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European Missionaries

of the Basel German Evangelical Mission,

A.

In India.

Corrected up to the 1st May 1879.

[The letter (m.) after the names signifies: “married”, and the letter (w.): “widower”

The names of unordained Brethren are marked by an asterisk.]

Date of

Native

active

Station

Name

Country

Service

. J. M. Fritz (m.)

Germany

1839

Coonoor

Switzerland

1842

. J. A. Bithrer (m.)

Kotagiri

. H.A.Kaundinya (m.)

India

1851

Anandapur

1851

Cannanore

. K. A. B, Diez (m.)

Germany

. G. Pfleiderer (m.)*

do

1853

Mangalore

do

sy

1856

Cannanore

. J. Lauffer (m.)

. L. G. Hanhart (m.)

Switzerland

1857

do

D =1 S O WD

1857

. J.Fr. A, Ménner (m.)

Germany

Mangalore

©

. W. Roth (m.)

do

1857

Guledgud

10

do

1858

. J. Mack (m.)

Hubly

11

. R. Hartmann (m.)

Switzerland

1859

Karkal

12

1860

. J. 4. Thumm (m.)

Germany

Bettigerry

13

. 'W. Stokes (m.)

India

1860

Kaity

14

1861

. J. Fr. Miller (m.)

Germany

Mangalore

15

. Fr. Ziegler (m.)

do

1862

Dharwar

16

do

1863

. J. B. Graeter (m)

Mangalore

1%

. S. Gundert (m.)

do

1863

do

do

1865

Calicut

18

. J. Knobloch (m.)

19

. 8. Walter (m.)

Switzerland

1866

Chombala

Fr. Matthissen *

Russia

1867

Calicut

20

21

. C. Linder (m.)

Germany

1868

Chombala

|

Date of

Name

Native

active

Station

|

Country

|

Service

22

W. Schmolck (m.)

; Germany

1869

Tellicherry

i

23

do

1869

G. Ritter (m.)

|

Udapy

i

2

24

J. A. Brasche (m.)

do

1870

do

99, .

9

hed

5

1870

W. Sikemeier (m.)

| Holland

Mangalore

36, |

26

W.P.Schonthal (m.)* | Germany

1870

Cannanore

o,

217

do

N. Hiibner (m.)

1870

Bettigerry

58, |

28

J. Hafner (m.)

Switzerland

1871

Kundapur

89, ¢

29

P. Ott (m)

Germany

1871

Mulky

60

30

W. Niibling

do

1871

Honore

31

J. Welsch (m.)

do

1871

Bettigerry

32

G. Hirner (m.)*

do

1871

Mangalore

_'E

33

C. Hiittinger (m.) *

do

1871

do

34

A. Burkhardt *

Switzerland

1872

Guledgud

i

35

G. A. Ziegler (m.)

Germany

1872

Udapy

36

J. Hermelink (m.)

do

1872

A

Mulky

37

G. Wagner (m.)

do.

1872

Codacal

38

do

1872

66, ]

J. F. Veil (m.)

Mercara

39

R. Hauri (m.) *

| Switzerland

1873

40

' Mangalore

do

;

E. Harlin (m.)

Germany

1873

41

J. Layer (m.)

do

1873

42

C. Feuchter *

, Kaity

do

1873

Calicut

43

J. S. K. Ostermeier *

do

1873

|

do

44

G. Grossmann (m.)

Switzerland

1874

| Hubly

69.

45

R. Schenkel

Germany

1874

do

10,

46

C. Pfleiderer (m.)*

do

1874

‘ Calicut

W,

47

J. Baumann (m.)*

Switzerland

1874

12 ]

Mangalore

48

J. Veil »

Germany

1875

} Mercara

T,

49

W. Liitze

do

1875

4, ,

Dharwar

50

L. Gengnagel (m.)

do

1875 | Honore

0, !

51

do

E. Liebendérfer (m.)

1875 | Tellicherry

6, T

52

J. Frohnmeyer (m.)

do

1876 |

do

e

18,

(14

Date of

Native

Name

active

Station

Country

Service

|

53

Ruhland

Germany

1876

Palghaut

54

Eble (m.)

do

1876

Anandapur

55

Switzerland

1876

Mangalore

56

albrock &

Germany

1876

Calicut

o7

nner *

do

1877

do

58

%

%;

ltenmiiller *

do

1878

Mangalore

59

Switzerland

1878

do

J. Krapf *

60

J. G. Kiihnle

Germany

1878

Calicut

61

C. D. Warth

do

1878

Dharwar

62

J. Knausenberger

do

1878

Hubly

63

do

1878

Kaity

M. Mieg

64

E. Richter

do

i

1878

Mangalore

65

do

1879

Cannanore

J. Weissmann

Single Ladies

66

Mrs. Schoch

| Switzerland

1863

Calicut

1866

67

Mrs. Weigele

| Germany

Guledgud

68

Miss Kocherhans

Switzerland

1876

Calicut

At Home

69

Chr. Miller (m.)

Germany

1842

late of Tellicherry

70

J. F. Metfz

do

1843

do

Kaity

il

F. Kittel (m.)

do

1853

do

Mercara

72

Th. Schaufller

do

1860

do

Calicut

3

Th. Digel (m.)*

do

1864

Gt dan

do

Mangalore

74

J. Miiller (m.)*

do

1866

do

Mercara

75

Th. Walz (m.)

do

%

1866

do

Mangalore

76

Th. Elsdsser (m.)

do

1867

do

Calicut

(e

do

<

il

1870

do

H. Daimelhuber (m.)

=

Mulky

78

A. Dobler (m.)*

' Surinam

1872

do

Calicut

B. On the Western Coast of Africa.”

(GOLD COAST.)

|

Date of

10,

Name

Native

active

_ Station

105

|

Country

Service

|

106

107

79

J. Chr. Dieterle (rﬁ.)

Germany

1846

Aburi

80

H.L. Rottmann(m)*

do

1854

Akra

108

81

D. Eisenschmid (w.)

do

1861

Akropong

109

82

D. Asante (m.)

Africa

1862

110

Kyebi

83

Ph. H. Bohner (m.)

Germany

1863

Abokobi

111

84

Switzerland

1864

112

Fr. Ramseyer (m.)

| Abetifi

|

85

J. Miiller (w.)

Germany

1865

Akropong

113

86

Switzerland

1865

Odumase

J. Weiss (m.)

87

J. Binder (m.)*

Germany

1866

Ada

88

Chr. J. Buhl (m.)*

do

1869

Christiansborg

89

J. G. Fritz (m.) ¥

do

1870

do

114

90

P. Steiner (m.)

do

1872

do

115

91

A. Langhorst (m.)

do

1872

Ada

116

92

J. M. Miiller (m.)

do

1873

Akropong

93

Th. Essler (m.)

do

1873

do

94

N. Dieterle *

Africa

1874

Akra

95

C. Bender *

1874

do

I3

Germany

96

A. Mohr (m.)

Africa

1875

Begoro

118

97

1875

Abetifi

E. Werner (m.)

Germany

119

98

C. Weigle (m.)

India

1875

Akuse

120

99

F. A. Ehmer 3

1875

Abokobi

Germany

121

100

J. Weimer *

do

1875

Abetifi

12

101

G. Glatzle *

do

1875

Begoro

102

M. Seeger *

do

1876

Christiansborg

103

K. Buck *

do

1876

do

e

U Taken from the List of Ist January 1878.

?) Went Home in 1878.

3) Died in 1878.

e ]

Date of

Native

Name

active

Station

1

VCountry

Service

-

104.

Ph. Buss *

Germany

1876

Abetifi

105

M. Sauter

do

1876

Akropong

106

G. L. Schmid

do

1876

Aburi

107

R. Furrer

Switzerland

1876

Odumase

108

J. F. Buch

Germany

1876

Abokobi

109

J. Bischoff 2

Switzerland

1876

Christiansborg

110

J. Jordi *

do

1877

Akropong

111

E. Preiswerk *

do

1877

Ada

112

E. R. P. Biittner *

1877

Ada

Germany

113

A. Sixt *

do

1877

Christiansborg

Gone to Africa in 1878.

114,

A. Schmidt

| Germany

| 1878 |

Christiansborg

116.

W. Ochsner

Switzerland

1878

do

116.

G. Ganger *

Germany

Akra

| 1878

At Home.

11

J. A. Mader (m.)

Germany

1851 |late of Akropong

118. J. G.Christaller (m.)

do

1852

do

do

119,

C. Schonfeld (m.)

do

1863

do

Odumase

120

J. Kiihne *

do

1866

do

Kumase

121.

do

1867

do

Aburi

G. J. Lodholz (m.)

122,

J. Kopp (m.) ¥

do

1869

do

Odumase

) Died in 1878.

) Went Home in 1878

8) Returned to Africa in 1878.

8

e

e

C.

In China.

Date of

Name

Native

active

Station

Country

Service

o I

123

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

1846

Hongkong

124

do

1865

J. Loreher (m.)

Lilong

125

Min-siu-Chin (m.)

China

1869

Chongchong

f

126

G.A.Gussmann(m.) Germany

1869

Nyenhangly

127

Kong-Fat-lin-Ayun |

(m.) China

1871

do

128

Ch. G. Reusch (m.) Germany

1872

Hongkong

129

R. Ott (m.)

Switzerland

1873

Chongchong

130

M. Schaub (m.)

do

1874

Lilong

131

P. Kammerer

Germany

1877

do

132

D. Schaible

do

1874

|

Nyenhangly

133

G. Morgenroth

do

1877

Lilong

134

1877

oo ~x s b

H. Ziegler

{ Switzerland

do

Gone to China in 1878.

Io

135

Li-Shinen

|

I1

[ China

|

|

1878 :

2

At Home.

1§

136

H. Bender (m.)"

1862 | late of Chongchong

I

,L Germany

IS|

187

Ph. Ch. Piton (m.) t

do

‘ 1864‘ do. Lilong

16,

1

18

bl

20, |

//

1) Betitn d ko Chin, in 1878,

Census of the Basel German Evangelical Mission on the Western Coast of India.v

1st JANUARY 18?9.

Agents of the Mission.

Schools.

Under the care of the Mission.

European

Native Agents.

Parochial

Heathen

Present Church Members.

Mission-

Higher Schools

Boarding

Vernacular

aries.

Schools.

Schools.

Schools.

ﬁAMEs

OF

MISSION STATIONS.

mistresses

masters

instruction

during 1878

1st January 1878

Established in the year

Brethren

Sisters

Native Pastors

Catechists & Evangelists

Christian Schoolmasters

Christian School-

Non-Christian School-

Number of Schools

Seminary

Training Schools

Preparandi Schools

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Anglo-Vernacular Schools

Boys

Girls

Total of children under

Number of Converts baptized

Number of Church Members

Communicants

Non-Communicants

Children

Total

Catechumens

I. Canara.

I.

Mangalore

.

.

1834

-

o

—

133

121

435

1095

599

24

519

1142

14

2.

1845

(2]

-3 O

40

185

Mulley: = .

13

754

33

39

373

745

35

Udapy .

1854

DO

[or}

(14

35

182

30

94

494

15

482

991

130

Karkal .

1872

65

25

20

47

0

1876

Se

Kundapur

12

Honore.

1845

1L

70

30

75

Mercara

.

1870

27

18

34

2

1853

Pk el el el kel S e DD

NOOO O 3w

Anandapur .

DO DO DD k= = i DD O

OO O OMNMDO

=t DD R e QD O O

O OO OO M

O S OIS SReECy

DO OO -3-10w

(eom) Hlao [ e o) (am) i ) 19

DO OO RO

()i enpilan) b e (op) Hen) )

—

DO OOOk OO

-

OO OO OO a0

D OOtO © W ©

((:j

;g

(=) Aoz (e o) el o) ()

(e (o) ()l () (o) am) sy (e o)

47

39

163

67

17

100

184

16

II. South Mahratta.

9.

Dharwar

°

°

.

1837

57

5

72

194

34

113

48

81

131

12

10.

EHubly o

.

1839

80

12

10

74

186

11

178

124

140

269

31

II.

Bettigerry

.

.

1841

54

12

58

133

136

168

128

142

274

121

I2.

Guledgud

.

°

.

1851

B R0 B W

W D = B

SO OO

DD OO0 =

[ O N

= N

- D) D

B~ 00 B W

(e (el {em) )

DO D

S IDO D

73

19

25

g

63

O O = O

180

346

82

190

N > O D

191

383

252

III. Malabar.

13

Cannanore

.

1841

70

36

53

14

173

513

299

18

259

76

29

14

iEellicherny & .

1839

[\

18

24

211

51

12

408

1o

336

193

193

387

Chombala

1849

44

19

12

15

75

14

242

140

112

254

16.

Calicut .

1842

70

65

60

165

40

14

414

14

698

381

15

321

71

60

17

Codacal

1857

21

15

38

263

130

115

248

11

18.

1858

DD = O PO W Ot

i O DD O

OO = O

Ct W O = Ot g

Ot = © N OL W

= =t CO DD RO

O Bk O O

ST O O = D

SO O OO O

OO OO WO

(e {e=) et (el (0] e

(iRt R a8 ant (o)

60

Palghaut

53

21

15

157

14

158

71

10

76

157

IV. Nilgiris.

1846

I9

Kaity .

22

26

il

69

67

30

42

75

22

20.

Kotagiri

1867

0

0

92

49

56

108

Total..

—_—————t——_—— - | — | | —_—

68| 49

63

24

27

e

65|24 | 22

49

311

333

584 (432 1608

440

84

2887

807

6037

3355

173 [8277

680

762

Zotal of 15t Fanuary 1878 .

63| 50

2

66

2;

23

28

62119 11

471266

271

528 (386 {465

566

95

2654

293

5904

3070

165 {2802

6037

—_— | | |

1374

Decrease during 1878

126

11

612

Increase

ditto.

—_— | | |

1t

45

62

56

46 (143

233

514

133

285

475

768

0

%

itt.

[PYHE chief feature of our Mission work in 1878 has been

\Wthe following up of the consequences of the famine.

¥

The famine itself continued partially throughout the

whole year.

Some districts, especially that of Kaladgi, were

still labouring under it, and several others suffered from the

consequences, so that relief-works and other methods of assist-

ing the starving had to be continued or to be begun again.

The number of orphan children collected in 1877 was in-

creased in 1878, so that some new Orphanages were opened,

or projected, old ones enlarged, and those begun in 1877,

firmly established.

The numbers that joined us in 1877 in South Mahratta

in consequence of the famine, were further instructed.

Great

efforts were made to bestow particular care on them. DBut it

was not possible to send as many workers to their villages as

was considered necessary. Yet a goodly number have been

baptized, whilst others again have left us.

There are now

several congregations formed entirely or for the greater part

out of such elements, but it is too early even now to pronounce

positively on the standing of this class of converts.

10

e

Other districts also have had, in comparison to former

cong

years, a fair amount of success, though a moving of the

Wrn,

In the Tulu

of P

masses towards Christianity is nowhere visible.

district which some years ago was the scene of such move-

1nfo

ments, the numbers of enquirers are greater than in other

hers,

parts, so that the movement has not entirely died out, but

as (

there is much instability in the new-comers, many falling off

s0ug

fown

again, and others joining us for the second time.

All the other branches of the regular work have been

On

carried on without any particularly new or striking features,

from

but with a fair amount of prosperity, and are, we trust,

lis,

gradﬂally working towards the deeper grounding of the

and

Christian Churches under our care and towards the leavening

Chr

of the heathen community around, preparing for the time

Gare

when the now hidden operation will break out and become

visible even to blinded eyes.

fo §

ady]

are

I,

INCREASE OF THE CONGREGATION.

then

furf]

This year shows a greater number of baptisms than any

res

former year in the annals of our Mission, 807 heathens (of

whom 545 are adults) having been baptized in the course of

the year.

The actual increase, however, amounts only to 768, be-

cause in the South Mahratta District there were 65 deaths

against 13 births, and in all our stations as many as 70 have

in f

been excommunicated in the course of the year.

by‘

The number of our Christians has, however, been increased

not only by heathens newly baptized, but also by old Chris-

n

‘187

tians who, having been left hitherto without spiritual care,

g

are now looked after by our Missionaries and have joined our

the

__ 11

S

OrIer

congregation.

This is .especially the case in Manantoddy in

{ the

Wynaad, where a Catechist has heen stationed and a number

Tulu

of Protestants and Roman Catholics has sought admission

Mmove-

into our church. Twenty-two of these were received as Mem-

other

bers, whilst others remain as Probationers and are instructed

as Catechumens.

In Tellicherry also the Missionaries have

, but

g off

sought out a number of Native Christians scattered in the

town, and brought them in connexion with our congregation.

heen

On the other hand, in Calicut a number of Native Christians

1165,

from other districts and Missions have been struck off our

list, as their connexion with our congregation was very loose,

st

the

and also in Mangalore and, perhaps, in Mercara some such

ing

Christians are not entered in our Census, although spiritual

care is extended to them.

fime

come

Amongst the baptisms of heathens no less than 627 fell

to South Mahratta, whilst our other districts number 180 (90

adults).

As the majority of the baptisms in South Mahratta

are the outcome of the famine relief works, we shall treat of

them separately, as it is of particular value to study the

further development of these “famine-conversions.”

For the

present we exclude them in speaking of

)]

g (Of

g0 of

II. CONVERSIONS FROM HEATHENISM.

he

| The Tulu country (Udapy, Mulky, Karkal, Mangalore)

aths

in former years attracted our attention and excited our hopes

have

by very numerous conversions, but afterwards fell off, and in

1877 it even seemed as if a retrograde movement were setting

a5ed

118

mn

But this year, 1878, shows some new progress again, not

indeed in the same proportions as in 1868 and 1870, nor of

2165

the same clearly pronounced type.

Yet now and then in

our

2*

Ll

12

different places whole families, wishing to escape from the

decide

the ¢

vexations of demon-worship, apply to the Missionaries for

help, have their houses cleared of the objects of that worship,

from |

Mada

and enter the lists of adherents under instruction for baptism.

(lated

In this state some of them show a hopeful zeal and earnest-

slider

ness, while others from the beginning are of a wavering, un-

decided and indifferent character.

.1'e-ad1'

Of both classes some fall

havin

back again and seek for re-admission into caste, and ds a

{

family

consequence of the former numerous conversions, caste (es-

May 1

pecially toddy-drawers etc.) has opened her doors wide and

Ferng

makes the conditions very easy for returning into her bosom.

as e

Now and then it occurs that even Christians, who have been

of the

baptized for a few or for many years, getting colder and colder,

haptiz

finally relapse into heathenism; and we have seen the case of

as en(

an old Christian in Uchila, baptized thirty years ago, who

Carg (

at some former time had even been an elder of the congre-

wag |

gation, but whose character and walk became more and more

them

Ere {

unsatisfactory, till at last in his old days he went half-way

back to heathenism.

Others, however, also of both classes,

from |

from |

open their minds more and more to the influence of the Gos-

pel, gather spiritual strength in the course of instruction and

in the

ming

are by baptism admitted as members of the church.

These

181,

remarks apply particularly to Udapy, whilst in Mulky and

Karkal only very few of such occurrences are to be seen,

tians,

Womg

which, however, bear very much the same stamp as in Udapy.

Came

From the reports of A/r. Ritler and My. Ot we gather the

f&mﬂ)

following sketch of the up and down movements in Udapy

year's

and its out-stations:

IU

In Gudde sixteen were baptized on the 21st April, several back-

t0 30

sliders returned and were re-admitted, a large family were received

231y

as Catechumens, but on the other hand a Christian family in Kap

the (

relapsed into heathenism, the head of the family having never been

and 1

e

13

0 the

decidedly on the Lord’s side.—In Madambail a Christian family left

g for

the congregation, as they insisted on keeping back their daughter

1ship,

from her Christian husband, whilst we demanded a re-union.

In

Madambail the family which last year was enumerated amongst

ptism,

rnest-

Catechumens, has returned to heathenism,

In Udyavara the back-

)

), U

slider Timothy returned as a penitent, and, after some probation, was

re-admitted, whilst a family of enquirers returned to caste, after

o fall

But in their stead another

884

having been wavering from the first.

’

family of much more decided charaeter joined us as enquirers.—In

¢ (e

May 1878 eight persons were baptized by the Native Pastor Diego

e and

Fernandez in Shirva, two families in Shirva and two in Ninjur joined

0010

as enquirers, so that there are now 30 Catechumens under the care

een

of the new Native Pastor Charles.—In Koppala five persons were

older,

baptized on the 1st January 1879, and three new families joined

s of

as enquirers, so that 26 persons are under instruection under the

care of the Catechist Josias.— In Udapy itself only one heathen

who

ngre-

was baptized in 1878, but 44 were under instruction, and 23 of

them received baptism on the 12th January 1879. Amongst them

more

were the family of Perala, mentioned in last year’s Report, a family

foway

from Kapatta which joined us in the middle of the year, two families

18568,

from Badegotte, whom neither medicines nor demon-priests could help

(08

in the sickness of one of their members, so that they made up their

) and

mind to join the Christians.—Another family which had left us in

These

1877, returned again, the father saying that since he left the Chris-

tians, fever and other disease had never departed from him; and a

[ and

geen,

woman whom her wretched husband had dragged back to heathenism,

came back confessing her sin.—But on the other hand a Christian

dap

4

)

family and a widow with her children returned to heathenism, and last

r the

dapy

year’s enquirers in Malapu proved unworthy, and went back to caste.

Altogether the baptismsin Udapy and out-stations amounted

to 30; and there remain 130 Catechumens, of whom, however,

hack:

ived

23 have been since baptized (12th Jannary 1879), so that now

the congregations of Udapy contain 1014 baptized Christians

Kap

and 107 Catechumens.

14

ot

In Mulky the conversions have not been numerous, some

tion, &

persons were excommunicated on account of gross sins, and

been 4

hie had

some went back again.

Yet 13 persons were baptized and

Gospel

several families received into the number of Catechumens, so

(anar

that in six different villages some enquirers are looking for-

to Mu

ward to baptism.

mothe;

In Karkal

death has removed several members of the

what ¢

5 small congregations, so that the numbers have gone back.

join th

Only one person was fit for baptism, but 7 more are under

1e8olut

instruction, and a man has expressed his intention of joining

his sou

us to become free of the troublesome demons.

other |

in [{a

In connection with Mangalore two youths have left their

families and homes to become Christians.

Th

One of them is Rama Rao, a young Sarasvat Brahmin from

Same |

Mangalore, 21 years old.

He had been reading the Bible for many

cannm

years and loved it.

‘When our Anglo-Vernacular School in Manga-

Vi

lore was re-opened, he entered it, and there the Biblical instruection

in Soy

made such an impression on him, that he applied to Mr. Miiller for

Tillage

baptism, and onthe 7th August took refuge in the Mission-house. This

Bettige

caused a great stir among the Brahmin community of Mangalore,

of Bif]

and many of his relatives eame to the Mission-house to speak with the

Ment),

young man and shake his resolution by persuasion and promises.

Yeth

Violence was not, however, tried in any form, and the conversations

B anly

went on in good order in presence of the Missionaries.

Rama Rao

The

received then further instruction in the way of truth, and on the 3rd

andI]

December was baptized in our chapel in the presence of many of his

Was Jg

Hindu ecaste-fellows.

He is now studying in our Preparandi-School

t0 spey

in Udapy.

ellf)ugh

Another youth, 18 years old, presented himself on the 5th October

in theg

in the Mission-house in Mangalore, expressing his wish to become a

ing to.

Christian and study the Word of God in our Catechist Seminary. He

therg

was Deramma, the son of a well-to-do Bant family (Shudra) in Kutyar,

bangiy

28 miles N, of Mangalore. There is in Kutyar a Christian congrega-

Pf@par

—

15

Some

tion, affiliated to the Mission in Mulky; and Deramma had for years

been a pupil of the Vernacular School our Mission has in Kutyar;

, and

d and

he had also had much intercourse with the Christians there.

The

Gospel which he had learned chiefly from our Short Bible Stories in

18, 50

Canarese, made him desirous to become a Christian.

We sent him

o for

to Mulky and from there Mr. Davmelhuber accompanied him to his

mother and relatives in Kutyar, who were quite at a loss to understand

{ the

what could have induced the youth to leave his comfortable home and

hack.

join the out-caste Christians, and who took great pains to shake his

under

resolution.

But Deramma told them clearly that he wanted to save

his soul, and gave a good account of his faith before his relatives and

oiming

other heathens of Kutyar.

He now studies in the Preparandi-School

in Udapy.

their

There was a third youth from the heathen, studying in the

) from

same school in Udapy, and although he has left us again, we

cannot refrain from mentioning his case.

many

Virabhadra, the son of a weaver in the small village Hemasagara,

[anga-

retion

in South Mahratta, was a pupil of the Government School of that

village.

“When I was in School,” he relates, “some Christians from

ller for

, Thli

Bettigerry came to my village to sell books, and I bought two books

J

alore,

of Bible Stories (Short Bible Stories in Canarese, Old and New Testa-

ment), and read much in them.

Bui my father was very angry at it.

iththe

Omises.

Yet I understood that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that salvation

is only in Him, and that I must be lost if I do not believe in Him.

sations

na R0

The thought troubled me, what must become of me, if I do not believe,

and I prayed much to God.

My father and my mother died, and I

Je rd

was left alone without means of subsistence.

I also had the desire

of bis

to speak with the people on the Word of God, but how should I learn

Sehoo!

enough of it, and how should I find means oflivelihood ? When I was

Jc obef

in these thoughts, some tradesmen of my village told me, “We are go-

ing to Karwar, there are Missionaries there, perhaps you will find

oomo &

there what you want’.”

He went with them driving one of their

y, Be

bandies, and in Karwar applied to Mr. Kamsika who sent him to the

Kuﬂ%ri

Preparandi-School in Udapy.

“ And now my desire is,” he adds, “to

grog?

16

s

become a Christian, to learn the Word of God, and to preach it to

others.”

The earnestness with which he studied the Word of God,

this |

and the quickness of intellect with which he seized Divine truth was

the ¢

something remarkable, and he was also very zealous in selling Chris-

il

tian books and speaking of the truth to heathens, yet not without

nanl

an inclination of finding difficulties and putting quibbling questions

£0 b

about the Word of God.

He was also deeply imbued with Pantheistic

discn

notions (Vedanta) of which he could repeat long portions in verses,

flons

and he had also by his Vedantic friends been initiated in smoking

hut ¢

hemp.

How much these two factors (Vedantic doctrine and smoking

hemp) are apt to turn the head and ruin the faculty of clear thinking,

the |

everybody acquainted with Hindu society will have learned.

One

the d

have

day, being on a journey from Mangalore to Dharwar with the Cate-

chist Seminary, Virabhadra suddenly disappeared, and, from the en-

we e

quiries made, it seemed certain that he had secretly gone to Banka-

0 the

pur, where a sister and brother of his were said to reside.

He now

in Te

seems lost to the cause of Christ, especially if he should again take

Abouf

to smoking hemp.

But we cannot forget this zeal for and intelli-

gence in learning, and this earnestness in speaking about religious

Ky

subjects, so remarkable in a simple villager.

in his

Some other youths of the same district, and who had

deeply

When

several characteristic traits of disposition in common with

Chrigt

the former, have disappointed our hopes, and caused us to

in hiy

grieve and ponder how difficult it is to confirm such youths in

tO be(

the good way, after they have entered into it. For in several

ang

of these cases we cannot doubt that the young men at first

Seek {

inh‘od]

were in the main sincere in their search after truth and

salvation.

bearin

ingfyy

Apollo (Bhima) of whose really interesting conversion we

Our By

related two years ago, in the course of years, developed more

anothe

and more an unsatisfactory, contentious, arrogant character,

et

and has ended in relapsing again into heathenism. Abraham,

Storig

also of Mushtagery, has fallen into grievous sins, which led to

and |

17

oh 1t o

his excommunication.

And there are several other cases of

f God,

this kind.—Is the fault ours? Or is it entirely on the side of

th was

the converts?

Ohris-

Honore has had no conversions in this year, although a

vithout

gstions

number of people in different villages express their intention

to become Christians, and some of them frequently and earnestly

thelstic

discuss the matter amongst themselves, so that the expecta-

VISes,

moking

tions of the Missionaries there have at times been very strong,

but till now they have been a <hope deferred” which “maketh

noking

the heart sick”, but not without some prospect that, “when

king,

. One

the desire cometh it is a tree of life”.—Kundapur and Mercara

(ate-

have also been without baptisms.

But of all other stations

the en-

we hear of a greater or smaller number of heathens admitted

Banka-

to the Church.

In Cannanore on the 8th September 7, and

Te 1OV

in Tellicherry in the same month 8 persons were baptized.

n take

About some of the latter Mr. Licbendirfer writes:

intelli-

Jigious

Kumaren, now Jesudasen, of the Panikar caste, heard the Gospel

in his youth in our English School in Cannanore, but sank afterwards

deeply into heathenism with its abominations.

At a later period,

o hnd

when he was a schoolmaster, he again came into conneetion with

with

Christians, and his former impressions from the Word of God revived

in him powerfully. He began to see the emptiness of idolatry and

a8 10

ths 10

to be dissatisfied with it, and he also began to long after salvation

“I

prettl

and after the pardon of his sins which he felt as a great burden.

seek for the pardon of my sins” these were the words with which he

f first

introduced himself to me; and I received him with joy, as his whole

p and

bearing gave me a very favourable impression.

I now give him

instruction in the Word of God, and for a livelihood employ him in

our Boys’ School.

His relations from far and mear came one after

on W

| 7016

another to persuade him to return home with them, but he manfully

m(}tera

rejected all requests of this kind. He now zealously learns the Bible

Stories, although he finds some difficulty in remembering the names,

g&haﬂl7

and his modest, peaceful and manly character gives much cause for

Jed t0

3

18

Gl

He has not been without trials.

The very fact that he must

also

%9

now look himself after all his concerns, even the very trifles, is a

to lo

He

(ate

hardship for him who formerly was situated so very differently.

fell very sick with dysentery, but the result was a deepening of his

he u

connexion with God.

oleal

Also the Nayar woman Chiru, now Lydia, has joined us from a

eont

pure desire after salvation.

spea

lim

Of the 5 Catechumens, now looking forward to baptism,

od w

one very hopeful case is mentioned, that of Krishna Nayar

pries

who even as a heathen had been a pious man and who now

and

is happy to have found peace in Christ.

0ppo

From Chombala A/7. Walter writes about some conversions

Witn

in Mahe, and the obstacles which in Mahe have till now been

his |

made to the preaching of the Gospel:

Rom

The French Government in Mahe never allowed systematic

stang

Mission work there.

Some thirty years ago our Mission opened a

num

school there, but had to close it again on higher order. Public

Divine service was never allowed.

Nevertheless several Natives

gula?

of Mahe have joined our Church, and some of them have become

Catechists and Teachers.

M&hn

Last year the conversion of a Portuguese from Roman Catholicism

fo, b

As a lawyer

ther

to the Evangelical confession caused much excitement.

and a member of the Municipal Board he is a man of influence in Mahe.

ifae

liste

Formerly he led a bad life, and although he did not care much for

his own religion, he was an outspoken enemy of Protestantism and of

pub)

Wl‘it'

our Mission.

Frequently he went to heathen festivals, as he tells us

now, only with the intention to resist the Missionaries and Catechists

did

and prevent them from preaching. He continued in this bad life till

de |

fron

the Lord Himself stopped him. In the beginning of 1877 he became

very ill, and as the illness was considered to be cholera, all his

able

relatives and friends forsook him, and even avoided the streetf in

which he lived.

But he found one friend: our former Munshi, who

]

is a heathen, visited him and read the Malayalam Bible to him. He

Sc/z;

e e

19

¢ must

also called us. I found him willing to receive God’s truth, and began

, 1 4

to lead him deeper into the Bible, which he now reads zealously.

He

Catechist Ezra Arunajalam used to call on him.

‘When he was well,

He saw clearer and

of his

he used to attend our services in Chombala.

clearer the errors of the Roman Church and especially the strong

from a

contrast between it and the Bible.

‘When he gradually began to

speak of his convictions to his co-religionists, the priest tried to show

him how dangerous they were.

But as he was much better acquaint-

pism,

ed with the Bible than his priest, he could easily refute him, so that the

Nayar

priest left him in anger.

Rosario now asked for further instruetion,

) DOW

and publicly joined our church.

After this he had to bear much

opposition in Mahe, but by his disereet manner of life and his bold

75100

witness for Christ he has succeeded in winning the respect even of

' heen

his bitterest enemies, and has now much influence for good amongst

Romanists and heathens.

Five persons of the Mukkuvar caste, belonging to a family of good

ematic

standing in Mahe, were baptized, and other heathens have joined the

ened 8

number of enquirers.

Public

These and some heathens frequently have asked us to hold re-

afives

gular services in Mahe, and we should be very willing to do it, as

eeome

Mahe would form a good centre for spreading the Word of God. Hither-

to, however, the Government would not suffer any such thing. But as

Jicism

there is now religious liberty in France, we tried what could be

v ‘\791'

effected, and I called on the French Governor of Mahe. He willingly

Mahe.

listened to my requests, but said that he had not the power to permit

oh for

He therefore advised me to send him a

public services in Mahe.

and of

written petition on the matter, which he would forward to Paris. We

olls 18

did so, but have not yet received an answer.

Therefore Mr. Bruno

3chi3ts

de Rosario wrote again, and we are now waiting for an answer

ife il

from the Government of France, which will, we trust, be favour-

pcame

able, and enable us to build a chapel in Mahe.

]l bis

et I

In Calicut 3 adults and 11 children were baptized. AZ7.

o

Schawffler writes:

3%

20

ez

We have had many more enquirers, 15 in the beginning

N

and 60 at the end of the year, and many more wanted to join

9 mil

us to find a livelihood. Several were sent away, others dis-

hood 1

in ¢on

appeared of their own accord, and of the rest we were un-

willing to baptize more, before having had time to become

and b

of Si

better acquainted with their characters.

India

A similar account reaches us from Codacal where only

AW

one heathen was baptized. There were 20 enquirers of whom

6 were under instruction.

the w

Of the rest some had only come

from worldly motives, and in the case of a few our enquiries

proc:

and

showed that they had deceived us and told lies about their

could

dwelling place and their circumstances.

Of course they were

He e

sent away.

didng

In Palghaut also the majority of the enquirers asked not

1esoly

only for spiritual but also for outward help, and some of them

and §

were driven by the prevailing distress to take refuge with the

by ¢

Mission.

But they were in earnest about earning their live-

conse

But

lihood by the labour of their hands, and some were very

zealous in learning the Gospel; thus 7 women with their

and

M. |

children seemed worthy of baptism and received it.

The small congregation in Kaity has had an increase of 8

Some

persons added to it by baptism, and as the Orphanage, as

Malal

He W

will be shown hereafter, has been much enlarged, Mission

his fy

work there is extending its influence more and more.

lessg,

The baptized are, 2 Badaga, 1 Canarese and 2 Tamil

houge

children of our Orphanage, and a Badaga family consisting

(osp

of the sister of our Catechist .SiZas, her husband and daughter.

the

From Dharwar A4r. Welsch relates of a conversion in

hapti

Jodhalli, by which a footing has been gained in this village,

angd ]

and the prospects there look very promising. The case is in

in fhe

no way connected with the famine, and therefore different from

l&ppu

the baptisms to be mentioned in the next Chapter.

loy }

¥y

21

Gmmiiao

[nning

Malappu is about 50 years of age and an inhabitant of Jodhalli,

0 join

9 miles distant from Dharwar, where he finds his eomfortable liveli-

s dis-

hood independent of the Mission, and without leaving his house or work

6 uD-

in eonsequence of his change of religion.

As a boy he went to school

eoome

and has since then been a diligent reader.

In the Hindu prophecies

of Sidimane he read that a Christian (?) government would come to

ouly

India and bring the Saviour of the world, and when Malappu first

whom

saw a Missionary in his village, 15 years ago, he was convinced that

the way he proclaimed must be the right one.

At a later period he

come

procured from Hubly the tract “The Good Way” (sanmarga-vicharane),

i

e

and read it again and again, till he was fully convinced that salvation

therr

could be found only in Christ.

From that time he believed in Christ.

- ere

He endeavoured to convince his wife and children of the truth, but

did not succeed. “Several times,” herelates, “I went to Hubly, firmly

q not

resolved to become a Christian, but returned each time with sorrow

them

and shame, without carrying out my intention.

Last year I found

h the

by God’s grace the strength to take the step, whatever might be the

f

consequences, and since then I have had peace and rest in my mind.”

1

| ey

ye-

But the consequences were that his wife and children left the house

very

and would no longer live with their husband and father.

In June

therr

Mr. Welsch stayed in Jodhalli for 12 days, putting up in a temple.

Some of the Hindus there proved very friendly, and by their help

;ofS

Malappu’s eldest son Parappu was induced to return to his father.

g, a8

He was very willing also to take Christian instruetion together with

55100

his father, and frequently some heathens of Jodhalli join the Bible

lessons, and also listen willingly when the Gospel is brought to their

[ar

il

houses.

But especially Malappu drank in what he heard of the

!

o)

11

Gospel, read the Bible for himself, and a number of heathen are in

the habit of gathering in his house to speak on the Gospel.

The

;hter.

baptism on the 5th August was a very happy day for father and son,

p i0

and produced a deep impression on the many heathens who gathered

in the Ishwara temple to witness this first baptism in Jodhalli.

Ma-

is 0

lappu (now Shantappa) is still waiting for his wife to return, but till

from

now her great anger has not yet sufficiently cooled down, although

even heathens of her village persuade her to return to her husband,

22

TW

There is, however, hope that the youngest son v;/ill soon be brought

back to his father.

His eldest son, who in baptism took the name

scate

high

Ananda, has entered the Boarding School in Hubly.

The other people in Jodhalli willingly hear the Gospel and wel-

spent

furnif

come the Missionary in their village.

They also ask for a school,

heari

and as some 20 villages are within easy reach from Jodhalli, it is

Bena

worth while to make it a starting-point for evangelization.

Some

them

of the principal men are quite convinced of the truth of the Gospel

and only lack the courage to embrace it openly.

heart

that 1

gitl ¢

III. FAMINE, AND CONVERTS IN

the D

her |

FAMINE DISTRICTS.

Sehoc

Notw

The distress in consequence of the famine and even the

aceep

famine itself have not yet passed away. Especially Guledgud

pies,

and Bettigerry report further failure of crops, which in some

Hous

cases were as bad as in the worst times.

The prices are not

few |

indeed as high as in the worst times of 1877, but still much

formg

higher than wusual.

Great swarms of locusts have passed

befor

over Bettigerry and Hubly, without however doing much harm,

Opene

whilst a new calamity has visited the district in the shape of

fod,

numberless rats, which eat the corn on the fields to such an

Mang

the |

extent that on many fields nothing is left for the harvest.

Iy

Excess of rain has also destroyed the crops of many fields.

Su

fe

Labour is scarcely to be obtained, and manufactures, such as

I

cloth, etc. find no purchasers.

b(fgq

From other stations also which are not within the famine

colle

districts, the reports speak about great distress.

A1l our sia-

Werg

tions in Malabar have suffered from the prevailing scarcity.

Gule

The other districts also have suffered more or less from the

oy,

dearness of grain and other necessaries. Ar. Schawufler writes

Bett

from Calicut:

thep

23

rought

The past year was, as much as the year before, a time of great

name

scarcity and distress.

The prices of food were mnot, it is true, as

high as in 1877, yet the distress was greater, as the people had

d wel-

spent all their savings in money or ornaments and sold all superfluous

furniture before. Not only outsiders, but also our Christians suffered

sehool,

L atis

heavily.

From other distriets, Mysore, Coimbatore, ete. even from

Some

Benares, starving people flocked into our district, and many of

them died from the consequences of privation.

Many were the

Gospel

heart-rending sights that met our eyes, both amongst the crowds

that thronged our compound, and on our ways through the town. A

girl of about 14 years, one day in June, asked me for alms.

I took

the poor emaciated child, who from weakness could scarcely stand on

her legs and was shivering with cold, and brought her to our Girls’

School where the girls were very much touched by her appearance.

Notwithstanding her miserable condition, the poor girl refused to

n the

aceept of our food and asked for money. The girls joyfully gave her

odgud

pies, and the starving girl with her mother were shown into our Poor

House.

But help had come too late.

After 14 days the girl, and a

gome

e 100

few weeks later her sister and her mother died in consequence of

mueh

former starvation, whilst the father and another sister had died

before this on the way to Calicut. Some rich Hindus and Mahomedans

mSSE’d

opened relief kitehens, in which day by day many starving poor were

harm,

fed. We also had sums granted from the Madras Committee of the

pe of

Mansion-house-fund (Rs. 700), the Calicut Municipality (Rs. 100) and

ch an

the Relief-fund of our own Mission, so that we could alleviate much

ryest

suffering.

felds.

In consequence of this distress several of our stations

ch 85

began or carried on relief-works.

Fortunately the sums

collected for relief purposes in Germany and Switzerland

e

were not yet exhausted, so that Dharwar, Hubly, Bettigerry,

r St

Guledgud, Calicut, Codacal and other stations had still some

oty

One method followed in

money to expend on such works.

| the

Bettigerry and Hubly was to give advances to weavers and pay

m’ites

them for their stuffs which afterwards were sent to Mangalore

e

24

and

to be sold in our Mercantile Establishment. At first the pia,n

seemed to succeed and the stuffs were quickly sold.

But

Cons|

thror

gradually the sale became less, so that the plan had to be

thig

given up. This was owing partly to the competition of other

done

famine districts, whose produce found their way to Mangalore,

and other reasons, but also, we are sorry to say, partly to

to 1

the dishonesty of the weavers who by several tricks en-

A

come

deavoured to sell inferior cloth as good.—A4». Thumm writes

from Guledgud:

whor

The entreaties of people begging for help became more and more

ginn

importunate, especially when the cholera set in and demanded many

epo

vietims.

that

I applied to the Committee of the Mansion-house-fund in

Madras and to the Collector of Kaladgi for means to help these poor

take

emaciated people and was thankful to receive by and by Rs. 1150

116ce

(not including the sums from the Relief-fund of our Mission).

At

help

first I distributed sums of money, but soon perceived that this was not

fo0 1

to the purpose, and therefore bought grain which I had distributed,

und

giving 11b. to adults and 11b. to children.

On the first day we got

Every day,

siney

60 persons on our list, but they soon increased to 230.

Rein

Sundays excepted, these distributions took place, and some people

There was much trouble connected

the

were also helped to clothes.

with these distributions, but the results richly rewarded the exer-

it

tions made; for after the first week those who came every day, had

Misg

improved visibly; and we are sure that many lives have been saved,

allgy

as in all likelihood half of these people otherwise would have fallen

Ong

vietims to starvation and disease.

§ee

the

Other stations also, Codacal, Palghaut, Kaity, etc., have

been helped from the Mansion-house-fund, whilst our own

Ml

Relief-fund spent Rs. 24,513-8-5 partly for relief-works and

Sidn

alms, partly for those “Famine Orphans” who were received in

lesg

excess of the number allowed for our Orphanages.

thig

We related in our last Report that many people seeking

gy

refuge with us had expressed a desire to become Christians,

{0

—_—

25

plan

and that they were instructed in the Gospel, and that we

But

considered it our duty to bring those of them we had admitted,

fo he

through the famine.

It has been remarked somewhere about

of

her

this kind of applicants: ¢«Everything depends on what is

done with them afterwards,” and we consider ourselves bound

a101¢

to render some account of these people.

tly o

§ on

A good many of them have disappeared again, others have

FI1i6s

come in their place, and many more applied for admission,

whom our means did not allow us to receive.

In the be-

more

ginning of 1878 a commission was sent to South Mahratta to

many

report on the state of the Mission, and they were of opinion

nd in

that the people who had joined, must not be sent away, but

) pOOl’

taken care of as much as the prevailing distress made it

1150

necessary, but with a view to make them independent of our

Af

help as soon as practicable; that, however, it was necessary

39 10

to make extraordinary exertions to bring all these people

juted,

under a strong influence of the Gospel, so as to create a

e gOt

sincere desire after Divine things, where it did not yet exist.

r dayy

e

Reinforcements were therefore sent to the district, so that

e0p

there should be in Guledgud and the villages connected with

ected

it three Missionaries and at least three Catechists, two

gxer

Missionaries and three Catechists in Bettigerry, two Mission-

had

aries and two Catechists in Hubly, and two Missionaries and

ared

one Catechist in Dharwar.

fallen

But it was really perplexing to

see our plans crossed again and again by sickness amongst

the Missionaries and Catechists.

No fewer than six of the

have

Missionaries and three of the Catechists were prostrated with

oW

sickness, so that they had to leave their stations for more or

ahd

less time, and their work was hindered frequently. DBesides

o] 10

this one Catechist had to be dismissed. Thus 1t was that the

number of workmen never, for any length of time, came up

ing

10

to the stipulated height.

It has been asked whether the spiri-

a8

)

4

LA s

26

tual results would not be more satisfactory, if the amount of

stand

Conv

spiritual work, pronounced to be necessary, could have been

brought to bear on these masses.

Care was, however, taken

We I

to leave none of these people without a thorough course of

gree

have

biblical instruction, and the majority of these enquirers opened

their minds to the Gospel.

Many, indeed, did not deny the

that

circumstances under which they had found their way to us,

did 1

trying continually to throw all their cares—mnot on the Lord,

ing |

but on the Mission, and several Missionaries had to complain

new

about the importunity with which the people would put

the (

their desire after assistance in the foreground. DBut taking

into account that the distress was really great, and that the

hapt

assistance given was not, and was not meant to be, sufficient

M.

for all necessaries, whilst the people had accustomed them-

pEOp;

selves to look to the Missionary as their «father and mother”

10r

and to his funds as inexhaustible and amply sufficient to put

them

an end to all their privations, even this weakness could be

two

borne with. Worse it was, if tricks were used, as in some

the

cases, to get more money out of the Missionary. A number

the

of these people left of their own accord, others were sent

bt

away, some also joined the Roman Catholics, but a goodly

|

number made such progress under the teaching of the Gospel,

famg

that they could be admitted to baptism, whilst others again

of th

were not admitted but told to attend to the instruction for

0o

another period, till their hearts should be more affected and

Mag

their minds more renewed.

In the course of the year bapt-

1,‘»&-pt;

isms took place at different times, and altogether 627 persons

thep

(including heathen children) were baptized in the four sta-

the

tions and five out-stations in South Mahratta, whilst the year

n i

had begun with 1154 enquirers, to whose ranks some new

thep

additions were made in 1878, and 416 enquirers remain under

instruction.

Although we would not speak very highly of the

|

27

unt of

standard of piety and spirituality these converts (Famine-

een

Converts they have been called by some) have attained to,

faken

we nevertheless trust and partly know that in a certain de-

15¢ of

gree with them old things have passed away and many things

have become new.

pened

Anyhow it is noteworthy that the sins

y the

that have come to light and the church-discipline employed

to s,

did not implicate these people, but Christians of older stand-

Lord,

ing from two years up to twenty. And we may say that the

plain

new Christians at least come up to the average standard of

the old ones.

| pub

aking

Of the single stations Dharwar had on the 25th August a

t the

baptism of 7 families (22 souls). They had been instructed by

jcent

My. Welsch for 11 years, and were the remainder of the

hem-

people who had come during the famine, and had neither left

ther”

nor been sent away, nor been baptized in 1877.

Along with

them 10 school girls were baptized and on the 5th August

0 put

Id be

two persons in Jodhalli (¢/. p. 21).

And it can be said that

§0me

the congregation and the Mission work of Dharwar have by

mher

the results of these two years not only gained in. numbers,

sent

but quite certainly in real value.

odly

In Hubly some of the people, come in consequence of the

famine, were baptized in 1877 (¢/. Report 1877, pp. 26—31);

)Spds

gail

of the remaining 121 persons some left, whilst new ones came

to join the enquirers, and all were further instructed by AZ7.

) 107

and

Mack, until the greater part of them were considered fit for

papt-

baptism, whilst a smaller number (31) were reserved for fur-

ther instruction; 81 adults and 30 children were baptized in

3008

gt

the course of the year. The greater part have now succeeded

in finding their livelihood without our assistance, whilst 30 of

)'eﬁl'

them still receive work from us. Mr. Mack writes:

new

ndel’

‘We had entered into the new year with 124 Catechumens on the

the

roll.

The preparatory instruction, commenced with them last year,

4%

28

e

was continued by Catechist Christian Chinnappa until the end of April,

(a

when the Presbytery examined them, in order to select from their

them ¢

1

midst those that were most advanced in Christian knowledge, for the

proper baptismal instruetion.

This examination proved most satis-

the ne

with t

factory.

With some, indeed, there remained but little of what they

had been taught for months; the majority, however, of women and

faming

girls as well as of men and boys, werenot only able pretty correctly to

faming

repeat the Ten Commandments, the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer, but

$0me |

were also more or less acquainted with the principal biblical persons

nify f

and facts, as the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Deluge, the Patri-

prehel

archs, the Children of Israel in Egypt, the Journey through the

haptis

‘Wilderness, Samuel, S8aul, David, Solomon, Daniel, John Baptist, the

gyt

Birth and Childhood of Christ, several of His Miracles and Parables,

10 fu

His Sufferings, Death, Resurrection, Ascension, ete.

thelr

To those who had been selected as worthy of baptism on aceount

famin

of their consistent walk and their biblical knowledge, I gave the re-

hread

gular baptismal instruetion during the months of May and June, the

know]

main points of Christian doctrine: The Ten Commandments, the

with |

Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, Baptism and the Communion being paid

mpe]

special attention to.

These were blessed, though toilsome hours. I

t0 reg

was permitted to see the precious seed of the Divine Word falling

i hig

into a well-prepared soil, and from the answers the people gave in

el

the hours of instruection, I could clearly see that my instructions and

el wi

admonitions had taken hold of their minds.

Thus I was enabled to

shoy

comply with their frequently repeated desire and to administer bap-

illg b

tism unto them with inward confidence.

This took place on the

the

14th July, a day of festive joy, such as our congregation never be-

Settle

fore had seen.

for g

Along with a deep-felt gratitude to the Lord for His goodness 1

Monf}

at once also experienced something of the anxieties which such a

H\"es (

flock of little children naturally causes to their spiritual father

ang}j;

and guardian, and which, to some extent at least, have since fallen

famil;

to my lot.

But I also realized and do still daily realize the truth of

Wea,

the precious word: “Cast all your care upon Him, for He careth for

M&no

yow.” Thus joy and thanksgivings ever get the upperhand,

they

29

e

April,

Casting a glance now on these new Church-membérs, wo find

| their

them grouped in the following way :

for the

1) Mahlon and Chilion, with their mother Naomi, weavers from

; satise

the neighbouring village Koppa.

The father, who had come along

5 they

with them, died soon after their arrival.

Though it was during the

en and

famine, that they joined us, yet, in the first instance, it was not the

atlyto

famine itself, which induced them to seek admission.

They possess

er, but

some property and have been acquainted with Christians and Christia-

BISONS

nity for a good long time; hence they were blessed with a most eom-

Patri-

prehensive knowledge of the truth and would have been admitted to

baptism in 1877, had they not sometimes made themselves guilty of

h the

s, the

untruthfulness.

During the last few months, however, they gave us

no further ground for complaints.

2) Ezekiel and Deborah, with

rables,

their children Rhoda and Jona, a family of weavers driven by the

famine from their village (east of Hubly).

While seeking for earthly

ceount

e 16-

bread, they have along with it found the heavenly one too.

Their

3) Shanta and Nidhani,

10, the

knowledge and characters are satisfactory.

with their children Hermes and Jason, a weaver family of Hubly,

5, the

The husband knows

g paid

impelled by the famine to seek refuge with us.

to read and is withal an intelligent man and distinguished by skill

w1

alling

in his handicraft.

4) Nijaguna, a weaver from Ranibenur, once a

well-to-do man, who had also for some length of time been acquaint-

gve i

s and

ed with and inclined towards Christianity, and on several occasions

Hav-

led 0

shown hospitality to our Catechists, while on preaching tours.

ing beeome much straitened by the utter stagnation of trade during

hap-

So he

il the

the famine, he made up his mind to join the Christians.

settled at Hubly and was admitted to the number of enquirers, and

or be-

for some time found employ in our relief-works.

For the last six

months, however, he has been working in his own handicraft, and

goss [

lives quite independently as regards means of subsistence. 5) Narcissus

qch

and Julia, with her brother Cornelius, and a young girl Persis, a weaver

father

family of Hubli driven to us by famine. Narcissus is a clever silk-

fallen

b of

weaver and has acquired also a very fair biblical knowledge.

6)

Manoah, with his son Samson, weavers from Bellary,

whence

th for

they emigrated on account of the famine,

Though somewhat

30

e

weak in intellect, Manoah is irreproachable in his walk and

widow

diligent in his work, whereby he succeeded to support himself

year,

for some months back, unaided by the Mission.

7) Obed and Hulda,

and M

with Obed’s mother Ruth and his brother Ananda, another weaver-

50me |

Obed earns his bread

Tl

family of this town, led to us by the famine.

by weaving, while the other members of the family as yet had to e

book ¢

supported by relief-works.

8) Aquila and Prisea, a young couple of

Ir

the weaver-caste of Hubly, who from the very outset distinguished

As th

themselves by diligence and modesty, and for some months back have

subsisted on their own means.

9) Nathanael and his mother Michal,

assist

them

Hubly-weavers of the ordinary type, hitherto supported by the Mission.

ing ]

10) Lazarus and Bethuel, two single-handed, good-natured youths

of the weaver-caste. 11) Hananiya and Ananda, two young men of a

ing {f

weaver-family. The other members of this family have also for the

tated

same time been amongst the number of Catechumens, but we neither

then

had confidence enough to admit them to baptism, nor sufficient cause

Ag8Ist,

to dismiss them.

12) Tobias and. his son Elieser, the latter in the

gty

Orphanage, a modest, diligent weaver of Hubly, who for some time

C0nsi

back had been living on his own hands’ labour.

13) Jesaia, a smart

6th

and diligent young weaver of Karachige (S. E. of Hubly), whose

He y

mother and brother are also among our Catechumens and whom we

hope to be able to baptize after some time.

14) Hanoch, a young

weaver of this town, whose father, after having joined us together

Tajory

with his son, subsequently disappeared and was no more heard of,

indagy

while the son remained steadfast and hitherto hath given us satis-

theny

faction by his good behaviour.

15) John, a weaver-youth of Old

them ;

Hubly, somewhat phlegmatie, though willing, a nephew of the old

have;

Ayah Mary.

16) Stephen (formerly a Mahommedan) and Gabriel,

haye |

2 young men of Guledgud, who at the beginning of the year entered

Work,

into our Seminary to be trained as teachers. 17) Six boys of the second

Bug

class of the orphanage, some of them very promising both by talents

W&ys,

and diligence. 18) Sixteen boys of the first class of the Orphanage, of

hug

whom some are very promising.

19) Six young boys, handed over

Bug

to our Orphanage some months ago by the London Mission at Belgaum.

all Wi

20) Miryam, with her two sons Eldad and Medad, and Esther, two

8ood

o

e

Ik and

widows, sisters of the weaver Jeremias who had been baptized last

himself

year.

21) Ketura, a weaver’s widow, without relatives.

22) Baruch

Hulda,

and Michael, two young boys who were made over to the Mission

eaver-

some time ago.

read

The Lord grant, that all these names be found entered in the

d to he

book of Life.

uple of

In Bettigerry 240 enquirers had remained from last year.

uished

As the distress was still very great, many of them had to be

k have

assisted by relief-works or, if they were weavers, by paying

[ichal,

ission,

them for the clothes woven, and giving them advance for buy-

youths

ing thread. But many of these frustrated this plan of assist-

on 0f 8

ing them by the dishonest tricks by which their stuffs deterio-

or the

rated so much that they could not be sold. Some of them

either

then tried to join the Roman Catholics, hoping to get more

CAuse

assistance from them, but they did not succeed. AZ%r. Hiibner

m the

instructed the enquirers, and 112 of them (70 adults) were

o fime

considered fit for baptism. Out of these, 41 received it on the

smart

6th October together with the consecration of the new Chapel.

whose

He writes about the enquirers in general:

m we

We cannot have very high expectations of these people, the

oug

Some

majority of whom have been driven by distress to join us.

gethel‘

indeed promise very well for the future.

But the greater part of

ll'd 0f7

them are weak and very much in want of a love which goes after

satis-

them and bears with them.

If this love is bestowed on them, we

£ 0ld

have reason to hope that they still will prove a joy for us. Some of them

16 O]d

have given us joy by the decided stand they took up against Sunday-

Lbl‘iﬁ]a

work, after they had learned that this was against God’s command.

fved

oond

But others have grieved us very much by dishonesty and other bad

ways.

Therefore many of them (97) were not admitted to baptism,

plents

but must first approve themselves more and better than hitherto.

Lgetof

But of those who were baptized onthe 6th October, we believe that they

[ over

all were in full earnest on that day, and we hope that they will become

;aum.

0

good Christians, Their baptism was really a solemn heart-stirring act.

32

P T

In Shagoti the year began with 49 enquirers, who had

of the

come during the famine, but of whom many had for years

and v

the L

been thinking about becoming Christians, and had several re-

latives amongst the Christians.

My. Ziegler complains about

heeor

being by some much importuned for outward assistance, which

his w

however, under the real distress the people suffered, could be

At la

excused. Yet half of them were refused baptism in this year,

CONSe

whilst the other half was admitted to baptism after the Cate-

aboul

chist and elders had been consulted.

he to

Of the 22 admitted to baptism, 15 are members of the family

hecat

Halli, of which formerly five brothers lived in five houses near each

grady

other, but are now all dead.

Of their families three have entirely

(hris

and the fourth partly joined the Christians, whilst in the fifth the good

He il

seed is working, but as yet in a hidden manner.

epa

The old grand-mother Nagavva (now Danavva) and her daugh-

him ¢

ter Hanumavva were the most zealous of all.

For 10 or 12 years

Lorg

Nagavva loved to hear the Word of God together with her sister-in-

being

law, the old Hannah (Bhimavva), but wished to wait with an outward

a8 he

step till her sons and daughters-in-law should do it together with her,

althy

so that Bhimavva, though being not her equal in intelligence and

knowledge of the Gospel, got the start of her, becoming a Christian

HEF

seven years ago.

In December 1876 her eldest son virtually be-

for ¥

came a Christian, but she waited for her second son, and was again

Vol

preceded by her eldest daughter and her two daughters-in-law.

At

?e I

last, on the 12th May 1877, she found boldness enough to take the

1t fog

step and join the Christians.

But she had after this to hide herself

Joing

from her younger son, and when she returned to her house a month

\'61':,’

later, he received her withreviling and maltreatment. Yet some months

devi

afterwards she had the joy to see this son and her third son too join

her in Christianity.

As she has heard the Word of God for 10 years

With

and is very much at home in if, in the hours of instruction she

frequently gave vent to signs of assent, or to practical remarks about

of {}

the Word, or also to calls of warning to those of her offspring who

Sirgg

seemed to nod.

Of course she cannot read, but has a good knowledge

Wag

e

33

0 had

of the Word of God.

She begged me to give her the “Heartbook”,

years

and was well able to explain the pictures in it.

She has turned to

] re-

the Lord with her whole heart and is happy to have done it.

about

Her son Ramappa, 86 years old, had also for years desired to

become a Christian, but lacked the courage and wished to wait till

which

his wife and the other members of the family would join with him.

ild he

At last on the 20th December 1876 he took the step.

But when, in

Jeat,

consequence of it, his wife left him, he began to waver and thought

(ate-

about returning to caste.

But Mr. Hasenwandel cheered him up, and

he took new courage.

After some months his wife returned to him,

family

because his relatives eould not feed her any longer.

And when

' each

gradually his mother, his sister and at last his brothers joined the

Christians, his days of strife and grief were changed into days of joy.

ntirely

pgood

He now was only sorry that baptism (on account of Mr. Hasenwandel’s

departure) was delayed so long and often pressed me soon to baptize

Jaugh-

him and his family. “Cholera is in the country,” he said, “and any day

)’9&1’5

Tor one of my family might be attacked, and we would not die without

being Christians”.

I consider him to be.a truly converted man, and

ter-1n-

ard

as heis able to read, he will be more and more founded in truth,

although as yet he does not come up to his old mother in knowledge.

1 het

, and

His wife and son were baptized with him.

stian

Nagavva’s second son Pakiru (Nijaguna), 24 years old, had also

for years been under the influence of the Gospel.

But he loved the

Iy be-

a,gﬁ,iﬂ

world, and when his brother, sister and mother joined the Christians,

he became their worst enemy and raged against them.

But he found

Af

it too hard to kick against the pricks, gave up his resistance and

ke the

joined the Christians.

161‘591f

He has a great longing after truth and was

very desirous soon to be baptized.

“When shall I get rid of this

nonth

ﬂoﬂths

devil’s name ?”’ he said, as his name Pakira is the name of an idol.

His wife had joined the Christians before him, and was baptized

with him, together with her child.

yeald

[

The third son, Immanuel (Yellappa), 17 years old, was the last

i She

of the family to join the Christians.

Although he had formerly de-

ahout

sired to be a Christian, it was now necessity that drove him, as he

g WhO

was left alone in his family, and could not eat the food of the family

:ledge

5

s

34

without losing caste, and after his joining the Christians on the 1st

seek

avak

September 1877, he at first showed so little earnestness that we

doubted whether he could be admitted to baptism.

But gradually

§01-1

his whole manner, to the wonder and joy of his brothers, changed

neal

so much for the better that we were happy to baptize him.

Nagavva’s widowed daughter, Hanumavva, 38 years old, has

who

Cam

a very decided character, and had long pressed her mother and brother

to become Christians, and at last she became a Christian, on the 1st

Thes

April 1877, before her mother.

She has a good knowledge of the

mucl

truth and shows much zeal in learning more of it.

Her son was

and

baptized with her.

hapt

Another old grandmother is Yenkavva (Manavva) of the same

family, 70 years old, who joined the Christians on the 29th August

grow

1877 together with her son. Too old to remember much of the instrue-

hapt

tion, she was yet regular in attending, willing in obeying the truth

to he

and desirous after baptism.

I once admonished her to reconcile

hear

herself with her daughter, and she said: “Do not ask such a thing

What

from me.

She has offended me too much.”—“But I must insist on

thei;

it,” I replied, “as Christ demands it of His disciples.”

“Well,” she

said with tears, “I will do what you say.”

guia::

Her son is a man of 50 years and was baptized with his mother.

had

We have already mentioned the old Hannah, baptized 7 years

chilg

ago.

Her son and his wife would not ‘at that time follow her, and

she was treated as an outcaste, getting her food separately, ete. Her

M P,

son died, but Nilavva (Punyavanti), her daughter with her two

Man

children, has also joined the Christians.

As she not only was very

cha}

quick in comprehending and learning Christian truth, but also opened

and

her heart to it, she was baptized with her two children.

‘What a

fory

joy for the old mother and grandmother after these years of

g

separation !

they

Thus out of one family 15 persons were baptized together, of

166

which almost every one had taken the outward step of forsaking

caste, separately, after an inward preparation of many years.

gy

Amongst the rest there was Ningappa, the old father-in-law of

Gnanappa, one of our most zealous Christians.

Famine drove him to

givg

oS

S

35

e 1st

seek help from the Missionary, and a desire after better things was

ab we

awakened in him only afterwards, chiefly by the exertions of his

fually

son-in-law. Being at first indifferent, he afterwards showed so much

anged

zeal that we could baptize him.

Then there was Bhagyavanti (Bagavva), the daughter of Ramappa,

, has

who was baptized some years ago.

In the famine this daughter

rother

came with her husband and his mother and brother to seek help.

o 1sf

These three were not judged fit for baptism, as they had not shown

f the

much zeal for higher things.

But Bhagyavanti opened her heart

] Was

and her understanding to the Word, and was therefore admitted to

baptism.

Same

Esther (Ningavva) had joined us with her husbhand and several

grown-up sons during the famine, but she alone was admitted to

ugust

sfruc-

baptism, with two of her youngest children, as her mind appeared

to be open to the truth.

Her husband said of himself: “I like to

ruth

neile

hear, but I cannot remember anything;”’ and as also his life was not

The elder sons were by

thing

what it ought to be, he was not baptized.

isf on

their work in heathen houses prevented from taking part in the re-

" she

gular instruetion and therefore were not baptized.

A widow also at the same time received instruction, although she

\thel'.

had been baptized earlier, when she was dangerously ill. But the two

years

children of 10 and 12 years came to baptism now.

For these people the 29th September was fixed for baptism.

]

and

Her

Mpr. Ziegler and Mr. Hiibner came from Bettigerry for the occasion.

Many heathens came; many people were standing outside the

to

chapel, and within the chapel was quite erowded. Mr. Hiilner

very

and myself preached, and then one family after another stepped

aned

forward to be baptized.

It could be perceived that the ceremony

hat

g Of

made a deep impression on them.

May the Lord in whose death

they have been baptized, help them to be also partakers of His resur-

rection and to walk in a new life.

p, of

The Christians had prepared a common meal for all the old and

‘kéillg

new Christians.

They had first asked my permission, and I had

given it only on the condition that the meal should be as simple as

W of

n {0

possible and that those to be baptized should.not take part in the

B¥

o

preparation, so as mnot to have their minds turned away from the

the

more important matter,

This was faithfully carried out, and the

tined,

little feast was of a very lovely and peaceable character, truly a

M,

love-feast.

The congregation in Shagoti has by this baptism become about

0

half as large again, and as most of the families have their own fields

hapts

and are influential people of the village, the congregation has

when

now got a firm footing, and we may expect to see more conversions

next

in future.

day o

The 24 who have not yet been admitted to baptism, as they

gud,

are not yet considered ripe for it, will again receive instruction, and

In the

heen

it must afterwards become evident how many of them will prove

themselves worthy to become Christians.

plead

Since My. Wairtle in 1865 baptized the first people of Shagoti

dored

n ea

in the Hanumanta temple, conversions have been going on,

one by one, usually under much opposition.

mang

It is interesting,

permi

indeed, to follow (as may easily be done by looking up the

g

former Reports of our Mission) the development of the Lord’s

tated

cause in this village, and to see how from an opposed and

The c

despised cause it is more and more taking the aspect of a

10 J

triumphing one.

We also trust that the notes about the

enqu

single converts, as given above, will produce the impression

Veran

that they may not justly be called “famine-converts.”

Pingt

In Guledgud the year began with 248 enquirers. As the

each-

distress was very great during the whole of the year, relief-

in hy

works were begun again, after they had been discontinued in

Vowe

November 1877, but not to such an extent as to save the

|

people from all anxiety. At times they had really to suffer

ledo

distress. Many of them went to other parts to earn a pittance

half

there in the harvest, and we have been grieved by hearing

a8 g}

from other places news about wandering beggars in great desti-

fangy

tution, who reveal themselves as Christians from Guledgud.

ng |

Instruction for baptism was given by Mz, Zhuwmm, and in

heey

37

om the

the course of the year 212 persons (155 adults) were bap-

nd the

tized, whilst 74 persons were not yet found fit for baptism.

ruly

My, Thumm writes:

On the 9th November 1878 the selection of 250 candidates for

) ahou

1 felds

baptism was made, and the work lasted from morning till evening,

The

m has

when 140 (90 being adults) were declared fit for baptism.

ersions

next day was fixed for the baptism, and I must declare it the noblest

day of my life, and the most important one for our Mission in Guled-

s they

gud, when 140 souls were on one day added to the Church of Christ.

n, and

In the morning many of the 74 to whom admittance to baptism had

been refused, came and begged hard to be admitted; a boy came to

rove

plead for his mother who was of the refused ones.

But it was consi-

dered better to let them feel that they had not hitherto been as much

hagoti

in earnest about their souls as they ought to be, and the refusal was

g on,

maintained.

After this a boy of our Orphanage came and asked for

sting,

permission to decorate the chapel, and this was afterwards carried out

The school-house also was deco-

i) the

in a simple but tasteful manner.

ord’s

rated, for there were 18 of the inmates to be baptized on the day.

d and

The chapel (i. e. the room serving as chapel, the new chapel being

of a

not yet finished) could not admit the great number of Christians,

enquirers and heathens who had come to the ceremony, so that the

f the

verandah also was crowded.

After the sermon the baptism began.

15100

First the boys of the Orphanage, then the great number of others,

each family forming a group, approached the table and were baptized

s the

in the name of Christ, after having declared their faith in Him and

weliel-

vowed to serve Him.

The ceremony lasted nearly two hours.

od 10

In Mushtagery, which is a small village 15 miles from Gu-

o the

ledgud, the year began with 232 enquirers, of which about

quffer

fance

half the number received work and pay from the Relief-fund,

as the distress was still very great.

Owing to the great dis-

1ing

tance from Guledgud, the death of 7. Weigele, and the fail-

Jesti-

ing health of Mr. Grossmann, they had for many months not

1gud.

been looked after as much as they required to be under the

ld il

D]

9]

8

s

circumstances. All the money even for relief-works passed

to adm

whenth

through the hands of the heathen Kalappa, that interesting

heathen mentioned in former Reports, who for many years

nstruet

1 unde

has been convinced of the truth, has helped the Mission in

many ways, sent several of his friends and disciples to the

cattle f

had ad

Missionaries for instruction and baptism, and they also now

supervised the relief-works.

they h¢

But he is a heathen after all, and

these famine years with all the sums spent on relief of the

they th

of the

starving, have produced in him the impression that the Mission

haptize

is very rich and well able to alleviate the poverty of the people

familig

under instruction, and he hoped too to get some rich recom-

pense for his trouble.

admon]

“I never knew,” he said to the Cate-

On'Sur

chist, “that the Mission was so rich.”

It was considered es-

pardon

pecially important to bestow particular care on this village

grante

of which one man out of every four was now under the care of

§ persc

the Mission.

Mr. Lilze went there and lived in the midst of

and we

the people for months, instructing the people with the utmost

afterng

could y

care, and helping them in their distress as much as possible.

He had much reason to complain of their worldly-mindedness

U8 bagl

$pitit ¢

and sinful ways, but he did not lose courage, knowing that now

in this village a decision must be brought about for or against

Some ¢

Conyip

the Lord. His health suffered under the work and the pri-

to bapi

vations he had to bear, and he was several times laid up with

fever.

At last he had to be carried to Guledgud, as he was

In

too ill to remain any longer in Mushtagery. 7. Thumm now

enquy

went there to finish the course of instruction and make a

helpe(

selection for baptism. He relates:

him fi

The g

Saturday the 6th November we (Mr. Thumm and two Catechists)

Ing

examined the enquirers and were very much pleased with the pro-

$mg]]

gress they had made in Christian knowledge, from which we could

ity

conclude, what great efforts Mr. Liitze must have made to bring these

that 1

people, so ignorant 8 months ago, to such a standard. We resolved

Is ah‘

39

SR LB S

passed

to admit 96 out of the 232 to baptism. How astonished were we

resting

when they told us that they wished rather to receive some months more

' Yeals

instruction and to be baptized at a later period.

Gradually they let

$100 10

us understand that they expected to receive some help in money or

10 the

cattle for setting up their agriculture again. Most likely Kalappa

had advised them to try to get money out of their baptism, and as

50 10w

they had been accustomed to see every help coming from the Mission,

ll, and

of the

they thought this a good opportunity to retrieve some of the losses

of the famine.

I now asked one by one whether he wished to be

\lission

baptized now, and with the exception of three or four heads of

peaple

families, each one declared he would rather wait longer. I solemnly

recon-

admonished them not to allow the tempter to get the upper hand.

o Cate-

On Sunday morning two heads of families came and asked for

red es-

pardon and for baptism, which latter request could of course not be

After the sermon

village

granted.

All of them took part in the service.

care of

8 persons were baptized, as they had no share in these proceedings

In the

idst of

and were good people, whose conduet gave cause for joy.

afternoon many came, entreating me to baptize them, saying they

utmost

could neither sleep nor eat,and one prostrated himself, asking: “Take

ssile.

us back like the lost son.”’

Although I thanked the Lord that the

edness

spirit of resistance was gone, I could not comply with their request.

00w

Some time afterwards Mr. Liitze went to Mushtagery again, and he

gginst

convinced himself that some of the people might safely be admitted

e pI‘i-

to baptism, which he administered to 49 persons.

D with

In Kardenhalli 44». Rot/ instructed 120 out of the 167

e Was

enquirers, with which the year had begun.

Catechist Fared

i DOV

helped him faithfully in this work, till repeated fever obliged

1ake &

him to leave Guledgud and deprived A4». Rots of his help.

The distress was very great there, and along with it the ask-

ing for help, which however could only be given to a very

ohists)

small degree, so that most of the people had to go to other

18 pl'O'

districts to earn a pittance.

Of course they remain during

could

that time without instruction and without supervision, and it

y these

&SolVed

is always an anxious time for us till we see them back again.

40

e

The baptism of about half the people took place 3rd November

came

1878, when 78 persons (64 adults) were baptized.

child:

to wh

Such is a brief account of the converts made in various

places during the period of the famine.

and §

A goodly number remains for further instruction, and even

woul

Tece

of those who have been baptized, sufficient time has not yet

passed to show what manner of Christians they will be.

But

Ir

we hope, we have given a truthful and pretty clear representa-

gud :

tion of the way in which these “famine-converts” have been

start

treated and what has become of them up to this date.

(Mal

Ir

$10n |

IV. FAMINE-ORPHANS.

exper

ment

We related last year that the recebtion of orphans on

the ()

anything like that gigantic scale that was expected from us, did

eating

not take place.

The pecuniary responsibility would have been

Wean

too great, and the whole of our Mission work would have been

18 o]

thrown into another channel.

But it now appears that, even

have

with the best intentions on the side of our Society, the orphans

her ¢

never were offered or could have been procured by thousands

d

Len

or hundreds of thousands, as it was thought two years ago.

Telaty

Thus this whole plan now belongs entirely to the things past

1ncrg

and forgotten.

dang

But on a minor scale reception of famine-orphans has been

I

going on through the whole year in very many of our stations.

bug |

We cannot give the exact numbers of orphans received, as

advig

a large number are in private houses, the cost of the board

& 00y

being paid from the Relief-fund or from other sources, in some

[ by

cases even they are taken without remuneration by some of our

frop

Christians; a considerable number too have died in conse-

Suffie

quence of the privations they had gone through before they

fOle ]

41

e

ember

came to us.

In the statistics of the Orphanages we find 107

children more than last year and 304 more than in 1876,

arious

to which we may perhaps add 40 or 60 in private houses,

and some 100 or 130 who died in these two years, which

even

would bring the number up to 450 or 500 famine-orphans,

ot yeb

received by our Mission in the course of two years.

- But

In 1877 new Orphanages were opened in Dharwar, Guled-

senta-

gud and Anandapur, and now measures have been taken to

) heen

start other Orphanages in Kundapur (South Canara), Paraperi

(Malabar), and Kotagiri (Nilgiris).

In Anandapur many children were given over to our Mis-

sion by the Mysore Government which also paid part of the

expenses (either from the Mansion-house-fund or from Govern-

ment money); others were found on the road and brought to

1§ 00

the Orphanage.

Many of them have contracted the habit of

15, did

eating earth, lime, and leaves, and it is almost impossible to

wean them from it. And if they do not give it up, their death

5 Peen

s Jeen

is only a question of time.

Indeed the greater part of them

have died, and there were times when nearly the whole num-

eyen

ber of them were suffering from diarrheea.

Out of 102 chil-

ph&lnS

sands

dren 58 have died, 10 have run away or been claimed by

relatives, and now only 33 remain, who however gradually

; agO.

increase in strength and seem to be beyond immediate

; past

danger.

In Kaity we have had for many years a small Orphanage,

; heen

10ns.

but with so few children (in 1874 only 8), that it was not

advisable to separate boys and girls.

Last year brought

d, 28

a considerable increase.

Twelve orphans were given over to

poard

0o

us by a Committee of Wynaad Planters in Davala, others came

from other quarters, and the room of the school-house was not

f our

sufficient for the 48 (or 50) children we now had. It was there-

onse

fore resolved to open an Orphanage in Kotagiri for the girls,

they

-

6

42

T

the boys to remain in Kaity. But our Home Committee wrote

Pries

that they were not able to bear the expenses of the new build

wishe

ing, as the famine had told very heavily on their funds

My. Biilhrer was therefore obliged to make a collection in and

of 1t

around Kotagiri, and was thankful to receive Rupees 300, which

however would not have been sufficient, so that he did not

these

know what to do, when he

in answer to a petition of his

gave

received an answer from the Madras Government, promising

Para

Rupees 1000 for the building, so that now the matter is likely

to proceed without obstacles

About two Badaga (“Burgher”)

Tell

children the following is related by AMr. Stokes

Over(

have

In the beginning of 1878 a Badaga boy of about 13 years came

them

and asked to be admitted into our Orphanage

His mother had

‘We received him

culty

married again, he said, and driven him away

extel

although we expected that he soon would run away or be taken away

Orpl

Some people came for this purpose, and even threatened us with

the Police; we told them, the boy had come on his own accord, and

was at liberty to go, but we would not allow any violence to be used

Lece

in our compound

As the boy decidedly refused to go with them,

these

they went away and did not make any further attempt to get the boy

od b

After some months, when the children were taking a walk and passed

for

near the native village, the boy Ayya began to weep and, when asked

for the reason, he said, he had just seen his sister Panne amongst the

jl

relje

children of the village

‘We could not believe it, but it proved to be

true

A Badaga from Kaity had found the homeless girl in another

JOy8

but

village and taken her home with him to take care of his own child

But now the chief men of the village decided that the girl should

0

go with her brother, and Ayya’s joy was great, when his sister was

also

carried to the Mission-house

Some boys of the village tried to make

hag

resistance, but they were told to be gone.

A poor Canarese boy had been found by Mr. Bell, and was sent to

a3 ]

our school by Mr. Stanes.

boys

Of the 51 children, three have died in the hospital in Ootacamund

Wag

43

P

wrote

About a girl who was taken away by the Roman Catholic

huild-

Priest, A7r. Schaufller had a very troublesome law-suit, but

funds,

wishes that the dispute should not be revived by an account

n and

of it in this Report.

We therefore pass it over.

which

Donations have been received from several quarters for

d not

these orphans, and the Committee of the Mansion-house-fund

f his,

gave nearly Rupees 400.

ising

The Orphanages which are to be opened in Kundapur and

by

Paraperi, are meant to take the surplus of those in Udapy and

her’)

Tellicherry, which in consequence of the famine have been

overcrowded, and to gather many children who for the time

have been boarded in private families.

It is intended to put

JA

them on a simpler footing, laying also more stress on agri-

r had

culture, and leaving the supervision of them to a greater

] him,

extent in the hands of Natives, than has been done in the old

Aoy,

s with

Orphanages.

The Dharwar Orphanage, which was opened in 1877, has

1, and

Four of

o used

received 18 more children in the course of 1878.

them,

these died (whilst in 1877 six had died), and three were claim-

ed by their mothers.

As the house was not capacious enough

[} h()}'

passed

for the 62 children, we enlarged it, of which enlargement A4Z7.

asked

Elphinstone bore the expenses, whilst the work was done by

£ the

relief-workers.

In many other ways also the Orphanage en-

| to be

joyed the patronage of Mr. Elphinstone, so that we cannot

nother

but tender him our warmest thanks.

He gave subscriptions

child:

to our four Orphanages in South Mahratta and procured them

ould

also for others, so that not even half of the real expenses

AL

had to be borne by our Home Committee.

| ma]{é

In Hubly also it was found necessary to enlarge the house,.

as there was not sufficient room for the increased number of

onf 10

boys. As 28 new boys were admitted, the number of scholars

was increased to 80, although 6 of the elder boys were promoted

‘mundn

6*

44

LAl

to the Training School, 11 returned to their relatives, and 1

sigh

ifeh

ran away. The boys had to suffer much from fever, no fewer

than 25 being sick at the same time; and six died from the

and |

the

consequences of former privations.

of 8

In Bettigerry the same necessity of enlarging the house

was felt, but the building was only begun this year, and is not

Orpk

fend

yet finished.

Twenty new girls were received, 8 of whom (to-

ing,

gether with 8 boys) were given over by Ar. Le Mare of the

agal

London Mission, Belgaum, together with Rs. 1000 for their

alm

maintenance. This year again much sickness prevailed amongst

beer

the children, many of whom arrived in a very weak condition.

year

Eight of them sank under their weakness and died. We have,

mise

however, reason to hope, that the remaining 66 children have

&

now got over the consequences of the famine.

ath

In Guledgud the applications for admittance to the Or-

018 |

then

phanage were very numerous, as the distress was particularly

great.

Want of room and of means forced us to refuse most of

mad

these, but in all cases it was not possible to refuse, and the

up\

In the course of the

hugh

number of boys gradually rose to 78.

year 33 boys were admitted. There was much sickness, clearly

this

Wom

resulting from former starvations, most instances being cases

and

of obstinate diarrheea, want of appetite, swelling of the head

in g

and feet, and excessive weakness, even causing death. Fourteen

by ¢

boys succumbed in this way to their weakness, and among

her

them several boys whose characters were very amiable, and

who gave clear evidence that they loved the Lord Jesus.

latiy

There are now 73 boys in the school.

mon

In Calicut 30 famine-orphans were received in the course

aga)

of the year and cared for partly in the Orphanage, partly in

16a;

Myrs. Schockh writes:

private houses.

Shor

had

In July 1878 a Hindu, himself starving, brought us his child of

The

5 years of age, which was almost dead from starvation.

‘What a

by

45

et

nd 1

From head to foot it was ecovered with

sight this child was!

over

itch and so thin that its neck was scarcely able to hold up its big head,

1 the

and its big eyes without lustre.

For 24 hours no food had passed

the child’s lips, and it was clear that for many days the process

10058

of starving had been going on.

One of the elder girls of our

Orphanage took charge of the child, and cared for it with great

S 106

tenderness, although to touch and handle it at first caused some shrink-

1 (fo

But soon the child picked up

the

ing, notwithstanding the pity she felt.

again, and any one seeing the lively happy child now, would find it

thetr

almost impossible to recognise the picture of wretchedness it had

ngst

been at first.—A few days later the same man brought a girl of 7

tion,

years old, asking us to receive her. She also looked the very picture of

ave,

misery, although not quite as mueh so as her younger sister.—Again

have

a month later the father of the two children came again and offered

a third child, a boy of 13 years.

He had first, it seems, brought

Or

one child to see how it would be treated, before giving over three of

them.—But what was our astonishment when one day the mother

arly

made her appearance asking to see the children.

She had been laid

it Of

the

up with small-pox in her village, 50 miles off, and to cause her

husband to return, word had been sent him that she was dead. DBut

the

Now the

this caused her husband to give over the children to us.

arly

woman was lost in grief that her children had been brought to us,

2508

and it was only the report of the condition, the children had been

ead

in and the care which had been bestowed on them, that calmed her

el

by and by.

At last she made up her mind to stay in Calicut with

her husband, and join the Christians herself.

0ng

and

Another child, of 7 years, had lost her parents and all her re-

For some

it

latives, and went from house to house begging for food.

months she found refuge with a Hindu family, but was sent away

again when the famine inereased.

A Mapla brought her in his boat

1??3

near to Calicut and left her there.

Wandering about on the sea-

/10

shore, she reached the house of a poor Christian woman, and as she

had found some fish, she asked the woman to roast them for her.

] of

The woman had pity on her, kept her for the night, and next morning

f 4

brought her to us.

46

oy

Such children, of course, could not be sent away, and gra-

clai

dually the numbers increased to thirty.

Most of them had

and

for some weeks to be nursed as carefully as babies, as their

of O

constitutions were utterly ruined. The elder girls and Bath-

then

seba, the matron of our school, did this work with much love

theg

and perseverance.,

Afterwards many children were given over

Fing

to private families.

00n(

In a similar manner children have been received in Telli-

har

cherry, Codacal, Mangalore and other places.

thei

It is quite a matter of course with us, that all these child-

ren are instructed in the fear of God and are led to Christ.

But with respect to baptism, it is administered only to those

who are bona fide made over to us, and of whom we know that

they will not be claimed again by their relatives.

If these

of v

children are above 8 years of age, they are baptized only after

tion

careful instruction and on the condition of good behaviour

an(

and a desire to be Christians; whilst children below 8 years

are given over to Christ in baptism, without previous instruc-

stat

tion, on the principle of infant baptism. Altogether the fear

the

that children would be forced to become Christians (which

The

was expressed somewhere), is quite unfounded.—Thus the

41

greater part of these children have been baptized in the course

€09

of last year, and we are happy that they have thus been given

shj

over to the Lord Jesus.

Those who for some reasons could

not be admitted to baptism, were very sorry for it.

Ka

A legal difficulty of a very perplexing nature has arisen

of

again and again in the course of late years.

Young girls

by

of 8 or 12 years have, according to the strange usage, already

EX(

passed through an act of marriage, and are even by the Indian

Vel

Law acknowledged as married women. Yet not the husbands,

but the parents are their natural and virtual guardians.

H

hy

they now join us together with their parents, the husband’s

the

47

e

| g14-

claim, though dormant for the time, remains in full force,

) had

and may be pressed at any time, so that these girls after years

their

of Christian training are liable to be claimed by rude hea-

Bath-

then husbands, and as their caste is gone, to be treated by

1 love

them not as wives but as concubines.

And, horrible to say,

| OVEr

English Courts are able to force Christian girls to live as the

concubines of heathen men.

Not to increase the difficulty, we

Tell

have usually refused baptism to this class of girls, often to

their great grief.

child-

hrist,

.

CONGREGATIONS.

those

- that

Our congregations now number 6805 baptized Christians,

these

of whom 3355 are communicants.

The number of our sta-

after

tions is 20, and the out-stations in which Christians live,

riour

amount to 93.

6A18

Manantoddy in Wynaad has been added to the list of out-

T

stations, and a number of Christians, who were there without

foar

the means of grace, have been gathered into a congregation.

hich

The appeal that was made for donations towards erecting

the

a regular station there, has not met with such success as to

nrse

enable us to procure as yet the necessary buildings for wor-

el

ship and the residence of a Missionary.

ould

Chapels have been built in Bettigerry, Mushtagery and

Kardenhalli, whilst the one in Guledgud is still in course

560

of construction.

The timber for two of them was granted

girls

by Government, and as the expenses for the chapels had

exceeded the first estimate very much, this grant proved a

aly

Jian

very great help.

nds

Of the positive religious and moral life of our Christians we

If

have spoken in nearly every one of our former Reports, and

Divine

s

there is no new phase of it to be reported this year.

48

e e

Services on Sundays and week-days, family prayer and private

)

prayer may be found everywhere amongst them, though fre-

sIns

quently less than we desire.

Habits of industry and honesty

Sever

are forming, though exceptions are not wanting, and now

chur

and then fill our hearts with grief. A quiet work of the

adult

Spirit of God is most certainly going on, and the traces of it

can now and then be discovered. But we should wish to see

T

altho

clearer proofs and stronger actions of it.

her ]

Our congregations in South Mahratta may be said to have

WO

entered into a new phase, as they have been much more than

(hris

doubled within the two last years. The standard of the old

Tho 1

congregations there had been a rather low one.

This year

parer

too Hubly, Bettigerry and Guledgud have all had to grieve

Chris

over signs of corruption coming to light amongst the old

fion,

Wicke

members of the congregations; so we hope that the new

accessions will improve the tone of the old congregations,

[

although the outward cause for joining the Christians has been

had

the famine.

From Dharwar we hear that several of those

tery

baptized within the last two years, are felt as a very good and

elevating element in the Dharwar congregation that in former

1

the ¢

years gave very little cause for rejoicing.

In Kardenhalli

and

(near Guledgud) the old Noah has been removed by death,

10f

and we feel the loss very much, as he was one of the pillars

hide

of the congregation there.

He had formerly to pass through

much tribulation, but stood firm, and although he was of very

tan

firgt

low origin, the Gospel showed its ennobling influence in him, so

Way.

that he was generally respected (and lived to see the time

when half the village joined the Christians, himself taking

the ]

of {}

active part and rejoicing in all these movements). His death

reminds us of the deaths of several Christians in Guledgud

eng,

Chrg

and Hubly, by which gaps were left that have not yet been

filled up.

M,

lgg]

49

NG ERTY

rvate

From Calicut we hear of a number of very grievous

h fre

sins which brought much reproach on the cause of Christ.

nesty

Several had to be excommunicated, others to be put under

| now

church-discipline on account of drunkenness

or

theft or

f the

adultery.

My. Schawffler writes:

of it

0 $66

The woman we mentioned last year continued in her sinful ways,

although we made endeavours to win her back; so we advised

her husband to get a divorce.

It was very shocking, when the

have

woman declared herself in court as “a prostitute”, ‘“formerly a

than

Christian, but now a heathen’ ; it was loathsome even to heathens

e old

who were present.

A new danger is becoming more and more ap-

parent.

Young educated Hindus make endeavours to entangle our

year

rieve

Christian females, apparently because they appreciate their educa-

tion.

In some cases their attempts have failed, but in others their

o 0ld

wicked plans have succeeded.

new

Hons,

In Udapy also excommunications and church-discipline

heen

had to be applied in a number of cases on account of adul-

those

tery and of theft.

[ and

The congregations are taught to give of their substance for

ryner

the support of the church, school, charity and Mission work,

halli

and some progress is visible, although these years of distress are

:ﬁﬁtha

not very favourable for asking more of them. But we cannot

Jlars

hide 1t from ourselves, that many of our Christians, before they

0l

oh

can make much progress in giving for other purposes, must

yery

first reach the stage where they are able to pay their own

1,

§0

way. From Mulky we hear that the majority are either in

tme

the pay of the Mission or farmers on Mission lands, and that

Jonld

of the latter several are very much in arrears with their

rent.

eath

And similar complaints Mr. Walter makes about the

dgud

Christians, farming Mission lands in the different stations of

heen

Malabar, where many Christian farmers on Mission lands

neglect the fields, are very slow in paying the rent, lazy

7

50

—

in their work and therefore do mnot thrive.

In Bettigerry

parti

My. Ziegler was obliged to go to law with one of the

imhu

Christian farmers who, besides being in arrears with his rent,

gener

tried to cheat the Mission out of it.

The intention is

godly

to give these poor people opportunities for bettering their

lties

circumstances and by thriftiness to rise in the social scale.

In

several cases this plan has succeeded, as it will, wherever

there is an earnest will and honesty coupled with average

l

skill.

But we are sorry to say that in many c¢ases the re-

sults are not very encouraging.

My. Schmolck writes from Tellicherry:

techs

serlo

Certainly our Christians are morally much better than the heathen.

U3 §

Open sins and viees have occurred only in one case.

Excepting the

inhabitants of the poor-house, all our Christians earn their own bread

numt

quite independent of the Mission.

Sometimes their means are very

aske

limited, some are even very poor, but I thank the Lord that we

Game

have none who throw themselves on the Mission, and I consider the

ver)

Christian who provides for his own and his family’s livelihood, even

if he be poor, to be of better standing than the one who draws a

to th

high salary from the Mission.

Agall

In Tellicherry the Missionaries have been much grieved by

to i

an occurrence which caused much excitement in the congrega-

and

tion.

Sorcery had been employed to injure a labourer in the

Weaving Establishment who began to be visited by a kind of

left §

epileptic fits; the suspicion was strong that it was another

He y

Christian who had used the sorcery, and it became apparent

16cg)

that very many of Christians were under the dread of such

Satisf

Sl

witcheraft.

)

In several places Associations of Young Men for spiritual

one, (

edification or for the exercise of Sacred Music, have been esta-

Usefy

blished in the congregations, and have a blessed influence

altey

SOI‘e]y

on the rising generation, concerning which it is always a

in g

51

igerty

particular care and anxiety whether they will be more deeply

{ the

imbued with the spirit of Christianity than the preceding

rent,

generation, or whether they will grow up in a worldly un-

on 18

godly spirit, despising the Word of God. Of both these possibi-

their

lities we have seen the realization in ma,n_y. cases.

I

IEVer

erage

16 I¢-

VI. EVANGELISTS, CATECHISTS AND DEACONS.

This year only one new Catechist came forth from the Ca-

techist Seminary.

One Catechist had to be dismissed, as

serious stains had fallen on his character, and another left

athen,

Thus the

us secretly and joined the “Six Years’ People.”

g the

number of our Native helpers has decreased. DBesides, one

hread

asked for his pension on account of old age, and another be-

ey

at We

came a prey to leprosy, signs of which had appea,red for se-

r the

veral years.

He also must be pensioned.*

evel

Last year’s Report spoke of a Native helper who had gone

S &

to the South to join the «Six Years’ People,” but had returned

again, convinced of his fault.

This was not, however, sufficient

to prevent another from following his example. Mr. Hanhart

d by

and Mr. Ruhland write from Palghaut:

g

) the

Catechist John Peter has resigned his service in our Mission and

id of

left Kinnanur (an out-station of Palghaut) on the 10th March 1878.

He was, we think, afraid that he would soon be dismissed, as he had

ther

received several intimations that his work and character did not give

rent

satisfaction.

such

& Since;’s‘fe have Writwt_e;x; the above, two Catechists have departed this life: the

one, Christian Palanna, after a very short career, which gave promises of future

tual

usefulness, died in Attolimani in Coorg, and the other, Christian Chinnappa,

st

after a long and useful career, died in Hubly, where his services were just now

ence

sorely wanted,

We feel the loss very keenly, and hope to speak of these cases

in next year’s Report.

s &

T%

5

9

-l

He related that one night in Kinnanur he had a vision, seeing a

askin

light and hearing a voice saying: ‘I come soon!’ and ordering him to

the

go to the South to the Six Years’ People.

He then asked the Lord

misle

to give him a sign, by making a eloth which hung in his room move

to the other corner.

When the sign came just as he had desired, he

by

was certain that God had commanded him to go.

K

Some time after his departure he sent us a long letter from Kan-

jatta (the chief place of the Six Years’ People in Cochin) in which

and

Kary

he says that he now clearly sees that the Six Years’ People are

1876

guided by the Spirit of God; that those who do not approve of their

cause are worldly-minded people.

He then quotes a great number

char

of Bible passages to show that Christ is coming very soon, and

Fery

calls on the Christians of Palghaut, to accept this doetrine which

]

is so clearly shown in the Word of God.

He says that he is now

gadic

a Catechist and goes with his sons on preaching tours. He has since

had four visions, and his sons two.

One of the enclosed letters was

from

to a Christian in Kinnanur, urging him to come to the South and

join them, in which case he would be appointed a Catechist.

Welg

He also wrote to the Christians in Codacal, saying, the Spirit

pens

haye

had convinced him of the truth of this doctrine, and telling exactly

the number of days to the coming of Christ.

He related the vision

in Kinnanur, which had told him: ‘Go to the South!

The prophet

Pens

in Kanjatta had prophesied beforehand, that Johan would come.

all ¢

(Considering that Johan had written two letters to the prophet, we

of (

need not doubt the fact and correctness of his prophesying.) He

tlon

further describes their services in which the Spirit comes upon the

Inad

people, and urges all true Christians to come to the South.

I won-

dered how Paulus, his brother-in-law and elder of the congregation

in Codacal, would answer this letter. He wrote a long thorough-going

We,

ang

reply, showing from many Bible passages, some of which were cho-

sen very appropriately, that it was impossible to calculate the day

it v

and year of Christ’s coming, that their proceedings in church, roaring,

10

clamouring, crying and beating themselves during prayer, and pro-

bOys

phesying, were against the doctrine of the Bible, and that therefore the

very

Six Years’ People were wrong. He dwelt especially on Matth. 24, 24.

frop

Aot

03

being o

asking him to consider that the false Christ ecannot but come in

him to

the shape of Christian men, else there would be no hope for them to

e Lord

mislead the elect ones.

1l Move

The number of our Native Pastors has been increased

ted, he

by two ordinations from the ranks of the Catechists. A47. Facob

n Kan-

Kamsika was ordained in Mangalore on the 3rd December 1878,

and remains, as hitherto, in charge of the small congregation in

which

le are

Karwar. Mr.Charles Gojar was ordained on the 17th November

f their

1878 in Shirva, (an out-station of Udapy) where he has now taken

amber

charge of the congregation. His predecessor there, 47r. Diego

, and

Fernandez, has been transferred to Gudde, after having worked

which

in Shirva since 1871, in which period he has seen his congre-

I n0W

gation expand from 85 to 169 souls.

§ §in0e

Of Catechists we have 63, soon to be joined by five young men

IS Was

from the Seminary.

But several of them begin to feel the

b and

weight of years, and we fear that the cases of retiring on

pension will, on this ground, be less rare in future than they

Spini

have been hitherto.

xactly

These reflections have called forth the institution of a

yision

Pension-fund for Catechists and Native Pastors, as there has

rophet

00me:

all these years existed a Fund for the widows and orphans

of Catechists.

The Catechists have to give a yearly contribu-

f, W

L

tion towards this Fund, whilst our Home Committee have

n the

made a grant of Rs. 1000.

o

The help of these Catechists and Pastors is very valuable.

gatiou

We could wish to have more of them. Even though Malabar

g0i1g

and Canara are provided as far as is indispensable, we yet find

o cho-

it very difficult to give Catechists to those districts, which do

p day

not themselves produce the necessary number of Christian

(1ings

boys. Coorg, South Mahratta and the Nilgiris, especially, have

| pro-

very few Catechists, and we find great difficulties in sending them

rothe

from other districts.

{,

54

¥

Ay

Vil

STAFF OF EUROPEAN MISSIONARIES.

Wavel

pect

The number of Missionaries is 65, of whom 49 are ordained

and in charge of congregations and schools, or are engaged in

Calic

the f

preaching to the heathen; whilst 16 are unordained, and are

in charge of Industrial or Mercantile Establishments.

Wher

We have already mentioned in our last Report the depar-

year

Mahy

ture of My. and Mrs.Chr. Miiller, My. and Mrs. F. Miiller, and

Mr. and Mrs. Walz. Myrs. Darmelhuber also was of the party.

J[ 7

But

In March 1879 Mr. Darmelhuber sailed for Europe to join

his wife in Germany, leaving India after 9 years’ work.

Mr

the

and Mrs. Digel, having been in India for 15 years, /7. and

J] 1

K

Mys. Elsisser after 12 years’, and Mrs. Kaundinya after 19

years’ stay in India sailed on the same occasion, whilst

Janu

fever

My. and Mrs. Dobler, after 7 years, left in April 1879.

But the arrivals have out-numbered the departures, es-

very

pecially as it was considered desirable to increase the work-

S0me

the |

ing staff in South Mahratta. Of our older Missionaries /7. and

Myrs. Knooloch and Myr. Matthissen were welcomed back to

C0me

India, both of them going to their former station Calicut. Of

Was

new arrivals Alr. Warth and Mr. Knawusenberger have been

I

stationed in Hubly, M7». Mieg in Kaity, Mr. Kiknle in Cali-

iy

cut, Mr. Werssmann in Cannanore, in connexion with the

Dy

Weaving Establishment, and A47. Krapf in Mangalore in con-

Whoﬁ

Myr. Richter was in India

nexion with the Book Depository.

and

already when he offered his services to the Mercantile Com-

ey

mittee of our Mission, and is now working in Mangalore, con-

nected with this work. Aiss . Fritz (daughter of the Rev. . M.

Mepy

Fritz) arrived from Europe and was married to Mr. Wagner,

Couy

Mrss Layer (daughter of the Rev. F. Layer, late of Dharwar)

to Mr. Licbendorfer, and Miss Haug to Mr. Eble.

Ind;;

55

e

We thank God that we have not to report the death of

10

any one in our midst, although some lives have at times been

b\

wavering in the balance, and we could at times scarcely ex-

pect that they would be spared.

Mprs. Dobler was very ill in

dained

ged in

Calicut and Coonoor, Mrs. Layer in Dharwar and Mangalore,

nd are

the former being now on her way to Europe, the latter in Kaity,

where also Mr. and Mrs. Grossmann have passed the whole

depar-

year for the sake of their health.

Our stations in South

Mahratta had to suffer much from fevers of different kinds.

g, and

Myr. and Mrs. Roth and Mr. Litze were attacked severely.

paty.

t0 Join

But it seemed quite mysterious that all the inhabitants of

the Hubly Mission-house, M7. and Mrs. Mack and their child,

.

7, and

My. Schenkel, and the newly arrived AMr. Warth and ir.

Knausenberger, all at the same time in December 1878 and

ter 19

January should be laid up with an obstinate and malarious

whilst

fever, which clung to them for a long time and reduced them

very much in strength. Temporary removal seemed necessary:

5, 65

some went for a change to Dharwar, others to Bettigerry, and

work-

7 and

the Hubly station was forsaken, so that AZr. Welsci had to

come from Dharwar; but he also after a short stay in Hubly

ok 0

was attacked with the same fever.

i Of

In these and other cases of sickness we have received

, heen

much valuable help gratuitously from ZDr. Bell in Dharwar,

1 Cah-

Dr. Price in Ootacamund, and Dr. Williams in Mangalore, to

i the

whom we desire to render our warmest thanks for the kind

) 00D

and gratuitous help they have so nobly rendered to several

Tndia

members of our Mission,

(om

We still must remember some brethren who formerly were

[l

members of our Mission and who departed this life in the

]*H[

course of last year.

%7””1

o)

J. Haller was

born on the 15th February

1825, came to

India in 1851, and was Superintendent of the Weaving Establish-

56

ment at Mangalore until 1865.

To his indefatigable labours,

his practical skill and his solid character our Mission owes

the firm establishment of our Weaving Workshops, which he

A

found in their first beginnings, struggling for existence, and leftin a

flourishing condition, paying their own way and giving livelihood to

such

many, not only in Mangalore but also in other places.

The parti-

porti

cular circumstances of his family caused him to leave the Mission

Gosy

in 18635, and to take to coffee-planting in Coorg, to provide for his

Cate

children, in which effort he succeeded. In 1878, when on his return

from a visit to Germany, he died on the 1gth April, in the moment

prea

as la

of entering the Bombay harbour.

Cate

Carl Schlunk was born on

the

31st January

1831

m

and 1

Brandenburg, Prussia, and came to India in 1858.

He opened a

0ut ¢

mercantile business in Cannanore and was the Manager of the

week

extensive Mission property in Malabar, in which quality it fell to his

desir

task, to lead the standing of the workmen on the colonies in Chowa,

Chombala and Codacal into a new channel, changing it from that

plan

of day-labourers into that of tenants.

His mercantile undertakings

I(erg

assuming too large proportions for the Mission, he carried them on

al of

on his own account.

After the cessation of his official connexion

Was

with the Mission, with whose members he, however, remained in

for §

brotherly connexion, he died on the 23rd April 1879 in Calicut.

They

Carl Riehm was born on the 8th March 1833 in Diersburg,

Baden. InIndia since 1860, he worked as a partner in the Mercantile

Establishment in Mangalore, then since 1868 as Manager of that

and(

in Mercara, and in 1870 returned to Mangalore as Treasurer and

&W&j

“Thi

General Agent of the Mission, until in 1872 his failing health obliged

have

him to proceed to Europe, where he took charge of the home-

management of the Mercantile Society in connexion with the Basel

time,

Mission.

By his sincere piety and care for the souls of his sub-

Grag

ordinates, he exercised a very beneficial influence.

He died on the

vau

25th September 1878.

fing

Carg

GosP

Hang

57

bours,

0wes

VI

PREACHING TO THE HEATHEN.

ch he

sftina

Among the various means adopted to reach the heathen,

ood £

such as teaching the Bible in Schools, circulating Scripture-

parti-

portions and Christian books, etc., the direct preaching of the

[ission

Gospel will ever remain the chief.” Some Missionaries and

for his

Catechists go through the length and breadth of the country,

return

preaching in every village and every house, drawing an area

oment

as large as possible into the circle of their operation.

Some

Catechists are set apart exclusively for preaching to the heathen,

[ 1

and they mostly carry on their work in this way. Others single

ned a

f the

out a few villages, pitch their tent there for some days and

weeks, or build a hut where they can take refuge as often as

o his

howa,

desired, and repeat their visits after a few months. This is the

n that

plan followed by Afr. Nubling and Mr. Gengnagel in Honore.

Kergi, Mavinakuri, Murdeshvara, Bailur, Hiragatti and sever-

kings

2 00

al other villages were visited in this way, so that the Gospel

exion

was brought nearly to each house, and whole villages were

ed in

for some length of time filled with the sound of the Gospel.

it

They report about the way in which their Gospel is received:

hutdy

‘When we for the first time come into a village, the people are afraid

antile

and do not know what to make of us. ¥From many houses we are sent

that

away. Ata certain place a man pointed laughing to his belly, saying:

rand

“This is my god. If this is full, I have heaven, and if it is empty, I

liged

have hell.”

Some hear from politeness, others to pass away their

0me-

time, and there are only few who hear from a desire after truth.

Basel

A

Gradually, however, when the visits are repeated, people are better

sub

acquainted with us and with our message, whilst we are enabled to

)i\ I}he

find out those who have a desire after truth, and bestow particular

care on them.

In some of the villages mentioned, several love the

Gospel and are deliberating again and again about becoming Chris-

tians; others give at least their assent to the Word. To the question

8

58

what people were saying in one of these villages, a Brahmin answered :

“Some say that your religion is true ; we see that till now we have been

in ignorance.”

An astrologer said: “Formerly, when Missionaries

as 1

came, we thought, we must by no means hear what they say.

This

Hver

Wha

has changed; we now know something of the truth, but not clearly;

we see the light, as it were, in a dream and want much more instruc-

our |

fomn

tion. For we have from our childhood grown up in our Hindu religion

and therefore cannot easily disentangle ourselves from it.”

the ]

“Hig

send

Another opportunity of reaching the heathen is given by

the great concourse of people connected with heathen festivals

or large markets.

A great many of these have been visited

10t

again in this year: from Mangalore Kadri, Bantwal, Mangala-

Doy

devasthana, ete.; from Mulky, Mudabidri, Kalamunderu, Suda;

the

from Udapy Gokarna, Kunjar, and the great festival in

the

Udapy itself; from Karkal Mudabidri, Mudar; from Chom-

hut

bala Taliparambu, Wadagara; from Palghaut Kalpatti, Anga-

fo Iy

dipuram and very many other places.

If possible, we never

O

allow any greater concourse of people to pass without pro-

claiming the Word of God, except when the gathering takes

place at night, and the noise or intoxication are beforehand

known to make preaching impossible.

Catey

gal()‘

In most of our stations it is a fixed rule to go once or

ang

twice a week to the bazaar for preaching.

My, Lz.'eée%do"fyfeif

writes from Tellicherry :

DlSp

or

We usually take our stand under the shadow of a big banyan tree

turn,

in the most frequented part of the bazaar.

Maplas and Hindus form

bla

the audience, and as a rule listen without making much distur-

Uttey

bance.

In addition to my visits to Ancharkandy I made several

Comy

preaching tours of some days each, and always found that the Gospel

Tang

has like a leaven deeply entered into all classes of the population.

War

Knowledge of the Gospel and of their own hearts is not wanting, but

forn{

there is no decidedness, and the desire after salvation is very small.

lat]

Rl

9

Myr. Walter from Chombala writes:

ered:

o heen

Although the reception we met with when proclaiming the Gospel,

naries

was not in all places the same, we were never refused a hearing.

This

Everywhere we find the four kinds of fields described by the Lord.

carly;

What gives us again and again fresh courage and joy to go on in

sfrice

our blessed work, is the experience that everywhere souls can be

ligion

found who seek after truth and long for salvation.

Though it tarry,

the Lord’s promise will certainly be fulfilled in this country also, and

“His word will not return void, but prosper in the thing whereto He

sends it.”’

on by

tivals

But in bazaar-preachings and at heathen festivals it is

[S160

ted

not a rare thing that the opposition is so strong, or thoughtless

8

ala.

boys make such a noise, railing, hooting and hissing, that

uda;

the preacher cannot proceed; and frequently it iy not from

gl

the subject-matter he preaches, that we can hope for effect,

hom

but from the perseverance with which he does not allow himself

\nga

to be kept away or driven off by opposition, or to be over-

gver

powered by anger.

pIO

Myr. Graeter relates:

akes

In Siddhapur in North Canara (on a preaching tour with the

hanc

Catechist Seminary) a young Hindu came to the travellers’ bun-

galow.

He had been trained in the Medical College in Bombay

g 01

and held an appointment as Medical Subordinate in charge of the

07

Dispensary in Siddhapur. Being pressed to accept Christ, who was so

worthy of our love, and in whom alone salvation eould be found, he

turned the tables and praised his Swami Narayana as the one of

) 1166

blameless life, of sublime moral precepts, and able to save to the

form

uttermost.

He pressed me to accept Swami Narayana and obey his

jstul

commandments, and salvation would be certain.

This Swami Nara-

n‘eml

yana, he explained, was an incarnation living in this century in Katya-

0 Pel

war; he had lived a blameless life, preached a divine doctrine, per-

it

101

formed miracles and attracted many people of different creeds and

i

nationalities, even former opponents,—forcing their love from them

mall

8>’<

60

e

by his holy life. His disciples were still alive.

The young man ex-

Kota

pressed his grief that for some years he had not been so faithful in

hear

S01e

obeying his commandments as he ought to be, but years ago he had

been an ardent follower of Swami Narayana.—I was very much pleased

Hos:

the |

to find a Hindu who was in earnest about his religion, and instead

of clinging to dumb idols and to “custom’, gave his heart to one

hee

whom he considered worthy of love, and I could not help thinking

0ne (

of the young man, of whom it is said: “ And Jesus beholding him loved

“Bre

him.” But I tried to impress on him the truth that it was Jesus alone,

fosp

and

the fairest among the children of men, who was worthy of the love

he bestowed on Swami Narayana.

el

said

From Kundapur M7, Hafner relates:

hear

We

Our chief work was again preaching to the heathen.

festis

preached regularly on the weekly market-days in Kundapur and in

S0me

Basarur and in the homes.

Many heathen festivals were visited

hut

and other preaching tours made.

We left Basarur on the 25th

and

December 1877 in a boat on the beautiful Kundapur river and

50

reached Ialadi on the 28th December. We preached to the people

Prea

before the shops and went to the Patel’s house where for a long

the

time we spoke to a mumber of Brahmins who listened attentively,

Alto,

although the Patel himself did not seem to like it very much. On the

sold,

27th December we reached Albadi, a small hamlet, where people

envl

came to buy traets, so that we could speak to them about the salvation

peop

of their souls.

Thus preaching in the villages on our road, we

an

reached Tirthalli on the 1st January 1878, and stayed there for

Seen

six days.

Although the festival was not much frequented, on aec-

by

count of small-pox, we yet found opportunity daily to preach the

Sick

Gospel to many people.

This tour brought on an attack of intermit-

Dow

tent fever, so that I could not, as intended, go to Gokarna, but had

driy

to limit myself to the smaller festivals at a less distance.

Such took

Tepl

place in Gangolli, Saukur, Kundapur, Hemmadi, Hattiangadi, Tallur,

But

and Basarur, on all of which we preached.

The Catechist Israel

Sooy

went also to the festivals in Gokarna, Kirimanjeshvara and Kollur.

1iq

After the monsoon we made a tour through Kundapur, Koteshvara,

‘Su

S

61

a1 €X-

Kota, Brahmavara and Udapy, and met on the whole with willing

hful in

hearers, though they were few.

In November we went to the My-

he had

sore territory, passing through Shankaranarayan, Siddhapur and

leased

Hosangadi, to Nagara, preaching in all these villages.

In Nagara

instead

the Patel called on me in the travellers’ bungalow, and in the evening

t0 one

he eame to hear us preach, bringing with him a number of Brahmins

inking

one of whom he introduced as their “padre’” and the rest as their

nloved

“ Brahmins” and procuring a chair for me, after which he asked me

alone,

to speak about the Shastras. Thus we had a conversation onidols, God

1o love

and Christ, and remained together till it was dark.

On Sunday the

weekly market brought many people who listened attentively. Some

said that people below 30 years of age could not remember having

heard or seen a Missionary in Nagar.—On the 9th December a great

We

festival took place in Koteshvara.

Mr. Brasche, six Catechists and

some pupils had come from Udapy and Basarur.

‘We had built a

and in

risited

hut of palm-leaves, but the mnoise from drums, music, fireworks,

25th

and the procession of the idol went on through the whole night,

and

so that sleep was out of the question.

For three

days we

eople

preached cach morning and evening to a great number of people,

the students of the Middle School attracting hearers by singing.

Jong

ively,

Altogether about 60 sermons were preached, and a number of tracts

n the

sold.—Thus the Word of our erucified Saviour is spread in the

environs of Kundapur as a seed of salvation.

In observing the

eaple

ation

people more closely, it can be discovered that the Gospel works in

many hearts, in some cases rousing their opposition so much that they

, e

g 107

seem to be raving, in other cases making them desirous to be delivered

by Christ at least from the tribulation of evil spirits and from

n 4c

sickness.

One man told me:

“T know that the demons have no

) the

Could you not come and

krmif‘

power over you, but you rule over them.

drive away the demons from my house by some mantras?”’

I

had

00k

replied: “We cannot exorcise demons, only Jesus Christ can do that.

But when you throw away your idols and believe in Jesus, you will

Lty

soon be rid of them.”

He reflected and said: “Could I not first get

'51'(2(.’!

rid of the demons and afterwards give up idolatry?” I replied:

llur.

“Suppose a wife of yours, whom you had fed for many years, should

faraf

L

62_

have another man besides you in her house, would you believe in

will

10 |

her faithfulness as long as she refuses to send away the unlawful

husband 2”

He said: “No, never! she must first of all send away

that man!” T replied: “Just so! Do you understand the applica-

tion to your case?

Can Jesus trust you before you throw away

wel

j

of

these ugly idols of which you know that they are false?”’ He nodded

assent and said: “It is true,” and went away.

car

Many people know

of the Gospel, and several of them consider the question: “On

8101

what conditions would Jesus deliver us from our sufferings ?”’

het

From Palghaut Mr. Hanhart writes about the opposition-

fr0

preacher:

V1

I

The Pattar, whom we mentioned in former Reports as an opposi-

VIS1

tion-preacher, has again made his appearance on several festivals.

fro

In Tiruvilvamala, e.g., he preached: “Do not on any account be-

whi

come Christians. They attract the people by gifts of money, clothes

ete., and bring them over to their religion (he knew some such cases

the

of the Roman Catholics).

If a man has become a Christian, he will

after his death first go to hell, then after a long time he will be born

he

as stone, grass or an animal, until at last he will come again as a

man

it

Then you must again be on your guard not to become Chris-

tians.

You must believe in Parama-Shiva, he is the true God. Sin

gy

bro

is the origin of all evil, but it has not, as the Bible teaches, come

through Satan, but from God himself.

e

You must not forsake your

religion.

Only on this condition you can enter into bliss.”

But as we were many preachers in this place, from Palghaut, Co-

dacal and Calicut, and as his fire seemed to burn low, he did not much

molest us then.

But in Kongada the Pattar tried to drive away our

Catechists, by depriving them of the place where till then we had

always been permited to preach, but which he now declared to be

h

a holy place. 'When they selected another place, he began to preach

close to them and to harass them as in former years.

He told the

Catechists, he must preach his religion, even if he should be ruined

by doing so.

He has done much injury to our work, but we do not

1y

o

think that his influence is increasing.

We trust that the Lord

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63

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will sooner or later command him

“Thus far shalt thou go and

Wil

no farther!”

At

lica

In Mercara the Gospel is brought into some houses, as

well in the town as in the district, where several Coorgs out

Way

Ided

of politeness receive the Missionary, but do not generally

10w

care much for the Gospel

It is intended to organize a Mis-

On

sion for the coolies on the many plantations, and a fund is

being collected for this purpose.

101

On the Nilgiris the Gospel is pre ached from Kaity and

from Kotagiri

Some plantations round Cunnur and the

villages round Kotagir

Tuneri

and Woderu have been

08t

visited. Conversions have been few, yet some have come even

als

be

from the Badagas, and AZr. Bulrer relates some cases in

which Badagas are very near the kingdom of God, but without

hes

865

the necessary courage to profess Christ openly

yill

A Badaga on his death-bed sent for me, and on my asking what

il

he wanted, he replied

“I wish to go to Jesus Christ’s heaven, do

54

79

with me what you think proper

meaning, I should baptize him and

15

give him a Christian burial

I should have

assented, but his

il

brother resisted

The poor man should not have deferred his

me

decision to his death-bed

ur

X

SCHOOL WORK

ch

ur

i

The number of pupils in our Anglo-Vernacular Schools

shows an increase of 143

Of these 20 come to the account

e

of the School in Calicut of which we last year reported a crisis

h

16

It seems to have passed over; the higher classes especially are

much better attended, and their standard also is rising again

d

I

to what it ought to be

We owe this result chiefly to the

acquisition of a new head master, 7. Vergese, who has not

s

64

only experience in teaching and ability (he is a B. A. of the

Madras University), but is also a very conscientious, faithful

hee

man and a true Christian.

AN

Bible lessons are given regularly,

and many boys learn Bible passages.—But the increase of

Bet

numbers is chiefly due to the opening of a new Anglo-Verna-

e

cular School in Mangalore of which we spoke in last year’s

Report.

The school has gone on prospering as it began, and

62

gradually trying to bring the classes up to the respective

e

standards, which however proves rather difficult, as the pupils

m

who enter come from all sorts of irregular private schools.

sta

A preparatory Vernacular School has therefore been opened

il

close by the Anglo-Vernacular School, to serve as a feeder

i

to it

The school has in the first year of its existence been

the means of bringing a Brahmin boy to a decision for Christ

10|

(¢f. page 14).

There was scarcely any falling off in atten-

it

dance in consequence of this conversion, and the school has

P

It

now more pupils than last year, an increase which is most

th

likely the consequence of the success in the ¢“Comparative

G

Examination”, the numbers being now 204.

fle

There are Anglo-Vernacular Schools also in Tellicherry,

e

Palghaut and Dharwar.

e

The Elementary Schools for Heathen Boys show a considerable

decrease in numbers, which is chiefly due to the falling off of

ol

some schools connected with Palghaut.

But the new year

W

has amply made up for it by the Vernacular School opened in

Mangalore (see above), and numbering 50 pupils.

On page 14

¢l

Ve

we have mentioned one result (Deramma) of their manner of

instructing heathen boys.

Elementary Schools for Christian Children are considered

8l

I

essential parts of all congregations. The increase of enquirers

f

and Christians in South Mahratta has been followed by the

opening of schools in Kardenhalli and Mushtagery.

g

1

S

65

the

Of Boarding-Schools or Orphanages severai new ones have

hiul

been or will be opened in Anandapur, Kundapur, Paraperi,

atly,

and Kotagiri. Others have been enlarged (Dharwar, Hubly,

g of

Bettigerry and Guledgud).

Besides, Famine Orphans have

1110~

been received at Calicut, Tellicherry and Kaity.

91’

In Tellicherry the number of boys increased from 50 to

and

62 and more.

Two were from the famine districts in Mysore,

five

mere skeletons when they arrived, and though they have since

ipils

improved, they are still suffering from the consequence of

jols

starvation.

The many sicknesses and the death of one of their

ned

number produced a deep impression on the boys. A4, Licben-

oder

dorfer writes:

)een

st

During the 9 months I have been in charge of the school, I do

not remember one case of real disobedience, but many cases of gra-

fen-

titude and attachment which the boys try to shew to their superiors.

has

I believe that the Spirit of God works in some of the hearts.

Al-

1086

though the devil is ever busy to sow weeds, they are very open to the

Hve

Gospel, and their hearts receive the good seed.

It is always a par-

ticular festival for all of them, if some from their midst, who till now

were heathen, are by baptism implanted in Christ, which in this year

1Y,

was the case with six of them.

hle

In Chombala the monsoon brought much sickness; five

[ of

children were in great danger, and three of them died, but

All the

ear

we have reason to hope, they died in the Lord.

1m

children were deeply impressed, and many of them prayed

14

very earnestly.

The Girls’ School in Calicut has a Training Class, and nine

of

girls went up for the Teacher’s Examination, of whom eight

od

passed very creditably in the 3rd degree. Four are preparing

013

for the 2nd degree. Mr. Schawffler, in leaving the school,

gives a retrospect of the 11 years in which the school was

he

under his charge.

Lol

66

In 1867 the school had 69 girls; from 1867 to 1878 the

girls received were 136 (of whom 60 came from the heathen)

Se

Total 205

th

Of these 205 girls 93 are now in the school,

56 married (14 to Catechists and Teachers,

30 to artisans and people in employ-

U

ments, 12 to field-labourers and day-

W

labourers),

34 are in employments (8 as Teachers),

1ts

16 returned to their parents, and

6 died in the school.

hil

Concerning the moral life of the 90 who have left for marriage

an

or employment, we know that 12 of them have fallen, and

some grievously, and two even live a life of open sin. One of

these, who formerly came from heathendom and apparently

hi

showed a great decision for the Lord, has become a public

In

reproach, perjuring herself repeatedly and publicly denying

L

the Lord.

he

The remaining 78 have preserved their honour and are

a8

respectable women.

Of very many of them we know that

they have remained faithful to their Lord, and follow Christ in

li

their lives.

of

There is such a School for boys in Udapy, aﬁd one for girls

00

in Mulky, and of those in Dharwar, Hubly, Bettigerry, Guled-

gud, and Kaity we have reported on pages 43—44.

0

I

In Mangalore an Infants’ School (on the system of the

fh

“Kindergarten’”) is carried on, and many stations possess

fl

Industrial Schools where the school girls are instructed in

ol

needle-work, etc.

¢

Sunday Schools are carried on in Mangalore, Honore,

8

Bettigerry, Tellicherry, Chombala, Calicut and Codacal.

a]

L

67

the

The Schools preparing for Mission-work, are the Catechist

en)

Seminary and the Training Schools; and preparing for both,

the Middle or Preparandi Schools.

The Middle School in Tellicherry, under the charge of /7.

15,

In 1878 five, and in 1879 three

Frohnmeyer, has 24 pupils.

0]

pupils were sent to the Catechist Seminary in Mangalore,

1

whilst two and one respectively entered the Training Class.

A spirit of quarrelling and proud insubordination showed

itself and led to dismissals.

The Middle Schoolt in Udapy had 26 pupils of whom four

In 1878 two,

were youths who had come from the heathen.

gt

and in 1879 eight were sent to the Catechist Seminary.

nd

Training Classes for Schoolmasters have been carried on, as

of

hitherto, in Tellicherry with 9, and in Udapy with 4 pupils.

Iy

16

In Hubly a Training Class has been opened this year to

provide schoolmasters for the new Christians. Elder pupils

g

have been received, and two have already been sent to school

as teachers.

6

The Catechist Seminary, under the care of Mr. Graeler,

a5

0

My. Gundert, and the Catechist Christanuja, prepare youths

of eighteen and upwards for the office of Catechists, by a

course of theological training.

We are happy to observe

a steady increase in the number of pupils, there being

24 in 1878, which in the beginning of 1879 rose to 28.

This enables us to be stricter in selecting out of the number

the proper persons as Catechists, making it more and more

10

M)

the rule not to admit to this work young men whose Christian

character does not give promises of future usefulness,

i

This method

seeking for such some secular employment.

gives us greater reason for rejoicing over those who really

are admitted as Catechists.

In 1878 this was the case

9*

r———

68

only with one (¢/ p. 51), but in the beginning of 1879 out of

the seven presented, five were admitted to the examination

and afterwards ordained as Catechists.

May they be the means

of bringing some souls to Christ!

]

X. LITERARY WORE -

7

Tht; revision of the Malayalam New Testament has advanced

as far as the Revelation, and a second revision is in progress

and will soon be ready for printing. r. Zritz and My, Dies

§f

are the delegates of our Mission.

th

The revision of the Tulu New Testament was also carried

on to the end of the four Gospels.

al

The Canarese Liturgy, too, is undergoing a thorough revi-

sion by a committee of Missionaries.

(

Of the Canarese Commentary, translated from the German

by Dr. Migling, up to Psalm 68 has been printed.

U

The Christian Monthly Paper, Kraistasabhapatra Vol. XI.

e

was continued by My, Walz (at home) and 7. Christanuga.

N

The Malayalam Paper Keralopakari Vol. V. was edited by

My. E. Diez,

A Christian Almanac has been published in Canarese (25th

year) by several contributors, while the Malayalam Almanac

was edited by Mr. E. Diez.

Ten Malayalam Handbills (by Catechist %. Chemmanchery,

1§

and revised by Mr. Diez).

Two Tulu Tracts by Mr. Minner: I too have a House”

and: «Is it right for Christians to manufacture and sell Toddy

and Arrack?’ My, Minner further enlarged the Tulu Hymn

Book for children and translated 32 of Sankey’s Songs.

69

b of

The Canarese Text to-ll Coloured Picture Books of the

100

Old Testament, by 7. Walz and Catechist Charles Gojar.

ans

The Malayalam Text to 8 Coloured Picture Books of the

Old Testament, by Mr. Ch. Mailler.

An Essay in Malayalam on the Messianic Prophecies, by

My. S. Walter.

A very easy Poetical Anthology in Canarese, called ‘«Iga-

vyapunja”, edited by Mr. ¥. Mack.

ced

English Dialogues, translated into Canarese by Mr. Chri-

€88

Stanuja Walsa.

ies

A Wall-Map of the Madras Presidency, drawn by Mr. Mal-

thissern, and printed as a blank map in England; a Canarese,

led

and a Malayalam Edition have been printed in Mangalore.

The True Incarnation, a Canarese Tract by Catechist

Vi

Charles Gojar.

Al

The Printing Press

under the care of Mr. Stkemeier and Myr. Hirner continues

{

deserving and obtaining credit for its excellent printing. The

Malayalam Old Testament has been finished.

)}1.

by

LIST OF BOOKS

11!

Printed during the year 1878.

1. Canarese.

a0

Edition: Size: Copies: Pages: Tot. Pages:

11 Canarese Coloured Picture

2 'y

Books, .(Patriarchs, Moses,

David, Parables 1., Parables

11

II., Miracles, Bible Animals,

History of Joseph, Lord’s

Iy

10

Prayer, Proverbs I.,

Pro-

verbs II.)

I. 16° 11360

110 1249600

M’Y 0

et

Edition: Size: Copies: Pages: Tot, Pages:

3 Canarese Coloured Picture

Books, (Daniel, Prodigal Son,

[

Proverbs IIL.) .

1I

16°

3000

30

90000

it

Canarese Panchatantra

11T

16

3000

152

456000

B

1I

12°

13000

24

312000

Counsels to the Young

First Book of Lessons

VI

16°

10000

64

640000

Tl

Catechism of Canarese Grammar VIII

127

3000

60

180000

Life of Jehangir

16°

500

20

10000

Second Book of Lessons

R

16°

4000

144

576000

Almanac for 1879, 25th Year

80

6500

88

572000

Er

Poetical Primer (Kavyapunja)

16°

4000

88

352000

Commentary to Old Testament

80

92

92000

Ar

14000

Kraistasabhapatra, 11th Year

80

500

118

59000

80

450

84

18000

The Law Recorder, 7 Numbers

I1. Malayalam

8 Malayalam Coloured Picture

Books

(Patriarchs, Moses,

David, Parables I., Parables

II., ProverbsI., ProverbsII.)

i

16°

9600

80

768000

Bu

II

16

2000

60

120000

Arithmetical Exercises, I. Stand.

First Book of Lessons

VII

16

20000

64

1280000

di

12°

2000

90

Acts of the Apostles

180000

Epistle of James, Peter and John

12°

1500

42

63000

16

2000

48

96000

Arithmetical Exercises, IL. Stand.

Poetical Anthology

16°

3000

20

60000

Rel

Good Shepherd

16°

4000

32000

Se

The Messianic Promises

122

300

56

16800

The Psalms

16°

5000

232

1160000

The Proverbs

32°

5000

144

720000

By,

Almanae for 1879

80

4000

80

320000

Handbills No. 1-4

80

14000

56000

Moy

Holy Bible, (continued)

e S T e T e L e e B W [ s

80

5000

832

4160000

80

450

192

86400

Kéralopakari, 5th Year

71

e

8

VESE

Edition: Size

Copies

Pages

Tot. Pages

I too have a House

Ld6°

500

16

8000

)0

Manufact. of Toddy and Arrack

1. 12°

1000

20

20000

)0

Bible Stories

Tl 12°

1000

360

360000

0

Hymns

Etls 120

1000

60

60000

0

Thirty-two of Sankey s Songs

)0

and Solos

I

12

1000

16

16000

0

)0

V. Anglo-Vernacular

0

1. 162

1000

)0

English-Canarese Dialogues

130

130000

Anglo-Canarese Second Book

)0

0

(commenced) .

12

5000

48

240000

A TFirst English Book Anglo-

)0

Canarese Edition

II

163

5000

64

320000

Do

do

Anglo-

Malayalam Edition

1I

16°

7000

64

448000

Do

do

Anglo-

Tamil Edition

16°

40000

64

2560000

)

Burnell, Riktantravyikaranam,

(commenced) .

12°

100

24

2400

)0

Jaiminiya Text of the Alshe-

)0

yabrahmana, (commenced)

I

80

100

52

5200

)0

)0

V. English

)0

80

1000

86

)0

Report of B. G. Ev. Mission

86000

)0

Sermon: Excuses for Sin

80

300

20

6000

Do

‘What is Sin

80

)0

300

15

4500

)0

B. A. Text Book for 1881

I. 16

300

16

4800

Burnell, Elements of S. Indian

Palaeography, (continued)

II

4:0

500

127

63500

Mamma’s Easy Grammar

I, 168

100

48

4800

%

The Book and Tract Depository,

under the care of Mr. Stkemeier and Mr. Krapf, and the 22

Branch Depots

he

sold from the 1st July 1877 to June 1878

of

90797 Copies for Rupees 17607-0-0, and distributed gratis

14600 Handbills, making a Total of

he

il

105397 Copies, including 80642 Copies of Tracts and Scrip-

tures, nearly the same number. as last year, whilst the sales of

th

115

General Literature decreased by 4409 Copies for Rs. 4857.

1

In the above 90797 Copies are also included the sales effec-

ted by 138 Colporteurs, viz., 25649 Copies of Tracts and Scrip-

I

Ca

tures for Rs. 1700 and 6432 Copies of Schoolbooks etc. for Rs.

1277.

Ca

frg

The expenditure under all headings of Colportage amount-

bl

ed to Rs. 1700.

un

Five Colporteurs paid by the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society

have worked under the supervision of our Missionaries.

Traces of the blessed work of these silent messengers can

be found in several parts of our Report; of the Canarese

1

Short Bible Stories on page 15 (Deramma and Virabhadra),

th

and of the Canarese Tract «The Good Way” on page 21,

thy

whilst we have unwillingly omitted a report which, as in

bl

former years, shows the good operation of the «Heart-book”

W

in Canarese and Malayalam.

I/

We have this year again much pleasure to acknowledge

hyg

the receipt of a grant of 210 reams of printing paper by the

to

London Religious Tract Society.

73

XI. INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

Our Industrial Establishments continue to be an essential

help to our congregations by training many people up to habits

af1s

of industry and punctuality, giving them a livelihood and

helping many of them to a position of comparative comfort.

1ip

Most of the Establishments are paying their own way, excepting

the Mechanical Establishment in Mangalore, which is yet in

g of

its beginnings, and the Carpenter-Shop in Calicut which suffers

under the hardness of the times.

oo

But the Weaving Establish-

ments in Mangalore, Cannanore, Tellicherry,

Chombala,

i

Rs

Calicut and Codacal, the Tiling Works in Mangalore and

Calicut always find a good market, although they are obliged

frequently to seek it at great distances.

The Weaving Esta-

it

blishment in Mangalore is, during the absence of Azr. Digel,

under the charge of Ar. Altenmailler.

16ty

Mercantile Establishments.

can

In Mangalore, Mercara and Calicut Mercantile Establish-

rese

ments are carried on, and in Vythery there is a Branch of

I'ﬂl)a

that in Calicut.

In Cannanore also a small Establishment of

il

this kind is carried on in connexion with the Weaving Esta-

10

blishment. In consequence of the departure of Az Elsisser,

) Ok”

Mr. Halorock has taken his place in Calicut, whilst 2.

Wevssmann has filled the vacancy in Cannanore. Mr. Richier

d

e

has entered the Mercantile-Branch in Mangalore, which had

the

to cede Mr. Aitenmaiiller to the Weaving Establishment.

10

SR TR

74

Conclusion.

We praise God who through this year also has been

“In" all our

with us, blessing the works of our hands.

afflictions he was afflicted, and the angel of His presence

saved us: in His love and in His pity He redeemed us,

and He bore us and carried us all the days of old.”

New tasks have been set to us in the difficult manage-

Ot

ment of the converts in famine-districts, and in the

Our funds also feel

great number of orphan children.

1 i

the burden very much and threaten to run short, as

Je

indeed there is a considerable deficit.

Sickness has

Ravan

durgy,

visited us.

But the Lord has not forsaken us.

)

Thanks also to the many friends who have assisted

us, especially in the famine-districts.

May our friends

not forget, that, partially encouraged by them, we have,

in confidence on the Lord, taken on ourselves those

new burdens, undertaking to care for many destitute

children, and may they continue the help they have so

generously begun, and be joined also by others willing

to help.

2

And may the Lord carry out the cause which is

His, to the glory of His name.

Amen.

San’.nr:

Uubigy

Kolig)

mm}

i

Yerma

lay, |

Kot

5

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Stafions of the Basel German Goangelical Rlission Dociety

our

IN SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA

1Ce

(Corrected up tQ Ist June 1879)

s,

A. CANARA DISTRICT

ld.’;

Stations

Native Agents

0e

and

Missionaries

Deacons, Catechists

Pages

the

Out-Stations

and Evangelists

ate of ac-

iveService

on which

Rl

the Station

is mentioned

eel

1. Mangalore

Mr. G. Pfleiderer

Christanuja Watsa

1866

11

-

Out-Stations

Samuel Andrea

1867

46

v

as

Rev. J. Fr. A. Ménner

Jeppoo,

Bolma,

Rev

. F. Miiller

Gabriel Almanda

1871

53

=

>

13

Ravaneshwara, Hosa-

Rev

. B. Graeter

Joseph Bhagyan

1873

55

durga.

Rev

. S. Gundert

Gabriel Hermon

1873

58

A

Rev

. W. Sikemeier

Gerson Soans

1879

64

=

Mr. G. Hirner

67

2

ed

Mr. C. Hiittinger

Israel Aaron

1856

72,

o

s

Mr. R

Hauri

(Zemporarily)

7€,

Rev. E. Hirlin

Mr. J. Baumann

)56

Rev. M. Hoch

1t

Mz. H. Altenmiiller

50

Mr. J. Krapf

Mr. E. Richter

2. Mulky

Rev. P. Ott

Rev. Sebast. Furtado

1866

12. 14.

Out-Stations

1867

49, 58.

5

Rev. J. Hermelink

Abraham Hery

Kadike,

Ulya;

Mark Salis

1867

66

Santur, Alankara, Pa-

Israel Eliezer

1871

dubidri,

Kanankara,

Johann Ph. Salins

1863

Kolichur; Kutyar, Ka

latur, Tuledu, Irnda-

Joseph Vedamuttu

1878

di;

Utchila,

Mullur,

Yermala; Padur, Mal-

lar, Perur; Munderu,

Kodetur.

10

76

Stations

Native Agents

and

Missionaries

Deacons, Catechists

ate of ac-

Pages

Out-Statio.ns

and Evangelists

tiveService

on which

the Station

is mentioned

3. Udapy

Rev. G. Ritter

Rev. Diego Fernandez

ro

Out-Stations

Rev. J. A. Brasche

Rev. Daniel Aaron

%%

15

49

Nidambur, Bailur,

Rev. G. A. Ziegler

Rév. Charles Gojar

1878

53

58

Korangradi, Malapu,

Eliezer Paul

1866

66

67

Udyavara;

Shirva,

Daniel Andrea

1867

1 ]

Bolle,

Kattingeri,

Ninjur,

Josias Aarons

1873

Kudigrama,

Palli, Kavudur; Gudde,

Christian Karkada

1878

Sh

Cap, Mundodi; Hattu-

George Peter

1879

D

s

padi,

Koppala;

Ma-

dambail, Kurkal, Ka-

Albert Bangera

1879

(1

Nathan Suchitta

1874

lanja; Kalyanapur, Up-

pur, Bolmar, Tottam.

Benjamin Ananda

1877

denh

4, Karkal

Rev

. R. Hartmann

Obed Sumitra

1874

12

14

Naga

Out-Stations

58

Padi

Sanur, Mudar, Nan-

Muli

dolige, Hekkateka.

e

Lty

Ngh

Mag

5. Kundapur (Basarur)

Rev. J. Hafner

Be“cimel Soans

1873

17

43

)

gery,

Satyarthi Venkatarao

1879

60

Han

geri.

6. Honore

Rev

. W. Niibling

Rev. Jacob Kamsika

1878

1ty

57

Out-Station

Rev

66

. L. Gengnagel

Samuel Bunyan

1869

Karwar.

Henry Robert

1870

e A T

7. Mercara

Rev. . 1. Veil

Benjamin Ponon

1872

17

63

M J o Veil

73

3. (

Choy

Chigy

8. Anandapur (near

Rev. H. A. Kaundinya

41

51

Ammati, Coorg)

Rev. C. G. Eble

0y

Out-Station

Attolimani.

SOUTHERN MAHRATTA DISTRICT

lil T

A

9, Dharwar

Rev. F. Ziegler

Manuel Furtado

1876

20

23

Rev. C. D. Warth

27

43

Out-Station

Jodhalli.

48

55

i’hs }Veigel»eﬂ

64

9

:g

Native Agents

Stations

10!

and

Missionaries

Deacons, Catechists

Out-Stations

|

Pages

|

and Evangelists

Date of ac-

tive Service

on which

the Station

is mentioned

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10. Hubly

Rev. J. Mack

Salomo Bhaskar

i

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22. 23

) 13

Out-Stations

Rev. G. Grossmann

27

43

), 49

Jeremia Sonna

1874

Unakallu, Hebsur,

Rev. R. Schenkel

48

51

), 58

54

55

Rev. J.Knausenberger

), 67

Rev

22

23

1I. Bettigerry

S e Bhumm

Jared Soans

1877

(near Gadag)

Rev

. N. Hiibner

Nahasson Vira

1877

31

44

Out-Station

47

48

50

66

Shagoti.

12. Guledgud

Rev

. W. Roth

Lot Hery

1868

16

22

(near Bagalcot)

Rev

24

. J. Welsch

Salomo Devada

1874

23

Out-Stations

Mr. A. Burkhardt

36

44

Hardenhalli, Kor-

denhalli, Ladagundi,

47

48

, 14,

Nagarhalli,

Asangi,

64

Padinakatte,

Allur,

Mullur,

Budikal;

Mushtagery, Halkurki,

Madikatte,

Kabbal-

gery,

Karadegudda,

43

Hanamasagara, Hala-

geri.

ol

C. MALABAR

DISTRICT

63

13. Cannanore

Rev. K. A. E. Diez

Rev. Abraham Mulil

1876

1

17

Out-Stations

Rev. L. G. Hanhart

Charles Stocking

1851

47

54

Chowa, Taliparambu,

Rev. J. Lauffer

Abraham Chatayappen

1855

3

Chirakal, Manantod-

Mr. W. P. Schénthal

Jacob Chammanchery

1861

51

dy

Mr. J. Weissmann

Cornelius Hutten

1867

Joseph Taddai

1871

Charles Hermon

1879

Jacob Kumaren

1863

Abraham Arangaden

1870

14. Tellicherry

Rev. W. Schmolck

Rev. Paul Chandren

1867

11

k7

Owut-Station

Rev. E. Liebendorfer

Gabriel Pirachen

46

50

i850

Ancharkandy

Rev. J. Frohnmeyer

Paul Sneham

1861

58

64

98

Stephan Chandren

1867

65

66

45

67

73

Timotheus Parakandy

1869

290

Joseph Mandody

1872

78

Native Agents

Stations

and

Missionaries

Deacons, Catechists

Out-Stations

ate of ac-

Pages

on which

and Evangelists

ive Serviee

<

the Station

15. Chombala

Rev. S. Walter

Matthai Kunyan

1843

@

(@48

Out-Stations

Rev. C. W. Linder

Jacob Heber

1849

A

[or]

@t ®lis mentioned

Muverattu, Kandap-

Ezra Arunajalam

1855

=

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penkundu.

Peter Arnon

1879

John Puthenvidu

1870

16. Calicut

Rev. J. Knobloch

Rev. Joseph Jacobi

1868

1l

19

Out-Stations

Mr

. F. Matthissen

22

23

Paul Chittayagam

1850

J

Coilandy, Beypore,

Mr

. C. Feuchter

William Davis

1861

43

44

Vythery.

I

Mr

.J. S.K. Ostermeier

Jona Padiath

1868

49

54

Mr

. C. Pfleiderer

Isaac Laban

1871

63

65

Mr

. E. G. Halbrock

Chrysost Parambattuk.

1870

66

73

P

Mr

. G. Benner

1872

Joseph Mirandez

L

Rev. J. G. Kiihnle

(]

Mzxs. Schoch

}

Miss Kocherhans

AD

Mattu Peter

20

23

17. Qodacal

Rev. A. Wagner

1850

Out-Stations

David Teikandy

1866

24

43

Paraperi, Malapu-

46

66

2

Antony Veliattingara

1871

73

ram, Ponnany.

20

24

I18. Palghaut

Rev. A. Ruhland

T. Cochan Wengalan

1850

P

Out-Stations

Tobias Chembankodan

1367

51

58

Kannani, Panayur

T

Johanan Zechariah

1868

62

64

Attikodu,

Kinanur,

Nathanael Arukanden

1877

In

Wadakanchery,

Ka

ruvapara.

Abel Kattuparamben

1863

P

T

D. NILGIRI

DISTRICT

Rev

. W. Stokes

Silas Shanta

20

19. Kaity

1874

Out-Station

Rev

. J. Layer

41

54

Nerkambe.

Rev

. M. Mieg

63

Rev

. W. Liitze

Coonoor

Rev

] M Fritz,

41

42

20. Kotagiri

Rev

- Jc A, Bubrer

Jacob Kanaka

1868

63

65

nd

Ba

Expenditure of the Mission

58

69

7

During the. year 1878

e

Rs

As

19

Personal Expenditure

76,734

(mp)

23

44

Journeys and Home-passages

22,377

Munshis

1119

10

i

65

Deacons, Catechists anc.l Evangelist-s

19,648

7

1,162

Postages

Libraries

439

316

Church Expenses

Medical Expenses

901

Schools, English and Vernacualar

16,184

e

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28

Orphanages, Boys and Girls

925,997

O O D W g

43

i

Catechists’ and Preparandi Schools

9,527

14

12,049

Buildings, Repairs and Rents.

24

Purchases and Off Payments

3,942

1,548

hb)

Taxes and Agricultural Outlays

64

Industrial

3,180

;:)

Printing and Tracts

7,073

Furniture

1,502

Administration.

2,513

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728

V

H. S, Thomas Esq.

J. W. Best Esq.

120

Mrs

Knott, Bangalore,

Col. R. S. Couchman

40

through D. Eppinger Esq.

8]

J. E. Boyd Esq.

50

M. R. Scott Moncrieff HEsq.,

Major Q. S. A. Jamieson

40

Calcutta

10

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Major H. Smalley

35

W

30

0

Major C. M. Hailes

Col. A. B. Marsack

15

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49

2

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0

10 10

AT HONORE AND KARWAR

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Brig. Genl. H. . O’Connell 100

Messrs. Arbuthnot & Co.

20

j

Dr. H. Gundert, Calw

50

0

:

R. A. Macdonald Esq.

105

Ej:

Dr. J. Sperschneider

83

3

60

T 13

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A. Spense Esq.

Rev. F. Schurr, Krishnuggar

J. Ingle Esq.

5

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H. W. Scott Esq.

14

C. Banks Esq.

16

0

R. Oliver Esq.

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10

Col. H. J. Thomson

45

J. Brandenburg Esq.

10

Col. T. W. A. Robson

20

Col. H. G. Puckle

54

‘W. Blackhall Esq.

1

E. Miller Esq.

Rev. Dr. J. Mackee

C. W. Pack Esq.

Rev. &. Richter

24

John Vitters Esq.

5

Norman Stewart Hsq.

10

F. Rowland Esq.

10

G. K. Martin Esq.

10

10

C. P. Cooper Esq.

H. Corkery Esq.

16

James Bapty Esq.

10

C. Soobiah Esq.

24

F. Graham Esq.

5

Mr. A. Brockman

14

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W. Wright Esq.

W. Simpson Esq.

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10

Capt

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W. Sandwith Esq.

10

Capt

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Dr. C. A. Sylvester

Lt. A. W. Fair

12

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Col. J. A. Greig

Sergeant W. Rainford

W. H. Scott Esq.

Prince J. W. Mowny Lat

W. M. Fletcher Esq.

John Rees Esq.

C. Wiltshire Esq.

Mrs. Gee

Lt. Col. Reid

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J. Reid Esq.

G. W. Brunnell Esq.

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10

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Trevandrum

59

15

0

W. Logan Esq.

220

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H. Wigram Esq.

195

Brig. Genl. L. G. Cadell

18

55

W. C. Darling Esq.

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24

W. H. Roberts Esq. M. D.

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23

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25

Mrs. Mc.Leish

0. Eckelmann Esq.

26

Herbert Arbuthnot Esq.

Mr. Zacharias, Planter

V. A. Brodie Esq.

11

Mr. Mascarine

Mrs.

G. Brown

J. C. Winscam Esq.

G. Madden Esq.

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Mrs. and Miss Schmid

Mr. G. Dawson

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H. Williams Esq.

N. Y. Underwood Esq.

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Sir William Robinson

100

Mrs. Bird

T. C. Elsworthy Esq.

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Mr. Mark Philip

J. Grimes Esq.

C. Yoder Esq.

Mrs. G. S. Dupen

M. W.

H. D. Robinson Esq.

M. M. Hill Esq.

‘W. H. Stables Esq.

A. A,

W. E. Gay Esq.

Mrs. Pace

H. M. Hall Esq.

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Col. E. Dance, R. A.

4

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50

G. Higgens Esq.

Mrs. Sinclair

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Miss Darling

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M. Mullaly Esq.

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Mr. R. Ryall

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Mr. A. Ryall

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Mrs. Hitcheock

D. Cockburn Esq.

25

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Donations from Members of the Congregations

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Mangalore: Balmattha

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Mr. Timothy Davaley

Brotherly Association 32

Mr. Ananda Tatpati

1

Mr. Lucas Joshua

6

Bettigerry: Mr. Honnirappa 10

Mr. Thomas Pearl

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5

Mr. Joshua Matthew

10

Mr. Th. De’Lang, Malpe 5

Mr. Silas Padiath

0

Middle School Pie

Mr. Micha Mackadan

0

Collections

10

Calicut: P. O. Pothan Esq. 52

A Member of the Congreg. 0

Mr. M. H. Joshua, Penang 20

Boys’ New Year’s Singing 4

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Mr. Paul Jesudasen

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famine-orphans

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Miss E. Cole

Miss Powell

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T. B., Collector of Belgaum 200

A. H. Spry Esq., Kaladgi 105

Miss Bund

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C. F. Shaw Esq., Belgaum 100

Lady Pollock

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L. Reid Esq.,

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90

Miss Scott

10

Col. D. Thomson

70

Anonymous

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Dr. G. C. Bell

50

Mr. W. Griffiths

A. Grey Esq.,

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G. R. Mittleton Esq., ,

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Mrs. English

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10

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Belgaum

4

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GULEDGUD

W. B. Rix Esq.

K. Laxton Esq.

Through the Rev. B. Graeter.

M. Thompson Esq.

Sundry Friends towards the

'W. Inkes Esq.

Orphanage

360 5

M. H. Brookes Esq.

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Mrs. Glasson, in England 20

For the Orphanages

Rev. E. Le’Mare, Belgaum 500

Mrs. Ferguson, Nellanpoor 20

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Steph. Stephans Esq.

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KAITY

50

C. H. Mein Esq.

Rev. J. W. Legate

20

— Waddington Esq.

45

Lord Bishop of Madras

50

The Bombay Anna-Fund

66

Mrs

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20

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F. Bell Esq.

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Famine-relief Fund Committee,

G. W. Brunnell Esq.

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Madras

399

14

Further Donations for Famine-Orphans

Through the Rev. B. Graeter

Brig. General H.H.O’Connel 50

Mrs. B

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Mrs. Brown

10

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Rev. Drake, Baptist Mission 5

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Acknowledged by Rev.W. Liitze in 1878

Through Th. Stanes Esq.,

Thro’ Mr. Bésinger for

Coonoor

104

12

Mushtagery, Some

Friends

150 0 O

Donations for the Sickhouse at Mangalore

Acknowledged by the Rev. E. Hirlin

Dr. R. Dempster

15

100

0

0

Mr. L. Joshua

12

W. H. Comyn Esq.

Col. R. S. Couchman

80

J. E. E. A. Boyd Esq.

10

J. W. Best Esq.

60

Col. A. B. Marsack

Major H. Smalley

35

J. P. Davidson Esq.

J. Ball Esq.

22

Mr Th. Pearl

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Major C., J. Moore

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Mrs. Smith

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0

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Grants in Aid

MANGALORE

Brahmin Girls’ School

35

12

Parochial Schools

43

172

12

MULKY

Girls’ Boarding School

Boys’ School

18

Utchila Parochial School

39

Santur

do

12

Kutyar

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38

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Middle School .

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Boys’ Boarding School

126

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Parochial School

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417

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417

79

Vernacular School, for 1877-1878

for 1878-1879

79

HUBLY

Boys’ Boarding School

113

120

0ld Hubly School .

Girls’ School

79

52

BETTIGERRY

Girls’ Boarding School

30

Boys’ Parochial School

GULEDGﬁD

Girls’ Parochial School

37

0

100

Koshtapete School

CANNANORE

Parochial School

189

Chowa Parochial School

92

68

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TELLICHERRY

Orphanage

146

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45

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Parochial Town School

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Anglo-Vernacular School, for 1878

104

Parochial School, for 1878

37

For all our Hill Schools

240

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Contributions of the Congregations (“Church Tax”)

225 15

1

Mercara .

.

13

Mangalore

Mulky

41

Anandapur

11

Utchila

20

Dharwar

11

Santur

12

29

Hubly

Kutyar

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13

Bettigerry

19

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Padur

18

Shagoti

2

Munderu

10

12

Guledgud

Udapy

58

Kardenhalli

1

Gudde

20

Cannanore

47

Shirva

.

22

Chowa

37

Kattupadi

Taliparambu

0

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Kalyanapur

.

Tellicherry

55

Madambail

.

Chombala

40

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156

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Codacal

°

46

Honore

Palghaut

32

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Girls’ School at Kotagiri

F., Cockburn Esq.

50

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[e=)

W. Deane Esq.

15

Th. W. Groves Esq.

40

J. G. Hill Esq.

75

20

W. C. Johnston Esq.

D. Cockburn Esq.

25

A. Vernede Esq.

10

Genl. Vine

15

A. Woodhouse Esq.

10

J. Windle Esq.

10

E. C. Brace Esq.

Mrs. D’Cruse

P. Hawls Esq.

G. Stores Esq.

10

J. E. Adminstone Esq.

10

Mrs. Strange (Senior)

10

A. Knipe Esq.

Mrs. Strange (Junior)

M. Thomas Esq.

Miss Cockburn

50

Rev. C. Cooper

10

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10

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Donations towards the extention of the Orphanage at Hubly

Rs. As.

Messrs. James Middleness

H. W. Scott Esq.

20

0

& Co.,

Edinburgh £ 1

0

R. Miigge Esq.

20

Mr. P. Stevenson,

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Mr

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Capt. C. Hay

10

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29

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Donations towards the

new Church Building in Guledgud

Rs. As. P.

R. E. Candy Esq. c. 8., Ahmednuggur

50

0

100

Th. Bosanquet Esq., Belgaum

”

100

Chr. Shaw Esq.,

Schoolmaster Abraham

°

°

(0§

(o (= =)

Schoolmaster Sal. Dshaliki

Donations and Grants towards the Building of the

Tl

Orphanage at Anandapur

°

55

0

Dr. H. Mogling, at Esslingen

Honorary Secretary, Coorg Relief Camp Committee

201

600

Secretary, Mysore Famine Relief Committee

&

Lo

(o

For Educating Protestant Children

Lis

of the 34th Regiment at Mangalore in the Mission Boarding Schools

P

Through the Rev. W. Sikemeier

Rs. As

°

24

Col. R. S. Couchman

§

Col. A. B. Marsack

40

Major Q. A. S, Jemieson

Major H. Smalley .

Mrs. Dempster

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13

°

10

(= R = T == T == =)

R e o R e R e

J. Moss Esq.

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INDEX

1 0

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Page

List of European Missionaries

Report

15

Increase of the Congregations

10

II.

Conversions from Heathenism

11

1E8

Famine, and Converts in Famine Districts

22

IV

Famine-Orphans

40

Oongregations

47

-VII

Evangelists, Oatechists and Deaoons

51

VII

Staff of European Missionaries

54

VIII

Preaching to the Heathen

57

IX

School Work

63

X,

Literary Work

68

The Printing Press

69

The Book and Tract Deposntory

72

XI,

Industrial and Mercantile Establithments

73

Conclusion

74

List of Stations (Wlth an Index to the Pages where the several

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Stations are mentioned in the Report)

75

79

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Subscriptions and Donations

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