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Bensus of the Basel German Buangelical Mission on the Western Gnast of India,

1st JANUARY 1886.

Agents of the Mission

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Congregations

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NAMES

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Schools

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1st January 1885

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Brethren

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Christian Schoolmaste

Christian School-

Non-Christian School-

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Girls

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Heathen Girls’ Schools

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Number of Converts bap-

Number of Church-Members

Communicants

Non-Communicants

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238

167

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325

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109

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1841

42

51

215

81

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413

683

365

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336

711

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1839

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29

25

280

141

72

563

387

232

183

423

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1849

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157

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323

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1842

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European Missionaries

of the Basel German Evangelical Mission.

Corrected up to the 25th March 1886.

[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

Active

Station

ﬁanw

Country

Service

. Ch. A. E, Diez (m.)

Germany

1851

Mangalore

. F. Kittel (m.)

do

1853

Dharwar

. J. Lauffer (m.)

do

1856

Cannanore (Chovva)

2. B, A, Manner (m.)

do

1857

Mangalore

India

1860

. W. Stokes (m.)

Udapy

. J. F. Miiller (m.)

Germany

1861

Kaity

do

1864

Honore

. Th. Digel (m.)*

. J. Knobloch (m.)

do

1865

Calicut

1865

© W 3 O O > W N =

. 8. Walter (m.)

Switzerland

Tellicherry

. W. Th. Walz (m.)

Germany

1866

Bettigerry

Calicut

11

. F. Matthissen (m.)

Russia

1867

12

. Th. Elséisser (m.)*

Germany

1867

Mangalore

13

. W. Schmolck (m.)

do

1869

Chombala

14

. G. Ritter (m.)

do

1869

Udapy

15

. H. Daimelhuber (m.)

do

1869

Hubly

16

do

1869

Udapy

. F. A. Brasche (m.)

I

. W. Sikemeier (m.)

Holland

1870

Kotargiri

18

1870

Cannanore

. W. P. Schonthal (m.)*

Germany

19

. P. Ott (m.)

do

1871

Mulky

20

do

1871

. G. Hirner (m.)*

Mangalore

21

. J. Hafner (m.)

Switzerland

1871

Mercara

. C. Feuchter*

1873

Calicut

Germany

23

. J. Layer (m.)

do

1873

Mangalore

24

. G. Grossmann (m.)

Switzérland

1874

Guledgud

25

. J. Baumann (m.)*

do

1874

Mangalore

26

. R. Schenkel (m.)

Germany

1874

Anandapur

Native

Date of

Name

Active

Station

Country

Service

27. J. B. Veil (m.)*

Germany

1875

Mercara

28. W. Liitze (m.)

do

1875

Kaity

29

L. Gengnagel (m.)

do

1875

Kundapur-Basrur

30

do

1876

A. Ruhland (m.)

Palghaut

31

C. G. Eble (m.)

do

1876

Mulky

32

Switzerland

M. Hoch (m.)

1876

Mangalore

33

E. G. Halbrock (m.)* | Germany

1876

Calicut

34

G. Benner (m.)*

do

e

do

35

H. Altenmiiller (m.)*

do

1878

Mangalore

36

J. G. Kiihnle (m.)

do

1878

Codacal

37

do

1878

C. D. Warth (m.)

Bijapar

38

J. Weismann (m.)

do

1879

Cannanore

39

do

1879

Chr. Keppler (m.)

Udapy

40

J. J. Jaus (m.)

do

1879

Chombala

41

J. Fieg (m.)*

do

1879

Calicut

42

H. Bachmann (m.)

Switzerland

1880

Palghaunt

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|

43

C. W. Dilger (m.)

Germany

1880

Tellicherry

44

do

1880

|

F. Stierlen (m.)*

Mangalore

45

F. Staib (m.)*

do

1881

do

46

1881

§

K, Ernst (m.)

do

Bettigerry

47

F. Fischer (m.)

do

1881

Honore

48

F. Eisfelder (m.)

do

1882

Hubly

49

W. H. Knittel (m.)

do

1882

Guledgud

50

J. Grimm®

Switzerland

1883

Mercara

51

S. Limbach

1883

Dharwar

Germany

52

C. Schaal

do

1883

Tellicherry

53

M. Schaible

do

1883

Karkal

54

J. Funk™

do

1884

Mangalore

55

B. Liithi

Switzerland

1884

Bettigerry

56

K. Hole

Germany

1884

Codacal

57

J. Rellstab*

Switzerland

1884

Cannanore

58

D. Berli

do

1885

Mercara

59

G. Peter

do

1885

Calicut

(7 §

Native

Date of

Name

Active

Station

Country

Service

60

. J. Daur

Germany

1885

Mangalore

61

. J. Waidelich

do

1885

Hubly

62

Th. Strobel

do

1885

Cannanore

Switzerland

1885

63

E. Brunner®

Mangalore»

Single Ladies.

64

Miss L. Schmid

} Germany

| 1884

} Dharwar

At I—I'ome.

65

L. G. Hanhart (m.)

| Switzerland

1857

late of Cannanore

1858

do

66

J. Mack (m.)

Germany

Hubly

67

R. Hartmann (m.)}

Switzerland

1859

do

Karkal

68

F. Ziegler (m.)}

Germany

1862

do

Dharwar

69

J. B. Graeter (m.)

do

1863

do

Mangalore

70

W. Niibling (m.)

do

1871

do

Honore

71

do

1872

do

Chombala

G. Wagner (w.)

i

J. Hermelink (m.)

do

1872

do

Kotargiri

73

do

1872

do

Mercara

J. F. Veil (m.)

74

R. Hauri (m.)*

Switzerland

1873

do

Mangalore

75

J. Ostermeyer (m.)*

Germany

1873

do

Calicut

r7

¢

6

C. Pfleiderer (m.)*

do

1874

do

Mangalore

7!

E. Liebendorfer (m.)

do

1875

do

Tellicherry

78

do

1876

do

Calicut

J. Frohnmeyer (m.)

9

J. Krapf (m.)*}

Switzerland

1878

do

Mangalore

80

|

1883

do

do.

. G. Francke®}

Germany

|

Pensioned in India.

81. H. A. Kaundinya (m.) India

| 18

[3)

1

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{(DYHROUGH the tender mercies of the God and Father of

our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ we have accomplished

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® another year,

and amply experienced in our families,

institutions, congregations, and all the branches of our work

His mighty help, and feel forced to use the words of the

Psalmist: ¢«the Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”

We

therefore extol His holy name with a glad and thankful heart.

Let us now review the work of the past year, and begin:

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with the Congregations which have increased by 289

souls, 187 of whom are converts from among the heathen.

There are now 4,445 Communicants, 172 Non-Communicants,

Besides

and 3,896 children, making a total of 8,513 souls.

them there are 318 persons under probation as Catechumens.

i

How mixed their motives in joining us are, the following

from Mr. Keppler’s pen will show:

A family of oil-millers joined us.

Their headman being sick,

was under the impression that his sickness had been caused by the

influence of demons or Bhiitas.

The night previous to their joining

us the husband requested his wife to beat him with a broom in order

to drive out the demon.

As she was unsuccessful, they decided to

become Christians.

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We proceed now to give an instance of how the poor

ryots are mow and then ground down by their landlords.

Mr. Keppler quotes the following case:

A family of Catechumens, after having paid their landlord the

rent due for their fields, got a receipt in due form.

They showed it

to one of our Catechists, who happened to be present at the time of

the transaction; he read it to them and convinced them, that every

The Catechist had scarcely left, when the

thing was in order.

landlord asked to have a look at the receipt.

They handed it to

him but, instead of his returning the identical receipt he gave

them a spurious one, according to which they still owed the whole

rent for the past year, a sum very considerable, especially for a

poor ryot.

We give further a short description of some conversions.

My. Brasche from Udapy reports:

On the 6th of January 1886 I was permitted to baptize a young

man from North Malabar.

You will ask: how did this happen?

Let me give you a short sketch of the history of his conversion.

Réman, for this is his heathen name, had a liking for granthas, or

heathen books of a religious character.

Most of all he admired the

Yet there was something which

history of Rama and Krishna.

disturbed his joy. That was the daily increasing doubt, whether

persons with such stains on their character could be really of Divine

offspring. He made an excursion to Udapy.

On his way he heard

the preaching of our Missionaries and Catechists, and returned

‘When his parents saw the little

home with the Gospel of John.

book they took it from him, and threw it into the fire, saying “You

ought never to read such a book.”

The effect upon him was just

the contrary.

He settled in his mind at any cost to get more

information about Christianity, and having recourse to a pious ruse,

he readily obtained the consent of his parents to a pilgrimage to

Gdkarna, in company with other young men.

He set ount, and was

present at one or two weekly disputatious carried on in our Anglo-

Vernacular School at Mangalore.

In July he reached Udapy and

‘When I saw he

presented himself to me to be admitted to school.

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was in earnest, I admitted him and gave him special instruction with

a view to lead him to see his sinful condition and need of a Saviour.

After some time he broke caste, and cut off his hairlock of his own

accord.

At his repeated request I baptized him.

I put two

questions: ‘“Why did you join the Christians? Why do you wish for

baptism ?”’ which he answered to my satisfaction.

I then baptized

him, and according to his wish, named him Jesudasan.

May he

according to his name serve Christ all his life-time.

Myr. F. Vel of Mercara says:

It was a cause of great joy that the Lord had inclined the heart

of Ratnabdi, the wife of Mr. Balardm, whose conversion we stated

in the English Report 1883, p. 36, to become a member of Christ’s

body through baptism.

Before she came forward the Lord tried

her by taking away her only girl.

After due preparation she was

received with her two boys into Christ’s flock on the 8th of September

1885.

‘We were most agreeably surprised at the congratulations we

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received on the occasion from friendly Coorgs and their wives—yea,

even persons who had become estranged from us on account of

Balaram’s baptism, showed by their kind wishes, that they begin to

May the

appreciate the change the Gospel is able to work out.

Lord keep her close to him, and make Balardm’s family a light in a

dark place.

Mr. Grossmann of Guledgud relates:

On the 23rd of August 1885, a Lingaite Shiva, 39 years old,

was baptized and received the name of Simon.

He was formerly

3

in affluent circumstances. In one year he lost his parents, wife, and

an unecle.

Almost driven to despair, he resolved to lead a religious

life.

He left his son in charge of his relations, and went to

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Tulasigeri, near Kaladgi, where he devoted his life to the services

of Hanuman, took to studying all kinds of books, and especially to

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learn and ‘explain Shéstras. During a visit at Guledgud he met

with Mr. Weigele, who presented him with a Bible, which he read

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diligently.

Devotees of Hanuman warned him against the conse-

quences, and when they saw that he continued reading, they either

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He afterwards fell in with a

destroyed the Bible, or hid it away.

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grantha entitled “Gnéanasindhupurana’ (ocean of wisdom) in which

He

the necessity of being guided by a Guru is forcibly set forth.

now resolved upon becoming a Sanyasi, and to visit holy places

and holy persons.

All the holy places lying between Madras,

Bombay, and Haiderabad were visited.

Thus he spent ten years

without having found the frue Guru—nay, on the contrary, on ac-

count of his contact with other Sanyasis, he had learnt smoking

hemp, drinking brandy, and a profligate life.

He returned home

not a wiser, but a sadder man.

People began to honour him on

account of his supposed sanctity, and yet he felt viler than ever.

In this state he was found by two of our Missionaries.

He got an-

other Bible and seemed to devour its contents, and earnestly to drink

in its instructions.

After having conquered the vice of drinking

brandy and smoking hemp, he was at last baptized.

As he had

formerly explained the Shastras, so he is now anxious to preach

the Gospel, and for that purpose he has entered the Evangelists’

School in charge of Mr. Wal-.

Mr. Jaus of Chombala gives us the following detail about

the conversion of Karunagaran.

Karundgaran was born 1829 in Perambra at the foot of the

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‘Wynaad Ghauts.

His parents are Nayars.

As the eldest child,

he was legally entitled in later years to the managership of his

maternal property.

‘When 22 years old he came to Calicut, where

he was writer in the Collector’s office.

)

At the age of 29 he was

Inspector of Police.

In looking back on this part of his life he

says: ‘“I have committed many sins and acts of violence, and I am

heartily ashamed of it.

Yet I can say that I never took a bribe.”

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‘When at Palghaut, his house was burnt down one night.

He

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escaped with his bare life.

Aware that this was an act of revenge,

he laid charges against five influential men, who not only managed

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to escape free, but also to lay charges against him.

Seeing that

the case went against him, and that he was condemned to one

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month’s chains, he took refuge in the jungles of South-Malabar.

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As soon as he heard, however, that the judgment had been re-

versed by the High Court, he left his hiding place, but in order to

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escape another summons to Palghaut, he went on a pilgrimage to

Benares.

As he visited all the shrines lying between Calicut and

Calcutta it took him 2] years to reach Benares.

The worldly-

mindedness and looseness of morals displayed here and there, and

especially the impositions wrought on the credulity of the votaries

of Hinduism, which he witnessed, began to undermine his faith in

As his father called for him, he returned

his paternal religion.

after three years of absence. He had scarcely reached home, when

one morning he found his paternal home surrounded by a strong

body of Policemen, who took him to Coilandy, Tellicherry and Calicut.

In the latter place he was released on the plea that, as he had under-

gone a good deal of hardship, his faults might be considered as

atoned for.

Scarcely was he free, when he had to attend another

summong from Palghaut, but also here he was discharged.

Shortly

after this his father died.

In his grief, the resolution to lead the

life of a devotee ripened, and he set out a second time on pilgrimage

to Benares.

On his way he came to Tellicherry in 1874.

One of

our Catechists brought him to Mr. C. Miiller, who instructed him for

several months.

The day previous to his baptism, however, he

quietly left the place.

He afterwards confessed that the cause of

his leaving was not, that the arguments of his dissuading friends had

shaken his faith, but because the thought occurred to him that it was

possible to be a Christian at heart without giving up caste.

With-

out any means of subsistence he went to Bombay, Delhi and Oudh,

where some Malayalis induced him to accompany them to Benares,

and who afterwards took him along with them to Malabar.

He was

now quite tired of his roamings and sought for peace in the Bible,

which he had brought from Tellicherry.

He communicated the

contents to his wife, who disliked them and, devoted as she was to

her husband, in spite of his unsteady life, his intentional breaches

of caste drove her from his side.

His castemen did not approve of

his recklessness, but they lacked courage to act against him. In 1881

he entered himself as a Christian in the census papers, and showed

otherwise how he despised the trammels of caste, but he soon began

to feel, that in what he was doing, there was no real satisfaction. At

that time he wished for instruction and guidance, but it was difficult

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to be got. He mow began to compare the Malayélam, Tamil and

Hindustani Bible; and to read Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. When

he could no longer stand the want of a spiritual guide, he paid a

yisit to the Missionhouse in Chombala.

How happy he was to hear

the gracious Word of God, and to learn His condescension to enter

into a covenant with a sinful man through baptism.

We will not say anything about the attempts made by Karuna-

garan's relations and friends to dissuade him, or of their grief when

they saw he was determined to become a Christian.

Karunagaran

preferred for certain reasons to be baptized in his own house. GL

continues Mr. Jaus, “and a number of Christians repaired thither for

the ceremony. Our arrival had excited the people of the country.

They, however, cooled down, and by God’s mercy, we were permitted

to admit him by baptism into Christ’s body on the 17th of January

1885.

His name is Paul Karunagaran.

Thus the formerly

dreaded man has become an object of derision for Christ’s sake,

and has had to put up with a good deal of annoyance.

May the

Lord keep him always near Him, and may he remember that 3t o

man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive

lawfully.”

A few words about our Tulu Congregations will show the

difficulties our Brethren have to encounter.

Myr. Hafner, in

discussing the matter of self-support by our Congregations,

points to the uphill work in educating them up to it, as

most of our Christians are from the lower orders, in which

begging is not considered a shame. He advises thus:

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Not to tolerate sponging, but to reprove it by the Word of God.

2

To invite our Christians to independence in caring for them-

selves and in the support of the poor.

3

To ask God to send them the spirit of repentance, faith,

and love.

This will lead them to the knowledge of God and to

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attend to their daily calling with new zeal.

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My. Keppler of Udapy, in reviewing the work of last year,

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Whoever is thoroughly acquainted with the former ecircum-

stances, and degradation in which our Tulu Christians were brought

up when heathen, will certainly not expect to see them in every

respect perfect gfter their baptism, and for this reason he will take

care not to lose heart, but trust in the Lord who will accomplish the

good work He has begun in them.

Mr. Stokes, who returned from Kaity to Udapy after eleven

years’ absence, remarks:

When I left this place in 1874 there were only 748 Christians

in Udapy. There are now 1081 Church-members. Not all, of course,

are real disciples of Christ.

There are, alas! some black sheep, and

these feel disappointed, and disappoint others.

I have found that

those Christians who were helped on most in temporal things, have

prospered least in things temporal and spiritual.

Accustomed to

occasional help, as some were, they cannot understand that their

Missionaries must educate them to self-reliance, and gradually wean

them from the habit of expecting temporal assistance.

Owing to

this misapprehension, some Christians consider this action on the

part of the Missionaries as playing false with them.

I have been

agrecably surprised to see that preaching to the heathen is carried

on more systematically and finds more advocates.

Also in the edu-

cational line some tangible progress has been effected.

;

Let us close this portion of our Report with an account

of the deathbed of a true believer in Christ.

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My. Weismann

of Cannanore describes the life of one of our most eminent

women; he says:

Elizabeth Chappy was born in Cannanore in 1809,

Her parents

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were well-to-do toddy-drawers (Tiyas), who prevailed on a teacher to

instruct their only child in reading and writing.

‘When she was on

the point of being married to a man of her caste, a European officer

succeeded, much against her will, to induce her to live with him.

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After the lapse of 12 years he left for Europe, and the son who had

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been baptized to please the father, asked for and received admission

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into the caste of Tiyas.

Although she had lived in affluence, she

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was glad to escape a life of shame. In looking at her past life she

used to say:

“Old things are passed, behold the Lord Jesus

makes everything new.”

After some time, she married a well-to-do

caste-man.

The Gospel was then preached at her very doors by

the late Rev. S. Hebich. Besides a cousin of hers, known afterwards

by the name of Muliyile Abraham, whose death we have to report

under “Obituary”, paid repeated visits at her house, disputing with

her husband about Hinduism and Christianity,

Deficient as her

education was, yet it enabled her to search the Secriptures daily,

Her husband evi-

whether those things were so (Acts 17. 11.).

dently did not benefit much, for it was his opinion not to question old

religious maxims and customs.

More careful, however, was he in

providing for the sustenance of his wife, from whose side he was

carried off suddenly.

Shortly afterwards her son also died, who

otherwise might have proved a great obstacle to her becoming a

Christian.

Propriety forbade now her cousin visiting her otherwise

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than occasionally to speak to her, when he saw her in the yard in front

of her house.

He became a Christian in June 1854, when Chappy

asked Mr. Hebich to send a carriage for her to come to the Mission

compound. She was baptized with the above named cousin, and a

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nephew of hers.

For fully thirty years she served the Mission,

either as foster-mother to apprentices, who became her boarders,

or as matron in the Girls’ Orphanage at Chiracal and Cannanore.

She was affectionately attached to the Missionaries and their

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families, befriended the lonely and forsaken, guided and warned

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the unwary, lifted up those who had fallen into sin, and by her

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cheerfulness knew how to infuse joy and happiness into the hearts

of those with whom she came in contact. The Lord’s saying: “Her

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sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much” (Luke 7.

‘When she fell sick she was tended with

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much care and affection by Mr. Stocking’s household, tears of

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gratitude running down her cheeks.

When nigh unto death, and

asked whether she was afraid to die, she replied: “I do not know

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what fear is, I am travelling heavenward.

The blood of Jesus

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Christ has cleansed me from all sin’’. She bid farewell to all around

her, sent messages of respect and love to the “fathers” of the Home

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Committee, the Missionaries and their wives, who were formerly

stationed at Cannanore, and their children, whom she had once

taken into her arms.

She died on the 31st of July 1885 in full

peace.

“Our astrologers” she could say when alive, “have forged

a horoscope for me; according to it I was to die either in my 20th,

or 45th, or 57th year, and the Lord has given me now 77 years!”

2.

Schools.

We have now 93 Schools.

The following

particulars will give an idea of the work which is being done

in the educational line:

Males

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Total

males

Mission Agents under preparation

118

126

Boarders

184

205

389

Attendants of Vernacular Schools

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669

621

1290

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— Anglo-Vernacular Schools (Christians and

Heathens) .

1350

1350

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— Heathen Vernacular Schools

1235

1235

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—Heathen Girls’ School

306

306

Pupils

3556 1 1140 } 4696

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Boys

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608

199

766

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159

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b) In Schools for Heathen:

Vernacular Schools

41

1194

26

231

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Anglo-Vernacular Schools

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234

1116

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1042

2514 }

869

271

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We give also our readers an insight into the future of a

number of poor orphan girls, and earnestly ask their prayers

on behalf of them, that they may be kept by God’s grace from

all evil.

Mrs. Ziegler reports an excursion made to Bijapur, Guled-

gud and Bettigerry in company with Mr. Ziegler, during which

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she made a point of looking up all her former pupils.

says:

We found many of our girls lodged in low and dark huts. Some

must work hard for their livelihood, yet they are happy.

The joy

of seeing each other was mutual.

The girls felt so happy when I

enquired after their little odds and ends.

It interested us most to

hear about their spiritual progress, and especially of their married

and family life, and they were thankful for words of advice, as well

as of reproof, when they deserved it.

We were glad to see that our

diligent, tidy, and clean pupils preserved the same character, where-

as others had scarcely improved.

But we were also not without

cause of grief and disappointment.

Our hearts were drawn out in

sympathy towards two of our former pupils whose husbands, after

their marriage, brought each of them another young woman to the

house.

Their husbands are under Church-discipline, whilst the

young women are still enjoying Church-membership.

Alas, what is

to become of them under the degrading influences of such a married

life!

We have sown the seed in the hearts of these poor children,

and are happy to see that the Lord has not disappointed our expec-

tation, but has blessed our fecble efforts abundantly.

My. Sikemeier reports as follows on the Girls’ Orphanage

at Kotargiri on the Nilgiris:

Till now 41 girls have been educated in this institution.

We

have taken care to enquire into their history. How pained were we

to find out that eleven had fallen into sin!

When we look at the

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want of the fear of God, the low tone of native society, the tempta-

tions which are placed in the way of single girls, the often diabolic

snares in which they are caught, and the use of medicine to ruin the

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victims, we deeply grieve, and whilst condemning infant-marriages

in themselves, we would wish that with the abolition of infant-

marriages, society could be reformed in such’a way as to secure the

safety, instead of the ruin of friendless girls.

As to our Parochial Schools, we wish to tell our friends

how anxious we are to implant the gracious Word of God in the

hearts of the rising generation, so as to be their guide and

comfort in after life.

But this is no easy task. Renowned

as the Hindus are for their good memory, we are surprised

to find, in all our different fields of labour, that Bible verses

and Hymns are indeed readily learnt, but forgotten in a re-

markably short time, so that the children must be made to

repeat them again and again.

When we remember that

European Christians know their Bible verses and their Cate-

chism still in their old age, and our children forget it before

they leave their teens, we are deeply concerned, and most

earnestly call upon all who desire the future welfare of

Christ’s Church, whether they be Missionaries or Pastors,

parents or Church-elders, to help to the utmost of their power

to accomplish this good work.

Unfortunately the number

of various translations of the Bible in use, in each of the

Native languages, is one of the causes of much difficulty in

the matter of giving instruction.

3. Preaching to the Heathen has, we are happy to say, received

a good deal of attention.

Further on we give some extracts

from the different reports of our travelling preachers.

My. Eble of Mulky writes:

Mr. Schaible and myself put up in a tent near Nitta, to make

house-to-house visits. Whereas the reception I met with 2 years ago

was partly indifferent, partly defensive, we were this time gladly

received..

A certain rich farmer who, two years ago, had begged

of us not to cross his threshold, or to come near his house, now

received us politely info his house.

The different male members

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belonging to his family returned our visit.

This shows that people

often misbehave through ignorance, and that we ought mnot to take

unfriendly receptions or rebuffs too much to heart.—I was once

confronted with a renegade Christian.

Many evidently think that

we are to blame when people leave us in disappointment for want of

the loaves and fishes.

I began to question the quondam Christian,

who soon felt uneasy, and left the assembly.

This afforded us an

opportunity of telling some head-men and others who were seated

around us, that we were always sorry when a Christian denied

his Lord; yet we have not to bear the shame of his denial, but it

must fall upon the evil doer’s own head.

On the other hand it re-

flected badly on those who received such unprincipled men back into

their caste for a small consideration!

Mr. Keppler reports:

Last year was the Paryaya at Udapy, which occurs every two

years, on the occasion of the resignation of office by one of the

eight Swamis appointed to officiate as priests to Krishna; each of

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whom holds office for two years at a time.

(This feast is different

from the yearly Ayana feast.)

During the festival the concourse of

people from far and near is very great, and their zeal runs very

high at times, especially when the Gospel is preached in the square

place round the temple.

Aboat 30 years ago the populace were so

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maddened at the preaching of the Gospel, that the late Mr. Camerer

escaped assassination only through God’s providence.

This year we

were permitted to erect a temporary preaching-shed of palm-leaves,

an innovation which many of the devotees endured with ill-concealed

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anger.

Mr. Schaible describes an incident he met with during a

demon festival in Reajala, S. E. of Karkal:

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On the 2nd day whilst a procession of the Bhtitas was arranged,

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The Catechist

the devil-dancer was arrayed in his taudry dress.

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and myself began to preach. Then began the maddening tom-tom,

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and torchlight in spite of broad daylight.

Whilst this was going on

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the devil-dancer placed himself in front of us with the intention of

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acting as a spell on our sermon.

Instead of getting alarmed we

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went on addressing him also, when he made himself scarce.

heat of the sun forced us to retire to the shadow of a tree, where

the leading men of the place were listening to the oracle of the

Bhitas through their devil-dancers.

The president of the Yoéga, who

was the officiating priest, informed me, that it was customary to offer

a nazir (a present) to important men, and asked whether I would

accept of a cocoanut offered to the Bhta.

Remembering 1 Cor.

10;20:

“But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice,

they sacrifice to devils, and not to God, and I would not that ye

Mean-

should have fellowship with devils,” I declined the gift.

while the Bhutas, impatient at the interruption, called upon the

president to listen to their say.

The one shouted out a shower of

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blessings on rice, fruits and cattle, and finished by saying:

case of distress I am near at hand”.

The other Bhuata showed

himself greatly displeased:

“My temple is on the point of col-

lapsing,”' he began, “owls and bats have disputed with me my place

of residence ; they do not respect me, but live alongside of me.

If

my temple is not repaired, I shall leave the village, and endless

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plagues will remind you of your neglect.” “I beg your forbearance”,

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replies a temple trustee, ‘“‘consider what poor weak individuals we

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are, how often did we attempt to restore your temple, but were as

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often hindered.”

“Mind” replied the Bhata, “I am not going to be

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fed on excuses and broken promises; I wish for an answer as to

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whether you intend repairing my hovel or not.

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I shall stay, otherwise my mind is settled on going.”

“Do not fall

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out with us, nor leave us, I most solemnly promise to execute your

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where the

wish.””—The whole is of course a concerted

game,

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‘““dramatis persona’’ are carefully instructed and have to study

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their part.

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Mr. Gengnagel of Kundapur-Basrur reports:

The news of the kingdom of heaven is spreading every year more

and more in this Taluq.

The majority of people listen attentively

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to the Gospel, and buy religious books, tracts, and Scripture por-

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tions gladly. Ocecasionally mockers and ill-disposed persons appear,

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but as an exception, not as a rule.

The people are on the whole

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deeply sunk in ignorance and superstition. Oh, thaf they might

come to understand that a religion, which destroys body and soul, is

a sinful one, and turn to God for grace and peace. The Mohammedan

preacher who had made himself disagreeable to our Missionaries at

Mangalore, visited this place also, and considered it his duty to re-

vile the Bible in public, and to boast of the mneologistic or infidel

opinions he entertained.

His antecedents are of a very dubious na-

ture. He has withdrawn again from the scene.—We were gladdened

by the help we received in preachers for the Kéteshwara festival,

Mr. Stokes, in company with some

which takes place every year.

Catechists from Udapy, and Mr. Diez with Mr. Watsa, and the stu-

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dents of the Seminary, had come to our assistance. Under a preach-

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ing-shed with an improvised pulpit, we were preaching for 3 days;

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our arrangement being, that each address of a Missionary or Cate-

'We could do

chist was to be followed by one of the students.

work from morning till late in the evening.

European tunes ac-

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companied by an accordion, and Native tunes sung to the accompa-

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niment of a violin gave variety tothe services, cheeredthe preachers,

and attracted the populace.

Between 60 to 70 addresses were

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thus delivered.

Several attempts were made at a kind of singing

service.

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Different hymns relating to Christ’s birth, work, suffering,

death and resurrection were sung clearly, and explained by the mo-

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derator.

Such a service lasted an hour and a half, or more.

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kind readers would certainly have rejoiced to see old and young men

seated on mats listening, their attention rivetted by the truths they

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heard.

It was not fashionable according to European notions, but

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it was the means of obtaining a quiet hearing, and dispassionate

weighing of the claims that Jesus has upon them, in a manner most

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homely and fascinating to them.

My. Digel of Honore writes:

During my journeys I have tried to cultivate old acquaintances,

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and to make new ones.

To do this effectually, we stay, whenever

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possible, 8 to 14 days in a place, according to the number of houses.

In this way I have visited about 25 places between Cumpta and

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Beindur.

I have been surprised to find a longing for God’s Word,

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where I least expected it, and vice versa.

It has happened that

people after having heard us preach several times publicly, have

come in the evening to our chapra, pandal, or preaching-shed. to

hear more of the Gospel.

Our work is at times very wearisome,

but we know that it is blessed to sow the good seed beside the

waters.

In spite of the good reception the word meets with in

general, we regret to see here and there the powerful fetters where-

with people are bound, and which they cannot muster courage to

break.—There was a young and pious Hindu, who sought for peace

in the much vaunted Theosophism. He finds that he has been feed-

ing on wind and is desirous after the heavenly manna, but he shud-

ders at the thought of breaking caste, and becoming a laughing-

stock to the world.—The other day I was shocked to hear that such

and such a dying person was ready to eat chicken, meaning there-

by to become a Christian, a notion sprung from the horrible idea

that Christianity. . e. the kingdom of God, is meat and drink, which

it is not.

(Rom. 14, 17.)

My. Fischer of Honore says:

I am deeply grieved when I see how the priests and teachers of

the heathen “have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people

slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.” (Jer.6,14.)

The priests or Brahmans are oatwardly friendly towards us accord-

ing to a Canarese Proverb: “Make friends with the man whom you

wish to ruin.”

The Shtdras pretend to be stupid and without

understanding in matters of religion.

‘When you hear their argu-

ments, as for instance: “You die just as we do”, “You are working

for your livelihood the same as we do”’, ““We cannot perceive any

difference between you and us” ete., you become aware of the fact

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that they judge every thing after the flesh.

Catechist Jos. Mandody of the South-Coorg Cooly-Mission

writes:

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‘We have access to 97 estates of Europeans and to 5 of Coorgs.

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The coolies who come to work are not only Canarese but also Tulus,

Malayalis, Lambadis, Mussulmans, and even different hill-tribes.

They are mostly dirty and ignorant, but listen often so attentively that

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lookers on are surprised; and once a gentleman seeing a cooly listen-

ing, promised him a reward if he was able to tell him the contents

of the sermon he had heard just now.

The coolies assemble mostly

in the morning from 6 to 7, and sometimes in the evening, when they

Some

are collecting round a large log-fire to warm themselves.

think they ought to reward us, and often express themselves sorry

Some tell us that Shiva

that they have not the means of doing so.

or God had created them in this heathen state, and with this dispo-

sition, they could not therefore reform.

Others again say:

“If

idolatry is sin, why does God give us a reprobate mind?”’ and so on.

Coolies asked me why nobody was coming to their country.

On

enquiry I leared that comparatively a small number had heard the

Gospel in Mysore, Bangalore and other towns, whereas those from

country places said the matter was quite new to them.

To those

who can read I am in the habit of presenting “Handbills.”” Asto the

efficacy of our preaching, some Europeans think our work useless;

the coolies themselves do not think so.

Some have even said: ‘Since

we listen to you, our gods are vexed with us and have sent us fever,

cold, headache and other complaints.”

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I have visited 82 estates ten times, and 5 estates on the Western

side once.

When Catechist H. Roberts was here, he and I spent

134 days in travelling and preaching. On an average, I suppose

some 20,000 coolies have heard the Gospel again and again during

the year, or 70,000 in three years.

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the gentlemen planters or their writers and agents have always

provided us with quarters for the night.

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Myr. Knittel of Guledgud in South-Mahratta describes a

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tour ‘made in the company of Cat. J. Prabhakara, Ev. S

Kanapur and Jesudasa Shastre.

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In Hunalli women as well as men listened most attentively to

our preaching. After we had done, they said: ‘“You should come

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and stay with us, else we forget every thing again.”

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In Kamtige a Lingait priest contended that God as such can

never be an object demanding and engaging our faith, but it is the

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faith of each several individual whic}; endues God with certain

qualities.

In Hallur we had a hard intellectual combat.

The chief man

whom we visited, disputed the fact of our being accountable for our

sins, as we have no free will, that what God wills must take place,

and that each action carries in itself its own appropriate reward.

We tried to convince him that he was wrong; it took, however, till

the evening before he gave in.

In Haweli an old deaf priest took both my hands, and pointing

to heaven, said: “Up there is the true One, the Highest Spirit.”

Mr. Warth of Bijapur reports on a preaching trip made

by FEvangelist S. Ranganathe and his companion Satyarthi,

one of our Christians from Guledgud, on this wise:

They went to attend a religious meeting at Kodekall of the

Kalajnénis, a philosophic sect.

These men do not worship idols,

but have replaced them by the Nudis or Vedantic maxims of their

Gurus.

The Word preached by our Assistants was gladly received,

and a number of tracts was bought by them.

They also visited a

friend of theirs, Jesudasa, in Suraptr.

He has to suffer a good deal

from his relations and his wife.

His case resembles that of a

tender plant in the desert, without care and nourishment.

Mr. Ernst from Bettigerry gives the following detail of

a visit into the Moglai or Nizam’s territory.

In Kopbal it was most touching to see a procession of school-boys

A Mohammedan

passing through the streets and crying for rain.

assured me that he loved Jesus and His word.

In Katarki we came across a heathen weaver, who bears the

name of Jesus.

His father was formerly a Church-member of

Bettigerry, and became a renegade. After he had been re-admitted

into his former caste, a boy was born to him, who became very sick.

The father, anxious to save the life of the child, called him by the

name of ‘“Jesus’’, as a sort of spell.

He is now about 45 years of

age, and is so far friendly, but likes ‘“drink.”

In Heati we were told that we Europeans were in dread of the

Hulikambha (tiger-pillar) temple, because when the train is com-

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ing from Gadag and going towards Bellary, it slackens speed whilst

crossing the bridge over the Tungabhadra, and cries most piteously

(- e. the whistle is set on).

One of these days, they assert, the

Hulikambha will throw the train into the Tungabhadra!

We saw a leper, who reads our tracts, but who at the same time

is afraid of joining us even in prayer for fear of destroying his caste.

We have before us an interesting report written by

My. Walter of Tellicherry in Malabar, of a visit made by him

and his Native Assistants to the very bottom of the Wynaad

and Coorg mountains.

We can give but a short extract.

Mr. Walter says:

The regions which we visited were to a great extent a terra in-

cognita. We came into parts, where no preacher seems ever to have

gone.

We were surprised at the friendly disposition of Brahmans,

who did not object to the female members of their household listen-

ing to our message.—During our wanderings in the jungle we came

across three huts inhabited by Paniyas, a very low jungle-tribe.

On

seeing us, they all ran off. There was one left who could not follow

so quickly.

At first petrified, he gradually recovered.

‘When he

found out our good intentions, he called the refugees, and took off

the door of his hut, in spite of my expostulations, to make a seat for

me

Oh, how these poorest of the poor listened, exclaiming again

and again: “Oh how nice! Go on, please.” We left them with great

Joy in our hearts.—Another time we visited a Nayar, who volun-

teered as guide to a Kurichiya™ settlement on the brow of a high

wooded hill.

When we neared their grounds they were on the

point of making for the woods, but were re-assured when they saw

our guide, who informed them of our good intentions.

Upon this a

venerable old man placed logs of wood for us under the shadow of a

tree, asking us with up-lifted hands not to come too nigh their dwell-

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Raja some 3 to 4 centuries ago, to subjugate and colonise the Wynaad.

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are two divisions, those living on the western slopes of the Wynaad mountains,

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and those living in Wynaad proper.

They still cling to the primitive Nayars’

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ings, lest these become polluted, and consequently they be exposéd to

misfortune and attacks by wild beasts.

Well, we took seats and

the whole family sat round us, eagerly listening, the men in front,

women and children in a second and third row; the head of the

family exclaiming again and again:

«“We have never heard such

good words.

Oh how wonderful!”” and after we had done, he said:

«Henceforth we shall pray to Yesus the Lord,” repeating the name

to keep it well in mind.

They offered us some fried grain which we

enjoyed greatly after our exertion, and although we reached our

quarters late, we were buoyed up with delight at the way in which

the Lord had unexpectedly opened a door for us.

Cat. Ch. Hermon in Calicut reports about the Ernadu

Taluq:

Owing to the late outrages of the Mappillas in these parts,

Government have ordered that all weapons, such as guns, knives,

The Government officer deputed

swords, etc. must be given up.

took away even the sacred swords from the demon temples.

We

saw how the priests of the demons shrunk back from delivering these

sacred emblems to a person considered an outcast in their eyes.

In one place the demon priest beat his breast, exclaiming: “What is

the good now of our worshipping Bhagavati or Kali?” and having

given thus vent to his grief, he went into the temple, brought out all

the swords, and delivered them to the officer.

Mr. Ruhland of Palghaut writes as follows:

Owing to much sickness we were somewhat hindered in our

operations.

Our mode of communicating the truth of the Gospel

It may be by preaching, cate-

varies according to circumstances.

chising, conversing, disputing or answering questions.

About 7 to

8 hours are daily devoted to this work.

‘When we address large

crowds in the bazaars and markets, we feel more satisfied than when

visiting from house to house.

Then we either meet with stiff-

necked or immoral persons, or with edacated Hindus, who reckon the

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Missionary as one of the causes of blinding the people, and are

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glad to get rid of him; or we meet with those, whose ideas are so nar-

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their understanding.

In this populous district there is never a

want of hearers, but rather of preachers.

No wonder then that

people ask us: “When will you pay us a visit again? it is more than

a year, or about two or three years since you have visited us.”—1It

has happened during the past year that several of my Assistants

were asked point blank: “Have you that pardon of sin, which you

invite us to accept?”’

Also questions about Christ’s sufferings and

death, the Word of God, its inspiration, ete. had to be answered in

addresses. In a certainplace a Nayar asked me, saying: “Sir, if you

know a remedy to escape death, I shall immediately become a

Christian.” T quoted John. 11, 25: “I am the resurrection, and the

life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die,” and

preached on it.

The man took a friendly farewell of me.

As to

the public reception we meet, I am happy to state that, whereas

I, as well as my Catechists, who are of a lower caste than the

Brahmans, whom they address, are listened to; a preacher of

Shivaism, who wanted the other day to lower us in the estimation of

the people, was laughed at on account of his unbelief.

We may

safely say that it is no more the novelty of the preaching which

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excites the curiosity of people, but the feeling that the Gospel

is able to fill the void in the heart, and satisfy the spiritual need,

which attracts them tolisten. There are, however, Brahman villages

in this district, where especially the rising generation show a good

deal of animosity against us, either saying literally: ‘“How can you

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dare to become our teachers?”’ or by acting upon this conviction.

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4. Bible-women Agency.

There are now 15 Bible-women at Wbrk, viz. 3 in Cangra,

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10 in Malabar, and 2 in South-Mahratta.

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They are all sup-

ported by the British and Foreign Bible Society in London,

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to whom we desire herewith to tender our heart-felt thanks

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for thus enabling us to carry on this important branch of

work.

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The following extracts, with the exception of those

from South-Mahratta, are abbreviated from the “Annual

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1883,

Report of the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society for the yea.r

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The Rev. J. Knobloch, Calicut:—

“Every one who is aware of what he possesses in his Bible will

acknowledge that a Bible-woman’s work is a most desirable one, and

the necessity of this work is proved by its very success, as the

females in Malabar eagerly buy and read the books offered to them

It is a fact that these women find open doors

by our Bible-women.

where neither a Missionary, nor a Native Agent can ever get access.

We therefore hope, with the help of God, to bring a great number of

females under the influence of the Word of God, and we firmly trust

that by means of this agency many of our Indian sisters, who are

still kept in bondage, will find grace to become I;artakers of the

freedom of the children of God in our Lord Jesus Christ.

“Qur two Bible-women have a large field of labour.

After

fervent prayer for the day’s work, they start every day at about

8 o’clock, carrying a small bundle of books in their hands, and

sometimes accompanied by one of the Missionary Ladies.

They

visit the houses in the various parts of the town by turns, but as

it is so large, they have not yet been able to offer the precious

contents of their bundles in every house during the past 17 months.

Their aim is to sell as many Scriptures as possible.

If they find

people who are not able to read, they read out a portion or relate

a Bible story, and afterwards have a conversation on the subject.

Their usual call is: “Buy, and search the Scriptures.”

In several

houses they have also commenced to teach some women to read.

The best opportunity to make an impression on the minds of their

heathen sisters is, when they find sick people in a house.

Trials

and affliction soften the heart, and we hope that the seed sown in

season and out of season will bear fruit an hundred-fold.

“During the last twelve months Martha and Arpa sold 272 copies

We

of the Holy Scriptures, realizing Rs. 13-10-3 for their sales.

These

also give them Bible pictures with Scripture texts to sell.

are a suitable medium for relating Bible stories.”

The Rev. W. Schmolck, Chombala :

“The four Bible-women at Chombala and Mahé have fulfilled their

difficult but promising task with much zeal and faithfulness.

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«With reference to their work at Chombala:—In the first instance,

I beg to direct your attention to the fact, that since these agents

began their work around Chombala, many heathen women have

entered into a more friendly intercourse with the female members

of our congregation, and have lost that distrust and shyness towards

the Christians, which is a characteristic trait of Hindu women.

Secondly, I may mention that the idea, that woman is not to be the

degraded associate of man, or merely the drudging slave of the

stronger sex, but that God in His mercy has reserved for her the

right of becoming His child, through Jesus Christ, and of worshipping

Him in spirit and in truth, this idea, I say, is dawning upon the mind

of many a poor creature.

Even a person but slightly acquainted

with the social position of the Malayalam woman in rural districts

will admit, that it is a thing of the greatest importance to prepare

the way for the Gospel to the hearts of women by a friendly inter-

course with them in their own houses.

“As tothe work at Mahé:—OQur two Bible-women here encountered

less difficulties and had a promising work.

‘With few exceptions,

they daily visited houses, and in most of them were received with

kindness.

Some stiff adherents to heathenism (mostly old women)

sometimes met them with prejudice and even offered resistance, but

in most cases they found willing ears.

It does not take much time

to enter into an interesting conversation about Christianity and

Hinduism. Most of the women at Mahé admit gladly not only the

superiority of Christianity but also its being the only true religion.

In one house the mother said: ‘In our house we practise neither

idol-worship nor superstitious ceremonies.

‘We all believe only in

the true God.’

Many listened gladly, when the Bible-women

explained the way of salvation through Jesus Christ.”

Mrs. M. Walter, Tellicherry :—

“Since August 1884 two Bible-women have been working in

Tellicherry and its neighbourhood; and as their experience on the

whole was encouraging, it was thought desirable to engage two

more agents in August 1885, In looking back, we have great reason

to thank the Lord for what was accomplished during this period.”

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“Hannah and Rhoda sold from August 1884 to December 1885

560 Scripture portions, including several complete New Testaments,

besides 1,151 tracts, consisting of ¢Short Bible Stories’, “The

Sermon on the Mount,” etc., and other tracts.

Latterly, Bible

verses, Scripture sentences, &c., were also much bought, as also

Biographies of “Hebich” and “The Son of Rajah Ramanaraina’’.

This tract is of such a character that it was returned several times

with the remark: “Take it back, for if I read more of it, I must

become a Christian,”

“Julia and Pauline sold from August to December 1885, 43 Bible

portions, and 476 tracts.

The reason why we do not sell Bible por-

tions only is, that we have to try and sow the seed in one form or

another, in order to awaken an interest in the women to induce

them to buy Bible portions.

Another reason is, that many a poor

woman or child cannot afford to spend 6 pie, but one pie is within

their means.

It is very desirable that there should be a greater

variety in the choice of small and cheap tracts containing a short

and appropriate portion of the Holy Bible.”

“We have here in Tellicherry a number of houses, where the

Bible-women are most cordially received as friends. Inthese houses

the Bible is read chapter after chapter, and explained, and at the

next visit the same is gone over.

In different heathen schools

the Bible-women are allowed to read or speak to the pupils about

Jesus.

Several times they werc admitted to the dying.

If the

Bible-women have the love of Christ in their hearts, they have

innumerable ways and means to serve their heathen sisters, but

they must have a loving and humble mind.

‘We are convinced that

this agency is brought into the mission field at the right time.”

Mrs. Layer, Mangalore :—

“As our Bible-women are married, they cannot give more than

four hours to their work. On Monday morning they meet in my house,

when we go through the report of their work of the past week, and I

give them the necessary directions, after which we read the Bible

and pray together,”

“Every Tuesday afternoon I visit houses with one of the agents to

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take part in her work and to control it.

I can say that all the

three women discharge their duties faithfully.

At the beginning,

the work seemed hard to them, especially visiting the houses of rich

Brahmins was not easy, as their reception was very often not at

all a friendly one.

During 7 months they made 723 visits, namely,

223 to Brabmins and 495 to other caste-people.

The agents read

Bible stories or a chapter of the New Testament or tracts and

explain the portion read.

Four women have been taught reading.

21 Scripture portions and 188 tracts have been sold. Although many

objected to the reading of the Bible in their houses, there are a good

number who not only hear the Word regularly, but express a wish

that those, who have commenced this work may go on with it and

extend it.”’

Mrs. Grossmann, Guledgud, reports on the work of the

Bible-women, Salome Sakkare and Rahel Bangaraji, as follows:

The Bible-women are in the habit of visiting regularly some

40 houses.

The inhabitants belong to the castes of weavers, shep-

herds, dyers, peasants and artisans.

Hindus receive them more

kindly than Mohammedans,

Among the women very few can read.

Guledgud has 12,000 inhabitants, and of these only 40 girls attend

any school at all. Owing to this small percentage of reading women,

they do not dispose of any books. They are liked in some houses, and

even invited to repeat their visits; there are, however, others who

barely tolerate their visits, and those again who in secret mock at

them,

When men are present and hear their religious conversation,

they bring a number ¢f questions to puzzle them.

5. Agents of the Mission.

The Christian School-masters have increased from 95 in 1884,

to 103; the Christian School-mistresses from 26 to 29, and the

Non-Christian School-masters from 61 to 66, showing a strengthen-

ing of the teaching staff by 16 persons.

We are happy to

state that the number of qualified Christian Teachers is

favourably increasing.

We

~ There are now ten Native Pastors against 7 in 1884.

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.

are sorry to have to record the death of the Rev. Muliyile

Abraham in the «“Obituary.”—The following Catechists have

been ordained: Mr. Jonas Padiyattu on the 14th of May 1885

at Calicut, and Messrs. Samuel Andrea, Jared Sowens and

Immanuel Furtado on the 29th of October 1885 at Mangalore.

Of the Catechists and Evangelists, four have been ordained

Native Pastors, three have been called home by their heavenly

Master, viz. Catechists Christian Kottayi, Johannan Puttamvidu

and Bartholom Shettiyan; and one had to be dismissed owing

to his unworthy walk.

We hail it as a propitious sign that the wives of our

Native Pastors, Catechists and Evangelists begin to support

their husbands in their work.

May they grow in grace.

At the time of our going to press there are 46 Ordained and

17 Lay-Brethren, of whom 46 are married.

Most of the

Missionaries’ wives, besides their own special duties, are

regularly engaged in superintending the sale of Bibles, New

Testaments, Scripture-Portions, Books and Tracts, in the

supervision of Infants’ Schools, Industrial Schools, needle-

and fancy-work classes, the housekeeping and economical

management of Orphanages, and the tailoring for our orphan

boys. Several devote a portion of their time to school-work.

In addition to the above, those of them who have mastered

the

native languages,

assist their husbands in advising

the female members of their Congregations, administering

medicine, visiting the sick Christian women and children of

their parishes, and their Non-Christian female neighbours.

Some do what is now called “zenana’” work, and are in

the habit of accompanying Bible-women, whose work they

superintend.

Also this year brought its trials, in the shape of ail-

ments and sicknesses, to our circle.

Whilst the Lord spared

us, and “plucked” some of our young Missionaries, as it were,

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g brand out of the fire”, He took some of the little ones

to Himself. We have been decply affected by the compara-

tively sudden death of Mr. W. Roth, whose demise we

recorded in the English Report for 1884, page 95, and of two

Missionaries, who died in the prime of their life, viz. Messrs.

W. Hasenwandel and A. Spering.

Two old Indian labourers

have also been called away; they are Mr. J. F. Metz and

Mrs. Gundert, particulars about whom will be found in the

“Obituary” at the close of this Report.

The thanks of the Mission are due to Dr. Mc.Conaghy in

Dharwar, Dr. D. Cardoz in Gadag, Dr. Mc.Cabe in Amutty, and

Dr. W. A. Lee in Mangalore, for their kind and gratuitous at-

tendance upon the families of the Mission in time of sickness.

Left for Europe:

Messrs. C. Pfleiderer and J. F. Veil, with their families;

left on the 23rd of February 1886.

In the beginning of April

1886 Messrs. R. Hartmann, F. Ziegler and J. Krapf, with

their families, and the widowed Mrs. Hasemwandel and one

child intend to sail for Europe.

Myr. G. Francke also purposes

leaving for Europe in the course of April or May 1886.

We had the pleasure of welcoming the following rein-

forcements:

Permitted to return: Mr. & Mrs. Grossmann, Mr. & Mrs.

Walz, Mr. & Mrs. Ott, and Mr. & Mrs. Ritter, who arrived at

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Bombay in April, July, November, and December 1885 res-

pectively, and Mr. & Mrs. Baumann, who réached M

gngalore

in February 1886.

New arrivals: at Bombay on the 14th of October 1885: Mr.

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D. Berli for Mercara, Mr. G. Peter for Calicut, Mr. J. Daur

for Mangalore, Mr. . Waidelich for Hubly, Mr. Th. Strobel for

Cannanore; also at Bombay on the 12th of November 1885

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Mr. E. Brunner for Mangalore, and Miss Schultze, engaged to

My. Knittel.

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—

The following Brethren were married: Mr. Ernst to Miss

Iieg (1st May 1885), Mr. Eisfelder to Miss Hauff, daughter of

the Rev. W. Haujff, late of Mangalore, (1st May 1885), Mr.

Knittel to Miss Schultze (26th Novmber 1885), and Mr. Halbrock

to Miss Diez, daughter of My. Diez, (23rd March 1886).

Since our last Report the following transfers occurred:

Mr. Elsisser was transferred from Calicut to Mangalore,

Mr. Hafner from Mulky to Mercara, Mr. Liitze from Betti-

gerry to Kaity, Mr. Ernst from Guledgud to Bettigerry, and

Mr. Hole from Calicut to Codacal.

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General Remarks:

In order to give the reader an idea

of the area, population, religions, sects, and languages spoken

in the several districts, we have prefaced each province with

a short abstract of information taken from the Returns of the

Census for 1881. We scarcely need observe that, whereas

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the Roman Catholic Missions may be said to have been begun

in the year 1500, our Mission began operations only in 1834,

or 334 years later.

This will explain the discrepancy of

figures in some districts between Protestant and Roman

Catholic Christians.

NN NN

B N

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CANARA.

A. South=Canara.

According to the Census of 1881.

Square miles

Population

Casergode

1032

243,881

Kundapur

512

115,113

Mangalore

620

949,049

Udipi

787

237,432

Uppinangadi

951

110,367

Amindivi

.

3,672

Total 3,902

959,514

The following languages are spoken: | According to religion there are

Tulu by

°

426,402

Hindus

797,430

Canarese by

Muhammedans

204,003

93,654

Malayalam by

161,827

Christians

58,215

Mahratti and Concani by

147,705

Jainas and Budhists

10,065

Other Languages by

19,577

Others

150

959,514

959,514

Of the 58,215 Christians, 94°/, are Roman Catholics, and 6 °/, Protestant

Christians.

Since 1872 the Hindus increased 2559/,

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the Muhammedans

12:59 9/,

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18189/,

. tbe Christians

MANGALORE.

Quit-Stations :

Jeppu, Bokapatna, Bolma, Kasargod, Bekal,

Ravaneshvara, Hosadurg.

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Clerical Part.

Rev

A. Miinner, in charge of the Congregation; Chairman

of the Districts of Canara and Coorg, and Secretary to

the Local Committee of the B. G. E. Mission in India.

Rev

E. Diez

Rev

M. Hoch, | in charge of the Catechists’ Seminary.

Reuv

J. Layer,

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Anglo-Vernacular School.

Rev.

J. Dawr, studying Canarese.

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Native Pastors

Re}v. Sebastian Furtado, Rev. Samuel Andrea.

Catechists

Israel Aaron, Abraham Hert,

Christanuja Watsa, Daniel Andrea,

Timothy Furtado, Gabriel Almanda, Albert Bangera,

Joshua Sowens.—Satyarthi Kaundinya.

Bible-Women

Rosina, Ewmilie Ezra, Ernestine Anchen.

Christian School-masters

Jacob Ammanna, Joshia Karat, Albert Vartika,

Samael Sowens, Paul Bangera, David Bunyan, Joel Sowens,

Gabriel Hermon, Israel Jatanna, Aquila Muttu,

Salathiel Sowens, Mathias Sowens.

Christian School-mistresses

Hanna Leklin, Cecilia Sowens, Margaretha Sowens,

Julia Manakadan, Tabitha Theodor, Felicitas Phinehas,

Talme Andrea, Sophia Titus, Lydia Mitra,

Babetta, Solome Solomon.

Heathen School-masters

T. Vittala Rao, ». 4., A. Padmanabha, 7. 4.,

Lakshmana Bhatta, A. Venkappa, K. Subba Rao,

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

Agency. Mr. Daur arrived from Eﬁrope on the 18th of

October 1885.

Myr. Schaible of Karkal assisted here from

the 6th of June to the 23rd of November.

Miss Diez has joined our Mission in Calicut.

Mr. S. Andrea was ordained Pastor and

stationed at

Bokapatna.

Cat. Bartholom Settian was called to his upper

home after a protracted sickness.

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The Congregation in Mangalore numbers now 1,249 souls,

that at Jeppu 198 souls, that at Bokapatna 167 souls, and

82 scattered in other villages, the whole parish amounting to

1,696 souls.

There is an increase of 91 souls, in which

Mangalore and all the out-stations, two excepted, participate.

Of these 39 were baptized from heathenism, 22 are in excess

of births over deaths, and the rest are immigrants.

Mr

Miinner has the pastoral care of the whole parish, Jeppu

being in charge of Mr. S. Furtado, and Bokapatne in charge

of Mr. Andrea.

During 6 months

My,

Schaible assisted

Myr. Miinner in pastoral work.—The services in the Church

are in Tulu and sometimes in Canarese, and those in the

Seminary for the students, are held by Messrs. Hoch and

Diez alternately in Canarese and Malayalam.

These brethren

also conducted regular Divine Service for the English Congre-

gation at St. Paul’s, whenever they were not prevented from

doing so.

Last year there was a great deal of sickness and a higher

mortality in the Congregation than during the previous year.

We are glad to state that the renewing power of God’s word

and spirit asserts itself in the hearts of many of our Church-

members, but there are some who have not yet known the

preciousness of the salvation as it is in Jesus, and conse-

quently fall into diverse temptations and snares.

There i1s a Sickhouse

in connection with the Mission,

offering a home to some 16 or 18 destitute, maimed, blind,

sickly, and decrepit persons, mostly women, who are depen-

i

dant on Christian charity. Five of these are heathen.

We

desire to tender our hearty thanks to their generous supporters.

The following Parochial Schools, superintended by Mr. Hoch,

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and partly by Mr. Schaible, are connected with this Station.

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The Infants’ School was attended by 36 boys and 40 girls,

and is supervised by Mrs. Hoch.

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The Boys’ and the Girls’ Parochial Schools at Balmattha

had in the past year 91 boys and 112 girls respectively on

the rolls.

In the latter 13 girls have been studying for the

IV. and V. Standards and made satisfactory progress in

English. The parents begin to appreciate, and the girls to

We gladly favour this

long for a good knowledge of English.

movement and hope that some of the girls will make an effort

to qualify themselves as teachers.

Already two have been

employed as School-mistresses.

The Sunday-School is attended by 83 boys and 72 girls, or

155 pupils in all, and superintended by Mr. Altenmiiller.

In the Mixed Parish School at Nireshwalya there are 19

boys and 12 girls (of whom 15 and 5 respectively are heathen)

at Jeppu 26 boys and 13 girls (of whom 14 and 1 respectively

are heathen), and at Bokapatna 12 boys and 10 girls (of whom

1 boy is a heathen), or 92 pupils in all.

The preponderance

6f heathen over Christian children at Nireshwalya threatens

to alter the character of the school as a Parochial one.

The needle-work of the girls in the different schools was

superintended by Mprs. Minner, Mrs. Stierlen, Mrs. Alten-

miiller, and Mrs. Staib.

There are three Anglo- Vernacular Schools kept up. The one

at Mangalore is in charge of Mr. Layer.

The English division

numbers 209 boys and 7 girls (of whom 45 and 2 respectively

are Christians), and the Canarese division 71 boys (of whom

2 are Christians) and 29 girls.

In the English division there

was a slight increase in numbers (215 against 207 in the

previous year), Mrs. Layer with Mrs. Staib superintended the

needle-work of about 36 girls.—The Anglo- Vernacular Schools

at Hosadurg and Bekal are supervised by Mr. Hoch.

They

had to contend with rival schools.

Whereas the one at

Hosadurg remained pretty stationary (60 against 62 in the

previous year), the one at Bekal had an access of several boys

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belonging to the fishermen-caste and numbers now 70 pupils

(against 34 in the previous year).

Of these there are 4

Christian boys and 2 Christian girls.

The school-house in

Bekal requires additional accommodation.

All these schools suffered more or less through measles at

one time of the year.

The Hindu Girls’ School was superintended by Miss Diez.

An additional teacher has been engaged and a few girls taught

up to the IV. Standard in English. Mrs. Krapf and Mrs.

Diez have taken a share in teaching and needle-work. The

number of pupils has scarcely increased (42 against 40 in the

previous year).

The evangelical character of the school is

evidently not sufficiently appreciated by some of the parents

of the children.

Miss Diez, owing to her marriage, will leave

the school in March 1886, and try to make herself useful in

her new station Calicut.

A lady superintendent to take her

place is shortly expected.

The Seminary was under the charge of Mr. Graeter till his

embarcation on the 24th March 1885, and since then Messrs.

Diez and Hoch have superintended it.

They were assisted by

Myr. Christanuja Watsa, who provides the students with food,

raiment and other necessaries, superintends their studies and

The school-

manual labour, and takes his share of teaching.

year 1884-85 closed on the 6th of April.

Shortly before

its close the examination of the highest class took place from

the 2nd to 7th of March. Four young men passed their exami-

nation. Of these two Tulu youths were ordained at Mangalore

on the 15th of March by the Rev. B. Graeter, and two Malaya-

lam young men at Cwalicut on the 29th of March 1885 by

the Rev. J. Knobloch.

The new school-year 1885-86 was

begun on the 7th of May 1885 with 29 pupils in four classes.

Of these 9 were new arrivals.

Three of the students are

married men.

Two of the students who had been practising

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as School-masters returned, and two others were sent in their

stead on trial.

Placed according to their nationalities, there are:

15 Tulus

1 Badaga

9 Malayalis

1 Kodagu

2 Canarese

1 Tamil

Instruction is being imparted through the medium of

Canarese and Malayalam. The lessons given in the year under

review are: Dogmatics, Exegesis of the New Testament, Hinduism

Messianic Prophesies, Homiletics, Catechising, Hindu Classics,

English, Greek, Sanskrit, and Singing both of European and

Native tunes.

Besides, preaching to the heathen is conduct-

ed, either weekly in the bazaar or at small heathen festivals

in the neighbourhood, or during excursions into the district,

the students of the three senior classes taking part in this.

During 1885 five preaching tours were made, when the stu-

dents were either accompanied by Mr. Diez to Vitla, Kote-

shvara and Manjeshvara, by Mr. Hoch to Bantwal, and by Mr.

Hoch and Mr. Staib to Gurpur, Mudubidri, Karkal, Padubidri

and Mulky. These excursions were mostly in connection with

heathen festivals and occupied 38 days in all.

Bazaar Preaching in Mangalore has been, weather permitting,

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

For some time a Muhammedan, a convert from Roman Catholi-

cism, who claimed the honour of being a Maulvi, made some

demonstrations against Christianity as a rival preacher and

thereby caused some distraction.

Regular weekly services for the heathen could be carried

on, however, in the Anglo-Vernacular Mission School, which

we used as a preaching hall, and where occasional questions

were answered. Only a few religious discussions took place,

chiefly because the desire for them on the part of the oppo-

nents had visibly decreased.

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Itinerancy.

Besides the above-mentioned preaching ex-

cursions in connection with the Seminary, Mr. Schaible visited

the Subrahmanya jatre or feast, conjointly with Mr. Staib,

while Mr. Miinner also during his tours of inspection to

Kasargod, Bekal and Hosadurg was enabled to impart the

Gospel to as many heathen, as he could reach.

The work of the three Bible-women, superintended by

Mprs. Layer, is shortly described on page 28.

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Printing Press, and Book & Tract Depository.

Mr. G. Hirner, Printing Press.

The Press is in charge of Mr. Hirner, who has taken

pains to maintain its acknowledged typographical efficiency,

in the teeth of fair and unfair competition.

The Book & Tract Depository is the editing firm of our

own Religious Books and Tracts, and a number of school-

books, which are retailed in about 24 Branch Depdts and by

8 Colporteurs, agents of the Mission.

We regret to state that

Mr. Krapf, the present superintendent, has been suffering from

an ailment which has obliged him to seek relief in his native

country on the 30th of March 1886.

SALE OF BOOKS AND TRACTS

from the 1st July 1884 to the 30th June 1885.

1. Our own Publications.

Rs

As

26379 Copies of Canarese Religious Books

887

14

18401

bR

Malayalam

99

39

775

919

99

Tulu

99

9

61

14417

99

Canarese School-books

5139

13

11270

99

Malayalam

99

2282

12

5911

99

Other Languages

3376

14397

o)

Government Books, Canarese

2441

10

24162

29

7

Malayalam 3694

S oo ot =T

2, Z)z‘her Pu

blications.

Jt

95268 Gépies

6589

Ot

141124 Copies for

25249

Ot

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LIS O BOOK

Printed during the year from lst November 1884

to 3lst October 1885

L. 1In Canarese

Edition

Size

Copies

Pages

Tot, Pages

80

700

304

142800

Sabhapatra, Vol. XVIII

Examination of Hinduism

II

122

2500

84

210000

On Pilgrimages

II1

162

4000

79

316000

SR

1

3000

259

777000

Hymn Book

A Selection of Bible Passages

VII

122

4000

44

176000

Sermons

16°

200

412

82400

122

12000

236

2832000

Fourth Book

(Bombay Govt.) III

Mental Arithmetic

(do.)

I

128

10000

34

340000

Description & History of Karnata. (do.)

I

i52e

10000

126

1260000

4000

202

808000

Arithmetic, Part II

(do.)

II

122

Fifth Book

I

12°

5000

304

1520000

(do.)

First Book of Lessons

(Madras Govt.) XII

185

15000

64

960000

576000

Second Book of Lessons

(do.)

XI

16°

4000

144

o

I

16°

10000

117

1170000

The First Reader, Part II

(do.)

A short Account of the Mad. Pres. (do.)

IV

169

2000

92

184000

Gymnastics

(do.)

I

16°

500

59

29500

11T

16°

4000

88

352000

Kavyapunja

Arithmetic Exercises for Beginners

III

16

2000

60

120000

Almanac for 1886

°

.

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I1I. Literary Department.

According to our custom we give a short abstract of the

literary work done by different Mission agents.

The fair copy of the manuscript of the Canarese-English

Dictionary for the press by Mr. Kittel, is gradually being

completed.

The printing of the Zulu-English Dictionary, edited by

Mr. Miinner, has favourably progressed.

An edition of 1000 Twlu New Testaments was printed at

the expense of the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society.

The

Gospel of St. Matthew, revised by Mr. Hartmann is being

printed as a tentative version.

The Gospel of St. Mark, printed in Konkani at Serampore

in 1819, has been adapted by Messrs. S. Furtado, Satyarthi

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Kaundinya, and Shiva Rao to the dialect spoken at Manga.-

lore, and has been printed as a tentative version, through

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the kind help of the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society.

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The Canarese Almanac for 1886 by Mr. Watsa, and the

Malayalam Almanac for 1886 by Mr. Matthissen have been

published.

The Canarese Monthly Journal “Kreista Sabhapatra’ (vol.

xviii.) has been edited by Mr. Hoch and Mr. Watsa, whereas

the Malayalam ILllustrated Monthly Periodical “Kéralopakari”

(vol. xii.) has been edited by Mr. Dilger and Mr. P. Hermon.

The following New Publications have left the Press:

In Canarese:

Sketches of Sermons by Mr. Gengnagel, who was helped by

a number of native assistants.

A Canarese Hymn Book, revised, improved and augmented

by Messrs. Graeter, Ziegler and Hoch.

A Selection of DBible Passages, thoroughly revised by

Messrs. Ziegler and Hoch.

Malayalam : Bible Stories, Part 1., The Old Testament, re-

vised by Mr. Frohnmeyer.

IV. Industrial and Mercantile Establishments.

My. Th. Elsiisser, General Agent and Treasurer to the Mission.

My

. H. Altenmiiller, Mercantile Mission-Branch.

Mr. F. Stierlen, Weaving Establishment.

Mr

. I'. Staib, Mechanical Establishment.

My

. K. Brunner,

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My

. J. Bauwmann, Tile-Works, Jeppu.

My

ok Bank,

do

Kudroli.

Agency. Mr. Elsiisser joined this Station on the 27th of

October 1885 to take charge of office from Mr. C. Efleiderer,

the General Agent and Treasurer of the Mission.

Mr.

Brunner arrived from Europe on the 16th of November 1885

to assist in the Mechanical Establishment.

Mr. Bawmann

and family returned on the 20th of February 1886.

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SRS

My, C. Pfleiderer left with his family for Europe on the

23rd of Febuary 1886

My. Francke expects to leave for

Europe in May 1886.

In last year’s Report we mentioned that Mr. ngel after

having devoted 20 years to the Balmattha Weaving Establish-

ment, exchanged this work for that of itinerating preacher

From a short review drawn up by him, we learn that Mr. Melz,

whose demise we have to chronicle under the heading ‘Obituary

at the end of this Report, made the first beginning in weaving; after-

wards the late Mr. Haller toiled on for a number of years

He was

succeeded by Mr. Digel

The moral condition of the present time

compares favourably with that of former years

Then, we find still

a good deal of secret fear of demons, sorcery and other wicked-

ness which we dare not name

The weavers, of whom many joined

us as heathens, being as a caste proverbial for their drunkenness, it

as at one time considered a shame for a woman to marry a weaver

This state of things has greatly changed, most of them being steady,

sober men

Their owning small houses and a plot of ground around

each, has to a great extent helped to wean them from vice, and to

accustom them to industry

These and similar transformations wrought by God in the

hearts of men are a powerful incitement to continue ¢our

work and labour of love.”

The different Establishments under this head, including the

Printing Press

and the Book & Tract Depository, employ

The

as many as 750 persons, of whom 386 are Christians

work is carried on in a thoroughly Christian spirit

The

work of each day is begun with reading the Word of God

occasional expositions and prayer

Not only the spiritual

interests but also the temporal care of the workmen, through

a provident fund, is duly attended to

There are two Night-Schools for the apprentices of the

Weaving and Mechanical Establishments, attended by 18 and

12 boys respectively

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P

MULKY.

Out-Stations: Karnadu, Ulya, Kadike.

Uchila, Yermala, Mulur.

Kutyar, Kalatur.

Santur, Yellur.

Padur, Mallar, Perur, Nadambu.

Munderu, Koditur.

Rev. P. Ott, in charge of the Congregation, Orphanage, and Out-

stations.

FRey. C. Ible,

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Out-Stations, and Itinerant preaching.

Native Pastors

Rev. Diego Fernandez, Rev. Jared Sowens.

Catechists

Mark Salis, Israel Eliezer, Obed Sumitra, Gabriel Bangera.—

Nathan ‘Suchitta, Joseph Vedamuttu.

Christian School-masters.

Jeremiah Sundara, David Bangera, Joshia Mabenna,

Benjamin Keiranna, Elias Ananda, Joseph Sowens.

Christian School-mistresses

Lena Jeremiah, Dasi Anchen.

Heathen School-master, Vasudeva.

Agency. We had the pleasure of welcoming back Mr. &

Mrs. Ott to their former ‘station, where they arrived on the

26th of November 1885.

Mr. Hafner and family were trans-

ferred to Mercara.

Mr. Eble, we regret to say, has been suf-

fering from exposure to the sun, but is doing better.

Mr. Jared Sowens was ordained and placed as Pastor in

his former station, Uchila.

The Congregation has increased during the past year from

671 to 688 souls.

Ten adults and ten children from the

heathen were baptized.

Some church-members grieved us

through their disorderly walk; after all means of bringing

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them round were exhausted, they had to be excluded. A

family, who for some time showed that they were inwardly

estranged from Christ, left us of their own accord. On the

other hand, we were gladdened by the return of several

repenting backsliders, by witnessing the peaceful end of others,

and by seeing how according to Scripture “the earth bringeth

forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, and after

that the full corn in the ear.” (Mark 4, 28.)

The Boarding School for orphan and destitute girls numbers

in 1st class 42, in 2nd class 17, and in 3rd class 10 girls, or

69 girls in all.

Of these, 8 were baptized, and 10 confirmed

during the past year.

The girls are getting well used to the

field-, stable-, dairy-, kitchen-, and needle-work fitting them

to become the wives or servants of ryots.

The institution was in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Hafner till

December, when they were relieved by Mr. and Mrs. Oft.

The

needle-work of the girls was superintended by Mrs. Hafner,

Mrs. Eble, and Mrs. Ott by turns.

The progress in learning was not what we should have

wished, owing to measles which attacked several of the girls,

some of whom suffered from sicknesses, which so often follow

measles, and one died.

The behaviour of the girls was on the whole satisfactory.

Nobody who keeps in mind the former condition of these

poor girls will be surprised that lying and pilfering have to

be fought against in some.

The school is attended also by 10 boys and 15 girls be-

longing to the Congregation.

The five Parochial Schools in Kadike, Santur, Kutyar,

)

Padur and Uchila are attended by 22, 10, 13, 32 and 53

pupils respectively, or 130 pupils in all, 4.e. 66 Christians,

of whom 29 are girls, and 64 heathens (of whom 2 are girls).

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Santur had to contend with one, and Kutyar with two rival

Schools.

Preaching to the Heathen, in spite of different drawbacks, re-

ceived a large share of attention.

Mr. Hajfner spent 13

days, Mr. Eble 884 days, and Native Assistants 523 days,

making a total of 6421 days as against 439 days in 1884, in

itinerancy.

The district of Mulky, especially the weekly

markets at Padubidri, the Kambola or ploughing matches at

Tematuru, Padubidri and Volanki, the heathen festivals at

Subramhanya, Tibar, Suda and others were visited. Bazaar-

preaching in Mulky was also carried on regularly.

Some

extracts of itinerancy will be found on page 16,

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UDAPY.

Out-Stations :

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

Malapu, Udyavara, Bolja, Kilenja.

Gudde, Kap, Mandedi.

Shirva, Suda, Ninjur, Kattingeri, Palli, Kudigrama, Bolle.

Kattupadi, Koppala.

Madambeil, Kurkal, Kalanja.

Kalyanapur, Uppur, Bolmara, Tottam.

Rev. G. Rilter, in charge of the Station, and Congregation.

Rev. F. A. Brasche, in charge of the Schools; Superintendent

of Mission Schools in Canara and Coorg.

Rev. W. Stokes, in charge of Itinerancy & Out-stations.

Rev

. Ch. Keppler,

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,» the Congregation & Out-stations.

Native Pastors

Bev. Daniel Aaron, Rev. Charles Gojar,

Rev. Immanuel Furtado.

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Ca.teéhists

Christian Mabenna, George Peter,

Joshua Chovvallur, Benjamin Ponnon, Gottlob Bangera.

— Benjamin Ananda, Benjomin Kundara.

Colporteur, Sigfried.

Christian School-masters

Peter Simon, Barnabas Joshua (Sowens),

Leonhard Suchitta, Gottlob Samapriya, Benjamin Salins,

Daovid Karkada, Silas Sowens, Elisha Aaron.

Christian School-mistress, Martha Ammanna.’

Agency. Mr. Stokes and family arrived on the 3rd of

March 1885, after having stayed for 11 years on the Hills.

My. Spering left the station on the 4th of March 1885 for

Kaity on the Nilgiris.

We are happy to report that

My. and Mrs. Ritter were permitted to join their old station

at the close of 1885.

Myr. Immanuel Furtado was ordained on the 29th October

1885 as Pastor and stationed at Gudde.

Congregation.

The whole parish has increased from 1094

souls in 1884, to 1121 souls in 1885.

19 adults and 14 child-

ren were baptized during the year.

It is a matter of grief

that on account of a high mortality (37) owing to sickness,

and a greater number of persons who had to be placed under

Church-discipline (27), making 64 in all, the accession through

infant baptisms in the Congregation (54) has more than been

swallowed up.—Whereas the regular attendance at Divine

service at Udapy, Skirva, and other places, and the correspond-

ing zeal in paying church-rates, school-fees etc., are most

encouraging; there are again places, where a certain neglect

of divine ordinances is connected with more or less indifference

in contributing to the support of church and school, and 18

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a source of grief and anxiety to those who have charge of

those souls.

The four Parish Schools in Gudde, Ambadi, Shirwe, Udyavara

arefrequented by 88, 30, 30, and 17 children respectively, mak-

ing a total of 115 pupils.

Of these 37 are Christian boys,

31 Christian girls, and 47 heathen boys. The attendance at all

the schools together, and especially that of Ambadi-Koppala,

has improved since last year (115 against 80, and 30 against

10 respectively).

The school at Qudde, although once in a

critical state, is now prospering.

The Middle or Preparatory School is in charge of Mr.

Brasche.

In May 1885 three students were sent to the Semi-

nary in Mangalore.—Owing to one case of small-pox, two of

measles, and other ailments, the average attendance for the

year under review was 86:11 per cent.

We gladly acknow-

ledge that the Spirit of God works in the hearts of some of

our pupils, and at the same time we wish for a greater out-

pouring of His Spirit.

We close the year with 25 pupils, i. e.

in 1st Class 9, in 2nd Class 7, in 3rd Class 3, and in 4th

Class 6 pupils.

The Normal School, under Mr. Brasche, sent out one teacher,

who had finished his studies at the close of March 1885, and

entered actual service.

We close the year with 7 pupils, two

of whom are temporarily employed as assistant teachers.

The Orphanage for Boys also is superintended by Mr. Brasche.

When we consider that smallpox came to our very threshold

without God permitting its crossing it, and that sore eyes,

whooping-cough, and measles had entered our institution, but

only for a short time, and without any evil consequences to

our proteges, then we exclaim with the Psalmist: «He that

dwelleth in the secret place of the most High, shall abide

under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord:

He is my refuge and my fortress: my God, in Him will I

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trust” (Psalm 91, 1-2.), and thank God heartily.

In spite of

sickness and other drawbacks, the average attendance was,

for the orphan boys in our charge:

84-98 per cent,

for day-scholars, boys:

70-57 per cent,

and ,

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girls:

65-45 per cent,

and we were able to send up all children for the Grant-in-

aid Examination from the I. to the IV. Standards respectively.

They all did well.

In May 1885, four boys were drafted into

the Middle School.

The present inmates, 75 orphan boys,

are taught in 6 to 8 classes, which are attended besides by 31

Christian boys and 33 girls as day-scholars.

Of the orphans 18 are Communicants.

Some of them will

enter the Middle School in May 1886, and about 12 will have

to be apprenticed either to a trade or to agriculture.

Among

the remaining 57 there are some boys who cause much grief

and sorrow through their crooked ways, as well as through

the bad example they set to the rest.

Preaching to the Heathen has been carried on as much

as time and opportunity admitted. The weekly markets in

Udapy and Barkur were regularly visited. There are preach-

ing-sheds in both places, which help to make our preaching

more attractive, and the crowd more attentive and well be-

haved. Mr. Brasche, with the pupils of the Middle School,

also Messrs. Keppler and Stokes, with the Catechists, took their

share of the work.

A note on the last parydya, held in

Udapy, will be found on page 17.

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KARKAL.

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

Rev. M. Schaible, in charge of the Station, and Itinerancy.

Catechist, Joseph Bhagyan.

Agency. Mr. Schaible assisted in Mangalore from the 6th

of June till the 23rd of November. Mr. Hartmann and family

left Karkal on the first of March 1886 for Mangalore, to

embark for Europe on sick-leave.

The Congregation had a slight access of from 54 to 57

souls.

We are sorry that we cannot report more of their

prosperity, much as we would wish it.

Itinerancy. Mr. Schaible has, with the exception of a 6

months’ stay in Mangalore, devoted much of his time to visits

from house to house, and public preaching to the heathen.

Also Mr. Hartmann did what he could, when not engaged in

Bible revision-work.

Further particulars will be found on

page 17.

KUNDAPUR—BASRUR.

Out-Stations: Kundapur, Keilkeri.

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

Catechists

Eliezer Karat, Gershom Sowens.— Christ. Manjaru.

Colporteur, Abr. Salins.

Christian School-master, Barnabas Kodot.

Agency.

Mr. Gengnagel was ailing for some short time

Catechist E. Karat was laid aside by fever for a whole month

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The Congregation has remained stationary, 4. e. it numbers

54 souls, as last year.

On the whole they went on satis-

factorily.

The mixed Vernacular School at Basrur is attended by 5

Christian and 14 heathen boys, and 4 Christian girls, making

23 pupils in all.

There is a falling off of 12 children, drawn

away from us by a rival school.

The Christian children

regularly attend a Sunday-School which is held in the Mission-

house.

In

Itinerancy has been carried on with the usual vigour.

spite of the sickness of the travelling staff and other hindrances,

Mr. Gengnagel devoted 108 days, Catechist Karat 171, Cote-

chist Gershom 80, and Evangelist Chr. Manjaru 162 days,

making a total of 521 days devoted to preaching to the hea-

then. The idol festivals in Maranakatte, Shankaranarayana,

Gangoli, Arihole, Kota, Saukur, Woldur, Yedads, Hattiyangads,

Kollur, Barkur, Basrur, Kamalasille, Uppinakudru, Manikola,

Beindur, Kirmanjeshwara, Koteshwara, Wondara, and Benne-

Ludry were visited. At the weekly markets at Kundapur and

Barkur preaching is carried on, also house-to-house visitation.

Further information will be fo.und on page 18.

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B. North-Canara,

(According to the Census of 1881.)

Square Miles 3911,

Population 421,840.

Languages

Religions and Sects

Canarese

244,895

Hindus

s

381,328

Mahratti and Concani.

152,774

Muhammedans

24,282

Hindustani .

17,458

Rom. Cath. Christian

14,390

Protestant Christians

119

Other Languages

6,713

421,840

Jains

1669

Buddhists

10

Jews

25

Parsis

17

421,840

Increase of population since 1872, 5-88 per cent.

HONORE.

Out-Station : Karwar.

Eev. J. Fischer, in charge of the Congregation, Out-Station, and

Itinerancy in the northern portion of the distriet.

Mr. Th. Digel, Itinerancy in the southern and the eastern parts

of the district.

Catechists

Samuel Bunyan, Jeremiah Sona, Winfred Micha.

Agency. Mr. Digel and family from Mangalore arrived on

the 2nd of February 1885; the following day Mr. and Mys.

Niibling left for Europe.

My. Fischer’s health has been seri-

ously affected by the sting of a poisonous insect.

His life

has been repeatedly in danger, but thank God, he is now bet-

ter and is seeking relief on the Hills.

The two Congregations at Honore, and at Karwar number

52 souls against 57 in 1884. The decrease is accounted for

by 3 families having left for railway-work at Goa.

Karwar

1s in charge of Catechist Samuel Bunyan.

We trust that the

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names of all the Christians in our registers may be written

in the Book of Life, and that the Lord may add living Chris-

tians to this small number.

The Hindu Girls’ School has not only suffered through a

rival girls’ school (Rep. 1884, p. 89.), but the remaining girls

being attracted to the Government school, left one day in a

body.

We regret to be thus deprived of the means of influ-

encing a number of girls for good.

Itinerancy has partly suffered through Mr. Fischer’s pro-

tracted illness and his journey to the Hills, so that he could

only devote 41 days, and Mr. Digel 108 days to preaching to

the heathen.

Catechist Samuel Bunyan spent 88 days, and

Catechist Winfred Micha 103 days, whereas J. Sona, when

his services became available after the closing of the Girls’

School, devoted 50 days, making a total of 490 days, in be-

half of itinerancy. For further information see pages 19 & 20.

II.

CO0ORG:

(According to the Census of 1881.)

Square miles

Population

Madikkeri Taluq

2643

34,088

Padinalku Nadu T.

4714

28,219

LW DO -

Edanalku Nadu T.

3131

41,370

Kiggattu Nadu T.

504

31,280

Nanjaraya Patna T.

331

26,984

(o2 BN, SN

Yelusavirashime T.

1154

16,411

Y;oz‘az e

178,302

9998

Castes:

Religions and Sects:

Coorgs proper .

.

27033

Kodagus

27,033

Mussulmans

Different low castes talking

12,541

Coorg

29,818

Mappillas

4,138

Kurubas

8,432

Protestant Christians

630

Brahmans

2,445

Roman Catholiec Christians

2,417

Canarese

29,678

Others

181,543

99

Jainas

178,302

Different Castes-

80,797

(in all about 200)

178,302

8,839 persons know to read and to write.

Note.—Since the 27th of July 1885 the Stations Mercara and

Anandapur have been separated. Both will be considered separately

in the following pages.—The whole of Coorg suffers at present from

the effect of low prices in coffee. Estates have been lost, ruined, and

abandoned; property has become depreciated; families have been

mulected, ruined or beggared; the sources of income of hundreds of

poor individuals have been stopped, and a general depression of

trade and credit has ensued.

MERCARA.

Rev. J. Hafner, in charge of the Station, Schools, the North-Coorg

Cooly-Mission, and Itinerancy.

Rev. D. Berli, studying Canarese.

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

Mr. J. Grimm,

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Catechists

Bethuel Sowens.—dJacob Upranna.

Christian School-master, Lewis Salins.

Christian School-mistress, [sabella Kote.

My. D. Berli arrived on the 11th of November

Agency.

1885 to strengthen the staff, whereas Mr. Hafner and family,

who joined the station on the 11th of December 1885, came to

exchange place with Mr. F. Veil, who with his family left for

Europe for the benefit of his health on the 12th of February

1886. Mr. Schenlel has taken the sole charge of Anandapur.—

The two Catechists suffered more or less from ague and fever.

Congregation.

The Congregation of Mercara shows an in-

crease of from 65 in 1884 to 71 in 1885.

An adult and three

children, heathen, were baptized.

It is a matter of resret

that only a few persons have settled in the place; the greater

part living there more or less temporarily.

The Coorg Girls’ Day-School. We are glad to report a slight

increase in the number of girls from 11 in 1884 to 16 in 1885,

of whom 6 are Christians; also that Miss K. Richter has been

helping Mrs. F. Veil cheerfully since March 1885, and that

some friendly Coorgs have defrayed the outlay made for the

foundation of the future boarding-house.

Less encouraging is the case of the Bazaar Girls’ School.

Owing to the fall of prices in coffee, the abandonment of es-

tates, the falling of trade etc. many of our well-to-do friends

have been sadly reduced. This state of things has also made

many of them more or less unconcerned about social improve-

ment.

Poverty and discouragement have deprived the school

both of pupils and contributions.

There are only 7 children

left, and of these one is a Christian boy, and another a Christian

girl.

Mys. J. Veil superintends their lessons in needle-work.

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.

The North-Coorg Cooly-Mission.

Not the thought that we sow

and others reap, nor the shrugging of shoulders on the part of luke-

warm Christians, nor even the apathy of the coolies themselves,

which is so often stamped, as it were, on their very faces, nor any

other thoughts will prevent our engaging in preaching to them;

nor will it discourage those who, till now, sent us a helping hand,

in continuing to do so.

It may look as if we and our friends were

justified in sounding the retreat, for for six years has this Mission

existed without being able to show any tangible proof of its being

owned by God, and the calamity in the coffee industry has crippled

our resources, and some of our staunchest friends had to withdraw

their subscriptions with a heavy heart.

But we know that the Lord

has sent the Coolies to our very door to be taught His word by us;

a conviction in which all friends of Mission-work side with us, and

in which we are strengthened by encouraging voices from the coolies

themselves. 'We intend to go on in the name of the Lord.— Catechist

Upranna devoted 106 days to Cooly-Mission-work.

Itinerancy. Mr. F. Veil, accompanied by two of his Native

Assistants, made three preaching excursions, two to Somava-

rapet, and one to the Bhagamandala feast, celebrated in October

by Coorgs, Canarese and Malayalams.

The Word of God was

repeatedly proclaimed on the Fraserpet and Suntikoppa Santes

and in the bazaar at Mercara. Coorgs and Hindus in Mercara,

and Coorgs in the district were visited in their houses.

Catechist B. Sowens visited the villages of Canarese and the

houses of Gaudas in the N. and N. E. of Coorg

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spending in

all 135 days in itinerancy.

Catechist J. Upranna devoted

39 days in company with Catechist Sowens.

Fever interfered

materially with this important branch of our work.

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ANANDAPUR.

Rev. R. Schenkel, in charge of the Station, the South-Coorg

Cooly-Mission, and Itinerancy.

Catechists

Henry Robert, Joseph Mandody.

Christian School-masters

Nathan Salins, Jona Kore.

Note.— Anandapur, at first independent from 1859 to 1881, and

since then an Out-station of Mercara, has now again become a Station

of its own.

Everything in connection with it will be mentioned

under the above head.

Agency. Mr. and Mrs. Schenkel suffered repeatedly from

fever,

The Congregation, owing to emigration, has had a decrease

We grieve

of 7 souls, 4. e. from 186 in 1884 to 179 in 1885.

to record that one of our Native Assistants, who fell into sin,

has given great offence to this community.

We equally

deplore the fact, that nearly all our Christians are poor day-

labourers, who receive their pay on Sunday, the day of Sante,

on which day they are obliged to buy their provisions for the

coming week.

Cat. H. Roberts has now taken charge of this

Congregation.

The Parochial School has been attended by 15 boys and

23 girls, Christians, and 2 boys and 1 girl, heathen, or 41 in

all

Small-pox attacked the pupils as well as the teacher,

and caused the school-house to be closed for some time.

Mrs. Kaundinya and Mrs. Schenkel superintend the needle-

work of the girls.

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Itinerancy. Mv. Schenkel, in company with his assistants,

visited the heathen festival in Irpu, and preached repeatedly

in the bazaars of Siddhapur, Virarajendrapet, Gonicopal and

Ponampet.

The South-Coorg Cooly-Mission.

Also in this part of Coorg the

depreciation of coffee made itself felt.

We are glad to see that our

friends, (some of them in straitened circumstances), have continued

to support us liberally, although there is a palpable falling off com-

pared with last year.

Catechist Henry Roberts was working 9 months

among the coolies when he had all of a sudden to be put in charge of

He has

the Congregation, owing to his predecessor’s dismissal.

been succeeded by Catechist J. Mandody. For further particulars

see page 20,

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SOUTH-MAHRATTA.

Note.—As the latter rains failed in 1884, the second harvest was

very small.

The pressure made itself felt, especially in the northern

and eastern parts of our district.

How thankful we were for the

railway, whereby provisions poured in, causing the prices of grain

and fodder to fall.

Yet instead of 40-50 seers of ragi for one

Rupee, only 18-20 were obtainable; whereas fodder for cattle was

Men suffered much, but

from six to eight times dearer than usual.

still more the cattle, which died by the score.

In consequence of

the high prices and scarcity of work, Government intended to open

relief-works.

Unfortunately, however, at that junction, the political

horizon looked gloomy, and as war with Russia was thought immi-

nent, the relief-works were stopped. In some places the distress was

very greaf.

Had our Missionaries not been enabled by our Home-

Committee to open relief-works for our Christians, we do not know

what would have become of them.

Help was most necessary not

only to keep them from starvation, but also from discouragement,

for there were many who, having barely recovered from the dis-

astrous effects of the late dearth, were now forced to incur debt at

‘When the

ruinous interest, besides losing most of their cattle.

distress was most intense, God in His mercy favoured the country

with a good downpour of rain, thereby averting greater misery,

Praise be to Him!

and cheering up the gloomy hearts.

1.

The Dharwar Collectorate

(Dharwar, Hubly and Bettigherry).

(According to the Census of 1381.)

Area 4,535 square miles, and 882,907 population.

Languages :

Religions and Sects :

769,349

Canarese

715,273

Hindus

Hindustani

92,371

Muhammedans .

100,622

Mahratti

49,020

Roman Catholic Christians

1,640

Telugu

21,135

Protestant Christians

882

Hindi

3,415

Jains

5,154

Tulu

231

Parsis

31

156

Jews

18

Tamil .

Others

5,211

Other

1,306

882,907

882,907

Decrease of populatiog since 1872: 6,764.

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DHARWAR

Ouit-Station

Jodhalli

Rev. F. Kittel, doing Canarese literary work.

Rev. F'. Lvmbach, in charge of Boys’ Schools, and Congregatwn

Miss L, Schmid, in charge of the Girls’ Orphanage; studying Canarese

Catechist, Lot Hery

Christian School-masters

Ananda Banna, David Muchaganna

Christian School-mistress, Maria B. Muchagannao

Heathen School-masters

Shantappa Nagaramathe, Ulavappa Uguragol, Annachari Pete

Sheshe Rege, Rudraya Rottimatha

Agency. There has been a good deal of sickness and

anxiety. We regret to state that Mr. Roth, who had come

on a visit to this Station, died of apoplexy on the 27th of

February 1885 (Engl. Report 1884, page 95)

Mr. & Mrs

Ziegler’s health being affected through long residence in India

they purpose to return home with their family in the course of

April 1886

Mr. Limbach had gone to Bettigerry to assist

nursing Mr. Liitze, who was brought very low through dysen-

tery. Mauss Schinid, who had gone to assist Mrs. Liitzein nursing

her sick husband, fell sick of typhoid fever, and was for

some months unable to do active work

Myr. Liitze, who had

come from Bettigerry in the hope of change, was for some

time 1n a very critical state

The Congregation is in charge of Catechist Lot Heri, and

was supervised by Mr. Ziegler

Through emigration, the

number of Church-members has decreased from 158 in 1884

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to 155 in 1885. One heathen woman was baptized. Shantappa,

the head of the only family at Jodhalli, who was baptized in

1878, entered, in November, into the rest of God’s people.

He was in the habit of reading the Bible and Tracts to his

neighbours.

His only son, contrary to his will and the exhor-

tation of the Missionaries, went last year in search of his wife,

to whom he had been betrothed whilst still in heathenism, and

fell on his way a victim to cholera. Shantappa sought for comfort

in the Word of God, yet the shock to his system was so great

that he finally succumbed.

Some of our Christians, who

were earning their livelihood through carting, had to give it up

on account of the railway; they have become day-labourers,

servants and weavers.

The Orphanage for Girls was in charge of Mr. & Mrs. Ziegler.

Miss Schmid assisted in supervision, and Mrs. Kittel also in

needle-work. Of 49 pupils, 9 left the institution, some to be

married, others as servants and assistants to their relatives;

5 semi-orphans and poor girls were received, so that we close

the year with 45 girls.

We most thankfully mention that

although measles made their appearance, only a small number

of the girls were attacked, and then very slightly.

Mrs.

Ziegler and Miss Schmid took special care in instructing about

25 of the younger children in Bible history, by adapting it to

their comprehension, in order to engage their interest, and

awaken their minds.

We had to fight against laziness and

disobedience in the elder girls, and against lying, dissembling,

and pilfering in the younger ones.

One girl smashed the

mill-stone to be saved grinding maize!

The Anglo-Vernacular School.is in charge of Myr. Limbach.

There are 4 classes with 87 pupils, a slight increase upon

66 pupils in 1884.

72 pupils went up for examination, of

these 68 were promoted.

The repeated change of teachers

interferes With the prosperity of the school. We earnestly

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desire, for the benefit of our Christians as well as the heathen,

to make it a Mission High-School for this district.

The Canarese Boys’ School, supervised by Mr. Limbach, has

4 classes with 63 boys.

This is a slight decrease from

75 in 1884.

The boys take great pleasure in their studies.

Preaching to the Heathen.

Mr. Ziegler has made it a rule,

if possible, to preach the Gospel thrice every week, either in

company with the Catechists, or alone, at Dharwar and the

surrounding villages.

There are some good-for-nothing

school-boys at Dharwar, who take a delight in disturbing our

preaching.

Owing to a great deal of sickness, only one

preaching excursion could be made by Mr. Limbach and Cate-

chist Lot Hers.

They met with a good reception everywhere,

except at Kittur.

Especially in two places, where cholera

had made sad havoc, the afflicted villagers showed much

desire to hear.

HUBLY.

Out-Stations: Unakallu, Hebsur.

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

stations; Chairman of the South-Mahratta District.

Rev. F. Eisfelder, Ttinerancy and Schools; Secular Agent for the

South-Mahratta District.

Rev. J. Waidelich, studying Canarese.

Catechists

Solomon Devada, Samuel Karat.—Daniel Nayaka.

Christian School-master William Aarons.

Heathen School-masters

Gurusiddhaye Halaya, Adiviyappa Manavallr,

Virappa Bannurmatha.

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By

Agency. We had the sorrowful duty to report last year the

sudden death of Mr. Roth (Engl. Rep. 1884, pages 49 & 95),

which took place on the 27th of February 1885. Mrs. Roth

left for Europe.

The Lord will take care of the seed sown

by them in faith.

Myr. Waidelich arrived newly from Europe

on the 20th of October 1885.

Some of the older residents

were repeatedly attacked by fever,

The Congregation at Hubly was in charge of Catechist S.

Devada, and that at Unakallu in charge of Evangelist D. Na-

The total num-

yaka, and superintended by Mr. Daimelhuber.

ber of adherents has risen from 257 in 1884 to 289 in 1885.

With the exception of 4 baptisms from the heathen the rest

are accounted for by immigrants from our South-Mahratta

Congregations.

In Hubly the attendance at Divine service is very encou-

raging, yet a deeper grounding in the Divine truth and more

Missionary zeal is desirable. Want of rain and the consequent

rise of prices was most alarming, till God favoured us with a

good downpour; also the visitation by fever was a source of

distress to many. As Esaias says of Israel: ¢«Lord, in trouble

have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer, when Thy

chastening was upon them” (Isaiah 26, 16), so we must also say

of our people, and we hope this rousing will be a lasting one.

As they had enough to do to keep out of debt, we could not

expect much from them in the way of contributions, which

accordingly fell off to some extent.

Drunkenness in some,

obstinacy in others, and despising advice in a few, caused the

Presbytery a good deal of anxiety.

There is a Young Men’s

Association, which, we hope, will prove a blessing to many.

The Parochial School at New Hubly, in charge of Mr.

Daimelhuber, affords opportunity of instruction to 8 boys and

9 girls. The Parochial School at Unakallu has been tempo-

rarily closed.

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The Vernacular School at Old Hubly, in charge of M.

Hhsfelder, is attended by 2 Christian, and 79 heathen boys, or

81 pupils in all.

Itinerancy.

Twice a week the Gospel is offered to the in-

habitants of this town; once in our preaching hall, and an-

other time in the opposite quarter of the town.

There has

been occasional opposition; but on the whole we have had

attentive hearers.—Owing to fever, the work in the district

could not be attended to as we wished.

Mr. Daimelhuber

went twice to Kinnal and Katerki in the Deccan (see under

Bettigerry).

Mr. Eisfelder, in company of Catechist S. Karat,

made two excursions, one of which was to Lakshmeshvara.

On the second tour he found some persons who read the

Bible, and seek the truth.

He was also very much encou-

raged by the attention

and

readiness evinced to hear

God’s Word.

BETITIGERRY.

(Addr. Gadag.)

Out-Stations: Shagoti, Malasamudra.

Kinnal, Katrike.

Rev. Th. Walz, in charge of the Congregation, Seminary and

Schools; Superintendent of Mission Schools in South-Mahratta.

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

Rev. B. Liithi, studying Canarese.

Catechists

Solomon Bhaskar, Nahasson Vira, Goltlob Mabenna,

Joseph Kairanna.

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Christian School-masters

David Punita, Annaji Belgaumkar, Devapriya Shubha,

Daniel Uttengi, Gideon Gokavi, Andronica Rubdi,

Jonathan Karadi, Gabriel Matapati.

Christian School-mistress, AMM‘ﬁZ;(I/ Gokavi.

Heathen School-masters

Babanni Kabadi, Ramachandra Narayana, Vyasi Munt

Agency. The change among the Missionaries at this place

was very distressing.

Messrs. Hasenwandel and Liitze had

gone together to the Nizam’s territories on a tour of inspection.

The reception they met with was of so encouraging a character

that Mr. Hasenwandel’s heart expanded at the thought of

annexing new territories for the Lord.

The zeal of the

brethren was, however, greatly damped, owing to sickness

brought on by the intense heat and bad water. For along time

they were in a critical state, till at last Mr. Hasenwandel

was called to his rest by the Lord of the vineyard on the

16th of April 1885.

We beg to refer our readers to the head:

«Obituary”.— Mpr. Liitze, whose life too was despaired of for a

Only

time, left the station on the 3rd of August for Kaity.

My. Liithi and Mrs. Hasenwandel remained.

On the 13th of

May Mr. & Mrs. Ernst from Guledgud, and on the 17th of

July Mr. and Mrs. Walz from Europe, joined the station.

Owing to this, the superintendence of the different branches

went through several hands*.

The Congregation at Bettigerry is in charge of Catechist

S. Bhaskar, and was superintended by Messrs. Liithi, Ernst,

and Walz 1in turn.

The Congregation at head-quarters and

out-stations amounts to 482 souls against 512 in 1884. Five

heathen were baptized during the past year.

The decrease

* Jrs. Hasenwandel left for Europe in March 1886.

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of 30 souls results from an excess of emigration owing to

hard times and scarcity of work, and the fact that 10 had

to be excluded for having been parties in writing defamatory

placards.

The imminence of a famine, which God in His

mercy has averted, has apparently not made any deeper im-

pression on our people in Bettigerry. They are very indif-

ferent attendants at church. Some of those, whose lives were

saved at the time of the last famine, think their having be-

come Christians was an act of folly. They even wish for a

hybrid Christianity.

A number of young persons, who had been prepared for Con-

firmation, had to be refused, owing to their joining, in company

with other Church-members, a Mohurrum procession in spite

of our warning. A Young Men’s Association, originally got

up to strengthen morality and religiousness, was in danger

of becoming a tool of self-will and insubordination.

The Congregation at Shagoti is in charge of Catechist N.

Vira, and was supervised by Mr. Ernst.

The Catechist, owing

to sickness, had to be relieved for 3 months.

The different

families living here and in Malasamudra suffered a good deal

from dearth, and loss of cattle through murrain.

They were

struggling manfully to keep starvation from their doors.

The following Schools are kept up in connection with this

Station d

The Sunday-School at Bettigerry is attended by 45 heathen

boys, and 12 heathen girls, making 57 pupils in all.

The Parochial Girls’ School at Bettigerry was attended by

14 girls.

Mrs. Hasenwandel superintended their needle-work.

In the Parochial School at Shagoti, reopened last year,

5 Christian boys, 6 Christian girls, and 15 heathen boys, making

26 in all, are instructed.

The Boys’ Orphanage, superintended by Mr. Walz, educates

48 boys in five classes.

Shortly 16 boys will leave the school;

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of these 5 will enter the Normal School, 6 are to be apprenticed,

and 5 will return to their relations; and about 8 or 10 new

admissions will take place.—This school is attended by 6

Christian and 2 heathen boys as day-scholars.

The

The Evangelists’ School is in charge of Mr. Walz.

pupils board outside of the institution.

Since December 1884,

one has entered the Seminary in Mangalore, one has been

installed as Assistant Catechist, and two have had to be dis-

missed. One of these is physically not strong enough, and the

other is wanting in intellect in consequence of the many poppy-

head-decoctions given to him by his mother when young. Four

new men having been received, we close the year again with four

pupils.

One of them is about 38 years old and was a Sanyési

for 12 years.

His conversion will be found under Guledgud.

The Training or Normal School also is in charge of Mr.

Walz, who is assisted by Catechist D. Punita as caterer and ge-

neral manager, as well as teacher.

The 18 pupils with whom

we closed the year, were joined by 9 boys drafted from the Or-

Of these 22 lads, one had to be dismissed, and

phanage.

three, we regret to say, left the institution in their self-will.

We close the year with 18 pupils, of whom 2 have expressed

their earnest desire to be sent to the Mangalore Catechists’

Seminary in the beginning of 1886.

The Vernacular School in Bettigerry is attended by 92

heathen boys in 4 classes.

Itinerancy. Mr. Walz takes his assistants, and the pupils

of the Evangelists’ School, once a week to the Bettigerry

The auditory is large

Bazaar and once to the Gadag Bazaar.

and well behaved. The excursions made by the late Mr. Hasen-

wandel, by Mr. Liitze, Mr. Walz and Mr. Ernst amount to

117 days, and those of our Native Assistants to 158, or 275

days in all.

They visited the Sirhatti and other festivals, and

devoted part of their time to the Deccan.

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The work in the Moglai or Deccan carried on from this

station, deserves a few remarks.

We have introduced this

new branch to our readers already on p. 14 and 59 in the

Report of 1884, and give now the extracts from the reports of

four excursions, of which two were made by Mr. Daimelhuber,

and two by Mr. Ernst.

There is no doubt that the people in

the Nizam’s dominions are still very simple. When we look to

the young men in other places, and especially to those in

South-Mahratta of late years, who have a smattering of edu-

cation, and therefore consider their ideas of irreligiousness,

nay infidelity, entitling them to great respect, who put aside

common decency, and take a delight in using the most fri-

volous expressions to make us objects of derision in the eyes

of our hearers, and when we look to the majority of simple

people of this country, we earnestly wish they may never be

contaminated by such poison.

We have begun #wo Out-sta-

tions in their midst.

Kinnal.

We found the people very confiding.

Bannappa,

an earnest, truth-seeking man, who has been reading the

Bible for some years, has built a school-room and a house for

a teacher out of his own money. He is happy that we have

opened a school, and stationed a Catechist there.

He has,

however, to bear a good deal of ridicule and wrath from his

caste-men; and of late the Guru, seeing his firm resolution of

embracing Christianity, has put him out of caste.

The school seems to be in a prosperous state.

It is now

attended by 73 heathen boys in 3 classes.

The instruction is

in Mahratti and Canarese.

Katrike. We received several friendly visits from different

persons, among them a Mohammedan woman with her son, who

has been keeping the Sabbath for some time, and showed

herself anxious to hear the Gospel.

The school which was

opened in the beginning of 1885, is attended at present by

29 boys.

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2. The Bijapur Collectorate

(Guledgud and Bijapur).

Area 5,757 square miles; 638,473 population.

Religion:

Languages:

Canarese

527,382

Hindus

350,756

.

220,000

Mahratti

24,569

Lingaites

Hindustani

63,744

Muhammedans

67,066

Telugu

14,025

Roman Catholic Christians

102

799

Protestant Christians

523

Tamil

Tulu

113

Parsis

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Other Langua;ges.

7,841

638,473

638,473

“Compared with the 1872 returns, the 1881 returns show a decrease of

177,780, or 21:77 per cent, which is due to the mortality and emigration

during the famine of 1876/77.”

(Bombay Gazeteer.)

GULEDGUD

(Addr. Bagalkot).

Out-Stations: Parvati, Padinakatte, Murudi

Kardenhalli, Kotanhalli, Ladagundi, Nagarahalli, Asangi, Mullur.

Mushtigeri, Kalkurgi.

Rev. G. GQrossmann, in charge of the Station, Out-stations, Congre-

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gation, Schools, and Itinerancy.

Rev. H. Kwnittel, Out-stations, and Itinerancy.

Catechists

Immanuel Sowens, Johann Prabhakar.— Subhadra Kanapur,

Silas Boragar, Daniel Patt.

Bible-Women

Salome Sakkare, Rahel Rangarejs.

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Christian School-masters

Immanuel Nirmanwike, Immanuel Mudukavi,

Amruta Shilabhadra.

Heathen School-master, Adwiappa Mulagunda.

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Agency.

In March 1885 Mr. & Mrs. Warth were trans-

ferred to Bijapur, and in May 1885 Mr. & Mrs. Ernst to

Bettigerry. We were greatly rejoiced by the return in April

1885 of Mr. & Mrs. Grossmann to this Station from Europe.

Catechist Im. Furtado, owing to weakness, was forced to leave

for his native country, and Catechist G. Mabenna suffered

much from fever.

The Congregation in Guledgud was under the care of

Catechist Im. Sowens, and the one at Kardenhalli was in

charge of Cat. J. Prabhakar, both being supervised by Mr.

Grossmann.

Those at Mushtigeri and Kalkurgi have been

entrusted since June to Ev. Silas Boragai, and superintended

by Mr. Knittel.

Nine heathen adults were baptized; of these

one was a Lingaite of about 40 years.

His conversion is

described on page 8.

In spite of 31 baptisms of infants,

the total Congregation rose from 504 in 1884 to 510 only,

owing to the emigration of some families to Bijapur, and of

others to Dharwar, in search of work.

The attendance at

Divine Service might be better. The Young Men’s Association

caused us some anxiety at one time, but is now giving us

joy, and filling us with hope.

The natural liking of Orientals

for show and noise, forms a source of temptation to our

Christians, whenever opportunity offers to spend part of the

As to

night in witnessing processions, shows, plays, etc.

married life, there is here and there a struggle between

Christian and heathenish national customs.

Those in favour

of the latter object to women aspiring to, and claiming the

same rights as men, fearing lest the man should lose his

dominant position, and the result be a total collapse of the

social building.

There are some backsliders who, we are

happy to mention, wish to return and subject themselves to

Church discipline.

The Mixed Parochial School at Guledgud affords instruction

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to 8 boys and 9 girls, or 17 in all, in 3 classes.

Grossmann teaches singing to the children, and superintends

the needle-work of the girls.

The Vernacular School in Koshtapete, under the superin-

tendance of Mr. Grossmann, has been suffering for some years

past from rival schools.

This year an additional rival school

was opened close to ours, consequently the number of pupils

fell from 48 to 32 boys, of whom one was a Christian.

However, we hope to weather this storm also.

The Parochial School at Kardenhalli was superintended by

Myr. Knittel.

As we found it would not prosper, we trans-

ferred it to Ladagundi, and converted it into a Mixed School.

At present 13 heathen boys attend it; some Christian boys

will join shortly.

Itinerancy-

This branch of work also suffered through

changes and sickness of the Agents.

The bazaar preaching

at Guledgud was carried on pretty regularly twice a week in

the old and new town alternately. Although the people be-

haved quietly, yet the self-sufficiency, indifference, pride of

caste, love of sin, and fear of man, which keep back our

hearers, were felt by us as powerful barriers to the reception

of the Truth.

The Mohammedan and heathen inhabitants

pay us daily visits, and we are thus enabled to speak to them

individually from the Word of God what will meet their

several cases.

In addition to this we visited regularly our

different Out-stations.

Actual excursions to greater distances

occupied 173 days; in these Messrs. Ernst, Knittel, and Warth

participated, together with our native assistants Prabhakar,

Kanapur and Jesudasa Shastri.

Under Itinerancy, page 21 &

22, some further details will be found, as also under Bible-

women, page 29.

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BIJAPUR.

Rev. C. D. Warth, in charge of the Station, and Itinerancy.

Cate chist,

Sadananda Ranganatha.

Mr. Warth writes: As we stated in our last report, Mrs.

Warth and myself were transferred from Guledgud to this

Station on the 12th of March 1885.

No house being available

for rent, we stayed first in tents, and afterwards were per-

mitted to occupy the “Begum Roza Mosque”, a small monu-

mentary mosque, built by Aurangzeb for a princess of his

house.

Although the building afforded scarcely sufficient

shelter from rain, and, standing in a more or less neglected

place, gave access to vermin of all kinds, yet we were glad

To consolidate the work it was

of this temporary asylum.

necessary to build a Mission-house.

Although there are many

who hail our coming to this place, there are others, who

would prefer our absence.

Through God’s goodness, we

succeeded, however, in getting a sufficiently large piece of

ground in a central part, and after having collected the neces-

sary materials, I set about erecting the buildings necessary for

Missionary premises; however, in spite of every effort, I fear

we shall not be able to enter the new Mission-house before the

end of March 1886.

I owe a debt of gratitude to M.

Reinolds, Executive Engineer of the District, for his advice

and friendly help.

A number of Christians followed us to this place to earn

their livelihood, whilst we were building. Each Sunday I

collected them for Divine Service in the <Begum Roza”.

Ther-e

are now about 15 of them with us.

Preaching to the heathen was attended to for about four

months, when I made the acquaintance of the people in the

town and the environs.

I had to give it up, however, on

account of building.

My assistant S. Ranganatha could

do a little more in this line, although laid aside for

some time through sickness. We refer our readers to page 22.

AN N N A L oN N E N N

IV. MALABAR.

(According to the Census of 1881.)

Areca 5,765 syuare miles.

Population 2,365,085 souls.

Talugs

Square miles

Population

Calicut .

339

205,962

Chiracal

648

272,669

Cochin

2

21,360

Ernad

811

296,143

462

Kottayam

165,775

Kurumbrandd .

538

261,024

Palghat

613

342,454

Ponnéni

390

392,654

Valluvanad

963

308,102

Wynéd .

999

88,091

Laccadive Islands

10,801

Tozal 5,165

2,365,035

Religions:

Castes:

Hindus

1,669,271

Brahmans

47,683

Muhammedans

652,198

Kshatriyas

1,509

Christians

Chetties

43,196

22,044

Jains and Buddhists

211

Nayas .

348,169

Others

159

Kammalas

90,051

Weavers

42,606

2,365,035

Vanniyas

50,624

Potters

11,770

Fishermen

16,191

Tiyas

572,231

Cherumas and Parayas

276,767

Others.

189,626

Hindus

1,669,271

114 caste-names were returned.

2,198,661 or 92:27 per cent speak Malayalam.--Of the 43,196 Christians 82

per cent are Roman Catholics and Syrians, and 18 per cent are Protestant

Christians.

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Since 1872 the Muhammedans increased 12:14%*

the Christians

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373

the Hin(ﬁlS

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CANNANORE.

OQut-Stations:

Chovva, Taliparambu, Chiracal.

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Clerical Part.

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

Secular Agent for the Malabar District.

LRev. J. Weismann, in charge of the Cannanore Congregations

and Schools.

Rev. Th. Strobel, studying Malayalam.

Catechists

Charles Stocking, Nathanael Arukandan, Cornelius

Hutten, Paul Sneham, Manasse Kudakkal, John Ruben.—

Abel Kattuparambu, Elias Nambi, Abraham Para.

Colporteur,

Obed Sneham.

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Christian School-masters

Tobias Zacharias, v. s, Benjamin Hermon, T. K. Nwan,

Samuel Elias, David Gomer, Titus Padiath.

Heathen School-masters

Narayanan Pillay, Bala Krishna Prabh,

K Kunyambu, J. Baman, K. Kelappan, K. Krishnan,

K. Govindan, Muliyile Peitel.

Agency.

We were most happy to welcome in October 1885

Myr. Th. Strobel, son of the Rev. J. Strobel, who had arrived

in October 1856 in Cannanore.

We are sorry to have to announce the death of the

Rev. Muliyile Abraham, which took place on the 27th of

October 1885.

A short sketch of his life will be found in the

«Obituary.” Cateclist P. Sneham was laid aside through sick-

ness for six months,

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The Congregation at Cannanore was partly in charge of the

late Mr. Muliyil, and then in that of Catechist M. Kudakkal,

supervised by Mr. Weismann, and that of Chovva was en-

trusted to Catechist Corn. Hutten, and superintended by

Mr. Lauffer.

The former increased from 362 sduls_to 384,

and the latter from 281 souls to 292.

The whole parish num-

bers now 711 souls against 683 in 1884. 8Six heathen adults

and one heathen child were baptized during the last year.

We mention with a thankful heart, that whereas cholera,

small-pox and dysentery were raging in Cannanore, our

This time

Christians have been mercifully spared by God.

of anxiety has been blessed to our people.

They are regular

in their attendance at Divine Service, and in the observance

of family-worship.

The interest they take in the prosperity

of the Congregation was testified to by a liberal contribution

of about Rs. 500 towards the building of a new church. A

Young Men’s Association has been commenced, and promises

to become a valuable auxiliary. We deeply grieve that a

member of this church, who for years occupied a post of

trust, has purloined a large sum of money, wronged his

employers, and brought shame on the cause of Christ.

It is

a relief to turn from this to the death-bed of an old mother

in Israel.

We have given a short description of her life on

page 12.

The difficulties in connection with our colony at Chovva,

alluded to in our Report for 1883 page 58, have caused us

much anxiety, and we hope they will be settled amicably

and favourably.

The Parochial School at Chovva with 3 classes, in charge

of Mr. Lauffer, and that at Cannanore, with 4 classes, superin-

tended by Mr. Weismann, have been prosperous.

The former

is attended by 21 boys and 23 girls, and the latter by 21 boys

and 28 girls, making a total of 93 pupils.

Mrs. Lauffer at

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Chovva, and Mrs. Weismann at Cannanore respectively, super-

intend the needle-work of the girls.

The Anglo-Vernacular School in the Camp Bazaar is in

charge of Mr. Weismann.

It has gone through good report

and evil report.

There are 9 classes attended by 215 boys,

of whom 41 are Christians; a slight falling off as compared

with 1884, when there were 227 scholars.

The boys really

like the Bible lessons.

The Muliyil Vernacular School is superintended by M.

Weismann.

It has been attended by 81 boys and 24 girls,

three of whom are Christians, or 105 children in all.

There

is an increased attendance by 33 pupils, and otherwise the

results are very encouraging.

We thankfully mention that Mrs. Schonthal was permitted

to continue teaching Bible stories and singing in the Hindoo

Girls’ School, as hitherto.

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Itinerancy. Mr. Weismann writes:

We are very sorry that

the Missionaries, with the exception of a short tour taken by

Mr. Lauffer, could do no preaching among the heathen. Our

Native Assistants, in spite of much sickness, visited many idol-

festivals and markets for preaching, besides spending a good

deal of time in visits from house to house.

The Catechists

N. Arukandan spent 203 days, P. Sneham 68, A. Para 83,

El. Nambi 115, A. Kattuparambu 130, J. Ruben 25, and C.

Hutten 8 days, or 632 days in all, in itinerancy.

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Industrial Pa,rt.\

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

Mr. J. Rellstab, Assistant.

Mr. Schonthal’s state of health has now and then caused

us some anxiety.

The Cannanore Weaving Establishment, as

well as the Branch Establishments at Tellicherry and Chom-

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bala, are superintended by Mr. Schonthal, Mr. Rellstab devoting

part of his time to assisting him.

Moreover both brethren

are taking both secular and other affairs off our hands.

The Cannanore Weaving Establishment gives employment

to about 200 persons, while the Establishments at Tellicherry

and Chombala offer the means of livelihood to about eighty

persons.

TELLICHERRY.

Out-Stations: Dharmapatnam, Anjarakandy, Kuttuparambu.

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

Out-stations and Itinerancy; Chairman of

the Malabar District.

Rev. C. W. Dilger, in charge of the Congregation and

Schools in Tellicherry Town.

Rev. C. Schaal, in charge of the Schools at Nettoor,

Native Pastor

Rev. Paul Chandran.

Catechists

Stephan Chandran, Joh. Zacharias, Peter Arnon,

Timothy Parakandy, Ashamayan Tumaran.—

Joseph Murkottan, Philipp Mackadan.

Colporteur, Abiyah Utshamuvalli.

Bible-women

Hanna Hassan, Rhoda Simon, Julia Mandody,

Paulina Fernandez.

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Christian School-masters

Simon Sandhi, Nathanael Simon, Peter Hermon, Abel Martin,

John Satyarthy, Jacob Boaz, Micha Mackadan,

Nathanael Hoar, Jesuadian Vedamuttu,

Benjamin George, Nathanael Hermon.

Christian School-mistresses

Phebe Jacobi, Emily Danzel.

Heathen School-masters

L. aman, 7 4, T. Kanaran, r. 4., K. Bapou, G: Appa Rao,

M. Kanaran, Raman Nayar, Purushottama Ayya,

P. Krishna Nayor, E. Kanaran, Kelan,

Peital, Raman, Kunyambu.,

Agency. Mr. Dilger succeeded Mr. Matthissen in Tellichery

town on the 11th of January 1885,

My, Matthissen was

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transferred to Calicut, and Mr. Schaal joined the Station at

Nettoor, on the 28th of February 1885.

The Congregation at Nettoor was under the charge of our

venerable Pastor My. P. Chandran, and the one at Awjara-

kandy under that of Catechist Tim. Parakandy, both being

superintended by Mr. Walter, whereas the Congregation in

Tellicherry town was entrusted partly to Catechist J. Zacharias,

partly to Catechist Stephan Chandran, and supervised by Mr.

Dilger.

Tley increased from 125, 36 and 224 respectively, to

143, 37 and 240 respectively; the whole parish had an in-

crease of from 387 souls in 1884 to 423 souls.

Five heathen

adults, and one heathen child were baptized. The increase is

to a great extent due to immigration.

The attendance at

Divine Service at Neftoor is good. Missionary zeal seems to

increase.

Not all the members of this Church prosper, as

they otherwise would, were they more thrifty.

The Young

Men’s Association at Nettoor promises to exercise its beneficial

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influence as a means of preservation from evil ways for many,

and to become a nursery for all that is laudable.

The Congregation in Zellicherry town had, on the whole,

a year of quiet development.—At the end of February 1885,

a fire broke out in the fishermen’s village and destroyed many

huts.

One of our Christians, desirous to save his property,

got badly burnt, and in spite of nursing and care, died.

This man, shortly after his baptism, had joined the Romish

Church, but had returned after some time not feeling satisfied.

His wife went to the Romish Church till his death, when she

She did not wish to

came to us, and begged to be admitted.

be separate from her husband and the bliss he was going to

inherit.—Owing to long protracted rain, those of our Chris-

tians who earn their livelihood by fishing, suffered much

privation.

The following Schools are in connection with this Station:

The Infants’ School at Nettoor, kept up by the wife of a

Catechist, and two young girls, is an asylum for 8 little boys

and 11 little girls, or 19 in all.

The Parochial School at Nettoor has four classes and is

attended by 21 boys and 14 girls, or 35 in all.

Myrs. Walter

superintends the needle-work of the girls.

The Sunday-School at Nettoor is attended by 48 children,

20 of whom are girls.

The Middle or Preparatory School.

The year was begun

with 21 pupils, 3 of whom were sent to the Catechists’ Semi-

In the same month 8 new

nary at Mangalore in May 1885.

pupils entered the institution, making 26 in all.

Of these

3 were dismissed on account of their unsteadiness, and 2

owing to weak intellect, so that we close the year with 21

pupils in 4 classes,

(Class I. 10, Class II. 4, Class III. 4,

Class. 1V, 3),

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The Training or Normal School.

The 14 pupils, which were

left in our care at the end of 1884, were joined by 3 new

pupils.

As many, however, left the institution: one who had

found temporary refuge, and two who had to be dismissed

owing to displeasing traits of character.

There are 14 young

men left, several of whom have gone up for the 5th Grade

Examination.

The pupils of the two institutions have a num-

ber of lessons in common.

The Anglo-Vernacular Parsee School in Tellicherry town was

under the management of Mr. Dilger.

280 pupils, 25 of whom

are Christians, receive instruction.

They are divided into 8

classes. There is anincrease of 26 pupils compared with 254 in

1884. As to the examination, as far as the results are known,

about half of the boys may be considered to have passed.

The Hindoo Girls’ School in town has been removed to a

more favourable locality, and this enabled a number of new

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children to attend. There are now 40 girls, of whom only

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are Christians.

Mr. Dilger has been teaching English, and

Mrs. Dilger needle-work.

The Mixed School in the fishermen’s village Chalil is in

charge of Mr. Dilger. The school has increased in numbers

and proficiency.

The children being very poor, this school

has more of the character of a Charity- or Poor-school.

A

Mistress teaches needle-work to the girls.

There are now

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54 boys, of whom 9 are Christians, and 20 girls, of whom

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are Christians, or 74 pupils under instruction.

The following Mixed Schools are in charge of Mr. Walter;

that at Awjarakandy attended by 22 pupils in 3 classes, of

whom 4 are Christian boys, and 5 Christian girls, had to con-

tend with rival schools; that at Kuttuparambu is attended

by 33 boys in 4 classes, who have done well in secular and

Bible lessons; that at Dharmapatnam affords education to

44 pupils in 4 classes.

Of the latter 37 are boys and 7 girls.

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Itinerancy. The Brethren Walter aﬁd Dilger, assisted by

some Catechists, preach regularly once a week in the fisher-

men’s village.

The polemic writing of a Muhammedan, men-

tioned in our English Report for 1884 on page 79, caused a

great deal of stir.

Its object is to confuse the minds of the

people by using various exploded rationalistic arguments.

These were tried by our opponents against us in order to

worst us, but they found that they had done us an actual

service by exciting the curiosity of our hearers.

The idol-festivals in Payavur, Taliparambu, Melur, and

Andalur were visited, and a number of tours into the district

were made.

We have thus to record of actual travelling days

for Mr. Walter 108 days, and for his Native Assistants 709,

or 817 days in all. «Our impression” Mr. Walter continues to

report, ‘is, that the populace at large have become puzzled

The con-

about their gods, and begun to doubt their powers.

viction that Christianity will obtain the victory gains more

and more ground.

Owing to this circumstance, all classes,

high and low, received us gladly.

The day-spring from on

high has, however, not yet risen in their hearts, and we ask

enquiringly: «“Watchman, what of the night?”

The work of the two Bible-women has been mentioned al—

ready on page 27.

The Cannanore Weaving Establishment has a branch here,

which is a great help to this Congregation.

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CHOMBALA

(Addr. Mahe).

Out-Stations: Kandappankundu, Mahé, Muvaratu.

Rev. W. Schimolck, in charge of the Station, and Out-stations;

Superintendent of Mission Schools in Malabar.

Rev. J. Jaus, in charge of Muvaratu, and Itinerancy.

Catechists

Timothy Vengalan, Gabriel Pirachan, Tobias Chembankodan,

Henry Menzel, Abijah Edappalan.—Jacob Kumaran.

Bible-women

Rebecca Chembankodan, Clara Ponnon, Martha Tychicus,

Elizabeth Puttamuvidan.

Christian School-masters

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Silas Hanoch, Willy Allan, C. Ambroise, Mose Ponnon,

David Padiyattu, Johannan Paranjoti.

Christian School-mistresses

Ruth Mavattil, Maria Matthew.

Heathen School-masters

Shankaran, Chandu Nayar, Kelan Veidyar, Kelan.

The Congregation at Chombala, in charge of Catechist Twm.

Vengalan, and that at Mahe, entrusted to Cateclhist Tob.

Chembankodan, are superintended by Mr. Schmolck, and that

at Muvaratu under the care of Evangelist Kumaran, is super-

vised by Mr. Jaus.

To Chombala and Kandappankundu

belong 247 souls, to Mahe 54, and to Muvaratu 22, making a

total of 323 against 309 in 1884.

Five adults and three

children from the heathen were baptized, and six persons

have immigrated.

There have been cases of insubordination,

and unchristian spirit.

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The Orphan Girls’ School provides for 80 boarders, two of

whom are still heathen.

From May till September we had

a hard time on account of typhoid fever and other sicknesses;

four of our pupils were called away by the Lord, one of them,

a sickly child, having died at her home.

19 girls left, and

17 entered the institution, 7 of the latter were heathen.

Two of those who left us were sisters, who were obliged to

quit us under most painful circumstances.

Their mother,

who four years ago had come to us as a heathen, and been

baptized by us, and whose girls we took care of, had some

time later turned a Roman Catholic.

Through the help of

the Jesuits she had instituted a complaint against us, when

we were forced by decree of Court to give over the children

in spite of the tears and entreaties of the elder girl.—Our

boarders learn house-keeping, plaiting cocoanut-leaves, or

cadjans, vegetable- and fruit-gardening, dairy- and needle-

work. Mpr. and Mrs. Schimolck have charge of the school,

Mrs. Jaus assisting Mrs. Schmolck.

19 boys and 14 girls

visit the school as day-scholars.

We have now introduced

gymnastics, and find that the health of the girls has improved

in consequence.

The Franco-Anglo-Vernacular School at Mahée has now

7 classes, in which Frénch, English and Malayalam are

taught.

A new and appropriate building for the same has

been erected.

My. Schmolck superintends the school.

We

thankfully mention that the yearly examination by the French

Educational Commission showed satisfactory results, and that

we enjoy the confidence of the French Colonial Government,

and of the parents of the children.

100 boys, 21 of whom

are Christians, attend this school.

The Vernacular School at Muwaratw is in charge of My,

Jaus.

A new school-house has been erected for the same,

which is attended by 51 boys and 16 girls, of whom 4 and 1

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respectively are Christians, or 67 pupilsin all. The population

appreciate the means of education offered to them, and we

have been asked to open vernacular schools in other places

in the neighbourhood.

Itinerancy. Mv. Jaus reports that he and his companions

preached in 21 Amshams and 69 Déshams, six fisher- and

weaver-villages, at weekly fairs, and at the two idol-festivals at

Collam and Kirur.

He spent 162 days, and his companions

T. K.Vengalan 44, G. Pirachan 164, T. Chembankodan 156,

J. Kumaran 172, H. Menzel 204, A. Edappalan 158, and

Catechist Chembankodan

W. Allen 14 days, or 1074 days in all.

devotes his time exclusively to Mahe.

In proportion to the

number of days we have not gone over a corresponding area,

as it is our practice to visit, if possible, all the houses in the

different places where we stayed.

The work of the four Bihle-women, of whom two are engag-

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ed in Chombala, and two in Mahe, is reported on page 26.

CALICUT.

Out-Stations: Coilandy (Quilandy), Beypore.

I. Clerical Part.

Rev. J. Knobloch, in charge of the Congregation, Out-stations, and

Parochial Schools; Chairman of the B. G. E. Mission in India.

Rev. J. Matthissen, in charge of the High School and Vernacular

Schools.

Rev. G. Peter, studying Malayalam.

Native Pastors

Rev. Joseph Jacobi, Rev. Jonas Padiath.

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Catechists

Paul Chittayagam, Jacob Heber, Charles Hermon,

Solomm Makkadan.— Esauw David.

Colporteur,

Immanuel Boaz.,

Bible-Women

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Martha Vacharan, Orpa Deborah.

Christian School-masters

0. Verki, Abraham Jadayappan, Zacharias G.,

Isaac Makkadan, Thomas Puttanvittil, Moses Achat,

Joseph Nanu, Solomon Joseph, Theophil, Tobias Hoar,

Dowmingo Cabral, Joshua Valiavalappan.

Christian School-mistresses

Bathsheba Kuttackal, Joveline Kuttackal, Ewmily Laban,

Honnah Hoar, Azuba Vittu, Angelica Parakandy.

Heathen School-masters

U. Shankaran Nayar, 5. 4., V. Kannan Nayanar, F. 4.,

Kandan Nayar, r. 4., Keshavan Menon, F.4.,

P. Krishnan

Kuruppu, K. Govindan Menon, Venkatachalam Shastri,

Kandan, K. Shankaran.

Agency. Mr. Frohnmeyer, with his family went on furlough

My. Hole was transferred to

to Europe in February 1885.

Codacal in October 1885.

My. & Mrs. Matthissen joined the

Station in May 1885, and M. Peter arrived newly from Europe

in October 1885.

Mr. Matthissen and Mrs. Knobloch were

ailing repeatedly during the past year.

The Rev. J. Jacobi,

we regret to state, had a fit of apoplexy on the Ist of

January 1886.

Catechist Jonas Padiath was ordained on the

13th of May 1885.

The Congregation at Calicut is in charge of Mr. J. Padiath,

and that at Coilandy under Mr. J. Jacobi, and both are super-

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intended by Mr. Knobloch.

The former numbers 840 souls,

the latter 68, and the whole parish 908, or 24 more than in

1884. Twenty-eight heathen, of whom 20 are adults, have been

baptized.

We witnessed also this year the usual spiritual ups

and downs among the Christians.

The earnestness and zeal of

some seems to have cooled down, while others help to build

up the church inwardly and outwardly.

We regret to state

that two young women had to be excommunicated, and others

to be placed under discipline, owing to impurity and witch-

craft.

Sensitiveness, resentment, envy, implacability, light-

heartedness, running into debt etc. require to be fought

against.

There has been also a case of obstinate refusal to

pay church-rates.

At several death-beds our soul rejoiced

at the breaking forth of the hidden glory of the children of

God. Among these were two believing lepers, Jesudasan, and

Shantappa who had led other lepers to Christ.

The following Schools are kept up:

The Parochial Girls’ School at Calicut is supervised by Mr.

& Mrs. Knobloch.

There are now 5 classes with 91 Christian

Sivkay soe. O V.8 Ol IV, 14:CL T 17, €1 1k 25 ¢ il

CL L. 27 pupils.

Teachers and pupils have done well, and

eight girls have passed the test for School-mistresses.

We

hope some of them will continue their studies.

The needle-

work of the girls was carried on under different Missionary

ladies.

The Infants’ School at Calicut is attended by 49 children, of

whom 25 are girls.

The Mixed Vernacular School at Coilandy has been transfer-

red into a new and airy building, erected for the purpose.

We have passed a year of quiet prosperity.

Fifty-six boys

and nine girls receive instruction in 4 classes; of these

8 boys and 7 girls are Christians.

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There are three Sunday-Schools, two in Calicut, 4. e. in

Putiyarakal and on the beach with about 100 children, and

one in Coilandy with about 40 children.

The High School in Calicut has 14 classes, with 359 pupils,

of whom 94 are Christians.

Owing to rival schools there has

been a slight falling off in numbers as compared with 1884,

when there were 372 pupils.

Myr. Mutthissen has charge of

the school, and is assisted by a staff of 15 teachers, of whom

8 are Christians.

The Hindu Girls’ School at Chalapuram is now superin-

It is attended by 29 girls.

The

tended by Mrs. Matthissen.

results of the past year are creditable.

The Vernacular School at Putiyangadi was in charge of

M. Matthissen. The inhabitants, being poor, have not only

difficulty in paying the small monthly fee, but most of them

also withdraw their children when about 11 or 12 years old, in

order to employ them in working and assisting to earn food for

the family.

Consequently the junior class is very large.

Thirty-five boys and three girls, or 38 pupils attended last

year in four classes.

Itinerancy. As we were short-handed, two excursions only

could be made; one by Messrs. Halbrock and Hole to the Cos-

landy idol-festival, and another by Messrs. Knobloch and Peter

N. Arukanden from

to the Kiroor idol-festival.

Catechist

Cannanore spent a month in this Taluq, and our different

Catechists have made seven preaching tours into the interior

parts of the Taluq, and visited some heathen festivals. Almost

everywhere they met with a hearty and kind reception.

See

also on page 24.

The work of the two Bible-women is briefly described on

page 26.

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Industrial and Mercantile Part.

My

. C. Feuchter, Tile-Works, Arackal.

My. K. G. Halbrock, Mercantile Mission-Branch.

Mr

. G. Benner, Carpenter’s Establishment.

My

. J. Fieg, M. M.-Branch and Weaving Establishment.

Agency.

Mr. Elsiisser, with family, was transferred in

October 1885 to Mangalore.

The Tilery, in charge of Mr. Feuchter, is a suitable place

for trying the intentions of different persons who express a

desire to become Christians without knowing much about the

Bible.

The Carpentry, superintended by Mr. Benner, has suffered

under the general depression of trade,

All the four Establishments are a great help to our Christ-

ians. There is a Branch Weaving Establishment at Codacal, in

connection with the Weaving Establishment at this place.

Some of our Lay-brethren have assisted us in direct

Mission-work both among Christians and heathen.

Two

Sunday-Schools carried on by them have been mentioned

already.

CODACAL

(Addyr. Tiroor).

Out-Stations: Parappery, Malap‘qram, Manchery, Nilambu'r, Ponnani.

Rev. J. G. Kiihnle, in charge of the Station and Orphanage.

Rev. K. Hole, studying Malayalam.

Catechists

David Teikandi, Fsra Arunajalam, Joseph Taddai.

Colporteur, Zumothy Spadikam.

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Christian School-masters

Theophil Shankaran, Caleb Appayan, Methusalah Peter,

Mark Kuttikan, Samuel Cabral.

Agency. Mirs. Kiihnle, who has been suffering a good deal

of late, was forced to seek relief both on the Hills, and in

Madras.

Mr. Hole has been transferred from Calicut to this Station.

The Congregation at Codacal in charge of Catechist Teikandi

amounts to 233 souls, that at Parappery attended to by

Catechist Taddai, to 125 souls.

The whole parish has 395

souls against 368 in 1884. Five heathen adults and 4 heathen

children have been baptized during the past year.—We are

glad to see that our Christians are beginning to follow more

the words of St. James. 1, 22:

“Be ye doers of the word,

and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves”.

Yet there

are some who are “ever learning, and never able to come to

the knowledge of the truth”.

2. Tim. 3, T..—Most of onr

people are poor and dependent on the produce of the soil.

At one time starvation seemed to stare them in the face,

when the rains threatened to drown the crops; but God in His

mercy, averted the calamity. Those employed in the Weaving

Establishment are better off with regard to their temporal

circumstances.

The Parochial School at Codacal is well attended by 20

boys and 30 girls, and the Sunday-School by 56 children

and adults.

The Boys’ Orphanage at Parappery affords shelter to 46 boys,

3 of whom are heathen.

They are taught the management of

cocoanut-plantations, vegetable- and fruit-gardening, and other

Their state of

useful work, which they do with pleasure.

health has been good on the whole.

Five boys, 2 of whom

are Christians, and 8 Christian girls attend as day-scholars.

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Itinerancy. Mr. Kiilnle and his three Catechists devoted

as much time as they could spare to preaching to the heathen.

The above mentioned Weaving Establishment is a branch

of the one at Calicut, and superintended by Mr. Flieg.

PALGHAUT.

Out-Stations:

Wadackencherry, Panayur, Kannani, Kinannur.

Rev. A. Ruhland, in charge of the Station, Out-stations, and

Itinerancy.

Rev. H. Bachmann,

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Congregation and Schools

Catechists

at Palghaut.

Antony Paul Velliatinkara, Isaac Laban Unneri,

Cyprian Arunajalam, Stephan Kallat.—

Abraham Arangadan.

Colporteurs

Vedanayakam, Satyadasan.

Christian School-masters

John Kurian, Immanuel Ittirarichan, Christian Paranjoti,

Abraham Vasishthan, Paul Kallarickal,

Hiskiah Asharivalappil, Benjamin Kirakinittom.

Christian School-mistress, Futh Muliyil.

Heathen School-masters

N. P. Krishnan, N. K. Krishnan, Govindan Menon

Karuppan Panickar, Raman Pattar.

Agency. Our three Catechists A. Arangadan, C. Arunajo-

lam, and Chr. Kottai were attacked by cholera, the latter

falling a victim to it.

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Congregation.

The cholera made its appearance four

times, and small-pox three times.

Fourteen persons were at-

tacked, of whom five died. Our native assistants cheerfully

undertook watching and nursing, and were not afraid to

expose themselves and their families to contagion.

Indeed,

in two country places, they had on three occasions to act

as grave-diggers, as we were short-handed, and nobody for

even a large sum of money was willing to dig a grave, or to

assist in the burial. Although we were sorely tried, we ex-

perienced that “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the

Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”

The Congregation at Palghaut is in charge of Catechist

St. Kallat, and that at Wadackencherry is entrusted to Catechist

A. Velliatinkara, and supervised by Mr. Bachmann.

In spite

of 12 baptisms from the heathen, the whole parish has

decreased from 163 souls in 1884 to 161, owing to emigration

and deaths.

It is difficult for new converts to earn their

livelihood in this place.

Most of our people are very poor.

The Anglo-Vernacular School has seven classes.

A branch

of the Municipality School has been opened not far from

ours.

Our pupils belong for the greater part to the poorer

classes.

There was a slight increase from 58 pupils in 1884,

t0 71 in 1885.

Seven of these are Christians.

The Hindu Girls’ School is attended by 13 girls, 3 of whom

are heathen.

Mrs. Ruhland, and Mrs. Bachmann instruct

them in needle-work and English respectively.

The Vernacular School at Kannani has 49 boys and 5 girls,

who are heathen; of 28 boys presented for examination 21

passed.

The Vernacular School at Panayur.

Owing to cholera and

small-pox, which broke out in the neighbourhood, and in our

own small premises, the school had to be closed for 41 months.

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The number of pupils sank as low as 20 boys and 3 girls; of

these one boy and one girl were Christians.

The Vernacular School in Wadackencherry. This school also

suffered in attendance, owing to the prevalence of cholera and

small-pox, as the parents keep their children at home as long

as the plague rages. It is now attended by 21 boys and 2 girls

only, of whom four and one respectively are Christians.

Itinerancy. Mr. Bachmann and three Catechists made an

excursion to Mankara.

Myr. Ruhland made three long tours,

and several shorter ones in the company of 3-4 Catechists.

In and about Vaniankulam, Mundur, Kongadu, Chittoor and

other places they spent much time; five idol-festivals at Kal-

patti, Koduwvayur, Kodumbu, etc. and twenty markets were

visited. Messrs. Ruhland and Bachmann spent 162 and 45

days respectively in itinerating, and the Catechists 1. Laban

102 days, P. Velliatinkara 53, St. Kallat 51, C. Arunajalam

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81, A. Arangadan 138, or 632 days in all.

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V. NILGIRIS.

(According to the Census of 1881.)

Since 1871 Nambalakéd, Cheramkéd and Munnanad, which

constitute

S. E. Wynaad, were transferred to the Nilgiris from the Malabar District.

Area 957 square miles.

The population in 1881 was 91,034, including

25,440 in the S. E. Wynaad.

Castes

Languages:

Badagas

.

24,180

English.

.

.

2,831

Todas

.

675

Canarese, including Badaga,

Kotas

.

°

1,065

Kota and Toda

53,817

Kurumbas

3,185

Tamil

°

20,147

Trulas

.

°

946

Religions and Seots:

Hindus

.

°

78,970

Muhammedans

3,531

Christians

8,488

Others

.

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91,084

Of the Christians 61 per cent are Roman Catholics, and 39 per cent ?rotestants.

Since 1871 the Hindus increased 86°03 per cent.

the Muhammedans

8239

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the Christians

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Note.— Before we begin to report on this District we desire to

mention the death of an old friend of our Mission, and especially of

our Brethren on the Hills, Mr. John Hodges, who died at Ootacamund

at the ripe age of 84. From the time we first knew him, we always

found him to be a staunch friend of Missionaries, Missions and God’s

‘We thank God for having raised

children of every denomination.

up such a shining light to His church in this our friend, who now sees

Him whom he has believed,

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KAITY

(Addr. Ootacamund).

Out-Stations: Nerkambe, Kateri, Adhikarhatti, Tuneri, Hanikore,

Manihatti, Nanjanad, Sholur, Kollimalli.

Rev. F. Miiller, in charge of the Station, Congregation, and

Educational work.—Inspector of all the Schools

in connexion with the B. E. M. in India.

Rev. W. Liitze, Itinerancy and parochial work.

Catechists

John Philip.— Silas Shanta, Isaac Nerkambe.

Christian School-masters

John Nerkambe, Solomon Beera, Samuel Jacob,

David Solomon, John Nallatambi, Arulanande, Ananda

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Ruth Nerkambe.

Christian School-mistress,

Heathen School-masters

Kakkamala, Nandi, Kongo.

Agency. Mr. Stokes and Mr. Spering from Udapy exchanged

stations; Mr. Spering arrived at Kaity on the 12th of March

1885, but died shortly after, viz: on the 27th May 1885.

Particulars of his death will be found under «Obituary.”

Myr. Liitze and family arrived on the 25th of September

1885 at this Station.

Congregation,

My. Miiller was assisted in Kaity and Ner-

kambe, by Catechist S. Philip.

When we look back on the

“The church had rest and was edi-

past year we must say:

fied; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort

of the Holy Ghost, was multiplied” (Acts 9, 31). Some persons

were re-admitted to Church-membership, and three couples, who

were at variance, became reconciled to each other. There were

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however great difficulties experienced by many of the Christians

in earning their daily bread, partly on account of failing

crops, and partly owing to want of work.—There is an in-

crease of from 64 souls in 1884 to 73 in 1885.

The Orphanage for Boys. At the close of the year 1884 there

remained 14 boys; in the course of the year two left, one died,

and 4 entered, so that 15 boys are now under our charge.

They are in 4 classes.

The boys of the highest class intend

going up for the upper primary examination. We are anxious

for them to succeed in order to enable us to open a training-

class.

As to the state of health of our protegées, the past

year being a very unhealthy one, we had a good deal of sick-

ness, and even lost ore boy of pneumonia.—In addition to

these there are 28 day-scholars, i.e. 2 Christian girls and 26

Badaga boys, who attend this school.—Besides our Christian

children, only 4 heathen boys are benefited by the Sunday-

School.

The work in the Vernacular Schools has heen carried on in

the midst of many difficulties arising from the want of able

This indifference

teachers, and the indifference of the people.

has been on the increase, owing to the failure of the crops,

and want of work in' plantations, which has forced many

parents to send their children to earn their livelihood as stone-

breakers.

Another cause of disquietude is the uncertainty,

to what extent the support we have hitherto received from

Government will be continued to us in the future, as there is

some talk of the Government opening Badaga schools of its

own.

There are now actually 8 schools for Badaga boys, viz.

at Kateri, attended by 19 boys, Adhikarhatte 16, Tuneri 18,

Hawikore 20, Manihatti 19, Thavane 13, Sholur 17, and Kaity

26 hoys who attend the Orphanage as day-scholars.—In the

Kollimalli School for Zodas 14 boys are instructed. In all there

are 164 boys instead of 180, as in 1884,

There exists also

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a Night-School at Kollumalls.

In Hanikore a school-house

has been built by the Badagas, which is the 5th they have

built.

Mr. Miiller has devoted much time to the repeated

inspection of these schools, as well as to a course of monthly

instruction in order to qualify their respective teachers

better for their work.

Itinerancy.

With very few exceptions our preachers were

everywhere well received. We regret that our visits are so few

and far between, whereas we ought to have had time to

study how to deepen the impression made in the hearts of

the hearers.

As Myr. Miiller was single-handed he could only

make 98 visits to the more distant villages, his time being

chiefly taken up with visiting those in his immediate neigh-

bourhood.

KOTARGIRL

Out-Stations:

Kodanad, Kukalthora, Dimhatti, Kalhatti, Naduhatti,

Konakore, Chakkatra.

Rev. W. Sikemeier, in charge of the Station.

Catechist, Jacob Kanaka.

Christian School-masters

Gnanapragasam, Simon Hiria, Simon Bala,

Solomon, Christian.

Christian School-mistress, Rhoda.

Heathen School-masters

Chivana, Duruwvasalu Navduw.

Agency.

Mr. & Mrs. Sikemeier arrived on the 13th of

March, and Mr. Hermelink and family left for Europe on the

27th of March 1885.

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The Congregation counsists of Badaga and Tamil Christians.

Although 2 heathen and 7 children were baptized, and two

persons under church-discipline were re-admitted to Church-

membership, the Congregation, owing to emigration and de-

fection, increased only by one, and amounts now to 150 souls.

The light-heartedness with which some evidently drift into sin,

and again the ease with which they take hold of the atonement

of Christ is sometimes surprising.

The words addressed by

Paul to the Philippians (1, 6) “Being confident of this very

thing that he which hath begun a good work in you, will

perform it until the day of Jesus Christ” are indeed a comfort

to every worker in God’s vineyard.

The Orphanage for Girls has sixteen inmates at present,

one of whom is a heathen; 14 Christian boys and Christian

girls attend as day-scholars.

(See also page 15.)

The following Vernacular Day-Schools for Badagas are kept

up, viz: at Naduhatti with 14 boys, Dimhatti 20, Kalhatti 14,

Konakare 16, and Chackatra 16, or 80 Badaga boys in all.

There is besides a Night-School for Kotas near Kotargiri, with

16 Kota boys.

It is an encouraging fact that our schools

exercise a good influence on those families who send their

boys to them. These families have far more self-respect, and

are cleaner than their neighbours, who do not avail themselves

of the schools.

Itinerancy.

Myr. Sikemeier, who is quite new to the dis-

trict, has to acquire the Badaga language, and consequently

is not able to devote so much time to preaching to the

heathen as he would wish.

During repeated visits to the dif-

ferent schools, and to the members of our Church dispersed

here and there, he tried to communicate the glad tidings of

salvation to those heathen with whom he came in contact.

The Badagas on the whole are disinclined to listen to the

message, except in such places where we have schools, and

there the young especially are friendly disposed.

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Obituary

William Hasenwandel was born in Strassdorf near Schwdbisch

The man, who

Gmiind in Wiirttemberg on the 20th October 1843.

was his spiritual father and guide, being a penny-collector for Mission-

He

work, originated in him also the desire to become a Missionary.

In Januvary 1872

entered the Missionary College at Basel in 1866.

he arrived in Bettigerry in the South-Mahratta country.

Shortly

He re-

after he was laid up with acute inflammation of the bowels.

covered slowly, but as he had several relapses he was obliged to seek

relief in Europe in 1877,

In 1879 he was considered strong enough

to return to his field of labour, and was stationed first at Dharwar,

and then at Bettigerry, where he attended zealously to itinerancy.

In February 1885 he went in company with Mr. Liitze on a preach-

ing tour to the KoppalaTaluq inthe Nizam’s country. Great heat and

bad water on the one hand, and the news of Mr. Roth’s death (see

Engl. Rep. 1884, p. 95) on the other had affected them both so much,

Tt seemed at first as if Mr.Hasen-

that they returned home sick.

wandel would recover, he even ventured on a change of air to Hubly

in company with his wife.

He considered himself sufficiently strong

to spend the Easter-week with the Congregation, he was so much at-

tached to, and returned to Bettigerry.

There a relapse occurred.

In spite of Dr. Cardoz’s solicitude, and Mrs. Hasenwandel’s careful

nursing, his pains increased, and exhausted rapidly the little strength

he had.

Oh, how he would have hailed his recovery in order to lift

up his voice in preaching, especially in the Deccan.

But he felt

that the Lord had disposed differently, and wanted to take him home.

On the 14th he blessed his little girl, 2} years old (three children

being in Europe).

During the first part of the 15th he expressed

himself resigned to God’s will in the following words: “If the Lord

will favour me with recovery, I shall thank Him.

When I look to

wife and children as well as to the work, I might wish to stay longer,

If the Lord takes me to

otherwise there are no ties that keep me.

Himself, I shall sing Hallelujahs before His throne. I confide simply

in the bloody death of my Saviour in my behalf.”

He entered into

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the rest of God’s people at Bettigerry on the morning of the 16th

of April 1885.

Arnold Spering was born on the 18th of November 1855 in Samern,

Hannover.

He entered the Mission College at Basel in 1872, be-

came shortly afterwards for a time, Assistant Teacher in the Mis-

sionary Boys’ Home, and served in the German army from 1876 to

ESTT.

When on the point of being sent into the Mission-field he

met with an accident whilst assisting in entertaining the guests of

the Evangelical Alliance at Basel, assembled of an evening in a

garden, when he fell into a cellar.

He perfectly recovered, and

was to have been sent into the Mission-field in Africain 1880. How-

ever, previous to embarkation he fell sick, and or his recovery, was

advised to enter the Ministry; and became Assistant Preacher in

Lausanne and at Gebweiler.

Not feeling satisfied with his work, he

offered himself again for active Mission service in 1882.

The Com-

mittee took his case into consideration and decided to send this

“tried, excellent and perfectly recovered” Brother to Udapy.

In

1885 he exchanged Stations with Mr. Stokes, whose station was Kaily

on the Nilgire Hills.

At first he felt braced up by the hill-climate,

but shortly after, about the middle of April, he had an attack of

fever followed by dysentery-

In spite of medical aid, and the soli-

citous narsing of Mr. and Mrs. Miiller, and Mr. Benner, his sickness

developed rapidly into “dysentery in its worst form.”

When it was plain that the Lord was hurrying him home, Mr.

Miiller administered the Lord’s Supper to him. When his release was

prayed for he repeated the “Amen,” saying “Yea, Lord Jesus, come

soon and take me home.”

He breathed his last on the 27th of May

1885.

In looking at his peaceful disposition, which helped him in

proclaiming peace to a peaceless world, we remember the Lord’s

word: “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the

children of God.”

John Frederic Metz was born at Derendingen mnear Tibingen

in Wiirttemberg on the 29th of June 1819.

He studied in the

Missionary College at Basel from 1838 to 1843, and landed at Man-

galore early in 1844.

At first he assisted the Brn. Mogling and

Weigle in the Seminary.

In 1846, however, when ‘the whole in-

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stitution was divided into two separate schools”, he took charge of the

junior branch, ‘“consisting of 44 boys under 14 years of age', who

attended school in the mornings, and during the rest of the day were

employed partly in weaving cotton cloth and cotton carpets, partly in

preparing spools for the weavers.

These humble beginnings by our

Brother developed into the present flourishing Weaving Establishment

at Mangalore, which in turn was for some time the foster-mother of

the older ones in Malabar. Mr. Metz’s health failing, he was obliged

to seek relief in 1848 and 1849 on the Nilgiris.

When forced to a

third visit in 1849 it was thought expedient that he should stay in

Kaity and enter the Mission work begun there by our Brn. Weigle,

Biihler, and Morike in 1846,

A trip to Europe for the recreation of

his health from 1860 to 1862 excepted, he was permitted to stay on

and labour till 1874.

During these 26 years he laboured most

faithfully among the different hill-tribes.

He was permitted to

The

witness the baptism of the first two Badaga converts in 1858.

Report of that year mentions Zis toil in the following terms: “Though

feeling more and more the decay of his strength, Br. Meiz has con-

tinued his excursions all over the hills, and has been much encour-

aged by the first two baptisms, to hope for better days at no great

distance.

His attention has been directed in a greater measure than

formerly, to the tribes of the 7odas, Kotas and Korumbers also, with

whom he had succeeded in establishing a more familiar intercourse.”

This meant that our brother put up with the proverbial filth, vermin,

and stench of some of the hill-tribes, not despising at times their

badly ventilated huts, or even a cow-shed for his night-quarters in

order to gain these deeply sunk tribes for Christ, his defective ol-

factory sense enabling him thus to carry out his errand of merey.

Many friends of Missions will know him through his little book “The

Tribes of the Nilgiris.”

In 1874 he left with a heavy heart the

work which had become so dear to him.

Fresh in mind, but

enfeebled in body, he spent the rest of his days as Volunteer Travell-

ing Preacher with the aim of fostering Missionary zeal in his native

country Wiirttembery.

He succumbed at last through his bodily

infirmities, and fell asleep in Jesus at Lusinau near Tiibingen on the

8th July 1885,

Brother Metz was never married.

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Mrs. Julie Gundert, née Dubois, was born on the 1st of October

1809 at Corcelles, near Neuchdtel in Switzerland.

Her parents im-

planted early the seeds of probity, integrity and industry into her

heart, and yet they were somewhat alarmed to find that her inter-

course with pious Christians had convinced her of her sinfulness and

the need of a Saviour and Mediator. She began now to lead a life of

earnestness.

Her clergyman even considering her a religious en-

thusiast or visionary, warned people from the pulpit against the

danger of enthusiasm.

She, however, was not to be shaken in her

resolution.

Yet she left home, and found congenial employment in

different institutions in Locle, Rolle and other places.

In Rolle she

became a member of the church of the late Mr. Rochat.

When that

congregation was called upon in 1835 to supply teachers for India,

she offered herself, and left for Madras with a Missionary party, head-

ed by the late Mr. 4. N. Groves.

In Madras,and some time later in

Chittoor she collected waifs from the streets and bestowed upon them

her care and affection, so much so that some of them in course

of time were considered by her as sisters and friends.

After the

death of the late Mr. Rhenius in 1888 Dr. Gundert was asked to

take up the work in 7innevelly.

Before setting out he asked Miss

Dubois to become his wife, who consented, stipulating that both of

them were to devote their whole lives to Mission-work.

On their arrival at Z7innevelly they saw that they were not

wanted: Dr. Gundert, however, found waiting for him a pressing in-

vitation from the Basel Missionaries to come to Malabar in order to

After

begin a new Mission at Zellicherry in connection with Basel.

three months’ travelling in carts they arrived in 1838. Mrs. Gundert

entered upon her new duties with all the fervour and energy she

possessed.

She spent the whole day in teaching and supervising

without neglecting her own children.

Accustomed to concentrate

herself upon what was necessary at the time, she did the task of each

hour with her whole soul and without sparing herself. Thus she went

on with unabating zeal in Tellicherry from 1838 to 1849, in Clirakal

near Cannanore from 1849 to 1856,

in Mangalore in 18586,

and in Calicut from 1857 to 1860. As Dr. Gundert, who had gone to

Europe for his health, was prevented from returning again to India, she

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joined him in 1860 at Calw, where she for the first time found all her

children collected around her. She longed to be back with her sable

children in India, yet she accepted the prohibition from the

Lord’s hand, and threw herself with unabating energy to learn Ger-

man, and then to do the work of a deaconess among the poor and

suffering, in Calw. Although she was one who never spared herself,

the Lord thought fit to cast her into a furnace of affliction. At times,

she could exclaim: “Lord, how long? Take me home’’—then, as if

afraid to have grieved Him by her impatience, would exclaim: “Mon

Dieu, pardonne.”—It was a solemn moment when overpowered by

God’s love towards her she exclaimed: ‘“Oh that sucZ a vile sinner is

permitted to go to heaven!” During her life-time she showed that

Christ was formed in her and that, as far as possible, whilst we are

in this body of humiliation every thing had become new.

Zealous

as she was to serve Christ as her master, she exhorted her family

not to hold to the world, but to cling to Christ only.

Her singularly

unselfish, unobtrusive, and unpresuming character will, it is hoped,

find imitation.

She died on the 20th September 1885 at Calw, at the

advanced age of 76 years, and left a husband, four children, and a

number of grand children behind her.

The following particulars are partly from our English

Report for 1854 (pages 31 and 32), partly from a report of

Mr. Weismann, and partly from recollection

The Rev. Muliyile Abraham was born at Cannanore in the year

1820.

His heathen name was Ramotii.

His parents, who were

heathens, were well-to-do toddy-drawers.

His father had Ramott:

well educated in the Shéastras and Puaranas, which he learned partly

in Malayalam and partly in Sanskrit, and which enabled him to

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become well acquainted with his ancestral religion.

years of age, a piece of printed paper fell accidentally, as it were,

into his hands, in which was written the passage from Matth.13,45.46:

“Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking

goodly pearls: who when he had found one pearl of great price,

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went and sold all that he had, and bought it.”

This passage

aroused in him a desire after something real and abiding.

A copy

of the Ten Commandments came into his posession somewhat later.

This was years before a Missionary was stationed at Cannanore.

Then already he had

some

passing thoughts of becoming a

Christian.

Some time afterwards, he happened to pass by the house

of an evangelical Tamil Christian at night, when the whole family

were pouring out their hearts to God in praises and thanksgivings.

Deeply touched, he determined to imitate their worship, but to

substitute 4¢s gods. These, however, he changed repeatedly; atone

time Brahma, at another Siva, and then Vishnu, were prominently

worshipped; longest of all he clung to Visknu, till one day a certain

philosopher pronounced Visknu a demon.

About this time the late

Mr. C. West, Postmaster at Cannanore, distributed tracts on different

objects, which Ramotti eagerly took in, at the same time trying to

defend the Shastras against the claims of Christianity. Even as a

boy he was greatly interested in the first man of his caste, who had

become a Christian.

This was an officer of a local Corps that had

been raised during the war with the Cotiote Rajah, who, however,

did not break his caste, but kept himself pure from all idolatrous

practices, and used frequently to retire to a private room for worship.

The old man died, and was buried with military honours; his wife

survived him, remaining a heathen; but his younger brother was

baptized, and died a short time after him.

All this happened long

before 1854.

When Missionaries came to the northern part of the

Malayalam country, in 1839, Ramotti visited the Mission Schools, and

On

became thoroughly acquainted with all Missionary publications.

account of his great ability he soon found employment as a Munshee

of the Mission.

He vainly tried to reconcile the contradictory state-

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ments of the heathen Shastras, by means of a pantheistic philosophy

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for he could never quite shake off the sense of sin.

He enquired,

searched, doubted; the meaning of the Aeathenish sacrifice occupied

him for a long time.

By meditating on these things he was led to

believe the sinfulness of man, the necessity of a future judgment, and

the existence of an atonement.

Yet it was a long time before he felt

enabled to take upon himself the shame of the followers of the cross,

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to forsake his wife and two children, and to lay hold on Jesus as his

only treasure.

The day on which he made up his mind to do this,

was the 13th

of June 1854.

His conversion produced a great

Great numbers of them

sensation among the people of bis caste.

came to converse, to remonstrate, to argue, to hear the word.—

He was followed in his renunciation of idolatry, by a nephew,

Kunyambu, and by an elderly female relation of his, (Chappy,

p. 12) who had long been instructed by him, before they had

taken the decisive step themselves.

The commotion among the

Tiyas was renewed, when Ramotti (Abraham) was baptized, and to

a still greater extent when he began regularly to preach in the

bazaars.

To qualify him more fully for the office of a Catechist

he was regularly instructed in the Word of God by Dr. Gundert, and

made very satisfactory progr'ess.

He accompanied the late Zev.

S. Hebich to Payavur, Taliparambu, and other idol-festivals.

At

that time the battle was fought and gained against the gods of

Malabar.

It was a hard and tough fight; not that the gods had

lost their worshippers, not in the least, but no one dared to defend

them against the crushing proofs he, and the late Mr. Ramavarma

(for both possessed a kindred spirit), produced from the writings of

the Hindus.

After this witness, the late Mr. Ramavarma, who

sprung from Kshatriyas and was of royal descent, had been snatched

away by smallpox in 1857, the duty of proving the contradictions

and inconsistency of the Shastras devolved on this son of a former

palmyra-drawer.

Mr. Muliyile Abraham was such a courageous,

eloquent and well-versed scholar in a number of Sanskrit books,

the stronghold of Hinduism, that even Brahmans contended with

him that it was but mock-humility on his part to give himself out

to be but a Tyan.

It was a pleasure to hear him preach.

He al-

ways commanded a large audience and by the darts he had at his

disposal, he so effectually pinned people to the ground, that they had

to listen to him even against their will.

But it was equally instrue-

tive to sit down and listen to his conversation, for it seemed to be

with him a maxim, that either he must benefit by his visitor, or that

his wisitor must benefit through him.

In the last years of his life dbraham had to endure much dome-

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stic sorrow, especially the loss of a richly gifted daughter, and a

devoted wife, through death, so that when he felt the heat of the

purifying fire, he once exclaimed: “O Lord Jesus, what have I done

to forfeit Thy grace that Thou breakest the bones of me, thy child,

and reducest me to dust?’ The Lord, however, thought fit to afflict

him also with much sickness.

At one time a hero, who was more

than conqueror through Him, that loved him; at another time deeply

cast down, and exclaiming impatiently“Watchman, what of the night?”

or “It is enough now, Oh Lord, take away my life.” (1.King.19. 4.)

Yet he comforted himself that when the Lord turns again the

captivity of Zion, we shall be like them that dream.

The Lord called home his weary pilgrim on the 27th of October

The

1885, when he breathed his last without the least struggle.

voice, which for thirty years advocated Christ’s right to man’s soul,

is now hushed, but the testimony of this servant of Christ will not

be without fruit.

We praise the Lord for having raised up this witness.

NN IR A N RN o

14

C on.c.l il s 100-

In conclusion we desire first heartily to thank God for all

His loving kindness and tender mercy to us during the past

year.

He has indeed visited this portion of His vineyard,

pruning and cleansing the various branches that they may

produce more fruit, and even cutting off some fruitless

branches that merely obstruct.

To Him be all the praise!

We also thank all our dear friends for the assistance they

have rendered us, in whatever form it has come to us.

The work before us is great, but it is the Lord’s, therefore

we may, and do expect a blessing to rest upon it, and that

y

He will carry out His purposes of mercy towards the people

of this land, Himself working in and by us mightily. Only

let us see that we femain faithful and obedient to Him in all

things.

«And such confidence have we through Christ

towards God; not that we are sufficient of ourselves to ac-

count anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from

God,” to whom be glory and honour and praise through

Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

o~

Expenditure of the Mission

during the year 1885.

G AAS T —

Rs

As

)

Personal Expenditure of Missionaries (exclusive

of the Industrial and Mercantile Brethren)

74,896

Journeys and Home-Passages

30,303

Munshis

1,949

Native Pastors, Catechists and Evangelists.

25,338

Q@ Ov.Cy ©

1,234

?13

Postages

Libraries

130

0

844

Special Relief

Medical Expenses

1,151

Schools, English and Vernacular

17,618

10

12,630

10

Orphanages, Boys’ and Girls’

Catechists and Preparandi-Schools

11,140

11

WP 3 ® N o O WY

1

(e

Buildings and Repairs

11,185

Purchases of Compounds

100

2

Taxes and Agricultural Outlays

1,784

Publishing and Colportage Department .

2,000

Furniture

110

Administration

2,512

12

Total Rs.

13

(0 05 [I4 (e il gl Pl oo g o)

195,920

E. & O. E.

Mangalore, 31st December 1885.

T, Ebscisser.

14%

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS

TOWARDS THE MISSION FUND

Received during the year 1885.

T

Rs. As. P

Rs. As. P.

AT MANGALORE.

L. A. W.

The Hon.

H

5

S. Thomas,

Geo. K. H.

Madras

400

A. Tiemann Esq.

o

Lieut. Col. C. T. P. Luxmore 100

R. H. M.

5

10

Col. P. E. Carmegy,

-Trichi-

Mrs. A. Bapty

nopoly

10

S. Mac'Donald Esq.

Thro’ Col. Carmegy, from the

Lieut. Col. M. A. Rowlandson

F. Armstrong Esq.

Sunday-School Children of

the

Presbytery Church,

Major. F. B. Sparks

13

M. B.

Onchunga, Newzealand

A Thanksoffering from A. B.,

G. Reifferschied Esq.

thro’ Rev. E. Diez

20

0

Geo. E. Pilcher Esq.

E. C. M.

(X0 B o, SR &) G ) il Xl >, B =,

Through the Rev. 4 Manner.

160

E. Honegger Esq.

J. Sturrock Esq.

J. W. Best Esq.

80

A. F.

The Hon. F. L. Latham

ey

H. M. Winterbotham Esq.

50

15

B L

ot O W Ot

A. T. Arundel Esq.

8K

Col. G. S. Keith

100

. Charpie Esq.

Mrs. Boyd

50

@ QOO © O

(=) =i (el (ol )

5ila 10

Collected by the Rev. §. G. Deimler,

g

R. Phayre Esq.

[

@00 (Ot N

Bombay.

W. Richardson Esq.

o

Lieut, Col. G. Merewether, R.E. 5

(@11

E. H. Elsworthy Esq.

James Kingsmill Esq.

10

C. Marks Esq.

F. Rowland Esq.

10

Dr. E. H. R. Langley

Th. Knaust Esq.

10

Pikering Clarke Esq.

150

Rev. J. G. Deimler

ot Ot ot O

Do 00 e HI0 I© e I®HO i@ IO NGOV O Q) @GO

000 0 0 O ¢ 0 L O oo © O 0 OO @ W © QL

G. Cotton Esq.

AT HONORE.

E. Miller Esq.

-.;)

. N

J. Dunit Esq., Karwar

25

J. R. Barfield Esq.

2

AT MERCARA.

10

Col. T. G. Clarke

30

G. F. M. Grant Esq., C.s.

H. Conder Esq.

20

(<= =T o R oo M oo S < R = i o [ = Y )

OO DO OO O QLSO

Rev. G. Richter

12

109

Rs. As. P.

B.

Rs: As.

W. Wright Esq.

24

g 0

H. Forbes Esq.

10

0

0

15

C. J. Weir Esq.

W. 8. Price Esq.

¥. B. Dickinson Esq.

20

0

0

Capt. W. J. Lister

AT ANANDAPUR.

R. Knight Esq.

§

(g(j

24

AT BETTIGERRY

W. Mann Esq.

J. Woodward Esq.

12

Offerings at the English Di-

vine Service

F. Barnet Esq.

15

10

A. R. Mollun Esq.

Mrs. Urquhart

F. Jaques Esq.

12

W. Dyer Esq.

J. Henderson Esq.

LS =S S SN

(o= ol o] o)

o O <O O

G. R. Moore Esq.

10

AT BIJAPUR.

E. J. Clarke Esq.

H. B. Ferguson Esq

G. A. Hight Esq.

22

(=)

=)

W. Simpson Esq

12

AT CANNANORE.

M. Church Esq.

10

Brigd. General B. L. Gordon 33

John Logan Esq

10

Col. John W. Orr

48

H. Robinson Esq

Col. C. J. Chambers

12

A. Brown Esq.

Col. C. F. Keyser

10

H. R. Craig Esq

12

12

Brigd, General P. A. Carnegy 5

'1' f

W, Woodmann Esq

6

E. Meynell Esq. (Math.&Co.) 100

Lieut. Col. F. Smalley

Lieut. Col. L. W. Ranking

12

R. Hamilton Esq.

12

D

=

oo 0 o i o 8 oo M == TP s S oA Y oo R o ol = P o S oo S <> 5 o R - S ==

Q0O OF OIS IICH O OV OOV O DI e

Lieut. Col. E. Austin

-3

Mr. Chinnappa, Subhedar

12

E. Breithaupt Esq. (Arbuth-

Surg. Major F. Pout

Dr. A. J. E. Newland

not & Co.)

100

12

Dy. Surg. Genl. Ienderson

W. A. D. Bidie Esq.

M. Prater Esq.

5

Dy. Surg. Genl. Farquhar

Major W. H. Franklyn

G. Shwasbrook Esq.

J. D'Vaz Esq., for Orphans 10

(=l =Y < Y < T =)

S OO O O

Major C. W. Walker

Major A. M’Cally

AT DHARWAR.

Major H. B. Winter

M. Johnston Esq.

60

Capt. G C. Herbert

J. R. Middleton Esq.

100

Capt. G. 8. Nicolson

Miss A. Davidson

12

Capt. W. L. Forbes

Dr. Cockell

55

Lieut

. Hutchins

K. Laxton Esq.

Lieut

. E. C. Foster

W. Jukes Esq.

10

Lieut

. Shiply

Lieut

. F. A. Wilkinson

?gj

Mr. G. G. Courpalais

J. Fitzmaurice Esq.

15

Lieut

. Simson

R. A. Gamble Egq.

Rev. Jones

Rev. E. T. Beatty

Dr. Bainbridge

Dr. Mc’Conaghy

20

Rev. W. C. Gibb

O oo oieioIolclie ool olONG. e TS IeICITONONONOITOMOIIC T O O IS

E. Buyers Esq.

Do o0 O Ol O @O O

Sl o0 O O I® 00O O

}[ C. H. Majoribanks Esq.

§

@0 o e e o0 oico S o oso0 o @ O ©NI0e O D G OIS

110

Rs. As. P.

Ral As. P

AT RATTENC

Mr. Thomas, Telegraph Master1 12

3

4

Mrs. BE. Onslow

60

Mrs. Eli

H. Webb Esq.

6

0

Mrs. Breeks

50

Collection at the Union Ev.

A. M. MacNeill Esq.

o

Hall, Ooty

24

12

Major H. C. Ward

Dr. Griffith Evans

(1]

G. Williamson Esq.

—

—t

Mrs. Addis, Coonoor

B C.

A G N

His Lordship the Bishop of

Madras

50

Mr. Coleman, Bandmaster

0. E.

50

[e=]

(=

Manakjee Dossabhoy Esq.

5

(=)

(=)

John Hodges Esq.

Mr. Verghese, Apothecary

His Excellency the Governor

Mr. George

of Madras

Mrs. H.

P b ey OO YO

S O WO ® O D

O QIO IOIC D O I© SLIG \© O,

G. Breithaupt Esq.

Part of a legacy from the late

Major W. R.

E

=

The Hon. C. G. Master

100

Capt. Taylor of Rajamundry 977

Mrs. Hayne, Coonoor

5

AT CALICUT.

Mr. Hill

”

Mrs. Mulling

”

W. Logan Esq.

120

Dr. H. D. Cook, M. D.

7

Genl. Mc¢’Gregor ,,

25

|

W. Jones Esq.

11

Lt. Genl. Salmon ,,

10

A Friend

R. Darling Esq.

10

K. M. Donahow Esq.

OO0 OIS IO NDHS UD OO

©'0C 0 o0 0 C o o o e

H. Worster Esq.

0. Eckelmann Esq.

50

AT KOTARGIRI.

20

D D a0 O

O O O O O OF S

10

L. Garthwaite Esq.

Mrs. F. Gerrard

C. B. Thornhill Esq.

AT PALGHATUT.

Miss M. Cockburn

50

30

V. A. Brodie Esq.

30

Mrs. D. Cockburn

T. C. Elsworthy Esq.

Frank Groves Esq.

30

Mrs. J. Tomlinson

10

F. H. Griffith Esq.

12

(et == (ol i )

N O CD

20

(=Y o= G = > ==

[ ol Yom i (o) o P )

Mr. J. Dupen

F. J. Hill Esq.

Donations from Members of the Congregations and other

Native Friends.

Mr. Th. Roberts, for Orphan-

Mangalore :

Mr, Lucas Joshua

ages

5

From the Weavers

3

Mr

Th. Pearl

(=21

Mr, H. 8. A,

Mulky

Mer. 6. A.

Amin Christian

Mr, V, E. J. F.

Or 0 O

D T DO,

C DD D

N¢ Ne

e

Rs

As

Rs. As

Udapy :

Mr. Subh, Kanapur

Middle School Pie Collection 19

Rahel Bangareji

10

Orphan

"

»

"

Cannanore:

D. F., Gudde

10

Workmen and Women of the

Honore :

Weaving Establishment 76

Rev. T. Costa, Karwar

1

Legacy of the late Elisabeth

D. C.

Amma

114

L)

R. €.

Tellicherry »

A. C.

Weavers and Women of the

a5,

Weaving Establishment 15

14

W. M.

S © O © = ™

(oo Ji (0 a0 Y Yo i o (o)

S OO SES

Sunday-School Children at

Mercara

Nettoor

From the Members of the

Mr. Jehuda Chandren

Congregation

Chombaila :

Mr. Tobias Chembenkodu

Anandapur :

Mr. Jona Kore

Weaving Establishment

S

Dharwar &

Collection of Cocoanuts

(=2}

(<]

Members of the Congregation 7

Calicut:

Native Friends

2

=}

A. D.

Hubly &

€. C. T

Native Friends

Jos. H. R.

8. J.

Bettigerry .

Helene Davis

A Member of the Congre-

gation

10

Sunday School at Coilandy

Jochabed

Hannavva

1

[

J. H., for the Lord’s work

;(22:

Bl O O O

© O W o O O o ¢C

Boysof the Evangelist School 2

Falghaut:

Guledgud :

Mr. Imm. Sowenna

[ ]

Members of the Congre-=

Mr. Paul Bellagallu

gation

Kaity &

Salome Bellagallu

Mr

Swami Chimpigara

Mr. Mathia Satyanatha

Mr

John Prabhakara

Kotargivi:

Mr

Silas Boragai

Mr. Samuel Mully

Mr

Stephan Sakkare

N

1

T

. Daniel Bella

Mi

Imm. Nirmanika

Mr

. Jacob Canaka

Mr

Man. Mudakavi

GO Q0. D SO0 i O GO

My

. Guanaprakasam

Mr

David Meili

S O 0O O O O o o

o

O SLa® O OO S IC RS

Rhoda Nerkambe

— = DD e Ot

SOOI D

D ONO SO

-—

112

Subscriptions and Donations for Schools and Orphanages.

Rs. As. P

Re. As. P

DHARWAR.

‘ H. Barret Esq.

10

M. Johnston Esq.

60

R. A. Gamble Esq.

10

20

J. R. Middleton Esq.

100

Dr. Mc¢’Conaghy

5

Mrs. Ward

10

Dr. Cockell

K. Laxton Esq.

E. Buyers Esq.

20

C. Andrug Esq.

%j

‘W. S. Price Esq.

“Unworthy”

11

OO IO LD

(o G o T oo T o= Y (e ) o R =)

R. Knight Esq.

W. Jukes Esq.

BETTIGERRY.

Miss A. Davidson

;;

290

Dr

D. Cardoz,

for

the

A. C. Young Esq.

10

Q. O PO QOO DD

S OO DO @O DS

Orphanage

10

J. Fitzmaurige Esq

2

i

Donations towards the Bazaar Girls’ School, Mercara.

Mrs. F. Mangles

50.°-0- -0

A Merchant in the Bazaar

5

A Friend

16

6

0

i!i

Donations and Subscriptions for the Sick-hoﬁse at Mangalore.

40

W

A

10

J. W. Best Esq.

J. Sturrock Esq.

40

Mrs. Boyd

20

6

A. T. Arundel Esq.

15

Mr. Lucas Joshua

H. Winterbotham Esq.

20

Mr. Thomas Pearl

Col. G. 8. Keith

50

R. B.

QOO D

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((g)

g

”

Christmas gifﬁ 20

5 R

Donations for the Mangalore Poor-Fund.

Col. G. 8. Keith

oG 0 01T R

Subscriptions towards the North-Coorg Cooly-Mission

Fund.

100

0

12

0

F. Mangles Esq.

W. H. Spratt Esq.

Col. T. G. Clarke

20

0

A. D. Campbell Esq.

10

12

J. Macpherson Esq.

20

0

G. B. Wake Esq.

30

0

(= = R = =]

W. H. Scott Esq.

12

é

H. N. Tod Esq.

Lrs

Donations towards the New Chapel Building at Cannanore.

Rs

b

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Rs

=

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g

Miss E. A. Mullins, Bangalore 25

Lieut. Col. W. L. Ranking

10

50

Col. Tredway Clarke,

»

Col. C. F. Keyser, c. B.

Col. W. N. Wroughton, ,

20

Lieut. Col. Austin

Col. J. Gabbett,

»

10

Major C. W. Walker

25

Major R. F. Taylor,

»

Major G. B. Meares

Rev. J. Lauffer

50

Capt. G. C. Herbert

Rev. J. L. Weismann

50

Lieut. G. Du’Maurier

M. P, O. Pothan

15

Lieut. C. F. Shiply

Chowa Congregation

100

Lieut. C. F. Heyworth

Rev. J. Jaus, Chombala

10

Capt. G. L. Forster

Rev. K. Schaal, Tellicherry lQ

Q. M. Franklin Esq.

NN NN OGN O s

Rev, S. Walter,

n

10

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Dr. Duncha

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Missionaries and Congrega-

Mrs

B. Lazar,

Ifracombe,

tion, Mercara

25

England

226

Brethren of the 2nd Batt. -

62

Col. Young, Edinbourgh

Royal Fusiliers

52

C. J. Puddicombe Esq., Ma-

J. W. Reid Esq., M. ¢. s.,

nantoddy (realization of

Coimbatore

50

60

our Harmonium)

Brig. Genl. B. L. Gordon, c.B. 25

Private Darling

10

Dy. Surg. Genl. Henderson 15

Miss Symington, Edinbourgh 6

Col. John W. Orr

25

0

Brigd. General P. A.Carnegy 100

Col. F. Beauchamp

25

Palghaut Congregation

5

Surgeon Major F. Pout

25

Nettoor Weavers

23

10

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10

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Major A. M’Cally

Mr. K. Kuriyan

Contributions of the Congregations (“Church Tax”).

Mangalore

319

8

Guledgud

93

12

108

11

6

0

Mulky

Bijapur

Udapy

142

12

Cannanore— Chowa

123

Karkal

12

Tellicherry

68

10

Basrur

Chombala

56

10

Honore

Calicut

178

14

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Mercara

12

Codacal

60

40

2

Anandapur

Palghaut

Dharwar

22

Kaity

12

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Hubly

35

Kotargiri

19

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60

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Bettigerry

LR e e s

15

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Report

I. Canara.

B I —

A. South-Canara.

33

Mangalore

Mulky

44

Udapy

46

50

Karkal

50

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2%

B. _North-Cana,ra.

Honore

52

II. Cooryg.-

Mercara

54

Anandapur

57

FIT. South-Mahratta.

1. The Dharwar Collectorate.

Dharwar

60

Hubly .

62

64

Bettigerry

.

cto.raf:e.

2. The Bijapur Colle

Guledgud

69

Bijapur

72

V. Malabar.

Cannanore

74

Tellicherry

77

Chombala

82

84

Calicut

Codacal

88

Palghaut

90

V. Nilgiris.

94

Kaity

96

Kotargiri

Obituary .

98

Conclusion

106

107

Expenditure of the Mission

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