Shivardya’s favour. In the mean- heg time he now and then came to our services, and had many conver- st sations on Christianity with us, in which he spoke very strongly tho against idolatry. Yet he did not come to a decision; his visits gradu- 1 ally grew rarer, he took his money away, and I saw nothing more the of him for some time. I thought I had been deceived. But he came Jul again and asked me for the second time to keep his money for him. wh I refused and said, he had deceived me. He protested that he had not m deceived me and was still willing to become a Christian, and was only waiting till his nephew was willing to become a Christian with him, Wa But Ilet him go, without taking charge of his money. In January 1877 he came again, saying that he could not find peace unless gu the he became a Christian, and had come with his nephew to break caste, renounce idolatry and join the Christians. He was admitted to the 1t 1o number of Catechumens. Now I was willing to take care of his can money and valuables (Rs. 50), the boy was sent to the boarding school, and the man rented the house of a Christian, saying he poss- for bap essed no fields of his own and intended to work here as a cooly, as long as the course of instruction lasted. In the instruetion which he hiy aly received from the Catechist and the Missionary he was very attentive and appeared to be ready to be baptized with a number of others. But or before the day arrived, he was attacked with cholera on the 5th 1y the July, and seemed to be dying. He pxtepared himself for eternity and 29 it of asked urgently to be baptized before his death, so that Mr. Roth saw s he could not be refused this last request and baptized him. But by with God’s help he recovered again and lives now as a steady Christian, i orking for his livelihood ‘When the country was threatened with bou a continuance of the famine, he went down to Karwar and brought a now cartload of grain, but in the meantime the rains set in, and he realized his less than he had given for the grain But he will not allow this to igh, be called a loss, because the kindness of God in giving gracious rains aw to the land is of much more value than the money he had spent 101, mn vain juch Many people who had been driven by famine to seck work Sif with us, offering at the same time to give up idolatry, were from the s beginning taken into a course of regular instruction, the Catechists ver instructing those that were quite ignorant and Mr. Roth instructing gly those who had some knowledge of the Gospel From this latter i number we made after some time another selection, and instructed 1016 the selected ones for a further period and baptized them on the 15th ame July It was a festival day in the midst of the terrors of the famine 1m when these 18 persons stood round the table, confessed their faith 106 in Jesus Christ and were baptized in His name nly One of them is Hucha, with his son Gurusiddha He formerly il was a merchant in Hubly, but did not prosper, and removed to Nila- a1y gunda, where he set up a shop. For many years he had understood o8 the folly of idolatry, had himself given it up and spoken a,gamst ste, it to others He sought refuge in Vedantism, but his mind found he no more satisfaction there than in Polytheism ‘When the famine his came, his source of livelihood dried up, and he came to Hubly to ask ing for work and for admittance to the number of Catechumens In )8 baptism I called him Gnéna, and his son Gideon ‘We employed 45 him as overseer in the relief-works Heis a very zealous Christian he always carrying some books with him, either to read for himself V6 or for others Sometimes, especially on Sundays he gathers a But number of those who have newly joined us around him, reading jth the Word of God with them. He has learned a number of hymns nd L 30 m for his own use and for reciting to others. His son is studying in the boarding school. n Channa Vira, a Lingait-priest from Nilagunda, is about 30 years of age. e Although a priest, he was extremely ignorant, being not even able to read or write. Hucha became acquainted with him, showed OV him the vanity of idolatry and told him so much of the Christian religion as he himself knew at that time. The truth made a power- We all ful impression on his mind, and he resolved to become a Christian together with Hucha. ‘We set him to work with those who had come on account of the famine, and he willingly submitted to work together ab H with those who formerly had done him homage as a priest and had drunk the water in which he had washed his feet. In baptism his (Ck name was changed into Nicodemus, and till now he has brought no shame on his Christian name. He also tries to make up for former j neglect by studying to read and write. Govinda (now Isaac) about 36 years ofage, with his two boys, came ) from Kalapur, where he formerly served as peon (valekara). The famine {l drove him, like so many others, from his village to wander about for food. He lost his wife, and at last arrived half starved in Hubly Il 18 with his two boys, came to the Mission-house and throwing himself on the ground asked for help. ‘We took his boys to the boarding school and set him to cooly work where he gave satisfaction. We therefore were willing to keep him on, and he asked to be admitted § as a candidate for baptism. His behaviour gave full satisfaction, but his intellect stood very low, so that he made very little pro- il gress in learning the Gospel truth. Yet he gradually acquired so I much knowledge that the presbytery decided to admit him to § baptism. Lakshmi (Rebecca) with her two boys, had for many years known the Christians. 'When her husband died and the famine pressed hard 1t upon her, she made up her mind to join the Christians. As she bore a good character with the people of our congregation, she was admit- ted, set to relief-works and instructed. She was very attentive to the Word of God, and when she asked for baptism she was admitted. i Isaac desired to marry her, and a week after baptism they were 31 e ying married.- But, we are sorry to say, that peace does not always reign in the new household. 6ars Six boys of the boarding school who were instructed by Mr. even Schenkel, and three very young orphan children, who had been given ywed over to us by parents or relatives, were baptized. stian Some months afterwards the people remaining under instruction Wer- were so far advanced that another selection could be made, and stian another baptism of 18 persons took place on the Tth October. Ome Amongst them was another Lingait-priest, the brother of the thet above, who also had been won to Christianity by Hucha (Nicodemus). had He, as well as his brother, is generally respected for his consistent 1 s Christian walk. it 10 Some more baptisms of heathen children and adults took place rmer within the year on other days. If all or, even, the greater part remain steadfast and Ame by further instruction are more deeply grounded in religion, mine the Hubly congregation will have had a considerable increase. hout The Orphanage also, after having been for years nearly empty, ubly is now quite full and more than full; in 1875 the number of pself fing boys was 16, and 20 in 1876, but these have now increased 10 7T, The English School had to be closed, but a Training We zi[ted School of 10 pupils has taken its place. 3f.1011! In Bettigerry some few, (12) of the new comers have been admitted to baptism, whilst 290, are being subjected to a pI‘O' d 50 longer test. A part of them (60) are of that interesting village 1 10 Shagoti in which scarcely a year passes without new baptisms, although at each new conversion the opposition is as great as 071 it was in the beginning. Several families of which only one hard or a few members had been Christians, have now been re-united ore & by the conversion of the other members, and the joy of the it~ good simple-minded people is very great. We hear of one e 10 family of 12 members who had for a long time inclined towards tted Christianity and who now in seven successive times have come were 32 ot el o over one after the other under struggles that were renewed this each time. Yet one year finished in this case what without cam The Christian the famine would perhaps have taken ten years. Wei portion of the village has now become very strong.—The by ¢ v Orphanage also is now full of girls, whilst it never could be yea filled before. The rooms in which till now the congregations §t10 used to come together have now become quite out-grown, so Suc that new chapels are building in Bettigerry and in Shagoti. (hy will But many more people have joined in Guledgud and the sing villages of the neighbourhood. The beginning was made by several sincere men in Mushtagery and Kardanhalli, who Tt stro would no longer delay their long-cherished wish of professing Christ, but had to pass through several struggles from the Wwho violent opposition of their families, and were forced to forsake the But in Gul their wives, children, or brothers for Christ’s sake. several cases these followed them after a few months, and (ul are now very happy to be re-united. They were followed by Case many others who sought refuge with the Missionary; but all of them are inhabitants of Guledgud and the villages near it, not which have been for many years under the influence of the the There are especially two villages in which either Gospel. dug two-thirds or one-fourth of the whole population are now 14y under instruction and promise to become Christians when the alyg famine is over. Altogether there are 650 such connected with Kal Guledgud, and a newly opened Orphanage contains 77 boys, fOrn so that the Mission there has entered on quite a new stage. may Till now the converts have been only few and far between, stil] although amongst the first converts there were some shining ohty Christian characters. But this result has not been realised for without a price. The distress was appalling and the mere The §0 o remembrance of all the ghastly scenes makes one tremble. Reo Missionaries there could not and would not spare themselves in 0 ill § 33 eved this fearful calamity. For some months Mr. Gengnagel thout came to their help, but at another part of the year Af7. stian Weigele was quite alone, his strength already broken down _The by all the exciting scenes and crushing labours of the past 1 be year. Yet he would not shrink from the duties that were so 00 strongly appealing to him, and the consequence was that he 1, §0 succumbed, was seized with fever and died, as a good soldier of ot1 Christ in his armour. We trust that his noble life and death ] the will not be lost but may be the secret cause of a particular bles- sing on the work he valued so highly, that he “loved not his life o by who unto the death’”. Feeling the great necessity of bringing a $Si0g strong spiritual influence to bear on these masses of people 1 the whom after all famine has caused to seek refuge with us, three Missionaries and three Catechists have now been sent to sake Guledgud and the several villages. Chapels are building in it 1 and Guledgud, Mushtagery and, we trust, it soon will be the case in Kardanhalli also. d Iy it all But it becomes more and more clear that the famine has 18 1t1 not yet passed away. The harvest having failed in many places, { the the last resources of the people having been entirely exhausted ither during the famine, and trade having by no means revived, 10w many people are sorely pressed for their daily bread, and those In the Il the also that have joined us have to suffer great privations. yith Kaladgi District Government has even, if we are rightly in- b(]ys', formed, opened the relief-works again, and many of our people tage may be obliged to take refuge there. Especially Guledgud is still in great distress, and many people do not know where to el 25D ning obtain their livelihood. Our relief-works were discontinued for some months. Jised But it was evident that the people suffered so severely that it would be cruelty to leave them without help. mere The Regular relief-works have not been begun again by us, but in several ways we still try to assist them in finding a livelihood. 08 11 S 18] 9 4 Was We are happy to say that the relief-funds sent from Germany are not yet quite exhausted, else many of our people would the ¢ still be exposed to great suffering. and sand The sums collected by our Home Committee in Germany and Switzerland for relief purposes amounted to Rs. 64,512. the Most of this sum was spent on relief-works for the people that that Ting had joined us, but part of it has also been expended on giving alms to such as could not or would not be taken over entirely. el The alms for this latter class were supplemented by grants take from the Madras Relief Committee (Rs. 5,000) and from the pur Bombay Anna Fund. TeSU The expenses for the 200 or 300 orphans did not however fall upe be 1 on the relief-fund, but were borne by the General Mission Funds, some grants being also given by Government, and some sub- that seriptions by friends in India. If we add to this that the Mis- orph sion was obliged to give famine allowances to all the agents in the famine districts, and that the regular contributions for not Mission purposes went down very much in consequence of the the extraordinary collections, it will be evident that our Mission 0 i funds were taxed very severely by the famine, so that we and foresee that the closing of the accounts must reveal a serious Waty deficit. scep An appeal was made to our Society to take over some ik thousands of famine orphans who it was supposed would remain the on the hands of Government, after the famine was over; grie and there were virtually negotiations between the Mysore Wit} Government and our Society about the orphans in Coorg. Gog But our Home Committee, acknowledging on the one hand the huy duty and expressing their willingness to take charge of e ¢ orphans, could not on the other hand risk the heavy pecuniary San responsibilities, and were of opinion that Government were th‘ei bound to bear the greater part of the expenses. As there Ty 35 maLy was at the same time a disagreement about the treatment of vould the children, the negotiations between the Mysore Government and our Society had to be broken off. About the many thou- many sands of orphans that must have remained under the care of 519 the Madras Government we cannot get any information, so that that negotiations have never progressed .beyond the first preli- iving minary steps. What has become of all those orphans?—Thus rely. we limited ourselves to the 200 or 300 orphans which we have rants taken in Dharwar, Hubly, Bettigerry, Guledgud, and in Ananda- ) the pur in Coorg. We know that some of our friends lament this result, and we share their grief. But we have not yet given rfall up every hope that eventually the number of our orphans may be increased.—Whilst we are going through press, we hear mds, sub- that the Mysore Government has after all sent a number of orphans (about 26) to our Mission in Anandapur. Mis- The hand of God has been heavy on the land, and we are ents s for not afraid of calling it the Lord’s hand. If we are to believe the the words of the prophets of old, we cannot doubt that it 51011 is “the Lord, the Lord of hosts, who doth take away the stay e and the staff, the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of 1008 water,” and He does this for the sins of the people. Modern scepticism scorns the idea, but we are sure of it, although we But when (1e must perhaps be careful in assigning special reasons. pail the name of God is dishonoured daily by idolatry and many el grievous sins, when the call to repentance and to reconciliation with God has been rejected persistently, we cannot wonder if 501 g, God sends his heavy judgments and takes away the people by the hundreds and thousands, yea by millions, though there should be smitten along with the guilty “more than six score thou- )Of A1) sand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle.” Yea we have been re- je1e 616 minded of the word: “For all this His anger is not turned 5* — e 36 away, but His hand is stretched out still.” Even now the f0 s earth does not bring forth its fruit, and after much had been frue taken away by drought, another part was ruined by excess the | of rain, and now another of the avenging hosts of the Lord is and threatening its inroad, great swarms of locusts having made | their appearance, as we hear from Bettigerry, and other places. num Has the mind of the people been broken by these judg- (od, ments? Partly yes, but not as generally as we might have ex- star pected. It is generally known that many have made the famine the | only the means of enriching themselves, and that even the few gres pies doled out to the starving have partly been snatched away 0no from them by their overseers; but many have felt the hand agre of the Lord. Our brethren have observed that the famine has that made the people all over the stricken country much more will- that ing to listen to the Gospel, so that resistance and cavilling had have disappeared almost entirely. The faith in idols has been disa] shaken very much, and many of them have been sold to pro- S0 h cure bread for daily use. In a limited sense there has been dela «deliverance in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem and in the rem- beefi nant whom the Lord shall call,” but many would never fory have been willing to turn to that side, and would rather and starve than accept their living from the Lord, yet many more satls would have been willing, than we were able to take over. Ong As it has been doubted in the public papers whether there is till any gratitude felt or expressed by the people for the help they Wer have received, and statements to this effect have even been Wick ridiculed, we feel a great pleasure in stating positively that 0 t we have met with many clear proofs of warm gratitude, and did under circumstances when the disinterestedness of the expres- We would advise scoffers to dedicate degi sion was beyond doubt. Ouy themselves for a couple of months to serve and help those Con poor people in a self-sacrificing manner, and they will be sure all 37 - v the to see, what as yet they have not been enabled to discover: een true gmtitudé on the side of their poor friends, especially if X0088 the help is rendered not in a godless spirit but in reliance on ord 1 and for the service of God. made When we so unexpectedly see ourselves in charge of such laces, numbers, we feel ourselves bound to give the honour of it to Judg- God, by looking beyond the natural causes of drought and 76 €X- starvation and acknowledging that they were the means in \mine the Lord’s hand of carrying out His purposes. The slow pro- ¢ fow gress of Mission-work in South Mahratta had begun to weigh on our minds as a heavy burden, and the brethren there had avay hand agreed amongst themselves to make it a special object of prayer ¢ has that God might turn the hearts of the people, little thinking yills that would imply such fearful visitations. Some hopeful signs illing had appeared at times, but had frequently been followed by Teen disappointments, and the character of the population seemed ) ro- so hard that even the few who promised to become Christians heen delayed year after year. Even the congregations that had rem been gathered gave much cause for anxiety. There had in peyer former years been a number of Christians of sterling character, and by their influence the congregations also had offered a ather 1016 satisfactory aspect. But by God’s mysterious dispensations over. one after another of these pillars had been removed by death, areis till excepting the one congregation in Shagoti, all the rest they were without decided strong Christian characters, and the wicked elements began to come to the surface, sothat the aspect een that of the congregation was very grievous. Even the Orphanages did not succeed in finding that number of children which was ’ 3nd desirable. Now, of a sudden, matters change, people crowd pres- icate our compounds with a desire to become Christians, making as condition only what common humanity compels us to do; and those gure all this two years after special prayer had been agreed upon. 38 dist Would it not be sinful if we refused to connect the two things and clung only to the outward view? There are a number of ot enal excellent men amongst these new comers; but of the rest we fo t know that spiritual aspirations must yet be planted. But we are confident that the Lord will crown with success the strong giff Tas efforts which are now being made to plant spiritual life in these people, if His servants will continue to do the work in WET the same prayerful spirit and dependence on the Lord, in which alm hee they have first waited on Him, beseeching His help when no hopeful signs were visible. And the fact that one of them nal fore has spent himself even to laying down of his life for the holy Her cause, makes us very hopeful that the blessing of the Lord will not be withheld from the faithful labour which has hegun hea whi and is carried on in right earnest. heay gt [II. CONGREGATIONS. e T The number of our Christians amounts now to 6037. Our the chief stations have increased to 20, and the other places in which Christians or Catechumens live, number 94. Chiefly in the South Mahratta country a number of chapels and hag are building, as the old rooms are no longer sufficient for the increased number of worshippers. Thus Guledgud, Bettigerry, age of Mushtagery, Kardanhalli, Shagoti, each is to get a new place Cou of worship. In Tellicherry the chapel that had for some s years been in construction has now been finished and was £ dedicated to the service of God in June 1877. sha All our congregations have suffered very much under the general calamity, and many had very great difficulties to bring Even in the stations on their families through the famine. heg the coast which were not within the circle of the famine, the of e 39 hings distress was very great in many families, so that we could or of not but give them some assistance, and were happy to be st we enabled to dedicate some of the relief-money from Germany 1t we to this purpose. Several stations also received part of the rong gifts from the Madras Relief Committee, which in some cases was used to help Native Christians in distress. But there e 1 rk were also cases of Native Christians helping others either by rhich alms or by taking them into their houses. The mortality has 1 10 been exceptionally great. Want of food may have predisposed many to sickness, but it was chiefly cholera, smallpox, and them holy fever which carried them off. From Padur near Mulky 77 Hermelink writes how the Christians there astonished the Lord heathens round about by the self-sacrificing and fearless help egul which they rendered to those afflicted with cholera, so that heathens have thereby been even induced to join the congre- gation. There have, we are sorry to say, occurred several cases of grievous sing, and in Calicut the cause of Christ has suffered much in consequence of scandals that excited the attention of Our the whole population. 11 Some years ago a grown up heathen girl became a Christian, and we think even now that she was sincere at that time, when she Lpela had to pass through severe struggles. But shortly after her marri- the age she fell into bad ways and at last it was discovered that two sons 11T, of an old, good-natured, but weak Catechist had adulterous inter- Jace course with her. The Police were called in, and one of the boys ilg was condemned to six months’ imprisonment. The woman became Was even worse after that, and the name of Christ has been brought to shame before Hindus and Mahomedans. the But on the other hand the Missionaries in Calicut have ring been refreshed by being present at death-beds where the grace y 01 the of }Grod triumphed over death and sin. o The Native Pastor Sebastian Furtado writes about his congregation in Utchila: If, The condition of the Utchila congregation is a mixture of good and bad elements. The complaints that the Christians were irregular Tl in sending their children to school, reached even our Home Com- as Ca mitee in Basel, and they sent an order that the congregation should be end ¢ . admonished to amend in this respect. I communicated this order to witho the congregation, and some days later called it together, andinquired 1n S after the reasons why the chapel, the school and the prayer-meetings I in private houses were not valued and attended better and why the collections were so small. I read the passages of our church-rule vising which refer to these points. They promised that the attendance at yet t them church and school should improve, and they have begun to keep their promise. Men and women not only attend the foremoon but an 4 also the afternoon services, and also the prayer-meetings are fre- the quented very regularly. The attendance at school also and the and collections in Church have improved. The latter is two or three 0nsf times as much as it was formerly. and work Members of the Mangalore congregation, especially youths, ings who find the supervision too irksome and desire after greater of {] liberty for the flesh, frequently leave the place and look out the g for a livelihood in the plantations of Coorg, or in Madras, or Fup, especially in Bombay. And we would warn our friends in For Bombay of such wandering Mangalore Christians: they are amir usually the scum of the congregation, frequently excommuni- cated. 0n t} Worthy Mangalore Christians travelling to Bombay ey will, in by far the most cases, be able to show their cre- ghay dentials. lige, fan hea,b Wag ag 41 b his 1V. EVANGELISTS, CATECHISTS AND DEACONS. good oular Three students of the Catechist Seminary were ordained (om- as Catechists, and a fourth one, who had nearly reached the ald be end of his course, was admitted to the number of Catechists der fo without examination, as his services were needed very much juired in South Mahratta. etings In those parts Catechists were required to help in super- ) the hrule vising, guiding, and instructing the multitude of new-comers; 106 af yet their number was very limited, there being only five of them in the whole district. As a rule our Catechists have keep il bllt an aversion to going to another district, especially where the climate is very different from their native climate, o fre- the and if they are sent, they frequently lose their health in three consequence of the comparatively great change in climate and food. But now it was clear that the exigencies of the work must override these minor considerations and misgiv- uths, ings in young men who have dedicated themselves to the service afer of the Lord Jesus. We therefore picked out four to go up c ot the ghauts and enter on the work there. One was Manuel 5, 0 Furlado, who had been in active work for one year, two others, s 1m Fared Soens and Nahasson Vira, had just passed their ex- are amination and were on the threshold of solemnly entering il on their new work, when their joy was damped by the announce- ubay ment that they should proceed to the country above the (1o ghauts, the country of fever and famine, of jola instead of rice, of bread instead of fish, and so far removed from their families. What would become of their wives and babies, whose health was not of the best? Another, Christian Karkada, was selected from the eldest class of the Seminary, and he was younger than the rest, and unmarried. But then his 6 e 42 ; ' very youth and his father’s grief seemed to stand in the way. to joi But encouragement from the Word of God, and the cheering Lord’ words of older friends helped them to overcome their doubts and take ¢ fears, and when they sailed from Mangalore in a Patimar together parde with their families, accompanied by Mr. Fritz and Mr. Plerderer, thoug a touch of higher joy and confidence could be discovered not- 1f see withstanding the grief of parting that still remained. After oty reaching South Mahratta they were distributed to different i stations, one to Guledgud, two to Bettigerry, and one to Hubly, 116CES and directly set to work, visiting the adherents in their houses, sent | teaching in schools, preaching tothe heathen, etc. But the young- thanl est of them, whom we had considered to be the safest, as he dogire was young, strong, and single, had many and severe attacks with of fever, that made us several times despair of his life. 4 Wa; But God heard our prayers and restored his health, at least it so far that we could bring him back to his native country, (osp Mangalore, where he arrived four months after leaving it, very weak and greatly reduced. But the rest are doing good 4 g work there, and fare much better than they had anticipated, this | so that their anxious fears more and more give way to inte- rest and joy in their important work. Of the movement of the Six Years’ People” in the Southern Malayalam speaking districts we had till now only heard as of a strange phenomenon at a distance, which excited some inte- five rest amongst the Malayalees of our Mission. But last year it unde happened that one of the class of untrained Native helpers of our Mission in Palghaut was influenced so much by it Our 1} 1 that he began to despise the Missionaries, as blind leaders of the the blind. Having made fruitless endeavours to convince the 50 lo Missionary of the importance of the prophecies about the com- alg ing of Christ, he suddenly disappeared without telling anybody about his intentions, forsaking even his family. He had gone of his ] el SR 43 ¢ Vay. to join the enthusiasts of the South who are waiting for the eering Lord’s coming. But after a few months he found out his mis- ts and take and came back, sobered down very much and asking the gether pardon of the Missionaries he had formerly despised. We derer, thought it right to re-admit him to his former position, as 4 not- it seemed that his error had not sprung from an essentially bad After motive. forent The number of Catechists is now 66, but we still feel the Tubly, necessity for more, as requests for Native helpers are being 0US6S, sent in from several stations. Speaking generally, we must be oung- thankful to have such a band of helpers, although we should 28 he desire to see them more filled with power from on high, and tacks with more of independent and enduring zeal; a desire and ; life. a want which, however, we feel no less concerning ourselves, Jeast as it is these qualities which would enable us, to spread the iy, Gospel with more power and efficacy. Of Native Deacons or Pastors, we have the same number ety good as last year, viz. six, but we hope to be able to increase it ated, this year. Infe- Y. ORITUARY, thern sofd This year only one of our large circle of European and Na- inte tive workers has been removed by death; but this happened oy 1t under circumstances which were on the one side very painful. [pers Our dear brother was taken away from the midst of an extreme- hy 1t ly important work for which he was especially fitted, and IS of the full dedication of himself to which was apparently the o the sole cause of his untimely death. The case of his widow 00N~ also is a particularly sad one, as she has within a period body of 7 years for the second time lost a husband in the midst of gone his labours in South Mahratta, and as a sister of hers died in 6* 44 T = On the active the very same month as a Missionary’s wife in Africa. other side the manner of his self-forgetting zeal for the Lord of th and love towards the poor starving people has shown such a ook had f noble example of following in the chief Shepherd’s steps, who of tir laid down his life for the sheep, that we cannot but reckon it 60-7! amongst the ¢offerings and sacrifices to God for a sweet-smel- M ( ling savour” which in many important epochs of the develop- helpe ment of God’s kingdom are the condition and the guarantee of al ms Success. Thus it is that this death has produced a very deep super impression in our whole circle. n Gy Christian Weigele was born on the 8th October 1845 in Schlierbach 0§ in Wiirttemberg of pious parents, who “brought him up in the nurture and and admonition of the Lord”. Inhis youth he had the benefit of a classi- i 100 cal education, partly at Kornthal which for so many has been the fl e 1 means of finding the Lord, and where a good number have received but their first impulse to a Missionary life. There his mind was drawn We ¢ towards Christ, and he also formed the resolution to serve the Lord often in the Mission. From 1863 to 1867 he studied in the Mission College Wil in Basel and sailed for India in 1867, where he passed two yearsin diffic Hubly and was stationed in Guledgud in 1870. For 8 years he la- of ¥ boured in this place in the most painstaking and faithful way. Un- fo hi ostentatious solidity was the chief feature of his sterling character, take and the sympathy of all classes of Natives after his death showed than clearly what a deep and lasting impression he had produced on the then populace round about. Occasionally he had the joy of seeing some bein fruits of hislabours in individual conversions and in signs of the deep- affi ening impression in favour of Christianity amongst the people of Wor} Guledgud and the villages round about, but the chief burden of his Wou] experience was that the Canarese people proved a very hard field th 16 | for the Missionary. In 1874 he married Mrs. Krauss, whose first W0y husband also had died as a Missionary in South Mahratta, whilst her but father, Mr. Layer, had worked in the very same field of labour. alrg Thus the time of the great famine drew near, and Guledgud was tha in the very centre of it. Mr. Weigele from the beginning took an Fiye 45 A On the active part in every thing that was done to alleviate the sufferings Lo q of the people. At the request of the Collector of the District he uch a took a leading part in the relief-committee formed in Guledgud, and had for some months the distribution of the alms. ‘When, in course s, who kon 1t of time, as many as 800 people came to join the Christians, and smel- 60-70 orphans were gathered, the chief part of the work fell on him. Mr. Grossmann, Catechist Salomo and, for some months, Mr. Gengnagel velop- helped him; but even then the work of conversing with, and giving tee of alms to the multitudes of distressed, of selecting some for, and deep superintending regular work, of carrying on instruction and services in Guledgud, Kardanhalli and Mushtagery was very excessive, and orhach to stand in the midst of all the misery was harrowing to the feelings | lrgure and the nerves. He had always enjoyed good health, and was of a On classi- strong constitution ; but now he repeatedly suffered from fever. en the the 13th September he wrote: “ We are, by God’s grace, pretty well; We see clearly that ceived but we feel that we are getting much weaker. drawn we could not support such crushing work for any length of time. I » Lord often feel so exhausted, that I have to make great efforts to do my writing in the night-time, which I could formerly do without any Mkfi arsin difficulty. My dear wife also is very tired.” But he felt this increase It was an inward necessity he la- of work mot simply as a burden. to him from which he could not and would not free himself, to Un And he aclely take his full share in the efforts to help a nation in distress. thanked God that he had brought so many people, wavering ftill oved then, under the influence of the Gospel, and that new ground was )i the s0me being broken in Guledgud, though it were through such heart-rending afflictions. In November Mr. Weigele was left alone with the entire deep- work of the station on his shoulders, from which his conseientiousness le of would not allow him to drop or neglect any important portion. On of s the 6th December he wrote to the Home Committee: “The work is feld now excessive, I intended to-day to give you particulars about it, first but last night I had fever and my work has thereby fallen into t het arrears. We have now much fever in Guledgud and of a deadly character. Strong people are cut down by it in two or three days. ] a8 The fever L 40 Five of our Christians have died within one week. S 46 relief hindering the people from doing work does much to increase the dis- tress.”” He himself sank under this fever before this letter had ar- hut ] rived. Mrs. Weigele writes: “He had much work to do on that 6th calry peapl December, and when he came in for a late dinner, he told me he must work on till two o’clock in the morning. As he was so very tired, I Lord W begged him to let me write for him, but scarcely had he begun to dictate to me, when the fever set in and it lasted the whole night. the L Next morning he said, he could not go to Kardanhalli to instruct the me & the ( enquirers there, but he nevertheless worked the whole day. A week before this I had tried to dissuade him from having two services in fell 4 in Ch Guledgud and one in Kardanhalli (3 miles distant), saying he could not go on like this, it was too much for his strength, but he replied: (hris ‘I shall work on as long as I am able to work, and then I will stop,’ and v and after this he really held the three services on that Sunday. Thus myg I knew he would not listen to advice to spare himself. 10w 0n i “Having worked on like this on Friday and Saturday, he was much tired when he rose on Sunday the 9th December. Before the nto ¢ service he went to see several sick people. After this he preached the T a very earnest sermon on Luke. xxi., 25-36. It sounded like a fare- has ¢ 1 well sermon (which it afterwards proved to be) when he pressed it on the conscience of every one that he should wateh and pray and him be ready for the Lord’s coming, as none could know when He would Hing 1 come for him. ‘Many had died already, several were sick unto death, and who,” exclaimed he, ‘will be the next to follow?’ ‘When the Tipe service was over he quickly went to his room, and when I came, I leaye found him lying on his bed with his gown still on. ‘I could scarcely the stand, and must first rest before I can change my dress’ he replied gave in a cheerful kindly tone to my anxious enquiries about his health. (| Soon the fever set in again, and he spoke about dying, suggesting, Sevey however, that he was not yet ripe for heaven. But the Lord’s esti- the ¢ mation was different. The fever went on increasing from day to day. During all these days he was full of peace, and rested in God’s will. shon He would have wished to remain with us, and to work on with his a dig people. It had been a great joy to him that of the people, who ang had come during the famine, none had left, when in October the the el 47 he dis relief-works had been stopped and the people sent to their villages, ad ar but that they now desired to be baptized; and he had hoped to 2t 6th carry on the instruction so far as to be able to baptize about 150 But the 16 must people in Guledgud and Kardanhalli on Christmas-day. ived, [ Lord willed it otherwise. gun {0 “Sunday the 16th December he told me that I must find peace in the Lord, and that he would tell the Lord to strengthen and comfort night, 1t the me after his departure. After this, in the night, he turned towards the Catechist and said in Canarese: ‘Salomonappa, when I am dead, | week 068 10 tell the newly come people from me, they must be firmly grounded in Christ’s Church and become true children of God, and tell the could Christians that they must grow and become strong in faith and love plied: stop, and walk in all Christian virtues as examples to the others; for it is Thus my greatest desire to see all of them in heaven where I am going now Later Tell them this and give to all of them my greetings.’ on in the night we prayed together, committing ourselves entirely 6 Was 1 the into the hands of Jesus, and he blessed the children and me. ‘When the Lord calls,” he said, ‘I must go, and I am willing to go, for He ached , fare has taken away all my sins.’ sod if “On Monday many Christians begged hard to be allowed to see him once more, and some of them were admitted. Some of the ;‘ich rand Hindus also came to see him., yould “On Tuesday the Doctor of Kaladgi came to see the patient. Ieaih: the Impelled by love and compassion he had come, although he had no leave to be absent from Kaladgi for the night, so that he had to ride me, 1 He the whole way (24 miles) and back again on the same day. chely gave some directions, but did not hide from us the great danger. aplied “Thursday morning, the 21st December, convulsions set in, he several times called out: ‘Oh Jesus! or ‘Oh God!” and at 3 o’clock in fing, the morning his spirit departed to be with Christ.” st On the same day his funeral took place. But notwithstanding the day shortness of the time, people came from all sides, many even from ill a distance of 15 miles to see the beloved teacher's face once more, ] hIS and many wept bitterly. The grief was very great not only amongst who the Christians but amongst the heathen inhabitants of the whole - the 48 e town. From the rich brahmin down to the poor of Guledgud they came to the Mission-house, so that about 6,000 persons must have come for a farewell look, and it was clear how much they had loved him Several of them gave utterance to the impression that he had sacrificed his life for the sufferers of Guledgud. We cannot issue this Report without, as a sign of respect 4 3 and gratitude, mentioning the departure to a better land of a prea are ¢ man who, though never having seen India, yet did very much to further the cause of our Mission in this and in other coun- Fsta tries. Adolf Ohrist-Sarasin Esq., President of the Committee to the V Basel Mission, departed this life on the 18th October 18717. tures He was born on the 31st January 1807 in Basel. For many M’S. years he was one of the governing councillors of the Canton of Basel, Joine and it was not till 1875, towards the end of his life, that his firm years adherence to the cause of Christ made him obnoxious to the steadily after increasing anti-christian party, and was the cause of his being su- perseded by other men, more to the taste of the modern heathen. ther He was a deep-rooted and warm-hearted Christian, with a noble commanding character, a powerful mind, stored with knowledge in Gamg sick- many branches of human learning, at home in questions of state and But church polity, in matters of mercantile and manufacturing business, in divinity and in law, and with a natural gift for organisation and leave ruling. and From 1840 he was a member, and from 1854 President of the work Committee of the Basel Mission, and as such dedicated very much His death was of his time and strength to the cause of Missions. h&ve felt as a great loss by the Mission, and by the many who valued old | him so very highly. §6c0; The Basel Mission has now gained an able President again, Tety, in the person of Rev. J. Riggenbach, ».D., Professor of Theology out in the University of DBasel. COmyg 0 18 th 49 d they b have | Toved VI. STAFF OF EUROPEAN MISSIONARIES. he had The number of Missionaries is 63 as last year, of whom espect 45 are ordained and in charge of congregations, schools and dofa preaching to the heathen, whilst 18 are unordained and as such much are either in charge of Schools, of Industrial or of Mercantile Establishments. coun- to the We have already mentioned in our last report the depar- 77, tures of Mr. and Mrs. Kittel in April and Mr. Matthissen with In November Mr. Knobloch many Mrs. Knoblock in May 1877. Basel, joined his wife in Switzerland. He had been in India for 12 g fim years. In December AZr. and Mrs. Hasenwandel went home eadily after b years’ work. 1g Sl In April 1878 another party leaves for Europe. Amongst e, them is one of our old veterans, Ar. Chr. Miiller who first noble came out in 1842, and has for 36 years (excepting two years’ ge in sick-leave spent at home) been active in the Malabar Mission, o and e But now his health is so much impaired that he is obliged to leave India, together with his wife. Myr. and Mrs. F. Miller p and and Mr. and Mrs. Walz are going home on leave after 12 years’ work. f the much But we have had corresponding reinforcements, and they | WS have been, we are happy to say, out of the ranks of our alued old brethren: AZr. and Mrs. F. Ziegler have come out for the second time and are stationed in Bettigerry; Mr. Schawufler il returned to his former station Calicut, but was obliged to come out without his wife; Ar. Fr. Miiller, Myr. Thumm also have logf come out for the second time, the one to Mangalore, the other to Guledgud, whilst with Ars, Miiller and Mys. Thumm this 18 the first arrival in India. Sl 50 in for Two new brethren have come out: M». Benner for the Car- idolat pentering Establishment in Calicut, and Mr. Alfenmailler for the Mercantile Establishment in Mangalore. Miss Buhrer In clean (who came out in 1876) was married to 4. Frohnmeyer, Miss Christen to My. Hauri, Miss Faul to Mr. Schonthal, Miss reguls Hochstetter to Mr. Gengnagel, Miss Mider to My. Dobler, and | prost Miss Oetli to Myr. Hiittinger, Miss Pfister to My. Grossmann, ere Miss Pfund to Mr. Baumann, Miss Werner to Mr. Veil, Miss Wobus to Mr. Stkemerer. follow and t] Trying though they are to the health of adults, as a him ty rule our stations on the Western Coast prove very favourable years to the life of young children, and as far back as 1868 none of rant § the numerous children of our Missionary families had died; who § but this year three of them have had to lament the death of God 2 beloved children. heen | The death of one of our brethren is related in another YOWSs Willin Chapter, where we also have had occasion to mention the sym- pathetic efforts of Dr. Greany in Kaladgi, in the patient’s mean{ salvat behalf, for which we would express our particular gratitude. We further express our warmest thanks for their medical assistance to Dr. Mc Allum in Cannanore and Dr. Price in Ootacamund. Preag have lages Speal VII. PREACHING TO THE HEATHEN. of t In the South Mahratta country the second part of the 10y year brought such an excess of work to the stations and to Cagt the very doors of the Missionaries that going out to other Iy} places to preach was out of the question, and even the regular dec; preaching in the bazaars was no longer attended to. But in Tak; the beginning of the year several tours were made, and it Somg appears that the Gospel found much more willing hearers than oy 51 ————— 16 Car- in former years. Mr. Welsch relates a touching story of the ler for idolatrous piety of an apparently sincere Hindu: Diihrer In Nigadi (Penkinakatte) we passed some days in the small but : 11;72.55‘ A man of the shepherd-caste came clean temple of Hanumanta. Miss regularly each morning and evening, brought some oil, cocoanuts Dobler, and plantains, lighted the lamp, laid the fruits before the idol, man, prostrated himself on the ground, and said his prayers. We soon were convinced that he was in earnest. Ve, By and by we drew the following narrative from him: “Some years ago I was nearly dying a8 4 and therefore vowed to the god Hanuman to sacrifice to him and adore him twice a day if he would make me well. I recovered, and for four urable years I have kept my vow conscientiously.” Does not such an igno- ane of rant simple-minded heathen put to shame many professing Christians died; who so quickly forget their vows? We preached to him the true living ath of God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whose grace alone it had been that had restored him to life, and admonished him to pay his vows to this God and to give himself up to Him, He listened jother ) 5yl willingly. And from that day his visits to the temple were no longer fent's meant for prostrating before the idol, but for learning the way of salvation through Jesus Christ. itude. dical Honore, Kundapur, Mercara, Kaity and Kotagherry have jo6 10 preaching as their chief work. The Missionaries in Honore have bestowed their chief care on a limited number of vil- lages, especially Bailur, Murdeshwara, Kergi. Some people speak much of coming over to the Christians, and the hopes of the Missionaries have at times been very great; but till |f the now only one youth of Bailur has taken the step and broken caste. He is now baptized. The Missionaries have spent nd t0 much time in these villages, trying to bring the people to a ofher decision. At other times they have gone out to new villages, ygulfizr making it the rule to stop long enough at each place to get f 10 some footing there, as transitory visits only excite & momentary od b wonder for sight-seers and are forgotten as quickly as they hat T 52 have come. The great concourse of people from far distan- ces on the annual festival in Gokarna always offers welcome opportunity for preaching. Ar. Hafner in Kundapur (Basa- 0 rur) and the Catechist there preach every Saturday on the close market-day in Kundapur, every Friday in Basarur, and find Orph many attentive listeners, and some signs to show that their pens? preaching produces impression. The very fact that the a ool building of the Mission-house was brought to an end, and that Calic it has since been inhabited, without any accident happening, The has produced an impression, because the site had always been we h considered as haunted by demons. Several heathen festivals, OS] each lasting some days, have been visited in Saikaranarayana, Gove Kollur, Baindur, Basarur, and a number of festivals of one scho day’s duration in Tallur, Sankur, Ullur, Hattiangadi. But 1 3 altogether the work in this new station consists exclusively in &id | the first breaking of the ground. teacl Myr. Verl in Mercara has had access to several Coorg fom houses. The Missionaries in Kaity made preaching tours shoy to Woderu, Tuneri and to some plantations. rety The heathen festivals in Malabar and Canara have again Opel been visited for preaching, very much in the same manner part and in the same places as shown in former Reports. (0ng About the opposition-preacher of whom we spoke last year, galr My. Hanhart of Palghaut tells us that he has now given up his direct and open opposition; but he continues to visit the our itg places where the Missionaries preach, preaching at a distance Whig from them, and instigating other people to interrupt our ser- §0m mons. He shows a great deal of perseverance, but is more Tt cautious and cunning than before. The sad wonder is that the people are so open to his influence, although they have Pe Juky by this time found out many of his lies and know much about his bad life. g b3 distan- VIII. SCHOOL WORK. velcome (Basa- Of our Anglo-Vernacular Schools the one in Hubly has been on the closed in consequence of the famine, but the increase of the nd find Orphanage and the new Training School in Hubly have com- it therr pensated the loss. The school in Calicut has passed through at the a crisis in consequence of a rival school which was begun in nd that Calicut, but which seems to have been only of short duration. pening, The numbers of our school have gone down from 196 to 145, but s heen we hope they will soon rise again. The Tellicherry school is stivals, prospering, and numbers 225 pupils. The withdrawal of the fyana, Government grant proved to be no loss, as the increase in of one school-fees made up for it; and it seems that the pupils think But it rather a recommendation that the drilling for the grant-in- ely in aid examinations does not disturb the regular progress of teaching. The Dharwar school has felt the influence of the Coorg famine, but is still continued with 52 pupils, and Palghaut fours shows the same number 45 as last year.—Mr. F. Muiller returned from Europe in December 1877 for the purpose of again opening an Anglo-Vernacular School in Mangalore. It was annel partly the necessity to protect our Christian youth from the consequences of the “neutral” schools, partly the desire to re- e, gain that influence which we had formerly exercised through en up our English School in Mangalore, but gradually lost after it the its closing, which induced our Mission to re-open the school There was tance which in former years had been so flourishing. I sel‘. some fierce opposition against our re-appearing on this ground. more Yet, with God’s help, we were enabled to open the school in February 1878 with 116 pupils, and hope to carry it on for fhat have many years. ybout The Elementary Schools for heatheanoys in Dharwar, Canna- nore, Calicut, Palghaut have increased in numbers, while ey 54 those in Kaity, Tellicherry, Hubly, Bettigerry, and Guledgud Th have decreased. This decrease is chiefly owing to the famine, had to and we hope, next year the schools will be filled again. carrie For Hindu Girls there are schools in Mangalore, Calicut Kotag and Palghaut, whilst a number of heathen girls attend schools school filled for boys or for Christian girls. of e Elementary Schools for Christian Children are carried on in most of the stations and out-stations. Only in a few cases Th Durin are they united with schools for heathen boys. d 00N The Boarding Schools or Orphanages have all of them felt hers ¢ the hard times in several ways. The prices of all articles and ir of food had risen so much that it was either difficult or impos- sible to remain within the limits of the fixed allowances. Vany marks Sickness prevailed, and death entered several of the schools. Many children had also to be taken in in consequence of the the wt menf famine, Those in South Mahratta have increased their num- bers from 53 to 239, who are distributed between Dharwar, I\ f&miflq Hubly, Bettigerry and Guledgud. But those received were Were many more, as of the orphans, put into families, many have died from the consequences of former privations. In Ananda- 10 of} 45 oy pur also orphans have been gathered, of whom about 20 re- main. But the Udapy Orphanage also had on account of the 0ng g famine to take in 22 more boys, so that at one time there fering were 68 boys in the school. The boys in Udapy suffered by Rg much from sickness, 40 of the boys were laid up with dysentery, by th and two boys died of it, and in November cholera made its 88 thy I\ appearance; one boy was quite well on the evening of the 28th, to ) and next morning he was dead. Next day was quiet, but on that the 1st December a second boy was seized and died after 7 hours. The boys were all sent away for two weeks, but Sthog after their return a third boy was attacked, was sent home, | and died in his father’s house at Koppala. Calic 55 — ledgud The Kaity Orphanage was also visited with cholera and aine, had to send away all the children for a time, after 6 had been carried away by the disease. Another died after arriving in Calicut Kotagherry. Two famine orphans found ' their way to the schools school. The matron had to be dismissed, and her place was filled up by a married couple, who also have the advantage of being by birth Badagas. onn [ (ASES The Tellicherry Orphanage has now completed its 25th year. During this period 423 boys have passed through the school, and a considerable number of them can be found as worthy mem- m felf rticles bers of our churches, as Catechists, Schoolmasters, Presbyters and in different callings as artisans or in Government offices. [mpos- Many names indeed are found in the lists, with saddening re- 10ES, hools. marks added; but altogether the school has been a blessing to the whole District, and the past experiences give much encourage- of the i ment to continued and joyful work. The Mulky Boarding School has also felt the burden of the WL, famine and has suffered much from sickness, by which 3 girls were were cut off. The number of old girls, so frequently a burden have in other girls’ schools, does not offer much difficulty here, as anda- 45 out of the 61 are below 12 years of age, and there is only )() 16« one above fifteen. Those above 12 years continued their of- of the fering by giving up one meal every Friday, and collected there- there by Rs. 12-5-8 for the Mission. Two heathen girls were brought fored by their parents, and three more came of their own account, 1tery, as there was nobody to take care of them. o 1ts The Schools for girls in Chombala and Calicut have reason 98th, to praise the Lord that He has kept them from the diseases g 0n that were raging on all sides around them. The Infants’ School in Mangalore and the Industrial Schools for after ) but school-children are carried on in the old way. The Sunday Schools in Mangalore, Honore, Bettigerry and its out-station Shagoti, 016y Calicut (one in the town and one connected with the Tiling 56 Establishment) and Codacal collect 281 pupils on Sundays; there are however only 13 heathens included in the number. The Middle School in Tellicherry (preparing youths for the Th Catechist Seminary and the Training School) has been taken Commi charge of by Mr. Frohnmeyer. Four pupils have been sent nued | to the Catechist Seminary in Mangalore and 5 to the Training having School in Tellicherry, and the school contains now 24 pupils. preser The Middle School in Udapy has 23 pupils. Four were sent to the Seminary in Mangalore and two to the Training School in Qelegs A Udapy. Geometry and Algebra were introduced some years hegun ago, and now Botany and Astronomy, of course only in the mflyer popular elements, have been added to the curriculum: all consu] these subjects being taught in Canarese. A Training Classes for Schoolmasters are carried on in Telli- a Can cherry and in Udapy, the one having 8, the other 3 pupils. Ploug The Catechist Seminary in Mangalore is under the charge T of Mr. Graeter and Mr. Gundert, assisted by the Catechist Comp Christanuja. My. Graceter, however, was for the greater part of the year absent on account of bad health, when A77. IWalz for anecd five months took the greater part of his lessons. In the begin- hulay ning of the year an epidemic of small-pox obliged us to send the pupils to their respective homes, so that only in May the g ‘] regular lessons began. Of the 23 pupils we had the grief to dismiss four, as they were involved in those carnal sins by 4 T which, as the cursed inheritance of heathenism, now and then But we had also the joy of dedicating n (3 crop up in our schools. four of the pupils to the service of the Lord, having ground 0ng ¢ (] for the hope that they will prove themselves faithful work- men, and will endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesus Christ by 1 (v. p 41}, Two more pupils were admitted in the course of by the year (besides the six admitted in May 1877), and we hope to receive seven more in May 1878. Bogk Presy 57 ndays; umber, IX. LFTERERY WORE. for the | taken The revision of the Malayilam New Testament by the Committee of Revision (mentioned last year) has been conti- 0 8606 Myr. Chr. Miiller nued as far as the Epistles of St. John. raining having left for Europe, his place in the Commission is at upils. present filled by A4r. Duez. He and Mr. Frilz are now the sent to hool 10 delegates of our Mission. A revision of the Tulu New Testament has also been Jears begun, care being taken that all Tulu Missionaries have some i the influence on the work and that Native Missionaries alsQ are m: all consulted. A tract “Practical Advice against a far spread Disease,” Telli a Canarese adaptation from Spurgeon’s «To the Idle” in John pils. Ploughman’s Talk: By A4r. Walz. charge Twelve Handbills in Canarese, in illustration of the Ten techist Commandments, interspersed with Hindu proverbs and true part of anecdotes, by Mr. Walz. ol for «A First Book of Canarese Poetry,” with notes and voca- hegin- bulary, by Mr. Kittel. o send «A Letter to Children” in Malay&lam, by Ar. Walter. ) the «Randall, a Story stranger than Fiction,” a narrative tract, ) grief by Mr. Dres. ] sins The Christian Monthly Paper «Kraistasabhapatra’” Vol. X. ] then in Canarese was continued by Mr. Walz, and the Malaydlam cating one “Keralopakari” Vol. IV. by Mr. Chr. Miiller. ; sound Christian Almanacs have again been published in Canarese \\’Ol’k‘ by Mr. Walz and in Malayilam by My. Chr. Miiller. (rist Of the Canarese Commentary, translated from the German 186 of by Dr. Migling, the Prophetical Books, and of the Poetical Books Job have been finished, whilst the Psalms are in the press, The Printing Press Teache aboy under the care of Messrs. Stkemerer and Hirner The Cana- rese Bible has been finished and is now a nice handy little volume sold at Rup. 1, so that the story on page 26 of two Keral men clubbing together to buy a whole Bible, and one carry- Malay Aceou; ing it home on his shoulders need not repeat itself again The Malayalam Bible is still in the press Stealir A Te LIST OF BOOKS Randa Printed during the year 1877 The M His a) Canarese Edition Size Copies Pages Tot. Pages Fist Canarese Bible (finished) I 80 2000 1154 2308000 byl Arithmetical Exercises for Secong Lower Grade Schools I. R, 162 1000 16 16000 Epist) Grammatical Primer I 16° 1000 30 30000 Almap Handbills No &) - I 80 48000 192000 Spelli Good Words IiE: O. 16° 3000 108 324000 Bssen Practical Advice against a far (ira spread Disease 122 3000 20 60000 Holy 1 Kavyamanjari (A First Book 1 16° 5000 60 300000 Anglo of Poetry) LG Manual of Cattle-Breeding L. C.16° 2000 64 128000 Short Account of the Madras Presidency i1l RB.16° 3000 94 282000 Pay I's Liturgy of the Church of the b \R il B. E. Mission Society 1I 80 200 172 34400 Nady Almanac for 1878 80 6500 80 520000 B\ll‘ne Kraistasabhapatra, vol. X 80 500 148 74000 Ing; The Law Recorder, vol. I.1-9 80 300 108 32400 Canarese Commentary to the Buryg Old Testament continued I 80 1000 88 88000 (T Anglo-Canarese Primer, by L. Garthwaite 80 3000 64 192000 Burpg by ) o Edition: Size: Copies Pages: Tot. Pages: Teacher’s Hand-Book to the above . (Cang- I 80 500 64 32000 y little b) Malaydlam of two 80 450 192 Kéralépakari, vol. IV. 86400 caty- Malayalam First Book VL Bote® 10000 64 640000 again, Account of Malabar | 16° 5000 15 75000 Stealing the Mangoes 1I 32° 5000 22 110000 A Letter to Children . 32° 5000 20 100000 Randall—Story 32° 5000 20 100000 The Malayalam Country, its II 12° 3000 80 240000 History and Geography , Pages: First Course of Translation, 1I 80 5000 08000 by L. Garthwaite 72 360000 Second Book of Lessons 11T 80 5000 143 715000 16000 Epistle to Timothy I.—Hebrews I 12° 1500 53 79500 50000 Almanac for 1878 80 4500 80 360000 92000 Spelling and Reading Book XIII 80 4000 40 160000 24000 Essentials of Malayalam Grammar . I, R.16° 10000 32 320000 80 5000 120 600000 50000 Holy Bible, commenced . Anglo-Malayalam Primer, by 0000 L. Garthwaite. I 80 5000 64 320000 8000 c) English. I 700 20 Paul’s Prayers 16° 14000 39000 37th Report of the B. E. Mission 80 1200 96 115200 Madras Third Reader 10000 80 800000 4400 Burnell, Elements of South- 0000 Indian Paleography, comed. II. 40 500 24 12000 14000 d) English and Sanskrit. 9400 Burnell Arsheyabréhmana (Introduection) . 80 120 52 6240 5000 Burnell, Samhitopanishad- brahmana . 80 120 68 8160 9000 8* e 60 The Book and Tract Depository under the care of Ar. Sikemerer and Mr. Burkhardt. In Th April 1878 AMr. Burkhardt was stationed in Bettigerry, and (anna 0one 01 My. Krapf came from Europe to take his place in the Depository. count i STATEMENT OF TRACTS AND BOOKS Eatab sold from the 1st July 1876 to June 1877. Mr, | under Copies for Rupees: Bibles, New Testaments and Bible Portions 839 252 blishs Religious Books and Tracts, (including ment 18,000 Handbills). 79614 5043 School-books & Works on General Literature 27638 14828 parts In Maps, Pictures, Picture-books, -sheets, ete. 1915 2341 110006 22464 good, that Total 1875-716 89426 19173 Increase 1876-77 Copies 20580 Rupees 3291 b?en o el N. B. In this increase the Tracts and Religious Books are re- Custo presented with Copies 16550 and Rs. 1149, Who y Several traces of the beneficial efforts of the Bibles and Ning Tracts distributed by this agency can be found on pages 24-26. Our best thanks are due to the Committee of the London of o Religious Tract Society for a grant of 160 reams of print- 0gp §00n ing paper. Twenty-two Depdts in our stations and out-stations are from supplied from the Depository, and twelve Colporteurs are Ihere employed. Five Colporteurs, paid by the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society, have worked under the supervision of our Prog Missionaries. 0f g (e e 61 X. INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTSY. d, T The centres of our Industrial Establishments are Mangalore, 1y, and Cannanore, and Calicut. As a rule each Establishment has i the one or two European Superintendents of its own, which ac- counts for the long list of names in these Stations. Mangalore has a Weaving, a Tiling, and a Mechanical Establishment, superintended respectively by AMr. Digel, My. Baumann and Mr. Hittinger. (The Book Depository under My, Sikemeier and Mr. Burkhardt, the Printing Esta- r Rupees: 252 blishment under AMr. Hirmer, and the Mercantile Establish- ment under Mz, Pfleiderer and Hauri are mentioned in other 5043 parts of the Report.) 14828 In the Weaving Establishment the sale has been very 2341 good, orders coming in from great distances in such numbers that it is difficult to carry them out. Arrangements have 19173 been made for having the stuff made up into various sorts - 3201 of clothing, under supervision, partly for the convenience of are 16 customers, partly to give occupation to poor Christian women who would not be able to do the work independently. Eighty- nine persons find work in the Establishment. s and The Tiling Establishment has felt the famine in a decrease 406, of orders, as Government and private persons are not disposed ondon to spend large sums in building. But the temporary depression priut- soon gave place to a new and increased demand, more, however, from Natives than from the Public Works Department. And ng M there is work for 81 persons, 35 of whom are Native Christ- 15 A1e ians. The preparatory experiments and arrangements have mhm progressed so far that it is hoped to add the manufacture of our of glazed pottery as a new branch to that of tiles, bricks, draining tubes, etc. The Mechanical Establishment steadily approaches its defi- e e, 62 ner nite settlement after some years in which it seemed difficult to find or create a demand large enough to make the Esta- Wearn blishment self-supporting. Now not only the Public Works Establi “Missio Department sends orders, but also Natives begin to order different articles for agricultural purposes. Especially the July 1 drought of last year has caused a demand for pumps and other Pflesd implements for watering. Twenty-two persons find employment. cal 1f we add the Printing and Mercantile Establishments and In the Book Depository, there is a staff of 8 (or 9) Europeans and, ¢ attached to these Establishments in Mangalore and 250 branch T persons find work in them. en, In Cannanore Mr. Schinthal and Mr. Halbrock are in taken charge of the Weaving Establishment to which a general haved Shop is attached, and Branch-Establishments in Tellicherry Th and Chombala are counected, giving work to 185 persons \\:’hich | (139 in Cannanore, the rest in Tellicherry and Chombala). f1leg On the 12th August J/7. Fritz arranged a day of thanks- hegin giving in remembrance of the beginning of the Establishment taste, 25 years ago, when the whole congregation came together to their ¢ give praise to the Lord for the help He had rendered through hodeg ; this whole period, and looked back to the first beginnings, Al when four weavers who had joined the Christians were the whole enee g number of workmen, and the old common native looms the tO&C: only instruments, whilst now the Establishment has reached then so great an extent and works to such perfection. Two of hood the Native weavers also spoke, showing what blessed effect the b)’ 801 Establishment had on the families of the Native Christians, ey and admonishing to thankfulness, so that a good influence JUNTY from the Christians may go out to the heathen. Sardy In Calicut we have a Weaving Establishment, a Carpenter’s fOl’me] Shop and Tiling Works. The latter are under the charge of or l‘eg My. Feuchter, and the Carpenter’s Shop under that of 42, Ben- hawing lffcult ner. Mr. C. FPflesderer has not only the management of the ¢ Fsta Weaving Establishment, but the general supervision of the three Works Establishments, which are united in his hand under the firm, order “Mission Industrial Establishments, Calicut”, so that since the 1st lly the July 1877 the sale of all the manufactures goes through 177. 1 other Prlerderer. The Weaving Establishment has a Branch in Coda- yment. cal. All three together give work to 170 persons. ts and In the Carpenter’s Shop the sale has increased this year, 0peans and, as now M. Benner has come out expressly for this 1 250 branch, there is hope to make the Work-Shop still more effici- ent The apprentices are collected in a home, where care is re 1 taken to supervise and bring them up as decent, well-be- haved men. eneral The Tiling Works have also felt the pressure of the times herry UM which prevents people from building and therefore from buying tiles. The sale has nevertheless been a fair one. 3) Natives also begin to buy our tiles, or to order from us tiles after their anks- ment taste. Considering the tenacity with which Natives cling to er o their old ways, this fact must be called a great success and bodes good for the future. ough 1ing51 All these Establishments together have had a great influ- WhO]e ence on our congregations, raising many families from poverty g the to a comfortable position which, though not, indeed, allowing ched them to make a great display, guarantees them a decent liveli- 0 of hood as a return for faithful labour, and enables them to lay by something against sickness and death, and to give an ele- { the 1418, mentary education to their children. Many also who formerly ¢nce possessed nothing have now their own houses with patches of garden, and are established in habits of industry, whilst they fer's formerly were mnot accustomed to anything like steadiness e of or regularity in work. It is, however, a consequence of their having been raised only latterly to a higher social position, Bint- 64 that many are not satisfied with having their children trained in the same profession to which they themselves owe their comfort, but think they must lift them still higher, so that not unfrequently a tumble-down is the natural result. For this and other reasons we are very happy to see that in seve- | ral congregations the agricultural element is increasing, and we do not encourage field-labourers in giving up their inherit- ed occupation to turn to other pursuits. Gradually the Some Af number of such country-congregations is increasing. of them cultivate lands belonging to the Mission, but others, of all we are happy to say, are quite independent in matters of ammong livelihood. There remain, however, cases enough in which of ow Industrial Establishments must step in to keep the people “Make from distress or from a roving unorderly life. the n¢ Mercantile Establishments. got a We w These are in Mangalore, Mercara, and Calicut with a Branch glorig in Vythery, and one is connected with the Weaving Establish- ment in Cannanore. 18 al on the It seems to be a great success, they write from Calicut, in a 1n thy country like India, where lying and cheating is so much the common rule, that everybody, even the heathen, acknowledge that in the 0 per he 1y Mission Shop mobody need be afraid of being cheated, sothat you may even send a little boy without fearing that his simplicity Who | This is a practical sermon to would be used for unfair profit. As the people. Coagt My. G. Pfleiderer, who is at the head of the Mangalore Shop, havog is al <o the Treasurer of the Mission, and Agent of all Mission given property in India. line All these Industrial and Mercantile Establishments (Printing tirgly Press included) have a staff of 15 (or 16) Europeans, and give Abet; work to about 635 persons, which especially in this year of famine has been a great help, although the people employed 0ng § have still felt much of the distress of the year. trpo fllere 65 tratned ¢ their 50 that t, For THE OPERATIONS OF 1 seve- g, and OUR SOCIETY IN OTHER COUNTRIES. mherit- ly the Africa. q v 0me Africa is the Continent which now attracts the attention others, of all Christendom, and, in a particular degree, of those fers of amongst the Christians who take to heart the last command | which of our exalted Lord and Saviour: «Teach all nations” (or: people “Make all nations my disciples”). From the east and from the north great Missionary expeditions have started and have got a firm footing in the heart of the benighted Continent. We wish them Godspeed and our hearts rejoice at the new Branch glorious prospects that are opening for Africa. But our Society ablish- 1s called upon to hold the fort, it has been enabled to build on the Western Coast, more and more subjecting the tribes t, 08 ommon in that part to the dominion of Christ, and from time to time to penetrate farther towards the centre of Africa, though it in the af o be in small steps, and in a manner to be overlooked by those pplicity who mind only startling effects. mon 10 As early as 1828 our Society began to work on the Gold Coast in Western Africa; and although death made fearful ; ShOP; havoc amongst the first Missionaries there, the fort was never [issi0D given up, but gradually extended till seven provinces with nine stations and 23 out-stations were drawn within the rillfiflg circle of operations. The latest acquisition is the station dgive Abetifi in the Ashante country about 150 miles inland. This aar f one station excepted, the 6 other provinces have all been in- P]o)'ed corporated with the English Colony which was established there in 1874 in consequence of the Ashante war, and are 9 66 e now under direct English rule. But Abetifi is in the inde- t0 Jis ( pendent district of Okwao, which till lately was part of the leave ] Some d great Ashante country, but has now shaken off all allegiance again { to the king of Kumase. In the course of years congregations have been gathered the Na in nearly all of the 32 places so that by the census of 1st Einglis the M1 January 1877 (the latest at hand) there were 3355 Christians, 23 School-masters, 12 School-mistresses, 33 Catechists and On 5 Native Pastors. The Missionaries are 30. About 50 schools entran instruct boys and girls in the elementary lessons, and prepare countr a number of them for the work of School-masters or Catechists. buildiz Industrial Establishments are in work, and the Mercantile progres operations, which are in connection with the Mission, are of dertak a greater extent than the corresponding ones in India, so much Ra};zsq so that a river-steamer has been sent out from Germany to arg h navigate the lower course of the Volta, up to that part which Proceg ab one by rapids is made impracti(iable for anything but small boats. The progress of Mission-work proper, in gathering in souls Seems to the Church of Christ, is going on in a gradually increasing M, B Abetif ratio. The baptisms of heathens were 426 in 1876, of which ! 69 were in Christiansborg, 85 in Akropong, and 127 in Abokobi. Bet The Gospel seems more and more to influence the whole coun- to g il try. In several places fetish-priests have been converted, or great ¢ owners of fetishes are expressing their desire to throw the Came ) whole of them into the fire. Inferpy Signs of a more general inclination towards Christianity the intg became, in 1877, visible chiefly in the province of Akem, which contains our stations Kyebi and Begoro. But it seems fetish. : that it was this very fact which was also discovered by the tange king of Akem who always has had a secret hatred to Christian- 0 y ity. Now he thought he must interfere to prevent its further the p]a‘ spread. He summoned the Native Missionary, David Asante Yeache 67 e e inde- to his Council, abused him in the most violent way, and bid him of the leave the country, else he would have him expelled by force. egiance Some days later the king came to the Mission-house, and began again to abuse .4sanfe, whilst his attendants beat the wife of athered the Native Pastor Dafe in a most merciless manner. But the of st English Governor in Christiansborg interposed and protected the Missionary. 1stians, tg and On the 28th January 1877 the Missionaries first made their schools entrance in Abetifi in the province of Okwao in the Ashante repare country. Since then they have begun to erect the necessary ehists. buildings, and, notwithstanding many hindrances, the work has cantile progressed satisfactorily. A very great blow to the new un- are of dertaking was the illness of A/rs. Ramseyer which forced A/r. But now we y much Ramseyer to proceed to Europe with his wife. are happy to report that both have returned from Europe, and any 0 yhich proceeded to their field of labour in Ashante where both had There hoats. at one time been captives of the king of Kumase. seems no hindrance now to the beginning of direct Mission work. ) souls My. Buss, a carpenter who was sent to build the houses in easIng which Abetifi, relates the following incident: Jokob: Between Kyebi and Abetifi we (Mr. Miiller and Mr. Buss) came to a village called Asiakwa, and sat down under a big tree. A ) coul- great crowd gathered round us, and at last the king with his couneil 0 11 0r came also, and trembling begged us to listen to him. i the Through his interpreter he had the whole matter put before us in English, he and his council standing before us in a bent posture: Close to the village, ity the interpreter explained, there was a big tree, inhabited by a great Akem: fetish. They had now determined to erect a certain building, but the 50608 tree was standing in their way, and they dared not fell the tree be- )y the cause of the fetish, who would kill all of them, if they touched it. Mr. Miiller asked them to show the tree and all thronged towards stial ther the place to see what the white man was about to do. ‘We soon st nlt reached the gigantic tree, and Mr. Mijller demanded an axe, and went 9% sy 68 towérds the tree. All the people stood back and the greatest silence a Midd As another axe was not at hand, I took a bill and we (atechn prevailed. both began to cut the big tree all round. When the people saw yout hs that the fetish did not do us any harm they gave expression to their among great joy, for they had at first expected that we should both be killed. N0W i After they had become somewhat quiet again, Mr. Miiller delivered cartyil a speech in which he told the king and his people that they had now 11l tha a clear proof of what fetishes were; as there was none in this countr tree, so there was none at all; they must give up their faith in those Th lying doctrines and turn to the true God and to Jesus Christ alone; last tw then they would be sure to be helped; for He alone and no fetish could give help. They assured us that the time would come when they The all would become Christians, and tried in all possible ways to shew and s were b us how thankful they were to us for having driven the fetish from out of the tree. ab ad COllgl‘q The deadly climate of the Gold Coast has asserted itself from ¢ more than usual in the year under review. Many cases of Increg severe sickness have occurred, Mr. Petavel, Mr. Krauss, Mr. Th Wernle, Mrs. Eisenschmid, Mrs. Miller have all died within heathe the year 1877, and several others have been obliged to return 0 he to Germany to recruit their health. throy 088 an In China. the pe¢ Since 1846 the Basel Mission has carried on Mission-work 8poke- in the south-west of China. The beginning was first made the G‘Q in Lilong in the province of Canton, and Hongkong, which is We ma have g an English possession. But since 1864 they have extended their work to the interior where two stations Chongchong and ing ty W Nyenhangly were begun at a distance of about 150 miles from the coast. Congregations have been gathered in all these sta- tiap fi tions ; Boarding Schools, Day Schools, a Catechist Seminary and Was 69 S e t silence a Middle School, preparing for the Seminary, are carried on. and we Catechists have been trained to the number of 21, and several ple saw youths have been sent to the Mission College in Basel, from fo their among whom two have been ordained in Germany and are e killed, now working in China as Missionaries, whilst three others are elivered carrying on their studies in Basel; one of them, however, is so 1ad now ill that there is not much hope of his ever seeing his native 1 il country again. n those alon The two stations, Lilong and Nyenhangly, have for the last two years been the chief centres of interest and success. h eonld The Missionaries in Lilong baptized 71 heathens in 1876 on they 0 shew and some more in the first months of 1877. Some of these were baptized in Lilong itself, but the majority in villages at a distance of 6 to 36 miles. In 8 villages small Christian congregations have been gathered, and new enquirers come 11 from time to time, so that the congregations are steadily 3 0l 14, increasing. The Missionaries of Nyenhangly baptized as many as 191 ithin heathens in 1876, and the movement towards Christianity seems return to be still spreading, and numbers of people in many villages throw away their idols, come to Nyenhangly from great distan- ces and earnestly ask for teachers of the Gospel. In his tours through the villages round about, Mr. Ayun found the people even more friendly than in former years, and he frequently n.WOlA spoke till late in the night to numerous heathens and enquirers about the Gospel. As new places in which we have found an open door we mention especially Moilim and Lyusa, in which places 150 people have given up idolatry and joined us, and there are many more will- ing to follow them. This has been the case since August 1876. We had not, at that time, Catechists enough to follow up the movement energetically. But the people themselves asked a Chris- tian from Lukfung to teach them the Gospel, which he did as well as he was able. Afterwards Chong Hinpak, one of the church-elders of Lol 70 Chongchong visited Moilim for one month, and afterwards another (latecht and fou church-elder Nyim ngipak, the octogenarian son of the centenarian Hokshin, went there for two months, to instruct the people in the (hrist, The ol Gospel. Only in 1877 were we able to station a Catechist in Moilim, and in time we hope to find one for Liyusa also.-—From another district latry & about 7 miles S. E. from here, from 30 to 40 people have begun re- - Th (Choith gularly to attend our Sunday Services, and some of them have put away their idols. much, that w My. Ayur himself writes on the 15th September 1877: Divine For some time the Gospel has become a pearl that is sought after. On In former years we had to carry it from village to village, offering it miles § to the people, and were frequently met with scorn. Now we not only who ok heen meet with the willing consent of many as soon as we begin to speak of the Gospel, but it frequently happens that people come from a Were n distance of 40 or 50 miles, either to enquire about the Gospel or to them {] invite us to come to their villages where, they tell us, numbers of Al enquiring people are waiting for us. a isty On the 20th August 3 men came from Choitung, about 45 miles fo heay east from here, telling us that in their village 30 or 40 people were look g desirous to become Christians and asking us to pay a visit there. On When | further enquiries we learned that they had at first intended to join the istrig But Roman Catholics, of whom some were in their neighbourhood. they soon found that their life was no better than that of the heathen, T They then heard of the Gospel and therefore came here to ask us to and o come to them, offering to pay the travelling expenses. ‘We therefore his h( sent two Catechists. On the first evening after their arrival 40 COflgm people came together and willingly listened to the Gospel on that day Miss as well as during the whole time of their stay. They removed all idols and other heathenish objects from their houses and began to keep the Sunday. There are many more there, who think about becoming Christians. One of them, a peasant, 86 years of age, became dangerously ill, and as he formerly had heard from the Roman Catholics that by being baptized he would go to heaven after death, he entreated the 71 e nother Catechists to baptize him. They first instructed him for some days, narian and found that he was longing after God’s grace and believing in i the Christ, so that they baptized him as the first fruit of Choithung. Loilim, The old man now began to press his family to entirely forsake ido- listrict latry and to become disciples of Jesus. un re- - The Catechists returned full of joy with all they had seen in e put Choithung; but the people there regretted their departure very much, and we are sorry that all our Catechists have so much work that we can spare none for these people who are so longing after T Divine truth. after, On the 2nd September two men came from Lam‘fihung, about 45 miles south of Nyenhangly, saying that there were 20 people there ing it fonly who observed the Sunday, although no Christian preacher had ever been there. speak They entreated us to come and teach them, but we om & were not able to do more than give them Christian books and promise them that we would at another time send the Catechist of Moilim. 0o 18 of Altogether the field seems to be white for the harvest. From a distance of even 45 miles they come on Sundays and week-days to hear the Gospel, and our only grief is, that we cannot afford to miles ere look after them more carefully. We therefore long for the time On when the Lord will send us a greater number of labourers for our nthe distriet. But These appeals have not been lost on our Home Committee, fen. and as one of the old Missionaries was obliged to go home for s fo his health, four new brethren were sent out in 1877. The ofore | 40 congregations in the 4 stations now number 1497, and the ; d&j’ Missionaries 12, including the two Chinese Missionaries. all pto hout rll by the 72 Conclusion. 3 fof ® Praise be to God for all His kindness towards us and for His help in this year of suffering and distress. His is the kingdom, and His we wish to be this our e e small part of work for His kingdom. May He safely Stati al guide us through all difficulties and show us the right Out-St; T — And we wish also to thank those way in everything. L Mangal of our friends who have assisted us by their gifts, their Out-St prayers and their sympathy. We beg them still not to Bolma, shara, [ forget us, seeing that a new burden has fallen on us in Kasurgode, the eouise of tast year. May God bring them and us, and the nation in whose midst we live, to His glorious kingdom. Amen. —— SO Se— A Nilky Out-§ Kadik Suu, 3, duhidri, ] Kolighy, ' latur, 5 el Yoty lar, peyy Kfldetur. 73 Siafions of the Basel German Goangelical Rlission Dociety s s IN SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA eSS, A. CANARA DISTRICT S our Stations Native Agents safely / Missionaries and Deacons, Catechists Pages Out-Stations and Evangelists ate of ac- on which right ive Service the Station is mentioned those I. Mangalore Mr. G. Pfleiderer Christanuja Watsa 1866 et 40 186 41 42 thetr Out-Stations Rev. J. Fr. A. Ménner Charles Gojar Bolma, Ravane- Rev. F. Miller Benjamin Ponon 18 72 49 50 10t {0 shwara, Hosadurga, Rev. B. Graeter Daniel Ammanna 1856 53 54 Kasargode. Rev. S. Gundert 55 56 in Mr. Th. Digel 58-61. ld‘ U5, Rev. W. Sikemeier 61. 64 Mr. G. Hirner £I0US Mr. C. Hiittinger (Mr. A. Burkhardt) Mr. R. Hauri Rev. E. Hirlin Mr. J. Baumann Mr. H. Altenmiiller (Mr. J. Krapf) 2. Mulky Rev. H. Daimelhuber Rev. Seb. Furtado 1 86A6 1. 39: Ouit-Stations Rev. J. Hermelink Rev. Daniel Aaron 1872 40. 55. Abraham Hery 1867 Kadike, Ulya; Santur, Alankara, Pa- Mark Salis 1867 dubidri, Kanankara, Kolichur; Kutyar, Ka- Jeremia Sonna 1874 Johann Ph. Salins 1863 latur, Tuledu, Irnda- di; Utchila, Mullur, Yermala; Padur, Mal- lar, Perur; Munderu, Kodetur. 10 74 Stations Native Agents Stat and Missionaries Deacons, Catechists 4l Out-Stations and Evangelists Pages on which OuteSt Date of ac- tiveService the Station s 3. Udapy Rev. G. Ritter Rev. Diego Fernandez 1872 o ot = lis mentioned 10, Hubl Out-Stations Rev. J. A. Brasche Eliezer Paul 1866 56. (ut-S Nidambur, Beilur, Rev. P. Ott Unaka Samuel Andreya 1867 Korangradi, Malapu, Rev. G. A:Ziegler Daniel Andreya 1867 T Udyavara; Shirva, Bolle, Kattingeri, Gabriel Almanda 1871 11, et Israel Eliezer (ne Ninjur, Kudigrama, 1871 Palli, Kavadur; Gudde, Bethuel Soans 1873 Out- Cap, Mundodi; Hattu- Shagoti Josias Aarons 1873 padi, Koppala; Ma- 12, Gule dambail, Kurkal, Ka- Nathan Suchitta 1874 (near lanja; Kalyanapur, Up- Benjamin Ananda 1877 Out- pur, Bolmar, Tottam, Budin: 4. Karkal Rev. R. Hartmann Obed Sumitra 1874 12 vali, Ni Out-Stations 13, farde Sanur, Mudar, Nan- denhali dolige, Hekkateka. Nagarhal, Israel Aaron 12 51 Padinaky . Kundapur (Basarur) | Rev. J. Hafner 1856 Mulluy, 52 Nushtager Madikatt 6. Honore Rev. W. Niibling Jacob Kamsika 185 50 51 ge”’}', K: Out-Station Rev. L. Gengnagel Samuel Bunyan 1869 55 Hanemap, Karwar. Henry Robert 1870 e 12 19. 7. Mercara Rey. J K. Veil M. J. Veil 50 51 52 64. 13, Cay Oute 8. Anandapur (near | Rev. H. A. Kaundinya| Joseph Bhagyan 1873 il 13 Clowa, 17 Ammatti, Coorg) | Rev. C. G. Eble 21 34 Chiraka]. Out-Station Attolimani. 35 B. SOUTHERN MAHRATTA DISTRICT I Out 9. Dharwar Rev. J. Welsch Lot Hery 1868 11. Anchy Rev. M. Hoch 13-38. ol. 53, 54 75 Native Agents Stations and Missionaries Deacons, Catechists Pages Out-Stations and Evangelists on which the Station is mentioned 1 i Date of ac- tive Service 11; 54 ) L%: e 10. Hubly Rev. J. Mack Christian Chinnappa 36 Out-Stations Rev. J. Layer 13-38. 53. 54, Unakallu, Hebsur. Rev. R. Schenkel 13-38. 11, Bettigerry Rev. F. Ziegler Paul Badappa 1858 (near Gadag) Rev. N. Hiibner Manuel Furtado 1876 49. 54. Out-Stations (Mr. A. Burkhardt) Nahasson Vira 1877 55 Shagoti, Mulgunda, 13-38. 12, Guledgud Rev. W. Roth Solomon Bhaskar 1858 (near Bagalcot) Solomon Devada 1874 44-48. Rev. J. J. Thumm Qut-Stations Rev. W. Liitze Jared Soans 1877 49. 50, Budinakatti, Par- 54 vati, Nandikeshwa- (Rev. G. Grossmann) 12 ra, Kardenhalli, Kor- Mrs. Weigele denhalli, Ladagundi, Nagarhal, Asangi, Padinakatti, Allur, 12, 81, Mullur, Budihalli, 52 Mushtagery, Halhurki, Kabbal- Madikatti, 50, 81 gerry, Karadegudda, Hanemaragara. 99, 19, 19, C. MALABAR DISTRICT 50, L. 11 50 13. Cannanore Rev. J. M. Fritz Rev. Abraham Mulil 1876 2. b Out-Stations Rev. K. A. E. Diez Charles Stocking 1851 53 61 Chowa, Taliparambu, Rev. J. Lauffer Abraham Chatayappen 1855 62 64 11, 13 Chirakal. Mr. W. P. Schonthal 1861 o, 3 Jacob Chammanchery Mr. E. G. Halbrock Cornelius Hutten 1867 30 Joseph Taddai 1871 1863 Jocob Kumaren Abraham Arangaden 1870 Rev. Paul Chandren 141 12 14, Tellicherry Mr. W. Schmolck 1867 Out-Station Rev. E. Liebendorfer Gabriel Pirachen 1850 38 49 Ancharkandy Rev. J. Frohnmeyer Paul Sneham 1861 50. 53. 1 54, 55. 13-30 Stephan Chandren 1867 Joseph Mandody 1872 56 62. 51 it 4 10% 76 Native Agents Stations and Missionaries Deacons, Catechists Out-Stations Pages and Evangelists ive Service on which the Station Date of ac- is mentioned 15. Chombala Rev. S. Walter Matthai Kunyan 11. 55 Out-Stations Rev. C. W. Linder Jacob Heber 62 Muverattu, Kandap- Ezra Arunajalam penkundu. John Puthenvidu 1870 16. Calicut Rev. Th. F. Schauffler Rev. Joseph Jacobi 1868 11 12 Out-Stations Mr. Th. Elsisser 39 49 Pergor Elatoor, Coilandy, Paul Chittayagam 1850 Mr. A. Dobler William Davis 1861 50 53 Journ Beypore, Vythery. Mr. C. Feuchter Mgt Jona Padiath 1868 54 55 Mr. J.S. K. Ostermeier Timotheus Parakandy 1869 61 63 Deaco Mr. C. Pfleiderer Isaac Laban 1871 64 Mr. G. Benner Chrysost Parambattuk. 1870 Postay Librar Mrs. Schoch Joseph Mirandez 1872 Chure] Miss Kocherhans Medic 17, Codacal Rev. A. Wagner Mattu Peter 1850 56 63, Out-Stations Sehoo David Teikandy 1866 Parapery, Malapu Antony Veliattingara 1871 Orphg ram, Ponnany. Catec] 18, Palghaut Rev. L. G. Hanhart T. Cochan Wengalan 1850 11 42, Out-Stations Rev. A. Ruhland Build Johanan Peter 1859 52 53. Purch Kannani, Panayur Tobias Chembankodan 1867 54 Attikodu, Kinanur, Taxeg Wadakanchery, Ka- Johanan Zechariah 1868 Gabriel Hermon Indug ruvapara, Angatipu- 1873 ram Nathanael Arankaden 1877 Prini Abel Kattuparamben 1863 Pum; Adn D. NILGIRY DISTRICT Rev. W. Stokes Silas Shanta 11 51 19. Kaity 1874 Out-Station (Rev. J. Layer) 52 54 Nerkamby. 55 12 51 20. Kotagherry Rev. J. A. Biihrer Jacob Kanaka 1868 | e SN tive Servic $ 0 Expenditure of the ARhssion 43111, 95 49, 62 During the year 1877 )) 70 N N N N N\ Rs As 22 8| 11, 12 Personal Expenditure 72,125 0,89 49 23,635 — 1150, 53 Journeys and Home-passages 8 | 54, 05 Munshis 1,241 19,920 0|61, 63 Deacons, Catechists and Evangelists 1|64 Postages 1,165 10 Libraries 453 15 Church Expenses 603 14 Medical Expenses 472 15 0! 56, 63 14,801 14 Schools, English and Vernacular Orphanages, Boys and Girls 24,044 9,558 _f,/“ Catechists’ and Preparandi Schools ) Buildings, Repairs and Rents 16,352 :; Purchases and Off Payments 1,009 Taxes and Agricultural Outlays 1,849 Industrial 1,000 i%) 5,183 10 Printing Furniture 2,242 E; Administration 2,634 N OO ULO oY WO WO W OO dolal Rs 198,294 12 10 l“ 51 E. & O. E !D" 34 (52 Mangalore, 31st December 1877 1‘) 01 ? %la/%% Capt, | . 8a SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS LY TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND Ro Capt Received during the year 1877 X T M. Br RO K, Lg W. I Rs. As. P. Rs. As. P D0 0 G J AT MANGALORE. F. Graham Esq. J. Neuberg Esq. 100 =0 W 1271 14 LW H. 8. Thomas Esq. Genl. G. W. Walker 400 0 Through the Rev. Th. Walz & By Major Q. S. A. Jamieson 250 J. W. Best Esq. 120 AR W. H. Clift Esq., Hassan 100 Col. R. 8. Couchman 60 V. 8 Brig. Genl. O’Connell 100 Col. W. Rowlandson 25 C Afl\ (=) (=) (e i) % Dr. H. Gundert, Calw 50 Col.- Ch., M. Hailes 30 Capt, | Mrs. Knott, Bangalore Major Q. S. A. Jamieson 20 V. B through Mr. Eppinger 5 Mrs. Warlow 10 S SIS Of ©EC oS O LE H. Sewell Esq. AT HONORE & KARWAR. AW ‘W. H. Price Esq., Harbour R. A. Macdonald Esq. 100 Supdt., Kurrachee 5 0 0 . Spens Esq. 25 Sir Bj 10 Thro’ the Rev. G. Deimler, Bombay. . Winter Esq. LD T. Bosanquet Esq., Chikodi, Monteath Esq. LV Belgaum 300 Ingle Esq. 0. $ ?{: . Barrett Esq. 10 S OO S S S OO O O C. Banks Esq. 10 it ephg W i Ke By AT MERCARA. E. Miller Esq. Mrs. A. G. Allan 10 Bendg 10 Ch. Grondona Esq. Rev. Dr. Mackee 24 for John Vitters Esq. Major H. G. Puckle 33 hs 1 Rev. G. Richter 22 25 Rw H. Conder Esq. C. Soobiah Esq. 10 0o 0 SO (=) (=) e~ (=) James Kingsmill Esq 10 AT DHARWAR. C. Kapp Esq. 10 P. Fachivi Esq. 10 J. Richey Esq. 20 Capt, Chr. Mac’Donald Esq 10 Col. Hogg 10 Capt, 10 S, J. Brandenburg Esq. Dr. C. A. Sylvester 22 ‘W. Scott Esq. H. W. Scott Esq. 22 I B ¢ H. B G R. C. Beynon Esq. 20 Maj 0p 10 e O OO QN OIO PO I® OO @@ QO © RO O QIO I©HONI® IO IS IO 20 SR O OO O (=) i e B e () (=) Capt, C. Joynt Esq., M. D. J. W. Richard Esq. Johy { > | Rs. As. ‘P, Rs. .(&. wm Capt. C. Hay 25 Mr. W. Rainford \ W. Sandwith Esq 10 Mr. J. Rose 10 10 Col. White A. M. Don Esq. 23 G. Robertson Esq 10 Col. Walton 16 Capt. A. BE. Ward 10 A Soldier M 10 50 Thompson Esq General G. Selby M Brookes Esq. 10 General F. W. Kempster K Laxton Esq. 11 Mrs. Fair W. Jukes Esq. Brig. Genl. Caddell 21 As L~ G J. Willame Esq. Dr. D. C. Mc.Allum 15 W Mr. John Gee . Rister Eq. 00D DI O R IR S DS, S P @ O DN @ e H W. Lewis Esq. 10 G AT TELLICHERRY. Brunnell Esq. AR A. Reid Esq. 120 W. Shearer Esq. D. Buick Esq. 65 30 C. Anding Esq. § A. Gover Esq. Capt. C. Browne 2 R. Philipps Esq., Coonoor 50 W. Rix Esq. Miss King, Bangalore 10 (C=) ey Ao s (<) () ey siemy (e =) L. H. R S e e S i AT CALICUT. A. Wiltshire Esq. QO e O e e & oee o & o e e & o0 =l N ol o o ol o e S ol e e o W. Logan Esq. 240 165 AT HUBLY H. Wigram Esq. Rev. R. W. Wace 30 Sir Richard Temp_le 50 P. D. Conceicao Esq. F. P. Fiddian Esq. 20 20 A. W. Campbell Esq. W. 8. Gantz Esq. W. C. Darling Esq. 55 0. Sh—Esq. (= Ve g — T Stephen Stephens Esq. A. F. Schlunk Esq. 30 § G. Henke Esq. 40 E. W. Hazelgood Esq. - O Ot Ot O (e S R =] <N o~ Y == @O S O D ‘W. Henke Esq. 17 Fendall L. Charles Esq. 22 for Poor Fund 0. Eckelmann Esq. Messrs. Frank & Co. Madras 242 b O OHOTQL Ol O O O OIS D C4 OO O O oL D S @ AT GULEDGUD. At Vythery. R. W. Candy Esq. 50 Capt. Gaitskell (C e S H. B. Winterbotham Esq. 1 AT CANNANORE. Capt. Fair 4 N. N. Salmon BEsq. 49 Capt. W. F. Mc.Laughlin J. R. Malcolm Esq. (G il B (=) 1O) 12 T. F. Brosey Esq. J. EB: W. Prager Esq. Major J. Gabbet 48 T. P. Bittleston Esq. Capt. G. C. Bayley 12 L. E. Darcer Esq. oo O Ov 24 (== /@ S Bl (o i oo i o) A S e e S o John Rees Hsq. (el o) i ) J. Gordon Esq. (913 OO IO OIS IO D S e S o SO0 O o S 80 Rs. As. P. Rs As Mr, A S. Moon Esq. Mrs., J. Arriss BN Dare Esq. Mr. W. Clarke 28 10 G H H. Law Esq. Capt. H. B. Nangle W. R W. Hockhurd Esq. G. M. G 0 g 10 Rev, QS 9O Q0 . Drake Esq. % § C. Gray Esq. Mrs. Hayne 20 AT PALGHATUT. Mrs. Rundall 2 E. W. B . J. Sewell Esq. 20 Mrs. G 12 A Friend S. Dupen T. C. Elsworthy Esq. 12 M. W. W = O Do J. Grimes Esq. 12 A. 8. Cowdell Esq. 12 G. Higgins Esq. Mang: W. E. Gay Esq. L. Garthwaite Esq. 25 F. Bell Esq. Mr 15 A Friend DO OU G S W. H. Stables Esq. Mulky J. J. Tomlinson Esq. 10 H S 8 i Sir William Robinson 100 W. B. 5. Fagi 50 G. Armstrong Esq. Capt. &. R. Hodgson Udapy E. C. Johnson Esq. 10 G @O @R DS QIO D CH G OSSN OL O D O S Miss Darling = ot Ot o (o = A. Mec.Webster Esq Boy AT KAITY. Lewis Mc’Iver Esq. (S Boy Th. Onslow Esq. 60 Mrs. Brown |39} Ay Mrs. G. Dawson SO ISII®INS® OISO ID IE IO G IO O O Qo e B O v e 9o 0 O IDIOND OISO QN Genl. G. W. Walker 40 Honor Mrs. Breeks 50 His Grace the Govqrnor of | 89] Anang Mrs. Schmid Madras M C. E. P. Vernede Esq. W. E. Schmidt Esq. 5 W. Mullaly Esq. [y J. Davidson Esq. Dha‘zw Alex. Allen Esq. 25 F. S. Mullaly Esq. Mrs. Darling H\lbly | Mr. W. Seager Bettig( Lord Bishop of Madras P. Staunton Esq. Ot Ot Ot DO O 10 AN Major B. Hobart i’ G. Hodges Esq. Mrs. Sinclair, for Schools 10 UGS OO DO SIS IO G © & L g1y Major J. Morant, R. E. M, Mrs. J. Frank § AT KOTAGHERRY. bl Mrs. Gordon 20 il Rev. C. P. Hard A. Woodhouse Esq. Ada Mr. H. Wallace Mr. D’Cruz. 3 10 Ty ‘Angel of the Peace’ Lodge H. Rogers Esq. Canyg Mr. M. Hill C. E. P. Vernede Esq. Wor Mr. F. Antony Mrs. Taylor 22 Bty Mrs. Webster W. Deane Esq. H C: Fr. Groves Esq. 40 QO OO D O D S NI (O DD DD Mrs. A, Ferguson - O O O Ut B W bl - S0 238 [0 B i =) S R e L o i == N e B = I <o R o (o YR i, (i com I w Jl oo JE ( 20) S DeT® e OO O ONHONIOITD 4@ @ HE@INS IO O IO 1O A. E. B 2 81 e As, P, Rs. As. P Rs. As. P 0 R. 8. Mr. Anderson, Apothecary 12 E. M. F. 6 R. Wolley Esq. 0 G Hi.OoWe 2 Mrs. Johnstone g 10 [e=] Rev. W. Trotmann 20 0 0 ‘W. Rayall Esq. Rev. G. English 20 (<) (o)l (mr o) e Moo Two Friends— 20. 25 45 [e) E)E) 0 % Donations from Members of the Congregations and other Native Friends. Mangalore: Mr. L. Joshua 6 Sundry Gifts from the Mr. Th. Pearl 3 Congregation Mulky: Rev. Daniel Aarons 3 Chombala: Peter Varid S 0 Silas Padiath % in K. Fasting Box of the Girls 7 g @ O O© O Q Roda, a widow Udapy: Middle School Pie Kaleb Kekuni =N O O N 11 Mr. Joshua Matthew 10 Collections § Boys’ School Pie do. do. 3 Calicut: Mr. O. Pothan 32 Boys’ New Year’s Singing 3 Mr. Silvanayagam Moses A Woman 0 ” 2 Honore: Mr. Mark Salis 5 Mrs. Elizabeth Muttu 3 SO OO O DaC B0 00 =] SIS eC O© ONOIOHCS N e e s R e S S e e s e s s o ) Anandapur: Mr. David Kore 24 From the Girls’ Orphanage » w 0 Mr. Philipp Anthony 24 Negro Box 15 Codacal: Mr. Francis, ” Stephan Anthony Dharwar: Congregation 3 Overseer, Mallapuram Hubly: Mr. Ch. Chinnappa 2 Mr. Joseph Charley O OO O O RO B OO0 O OO e ks ot & Bettigerry: Mr. Gnanappa 9 Palghaut: Congregation A Member of the H. Con- Out-Stations W B = O ey S (=l e () (o) U ) i) (=) ) TE;; gregation 62 Mr. George Therian Mr. Paul Badawa e ilies e SRSl e De ol e, Kotagherry: Post Master ” Sal. Devada 10 Thomas Girls of the Orphanage Simson, servant Adam Catech. J. Kanaka Juvenile Association Lot <= Y1 2B ST =) IS 0 D LD Daniel Carpenter 1. 10 Cannanore: Workmen and Mr. Samuel, Schoolmaster 20 Mr. Pragasam, writer 1 [l ey A (e e ) ‘Women of the Weaving Establishment 61 (é) § é 0 0 183 82 Subscriptions and Donations for Schools. MANGA Rs. As. P R Asy P Dharwar: i Bettigerry: Bombay Anna Fund 100 Bombay Anna Fund 100 0 23 MULKY 50 0 g Friends—Europe W. H. Scott Esq. | } Guledgud: G. Jenkins Esq. 30 Young Ladies’ Association, | Calicut: J. P. Fiddian Esq. 10 Basel 72 15 6 | Mrs. Ferguson, Nellampore 20 OO OO oL OO0 UDAPY ANANT DHARY Anandapur Orphan Asylum. Mr. F. Baker N N 10 HUBLY ” G. A. Dunster Mr. J. Hunt 10 ” W. Turner Mr. Church e e e S W B A il < BETTI Through the Rev. B. Graeter. Capt. Nangle 10 GULED For the famine: 50 iih Onsl.ow .Esq.. Congregation of Zion Chapel 20 SO O (=) e B =) CANNA TRLLI( Donations for the Sickhouse at Mangalore Acknowledged by the Rev. F. Hirlin. Col. R. S. Couchman 80 (=] [ CHOM J. P. Davidson Esq. Dr. R. Dempster 21 Major C. J. Moore CALIOY J. W. Best Esq. 20 Mr Th. Pearl 20 Major P. Warlow Through Mrs. Pfleiderer Mr. L. Joshua 12 S H H J. Ball Esq. i1 n Wynne Esq. W. H. Comyn Esq. 10 i) Morgan Esq. N DO DD W C0DA( Major Q. S. A. Jamieson Leggatt Esq. Lt. Col. W. Rowlandson SISO OO O QSO QOO O OO O o ww B H DD DO @O @ OO QRO IO O O O OO PAL oy Hebbert Esq. Mgy 83 = e L2 Grants in Aid. Rs B — 90 MANGALORE Brahmin Girls’ School As, P, Parochial Girls’ School 362 ot ” Boys’ School 118 ) 150 MULKY Girls’ Boarding School ] ) Boys’ School Kutyar Parochial School 240 ) o S = UDAPY Middle School 172 Boys’ Boarding School Gudde Parochial School 3 Kattupadi Parochial School 1% Parochial School 72 ANANDAPUR DHARWAR Anglo-Vernacular School 196 Vernacular School 49 00 299 HUBLY Anglo-Vernacular School ) 00 01ld Hubly School 120 00 Boys’ Parochial School 35 216 Orphanage and Destitute Children Parochial Girls’ School 43 BETTIGERRY Boys’ School 82 Girls’ School 47 GULEDGUD Vernacular School 114 0 00 Girls’ School 52 0 0 0 Mulil School 83 [Ty ) 0 CANNANORE 0 Parochial School 50 Chowa School 84 204 TELLICHERRY Orphanage Middle School 74 School in the Fisher Village 55 Parochial Town School 2 CHOMBALA Girls’ Orphanage 220 0 0 CALICUT Anglo-Vernacular School 963 (o o8 0" 014 Hem I ey B e i e Vi o) Moo WPk ) k)i (e Vs M em il o) o oY e il ol (el geilo s LTI g0 ol )y bl ol i con) gl emm P comrs (ol ool 0 01 el NSl el 41 0 0 Pudiangady School Town Girls’ School 46 0 0 1] Girls’ Boarding School 555 — 144 ] Boys’ Parochial School CODACAL Parochial School 23 0 0 ] Paraperi School 11 0 PALGHAUT 103 0 0 Anglo-Vernacular School Parochial School 129 0 1] NILGHERRIES For all our Hill Schools 320 (el ) Silo o}l em fe ey filem)ien] Kol Bl S ) & s e e e s e 0 e e ool Bie er®aD © Q.0 O DVO O G @ OO Ol QIO e 14k 84 Fur th Contributions of the Congregations (“Church Tax”). Rs. As. P. Rs. As. P. LV 232 0 I F Mangalore Bettigherry 30 11 Mulky 34 Shagoty 6 L) NN Utchila Cannanore 38 M, I Padur Chowa (atee 40 —t Santur g Tellicherry 60 A i Kutyar Chombala 37 Rev Munderu ‘i [y Calicut 136 Udapy 59 Coilandy Gudde 22 Codacal 34 Shirva 21 Paraperi ot Dot Kattupadi 18 IV @R O @RI VO i G Malapuram : Kalyanapur Ponnany Madambail 10 Palghaut Karkal Wadakanchery DO O O D e a3 O O3 = —t > Kundapur Karuvapara Majo Honore Kinnanur Karwar Capt, Kannani Dr, 1 Mercara Panayur R = D o » Mr, , Anandapur Kaity 12 Dharwar §§ (0 )= i e =) Bl ) S ] N} (o) Mg Kotagherry S = O o ©C O O O O O O O O O O H O - OO - W A, Hubly 24 12 O BIQIIN © OISO OIS SO I oS OIS OIS IS Serge . . M, Mr. ¢ For Educating Protestant Children of the 34th Regiment at Mangalore in the Mission Boarding Schools. Rey Re. As: P H. 8. TI;omas Esq., c. s. 72 0 Col. R. 8. Couchman 9 . . Dr. R. Dempster 12 20 § = =i~ B ) Major Q. A. 8. Jamieson, 84th C. L. I. . 85 e Further Donations towards the erection of a Chapel at Tellicherry. Rs. As. P RS As P A P J. W. Reid Esq. 50 0 Th. Elsédsser Esq. 10 0 20 Rev. G. Hanhart 1 F. F. Bagshawe Esq 9 N. N. {7 Otto Mestry Mr. Rairrachan Job Mestry Catech. Gabriel Pirachen 10 Micha Ayen and his wife ;g) A Friend 10 Bernhard Rev. 8. Walter 10 © © © © o © (e=y Sl (=) i em) i (o) i () o) Ot e+ QU Ot OV © (e P el ) (o) S (o) () LIS OO IO Mr. P. Satyarthi A.yen (:f 17 0 Donations towards the repairs of the furniture of the Chapel at Cannanore. Acknowledged by the Rev. E. Diez. 0 0 0 0 Rs. As Rs. As. P. 14 Major J. Gabbet 15 Private J. Asprey Capt. Mc.Langhlin » J. Ward ; 0 Dr. D. C. Mc’Allum E. Harris Mr. J. Gee W. Becken Mrs. J. Gee W. Partif j 0 0 Mr. J. Rees Thos. Brown J. Coles %? g g) Sergeant Roffey Mr. J. Rose Brethren of H. M’s. 48th Mr. W. Rainford Regiment towards Lighting Mr. Gorman ot O = DD Ut W o e Ot =] (=)l =l il em) e <o) S ) <o) e ) g Expenses 14 10015. Rev. G. Wagner, Codacal, begs to acknowledge with thanks from H. M. Winterbotham Esq., Rs. 100 towards mats and benches for the Codacal Church and Rs. 100 towards the expenses of levelling paddy fields. PINLS INDEX ~~~ Page European Missionaries of the Basel German Evangelical Mission Report. Increase of the Congregatlons 11 II Progress of the Mission in the Famine Dlstrlcts 13 IIT Congregations 38 IV 41 Evangelists, Catechists and Deacons Obituary 43 VI 49 Staff of European M1ss1onar1es VII Preaching to the Heathen 50 VIII School Work 53 IX Literary Work 57 58 The Printing Press The Book and Tract Depos1t01y 60 61 X Industrial Establishments Mercantile Establishments 64 65 The Operations of our Society in other Countries Africa 65 68 China Conelusion 72 Stations of the Basel Germa,n Evangehcal Mlssmnary Soclety in South-Western India (giving at the same time an index to the pages where the several Stations are men- 73 tioned in the Report) Expenditure of the Mission during the year 1877 i 8 Subsecriptions and Donations B v e g D SRy . S e e = ifi\%}zfi - o - —_— e (i = M M i W H ! WM k- M w\u - | i M i | i g | w | W W m | NSRS s i - e S = - = i s ik o v i e e 4 [ e L7 P 8 Bl W S ot o S N W i S8 or .. i :. ¥ i iy 1 9 i G ‘&’Ql & o e 4 * 4 BN o f Ve & 3. 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