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Mangalore

1834

—

—

[y

Do

172

no

1845

59

38

66

00

-

687

312

w

356

671

45

Mulky

50

53

28

19

250

et

1081

533

545

1094

195

Udapy

1854

é

§

Karkal

.

1872

48

33

21

54

1876

z

29

35

54

23

28

54

Kundapur— Basru

25

30

57

Honore

’

1845

19

22

62

1870

iz;i

é)

(e} Heml Ham) (e IV fe) s

5

:8237)

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(e} e fi{ o J il oo o JHL S

16

23

g

23

70

265

138

107

251

é

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e

;r

—_— | — | —_— | ——— |

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23

'S

36

[94]

| OO © DD

[oy

WO = O O DD ®

DO OO OO =

32

23

299

282

229 | 293

142

1434

ot

=IOt O O OOt - ¥

3694

1980

g

1768

3786

287

II. South-Mahratta

=

Dharwar

1837

93

73

218

167

66

88

158

19

;

75

103

0

247

153

103

257

Hubly .

1839

Bettigerry.

1841

48

12

15

160

251

487

278

225

512

1851

13

14

48

75

474

287

200

504

Guledgud .

%

Bijapur

1885

221;

it e S IR o e A G

%

jé))

(é)

;;é)

2

%

%

é

EZ

16

45

46

43

93

356

((3;;

647

.:;i

1375

784

%

616

1431

18

12

zi)

OIOOOOO

13

10

!

12 |

48

111. Malabar

625

16

325

683

Cannanore

1841

0|

43

5

227

56

15

396

9

342

1839

5

ey

14 | 21

:

254

14

12

533

403

229

154

387

5

Tellicherry

L

80

14

103

207

296

145

5

159

309

Chombala .

1849

39

Calicut

1842

g

28

108

373

90

40

646

2

84

505

14

65

884

1857

i%

22

27

84

376

163

204

368

16

Codacal

]

151

74

80

163

14

Palghaut

1858

§

2

57

%

é

% 3

g

0

10

10

46

117

1

94

E].

20 | 15

inOHOHb—l

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%

g[owwqm;»

OlOOOOOO

2

5

80

160

253

1003

[ 405

82

2060

42

2693

49

1287

2794

78

2

1458 |

180

198

76

29

28

64

Kaity .

bl Nzlgzm

1846

14

o

1867

5

0

10

17

.

@l

0

108

0

142

R s e T

51

12 |

86 |

149

0

Kotargiri

_...(i

jli

z

—

L

21

5

_E.

9

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14

14

10

21

0

T

0

306

218

80 |

19 | 114

—z—-

|

|

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i

Total. ..

61

b:

95

26

61

92

28 | 87

!

44

170

200

526 | 582 (1825 11311

224

4447

105 |

7980 |4302 | 137 3785 |8224

388

| eI TS gmreness | crsm s e S

171

353

Total of 15t Fanuary 1834 .

3| 50

8

5

%9 2T 61

s

87 "28 | 21

AL s L

|

L

38

188

214

506 | 609 1367 1157|7202 4330

B

7715 4150% 190 %3(340%7980

e saat

|

2

7

_6_ s

0

il

0

0

0

O,_

|

0

18

14

0 27

0

0

0

0

,_A.é_g,

0

0

53

0

0

Decrease during 1884 .

e T

SRR MRS

|

|

|

pLEii sl

PRt L

Increase

ditto

§7

3

6

0

0

T3

Gliar ¢

20%

0

400 1541 22| 117

0

265

152

0| 145

124

4

35

* Stations and European Staff of labourers are corrected up to the 25th of March 1885,

T Ther% are besides eight Sunday-Schools with 441 Sunday-Scholars,

— vt

T e i e R eon, BRI r - one SR LRI

o

e et

¥ )

European Missionaries

of the Basel German Evangelical Mission.

Corrected up to the 25th March 1885.

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

The names of unordained Missionaries are marked\by an asterisk.|

Native

Date of

Name

Active

Station

Country

Service

E. Diez (in.)

| Germany

1851

Mangalore

do

1853

Dharwar

F. Kittel (m.)

J. Lauffer (m.)

do

1856

Cannanore (Chovva)

do

1857

J. F. A. Ménner (m.)

Mangalore

R. Hartmann (m.)

Switzerland

1859

Karkal

W. Stokes (m.)

India

1860

Udapy

J. ¥. Miller (m.)

Germany

1861

Kaity

F. Ziegler (m.)

do

1862

Dharwar

© 0 « O T i W N =

do

1864

Honore

Th. Digel (m.)*

10

J. Knobloch (m.)

do

1865

Calicut

11

Switzerland

1865

S. Walter (m.)

Tellicherry

12

F. Matthissen (m.)

Russia

1867

Calicgt

do

Th. Elséisser (m.)*

Germany

1867

14

‘W. Schmolek (m.)

do

1869

Chombala

15

H. Daimelhuber (m.)

do

1869

Hubly

16

A. Brasche (m.)

do

1869

Udapy

i1

W. Sikemeier (m.)

Holland

1870

Kotargiri

18

W.P.Schénthal (m.)*

Germany

1870

(Cannanore

19

G. Hirner (m.)*

do

i

Mangalore

20

Switzerland

1871

J. Hafner (m.)

Mulky

21

W.Hasenwandel (m.) | Germany

1871

Bettigerry

22

do

1872

Mercara

. J. F. Veil (m.)

23

. C. Feuchter*®

do

1873

Calicut

24

. J. Layer (m.)

do

1873

Mangalore

245

. &. Grossmann (m.)} |Switzerland

1874

Guledgud

+ On -his way to India.

4

plasa i

’ Native

Date of

N’a,me

Country

Active

Station

|

Service

26

1874

Mercara

R. Schenkel (m.)

Germany

B!

27

C. Pfleiderer (m.)*

do

1874

Mangalore

60

28

do

J. B. Veil (m.)*

1875

Meroarar

61

29.

W. Liitze (m.)

do

1875

Bettigeri‘y

30

L. Gengnagel (m.)

do

1875

Kundapur-Basruar

62

31

A. Ruhland (m.)

do

1876

Palghaut

63

32

C. G. Eble (m.)

do

1876

Mulky

33

M. Hoch (m.)

Switzerland

1876

Mangalore

34

E. G. Halbrock*

Germany

1876

Calicut

35

do

1877

do

64

G. Benner (m.)*

6

36

H. Altenmiiller (m.)*

do

1878

Mangalore

37

66

J. Krapf (m.)*

Switzerland

1878

do.

38

J. G. Kiihnle (m.)

1878

Codacal

67

Germany

68

39

C. D. Warth (m.)

do

1878

Bijapur

40

do

1879

Cannanorc

69

J. Weismann (m.)

10

41

Chr. Keppler (m.)

do

1879

Udapy

42

do

1879

il

J. J. Jaus (m.)

Chombala

12

43

J. Fieg (m.)*

do

1879

Calicut

44

Switzerland

1880

H. Bachmann (m.)

Palghaut

45

W. Dilger (m.)

Germany

1880

Tellicherry

46

E

F. Stierlen (m.)*

do

1880

Mangalore

47

F. Staib (m.)*

do

1881

do.

16

{

48

K. Ernst

do

1881

Guledgud

49

do

1881

18

F. Fischer (m.)

Homnore

50

F. Eisfelder

do

1882

Hubly

19

51

do

1882

§(

A. Spering

Kaity

H. Knittel

do

1882

Guledgud

81

53

G. Francke*

do

82

1883

Mangalore

b4

J. Grimm®

Switzerland

1883

Mercara

8

55

S. Limbach

Germany

1883

Dharwar

56

C. Schaal

do

1883

Tellicherry

57

M. Schaible

do

1883

Karkal

8

H8

J. Funk*

do

1884

Mangalore

Lt

Native

Date of

Name

Active

Station

Country

Service

59

. B. Liithi

Switzerland

1884

Bettigerry

60

. K. Hole

Germany

1884

Calicut

61

. J. Rellstab®

Switzerland

1884

Canrnanore

ur

62

Miss L. Schmid

Grermany

1884

Dharwar

63

Miss L. Diez

do

1884

Mangalore

At Home.

64

. Bithrer (m.)

Switzerland

1842

late of Kotargiri

65

Q b

1842

do

Tellicherry

. Miller (m.)

Germany

66

F. Metz

do

1843

do

Kaity

1857

do

Cannanore

67

. G. Hanhart (m.)

Switzerland

68

Mack (m.)

Germany

1858

do

Hubly

69

J. Thumm (m.)

do

1860

do

Bettigerry

70

do

et

=

1863

ao

4

Mangalore

B. Graeter (m.)y

ril

. Ritter (m.)

do

1869

do

Udapy

do

1871

do

72

Welsch (m.)

Guoledgud

3

. Hiittinger (m.)*

do

1871

do

Mangalore

b

{

4

MO H S S E

. Ott (m.)

do

1871

do

Malky

5

do

1871

do

Honore

W. Niibling (m.)

6

G. Wagner (w.)

do

1872

do

Chombala

i

do

1872

do

J. Hermelink (m.)

Kotargiri

8

R. Hauri (m.)* +

| Switzerland

1873

do

Mangalore

Calicut

79

J. Ostermeyer (m.)*

Germany

1873

|

do

80

J. Baumann (m.)

1874

do

Mangalore

5 Switzerland

i

81

E. Liebendorfer (m.) Germany

1875

do

Tellicherry

82

do

1876

do

Calicut

J. Frohnmeyer (M)t |

83

J.Knausenberger(m.)

do

1878

|

|

do

Udapy

Pensioned in India.

| 1851 { late of Anandapur

84. HA Kaundinya (m.) ; India

T On their way to Europé.

) W

S~

all

01

We

for

for

glo

Wh

str

me

Aeport.

the

T RPNAD T

I'ea

ang

¢

; AM not worthy of the least of Thy mercies and of all

flor

the

9%the truth, which Thou hast shewed unto Thy servant.”

9 This prayer of Jacob we adopt for ourselves, when we look

of

back on the history of the past fiffy years since the establish-

|\

T

ment of our Mission, which dates from the 30th of October

t-?m

1834, the date of the arrival of its first pioneers at Mangalore.

30y

When we consider how «“God our Saviour, who will have

No

all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the

truth,” brought public opinion through the Parliament of

of |

England to bear on the Honorable East-India Company so

alre

as to enforce their throwing open India to the Evangelical

111}' \

Missionary in 1833, how He inclined the hearts of the Fathers

(Cle

It is

of our Society to begin work on the West Coast of India,

how He during the space of fifty years provided some speci-

gy

ally gifted and prominent men to impress their stamp on the

IllSp

abs

work, how He prepared and raised up benefactors in India to

advise our brethren and to support the work by their Christian

shoy

example, moral influence and gifts, and how He acknowledged

Vi

the labours of H\is servants by manifold and rich blessings,

ouy l

then we feel forced to say: “Bless the Lord, O my soul; and

in ot

T

all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord,

O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” At the same time

we grieve over all our sins and shortcomings; and whilst we are

forced to exclaim “Enter not into judgment with Thy servant,

for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified”, we wish to

glorify Him as our Lord, “who forgiveth all our iniquities;

who healeth all our diseases; who redeemeth our life from de-

struction ; who crowneth us with loving kindness and tender

mercies.”

Mangalore being the head-quarters of our Mission,

the Jubilee was especially celebrated there, and we refer our

readers to that Station for an account of it.

The joy of our fiftieth anniversary was greatly moderated,

and to some extent marred, through the unexpected resigna-

tion on the 21st of June 1884 of our late Principal (Inspector),

all

the Rev. O. Schott, whom many of our friends might have heard

.

ook

of from his tour of inspection in 1880-81 (see Report 1880,

B 80 ).

We give his own words of farewell, being in-

ish

tended also for our readers, which we quote from the Mis-

her

sionary Messenger (Der Evangelische Heidenbote), August 1884,

ore.

5

No. 8.

AL

the

“I am now taking leave of my readers in the capacity of editor

of the Messenger (Hezdenbote).

I sent in my resignation, as

of

already stated at the last Mission festival (at Basel).

In spite of

rSO

my personal attachment to this Mission, I am of opinion that the

il

(Clerical) Mission ought to be separated from commerce and industry™.

el

It is evident that these views must affect the principles of govern-

dié,

ment, and consequently cause an antagonism between myself, the

160}

Inspector, and the Committee. To avoid this, I have resigned. I

abstain from entering minutely into this subject, as I dislike to

the

y 10

show my differences to the friends of the Mission.

Han

*He means thereby the Mercantile Mission-Branch and the'ilx(iustt'ial

ool

Mission Establishments on a larger scale, “Gross-Industrie”, excluding, however,

our older Industrial Establishments, which resemble more Industrial Schools

[]gS',

in other Missions. (Bericht iiber die Christl. Jahresfeste in Basel, 1884, p. 49.)

and

8

When ‘I look upon the past 9 years, 5 of which I spent as

lag

Principal, I am conscious of shortcomings and sins.

These are

i

between myself and the Lord.

Ca

Before men I may say that the

Praise be

fro

Lord has mercifully accepted and blessed my services.

to Him.

osf

To the friends of the cause of Mission I tender my hearti-

Wl

est thanks, assuring them that the work, which has the glori-

ous aim of proclaiming the Gospel to all nations, and to which I

Il

WO

was permitted to devote my energies at Basel, shall never cease to

be a source of enjoyment to me.”

Insp. Scholt.

il

of

Just about the time when his successor (the Rev. Mr.

af

Oehler) entered upon his onerous duties at Basel, our late

hi

Principal, the Rev. Joseph Josenhans, was called to his eternal

th

rest on the 25th of December 1884.

He is known in India

0

through his tour of inspection in 1851-52, which is described

W0

in the Report for 1852.

His resignation in June 1879, was

Ca

duly reported.

We give, at the close of our Report, a short

of

sketch of the life of that remarkable man, to whom our

Mission is greatly indebted.

L&

We are most happy to report that on the 18th of December

1884, just before the close of the last eventful year, our new

fot

Principal, the Rev. Theodor Oehler, arrived in Basel. We

il

extract a few lines from the leading article of the Missionary

Th

Messenger for January 1885, penned by Mr. Oehler himself:

i)

“The office of Principal to a Mission, as well as mission-work itself

an

are quite new to me.

This being the case, I consider my chief

(6

calling at present to be merely that of a learner.

I do not enter on

Dl

my office with thoughts of innovation or plans of improvement, but

it

with the firm resolution to get familiar with the prineiples which, no

At

doubt, have mostly been approved by experience, and to go on steadily

Di

in the track pursued till now by the Basel Mission.

This shall of

fr

course not prevent my trying to keep my eyes open for such improve-

ments and changes, which persons familiar with the work consider

uly

necessary, either on account of the nature of the thing, or which may

ey

be caused by a change of circumstances.

Concerning the much

to

9

i

b as

agitated question about trade and industry, I am of opinion that

are

it refers to circumstances about which persons, not minutely informed,

the

cannot arrive at a correct judgment.

They will do best to abstain

o be

from giving an opinion. I dare say all may agree that the aforesaid

artl-

establishments, which sprang into existence owing to a clear want

which made itself felt on the Mission field, must at any rate be

lort-

ch [

justified during the stated time for the development of the Mission

e 10

work, nay they may be considered nearly necessary.

To say,

whether this time has elapsed or no, even well versed men may be

of different opinion

As far as I can see, the question

)i

at issue is not so important at present that a final decision favouring

Jate

this or that view must ’be'arrived at, vy i And now I send

ol

the readers of the Messenger, and the fellow-labourers and friends of

ndia

our Mission my brotherly salutation.

We stand in a followship of

ihed

work and prayer, of faith and love.

May the God of all grace

as

cause it to be fruitful for the work we do, and for the salvation

hott

of our souls.”

our

Let us now proceed to review Shortly the work of the

past year.

her

1

Beginning with the Congregations, there is to be noted a

new

total increase of 244 souls since 1883, which brings their

We

number up to 8224 souls.

Of these 4302 are Communicants.

Ty

Through Heathen baptisms 105 (viz. 76 adults and 29 children)

selt

new members were added. The remainder (139) is due to

tael

an excess of births (362) over deaths (159), and other losses

ief

(64).

District Mission Festivals were held at Calicut and at

Dharwar, but Mangalore had the privilege of celebrating the

I Ol

but

Jiftieth anniversary of its founding on the 30th of October 1884.

[, 10

At the same time the Native Presbyters met for the different

Ldﬂ}'

District Synods.

The week of prayer, held always in the

Il of

first week of the year (6th to 12th January 1884), was kept up by

ove

most of our churches; alsoa day of humiliation (21st of Septem-

ider

ber 1884).

The Holy Supper is being administered, according

may

to the number of the Congregation, from three to six times

uch

2

10

P —

a year. As our Mission extends over a large area, and (;,om-

fost

prises different nationalities, we ‘find it difficult to give a

Dei

general picture of the spiritual state ofsour Churches. There

mp

ther

is no doubt that they gradually grow in grace. On the other

hand we must observe that we have reason to grieve over the

con

indifference displayed here and there by old church-members

108

towards new comers, which looked very much, as if they had

of ¢

said: “We do not care whether you are saved, or not”.

the

hea

We long for an outpouring of the Spirit of God on our

Churches that all may experience the power of grace in their

A

hearts, and feel stirred up to give witness of their experiences

the

to the Heathen around them.

hing

2

As regards our Schools, we subjoin a list giving the

19

sa1

necessary statistics for the year under review:

4 f{i

Provinces

Pupils

The;

S.Mah-

Mala-

Number

of Schools

Canara

ratta

bar

Nilgiri| Males

les

Total

Br

they

Seminary

24

24

24

Evangelists’School

Middle Schools

23

21

44

44

will

Normal Schools

13

21

31

38

O B DO ek

219

106

144

85

284

270

554%

Chep

Orphanages

Parochial Schools

>

533

86

318

519

418

lity

937

Vernacular

»

D

I

w

135

345

418

221

1030

84

1114

engl

=

303

93

1014

1405

1410

Anglo-Vern.

”n

Infants’ School

89

76

78

87

165

Heath. Girls’ Sch.

104

53

157

157

Soci¢

Total

92

1434

647

2060

306

3419

1028

4447+

Dosg

Tegt

* Of these 170 boys and 200 girls are boarders.

T Sunday-Schools exc/uded.

3

Prea‘ching" to the Heathen. We are glad to state, that

bya

this has this year been carried on with fervour and energy.

fant

It shows an appreciation of our preaching on the part of the

Heathen, when they consider the shed, where the Missionary

and his assistants are preaching, to belong as much to their

luy

11

et

oom

festival, as the booths in which eatables and other articles are

Ve &

being sold. The generally friendly bearing of the non-Christian

here

population towards the messengers of peace, their inviting

th

el

them to their houses, their encouraging their visits, and the

]

t

it

confidence with which they seek for spiritual information is

bers

most encouraging.

From year to year the gradual awakening

had

of the people is becoming more palpable, and the desire of

the female population both of the higher and lower castes, to

our

hear something about that wonderful religion, which is being

heir

made known from house to house; is remarkable.

As far as

11068

the reservedness, which through long usage has become a

binding law on the females of India, permits, they are most

the

eager in trying to catch something or other of what is being

said.

To this class of women we were long wishing to open

a female agency in order to bring the Gospel nearer them.

Therefore we gladly welcomed the generous 'offer made by the

Total

British and Foreign Bible Society in the course of 1884 that

they were willing to pay for a number of Bible- Women.

o4

Several stations have availed themselves of this offer, as

44

will be seen under the heads of Mangalore, Guledgud, Telli-

88

cherry, Chombala and Calicut.

We seize upon this opportu-

554*

nity to thank the British and Foreign Bible Society for their

031

{14

enabling us to take up this important branch of work.

410

Our thanks are equally due to the Madras Auxiliary Bible

169

Society for placing a number of Bible-Colporteurs at our dis-

151

posal, whose duty it is to sell Portions of Scripture, New

4l

Testaments and Bibles.

[ml’dl'

We mention under this head a polemic pamphlet written

that

Under «Calicut”

by a Mohammedan against Christianity.

(rg}

farther details will be found.

|

the

4. The Agents of the Mission have scarcely increased

\ﬂﬂl)

during last year.

thell

12

————

There are now 95 Christian School-masters or 6 more than

in 1883.

The number of non-Christian Teachers (61) has

A

Of Christian School-mistresses 26 are

We

remained stationary.

employed (against 27 in 1883).—The monthly«local meetings

My

of the Christian Teachers of each station, towards improving

e

Wil

themselves, have taken place regularly. The district meetings

were held in 1884 in Mangalore and at Chombala.

The number of Native Pastors (7) is the same as in 1883;

an

some of them have aged very much.

There are now 88 Cate-

an

chists and Hvangelists, or 3 more than in 1883. Also this year

(B

of

we have not been spared the painful duty of reporting that

one of our long standing and very able Catechists of 30 years’

service has been found unworthy of his high calling.

Os

The monthly local gatherings of our Native Assistants have

il

taken place regularly and District meetings have been held

MT

in Mangalore and Tellicherry.

an

Of European Agents there are at the time of our going

Fe

into print 43 Ordained Missionaries and 18 Lay-Brethren.

Yy

There are now 46 Missionaries’ wives most of whom, be-

an

sides their own special duties, are regulérly engaged in the

supervision of the sale of books, containing portions of Scrip-

an

ture, New Testaments, Bibles, Books and Tracts, of Infants’

I

Schools, of Industrial Schools, of needle- and fancy-work

S

classes, of the housekeeping and economical management of

Orphanages, and of the tailoring for our orphan boys. Be-

foy

sides those of them, who have mastered the Native languages,

Be

visit the sick Christian women and children of the different

Ui

parishes and their non-Christian female neighbours, which

the

latter work has received a new stimulus through the em-

of

ployment of Bible-women, the superintendence of whom is

No

entrusted to them also.

Two School-mistresses, who have lately arrived from Europe,

Gr

will devote their whole time to the education of girls.

al

s

13

than

Several of our Missionaries and their wives were poorly

has

and even very sick; the Lord most mercifully spared us all.

) al8

We have, however, been startled by the sudden death of

ings

Mryr. Roth whilst at Dharwar.

We are also sorry to record the

Ting

death of a former Indian Missionary’s widow.

Particulars

will be found in the Obituary at the close of this Report.

{ngs

We desire to thank Deputy Surgeon General J. M. Joseph

883

and Dr. Serkis in Cannanore, Dr. Cook in Calicut, Dr. Lee

fe

and Dr. Thomas in Mangalore, and Dr. D. Cardoz in Gadag

year

(Bettigerry), for their gratuitous help to different sick members

xhat

of our Mission.

ears’

There left for Europe: On the 16th of February 1884 Mr,

Ostermeyer and family, on the 28th of March Mr. & Mrs.

have

Hanhart, and Mr. Wagner and child, and on the 30th of March

held

Mr. Ritter and family, Mr. Ott and family, and Mr. Bawmann

and family.

In January 1885 Mr. Hoauri and family, in

010

February 1885 Mr. Frohnmeyer and family, in March 1885

Mr. & Mrs. Niibling, Mr. Graeter and family, Mr. Hermelink

lbe

and family and Mrs. Roth.

1’ the

The following were permitted to return: Mr. & Mfrs. Kittel

crip-

and Mr. & Mrs. Walter on the 14th of January 1884, Mr. &

Mrs. Liitze on the 21st of November 1884, and Mr. & Mrs.

ants’

jork

Sikemeier on the 2nd of March 1885.

We have had the following reinforcements: Mr. J. Funk

10 Of

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for Mangalore, on the 14th of January 1884; Mr. B. Liith: for

Bettigerry, on the 15th of October; Mr. K. Hole for Chombala,

3g68;

el

on the 20th of October; Mr. J. Rellstab for Cannanore, on

the 24th of November; Miss Schmid for Dharwar, on the 21st

Jch

el

of November; and Miss Diez for Mangalore, on the 23rd of

November 1884.

m 1

The following are expected to arrive shortly: Mr. & Ms.

0pe

Grossmann, accompanied by Miss Fieg, engaged to Mr. Ernst,

and Miss Hauff, engaged to Mr. Eisfelder.

e

14

The transfers since the last Report are the foliowing:

Mr. Stokes was transferred from Kaity to Udapy; Mr. Digel

from Mangalore to Honore; Mr. Matthissen from Tellicherry

to Calicut; Mr. Daimelhuber from Bettigerry to Hubly; Mr.

Warth from Guledgud to Bijapur; Mr. Jaus from Calicut to

Chombala; Mr. Dilger from Nettoor to Tellicherry Town;

My. Stierlen from Cannanore to Mangalore; Mr. Spering from

Udapy to Kaity; Mr. Knittel from Dharwar to Guledgud;

Mr. Schaal from Chombala to Tellicherry; Mr. Hole from

Chombala to Calicut.

5.

Ex'ention of work.

Since the beginning of this year

our Brethren in South-Mahratta have opened a new Station

at Byapur.

We have begun operations in the Nizam’s Domi-

nious by opening two Schools.

It is intended to found a new

station in Coorg also. The work of the Bible-women has al-

ready been mentioned. -

Jul

ng

igel

. CANARA

Je

(South-Canara, North-Canara, and Coorg).

Mr

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MANGALORE.

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Out-Stations: Jeppu, Bokapatna, Bolma, Kasargod, Bekal,

rom

Ravaneshvara, Hosadurg.

ud;

I. Clerical Part.

Lom

Rev

. A. Miinner, in charge of the Congregation.

Rev

LBy Diez,

eal

Rev

. M. Hoch,

”

”

Catechists’ Seminary.

ton

Rev

. J. Layer,

”

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Anglo-Vernacular School

Julk

Miss L. Diez, Brahman Girls’ School, studying Canarese.

new

al

Native Pastor

LRev. Sebastian Furtado.

Catechists

Israel Aaron, Samuel Andrea,

Abraham Heri, Christamfja Watsa, Daniel Andrea,

Gabriel Almanda, Albert Bangera, Bartholom Settia,

Joshua Joshua.— Satyarthi Kaundinya.

Christian Schoolmasters

Jacob. Ammanna, Joshia Karat, Albert Varlika,

Samuel Soens, Puaul Bangera, David Bunyan, Immanuel

Karkada, Joel Soens, Stephan Jatanna, Gabriel Hermon,

Israel Jattanna, Aquila Multu.

Colporteur, Joshua Joshua.

Bible-Woman, Sophia Hers.

Christian Schoolmistresses

Martha Kotyanna, Martha Cecilia Soens,

Julia Manakaden, Tabitha Theodor, Sophia Titus, Lydia Mitra,

Margaret Soens, Charlotte Menez.

B P I

16

Heathen Schoolmasters

ing

of

T. Vittala Rao,r. 4, A. Padmanabha,r. 4., K. Subba Rao,

leg

M. Subba Rao, A. Manjunatha, Venkammmakmb, Dasappa.

+.

ad

iy

European staff of Lahourers.

Mr. Graeter and family, owing

to bad health, left for Europe on the 24th of March 1885.

the

We regret to lose, though temporarily, his services and hope

an

Miss Diez

wh

he will be spared to take up his former work.

joined the Station on the 23rd of November 1884.

an

The Congregation numbers now 1534 baptized Christians,

0f

Jeppu (174) and Bokapatna (133) being included. In the other

pa

Out-stations there are 71 Christians, or 1605 adherents in all.

the

The increase of 108 souls since last year, is due to 24

I

f1a,

baptisms of Heathen, a large surplus of births over deaths

(by. 59), and immigrations of Christian families from the district,

who came seeking for work.

The Congregation is in charge

Mi

I

of Mr. Minner, assisted by Mr. Furtado, who has the

pastoral care of Jeppu, and three Catechists.

The Church

dn

Services are in Tulu and occasionally also in Canarese.

In

I

the Catechists’ Seminary there are alternate Malayalam and

Canarese Sunday Services, which were held by Messrs. Diez,

i

Graeter and Hoch.

The same also conducted regular Divine

an(

Services for the English Congregation at St. Paul’s, except

lat

on those Sundays, when the Chaplain from Mercara officiated.

Our Congregation, the oldest and largest in our Mission,

e

had the privilege of commemorating the fiftieth anniversary

ey

of the arrival of the Rev. Messrs. Hebich, Greiner and Lehner,

Our

the first pioneers of our Mission, which event took place on the

g

30th of October 1834.

Most of our Missionaries, as well as

dlﬁ(

deputations from the different Stations and Out-stations from

2 {

the Canara and Coorg Districts, had come in to join us on the

Ml

oceasion.

Our Shanti Church was very tastefully decorated

taf

and well attended by happy faces.

There were prayer-meet-

Ui

;]7

e

ings, addresses and sacred music expressive of the feelings

0,

of gratitude, humiliation and joy befitting such a day. It would

0

lead us too far, did we attempt to enter into details. A few

addresses, however, ought to be mentioned. The Congregation

wing

drew up an address to our Home-Committee in Basel, thanking

880

them for the light of the Gospel, and the blessings of education

and civilization following in its train. Our Home-Committee,

holpe

Diez

whilst appreciating this acknowledgment, impressed us in their

answer, never to forget that only as far as we seek the Kingdom

1an§

of God and His righteousness, so far also we shall become

t

her

partakers of temporal blessings. Otherwise the helping hand,

all

they have stretched out by creating Industrial Establishments,

W

might become a snare, as it would foster only formal Chris-

ths

tianity and hypocrisy.

rict,

- Thanks were also rendered to the local supporters of the

age

Mission in connexion with a service of song, attended by the

the

English residents of the place.

The names of Mr. Findlay

ureh

Anderson, Mr. H. M. Blair, Mr. F. N. Maltby, Mr. W. Stokes,

In

Mr. A. N. Shaw, Mr. G. Casamajor, Mr. L. Strange, Mr. H.

V. Conolly, General G. W. Walker, Sir W. Robinson, General

and

Diéz,

G. S. Doblbie, The Honorable H. S. Thomas, Mr. J. Elphinston

17106

and others were gladly remembered in connexion with the foun-

dation of new Stations or the support of old ones.

sCGPt

ol

At the same time a number of Native gentlemen present-

at

5100

ed an address, in which they thankfully acknowledged the

W)

benefits which accrued to this town through the labour of

our Missionaries since 1835, mentioning especially the open-

finer

ing of an Anglo-Vernacular School in 1839, the Printing Press,

I the

] a8

different Industrial Establishments, and so on.

Mr. Graeter,

as the President of our Mission in India, and in behalf of our

from

Missionaries, thanked them for the kind expression of appre-

) the

ted

ciation of the benefits, which our Brethren intended to bestow

[0

geet

on the inhabitants of this country, and wished to impress

3

18

)

Wl

upon the minds of the memorialists, that our Mission has a

oW

deeper and higher aim than that of merely being “a Mission

of usefulnes

a??

Lo

Sy

namely to teach Jesus Christ as the Saviour of

the world, and concluded with the wish: «May the second half

of the century lead you to see Jesus Christ, the Sun of Righ-

)y

teousness, in His full glory and power.”

1n

We trust the fruits of this fiftieth anniversary will be of

fIn

a lasting spiritual character.

We have to mention the following Parish Schools:

fr0

The Boys' Parochial School at Balmatta had 96 boys on

A

of

the rolls, and 83 per cent daily attendance.

It numbers now

87 pupils.

The Girls’ Parochial School at Balmatte had 95 girls on

Ve

e

the rolls and 77-5 per cent daily attendance. There are now

The higher division with 12 girls has made

o

102 pupils.

satisfactory progress in English.

We hope some of them

Th

(e

will qualify themselves as teachers.

The mixed Parochial School at Nireshwalya (17 boys and

el

13 girls, of whom 12 and 9 respectively are Heathen), at

di

the

Bokapatna (19 boys, and 4 girls, 10 of whom are Heatheri) and

kn

Jeppoo (30 pupils, of whom 10 are Christian boys and 9 Chris-

tian girls), or 83 pupils in all, had a daily attendance of 81,

pa3

The needle-work of the girls

70 and 89 per cent respectively.

fil

in the different Schools was superintended by MrsT Miinner,

Mys. Digel, Mrs. Altenmiiller, and Mrs. Hawri.

Wh

Th

The Infants’ School was attended by 43 boys and 46 girls,

and the Sunday-School by 113 pupils.

The former is super-

by

vised by Mrs. Hirner and Mrs. Hoch, and the latter by Mr.

Ho

Altenmiiller.

by

The Anglo-Vernacular School at Mangalore is unders Mr.

Layer’s charge.

The Canarese division numbers 68 boys and

34 girls, of whom 5 and 1 respectively are Christians, and the

sl

English division 207 pupils, 34 of whom are Christians. There

S

—

19

45 &

was a slight falling off in numbers, compared with last year,

100

owing to rival schools and an increase of school-fees.

Mrys.

I

Layer superintends a needle-work class.

Schools for Heathen children are as follows:

half

?

On the Hindu @irls’ Szhool much attention has been bestowed.

1

g

h

Myrs. Diez, Mrs. Krapf and Mrs. Pfleiderer have taken a share

)8 01

in teaching and needle-work. To ensure, however, more con-

tinuous and regular supervision, the services of Miss Goodchild

November

from May to October, and of Mrs. Blandford for

and December had been secured.

It is intended 1n

the course

§ 0n

Miss Diez.

10w

of the ensuing year to place the School in charge of

This year the English residents and Native gentlemen

were invited to witness the public distribution of Christmas-

§ 0n

presents.

Myr. Best kindly presided, and Mr. Graeter ques-

now

tioned the girls on the Christmas Gospel and read the Report.

I

The prominent attention Bible teaching received on this

nem

occasion, showed our friends and supporters that we consid-

and

er it as the sine qua non of a sound education, and that we

), 4l

did not smuggle in Christianity uuder this plea.

Although

ar

the upright avowal of this Christian principle met with ac-

| b

|

1\

knowledgment by some, there were others who disapproved of

i

paying such attention to the Gospel.

81

The Anglo-Vernacular School at Bekal (34) and the A, V,

gh

School at Hosadurg (62) afford instruction to 96 pupils, of

whom 4 are Christian boys, 2 Christian and 2 Heathen girls.

The work done in both these Schools begins to be appreciated

s

by the people, although opposition and a rival school at

1per

M

Hosadurg, which took away some boys from the higher classes,

had to be contended with.

11,

The above mentioned Schools are supervised by Mr. Hoch.

pL

The new

We now proceed to the Catechists’ Ssminary.

and

school-year 1884-85 began on the 12th of May.

We left the

dthe

Seminary, which had been temporarily roofed in since the fire

"pere

3

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)

ol

0

on the 25th of March 1883, and put up in one of our Mission

0ul

bungalows.

The old building was then pulled down, and on

to

Sir

the 2nd of August 1884 the foundation-stone of a new build-

ing was laid. On the 6th of January 1885, being Epiphany,

na

the Seminary could be warmed.

This was done in a most

as

unpretentious, quiet manner.

All of us felt the solemnity of

e

the moment.

Being conscious that the prosperity of our

pl

Mission-Church depends on the sound faith and doctrine of

the teachers, and on the regeneration of those, who study

&1

for the ministry, earnest wishes were expressed, and fervent

18

prayers offered up to the Lord on the occasion that He may

0n

Th

graciously rule this house, work in its inmates by His Holy

Spirit, and keep us evermore from heresy, hypocrisy and

il

spiritual death.

0ng

The Seminary has been under the charge of Messrs.Graeter,

for

Diez, and Hoch.

Cat. Chyistanugja, besides taking his share of

sl

teaching, superintends the studies and supplies the wants of

o

the students.

There are four classes.

The lessons given last

year were as follows: Introduction into the Bible, Exegesis of

Ca]

the Old and New Testaments, Dogmatics, Symbolics, Homiletics,

Tlh

Catechization,

Hindu Classics,

English,

Greek, Sanskrit,

Hn

besides

Singing, both of European and Native tunes.

To

fop

this is to be added preaching to the Heathen, practised either

ang

weekly in the bazaar, or during excursions into the district.

Gh

The disputations, which will be mentioned further on, afford

Sl

them an opportunity to see, how a religious enquiry may he

an

conducted in a friendly spirit and in a dignified manner.

They

EX(

also enable them to become acquainted with the chief points

T

of dispute and with the way, how to refute arguments by the

thy

Scriptures, how to keep the point at issue constantly in view,

thi

and how to bring home the truth to the heart of an opponent.

&g

Many of us, while at College, would have highly appreciated

abc

such practical lessons.

In the course of the year a friend of

tan

——ee

21

101

ours, himself a member of the «Blue Ribbon Army’”, began

| on

to” advocate the cause of total abstinence

in our

midst.

iild

Since then there were regular monthly meetings in our Semi-

nary.

Several of our Christians and some students enlisted

1,

nost

as members, the latter asserting that now and then they had

y of

been invited to partake of ardent spirits, and that taking the

our

pledge helped them to resist temptation.

e of

The first class composed of four young men, one of whom is

fudy

a married man, were examined from the 1st to the 4th of April

vent

1884 ; two of them were ordained as Catechists at Mangalore

may

on the 6th of April, and two at Calicut on the 27th of April 1884.

Holy

The oral examination of the whole Seminary was held on the

and

5th of April 1884.

One sickly student was sent home,

one had to be dismissed, another losing heart took leave

ot

for a time, whereas a young man, who had left us through

We thus

Ie

self-will, was after a searching trial re-admitted.

close the year with 24 students.

Istl

%

Bazaar Preaching in Mangalore was, the weather permitting,

15 )

carried on once a week in the Canarese and Tulu languages.

{108

There were besides two weekly religious discusstons in our

English School, one intended for Mohammedans and the other

krif

To

for Hindus.

These are preceded by native singing, prayer

ither

and a short sermon, after which the discussion begins, M.

rich

Graeter generally presiding; the meeting is then closed by

fiord

singing and prayer.

Occasional attempts at idle wrangling

and casual outbursts of acrimoniousness, anger or impoliteness

1\ bB

They

excepted, our opponents met us always with due respect.

oInts

The questions put by the Hindus were mostly of a general

: the

character, now and then however they pointed to deeper

thinking, or that the questioner owed his information to neolo-

fie

gistic writings.

Our Mohammedan friends, however, for since

pent

ate

about a year, have been not only attending as regular dispu-

tants, but they also proceeded more systematically.

They

22

e

singled out a number of passages from the Old énd New Testa-

ments, commonly considered among Mohammedans as prophecies

I

about Mohammed, and tried to strengthen their arguments

AN

either by the Bible, or the Koran and its commentators.

In

B

order to shake our position, they stated that they acknowledge

a Gospel or Injeel, but not the Injeel, in use among Christians.

This was adulterated, as they tried to show by mentioning a

number of critical questions, the nature of which showed that

they were more or less acquainted with the results of a criti-

cism inimical to revealed religion. They had, however, to admit

!

at last the genuineness of our Gospels.

The enquiries were

2

most minute, and each position was defended most tenaciously,

with a good deal of ingenuity and even sophistry.

We hope

I

a spirit of enquiry and thirst after truth will spring up in

our hearers.

As to Itinerancy, Messrs. Graeter, Hoch and Diez, ac-

‘fl

companied by the students of the Seminary, visited Manje-

shvara, Vitla, Garpur, Mudabidri and Bantval.

Mr. Digel and

Myr. Layer made several excursions.

Mr. Minner visited

Kumbla, Kasargod, Bekal and Hosadurg, and My. Hoch made

0

a longer preaching tour to Subrahmanya, Sulya, Hosadurg

134

Bekal, Kasargod and Kumbla.

Two DBible- Women, superintended by Mrs. Layer, began

their work about the middle of the year.

II. Printing Press and Book & Tract Depository.

Sab)

Y i

Mr. G. Hirner, Printing Press.

Wi

Mr. J. Krapf, Book & Tract Depository.

AQ

The Press is under the management of Mr. Hirner, who

AL

Wi

has taken pains to secure its acknowledged typographical

Birg

efficiency.

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Wi,

23

st

The Book & Tract Depository is under the charge >of

ecies

Mr. Krapf. Tt is the editing firm of our own Books and Tracts

lents

and of some School-books.

These are retailed in some 21

In

Branch-Depots and by 8 Colporteurs, paid by the Mission.

edge

lans.

SALE OF BOOKS AND TRACTS

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from the 1st July 1883 to the 30th June 1884.

that

1. Our own Publications.

et

Rs

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dmit

29832 Copies of Canarese Religious Books

956

ok

were

22053

Malayalam

»

”

843

697

Tulu

64

wusly,

»

»

hope

12376

”

Canarese School-books etc.

3175

p in

14002

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Malayalam

do

2529

835

2320

Other Languages

a0

17623

Government Books, Canarese

2169

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2. Other Publications.

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9650

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27620 Copies

dur

8

21087

13

134011 Copies for

LIST OF BOOKS

egal

Printed during the year 1884.

[. In Canarese.

Ldition. Size

Copies. Pages

Tot.Pages.

1y

Sabhapatra, Vol. XVII.

SO

700

192

134400

Who is Thy God

1

32°

6000

20

120000

i

32°

6000

24

144000

Where is Thy Home.

A Comparison of Christian and Hindu Life

128

3000

72

216000

A Chronological Digest of the Histy.of India IV

122

4000

120

480000

What is in the Vedas?

I

1258

3000

60

| who

180000

First Book of Lessons (Madras Govt.)

XI

18°

10000

67

670000

)hlcal

Minor Canarese Poetical Anthology

IV

165

3000

151

453000

What are the Planets?

I

16°

1200

37

44400

24

Edition

Size

Copies. Pages Tot.Pages

il

1655

1200

20

24000

What causes Eclipses?

Stars and Comets

.

16°

1200

24

28800

The (

The Wonders of the Heavens

162

900

85

76500

Christmas Carol

39

2000

24

48000

I:Ii

129

1200

33

39600

Colenso’s Arithmetic, Part III

ne

(Bombay Govt.)

I1

125

4000

54

216000

Sanitary Primer

Canarese Second Book

(do.)

Iv

128

20000

59

118000

Cook’s Primer of Mensuration (do.)

1g¢

6000

82

492000

276000

Bng

First Book of Eueclid

(do.)

12°

3000

92

16°

3000

144

432000

Second Book of Lessons (Madras Govt.)

First

Short Bible Stovies (revised ed.)

}EI

128

8000

124

992000

Secor

The Holy Bible

»

Cr.16°

5000

1362

6810000

The (

The New Testament and Psalms

16°

5000

398

1990000

182

5000

78

390000

Key t

The Book of Proverbs & Ecclesiastes

44th

118e

5000

84

420000

The Gospel of Matthew

Do

Mark

18°

5000

275000

Do

Luke

18°

5000

460000

John

18°

5000

70

350000

Do

Man’s Revolt and Restoration

I

18°

10000

5

570000

Canarese Primer

I

12°

1500

36

54000

Good Words

V. Cr:

5000

108

540000

liter

80

5000

80

400000

Almanac for 1885

143,900

1,85,05,700

ar)

17

In Malayalam

Q0

tlon

Keralopakari, Vol. XI.

600

232

139200

11

122

3000

108

324000

an

Third Book of Lessons (Madras Govt)

School Pancatantram

\T

16°

2500

192

480000

Short Bible Stories (revised ed)

11

1,22

3000

116

348000

Iy

The two Shops

322

4000

24

96000

32°

4000

32

128000

The Story of Dhirashirastran

The First Book of Lessons (Madras Govt. )

XI

16°

10000

67

670000

full;

Second Book of Lessons (Travancore Govt.) II. Ay.16°

10000

84

840000

TO]

Arithmetic, Part I

(do.)

I Cr.162

5000

93

465000

Do

1I

1I

16"

5000

108

540000

1mp

(do.)

The Book of Psalms

Ry.32°

5000

288

1440000

The Gospel of Luke

”

g2°

5000

136

680000

g

Almanac for 1885

80

2800

80

224000

3000

151

471000

put

Catechism of Malayalam Grammar (\I’idl Govt.)IV.18°

62,900

68,45,200

111

In Tulu

paty

.

.

v

19°

500

124

62000

Selected Bible Sentences

M

25

i

‘ages,

IV. 1In Konkani.

1000

Edition. Size. Copies. Pages. Tot.Pages.

§800

The Gospel of John

I

165

2000

126

6300

.252000

8000

V. In Englisk and Anglo-Vernacular.

9600

The Teacher’s Handbook to the

6000

80

1000

66

66000

§000

First English Book, Anglo-Canarese II

Do

do

Anglo-Malayalam

I

80

1500

66

99000

2000

2500

103

257500

English-Malayalam Dialogues

1I

16°

6000

Tamil

165

5000

126

630000

»

”

2000

First English Book, Anglo-Malayalam

11

162

10000

68

680000

2000

Second English Book,

do

111

122

5000

250

1250000

0000

322

5000

271

1355000

The Gospel of Luke, English and Malayalam

0000

I

16°

212

58

12299

0000

Key to Prof. Bock’s Anatomical Models

44th Report of the B. G. E. M. Society for 1883.

80

1200

103

123600

0000

33,912

47,87,396

5000

0000

0000

ITI. Literary Department.

0000

Under the above heading we give a short abstract of the

4000

literary work done at our different Stations.

0000

10000

We are most happy to state that, after a good deal of

earnest and hard work, Mr. Kittel has completed the compila-

tion of the Canarese-English Dictionary, and begun with the

9200

fair copy for the Press.

14000

The printing of the 7Tulu-English Dictionary, edited by

0000

My. Minner, has made slight progress.

8000

5000

The revision of the Twulu New Testament could not be

5000

fully completed till the end of 1884, as originally intended.

0000

To meet the most urgent demand, a small edition of the old

0000

5000

impression has been immediately begun.

0000

The Canarese Almanac for 1885 by Mr. Watsa, and the

0000

Malayalam Almanac for 1885 by Mr. Matthissen, have been

4000

published.

1000

The Canarese Monthly Illustrated Journal, “Kreista Saba-

5,200

patra” (vol. xvii.) has been edited by Mr. Hoch and Mr.

Watsa, whereas the Malayalam Lllustrated Monthly Periodical

2000

4

26

et ..

«Keralopakari

(vol. xi.) has been edited by Mr. Frohnmeyer

-

and Mr. G. T. Vurgese.

I

Ma;

The following New Books and Tracts have been prmted

In Canarese:

Who is thy God? by Mr. Géngnagel

of

Nos

Where is thy Home? by Mr. Gengnagel

The Difference of the Life of a Christian and of a Hindu

e

by Mr. L. Heri (already mentioued last year)

of |

the

What 15 in the Vedas? by Mr. Watsa (see Report for 1883)

The Wonders of the Heavens, countaining ¢« What are the

left

Planets?” « What causes Eclipses?”’ «Stars and Comets,” trans-

up

lated from the English by Mr. Watsa. These can be had also

an

single

hut

Canarese Christmas Carol, by Mr. Ramakrishna

Short Bible

Stories

by M

Ziegler and revised by a

an(

Committee

of y

In Malayalam

The two Shops, and The Story of Dhira-

shirastran, by Mr. Matthissen (see Report for 1883)

By

Short Bible Stories, revised by Mr. Frohnmeyer

ho

In Konkani

The Gospel of St. John

The original, taken

gy

from the New Testament printed in Konkani at Serampore

in 1819, has been transposed by Messrs. Furtado, Sathyarthi

We:

and Shive Rao into the dialect spoken at Mangalore

This

U

tentative edition is printed through the kind help of the

Madras Auxiliary Bible Society

IV. Industrial and Mercantile Establishments.

My

C. Pfleiderer, General Treasurer to the Mission

My

H. Altenmiiller, Mercantile Mission-Branch

Myr. F. Stierlen, Weaving Establishment

Mr

F. Staib, Mechanical Establishment

My

G'. Franke, Tile-Works, Kudroli

Mr

J. Funk

bl

Jeppu

e

217

lyer

Myr. Funk arrived from Europe on the 23rd of Jannary.

Mr. Baumann and family left for Europe on the 30th of

d

March. Mr. Grimm was transferred to Mercara on the 15th

of April. Mr. Stierlen joined this Station on the 22nd of

November to take charge of the Balmattha Weaving Establish-

ment. Mr. Hauri left with his family for Europe on the 22nd

i,

of Jannary 1885. Mr. Digel, after having devoted 20 years to

38

the prosperity of the Balmattha Weaving Establishment, has

I

left for Honore on the 27th January 1885, where he will take

The state of Mrs. Hauri's

[ans-

up the post of travelling preacher.

and Mrs. Pfleiderer’s health was for a long time very critical,

also

but both are doing well again.

The Establishments under this head, including the Press

and the Book & Tract Depository, employ up to 800 persons,

)y @

of whom only 353 are Christians.

The Industrial Establishments have opened a Provident

lir

Fund for invalids, and cases of sickness and accidents. Al-

though the subscription is compulsory, nearly all the work-

men welcomed the movement.

aken

There are two Night Schools for the apprentices of the

1p0r6

arfli

Weaving and Mechanical Establishments, attended by 12 and

24 boys respectively.

This

{he

28

g

MULKY.

fay

Out-Stations: Karnadu, Ulya, Kadike.

Vo

Uchila, Yermala, Mulur.

Kutyar, Kalatur.y

gie

Santur, Yellur.

Padur, Mallar, Perur, Nadambu.

Munderu, Koditur.

1

Rev. J. Hafner, in charge of the Congregation, Orphanage, & Out-

4

it

stations.

enl

Rev. €. Eble,

»

»

Out-Stations, and Itinerant preaching.

Gel

Catechists

ale

Mark Salis, Israel Eliezer,

Obed Sumitra,

Jared Sowens,

the

Gabriel Bangera.— Nathan Suchitta, Joseph Vedamuttu.

T

Christian Schoolmasters

g

Jeremiah Sundara, David Bangera, Joshia Mabenva,

Al

Benjamin Keiranna, Silas Adam, Joseph Sowens.

gir

far

Christian Sehooimistresses

%

Lena Jeremiah, Dasi Anchan.

a8

Heathen Schoolmaster, Vasudeva.

Ky

European Labourers. M. Hctfner joined this Station on

by

the 25th of April, instead of Mr. Otf, who went to Europe

al

with his family for the benefit of his health.

Ch

The Congregation, through emigration, owing to the poverty

the

of the district, has decreased by 16 souls.

It numbers now

671 souls.

Three adults and four Heathen children were

Gay

baptized. Of the 45 Catechumens only a few are promising.

alo

We gladly acknowledge that our Christians learn, though

Wh

slowly, to show their Native Pastors more confidence, to con-

U

tribute more readily towards the support of the Mission, and

gl

to rely less on charity and more on their own exertion.

(Ui}

Want of regular work, we regret to say, exerts a somewhat

I

depres’sing influence on their energy, and forces some to emi-

1

29

———

grate fo places, where work may be found. If the Lord would

favour us with the outpouring of His Spirit, our Christians

would feel urged on joyfully to show their spiritqal life, ener-

gies and independance.

The Boarding School for orphan ahd destitute Girls

numbers 65; 18 boys and 12 girls, of whom 4 are Heathen,

Qut

attend the School as Day-scholars.

Some of the boarders

enter in a starved and otherwise neglected condition.

Reti-

hing

cency, lying, dishonesty, and light-mindedness, as also dulness,

are great obstacles in educating them.

We are therefore

oS,

thankful, when we see from time to time how their cha-

racter, as well as their store of useful kuowledge, improves

gradually.

To their religious, moral and intellectual training

are added cooking, housckeeping, and needle-work; and as the

girls belong to the rustic population, all kinds of work on the

farm and in the field, which falls to the lot of women, is being

practiced.

Mpys. Hafner has charge of the School, and is

assisted by Mrs. Eble.

Parish Schools. These are in Kadike (19), Santur (10),

Kutyar (15), Padur (30), Uchila (50), Munderu (12), attended

| 00

by 136 children. Of these 43 boys and 28 girls are Christians,

and 64 boys and 1 girl are Heathen.

The Poverty of our

0pe

Christians often interferes with the regular attendance of

their children.

rerty

Preaching to the Heathen,

The change of labourers, the

now

care of the Station devolving for three months on Mr. Eble

were

s1ng

alone, school-work and revision of the Tulu New Testament,

which engaged nearly all our Catechists, combined to hinder

ougt

us from devoting more time to this branch.

Yet we are

00

and

glad to report that Mr. Hafner (17), Mr. Eble (117), and

$100

our Catechists (305) could devote 439 days (against 319 in

1883) to itinerancy.—The Heathen festivals in Koteshvara,

what

Hiriyadaka and Tibar were visited. The r@wly opened weekly

g

s

30

market at Padedra (Padubidri) offers a ‘welcoyme 0p1)01*tunity to

wh

preach to the rustic population. Most of the time was spent in

Wi

visits from house-to-house, which were carried on by Mr. Eble

from Kadike, Toulachil and Kodilur.

tbe

He was assisted by

810

Cat. Gabriel and, for one month, by Mr. Schaible. During the

big

second half of the year Mukha, Pavanja, Tokur, Kalapu, Kolnad,

hig

Volanka, Sasihitalu, Hallangadi, Bhagira, Kadike, Kondala,

cul

Katil, Tibar, Kotyar, Jakar and other places to the South and

fal

South-east of this Station have been revisited, but, we are

s

sorry to say, this was for the first time since Mr. Ammann’s

by

demise in 1866.

8l

As we cannot find lodgings in native houses, we stay in a

Wit

tent, which is put up under the shadow of a large tree near

e

a village. The tent and our music attract crowds, and afford

us a nice opportunity to preach the Word.

Mr. Eble relates an occurrence which testifies to the

amount of superstition in the district.

He says:

One of our Christians killed a cobra and threw it into a forsaken,

waterless well.

When his neighbours learned of it, they got so

incensed that they Boycotted him, which means they denied him every

Oy

kind of help, as fire ete. Shortly after, I passed the well on my way

back to our tent, when I met a crowd of people. A man by means of

a bamboo brought up the decayed serpent, and placed it on a piece

of cloth.

Thereupon a Brahman wrapped it into it, placed it into

a basket, and carried it most solemnly to a place of cremation in

order to be burned.

The cost of such solemn obsequies is from

4 to 40 Rs., according to the means of the person for whom they are

performed. Ifit happens that a dead cobra is found on somebody’s

property, the owner is bound to discharge the expenses of cremation,

including a funeral repast and a present in money to the Brahmans.

Non-compliance is believed to be visited by sickness and other

Re

calamities.

A few places excepted, our Brethren were generélly well

Doy

received. They regret that it is so difficult to make people,

the

31

e ———

710

who cannot read, understand, what the word sin really means

f1n

When we 'speak of papa or karma they think we allude to

Elle

the different hardships of life, as the fruit or punishment of

| by

sin, and can scarcely be brought to understand that every

the

breach of the law of God is, what incriminates man befor

nad

his Maker

As long as they do not understand and feel the

al

curse of sin, so long they will be indifferent to a Saviour. A cer-

and

tain Brahman in K., however, protested most insolently against

are

his being addressed as a sinner, and salvation being offered

ms

by us to him. Do not say “nama papistery adulla”, we are

sinners, including us the addressed ones in the same division

10l &

with you, the speaker

but say «“yenkulu papisteru adulla”

Al

we are sinners, speaking only of yourselves,* excluding us

ford

the

ken,

UDAPY

{50

fery

Out-Stations

Nidambur, Beilur, Perala, Badegottu, Kapettu, Korankradi,

Malapu, Bolja, Udyavara.

Way

Shirva, Suda, Ninjur, Palli, Kattmoerl, Kudlgrama, Bolle.

s of

Gudde, Kap, Mandedi

1608

Kattupadi, Koppala

1060

Madambeil, Kalanja, Kurkal

nin

Kalyanapur, Uppur, Tottam, Bolmara, Amunja

from

Rev. A. Brasche, in charge of the Station and the Schools.

410

Rev. W. Stokes

D)

Itinerancy & Out-stations.

'S

Rev. C. Keppler

”

the Congregation & Out-stations

100y

Native Pastors

iaﬂq.

Rev. Charles Gojar.

her

Rev. Dantel Aaron, Rev.Diego Fernandez,

*In Tulu, as f.7. in Tamil and Malayalam, the Personal Pronoun “I” has

Double Plural, the one Zncl/uding the speaker and the persons spoken to, the

gell

other veferring to the speaker and his party ondy

)plea

Catechists

obt

Christian Mabenna, George Peter, Joshua Chovvallur,

1l

Timothy Furtado, Benjamin Ponnon.— Benjamin Ananda,

ab (

Benjamin Kundara.

Juk

S

Colporteur, Sigfried.

with

Christian Schoolmasters

Peter Simon, Barnabas Joshua, Leonhard Suchitta,

thEI‘

Gottlob Somapriya, Benjamin Salyanna, David Karkade,

hery

Elias Ananda,

William Fernandez,

Flisha Aaron.

(lnt

Christian Schoolmistresses

00t

Hanna Lecklin, Dana Salins.

the

ey

S’caﬁ" of European Labourers. Mr. Ritter and family le'ft in

March on furlough for Europe.

Myr. Stokes, late of Kaity,

exp¢

Join

was transferred in March 1885 to this Station, and Mr.

rely

Spering to Kaity.

of §

Congregation.

Last year 11 adults and 4 Heathen children

He

were baptized.

We are sorry to say that nearly as many

Well

relapsed into heathenism. Several families again left the dif-

ligp|

ferent Out-stations in search of work. Taking all additions

i

and subtractions into account, the Congregations amount now

all (

to 1094 (against 1081 in 1884).

of ¢

Udapy lost last year through death one of its first Chris-

faml

tians, Ghdeon by name, who was for many years an Elder of the

Church.

Some Church-members tried to dupe the Missionaries

ey

field

into being their tools for wreaking vengeance on some of their

fellow-Christians.

sha

We have to complain that the Word of God

has become uninteresting to some, and that consequently their

attendance at Divine Service is very irregular, mostly so in

Al

Kattupadr and Koppala.

In the latter place some members

the

even dared to defy the Presbytery, when they stuck out for

*Iﬂ

order and discipline. A family, who sacrificed to the Bhatas to

inhey;

Spfing

e

33

obtain relief in sickness, objected to admonition.

In Kurkal

11 Heathen were baptized.

In Madambeil two families, who

(t,

at one time showed encouraging signs of life, have become

lukewarm and infected other Church-members with their

spirit. In Kalyanapur a young man sent off his wife and child

without sufficient reason, and obstinately refuses to re-admit

them into his house.

Whilst we are sighing over a great want of spirituality

I,

here and there, we have been cheered of late by a number of

Catechumens, who intend joining our Church. Their numbers

could be greatly increased, if we did not tell new-comers at

the outset that they are not to expect from us help in money,

employment, or in law-suits.

We had some encouraging

{10

experiences.

There are several families, who since they

a1ty

joined us, were harassed and teased by landlords, creditors,

M.

relations and their former caste-people. One family, consisting

of 6 persons, joined us on account of the sickness of a son.

ren

He became hopelessly worse, till at last the Lord made him

an]

well again.

Then the brother of the wife not only had his

dif

nephews cursed by a Bhuta-priest, but also prepossessed the

1008

mind of his married niece in such a manner that she cut

now

all connection with her parents, and lastly, he being the owner

of the fields farmed by his brother-in-law, ousted him and

1118

family.*

The wife would nearly have succumbed under this

' the

treatment.

They, however, have succeeded in getting other

1168

fields, and experienced that those who put their trust in God

heir

shall not be put to shame.

(od

There are, however, others‘ who yield in the hour of trial.

et

A land-owner but a short time ago deprived a Catechumen of

) 1

the fields leased to him.

He could not stand this trial, but

her$

*In South Canara, with the Tulus (and Malayalis), a man’s property is not

for

inherited by his own children, but by those of his sisters and their female off-

510

spring. This custom accounts for the indignation of the uncle.

5

34

went to see the landlord, and, falling flat to the ground before

1yl

him, apologized for his having gone over to the Christians.

dis

We closed the year with 195 Catechumens, a few of whom for

.

several years were already on the list.

We hope some of the

.fou

new-comers will prove worthy of church-membership and

11

exercise a wholesome influence on old lukewarm Christians.

501

Parish Schools. There are four, namely at Gudde (16),

1ag

Ambadi-Koppala (10), Shirva (34), Udyavara (20).

They

are attended by 31 Christian boys, 21 Christian girls, and 28

Th

Heathen boys, making 80 pupils.

The attendance of the

108§

Christian children at school corresponds with the attendance

of their parents at Church.

to

Orphanage for Boys.

This School, formerly in charge of

fro

Myr. Spering, is now superintended by Mr. Brasche.

Twelve

boys have left the institution, and 17 have entered it.

It has

10]

now 73 orphan boys, and is attended by 19 Christian boys and

e

32 Christian girls as day-scholars. The aim of this institution

n

is to reclaim waifs, to offer a home to boys who have lost

TI§

either one or both parents, or whose parents have taken to

G

bad courses, and to educate the boys of families living in

shy

out-of-the-way places.

The former rely entirely on Christian

charity; the parents of about twelve boys, however, though

mostly poor, contribute a small sum according to their means

towards the maintenance of their boys. Considering the long

and unhealthy monsoon of last year, we mention with thanks

to God, that the general state of health was pretty good.

Besides the hard struggle of breaking off vice and bad habits,

R

R

whieh sticks hard to many of our boarders, idleness and

dulness have to be encountered at every step; we trust,

however, that, though the material is inferior, many will be

benefitted for time and eternity.

if

The Middle or Preparatory School and the Normal School

Wey

are in charge of Mr. Brasche.—Of the Middle School two pupils

0]

fot e T

35

efore

were sent to the Catechists’ Seminary at Mangalore, one was

1408,

dismissed, and one left of his own accord. Eight scholars

for

were admitted, bringing up the number of pupils to 23 in

f the

four classes. The parents of six of them pay a monthly fee

and

in proportion to their means towards the education of their

I}

sons. On the whole, there were more cheerful signs of encou-

(16)

ragement for the teachers than last year.

They

One of the two pupils of the Normal School was dismissed.

128

Three others have entered. There are now four pupils in this

the

institution.

ance

The Brahman Girls’ School is under Mrs. Brasche. Owing

to the influence of a rival school, the attendance has fallen

from 24 to 18 girls.

1 of

relve

Itinerancy. On account of much School and Out-station

- as

work only short preaching tours could be carried out. The

weekly markets in Udapy, and Barkur, the Heathen festivals

and

jtion

in and around Udapy and many houses, when on circuit, were

*, lOSt

visited. Mr. Brasche and the pupils of the Middle School,

10

My. Keppler, Mr. Spering and the Catec'histys took their

share of work.

I il

gtial

ough

161’

Jong

KARKAL.

ks

Out-Stations: Sanur, Mudar, Nandolige, Hekkadka.

good.

Rev. R. Hartmann, in charge of the Station; Tulu literary work.

ﬂbit’s?

Rev. M. Schaible, Itinerancy, and studying Tula.

and

Catechist, Joseph Bhagyan.

usty

The Congregation is composed of persons belonging to five

11 be

different places, and amounts to 54 members.

Although we

were cheered by the spiritual progress of some, the worldli-

;ghOOI

mindedness of others grieved us deeply.

,upils

b}

*

36

—

Itinerancy. The newly opened Weekly‘ market at Karkal

the

afforded a favourable opportunity to preach the Gospel.

gint

Several Heathen festivals in and about Karkal have been

ther

visited.

Mr. Schaible has ventured upon preaching to the

fo

Heathen, and for 39 days accompanied Mr. Eble of Mulky in

he

his visits from house-to-house.

Goy

20

3

Hes

KUNDAPUR—BASRUR.

Hea

Out-stations: Kundapur, Keilkeri.

hel;

Rev. L. Gengnagel, in charge of the Station and Itinerancy

ﬁd&

Catechists

(ray

0ut

Eliezer Karat, Gershom Sowens.— Christ. Manjaru.

£rec

Colporteur, Abr. Salins.

T3y

Christian School-master, Barnabas Kodot.

f0 ;

The Congregation numbers 54 souls.

The persons placed

MY

under church-discipline last year have mended their ways, and

been re-admitted into Church-membership.

The converted

for §

With

Brahman family had to bear the enmity of the Heathen com-

munity in Keilkeri.

The smouldering ill-will broke out into

plac«

flames on the occasion of the death of a neighbouring woman,

ing

My

when her relatives asked the Bhiitea the reason of her

death. He was said to have answered through the mouth of

his priest, as follows: “Since the day of the secession of those

stal)

Porty

three persons (alluding to the Christian family), I have been

greatly disquieted, and as long as they are tolerated in Keilkeri

Péop]

heay,

I shall never have peace and rest.”

This was the watch-

word for their passive persecution.

As our Christians derive

0ng 4

By 4

their livelihood from farming, the most influential man of

ang (

Lol

37

kol

the viliage sent orders fo the lower castes that any help

spel,

given to the Christians would be severely punished.

When

heen

they had succeeded in getting two Mohammedan women

) the

to work for them, the ferry-man was warned not to ferry

i/ 10

them over the river.

Matters grew so unpleasant that the

Government had to be asked to interfere in their behalf.

The mixed Vernacular School at Basrur is attended by

2 Christian boys, 4 Christian girls, and 29 Heathen boys, or

35 pupils in all.

During the year under review many

The

Heathen boys suddenly left off coming to our School.

Heathen school-master himself stayed away, trying to make us

believe that some ill-inclined person had shaken the con-

0

fidence of the parents of the pupils, and through their with-

drawing them, deprived him of his living.

It soon turned

out that he was the person who had acted so basely, for he

erected a rival school, and drew away our children.

Though

many boys returned, we lost in all 15 pupils.

Itinerancy 1s the chief work.

Mr. Gengnagel devoted

to it 154, Cat. Karat 178, Cat. Sowens 54, and Kvang.

el

Manjarw 139 days, or 525 days in all.

Mr. Diez assisted

and

for some days at Beindur, and Messrs. Brasche and Hafner

rted

with their Catechists at Koteshvara. The festivals toidols at 23

om

places of more or less importance, as well as the interven-

1nto

ing and surrounding villages and hamlets, were visited.

141,

Mr. Gengnagel further reports:

her

We attend the Kundapur market as regularly as possible; a small

i of

stall enables us to preach, hold conversations and disputes, and sell

1086

portions of Seripture and Tracts. Through all these different means

el

people get acquainted with the good tidings of the kingdom of

Gell

heaven and God’s claims on their obedience.

Many indeed say with

il

one accord: “There is only one God.

We ought to believe in Him.

1‘iV€

By doing this we shall be happy, whereas our numberless gods

and demons only harass and ruin us”.

On the other hand, the

of

38

AECEAE SIEAE

adherents of “young India”’ declare that Christianity, as well as

heathenism, cannot satisfy thinking persons, and although they

deify man’s reason and its productions, their own morality is of a

most objectionable character.

We ought still to mention that we have now and then occasion

to answer publicly important questions, or to refute faulty religious

statements.

It looks as if the people at large were awaking from

their lethargy. Different means contribute towards this. We observe

that the colportage of Hindu Shastras, which find many buyers,

incites the Hindus to speak in defence of Hinduism.

The Mo-

hammedans, among other things, consider the appearance of the

Mahdi in the Soudan and his progress to be an additional proof of

the truth of the Koran.

Their expectations concerning a new time

A Mo-

tray

for the spread of Mohammedanism seem to gain strength.

hammedan priest in Kundopur, f.i ,. sent a challenge to the Roman

nefi

Catholic Christians in Kundapur and Gangoli, purporting that he was

stre

ready to prove from the New Testament that Christ had foretold

Mohammed’s coming.

As they did not take up the gauntlet, the

L‘O}Zg

defence fell to our lot.

On the 3rd of March we had a public

The Bible and the

1uge

dispute, which attracted a large attendance.

fam

Koran were the only books permitted as references.

Qur English

her

and Canarese Bibles were admitted by two Mohammedan priests

to be the genuine Bible of the Christians, whereas we stated that

we considered the two Arabic and two English Korans, which were

sa1q

produced, to contain the fundamental teaching of Mohammedanism.

Clug

The two Mohammedan priests tried to prove that Deut. xvur, 15.

Oy

18.19. referred to Mohammed, and that Christ points to Mohammed,

cont

when he speaks about the Paraclete.

The gist of our defence

s

consisted in proving that Moses foretold Christ’s coming, and Christ

B

the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, that Mohammed’s character widely

Chy

differs from that ascribed to the Paraclete, and so on. After several

hours of discussion two Brahmans, who acted as umpires, gave a

verdict in our favour.

Not that we attach undue value to such a

the

(it

testimony, but we take it as the impression which the different state-

Nih

ments made on the minds of unbiassed persons.

lak

39

X A

1l as

they

HONQRE.

of 4

Out-Station: Karwar.

45100

Rev. J. Fischer, in charge of the Congregation and Itinerancy.

gious

My. Th. Digel, Ttinerancy.

from

3176

Catechists

Iyers,

Samuel Bunyan, Jeremiah Sona, Winfred Micha.

- Mo-

f the

Christian School-mistress, Maria Hebri.

jof of

- fime

Staff of European Labourers.

Mr. Niibling, our indefatigable

travelling preacher, was obliged to leave for Europe for the be-

\ Mo

oman

nefit of his health. We hope he will soon return with renewed

0 V08

strength.

Mr. Digel has taken his place in January 1885.

efold

The Congregation at Honore is very small. The branch-

, the

congregation at Karwar, in charge of Cat. Bunyan, has caused

public

much anxiety. We long to see better days.

Deducting a

4 the

family which left to do railway-work, both Congregations num-

jgliih

ber now 57 souls.

1jests

The Hindu Girls’ School.

Thé teaching staff, it may be

| that

said, is out of proportion to the number of girls, as it e

fyere

nisile

cludes the two Missionaries’ wives, a Catechist and a Mistress.

Owing to a rival girls’ school the number of pupils fluctuated

g, 1.

continually during the year, there being as many as 38 ad-

l]ﬂled,

fence

mittances and 50 departures, so that we closed the year‘with

Of these

22 only 3 are

(hrist

22 girls against 34 of 1883.

Christians.

ridely

Itinerancy. The chief work of this Station is preaching to

the Heathen.

:a‘re [

Myr. Niibling devoted 139, Mr. Flischer 120,

uch

Cat. Bunyan 76, Cat. Winfred 185 days; besides this Messrs.

gafer

Niibling and Fischer spent 54 days in and around Karwar,

making in all 574 days. The Heathen festivals were visited re-

40

ey

gularly as in other years. Of these, that in Gokarna is the

are

most famous.

villa

Concerning it Myr. Fischer writes:

and

Mr. Nibling, myself and two Catechists dccupied a shed or chap-

para in the midst of a row of booths or a sante. On account of small-

king

£0 0

pox the attendance was smaller, compared with former years. Among

the visitors there were many Brahman widows, considered espe-

cially sinful as having caused the death of their husbands, whether

these through leading a bad life had bfought about their own pre-

mature death or not, did not matter. These poor women have

to atone for their great sinfulness.

They are, however, considered

less sinful than those, who died before their husbands, a punish-

ment ascribed to Nemesis on account of sins committed in a former

birth.—The torments, which religious fanaticism has invented to

impose on the populace, are most disgusting. There are persons, who

Rar

by whips, knives and other tools inflict wounds on their bodies,

in order to draw blood. Others dance madly, holding a lighted torch

Ray

in each hand and bringing them near their naked bodies to show

that fire has no power over them.

The admiring populace kindle

My

the little lamps, which they set before the idol, at these torches.

It

M !

is disgusting to see madly dancing devotees with a small shrine on

their heads, containing some tiny idol or other, and to hear them cry

out: “A great god, a very great god, no devil can resist him.

He

heals sicknesses, presents married people with children, secures

prosperity to house and field ete.

Ho, bring your gifts to secure

the favour of this deity.”

What devout Hindu hearing this can

Lem (

votaries!

withhold his band from droppin‘g coppers into the alms-box of its

Mr. Niibling reports:

)

In the past year visits from house-to-house were made in some

20 places.

The pride and self-sufficiency of the Brahmans, who

I,

muster very strongly (63,800), and the utter indifference of the

Well

lower castes, are the sad causes of God’s Word mnot receiving due

attention.

The poverty of the district, which forces many to seek

work beyond the Ghauts during the dry season, and allows them to

fof]

remain at home during the monsoon only, is the cause why many.

41

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J the

are prévented from hearing the Word, when we come into their

villages during our circuits.

On the other hand we have been here

chap-

and there well received.

There are many, who are not fur from the

kingdom of heaven.

mall-

May our Heavenly Master grant them grace

to confess Him openly.

n01g

espe

ether

pre

have

lered

nish-

MERCARA.

rmer

Ottt;Statién: Anandapur.

od 0

who

Rev. J. F. Veil, in charge of the Station, Schools, the North-

;dieS,

Coorg Cooly-Mission, and Itinerancy.

torch

Rev. E. Schenkel, supervision of the Congregation at Arandapur,

show

the South-Coorg Cooly-Mission, and Itineranecy.

mdle

My. J. B. Veil, Mercantile Mission-Branch.

It

Mr. J. Grinm,

do

do

do

g 00

Catechists

n 1y

fle

Bethuel Sowens, Joshiw Aarons, Joseph Mandody,

016

Henry Robert.—dJacob Upranna.

oure

Christian School-masters

- an

f 1t

Lewis Salins, Amruta Baloram, Nathan Salins, f-]onas‘ Kote.

Staff of European Lahourers. Mr. Schenkel, with his family,

took up his residence at Anandapur on the 21st of March 1884.

sme

Mrs. Schenkel was very poorly through fever, but is doing

who

well now.

Mr. Grimm arrived at Mercara in April 1884,

f the

Congregation.

The Congregation at Mercara numbers now

due

65 against 79 members in 1883. This decrease is partly due

seek

to the departure of two families to the coast, and partly to ex-

il

communication of 3 persons, one brother and two sisters. The

nany

6

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49

case of these latter is 1§articulax'ly painful, as the brother,

1172

attracted by an offer of marriage on the part of his Heathen

(0

ther

relatives, relapsed into heathenism, and the sisters succumbed

to the tempting rewards of immorality. -

1008

The founding of the Congregation at Anandapur, twenty-

for

five years ago. was commemorated on the 22nd of May (see

theg

Report 1883, p. 37).

Just at the time, small-pox carrying off

find

five persons belonging to the same family, the feelings of all

am

assembled were saddened. Cat, Aaroms, in charge of the

with

Congregation, further reports the baptism of 4 Heathen

Seh

adults and the re-admission of an excommunicated woman.

afe

The place is somewhat feverish for want of good drinking

1e-0

water.

by |

The Parochial School at Anandapur is attended by 16

ino

Christian boys, 20 Christian girls, 5 Heathen boys and 2 Heathen

girls, or 43 children in all. Four boys have been sent to

buth

Udapy to receive a better education, in order to become teach-

the

ers of their countrymen.

Mrs. Kaundinya and Mrs. Schenfkel

3 1

superintend the needle-work of the girls.

Pers

The Hindu Girls’ Day-School in the Mission-compound at

ey

Mercara has experienced many vicissitudes. About the time,

feag]

when the Mission looked forward to the execution of the

plan for the Boarding School for Coorg girls, Mrs. Blandford

Vo

(see Report 1883, p. 40) had been engaged to supervise and

Lo

teach meanwhile in the Day-School.

She arrived on the

23rd of February, but instead of 16 girls she only found nine,

the others having been withdrawn.

This was owing to their

telip

plant

having formed two parties, one favouring the plan of a

N0y

Boarding School, the other opposing it and asking for a Day-

byp

School of their own, supported by the Government.

The latter

Somg

were those, who had withdrawn their girls. All the exertions of

Tala)

Col. Hill to fuse both parties, and in the interest of education in

Week

a thinly peopled country, to prevent the erection of another

lal‘l)'

43

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ther,

rival school, proved abortive.

The anger of some Coorgs in

then

consequence of the baptism of Mr. Amruta Balarama, and

mhed

their aversion to Christian influence, were vented publicly in a

most painful manner. This was done to support their demand

ety

for a Day-School for their party and, carrying others with

[see

them, thus prevented our project of a boarding-house from

10 off

finding supporters.

As the attendance of the Day-School be-

of all

came daily more doubtful, the Mission was forced to dispense

with the services of Mrs. Blandford in October, when the Day-

f the

il

hen

School also appeared to have been a failure. Since then, however,

mal

a few of the younger girls, and some new ones, asked us to

We did so, and it is since attended

nking

re-open the Day-School.

by 11 girls, three of whom are Christians; Mrs. F. Veil, as

in other years, superintended the needle-work.

)} 16

ath

160

The Hindn Girls’ School in the Bazaar of Mercara. Contri-

nt

{0

butions of Native friends enabled us to open this school on

8

ach

the 28th of May. It is now attended by 13 Heathen girls, and

kel

3 Heathen boys. The girls were at first very untidy in their

persons and irregular in their attendance. A slight improve-

ment is visible.

d at

Mys. F. Veil superintends the school and

teaches needle-work.

fime

1 the

Itinerancy. The evangelization of North-Coorg, as also the

ldfO? d

North-Coorg Cooly-Mission is carried on by Mr. K. Veil, who

6 and

reports as follows:

1 the

A number of plantations on the Sampaji Ghaut having been

e

relinquished by their proprietors, we found time to take up some 9

) theit

plantations to the East and North-east of Mercara.

There are

of 8

now 44 plantations visited monthly, formerly by Cat. Sowens and now

by Evangelist Upranna. 1 have gone twice over the field. Besides

, D4

Jat

fer

Somavarapet and Ponampet with the surrounding country, the

Talakaveri feast has been visited in company with a Catechist.

The

008 of

weekly preaching in the Mercara Bazaar was carried on as regu-

on

ther

larly as time and the weather permitted; also visits to Conrg houses

*

10

6

44

R

in Mercara have been made.

Leaving out Cooly-Mission work and

absence on leave, Cat. Sowehns has devoted mueh of his time to

visiting the Coorgs in their house.

The itinerancy of South-Coorg and the South-Coorg Coolgj-

Mission is in charge of Mr. Schenkel.

His assistant Cat.

Mandody, in spite of sickness in his family, devoted much

time to travelling preaching.

Cat. Robert has joined only

lately.

The markets

35 plantations are regularly visited.

(Santes) in Virarajendrapet and Siddhapur were repeatedly

visited.

Towards the close of the year Mr. Kaundinya also

It

accompanied Mr. Schenkel and his party occasionally.

should be mentioned that Mr. Schenkel began English Services

for the Planters in this part of Coorg, and that he met with

encouragement,

We desire to express our hearty thanks for the moral and

substantial support. we have received from many planters.

An old friend sending his contribution cheered us by a few

encouraging lines; he writes: «I have pleasure in sending you

my usual annual contribution to your Cooly-Mission, as I

have observed it will help to verify the Scriptural saying:

‘The poor have the Gospel preached unto them’.”

The more we consider the powers of caste and habit, and the

deadening and stupifying influences of heathenism, especially on the

lower classes, who scarcely know to read or write, the more we feel

called upon to be thankful for ever so slight an impression made

on their minds.

We welcome any sign of interest evinced on

their part and trust in the Lord that His Word shall not return empty,

but work out the r}egen’emtio‘n of these benighted Heathen.

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fo

I SOUTH-MAHRATT A

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(Dharwmﬂ and Kaladgi Collectorates).

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DHARW AR.

Out-Stations: Jodhalli.

}

Rev. F'. Kittel, doing Canarese literary work.

80

I

Rev. I'. Ziegler, in charge of the Station, Congregatign, and

Girls’ Orphanage.

es

Rev. F. Limbach, in charge of Boys’ Schools, and studying

h

Canarese.

Myss L. Schmid, Girls’ Orphanage; studying Canarese.

d

Catechist, Lot Hery.

Al

Christian School-masters

)l

Ananda Banna, David Muchaganna.

Christian School-mistress

Maria B. Muchaganna.

Heathen School-masters

e

16

Baburao Kalyanapur, Shantappa Nagaramatha,

ol

Dhondo Gadre, Rudraya Rottimatha, Sheshe Lege.

le

Staff of European Labourers. Mr. Kittel took up his ;L*e-

0

)i

sidence in this Station on the 23rd of January 1884 to

complete the Canarese-English Dictionary, taken in hand

since several years.

Miss Schmid arrived on the 28th of

November 1884 in order to assist Mrs. Ziegler in the Girls’

Myr. Knittel was transferred on the 1st of

Orphanage.

September 1884 to Guledgud.

Though cholera was raging

around us, we and our Christians were providentially spared.

46

ey

The Congregation in Dharwar is in charge of Cat. Lot Hery

f

and supervised by Mr. Ziegler.

The only Heathen adult, a

Brahman, who was baptized in the beginning of the year, has

grieved us through his relapse into heathenism (Report 1883,

\

p. 43).

A man persisting in his sinful ways was excommuni-

cated.

The sudden death through cholera of one Balappa,

the head of the only Christian family at Harubidri, was very

painful.

My. Limbach, the Catechist and some Christians

had to go in the dead of a pitch-dark monsoon-night over a

nearly impervious road to a village, twelve miles distant, after

reaching which, the corpse had to be carried still to some distance

for burial. The whole party returned exhaustéd, but without

further evil consequences.

The orphaned family was then

removed to Dharwar, and the Out-station Harubidri was given

up for the present.

As a number of young women, and among

them some confirmed orphan girls, left for other stations,

the number of souls amounts to 158 against 167 in 1883.

The scantiness of this year’s crop, from want of rain, is

already beginning to be felt.

In looking at the spiritual life, we have but one desire,

namely that when the Lord comes, He may not find leaves only,

but also fruits.

The Orphanage for Girls is in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler;

Mrs. Kittel and Miss Schmid assisted in supervision and

needle-work. The education of the girls is on the whole as

described in our last Report.

During the year under review

16 girls left the institution, of whom 9 were married, 1 went

on service, and 6 returned to their parents. Ten girls entered

the Orphanage which harbours now 49 girls.

Five girls

attend the School as day-scholars.

Of the former 31 are

orphans, 9 have lost either a father or a mother, 3 were neg-

lected by a step-father or a step-mother, and 6 have been re-

ceived, as their parents live too far away from any school,

47

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We are happy to state that-by far the greater part of our

former pupils are attached to us, and that they appreciate the

1S

benefits received from us during a number of years.

SLI ch

young women make mostly good wives and mothers.

Those

who are the least thankful are generally untidy, and scarcely

Iy

show the labour bestowed on them whilst they were in

school. There are several girls in the institution, who fill our

1§

hearts with misgiving, when we think of their future. Sensu-

ality, stealing, lying, quarrelling, pride, loquacity, are vices

L

which seem to form their second nature.

The greater part,

however, cheer us through their obedience and good behaviour,

1t

and a few through their fear of God.

The Anglo-Vernacular School.

Mr. Ziegler superintended

this School during the current year; since January 1885 ifr.

Lambach is in charge.

This School has five classes, but a

4

)

sixth class is a great desideratum.

The average number of

boys on the roll was 66, but only 49 boys could be presented

15

for the grant-in-aid examination.

The greater number of boys

have studied successfully.

We hope that the Christian spirit,

which pervades the school, will exercise its influencein moulding

'y

the minds of our pupils.

We closed the year with 93 pupils,

one of whom is a Christian.

The Canarese BoyS’ School has slightly increased from 67 in

1883 to 75 boys, of whom two are Christians.

$

Itinerancy. Mr. Knittel and Cat. Hery made two trips in order

I

to preach at the Yellamma festival and in the country South and

t

South-west of Dharwar as far as Yellapur. Mr. Knittel accompanied

Mr. Eisfelder and 2 Hubly Catechist to Misrikote and the surround-

8

ing villages.

Lastly Mr. Limbach, in company of Cai. Hery,

“went to the Yellamma-hill, where a second festival was celebrated.

In all 50 days were devoted to itinerancy.

At this last place some

i

30,000 devotees and spectators may have assembled.

Two London

Missionaries, with b assistants from Belgaum, were preaching too,

PRI RS

48

so that we hope the assembled Heathen had an ample opportunity

to hear the Word of God.

On the whole we were everywhere well

received.

Three days in every week, as far as the weather and health per-

mitted, were devoted by Mr. Ziegler, Mr. Knittel and Cat. Hery to

preaching to the Heathen in and around Dharwar.

The experiences

were far from encouraging.

‘When very small boys set up 2

howl at the end of our addresses, it can be borne, but the patience

is greatly tried, when boys, who scafcely know to read their Primer,

interrupt an attentive audience by irrelevant questions.—We also

pay visits from house-to-house.

On the whole we were received

respectfully, but there are not wanting such, who rudely bade us be-

gone. When we remember that the prophet asked, how men can be-

lieve without being preached to, we feel that we must not allow our-

selves to become discouraged, but go on preaching the Word in season

and out of season, whether they hear or whether they forbear.

The pride of birth, purse, education and intelligence, combined with

E

pantheism, which looks down on the Missionary as a hindrance to

advancement, as well as materialism and its degrading service, are

the great evils which destroy the life of this nation.

HUBLY.

Out-Stations: Unkakallu, Hebsur.

g

Rev. H. Daimelhuber, in charge of the Congregation & Out-stations

Bev. F. Eusfelder, Itinerancy, and Schools.

Catechists

|

Solomon. Devada.— Daniel Patti, Daniel Naika

Christian School-master, Willmm Aarons.

Heathen School-masters

Gurusiddhaya Haloya, Adiviyappe Manavalls

49

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Staff of European Labourers. We regret to state that J[r.

|

Loth was called to his eternal rest on the 27th of February

1885.

Mr. Daimelhuber joined the Station in November 1884.

My. Hisfelder suffered now and then from fever.

The Congregation at Hubly was in charge of Cat. Devada,

and the one at Unakallu was in charge of Evangelist Naika,

My: Roth superintending them.

257 members, against 247 in

?Z

On account of want of

1883, belong to this Congregation.

rain the price of ragi, the staple food in South-Mahratta,

é

rose twenty-five per cent. The railway being open as far as

Gadag, grain began to pour in and to effect materially the price.

How different from 1877 when there was no railway in our

district!

Yet cultivators, as well as weavers, begin to feel

the depressing effect on trade.

We are therefore thankful

that many of our Christians find employment in the new

Spinning Mills. Famine prices, together with cholera began to

exercise a most wholesome effect on our Christians.

There

is more fear of God, which shows itself in a better apprecia-

tion of the means of grace, the fear of sin, and, on the part of

such who are under Church-discipline, in a desire to be recon-

ciled to God.

Some, however, have abused the confidence,

which Heathen are accustomed to place in our Christians as

persons who neither lie nor cheat, and thus deeply grieved us,

and brought shame on the name of Christ.

We find that in

the same degree as the concord of husbands and wives is

improving, the esteem and affection of children towards their

parents is also increasing. Mys. Roth had a Sunday-School

with the girls and women, and Myr. Hisfelder with the boys

and young men of the Congregation.

The Parochial School at New Hubly now imparts instruc-

tion to 10 Christian boys, 8 Christian girls, and 1 Hindu boy,

or 19 pupils; and the one at Unakallu to 7 Christian boys,

1 Christian girl and 1 Hindu boy, or 9 pupils. The pr?gress,

[

50

—_——

especially of the girls, would be greater if their attendance

was more regular.

The Vernacular School at 0ld Hubly is in charge of M.

Fhisfelder

It is attended by 73 Hindu and Mohammedan with

2 Chistian boys, or 75 pupils

There are some promising

boys among the scholars

Preaching to the Heathen

Mr. Roth reports

The Missionaries and Catechists address weekly an orderly as-

sembly of from 50 to 100 persons in our preaching-hall in New Hubly

Besides, the Gospel is regularly preached in the different quarters of

0ld and New Hubly and in the surrounding villages, either in public

places and thoroughfares, or in private houses

In public we are

disturbed either by envicus priests, or by loose babblers, or by hali-

educated persons, who cannot bear to see an orderly and attentive

crowd listening.—Visits to houses are mostly of an encouraging

nature

Our Catechists are invited to repeat their visits, and even

In

women begin to shew an open interest in the Word of God

Unakallu, Evang. Naika makes known the glad tidings

In Hebsur

34 days were devoted to evangelization

Mr

Eisfelder, accom-

panied by Cat. Devada and Evang. Patti, spent 41 days in visiting

65 places to the Hast, South-east, West, and South-west of Hubly

BET TIGERRY

(near Gadag)

Out-Stations: Shagoti, Malasamudra

Kinnal, Katrike

Rev. W. Hasenwandel, in charge of the Congregation and

Itinerancy

Rev. W. Liitze, in charge of Schools

Rev. B. Liithi, studying Canarese

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Catechists

Solomon Bhaskar, Nahasson Vira, Samuel Karat,

Gottlob Mabenna.— Silas Boraga.

Christian School-masters

David Punita, Devapriya Shubha, Daniel Uttengi,

Gideon Gokavi, Andronica Rubdi, Gabriel Matapat

Christian School-mistress, Martha Agali.

Heathen School-masters

Babanni Kabadi, Sadashivaya Koraga.

Staff of European Labourers.

Mr. Daimelhuber was trans-

ferred to Hubly in November last.

Myr. Liithi lately arrived

;

from Europe in October 1884, and Mr. & Mrs. Liitze, who had

gone home for the benefit of their health in 1882, returned

to this Station in November 1884.

Congregation.

Three promising young Hindus have been

baptized. The desire that these may be faithful gains in in-

]

tensity, when we consider some others who of late have grieved

us through their wickedness.

There were in Bettigerry some

good-for-nothing people, who took a pleasure in keeping the

whole Congregation in a state of ferment by means of a series

of dastardly libels, in which the Missionaries and nearly all

the Mission agents were charged with flagrant sins; some per-

sons were menaced with assault, and one even threatened with

death. As these repeated attacks, amounting to seven libels,

threatened to undermine our authority in general, and the

peace and order of our Congregation in particular, we were at

last forced to lodge a complaint against the evil-doers.

Al-

though our advocate threw up the case before a verdict was

given, the guilty parties were nevertheless convicted of libel, and,

as they in a document written on stamp-paper and sigiled by

7

52

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witnesses, confessed their complicity, their conﬁneinent during

the time of enquiry was considered a sufficient punishment to

bring them to their senses.

We hope this occurrence has

purified the moral atmosphere.

The Congregation in Shagoti has had a year of quiet de-

velopment.

On Epiphany the Christians and all their Hindu

friends, who had been invited for the occasion, celebrated a

feast.

i:

Presents in kind and money were brought, the Hindus

vying with the Christians.

What a joy it would be to see them

all worship the Father in spirit and in truth. This Congre-

gation begins to feel the duty of bearing more of the burden,

incurred for its spiritual welfare.

1

Our Christians begin to suffer from the deficiency of rain.

Victuals having risen in price; the poor can have only one

meal a day. With persons accustomed from their youth to

one meéal only, but that a hearty one, this would be nothing

in particular, whereas with them it means starvation.

The Congregation at Bettigerry has been in charge of Cot

Solomon, and that of Shagoti was cared for by Cat. Nahasson

.

Myr. Hasenwandel having the supervision.

The Congregation

}{]

has increased by 25 souls and numbers now 512.

The Evangelists’ School was in charge of My. Daimelhuber.

0

Its purpose is to supply our South-Mahratta District with

1l

Native preachers.

Of the 6 young men admitted last year,

k

two were kept back by their families, and one left on account

i

of sickness.

During the year one young man entered. There

are four pupils at present. These, according to their proficiency

by

in general knowledge, are allowed to go on with their studies

W

in the different classes of the Training School for teachers,

fe

whereas for purely theological lessons they must attend this

W

institution.

it

The Training School has been superintended by Mr. Daimel-

o

huber.

Fifteen young men, one of whom is a Day-scholar,

53

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are being prepared, during a four years’ course of education,

0

for Teachers in the Parochial Schools of our two Collecto-

N

rates (Dharwar and Kaladgi).

One of these left, and another

had to be dismissed.

There remain now 13 pupils, who will

shortly be joined by 8 boys from the Orphanage. This insti-

tution and the Evangelists’ School are under the daily care of

Cat. Punita, their manager and caterer.

He too had much to

bear from slander.

5

We are aware of the responsibility of

educating young men, on whom the prosperity of the Church

and the School depends. May the Lord fashion their hearts

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and give us humble, single-hearted, earnest, and God-fearing

men

The Boys’ Orphanage is in charge of Mr. Hasenwandel.

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During the year 5 boys, former famine orphans, left to be

apprenticed to different trades.

In three of them the spirit

of vagrancy and idleness seems to have revived. They have

repeatedly run off; one of them has disappeared, another

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seems to go from bad to worse, and one only, after having

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been laid up with sickness, brought about through his vagrant

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habits, has come to himself, and for the present turned over a

new leaf. The other boys were sent back either to their parents

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or guardians.

About 8 boys will leave shortly for the Train-

ing School.

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Among the remaining pupils some are up to all

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kind of tricks and roguery; yet there are others, who give us

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the impression that they not only fear man, but God also.

When some boys were asked by the manager, why a certain

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boy was continually in hot water, they replied:

“Oh, no

wonder, he never prays for himself.” The result of last year’s

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teaching and learning is very creditable.

The year closes

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with 48 orphans and 8 Day-scholars.

Owing to dearth a

number of neglected and badly fed children will, we fear, have

to apply for admittance.

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The Parochial Girls’ School is attended by 10 girls. There

was much interruption through small-pox, measles etc. .

The Parochial School at Shagoti was re-opened.

Three

Christian boys, five Christian girls, and 13 Hindu boys, are

being instructed there.

The Vernacular School in Beitigerry,

which had been

removed to a more suitable locality in 1883, shows an increase

from 54 to 87 boys.

Preaching to the Heathen. Mr. Hasenwandel states:

‘We and our Native assistants have preached the Gospel in the

streets and thoroughfares of Guledgud. We were well received here;

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in Gadag, however, the opposition we encountered formerly, was more

intense this time. I made three trips towards the South-east. Either

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the Evangelist Boragai, or Cat. S. Bhaskar, or a Church-member

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accompanied me. Once Mr. Daimelhuber and 2 of his pupils joined us.

On each tour we preached also in the Moglai or the Nizam’s

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Dominions.

As we were much encouraged by the welcome recep-

tion we met with, and the desire of the people after education, we

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Another one was opened in Katrike

opened one School at Kinnal.

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in the begining‘of 1885.

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GULEDGUD

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(Addr. Bagalkot).

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Out-Stations: Parvati, Padanakatte, Murudi.

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Kardenhalli, Kordenhalli, Sadagundi, Nagarahalli, Asangi, Mullur

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Mushtigeri, Halkurgi.

Rev. G. Grossmann, in charge of the Station, and Itinerancy.

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Rev. K. Ernst, Out-stations, and Itinerancy.

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Rev. H. Knittel, Ttinerancy, and studying Canarese.

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_Catechists

(Immwn‘uel Furtado), Immanuel Sowenna.— Johann

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- Prabhakar, Subhadra Kanapur.

Bible-women: Salome Sakkare, Rahel Rangareji.

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Christian School-masters

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Immanuel Nirmanika, Immanuel Mudukavi,

Amruta Shilabhadra.

Heathen School-master, Adiviappa Mulagunda.

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European Lahourers. Mr. Knittel was transferred in Sep-

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tember from Dharwar to this Station.

Mr. Warth is to begin

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the new Station Bijapur as soon as he succeeds in renting a

or

house there.

“The Congregation at Guledgud has been under the’ care of

Cat. 1. Furtado for the first half year, and in the second half,

when he began to suffer from a kind of dropsy, Mr. Warth had

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to take full charge of it. The one at Kardenhalli was entrusted

ke

to Ev. J. Prabhakar and superintended by Mr. Warth, and

the one at Mushtigeri in charge of Cat. 1. Sowenna, was

supervised by Mr. Ernst:

Each of these Congregations had

a slight increase.

The total number of Christians belonging

to this Station amounts to 504 against 474 in 1883.

The

accession of 30 souls is due to the return of boys and

girls, who had finished their training in the Orphanages at

Bettigerry and Dharwar, to births in the Congregation, and

to the admission of 6 Heathen, (one of whom is a child), into

the Church of Christ by baptism.

Seven members were ex-

it

communicated.

Of these, 5 had given up going to Church.

Although there are still some, who neglect the means of

grace, the greater part are regular attendants at Divine Ser-

vice. Whether the preaching and exhortation benefits them

or not, is difficult to say. When we reflect on cases of

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adultery, drinking, matrimonial disputes, implacability and

other shortcomings, we feel sad and heavy at heart.

Yet,

when we consider on the one hand that many have emerg-

ed from heathenism but a short time ago, and that their

old habits and inclinations easily get the mastery over them,

and on the other, that our Christians are amenable to reproof,

ashamed of sin and repentant, whereas Heathens would laugh

at and glory in their own shame; that many of them desire to

show by their conversation that they have yielded their members

to the service of righteousness; that they hate the ways of an

unconverted Hindu etc., then we have reason to take courage,

and thank God for what He has done, and will still do in

future. —There is also a well attended Young Men’s Association

which, we hope, will prosper.—The means of livelihood begin

to become somewhat scarce in consequence of deficient rain.

The prospect that the Government will open relief-works, i§

therefore joyfully hailed by the poor and needy.

A chapel was built in Halkurg:.

We were agreeably sur-

prised that the carpenter, a Hindu, declined accepting pay-

ment for ‘the wood as well as for his work.

The Parochial Girls’ School at Guledgud was converted into

a Mixed Parochial School with 3 classes, and is attended by

7 boys and 11 girls.

Through undue leniency on the part of

some parents, and the obstinacy of a few children the results

obtained are small.

The Parochial School at Kardenhalli, under the superinten-

dence of Mr. Ernst, has only 9 pupils, 2 of whom are Heathen

boys.

As the children live at a great distance and their pa-

rents are poor, it is most difficult to enforce their attendance

at School.

The Vernacular School at Koshtapete was superintended by

My. Warth.

It imparts instruction to 46 Heathen and 2 Chris-

t‘ian boys. Also in this year it had to compete with a rival

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school, which receives mostly high-caste boys.

Our pupils

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belong not only to the lower, but also to the less gifted classes.

Whereas many Heathen hate our School as a most danger-

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ous institution, we are glad to see that our despised boys

are attached to us, and open to the voice of God’s Word.

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Itinerancy. The European and Native Preachers made known

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the glad tidings of the Kingdom of Heaven in and around their head-

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Several longer preaching

quarters and the different Out-stations.

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tours were made.

Three by Mr. Warth, when Iikall, Bijapur and

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Kaladgi respectively were the places of destination.

It was quite

a treat, Mr. Warth observes in reporting on his trip to Bijapur, in-

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stead of the slow progress by bullock-cart, to be carried on by a train,

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the Engineer kindly permitting us to travel in the break-van on our

way to and fro.

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Mr. Ernst and the Native Assistants visited the festival ofrthe

He made two execursions to

idol at Bana Shankri near Badami.

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Kaladgi, one of these in company of Mr. Kniltel to preach at the

festival in Tulsigeri. Our Shastri Jesudasa, evincing a great desire

to tell his relations, former caste-men, friends and disciples at

Surapur and Lingasagar in the Nizam’s Dominions, what great

things God had done for him, AMr. Ernst and an Evangelist accom-

Mr. Warth devoted 52, Mr. Ernst 88,

panied him to his home.

Mr. Knittel 21, and our Catechists and Evangelists 250 days to itine-

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rancy.

Between 95 to 100 different places were thus visited.

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We had ample opportunity of preaching to mostly orderly assemblies,

to converse with earnest men, and to sell many religious tracts and

books. There are persons deeply impressed, who like Nicodemus

love the truth and visit us in order to obtain farther advice, but

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who have not yet received power from on high to confess boldly

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their faith in Christ.

The motives of others again are a mixture of

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both worldly-mindedness and a desire after Divine things.

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We give a few extracts from the diaries of our Brethren.

Mr. Warth reports thus:

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The inhabitants of Kamiige, who were involved in a village feud,

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so common in these parts, had lately a fighting fray, for which the

Government muleted and punished them severely. This humiliation

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seems to have paved the way for a glad reception of the Gospel.

Some Jains through their spokesman said, they were surprised

that Christianity, in spite of its perfections, permitted ‘Jivahimse’

(slaying of animals).

I pointed to the leather sandals they wore

and asked him, whence t4at leather came from. “Oh, it is not we”, he

replied, “buat those who have killed the animals, who have to answer

for the crime of destroying life.”

We crossed then the Malaprabhu,

and stayed in Aminagadda. We were invited to a matha (cloister),

where a famous priest had his quarters. After a good deal of confused

noise, in which one was saying this and another that, I succeeded in

giving a short outline of Christianity. A man, in a high-flown speech,

containing many Sanskrit words, set about to prove Atheism. Opposite

our quarters a Swami, who had arrived on an elephant with a large

retinue, put up.

We witnessed the tricks and imposition, whereby

his followers levied black-mail from the ignorant people.

The following extracts are taken from Mr. Ernst’s diary:

Niralgi. 'We put up in a Hanuman temple. Our Shastri was with

us. Some of his former disciples, among them two womén, came to

see and to hear what change the Word and Spirit of God had wrought

in him. Jesuddsa, that is his name, could expound the Word of God,

as he formerly did the Shastras.

Mudnur in the Moglai. In the evening 150 to 200 persons came

to the Hanuman temple, in which we had put up. They listened

well. 'When I was on the point of retiring to rest, a man asked me

earnestly to entrust him with the secret spells, he supposed me

to possess against snake bite or scorpion bite, in doing so ““I would,”

he said, “increase my reputation for goodness”.

Shelige. A priest permitted us to use the inside of his temple to

perform our Divine Service.

This is very surprising as the women,

who fetch water for household purposes, in passing and repassing

the temple-door knocked off: their shoes or sandals and, bowing

towards the shrine, exclaimed: “O great ruler, O great king!” and,

putting on their shoes again, continued their work. Several persons

showed themselves well inclined.

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In Makaldadi there is a niche in the yard of the temple of Hanu-

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man, which contains one or two pairs of gigantic, well executed

shoes, mounted with silver and pearls. People think Hanuman makes

nightly visits for which purpose he requires those shoes.

Bible-Women.

Two elderly widows, superintended by

Mrs. Warth, visit the Hindu females in their houses.

They

either read a suitable text, or relate a Bible story and explain

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The reception they met with is very encouraging, and

surpasses our expectations.

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BIJAPUR.

Rev. C. D Warth.

For a number of years it was meditated to extend our

operations to this town.

About the 15th of March 1885 Mr.

and Mrs. Warth arrived from Guledgud and took up the work.

They stay for the present in a tent, in the hope of soon being

able to get a house.

May God’s blessing attend this new

field of labour..

L AN AN i A N AN N e

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MALABAR

CANNANORE

Out-Stations: Chovva, Taliparambu, Chirakal

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I. Clerical Part

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Rev. J. Lauffer, in charge of the Station and Out-stations

Rev. J. Weismann

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the Cannanore Congregation

and Schools

Native Pastor

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Rev. Abraham Mulil

Catechists

Charles Stocking, Nathanael Arukandan

Cornelius Hutten, Paul Sneham, Manasse Kudakkal

Abel Kattuparambu, Elias Nambi, Abraham Para

Colporteur, Obed Sneham

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Christian School-masters

Tobias Zacharias, ¥. a., Benjamin Hermon, Samuel Elias

David Gomer, Titus Padiath

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Heathen School-masters

Narayanan Pillay, Bala Krishna Prabhu,

K. Kannan

J. Ramam, K. Kelappan, K. Krishna, K. Govindan,

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Mulil Peitel.

Staff of Labourers

Mr. & Mrs. Hanhart left for Europe

in March 1884 for the benefit of their health

My. Weismann was twice nigh unto deatl

but God merci-

fully spared him

Our Native Pastor

whose life was des-

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paired of, has completely recovered. He lost his wife by

consumption.

The Congregation at Cannanore, in chmge of the Native

Pastor, Mr. A. Mulil, was superintended by M, Weismann,

whereas the Congregation at Chovva, incharge of Cat. Cornel .

Hutten, was supervised by Mr. Laujfer

Our aged Catechist

My. Stocking at Cannanore, an Englishman, has devoted much

of his time to those men of the European Regiment, who accept

his services

As he knows from experience the trials and

temptations by which a young soldier is surrounded, we wish

his admonition and encouragement may benefit many. At

Cannanore there are two Malayalam and two English Services

held on Sundays, and one Malayalam and two English meet-

ings on week-days. Divine worship in the Vernacular was regu-

larly carried on at Chovva and at Taliparambu. There aresepa-

rate Prayer Meetings for our Native Christian men and women,

also a Dorcas Union and a Self-improvement Association

The time-honoured old Chapel in which many a soul, es-

pecially in old Mr. Hebich’s time, was born (Ps. LXXXVIL 5

«This and that man was born in her”), had to be pulled down

as it was in a bad state, and a new Church is being built on

the same premises

The Congregation has contributed Rs. 503

towards rebuilding it, and Rs.480 have been subscribed for

Mission, Bible, Church and other charitable purposes. We have

to mourn over the fall of an old Christian

Wife-beating is

being considered more and more an outrage

Cannanore

Chovva and Taliparambuy together had an increase from 625

in 1883, to 683 souls through immigration, the surplusof births

over deaths, and 9 Heathen baptisms

Of these latter 3 were

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brought into the fold of Christ through the energy of our

Christians, and 2 through their Christian example

The Station has two Parochial Schools, one at Cannanore

under the supervision of Mr. Weismann, and one at Chovva,

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superi,nt,eﬁded by Mr. Lawffer. In the former 19 boys and

29 girls, or 48 Christian pupils, in the latter 23 boys and 26

girls, or 49 Christian pupils receive instruction.

The girls in

Chovva are taught needle-work by Mrs. Lauffer, and those in

The School at Cannanore

Cannanore by Mrs. Weismann.

suffered particularly through the frequent change of teachers,

which could not be avoided.

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The Anglo-Vernacular School in the Camp-bazaar is in charge

of Mr. Weismann.

He reports as follows:

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The Government order of the 5th of February 1884, which raises

the school-fees for the Middle School Department to Rs. 18 a year,

was a sad blow for our School.

How the Government order of the

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17th November 1884, ordering us to double the fees in the classes of

the Primary Department, will affect our institution we do not yet know.

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In spite of ups and downs, fears and misgivings we are permitted

to close the year with 180 Hindu and 47 Christian boys, or 227 in all.

The Head-master, Mr. T. Zacharias, as well as the teachers, have

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taken great pains to obtain good results. It is gratifying to know

that the Govenment speaks of our School as ‘““one of the most promis-

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ing of Schools.”

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The following incident will encourage our Christian friends.

had a visit from a certain Brahman, whose son attends our Middle

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School.

After some shuffling it oozed out that he felt greatly

aggrieved at the religious views his son had imbibed.

‘““We celebra-

ted,” the father said. ‘‘one of our most solemn feasts.

My son

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objected to the performance of ablutions and ceremonies.

When I

remonstrated, he replied: ‘the Gods we adore are stone and wood,

they see not and hear not, therefore they cannot give us any good.

How should I stretch out my hands to worship them, since I have

learned in the Mission School that God is a Spirit and must be a-

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dored in spirit and in truth?” My son despising thus my Gods, what

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am I his father to do?” ““What do you intend doing? Are youtaking

him away?”’ I asked. “No, certainly not,” he replied.

‘“And pray,

why not?”’ was my rejoinder.

“You see, sir,” he answered, it is a

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strange thing, but since the time my boy has been to your School,

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he is better, more obedient, more truthfal, and more upright than

before.”

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The Mulil Vernacular School had very creditable results.

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Of 72 pupils, 15 of whom are girls, all, 4 excepted, passed the

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examination.

The Manager of a Hindu Girly School, attended by about

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80 girls, has invited Mrs. Hanhart to teach Bible Stories and

English. Since her sickness Mrs. Schinthal has continued the

work begun.

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Itinerancy. Mr. Weisman Writeéz

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Mr. Hanhart visited the festivals at Kattampere,‘ Unakara,

of

Kantiparambu, and Payavur. Since his departure for Europe neither

Mr. Lauffer nor myself could do much on account of district or

local work. Mr. Layfer made one preaching tour into the interior.

On the other hand our Native Helpers have been traveling a

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good deal. The travelling preacher Arukanden devoted 206 days,

Cat. P. Sneham 156, Evang. E. Nambi 181, Evang. 4. Kattuparamban

141, Cat. C.Huttan, and Evang. A. Para 74 days to the Chiracal Taluk,

so that we may safely say, Thousands have had the Word of salvation

preached to them. Besides these tours, the Gospel has been preached

in and around Cannanore and Chovva by the Missionaries and the

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Native Assistants as much, and as regularly, as time permitted.

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The Colporteurs of Bibles and Tracts have each, according to

their abilities, helped to promote the knowledge of God.

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IT. Industrial Part.

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Mr. W. P. Schinthal, in charge of the Weaving Establishment.

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Mr. J. Rellstab, Assistant, studying Malayalam.

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Mr. Stierlen was transferred in November to Mangalore

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My. Schonthal’'s health has been very indifferent of late

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My. Rellstab, who lately arrived from Europe on thé 24th of

November, has still to learn Malayalam in order to render

him material assistance.

In the last year 159 persons, 150 of whom belong to our

Congregation, found regular employment.

The Branch Weav-

ing BEstablishments at Tellicherry and Chombala are also supe-

rintended by our Lay-brethren, who besides assist us by taking

secular and other affairs off our hands.

TELLICHERRY

Ouit-stations: Dharmapatnam, Anjarkandy, Kuttuparambu.

Rev. S. Walter, in charge of the Congregation at Nettoor,

Qut-stations and Itinerancy.

Rev. W. Dilger,

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Congregation and Schools in

Tellicherry Town.

Rev. K. Schaal,

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Schools at Nettoor.

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Native Pastor

Rev. Paul Chandran.

Catechists

Stephan Chandran, Joh. Zacharias, Peter Arnon,

Timothy Parakandi, Ashamayan Tumaran.—

Joseph Murkottan, Philipp Mackadan.

Colporteur, Abyah Utshamvallr.

Bible-women: Hanna Hassan, Rhoda Simon.

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Christian School-masters

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Simon Sandhi, Nathanael Simon, Peter Hermon, Jacob Boas,

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Abel Martin, Mose Vakil, Theophil Pudiyaparayil,

Jesuadian Vedamuttu, Benjanun George,

Nathanael Hermon, Micha Mackadan.

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Christian School-mistress,

Phebe Jacobi.

Heathen School-masters

P. Raman, 8 4, J. Kanaran, r. a, K. Bappu, RE. Rao,F. 4.,

M. Raman Nayar, M. Kanaran, P. Krishna Nayar,

E. Kunyappan Nayar, »Kelcm, E. Kanaran, Raman.

Staff of European Labourers.

My. Liebendorfer and family

embarked for Europe in March 1883.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter

returned from Europe with renewed strength, and have joined

their station on the 22nd of January 1884.

Mr. Matthissen,

after a short stay on the Hills for his health, was transferred

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in December from Zellicherry town to Calicut, whereas Mr.

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Schaal of Chombala was appointed in February 1885 to

Nettoor. Mr. Dilger succeeded Mr. lﬂat?flcisse?a in town on the

11th of January 1885.

The Congregation at Nettoor was under the charge of our

aged and venerable Pastor Mr. P. Chandran, and superintend.

ed by Mr. Walter.

How far the regular attendance at Di-

vine Service on the part of our Christians in Nettoor is spon-

taneous or influenced by the employment afforded by the Mis-

sion, we cannot tell. We have been fighting hard against

drinking, an old enemy of ours, and we regret to state that

there are still some, who succumb to this evil occasionally.

The Congregation in Zellicherry town was partly super-

vised by Mr. Matthissen, and partly by Mr. Walter.

They

were assisted by Cat. J. Zacharias.

Several members, who

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were struck off the roll, because they objected to pay a moder-

ate Church-rate, and others, whose drinking habits we opposed,

considered themselves aggrieved, and thought they might set

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the whole Congregation against us.

There was also now and

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then a struggle for precedence, and lastly our fishers felt

greatly discouraged at the bad prospects of livelihood, when

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they returned home with empty nets for many a day. In the

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second half of the year matters began to mend. We have to

mourn, however, over the fall of one of our Christian teachers.

Both

Congregations

number

now

387 souls,

several

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persons having left the station in search of more remuner-

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ative work elsewhere.

Three Heathen adults were baptized.

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The Middle or Preparatory School was in charge of Mr.

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Dilger.

Three young men were sent to the Seminary in

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Mangalore in 1884, and one left for the service of colportage.

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The institution has now 21 inmates.

During the past year

the studying has been more cheerful and the progress more

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encouraging.

The Training School for Schoolmasters was also under Mr.

Dilger’s care.

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One has been installed as teacher, two, who

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have passed last year the 5th Grade 1st Class, are qualify-

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ing themselves farther to teach in Parochial Schools.

This

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year five have gone up for their 5th Grade Examination.

Oune has, alas, relapsed into Mohammedanism (see Report 1883,

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p. 69). At present fourteen young men are under our care.

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Mr. Dilger reports of the conversion of one of his pupils

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as follows: ’

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A rich Nayar from the Palghaut Taluk, well read in Hindu lore

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and also acquainted with astrology, felt a craving after truth.

the age of 17 he lost his father, and shortly afterwards his mother.

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He then felt himself free to search for something more real than

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Hinduism.

He came in contact with Mohammedans, who partly

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through Tamil books and tracts advocating the claims of Moham-

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medanism, and partly through their teaching gained him over. It was

more the rationality of Islamitic theology, than the license of the

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flesh that attracted him.

The unity of God, proclaimed by the Ko-

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ran, which long before had dawned on his mind, and the claim of the

Koran to be a Divine and therefore authoritative revelation, induced

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him to go on the sly to Ponany, where 400 Maulavis gather round

“the great lamp”’, where the study of the Koran flourishes, and where

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Islamitic piety has provided for the sustenance of teachers and pupils.

After two months he was circumeised, when he received the name of

Omar and the peculiar Mappilla topee.

He then set about to learn

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the Koran in Arabic by heart, a Maulavi giving him help in grammar

and exegesis. After having studied hard for two years he had learned

the Koran by heart.

After due examination he was received into

the order of priesthood, which was followed by farther study of the

Koran, the reading of exegetical works, and the hearing of good pro-

fessors. His health having suffered, he went twice to Trevandrum for

a change of air. Inorder toimprove his finances, he then entered the

Normal School at Ponany.

‘Whilst there, a Nayar gave him Dr.

Gundert’s translation of the Malayilam N. Test., which he carefully

perused. The contradictions of the Koran,the adventurous character

of Mohammed’s life, the strangeness of the wonders Mohammed per-

formed, the inadequate fruits Mohammedanism produced, the intole-

rance and distrust of enquiry into other religious systems which it im-

posed on its followers, all this helped him to see that he was in the

wrong.

He retired to Tellicherry, where he became acquainted with

He has since been

the mystery of free salvation through Christ.

baptized, and we sincerely hope he will become more and more

grounded in Jesus Christ, “ who of God is made unto us wisdom, and

righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.”

(1 Cor. i. 30.)

The Parochial School at Nettoor, under the supervision of

Mr. Dilger was attended by 16 Christian boys and 21 Christian

girls, or 37 pupils. On the whole the results of the examina-

tion were satisfactory. Mrs. Walter and Mrs. Dilger superin-

tended the needle-work of the girls.

vThe Infants’ School at Nettoor, opened and kept on

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Christians, is a sort of nursery for about 25 little Boys and

girls.

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The Sunday School has entered on its second year of

existence.

It is attended by 52 boys and girls.

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The Anglo-Vernacular Parsi School in Tellicherry was under

the management of Mr. Matthissen.

He reports:

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Our High School has 254 pupils, of whom 238 are Christian boys.

In spite of competition we have not only not lowered our Christian

standard, but consider the fear and knowledge of God the chief aim,

and consequently we have bestowed as much trouble on teaching re-

ligion as on that of any other subject. As we desire to raise the cha-

racter of the school, we have struck off badly reputed scholars, but en-

couraged moral young men to go on. We are happy to state that the

results of the school, were encouraging, the inspecting Government

officers testifying their approval at a public distribution of prizes,

There were also given prizes for proficiency in the Bible. May this

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School continue to be a living exponent of Christianity.

The Girls’ School in town affords instruction to 7 girls and

5 boys, or 12 Christian children.

Mrs. Matthissen teaches

English and needle-work. A more suitable locality is needed.

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The Anjarkandy Vernacular School, and the Kuttuparambu

Vernacular School, under Mr. Walter are attended by 27 and

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42 pupils respectively.

Of these only 3 boys and 3 girls are

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Christians.

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The Vernacular School at Dharmapattanam, with 39 boys

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and 7 girls (one of each being a Christian) was superintended

by Mr. Dilger, and the one at Chalil for fishermen’s children

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with 48 boys (7 Christian) and 7 girls (1 Christian), or 55

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pupils in all, by Mr. Matthissen.

Itinerancy.

Since Mr. Walter’s transfer to this Station

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preaching to the Heathen could be carried on under direct

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European superintendence.

Mr. Walter reports as follows:

During ten months of the past year,

I have worked systemati-

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cally the Southern half of the Cottayam Taluk, beginning at the South-

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west corner. I spent 156, and my Native Assistants 467 days. In

the above, weekly preaching im the fishing-village and in the bazaar,

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included.

and other evangelisation work in and around Telllicherry, are not

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Mr. Dilger, and the teachers under him, visited several Heathen

festivals in the neighbourhood, and began regular preaching in cer-

tain places, accompanied by his pupils, who generally support the

party by singing.

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We subjoin a few extracts from Mr. Walter’s diary :

At a goldsmith’s, a bevy of exorcists practised their sorcery

on a woman whom they pronounced to be possessed of evil spirits.

They pretended to have ejected six devils out of her, and said, they

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were at work to cast out the seventh.

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Many women listened gladly and expressed their joy at our

having visited them, and made them acquainted with the “Satya

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Véda’’ or the true Véda.

After night-fall many people came to our

quarters.

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We also met a Tiyan, who informed us that Mr. Strange, (one of

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the late judges of Tellicherry), had preached to him the Word of

God and given him a “Heart-Book.”

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At a place some Nayars had arranged to beat us.

They desisted,

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however, on being threatened by another that he would give in their

names.

Another party of ours, however, was really attacked and

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beaten by some fanatical Heathen.

Such negative results also prove

that the Word of God has taken effect.

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Many Christian Tracts and Books have been sold.

They will

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help to explain the Word already heard, and act as a sort of

permanent teacher.

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Bible-Women:

Two elderly women under the supervision

of Mrs. Watter have begun in the second half of the year to

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We hear that:

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visit their Heathen sisters at their homes.

They have often met with suspicion and evenkbeen told by the

owners that they must decline receiving their visits, but on the

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whole their reception was encouraging. They have not only been

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gladly listened to, but Portions of Scripture and New Testaments have

found their way into many a house, and, may many a heart be led to

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the truth.

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The Weaving Establishment was under the charge of Mr.

Dilger and superintended by Mr. Schinthal at Cannanore.

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CHOMBALA.

Out-Stations: Kandappankundu, Mahé, Muvaratu.

Rev. W. Schmolk, in charge of the Station, and Out-stations.

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Rev. J. Jaus, Itinerancy.

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Catechists

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Timothy Vengalan, Gabriel Pirachan, Tobias Chembankodan,

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Henry Menzel.—Jacob Kumaran.

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Christian School-masters

Silas Hanoch, Willy Allan, C. Ambroise, Mose Ponnon,

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David Padiyattu.

Bible-women

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Rebecca Chembankodan, Clara Ponnon, Martha Tychécds,

Rebecca Chettiyan Macody.

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Christian School-mistresses

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Ruth Mavattil, Maria Matthew.

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Heathen School-masters

Shankaran, Chandu Nayar.

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Staff of European Labourers, Mr. Wagner left for Europe on

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the 17th of March with his orphan child. Mr. Schaal fell sick

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of typhoid fever, but God in His mercy raised him up again.

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After a stay of several monthé on the Hills he was transferred

to Tellicherry in February 1885.

Mr. Hole, one of the late

arrivals from Europe, stayed a little longer than one month

here, when he was ordered to Calicut, whereas Mr. and Mrs.

Jous were transferred from Calicut to this place.

The Congregation increased up to 309 against 296 souls

in 1883. This access is partly due to emigration and partly to

the 5 Heathen baptisms, 3 of whom are adults. Mr. Schmolck

was single-handed for the greater part of the past year, Cats.

Wengalan, Chembankodan, and Evang. Para assisting him in the

Congregations at Chombala, Mahe and Muvaratu respectively.

We regret to say, that some Church-members in Chombala

under discipline have not yet repented. The spirit of revolt,

especially on the part of those, who have been henefitted by

their becoming Christians, has abated, yea, we should like to

say, died out.

The vice of drunkenness has still its adherents

in our midst.

There are parents, who instead of ruling their

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houses well and punishing their children for transgressing

God’s law, dote on their children like Eli.

Children and the

younger Church-members are pretty regular in attending

Divine Worship. The Congregation in Mahe has passed through

a time of trial, and, we hope, gained thereby in faith.

In

Muvaratw disputes and levity have, we regret to say, given

offence to Heathen and Mohammedans.

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Fourteen Chris-

The Orphan Girls’ School has 86 boarders.

tian boys and four Heathen girls attend it as day-scholars.

The state of health, thank God, has been good. The children,

which were presented for Government examination in October,

have passed with credit. They learn housekeeping, vegetable-

and fruit-gardening and, under Mrs. Schmolck’s and Mrs.

Jaus’s superintendence, also needle-work. All the children of

the station, attending this institution, meet every Lord’s Day

in the Sunday Sc’hqol,

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In the Franco-Anglo-Vernacular School at Mahe, Maléyalam,

We are thank-

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French and English are taught in five classes.

ful to say that the examinations by the French Educational

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Commission and the English School Inspector showed satis-

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factory results, and that we enjoy the confidence of the French

Colonial Government, and of the parents of the children. There

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are now 103 boys, 18 of whom are Christians.

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It is intended to open a Vernacular School at Muwvaratu,

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where a school-house is already in-course of erection.

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Itinerancy. Mr. Schmolck reports:

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We are glad that the itinerancy, interrupted through Mr. Wagner’s

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departure for Hurope, has been taken up by Mr. Jaus. ‘Whereas the

Missionaries could devote only 35 days, our Native ~Assistants,

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superintended by me, devoted 832 days (Cat. Vengalan 112, Pirachan

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Chembankodan 159, Menzel 199, and Evang. Para 163,

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Ev. Kumaran 20). Several Teachers and Church-members accom-

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If we are to represent

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panied our Catechists and spent 43 days.

the work done in the Kurumbranadu Taluk in numbers, we have to

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say that 51 Amshams (Maganis), 126 Deshams (Gramas), and 13

villages of fishers and weavers, besides four Heathen festivals

and two markets were visited 17 times.

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We give another extract from M. Schmolk’s report:

In Wadagara there are some relations of one of our Christians,

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who died last year. Of these, a woman falling sick asked the opinion

of an astrologer (Kanishan), who ascribed the cause of her distemper

to being plagued by the spirit of her Christian relative. To ward

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off this plague, he ordered an empty pot to be buried in the ground

up to its rim and to be covered with a wooden lid. Into that vessel

the spirit was banished, having, it is supposed, complied with the

charms of the astrologer.

He is now permitted to sit on the lid and

to partake of boiled rice and arrack, (the deceased having been fond

of drink), which is from time to time offered to him.

What a sad

example of Heathen darkness!

.M'r. Jaus communicates the following information from

the diary of the Catechists:

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May. A rich Brahman listened with much interest and gave us

one Rupee for our expenses.

He settled a day, when we should

come again, when he would assemble the chief men of the neigh-

bourhood.

He kept his promise.

On the appointed day we were

asked to address a large crowd.

They listened attentivly.

After

such a reception it did not matter that some persons, whom we

visited later, received us mockingly with the words: “Behold the

Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” A nobleman

rejoiced to hear of the majesty and glory of Christ.

“If Christ, the

Son of God, is so glorious, how glorious must God the Father be!”’

he exclaimed.

He bought a New Testament.

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June. A rich manfor three years being acquainted with the Word

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of God, after having heard our message, replied: “I know and believe

there is salvation in no other but Christ, and am resolved to become a

Christian.”

He kept his resolution, and began to put his house in

it

order. “There is no more much delay, I shall soon join Christ’s

We

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flock,” were his last words, when visited by some Christians.

were shocked to hear a few days later of his having died suddenly.

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We ought still to mention that four Bible-Women have been

at work for some months past.

The two women employed here, have to overcome prejudice and

apathy.

Those in Malié, on the contrary, are welcome in many a

house, and find kindred spirits among their Heathen sisters.

The Weaving Establishment

Schonthal and Mr. Stierlen.

was superintended by Zi/[)'.

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OALICUT.

Out-Stations: Coilandy (Quilandy), Beypore.

I. Clerical Part.

Rev. J. Knobloch, in charge of the Congregation, Out-stations, and

Parochial Schools.

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Rev. J. Matthissen,

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, High-School, & Vernacular Schools.

Rev. K. Hole, studying Malayalam.

Native Pastor

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Rev. Joseph Jacob.

Catechists

Jonas Padiyattu, Paul Chittayagam, Jacob Heber,

Charles Hermon, Solomon Makkqdan.———Esau David.

Immanuel Boas.

Colporteur,

Bible-Women

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Martha Vatcharan, Orphw Deborah.

Christian Scﬁool—masters

0 Verki, Abraham Jadayappan, Isaac Mackadan,

Thomas Pultenvittil,

Moses Achat,

Lazar Kallat,

Samuel Parakandy, Joshua Vqliaoﬁalczppa%, Domingo Cabral

Christian School-mistresses

Bathsheba Kuttackal, Ruth Mulil, Emily Laban,

Hannah Hoar, Angelica Parakandy.

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Heathen School-masters

U. Shankaran Nayar, 5. 4, M. A. Nedungady Nayar, s. 4,

Kunchi Raman Menon, 8. 4., V. Kannan Nayanar. . 4.,

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Kandan Nayar, 7. 4., Keshavan Menon, #. 4., P. Krishnan

Kuruppu. M. Govindan Menon, Bappu, Venkatachalam

Shastri, P. Kannan, K. Shangaran.

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European Staff of Labourers, M. and Mrs. Jaus were trans-

forred in November 1884 to Chombala, whilst Mr. Hole from

Chombala, and Mr. and Mrs. Matthissen from Tellicherry have

joined this Station.

Myrs. Knobloch has been in bad health.

For some time M. Frohnmeyer, much weakened through a

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typhoid complaint, has gone on forlough to Europe 1in

February 1885.

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This

The Congregation has increased from 842 to 884.

access is to be attributed to an excess of 14 births over deaths,

a surplus of 8 of immigration over emigration, and of 20

Heathen baptisms (13 of whom are adults).

Three persons were excommunicated and nine placed under

discipline. There were two cases, where outward piety served

There are

for some time as the cloak of inner rottenness.

some, who are addicted to drinking, others again, who seek to

gratify their lusts. Discouraging as such cases are, there are

cheering signs too, shewing that captives to sin are being liber-

ated by the grace of God now, as they were of old.

We are glad to witness that the idea, that wife-beating

was indispensably the right of the bread-winner, is gradually

dying out.

Both parties, (for very often the wife provokes

outrages), begin to be ashamed of their ways.

Nay, when

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they see, how through acts of violence, cruelty, foul language,

hatred, and other vices on their part, an evil seed is sown in-

to the hearts of children which brings forth the most appal-

ling weeds, as lifting up their hands against their own pa-

rents, using filthy and insolent language etc.; then they must

feel hurt to the quick, and seek pardon from God. Our Chris-

tians begin to learn, among other habits of thriftiness, how

to exert themselves in building small houses, acquire property

of their own etc.

This is the best antidote against the

gipsy-like habits of being continually on the move, and seeking

difficult

for something new to 'cum up, to break off which is so

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Among the neophytes we desire to bring the case of a

poor leper to the notice of our readers, about whom M.

Knobloch reports, as follows:

There are some Christian lepers in the Lazaretto. They do not

put their candle under a bushel, but let it shine when an opportunity

offers itself, as is seen from the fgllowing. One of their confréres,

a Heathen, whom they took pains to convince of his need of Christ,

was born in the Palghaut District in the Nayar caste. He was hale

and healthy up to his 19th year, when the first symptoms of leprosy

began to shew themselves.

Pilgrimages undertaken to different

holy shrines in order to propitiate the Deity proved useless, nay, his

sickness made only progress.

After having lived for several years

in his country, as a person more or less shunned by relatives, and

friends, he set out—about 7 to 8 years ago—to Calicut, where he

was admitted into the Lazaretto for lepers.

During all this time he

heard the Word of God repeatedly without feeling the need of a

Saviour. The happy frame of mind and the example of one Shantappa,

and the other Christian fellow-sufferers, however, convinced bim that

they, though in the same misery as himself, were spiritually better

off. His sickness growing worse, and rendering him daily more

helpless, he felt more inclined to lay hold on Jesus.

After carefal

instruction I, (Knobloch), baptized him on the 26th of April in the

hospital for lepers in the presence of his Christian and Heathen

fellow-sufferers. The poor man was so helpless at the time, that he

had to be carried.

He crossed his arms during the performance of

the holy rite, and felt extremely happy at the grace vouchsafed to

him by God in Christ Jesus. His new name is Jesudasan. On Christ-

mas-day he was brought in a cart to Church, where he with five other

Christian lepers attended Divine Service. How happy they all felt,

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especially, when throﬂugh the liberality of a Swiss Sunday-School

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Union each of them received a new jacket as a present.

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The Congregation at Coilandy, in charge of the Native

Pastor Mr. J. Jacobi, had a more quiet time. Brotherly love

united the hearts which were separated. Poverty was trying to

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some.

The new Chapel was consecrated on the 17th of

February 1884.

The Mixed Vernacular School at Coilandy, in spite of rival

schools, has kept its head above water.

The result of the

grant-in-aid examination was satisfactory.

We are glad that

the Heathen parents-and their children appreciate the Bible.

The School is attended by 53 Heathen and 11 Christian

children (64 in all), three of the former and six of the latter

being girls.

- The Parochial Girls’ School at Cwliczdw has three divisions,

namely a purely Vernacular or Primary one, a Middle-School

and a Preparandi Class, with 61, 15, and 7 girls respectively,

making 83 pupils in all.

Last year 9 girls went up for the

5th Grade Examination. We hope they will qualify themselves

for School-mistresses.

Four of these enjoyed Mission scholar-

ships.

We begin to have our doubts whether this kind of help

does not interfere with th(? formation of a good and solid

character.

The needle-work of the girls was carried on under the

supervision of Mrs. Knobloch, with the assistance of Mrs. Flieg

and Mrs. Eckelmann.

The Infants’ School has 24 boys and 27 girls, or 51 children

in all.

The High School was under the care of Mr. Frohnmeyer,

assisted by 17 teachers, with 14 classes. The maximum atten-

dance was 401.

At the close of the year we had 85 Christian

and 287 Heathen boys, or 372 pupils.

In our getting rid of

doubtful elements we have been guided by Dr. Arnold’s

maxim: “Till a man learns that the first, second, and third

duty of a school-master is to get rid of unpromising subjects,

a great public school will never be what it might be and what

1t ought to be.”

Part of the decrease from 409 in 1883 to

372 pupils is due to the new order of the Educational Depart-

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ment raising the school-fees. The progress of the pupiis in

the Bible is partly satisfactory, and partly deficient; that in se-

cular knowledge has met with the approval of the Director of

Public Instruction, who says in his official report: ¢«The Basel

Mission School at Calicut is described as the best of the Prote-

stant Mission Schools”.

The grant-in-aid and the salary-grant

have been less than last year, “no funds being available.”

The Vernacular School at Putiyangadi was in charge of

Myr. Frohnmeyer. Owing to the alteration and unfair practices

of rival schools, the attendance has fallen from 70 to 48 pupils,

of whom 8 are girls.

The examination in the Bible and in

secular knowledge was satisfactory.

The Hindu Girls' S:hool at Chalapuram, begun by Mrs.

Frohnmeyer in 1882 with 4 girls, numbers now 28 girls, who

attend pretty regularly. Their progress was creditable. There

are four classes. Mrs. Fieg has taken charge of the school..

Itinerancy. Mr. Jaus, theitinerating preacher of this Station,

having been transferred, could only devote 115 days to this

district.

The Native itinerating preacher, Cat. Padiyattu was

appointed to congregational work in the second half-year,

Several Catechists have spent most of their time in preaching

to the Heathen.

A few extracts will characterise their work.

My, Ja@s

writes:

In Matavur, even people who lived in the jungle came to see us.

When we asked them whether they were not afraid of wild beasts,

they replied in the negative, adding: “ We have twelve gods to pro-

toet- us.”’

We had favourable opportunities to preach the Gospel.

When we left the place, people told us our leaving them was like

that of a mother forsaking her new born babe.

In this place great respect is paid to the dead body of a tiger.

As soon as a tiger is shot, a special kind of tom-tom calls the people

When they have arrived, a howl is set up while 2 to 4

together,

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sorcerers cajole the tiger, saying: “O child, hast thou been shot? O

child, what sin didst thou commit that this has befallen thee?”’ This

reverence may have its origin in the Malayalam slang name of the

tiger: ammoClan, maternal uncle (or mother’s father?).

Cat. J. Padiyattu, in a report characterizing the different

hearers, writes about Mohammedans as follows:

We make roughly 4 divisions:

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Those who generally take an interest in the Bible and

especially in the histories of the Old Testament. But they are mostly

on the look out for amusement.

Whenever they can interrupt us,

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or abet others in doing so by raillery, dispute ete., they are glad to

improve the opportunity.

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A second kind listen attentively.—“Thatis all right so far”,

they accost us, “but Jesus himself through his pointing to Mohammed

has invalidated his own teaching. You ought to join us, the people

of the fourth Veédam.”

These do not see that the Aorarn cannot

satisfy the thirsty soul.

The most promising kind are those who declare that Christ

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is the greatest Prophet (Nabi), but who take umbrage at our

calling him the Son of God. They say that, as the different prophets

are Divine ambassadors, we are bound to accept their words as the

Word of God, and to obey them.

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During my 15 years’ travels I have come across a most

hopeful case, one who saw that the works enjoined by the Koran

or by Moses are insufficient, and that we require Christ’s righteous-

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ness to be accounted to us. “I begin to doubt,” he said, “whether

Mohammed or Christ is to be followed.

I will, however, make further

enquiries.”

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My. Frohnmeyer writes:

We have to refer to a literary polemic attack on Christianity.

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Syad Hammed Saheb Makan S. Sanavulle Mackadi has edited a

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pamphlet entitled *“Kathora Kuthara™ (terrible axe) part L. “djnana-

I refuted his attacks

vadha’ (ignorance destroyed), Calicut 1884.

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in our Monthly Malayalam Journal, the Keralopakari. After the 2nd

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article the opponent had posted a placard, calling upon me to appear

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in a public place to perform the exorcism of a devil. As I,did'noé

comply with his fancy, he has since edited a paper, Paropakari, in

which he answers my arguments by abusive language.

We mention with pleasure that since August two Bible-

women have been at work.

At first Mrs. Jaus. who was since transferred, and at present

Mrs. Elsdsser, superintended their work and accompanied them re-

peatedly during their visits.

There are of course instances, when

the women are asked to go their way and not to trouble themselves.

But on the whole their reception has been kind and encouraging.

A number of portions of Scripture and Tracts have been sold.

We

were especially struck by the gross ignorance of the poorer classes.

Such spiritnal neglect acts as a stimulant on us, to be faithful in

discharging our d‘uty towards them.

Also 1n this year two Colporteurs, one for Bibles, another

for Tracts have been busy either to support us, or to smoothen

our way for preaching.

1L Iﬁdustrial and Mercantile Part.

Mr. Th. Elsiisser, M. M.-Branch and Weaving Establishment.

My

. C. Feuchter, Tile-Works, Arackal.

My

. I. . Halbrock, Mercantile Mission-Branch.

My

. G. Benner, Carpenter’s Establishment.

Mr. J. Fieg, Mercantile Mission-Branch.

Mr. Ostermeyer and family left for Europe on the 16th of

February.

Mrs. Klsiisser was nigh unto death, but the Lord

in His mercy spared her life.

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The Carpentry, we are glad to say, has had a year of pros-

perity.

Our ten apprentices have shown a greater liking for

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their trade than formerly. Idleness, now and then favoured

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by daily wages, disappears more and more through task-work.

A small Sunday-School, attended by 18 children, is kept up.

The Tilery in charge of Mr. Feuchter has acquired some

land to erect a bangalow for the manager, and a place for

meetings.

There is a Sunday-School, attended by a number

of Heathen workmen belonging to the establishment.

The Carpentry, Tilery, Weaving and Mercantile Establish-

ments provide work for 188 persons, or 36-5 per cent of the

adult portion of our Congregation. Some of our Lay-Mission-

aries have rendered the direct Mission work both among

Christians and Heathen material assistance.

CODACAL.

Out-Stations: Parappery, Malapuram, Manchery, Nilambur, Ponnani.

Rev. G. Kiihnle.

Catechists

Dand Teikandi, Esra Arunajalam, Joseph Taddai.

Colporteur, Tumothy Spadikam.

Christian School-masters

Theophil Shankaran, Caleb Appayan, Methusalah Peter,

Mark Kuttikan, Samuel Cabral.

Staff of European Labourers.

Mrs., Kiihnle has been suffer-

ing a good deal; but the Lord has granted her relief.

The Congregation has slightly decreased by 8 souls, owing

to an excess of emigration over births, and other causes, and

numbers now 368 souls.

Mr. Kiihnle reports:

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A grand-mother with three grand-children was baptized. Most

of our Catechumens came on account of poverty; yet there seems to

be a work of God in a few. Among these we mention a young man

who had lived in sin.

Although his mother and relations would

have hailed his turning over a new leaf, they disliked his doing so by

No attempts were spared to shake his reso-

joining the Christians.

lution. As a last resource the mother in company of his bride, decked

out in all her finery, visited him, expecting thereby to draw him

away.

The counterpart of the Heathen mother is an old Christian

woman, who about 24 years ago had been baptized with her second

husband and children. She had a son by the first husband, who had

deserted her, whereupon his relatives took charge of the child.

This son she never lost sight of, but kept on entreating to become

a Christian, till at last her prayers were answered by his joining the

church of Christ with his family.

As regards the spiritual growth of our Christians, we may say,

(although it sounds strange), that they make spiritual progress

in the same degrec as they clear off their debts, and try to acquire

property of their own.

We acknowledge with hearty thanks the

good harvest the Lord has granted to our exertions.. Encouraging as

it is to see Divine Service regularly attended, we regret that some

try to cloak thereby their insincerity.

There are also some, who

take a delight in traducing others, and in mischief-making.

These

tarn the cold shoulder to the Gospel’s invitation.

The Parochial School in this rural district has had its strug-

gles, but has made favourable progress.

There are 19 boys

and 25 girls, or 44 pupils in all.

There is also a Sunday-School, attended by 73 children and

adults.

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The Boys' Orphanage at Parappery has 35 boarders,

whom are Heathen boys. Five pupils are Day-scholars. Great

care has been taken to fit those poor orphans for the humbler

spheres of life.

They leara and work with pleasure.

Itinerancy.

The Catechists E. Arunajalam and J. Taddas

travelled in the Eranadu and Ponnani Taluks.

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As in other years, the Weaving Establishment, a branch of the

one at Calicut and under the supervision of 1My, Elsiisser, has

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employed a number of our Christians.

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Out-Stations: Wadackencherry, Panayur, Kannani, Kinannur

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Rev. A. Ruhland, in charge of the Station, Out-stations and

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Itineraney.

Rev., H. Bachmann,

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Congregation and Schools

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Antony Paul Velliatingara, Isaac Laban Unnert,

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Cyprian Arunajalam, Christian Koltai, Stephan Kallat.—

Abraham Arangadan.

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Christian School-masters

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John Kurian, Immanuvel Ittirarichan, Christian Paranjots,

Abraham Vasishthan, Paul Kallarickal,

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Hiskiah Asharwalappil, Benjomin Kirakinittam.

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Christian School-mistress,

Deborah Ola.

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Heathen School-masters

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N. P. Krishnan, N. K. Krishnan, Raman Pattan,

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Karuppan Pawickar.

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The Congregation has incre@sed through births and imfhi-

gration from 151 to 163.

An aged Heathen was baptized; he

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Myr. Ruhland writes:

In the beginning of the year we had a good deal of anxiety.

Cat. J. Chammanchery and Bible-Colporteur George returned from

a preaching tour, having been attacked with cholera of a very

virulent type. Myself and some Catechists tended the sick by day and

night, taking it by turns.

The Colporteur died after having testified

to the Cross of Christ being his refuge.

The day following the Cate-

chist’s wife, who had caught the sickness whilst nursing her hus-

band, succumbed, admonishing her young nurse to believe in Christ.

The terror, struck into the hearts of our Christians by cholera,

turned some into a wholesome fear of God, whereas others relapsed

afterwards into their old ways.

We have been shocked to find that

the Catechist, whom God spared so mercifuily, had been living in sin,

As he

and was not drawn to repentance through this warning.

has proved unworthy of his holy calling, although an old servant,

he had to be dismissed.

Towards the end of the year we were cheered by the conversion

of a former pupil of our Anglo-Vernacular School here. He has

been baptized on Epiphany 1885. We wish him strength to resist

all open and hidden attempts made to draw him away from Jesus.

It cost

The Anglo-Vernacular School exists since 18538,

a great deal of patient self-denial, to influence the popu-

lation of Palghaut for good and create in them a desire for

education.

Although we had the satisfaction of witnessing

a gradual awakening from sleep, yet we were disappointed

in seeing that the inhabitants of Palghaut in general, and the

Brahmans in particular, are averse to Christianity, and that

they in different ways try to minimize the influence which a

Christian school might exercise on the commonwealth.

We

look, however, forward to the time, when our intentions will be

more appreciated.

For the present we have to report a fall-

ing off, so that instead of 108 pupils as in 1883, we closed

the year with 58 only. Of these, 12 belong to the lower and

46 to the higher division, 9 being Christians,

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The Hindu Girls’ School has been removed tovthe Missioﬁ-

compound.

It is attended by 8 Christian and 5 Hindu girls,

Besides the lessons in the Vernacular, Mrs.

or 13 pupils.

Ruhland and Mrs. Bachmann instruct them in needle-work

and English.

The Vernacular School in Kannani, in spite of the fickle

patronage of the villa

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ers, has prospered till now.

It has

58 pupils, three of whom are girls.

The Vernacular School in Panayur suffered partly through

a rival school, now discontinued, and partly through cholera.

It musters only 34 pupils against 50 in 1883, of these a

boy and a girl are Christians and 3 girls are Heathen.

The

progress made was satisfactory.

The Vernacular School in Wadackencherry has slightly re-

covered during the past year.

It has now 31 pupils, and

of these 3 are Christian boys, and 1 a Christian girl.

Itineranecy. Much time was devoted to this branch during

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the past year.

Mr. Ruhland spent 157, Fvang. Abraham 152,

Cat. Cyprian 127,

Cat. Antony 99,

Cat. Stephan 93, Cat.

Christian 42, Cat. Paul 37, Cat. Isaac 34, and others 57 days,

or 798 days in itinerant preaching.

Mr. Ruhland reports as follows:

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During the monseon visits from house to house were made in

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In the fine season we worked in

Palghaut and Wadackenchery.

the South and South-east portion of our district, as well as in the

Cochin enclosure or the Chittoor Taluk, visiting all the Heathen festi-

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vals and Brahman villages within the aforesaid compass.

preaching raises opposition here and there.

In one village the

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Brahmans were not ashamed to use offensive language and even

missiles to get rid of us. Others pretend that man’s fall, David’s adul-

tery, Jesus’s cursing the fig-tree, the birth and death of Jesus’s ete.

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are most offensive records. Once when I was preaching a man, intent

on weakening the impression of my sermon, alluded to Lot’s incest,

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“Well”, Ireplied, “that the Bible does not gloss over the sin of Lot,

and even of great men, is the best proof of the truthfulness of the

Word of God”.

Another time a Brahman thought to have shown,

that Jesus’s death and Christ’s divinity were abject contradictions, and

was on the point of provoking laughter at our expense, when [ replied:

“Just this foolishness of the Cross of Christ is my glory.

Had

Jesus not laid down His life a ransom for our sins, there would

not exist any propitiation, and consequently no eternal life for you

and me.”’

Asregards the Book of the Shéstri Pattar, (see Report 1880,

p. 50), it makes on some the impression that Christianity had

been refuted. Other staunch friends of his again are scanda-

lized at his inconsistent walk, and have left his guidance.

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KAITY.

Owuit-Stations: Nerkambe, Kateri, Adhikarhatti, Tuneri, Hanikore,

Manihatti, Nunjanad, Sholur, Kollimalli.

Rev. K. Miiller, in charge of the Station, Congregation, and

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Educational work.

Rev. A. Spering, Itinerancy.

Catechists

John Philip.—Silas Shanta, Isaac Nerkambe.

Christian School-masters

John Nerkambe, Solomon Beera, Samuel Jacob,

David Solomon.

Christian School-mistress,

Ruth.

Heathen School-masters

Nandr, Konga,

Tinnappan. Nayaka, Arulananda,

N. Arulananda.

Staff of European Lahourers.

Myr. Stokes and Mr. Spering

of Udapy have exchanged their Stations.

Congregation.

Small as our flock is, we are pained to think

that there were scabby sheep in our midst, and that much

offence had been given.

«It must needs be that offences come;

but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh” and ¢behold

therefore the severity of God: on them which fell, severity;

but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in Bis goodness :

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otherwise thou also shalt be cut off’; these were the ‘words, of

which we were powerfully reminded. Owing to discipline and

emigration our numbers have decreased from 76 to (4.

There were, however, redeeming points during the year

under review.

The two Badaga youths 7afi and Linga, who

joined us more than a year ago, and had since then been ap-

prenticed in the Carpentry at Calicut, were baptized on the

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22nd of May, after which they returned to Calicut to com-

plete their apprenticeship. Their names are now Daved and

Jonathan.

Some 25 soldier Brethren from Wellington and

some 50 English friends helped to make the ceremony more

impressive.

The new Kaity bell, a present of Christian friends

from Frankfort, was rung for the first time on that occasion.

There are some persons who have experienced that the Gospel

of Christ is the power of God unto salvation to every one that

believeth, and placed themselves under instruction.

Others again, Heathen, take a delight in reading the Bible

and in making it their standard of holiness, but they have

been threatened of late by the head-man and the council of

their village with loss of caste and the right of living in their

midst, should they persist in that heresy. They will soon have

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an opportunity to show whether the love of God or the love

of the world governs them.

The School-work of this Station, superintended by Mr. Miiller,

has met with encouragement from the Government and their

officers, the friends of the Mission, and from the Heathen

population, for whose benefit these schools were erected. Be-

fore entering on details we mention first:

The Orphanage for Boys, which educates 14 orphans.

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Badaga boys and 4 Christian girls attend as Day-scholars,

and: 22, four of whom are Heathen, as Sunday-scholars. In

connection with this school we add, that we should like to

offer to proficient boys, who have passed their village-schools,

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the opportunity of studying farther, and of qualifying them-

selves as teachers of their countrymen.

As to the Vernacular Schools, we have now eight for Badaga

Boys. Those in Kaity, amounting to 28, attend the Orphanage

there as Day-scholars. Then follow Kateéri (21), Adhikarhatti

(21), Tuneéri (24), Hanikore (19), Manihatti (17), Nanjanad

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(16), and Sholar (19), or 165 pupils in all.

Mr. Miiller reports:

It was a matter of great joy for us and some Kaity and Kater:

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boys, when the Deputy Inspector of Schools gave them ‘“Certificates

for having successfully passed the Lower Primary Examination”.

The Nanjanadu school-house, 8 miles distant from Kaity, was

warmed on the 10th of March with due solemnity in the presence

When we remember that

of a good congregation of Badagas.

formerly the late Mr. S. Gundert complained how women and children

had run off at his approach and bolted the door behind them, we

appreciate the change for the better. This is the fourth school-house

built by the Badagas, and we thankfully acknowledge a grant of

timber from the Forest Department Office.—The villagers of Sholur

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have placed a Badaga house at our disposal for keeping a school.—

There is a prospect of a school-house being built at Hanikore.—

The excitement in Tuneri, caused by some conversions, has gradually

subsided, and the School begins to fill again.

Quite a joyful event was the opening of a School at

Kollimalli, in one of the seven Kota villages, nearest to Kaaty.

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The Kotas, as a caste, eat carrion and are therefore shunned

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by all the castes on the Hills.

Of this School, which is

attended by 15 pupils, Mr. Miiller reports:

Since some time the villagers in Kollimalli begged hard of me to

open a school among them, offering to give me all assistance in their

power. ‘After several Teachers had declined being employed there,

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on account of the filthy habits of the Katas, I succeeded in August

in getting a teacher.

Since the School has been opened, the youths

of Kollimalli attend it with a kind of enthusiasm, nay, men and women

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peep into the school-room to see, what they never in their life had

seen, ¢. e., how knowledge is acquired, and are quite surprised when

they hear their own children sing Badaga songs.

To give our friends an idea of the uphill work in these Schools,

we observe that, whereas the Badagas speak a Canarese dialect,

the Kotas have a language of their own, which is understood by no

other tribe but the 7odas.

As the Nilgiris belong politically to

Coimbatore, where Tamil prevails, we teach Tamil as a language, and

make it the medium of communication of knowledge.

Till either

Badaga or Kota boys learn enough of Tamil to be successfully

taught through the medium of that language, one to two years must

elapse. This is no small loss of time.

My, Miiller has devoted much time to repeated School in-

spections (102 visits), as also to a course of monthly instruc-

tions to qualify the teachers of the different Schools better

for their work.

Itinerancy.

In the past year Mr. Stokes spent 94, FKvang.

Nerkambe 82, Evang. Shante 82, and Cat. Philip 117 days,

or 375 days in itinerating preaching.

Myr. Stokes reports:

I visited several coffee-gardens and was mostly well received

by the proprietors or their overseers.

The coolies on the whole

listen attentively.

In Matinadu we met several Todas, who went a begging from

village to village. They make a most pitiful impression.—In Mani-

hatti T tried to apply a lighted match to the bare foot of the chief

fire-dancer.

He withdrew his foot in haste, remarking that there

was a great difference between ¢4is fire and the one in the temple-yard

of Mellur, which a man is enabled to bear by abstaining from all sort

of pollution, and by observing certain religious exercises. —In Bom-

bhatti my assistant translated a tract on the folly of idolatry into

Badaga to a large gathering of elders.

A stone-mason, who cuts

idols of Granapati, was much displeased, and in order to counteract the

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effects of the tract, he assured them that he knows of cases where

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European Christians did adopt the religioﬁ of the Hindus.—In

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Adhikarhatti we showed Bible-pictures.

A stone-mason, thinking

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he could outdo us, brought an illustrated history of Krishna.

were shocked at the highly offensive pictures he showed us, and

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gave him an earnest reproof.

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As to the opportunities offering themselves for preaching, we may

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remark that we sometimes quite unexpectedly get a small congre-

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gation.

Either some festivity, or deliberations and inquiries about

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their caste, brings people together; if not, we meet men returning

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from their work.

As regards the villages, we always find women

and children to listen to our message.

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Out-Stations: Xodanad, Dimhatti, Naduha%ti, Kalhatti, Nidugula

Rev. W. Sikemeier.

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Catechist,

Jacob Kanaka.

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Christian School-masters

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Gnanapragasam, Simon Hiria, Simon Bala,

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Christian, Methusalah.

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Christian School-mistress, Rhoda.

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Heathen School-master Chivana.

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Staff of European Labourers. Mr. Hermelink with family left

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for Europe on furlough, in 1885.

Mr. and Mrs. Sikemeier,

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who have lately returned from Europe, will take up the work.

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The Congregation has increased from 142 to 149 souls; one

family, who since years had despised Divine ordinances, was ex-

cluded in order to get rid of dead weight, and to warn other indif-

ferent adherents. The services are Tamulo-Canarese. The little

flock in Kodanadu is visited once a month, when the coolies

of the adjoining plantations get a share of our ministration.

The Orphanage for Girls has ten inmates.

We gladly men-

tion that there was no instance of elopement, with its de-

moralizing consequences.

The girls, besides getting decent

schooling, are being taught all the work necessary for a Na-

tive family, needle-work and gardening. 17 Christian boys,

4 Christian girls, 7 Heathen boys, and 1 Heathen girl, or

29 pupils attend as Day-scholars.

We lost last year about

twenty Badaga boys through the conversion of a Badaga

youth, aud this year there was a farther falling off of

16 pupils through a rival school.

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There are three Vernacular Day-Schools at Naduhatti (22), at

Kannerimukha (17), and Kalhatti (16), and two Night-Schools

at Dimhatti (30-40), and at Nidugula (14), for Badaga boys,

mustering 109 pupils in all.

Myr. Hermelink reports:

In Kodanadu a new School was opened.

Even four Toda boys

came to learn Tamil.

The heavy rains during the North-east mon-

soon however showed us the insuitability of the locality.

‘We have

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therefore removed it to Nidugula, a large Badaga village.

is only a Night-School for the present there, but we hope to have

also a Day-School shortly.—The Kannerimukha School was removed

to Dumhatti, where also a Night-School is well attended.—In

Kalhatti we opened a School about the middle of March.

The boys

strive to emulate those of Nadulatti.

The Schools are regularly

inspected by myself and the Cat. Kanaka.

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Itinerancy. Mr. Hermelink, in company of the Catéchist, or

Evangelist Silas of Kaity, has been visiting and revisiting a

number of Badaga villages as regularly as possible.

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the gathering of Badagas for 3 large “Manemelé” offered a

most welcome opportunity to preach the Gospel to larger

crowds.

Myr. Hermelink writes:

The Badagas are in the habit of celebrating a kind of “all souls’

day” in each district after the lapse of every 30 to 40 years. It lasts

about 3 to 5 days and is intended to secure everlasting rest and bliss

to the dead, by counteracting the influences of deficient or neglectful

obsequies, and by acting beneficially in the case of persens, who have

met with a violent death in the woods, or died of contagious diseases.

This year there was quite a round of festivities.

They took place

in the middle of January in Illatori near Coonoor, from the 6th to the

9th of February in Nidugula near Kodanadu, and from the 14th tothe

16th of February in Chakketro tothe 8. E. of Kotargiri. As far as we

could see, there was nothing done which could be connected with the

dead.

It rather looked as if the remembrance of grim death wasto be

drowned by eating, drinking, gambling, dancing and other extrava-

gancies, according to the old Heathen saying: “Let us eat and drink,

for to-morrow we must die.”

Whereas as late as 12 years ago the

Badagas celebrated such feasts without having recourse to intoxicating

liquor, there are now on each “Mg&la” from 4 to 6 booths, where beer

and brandy is drunk in large quantities, and, as on such occasions

the Badagas come together from the remotest corners, these Melas

are a sort of places of apprenticeship where men hitherto sober learn

to drink. It is most painfu'l to see the havoe made by liquor among a

hitherto sober hill-tribe.

As we testify against drinking, we are

disliked by vendors of liquor. Inorder to carry onthe preaching more

successfully, we asked Mr. Stokes and his Catechists to come to our

help,which they also did twice. In Chakketro we had erected a booth

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at some distance from the din; it was for 3 days surrounded by smaller

or larger crowds of Badagas, who were attracted by our Badaga

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songs and listened willingly.—To judge from our reception in the

Many

villages, there is evidently not much desire for salvation.

when they see us, walk off or pretend to be urgently engaged in

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some work;

sometimes we must leave again a village, because

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nobody will listen to us, The want of rain, however, during the South-

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west monsoon, which caused the fields to dry up, and the too great a

quantity of rain during the North-east monsoon which spoiled the

crops, begin to be felt by the Badagas.

According to the proverb

that ‘it never rains but pours’ the reduction of hands and of wages

in the plantations on account of the low price of coffee, tells further

on many a family.

This is a visitation for a people, who were

accustomed during the last 15 years to spend their money in litigation

and drinking.

They have received another warning, namely about 100 men in-

tended to go to Mettupolliam in order to buy a dress for Hette, a

goddess of the Badagas, and to bring it up in solemn procession.

As the cholera was raging there, they enquired of the oracle and

were told not to go. Some, bent on going, were displeased at the an-

swer, and enquired a second time; the answer came now according

to their liking. They set out, and when met by our Catechist, who

wished them to return in health, they replied: “There is no reason

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to fear; we go by Hette's order, and she is powerful enough to keep us”.

On their way back the priest of the goddess of cholera and one of

Another died on the

the company fell sick and died the same day.

way up, when, seized by terror, all fled into their mountains.

Six

more persons fell vietims to the disease and several others are in

a most critical state of health.

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Obitusrcy.

During the past fourteen months fwo of our Missionary

staff have been called by the Lord to their rest.

Sophia Charlotte Bihler, née Schuhmann, was born in Esslingen

on the 2nd of February 1829, married to Mr. John Mich. Biiler at

Mangalore on the 12th of October 1849, and became a widow in

1854.

After the Lord had purified her soul through protracted

feebleness and bad health, she fell asleep in Him at the Home

of the Deaconesses at Stuttgart on the 15th of August 1884,

William Roth was a Native of Dundenheim in Baden, Germany.

He was born on the 11th of February 1828, entered the Mission-

College at Basel about 1850, and was sent to India in 1857, where

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he arrived in December at DBettigerry (South-Mahratta).

late, distinguished Mr. Wiirth introduced him into the language and

into the Mission-work.

In 1859 he married.

To his great sorrow,

the reason of his partner having become affected, he was forced to

accompany her home towards the end of 1861.

‘Whilst in Germany

God in His mercy took her to Himself.

In 1864 he was permitted

to rejoin his station Bettigerry, where he, with his second wife took

charge of the Girls’ Orphanage. Whilst there he was deeply affected

through the fall of a fellow-labourer.

It was therefore a great

relief to his mind, when he saw the Lord’s working in bringing

Heathen to the faith in Christ.

In Shagote, for instance, the seed

sown about 20 years ago, began “to ripen into fruit last year”’, as the

Report for 1865 (page 46) informs us.

This place then became an

out-station and continued to cheer the heart of our brother.

It is de-

scribed in 1867 as “a highly interesting and promising plage”, and in

1869 as “the most hopeful part of the Mission-field.”

In 1874

Mr. Roth went home a second time and returned to Hubly in 1876

with renewed strength for the heavy task of famine relief-works,

when he suffered a good deal from fever.

About two years ago he got a stroke of apoplexy.

Although

somewhat debilitated, he carried on his work till lately-

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hope of being able to return home in spring 1885, he prepared for

his departure.

‘Whilst he paid a farewell visit to Dharwar, he had

a second attack of apoplexy on the 24th of February 1885, which

left him unconscious till the time of his death which, after a hard

struggle, occurred on the 27th of February 1885.

His sudden

death was especially painful to his wife, who was longing for a

farewell-word for her children, whom she is going to meet in

Europe.

The Christians at Hubly and Unakallu, when they heard

their beloved Pastor had died, came in a body to do him the

last honours.

He was burried on the 28th of February 1885.

The deceased was an humble and unpretending man, who tried

to serve his Master.

His chief ability consisted in the discharge of

his pastoral duties.

May the Lord comfort his widow and his or-

phan children.

A SHORT SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF

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The Rev. Joseph Frederic Josenhans,

Late Principal of the Basel German Evangelical Mission.

He was born on the 9th of February 1812 at Leonberg in Wiirt-

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temberg, Germany. He was the eleventh of nineteen children.

father was a sober, steady, and a plodding merchant; his mother

a lively energetic woman of French descent. Both his parents were

pious people; as such they were mnot only staunch adherents of the

Wiirttembergian Evangelical Church, but their house was also the

meeting place of earnest or enquiring Christians. By means of pri-

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vate religious meetings, which were being held there, not omly

many were built up in their holy faith, but also the interest in the

conversion of the Heathen, besides that in works of charity belong-

ing to the so-called “inner mission”, was powerfully advocated and

steadily increased.

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It was in this spiritual atmosphere that little Joseph grew up.

His sizteenth year was the turning point of his life, as he was then

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led to seek God. About the same time he saw the Missionary Messen-

ger of Calw, publisbed for the first time, when his desire to do Mis-

sion work first commenced. Under these influences then his character

was moulded, and his views were formed.

We accordingly find him

in after life advocating established or rather national churches, as

being bound to work for the regeneration of a nation; averse to any-

thing calculated to weaken ecclesiastical authority, or to cripple the

energies of the Church, and zealous to promote the coming of Christ’s

Kingdom upon earth with his whole energy, whether it be among

Christians or among the Heathen.

As he had felt an inclination for the Church, his studies were

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arfanged accordingly.

After three searching examinations, he was received into the

Theological Seminary at Blaubeuren in 1825, and in October 1829

he entered the University of Ziibingen, with full purpose of heart.

Being a man of prayer, he did everything joyfully and with hearti-

ness.

Among the subjects of study, that of the Bible held the first

placc.

Although so young, he showed an unwonted independence

of character, which is expressed so tellingly in:

“Pare to be a Daniel_!

Dare to stand alone!

Dare to have a purpose firm!

Dare to make it known!”’

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Unmindful of the sneers and jeers of his fellow-students, he was

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careful to be a witness to his Master by arousing the unconverted,

and when on the point of leaving the University (22nd September

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1834) he had the authority totell his friends: “Goodbye then, it’s a

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settled matter among ourselves, that we will go on believing and

He received a call to a private Seminary at Stetten.

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praying.”

most powerful sermon, which he preached whilst there on New Year’s

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eve 1835, caused a moisy demonstration of the pupils, which was

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abetted by several of the teachers.

Although he earned the

name of “fanatic’’ on the occasion, yet the Committee found that

Josenhans was in the right, and supported him.

In 1836 the Basel

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Mission Committee wished to engage his services, which he declined,

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preferring to undertake a so-called scientific journey to the North of

Germany.

What he saw there of religious life and of influential personages,

was of great importance to him afterwards, as Principal of our

Mission.

In 1837 he assisted the Dean of Backnang, and in 1838 he was

called to Zibingen as Tutor of the students (Repetent)*. On arriving

there, he assembled the students, and told them: “Gentlemen, what

1 require of you is odedience to orders.”

Shortly after, a student

committed an excess, which was not adequately punished there and

then by the Board of Teachers, he, however, demanded immediate

punishment and did not give in for a moment, although 120 students

opposed him.

The Rector of the University, and the Ecclesiastical

Board approved of his conduect.

It was thus that he stuck out also

for odedience to Divine Law, which was another trait in his character.

In 1839, his ecclesiastical superiors promoted him to Winnenden,

where he took charge both of the town Congregation and of the

office of Chaplain to the Lunatic Asylum, from the Rev. Wm. Hoffmann,

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who left the place in order to become’ Inspector or Principal of the

Basel Mission.

In 1840 he was married to a Miss Mary Gess, a most quiet,

unassuming lady, who suffered much from bodily weakness, and

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although she needed to be cheered up by her husband’s presence,

had to be deprived of it on account of the many engagements and

onerous duties which prevented him from paying her much attention.

This she bore quietly and with much patience.

In course of time

she had 8 children, 6 of whom are still alive.

In 1881 she died

in peace.

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Whilst at Winnenden, Josenhans had learned to have compassion

on those unfortunate inmates, many of whom had become insane

as a punishment for their extravagancies.

He was quick in reading

their thoughts, successful in alleviating their ailings, and by his com-

manding appearance he kept them at a respectable distance.

In 1848, the year of revolution, he was in danger of his life,

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caused by several wicked men of his congregation, who, disliking

his sermons, had settled to waylay and kill him.

He was, however,

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saved by the intervention of some pious men, who, as Paul says,

“have laid down their own necks for my life: unto whom not only

I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Geatiles.” (Rom. xvi. 4.)

In 1845 he wrote a book “The Glory of Jesus Christ,” in which

he describes the inward glory of the Only Begotten of the Father,

and the personal relation into which believers enter with Christ.

We may head the second great part of his life as, “The glorification

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of Jesus Christ’s name’. In 1849 he was called by the Evangelical

Mission Committee at Basel to become the Assistant to Principal

Hoffmann, and arrived there on the 17th of March the same year.

One year later, he had to take full charge of the office of Principal.

He soon felt the necessity of visiting at least one of the Mission-

fields taken up by our Mission, and chose that of Souti- Western India.

His wish was to be fulfilled in 1851.

To do this, he required to

have the blessing of the Mission Church, as it was customary

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of old.

After a solemn service at Leonberg, which closed with

the ordination of Messrs. Kullen, Kaundinya and Diez, he came

forward and knelt at the steps of the altar in order to receive a

blessing from Prelate Kap# and his Assistants by the laying on of

d

hands (Acts. xiii. 3.), whilst the Congregation offered up their

prayers.

He reached Bombay with his party on the 3rd of October

1851, and set out for Mangalore, the head-quarters of our Mission.

After having surveyed the field, he found out that the amount of

[

independence which our Missionaries had enjoyed till then, had no

doubt been necessary for the beginning, but in future would endanger

the harmony and uniformity of action; that the different Churches,

1

although bearing the impress of their founders or Pastors, ought to

0

be guided by the same rules, and ecclessiastical laws; that, as unity

4

makes strong, the churches of each District, as well as the different

national churches belonging to the Basel German Evangelical Mis-

sion ought to be closely united among themselves; and that certain

aims ought to be closely defined, and followed by all with devotion

and energy.

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In a remarkably short time he succeeded in regulating the dif-

ferent relations, and in laying down rules for guidance of every branch

of Mission work.

He defined the dutiés and rights of the Missionaries towards the

Home Committee, and among themselves, laid down different rules

of business, and arranged a division for labour, and supervision. In

accordance with this, the Missionaries have their regular Local

meetings (conferences) which take place as often as required;

Distriect meetings, when all the Missionaries of the same District meet

once a year; and General meetings, when the different office-

bearers and deputies from all our four Mission Districts meet every

four years for consultation, and to advise the Home Committee.

As regards the Congregations, he collected the rules which dif-

ferent Missionaries had found useful for the guidance of their

Churches and compiled a short compendium of Church-rules.

He

also formed Presbyteries for each Parish, and Synods for each Dis-

trict, in which the HEuropeans were to be ex-officio members, whereas

F

each congregation was represented by 3 to 7 Elders, chosen by them-

selves, and approved of by the local Missionary Conferences.

To enable each churgh to look after its own spiritual wants, he also

created Church-funds, which he endowed with fields and cocoanut-

gardens, formerly belonging to the Mission, and imposed church-

taxes, and encouraged charity.

He further appointed a committee

composed of Drs. Mogling and Gundert, and Mr. Ammann to make a

selection from the Prayer-Books of the different Lutheran and Re-

formed Churches for the compilation of a Liturgy, which was to be

translated into Canarese, Malayalam, Tulu and English, in order to

be read in the different Basel German Evangelical Mission Churches,

its use being compulsory in the administration of the sacraments.

For the rest, a good deal of liberty was allowed to the officiating

Pastor in offering up ex tempore prayers. Besides this Litorgy he

created another tie between the different National Churches.

In

order to draw the various churches together, and to create in

them a feeling of brotherhood, our old Principal devised the plan of

one Seminary for our whole West-Indian Mission, in which Canarese

101

—_——

and Malayalam were to be thé media for imparting instruetion.

It may be regretted that so much time is spent in learning dif-

ferent languages, but on closer inspection it will be found that the

intellectual horizon of our young men is enlarged, and whereas we

have in cases of emergency Catechists ready to take up work in

any of our provinces, men of different nationalities learn to respect

and love each other.

Not far hence there will be in our Seminary

young men whose mother-tongue is the Canarese, Malayalamn, Tulu,

i

Kodagu, Badaga, Tamil, and the Mahratti language.

Moreover Mr. Josenhans paid great attention to the Schools, and

laid much stress on religious education in general.

In order to secure good Teachers and Preachers he bestowed

much care on exclusively Christian Schools, beginning with the Ele-

I

mentary Parochial School up to the Seminary. There is another kind

of Schools, namely Elem. Vernacular Schools for Heathen chilren,

which may be placed on the same level with Elem. Christian Schools,

and further Anglo-Vernacular Schools either exclusively for Chris-

$

tians, or for Christians and Heathen, where also secular knowledge,

with its secondary importance, receives due attention.

0

As regards the Industrial Schools, he advocated their establish-

ment on the strong recommendation of several experienced Mission-

]

aries, who preferred to almsgiving these means of assistance to such

persons excommunicated from the Heathen community, as soon as

0

they embraced Christianity, in order to earn their livelihood and to

learn ways of thriftiness.

These were followed by the Mission

Mercantile-Branch Establishments.

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All this could not be put into force without some struggle or

other on the part of those who were in the Mission-field.

The

b

desire to create order and to support it, gave perhaps rise to too many

laws, so that sometimes even Mr. Josenhans himself seemed to have

8

18

forgotten them.

This made him sometimes suspicious of transgres-

sion where there was none, and caused him now and then to lose

[n

sight of the fact “that we are not under the law, but under grace.”

i

Whatsoever he may thus have done amiss during his long tenure

of

of office, he largely compensated for by his whole personal kindness

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102

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to the Missionaries under him.

It was he, we well knew, who took

up our case to the Home Committee.

More than that; at Basel

there is a Missionary Boys’ Home and a Missionary Girls’ Home.

Both houses owe their existence to his energies. It was touching to

see him paying frequent visits to look after the children of Ais Mis-

sionaries and to cheer them up, very often to the certain neglect of

his own family, and it was as touching to hear him plead the case

of his Missionaries and their children before the public.

About

100 Missionaries for India, Africa, China and other countries, as

also Pastors for North- and South-America and Australia are more

or less indebted to him for their training under his supervision.

But the dear man had also his crosses.

His wife was suffering

a great deal. The reason of a most promising, young son had be-

come affected, and God in His wisdom permitted him to grow worse,

without -a ray of hope.

When the writer of this sketch saw Mr.

‘l

Josenhans in 1882 he could observe how heavily this trial lay on his

mind, but at the same time he was agreeably surprised to see his

T

face lit up with pleasure, as he said:

“In heaven the sad obscura-

tion of my son’s reason shall be taken away; then he shall again

enjoy his full, sound reason. That’s my comfort.”’—Besides all this,

“those things that are without, that which came upon him daily, the

|

care of” the Missionary College at Basel, and of all the Basel

Mission “Churches” in Western Africa, the Western Coast of India,

and China; not to mention a number of objects of solicitude.

More

than that, during a number of years there was a deficiency of

funds.

This too lay heavy on his heart.

He entreated the Mission-

Church at Home to clear the debt for the sake of the Heathen, de-

5Ny

claring to the Public that neither carelessness nor recklessness was

the cause of it, and yet he had to hear from a dear friend: “To make

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debts in the good faith that God will help, I call recklessness’’.

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In 1860 the work had so far extended that a large stately

Mission-house had to be built.

In 1865 he celebrated the 25th

anniversary of his tenure of office, when the financial difficulties had

reached their end. In 1879, the 30th year of his service, he was so

h

worked out that he was obliged to retire. He then put up in Stuttgart.

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* In 1881 he had his first attack of apoplexy. From that day the

]

dear man gradually declined.

He who knew nearly every school-

house and the name of every agent in the Mission-field, at last knew

In 1884 he

not where such and such a place was to be found!

went to Leonberg.

He had an attack of inflammation of the lungs;

f

then a second attack of apoplexy put soon an end to his life, which

We conclude with the

took place on the 25th of December 1884.

words with which he cheered his enquiring friends: “All is well, as

I am now on my way to heaven”.

May the Lord comfort all who

love him.

We on our part thank the Lord for having.given to His Church

such an able and self-denying servant—a man experienced in the

word of life, crushing in his exposure of human sinfulness and the

wrath of God; of impressive eloquence when he touched the topics

of God’s pardoning and sanctifying grace, and commanding attention

when he expounded the Scriptures—a man convincing in his advo-

cacy of the claims of the Heathen on all those who have obtained

mercy, and powerful in his prayers, impressing the hearer that he

had entered into the presence of God—a man eminently endowed

with the gift of governing, who, had he devoted his talents to secular

)

pursuits, might have become a statesman or a general—although he

disliked being contradicted, yet of a manly and dignified demeanour

|

when he became convinced of his being in the wrong; sympathizing

ly

as a friend; earnest, kind and gentle as a spiritual adviser—a man

of a powerful physique, of indefatigable zeal, gifted with a brilliant

f

memory,—and all this he put at the Master’s service without reserve.

We close the sketch of this most eventful life with the comfort that

the Lord, who does full justice to His servants, will let him hear His

gracious:

“Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been

faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things;

enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” (Matth. xxv. 23.)

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P

ik When this Report was on the point of leaviﬁg the P?éss, we We;e startled

é

by the sad news that Mr. W. Hasenwandel of Bettigerry has been called to

his eternal rest, after a short illness, on the 14th of April 1885.

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Conclusio‘n.

And

now

we desire to tender hearty thanks to the

Lord, our God, for all His loving kindnesses and tender

mercies.

We wish also to thank those of our friends who have

Ji

assisted us by their gifts, their prayers, and their sympathy,

A

and to ask them to remember also in future this part of the

Lord’s vineyard in their prayers and by their support.

May

the Lord renew us, and our whole Mission according to the

§

riches of His grace, and let us see the revelation of His glory

throughout all the world and in particular in India, in bringing

S

to pass that glorious time which is described in the second

Psalm: «I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto

:

me, Thou art My Son; this day have.I begotten Thee.

Ask of

:

Me, and I shall give Thee the Heathen for Thine inheritance,

and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession.”

P

Amen.

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A

Expenditure of the Mission

during the year 1884

CNAD>—

he

Rs

As

Personal Expenditure of Missionaries (exclusive

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of the Industrial and Mercantile Brethren)

71,174

15

26,036

L1

1o

Journeys and Home-Passages

Munshis

2,045

7,

23,313

15

he

Native Pastors, Catechlsts and Evangehsts

Postages

1,153

Ay

Libraries

130

16

Special Relief

827

1Y

Medical Expenses

1,007

Schools, English and Vernacular

15,689

g

nd

Orphanages, Boys’ and Girls’

12,685

10,216

t0

Catechists’ and Preparandi-Schools

Buildings and Repairs

15,416

of

200

O DG cn. . LN e

Purchases of Compounds

Taxes and Agricultural Outlays

1,804

-

Publishing and Colportage Department

2,000

=

Furniture

913

Do

Administration

2,610

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Total Rs

187,295

N

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E. & 0. E

Mangalore, 31st December 1884

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14

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS

TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND

‘Received during the year 1884.

R, Ass P

Rs. As. P

AT MANGALORE.

J. Hutton Esq.

The Hon.

H. Conder Esq.

20

H. S. Thomas,

Madras 500

C Marks Esq.

£5

f:))

Sir W. Robinson, London

E. Charpie Esq.

Rev. Dr. H. Gundert, Calw 50

Messrs. Fabre Leuba & Co.

From C. at Bangalore

10

(el o J (e =)

(o oo pe <= A o)

Dr. E. H. R. Langley

5

Z

(il

Manuer

James Mac’Donald Esq.

Through the Rev.

J. Sturrock Esq.

220

G. A. Kittredge Esq.

Pikering Clarke Hsq.

5

J. W. Best Esq.

140

Jol. &. 8. Keith

100

The Hon. F. L. Latham

10

(\

10

J. E. Boyd Esq.

60

H. V. Carter Esq.

Rev. J. G. Deimler

;()z)

PQERSUIS D SIS 9o @ e O

Lieut. Ansley

25

S DS TS

S D DD

AT HONORE.

Collected by the Rev. F. G. Deimler,

0

Bombay.

J. Druit Esq.

1

G. W. Vidal Esq

2

J. Brandenburg Esq.

Lieut.Col. G. Merewether, r. E.

oo

Capt. T. R. M. Macpherson

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By B

J. J. A. Hill Esq.

10

15

§

(o= N o e i)

J. R. Barfield Esq.

G. B. Payne Esq.

E. €. M.

(5, S =

AT MERCARA.

James Kingsmill Esq.

10

Col. W. Hill

Lieut M. A. Rowlandson

:(SE;

Rev. G. Richter

18

0

S. Mac’Donald Esq.

W. Wright Esq.

24

0

F. Bozzoni Esq.

F. B. Dickinson Esq.

10

AR AL

10

C. J. Weir Esq.

E. Spinner Esq.

Thro’ Rev. C. Cassels

13

W. Richardson Esq.

C. Soobiah Esq.

16

(= /S0 o gl Pl B cm i oo o)

:3))

Mrs. A. Bapty

AT DHARWAR.

. Rowland Esq.

g

G

:,r;);uc.tc.w\.ru

0

0

. Cotton Esq.

Lady Thompson

E

. Miller Esq.

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J. R. Middleton Esq.

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K. Laxton Esq.

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0

0

.107

Rs. As. P.

R, As. P:

AL VIngvle Esq.

AT TELLICHERRY.

12

I. C. Anding Esq.

W. Jukes Esq.

11

J. van Donof 'Hardings.Esq. 9570 10

30

0

0

J. W. Reid Esq.

W. 8. Price Esq.

12

Dr. Cockell

15

AT CALICUT.

J. L. Johnstone BEsq.

10

W. Logan Esq.

10

Miss Davidson

A. Galton Esq.

NN

2

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SO OO D

S O D @O OO

Wilkinson Esq.

30

D. Cook Esq., M. D.

20

AT BETTIGERY.

50

H

Jenkinson Esq.

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Eckelmann Esq.

C. Chapmann Esq.

10

AT GULEDGUD.

Darling Esq.

12

G

18

D g O i

. A. Hight Bsq., Bijapur

Madden Esq.

E

. Druit Esq.

20

Mr. W. Jones

J

Hearn Esq., Kaladgi

10

Mr. Antonio

(=) e o o o o P ey P o o T )

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From a Friend

10

§

AT PALGHAUT

From a Friend

10

S OO OO

(=l =) (e[ il =)

0

25

AT CANNANORE.

V. A. Brodie Esq.

T. C. Elsworthy Esq.

14

Brigd. General L. W. Buck 2

H. D. Robinson Esq.

0

n

”

B. L. Gordon

24

Mrs. J. Tomlinson

10

Col. John W. Orr

48

Mrs. J. Dupen

15

10

Mrs. E. T. Beatty

H. Wilkieson Esq.

Major F. Smalley

19

10

OICTOC IS S O

Cro O© & O O© ©

I. Hearts Esq.

0

”

G. Simpson

AT KAITY.

0

”

L. W. Ranking

”

Turner

Mrs. B. Onslow

30

]

0

”

W. H. Franklyn

16

Mrs. Breeks

50

Col. C. J. Chambers

Collection at Ooty, U. E. H.,

Capt. F. B. Garfit

25

through F. Hodges Esq.

56

"

C. W. Walker

Alexander Allan Esq.

2

0

Pr. B, Pout

10

Offertory at the Lawrence

0

Sergt. H. Webb

Asylum, through the Rev.

0

€,.C.

0. Deane

25

0

Capt. Henry

W. C. Rhode Esq.

20

0

Telegraph Master Thomas

J. W. Handley Esq.

20

11

10

0

Apothecary Verghese

Col. W. H. Caine

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Mrs. J. Isaak

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Mrs. G. Hamnett

5

C.J.Puddicombe Esq.,

Capt. A. Griffin

10

20 O

10

Manantody

Mrs. W. G. Mc’Iver

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owards lighting of the Chapel.

John Hodges Esq.

{

Col. John W. Orr

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0

J. B,

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147

108

Rg. A5, P.

Rs. As. P.

SiA.

Mr. M. Hill

(0 )

Mrs. E. Onslow

30

Rev. G. O. Newport

SO0

The Hon. G. C. Master

150

Collection for the Kaity Bell

50

§

§)

Norris Groves Esq.

onthe 22nd of May 1884 40

His Excellency the Governor

of Madras

25

AT KOTARGIRI.

50

A Friend in Ooty

F. W. Groves Esqg.

Lady Roberts

10

L. R. Kindersley Esq.

35

Mrs. Higgins

Rob. F. Philips Esq.

10

The Hon. H. E. Sullivan

10

25

W. Deane Esq.

Mrs. Arundel

Mrs. Cockburn, Basel

30

Mrs. Morrison

Miss M. B. L. Cockburn

50

Dr. Griffith Evans

10

Mrs. Griffith

Thomas Stanes Esq.

25

Mrs. Johnstone

Lieut. General W. Salmon

10

S. W. Hawes Esq.

10

© OO 00 O OO

I o o P e f ) ey S e

25

QO OO OO RSO OO

OOV IO @ ORi@ G R O

Mrs. Hayne

Donations from Members of the Congregations and other

4

Native Friends,

Mangalore &

Honore s

Mr. Lucas Joshua

14

Rev. Titus Costa

12

Mr

. Thomas Pearl

Mr. Jerimia Sona

Mr

. Th. Roberts

Mr. A. Jesudasa

Mr

. W. G. Samuel

Maria Hebri

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Mercara &

Y. BT, S,

10

Members of the Congre-

Brotherly Union

30

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gation

24

12

From the Weavers

N O OO O O O

O =IO SN ON © OO

Dhaorwar :

Udapy .

Members of the Co‘ng re-

Middle-SchoolPiecollectionl4

gation

11

Boys of the Qrphanage

7

Hubly

D. F., Gudde

5

Members of the Congre-

M. G., Shirwa

13

(c=) (o)) ()

(==l e Y > £ ]

gation

14

Members of the Shirwa

Bettigerry s

Congregation

Members of the Congre-

i L i O AN O g Pt e iy TR Y S S S e v

Karkal:

gation

24

Cat. Joseph Bhagyan

4

Boys ofthe Evangelist School 1

Basrur :

Guledgud :

N. N.

Mr, Imm, Sowenna

109

Rs. As. P.

Rs. As. P.

Mr. Paul Bellagallu

(=

(0.0}

«

Mr. Stephan Sakkare

Salome Bellagallu

N

Rahel Bangareji

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Workmen and Women of the

Weaving Establish_ment 72

13

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Tellicherry :

Mr. Mathai

10

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co oo 00 © O

Chombala :

Codacal &

Spooling Women

10

Mr. Francis, Overséer,

Collection of Cocoanuts

Malapuram

12

Calicut s

Mr. Joseph Charly, Colporteur 1

Little Grace

Kotargivi:

A g e M T S e T S

Mr. Samuel Mully

10

Offertory of Confirmants

Offertory on Jubilee

Mr. Daniel Bella

Festival

20

Mr. Jacob Kanaka

Subseriptions and Donations

for Schools and Orphanages.

DHARWAR,

J. R. Middleton Esq.

75

Sir Thomas Thompson

75

M. Burkley Esq.

10

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N. N.

4

'W. Lind Buyers Esq.

55

Dr. Cockell

15

BETTIGERRY.

W. 8. Price Esq.

12

Dr. Cardoz

10

Mrs. Laxton

12

10

Mrs. Redmond

Dr. G. Bainbridge

37

E. W. Dun Esq.

J. L. Johnstone Esq.

10

J H. Means Esq.

R. F. Ingle Esq.

J. W. and B. T.

10

11

W. Jukes Esq.

10

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J. Fairlie Muir Esq.’

50

J. Craig Esq.

H. Barret Esq.

30

KAITY

50

S e o OO0 O O O O

e o O © O OO Lo S

20

A. Watt Esq.

Mrg. Morgan

110

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Donations towards the Bazaar Girls’ School Buﬂding, Mercara.

Rs. As‘.

Rs. As.

Col. W. Hill

50

0

A Friend

20

0

Col. H. M. 8. Magrath

10

Rev. G. Richter

10

0

F. B. Dickinson Esq.

Mr. B. D’Souza

100

0

A. M. Breithaupt Esq.

Several Merchants in the

;;)

OIS @)

I(:;);

l

Bazaar

187

Mrs. Speeohly

Donations for the

Sick-house at Mangalore.

et

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Col. R. 8. Keith (donation) 125

[ Col. Ward

J. W. Best Esq. (subscription 60

Mr. Luckas Joshua

(=)

J. Sturrock Esq.

k)

55

Mr. Thomas Pearl

24

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J. E. Boyd Esq.

n

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Donations for the Mangalore Poor-fund.

Col. R. S. Keith

500 0]

Mr. Theodore Roberts

b

Subscriptions towards the North-Coorg Cooly-Mission Fund.

100

12

F. Mangles Esq.

G. B. Wake Esq.

Colonel W. Hill

50

TF. Elwis Esq.

12

J. Macpherson Esq.

25

A. D. Campbell Esq.

10

12

12

b

J. 8. Gerrard Esq.

W. Wright Esq.

J. Haddock Esq.

5

N. Tod Esq.

3

I

H. W. Pratt Esq.

W. H. Scott Esq.

12

U

10

10

K

J. 8. Trelowny Esq.

J. B. Ferguson Hsq.

12

O OO ©IID OO

§

Ch. Danvers Esq.

12

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(= e o O e YO =S T )

B

Wi H. pr'0t§ Esq.

5

it

i

)

South-Coorg Cooly-Mission Fund.

Subscriptions towards the

il

Messrs. Arbuthnot & Co.

100

12

W. H. Church Esq.

B

J. 8. Ayre Esq.

10

E. A. Clark Hsq,

12

J. D. Bell Esq.

10

H. R. Craig Esq.

24

12

15

W. A. D. Bidie Esq.

J. D’Vaz Esq.

Messrs. Binny & Co,

50

S oo ol

§

H, B. Ferguson Esq.

12

O OO D

© © © © O

1L

/

Rs. As. P.

Rs. As. P

12

R. Hamilton Esq.

12

R. O. Mullen Esq.

F. L. Reay Esq.

A. Hamilton Esq.

James Hilliard Esq

W. B. Riddoch Esq

12

John Hilliard Esq.

12

H. Shaw Esq.

12

]

12

12

F. Jaques HEsq.

W. F. Simpson Esq

A. Johnstone Esq.

N. Stewart Esq.

24

John Logan Esq.

R. Wallace Esq.

12

J. Macdonald Esq.

J. G. Wood Esq.

C. G. Maclean Esq.

12

C. H. Woodfall Esq

12

F. Macray Esq.

12

W. Woodmann Esq.

24

W. Mann Esq.

24

J. A Woodward Esq. for 1883 20

24

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Do

, 1884 12

()2 Al M los) ey (el lompt i (el ilen) o (o)

i OO el OreC o O O

G. R. Moore Esq.

0

Donation towards the

new Chapel Building at Cannanore.

Th. Digel Esq.

15

{ Rev. W. Schmolck, Chombala 25

5

Rev. R. Hartmann, Karkal

10

Mrs. Haller

Rev. M. Schaible

”

9

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§

'W. P. Schonthal Esq.

5

0

S ISED

Bettigerry Missionaries and

Cannanore Congregation

503

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33

Copgregation

Contributions of the Congregations (“Church Tax”).

Mangalore

277

2

Guledgud

94

14

Mulky

73

13

Cannanore

150

128

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Palghaut

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94

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European Missionaries of the Basel German Evangelical

Mission

Report .

Mangalore.

15

Mulky .

28

Udapy.

31

Karkal

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Kundapur—Basrur

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Dharwar

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1V. Nilgiri.

Kaity

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95

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