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[The letter (m) after the names signifies “married”, and the letter (w) “widower”. The names of unordained missionaries are marked with an asterisk.] | Date of Name Native ] Active Station Country | Service India 1860 Kaity (Coonoor) . Stokes (m) i Walter (m) Switzerland 1865 Vaniyankulam® % Ritter (m) Germany 1869 Mulki (8. Canara) A. Brasche (m) do. 1869 Udipi do 1870 Sikemeier (m) Holland Merecara (Coorg) : -Schonthal (m)* Germany 1870 Cannanore : irner (m)* do. 1871 Mangalore do. 1872 do. Hermelink (m) Grossmann (m) Switzerland 1874 Kotageri (Nilgiri) umann (m)* do. 1874 Mangalore % . L 1875 itze (m) Germany Kaity (Nilgiri) 12 B. Veil (m)* do 1875 Mereara (Coorg) 13 L. J.Frohnmeyer (m) do 1876 Tellicherry (Nettur) 14 do 1876 do. A. Ruhland (m) 15 C. G. Eblen (m) do 1876 Udipi 16 J. G. Kithnle (m) do 1878 Palghat (Malabar) 17 do 1878 Mangalore H. Altenmiiller (m)* 18 Chr. Keppler (m) do 1879 Udipi 19 J. Jaus (m) do 1879 Calicut 20 Stierlin (m)* do 1880 Mangalore 21 do 1880 W. Dilger (m) Cottayam * 22 Ernst (m) do 1881 Mangalore 23 Eisfelder (m) do 1882 Summadi-Guledgudd 24 R OM S do 1883 Cannanore Schaal (m) 25 = I Schaible (m) do 1883 Mangalore 26 Hole (m) do 1884 Palghat 27 Switzerland 1885 Hubli Berli (m) 28 Peter (m) do 1885 Cannanore 29 Huber (m)* do 1886 Mangalore 30 Glattfelder (m)* do 1886 do. 1887 do. 31 SO gOR Sieber (m)* do 32. W. Bader (m) Germany 1888 Codacal (Malabar) 1) Stat. Ottapalam. 2) Engaged in Bible Revision work. 1* (! y / Native Date of ‘Name A.ctive Station Country Service 33. H. Risch (m) Germany 1888 Honavar (N. Canara) do 1889 34. G. Wieland (m) Kaity (Nilgiri) 35. Ph. Stier (m) do 1891 Basrur-Kundapur 36. F. Boas (m)* do 1891 Codacal, (Malabar) 37. do 1892 Th. Uber (m) Chombala, Mahe, ,, 38. M. Breidenbach (m) do 1892 Mangalore 39. Tr. Lutz (m) Switzerland 1892 Summadi-Guledgudd 40. 1893 J. Bachle (m) Germany Mulki (Canara) 41. K. Mayer (m) do 1893 Bettigeri-Gadag 42. A. Metz (m) do 1893 Bijapur, 8. Mahratta 43. do 1894 44. 0. Eckelmann (m)* Codacal (Malabar) P. Borel (m) do 1894 Kasaragod (Canara) 45. Ch. Fritz (m) do 1894 Apandapur (Coorg) 46. P. Sengle (m) do 1894 47, Tellicherry (Nettur) Ch. Gebhardt (m)* do 1894 Palghat 48. Tr. Reusch (m) do 1895 Dharwar 49, Joh. Knobloch * do 1895 Calicut 50. W.Stokes, m.5., ¢.u. 6p.* India. 1895 do. 51 R. Schilling (m) Switzerland 1895 Chombala (Malabar) 52 G. Fischer (m) Germany 1896 Karkal (8. Canara) 53 do F. Heinecken (m) 1896 Bettigeri-Gadag 54 A. Schosser (m) do 1896 Puttur (s. Canara) 55 J. Miiller (m) do 1896 Udipi 56 do 1896 H. Wolpert Anandapur (Coorg) 57 E. Lithi Switzerland 1896 Basrur-Kundapur 58 H. Kiihner (m)* Germany 1896 Calicut 59 Switzerland 1896 Cannanore H. Eidenbenz (m)* 60 W. Rath Germany 1896 Hubli 61 L. Weber * do. 1897 Mangalore 62 Chr. Diirr do. 18917 63 Kasaragod G. Renschler do. 1897 Vaniyankulam 64 K. Bueseh* do. 1897 Calicut 65 W. Spaich 1898 Puttur (8. Canara) 66 Germany H. Stokes * India 1898 Mangalore 67 K. Gross * Germany 1898 do. 68 M. Stuckert (m)* Switzerland 1898 do. 69 'W. Heckelmann * Germany 1898 Calicut 70 Fr. Braun do. 1898 Dharwar T Fr. Singer do. 1898 Codacal Name Native Date of Active Country Service Station 72. A. Scheuer 1899 3 A, Beierbach * Germany Te]licherry do 1899 Mangalore 74 J. Pfleiderer do 1899 do. 75 J. Maue do 1899 Cannanore 76 L. Fraas * do 1899 Calicut 7 H. Haffner * do 1899 Cannanore 78 H. Hofmann * do 1900 Calicut Single Ladies. 79 Miss E. Kaundinya India 1897 Mangalore 80 Miss H. Krauss Germany 1898 do. 81 Switzerland 1900 Calicut 82 Miss A. Ehrensperger Sister K. Fritz Germany 1900 do. At Home. 83 M- Hoch (m) Switzerland 1876 late of Mangalore 84 C. D. Warth (w) 1878 do Hubli 85 Germany I. Weismann (m) do. 1878 do Chombala 86 J. Fischer (m) do. 1881 do Anandapur 87 J. Waidelich (m) do. 1885 do 88 Bettigeri 0. Bode (m) do. 1886 do Dharwar 89 Paul Buchli (m)* Switzerland 1887 do Mangalore 90 R. Bosshardt (m) do. 1888 do Codacal 91 Fr. Volz (m)* Germany 1888 do Calicut 92 J. Bucher (m) do. 1890 do Mangalore 93 H.Bretschneider (m)* do. 1890 do Udipi 94 do. 1891 do 95 . W. Jung (m)* Mangalore . 8. Stamm (m)* Switzerland 1891 do do. 96 . O. Singer (m) Germany 1891 do Honavar 97 . K. Hiller Australia 1894 do 98 Palghat . J. Fahrenberger Germany 1895 do Vaniyankulam B L e W W B L g Tabular View of Sta,tions,» Agents and 1st JANUARY Agents of the Mission European Native Agents Mission- aries STATIONS (Catechists within a station’s area Evangelists and Non-Christian School-masters Established in the year Approximate population Out-Stations * Brethren ;‘2 Native Pastors Colporteurs é‘z‘:fli Chr. School-masters Chr. School-mistresses L. South-Canara. 14 26 ey ' Do Mangalore . 1834 368000 — Mulki 1845 120000 1854 126200 10 20 O Udipi Karkal . 1872 70000 Basrur 1876 157700 9 o - O %; Kasaragod . 1886 210300 DO DD DO QO ‘WOOPPOO 1052200 :%1:% DO O O 0o 48 Wi = O O O ;zé 65 Do > ot pe I1. Coory. Mercara 1870 105700 S (=N 8 S [$4] Anandapur , 1853 88300 194000 WO W N\—JO@HQD@O‘ S ~a _§- III. S. Mahratta 9 Dharwar 1837 291300 1839 530600 0. Hubli IT. Bettigeri 1841 290000 12. 1851 278600 — Guledgudd . 3. Bijapur 1885 457100 14. Honavar 1845 320000 WO O N O et Q0 DO WO [S18 [ \S IRV l\')] = = DD DO 0O DO cu]u ) ©C O OO O DO G -1 -3 Ot i (E(]; % S DINID OO O‘OO ‘ONOO‘N‘@ O\OO 2167600 o a0 (oY IS [y - 1 (0.2} % ot iy Malabar. Ic. Cannanore 1841 320000 16 Tellicherry 1839 196000 17 1849 304000 2 -1 <1 & 14 Chombala (Mahé) < 18 Calicut 1842 304800 19 Codacal. 1857 562400 15 20 Vaniyankulam 1886 445500 21 Palghat 1858 372100 BB a3 O O O [ES R SR A [ SR e ) i;: é % é% 10 Ol a3 W © WS =3 —_— | ] — 2540800 17 5 49 15 86 V. Nilgiris. 22 1846 60000 18 12 29 Kaity 23 Kotageri 1867 16000 —_— ] ] | — | : 0 : % 0 38 76000| 26 15 -—-2 Grand Total .. 6030600|112] 84 renomm 62 15 1147 19 s | s o | a— 80(228| 571138 Total of 1st January 1899. 110 83 59 18 [143 20 33 |213| 61 (132 * Those places only, at which agents of the Misgion are actually stationed, have been counted. Churches of the B. G. E. Mission 1:3.0.0; Native Church Changes during the year under report State of the Churches on Decrease Increase Total of Ist Jan. 1900 New Converts Total number of 1st January 1899 Church-members on ig Excommunications Departures Adults Children ;: Re-admissions Arrivals from :i? Net increase Net decrease Communicants Total number of Church-members Catechumens 2653 63 200 5 103 191 91| 0/1604 | 2744 47 751 43 738 2 89 c)8 1 13 0 381 1810 31 19 237 17 56 184 0 13] 968 1797 65 3 0 60 110 14 107 116 27 33 13 0 62 129 148 16 ?(% 11 SO O W1 32 23 0 89 171 P A 55 11¢ 2 26 574 a7 23 208 17 517 130/ 0[3164 5702 178 131 15 171 70 142 202 10 1% 0 122 215 _(])._ e 9 13 S 333 14 (Z 19 11 24 24 192 357 158 12 24 9l 167 355 15 41 108 66 282 421 27 47 29 302 568 597 22 939 654 13 92 :ng) 7 41 0] 28 282 626 40 11 10 28 50 84 e e e %1)) 33 i(?(;j) % ; %} 15 14 40 70 %% 1888 59 105 246 14 975 1902 10 282 1072 12 (o2} 62 28 35 58 615 1123 41 323 607 13 602 50 25 36 532 51 1.7 11 34 243 538 1678 43 124 35 48 218 15 1101 1835 53 1320 21 99 60 63 é’;- 586 1e 321 ol 135 22 13 31 31 86 166 2% 13 2‘% 47 33 % 255 448 28 415 B N B B [ P Eé;; 39 20 5754 102 4417 120 48(197 5 487 284 013209 6038 199 346 46 13 59 28 190 374 260 0 27 10 14 15 0 128 268 606 10 73 18 3l 27 T4 36 318 642 13 a— T 14153 297 1403 1348 488 0|7858 |14641 403 229| 99|548| 31 e | com— 14153 342 (; 6 1479 295|184[449| 61 1420 522 0[7596 |14153 530 R g & Abstract showing the Contributions their Church Expenses, thg in = st C"afié'ctions Regular Sunday and Collections Collections and Stations Church towards Donations Donations Contribu- towards the tions Church Mission- towards the Expenses Poor-funds work E Rs As P Rs As l) NS ~J As Rs As 7 320 194 Mangalore 57fl 13 34 10 2 ; Jeppu 157| 46r 1 27| «Z Bockapatna 200, f7) 46 5 21 4 A 44t _:. 4 Total 932 3 413 243 12 468 Mulki 5 53 % 15 113 67 Udipi-Malpe 14 105 16| 5 141 10 240/ Karkal 32 14 21 13 Basrur-Kundapur 48 2 o S 23 25j‘ Kasaragod ° 65 & 11 43 2 Mercara . 56 73 | — S 14 39 12 | 3 Anandapur 33 [} ot DD D g O kDl o ot 149 14 g o5 o o 35; | Dharwar 34 34 0o Do [y 16 12 Hubli 93 i :i)) 55 > 70 15 i Bettigeri-Gadag . 121; 60 s < 15 52 Guledgudd 102 35| — D L 38 11 & O W i) Bijapur 17 14 By Oe 0 =0 W LD WOy i Oy 0000 00 (ij 11 Honavar-Karwar 28 10 16| -3 & o 13 2 Q] Cannanore 653 121 &) 265 128 10 Tellicherry, Nettur 23 66 e & ()3 11 166 10 Chombala-Mahé 29 56 159 [0 opi(Se) 166 -1 Calicut 772 190 14 RO =D O DD b e el D D N e S O 7 319 = 9 Codacal . 88 10 5 60 o | Vaniyankulam 45 A 28 i 32 - {4 Palghat 03 15 50 14 D = O 83 D 79 14 Kaity 146; 67 11 Do 89 58 ok [ ) Kotageri (E(ij 45 32 10 35 12 soj | 29 Totai . . 4795% 10 1708 4| 1506 9| 01 coloo @ Total in 1898 | 4499] o| 7 3774‘563 6| 1495| 9| 11] 2144| 6| 10 foupaie N * of the Churches towards Mission and the Poor /1899. Special Collections Special Special for the Collections Collections Collections for for Bible Total Malabar Societies for local Orphanages Widow- purposes fund As Rs As Rs As Rs As }) Rs As 21 ot =t 16 3 298 14 1774 10 () (86 303 12 192 ~3 331 5 27 IOO ot —t 24 10 298 14 2409 4 | 13 12 300 15 12 16 10 1d 532 12 (E 86 @ 112 o 14 12 12 22 1t o~ 243 1.4 10 13 z 226 [3o) 13 g 280 » 13 21 e 14 SR e B oy e e i am i ) S 271 = I 24 — 298 @ ()3 11 ) 13 (2) 219 - l il [ o 54 (3 — ik 10 75 15 15 42 40 1281 10 13 19 12 20 671 21 11 24 16 674 20 35 16 162 1523 12 10 36 5 g 812 = B g 143 17 5 25 470 28 5 85 510 18 g RO N O O 00 D 15 242 © © W N DD eJ O e s g e 258 DIOOKOO-J)S\CDOCHUlUVQQOOOTmm»-\IN/ 105 3[ 5| 311 13 (L] 680 4 11563 = l { 398 ey — C\JCDOC«UOOU(OOGDOOII)IGD—QOONIGOOC\DQIOOG\ 102 b 13 | 6 ; 6 901 Ool;|OOOOIOOOOO[lO 4 11601 13 =) | L P Table of Schools of the Basel 1st JANUARY Pupils in Schools for Christians Training and Boarding Schools Day Schools STATIONS Schools Girls’ Orphanages Middle and High School Classes Number of Schools Theological Schools Training Schools Middle and High Boys’ Orphanages Primary Classes I. South-Canara 14 w0 Mangalore ND Mulki -3 10 10 e -1 Udipi Karkal 24 Basrur-Kundapur 11 % % OO QO O H [N T S S Kasaragod 45 ore © O O OO 69 10 - OO O O O 1007 : II. Cooryg. Mercara ©=) [e=) 5 (==} : 14 (=] Anandapur (Am'mat.ti) S {()ég); 14 ‘%E (o) | II1. Southern Mahratta. Dharwar 21 26 10 Hubli 82 II Bettigeri-Gadag 16 63 12 Guledgudd 63 13 Bijapur 14 Honavar g g 1 ((3% 28 (oo S {em il em i e ey (o) 37 65 234 % IV. Malabar. 202 20 ic Cannanore é 16 Tellicherry [y 5 105 27 10 80 Chombala ( 18 Calicut Mahef:) 235 45 19 Codacal . 301 12 20 Vaniyankulam 21 Palghat ° % % Rl RUYRE, ) (e %;: 45 { e 3| Ot QO O & ~3 == Ot SO @D OO D OO 6 50 E;% 107 888 184 V. Nilgiris. ® 40 Kaity N W (SRS Kotageri 9 0 0 46 20 37 (55) + | O Mo 15 86 Grand Total. .. 154 11 12 1501 2 C3) g 207 228 32 Total of 1st January 1899 157 17 30 163 88 | 263 222 eali L S S RS German Evangelical Mission. 1900. Schools for Total of Pupils under instruction Non-Christians Boys Girls Total Schools School Classes Non-Christians Christians Non-Christians Infant Sunday Schools Primary Classes Middle and High Christians (S} (5} [} » 25 E 592 214 150 1201 ]42 617 121 108 7 303 314 199 116 38 667 0 24 10 OgO (.é 168 122 30 168 635 41 20 533 1‘) 111 676 1386 291 661 1575 467 " 336 3039 (E(zi 152 12 22 0 39 37 78 48 49 100 55 115 34 166 T 217 78 0 42 92 26 160 35 221 34 360 80 220 104 110 34 108 94 248 i 139 14T 42 ((é) 39 (%i) L e 682 115 22 z 765 174 33 1194 (;(é 191 235 30 112 241 110 24 487 58 242 50 844 131 456 191 146 536 112 255 168 40 393 155 22 610 423 281 168 597 144 (o 984 174 44 114 266 313 198 140 1l 662 W 219 59 21 220 28 2178 47 12 342 12 107 234 63 37 246 g 2088 792 83 2431 655 284 4207 114 805 673 81 629 27 41 778 161 182 24 199 317 268 30 855 105 828 64 49 1046 0 191 5011 1202 5602 1409 } 702 9586 193 1330 1873 | 4537 | 1184 1805 | 5184 1364 622 9015 135 1083 2* P 12 Detailed Table of Stations, Out~Stations, and Agents, 1st January 1900. | e = e e e o Stations Native Agents:— and | European Agents Pastors, Catechists and Out-Stations | Christian Headmasters 1 of High Schools 1. Mangalore a. Pastoral a. Pastoral and Evangelistie Balmatha, Madikeri- Rev. M. Schaible, 77 ! ork gudde, Nireshwalya, charge of station, Nati ¢ Rev. S. Andrea, Balmatia Jeppu, Bockapatna- Church, Chairman of the » M. Salis, Peppu Kudroli, Bolur. District Committce n Obed Sumitra, Rev. M. Breidenbach, 747. Bockapatna Out-Stations - Rev. W. Spaich, szud. | eney ” J- Soens, Bolma Bolma, Ullal, Bantwal, ] b. Educational Cat. Benjamin Ananda, 7#/. | Rev. J. Hermelink, #¢n. n Gottlob Maben, 7z7. and Bible Rewvision. » E. Karat, itin. Rev. K. Ernst, Theol. Seminary, Bible Revision; Joshua Soens, Madikerigudde Dist. and Gen. [nsp. of Schools ” Abraham Heri, Bolma Rev. J. Bucher, High Schh. Miss E. Kaundinya, | b. Educational Work Brakmin Girls’ School Miss H. Krauss, Congr. Cat. Chr. Watsa 1T7?60l(?g. Girls’ School Semi- N Ch. Maben J nary Mercantile S. Karat High Mr. H. Altenmiiller, Gend. ” Joel Rajiva } School Agent & Treasurer » J. Sieber, M. M.-Br. k2l L. Fernandez, Bantwal School P. Buchli, #. M.-Br. d L. Weber, M. M.-Br. n Bs Shini fndustrial Fr. Jathana Mr. G. Hirner, Fress ” F. Huber, Gen. Agent, o succeed 9 S. Stamm, Book Depit. F. Stierlin, Weav. Esz. M Stuckert, Kwudrodi Z7de-Works A Glattfelder, Feppu > Zile-Works 9 K Gross, do. do. ” H 0 Stokes, Mechanical Works A Beierbach, Press 13 Stations Native Agents:— and | European Agents Pastors, Catechists and Out-Stations ;} Christian Headmasters | | of High Schools = 2. Puttur Rev. A. Schosser, 2z charge fvang. G. Bangera, of the station Cat. Paul Soens, zzu. » Joseph Pramodana, 77%. ; 3. Mulki Rev. G. Ritter, iz charge of Rev. Charles Gojar, Melk: Out-Stations: stalion and Orphanage, Congregation | Karnad, Hadike, Congregation | Im. Furtado, Zdur Santur, Uchila, Padur, | Rev. J. Bichle, 7#n. Cat. J. Vedamuttu, Kutyar Kutyar, Munderu. ” Benjamin Salins, Santur ”» J. Aarons, Mundern ” T. Jeremia, Uckila 9 G. Premaya, Kadike n N. Kundara, 7. 4. Udipi Rev. J. A. Brasche, Chris¢. | Rev. Nahason Vira, Gudde Out-Stations : High School and Oy phanage Congregation Parkala, Shepura, Rev. Ch. Keppler, Cozgreg. U Tim. Furtado, Siirvae Malpe, Udyavara, Gudde, and out-stations | Cat. Sam. Furtado, Malpe Shirva-Kattupadi, Rev. C. G. Eblen, :%n. and ” Koppala-Ambadi, out-stations N. Suchitta, Udyavara ” Joseph Kairanna, Udipi Madambail-Kurkal, Rev. J. Miiller, Halyanapur-Bolmar. Y G. Bangera, Ambadi ilinerancy and out-stations Mr. H. Bretschneider, ” A. Furtado, Madambail Tile-Works, Malpe ” Eb. Clare, Farkala, itin. T. Ammanna, Udipi,etin. ” M. Jayanta, Kalyanapur, i¢in. Amruta Heri, Udipi, itin. | 9 Raph. Satyavrata Udip: High School | 5. Karksl Rev. G. Fischer, Congrega. Cat. Daniel Andrea, Kartkal Out-Stations - ard itin. Congregation Mudar, Nandolige, Rev. Chr. Diirr, 7#7%. » Joseph Bhagyan, #Zn. Hekkadka. ” Samuel Sumitra, 7Z7. ) 6. Basrur Rev. Ph. Stier, Congregation Evang. Winf. Micha, Out-Stations - and itin. Cat. Immanuel Soens, /Z7. Hundapur, Kailkeri, Rev. E. Liithi, iZ7n. ” Asser. Karat, iZn. Barkur, ” Stephen Jathana, Cozng. and itin. n W. Heri, itn. n Hezekiel Bangera, 4. Assist. Cat. Ch. Manjaru, 74i72. P 14 Stations Native-Agents:— Pastors, Catechists and and European Agents Christian Headmasters Out-Stations of High Schools 7. Kasaragod Rev. P. Borel Congr. and | Evang. Gerson Soen tliner ancy Hosadurga % Oui-Stations (Rev. A. Schosser, Futtur) Cat. Jesudasa Melottu, Ravaneshvara, Kasaragod, itin Hosadurga, Bekal » Ariel Sumitra, 74n Humbla, Bela, 1. Eliezer, Manjeshvara Bangaramanjeshvara, Christananda Salis, Azm Hosabettu-Manjeshvara, W. Amos Kundara Nileshvara " Hosaduroa ” Sal. Bangera, Ravan ” G. Fernandez. Niieshva ” Eb. Aarons, Hosadurga ” Isaiah Bangera, 8. Mercara Rev. W. Sikemeier, Congr Cat. G. Almanda, Congr and out-stations and Schools Out-Stations North Fraserpet, Chembu, ” N. Shatananda Rev. W. Rath, Congr. and Coorg. itinerancy Sundikoppa 1lirn. ” S Sumanta, - " Me. J..B. Veil, M. W.-Br Assst. Gat: 'E-Salins, 72 PN 9. Anandapur Rev. J. Fischer, Congregat Cat. Daniel Santvana, Cozg and itin and itin. tlin Rev. H. Wolpert— ” Im. Jivottama, ” Joseph Bangera, 2] 10. Dharwar | Rev Cat. Israel Dalabhanjana, O. Bode, Congrega and ilin Congregation and itin Rev Py Reusch, Dist ” Bhagya Alada, izin Hanoch Adina, Sz. Howme | Insp. of Schools, High ” School- Students’ Home Asst. Cat. R. Hittalamane Mr. Alex. Jaganadhan, B.A., studying )Rev I. Pfleiderer, Canarese Headmaster, Higlh Schood 11. Hubli Rev. D. Berli, Congr. étzs. Rev. S. Devada, Congration Out-Stations (ma’ Secular Agent of Cat. Jos. Dalabhanjana the District Unakalln Unakallu, Hebsur Rev. itin " Jason Schalla, iin K. Mayer Rev R.. Biichner ” ” David Jesudasa, " Rev H. Risch, 2o take charge ” Devaputra Hebbala, , of Homowar | Ass. Catt. Anan. Gunjala, , 12. Bettigeri- Rev J. Waidelich, Congr., Cat. Zach. Kanaka, Congr Channa Halli, ZZn. Gadag tnervancy i‘E Rev. Fr. Heinecken, Sckools ” Jacob Davala, n Out-Stations ” Sam. Havala b and Shagot: Shagoti, Malasamudra » Joh. Prabhakar, Skagoz Asst. Cat. M. Suvarna, #Zn " ” Da. Gonda, Mala ()] Native Agents:— Stations Pastors, Cate hists, and and Huropean Agents Cnrlstlan Headmastexs of Out-Stations High Schools Rev. F.Eisfelder, Orphanage Cat. Stephan Sagri, Cong7» 13. Guledgudd Guledoudd out-stations, Chaivman of Out-Stations the District Committee " Shanta Budigi, #Ziz Kardenhaili, Rev. Fr. Lutz, Congregation, ” St. Mathapati, 7Z7 Halkurki, zin ” Sol. Jogula, Aard. Cong. Mushtigeri Rev. Fr. Braun, sfudying D. Katapur, Mushtiger: Asst Cat. Isr. Aralikatte, Canarese itinerancy ” ” H. Challa, Halk 1linerancy Cat. Ananda Rona 2ln 14. Bijapur Rev. A. Metz, in charge of station, tiin ” Sal. Ramthal, Congr. , Asst. Cat. Sat. Basutkar N Rev. O. Singer station and 15. Honavar Ev. S. Bunyan, Azrwar Out-Stations 1lm Cat. Joseph Sunita, iZi7n Herangadi, Anilgodu, Harwar, 18. Cannanore Rev. K. Schaal,Congregation Rev. Tob. Chembankodan Out-Stations ete. Distr. Insp of Schools Chowa Rev G. Peter Cat. Ch. Hermon, Congrega tlinerancy Cannanore Chowa, Chirakal Taliparambu, Payyanur » J. Maue, studying Mal ” P. Sneham, 24n. Chira Mr. W. P. Schonthal Weaw- » Ph. Mackadan, ¢in. 7alip ing [stablishment n W. Fernandez, itinerancy 7} H. Eidenbenz, " » Fayyanur " H. Haffner Tailory St. Parakandi, 7zin Cann ” Asst. Cat. Ebenezer Bethel itin. Chowa Rev. L. J. Frohnmeyer Rev. George Peter, Nettur 17. Tellicherry Secretary and Chairman Congreoalion Out-Stations of the Mission, in charge of Samuel Ambattu 2lin Anjarkandy, the station, Theological Ev Cat. Ant. Valiatingara, z2: Kuttuparambu, Seminary and Tracning Dharmapattanam, School ” Henry Roberts, Christ High School Erinyoli. R A. Ruhland, Christian High School ” Noah Edapalan, 7"%eolog Rev. Th. Uber, Farsi High Seminary, Training Sch School » Noah Benjamin, Congre Telbicherry Rev. P. Sengle, 7eological Seminary ” Deva. Mantodi, z#n Asst Cat. N Kallarikkal Rev. A. Scheuer studying Malayalam 2lin Head- Mr. J. Kurian, B.A master, Chr. High Sch = 5 16 Stations Native Agents:— and Pastors, Catechists and European Azents Christian Headmasters Out-Stations of High Schools Cat 18. Chombala- Rev I. L. Weismann, Henry Menzel, Congr. Mahe ” Johan. Amengara, Makhe in charge of station Out-Stations . and Orphanage Cyprian Arunachalan, Muverattu, itin. Mahé, Badagara, St. Chattotu, Badagara, ! Rev R. Schilling, Sckools Rluverattu, Perambara, itin. Payoli, Harakadu. and itinerancy ” Samuel. Mantody, FPerambara, itin. Asst. Cat. Elias Nambi, zz7 ” ” P. Karunagaran, FPerambara, itin. 19. Calicut Rev. J. J. Jaus, in charge Rev. Jonas Padiath, Calicus of station and Schools Congregation 0ut—Siatians i Ev. Ashama. Tumaran, 7%7. Mr.Joh.Knobloch, High Sch. Cat. B. Ponon, Congregation Coilandy, Pudiarakal, Pudiaralkal | Pudiangadi, Dr. W. Stokes, Markat, Malapuram, Medical Mission ”» Paul Selvan, Cal. Congr. Lawrence Puvattur, Manjeri. Mr H. Kihoer, M. M.-B. High School | » K. Buesch, Weav. Est. Sol. Mackaden, Coil. /¢in. N ‘W. Heckelmann, Paul Chandran, » ” Devap. Amengaran, Tile-Works Markat ”» L. Fraas, study. Mal. » Is. Chowalur, Man. itin. ” Fredric Nambi, Mabapuram, itin. Assts Cats Pavamani, Medical Mission n » L. Pavamani, 7Z/#. 20. Codacal Rev W. Bader, szation, Rev. St. Kallat, Congr. Cod. Out-Stations . Congregation Cat. Isaac Laban, iZz. Paraperi, Ponani, ” Fr. Singer, stud. Mai. {| Pallat, Tritala, ” Isaac Amatil, Feraperi | Mr. O. Eckelmann, Congregation, Orph. Chittatakara, Orphanage and Secular Chalasheri. ”n Charly Kottavalapil, Agent of the District Fallat, itinerancy Mr. ¥. Boas, 7%= Works ” Joseph Taddai, Lonant, itin. Dan. Edakaden, ,, " L. Napalli, Chalasheri » Winfred Mantody, Chittalakara, itin. - i i\ 17 i Stations Native Agents:_ and Pastors, Catechists and European Agents Out-Stations Christian Headmasters of High Schools 21. Vaniyan- Rev. S. Walter, station, itin Cat Abr. Arungadan, 7#7n. kulam Chairman of Malasbar » Jos. Mantodi ” Out-Stations District Abia Edapalan Angadipuram ) Angadipuram, Rev. G. Renschler, schools Shoranur, Panamanna, and studying Malaya ” Bethuel Poyayil 28D ”» Jacob Cheeran, izin. Ottapalam, Tirikatiri Asst Cat. J. Valiavalappan, Congr. and Hospital 22. Palghat Rev. K. Hole, 77z charge Rev. Tim. Parakandi, Congr. Out-Stations of station and schools Melpa rambu Olavakkoda, Cat. L. Kallat, Cong. FPalghat Mr Chr. Gebhardt » Zacharias Pllakaden, Melparambu, Wadackencheri, Zibe-Works w. aa’afkenc/zerry i2in Panayur, » Alphai Kallan, Fanayur Mangara 2l ” Manuel Simon, Melparambu, itin Asst. Cat. Devapriyan, Farakal, itin. 23. Kaity Rev. W. Liitz in charge Cat. L Shanta Kaity Cong. Lemuel Soens Cal. Sch Out-Stations of station, Training and Coonoor, Hulikal ” Salathiel Soens Orp/um Cat. Schools, Orphanage n Nerkambe, Kerehada, John Philipp, Sciool; Achinakallu, Rev. G. Wieland Abraham Madia out-stations, ilin. Hateri, Adhikarhatti, oult-sialion, itin Manihatti, Hosahaiti, ”» Mose Kari " b Horanhalli, Kullakambe, ” Paul Mada, Z'uwner: b Rev. k) Kilar, Tummanhatti William Stokes, K. Satyanathan, Hudikal Dawani, Manjoor, Coonoor, itin Cooly Mission Samuel Satyanathan Sailas, Yedekadu Denale, Tuneri, Coonoor Cooly Mission Rev. Ch. Fritz, Coonoor, Halhatti, Nellakotta. zlin., Asst. Cat. Isaiah Konga Kerehada, itin ” Hans Isaac Nellakottn, Cooly Miss. ” Isaac Nerkambe, Nerkambe, itin 24. Kotageri Rev. G. Grossmann, Rev. Jacob Kanaka, Congr Out-Stations n Schools Kodanad, Konakore, charge of station, Orphanage, itin. Cat. Henry Kodot, 74 Jakanare, Denad Isaac Bella 2lin Milidenu, Kanerimukh, ” Bergani, Gundhada, Asst. Cat. Chr. Ajja, itin Horasole P ,% 0 |k | EPORT. AR A HE nineteenth century is one that marks an immense advance in the development of the human race. Along @ with the great inventions and discoveries of this century and to a large extent supported by them there has been such a manifestation of the propagating power of Christianity as never before witnessed. In the Kingdom of God we are placed front to front with the unmistakable and remarkable fact that in the nineteenth century by the activity of many Mis- sion-societies the Gospel of man’s salvation in Christ has reached the utmost ends of the earth. The command of our Lord to go and to teach all nations by means of the Gospel, the promise that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow; and the will of God that all men shall be helped and shall be brought to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Christ, — all this we see in our days in an extraordinary manner ap- proaching its accomplishment. The consideration of this great fact and of such a powerful witness of history ought to go far in putting down our little belief and in strengthening our courage and our faith in God. The Basel Mission Society greatly needs encouragement and the strengthening of its faith. There is something on all our Mission-fields which gives cause for grave misgivings. The In China the political horizon looks rather gloomy. position of our Missionaries and Native Christians there in the midst of robbers and revolting mobs can only be compared In Africa it is death to that of sheep surrounded by wolves. e 19 Rmeesl in the form of a murderous climate, which only too often harasses the Mission-worker there. In India it is, in some parts of our Mission, plague and famine that in common with But other Mission-societies we have had to suffer under. quite apart from this, the conditions of life and the sources of industry for our Native Christians are a cause of great anxiety to us and the social question is beset with so many difficulties in our Indian Mission, that, did we not firmly believe that it is the Lord that rules and shelters His people, that the issues of our work are His, and that He will accomplish it, not according to our thoughts and our ways, but according to His thoughts and His ways, we should scarcely venture to carry on this heavy burden laid upon us. In addition to all this, for the last year and more the whole of our Mission has been greatly encumbered by a large defi- cit, which seems to have assumed a chronic character. This deficit is chiefly due to the extension of our work, especially in Africa, and it amounts at present, in spite of all endeavours to get rid of it, to Rs. 150,000. Since contributors to our Mission in Germany and Switzerland have taxed themselves to the utmost of their power the income of our Mission at home can scarcely be enhanced to any considerable extent and thus unless God shall show us a way out of this difficulty our Home-Committee will be finally compelled to decide upon considerable reductions in our work in order to make both ends meet,. We must not however be disheartened and des- pair in the face of the great task before us: difficulties and troubles are only sent us to increase our faith and prayer- ful confidence in One who knows that we are engaged i doing His work and that we are guided by Him. 3* 20 1 Agency. A. European Workers. (Cf. Tables, pages 3-6 and 12-17.) At the end of 1898 there were 83 Missionaries, 55 Mission- aries’ wives and 4 single ladies, and at the end of 1899: 85 Missionaries, 60 Missionaries’ wives and 2 single ladies. During 1899 the following departures took place: Mr. Diez of Kasaragod, Mr. and Mrs. Hoch of Mangalore, Mr. Warth of Hubli, Mr. and Mrs. Liithi of Bettigeri, Mr. and Mys. Bosshardt of Codacal, Mr. and Mrs. Gengnagel of Basrur, Mr. and Mrs. Jung of Mangalore, Mr. Hiller of Palghat, Myr. Fahrenberger of Vaniyankulam, Mr. and Mrs. Kessler of Calicut, and Miss Hanhart of Vaniyankulam. During the same year the following Missionaries returned to India: Mr. and Myrs. Altemmiiller to Mangalore, Mr. and Mrs. Ritter to Mulki, Mr. and Mrs. Risch to Honavar, Mr. and Mrs. Bader to Codacal, Mr. and Mrs. Hermelink to Mangalore, and Mr. and Mrs. Sieber to Mangalore. The following new Missionaries arrived during 1899: Myr. Pfleiderer for South-Mahratta, Mr. Beierbach for Canara and Messrs. Scheuer, Mawe, Fraas, and Hofmann for Malabar. In addition to this six marriages took place in our Mission: Miss Schwarz was married to Mr. Miiller at Udipi, Mrs. - Weidner - Diez to Mr. Schosser at Puttur, Miss Pfleiderer to Mr. Fidenbenz at Canne’more. These three ladies arrived from Kurope. Miss Krauss, who had been in charge of the Girls’ School at Mangalore, was married to My. Fischer at Karkal, Miss Stokes, in connexion with the Medical Mission at Calicut, to Mr. Heinecken at Bettigeri, and Miss Frohnmeyer, living with her parents at Tellicherry, to Mr. Kiihner at Calicut. 21 e In last year’s Report we had to tell the sad story of two Missionary ladies, who, while they were preparing for their voyage to Europe, were taken away to their heavenly home (Mrs. Schenkel and Mrs. Baumann). Strange to say, the same took place again last year at Hubli. 0 Mrs. Warth, born at Cannstatt in Wiirttemberg in the year 1857, § came out to India in 1881 and spent the greater part of her time at Hubli. In 1898, when plague was causing awful havock { amongst the inhabitants of Hubli and the dismal guest entered even the precincts of the Mission-house Mr. Warth's family was h graciously preserved by the Lord. But having for many years suffered a great deal from malaria the family was permitted to go home to Europe in the spring of 1899. Of course the mother longed to see her three children at home, but occasionally dark presenti- i ments seemed to visit her heart and to make her doubtful, whether she would even see her home-land again. On the 9th of January | 1899 the poor parents lost a lovely boy, 31 years of age, a little sufferer who shortly before his death said to his father: ¢ Father, it is enough!”’ Ouly one day before his death the sad news of her father’s death broke in upon poor Mrs, Warth and after all this on S the 31st of January the poor lady whilst giving life to a strong little daughter almost lost her own life. A few days after septicaemia developed and although Mrs. Warth on the 26th of February got up [ and even went to church for the christening of her child, in the I evening she lay down never to rise again. “It is growing dark and I cannot see the way before me”, she said, nevertheless she hoped that God would not take her away from her husband and y children. However on the afternoon of the 2nd March she herself i felt that the end was approaching. She bore joyful witness of her | Christian belief amd hope, consoled her husband, blessed her ) children and looked forward to the call of her Saviour. The words I of Holy Scriptures and the singing of hymns were a great conso- lation to her. f She remained conscious to the last, and at half past seven in the evening peacefully breathed her last, leaving behind her her poor husband and, as it seemed, 7 motherless children to Al ol 22 deplore their sore bereavement. ¢As it seemed’ we had to write, for there were actually only 6 children left. On the 26th February, when the new-born child was christened at Hubli, far away in Germany another child, a daughter, 10 years of age, had gone before to meet her mother at the threshold of the golden city. Having been sick but for 2 days the child died from brain-fever. Thus our dear brother within three months was deprived of his wife and two of his children. In last year’s Report we inserted a communication from the pen of Mr. Diez, the oldest of our Indian Missionaries, on the life and death of his son-in-law Mr. Weidner, (page 23 ; cf. also pages 30, 81 and 101). In spite of the advanced age of this faithful servant of God nobody would have thought that the Report of the following year was to contain the necro- logy of My. Diez himself. The Rev. Ernst} Diez was born on the 24th December 1826 at Heilbronn (Wiirttemberg), the son of a chemist and the eldest of eight children. The father shifting from one place to another finally settled at St. Johann near Villach in Carinthia. In Bavaria, where the little Ernst first went to school, he and his sister (later on married to Mr. Locher, an African Missionary and a brother of Mrs. Anderson, in connection with the Free Church of Scotland in Madras) as “heretics” had to sit separated from the Roman Catholic children in a corner of the school. In Austria the boy had to walk three miles to the school at Villach in wind and rain, but Ernst greatly enjoyed these walks through a beautiful country, and his eyes were opened to the beauties of nature. In the same town the youth received a thorough training as a merchant and after having been employed there in an Austrian and Italian firm he came to Stuttgart and joined a large firm there. - Always anxious to increase his stock of knowledge he/frequented for several months the polytechnie | school at Stuttgart. Enjoying no inward peace he derived much blessing from the sermons of Gustav Schwab (a German poet of some renown) and from thence Mr. Diez became & regular reader of the Bible. In 1846 he entered the Mission College, and it must i St 23 have been a real pleasuré to instruct a young wan with such a e, [, thirst for knowledge as Mr. Diez was filled with all his life long. In 1851 he was sent out to India with the 10 Rev. Josenhans, e Home-Secretary of the Basel Mission, who came out to India on a fy visitation tour. Mr. Kaundinya was one of the young Missionaries ol who accompanied him. On the 15th October they reached Mangalore. i Mr. Diez’s first station was Cannanore, where he passed the days of his apprenticeship under the powerful guidance of the well-known Jil Mr. Hebich Great must have been the stimulation and the blessing s )S’ derived from the personal intercourse with such a man of God as Mr. Hebich. was. But it was not all pleasure to enjoy this privi- {4 lege of personal dealings with an original man, having a dominat- ing character of the most pronounced kind. Fortunately for young Mr. Diez there was Dr. Gundert, avother original of a quite different kind, at the same station. Dr. Gundert was the only man whom Mr. Hebich approached with great caution and to whose il secret influence he yielded. With tears in his eyes old Mr. Diez of used to relate how he now and then, frightened by the lightening Iy and the thunder proceeding from the mighty prophet of Cannanore, took shelter with the kind and learned doctor, who in spite of his I own profound erudition treated the young missionary as his equal and with his broad views, hislarge heart and his uncommon sagacity j managed to keep up the good courage and patience of the young I missionary as well as to keep the imperious spirit of father Hebich 0 within reasonable limits. As to his studies in Malayalam Mr. Diez Iv had the advantage of living with Dr. GQundert, the greatest of Malayalam scholars, and of having as his Munshi Mr. Abraham Muliyil, a Native scholar well versed in the Malayalam literature. After having been an assistant of Mr. Hebich, Mr.Diez was transferred in 1857 to Chombala to look after the small congregation there. Of d b course a man of his energy was not satisfied with this. Accompanied 0 by his Catechists he used to visit the great festivals at Payavur, Payyoli, Kirur and Taliparambu. In 1862 Mr. Diez had to take charge of the station at Palghat on the border of the Malayalam o and Tamil country. He founded different out-stations, more or less flourishing, and was indefatigable as an itinerating Missionary. i 24 He took special eare of the I[rawars in that part of the distriet, a caste corresponding to the Shanars in the Tamil country and the Tiyers of the coast Taluks. These people somewhat tired of the oppression of the Nairs and the pretensions of the Brahmans, showed themselves well disposed towards Christianity. Still when the first of them was baptised in 1865 there was a considerable com- motion and Mr. Diez with all the zeal and enthusiasm, which formed part of his character, went heart and soul into the matter and led the combat until even his strong constitution broke down. Having been in Burope for 18 months he returned in June 1869 to his former station. In 1876 he was transferred to Cannanore again and until November 1880 he carried on his work amongst Christ- ians and non-Christians with great vigour. In 1880 he was appoint- ed Malayalam theological teacher at the Catechists’ Seminary, Mangalore, and for 9 years he was engaged in this importémt work endearing himself to all his pupils, as he was the very man to inspire In 1890 he went youths with a holy enthusiasm for their work. to Kurope for the second time and in 1891 after his return he took charge of the Kasaragod station and itinerating work. Nothing could be more characteristic of this extraordinary servant of God, than what a pupil of bis writes with reference to this last station of his life’s journey: “ It was very strange to see an old man of 72 years in his station at Kasaragod, regularly visiting nine out-stations and nine schools from Manjeshvara till Chandera by land and back- water.” In April 1899 he embarked for Europe as an invalid. In a letter written from Bombay (29th April 18%9) and addressed to his fellow-missionaries aiter having given golden words of advice, he goes on: “With reference to myself I should like to take first of all a little rest, after that I hope the Lord will assign to me here and there some work in His vineyard and will grant unto me the necessary strength and readiness to do it.” Having spent 48 years in India chiefly for the benefit of his Indian children, he wished above all to give the remaining days of his life to his own children at home. But God had willed otherwise. He settled down at Cannstatt near Stuttgart with two of his children and was of very indifferent health all the time. In September he went to Hamburg 25 e fa to stay for some time with his daughter, Mrs. Halbrock. Here how- the ever, after a few days he completely broke down, and the doctor at the once pronounced his case to be cancer in the stomach and therefore med hopeless. Our dear brother had to die by starvation, and one can the imagine, how he longed to be with the Lord. During his last 8 ok days he was most of the time unconscious and spoke but very little. ich After a last hard struggle dear Mr. Diez fell asleep on the evening ey of the 22nd October. il Thus ended a long and eventful life given to the cause of God it} in India. ‘In this short sketch of the life of Mr. Diez we have il alluded chiefly to his itinerating work, for which he had special gifts. As a preacher he will not be forgotten by those who ever f had the privilege of hearing him, the whole heart and soul of the man was in everything undertaken by him, and thus what came from his heart went home to the hearts of his hearers. A few words as \4 to his literary labours will not be out of place. As regards his ot knowledge of Malayalam he was second to none but Dr. Gundert. ok The colloquial language and the book-language of the Shastras, 12 which in Malayalam represent almost two different languages, were equally familiar to him. As an old man he managed to make I himself acquainted with the Canarese language at Mangalore, and bhe had studied Tamil and Hindustani. For some years he was the Editor of a Malayalam Monthly Magazine. He conduected Dr. 5 Gundert’s Malayalam Grammar and his Malayalam-English Diction- ary through the press, and was a member of the Malayalam Bible Revision Committee. Very useful will be found his “Short Catechism on the distinctive Teachings of the Evangelical and Roman Catholic Churches.” Mr. Diez by his intense love for and v A his deep interest in everything belonging to Malabar perhaps went a little too far in trying to preserve and even to re- introduce obsolete Malayalam words (sometimes known only to him and similar scholars), by which endeavour in some of bhis productions, his language became rather archaic. It thus came about that there were those who ventured to speak disparagingly of his Malayalam, f who, as far as a real knowledge of Malayalam went, were not “ worthy to stoop down and unloose the latchet of his shoes””. ~ 4 o //‘ B 26 In the year 1856 Mr. Diez was married to Miss Elizabeth Blandford, the eldest child of believing English parents. After the death of her father she had become a member of Dr. Gundert's family. After her marriage to Mr. Diez “she proved a most unselfish, unpretentious and loving helpmate in house and congregation”’. She died at Kasaragod on the 3rd of May 1892 of blood poisoning ; a small boil prematurely opened, as it seems, having been the cause of her death. In 1884 the eldest daughter came out to India and took charge of the Brahmin Girls’ School at Mangalore. She after- wards married Mr. Halbrock, and it was in her house at Hamburg that the father died. A second daughter joined her father at Kasaragod in 1892 and was married in 1896 to Mr. Weidner, whose death was reported last year. Mr. Diez lived long enough to know that his widowed daughter Mrs. Weidner would become the wife of his assistant and successor at Kasaragod Mr. Schosser, who had been like a son to the old and failing man during the last years of his life in India. Myr. Diez was a remarkable man. All who knew him, will miss him very much. The freshness of youth never left him to the end The originality of his ideas and his true and noble heart endeared him to everybody, and especially young Missionaries were quite taken with him, as this fiery youth, with his long grey beard could sympathise with them in all their struggles, and were quite fascinated by hearing him tell the story of bygone days. His friends ‘among the English were many, and by all of them was he honoured and loved. One of them writes: “I knew dear Mr. Diez well for nearly 30 years, and I may say that I had the greatest respect and love for him, He struck me as being an ideal Mission- ary, — utterly unselfish and given up to the things of God, but with N a heart full of sympathy for the sorrows and ambitions of others. His motto, — one, at least, of his mottoes, — seems to have been Nihil humani a me alienum puto. One who had an opportunity to know him ian his every-day life more intimately than most people, writes to say: “It was his undi- vided thorough devotion to Mission-work that stimulated him to indefatigable work (the old man, 72 years of age, had to look after 217 S T LR bet) an out-station, which caused him to be every month for two nights the in a boat). Along with that he was prepared to meet death at s every moment and he kept everything in such a perfect order that ish if he should die to-day, his successor to-morrow would be in a il position to carry on the work without asking explanation from )} ! others. He was always fall of new plans and original thoughts; ‘What as to his spiritual and mental life he really never grew old. nd was characteristic and indeed great in this man of God was his i childlike dependence on God and his absolute independence from 1 any human judgment, as far as his own personality and his work af were concerned. In dealing with others, even by far his juniors, he was full of consideration. To com- He was a real gentleman. pare bimself with others and to look with satisfaction upon his 47 years of service and the like, was a thing perfectly unknown to him He was humble. *Just as I am, without one plea, but that f Thy blood was shed for me, and that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee, Oh Lamb of God, I come, I come!’ this was the key-note of his | life and death.”— With Mr. Diez has gone the last of those Mis- sionaries who were the connecting links between the present generation of Mission-labourers and those who laid the foundation of the work. There may have been Missionaries far surpassing Mr. Diez in talent and in the success of their work, we doubt however whether there have been many surpassing him in faithfulness and in loyalty to the cause of their Lord and Master, which after all is the most sterling quality and the crowning virtue in a servant of God, for ¢ here, moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful 7. We have been asked to express also in public our most y A sincere thanks to some gentlemen of the medical profession who by their gratuitous help and their professional skill have been a great consolation to our brethren and to the Christian community in general. Surgeon Major Corkery at Dharwar, Dr. A. Beveridge at Mercara, Dr. Hachett-Wilkins at Calicut Mr. D’Silva at Palghat, and Mr. J. M. Cheriyan, Apothecary, at Manjeri‘ have especially been mentioned. The Christians 4* 9 ~ 8 at Kaity and their Missionaries feel very thankful to the Medical Officers in charge of the St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, where our Christians have been treated with much kindness. In this country with its many diseases and especially at a Mission-station, where so often bodily ailments are instru- mental in leading people to a Missionary’s bungalow, a sympathetic European or native physician is one of the greatest boons, a Missionary can be blessed with. B. Native Workers. At the end of 1899 there are 15 Native Pastors against 18 at the end of 1889 (including the Rev. St. Chandran, who 1s engaged in Bible-revision work there are 16 against 19). Two of our Native Pastors have died, and one has been pensioned (Rev. Sebastian Furtado at Jeppu). — As to the Evangelists and Catechists there were at the end of 1899, 149 against 143 in the year before. The number of Evangelists remains unchanged; Joshua Soens had to take up work in a congregation, and Cat. Winfred Micha took his place. One of our Catechists in Malabar Abel Katuparambu had to be pensioned after long and faithful service. Three students after having passed their examina- tion have been admitted as Catechists. Amongst the Assistant Catechists one resigned and one died, three new Assistant Catechists joined the work during the year. The Rev. Daniel Aaron was born iu 1829 and entered service in 1852. ) He was ordained in 1872 and stationed first at Mulki. Since 1879 he stayed at Udipi. At first he was in charge of the congre- gation there, but later on his work lay chiefly amongst non-Christ- ians. There was no village and no hamlet in the neighbourhood of Udipi where he was not acquainted with the people and where he did not regularly make his ecalls. The freshness, vitality and industry of the old man was quite extraordinary. A few years ago 29 e the he would, on preaching tours, keep pace with the youngest of his colleagues. His memory up to the end was simply wonderful. He lal, 1685, was something like a wandering chronicle of the past. The date ) of arrival of some old Missionary, his wedding-day, the maiden name of his wife, the names and birthdays of the children he would tell fru But all this meant more than a one without the least exertion. 4 mere feat of memory, it also showed how deeply he sympathised with the the weals and woes of the Missionaries. He knew a little German and besides Canarese and Tulu, he read a good deal in Tamil and English. He was able to work until a few days before his death and died quite suddenly from apoplexy, having reached the ripe In a similar manner 6 age of 70 years. 0 Rev. Nathanael Arukanden, By about 20 years the jumior of Mr. ) Aaron, died on the 27th of June 1899. He was born in 1846 in oI the mneighbourhood of Calicut. About the time of his birth the he family Mackaden, related to him, had embraced Christianity and ), this was looked upon as a great misfortune. However in his Tth vear Nathanael was sent to our Mission School at Putiangadi. At home he was not allowed to read the Scriptures or anything Christ- 1 1an Later on he was handed over to an indigenous schoolmaster, il who made him pass through the whole scale of educational tortures, i then in vogue in this country. When 16 years of age he studied il at home all the secrets of a native physician and gradually became initiated into the tricks, by which people bewitched by an evil eye I and the like can be delivered. It was due to the beneficial influence [ exercised by his uncle, that Hindusim in its most corrupted forms could not poison him. The Christian relations, especially Catechist b William Davis came now and then to his house, but he felt greatly ) disgusted on seeing them and used to mock at them. Things greatly changed when cholera broke out, and within one week 6 persons died in Nathanael’s house. Catechist Jokannan Peter came, consoled them, offered prayers, and when the so-called I medium of Bhagavati appeared he was thrown out with the full consent of Nathanael and his uncle. His father’s bodily weakness, poverty, and other misfortunes were the means by which God ) e T 30 gradually forced an entrance into his heart. First the elder brother went to Oalicut, then the father and finally in 1867, encouraged by a Hindu scholar, and deeply touched by a sermon of Mr. Knoblock at Chombala also, Nathanael resisted no longer and by the help of his elder brother and Cat. William Davis he made his escape at night with his mother and a younger sister. After having been tried as to his sincerity by A/r. Schaufler he was put first into the Weaving Establishment, then he joined the Preparatory School at Tellicherry and finally the Theological Seminary at Mangalore. He experienced the Lord’s helping hand in all kinds of dangers and temptations, his heart graduoally growing firm by God’s grace and after a decisive struggle in November 1877 he received the full assurance that his sins were forgiven and that the Lord had accepted him. After having served as a Catechist at different stations he was appointed an Evangelist, and it was itinerating work for which he was especially gifted. His thorough knowledge of Hinduism, his intimate acquaintance with the customs and manners of all the castes of Malabar, his eloquence and his dialectical skill made him a most valuable worker amongst non-Christians. In 1894 he was ordained, and from February 1894 till May 1898 he was put in charge of the congregation at Codacal. As the greater part of that congregation consisted of new Christians he was con- sidered to be the most competent man for the difficult task of train- ing the people there in a Christian mode of life. In 1898 he had to go to Cannanore and work in a congregation, which in many respects was just the opposite of that of Codacal. His work in Cannanore was not always pleasant, but he was prepared for this, and in his work amongst Hindus and Christians in Codacal as well as in Cannanore he had to bear the ¢ reproach of the Lord”, nor ! was he uunwilling to do so. On Saturday the 24th of June 1899 after having prepared his sermon for Sunday he was struck down by apoplexy. ¢ As long as he was able to speak he tried his best to console his wife and children, and committed himself, with the fall assurance of a child of God, into the hands of his Heavenly Father. Being conscious almost to the last he tried to indicate his feelings and desires by signs. On Tuoesday morning about day-break the SR 31 older Lord released him, and the glorious morning of eternity broke for him 887 Tmon Assistant Catechist Danie/ Nayaka after suffering long and pain- 0nger fully from heart disease, died on the 4th of May 1899. He was 18 o born in 1854 and was employed as an Assistant Catechist in 1884. ister, r e \ As Assistant Catechists our Mission employs men, who | he are too old to undergo a regular training in the Theological it Seminary, but have given proof that they are converted and jand are equipped with a holy zeal and the necessary gifts to ing preach the Gospel to their own people. Most of them are 371 converts from Hinduism; the practical experience they have hat had with Hinduism and their intimate knowledge of the ways a and thoughts of Hindus make them especially fit for the work g of evangelisation. As regular Catechists, born and educated s of 8IS within our Christian congregations, sometimes totally alien- ated from their kinsmen according to the flesh, we consider a kil fair admixture of these irregular troops with our working In i army a great advantage. There is however no insurmountable i barrier placed between our Assistant Catechists and the regular Catechists; if they give satisfaction, they may in I course of time be promoted to the rank of ordinary Catechists. 1 In our last Report we mentioned a course of instruction | held once a year for all the Pastors and Catechists of a district. U A similar course ought to be conducted, as a rule, at every station monthly for the benefit of our fellow-workers. Mr. 4 Bader at Codacal gives the following account of the monthly meetings at his station:— “Every month a day having been fixed before-hand (usually a 3(; day towards the end of the month) the Catechists,— some coming | from a great distance,— meet at my house. They had asked me to take as the subject of our meetings for this year the book of Revelation. In the Theological Seminary this book will be taken up only in connexion with the introduciion to the New Testament Ty 32 and being the last one, occasionally it won’t be touched at all. After having given an exposition of the doctrinal contents in general, I 1 began with the exegesis of the book. We have done now with 5 chapters. These scriptural exercises will occupy us in the forenoon ; in the afternoon always some time will be left to take up all Kinds of practical questions related to our work, and we always conclude with a prayer-meeting. I have been glad to notice that these meetings conduce not only to draw together the hearts of European and Native workers, but also to bring the Catechists themselves into a closer relation with each other.” Here follows the programme of another such meeting at Kasaragod, where it was conducted by Mr. Borel: “ Morning 8.30 to 9.15 Meditation on a Seriptural portion, and prayer. 9.30 to 11 o’clock an essay on the Kingdom of God pre- - pared by Mr. Borel in Canarese. It was read and explained by +h the author and afterwards a discussion took place, when every In the after- body was welcome to put questions on the subject. noon from 3 to 5 exegesis of Rev. 1, 1 —3 in Tulu by M= Schosser. At 5 o’clock the whole assembly went out for bazaar- preaching, and in the evening at 9 o’clock they met again in the Mission-house for a cup of tea. Such gatherings are not only a great refreshment for Catechists stationed at some solitary place with not much opportunity of getting spiritual encouragement, but they are also valuable and animating for the Missionaries.” In ‘our Mission Christian Schoolmasters have always been considered as spiritual agents and we have been anxious to imbue our Schoolmasters with this conviction, the more so as NE amongst a good many of them the curious superstition seems to prevail that a schoolmaster need not be so spiritually- minded as a Catechist. Christian Christian Non-Christian Schoolmasters. Schoolmistresses. Schoolmasters. End of 1898 213 61 132 1899 9 ) 223 57 138 Cemseiia 33 Ater Although the number of our Christian masters is steadily al, [ inereasing (1897: 207 1898 : 213; 1899:.223), the number il of our non-Christian masters is increasing too (1897 : 126; Wi 1898: 132; 1899: 138), and so we are bound to say that the bo 1 abnormality of more than half of our Schoolmasters being [mags Hindus has on the whole remained unchanged. The chief {hat cause of this most unsatisfactory state of things must be ts of hists found in the fact that the number of schools started by our Mission for non-Christians is quite out of proportion to the numerical strength of our congregations. For the present it 7 af i1s quite impossible that our congregations should produce the number of Christian Schoolmasters required for our schools. and The number of Christian Masters above the Lower Secondary pre Grade is especially small. Other reasons for this anomaly | by are that in Canara and South-Mahratta insufficient arrange- very ments have been made up to this for training Schoolmasters ftor for the Mission and that not a few of the Schoolmasters taken I from our congregations have either proved to be unfit for the 'flaf work or have preferred more lucrative posts away from their fhp district to serving the Mission and their own people. Still i b we hope in course of time to overcome this difficulty and to 09 arrive at a more natural and healthy condition of our edu- ut cational work. ¢l 2. Evangelistic Work. fo The year 1899, the year called « Vikari”, the last year M 1) of the first quarter of the Kali-Yuga is over, and neither the threatening predictions nor the glad tidings with reference to J this ominous year seem to have been fulfilled. People in the neighbourhood of Udipi expected that all the wicked would be destroyed, the pious remain, and those remaining form only one caste and embrace Christianity. But in reading the reports of our itinerating agents there is nothing to be found 5 34 betokening a desire for salvation, consciousness of sin or search after truth. On the whole, in spite af great restless- ness and grave apprehensions of an approaching day of re- tribution, the indifference towards real religion seemed to e have been greater than ever before. And where religious emotion mauifested itself it was in most cases in the form of mere caricature, being gross superstition. At Badagara (Malabar) in the neighbourhood of a hospital a man with his fever-stricken child might be seen creeping several times to and fro under the belly of an elephant in the fashion of popular Hinduism. After all there is nothing extraordinary in such experience. It 1s a matter of fact all over the world that whilst there is nothing more toilsome and wearying than the fight of truth against custom, tradition and prejudice; there is no nonsense of so gross and enormous a nature as ‘1 v not to find some ready believer; nor will any amount of education prove a safeguard against this. Evangelist Winfred Mz'cha of Basrur writes: — “ Not long ago a coasting-steamer, out of the ordinary course, made her appearance in the harbour of Kundapur, and soon the rumour was afloat that a man-of-war has come and would take the Hindus over to South-Africa to fight against the Boers. The excitement was great enough before this nonsense was hatched by some imaginative head, but now some people lost their heads al- together. All along the coast people began to hide their jewels and their money, others went even so far as to sell their rice, the receipt of the last harvest, in order to flee with greater ease in advance of the troops. One miser had buried all his treasure near his house, and planting a young tree on the top of it he hoped easily to identify the place hereafter. But unfortunately some neighbour had supervised the business, and in the following night he took possession of the treasure. At the same time to ward off the awful things to take place (on the 13th November of last year) as well as the epidemic diseases and other calamities pre- vailing, even now processions take place every night.”’ 35 1 0 In South-Mahratta 1t was last year not so much plague Hless- but the great dearth that our work had to suffer from. The f 16 dearth is only yet in its early stages, but the year 1900 ol 1o will be known hereafter as the year of great famine. Only giows in some very favourable places was there a first harvest. There 'm of was a little rain in August, and some hopes were entertained for a second harvest, but in vain! In September there was gart h his again some rain and then the merchants began to buy up all es il the corn they could get. It was rather painful to see how m of the train carried away immense quantities of corn to the N ‘; North and this with the prospect of a famine near home. otld But in South-Mahratta especially our brethren had to ex- g perience the truth of an old prophetical word: «Thou beatest them, but they do not feel it.” Whether plague or famine e; b comes upon them, it makes no difference. What Mr. Bode of o Dharwar writes about a rich landlord seems to illustrate the spiritual attitude of the average population there. |€fL The man had built a temple for Hanumanta and a rest-house gt for pilgrims going there for worship, all to check the plague and | fe to induce the god to pour down rain so sorely needed. However fake he was greatly disappointed by his god. The Still he refused to hear the Gospel. In the spirit of stubborn by resignation he said: “What can we do! If the plague does come d to this place and we die, well then, we die and if God refuses to s send rain, we cannot do anything either. If you are able to keep t‘be away the plague and procure the necessary rain for our fields, then 1 and not before we shall join you.” e )ped But of course this is only one side of the work. All the brethren engaged in itinerating work there assure us on the ome wht other hand, that they often return joyfully from their preach- vard ing tours and that it not seldom happens that a whole village, It people great and small, listen most attentively to the glad o tidings. H¥ . 36 — Two years ago (see Report for 1897, page 33) we heard i of a well-to-do weaver-family an o the neighbourhood of Dharwar, the head of which believed in Christ, but his shy and timid wife found it difficult to come to a decision. One of the unsatisfactory features in reports is the appearance of very promising persons in whom we take an interest but afterwards we hear nothing more about them. We are fortunate enough to be able to tell our readers what mean- while has become of the weaver. Myr. Bode writes; — “Owing to the plague, which had also broken out in Tegur, we heard nothing about the family for a long time. One morning I entered the house and was very kindly received. The whole house looked like that of a man in happy circumstances. In the The two brothers inner room there were some nice large looms. of the man, who have houses of their own, came also and ex- I asked the eldest pressed their joy on account of our coming. _.’s brother, whether he had given up the thought of becoming a Christian. He said: ‘¢ No, but for the present I cannot venture on the step. A few weeks ago God took my wife from me and new I cannot leave the house.’ I reminded him of his age and that And whon the same might take place with him as with his wife. I told him that very likely the wife had been taken from him in order to turn his mind more decidedly to whatis in heaven, he agreed to this, but still he contended that he could not take this step then. Evidently the influence of his two brothers had pre- vailed upon him. He then promised to see us at the travellers’ bungalow, but did not come. To my great surprise however he of a sudden appeared in my study at Dharwar earrying some plantains in his hand. He had come to tell me that he was now prepared to become an open believer in Christ. ‘Whether this resolution has been carried out or not we shall be able to say next year.”’ Our readers, I am sure, will also be glad to hear what became of the widow of that secret Christian, who was over- taken by death (¢f. Report of 1898, page 31). Mrs. Bode 37 e heard frequently looked after her and was always kindly received. ot of The widow handed over to Mys. Bode the Sunday-collections, 5 8l which her husband used to make for the Basel Mission. She (ne P also asked for a prayer-book in Canarese. It is, however, a A0 thing almost impossible for a single woman to embrace b it Christianity in opposition to all her Hindu relations. 6t As to Bazaar-preaching the Missionaries at Dharwar did mea: not meet last year with such a furious opposition as formerly, when non-Christian students and other young men behaved Jegon, quite franticly. People put questions, but their fanaticism g seems to have exhausted itself. hole Our brethren have been very glad to be assisted in their difficult work by a volunteer, il e an old Eurasian, once professing Muhammedanism, then an thers [ Evangelist, and now, although pensioned, a zealous labourer Jost in God’s vineyard. In Hubli on account of plague preaching tours in the ;5 district could not be carried out so regularly as before. new {hat Mrs. Mayer, supervising the work of the Bible-women, is glad to report that during the time of plague the Bible-women met fhoo with a good hearing. It is a good sign, if Hindu women do iR e show something like envy when their houses are passed by. fs Mr. Mayer gives a good example of the sophistic manner in which Hindus approach religious questions. pfe s ‘“Going to some house a man says with reference to sin: ¢ Take e the case of a man who borrows Rs. 100 promising to pay the e money back after a year. But now he gets sick and in spite o of his upright and earnest exertions he is unable to fulfil his ‘Who is s promise in time, hence he will turn out to be a liar. st responsible for this lie? Is it not God who made this man sick ?’”’ On a preaching tour in the neighboufhood of Bettigeri t Mr. Brawn made a very interesting acquaintance. o ‘“He met an old priest of the Lingaits. On hearing that a Padre was on the way he extended both his arms from his bullock- il N e 38 cart to clasp Mr. Broun’s hands and, on taking faréwell, he pronounced a most solemn blessing upon him. A curious priest of Hinduism indeed! He holds the Bible in veneration like an idol and carries it with him wherever he goes. He calls himself a ¢Christian . To understand this psychological riddle one must know that all the old Missionaries years ago tried their best to win the man for Christ. As a rule people of this kind will scarcely come to a full knowledge of Christ; mot to live up to the light that they have received becomes habitual with them, and they seem to delude themselves into believing that they have succeeded in serving two masters.”’ Also Mrs. Waidelich is of opinion that people listen very well. “In one instance a woman would not permit the Bible-women to go first into a house in the neighbourhood. A man whose son had died of plague received them kindly and bought a Gospel. On 11}‘ the contrary another man found it quite unreasonable that he should not be allowed to care first of all for his body. ¢ What is then the use of being on earth?’ he asked.” My. Lutz, our itinerating Missionary at Guledgudd on a preaching tour met a Hindu, who for more than 25 years had been reading the New Testament. When a youth of 25 years of age Mr. Weigle had given him a copy of the New Testa- ment. The name of the Missionary is written on the first page and the date 20th September 1873. The man told Mr. Lutz the story of Lazarus raised from the dead and had committed John 11, 25. 26 to heart, a word which evidently had made a great impression upon him. Al 3 Not very encourag- ing was the manner in which another one answered his own question : “What for do you walk about here? You are evident- ly not paid by the English, nobody believes in the Gospel, and if somebody joins you, it is not on account of his being convinced but it is sheer self-interest.” Another one wanted to see God, a very common demand. 39 |, he In Bijapur our work chiefly consists in preaching to the prist Hindus, the congregation being very small for the present. 1 idd] My. Berli, now at Hubli, was in charge of this station for about self 4 10 years, and his work was on the whole that of sowing the must good seed. Although there was not much in the way of 0 Wil reaping, My. Berli feels confident in saying that the work at aeely He Bijapur is not devoid of hope and good prospects. t that writes; — o 1) “Taking into consideration that it is scarce]fx 12 years that 0 the work in this district has been taken up by the Basel Missiou, one can understand that a population consisting chiefly of well- el to-do, conservative landlords cannot be as yet sufficiently prepared to receive the Gospel. I made some very nice acquaintances nel during the last 10 years amongst such, who seek after truth, who 501 also intellectually have arrived at a knowledge of truth, but 0 who feel, — I am sorry to say, — their sins not such a heavy burden he and their righteousness not such miserable rags as to long for 188 redemption, forgiveness and purification. Still there is the grass and there are the blades, in due time a harvest with its ripe fruits will come to00.” ) & me In Tidgandi Mr. Metz, the successor of Mr. Berli, stayed for some days in the Dharmashala, and mendicants in groups ’313 f of 10-15 every day came to lodge there in order to sack the 180 surrounding villages, which besides are laid under heavy old contributions to cover the needs of Brahmans and Lingaits. il Mr. Metz took the opportunity of directing these professional beggars to Him, who can give rest to such as really seek for Iy 1t The pilgrims used to listen very attentively. It is really pleasing to read what Mr. Metz writes with reference to the il b readiness of people to hear the Word of God. ! “ When we arrived in a village two songsters had reached it before us and by means of drums they had managed to bring together the whole population of the village. When we asked j them whether they preferred to listen to the songsters or to hear 40 e our sermons, they asked us at once to preach, and they really as a f body listened to our preaching until we went away.” My. Singer at Honavar thought it a real pleasure to preach the Gospel at Belkeri; on the other hand he met with much opposition at Karwar, especially from the pupils of the Government High School there and the somewhat educated i part of the population, who, it seems, did not make the best 0 use of their education. It was not mere religious opposition, [ 1t was Mr. Singer’s impression, that it had a tinge of politi- cal and national aversion, a hatred against anything foreign al or outlandish, worthy of the Chinese. But at this place it I was that Mr. Singer met with a secret disciple of Christ which must have cheered him up greatly. ‘“He was a Brahman, who had got a good education and who astonished me by his extensive reading. He could not find words &/ high enough to express his great admiration for our Lord Jesus Christ, whom he praised as the greatest and holiest teacher of mankind. He was not only well read in the Secriptures, but one could not deny that he had studied the Bible in such a manner that his heart had a share in it. His room was decorated with photos and pictures of the different spiritual heroes of ancient and modern days. But in front of his bed there was hung up a most beautiful steel-engraving: ¢Christ on the cross’, of which he said: ‘This is the picture dearest to me’. I have been told that in former days this Brahman stood in a closer relationship to Christ, that he looked upon Him as the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. Now he adores Him as a shining ideal, as the Guru of mankind. Still a Brahman, who calls the picture of Christ on the cross the picture dearest to him, a Brahman, who when his eyes open in the morning and before they close in the evening looks upon Christ the crucified, is an extraordinary sight indeed, a sight which entitles us to entertain great hopes for the future of India.” In the Canara District thp atfitude of the Hindus is not so friendly as it used to be. Of course the Mission is welcome — = ———— 41 asa to start schools, to dpex) hospitals, to help the poor, all that is kindly accepted, and some even seem to think that these 16 {0 Mission Societies must needs be immensely rich, and not yith knowing how to get rid of their money in Europe and America, they consider it their daty to distribute it amongst Il i catel the Hindus. These Europeans, they think, ought to be very hest thankful that the people in India give them such an 1tio, opportunity to acquire ¢punyam’ or merit. But where the olti- real object of Mission-work cannot be ignored, the Mission- Gl aries frequently learn and that quite of a sudden, that the polite and mild Hindu at the bottom of his heart entertains e If st a deep-rooted grudge against the ambassador of Christ and and His Gospel. Hinduism besides aims at a restoration reformation. who In Canara the Bhfitas increase, in spite of famine, innumerable fowls are sacrificed, the roofs of their »rds little temples are tiled (sometimes with Mission-tiles), the MIb of festivals are celebrated with greater pomp. Whilst in former one years our brethren experienced almost no difficulty at all in et preaching to the Hindus, since the police at Udipi objected yilh to such preaching in the neighbourhood of the temple, ene- ad mies of Christianity and mischievous people feel greatly en: 108t couraged and now try their best to silence the Missionaries il and their assistants. To be sure the trouble-makers are no- uer where in the majority, the majority of people also in Canara hat 1 are such as hear with scarcely any opposition, they will even agree with what they hear and will say: « What you preach il is really true and good” b} but they wait for the initiative to he be taken by the big, influential and noisy ¢people. They. are e pish either under the terrorism of caste and of obnoxious social ith institutions and customs or so poor and down-trodden that the mere thought of emancipating themselves from the bane- ful influence of tradition seems to them to be an absurdity, 50 if not a madness. Every real conversion in Europe and 1o 6 P 42 —_— Tudia is a miracle. ‘ Nobody can call Christ his Lord without f the Holy Spirit. At Mangalore Mr. Hermelink was anxious to come into closer touch with the educated Hindus of Mangalore. We are apt to forget sometimes those non-Christians in our immediate neighbourhood whilst travelling to a great distance in order to visit the whole district. The Evangelist Gabriel Bangera is stationed at Puttur, which meanwhile has been made a chief station. We give the following extracts from his interesting report:— “Where the Keimaralbara and the Netravati meet a grand bathing takes place in February. For three weeks the bath is taken once a week. People in general are in a great haste. We, however, always had a small audience. Some said: ‘We must bear them, they have come from such a great distance.’ Others said : _f\ ‘We can really not know whether what we do here is a meritorious work or mot; is there mot a proverb like this: Either the festival is a fool or the people going there are fools?’ The people who made the arrangements for the festival said: ‘There were never so many people as this year, but never has our income been so little as this time, and this is your fault, you undermine the faith of the people.’ — At another festival when, on the last day, we made our preparations for going away, the temple- ‘When proprietors themselves asked us to preach once more. we said: ‘There are but a few people, how can we preach then ?’ they called the people together and invited them to buy our tracts. We sold a good number of them, and then they asked us again to preach, which we did with great joy. — At the festival in Kareiya (near Bantwal) we had a very large audience and were only two to preach. For hours a quiet multitude of men and women listened to our preaching. Finally we got so hoarse and tired that we could scarcely talk any more, but as often as we looked upon this multitude of people we reccived new courage and new strength to proceed with our work.”— Once staying in the house of a farmer his wife said: ‘It is (e o curious thing with you, you seem to be of 43 e ithou a higher birth. Whether you are in a valley or on a hill, in a forest or somewhere else the Bhiitas will not trouble you, they are 0 10t indeed afraid of you. Alas! the more we spend in order to get rid of them or to pacify them, the more they molest us.’ To this e we answered: ¢ We believe in the One true God and in Jesus Christ ] ol Because He is with us we whom God has sent to save mankind. tan need not be afraid; you must do the same!’ To which she rejoined: il ¢ This will not do for us. And now the Missionaries have built been a bungalow on the very spot, where formerly the Bhitas used to from meet in council. ¢ Where have they gone now? Are you really not afraid at all?’ the people there ask.” grand Mrs. Stamm, who accompanies the Bible-women at Man- th 18 galore, is glad to report, that We, “Several families where Bible-women used to call have come st out last year and joined the Christian Church. For some the 1618 division of joint property is an obstacle to carry out the secret 5 4 desire of their hearts. If Then people ought to be seen oftener. he we wish to make these women Christians so far as our teaching is The concerned this should embrace the whole plan of salvation in a e detailed and chronical order. This is not possible by means of 01 visits few and far between.” Diné Jast Our brethren in Karkal frequently on their preaching tours meet with Jains, who on the whole are very pleasant ple to deal with. Their chief difficulty is one not altogether en uncommon : they cannot understand that all endeavours at Il (o self-salvation will not avail. Mr. Flischer writes: — 10 «If such is the case, that really nothing else is wanted but to il believe in Christ Jesus, if no meritorious actions of any kind are wanted, I shall not care for this Jesus and His salvation. Suach a ) religion is too cheap, I dare say.— Another Jain admitted that ol e it is not within the power of man to overcome sin, for, he said, s ¢ Just as the needle of a compass will turn always to the North so sin always will attract us to the wrong side.’ And a dying Jain f0 (1 said again and again: ¢Oh, if after all it should be impossible to of deliver ourselves from sin and all our exertions should be in vain!’ 6* s P 44 e S e The excuses for unbelicf are many. People of higher caste I 1 sometimes admit the elevating power of the Gospel, and hence are of opinion that we should carry our message to the low castes and to the illiterate But these in return will excuse themselves by saying that they cannot move before the gods of the earth” and other hich castes have taken the lead Characteristic of the speculative nature of some Hindus 18 what one of them said to Mr. Diirr at Karkal :— “Give me thirty rupees and I shall accompany and help you in your preaching tour; I know how to impart wisdom to these rude people almost better than you yourself.” What Mr. Fischer writes about a rich farmer again shows how also outside of our congregations Christ exerts an influence on the hearts of many people : — {\ “He has for many years been reading the Bible and I was told by my Catechists that he is in the habit of praying to Christ § Jesus in the evening When we came to his house some men of p< standing were with him and in our presence he called upon them to defend their faith He then pointed out the folly of idolatry and enlarged upon the most important tenets of the Christian belief One might have thought oneself standing before an experienced Bible Ohustxan at home who expounds the divine way of sal- vation. At Mulki, another station in the midst of the Tulu popu- lation, Mr. Bichle with his Catechists carries on the work of evangelisation Amongst the Tulus the sorcerer and sooth- Al sayer 1s still a very great man. He is an expert in duping people, who take to it with great simplicity and earnestness. People strongly believe not only in ¢the medical tree” and its healing power, the sorcerer must also help them to take revenge upon their enemies, which is a case altogether dif- ferent. Here we deplore not only the waste of money and the folly of the people, but this kind of superstition sets e 45 ! Caste loose everything mean and diabolic in man. — Rather amusing hence it is, as Mr. Bichle relates, that a Brahman at the last 16 low Bappanidu festival explained the rain pouring down for two CXCuse hours during the procession by the fact that one who was “the impure had come into contact with the idol’s car. To say n the the truth, an excommunicated Christian had done the repairs [indus of the car. But the Brahman was somewhat perplexed when some one found out that in the previous year the same man My. Bcichle continues: — b had done the repairs. {hese “In remote hamlets it is, strange to say, that our anfortunate boots were the cause of much vexation. Without these boots some nice people would have shown us much kindness and hospi- lows tality. Some kind people really seemed to be exercised in their § 4l minds about it: to enter the house they could not ask us and to give us a seat outside did not seem to be polite. My Catechist told Wés me that the reception at some houses would not have been half rish so rough, but for the boots! — A Brahman was very kind and p of polite, but he asked us at once, not to talk about the Shastras 0! during a conversation on religion, as words might fall from his lips d which would pain us. So better not! But we could not allow the olie Brahman to escape so easily. My head almost touched the roof of the house, which was tiled with Mission-tiles. ¢ Wherefrom have you 160 Z gl got these tiles?’ I asked. ¢From you,’ he replied. *Why did you 1 con- buy them from us and not from some other company?’ tinued. “Well,” he said, ‘your tiles have got a good name.’ opt ‘Now, look here,” I said, ‘just as you approve of our tiles, which (ol your forefathers did mot know anything about, so your conscience ofh would approve of the Word of God, to acquaint you with which we ing have come here, if you would but hear it and give it a fair tria 1'777 f5a In Basrur both the Missionaries and the Catechists devote d almost all their time to evangelisation. My. Stier experienced oke great difficulties out in the district in getting the most primi- f tive lodgings. He considers himself very happy, if he finally \ll{l finds a shelter in the veranda of some toddy-drawer. But fs 46 ——— he felt well compensated for all thé inconveniences and jld privations when one of his hosts said to him on his departure: th “ You must come back again; during the 5 days you have been ] with us, we have been happier than we were ever before.” My. Stier thinks that on the whole the disposition of the people towards the Gospel is more friendly than it was formerly, and i he attributes this to the conversion of Shivarama (¢f. last m year’s Report, page 64 f.). Both of our Missionaries there went beyond the borders of their al district. With the hearty consent of our Wesleyan Tn’ Bidur= for brethren My. Stier entered the Mysore country. as Nagar he was pleased to find the school-books published by Ramabai introduced and all the walls decorated with well- chosen moral sentences. In Kallarkatte the Tahsildar was extremely kind and being a great friend of music he felt so 1‘\ attached to the German Missionary that the manner in which they took leave from each other was rather touching. In Sagar a young man threw cowdung at Mr. Stier, for which the man felt very sorry afterwards and invited Mpr. Stier to come to his house. My. Liithi made a very interesting journey to the eastern mountains. At Tirthahalli he made the acquaintance of some very agreeable Government officials. One of these gentlemen asked one of the Catechists, a convert from the Brahmans, whether he really did find in Christianity something he had sought for in vain in the ali Hindu religion. Another one loved the Bible, and some of them accompanied the Evangelists for a distance to have a talk with them. A little boy of about 6 years of age, making a deep salam said in English to Mr. Liithi: “Good mornirg brother,” he was evidently anxious to transpose the theory of his *first book” into practice. They finally reached Shringeri (the monastery of Shankara- charya), a very holy place. They asked the high-priest for lord and permission to preach there, which of course he refused, but never- fure; theless the little party preached there for three days without > Deen being molested in any way. fore,” People of high caste will not in general admit a Mission- people ary to their houses, but when Mr. Stier in September last 7, aud made a preaching tour to the east he met with a Brahman, f Lo who seemed to form a rare exception to the general rule. My. Stier writes:— ers of “ When my servant went to a Brahman merchant in the lejan evening to buy some things for our household, the Brahman asked, for whom the things were. Then he sent me his salam and idur- asked us to come to his house. ‘We went there in the morning. d by el He received us with great joy and at once gave us a place for cooking: not only this, he ordered his wife to give us milk and Was any thing we should want. To our great astonishment the wife £ 50 After we had talked of the Brahman did not object to all this. ich with him for some time he called his wife, who had listened behind gl the door, to come in, and the following conversation took place. mal He ‘Did you hear what we talked about?’ She : ‘Yes,’ He: A ‘ What do you think about it ?’ She : ¢ All is truth that these people say.” He: ‘Shall we become Christians? Will you follow, in case I should embrace Christianity?’ She: “Let both of us steln become Christians!’ One thing only seemed to trouble them: having become Christians, they would not be able to eat meat. We then told them that the Kingdom of God does not consist in ee&h\e f e eating and drinking, buat in righteousness and peace and joy in the 1 dif Holy Ghost. This seemed greatly to relieve them. The wife of the Brahman then asked, whether amongst Christians also women are g fhe fhen expected to study the ¢Shastras’, to which we replied, that in the our congregations all the boys and girls go to school and learn to read and to write, that also men and women, if not too old, try their | 5md i best to learn to read the Word of God, which amongst Christians is not considered to be a burden but rather a privilege. The more o we read the Word of God the more we like it. Talking about sin (o i Before we went to for and the propitiation for our sin the sun set. /‘ A 48 — rest the man asked permission to be present at our evening prayers, foll and he and his wife listened most attentively to our prayer. In a il very friendly manner he welcomed us in the morning, when we came to say good-bye. He bought some tracts and asked us very 10 urgently to come again soon, moreover he promised to read mean- i} while the Bible and the tracts very carefully.” h Mr. Borel, who succeeded My. Diez at Kasaragod, tells us i about an open door at Tekil:— b [l ‘““About a 100 years ago the Muhammedans reached there and began gradually to drive the Nayars out of the place. Our Cate- ¥ chist Jesudasa Melottu comes from this place. Having heard the li Gospel for the first time at Mangalore he was accepted as a candi- g date for baptism, got instruction at Udipi and was baptised there in 0 1885. 1In 1892 he came as a Catechist to Kasaragnd, and of course bla N on preaching tours he now and then turned his steps to his native-place Tekil. At the beginning he met with great hatred and 18] 4 especially by his family he was treated as an apostate. However th (0 things changed quite wonderfully. The head of his family (which is considered to be the noblest in the place) when dying, appointed §) Jesudasan as his suceessor. Our Mission has established a school : there, besides there is also a night-school for adults. In the house of Jesudasan the Nayars will gather in the evening and animated discussions take place even in the dead of night. A young Nayar is ready to break caste, and does not hesitate to eat rice with the Catechist. ” In Coorg things are pretty much the same as in South- Mahratta. 1 We do not hear much of opposition, on the contrary we occasionally hear of people that are very well a2 disposed towards Christianity, but at the same time nothing stirs, we wait and wait to see whether the dry bones will move, but no signs of awakening to life can be perceived. At 9 places in the district of the itinerating Missionary at Mercara a market-day is held once a week, and this is the chief opportu- nity for the Missionary to preach the Gospel. At some of these places audiences from 100-300 may be addressed. The e 49 prayers, following communication from My Rath will be found L Ing interesting:— \ then e “Onee I was at Somavarapet (one of those market-places) and vy in the evening I heard a great noise in the neighbourbood of the d mean travellers’ bungalow. When I heard that there was a festival in honor of some god I took my lantern and went to the place with tells us the Catechists. There were many people standing round a hut erected with branches, and on my approach they very kindly made us a salaam and drew back to let me come near. All of them, ere a1 especially the officiating Brahman, seemed to be ashamed and the it Cafe ard fhe latter feigned to have come there only to have a look at what was y candl going on. When I asked them about their god they pointed to a stone, covered all over with rather ugly figures and looking very ther it f oourse black and greasy on account of the oil that had been poured on it. fo bis Asking them whether this stone ever spoke or on any occasion rendered help they laughed and excused themselves by saying, od and ever that their ancestors had done the same and why should they not continue in this way. which Whilst I spoke with them on the folly and sinfulness of this idol-Worship preparations were made to make the ointel schoo god supposed to pervade this stone to take possession of a boy, who was expected to act then as an oracle. The so-called musi- house cians making an awful noise, the boy was placed opposite the stone imafel Two men with torches in their and had to stare incessantly at it. Nagar hands turned round the idol. After some time the boy began to ifh e wrench his limbs and alternately falling down and jumping up or turning a summersault behaved like a lunatie. When they St informed me, that now the god had taken possession of the boy, i t]l“ I could not refrain from remarking that it was very unkind of el their god to maltreat people in such a manner for the purpose of thig taking possession of them. There was a roar of laughter when I fl]O\'e; made this remark. After the boy had quieted down a little they asked him whether he would like to have his habitation removed Jace to some other locality or whether he was angry at the English m b il Government having built a travellers’ bungalow in his neighbour- hood, to which questions the boy gave no answer. This was ascribed to the god having not yet taken full possession of the Mhe T e 50 boy; all this while the musicians were beating their arums in quite (u a frantic manner. The boy began to foam, wallowed on the ground ing and laid about him most fariously. When I interfered they soothed P him and again inquired about the feelings of their god. The boy 18 (T P said : 1 cannot yet give an answer’ and when they insisted on Jis his giving an answer, the boy finally said: ¢ All that the Padre said fo about me is true.’ fu The god left the boy again and the proceed- ings were looked upon as a failure. The Catechists afterwards i told me the boy having gone to a Mission School formerly had felt p ashamed to carry on before us all the hocus-pocus and that thus He the business came to naught.” il T When My. Rath made a journey to Bhagamandala (the ful source of the Kaveri-river) one of the mendicants there calmly made the following statement: — W ‘Mady and great are the sins in our days, but small and few 1} L are the alms’. Also there a Vakil gave it as his opinion that the 8¢ Mission cares far too much for the uneducated. This verdiet is not 1¢ true. In every Mission great exertion is made to take hold of the spiritual leaders of the nation, but it is true — and this fact has led to some misconception —that the Gospel at all times and every- where has attracted first of all the poor and uneducated, and the way it has worked upon them forms one of the most convincing evidences of the Christian faith. ‘To the poor the Gospel is preached’, but these poor in course of time begin to inherit the earth. ) My. Fischer at Anandapur expresses his great joy as to i 1S 5 Writdg: - the manner in which people take tg the Word of God. He 1 ““Much time we spent amongst the coolies on the -coffee- plantations near oar station. Some of these poor coolies bought even tracts and they asked us to come again soon. The other day an overseer sent us two boys and asked us to admit them to our new Orphanage. The second way in which we propagate the Gospel is our preaching at the markets. There are 5 markets in i 51 in quie our neighbourhood, which afford splendid opportunities for preach- o ground ing 7 soothed A Coorg, having listened for a long time, prayed the Lord’s Prayer before all those present, which shows that the Word of God The oy is read in their houses. In Gossikoppa a man after having silently isted on listened to our preaching, gave the last three pies he possessed re said towards the Mission-work. The festivals in the district afford us rooeel: further opportunities. There are some holy places in Coorg, which arwarls attract people from far and near. Here we occasionally meet with had fil people who have never heard, that God so loved the world that at s He sent His only-begotten son into it. Having concluded our ser- mon an old man said: “Is it really true, what you have told us? These are precious words. Is the Lord Jesus indeed such a wonder- i (the ful Saviour? I never heard anything of Him! Hhere In Malabar the work went on without any disturbance whatever. Our Evangelists do not experience much in the | fow way of opposition. Now and then it even seemed as if some the sections of the Malabar population were tired of their own g 106 religion. The Brahma Samaj has made its entrance into )f the Calicut, the capital of Malabar, and subscriptions are being g8 lol arer- raised towards a Theistic Prayer-Hall there. Of course educated Hindus realize their position. Hinduism cannot i e hold its own against the advance of education and western neing thought, permeated by Christian ideas. It is true there are ?9] ] I the curious specimens of people out here in India who can lecture one day on the progress of civilisation, on freedom of thought and emancipation from human tradition, and on the next day 5 {0 these very men will pull at the same rope with the illiterate He in order to move on an idol-car or they will consult the as- foe: trologer about the “ muhfirtam” for their daughter’s marriage; but such are exceptions. It is moreover true that a Hindu uah[ at any time of perplexity on account of his popular religion if o may take refuge in Vedantism, in his old celebrated philosophy; fhe but philosophy can nowhere be a compensation for religion i and will not satisfy the religious cravings of a man’s heart, %k 52 Cal R ftal as far as they are real. And as the religious mind of a Hindu naturally shrinks before the vacuum of materialism or Whe as s atheism, some of our educated Hindu friends really look out 14 for some religion which on one hand will be acceptable to the falkir spirit of this age and on the other hand not alienate them 1t a0 Approaching the question of religion from their own people. ) as our educated Hindus do from the point of intellect and of Tiolg opportunity, the Brahma Samaj, Theosophy and the like seem to serve the purpose very well. But unfortunately for our 10 friends, living religion is not a thing that can be manufactured. Tety But all these Samajas are a mixture of a religion dead long (an ago—and the dead can never be vivified—and of Western Chr thought and Christian ideas, they are the newest manifestation Hin of Indian ecclecticism. As a temporal make-shift they may help o on single individuals for some time, but they cau never take 1% P the place of a living religion. Religion will not stand i without revelation, at any rate not without belief in revelation. {u Even amongst Tiyers the question has been discussed whether ) the time has not come for a change of religion and whether f Christianity or the Brahma Samaj would be preferable. By something like a debating society, by discussions and votes the question of religion can scarcely be settled for a com- g munity. A new religion cannot be introduced like a new d fashion of dressing oneself. Still such deliberations are im- £y portant as symptoms of the time. I My. Peter, the itinerating Missionary at Cannanore, carries i 5 on the work there with his usual energy and originality. W With a Government official he experienced a very sad disap- pointment. The gentleman some years ago was very friendly, and Mr. Peter, even accompanicd by his wife, used to call upon him for a friendly talk. Then a nephew fell sick. Mr. Peter, asked by the uncle, prayed for the young man, who however died. After that the official himself was attacked by malaria, he suffered like 2 Sl R 53 dof g fatalist, and the more hé suffered the more his mind was embittered. lism or When Mr. Peter called upon him and tried to encourage him he ok out was very unkind, almost rude. ‘‘Leave me alone, ” he said, “if there is a God, we shall be as well off as you; if there is none, all your fothe o then talking is to no purpose. I have got a Bible, but [ never read it and I shall never read it. If I do not commit any sin, God can eligio also not punish me.” A few weeks afterwards the poor man laid and 0f violent hands upon himself. € §eell My. Peter and his Catechist spent their time during the For our monsoon, when preaching tours are out of question, in a cturel, very useful manner. There is a Vakil in the neighbourhood of 4 long Cannanore, whose sympathies are with Christianity and the Jostern Christians, but in spite of his sceptical attitude towards station Hinduism and his utter condemnation of caste, he finds it help He founded possible to remain within the pale of Hinduism. *take a school for the low castes and his own son instructs the dand children. My. Peter asked permission to give Bible-lessons o0 during the rainy season in this school, but as the Municipality \ether of Cannanore had taken over the management of the school hether No the Vice-President of this corporation had to be asked. eBi objections were raised, and some Hindus in Cannanore have | voies become so enlightened and so free from prejudices against g (0 Christianity, that they think the best thing out-castes could Rl do would be to become Christians in a body. Mr. Peter got 10 - even permission to give Bible-lessons out of the regular school- hours in the schools within the Municipality, provided the headmasters of the different schools did not object to it. In g 1108 six schools My. Peter and his assistants were most kindly received by the teachers and pupils, and for two hours a week s 180 in each school they spent a very pleasant time amongst these i [I Al children. i “Moplas who are able to read are very fond of it. Mrs. Schoenthal, e | fhat who aceompanies the Bible-women at Cannanore, had read in a Mopla-house the story of the feeding of the five thousand. After e ® ST SR 54 An that a Bible-woman offered the Gospei of Luke for sale. A Mopla; boy, about 12 years of age, on hearing that this Gospel contains I the story he had heard just now, asked his people to buy it for him. The women in the house, about 10, laden with ornaments pretended bl b not to have a single pie to buy this Gospel. ‘When we left the 1l ‘However before we had house we heard the boy erying inside. reached the gate of the compound he ran behind us holding triumphantly half an Anna in his hand and bought the Gospel from us. I thought that the women had finally yielded to his entreaties, but the Bible-woman told me that he had borrowed the money from a friend, a goldsmith’s son.” Although the work amongst women is not very often { 0 accompanied with visible results in the way of conversions to the Christian church, it is a great thing for the present to i see how by the consolations and the elevating thoughts of 4 b a the Gospel the bright light of eternity falls on the desolate path of some of these Indian women. f0 “This was the happiest day of my life” said the wife of an 00 th official to Mrs. Schoenthal when she left the house. Masth. 11, 27 pli was a great comfort to her, and a few days afterwards she died. Tt fh is Christianity which sets people to think as to the purpose of their h life, and it is not a little thing, if a poor creature who, either did not I trouble her mind at all about things beyond the region of her five t senses or had looked upon this world and human life as upon a toy- i shop, kept up for the amusement of gods and demons, begins to perceive something like God’s fatherly hand, guiding her on her way and moulding her life. Thus reports Mrs. Schaal of a Pariah- 5 woman, who said: ‘“What you tell us is true: ¢ God sends sufferings, misery, trouble and the like in order to rouse us from our indifference and apathy to salvation.’ I was living in constant quarrel with all the members of my family. Then I got a boil, so I was confined to one place and could not move about. During this time of suffering God spoke to me and showed me how wicked and quarrelsome I was.”’ Highly interesting are the communications of Mr. Samuel 55 SRR Nopha. Ambattu, Evangelist for North Malabar, stationed at Tellicherry. oontatms From his long report we select only a few portions:— for him, On a Hindu-festival near Ancharakandy, as usual, he experienced etended some difficulty with the Pattars. They claim to be Brahmans, but Joft {he in Malabar they have become proverbial by characteristics which we had cannot be called virtues. They usually sell Palghat-mats near holding the temple of that place. Gospel “We addressed them in the most polite manner, but unable to to his give reasonable answers they indulged at once in filthy language. ved the Of course we could not reply to that, and I only said: ‘To such abusive language of course you expect to get an answer of the same kind, but our God did not teach us such language, neither often does He tolerate it, so of course we are defeated.’ After they had s t0 cooled down for some time one of us again began to speak about the arrogance of the Pattars, and at once they fell in again by nf o s of abusing us in the most shameful manner. At this moment a rich late and noble Nambiyar, who had stood at some distance and listened to our conversation stepped in and said: ‘I felt greatly disgusted on hearing these unbecoming, rude words falling from the lips of of an those who pretend to be our religious teachers, and I was greatly l pleased to see that these Christian preachers did not disgrace , I themselves by using similar language.’ Then turning towards us ”their he said: ‘You ought not to enter upon a discussion with such persons, d nof you will only lower your position in doing so. They do not know pfire their own religion and every body knows for what purpose they [0 are walking about in the country. I shall show you a more gl worthy aim for a discussion. Do you know Svami Vivekananda? e I have got one of his books, and I invite you to fix some hour and i then let us have a disputation on his views of the Hindu religion. llg51 To this I replied: ‘We know that Vivekananda is a great and e eloquent expounder of Hindu philosophy and on that field we gilh scarcely will be able to withstand him. But let me ask you: Is what (o Vivekananda calls his religion really your religion? He is, as far g as I know, a great expert in the yoga-philosophy. But we came here B to speak on religion and not on philosophy. You know that there are two classes of men. On one side are such as believe in a w@[ Y 56 i Bl living, personal, holy God, and they desire to regulate their life ha according to the will of this Giod and to live in fellowship with Him. Bi And there is another class: for them God is an impersonal substance, without life and attributes and in order to be absorbed ; into this Godhead without qualities they will practise yogam, thus entering into a similar existence. Now to which side do you belong?’ The Nambiyar with great emphasis declared he belonged to the E first class, to which I replied: ¢Well, you see that you stand on our side and not on that of Vivekananda. And really he admitted that he shares with us the belief in one, personal and holy God. However he objected to our belief in a Mediator, called Christ Jesus. After having spoken at some length on the necessity of such a Mediator, we invited him not only to read the Gospel, but also to | fix a time in order to enter more fully upon the subject. He ] promised to hear us preach, but we did not see him anymore; we I heard afterwards that on account of a death, that had suddenly A B oceurred in his family, he had to go away.” hn‘ At Payyanur Mr. Samuel worked together with Mr. Peter of [ lia Cannanore, who had his magic lantern with him. It is M. il Samuel’s impression that uneducated people who see pictures the first time cannot appreciate them properly; they will fa W only gradually awake to an understanding of what is going On the other 4l on, if these pictures are properly explained. th hand he is of opinion that the life of Christ, if only told by 4| means of words and explanation, frequently produces on the i minds of natives the impression of a story invented for some purpose, whilst by means of pictures it appears to them as something that actually happened, as a historical fact. He ) goes on as follows:— ‘At Taliparambu we had to encounter a rival preacher, a Tiyan, who, as usually is the case, had scarcely anything to say for the vindication of Hinduism, but preferred to abuse Christi- anity, of which he did not know mueh and evidently did mnot understand anything. He knew how fond of abuse people are, The Bible he and he gave them full satisfaction in this respect. fomim e 57 i lify handled just like the fox deals with the turtle. _To exhibit the h Him Bible-knowledge and the logic of this antagonist of Christianity orsong) a few examples will suffice. That God prohibited the first man bisorbed from eating of that tree was mere envy, the devil on the other n, thus x hand has done mankind a great service, hence the devil seems elong!” to be better than God. God in saying: ‘You will die, if you eat’, fo the told them a lie, what the devil said with reference to their dying and o) was true. There were many gods about t imitted for God says: ‘Let us ete.’ ’he time of creation, y God ‘“At Kirur an old and noble Nayar listened very earnestly to b Joss, the preaching of the Gospel and shed tears when the love of God siieh 3 was deseribed fo him; the Word of Gtod seems to have come home alsoto to his heart. He had gone before we could take hold of him. The fe Moplas there desired to have a regular disputation between a ¢, We Mopla and one of us, and a Roman Catholic Head-Constable was e Iy appointed to act as arbiter. The Mopla took up ecircumecision as his subject. He asked, whether we were prepared to act upon the example Christ has laid down for us, and then, whether Christ f ol i had undergone circumeision, and finally he asked triumphantly : ‘and why bave you abolished this rite?’ The Christian defender of his fLes faith spoke at some length on the meaning of circumeision and il wound up by insisting on the circumeision of our hearts. When 8 i all the Hindus standing round them took the side of the Catechist, ofh the Mopla said: ‘We had better drop this matter, when we shall il all have reached the presence of God, we shall see the truth of i the matter’.” §omé The Bible-women at Tellicherry are under the supervision o of Mrs. Frohmmeyer. We give the following extracts from e her reports:— “Now and then we went to see a very old woman laid ap with rheumatism. She would actually put to shame many an old e, & 0 ] Christian as to the way she bore her burden. On entering the old rotten hut, after some time one will discover in the dark an old el bright face, ecrowned with a lot of white hair. The trembling hand 1 il awv makes a salaam. Her memory is rather weak, and one must not get tired of telling her the old story again and again, that Jesus, the p o 8 58 Saviour, has died for her sins. The good old mother with great SU Wi earnestness will repeat every word with a loud voice so as not to let ¥ it escape her memory. At each visit I found with great joy that her knowledge of Christian truths had increased a little. She told L) me that she feels sure at any rate of three things: ‘T often asked God to take away my sins and He has blotted out all of them. Secondly, He hears my prayers, wherever I am, and thirdly, I have nothing more to care for earthly things, therefore I do but wait until God comes and leads me away from here to heaven.’ And { sooner than I would have thought the third assurance of her heart has been realised. One evening, when I passed the house prepara- tions for some obsequies were being made and I knew at once that the old mother had passed away from her dark hut to brighter habit- ations. I am sure she will have met with a merciful Judge, who will not ask more than the feeble woman was able to give. — Our I Bible-women find the so-called ‘Heart-book ’ (translated and n adapted to India by Dr. H. Gundert) a very useful help to lead S0l their Hindu-sisters to a better knowledge of sin. Some will say a4l on seeng these pictures, on which man’s sins are symbolised 0 by some well-known animals: ‘Oh that is a good picture, these o pictures show the real state of our hearts.’ On the whole Hindu- for women like to see pictures; they understand Bible stories much W better, if an illustration is given, and they have lots of questions to of put as soon as these pictures are shown to them — Why the devil, (| why Judas Iscariot have been created, these are questions which greatly perplex them. Michal and Julia, two of our Bible-women, b often visit also the houses of Moplas and are startled at the curious ideas prevailing among their women. That Christ is in heaven and will come again to judge the quick and the dead, they will not i object to, but they will not admit that He died on the ecross. L is the devil that has been crucified’, they will say; ‘Isa Nabi went to heaven without dying. He was a good man, but you abuse Him by your stories. Mary, too, is in heaven, there she sews and sews day and night in order to make her wedding-dress. But as often as she has done with it and shakes it out in order to fold it np, it tears asunder and she must begin anew. But finally she will - 59 i b great succeed, then Isa Nabi will appear and Mary and Muhammed, who o fo Lot will have risen then from the dead will marry each other.’ People joy that who relish this kind of rubbish will find it naturally difficult to She fol A appreciate the plain and chaste truths of the unadulterated Gospel.” 1 aske 3 At Chombala the very extensive and hopeful work of evan- f them, gelisation is looked after by Mr. Schilling and the Catechists , [ hase of the out-stations. uf all As now and then occurs, death snatched away a man who was continually postponing the decisive step ! A i heart which his conscience had urged him long ago to take. Mr. )repara- Schilling writes: — nce fhot ‘““ Near Muverattu a rich Tiyan was ready to join the Christian 7 habit Church. Once I spoke with him in presence of a large number of 6, ho his caste-people, who on their way to some holy place had gathered —(ur in his house. He himself bore evidence that their exertions were d and in vain and told them about the resolution he had taken. But his The next time he even ) lead sons opposed, and he gave in for the time. | 58 asked me to come again on the following day, as he only wanted olised to settle some affair first. When I came on the next day again he these was afraid of his sons and now asked me to postpone his baptism Hindu- for a fortnight. Of course I did not like to force the matter in any s ek way, but asked the Catechist at Muverattu to look after the man as often as possible. Alas, a few days only after my last call he died s B ) flEVfl: quite of a sudden.” ; “h]eh At Badagara, 7 miles distant from Chombala, we have el bazaar preaching every week. The Moplas there, as an onrions On the exception to the rule, behave very well indeed. ol flfld whole the audience there makes the work a real pleasure to i our KEvangelists. The same people stand there for 2 or 3 hours § i listening patiently to 3 or 4 addresses and afterwards con- j el 3bl]59 versations take place with single individuals or groups of people. The people seem to be in earnest. i ol ““The other day one asked, whether RaAman had not really come But i into the world to destroy the wicked. Another question was, whether indeed there is no difference between the water at ol 8* 60 e Kasi and that of any other river, whether the former would not e Another one said al wash away our sins ¢ What you say about Christ is good and reasonable, but we cannot believe that we are in need of Him ; please tell us shall we really be lost, if we pray to God and serve Him, but are not baptised and remain in our houses ?’ but an Less intelligent are in general the questions of Moplas old Mopla the other day gave a warning to his mocking co-religion- ists by saying *We are not allowed to dishonour Isa Nabi. He is a prophet if we do it, God will punish us. Some are greatly astonished to hear that one can be sure that his sins are foreiven Less agreeable it is, if our hearers call attention to the fact that the life of our Christians in no way agrees with the doctrines we promulgate ‘The only difference between them and us,’ they will say, ‘is that they dress a little better and live on that hill (Chom- [i bala).”— In the house of a Kanishen (astrologer) two women heard I the Word very gladly, afterwards the Kanishen himself appeared I He opposed with great energy, especially the resurrection of Christ fh seemed to be a great obstacle in his way ‘*The body of man il contains the five elements these may separate, but they cannot live again he said That sin rules in the heart that it pollutes the mind, that in order to purify the heart and to make up for what we ] have done amiss, our good works, bathing and pilgrimages will not suffice, that also, not our penitence, but forgiveness of sins alone g will set our hearts at rest, all this he readily agreed to ‘When we had gone he followed us and asked the Catechist whether there D really was no way of salvation in which caste would be tolerated When this was denied ‘he went away sorrowful’ like the rich { young man in the Gospel. — Another one said ¢Oh sir, what you say means that I must become a Christian How can I leave my I\ caste! And to remain in my caste and become a Christian is impos- sible too If something sour is poured into a copper-vessel, poison will be produced ; it is the same with caste and Christianity One should not put the two together!’ This non-Christian seems to think with better logic and with more cousistency about caste and Christianity than some Christians of long standing!” The Bible-women at Chombala devote one day of the 61 e ould mot week to the work at Mahé, the remaining days Chombala ay about Mys. Weismann reports:-— and its surroundings are visited. W ane “A woman in a rather ecritical state of health showed not ¢ prayho only a great thirst for God’s Word, but asked her husband also houses?’ to join the Christian Church along with her.— The Bible-women but a1 met in a certain house an elderly man and intended to pass by, religion but he invited them to remain, a servant was ordered to bring How chairs, and he asked the women to explain to him the substance of and the Lord’s Prayer. ol Christianity, the Ten Commandments forgiven, When they had done he asked them to come again and talk to fact it the women in the house, and he was kind enough to send a little 1ings 1 nephew with them to give them an introduction into the houses they il round about.— In another house the master of the house dealt | (Cho- rather roughly with them at the beginning, then he looked into a New 0 heard Testament, which they had offered for sale and on opening the book Matthew 5 caught his eye. He read it aloud and turning towards ;\peared. f (st the women in the house he said: ¢This is indeed holy teaching and 22 . f man everybody, who obeys such holy words, will be happy not e Our Evangelist Mr. Ashamayan Tumeran at Calicut made fes the a lengthy excursion to the eastern parts of his district last qhat 1 year. N\ qill ot TIn a house the mother was o pleased with what she heard that g alone she offered some money to the Catechists when they were on the Then point of leaving, They met with a very kind reception even p fhee amongst Muhammedans. In the Ernad Taluk a Mopla asked it them to preach to the women in his house, which is something he Fjflh strictly prohibjted in general amongst Muhammedans. af JOU Cat. Israel Chowalur feels very confident as to the Moplas e 10 in this district: — jmpoée “ Although they are very ignorant and fanatical, we hope by poisou means of Malayalam tracts printed in Arabie letters to gain some (ot influence over them. In some respects they are better prepared ol 10 fe il for the Gospel truths than Hindus. Some of them are wretchedly poor. During the great dearth last year it was a pitiful sight to see how these poor people by fasting and prayer endeavoured to move f fe el ny 62 the heart of God so as to send down the longed-for rain. When tell all was in vain women and children ascended a hill and by fasting, prayer and tearful cries they invoked God for help. They had Joi turned their faces towards the burning sun, and in spite of their an terrible thirst they would not touch a drop of water.”—There is fee fear of God amongst these Moplas, and differing from Hindus W( and Muhammedans in general these poor people do not take refuge (! with dull resignation in a fatalistic contemplation of the world’s government, but they look upon all these severe visitations of i God as punishments for their sins. It is only a pity that with them sin means chiefly any neglect with reference to their cere- monial obligations. Mr. Ashamayan reports further of a rather encouraging ] experience :— if ‘“ When travelling in the train I distributed tracts amongst my 3 il fellow-passengers, and whilst speaking with them I observed a o young man, who with a quite uncommon interest followed our oy conversation. When I left the train he asked minutely all about Il On the my whereabouts and promised to call upon me very soon. Ny following day he came to tell me that he had made up his mind to become a Christian. He was a Nayar coming from Badagara. I advised him to pray and think over the matter and for some time 0 I did not hear anything about him. But on one of my last tours he came now and then to my house and had already parted with his ‘kutumi’. of He has now been admitted as a candidate for baptism, and I trust he will turn out a living witness for Christ Jesus.” an a Mr. Bader of Codacal on a preaching tour found the magic g lantern very useful. i\ The evening would generally be utilised in exhibiting it, and from 300 to 400 people used to gather round him for hours. At Chalasheri he met a Mopla who followed the sermons delivered in the bazaar with great at- tention. The man, we are told, is initiated in Arabic litera- ture and reads the Bible. He gave the impression of an earnest seeker after truth. — Sl 63 1, When In a réport on the work of the Bible-women Mrs. Bader y fast g 0! tells of two women, the mother and aunt of a man who had They bad joined us lately; the Bible-women attending to them again 6 of thelr and again have been instrumental in bringing them to the There s feet of Jesus. This was the more to be wondered at as these 1 Hindus women had given great trouble when their relative embraced ke refuge Christianity. o worlds ations of It is remarkable that Myr. Walter also, the itinerating hat wib Missionary at Vaniyankulam, reports about Moplas that they do not show the sinister and morose looks we have been elr ool accustomed to see amongst them. “A Mopla, who had attended our Bazaar preaching, asked me ouragig to come to his house and tell his wife and children also something of the good teaching. Everywhere, in the houses, on the streets and on their fields, we have been surrounded by Moplas—men and st 1f arvel 8 women — who desired knowledge, and they always listened quietly to what we had to tell them, even when we assured them that not jod o0t Muhammed but Jesus Christ was the true Prophet and man’s sole | about the Mediator and Redeemer. ”’ Qn ind £ Amongst Hindus also, under the influence 6f God’s word, pdagath a wonderful change sometimes takes place. Mr. Walter e fimé goes . on:— ous B8 “ A woman at Vaniyankulam, who in the dust-coloured garment it 18 of a.pilgrim had made many a pilgrimage to holy places and shrines Dapnslll« and who never allowed our Bible-women even to come as near as to her veranda, has so totally changed in her behaviour that she now as often as they pass the house, beckons them to come in and agie even invites them to read some passage from the Bible.” fled gt Mrs. Walter’s further remarks on the Bible-women’s work g 10 are indeed very pleasant and encouraging:— naf il ‘“Stdra-women wait for our Bible-women with eagerness and And this Jiten have always some questions on religion ready for them. they do although their husbands tell them: ¢ You are not destined to et acquire knowledge, else yon would have been born in another con- e, 64 e | dition of life’. Chettis, who worship the cruel, blood-thirsty Mari- the 1 amma, are the most obstinate part of the population. But even amongst them our women have succeeded in gaining an entrance. fion They used to visit an old, sick Chetti-woman. She said: I do feel ther el so happy whenever I hear something of Jesus’, and before she died she exhorted her children to hear the word of God. The children 11 have been obedient to their mother’s last will.” 0 01 To preach the Gospel at Kalpathi, the place of a Hindu- enter Naa festival at Palghat is not a very attractive business. A first- {ount rate voice and great equanimity are some of the requisites i 1 for an Evangelist’s preaching to the Pattars there. Even when hinoy running through Kerala in small detachments as traders in Jeen Palghat mats or to get fed as Brahmans, they are disagreeable procl enough, being not only inaccessible to the truth, but on and account of their obscene and rude language wholly un- A manageable. One may imagine what a Missionary and his il Catechists must be prepared for at a place where the Pattars feel at home, where they meet in regiments and where 101 the esprit de corps accamulated by the frantic excitement i prevailing at a Hindu-festival inspire them. Myr. Hole makes j\ the following sad remarks:— 1] To the Pattars the Gospeli s a bitter medicine’, writes a C@te- chist in his report. We occupied a very good elevated place under a large shady tree, and behind us there was a wall to protect us. To one of the Brahmans our place was like a thorn in his eye, and i he always asserted that within Xalpathi we had no right to oceupy ho {0 such a place for our purpose. Althongh he grew more and more » bold and intrusive and placed himself in front of one of our Cate- chists staring at him in the most provoking manner, we did not move. As it was quite impossible to hush up this ¢ Bhuvesh- vara’, who seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit, we simply had to keep quiet. As we could do nothing better, we bore witness by keeping silence and thus we became a spectacle to all the people passing by, but to whom we were unable to preach.” { 6D ) - BT sty Nari “But such is the case only at Kalpathi. On a preaching-tour in Bt even the neighbourhood of Palghat we have met with a very kind recep- entrancg, tion amongst all caste-people. Even in a village of the Brahmans Tdofed there was nothing of the usual mockery and molestation. All the o she diod * men gathered when they saw us coming and we preached on Rom. ) children 1, 18 7. Even women from hidden places near by lent their ears to our words. One of the women without the least shyness even , Hindu entered upon a conversation with us afterwards. Amongst the A fist Nayars also— whose demeanour as a rule, in those parts of the country does not compare favourably with that of the Pattars -— we equisites did not experience much opposition. A local magistrate, who ven il honoured us with his presence, said when we departed: ‘It has aers 10 been a pleasure to me to have made your acquaintance. You are greeable proclaiming the true wisdom; alas, the world is immersed in folly but on and darkness.’”’ lly un and Iis Mr. Hole is of opinion that if we would be satisfied with Paffas swelling the numbers of our Christians, we might get Christ- | where 1ans by hundreds, if not thousands, provided we coald show them a way to earn their livelihood. et Mrs. Hole writes about Tamil-women, who receive instruetion ) ke in reading. One of them did not venture to pronounce the name Ramasvami occurring in the Reader asthis is the name of her § 0 (afe mother’s elder brother! oo il The misery on the charming Nilgiris is not less than in ofet the low country. The people there depend for their liveli- hood partly on agriculture and partly on employment on the o 000 coffee-plantations. In both respects all their expectations d o during the last year were entirely blighted. Mr. Kanoka, o (it the Native Pastor at Kotageri, writes:— we d“]' “If the year 1900 is to be one like the last year, the people s will be utterly undone.” But the effect of this misery on the oy bl people is not different from what we have heard with reference to 1 b the famine in South-Mahratta. The Pastor goes on to say: “On i the whole I do not find that people are more inclined to receive 9 g 66 e 1 thé Gospel, which is the bread of life. Their hearts are full and even overflow with cares and anxieties, and their daily conversation s is about the searcity and their distress, which they asecribe to the allt aggregation of sin in the Kaliyuga.” they he On the other hand Mr. Liitze at Kaity is of opinion that the Badagas, especially the women, are not unsusceptible to (O iy the Gospel. But he thinks that they are in no hurry as to aw accepting it. Questions about the end of the world excited the hearts of these hill-tribes no less than the hearts of those 10 living in other parts of the world. They like to hear about e the Christian hope and the Christian expectation of the ik Lord’s coming. o My. Wieland of Kaity, who devotes the whole of his time o to itinerating work, was allowed to preach with his Catechists fll at a place where a temple-consecration had taken place, and Ong Ohr they even did not object when the Missionary asked permis- sion to offer a prayer on their behalf. There was dead b silence in the audience, when the Catechists besought God to Ul g enlighten their minds, so that they might be brought to We repentance for all their sins, also for those committed that sho day, and that they might be brought to a full knowledge of s Jesus Christ as their Saviour. him Two of Mr. Wieland’s Catechists (Abraham and Paul) are Tl\g new converts from the Badagas. Abraham in the Tuneri L district was severely dealt with by the women there, as they il consider it a heinous crime that he as the only son of his 1y & parents had left them. e had silently to suffer all this as there was no hope of making these furious Badaga-women understand his position. But to reasonable people he was 1 able to give a satisfactory account of his conversion. Last year we gave an account of the consecration of a | Mission chapel at Nellakottu (Wynaad). Myr. Wieland writes on the work there: — 67 el full and “In March I was in the house of a Chetti there. The house versation was full of joy and mirth then, as a family-festival had attracted be to the all the members of the family. In spite of the confusion of the day they gave me a kind hearing. After six months when I drew near jon that the house again, I was struck with the silence and gloom hovering tible to over the place. An old man was sitting there and told me that meanwhile almost all the members of the family had died. The J & ) excltel awful affliction seemed to have benumbed the poor man. He said : of those ‘1 entertain no hope and no wish either for this world or the world to come; whether there is a Shiva or not, whether I shall go to r ahot heaven or to hell, it is all the same to me!’ This was rather a hard of the case, and the words of consolation seemed to have no effect upon the poor down-crushed man. At the same place however I heard to my s time great satisfaction, that the people there had allowed a temple to sohists fall down in consequence of a sermon formerly preached there. — One day a Korumba appeared, expressing his desire to become a e, and Christian. He declared that the people in the village, including ;ermis- y dead his wife and children, were opposed to it, but he had made up his mind to leave them, even should it cost him his life. He wanted (jod t0 me to take him to Kaity and appeared regularly at divine service. gt 1 We were somewhat reluctant to take him with us, for fear that i tht should he become a backslider, all the Korumbas would be against e 0 us and not receive us again in their village. So we prevailed upon him to stay where he was and get instruction from the Catechist. The other day he made his appearance again and told us that he Z’l] ot Tinet could not find rest all the night. Finally we gave in and took him with us to Kaity. But the poor fellow had never left home and did g th(’?f not know how cold it can be at Kaity and how different food and i hlb everything is there from what he was accustomed to. He got s 8 homesick and suffered also physically from palpitation of the heart. oned Perhaps he was also troubled with some superstitious reminiscences o T8 Christmas was near and the Korumbas in vogue amongst his tribe. say that Christians want for the celebration of this day of joy the ]Of b blood of some native. So when the Christmas vacation commenced e we had to send him back with some orphanage-boys from the Wynaad. He was almost too weak to walk, however he is all ()3‘ g i 68 right now, and we rest in the assurance that the Lord will accom- you ;Ia plish the work He has begun in the heart of this Korumba. ”’ aive Mr. Fritz in Coonoor spent most of his time in visiting Sin the plantations and carrying on what is called the «Cooly- fol Mission”. He felt greatly encouraged in this work by the sympathies of some English friends at Coonoor. The following 0 h; is taken from his report:— As soon as we had done saly “I had preached in P. to the coolies. a man approached me and looking at me he said joyfally: ‘Yq‘es, o a the name of Jesus I am bearing in my heart for some years. I love (ugs Him, I pray to Him in secret, because I know that He is the only Saviour who is able to give moksha.’ At some other plantation ‘&pc ath the overseer had a conversation with me and said: ‘Long ago I gave up my belief in idols; in my inmost heart I am a Christian, o and I wish also that my child should get instruction in the Christian a religion. I desire very much to confess Christ by baptism, but up to this my family-connections are too strong hindrances.’ ‘A quite unexpected and most welcome help to our work we received through the kindness of Ars. H. in London; she kindly sent a magic lantern for our work amongst the ecoolies. We are sure that the beautiful pictures together with the preaching of the Gospel and earnest prayer will not fail to make an impression upon the hearts of the coolies.” As to the work of the Bible-women at Kaity Mrs. Liitze M points out some very hopeful cases of women, who seem She \; to have been deeply impressed by the Word of God. writes:—— e 1 “There is a Badaga-woman who praises the Gospel as her il consolation and even goes to other houses to speak about Jesus, but these poor women are afraid that they will be quite forsaken, if they should become Christians. A young woman did not show any interest in the Bible; now, two of her sons have died, and she has begun to doubt the truth of her own religion, and at the same time to pray to Jesus. She said: ‘I shall at some time meet { 2 69 el | accom you in heaven, for I believe in Christ Jesus.” A dying woman said: ‘T am ready for the Lord’s call, I am waiting for Him, who has given me peace. Why does He keep me longer in this world of visting sin?’ About the Word of God she said: ‘It lifted my eyes‘up “Cooly to heaven !777 by the llowing My. Grossmann at Kotageri reports that people are willing to hear, but that there is little in the way of real desire for salvation and peace. ad doe Ta “Will you pay my debts, if I become a Christian? Must I not . Llore do any more work as a cooly, if I join your Church?’ such are the questions, for which we must be prepared. And when they see the il |antafion a poor convert work with honourable sweat on his face, they mock g g0 I at him and ask : * What have you got now by your conversion? Have you got money so as not to be compelled to work? Have you got histian, nisia a pony from your padri, so that you no longer need to walk ?’ bt o otk 8 o ndl 3. The! Native Church. We n(? Ot [he (Cf. Table, pages 6-7.) 3101 UPU“ A. Numerical Increase. As to out-stations, in Coorg 2 out-stations, belonging to 5, L In Mercara, have been founded: Suntikoppa and Chemba. ho el Malabar the twoimportant out-stations Malapuram and Manjeri, e i belonging to Codacal, have been transferred to Calicut, as they are more easily accessible from the latter station. At Palghat | g5 10 as a new out-station appears Mangara, whilst Tolpatti (con- o 189 nected with Chombala) has disappeared, as we came by acci- sk dent to hear that the 8 Christians living there have -joined HOB flh" the congregation of the Church Mission Society at Manantody. al i On the Nilgiris Kodanad, belonging to Kotageri is a new o 49 out-station. po ! i e ALl S 70 The following figures show the baptisms of converts from il heathenism: al Baptisms. Catechumens. 1898. 1'899. 1898. 1899 chdi 0o South-Mah ratta 12 12 10 10 Canara 0! 73 100 215 178 Céorg 10 27 3 d Malabar 371 168 288 199 €] Nilgiris 13 21 13 13 of Total i 479 328 530 403 b Again in Canara and Coorg a very hopeful increase in the Cf number of converts will be noticed. As to Malabar there is § of a falling off of nearly 200 baptisms. 100 out of these have been foretold last year, as the number of catechumens in 1898 b went down from 380 to 288, the other 100 (there were 288 (f be catechumens in 1898 and only 168 baptisms in 1899) can easily be accounted for by the fact that at a few stations of (especially at Codacal) hardly any baptisms took place, not o il because there were no candidates for baptism, but because the Missionaries at these stations were not satisfied at all with the spiritual standard of the Christians admitted to their congregations during the preceding years, and in order to raise the whole status of their congregations they resolved to prolong the time of trial and of instruction for their cate- chumens. The outward difficulties connected with the ad- I mission of larger numbers of catechumens to our churches \\c remained the same as in the last year (¢f. page 59 of last 8 \ year’s Report). The present strength of our congregationsis 14,641 against 14,156 in 1898, hence a total increase of 485 souls. It s sufficiently explained by the baptism of new converts and the large excess of births over deaths. The total increase would have been greater, if there had not been an excess of excom- P 71 i fs fron munications over re-admissions (36) and of depértur‘es over The excess of departures over arrivals must arrivals (55). mens, be due to the fact that a good many people every year leave 1899 our stations and our Mission (in 1897, 76; 1898, 59; 1899, ll 55) and join other Missions .or join perhaps no Christian community at all. People living outside our Mission-field 178 are not counted in our census, as in many cases we do not 3 even know whether they consider themselves to be members of our church or not. Some run away without saying good- 40 bye, and so it is quite impossible to provide them with a certificate of their church status or to care in any way for their o0 ¢ spiritual needs. On the other hand, in spite of the resolutions there 1 o hare of the last Decennial Conference held at Bombay, endorsed by the South-Indian Missionary Conference at Madras of 1900 7 1898 (¢f. its Report, page 73, Resolutions IL. and IIL), there must o 286 be a considerable number of Missionaries who receive _members | | fations of other Missions under discipline ¢ without proper reference to those from whom they come”, as in many cases we know ce, 00 that our people have joined such and such a Mission, but hecals neither they nor their new spiritual guides have ever asked R for certificates. o ther rder 0 B. Conversions from Heathenism. [ed 0 ot If we speak about “conversions” in a general manner as referring to the number of adults (229) and children (99) that he i have been admitted to our church during the last year, we of e’ of st course only mean to say that the grown-up people after careful instruction extending at least over a period of one ear, have been baptised. It has been our impression . that ;JIT&IUJt i 1§ they had begun to realise to some degree the words: « We nd the love, because He first loved us.” Of course the individuality of the Missionary has much to do with the matter, and this W (]llil1 will to some degree influence the character of the whole con- x‘{CO[fl 72 a i it gregation. Opinions differ greatly as to what the spiritual conditions are for admitting a candidate for baptism into the orh church. But even where this question theoretically seems lay e to be settled (¢f. our remarks in last year’s Report, pages 60 0] and 61) the charisma necessary for «“proving the spirits the whether they are of God” is very differently distributed pré amongst God’s servants. the How far the term ‘ conversion” can be applied in its full and legitimate meaning to our new people will be best seen, if we give a description of what, in this respect, has happened of 10f in the different districts of our Mission. In South-Mahratta hy the famine is not restricted to the fields, the spiritual dearth fag is scarcely less than the physical one. There is the great consolation that the Gospel,—as we have shown in our IH [t I second chapter, — has taken hold of the people there and the ¢ hope remains that the soil having been for many years culti- vated so faithfully and the best seed sown in it so plentifully, (am in God’s appointed time there may be an abundant harvest before us, and such of us as have been occupying more fertile they fields will be only too glad if for South-Mahratta also the gy day should be nigh when we shall have to acknowledge that the last have become the first. Meanwhile we may well he encourage our brethren there with the word : * Wherefore, my i beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abound- ing in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” i At Unakallu, an out-station of Hubli, on the 24th of Sep- 10 tember the baptism of Kalappa took place. Mr. Mayer \ gives the following details about this joyful occurrence: — “For 20 or 25 years he was acquainted with the Gospel ; it was his caste that made him tarry till so late, although he always i maintained that he could not die unbaptised. Once baptism had been fixed for the following Sunday, he however wanted ‘to wait 73 spititna] a little longer’. He met with some accident, and now he was ready Info the for baptism. His son for the last time tried to change his mind the day before baptism, and when the father remained firm he threat- y seéms pages 60 ened him by saying: °¢All right, I shall take the necessary steps 0 SJitls to prevent him from leaving his house to-morrow.’ However when the sermon Rom. X, 9. 10 commenced he appeared and in the tributed presence of many non-Christians he was baptised. Kalappa gave L the impression of a very happy Christian.” | 1ts ful Even when the candidates for baptism are 40 or 60 years st seen, of age the question: «« What then shall this child be?” will appent Mahnatti not be out of place, and it is a source of great joy and 1 deart] thankfulness, if after the lapse of months and years a satis- f factory answer to this question can be given. The trouble e g1t v in a great many cases begins after baptism. I or As to K@lappa Myr. Mayer writes at the end of the year:— f“:d th g oull ‘“ Kalappa has given me satisfaction up to this, although I cannot deny that some of his views still need to be christianised.” tifally harvest |7 From Bijapur we hear that a baptism almost took place there. There 1s a melancholic humour about Mr. Metz's g fort ofle i Temmark; - 2150 “Our station would have been almost blessed with a baptism. oo { A man was put to prison on account of a scaffle. When released ) el ore, 1) he came and asked for ba};tism. Mr. Berli, when transferred, took him to Hubli, where he was baptised.” oot i il Nothing very remarkable took placé in Canara last year. At Bockapatna, belonging to Mangalore, on the 15th October 12 men, 12 women and a child were baptised. The first, who 0l g was baptised into the death of Christ may be called a histo- 0 rical figure, Dere more than 25 years ago began his e’ j 1 career in the Mission by turning a wheel in the press, then ; he was promoted to the post of a domestic servant in a gp Mission-house, finally he was in the shop at Mangalore the g bl man for everything, and now for the old man the day of o o 10 N 74 fl R hera decision, the hour of great mercy, has come. Together with ave him his wife, a daughter and 2 grand-daughters were baptised. fo be A sou of his had been baptised years ago and a son-in-law woule had been amongst the candidates for baptism, but when woul paying a visit to his non-Christian relations he died quite moth suddenly in an inexplicable manner. Pastor Obed delivered unch an earnest sermon on John III, 1—12, in which he enlarged sooth My. Schaible, the senior on the necessity of regeneration. folloy Missionary of the station, thinks that most of these people her embraced Christianity chiefly or only for the sake of getting Was | a livelihood. The difficulty rests especially with single longe members of a family, as without a real conversion they will S whiel not really amalgamate with the Christian community. This is the reason that some, who had apparently shown a burning Sfl‘llg desire for baptism, shortly afterwards had to be subjected to and Quay church-discipline. (ron But thanks be to God there are cases, where there can be no doubt, that we have to do with a genuine desire for i1 salvation. Mr. Schaible has made the following interesting communication ; — ) It ““4rase is a youth 20 years of age, a workman at Jeppu. On I account of his relatives at Jeppu he came to Balmatha for instruction. I Having had a good schooling I intended to take first the Bible- stories, to read and to explain them, but to my surprise, he knew them as well as if he had received a Christian education. It was the tn a real pleasure to instruct this clever boy, who was so well versed in the Holy Secriptures. Uiy He seemed to be extremely happy after having come to a definite resolution. However he was not spared a fa a most acute struggle. The father did not care much for the matter, but first came some remoter relations, and after a most & decided refusal on his side to go with them the mother appeared 1 il and with this the real fight commenced. She implored the youth ar to come only once more to her house and to spend a night there. He promised to be always a good and faithful son and to care for -1 Ot ther vifh her and invited her to become a Christian too. He would almost have yielded to the entreaty of his mother, innocent as it seemed baptised 0n--ar to be, but somebody gave him to understand that very likely there ub when would be a snare at the bottom of it, and so he declared that he would not go there before his baptism but gladly receive his jed qui mother at any time at his present lodgings. As a sign of his deliverel unchanged love he let drop some money into her hand, which enlarged soothed her greatly. She was even ready for some time to 16 Senitr follow her son with two daughters, but the relatives prevented e peap her from doing so. On the 1st of October Arase, now Daniel, relatives that he was mo f getiing was baptised at Jeppu to show the h singl longer afraid of them. After many baptisms, where livelihood oyl seems to be the prominent motive, a real conversion of this kind, it}'. This which can take place only, if accompanied ’by an energetic moral struggle, is a double blessing and refreshment.”— Amongst the buraing candidates for baptism at Bockapatna there is also an old pensioned jected fo who had served in the Sudan under General Quarter-master, Gordon. o can bt A number of conversions took place at Udipi: at Ambadi aite for a family with 4 children. Myr. Keppler is of opinion that the torestilg converts were really convinced of the truth of Christianity. It was a peaceful occurrence, which took place without o ramour. Not so the conversion of a young man at Kattupadi. i My. Keppler writes: — he Blb‘ie “The parents and sisters were comparatively manageable, but ; e hnef the worst of all was a Christian apostate, a man born, baptised, Jiwd confirmed and married within the Christian church; he tried his el qored utmost to alienate the people and said again and again: ¢Christi- P I af[ef anity is all lies and frauds.’ Finally, the young man being stead- ot S fast, his own mother and his own brothers carried away whatso- il ever they found in the house, leaving him within the bare walls; p fo r b st not even did they leave him what he wanted for cooking his rice. aPPeMed He appeared brave and patient all through. His wife and child are willing to follow him.” o i Our readers perhaps will remember Shivarama’s case at ) oA br {0 R et 76 a0 ind Basrur, a conversion which caused a quite extraordinary commotion (¢f. last year’s Report, pages 64—65). It was a il hay great risk when Matthaeus Jesupriya, as he is called now, on mising | nfoenti Good Friday last year went back from Mangalore to Basrur. My. Stier writes: — i b 41 Bast ““ Matthaeus asked me to accompany him from Kundapur, where I met him first, to Basrur. Baster-day in the morning we started aper by boat and the nearer we came to Basrur the more Matthaeus and & the two Catechists, who brought him from Mangalore, tried to ot iy persuade me to land somewhere up the river and to enter the town by by-roads. But as the Collector had assured me, he would guard 3 g Matthaeus against any attacks of his enemies, I did not give in to o ofs their plan, and we landed at the usual place. From a great dis- oned f tance people had recognised us and there was a large crowd waiting formed for us. T took the hand of Matthaeus and invited the people, who looked silently at us to greet Shivarama, which some of them did in hopel desi. the most cordial manner. Nobody molested us, and we went i straight on to the chapel, where we, with hearts full of thankful- ness, took part in the Easter-service. oy | In the afternoon a great Wy many people, also relatives, came to the Mission-house to have a look at him. Later on I took him to the house of his T\p% parents, as I had heard that his elder sister longed to see him. Many people awaited him there too. Wh His father received him very fog kindly, and treated him with cocoanut. It was with some difficulty 140 that I got permission to go inside with him to be present at the meeting of sister and brother. What followed there was heart- his % breaking indeed. The sister embraced the brother and said: *Oh Cony brother, how could you do this, you, whom I have brought up and ‘fl&ar loved like a mother! When you went away it was as if you had driven a nail into my eye, how could you forsake me so cruelly? ol i Oh, return! swear by your throat, by your life, that you will come again!’ As she was about to swoon we hastened away and Matthaeus had to experience on this day, that the words: ¢whoso- fi ever loves his father, or mother, or sister more than me is not P he worthy of me’ may break one’s heart, when the day comes where we t have to act up to them.” — ¢« Meanwhile the relations of Matthaeus 77 e raondiny are indefatigable in either describing the pecuniary losses he 1 wagg will have to undergo in consequence of his conversion or in pro- d oov, 1 mising money in case he should return. As his uncle, the most to Bastur, influential man in the place, is still full of burning hatred there is little hope for Matthaeus to succeed by opening a shop of his own at Basrur. Apparently he is growing in spiritual life, Christian pur, vhet we starl experiefice and childlike faith.” thaeus ol At the eleventh hour that old mother, of whom AMy. Schdal ), fried at Cannanore relates, was called by Christ:— r the fom “ At the beginning of the year she came with her daughter and ould guard 3 grandchildren to live with a Christian relative. The latter pray- giveinh ed often with her, and it was remarkable to see how soon it bright- oret O ened the heart of this woman and how her face began to be trans- i maiig formed in reflecting the inward light. After a few months she fell apl, 7O hopelessly sick and peacefully waiting for death she had only one o i desire — to be baptised, to which we gladly consented. After her i enl baptism she looked forward to the Lord’s summouns. ¢ Lord JGS{JS, Hhankful now I am safe; I do not want anything more!’ she used to say, I 4 gfem when refusing food, and soon after she ¢fell asleep’. o o bt ,“Kunyiramau, & native physician with his family is another o of b ripe fruit of last year. He was really anxious about salvation and, o 5p0 I when candidate for baptism, by his unassuming manners, his pro- ] im 781 fessional skill and industry gained the full confidence of the Christ- o A ian community at Cannanore. At Christmas he was baptised with al f gt te his family. Who would have thought that this strong man, only s bt 34 years of age, but a fortnight later on would have finished his gl 0h course ! After a short disease he died trusting with a childlike b ! {Llld heart in what Christ had done for him. As a Christian he had been ol bl only 14 days amongst us, but he was mourned for more than many 0 CIUEH\ an older Christian. i il o About 8 miles to the north of Calicut there is a place Annasheri oy @ from which two of our Assistant Catechists (4déraham and Lazar o Pavamani) came, and last year the family of Lazar’s wife, including e b il her father, was about to come over. However the father seemed fhere to be a rather desperate man. When his daughter followed her i i el n 78 a1 husband some years ago, he seized his throat and in front of the temple of Annasheri he swore that he would never become a Christ- Jears { an On the 19th November the Missionaries went there to settle him an Bibl, the matter then and there, as they were very anxious to keep the people at the place they had been living in hitherto and not to {eath 4 transplant them to Calicut, where Mr. Jaus could not find work for $0 e enfreat them. But the father of Lazar’s wife again disappointed them and Qevote his wife, of course, bad to follow suit, but his son before Hindus, Native Christians, and the Missionaries and in the sight of the abous father declared that he would not any longer serve the idols, but I to the Lord Jesus, whom he had come to know as his Saviour. Also Yission. the sister stood at his side. The son had informed some friend T was that he was going to become a Christian and that his father also 0 hav knoy would follow him. On hearing this the father again grew furious, and in a great rage, a knife in his hand, he entered the house of his [lo¢ son-in-law (Lazar, the Catechist, who lives now at Annasheri), Christ where the new converts stayed and wanted to kill them. The Cate- and chist quietly met him and asked him to wait a little and think about sy, the consequences of what he was going to do. The father besides, g did not know how to attack his tall, strong-built son, and so he made mf ol up his mind to set the house on fire. He did not succeed in this ] either. The Lord preserved those poor people, whose trouble had tha been more than enough; but the mother, being in the hands of | this savage man, was maltreated as a compensation for the alm; frustration of his evil deeds at the Catechist’s house. Still the poor oo woman hopes that the Lord will change the mind of her hushand She y and thus open also a way to her. This is also our hope and Whep prayer.”’ degrm “The head butler of a hotel was also baptised on the LOth tmg of December. He is on good terms with his family, he asks for Mg, no employment in the Mission, and so I am sure that it has been Y the desire for salvation that has led him to join us. He was only hay a boy 10 years of age when he as a servant of the lowest order gy got employment in the hotel. Even then he used to buy books she and tracts from the Catechists and to read them. Bat he himself ful) confesses that in his younger years he lived aceording to the flesh litg e e 79 ] Two ont of £he and indulged in drinking, thus sinking deeper and deeper. ¢ o Christ vears ago he fell sick, and at this time a young man used to visit 16 to seifle him and to tell him about Christ and salvation and gave him a Bible. 0 kegp the Reading ‘the Bible he felt convinced that sickness and nd ot fn death are the fruits of sin and that only Christ could save him. So he cried from the bottom of his heart: *Oh Lord Jesus, [ d work for them oud entreat Thee most earnestly, save me from this sickness and I shall devote my life to Thee!’ He recovered but slowly and then looked 6 Hinds bt of fhe about for that young man, who had been instrumental in bringing idols, b him to Christ. He went with his first spiritual guide to the Mission-house. The butler concludes his biography by saying: ur, Al ‘I was thankful for getting further instruction, and I am so happy me frind ather aly to have received forgiveness of my sins through Jesus Christ; I know I have deserved nothing but wrath and punishment; but rious, atd I do confess 2ll my sins with a contrite heart, I am sure, that use of b Christ has redeemed me through His death, has pardoned my sins nnasher Now and then I feel truly The Caté- and has delivered me from judgment. sorry, I tremble at the very thought of my former sins; but I ok Aotk hope I shall no more grieve my Lord, for I know on returning to ¢ besiles, o b mode my old ways I should be lost’.” My. Walter at Vaniyankulam writes about a conversion oo o 15 that took place on a deathbed in the hospital: — ol b ' “There was a young woman of the Chetti-caste. When we s | for fe admitted her to the hospital she was an earnest devotee of the bloodthirsty Mariyamma, whose name she bore. For a long time | the she remained deaf to the message of salvation in Christ Jesus and I hns‘nafld when suffering pain she invoked the help of her gods. But by hope 84 degrees the cousolations of the Gospel sank into her heart; she came to know Christ and began to take refuge in Him. When the il‘h Mrs. Walter was engaged with other patients first, Mariyamma used )a“r to be afraid that Mrs. Walter might forget her and go away without has 1 having prayed with her. When the dresser had to tell her that s ol death was near, she asked for baptism in order that she might, as ost ol'd6 she said, belong entirely to Jesus. ‘We fulfilled her wish and with uf o full consciousness and an intense desire she underwent the holy : hifllfieul rite. A fortnight later on she fell asleep in Christ.” e g -80 e My. Walter veports on some other woman, who indeed our t must have found the precious pearl, otherwise she would not and T have made such great exertions in order to get possession a1t The story runs thus: — ing as ““ Phoebe, as she is called now, belonged to the Tandan-caste, dif and the house she came from (at Cherubulsheri) used to be our quarters in that district. bax Polyandry is in vogue amongst these people, but Phoebe lived very happily with a single husband. She hin often talked with me about Christianity. As her husband hesitated, she went alone and came to the Mission-house with her 3 children. por Soon her husband appeared to take her and the children back again, but after a heavy struggle Phoebe remained firm. The Vas husband however succeeded in depriving her of a son, 7 years oy old A piece of her heart went with him, but she did not Whe change her mind. For the sake of salvation, Phoebe had to forsake by her husband and a son, and with the hard work of her hands she (f th was compelled to earn daily b?ead for herself and Sumari, her little 1 daughter.” futhey Devapriyan, trained as an Assistant Catechist in 1897 and o b f0 ta} 1898 (¢f. last Report, page 100), was stationed at Palghat to work in the district, from which he had come. What Mr. Hole e 1§ reports about Devapriyan’s family is indeed good news:— Van and “1 went with Devapriyan to the house of his mother (about 2 Qegy miles from here) as I had heard that she, Devapriyan’s younger e ; brother, and a little child wanted to join the Christian church. gla Devapriyan looks upon this as the answer to many prayers on be- da} half of his people. Kunyambu's face was radiant with joy when by he saw us coming. An angel from heaven could not have been 1 received with a more respectful awe than this youth received the of first Missionary in his house. Long before he was baptised he asked to be called Jokhannes. Of course the other relatives werte not at all pleased, and at the beginning he was mocked at, ‘but like B his elder brother he has made it his chief point to save his soul, and so he is not much concerned about what people say regarding the (a step he has taken. He has read much in the Bible, he read also sh et 81 ho indeg] our tracts, and had the further advantage of Devapriyan’s example would nof and experience- There were only two cares which exercised his ossessin mind. Some years ago he had met with an accident whilst plough- ing, and so he cannot walk any distance. Hence he was concerned ndan-Gaste as to how to go to Palghat and how to earn his bread. The first to be ou difficulty was easily overcome by my taking the whole family in my bandy to Palghat. As to the 2nd question, it was settled to send ngst thes and, him to Cannanore to our new Tailory there.” hesitatel Mr. Liitze at Kaity gives an instance of the leavening 3 childr power of the Gospel: — dren bt “In 18927 he writes, “the daughter of a deafand dumb Badaga i, The was baptised. She was then about 19 years of age and the father n, T e drove her away and would no more acknowledge her as his daughter. ‘When people intimated to him that the best thing for him would e did i 1o forsake be to go the same way as his daughter, he indicated by the gesture jands she of throat-cutting, that he would prefer death to becoming a Christ- ian After a lapse of some years gradual approachment between e little father and daughter took place. She was not only allowed to come to his house, formerly so strictly keeping caste, he allowed her 1897 aud to take meals with him, he observed the Christian Sunday, aud finally Palotat he intimated to his kinsmen that he had done with idolatry and MI H‘fz wanted to become a Christian. It was touching to see the devotion W~ and attention with which he followed the divine service and en- deavoured to read the words from one’s lips. The old Zacharias, as he is called now, lost his little house, and the relations seem to be o glad to have got rid of him. He earns his daily bread as a diligent day-labourer. It is a most interesting sight to look at him, when L JO\' el by gestures and signs he exerts himself to convince his non-Christ- ian acquaintances of the perversity of idolatry and the emptiness qpived e of their lives.” 1pused b Here follows something about the conversion of a young s Badaga-woman. My. Liitze writes: — , bl d “On a Sunday morning a young woman with a little child ; SOUL o came from Tuneri. Some years ago, before she was married, anding I she wanted to become a Christian, but she was not allowed to do il 11 82 He SO Soon after the husband and his relatives followed to take shoul her back. Of course we gave her full liberty to do what she liked. (hr Whilst the relations were rather harsh and impetuous, her husband il treated her very kindly. He looked very sad, talked very nicely stat with her and went so far as to ask her what he should do in order {01 to believe in God and become a Christian. The deliberations in went on for hours, and when the relatives saw that with but little and persuasion the man might also be made a Christian, they tore him So away by force, crying at the same time: ‘She has died and youar {0 child is dead too.’ Twice he wanted to come back again, but they took hold of him. Half a year has now passed since that gl and on one occasion he has been here to look after his wife and child. not We need not say that we earnestly hope husband and wife will An be united again. As his relations have not been able to persuade a8 him to marry another woman, there is still cause to hope.” It Of a very unsatisfactory kind of conversion Mr. Kanaka, uefh the Pastor of Kotageri, reports:— for g “One Donga Assa (now Abraham), a priest of the goddess hld; Mahékali had joined us some 5 years ago with his wife and the ¢ children. He was enticed away by some influential Badagas the and relapsed into Hinduism. Now there was a dispute amongst heen whether he could be the Badagas for the last five years, carg re-admitted to caste or not. Donga had to spend much money, Dag but finally the fraction siding with him found that all attempts to admit him into their caste would prove abortive, and so year they themselves advised him to rejoin the Christian community, Sup] which he did with his wife and four children.” oy If a great miracie does not take place, this Abraham will scarcely turn out to be a \Qm N father of such as believe.” \‘\'it' 1 C. Spiritual iife of the Congregations. Ig As to general remarks we may refer to last year’s Report fh (page 73 and 74). Looking at our Mission as a whole we il must be on our guard against taking a too pessimistic view qu of our congregations, which easily might be the cvase if they By s ol 83 e ol fo fake should be judged according to the standard of the ideal b she [iked, Christian life. We must not forget for a moment that there 161 hushand is life from God manifesting itself at every one of our very niel stations. On the other hand it has never been our custom do tn order to indulge in the art of painting in fine colours, to overlook, eliberatins in giving account of our work, the shortcomings of the agents th but Lt oy fore in and the blemishes that disfigure the body of our churches. So we cannot deny that on the whole it is humiliating for us d and you to draw a true picture of the spiritual life of our congre- again, since fhi gations. We feel ourselves compelled to admit that they are not what Mission-congregations ought to be, when the Sixtieth o qad ehild i st 1l Annual Report is written about them. We feel confident in 0 persuade asserting that the spiritual welfare of our Christians is not ) ) lost sight of in our Mission, as far as institutions and the method of spiritual work are concerned. An individual care 1 Tkt for souls is earnestly taken. We are not satisfied with the o goiles holding of divine services, prayer meetings, special services for il il the children, young men’s associations and Sunday Schools, all | Badags the office-bearers of the church — Europeans and Natives — have fo been trained in such a manner as to consider it their duty to ) COllld I care for the spiritual welfare of every single soul. There is the ach 0¥} practice in our Mission of holding a conversation four times a 11 afenp® year in the week before the administration of the Lord’s 0, wl ¥ Supper, with every adult in the congregation. The Mission- commflflm houses are open to all the members of the congregation, and i f i some of them are really besieged from morning to evening Ul ttobe 1 with parishioners who want to see their Pastor. This looks indeed very ideal. But why do the people come? It is always 08 regarded as a remarkable occurrence, if one of them goes to the house of his Pastor with some spiritual desire. Bodily pis B ailments, debt, advances, some work, letters of recommendation, ahole ™ i quarrels,—these are the topics of conversation between the Pastor and his people all the year round. There is scarcely 56 IH i i o e 84 any other Mission Society that takes so much care for the amon outward condition of its adherents. As to those outward 168 conditions themselves we must refer to chapter 5 of this from Report. In -this chapter we have to do with the fact that Ohi in spite of this special care for the temporal and eternal ep interests of our Christians, the spiritual life is not only very e much below the mark, but our people, as a class, do not er even exhibit much in the way of ordinary thankfulness or 100 attachment to their benefactors,—virtues not peculiar to hea 1y Christianity, but belonging to the sphere of natural morality. Our people have got so accustomed to so much assistance in A outward things that they find nothing extraordinary in it, O[H‘ they look upon it as a matter of course and think that it they 0t is the duty of Missionaries to care for the worldly concerns of their Christians. The dangers of such a state of things il are obvious. For such as joined us chiefly for the sake of but a livelihood (consciously or unconsciously) the Missionary the above all, if not alone, will be the foster-father, loved and i honoured as long as he is able to give bread. This must Age lead to a neglect of spiritual affairs, which to some are only 1‘6{)1 It is not so i instrumental in accomplishing their chief aim. much the heart by which a large majority of our people is the connected with the Mission, with its Head and with its office- Pag bearers, but the stomach, and hence sometimes the nasty fing and discouraging features in our work that many of our people as soon as their stomach is disconnected from the t‘\mi ) Mission seem to see no reason why they should honour and M love their Pastor or obey him in spiritual matters. Others 1 who owe everything that they are and that they have to the th Mission bear a grudge towards the Mission in their heart, to o which they give vent secretly or publicly just as their position 00 allow them. One feels tempted now and then to think that by there would perhaps be more loyalty and mo(re_attachment P s 85 re for the amongst the Christians of the Basel Mission, if the Mission- ) Outward aries from the very beginning of the Mission had refrained 5 of ths from interfering so much with the secular affairs of their fact tht Christians. All this of course is accompanied with another d et deplorable feature, characteristic of our churches. They are only very greatly lacking in Missionary spirit and do not exert a s, o beneficial influence upon the non-Christian population sur- ulness rounding them, If a Christian congregation does not value culiar fi heavenly treasures for its own use, we cannot expect that morali. it will exert itself greatly for the promulgation of the Gospel istance I amongst those outside of the Christian church. The nearer ary 1 our Evangelists come to a Mission-station the more unpleasant ol that i their work is wont to be. We do not expect and we should - 0ncelns not be justified in expecting that our churches should be a of things community of spotless saints; there will always be offence, but there ought to be less. One may imagine how under psike of these circumstances we long for an outpouring of God’s issonaty Joved ol spirit on our congregations, on the Missionaries, the Native This Agents and all the members. We were most thankful to 1 report last year on some spiritual awakening, which we do y q16 0] fain hope to have been the first fruits of a harvest indicating iyt the approach of a still gieater and more permanent blessing. ‘f peop1€ 1‘ Passing now through our stations the above remarks will g ot find the necessary illustration. the 111 The want of spiritual life in our congregations is some- ) of o1 times accounted for by the large influx of new Christians - attracted by the Industrial Establishments. But there are 0l il none in South-Mahratta and still life seems ebbing lowest : (fher there. Dharwar (167 against 158 in 1898) also last year had me fO Yh In the Mission- to pass through the horrors of plague. peat, ! compound in one house father and mother died, while their 0 I p()\lt[ two children recovered in the plague-hospital. The Hubli congregation (421 to 355) was very favourably ol s 86 - By thi reported upon by My. Warth. The first visitation of plague at any rate seemed to have roused our Christians from their ek £ spiritual lethargy. My. Berli writes now: — It k. % ““I could not say that the divine scourge of plague did exert a lasting beneficial influence upon our people. They are accustomed it to it now. The weekly prayer-meetings during the plague have ol suc not been better attended than usual, nor the Services on Sunday.” it Mr. Berli complains also greatly on account of the unwillingness ol of the congregation to contribute towards its own expenses, not to it speak of the Mission amongst the non-Christians. He mentions, {le 58 however, a very commendable exception: one Christian, not belong- s ing to the most wealthy members, made a considerable donation towards charitable purposes. 1t is a great pity that a congregation, Baly which evidently the year before had understood God’s language, I Mr. has relapsed so soon again into its old apathy and lethargy. dgnn Warth took no care for his own life during the time of plague, i he was looked upon as a father by the non-Christian population. fam] Just before going to Europe he had to bury his wife and his child dhilg in Indian soil, and the news broke upon him that another child Iaad had died at home. When he went to the station to leave for k) home, apart from the paid earriers, no member of the congregation t\\é appeared to say good-bye. This needs no commentary!— Plague 1 did not make such great havoe as in 1898, Then 50 Christians | were attacked by plague to which 14 sueccumbed, in 1899 only th 15 were attacked, 5 of whom died. 861 Not much better sounds what we hear from Bettigeri (568 to 597). It is a pity that a good many Christians are (o so careless as to the reputation of the Christian community, {hi 3 1 which means carelessness as to the honour of their Lord and Master. { A Bible-woman preferred to lose her employment to withdrawing a ridiculous case from a court of law. The non-Christian judge more than once exhorted both parties to settle the matter amicably and not to throw away so much In vain. The time and money for such a trifling matter. judge had to pass judgment, both were mulcted 4 Annas each. — 87 N 1 of plane By this success the woman of course made herself a laughing- from thep stock to the non-Christians in and out of the court. She has lost her employment, had court-expenses amounting to 6 did exe Rs. 25 or 30, and had for 7 or 8 days to sit in the court and to And still she talks acoustoned wait for the decision of her great case. lague bare of success and feels triumphant. Mrs. Waidelich complains n Sudsy that the Christians at Bettigeri are deeply absorbed in their 1willingoes | earthly and temporal affairs.—In Shagoti, an out-station of mses, 1ot Bettigeri, an old Hindu has for many years regularly attended o TN the services, even during the week he prays to Jesus and 1ot belong: reads the Bible. The attendance at church of another Hindu ble donatin is also very fair. ongregatian, ile Guledgudd station (626 s langugh My, Eisfelder, in charge of t against 654), we are thankful to hear, finds a slight gy, I | (]f p]ague, improvement 1n the out-station Mushtigeri. There 18 | populan'ou. family, which is never absent from the church, and the children are regular in attending school. An old man there i sl ber el leads a life of prayer; when he cannot sleep in the night he On the other hand in o Lot f may be heard offering a short prayer. these out-stations some are suspected of relapsing occasionally 30ngregflfiflfl (| —Plage into sorcery and fortune-telling, if not into real idolatry. O (hristas The out-station Halkurki quarrelled with the Catechist, and 1399 ol these so-called Christians for 6 months did not attend divine service at all in order to show their displeasure with the 1 Bettigerf Catechist and Missionary. As to Guledgudd itself Mr. Fisfelder sfians thinks that the famine has been unfavourable to the develop- ool ment of spiritual life. Care, the absolute want of the Tord l necessaries of life weigh down all other thoughts and feelings. P pplef? The little congregation at Bijapur (50 against 40), still in Ja the stage of amiable childhood, gives satisfaction, but the p&[tt g small congregation at Honavar (70 against 84) in North- 50 o Canara has for some time seemed to be past remedy. Ig Al The congregation at Mangalore in Canara (2744 against 88 el 2653) enjoyed the advantage of a rather enthusiastic religious (19 controversy between the Jesuits and Mr. Bucher. Whatever exhib may be the palpable results of this fight, the minds of our life people were turned to spiritual matters, and their attention (out was called to the foundations of their most holy faith. What osi My. Obed Swmitra, the Pastor of Bockapatna, writes about his and congregation will hold true for the whole of our largest A the congregation in India:— “ At the divine service during the week only the young men kudy attend satisfactorily. Family prayer is condueted in most houses. kud l The young men have a weekly prayer-meeting and different groups th.at of families unite for a weekly prayer-meeting, at which they also have a collection for Mission-work.” plian [ It is very gratifying to hear from Mulki (751 against 738) A that the split in the congregation, which took place 4 years (i ago, 1s almost repaired again. In 1898 the people, who had Tite separated, permitted their wives and children to rejoin and W] now in September one of the headmen repented and returned childr' to his church. On the evening of that day he invited the Were Catechist to his house in order to praise God in prayer. Qur Myr. Ritter is justified in remarking that the angels in heaven for will have rejoiced over this conclusion of peace. Star What we hear about the spiritual life of our Christians at the Udipi (1797 against 1810) is not very different from what we n f heard last year. My. Keppler writes:— “The majority of our Christians are exceedingly indifferent Thy towards things Christian or spiritnal. I am sorry to remark about ¥ U them that they do not love the Word of God and they do not live 1nit. I say so especially with reference to our younger Christians, I born and educated within our congregations. It is discouraging indeed to meet again and again with Christians, who have forgotten all their Bible-stories, their seriptural sentences and hymns once learned at school.” tt Six Christians again relapsed into Hinduism. The three small stations Karkal (110 against 107), Basrur bol. 89 —_— 1o religing (129 against 116), and Kasaragod (171 against 148) do not Whaterer exhibit anything characteristic with reference to the spiritual Inds of o life of our Christians. One of our Christians at Kailkeri Ir attention (out-station of Basrur) takes up a somewhat exceptional aith, What position within our Mission and comes forward with a new s about s and genuine argument in favour of the ‘“kuduma”. His wife, ur larges a good Christian woman, possessing a very fair knowledge of the Bible, wears a ring in her nose and the husband a young med kuduma. When the Missionary exhorts him to cut off his nost houses kuduma he will call upon Samson and say that the whole of erent grous that man’s misfortune was brought about through his com- b they alo pliance on this very point! The two stations in Coorg, Mercara (142 against 131) and st 13 The Anandapur (215 against 202) leave not much to be said. o 4 s Christians at Anandapur were in great distress. Mr. Fischer b o had writes ;— 1D al ‘““Many of our Christians had only one meal a day. Their etumed children had to go to school with an empty stomach and some inrted te were too weak to learn, so that we must feed them first. i prajet Our carpenters, who formerly thought that they could only work in beare! for one Rupee a day, were ready to work for 4 Annas for fear of starvation. I am very glad to say that at this time of privation the thankofferings from the church have been in excess to those it in former years.”’ p Wha Our congregations in Malabar had a quiet time last year. indifie There was no plague, nor epidemics of any other kind. The patk 8 il & prices were high, but not so much as to be called famine- o i it prices. If our brethren in South-Mahratta complain that (e plague and famine had not the desired effect upon the st spiritual life of their congregations, neither can we assert forgoimfl that «the goodness of God” has led the Christians of Malabar e to repentance. But on the whole the sight of our congre- i ndflififl]' gations in Malabar is a more pleasant one than that in some )1 B 12 90 e other parts of our Mission. More life is circulating in these exoitel congregations. It is true on one side that a large admixture people of new Christians, if they are not real converts, may endanger 0t 00 comm a charch and may lower its spiritual standard; but it is Josse equally true that an expansion of the church is also ac- companied with many blessings for the life of our churches. I ack i Something is going on in all these congregations, and this e is a remedy against spiritual stagnation. A day of baptism New is not only a festival for the whole congregation, it is also €0 a day which reminds the church powerfully of its responsi- Mission-church. bility as a It is an object-lesson to the church that the Gospel indeed is ¢the power of God unto 1l salvation to every one that believeth?”. Besides, converts e always give work to the church. In case of genuine con- Ti| versions there is really a new power entering into the tge organism of the church, which by God’s grace may revive fn th Integ and stimulate also the old, worn out and effete members of the church. of 5 It is highly beneficial to a church, if by means of real conversions the difference between a so-called Christian n { born of Christians and a Christian born anew of water and Qist the Spirit can be demonstrated ad oculos. The revival- bla sha meetings of which we were able to inform our readers last 10 year were carried on, where they still exist, more in the way han of ordinary Bible-meetings and an unprejudiced observer is now in a position to say how much in the movement has Sig been of the Spirit and how much the mere outcome of excitement, imitation and the like. b (U The congregation at Cannanore (1123 against 1072) is in b charge of Mr. Schaal, who makes the following remarks: — “As to the education of children I think our people have made i a little progress, but I have observed at the same time that parents It have no authority or power whatever as soon as their children have th left school.” — “The prayer-mectings or revival-meetings were thy going on also last year in Cannanore and Chowa, but there is less 1§ o il B 10 thege excitement and ostentation. One ‘can talk with some of these \dmigture people about spiritual things and experiences of inward life and is endanger not only understood, but one feels on hearing their questions and bt 1t | communications that their belief is now for them a real blessed also ac possession. A reliable token of the sinecerity of their religious life churches I acknowledge in their hunger for the Word of God and for com- munion with Him in prayer. In this respect the people show great and ths energy. I know one, who during last year read the whole of the f baptin New Testament three times, and he did so with a prayerful and it 15 aly contemplative mind.” ES)OLS: One of the advantages of the religious movement in our o fo fhe (rod unto Malabar congregations we see in the fact that our people converts e have become more conscious of the mixed nature of the L ne o visible church. This heterogeneous mass making up a Christian Ul f 4 e congregation, in spite of all preaching, our people have been in the habit of looking upon as a community consisting in its pay 10 el integrity of <brethren and sisters’ all of whom are ¢children bers f e of God’, and it was considered a special beauty, if nothing | means 0 in the way of what they were pleased to call party-spirit ] Ohrst J5tial disturbed this perfect harmony between the white and the i fot ol have black sheep. These meetings, we fervently hope, o 16 il sharpened in our congregations the power of distinguishing B Jos 1 in the church between worldliness or formalism on the one in the hand and taking up one’s cross and following Cbrist in ] ohsele sincerity and trath on the other. ' hn el That there are not only children of God in the Cannanore 0l congregation will be seen from the report of Mr. Tobias, the Pastor of Chowa :— 07 B “The position of many of our Christians towards their Pastor is 10 LS 5 Some of them are greatly wanting in not as it ought to be. fase 04 proper respect and deference to him. With the Pastor, the Cate- It In ot P chists and elders they would like to associate on equal terms. s the education of their children I see some small progress, but there D) gy 10 Sufficient proof for this is found ko is still room for improvement. fjere ! 1o e 92 among the youths of the congregation, most of whom are petulent ik fellows. But half of their guilt must be put down to the account {ne of their parents, as they have neglected to ‘nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord’ and have failed to set bl their children a good example. ”’ pol The Missionary in charge of the Tellicherry-congregation of (607 against 602) reports as follows:— [ea “The Catechist, who was instrumental in stirring up the Canna- q of nore-congregation, did not find so good a hearing at this place. I should have been especially glad, if our Ancharakandy-people had the felt attracted and had been raised to a more Christian-like standard (¢f- last Report, page 85), but the waves of a more active religious i life passed over them leaving little or no effect upon them. The (il waves in any case did not run very high. I am glad to say that (up amongst some of our born Christians a healthy movement was pro- duced. i Our other Catechists and the Pastor joined the meetings, and they were advised to avoid every thing in the way of eccentri- it of cities or improprieties. This they did and it was in a few instances st highly necessary. It was interesting to see how such as desired 101 only some change, some ostentation, and a little opposition to the ordinary way in which things are conducted in our churches, soon I got tired and disappeared. But there remained a few who, evident- (x ly got a blessing, although I am sorry to say, that one of those i became later on a backslider again. Some confessed their sins, a few obtained liberty from their besetting sin and the people attend- i ing these meetings are very regular in going to church. Errors of doctrine have not come to my notice. Apart from the Anchara- Wi kandy-people there are only a few families, who are worrying their 4" f Pastor by continual warfare between husband and wife. The atten- dance at divine service has improved and the people are extremely attentive. ”’ The congregation at Chombala (538 against 540) with the help of kind friends far and near, has been able to effect the necessary repairs to the new church, one wall of which had fallen down during the monsoon in 1898 My. Weismann S ST R, 93 e pefle makes the following remarks about the spiritual aspect of the aceout the congregation : — them i the “ Every Sunday afternoon ‘we have oceasion to see how neces- ailed to e sary are the catechisings of our children; they give us an op- portunity besides of fostering and increasing the weak knowledge ngregatin of_our new Christians, who are so apt to forget what they have learned as eatechumens and who are afterwards unable to follow the Cann a sermon. Long and patient work is necessary until the leaven this plaee of superstition and all heathenish thoughts are really driven out of -people bl their hearts.” ke stand Mr. Jaus in reporting on the congregation at Calicut ve religon (1835 against 1678) expresses his satisfaction with the Bible- them, The and prayer-meectings, started in 1898. He writes: « Under the o oyt superintendence of Mr. Jonas, the Pastor, the study of the h was I Bible has been furthered in a most striking manner. Special o meAtngS stress is laid upon a thorough acquaintance with the Word ofecan of God.” We may add the pastor’s remark on the same o ISt subject: «“In a good many of our people a desire for spiritual h g Qs nourishment manifests itself. Besides the regular family- olfon fo arches, S0 prayers they gather in Bible-meetings and read the Word of God. Even from outside one can see that the people are on ho, il the way to recovery.” ] fhelt Very strange is the story, which Mr. Jonas tells us of a ople ik woman re-admitted to the church. He writes:— o, B8 “ More than 20 years ago one of our Christian women had lived o At with a Muhammedan, who had a small trade in medicines. Three of their children were baptised by a Roman Catholic priest. But g a Thoaft gradually the conscience of the woman awoke and she became aware that her life had been a life of sin. So she asked the Mubhammedan to let her go with the children and return to the Basel Mission, Both of them came to my house and when the ) it B Muhammedan saw that the woman indeed wanted to leave him, ) efet b he said: ‘Well then, I shall become a Christian too; I believe i b that Jesus Christ is mighty enough to save miserable sinners as we Wei,,wmw 94 el b D) are W I know that my co-religionists will try to kill me, but I am ready to endure also this.’ The Presbytery at Calicut resolved {0 00 that until the two were admitted to the church, they must separate. the The Muhammedan went first to Vaniyankulam, thence to Cannanore kind and earned his bread by selling medicines. After having received The the necessary instruction he was baptised at Cannanore under the i name of Joseph. Meanwhile the woman and the children had been are re-admitted to the church at Calicut, and after that the couple were Hin married. The Muhammedans did not trouble the man in the least.” be wall Mr. Bader, in charge of the congregation at Codacal (1321 against 1320), considering the unsatisfactory spiritual condi- oha tion of his congregation, which would not permit an increase gir nog to the number of more nominal Christians, and in the absence fl ~of all possibility of providing for new people as to their secular Yay affairs, not only sent away all new-comers, whose motives g at first sight could be safely pronounced mere worldly ones, plea but also kept back his 51 catechumens for better instruc- 19 tion.—Mr. Bader’s experience with a few of the disciples of a (i1 3 faith-missionary in the neighbourhood have been by no means pleasant. He sums up by saying:— 10 “Everybody will understand that my rejoicing over these so- i ( called ‘regenerates’ has dwindled away. I cannot deny that in my estimation people who perhaps talk least aboat experiences of 0 God’s grace, but in all earnestness try to fulfil the Ten Command- 01 [ ments do represent a higher standard of spiritual life.” In 1894 on the same day and in the same manner the two i congregations at Chittatakkara and at Chalasheri were founded, fi ) the former consisting of former Roman Catholics and the latter of Syrian Christians. Whilst Chittatakkara from the beginning on account of some very obvious reasons (¢f. Report of 1897, page 78), has been a cause of much disappointment, the congregation at Chalasheri has always been a source of joy and corsolation to the Missionaries ad Codacal. A few passages from Mr. Bader’s report will be found interesting:— 95 o but Lan “Thé opposition of the Syrians is in many respects a blessing 0t tesolyed to our people at Chalasheri. How carefully do they secrutinise St Separat, the walk and behaviour of their former co-religionists! It is a ) Cannanons kind of training for our Christians, and they have done very well. g receisl They are regular at divine service, are diligent readers of the y under the Bible, and family-prayer is held in every house. Of course they 1 had b are quite a different set of people from such as directly come from ouple wer Hinduism, and in preaching as well as in pastoral work this must the loast be taken into consideration. As to their moral life and Christian walk they are superior to other congregations and sabmit to the Jacal (L3 ual conde chastisement of the Holy Spirit. As to drinking (some were formerly given to a drinking habit), transgressions of the 7th Commandment, D 10CIeAe breaking of the Lord’s Day, in their case we had nothing to e absence Of course fight against. they have also their weak sides. it secular Munificence is nothing mnatural with them (at the same time s Totives beggarliness is also not known amongst them), but we have been idly oo pleased to see how not only their parsimoniousness and thriftiness ) TG is subjected to the discipline of God’s Spirit, but occasionally they can also give with liberal hands. I brought with me from Germany iples i 110 meals a little bell for their chapel, but told them that the Mission could About 10 or 12 families, with not well provide them with a belfry. the exception of one, not wealthy at all, within a few months p fhese 8 collected about 40 Rupees and a rather massive belfry is undergoing gy it construetion. Oh, how Paulus, the sexton, will welcome the day arientds 0 f on which the work shall be completed and the bell suspended. Cgmfl]flfld' For the present every Sunday morning Paulus must climb up a high mango-tree in front of the chapel, then he pulls up the bell, or the M ties it to a branch of the tree, and, standing on another branch, fuold rings the bell!”’ ol Mr. Kallat, the Pastor of Codacal, describes a little fold fuom of sincere Christians at Codacal, and says with reference / gf. Repofi to theme oiflt'fllt“flff “Looking upon this small band of true disciples of Christ one it feels greatly consoled and with ever new confidence one takes j courage to work on in patience.” ogfing e 96 et We pass over this time Vaniyankulam (166 agaiust 135) and cast a glance at Palghat, the last of our Malabar-stations (448 against 415). «It is never too late to mend”, one must conclude on reading the account of the life and death of Joseph, who died 78 years of age in January last year. A 958 bad life it had indeed been, without a mitigating feature in Jan it A bad man, a bad husband, a bad father, who came home only after all his resources, physical and others, had been exhausted. S His poor, faithful wife received him with a love, which was really touching and nursed him to the last. Sout Now at the eleventh hour «“he came to himself”, repented Coor Mals sincerely of his long wicked life and died in the assurance Nili that the blood of Jesus Christ is powerful enough to purify even a heart and life so hopelessly bad to mortal eyes. The I knowledge of God’s Word and His salvation through Jesus Christ, which he had acquired in the earlier part of his life Al proved to be a great help to him during his last days. So hoys and far Mr. Hole.—Mr. Timothy, the Pastor of Melparambu, assures us that the unruly and riotous spirit prevailing in 1898 amongst Christian workmen at our Tile-Works at Olavakkoda (¢f. last year’s Report page 91) has entirely disappeared and that after the ringleaders had been dis- G missed the work has been going on in harmony and peace. (hy Kaity (374 against 346) and Kotageri (268 against 260), In our two congregations on the Nilgiris with their pastors found par the year 1899 a very trying year. My. Liitze writes :— DA V) “In their distress and perplexity most of our Christians first fhe 4 of all call upon their Missionary instead of seeking God, the helper in all our difficulties. I feel confident in saying that our Christians of are in the habit of offering up prayer, but one and the other in his 4 prayers is wanting in energy and perseverance. " th r Vg ~ i b alnst |3 al-stations 4. Educational Work 0ng (Cf. Table, pages 10 and 11.) 1 death ¢ On the 1st of January 1900 we had 154 schools and b year 9586 pupils against 157 schools and 9015 pupils on the 1st feat January 1899 who can Schools Pupils thers, Lud 1898 1899 1898 1899 S.-Mahratta 22 23 121 1194 m wih 0 the l South-Canara 47 45 2923 3039 2 2 0D repentl Coorg 100 Malabar 46 47 3859 4207 ASSrance Nilgiris 40 37 963 1046 | fo pury oyes, [l 157 154 9015 9586 u(rb Jdbfl‘ The increase in the total number of pupils amounts to 5. Il Of these 9586 pupils there are 3282 Christians (1873 % boys and 1409 girls) and 6304 non-Christians (5602 boys i and 702 girls). b gl ayal]]ffl A. Schools for Christians ‘OILD 1 For our Christian children edu- ¢ i Parochial Day-Schools. heen cation 1s compulsory, this means we insist upon all our | peace Christian children attending school until their confirmation ingt 20 In order to make them value such education we require the parents to pay for it Of course in the case of very poor parents either part or the whole of the fees is defrayed from S/ [ the poor-fund. This is done on application of the parents so s 9 as to train them to a sense of responsibility for the education ho be of their children Our brethren in South-Mahratta experience (st great difficulty in persuading the Christian parents to send el 111h their children to school In Canara and Malabar no difficulty prevails, as far as old Christians and somewhat educated con- verts are concerned, who are rather anxious to get a good 13 S S 98 e LN schooling for their children, but with parents who have only magt recently joined the congregations, coming from the lower leatt strata of Hindu society, we have to fight it out. And it is a most important matter. It may sound paradoxical, but it is gal nevertheless true that the conscientiousness or carelessness lad of Christian parents in this matter is a sure indication of the spiritual life pervading the church. We fully endorse what 0V€l Mr. Bader writes with reference to his congregational school Chr at Codacal : — sent “The eyes of our Christians here have not yet been opened to patt see the importance of their children’s education. Many of the look fully parents look wupon schooling as a necessary evil, a burden laid upon them by the Missionaries — nobody knows wherefore. This is fire the reason that we experience the greatest difficulty in inducing in by In order to succeed we have tried (ame the children to go to school. all the available means, some of them were rather drastic, but we the cannot say that we have reached our aim. ‘We shall however the continue our exertions in the coming year very patiently and most 0 fgl energetically. To yield in this matter is something we cannot think of, for the future of our congregation depends to a large O extent upon the education of our children. We must in the school The low h make up for what in the family has been neglected. spiritual standard of many of our Christians here has some con- | h nection with the low intellectual level on which they stand. In the hey ossified old people we can scarcely mend this, but. the soft hearts of children are receptive and capable of development.”’ £x It is a rule in our Mission that condidates for baptism, who are still young enough to learn to read, should not be ) hg} baptised before they have learned to do so. In congregations Uy 1 where large numbers have been admitted the rule has scarcely Wi been carried out strictly during the last years, and thus 80 Mr. Bader, finding a good many young men and women in his 1 congregation who could not read, has started & night-school W to make up for this deficiency. One of the Christian school- &l G 99 0 haye il masters conducts the business. Five men in the last year ) the loge learned to read, }0 men and 6 women are under instruction. And it iy Miss Helen Krauss at Mangalore is in charge of the congre- al, but i gational Girls’ School there, a very flourishing institution. This carelessnes ation of i lady writes:— ndorse b “On the 15th December, the promotion-examination being over, the school was closed with, what I may eall, a preliminary lonal sl Christmas-celebration. The children recited hymns and secriptural sentences, some related the Christmas-story. All were very happy en gpened partly in looking forward to Christmas and the vacation, partly in [y of looking back on the examination now passed more or less success- fally. Such an examination is for our children always an occasion burden i ore, This for earnest prayer, and many an instance of child-like confidence i indueng in God has come to my notice. Once two boys, nine years of age came to my room to say good-bye. One said: ¢ When I had to do o hare il sic, bup e the English translation in the examination I prayed God to make ol howerer the difficult words easy’— ¢and U, said the other boy, ‘asked God’ to tell me such words as I did not know 2.9 . ly and mod -y 2. Boarding Schools and Orphanages. There are two to o Orphanages in each of our districts and one in Coorg too. n {he bl In South-Mahratta we have a Girls’ Orphanage at Guledgudd. , The I My. Hisfelder is greatly pleased with the school-matron, ¢ gome (0 who, without noise and thunder, has all the children under i b fle her control, and with the girls, whose behaviour he calls soft bt ‘exemplary’. Mr. Eisfelder writes:— “The points of culmination for our children are of course the holidays, which, however this year could not be utilised as usual. 1w Only in having Baster-holidays they could go home and they had gregatiani to pay dearly for this joy even. All of them were first of all treated st with Dr. Haffkin’s serum and in consequence of this they had to suffer pain for some days. Still they went away joyfully and returned not less happily to the nice building of their Orphanage, flen jfl hl‘ with its lovely surroundings, full of berries, a nice place to play hide- ght'“hofi and-seek, not to speak of other attractive things.— The time of our o i 13% 100 P girls is pretty well occupied. Washing, baking, cooking, cleaning, Durin drawing water and gathering fire-wood, -— all these are occupations 80me executed by the children themselves. They also mend their own lay clothes; the corn for their bread and the rice they eat they must had also grind and beat.— Some months ago a German school-girl sent the her allowance for May-day with the direction that a little treat for seri( our children should be given with it. The girl scarcely imagined the how great the pleasure would be for the children in our Orphanage. can Of course not much could be done with the small gift of a child — gall a little rice and peas — but the relish was enhanced infinitely by gy the thought that this treat had been prepared by a child in Europe we and that the girl in Germany had to pinch herself in her food for it.” fai The Boys’ Orphanage for South-Mahratta is at Bettigeri als in charge of Mr. Heinecken. From December 1898 to April her | 1899 the school was closed on account of the plague. lget The @irls’ Orphanage at Mulki belongs to the Canara-district, | and Mr. Ritter, its new manager, reports as follows:— Jears ‘““Some children join the institution in such a condition that the fime Orphanage must be called a place of rescue for them. There, for then instance, is poor Gulabi, who some months ago, after the death of i her father, was sent to us from Malapu in a really wretehed condi- tion. ot | She was only skin and bone; she had lost almost all her | hair from fever and was covered all over with itech. Now she is Yisg one of the happiest children in the school, always with a smile on Othe her face; she has picked up also bodily strength.— Kusa, another thep child, was found by our Christians lying somewhere near the road and brought to the Orphanage. by She had scarcely strength enough ‘[\W to move, worn out as she was. Nobody cared for her. She was ib} the about 14 years of age aud evidently did mnot know what was il meant by love, her face having rather a gloomy expression. By 0] degrees she became more cheerful, though her health is poorly even § now; still she is on the way to recovery.— On the 15th October (Ul Puvamma, 13 years of age, was baptised and is now called Paulina. th A year before she joined us with her mother and two other children. th The mother, a poor widow, lived with her children at Uchila. 1 101 e ng, deaty During the monsoon the poor woman fell ill, and her house being 6 0uouatin somewhat out of the way, she was not properly looked after. One d their gy day a woman from outside informed the Catechist that the widow at they m had died. The Catechist hastened there and was shocked to find 100l-gi] s the mother and one of the children dead and the other child tle treat fy seriously ill. Puvamma was called from the Orphanage to attend ely imagie the burial of her mother and her little sister. The Catechist,— one Orphangg: can understand,— was deeply touched. A member of the congre- f a child- gation said that the prayer offered by the Catechist at the open infinitely grave will dwell in his mind for years to come. But what were d in By we to do with the sick child? To our great joy a childless food et family at Munderu offered to adopt not only the sick child but af Bt also Puvamma. After instruction had been given the sister and 98 1o Ayl her little brother, who feels happy in his new home, were baptised together.”’ U The Boys’ Orphanage at Udipi has been now for about 30 ar&district, ls,_ years under the able management of Mr. Brasche. During this time 711 boys have entered the institution, 103 of whom are on that the Thore fir there at present. My. Brasche writes :— fo Qe o ‘“ What has become of the remaining 608? Of some we do hod ok not know anything, we do not even know whether they are alive ot ll B or dead, and that after they have caused much trouble to the Now shei Missionaries and shame to the cause of the Lord. But there are ) suiles others, who have opened their hearts to God’s merey seeking after i it them. Others went astray, but God has brought them back, often o by bitter sufferings; He, I am sure, will find some of those who g have not yet repented. Many of our former pupils have established B & their own households long ago; a good many work in our establish- gl ® ments, and now send their children to this institution: some in order to give them the same advantages they themselves received, g b i some in order to get rid of caring for them. A large number of 0 our former pupils are now employed as Catechists and Teachers and | pulié there are useful and faithful servants of God amongst them. — On bl the 11th of June Barnabas, the housefather, after a service of more than 40 years, had to be pensioned. Leonhard Suchitta has P e 102 become his successor. We have every reason to be satisfied with 1 e some of our boys; one feels that they are placed under the influence of God’s word.” Amg For the first time the Orphanage at Anandapur in Coorg tell§ appears in our Report. It was opened with 12 children on n f the 5th February with prayer and an address by Mr. Fischer on John A0 12 17 In the middle of the year there were feve already 32 children : 16 Christians 16 boys and 5 girls) and the hou 21 non-Christians (9 boys and 12 girls). Most of these child- ren come from great misery, and it takes with some of them the {ami much time to break them of the habit of earth-eating. The and large fields surrounding the Orphanage afford welcome oppor- tunities for useful work. that Mr. Fischer reports at the end of ant the year: — oot “The number Iof our children rose to 38, two of whom died, bmng leaving 16 boys and 20 girls. We see the good hand of our God mothe in the origin of this school. As Missionaries we could not do ofher, otherwise than endeavour to ameliorate the most pitiful condition in which the children were. It was the famine, which forced us wth to do what their parents or other relations had failed to do. We frar hope that this Orphanage will become a blessing to the congregation and the surrounding non-Christians.” el The @Girls’ Orphanage for Malabar at Chombala cele- | Il brated the jubilee of its Headmaster, Mr. Peter Hermon. 1”7 11&1 Weismann writes:— 1gy “ A festival, in which our girls joined with all their hearts, was e A the day on which their beloved Headmaster completed a service of 25 years as a Schoolmaster. Mr. Weismann opened the festivity with a prayer, and afterwards addressed the Headmaster, the children and the congregation; then the children read an address and handed over a present from the parochial children; songs and recitations concluded the whole. — The school was examined by Miss Arnold, not so severely as formerly, since the school is under the ‘fixed grant system’.” 103 satisfed i The Boys’ Orphanage at Paraperi (Codacal) under Mr. Fckel- the Infoen manw’s management has secured in the person of Cat. Isaac Myr. Fckelmann Amattil a very faithful and able housefather. ur 1o Gong tells the tragi-comical story of Jeremiah, a boy who had been children o1 He writes; - in the Orphanage only for a few hours. M. B Il «The father of Jeremiakh, a Bible-colporteur, died of typhoid- ' there wer fever, leaving behind a widow and 5 children. As an exception to 5 girls) al the rule, there were no debts, on the contrary the father left a bouse of his own, a pair of bullocks and a few things more. Still these chill the mother, being in poor health, could not do much to maintain the ome of theo family. The best legacy, however, left by this father to his family ating. Tl and which at one time or another will prove a blessing to it is this, Lcome appor- that he brought up his children in the fear of the Lord. Well, we f the end o wanted to help the mother, and so we offered to take Jeremialh to our Orphanage. The matter fell heavy upon her, bat after all she Yet the attachement between yhon e brought the boy to the Orphanage. i of ot God mother and son was too great; they could not separate from each other, and both left the sechool together after a few hours.” ld ot @ il condi The Agricultural School, which was formerly connected ih fred with the Orphanage at Paraperi, was at the beginning of 1899 il transferred to Codacal. We bought 46 acres there, 15 acres aongrei Ten lads under the care and guidance of being waste land. the former Headmaster of the Orphanage, work on the fields. gl o In consequence of the dearth last year the first and second I I L0 harvest were a total failure, and thus the first year on this new ground represents a difficult and most disappointing ¢ beatts, ® beginning. o 8 S On the Nilgiris we have a Boys’ Orphanage at Kaity and it a Girls’ Orphanage at Kotageri. Of the latter Myr. Grossmann opefle b reporss;: - o 1ol “ Amongst the 8 girls admitted last year 6 came from outside al ol and after having received the necessary instruction they were qohotl 7 baptised in December last. Mari (now Esther) is a very good i y’ si[lCE t child. When her mother came to see her the other day she P R S 104 appeared to be quite reconciled to the steps the daughter had mimist taken, and when the daughter, accompanied by a Catechist and a than ¢ Bible-woman, returned the visit, all the villagers met to hear the afford preaching of the Catechist and behaved very well indeed. Also Qi Mable (now Rebecca) seems to be very happy. She may be looked wholi upon as a fruit of the Bible-women’s work. She came with her The grandmother and withstood the threatenings and promises of her enur relatives. — In this time of famine and want of employment we Nett are asked on all sides to receive children into our Orphanage, but teact how can we do so when unfortunately at the same time our Mission is so much embarrassed on account of want of funds!” of tl whic 3 Higher Institutions. the ( @) Christian High Schools. About the Christian High | School at Udipi we have nothing to report this year. We are that anxiously looking forward to the time when the first class gl from this school will enter the Theological Seminary at (iove Mangalore. In proportion to the number of efficient pupils up & joining from the Christian High Schools our Theological Hhigt Seminaries and Training Institutions we must consider this kind of schools a success or otherwise. Only if this result 0“( 18 achieved, can these costly High Schools be considered to fo have a right to exist. [9¢ the The Christian High School at Nettur, Tellicherry has not yet reached safe ground. We had to report of many chauges wh last year, but the tale was but half told, and the year under Al review has again not been wanting in change, which in the A % case of a school is neither amusing nor profitable. At the end of last year we had again to part with our Headmaster § (Mr. J. Kurian, s. 1.), and failing up to this to get a Christian Headmaster we have been forced to appoint a Brahman as Headmaster of a Christian High School! We still hope that f God will so influence the hearts of some Christian graduates, that they will count the co-operation in educating Christian f 105 (aughter 1y = ministers and teachers for their own people as more attractive atechist nd; than the high salary which other societies or Government can eb o hear f afford to offer. We are glad to say that the school last year indeed. Ly at examinations, but the did not only decidedly better may be ookl whole tenor and spirit of the school had greatly improved. amg with b The causes for this wholsome change we do not venture to omises of b enumerate, but one cause is very obvious and none living on nployment rphanage, i Nettur-hill could be ignorant of this. God Himself has taught teachers and pupils an earnest lesson by callipng away three 16 our Missin } of the students. In the monsoon typhoid fever broke out, to which two of our boys succumbed; a third one died during the Christmas holidays. ristian High The Students’ Home at Dharwar serves a similar purpose to ar. Wear The students board that of the two Christian High Schools. o first el in this house and get there all lessons not provided for in the ety Government curriculum. For the ordinary lessons, leading piat. pupls up to the Matriculation Examination, they attend the general Theologid High School of our Mission at Dharwar. Mr. Reusch writes:— ansder f “It is a pity that last year also the studies were interrupted his el on account of plague. — Some of the oldest boys are real Christians; onsiderel ¥ to them religion is a matter of heart and life and by their good example they influence the younger ones very favourably. All the students attend bazaar-preaching and are useful by their singing 1y s o which attracts people.” iy Chge 1. b) Training Schools for Christian teachers. At present there ya i are no properly orgahised training schools of the Mission in pich o ! South-Mahratta and Canara. For Malabar there is one at lo, AW Nettur-Tellicherry, and for the Nilgiris one at Kaity. Jeatuis? The Training School at Nettur had been an Upper Secondary 4 (i School for some years, but owing to the dearth of candidates for the upper class it was last year carried on as a Lower Secondary institution. Government prescribes only one year for training. But as in addition to what Government requires 14 g, 106 Ll for the professional examination, the Mission insists on their T examination in Sacred History, Introduction to the Holy haaar ( Scriptures, Christian Doctrines, Church History, Memoriter, preachi atfentiy Method of Bible-lessons, Singing and Violin, we train our What Government and oce students for two years at the least. “01\‘ prescribes as the entrance test (or as general knowledge) for a training candidate is quite insufficient and on the whole their qu Seminar Primary Teachers and Lower Secondary Teachers of the fhe que present day are as teachers inferior to an «Upper Primary candidate” and ¢ Fourth Grade Master” of twenty years ago. some (g To make up for these defects we keep our students for a bill, an Brery longer time at our Normal School. In August Mr. Stone, by the the Inspector of Schools, examined the students and seemed Dehayi to be satisfied with the small institution. aveny ¢) Theological Seminaries. Owing to a new organisation exfen of the Preparatory School at Udipi the Theological Seminary all th for Canara at Mangalore had been closed for the last year. Hont In one or two years we hope to be able to report its reopen- b, Dogy ing. It is in this respect depending on the Christian High School at Udipi. Btk el The Malayalam Theological Seminary at Nettur (Tellicherry) log in the same manner feeds upon the Christian High School at Nettur. One student from the Matriculation class of the Christian High School has been admitted and one candidate finished his course. As mentioned in the last year’s Report 0 Velayudhan Paulus (cf. 1ast Report, pages 66— 68) joined the & \ Seminary to be trained as an Assistant Catechist. We may mention in this connexion, that on the 2nd December last year his father (Nicodemus) was consecrated as an Assistant Catechist and that the same man, who one and half a year ago came to Nettur in order to win his son back to Hindu- ism, now with great zeal and joy travels about to preach the Gospel of Christ. The students of the Seminary as well as P 107 e Insis their Teachers and some Catechists go to the Tellicherry the Hol bazaar or to the fisher-village every Wednesday evening for Memorite preaching. The fishermen are on the whole very quiet and traln our attentive hearers, the Moplas, as usual, are somewhat noisy T0vernmell and occasionally troublesome. wledge) “QOne evening, when they continually interrupted and wanted the whale their questions to be answered we invited them to come to the Seminary (24 miles distant), where we would be prepared to discuss 1s of e the questions, they promised to do so, and to our great surprise t Primayy some days afterwards a deputation of Moplas appeared on Nettur- years agn hill, and a few hours were spent in answering all their questions. ents 10r ¢ Every year a few Hindu festivals in the neighbourhood are attended My, Sty by the Seminary and two preaching tours are made. As to the nd seemed behaviour of our students we have little to complain of and with a very few exceptions, they are diligent. The course of instruction extends over 4 years. The following subjects are taught through gl Seminary all the 4 years: Exegesis of the Old and New Testaments, Homileties, Catechetics, Hinduism, Mohammedanism, Greek, Sans- Lash your krit, Malayalam, English and Music. Besides this in the first year: its re0pel Dogmaties and Introduction to the Old Testament; second year: stian il Ethics and Introduction to the New Testament; third year: Practi- cal Theology and Church History, and in the fourth year: Apo- ellichent] logetics and Symbolics.” 1gh SCW[ B. Schools for Non-Christians. ass o L Candldfi“ Village Schools. We have enlarged in the last year’s Re- port on the importance of these little schools for the work of r's Rept evangelisation. If only in the place of our many non-Christ- Jomed i ian schoolmasters sincere Christians could be employed in all e m these schools, we dare say their evangelising power would il ber I soon become manifest. What Mr. Kanaka writes with refer- Agsisa Jf ) efh ence to the schools on the Nilgiris will be likely to hold true also elsewhere: — o Hll]du «The impression made by the Word of God in the tender In proof of this 2N hearts of the pupils, cannot be easily erased. § ol 14% 108 - I could point out many a youth, who has lost his faith in his idol- sifty, gods and his regard for caste. Whilst I was quite surprised to notice that some Brahman youths, who were educated in a Mission School humble 1§ Somef and whom I came across, had no regard whatever for their twice- born caste and freely associated with Christians. ey tak Was this merely due to western civilisation ?”’ 2 To enter into details under this head is out of question. aceoun To show how these schools are sometimes almost forced ap- permis on us we insert a communication from Mr. Walter at Febru Vaniyankulam (Malabar): — order “ There is a flourishing Lower Secondary School at Vaniyankulam (150 pupils), and now we have just accepted another school at closedv i | J Ottapalam, 5 miles from here. It was a Local Fund school, but on lessor account of want of funds the school was abolished. The leading W people of the place asked us to take up the school again, and with 1 fi‘xd‘ the consent of our Committee we have done so, and that the more 1f ¢ readily, as Government most kindly lent us the building of the old e Munsit’s Court there. Some repairs are of course necessary, but the fhey people at the spot have promised to come to our assistance in this fea matter. Of course they must be diligently reminded of their he generous promise, for our good Malayalis are very free and liberal | as to their promises, but somewhat weak and hesitating as to the fr fulfilment of them.” ? Friends of Mission-work sometimes find fault with these (s schools, because they do not yield much fruit in the way of conversions to Christianity. Mr. Wieland writes with refer- ence to this:— - Iy “It seems to be strange that in connection with our schools 0 )\ no conversions have taken place during recent years. But we \ need not be discouraged, the less so as some youths have passed through very severe struggles, they have been on the point of decision, and some power has kept them back again. I know of a boy, who asked his master to pray for him, feeling his strength failing him to take the last decisive step. He was already contemplating how he might keep his books and other things in 109 e i hiy i safety, and yet, when the struggle commenced, he shrank back. ed o wfy Whilst feeling pity with suech, perhaps weak natures, it is our ssion Seho humble opinion that a step like that of conversion to Christianity their tyige is something so great that people had better consider well before they take this step.” this merely 2. High Schools. The High School at Dharwar, which on f queston account of plague had to be closed in October 1898, with forced 1p permission of the Collector, was re-opened on the Ist of Walter o February, but alas, in July plague appeared again and by order of the Collector in September the school had to be niyankln closed a second time, and was shut up for three months. v shool My. Reusch makes the following remarks about the Bible- bool, but on lessons in his school:— e leading «Just as in the bazaar-preaching, so also in the Bible-lessons n, and i There was I did not meet with so much opposition as formerly. af the more not so much trouble in making the boys commit something to of the memory or relate a Bible-story. Even in the higher classes 1y, Uit fle they will tell the story fluently. Besides they seem to follow the qnoe in tS teaching with interest and perhaps by unconsciously nodding the 4 of fher Such of my head they even occasionally indicate their approval. aod lberd boys as were present at the bazaar-preaching not only refrained One of the former 88 fo {te from doing mischief, but even kept others quiet. Hindu students who is now a Christian and a Catechist, the other gith b e day before a large multitude bore witness of his belief in Christ.” he A \Of Our communications about the High School at Mangalore pith 1€t ) 18 have caused a sensation in some quarters, for which we feel sorry, although we could not help it. Our report is written )uf 3(’]]001 not for the public in general, but for the friends of Mission- But 1 work. We give the continuation of the story about the sacred thread. Myr. Bucher writes:; — a7 paSSe } ) pOlfl[ i “The youth after having handed over the thread asked for a He cooked for himself for some rnom i " little room to stay and to sleep in. s et time, read the Bible in the morning and evening, prayed to Jesus g fllffifld.Y After a few months Devapachari brought a like-minded friend, and fing e 110 the two youths lived peacefully together. Meanwhile the English TLies Report appeared, there was much talk and abuse about the matter, Iy VeI and the two youths began to waver a little. uO Then there appeared some articles in the West Coast Spectator with their misapplied these ¢ eriticism on irreverence ete. Upon that a relative in high position Vadnas sent threatening letters, and Devapachari came to me and com- Tranin plained of his difficult position. Not feeling strong enough to embrace Christianity, he sent his things to his relatives and left. The other one remained, being sorry on aceount of his friend’s departure. | The school-inspection and the elosing of the school came on, and on the last school-day the young man ecame and with a heart full of give, of oy grief informed me that a short time before Devapachari had breathed his last. He died of .typhoid fever.” 3thon The English and Canarese lectures in the High School were well attended also in 1899. ile A Muhammedan missionary the o Musa, Saheb, with a perseverance worthy of imitation, was 10 88 present at all lectures, English and Canarese. Not knowing homg English he got his refutation of our lectures translated into {he His chief English and distributed amongst the public. 0N argument is this, that Christians explain the Scriptures 10 wrongly. Another faithful hearer of our lectures was M. B K. Shantappa, a pensioned Inspector of Schools. He belonged to the Brahma Samaj, but there has always been a strong desire in him for Christian truths. He died the other day, and we shall miss him very much. Sa Y0 My. Uber, the Manager of the High School at Tellicherry, A remarks on the Bible-lessons in his schoo] : — A “ Amongst my pupils there are some who in the Bible-lessons are perfectly unmoved. There are others, who hear with an undi- vided heart. | Their eyes brighten up when Jesus in His divine love is painted before their eyes. One cannot help hoping that some of these boys will in course of time decide for Christ.” The High School at Calicut is doing very well indeed. It is by far our biggest High School, and what Mr. Knobloch 311 ) the By writes about the results at University and other Examinations 0t he mafly is very creditable to the school indeed :— 816 aper ¢« Of 23 pupils sent up for Matriculation 12 passed’ and one of ir misgp these twelve was the second in Malabar and the fourth in ‘the high posa Madras Presidency. 17 boys were sent for the Lower Secondary e and e Examination, 10 of whom passed.” g onough b and Jeft, T 3. Hindu Girls’ Schools. s deparue We have not many schools of this kind, but all of them 6 01, a1d give us great satisfaction indeed. Miss Kaundinya, in charge heart full of our Brahman @irls’ School at Mangalore, writes: — pachiri bl “] have made the experience that the girls who joined our school feel attached to it and leave it only under compulsion. Not igh b all rejoice when the holidays commence. The big ones will enjoy mISSIOnay the change for a few weeks, the little ones, who will only be allowed afion, TS to see some relatives in the neighbourhood or spend their days at o knoving home monotonously and not interesting at all, count the days until slated mf the school will re-open again, and, I am told, that towards the His ¢k bcif’ conclusion of the vacation they can be seen daily near the school ) to see whether it is not yet opened. The children understand our Serite s Bible-stories not only with a quickness quite astonishing, they ¢ bl also begin at once to apply them to one another. ‘So you thought the Missi-amma did not see you, but it is all the same: God W) Stmfl has seen you’ says the one to the other: ¢‘You do exactly the other B v f same as Adam and Eve, one putting the blame on the other; do that the Missi-amma told us that this is you not remember an ugly habit ? we should never do that, but at once frankly el admit our mistakes.’ It may even happen that one confides to a friend: pledesst “I pray every day to the one God and to His Son, who qo ul loves us and forgives our sins.” — Often omne feels inclined to ask oneself: ¢ Will the work done amongst these girls bear any fruit in Tis di g f later life, or will the thorns choke everything ® Happily the Bible- »plfl ) women take up the work where we leave it. I know how kindly they are received in houses, where former pupils of our school are el I living.” il / 112 i Sh f9 the In Mys. Frohmwmeyer's report on the work of the Bible- women at Tellicherry there is the following remark with refer- 0 f0 ence to the Brahman @irls’ School there: — i 0] (st “ What a good influence our Brahman Girls’ School exerts on that part of Tellicherry ecalled Wadikkal, may be seen from the may | following occurrence. Our Bible-women Julia and Michal came to safe the house of one of the boys, who attend that girls’ school. The Al | father entered into a discussion with the Bible-women. As soon withe as the boy, who is about 8 years of age, heard his father speak suby somewhat disparagingly about Christianity, he placed himself Nati before him and said in a protecting manner: ¢Oh, father, you must not speak so, what these people teach us is true and all the stru stories, which we hear at school, are thoroughly true.” And be § i then he began to tell one of the stories of the Old Testament till the father appeasingly said: ¢Yes, it is true, times have changed i with us. Since our children attend this school we are net what lien we have been. In the evening these children sit down, learn their Ve ¢ Scripture-sentences and Bible-stories and expound them to us 118 fivg) grown-up peoplg. ady e 5. Industrial Mission, or al the outward condition of our Christians. 0] 1. In South-Mahratta in ordinary times the Christians as 1l to their secular affairs seem to be not so dependant on the m Mission as those in other parts of our field, The Native in- W dustry there until lately was not in such a hopeless condition. In South-Mahratta the weaving trade in the native fashion 10 \) was at home, and even converts, cast off by their families, f provided the Mission gave them a lift at the beginning, were able to live independently of the Mission. Of course in the last two years in consequence of plague and famine the misery has been great. They had to be helped from the relief-fund of the Mission in so much that the Mission bought their articles, which they could not get rid of, owing kit 113 the B to the plague regulations and the famine. How far this will C with pel 20 to relieve the people we cannot yet say. But quite apart from famine and plague, which we hope, will soon leave the 0l exerts g district, the Christians in South-Mahratta must be shown a seen from way to a more prosperous condition. We do not think i.t, ichal came safe and wise to extend our Industrial Mission farther, at school, T any rate not in a distriet which has done more than 60 years 0. AS without it. A more rational way would be some kind of father syt subvention of the Native industries. But alas, even the aced hinsl Native industries in many branches (for instance in weaving) father, struggle for existence aund are dying out gradually. As will ¢ and all i e ol be seen from our statistics, an exodus from all our stations stament in South-Mahratta took place to Hubli, this means to the spinning mill there. Soif there should be no Mission establish- ave change ro 1ot what ment in South-Mahratta, it is quite possible that the thing oo fhe we should like to avoid (namely the dependence of our Christ- thom o 18 ians on some establishment) will still come in without the advantages accompanying a Mission Hstablishment. What makes the solution of the social question so very difficult in all our districts is not only the extraordinary circumstances jstials out here in India, but also some unfavourable features in the nature of our Christians. There is the superstition with rigtians & which many enter the Mission and to which they cling with ant ot a perseverence and obstinacy in other respects not natural Nutvel with them, namely that the Mission is in duty bound eéither to feed them entirely or to give them some work which ought e i to be easy and becoming to the exalted position of a Christ- : s { ian, and at the same time pay well. There is secondly an flinga el To live from hand to mouth would fi utter want of thriftiness. 56 0 i not be so bad in itself, but it leads to debts, and most of our gmifle people live, as if though they would not feel comfortable frop i without debts. The third great defect is that our people st lack all energy and ability to adapt themselves to new or i o o, wl 14 Bl o changed environments. Of course this is chiefly due to heredi- valeno One is in wis tary habits, to the custom of professional caste. really at the end of one’s wits, when a candidate for baptism I perhaps 30 or 40 years old, calmly declares either that ment he never has been in the habit of doing work all his life Mi’. long or that he has only done such work as is quite step Mr. Berl: inconsistent with the calling of a Christian. writes what all of us, and those before us have uttered again Tema and again :— tobac his f ““ We should finally suceceed in persuading our people to part prope with the caste-spirit prevailing in the selection of one’s profession and to adapt themselves to the spirit of this age in looking out for of i other well-paying professions. Washermen and tailors always find 1500 work and good pay, and a good shoemaker at each station would be sure of his daily bread.” a8 g As mentioned above, the congregation at Hubli enjoys the dO (ht most favourable position owing to its manufactory. The Pastor al ¢x Salomon Devada writes: — H] of Ch “ As to their trade or profession, some are conscientious, others are not. With the exception of sluggards, time-killers, weak people ang { and weavers (Sic/) all earn their daily bread.” their 10 | The ingenuity of Mr. Metz at Bijapur is worthy of imi- land tation. Even the plague he managed to turn into a means 18 of giving work and bread to his few Christians. He reports nan on his invention as follows: — Ko “To give work to the few people who were not already em- Wi ployed by the Mission, I began to fabricate rat-traps. They are ikn i made of wire and arranged in such a manner that a whole number 0 il of rats or mice may be caught at once. When 1 gave them a trial in two of them the very first night I got 9 rats in each. of 0l course I can carry on this industry only as long as there are t} customers.”’ Considering the .multitudes of rats in India this new branch of Mission-industry ought to prosper, but the demand for mouse-traps, we are sorry to say, will depend so much on the pre- 4 115 R 116 £0 hepe valence of plague, that philanthropists must feel strong hesitation e, (ne in wishing Mr. Metz God-speed with his industry. for hagin In Canara the small stations that have no Mission-establish- either fhy ments experience great difficulty. We must call what all s It Mr. Ritter writes about the Catechist at Uchila (Mulki) a a8 15 quls step in the right direction:— Ui, Bl “For the outward conditions of our Christians it seems to me remarkable that the Catechist has introduced the cultivation of tored agi tobacco, which he had an opportunity of studying at Ravaneshvara, aple {0 pir his former station. The sandy soil at Uchila seems to be the If carefully doue, it will pay well, and in course ds pofsin proper thing for it. of time may be a substantial help to our Christians at Uchila.” oking B s alwags How difficult sometimes the position of our new Christians station ol is only those know who have to deal with the matter. They are advised sometimes simply to remain where they are and do the work, which they have done before. That would be ey an excellent plan, if possible. My. Fischer at Karkal writes:— The Paste ‘““ Non-Christian landlords lay all kinds of hindrances on the way of Christian tenants. The Christian family at Nandolige fell sick tious, e and they could not look after their fields. All their neighbours, ek pegh their own brother included, refused to help them, they even wouald The not feed the cattle, although the straw was laid ready there. landlord had strictly prohibited all the labourers' about from thy o fo D4 rendering any assistance to the Christians, The fever-stricken He rep@flf man asked again and again that somebody should be sent from Karkal to plough the fields, for the compound-rent must be paid whether the fields were cultivated or not. Notice has besides been already & given the family to quit the place next year. — To place the people | They "k on a solid foundation, improvements in the way of wells would be e 1l necessary. — To the Missionary at such a place for the present no e thewi other way is left than to send inquirers to Mangalore or Malpe with ) 6ol p U the hope that they will find employment in th .e Mission Establish- g there ¥ ments there.” 1 14 hb Passing over to Malabar there is only one station in this demafld ‘ district without a Mission Indastry. Beginning in the north, i ihe pf ' 15* _116 S A send Cannanore has a big Weaving Establishment with branches at Tellicherry and Chombala. Calicut has an equally large 3 18 Weaving Establishmeut and Tile-Works at Putiarakkal; to Codacal has a branch of the Weaving Establishment at Calicut, Wou and Tile—Works, and Palghat possesses the Tile-Works at Olavakkoda. arti Osne would expect that with such an amount oy of assistance for the Christians of Malabar they would be in tha a flourishing condition. Of course the Tile-Works give em- ployment chiefly to coolies, and the wages are those of coolies. 0 They admit almost everybody, and this is the great advantage n of these works, but struggling against a keen competition len from all sides, the Managers can scarcely give more than what is necessary for keeping together soul and body. The sl weavers are very well paid. They had to suffer a little last L year; as the Establishment was overstocked, a reduction of il working hours became necessary, however they could bear it theg very easily. We have referred in a previous chapter to the CYe1 proletarian spirit manifesting itself in connection with our are 0 Establishments, but also the temporal affairs of our people are not in as healthy a condition as we have every right to expect them to be. There are a few well-to-do people here t and there, but as exceptions they only confirm our opinion that the fault lies chiefly with the people themselves. A good As many of them are not so comfortable as they might be. fr to new-comers our Establishments being full in most places, our brethren are very much in the same position, as if there i were none, and they seek for help in some other direction. Only the station at Calicut has been so extremely happy al as to secure for all the 60 new Christiaus with the exception 0 of one, a livelihood in its Establishments. As to agriculture on a larger scale, our endeavours up to this have not met with 1 any success. Myr. Walter at Vaniyankulam, who has no establishment at his station and has often been compelled to |58 e b Drandle send his converts to Palghat or Calicut, made a trial with qually Lo a native industry Fle writes :— Putiankk « At the beginning of the year some of our Christians began a manufacture that Cali to weave the light clothes worn by Natives would not pay in our Hstablishments The looms and the whole Je-Works arrangement, of course, are very primitive But considering the | Al -amo poverty of the people and our own helplessness we should feel very mould b thankful, if the undertaking proves to be successful.” ks give e My. Timothy, the Pastor at Melparambu (Palghat) men- e of o tions a new way by which some people, who cannot be employed ot advan in the Tile-Works, try to get on; he considers it also an excel- I Compeil lent way to prove the sincerity of inquirers: — o mote fh «“We send the people into the woods to gather firewood and ] body. T sell it It is hard work, but some of our Christians do it now o itle I call it hard work first on account of the excessive heat the people eduction ¢ must expose themselves to and secondly because the wood is very ould bear cheap and the people owing to the great fatigue are able to go only japte b every second day In the rainy season the prices for firewood o il are higher, but owing to the swollen rivers they are scarcely able to reach the forest.” f our Pl A trial with coir-matting at Calicut turned out to be a (&} i failure, but 25 women found a refuge in the Tile-Works at ) | eople i Putiarakkal our 0P 2 In conclusion we should like to offer a few extracts [\'Gb j‘{ffl from the reports of our Industrial Missionaries Uaht be l ot My. Stierlen, Manager of the Weaving Estabhshment at Mangalore, reports: — y isi (et ‘“There have been many cares and disappointments, but after 4] all we have all reason to praise our merciful Father in heaven :\me]\ hlp{ Our position was extremely difficult: on the one hand our magazines he e were overstocked, on the other hand our Christians were anxious }; 1 ) aO‘IICll to get work The couatry is flooded with cheap English weaving pot e We which is not so strong as ours, bat looks pretty and is cheap ho B had to reduce our prices, but of course ot so far as to beat our )t I s 118_ in thi competitors. In these circumstances our weavers hére and at In Hindu Mulki bave sometimes had to wait some days for a new warp. order to clear out our store-houses we reduced the working-hours fo me of our weavers. On the 24th and 25th July a selling off with a (hris reduction of 25 to 30 per cent took place, and, in a rather unwel- alwa heen come manner, our stock was reduced by thieves on the night of the 22nd May. After they had cleared out, the police, for the sake fivel of their investigations, closed the Establishment for a week and a a (1 half. Times have changed. Some 50 years ago nobody dreamt of Bstal robbery in a Mission-house, but since Hindu-temples are not safe, congt we mast be prepared for this t0o.” will | for so But these thieves come not only from outside. M- i Schonthal, in charge of the Weaving Establishment at Cannanore, Caliey writeg: - sared “'What pains me often is the insincerity of our young and — wort I am sorry to say — sometimes also of our older people. If one Sick. forgets to take his knife with him, or even a Mundu — it evaporates, Aftey and nobody has seen it.””—* In order to show how far some of our people have reached a state of comparative self-dependence I add Bs a statement, showing the number of people who have got houses of As their own. The advance has been made from their savings-banks. ol It is scarcely necessary to describe how much exertion was neces- sary to make them persevere in their good resolutions. In 00! Cannanore 35 weavers are living in houses of their owny in Chowa Co 31, in Tellicherry 21, and in Chombala 15. Amongst these 102 M the whole amount advanced has been paid by 69; one-half of it 10 by 10, one-third by 8, and one-fourth by 15. Last year one of July our weavers with money saved by himself bought a house and Ch compound for Rs. 400 and has besides a deposit of Rs. 454 with us.” SR, SN by My. Kiihner at Calicut, with reference to the present crisis, makes the following remarks: — of ¢“ Admissions to our Establishments on a larger scale are at present impossible, and I think, this interruption should be utilised % to transform the converts of the last years who have been baptised by hundreds into real Christians, so that they may shine as lights = S 1 19'__ here and in this world. In the last months when I heard and saw that W vap. b Hindus, who come to join us had to be sent away, it was a consolation orking-lous to me to observe that for such, as really were in earnest to embrace o off i g Christianity under the influence of spiritual motives, an opening has ather uael always been found. If such as, on accoant of misbehaviour, have the night been excluded from their caste, or such, as for the sake of gaining a for the s livelihood make up their mind to exchange their Hindu-name for week ands a Christian one in this time of depression, find no place in our dy dreant i Establishments, I feel assured that it will be only a blessing to the I am of opinion that it are ot s congregation, should they be sent away. will be a gain to our congregation, if such elements are kept out for some time.” itside. M Myr. Buesch, Manager of the Weaving Establishment . at £ Canmanorg Calicut also reports on a diligent weaver, who within 10 years saved Rs. 100, and has now purchased a house and compound 0ung and- worth Rs. 350, the rest has been advanced to him from the ol If one Sick-Fund, and he agreed to a monthly re-payment of Rs. 4 raprales After he had done so for a few months he asked us to deduct soue of 0 Rs. 5, and lately he has begun to pay even Rs. 6 per month. e Lol As to business-matters Mr. Buesch experiences the same diffi- of bt i rags gk culties as Mr. Stierlen at Mangalore. To the Tile-Works at Calicut and Palghat we have alluded | | occasionally. Myr. Boas, in charge of the Tile-Works at gHions: I Codacal, had in 1898 to pass through the same trial as the 1 Chow f thest i Manager at Palghat. The firemen struck and Mr. Boas had to secure himself against such events by a new staff of fire- ol i men.—That God’s Spirit works in the heart of some of our house Ml ) Christian workmen may be seen from an experience related il by Mr. Boas: — “I had an opportunity to overhear a conversation between two sl il of my Christian workmen. The one, a youth of about 19 years of age, reproved a married man, because he had made certain state- glo 8 ments with reference to him. To this the elder one replied: ‘How e milissf‘ can you expect me to say what is not true? If you do mot behave 3 bl 77 properly, of course, I will tell the trath to Mfr. Boas.’ [ 45 llgb;‘ s N 120 her e 6. Medical Mission. o all begys Dr. Stokes bas circulated his report on the Medical Mis- woul i sion amongst his many friends. We give below some egtracts from this very interesting report: — 1ans “Although we are thankful to say that no epidemic has broken tho out during the past year, still we have to record an increase in the atten number of patients, especially among the poorer classes, enabling are] however the Medical Mission to fulfil its calling in proclaiming the wher ‘Good Tidings’ to large numbers. l ‘““ Among our patients here in Calicut we find many, who in times dun of sickness and trouble do not resort to their idols; if they do begin, hut b it is soon given up as useless and they come to be treated in the hospital. Numbers come with charms tied on the diseased patts, siffr and when asked whether they felt no relief when' these were onde attached, they smile, clearly showing how greatly their belief in she h becon superstition has suffered. May God in His merey soon open the; eyes of all such, who are groping in darkness. heary “One difficulty we have always experienced is in obtaining suffe Men who she qualified Hospital Assistants with Christian principles. are not only of this part of India, but who are also trustworthy tha and efficient. But now our Home Board has sanctioned the proposal b to send two students through the Medical College in Madras; so we by trust a hindrance up to the present will be overcome. “ We expect a well qualified lady nurse from Germany shortly, 0o Miss Fritz, who will be a great help in the hospital, though she 1y will specially take up work among women. il “ Looking over the statistics of patients treated last year, there 4 is an increase of tuberculosis and leprosy. 1l “Calicut Hospital. The work here in the Calicut Hospital is progressing very favourably, the majority of the patients being very poor. Among these there were an unusual number of phthisical patients. In one Christian family three deaths ocecurred during the past year of rapid consumption. One of these, Wilhelmina by name, was an in-patient for several months, but while laid aside 121 her patient suffering and simple faith was an example and blessing Unlike many others, she even to all she came in contact with. Medica I begged to be admitted, making this one of her reasons that she would hear God’s Word and attend the daily prayers. S0Me exirh «One cannot help noticing how sadly indifferent the non-Christ- To many not even the ians behave when they are about to die. 10 has bk thought of passing into a complete unknown state will rouse their nerease Intl attention and direct their thoughts to the future. The relatives 568, ey are just as callous: «We are still living, let us eat and drink, and oclaiming when it is our fate may we too so die.’ «“ The following is one of many disappointments experienced , Who n i during the past year, but we trust the good seed will not be choked hey o b but bear fruit in due season. “QOne of the in-patients was a Hindu woman of the fisher-caste, treated inf suffering with a tubercular spine. This woman really made us all seased 1’ these Te wonder at hér patience in suffering, and though often in great pain, She was anxious to be baptised and heir bl she hardly ever complained. become a follower of Christ. This desire was begotten through on opet hearing in the daily prayers, how much ‘The Man of Sorrows’ in obtaig suffered for all mankind. Three days, however, before her death o ol she left the hospital to visit a sick sister at home with the result that her relatives prevented her return. This was only an excuse trastmol] brought forward by the relatives to prevent her returning to be the g baptised. dras; 9% “There are many native doctors, who with charms and potions, do infinitely more harm than good in their vain attempts to cure. any i Much more could be said about these quacks, but we will only give though i one instance of practical cruelty. « A little Mopla boy in climbing a tree lost his hold and fell, el e impaling his thigh on a bamboo spike. Unfortunately the stake broke off where it entered the limb, and could not be taken out, Hospitfl] j so for three mobntl.ls he was placed under native treatment. The being ¢! intense sufferings of the little fellow one can hardly imagine. i phthisic%i When he was carried into the hospital his leg was really doubled el i When asked whether he was afraid of being op with agony. i operated on, he looked up and with tears in his eyes replied: “If il gl 16 T AL R 12‘2_ the Sahib does anything to me, I will bear the pain, but-I have much had quite enough of the mative treatment’, which, we may add, her uf] was a series of burns on his arms and legs. After making an the e incision under chloroform, we removed a piece of bamboo, two and a half inches long, and one inch broad. When he attempted to H( walk about without a stick or support of any kind, the gratitude Tiyan of his father was boundless. tion “ Dresser Joseph Manaperambu is attached to this hospital, ho ex he has been of invaluable help in superintending the domestic had fime arrangements in the hospital, as we have been without the help of a lady nurse in the past year. belie “Leper Asylum. We regret to state that Government has reg rejected the introduction of the ‘Leper Act’, although the Greneral (hris heart Medical Council of Great Britain has passed a resclution that leprosy is a contagious disease. s | “We are very thankful to vecord that a happy contented mind be,a pervades the whole establishment. One of the inmates Martha, a little leper girl of 13, is an exceptionally bright and happy aard creature. She has progressed so far so as to be able to read, 0 ] write and relate a great number of Bible stories which she has imp\ heard repeated in the daily prayers. “One visitor, a Missionary, had a very interesting talk with 15 Martha. After relating several stories she told again the miracle 8t of the ten lepers, the visitor then asked her if she knew the disease she was suffering from. Martha was at first silent, she hesitated 1 with the reply, but at last the brave girl overcame her repugnance Cl and spoke it out: ‘I too am a leper.’ The Missionary put her some more searching questions: ¢Does God love you too?’ To this she |\ responded a bright ¢ Yes’, but to the next question ‘Then why did He let you be a leper?’ she was quite silenced. This was but for a time. Then she thought of the bright consolation that every suffering Christian looks forward to, and answered brightly: ¢Oh! it is only for a time, because in heaven there are no lepers.’ “ A Bible-woman is told off for the Asylum who makes periodi- cal visits and reads and expounds the Holy Word. They all love and respeet the Bible-woman and are greatly attached to her so e 123 S R in, but Ly much so that they asked whether a chair may not be bought for we may gl [ her Needless to add, their request was granted. * making «“The following is an incident of how a man found healing for nboo, two the leprosy of sin. “One of our patients was a devil-daneer and priest of the attomptel | the gmatiud Tiyan caste. He had left his family and was in a pitiable condi- tion when he begged to be received. Some months passed and The Bible teachings this hosptl he expressed a desire to become a Christian. the domest had done their silent good work. He then took leave for a short time to visit his family to prevail upon them to join him in his new o0t the bl belief, but was unsuccessful. Within a fortnight he returned, ement b regretting he had not persuaded his wife and child to become Last Christmas he received baptism, the change of 1 he Gonenl Ch‘ristians. heart necessitauting a change of countenance. His eye-sight was solation {f also bad, but since getting him a pair of spectacles he has set to otented il be, and is indeed a diligent reader of the Bible. « Those who have not lost the use of their fingers work in a ates Mok, and by garden, the result being a display of gorgeous flowers. Owing to the maimed condition of many manual labour of any sort is o to b impossible.- ich she b “Vaniyankulam Hospital. This little hospital with 12 beds, The inhabitants is sitvated in a very densely populated district. g tal ol still hold firmly to caste distinctions, especially the Nambudiris. fhe mike Except when forced to, they do not even approach the hospital. the s Their superstition ties them down to observations of very minute o b customs. So it is a bad omen, if while entering a patient’s house rep ugflafl@ a crow flies across one’s shadow. Another ridiculous omen is that it Jgp SO0 if you approach the patient’s house, no one in the house may sneeze, o fhis A sneeze must be but if it does happen, an antidote is offered. 1 10 fil ¥ given in reply, —a feat not always at the command of every one s bt just at that exciting moment. hat 0 “The dresser relates of an instance, when he was called i to attend a wealthy Nambudiri. The man was bleeding from a ) tt{y: wound in the chest, and it was nearly two hours before he consented to have the dresser called. When the dresser did come he was ;}' al! It not allowed to touch the wounded man, but had to direct a Brahman 16* fo bt N 124 2 how the wound was to be dressed. This process was very unsatisfactory, so the dresser threatened to leave, unless he was ma allowed to do something more definite. At last the obstinate fellow T gave in, but only on condition he was carried down to the tank el where he could bathe himself immediately after the pollution. Opinions differ, but in our estimation the matter of pollution came of in'when the man was dipped in the foul water. “Several times that we have been called to see urgent cases, Jar especially serious labour cases, it is a lamentable fact that it is Tlh very often too late to be of any use. Nt ‘“Having no separate accommodation for caste women, is a T great want and without this convenience Nambudiri women cannot il enjoy the privilege of being under constant medical observation, and MU not lose their caste. We intend appealing to the people themselves, UL to subscribe and provide such a building. lay ““ Nevertheless it is a good sign to notice women take any advantage of our hospital, last year’s records showing we had a i great number of female patients. il “We find the work at such an out-station very gratifying and fo very different to the work in larger towns. Charity, when lavished, is abused. While here such an institution is greatly appreciated. An instance will suffice. ~ ““A poor patient, who lived 7 miles away, started off at day- break, limping along the whole way, gave such exclamations of joy at being allowed to sleep ‘in such a grand bed’, and to receive such kind treatment and wholesome food! f; ‘“ Another Hindu man, who went through an operation success- fully, brought one dozen eggs on the next visit as a token of his gratitude. i) “On the whole the poor are more grateful than those better off. Unless the rich are asked to pay at once, the fee demanded before- hand, they are very rarely sensible of any thankfalness. ‘““ Codacal Hospital. The past year has seen a great improve- ment in the little hospital here. Its favourable position close to a frequented road, and the substantial stone-wall built all round, make the building conspicuous for miles around. 2 : Was vy «“ But with regard to its working we are sorry to report that 59 e g matters have not been running as smoothly as we should have liked. nate folloy For some time past we have had difficulties rising up and to the tank terminating in the final dismissal of the dresser in charge. polluton This, as may be surmised, brought discredit to the reputation ttion came of the establishment. “The hospital was built chiefly for the use and profit of the o0t ot Jarge Christian congregation, which includes the labourers of the that 1t i Still in the case of illness the patient is put under Tile Factory. native treatment first, failing which we are allowed to try our skill. me, § 8 That means first recovering the patient from the effect of his nen Caumot numerous burns, then trying to combat the sickness in a body very When such vation, 0t much weakened by delay and inhuman practices. hemselras, measures are resorted to by Christians, we are not in a position to lay a finger on any customs practised by the Hindus. take any “ The medical work is left in the hands of the dresser, so the exercises a striet e bad @ Missionary in charge of the congregation supervision, often visiting the hospital and preaching God’s Word to the sick ones.” fying avishe )plecwed 7. Literary Department. 1 The Canarese Bible Revision Committee had a meeting .fi; af s at Bangalore in September and October, presided over by p ot Rev. H. Haigh. Our Mission was represented by Rev. J Hermelink, Rev. K. Ernst and Mr. Chr. Watsa. The Acts of 1 sices the Apostles were read and the Agenda for the Epistle to the Romans discussed. The Christian public at large in the ) Canarese speaking parts of our Mission are under the im- e pression that the changes will not only be too radical, but befir that some terms proposed by the chief reviser are foreign to the ear of a Christian and do not convey the meaning of the impr¥ original. The revision of the New .Testamént will (D. V.) be Joso " finished in the current year (1900). May it prove to be a | mi]fld: light for the Canarese people— Christians and non-Christians 9 alike —leading them to a full knowledge of Christ and His salvation. The Malayalam Bible Revision Committee, on which the Basel Mission is represented by Rev. W. Dilger, as the chief reviser, and Rev.” St. Chandran worked, with a short inter- ruption during the hot season, for the whole of the year at Kottayam, and finished the tentative text from Exodus to ha I. Samuel. The tentative text of the Pentateuch has been il printed and circulated for remarks. Besides the revised text The chief of the New Testament went through the press. reviser is happy to say that there is nothing to prevent the present commitee from arriving at an idiomatic rendering of the original. 2 The Book & Tract Depository at Mangalore, under the management of My. S. Stamm, has been doing its quiet but St good work. Tell Though it is not possible to show direct results that are obtained by the distribution and selling of tracts, yet The AP we know and believe that the work is not done in vain and that it will bear fruit in its own God-appointed time. Our Th W two Christian Periodicals, the Canarese « Satyadipike” and \ the Malayalam ¢ Kéralopakari” have been regularly published, the former fortnightly and the latter monthly. We would however wish both of them a larger number of subscribers. § My. Chr. Watsa and Mr. C. Hole have had again the kind- il ness to edit the Canarese and Malayalam Almanacs respectively. Besides reprints and new editions of former tracts, the ) tfollowing new tracts have been published :— In Canarese: Tell the Truth, by Mr. Th. Walz. The Mystery of Prosperity and Happiness, by the same. The Resurrection of the Body, by Mr. L. Gengnagel. A popular Examination of the Vedanta Doctyines, by Mr. D. Berls. 127 and s Sukuméari, by Mr. Jos. Muliyil, translated from the Malayalam into Canarese by Mr. H. Roberts whic f In Malayalam : W. Bader and the ch Prayers and Meditations, by Messrs hort inter St. Chandren. Ten Letters on Holy Baphsm by Mr. L. J. 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E, M. 8 80 1250 124 155000 9 34000 (¥4 2% bl 10 1 L )38 SALE OF BOOKS AND TRACTS §4 i 14 1 il from 1st July 1898 to 30th June 1899. 38 o 1 Our Qwn Publications. 60 Rs As = b4 il 2,355 80 1 98,135 Copies of Canarese Religious Books gl Tulu 57 Pk pd (0 2,544 » ” " {§ Gy 13 93,161 ” »n Malayalam ” ”» 1,329 i L 5 4\[’ I i 24 155 ”n " Canarese School-books 5,646 6 ) 3 36,665 ”» ”» Malayalam » 5,561 4 il 4,547 ” ” Miscellaneous Books & Maps 2,656 3 Co 00l & O et O 84 » » Canarese Government Books 321 10 o2" 29| 689 ” » 235 10 SIS, ” " M alayalam i 12 Ol O © 120,741 Corigs. TorAaL Rs. 18,163 ji 1 130 2. Other Publications. Rs. As 120,741 18,163 12 2,058 Copies of Bibles and Bible Portions 291 14 651 29 11 ” , Dangalore Tracts and Books 48,329 ” , Commission-sale Books 10,589 18,000 » , Sundry Engl. & Vern. Books 4,956 IS 189,779 CoPIES GRAND ToraL Rs. Ble o o -3 oF 34,030 ® Fao - fo If we should look only upon the weak instruments by i which the work is carried on, or upon what seems to be the U fruit of one year’s work, or look only upon the slow growth of our congregations and the short time that is at our dis- posal, we might see reason to despair of our ever succeeding in the great task we have ventured to undertake. But we Ba take courage and look confidently forward to a glorious future. T §i The work we have laid our weak hands to is the work of our blessed Lord and Saviour, to whom hath been given all author- 0, ity in heaven and on earth. The living Saviour is with us, and in His strength we shall win the victory. (o ! R & Subsoript‘ions and Donations % | Towards the Mission-Fund Received during the year 1899. S Lo g<== All sums received on or after the 1st of January 1900 will be acknow» ledged in the Report for 1900. T > MANGALORE: MERCARA. Rs. As, P We regret that the following donations E. Richter Esq. 20 0 10 for 1898 were omitted to be acknowledged G. Haller Hsq. F. A. Seager Esq. 2 imens b in the last Report. Rs. Asi P, ANANDAPUR., fo be th Mrs, Jane Ball,/ towards the J. Chisholm Esq. 20 0 Mission Fund 1000 0 O 5 0 0 A. Brockmann Esq. o govt b , the Church Fund 1000 0 O Towards the xPom'fzmd and Orphanage. our ki) 14 murahs of rice G. F. Meiklejohn Esq. 120 0 for the poor. M. E. Couchman Esq. 100 qcceedng G. Haller Esq. 60 1899. J. Chisholm Esq. 25 But e Baster offering from Karachi 50 0 G. B. Moore Esq. 12 g future Through Messrs. Warden & Co. Bombay. J. Logan Esq. 12 Sir George Cotton, Kt. 10 Mrs. Wright 12 ok of ou J. Sp. 10 Mrs. Richter Credit Lyonnais Mrs. O. M. Grant 1 anthor s i, G Mrs. H. Grant 19 W € 6. G Ot v v O é (el dempifao)l dle) A. H. Jackson Esq. Comptoir National d’ Ks- W. F. Simpson Esq. Sl oSS @ IO ISIRONS compte de Paris Mrs. Martin ;2; B, B. ©®, Mrs. Cockerton R. M. H, (S} SR S L. S. Praeter Esq. SO C Ol O OO Ol ©EONIO WO OO Geo. K. H. R. D. Tipping Esq. < A B s H T ot Ot Ot S. Seth Esq. A. H. 8. West Esq. j;; oS o © o o« (o) Mo DHARWAR . Mec. K. L] (S L 25 ® e >R E W 25 S oS O @S 0 oD OROTOC QIO S E. L. Cappel Esq. W. Thorley Esq. Towards the Orphanages. A. Westripp Esq. Lt. Douthy, Bangalore 10 0 A. Nailer Esq. 0 o o <o < 1 SN 132 PEE LS e Rs. As. 15 CALICUT Rs. Ag, P Rev. J. Hewison 0| Mrs, Macrae 24 0 Ms, Mrs Homans 0| Mrs. Ferguson 24 Mrs Mg V. Philips Esq. 0{C. W. Snell Esq, 10 N. N. L L > ) EER( ) ¢ (o 1 o T o 5 e} 0(D. N. Morrison AC W. H. Welsh Esq. (fone Towards the Students’ Home. (60, Rev. J. Hewison 12 o|J- H. Bullivant Esq. 1 §i N. Priestley Esq. 10 0| Christie Esq. Baron H. Courpalais Esq. 10 o| W. Maylor Esq. John W. Wright Esq. o | B- Baptist Esq. % D WO g D G e Col. § L. § I. Philips Esq. ol W- H. L. O OO ON D (O DY D R CODACAL. AR 0 LE AW 0 Towards the Poorfund. V. § Lo Ay ;25) 0| @ W. Dance Esq. 20 A By Ch. Teng Esq. 2 5 SES QS HSI DO IS o | Rev. Singer Mr. Theophil Chemanur AN For the Girls’ Orphanage. Rer, A. Nailer Esq. Mrs. Saumia Mulil Sundry friends, N. N. S§‘ i == == R~ T O O Mg Mrs. Homans PALGHAT. Mrs V. Philips Esq. Mg N. Priestly Esq. 18 R. V. Austin Esq. ” for Poorfund 25 (ol J. Reynolds Esq. 13 Mrs. F. E. Dupen 10 Uisg W. Thorley Esq. 12 LN G. Wood Esq. In memory of Mrs. Tomlinson Mrs. A. M. Barrow Mg N. N. (= b e o o P o [ e f e o L G == O L8 o S o G e G e e B. U. Blackwell Esq. (i HUBLI. C. R. D'Sylva Esq. :% OO0 OO o D O Qi O - O O QD Towards the Orphanages. ATV, Dr. Cardoz. 10 Rey 0| His Excellency the Governor Ml‘a of Madras 20 HONAVAR. My ‘A friend 11 Col. Luxmore 100 73 10 Biy R. T. Rell Esq. 10 Two friends at Ooty £ 5 His Lordship Bishop Gell 50 Mg A. Lucas Esq. 10 (==l e SR S U e Y i e ¥ C. C. Boyd Esq. S O o o L. W. Grey Esq. 30 Prosp. Contribution to the G. Laird Mec.Gregor Esq. Catechist’s Salary 28 \i R. McTier Esq. = > R o e 0/W. Sturrock Esq. 25 CANNANORE. fA' 8. Cowdell Esq. 25 | Mrs. Isabella Haultain 100 0 Ooty Convention 20 ((E))) S oS H. M. 10 0 Hon. H. M. Winterbotham, I. C. S« 15 TELLICHERRY. Mrs. E. A. Reynolds 15 R. Tatham Esq. 3 0/C. B. Barclay Esq. 12 E A, Stranack Esq. 0|L. K, 12 g == B e o Y oo | 133 Rs. As. P Rs. As. P. ) Mrs. Baker 12 Miss A. Sherman 12 N Mrs. E. Reed Rev. Keyworth 10 Mrs. Inman 11 C. 8. James Esq. 10 A. Claasen Esq. il A. D. 10 General H. M. Ramsay J. Jones Esq. Geo. Maddox Esq. 10 D. Macfarlane Esq. i ] H. Sim Hsq. 10 E. M. de Winton Esq 10 A. Stephen Hsq. Baroness von Engelhardt John Liebenrood Esq. 10 Mrs. W. E. Smith N Col. Stevenson 10 G. Prime Esq. 10 R. L. Proudlock Esq A. E. Scovell Esq. E. H. G. Schnarre Esq. Mrs. Sinclair (] W. Schmitt Esq. M. Mathews Esq. AU A. Burman Esq. A. M. Hurst Esq. Mrs. W. Parkinson Mrs. M. Perkins [} Rev. Carr A. E. Richter Esq. Mrs. Me.Iver Mrs. Hamnett E. H. Harty Esq. AiGL B. Mrs. G. R. Lowndes Mrs. Guthri Col. Simpson Miss C. Ling G. Hadfield Esq. ] A. O. I. M. Thompson Esq. Mrs. Haldwell Mrs. Me. Murray Mrs. Shaw Geo. Hobday Esq. Mrs. Yoder ‘W. Barnard Esq. Mrs. Thames OO @ SO O O IS L O O IO QL OESUGEONOL OO OO IO O A. M. Jones Esq. o Rev. Th. Kember D. H. Kelly Esq. H. V. R. or Mrs. G. Walsh % Mrs. Heath A friend Mrs. Atkinson 00 0 Five little girls at Ooty (P.) (Ll G 3 Mrs. I. B, Forbes ] W. W. E. G. A. R. W. B L. N, Achard Esq. 3 0 ) C. M. M, Miss I. R. Rose 2% Rev, F. Kurtz Mrs. R. Smith Mrs. Balters = T T = T = T = T = T = T = = S S e T S S S S S B > A W i B 0 0 @ SiesTe oo O © 60 @ S 0IcI0 8000 OISO O OO Ord RO SO0 IOHRS D O 0O 4] Mrs. A. Butters Special Donations. 2 Master Bob Curtis 90 A. Mace Esq. Th. Stanes Esq. 50 [e=) L. Snow Esq. 10 I. Ingle Esq. it Emeline, Lilian, Nuriel, Gwen COONOOR, it} Mrs. Stonehewer A. N. Groves Esq. 100 11 Mrs, Osborne wwwwwmwl\"wwwwoowwwwwm%pmotmmmwmmmw OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOO 50 19 Rh. James Esq, 134 Rs, As. P Rs. As. P, Mrs. Hayne 5 KOTAGERI. Mr H. Herklots Esq. (S Proceeds of Ladies’ Work- J meeting = S. C. BEagan Esq. Mr . T. Stanes Esq. ((E) Miss M. B. L. Cockburn g ITI . W. Boyers Esq. 0 (<) Mrs. D. Cockburn S 0 D. Cockburn Esq. & H. Simon Esq . Bagan Esq F. Hill Esq. 3 (oo 8 0 ol oo R ool o' (m Jol == G o SN con B o) Brown Esq W w w w ot o 0 Archdeacon and Mrs. Caley Mr. E far E. \W. M S Beaver Esq Mrs. Grove [N 21 N} Alex. Moffat Esq. Miss Dawson Rev. Geo. Rittendrigh J. David Esq. B. Griffith Esq. M, E. Whitlock Esq. W. D. N. N. H. Dashe Esq. Lol = S = 2 . € W. Mallis Esq. I (== SRl difenh i) (e e SICRON O QL @ DNCSH SN O Mrs. L. G. Verned Towards the Cooly Mission Mr. I. London M, Hillgrove Estate 120 ‘N. B, M. Pilloor Estate 120 J 1 A Th. Stanes Esq. 60 B, 8h. ! Mrs. Hatch 1, H. Herklots Esq. 60 A. N. Groves Esq. 36 Miss. Norfer A Mrs. Mullaly Mr. I. L. Hawkins Ay L. E, H. = O N N N DD oW W Ot ot Ot oot ot IS ES QIO O 0.0 SIS OIS © IS DD D DS D e GO IS e S e S S L. Porter Esq. R. Bake Esq. Towards Bible-women’s work Suy Mrs. Hayne Miss Ewart 120 Mr. J. Jeremiah é Qe © OO QL Ol S D O O S O O e S I 1 - Donations from Members of the Congregation and other Native Friends. 1y MANGALORE, Mr. L. Fernandez Messrs. L. Joshua and Sons 60 ” C. Amos ‘ i N. N. 49 Nigger-box Ne Nu 10 MULKI. N N. 0 13 Mr. Joseph Vedamuttu Mr. Th. Pearl Mrs. Frieda Bangera 0 8 " N. Pearl =~ T~ R =2} UDIPI. ” Th. Ramappan N N. Mrs. Hebs. Maben KARKAL. Mr. H. S. Aiman Different gifts 3 14 » A. Aarons D0 B Ot o O QO OO O DOl o0 O o0 OloienO For Medical Mission < ¥ 135 e BASRUR. Rs. As, P. Rs. As. P By dit . —_— Mr. Matth. Jesupriya 12 0 O|Rev. D. Fernandez M. Mundappa Bangera Esq. KASARAGOD. M. K. Thomas Esq. i 01 Mr. Th. Roberts 10 W00t N. N. N. N. Thanks-offering N. N. ((%) 8001 Ditto. Pupils of Nettur Schools 10 E(Z: 3 8 001 MERCARA. Weavers at Nettur 16 (2?, ey CHOMBALA. Mr Samuel Fengel 'J(] { Lewis Salins Mrs. G. Roberts il Herbert and Benj. Roberts B0l ANANDAPUR. Mr. Jakob Mavattil Mr. Nathan Salins il CALICUT. P DHARWAR. Mr. Amos Samadhanam 50 0l Mr Chanabasappa Nalapur 2 VANIYANKULAM. 500 HUBLI. Different gifts 11 PALGHAT. 90 Mr. Jonathanappa Uunakal P. J. Itteyerah Esq. 15 900 Mr. M. Chinappa N. N. S. Selvanayagam Esq. 12 9010 3 Mr. Jiv. Kanaka A. G. Thomas Esq. 901 3 g A Sweeper A. Venkataramana Pai Esq. i; Do o0 OO e o O OIS P. J. Chinnaswamy Pillay Esq. 9 (| Anonymous Mr. Paul Puttenvidu h oo O e IO o © .o oo © (0 BETTIGERI. 21 13 KAITY. s ot Sundry gifts Mr . Jes. Shanta GULEDGUDD. 0! 2 N S. Benjamin Mr. Dejadana Khatapur N Hulkappa Abr. Madia % BIJAPUR. I. S. Sebastian C. Job z 2 (=) Mr, Nijaguna Karadigudde ” Paul Mada 2 i HONAVAR. ” Sam. Peter Mr. Bangera 2 o oo e ©® OISy S ” Benjamin 1 0 n Kalyana Mrs. Paul 0 SEe OSSO IS ” Salins 10“ Mr. Jes. Konga - = ”n Shaku, Karwar 0 § § Sunita " John Philip ” ” Salathiel Soens Thanks-offering e i B VY S B © C©C © O oS Ole QI 013 n Lemuel Soens f\j CANNANORE. Mose Kari g 8! 7 Mission box of the Weavers 69 ” Yedamanikan TELLICHERRY. n Shantappen § (! 0 Mr. Itti Joseph, B. A. ot 9 Svamidas Ananda Roberts i e L s U com i o 4 B oY o ) §ht n Ephraim {0 S, [ 4 136 Rs - 1 Rs. As. P. N Mr G 0|Mr. T. Samuel Aaron Titus k) Sam. Sele 0 ” A. Joseph ” Gnanamuttu ” Jesudasan Messs ” Mathuranayakan S O = Nath. Palani M, David —~ > Ananda 0 ” Santosham Methusala 5y Ponasvami K. Nathanael (oY== D o g (ol M e Y ol ) % Eleazar ” Gnanasigamany 9 Gnanamuttu KOTAGERI. ” Jes. Daniel Mr. Samuel Malli ” Jesudasan Paul Barnabas Rev. J. Kanaka John Mr. Henry Kodot s ” Christian Adja 7 Dafid Jesaya i Isaac Nare ” V. Gnanapragasam B OROTOR O (.. ” {54 ” Jakob Kanaka ” M. 8. Gnanapragasam T8 Mrs. Henry Kodot ” Joseph 4 Bro Mr. Isaak Bella KD Daniel i, N George I.. D. William (A Simon Bala N Abr. David SO SO Dol ie ool O oS D. Yor Joseph Buttler OO D O SO N Perianayakan < Howar, Devashirvatam ” G. Kanaka L e S Y S S S G\ B & - B & - I L — ©S Hegsrg " = ” Pitshu Muttu ‘Benj. Samuel B, Bre N N ” Samuel Wesse Joshua o o © = W A B O OG0 G0 Q0 0 0 GO O GO O D o0 P G O W W W O QOSSO O IO TeTO OO O TE L O oo Or S Mr. I. Patche @D = o oo O O O To O SO0 IO TR ey e ICN S LSS Mr. § Pie Collection. M, 18 Mlas ] Mangalore 15 0| Tellicherry Mulki 14 2| Chombala 44 L8 Udipi ?i 0| Calicut 16 V& Karkal 10| Codacal 21 Basrur 12 3 | Vaniyankulam Kasaragod 17 0 , Palghat Mercara Z 0 | Kaity 18 Hi % 13 B o= O Ot © O @ D ™ OO0 ¥ 00 DD -1 © D Anandapur 10 | Kotageri Cannanore 55 ;: 3 s il S S g alal By & Subscriptions and Donations towards the Sickhouse, Leper- 04 ) Asylum and Poorfund at Mangalore. Rs. As 7| Rs. As. P- 01 2.9 .0 Messrs. L. Joshua and Sons 0 0! Mr. C. Amos é\ 0t O|N. N 35 0 O (0 Mr. Th. Pearl N. Pearl Ol Mrs. J. Ball, 10 murahs rice. [ ” ” Th. Ramappan O% The Missionaries at 01 S © © o 114 ”» Zechariah, Dresser % O\ Mangalore 04 BRI § 01 Subscriptions and Donations for Calicut il Mission Hospital. 2 ol Mrs. Macrae 36 0 0 W. H. il S Messrs. Pierce Leslie & Co. 100 Mrs. Ferguson C. W. Snell Esq. =) J. W. Boys Esq., Mangalore 10 10 S O O 9 = a0 144 W. H. Welsh Esq. =2} < A. 8. Cowdell Esq. Lttt ) [ A. Brown Esq. Mr. Rarichen Moopen, for one [0 M. D. day’s feeding of Hospital |00 G. W. Dance Esq. ot o Ot patients 15 ok b 1 D. Morison Esq. H. Rinne Esq. Sale of bottles N Howard Bullivant Esq. 0 {11 Messrs. Henke & Co. -3 Servants at Kara 0 Ei} N Ot D N R ¥. Bremermann Esq. H. H. late Zamorin of Calicut, Messrs. Schlunk & Schonert 50 Birthday donation 10 0 0 b Mr. Siva Rau 1 - e = oo oo oic oo o o0 0 0 oo o o9 Manager B. G. M. High School 5 04 Donations for Leper Asylum. Mr. Nagappa Nair 2 o ¢ 5 0 | Rev. Blomstrand 4 11 Miss Riehm 0| Sale of empty cases 1§ H. H. late Zamorin of Calicnt 10 O|N. N. 15 0 0 §o 10 (o> > B i = 0 W. H‘ill Esq. 16 o1 | | ) E. & O. E. i Mangalore, 31st December 1899. ! . @éée%md//é@ b Treasurer. M 18 I 5 CONTENTS Pag List of Earopean Missionaries 9 Statistical Tables . - ° ° . . Table of Stations, Out-stations and Agents 12 Report ° e ° ° ° 18 e Agency: A. European Workers . 20 B. Native Workers ° 28 2. Evangelistic Work . . . 33 3. The Native Church: 4. \Tumerwal Inceease . 69 B. Conversions from Heathenism . 71 ° 82 C. Spiritual Life of the Congregations 4. Educational Work . . ° 97 A. Schools for Chn%tlans . . 97 B. Schools for Non-Christians . 107 Industrial Mission . 112 (op) {1 Medical Mission . 120 7 Literary Department 125 Subseriptions and Donations received e 133 7§ ) P Y . R e L 2o e = S e e o Ty s e SRS o A 555 s /./\yiu. 5, =3 i, AL S A ) PRy Lo Nt Tk 0 o ) o R Toos CaZei N e, TP A A CoNats b St il et SaSb s trit s i QAR = R oteen feta - T N S oo S ST Wk, e el o — s o .r)uW. 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