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The fifty-sixth report of the Basel German Evangelical mission in South-Western India for the year 1895, 56 e - 34 i o i€ i ¥ A %23 ¥ s a8 A 2o 5 ! o Lol Ae Rt H&ﬂ A 58 L # e " s Pk 2 A hi¢ o & 4 B 3%, 4-?,35% B 3 i 1 3% 394 53 &b Dac 1% P e LS N12<524391112 021 WU ... e Crrst uchbiirgere §Popiert wUbrn ger e %) g3 THE 8 06 66 04 00 00 FIFTY-SIXTH REPORT 90 99 OF THE k) 20 06 91 2 29 BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION. ho 0 Q0 IN 29 97 k 6') 98 99 SOUTH-WESTERN INDIA Al -7 FOR THE YEAR it 20 91 99 0l 93 1895 Zi 60 69 68 99 04 90 ‘s C BB T s B 90 99 90 , 81 }‘ 100 | 90 , 100 MANGALORE 106 PRINTED AT THE BASEL MISSION PRESS 1“ 1896 64 \ \ Dqﬁ 80 e e 5 91 0 5 89 P e —— 3 THE FIFTY-SIXTH REPORT OF THE BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION IN SOUTH-W‘ESTERN INDIA FOR THE YEAR 1895 o (@ | St s MANGALORE PRINTED AT THE BASEL MISSION PRESS 1896 of 1 [The le Tl 1. C] 2] 3 W L1 0.J 6. G .7 8w ). 6 10, 116 12,7 13.R 14,7 15, [, 16,0 VR LR 19,] 900 2.3 21 2, éb 4,0 8.% %,k & 29K 30,7 310 R European Missionaries of the Basel German Evangelical Mlqsmn Corrected up to the 1st April 1896 [The letter (m) after the namessignifies “married”, and the letter (w) “widower The names of unordained Missionaries are marked with an asterisk.] Native Date of Name Country Service Active Station Ch. A. E. Diez (w) Germany 1851 Kasaragod J. Lauffer (m) do 1856 Chombala India 1860 Kaity (Coonoor) W. Stokes (m) 1864 Mulki Th. Digel (m) Germany J. Knobloch (m) do 1865 Calicut G. Ritter (m) do 1869 Mangalore do 1869 F. A. Brasche (m) Udipi W. P.Schonthal (m)* do 1870 Cannanore G. Hirner (m)* do 1871 Mangalore do 1872 do J. Hermelink (m) 1874 G. Grossmann (m) Switzerland Kotageri J. Baumann (m)* do 1874 Palghat R. Schenkel (m) Germany 1874 Mercara do 1875 J. B. Veil (m)* Mangalore L. Gengnagel (m) do 1875 Basrur-Coondapoor C. G. Eblen (m) do 1876 Udipi Switzerland 1876 Mangalore M. Hoch (m) 1878 do H. Altenmiiller (m)* Germany J. G. Kiihnle (m) do 1878 Palghat T e T N e R B RN R O C. D. Warth (m) do 1878 Hubli do 1879 Calicut J. J. Jaus (m) 1. Weismann (m) do 1879 Chombala e Chr. Keppler (m) do 1879 Udipi do 1880 Tellicherry (Nettur) C. W. Dilger (m) 1880 = K. Stierlen (m)* do Mangalore K. Ernst (m) do 1881 Kaity e J. Fischer (m) do 1881 Anandapur & do 1882 F. Eisfelder (m) Guledgudd K. Schaal (m) do 1883 Palghat J. Waidelich (m) do 1885 Bettigeri-Gadag do 1886 Dharwar 0. Bode (m) | Karkal e J. Gotz (m) do 1886 1% Native Date of Name Country Service Active Station 33 . A. Glattfelder (m)* Switzerland 1886 Mangalore 34 do. 1887 Mercara . J. Sieber (m)* 35 Paul Buchli (m)* do. 1887 Mangalore 12} 36 F. Rehm (m) Germany 1888 Tellicherry (Nettur) 7,) 37 Switzerland 1888 Codacal R. Bosshardt (m) | 14} 38 'W. Bader (m) Germany 1888 Cannanore 39 H. Risch (m) do 1888 Bettigeri-Gadag 40 do 1888 Calicut Fr. Volz (m)* 41 G. Kehrer (m)* do 1888 do. 7.8 42 G. Wieland (m) do 1889 Kaity 16,6 43 do 1889 Mangalore 1.6 W. Weischedel (m)* 44 J. Bucher (m) do 1890 do. 18 F 45 H.Bretschneider (m)* do 1890 Udipi (Malpe) 19 A 46 G. Sautter (m)* do 1890 Mangalore 80, B do 1890 47 Th. Uber (m) Tellicherry 48 S. Stamm (m)* Switzerland 1891 Mangalore 49 O. Singer (m) Germany 1891 Honavar do ) 50 Ph. Stier (m) 1891 Bijapur 51 W. Jung (m)* do 1891 Mangalore 82.R 52 F. Boas * do 1891 Codacal 8.7 53 H. Kessler * Switzerland 1891 Calicut Sf. i 54 M. Breidenbach (m) | Germany 1892 Udipi 8.V 55 Ph. Weidner (m) do. 1892 Kasaragod 9, 36 Tr. Lutz Switzerland 1892 Hubli 5(] 57 J. Bichle | Germany 1893 Mulki 88, 58 K . Mayer do. 1893 Guledgudd 89, 59 do. 1893 90, 5 . Nagel Vaniyankulam 60 . Metz do. 1893 Hubli Q1L 61 . Hiller Australia 1894 Calicut 2y 62 :I:;]A: 1894 Codacal 9%.x . Bekelmann (m)* Germany 1894 63 P . Borel do Karkal 9,3 64 Ch. Fritz do 1894 Merecara 9.0 65 P. Sengle do 1894 Tellicherry (Nettur) 96@ 1894 66 Ch. Gebhardt* do Palghat LR 67 Tr. Reusch do 1895 Dharwar %.D 68 Joh. Knobloeh * do 1895 Calicut 9.5 1895 do. 69 'W.Stokes, u.5. ¢.m. ep.*| India 109 i\ 70 Joh. Fahrenberger Germany 1895 Cannanore 14 Rob. Schilling Switzerland 1895 Codacal AR SRR | Date of | Name Native Active Station I Country ; Service Single Ladies. 72 Miss H. Strolin Germany 1893 Mangalore Neftur) 73 Miss M. Krauss do. 1895 do. 4 Miss M. Hanhart Switzerland 1895 Calicut Ua, Expected in April 1896. 75 Switzerland 1865 Walter (m) Vaniyankulam 76 Benner (m)* Germany 1877 Guledgudd 7 Fischer do 1896 Mulki 78 Heinecken do 1896 Dharwar 79 . Schosser do 1896 Udipi 80 %R . Biichner do 1896 Bettigeri At Homé. 81 }? Kittel (m) Germany 1853 late of Merecara 82 . Hartmann (w) Switzerland 1859 do Karkal 83 F Ziegler (m) Germany 1862 do Dharwar 84 M . Th. Walz (m) do. 1866 do Mangalore 85 W. Sikemeier (m) Holland 1870 do Kotageri 86 1871 do Honavar 'W. Niibling (m) Germany 87 J. Ostermeyer (m) do 1873 do Cannanore 88 W. Liitze (m) do 1875 do Kaity 89 do 1875 do Calicut E. Liebendorfer, M.D.(m) 90 A. Ruhland (m) do 1876 do Cannanore A 91 L. J. Frohnmeyer (m) do 1876 do Tellicherry 92 do 1882 do Hubli W. H. Knittel (m) 93 M. Schaible (m) do 1883 do Mulki 94 B. Liithi (m) Switzerland 1884 do . Bettigeri Gadag 95 1884 do Vaniyankulam Ch. Hole (m) Germany 96 G. Peter (m) Switzerland 1885 do Chombala 97 Th. Strobel (m) Germany 1885 do Calicut 98 . D. Berli (m) Switzerland 1885 do Bijapur 99 . F. Huber (m)* do. 1886 do Mangalore 100 . Th. Lutz (m) do. 1887 do Hubli b AN ENE RN TN o Tabular View of Stations, Agents and Churches of the Basel German Evangelical Mission in South-Western India. 1st JANUARY 1896. Agents of the Mission Native Church European Native Agents New Mission- Present Church-Members aries l Converts NAMES | OF e MISSION STATIONS UeLISIIYD URIISTAY)-UON SI19)8BW-[00 YIS S98S0I)SIW-[00YOS 189k oY) UL PoySI[qeIsy UQIJoIg S199STQ SI09s® J 9AIIBN S1SIY9918)) % SISI[0SUBAY sanejrodion UOULO A\ -91q1g SI9JSBW-[00T[0g ULIISIIY) G681 Suranp syjeaq Cc@8T Suranp syyrg SNPV uadIpIIyd SIUBOIUNWUWO() SJUBOTUNW UWO)~-UO N uwadIpPIiyn P:'og SUBWNY00e)) 1. Canara. . Mangalore 1834 i 18 47 74 1334 12 896 2242 34 Mulki 1845 g ?" 10 20 28 A 399 5 354 758 13 Udipi 1854 5 i 28 65 901 25 878 1804 48 . 1872 44 41 85 Karkal Basrur-Coondapoor 1876 2 3 48 68 116 . 1886 = v 10 v v v g O O v v -0 W o oo 5T 59 1 1.7 Cali> Bl s o S ol Vo Mo Kasaragod g il | —\r«v—swooo’ l = cc—*coooo'n- vﬂomooo}w MwNMNmO O WM ; g 103 188 ~H S i — 2783 43 2296 5122 103 { 252 | L Z- Mercara S N AN S R e G 5 C‘t() o?2. g3 Pk of N W B 1870 |/ 2 o o] o - }’}/‘? sheale o 7 ‘ 44' 112' O oA SALABB6 Rl — e 1 N 1 - el — 6 W asaragod 1 [$3 =S\ o= i ac |108 | 18¢ \ 40 \ 11 |2783 3 2296 122 | 103 26 " 47| . \ 52| 11. Coorg. . 1870 61 44 112 7. Mercara . . . . 1853 0 0 0 10 111 60 175 8. Anandapur (Ammatti) ST S DS e G PR | T 2 ] R R G Sl 16 172 11 104 287 I11. Southern Mahratia. . . . . 1837 74 10 185 9. Dharwar I0. Hubli . . . . . 1839 10 195 157 358 II. . . 1841 % i 22 283 232 520 Bettigeri-Gadag 12, . . 1851 23 209 288 581 Guledgudd . > . 1885 19 9 42 I3 Bijapur . . 1845 :);) % g il:zz) i% % z H OO OO 24 51 14. Honavar 30 23 16 9 60 8117 % 831 1737 % IV. Malabar. . . . . 1841 15 37 474 370 864 40 FE. Cannanore . 1839 18 16 13 9 282 248 536 6 16 Tellicherry . . . 1849 14 198 252 447 10 7. Chombala (Mahé) . . . 1842 16 13 47 62 (i T 515 1289 58 1S, Calicut . . . B 11 57 : § 595 580 1176 54 19. Codacal (Edaculam St;tn. 1857 40 5 322) 41 31 72 20. Vaniyankulam (Ottapalam 1886 % % % XN W © A O v 13 199 161 364 47 21I. Palghat . . . » ? 1858 % 2;) ((((;]} 20 __._(é_ kb 2 © ™ © 3 - 73 o 52 130 210 96 01 §: 2157 4698 218 V. Nilgiris. 22. . . 1846 24 13 143 125 276 13 ISaity . . . . 1867 0 0 0 7 O = 95 13 107 211 23 Kotageri cov-\l e 4% g 32 19 138 1 234 21 232 487 20 s o — ) . 100 ~H § QO 2 182 54 105 272 6567 144 620 12331 347 Total. . | L 137| 18 488 |158 | 51 . 14 D § O 170 50 107 287 634 142 5479 11963 257 Total of 1st January 1895 . 120114 [N I N 91 el A = | 497|227 . . 5 0 Decrease during 1895 . . | 15 9 | 69 40 P Dol Increase ditto 0 (=} 12 :) 12 0| 0 225 141 368 90 Abstract showing the Contributions of the Churches towards their Church Expenses, the Mission and the Poor in 1896 St Sunday Offerings Donations Special and Offerings Collections Special Regular Offerings & and and special Collections Church Donations Donations Collections for the Collections Donations for Bible Total Stations Contribu- towards towards the for Malabar for local towards the Widow- Societies tions Church Mission- Orphanages Purposes work Poor-funds fund Expenses As P, Rs As Rs As [~ Rs As, Rs Rs As Rs As P Rs. As. P Rs As B As( E oo 249 =i 204 34 < 21 = 20 1333 10 Mangalore . 0 500 1. 02 10 @ Jeppu . . . . 96 15 41 10 < 10 208 . 132 (Z 56 40 - a0 M z 5 10 ~ O & ~t (25) O S 292 (2] Bockapatna —_— | | | ——— S e | (ot et Rl ) SRl | SRR PR | SR e S | 20 1829 Total. . . 730 2 00 299 301 1] 41 36 Mulki . . 114 15 46 10 13 2 163 Z 14 13 14 14 380 12 13 el 22 (7': 48 14 2 672 10 Udipi-Malpe . . 271 14 28 10 55 i 131 Karkal ° . . B 31 28 14 75 14 i 12 vt 12 20 et 9 15 i 91 N H N O M Basrur-Coondapoor . 34 15 Kasaragod . . . 47 45 16 v 13 19 10 11 19 15 172 10 i Mercara . . . . . 54 45 13 39 [:%)) 16 165 14 @5 S O O COR D £ 0 O Ol N 12 140 10 - o Anandapur . . 55 e SR I w OB < 1/ i e s AR )i (<o) 27 %g 14 A S SR R e il (Ei) 22 % (=) o ol pe e (==~ el (0 o1 L v ) e b e | S TR e ool B o et SRR, .+ (L1 O 10 4 O -~ o - ™Mexrcara . - 5 ‘&\ 45 U _.._\.__ 2 > 12 ‘ A‘,ul 2 27 \ X i 12| A o ey \ 2 o 1-101 10| A nandapuarx 5 ‘()\ : il —— O 12 155 37 15 = (2] (e} 15 Dharwar 7 — 9 (=T ] 12 10 11 11 S & 98 128 56 56 32 b 1 by s v [~ Hubli e . ° . . . et 2517 134 (i S e 74 11 3T Bettigeri-Gad.-Shag. 293 10 e g B . . 136 36 64 40 Guledgudd . e 38 187 8 11 Bijdpor . =« . 62 ) i S e Oy Oy GO OO o 9 Honavar-Karwar i8 11 12 1204 w0 114 (o} 11 43 Cannanore ° . . 421 256 — 10 > —= > © > 0 o 332 2 2 81 12 11 664 (=} 110 v 14 14 218 73 9 136 Tellicherry, Nettur 68 (o=} 445 ORI s Ok B 1 O 115 Chombala-Mahé . 163 38 Ik 47 30 (@) 1039 165 247 109 H O N N © O (e ] % 22 Calicut -Coilandy 358 e =T I ST == == B~ o B = R =) 166 12 ik 10 71 7 781 38 130 5 ' N Codacal . . . 440 80 7 15 153 — > - 1a 45 14 e ™= O ™= © ™ a0 Y > 0 ®© 5 Vaniyankulam . N o] 20 % %2 43 2 é — 481 (SR em) o e 1 G 89 182 100 Neyiii = il doy i e Sala e e (s o 10 Palghat . 0 B 122 30 S 26 7 9 13 15 i 297 58 15 oy [0} seih = g e =l | 50 22 14 = 25 D T O O D O @ R Kaity . . . 100 Nej 3 i) 2 5 217 e YW Vo i< B = W o (o 2R (=) e AT RGeS i gD IO aB L T Ot B 0 © O O O 42 3 2 45 e e T or ) e e e 0 Ml e Y d G o B e B o R o SR o e ) 30 3 é Kotagerl . . 70 85 0 e 11/ 0 12' 322“. | R e T 9( 7l8 9919‘ o) Total. . 3805 6\1512 “ l 6| 1809 = e P R i e 6‘248!| 14"% S i e e et | fetatie 1[40 111 L Sl e 3l\73z‘ 11| NI A e Table of Schools of the Basel German Evangelical Mission. st JANUARY 1895, Schools for Schools for Christians Non-Christians Schools for Sunday Mission Agents High and Boarding High and Primary Primary Schools NAMES Middle Schools and Middle Schools Schools Training Schools Schools Orphanages OF Colleges MISSION STATIONS 10 1830, SQI.I’BHIIIIGS 1 ; . ©o18 uorjonaisuy aepun syrdng jo ST00YOQ JO Ioquin N o[09 Y T, skog S[IH é S[ILY sfog § S[ILY S[00Y0g juBjuU é)’ STILY § STILY S[00T0g JO ‘ON sjidng jo *oN ; ;; | 1. Canara. . 16 - I. Mangalore 31 162 136 47 186 406 149 1141 © N 2. Mulki . . 6 141 41 243 (=) . Udipi . . 10 ey 199 110 36 26 485 S . . Karkal 16 — ~ Basrur-Coondapoé)r 116 26 142 =) o 11\ Kasaragod . é 408 103 515 S 43 e lO © OO |its SO MOOO|™ SO DO O O | (7:%; g CO HO OO | - 61 509 296 83 C O OO o }((0; 930 304 2542 o OO ol - = Z7Z. Coorc. ] i e =1 sl =) i | | r\‘ P ——— —— S - — — \ as\ 1= 3 o\ 87 31 < 4 bl\ 509 296 88 186 11 930 l 304 l},; 42 77 11. Coorg 11 19 ~H 41 . . (=) (=) 7. Mercara (=] (o) 16 11 (=] 33 . [ o (=) (=] 8. Anandapur (Ammattl) e h =] § (e —E;T (<= (=) (=} ==l 23 28 19 ~H T4 1I1. Southern Mahrattia . . 289 68 416 9. Dharwar e . . . 58 31 100 189 50 10. Hubli . B . . . . 45 17 107 237 31 II. Bettigeri-Gadag . 33 28 TH 138 62 £2. Guledgudd 122 126 I3 Bijapur . % (g 21 gl) 22 Honavar B o TRENE Sy e c:av-xv—r-coo‘ ST 14 1128 148 % O DIDODO O (== e e B e S B o B M=) % SooocoC|Co 46 <t SO0 O P 143 83 :é; 289 495 1V. Malabar. 279 214 . . 18 - 85 69 36 59 15, Cannanore . 102 . . 60 54 33 160 301 122 752 16 Tellicherry . [op) 24 28 122 145 25 453 30 17 Chombala (Mahé . 11 T’; i1 [~ 102 57 50 228 360 70 846 131 18 Calicut 3 14 @ 156 79 7l 48 449 118 I9. Codacal (Edaculam St -atn ) 66 82 158 12 20. Vaniyankulam (Ottap alam) 65 13 44 324 45 21. Palghat . ° . % S Sl BUERL g P 3261 i o G G v OF v vt vt et 652 % S WO SO OO |® oo ® ool 111 ~H oM anN—-HOOo O a0 SO0 O0O0COQO|Q » SO WO OO QO |D 421 266 157 689 1100 267 V. Nilgures. 634 199 . . . 22 o 12 21 3 508 39 22, Kaity . . 9 (=} - 20 29 132 YT 23 Kotageri . § (g) 640 39 831 @O‘@ 199 31 on 32 20 50 11 % 619 7836 071 Total. . . 139 14 188 232 224 114 684 240 1164 3184 | i EE; 24 138 = o - O | | CY e 279 225 1052 640 242 296 25 2910 58 7527 29 1224 Total of 1st January 189 136 Bl st 0 0 158 . . 1 10 SCo (S jo @ 34 iy Decrease during 1895 94 44 274 36 309 0 Increase ditto. - . . . 0 0 50 0| 0| 1 i Rem. The schools for Non-Christians are often frequented by a few Christians also, and Christian schools by Non-Christians. A i 12 i ik Detailed Table of Stations, Out-Stations and Agents, Ist January 1896. = 2 B e T o= o 2] Stations szrxti;ew Aéents P— and European Agents Out-Stations Pastors, Catechists K: and Headmasters fadil Sant 1. Mangalore a. Pastoral a. Engaged in Pastoral and Tchil Balmaitha, Rev. G. Ritter, iz charge Evangelistic Work Madikerigudde, of station, Chairman of Rev Nireshwalya, Bendur, the Distvict Committee Sebastian Furtado, Padm Lastor, Feppu Jeppu, Rev Samuel Andrea, Tty Bockapatna, Urva, (=l Educational LFastor, Balmatha Mg Kudroli, Rev Rev. M. Hoch, Theolog. | Jared Soens, Out-Stations . Secr. Genl. Com. Semi- Fastor, Bockapatna 3.1 Bolma, Rev. J. Hermelink } nary Cat Mark Salis, Ullal, Rev. J. Bucher, Higlh Madikerigudde Kap School Benjamin Ananda, Kat Bantwal, Miss H. Strolin, Girls’ itinerancy Park Puttar, vSulya. ” Gabriel Bangera, itin. Training School Miss M. Krauss, E v Bethuel Soens, Puztur Shey Brakmin Girls School Cat. William Fernandez, , Nl ” iy G. Premaya, ZBolma (ind Mercantile ” Lewis Fernandez, Bantwal Shil}‘; Mr. H. Altenmiiller, Gezn/. ” Christananda Salis, Agent & Treasurer Ullal I{att! Mg n P. Buchli, M. M.-Br, b. Educational Work Industrial Half Cat. Chr. Watsa, Theolog. J’Wazmger Semi- Mr. J. Veil, M. M.-Br. ”n G. Hirner, Fress n Ch. Mabenna } nary S. Stamm, ” S Karat, F. Huber, Book Depot. F. Jathanna, High N ” G. Sautter, Weav. Est. ” School P Shinn F. Stierlen, ” ” ” S. B. Soens, 5 ” W. Weischedel, ” Solomon Bangera, Mechanical Works Bolur School (i ” W. Jung, Kudroli Tile-Works A. Glattfelder, Feppu 1ile-Works 13 e e Statioxis Native Agents:— N and European Agents Pastors, Catechists Out-Stations and Headmasters ey 2. Mulki Rev. Th. Digel, 7z charge 0f1 Rev. Diego Fernandez, Out-Stations. station and Orphanage Fastor, Muik: Karnad, Cat. Aaron Furtado, 7Z7. Kadike, Ulya, Rev. J. Bichle, ouz-stations, n E. Karat, Uc/ila Santur, Bolettu, schools and itin. Balegundi, ” Abraham Heri, Santur and Uchila, Yermal, Obed Sumitra, Fadur Mullur, Padur, Perrur, Kalatur, J. Aarons, Munderu ), Karandadi, ” Joseph Sunita, Aaedike eppte Madumbu, Kutyar, Kalatur, J. Vedamuttu, Autyar athe Munderu, Kodetur ‘Rev. A. Brasche, ZFrepara- Rev. Daniel Aaron, 7Zn. aint 3. Udipi Oui-Stations. tory School, Orphanage n Charles Gojar, Nidambur, Bailur, and Training School, Dist. Pastor, Malpe udde Kapettu, Kadekar, Kuttipadi, Amalpadi, Insp. of Schools ” Immanuel Furtado, Madambail ) Parkala, Badegottu, ey Perala, Parika, Rev. Ch. Keppler, station Cat. Joseph Kairanna, Kilenja, it and out-=siations Udip: Church Shepura, Winf. Micha i Malpe, Urdubittalu, ” Lrepar. Rev. Ch. Eblen, 7Zn. and | Schools Iy 9 Udyavara, Bolja, out-stations St. Jatanna Gudde, Kap, Mandodi, N. Vira, Gudde i Shirva, Palli, Ninjur, n Ebenezer Clare, Farkala Bolle, Kudigrama, Rev. M. Breidenbach, ,’::mi out-stations and itinerancy G. Bangera, Aattupadi Hattupadi, Koppala, Possar, Ambadi, ” M. Jayanta, Aalyanapur Madambail, Kurkal, Mr. H. Bretschneider, sk Kalanja, Bijantla, Joshua Soens, Siirva Tibe-Works, Malpe Marane, N. Suchitta, Udyavara Halyanapur, Uppur, olmar, Amunja 0 T. Ammanna, Skepura ;lo.y- it 4, Karksal o Rev. J. Gotz, in charge of | Cat. Samuel Sumitra, N. Church and itin. 1y Out-Stations . station, itin. Attur, Mudar, Rev. P. Borel, stud. Tulu ” Joseph Bhagyan, #%#n. Nandolige,Hekkadka, Mudabedra ‘yk 00l 5. Basrur Evang. Tim. Furtado, éz/zn. | Rev. L. Gengnagel, Out-Stations . in charge of station and Cat. Immanuel Soens, N. Church, Basvur, itin. Coondapoor, Kailkeri, out-stations, itirn. oot Barkur " Daniel Andrea, Rev. A. Metz, studying Coondapoor Church,itin. Canarese, itin. n W. Heri, Barkur, itin. Assist. Cat. Ch. Manjaru, Kailker:, itin. 14 § Stations Native-Agents:— and Pastors, Catechists Out Out-Stations European Agents j and Headmasters 6. Kasaragod Rev. E. Diez, iz charge of | Cat. Gottlieb Mabenna, 19. G N. Church and Schools Ouit-Stations - station, itin. Ot Nathan Kundara, 7#7. Ravaneshvara, b Jesudasa Melottu, ZZ7. Parvati Hosadurga, Rev. Ph. Weidner, zZn. Muradiy Israel Eliezer, Kota Bekal, Kumbla, Manjeshvara School Bela, Bangaramanje- ‘W. Amos Kundars, Mull guad shvara, Hosabetta- Kumbla School Halkurk Manjeshvara Mathias Jeremias, 7Z7. Ravaneshvara N. Ch. Mushiig N Gerson Soens, Hosadurga 8.3 N. Church and School George Fernandez, Hosadurga, itin. 7 . Mercara Rev. R. Schenkel, % charge Cat. Gabriel Almanda, 7Z7. Oui-Station . of station, itin. 2 Paul Soens, 7Z7. 14 ¢ » Nathanael Shatananda, Fraserpet Mr. J. Sieber, M. M.-Br. school and itin. Rev. Ch. Fritz, stud. Canar. Asst. Cat. Lewis Salins, Cobporteur 8. Anandapur Rev. J. Fischer, 7z charge Cat. Samuel Furtado, 15, ( N. Church and itin. of station, itin. ” Satyanatha Sumanta, (O Cooly Mission Chowa Tal 9. Dharwar Rev. O. Bode, % charge of Cat. D. Subrao, N. Churck Rar station, Native Ch., itin. » Devadana Katapur, /#7. Asst. Cat. R. Hittalamane Rev, &Lr. Rensch,’ Fio/ Schoold, stud. Canarese Mr. Alex. Jaganadhan, B.A., Headmaster, High School — 10. Hubli 18,1 Rev. Ch. D. Warth, 77 Rev. S. Devada, V. Church Out-Stations : charge of station, ilin. Cat. Daniel Patti, itln. ] itin. ” Zach. Kanaka, ” Yoy ev. Th. Lutz, Unakallu, Hebsur Rev .. Otto Singer; ', ” Solomon Ramthal ,, Ky ” Benjamin Salins, Rev by Ltz k2 Unakallu Church Asst. Cat. I. Aralikatte, 727. 11. Bettigeri- Rev . J- Waidelich, 77z ciarge Cat. St. Mathapati, V. Cz-. of station, itin. ». JJor. Sona, Frep. Sechool Gadag itin. Oui-Stations : Rev. H. Risch, Seminary, ” Channa Halli, LPreparatory Sch., Orphan- ” Devaputra Hebbali, , Shagoti, ” Bh. Alada, ” Malasamudra age, Distr. Insp. of Schools, Stagoti Asst. Cat. Mose Suvarna, Shagoti Church » Dana Gouda, 7¢n. 15 B Stations Native Agents:— 8 and European Agents Pastors, Catechists, Out-Stations and Headmasters 12. Guledgudd Rey. K. Eisfelder, in charge Cat. Israel Dalabhanjana, N. Church, itin. fools Out-Stations - of station and some ouZ-st. itin, Chairman of the District » Joh. Prabhakar, iZin. ihin. Parvati, Padinakatte, Commiittee Murudi, Katkinahalili, » St. Sagari, Aetkinahalli Lada- Halkurk:i ehool Kotanhalli, Rev K. Mayer, Cat. Jos. Dalabhanjana, gundi, Nagarhalli, and itin. Mushtigers Mullur, Asangi, ;u,/wol Halkurki, Adugallu, Asst. Cat. D.Nayaka, 7#. ” ” H. Challa, Halk. ilin, Mushtigeri Ch ilin. 13. Bijapur Rev. D. Berli, iz charge of Cat. Solomon Jogula, urgs station and ilinerancy ” D. Jesudasa, ” thoo) (going on furiough) Asst. Cat. Obed Gundi, ” B it Rev. Ph. Stier, Zeking n » Sat. Basutkar, ” Mr. Berli's place it 14. Honavar Rev. W. Niibling, 2% charge Cat. Jacob Upranna, itin nda, Out-Stations . of station, itin. " D. Santvana, ” i Anilgodu, Ev. S. Bunyan, Azrwar, ” Harwar Cat. Franklin Aiman, , ” ;Izzzr — Rev ‘W. Bader, Rev. St. Chandran, Pasz. Cr 15. Cannanore i in charge of station, Cat. Tim. Parakandi, V. C% Out-Stations . schools » P.Sneham, Chowa, itin. 4, fsi0m Chowa, Chirakal, Mr. W. P. Schonthal, Weav- » Ph.Mackadan, 7'alip.itin — Taliparambu, » Isaac Amattil, Z#n. Ramentalli ing [Establishment Asst. Cat. Elias Nambi, reh i Rev. T. Fahrenberger, Chivakal, ttin. studying Mal. ” ” Ebenezer Bethel, ne Cannanore, tiin. o Ay s Rev. W. Dilger, in charge | Cat. Stephan Kallat, Neztur — 16. Tellicherry Out-Stations - of station, Theolog. Semin., N. Church & Tr. Schood z’mi Training School, District ” Henry Roberts, Christ. 1 Nettur, Anjarkandy, Insp. of Schools High School Kuttuparambu » Peter Arnon, 7%eodogical Rev. P. Sengle, 7/eological Seminary, studying Mal. Seminary ” Lazar Kallat, Zedlicherry uﬂ/% Rev. F. Rehm, Christian N. Church and Schools it High School » Anthony Valiatingara, b Rev. Th. Uber, ZFarsi High Anjarkandy, itin. ool School ” Alphai Kallan, #7n. fit Asst. Cat. J. Murkottan, Dharmatam, itin, Mr. Jos. Mulil, B. A., Head- master, Chr. High Sch. v‘rc}l it 16 Stations and Native Agents:— i European Agents Pastors, Catechists, Out-Stations and Headmasters Out-E' R 17. Chombala- Rev. Imm. Weismann, Cat. Gabriel Pirachan, 7#7. Mahe in 2. Pa charge of statzion, ”» Henry Menzel, Out-Stations . Chomb. N. Church (ut-S Orphanage, Schools Mahé, Kandappen- 7 Tobias Chembenkodan, Olay Rev. J. Lauffer, i#n. Mahé Church and Schools kundu, Wadagara, Nely Muverattu, Peram- ” Joseph Taddai, Tadacker para, Tolpatti, Wadagara, itin. Payoli, Meladi, ” Samuel Ambattu, Karakadu Muveratiu, itin. Asst. Cat. P. Karunagaran, Lerampara, itin, 18. Calicut Rev. J.Knobloch, 7z ciarge Rev. Jonas Padiath, Paszor, of station, schools, PFres. N. Church Out-Stations . Genl. Com., Chairman of Ev. Ashamayan Tumaran, — Coilandy, Pudiangadi, the Distr. Committee itin. Central Malabar Rev. J. J. Jaus, Coilandy 2. K Collam, Korapura Cat. Abel Kuttuparambu, and itin. LPudiarakal. Qut: Rev. E. Hiller, High Sch. ” N. Edapalan, izinerancy Coonon, Mr. J. Knobloch,. Stzd. Mai. ” Tulal, Mr. W. Stokes, M. B., Jos. Mandodi, Coilandy Medical Mission N. Church and itin. Chog Ay Mr. Fr. Volz, Weaving Est. n S. Mackaden, n ” G. Kehrer, Z7le-Works n Tuer, B. Ponon, High School Nell and M. M.-~Br. Asst. Cat. A. Pawamani, Ach ” H. Kessler, ” Hospitad, itin. Kateri,, Miss M. Hanhart, zWea”,z'caZ Mg, G. Zacharias, B.'A., Manihg Mission Headmaszer, High Sch. Ho Kullak, 19. Codacal Rev. R. Bosshardt, 7z charge Rev. Nath. Arukandan, Out-Stations . Tup of station, out-stations and Fastor, N. Church Daygy Paraperi, Ponani, itinerancy Cat. C. Arunachalan, Zrap. N. Church Sailag, Pallat, Malapuram, Mr. O. Eckelmann, FParaperi D Manjeri, Tritala, Orphanage and Secular Isaac Laban, Cod. itin. — Daniel Thomas, , n Kuttipuram, Agent B K Chaawghat, Mr. ¥. Boas, Z%/e-Works n Devapriyan Amengara, Nilampur, Fonani, itin. Ot Rev. R.. Schilling, studying Kudanad Andatodu, Is.Chowalur, Man;.itin. Chittatakara, Malayzzlam ” Devasahayam Mandodi, J ak thiE Chittatakara ] Chalasheri, » L. Napalli, Ctala. itin. Kay Bergy; H 20. Vaniyan- Rev. V. Nagel, iz charge of Cat. Abra. Arungadan, 7#7. kulam § station, Schools, itin. » George Peter, » Out-Stations : ” Abia Edapalan, Angadipuram, Angadipuram, Malattur, Shoranur, Panamanna, ” Bethuel Poyayil, ” Ottapalam, Tirikatiri 17 Stations Native Agents:— sts, and European Agents Pastors, Catechists IS Qut-Stations and Headmasters 1, #fii, 21. Palghat Rev. J. G. Kihnle, iz ckarge Ev. John Zacharias, i#7. in South Malabar Church Out-Stations - of station and sclioods Cat. Charles Hermon, nkodan, Olavakkode, Rev. K. Schaal, Sckools N. Church Sthools Melparambu, ” J. Amengaran, Melpar. ] Wadackencherry, Mr. Jakob Baumann, N. Church ra, i, Panayur Zibe- Works Stephan Chattottu, | Panayur, itin. }:/, i, 2 Ch. Gebhardt, ,, ” agaral, ” Noah Benjamin, Medpar., itin. g, Ui, N » Paul Selvam, itin. Falg. Fastot, 2 Zacharias Pilakaden, Church aran, Wadackencherry lalabor 22. Kaity Rev. K. Ernst, in charge Cat, Isaiah Shanta, mbu Out-Stations . 9% station, Training N. Church, itin. wrakal. Coonoor, School, Ovphanage peransy Lemuel Soens, Cas. Sc/. Hulikal, Nerkambe, Dilandy Chogatore, Rev. G. Wieland, Elisa Daniel, 77a@inirg ud i Avalanche, schoods and itin. Schood and Orphanage 1 Tuneri, Kerehada, » K. Satyanathan, Auiikal Sehook Nellakotta, Rev William Stokes, Achinakallu, and Cooly Mission (maﬂi. Coonoor, itin. Kateri, Adhikarhatti, N John Philip, Tunere, i, it Manihatti, Hosahatti, L and itin. Horanhalli, Kullakambe, Kilar, Asst. Cat. Isaiah Konga, Tummanhatti, Aerehada, i2in. 1 Dawani, Manjoor, C/}WC/L Sailas, Yedekadu, Puraf. Denale Chureh 1 7 e W i 23. Kotageri Rev. W. Sikemeier, Rev. Jacob Kanaka, " 4 Out-Stations : in charge of station and Fuastor, Native Church, engal Kodanad, Konakore, Orphanage, itin. Schools, itin. i Jakanare, Denad, ”/" ZI/L'Il ' Cat. Henry Kodot, 7#7. Milidenu, andoii, * Kanerimukh, n Salathiel Soens, IlzZ]CW 4 Denad, itin. Bergani, Gundhada, A l[ill' Horasole Asst. Cat. Chr. Ajja, #Zn. / i it PR e i o e g 1, ackn VAl ese deed of th REPORT. —==-0-0-Ca— work 0the; “?@ITHERTO hath the Lord helped us.” These words will and best express our feelings when we review the events of 4 of th the past year. We may truly say: *It is of the Lord’s pond mercies, that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not, but are new every morning’. In several respects the last year, taken as a whole, has been for our Mission a time of anxiety and sore trial. In China our Mission has been seriously endangered by the growing hostility of the pagan population against the spread of Christianity and Western civilization; and one of our stations in that country has been destroyed by a band of robbers. On our Mission-fields on the West Coast of Africa frequent cases of sickness and death among our brethren have been a continuous source of anxiety. Here in India, we have had also to battle with peculiar diffi- culties and perplexities. No small share of sickness, and even Ingiy bereavement, has fallen to the lot not only of our Missionary Ching Gl circle, but also of our Churches. In addition to these personal afflictions, we have been deeply grieved by painful cases of Calhe[‘( disorder in some of our congregations, by which the name of Christ has been dishonoured. Looking back on these and other § trials, we would praise the Lord for His preserving, forbearing and forgiving grace. Yea, «He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.” But we \have not only to e acknowledge the help we have received at His hands in our various difficulties, we would also praise Him for the un- deserved blessings He has so richly poured on our work. In- deed we have reason enough to raise an “Ebenezer” in praise of the Lord, who has hitherto helped us. As usual, we preface the report of our Indian Mission- work with an abstract of the work done by our Society in other parts of the world, viz., in China, on the Gold Coast, will and in the Cameroons ip West Africa. The figures are those ts of of the 1st January 1895, and are contrasted with the corres- ord’s ponding figures of our Indian Mission. 1008 pects time An Abstract of the Work of the Basel Mission in India, heen Africa and China. gl fern = Number heen Number of Pupils of Workers taught in Schools g Ol in 1894 Europeans jeath ment Number in 1894 16ty Christian § Total Number Heathen baptized Boys Year of Commence- Number of Stations Mission- aries :jj::) of Native Christians of Communicants Girls g ift- Number of Qutstations - 63 1675 75217 gyen 'India 1834 23 =] 77 402 11963 6342 318[5852 948 224 1172 China . . 1847 13 [ =) [y 21 17 1T 4071 2504 246 041y 3791 Gold Coast| 1828 10 14 ot 42 26 207 13036 5442 1226|2476 1315 sondl Cameroons| 1886 5 5 5 17 56 1130 954 285|1212 69 281 6 of Total. . 51 407 157 !113 782 30 9 & 00 15242 2075 10518 3283(13771 ne Of other 11105 leW jy @0 ?? 2 ot 1. Agency. are A. European Workers. 16§ hee (See the Tabular Views on pp. 3 to 7 and on pp. 12 o 17.) fro; 1 Departures. An unusually great number of changes ogs occurred in the year under review. No less than 22 brothers we and sisters were compelled by ill-health to leave for Home wil in the course of the year, and 5 couples more followed ‘them bri this spring. tha In Malabar Mr. and Mrs. Ostermeyer of Cannanore, and an My and Mrys. Peter of Chombala, left early in 1895, Mr. sho 1o and Mrs. Hole of Vaniyankulam, Mrs. Feuchter of Calicut, My. and Mrs. Frohnmeyer of Tellicherry, and Dr. and Mrs. his Liebendiorfer of Calicut, embarked for Europe towards the Sot end of the year. ma " The Nilgiri Mission lost the services of Mr. and Mrs. hig Liitze of Kaity, who left early in 1895, accompanied by Mrs. P ola, Matthissen, late of Calicut and Coonoor. an( The South Canara District was deprived of My. and Mys. Ott, and Mr. and Mrs. Walz, both of whom were stationed am] 0n at Mangalore; they proceeded to Switzerland in the course of 1896, il The South Mahratta District had to part with Mr. and Mrs. Liithi of Bettigeri, who left early in 1895, and Mr. W and Mrs. Ziegler of Dharwar, who left towards the end of the thy year. Wh| In the first three months of this year, Mr. and Mrs. AN Sikemeier of Kotageri, Mr. and Mrs. Huber of Mangalore, heg Myr. and Mpys. Niibling of Honavar, Mr. and Mrs. Berli of t0< Bijapur, and Mr. and Mrs. Lutz of Hubli, sailed for Home 8y to recruit their health. o 21 Among the brothers and sisters ‘mentioned above there are several, who, for wide experience gained by a long residence in this land and their devotion to the work, have been universally esteemed and loved, and whose removal from the scene of their labours is keenly felt as a severe loss to the work. 968 There is something comforting in the hope 1e1s we are justified to cherish with some of them, that the Lord ome will graciously restore their health and, after some time, e bring them back into our midst. But we are grieved to say, that a good number of these friends have left us for good, and and that there is no likelihood of their returning to these M shores. We cannot but mention with great regret the de- ot parture of Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler. Mr. Ziegler arrived in 1862 ; his first station was Mangalore. Since his transfer to the \[is. the South Mahratta District in 1867, his name was most inti- mately connected with the history of this Mission. Through his departure our Mission is deprived of one of its most 5. experienced and devoted labourers. How much the educated s, classes of Dharwar appreciated his abilities as an educationist, and his efforts in connection with vernacular literature, was Mis. amply manifested by the numerous honours conferred on him ned on the eve of his departure. urse The District of South Canara has also lately sustained a most painful loss in the death of Mr. P. Ott, late of Mangalore, and i who after labouring for 25 years in the Tulu Mission, departed this life, on the 23rd of January 1896, in Basel, Switzerland, [ the where he was staying on furlough. We, his fellow-workers, and with us many Christians, to whom the deceased had s been a faithful pastor and almost a father, would have wished o to see him return to the work, which so sorely needed his services; but the Lord disposed otherwise. His Holy Will be | ol done! (See Obituary.) = We have also to record the death of a Missionary in ¢ active service, Mr. C. Feuchter, late of Codacal and Calicut, at I one of our most devoted labourers in the Industrial Depart- ment. A true soldier of Christ, he was on the very battle- Di field when on the 10th of May 1895 the Master called him. ad arl May the Lord comfort our sisters, bereaved of their partners, and fill up the breach made in our circle. Surely, F He who buries His workmen, will carry on His work! Indeed i we are thankful to say, that the gaps made, have already been JON filled up, at least to some extent, by a proportionate number of late 2 Reinforcements that came out at different times in the 00n course of the year. In March 1895 Calicut was cheered by Tl 189 the arrival of old Mr. Knobloch, who after an absenceof 5 years spent in deputation work in Germany, in response to an urgent lats call of our Home Committee, returned to his former station, par 1l to take charge of the congregation, and also of the General Chairmanship of our Indian Mission. He was, however, ob- g liged to leave his wife in Germany on account of her precarious Ing| health; so his stay among us will, probably, we are sorry to the say, be only of a short duration. Yet he did not come quite 3] alone. Two young Missionaries accompanied him, one of them iy Myr. Knobloch’s eldest son, the other M. Reusch, both trained for teachers, and appointed for educational work at Calicut and diff Dharwar respectively. Myr. and Mrs. Stokes of Coonoor were to [ privileged in October last, after many years of separation, g to welcome their eldest son, who, on successfully finishing Ll his studies at the Medical Mission College in Edinburgh, was ey sent out to take charge of the Medical Mission at Calicut as oy successor of Dr. E. Liebendorfer. Among new arrivals, in any; October and December 1895 and January 1896, were five Migg couples of old Missionaries returning to the Mission-field for a but second or third term of service, viz., Mr. and Mrs. Stierlen, Stl‘en who resumed their former post at the Weaving Establish- 00} 23 e 11 ment at Mangalore; Mr. and Mrs. Jaus, late of Codacal, now i, at Calicut; My, and Mys. Schaal, for Palghat; Mr. and i Mrs. Grossmann, formerly stationed in the South Mahratta tle District, now transferred to Kotageri vice Mr. Sikemeier. In addition to these, our hands have been strengthened by the el arrival of two young Missionaries, Messrs. Schilling and Fahrenberger, for Malabar, and of three young ladies, viz. el Jeed Miss Krauss to take charge of the Hindu Girls’ School at Manga- )eeh lore; Miss Hanhart, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hanhart, i of late of Cannanore, who will have her sphere of labour in the connection with the Medical Mission at Calicut; and Mdiss Miss Dora Diez, who came out in by Tobler, now Mrs. Singer. 1892, was, on the 3rd January 1896, married to Mr. Weidner, gars o late of Palghat, now transferred to Kasaragod. Another § f100 party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Walter, late of Vaniyankulam, My. Benner, late of Calicut, and three or four more young ool ob Missionaries, is still expected before the monsoon. Thus, including the departures and reinforcements that fall into r10U8 the new year, we number now 54 ordained Missionaries, Iy to 23 laymen, and 56 ladies. This seems at first a very great qulte number, but considering the vast districts yet to be conquered them for Christ, and the multifarious duties connected with the Jined - and different branches of Mission-work, we rather feel constrained to exclaim: “The harvest is truly plenteous, but the labourers were are few, pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He af 100 will send forth labourers into His harvest”. bh 11 3 Sick-list. A great deal of sickness prevailed amongst ], W a8 our Missionaries and their families on different stations. Great b 85 )ls, B anxiety was caused by the serious illness of our Medical Missionary, Dr. E. Liebendirfer at Calicut, in May last; p fire but the Lord graciously spared his life and wonderfully | for & fgl priélly strengthened him again, so that he was enabled to remain on his post until he could be relieved. Mrs. Ernst of Kaity al ish 24 was laid up with quite a complication of ailments, so much res so that we almost despaired of her life. Mrs. Weismann and enc Myr. Laujfer of Chombala, Mr. Walz of Mangalore, Mrs. Brasche e of Udipi, and Mrs. Stier of Guledgudd were ailing for months. at My. and Mrs. Fischer of Anadapur were considerably reduced and My. Sautter in strength by repeated attacks of heavy fever. fell of Mangalore was, by the delicate state of his health, obliged to 1ng resort to Dharwar for a change. My. and Mrs. Bader, Mrs. of ¢ Schonthal, Mrs. Ziegler, Mr. and Myrs. Hoch, and Miss Strolin (od had to spend a number of months on the Nilgiri Hills to rest recruit their health. Trying as these seasons of weakness and afflictions have been to those concerned as well as to il‘lju flmg their friends and fellow-workers, they have also given opportu- nities of tasting of the goodness of the Lord and realizing Var the power of faithful prayer, and thus proved a source of sty spiritual blessing to many. of 1 We take this opportunity to tender our heartfelt thanks to ot our medical advisers and friends, for the kind and gratuitous help, rendered to the Missionaries, their assistants and members of our congregations, and we have been requested especially to mention the following gentlemen: Surgeon Lt.Col.Dr. Lancaster Pres of Coonoor, Brgd. Surgeon Lt. Col. C. F. Peter of Bijapur, Dr.Cook thy and Dr. Lafrenais of Ootacamund, Surgeon-Major Dr. Davidson that of Dharwar, Dr. Cardoz of Hubli, Mr. V. Verghese, L. M. 8., OrpW Apothecary at Badagara, Mr. De Sylva, Apothecary at Palghat, bt Mr. Chandrashekhar Mudaliyar, L.M.S., Assistant-Surgeon and Mangalore, Mr. E. Peter, Pensioned Dresser at Mangalore, nag Mr. Matthias, Apothecary Kasaragod, and the Dressers at Hosadrug and Manjeshvar. May the Lord, who will not leave by unrewarded a cup of cold water, bless also these our bene- the factors according to the riches of His grace! e 4. God’s Preserving Grace. We cannot conclude this ang chapter without mentioning some special proofs of God’s (op 25— i £ uch preserving grace which some of us had occasion to experi- an Mr. Lauffer, of Chombala, on a ence in the past year. sehe preaching tour during the hot season, had one day put up ths at the out-station Badagara, when a heavy storm came on ced and a flash of lightning struck his room, and, piercing the wall, ither fell into the assembled family of the Catechist in the adjoin- ) ing room. Two of the Catechist’s children were struck, one s, of them wounded and the other knocked down senseless. By ilin My. Laujffer, who had been God’s mercy they were all saved. 5 10 resting on his cot close to the wall struck, escaped from being 1655 injured by having his bed moved to another place, only a short time before. 5 10 b Similar incidents are reported from Mulki, Paraperi and jing Vaniyankulam. In Mulki the small tower of the church was ) of struck by a flash of lightning and slightly damaged. The girls of the Orphanage, which is adjacent to the church, though 50 greatly terrified, escaped unhurt. U hers Of Paraperi Mr. Eckelmomﬁ reports the following:— )tO “In the beginning of the monsoon our Orphanage was graciously st preserved from a great danger. Inanight at the end of May a heavy 00 thunderstorm burst; the lightning struck a palm-tree near the well that was centrally situated between the buildings belonging to the Json 8 Orphanage. The palm-tree burned up immediately like a huge torch, hat, but praise be to God who sent His angel and preserved the children and the buildings from injury. Had the store-house of the Orpha- ;€0ﬂ nage caught fire, we should have lost Rs. 1000 worth of rice.” 016, at The Basrur station also had a very trying time. In Fe- Ak bruary, during the absence of Mr. Gengnagel and family on the Kudremukh sanitarium, not less than thirteen attempts ene were made by unknown persons to set fire to the Mission-house and surrounding houses. Some of them were successful and this o’s considerable loss was caused ; the Mission-house itself, however, 4 26 i S was happily saved. The police has not been able as yet to detect the incendiaries. our end vefe B. Native Workers. the. We are glad to state that the number of our Catechists (ied has again been increased. Nine students, having finished their Hu course of training at the Theological Seminaries of Tellicherry due and Mangalore respectively, were appointed Catechists. Two mer of these belong to Malabar, three to South Canara, and four Mal are natives of the South Mahratta District. Four Assistant- e Catechists were also admitted into the service: two of these had been educated in the Bettigeri Training School, one in the an Theological Seminary of Tellicherry, and,—last, not least— Dis Poul Karunagara, an aged convert of Perambra. This latter had not received a regular training, but felt constrained by the love of Christ to proclaim the glad tidings of Christ’s saving grace to his poor and benighted countrymen. Much as we are impressed with the paramount importance of a well-trained ministry, we should like to number among our fellow-workers a few more of the stamp of this layman, men who have gone through the school of a thorough conversion our from heathenism. Such men are often better qualified to of testify to the miéery of a man without Christ as well as to the saving power of the Gospel, than one who has had the Sot 1\ required training. 1t Thus the number of our Evangelists, Catechists and Assi- 50 stant-Catechists at the end of 1895 would have been increased als up to 138, as against 125 in 1894, had we not to record the 6V removal by death of one of the oldest servants of our Mission, of viz. Catechist FEzra Arunachalam, late of Ponani, who, after an a service of 40 years, was called to rest on the 20th March 80¢ 1895. (See Obituary.) laf OB T e | 27 b f0 On the other hand we are sorry to say, that the ranks of our Pastors have decreased from 14 in 1894 to 12 at the end of 1895. Mr. Salomon Bhaskar, Pastor at Bettigeri, a veteran among our native fellow-workers, who had been in the service of our Mission almost since his conversion in 1852, lists died on the 25th June 1895. (See Obituary.) Mr. Cornelius heir Hutten, Evangelist at Tellicherry, was pensioned. Another re- Ity duction has only recently been occasioned through the retire- T'wo ment from active service of Mr. Diego Fernandez, Pastor at four Mulki, who also can look back on a career of more than 40 A0t~ years spent in the Master’s service. 1086 The following tabular statement will be helpful to form the an idea of the distribution of our agents on the different - Districts of our Mission. There are:— Total 54 ter In South Canara 7 Pastors, 47 Catechists, Coorg —_— N ” » 6 Iy st's South Mahratta » 30 » ” 31 Malabar ” 45 » ” 48 uch fa On the Nilgiris RS %; ” [ » 10 149 our 12 » 137 ” N nen A glance at this tabular statement shows, that some of jon our Districts are not yet sufficiently provided with the number t0 of preachers necessary to carry on the work efficiently. The {0 South Mahratta District, we are glad to say, has now no more reason to complain of the scarcity of assistants, from which the it had been suffering for the last 10 or 15 years, and which §8l so seriously hindered the progress of the work. South Canara also has not only a sufficient number of Catechists, but can sed even supply other Districts with its surplus. But the Districts the 08, of Coorg and the Nilgiris urgently require reinforcements, and in Malabar the present number of native helpers is ter scarcely adequate to the exigencies of the work, which has el lately so extraordinarily extended. In response to urgent 4* 9 . 8 deménds for help from the latter three Districts, South Canara has sent two of its men to Malabar, four to the Nilgiris and ity 10t one to Coorg. Besides, some more men belonging to South Canara have, for a number of years, been employed in in ] North Canara and South Mahratta, and also in Coorg. As are and a matter of fact, the transfer of low-country Catechists to Districts so remote from the coast and different in climate, follg as Coorg and the Nilgiris, is connected with peculiar difficulties, and often self-denial on their part. Yet we are glad to say, that, as a rule, our native brethren are found willing, for the Lord’s sake, to proceed also to foreign Districts. May the Lord fill them all with that true Missionary spirit that counts it a privilege to suffer, if need he, some personal sacrifice, in order to win souls for Christ! It gives us much pleasure to notice that the several Station- the Reports bear an almost unanimous testimony to the zeal and EX 08 devotion, with which our Assistants, on the whole, discharged their duties as servants of Christ. ) They have rendered very B valuable assistance in the different departments of the work_— iy pastoral, evangelistic, and educational-—in which they have stil] been employed according to their various gifts. As it has We been customary with us for many years, so also this year hein annual conventions, assembling all the Catechists of a District, were arranged at Tellicherry, Mangalore and Hubli respec- rea tively. Besides these, weekly or monthly meetings were held Dot with the Catechists belonging to each Station, at the respective head-quarters. These meetings are a very useful means, not only to impart instruction in scriptural and theological knowledge, but also to strengthen and deepen the spiritual life and foster a spirit of unity and mutual sympathy between Indian and European fellow-workers. They are therefore l\atl appreciated by all concerned as seasons of spiritual refresh- ﬂmH ment and abiding blessings. Tey AT N L 29 1AL We believe, the steady and unostentatious work done by and Christian Schoolmasters in the various Mission Schools is juth not less important for the building up of the kingdom of God | 1 in this land than the work of preachers of the Gospel. We As are glad to state that our Christian educational staff is slowly and steadily increasing year by year, as may be seen from the t0 %6, following tabular statement:— s, Christian Christfan Non-Christian Schoolmasters. Schoolmistresses. Schoolmasters. saj) 1880 70 29 34 the 1885 103 29 66 the 1890 136 5 102 107 1nfs 1894 170 1108 1895 182 2 105 We are still far away from being able to dispense with 100 the services of non-Christian Schoolmasters; their number still and exceeds one-third of the total of the male teachers in our employ. We are pretty well provided with Christian School- oed pery masters of the Primary and Lower Secondary Grade, but the k— number of Christian Matriculates and Graduates trained is 1376 still exceedingly small and quite inadequate for our wants. has We feel this to be a great drawback, which earnest efforts are 7’6%1’ being made to remedy. ek, As to Colporteurs and Bible-women, we have to refer our readers to chapter III. and VII. respectively, where some ;pec- held particulars about them will be found. f1ve 106 2. The Native Church. ;ical A. Numerical Increase. tual In reviewing the work of the last year, we find that our o6l Native Church has increased by 368 souls. fore This 1s 189 less than in 1894, when we had an increment of 557 Church- osh members. The increase is due partly to excess of births 30 (488) over deaths (272), amounting to 216, partly to baﬁtisms R from among the heathen, numbering 209, and also to excess stren, of re-admissions to church-membership of excommunicated Christians (78) over excommunications (68), making 10 in all. Considering all these items, there ought to have been a total increase of 435 souls. Unfortunately, however, we have also to record an unusually high rate of change of residence of Christians, who either left for other parts of the country beyond our reach, or even relapsed into heathenism: and this is the cause of the apparent discrepancy. As a matter of fact, not all those who leave us for foreign Districts, may, there- fore, be counted as lost to Christ or the Christian Church; they are only beyond our control, and may, even abroad, live a consistent Christian life or join other Christian denominations. Yet we cannot deny the deplorable fact that many of our Christians, who go to the Ghauts, Coorg, Mysore or the Wynaad, in order to find a better livelihood, are seriously endangered 0 in their spiritual and moral state, living, as they very often ang do, in out-of-the-way places far away from Christian fellow- our ship and without the means of grace. Under such circum- Vani stances it is not surprising, therefore, that many succumb are to the temptations besetting them on all sides, and some of heath them even relapse into heathenism. still | Altogether our Congregations now comprise tudeg 6567 Communicants b) th 144 Non-Communicants (under Church-Discipline), and 5620 Children, Total 12331 Church-Members, against 11963 at the end of 1894. i ¢ Of these 5122 belong to South Canara, 257 9 , Coorg, addit 1737 many b , South Mahratta, 4698 U , Malabar, By g 487 » , the Nilgiri District. of ) 31 .- Ranking our Stations according to their numerical 180s XCESS strength, we find— 1 ated Station above 2,000, viz., Mangalore with 2242 1all 3 Stations between 1,000 and 2,000, viz., Udipi with en & 1,804, Calicut with 1,239 and Codacal with 1,176. () Stations between 500 and 1,000, viz., Cannanore have lence with 864, Mulki with 758, Guledgudd with 581, ity Tellicherry with 536, Bettigeri with 520. (&} Stations between 200 and 500, viz., Chombala with {his fact, 447, Hubli with 358, Palghat with 364, Kaity with here- 276, Kotageri with 211. Stations below 200, viz., Dharwar with 185, Ananda- they Ve pur with 175, Mercara with 112, Kasaragod with 117, Basrur with 116, Karkal with 85, Vaniyan- 1018, our kulam with 92, Honavar with 51 and Bijapur with 492 church-members. aad, Of the Stations enumerated immediately above Dharwar ;e‘red often and Honavar belong to the very oldest places occupied by our Mission, whilst Karkal, Kasaragod, Bijapur, Basrur, and JJov Vaniyankulam are of a more recent date. Thankful as we eun- are for these Christian Churclies gathered from among the b heathen, we cannot but realise the fact, that they are 18 of still a very small flock, when compared with the vast multi- tudes of heathens around, who yet appear scarcely touched by the leaven of the Gospel. Mﬂe)v B. Conversions from Heathenism. This year’s harvest consists of 209 souls (158 adults and 51 children) gathered in by baptism from heathenism. In addition to these, 349 catechumens are on thelist, out of whom many will, we believe, be baptized in the course of the year. By far the greater part of these conversions fall to the district of Malabar with 130 baptisms and 218 catechumens, whilst 32 her a S. Canara is represented by 51 baptisms and 103 catechumens, South Mahratta ” 14 ” ”» onqui the Nilgiris 14 9 20 ” she b able t and Coorg » ” » » accon The ingathering is not as large as last year’s with its her 1 318 baptisms, and even Malabar, which for the last five patie years has so greatly been blessed, shows a falling off in the days number of baptisms (130 against 208 in 1894). In South I Canara and South Mahratta, on the other hand, we observe a slight increase. Yet we have much reason to be thankful of My and | for what the Lord has given us, and we cannot but rejoice, i when we see the different ways by which the Lord God in His wonderful grace and wisdom prepares souls for the acceptance ery ) of the Gospel. Almost all the converts, it is true, belong to “the Joy, Besid foolish and weak things of the world”; but far from being days. offended thereby, we would rather with the Lord Jesus praise the Father, that He has been pleased to reveal His mysteries } just to the babes. Yea, as in the Lord Jesus’s time, so now two also, the poor have the Gospel preached to them. 10 i In the following we propose to give some extracts from the ) different Station-Reports, in order to show who our converts pal o are and where they have come from. 4 We begin with the South Mahratta District. My. Bode of had ! theip Dharwar, relates the touching story of the conversion of an Both old woman, the mother of Cut. Devadana Katapur. 0n fiy The latter had been handed over to the Missionaries, when still Préve a boy, during the famine that raged in the Deccan about 20 years him ago. He was educated in our schools and, two years ago, appoint- Stl‘on: ed Catechist. But he had not forgotten his good old mother, who tiH]e, had, all the while, remained in heathenism. As soon as he was ﬂlSo, enabled to give her some help, he went in search of her and Me} persuaded her to live with him at Dharwar. He began to instruet Yearg her in the Christian truth, and great was his joy when she declared the | 33 S S ey mens, her anxiety to also become a Christian. She was a very attentive enquirer and showed an intense longing for baptism. For some time she had been sickly, and on the day of her baptism she was scarcely able to go to church. But later on she recovered and had the joy to accompany her son to his wedding at Bettigeri. Soon afterwards th 1ts t five her illness increased and gave her much pain, but she bore all patiently, and several times said that she rejoiced to die. A few n the days before Christmas she was released from her sufferings.” South Proceeding to South Canara, let us hear what Mr. Digel )SELTE nkful of Mulki reports of some baptisms at the Out-stations of Padur Joice, and Kutyar:— “Fifteen adults and one child were baptized. They are mostly n s very poor and weak people, but as yet they have given us cause for fance 0 che joy, and may perhaps turn out better tkan they seem to promise. Besides, 13 persons receive baptismal instruction. We live in the bein days of small things.” pxalse Mangalore, on the other hand, witnessed the baptism of 61165 ) 0OW two educated Hindus, whose conversion may be traced back to impressions of the truth of the Gospel received by them in the Mission Town-School of the place. Mr. Bucher, the Princi- from pal of this school, speaks thus of them:— verts “We were able to receive into the Church two young men, who bad passed through our school. Grace had ultimately overturned il of their timidity, and led them to the acceptance of the Divine call. of a0 Both have their employments. One of them had made up his mind, on finishing his course in our school, to espouse the cross, but was il prevented from taking this step by strong pressare brought to bear on him by his relatives and friends. Now, about 12 years later, he felt years strong enough to carry out his long cherished intention. If, at this ik time, it had not been for the same intimidating influences, his brother who also, who is still a pupil in our school, might have become a jp W45 y and member of the Body of Christ. The other young man had for some years back, abandoned the tenets of Hinduism and launched into 15t ek the Brahma Samaj to appease his restless heart. But gradually ared 5 34 At the same time recent doubts and despondency began to trouble him. the Scripture texts, he had once learnt by heart, came back to ancest his memory and he felt unable to resist any longer the invitation of ‘0 Christ, the meek and humble friend of sinners. He attended our of a B church regularly for several months, until at last he felt constrained TeAIS ¢ to 9011fess Christ openly by holy baptism.” of bee The m; Turning to the Nilgiris, we are glad to hear of the conver- Josepl sion at Kaity of young Andy, the step-son of old Kackamalla, would who in 1894 already wanted to become a Christian, but was kept away by force, nobody knowing his fate (see Report for W 1894, page 43). He has now been won for Christ, and was years Of another man 10 say baptized on the first Sunday in Advent. My. Ernst of Kaity says:— Videnc “The heathen inhabitants of Kaity village had to swallow a very hut g bitter pill, and there is no help for it. They must acquiesce in the Loar, fact that the owner of a house in their midst is a convert, and that their | now a Christian lives in their village. His house is a poor little shanty, (1 and the convert who mortgaged it, is a poor young man. On the whole, C0nvey the affair is very insignificant from a worldly point of view, but that the I is the way the Lord builds up His kingdom. The heathen Badagas are well aware of the spiritul importance of the poor shanty.” the 1 Writeg Kotageri had the pleasure on Whitsunday to witness the Wl baptism of 8 heathen. haVe b‘ “One of these is a Badaga woman, sent here from Kaity to be qllite 9 instructed and baptized, as she could not with safety stay at home. for us, Five other persons belong to a Badaga Brahman family, two members for agy of which have already found admission into our Congregation. of the {aei the remaining two, one is an orphan Tamil boy from the plains and the other a poor girl.” thesg Popey Towards the end of the year seven more heathen, who ex- pressed their desire to become Christians, were received as Iy Condyg catechumens and are now under baptismal instruction. Six kmd!}ec of these belong to the new Out-station Milidenu, which was Yoy v ¥ 35 il SR 18 time recently opened by our Badaga convert Joseph Hiéria on his hack to ancestral property. tion of “One of these is Joseph’s youngest sister; five \more are members led our of a Badaga family, the head of which is the son of a man, who, thirty trained years ago, at the times of Father Metz had joined us with the intention of becoming a Christian, and afterwards relapsed into heathenism. The man, pressed hard by his ereditors, found shelter and help with 0nver- Joseph Hiria, who also offered him one of his houses, as the heathen malla, b was would not suffer him to live in their village.” ot for What a remarkable change! The very man who, some twelve years back, had to flee from his home and forsake everything nd was to save his soul, has now been enabled, in the wonderful pro- I mal vidence of the Lord, not only to return to his ancestral estate, but also to found there a Christian village, which, another ¥ ‘rer:!' in the Zoar, gives shelter to poor Badaga converts expelled from their homes for Christ’s sake. nd that shanty, Coming to Malabar, almost every Station had its share of , whole, conversions. But whilst in the last four years Codacal was yut that the most favoured Station, we find that this year Calicut heads adages the list with 47 baptisms and 58 catechumens. Mr. Knobloch ) writes of these:— s the “To the 25 catechumens at the beginning of the year 87 more have been added in the course of the year. This is for our Station quite an unprecedented phenomenon. It was a time of refreshing for us, when, in the monsoon, week after week enquirers came, asking f hom: for admission into our Church. Our joy was greatly increased by the fact, that 21 of the neophytes are permanent residents of Calicut. o Of As a matter of course, not a little toil and care was needed with 0 aud these conversions, because all of them had come with not the least property of their own. They are now all usefully occupied in our Industrial Establishments. But we were also sorely grieved by the who ¢x- conduct of some converts, who proved insincere and abused the ved ?}5 kindness shown to them. Some of them have suddenly disappeared. S ch 8 Yea, some of the very people, at whose coming we believed to have 5* L 2 S particular cause to rejoice and who had even to go through severe struggles, disappointed us most.” ed, a and v Mpr. Volz of Calicut relates the story of a convert, who Whos had formerly been a Sanyasi and is now employed in our si0n, Weaving Establishment. have “He is a Nayar by caste and was born in the neighbourhood of Vaniyankalam, where his father had been a respectable husbandman. man) When a boy, he attended a simple village-school, in which also ing t Sanskrit was taught. Later on, he assisted his father in managing hearg the family property, but he always felt an intense craving to devote had ; himself entirely to the service of his idols, several of which were Chri worshipped in his father’s house. It was, however, only after the age § death of his father, that his desire was realized. He began then @ e to read the Shastras and spent much money on religious ceremonies; 0 es but as he meanwhile neglected his family property, it came out § to pass that, ere long, all his fortune had wasted away. ‘What hang to do now? He made up his mind to become a Sanyasi, and, ition forsaking his wife and children, began to wander about, visiting all sight the famous shrines, until he had crossed the country from South to But ¢ North as far as Benares. After about 10 years of pilgrimage, he conld returned home, and now, by the grace of God, the time had come for ) him to find the peace of mind he had been seeking in vain for so many years. He became acquainted with the Gospel through the Place instrumentality of a Christian teacher, who took him to the Missionary of ty at Vaniyankulam. The latter, desiring to help the man to any honest Chrig living, recommended him for admission to the Weaving Establish- “( ment at Calicut. It was not an easy thing for the grey-haired and Inob} ( emaciated man to begin learning a new trade, but as he proved Whigh willing, steady and faithful, he soon succeeded in overcoming the The y difficalties in his way. He was baptized on Christmas-Day 1895, de@la] and there is now also some hope that his wife and children will %ain follow him and become disciples of the Lord Jesus.” Dakip Who h From Chombala 23 baptisms are reported, of which Mr. ang Weismann writes:— of fhe coe Bl s 317 evere “Out of a great number of enquirers asking for baptisrﬁ we accept- ed, as a rule, only those who were known to members of our Church and whose intentions, we felt justified to believe, were sincere. Many, who whose motives were apparently impure, were strictly refused admis- L our sion. We cannot say, that those accepted are perfect saints, but we have no reason to regret their admission. ood of “Among the women baptized there is on old mother who, for dman, many years, had gladly received the messengers of the Gospel com- ) also ing to her house, and had alse taken to heart much of the word 080§ heard. Long ago she would have liked to become a child of God, devote had it not been for her grown-up children, who had an aversion to | Were Christianity. Meanwhile she had grown old and in addition to old or the age she also fell sick. But how could she die without having become n then a member of Christ’s Body ? At any rate she must make haste now 101168, to escape for her life, and one day when her children had gone came out she seizes the opportunity and with her youngest child at her Wha hand flees to Chombala, where she arrived in a very miserable con- , and dition. To be true, we were at first not much pleased with her mO‘ a“ sight ; why should we burden ourselves with an old sickly woman? But she showed such a genuine longing after salvation, that we o th {0 could not refuse her.” ge, he My. Nagel of Cannanore reports of a disturbance that took 1 10 180 place in the month of April in connection with the conversion oh the of two Tiyer women who had taken refuge in the house of a i0naly Christian. honest “On a Saturday night their relatives, together with an uproarious ablish mob, came running along to the compound, containing the house in o 00 which the women were, and made an attempt to take them away. pror ol The women were asked whether they wanted to go, but they decidedly declared: No! they were anxious to be saved. The mob rushed 1899 against the door, smashed it and tried to break into the room, freely ol WIH making use of their cudgels against Mr. Nagel and the Christians who had come to assist him. At last the police came to the rescue I Mi and prevented further mischief. But unfortunately the younger of the two women had been forcibly abducted. The Missionaries = 5 were not willing to file a suit against the housebreakers; but the aathorities took the matter into their own hands and had them tried To and punished.” fo ¥ the conf1 Codacal Station had the privilege of enrolling 94 candidates 16Y6] for baptism. Of these 19 were baptized and 21 had to be again dismissed, so that the year closed with 54 catechumens Il by We T on our rolls. The following wonderful report of M. Bosshardt of th gives, as it were, a history of the past year’s conversions on his Station. lessp fo le “During the year under report we had the privilege of enrolling €060y 94 candidates for baptism, of which the first family arrived on the They 2nd January. Though they were Pariabs, the wife did not seem they { to be much in favor of her husband’s intention. In order to dista induce her to follow him, he took the youngest child on his arm and his boy of 9 years at the hand and hurried on, till he reached the old f bungalow at day-break, after an eight miles’ wearisome journey. The haug to ag distressed mother followed closely at his heels, and with tears in her eyes begged for her youngest child. Her two brothers also, one info of them being blind, eventually dropped in and boldly supported that her in her demand. As the husband strenuously refused to give chorg up his children or to return home with them, the brothers were only | anxious to make at least sure of their sister, seized her, and Hare walked off. Scarcely had the young mother been a little way off, ti()n ] when she was overcome by an irrepressible yearning after her Violey darling, that soon defeated all prejudices and obstacles. She fled Teso)y back and humbly declared that she also would become a believer. Degay This couple, while under instruction, took great pains in mastering ety the lessons and attempted to lifs themselves on a better footing, Teae) in which they made a fair progress. During the year the change gleaf was so marked that they could be baptized. Some days later there Jouth appeared an aged Tiyen, whose children had embraced Christianity some years back; and towards the end of the month a Nayar girl, The about 15 years old, who had lost her heathen relatives, sought pro- Slegg tection and help with her Christian kinsfolk.” ang | 39 b Ll ; the “In February arrived a Nayar family consisting of four souls. fried To gain their livelihood, they had to take to manual labour to which they had not been accustomed before, and therefore the beginning looked very dreary and unpromising. Debts were contracted with the rice-merchant; the man got disheartened and lates reverted to his former associates; his wife and step-son, however, 0 be mens left no stone unturned till they had brought him back. Since then we notice a marked change in the character as well asin the conduct it of these people. The wife seemed to possess an inclination to thought- 15 00 lessness which she has been trying to subdue. She has begun to learn to read, that she might read the Bible for herself, and olling encourages her husband to go to church and hold family prayers. n the They have not yet been received into the Church by baptism, as geem they ought to continue under instruction for some time more. Jor 10 “Again in March, two youths came from a place of 25 miles distanee. One was parentless and the other the darling of his n and old father, who could not long resist the longing after his son. Ex- ] the The hausted and wearied he came with other kinsfolk, whom he had taken to assist him in persuading the boy, and on seeing the son he burst als n into tears, piteously entreating him to come home. When he saw 0, 000 that his efforts were fruitless, he tried once more to touch the filial ported chords in his son by a pathetic and powerful manner: “You are the ) give only one to cherish me in my old age. You ought not to be so eruel. , were This could not but re-kindle the filial affee- p, and Have pity on me,’ ete. tion; a fierce struggle began in the boy’s heart ; the contest was 3)}' OiYs violent ; but lo! all at once the youth looked up full of unflinching or ber e fled resolution, execlaiming: ‘Father, I will remain here to save my soul, because with you I shall lose it.’ Nothing could shake the youth’s oJiever: determined resolve and his kinsmen had to return as they came. On sfering reaching home they consulted a famous sorcerer and listened with oting: great composure of mind to his promises that he would get the chang? youth back within a month, which hope proved an illusion; and the ) %hel‘e sorcerer became a laughing-stock to Christians and Non-Christians. sfianity The father made other attempts to get hold of his son, but without ar giﬂl success. The two youths found work in our Weaving Establishment, ;ht pYO' and led for several months an irreproachable life, when all of a sud- 40 fum den the countenanee of the orphan youth became downcast, and we learnt, that, as a heathen, he had been entangled in adultéry and 18tk sorcery, which devilish praectices began to make their appearance n th again. He had to be severely reprimanded, which his proud heart apo could not suffer, and he sought refuge with a Christian, who led him ness to the agent for emigration to Mauritius. Intoxicated with the mania your of emigration, he prevailed on his friend to also join him, and despite also our remonstrances they both departed. and “In February two Tiyer women, who had been deserted by their fami husbands, came over along with a Tiyer girl and at the beginning of This March a man of the Tiyer caste, who expected his wife would follow Moh him also, which she has not yet done. On the 6th March we had The another case. At midnight a young Nayar couple of respectable the family dropped in with the resolution of becoming disciples of pa Jesus Christ. Their relations residing near Codacal, lingered the decl next morning about the compound and tried to change their mind. and But their entreaties were without avail. Some days afterwards the the ¢ father of the young wife appeared also, declaring to take him- frien self the yoke of Christ, that he had long ago felt an inward for th compunction, but that the moral courage had failed him to break affec through the fetters; now since his daughter had showed him the path, eci he could no longer resist. The cherished hope, that his wife with Was her four children would follow him, has not yet been realized. He Ra is a skillful potter and started a workshop with his own money, iy and though he gave his wife out of his earnings whatever he At} could spare, he has not yet secured her consent. According to Nayar ang laws this poor man cannot exercise any control over his children. bOUrr The young couple show signs of much zeal and devotion in studying tllmt the Word of God. He was a farmer and has a great mind to stick i to farming, but for want of suitable fields he had for the present a 8y to be employed in the Weaving Establishment. his { “On the 20th April there came a smith about 25 years old whose eOmI marriage affairs were, however, somewhat doubtful. At first he The acknowledged a certain woman nearly 40 years old as his wife, from dau g whom he wants now to be divorced, alleging that she fascinated I ita him by witcheraft. On the 9th May a young man of Tellicherry Ovep 41 S AR T d we turned up, who afterwards sailed for Mauritius, and again on the rand 18th a man of the Tiyer caste with his wife confessed their faith ance in the Lord. Subsequently during the latter half of May and June heatt a poor widow, a washer-woman, was drawn to the Sun of Righteous- | him ness; besides a sickly Tiyer, 50 years old, who has to be helped, a a0 young couple, a relative of whom had been a Christian before, and spite also two Tiyer families of Pallat, one of which emigrated to Mauritius and the other is doing well. At the beginning of August a third Tiyer thetr family was led to accept Christ under extraordinary circumstances. ng of This family had some years ago taken a loan of Rs. 50 from a ollow Mohammedan, to whom they mortgaged their handsome compound. ¢ had The creditor had always been exceptionally kind, never asked for stable the yearly interest, nor troubled them about repayment of the prin- os of cipal; but one day matters entirely changed; he emphatically ] the declared, that unless they would clear off the principal with interest mind. and compound interest, a sum of altogether Rs. 150, he would have Js the the estate legally disposed off. The anxiety was great; rich Nayar friends and other kinsfolk were appealed to for help, but none was him pyard forthcoming. Idols were invoked, but they remained cold and un- hreak affected! Then they thought of the Gospel-invitation, and it was decided to throw in their lot with the Christians; but one obstacle path, ) Wlth was yet to be overcome; the old mother was against it and advised: ‘Rather lose the whole property than go to the Christians.’ The He 0067 dilemma was great. Why should they unjustly forfeit the property? or e At last they resolved to venture the step in spite of the frettings and protests of the old mother. The compound has now been Niyar |deon. bought by the Malabar Widow-fund, and the family has an oppor- tunity of reacquiring their estate by honest work and thrift. 1&)’iﬂg ) Sti(}k “In September and October we had four candidates for baptism— a smith, a carpenter, a stone-cutter, and a native medicine-seller with resent his family. InDecember we had several candidates—a Tiyer family comprising 6 members, and a smith with his wife, both of Ponnani. | whose The last applicant, before the close of the year, was a Tiyen with his g5t he daughter of 11 years, who had heard the Gospel four years ago when 3 from I stayed in his house on a preaching tour. He was prepared to come ipated Distress and bereave- over then, but his wife was muach against it. whef[y 6 42_ ment visited the house some months ago. One day they partook othe of raw potatoes which caused the death of his wife and four sons. en The man understood this Divine warning and arranged his affairs the without further hesitation, took the only child left him, and fled out noti of the city of destruction to Immanuel’s Land.” of the Palghat had 85 catechumens in the year under report. All of these were under ‘preparatory instruction for a longer or shorter period, but only 17 souls could, after all, counsci- Par the entiously be admitted to baptism. So there are still 47 cate- of | chumens left, whilst 19 have disappeared. We take the fol- lowing from a report of Mr. Kiihnle:— dea and “It is always a painful observation to see some sliding back, who her had had a fair beginning and had made a fair progress in the know- ledge and understanding of God’s Word ; but when after some weeks dwe or months, such backsliders reappear, as sorrowing and weeping 1181t penitents, with the solemn declaration, that they have no peace of mind and can henceforth not live as heathen, then we receive a be | 6al) refreshing from God’s countenance. pon ‘“Amongst those who could be admitted into the membership of the Church I have to mention my old friend Cham:i with his family, g | sty who brought with him the night he came to us the materials of his house and had it rebuilt in the same style on the Melparambu Iy hill. Husband, wife and two of the eldest children found work 4 fo At first this new 91\1]{ in our Tilery, where they now earn their bread. kind of work, which requires a steady and continuous appli- e cation, appeared to them a little tiresome, but by the patience and afte that indulgence of the Superintendent they have overcome their apathy. The progress made by them in the catechumenal instruction was aho, very satisfactory. Chami, who knows Tamil and Malayalam to €Xa) write and read, quickly committed to memory the Catechism in spite (0 of his 50 summers. His intelligent answers and absorbed attention aga saly gave evidence of his earnest meditation, but we did not hurry with his baptism. When the day appointed for the holy rite approached 10 g we could notice an unspeakable joy illuminating his countenance. It is now his fervent desire and anxious prayer to God to bring his the 43 iy In order to effect this he thook other relations to the feet of Christ. §0ns, went several times to his native village, confessing his belief in ffairs the Lord from house to house. On a recent visit to that place I d out noticed a marked change. The people were aroused and in a state of earnest enquiry; and many seemed to be quite ready to take the decisive step soon. port. “T have also to mention an old woman, called Paru Amma, of nger nsCl- Panamanna, with her three grown-up sons and two grand-children, the latter being the children of her eldest son who was the last member cate of the family to embrace Christ, after he had lost his wife through ¢ fol death. It was for us all a touching sight to see mother, children, and grand-children standing before the altar, ready to surrender [, Who themselves to the great Physician. know- “A sweetly cherished hope for an old man, named Mayen, who weeks dwelt in the forest near Wadakencherry, and whom I occasionally eping visited whenever I came to that part, could to my great sorrow not 06 of be fulfilled. Not long before his departure out of this world I 76 B earnestly admonished him that he should hasten on, and not post- pone his baptism, whereupon he seemed very much moved and asked hip of A vehement me for a word of prayer, which I readily granted. :'amﬂy, struggle was going on in him, and he burst out in tears, and on of bis my way home I earnestly commended him to God’s grace. Only pamby a few weeks afterwards he breathed his last, and while dying he | otk exhorted his children, in his moments of consciousness, to live accord- i new ing to the Word of God, and ordered not to have his body burnt appli after the fashion of his caste-people, but to have it buried like 0 aﬂd that of the Christians. A married daughter told me afterwards ;p&th)'- about her father’s death with tears in her eyes, and added with an on WS ‘And now, as our father is dead, you will not examining look: 1am t0 come and see us any more.’ Thereupon I rejoined: ‘I shall come 1 Spie again and again, and I shall not cease to tell the old story of tentiod salvation; you shall have once no excuse and say: ‘We have had D) no opportunity to hear the glad tidings in the jungle . y yith »gadhed Herewith we take leave of our new converts, commending 0a0ce: them to the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit. May He who ing bi 6* 44 hath called them unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, make them perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle them! of ( saly C. Moral and Religious Life of our Christians. of Our Mission Church numbers now 12331 baptized Christians, give who live in 23 Head-stations and 170 Out-stations. hope Among fo b these there are 67 places, where chapels and school-houses are hets erected, ministers of the Gospel stationed, and Sunday worship regularly held. Can we say, that all these 67 congregations for after scattered among a heathen population, small though they may be, are as many centres of Christian life and light? Are they all, as they ought to be, each for its surroundings like a 1 of ] city that is set on a hill and therefore cannot be hid? And one are all our Christian families as many lights shining in the world, living blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without amg rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation (Phil. 1. 15)? alike We feel, it is not so easy to give a brief answer to these questions. If we were to answer in the affir- for b With mative, we should be found false witnesses, deceiving ourselves and our friends regarding the real state of our Churches. If him we were to answer in the negative, we should deserve to be help Comp blamed for ungratefully shutting our eyes to the genuine work He [} of grace thatis undoubtedly going on among our Christians. In- that deed no greater mistake could be committed concerning the In cept question before us, than to indulge in generalizations. i speaking therefore, as we propose to do now, of the religious {his \ and moral condition of our Native Church, we desire to Seang keep in view both sides of the case, gratefully acknowledging OOHlp all that God, through His Holy Spirit, has done and is still Suffe doing amongst us, as well as frankly pointing out defects of i that have come to light. Chris to th Commencing with South Canara, we first state a general both remark made by Mr. Ritter of Mangalore: — dil\g ] 45 e nake “One may observe important differences in the spiritual life of our Christians. There are some who are anxious about the salvation of their souls, striving to be living members of the Body of Christ, and, in the face of death, joyfully take hold of the for- giveness of their sins through the blood of Christ, and rejoice in the Jals, But there are others who, although they desire 100g hope of glory. to be Christians, are wanting in earnestness of purpose, and waver S 816 between sin and Christ. And there are also those who only care ship for an outward connection with the Church, whilst in fact, they long tons after the world and the lusts of the flesh.” may As an instance of a Christian earnestly striving to enter they in at the strait gate, we communicate the following report ke 2 of Mr. Jared Soens, Pastor at Bockapatna, about the death of And one of his church-members, Obadéiah, whose grandfather was 1 the among the very first converts of Mangalore:— thout “He was mourned by all who knew him, by Christians and pagans ytion alike, because of his mild and sweet disposition that made it easy rief for him to love and be kind to all. Though his character was not affir without its flaws and blemishes, yet many Christian virtues adorned olves him, that encouraged many a down-cast brother. He was a great If help to Mr. Jung, the Superintendent of the Kudroli Tile-Works, in 0 he commencing a Sunday School at Bolur among the fishermen caste. qork He enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-Christians to such a degree, that he was elected an elder of the Church; but he refused to ac- , In cept the call, considering himself unworthy for such a responsible g the office. In the Tile-Works he was employed as fireman, but finding In this work injuring his bealth, he gave it up and went to the hills in gious soarch of other employment. He caught, however, fever and was e £0 compelled to return speedily. Consumption, of which he had once been g suffering for a long time, developed rapidly and made him soon one gl of its vietims. The news of his decease caused a sensation among efeCtS Christians and Non-Christians. ‘When his last remains were carried to the burial ground, people of all classes stationed themselves on both sides of the road and expressed their love and sorrow in shed- soral ding heart-felt tears.” 46 s ! There are, thank God, many more like this man who are from leading a life hid with Christin God, many who love the House of God and make use of the means of grace! But there are H} also others, who have given us cause for grief by their in- sough more difference and lukewarmness, by drinking habits and quar- relling, and also by impurity. More painful, however, than tives, occasional outbursts of sin and exceedingly hurtful to the his ba peace spiritual life of the Mangalore Church are the deplorable elap: disputes in connection with the Canara Christian Provident nicate Pund, that, for the last two or three years have disturbed the for th peace of the congregation. Would God, that this obstacle iy which withholds from us the Divine blessing and retards the with progress of the work of God among the heathen, be removed heliey from our midst ere long! (ateg In Mulki also the peace of the congregation was disturbed (hare by the unruly behaviour of some Christians, who refused to fllH b\ that ¢ submit to church-discipline and had therefore to be excom- municated. We are exceedingly sorry to say, that they have habit not yet repented. oy - also f Concerning Udipi Mr. Keppler points to the distressing I fact, that in the past year 29 persons had to be excommuni- 10 p cated, whilst only 10 baptisms of pagans had taken place. Sout} He says:— State, “This observation has not been surprising to us, because there ()f 0y are in our congregation not a few Christians who care but little for tiang, God’s Word and are so ignorant that they are scarcely able to f understand the difference between their former and present state. Justif by 4 It has grieved us to observe, that this evil is not only of recent date, but that it seemed to have taken root in our Church for a number of years. It is evident from our yearly reports that, Nere within the last five years, no less than 245 excommunications chief have taken place against only 230 baptisms from among the heathen.” 1 pl dugy el 47 ) are Very painful cases of relapse into heathenism are reported [ouse from some Out-stations of Udipi. “At Kilenja two Christian families, afflicted with sickness, I 10 0 a:re Even a Christian of sought relief by offering to Bhiatas (demons). more than ten years’ standing, yielded to the entreaties of his rela- Juar- than tives, and joined in this idolatrous ceremony. Later on he repented his backsliding, and with tears tab] asked for forgiveness. He died in ) the peace shortly afterwards. Bat his family appear to be resolved to rable ident relapse into heathenism. At Gudde ten persons had to be excommu- nicated; among these two heads of families, who have now relapsed ] the for the second time. Some people seem to make very light of back- facle sliding and re-admission to the Church. A man re-admitted, suffering ¢ the with consumption, had a sacrifice offered for his dead wife, whom he oved believed to be the cause of his sickness. ‘When taken to task by the Catechist, he replied, he regretted having returned to the Christian Church, and he had better go back to paganism, in order to enjoy the hed full benefit of his sacrifice. d t0 The most distressing case, however, is that of a Christian at Parkal, who, for the last 15 years, was in the 000 habit of accompanying Catechists on preaching tours, and who has have now turned a bitter foe to Christianity, seducing other Christians also to recant.” ss1ng Humiliating as these and other occurrences are, we have yun no reason, therefore, to give way to despondency. Our lace. South Canara Mission is evidently at present in a critical state, and the feeling of sorrow at the unsatisfactory condition there of our Churches is unanimously shared by all earnest Chris- Jo for tians. We consider this to be rather an encouraging sign, justifying us to believe that the time will be soon coming when, state: by the Lord’s grace, our Churches will be filled with new life. geent In Coorg we have two Christian congregations, one at y for Mercara, the other at Anandapur, The first of these consists thata chiefly of low-country Christians, many of whom live scattered tions the in plantations all over the country. Of the congregation at Anandapur Mr. Fischer says:— 48 et i depe “The fact that we have in our Church some earnest Christians, gives us encouragement faithfully to work on and also to hope for 18 he forn those who have not yet advanced so far. But on the whole, we are sorry to find that there is much of a dead, nominal Christianity among less, us, wanting in spiritual life and vigour. Some cases of serious sins ha a3 that also happened, and for the same reason two candidates for baptism had to be dismissed. By the enquiry into these cases we were again could vant deeply impressed with the very filth of sin these poor people had wallowing in, before they became Christians. But many as are the to h shortcomings of our Church, that which has actually been attained This gives us cause to praise the Lord.” Comn willi We proceed now to the South Mahratta District with its five batig Head-stations and 16 Out-stations. Among the latter, Mushtigeri, an out-of-the-way place with a congregation numbering 148 souls, many of whom embraced Christianity during the famine kingl in 1877-78, has of late occasioned much anxiety by the 1 indifference of the Christians. Myr. Stier, who was in charge for g of this Qut-station last year, says:— the T ““The majority of our Christians were, and are still, hunters ; and, Whﬂs I think, it would be an easier task to tame a wild ass than to persu- to th ade these people to give up hunting. Assoon as the hunter’s drum the ¢ is heard, nothing can keep back the inveterate huntsman; he leaves also his dying child, his sick wife, and even the dead body of a relative, and very Joins the hunting party. With the same zeal some of our Christians 1ogt still cleave to idol-worship. In December last, I had a hard fight 808 with a family, consisting of a mother and three grown-up sons, who L()I‘d’s performed idol-worship secretly and publicly in association with the Sﬂppe lowest caste-people. Once the Catechist wrested from them the Sor implements for sacrifice, just as they were in the very act of sacrificing, by th which created a fearful uproar in the whole village. I was obliged Sacy, to go there at once to protect the Catechist from the vengeance of aged the idolaters. During the enquiry that ensued, I was astonished to Made hear how unblushingly they gloried in what they had been doing, Sterg and asserted that they would not abandon its practice, as upon it ViSitat sl 49 1als, depended the honour of their family. The fact is that the eldest son o for is headman of the village. They asked with elenched fists the re- taurn of the sacrificial implements. As all admonitions proved use- 0 are mong less, I returned these things with the declaration that they would be excommunicated. § §I08 They did not like this and began to suggest that only one of the family might be excommunicated, so that he ,ptism again could offer up the sacrifice for them. This being refused, they wanted, at least, the sacrificial implements to be returned, so as ¢ hat o the to have the idol-worship performed on their behalf by a heathen. ained This, of course, could not be granted, and they had at last to be ex- communicated. They are now again coming to church and are willing to give up their idolatrous superstitions; but a time of pro- g five bation must decide the sincerity of their intention.” igerl, Of another Out-station, belonging to Guledgudd, viz., Kat- ; 148 amine kinahalli, Mr. Eisfelder reports:— y the “The Katkinahalli Church has for some years given me cause harge for grief, chiefly because of the very unsatisfactory attendance at the Holy Communion. On one occasion 8 persons only were present, whilst the number of communicants is 80. I very often wondered as i ﬁﬂd3 to the cause of this deplorable state of things, and I have come to perS\l' the conclusion, that the fault lies not only with the Christians, but drom also with those in charge of the Church. Our native congregations |eaves very much resemble little children and, like them, are in need of the o,00d most careful handling. They have to be educated and trained isians s0 as to get in the way of regularly attending Divine Service and the d gt Lord’s Table. In our Church we have the custom, before the Lord’s S yho Supper is administered, not only to conduct a special Preparation ith the Service, but also to have each church-member personally spoken to e by the Pastor, before he or she is permitted to partake of the Blessed ifeing Sacrament. I believe that our Christians need be specially encour- gbliged aged to avail themselves of this blessed means of grace. I have 0t of made it a point, therefore, whenever the Holy Communion is admini- Jod 0 stered, to devote the preceding week to a pastoral house-to-house doiﬂg) visitation and to conversations with our Christians.” 50 e At Hubli a Young Men’s Christian Association has been Tence started, of which Mr. Warth says:— the ¢ The youths regularly meet in a room given them for the pur- ences pose, and spend their evenings in singing hymns and reading the Suppe Holy Seriptures. Every Thursday I conduet a special Bible Class. Spiri Although there is still much room for improvement, the very existence with 1 of this association is a blessing to our congregation. It is, besides, an excellent safeguard for our young men, and keeps them from idle- ness, roaming about, drinking, and similar bad habits. The members tion | are pledged to attend their meetings regularly, and to set a good Coda example to other Christians by their regular attendance at Sunday ago P and week-day Services. I have been greatly cheered by the starting Romg and growth of this association.” o3 We desire now to say a few words about our Christian Stead Churches on the Nilgiri-Hills. schog thig | As to Kotageri, two new Out-stations were opened at Denad and Milidenu (pp. 34 & 35). The congregation consists of Iy, | two heterogeneous elements, the Badaga and the Tamil; of 4 these Mr. Sikemeier says:— our ( becay “Eleven years ago the Tamil part of our Church was twice as numerous as the Badaga, but the latter have, within this period, Slongy There are now 90 doubled, chiefly owing to baptisms of heathen. a dists Badagasto 121 Tamil. Many of the Tamil Christians in this District Sneerg are constantly moving, and therefore out of our reach. For this reason, the Ie; only those are entered on our rolls, who have for a number of years admiy been under our control and wish to be connected with our Church. Ratiop As a rule, they are not regular in attending church; but there has in app been a great improvement since the introduection of a Tamil sermon ceivim in connection with our Canarese Service on Sunday mornings.” the y hugpy Of Kaity Mr. Erust says:— 1§ 1o “Quite a number of church-members had to be excommunicated because of serious sins, in which they had, under the guise of piety, heart, h&bits lived for a long time. The discipline applied was, through God’s grace, followed by good results. to iy In spite of these grievous occur- [raypy e heen rences our Church has not inconsiderably inereased, chiefly owing to the conversion of some Roman Catholics and pagans. The experi- 6 pur- ences I have made in connection with the celebration of the Lord’s 17 he Supper, give me the comforting assurance of the existence of real (lass. spiritual life in our Church and of the Lord’s abiding presence sfence with us.” 68, an 1 1dle- Turning now to Malabar, we desire first to draw the atten- mhets tion of our readers to two new Out-stations in the South of good Codacal, viz., Chittatakara and Chalasheri, where two years ago Protestant congregations were formed in the midst of a unday arting Roman Catholic and Syrian population (see last year’s Report, Pos 33 141.). In both of these Out-stations our work has made istian steady progress. Compounds, suitable for burial-grounds, school-rooms and Catechists’ houses have been purchased, and Jenad this has greatly helped to strengthen the infant Churches. Mr. Bosshardt of Codacal reports:— sfs of il; 0t “The Roman Catholics at Chittatakara contemptuously seoffed at our Christians, as though they had ventured on a very unsafe ground, vice 5 because they thought it would be a sheer impossibility for the Mis- geriod, sionaries at Codacal to regularly minister to them from so great a distance. By frequent visits, however, we tried to prove their o 90 istrich sneers groundless and strengthen the confidence of our Christians in the reality and genuineness of our work. The Holy Communion was 60800, administered twice, and attended by all the members of our eongre- f }'eafs furch gation. It was touching to see the devotion and reverence they showed in approaching the Lord’s Holy Table. We had much joy in re- o 18 ceiving again some Roman Catholics into our Church—among these om0l ) the wives of some of our Christians, who have now rejoined their husbands. The Catechist in charge joyfully reports, that our labour is not in vain among these people. They have, with full purpose of joated heart, renounced drinking, cheating, breach of trust and other evil habits so prevalent amongst them formerly. They do their utmost Piet)"a graee, to win their relatives for Christ; and some of them were incessantly oceur” praying for the conversion of their wives, until the Lord graciously 7>< i fulfilled their requests. Knowing that their words and actions are Chur keenly watched by their meighbours, they are on their heed, hold together in unity of love, and daily read the Scriptures, deriving had therefrom strength to walk in the light. the ¢ “There is a good number of Roman Catholies who sympathise pain with our work ; they like to hear us preaching the Gospel and begin than The Roman Catholiec books to mourn over the sins of their priests. of devotion, until now used for family prayer in the evenings, have of th been laid aside in many houses and the Bible is read in their place. Three families declared, at the end of the year, their intention of puet ox, joining the Protestant Church. Prais «In Chalasheri also we had the joy of receiving ten persons, had among them a venerable old Syrian priest. The Sunday Services are that well attended, and the Christians are very zealous to proclaim the Two Gospel truth, to the best of their ability, to Syrians and Hindus. Was One of the Christians, a carter by trade, is in the habit of conversing, sion| on his journeys, with Mohammedans and Hindus on religious sub- Musg jeets. He exhibits remarkable skill in refuting their objeetions and after establishing the truth of the Gospel. Two other Christians very Some of the stan often accompany the Catechist on his preaching tours. that Christians, whose wives and children have not yet come to the it Wa knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, are daily praying for their 4 60y conversion. We are glad to state that the former hostility of the the i Syrian Christians has lately been changed into sympathy with us, 0they although the rich and influential among them are still opposed to o nf the Protestant Chureh.” Drey Moy, It is with much joy and hope that we watch the develop- e ment of these young Churches in the South, which, by their love of the Word of God and zeal for the cause of truth, put aftey tiOl’j ( to shame many of our older congregations. May they abide a8 o in their first love and grow in the knowledge of Christ and Him crucified! many How urgently our congregations, and more espe- thep cially our young converts, need the intercession and prayers A of God’s children, has very forcibly been impressed on our n g Ot Q2 1§ 1e mind by startling revelations of the works of darkness in the hold Church at Codacal, the very Station that, for the last 5 years, 1ving had the privilege of gathering in a very rich harvest. It is the old story of the enemy sowing tares among the wheat, the athise painful truth of which we had the grief to realize on more hegin than one occasion. My. Bosshardt of Codacal reports:— hooks «Much sickness prevailed among our Christians in the first part have of the year. Within three weeks no less than 19 persons died from place. pneumonia. About the same time a family was laid up with small- ion of pox. Many a fervent prayer was offered at this time of tribulation. Praise be to the Lord for His glorious help ! By February both diseases 15008, had disappeared. It is with great sorrow, however, that I must state 08 a16 that not all those who died had put their entire trust in the Lord. m the Two young men, baptized some years ago, thought their sickness indus. was due to the evil influence of a Christian, who before his conver- 15ing, sion had been a sorcerer. They had recourse both to this man and a 5 sub- Mussalman sorcerer, for whom they sent in the dead ofnight. Shorfly ps and after the death of one of these men, a number of Christians of long g very standing came tome by night and with fear and trembling declared, of the that whilst such uncanny things were going on in our congregation, to the it was unsafe to live here, until an enquiry had been made by a court of law. r their It was evident that they too ascribed to witcheraft of the the numerous cases of sickness and death quickly following each ith U8y other. ‘While these people were still with me, a messenger came to inform me of the sudden death of a man I had seen a few hours sed 80 previously, and who, I believed, would soon recover. By this new mournful message the Christians, who were present, were quite yrelop- terrified, so much so that they at once went to their homes to look after their dear ones. This saddening outbreak of pagan supersti- ), el b, pob tion obliged me to instruct our Christians on all possible oceasions I am glad to find that i abide as to the sin of sorcery and its evil fruits. many have thus gained new confidence in the omnipotence of 4 fim their Heavenly Father and their Saviour. e5pe ““The most painful event of the year, however, was the appearance )1'3,)'91'5 on 0UF in our midst of an agent for emigration to Mauritius, himself a _54 member of our Church, who by his dazzling description of the the 1 splendid prospects of emigrants to this distant island, succeeded in bette: enticing away 13 candidates for baptism and four young Christians. of mo ‘We did our best to convince the man of the evil fruits of this trade, truth but without suceess. We warned our Christians against him; yet tively many of them believed the tempter rather than their Pastors. The sing] seed of discontent sown by the agent found a fertile soil in the fo.us hearts of many of the Christian labourers, employed in our Tile Works. An agitation was set on foot, and some of theselabourers our ; tried to frighten us by threatening to emigrate to Mauritius. In order to save these misguided people, Pastor Nathanael Arukanden and fo 1l myself attended a meeting convened at midnight at the agent’s, £9) Chis in consequence of which the wife of the agent filed a suit against the Pastor. Under the impression of these painful experiences, the to re Pastor closes his annual report with the words of Psalm exxvi:— the “They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy 2.9 . obser of thy In order to give as comprehensive a description of the condition of our Churches as possible in a report like this, o th we we desire, in conclusion, to add a few remarks of Mr. Knobloch &Hy 1 on the Calicut Church. We do so, because we attach special ety importance to these utterances, coming, as they do, from a Wlll { veteran Missionary, who had ample opportunities, during his recent stay in Germany, to become well acquainted with the 10 thy (@ condition of our Churches at home. He says:— traip “What I consider to be the chief defect in the religious life of EXpen our Chureh, is—want of stability. New modes for the promotion of Conty Christian life are readily and zealously adopted; but the zeal passes than« away like a cloud. Continuous admonition is therefore required. of th This is not very surprising amongst people who joined the Church 3 the of Christ more from worldly motives than from a sincere desire for o oy salvation. Even those who ought to know better and are Christians Poor ( by birth, require often fresh stimulus of a very forcible nature, to The Yy awake them from spiritual lethargy. The moral life of our Christians should be more in harmony with the example set by Christ. On Congjg Qogt 0 59 o the the whole, I am glad to say, that a remarkable change for the ed n better can be observed. Looking back on a missionary experience ans, of more than 25 years and comparing then with now, I can say with rade, trath that great progress has been made. There are now compara- s yet tively many more individual Christians and families, who with a The single heart endeavour to attain the ideal Christian life as presented 1 the to us in God’s Holy Word.” - Tile UTErs In concluding this chapter, we desire to point out to our friends the List of the Contributions of our Congregations order l and to their Church Expenses, the Mission and the Poor (pp. 8 ont's, & 9). This list proves that we strive to inculcate in our gainst Christians the duty of self-support, and that they have begun s, the to realize their obligations and responsibilities. In almost all g the Churches a steady increase in the contributions may be observed every year. Though we cannot say, that the whole of these contributions was given ungrudgingly and cheerfully, f the or that all our Christians give according to their ability, yet 3 thiia we believe that on the whole the result is satisfactory, especi- alloch ally when considering the poverty of the majority of the con- pecial tributors. The following remark of Mr. Dilger of Tellicherry 00l & will give a good idea of the actual value of the sums collected 1g hiS in the different Churches:— i the “We may with truth say that great efforts are being made to train our Christians in the habit of contributing to their Church Jife of expenditure. Tellicherry with its 536 church-members last year contributed Rs. 664-7 for various objects, averaging little more fion of PaSSGS than a Rupee for each member. Now if you divide the total sum of these collections by the number of communiecants, amounting, quired- hured as they do, to 282, the average will be about Rs. 2§ per head. But not every communicant can afford to give. Excluding these very ;'n'e fOf poor ones, the average amount would be Rs. 21 for every donor. fiStiﬂns i 10 The great importance lies in the fact that these contributions are considered by our people as an obligation and given cheerfully by istials most of them.” o 56 My. Dilger further says:— four “Quite a new feature in the life of our Chureh is the pleasure our people begin to take in giving rather than in receiving. This has lang been especially shown during the last two years at Christmas time, cult; when some of our Christians, at their own expense, gave a treat to sok the Sunday School children, dressing a Christmas-tree for them of One cannot fail to see a and presenting them with suitable gifts. TWie gradual fulfilment in our midst of the words of Holy Writ : ‘Z%e earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.”’ zelis want hited work very 3. Evangelistic Efforts. their A. TItinerancy. ippr noth As in former years, the message of salvation has been faithfully proclaimed to the heathen by our European Mis- Salys puri sionaries and Native Catechists and Evangelists in all our thei Districts, in houses, streets, bazaars, weekly markets, fairs and festivals. Some of our Stations, less burdened by pastoral and educational work, have the -opportunity of carrying on man; this most important and essentially Missionary work in a ing | systematic and special manner. In other Stations again, certain Catechists, under the supervision of an experienced the § Native Evangelist, are entirely set apart for the purpose of ltb he preaching Christ to the heathen. From several Stations the by f} workers report that they were able in the last year to increase ‘If F( their efforts in this direction, but others seriously deplore that to iy lngy the want of labourers prevented them from doing much that hiS 9 they would have wished to have done. In the following we give a few extracts from reports, illustrative of the work done then i and showing how the messengers of the Gospel were received 0 } on their preaching tours. Ja«tl‘ag 57 In the Nilgiris Mr. Wieland of Kaity made a pfeaching 6 our tour to the Wynaad, a district, which, for the variety of s has languages spoken by the inhabitants, affords peculiar diffi- time, culties in the way of evangelistic work. The languages af £0 spoken are Canarese, Malayalam, Tanmil and Badaga, with all My, them of which, however, our Catechists are acquainted. 560 & Wieland reports:— carth “In the Nilgiri Wynaad, where we have a large field for evan- r that They gelisation, I was able to admit a Roman Catholic family. wanted permission to read the Bible and as their priest strietly prohi- In this Distriet we also bited them from doing so, they came to us. work among the Kurumbas, a jungle tribe, who at the beginning were very shy and afraid to come forward. Our repeated visits banished their fear and gradually gained us their confidence. They learn to appreciate our calls, and now say: ‘Before you came we knew nothing, but now we are able to understand the nature of sin and heen salvation.’ This jungle tribe compels our admiration for their | Mis- purity and high standard of morality. If these people were to give | out their allegiance to Christ, the Church would gain considerably.” 5 and The reception, which the Gospel meets at present from storal many Badagas, Mr. Stokes of Coonoor describes in the follow- ng 00 Ing way:— m d 4Tt is evident to me that at present we have no longer to do with ﬂg&ill, the simple Badagas of former days, but with a generation that is doing This can be seen its best to silence the messenger of the Gospel. pose of by the objections raised by them. They would say for instance: )nS [he ‘If you really wish to be our friends and benefactors, you ought not 0rease to insist on conversion, nor separate converts from their own kins- 0 that men, as you did in Todanad, where you alienated an only son from tht his aged parents, so that they have now nobody left to look after them. You should rather follow the example of planters, take to g agriculture, open plantations, employ many coolies, and thus become I done our benefactors’, ‘When referred to the fact that idol-festivals, qeired jatras ete. gave them many opportunities to indulge in immoral 8 58 Sl ddia S(que practices, they would name several Europeans notorious for their licentiousness. When warning them of the miseries consequent g upon the habit of drinking, they reply: ‘The Kuropeans have proa Yet, in the midst T created and fostered in us a taste for brandy.’ of all this opposition to the Gospel, it was a great comfort to me, Join when leaving for home, to hear a man say to me: ‘Please, be sure ofhe to come again to our village, and do not mind the opposition of the 229 people . heg Mr. Wieland writes in a similar strain from Kaity:— the “On one of our tours we met with two Badagas carrying a worn- No out and emaciated man, whom they laid down just in front of us. Seel ‘We did not lose a single moment, but commenced at once to talk 0 about sickness and how God’s providence leads wus through the Per furnace of suffering. - But after having listened for a few minutes, he sul interrupted us by saying: ‘I have now enough of your preaching; M give me some opium. I suffer awful tortures, because I have had no opium for a long time.’ Shocked at such a request, we rebuked and told him that we had no money for such a pernicious and fie] ruinous drug. Our reply did not please haim and angrily he told of us to go away as he was not anxious to listen any more.” wh Mr. Wieland further reports:— Per I “At the beginning of this year, a man from a neighbouring vil- b lage came often with the outspoken and professed object of becoming the a Christian. When I once looked after him with the Catechists, we found to our surprise two other enquirers with him, who had a fair for knowledge of the Scripture, and one especially was well acquainted oy with the Word of God. We had a long talk with them, and at 1§ last one of them raised the question as to who among them ought to be the first to come forward and publicly own Christ, but, Iy sad to say, all three were hesitating and undecided! Then one of them began to reproach his companion who knew the Bible so well: 0 “You have the greatest responsibility, not only because you are best acquainted with the Seripture, but also because you once pro- Wi mised the venerable Mr. Moerike to become a disciple of Christ and tin 59 i S heir squeezed money out of him by your pretensions. Show now that you uens sincerely meant what you then said.” The man evidently felt this re- have proach very keenly and seemed at a loss to reply, but soon consoled 1idst himself with the thought, that he would prove his honesty by soon me, joining the Church together with his friends. One waits thus for the sure other until the time for repentance is dreamt away!” the The Cooly Mission in the neighbourhood of Coonoor has been carried on by Mr. Stokes and Cat. K. Satyanathan. In the course of the year 250 visits were paid to 35 plantations. 0rh *No tangible fruit has as yet resulted from this work, but the f us, seed is sown in the hope of a future harvest. We desire here talk to tender our heartfelt thanks to all our friends,'who by their the personal sympathy and moral support, as well as by their 5, b subscriptions, have assisted us in carrying on this branch of ing; Mission-work. had As to Malabar, it was stated in our last Report, that the aked and field seems to be riper for the harvest than in any other part of our Indian Mission. fold We have retained this impression, when perusing the various and, on the whole, encouraging ex- periences of the Gospel messengers in all parts of this District. It is remarkable to see how much the leaven of the Gospel ; vil- has permeated the religious and moral conceptions of ning the Malayalee people, slowly, but surely preparing them , Vo for the acceptance of Christianity. In illustration of this ’ fair observation we communicate the following extracts from nted reports. ld ab ught Myr. Lauffer of Chombala says, when reporting about Pe- puty rambra, where our Assistant-Catechist Paul Karunagaran lives e of in the midst of heathen darkness:— wen / “When I compare the way in which my message is now received, 410 with the dreadful anger and excitement that prevailed here at the plO time of Paul’s conversion, I cannot but eall it a victory of the Gospel ! and 8>|~ 60 Ko LN s R [ o . It is not human influence, but only the power of God and His Spirit that could ereate such a change as this.” He further says:— “What particularly pleased me, on all my tours, was the obser- Consi- PR vation that, wherever I went, the soil was well prepared. dering the attitude of many Hindus to the Gospel message, we have reason, in a more or less distant future, to expect conver- | sions on a far larger scale than at present. I was confirmed in this conviction on my last tour in the Eramale District, which is situated 11 miles eastward from Chombala, and has the appearance of one vast rice-field, interspersed with inhabited hills. I lived there with ao my assistants for a fortnight in the house of a well-to-do farmer of the Tiyan-caste, and visited every-house in the neigbhourhood within Y two miles’ distance from my head-quarters. Everywhere I received the impression, as if the people, in reply to our appeals to aceept the Gospel, seemed to say: ‘We are ready to come, but who is to lead the way ?’”’ Fvangelist Ashamayan Twmaran of Calicut, speaking of the popular ideas about Christianity, says:— “Some believe that Christianity will in a short time vanquish Hinduism. In January we visited the house of a Nayar, and met there five men, who invited us to sit down and to whom I began to One of them remarked: speak about the salvation of their souls. ‘The Christian religion, which you preach, is very good.’ ‘Then why’, I asked, ‘do you not embrace it?’ ‘If not we,’ he answered, ‘at least our children will all embrace this religion, and there Forty or fifty years ago there were scarcely will be only one caste. W any Christians in Calicut, but now there are many, and their number is increasing. Many changes have taken place among us also. For- merly no one was permitted to take his meals without first bathing. Every person, returning from the bazaar or the court, had first to Now this wash off his defilement, before he could enter his house. and similar customs are but rarely observed’.” 61 LRI A few weeks later I had a talk with a schoolmaster at P. about = Christ. This man knew a few people of that neighbourhood, who had joined us. He said: ‘Just those who, while heathen, used to oppose Christianity most strenuously, have become Christians.” Of the reception of the Gospel among Mohammedans the i same Evangelist writes:— 00 “Mohammedans are, as a rule, fanatie, and, at the same time, e very ignorant opponents of the Gospel; but there are, as always, i exceptions to the rule. I once met a very respectable Mapilla, who it on reading the first chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, ne expressed his surprise at the wonderful truths it contained. In WitD another distriet Mapillas bought many tracts and Seripture portions, I such as: “Who is greater: Christ or Mohamed?’ or ‘The Story of withiD Mohamed’ ete. In the evening they listened quietly to the portions reIvel of Seripture read to them.” Boce)! From Codacal Mr. Bosshardt writes : — “In the market-places of Codacal, Malapuram and Mancheri our best hearers are invariably the Mapillas, whilst the Brahmins are hostile to the Gospel message and the Nayars completely drowned in no The Catechists, when working at Paripuram, their worldly affairs. a place eight miles south-west of Codacal, observed a falling off in the zeal of devil-worship and considerable preparedness for An educated Brahmin came twice and made a good 10 el the Gospel. confession before other hearers, to the effect that he believed Christ gl it A with his whole heart, and that he would soon own him publiely, although he could not do so at present because of certain obstacles )] in his way. 1l “On a preaéhing tour in the district of Ponani we were received in some Nayar houses with jeers and taunts, and in others driven away. Two Nayar youths followed us for some days from place to ﬂumh:" place, ridiculing us and inciting the audience to disturb us by all means. pilt At last our patience was exhausted and one of our Cate- chists, who was before his conversion a Nayar, recited some appro- priate shastra passages about Nayars, in consequence of which the v o impudent fellows walked off under tremendous outbursts of laughter.” cid were Myr. Kiihnle of Palghat relates of several instances of hea- then, who, although they have not joined the Church of Missi Christ, yet profess to believe in Him and desire to live in kets | accordance with His Word. He says:— JLCH ““At Athikodu there are two sisters, who have been believers of katte the Lord Jesus for many years; and we would have liked to see them ever of { in the fold of Christ before they were married to heathen husbands. Lately when at their village, I met one of the sisters in her father’s carr house, and I had an opportunity of talking to her about the all-im- 0 g portant subject. In the course of conversation she sorrowfully of to avowed her backsliding, and unfaithfulness to the Lord, as she had offered a sacrifice to the idols. She had not done so of her own Téce] 88 free will, but owing to outward pressure on the part of her mo- i ther-in-law. She solemnly promised that for the future she would not yield any more to persuasion or compulsion. The other sister has Same haug remained faithful and firm, and proved by word and deed her stead- fast belief in the Lord, though she still remains unbaptized. Her husband does not prevent or worry her, but joins her in her medi- W tations and devotions. They have cast away the house-idols and mark enthroned on their pedestal the Lord God. are 1 “In the same village we have twins, who at one time were about A p()\ torenounce heathenism and to embrace Christianity ; and they would G()d’c now be followers of Christ, had it not been for the interference of the T off elder brother of the family. The grandfather of these twins was truth likewise a secret believer, and anxiously desired to receive baptism Chis before his death, which was, however, ruthlessly denied him by his Serye son As infirmity and weakness had already incapacitated him, he Overy died with his longing unfulfilled, but leaving ashis legacy, that his C0mg children should believe in Jesus Christ. But after the death of the thegy father the son, instead of becoming more accessible to God’s call, faith turned more worldly-minded and indifferent to the salvation of his shoy soul. Ever since then, one could unmistakably see the judgment of o de God hovering over that house.” the ( In Coorg, where the seed of the Gospel is being spread all over the country from Mercara and Anandapur, 692 days g “hea- were altogether spent in preaching to the heathen, both by h of Missionaries and Catechists. From Mercara the weekly mar- e I kets held at Suntikoppa, Fraserpet, Ramaswami Kanive, Mada- pore, Shanivarsante, Kodlipet and Somavarpet, besides Alli- katte with its neighbourhood, were regularly visited. Wher- ors of them ever possible, house-to-house visits were made in the vicinity ands, of these places, and bazaar-preaching was also regularly her's carried on in Mercara. The regular preaching of the Gospel [l-im- in all. these places is connected with no inconsiderable amount ill of toil and fatigue, owing to the great distances. As to the o had reception of the Gospel by the people Mr. Schenkel of Mercara ot says:— o ““The attitude of the population to the Gospel has remained the d 1o same as it has been for many years: it is that of a decided, r has haughty, though not unkind aversion to Christianity.” tead And Mr. Fischer writes from Anandapur:— fler nedi “We always meet multitudes of willing hearers at the weekly markets. s and We are not able to show any tangible result; yet proofs are not wanting to show that our labour is not vain in the Lord. bou A poor man, for instance, on hearing the Catechist preaching on God’s love to sinners, gave him three pies with the remark: ‘This ould ft he I offer to your God.’ Not a few declare to be convinced of the 145 truth of the Gospel; but they shrink from the moral claims of Christianity, which appear to them to be too high. One may ob- pﬂam serve in the hearers at times a severe spiritual conflict. They feel ) hIS overwhelmed with the truth of the Word heard, but they fail to ), he f Jus come to a decision. Alas! would that I had sufficient time to follow these wavering people into their homes, in order to strengthen their ft he faith and bring them to a decision! The Distriet of South Coorg o Il )f hlb should have a Missionary entirely free from all other work and able to devote his whole time and energy to evangelistic work among il of the Coorgs, whose compounds are scattered all over the Distriet.” As to South Canara, the following rather depressing remarks | all are apt to give an idea of the present state of things. Jays L 64 My. Sebastian Furtado, Pastor at Jeppu, says:— ll] “Many heathen know and read the Gospel; but they lack the Hindg courage of their conviction. They are ready to admit the truth of heing friend Christianity, but the inconsistent life of many Christians prevent them from joining the Church.” deadl ; these Myr. Digel of Mulki writes:— their “Our experiences in preaching to the heathen were not of a diffie cheerful nature. Although there are always some willing hearers, versic yet, on the whole, the Word preached seems to leave not the least peapl impression on the majority of hearers, and there appears to be no §0 my longing for salvation in them. On our house-to-house visits we find from that among the heathen none are more indifferent and hardened Hind, than apostate Christians, a good number of whom live in the ahout neighbourhood of Santur.” in sy Avd Mr. Keppler writes from Udipi:— their “The Missionaries and Catechists have used every opportunity palat to proclaim the Gospel to the heathen on market-days, idol- and roung demon-festivals ete. When all the preachers of the Gospel belong- hear them ing to the Station are assembled on such occasions, they form quite a little army. But what is the result of all our labour? At present uneg| we cannot see much of it; we can observe but very little desire for It ga salvation. When preaching in bazaars, we very often have but Dette few hearers, and meet with decided opposition ; though our Catechists l‘elig“ and Bible-women in their house-to-house visits receive, as a rule, elemg a friendly welcome. The apathy and aversion of the heathen to EQTOI the Word of God is most depressing. In accordance with this sad [dlayy state of affairs is the exceedingly small number of conversions in Ut g our Station. Only 13 persons were baptized last year; and at the a 1ef end of the year we had 48 catechumens on our rolls. This is most fo g o. when we consider the vastness of our humiliating and distressin D7 i th District and the amount of energy expended.” fag]] of Wh From Basrur, where 530 days were spent in itinerating both by Missionaries and Catechists and 20 idol-festivals visited, % Mr. Gengnagel writes:— EDgE_ 65 Salinaiio o “Formerly people used to say, that there were two religions only, k the Hinduism and Islam. Now they say, there are three, Christianity uth of being recognized as the third one. But in spite of all external event friendship usually shown by the people, we know that we have a deadly foe not so easily to be overcome, in the system of caste. To these people it seems a sheer impossibility to accept Christ, as by It is their conversion they would lose their means of livelihood. of 3 difficult to expect of them to have so strong a faith before their con- ATers, version, as to cheerfully venture on so serious a step. Low-caste y Jeast people and country-people hesitate at the thought of conversion, not hemo so much from doubts regarding the truth of the Christian faith, as o find from the fear of losing their caste and daily bread. With educated rdened Hinduas the case is different. They are, as a rule, not very anxious in the about their caste. As a matter of fact, most of them live no more in strict accordance with their caste-rules, nor would they, by their conversion, lose their daily bread. Yet the Gospel is not palatable to them. I have lately had opportunities, on my usual rtunify Hu rounds of visits to a number of educated Hindus at Coondapoor, to hear some of their objections. One said, that education had enabled them to deal also with religious questions. The fact that the uneducated classes accept Christianity, was not surprising, since But the it gave them greater advantages than their own religion, better educated had learned from the science of comparative i religion, that there is no faith in the world not containing some elements of truth. As to Christianity, the very fact that many European Christians were atheists and others embraced Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism, was sufficient to prove that Christianity could I not contain all elements of truth. Another said: ‘Hinduism needs a reformer to eliminate from its tenets all non-essentials and raise it Yet another said: ‘Buddhism to a standard equal to Christianity.’ is the very best religion imaginable, because human reason can easily grasp its essentials. The Bible talks of miracles, the truth of which it is diffieult to believe’.” At Honavar Mr. Niibling and his Assistants were exclusively engaged in sowing the good seed in a barren field, which, 9 66 prdae e as yet, has yielded but little fruit, despite many years’ encour: patient and faithful labour. From time to time it appears as the pre if the time of harvest had at last arrived, but alas! how of their often have the workers been disappointed in their very best In hopes! Myr. Niibling reports:— Distric the 1o ““Among Sadras, who are scattered all over the District, we ever | have never observed a greater readiness for the Word of Life than in a village near Kerki, where some toddy-drawers gladly received our N us In the years 1877 and 1878 we were very sanguine about four Hubli families at R. who seemed, humanly speaking, on the very threshold for iti of Christianity. The most zealous and active enquirer amongst which, them, accompanied by his son, went from house to house, and aroused of wo and encouraged all those, whom he knew to be favourably ineclined. by g Upon my suggestion they held a meeting, in which they discussed devote the advisability of embracing Christianity. But two influential men, Catect filled with animosity against this proposal, tried to turn the tide in their favour, and persuaded their landlords, who were Brahmins, 0n l‘eg to threaten them with the forfeiture of hearth and home. The end The There was, that three got disheartened and the leader declared, that he did not venture to come alone. Soon after that event this man’s family althoy became engaged in the sale of toddy. They had to wander throughout accept the whole District and accumulated great wealth; but they had no Hup; more time for God, no time for listening to God’s Word. It was only Opposi last October that I met the man again and found him greatly nterg altered. He was not only willing to hear, but confessed with tears of repentance that he and his people ought to have obeyed the Di- I vine ecall. He also said that God had called him three times to the ! fellowship of His Son. The first time, when a lad of 16 years, he had Mg, placed himself with two friends under the protection of the Missionary, muchii but had been given back to his father by the interference of the of heg Mamlatdar. The second time, 17 years ago, God had drawn him, &Hd 4] when he gave me the promise to join the Christian Church; and now g he felt once more the promptings of the Spirit within. He made the illg far suggestion that a school should be opened in their midst, as he be- Lam, lieved that the presence of a Christian schoolmaster would inspire and P L 67 years’ encourage them to cast in their lot with the disciples of Christ. For Cars s the present the school question must remain in abeyance, as many 1 how of their caste-people have left for the Ghauts in search of work.” 1y best In conclusion of this chapter we turn to the South Mahratta District, where itinerating work could be carried on during oty We the last year more systematically and perseveringly than ever before. This is due partly to the increased number of fo than aceived our Native Assistants, partly to the fact that Mr. Singer of ut four Hubli was, at the beginning of the year, specially set apart reshold for itinerancy in the districts of Haveri and Sircy, both of mongst which, because of their distance from Hubli and for want yroused of workers, were in former years only occasionally visited clined. by messengers of the Gospel. 2608 days were altogether soussed devoted to itinerating work both by the Missionaries and al met, Catechists of the District, and bazaar-preaching was carried fide in on regularly two or three times a week in all our Stations. Jhmins, o end The Gospel messengers are, as a rule, everywhere welcomed. There 1s no lack of willing and attentive hearers in villages, e did family although, on the whole, the population are still reluctant to ughOUﬁ accept the Gospel. Bazaar-preaching in towns like Dharwar, Hubli, Guledgudd, Bijapur meets with much, and often bitter had 00 s 00ly opposition. The following extracts from reports may be greaﬂ}{ interesting to our readers. j feas Myr. Waidelich of Bettigeri reports:— the Di- “Of late we made two preaching tours, one to Dambala and fo the ho had Mundargee, and the other to the north-west, where the towns Kota- muchigi and Neragal are situated. onatys We had always a good number of the of hearers, but those who were really interested in what we said ) gl and anxiously sought for salvation, were indeed few. Some hear, but without profit, others sit from the very beginning of our preach- 4 nov o he ing far away from us and refuse to come nearer despite our appeals. I am not aware of the reason for this antipathy towards the Gospel. o be- o 0l It cannot be in the attachment and love for their own religion, as it Q% 68 SR 1SS A bidiy struck me more than ever, that these people are convinced of the unreasonableness of their idol-worship, and do not refrain even from The se remat! making an open confession of it. As time advances, the disbelief of the Hindus in their idols and religion is steadily growing. On the clusion one hand this observation gives room for encouragement, on the lived 4 the de: other hand one makes the painful experience, that they shut them- selves up’ against the Word of the Cross. The Cross is still the 10w th stumbling-block to the wise. On this topic they do not like to hear i much. As long as we talk of God, sin, heaven and hell, there is L} not great opposition; but as soon as we touch upon the subject of ence, salvation and maintain that Jesus Christ crucified is the only hope 0ld mg of man, we find restlessness and inattention taking the place of quiet an hoy attention. The mere mention of the name of Christ acts sometimes his heg like an electrie shoek on the audience. They may be quietly listen- 8et, we ing, but as soon as this blessed name passes the lips of the preacher, Tespect some begin to mock and laugh, others to dispute and to squabble, large 9 and others to run away; and the number of those who are desirous Aftery to hear more becomes very small.” fll”y d in effeg My. Th. Lutz of Hubli reports :— ol “There is no doubt that many people are mentally econvinced of the truth of Christianity. This can be illustrated by examples. Pfeach{ offieig] | In a village near Hebsur some of the people are deeply interested his in reading the Word of God. These people received the first incentive from the so-called ‘Kodacal Tract’, a book written in the 16th or Seripty haS beg 17th century by a Hindu, who must have had some contact with Christianity. The style of the book is prophetie, its purport is Compla; re]igi()]] to vindicate the claims of this new religion, and its aim to prepare tTials P the Hindu mind for the acceptance of the new faith; baptism is laid down as a sine qua non. These people are under the spiritual In rule of a Lingait priest. They are opposed to idolatry and read daily the New Testament. (uirgy, They do not, however, admit the necessity of baptism. When we touched this point, they said, they had yet to wait for an answer from their Guru. Some time afterwards, when Dade g the Catechist Daniel Patti, who himself was led to Christ through the Suff , Kodacal Tract, visited them, they declared, that baptism was not quil'erg e 69 of the binding; faith was the sole qualification necessary to salvation. 1 from The secret is that they are unwilling to give up caste. From other remarks made by them in unguarded moments we came to the con- lief of )n the clusion, that they are the adherents of a certain Lingait priest, who on the lived 40 years ago and made the people believe, he would rise from the dead. The image of this priest, raised on a throne, forms them- ill the now the chief object of their worship.” 0 hear Mr. Singer of Hubli writes:— hete 1 “In May last we were in a village where we had a great audi- ject of ence. When returning home in the evening we were stopped by an ¥ hope old man, who begged us to aceompany him to his village, about half f quiet an hour’s distance, and to preach the same words that had touched 6times his heart and opened to him a well of comfort. Though the sun had Jistene set, we acquiesced, and on reaching the place, we were offered a eacher, respectable seat. The whole village assembled and the unusually nabble, large audience listened with wrapt attention till far into the night. Jesirous Afterwards they wanted to prepare for us a supper, which we thank- fully deeclined. In some places it is not we who take the initiative in effecting gatherings, but the villagers themselves. “The brightest spot in my reminiscences of a three months’ pvinced preaching tour, however, forms the visit which a high Government amples official paid me. He came to talk to me of those things that filled anested his mind, of the one thing needful. By a careful study of the Holy 1(;6[1‘31\'9 Scripture, to which he faithfully devotes a certain time every day, he has become a believer in the Lord Jesus. 1th or Though believing, yet he wt With complained to me how difficult it was to renounce one’s ancestral n‘pOft B religion and to fight against the prejudices of the public and the trials arising from the ties of kindred. Is not this man entitled to Pyepal'e ptism i our prayerful intercession?’ spil’itﬂfﬂ In our last year’s Report mention was made of some en- a0l quirers in Konnur, a village belonging to the Bijapur District. assity 0 f The spiritual movement among these people appears to have 1 yet tO made some progress in the last year, although they had to g, ¥l suffer a good deal of persecution. Meanwhile one of the en- f quirers has a house built for a Catechist; and Cat. Solomon as 10 70 el s Bl on the I Jogula has been appointed to the place. We believe that the permanent stay of this man in the village will, under God’s by force date 1t blessipg, help the enquirers to come to a decision before long. od firm B. Work among Women. JiE Thirty Bible-women, superintended and very often accom- “Af panied by one or the other of the Missionary ladies, are en- had th gaged in the unostentatious, but important work of bringing visited, home to the women the light and comfort of the Gospel which, years, | by the social customs of their country, it is next to impossible timid for them to hear in any other way. There are now 12 Sta- Christ, tions provided with two or more Bible-women, and their work warning appears to be more and more appreciated not only in Mission- Tshall Sickness ary circles, but also by the heathen population, and more her p: especially by the women, among whom they are labouring. The various reports not only testify to the kind and friendly asked f telatiye reception the Bible-women meet almost everywhere, but point Missiop also to distinct and tangible results in the form of conversions Bug th which may be considered as the first-fruits of their labour her Wit of love. The following extracts will, we believe, be read hut i with interest. Visiteq Mys. Bader of Cannanore mentions an incident which proves 4 gregt ber ] that the teaching and distribution of Scriptures by the Bible- her 5 women are not without fruit. il “About five months ago, one of our Bible-women brought two Tiyer the gl women who wanted to become Christians. One of them had been W()man well known to the Bible-women for many years and had often eag- Suffij, She used to read the erly listened to the message of the Gospel. thl’oug Bible in secret and the Word took deep root in her longing heart. So havg | one day she came with another woman, a friend of hers, to a Bible- the it woman, both of them being determined to join the Christian faith. As of the soon as the rumour got afloat that two women had gone over to the Chogsg Christians, their relatives and other caste people organised an attack e 71 Ll 195 the on the house of the Bible-woman, to carry the two Tiyer women off - God's by force. They succeeded in getting away one of them; and up to date it was impossible to get her back; but the other woman remain- ¢ long, ed firm and is now an eager applicant for baptism.” (p. 37.) Mrs. Frohmmeyer of Tellicherry writes in a similar strain:— accon- “After many years of sowing the good seed, our Bible-women aLe el- had the privilege of witnessing one of the women they regularly ringing visited, turning to the Lord. She was a fisherwoman, who, for many which, years, had been well acquainted with the Gospel, but, being of a ossible timid disposition, she always dreaded the idea of openly confessing Christ. 19 Sta- One day when I reminded her of the Apostle’s earnest warning (Heb. III, 7. 8), she said, looking at me with mournful eyes: r work ‘I shall surely become a Christian as soon as God sends me some [ission- sickness.’ And—strange to say—God fulfilled her desire and laid d mote her up for some time. When she thought her end very near, she ouring: asked for baptism. At the first visit of the Missionary, her heathen riendly relatives were very angry, and even threatened the life of the 1 pOiIlt Missionary, so that to her great dismay he was forced to desist. GO But the second time he was able to administer holy baptism to Jabour her without further disturbance. She was now fierecely persecuted, ‘Whenever we he read but did not revile again, nor avenge herself. visited her, we received the impression that the Lord had wrought a great work in her. She has since unexpectedly recovered from | proves her illness, and steadfastly keeps on following in the footprints of e Blble her Saviour. “The more we get familiar with this work, the keener we realize the almost unsurmountable obstacles lying in the path of a Hindu o Tiger woman who is desirous to accept Christianity. It can scarcely be had beeﬂ fon €4” sufficiently imagined how difficult it is for these poor women to break through the iron fetters of superstition and idolatry by which they read fhe have been bound from their earliest childhood. They seem to lack [eaft. so the necessary energy. Being in most cases little more than the slaves 9 Bib[e' of their husbands, they have no will of their own, nor any right to it Y choose for themselves. This is the reason why so many regular o1 10 the hearers of the Gospel remain stationary for years, giving us every & itack 72 - i e e uH hope for the future, gladdening our hearts whenever they hear the Gospel, but destitute of any moral courage to live up to the light of came | hetter their knowledge of the truth.” anee o My. Weismann of Chombala writes:— womat “Mr. Lauffer, who was for a few weeks working among the Inquir Hindu population of Mahé, was joyfully surprised when finding ligved that many were willing to hear the glad tidings. This must be but d; considered as a fruit of the quiet and unassuming work of the Bible- in or women, Bibles and New Testaments are found in many a Hindu rome home. Further, to show that God’s Word often falls on good and Teyers well-prepared soil, we may point out the fact that Hinda women not flogge seldom ecall for the Bible-woman to pray with them, when they are 1 in affliction.” [ Mys. Liebendorfer of Calicut reports:— tion, “In the beginning of the year a Tiyer girl, 20 years old, to £ontg whom the Bible-women had often explained the plan of salvation, Some became axious to join the Christian Church, and was taken to the Chrs senior Missionary, Some time later another woman, the wife of a But bandyman, who had often expressed a desire to become a Christian, shoy at last made up her mind and came with her two children. Her husband tried at first very hard to persuade her to return, but seeing Bib] her unswerving resolve, decided to follow her too.” 0ess Mys. Kiihnle of Palghat writes:— “Many of our hearers do not only gladly listen to our message, but love the Bible-woman also. ‘When a Bible-woman was sick, the poor caste women looked after her themselves, and the rich sent their servants to make enquiries and even presented her a costly 18; native medicine. When these people heard that somebody died in M the Christian village, they were filled with great grief, because they thought it was the Bible-woman, but great was their joy on seeing her again in their houses after her recovery.” Mrs. Gengnagel began to work with two Bible-women at Basrur in October last. She writes:— 73 S e ar the «Hitherto we have come only into contact with such women who oht of came to us for medicine, but now we are able to reach them much better with the Gospel, and they are greatly amazed at the appear- ance of the Bible-women. In one house we met a very timid Brahmin woman, who, being shocked at my ‘terrible’ sun-hat, anxiously 9 the inquired whether it could not be taken off, and seemed much re- inding lieved when it was removed. She listened evidently with approval, ust be but did not speak much. We told her the story of the youth of Nain, Bible- in order to show her how good and kind our Lord Jesus was to Hindu women; whereupon, she replied, that with them it was quite the yd and reverse; their men were very unkind, and often scolded, pushed and o0 10f flogged them. She wondered greatly that it was not so with us.” 6y are Mrs. Warth of Hubli writes:— “In this place the Bible-women now and then met with opposi- tion, because the women of some houses were afraid to come into ld, to contact with Christians, fearing lest their houses might be polluted. ration, Some of the hearers showed themselves off in finding fault with the fo the Christians, others pretended to have no time to listen to the message, fo of 8 But a good number asked the Bible-women to come again and showed by tokens of love that they appreciated their work.” istio, Her We seize this opportunity to thank the British and Foreign speing Bible Society, in London, for having supplied us with the ne- cessary funds to carry on this work. $5.805 4. Educational Work. )k, the There are now on our list 139 Schools with a total of h senf 7836 Pupils. These are divided between the Districts of our costly fied 0 Mission in the following proportions:—— o they South Canara has 43 Schools with 2542 Pupils, Coorg 29 92 99 74 79 sopilg S. Mahratta 9 18 29 29 1128 29 Malabar b 44 bR 29 3261 2 n ob 831 29 the Nilgiri District 31 %3 29 10 (e 74 Of these 7836 Pupils 2827 are Christians, viz. 1648 Boys and 1179 Girls, 4433 576 ] 5002 are Non-Christians, ,, 99 9 Fod S 99 Total 6081 99 bRl 1755 99 t0 ena ing t0 Classifying them according to the various kinds of Schools, and 1 we find gent a) Schools for Christians (— We m 6 Infant Schools with 240 Pupils Chist 35(32) Parochial Primary Day Schools with 1830 1 schoo 8 Boarding Schools with 456 99 villag 6(8) High and Middle Schoolg with 260 7 Chrig 7(8) Training Institutions for Catechists 16280 and Teachers with 51 23 Ohris Total 62 Schools with 2837* 99 of th mati b) Schools for Non-Christians:— of () 69 Primary Schools with able 3803 Pupils 8 High and Middle Schools with 1183 99 Chr At T Chri Total 77 Schools with 4986* bl Compared with the status at the end of 1894, we find that, of in 1895, eight schools (three for Christians and five for Non- Ver Christians) were abolished, and eleven new schools (four for Christians aud seven for Non-Christians) opened. The in- tule gati crease in the total of pupils amounts to 309, and among these there are 114 Christians and 195 Non-Christians. This and latter increase is evidently owing not so much to the opening darz Sek of new, than to the greater efficiency of the existing schools. e Sty Cho *The discrepancy of these figures with those given above for Christian and Non-Christian pupils respectively, is due to the fact, that schools for Non- they Christians are often frequented by Christians (362), and schools for Christians Chy by Non-Christians (852). hej Aol 75 A. Schools for Christians. Gitls 1 Parochial Day Schools. The object of these schools is 1) to enable, if possible, every Christian child, boy or girl, belong- ing to our Church, by a plain Christian education, to read hools, and understand the Word of God, and to become an intelli- gent and useful member of society. With this end in view we make it a point, wherever there is a sufficient number of Christian children—even in small congregations—to open a Pupils school. These schools are sometimes, especially in remote villages, where there are no other schools, attended by Non- Christians as well. But, as a rule, we prefer, for obvious reasons, to educate our Christian children, apart from Non- Christians, in schools exclusively intended for them. In schools bl of this kind the religious instruction can be made more syste- " matic and thorough, and better adapted to the requirements of Christian children. We have also found that an unfavor- able influence 1is sometimes exercised on the morals of pils Christian children in schools largely attended by Non- y! Christians. hil As a matter of course, most of our Parochial Schools are that, of the Primary Grade, and the education in them is in the Non- Vernacular with the exclusion of English. They are, as a for rule, attended by both sexes together. But in larger congre- 3 10 gations separate schools for boys and girls are maintained, 100 and classes opened, in which English is taught. Lower Secon- This dary classes attached to Parochial Schools and Orphanage =nillg Schools respectively, are at present conducted on the following o0ls Stations: Mangalore, Udipi, Bettigeri, Cannanore, Tellicherry, Chombala, Calicut, Codacal, Kaity, and Kotageri. Among these there are two complete Lower Secondary Schools for and Nom: Christian girls, namely at Mangalore and Calicut, the first ians We are being attended by 31, the second by 22 pupils. 10 L glad to state, that several of‘ the girls have successfully pass- Christ from ed the Lower Secondary Examination. It is a pity that some Christians, especially of the agri- ¥f cultural class, are very indifferent to the education of their may b children. The consequence is that the attendance in some work of our schools is far from being satisfactory. This is espe- 0ur 11 cially the case with a few Out-stations of the Tulu District NEss and of South Mahratta. Of Gudde, an Out-station of Udipi, Chu My. Keppler says:— they “In Gudde we have a good number of heathen pupils, who attend school very regularly, in spite of the rivers to be erossed and other obstacles. Could I but say the same of our Christians ! The diffi- tight culties of getting to school seem to them so many reasons for stay- of Sor ing away.” Not ¢ And of Katkinhalli an Out-station of Guledgudd, My. speak Hisfelder says:— have “I wish I could improve our Parochial School at Katkinahalli, Whogy on which we have already spent so much money. The parents do schog i not care at all about the education of their children, and think that they cannot get on without their services for watching the the ¢ fields and cattle.” fully Similar complaints are made by other Stations regarding 8610y Lorg Christians who have but recently joined our Church., Mr. Kiilule of Palghat reports about a new school opened at Melparambu, the ¢ a Christian village chiefly inhabited by new Christians :— Qeat} gy “What shall I say about our school at M. exeept that there is much room for improvement? Preg; The number of pupils has slightly increased. They belong to various castes and races, and it is a diﬁicw degiy most difficult task to bring these heterogeneous elements into some kind of order. The difficulty is increased by the fact that the Clent parents expect to be paid for sending their children to school, and never think that it is their duty to provide for the means of educat- I, ing their children. Our new Christians have first to be trained in a g 77 T Pass- Christian mode of life and thought before we may expect any help from them towards the eduecation of their children.” Unostentatious as the work done in our Parochial Schools agti- their may be, it is, we believe, a very important branch of Mission- The future of §0me work and deserves the most carefu] attention. espe- our rising Christian generation, more especially the genuine- isbrict ness of their Christian character, and their loyalty to the Ui, Church of Christ, depends largely on the kind of education they receive in these schools. attend 2 other Boarding Schools and Orphanages. Of these we have eight, one for boys and one for girls in each of the Districts o (iff- ' sty of South Canara, South Mahratta, Malabar, and the Nilgiris. Not all the children admitted to these schools are, strictly speaking, orphans. Some of them, whose parents are still alive, 1 MI ; have been admitted because of their poverty, and others, whose parents live in out-of-the-way places with no Christian mhalli, school in their neighbourhood, for the sake of their education. nts 40 The Boys’ Orphanage at Udipi numbered 74 boarders at | think the end of the year. The superintendent, Mr. Brasche, grate- ng the fully states, that the boys were graciously preserved from serious sickness, and he feels bound the more to praise the eding Lord for this blessing, because Mrs. Brasche was ailing during Cihle the greater part of the year. Great grief was caused by the bl death of a boy, who was struck by a flash of lightning in the — midsummer holidays. The Educational Rules of the Madras et 18 Presidency, to which the school is subject, render it rather difficult to lay as much stress on Scripture knowledge as is lightly i is & desirable in a thoroughly Christian school, and to find suffi- o Some cient time for agricultural work. Of the Boys’ Orphanage at Bettigeri the superintendent, )I, aﬂd Mr. Risch, says:— ducatr “I often wonder at the good conduct of our orphan boys, taken gdiﬂ@ p L A 78 as a whole. Our Indian Orphanages are in several respects at a of I disadvantage, when compared with similar institutions at Home. the c But considering the fact that serious disputes among the boys are 1895 very rare, and that moral offences and other irregularities, if they Augy ever occur, are, as a rule, discountenanced by the majority and there- [ fore quickly suppressed, one can safely say, that our Orphanages are not inferior to similar institutions in Germany.” years join | and The Boys’ Orphanage at Paraperi, near Codacal, under the superintendence of Myr. Eckelmann, numbered at the end of seho the year 76 boarders, most of whom have lost either one or ledge both parents. heal] It is proposed to give in future more attention to agricultural work and, if possible, to open an Agricultural its foy woul¢ School in connection with the Orphanage. The boys experi- heard enced the preserving grace of God in a special way in May ‘Don's last, when a flash of lightning struck a palm-tree in the neigh- On ¢} bourhood of the school (p. 25). Victor The Boys’ Orphanage School at Kaity was taken charge of loved by Mr. Erust after the departure of My. Liitze. A new build- death child, ing, affording sufficient accommodation for the greatly in- creased number of boarders and school-classes, was erected T in the beginning of the year; it could just be finished before throy the monsoon set in. Meanwhile the boys had to live in tem- 1ect porary lodgings, in which it was somewhat difficult to super- by ) intend them carefully; and this appears to have had a bad T effect on their character. Much anxiety was caused by three hag ] Badaga converts, running away, one after the other, from Geng the school, for reasons then unknown; they returned, however, The after some little time. The school has been raised to the Dy standard of a Lower Secondary School, and three students of ] ‘. passed the Lower Secondary Examination, one in all and two in the compulsory subjects only. Ver‘ u,‘ 1635 Of our Girls’ Orphanage Schools, that at Mulki was gracious- fo ly preserved from a great danger in May last, when a flash St S ey 79 §'af & of lightning struck the tower of the chapel, which is close by Home, the school. There were 61 girls on the rolls at the end of 7S are 1895. Of a girl, Rhoda by name, who died on the 6th f they August, Mrs. Digel says:— there- “She was a poor orphan and had been in our school for eight 1ages years. Being of a very delicate constitution, she was never able to join her friends in their merry games; yet she was always content and cheerful. v the In spite of her weakness, she was very diligent in nd of school and skillful in needle-work ; she had also a very good know- After her confirmation the state of her ne or ledge of Bible stories. health grew worse, and her illness developed into dropsy with all ontion ltural its fearful agonies. In her sufferings, which she bore patiently, she would often exclaim: ‘O Lord Jesu, take me to thee.” Once when she xpet- heard some girls say, that she was likely to die soon, she replied: ) May ‘Don’t think, I am afraid; I rejoice to die and be with my Saviour.’ neigh On the morning of her last day she spoke much of struggle and She was vietory, and ere we thought it, she had breathed her last. loved by all the other girls, who were deeply grieved at her early ge of puild- death. The Lord be praised for what He has done for this poor child.” y i The Girls’ Orphanage at Dharwar sustained a severe loss ected jefore through the departure of Mrs. Ziegler, who had been con- nected with it for about 16 years. It is now superintended fen- by Mrs. Bode, and numbered 45 girls at the end of the year. uper- g had The @Girls’ Orphanage at Chombala under Mrs. Weismann three had 104 girls on its rolls at the end of the year, eighty per cent of whom have recently been converted from paganism. from The school had in November last the honour of a visit from yevels Dr. Duncan, the Director of Public Instruction. The results o the of the examination held by the Inspectress of Schools was ;dellts d two very satisfactory. In former years the superintendent had reason to continually ‘complain of the dislike of many girls to manual work. Now that the majority of the boarders con- (J0us sists of girls born in heathenism, no more difficulty is felt in fash 80 this respect. The girls consider it a matter of course, that T they should perform the very same kinds of work as are done preser by their mothers, and learn how to do them. hoth The Girls’ Orphanage at Kotageri had more admissvions this VeI year than ever before, chiefly in consequence of some con- knowl Was 1 versions. The number of boarders is now 24 as against 18 in 1895. The superintendent, Mrs. Sikemeier, says:— schao “I was greatly rejoiced, when at Kaity in September last for a used change, to meet again a number of my former Orphanage girls. I taugl visited them in their homes, and was glad to see, that they have Sehoo retained the habits of order and tidiness, to which they were trained espec in our school. I was greatly charmed with the love and attachment obligy they showed me.” 1 th way 3 In addition to the Lower Christian Secondary Schools. 18 10 Secondary Classes attached to several of our Orphanages and hal‘m\ Parochial Schools, we have three special Secondary Schools, Same the chief object of which it is, to prepare their students for Gove admission to our Theological Seminaries and Teachers’ Train- thege ing Schools respectively. ever, The Christian High School at Nettur-Tellicherry, under the Chrig stude management of Mr. Rehm, suffered much from unavoidable changes in the educational staff. Nevertheless the report of Udipf the Inspector of Schools is very creditable to the institution. Natlg Much of the success is: due to the ability and devotion with Subje which the Christian Headmaster, Mr. Joseph Muliyil, B. A., SQCOI and his Assistants, discharged their duties. Special attention P was given by the Principal to the Scripture lessons in the various classes of the school, and his endeavours appear to have been crowned with success. The Director of Public iI] 0 Six Instruction paid a visit to the school in November last. Nem students were sent up for the Matriculation Examination; Schg but unfortunately only one of them passed successfully. Kait; R R 81 . that The Preparatory Schools at Udipi and Bettigeri are at Hitherto done present undergoing a thorough re-organisation. both of these schools had been conducted independent of Go- s this vernment inspection, and their curriculum in which Bible 3 (00~ knowledge and the Vernacular occupiéd a prominent place, was not in accordance with that prescribed in Government st 18 schools. The Vernacular was even in the highest classes used as the medium of instruction, although English was also it for & taught together with all other subjects required in Secondary s, I Schools. By the urgent requirements of modern times, and j have mained especially the rapid spread of English education we are chment ohliged to re-organise these time-honoured schools, which have in the past rendered excellent service to the Mission in the way of preparing Christian youths for the Lord’s service. It is now intended to bring the curriculum of these schools in Lower es and harmony with that adopted by other public schools of the same standard, and to prepare the students for the several ChOQlSv Government examinations up to Matriculation. In spite of ot for Train- these proposed changes regarding secular instruction, how- ever, we desire to keep up without change the thoroughly Christian character of these schools and to provide our or the students with a solid foundation of Scripture knowledge. In jidable Udipi ten pupils appeared for the Lower Secondary Exami- port of nation ; of these six passed in all, and two in the compulsory fution. 3 it subjects only. In January last the first class of an Upper Secondary School (IV. Form) was opened with 5 Christian ;B' by pupils. tontioD i the 4. Training Schools for Christian Teachers are maintained pedt 0 in connection with the above-mentioned Secondary Schools at Pab]ic Nettur-Tellicherry, Udipi, Bettigeri, and with the Orphanage A Sis School at Kaity. Two of these, viz. those at Nettur and naﬁOﬂ ) Kaity, are under Government inspection. The institution at l 11 82 Nettur, which is entitled to train Upper Secondary Grade M. | Teachers, had eight students on the rolls; four of these passed end of the required examinations and were admitted to the service. T The school at Kaity has been raised to the standard of a el ) Lower Secondary Training Institution. Of Udipi nine students Opex passed the Government Examinations and qualified for a nstite Normal Certificate. The Training School at Bettigeri, which four had hitherto been conducted independent of Government rathe; inspection, is being re-organised with a view to prepare the add s students for the general and technical Government Exami- finish nations. to the The Training School for School-mistresses at Mangalore 10 of had to be closed temporarily in May last for want of quali- Chure fied pupils and a competent Head-master. It has recently Singi: been re-opened with five Christians and one Hindu girl, prea| two of whom have passed the Lower Secondary Examinations. slony Altogether nine Christian School-mistresses have been trained ek in this institution since 1898, the year of its foundation. 088810 mory; 5 Theological Seminaries.—The FEvangelists’ Training School eondy at Bettigeri was closed at the end of 1895. This institution il had been established in 1881 “as a temporary measure, to meet the crying want of Native Assistants for South Mahratta?. (esta Vices In the course of the last 15 years some ten Assistant-Cate- chists have been educated there. hag 4 But from the beginning it hayg was proposed to carry on the school only for so long as there g an would be an urgent need for it, and at any rate to send to the fr(]m Mangalore Catechists’ Seminary all South Mahratta students Mty Ay able to pursue the full course of study necessary for a Cate- yearg chist. The time has now arrived when South Mahratta is pretty UOH ] well provided with Catechists regularly trained at Mangalore, and there is no more need for the continuance of this institu- the , thag tion. The last two students, who finished their training under %tuﬂ) 83 S Grade My. Risch, passed their final examination successfully at the passed end of 1895, and have since been admitted to the service. BITICE. The urgent demands of the Nilgiri District for more train- occasioned the | of 9 ed Mission-workers had, two years ago, ndents opening of a special Badaga Catechists’ School at Kaity. This for a institution, which is under the charge of Mr. Ernst, numbers which four students, all of whom are Badaga converts. As they are nment rather deficient in several respects, it was found necessary to re the add six months more to the first year’s course, in order to Jxam- finish the curriculum. The lessons given were: Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament, Sacred History, Interpreta- tion of selected Psalms and the Gospel according to St. Matthew, igalore Church History I. Part, Catechetical Exercises, English, and qua.li- contly Singing. The students are also practically trained for | gitl preaching to the heathen by regularly accompanying the Mis- sionaries and Catechists, who go to proclaim the Gospel at the ations. rained weekly markets in Coonoor and Ootacamund, at funeral pro- cessions and on other occasions. On Sundays, before the morning service, the students go to neighbouring villages and conduct Sunday Schools for the heathen youth. Shool uon The Malayalam Theological Seminary at Nettur-Tellicherry ot 116 to (established 1890), lost towards the end of the year, the ser- " altd Lt vices of Mr. Frohnmeyer, its founder and Principal. M. Dilger has taken his place; Mr. Sengle and Catechist Peter Arnon (a e no 1t have been appointed his assistants. In January the session i § here began with 9 students, two new men having been admitted from the Christian High School. Four among these are fol il fs Matriculates, and two of them, having finished their four 1den (ate years’ course, successfully passed the Catechists’ Examina- fty tion in January 1896, and have since been consecrated for ple the Lord’s service. The Principal deeply regrets the fact, 7@11(}1 b that the number of young Malayalee Christians, willing to sttt under study for the ministry, is at present so exceedingly small, 11 84 e and quite inadequate for the exigencies of the work, which TEpIeS would require double the present number of yearly admissions. (anar For the Canarese Theological Seminary at Mangalore the past compa year was a season of sore trials. The Principal, Mr. Hoch, Fi was obliged by ill-health to spend the greater part of the year aholist on the Nilgiri Hills. Meanwhile Mr. Hermelink acted for Secon him in addition to his usual share of work, faithfully assisted Mudak by his native colleagues, Mr. Christanuja Watsa & Mr. Christian Mabenna. specis Eight students passed the final examination in O April 1895. Seven of these have since been appointed Cate- Boluy chists, four to South Mahratta, one to the Nilgiris, one to Schoo Coorg, and one to South Canara; and one is to stay at school near | for some time longer to qualify for the Matriculation Exami- Kaity nation. In May 1895, when the school was re-opened for a in the new session, three new students were admitted, one of them belonging to South Canara and two to South Mahratta. The S0me } I\ total number of students reading in the school, was 17 at the end of the year. EXist our T We commend the students of our Theological Schools to 2 Sy the converting influence of God’s Spirit and the intercession of our friends. childy May the Lord grant us truly-converted and which spiritually-minded men, filled with His Spirit, joyful and Whicl devoted in the Master’s service and faithful witnesses of the girly glad tidings of salvation! 0 Open; B. Schools for Non-Christians. the ] haye The great number of these schools, 77 in all, exceeding the total of schools for Christians by 15, evidently shows the Work Chig great importance, which is, in our Mission, attached to this theyg kind of Mission-work as a means of evangelization. There is, however, a difference noticeable between our different Mission Districts. Whilst South Mahratta, including North Canara, is 4 ey 85 which represented Wit‘h only eight schools of this category, South $1003. Canara with Coorg numbers 19 or 20, Malabar 26, and the ) past comparatively small District of the Nilgiris not less than 24. Hich, Five schools, which were on our list in 1894, had to be jeal abolished in the course of the year; among these the Lower d for Secondary School at Mulki, and the Primary School at sisted Mudakame in the Honavar District, deserve to be mentioned istian specially. n 11 On the other hand eight new Schools were opened: at Cate- Bolur near Mangalore, at Allikatte in Coorg, a Canarese né {0 School at Bijapur, a Badaga Girls’ School at Achinakallu, chool near Kaity, Primary Boys’ Schools at Sailas and Denale near i Kaity, and at Milidenu near Kotageri, and a Night School for a in the bazaar of Kotageri. Of some of these we desire to give them some particulars. The The Primary School at Bolur, near Mangalore, owes its T at existence to the exertions of Mr. Jung, the superintendent of our Tile-Works at Kudroli, who two or three years ago, started a Sunday School for the sorely neglected and backward ls £ 3100 children of the fishermen-caste at Bolur. This Sunday School, and which is still carried on, gave rise to a Primary Day School, and which, at the end of the year, was attended by 33 boys and 9 f the girls belonging to different castes. Our brethren in Coorg have been greatly cheered by the opening of a school at Allikatte, 30 miles from Mercara, on the plantation of E. Richter Esq. This our friend desired to bave a school established for the children of the coolies ding working on his estate, and requested the Missionaries for a g the Christian Schoolmaster. Catechist Nathaniel Shatananda was s therefore sent. My. Richter liberally contributes towards the expenditure of this school. {5 iSy Our work has thus been given ! a very welcome extension, and as Catechist Nathaniel avails fy 18 himself of the opportunities offered him by the school, to 86 L Py make house-to-house visits to the parents of hié pupils, we may for Ohs by and by get a firm footing in this desolate region. grer i gsteem The Station Kaity on the Nilgiris succeeded, in spite of attract decided opposition from some quarters, to start a school af nstruc Denale in the neighbourhood of Nerkambe. This has enabled induce us to recover ground lost some years ago. The school was ancest opened at the urgent request of the inhabitants of some Christ neighbouring villages, and had from the beginning an atten- their | dance of more than 30 pupils, which promises well for the the fa; future. In a similar way we were requested by the villagers to thei of Sailas near Coonoor, to establish a school in their village; Snegr and this was done in the last monsoon. in ou Concerning our numerous older schools for Non-Christians 0t we cannot, for want of space, give more than a few notes. of the Our Lower Secondary School at Pouani in the South of the ) Malabar had to overcome serious difficulties, the outcome of 1va) the conversion of a teacher employed in the school. This man, sever: a native of the place and belonging toaninfluential Nayar family, Suffey embraced Christianity some years ago and was, on bis baptism, decid, sent to our Training School at Nettur, to qualify for a Normal at lag Certificate. In 1895 he resumed his former post at Ponani. In But, alas! the return of this man, who before his conversion bad with been respected by young and old, gave rise to serious objec- Object tions on the part of his former friends and caste-fellows. An ight agitation was set on foot and petitions tendered, urgently They requiring the removal of the man. At a meeting of some 60 tlon § influential Nayars a resolution was adopted, which for its the } remarkable observations on the influence of Mission Schools 0 is worth recording. The following is an extract of it:— g | “We all know that in Mission Schools Bible lessons are given, Ingpg and therefore Mr. James Victor (this is the Christian name of the Shing convert) will have a very good opportunity, by his example and in- of the fluence to bring his pupils into opposition to Hinduism and win them Well4 _87 b for Christianity. Our boys receive at present no instruction what- ) may ever in their own religion. Now when a teacher whom they highly esteem, speaks to them daily about Christianity, and in such an ite of attractive way, that their hearts are touched by his words, such an 0l af abled instruction must without doubt greatly influence his pupils, and induce them, after they have attained their majority, to forsake their | was ancestral faith. Even if they should not immediately become §01 116 Christians, the seed of antagonism to their own religion sown in atten their hearts will sooner or later cause them to dislike or abandon r the the faith of their forefathers. Those boys even who remain true |agers to their ancestral religion, will begin to despise their parents and Il gt ok sneer at Hinduism ; and this will give rise to dissension and quarrel in our families ete. ete.” stians Of course the Missionaries could not, for the very interests £s of the Mission, on any account comply with the request of the petitioners, and the consequence was the opening of a ath of ) 0 rival school, which was also joined by many pupils and e of several Masters of our school. The latter has considerably 3 A, Yet we aml Iy, suffered ; the number of pupils sank from 100 to 35. decided not to give way, trusting that a temporary loss will P 1510, at last prove a real gain to the Lord’s cause. (ormal ) il In Chalashery also the opening of a Mission School met with opposition on the part of the Syrian Christians, who on b&d objected to Bible lessons on the ground that their children ohjec might thereby be induced to join the Protestant Church. g, An tly They started a school of their own, in which no Bible instruc- lgen tion is given. This proceeding of so-called Christians caused ome 00 the heathen to also withdraw their children from our school. for 1 £ I Our High Schools at Calicut, Tellicherry-Town, Mangalore Gehoo and Dharwar have had a prosperous year, and show a slight increase in attendance. The school at Calicut is in a very flouri- 3 1760 shing condition. 1t was attended by 385 pupils at the end , :f the of the year; a good number of these are said to belong to d well-to-do and respectable families. The Principal, Mr. Hiller, n [hem 88 IEEh SR T selves; speaks in high terms of the valuable services of his Christian Head-master, My. G. Zacharias, B.A., who appears to possess and 80 feache the respect and confidence of his pupils in a high degree. The school at Dharwar has safely passed through a serious 30, be crisis, caused by the departure of its most respected founder li and Principal, Mr. Ziegler. The apprehensions entertained Sy Wr by friends and foes alike, that the attendance would consi- derably decrease, has proved unfounded, and the school closed also 4 with 289 pupils, as against 246 in 1894. Mr. Reusch, who hear Relioy has taken charge of the school in succession to Myr. Ziegler, is ably assisted by the Christian Head-master Mr. 4. Jaga- grea nathan, B. A. The High Schools at Tellicherry-Town and from he Mangalore had both to contend with serious competition; they had, nevertheless, 228 and 246 students respectively on the n glo rolls at the end of the year. Among the 246 pupils attending My. the Mangalore High School there are 54 Christians. Tell; Uber of Tellicherry speaks thus of his experiences in Bible- al fog lessons:— Smg, “Though we meet with much apathy and even opposition, espe- at t cially in the upper classes, it is very encouraging to have almost in care every class a few boys who receive the instruction with clese attention Of @ and try to please their teacher by good answers. Especially in the theg case of the little ones we make this experience. ‘When the Lord’s are Prayer was explained, a child said: ‘This is a beautiful prayer; the prayers made by men are all imperfect.’ ‘Is this prayer without 10 {] defect whatever?’ said another child. The teacher replied: ‘Think about it and tell me to-morrow whether you have found any fault geng and in this prayer.’ The next day all children said: ‘We have found no fault in it.’ a Then they asked, ‘May we also offer this prayer ?’ and when the teacher affirmed it, they said, they would hence- hay, Another time the forth do so every morning and evening. e children were quite surprised at the story of Jesus sitting in the Iy temple, when twelve years old. When asked for the reason, they hlt answered : “Whenever we go to a feast, we want to amuse our- sth e 89 stian selves; we desire to see the many beautiful things, to hear mausic, 035658 and so on. Why did Jesus not want to do that?’ Before the teacher could give a reply, 2 child rose and said: “Yes, we do gree. 1008 80, because we are no good children, but Jesus was a good child’.” nnder My. Bucher, Principal of our High School at Mangalore, ained says:— COnsl- “«The transitory triumph of Swami Vivekananda made itself felt dlosed also amongst our pupils. In those excited days one could often , who hear, that Christianity had suffered a deplorable defeat at the gl Religious Congress at Chicago and that Hinduism was making Jugie great strides in America. The pupils brought sometimes extracts ) and from Hindu Newspapers, which announced in unrestrained terms the unfathomable learning of the Swami and deseribed his success - they n the in glowing colours.” nding Our Hindu Girls’ Schools at Mangalore, Udipi, Kasaragod, My Tellicherry, Calicut, Kaity and Achinakallu (near Kaity) are Bible- altogether attended by 534 heathen girls. This is a very small number when compared with the multitudes of girls at these very Stations, who, by social prejudices and the , 65 carelessness of their parents, are still deprived of the privilege nost 10 of even a most elementary education. We cannot say that ention Some of them inthe these schools are all in a prosperous state. are doing well, but others are like tender plants requiring Lord's 1ayel's the most careful nursing, lest they die. A great drawback cithout in the way of a sound development of these schools, almost Think generally complained of, are the irregularity in attendance, For the schools and the early marriages, of Hindu girls. ; fO\lﬂd at Mangalore and Kasaragod new and spacious buildings raye! y have been erected, with the aid of Government. Attempts enee- are also made to open Lower Secondary Classes, but the 10 the number of girls attending the latter is, as yet, very small. in the In spite of these and other difficulties the work done in these , (e schools is, on the whole, very encouraging, and the labour of 6 oﬂf' 12 90 e love spent on these girls is richly rewarded by their gratitude‘ their 1 and attachment to their teachers. The seed of the Gospel of som sown in these tender hearts may very often resemble <the a (efic seeds that fell by the wayside”, but we are sure that thero 0 ex] are also cases, unconscious though we may be of them, where Teques 0 this it falls into a good land and brings forth fruit, sometimes, it may be, many years after the girls have left our schools. 4 ents - certal our H 5. Medical Mission. could Termif Our Medical Missionary, Dr. Liebendorfer, the pioneer of 0ne of this branch of Mission-work, was obliged to apply for leave child on account of ill-health. In the month of May he was so cleave seriously ill, that we even despaired of his life, but the felloy Lord graciously spared him, surely in answer to the united prayers of His people. many His successor, Dr. Stokes, has W l taken charge of the Hospital. In Miss M. Hanhart, a Prong daughter of an old well-known Missionary of Malabar, the ers Medical Mission has received the first Lady-nurse. she ¢ Dr. Liebendirfer of Calicut reports:— she howe “Last year many diseases were prevalent in this town, with especially among the poorer classes, of whom a good number suc- 4 cumbed for want of proper food and nursing. It seems, as if we were subject to a new epidemic almost every year; at one time it Years (i is cholera wlth its fearful death-rate, then small-pox, or dengue fever as last year. Agyly This year we had to combat with a severe and pro- thesg longed epidemic of typhoid fever, which was doubtless due to a great extent to the contaminated drink-water. Jears We had nearly 30,000 visits from out-patients, and 145 in-patients were treated State itis in the Hospital. But, although this number was never been reach- Prope ed in previous years, the income was smaller owing to the poverty S0mg of almost all the patients, who could not defray even the cost of Thig e 91 itude their medicines. Had it not been for the timely and generous help 0spel of some of our English friends, we should have closed the year with athe a deficit. We, therefore, avail ourselves of this opportunity not only there to express our heart-felt thanks for their esteemed help, but also to vhere request them to continue remembering our work among the poor 63, it in this poverty-stricken town. ) “In spite of much ingratitade experienced at the hands of pati- ents we mnotice also other signs, that our work is not in vain. A cortain man from the neighbourhood, who had been an in-patient of our Hospita 1in 1894 and become acqainted with the Divine Truth, could not help returning this year with the desire for holy baptism. Terrified at the complete separation from his kindred, he persuaded er 0f one of his children to come along with him, but in the first night the leave child was carried off by his relations, and thus the father learned to as 80 cleave the faster unto the Lord and to rejoice more and more in the t the followship of his Master. He peacefully closed his days, offering many fervent prayers for those who were dear to him. ited h&a «A woman of the Tiyer caste could not hear the name of Jesus i, 8 pronounced without scornfully turning to the other side when pray- j the ers began., Gradually her hardened heart began to soften, and she took part in the prayers without reluctance. On being cured she went home, promising to pray in future to Jesus only. Great, however, was our joy, when some weeks afterwards she returned with her husband and three children anxious to receive baptism. fowD, “Bver since we have taken charge of the Leper Asylum 1% 7 16 if we years ago, we have treated 55 patients. Of these 24 were either dismissed or left of their own accord, 10 died, and 21 remain in the ime if Asylum at the close of the year. After due instruction some of fover 10 deaths in 1.3 these have been received into the Church of Christ. d pror , f0 & years seem rather a high percentage, but considering the fearful state in which most of them are brought to us, we are thankful that 1eatly it is not higher. Lepers, who remain a sufficiently long time under ated each proper care and treatment, are gradually getting much better, and some of them could even be scarcely recognized by outsiders as lepers. yrerty This institution suffers also from want of funds; yet we do not feel st Of 125 il rally justified to refuse admission to these poor creatures, and trust, the Lord, who is rich above all, will also in fature supply us with the able, 1 lessnes necessary means to alleviate the lot of the outcast and helpless. il “The Branch Hospital at Codacal had to pass through a crisis. after | The dresser had to be dismissed, and, until we succeeded in getting another dresser, Mr. R. Bosshardt, who possesses a fair knowledge and or much of medicine, kindly carried on the work. For various reasons we were, however, obliged to transfer our faithful and hard-working aceond Assistant Joseph to Codacal, and we are sure that through his e ha haptis energy and self-sacrifice this Hospital will again prosper. At this Hospital we had over 10,000 visits from out-patients and received 0asts Whom about 50 in-patients.” 168t o} Mr. Knobloch of Calicut writes about the medical work as follows : — “BEvery morning one can see our good Doector surrounded by patients, numbering from 50 to 80, all waiting for him to attend to I\ them. Then he would go from one to another, examining, giving advice, and preseribing, while his Assistant would clean and dress i sores and wounds in the verandah, and the Catechist and a Bible- at ) woman would bring home to them the glad tidings of the Word Chon of God. This work of true love has its effeet upon many patients, and, N though gratitude may not be the strongest point in a Malayalee, Malp there are always some who show by touching expressions that they are really grateful. There are every year several baptisms among shrue the in-patients, which is an encouraging sign of the efficacy of God’s Word. “About the Leper Asylum to which I am no stranger, inasmuch ang as I had spent in former years many blessed hours within its walls, I have to remark, that its appearance has entirely changed, and the sandy barrenness of the garden has been transformed into Qury, a lovely green spot divided into different tracts, which are allotted ()bJe(; to, and cultivated by, the patients who are able to move aboat. Chyy There seems to be a difference between Christian, Mchammedan, for and heathen patients. The faces of the Christian patients gene- Sta‘(p 93 1st, the rally reflect an inward happiness that renders their lot more toler- ith the able, whilst the faces of Non-Christians express despair and hope- less, lessness. OrIsis, “It is surprising to notice that these “poor among the poorest”, oetting after having experienced the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit and on complying with the Doctor’s orders, generally improve so wledge 0ns we much that this terrible disease does not progress so rapidly, and that according to the Doctor’s opinion may even get better. At present orking eh his we have 21 inmates, of whom 8 are Christians and 3 candidates for baptism. Since we took over charge of the Asylum, 25 of these out- At this ceived casts were, according to my calculations, led to their Saviour, of whom more than half have already been called from misery to the rest above.”’ ik a8 6. Industrial Establishments. od by end £0 These consist of the following Establishments :— gifing dress Three Weaving Establishments—at Mangalore (witha branch at Mulki), Cannanore (with two branches at Tellicherry and Bible- Word Chombala), and Calicut (with a branch at Codacal). ) aﬂd, Six Tile-Works—at Jeppoo and Kudroli (near Mangalore), yalee, Malpe (near Udipi), Calicut, Codacal and Palghat; the con- they struction of the latter was finished in the year. mong One Mechanical Workshop—at Mangalore. 0y of Three Mercantile Establishments—at Mangalore, Mercara and Calicut. much waﬂS: All these Establishments have, by God’s blessing, prospered and during the year, and more or less accomplished the several info objects for which they were started. To which extent our atted Churches are at present dependent on these Establishments houts for their temporal welfare, may be seen from the following dan, statistics regarding some of them: — ;ene' i I There are employed at Mangalore iﬁ the the Cl Printing Press 43 members of our Church, 110 Compo Weaving Establishment ” Mechanical » 51 ”» b ” and [ works Mercantile Mission-Branch 10 ” n fempo Book Depository 6 » Kudroli Tile-Works 145 9 religi » Jeppoo 7 110 9 b} uI Total 475 ” ” " Weave that is to say 35 per cent of the total of the Communicants by acq Sense ( (1334) of Mangalore. they h: The Cannanore Weaving Establishment with branches at the Ts Tellicherry and Chombala gives employment to 412 Christi- their ¢ ans, of whom 295 belong to Cannanore and Chowa ; that makes hishoy 59 per cent of the total of the Communicants (474) of Who Cannanore. nstal; Which In the last year especially, when many converts had to be Who provided with some work or other, these Establishments proved 1895, an exceedingly valuable help. DBut let it not be forgotten, that 0f the the admission of converts, men and women, advanced in age and on Mattay as many of them are, and their apprenticing in a new trade is a cause of much additional trouble and care to the super- 1l (&) attaine intendents of our Establishments. M. Schinthal of Cannanore, referring to the admission of 26 apprentices during the year, V: remarks ;— oy 0 thy “I need mot explain what amount of patience and labour is re- quired to instraet these people. Imagine, an enquirer, 25 years of the I hag il age, with fingers stiff and crooked, and unable to count to twenty, begins to weave and even after 11 years of apprenticeship mistakes the 38 or 24 threads for 30, and you will understand what blunders 0n are sometimes committed. The man might manage the thing W better, if his loom were a plough.” gy 95 Lt ATt It is one of the objects of these Establishments, to assist the Christians, whom we employ, to acquire, after some time, compounds and houses of their own. For this purpose “Saving and Loan Funds” have been founded in connection with the The beneficial effects of this institution on the workshops. temporal condition of our Christians and their moral and religious life cannot well be overrated. My. Schonthal writes: — “I have much joy in stating that a number of our Christian weavers have again been enabled to improve their temporal condition by acquiring houses which they may now ecall their own in the fullest icants sense of the word. Some of them have completely repaid the loans they had some years ago received for this purpose from the funds of hes ab the Establishment, and now continue every month to deposit part of histi- their earnings into the Savings Fund. A weaver, who lately got makes his house free of debt, has since been able to save Rs. 125. Another, ) of who received a loan of Rs. 500, has already repaid Rs. 250 by instalments. Another has deposited with me Rs. 461, all of which he has saved from his earnings. A weaver of Tellicherry, i fo be who was apprenticed here, has saved nearly Rs. 100 since April 1893. Lately he asked me for the sum in order to build a house. pyoved 1, tha Of the weavers at Tellicherry 14 at least possess houses of their own, and only two of them owe still part of the parchase-money. As a in age matter of fact, it takes a long time until such changes in the tempo- trade ral condition of our Christians are effected, but what we have super- attained for the present is more than we ever expected.” _]a'llol‘e» Valuable as the services are that have been rendered to o 764L our Christian Churches by these Establishments, we have come to the conviction, that they are no longer sufficient to meet the requirements of our Churches in their present state. It CHE of has never been our intention, nor do we think it desirable that went \l the majority of our Christians should be entirely dependent 118 akes on these Mission Establishments for their livelihood. What uﬂden we really want is a goodly number of well-to-do Christian ) T,hlna artisans and farmers entirely independent of the Mission. We et 96 also have sometimes a great difficulty to provide in our Esta- of thi blishments for the many Christian boys, who are leaving our rage oblige schools every year after their confirmation and are desirous of the V learning a trade. In spite therefore of our time-honoured where Industrial Establishments, the wants and requirements of a comm growing Christian Church compel us to face again the old on Ps problem and difficulty of Indian Missions, as to the best read means of providing suitable employment for our Christians, and | so as to enable them to earn their livelihood independent of me in the Mission. As this question is of such vital importance, it overy has been taken into consideration by the Malabar Missionaries poor at their yearly District Conference. The proposal has been fo th made of establishing an Agricultural School in connection advis with the Boys’ Orphanage at Paraperi, and of opening some Sang| Industrial Schools in connection with one or the other of our J Ubib Establishments, with a view of introducing some new trades Chon the among our Christian community. 06008 Myr. Eckelmann at Paraperi, with the kind aid of Messrs. Schilunk & Co at Calicut, has also made a trial with the introduction of a new branch of industry at Codacal, viz. the twisting of coir ropes, which, it is hoped, will afford a valuable home-occupation to a number of Christian women. et This would save them the trouble of going daily to the distant Tile-factory and permit them to give more attention repr to their children, than they are able to do at present. I hag We cannot conclude this chapter without recording how the ang Weaving Establishment of Cannanore commemorated on the fin 23rd November 1895, the 25th anniversary of Mr. Schonthal’s arrival at Cannanore. Myr. Schinthal reports :— Con “On the 21st November 25 years had passed since my first Wer arrival here, and on the 23rd my weavers celebrated my jubilee. 8 For a long time I would not give my consent to the commemoration Of( i r Bsta- of this day. I should have preferred to have spent it qﬁietly and in Bat I was ng our prayer for new strength for a fresh term of labour. rous of obliged to yield at last. At eight o’clock in the morning the bell of noured the Weaving Establishment invited us to ecome over to the room where the working people had already assembled. Mr Bader ts of 4 he old commenced the proceedings with prayer and some remarks based on Psalm eiii. After the singing of some hymns, an address was 16 best read and delivered to me. I thanked the people for their kindness istians, and gave a short review of the wonderful ways the Lord had led dent of me into their midst and kept me among them to this day. To him nce, 1t every success is due, and it is comforting to know that He uses us ONATIes poor and sinful men, for the great things He will perform on earth s been to the glory of His name. Mr. Dilger of Tellicherry concluded by nection advising the hearers to express their gratitude not only in brilliant g some Sanskrit verses, but by their deeds. It was a simple and pleasant Jubilee festival attended by over 500 personms. The weavers of of our The foreman of frades Chombala and Tellicherry had also come over. the Weaving Branch at Tellicherry had composed a hymn for the occasion, which was sung by the operatives.” Messts. it the 7. Literary Department. iz, the ord 3 A conference of the Malayalam Bible Revision Committee gomen. met in November last at Cannanore, when our Mission was fo the represented by Mr. Bader and Mr. Dilger, the successor of tention My. Frohwmeyer, who is gone home on furlough. The revision has advanced as far as the First Epistle General of St. Peter, 10 the and it is believed, that one more conference will suffice to finish the revision of the Malayalam New Testament. o 1he The Canarese Bible Revision Committee held no general juflul3 conference during the year, as the majority of its members were in England; but a Sub-Committee consisting of M. 1y first H. Haigh, of the Wesleyan Mission, Mysore, and Mr. F. Ziegler jabilée of our Mission, met in April and May and revised the Gospel oratiod 13 e 98 according to St. Luke. My. Ziegler, who from the beginning In Ma had taken a great interest in the work, has since been obliged 0 to leave for Germany, and it will be difficult to fill up his place in the Committee. Of our two Christian Periodicals, which have uninterruptedly N been published fornearly 30 years, the Malayalam “Kéralopakari” Dr. ( was edited by Mr. Bader of Cannanore and My. Stephen Chandran, Pastor at Chowa, and the Kanarese “Kreistasabha- tion patra” by Mr. Risch of Bettigeri and Cat. Chr. Waisa of LTS Mangalore. It is a pity that the number of subscribers to both of these publications is still a very limited one. TEVIS The following new tracts and books have been published. In Canarese :— InT The Family Instructor, by Cat. Chr. Watsa. Ui A Wonderful Trial, by Mr. Walz. Scrh A True Friend in Need, by the same. scho Women’s Mirror, by the same. The Sea and its Wonders, by the same. In3 Two Pills for two Diseases, by the same. A Garland of Christian Lyrics, by Cat. Joseph Dalabhanjana. Who is Your Mediator? by Mr. Gengnagel. trap Meditations on the Sufferings of Christ, translated from byl Tamil, by Cat. Henry Kodoth. ang Life of St. Augustine, by Cat. Christian Mabenna. Sor The Hindu Doctrine of Transmigration Examined, by Myr. Berls. of The Story of Four Princes, by the same. brg Besides this, the Church Catechism, I. Part, has been revised by a Committee. dep hig 99 nning In Malayalam:— bliged Questions about Hinduism, by Mr. Peter. 1p bis The Five Eggs, by Mr. Bader. The Life of Dr. Gundert, by Mr. Frohnmeyér. tedly Malayalam Proverbs adapted to Christianity, by the late kit Dr. Gundert. phei Besides this, the Outlines of Christians Doctrine, a transla- abhd- o of tion of the German book of Dr. Kurtz, has been thoroughly revised for a 2nd edition by Mr. Frohumeyer. 13 t0 The Malayalam Liturgy also has undergone a careful revision by a Committee and will be published soon. hed,” In Tulu:— The Church Catechisms, I. and II., have been revised by My. Ritter, who published also a new edition of Selected Scripture Sentences and Christian Hymns for the use of schools. The Tulu Liturgy also is being revised by a Committee. In Badaga:— The Heart-book, by Cat. Isaiah Shanta. (il Besides this, the Gospel according to St. Mark has been translated into Badaga for the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society, by Mr. Jakob Kanaka, Pastor at Kotageri. rom Almanacs have, as usual, been edited in Malayalam and Canarese, by Mr. Rehm and Cat. Chr. Watsa respectively. Some new school-books also have been published and a number by of tracts reprinted in new editions. The Book and Tract Depository at Mangalore, with its 30 branch depots., was superintended by Mr. Huber until his 0l departure to Germany early in 1896, when Myr. Stamm took his place. Eighteen Colporteurs, six of whom are Bible- 18% 100 e SOl Colporteurs and paid by the Madras and Edinburgh Bible Societies respectively, have been employed to spread the good empl seed broadcast over the country by selling the Bible in 0r S€ whole or in part, religious tracts and school-books. Evange- made lists and Catechists also have with praiseworthy zeal and yeas late enthusiasm availed themselves of every opportunity that offered on their preaching tours, to dispose of tracts, and whic portions of the Bible, these inestimable auxiliaries of the hare Word preached. ae My. Warth of Hubli reports:— alwa the y “During the twelvemonth from 1st July 1894 to 30th June 1895 more than 7000 books and tracts were sold at Hubli and the Prin surrounding districts, among these no less than 6000 religious books and tracts. As the number of Bible portions sold has always been comparatively small, one of our Assistant-Catechists has been ap- P pointed to the special duty of selling Bible portions only, and the Na- tional Bible Society of Scotland has kindly offered to pay his salary.” - Of the effect of the Word of God Mr. Warth says:— Sabh AG “A certain Lingait, a schoolmaster, had become acquainted with Nedif the Word of God in a Lingait math (convent), in which I had been The privileged two years ago to speak the Word with great joy. The Ch Won said schoolmaster was impressed by the truth, and is now an enquirer, and has entered into correspondence with me. He was Narg The afterwards transferred to another village. Some time ago he asked lat me for a copy of the “Heart Book”, which he read with a few friends The of his village. It is only a few days ago he asked me for a copy of A | By the New Testament, as there are several people in his village Ray wishing to read the Bible together with him.” It is, however, sometimes not easy to sell tracts. My. ﬁubeof Dege A of Mangalore reports:— Hugg “At an idol festival near Mangalore, which I attended with B another Missionary, one of the owners of the temple bought a tract, K&na \0 ¥ tore it to pieces before our eyes and spat upon it, to express his Cana contempt, and his anger at our presence.” The ]01 ey Bilh Our Printing Office, under the management of Mr. Hirner good employs 50 artisans all of whom, with the exception of six le or seven, are members of our Congregation Every attempt 1s g made to enhance the efficiency of our Pres known for many an years to the public for the excellent quality of its work. Of that late we have had, however, to contest with peculiar difficulties and which are chiefly due to the competition of other presses, that Yet we the have been started during the last 10 or 15 years are glad to state that, through the blessing of God, we have always found sufficient ‘work to occupy our workmen all the year round We take this opportunity to recommend our June Printing Office to the kind attention of our friends. d the hooks heen LIST OF BOOKS AND TRACTS 0 P Printed from 1st November 1894 to 31st October 1895 Y ; IO Canarese, a1y, Edition Size Copies Pages Tot. Pages ° 80 600 192 115200 Sabhapatra, Vol. xxviii to xxix A Garland of Canarese Christian Liyrics I. 125 3000 43 129000 156 312000 ] yith Meditation on the Sufferings of Christ 2000 The Married Life ITI. 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We heco feel deeply humiliated by these failings, but “out of the bgys him depths we cry unto the Lord” and beseech Him, to Were endue all His servants with a new and rich measure of B and His Holy Spirit, to fill our Churches with new spiritual Lorg life, and to grant to the Gentiles repentance unto life. the May the time come soon when lagt engy “the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose”, une; give when “it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even Drey with joy and singing!” (Isaiah XXXV, 1. 2.) hig the sud —————r e R T .o was lagt sery of ¢ L the OBITUARY. our heir 1 Catechist Ezra Arunachalam, 2 Tamil man by birth, was sted born in a village near Madras in 1830. Having lost his parents in his earliest childhood, he was taken care of by a 1ust good old aunt, a widow, who, some years later, proceeded to $1n Cannanore together with her son-in-law, who was in the 1ave employment of a European officer. Thus the way was pre- pared for the boy and his brother, who were still heathen, to We become acquainted with the Gospel. At Cannanore the unruly the boys were made over to the Rev. S. Hebich, and sent by him to the Mission Orphanage at Tellicherry. Here they , 10 were baptized and received a Christian education. In 1852 Tzra was admitted to the Catechists’ Seminary at Mangalore, ¢ of and in 1856, on completing his studies, consecrated for the itual Lord’s service as Catechist. In this capacity he has served the Mission for 40 years at different Stations of Malabar, his lfe. last appointment being at Ponani, where he was exclusively engaged in intinerancy. On the 20th March 1895 he quite ey unexpectedly departed this life. My. Bosshardt of Codacal The day gives the following particulars about his death. ey previous to his death Fera had come over to Codacal and in his usual cheerfal way reported of his work. On his return the next morning, when crossing the Chamravattam river, he suddenly felt a severe pain at his heart, so much so that he was compelled to sit down in the hot sand and thought, his last hour had come. But the Lord saw the distress of His servant and heard the prayers rising up to Him from the lips of the dying man. A boy saw the helpless man and ordered a cart, just passing by on the other side of the river, to take the Catechist to his home. On his arrival there FEzra felt 14 106 76al | much better and praised the Lord for His wonderful help. Half an hour later the pain returned and in a few minutes fo far he expired. We have lost in him a sincere and converted §0me Christian, ever ready to help others. mer t on th 2 On the 25th June 1895 the Rev. Salomon Bhaskar, Pastor pate’ He was the son at Bettigeri, passed away to his eternal rest. whick of a heathen goldsmith, and was born at Bettigeri in 1836. hore When a young man, he was employed as teacher in the Basel God b Mission Girls’ School in the same village. This brought him maly into close contact with the Mission, and an ardent desire arose and | within him to become a Christian. On the 9th May 1852 he hette took the first decisive step by coming over to the Mission bungalow and breaking caste. When this was known there was a great uproar among the villagers; but he remained Miss; steadfast and was baptized with two other converts, on the Wiirt I3th -of " June 1852 As he was in every respect a talented ed o and earnest young man, he was chosen to become a Catechist whic} and received the necessary instruction from the Rev. G. Wiirth. Our In August 1856 he was called to Guledgudd, where the Rev. trave G. Kies had, through God’s blessing, gathered a flourish- and ing Congregation. During his long stay at Guledgudd, 1886‘ extending over 20 years, he proved a most valuable helper Careg in preaching to the heathen and in managing the Congre- Work gation, where he knew the history and circumstances of every member. He was also” greatly respected by the heathen lOdgij houg and was often asked by them to settle their disputes. After Topg the great famine, which was a time of great trouble and e I anxiety for the Guledgudd Mission, Salomon Bhaskar was trans- ferred to Hubli, and as he could not bear the climate, to Betti- Deoy by geri. In 1883 he was appointed to take sole charge of the ing Congregation, and as he discharged his duties with great ability had and faithfulness, he was ordained as Pastor in the beginning of ot 1886. The last ten years of his service are, however, marked by Unipy a number of severe trials in connection with his Congregation, the P which gave him much grief, and appear to have lessened the HEQ R 107 help zeal he had hitherto taken in his work. His health also began nutes to fail, and in 1893 he was obliged to go on sick-leave. After erted some months he resumed his work, and the deeper and war- mer tone of his sermons showed, that the Lord had laid him on this bed of sickness, to draw him closer to Himself and pre- astor pare him to work again joyfully for Him. In 1893 his illness, 1¢ 500 which was consumption, returned with greater force, but he 1836 bore it patiently and used it for quiet conversation with his Basel God, till he finished his course in full peace; after stating b him many times that the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ was his only ar0se and his sure and certain hope and that he wished for nothing 7 he better than to go home to Him. lssi0n there 3. Karl Feuchter, the late Superintendént of the Calicut Mission Tile-Works, was born at Hall in the kingdom of ained n the Wiirttemberg, on the 25th September 1842. In 1873 he arriv- ed on thé Mission-field, to take charge of the Calicut Tilery, ented sohis which was at that time still in its infancy. Before he joined our ranks, he had seen a good deal of the world, having iirth Rev travelled through North Africa, Spain and other countries, and had served his «Fatherland” as a soldier in the wars of jtish- 1866 and 1870. From the very beginning of his Missionary ndd, career he devoted himself with rare zeal and industry to the elpef work entrusted to him. In the first two years he had his pgre- lodgings in Calicut town, but then he removed to a tiny little AL then house, situated in the compound of the Tilery, and in the monsoon sometimes only accessible by means of a boat. Here After gmd he lived for the subsequent 15 years in the very midst of his people, happy and contented with his work, which he was ever rans- Bett- trying to improve and extend, and never wearied in promot- ing the welfare of his employees. Though the Home-Committee f the hility had sanctioned the erection of a bungalow for him, he could not make up his mind to have it built. After 17 years of ng Of i1 by uninterrupted labour in India his health gave way, and, on the advice of his friends, he decided to go home on furlough. £00; ] the He came out again in 1891 married, and was stationed at 14% 108 s LB Codacal, where he had to perform the difficult and laborious map, task of starting a new Tile Factory. The many trials he had of th to undergo in connection with this work, told heavily on his ful a mind and health. In April 1895 he was transferred to Calicut 9 him the old sphere of his labours, but he felt so exhausted and at B fatigued that he was scarcely able to make his rounds through stud; the factory. Mvrs. Feuchter noticed on the 9th May a peculiar the 1 weakness about him, but in spite of that he made his usual the round in the morning, and though he obviously felt worse, he 8100 could not desist from making his second round at four o’clock new in the afternoon. Assisted by his wife, he slowly moved on, Har but his strength failed him, and he had to be carried back his 1 to his house. Dr. Liebendorfer was called for, and found age his condition so serious that he did not entertain much hope ofa for his recovery. The next morning he peacefully fell asleep. 3 Iy The cause of his death seems to have been heat-apoplexy. ey He was a true child of God, humble and unpreétentious, othe and living a life hid with Christ in God. 187(f Olp 4. On the 23rd of January 1896 the Rev. Paul Ott, late 1 | of Mangalore, died at Basel, Switzerland, where he had gone he on furlough in 1895, to recruit his health. He was born at llag( Ludwigsburg, in South Germany (Wiirttemberg), on the 1st port November 1845, of pious parents, who brought him up «in thes the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” As a youth he also came to Stuttgart, where he joined the Young Men’s Christian they Association. Here through intercourse with Christian friends of § and the instrumentality of godly ministers he began to realize g fully the blessed truth of salvation as it is in Christ Jesuys. afte At the age of 20, he offered himself for Missionary he work, and referring to the blessed experience of his ac- Coy ceptance by Christ, joyfully confessed: «] know for certain He that the Lord Jesus is mine and I am His.” His fatherly ) friend, the Rev. F. Miiller, of Stuttgart, late of Tellicherry, fivg who warmly recommended him to the Committee of the Basel of Mission, gave him the character of a sincere and godly young feg {09 Gl IO SR 101§ man, whom the love of Christ constrained to enter the service 0 had of the Mission. He also pointed to the straightforward, cheer- n hig ful and kind disposition of his mind, which particularly fitted licut, him for the ministry. He was admitted to the Mission College and at Basel in 1865, and, on completing the usual course of ough studies, appointed for India in 1871. He came out just at liar the time when a religious movement had commenced amongst isual the Tulu population in South Canara. Numerous coanver- e, e sions from among these people necessitated the erection of a clock new Station at Karkal. Myr. Ott was ordered to join with M. 1 on, Hartmann in opening the new Station, which was to become hack his first sphere of labour among the heathen. On his marri- ound age in 1875, he was transferred to Udipi, where he had charge of a number of Out-stations. In the same year he had also the hope leep. privilege on a Sunday to administer holy baptism to 83 new converts, all of whom belonged to Gudde and some lexy. 0US, other Out-stations of Udipi. He was again transferred in 1879 to Mulki, which with its several Churches and Girls’ Orphanage, afforded him many opportunities for activity Jate in various directions. By his practical skill and ability gone he was specially fitted for superintending the Girls’ Orpha- nage, in the management of which he effected most im- m ab o 186 portant and beneficial changes. His chief object in educating these orphan girls was to lead them to Christ. But he desired p u'm b he also to fit them for their future sphere of life by training them in all kinds of house- and field-work done by the women stian onds of the agricultural class. In 1884, after a period of 12 years’ unceasing labour he went home on furlough, and returned alize fesuS. after eighteen months to his old post in Mulki. In 1890, he was appointed to Mangalore to take charge of the nary 40 Congregation as the successor of the late Rev. A. Mdnmner. He was also chosen Chairman of the District Committee, which rhail The gave him additional and not always pleasant duties. hetly five years of his stay at Mangalore were for him times full 11y of severe trials and bitter experiences; yet he would never 3asel feel discouraged, but joyfully and ungrudgingly went on oung S L 110 Re. § working for his Master and ministering to the souls under his charge. Early in 1895 ill-health compelled him to return culties to his native land. He did not recover, as he hoped, the health (Gospe] and strength for which he and his friends so earnestly prayed. [ndiaz loved Symptoms of a severe liver disease began to develop. From Christmas 1895, happily spent in the midst of his children, g1asm hem he was entirely confined to his bed. The Sunday previous to his death he took the Lord’s Supper and, filled with gratitude sun when for all that the Lord had done for him, peacefully awaited the call of his Master. His removal into glory was, humanly to th speaking, much too early for his family and for the work 2101 1 which sorely needed his further services. We have lost in fo th him a worker, who for his rich experience and sound judg- to-hot ment, for his devotion to the work, his kindness and the sin- 2 sin cerity of his Christian character was held in high esteem and Jesug greatly loved by his fellow-brethren. words Was ( hut . We have, besides, to record the death of three veteran Missionaries, who many years ago retired from the Mission- hey Iiked field, but are still well remembered by their former pupils and Church-members, many of whom may be called their 8 foy the spiritual children. Thoy 5 The Rev. Leonhard Gottlieb Hanhart, late of Malabar, at ] was born, on the 25th of May 1831, in Diessenhofen, Switzer- a8 g land. Having lost his father in his earliest childhood, he was hogy brought up by his mother, an earnest and thorough Christian, City who taught him to love his heavenly Father and whose Mg prayers accompanied him on all his ways. At the age of 20, ey he determined to give up the temporal profession he had Sun chosen, and become a messenger of the Gospel to the heathen. I ; For this purpose he entered the Mission College at Basel, ne@ and, after a course of six years’ study, was sent to Malabar, he where he landed in 1857, after a dangerous voyage round the fai Cape of Good Hope. His first station was Cannanore, where The he worked for a few months together with the well known late ful] T 1 ler his Rev. S. Hebich. As soon as he had mastered the first diffi- refurn culties of learning Malayalam, he began to proclaim the health Gospel to the heathen. .From the very beginning of his rayed. Indian career, preaching to the heathen was the work he From loved best, and in doing so he showed extraordinary enthu- Idren, siasm and indefatigable zeal. Aided by wiry constitution he minded neither discomfort, nor the scorching rays of the ous £o titude sun. He literally could not do enough, and was disconsolate raited when a day passed without his having spoken, or preached, nanly to the heathen. He differed from Missionaries in their opi- nion that the time had not yet arrived to preach the Gospel work ost 10 to the followers of Mohammed in Malabar. In his house- to-house visits in the North of Cannanore he did not omit judg- g §i- a single Mappilla lodging without setting forth the claims of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and quietly bore unfriendly ) and words. After 17 years of incessant labour in Malabar, he was obliged in 1874 with his family to proceed to Kurope, but soon returned to his old sphere of work. In 1884 feran he was again compelled to go home. He would have much 68100 liked to return once more to his beloved Malabar; yea only )upﬂs a few weeks before his death, in his 64th year, he entreated their the Home Committee to send him out again to India! Though his ardent desire could not be granted, he had &bﬂra at least the pleasure to see his eldest daughter go out as a worker to the Medical Mission at Calicut. He found, fzer- ) 1728 however, another sphere for activity in connection with the City Mission at Colmar, Alsace, as an Evangelist and Town- fian, hose Missionary. In this capacity he worked for the last 10 years of his life with his usual zeal and devotion. * On {20, had Sunday morning, the 25th August 1895, he left his home in full health, in order to conduct a Gospel Service in a hen. neighbouring town. He had hardly arrived there, when 35911 he was seized with apoplexy, and in a few moments this har, . faithful servant of God entered into the joy of his Lord. the The deceased was a humble and unpretending Christian, here full of faith and love, and indefatigable in his Master’s Jate — service. It may well be said of him, that he spent himself for keenly Jesus. Semn: 6 In The Rev. Benignus Griter, late of Mangalore, was born Jay ast in North America, on the -12th May 1838. A few years later Capart his father returned with his family to Wiirttemberg, where energ) Benignus received a sound Christian education. Whilst he specia studied hard for scholastic profession, God in His mercy vouch- VATIOn safed him a new heart and stirred him up to do Mission- under, work. In 1859, he applied for, and gained admission into, the nature Basel Mission College, where he studied for four years, and in Was u every respect proved a truly converted, earnest, painstaking (onvel and truthful young man. During his stay there he enjoyed haild; the privilege of the guidance of so genial a Principal as EITE the late Myr. Josewhans, and of the teaching of superior As he theological tutors, and also came in.contact with spirited, energetic fellow-students from Germany, Sweden, Armenia, into, stude; India and Africa. The different, and often novel, theological views which, to better fit the students for their spiritual f0 i treaty warfare, had to be placed before them, caused him a good deal {of inner struggle, as he was not satisfied merely to Nong epth know of the existence of certain views, but wished to test their soundness for himself. Being a truly pious man, Preac in Il God kept him from straying from the truth. Thus these strug- gles were, through God’s grace, a means to intensify his 0we g of §ip deep-rooted reverence for God’s Holy Word, and to create in him the settled conviction, that the Scripture G ‘can 1n no the (, wise be broken. 16spp In 1863 Griter was sent to Palghat in Malabar, and owing to his great teaching abilities, placed in charge of the Spinit He had the habit Mis Anglo-Vernacular Mission School there. of taking long evening walks, accompanied by some of his Ingy the ( more advanced pupils. The conversation was always in- structive, and often referred to the one thing needful. In the * 1§ th Wiy short time of a year a strong attachment sprang up between teacher and pupils. No wonder, both felt the separation most Shrm lay e M3 nself for keenly, when Grdter was appointed tutor in the Theological Seminary at Mangalore. In spite of this sudden transfer, which obliged him to 2 horn 15 later lay aside the study of the Malayalam language, and to learn Canarese, he threw himself into the new work with all his Where He had now found the work for which he was hilst he enérgy. specially fitted and which more and more brought to light his vouch- various gifts. He was a most painstaking teacher, who Mission- understood it well to inspire even phlegmatic and stolid nto, the natures with the beauty of the Word of God. But he and In was more, he was a sound educationist, whose aim was the staking conversion of his pupils, making this the foundation of the enjoyed building up of a truly Christian character; for he knew that ipal 8§ unconverted preachers are only blind leaders of the blind. ;uperior As he was a prayerful Pastor, he had a surprising insight pirited, into, and a remarkable command over, the hearts of his menia, students. Nearly all felt his magnetic attraction, applied logical to him for advice and help, and submitted to his surgical treatment. Those who were not of the truth dreaded him. piritual 3 2000 None like he knew how to stir their hearts to their very rely f0 depths, when conducting the morning prayers in his turn or to fest preaching in the Seminary or in the Native Church, as well as g mal, in private conversation. Many of our Catechists and Pastors strug 10§ owe next God to him their being reclaimed from the service i hla of sin, yea their conversion and fitness for the work. ate 10 Graeter knew fully well what kind of men preachers of i o When considering their important the Gospel ought to be. responsibilities, he felt deeply humiliated at the scanty spiritual outfit of himself and the present generation of I ﬂ:ﬂd of the Missionaries. He could say: «Behold the Divine docu- habit ment commanding us: ‘Go ye into all the world and preach of s the Gospel to every creature’ (Mark xvr, 15); but, alas! where 5 il is the power? Why can we not cast out devils in His name? Jn the th Why are we unable to speak with new tongues? Why do we f el shrink back from taking up serpents? Why cannot we also ) mOSt lay }ha,nds on the sick that they recover?” These and similar 15 L AR 114_ disabilities d;apressed him. God’s grace alone helped him to In tl addit become, for the time, reconciled to these days of small things. Once, however, when a promising young Missionary at Manga- the lore in the prime of life succumbed to typhoid fever, he (it blamed himself bitterly, that he had not even made an good attempt to heal him by prayer and laying on of hands. All later these experiences helped to moderate his claims on his stirr fellow-labourers, as well as to bear with the young men petu whom he had to train for Mission-work, men mostly weak ( in body, often effeminate, poorly gifted, weak in spiritual far f life, and otherwise deficient. There was much disappointment, thro but nevertheless his labour of love and patience bore its fruits. (e Although Griter so keenly felt the want of a rich out- B pouring of the Holy Ghost, he was a preacher whom. Gad n 1 owned and blessed, whether he preached in the Native Church, (104 or caused his stentorian voice to be heard in the bazaar. reac] Everywhere his words went home to the hearts. The Eng- year lish congregation at St. Paul’s Church at Mangalore, to Inget whom some Missionaries ministered during the absence of 188; their own clergymen, had ample opportunity again and again it se to testify that his preaching was that of a man, who had follg divine authority. of {} Mention ought to be made, that Grdter, when younger and Jung less burdened with other work, was in the habit of visiting Jear educated Hindus in the town, and taking part in a lite- With rary debating society. He was in turn visited by promising Gan young Brahmins, who sought his spiritual guidance; they read at )] with him God’s Word and also prayed with him. Only a few, some after long hesitation, gave themselves up to the Lord; bay, 4 03 others, however, to his great mortification, failed in decision and courage, when they ought to have openly confessed Wag Christ. C0m; Griter’s ability of guiding and directing others fitted him Sel Pl for the office of Secretary of our Mission, to whom is also entrusted the compilation of our Annual English Reports. In the, hfe 1 1879, he was appointed Chairman of the Local Committee. 115 m to In the interest of the Seminary, and direct Mission-work, this ings. additional burden was much to be regretted, especially during ngi- the time of inspection by Principal Schotf in 1880-1881, when , he Grater had to act as his translator and adviser. Miuch of the g al good he did in these various capacities may possibly sooner or Al later be forgotten, yet a goodly number of excellent and ) his stirring Church and Missionary Hymns in Canarese will per- men petuate his memory to coming generations. weak Our deceased friend did not always sail on smooth waters, itual far from it. The exhortation of the Apostle, that <“we must nent, through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God” s (Acts x1v, 22), was also his experience. When he returned to ouf Europe for the sake of the health of both himself and his wife God in 1872, he had the grief of burying his partner in Trieste ureh, (10th October), where she succumbed to dysentery. He 7aar. reached Basel with a little boy two years old. After about two Fing years he returned again to his old field with a worthy help- 6, 10 meet, In 1883 a number of sufferings began. On the 25th March e of 1883 the Theological Seminary was burnt down, in revenge, Then jgall it seems, of Grdater’s opposition to plans of wickedness. | hﬂad followed six weeks of anxiety owing to the sickness and death of three of Grditer’s children (8th May, 16th May and 13th and June), who fell victims to a strange typhoidic malady. Two g years previous to that they had sent two of their children lite with an intimate friend of theirs to another Station. Who ising can describe the utter dismay of the small Missionary colony at Mangalore, when scarcely after a fortnight a promising ead ) fGW, boy, who had suddenly died of lockjaw, was brought a corpse in a cart by the same friend, and that at a time when Mrs. Grdter ot 15100 was very sick! All feared for her life. It was a great comfort, that the sorely stricken parents submitted them- el selves to God’s unsearchable ways, and in a real Christian spirit gave their friend and his wife credit to have domne | Jom 4ls0 their utmost, under the existing circumstances, to save the life of the child. In ittee' 15* _116 P After Grdter had assisted in October 1884 at the 50 years’ fast, 1 Jubilee of the Basel Mission at Mangalore, he had to seek childre change for himself and his wife in Europe in 1885. An opera- from f tion undergone in the hope of returning once more to India, of the brought, him nigh to death’s door, and, without giving him the more desired relief, weakened him so as to force him to retire from heaver active Mission service. He then became a Home Agent of our Mission. As such he had to enlist the sympathy, prayers and support of the Home Churches, and to advocate the claims of T the Mission on special Missionary festivals. Whenever the wea- of the ther permitted, it gave him much pleasure to employ his strong people voice in open-air meetings. He spent eight years in this work Janua at Cassel and Heidelberg, when he was forced to take the the 9 humiliating step of asking for his pension,—a cup which he Paren had entreated the Lord might pass from him. 4] Dy Poor man! Blind for years in one eye, and in danger youth of gradually losing the sight of the other also, hampered in often his movements by bodily infirmity, and now attacked by the 80 the dire disease of softening of the brain, which was slowly under- The mining his constitution! The shock of an apoplectic fit advoc in January 1894 obliged him to keep at home. He became the ) daily more helpless; and the more the disease advanced, the in §¢ more restless he became, walking for hours night after night, inflyg lead about by his wife. When her strength failed, a Dea- youn coness, and some time later a male attendant, were called deci(L in for help. Dose On the 19th of February 1895 he got a second apoplectic i, stroke. Evidently the Lord hastened his departure. He could After scarcely speak, and when he made an attempt, he was often they not understood. Once he lisped: «Sing songs of praise!” and He when his wish was complied with, he enjoyed the singing foup, greatly. Another time he attempted to sit up in bed, exclaiming king with an effort: «Up, let’s meet the Lord!” Who is not re- Stat; minded of the words of Psalm Lxxir, 26:—«My flesh and my ties ( heart faileth, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.” Das When it was evident that he was sinking his ¢ _117 ) years’ fast, in the morning of the 22nd February, Mrs. Grdter. his fo seek children and his brother were singing, praying and reading from the Book of Life. Opea- Towards noon, whilst the Church bells ) India, of the town of Esslingen were ringing, our dying brother once him the more opened both his eyes wide, his face beaming with a e from heavenly light, and he departed to his Lord and God. E. D. of our s and pims of 7 The Rev. Christian Miiller, the last among the pioneers 16 Wed- of the Basel Malayalam Mission, entered into the rest of the strong people of God at Heidenheim in Wiirttemberg, on the 25th January 1896, at the ripe age of 77 years. He was born on s work ke the the 21st January 1819 in the Black Forest, of God-fearing parents. His father died in 1832 with the words on his lips: ich be From his «I have a desire to depart and be with Christ”. youth Miiller had many opportunities to realize the difference langer ol 10 often existing between orthodox and real spiritual Christianity, so that he could judge for himself from the fruits of both. y the inder- The pious circles to which he had access, were warm advocates of Mission-work. Among these may be named o fit 0316 the Moravian Colony at Konigsfeld, and a godly clergyman in Schwenningen, who through his teaching and piety greatly 1, the influenced him. About this time he met there a converted night, young man who wished to become a Missionary. Both Dea- called decided to walk in the ways of the Lord, and with full pur- pose of heart to serve Him among the heathen. In 1838 Miiller found admission into the Missionary College at Basel. Jectic After four years’ hard study he was sent to India, to streng- conld then the Mission in Malabar, which had been begun in 1839. often He was stationed at Tellicherry. During his stay there he ] Md founded the Mission Station Chombala, which was at first a pging kind of horticultural colony. The superintendence of this new il Station afforded him ample opportunity to taste all the anxie- )t re. ties of an estate-manager, employer, medical adviser, teacher, 1 my pastor and almoner, but he had also the satisfaction of seeing | mj ]kiﬂg his efforts crowned with success. In a,vill his efforts for the 118 Sl e spiritual and temporal welfare of this infant Church he was finent ably supported by his wife. the in M Great were the struggles that had to be undergone by the first young Christians in order to escape the service of sin; but gxten greater still proved the power of Christ revealed in them, so that, A in spite of many shortcomings, one was forced to exclaim: SRl “Old things are passed away, behold! all things are become Lord new!” It was a real treat to converse with these simple pati Christians, of whom and of their children many became valu- his able agents of the Mission. with In 1857 Miiller was transferred to Cannanore, where he year experienced a good deal of worry and anxiety on account of thelr the Out-station Chowa. On the 6th of January 1860 his faith- para ful partner fell asleep in the Lord. All this affected his health dom so much, that he was forced to seek restoration in Germany take in 1861. He returned, in 1862, with his second wife, who reck greatly helped him in the superintendence of the Girls’ Orpha- thou nage at Cannanore and then, after their transfer to Tellicherry, mm of the Boys’ Orphanage there. This cheerful and experienced doy helpmate died on the 2nd August 1870. Miiller's work was ang now in Tellicherry-Town, where he had charge of a Congrega- sing tion, schools and evangelistic work. To carry on all this work, dely he found it necessary to marry again in 1873. After 36 years is 9 of trying work in India and on account of bodily suffering Sar he felt at last the necessity of retiring from the Mission-field in 1878. larg Wor The Malabar Mission lost in him an humble, unpretending, and zealous labourer, ready at all seasons to advocate the Iy thig claims of the Gospel. He knew so well how to enter into con- versation with anybody he might meet by the way, whether the person was busy or idle, friendly or the opposite. In Chombala he spent his leisure under the shadow of the trees on the highway, which was only a short distance from his bungalow. His proficiency in Malayalam, his knowledge of native character and ways, combined with good humour and friendliness, helped to smooth the path. He was an extremely 119 R 10 Was fluent Malayalam preacher; possibly he spoke too rapidly for the majority of his hearers. He also wrote some small books by the in Malayalam. Tu English too, he was an earnest and good b} but extempore preacher. 0 that, After his return home he spent 17 years in retirement, claim! seizing every opportunity which offered to witness for his )ecome Lord and Master, and advocate the cause of Missions, and simple patiently waiting for the coming of Christ. A year before valu- his death he wrote a short sketch of his life, which concludes with the following words: «Having now completed my 76th ore he year, I have every reason to be ‘like unto men that wait for ant of their Lord’. Therefore I am continually reminded of the faith- parable in Matth. xvir, 23. 24, which runs thus: ‘The king- health dom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, which would rmany take account of his servants, and when he had begun to , who reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents’. Dare I to hide the truth from my Jiphe- hertys mind that I am that servant? In ‘case I should try to fall ienced down and worship him, saying: ‘Lord, have patience with me, \k Was and I will pay thee all’, would there be forthcoming one gregd- single pound to pay down as an instalment of that crushing york, debt? I am undone, undone! But praise be to God! There is an immense and countless fortune, which my Lord and years foring Saviour Jesus Christ has paid into the Heavenly Treasury, large enough to outweigh my sins, and those of the whole pfield world. In this faith I purpose spending the days, which God may still grant me. May He help me to live and to die in nd 1085 e the this faith.” E. D. (ol ebel ) Iﬂ {rees y bis ) of p A omel] Subscriptions and Donations A, Han M. Ger Towards the Mission-Fund James | 0, Beck Received during the year 1895. Mrs, B S~~~ 7. Kolb W. Ma G All sums received on or after the 1st of January 1896 will be acknow- ledged in the Report for 1896. RO A K 0.C ] Rs As Rs As MANGALORE. A. Me. K. Legacy of the late Capt. S. E. W. 0o (34 3 c ol J, Elph R. A. Fitz Gibbon, Ban- Hig} MERCARA. G. V. galore 500 H. Welsh Esq. 25 For the General Fund, Mrs, B F. Foulkes Esq. 20 Ed. Richter Bsq., towards Mis, D pay of Catechist Nath. Mr, W Couchman Esq. 20 Shatananda 50 John B. Macfarlane Esq. 10 g SO .o o 1L Mrs. G. F. Meiklejohn 5 Karachi, Easter offering I, Fai Rev. A. Fennell 20 J. Pay for Canara and Malabar 20 Rev. G. Richter 12 N. N. by Rev. P. Borel, ~Pra E. A. Fennell Esq. 15 Karkul 17 M ¥, Ed. Richter Esq. 30 Mig, W. Wright Esq. 12 Through Messrs. Warden & Co., Bombay. L W. G. Deeds Esq. His Excellency the Gov- Mrs. L. Mahon ernor of Bombay 10 A friend H. Conder Esq. N g G. Cotton Esq. 10 Mr. 8. Girling Mr. S. Burns Re, y Alex. J. Agabeg Esq. 10 A N Mr. R. Braidy - o O Ot D ot S R = R == = T = T = B T T T — T = SO Ole O .C O 0.Lols d & o G, Bef Mg, 1 Geo. K. H. 2 For the Cooly Mission. L D H. G} 12 J. Sp. W. Wright Esq. Ly, By Geo. A. Kittridge Esq. ANANDAPUR. G B Mg, ; For the Cooly Mission. R. A. E. G. L. Duncan Esq. 5 J. By S 1 b0 g C O O 0 O oo O & & ©S O © O o o o0 oo oo Mrs. Grant 12 JL. Sir Jehanghier Cowasjee Ch. Mc.Donald Esq. 7 Jehanghier, Kt. ot S (&) Dr. Beveridge \Pl’a AL B i, j =) (=) G. R. Moore Esq. 12 J. M. C. My H. Shaw Esq. 5 ©C OO oIS = P Y = () V. y 121 Rs = Rs As. A. Hamilton Esq. Mr. G. Wood 12 M. Gerrard Esq. Mrs. W. Wright 21 N. N. 10 James Hume Esq. 0. Becker BEsq. N <N § S O QD Mrs. F. G. Wood A grateful friend of the DY OO IO YO High School J. Kolb Esq. ‘W. Mann Esq. 2 S cknow. HUBLI. R. D. Tipping Esq. (o2} A. H. Jarkson Esq. Mr. Pigott 10 N. N. H. C. Hasp Smith Esq. O O OISO SRS OO coocoocoo0oo0cocoococoolf For the Orphanage. As B DHARWAR 00 Dr. Cardoz 10 J. Elphinston Esq. for the 00 684 High School BETTIGERI. G. W. Betham Esq. 10 For the Boys’ Orphanage and Mrs. Betham Middle School. Mrs. Duggan Mr. W. Jukes 12 J. Fairlie Muir Bsq. ¢ 50 0 = J. L. Johnston Esq. 10 = 50 BIJAPUR. J. Fairlie Muir Esq. > J. Partridge Esq. 10 For the Mission School. — Praes Esq. F. Goldsmith Esq. 14 Mr. N. Thorley 18 T.A.H. Eiliot Esq.c.1.E.,1.C.8. 10 Mrs. W. Wright 21 5 N. N. OO O OB OO I DL OE OF =t OFIOO TO @ OO OO 10 O H. Meineowring Esq. F. D. Topham Esq. 5 3 H. Page\Esq., 1. c. s. For the Girls’ Orphanage Bgd. Surg. Lt. Col. C. F. Peters 25 (=) M=) et L iy =) S 0o .0 O M. Heaton Esq. 10 Rev. W. W. Baillie 24 HONAWAR. G. Betham Esq. 5 25 G. W. Betham Esq. S S o S O o o o e o e s & Mrs. L. Betham T. Davidson Esq. 20 12 M. L. Cameron Esq. E. H. Moscardi Esq. 10 L. J. Crowe Esq. H. Ingle Esq. E. F. M. Davidson Esq. M. Philips Esq. Mrs. Duggan Mr. E. Jones 10 B O S DEOIC: e O O O o o J. Fairlie Muir Esq. 50 00 8. M. Fraser Esq. CANNANORE J. L. Johnston Esq. 70 00 W. Wright Esq., Mercara 20 —Praes Esq. 00 Apothecary E. Stocking, 00 Mr. J. Reynolds Hospet 10 Mrs. Shaw 0 0 W. H. Thornhill Esq., toward W. V. Scudamore Esq g OIS T O IO LD O e IO Lo IS éé; the Cannanore Poorfund 0 0 16 122 Rs As P Rs As. TELLICHERRY. His Excellency the Governor Mes, € R. Tatham Esq. 0 of Madras 20 Th. Bs ‘W. Badcock Esq. 0 ‘Prosp.” Contribution to the Mrs, A 0 T. Richmond Esq. Salary of the Catechist H. Sin I, e 12 T, Brc CHOMBALA D. Hooper Esq. i0 AL L. J. Putticombe Esq. B. Winterbotham Esq. Dr. Soltan 10 L.C.( 10 M, A. Trollope Esq. Rev. Mr. & Mrs. Bishop Rev. I. Heinrich 10 E. Ke V. Taylor Esq. G. Jones Esq. DO DD QO e O S o o © < cCLe 0 O © H. A. Sim Esq. 10 Re, 10 Mrs, | CALICUT. T. G. Breithaupt Esqg. J. Naher Esq. 10 Mrs, | Mrs . M. Ferguson - C. H. Bond Esq. 10 C.B Mrs . A. W. Macrae o Mrs. Muhl 10 Niss | Mrs . W. V. Baker o A friend 10 C.E Mrs . M. Flanagan H. T.'S. 10 (%) — Oakley Esq. = Major Reynolds I D. N. Morrison Esq. I. Walker Esq. Rey,. M. Austin Esq. Mrs. Morley Mg Capt. Hamilton I. Simpson Esq. C.§ J. H. Bullivant Esq., M. & Mrs. McIvor Mg C. R. Rose Esq. Mrs. Hamnett W. 3 W. C. Shaw Esq. DD W Ot Ot O e Rev. C. Owen oY E.T. R. 100 (i =R (o S e e R = ] < B S R = oSG O O O O OO O, OO Lt. A. H. D. Riach Mg CODACAL. G. M. E. Schnaree Esq ED A friend Th. Schlunk Esq., towards AY the Poorfund 50 A. G. Mg R. A. PALGHAT. My A. L. Bowen Esq. LD Mrs. Tomlinson 10 General Sharpe Ay Mrs. Dupen 12 Mrs. Joder LY C. M. Barrow Esq. 12 Miss van Someren D’Silva Esq. o0 OO S o O S Mg, W. E. Schmidt Esq. Mg KAITY. W. H. Atkinson Esq. Migg R. W. James Esq. 100 A Miss Miss Hopwood (£ 5) 87 1t Geo. Salmon Esq. L§ Miss E. R. Mewing Collection at the Union Hall, S QOotacamund 67 L. Wi B OFSIL V. His Lordship the Bishop of Madras 50 I. K. London Esq. 50 (=] G DL NG NG Ep T. Stanes Esq. A. 8. Cowdell Esq. 25 I. Pegg Esq. o 0o U8 Gy G op G0y oD OY e I LOU G QRO Ot O OU SOt O O IO O O P B <> T o Y T e S e S e O > S <o S <o SO e SR o JRY o SR — B == S = Y oo T e S e Y S e S = Y = e N e Y o S B == JE e B = B = T T =1 == B =) S oSS O TS ore TN OO O OUe ©LD SHOEOHOD O IOMCLS @O O CLOPOLO OO O 3.0 4] 123 As. P Rs - Rs E Mrs. C. Cowdrey ‘W. Hunt Esq. 3404 G. West Esq. Th. Eagan Esq. Mrs. Addis { T. Jeremiah Esq. 00 H. Simon Esq. D. Eppinger Esq. C. H. Brown Esq. 00 T. Brown Esq. 00 AL, J. Coleman Esq. Colonel Clementson 00 I. C. Campbell Esq Mrs. Osborne Mrs A. Rodgers 00 00 E. Keyworth Esq.’ Mrs G. Sidney Smith Mrs S. A. Davidson 00 Rev. E. Burgess Mrs. Rose Mrs Nash 00 00 Mrs. Walsh Mrs Ph. Smith C. B. B. C. E. R. 00 Miss E. V. Dawson Y i ] ie W 00 00 C. E. P, Vernide Esq. HoD. @ D . W R ¢ 0 J. E. 1..C. 00 00 Rev. J. Gillings C. A. A. K. 00 Mrs. Mullaly C. 8. M. James Esq W. W. 0 0 00 Mrs. Reed A. B. H. W.R. M G. A. 00 A. M. T. Mrs. T. Seager 00 DG 00 Miss Sherman E. D. Mascurin Esq A friend 00 A. M. Jones Esq. C. M. 8. 00 Mrs. C. E. Hume R. F. OOOOOHHH;—AHHHHHHHI—AHA—In—tl—ll—-lv—tl-ln—Al—np-x PPi-lkHkmmOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPU 00 Mrs. Morison 00 For the Congregation. 00 1D ATM. T Convention at Ooty. 50 00 A. E. H. For the Cooly Mission. 00 00 Mrs. Parkinson : Pilloor Estate (Messrs. Mrs. Macfallen Hunter & Allen) 120 00 Miss Kenrick Hill Grove Estate 110 00 60 00 Miss I. Smith T. Stanes Esq. LD § Mrs. M. Hayne 33 00 D. H. Kelly Esq. R. W. James Esq 30 00 24 00 W. V. Higgins Esq P. Beaver Esg. H Miss Mulpas 20 00 E. P. H: TS 20 00 J. 0. M. ;E | Dr. C. Scutter 10 00 A.D. R. HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH[\DNNNNL@MNL\DN}NN[\DNNW&@@ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOO%OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO A. N. Groves Esq & oo o O C o © 0 0o $ o 0 o o o 00 16% 124 s Rs As P Rs* As. 134 KOTAGERI | 7. Hill Bsq. 20 0 Miss M. B. L. Cockburn 50 F. Groves Esq. 100 o Mr. De Mrs. D. Cockburn 40 Mrs. Travers for Denaad 1000 0 § D. J. D. Cockburn Esq. Proceeds of the Ladies’ Mrs. Griffith Working Meeting at Miss Norfor (=) SR el = (= g 18 Rer. | Kotageri Mr. § Donations from Members of the Congregations and other Native Friends. MANGALORE. Mr. Th. Roberts, a thanks- i Messrs. L. Joshua & Sons 60 15 offering tow Mr. Albert Welta Two thanks-offerings 35 Fur Messrs. Th, & N. Pearl :i) Missig Mr. H. S. Aiman For the Orphanages in ple South Canara. bl 1§ Mr. H. Koragappa Mr. Th. Roberts, a thanks- M, J Mrs. Ziporah 10 (9§ (;é: ;:;: offering Oy Jeppoo Prayer Meeting MERCARA. MULKI. C. Somiah Esq., R. B. 10 Rev. Diego Fernandez Boarg Mr. Joseph Vedamuttu DHARWAR. Hig o & 12 Mr. Obed Sumitra Mrs. Bhagiavanta Ullagadde M, s 8 Weay HUBLI. D. A. Mr. Jonathan Hawala 10 AT, N. N. N O O O m~ N ot D W >d®L v OO O DO OO -0 . O Thanks-offering at Padur Mr. Lotappa M, | Jeremia Sonna Mr, | UDIPL. ” N N ” Zacharia Kanaka M, | BASRUR. ” M. Hombala § (.%: & OO O S Chop Mr. M. Roberts Cat. Israel Dalabhanjana, Onph From the Basrur, Kundapur, thanks-offering Keilkeri. and Barkur Mission-boxes 15 12 Christians BETTIGERI. Iz, KASARAGOD. Members of the Congregation 6 10 Eggs laid by hens belonging to two boys 1 13 GULEDGUDD. Missionary Meetings 3 10 From the legacy of late 33 iRy For the Kasaragod Church Devamitra Kobbligeri Iy and Schoolfund. Vow of R. R. in K. 1, Gift by the Cannanore Servant Peter A Weavers 50 10 S O ot (88 ) B e Cat. Israel Dalabhanjana M, 125 Rs As. Rs As. B BIJAPUR Mr. A. G. Thomas, Sub Re- 2 Mr. Devapria Jentli 0 gistrar :(())) Pg E. Krishnan Esq., Sub-Judge 1 HONAVAR Rev. Titus Costa KAITY. Mr. Samuel Bunyan Mr. David Patha 5 ” Franklin Aiman Mrs. Prakashi, Thanks-offering 3 n Joel Shiri O o See OT ® o w O S o o o L. K. 8., Thanks-offering 1 CANNANORE. Mr. I. Joseph ” C. Gnanamany H. H. the Rajah of Chirackal Jes. Konga 00 towardsthe Malabar Widow ” Jes. Shanta Fund 10 00 ” Lemuel Soens Mission-box of the work-peo- Elisa Daniel ple of the Weaving Esta- blishment 86 Carl Satyanathan Mr. J. Roberts, towards the ”» John Philip Orphanage 10 Jakob Kanaka 00 ” Shantappen TELLICHERRY. ” Murugesan 00 Boarders of the Christian VYedamanikan ” High School Benjamin Mrs. Krishnan (=R =) 9 0 Barnabas Weavers at Nettur 23 10 Ot " Ephraim Jonathan 00 CHOMBALA. Ananda oS e D0 OO IONONOrS O O IO O O ) 0 Mr. I. Ittyerah, Munsif 10 Samuel Joshua o ) 0 Mr. I. P, Pereira, Munsif w Abr. David 0 Mr. A. D’Cruz Alexander ) 0 Chombala Congregation 12 (:E Santosham ) 0 Orphans of the Orphanage 14 S O C O O ” Jesudasan Jesudian N ) 0 n Gnanasigamany CALICUT. 6 Mr. T. Jakob 10 ”» A. Joseph » S. Amos 50 Paranjoti Nathanael Palani 0 PALGHAT. Hansle Abraham Aaron Titus Mr. J. Mathai, Sub-Assistant 5 Abr. Madia Inspector of Schools Mr. A. Selvanayagam, Sub- ” Mose Kari Asst. Inspector of Schools 10 ” Kaleb 4 Aaron Bommanna O O O O O 00 O 0O O 0 OO OO O H o R e e e e e = B B> > B 00 O O @ o W o W o w w ® ST D IO e 000 O @O eSO I0Ne D OO kO EOEONMO NONONO O @O OF IS O C— AR S Mr. ‘C. Matthai 126 G Rs As P. Rs Mr. Benjamin Samuel KOTAGERI ” H. B. John Mr. Daniel Bella ” John D. Bella ” V. Gnanapragasam ” Joseph Pache W.H ” M. 8. Gnanapragasam " Christian Ajja V.G, | E.B.1 Mr. Joseph Belli ” Henry Kodot (=00 o= i ) ” Simon Bala T i, 25 John B R R (el e ol o e (e (< R e e P o ) ” Samuel Malli OIS, © 6 © o0 b2 SCoocoo0oococood Mrs, G Rev.’ J. Kanaka Mis, J M, & Pie Collection. Mangaloae 80 i Cannanore 53 Mulki 110 Tellicherry 41 Udipi e o) Chombala 29 Karkul 1 5 Calicut 35 11 8 Kasaragod Codacal Mercara 2 0 Vaniyankulam S = O @ = -t Honavar and Karwar 10 8 Kaity 14 » Guledgudd 9 15 6§ Kotageri < oRCERIOER TS NS ® Donations towards the Medical Mission, Calicut. Mr. H. Mrs. W. V. Baker, Thanks- Mrs. Macrae 23 offering 10 Th. Schlunk Esq.. 25 N. N. 25 A. Brown Esq. Dr. Soldan 100 Mrs. H. Winterbotham 20 W. Maylor Esq. 25 Mrs. O'Farrell 20 — Gillespie Esq. 20 Mr. Morrison Mrs. R. S. Benson 30 ” H. O'Connell 20 Mrs. Ferguson ©C O O © ©C o O D OO O D e e Mr. H. For the Leper Asylum. Rev. K Mr. H. 20 A. Wright Esq. Mrs. R. S. ‘Benson 45 Miss Tocher 10 C. Oakley Esq. W. Shaw Esq. | Budgett Meakin Esq. C. Oakley Esq. 10 o9 O e 0O O © & B ot D ID §§ Messrs. H. & K. ==l o= G oo i X R = SO O 127, Subscriptions and Donations towards the Sick-house and Poor-Fund at Mangalore. Rs As P Rs As i;?i;g W. H. Welsh Esq. 60 Messrs. Th. & N. Pearl 10 00 W. C. Holmes Esq. 30 N L. Joshua & Sons 40 § 0 E. B. Palmer Esq. Mr. H. Koragappa 00 John B. Macfarlane Esq. 10 N. N. 00 Mrs. Godley Mrs. J. Ball N N mile e s o o Mr. G. May EE o © © © © © © From the Missionaries 132 (St S P =P T e of i) E & O E. 44 Mangalore, 26th February 1896, 8 0 04 10 G5, oAMollenmiillor, 01 18 4 Treasurer. g 4 A AR N U AN AN AN D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 g0 ? CONTENTS Page. List of European Missionaries . . Statistical Tables Table of Stations, Out-stations and Agents 12 Report Introductory Remarks . 18 10 Agency: 4. Buropean Workers 20 B. Native Workers ° 26 2. The Native Church: 4. Numerical Increase . 29 B. Conversions from Heathenism ° 31 | 44 C. Moral and Religious Life of Christians 3. Evangelistic Efforts: 4. Itinerancy . 56 B. Work among Women 70 4. Educational Work . . . 73 A. Schools for Christians . 5 B. ” ” Non-Christians 84 L Medical Mission . 90 6. Industrial Establishments . 93 7. Literary Department 97 Conclusion. - é Obituary 105 Subseriptions and Donations received . 120 PR W e S N X e | i ) = i X e & = o fs Y o 2 &, P s 8 e ! o oo 62 o 2 . i 2 08 T i e 2 SR e e -~ e ot e o 2 i T S35 5 A o > & % 5 (> - ‘a £ i & b e % 4 Sy e & o B % * EX b i PE) A £ & 3 £ S ¥ % o ’X & b 3 5 A e e 3 ot i *7‘. b % £ EU o N s & e e ¥ S &y | 4 ¢ 2 7 * ¥, o i 5 e h0 X * ;N.%m. id 5 & c o 2% 3 e i el Z o £t iy 3, i fo ‘ o £ 75 e 3 L B o 5% o & %5 S ads e e i Lt &y b v W £ 2 = Sy <t G o S A e H 24 b A & & 3o oo & iy & = 4 3 L 3 s o 2 oty L & et £t X 5 B 5 R o o o b 5 o 2, s 3 54 6% 2 §ee) ey 4 o i < % by Y e - i 2 & 4 . 23 o & 8 < ) 'y pcs % s e ks T s 4 20 em j g THE Y FIFTY-SIXTH REPORT o 1 VierFarbSelector Standard * - Euroskala Offset I 15 = OF THE % © § =L BASEL GERMAN EVANGELICAL MISSION| ; e v o e e i IN SOUTH-W‘ESTERN INDIA l'10 FOR THE YEAR. 1 10 1895 — o= 0<= e I's 'l IR R § MANGALORE PRINTED AT THE BASEL MISSION PRESS 1896 \&ﬁ Copyright 4/1999 YxyMaster GmbH www.yxymaster.com