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Corrected up to the 1st May 19o0I.

[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

. W. Stokes (m)

Kaity (Coonoor)

. S. Walter (m)

Switzerland

1865

Vaniyankulam®

. &. Ritter (m)

Germany

1869

Mulki (8. Canara)

do.

1869

do.

. J. A. Brasche (m)

Udipi

. W. Sikemeier (m)

Holland

1870

Mereara (Coorg)

. J. Hermelink (m)

Germany

1872

Mangalore

Switzerland

1874

Kotagiri (Nilgiri)

. G. Grossmann (m)

. J. Baumann (m)*

do.

1874

Mangalore

. W. Liitze (m)

Germany

1875

Kaity (Nilgiri)

;woo—zcﬁmu;ovmr—n

. J. B. Veil (m)*

do

1875

Mereara (Coorg)

14,

1876

. L. J.Frohnmeyer (m)

do

Tellicherry (Nettur)

12

. J. G. Kiihnle (m)

do

1878

Palghat

13

. H. Altenmiiller (m)*

do

1878

Mangalore

14

do

1878

. C. D. Warth (m)

Bettigeri

15

Chr. Keppler (m)

do

1879

Udipi

16

J. J. Jaus (m)

do

1879

Calicut

17

do

1880

F. Stierlin (m)*

Mangalore

18

K. Ernst (m)

do

1881

Dharwar

19

F. Eisfelder (m)

do

1882

Summadi-Guledgudd

do

1883

M. Schaible (m)

Mangalore

21

B. Liithi (m)

Switzerland

1884

do.

22

K. Hole (m)

Germany

1884

Cannanore

23

Switzerland

1885

Hubli

24

D. Berli (m)

G. Peter (m)

do.

1885

Cannanore

25

J. Gotz (m)

Germany

1886

Basrur

26

F. Huber (m)*

Switzerland

1886

Mangalore

27

1887

J. Sieber (m)*

do.

do.

28

W. Bader (m)

Germapy

1888

Tellicherry

H. Risch (m)

do.

1888

Honavar (N. Canara)

30

Switzerland

1888

Codacal

R. Bosshardt (m)

31

Ph. Stier (m)

Germany

1891

Kaity

1) Stat. Ottapalam.

1*

—

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S R AN

Native

Date of

Name

Active

Station

Country

Service

32. F. Boas (m)*

Germany

1891

Codacal

33.

do

1892

|

Th. Uber (m)

Chombala

34

M. Breidenbach (m)

do

1892

Mangalore

|

35

J. Bachle (m)

do

1893

Udipi

36

do

1893

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%

|

K. Mayer (m)

Bettigeri

37

A. Metz (m)

do

1893

Bijapur

38

E. Hiller (m)

Australia

1893

Tellicherry

39

0. Eckelmann (m)*

1894

Codacal

Germany

40

P. Borel (m)

do

1894

Kasaragod

41

Chr. Fritz (m)

do

1894

Anandapur (Coorg)

T

42

P. Sengle (m)

do

1894

Tellicherry

16,

43

do

1894

(B!

Chr. Gebhardt (m)*

Palghat

44

Tr. Reusch (m)

do

1895

Dharwar

18,

45

Joh. Knobloch *

do

1895

Calicut

46

W.Stokes, m. 8., c.m.gp.*| India

1895

do.

47

R. Sechilling (m)

Switzerland

1895

Chombala

48

G. Fischer (m)

Germany

1896

Karkal (8. Canara)

ik

49

A. Schosser (m)

do.

1896

Puattur (s. Canara)

1

|

50

0.6

J. Miller (m)

do.

1896

Udipi

8L.(.

51

H. Wolpert

do.

1896

Anandapur (Coorg)

52

E. Liithy

Switzerland

1896

Guledgudd

oy

53

1896

Calicut

8.1

H. Kiihner (m)*

Germany

8.0

54

H. Eidenbenz (m)*

Switzerland

1896

Cannanore

8.7

55

W. Rath (m)

Germany

1896

Hubli

56

G. Renschler

do

1897

86,1

57

Palghat

81,

Chr. Diirr

do

1897

Mulki

88, (

58

K. Buesch*

do

1897

Calicut

59

W. Spaich

do

1898

Mangalore

89,

60

H. Stokes *

India

1898

do.

9.1

fl.¢

61

M. Stuckert (m)*

Switzerland

1898

do.

)

62

Fr. Braun

Germany

1898

Dharwar

63

Fr. Singer

do

1898

Calicut

R

64

. A. Scheuer

oL

i

do

1899

Vaniyankulam

%

65

. A. Beierbach *

do

1899

Mangalore

66

. J. Pfleiderer

do

1899

do.

67

. L. Fraas *

do

1899

Calicut

68

. H. Haffner *

do

1899

Cannanore

69

. J. Maue

do

1899

Codacal

70. H. Hofmann *

do

1900

Calicut

—

Station

Date of

Name

Native

Active

Station

. Country

Service

il

ala

1900

71. P. Simpfendorfer *

Germany

Mangalore

lore

2

. W. Metzler

do.

1900

Basrur

3

. E. Vogt

do.

1900

Bettigeri

e

74

. A. Spring

do.

1900

Guledgudd

I

611y

)

Single Ladies.

g0l

5

apur (G

. Miss E. Kaundinya

India

| 1897

Mangalore

76

Miss H. Krauss

Germany

1898

do.

o1y

(&)

Miss A. Ehrensperger | Switzerland

1900

Calicut

i

78

Sister K. Fritz

al

| Germany

1900

do.

t

At Home.

ald

79

| (5. ) »

W.P.Schonthal (m)* | Germany

1870

late of Cannanore

(s (anats)

80

G. Hirner (m)*

do.

18%1

do

Mangalore

81

C. G. Eblen (m)

do.

1876

do

82

Udipi

it (g

M. Hoeh (m)

Switzerland

1876

do

Mangalore

il

83

I. Weismann (m)

Germany

1878

do

Chombala

84

C. W. Dilger (m)

do

1880

do

Tellicherry

85

do

1881

016

J. Fischer (m)

do

Anandapur

86

K. Schaal (m)

do

1883

do

Cannanore

t

87

J. Waidelich (m)

do

1885

do

Bettigeri

88

do

1886

do

Dharwar

89

0. Bode (m)

A. Glattfelder (m)*

Switzerland

1886

do

Mangalore

)16

90

Fr. Volz (m)*

Germany

1888

do

Calicut

91

G. Wieland (m)

do.

1889

do

92

Kaity

J. Bucher (m)

do.

1890

do

Mangalore

93

H.Bretschneider (m)*

do.

1890

do

Udipi

94

8. Stamm (m)*

Switzerland

1891

do

95

Mangalore

culal

0. Singer (m)

Germany

1891

do

Honavar

10

96

Tr. Lutz (m)

Switzerland

1892

do

Guledgudd

97

W. Heckelmann *

Germany

1898

do

Calicut

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Tabular View of Stations, Agents and

190

1st JANUARY

Agents of the Mission

European

Native Agents

Mission-

aries

marev 1900

STATION S

AT e

Total mumber of

Catechists

Non-Christian

School-masters

Church-members on

Established in the year

Approximate population

within a station’s area

Out-Stations *

Brethren

Sisters

Native Pastors

Evangelists and

Colporteurs

Bible-Women

Chr. School-mistresses

Chr. School-masters

|

1. South-Canara.

.

1834

568000

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ot

ey

11

26

18

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Mulki

1845

120000

.

Udipi

1854

126200

20

2

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1872

17000

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1876

160000

1886

210300

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1900

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Abstract showing the Contributions of the

(O

the Mission

and

in

1900

Collections

Sunday

and

Collections

Regular

Collections

and

Church

Donations

$

Stations

Contribu-

towards

towards the

Donations

Collee

Church

towards the

Orph

tions

Expenses

Mission-

Poor-funds

work

Rs

As

Rs

As

Rs

As

Rs

As.

o

Rs

Mangalore

1028

401,

240| 10

491

13

4]

Mulki

116

63

51

75

4

284

11

Udipi-Malpe .

120

15

132

I

Rarkal

39

15

41

11

Basrur-Kundapur

41

22

14

Kasaragod

o

79

52

10

10

31

Puttur

16

14

(g)

10

;§

"

Mercara .

61

;;%%l

94/

35

i;))

32

10

;

Anandapur

73

37

15

37

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80

49

0|

1)

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°

.

102

13

46

37|

:1[

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100

[y

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4

63

15

§

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;g

6!

E);:

Guledgudd

73

34

10

25

4|

Bijapur

17

12

ii

]2’

Honavar-Karwar

31

22

13

23|

00 OF

Cannanore

630

133

S

39

:

179’

il

Tellicherry, Nettur

220

84

10

7

11

S

162

10

Chombala-Mahé

215

74

70

47

Calicut .

705

12

203

123

348

0

Codacal .

582

5

::Eg

85

32

103

v

Vaniyankulam

67

64

12

ik

17

—

Palghat .

207

51

14

115

((6))

10

158

Kaity

160

79

108

7

11

64

oy

.

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.

114

§

OOOONHOQOOOQQQODOOOO!OO@%03

46

11

i:,g

87

15

30

(§§

OHU‘OWOQ%QGWQO

Total. .

e | et | e f e

5022

15

8| 1886

3] 1274

-1

2301

11|

2<

Total in 1899 | 4795

10

1703

4/ 1506

o

4[ 2201

:

%

§

S

g f te

Churches towards their Church Expenses,

Missin

and the Poor

1

1900.

é

e

Special

Colleetons

and

Collections

Coliections

Special

Special

for the

Collections

Donations

Collections for

Malabar

for Bible

for local

Total

fowards e

Orphanages

Societies

Widow-

purposes

Poor-funts

fund

e

Bs

Rs

As

Rs

As.

Rs

As

Rs

As

Rs

As

IRCR

45

—

210

240

10

2657

11

-

(k]

41

10

16

11

391

—_—

182 ¢

16

15

584

e

10

14

1l

[

10

10

90

12

1

%

10

14

20

218

il

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63

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10

15

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10

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13

308

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149

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10

152

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0

88

10

10

15

15

25

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1545

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10

1

573

12

10

184

11

17

443

14

4

20

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35

1574

I

22

115

sl !

19

10

18

192

(3)

1044

08 0

173

10

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116

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29

25

48

516

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15

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20

B 00 O D DO Ol A e O OO O

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278

11

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11

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2301

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N

Table of Schools of the Basel

(

1st JANUARY

19

Pupils in Schools for Christians

S0

Training and Boarding Schools

Day Schools

Nor

STATIONS

E;

Schools

School Classes

Number of Schools

Theological Schools

Training Schools

Middle and High

Boys’ Orphanages

Girls’ Orphanages

Primary Classes

Middle and High

I. South-Canara

Mangalore

17

[uery

-3

423

-

Mulki

o

Udipi

10

365

. Karkal

46

Basrur-Kundapur

[0 N8 B N S S

Kasaragod

10

IOOOHO

g(:

:(8:(0))

E

coo>o

49

R OO OO O W

®

46

98

70

1096

107

[

II. Coorg.

oo

Mercara

25

<

(=) ()

DO

0

28

22

17

(=)

O

Anandapur (Am.mat;i)

(=}

28

22

42

(=)

III. Southern Mahratta

10. Dharwar

32

II.

Hubli

.

94

12,

Bettigeri-Gadag

102

I3

Guledgudd

78

14

Bijapur

] e

Honavar

g

g

g

23

306

%

O © OO S &

38

%

80

V.

Malabar.

16

Cannanore

201

32

bk

L7

Tellicherry

125

25

18

Chombala (Mahé)

10

90

I9

Calicut

261

43

20

Codacal .

235

18

21

Vaniyankulam

22

Palghat .

°

g

g:

g

i:;():

49

—_—e—

48

VI OO OO O WO

;g?

50

86

106

961

122

V. Nilgiris.

23

Kaity

26

14

42

38

24

Kotagiri

24

24

15

32

14

42

24

62

21

Grand Total. .

154

§

148

309 | 302

2467

250

Total of 1stJanuary 1900

154

L Y

=g o O ot

12

171

293 | 277

2287

322

1/

R

he B

German Evangelical Mission.

ANUARY

1901.

e

?hristians

Total of Pupils under instruction

Schools for

fimm e

Non-Christians

Boys

Girls

Dy ScheMs

;ﬂr

Total

Classes

é

3

5

:

School Classes

Non-Christians

Infant Schools

Sunday Schools

Primary

;

Primary Classes

Middle and High

Christians

Non-Christians

Christians

}‘

}

|

523

239

§

1205

7

{0

§

211

283

267

]

75

140

109

@

332

360

AR

276

226

107

o

<

JU

644

145

i

[

Ne)

el

IR

67

11

I

193

%

148

193

)

28

519

y

F

26y

659

(g

‘(;))?;

622

1492

248

687

1623

481

387

3178

90

86

1096 | 10 ¥

i

I

15

25

[

0

40

25

SO

67

0

Il

49

40

92

41

biA

75

166

54

236

17

311

20

LECS:

36

101

24

165

112

102

]

132

88

152

49

289

[

85

35

104

102

243

50

7|

132

w

176

[

176

I

51

%;)

40

51

i

1235

182

500

I

590

166

226

765

199

>

CU| = i DD O W

%

202

40

120

216

116

23

475

50

236

90|

[

]

415

217

149

548

58

92

8417

179

125 |

384

34

5

381

162

24

618

90

1090

180

|

470

316

185

649

165

91

961

]

240

265

176

132

579

30

154

280

262

79

2717

15

29

341

35

)

(i}

223

73

48

2217

43

345

10

77

4

2474

691

292

4295

90

861

]1

2196

759

838

i

593

95

555

30

31

711

202

3

Foby

190

70

jt}

127

23

124

41

o

720

118

679

71

33

901

272

[

61

4998

1918

5544

1482

757

9701

180

1401

i

3l

1181

9461 |

1409

702

9586

193

1330

— 0

5011

s e

1202

1873

5602

i o

12

Detailed Tahle of Stations, Out-stations, and Agents.

Out

lst Januvary 1201,

1 M

Stations

Out

Native Agents:—

far

and

European Agents

Pastors, Catechists and

Out-Stations

Christian Headmasters

Sufu,

of High Schools

fitya

1. Mangalore

a) Pastoral

) Pastoral and Evangelistic

Balmatha, Madikeri-

Rev. M. Schaible, 77

Wor

gudde, Nireshwalya,

charge of station, Native

Rev. S. Andrea, Balmatha

Jeppu, Bockapatna-

”

Kudroli, Bolur.

Church, Chairman of the

Mark Salis, Yeppu

Distric? Committee

”

Obed Sumitra,

Out-Stations .

Rev. M. Breidenbach, ZZ7.

Bockapatna

b

9

Joshua Soens,

Bolma, Ullal, Bantwal. b) Educational

Ou

Madikerigudde

i

Rev. J. Hermelink, Z%eol.

Cat. Abraham Heri, Bolma.

i

Seminary, Bible Revision,

»

Benjamin Ananda, #Zn.

Slin

Dist. Insp. of Schools

”

Gottlob Maben,

>

Yoaul

Rev. I. Pfleiderer, High

ki

E. Karat,

>

1"

School

"

»

Joel Rajiva,

Miss E. Kaundinya,

Brakmin Girls’ School | b) Educational Work

e L RN

Theolog.

Miss H. Krauss, Congr

Cat. Chr. Watsa,

Giris’ School

"

emi-

Ch. Maben,

}

nary

¢) Mercanﬁle

”

S. Karat, High School

Mr. H. Altenmiiller, Gezns.

Agent & Treasurer

o L.Fernandez,l[)’antwal

”

F.Huber, Book-Depie.

»

P. Shiri,

| School

”

»

J. Sieber, M. M.-Br.

Fr. Jathana,

Congr. Girds’ School

d) Industrial

Lx

(i

Mr. G. Hirner,

Fress

”

Naud

A. Beierbach, de.

»

F. Stierlin, #eav. Esz.

”

J. Baumann, Kudroi:

LR

Zle-Works

{

”

M. Stuckert,

do.

fn

”»

A. Glattfelder, Feppu

Tile-Works

P. Simpfendérfer, do.

»

H. Stokes,

Mechanical Works

S

4

S

13

Stations

Native Agents:—

and

European Agents

Pastors, Catechists and

et

Out-Stations

Christian Headmasters

of High Schools

2. Mulki

Rev. G. Rittér, Congregation

Rev. Charles Gojar, Muiki

e

S

Out-Stations:

Orphanage, and Out-sta-

Congregation

Agents:~

Karnad, Kadike,

tions

”

Im. Furtado,

Padur

atechists and

Headmasters

Santur, Uchila, Padur,

Rev. J. Bichle, /n. and

Congregation.

h Schools

Kutyar, Munderu.

Out-stations

Evang. N. Kundar, i%n.

Cat. J. Vedamuttu, Kutyar

al Brange

|

”»

Benjamin Salins, Santur

rea, Bolmlh

9

J. Aarons, Munderu

”

M. Jeremia, Uckila

Sals, Fegpv

”

G. Premaya, Kadike

Sumitre,

Bockapon

Udipi

Rev. J. A. Brasche, Christ.

Rev. Nahason Vira, Gudde

Soens,

Out-Stations

High School and Oy phanage

Congregation

Parkala, Malpe,

Rev. Chr. Eblen, Zin. and

”

Tim. Furtado, Skirvae

Modiberiudh

i Herd, Bl

Udyavara, Gudde,

Qui-stations

Congregation

Shirva, Ambadi,

in Ananda, i

Rev. Chr. Keppler, Corgreg.

”

Gabr. Bangera, Udipi

Maben,

Madambail Kalyanapur.

and Qul-stations

Congregation

}

Rev. J. Miiller, Madpe T%le-

Cat. Sam. Furtado, Maépe

af

Works and Out-stations

gy

»

N. Suchitta, Udyavara

Ambad:

Jos. Kairanna,

”

A. Furtado, HMadambaii

Forl

T

1t I

”

Amruta Heri, zZ7.

Vatsa,

S

”

Raph. Satyavrata, High

[Zbeny i

School

Gottl. Bangera,

Ambads

g B

”

Jos. Pramodana,

Kalyanapnr .

mdez'[ﬁmé!f‘«’f?'

| S

”

Eb. Clare, Farkala.

hand,

4, Karksl

Rev

i G[’r ]J']

S")I“.’fﬁi

G. Tischer, Congreg.

Cat. Daniel Andrea, Congr.

Out-Stations .

and itin.

n

Joseph Bhagyan, i#zn.

Nandolige, Mudar,

”

Samuel Sumitra, 7%7.

Hekkadka.

5. Basrur

Rev. B Liitliy, Congregation

Evang. Winf. Micha, 7Z».

Out-Stations -

and itin.

Cat. Asser Karat, iZn.

Kundapur, Barkur

”

Stephan Jathana, /7.

Rev. W. Metzl.er, studying

Canarese

and Congregation

N

W. Heri, #tin.

”

Hezekiel Bangera, 7z:7.

”

Ch. Manjaru, Z¢z,

14

Stations

Native-Agents :—

and

European Agents

Pastors, Catechists and

Christian Headmasters

Out—Stations

of High Schools

Ou

6. Kasaragod

Rev. P. Borel, Congr. and| Evang. Gerson Soens, ##in

B

Out-Stations :

itin.| Cat. Henry Roberts, Congr.

(1

Rev. Chr. Diirr, 7.

b

Jesudasa Melottu, #Zzn.

Ravaneshvara,

”

Ariel Sumitra, zZn.

Hosadurga, Bekal,

Kumbla, Manjeshvara,

» 1sr.Eliezer, Manjeshvara

Nileshvara.

, Christananda Salis, Kzmbla

)

William Kundara,

Hosadurga

n

G. Fernandez, NVileshva.

Sal. Bangera, Ravan.

Isaiah Bangera, Hosad.

14

7. Puttur

Rev. A. Schosser, Congr.

Evang. Immanuel Soens, ézz.

and itin.

Cat. Paul Soens, %7,

Rev. W. Spaich, Znerancy

8. Mercara

Rev. W. Sikemeier, Congr.

Cat. Gabr. Almanda, 2.

b

and Qul-stations

Nath. Shatananda, 7Z7.

Out-Stations -

»

Fraserpet, Chembu,

Mr. J. B. Veil, 4. M.-Br.

»

Joseph Bangera,

»

b

Sundikeppa.

Asst. Cat. Lewis Salins, ,

9. Anandapur

Rev. Ch. Fritz, C’ongregaz‘.

Cat. Daniel Santvana, Cong.

I8¢

and Orphanage

and itin.

»

S. Sumanta,

n

Ou

Rev. H. Wolpert—

Im. Jivottama,

”

(h

10. Dharwar

Rev.K.Ernst, Congregation,

Cat. Israel Dalabhanjana,

Tal'lpm

Bible Revision, General

Out-Station :

Congregation and itin.

Inspector of Schools

”

Hanoch Adina, S¢. Home

Khalghatti.

Rev

Fr.: Reusch, ok

”

Jacob Davala, Bibie

School, Students’ Home,

Revision, itin,

Dist. Insp. of Schools

”

Ananda Rhonada, #Zu,

Rev.Fr. Braun, 74n., Schools

Mr. Alex. Jaganadhan, B. A.,

Headmaster, High Schook

e

11. Hubli

]

Rev. D. Berli, Congregation

Rev.S.Devada, Hubli Congr-

Out-Stations

and itin.

Cat. Jos. Dalabhanjana,

Unakalin

Unakallu, Hebsur.

Rev. W. Rath, Unatkalin

Congr. and itin.

”

Jason Schalla,

itin.

”

Devaputra Hebbala, »

Asst.Cat. Ananda Gunjala,

12. Bettigeri-

Rev. D. Warth, Congr..mza’

Cat. David Jesudasa, Cong7-

Gadag

Secular Agent of the District

Bettigeri

Out-Stations :

Rev. K. Mayer, Zinerancy,

»

Joh. Prabhakar, Cong.

S/zagotz’

Orphanage, Out-stations

Shagoti, Malasamudra.

Rev. E. Vogt, studying

Asst. Cat. Hermon Challa,

Canarese

Itinerancy

P

s

Agentsi~

abechists and

Stations

Native Agents:—

Headmas

and

European Agents

Pastors, Catehists, and

h Schools

Christian Headmasters of

Out-Stations

High Schools

on Soens

Rev. F.Eisfelder, Orphanage

Cat. Stephan Sagri, Congr

Roberts, Cort

18. Guledgudd

Guledondd

Out-Stations

Out-stations, Chairman of

3 Melottu, #

the District Committee

”

Shanta Budigi, iZ:z

amifra,

Kardenhaili,

Halkurki,

Rev. Tr. Lutz, Congregation

»

Chemma Halli,

”

e, i

and ilin

ndaSalis, A

Mushtigeri,

Sol. Jogula, Aardeniall

Murudi

Rev

A. Spring, studying

”

D. Katajur, Mushtiger:

1 Kundara,

Canarese

Hosudy

Bhagy. Alada, Halkurk:

Asst Cat. Isr. Aralikatte,

andez, Nl

ztzner(zmy

gera, Rovon

Bangers, Hul

Rev

A. Metz, Congregation

Cat. Sal. Ramthal, Congr.

"

14. Bijapur

and itin

and itin.

anuel Soeas ik

Stephan ‘Mathapati,

itin

OENS, 4

l ,{\

Asst Cat. ¥t. Basutkar

”

—

15. Honavar

Rev

H. Risch, Congregation

S. Bunyan, Azrwer

Almands, 1

and itin

ilin

Out-Stations

Cat. Joseph Sunita,

Qhatanants,

Herangadi, Anilgodn,

9

Ebenezer Aarons,

”

Bangers,

Harwar

s Sals; r

"

Medad Jayanta,

”

Rev

K. Schaal,Congregation

Rev. Tob. Chembankodan

Santrans, (%

16. Cannanore

41" »rp

Distr. Insp. of Schools

Chowa

Out-Stations

anta,

Rev

G. Peter, Zinerancy

Rev. George Peter, Canna

famd,

Chowa, Chirakal

Cat. Paul Sneham, 7%7~

Taliparambu, Payyanur

» J. Maue, studying Mal

Ir. W. P.Schonthal, Weav-

» Ph.Mackadan, 7'alip. itin

Do]abhal. am

» W. Fernandez, Fayyanur,

,mtmn il

ing Establishment

zlin

”

H. Eidenbenz,

”

»

| %dlﬂﬂ, i H

St. Parakandi, 7zzn. Cann

P

H. Haffner, Zailory

)2\3131 E‘

Asst

Cat. Ebenezer Bethel

i

i

itin. Chowa

l Rhoﬂadﬂ.

aaanadh“‘ b

17. Tellicherry

Rev. L. J. Frohnmeyer,

Rev. Charles Hermon, Cozngr

Congregation,

Theobogical

Teblicherry

sty i g i

Out-Stations

Seminary

and Training

ev. Noah Edapalan, Cong»

ldz’ Hl lﬂ aj

Anjarkandy,

School

Chairman

and

Nettur

Kuttuparambu,

Secretary of the Mission

xlabhﬂﬂlmi’ v

Erinjolli

Rev

Samuel Ambattu, £z

Rev

A. Ruhland, Christian

H

Hioh School and

other

Cat. Henry Menzel, Christ

,Cna]la,

4

Schools

High School

o Bl

Rev. E. Hiller, Farsi High

n

Ant. Valiatingara, zz/n

anda Guldh

”

o

School and Congregalion

Cyprian Arunajalam,

esudaﬁaa

lin

BZ

Rev. P. Sengle, ZVeological

Asst. Cat

N

Kalarikal

C’ Af

Seminary and Editor of

\bhakal ”*,

“ Keralopakdri

2ltn

St

Rev

A. Scheuer

Schools

o Chg”&

and studying Malayalam

i

16

Stations

Native Agents:—

Sta

and

Pastors, Catechists and

a

European Agents

Christian Headmasters

Ouf-S

Out-Stations

of High Schools

—

18. Chombala-

Rev

Th. Uber,

Congreg.| Cat. Johan. Amengara,

9. Var

Mahe

and Orphanage

Congregation.

”

Deva. Mantodi, Makhé

OutSt

Oui-Stations .

Rev. R. Schilling, 7¢n. and

”

Alphai Kallat, 7¢n.,

il

Mahé, Badagara,

Oul-stations

Muveratin

Muverattu, Perambara,

Shoraner,

Payoli, Karakadu.

"

Stephan Chattotu, /##n.

Ol

Badagara

”

Samuel. Mantody, i#zn.

Chombala

Asst. Cat. Elias Nambi, iZz.

2. By

Rev. J. J. Jaus, Station and | Rey, Stephan Chandran,

19. Calicut

Schools

Oui

Congregation

Out-Stations -

Mr.Joh.Knobloch, High Sck.

n

Ashama. Tumaran, Zv.

(ly

Qoilandy, Pudiarakal,

Miss A. Ehrensperger,

Cat. B. Ponon, Congregation

1)

Pudiangadi,

Girls’ School

Ty

Markat, Malapuram,

”

Paul Selvan,

do

i

Dr. W. Stokes,

Lawrence Puvattur,

Manjeri, Annasheri.

”

i

Medical Mission

Schools

Sister K. Fritz,

do

P

”

Abia Edapalan, Coil,

Mr. H. Kiihner, #. M.-B.

itin.

—

n

K. Buesch, Weav. Est.

»

Devép. Amengaran, »

s Is. Chowalur, Manj., »

3 X

Rev. Fr. Singer, TZle-Works

Mr. L. Fraas, Weav. Estab.

”

Fredric Nambi,

Ay

Mdadapuram,

>

Dnongg

”

H. Hofmann, M. M.-B.

Asst. Cat. A. Pavamani,

Nerkan}

Medical Mission

i

”

L. Pavamani, zZn.

faje,

Hanilg

Horaghy

20. Codacal

Rev. W. Bader, Congreg.and

Rev. St. Kallat, Congreg.

B, 1

Out-Stations :

Schools

Dayay

Cat. Isaac Amattil, Orpk.

Paraperi, Ponani,

Mr. O. Eckelmann,

Sailas,

Pallat, Tritala,

»

Isaac Laban, iZn.

Degg)

Orphanage and Secular

lialhattiy

Chittatakara,

Distyict Agent

5

Winfred Mantody,

Chalasheri, Vengalur

Fallat,

itin.

Mr. F. Boas, 7%/e-Works

~—

Joseph Taddai,

Fonani,

itin.

%y,

Sal. Mackadan,

0ug

ie%md

Chittalakara

Jikana

»

L. Napalli, Chalasheri

!ﬂiﬁe:m,

Charly Kattavalapil,

by

Tritada

17

—_——

6 Agents-

Stations

Native Agents:—

Cabechists an

Pastors, Catechists and

1 Headmagtus

and

European Agents

Christian Headmasters of

igh Sehos

Out-Stations

High Schools

, Amengan

21. Vaniyan-

Rev.

S. Walter

Congreg.,

Cat. Abr. Arungadan, %7

Conarin

Schools, Itin., Chairman of

kulam

»

Jos. Mantodi

»

Mantods

Out-Stations

the District

”

Jacob Cheeran

»

i Kallat, tn,

Rev. G. Renschler, Sctools

Angadipuram,

”

David Hutten,

”

Herits

Shoranur, Panamanna,

and _rz‘zm’yz no Mald

k2

Noah Benjamin

i Chattot,

Ottapalam, Tirikatiri

Angadipuram,

»

Badugar

Bethuel Poyayil, ,

”

1, Mantody, /

Asst. Cat. J. Valiavalappan,

Medical Mission

lias Nanb

S

Rev. Tim. Parakandi

22. Palghat

Rev. G. Kiihnle, /znerancy

han Chandn

R K. Hole, Congoreoation

Melparambr

Out-Stations

Congrigah

and Schools

Cat. L. Kallat, Conorecation

. Tumra, &

Olavakkoda,

Dan. Edakaden

lin

Melparambu,

on, Congt

Mr. Chr. Gebhardt

Salathiel Soens,

»

Wadackencheri,

elvan,

[

Panayur,

Zsbe- Works

Zacharias Pilakaden, ,,

nce Pavatilt

Mangara

"

Manuel Simon,

g

Melparambu

Asst. Cat. Devapr. Parakal

<dapa an, h

,...-

2l

Amenﬂamu

23. Kaity

Rev

W. Liitze, Congreo

Cat. I. Shanta, &zity Congr.

walr J

Out-Stations

Orphanage, Training and

”

Lemuel Soens, Czz. Sch

/ Nonb

Cat. School

»

Samuel Satyanathan

Coonoor, Hulikal

/(l I?W iy

Nerkambe, Herehada,

Orphanage

Achinakallu,

Rev

A pg\ml

!I”ﬂ

G. Wieland

Out

John Philipp, Sczools

[fd"‘ (iR

Hateri, Adhikarhatti,

stations, Schools and itin

Mose Kari, 727

Manihatti, Hosahatti,

”

Paul Mada,

N

Pa\amﬂﬂh

Horanhalli, Kullakambe,

Rev.

Ph

Stier, Zo swcceed

Abr

Madia

Hulikal

Kilar, Tummanhatti,

Mr. Wieland

Coody Mission

“a w,{ﬂ

Dawani, Manjoor,

K. Satyanathan,

”

Sailas, Yedekadu,

gma(tll (/7[0

Rev.

William Stokes

Aast Cat. Isaiah T\onga itin.

Denale, Tuneri,

”

”

Hans Isaac,

Halhatti, Nellakotta.

Coodi-Mission, Itinerancy

b,

Nellakotta, TV ‘ynaad

”

»

Isaac' Nerkambe,

Ia[] Od‘l

Pdl]/ 1”'

72172,

24. Kotagiri

Rev. G. Grossmann, Congr

1 gddﬂll

/!

Rev. Jacob Kanaka, Congr.,

ooty

Out-Stations

Orphanage

and Schools

c],ﬂdﬁﬂ'

i

Hodanad, Honakore,

Cat. Henry Kodot

2l

Jakanare, Denad

”»

Chi

Milidenu, Kanerimukh

Isaac Bella,

»

Asst. Cat. Chr. Ajja

”

1, Cho it

Bergani, Gundhada,

Horasole

Kat tavalﬂFI"

i

/

]

work

e e OIS L

plac

—0-0 O3 00—

(]

_ \ \HE last century is sometimes called “the Mission-Century"’,

i

a0t

\“ébancl so it will be fit before entering upon the report on

W* last year’s work to say a few words on what, with the

o

help of God, our Society has been able to achieve during the

aud

self

last century on the Mission-field. We know that our Mission

i1s only a small twig on the large tree of evangelical Mission,

othe

but together with the other Societies working on the immense

20

a0 ¢}

field of foreign Mission we have many reasons to look up in

humble thankfulness to onr heavenly Lord and Commander.

the );

Of the 4,400,000 Christians on the various Mission-fields only

Ty

about 40,000 belong to the Basel Mission and the fortieth

o,

part of all Missionaries belong to our Society.

The 56 stations

0

i)

and nearly 500 out-stations belonging to our Mission represent

(hurel

a large amount of care, exertion, time and, in a country like

Jlesgn|

Africa, valuable human life.

Then the great hinderance

hoped

of foreign languages had to be overcome.

In countries

b, o

without written languages the linguistic difficulty is enormous,

heay

but even where a literature exists, it will take a long time

diffey

until the linguistic equipment and the literary apparatus

80

necessary for Mission-work will have been fully acquired. - Our

Chl‘ist“

Mission has to some extent accomplished this in China for

Igntg

Hakka, in India for Canarese, Malayalam and Tulu (on a

tellecm

modest scale also for Badaga), on the Gold-Coast for Tshi and

iflgy

Ga, and in Kameroon for Duala.

One of the most important

g

tasks on a new Mission-field is the education of fellow-workers,

% fhy

taken from the soil on which one works.

The Basel Mission

Statiy

employs now 900 Christian preachers and teachers and more

I

than 120 female-teachers and Bible-women.

Of course the

the g

crowning success of Mission-work is the foundation of a

and j

Christian National Church in the respective countries. Our

W pr

19

e

work in the different countries will be done. when in the

place of Mission-work the Church of itself has entered upon

a course of aggressive work. We are approximating to this

on-Cenur’

fairly well in our Mission ‘on the Gold-Coast

Not only on

he 2epot

account of the highest number of Christians (18,000) and

at,

wilh

congregations (180), here the proportion between Christians

?1

o during 2

and non-Christians is the highest

Also in the matter of

- onr Misin

self-support these African Churches are in advance of our

lical Misson

ther Churches

The Mission in Kameroon (9 stations and

e mmers

2,300 Christians), though showing the vigour of youth after

o look 0

an existence of 13 years, cannot be expected to have attained

Command

the last step of development

In &Lhina the work showed

onfelds

very healthy development before the boxer-revolution broke

out

he forf

The number of Christians during the last years increased

rapidly, new congregations came into existence, and the old

1o 50 statot )

100 TepIey

Churches gave indications of the awakening of new life

The

countey

present crisis is a test for our Church there, and it is to be

- findett

hoped that she will not only survive the present struggle

Countme

but, after the storm has passed over, will powerfully grow and

bear abundant fruit

18 enOlIllD*

Our Indian Mission shows a very

different aspect

Though we have almost as many Christians

alo

o Ul

as in Africa (14,696), in proportion to the number of non-

i ot

Christians their number is but small

As to financial achieve-

qulle O

ments our Indian Churches are behind the African. but in-

in O

2 [0

tellectually they will occupy a higher position

Besides the

Tu [On ]

|

o Tb 1

i

influence of Christianity upon the non-Christian population

seems to be far stronger in India than in Africa and China

st 1]

4

50 that in fact far more has been accomplished than the

Jor0

statistics of the Mission can show

sl I

In our last Reports we arranged our material according to

s i

pl

the different activities or branches of the work

For a change

f collf:

and in order to show what is done at every station of our Mission

dg 0[10

we propose this time to take one station after the other

1

piies

2*

<y,

20

Ku

I

bl

oust

1 SOUTH»—«CHHHRH.

1

8 (f

Mccngctlore.

i

We begin with Mangalore, which is by far not only our

statl

most important station, but also historically the first station

logs:

of our Mission in India.

It was on the 14th October 1834

that Hebich, Greiner and Lehner, our first Missionaries, landed

at Calicut and met with a friendly welcome and for many

almi

hayi

years with a ready help from the English officials in those

parts. Mr. Nelson, the District Judge of Malabar, recommended

Qe

s

them to Mr. Findlay Anderson, the Sub-Collector at Mangalore.

The kind sympathy and the ever ready friendship of the

brot

thep

English officials were characteristic features for the first

1)

Balmatha, the hill where our

ot}

period of our Indian Mission.

moth

Mission-work in India at present centres and where our firs

theg]

Christian congregation came into existence, was given to the

from

Mission by Mr. Blair, the then Collector of Canara.

The bulk

18}

of the congregation lives on this Balmatha-hill (1563 souls),

of }

two other large sections of the congregation are connected

LJa

with Tile-works at Jeppu (510) and Bockapatna (550), and the

e

rest have settled down in 3 other localities of Mangalore, the

lg ¢

total of Church-members being 2,741.

The educational work

beka

since the days of Dr. Migling, who started the first Boarding

in of

be y

School and English School at Mangalore, has developed in a

marvellous manner.

This is the more remarkable, as there is

Whig

ayg

no place in our Mission, where competition is so keen and

However there are 1205 pupils

(50m¥

hostile as in Mangalore.

I

under instruction now. The majority of our Christians there

00 |

find employment in our Industrial Establishments (in the

out

Press 50; Weaving Bstablishment 130, Mechanical Workshop

in |

32, Bookshop 8, Mercantile Mission-Branch 13, Tile-works at

Whe

SELLLEE B

21

Kudroli and J eppu 517); others are engaged as Mission-agents.

It is very satisfactory also that more than 80 are employed

outside of our Mission in about 30 different professions, chiefly

as carpenters, bookbinders and weavers.

Before surveying the manifold work carried on at this

of oy

station we have to say a few words with reference to the

fist shain

ctober 16

loss of two prominentvmembers of the Mangalore-church:

%

e, e

Rev. Jared Soens, the Pastor of the Bolma congregation, was

d for may

admitted to the Theological Seminary at Mangalore in 1869, after

having been a schoolmaster for a few years.

He had previously

als in fls

declined a call to the ministry, but he ever after felt exercised in

sconneate

his mind.

b Mangiloe

When he sought admittance to the Seminary his three

brothers had already joined the preparatory institutions to fit

dshlp of

themselves for service in the Mission, and in order to assist his

o fie 8

mother, who was a poor widow, he was allowed to stay with his

1] where 0

mother.

However this his first attempt to prosecute the study of

are ot

theology eame to a premature end.

It was only 5 years later on,

from 1875-1878, that they were renewed and completed, when he

gived fo ”

g, Thel

rejoined the school as a converted man.

His teachers at the end

(1363 :

:Uﬂl

of his course in the Seminary gave him the following certificate :

“Jared Soens bas been diligent in his studies, was zealous as a

e CONet

preacher and always ready to give the proper answer when attacked;

i) !

he distinguished himself before others by his manly and courageous

il

G

i

behaviour. "’

This testimony holds true also for the time he was

ationt

f lWO

in office as a Catechist and Pastor.

On the 15th November 1877

15

B

he was consecrated as a Catechist and stationed at Guledgudd, at

:velo

ped 1

which place (especially at the out-station Kardenhalli) his services

et

have been greatly appreciated.

Repeated attacks of fever however

g, 8

0 Leeﬂ w

compelled him to leave the place, and he was posted at Bettigeri.

(908 M

In 1882 he was sent back to his own people, to the Tulu-country, and

on the 29th October 1885 he was ordained as Pastor of Uchila, an

gstiald [

out-station of Mulki. In1891 he was entrusted with the congregation

onts

(w

i flod

in Bockapatna (which is a part of the Mangalore congregation)

where he spent the rest of his days in faithful and diligent work.

ile i

Sl

22

After a few years he fell sick and the work at Bockapatna being

Yo

beyond his strength, he was transferred to Bolma (1898).

But his

Tery

malignant disease made very rapid progress and in September 1899

of b

he saw himself to his great regret compelled to lay down his office

4T

and prepare for his last transfer.

Exactly one year after that on

the 27th September 1900 his sufferings came to an end, and he

entered into his rest.

e

It was at the time, when almost all his

colleagues were gathered at Mangalore for the annual course of

M

instruetion, and it had been his desire to end his course about this

time.

il

Also another wish, which he had expressed frequently during

the last time of his life, viz. to fall asleep without a hard struggle,

was granted to him.

At the beginning of his time of suffering the

ot

deceased did not find it easy, to be laid aside in the prime of life,

but gradually he learned to resign his will to that of his heavenly

any

Father and to say: ‘“Not my will but Thine be done”, and Mr.

Schaible, the Missionary in echarge of the whole congregation, found

e

I

the spiritual administrations to this fellow-worker accompanied with

many a blessing and refreshment to himself.

In addition to pastoral

Al

fari

and evangelistic work Mr. Soens was also of great use as a member

of the committee engaged in Bible-revision work in Tulu.

hea

Thag

Another bereavement sustained by the Mangalore congregation

a8

was the death of Mr. T. M. Rama Rao, a well-known counvert from the

Ron

Sarasvat-Brahmans.

At the age of 35 he was baptized with his

oy

son Benignus on the 14th January 1883 by the late Mr. Graeter,

atioy

Past

who seems to have been greatly instrumental in winning this

influential man for Christ.

Great hopes were entertained that

Gy

Mr. Rama Rao would find followers amongst his caste-people at

the )

Mangalore.

Though disappointed in this respect, we are thankful

thay)

to say that the convert himself did not disappoint us.

Mr. Rama

ting

Rao proved to be an ornament of the Christian community at

Drey

Mangalore.

Apart from his official position as Government Pleader

(p

and Crown Prosecutor of the District Court, Mr. Rama Rao was

The

also for some time the elected Chairman of the Mangalore

Rs

Municipality, which shows that the confidence he enjoyed was not

(P

4.0

restricted to his own community but to the whole population of

Coll

siuep,

23

LR L

Dattn by

Mangalore.

The poor of the congregation will especially miss him

B). Bl

very much, and the Mission on many occasions had the advantage

ember 800

of his great experience and his mature opinion in legal matters.

wa s ol |

«“The memory of the just will be blessed.”

after that ¢

The changes amongst the Missionaries df this station have

end, ant b

been the following: —

most ol B

Mr. and Mrs. Bucher, Mr and Mrs. Stamm, Mr.and Mrs. Buchli,

al oours

s about

Mr., Weber, and Mr. Gross departed for Europe, and Mr. and Mrs.

enty Qo

Baumann and Mr. Stmpfendorfer arrived from home.

and stuggh

From Mr. Schaible’s annual report on his large congre-

sufferg

gation we quote the following remarks: —

prime ol

“The young men of the congregation cause a good deal of

s heared

anxiety and worry.

They are roaming about at night, and the

‘e”) ad It

parents evidently are not capable of exerting a wholesome influence

aafin, ol

upon them.

The habit of sending children, whose parents are still

ppinel

alive, to the orphanages must be given up, as this practice will go

o fo s

It is satisfactory to

far in alienating children from their parents.

g5 6 el

hear that in a good many houses family-life is all that it should be.

I

That class of people who give us the largest amount of trouble are,

as a rule, people who have grown up in heathenism, then join the

gl

Roman Catholic Church and finally our community.

The entrance-

sorhonté

door for such cannot be made narrow enough.-—Points of culmin-

ol i

ation in the congregational life have been the ordination of two

Iy Gro

Pastors on the 1st of April (Joshua Soens for Madikeri-Gudde and

inning i

Gabriel Bangera for Udipi), the confirmation of 69 children and

el b

the Mission-festival of the district on the 20th September.

A public

spelk ’

thanksgiving in the harvest-month had been discontinued for a long

ar (5%

time, but this time it was taken up again and great enthusiasm was

et

prevailing.

An interesting feature was the many gifts in kind

guntl]

(pigeons, fowls, ducks, goats, rabbits, even benches and chairs).

ot 1

The contributions of the congregation during the year amount to

o F 4

Rs. 2,657-13-8, but we cannot conceal the fact that in our schedule

g

(page 8. 9) at all stations under the headings: *Sunday-Collections,

oyed 1 u:i

Collections and Donations towards Mission-work and Poorfund” a

gpul®

P

5

-

4

0

considerable part of the sums entered has been contrihuted by

Europeans.—The great many European residents at Mangalore

Il

offer a temptation to large numbers of idle beggars who select this

fhe

station as a fertile field of operation.

It happens that even the

sl

inmates of our Poor-house, who are provided with what they are in

106

need of, set out on periodical visitation-tours and what they get as

the

booty will be spent for the throat.

Another burden is the continual

(rod

afflux from other stations, in most cases not the ecream of the respec-

o |

tive societies.”

all

Rev. Sam. Andrea of Balmatha reports: —

Sup

Of his candidates for baptism, that most of them came for the

all

1]

sake of getting help and that as soon as the relief-work was finished

the number of 18 melted down to 2.

he

In the houses of many of

our Christians he met with a spirit of earnest prayer.

Rev. M. Salis of Jeppu has 30 persons under instruction for

1§

baptism.

One of them was so frightened by sorcery employed by

Ca

t)

his relatives against him, that he forsook wife and child and ran

xt

away.

Our Pastor met him when he was sick and reduced to

beggary. On hearing that Christ is mighty 'enough to deliver us

163

from the fear of devils, he joined at once the Tile-works at Jeppu and

0S¢

the class for candidates for baptism.

Of course, the relatives, who

W

had not the slightest objection to his becoming a be

e}

o

gar appeared

W

at once to prevent his becoming a Christian.

He told them that

a1

they had given him up to the devil and did not care a bit for him

the

when he was sick and hungry and on the verge of ruin; so he

il

would not go with them.

Accordingly his funeral ceremonies were

the

performed.

When one of his brothers, frightened with devils,

ang

followed him, the Roman Catholics interfered, and *“ad majorem dei

emy

gloriam™ instigated some creditors to sue the two brothers for debts

A

lor

contracted whilst at home.

The Mission had to rescue them from

their clutches.

g

0

Rev. Obed Sumitra of Bockapatna anticipates hard times for

L

his flock near Kudroli.

The Tile-works there for the future can

he

only give work to the strong and healthy. Hitherto they had been

o

a refuge to a great many that had been too weak to do any other

2,

|89)

(D7 ¢

trihuted b

work.

Mr. Obed is also very far from being pleased with the spirit

- Naogale

prevailing amongst the younger members of the congregation, but

0 select s

the different prayer-meetings in this part of Mangalore give great

ab even fle

satisfaction to the Pastor.

An instance of a would-be-Christian is

they ansit ¥

not without pathetic interest.

A Hindu in the neighbourhood of

they get &

the small congregation at Bockapatna is fully acquainted with

he continu

He seems

God’s Word and attends almost regularly divine service.

f the regr

to be really in earnest about salvation, and when he fell sick, he

called for the Pastor and asked for baptism.

In spite of his

supplications and tears the relatives succeeded in preventing the

administration of the rite, promising that no obstacles would be

amg for e

raised to it after his recovery.

The poor man indeed recovered,

as el

he attends divine service, but he does not say a word about baptism.

of may o

The Evangelistic Work done in connection with this station

struction fr

is chiefly carried on by Mr. Breidenbach and his staff of

Catechists.

We must restrict ourselves to the following

employel ¥

hild and 10

extract from his report: —

| podueed B

““People used to say: ‘If only all of us would join you, we are

o delivr &

ready to abandon the service of idols and demons, which is of no

use to us’.

In the middle classes (craftsmen and peasants) we meet

at Jeppy ul

Jatves,

with a certain desire for spiritual freedom, with real hatred only

g

where the subsistence of people is closely connected with idclatry

and superstition. In some cases where we were refused admittance,

0 then

the cause represents almost a triumph of Christianity.

They said:

awmm

* l'l]iﬂ; il i

‘We should like to receive you, but wheresoever you settle down,

ot ™

the demons will flee away, and after you have gone, they will return

and torment us.’

gith devili:

Of course sometimes an artificial politeness is

employed in order to frustrate the real object before the ambassa-

maorih®

dors of Christ.

So, a man of a somewhat higher caste makes a

o then

deep salam before Mr. Breidenbach and says:

* Your gracious

presence is an ornament to my house.’

After this introduection one

who knows the country and its people will be scarcely surprised on

LMWM

hearing that as soon as ‘the ornament’ began to speak of sin and

, it

i

God’s judgment on sin, the polite Hindu disappeared.—On the

oy bt

20th December at Amyambala a scene took place, which reminds

pary

S R

26

Mr. Breidenbach of what took place centuries ago (724 A.D.) at

hild

Geismar amongst our heathenish Teatonic forefathers.

In a com-

(g

pound belonging to our Mission at Amyambala there was a big,

holy fig-tree, consecrated to the Bhutas in those regions.

Every

Al

year for three days a festival was held there, the most prominent

from

feature of which was a devil’s-dance.

On the 20th December, at

oig

day-break, Mr. Breidenbach and 2 Catechists, accompanied by a

fot

small number of Christians from Mangalore and Bolma, began to lay

and

their axes to this imposing but greatly misused tree (20 ft. in cir-

cumference).

The people in the neighbourhood wondered at the

oy

proceedings, but none ventured to come near.

After hard work for

hong

some hours, about midday, the tree burst into two parts by the

hous

weight of its branches under the halloo of the workmen.

Of course

with

not satisfied with this negative achievement, a little school-house

was built on the spot, and the settling down of some Christian fami-

Th

lies there as tenants, who let shed their light in the surrouinding

The

darkness, would be most welcome.

As a rule, people in the district

b

il |

go to Mangalore after their conversion, and this makes the social

(o

problem more and more difficult, hence it is good news that a

lgie

family of converts at Bolma has decided to remain where they are.—

A boy in one of the villages near Mangalore said:

“As soon as I

On 7

Girly

am of age, I will become a Christian; Christians are the highest

ndg

caste as they believe in a living God’.”

schoy

What Mrs. Hermelink reports on the work of the Bible-

4

women at Mangalore will be found encouraging.

With

The Bible-women Michal and Emily are allowed to visit the

i 126)

The

children in a Primary School and tell them a Bible-story.

16y

attitude of some of the women towards Christianity may be seen

g

from the following instance.

P A

Wilgy

I

N. seems to feel greatly attracted by Christ.

Her own people

Wy

use to say: ‘You better take her with you, she thinks that all is

farg

wrong with us and that your religion is the only one, where the

Spey

heart will find what it is longing for.” She herself says: ‘Yes it is

Migg

true, what our religion contains, cannot give us joy and peace, but

dPSPI

the stories about Christ and His love towards the poor and the

Ouly

27

AD)y

children, I like to hear so very much.

I should like to become a

Ina o

Christian, but I cannot go alone, my people must go with me.’

was 4 b

Also Salome and Johanna, the two other Bible-women, know of

ons, Erey

a widow who is very attentive and is only prevented by her son

. promings

from taking a decisive step.

These Bible-women venture even to

ocember, &

enter the houses of Moslems. In some houses they are not allowed

aniod by

to talk to the women, in others the men will even call the women

began t i

and girls in the house and invite them to hear the Word of God.

20t in i

Mrs. Hermelink and Mrs. Sieber generally have been received

Jored af e

very kindly. They mention only one house where the owner of the

ard work fr

house sent them away without much ceremony, the women of the

ars by

house however followed to the next house, where all of them met

. Of coue

with a very friendly reception.

school-né

The Educational Work of this

station is very important.

it fink

surnouil

The Theological Seminary was not in operation last year, but

i the dif

will be re-opened next year.

11 students attending the

os e il

Government Training School meanwhile occupied the Theo-

pews fhat 4

logical Seminary and received religious instruction there.

o ey

On Balmatha-hill we have besides a large Lower Secondary

s so00 ‘zliI

Girls’ School (143 children) in connection with which 6 girls

) the highesi

undergo training.

Miss Krauss, who is in charge of this

school, reports: —

o e

“One of the 6 girls in the training institution is a Hindu widow

with a good Christian knowledge.

She and her father search

b

diligently in the Holy Secriptures; their attitude towards Christianity

}d {0 ViSi[ th

reminds one of Nicodemus in the Gospel.

The children in the

usH01]

day-school last year began to contribute their mite to a pie-

ay be ¥

colleetion for the Mission and succeeded in collecting Rs. 17. 8.

When Messrs. Bucher and Ernst left the station, the school took

ok

[ vl pe'

farewell of them in a most solemn manner: there were songs, a

i i

speech of one of the masters and the presenting of a bouquet.

10,

Miss Krauss relates of a little boy, who after the death of his mother

g 18 L

despaired of his life and lost all interest in his studies.

Though

i

;ld l]e&ce; ?

i

only 7 years of age, he desired to go to South Africa and join the{

it

9

army there.

Miss Krauss called him to her room and asked him,

pup

why he wanted to go to Africa.

His answer was: ‘My uncle told

rs.

me that a great many people die there.’

‘So you wish to die

fisite

there too?’ the lady asked him.

‘Yes, then I shall see my mother

work

The consolations of Miss Krauss

Amor

again’, the poor child replied.

had the wanted effect and instead of marching out to Africa he now

for th

frequently calls upon the kind lady.”

CQIII]S

of th

Apart from this school for girls there is a Congregational

very

School for boys on Balmatha, an Infant School and Sunday

hush

School, and in the same manner the Christians living at

the

Madikeri-Gudde, Jeppu, Bockapatna, Nireshvalya, Bolur and

s

Bolma are provided with Parochial Day-schools.

ot

We have two important institutions chiefly for non-

i

Christians in the town.

fold

There is the High School under

Myr. Pfleiderer’s management.

Together with its feeder, a

s

»

Primary School in the bazaar, there are 287 pupils. The

hope

bad

school is exposed to an almost cruel struggle for existence.

Not less than three institutions of great remown are to be

of ty

competed with and even the “parta twueri” is accompanied

106

with great exertions and many disappointments. In the

absence of other attractions, which are beyond the reach of

the

a poor Mission Society, we can hold our ground only by

Ong

commending ourselves by a superior education and satisfactory

Whig

results at public examinations.

For these purposes a most

for ;

eficient staff of teachers will be required, which of course

we are very anxious to get.

Meanwhile we trust that the

g

energetic Principal of this institution will not feel disheartened,

gy

alh

but make Virgil’s exhortation his maxim: T ne cede malis,

i

sed contra audentior ito.

o

Another important institution at Mangalore is the Brahman

2

Girls’ School under the management of Miss Kaundinya.

P

A third form was added last year, but the second form, through

T

want of pupils, had to be abolished.

In September there were 87

&4

[\

[de)

| asked by

pupils.

Aftery the examination a prize-distribution took place,

Iy et

Mrs. Murdoch, the Collector’s wife, taking the chair. All the

wish fo Gy

visitors seemed to be pleased with the singing, recitation, needle-

0 my

work, Kindergarten-exercises and other performances of the children.

Miss s

Amongst the pupils there are also two widows, one of them preparing

frica be s

for the Lower Secondary Examination.

A class for needle-work in

connection with this school is still in operation, but the attendance

of the young Brahman women, for whom it is intended, is rather

gregafind

very irregular, as the women migrate between the houses of their

and Suudy

As to

husbands, their parents and the parents of their husbands.

s Jivng o

the religious instruetion Miss Kaundinya finds the girls often

. Bolur

il

superficial and indifferent;

they ' may be

excited and even

enthusiastic for a while, but such impressions pass away rapidly.

v for ok

v

An encouragement it was, when a girl of the second form joyfully

ool 0

told Miss Kaundinya that she detected at the end of her book of

seriptural sentences a whole treasure of words in ¢“the Christian

s feeder !

r

hope”’, and amongst them all those sentences to which Miss Kaundinya

s, P

or exstet

had called the attention of the pupils on the occasion of the death

of two girls.

The child had begun to commit these sentences to

n el b

memory on Sundays and was able to recite a good many of them.

accompﬂﬂif‘i

Amongst the schools for non-Christians outside of Mangalore

fs, b

the Lower Secondary School at Bantwal is the largest (142 pupils).

iy v !

od o |

One great difficulty there is the so-called Bantwal-fever by

ot

which the new Christian Headmaster at once was laid prostrate

for some months.

o § 08

The first beginnings of our Printing Press on Balmatha go

Ch Of s

back as far as 1841, although Mr. Plebst introduced a real

i

press only in 1851, in which year also the lithographic press

lishearteuai b

at Tellicherry was abolished and the press at Mangalore began

’ il ol

to do the whole work for our Mission.

During these 60 years

262,000 Bibles and portions of the Scriptures in Canarese,

o Bl

Malayalam, Tulu, Konkani, and Badaga have been printed.

i

Tracts in Canarese, Malayalam, Tulu, Kodagu, and English:

i thmﬂ?&

9,413230.

School-books

and other

books

in Canarese,

oo 7 o

=

o

(o]

0

Malayalam, Tulu, Tamil, Sanskrit, Latin, English, and

201

French: 5,110,975.

ol

The Book-Depot and the Mercantile Mission-Branch are

located in the town.

For the publications of last year ¢f. the

Table at the end of the Report.

On the work of the Book-Depot we are much obliged to

My. Huber for the following details: —

A

The Book and Tract Depository at Mangalore has to record a

change of managership in the early part of the year. Mr. Stamm’s

il

bealth broke down, and he had to proceed to Europe to gain new

U

strength and health.

Mr

Huber bhaving been relieved by

J

Mr. Altenmiiller’s return from Europe from his duties as General

Agent and Treasurer of the Mission reverted again to the manager-

i

ship of the Bookshop.

The sale and distribution of Tracts and Christian books is consi-

dered to be an essential part of Mission-work; in fact they not

1%

unfrequently serve as a channel through which friendly connections

between preacher and non-Christians are formed, and thus many a

good seed is sown.

Of new Canarese tracts the following have been printed during

A

the last year:

A Rational Refutation of the Vedanta Philosophy, translated

49,

from the English and Hindi by Mr. Chr. Watsa.

li

The Greatness of the Present Age, by Mr. L. Gengnagel.

The Lord’s Supper.

Y,

The Power of Prayer.

Counsels to Young Men, by Mr. Th. Walz.

Messrs.

Hermelink and Chr.

Watsa edited the Canarese

Al

;

e

Fortnightly Paper “Satyadipike’, and Mr. Sengle the Malayalam

.

B

Monthly ¢Kéralopakari”

?

Mr. Watsa edited also the Canarese

¢

Almanac and Mr. Hole the Malayalam one.

We would especially tender our best thanks to the Religious

an

Tract Society in London for their invaluable assistance in the form

Wo

of a yearly grant of 120 reams Double Demy printing paper and

80

e

31

Buglih, o

20 reams cover paper without which our operations could not be

carried on so extensively as they at present are.

D0-Boanch &

SALE OF BOOKS AND TRACTS

t yeat

from 1st July 1899 to 30th June 1900.

1

Our own Publications.

ch oblge

Rs

As

28,402 Canarese Religious Books

2,173

g8 to ot

2,996 Tulu

)

D)

114

1:2

M, Stamo

20,252

10

Malayalam

”

»

it

e b g

924,016

Canarese Schopl

9

5,008

4(%))

- peliored §

{og 48 e

36,512

Malayalam

)

b

5,584

13,383

4,426

) he maneg?

Miseellaneous Books dnd Maps

402

Canarese Government Books

160

608

hooks 5 t

Malayalam

»

D)

254

g

fach e 1

126,571 CoPiES.

Torarn Rs. 18,913

%

y gonnel

il

thus mal]

2. Other Publications.

Rs.

As

printed i

2,869 Bibles and Bible Portions

458

11

20

540 Bangalore Tracts and Books

i, ol

49,021 Commission Sale Books

9,352

15,000 Sundry English & Vernacular Books

5,085

11

;nage].

194,001 CorIES

St

GrAND Toran Rs. 33,829

13

M| © O = 3"

As to our Industrial Institutions at Mangalore there is a

o (ot

Weaving Establishment on Balmatha-hill (130 Christians of the

, Ml

Basel Mission and 1 Roman Catholic); on the way to the town

i (o

we pass the Mechanical Workshop (in which 52 of our people

and 5 Hindus are employed). The Tile-Works at Jeppu give

o B

work to 262 Christians of our Mission, 3 Roman Catholics,

o e

80 Hindus and 7 Mohammedans, and the Tile-Works at Kudroli

e

e

32

ceel g

to 255 of our people, 1 Roman Catholic, 183 Hindus and

1 Mohammedan.

al

il

The station had some distinguished visitors during the

the

last year: His Lordship the new Bishop of Madras whilst at

tho

v

Mangalore took insight into the work of our Society there.

(I8

Mr. Hiittinger, sent by the Industrial Commission in Basel to

0o

inspect our establishments in Canara and Malabar (he was in

Th

former years in charge of the Mechanical Workshop in

e

an

Mangalore), spent much of his time at Mangalore.

Rev.

P. Bichter, well-known in Missionary circles as a journalist

and critic, paid a flying visit also to the most important stations

10

of our Mission.

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e

The census of this station shows a small decrease, which

da

1s to be explained by the separation of Puttur, the newest

b

I

statiqn in Canara.

Ueh

2

Mulki.

api

of

After having been an out-station of Mangalore for some

thy

years, Mulki became a separate station in 1845, as the Tulu

the

population in this part of the country betokened a not un-

)

common receptivity for the Gospel.

Wit

Apart from a few people

who earn their bread in a small branch of the Mangalore

it

Weaving Establishment, the Christians at Mulki and the 6 small

fogt

The first

allt

out-stations are entirely dependent on agriculture.

harvest last year was all that could be desired, but at Mulki

Iy

L)

Shm

and nearly all along the West Coast the later monsoon failed

However the

0“1(

and so the second harvest was rather poor.

of

liberality of our Mission-friends in Germany and Switzerland

i

enabled Mr. Ritter not only to carry his people safely through

1001

the time of difficulty, but also by the relief-works started to

Jou

reclaim some tracts of waste land.

&dd(

33

Tindus

Whilst-the tenants at Karnad and Uchila do fairly well, those

at Kadike earn their livelihood only with the greatest difficulty.

Mr. Ritter’s opinion is that, on the whole, many of our Christians

uring

there —as tenants «of the Mission or of Hindus— get an houest,

s Whikt o g

though a very scanty, livelihood, others are lacking greatly in energy

ciey thee

or they live above their means.

At Padur the Christians are very

i Baselt

poor and some have to go to the Mysore hills to earn their bread.

: (he sl

This is the more to be pitied as their spiritual needs are thus

neglected and as they frequently return from thence fever-stricken

orkshop

lore, B

and in beggary.

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A

We are very glad to inform our readers that the schism,

3 Jouma

a0t sate

to which we had to refer some years back, seems gradually

to have come to an end. One of the leaders in the affair has

been re-admitted to the Church, as the entreaties of a dying

ease, Tl

daughter to reconcile himself with the congregation were not

the nemel

in vain,

A cause of joy is the flourishing condition of the school at

Uchila (174 pupils, 47 amongst them are non-Christians), but it is

a pity that the Christian parents seem not to appreciate the blessing

of such a school, at any rate they expect the additional blessing

pe 10t 90

that somebody will pay the school-fees and the school-books for

g8 the 11

LU

them.—On Ascension-day every year the Orphanage at Mulki

celebrates its anniversary. Last year a Mission-service was united

] 4 100

with it.

All the Christians of the out-stations were invited, and in

fon 20

spite of all kinds of misgivings on account of these hard times the

, Yangal

festival was a real success.

al

It was a pretty sight to behold almost

ke

all the Christians of some out-stations marehing in a body and being

The e

led by the Pastor or Catechist.

Some, to lay no burden on the

ot 1

shoulders of their brethren at Mulki, brought their rice with them,

g0

g

others lodged with their relatives, and for the rest the hospitality

et

%

of the Mulki-Christians amply provided.

A Missionary from

Switzeflﬁﬁ

Mangalore and two Pastors from Udipi and Maugalore, the Pastor

loci and the Catechist of Kuttyar addressed the audience, and the

"e]y thl’mg“f

§

young men of the congregation as well as the girls of the Orphanage

stmted

That

added {o the interest of this day by decorating the church.

3

p—

e

34

B e

the decorations were perfect need not be said in the land of

0008

palm-trees.

o

frp

As to the Evangelistic Work at this station, Mr. Bichle

logs |

and the Evangelist Nathanael Kundar are chiefly engaged in

trie,

:

this department of labour; they are accompanied on preach-

house

ing tours by the Catechists of the different out-stations. Our

Exter

Evangelists meet with but little opposition in the neighbour-

1§ 1o

hood of Mulki, and Mr. Béchle ascribes this partly to the

1ame

medical help rendered by Mrs. Ritter to non-Christians far

Do g

and near.

Doch

During the festival at Dharmasthala the tact and energy of the

seeu

in o

Magistrate there, a Roman Catholic, proved to be a great help, and

shortly afterwards at Tibar the audience had but to remind a

disturber of peace of this excellent Magistrate, and the hero vanished

FOH.

away. At another festival, where our preachers always experienced

P

much difficulty, Mr. Béchle overcame the opposition by politely

The

taugl

asking the people to show him a quiet place for preaching.

[0 ad

good people, taken by surprise, showed him a place and listened for

ith

2 hours to the preaching of God’s Word.

A student there tried to

like 1

defend idolatry, which he compared to the mathematical point,

thege

which, though no physical point, serves as a means of demonstration.

I35

Another hopeful representative of Young India tried to enlighten

i

Mr. Béchle in the following manner:

“Sir, what you said about

dearth and famine as being judgments of God, is wrong; it is not

They

God who sends the rain, but rain is due to the coineidence of

keepi:

different laws of nature.”

When this adorer of nature was asked

ale g

«“Whence do these laws of nature come?’”’ he was silenced.

Lena”

We add the following remarks from Mr. Nathanael Kundar’s

Wby

i

report:—

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Ty

“Brahmans in general do not like to receive us.

They will

say: ‘ How can you venture to proclaim the Shastras?’ The lower

iy

castes are kindly disposed, but a real desire for salvation we rarely

In g

meet with amongst them.

In Tokur the Word of God came home

them

to the hearts of a Brahman and two widows, and they said: ‘Our

Eﬂgh's

e

s

diiss

~35

s

the land f

conscience testifies to us that your words are true and that we would

be happy, if we lived in obedience to your precepts. In our Holy

Mr. Bt

Seriptures we do not find anything to stand upon. But, alas, caste

does prevent us from carrying out what we consider to be good and

engage i

true.’— At Posangadi we met an old Brahman sitting before his

o1 prik

house and reading with great enthusiasm the story of God Hari.

fions, (u

Entering upon a eounversation with him, he told us that such reading

neighbo

is very meritorious.

Even the mere pronunciation of the holy

artly fo

name ‘Hari’ will secure forgiveness of sin.

We asked him:

rigtans o

‘Do you think that if the sick will ery out for any length of time:

Doctor! Doctor! he will recover?’ ¢Forgiveness of sin will be only

nergy (1

secured, if the proper medicine is taken, and that medicine is: faith

in our Saviour, Christ Jesus’.”

oaf hel ul

fo remid

poro vl

The Orphanage for @irls at Mulki had 75 children on the

The institution

s expeie

F

roll during the greater part of the year.

p by il

taught only up to the third Standard, but Mr. Ritter intends

aching, I

to add a fourth Standard, because he thinks it a pity to end

3l

with teaching just when the girls begin to learn with something

dhope il

like real interest and understanding. It is true, the time of

]F

natioal §

these girls is pretty well occupied with work outside the school.

epansil

:

It is a pleasant sight to see about 40 girls working on the

| fo eﬂli”

ft

i

paddy-fields; or they stand in long rows pounding the rice.

ol ﬂld“

They unite the agreeable with the useful; all this is done

g i

1y

keeping time and singing some hymn or a native lyric. Others

100!

oot

are engaged in cooking under the superintendence of « Mother

10 i aakru

Lena”, whilst Susanna controls the work on the fields. There

yod

1s besides the needle-work and washing to be done, and some

) Jols

are busy with the manufacture of coir-ropes. Another impedi-

ment of better schooling are the two languages of that district.

ey “ﬁ

Children begin with their own language, Tulu, for one year.

e m

i

In the second year they take Tulu and Canarese, and from

o 0t

e

thereon only Canarese. Still a fourth Standard with a little

)d caﬂle

il

English cannot be called an insurmountable difficulty. —

'

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36

Gl

i

We are glad to say that schooling, agriculture and domestic

work do not occupy the whole time of our Tulu girls.

Also in

A

addition to the “Kindergarten” every day some time is left for

the

juvenile play and game.

The present Superintendents, Mr. and Mrs.

wh

Ritter, are even anxious to introduce the festival element into this

it

large family.

The birthday (and if it is unknown, the day of

lag

baptism) of each child is entered on a list, hung up in the school-

room.

(i}

The child on its birthday will report itself at the Mission-

als

house and will receive some fruit, a tract and suitable words of

congratulation. These girls, poor as they are, have within 3 months

contributed R. 1. 4 towards the Mission.— A member of the congre-

!

arg

gation living at an out-station invited the whole of the Orphanage * to

eat the first rice”’.

{he

For mother Lena and a ecrippled child he even

sent a bullock-cart. Now and then the children are allowed a trip

ho

V

to the beach. The famine-child Kusa, one about whom we reported

last year (¢f. page 100) was baptised, and Katherine, as the poor girl

18

H

(fo

was called then, died not long afterwards from dropsy.

It was not

easy to gain access to the heart of this child.

The world had dealt

Ter

roughly with her, and it took a long time before the habits of cleanli-

Stir

aho

ness, patience and thankfulness began to manifest their first indi-

cations.

Katherine remained a weak child up to the end, but we

dup

participate in the hope, with which Mr. Ritter saw her depart life.

\'er'l

thy

We rest assured that our merciful Saviour, who has led this poor

lamb to our fold, has taken her from this world, often so eruel, to

€0

His father’s house with its many mansions for the weary and

down-trodden.

anq

(iog

3

Udipi.

stag

Wy

This station, like Mulki, had been for some years a kind

3

of out-station, looked after by the brethren at Mangalore and

g

at Mulki. In 1854 the Mission-house, and in the year after

the chapel was built there.

It was a difficult begininng, for at

by

the end of the same year by instigation of one of the eight

chy;

Swamis of the Udipi-monasteries the Mission-house, and in

'[0 1

37

e

nd domes

March afterwards the chapel were burnt down and My

s, Al

Amman’s translation of the Tulu New Testament perished in

§ lf f

the flames

Udipi with its 8 out-stations (the largest of

Mr, and

0t info f

i

which is Malpe with its Tile-works) is the second station after

Mangalore

he day

It has decreased by 6 souls (1791 against 1797

last year)

What has been said about the economical cir-

he

o i

cumstances of Mulki in the year under review will hold true

also for Udipi

R

In years of gearcity our congregation is dependent in seecular

fiin § ot

the congt

matters on the Mission

It is besides sad to see how greatly they

are wanting in energy and thankfulness.

Even in ordinary times

phanave

ohild b

they are quite unwilling to perform their duty, such as paying the

school-fees

ete

lowed 1

boarding-fees for children in the Orphanages

What we read about the spiritual life in Udipi and its out-stations

o T

fe porgt

is rather discouraging. The Pastors complain of indifference to

God’s Word, want of religious knowledge, neglect of schooling

It i i

Very pleasing exceptions are the out-stations Kalyanapur and

0 had ¢

Shirva, and of course at every place are a few who are in earnest

g Of c]ea l

about their Christian life

As the Tile-works at Malpe were closed

¢ fist 1

ond, D

during the rainy season for 4 months, even there relief-work became

very mnecessary

The Pastor of this congregation regrets to say

p depart ¥

that whilst the confidence of his flock in Mission-funds is unlimited

Jod thi

confidence in God is rather phenomenal

500 1

Evidently spiritual life is at a low ebb in this congregation

y ety

and we solicit the prayer of our readers for an outpouring of

God’s Spirit upon this station that it may arise from spiritual

stagnation and become a shining light and a dispenser of life

to the surrounding heathen world.

There have been only

Lu

3 new converts last year, but 104 persons are undergoing

opls &

1103,1016 i

instruction for baptism.

The Evangelistic Work of this station has been conducted

\ yeﬂl 9’

b

by Mr. Eblen and his staff, but Mr. Keppler also, who is in

g

charge of the Udipi-congregation, devotes much of his time

f he WJ

to itinerancy

156y W

38

Mr. Keppler’s impressions with reference to this work are

rather gloomy. He writes: “ We are not Wantmg in opportunities to

preach the Gospel at festivals and at market-places ; but it is seldom

I

that we ean speak to large audiences

In most cases there are

he

only a few who lend an ear for some minuates; it also happens that

el

{3

people let us stand where we are and do not show the least desire

fath

for the Gospel.” — Mr. Eblen, on the other hand, reports that in

e |

the N. E. of the district the Catechists have been kindly received

100

beg

and that the people invited them to come agam — Pastor Gabr.

Bangera on house-visitations in the nelghbourhood of Udipi met with

AW

people who said : “ What is the use of becoming a Christian® We had

of

better remain what we are; but if we are expected to break our

mg

caste, we must gain heaven or, in other words, earthly advantages

|

in exchange

8

Hi

On the work of the Bible-women Mrs Keppler writes: —

860

e

“There is a mother with some daughters, who were for a long

time confiding and friendly

Some time ago it seemed as if we

ng]

were not so welecome there as usual

nfy

One of the daughters however

said

‘The hearing of God’s Word is like fresh cool water, which

i

refreshes one, when poured upon the body

Qur Shastras are like

muddy and bad water, which will neither refresh nor eclean the

A

body’.”

for

The Orphanage for Boys at Udipi and in connection with i

the

a Day-school for boys and girls is in a flourishing condition

proy

It is a purely vernacular school up to the fourth Standard

afte

but there is besides an Anglo-vernacular division for the third

$ug

and fourth Standard, which works as a feeder for the Christian

Ar

The

High School at the same place

The Vernacular School has

Wy

160 pupils (77 boarders of the Orphanage, 26 Christian boys

10y

29 Christian girls and 28 non-Christians), the Anglo-vernacular

division counts 63 pupils (21 boarders, 17 Christian boys

Py

8 Christian girls and 22 non-Christians); hence the whole

hey

institution has 223 pupils

the

e

St

39_

IS work o

Mr. Brasche’s report contains the following remarks: —

portnish

“ Whilst so many families were exposed to hunger, the children

116 18 selln

in the Orphanage had nothing to complain of; the sensible amongst

ses there

them felt really thankful for their privileges.

One of the boys, a

happens ;

well behaving, quiet and patient child, died of typhoid fever.

His

e Jeast do

father, a workmun in the Kudroli Tile-works, took him home, when

ports i I

he heard about his condition.

On the whole our boys cause almost

ndly e

too little disturbance, one feels glad to see how one or the other

Pastor (e

begins to awaken from his dreamy lethargy.”

Of course such an

dipimet i

awakening may also go too far, for Mr. Brasche tells us that one

an? Wel

of the boys plundered the box for church-offerings in such a cunning

to break o0

manner that an expert in thievery would not have done better.

An

7 adrangd

unbloody public execution made a deep impression on the other

pupils.— A very encouraging feature is the friendly disposition of the

Hindu population towards the school.

Even one of the 8 Swamis

sends one of his near relatives to the school.

it~ ¢

As most of them join

the school in the lower classes and continue their studies through the

ot fora

High School, they will be exposed for a long time to the Christian

med o1

influence of our school.— The boarders in the Orphanage have been

hfors hoverd

diligent in the school and in the garden belonging to the institution.

sater, i

irgs

The Christian High School at this station, together with that

or dhao

at Tellicherry, are meant first of all to be preparatory schools

for the Theological Seminaries and Training Institutions of

the Basel Mission.

All the boarders in those schools have

gon b

promised to serve the Mission either as Catechists or Teachers

g i

Sl

afterwards, and only with this understanding they live and

study at the expense of the Mission for 6 and more years.

oy fhe i

The High School at Udipi is frequented by 123 pupils, 47 of

;he Chtismi §

whom are boarders, 16 are Christian day-scholars and 60 are

ot ¥

non-Christians.

risﬁilﬂ b

0-7el i

]

Mr. Brasche, one of our most experienced educationalists and

I

Principal of this school, lost two of his teachers by death.

One of

isian

i

“!“

them, Jesudasa Soens, had taken leave for finishing his studies for

) fhe i

the F. A. Examination in Mangalore.

His wife died there of

.

.

—

40

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typhoid fever and only 3 weeks afterwards he followed her by the

same disease, leaving a little son, 8 months of age.

Another great

loss to the school was the death of its able Munshi Lakshminarayana.

He was very much attached to the school, so far that when he was

fur

offered higher pay at a college, he refused and faithfully did his

work as long as his bodily strength permitted.

S

high

Such of the students as passed the Matriculation or the

Lower Secondary Examination, were sent to Mangalore for

0n

training, where they fortunately got the necessary supervision

ante

Lag

and religious instruction in the Theological Seminary, which

for some time had been closed.

1

The results at Government examinations have been highly

()

creditable to the school.

Whilst at the Matriculation the

Wi

average percentage in the Presidency was only 19-20, it was

30 1in this school.

Why 6 students did not pass, is an un-

becq

solvable riddle to the Principal.

However last year’s Matri-

ofg

i

culation has baffled the comprehension of a good many teachers

and pupils all over the Presidency.

(0ms

Par;

We cannot conclude without expressing our great satisfaction

We

and joy with regard to the friendly relation of the public to the

thes

school.

An official, who also did not hold back in showing his

the

sympathy in our conflict with the Police, has been very kind towards

the

the boarders in the High School; he would give them picnic at some

they

distance from the school or a feast in the school.

No wonder that

will

on occasion of his transfer to some other place, he was invited to

Terg

the school for a solemn farewell-taking, when some scenes of “Fhe

felly

Merchant of Venice” were performed in his honour. This generous

official is even prepared, though absent, to give a prize to the ablest

Ty

i/

Sta

boy amongst the pupils.— When the Munshi fell sick, a friend of

1§

i

the headmaster took his lessons in Sanskrit without any remuneration.

(0}

Mr. Brasche offers also his hearty thanks to Mr. K. Krishna

le

Rao, the Civil Apothecary at Udipi, for the self—denyingvservice

3¢

he has done to the Missionaries, the schools and members of

Pot

the congregation.

ey

‘41

e

| her by b

4

Karkala.

nother g

’At the very beginning of our Indian Mission in 1834,

minatafs

when bew

Karkala was one of the places which was fixed on as suitable to

flly '

be a Mission-station, but it was only in 1872

when the

spiritual awakening amongst the Tulu population was at its

ation or {i

highest and the Franco-German war was over, that this long-

contemplated intention was carried out.

However, the hopes

ngelors

entertained for this station have been realised but very slowly.

Supetril

Last year the number of Church-members rose from 110 to

inazy, Wil

126.

From WMy.

Flischer’s communications on the little

heen il

congregation we take the following remarks:—

culation

People are regular in attending the divine services, but the

Word does not seem to make a great impression, and one must not

19.?0, i

become Weafy to repeat the same truths again and again. A sign

5, 19 a0 1

il

of great weakness and a real novelty in a congregation of the Basel

yeat's

Mission it was that the influential part of the congegration gave

teach

any {edcli

considerable trouble, because Mr. Fischer brought to church two

Pariah-children, whom Government had handed over to the Mission.

i sl

We are glad to say that Mr. Fischer did not yield for a moment to

publie ik

these manifestations of heathenism.— A very pleasant feature of

shonig B

the Christians there is their thrift, and this Mr. Fischer ascribes to

the education by our former Missionaries.

They pay readily what

5 kind fot

they owe for Church and school and even beyond that.

A woman

picnic s

oo

willingly underwent much trouble and exertion, when little children

were given to her care, not minding the scorn of weak-minded

s !

(606s i

:LT;»;

fellow-Christians; she received also the two Pariah-children and

This g

nursed a sick inquirer until she herself fell sick.

Also at this

s o 02 abl‘c’fi \

station our Christians had to be helped in these difficalt times by

relief-work.

A mother with 3 children was helped by making

ki 0 !

fib

coir-mats, one took a contract for stones and earth, and another

learned carpentery, etc.—On the 28th October 8 adults and

0 ]{n’sh’nf

3 children were baptised.

One of the converts belonged to the

i

potter’s caste.

He had been expelled from his family, because the

pealtd!

devil’s-priest asserted that the demons had taken possession of him,

42

i

aitls

and the relatives despaired of raising the necessary funds to

exorcise them

A family consisting of 5 brothers, a sister with her

Kook

2 children and a mother called for the Missionary and told him,

that they want to get rid of the demons

When asked how they

arrived at this resolution, they said that another daughter had

died lately and implored them to do so, saying: “Take me to the

Mission-house that I may be immersed there and you all should go

18

I

there, then a better time will come for you

They followed this

func

advice and are now amongst the 22 inquirers of this station

Jop

The little congregation leaves to Mr. Fischer and - his

Gos

they

Catechists much time for Evangelistic Work

We give the

following extract from his report: —

Kei

A Hindu mother with her two children went to a festival of

mnem

Mari

Rich Hindus will on sach ocecasions distribute water amongst

nunk

the thirsty, and when at such a place one of the children asked for

i

a drink. The mother said

‘““In order to compensate in the sight of

Jartof

God for all his unjust and cruel deeds, this man ordered this water

0 to

to be dlstrlbuted

yea, not a drop of this water full of iniquity we

Matth

shall drmk"’——A wealthy man, who is acquainted with the Word of

B4) i

God, long ago bought a New Testament in order to read it with his

Mattey

wife and daughter

He waits until God will prepare a way for

eeH

him, when he will be able to carry out his desire to become a

happe

Christian

I

In the course of last year Mr. Fischer succeeded in estab-

been {

lishing a Girls’ School in the Bazaar of Karkal

L]

It was a very difficalt undertaking, as nobody was prepared to

the £y

let a building for this purpose

With the help of a kind and enlighten-

ln

ed Postmaster, whose wife in former years had attended a Mission

Tou of

school, a first trial was made

‘When the brother of the Postmaster

oy

came, the room in his house had to be left

A rich merchant, who

In he

almost had been won over for this g00d work was dissuaded again

by a narrow-minded lawye:

20 Pe

However, finally a room for the girls

fb]]OVv

was secured, and Mr. Fischer relates of a very clever Hindu-girl

who voluntarily acts as a monitor

gladly

The smallest amongst these

Tamily

.

43

B

l:

1y finds

girls know only Konkani, and the little monitor relates to these

:

7

[T

'

i

Konkani childr‘en the Bible stories in their own language.

d fold b

ked hov

5

Basrur.

Jnughta !

ke me fo

After a rich spiritual harvest amongst the Tulu people in

all shodldy

1875, the station Kundapur-Basrur was founded in 1876, the

followed i

funds for it having been given by a German lady, and the

ation,

population being considered to be alive to the blessings of the

or and b

Gospel. Last year we had 129 Church-members and most of

these have come from other stations, this year —the out-station

Fo gre b

Keilkeri having come to an end —the number of Church-

One consolation is a small

members dwindled down to 85.

o sl

number of real conversions that took place at this station.

mater anig

Not much can be said of the small Congregation, the greater

fren asked b,

part of which is formed by the families of Mission-agents.

People

i the i

go to church and in all houses devotional exercises take place.

red s wie

Matthaeus (cf. last year’s Report, page 76 and Report for 1898, page

of il

Also in outward

b e Mo

64) is growing in grace and in Bible-knowledge.

matters God’s blessing rests upon him; he has been one of the chief

ol i i

'

rice-merchants last year and nothing in the way of boycotting

happened to him.

fo beoné!

It is a matter of course that at this station much time has

been given by Messrs. Stier and Liithy, the Evangelist Winfred

jel et

Micha and the Catechists to Evangelistic Work., My, Stier gives

the following details from a preaching tour: —

5 prepared 5

In the first house a Brahman says: “Come along, we shall show

i gl

you other houses; go to the Shudras, we desire neither heaven nor

s Y

eternal bliss, if our belly is filled, that is exactly what we want.”

o P

In the second house one says: ““Give me Rs. 100, and Ishall produce

ot

20 persons who are prepared to become Christians, and I shall

el W

follow suit; if we get food without being expected to work, we shall

| for fhe w

gladly undergo the change.”

In the third house the father of the

I gl

family is frightened by the thought that the Missionary and the

{ i

ong’

=,

44

Al D

Catechists are going to read the whole of the New Testament,

But 1

which seemed to be a rather big book.

The ‘man, with whom Mr.

il

Stier lodged, first excused himself by saying that he could read only

the writ written on a man’s forehead. After having heard something

of what is engraved in a man’s heart, he said in conclusion: *¢What

¢

you say is true, but I am fettered, as a single man I cannot change

As

anything, if only about 10 people would join you, but God did not

statior

give us the sense for it.” —Mr. Liithy visited all the important

Mang

Hindu festivals (30 in number) and about 100 villages, even those

spar

situated on the ghats, also in the Mysore district (Sagar). He once

assisted with his staff Catechists of the Wesleyan Mission. Only

10W,

at one place he met with a resistance worth mentioning. At

agar

The

Hindu festivals people are almost disappointed and are lacking

in enthusiasm, if we fail to appear.

Mr. Liithy was especially

smal

welcome in the houses of the Bilavar (peasants) and even the rela-

et (

tives of Matthezeus do not exhibit a spirit of opposition.

latt

£

)

Evangelist Winfred Micha writes of a man who was pretty

A

well acquainted with the way of salvation:—

ey

When invited to act according to his conviction, he said that he

el

g

had spoken several times with his wife, urging her to leave everything

and join the Christian Church, but she replied: “Do what you like,

n g

only not this!” Christian tracts and the Bible he could not read

Vatg

gk

at home, his people on detecting this would expel him. Mr, Micha

reminded him of the difficult position of Sivarama (Mattheus), who

d()n

Kasal

went to the houses of neighbours and climbed up trees to satisfy his

craving for the Word of God.

Shortly afterwards the man paid a

Jolite

visit to Mr. Micha at Basrur.

N

Dhay

The Educational Work of the station affords a very satis-

re\ig‘\

factory aspect.

When Sivarama went to Mangalore, quite

accidentally also some non-Christians went there.

A rumour

and

hosp

that they had converted to Christianity was spread about.

he\

This and the fact that the children going to the Mission

ang

school read Bible stories and Scriptural sentences at home,

evep

frightened people, and steps were taken to start a rival school.

Qg

=

45

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New Togo:

But it seems that all has come to nothing. Another school

With wh b

at Kundapur is in a ‘delightful state too.

) could ¢

heand sonel:

telusion; “W::

6

Kaéamgcd.

I cannot

As long back as 1867, Kasaraged with its present out-

hut God dis

stations Ravaneshvara and Hosadurga were out-stations of

Il the imon

Mangalore, but only in 1886 Kasaragod was raised to a

lges, ern

separate station.

Myr. Borel, who is in charge of the station

Sogar) B

Mission, 0

now, praises the liberality of the Congregation (187 souls

mentioutg

against 171 in the previous year) in all kinds of contributions.

The congregations at Kasaragod and at the out-stations are

and are Iui

small and yet a characteristic of the station is its wide-spread

y was et

id even fhe

net of schools and its Evangelistic Work. To begin with the

01

latter, Mr. Borel contributes the following: —

At Tekkil the Mohammedan Adhikari is a most obstinate and

ho s

persevering opponent of Mission-work.

Two brothers of Catechist

Melothen were beaten in our own school by the order of some

, be il l

one in authority, and the evil-doers not only escaped punishment

Jegrerert

in court, but the Mission was even accused of having muddled the

water.

Such treatment we, as Missionaries, can only retaliate by

o oould 0 rc

making Tekkil an out-station of Kasaragod.

At other places we

pi I

i

do not experience much opposition.

The

educated Hindus at

(Moot i

Kasaragod are very amiable but, with one exception, they do

ot 0 satisffj:‘j

politely evade religious controversies.

tho ot

Mr. Diirr, who at the end of 1899 was deeply impressed at

Dharmasthala and Subramanya by the wretchedness of the Hindu

religion and by the power it still exerted upon the minds of the poor

and uneducated, on a preaching-tour to Mukkura met with unasual

ol ¥

hospitality at the house of two brothers Banga and Kariappa.

As

p B 8

he went from house to house, Kariappa turned up here and there

'

“In the

I

and always with a few witty remarks silenced opponents.

othe-\

1

evening, when people came to see us, he would assist us in a similar

¢

b

goes 1

manner.

His brother Banga is a venerable old man, who only

4 riVﬂ] !

i

m—

AR

46

fails to understand why Christ rose from the dead. In the evenings,

Alt

the whole family joined in the evening prayer, and the good people

compris

were really touched on hearing that we remembered them before

i the

God

The old mother on such occasions would say: *Indeed, you

On the

are proper men, we are only half men, but now since you have lived

fhinne

amongst us like a father, I know things better and feel quite changed

Misslo

in my mind.’

The good people returned the visit at Kasaragod.

a Mag

A Brahman, who was living in an out-of-the-way place and, who

in the

(foven

consequently was less under the influence of caste prejudices was

bad i

very kind to us and asked us: ‘What makes you go out to this

solitude? I have not deserved this, what can I do-in return?’ he

the w

said and treated us with what was in his house.

The Brahman

a littl

women in those parts, even if no man was in the house, did not run

station

away, they offered us a seat and brought milk and betel-nut.”

Was o

many )

The Educational Work at this station is rather extensive;

there are 10 schools with 659 pupils, 622 of whom belong to

e

for

the Primary department.

The Girls’ School at Kasaragod

fon g

suffers from the competition of two other schools in the same

thify

locality.

The biggest school is the Lower Secondary School

miles ¢

at Hosadurga (with about 170 pupils), of which the Inspector

farmey,

of Schools remarked: «Your Hosadurga school does splendid

work.”

but 4 ¢

Te ta

A very intelligent class of Nairs (Shudras) seems to attend the

Xr. 8

Tekkil school.

When they joined the school 11 year ago, they

y

were not able to read a single letter, and now they read fluently

Malayalam and Canarese, and also in English they are not behind

Heathg,

others.

The fanatical Adhikari there tries his best to prevent not

ligion,

Ty,

only his co-religionists, but also others from going to our school.

b“a\'\ing

7

Puttur.

of g e

of 4]

‘This our youngest station was for about 10 years an

the 3

out-station of Mangalore.

Two- Catechists were posted there

10 thi

and later on an Evangelist in addition. Puttur is an important

about ¢

place, about 25 miles inland the Tulu country.

Mgy

-

47

A

n the by

Although originally part of the Mangalore-field, the Puttur station

comprises now the largest field of labour in South-Canara, although

he gl

[

od then bip

in the east there are tracts of forest with a very thin population.

Tdwd

On the other hand, the nearer one comes to the ghats and the

thinner the population, the greater is the effort demanded of the

you hare i

| quit ey

Missionary.

Puttur is the seat of a Deputy Collector, a Tahsildar,

af Kosamgl

a Magistrate and other Government officials. The best pieces of land

in the immediate neighbourhood of the town are in the hands of

lace and,

Government, private property is too expensive, and so the Mission

prejudis

g0 out i

had to build the new bungalow 11 miles away from the town, near

in retmn’ b

the way to Mangalore.

Apart from the only drawback, that it is

a little too far from the town, the situation of this new Mission

The Brohes

se, i i

station is said to be excellent.

On the 6th of May the new building

oot

was consecrated with great solemnity in the presence of a good

many Missionaries, native officials and other friends.

or el

hom belog !

For the present we can scarcely speak about a congrega-

ot Hasang

tion at Puttur.

The 43 persons mentioned in the census are

5 1o the ok

chiefly the families of Mission-agents and servants.

About 12

onday S

miles distant from Puttur resides the Christian family of a

farmer.

the Togpee

The station has no schools yet and so there remains

but a short acceunt of the important work of Evangelisation.

We take first a portion from the interesting report of

g atel®

My. Schosser, who is in charge of the station:—

i

“What Dr. Uhlhorn in his ‘Conflict between Christianity and

eat ) !

y o0l ﬂueni‘z

Heathenism’ says about the attitude of the educated towards

{ el

dare 10

religion, seems to hold true also for the parallel classes in modern

India.

¢ Without rejecting altogether the popular belief and openly

0! ot

our SchO')l'

breaking with it, they reserve for themselves the higher knowledge

of the educated.

They themselves do not believe in the existence

of all these gods, but they are of opinion that it is useful and in

the interests of conservatism, if the common people still eling

10 7"

to this belief.’

Still I met with an educated man, who was anxious

pOS

ol I

about salvation and felt conscience-stricken on account of his

i

a0 II]JPGr

undecidedness.

On the tender young shoets of spiritual life in the

st

48

Cmme e

family mentioned in the Report pro 1898, page 37,' something like

mildew seems to have fallen.

Our readers are earnestly requested

to remember such struggling souls in their prayers.” — Also Mr.

Schosser attended the festivals at Dharmasthala and Subramanya

and was astonished to behold the display of a great outward

Mo

splendour at Dharmasthala, after all a poor substitute for what an

Aho

immortal soul thirsts for. Mr. Schosser’s impression, as received from

after 4

house to house visitations, is that in consequence of dearth and

frethy

other miseries the hearts of many people have become more

Nereay

susceptible and accessible to the Gospel.

Missio

EVangelist Imm. Soens, after giving an interesting account of the

the &y

origin of demon-worship in the Puttur Taluk and of a Hindu festival

t0 mg

at the Kaveri-Sankramana with its sacrifices offered to the dead,

tells about a Gauda-woman (Brahman), who admitted that the

00 I

advan

only profit realised from her demon-worship consists in having spent

all her property to *the Lekkesiri”,

The head of a family admits

statior

likewise that since they have left God and turned to the Bhutas,

fhege

S0me

they sit in the dark and come to ruin through the cunning of the

Brahmans.

A Mopla, hearing this confession, affirms it and adds

Xpey

in his simplicity: “Yes, the Brahmans know that very well and

in

hence the whisper into the ears of the dying: All is illusion,

wh y

Mohammed is the only true Guru!”

foe]

Mr. Spaich relates about his experiences amongst the people

A

in the neighbourhood of Puttur.

Some rely entirely on the

charg

mercifulness of God, who will be satisfied with any honest exertion

the ()

on our side, others in self-salvation, and if this should not avail, one

the I)I ;

must look forward to a new birth, accompanied with better results.

T

But Mr. Spaich met also two upright seekers after truth.

One of

the Ta

them would fain follow Christ, but not * without the eamp, bearing

s

His reproach’’.

Yo

ng()

The station wishes to offer

hearty thanks to Mr. E

gy

Stocking, the Apothecary at Puttur, for the valuable services

Gy

rendered to the Missionaries there.

there

fg)

fl'ie il

49

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|

{hin

J

|

by

el

II.

COORG.

- Al I

ubramary

8

Mercara.

b outiad ¢

or whata

About 1853 Dr. Mogling started an English school, which

ceived fun

after a few years was made over to Government.

Later on,

Qeatth at

brethren of the Mercantile Mission-Branch did business at

come ot

Mercara, and only as late as 1870 Mercara became a real

Mission-station.

Times have been hard also in Coorg, but

oount ol

the high wages paid to workmen there enabled many people

ndo fiste

to make both ends meet.

The poor amongst the Coorgs were

o the dail

too proud to live on relief-works and preferred to take

o that

advance from their chieftains.

By arrivals from other

aving ek

|

stations the Congregation increased from 142 to 159.

123 of

il o

.i_’

these live at Mercara, the other 36 at the 3 out-stations and

the Bhut:

some Kstates, and can

only be looked after at a great

ing o1

expense of time and money. In ordinary times our Christians

it aod il

in Coorg easily may earn their livelihood, and this is a reason

Iy WE“ Zﬂ‘j

i il

why all sorts of people—and not always the best kind —

feel attracted to go there to try their chance.

As to the Mission-Work carried on from this station, it is

e

characteristic that Mr. Sikemeier tells us that almost all

rely O i

the Christians of our Mission at Mercara are not natives of

ost gt

the place.

o vl

They came from the Talu country, from Canara, Malabar and

ic resul!é:

i 09

the Tamil country.

There was on an average only one convert a

year during the last 30 years.

Amongst these few there are only

w]p, I}e

i &

one Coorg man and 4 Coorg women, especially girls. The only Coorg

man, who is in our congregation there at present, is our Catechist

o J

Gabriel Almanda.

As far as the people of the soil are concerned,

ble gt

there is no doubt that Coorg is by far the most barren of our Mission-

fields.

Formerly we were fortunate enough to have two influential

friends amongst the Coorgs; both have died now and the son of the

50

second has turned out a bitter enemy.

The women amongst them

tolon

kave no objéction to a Missionary Jady coming to their houses, but

be pr

Only on a few Estates our

they refuse to listen to a religious talk.

Jumby

Agents are allowed to preach to the coolies; most of the planters

alled

refuse permission. On the Mercara-bazaar, however, regular street-

ty th

preaching takes place.

tlon

y

Mr. Veil, who since 1878 manages the Mission-Shop at

I

18510

Mercara, has not less than his brethren of the clerus to cope

(ificy

with unfavourable circumstances within his sphere of work.

for {}

As they are typical of all our Mercantile Establishments, they

ariey

may be mentioned here: —

1 L

a8

“There is not much money in the little country at present.

Cha

‘That Coorg is sinking’, is the opinion of a good many planters

po,

and others.

The competition through the large Madras firms with

their branches in Bangalore and other places, the improved means

v

of traffic, the direct communication between the planters and their

)]

Il

frends

agents at the coast and at home, and above all the competition of

native-merchants, all this has considerably reduced the number

words,

of customers, and such as remain are mnot so easily satisfied as

and g

formerly.

The Shop deals not only with articles imported from

and A

England and Germany and with the productions of our Weaving

douby

Establishments and Tile-works, but also with tracts and Bible-

h&ve ;

portions. There is besides opportunity every day to bear witness for

ful s

the Lord before all the non-Christians who come to the Shop.

But

Sﬁpal’g

also Mr. Veil complains of the great indifference and dullness prevail-

Th

ing among the Coorgs in spiritual matters.

One cannot say that

these Coorg-people have heard the glad tidings too often, but there

begn |

is no knowledge of sin and no desire for salvation.

The flourishing

i

liquor-shops go far to explain the spiritual sterility of this field.

“i

seem

Besides as long as whole families do not join the Christian Chureh,

the difficulties for single individuals are almost unsurmountable.”

bag

|

9

Anandapur.

‘“tbm

Anandapur was the first of our Coorg stations. Dr. Magling

With |

intended to establish with a few of his converts an agricultural

10f

51

ngst ths

colony and with the help of his pupil and friend Kaundinya

100eS, i

he purchased some land and, in 1856, made settle down a

Titates o

number of Holeyas, a class of liberated serfs.

The place was

6 pluies

called Anandapur (city of joy) and in 1858 was taken over

lar st ©

by the Basel Mission Society. From the very beginning the

colony had to struggle for existence, and about 1870 the

n-dlop if

Mission had to buy also part of the property.

Another

5 {0 (e

difficulty is the unhealthiness of the station.

The place chosen

of vk

for the Mission-house was not well selected and most Mission-

ents, g

aries there suffer greatly from fever.

At the beginning of

last year, My. Fischer left for Europe and Myr. Fritz took

of prestlh

charge of the station.

The Congregation (211 souls) is very

y plane

poor, and also at this station for 6 months the poor had to be

frws il

saved from starvation by relief-work.

ored means

Mr. Fritz thinks that his people appreciate the kindness of Mission

friends at home, and show themselves thankful not so much by

ypeion i

words, but by attending church more regularly and being faithful

ho munbt

afied

and diligent at their work.

There are associations for young men

and young women that are well attended.

Of course also very

;orted frn

doubtful elements are mixed up with the congregation, most of them

" i

have gone the wrong way in consequence of idleness.

It is a hope-

fal sign that in the congregation good and bad elements seem to

gt

separate more decidedly than formerly.

Shop: b

The services of Mr. J. Chandram, the Dresser there, have

o 80y ¢

ol

been highly appreciated, and we thank him for all his kindness.

], bUt thm

The work of Evangelisation after the transfer of Mr. Rath

ﬂouf:lihmg

i

seems to have been chiefly in the hands of Catechists, which in

so far is a drawback, as Coorgs will not receive so well a

a0 Ohﬁfeh’

band of Catechists without a Missionary.

lniablef

The misery amongst non-Christians was very great indeed.

Although they saw that Christians and probationers were provided

with work, they did not join us in large numbers, which perhaps is

, i

not to he regretted.

o

f

IA]

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52

Last year we reported the first time about the Orphanage

cofe

at Anandapur.

16 new children were admitted last year, and

and

Of

there are now 28 boys and 22 girls in the institution,

course the experiences are not always encouraging.

One

fimg

oﬁem

feels compassion, and admits a poor fellow and after some

Al

time one comes to know that an adder has been nourished in

Jioi

one’s bosom.

e

Mr. Fritz relates about a Brahman boy, 13 years of age, who

after having received help revealed himsef to be a crafty thief and

an enemy of Christianity.

Whatsoever one would say about God

and heaven, Satan and hell, he used to answer:

“I want to go to

bell, I am not afraid of the devil, don’t tell me anything about

Jesus!”

Tor the sake of others we had finally to send him away.

His sister, 9 years of age, is a modest, amiable girl. These children

I

have been led in very different ways to this place of refuge.

There

Y

b4

Hilig

is Ruth, who by a planter and a friend of our Mission had been

found on the road lying near her starved mother, her life being

been {

g th

almost extinet.

The kind gentleman nourished the child for some

Hindy

time and then sent her to our Orphanage. Lakshmi, 8 years of age,

was brought by her siekly father.

He bhad tried for a long time fto

SUS(lep

heaoy

sell her to somebody, but nobody would take her.

The father, a

widower, was anxious to go back to Bangalore.

On hearing that

s o

at Anandapur the Mission buys children (!), he went to Anandapur.

think

there

Of course he received no money, but the child being tired of wander-

ing about, asked to be left with us; the unnatural father joyfully

62 yea’

went away.

One day the boys report laconically “a new one’ has

) go]

arrived. On going out Mr. Fritz beheld a boy about 11 or 12 years

ﬂ]e 00y

of age, in rags and rather problematic-looking.

He had been a

“boy” in the house of a Turk, where he got many a beating, but

1’&gue

i

little in the way of bread.

Consequently he ran off. After having

.

o

LM

received a bath, clean clothes, and his hair having been cut, he

indeed looked like “a new boy ”.

I g

COHSQ

la

The children get schooling every day until half past one.

if fho

Then the boys are occupied in the Mission-compound with

]\ept 11

53

Cem ey

Onghasiy

coffee and rice planting, the girls with needle-work, cooking

jear, ol

and washing. —Stealing and lying are the most common

tion, (f

offences amongst the children and, of course, it will take some

g B,

time until such evil habits are rooted out.

Let us hope that

fher some

many an able workman, Teacher and Catechist and many

nrished

pious mothers will rise from this school and instil life and

blessing into the congregation.

f age, Wi

y thief ml

about (o

III.

SOUTH~-MAHRATTA.

ot fo g0

hing oot

10

Dharwar.

him v}

oo Chly

This station is the second child of our MissionA. In 1837

28, Thet

4

Hebich and Mogling commenced the work there, and they have

been greatly encouraged ta do so by the generous assistance

r ife b

and the kind sympathies of English friends and some influential

1d for s

Hindus.

But soon our brethren had to experience the un-

L

susceptibility of South-Mahratta to the Gospel, which has

g fie!

become almost proverbial.

Bearing in mind that Dharwar

10 fathe,

is only second to Mangalore in age, it is rather painful to

g I

think of the very very slow growth of this station.

In 1850

Aandip

there was a little Congregation of 63 Christians and now, after

I Waude?

'

ol

62 years, there are only 188 Church-members.

Mr. Bode had

her )

v

e ¥

to go home and Mr. Ernst has taken his place as Pastor of

the congregation.

The station also last year suffered from

ol

) \(’,3’

fal e

plague and famine. “Lord, in trouble have they visited Thee,

peatith &3

they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them,”

we are glad to say, has been the experience of our brethren

o ol

f

o O

in Dharwar.

Our Christians have learned to appreciate the

consolations of God’s Word in the days of trial. The observation

of the Lord’s Day has improved and the Holy Sacrament is

fpi®

kept in great honour. The Lord’s Supper being esteemed as a

)oﬂﬂd fl

e

means of grace, some who had been excluded from it, felt it as

anl g

an almost intolerable punishment.

For the first time last

Hoer

year the congregation had a Mission-festival, and from the

in the

neighbouring Hubli not less than 100 guests were present.

baptis

i

It was a great refreshment to the Church that in the forenoon

We

Onef

of this day three adults were added to the congregation.

from:

are exceedingly happy to finish now the story of the weaver

fny |

at Tegur (¢f. Report for 1897, page 33 and Report for 1899,

they.

page 36).

Myr. Braun, the itinerating Missionary at Dharwar,

on h

makes the following communicationzm

the l

““The resolution of which we reported last year, has been carried

[yt

out

The wife of the weaver died, and in order to loosen the last

f

tie binding him to his former connections, thieves entered his house

S0me

and took away his whole possession (about Rs. 700).

The man

distur

looked upon this as an answer to his prayers, for he had asked

In a similar

b

and b

God to set him free from cares for earthly goods.

spirit he did not take any step to recover money which he had lent

itS her

to a man of the same village.

He managed to escape and went to

% My

a daughter married at Dharwar.

the fy

He had nothing but his clothes

with him, when he came and said: ‘I desire to go to heaven and

\]

you can show me the way there.’

Nothing could make him waver

inflye

from this resolution.

Already his father had been inclined towards

bdng

the Gospel.

When he was dying, he laid a tract into the hands of

in, ﬁp

his son and said:

‘Son, what is written in here is the only truth,

Vagab

you will find the way to heaven in this.”— And now 50 years old

ﬂﬁsera,

be has been baptised.

His face beamed with joy and peace, when

4 01y

he received the name * Vishvdsappa’.

How he rejoiced in our

Christian services long before his baptism.

When he heard about

I

» b

the sufferings of our dear Lord, tears would run down his cheeks.

Vi&h;

He has got a loom again and earns his bread by his former pro-

fession.”

!

hag

The second candidate for baptism has been in connection with

degr,

our Mission since the foundation of the station.

For abont sixty

J 0uni

years he has been satisfied with working in the Mission-compound,

haVe

55

-

feltitg

and as to consciousness of sin, he seemed to be absolutely free from it

!

1

However, he awoke at last, and now everybody, even the servants

from

in the Mission-houses, helped together to prepare the old man for

His relatives of course now forsook him

To instruet

6 } Gl

baptism

him was a difficult task, after 2 or

J

(0}

years a pause had to be made

¢ forenn

tion, W

One feels pity on hearing the old man say: “ What else do you want

from me? Look here, I do believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, I do not

he wear

any longer believe in Krishna, Rama, Ganapati and the like, for

for 180

they are no gods and I do not pray to them

80 years old was he

Dharn

A few weeks afterwards he called for

on the day of his baptism

the Missionary

On his arrival the old man said

«“Salam, Sahib

and then died

681 Cartlé

I go to my Saviour in heaven,

n the b

With reference to the Evangelistic Work, it seems that at

d i hore

some

stations

in South-Mahratta a fakir caused some

The uat

disturbance

He seems to have preached against Christianity,

hod 0l

and his method consisted in speaking against the Bible and

na sii

1ts neroes

On superficial people he made some impression

e had

as Mr. Reusch thinks

unbelievers lauched at the Bible and

qnd wer

the fakir likewise

s et

On non-Christians plague and famine had not the wholesome

heaved 3"d

influence as on some Christians

bim T

Some preferred utter misery to

being helped by Christians

A widow with 3 children was taken

ol o

in, first the three children and then the mother ran away

o ook

ouly h

Vagabondage seemed to have become a habit with many of these

miserable creatures

Some had no objection to relief, but showed

() year /

a great aversion to relief-work

L

It will be found interesting. to hear with what result

oed 1070

yeard 80

Mr. Braun tried to follow up the work done by God in

b the )

Vishvasappa’s case

He went to see his relatives and found that the son of Vishvasappa

formet ]

had been touched in his heart by the Word of God to a certain

degree, but is still too timid and anxious to venture anything. The

et

jon 1

younger brother fails entirely to understand how his brother could

pout ¥

have taken such a step

To make a greater impression on the

oo

PDW

o

56

family, Vishvasappa was called to assistance.

His people were

after|

s b

rather still, but not unkind. But on the following day, the younger

brother cursed him in his own house; he was, however, sorry for it

fhat

afterwards and the other members of the family did not approve of

Joer

1t

el o

They even invited him to stay for a few days with them, which

he did and read the Bible with his brother and son, who asked him

Our §

to teach them how to pray.

Unfortunately, a second brother then

A |

arrived and he succeeded in getting his brother expelled from

of g

the house.

(the

distr

Amongst the higher classes of the population, it seems, the

of th

Bible is much read. Mr. Braun once talking with two fakirs in the

streets, a wealthy Hindu passed by.

He set the two fakirs right

laud

and invited Mr. Braun to come to his house.

There was not only

sitting

an old piano in the -room, but also a Bible on the table, evidently

)

much used.

The gentleman acknowledged that he reads the Bible

fhe fh

g

daily, but as to becoming a Christian he cannot yet make up his

mind.

The Catechist was allowed to offer a prayer.

Dhiry

(overy

As to Educational Work, Dharwar is the most important

station of our South-Mahratta District.

Besides a Congrega-

Th

of oy

tional School and a Primary School for non-Christians, we have

a High School with 11 masters and 204 pupils.

The school

thege

comprises almost all th® sections of the Dharwar population.

Prin

My. Reusch, the Principal of the school, gives the following

1 the

details: —

Sthog

houg

Brahmans 78, Lingaits 33, other Hindus 84, Pancham 1; Moham-

medans 10; Christians from the Students’ Home 30, Christians

G&I’pm

from the town 10; Burasians 6, Parsi 1, and Jew 1.

As to the

i

optional language 37 take Sanskrit, 157 Canarese, 4 Mahratti and

o

I 0

6 Latin.

Mr

Reusch and our energetic Christian Headmaster,

Ty

Mr. Alexander Jaganathan, B. A., experienced great difficulties last

D

year.

The competition of the Government-school is of such a kind

il

that scarcely an educational ¢ Bhagirathan’ would be able to come

JUEN

up against it. If one hears that the headmaster of the Government-

of g

school is an addition to this Vice-President of the Mun"icipality, that

finig

2

57

0l v

after having been formerly Principal of the Normal School, he now

the yougy

has been appointed acting Educational Inspector; one can imagine

somy fok

‘v

that the Manager of a school, which is considered by such an all-

tapprored

powerful personality to be a rival school, will not feel himself on a

bed of roses.

No wonder the Government-school increased to 400,

them, whid "

0 asked b

our school dwindled down to 169.

By reducing the school-fees,

The school is

yrother it

Mr. Reusch sueceeded in improving things a little.

pelled frm

of great importance to us, as the youths of the Students’ Home

(the futare Pastors, Catechists and Christian Schoolmasters of this

The masters

seems,

distriet) get their secular schooling in this institution.

of this school, Brahmans and Christians, afford an example of a most

fakirs in te

fakins g

laudable harmony; it must be a pleasing sight to behold them

yas nof 0l

sitting together when school-hours are over and drinking a cup of

tea

The results in the Bible-lessons given by Mr. Bhaskar in

o, eviden]

s the Bk

the third Standard, Mr. Reusch found excellent.

In the higher

classes the students are attentive; since the Sanyasi had been in

make 1 by ¥

Dharwar, some exhibit a spirit of controversy.

The results at

Government examinations have been highly satisfactory.

ol

, g

The Students’ Home with its 38 inmates takes in the place

of our Christian High Schools in Canara and Malabar.

30 of

s, el

these youths go to the High School, 7 have joined an Upper

The s

Primary School (practising branch of a Normal School), and

populatioa.

1 the Normal School.

From 11 to 5 o’clock they attend these

-

0 followiﬂg

schools.

The necessary bodily exercise they get after school-

hours by water-drawing, gathering or cutting of firewood,

o1 e

carpentery and gardening.

, Chr?

Mr. Reusch intends to make a trial with washing and flooring

hsh i

(in case he gets the necessary machinery for the latter purpose).

abit ¥

LS

The Christian youths in South-Makratta undergoing all these

Poadus?

exercises most willingly and even not shrinking back from gathering

¥

cow-dung, seem to be a very reasonable set of young men.

We

sl ol

presume that this partly explains the fact that one scarcely hears

o0

of debts of Mission-agents in South-Mahratta.

Two of the students

ore

finished their course of instruction and joined the Theological

iyl ﬂl

28

\

PR Bl

Seminary at Mangalore.

Mr. Reusch is of opinion that the non-

Ot

Christian pupils of the High School do not exert any dangerous

thrist

influence upon the Christian studeunts, and he adds: ¢ It happens on

in Hul

the other hand that Christian pupils defend their Christian belief

adults

before non-Christians, and that they give a good example by good

Unak;

behaviour and ind}lstry.”

1000

fowar

11

Hubli.

then

attra

Only two years after Dharwar, in 1839, Hubli, the chief

town in this district, was made a station.

The progress also

at- this place was rather slow, but it was continuous.—

tha

Mr. Berli, the Missionary in charge of the station, feels thank-

& 1o

ful that plague spared the place in 1900, but rain set in very

I

late, and when the grain began to sprout it stopped and the

$00m 4

rain wanted for the second harvest did not come at all.

they

Hence the prices for food were three times as high as in

nley

ordinary years.

The weavers in the Congregation were almost

Slich g

destitute and two of them learned washing, which in this part

Ve ag

of the world means a step of utter desperation.

Affliction

th'mg ]

about

in Hubli had not the same effect upon our Christians as in

Dharwar.

A0qua;

Mr. Berli tells us that a special prayer-meeting after the first

auly |

thhou

good harvest was not well attended, especially not by the poor.

Where there is no trust in God, there will be confidence into

Prevey

illegimate expedients.

There was a plot in the congregation

fl‘Ol]] g

concluded for digging for hidden treasures under the advice of

this g

sorcerers.

A boy 10 years of age was employed as a medium to

show the treasures.

:

)

‘“ﬂpress

The matter was brought to light at last and

the offenders were put under Church-discipline.

beﬂg 1

it Iy

But Mr. Berli’s report contains also some very encourag-

0

ing news about his congregation.

One member of the congre-

Dajyt

gation on each pay-day gives one Rupee to the Mission.

foung

Another one keeps a box for thankofferings in his house.

that ¢

el

1t $he

Or it may happen that a father on the day when his child is

angen

christened, gives a considerable donation.—The congregation

happensi

in Hubli and Unakallu has increased from 421 to 434.

Three

stian beli

adults have been baptised during the year.

It is a pity that

le by aud

i"

Unakallu, small as it is, should be divided into parties.

The

non-Christians in those parts are said to be friendly disposed

towards Christianity and its Missionaries.

How important

then that a congregation in their midst will render Christianity

attractive to them.

, the ol

ogtess Y

As to the Work amongst non-Christians Mr. Rath thinks

fnuots-

that in those parts with which he is acquainted, there prevails

oels thatk

a most decided hatred against Christ.

sef 10 1]

People will coolly listen to any exposition, even on sin, but as

ol and

soon as the name of Christ is mentioned they retract even what

they had admitted before. They are ready for religious disputations

ne ot il ¥

under condition that Christ’s name is not introduced.

Of course

high & i

joLe alns

such a condition is quite out of question.

The testimony of what

we as Christians enjoy through believing in Christ is just the one

o this p‘v&ﬁ

thing needful in proclaiming Christ’s kingdom.

Mr. Rath tells us

fichon

about a man in Unakallu, who has abandoned idolatry, is well

fans 81

acquainted with the Missionaries, prays to Christ, calls Jesus his

only hope and desire, and is fully convinced that he will perish

o te ¥

without Christ.

He wished to be baptised, but the relations

y the pOﬁf.

prevented the Catechist from entering the house and the poor man

from going out.

For the time, nothing can be done but commend

gt

isg

this man to God and His grace.— Mr. Berli is of opinion that in

this part of the country neither plague nor famine made a great

| medwm (? "

1

impression on non-Christians.

On the other hand ‘although the

gt I i

belly is the god of these people’, yet the allurements of that Sanyési

did not avail much.

The attacks were too clumsy.

One instance will suffice.

«“The Bible cannot be believed,” he

ncou?

maintained, ‘““there are so many Bibles: there is Tolstoi’s Bible, one

pe 0

found in Tibet, the Bible of Barnabas, the Roman Catholic Bible,

o N

that of Protestant Christians, the Galatians too had their own Bible,

s I

e

60

which is not yet printed”.

If such delicious nonsense turns the

fad to

attention of the people to the Bible, we have every reason to be

il sl

thankful that the Sanyési has promulgated his original thoughts

Sagoti

on the Bible in this part of India.

pissed

Ouf Schooi for non-Christians at Old Hubli suffered first

nember

on account of the plague and then by the famine.

whole

heen 1

My. Berli, on behalf of the station, offers his most sincere

Mr.on

thanks to Dr. Cardoz for his professional assistance to the

Missionaries and the Native Christians at Hubli.

for ity

atten

As a rule at all our stations there is a monthly course of

ule, f

instruction for our Catechists (¢f. last year’s Report, pages 31

Gated

and 32).

The table set by Mr. Berli before his fellow-workers

o

was abundant in spiritual food. As in those regions Artidha

Svami, a Vedantist of great renown, makes much ado and has

churel

10 beay

gathered many disciples round himself, Vedantism was one

¥

Bef

of the topics taken up.

Mr. Berli besides gave his views on

0lbstaf

the development of the offices in the Christian Church, on some

doctrines of Romanists and Ritualists, on the origin and

our Deo

iﬂ A e

authenticity of the Holy Scriptures.

Th

satisfy

12

Bettigeri.

Dlaing

Two years after Hubli, in 1841, Bettigeri and its ouf-

iﬂg al

station Malasamudra were founded.

Ambassadors of the

faulp

so-called Kalajnana-sect, who pretended to acknowledge in

With ¢

the appearance of Christianity in India the fulfilment of an

Wanye

old prophesy, came from the east of Dharwar and Hubli, and

h

iy

our Missionaries were impulsive enough to believe in the

Ty

purity of these people’s motives and consequently they were

decelved.

The weavers amongst them were settled down at

Bettigeri and for the peasants an agricultural colony was

established at Malasamudra. After a short time, the Mission-

I

aries were left alone with their new-built houses, and they

of By

-3

61

B

56 fums fi

had to begin anew in the ordinary manner by preaching

Teason fo

and schools.

Through the conversion of some families at

inal fhougs

Shagoti in 1865 another out-station arose, which soon sur-

{

passed Malasamudra.

In Bettigeri we have 423 Church-

members, in Shagoti 113, and in Malasamudra only 24 (the

suffered

]

whole station 560).

During the last year, Mr. Mayer has

most sk

been in charge of the Congregation; at the end of the year

My. and Mys. Warth arrived from Europe and set free Mr. Mayer

tance fo |

;

for itinerating work.

The Christians at Bettigeri diligently

attend church on the whole, but there are exceptions to the

ly coure i

rule, for at the end of the year a few had to be excommuni-

ort, pages

cated as they never attended church, and all efforts to

!

iR

S

ellow-onrk

improve them had proved abortive.

Some of those going to

oions Artl

church are in danger of supposing that they deserve to go

L ado and b

to heaven for doing so.

4

1

s

i

Bettigeri had the necessary rain, but only Bettigeri, the two

Jis Tiews ¢

out-stations have not been so well off, and also in Bettigeri some of

prch, onsi

our people were compelled to fast one day or one day and a half

) origh W

in a week. /

The Orphanage for Boys contains 67 boys.

Mr. Mayer is

satisfied with their behaviour in general, but he also com-

plains of their dulness. They show no spirit; they are loung-

ing about instead of playing.

This is to a great part the

and 10

fault of the Schoolmasters, who believe that it is incompatible

L

with the dignity of a Schoolmaster and contrary to good

ol t

Even the example of an

flomi

manners to play with their pupils.

European Manager will not persuade them to put off this

Hoth

misplaced solemnity.

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18

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fed

13

Guledgudd.

ooy

In 1847, an adherent of the so-called Nudi-sect (a mixture

o 5®

of Pantheism with some Mohammedan and Christian ideas)

L

5, O

e

e

62

came from Guledgudd to Bettigeri; he found what he sought

for and was baptised there.

As others followed from the same

i

Jod

sect the station Guledgudd was founded in 1851.

Guledgudd

bis |

with 1ts out-stations is the largest station of South-Mahratta

i

(617 Church-m embers).

This station suffered greatly by last

The 1

year’s dearth. The misery was greatest in the northern part

allow

of the Dijapur district. Though seed was sown three times

side

in many places, nothing would grow.

Some useful work could

Four

M

be done by giving relief-work to poor Christians.

50 &

adults and 11 children were admitted to the Christian Church.

fopic

Amongst these were the parents of a girl in the Orphanage

(ol

with the remainder of the family.

Myr. Lutz is not quite

Were

satisfied with the spiritual life in the Guledgudd Congregation,

Whe

although the hand of God lay heavily on them: the famine

long

having been followed by cholera.

in By

P

liste

It is a pity that almost all the Pastors in the South-Mahratta

distriet complain of the negligence of parents with reference to the

Al

schooling of their children.

A change for the good has taken

s,

place at the out-station Halkurki (¢f. last year’s Report, page 87).

Categ

There love seems to have overcome the obstinate hearts. Mr. Lutz

oo

received 4 poor children from the little congregation into his house

and heart.

They were awfully ignorant when they came, and when

they joined their class-mates again they distinguished themselves

Went

very favourably.

To come nearer to the hearts of his estranged

Tn gy

flock, Mr. Lutz took lodgings in the little chapel situated pictu-

the 8

resquely on the top of a hill, and through intercourse with the

the g;

children also the hearts of the parents were drawn nearer.

Every

‘xhem g

evening the little ones ‘*‘paid their respects” to the Missionary,

i

?he ex;

recited their seriptural sentences and after having received some

Chy

food they went home.—Of Kardenhalli, the second out-station after

0 the

Mushtigeri, Mr. Eisfelder reports that the people there are confiding,

contented and thankful.

Most of the inquirers came from there.

Suffopg

an DY

Both of the Missionaries there take part in the Evangelistic

Mopyy,

Work of the station.

Mr. Eisfelder mentions the following:—

(Some

63

e

be s

In a place called Aminagudde a man sometimes used to come

) the e

He

daily and declare that Christianity is the only true religion.

had read a good deal and talked also about baptism, but owing to

ruledgull

Mabat

his fickleness he could not come to a decision.— At Honyund

tly by bt

Mr. Eisfelder was challenged to enter upon a public disputation.

The terms were not quite fair: on our side only the Missionary was

thern

allowed to speak, the Catechists had to keep silence, on the opponent’s

e fine

side everybody was privileged to take part in the discussion.

work col

Mr. Eisfelder was cautious enough to take the lead in the business,

ans. o

so as to avoid unprofitable talk on all kinds of the subtleties.

The

an Churd

topiecs were God, His existence, the love, justice and holiness of

God, our duties towards Him, and the circumstances at that time

Ophangt

ot qul

were favourable to a very praectical treatment of all these subjects.

ongregilh

When finally Mr. Eisfelder began to exhort them to resist God no

the {om

longer and besides not to leave love’s labour entirely to Christians

in Europe and America, they quite forgot their disputation and

'

listened most attentively.

-t

Although there are no paid Bible-women in Guledgudd,

oot 0

J bas e

Mrs. Lutz with the assistance of her ayah and the wife of a

t, g i

Catechist worked amongst the Hindu women in the neighbour-

hood of Guledgudd.

afo i b

The Girls’ Orphanage at Guledgudd is under the manage-

{ e

6, a0

ment of My. Fisfelder.

Out of 77 children 69 attend school.

i {hen®

|

In autumn two children from Dharwar brought measles to

s st

the school, and not less than 20 children were attacked by

iaated P4

the disease.

Fortunately none died, but as usual most of

o il b

them suffered for a length of time from the after-effects.

In

arel b

the examinations the children fared well on the whole.

! i

»

Christmas-time last year must have made a deep impression

gl

t.statioﬂf"ﬁf'

on the heart of the children.

In a time when the whole country

ﬂ,l’e 000

i

suffered from scarcity of food, Christian friends in Europe prepared

an extra treat for poor children out here in India.

Besides, on the

on 14

morning of the festival the whole of the school went to the town

g

(some miles distant from the Orphanage), wherse the songs of children

ol

—

il i

64

helped much to make the service in the church more impressive. On

died,

this occasion 6 of the children received baptism.

What a joy it

il

must have been for Nagi (now Sulakshmi) to be admitted to the

Yifire

Church of Christ together with her parents and the other children,

plase

who had followed her.

There was little Subbakti, a dear child,

thurel

who however had to be divorced from her former husband, before

thelr ¢

she could be baptised.

Two others of the girls, when they came

and asked admittance to the Orphanage, they said that their parents

they

S0rTo

had died from plague, which story proved to be untrue.

Their

father, a holy hemp-smoker and vagrant, was on a trip to Benares

0

and the mother wandered about in Guledgudd, so before the children

Missh

were baptised, the written agreement of the mother was obtained.

!

14

00eas]

Bijapur.

passy

The station at this historical place was taken up in 1885.

e ¢

The growth of this congregation has been rather slow (46 against

e

50 in last year).

With reference to the famine Mr. Metz

gy

reports:—

4 golds

“In places, where last year no harvest coﬁld be obtained,

0me 1y

this year things are satisfactory, but the part of our

Then g

district, which is called the granary of Bijapur, had no harvest

in the

at all. Many villages consequently have become depopulated;

Werg

(‘Thre

people have either gone to places where the Government has

opened relief-work or they have gone to the Nizam’s dominions,

dispuy,

where they have had a good harvest.

Another calamity of

ing the

tofrygt

this station was the scarcity of water.

The poor in this

district seem to have been very well looked after by Govern-

=il

ment and the Municipality of Bijapur.

Besides also wealthy

Trugg

b

then |

Hindus distinguished themselves by liberality. One of them

In addition to

then

is said to have fed about 200 persons a day.

gy

hunger and thirst the poor people of this district were also

ask I

visited with cholera and an epidemic of typhus.

Cholera

Categ

passed by our little congregation, but Mrs. Metz had a bad

brok

attack of typhoid fever and one of the Christian Schoolmasters

Drege

65

préssise, [

died. We offer our hearty thanks to the Civil Surgeolyn Dr. .

hat &

H. Horton, who treated the family of the Missionary and the

nitted fo fe

Native Christians with great devotion and skill.

Myr. Metz 18

her childe

pleased with his little Congregation.

People go regularly to

a ear ot @

church and joyfully contribute to the expenses according to

shand, bele

their ability.

For cleanliness and a civilised appearance

on they e

e pae

they compare favourably with their Hindu or Mohammedan

surroundings.

troe, Thl

ip 0 Bonats

Of course, at such a small station the greatest part of a

o the obilie

Missionary’s time will be given to Eva,r‘lg'elistic Work.

s obtainel

Mr. Metz and his Catechists preach in the bazaar, but on one

occasion not a single person appeared, the people there being

passionate card-players.— Out in the district Mr. Metz in general

1upin1

met either with sympathy or indifference, open hatred was rarely

({oagn

experienced.

Of course, the pressure of public opinion is also felt.

e M e

“Onee on our way home,” Mr. Metz relates, we passed the house of

a goldsmith who, sitting on the threshold of his house, invited us to

come in.

We did so and had a pleasant conversation with the man.

e

Then somebody passed by, saw us and said: ‘Oho, you have called

pal‘t of W

in the padri and his people, what does this mean?’

The people

o o

were so upset after this that we thought best to withdraw.” —

| depopulated

“Three years ago, in a little town, a Swami invited me to a publie

rernnet

disputation.

No Catechist was allowed to open his mouth.

Know-

s dominiocﬁ‘

ing the ways of this man, I made up my mind to accept the offer, but

p ol

to frustrate his intention.

“Who are you?’ he commenced.

‘T am L.

e

—¢What are you?’ ‘Iam I’.——¢What do you mean by saying I?’

arh

) (jore

‘I mean I.”— ¢ Who speaks through you, if you speak?’ ‘If I speak,

then I do speak.’—¢ What is the meaning of saying I?’ ¢If I say I,

also il

et

18

then I mean to say I.”— Now I asked him: ‘Do you know what a man

o addt”

fl

means, if he says I?’ ¢I know it most certainly.’— ¢ Well, why do you

ask me about it?’ He seemed to be a little perplexed and when a

e

ore

(b

e

Catechist put in a question, he said rather angrily: ‘You have

(b

broken the agreement!’ After that he wanted to send away all

2l

ef?’ hﬂd

present, to which I objected, saying: ‘It is not becoming to you to

Gghadly

i

66

e

show anger.

I did not come here to lose my time with such. sub-

sngl

tleties and puerilities, but to bear message of the salvation in Christ

ek

for sinners guilty of death, and this message is meant also for you,

flich

old man.

If you do not accept Christ as your Saviour, you will be

2 Mis

lost.— The answer which this Swami had expected from me, was:

R

‘I mean, I am a man’, and then, as a Vedantist, he would have gone

sty

on to prove that man is only part of the Divine being, and that sin

{ound

and salvation are words which convey no meaning. Now this man

fohe

I met again the other day. He listened attentively to our preaching

and remembered our conversation three years ago very well.

When

lespis

we said good bye, he took my hand, accompanied us to the gate of

Dreciy

i fi

the town and promised to pay me a visit at Bijapur.” —In a village

54 miles away in the N. E., Mr. Metz made the acquaintance of

Misg

people who had read Christian books and thought on their teaching.

100rg

The headmaster of the school there said: ¢ We cannot do otherwise

Drer

than trouble ourselves about the Christian religion, and as soon as

D

S

we have come to the conclusion that it is the true religion, we

of the

shall be bound to join you, whatever the consequences of such a

mith i

step may be.”

The same man, 5 years ago, in a somewhat rude

fhat ¢

manner had rebuffed the Missionaries with the remark that the

had f0

Hindus are in possession of a much more excellent religion than

lamey

the Christians.

I

The Mission keeps up three schools at Bijapur: a Mahratti

made

Primary School for non-Christians, a Canarese Primary School

Settin

for Christians and non-Christians, and a Mahratti Girls’ School.

Th

The Girls’ School gives opportunity to Mrs. Metz to do some

Seemed

Mission-work amongst Hindu-women, the mothers of these

WhO lig

girls inviting Mrs. Metz to come to their houses.

baf 1g;

i

ﬂ\aH

fd

1

o

Honavar.

Sellinq

Politically Honavar does not belong to South-Mahratta,

Ehegy

but to North-Canara.

As it however belongs to the Bombay

OUtSpU

Presidency and as the educational rules are the same there asin

Congjg

South-Mahratta, we found it more convenient to connect this

Sehog)

=

67

h such b

single station of North-Canara with South-Mahratta.

As far

on in (fr

back as 1838 a school was opened in the bazaar of Honavar,

lso for

which had to be closed again. Then in 1845 Honavar was made

younilk

¢

a Mission-station, but the work there was several times given

m e, 7 &

up and taken up again.

In 1866 Karwar was tried as an

| have g

out-station with no better result.

Although as regards the

and thit @

founding of a Christian congregation there, Honavar proved

o this !

to be a painful disappointment and a failare, it is not to be-

it preachis;

despised as a centre of evangelisation, for God granted some

well, Ve

precious fruits from this field of labour. As to the Congregation

o thegate!

in Honavar itself, we are glad to say that Mr. Risch, the

o o vl

Missionary in charge of the station, feels free to draw a

quantt (

ittt

more pleasant picture of his Church this year than in

o ofhere®

previous ones.

ELLLE

Some disturbers of the peace have gone and the remaining part'

,religon

of the congregation is anxious to come to a better understanding

s of s

with its spiritual leader.

The attendance at divine servieces is all

ol

that could be desired.

During the hard times, when the weavers

ﬂ&fk {hat fi

had to wait for their wages, one did not hear murmuring or

lamentation.

peligon o

My. Risch, in the first year of his work at this station,

made some extended Preaching tours with the intention of

) \[a‘h}';"]

getting acquainted with his new sphere of work.

maﬂ SCL“

Though he came through parts of the country, where the Gospel

Gil'lS’ Schﬂl‘:

seemed never to have been preached, he did not come across people,

)

i

who never had heard about Christianity.

Knowledge abouat Christ

[ !

had reached them at Hindu festivals.

We are glad to hear that

at a Hindu festival near Honavar the younger members of the

congregation quite of their own accord helped by singing and by

selling tracts.

On the whole, the success of the work has not been

encouraging,

Mr. Risech met either

with

indifference or

with

g

outspoken aversion.

However, the preaching at Anilgoda Mr. Risch

) the Bﬂmh?

considered a real pleasure, and he aseribes it to the influence of our

ol

school there.

We have another school at Herangadi, and these

5%

P,

68

Sl

schools seem to prepare the way for evangelisation, as they remove

(qnms

all kinds of prejudices against Mission-work, as well as teach

e

Christian truth in the elementary manner suited to the people..

Jissio

Mr. Samuel Bunyan, our Evangelist (stationed at Karwar),

fhroug

makes the following remark:—

of tim

I cannot point out any fruit of my work. Of our Lord Jesus

mythi

we read: ¢ Behold, all the world runs after Him.’

Why is my work

mith

uot accompanied with any result? Does the cause lie with me?

lagt 3

These questions urge me to earnest prayer that God for Christ’s

and i

sake may equip me with the necessary power from on high.

many

However, people listen to-.our preaching and this in itself is also a

kind of fruit.”

At Bhatkal an old schoolmaster came to the

have

travellers’ bungalow, and in a conversation with Mr. Samuel

i

o gho

declared all the Hindu gods and Hindu customs to be useless.

“ However one experience,” he says, ‘“keeps me to the old belief,

Mg}

In our temples we cover the idol all over with flowers, and if we

lomg j

Mytirg

have a special request, we will ask the idol to give us a flower in

acknowledgment of the god’s readiness to fulfil the request and

mhat

in by

behold, often a flower falls into the lap of the petitioner.”” Mr. Samuel’s

answer was really to the point.

“If you again go to the temple

Some 1)

with a special request in your heart, put the flower on the ground

thl‘ew [

the ¢

before the idol and ask your god: if thou art willing to grant my

request, I beseech thee to show such readiness by taking up this

in (g

Jesag

flower and putting it on my nose.

For you see, if the idol can

throw flowers into one’s lap, it will also be able to take them up.”

18 ag

The schoolmaster admitted that indeed this would be a still more

Spite f

distinet sign from the gods.”

b 1ela

already

b

51\'&“ 1

IV. MALABAR.

o

16

Cannanore.

iy

Camy

The work at Cannanore was commenced in 1839 by Dr.

With

Gundert, who came over from Tellicherry to look after a

Whol,

small congregation of Tamil-Christians

there.

In 1841

&lth()u

P

e

69

they o

Ca,nﬁanore, at that time a military station of great import-

oll s tud

ance with many Europeans, was taken up as a separate

people

Mission-station with Hebich as its first Missionary,

who

through his Missionary zeal and great originality in course

at Karwy E

of time amongst Europeans and Natives acquired an almost

i Lord Je

mythical celebrity. Cannanore is the only station in Malabar,

y is 0y i

with an increase worth mentioning (1168 against 1123

e with

last year).

38 persons have been admitted to the Church,

0 for Qb

and if the Weaving Establishment had not been full, a good

om o0 1

many more might have been admitted.

Most of the converts

tseld sl

have relatives in the Christian Church.

came fo

Mr, Siue

There is a family of the Veidyagar-caste, which gradually seems

to choose the good part.

First of all Kunhirdman (now Jesudasan),

o be

Munshi at Cannanore and Tellicherry, was baptised after having

tho ol ¢4

borne joyfully witness of his belief in Christ. In order to avoid a

ors, ald frk

rupture with his family, he kept his relatives in the dark about

g5 a ot

what was going on, which caused him also to be not quite sincere

o toqui ﬂﬂ:i

in his dealings with his new surroundings and deprived him for

3l S

some time of the former peace and joy in his mind.

Finally he

{0 the o

threw off the fear of men and found the right way.

For Ramuti,

on the %'mmi

the elder brother, who by the Bible-women and the Sunday-School

fo gt

g

\

in Chalat had often come in touch with the Gospel, the baptism of

pabing U0 4

Jesudasan also became a day of decision and he is one of the

o 7

18 adults, who were admitted last year.

Jesudasan hopes that in

gho o't

spite of the shock, which his conversion has given to the family, all

) 88

gl

his relatives will follow him in course of time.

And indeed, a sister

already took the decisive step, a younger brother and a cousin we

shall meet at the next station, and some others seem to be on the

point of deciding for Christ.

As to outward conditions of life the congregations in

Cannanore (about 780 souls) and in Chowa (an out-station

1

with 345 souls) are in a very favourable position.

On the

18

whole, Malabar cannot be said to have been a famine-district,

Lok o

bl

:

although the prices of rice and other‘ necessaries of life were

S oo

70

rather high, and moreover the vast majority of our people in

gave it

Cannanore and Chowa did enjoy a competency through the

(Cherr

bad gof

Weaving Establishment.

As to the spiritual life of the

sermants

Cannanore Congregation, the prayer-meetings mentioned in last

year’s Report (pages 90 and 91) were also continued last year

spent &

fhe gues

in a quiet manner.

We are sorry to say that peace and

1r, Pef

harmony in the congregation have been considerably disturbed

found 1

on the occasion of the election of an elder.

As usual, the

festimals

commotion was caused and the greatest noise was made by

] tom

such who were not known before as men of a high spiritual

still ol

type.

Meetings held in both congregations at the end of the

Peaple

year seem to have been accompanied by a special blessing.

At Ka

Mr, Pe

Mr. Tobias, the Native Pastor at Chowa, complains of the

ad g

existence of an unbrotherly spirit in his congregation; people are

1oy §

Li

outwardly reconciled with each other, but they do not forgive each

other from their hearts.

The Pastor longs for an out-pouring of

faee )

Hligion

God’s spirit on the whole eongregation.

16480

A young men’s association has risen again to life, and

bﬂdy il

there is a Sunday-School with 75 children and 3 masters.

0 bel;

The two Congregational Schools at Cannanore and Chowa, as

Mareh

well as the three Schools for Hindus at Chalat, Payyanur and

(iA M

Taliparambu are in a good condition.

That last mentioned

limsg|

has to fight its way against the competition of two Nambutiri

schools.

I Com

}'[Op]as

Whilst Mr. Schaal has been in charge of the congregations,

tkes,

Mr. Peter has carried on the Evangelistic Work of the station.

feaiy

b

With

As all the land south of Kasaragod sounds with the Malayalam

language, the district of MMr. Peter is too extensive for one

Sioy 0

s

man, and our Mission will soon have to see its way to establish

With

a Malabar station between Kasaragod and Cannanore.

to 00

Mr. Peter is popular amongst all different sects of the population

for

in and around Cannanore.

At the commencement of last year he

divip

A

71

s RS

T peopls

gave at his own bungalow a treat to a number of low-caste children

through

(Cherumar), in whose schools, not belonging to the Mission, Mr. Peter

had got permission to give Bible lessous.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter, the

life of f

servants of the house and, last but not least, the Cherumar children

Joned laaii,

spent a few very happy hours that afternoon, and as the hosts and

wed g

the guests were out-castes, nobody felt polluted by the entertainment.

b peace ol

Mr. Peter attended a number of small Hindu festivals, which he

bly disur

found not so favourable to the propagation of the Gospel as big

s uoml,

festivals or house-to-house visitations.

People throng together in

as male b

a comparatively small space or are scattered about in little groups,

high syt

still old acquaintances may be renewed by the Missionary and

e end of

people can be reminded of former conversations at their houses.

At Kannadiparamba an Adhikari, who collected taxes, called for

)l blessg

He was very attentive

Mr. Peter and requested him to preach.

plains o

and a number of better people joined us there.

At the same place

o people

every year asvery self-conceited man with a sweetish smile on his

¢ All

f forgie A

face appears and, affecting the Guru of the nations, he says:

oottt} i

religions are good, nobody knows who and how God is, for this

reason you are very wrong to attack another religion.

Let every

b, W

body please himself and believe in the God, whom he is accustomed

ol

to believe in.”” People have often heard this address and it does

4§ mas

not greatly affect them.

Besides the man expects no answer; he

o Chord,

marches on as soon as he has finished his speech.

Mr. Peter says:

)

]

1

“A Mopla boy was very impertinent and arrogant.

He called

5amu‘ »

st menﬁﬂﬂff

himself the proprietor of the temple estates and demanded a tax.

I committed ‘this fatherless child’ to the kind care of elder

0 Nﬂﬂlbmij

Moplas, who understood the hint and delivered us from his insipid

jokes.

My magic lantern did good services, especially on the

0l gregatioﬂf1

evening after the earthquake.

A Brahman family were so pleased

with the performance that they made us a present.— On the occa-

)f the sta[iUﬂ‘ i

sion of the Payanur festival, whilst standing under those gigantic

o BV

trees, some young men attempted at something like a contract

pire 0

They were prepared

gl il

with reference to the religions of the world.

to concede to Christ divine authority and the position of a Saviour

3)1101'9.

for the whole world, under condition that we do acknowledge the

o

divine authority of Parasurama for Malabar.

st

—

2

Mrs. Schaal and Mrs. Schonthal supervise the work of the

them

Bible-women at Cannanore.

fhat th

Mrs. Schaal tells us of a Hindu woman who asked the Bible-

plopen

frastra

woman to admit at least her eldest ‘daughter into one of the Christian

Tespect

families, as she would not like to see her grow up in the same

unhappy state she was in.

Mrs. Schonthal relates of a Tiyar girl,

[ogt,

omn

who lived with the Bible-woman Felicitas and was receiving

instruction.

Some

In an unguarded moment three women came and

dragged her away.

Another girl has come since then and the same

only

fo the

act of violence was tried, Felicitas, however, was on the look-out and

Mrs. Schonthal

Chare

did not permit the relatives to enter her house.

and the Bible-women call also upon the Parsi ladies, who however

en

.‘

most decidedly refuse to enter upon a conversation about religion.

I

They say that they are not allowed to hear anything about another

also

religion, as it might tempt thgm to embrace it.

1y

The Weaving Establishment, to which we referred above,

SV

branch

has been a great blessing and whilst our Christians in

the heg

Cannanore and Chowa in these hard times had their appointed

the By

work every day and the industrious ones amongst them had

Drentie

no cause to care for the future, Mr. Schinthal, the faithful

Manager of this large Establishment, had to pass through

many an hour of anxiety.

In three ways the Weaving Establishment saffered in consequence

of the Transvaal war:

D

A number of good customers left the military

iHVite(

station, the animosity between the English and Germans deprived

Bagg)

us of many a sympathetic friend, and, owing to the transport of

ly R

troopsand provisions to Africa, navigationalongthe West-Coast became

very irregular and some customers began to threaten with the

H

Degey

withdrawal of orders, if not served in time,

On the other hand we

Whey

Nty

have every reason to be thankful for the patience shown by some

of the customers.

A still greater danger for the peaceful work

D/(

done in the Weaving Establishment at Cannanore has turned up in

beca.l

the Chinese war.

Mr. Schonthal has always been very anxious

heg

11

to cultivate amongst his people a sense of thrift and has assisted

Doy

|,

work of f

them in the most liberal manner to make them so far self—dépendent

that they live in their own houses and their own compounds.

The

q the Bl

propensity for contracting debts and the habit of drinking have

the Chrisn p

frustrated his endeavours with many of them, but there remains a

in the o

respectable number of such upon whom love’s labour has not been

a Tiyar il

lost.

In the last year 5 workmen have been helped to get their

98 ey

own houses and another one managed to build it without help.

0 came

‘|

Some leave the Establishment and set up work for themselves. It is

and the s

only a pity, if such people put themselves into opposition not only

o Jook-out

to the Hstablishment, to which they owe everything, but also to

Church-discipline.

Of some it may unfortunately be said: *They

15, Sohiotl

iho hoveié

went out from us, but they are not of us.”

hout el

In connection with the Weaving Establishment last year

about e

also a Tailoring Establishment has been started.

More than 20 youths expected to be admitted, but also in this

rred 2t !

branch of work the two wars have brought disappointment.

For

igtons 1

the beginning, Roman Catholics had to be employed as assistants of

¢t appointe%

the European master, but in June 1900 there were already 7 ap-

prentices from our congregations at work.

s then N

fhe ol

il

fhroug

pass

17

Tellicherry.

p e

Dr. ézmdert, the founder of our Malabar-Mission, was

fitenil

invited in the year 1838 by his friend Dr. Mogling to join the

Basel Mission.

mans depﬁffi

He left Tinnevelly where he had assisted

: t,yanspm i

Myr. Rhenius, and commenced his work at Anjarakandy, the

present - out-station of Tellicherry, amongst Pulayers there.

(ot

f60 it 2

When Mr. Strange, the judge of North-Malabar, made over the

j

ther 8

Nettur-hill near Tellicherry, with his house, to the Mission,

i

Dr. Gundert settled down there in 1839, and thus Tellicherry

oaef

il W‘f‘

became the first station of the Malabar-Mission.

From the

I

el

beginning down to the present time, the Nettur-hill has been

very

aﬂ&‘

prominent as the place where the Native agency of our Mission

s 8

74

e

got its education.

Owing to the departure of many families,

of Mar

the congregations on Nettur and in the town went down

fo the

om 60% to 585,

To begin with Congregation on Nettur,

M}‘. Cf

12 adults and 4 children from outside were added to the

Anbatt

Church.

the ord

An old mother had followed her son and two

tngre

daughters, sick unto death; she lingered on for some months,

and since she showed a real desire to be with Christ, she was

Christi

fheir b

baptised a few hours before death. Two others of the converts

on Net

were the younger brother and the brother-in-law of the Munshi

Qress g

Jesudisan at Cannanore.

From Mr. Frohnmeyer’s report we

|l

take the following: —

I, ]

There was much sickness and death on Nettur-hill last year.

Auty

A mother who had contracted consumption whilst nursing her son,

fermeg

had to lay down her life too after having suffered patiently for

e

about two years.

As everywhere in the world, so also in our

congregations, in sickness and death the inmost man reveals himself.

fe fs

Very often we meet with a dull resignation, which reminds one of

Th

the fatalism prevailing in Hinduism.

“ There is nothing for it, it

Catech

must be borne,’

)

seems to be the frame of mind.

Others want to

among

shake off the burden and forgetting their Christian calling, they are

B

not scrupulous in looking out for help.

A family was under suspicion

Preack

that it sought the help of a heathen sorcerer.

But we are glad to

Noth,

say that in time of tribulation the sterling qualities of our Christians

ﬁSher.‘

shine forth.

Instead of changing physician and medicine every

4 dosiy

week, they cast their burden on the Lord.

‘We are thankful also to

eafh,

state that in time of sickness the term “brother’ really conveys a

the 00n

meaning, as in time of trouble our Christians, like the members of

We fy

one family, sympathise with each other.

Only in chronic cases and

g

where the consolation ought to consist not only in words, and in the

gt

ti |

paying of visits, even the nearest relations must now and then be

Deayle

reminded of their duties.

In the administrations to the sick and

Schy

poor some of the elders are a valuable help.

The two congregations

thems

at Tellicherry united not only on the 6th of January for a Mission-

l‘eligi(

service at the town, but also on some other occasions. On the 11th

deep

=,

75

ny fanll

of March a new Catechist and an Assistant Catechist were dedicated

weut dm

to their service in the Mission, on the 1st of July the ordination of

1 00 Nef,

Mr. Charles Hermon (now Pastor in the town) and Mr. Samuel

died otk

Ambattu (Evangelist for North-Malabar), and on the 2nd September

the ordination of Mr. Noah Edapalan (Native Pastor of the Nettur-

on and

ome moufs

congregation) took place.

As to the employment of our Nettur-

Tist, she

Christians, by far the majority of them are fortunate enough to earn

their bread in a branch of the Cannanore Weaving Establishment

the conre

on Nettur-hill.

Such as do not make unnecessary expenses for

f the Mot

dress and food have nothing to complain of.

?}'ys l'epoft it

The Congregation at Tellicherry Town is looked after by

My. Hiller, who arrived in the latter part of the year from

bill st e

Australia, and Mr. Charles Hermon, who in June was trans-

rsing bet

ferred from Cannanore to Tellicherry. Almost all the Church-

| pataly I

members earn their livelihood independent of the Mission,

0 ol 1 oaf

the fishermen amongst them with great difficulty.

orals ¥

reminds 026

The time of our Evangelist Samuel Ambattu and of three

Catechists is entirely given to the Propagation of the Gospel

iag |

amongst Hindus and Moplas.

Othens Tt

From Mr. Samuel’s report we learn that with exception of a

g, ey

1

f

pnder s

{i

preaching tour in company with Mr. Peter and his staff to the far

North, the district round Tellicherry has been toured throvgh. Inthe

e o1

0 g]ﬂ&“ﬁ

fisher-village of Tellicherry they met a poor man, who formerly had

o (e

a desire to become a Christian and who now was at the point of

death. His relatives standing round expressed their thoughts about

sl I

the condition of the man, who anxiously read his fate in their faces.

allf !

We felt deep compassion with the poor man and took the oppor-

b penl?

tunity to explain to all of them the great difference between a

onit ) ~»

death without Christ and the death of a pious Christian.

In Chonad

s 102

people came at day and night to speak with us; especially some

W aﬂd fis

schoolmasters stayed a long time with us.

On this occasion they

) the Si@}s

3 Igj

themselves became conscious of their utter want of a foundation in

) 0005

regﬂf?:“

religious matters, and to escape perplexity they plunged into the

ol

deep waters of Vedantism to conceal themselves therein. We ap-

Ouile J

76

—

proached to bring them off, but they emerged only to swim off again.

the con

omen |

In the house of a Tiyan people were astonished to hear that God

in Christ loves sinners and that Christians for the sake of this love

ind

experienced in their hearts do also perform works of love; these

g

ignorant people had been under the impression that the propagation

-

g

of the Gospel takes place either in virtue of some Government

ool

order in consequence of a custom amongst Christians, anyhow,

of Pl

they think we are compelled to walk about and to do this work,

ezl

whether we like or mnot.

‘When we then explained to them the

ey

hearer

motives and the nature of Mission-work, the lord of the house

seemed to comprehend it and began to praise us.

Not only that,

thered

he went inside, took 9 Rs. from a shelf on the top of the threshold

inteler

and offered this gift to us.

$0me g

We hesitated to accept it, encouraging

him to experience first of all the love of Christ in his own heart.

Howere

He answered: “I am not yet prepared for that, but perhaps God

it s I

will bring it about at some time; meanwhile you will accept this”,

oty

and in saying so he pat the coins into my pocket.

How small

e hav,'e

soever the gift may appear, it revealed a good and tender heart,

Afy

the man being neither wealthy nor educated.

Wil b

In addition to this work of our itinerating agents our

Chg

4 Bible-women, under the guidance of Mrs. Frohnmeyer, work

Tnstify

amongst the women in Tellicherry and the adjacent localities.

g g

From Mrs. Frohnmeyer’s diary we take the following remarks: —

Same |

““Some of my most hopeful women have grown rather indifferent,

dep&rt

and especially one young woman, who seemed especially attached

bad ¢

to us, has turned the cold shoulder on us.

But the Lord did open

The

there §

also new doors and show new ways during the last year.

A thyf

wife of a Dresser and her younger sister have been exceedingly nice;

Thong

the Jatter reading in a Roman Catholic school, asked even questions

Cngy

on the ‘Limbus infantum’ and also the Dresser’s wife, who has

lost 2 children puts questions on the life after death. These new

lndgy

Ovey

friends did even call at the Mission-house.

A Nair-woman was

The

greatly moved when she heard about the sufferings and death of

Christ and asked: ‘How is it that Jesus, the innocent son of God,

be o)

had to die such a horrible death ?’

When I tried to bring her to

10ng

A

T,

wim of i

the conviction of her sins, she seemed to evade, but the Bible-

164z that G

women told me that after I had left, she was much exercised in her

ke of this

mind about what I had told her.

Also here the earthquake had

of Love; they

greatly excited people and turned their minds to more earnest

he propagaie

thoughts.

In Tellicherry town, especially in the houses of some

16 Grovemme

educated friends and in that of an old and feeble pensioner (Inspector

fians, aujlor

of Police), we were always welcome with our message.

In the

do this

neighbourhood of Nettur, at Dharmattam, the death of a young and

d to then

very amiable woman, a former pupil of our school there and a glad

of the o

hearer of God’s Word, pained us very much. Onthe whole, the field

there does not look very hopeful, ssme women dismiss us with very

Yot oty

! the thres

irrelevant and cheap excuses, but it must be borne in mind that

if, encongl

some of them have very weighty excuses which they cannot utter.

However, also here sometimes quite unexpectedly a door opens and

his on bat

it has been a very pleasing feature that in some houses also Mopla-

i perbap b

1] o

women from some neighbouring house come in and listen to what

we have to say.”

Tl

1 tender e

A few other efforts for the evangelisation of this part of Malabar

will be mentioned below in connexion with the Theological Seminary.

Characteristic of this station are its many Educational

g gt ©

e,

Institutions. To begin on Nettur-hill, the Congregational School

has got its own building; up to this it has been under the

cend |oalt

i

o

same roof with the Christian High School.

After the railway-

I

1o 1emd

it

department had taken our school-building at Dharmattam, we

ther ind

i

had to close that school, and many of our old Hindu-pupils

geilly 48

there sought now admittance in our school at Nettur, which

) Lol‘d dld cp

at that time we could not well refuse.

In consequence of this

48

f yeo

B!

there is a rather large admixture of Hindu-boys in our

3099 mﬁ'l

oven

qﬂ(}bh“

Congregational School. —The Christian High School on Nettur

under the management of Mr. Ruhland seems to have almost

e

] il

p 8

st

overcome the difficulties mentioned during the last years.

gipevoni? #

The higher classes are fuller and thus also better times may

5 ol fu?

be expected for the Theological Seminary. We trust that ere

el

f 500 i

long also a staff of teachers answering to the aim of this

ol

o bt

2 N

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78

school will be found. Again death entered the school.

One

i

of the pupils died at home in the house of his parents at

Romans

Honlet

Codacal, the other, a very hopeful student of the highest class,

died in the school.

His peaceful departure made a deep

i

impression on his fellow-students.

He mentioned himself some

1

(ragk

Samuel

hymns to be sung and fell asleep without a struggle.—The

and Mo

first object of this Christian High School is to be a preparatory

school for the following two institutions: —

Th

master

The Theological Seminary, as to the number of its students,

1s entirely depending on the Christian High School.

small 1

sttt

At the beginning of March one student (David Hutton) was

examined and was appointed as Catechist at Vaniyankulam.

Two

of gy

nertg

new students had joined at the beginning of the year and the whole

The number of

it

number of students during the whole year was 9.

students we look forward would be 16, and there is every hope that

}

Nomml §

sooner or later our High School will produce the wanted number of

Lning 1

students.

We are satisfied with the spirit prevailing amongst our

It f ¢

seminarists, and it is our impression that most of them submit to the

Logan 4]

the oy

influences of God’s Spirit.

Besides the regular devotional exercises

in the morning and evening, the students have a prayer-meeting of

Joars iy

for fhe

their own, and on the evening of the 28th October the annual

Mission-service was held with a number of speakers on the

test), bl

programme.

Every Wednesday the students of the Seminary with

the eng

during

the Catechists and Pastors present at the station and one of the

Missionaries go to the town for bazaar-preaching.

In February

of the f

and October, a preaching tour was

made with the Seminary.

Con

Hindu-festivals that easily can be reached from Nettur-hill, are

Whogl

always attended and AMr. Noak, the housefather of the Seminary,

once spent a week with the students in house-to-house visitations in

gy

gy

the neighbourhood of the hill.

In the later part of the year

Mr. Frohnmeyer, the Principal of the Seminary, through poor health

I

has been much prevented from giving lessons and had partly to

the I

make up for it by dictation.

The course of lessons gone through

With |

last year was the following: —

Ut

P

i)

St sl

chodl, 0

Mr. Frolmmeyer’: Apologetics. — Exegesis of the Epistle to the

| parents o

Romans (the last chapters), beginning of the I. Epistle of St. John.

ghest dhy

Homiletics, Catechetics, Greek and English.

ade ot

Mr. Sengle: Church History (end of it) and Syn;bolics, Genesis,

himself s

Hinduism and Sanskrit.— Mr.

Greek and English.— Mr. Noah:

Samuel: Singing and Violin. A Munshi took part of the Sanskrit

uggle~Tt

prepataly

and Malayalam.

The Training School on Nettur-hill (Manager and Head-

master: Mr. Frohnmeyer, assisted by Mr. Satyanathan) is a

its student

The

al,

small institution for training Lower Secondary teachers.

institution is acknowledged by Government, but for the sake

Hutton)

of greater liberty it does not draw stipends or other Govern-

klan, T

ment grants.

and the e

At the beginning of the year, the spiritual atmosphere of this

The punte!

Normal School was anything but “normal”, but some ventilation

having taken place we had nothing to complain of during the second

tted nuntér

part of the year.

In October the school was examined by Mr.

g anongst

Logan and Mr. Matthai.

Mr. Logan seemed to be satisfied with

) Sub{ﬂlﬁ t(] [ﬂi

the work done in the school.

The students are trained for two

fonel et

years in order to gain the necessary time to prepare them not only

’l}'er.meetiﬂg ‘f

for the Government examinations (Method examination and Practical

o the i

test), but also for the examination on behalf of the Mission, held at

I

oalers 0

the end of every year.— Some students of this institution conducted

o] ™

during the last year 2 Sunday-Schools at the town for the benefit

ad o

of the Hindu-children in our two Primary Schools there.

B Do

Connected with the work on Nettur-hill are two Primary

the SemmN?

.\"ettur-hill, i

Schools at Anjarakandy and Kuttuparambu,

The last mentioned,

located in a place, where education is greatly appreciated, is

o st Y

in a very good condition.

o i

o 0

The so-called Parsi High School in Tellicherry-town changed

gh po" W

the management two times during the last year.

The school

had P“ﬂ"f

with its 240 pupils had been over-crowded, and it has become

fhok’

] gOﬂe

necessary to erect a separate building for the Primary depart-

i

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N

ment of the school. M. Hiller, the Manager, has the impression

Yecom

that some of the boys are under the saving influence of God’s

he fo

(hrist

Spirit.

Mr. Charles Hermon, the Pastor at the town, mentions a boy

shone

who said in the lesson: “Though we do not serve the Lord Jesus

S0 |

now, a time will come when most of us shall believe in Him, for

and v

Jesus is the only Saviour.”

Another boy composed a small poem

pilgti

on the Lord Jesus.

quite-

brong

There are two ‘Primary Schools besides in the town: a

Girls’ School at Wadikal, as this part of the town is called.

to the

“All

The locality is bad, but the children there are a pleasant sight.

heard

Mr. Charles Hermon writes:

“ At Christmas one could almost

hehar

imagine that these children were Christian children.

They sang

chist b

Christian songs, recited Seriptural sentences and gave good answers

of tho

to questions on the occurrence of that day —and all this before their

theu;

Brahman parents and a crowd of other people which had assembled.”

Harny

Another Boys’ School for the population in the fishermen-

village we can but mention.

The

far ¢

ey ()

18

Chombala.

Cathy

10

Chombala, about 12 miles south of Tellicherry, had been

will §

(since 1845) an out-station of Tellicherry, in 1849 it was

the R

made a separate station with M. Miiller as its first Missionary.

baptls

Myr. Weismann and family left in April last year and Mr. Uber

4 )

took charge of the station.

We have first of all to mention

then |

the death of a faithful servant of God:—

1y

Paul Karunakaran, an Assistant Catechist and the hermit of

b

iy

Perambara.

A hermit not in the ordinary meaning of the word,

fond

as if he would have shunned the society of other men, nothing of

1) de]

that kind, but he lived voluntarily amongst his own people and far

the (

away from any Christian community.

The sacrifice seems to have

Whe

been made in vain.

His relatives, though personally not unkind

helg

towards him, were never reconciled with the step he had taken in

Ver}

81

citl

e lprey

becoming a Christian.

His life glided along quietly and peacefully;

ance of (ol

he felt happy in knowing himself reconciled with God throygh

Christ and being a child of God.

Amongst his people he really has

entions by

shone as a light and acted like salt.

He was in bad health for

he Lord I

some years, but this burden and his other burdens he bore patiently

¢ in Hin, &

and was faithful unto death.

And the hour, on which the weary

a small o

pilgrim was allowed to enter the rest of God’s people, came after all

quite suddenly.

In order to get medical help for his leg he was

brought by his young fellow-worker, Catechist Samuel Mantody,

the tomn; !

i el

to the hospital at Calicut, where he died on the day of his arrival.

leasaut st

“All is merey”, were the last intelligible words, which Mr. Jaus

heard from his lips.

The non-Christian relatives at Perambara

y eguld ol

behaved so shamefully after the death of dear Paul that the Cate-

. They s

chist had to be removed from that place. The holy life and example

p good SR

of their Christian relative seems to have been entirely lost upon

v befoe

them; but it will take a long time until the remembrance of Paul

d asenlld

Karunakaran will be forgotten amongst his fellow-Christians.

ho fhernet

The Congregation at Chombala (530 Church-members) last

year came under the influence of a new Missionary and a

new Catechist.

9 mermbers of this Church joined the Roman

Catholic Church at Mahé.

If they do not mend, this step

will be neither a loss to the Protestant Church nor a gain to

oy, bl ¥

the Roman Church.

Only 2 adults and 38 children were

1849 i

o Missin!

baptised, but a large number of inquirers had to be sent

aud MY

away, as Mr. Uber could not provide for them, and most of

them looked out for nothing else but bodily maintenance.

Mr. Uber bad some very sad experiences with these so-called

inquirers.

If some come only to take rest and to get the necessary

fho bt

0 b W

f i

food, and they run away on the first working-day, there is not much

to deplore, but what Mr. Uber writes about a girl, 16 years of age,

iy

dl

the only daughter of well-to-do people, is a very hard case indeed.

gt

When she joined us, there was a great commotion and the girl then

gpens !

)

held out to the last.

o

She was put in the Orphanage and learned

]y 0t

very well, but after some time she began to tell the children in the

had tﬂ

f

il

6

82

Orphanage all sorts of obsecene stories.

She was given in care of a

Jesires, b

fima

Catechist, showing herself disobedient there, another house was tried;

finally she ran away and, after having been for a whole year under

Tl

Christian influence, went to the Moplas.— A Tiyan, after having

lfe: how

)

been firm against all the onsets of his relatives, was overcome by the

bealthy ¢

entreaties of his grandmother.

Some years ago a mother had left

IIr. §

husband and child and become a Christian; last year the father

%0 1n ¢

permitted the son, 9 years of age, to follow the mother, and one can

imagine the joy of the latter.

But also the boy’s face beamed with

10f much

joy.

When asked: “Would you like to become a Christian?” he

Oring

said: “Yes, and I would like to be called Peter’’ (the mother’s name

guests bel

being Petrina).

0 0nr qu

fon By

As to the spiritual life of the Congregation Mr. Uber points

inshuctny

out as the two chief dangers, care for subsistence and self-

s ang

righteousness; on the other hand we welcome some indications

I, §

of spiritual activity.

s by ¢

the Mg

There is a Bible-meeting for women eonducted by the Catechist

and the Headmaster of the Congregational School, one of the elders

Catee

unites on Monday evening the young men for an hour of quiet Bible-

with 4 )

reading.— On the outward conditions of our Christians Mr. Uber

eligion

remarks: “A good many of our people live from hand to mouth,

their Ta

only a few understand how to manage their household affairs.

heayep,

To extricate

Good advice they accept willingly, but do not obey it.

Sheddeg

some out of the hands of the Moplas is an absolute impossibility, to

Tads,

contract debts has become a second nature with them.

Again

Nogla iy

others, to their great surprise, discover that work makes them tired

Uedayg

and they turn from it in disgust.

A very strange thing it is that

b

H\“ﬁus’ 0

people who have done hard work before they came to us, object even

to easy work as Christians.

Whilst Christians complain of want of

ha‘d LK

gy k

employment, non-Christians earn their good wages on the Mission-

Wil g

station as washermen, coolies, carpenters, blacksmiths and the like.

iy

Our people look out for mechanical work, requiring not much

adrigg)

exertion and bringing in high wages.

To be a maid-servant in 2

Stupid |

Christian family or a servant in a Mission-house scarcely anybody

o,

83

st

iven in e

desires, but a man with a body like a giant would not be ashamed

house wast!

to turn a spool-wheel.”

hole year

The little Congregation at Mahé might show more signs of

a, after oy

life; however, a place with so many brandy-shops is not a

overeome i

healthy climate for a young Christian congregation.

- mother badld

Mr. Schilling, the itinerating Missionary of Chombala, is

year fhe il

hor, and e

also in charge of a number of small out-stations, on which

0o beamed v

not much of general interest can be said.

Chrigtin?” |

Owing to the railway-construction between Calicut and Cannanore,

1o mother's e

guests belonging to other Christian denominations have been attracted

to our out-stations at Badagara and Muverattu.

A young Hindu

from Falghat

came to Badagara and asked for nothing but

He has read the Bible and Christian

My, Tl ot

instruction and baptism.

tracts and seems to be upright.

L

ome india

My, Schilling made it a point during the last year not to

pass by the houses of Moplas.

He compares this work with

the Mission-work amongst Jews at home.

by the 4

Catechists they treat sometimes very badly. Mr. Schilling lodged

one 0

e

j

with a Mopla who talked mueh about the superstition of his co-

o Of quiet Bi

i

ians 1t

religionists.

They believe that a letter of recommendation from

5%1

their Tangel (priest) burried with the corpse will open the gates of

paad 0087

heaven.

The same Tangel can cut open one’s belly without

ousehd

{ o

'

shedding a drop of blood; dry wood of which vessels have been

i T axld

The

bl !

made, he is able to cause to take root and to sprout again.

Mopla in conclusion rightly remarked:

“What separates Moham-

st

medans and Christians is the belief in a son of God.”

Amongst

ks

Hindus, of course, the reception has been very different. Mr. Schilling

i 127

had to deal with the enlightened and with the superstitious.

One

0 U5, Obj

ot 4 "

4

Hindu declares the whole universe to be a mere dream, and another

phi of

:

will dismiss us without ceremony.

Once, when Mr. Schilling

o fhe I

addressed a number of coolies, a high-caste man passed by and

L

fhs 41

advised Mr. Schilling and the Catechists not to trouble about such

iting s .E‘

stupid fellows, but to follow him.

Having heard the message of

| aid.servﬂﬂfi

our people at his house, he said: “Nothing is true as to these gods;

a0

gy "

6*

oy

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84

ltl §

behold I have got only a daughter and no son!” Then he called for

There ¢

a reed, and pointing at it he said: “Do you see this reed? a hole

above, a hole below, the wind blowing through, nothing else —this

They

is man!”’

I char

much

In a similar strain goes what Mrs. Uber.reports as the

home ¢

experience of the Bible-woman Markia at Mahé.

the Tn

A woman there complained that she had spent much money for

Jess ]

medicines, but all to no purpose.

Finally a sanyasi advised her to

perform certain ceremonies and to make a vow to Ishvara.

“It s

Th

)

and 3

now about a year,’

she said, ‘‘that I met the sanyési and I obeyed

his prescription to the letter, alas I did not derive any benefit.”

the Jap

The Bible-woman set her right as to the sanyasi and directed her

And ]

to One, who is able to save to the uttermost.

They read and

shealy

explained Matth. 5, 1-12.

The woman promised to leave the

bind

The Bible-women on the

sanyasi and to pray to the Lord Jesus.

-

whole are kindly received, and in many houses they find portions

of the Bible.

An old woman, who had said at the beginning that

she never cared for the Védas, on hearing of Christ, the judge of

Fro

the quick and the dead, asked the Bible-woman with a trembling

Cpita)

voice to show her the way to heaven.

¢ they

The schools of the Orphanage and of the congregation

Ve my

are identical.

There is a large school at Mahé, receiving 2

laid ¢

lump-grant from the French Government and 4 Primary

txten

Schools at Karakadu, Badagara, Muverattu and Perambara.

Zatiop

The Girls’ Orphanage at Chombala at the end of the hot

almogt

season in common with the institutions at Nettur suffered

'rllll()ngs

greatly from want of water.

The calamity was so great that

et

finally the orphans had to be sent home.

After the re-open-

s

Xm‘ee

ing of the school influenza and measles broke out, and finally

1l

about 30 children had to be kept in quarantine. On the 14th

P §

July one of the children (Maria, an orpban from the far

in f

South) died from consumption. The lively and talented child

cholg

must have found it very difficult to go the way of death, and

8ce 4

she will be missed by all who knew her, especially by her

hegli}

S

85

0 he ealllh

littl/e sister, who stands now in this world without relatives

8 reed? sl

There are 106 girls (from 6 to 15 years old) in the Orphanage

ling else-fi

They add much life and colour to the congregation me'eting

in church.

Their songs and good answers are missed very

much during the holidays.

About 20-30 children have no

eports

home and must be entertained also during vacations.

When

much moner

the Inspectress of Schools came for inspection there were not

less than 64 children on the sick-list (27 of the Orphanage).

1 advised bt

[shvara, ‘L

The most glorious of all days also in Chombala is Christmas,

st and Lolee

and a kind of fore-taste is enjoyed by the girls on that day, when

the large box does arrive sent by the kind friends in Switzerland.

o any bl

and direced

And then the light and joy on Christmas-evening! Poor Martha,

They el

she alone stands sad in the midst of all the light and mirth —she is

]ty lous

blind and eannot see her doll!

o.yonen 0

ey pois”

19

Calicut.

] begiuning th:‘

s, the i

From Tellicherry the work was carried on to Calicut, the

capital of Malabar.

For some years a Catechist was station-

ith o il

ed there and with the baptism of 13 adults on Christmas 1846,

we may say that My. Fritz, the father of this congregation,

laid the foundation of the station.

The work has greatly

be, el

extended.

In Calicut we have not only our largest congre-

d 4 P

gation in. Malabar (1813 souls), we see there represented

d Perambﬁl'?‘

and of j

almost every activity of Mission-work. A good many changes

amongst the Mission-agents took place at this station.

We

et 8

mention first of all the death of the Rev. Jonah Padiath,

3 80 gl o

Pk

Native Pastor of Calicut.

or fhe 1

it l

Like a peal of thunder the news of his death broke upon the

poor family and the congregation.

Mr. Jonah did not die at home

(u "

He died of

in the midst of his flock attached so closely to him.

from

cholera on the 22nd October at Tuticorin, whither he had gone to

ol

see a married daughter and her husband, who was not in good

of dea

b

health.

He leaves a widow with 6 children.

For 30 years he had

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86

been stationed at Calicut, the last 15 years as Pastor.

Mr. Jaus,

wile,

. Je

who for many years, first as itinerating Missionary and afterwards

in the Calicut congregation, had been united with him in the work,

itere |

makes the following communications about a funeral-service, which

s, |

took place at Calicat about the same time when the actual funeral

S pre

furmed

took place at Tuticorin.

Mr. Jaus spoke first on the great loss

gven b

sustained by the Mission and pointing out the promise of Dan. 12, 3,

he tried to give the consolations of God’s Word.

Mr. Stephan

there,

Chandran, the successor of Mr. Jonah at Calicut, a relative and

A

intimate friend of the deceased, drew a picture of his character and

satist

life and with reference to Hebr. 13, 7 he exhorted the congregation

hand,

to show her respect and love for her shepherd by following his

prage

example. In behalf of the Presbytery also Mr. Man. Jacob: addressed

Childn

the congregation, spoke of many a quiet hour of prayer and Bible-

study in the house of Mr. Jonah, and expressed the thanks of the

Yory

there

congregation for all the work done by this faithful servant of God.

p

O th

At the beginning of the year Miss A. Ehrensperger and

Jigh

Mr. H. Hofmann arrived from Europe, later on in the year Sister

Kiithe Fritz.

Sor

In August Mr. Heckelmann, in charge of the

Tile-Works, had to leave rather suddenly on account of a

A ooy

a0

sun-stroke, but was relieved by Mr. Singer from Codacal.

lso §

At different places and times 42 adults and 4 children

from

were added to the Church during the year.

Mr. Jaus reports

0omg;

that he had to send away many peOplQ, even mothers with

de]i\’ei

their children.

Who }

fake,

We take a special interest in the first baptisms at Annashert,

4 ¥id

a new out-station.

Assistant

Catechist Lazar Pavamani, who

Otuny

came from this part of the country, was stationed there and had much

*>

to suffer from relatives and other neighbours.

But Lazar’s family

fy

theyy

was like a light brightly shining.

Still the hatred of the people

was so great that a school for Cherumar there had to be abolished;

A

about 6-8 children, however, are secretly instructed.

So the

are

festival of baptism was a great refreshment to Lazar and his family.

?(ind

The candidates for baptism were the brother and sister of Lazar’s

10 o

9

87

Srtaie Lt

to M,

wife; along with these also the Catechist’s youngest daughter.

nd afterna

Mr. Jaus tries his best to keep all the converts from Annasheri

m 1o the mt

where they are.

One of them began a little trade, and sells ghee,

Service, il

eggs, honey, fowls and the like at Calicut.

A young Nair, who

actual fue

was prepared to join us, was taken back and — strange to say — has

the great b

turned into an enemy of the Gospel. Lazar is prepared to lay down

even his life for the good of Annasheri and the victory of the cross

y of Dan. 11

Ir. Sty

|

I

there.

3 rolative o

As to the Congregation at Calicut, Mr. Jaus is not quite

§ charadtr i

satisfied with the observance of the Lord’s Day. On the other

i congregath:

hand, he is confident to say thatin all respectable houses family-

g follonig

prayer, and in some even special devotional exercises for the

coh adires

children are held. About 18 people have united in a so-called

ayer and Bik

« Morning Watch” for the purpose of Bible-reading. Besides

o thanksof B

servant of O

there are the prayer-meetings mentioned last year (page 93).

|

On three days of the week these people do meet and Mr.

rousperg i

Jonah very faithfully took a part in these meetings.

hopear

1

Some of our Christians really believe in the power of prayer.

chat

00 (1

f

A poor workman in Pudiarakal was attacked by cholera.

He took

ot 0

a cup of water, knelt down and prayed: “Oh Lord, thou canst make

also this water a water of life to me, and by means of it bring me

i Codah

from death to life.

Oh do so, my Helper. Amen

!77

From that

nd 4 i

moment recovery set in, and he was sure that not men, but God had

p Joi 1E

delivered him from death.

The congregation contains also members

ot

who have begun to feel that it is more pleasant to give than to

take.

A school-mistress gave half of her first salary to the Mission,

o if dn

a widow got a nice collection by laying something aside on all joyful

|

pyati”

occurrences. Mr. Jaus later on in the year began to distribute boxes

ok

for thank-offerings and realised Rs. 60 at the end of the year from

goand

these boxes.

Lo’

i1

ol o

f o

A great bother to the Pastor of such a big congregation

il

are a number of youths without employment, who by all

i ho s

Ik

U

mcted

kinds of mischief discredit the Christian young men of Calicut

il

in general.

Hence the work amongst the young ones is of

sister o

I

88

e

the greatest

importance.

Messrs. Kiihner and Hofmann,

ap b

belonging to the Mercantile Mission, are doing a good work

el

in this direction.

There are three Sunday-Schools with about

il

i

60 pupils each, which are superintended by these gentlemen.

]

satisf

1§

Mr. Kiihner takes also a leading part in the cause of the

young men at Calicut.

The English and Malayalam division

il

emb

of the Y. M.C. A, at Calicut had its anniversary on the 3rd

of a

October, the importance and solemnity of which Were en-

works

hanced by the presence of Mr. McConoughy, Mr. P. Wilder

them

and Mr. Bader.

nunl

A sermon of Mr. Bader on John 20, 19-23 was followed by

divin

an address of Mr. Wilder on the spirit-filled life.

In the afternoon

a conference took place of the delegates sent by the associations at

disty

Cannanore, Codacal, Vaniyankulam, Palghat and Calicut. A Commit-

tee was formed with a member of each station to found new assoei-

0

ations and to quicken the spiritual life in those existing. Besides

»

10 0r

o §

the new Committee was commissioned to get a special agent, who

will devoted all his time to the cause

at Mg

of these Young Men’s

Associations.

-

Oy

That the work done amongst the young ones is not in vain, may

aff

tn

be seen from the happy death of some of the young members in the

0 sy

Calicut congregation.

Mr. Jaus mentions one Stella, a dear sick

10 ap

child, who was for a long time laid up with consumption and was

B0y

patient to the end.

She longed to be with Christ, whom she loved

all

th

from all her heart.

There was Jane Thaddai, 14 years of age.

W8 of

Nursing her sick mother, who was in a very critical state, the poor

to pn

child overtaxed her strength.

Her brother too was lying sick with

1¢]

g

typhoid fever in the hospital, having a narrow escape, meanwhile

Wisg

his sister succumbed to the same awful disease at home.

‘What

-

Ohig

an amount of misery in one family! Jane was a quiet, diligent and

n ()

obedient daughter, it seems a precocious fruit, ripe for the heavenly

fin ¢

barn. — Immanuel Upot was a youth, 18 years of age, and he died from

The

typhoid fever. He seems to have been a very talented boy, showing

1y

an artistic turn of mind.

But above all he was deeply religious, a

0dg

most diligent reader of God’s Word.

In real earnest he had made

Chy

“89

e

d Hyfim

He took 'a.

up his mind to dedicate his life to the service of God.

& gool m

very touching farewell from his poor parents, for whom this bereave-

Is with abui

ment was a most severe trial.

56 genflens

A Church Choir practises on Saturday evening. —1It is very

cause of

satisfactory to read in Mr. Jaus’s report that elders and

We hear

alam ding

members of the Church take part in Mission-work.

ry o the

of a blacksmith, who on evenings and Sunday afterncons

ich Yere o

works amongst non-Christians and distributes leaflets amongst

Ir, P, Wil

them. At Calicut it is no uncommon sight at all to have

numbers of non-Christians at the Church-door during the

ag folomed

divine service, most of w]nnom are attentive hearers.

) the aferd

This leads over to the Work amongst non-Christians in the

associafions

districtf

out, A Cone

Our FEvangelist Ashamayan was ordained on the 8th July

1nd new P

in order to administer in addition to his evangelistic work

sting, Dk’

also in the little congregations of the out-stations (especially

dal age

at Manjeri and Malapuram).

Yomg J

Owing to the scarcity of food the Hindu-festivals were not

of fn vl

attended half as well as in ordinary times.

Mr. Ashamayan writes

to say that he and his fellow-workers were received even joyfully

pembers ! “

in and out of town.

A Nair in a high position said:

“Tt is not

, 0 e s

g o

enough, if you pay only a visit of a few days.

We soon will forget

nptioﬂ l

all the good things you have told us.

How nice it would be, could

o Sl

we often talk with each other on religion.

Christianity is the way

fguas 0

to prosperity for our country.

The Hindu-religion and other

sate, 1"

religions will leave people ignorant, but Christianity makes man

I}v'mg SiCk il

{

me&ﬂWh

I

wise.”” — Mr. Ashamayan gives many instances showing how before

,1Pe>

1ot

L}

Christ the hearts of men are revealed.

One thinks that to believe

home:

f

i

in Christ and obtain forgiveness of sin implies a great temptation to

et

sin again, for if sins are forgiven, it cannot be prohibited to siu.

the hea‘fﬂj

The man had to be reminded that this is the eoneclusion of a carnal-

Jedi®

nd be

minded man, for one spiritual-minded will not ask forgiveness in

gl

1(] bOVs

order to begin afresh with committing sin.

People who mock at

Iy 1l

Bl

|

Christ and insult His servants are more and more growing seldom;

t be o

90

tfxey are however occasionally met With amongst temple-servants,

classe

perfon

astrologers and the like.-—In the Ernad-taluk a Tiyar-woman had

lost two sons within a few months, and she told us that all vows and

oshili

“ltas

Troblo

sacrifices had been in vain as well as the skill of physicians.

God who summons people to die, and Him alone I will serve hence-

the B

forth,” she said.

‘When we consoled her with words of Christ,

fhe qo

she said: “Now I feel consolation, these words have mitigated my

(hoist

heart-ache;

I shall in future only pray to Jesus.”

A similar

“ Jesu

He w

experience Mr. Ashamayan made amongst the Bandhavar in

Mumarkat (see under Vaniyankulam).

In a village in the east the

perfo

chief of a caste and a devil’s priest had arranged for a pilgrimage

10f

to the Bhagavatl at Kunnungalur to implore her help against

all 1

small-pox, cholera and other diseases, when suddenly the priest

10f ¢

(ontg,

died of cholera, which greatly shook the faith of these people.

A woman in those parts said: ¢‘Idolatry is unnecessary, Raman,

fo obe

Krishnan and others are no incarnations of God.

Through the

orld

Hindu-religion one cannot get forgiveness of sin, God himself must

5

Ohri

help so as to set our religion aright.”

slch g

[knoy

How anxious some people are to hear something of Jesﬁs,

Somet

may be seen from what the Bible-women at Calicut relate:

T log

““An old man was angry with us, because we had not looked

authg

after him for some time.

He received them with the following

Megg

reproach: °If you would not have come now, I should have written

to your Padri and informed him, how you do neglect me

biok)

.

& o

((I bl

There are not less than 9 schools in connection with the

and |

Calicut station, and for want of space we can allude only

Iy 4

to the most important amongst them: —

Vg

Batl

The High School at Calicut (Manager: My. J. Knobloch) is

a»

Sug

altogether the biggest of our schools (525 pupils: 280 in the

Gy

High School Department, 245 in the Primary Department;

Chy

Parsi 1, Mohammedans 35, Christians 55, Hindus 434).

Iel;

|

In February the Director of Publie Instruction, in September

tha

There

the Inspector of Schools, Mr. Logan, inspected the school.

ay;

tha

is an English association amongst the students of the three highest

-

91

Sal s

mple-eras

classes, its 6th anniversary was celebrated with a dramatic

ar-woman b

performance.

Also ““the day of Pretoria” was solemnised with the

b all vomsal

exhibition of great patriotism on the part of the students.

Mr.

olans, ‘i

Enobloch is greatly pleased with the interest shown by the pupils in

the Bible-lessons.

Il serve bene

The answers given by some of the students to

ds of (b

the question: “After all you have learned, what do you think of

oifigael

Christ?” will be found interesting.

A boy of the IV. Form wrote:

MoA sl

“Jesus was a man of great wisdom.

As I learn from the Gospels,

He was without sin.

By virtue of His strong belief He was able to

Bhndharar i

in the et

perform miracles.

To acknowledge Him as the Son of God can-

I have heard that

r & plgrim

not yet be expected from me, an ignorant boy.

all men of a strong faith can work miracles.

My own religion I do

el agi

not consider to be perfect.

I have even no confidence in it, as it

aly the e

theso e

contains many obscene things which no good man can be expected

Besides I do not think that there is any religion in this

eSS&Tf; Réﬂlﬂﬂ

to obey.

world.

My motto is: ‘Act according to your conscience!’ Many

Through

Christians and Germans (!) I consider to be people with a pure heart,

0 himsel

such as one will never find amongst Hindus or Mohammedans.

I know that from Indian history.

I am very glad to hear every day

g of 64

something of Christ.” Another one writes: ‘He loves all of us and

b el

I love Him.”

A Brahman is astonished that Christ should have

ol

ad ot

i

authority to forgive sins, but he is not yet convineed that He is the

) he flls

Messiah or the Son of God.

A Mohammedan declares Him to be

i e i

a great prophet, and the confession of a Christian boy runs like that:

IRl

“I believe from all my heart that the Lord Jesus is my Saviour

me

and Redeemer.

I cannot otherwise but believe in Him and put all

4o il b

my trust in Him.

He is Jesus Christ, the promised Messiab, my

o e

Mediator, through whom I bring all my requests before my heavenly

Father.

He suffered a shameful death to redeem me from all my

1 b

sins and to set me free from the power of Satan.” — Mr. Knobloch

‘came to know that when somebody tried to belittle Christ and

15 B l

Christianity, a Hindu-boy of our school got up and said: ¢ Every

7 D

religion intends to show men the way to heaven, but it is Christianity

jus B

that has shown us the shortest and easiest way to this aim.”

A

!

cause of intense joy and great satisfaction it was to Mr. Knobloch

schﬂo"

Tﬂ"{'

that one of his former students, who had read in our school for 4

10 e

4

o

92

e

years, after a long struggle, took the last step and was admitted to |

She

the Christian Church in Madras.

0 come

For non-Christian girls there is a school at Chalapuram

and wa

know f

(54 girls), a Lower Secondary School at Coilandy and a

Primary School at Pudiangadi.

The Cherumar-school at this

He will

place had to be abolished like that in Annasheri.

For

the hap

seemed

Christians we have a Boys’ School at Calicut, a mixed School

at Pudiarakal and a large Lower Secondary Girls’ School at

never

died v

Calicut.

To Miss Ehrensperger, who is in charge of this

school, we owe the following details:” There are 8 classes, a

Al

Headmaster and 6 School-mistresses.

A Christian girl gives

Deen

Bible-lessons in the first class without compensation. Amongst

aqd f

the 160 girls are 18 Hindu-girls.

The children like the

Natiye

school and the lessons.

take f

In the rainy season such who arrive in wet clothes are sent home

e o

e

for health’s sake.

But when the questionis put: “Who has got

wet

?77

the g

they will not report themselves, being afraid they might

the (i

lose marks for going home.— We earnestly do hope that ere

had t

long this school will be raised to the standard of a High School.

fhe e

Our Medical Mission would deserve a fuller treatment than

it Pyg

we are in a position to give this year. Dr. Stokes left for Europe

01 g

about the beginning of this year without furnishing us with a

greaf]

|.

report on his work. A great acquisition of our hospital has

been the sending out of a lady-nurse,

Sister Kiithe, even

onl) ¢

of lagt

before knowing the language, has endeared herself to her

\'91‘}' 8

patients, and we are sure that the hospital will become more

thse ¢

attractive for women than before. Dr. Wittenberg, the Medical

P\ldi&rg

Missionary for our Mission in China, acts for Dr. Stokes,

P

sihi\ity,

who is expected to come back to Calicut before the end of the

current year.

bty

Abraham, the father of Lazar at Annasheri,

is the Assistant Catechist of the hospital, whilst Maria Hermon,

Ty

the Bible-woman, attends to the spiritual needs of the female

patients.

thI’OHg]

Mgl

il

93

98 admit]

She writes about three women, who promised after their recovery

to come back and become Christians. Only one of them returned

b Chalapun

and was baptised.

Although she had a relapse, she is happy to

landy ul

know that she belongs to Jesus Christ in life and death and that

sehool 46

He will graciously receive her.

The Bible-woman also relates of

ashert, B

the happy dying of a Christian woman, who all through her sickness

seemed to be in communication with her heavenly Father.

She

mixed St

never complained, but was full of praise of the love of God.

She

s’ Seborl

died with a happy smile and words of praise on her lips.

arge of

o § clasy

Also in the year under veview Dr. Hachett- Wilkins has

ian girl "

been exceedingly kind to the Missionaries residing at Calicut,

o, Amug

and to such who had for health’s sake to go there; also the

Native Christians there are greatly indebted to him.

We

dren Tl

take this o.pportunity to express our most sincere thanks.

s ate st b

We close with a few remarks on the different branches of

6 o b

the Industrial Mission at Calicut.

Taking into consideration

the difficult conditions under which all our Establishments

aid they 0

hope fhat ot

bad to work last year, there is every reason to be thankful for

igh Selot

the result of the year.

The sale of tiles from the Tile-Works

reatment il

at Pudiarakal was very much impeded by the want of vessels,

on account of the two wars.

At other places the sales were

Lftfor B

greatly reduced by the famine.

Still these works have not

hing U8 it

7 gt

only given employment to many of our Christians; the result

; il i

of last year, also from the financial point of view, has been

very satisfactory.

Myr. Kiihner, from whose report we take

sl 0

these details, feels sorry that up to this we had difficulty at

[ e

(o N

Pudiarakal to put Christian workmen into places of respon-

] the

h

sibility, which, as a matter of course, are best paid. They

o D

either find the work too heavy, or they prove to be unreliable.—

tho el

The Weaving Establishment at Calicut (142 men and 88 women)

ot A

under the management of Mr. Buesch has also safely passed

|

i J0

through the difficulties of the year.

The sales have been

of fhe

e il

much better than in the previous year, still they bear no

et

94

fair proportion to the large amount of fabrics laid up in

of fhe

the storehouse.

(etals

Although the working-hours and the number

of workmen were reduced,

1200 yards more than in the

liave be

previous year have been produced, which proves to evidence

amongst

there &

that under normal circumstances our people’s strength is not

over-taxed.

The Tailoring Establishment connected with the

went f

Weaving Establishment was also able to work with a small

remain

profit. Also this Weaving Establishment, of course, was badly

avay |

Mr

influenced by the war, whilst the inland and foreign compe-

tition increases every year.

Not much different from this is

childre

the experience of Mr. Hofmann, in charge of the Mercantile

Tespe

Mission-Branch at Calicut.

ney (}

In spite of almost unsurmountable

difficulties he sees cause to praise the Lord for holding

Chrisi

Bader

His blessing and helping hand over this branch of our work.

that 1y

d Young

20.

Codacal.

Dégting,

i

Mry. Conolly, the noble Collector of Malabar, felt himself

A, K;

constrained to do something for the amelioration of the

Nayadis, a tribe of beggars; he settled down a number of

of W’K

them on a large track of land near Codacal and handed

He

Somg

over the whole of it to the Basel Mission, who stationed a

Schoolmaster there.

First cholera caused a great havoc in

Cannf

the colony, and in 1850 the Moplas blew up the whole under-

10 proy;

taking.

But instead of Nayadis, Tiyars made their ap-

it

pearance in the place, and in 1862 it became a separate

g,

station.

Also in this part of the country the first harvest

A

at Ohy)

last year was good, and a few of the poor were able to

aSaﬁ

extricate themselves from the clutches of their debtors.

The

i

16 g

Congregation at Codacal and out-stations (1316 souls) always

&lS[) (

has been a poor congregation, and large admissions to the

We ar

Church during the last years did not only increase this

45 to

poverty, but naturally also lowered the spiritual standard

at Iy

95

We take the following

68 laid i

of the Christian community there.

d the ks

details from Mr. Bader’s report: 15 adults and 10 children

than it

have been admitted to the Church.

Death made great havoc

% 0 enidae

amongst the children at Codacal, amongst 38 death-cases,

there are not less than 30 deaths of children.

13 persons

trength i1

oted wih f

went to the Moplas, and it is a cause of great joy that a son

c with & sl

remained steadfast even when his father tried to take him

156, WS il

.w

away by force.

oreig (ouf

Mr. Bader took great pains with the education of the Codacal

t from thid

children.

As the parents do not feel their responsibility in this

the Nenoté

respect, the Missionary feels it the more keenly.

Also the many

new Christians must be educated so as to create something like

surmouttl

W

b

Christian manners in the congregation, without which-—as Mr.

| for oldg

Bader very truly remarks — a Church composed of such elements as

) of our

that in Codacal cannot exist.

There are 2 Sunday-Schools and

2 Young Men’s Associations, which every month have a common

meeting.

In Paraperi separate services have been instituted.—

p, fil lnel

Mr. Kallat, the Native Pastor, is pleased with the attention

pation o &

of people at church.

3 munte!

He thinks that they also do appreciate pastoral care, however,

|l ol

some of them do so only for the sake of outward advantages.

They

o st

cannot get rid of the superstition that it is the Missionary’s duty

to provide his flock with necessities of life.

el ¥

o ol e

At Chittatakara, Lonappan, who does no longer belong

de ther

to us, gives still a good deal of trouble.

The congregation

at Chalasheri —in spite of much sickness and death-—shines

o fis o

as a light in the surrounding darkness.

Some members of

fere il

Ie

We hear

[t

the congregation preach regularly in the bazaar.

debtﬂfs»

also of the happy dying of two daughters, whose example,

soul§)

alwﬂ.‘_S

i

we are sure, must have been a blessing to their families.—

i’ssioﬂS

7

As to the new converts, the conversion of Velu (now Satyarthi)

ot

at Tritala has been a great refreshment in the midst of so

ol &

.aub}fif’

I

The trials and vexations of this

ma, ¥

much worry and anxiety.

man have been many, but he not only kept faithful to his

in orde

calling, his example seems also to strengthen others.

One

bo si,

Hr. Bac

Koran, a relative of his, asked several times for baptism, and a

his sinf

young man there has taken already the decisive step, pre-

anythin

pared for the consequences of it.

having

The Work of Evangelisation has not been neglected during

Jeremi

the last year.

chapte

After the good harvest, Mr. Bader writes, the Hindu-festivals

ln

were better frequented than before, people possessing more money;

met

but the kindness of God touched also their hearts, so that they were

more willingly inclined to hear the Gospel. A teacher in the Ponani

Al

10 the

district received the Catechists very kindly and seemed to be anxious

about salvation.

Finally they found that at some time he had been

e

a disciple of Paul Karunakaran.

At Wattankulam one refused a

{4

10 part

New Testament, saying: *No, we do not want this book, on reading

admitty

it, doubts might be roused in our hearts, perhaps we would find

i ],

that our present ways are wrong without desiring for a new way or

Chritiy

possessing the necessary strength to go onit. This would only disquiet

there, )

our hearts, so better not!” One Nambutiri turned Mr. Bader out,

In the

another one surrounded by his friends, invited him to come.

On

heart ¢

hearing that in Germany there exists nothing in the way of castes,

Years

he asked whether the German empire has the distinction between

attacke

the male and female sex! A Tiyan was troubled about the rumour

him 1@

of oaur going about to steal children.

An old mother after having

Wag b

heard about Christ’s love exclaimed: *“I should like to die now after

Schooliy

having heard these words, here below I am of no use, and there in

7

Orphay

heaven it will be so glorious.

With Moplas the reception, of course,

is always a very doubtful matter.

One woman said: ¢ What shall

)

we do? Iblis won’t let us off!” In a torrent of rain a Mopla and

i,

his wife drove Mr. Bader and the Catechists off when they had taken

A

shelter under his verandah. Three Moplas, who had been defeated

in a disputation, after some days brought with them a disputant of

Sch()(

avowed report, who opened the discussion with the topic of the unity

the 5

of God.

Mr. Bader told him that if we did not know more than this

Congg

97

T

cations of f

man, we would not be the better for it.

The question is, what to do

aithtul fo

in order to come into communion with the One holy God, and referring

others, {

to sin, the man pretended to be without any.

On pereeiving that

Mr. Bader refused to dispute with a sinless man, he finally admitted

Daptisn, al

his sinfulness.

He then contested that the Old Testament contains

sive step,

anything about the sacrificatory death of Christ. His attention

having been drawn to Is. 53, he contended that all this refers to

olected dng

Jeremiah Nabi. On being challenged to show the fulfillment of this

chapter in the life and death of the prophet Jeremiah, he withdrew.

, Hindu-festind

In passing over to the educational work of the station, we

ing niore 1Ok

mention first of all the Boys’ Orphanage at Paraperi, under the

g0 thatthey vt

management of Mr. Eckelmann.

Owing to the famine-prices

o in the Do

pod fobeanu

in the district the number of orphans rose to 90.

e be hid 2

Even Jeremiah, who aceording to last year’s Report was not able

I

to part with his mother (page 103), was forced by hunger to seek

\m one 1e

book, o e

admittance once more.

Another boy, Isaiah, has a very sad story

to tell.

In 1897 he had been sent to Nettur-hill to join the

g e W[)UM ﬁf»:

Christian High School.

His mind becoming somewhat deranged

for & DV “a,‘j:

ouldonly 9%

there, he was sent back and joined the Agricultural School at Codacal.

In the summer of last year a Mopla, who bore a grudge in his

g M, B

o b o !

heart against the boy’s mother (he had insulted the woman some

i

years ago, and was punished consequently by the Magistrate),

o w1

attacked him suddenly, kicked him, trampled on him and belaboured

stinetion et

him very badly.

The cruel fellow was mulcted, but poor Isaiah

Jout 1he !

i

was badly off. He still hopes to get admittance after some years’

thr

haﬂ

There was much sickness in the

schooling in our Training School.

o o die 0"

Orphanage, no wonder, a good many children are half-starved, when

6, 40

i

il

if

(0

they enter the school.— Some friends in Germany enriched the

ontiol

Orphanage by sending Schnorr’s Pictorial Bible, which greatly

g o

gladdened the dreary evenings of monsoon-days.

m

Mop]ﬂ

As to other schools we can only mention the Congregational

n they il

jend

bk

Schools at Codacal and Pallat, the Ponani-School (62 pupils),

the school at

which Mr.

Bader

calls a

o &

dlspﬂ[aﬂx

Chittatakara,

i

consolation in the face of all the other disappointments

{0

pio’

! ﬂ

1

e

98

|

experienced at that place, the school at Chalasheri (78

makin

pupils) and a school at Tritala.

Something worthy of

the O

imitation at other stations with many new converts is the

aceus

Night-School at Codacal.

It is not easy to persuade grown-

what

more

up people to attend school after a day’s hard work, but it

will go far in raising the intellectual and spiritual standard

they 1

of a young Church.

10 |

The Tile-Works at Codacal give employment to 117 Christian

they c

men and 78 Christian women.

Besides some inquirers, there

the ly

are only 10 non-Christian men and 16 women.

Not included

rather

€L5 a1

in this numbers are employees of an higher order (maistries,

clerks, engine-men), who are all Christians.

Mr. Boas, the

there

Manager of these Works, has tried many ways to give

i

employment to people who cannot be admitted in his

0ng, i

Establishment.

In his report he mentions the training of

ad oge

cart-wrights and blacksmiths, women were employed with

1y

grass-cutting (also reed-grass), 10-20 people with work on

gelistof

the rice-fields.

In the Branch of the Weaving Establishment

ing oy

of Calicut, at Codacal, 24 men and 16 women found employ-

The

ment during the year.

Still the poverty in Codacal remains

With ki

a great calamity, and new ways must be found to provide

They bl

the destitute with such employment ‘that will be sufficient

Who Jo

not only to keep soul and body together, but also will enable

ing g

all rigy

them to satisfy those needs of a higher kind, indispensable

Which g

with the calling of a living Christian.

tags of ]

L

21

Vaniyankulam.

)

mﬂd& 9

This newest station in Malabar was founded in 1886 and

thag e

%t i

apart from its small congregation (167 souls) and its flourish-

ang e

ing schools, it has become an important centre of evangeli-

sation and includes a very efficient branch of our Medical

g yig

Mission.

Myr. Walter, who has been chiefly instrumental ip

i,

S i

99

Ohalaher 1

making the station what it is now, writes with reference to

ng oty

the Congregation there:

«We experience little difficulty in

0nverts i b

accustoming our Christians to a Christian manner of life;

orstads g

what goes on in such a little congregation, of course, can

d work, b

more easily be controlled.

But the time must come, when

ritual st

they will count things as sin, which they think but little of

now (idleness, unfaithfulness and the like), on the other hand

t0 117 Chrit

they appropriate to themselves the forgiveness of sins and

the language of Canaan with an ease and rapidity, which is

inquirers,

. Not incue

rather surprising.” Mr. Walter tries his best to keep inquir-

pler (uai

ers and converts at the station and find employment for them

there.

One

My, B

Most of them are occupied with agriculture.

family has been settled down on Church-land and another

a0

i

one, it is hoped, will follow suit.

Another one keeps a shop

dnitted 1 0

et

and one earns his bread as a weaver.

enploel il

Myr. Walter and his Catechists, accompanied by the Evan-

it ot ¢

gelist of Calicut and his staff, made a very interesting Preach-

p Tl

ing tour to Manarakadu in the far North of Vaniyankulam.

The inhabitants of the place seem to be opulent, and Mr. Walter

| fnod et

with his fellow-workers met there with people of all rank and caste.

odacal reat

nd prm}%

They addressed a prince and they had conversation with the people,

who looked like savages.

The prince, a nobleman with very pleas-

1l be gufe

ing manners, went on in a very well known strain, saying that, as

Jl

1

hx

all rivers flow to the sea, so all religions will lead to a common goal,

, indispens&ui%

which threadbare remark, of course, led over then to Vedantism.

A

class of people, called Bandhavar, who are said to have immigrated

from the east and take their place between the Nairs and Tiyar,

made a very favourable impression on our Evangelists.

It seems

that they left their worship where they came from. They do not

serve idols, but they are not without the conception of some creator

ied 10 | 8

pd 18

|

i

and preserver of the world.

There is a tradition that once a holy

tree with some idol was burned down, and since that they are afraid

10

of e

of God and thus without divine service.

Mr. Walter relates of a

o il

hermit, who most readily offered rice and his cooking-vessels to

st s

7*

.

e

_ 100

e

the weary wanderers.

order fo

In order to get forgiveness of sin and peace,

he left a considerable property, retired from the world and lives

stk mofl

now in solitude.

For 7 months he has lived on one meal a day.

Of

It

course, he had never before heard the Gospel, and after listening

with 37

attentively he promised to meditate on what he had heard, and

0l

T

asked Mr. Walter to see him soon again.

Another one of these

people, having heard the Gospel, wrote the name of Jesus on a

I

palm-leaf so as never to forget it and to pray to Jesus.

Mr. Walter

the leg

continues:

“We did not know then that we had saved his life by

e nig

bringing him the glad tidings of Jesus and His love.

interes

The poor

man was contemplating the committal of snicide when we met him.

b way

Being a very poor tenant, he was happy when he had a good

ouly v

harvest, but, alas, the landlord came and claimed the whole harvest

of bis

to get also what his tenant was not able to pay during two bad

bapts,

years, thus turning him into a beggar.

The consolations of the

Teogived

Grospel inspired his heart with new courage and confidence in God.”

Commuy

lepart

Myrs. Walter gives most in‘teresting extracts from the diary

Joung mg

4 child

of Julia, and Maria, the two Bible-women of Vaniyankulam.

10 love }

“Once when we were speaking of Christ as the light of the world,

The

one of the Stidra-women there said: ‘It seems to me that since the

oldes

Christians came here to live amongst us, as if a new light would

Vaniyg

diffuse its splendour and as if the rays would penetrate into our very

minds and hearts.

Hitherto we had been quite content with

the )

ang P

keeping our caste-precepts and were at liberty to live in all kind of

sins, but now, sinece we know the will of God and His holy command-

19]] Way

ments, we feel uneasy in our mind.

Something tells us that we are

Joar it

doing wrong, and that we are drawing down upon us God’s wrath

014y,

and punishment’.” —¢“The Cherumar or outcasts were at the

beginning afraid of us, but now they like to hear the Bible-stories.

‘When we once spoke to them about the Kingdom of God and invited

them to enter into it, one of these poor people said: ‘Oh, this

Palgh

kingdom of heaven, of course, will be reserved for the high-caste-

people; we have no right to aspire to it ’.””— The Bible-women also

speak about a sick woman who posted her daughter in the street in

aﬂmngst

101

of sin and i

order to ask the Bible-women, when passing by, to look after her

world and fie

sick mother.

meala . |

nd after e

In the Hospital at Vaniyankulam there were 171 patients

had bead, &

with 3719 days of nursing, against 110 patients and 1604 days

of nursing in the previous year.

her one of

ne of Josts o

Mr. Walter relates about one Ayappen, a Cheruman, who at

sus, M, il

the beginning was much exercised in his mind because he thought

he might pollute others by his presence in the hospital.

Gradually

saved bis !

Jove, The

interest and love for the Word of God entered his heart.

Assoon as

he was able to walk, he made himself useful in the compound, and

hen we net

o he hade

only when the harvest was over, he began again with the treatment

the whole "

of his leg.

At the same time he joined the class of candidates for

baptism.

In December he and eleven others were baptised, and he

y durng 0

nsolatins o

received the name Job. On the following day he joined in the Holy

Cobmmunion.——Many of the patients show real thankfulness, others

onfitene B

depart with empty promises to show their faces no more.

Two

young men died in the hospital, though not baptised, they died with

s fron e

a childlike belief in their Saviour.

One of them asked Mrs, Walter

(anigankae

to love him as her son, because he loved her like a mother.

There are three Schools in connection with this station: The

gt

oldest is a Lower Secondary School in the bazaar of

o fhat 0

a nev i

Vaniyankulam, which gave great satisfaction to Mr. Renschler,

rate 00

the Manager. There are besides a Primary School at Tirikatiri

and a quite new Lower Secondary School at Ottapalam, the

iite onfent

railway station for Vaniyankulam.

At the beginning of the

gis

year it was opened with 107 pupils on the rolls, now there

are 144.

gl st

o (is™,

gs e

22

Palghat.

pthe Bil”

i 6od ilf

Palghat was an out-station of Cannanore in the days of

ht

Jh.'Hebz'ch, and two Catechists were stationed there. In 1858

p sl !

0

I the hig LJ

it became a separate station. The hopes of a larger movement

e Bib]e.woﬂleﬂj

amongst the Iluvar, the Tiyar of that region, have not been

tor 0 the s

102

realised to a large extent, and the station being situated near

He bor

the border of the Malayalam and Tamil-country, the congrega-

e knex

of Inwa

tion always contained an admixture of the Tamil element,

osire, |

Mr. Hole has been in charge of the Congregation (417 souls).

5 adults and 4 children were baptised during the year 1900,

and op

welfare

and Mr. Hole feels confident to say that a work of God has

commenced in their hearts.

in the

Was sta

Johannes (the brother of Devapriyan, our Assistant Catechist

for the

there) had to give up tailoring (¢f. last year’s Report, page 80 and

sorkm

81) and came back to Palghat on account of the disease of one of

An

his eyes.

When he was at the point of death from cholera he was

00ty

baptised, and of course the name, by which he called himself long

mport

ago, was given to him. The congregation has a decrease of 31 souls.

aceonn

Mr. Hole makes the remark: “Many ran off, because they found the

0ng by

work in the Tile-Works at Olavakkoda fatiguing and the strict order

there annoying. Also here, just as at Codacal, it is found highly

§thoo],

necessary to use every effort to raise the spiritual standard of people,

ﬂ s

bave o

who avowedly joined Christ’s Church only for the sake of a livelihood.

Also in Melparambu, where the greater part of the workmen in

Chrisiy

Teads |

Olavakkoda have settled down, a night-school has been started,

chiefly intended for inquirers who cannot read.

As

Mr. Hole sums up his opinion on the Palghat eongregation by

nothiy

saying: “In spite of some painful occurrences, it cannot be denied

the W

that the Spirit of God has His work in the hearts of many of our

iy

people.

There are upright souls and God’s blessing rests also on

this \C

their outward affairs; whilst others seem never to succeed in

the heg

whatsoever they undertake, simply because they do not walk in the

g Sho‘

fear of the Lord.” —During the year one of the oldest Christians

ﬁaughte

at Palghat died.

His father had been a Roman Catholic, but one

By gw

so friendly disposed towards our Mission that Mr. Hebich used to

ﬂ]()u gh\

stay at his house, when he went to Palghat.

In 1865 Manuel with

the faf

his mother, 4 brothers, 2 sisters and a sister-in-law joined our

breg)

Chureh, and in 1872 he was eleeted an elder of our congregation.

to joi

He had a warm and large heart for others and so also a very liberal

keep

hand. As to his profession he was an agent on a coffee-plantation.

Worgy

P

e

103

o situatel 1

He bore his long and painful sufferings with Christian patience;

, the cong

he knew that it was for the best and so did not murmur.

In hours

of inward affliction and fear he received the Word of God with great

Lamil elenet

desire, believing that his sins had been forgiven for Christ’s sake

on (411 gl

the year 19

and ap to the end he showed himself anxious about the spiritual

welfare of his family. — It is very pleasing to hear that a workman

otk of God b

in the Tile-Works, who at the end of the year heard that a balance

was standing in his favour, did not take the money, but bought tracts

sistant Caiel

for the amount, which he distributed amongst the non-Christian

o, page 8l

workmen.

(isease of ot

Amongst the 5 Schools in connection with Palghat and its

1 cholers bes

out-stations the Lower Secondary School at Palghat is the most

1lod bimset e

1mportant.

The school had always a difficult position on

reasoof 31 vl

Now a new

account of rival schools rising up here and there.

so {hey fni®

one has been opened only about 2 miles distant from our

d he strie i3

school.

i found

I

Mr. Hole writes: “The work in these schools is not in vain.

andardof pif

have seen two prayers composed and regularly prayed by a non-

ke ofa vl

Christian pupil, 12 years of age, and reading in our 1st Form.

It

the workod L

reads like the prayer of a Christian that loves God and his Saviour.”

ag been st

‘As to the Work of Evangelisation, carried on at this station,

nothing did reach us but some remarks from Mrs. Kiihnle on

| congfegatiou r

i

the work of the 2 Bible-women there.

oannot B

Mrs. Kiihnle writes: “ The earthquake on the 8th February of

) Of []]ﬂﬂy [}f i

this year and the whirlwind on the 21st of the same month gave

g

the heathens a great shock.

On such occasions their superstitions

o succett

are shown in various colours.

In a rich family of the Vellaler a

ot

daughter was married to a boy, who afterwards became insane.

It

oldst 0¥ ‘

is a great trial for the poor girl, but she can read and so divert her

thoughts.

Bible-portions are her delight, but this is an eye-sore to

‘0

ith i ‘

the family.

She would like to become a Christian, but what about

360 e

breaking caste, to which she clings tenaciously? Some advised her

RrAl ji 1

to join the Roman Catholic Church, where she would be allowed to

a0

keep up caste and where she also would find images enough to

081! ﬁt.e:

worship.”

e

104

e

We close with a few words on the Tile-Works at Olavakkods

calses |

under the management of My. Gebhardt.

This establishment

The o

suffered but little by these hard times. It gave employment

of non-

to 57 Christian men, 44 Christian women, 77 non-Christian

10w 401

men and 8 girls.

(ne

People coming from the coast in general cannot bear the

when i

Palghat-climate and ran away after a fow weeks.

But Mr. Gebhardt

ot Kait

seems to be right in supposing that it is not only the climate that

connect]

makes these people disappear, but that, as a rule, only the refuse

nephey

of other stations is sent to Palghat. On the whole, Mr. Gebhardt

The 1

is satisfied with his Christian workmen, who are very regular and

child o

steady in their work now.

he soug

then, in

eathen

V. NILGIRIS.

B year

visfs of

23

Kocitg.

be af th

What 1

Mr. Casamagor, a retired judge, a physical and intellectual

Tenerah)

giant and above all a man of God, settled down on the Nilgiris

i gl

at Kaity, when in 1845 Mr. Weigle of the Bagsel Mission arrived

nti)

with his wife to restore his health.

Mr. Casamajor promised

he o

to build a Mission-house and to pay half of the expenses for

Punis};

a Missionary on the Nilgiris.

This generous offer, of course,

Was gy

was gladly accepted by the Home-Committee, At the beginning

Imagipg

the first Missionaries stayed at Kateri, not far from Kaity, in 1849

Even 10

Mr. Casamajor died and left all his property to the Mission.

Badaga

~ In the year 1900 the Nilgiri-Mission had to pass through

Dey,

4

many a struggle, there were also a few changes amongst the

the Bad:

Wag 1y

agents of the Mission. With the end of the year My. Stier

arrived at Kaity to succeed Mr. Wieland, who went home on

Mg

girls |

furlough.

A child of Mr. Wieland fell a - victim to the

Way of

epidemic of typhoid fever prevailing then

in Qotacamund

Présey

and its neighbourhood. But what on the Nilgiris in most cases

Vi

105

5 8% Ol

causes the greatest struggles, are conversions from the Badagas.

S establstn

The Congregation had 20 baptisms (14 adults and 6 children)

ve emplyus

of non-Christians and, having increased by 27 souls, numbers

T nonChry

now 401.

One of our Catechists, Paul Mada, must have been very thaﬁkful,

annot bear |

when his grand-mother and aunt were admitted to the congregation

Dut Mr, Gl

at Kaity.

There are some other very interesting occurrences in

the climafa

connection with the conversions of last year.

One Mark Mada, a

, ouly the el

nephew of the old Assistant Catechist Zsaiak, was baptised in 1892.

o, Mr, Getlar

The relatives then dragged away his wife and threw his infant

child at his feet, leaving him nothing but an empty house.

In vain

very regilr

he souéht help from Government; he struggled on for one year, and

then, in order to regain his wife and his property, he relapsed into

heathenism.

However, he had no peace in his mind during the last

6 years, and the spark of life was kept alive in him by occasional

visits of Bible-women.

Last year his wife fell sick and seemed to

be at the point of death, when she resolved to become a Christian.

What brought her to this decision was a dream, in which a

and el

venerable-looking figure directed her to follow Christ and through

on fhe

Him obtain eternal happiness.

She gave no rest to her husband

Mission g

until he called for a Catechist.

‘When he went to see the Catechist,

he felt rather ashamed, and said: “I suffered severely under the

najr promisji

J

Then the house

e expent

punishments of God, and I have enough of it now.’

was consecrated to be a Christian house for the future, and one can

offer, of 0¥

imagine the joy of old Isaiah, when the erring sheep came back and

At thebeginmg

even not alone.— A very serious struggle was that of two young

o Baiyl®

Badaga women: one Madi, was the great-niece of Isaiah, the other,

o the Missio&‘

Devi, the daughter of an enemy of our Mission.

Marriage amongst

o pis |

hrntgli

3

the Badagas is chiefly a financial transaction, and one of the women

i

was married to a very cruel man.

Three times the Collector of the

;es ﬂlIlOﬂgS[

Nilgiris and the Police had to do with the case, but both of the

yea! ¥

girls having been proved/ to be of age, nothing could be done in the

et homel?

way of a law-suit.

But finally the relatives of Devi succeeded by

yicti[ﬂ 0 [J

presents and false rumours.

Once she returned after having paid a

Madi

j ()Otacamif

visit to her people; since October last she has disappeared.

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SN

106~

was baptised, and kee.ps now the household of her great-uncle.—

W L

Mahalinga (now Isaiah) as a child went to our school at Kateri and

heard the Word of God {rom faithful teachers.

it )

After having passed

il

the Primary Examination, he joined the school at Kaity and passed

thelit

the Lower Secondary Examination from there in 1896.

For three

megtin

years he was in Government service as a clerk, and joined in 1899

the

our training institution at Kaity, where he felt deeply interested in

this p

the religious instruction, and finally declared his resolution to become

a Christian. In November he asked with tears in his eyes for

T

hands

baptism, and from then he received special insiruction as a candidate

for baptism.

His old father raised no objections, but the mother

at Oy

and other relatives gave a good deal of trouble.

However, the son

home

remaining always kind and calm, had laid his hand to the plough

and did not look back.

The mother finally was satisfied with the

Peapl

son’s ear-rings, which the son most willingly left to his mother. On

0Dy

Christmas-day Isaiah was baptised.

mith

H

of fhy

On the Nilgiris the scarcity of food was much more felt

than on the plains in Malabar and Canara.

One can speak

o,

Chrit

of a real famine up there, and also the Kaity congregation

elatiy

suffered a good deal.

My. Liitze, who is in charge of the

the P;

station, thankfully remembers the kind support in these hard

the (}

times rendered by English friends in Ootacamund and Coonoor,

will g

as well as the help through the Editor of the Bombay Guardian

& oy

and from our German friends at home.

The Collector of the

listig

Nilgiris besides came to our assistance twice in the way

of g

of relief-works.—But our Christians and the surrounding

Th

Badagas suffered not only from hunger; the year was also very

duay

unhealthy and sickness and death prevailed to a large extent.

C%w

Mr. Liitze thinks that in those days the Word of God fell on

Vg

a very susceptible ground.

Many of our Christians were

'me

admitted in the hospitals at Ootacamund and Coonoor and

&l‘e l

were well looked after there, not only that, a special Native

Sl! tyg

physician was deputed to Kaity at that time.

The influence of

i

these hard times on our Christians was beneficial on the whole.

th(ﬁil’ (

P

10

Teal-un)

Mr. Liitze remarks

«Jt cannot well be otherwise where men

Kater ul

are placed under the influence of God’s Word.” —It is worth-

having sl

while mentioning in this connection that our Christians iun

by and sl

the little out-station Hulikal, on the occasion of a weekly prayer-

6, Tor e

meeting, exerted themselves in collecting money for removing

oined tn 18

the great financial deficit of our Mission

They raised for

inferes sl

tion to becon:

this purpose the respectable sum of Rs. 23-1-4

i ey

The Evangelistic Work of the station was partly in the

ag 4 candilae

hands of My. Wieland at Kaity and partly in those of Mr. Stokes

at Coonoor

t the mof

pever, the s

Last year M

Wieland told us about a Korumba, who became

he plowh

home-sick and heart-sick at Kaity, and had to be sent back to his

people (page 67)

We are sorry to report that he died in the

isfied W

s mother 0

monsoon, unfortunately at the time when the Catechist was laid ap

It is significant, however,

with fever and could not look after him

of the state of mind in which he met death

to know that he

ch more 4

admonished his wife to keep with the Catechist and to become a

ne can |

Christian

For some time she attended instruction, but then the

ongregil

relatives took her away

Mr. Wieland writes

¢ Qur work amongst

haree 0 |

the Paniyar does not meet with the approbation of their masters

the Chettis

in these h

No wonder, they treat them like slaves, a thing they

will never venture to do after the Paniyar have become Christians

and (oona

A common excuse of people last year was, since you preach in this

by(}l Il

Jogor o

distriet, there is no end of famine and sickness, being the punishment

of God.”

o ¥

The Cooly-Mission, which since the transfer of Mr. Fritz to

S0 Il

Anandapur, is chiefly carried on by Mr. Stokes, residing at

as

Coonoor, brings our Mission-agents in contact with a great

lrtreexﬂ »

variety of people, coming from many -countries of South-India

£ ol ¥

From Coonoor 14 plantations and from Hulikal 24 plantations

1808

are visited every month by Mr. Stokes and the Catechist, Karl

CoonOO

Satyanathan, his assistant

il

\&’

Some planters take a real interest in the spiritual welfare of

, mﬂueﬂfe

their coolies, and the Missionary is a welcome guest at their houses

n fhe il

=

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The magic lantern is found to be a very valuable help in telling

night

Bible-stories.

For such who are likely to despair of this work

funds

amongst coolies on the hills, as being not accompanied with immedi-

I

ate results, what Mr. Stokes mentions at the end of his report will

which

be encouraging: “Not long ago Mr. Mellis at Coimbatore baptised

numb

a man, who had heard the Gospel preached to him as a message

of 10

for salvation at ‘Hill-grove’ on the Nilgiris.

Hence our preaching

il

is not in vain.”

0ng 1

The work of the Bible-women has been accompanied with

neph

much encouragement.

hours

Mrs. Liitze relates the case of a woman, who eonfessed to believe

nd

in Christ and that to belong to Him was a great gain. When asked:

The

and

“Why?” she replied: “Because then we will have a golden entrance

into heaven.”

It often happened that the sick and poor asked

Categ

the Bible-women to pray for them.

oy |

by

Kaity is surrounded by not less than 19 Qut-stations, which

Simlay

through their schools are preparing for and assisting the work

brothey

of evangelisation.

In

addition to this the few Christian

Uourt,

families at these out-posts are expected to further the cause

perjur

of Christianity by their Christian example.

he Wa

the ho

Something in this direction is mentioned by Mr. Stokes, who

writes about a Badaga youth at Hulikal. Daniel is his name, who

Orpha

assisied a planter in hunting a panther and was badly mauled by

In

the beast.

He was brought to the hospital in a rather critical state,

itep

bat contrary to everybody’s expectation he recovered.

The

it y

1

Badagas said to Daniel’s father, he should have tried soreery,

Ty

but the old man replied: ‘‘Prayer is my sorcery.”

g

H

t‘ﬂ% l

There are not less than 26 Schools in connection with the

Kaity station. Most of them, of course, are Primary Schools and

are in the Badaga villages.

Famine and sickness hampered

I

from

greatly the work in these schools.

Some parents were not

fo 8

able to pay 8 Pies school-fees a month, and most of the masters

were for some time sick.

Amongst these schools are also

hlS p

Was

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109

olp in tlly

night-schools, for which Government pays a grant, “when

of this vl

funds are available”, as the ominous phrase runs.

with immefe

At Kaity we have the Boys’ Orphanage for the hills, with

s repot il

which a Lower Secondary day-school is combined.

The

fore bt *

number of boys in the Orphanage is 42. There is an increase

5 0 IS

of 10 boys, owing to the famine.

ur preath

However, it seems that in admitting and feeding the hungry,

one must be careful on the Nilgiris.

A boy, about 14 or 15, the

1panied yil

nephew of our Catechist Abrakam, compelled by hunger, ran for 4

hours behind his back, imploring him to take him to his house

and give him food and teaching, as he wished to become a Christian.

s to beliee

The father, instead of feeding his boy properly, called for the Police,

Then st

The

den enfral

and a case of kidnapping was made out against Abraham.

Catechist, as a reward for his kindness, escaped a verdict in Court

| poor il

only because the judge gave him “the benefit of the doubt”.

The

b

boy, of course, had to return to his father and to hunger.—In a

-;atjons) “hl(‘

similar case the younger brother, hungry and sick, went to his elder

g e 8

brother who is a Christian.

The elder brother was also brought to

Ol

Court, was acquitted, and two false witnesses were put in jail for

perjury, where unfortunately one of them died. The poor boy, sick as

et the Ca0¥

he was, was brought from the Orphanage into Court, from there to

the hospital, and was sent from there back to his mother from the

% kaesf i

Orphanage.

]

In Kaity as well as in our other Orphanages the question

l)’ mauled I

1

é

|

often arises, what to do with boys who are not capable to

oritiea

For the Lower Secondary

study for higher examinations.

)vered'

Examination 6 boys appeared: 4 passed and 2 failed only in

ol 1

some optional subjects. My, Liitze feels very hopeful about

the non-Christian boys who attend this school.

b

tlr

100 il

A little boy from Kateri with a mysterious air whispered into

ool

Mr. Liitze's ear: “Sir, the Bible is dear to me!” A dear little boy

4

s bk

from Hullada fell sick and died from typhoid fever.

He liked to go

to school, and though suffering from fever he went to school.

To

fg et

his parents he often told ‘the great words heard at school”’.

He

fhe

was a well-behaved, obedient child.

During his sickness he often

j art?

o

110

prayed.

Shortly before his death he said: “Father, I am in fear!”

ey |

The father said: *“Pray to the living, true God, the great Jesu-Svami,

frand

of whom you have heard at school and often told us!” He folded

I

his hands, prayed aloud and fell asleep.

The impression on the

el

parents was great, they firmly believe that the child has gone to

heaven.

15 the

oug

Four pupils left the Teachers’ Seminary, and six pupils were

of th

admitted.

The house-father Salathiel was transferred to

Bada

Palghat and Cat. Samuel Satyanathan succeeded him.

have

To the Catechists’ School three students from Kotagiri were

Duri

admitted, one of whom has left meanwhile.

1an

of I

Lagt

24

Kotagiri.

b.

fhe (

When in 1861 two servants of the Scotch family Cockburn

H

Tlen

were converted, Miss Cockburn, who had been instrumental in

fomarg

their conversion, invited the Basel Mission to station a

Joung

Missionary at Kotagiri.

This lady, who had already started

School

6 night-schools amongst the Badagas, also built the Mission-

from |

church at Kotagiri with the help of other friends of the Mission.

ibery

The two first Christians (Samuel and Daniel) are still alive

Whole

and are elders of the congregation.

Thus in 1867 Kotagiri

and f

became a Mission-station with Mr. A. Biihrer as its first

able fi

Missionary. The Congregation (280 Church-members) had 25

i

non-Christians admitted last year (20 adults and 5 children).

Well gy

Myr. Kanaka, the Pastor of Kotagiri, writes with reference to

this: «The larger number of the famine-converts came from

g y)

F 1)

0l the

the village Tandanad, the abode of a heart-hardened people

CWJ

and the seat of idol-worship in this district.

The conversion

e

of some of these people reminds one of Saul, who going in

search of his fathers lost asses, found a kingdom.”

Yt

On Ascension-day a blind Badaga-boy was baptised, who at

fethey

Miss Asquith’s school had previously learned to read. It was a

111

AR S

am in fuy

very touching scene, when before his baptism the boy sang the

Jest-Sin

translation of the German hymn: *Weil ich Jesu Schéflein bin”.

" Ho

ssion on fi:

The Young Men’s Association of the station with its 15-20

members, is doing much practical work.

Cat. Henry Kodot

has goned) ©

is the energetic president of it.

On Sunday afternoons the

young men have a Bible-meeting. On Sunday mornings eight

pupilsmee

of them, with or without a Catechist, go to the surrounding

nsferred i

Badaga villages, one playing a violin and when the people

il

have gathered, they address them on the subject of salvation.

otagin met

During the last year they have been 43 times out in this

manner, and once at Milidenu they had an audience consisting

of 125 hearers. On Sunday evenings 23 times during the

last year the same youths went to the Kotagiri bazaar with

the Catechists (in Kotagiri Sunday being the market-day).

Iy Gkt

The members of this Association also collect for and contribute

One of the

runettl?

towards the Pie-Collection and Bible-Society.

young men, an overseer in a coffee plantation, keeps a night-

o oo

school for non-Christian boys in a village three miles distant

aly it

fhe M

from his place.

The congregation is in the habit of giving

The Christians on the

e it

liberally, if people possess something.

whole are poor, but most of them are in possession of a house

o ol i

and field of their own, and if times are not bad, they will be

7 o

28 itS ﬁ

I

able to support themselves.

) it

When reporting on the Kotagirl congregation, we cannot

well omit a very unpleasant affair, which took place last year

5 chillel

and which has caused public sensation far beyond the limits

e’

Came ot >

of the Nilgiri-Mission, we refer to the so-called « Kidnapping-

Case’ .

enel ol

The action of the Basel Mission in this case has been very

e

severely criticised in local Papers, and one Paper went so far as to

o g0 g

]

make most pernicious attacks on it, misrepresenting things alto-

gether and revealing a virulent hatred against our Mission.

Under

isedy il 65

these cirumstances an objective statement of what really took place

B |

P,

R

112—

will be welcome to the friends of our Mission.

Two years ago a

abefin

widow (Bella) with two sons (Choyi and Acha) and two girls, one

(etobe

7, the other 3 years of age, came to the Mission-house.

A little later

Achy

on another girl, 10 years of age, followed. The hero of the story

{hat b

is the girl 7 years of age, who was admitted .to the Orphanage, and

the p

in December 1899 was baptised and called Maria; the elder mem-

Rs,

bers of the family were under instruction for baptism at that time.

anda

As the two sons led the lives of vagabonds, neither they nor the

nothin

mother were admitted to our Churech.

Acha finally tried the Roman

haps

Catholics, he got some assistance from them, and then he promised

Tepres

the priest that the whole of his family would join the Roman

Churech.

persee

On the 25th August Maria with an elder girl of the

thty

Orphanage went to the Hospital to get medicine there.

On the

hayy

way she met her brother Acha, who carried her off, brought her to

all thy

the priest, in whose compound she was kept in custody with Catho-

8108 D

lies.

The other girl returned to the Mission-house and reported

what had taken place.

Mr. Grossmann, the Missionary in charge

Ay

of the station, being absent, Mrs. Grossmann at once sent Mr.

otk of

Kanaka, the Pastor, to the Roman Catholic priest, asking him to

if gy,

send the girl back.

The priest pretended to know nothing of the

Assisty

matter, but directed the Pastor to Acha, who refused to hand over

I g

the girl, even when threatened with the Police.

On the following

God v

morning at 4 o’clock the priest sent the girl, accompanied by Acha

He

and a Catechist, down to Coimbatore to the convent.

On the same

mitigat

day the mother of the girl went to the Mission-house, and falling on

Prospe

her knees, asked help from Mrs. Grossmann; having given the child

Dt ghe

in charge of Mrs. Grossmanu, she demanded it from her.

Under

Hitthgy

these circumstances the help of the Police had to be sought for, but

i g

even at this stage of the case peaceful overtures were made to

h!

by,

regain the child.

All being in vain, the matter had to be left with

iy

the Police. The first hearing of the case, after the Police had taken

b §

up the matter, was on the 15th September at Ootacamund.

Acha

il]a

got 2 months’ imprisonment, and the girl was brought back to the

Somg

Orphanage.

This was all that the Basel Mission desired, and with

Jear

this the case ends as far as the Basel Mission is eoncerned.

After

% th

that the Police or Government impeached the Roman priest for

lO(}ke‘

4

113

e

ears 1)

abetting in a case of kidnapping, which case came on on the 15th

WO git,

October, and was finished on the 17th.

All tricks were useless.

Alifle bty

Acha even went so far as to deny his own mother, and to assert

0 of the iy

In the first instance

that he and Maria belong to another mother.

phanage, ul*

the priest got 6 weeks’ imprisonment and had to pay a fine of

ho elder ne

Rs. 600. On appeal, the punishment was reduced to 2 days’ arrest

| at that fie

and a fine of Rs. 300.

As stated above, the Mission had absolutely

they ot

nothing to do with the case against the priest, nevertheless—per-

ted the Rom

haps under inspiration of our opponents—in a Newspaper we were

) b o

represented as fanatics, wolves in sheep’s skin, who indulge in the

in the Ronu

persecution of an innocent lamb, a priest, who simply has done his

g of

duty and, perhaps, has gone only a little too far in his holy zeal.

pete, Onk

Any unprejudiced mind will see from the facts of this case that

all that we have done was done in sheer self-defence and under

brought e

Iy with (ute

gross provocation.

y gnd reporteé

Apart from what has been mentioned above about the

Iy in ohat

work of the Young Men’s Association amongst the hill-tribes,

onee st

of course also the Mission-agents (two Catechists and an

aoking bt

oo

Assistant Catechist) do systematic Work amongst the Badagas.

Myr. Kanaka thinks that famine and other scourges, by which

1 to hand 0%

God visited these hills, have not been quite ineffectual.

1]

He writes: ““Since August last the severity of famine has been

)aﬂied hv

On the gt

mitigated to some extent, as the first erop was good and the

filg

prospects of the second crop also are not far below the average,

and

oiven B8

il

5

but the after-effects of the famine are still felt.

Referring to the

i} ]]61' L

earthquake at the beginning of the year, people often say: ¢ Really

ot

f

i B

it is the great God of the universe who has shaken a part of the

il

ere il

b {

earth, and if He had shaken a few minutes longer, then chaos would

1l

have been the result.

When wickedness aggravated, when we all

{0 e et

g ol ;

had forgotten Him, as if He were not in existence, when we were

[

in a state of lethargy, He marvellously awoke and warned us.

amllﬁd

f

Some people scarcely could afford one meal a day.

That in this

bk !

year the wild-growing hill-guava shrubs have borne abundantly,

)lfed, aﬂd

so that many a poor starving one could feed upon them, must be

cerne

d AI[

ol

looked upon as an instance of God’s special providence.

Of course,

o I

8

s

at Kota

there are many whom neither God’s kindness nor His punishments

will call to repentence.”

Mr. Kanakea relates of an inquirer, who

inthe (

suddenly died in the night before Ascension-day.

He was one of

jeat, th

the Tandanad-people, :and his relatives were furious about his

gitls th

conversion; his wife even using the epithet:

“Christian dogs”.

haptise

A rumour had been spreading about that in the afternoon of

On

Ascension-day the baptism of the man would take place.

One ecan

f0 Jear

understand that the sudden death about this time has greatly

useful

intimidated others. An old Badaga, with somewhat advanced ideas,

agri

ventured to bury his wife in a coffin, and even allowed a girls’

of the

school to be established on his verandah.

He would have liked

onler

to join us, but his debts were the fetters which prevented bim

it ol

from doing so; he also wished to be burried after his death. But,

uneley

alas, he died, was burned according to the fashion of his tribe and

the girls’ school had to be removed.

ey b

fhene 5

Also the Bible-women find that the earthquake made a

1]

Yigt of

great impression upon the minds of people.

The women even

fhem by

invite them te come to their houses and to teach them ¢ wisdom”.

i the y

frends

Myr. Grossmann thinks that some of the converts of last year

ong

may be counted as fruits of the seed sown by the Bible-

women.

the Inos

It

The work of the Bible-women amongst the women living

I foy

on the Nilgiris, reminds us of the great interest in Mission-

thay |

work manifested by the English ladies at the Kotagiri station.

There is a Work-meeting on Friday afternoon, in which they

of this

work for the Mission.

The splendid work done sells easily,

and the net proceeds go to the Mission.

Our hearty thanks

are due to all the ladies, especially to the energetic and

o

assiduous lady-president of this meeting, Mrs. Cockburn.

I\

We conclude with the Educational Work of this station.

Yang

In

Some schools out in the villages had to be abolished, hence

of

the number of pupils went down from 268 to 190. There are

gy er)l

left 4 village-schools, a-night-school and the Girls’ Orphanage

ahoy

cn—

11

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[

18 punshues

at Kotagiri.

At the beginning of the year there were 32 girls

inguire,

in the Orphanage.

Although 6 girls left the school during the

He was o

year, there were at the end of it 38.

In the case of some new

ous. ahot i

girls the Orphanage has been rather unfortunate. Two, not yet

hritian Qg

baptised, ran away, two others were unable to learn at school.

o afternon

On the 14th October 5 bigger girls were baptised ; they managed

ace, (ot

to learn reading and writing before that.

They make themselves

6 by gl

useful by domestic work, gathering fire-wood and cow-dung, doing

ydvanced it

agricultural work, and at present they are busy with the renovation

lowed 8 gif

of their own house.

To be for some years in a school with its strict

uld have i

order is very wholesome for such girls.

If they would learn nothing

prevented i

but cleanliness, it would be a great boon to them. ¢ But the outward

is death. B8

uncleanliness,” Mr. Grossmann remarks, ‘““is not the worst kind, this

i bis e

may be encountered by boiling water and in the last end by fire, but

there is another kind, of which they will not get rid of so easily.

Most of them are good girls, and it does not want much to make

ke w8

them happy: a cup of tea or coffee, a small excursion to some place

o o e

in the neighbourhood will fill their hearts with enthusiasm.

Kind

e

friends in Méaunnedorf (Switzerland) through their weleome gifts have

tg of st J

done much to make Christmas also in the Orphanage at Kotagiri

by the Blb[d

the most happy time of the year.

It is due to the famine that children, whom their relatives

in former years would have preferred to see perish rather

than leave them to us, are now brought to us.

Since January

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)

hagit

il

of this year 10 new children had to be admitted.

1

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i

né Sells eaﬂ

Jeaty

h&ﬂf

energt

fio

The perusal of the work done by the Basel Mission on its

(oo

various stations, will convince our readers that the experiences

in the various districts are very different. As to the attitude

f i i

of the population towards Mission-work, of course, there are

disiel henfi’

everywhere large masses that either do not know anything

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about Christianity or do not care for it, which of course does

i 09

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116

not exclude that they are influenced by it in many ways.

who

There are besides most decided opponents of the Gospel, not

staf

1o

only amongst the Mohammedans, but especially amongst those

whose power or livelihood is intimately connected with the

ideal

mith

existing institutions and the superstitions of Hinduism. The

4

educated classes, as a rule, arein a friendly, benevolent relation

to Christianity. But we do not forget that in spite of all

statt

proud talk about «“the spread of education”, looking upon the

on ou

why |

nation as a whole, education has gone scarcely skin-deep,

though it is the skin, which an out-sider will see first of all.

g

Misg

Besides some of our educated Hindus bear two souls in one

Ml

breast: one for the public life and one for the family-life;

and finally alienation to «the vain manner of life handed

(ane

few |

down from their fathers” does not yet mean attraction towards

salvation in Christ.

No wonder then that during the last

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year the same educated circles, that occasionally praise the

o

Missionary as a benefactor of India, did not only most heartily

and g

join in the foolish talk, which made Missionaries responsible

world

for the Chinese war, but made also nasty applications of this

of (}

slander to India.

However, God be praised, everywhere are

f0 g

a few, who «“are of the truth” and thus will hear the voice of

mag

truth. And these are found amongst all the divisions which

made

we have pointed out just now.

Looking over our Report, we

highe

do not find that conversions take place in proportion to the

Whic}

friendliness of the population.

The attitude of people in

throp

South-Mahratta seems to be all that one can wish in the way

il

of politeness and kindness.

On the other hand there is almost

H

a deadly opposition to Christianity manifested on the Nilgiris,

and yet the soil on these hills may be called fertile in

comparison with barren South-Mahratta. — As to the motives

of our converts, ideal cases have been rare in all our districts,

though they have not been absent altogether. The majority

of people came for bread’s sake.

But a good many of those

115

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who according to their own concession came to the Mission-

a0y i

Gogel,

station first of all in order to get a livelihood, have developed

mongst i

into quite exemplary Christians, whilst sometimes so-called

ted it

ideal cases may end with a great disappointment.

We agree

duism, T

with Drummond, who says: «God takes strange ways to start

olent et

a man’s religion.

But the motives, which God allows us to

start on, are not the same ones we are to live on.”

To lead

spie of o

on our new converts to live on higher motives is the reason,

cing upn

Iy shinde)

why in our Mission such a prolonged care is taken for the

congregations, which partly also explains the fact that our

o finstof

souls n 0

Mission has comparatively a larger number of European

o i

Missionaries than other Societies. A progress in many respects

cannot be denied to our congregations, but what, with a

{ life ool

few exceptions which only confirm the rule, they lack chiefly

cton fomt

is Missionary-spirit, the desire to propagate the Gospel by

ring fe )

word and deed amongst their brethren according to the flesh,

ly puiet

and a feeling of responsibility with regard to the non-Christian

ot e

world next to them. As to our educational work, the want

s il

of Christian graduates, who are spiritually minded enough

st

to serve the Mission, is keenly felt and exertions will be

eryuhert

made to meet this difficulty.

Some provision also must be

r the !

made for such girls in our congregations, who go in for

s

Yigvt

higher education.

There are some other desiderata besides,

o Report, P

which with all our cares and needs we lay down before the

porfo hb

throne of our Lord, asking Him: ¢«“Let thy Kingdom come

of peﬂple il

also in India as all over the world!”

g inte?

Jepe alrﬂ[‘fi >

) he ‘\'i]é”ifff

od fertvile‘ﬂ

ut

igtrxtfi

The mﬂjﬂﬁi

i

pa] ¢

118

Appendix L

Kalop

(fod's P

LIST OF BOOKS AND TRACTS

Church

Bongive

Printed from the 1st November 1899 to 31st October 1900.

:\régyas

The Fir

1.

Canarese.

The i

(lass-B

Edition.

Size.

Copies.

Pages.

Tot. Pages.

Satyadipike, vol. IV. 1899-1900

40

800

192

153600

"

The ix

Suvésini Vol. I. No. 1—6

”

500

96

48000

The |

The Acts of the Apostles, revised

The |

translation

122

1500

130

195000

Bonr

The Epistles of Saint. Pa;ul ’to 'the.

Geog

Thessalonians, revised translation

1500

21

31500

Bila

The Epistles of Saint Paul to the

The ]

Galatians, revised translation

«

1500

21

31500

Theg

The Epistles of Saint Paul to the

Philippians and Philemon, rev. tr

1500

20

30000

)\ (e

Ma]ay:

The Epistle of Saint James, revised

translation

16

24000

Tle T

”

1500

the

The Lord’s Supper

1000

108

108000

The New Testament with Psalms

16°

5000

399

1995000

%ialay

Almg

The Gospel of Saint Mark, revised

translation

182

5000

84

420000

Bloog

The Gospel of Saint L;lke; re\;. tr;lnsi.

5000

146

730000

99

495000

The Gospel of Saint John,

”

”

5000

Counsels to Young Men

168

2000

50

100000

Short

The Power of Prayer: Seven Stories

2000

38

76000

Tos

I

3000

70

210000

The §

History of India

The Citizen of India

3000

220

660000

Jong)

The Primer, Macmillan’s Series

10000

38

380000

Canarese Primer

.

VI

10000

40

400000

Tables of Calculation

v

10000

48

480000

4

Sy

Canarese First Book

VIII

122

30000

36

1080000

Arégyabhégya

.

11

2000

68

136000

An Epitome of the Geogr

ap hy. of‘the‘

The

Madras Presidency

II

16°

2000

90

180000

The II. Standard Geography

II

1000

16

16000

The

The Canarese Text-Examiner

375

48

18000

Canarese Almanac for 1901

80

5300

80

424000

The

0N

=y,

119

IL.

Malayalam

Edition

Size

Copies

Pages

Tot. Pages

80

350

192

67200

Kéralopakari, vol. XXVII

God’s Plan of Full Salvation

"

1000

43

43000

Church Discipline

16°

1000

36

36000

63000

Forngeness of Sins

1000

63

ober 1901

::I;

2000

48

96000

Arovyashastra

The First Standard Reader

IV

5000

60

300000

The Fifth

n

n

11

2000

100

200000

Class-Book of Arithmetic for the Ist St

2000

17

34000

Pages, Tot B

n

n

n

IInd St

2000

24

48000

192

L5l

The Infant Reader (Muliyil’s)

”

10000

52

520000

96

A

8000

60

480000

The First Standard Reader

n

The Primer, Macmillan’s Series

Ly

10000

40

400000

1%

|

130

Fourth Reader

.

II

”

10000

136

1360000

32

160000

Geography for Standard III

Ly

5000

ol

bt

II

4000

84

336000

Balavyakaranam

The Infant Reader

1000

22

22000

ol

31l

The Essentials of Malayalam Grammar

XI

5000

32

160000

111

5000

110

550000

A Geography of the Madras Presidency

20

i

Malayalam School Panchatantram

VIII

2000

264

528000

The Upper Primary Arithmetic for

16

i

111

2000

128

256000

the Primary Examination, Part III

108

l

§

i

Malayalam Almanac for 1901

-

80

1800

70

126000

0030

399

‘‘‘‘‘

Alméopakari, vol. XIII

1100

96

105600

&

12°

500

87

43500

Blood of Jesus

§4

4

1

149

(bl

III.

Tulu.

i

9

4

Short Bible Stories, Old and New

1008

il

Testament, revised edition

12°

3000

65

195000

3

(il

The Sermon on the Mount

32°

3000

20

60000

10

ol

Jonah

3000

12

36000

gl

290

b

3

IV. Badaga.

{0

N

[0

Short Bible Stories

.

it

12°

2000

68

136000

4

4#!

3

V. Anglo-Vernacular.

8

11

16°

3000

36

108000

TheIll. Standard Reader, Anglo-Malay

The Primer, containing I. and II. St

90

I

Reader, Anglo-Malayalam

Iv

16°

8000

35

280000

10

4

bl

80

1300

138

179400

The Sixtieth Report of the B. G. E. M

80

i

120

e

Appendix II,

Summary of FExpenditure pro 1900.

Rs.

As

I2/

Rs

As

Personal allowances to the Missionaries

95,230

Itinerancy and vehicles of European and

Native Agents

0

.

26,611

Salaries to Catechists, besides those Pastors

and Catechists who are paid out of the

Church-funds .

21,203

11

Expenses for Bible-women in excess of the

grant received from the B. and F. Bible

Society, London

342

Baster

Expenses for schools and eduéational in-

Throg

stitutions, besides Orphanages and Paro-

i G

chial Schools after deducting the Govt.

R

grants and School-fees received

.

35,514

14

LBg

Contribution by the Home-Committee to the

I

Church-funds of the Stations and the

oo, I,

Orphanages

34,348

Al

Expenses for transfers of European and

DA G

Native Agents

.

2,250

R0,

» Home-voyages of Missionaries

16,709

12

i

» medical treatment and sick-leave

allowances of Missionaries

3,613

11

AN,

Wog

Upkeepandrepairof buildings,new buildings,

Government assessment, taxes and rent

31,010

14

11

Pays to Munshis

1,682

B Rig

Contribution to the libraries of the Stations

292

6, Ha)

Debit Balance o’f“the Medical Mission De-

partment

.

.

3,911

teu.r Es.tabl'ishment

2,000

Towards upkeep of Colpor

Sundry expenses for administration, ete.

3,500

b3

1((2:;

g

L))

~

278,221

Ly,

Less receipts: Donations

.

3,205

B

9

-

Ly

Interest of Casamajor Fund

2,521

14

1

6.1

Rent of houses and proceeds

Mg

of compounds

3,987

0

11

Net proceeds of the Press

-

5

11

10

X (

. 1,008

—

10,722

._-l—

i:

Net expenditure covered by the Home-Com-

mittee

6.}

.

.

.

267,498

15

L

Subscriptions and Donations

900!

Towards the Mission-Fund

o

Received during the year 1900.

Rs. \A b

LI

¢<& All sums received on or after the tst of January 1901 will be acknow-

26,611% il

ledged in the Report for 1901.

— <O —>~<S

210

)

|

|

Rs

=

=)

MANGALORE.

Rs. As e PVA. Ho L

12

10

HL

{

Baster offering from Karachi 50 0 0| G. Grant Esq.

Through Messrs. Warden & Co., Bombay.

Mrs. Grant

10

10

Sir George Cotton, Kft.

10

0

Sophy Devarike

A. H. 8. West Esq

10

R. W. H.

10

BB St

Mrs. Haller

35,51;314 ‘i‘

J. Sp.

R. D. Tipping Esq

Geo. K. H.

R. F. Hiley Esq.

(S S B =)

33

0

AJ M. T. J.

A. Brockman Esq.

H. F. Simpson Esq

. B G

R. O.

?;;;

P. S. Tipping Esq.

9350, !

il

H. B,

10

W. Davis Esq.

16,108 !

R. Kaundinya Esq.

A Me.iK.

W. & Co.

25

o 0o © o © o0 o o <

o o 00 0 O o O o o o

D. A. Donaldson Esq.

agip !l

S. Seth Esq.

MERCARA.

Mrs. Kaundinya

31,010114 9

E. Richter Esq.

50

(=)

=)

Miss M. Ritter

it

Mrs. Richter

i !

G. Haller Esq.

10

n

E. Wright

ey

0 DO o W W W ok ottt

oo o0 O 0o o0 o 0o e oo o o9

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ANANDAPTUR.

Lk

Towards the Orphanage.

Towards the Poorfund.

100

00 ) ‘

G. F. Meiklejohn Esq.

N. Mc.Milleyn Esq.

3000 ] /D

E. Meynell Esq.

100

R. G. Hutson Esq.

e

M. E. Couchman Esq.

100

G. H.

70

DHARWAR.

Mrs. Payne

45

W. Thorley Esq.

14

M. Chisholm Esq.

25

Towards the Students’ Home.

21

Rev. J. Hewison

8

fi

H. E. Richter Esq.

012

G. R. Moore Esq.

15

I. Shaw Esq.

10

()

I

12

o 0 0 o O O © 2 o

%)(.é

10

(=)

it

J. Logan Esq.

I. Bern Murdoch Esq.

e

122

Rs. As. P

Rs. As. P.

V. Phelips Esq.

10

R. V. Austin Esq.

LY Hu

F. Anderson Esq.

10

H. Webb Esgq.

s Mo

Rev. W. W. Baillie

10

L

C. R. D’Sylva Esq.

D. Hugh Lindsay Esq.

5

Towards the Poorfund.

(R Jam

12

p il

C. P. Muhl Esq., Bangalore

R. V. Austin Esq.

25

A1 Jon

N. N.

3

g

i)g

lrs A, In

KALEY:

For the Girls’ Orphanag?.

Bor, W. 1

Neville Priestley Esq.

60

His Excellency the Governor

of Madras

20

=}

I W)

1. Wray Esq.

12

(Al

A. 8. Cowdell Esq.

100

G. Wood Esq.

12

(=

A Butter

I. Reynolds Esq.

12

John Liebenrood Esq.

100

S

His Lordship the Bishop of -

Nasten By

T. Anderson Esq.

L4, G

Madras

50

William Thowley Esq.

12

29

Mrs, iy

I. Shaw Esq.

45

Rev. H. Pigott (£ 2)

I. W. Luxmore Esq.

20

2 (i

V. Phelips Esq.

10

Col. Stevenson

15

) A

H. Courpalais Esq.

17

H W

N. N.

9

@ FOrNIOHEOUOIHOE ORONEIEC

SO O O OO0 0 O

L. W. Grey Esq.

Hon. H. M. Winterbotham

15

0. g

HUBLI.

C. B. Barclay Esq.

14

s, Py

Mrs. Foy

(=}

12

s Hea

Mrs. Bak‘er

HONAVAR.

L. K.

12

D)

A. Lucas Esq.

10

Mrs. E. Reed

11

B0, ggy

H. G. Hervey Esq.

10

B 1 g

Rev. & Mrs. Bishop

G. Laird Me.Gregor Esq.

10

H. Sim Bsq.

10

U, 4

R. Mec.Tier Esq.

A. Prinkle Esq.

10

R B,

T. R. Bell Esq.

10

SES QLS IO IO TE L S e D e

e oo T e P e o I e o R o T o o e M o o S ) (e

Yigg D,

C. Claasen Esq.

Captain M. Moore

(=i oy = e M )

SO OBNO O

Prosp. Contrib. to the

A Mage

CANNANORE

Catechist’s Salary

lrs,

LD,y

Mrs. Isabella Haultain

100

(=)

o

Geo. Maddox Esq.

H. M.

Children of Mr. Penn

-1 3

6. Harg

o

Mrs. W. Reynolds

By

CALICUT.

Mrs. Ferguson

24

I. M. Thompson Esg.

Vi,

A. E. Scovell Esq.

L3y

Macrae

D. N. Morrison

11

Rev. Carr

Q’RJa

"

‘Welsh

15

General Ramsay

)

Iy

Mrs. Hamnett

! (hg

Russel

Miss C. Ling

Baptist

Dy,

C. W. Snell Esq,

ik

g

C. A. Weir Esq.

Mrs. Standbridge

V.3

Towards the debt of the Mission 3

12

. O O O O O

Major Marshal

M,

PALGHAT.

Rev. Geo. Hobday

i3

Mrs. F. A. Dupen

10

(<]

C. Aiklandaiyar Esq.

L)

In memory of Mrs. Tomlinson 5

0

W. E. Schmidt Esq.

L S LR L S| B B | S L B ) B 5 S S, SRS . )

S O ChS .S OO Cie o o8 &0 &

o oSoTo o o o oOa 5 o oo o

g,

123

Rs. As. B

B

Rs. As. P

I. W. R.

(3 G

il

A. M. Hurst Esq.

104

Mrs. Me.Murray

Mrs. Boggie

0 4 0

L

n

L. Parkinson

COONOOR.

oorfund,

C. R. James Esq.

A. N. Groves Esq.

75

%0

A. M. Jones Esq.

Mrs. R. James

50

[

Mrs. A. Inman

50

Th. Stanes Esq.

vernor

‘Rev. W. E. Boggs

Rev. R. P. Wilder

10

Mrs. W. Mec.Ivor

0ol

X

1ot

»

G. Walsh

A. Butters Esq.

e

H. T. Stanes Esq.

100 0

R. Bake Esq.

w w o

Master Bob. Curtis

op of

T. Eagan Esq.

il

L. A. Groves Esq.

Mrs. Sinclair

DO DD DO DD QO W W W W W B

Mrs. Hayne

9

F. W. Pegg Esq.

Ll

Osborne

(N4

0o

Mrs. H. Dashe

i1

n

A. E. Haldwell

Grove

”

W. E. Smith

»

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»

Nash

G. M. de Winton Esq

B s e DWW o

o0 o © o o0 o o OO O O

oo e Io o0 oS O SIoOO S

ham

50l

Mrs. Pluckrose

Pastor Mellis

g

n

Heath

[T SR NN AR A

Towards the Cooly Mission

0l

120

n

D. McFarlane

Hillgrove Estate

fl

Pilloor

n

120

H. C. Atkins Esq.

55

IR

Rev. T. E. Slater

T. Stanes Esq.

0ot

H. Herklots Esq.

60

Mrs. A. Sherman

0!

A. N. Groves Esq.

36

Rev. E. Keyworth

24

0o

Miss D. Schmidt

L. Porter Esq.

g0t

Mrs. Mulaly

A. Mace Esq.

Mrs. H. 8. Guthrie

Baroness von Engelhardt

o © © O © O O w

fe T <o T <= S o B = B = S e R =

!

E. D. M.

KOTAGIRI.

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G. Hardy Esq.

F. Groves Esq.

100

=

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1

H. St.

|

Proceeds of Ladies’ Work-

D. H. Kelly Esq.

meeting

80

:

|

M. B. O.

Miss M. B. L. Cockburn

50

§l

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Mrs. D. Cockburn

50

5

G. R. James Esq.

Mrs. A. Perkins

1. F. Hill Esq.

30

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M. Chalk Esq.

I. T. F. Wilson Esq.

20

Al

A. Bryant Esq.

D. I. D. Cockburn Esq.

15

]

D. M.

Rev. V. E. Moller

10

‘W. Barnard Esq.

Rev.I.H.Bishopfor Orphanage 10

|

Mrs. H. 8. Chandler

Major H. L. Hutchins

5

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A. E. Richter Esq.

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H. E. G. D.

Ch. H. Brock Esq.

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Mrs. Prince

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J. Fieg Esq.

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124

Rs. As

Rs. As. P.

Mr. I. K. London

Mrs. Haddock

Miss Holloway

Miss Norfor

Alr, Devad:

Mrs. Windle

g

Geo. Cockburn Esq

s Blagy

Rev. E. Sell

”

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Rev. I. Aunderson

”

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2

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W. P. Scott Esq.

Mr. Maidmont

%

?;é

F. Sherman Esq.

Towards Bible-women’s work.

R. Griffith Esq.

D O DD DD W W

SO O OGS o0

(ol ey o) ) ooy (Fo) E Hom)

Miss Ewart

120 0

M, Chri

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Donations from Members of the Congregation

and other Native Friends.

Wision

MANGALORE.

Rs. As. P

UDiPI.

Rs. As. P

N

Messrs. L. Joshua & Sons

60

0

0

0 80

Weares

Mr. Th. Roberts towards

KARKAL.,

;4

the debt

50

12

Bapilsof

Different gifts

LY, Yy

Messrs. Arnone & Aiman

8

Mr. Samuel Sumitra for

Boi ,

Mr. H. Aiman

6

Poorfund

0 12

Th. Roberts

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KASARAGOD.

NN, ¥

”

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towards

Mr. Th. Roberts towards

5 Y, T

Orphanages

=

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Church-fund

10

”

Th. Ramappa

”

C. Amos

Mission-box of late Ananda

lir Saty(

Roberts

3

N. N.

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Mr. N. Pearl

Catechist’s family at Kumbla 2

Oferings

n

Th. Pearl

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the Wo

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Mr. Bhimachi

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Mr. Hanoch Adina

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N. N.

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MULKI

N. Ne

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RO R ODn S O e

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Mr. Joseph Vedamuttu

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Jesudasa Aarons

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Mr. S. P. Hubli

11

ehg

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Babu Shetti

» Jonathan Havala, Unakallu 10

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Mrs, M. Jeremia

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Frida Bangera

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B 0 O B O O

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0l

125

Rs. As. P

Bs

Rs. As. P,

GULEDGUDD

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#

Mr. D’Vaz

?;

Mr

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Eliezer Amengara

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Bhagya Alada

Noah Erandeth

Sal. Jogula

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Philipp Amengara

S < M= O

PO 0 > O

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Jakob Pujari

S o S N

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(e cm) i (o) )

11

N. N. Rs. 20,

Rs. 105,

HONAVAR.

175

D0IEAYS 00tk

Rs. 50

100

Mr

Christadasa Israel

11

PALGHAT.

Jesudasa Kalyana

Mose Salins

P. 1. Ittyerah Esq.

30

Medad Jayanta

8. Selvanayagam Esq.

12

Ebenezer Aarons

A. Venkataramana Pai Bsq.

n

J. I. Joshua

O O k= b ek W]

12

S O O O o

K. C. Thomas Esq.

ation

A. G. Thomas Esq.

e oo & C

e oo D

CANNANORE

Mission-box of the Weavers

62

KAITY.

PI

B kil

TELLICHERRY

Through Mr. Boyers, Collec-

tion at the weekly prayer-

0 b

Weavers at Nettur

15

&

meetings at Hulikal

KAL

Pupils of Nettur Schools

12

Mr. C. Job, Ooty

)

N. N., Nettur

Benjamin

Boni M. for Mission-debt

3 for

Abr. Madia

[

Sale of eggs for the Mission

”

Carl Satyanathan

N. N., Nettur

Isaac Nerkambe

AG0D-

N. N., Tellicherry

J. Sebastian

vands

JE 4

bt

Paul Mada

il

Mr. Satyanathan

oo,_.._nh—-lN)l\'JCDCD

e we o oo oo o 9

A. Joshua

Anands

CHOMBALA.

Gnanamani

3 |

Gnanayutam

¢ Fumble e

Offerings at Bible-meetings of

Jes. Konga

the women

iR

”n

Jes. Shanta

Mr. I. Kumaren

E. Kumaren

Lemuel Soens

g

n

Mose Kari

I |

I. Mavattil

”

Vedamanikan

!

X

N.

QO b kt DD QO

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o O O © <

[

Shantappen

CODACAL.

G |

Satyanathan

Collection of the members of

P. Jesudasan

congregation towards the

Aaron Titus

!

debt of the Mission

14

A. Joseph

fl

Codacal 8chool children

0

10

Im'manuel Madia

sl

Mr. T. K. Mathai

”

George Halli

n

Paul Pilo

11

Samuel Sele

”

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”

T. C. Mathai

J. Joseph

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Rs. As. P.

Mr. Sam. Satyanathan

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Statistical Tables

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Table of Stations, Out-stati(')ns ané{ Ag.ent.s

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