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Report of the Basel German Evangelical missionary society for 1878, 39 . e ) o o % o 2 B 3 35 v i . - ¥ 5 L 5 it s oo S e s . o e R — P s e 5 N12<524391237 021 W —_— D ik bl i e . i ol et it i il e s B i il o I w&i sttt iy BB B . ST S0 S SN ST AP RO L) WU BRI R LN Y63 REPORT OF THE Page Basel German Evangelical g 11 13 WISCIONARY SOCIETY 38 41 43 FOR 49 30 53 1878 0l 58 THIRTY-NINTH REPORT 60 61 OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION IN SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA 64 ) 69 68 ") — S TRy ;a: 78 MANGALORE PRINTED AT THE BASEL MISSION PRESS 1879 of [1 The 1 G 32 CE SN ,.'q ? u“ﬁf G, &%é & X £ 4 JANGATOSS ? 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 2 2 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 ac 63 V6 In 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 eell 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 o 10. Hubly Rev. J. Mack Salomo Bhaskar i 0 U o0] 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 = % 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 - 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 - To.ml' R.S:. § =t == N [ (D i el i em i e il ROl ) N Bidlopy i (@ o) e ildaliiapy il =4 o) (e i 206,211 E. & O. E. 24 54 Mangalore, 31st December 1878, ' ;{/// @%&b/d%. 47 (1] ( SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND Received during the year 1878. — 2 20 S N Rs Ag Bl Rs Asa B g AT MANGALORE \'I Throughthe Rev. A. Maenner. 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 0 Major H. Smalley 35 W 30 0 Major C. M. Hailes Col. A. B. Marsack 15 S © © © © O SOl SR OO Rev. J. Blaich 49 2 0 Missions-Verein Ziirich 0 10 10 AT HONORE AND KARWAR 0 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 z A. Spense Esq. Rev. F. Schurr, Krishnuggar J. Ingle Esq. 5 Collected by J. Neuberg Esq., Bombay. H. W. Scott Esq. 14 C. Banks Esq. 16 0 R. Oliver Esq. § l H. Conder Esq. 2 H. Kennedy Esq. (=il i oo i (el € m)le(e=) S @ QDI e P. Pachiri Esq. 10 AT MERCARA B T T Cz James Kingsmill Esq. 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 10 «)4 By E. Bornemann Esq W. Wright Esq. W. Simpson Esq. 5 B. Meynell Esq. le J. Neuberg Esq. 2 5 @) SIS @O O @D OO O @I RGO GRS O SR IO ORI O IO N ORI DR O, ‘W. Scobi Esq. 25 @ oo oS O o oo D OO OO O IO T @E@INE @ IO e Co] Gy 81 Rs As Rs B w B. Dickinson Esq. Major Gabbet 24 Capt. G. Godfrey =} Major Burnett Mr. B. D’Souza (=) (<ol e o Capt. Davies 2 Capt . Hutchins 21 AT DHARWAR Capt . Douglas 10 tol. Hogg 10 Capt 60 . Mac. Laughlin W. Sandwith Esq. 10 Capt . G. C, Bayley Dr. C. A. Sylvester Lt. A. W. Fair 12 p 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 G. W. Goudin Esq. E. Boyers Esq. § 1] F. W. D. Lynsdale Esq. W. Robertson Esq. 10 S. M. W -t 0 E. Mac’Callum Esq. G. 'W. W. Lister Esq. A Friend = D N W oo = o SO Ol DN IO o CHS e Ol S iiel s OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO)—U C. E. Anding Esq. J. Dracup Esq. For Lighting of the Chapel: 0 W. Inkes Esq. Friends and Brethren of H. M’y 0 K. Laxton Esq. 48th Regiment for 1877 20 { M. Thompson Esq. % O e 0O 0O 0 O 00 oo o000 (=== > K =Y Y oo (W o i o R oo W A o O L A o Y ool o 8 ) Capt. Mec.Laughlin 24 12 Mrs. Fan 13 7 AT HUBLY Brethren of H. M’s.48th Regt. 38 CroOIONO 0 Steph. Stephens Esq. 0 AT TELLICHERRY H. W. Corke Esq. : 25 80 C. H. Mein Esq. J. Reid Esq. G. W. Brunnell Esq. eyl (e e (oo} il ool =il o) D. Buick Esq. 50 0 A. Gover Esq. 30 Mrs. King, Bangalore 5 0 A.T BETTIGERRY i} Mr. E. C. Rich 10 Miss King ” 10 LD D (e P e o B o 0 0 AT GULEDGUD AT CALICUT 0 N. Kennedy Esq. 10 Dr. Sperschneider at 10 (=) 0 J. Molecey Esq. Trevandrum 59 15 0 W. Logan Esq. 220 AT CANNANORE 0 H. Wigram Esq. 195 Brig. Genl. L. G. Cadell 18 55 W. C. Darling Esq. { Brig. Genl. Burton 9 Mrs. Gantz S. 'W. 55 Col. White 24 W. H. Roberts Esq. M. D. 13 Col. Walton 12 c © © © é 48 QOO S DD SO0 O e O | G. Henke Esq. 11 82 Rs. As g W. Henke Esq. 23 E. 8. Crowdell Esq. 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. 16 E):(O: el c oo I Mrs. Atkins Mrs. and Miss Schmid Mr. G. Dawson O Ot i = i DO O AT PALGHAUT Mrs. Gordon S B. Y. Sewell Esq. 10 25 H. Williams Esq. N. Y. Underwood Esq. . G. G. Hereford Esq. Sir William Robinson 100 Mrs. Bird T. C. Elsworthy Esq. = 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. A Friend’s mite Col. E. Dance, R. A. 4 A Friend O Ot O Ot W Ut WD W N E. H. & 10 DD ¢ Ot OX OO o O Mrs. Gray J. F. Miss Clarke L. Garthwaite Esq. = J. E. W. &. L. Cotton Esq. 10 @ S0 ® S 0 O 9O e 0 I0QRQ @O o0 o o o0 Qe eoOo OO A Friend Mr. Potter AT KAITY Mrs. Janes S o Io0Ie © o o inidoloe e el o0 o0 OO Mrs. Hutchison % 10 Th. Onslow Hsq. 30 10 Mrs. S. M. Breeks 50 Major J. Morant 10 Mrs. Onslow 30 J. Hodges Esq. Th. Stanes Esq. 50 G. Higgens Esq. Mrs. Sinclair 10 (=) (= e (@) o= (el Hem i () W. E. Schmidt Esq. Miss Darling 10 His Grace the Duke of Col. Dance 14 Buckingham & Chandos, Mrs. Lane (15) =) o) = e =) e e =) (e = ) = (o) e ey e (e ] e e (e () e e (e (T = ) Governor of Madras 20 10 Major Hobart i M. W. Webb Esq. AT KOTAGIRI 10 Mrs. Brown B J. E. C. Brace Esq. 12 H. Simon Esq. M. Mullaly Esq. 15 A. Knipe Esq. 12 F. S. Mullaly Esq. B MG t: e C e e 0SS oo e e & 9 O A Friend 20 QOO D o= el G e ) ) F, Bell Esq. 83 e Rs As Rs. As. P R. S. Mrs. D. Cockburn, Mission Mr. R. Ryall 10 Box 29 Mr. A. Ryall 20 Mrs, Strange Mrs. Hitcheock D. Cockburn Esq. 25 oIS S S o e o o Donations from Members of the Congregations and other Native Friends Mangalore: Balmattha i Mr. Timothy Davaley Brotherly Association 32 Mr. Ananda Tatpati 1 Mr. Lucas Joshua 6 Bettigerry: Mr. Honnirappa 10 Mr. Thomas Pearl 6 1 (=) i =) SESNS o Guledgud: N. N, N. D. 0 Orphanage Boys (produce Santi Choir 16 =N o © O VIO O O IO of a garden) Mulky: From 2 Members of Cannanore: Workmen and the Congreg. Utchila 2 Women of the Weaving Chr. in S. 0 Establishment 62 Orphanage’s Mission Box 0 4 (0'a] f— Sundry Gifts Fasting Box of the Girls 15 S © w <O (=)=l i From a Saving Box 0 - -3 Udapy: Through Rev. Diego Chombala: Fernandez, Shirva 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 [es) Mr. Paul Jesudasen 1 Orphanage Boys’ Pie 5 Palghaut: Congregation Collections 3 7 Out-Stations 3 (o) eyt SOV el K)o 0) 200 0 {c) S SO cOIO o S R S T — R — e — e — e — N — O — R — e — A — R — e — e — O — e e I A e A, Anandapur: Mr. David Kore 24 Mr. Tobia Zacharias, = Mr. Phil. Anthony 24 g (=) Head Master S S Dharwar: Kotagiri: Fromthe Congregation 3 Mr. Pragasam, Writer 4 Hubly: Pakirappa Maidratee 20 Mr. Samuel, Schoolmaster 25 2 Members of the Congreg. 0 Mr. Daniel, Carpenter 8 3 Mr. Chr. Chinnappa Mr. J. Kanaka, Catechist 1 g © © © © Orphanage Boys 3 (§8) OO OO 0 0 L1 84 s Subscriptions and Donations for Schools, Orphanages and Famine-Orphans MANGALORE Rs. As. P DHARWAR Rs. As. P General Colin Mackenzie for Young Ladies’ Association, famine-orphans 100 0 0 Basel 71 13 il Throughthe Rev. S. Gundert Through J. Elphinston Esq. for the Collected by Major Gteneral South Mahratta Orphanages. G. 8. Dobbie J. Elphinston Esq. 793 Miss E. Cole Miss Powell » T. B., Collector of Belgaum 200 A. H. Spry Esq., Kaladgi 105 Miss Bund ” 10 C. F. Shaw Esq., Belgaum 100 Lady Pollock ” L. Reid Esq., ” 90 Miss Scott 10 Col. D. Thomson 70 Anonymous ” Dr. G. C. Bell 50 Mr. W. Griffiths A. Grey Esq., Belgaum 50 Mrs. Lester G. R. Mittleton Esq., , 50 Q. S. A. J. 48 Capt. Hay Mrs. English W. Sandwith Esq. 30 ) A Friend {g J. W. Charles Esq. 30 Miss Cockson 10 W. S. Price Esq. 30 Col. M. Rowlandson ”n J. Dracup Esq. 27 Lady Henry Moore ” 25 O = WO O NO OO O WO 10 eI © o © Wi & SN O O OIS J. W. Richard Esq. Lionel Cole Esq., R. E. " R. C. Beynon Esq. 25 Collected at a Drawingroom H. F. Silcode Esq., Kaladgi 20 Meeting at Mrs. Ross, 20 ©S O OO0 © O o0 oo COo 00 oo o w SD oo clec oo s oS c oo C Col. Hogg et Hoddesdon, Col. Halliday F. D. Campbell Esq. c. E., in Chair 19 Kaladgi 15 4 Mrs. Halstead Lt. Col. Read 10 Mrs. Pember ” E. Bayers Esq. - 10 Mrs. Halliday n O O O - 10 N. N. 5 10 (==l (i ealt i i o) C. E. Anding Esq. ” it W. J. Lister Esq. 10 Total £ 47 8 Capt. Ward 10 10 Lieut. Candy, Belgaum 4 ANANDAPUR J. Richardson Esq., ” 10 From Basel 4 A. C. Young Esq. 10 MercaraRelief Camp Balance 3 10 0 Rev. E. Le’Mare, Belgaum Hon. Secr. Merc.Rel.Camp 276 Col. Heathcote i Hon. Secr. ” n ” M. V. C., Belgaum Building Grant. 950 F. C. Cymonds Esq. e D o O 0 OO0 @ oo 0 e o OO ILIC SQIOLS QU ISI@I OO : & g Rs. As BETTIGERRY Capt. Browne 36 0 I. H. C. Dunsterville Esq P. Crystall Esq. W. H. Scott Esq. 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. % (=) )l e = T (= ) &lo oo e o ek CALICUT HUBLY Mrs. Glasson, in England 20 For the Orphanages Rev. E. Le’Mare, Belgaum 500 Mrs. Ferguson, Nellanpoor 20 »~ Steph. Stephans Esq. [ 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 S0 O O OO (=) o) ooy () ey (o) Hayne for the Or- GurusiddaVirabassappaEsq.10 phanage 20 For the Old Hubly School F. Bell Esq. kR k2 25 Steph. Stephans Esq. s 0 Famine-relief Fund Committee, G. W. Brunnell Esq. 1 0 Madras 399 14 Further Donations for Famine-Orphans Through the Rev. B. Graeter Brig. General H.H.O’Connel 50 Mrs. B 310 0 O Mrs. Brown 10 S e T e B, e B e S P 7 Pt it S O S0 g R Overag i %0 W e oo 2 O P S v Miss Maynard for Famine- A widow lady 10 relief Lo 0 0 () ) i em g ) Rev. Drake, Baptist Mission 5 (c=) ke iy ) 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 E 16 oo O o B o C O oS O T T T T o o o o o = Major Q. 8. A. Jamieson Major C., J. Moore b S OISl O ic QNS SIS e L Rs AR P Rs As. P Lt. Col. W. Rowlandson 0 0 Mrs. Hart 00 W. Cherry Esq. 14 Mr. W. Caroll 0 0 R 0 Through the Rev. A. Mdnner Mrs. Smith [ o T T ) 0 § From Mulky Orphanage 4 0 0 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 do Q@ Padur do 38 o UDAPY Middle School . 98 Boys’ Boarding School 126 . 40 Parochial School . ° DHARWAR Anglo-Vernacular School, for ' 18:('7 to 1878 417 Al for 1878 to 1879 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 Muliyil School TELLICHERRY Orphanage 146 Middle School . . 45 S .00 0 N OO O W O WO OO O i 0 Parochial Town School 23 = School in the Fisher Village 63 @ 308 o CHOMBALA Girls’ Orphanage . CALICUT Anglo-Vernacular School . 1051 (==} o e TRt P Tl R G o e A S e RS R Putiangady School 50 (=) ° 33 ot OO@OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Town Girls’ School = 87 —_——— Rs As PALGHAUT ° 46 Kannany School, for 1877 Anglo-Vernacular School, for 1878 104 Parochial School, for 1878 37 For all our Hill Schools 240 S O P @ OF S D) .NILGIRIS 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 G 13 Bettigerry 19 © N O O & Padur 18 Shagoti 2 Munderu 10 12 Guledgud Udapy 58 Kardenhalli 1 Gudde 20 Cannanore 47 Shirva . 22 Chowa 37 Kattupadi Taliparambu 0 [S Y Kalyanapur . Tellicherry 55 Madambail . Chombala 40 - Karkal Calicut ° 156 Kundapur ° Codacal ° 46 Honore Palghaut 32 ;é B OIRS © & © Sk oL O SO TOHIO PO Ol (SO TSI DI &Y (D Kaity 10 OiCy S 1o v \) NS on ki b QBSOS O O DO WS OO OO o S o Karwar i Donations towards the erection of a new Orphan Girls’ School at Kotagiri F., Cockburn Esq. 50 (=) [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 A Friend 10 (= =) ==l (=il = (e oo el (o 000 0 O O © o5 o & 10 OO ©F O OO0 @ © O ©OI0IC © OO OISO IO Rob. Ryall Esq. o@@oOcooooc@oooooocoooooooooocooo 8 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, ” 2 Mrs. Guthree } Mr 'W. Shearer, 010 O Capt. C. Hay 10 (g) 1(§:. Rochampton 29 by e 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 ® 13 ° 10 (= R = T == T == =) R e o R e R e J. Moss Esq. LN N == y INDEX 1 0 00 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 0ol Stations are mentioned in the Report) 75 79 Expenditure of the Mission during the year 1878 Subscriptions and Donations 80 ¥ ¥ B v e g D SRy . S e e = iﬁ\%}zﬁ - o - —_— e (i = M M i W H ! WM k- M w\u - | i M i | i g | w | W W m | NSRS s i - e S = - = i s ik o v i e e 4 [ e L7 P 8 Bl W S ot o S N W i S8 or .. i :. ¥ i iy 1 9 i G ‘&’Ql & o e 4 * 4 BN o f Ve & 3. Py 2% ot ¥ :’v‘ A 5 ,;i ol ¥y G ¥ i & e . > o % i s s o S e o & . e L oy € e ¥ b 5 ‘:«’ Sie ¢ 9 o i % ‘Evv - OeE . 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