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THE FORTY-SIXTH REPORT OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN SOUTH-WESTERN [NDIA FOR g 1885 —a STt e —— MANGALORE | ERINTED AT THE BASEL MISSION PRESS 1386 i T o ¥ 4 A e B i ] /4 Ie . Bensus of the Basel German Buangelical Mission on the Western Gnast of India, 1st JANUARY 1886. Agents of the Mission Schools Congregations European Native Ageats Schools Vernacular Mission- ( for Mission Boarding Christian Present Church-Members aries Sk i w | Agents Schools Schools | NAMES OF MISSION STATIONS Schools masters mistresses English Schools instruction 1st January 1885 tized during 1885 % Established in the year Brethren Sisters Native Pastors Catechists & Evangelists Colporteurs Bible-Women Christian Schoolmaste Christian School- Non-Christian School- Number of Schools Seminary Training Schools Preparandi-Schools Boys Girls Girls Christian and Heathen Boys Heathen Vernacular Boys’ Heathen Girls’ Schools Total of Pupils under Number of Converts bap- Number of Church-Members Communicants Non-Communicants Children Total Catechumens ) 1. Canara. Mangalore 1834 = (&)1 ey o 2 no 184 | 187 238 167 82 811 39 1605 970 23 703 1696 41 Mulky 1845 (=) (o] 69 109 46 1854 : 224 20 671 325 B 688 37 Udapy -3 115 64 29 15 33 1094 541 34 546 1121 113 Karkal 1872 54 31 25 o - 1876 é Kundapur— Basrur O | 19 23 54 23 29 54 Honore 1845 ‘l\’)t—ll\'.)rlkl\'.) 'm S ) E % g (Ei (oo ey () 57 28 23 52 Do [=r] 0o Do -\\lOOOHkHlO _% (((:21; % ! — ((éé S(g.;z % 29 5 75 408 297 ‘)3 g 186 115 1873 92 3535 1918 67 1683 3668 199 11. Cooryg. Mercara 1870 22 23 65 35 36 71 Anandapur 1853 20 17 24 41 186 107 —_— e — 67 179 z z ?) = 3 17 24 22 64 251 142 103 250 IIT. South-Mahratta. Dharwar 1837 12 817 63 202 158 70 82 1839 155 Hubly . | 81 98 257 173 109 289 Bettigerry. 1841 § 28 20 194 264 512 259 10 213 482 Guledgud . 1851 21 32 110 504 288 13 209 510 Bijapur 1885 E__ % ;i) _g__ (:80): i(;(é é 15 g 12: % :)% | 14 g g | 14 g g ;g; % 18 g?: 40 57 50 87 370 % 674 %) 1431 797 33 621 1451 5 IV. Malabar. Cannanore 1841 42 51 215 81 24 413 683 365 10 336 711 11 Tellicherry 1839 3 11 | 14 29 25 280 141 72 563 387 232 183 423 10 Chombala 1849 2 19 14 100 51 16 280 309 157 160 323 17 | Calicut 1842 g 12 lg 8 g 32 115 359 83 34 582 [24 é 884 504 14 390 908 29 Codacal 1857 (13) 0 | ((z)) 25 38 109 1858 i 2 2 (;%) i 368 165 6 224 395 18 Palghaut ;f — _ | — ;zi (%) e 0 71 90 23 184 12 163 73 1 1! 161 g{ (S 35 10 i 47 39 31 22| 21 46 (%‘S (o e 1025 446 169 2131 70 |2794 1496§__€3*1370 2921 88 147 | 243 ¥, .ZVEQ?iri: 1846 0| 3 15 Kaity . ! 26 136 0 179 64 34 | 1 32 73 10 Kotargiri 1867 ; _3 0 16 14 0 96 0 131 ) 149 (3] 87 150 3 12 53 | P—— _-((i 2 v DO W Qe 0 OtOO 15 16 40{ :% 0 232 0 310 2 213 | 92| 12 119 223 16 10 | S[‘ 8 lg Total... 54 | S | | s e g9 @ ce 93 | 83 [147| 46 | 184 | 205 | 669 | 621 i 50 (1235 | 306 |4696 | 172 318 8 5%103 187 |8224 |4445 3896 (8513 Total of 152 Fanuary 1885 . z g e e 48 88 = T 9 5 26 61 92|28 |37 | 44 170 | 200 526 982 2 1311 224 4447 3785 8224 388 2 | E -l — | — —_— —_—— 0 105 |7980 43023 137 Decrease during 1885 L 0 0 0 0 0 0| 0 0 (5) 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 Dncrease ditto 2 f 6 g 0] 1 15; «_g_ S (3] ~ 1o o 14| 5liiliso 25 0 82 249 82 244 143 | 35 | 111 289 * Th\c’sre are be Q \/ g ides 8 Sunday Schools with 454 Sunday-Scholars o oa Taas ot 7 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 % | 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 j late of Anandapur T On their way to Europe. T VAT e Ui W LN Ve deport, —_——— {(DYHROUGH the tender mercies of the God and Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ we have accomplished ® ® 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: 1 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. % 7 e e 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. 8 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 S 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 % Tulasigeri, near Kaladgi, where he devoted his life to the services of Hanuman, took to studying all kinds of books, and especially to E learn and ‘explain Shéstras. During a visit at Guledgud he met with Mr. Weigele, who presented him with a Bible, which he read | diligently. Devotees of Hanuman warned him against the conse- quences, and when they saw that he continued reading, they either I He afterwards fell in with a destroyed the Bible, or hid it away. Vi e 3 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 0 ‘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.” b ‘When at Palghaut, his house was burnt down one night. He 0 08 escaped with his bare life. Aware that this was an act of revenge, he laid charges against five influential men, who not only managed {0 b to escape free, but also to lay charges against him. Seeing that the case went against him, and that he was condemned to one d month’s chains, he took refuge in the jungles of South-Malabar. 14 ol 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 b 2 10 s 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 2 il 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: ! 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 2 attend to their daily calling with new zeal. I} My. Keppler of Udapy, in reviewing the work of last year, \! CENVER I 2* el T 12 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. f 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 § 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. s After the lapse of 12 years he left for Europe, and the son who had W been baptized to please the father, asked for and received admission C into the caste of Tiyas. Although she had lived in affluence, she h L 13 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 i} 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 d 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 1t families, befriended the lonely and forsaken, guided and warned il the unwary, lifted up those who had fallen into sin, and by her it cheerfulness knew how to infuse joy and happiness into the hearts of those with whom she came in contact. The Lord’s saying: “Her It sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much” (Luke 7. ‘When she fell sick she was tended with t0 47.) were fulfilled in her. much care and affection by Mr. Stocking’s household, tears of il pr gratitude running down her cheeks. When nigh unto death, and asked whether she was afraid to die, she replied: “I do not know il what fear is, I am travelling heavenward. The blood of Jesus l on 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 he ‘_14 Sl 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 Fe- Total males Mission Agents under preparation 118 126 Boarders 184 205 389 Attendants of Vernacular Schools o 669 621 1290 Do — Anglo-Vernacular Schools (Christians and Heathens) . 1350 1350 Do — Heathen Vernacular Schools 1235 1235 Do —Heathen Girls’ School 306 306 Pupils 3556 1 1140 } 4696 Or according to the religion professed by the pupils, there are | | | Girls Boys | Chris- | Hea- Chris- | Hea- tians | thens tians f thens li a) In Schools for Christians: a) ° 608 199 766 12 Elementary Classes [t Upper Classes ° 159 5 56 b) In Schools for Heathen: Vernacular Schools 41 1194 26 231 af Anglo-Vernacular Schools . 234 1116 21 28 Total... 1042 2514 } 869 271 Boys 38556 iGirls 1140 by Total Pupils 4696 to We 1aking a total increase of 249 pupils since 1884. tig i - 15 — e 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 She 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 ;;E 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 16 el 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 17 B 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 z; 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 1 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 i anger. Mr. Schaible describes an incident he met with during a demon festival in Reajala, S. E. of Karkal: 0 On the 2nd day whilst a procession of the Bhtitas was arranged, 0 The Catechist the devil-dancer was arrayed in his taudry dress. Iy and myself began to preach. Then began the maddening tom-tom, od and torchlight in spite of broad daylight. Whilst this was going on W the devil-dancer placed himself in front of us with the intention of ) acting as a spell on our sermon. Instead of getting alarmed we 3 bk The 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 L(In 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 1 plagues will remind you of your neglect.” “I beg your forbearance”, a replies a temple trustee, ‘“‘consider what poor weak individuals we t are, how often did we attempt to restore your temple, but were as § often hindered.” “Mind” replied the Bhata, “I am not going to be d fed on excuses and broken promises; I wish for an answer as to d whether you intend repairing my hovel or not. If you do, all right, k I shall stay, otherwise my mind is settled on going.” “Do not fall bl out with us, nor leave us, I most solemnly promise to execute your i where the wish.””—The whole is of course a concerted game, 1t ‘““dramatis persona’’ are carefully instructed and have to study W their part. I 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 a1 to the Gospel, and buy religious books, tracts, and Scripture por- po tions gladly. Ocecasionally mockers and ill-disposed persons appear, In but as an exception, not as a rule. The people are on the whole B 19 38 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- ) dents of the Seminary, had come to our assistance. Under a preach- 1 ing-shed with an improvised pulpit, we were preaching for 3 days; d 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- 19 companied by an accordion, and Native tunes sung to the accompa- 35 niment of a violin gave variety tothe services, cheeredthe preachers, and attracted the populace. Between 60 to 70 addresses were 6 thus delivered. Several attempts were made at a kind of singing service. b} Different hymns relating to Christ’s birth, work, suffering, death and resurrection were sung clearly, and explained by the mo- I {0 derator. Such a service lasted an hour and a half, or more. Our 1ty kind readers would certainly have rejoiced to see old and young men seated on mats listening, their attention rivetted by the truths they ll il heard. It was not fashionable according to European notions, but he it was the means of obtaining a quiet hearing, and dispassionate weighing of the claims that Jesus has upon them, in a manner most 0y homely and fascinating to them. My. Digel of Honore writes: During my journeys I have tried to cultivate old acquaintances, 10 and to make new ones. To do this effectually, we stay, whenever 11\ )1 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 aly Beindur. I have been surprised to find a longing for God’s Word, le 3ok <] 9 0 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 f that they judge every thing after the flesh. Catechist Jos. Mandody of the South-Coorg Cooly-Mission writes: 0! ‘We have access to 97 estates of Europeans and to 5 of Coorgs. ) 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 il 21 i 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.” f 0 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. I thankfully mention that it the gentlemen planters or their writers and agents have always provided us with quarters for the night. D Y Myr. Knittel of Guledgud in South-Mahratta describes a of tour ‘made in the company of Cat. J. Prabhakara, Ev. S Kanapur and Jesudasa Shastre. i In Hunalli women as well as men listened most attentively to our preaching. After we had done, they said: ‘“You should come S and stay with us, else we forget every thing again.” 5y In Kamtige a Lingait priest contended that God as such can never be an object demanding and engaging our faith, but it is the at = 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- = 23 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- * These Kurichiyas are Nayars from Travancore, engaged by the Kuttiyadi f Raja some 3 to 4 centuries ago, to subjugate and colonise the Wynaad. There are two divisions, those living on the western slopes of the Wynaad mountains, 0 and those living in Wynaad proper. They still cling to the primitive Nayars’ customs. _24 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 fi Missionary as one of the causes of blinding the people, and are Y glad to get rid of him; or we meet with those, whose ideas are so nar- row and cramped, that " are pained at our not being able to 1"@&011 2 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 4 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 I dare to become our teachers?”’ or by acting upon this conviction. J 4. Bible-women Agency. There are now 15 Bible-women at Wbrk, viz. 3 in Cangra, 50 10 in Malabar, and 2 in South-Mahratta. 0 They are all sup- ported by the British and Foreign Bible Society in London, 1 to whom we desire herewith to tender our heart-felt thanks 10 for thus enabling us to carry on this important branch of work. 10 The following extracts, with the exception of those from South-Mahratta, are abbreviated from the “Annual 1 o 1883, Report of the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society for the yea.r 4 26 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. S 27 «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.” 4% 28 Ll el “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 *29 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. 30 . 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, SRS TN pny A el L i 31 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 g 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. 1 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 ) od Mr. E. Brunner for Mangalore, and Miss Schultze, engaged to My. Knittel. 0 32 — 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. 6 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 4 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 I 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/, ” » the Muhammedans 12:59 9/, ” 18189/, . tbe Christians MANGALORE. Quit-Stations : Jeppu, Bokapatna, Bolma, Kasargod, Bekal, Ravaneshvara, Hosadurg. AL 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, 7 99 Anglo-Vernacular School. Rev. J. Dawr, studying Canarese. ot 34 ST h 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. e 35 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, b and partly by Mr. Schaible, are connected with this Station. )5 The Infants’ School was attended by 36 boys and 40 girls, and is supervised by Mrs. Hoch. % O RIS S 36 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 ey 317 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 38 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. 39 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. I 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 40 S e 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 ° . 80 5000 80 400000 1. In Malayalam Keéralopakari, Vol. XII . 80 600 204 122400 16° 2000 174 348000 Bible Stories, Part I., Old Testament On Transmigration 10 12° 2000 40 80000 Bible Song 1I 16° 3000 16 48000 11 162 3000 47 141000 On Fate Duncan’s Geography of Ind1a Pl (Tr Govt ) LIL 16 4000 64 256000 Do do Part 11 29 I 162 2000 104 208000 11 1 7000 192 1344000 Third Book 19 XII 162 15000 67 995000 The First Reader, Part I Do 99 11 162 10000 115 1150000 1500 124 186000 Class-Book of Arithmetic iz III 16° 3000 15 45000 Anthology for the Use of Sehools Pothan’s Copy Book 5000 32 160000 Tl 142000 Geography of the World, Part I. Asia II 15 2000 11652 1000 64 64000 Gymnastics (Madr Govt.) Second Readetr (do.) 111 16° 10000 112 1120000 Almanac for 1886 SO 2500 80 200000 41 e LI DaoiTeeder, Edition. Size. Copies Pages. Tot.Pages, The New Testament 80 1000 700 700000 Do do 80 200 320 64000 th:a F<;ur .Gros.pels The First Catechism . 11 128 500 30 15000 ” . III 122 1000 30 30000 The Seconq V. In Konkani. The Gospel of Mark . 162 2000 96 192000 V. In Tamil. Third Reader (Trav T 122 224 . Govt.). lQOO 224000 Vi. In Anglo-Vernacular and English. Anglo-Canarese Translation Series, Book III. Joal2e 3000 140 420000 A First English Book, Anglo-Canarese II. 16° 8000 68 544000 The Second do do 181 i 3000 250 750000 1000 Teacher’s Handbook to the F. E. Book, Anglo-Tamil 18° 66 66000 The Gospel of Luke, Tamil and Malayalam 32° 1500 351 526000 The Forty-fiftth Report of the B, E. M. S. . 80 1100 113 124300 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 % Kaundinya, and Shiva Rao to the dialect spoken at Manga.- lore, and has been printed as a tentative version, through ) the kind help of the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society. P AR e 42 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, do do 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. 43 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 6* 44 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, ” » 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 45 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). 5 46 il S L 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, Sl 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, 29 ,» the Congregation & Out-stations. Native Pastors Bev. Daniel Aaron, Rev. Charles Gojar, Rev. Immanuel Furtado. 47 e 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 48 — 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 ST sty 49 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 , ” 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. 50 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 e o1 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. T* 52 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 e 53 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, do. do. do. [ Miss K. Richter. ] e 55 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. 56 . 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 [ok] 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. 57 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. i 58 5 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, S e o e N o o Wl o e S I1L 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. 8* 60 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 61 Coeemni s 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 62 et 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. — SN 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. AR 64 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. 65 e 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. 9 B 66 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; 67 —_— 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. 9% e 68 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. ‘69 e 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 ° 26 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- i 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. § Christian School-masters Immanuel Nirmanwike, Immanuel Mudukavi, Amruta Shilabhadra. Heathen School-master, Adwiappa Mulagunda. 70 ——— 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 71 Mrys. 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. 72 i 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. ] Since 1872 the Muhammedans increased 12:14%* the Christians 99 373 the Hin(ﬁlS bRl 1-91 *In 1871: 99,009 Cherumas \vet;e returned, in 1881: 64;%25 only. 10 74 CANNANORE. OQut-Stations: Chovva, Taliparambu, Chiracal. i 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. b ' 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, Lrd [ 5 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 10% 76 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. b 4 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. IT 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- g ) 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. e 78 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 b2 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 L 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), S0 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 b children to attend. There are now 40 girls, of whom only o { 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 ) 54 boys, of whom 9 are Christians, and 20 girls, of whom 3] 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. «81 L 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. 11 AL e 82 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 b 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. 83 e 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 11% 84 el 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- —B 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. S 85 Catechists Paul Chittayagam, Jacob Heber, Charles Hermon, Solomm Makkadan.— Esauw David. Colporteur, Immanuel Boaz., Bible-Women 3 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- 86 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. 87 — 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. 88 sl et 1I 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. 89 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. 12 - 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, » » 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. g1 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. 12 o 92 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 b 81, A. Arangadan 138, or 632 days in all. NN Ea T e A\ AN TN O N N 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 . ° 45 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 b2 the Christians 67-41 bR 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, 94 e 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 b 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 95 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 _96 et e o 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. — e 9 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. b e . N 13 98 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 99 et 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- 138 100 [ — 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. 101 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 9 10 d 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 When thirteen 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, 103 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- B0 ments of the heathen Shastras, by means of a pantheistic philosophy ) 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, ; 104 o 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- — 105 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 IO OO O ((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 ) Rs = wm 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 (= i F el T =~ ) ) = R = T =T = = = = T = | Dr. Duncha o e OO0 0O O (e B = S = T = T = <= e e J e R = B =T =) 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 O © O © o O [T T = B = S == = R ) 10 © O O O = O O — 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 it e L ST e [ Mercara 12 Codacal 60 40 2 Anandapur Palghaut Dharwar 22 Kaity 12 (g(i Hubly 35 Kotargiri 19 (Z 0 60 O N NN QDO S ORI O D S Bettigerry LR e e s 15 LN-Dol Page Luropean Missionaries of t}le Bésel German Evangelical Mission Report I. Canara. B I — A. South-Canara. 33 Mangalore Mulky 44 Udapy 46 50 Karkal 50 Kundapur-—Basrur 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 % . 108 Subscriptions and Donations % e B —— — = = & o T = a2 | gl o % Ziei o e i s s 5 S £ son STore W 5 i AR B e Lo s S 75 S % o S Sazaat e e A, i I o ST ey SRR, e o i SRR G Pt 50 2o R e e e s o AAA o e 2 Aok R T XD o AR s O ., G RS, Vi e e e ) ” s T S s LI R 5 Yot ey ws e el it wiotem e s e ol St ioter o " . 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