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1st JANUARY 1888.

Schools

Congregations

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Bible-Women

Christian

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Non-Communicants

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European Missionaries

of the Basel German Evangelical MlSSlOD

Corrected up to the zoth March 1888

[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

Name

Country

Service

Germany

1851

Mangalore

Ch. A. E. Diez (m.)

F. Kittel (m.)

do

1853

Mercara

do

1857

J. F. A. Ménner (m.)

Mangalore

'W. Stokes (m.)

India

1860

Udapy

1864

Honawar

Th. Digel (m.)*

Germany

J. Knobloch (m.)

do

1865

(Coonoor) Calicut

1865

S. Walter (m.)

Switzerland

Vaniyankulam

M. Th. Walz (m.)

Germany

1866

Bettigerry

W O =1 S UL B W DN

Th. Elsdsser (m.)"

do

1867

Mangalore

=

do

1869

Chombala

W. Schmolek (m.)

11

G. Ritter (m.)

do

1869

Udapy

Mo

do

1869

do

F. A. Brasche (m.)

13

W. Sikemeier (m.)

Holland

1870

Kotagiri

1871

=

P. Ott (m.)

Germany

Mulky

=

'W. Niibling (m.)

do

18 1

Hubly

do

1871

16

G. Hirner (m.)*

Mangalore

:

J. Hafner (m.)

Switzerland

1871

Mercara

18

J. Hermelink (m.)

Germany

1872

Kasargod

o

R. Hauri (m.)

Switzerland

1873

Mangalore

S

C. Feuchter

Germany

1873

Calicut

.

do

1873

(Chovva) Cannanore

J. Ostermeyer (m.)

'

G. Grossmann (m.)

Switzerland

1874

Dharwar

3

do

1874

J. Baumann (m.)*

Mangalore

N

R. Schenkel (m.)

Germany

1874

Basrur-Kundapur

do

1875

Mercara

St

J. B. Yeil(m.)*

>

'W. Liitze (m.)

do

1875

Kaity

Native

Date of

Name

Active

Station

Country

Service

27

E. Liebendérfer, m.n.(m.) Germany

1875

Calicut

60

28

do

1876

J. Frohnmeyer (m.)

Tellicherry

i,

29

E. G. Halbrock (m.)*

do

1876

Calicut

30

J. Krapf (m.)*

Switzerland

1878

Cannanore

31

C. D. Warth (m.)

Germany

1878

Bijapur

32

J. Weismann (m.)

do

1879

Cannanore

63

33

Chr. Keppler (m.)

do

1879

Mulky

34

J. J. Jaus (m.)

do

1879

Chombala

35

J. Fieg (m.)*

do

1879

Calicut

64

36

H. Bachmann (m.)

Switzerland

1880

Palghaut

)

37

C. W. Dilger (m.)

Grermany

1880

do

()

38

F. Stierlen (w.)*

do

1880

Mangalore

67,

39

F. Staib (m.)*

do

1881

do

68,

40

do

do

Ch. Ernst (m.)

1881

69

41

J. Fischer (m.)

do

1881

Karwar

10

42

[gerry

F. Eisfelder (m.)

do

1882

(Ranibennur) Betti-

1

43

W. H. Knittel (m.)

do

1882

Guledgud

19

44

S. Limbach (m.)

do

1883

Dharwar

73

45

do

Ch. Schaal (m.)

1883

Tellicherry

14

46

M. Schaible (m.)

do

1883

Karkala

(4]

47

B. Liithi (m.)

Switzerland

1884

Guledgud

76

48

Ch. Hole

1884

Codacal

Germany

i

49

D. Berli

Switzerland

1885

Dharwar

7Q

[t

50

G. Peter

do

1885

Calicut

19

51

J. Daur

Germany

1885

Mangalore

5

=

by}

80,

J. Waidelich (m.)

do

1885

Bettigerry

81

53

Th. Strobel

do

1885

Tellicherry

89

54

O. Bode

do

1886

Mercara

55

J. Gotz

do

1886

Karkala

56

A. Glattfelder*®

Switzerland

1886

(Mangalore) Udapy

57

F. Huber*

8

do

1886

Mangalore

58

J. Sieber*

do

1887

do

59

F. Brauning®

Germany

1887

Cannanore

Name

Native

Date of

Active

Station

Country

Service

60

Th. Lutz

Switzerland

1887

Bettigerry

61

G&. Schmitt

Germany

1887

Codacal

62

F. Rehm

do

1888

Calicut

Single Lady.

63

Miss G. Wolff

l Germany

| 1887 |Calicut

At Home.

64

J. Lauffer (m.)y

Germany

1856

late of Cannanore

65

do

1858

do

J. Mack (m.)

Hubly

66

R. Hartmann (m.)

Switzerland

1859

do

Karkal

67

F. Ziegler (m.)

Germany

1862

do

Dharwar

68

J. B. Graeter (m.)

do

1863

do

Mangalore

69

F. Matthissen (m.)}

Russia

1867

do

Calicut

70

1869

do

1y

H.Daimelhuber (m.)} | Germany

Hubly

it

i1

W.P.Schonthal(m.)*+

do

1870

do

Cannanore

2

do

Mercara

J. F. Veil (m.)

do

1872

73

J. Layer (m.)

do

1873

do

Mangalore

74

C. Pfleiderer (m.)*

do

1874

do

do.

5

L. Gengnagel (m.)

do

1875

do

Bas.-Kund.

76

A. Ruohland (m.)

do

1876

do.Vaniyankulam

e

do

do

C. G. Eble (m.)}

1876

Mulky

78

M. Hoch (m.)}

do

1876

do

Mangalore

79

G. Benner (m.)*

do

18717

do

Calicut

80

H. Altenmiiller(m.)*y

do

1878

do

Mangalore

81

J. G. Kithnle (m.)}

do

1878

do

Codacal

82

G. Francke*

do

1883

do

Mangalore

Pensioned in India.

83. H. A. Kaundinya (m.) | India

t 1851 ‘Anandapur

1 On their way to Europe.

e N LN NS /AN AT N TN N

Ther

me, |

amo!

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Cony

Beport,

Ting

Esp

—_—

e

of 1

Mo

T is with heart-felt gratitude that we review another year

lan

9 of service in the portion of the Lord’s vineyard allotted to

§a1

e

D us.

In spite of failings and shortcomings many of our

Christians have grown in grace, the number of Churchmem-

hing

bers and their liberality has increased and the glad tidings

0ug

of salvation have been sounded out near and far; but it is

Cor

still more important to us to extol the name of the Lord for

of

the gifts of His wonderful grace and tender mercies to us

il

and to those He has entrusted to our care.

We were deeply

the

afflicted and tried by the death of some of our fellow-labour-

i

The work of years

Was

ers, but the Lord has been our comfort.

has been endangered and the progress seriously checked by

ace

grave misunderstandings and unexpected distrust on the part

I

of a number of Christians towards their superiors, yet the

Lord is healing the rent.

There were so many reasons to be

Ch

discouraged on account of superstition, infidelity, apathy,

o

hypocrisy and subtle cunning, dire foes which keep men bound

leg

lest they should believe the glorious Gospel; the Lord, how-

to

ever, has supported and mightily strengthened us, and gives

us daily grace to look up to Him from whom our help cometh.

g

7

e e

Therefore “bless the Loyrd, oh my soul, and all that is within

me, bless His holy name.”

Let us now begin:

1

The total numerical increase

With the Congregations.

amounts to 346 souls, of which 244 are heathen converts and

102 a surplus of baptisms over deaths and emigration.

Our

Congregations comprise now 9,237 souls against 8,891 in 1886.

We celebrated the week of prayer as usual in the begin-

ning of the year and a day of humiliation in September.

Especial mention, however, deserves to be made of the Jubilee

of the ascension to the throne of the United Kingdom of our

Most Gracious Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, Eanpress of thus

land, under whose gentle and firm sway we, who are of the

year

o t0

same precious faith, although of a different nationality, have

‘our

been permitted to enjoy preaching the Gospel without let or

hindrance, as also protection and encouragement in our ardu-

NN

lings

ous duties, for which we thank our Heavenly Father.

The

it 18

Congregations whom we were permitted to collect, conscious

of the deep debt of gratitude they owe to God for such a just

d for

0 1S

rule and government, as truly loyal subjects gave vent to

their feelings by celebrating with us special services of thanks-

ooply

gwing on either the 16th or 17th of February as the occasion

brour—

was, and by contributing without stint or grudge, heartily,

years

according to their limited abilities towards the different

d by

Jubilee funds that were collected.

part

; the

We are also glad to say that the duty incumbent on the

Churches of bearing their own burdens and the willingness of

to be

doing so is steadily gaining ground and that the Two-Pie col-

ath)",

tOHHd

lection gradually makes its way among our Christians.

We feel at this time constrained to appeal from our hearts

Jow

to the Churches, to the fathers and mothers and to the young

gives

men

and women to come forward for the service of our

neth:

e

8

God. We all know that a church may boast ever so much

of being rich and spiritually advanced, yet if no streams of

living water flow from it upon its lifeless surroundings, it is

4)In

but dead.

Well, we beseech you then, ye Churches of the

In

Basel Mission, that you stir up your gift and increase yet

0

more in fervent prayer and works of love.

You fathers and

mothers, whom God has blessed with healthy and gifted

children, bring them as your tribute and lay them at the

feet of your God and Redeemer that they may work in His

H

vineyard among Christians and Heathen.

And you young

b) In

men and women, we beseech you by the mercies of God that

ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable

unto God and that you place yourself, body, soul and spirit

at His disposal for the glorious work of the conversion of

your enthralled fellow-men and women.

May the Lord stir

us all up to do His work.

\

diffe

We have now 100 Schools, or 7 more than

2

Schools.

Wit

in 1887. The following particulars will give an idea of the

Deoy

work which is being done in the educational line:

¢hilg

ang

Males

Fe

Total

males

are

Mission Agents under preparation

116

10

126

cont

Boarders

.

185

199

384

1412

selye

Attendants of Paroch

ial .Sch.ool;

770

642

Do

Anglo-Vernacular Schools (Christians and

S0me

.

1395

18

1413

are

Heathens)

Do

Heathen Vernacular Schools

1619

18

1637

tege}

Do

Heathen Girls’ Schools

358

358

g -

Pupils

5330

3985 1 1245

|

ingy

Or according to the religion professed by the pupils, there

Leep

are

are |

much

Boys

Girls

1l

§0

Chris-

Hea-

Chris-

Hea-

Total

tians

thens

tians

thens

1t 18

2) In Schools for Christians:

f the

Infant Schools

.

-

55

131

> yet

Orphanages—

130

5

181

321

)

and

Elementary Classes

Upper Classes

50

13

63

ifted

Parochial Schools—

414

t the

Elementary Classes

271

499

22

1206

Upper Classes

18

12

45

75

) His

Higher Schools

116

10

126

oun

4) In Schools for Heathen

tha

VYernacular Schools

62

1557

49

327

1995

Anglo-Vernacular Schools

204

1191

3

15

1413

tahle

ab

Spirt

1049 i 3036

876 i 369

Girls 1245

)il Of

Boys 4085

st

Total Pupils 5330

Some Vernacular Schools were opened during last year in

different rural districts.

Of Waniyankulam, f. ., Mr. Walter

than

writes:

“When a new School is opened by us up-country

)f the

people are horrified at the thought that we will teach their

children to cut the tuft of hair (kudumi), to wear trousers

and jackets and to eat the meat of the holy cow, and they

Total

are agreeably surprised when they hear Bible Stories, the

contents of which as well as the language recommend them-

126

384

selves to an unprepossessed mind.”— Mr. Digel of Honawar,

1412

some 300-400 miles north of Vamiyankulam, finds that people

are afraid to entrust their children to us, saying:

“You

1413

teach our children your Shastra or Véda, pervert their minds

1637

it

and then join them to your caste”.

i

5330

In rural districts, especially during the monsoon, when the

income is scarce and our poor Christians have enough to do to

keep their heads above water, schoolfees, which are very low,

there

are paid most irregularly or have to be remitted.

s ey

10

The total increase in pupils according to the above list

men

since 1886 is 602 pupils.

There is an improvement in all

year

the branches, the Anglo-Vernacular and Vernacular Schools

having 403 pupils more than last year.

There are also 66

heathen girls more, who receive instruction.

fo th

0cca

3. Preaching to the Heathen.

My. Hermelink of Kasargod

(the

reports:

buf

00ca;

We visited Subramhanya, where the Goépel has been preached

now for upwards of forty years.

There the snake-god Subraya is

Brah

worshipped, in honor of whom men and women roll along in dust

a B

seve

and mud for a distance of about one mile and a half, not unfre-

quently lying on the ground in the heat of the sun exhausted and

G

faint from exertion.

Thus they pay their vows.

Maddened by the

thought that they do a work pleasing God, they scorn the preaching

1t fo

of the Gospel and consider us nothing but babblers who talk about

let:

the holiness of God, sin and salvation. The viciousness of their gods,

calle

they contend, is counterbalanced and largely atoned for by their

len

magnificence ; besides, the moral law, they say, cannot be applied to

the gods, and that man by the power of his penance may annihilate

Plagy

any imperfections flesh is heir to.

to g}

At different Demon- or Dhuta-festivals we were met by the

following objections :

of

1

Our Bhutas and the idols representing them, are officers of

igno)

the true God.

Pupy

2

As Government payin this District Rs.14,147-14-6 towards

the upkeep of temples and the feeding of priests, Government

188

preserves and promotes the service of the Bhiitas and their idols.

(Our telling them most decidedly that Government on taking over

to g

the country found these obligations, and that it is wicked to construe

ﬁOI]gx

their conscientious adherence to the same as laxity and even worse,

their

is of mno effect with these illiterate people.)

3

We continue the worship of certain idols, and get up festi-

thay

vals at certain places so as not to lose the contribution of Govern-

(b,

REAE ST s o

11

lis

ment.

Many a place would have fallen into abeyance but for the

)

!

yearly grant paid by Government.

ools

My. Eble of Mulky reports:

) 60

Three Catechists and myself went in December 1886 to preach

to the lsirge crowds of people who had collected in Volalanki on the

occasion of the yearly competition ploughing, or racing of buffaloes

ol

(the Derby of the Tulus).

About hundred pairs of strong stout

buffaloes, released from regular ploughing and merely fed for the

ched

occasion, are brought together from the surrounding country. Neither

Brahmans nor Jains are allowed to see the racing; should however

o 1

dust

a Brahman be so worldly as to become a spectator he is to visit

seven temples to atone for his crime.

Although there was much

nire

| and

excitement, we met nevertheless with attentive hearers.

) the

Three days later when my horse got lame, the people ascribed

it to persons with a black spot on the tongue or to those with a

hing

boub

“withering look”, such as demons and persons, recently deceased,

00,

called kule, who are said to have the power of doing mischief to

men and animals.

th

eIt

od t0

In Kodetur we found attentive hearers, yet here as in other

places we were sorry to see that persons pleaded stupidity merely

hilate

to shake off the obligation of believing in Christ.

the

A Tulu Brahman expressed his compassion with me on account

of the hopeless and useless task I have undertaken of teaching

ignorant Tulus, and advised me to get up schools and educate the

] of

pupulace instead.

iards

Myr. Keppler describes a visit to Gokarna in February

1887 with a number of helpers, as follows:

mlellt

idols

Preaching was carried on under a shed from 7 to 10 A.m. and 3

y Vel

to 6 p.m. for seven days.

About 40,000 people are said to have

congregated there; many had come from a great distance to improve

15t

1110

70156y

their spiritual condition.

On the whole we were scarcely disturbed,

only now and then questions were put more from a desire to interrupt

than to get information.

Many, however, evinced a desire to listen,

fost

)vem

Oh, that we had voices like thunder to proclaim to this expectant

2%

12

s

erowd that this is neither the place nor the Way of obtaining pardon

for sin and that there is salvation in Christ alone!

As to the Tulus, T am much grieved at seeing them so deeply

sunk in idolatry.

They serve their Bhiitas out of sheer fear, and

it ot N o IS R

sacrifice merely to pacify their wrath and thus secure peace and

quiet.

Many thirk, we are good enough to help in opening up the

ar by

country, give impulse to trade, introduce some new handicraft ete.,

18 m

but we should abstain from disturbing the people by preaching!

Com¢

We cull from the report of Mr. Schaible of Karkala the

ambj

Whe

following:

of th

We visited a Brahman, who expressed his regret that instead

Whicl

of being able to see he is continually told to believe.

“If you would

to do

build a temple to your God”, he said “and expose his image, many

ing.ﬂ

would join you and thus your Mission would prove successful!”

of t]

‘When we visited a Brahman sorcerer we found a2 number of men

waiting for his advice.

He offered us a seat and asked us to wait a

hood

little ““till he had told some lies to those people’” as he put it.

Just

charg

then had come the turn for a poor man, who inquired about his sick

the

wife.

The Brahman had arranged a number of cowries on a board,

(uay

muttered some mystic formula, and made the man touch one of the

(Con

shells, which he did with signs of awe and terror, retiring a few steps.

]

Brahman: Your wife is troubled by a demon!

Poor man: Indeed! Is it a male or female Bhiita ?

Wwho

Br. It is quite clear that it is a female spirit.

VGI’}*

iy

P. m. Pray what may be the cause of my wife’s infirmity ?

Br. 10-30 years ago a girl who had not yet been married died

thep

in your house; she now announces her wish to get married in the

eart)

gy

form of plaguing your wife.

P. m. How am I to propitiate the evil spirit?

Br. You must look out for a boy of your caste and of the same

telly

tribe (division), who died unmarried.

Get his spirit married to the

Whem

above said girl’s spirit, who troubles your wife.

You ought to make

dest‘f(

two figures of clay, representing the two dead children and place

Une,

cloths, jewels, food ete. beside them just as is done in a marriage.

13

———— ey

don

P. m. Will this satisfy the spirit?

Br. Don’t be afraid.

eply

P.m. Will my wife die?

and

Br. She shall improve, do not doubt.

and

Partly comforted he leaves the soothsayer probably to cremate

the

or bury his wife after a few days. The poor people know that there

is much cheating, but they say, ‘“as sometimes what is predicted

et

comes to pass, we consult them.”

The sorcerer uses generally

ambiguous terms which may be construed favourably or otherwise.

the

‘When the Brahman had sent off the man he joined us.

In the course

of the conversation we asked him not to cheat the poor people, to

tead

which he replied: “If I give up lying, I must starve and will be forced

ould

to do manual work; a Brahman’s calling consists in lying and cheat-

jany

ing.” How sad, and yet thousands of nominal Christians praise the bliss

of the heathen and think we destroy it by our preaching the Gospel

men

There was a short time ago the cattle disease in our neighbour-r

it a

hood.

The farmers being in the dark as to which demon was to be

Jush

charged with the foul deed and wishing at the same time to appease

sick

the originator, instituted a feast for ¢en Bhutas and brought large

)Mdv

quantities of rice, cocoanuts, many fowls ete. for the occasion.

(Compare the “unknown God” of the Athenians.)

f the

teps:

Mr. Gotz of Karkala relates of the visit of a Jain guru,

who was of opinion that persons who are neither very bad nor

very good soar between heaven and earth.

If sin, he went on to

say, is as small as a dog and good works are as large as an elephant,

then a person will ascend to heaven, if not, he will descend to the

died

earth.

Yet there is a time to come when God will open heaven to

the

men without their meritorious deeds.

Mr. Fischer of Karwar reminding us of Bileam’s advice,

tells us of the diabolical wickedness practised in his distriet

i

o the

where earnestly inclined men are shut up with harlots in order to

destroy all good impressions. He gives us one instance which came

nake

under his observation.

‘We were addressing a crowd of Brahmans,

lact

0

he continues, when we saw a youth who listened very attentively,

e

14

OV

suddenly seized by two men and forced to follow them. I remonstrat-

prese

ed, but they said ““Oh he is mad and has escaped from our custody’’.

The poor lad, led away as a sheep to the slaughter, turned round

such

and

and exclaimed:

“I say this Jesus who has died for us is also risen

from the dead.” 'What fate may this victim have met with? There

is a power in the Word of God which people begin to experience,

TAIT]

preac

but instead of ascribing it to God they suspect us of some secret

power, and begin often to shun us.

delig

of Ca

Mr. Digel of Honawar writes:

x\

It is sad to think that after so many years’ preaching people do

feren

not know more of Christianity than to aver that ‘the Padrés are de-

The nearer Honawar the harder the soil, the further

peal

stroying caste.’

have

away the more desire to hear.

It even happened that poor women

Chy

forced us to receive a few eggs as a reward for the good tidings we

fians

brought them.

afal

Once I was in the house of a Patel (headman of a village). There

were about 5-6 Brahmans who listened attentively and became silent

I

when I talked about eternity. What a contrast, however, a short

I

time afterwards when the Patel asked me “How much salary does

Painf

Government pay you ?”

]

A fisherman of my acquaintance went this spring to Tirupaty

coul,

and Dharmasthala to bring to his gods Venkataramana and Manjunatha

I

the money collected in his house for fifty years.

‘When he returned

shnp’

he had to feast all his fellow castemen, 7. e. to make two meals

but ;

(Devara uta), for each god one.

At such meals neither fish is

n th

eaten, nor intoxicating liquor of any kind is drunk. Not only the

Vica)

fishermen of his village but those also of the neighbouring ones

ttey

came.

This cost him about Rupees 100. People praise this kind

of liberality and pretend that the man has become pure, but he is to

Ton

be pitied, for this act has involved him in debt for years.

Wi

Mr. Bethuel Soens, itinerating preacher of Mercara, gives

us some extracts from his diary of a trip'to Somawarapet in

ang

which he accompanied Mr. Hafner.

I read and discussed Acts 17, 24-31, when a Brahman priest,

Le]

S aait

15

15trat-

moved with jealousy at the attention paid to the word by those

ol

present, exclaimed : ‘“We have our own books! This Shastra is for

round

such who have lost caste. You may listen, I need no instruction”,

risen

and walked away.

There

A number of Mysore Brahmans, who had been guests at the

ience,

marriage of two merchants, thought it great fun to interrupt our

secret

preaching. Foremost was a former Munshi of a European, who took

delight in amusing people by imitating the awkward pronunciation

of Canarese by some Europeans.

‘We met one of our Coorg friends, who well knows the great dif-

le do

ference between Christianity and heathenism.

He took in our ap-

e de-

rther

peal to his conscience, but excused himself by saying:

“Our people

have no understanding, they excommunicate us when we become

omen

Christians.

It is therefore advisable to postpone becoming Chris-

4 We

tians for a few years more when matters will have improved!” What

a false comfort!

here

From Mr. Niibling’s diary we extract the following:

Jent

hott

I met here and there former Mission-School pupils and was most

does

painfully surprised at their opposition to the truth.

In the ruoral districts ploughing and sowing being carried on, we

pary

could only see the peasants on Monday, the usual farmer’s holiday.

In D.we were respectfully visited by well disposed men. A blind

atho

med

shepherd was eager to commit to memory the history of the Fall ete.,

eals

but stumbled at Christ’s propitiatory death, on the plea that faith

tn the true God was sufficient.

‘When, however, the necessity of a

18

the

vicarious sacrifice and of a Mediator dawned on his mind he listened

attentively to the history of Christ’s death.

ones

In H. we stayed in the temple of the ‘“black mother’” and saw

ind

5 10

women come daily with their meat offerings, which they put down

with a heavy sigh, murmuring a prayer.

Mr. Berli of Dharwar gives expression to his experience

17es

and states:

10

An 4yya or begging monk, when asked by Mr. Niibling whether

st

he read the Puranas, replied yes, but only the “Stomach purina”,

16

and yet the Hindus are eager to drink the water in which this beg-

on th

gar has washed his feet in order to be purified from their sins. Some

refug

people, when asked to repent and to believe in Christ, replied:

U

with

“As wrong as it woald be in you to forsake your religion and come

over to us, so wrong it would be for ws to leave ours and to join

for 4

you.” The peasants especially uphold their Basava (bull-god) saying,

The

it was only their bullocks and cows which kept them in health and

that

strength.

tract

Some people from sheer ignorance and thoughtlessness tried to

who

lay sin to God’s charge.

“Why did God ever create the woman?

otr ¢

Why did God permit me to be born a sinner and yet demands of me

Tir

that I should walk sinlessly, and judges me for my transgressions ?”’

and many other such questions are put.

God is actually being

blamed for the gifts He bestows on us.

Jikin

Mr. Eisfelder of Hubly reports:

he b

‘We met a number of well inclined men, who read Christian books,

atter

show much love to Christians, worship no idols and even bear mockery,

the

but who do not prosper spiritually, because, instead of seeking salva-

[ he:

tion in Christ, they try to obtain it by fulfilling the moral law.

D

On our way to Savanoor we had a cooly who, unwilling to

hin

accompany us-a step further, purposely got a large black scorpion

to sting him and thereby had an excuse to stay behind and put

Work

down the burden.

‘We managed to reach the place and were re-

fract

warded by the attention paid by large crowds of people to our preach-

50

ing during our stay there.

On the whole we were everywhere

well received and in some places even asked to repeat our visits.

lugt

Mr. Liithi of Bettigerry writes:

aga]

Mr. Ernst and myself with two Catechists and six students of

st

the Evangelists’ School, besides a Native Pastor and three Catechists

Othg

of the London Mission attended the large Hampi jatre, which is being

fait

celebrated on the spot where the famous old Hamp:i stood.

A large

Sely

crowd had collected chiefly from the Canarese and Telugu speaking

We

districts, to whom we preached in Canarese and the London Mission

Des

Agents, in Telugu.

We had always a good audience, but especially

hut

17

B

g

on the “Great Sabbath” when heavy rain drove the people to take

Some

refuge under the roof of the Ganapati temple, where we had put

lied

op

The large temple was crowded.

‘We had a regular service

come

with a number of short addresses.

At 3 p. M. the rain, which lasted

join

for 4 hours, ceased, and the audience dispersed evidently satisfied.

ying,

The day after people were so occupied in transacting their business,

and

that instead of preaching we talked to single individuals and offered

tracts, which met with a ready sale.—A large number of Sanyasis,

ed f0

who subjected themselves to the most revolting tortures, attracted

man?

our attention.

The Godhead worshipped in this place is Skiva as

f me

Virupakshi, who has two idol cars.

1

15

Mr. Warth of Byapur writes:

heing

I met with a man belonging to the caste of priests, who dis-

liking to beg earned his livelihood as a mason.

For many years

he bas been convinced of the truth, and nine years ago he made an

\OOI(S,

attempt at becoming a Christian.

He, however, then succumbed to

[er7,

the entreaties, intimidations and imprecations of his family.

‘When

!

I heard of his having fallen sick, I paid him a visit.

He brightened

up when he saw me, but was already too weak to speak. I exhorted

14 0

him to take hold of Christ.

He died a few hours later as a heathen.

ppion

As the preached Word, so Bibles, Seripture portions and tracts

{ put

work in the hearts of men.

In a village several men had bought

\e re-

tracts, but their wives got enraged when they attempted to read them,

each-

so that they had to leave their houses and to seek a place of retreat.

here

The power of heathenism is more than mere idols, it centers in the

lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, and this

again shows itself in spiritual bluntness, besottedness, the spirit of

1S of

caste, being

priest-ridden, old and new unbelief, superstition and

other things

It is for this reason that the heathen, although their

ghiStS

eing

faith in their gods is shaken, do not see their way to extricate them-

selves,

Jarg®

They want relief, but not salvation. On one of our journeys

we stayed in a temple, the stony idol of which had lost its worship-

king

ssi00

pers during the last cholera epidemic, because it could not help them,

The utter darkness

dally

but, as they said, made the plague only worse.

3

18

I R

We

with

and deep depravity of these poor people is beyond description.

saw, £.7. a temple dedicated to a dog, which is worshipped as Mal-

doctrs

letyya.

The people laughed at their own folly, yet when the priest

e e

holding in one hand a spear to which a small red bag and a bell is

ing o

tied, and in the other a silver-mounted stick and large bell, walks

hiem

from village to village to collect donations, he drives a very lucrative

give

trade. Our fellow-subjects bowing down to a dog! Oh! what an aw-

one ¢

ful state of degradation!

We take the following extract from the diary of Mr.

of (]

Waidelich of Byapur.

suffie

I accompanied Mr. Warth in February on a tour of inspection.

‘We wished to see the district, our experiences were chequered.

Brah

In some places we were received with open arms, in others with the

Ve

Once after a fatiguing day’s journey we arrived at

e (¢

utmost apathy.

a village and had scarcely asked the headman of the village for

to di

some supplies, when the whole village gathered around us anxious

hav:

to hear the word of life.

We went on till we could no longer speak

af

16T

from exhaustion, and asked them at last to permit us to retire. The

With

headman, like a father, tried to impress their minds with what they

heard and to exhort them.

In another village the inhabitants did

him

not either care for heaven or for hell.

They were in a perfect state

it {

of apathy.

As the morality of the leading men in that place is not

he §s

good, we were not surprised at our reception.

We also came to a

bregs

village N. where some of our tracts had found their way to some

he )

years back.

A few men had been awakened and began to seek the

truth. At our last visit they even spoke of embracing Christianity

Ola}

and of inviting us to settle among them.

‘When we visited them

als

this time we found them disheartened and cowed down owing to

&ppy

threats and the fear of caste and relations.

fo i}

'We had a visit from a priest and his son, who on hearing that

list

we are Christian teachers asked us for a begging letter!

Doy

As we, however, were not

Three young men wished to join us.

ot

satisfied about the motives of their coming, we prevented them from

ﬂle‘z

breaking their caste, desiring them to become better acquainted

QUJQ

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P

We

with the Gospel.

We therefore briefly expounded the leading

Mal-

doctrines of Christianity which evidently interested them, but when

priest

we went on to say that we cannot enter on obligations such as pay-

ell 13

ing off their debts, bearing the expense of their marriage, supplying

walks

them with a livelihood, and admonished them to do work (offering to

alive

give them some), they became disheartened, got up and left us with

IRAVES

one consent.

We give some extracts from the diary of Mr. Ostermeyer

My

of Chovva-Cannanore.

The Payavur festival has been so often described that it will

fiom.

suffice to relate a few incidents.

I had a conversation with an old

ered,

Brahman, the chief priest of the temple.

He pretends to be a

h the

Vedantist, but has no proper idea of the Vedanta. A Naya wasread-

od ab

ing quite close to us the polemic book of the Palghaut Pattar, in order

o Jor

to draw away our hearers.

Another Naya, a schoolmaster, after

10

baving reviled us in the morning to his heart’s content, listened in the

eak

afternoon most attentively to our addresses till nightfall (3 hours)

The

without disturbing us.

they

In Taliparambu a weaver felt grieved at our not agreeing with

i

him that Krishna was the true Gtod, although he could not but ad-

state

mit that the many misdeeds and shortcomings of Krishna show that

s 06

he is neither pure, holy, just nor truthful, and he was greatly dis-

f0d

tressed at his not being able to say much in favour of the god whom

0me

he had been worshipping all his life.

the

The Pulayas, a caste of predial slaves, who had collected in

nity

Olakkara, had not only to look at the feast from some distance but

hem

also to stand the whole time exposed to the blazing sun.

When we

8

to

approached them the women began to run away, but our calling out

to them in a kindly tone, reassured them, and they stopped. They

fhat

listened very attentively, but as nobody has a friendly word for these

poor people, they suspect that we are kind merely from sinister

motives.

The hard and strict caste rules drive these poor men into

l, nOt

from

the arms of Mohammedanism, where they have the prospectof

ptod

enjoying equal rights and unbounded liberty.

g%

20

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Mr. Ostermeyer characterises some castes as follows:

14t

In general the Brahmans receive us coolly; sometimes they are

food

mos

even unpolite and resent being taught by foreigners, as they con-

life

sider themselves the lawful teachers of the people. Among the

Nayas we find both well inclined and ill-disposed men.

On the

ofh

my

whole they listen willingly and show much more ability to under-

stand.

king

The poor Naya women hear the Gospel gladly and thank-

fully; they often regret their inability to give some present, owing to

thaf

their poverty.

The more piously inclined Tiya women think that the regularity of

their worship and gifts to the temple secure for them pardon of

e

their sins and peace of mind.

Many appreciate the beauty of the

Wor

Gospel and the privilege bestowed upon them when they hear it, so

that they are anxious to give us something in return.

fion

Iy

The Pulayas are mostly sunk in ignorance, but many of them long

Wh

after the knowledge of the true God.

ou

Myr. Strobel of Camnanore describes a curious saint as

follows :

€30

Wh

About 20 years ago a Sanyasi arrived in Cannanore, where he

of

put up at the chatram which he had to quit after three days, and

then retired under a tree.

As he pretended to be dumb, he was

(N

taken to hospital, where the doctor applied electricity to make him

i

speak, but all in vain.

He was then dismissed thence and stationed

o

himself as a pious beggar near the shop of a Mapla.

The latter

0n |

was an enterprising man, who offered the Sanyasi a place in his

tio

shop.

When the Hindoo devotees saw that the Mapla profited by

their generosity to the man, they prevailed on the Sanyasi to remove

There in a dark room he

t()}

to a little temple, to which he consented.

5y

sits akimbo, stark naked, hair and beard clean shaved, his head

Pto

hanging down on his chest, occasionally smoking hemp, of which he

il

is passionately fond.

He is generally silent and only occasionally

4

mutters a few words.

He eats as other mortals, but sleeps with

Sty

crossed legs.

The phantasy of bis admirers has endowed the man

(o

with supernatural powers, some even pretend that he is the incar-

21

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nation of some deity. The gift of doing wonders is ascribed to him;

are

food blessed by him procures offspring. His curse also is said to be

con

most powerful.

His admirers provide him with the necessities of

life and in return receive the ashes of the fire which burns in front

the

the

of him and which he uses to kindle his hooka. These ashes, diluted

det-

in water and drunk or applied to the forchead, cures, they say, all

kinds of sickness. They give out that he is 200 years of age and

ank

10 §

that he will never die!

We give a few extracts from the diary of the itinerating

fyof

0 of

preacher John Zacharias of Tellicherry.

the

During my journeys different fellow Catechists assisted in the

work of preaching. The following facts were recorded in connec-

1 80

tion therewith. One man said: “When I returned from Wynaad with

long

my earnings, I was on the point of being robbed by a:Mappilla

when I vowed half the money to “Muttappan’’ (grand-father), if he

would rescue me, and behold a tiger fell on my adversary and I

a8

escaped.

This proves to me that my God is as powerful as the one

whom you proclaim.”

e he

Another man said: “You boast that your Christians have pardon

of sin and eternal life.

Some time ago a relation of mine, a

and

a$

Christian, was drowned in the Wynaad, and shortly after a child of

him

mine, 3-4 years old, began to call out: “I am the Christian recently

drowned! I have no peace, help me to get it! Therefore,” he went

oned

affer

on to say, “your assertion that you have peace has mno founda-

fiion;)

1 hiS

A third one objected to the necessity of repentance, for he tried

4by

move

to prove that as all our doings have been fore-ordained by God, it

n he

is useless to fight against sin. “My own father” he said, ‘*has amassed

property through swearing falsely, and yet he was not punished by

head

either long sickness or a hard struggle in death. Others try to lead

) he

a virtuous life and have to undergo severe sufferings and a painful

nally

struggle in death.

‘Why then am I to become a Christian? Except

with

mal

God wills it, it is useless on my part.”

‘We met a number of men, who declared our doctrine was true,

peaL

22

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but it was not necessary for them to change their castes in order to

(i

live up to it.

JiILER

then

A schoolmaster tried to prove that all religions contain truth

as well as error, the Christian religion being no exception.

“The

and

Trinity, Christ’s death and other doctrines” he contended, “are

Wher

objectionable.

mer

The brazen serpent which was to be looked at in

the Old Testament, and the Holy Supper in the New, are nothing

repl

but legalized idolatry”’—he went on in this strain to ward off truth

from making an impression on him.

that‘

The reception we met with was cheering as well as trying.

Sere

There were, for instance, in Paralashery some schoolmasters, who

inim

began a disputation in order to foist us when a Naya stepped for-

old 1

ward saying: “Considering that our god Subrahmanya has been

With

stolen a year ago without his being able to prevent the theft or to

Jest

reveal it, and that our gods have committed the most revolting erimes,

it is better for you to listen to and to take to heart their teaching.”

thaf

A rich proprietor wanted to shew his superiority by declaring :

Ch

“You neither know the essence of Hinduism you attack, nor of the

agr

Christian religion, you preach for money’s sake. Now if your religion

\\'8.}'

was so superior, God would reveal it to each person individually.

ea

Be therefore convinced He can do without you!”

vas

There was another man who agreed to the sublime teaching of

a4 1

Christianity, but hated Jesus as one who died for his own sin.

In another place a young man followed us from house to house,

fo ¢

wishing to dissuade people from listening to our preaching. But

gy

there were also others who not only declared openly their wish to

Pox

become Christians, but some who pray and make experiences of

Can

Christ’s being a living Saviour and who may come out some day.

Con

From the diary of Mr. Jaus of Chombala we select the

following:

ey

Tt

We met a man, 72 years old, who told us that he had made

Wo

several pilgrimages and spent more than a thousand Rupees to

to]

secure pardon of sin and peace with God and yet had been un-

gla

successful.

One day when dejected and in utter despair an old

abg

23

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61 f0

Christian came and preached the Gospel. “I was so glad tohear his

message”, he said, ‘“and from that moment I pray to Christ.” “Why

ruth

then do you defer your baptism?”’ we asked. “Well, I am now old,

The

and if I am baptized, my people drive me from my home; how and

“are

where should I then live? I hope God will take my difficulties into

1

merciful consideration and accept me nevertheless when I die””, he

hing

replied.

ruth

An aged man behaved quite the reverse, who angrily told us

that he cannot bear, and does not wish to hear,the name of “Jesus”.

ing,

Several men at different places gave in a similar way vent to their

who

inimical feelings.

A youngster, who heard the above mentioned

for

old man’s words, pronounced the most thrilling blasphemies and, mad

[

with rage, stamped the ground and shewed that he would attack

)1 £

Jesus if he could get hold of him.

165,

Strange to say, there are people who state they have forebodings

that something important is to happen shortly.

Some say:

“Well,

$

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Christianity is leavening public opinion.

Many have accepted it;

a great number are in favour of it, and at last there will be no other

the

way for us but to become Christians also.”

Others say: “Two

rion

lly

years more and hundred years will be complete since Tippoo’s in-

vasion ; may be the Mahommedans will rise: we are on the eve of

o'of

a revolution.”

Near the Kuttiyady river a Brahman kindly received us and sent

to call for people to come to listen to our message.

‘We found there

1se

But

many empty houses which had been deserted on account of small-

t0

pox

In some others 2 or 3 had remained; the one and the other

came to the door pitted with small-pox and glad at our words of

y of

comfort and advice.

‘We were cheered in many ways,

Especially the women long to

the

hear the Gospel.

Two Naya women said: “Our men do not like you,

but we are glad to hear the good words you preach.”

A Mappilla

woman, when we came to her house, told us that her husband had

ade

told her about the Gospel he had heard on a Sante, and she was

{0

un

gladto hear it now for herself. Some women who had heard uspreach

about 3 years ago on a Sante reproached us for not coming oftener.

old

24

g

During the small-pox epidemic in and about Chombala many

heathens died but no Christians.

This forced the heathens to confess

opp

that only the God of the Christians can save in this sickness.

A

rea

couple, whose only child was ill with small-pox, asked us to pray for

of (

its recovery, which we did, the Lord graciously answering our

160

petition.

Mr. Nathanael Arukandan, travelling preachér of Calicut,

phil

gives us some of his experiences in the Palghaut district.

Jang

He finds that the Iravas at first sight raise great hopes in the

Chri

preacher, but that on the whole they are a most calculating and

undecided caste.

The Pattars on the other hand, who belong to the

(Bra

Brahman caste, when young are irreverent to their parents, as

hims

Wha

also towards elderly people.

Even a small boy gives himself airs

of superiority, the more examinations he passes the more his superci-

1ela

liousness increases, so that his manner becomes almost unbearable

Plea

and his conversation consists of filthy expressions, jests and mockery.

hat

haza

‘When he happens to pass higher examinations he glories in

Bradlaugh and infidel books and despises his paternal religion.

the

We visited different festivals.

In Koduvayur we met again with

fi

our old opponent, the Pattar, who this time did not preach but confined

Crie

1ane

himself more to sell his polemical books against Christianity.

In Kodumbu we met with a very attentive audience. In 7Zruvilva-

W

th

mamala we were pained at the conscientiousness with which

20f

the

large crowds brought their offerings at the brink of the Bharata

tery

river to the souls (manes) of their deceased ancestors and relatives,

whom they desire to save thereby from hell.

Mr. Dilger and

n

myself visited a paralytic man and read to him the story of the

e

ﬁ\

paralytic man in Bethesda, who was miraculously healed by Christ.

The poor man vehemently cried out repeatedly *‘Parama Shiva’, i.e.

of

supreme Shiva.

We told him, it was useless to call upon him, as he

bt

In order to

does not exist, and exhorted him to call upon Christ.

0§ §

show him how he has to do it, we offered to pray with him, to which

fo}

he joyfully consented.

sho

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a1y

My. Dilger of Palghaut has experienced a good deal of

onfess

opposition to the truth in his district and reminds us that a

preacher to the heathen has to approve himself as a minister

oy for

of God by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good

y ol

report, as Paul said in ii. Cor. 6, 8.

‘We had come in contact with Nayas, who professed to be

icut,

philosophers, but behaved most arrogantly and delighted in filthy

language ; especially the rising generation call us fools for preaching

n the

Christ and revile the Gospel.

; and

In company with a Brahman teacher we visited an Agraharam

o the

(Brahman village) and were introduced to an old man, who called

, 08

himself a philosopher without having read any philosophical work

whatever. After having fully exposed the weak points of pantheism

f airs

orel

relating to sin, the holiness of God, redemption ete., we had the

able

pleasure of gaining over the old man, under whose protection and

that of our young guide we could preach, so to say, unmolested in the

61y

3 1

bazaar and in another Brahman (Patta) village.

It was, however,

the reverse in most of the other Patta villages.

In one village,

f.i. when the Pattas saw us they took their rosaries (rudrakshamalas)

with

cried out “Narayana 6m Shiviyanamah,” imputed to us utter igno-

fned

rance about the Vedas, God, salvation and so on, and charged us

with caring only for our comfort.

In another village the Pattas

I

s

got incensed when we solemnly proclaimed that Christ had saved

hich

the world through His death.

They reviled the person of Christ in

([l[d

terms I dare not express.

In a third village a Patta toovk delight

765,

in making puns on the name “Padre” finishing up by saying that

and

we are the offspring of rogues, whom the Hindus had transported

the

of yore from India to the West, and having said so he drove us

\ll‘t

off. We had to hear similar words in other villages.

But thanks

10

be to God, who cheers us up by the desire after salvation, He permits

she

us to see here and there, and who uses us as messengers of peace

1 10

to longing souls.

Jich

From the foregoing our friends will see that much as we

should wish to preach only Christ and Him crucified we are

4

Gl

26

thral

forced repeatedly to speak in vindication of the truth. Thus

we have to use weapons, offensive and defensive. We are, how-

thinl

ever, glad that the stagnation of the spiritual life of the

nd

dish

nationalities among whom we labour, is rapidly making room

for spiritual activity. Let the heathen rebuild and restore

letu

their temples, let them lavish their money to frame new idols

arm

of gold inlaid with precious stones, let either their zeal in

outward ceremonies or the tendency to spiritualize their

ahot

materialistic religion increase, let them unite their powers in

fo tl

the useless efforts of concocting an eclectic rational religion

ther

which is to satisfy the human heart yet is nothing else but a

Chri

bundle of high sounding words, empty ceremonial, sham-piety

18 (

and a mock-reconciliation, let Hindus or Mohammedans club

o

together in defence of their ancestral creed, debate in its

are

favour, engage rival preachers and send them as missionaries

900

far and near, and compile polemic writings to attack Chris-

Who

tianity, let the people rage and imagine a vain thing, let them

porf

revile the Son and His ambassadors—as there is nothing new

We

under the sun—these are the long looked-for final attempts

Um

of the Indian races to establish their own righteousness in

§0m

opposition to the righteousness of God.

We know that the

Au;

more earnest these efforts are the quicker they must tire out

their originators, and at last wring from them the subdued

confession : «“Other gods have ruled over us, Thou art our liege,

hay

Chy

Lord, be Thou our merciful God and Saviour.”

As there is

Ty

a hopeful brightening up with a dying person, so also with

dying-out religions.

There it is the question of hours, here

(pa

Ty

of decades, and if it should last longer than some expect, it

gy

is merely a question of time.

The beginning of the certain

downfall of all false religions in this land has come at last,

the

thanks be to God, so we say in looking to our peaceless and

DI

A5

unhappy fellow-subjects, because redemption from their spiritual

ui(‘,\

27

a2

Thus

thraldém is drawing nigh, and as to our Lord, we rejoice to

how-

think that His power and dominion is being established more

the

undisputedly among us.

Therefore brethren, let us not be

1001

disheartened when the fight is getting more hot and vehement-

store

let us look steadily to the Lord who will make bare His right

idols

arm, fight for us and grant us the final victory.

al In

4, Colporteurs.

Every Christian who is in right earnest

therr

about his own salvation knows to what extent he is indebted

/s 11

to the Word of God and to sound religious instruction, and

gion

therefore he is anxious to disseminate Holy Scriptures and

it &

Christian Tracts that others also may be enlightened. This

let

is done by means of Colportage which helps to supplement

club

our Itinerancy.

We have two kinds of Colporteurs.

There

1t

are truly converted men among them who know how to give a

ries

good testimony of their faith.

There are Bible Colporteurs,

'8

whose duty it is to offer Bibles, New Testaments and Scripture

\eT

portions through the length and the breadth of the country.

new

We wish to tender through this Report our best thanks to the

1ps

Madras Auxiliory DBible Society for their kindly employing

1

some of them in our Mission.

We greatly appreciate these

the

Auxiliaries.

oub

Besides these our Mission. employs Nine Colporteurs, who

ted

hawk about in our field of labour their articles consisting of

76

Christian Tracts and Books.

As to the sale of Books and

) 18

Tracts during the past year, we beg to refer to Mangalore

ith

(page 42).

There is an advance in the sale of Canarese and

pLe

Tulw Publications, whereas the Malayalam ones have been

it

nearly stationary, a fact which points to the great activity in

il

the production and sale of Hindu Shastras and books in that

LSt,

province, the Hindu Colportage there being a true copy of ours.

ud

As Mr. Jaus of Chombala writes: “Their books are got up

Jﬂl

nicely in gaudy and taking colours and offered everywhere, be

4*

L

it in markets or bazaars, or along the high road; even out-of-

01

the-way places are not omitted.

Bist

Besides the price is very

tempting.

The Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavata

which ten years ago could be scarcely got for Rs. 3, Rs. 4,

(r

10

and Rs. 9 respectively, are now offered at As. 5, R. 1-4-0 and

shej

Rs. 2-12-0" respectively, also Tracts down to 3 Pies a copy

sum

are brought into the market.

When we consider that the

gla

Malayalis are fond of reading and that of late years education

stor

has made such large strides in that province it is surprising

that our Colporteurs do not command a larger sale.

It o

ace

quires now far more power of conviction on the part of our

men to make persons willing to buy our Books and Tracts.”

A.t{

sy

Mr. Solomon Devada of Hubly writes: «Since the opening

an(

of the Railway in our province the Hindus have become very

8ol

zealous in selling their Shastras and different books and tracts,

Lox

printed in Bangalore and Bellary; among the latter there is

an anti-Trinitarian essay about the indivisibility of God”.

Mis

This cannot be avoided, so for the time many are streng-

at, |

thened in their opposition to the Gospel, but after false-

o g

hood has spent its power, truth will overcome and make them

free.

sup(

5. Bible-women.

Through the liberality of the Committee

Vay

of the British and Foreign Bible Society in London we have

e

been enabled to employ 20 Bible-women against 16 in 1886,

they

V1Z

4 in Canara, 14 in Malabar and 2 in South-Mahratta.

they

We desire to tender our sincerest thanks to them for this

heax

valuable agency.

The following is a short account of how

this portion of the work is carried on.

the}

At Mangalore Mrs. Diez accompanies the four Bible-women

thoS

by turns in their house-to-house visits.

When she happens to

Woy

meet the husbands or other male relations of the native ladies,

the;

some of them begin to dispute, though politely, as to the truth

knm

e

29

ut-of

of the Bible and allude with pleasure to the writings of

very

Bishop Colenso and authors of infidel books.

aotn

The two Bible-women employed in Guledgud under Mrs.

Rs. 4,

Girossmann visit the houses of Brahmans, merchants, weavers,

) and

shepherds and Mohammedans.

They were treated by some

copy

superciliously ; most of the women, however, received them

f the

gladly, and were anxious to hear the simple and telling

ati00

stories of the Old and New Testaments.

18ing

Cannanore has from this year fwo Bible-women, who were

It re-

accompanied in their house-to-house visits by Mrs. Lauffer.

f our

At first the inmates looked surprised and some men shewed

048

signs of being annoyed, but gradually these felt honoured,

il

and the women appreciated more the words of kindness

ety

spoken from the bottom of a heart which has tasted that the

racts,

Lord is gracious.

16 18

The two Bible-women in Chovva are superintended by

Mrs. Ostermeyer.

In the beginning the women were laughed

reng-

at, but gradually they were received gladly and enabled to

false-

do some good.

them

The four Bible-women in Nettoor and Tellicherry were

superintended by Mrs. Walter, and since her transfer to

uttee

Vaniyankulam, by Mrs. Frohnmeyer, who also has been visit-

ing some houses of well disposed persons.

Our Bible-women

have

886,

there now and then hear sarcastic and mocking remarks, but

atta.

they are amply repaid by kindness shown and eagerness to

hear on the part of friendly inclined females.

this

Two Bible-women in Mahé and two in Chombala carry on

how

their work under the supervision of Mrs. Schmolck. Whereas

mel

those labouring in Mahé were kindly received, the two Bible-

women engaged in Chombala were turned out by Nayas from

i {0

dies,

their houses and reviled even by their women.

Whosoever

tluth

knows the degradation of womankind in Malabar through

30

“Marumakkattayam” (the Aliyasantana of the Tulu country),

Whini

i. e. “the right of inheritance of the nephews” will understand

the Iz

Titfer

why men oppose the enlightenment of their females, and how

the women must be inured to a loose life so as not tolfeel

e,

yet the heavy fetters with which their caste has been tied

point

what

down by the carnal-minded, selfish Brahmans of yore.

ahilit

The two Bible-women in Calicut were superintended by

Mrs. Fieg.

hep%

N

Our Missionary ladies, who attend to this branch of work

havoe

the longer the deeper feel how fully our Indian sisters deserve

of the

the compassion of their Christian sisters in India and in

§0me

Europe!

089 0f

from

6. The Medical Mission. Dr. Laebendorfer, who is stationed

at Calicut has communicated to us a series of reports, and

1menfs

Heat

in trying to give a short resumé we hope to do justice to

Witne

his multifarious and blessed work. He reports:

Which

Grand and promising as the work is, it was on the one hand full

gy

of anxiety and on the other trying to the utmost.

It is therefore,

e gy

when I attempt writing this report, a matter of the deepest heart-felt

in ()

gratitude to God, who has been our help and merciful guide, fulfilling

terrop

His gracious promise: ‘“As thy day is, so shall thy strength be,”’

Who }

making us to find favour in His eyes and in that of man, and using our

little strength for His service. Although this was the first year as

thePa

ang {]

many as 4012 patients applied for treatment and 12,450 consultations

g

were held.

16athg

From the Raja to the serf, from the learned man down

[

to the illiterate labourer, mostly Heathen but also many Christians

Wi, |

and Mahommedans applied for help without reference to caste or

bOun&

creed.

We have no hospital for in-patients, but every morning from

trug

b

30-60 persons present themselves when not only their diseased

4 oy

limbs or bodies are attended to, but also as the true panacea, the

for |,

Gospel is preached for the healing of their souls.

‘What a picture

T0upg

of suffering offers itself to my view every morning! The blind, lame,

Preggy

dumb and deaf, lepers in different states of disease, poor children

g

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BSqRGat

try)

whining in the arms of their mothers from sufferings, the result of

tand

the lasciviousness of their great-grand-fathers, not to speak of persons

how

bitten by snakes, jackals, dogs, etc., and persons with internal injuries,

feel

men, women and children, old and young, nay even persons on the

tied

point of death are brought on miserable litters before our door.

Oh

what a sad aspect! We try to administer help to the best of our

ability. Surgical operations are only undertaken as far as they can

d by

be performed without skilled co-operation.

Nobody but a medical man gets such an insight into the sad

work

havoc caused by sin and the miseries attending it.

I will not speak

3eIve

of the victims of bad sanitation, bad water, deficient and unwhole-

d

some food, and so on. I turn with a sore heart to the sad consequen-

ces of the transgressions of the seventh Commandment and to that

from excessive drink.

How many are the cases of consumption,

oned

mental derangement and other sufferings consequent on these sins!

i

I have

Heathenism is simply an abyss of wickedness and misery.

witnessed the most dejected hopelessness of heathen death-beds

which baffles description, and yet people venture to speak of the

g(l fu\l

innocence and bliss of the Heathen.

I invite them to accompany

me and to see for themselves.—There was an outbreak of cholera

ofore,

pf-felt

in Calicut at the end of 1887. Pen cannot describe the despair and

flling

terror of the one, and the utter indifference and stupor of the other,

| be1’,

who know of no other remedy to brave the disease but to get drunk;

the patients are drunk daily, the nurses and attendants are drunk,

g our

ap 88

and the grave-diggers are drunk!

This is the hopelessness of

heathenism!

ations

I was called far and near and met by words similar to: “If thou

down

stians

wilt, thou canst make me clean” (Matt. 8, 2), which shew the un-

gt OF

bounded confidence of the sick, whereas my exhortation to put their

trust in God who has the power of life and death, savouars to them as

' from

a confession of my inability, and some even get discouraged and seek

seaSBd

for help where more substantial promises are held out.

In my

100

rounds of visits I am generally accompanied by my wife, whose

presence is a source of comfort to the females I have to treat,

James

as she also assists me there as well as in my consulting rooms.

ildren

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32

duti

Besides Mr. Stephen Kallattw is a willing, handy and ready helper

at all times.

the ¢

Concerning the expenses incurred by the Mission I may say

and

that by far the greater part of the patients are treated without re-

tr1al

muneration, and when persons are too poor even the medicine is given

of th

gratis; better and well-to-do persons give a donation according to

houa

their circumstances and thus keep the Mission from loss.

May the

Orpl

Lord continue His heavenly blessing on our work.

Seye

7. Agents of the Mission.

whic

(O

1

The teaching staff. The Christian School-masters have

l

increased from 122 in 1886 to 125, the

Christian School-

the

mastresses from 31

in 1886 to 33, and the non-Christian

feme

ema

Schoolmasters from 67 in 1886 to 78 in 1887 or 3, 2 and 11

Chy

g

respectively, making 16 in all.

2

Natiwve Pastors.

Catechist Jacob Kanaka was ordained

fi

161

at Kotagiri (Nilgiris) on the 5th June 1887 by the Rev. J.

SOIIM

There are

hahi

Knobloch, assisted by two European Missionaries.

now 17 against 16 Native Pastors in 1886.

Infey

3

Evangelists, Catechists, and Assistant Catechists there

are now 5, 66 and 21 respectively, making a total of 02 against

as 11

87 in 1886.

fime

The following received the blessing as Catechists

by the Rev. E. Diez at Mangalore on the 27th March 1887,

Who

and were the successful students of the Mangalore Seminary:

tO 0!

Emmanuel Karkada, Lazar Kallattu, Jesudasa Aaron, William

ﬁtt(

Fernandez, Mathias Jeremia Kirakayil, and Lazar Sanjiva.

Uy

Assistant Catechist Christananda Manjaru was blessed by the

Ing;

Rev. A. Minner at Mangalore on the 27th October 1887, and

LY

Assistant Catechist Stephan Sagari by the Rev. H. Daimelhuber

frop

in March 1887.

i

I

4. FEuropean Agents.

There are at present 46 ordained

and 16 un-ordained Brethren, 41 of whom are married. All

tOu:

the Missionaries’ wives, besides attending to their own special

of ¢

elper

duties, are more or less regularly engaged in superintending

the sale of Bibles, New Testaments, Scripture-portions, Books

84

and Tracts, in the supervision of Infants’ Schools, and Indus-

i

16

trial Schools, in conducting needle- and fancy-work classes

J1ven

{0

of the Parochial, Mixed Vernacular and Hindu Girls’ Schools,

4

housekeeping, and economical management of the different

7 the

Orphanages and knitting and tailoring for our orphan boys.

Several devote a portion of their time to school-work, for

which at present ouly one unmarried lady is especially em-

have

ployed.

In addition to the above, those who have mastered

100l

the native languages, assist their husbands in advising the

Han

female members of their Congregation, visiting the sick

Christian women and children of their parishes, administer-

| 11

ing medicine, assisting in cases of childbirth and cultivating

ined

friendly relations with their non-Christian female neighbours.

Some do what is now called “Zenana” work, and are in the

e

habit of accompanying Bible-women, whose work they super-

intend in their house-to-house visits.

The health report has on the whole been nearly the same

here

st

as in former years.

Several of our people were ailing for a

1588

time, but have improved; a large proportion of our number

31

who had at least ten and more years’ service had to go home

Aly

to gain fresh vigour, as already stated.

The Lord has thought

fit to afflict us by calling to himself Mr. Brunner, the wife of

i

0

W

My. Stierlen, and some of the little ones.

Two of our old

the

Indian fellow-labourers, Mr. Brigel and Myr. Hiibner, who

were in charge of Congregations at Home, have been called

and

iber

from the Church militant to the glorified one.

For parti-

culars please see close of this Report.

The Mission desires to acknowledge the kind and gratui-

ped

All

tous attendance upon the families of the Mission and members

of the Congregation in cases of sickness and to thank heartily

aal

5

34

e

for services rendered by the following medical gentlemen: Dr.

Fir

Branfoot in Madras, Dr. Smith in Ootacamund, Dr. Davidson

S

and Dr. Mc'Conoghy in Dharwar, Dr. D. Cardoz in Gadag

Ui

(South-Mahratta), Dr. Mc’Cabe in Amatty (Coorg), Dr. G. M.

fery

Dixon in Karwar (also for the present of a dhooly), Dr. W.

A. Lee and Dr. W. Browning in Mangalore, Dr. Sarkies

to ]

in Cannanore, Dr. E. Liebendorfer in Calicut, and Mr.

Jar

Vergeese, L.1. (Apothecary Civil Hospital), in Wadagara.

My

Left for Europe: Mr. J. Rellstab of Cannanore on the 1st

Jii

fror

April 1887, Mr. A. Ruhland and family of Vaniyankulam on

the 20th May 1887, Mr. G. Benner and family of Calicut on

Hul

(]

the 31st December 1887, Mr. H. Altenmiiller and family of

Mangalore on the 19th February, Mr. W. P. Schonthal and

ger

family of Cannanore on the 20th February, and Mr. J. G.

St

Kiihnle and family of Codacal on the 21st February 1888;

fron

Mr. H. Daimelhuber and family of Hubly and Mr. M. Hoch

(a

]

and family of Mangalore, intend leaving Bombay on the 1st

of April; Mr. and Mrs. Lawjfer of Cannanore, Mr. C. G. Eble

o

and family of Mulky and Miss E. Bertsch of Mangalore, intend

leaving Bombay on the 7th of April, and Mr. and Mrs. Matthissen

dist

and Mrs. Fieg and children of Calicut, expect to sail on or

about the 25th of April 1888 from Colombo.

Sepﬁ

We had the pleasure of welcoming the following re-in-

Cah\

forcements:

NOV(

Permitted to return: Mr. and Mrs. Krapf for Cannanore,

who arrived at Bombay on the 8th October 1887.

0n ¢

New arrivals: at Bombay on the 8th October 1887 Mr. F.

ang

Briuning for Cannanore, Miss Finckh for Karkala, and

Miss Saam for Bettigerry, on the 10th December 1887 Mr.

Sdcg

Th. Lutz for Bettigerry and Mr. G- Schmidt for Vaniyankulam,

Uy

and on the 11th February 1888 Mr. F. Rehm for Calicut.

B?af

The following Brethren were married: Mr. Schaible to Miss

Soug

35

S B e

Di

Finckh (28th October 1887, Mangalore); Mr. Liiths to Miss

lson

Saam (4th November 1887, Guledgud), and Mr. Waidelich to

lag

Miss Schimaid (28th February 1888, Dharwar).

The following transfers took place: Mr. Berli was trans-

ferred from Mangalore to Dharwar, Mr. Sieber from Calicut

Ties

to Mangalore, Mr. and Mrs. Walter from Tellicherry to Vani-

I

yankulam, Mr. Strobel from Cannanore to Tellicherry, Mr.and

Mys. FErnst from Bettigerry to Mangalore, Mr. and Mrs.

st

Niibling from Dharwar to Hubly, Mr. and Mrs. Grossmann

from Guledgud to Dharwar, Mr. and Mrs. Eisfelder from

) 01k

£ on

Hubly to Bettigerry, Mr. and Mrs. Liithi from Bettigerry to

[y of

Guledgud, Mr. and Mrs. Waidelich from Bijapur to DBetti-

and

gerry, Mr. and Mrs. Fischer from Honawar to Karwar, Mr.

. G.

Schmidt from Vaniyankulam to Codacal, My. and Mrs. Keppler

from Udapy to Mulky, and Mr. Knobloch from Coonoor to

888,

Tch

Calicut.

15t

8. Meetings held during the year in the interest of the

ble

work.

tend

1

The yearly meeting of all the Missionaries of each

yssell

district in Conference took place at Calicut on the 22nd

on 0F

September, and at Guledgud on the 1st and 2nd November 1887.

2

The sessions of the District Synods were held at

el

Calicut on the 23rd September, and at Guledgud on the 3rd

November 1887.

3

0016

The District Missionary Festivals took place at Calicut

on the 24th September, at Mangalore on the 27th October,

. F

and at Guledgud on the 4th November 1887.

4. The yearly course of instruction for our Christian

| aﬂ(l

7 s

Schoolmasters was held for Malabar by Mr. Schmolck and

My. Jaus at Chombala in September, for Canara by Mr.

umma

Brasche at Udapy from the 10th to the 15th October 1887 and, for

Jiont

South-Mahratta by Mr. Walz at Bettigerry.

5*

36

e

5

The yearly meeting of the Cutechists, in connection

with a course of instruction, was held for Malabar by Messrs.

L'rohmmeyer and Walter at Calicut from the 27th to the 30th

September 1887, for Canara by Messrs. Hoch, Diez, Miinner,

Hermelink and Christanuje Watsa, from the 20th to the 25th

October 1887, and for South-Mahratta by Messrs. Daimelluber

and Niibling at Bettigerry from the 23rd to the 29th January

1888.

6

A special Conference relating to the education of our

future Catechists and Pastors was held by a select Committee

at Mangalore on the 27th and 28th February 1888, on which

we hope to say more in our next Report.

9

Intended Inspection.

We look forward with much

pleasure to a visit from our beloved Principal the Rev. Th.

Ochler, who intends to inspect our Mission in China towards

the end of 1888 and that in South- Western Indie on his re-

turn to Europe in the beginning of 1889.

May the Lord take

his journeyings to heart and set him to be a blessing where-

soever He will send him.

A A AN IS AN N TN BN SN AN /O AN

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CANARS

Oth

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A Sounbb-Canara

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uber

Area 3902 square miles.

Population 959,514 souls

4T

MANGALORE.

out

ftee

Quit-Stations:

Jeppu, Bokapatna-Kudroli, Bolma,

Bendur, Tajipa, Manjeshvara, Bantwal.

110

I. Clerical Part.

nch

Rev

A. Minner, in charge of the Parish; Chairman of the

Th

Distriets of Canara and Coorg, and Secretary to the

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

1ds

16

Rev

5. Diez,

ki

Rev

Ch. Ernst, | in charge of the Catechists’ Seminary.

6re

Rev

J. Daur,

»

”

Anglo-Vernacular-,Canarese

Town-, and Parochial Schools.

Native Pastors

Rev

Sebastian Furtado, in charge of the Jeppu Congregation

and School.

Rev

Somuel Andrea,

”

”

Bokapatna

”

and School.

Catechists

Israel Aarons, Abraham Heri, Christanuja Watsa,

Timothy Furtado, Henry Robert,

Gabriel Almanda,

Joseph Blzagy'@n, Nathaniel Kundera.— Satyarthi Koundinya

Colporteur, Kzra Palanna.

38

e

Bible-Women

Emilie Ezra, Monika Shiri, Maria Shettiyon,

from

FErnestine Anchan.

for

Frn

Christian School-masters

who

Jacob Ammanna, Jesudasa Sowens,

W

{h

Bhagyanatha Sowens, Albert Vartika, Swmuel Sowens,

at {

Joshia Karat, Frederick Jatanna, Paul Bangera,

gre

David Bunyan, Timothy Mabenna, uar., Aquila Muttu,

i

16

Joel Sona, Barnabas Kodot.

of

D

Christian School-mistresses

Hanna Leeklin, Cecilia Sowens,

Juliow Manakadan, Tabitha Sowens, Felicitas Phinehas,

1601

Talme Andrea, Sophia Titus, Lydia Mitra, Margaretha Sowens,

Ay

Marianne Sowens, Charlotte Menez, Babetta Samuel.

pat

0n 1

Heathen School—nia.sters

of 2

P. Bamachandra, r. 4., Lakshmano Bhatta, var., K. Subba Rao,

for

M. Subba Rao, A. Manjunatha.

W

L

last year

Communicants

°

1006

972

Bal

Non-Communicants

.

23

1751

2711703

Sue

Children

°

°

.

722

|

X

704

ha

12

37

Converts baptized d

uri.ng .1 8 8.7

Probationers

°

.

18

20

ﬂD‘)

Seminary

.

31

38

the

The Balmattha Inf

ant;’ St;hoc;l

76

76

U6

”

n

Parochial Boys’ School

86

86

n

»

”

Girls’

”

.

108

112

fng

Three Mixed Parochial Schools: (Chr. boys 22

; Cl;r.

684

690

Ira

girls 29, heathen boys 81, heathen girls 7)

89

100

Bazaar Canarese Town School (heathen boys 56,

hoy

heathen girls 16, Chr. boys 2, Chr. girl 1)

.

75

97

il

Arglo-Vernacular School (Chr. boys 40, heathen

45

132

Wit

boys 104, heathen girl 1)

Brahman Girls’ School

74

49

of

Sunday Scholars

120

98

toy

S

59

Agency. Mr. Berli, after having recovered by God’s grace

from an illness of some months, left on the 29th of March 1887

for Dharwar.

On the 13th December 1887 Mr. and Mrs.

Ernst joined the station, the former to act for Mr. Hoch,

who intends to leave for Europe with his family in March 1888

with the hope of being permitted to return again to his work

0

at the Seminary, which has become dear unto him. We re-

gret to state that Miss Bertsch after one year’s hard work in

l

the Brahman Girls’ School leaves us in March 1888 on account

of domestic affairs. Her successor Miss Hofmann is expected

D. V. to arrive towards the end of 1888.

Congregation.

The Sunday and weekly services were

)y

regularly held in Mangalore, Jeppu, Bokapatna and Kudroli.

e,

A small tower was added to the Jeppu Church, and in Boka-

patna the foundation stone of a capacious Chapel was laid

on the 29th of July 1887 in order to meet the urgent want

of a proper place of worship, which is expected to be ready

Ruo,

for use before the beginring of the monsoon 1888.

There

was much sickness, chiefly small-pox both in Bokapatna and

ear

Balmatha, but we are thankful to say that only 7 persons

1108

succumbed to that disease.

We hope this visitation of God

had been instrumental in rousing some careless persons and

any who fell into sin.

The means of grace, to judge from

the attendance at Divine Service, we may say, are appreci-

ated by the majority, how far their whole inner man is

engaged we do not know, but go on sowing in hope.

Family

prayers are regularly held in every house, in case of disputes,

690

however, they are often discontinued for some days and weeks

till peace is restored, and yet the parties concerned go on

with their private devotions and praying, forgetting the words

of the Lord that if we do not pardon men their trespasses

towards us, God will also not pardon ours toward Him.

40

il g e,

At our last District Mission Festival the weekly two-pie

full

collection (compare our Report for 1886, pages 7, 8) was re-

commended to our Churches in Canara.

A Young Men’s

fror

Union has been set on foot to supplement the Blue Ribbon

the

Meetings.

pra

Many of our Christians and of heathen enquirers obtain

1nst

work in our different establishments, and Mrs. Hirner, through

lan

an Industrial School, takes much pains to help widows and

el

poor women to eke out their existence.

B

and

Poor widows and their children are kept' in a house set

apart and maintained at the expense of the Congregation,

tou;

whereas decrepit Christians and heathen, depending on public

Sl

charity, are the inmates of a Sickhouse in connexion with the

Mission.

The Christian and non-Christian lepers, who were

by

kept for years in separate rooms, have been removed into a

at]

locality granted by the Municipality, where the former small-

Sul

pox hospital has now been converted into a befitting Lazaretto

Sur

o}

or hospital for lepers, who are partly supported by the Muni-

cipality. There are six at present.

the

Schools.

The Parochial and Mixed Schools of the station

the

were for the greater part of the year in charge of Mr. Hoch,

the A. V. School in that of Mr. Daur, and the Infants’ School

pm

in Mrs.

Hoch’s.

The girls of the different schools were

the;

instructed in mneedle-work by Mrs. Minner, Mrs. Elsiisser,

Mrs. Altenmiiller, Mrs. Hauri, Mrs. Bawmann, the late Mrs.

Stierlen, and for some time Mrs. Hermelink of Kasargod, and

those in the Hindu Girls’ School by Mrs. Staib.

On the

11

whole the results were not entirely satisfactory. Miss Bertsch

had the charge of the Brahman Girls’ School and was assisted

by Mrs. Diez. Under her skilful management the school has

much improved. My. Stierlen has kept up the Sunday-School

gy

at Balmatha, assisted by some students and others.

i

41

A e

-Jie

Seminary.

In March 1887 six students passed success-

5 1

fully their examination (see page 28).

Three pupils entered

en'

from our Pro-Seminaries in Tellicherry and Udapy. We began

hon

the year 1887-88 with 80 pupils, besides 1 student who

As usual the

practised for a year as Assistant Teacher.

faln

instruction was imparted in the Canarese and Malayalam

ugh

languages in Dogmatics, Exegesis of the Old and New Testa-

and

ments, Symbolics, Homiletics, Catechising, Hindu Classics,

English, Greek, Canarese, Malayalam, Sanskrit, and Native

s6b

and Furopean Singing.

The students went on itinerating

tours for 30 days.

101,

blic

Evangelistic efforts.

Preaching in the Anglo-Vernacular

the

School as well as in a hired shop in the bazaar was carried on

by the Seminary as in former years.

The heathen festivals

616

) &

at Panamboor, Kudupu, Gurpur, Bantwal, Vitla, Dharmasthala,

2!

Subrahmanya, Koteshwara, Manjeshwara, the sea-bathing at

Suratkal, several cock-fights, and some other places were visit-

oft0

11135

ed by Missionaries, Catechists and the students of the Seminary,

the two latter itinerating 672 days.

Bantwal has been occupied as one of our Out-stations ‘since

100

the 9th December 1887 in order to regularly evangelize that

ioh,

part of the district.

00l

Four Bible-women, superintended by Mrs. Diez, continued

ere

their work as hitherto.

el

is

nd

II. Printing Press, and Book & Tract Depository.

the

ool

Mr. G. Hirner, Printing Press.

Mr. F. Huber, Book & Tract Depository.

ted

Mr. Hirner, who is in charge of the Press, has had to

19

0l

meet also in the past year with a good deal of fair and unfair

competition,

e

42

The Book & Tract Depository, in charge of Mr. Huber, 1s

Wh

the editing firm of our own Religious Books and Tracts

Bli

and a number of School-books, which are retailed in about

Th

Th

97 Branch Depots and by 9 Colporteurs, employed by the

Mission.

On

Des

Th

SALE OF BOOKS AND TRACTS

(17)

T

from the 1st July 1886 to the 30th June 1887.

De

Al

1. Our own Publications.

Rs

3

1716

Al

26852 Copies of Canarese Religious Books

Sec

17132

29

2

930

il

92

Malayalam

(o

2169

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Tulu

99

2

274

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4580

10

16683

29

Canarese School-books

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8219

99

Malayalam

99

1802

(a

5791

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3136

(a

3940

26486

99

Government Books, Canarese

28350

9

99

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to 3lst October 18817.

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I. In Canarese.

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Edition

Size

1

Copies. Pages. Tot.Pages.

Sabhapatra, Vol. XIX No. 5 —XX. No. 4.

80

700

192

134400

The True Religion, Part I

162

200

64

12800

Do

Part II.

162

500

100

50000

;%

II

129

1500

40

60000

What is in the Satya Veda?

Hinduism and Christianity

18

129

2000

84

168000

‘Who is thy God?

II

32°

4000

20

80000

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18

‘Where is thy Home?

II

32°

4000

24

96000

6t

III

32°

4000

19

76000

Blindness Cured

01t

The Acts of the Apostles

182

5000

88

440000

the

The Book of Psalms

II

18°

5000

175

875000

Iv

168

4000

48

192000

On Caste

Description of South- Canara

v

16°

2000

16

32000

The Canar. Text for the Matricul. Ex. for 1887 1.

80

500

170

85000

25000

136

3400000

Canarese Third Book

(Bombay Govt.)

111

12°

First Book of Euclid

2

II

128

6000

95

570000

Description and History of Carnataka

”

11

1622

15000

126

1890000

16

16000

A Description of North-Canara

°

I.

128

1000

A Catechism of Canarese Grammar

XI

128

5000

60

300000

Second Book of Lessons

XII

16°

4000

144

576000

A Brief Outlines of Indian Hlstory

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i

12°

2000

129

258000

Code of Rules for Vernacular Masters and

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Training Colleges

o

1. Ry. 8°

1500

55

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Canarese Primer

II

12¢

2000

36

72000

XIV

1618

15000

64

960000

Canarese First Reader

Canarese Almanac for 1888

80

4000

80

320000

:

11, In Malayalam.

80

600

192

115200

Keralopakari, Vol. XIII. No. 11—XIV, No. 10

:

The Mal. Text for the Matric. Exam. for 1887

I

80

500

174

87000

The Essentials of Malayalam Grammar

IV

16°

5000

32

160000

68

136000

An Introd. to the Geography of the World, P. II. II

1612

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v

18

3000

157

471000

A Catechism of Malayalam Grammar

The First Reader, Part. IT

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101

169

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117

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The Panchatantram

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16°

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300

600000

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94

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The Malay. Country, its Hlstory & Geography I1I.

A Brief Outlines of Indian History .

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125

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130

260000

The First Reader, Part I

XIV

15

15000

64

960000

The New Testament

°

80

2500

636

1590000

The Sinner’s Friend

11

1522

1500

62

93000

The Heart Book

111

16°

2000

64

128000

The Proverbs

II

32°

10000

144

1440000

765

Rules of the Congregatmn

80

500

63

31500

400

Diamon & Phintias or the Triumph of Friendship I.

60

1000

16

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80

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Malayalam Almanac for 1888

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Tulu-English Dictionary

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106

122

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In Sanskrit and Canarese.

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The Teaching of the Gospels

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80

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103

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Baber’s Evidence before the House of Lords

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16°

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84

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122

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750000

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165

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ITI. Literary Department.

Under this heading we give a short abstract of the lite-

rary work done by different Mission Agents.

Printed during 188%.

Il

Canarese.

The Canarese Monthly Journal «Kreista

Sabhapatra” (vol. xix.), edited by the Rev. M. Hoch and Mr.

Christanuja Watsa.

of |

The Canarese Almanac for 1888, edited by Mr. Christanuja

an(

Watsa and Mr. B. Shiva Rau.

the

The True Religion, by the Rev. Th. Walz.

A collection of Canarese Lyrics, by Mr. Ramakrishna.

heg

Il

Malayalam: The Malayalam Illustrated Monthly Perio-

Al

dical “Keralopakary” (vol. xiv.), edited by the Rev. C. W. Dilger

ek

and Mr. P. Hermon.

af

The Malayalam Almanac for 1888, edited by the Rev. £

JOIr

Frohnmeyer.

%l

Dawmon and Phintias, or the Triumph of Friendship,

by the Rev. S. Walter.

SuP

45

L e e S

III

Sanskrit and Canarese:

The Teaching of the Gospels,

ages,

000

and the Needle of Adamant, translated by Mr. Christanujo

1000

Watsa.

IV. Badaga:

A short Catechism for Badaga Catechumens,

200

by the Rev. W. Sikemeier.

In the Press.

600

English-Tuluw Dictionary, by the Rev. A. Manner.

000

Iinglish and Canarese School-Dictionary, revised by the

Rev. F'. Ziegler.

000

000

000

IV.

Industrial and Mercantile Establishments.

Mr. Th. Elscisser, General Agent and Treasurer to the Mission.

Mr. J. Sieber, Mercantile Mission-Branch.

Mr

A Stierlen,'Weaving Establishment.

fe

Mr

. I'. Staib, Mechanical Establishment.

.LMT

. J. Baumann, Tile-Works, Jeppu.

My

. hv. Hauri,

do

Kudroli.

st

[r

Agency. Our Establishments have to mourn over the loss

of Mr. Brunner, who departed this life on the 10th June 1887

ji

and of Mrs. Stierlen, the wife of Mr. Stierlen, who died on

the 30th August 1887. (For particulars see Obituary.)

Mys. Elsisser and Mr. and Mrs. Staib, owing to failing

Mr.

health, were compelled to go to the Nilagiri Hills.

0

Altenmiiller and family, of the Mercantile Mission-Branch,

o

left us for Europe in February 1888.

Mr. J. Sieber, who after

a few months’ help in the Mercantile Mission-Branch in Calicut

joined this station on the 7th June 1887, has taken up Mv.

Altenmiiller’s work.

Mr. Glattfelder is now temporarily stationed in Udapy to

J)

superintend the Malpe Tilery.

46

e

The working. The different above named Establishments,

including the Printing Press and the Book and Tract Depo-

sitory, employ 820 persons, of whom 396 are Christians.

The

daily work in each Establishment is begun with reading the

Word of God and prayer, occasional short expositions follow-

ing

The Word of God asserts here also its old power of

awakening and sanctifying the hearers.

A Provident Fund

for the workers exists.

The apprentices of our Establishments mess with members

of the Congregation and sleep at the various industrial pre-

mises, in most of which there are Night-Schools.

" Branch-Establishments.

In connection with the Balmattha

Weaving Establishment a Branch-Establishment was begun

at Mulky, put into working order and superintended by Mr.

Stierlen.

Comm

Messrs. Baumann and Glatifelder were partly engaged

Non-(

during the year in setting up a Tilery at Malpe as a branch-

Chilyy

Conye

business of the one at Jeppu.

Prol

Anglo

of {f

Dece

8oy,

ol

)

Wiy

SiOn;

n {]

nents,

KASARGOD.

Depo

The

Out-Stations:

Ravaneshvara, Hosadurga,

Bekal.

g the

olLow-

Rev. J. Hermelink, in charge.

or of

Fund

Catechists

Damniel Andrea, Albert Bangera, Stephan Jatanna,

William Fernandez.

nhers

pre-

Christian School-masters

Gabriel Hermon, Elijo Bangera, Gideon.

attha

Heathen School-masters

egul

Roma Rao, Venkataramana, Dasappa.

Bl

last year

Communicants

40

32

Non-Communicants

0

0

aged

Children

31

}71

85

}67

neh-

0

0

Converts baptized d

.urix.xg 1.887:

Probationers

1

7

Anglo-Vernacular Scho

.01 a.t Be.kal.(l C.hr..and. 53 hea-

then boys and 6 heathen girls)

60

75

”

at Hosadurga (38 Chr. and

83 heathen boys and 4 heathen girls)

90

'150

74

} e

Owing to unavoidable delay the building and furnishing

of the new Mission-house was not completed till the 4th of

December, when the new station was dedicated by a special

service to the work of God. Mr. and Mrs. Hermelink stayed

till the break of the monsoon at Kasargod and during the

monsoon in Mangalore, where Mr. Hermelink assisted Mr.

Miinner in preaching etc.

The small Congregation, which formerly received only occa-

sional visits from Mangalore is now happy to have a Pastor

in their midst.

48

et

The two Anglo-Vernacular Schools have steadily developed

during the year.

Mo

Itinerating. The necessity of supervising the building pre-

vented us from devoting our whole time to evangelistic work.

The markets in Hosadurga and Nileshwara were weekly visit-

ed. We attended also a number of heathen festivals, f.4. in

Kasargod, Ambladika, Madhuru, the chief one being that of

Subrahmanyae at the foot of the Coorg mountains.

The great

difficulty of evangelizing this district consists in the language.

In the North and East of the Taluk Tulu only is spoken,

whereas in the South Malayalam only is understood ; Canarese,

the official language of the district, is seldom heard.

(For

further details see page 10.)

Comy

Non

Chi

MULKY (Moolky).

Con

Prgl

Out-Stations: Karnadu.

G'll"l:

Kadike, Ulya.

Kutyar, Kalatur.

TN

Uchila, Yermala, Mulur.

Padur, Mallar, Perur, Nadambu.

Santur, Yellur.

Munderu, Koditur.

Ano

Rev

P. Ott, in charge of the Parish, Orphanagbe, Town-School and

the Out-stations Uchila, Padur and Munderu.

Rev

Chr. Keppler, in charge of the Out-stations Santur and Kutyar,

lef

and itinerant preaching.

d

Native Pastors

Rev

el

Diego Fernandez, in charge of the Congregation of Mulky.

la

Rev

Jared Sowens,

”

”

Out-station Uchila.

le

49

el

Joped

Catechists

Mark Salis, Israel Eliezer, Obed Sumitra, Gabriel Bangera

y pre

Immanuel Karkada.—Joseph Vedamuttu.

work

st

Christian School-masters

J. 10

Jeremiah Sundara, David Bangera

Elisha Aarons, Joshia Mabenna, Benjamin Keiwranna

atb of

Gabriel Sowens

Nathanael Rama Rao

grey

Eligah Anande

1426

William Aarons.

ken

Christian School-mistresses

I6se

Magdalena Jeremiah, Dasi Leonhardt, Maria Hebri.

(For

Heathen School-masters

Anantayya, Padmanabha, Shriniwasa, Surye Shetts

Vasudeva, Narna Shanabhoga

last year

Communicants

331

334

Non-Communicants

709

Children

369

|

354

i698

Converts baptized durmg 1887

19

0

Probationers

)

66

48

67

Girls’ Orphanage .

7 Mixed Parochial Schoolsin 1\Iull«ry Kadlke Santur,

Kutyar, Padur, Uchila and Munderu (59 Christ.

and 125 heathen boys, 53 Christ. and 8 heathen

435

261

girls)

.

.

240

194

Anglo-Vernacular Town-School (3 Chrxstmn aud 109

heathen boys, 16 heathen girls)

128 )

nd

Agency

My. Eble, in order to recruit his health in Europe

yar,

left with his family on the 17th of March 1888

on which

day Mr. Keppler and family joined the station

Congreration.

Taking the baptism of Heathen and of the

children of Christians together our numbers would have been

larger

had not some of our Christians been compelled to

leave the station in search of work. Considering that they

7

50

live at a distance from the different places of worship, their

race

attendance may be called regular. Some grow in grace, where-

n |

fair

as others make hardly any spiritual progress, nay they find

it difficult to cope with their old nature.

One case of sorcery

of

used in sickness has come under our observation, and although

have

we are inclined to think that the parties concerned were not

of

aware of the wrong they did, we are pained to see that the

and

power of discerning the works of the devil from those of God

§ect

1S so limited in some.

In Kutyar a Chapel has been built

I f

and dedicated in April 1887.

Two families joined us merely

byt

from fear of demons.

Schools.

The Orphanage for girls contained in 1886

of §

69 boarders, of whom 19 left after they had completed their

4

has

education, and 1 died of atrophy. Twenty were received, so

that we close the year again with 69 boarders.

The new

rice-field which we acquired last year, together with the for-

mer ones provided ample work.

Mrs. Eble helped Mrs. Ott

in the needle-work.—In the beginning of last year we have

taken over the management of the 7Zown-School, which was

Out

offered us by the most influential men of Mulky, and al-

though the Roman Catholic boys had to leave it on pain of

fine, we are thankful to say it has been prospering.. The

Hindu girls were taught sewing by Mprs. Eble and Mrs. Oft.

A Middle-School will be added in 1888.—The Santur School

has greatly improved.

In Padur a Night-School was started

for young men desirous of improving themselves.

Evangelization.

My. Eble itinerated 102, and his Native

assistants 438 days.

A portion of the district has been worked

systematically without omitting a single hamlet.

In the ba-

zaar of Mulky and at the market of Padubidri the Gospel was

regularly preached, and a number of places visited on oc-

casions of festivals, f. ¢. sea-bathing in Padubidri, bullock-

[,

1

their

races in Yermala and Volanki, Maripujas and Bhuta-feasts

here

in Kottil, Karudare, Karkala, Kandaye etc. and the yearly

find

fair at Kudure Padavu.

Remarkable is the feast at Kabadar

Ly

of two female demons, 4. e. two young women who are said to

ugh

have been miraculously transferred to heaven, and in honour

108

of whom young women dance till they are beside themselves,

the

and possessed as it were of an evil spirit.

This they do to

God

secure offspring.

We were on the whole well received, but

built

in Karudare, people attempted to drive our Native assistants off

orely

by throwing stones at them. (For further details see page 11.)

The Weaving Establishment has been dedicated on the 28th

of September 1887 by Mr. Ott in the presence of our Christians,

880

their

a number of weavers from Mangalore and Mr. Stierlen, who

], 80

has the technical supervision of this Branch.

new

for

Ot

have

UDAPY (Udipi).

was

Out-Stations:

Nidambur, Beilur, Perala, Badegottu, Kapettu, Korangradi,

Kilenja, Parkal.

1 al-

Malapu, Tottam.

nOf

Udyavara, Bolja.

The

Gudde, Kap, Mandodi.

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

0t

Kattupadi, Koppala.

ool

Madambeil, Kurkal, Kalanja.

ifed

Kalyanapur, Uppur, Bolmara.

Barkur.

ghive

I

Clerical Part.

rked

Rev. G. Ritter, in charge of the Station and Parish.

) ha-

Rev. F. A. Brasche, in charge of all the Schools ; Superinten-

Was

dent of Mission Schools in Canara and Coorg.

00

Rev. W. Stokes, in charge of the Out-stations Gudde, Shirva,

Kattupadi, and Barkur ; and Itinerancy.

ock-

7*

52

e

Native Pastors

thet:

LRev. Daniel Aaron, in charge of the Congregation at Udapy

fami

Rev. Charles Gojar,

»

”

”

» Shirva

Rev. Immanuel Furtado,

”

9

» Gudde

ing |

Catechists

hirl

Christian Mabenna, George Peter, Joshua Chovvallur,

(i

Benjamin Ponnon, Nahasson Veera, Gottlob Bangera.

heer

— Benjamin Ananda, Nathan Suchitia, Benjomin Kundare

libey

Colporteur,

Siegfried.

hig |

Christian School-masters

from

Peter Simon, Barnabas Joshua (Sowens), Leonhard Suchitta,

hfe |

Jesudasa Sowens, Gottlob Somapriya, Silas Sowens,

the

Joseph Soens, David Karkada, Joel Shiri,

of )

Solomon Philip, Israel Devapriya.

m ]

Jocob Anchana, Samuel Mangala.

c0lo)

Martha Ammanna.

Christian School-mistress,

of p

|

II. Industrial Part.

4

Mr. A. Glattfelder, Tile-Works, Malapu (temporarilj).

worl

last year

gte

Communicants.

693

Non-Communicants

20 l 1406

5751

1215

lan

Children

.

693

=

The

Converts baptized ‘dur.ing. ISé 7

115

60

Probationers

144

151

enly,

Preparandi School

26

25

Some

Teachers’ Seminary

5

0

Boys’ Orphanage.

Tl

73

Spar

7 Mixed Parochial Schools at

.Ud;apy; Gu.dde., Kz.a,ttu.-

376

330

padi, Koppala,

Shirva,

Udyavara,

Malapu,

239

and Madambeil-Kurkal (111 Chr. boys, 48 heathen

boys, 90 Chr. girls and 2 heathen girls)

251

205

boys

Brahman Girls’ School

24

22

Wag

Agency.

Catechists Benjamin Ananda of Malapu and

ang

Benjamin Kundara of Kalyanapur had to mourn the loss of

ly D

in 1

53

e

their wives in the course of last year.

Mr. Keppler with

J)

family was transferred to Mulky.

[7a

Congrezation.

The numerical increase of this year is ow-

de

ing to the baptism of 115 Heathen, a large surplus of (48)

births over deaths (which were remarkably few), and 22

Christians who joined us from our other stations.

There has

been also a marked improvement in church going as well as

10

liberality towards religious and charitable purposes.

We had the joy of welcoming back an old backslider and

his family, but also the grief of seeing how short the step is

from worldly-mindedness to relapse into heathenism or into a

i,

life of sin. In Kalyanapur a new Chapel was dedicated on

the 27th February 1887, and one in Udyavara, on the 27th

of March 1887.

In both places a Catechist was first stationed

in 1870. Malapu has grown rapidly into a small Christian

colony and together with Udyavara was raised to the rank

of places with regular Divine service.

Schools. The Orphanage for boys sent off 25 boys, of whom

4 entered the Preparandi School and 21 joined different

workshops or took engagements as farm-labourers, servants

ete

There were 23 new admissions.

One of these, however,

ran away, having disliked to submit to order and discipline.

f113

There were 71 boys at the end of 1887.

As soon as the

enlargement of the Orphanage building is accomplished

some more boys will be admitted.

Notwithstanding small-

pox and cholera were prevalent, our boys were mercifully

spared and enjoyed very good health, their attendance for

330

259 school-days showing 91:79 per cent., whereas that of the

boys and girls of the Congregation who attend as day-scholars

was only 71-04 and 60-62 per cent. respectively. Of 60 boys

and 11 girls presented for examination 58 and 11 respective-

and

ly passed. The girls of the Congregation received instruction

g Of

in needle-work from Mrs. Brasche and Mrs. Keppler.

54

The Preparandi and Training Schools had a year of steady

development.

The Brahman Girls’ School is in charge of Mrs.

Ritter, who teaches the girls English and needle-work. Instead

of four Parish Schools we have now six, the one in Udapy

being joined to the Orphanage of boys.

Evangelization.

When probationers joined us we had ample

opportunity to tell their relations and neighbours what Chri-

stianity is.

At the Santes in Udapy and Barkur, where we

Comm

have appropriate sheds, the Gospel is regularly preached, the

Non-(

students of the Preparandi School assisting with singing at the

Childr

Conye;

former place.

The Missionaries, Catechists and the students

of Preparandi School did a good deal of work in the district.

Proba

Myr. Stokes visited many heathen festivals and Mr. Keppler

attended the Gokarna fair and festival.

are |

As to reception we

can say that the Tulus on the whole listen quietly. There

Espee

$0me

are, however, Brahmans who think their English education

C

demands of them scepticism and gainsaying, and whereas

they follow blindly some man who takes their fancy and

by

I

4 Wo

speaks to their gratification, they consider themselves heroes

have

of independent judgment and conscientious acting.

(Extracts

will be found on page 11.)

their

COurt

The Tilery in Malapu.

The tile-works are in process of

erection.

Mr. Keppler spent much time in superintendence,

Suag;

as also Messrs. Baumann and Glattfelder, the latter of whom

blamg

has been stationed here temporarily. The benefits accruing

of )

from this branch of tilery to many of our poor Christians,

Wopg

some of whom were formerly even on the verge of starvation

By

during the monsoon, cannot be underrated. Regular work

rancy

is supplied, order and habits of thriftiness are taught, and

festi\’é

their bodily and spiritual welfare is looked after.

Agzun

M(My(

*BO

55

G

eady

KARKALA (Karkul).

M.

Out-Stations : Sanur, Mudar, Nandolige, Hekkadaka, Mijar, Attur

stead

dapy

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

Rev. J. Gotz, studying Tulu.

mple

Catechists

Chri-

Joshua Sowens, Jesudasa Aarons.

last year,

¢ We

Communicants

42

35

, the

Non-Communicants

1

3

l

64

f the

Children

26

}69

26

|

9

-

1

dents

Converts baptized during 1887

Probationers

0

5

strict.

Agency. Whilst on the point of going to the press, we

pler

are in great anxiety about our two brethren at that station,

n W

especially Mr. Gotz, who had suffered from dysentery for

[here

some time.*

afion

Congregation. Our numbers have been slightly increased

1848

by the baptism of a family, the head of which has been led in

and

a wonderful way into this church. Some of our Christians

;

pr0es

have incurred the displeasure of a rich landowner through

fracts

their not complying with his wishes to bear false witness in

Court.

Two men did (socage) service for their landlord on

088 of

Sundays in order to escape going to church, and when asked

deﬂce:

blamed their landlord, but they were soon found out. Some

whom

of the

children

were taught the three

R’s duaring the

uing

monsoon.

Sti'&ﬂsf

Evangelization.

Our brethren devoted 250 days to itine-

7ation

rancy.

House-to-house visits were made, and idol- and demon-

. Wol‘k

festivals were visited.

Myr. Schaible made a longer trip to

¢ god

Agumbe, and Mr. Gotz accompanied Mr. Hermelink to Subrah-

Manya.

(Extracts will be found on pages 12 and 13.)

* Both of them have, thank God, since recovered.

56

Ll L

st

BASRUR—KUNDAPUR

Kot

(Coondapoor).

alles

and

Out-Stations: Kundapur, Keilkeri.

prea

I {}

Rev. E. Schenkel, in charge of the Station, and Itinerancy

Catechists

Tepe

upl

Eliezer Karat, Gershom Sowens.— Christ. Manjaru.

only

Colporteur, Abraham Salins.

Christian School-master,

Immanuel Karkado.

last year

Communicants

29

Non-Communicants

63

291 a

Children

a3

23

Converts baptized d.uri;g 1.887:

2

Probationers

)

4

1

Mixed Vernacular Scho.ol (6.} Ch.rist-ian .and‘ 23 .hea.ther.x

boys, 6 Christian girls and 1 heathen girl)

36

317

Sunday-Scholars

12

13

Congregation.

The vice of living beyond their means and

incurring debts i1s also here the enemy to the prosperity of

our Christians and has given rise to much discomfort and

grief.

The School at Basrur was regularly attended, but as the

]

children are not very intelligent the results are not very

satisfactory.

Evangelization.

My. Schenkel being forced several times to

3

0

stay at home on account of bodily weakness, could only itinerate

117 days.

Catechist KEl. Karat devoted 190, Catechist G.

Coy,

Sowens 110 and Assistant Catechist Chr. Manjaru 131 days to

Non{

travelling preaching. Colportage too was carried on regular-

Chilg,

Cony

ly. As in former years the following heathen festivals were

Proy

57

S

visited, viz: Kollur, Barkur, Manikolu, Basrur, Hattyongadi,

Koteshvara and Bennekuduru.

In Koteshvare several Mission-

aries, the teachers and students of the Catechists’ Seminary

and some Catechists assisted.

The Gospel was regularly

preached in and around our different Mission places, as also

Al

in the Sanfe at Kundapur.

A Mohammedan Kazi there tried

repeatedly to pick a quarrel with us, and feels himself backed

up by Roman Catholics, who speak of Jesus as the son of Mary

only, which is a confession and a denial at the same time.

al

IGO

B. North~Canara.

Area 3911 Square Miles.

Population 421,840.

HONAWAR.

Out-Stations: Karwar, Bada.

19 and

11ty of

Rev. J. Fischer, in charge of the Congregation, Out-stations,

and Itinerancy in the Northern portion of the district,

rf and

stationed at Karwar.

ag the

Mr. Th. Digel, Itinerancy in the Southern and the Rastern parts

of the district, stationed at Honawar.

b very

Catechists

Samuel Bunyon, Jeremioh Sona, Matthias J. Kirackayil.

mes 10

iperate

last year:

Communicants

25

22

s G

Non-Communicants

44

1

l47

Children

19

2]

days 10

Converts baptized d.uri;lg 188;

0

pgulit”

Probationers

0

g Were

8

58

Agency.

Mr. Fischer and family were, as a temporary

measure, transferred to Karwar in December 1887.

School.

We expect to open shortly a Vernacular School

in Hepenkavt, 6 miles east of Honawar.

Evangelization.

Mr. Flischer owing to delicate health could

itinerate only 111 days, Mr. Digel devoted 142 days and the

Catechists Samuel Bunyan, Jeremiah Sona, Winfrid Micha

and Mathias Kirackayil 167, 160, 180 and 62 days respectively.

Rer

The Gospel was made known by house-to-house visits, on

Rer

Santes, on bazaars and at heathen festivals in the Northern,

Southern and FEastern portion of our district.

In October

Rey

and November Mr. Digel, accompanied by 2 Catechists, made

a forty days’ trip to Katkala, Sirsi, Banavass, Sorba, Shereli-

koppa, Sayar and Siddapur.

As is always the case, some fools

had to be answered according to their folly, and others again

not according to their folly (Ps. xxvi. 4, 5.), but on the

whole our message was well received, and questions showing

deeper thinking were made, so that we -were greatly cheered

and encouraged to work on.

(On page 14 some extracts will

be found.)

Non-(

Chilgy

(an[

N o NN N NS AN

th& i

The

Ch

The

19

A

(-3Ldl

T

Stl‘ay

rary

LS00 R4

Y:.

.

'1

Area 19993 Square Miles.

Population 178,302

d

MERCARA

I. Clerical Part

Rev. I'. Kittel, doing Canarese literary work

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

Cooly-Mission, and Itinerancy

Rev. 0. Bode, Itinerancy and studying Canarese.

Catechists

Bethuel Sowens, (Itineranecy North-Coorg)

Jacob Upranna, (Cooly-Mission)

Christian School-master,

Christian Jatanna

o

U

Heathen School-master,

Vasudeva

II. Mercantile Part

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

last year

42

Communicants

42

Non-Communicants

46

}89

44}87

Children

Converts baptized during 1887

2

Probationers

0

The Upway Mixed Parochial School (Chr boys 5,

Chr. girls 4, heathen boys 7, heathen girls 3)

19

8

The Bazaar Mixed Vernacular School (heathen boys

19, heathen girls 21).

40

]59

26

}34

Agency

Mr. F. Kittel was steadlly working on to get the

Canarese-English Dictionary ready for the press

The Congregation, although small, has to mourn over two

stray sheep

8%

60

e

Schools.

The Coorg Girls’ Day-School in “Upway” had to

be closed in March for want of pupils.

In its stead the

Upway Mixed Parochial School was opened in April 1887.

The girls of this school are taught singing and needle-work

by Mrs. Hafner, whereas those of the Bazaar-School are

instructed in sewing by Mrs. Veil.

Evangelization.

Mr. Haofner thrice visited East-Coorg as

far as Fraserpet and Ramaswami Kanive, once accompanied

by Mr. Bode. They made alsoan excursion as far as Periyapatna

in the Mawsur Country where they were well received. Mr.

Hafner made two itinerating trips to North-Coorg as far as

Somavarapet and Halikatta and several times to South-Coorg,

Commy

when the Gospel was chiefly proclaimed in Siddhapur, Am-

Yoo-(

matty, Virarajendrapet and Sonampet.

Our preaching was

Childy

listened to more with the despair of worldlings than with the

Conver

Proby,

joy and courage of men who wish to reform. The travelling

Nixed

preacher B. Sowens itinerated 143 days.

h

The North-Coorg Cooly-Mission was carried on regularly

4

this year.

Whereas the greater part of the coolies were in-

0Ccas

different there was always a good number who listened at-

ch

&lg

tentively. This Mission lost a staunch supporter, who left for

England. We acknowledge thankfully all the direct and in-

(

a 80

direct support we have received during the past year from

the planters and their overseers.

There were, however, a few

1638

cases, where the overseer thought that as his superior did

lﬂg

hory

i

not exactly care for the instruction given to the coolies, the

preacher was in his hands and should not mind to put up

Wou);

by

with indifferent treatment.

Mr. Hafner made several trips

into the coffee district.

Catechist J. Upramna, who was

& thy

seriously ill from over-exertion, was graciously spared. He

hiS dg

spent 126 days working in the Cooly-Mission. (See also page 14.)

falley

Who |

61

ad t0

| the

ANANDAPUR

1887

Rev. J. Hafner of Mercara, in temporary charge of the Station

work

Rev. H. A. Kaundinya, (pensioned)

| are

Catechists

Winfred Micha (Congregation and Itinerancy)

Iy a8

anied

Lewis Salins (Cooly-Mission)

i

Christian School-masters

My

Nathan Salins, Sona Kore

ar as

last year

(oot

Communicants

107

Non-Communicants

1071

A

64

}m

¢ a8

Children

74} 188

Converts baptized during 1887

T

h the

Probationers

16

1

elling

Mixed Parochial School (Chr boys 13, Chr gu‘ls 19,

35

39

heathen boys 3)

dlatly

Agency. Mr. Koundinya kindly took the Divine service

o1 10

occasionally

The Congregation was during the past year in

od 4

charge of Catechist Henry Roberts

eft for

Congregation

Four of our Christians fell into the net of

nd 10

a sorcerer, who pretended that he would help them to a large

p from

treasure-trove

By and by he gave out that the spirit guard-

g fem

ing the treasure required a human sacrifice

They were

o did

horrified, but temporized, offered a goat and promised they

would see about a human sacrifice

The matter would have

o5, te

pu U

been kept secret, but all four took sick at once and died after

|

a short illness

One of them was on the point of confessing

his dark deed to Mr. Kaundinya, but the words died on his

10 a8

3 Be

lips and he reclined and expired

A wholesome terror has

qﬂ814)

fallen on all; they have understood that God is a Holy God

who brings to light the secrets of men

There is, however, a

62

S0 A e vt

number of God-fearing Christians here, who cling to the Lord,

but many are careless, light-minded and sensual.

School.

The results are gratifying.

Evangelization. The Santes in Virarajendrapet and Ammatts

were visited repeatedly by Catechist Henry Roberts, as also a

number of heathen festivals.

The South-Coorg Cooly-Mission.

There being as many as

80 plantations in South-Coorg, only the larger ones could be

visited. The new Catechist Lewis Salins devoted 103 days

(from June to December). Also Catechist Henry Roberts helped

Rev

him. We have to thank a number of managers and their

Bey

overseers for their material help, kindness and encouragement.

Rev

B NN NG AN AN NN AN AN AN ING T

J

Comml

Xon.(](

Chilgy

Coﬂ\'er

Prohy

AM]D

Canarg

Girlg’ |

i)

ord

III.

SOUTH-MAHRATTA

ot

1.

Dharwar Collectorate

50 &

(Dharwar, Hubly, and Bettigerry.)

] a8

Area 4535 square miles

Population 882,907 souls

1d he

lays

DHARWAR

Iped

Rev. (. Grossmann, in charge of the Parish, and Itinerancy

their

Rev. S. Limbach, in charge of the Anglo-Vernacular School

ment

Rev. D. Berli, in charge of the Canarese School, studying Canarese

Native Pastor

Rev. Lot Hery, in charge of the Congregation

Assistant Catechist

Daniel Nayakanu

Christian School-masters

Ananda Banna, David Punita, Anande Bhaskar

John Mahadeva, Israel Promanike, Chinna Pramaniko

Christian Matron, Bhagyavanti Ullagadde

Heathen School-masters

Sangaya, Panurange Musumdar

Shastri, Anachari Pete, Shesho Rege

last year

Communicants

86

84

Non-Communicants

Children

81

}170

81

}165

Converts baptized during 1887

Probationers

Anglo-Vernacular School (204 heathen boys and

1 Chr. boy)

205

150

Canarese Boys’ School

67

327

91

292

Girls’ Orphanage (40) and Parochial Sohool (10 glrlb

55

51

and 5 boys)

64

Agency. Mr. Berli joined this station on the 11th of May

of th

1887

My. and Mrs. Niibling left in November 1887 for

they

heir

Hubly, Mr. and Mrs. Grossmann from Bettigerry taking up

their place

Tery

Congregation

Two young men, a teacher and a pupil, of

i

preac

the Anglo-Vernacular School, who had boldly confessed their

faith at the end of 1886, were baptized in the beginning of

distry

1887

Once

The joy at this event was shortly afterwards turned

into grief by a spirit of blame and censure against the Pastor

3 for

accon

and the Missionaries, which stirred up the whole Congregation

the neophytes included

With the exception of the family

whil

which caused this mischief and left us, all the misguided ones

adl

have come to their senses

he 1

The Lord have mercy on those

who have fallen into the snare of Satan and drive out the

spirit of Absalom from our midst.

We were sorry to hear in

cases of dispute, vulgar and v1le expressmns (such as are

common with the Heathen) used by some of our Christians,

chiefly women, and regret that some instead of expecting

prosperity from strict honesty stoop to unfair dealings

Schools

The Anglo- Vernacular School in spite of the

My

conversions mentioned above had a prosperous year

Re

Limbach is glad to see that the boys take a lively interest in

the Bible lessons.—The Canarese Boys’ School has lost some

pupils

but we hope the attendance will improve.—Ten girls

(nine after marriage) left the Girls’ Orphanage and 7 girls

R€4

entered

Untruth, dirty habits, untidiness and quarrelsome

temper have to be fought against, and when older heathen

girls enter, the use of filthy language they are accustomed

to, 1s a matter of great concern

Yet on the whole they are

a cheerful lot, who like to do their business well, and sing

lustily when they grind their corn

They are all sensible to

sympathy evinced in their little trials and troubles, and some

65

May

of them are truly affectionate and thankful, and even after

The state of

T for

they have left school shew great attachment.

their health, some cases of fever excepted, was, thank God,

5o

very good.

il of

Evangelization.

Myr. Niibling’s chief work consisted in

preaching to the Heathen. He made several journies into the

thelr

ng of

district, accompanied by Assistant Catechist D. Nayaka, and

once also by Mr. Berli.

Mr. Niibling and Myr. L. Hery made

urned

a fortnight’s trip to Garag and the surrounding villages,

astor

ation,

accompanied by their wives, who could speak to the women,

whilst their husbands addressed the men.

The women listened

amily

gladly and desired to be visited in their houses.

(We refer

] ones

those

the reader to page 15.)

it the

gt 10

§ are

{1208,

acting

HUBLY.

Out-Stations:

Unakallu, Hebsur.

of the

M

Rev. W. Niibling in charge of the Parish and Schools, Chair-

man of the South-Mahratta Distriet.

pesh n

f 5006

Native Pastor

I glﬂs

Rev. Solomon Devada, in charge of the Congregation at Hubly.

7 gis

Catechists

elsome

[eilthell

David Subarao.— Stephan Sagart.

stomel

Christian School-master,

Willvam Bhangart.

Heathen School-masters

d sig

Gurusiddhaye Halaya, Adwiyappa Manavall,

ble 10

Viraya Bannurmatha.

4 some

66

last year

tlon

Communicants

179

181

Jast

Non-Communicants

10

l321

9

132’

119

}309

plac

Children

.

°

Converts baptlzed during 1887

il

form

Probationers

®

10

them

The Mixed Parochial School at New Hubly (9 boys

I6cel

and 6 girls) .

15

21

The Vernacuhr School at Old Hubly (Heathen boy

114

tson

96‘

100

}121

, Christian boys 4)

ther

Agency

WUr

and

Mrs

Fisfelder were transferred in

were

November to Bettigerry, Mr. and Mrs. Niibling from Dharwar

also

taking their place

Mr. Daimelhuber and family, weakened

S

whil

by fever, were forced to proceed to Europe in March 1888

The Congregation.

Two families from the Heathen were

added to the church, otherwise we experienced much sorrow

It was extremely painful to see that some took umbrage at

the exercise of church-discipline against two young men of

their relationship, charging the Missionaries with partiality,

and refusing for some time to admit that they were in the

wrong. Several young men attempted to let their hairlock grow

and some women had cauterized the mark of heathendom on

their foreheads

plain attempts at resembling the Heathen

around them, which point to a sad want of decision for the

Rel J

Lord

Since the opening of the South-Mahratta Railway all

kinds of adventurers and scamps find their way and prove

Rel g

stumbling-blocks to unsteady and wavering individuals

Schools.

Both schools have done better in the religious

By

el

than in the secular examination

R(?t !

Evangelization.

In the past year preaching in the bazaar

took place only occasionally, house-to-house visits, however

and preaching in the surroundin

villages was carried on

Bey g

energetically and met with much encouragement everywher

My. Eisfelder reports as follows: «It gives me much satisfac-

67

Cbe i ]

ear:

tion to inform you that we were able to itinerate so much

last year from this station.

We chiefly visited the different

308

places South of Hubly as far as Harihar, which had heard

formerly the Gospel from our Brethren, but had been left to

themselves for so long a time.

On the whole we were well

received and met only with occasional disputers.

Hubly and

i[m

its outlying villages too were repeatedly visited.” —In December

there came from Bangalore 3-4 advocates of Hinduism, who

d

were preaching for three days in the streets of Hubly.

(See

i

also page 16.)

cened

Some enquirers came to us, but “they endured onlyxﬂfor a

8.

while”, and left us disheartened.

Tere

IIoW.

Lol -

10 at

ol ()f

jality,

BETTIGERRY—GADAG.

n the

(Addr. Gadag.)

{ gl‘OW

om 01

Out-Stations: Gadag, Shagoti, Malasamudra.

athen

Rev. M. Th. Walz, in charge of the Parish, Seminary, and Orpha-

L the

3}" 311

nage; Superintendent of Mission Schools in South-Mahratta.

Rev. F'. Eisfelder, Secular Agent for the South-Mahratta District

pl’OYe

(Ranibennur).

Rev. J. Waidelich, in charge of Out-stations and Itinerancy.

jgious

Rev. Th. Lutz, studying Canarese.

pasadl

Native Pastor

i evels

Rev. Solomon 'Bhaskaé", in charge of the Congregation at Bettigerry.

jed 02

Catechists

where

Samuel Karat, Gottlob Mavenna, Lazar Sanjiva.

meﬂC'

9’6

68

Slhn s Y

had

Christian School-masters

do s

Devapriya Shubha, Daniel Uttengi, Gabriel Mathapati

E

Heathen School-masters

duri

(a

Babanni Kabadi, Surw Bellari, Fakirappe Ningappe

flon

last year

Communicants

253

adm

Non-Communicants

268]

470

16

3 b

Children

186]

196

}465

0

Cate

Converts baptized durmg 1887

Probationers

0

Joun

Training or Normal School

i

14

Jear

The Evangelisis’ School

Boys’ Orphanage (81) and Parochial School (10 glrls

unfy

47

205

238

and 6 boys)

52

God

Mixed Vernacular School in Shagoh (3 Chr. boys,

heathen boys, 5 Chr. girls, 3 heathen girls)

20

27

1ng §

Vernacular School, Bettigerry

115

143

31 Iy

Sunday-School

132

50

of th

i ar

Agency. Mr. Liithi was transferred in October to Guledgud

and Mr. and Mrs. Ernst in November 1887 to Mangalore

Bafly

Their places were taken up by Mr. and Mrs. Eisfelder from

geny

Hubly and Mr. and Mrs. Waidelich from Bijapur, of whom

K& i

the former is under orders for Ranibennur

Myr. Lutz arrived

Over

from Basel in December 1887

lain

Congrecation. Our Christians earn their livelihood as farmers

Whery

weavers, artisans and day-labourers

Our weavers especially

St&tm

suffer from the crisis that has befallen their occupation

tor)

Some show the signs of a new spiritual life, others have the

lange

name of Christian with an appropriate knowledge of the truth

There

but are wanting in spiritual understanding

It is among

Shi

these that we were grieved to see that some men and women

By

who having been forbidden, the former to wear the tuft of

the §

hair like the heathen males, and the latter to being tatooed

anq (

(after which they were hankering) like their heathen sisters,

Gone

69

S

had to be reminded that it was against Christian order to

do so.

Schools. The Evangelists’ School.

Six young men joined

during the year.

One of them entered the work as Assistant

L

Catechist, and another left because he felt unequal to the exer-

jear:

tion of study.—The Z7raining School.

During the year 10

admissions took place, 3 young men left of their own accord,

465

3 had to be dismissed, and one entered the Seminary for

Catechists in Mangalore to continue his studies.

Four of the

young men will leave early in 1888 as teachers.

In the

year under review we had trials on account of boyishness,

untruthfulness and insincerity. The health report was, thank

238

Promotions to the Train-

God, good.—The Boys’ Orphanage.

ing School, dismissals and admissions duly balanced, there are

31 boys against 33 in 1886. Mrs. Walz had the management

of this institution and the Training School.

Mrs. Frnst, and

afterwards Mrs. Fisfelder, instructed the girls of the Congre-

dyud,

gation in needle-work.— Vernacular Schools. The one in Betti-

yalom-

gerry has prospered; two others, 4. e. one of Kinnal and one of

from

Katrike, with 40 and 38 boys respectively, have been given

whom

mived

over to the American Episcopal Methodist Mission, who

claimed the right of establishing themselves in Koppala,

where we had already made arrangements to begin a Mission

rmel‘S,

Station, after having worked in that part of the Nizam’s terri-

ocially

tory since 1845.—In spite of continual admonitions the atten-

pationv

dance of Christian children at school remains unsatisfactory.

() the

There are even some marriageable young men who have

shirked school successfully for a number of years!

among

Evangelization. Mr. Walz, his assistants and the pupils of

rome;

the Evangelists’ School paid occasional visits to the Bettigerry

uff of

and Gadag bazaars.

Some of our former Christians, who had

afo0?

gone over to the Jesuitic church met us there for some time

70

AR N

as opposition-preachers.

Mr. Ernst who was in charge of the

Koppala district (Nizam’s territory) itinerated a good deal,

as did also Mr. Liithi, who in company with five students

visited the idol festival at Dambala, where wrestling matches

and cart-pulling attracted large crowds, many of whom listen-

Comm

ed attentively to the preaching. Mr. Eisfelder has begun to be

Non-(

acquainted with the places visited and persons communicated

Chilg

with, by his predecessors.

(See also page 16.)

Conve

Probg

The )

&

The IS

8

2. The Bijapur Collectoraie.

fami]

(Guledgud and Bijapur.)

C

the 4

GULEDGUD.

brigl,

(Addr. Bagalkot.)

not

Ouit-Stations:

Parvati, Padinakatte, Murudi.

gathe

Kardenhalli, Kotanhalli, Ladagundi, Nagarahalli, Asangi, Mullur.

In {]

Mushtigeri.

Vs

Kalkurgi, Adugallu.

masq:

Tany

Rev. H. Knittel, in charge of the Station, Congregation, the Out-

the 1

stations Kardenhalli and Muradi, Schools, and Itinerancy.

Rev. B. Liithi, in charge of the Out-stations Mushtigeri (with

life; ]

talkeg

School) and Kalkurgi, and Itinerancy.

Jet

Catechists

Immanuel Soenna, Johann Prabhakar, Joseph Keiwranna.—

Gver, |

Silas Boragai, Daniel Patti.

f‘&l’IRe

Schog

Bible-Women

Caste

Salome Sakkare, Rahel Rangaraji.

that ,

71

Christian School-masters

|

eal,

Immanuel Nirmanika, Amruta Shilabhadra.

gns

ches

Heathen School-master, Adwiappa Mullagunda.

fen

last year

0he

Communicants

27

275

Non-Communicants.

:l 532

24

ated

£d

Childreu.

3

z

1)

212

}511

28

Converts baptized d'uring 1.887'

Probationers

°

°

12

38

The Mixed Parochial S(;h()ol at Karde;lhaili (:7 Oh.rist..

and 48 heathen boys, 4 Chr. and 1 heathen girls)

60

72

121

65

The Koshtapete Vermacular School (8 Christ. and

8 heathen, and 1 Christ. girls)

12

55

Agency. The bad state of health of Mr. Grossmann and

family necessitated their transfer to Dharwar.

Congregation.

Whoever reads attentively the Epistles of

the Apostles to the different Congregations must observe the

bright and dark sides of their Christian character, and will

not be offended at seeing that the churches now-a-days, lately

gathered from heathenism have much in common with those.

In the year under review we had the trial of our young men’s

[

visiting heathen festivals, and delighting in processions and

masquerades, desiring to accommodate themselves to heathen

manners and ideas of caste, as also drinking (which is on

Qut

the increase in our district) and other enemies to spiritual

life ; but at the same time we are glad to see that although it

(wlth

takes a long time to convince those concerned of their wrong,

yet when they see their fault they give in.

There are, how-

ever, some habits which it is difficult to break off. The heathen

g’

farmers and farm-labourers do not send their children to

school and those of our Christians who had come from that

caste stick to their old custom; it must, however, be admitted

that as unskilled manual labour in India is so cheap that

i

o

scarcely a margin is left, parents are tempted to withhold

their children from school in order to get work out of them.

The weaving trade is at present not lucrative. Since the famine

property

18

mortgaged at ruinous interest; besides this

Guledgud with only 10,000 inhabitants has debts to the

amount of five millions of Rupees, chiefly owed to Marvadi

Commy

merchants, who lend money on usury, sell cotton twist at a

Non-(

dear price and take the goods for a song.—The case is most

Childr

hopeless.

There is no difference between highway robbery

Conver

and the crushing selfishness of free trade.

There were 25

Probat

persons baptized in Mushéiger: who had come at the time of

Out-

4

the famine (10-12 years ago) but afterwards left us.

and 1

wardly despised and inwardly. dissatisfied they sought ad-

Bettig

mission, and after trial and careful instruction they were

received into the church.—A chapel was built in Murudi.

Se

the b(

Schools.

The total number of pupils is about the same,

I;

but the two schools have changed place as to numbers since

last year.

days :

Visitey

Evangelization.

My. Knittel spent 69 days in and around

the Out-stations.

Myr. Grossmann and Mr. Liithi devoted

Siﬂdg

23 days, and the Catechists 45 days to Itinerancy. Among

The ¢

ton,

the festivals visited was that at Ranashankri. Bazaar preaching

in the New and Old town was carried on regularly.

Our

preaching was well received;

an epidemic of cholera and

many other troubles helped in establishing friendly relations

between us and the townspeople.

The Lord who has the key

of David opens hearts here and there, and makes them sub-

missive to his gentle sway.

Two Bible-Women prosecuted their work as hitherto.

(See

page 29.)

73

b

hold

hen

BIJAPUR.

ning

Rev. C. D. Warth, in charge of the Station, and Itinerancy

this

the

Catechist,

Israel Dalabhanjana.

i

;

last year:

Communicants

10

10

ab &

Non-Communicants

0

most

Children

}18

8

}18

hery

Converts baptized d:uri-ng ;887

0

Probationers

3

25

ne of

Agency.

Mr. and Mrs. Warth suffered from Hubly-fever

Out-

Mr

and family troubles.

Waidelich

was transferred to

b ad

Bettigerry.

yere

School. A school-house was built and will be ready in

the beginning of 1888.

ame,

Itinerancy.

Messrs. Warth and Waidelich itinerated 56

SI0ce

days together, and the Catechist 35 days.

The country was

visited as far as Tefgi to the south, Niralgi to the south-east,

ound

Sindgi to the North-east, and Katargi and Tadlgi to the North.

qoted

The chief work was, however, in and around the Mission Sta-

mong

tion.

(See also page 17.)

ching

(ur

, and

\tions

o keJ

NS NN AN AN AN N NN e N

l SUb'

(Bee

10

IV. MALABAR.

Area 5765 Square Miles.

Population 2,365,035 souls.

(omy

Non-(

CANNANORE.

Child

Out-Stations:

Chovva, Taliparambu, Chirackal.

Conve

Proba

I. Clerical Part.

Parog

Rev. J. Weismann, in charge of the Parish, the Cannanore Congre-

Maliy

gation and Schools.

Anglo

Rev. J. Ostermeyer, Secular Agent for the Malabar District, and

Itinerancy.

Native Pastor

mpa

Rev. Cornelius Hutten, in charge of the Congregation at Chovva

and

Catechists

they

MT

Charles Stocking, T. K. Wengalan, Isaac Laban Unners,

s6ry;

Paul Sneham.— Elias Nambi, Abraham Para,

M.,

Philip Mackadan.

lagt,

0

Colporteur, Obed Sneham‘.

Regin

Bible-Women

our |

Felicitas Peter, Rebecca Jesudasan, Rosa Arambhan,

Dleag

Dora Kallakudiyan.

in ik

Werg

Christian School-masters

gragg

Tobias Zacharias, F. 4., Benjaomin Hermon, .,

haye

Ezra Padiath, Dan. Paruttiparambu, mar.,, David Gomer,

Titus Padiath, Simson Kottayi.

-

75

Heathen School-masters

Narayanan Pillay, v 4., Rama Pattor, r. 4.,

K. Kunyambu, sar., T. Raman, K. Kelappan, K. Achyutan,

Muliyile Peitel, K. Kannan.

last year:

Communicants

419

415

Non-Communicants

8

12

Children

295

}722

326

}753

Converts baptized d.uri;xg 1.887'

11

Probationers

8

Parochial Schools in Cannanore (13 boys and 31

93

101

girls) and Chovva (23 boys and 26 girls) .

Muliyile Mixed Vernacular School (86 heathen and

ongte-

2 Chr. boys, 18 heathen and 4 Chr. girls)

110 ; 404

120} 423

Anglo-Vernacular School (

boys)

.

42 .Chr.. al.]d T59 heathen

201

202

f, and

Agency. The health of My. and Mrs. Weismann was so

impaired that they were compelled to take a change to Madras

HOVYa

and the Nilagiris; the change has been beneficial, but as yet

they are not fully restored to former health and strength.

My. and Mrs. Laujffer (the former after nearly 32 years’

o1

service) have gone to their native country to seek new strength.

My. Strobel has been transferred to Tellicherry in October

last.

Congregation. Consequent upon the removal of the European

Regiment from Cannanore to Wellington we had to part with

our Furopean Congregation, and thus been deprived of the

y

pleasure of preaching to, and of witnessing the work of God

in many a heavy laden soul.

These English services, which

were begun in 1841 by the late Rev. S. Hebich and by God’s

grace had proved ever since a lasting blessing to hundreds,

have for the time at least come suddenly to a stand-still.

There were, however, other events which cut deeper still

omely

and affected seriously the prosperity of the Native Congregation.

10%

76

e

The loss of the European Regiment and the increasing im-

Con

portance of Tellicherry and Calicut as seaports at the ex-

of t

pense of Cannanore, have forced many of our Christians to

and

go in search of livelihood elsewhere, so that in spite of bap-

tisms from the Heathen and inner growth the numbers did

Wast

not increase, but have decreased by 31.

Deeper still did two

ang

exceedingly painful events affect us and try our faith and

garg

patience. The one relating to our Chovva colony, the greater

i

part of which the Chirackal Raja claimed as his property, and

He

after having gone to law, obtained a verdict from the High

§

Court for that portion of the land on which the Church, the

SeWiL

burial ground and the houses of the Missionary, Catechist

M,

etc. have been built.

Whilst the Missionaries unsuccessfully

We g

attempted to bring about a compromise with the Raja, the

Sthor

Congregation, afraid of losing their property and distrusting

q

uali

the correctness of the views of the Missionaries in this matter,

S

oo

formed a sub-committee, called meetings and went to law of

their own accord. The excitement of litigation, the elation by

I(]Spa

i

g )

the hope of success, the suspicion in the fairness of the deal-

ings of the Missionaries, and so on, affected for the time the

o

Iyy

lr

mutual harmony, and when the relations were on the point

By

of improving they were seriously disturbed by the appearance

of a monthly periodical called ¢«the Malabar Church News”,

Dreag

ey

I

edited by a former Catechist of ours. In this paper persons,

who had not the courage to come forward as Christian men

L

and speak face to face, were from their hiding place, so to say,

We m

Y\ere\

dealing out blows and stabs to Missionaries against whom

they bore a grudge.

As the editor did not wish to publicly

i, |

retract his statements, he was excluded from Church-member-

Drta)

ship, whereupon he sued the Chairman of the Cannanore

Kﬂmm

Presbytery at law.

Though the case was dismissed, we were

I Okrg

sorry that it ever occurred. As to the former case, our Home

Oy

"igiteq

%

e

10

Committee have both acknowledged and confirmed the right

€X

of the Congregation, but they also censured misbehaviour,

8 10

and exhorted to obedience and a walk according to the Gospel.

bap-

We mourn also over the carelessness about, nay even the

did

waste of God’s gifts in articles of luxury, delicacies and drink,

two

and that some have so little spiritual understanding as to re-

and

gard their capricious ideas and the promptings of their fleshly

ater

mind for God’s will.

We, however, trust in the Lord who, as

and

He has taken upon Him our sickness, heals also our diseases.

High

Schools.

Our two Parochial Schools have done well.

The

. the

sewing classes for the Cannanore girls were conducted by

1Chist

Mrs. Weismann, and those in Chovva by Mrs. Ostermeyer.

fully

We gladly mention that Government have opened a Girls’

. the

School in Cannanore, in which our girls that have ability can

sting

qualify for Government service.—Of 90 pupils in the Muliyile

tter

School, who presented themselves before the Government School-

W of

Tnspector, 88 passed; also the Biblical Examination held by

n by

the Mission School-Inspector was satisfactory.—The Anglo-

deal-

Vernacular School had to cope with open as well as secret

o the

rivalry; our desire is to convert this into a High School.

point

Evangelization.

Mr. Ostermeyer spent most of his time in

1000

preaching to the heathen.

The Native Assistants P. Sneham

e\‘«'sn1

devoted 73, K. Nambi 120, A. Para 135, Ph. Mackadan 136,

[‘SOHS:

T. Wengalan 115 and the Native Pastor 89 days to itinerancy.

el

We made 8 journeys, when the following heathen festivals

) SaYv

were visited: Kadumperi, Olakkara, Kannadiparambu, Payya-

whOﬂl

vur, Pattuvam, Taliparambu, Tudapattu, and Payanur. We

licly

preached also in the following places: Kalliashery, Morayis

mber-

Kummantur, Chalary, Pottuwam, Yeli-Madai, Kutali, Mawiyur,

anore

Makrery, Mavilayi, Puduvilayi etc.

et

Our reception was of a three-fold kind.

1) In newly

Home

visited places the most disgraceful rumours were spread

78

e

principally by Mohammedans “that we had come to viclate and

a

carry off women.”

Single women, whom we met in the open,

My

ran for their lives, and when in company a stampede took

place; when we approached their houses they barred their

the

Disheartened we had to retrace

doors in the greatest fear.

our steps in the burning sun.

2) At the heathen festivals

and in parts along the seashore, where people knew us well, we

felt we were only tolerated, which we found to be the case by

their endeavours to annoy us.

In Taliparambu, f. <. there

were some Naya and Brahman lads, who purchased Scripture

portions and tracts, and then exultingly tore them in pieces

before our very faces.

3) In districts where people know us,

but have not had sufficient opportunity of becoming fully

Ra

acquainted with the Gospel, they are eager to hear it. Thus

we are a savour of death unto death to some, and of life unto

Bay

Bay

life to others. (For extracts see also page 19 and 20.)

Bible-Women.

Since June 1887 two Bible-women have been

engaged in Cannanore and 2 in Chovva. (See page 29.)

Rey

Rey

i)

II. Industrial Part.

Mr. J. Krapf, in charge of the Weaving Establishment, and

Superintendent of the Branch-Establishments at Telli-

cherry and Chombala.

Mr. F. Brauning, Assistant.

Mr. Rellstab, the assistant, was recalled by our Committee.

We were sorry to part in February 1888 with Mr. and

Myrs. Schonthal.

To Mr. Schonthal’'s energy and enterprizing

spirit this Establishment owes so much. He was thoroughly

worked out, and we hope he will recover his former health

Jag

and strength.

Mrs. Schonthal had charge of the Colportage

79

e s

and

and made herself otherwise useful.

My. and Mrs. Krapf and

pe,

Mpr. Brijuning arrived in October 1887 to fill up the vacancies.

took

This Establishment has 2 Branch-Establishments in 7ell:-

heir

cherry and Chombala, and employs in all 252 hands.

1ace

vals

|, we

o by

here

TELLICHERRY.

ture

16068

Oui-Stations: Dharmapatnam, Chalil, Anjarakandy, Kuttuparambu.

y us,

Rev. J. Frohnmeyer, in charge of the Parish and the Schools at

fully

Nettoor and the Out-stations.

Thus

Rev

. Ch. Schaal, in charge of the Schools in Tellicherry town.

nnto

Rev

. Th. Strobel, Itinerancy.

Native Pastors

heen

Rev

. Paul Chandran, sr.,in charge of the Congregation at Nettoor.

Rev

i

”

»

at Tellicherry

. Stephan Chandran, jr.,

Catechists

Joh. Zacharias, Peter Arnon, Timothy Parakondy, Stephan

Kallat, Ashamayan Tuwmaran.—Joseph Murkotian.

t, aud

Colporteur, Abijah Utshamvalls.

| Telli-

Bible-Women

Hanna Hassan, Rhoda Simon, Julin Mandody,

Paulina Fernandez.

Christian School-masters

niftee

and

P. George, B. 4., Micha Makadan, F. 4.,

G. Joshuaw, mar., Simon Sandhi, Peter Hermon,

)riliﬂg

John Satyarthi, var., Nathanoel Simon, Abel Martin,

)i ghly

Jacob Boaz, Jesuadian Vedamuttu, Const. Salem, Th. Mattu,

health

Samuel Perimban, Nath. Hermon.

\Ol’mge

Ll

80

Christian School-mistresses

P

Irene Sandhi, Hanna Peter, Eve Chandran.

ely

a8 a

Heathen School-masters

latio

K. Kanaran, 5.4, K. Bappu Moonshy,

Cong

fion

K. Ramotti, r. &, Roman Nayar, M. Kanaran, matr.,

Purushottama Ayyar, Kunyappan Nayar, P. Krishnan

an

Nayar, M. Kanaran, Kelan, Peital,

there

P. Kunyambu, Kunyambu.

1tself

last year:

Communicants

212

228

and ¢

Non-Communicants

6

1

8

Children

11

}389

182

}m

I s

Converts baptized during £887

13

Sthog

Probationers

14

us ch

Nettoor: Preparandi S.cho.ol

.

23

23

Teachers’ Seminary with Normal Schoo

10

Lagt ]

Parochial School (24 boys and 16 girls) .

40

42

Mang;

Infants’ School (10 boys and 11 girls) .

21

Jear ¢

Tellicherry: The Parsi High School (26 Chr, and 215

582

560

heathen and Mohamedan boys)

241

238

25

bagp

Hindu Girls’ School (4 Chr. and 21 heathen girls) .

28

Dil‘ect

4 Mixed Vern. Schools, Chalil, Dharmapatnam, An-

jarakandy and Kuttuparambu (25 Chr. and 157

1837

heathen boys, 23 Chr. and 18 heathen girls)

223

210

e

Sunday Scholars in Chalil (136 heathen boys and 16 h,

girls, and in Nettoor 80 Chr. boys and 20 Chr. girls) 202

60

(Grage

Nissig

Agency. Mr. and Mrs. Walter were transferred on the

of the

4th September 1887 to Vaniyankulam, and My. Strobel joined

two !

the station from Cannanore on the 18th October 1887.

Our

Condy

venerable Pastor Chandran begins to feel the burden of old

Missio

age.

HiStOr:

Congregation.

In spite of baptisms the numbers have gone

Whicl

down by 27, who left in search of work.

A poor dying

SC]l()ol

Christian on an out-station, instead of clinging to the Lord

?

Frolm

put his trust in Mohammedan quacks and their sorceries.

COI} O‘re

—

81

Paul Devadatta, the runaway Catechist, seems tired of his

relapse into his former Sanyasi life. He has returned literally

as a prodigal and, we trust, is truly repentant.

The undu-

lations of mental commotion which affected the neighbouring

Congregation at Cannanore, made itself felt in this Congrega-

tion also. We had the disappointment of seeing how few have

[

an independant judgment and how much pent-up discontent

there is in many a heart which only wants an occasion to show

itself. Oh that the Lord would give us a Pentecostal blessing

ar

and quicken us all!

417

Schools.

A number of young men were found to be living

in secret sins and have been dismissed from the Preparands

School; this caused us much sorrow of heart.

May God give

us chaste and heavenly-minded young men for His work.

Last year 2 students were sent to the Catechists’ Seminary in

Mangalore.

Dismissals and admissions included, we close the

year again with 23 pupils.—The Teachers’ Seminary. We are

560

happy to say that the Seminary has been recognized by the

Director of Public Instruction in an order of the 23rd July

1887 in the following terms: “The Director resolves to reecog-

nise Mr. Frohnmeyer as trained teacher of the Collegiate

Grade and also to recognise the Basel German Evangelical

Mission Training Seminary, Nettoor, as a training institution

1 the

of the secondary grade.”

Our students have thus to pass

joined

two Examinations, one demanded by Government, and one

conducted by an Examination Committee in behalf of the

Qur

of 01(1

Mission in Bible, the doctrines of the Christian Religion,

History of the World, Pedagogics, English and Music, for

which a certificate is given.—The Parochial and Infants’

) gOIle

Mrs.

School are in connection with this Normal School.

dyiog

Frohmmeyer superintends the needle-work of the girls of the

Lordy

Congregation.—The Parsi High-School had to compete with

cories:

11

SR

82

rival schools and other difficulties.

The Bible Stories are ap-

preciated by the boys.—The four Mized Vernacular Schools

have done their best.

There are some promising children

He

among them.—The Hindu Girls’ School would have pros-

pered more, but for the want of a better locality and es-

pecially the presence of small-pox which has been without

cessation in the town for the last two years, and to which

circumstance very irregular attendance was owing. Mys.

Schaal has instructed the needle-work class.

Evangelization.

Myr. Walter attended to itinerancy till

August, and Mr. Strobel since October 1887. By them and the

different Native Assistants 4 Taluks, 23 Amshas, 83 Deshas,

and several heathen festivals and markets were visited. Of

the Native Assistants, travelling preacher J. Zacharias spent

173, Catechist Ashamayan, J. Ruben, J. Murkodan, T. Para-

Eandy, and St. Kallattu 159, 143, 111, 78 and 9 days respec-

tively, Mr. H. Chandran 18, and Teacher S. Sandh: 5 days,

Rut

making 703 days in all.

(For particulars see page 21.)

Bible-Women.

See page 29.

Kelyy

CHOMBALA.

C()mmm

\011 (,'0]

(Addr. Mahé.)

Chl dI’e|

OQuit-Stations:

Mahé, Kandappankundu, Wadagara, Muvaratu, Payoli,

Cbnveu

P

Perampara.

Orphan

ol

Rev. W. Schmolck, in charge of the Parish, Mahé, Kandappankun-

Frapg,

i

du and Girls’ Orphanage; Superintendent of Mission Schools

in Malabar.

Mixeg \

ey

Rev. J. Jaus, in charge of Muvaratu, Wadagara, Perampara, and

Itinerancy.

Ch

Hlomgyy

83

e Sl

0 -

Catechists

ools

Gabriel Pirachan, Tobias Chembankodan,

dren

Henry Menzel, Abijah Edappalan.—Abel Kattuparamban,

L0

Jacob Kumaran.

1 es-

Abel Mannan.

thout

Colporteur,

phich

Bible-Women

Ms.

Martha Tychicus, Rebecca Chettiyankands,

Rebecca Chembankodan, Maria Padiyattu.

y till

d the

Christian School-masters

has,

Silas Hanoch, Willy Allan,

ll

C. Ambroise, Moses Ponnon, David Padiyattu,

spent

Johannan Paranjoti, Benjamin George.

Pt

Christian School-mistresses

spec-

days

Ruth Mavattil, Rebecca John, Mary Salome, Phebe Jacobi.

1)

Heathen School-masters

Chandu Nayar, Shankaran,

Kelan Veidyar, Raman Achyoty, Krishnan, Kelan, Ukkoppan

last year:

Communicants

180

179

3

853

2

Non-Communicants

Children

.

°

170

|

168

I349

Converts baptized d

uring 1.88’;

0

21

3

4

Probationers

.

payolis

Orphan Girls’ School

'(75 : boa'wde.rs) and.l P;l-rochial

.

101

111

School (13 Chr. boys and 13 Chr. girls)

Franco-Anglo-Vernacular School, Mahé (14 Chr. and

95

89

77 heathen boys, 3 Chr. girls and 1 heathen girl)

Mixed Vernacular Schools Muveratu (4 Chr. and 56

Scho(]]s

o

68

364

5

300

heathen boys, 1 Chr. girl and 7 beathen

el

irls)

Hindu Girls’ School at Wadagara (25 heathen and 4

535)

25

1 aud

Chr. girls, and 3 heathen and 3 Chr. boys)

Elementary Anglo-Vernacular School, Payoli

°

65

1%

84

e

Congregation.

There are in the development of a con-

men

fosti

gregation times when it seems as if the rule of the Spirit of

God had been abolished and that of the flesh fully established,

for a time at least. This was in the past year the case with us.

the s

The defamatory character of the Malayalam Paper referred

descy

to under Cannanore (page 76) instead of being disowned and

(For

disapproved of by all, found many secret, nay open partisans.

We could scarcely believe our eyes when we saw that persons,

who owed most to the exertion of the Mission, were the fore-

most in abetting the unchristian spirit of slander and calumny,

and we sincerely pray that the Lord may grant true repen-

tance, renew all hearts and vouchsafe His Spirit of love and

harmony.

The Lord knows those who are His, and let every

Out-

one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Schools.

There was small-pox for a long time in the

Orphan Girls’ School, but thank God all the patients recovered.

The instruction of the girls in cooking, house-, garden-, and

needle-work was carried on as hitherto.

Myrs. Schmolck was

this year also assisted by Mrs. Jaus. The boys and girls of the

congregation attended as day-scholars.—Our Franco-Anglo-

R

Vernacular School at Mahé has gone through good report and

evil report, and prospered.—The Vernacular School in Muvaratu

and the Hindu Girls’ School in Wadagara had many interrup-

tions owing to the epidemic of small-pox.

Both begin to fill

R

gradually. A substantial school-house has been built in Wada-

R

gara.—The Elementary Anglo- Vernacular School at Payoli was

taken over by our Mission during this year. The Malabar

Vi

Local Fund Board granted us the use of the school-house there.

Evangelization.

Mr. Jaus itinerated 166 days, and Cate-

chist G. Pirachan 153, J. Kumaran 182, H. Menzel 108, A

Edappalan 131, Tob. Chembankodan 1 and A. Kattuparamban

5 days or 580 days in all. 39 Amshas, 99 Deshas, 11 fisher-

85

(e}

men- and weaver-villages, 52 Santes (markets) and 2 heathen

1t of

festivals were visited.

hed,

We experience that the fourfold kind of ground, as well as

) 8.

the sowing of the wicked one after the good seed is sown, as

rred

described by our Lord in Matthew 13, also occurs in our midst.

and

(For a short extract see page 22.)

Bible-Women.

§ans.

For details see page 29.

9088,

fore-

miy,

CALICUT.

pel-

, and

Out—Stations:_ Coilandy (Quilandy), Putiyangadi, Korapura, Elattur, Beypore.

evety

I. Clerical Part.

) the

Rev. J. Knobloch in charge of the Parish, Chairman of the B.

ered

G. E. Mission in India and Inspector of all the Schools

in connection with the B. G. E. M. in India.

and

Rev. E. Liebendorfer, u.p., Medical Mission.

i

s

of the

Rev. G. Peter, in charge of Coilandy, Itinerancy, and Schools.

fnglo

Rev. F'. Rehm, High-School, and studying Malayalam.

it and

Miss G. Wolff, Parochial Girls’ School.

I

o o

Native Pastors

errup-

Rev. Joseph Jacobi, in charge of the Out-station Coilandy.

fo fill

Rev. Jonas Padiath, in charge of the Congregation at Calicut

fada-

oll as

Catechists

olabat

Nath. Arukandan, Paul Chittayagam, Charles Hermon,

Solomon Makkadan, Lazar Kallattil.— Esau David.

3 there.

] Cate

Colporteur,

Immanuel Boaz.

08, ‘4

Bible-Women

Martha Vatsalan, Orpa Deborah Schabers.

fisher-

86

Apr

Christian School-masters

stat;

G. Zacharias, 5. 4. Muliyile Joseph, r. 4

Matr

th

Isaac Makkadan

0 VGTZ(IZ Matr

Abraham

Pas

Jadayappan, Thomas Puttanvittil, Moses Achat

Solomon Joseph, Tobias Hoar, Theoph. Puttanpurayil

comj

Joshua Valiavalappan, Caleb Appayyan, David Periyanban

curs

Samuel Klias.

wait

Christian School-mistresses

By

Bathsheba Kuttackal, Eliza Sneham, Maria Matthoi

10Cre¢

Angelica Vatchalam, Hannah Hoar, Emmima

1nto

Theophil, Angelica Parakandy

caref

satle

Heathen School-masters

J. Ananda Ayyar, .4, J. Kandan Nayar, r

of o

Govindan Menon, var., Krishna Kuruppu, Venkotachalam

Hlste¢

Shastre, Abdul Gofer, P. Kannan, K. Shankaran

pref

U. Ramunni

M. Kelu.

gener

last year

Communicants

571

543

not )

Chag

Non-Communicants

10

11

l968

Children

392

}973

414]

Want

Converts baptlzed during 1887

0

33

&Sa<

Probationers

.

.

35

29

Parochial Girls’ School (14 boys)

125

86

(roq

Infants’ School.

28

32

Sinfy)

Mixed Parochial School at (mﬂandy (8 Chr and

Sme

30 heathen boys, 4 Chr. and 4 heathen girls) .

46

51

647

52

i dr

The High School (74 Chr. and 194 heathen boys)

268

286

Hindu Girls’ School at Chalapuram

.

34

34

lof g

Mixed Vernacular School, Putiyangadi (8 glrls)

5

36

Do

do

do

91

Son,

Korapura (11 girls)

Sunday Scholars

60

136

thogg

apply

Agency. Mr. Matthissen, owing to the enervating influence

bel()\-e'

of the Western Coast climate and hard work, is obliged to

lnu in

proceed to his native country with Mrs. Matthissen

1n

Joup |

L

87

April 1888.

Mr. Knobloch will take charge again of the

station and parish, whereas Mr. Relm (who arrived on the

12th of February 1888) that of the High School.

Our Native

Pastor Mr. Jacobi, once the faithful translator and energetic

companion of our late My, Hebich on his long travelling ex-

cursions, is prostrate from repeated attacks of paralysis and

b,

waits for His heavenly Master’s call.

Congregation.

Besides the regular Malayalam services an

English service was held every Lord’s Day. Against the slight

increase in numbers since 1886 stand emigration and relapse

into heathenism.

The latter circumstance has made us more

careful in examining applicants. We grieve over the spiritual

satiety and indifference of many who disregard the means

of grace and have taste for theatres and other pleasures, and

instead of settling disputes and differences among themselves,

il

prefer to go to law (comp. 1. Cor. 6, 1).

We see a new

generation rising, who notwithstanding careful instruction do

not yet know God, are not amenable to the restraints of

,'ear:

Christian order and discipline, and many of whom are sadly

l 968

wanting in energy and perseverance, looking upon life more

as a game of luck than the result of fair competition and

God’s blessing.

We have seen again this year how deep the

sinful idea about marriage as practised in Malabar sticks to

some, when two men dastardly forsook their sick wives and

children! We should be, however, most unthankful did we

520

i

not acknowledge the merciful drawings of the Father to the

Son, which we were permitted to see in the living as well as in

i

those who were crossing the river of death, and did we not

E

apply the words of the Apostle to us, viz: ¢“Therefore, my

beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abound-

fuence

ing in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that

oed ?"

your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” (1. Cor. 15, 58.)

oot b

88

e

‘The Schools in town were superintended by Mr. Matthissen

To

and those in Coilandy, Putiyangadi and Korapura by Mpr.

Hes

Peter; the last of these was taken over during this year.

|

The Parochial Mixed Girls’ School, in charge of Miss G.

§06Y

Ovel

Wolff, lost a number of girls, who left the station with their

Lor

parents, or had to help their mothers at home.

The majority

of the girls are not very gifted ; one girl, however, went up for

the Middle School Examination, and some for the Special Upper

Primary Examination, after which the successful ones usually

visit the Government Normal School at this place.

Mrs.

Liebendorfer gave some English lessons in the beginning of

the year, and Mrs. Halbrock helped in the sewing class during

the year.—The Infants’ School in charge of Mrs. Fieg in-

creased in numbers.—The Coilandy Mixed Parochial School

did better this year. The High School too shewed more satis-

factory results.

In order to do more justice to the religious

instruction of our Christian boys as well as to their abilities

it is intended to teach them separately till they are able to

continue their studies in the High-School Division.—The

Hindu Garls’ School had to be closed for a time on account of

41178

May

cholera. Mrs. Matthissen took great pains to raise the general

Geed

tone of the school, with the assistance of Mys. Halbrock.—The

Putiyangadi and Korapura Schools continue to prosper.—The

Chyi

Sunday-School was carried on by Mr. Peter, Mrs. Matthissen,

Mys. Halbrock and some volunteers of the Congregation.

4 (

helo,

Evangelization.

My. Peter spent 75, itinerating Preacher

(0ny

Nath. Arukandan 197, and the other Catechists 218 days, or

490 days in preaching to the heathen.

The work was carried

Uy

],

on in the Calicut, Kurumbranadu, Eranadu and Palghaut

Taluks (12 Gramas, 35 Amshas and 60 Deshas); the heathen

hapg

festivals in Koduwayur, Kodumbu, Visharikkal, Collam, and

the markets in Alatur, Palghaut, Kattuparambu, Paruk,

89

et oo

501

Tamrasheri, Naduvennur and Payols.

As our

Tondiar,

M

Heavenly Master was set for the fall and rising again of many

in Israel, so we experience it to be the case now-a-days where-

s ¢

soever the Gospel is preached. May the time soon come when

every tongue in these lands confesses that Jesus Christ is the

heir

11

Lord to the glory of God the Father.

(See also page 24.)

Iy

On the Medical Mission read page 30.

) for

Two Bible-Women carried on their work as usual.

pper

18

[ly

Mrs

II. Industrial and Mercantile Part.

o of

Myr. C. Feuchter, Tile-Works, Arakal.

1108

My. E. G. Halbrock, in charge of the Mercantile Mission-

10

ool

Branch and Superintendent of the Carpenters’ Establish-

ment.

atis

10U8

My. J. Fieg, M. M.. Branch, in charge of the Weaving Establish-

ment, and the Branch-Establishment in Codacal.

it

16§

e t0

Agency. Mvr. Sieber, shortly after the return of Mr. and

_The

Myrs. Halbrock from the Hills, was transferred in June 1887 to

ot of

Mangalore and Mr. Benner and family were obliged to pro-

neral

ceed to Europe to get invigorated by its bracing climate.

_The

The four Establishments are carried on in a thorough

_The

Christian spirit. They and the Branch Weaving Establishmen$

gq@ﬂ,

at Codacal give employment to 408 persons, 246 of whom

belong to our Church.

Coir-mat weaving is carried on in

connection with the Calicut Weaving Establishment.

The

eher

g o

Carpenters’ Establishment is in temporary charge of the foreman

till Mr. Benner’s return.

mled

Our Brethren take accounts and other business off our

glzazct

ythen

hands and help us in direct Mission work too.

and

iy

12

90

CODACAL

of b

(Addr

Torur.)

chan;

the §

Out-Stations: Parappery, Malapuram, Manchery, Nilambur, Ponnani

Lev. Ch. Hole, in charge of the Parish, and Itinerancy

grac

to a

Lev. G. Schmidt, studying Malayalam.

m &

Native Pastor

when

Rev. David Teikandy, in charge of the Congregation at Codacal

a§ al

and Parappery

§

Catechists

(reas

FEsra Arunajalam, Joseph Tadda, Jacob Heber

Inter

Cyprian Arunajalom

OWi,

ming

Colporteur,

Timothy Spadikam

are ¢

Christian School-masters

3

101

Theophil Shankaran, Methusalah Peter

Nati

Mark Kuttikan, Samuel Cabral, Chr. Paranjots

at P

Kuriyan Ninon, warr., Jacob Boaz

Heathen School-masters

chis

ang

Gopala Menon, Shanku Nayar, mar., Gopale ]'Zenon

of t}

last year

Communicants

195

178

Ont

Non-Communicants

441

l 405

Children

245

20

&

Converts baptized durmw 1887

13

Probationers

°

;

Mixed Parochial School, Codacal (20 Chr. boys, 24

.

Chr. girls, and 1 heathen boy)

Boys’

Orphanage,

Parappery (52), and Paroclnal

45]

35‘

School (8 boys and 9 girls) .

69

177

57 |

92

B. G. M. Middle School, Ponnani.

63

45

54

Sunday-Scholars (21 boys and 24 glrls)

a1

Sioe

Agency. ;Mr. Kiihnle, owing to the continued bad health

of his wife, left in February 1888 with his family for a

change to Kurope.

After his departure Mr. Schmidt joined

the station from Vaniyankulam.

nnAMi,

The means of

The Congregation has had a quiet year.

grace are appreciated and the Christians admonish each other

to a walk of holiness in their weekly prayer-meetings and

in a Young Men’s Union.

Old Simon (who was Catechist

when this station was begun by the late Rev. J. M. Fritz

dacal

as an Ouat-station of Calicut) departed this life in peace.

Schools.

The Boys’ Orphanage and Parochial Schools in-

creased in numbers.

The needle-work of the girls was super-

intended by Mrs. Kiihnle.

The health report was better, but

owing to sickness in the previous year the results of the exa-

mination were less satisfactory.

The boys of the Orphanage

are contented and happy; they give their whole mind to learn-

ing at School as well as to the work on the farm. The Sunday-

School was carried on by Mrs. Kiihnle, Mr. Hole and some

Native Assistants.—The Mission took over the Middle-School

at Ponnani on the 6th September 1887.

Evangelization.

Messrs. Hole and Teikandy and some Cate-

chists made two preaching excursions to Malapuram, Manjert

and Nilambur.

They and Mr. Kiihnle itinerated in the South

of the Ponnani Taluk. 475 days were devoted to itinerancy.

ar

On the whole the reception was everywhere most friendly.

400

97

12%

Ll

92

On {

VANIYANKULAM

to f

(Addr. Ottapalam.)

Barc

nobl

Rev. S. Walter, in charge of the Station, and Itineranecy; Chairman

of the Malabar District

of 1

Catechist

Abraham Arangadan

the

Christian School-masters

1ngs

K. Satyanathan, Hiskia Asharwalappil

1tine

Heathen School-master, Ramunnt Nayar

last year

Communicants

|

Non-Communicants

Children

}10

i)

Converts baptized during 1887

0

Probationers

Anpglo-Vernacular Elementary School (47 boys, 1 Chr.

and 1 heathen girl)

49

71

Agency. Mr. Ruhland had to leave the station in May

1887 with his wife, who owing to failing health was ordered

home by her medical advisers

[r. Dilger from Palghaut

took charge of the station till Mr. Walter relieved him in the

My. Schmidt, who joined the

beginning of September 1887

station on the 27th of December 1887

was transferred to

Codacal in February 1888

]0111

Mission Premises

After Mr. Ruhland got the necessary

grounds on lease from the Baroness of Cawalapare in the

beginning of the year, he began to erect the necessary build-

The serious illness of his wife

however, forced him

ings

to hand over the unfinished work to Mr. Dilger, which shortly

after was overtaken by the monsoon, but notwithstanding the

work was

arried on in part, and finished by Mr. Walter

e

93

On the 6th of January 1888 the Missionhouse was dedicated

to the service of God in the presence of the father of the

Baroness (Naittiyar), her husband, the young prince and other

noblemen and friends.

man

The School has gone through a crisis, but is on a fair way

of recovering its former prosperity.

Evangelization.

The brethren were so much tied down to

the spot that, with the exception of the weekly market, preach-

ings and house-to-house visits in the place and neighbourhood,

itinerating could not be undertaken.

ar

PALGHAUT.

Out-Stations:

Wadackencherry, Panayur.

Kannani, Kinannur.

May

Rev. C. W. Dilger, in charge of the Parish, and Itineraney.

Jered

Rev. H. Bachmann,

”

)

Congregation and Schools

;haut

at Palghaut.

p the

Catechists

] the

Antony Paul Valiattinkara, Joseph Mandods,

ed 10

Johanna Amiankaran, Isaak J. Ammattil, Samuel Ambatiu.

gsaLy

Colporteur,

Vedanayakan.

i the

Christian School-masters

puild

| him

John Kurian, Peter Hermon, Immanuel Ittirarichan,

oty

K. Satyadasan, Abraham Vasishthan, Paul Kallarickal.

Christian School-mistress, Muliyile Ruth.

Tl

e

Heathen School-masters

N. P. Krishnan Ayyar, N. R. Krishnan Ayyar,

fy

Govindan Menon, M. Palam'g/qndi, Karuppan Panickar.

al

last year:

Communicants

84

81

by

Non-Communicants

0

4' 154

B

Children

-

81

}165

69l

fr

Converts baptized during 1887

2

Probationers

.

2

1|

Anglo-Vernacular Scho

ol ;10 .Chr'. a;ld i03 'heathen

6a

boys)

113

L€l

Girls’ School (9 Chr. and

-5 ht.eath.en .girl.s)

14

228

|

164

e

Vernacular Schools: Panayur 36, Kannani 39 and

Wadackencherry 26 children, (3 Chr. and 85

heathen boys, and 1 Chr. and 12 heathen girls) 101

102

|

Sunday Scholars

12

Agency. The services of Mr. Dilger were required in

Vaniyankulam from May to September 1887 in order to

superintend the erection of the Missionary premises there.

Mrs. Bachmann’s state of health is so alarming that a speedy

return home is imminent.

Congregation. We were surrounded by cholera, but the

Lord—one case excepted—spared us.

Some persons applied

for baptism, yet when tribulation arose because of the word by

and by they were offended and went back.

Schools. Owing to sickness the attendance of our village-

schools was not regular.—Our Anglo- Vernacular School has

increased in numbers, in spite of many difficulties.—The

Giirls’ School was under the fostering care of Mrs. Dilger, but

1s not so patronized by the public as it deserves.

Evangelization.

Preaching was mostly carried on in the

Palghaut Taluk and in the Cochin enclave. M. Dilger devoted

171, Myr. Bachmann 2, and Catechist A. Valiatéinkare 6

J. Mandody 128, C. Arunachalam 47, St. Kallattu 24, J.

95

o

Amenkara 17, J. Amattil 52, and S. Ambattu 34 days.

At

twenty markets, at the idol-festivals in Koduvayur, Kodumbu,

Tiruvilvamamale, Kalpatti and Chitiur, and also in Brahman

and other villages the Gospel was not only preached in public,

but also by house-to-house visits. Whereas the Pattas (foreign

Brahmans) are mostly inimically disposed, the lower orders are

friendly, but wanting in determination. As they have a clan-

ish spirit, they are accustomed to look to and to wait for

each other.

May the Spirit of God create a clean heart and

renew aright spirit in these people.

(For further information

13

we refer the reader to pages 24 and 25.)

11

to

‘fe

edy

the

Jied

1by

age-

has

The

pub

] the

ated

y 67,

(i

V

NIENGIRT S

Area 957 Square Miles,

Population 91,084 souls.

COONOOR.

Ouit-Stations: Avoca, Hulikallu.

Ll

Rev. J. Knobloch, (stationed in Calicut) in charge of the Station.

Catechist

Karl Satyanatha, Avoka, Cooly-Mission.

last year:

Communicants

22

10

Non-Communicants

0

Lso

0

Children

ISI

2

}12

Converts baptized d-urix;g 1.88’;

0

Probationers

R O

School in Hulikallu (1.Chr". a.nd :‘21 ixeat'hen. boys,

2 Chr. girls)

24

Sunday-Scholars

0

.‘Ma'lal;ﬂr District is short of hands, Mr.

Agency. As the

Knobloch will take charge of the Calicut Mission in April 1888.

Congregation.

A number of ignorant Christians anxious

for instruction and the means of grace, joined us.

A pupil

R

Jo

of the Girls’ Orphanage, which was formerly at Calicut,

turned up as a penitent Magdalene.

The School at Hulikallu was once interrupted on account

of small-pox and lost temporarily some Badaga boys owing

to conversions in Kerehada.

Myr. Liitze of Kaity has the

management thereof.

Con

Nop

The Nilagiri Cooly-Mission was carried on, encouraged by

Chj

the planters and supported by the sympathy, prayers and

COHW

We have access to some 20 plantations,

Prob

gifts of our friends.

in about 10 or so.

We preach to the coolies either at 7 A. M.

Boysa

or at 5 p.M., and in the others we visit the coolies in their

Iy

lines.

The soil is partly rocky, partly covered with thorns,

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but there is also some good soil which promises a good yield

(see Matth. 13). Catechist K. Satyanathan spent 177 days in

this work, Mr. Knobloch accompanying him occasionally

We

«Send more labourers

pray to the Lord of the harvest

into Thy vineyard.”

KAITY

(Addr. Ootacamund.)

Out-Station :

Nerikambe

Villages with Schools

Tuneri,

Kateri,

Adhikarhatti,

Hanikore,

Sholur, Kollimalli, Tarnad, Tummanhatti, Manihatti, Hadhatti, Ajjur

Rev. W. Liitze

in charge of the Mekanadu, Todanadu and

Kunda Distriets.

Catechists

John Philip.—Silas Shanta, Isaac Nerikambe

[

Christian School-masters

88

Gnanamuttu, Salathiel Sowens, Solomon Beera

0u8

Rob. Peter Barnabas, Arulanandan, Anandappan, Jacob Joseph

upl

i)

Joshua Abraham, Dan. David, Gnanamuttu, Arunayt Nayagam

Cutv

Gnanakan Joseph

Matron of the Boys’ Orphanage, Ruth Nerkambe

ounﬁ

il

Heathen School-masters, Nandi, Konga, Linga

last year

the

50

Communicants

Non-Communicants

49l

85

Children

36

}87

34

1b

°

4

13

Converts baptized durmv 1887

o

Probationers

-

5

1

10113;

Boys’ Orphanage Kal*y (18), and Parochlal School

(4 Chr. and 21 heathen Badaga boys, and 1 Chr.

B

girl)

.

44

43

fhet!

11 Vernacular Schools, as above (1 Chr 232 heathen

boys, and 3 heathen girls)

256

}280

154

}19

oros

13

98

Ageney.

Mr. Lauffer from Cannanore was engaged for

about three months with the buildings and repairs of this

station.

Congregation. We had a good deal of anxiety through de-

pressing as well as joyful events.

As to the first an agent

of the Mission fomented discontent against the Catechist

among the Badaga Christians, whose minds he succeeded for

some time in subverting.

The crisis through God’s mercy

took a favourable turn, when the misguided persons acknow-

Another source of

ledged their wrong and became reconciled.

grief was that a Badaga youth, who had fought manfully against

all kinds of intrigues, most mysteriously disappeared from the

Mission premises on the 13th of September; his family got

0

him received back into their caste in spite of his tears and

i

entreaties.—There was also, thank God, cause for joy. Our

af

old Sara, the wife, and since 1870 the widow of Abraham,

th

the first-fruits among the Badagas, who had heen baptized on

ill

the 25th September 1859, after having obtained deep peace

foy

through many difficulties, entered the rest of the children of

als

God in June 1887.

T

About that time the Lord prepared a

long looked-for, but most unexpected blessing.

the

the

A man of Kerehada about 55 years old, called Konga, but since

0n]

his baptism named Isaiak, was a contemporary of the first Badaga

ang

convert Abraham. It was about forty years ago when the late Mr.

the

Casamajor, who had bought the Kaity premises belonging to the late

3

Lord Elphinstone, opened a School for the, till then, illiterate Badagas,

that Konga was one of the pupils, who learned Canarese, Tamil and

Pojs

chi)

English, and became acquainted with the Bible Stories.

In those

tﬂe (

days no school-fees were demanded, on the contrary, to make learning

llgy

attractive, small boys were paid half and bigger boys one Anna for

their attendance.

Vo

After the death of Mr. Casamgjor, the school was

continued by the late Messrs. Biikler, Moerike and Metz, and there

h0me

1ng Il

Konga acquired a pretty good knowledge of the Word of God, 'When

0n ¢

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the late Mr. Moerike opened a School in Kerchada, Konga's village,

the latter became the school-master, and notwithstanding his teaching

Bible Stories and helping Mr. Moerike in translating the Gospel of

St. Luke into Badaga, (which was lithographed in his handwriting

in 1852), and although when the first Badaga Abrakam became a

Christian in 1857, he read to him (as 4. could not read) from the

Bible, yet he himself had not the courage to eonfess Christ publiely,

as he, according to his own confession, had no mind to live up to the

troth.

After the school had to be closed he found work for 30 years

in an English family at Ootacamund, when he kept a Night-School

f

chiefly to teach his children and nephews.

He taught them reading

i

and writing, the Ten Commandments and whatsoever he knew of the

16

Bible, and read with them in the Tamil Bible presented to him by

of

old Mrs. Schmid of Ooty.

The seed sown began to bear fruit quite

id

unexpectedly in his second son Kada and his nephew Mada. Kada

ur

attended a Missionary meeting, in which he was struck by the story of

i,

the bold confession of, and the unflinching attachment to Christ, of an

it

illused and persecuted Negro slave. He felt the time to act had come

for him and that He who had given strength to the poor slave would

106

also help him to endure. Mada, his cousin, joined him and they both

of

resolved to become Christians.

The whole village, nay, even Konga

| 4

their father, uncle and teacher, and Kada's elder brother opposed

them.

‘We will not detail their sufferings which they bore quietly ;

only when the villagers prevented them by main force from ploughing

nee

agh

and working their fields they asked the authorities to interfere in

W

their behalf. The indignation of Kada's father and brother relented

somewhat, not so that of the relations, especially of their wives.

Jate

Poison was handed to Kada’s wife to destroy herself and her two

g08)

and

children, but Konga, her father-in-law, took the poison from her, and

the other woman threatened to poison herself and her child. As the

;hose

70§

men remained still unshaken, the relations carried off the 2 young

V] fOf

women, each leaving behind a child, so that when the men returned

home from work, they had to cook their own meals.

Baptismal

| w8

thete

instruction was carried on in spite of opposition in their village, and

({hed

on the 4th December the two young men received baptism and in

13

10

3

it the names Daniel and Joseph respectively, chosen by old Konga

himself.

The people of Kerehada informed the converts that they

would beat them in case they intended to return to their houses,

whereupon Konga, trusting in God’s power, received them into his own

house. He had gone so far, and conscious that he had not fully done

his duty to God he went to Mr. Liitze, opened his heart to him and

asked for baptism, for which the 29th of January 1888 was ap-

pointed. Konga thereupon wrote Tamil letters to the 19 Maniyakaras

(headmen) ofthe Todanad, Paranganad and Mekanad, informing them

of his intention to receive baptism on the above date and inviting them

ey R S R e o e P T e s A

to convince him that his believing in Christ was a false step.

He

promised to desist in case of their convincing him, and if otherwise

insisted on being left unmolested.

Owing to a good deal of excite-

ment he felt somewhat unwell on the evening before his baptism and

began to fear lest the door, which had been left ajar till now, should

i

be shut before his receiving the seal of the children of God.

The

8

day of baptism arrived, a large audience collected for the festivity,

only our Konga was wanting.

Where could he be? When on the

Jlt

point of repairing to Kaity, the whole village, men, women, children

he

and all his relations collected around him, and entreated him most

W

earnestly not to disgrace them and himself by becoming a Christian;

fa

some even fell down before him, embraced his feet, weeping and

1y

wailing aloud.

He pointed them to the certain end and the day

11

of judgment, and told them that he was anxious not to miss the

salvation of his soul.

When

K

This was the last hard struggle.

Wit

Konga came at last the Congregation had collected in the hall which

tem

had served in the times of the late Lord Elphinstone as a dancing

hall.

The place was crowded with European and Native Christians,

and some 70-80 influential heathen.

After the sermon, Konga had an

Sch

interesting conversation with his heathen countrymen, which turned

the

into a powerful testimony of his faith, finishing up by saying: “that

da}

he who is born but once, dies twice, but he who is born twice dies

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only once.

According to the Word of God Iam’ he continued, “on the

ang

point of receiving my second birth through the Holy Ghost and the

Sick

water of Baptism. If you have any objections, state them ; if not con-

the

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R e

He even called on some by name, but

fess that I am in the right.”

all gave their adherence to what he had said.

He then offered up

a heart-felt prayer, and received holy baptism with his youngest

son and a grandson.

Some days after, he had the pleasure of seeing

the wife of his son return to her husband, and a week later that of

his nephew, who was in danger of being kidnapped in her flight

from her distant village.

Old Isaiah looks anxiously forward that

|5

the Lord may bring his other children into the Church of the living

God. The Lord’s holy name be praised for His unspeakable mercy!

Tnlll

May the Lord keep these dear souls in His name spotless and blame-

less till His great day!

56

Mprs. Liitze has a weekly prayer-meeting with the Christian

£

women.

nd

Schools.

There are now 18 boys ir'l the Boys’ Orphanage,

ld

from 8—18 years old. Four boarders and three heathen day-

Yhe

scholars went up for the Upper Primary Examination, which

f,

points to a great step in advance for the Nilagiris.

The

he

health-report was good. The boarders, besides their studies,

et

gOSb

wash their clothes, collect firewood, plant potatoes and vege-

tables, and help grinding ragi, pounding rice etc.—The

an;

and

number of the Vernacular Schools as well as of the pupils has

day

increased. There are now ten schools for Badagas, one for

Kotas in Kollimalls with 21, and one for Todas in Tarnad

the

(hen

with 12 boys and one girl, making in all 257 pupils.

The

;hich

teaching and the results are improving.

10ing

Evangelization.

Our work consists in visiting Out- and

1405

School-stations, villages and a number of plantations.

With

pdan

the exception of such places which can easily be visited in a

urﬂed

day from head-quarters, Mr. Liitze spent 69 days, Catechist

sfhat

Philip 119 days, and Assistant Catechists Isaac and Silas 56

e dies

and 42 days respectively. The two latter were prevented by

on the

sickness and old age from doing more.

Weather permitting

pd e

the Sunday evenings are

devoted to preaching in the

Otcon-

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L2

neighbouring villages when the teachers and the boys of the

Orphanage accompany us and sing lyrics, the tune being

given on a violin.

a

KOTAGIRL

Out-Stations:

Kodanad, Konakore, Kukalthora.

Dimhatti, Horasole, Konakore, Chakkatra,

Villages with Schools:

Milidenu; Gundhada (Kota Night-School).

Fev. W. Sikemeier, in charge of the Paranganad District (the Coo-

il

noor settlement excepted).

k

S

Native Pastor

al

Rev. Jacob Kanaka, in charge of the Congregation.

aft

Assistant Catechist

the

Christian Ajja (on probation).

of

Christian School-masters

fon

Gnanapragasam, Joseph Hiria, Simon Bala, Benjamin,

flng

Joseph Malli, Manasse Joseph.

an

Matron of the Girls’ Orphanage, Catharina John.

Heathen School-master, Chevanna.

0 1

last year

Communicants

Jeay

56

Non-Communicants.

. 6:

l156

6

Chy;

Children.

86'l

90

}152

Wom

Converts baptized d.uril;g 1.887.

15

0

Probationers

°

0

10

that

Girls’ Orphanage Kotagiri (14), and Parochial School

(10 Chr. boys and 1 heathen boy and 8 Christian

Bag,

and 2 heathen girls) .

30

36

.and. 8.5

the j[

5 Vernacular Schools as above (4 Chr.

121

140

heathen boys, 2 heathen girls)

91

88

16

Jingg

Kota Night-School .

I

Agency.

It was a matter of great joy

when our Catechist

Odnzu

Jacob Kanaka received ordination after 19 years’ faithful

Badag

103

i B G

The

service, as the first Badaga Minister (see page 32).

Lord thought it fit to afflict him deeply by the loss of his wife,

and the eldest and youngest of his children.

Also our Assis-

tant Catechist was sorely tried by the protracted sickness

and death of his only son and child.

Congegation.

We had the pleasure of seeing 10 Badagas

and 5 Tamulians added to the Church through baptism, yet

owing to emigration our numbers increased only by four.

&

Our Badaga converts had to endure many trials chiefly

0

through the obstinacy of their wives.

One poor man, after

keeping steady and waiting for his wife for nearly nine months,

succumbed to the persecution and insinuations of his relatives

and fellow-villagers by renouncing Christianity; yet their

attempts at having him re-admitted into their caste has up to

the present failed through the determination of the majority

of the Badagas not to admit apostates.

Another Badaga

convert has been joined by his wife with no other aim but to

tire him out and to make him relapse into heathenism.

He

and his fellow-sufferers stand in need of our prayers.

Another hope also proved abortive.

Two youths belonging

to the aboriginal tribe of Kotas came in the course of the

pal

year to the Mission-house with the intention of becoming

Christians.

When they, however, saw the men and also some

52

women of their village coming to look for them and heard

that they had sworn to kill any renegade, they became intimi-

dated.

A parley ensued in their own tongue (different from

Badaga) and although we did not understand it, we perceived

the impression made on their minds.

One of the young men

‘ 140

>

joined the party, whereupon his comrade followed suit.

The Sunday Services at Kofagiri are in the morning in

Canarese and Tamil, and in the afternoon in Canarese or

echbt

Badaga.

Other services are held in the different out-stations.

it ful

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Schools.

The Orphanage and Boarding School for Girls.

Two became day-scholars of this institution (when their

parents had come to live here), and two went to Nerikambe

(where a school had been opened), two were given back to

their vagrant parents, over whom we had no control, and 3

left for home, one of these a sickly child, who shortly after-

wards died. A Badaga girl, who was baptized with her father

this year, was admitted as a boarder in order to shelter her

from her infuriated heathen mother.

There remain in our

care 7 famine orphans and 5 boarders from distant out-of-the-

way-places and 2 small boys.—The 5 Vernacular Schools have

been nearly stationary as to numbers. It is difficult, however,

to keep up these schools and to secure regular attendance,

as they are continually shifting from one village to another.

The Kota-Night-School after a short and promising existence

(2 years) had to be closed, as after the above mentioned at-

tempt of two young Kotas to become Christians, the Kotas

discontinued their attendance.

gi(

Evangelization.

The conversion of a number of Badagas

d

(as mentioned above) with their trials and temptations, conse-

quent upon it for a time the inimical disposition evinced by

U

the Badagas of our district, farther the protracted domestic

trials of our native fellow-workers and .the outbreak of

th

We

measles and small-pox in and about Kotagiri, are the chief

4

causes why the preaching to the heathen could not be carried

to

on more vigorously.

Some 25-30 villages around Kotagiri,

of

however, have been visited, several of them more than once.

ho;

aft

ent

N AN TN RN AN O N N AN N

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“Tl

Feb

iy

105

OBITUARY,

«Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hence-

forth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their

labours; and their works do follow them.” Rev. 14, 13.

John James Brigel was born in Erpfingen (Wiirttemberg), on

the 4th December 1832, and grew up under the care of pious parents.

In 1851 when laid on a bed of sickness he vowed to serve the Lord

as a Missionary, should He restore him to health; being of a some-

what timid disposition, however, he reproached himself with rash-

ness and laboured under serious misgivings till he read the report

Ly

b

of our late revered Principal Josenhan’s toar of inspection to India

(in 1851—52) in which the words: “I have not returned as one

)|

who is to announce complete victory but as a messenger from the

(O

battlefield with the call to the Churches of Switzerland and Ger-

many: Auxiliaries to the front!” went to his heart.

After much

A5

earnest prayer he entered the Mission College at Basel in 1853

and arrived in Mangalore on Christmas HEve 1858.

As five

75

deaths through typhoid fever had shortly before occurred in the

S6:

Missionary circle of the Tula country, his joy was mingled with

by

pensive thoughts.

His first year was spent in Udapy in acquiring

‘Whilst there he

£10

the language, when he was transferred to Mulky.

of

was married on the 27th November 1862 to Miss Jenny Sophia

jief

Auberlen. Sickness, which obliged his wife after a few years to repair

to Europe, separated them for nearly 5 years. After about 17 years

jed

of labour both had to return to Kurope.

They left with the

gil’i,

(e

hope of continuing their beloved work in India, but when they saw

after three years’ residence that they did not recover, Mr. Brigel

entered the ministry of the Church of Wiirttemberg. Mr. Josenhans

recomended this faithful man in the following eulogizing terms:

“The Rev.J.J. Brigel joined the Indian Missionfield in 1858. From

February 1859 to January 1866 he had charge of Mulky and the

out-stations Uchila and Kadike, also of the Girls’ Orphanage there

14

106

after his marriage. From January 1866 to April 1875 he was placed

at the head of the Mangalore parish and of the Local Committee for

Canara.

He returned to Germany in May 1875. During his long

connection with the Basel German Evangelical Mission and his

long tenure of office he proved himself a most reliable and conscien-

tious man of deep Christian experience and exemplary walk.

His

knowledge of Theology as well as his gift for preaching deserve

a

honorable mention.

In spite of his hereditary shyness and great

modesty he was a courageous, zealous and energetic minister, a

fi

sober-minded and influential pastor, an attentive and circumspective

J i

superior, and a peaceful, respected and beloved fellow-labourer.”

i

‘When he entered the ministry of Wiirttemberg his first parish was

fa

Ruppertshofen (District Gaildorf) and, after he had passed his second

ha

theological examination, he was installed Vicar at Engstlatt.

The

18

parish suited his reduced strength, but as years rolled on he felt

i

his constitution, which had been slowly undermined in the tropies,

hir

giving way. On the 2nd January 1886 he preached his last sermon,

Ser

and on the 4th he was attacked with paralysis of the left side.

From that time he was bedridden and suffered much from rheu-

lan\

matism, gout, asthma, debility, bed-sores, bodily pain, and at last

Sur

from inflammation of the heart.

On the 17th of January, when he

it

saw he could no more recover, he took a most affectionate farewell

he

from his congregation in writing, stating his highest ambition had

of |

been to preach Christ, the crucified and risen, and bewailing his

It was in

Igg

shortcomings, he committed them to the Lord’s mercy.

hin

the wakeful nights that the Lord reckoned with his servant, so that

for (

he called out repeatedly: ‘Do not enter into judgment with Thy ser-

S,

vant,” and again and again: “Oh send the light of Thy salvation

and take me home into Thy heavenly mansions.”

The Lord heard

Depa

tl’ainj

his prayer and gave him an easy passage through Jordan.

He died

in the evening of the 13th April 1887 spiritually comforted and

in fh

Prefg,

blessed by his sorrowing wife.

He leaves besides five children to

With

mourn his loss, one having preceded him.

Mr. Brigel is the author of the Tulu Grammar, and has trans-

Wou]d

Otherv

lated some German Hymns into Tulu.

lay

ol SIS L

107

Nathanael Hiibner was born on the 21th March 1848 in Ghazipur

!

He accom-

on the Ganges in India, where his father was Missionary.

10

panied his parents to North America and thence to Berlin in 1852,

15

where he grew up.

From his tenderest youth up he desired to

become a Missionary.

He entered the Missionary College in 1867

[is

and left for India in 1870.

He resided first in the Tulu country and

\(7

afterwards in Hubly and Bettigerry in South-Mahratta, where he was

oab

married in November 1875 to Miss Augusta Weber.

The wear and

tear to his constitution on account of the terrors and sufferings of the

e

1

poor during the famine obliged him to return to Furope in 1880.

1

There he became Missionary Agent at Cassel until 1884, when he

yas

felt himself too weak for that post, he became first vicar of Alten-

ond

hasungen near Cassel and afterwards of Schwerin on the Warthe in

The

1886.

His strength rapidly gave way.

He died in peace on the

folf

5th April 1887 and was buried on Good Friday.

May God grant

)18,

him the looked-for reward of grace which Christ gives His faithful

100

servants.

He leaves a widow to mourn his loss.

Emil Brunner was born in Urkheim, Canton Aargau, in Switzer-

;1&9

e

land on the 12th July 1863. In his 13th year whilst visiting the

Jast

Sunday-School, where he heard about Missions, the thought that he

might be called upon to go out as a Missionary struck him. Although

on be

A eH

he did not care much at the time about Christ, he could not get rid

of the thought.

od

After he left school he was apprenticed to a

mechanic in 4argau, where his pastor paid him a visit and entreated

I h]S

“'as 1

him to join the young men’s union. This brought about a decision

for Christ, so that he turned over a new leaf, entered the Mis-

o that

sion-house in 1883, and as he had offered himself for the Industrial

\ ger

ha 1011

Department of the Mission, he was sent (after having had a thorough

training as mechanical engineer) in 1885 as assistant of Mr. Staib

heafd

Io {ied

in the Mechanical Establishment at Mangalore.

His quiet and un-

pretentious ways and his solid sterling character ingratiated him

A

with Europeans as well as with Natives.

We thought the Lord

dren tO

would grant him a long life of usefulness, but He had ordered

otherwise.

He began to feel unwell on the 24th of May, and some

s 8

days later had to be removed from the noise of the Mechanical

14%

108

gl Ny

‘Work-shop to Balmattha, where Mr. and Mrs. Hirner with some

Brethren undertook to nurse him.

He also had the kind services

of Dr. Browning, who declared the disease to be typhoid fever and

inflammation of the brain, and attended on him with much kindness

to the very end. When Mr. Brunner felt his hour drawing nigh,

he asked for Mr. Staib, his fellow-labourer and some brethren

to take farewell of them, and for Mr. Méinner to adiminister the

il

He died on the 10th June at 5 A.wu. in the

a

Holy Supper to him.

presence of some brethren, whilst Mr. Ménner was praying. He was

0o

buried in pouring rain amidst great sympathy in the Cemetery of

of

our Mangalore congregation.

de

Mrs. Frederica Stierlen, née Reich, born on the 14th of August

JIK

1859 at Mundelsheim in Wiirttemberg, was married to Mr. Stierlen

in November 1883 at Cannanore, and died suddenly in childbirth on

st

the 80th August 1887.

Dr. W. A. Lee kindly attended upon her

an

this time as well as on former occasions.

Her firstborn had already

Lo

preceded her, and her new-born babe, which was taken care of by

Mrs. Hirner, followed her on the 3rd September.

She leaves her

e

an

husband and a little boy behind.

The latter has found a second

mother in Mrs. Manner.

Dee

The late Mrs. Stierlen took a great interest

in the welfare of the apprentices of the Weaving Establishment and

to

in a sewing class of the congregation whom she, as former school-

Brg

mistress, was teaching systematically. All these feel keenly her loss.

frog

May the Lord comfort all who mourn and heal the wounds

i

He has inflicted.

o i

Sitlg

P

NN N UENE NG 2N AN N C AN N P N

lggg

ask

that

inter(

breth

CONCLUSION.

We have tried to give a faithful and impartial picture

not only of the nationalities whom we are sent to evangelize

9

and from whom our churches are being collected, but also

h

of the state and progress of our Churches.

The knowledge

of

of the one is required to do justice to the other.

We have

Com-

depicted the dark traits as well as the bright ones.

5t

o

pared with other years there were, it is true, many heart-

stirring and alarming symptoms, yet we are not discouraged

on

167

and have no reason to be so as long as we cling to the

Wy

Lord, keep His testimonies, and trust in Him and His

by

promises.

We are earnestly warned to be faithful to Him

her

and to the charge we have received, for have there not

ond

been Missionary bodies long before us who have succumbed

:I’eSt

to the heathen spirit of these nations? Look, f. ¢., at the

and

00l

Brahmans and Mohammedans who have adopted as much

from heathenism, as they impressed upon it.

Christian

Joss:

Missions stand before the danger of compromise, to yield

nds

to which is equivalent with receiving the leaven of decompo-

sition.

As “we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against

principalities, against powers, against the rules of the dark-

ness of this world, against wickedness in high places,” we

ask you, our dear friends, to support us with your prayers

We entreat you especially to

that we may be victorious.

intercede for our hitherto barren station Honawar where our

brethren call out “Watchman, what of the night?” and for

110

our station Dharwar, which sighs for an outpouring of

God’s Spirit, and which would have celebrated its 50 years’

Jubilee but for certain want of harmony.

The promise of

the Lord ¢«Before they call I will hear” encourage us to

z}sk for your help in prayer.

In concluding our report we desire to praise above all

the God of all mercies for His unspeakable gift, for His

daily faithfulness and loving kindness towards us and for

J

all the comfort in our troubles.

We thank also all our dear

friends for their prayers, gifts and help they have accorded

us and ask for their support in the future.

«“Blessing and

P

honour and glory and power be unto Him that sitteth upon

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the throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.” Amen.

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Expenditure of the Mission

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during the year 1887.

S G G RGR—

Rs

As

2]

I

Personal Expenditure of Missionaries (exclusive

15

of the Industrial and Mercantile Brethren)

82,887

()

I

Journeys and Home-Passages.

99,281

14

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Munshis

2,203

ol

Native Pastors, Evangelists and Catechists

926,942

nd

1,410

Postage

01

Libraries

145

Special Relief .

3,398

12

Medical Expenses .

790

11

Schools, English and Vernacular

23,186

10

Orphanages, Boys’ and Girls’ .

12.865

11,561

Catechists’- and Preparandi-Schools

Buildings and Repairs.

35,019

Purchases of Compounds

215

Taxes and Agricultural Outlays

3,021

10

Publishing and Colportage Department

2,000

10

Furniture

2,784

Administration

3,919

13

1. 0TS DL e e DD Sy e el O 0D Oy

Total Rupees 242,333

(0 o)

E. & O. E.

Mangalore, 31st December 1887 .

7 % 5%5244&70.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS

OWARDS

THE MISSION-FUND OR FOR ANY SPECIAL OBJECT

Received during the year 1887

~~

2

~

g All sums received on or after the 1st of January 1888 will be acknow

ledged in the Report for 1838

MV’\JF =

AP0 T ELS

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As

i

MANGALORE

AL

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The Hon. H. S. Thomas,

S. Macdonald Esq

E. H. Elsworthy Esq

Madras

400

0

15

0

Col

Gl

Merewether

J. E. A. Boyd Esq

E. I. Hare Esq

Throush the Rev. A. Minner

iif:

C. 1. Peters Esq

J. Sturrock Esq

120

()

G H:

W

W. Best Esq

120

G. O

80 DO /DO G O Ov Ot

Col. K. F. Stevenson

60

The Hon. F. L

Latham

10

Col. Hutchins

60

Chas. Macdonald Esq

jif

J. E. A. Boyd Esq

5

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George Cotton Esq

Through Messrs. Warden &

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10

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F. Rowland Esq

H. Conder Esq

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Fred. Kirby Esq

G K H

J. M. Wilkinson Esq

The Hon. S. D. Sassoon

G. Reifferschied Esq

D. Macropolo Esq

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12

(=)

L. Penny Esq.

‘W. H. Sprott Esq.

E. L.

G. B. Wake Esq.

10

(o=

George Cotton Esq.

ANANDAPUR.

B. I B

W. F. Bracken Esq.

E. G. B.

H. R. Craig Esq.

Pickering Clark Esq.

i

10

S. E. W.

20

g

S o o &> e

H. Grant Esq.

R. Hamilton Esq.

12

HONAWAR.

A. H. Jackson Esq.

25

(o)

W

C. Blathwayt Esq.

S. Marsland Esq.

G. Wiltshire Esq.

10

H. Robinson Esq.

E. H. Moscareli Esq.

10

S. Swasbrook Esq.

Mr. W. Ward

MERCARA.

J. D. Brewer Esq.

For the General Fund.

Col. T. G. Clarke

36

H. B. Ferguson Esq.

J. Haller Esq.

Rev. G. Richter

12

10

H. Hume Esq.

=

J. D. Vaz Esq.

D O W Ot ot W D ot Ot D

J. Green Esq.

W. Mackay Esq.

G. R. Moore Esq.

o

E. Morton Esq.

z

J. W. Scott Esq.

ot

Mr. John Papaya

Mr. R. Sherrett

no

Col. R. E. Cox

12

Mr. K. Chinnappa

=

(SR ) e () By (ol ) i o =) Je i (o ey e Vi T (e i = (= T )

e o e o 0 - 0 o a6 o o 6. C & &

‘W. Wright Esq.

24

DHARWAR.

J. D’Jordan Esq.

W. Green Esq.

Mrs. Johnston

50

Mr. F. W. Paczensky

(i) ey (e B e (e ol ) o= (ol (=)

e o e o Oo'e e . Cc 00 D

W. 8. Price Esq.

20

For the North-Coorg Cooly-Mission.

W. Ommanney Esq.

J. Campbell Esq.

20

Col. T, G. Clarke

50

0

J. Wright Esq.

‘W. A. Ball Esq.

;

r

A. D. Campbell Esq

10

J. K. Spence Esq.

0

S. Dawson Esq.

A. Durham Esq.

10

H. D. Gamble Esq.

B. A. Fennell Esq.

H. W. Pratt Esq.

G. A. Hight Esq.

K. Young Esq.

CrEgr Or-eOu OO

O OO © GO O D

SO TS OIS O oES © O

‘W. H. Scott Esq.

10

HUBLY.

J. 8. Trelawny Esq.

W. Wright Esq.

12

Mr. Lindsly

(==}

(=}

Mr. Isaak

(=]

Col. R. E. Cox

W. A. D, Bidie Esq.

Mr. Mackenzie

12

W. G. Deedes Esq.

10

BETTIGERY.

20

Rev. A. Fennell

Mr. Atkinson

J. Macpherson Esq.

20

Mr. Walshe

(=)

(=]

:

R e R e R e e )

E. Richter Esq.

15

ST OSSO e S O O 0 o O

S0 o0 ol O O o C O O O

Friulein von Gemmingen

28

15

114

As

Rs

=

CANNANORE

Capt. Hayne

N

W. R. James Esq

Surgeon Major F. Pout

E. Gadsden Esq.

Rev. W. Gillings

G. R.

Col. J. M. Prendergast

[

Mrs. Darling sen

I. Simpson Esq.

Major A. McCally

Mrs. Nash

Mrs. N. B. Major

fosy

J. Coleman Esq.

F. Antony Esq.

Capt. H. C. Hutchins

g

Th. Brown Esq.

M. Dossabhoy Esq.

Y

4

H. Hallingsworth Esq.

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Private Palmgreen

p—t

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Mr. M, Verghese

Mrs., J. Isaak

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Col. J. W. Orr, Edinburgh 15

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60

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W. Logan Esq.

0. Eckelmann Esq.

100

room

16

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(=r]

W. Gantz Esq.

12

For Coonoor Cooly-Mission.

Mo

H. M. Winterbotham Esq.

10

Mrs. Hayne

48

1

7

W. Jones Esq.

Th. Stanes Esq.

45

i

G. Madden Esq.

32

W. R. James HEsq.

i

T. W. Wilkinson Esq.

10

J. G. Clarkson Esq.

30

lj

20

@ O @O ORI O

NG @Ol DROIRO

An old Debt

Mrs. Mclver, Woodlands

28

PALGHATUT.

General McGrigor

20

Kas

20

Pie

T. C. Elsworthy Esq.

14

A. N. Groves Esq.

Miss M. Malpas

16

SO S IOHONO ROLIO

S O o0 O o Qoo

Mrs. J. Tomlinson

10

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Collection in the Day School-

F. 8. Mullaly Esq.

room

15

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Mrs. J. Dupen

12

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(@i ool enty Ao

KATTNE

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COONOOR.

His Excellency the Governor

Ple

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25

Th. Stanes Esq.

Lord Connemara

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A friend

(=)

His Lordship the Bishop

By

Mrs. Hayne

(S}

of Madras

50

Pig,

DOL PO OL

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The Hon. C. G. Master

100

M

§

A, Mac’Allen Esq.

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Mrs. E. Onslow

60

Pig,

J. G. Clarkson Esq.

0

Lieut. Gen. W. B. Salmon

Al. Mitchell Esq.

10

50

Hong

Col. P. Rubie

Mrs. Breeks, London

D. Hooper Esq.

10

Rey

H. Simon Hsq.

M. Hill Esq.

SR LR e

K. D. Mascurine Esq

Ny

50

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115

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P.

Rs. As

L. E. B.

E

KOTAGIRI

I. Naher Esq.

10

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Mrs. David Cockburn

40

Collection at the Union

Frank Groves Esq.

30

2

Hall, Ootacamund

i

Miss M. Cockburn

Capt. Griffin

5

F. H. Griffiths Esq.

Mrs. H. B. Grigg

10

Spring Cottage

10

S O St

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Geo. Salmon Esq.

Burnside

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(c=)7 fe=biilem) el ey J (<)

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“Prosp.” towards the Salaries

of the Catechists

44

For a Special Purpose.

50

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Mrs. E. Onslow, for Cooly-

A Thanks-offering

0

Mission

20

0

A Friend

30

L. W. Grey Esq.

14

0

F. Groves Esq.

9

“

0

0

0

0

Donations from Members of the Congregations and other

Native Friends.

b

DMangalore:

Mercara.s

Mr. Luecas Joshua

12

From a Congregation Member for

Mr. Thomas Pearl

(=)

Graveyard Expendifure 85

0

(<=

Mr. Hiskia Aiman

Dharwar:

s

Mrs. S. T. Malahar

Mission box in the Balmattha

Weaving Establishment 10 14

Mr.

T. Malahar

Kasargod:

"\Ir

A. Bhasker

Pie Collection of School Children

Mr

D. Punita

in Bekal near Kasargod

1410

9

Mr

L. Heri

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Muiky :

Mr

D. Nayaka

Amin Christian

2

Bhagyavanty

Ul O = = e O O

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Ji Ch.

Hubly &

Pie Collection in Mulky

Tabita

Udapy ¢

Several Members of the

0

From several friends

(3

14

Congregation

Pie Collection at the Middle-

Bettigervy:

0

School

19

Mr. John Joel

20

0

Pie Collection at the

Orphanage

14

Mr. Devamitra

Boys of the Orphanage

10

Honawar:

Rev. T. Costa

12

()

Gubedgud:

NN

(=)

Mr. Im. Soenna

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|

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Rs

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1

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First Salary

Philipp Ullugadde

Little Grace

Mr. U. TS Baul

Silas Boragai

Daniel Patti

Sunday School Collam

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Amrvuta Shilabhadra

Fabohaut:

12

Markappa

Mr. T. Selvanayagam

Anandappa

Fie Coblections

Tita Bernur

in Malabar as per Rev. Jaus’s

account

148

o

Solomon Jamgi

Salome Bellagallu

Kaity:

”

Sathyanatha

Catechist John Philip

Barnabas

”

Benjamin

Salome Sakkare

Solomon

Mr. Nagappa Hosamane

Joshua

Daniel David

Rajappa

Mudin Saheb Beale

Anandappa

Swami Chimpigara

BEOHIS RS o O b o ch oo & oo

©S O W O BB O O W W W WO B D

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Bijapur:

Gnanakan Joseph

From our small Congregation 2

Konga

('

Cannanore.

Jacob Joseph Pillay

Weavers and Spooling Women

Gnanam Arumai Nayagam

of the Mission Weaving Esta-

Nandi

blishment

79

9

10

Devapriya

Catechist Isaak Laban’s Son 2 0

Francis

O DD O OO O O 00 W W W W W O O

Tellicherry:

Pie Collection

Lo O e 9P e 00 D e © O =

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18 10

11 |Kotagiris

Chombalas

Mr. Daniel Bella

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Gnanaprakasam

X

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»

Joseph Hiria

Calbicuts

Rev. Jacob Kanaka

Mr. Albert Arangaden

11

8410

Mr. Samuel Mulli

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A, M.

21040 40

Subscriptions and Donations

for Schools and Orphanages.

MERCARA.

‘W. S. Price Esq.

20

Subscriptions from Friends

H. Dawson Esq.

in the Bazaar

23

12

0

I. Wright Esq.

10

DHARWAR.

H. Ommanney Esq

RS

Mrs. Johnston

601110 70

R. A. Gamble Esq

Joge

A. Wood Esq.

1

050

I. Campbell Esq.

20

25 0 0

Mr. W. Inkes

J. K. Spence Esq.

(= =) N R o s = i =)

OO OO0

117

Rso i As. P

Rs

As

C. E. Frost

0= 10

BETTIGERRY.

G. K. Betham Esq.

10 0 0

Dr. Cardoz, for the Boys’

10

KAITY.

Orphanage

Miss M. Groves (and Rs. 9

BIJAPUR.

in 1888)

24 2000

For Orphanages.

Nanja Maistry, for the

-

50

Manihatti School

122000

I. G. Ebden Esq.

E. K. Reinold Esq.

10

KOTAGIRI.

M. Kennedy Esq.

Mrs. Sloan

10

S © © <

(=) A=) (o) i)

Miss M. Groves

I. H. Blakesley Esq.

Subscriptions and Donations for the Sickhouse at Mangalore.

‘W. Best Esq.

60

Mr. Lucas Joshua

30

Mr. Thomas Pearl

J. Sturrock Esq.

Col. Hutchins

36

H.& M. C

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Col. Stevenson

24

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J. E. A. Boyd Esq.

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8

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Municipality, Mangalore 108

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100

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Donations for the Mangalore Poorfund.

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Empress Jubilee fund: 91 Mudas Rice

250012510

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Mr. Jonas Titus

6. 0 10

Abraham Moothoo

2020

0

Joseph Arangaden’s son

1

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Mr. Daniel Muliyil

40 0 O

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118A

Contributions of the Congregations (““Church Tax”).

Rs

As

Rs

As

Mangalore

456

8

| Bettigerry

76

14

Kasargod

15

2

Guledgud

104

Mulky

118

9

Bijapur

12

Udapy

201

12

Cannanore-Chovva

148

Karkala

12

12

=

Tellicherry

76

14

Basrur

10

14

Chombala

58

14

Honawar

10

8

Calicut

189

Mercara

13

Codacal

61

14

Anandapur

37

Palghaut

31

Dharwar

24

Kaity

Hubly

64

14

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20

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INDEX.

Page

European Missionaries of the Basel German Evangelical Mission

Report

0

I. Canara.

A, South-Canara.

37

0

Mangalore

0

Kasargod

0

48

Mulky

Udapy

5

;

0

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5

6

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Honawar

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59

Mercara

61

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1. The Dharwar Collectorate

63

Dharwar

.

65

Hubly

Bettigerry—Gadag

67

2. The Bijapur Collectorate.

70

Guledgud

73

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74

Cannanore

79

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Chombala

82

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85

90

Codacal

92

Vaniyankulam

93

Palghaut

V. Nilagiris.

96

Coonoor

97

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102

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105

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109

Conclusion

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