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Walter (m) Switzerland 1865 Vaniyankulam" . G. Ritter (m) Germany 1869 Mulki, 8. Canara . W. Sikemeier (m) Holland 1870 Mercara, Coorg 1872 . J. Hermelink (m) Germany Mangalore, 8. Can. . W. Liitze (m) do 1875 Kaity, Nilgiris . J. B. Veil (m)* do 1875 Mercara, Coorg do 1876 . L. J.Frohnmeyer (m) Tellicherry, Malab. Chr. Eblen (m) do 1876 Puttur, S. Canara O W ~1 o O WO D = J. G. Kithnle (m) do 1878 Palghat, Malabar 10 do 1878 H. Altenmiiller (m)* Mangalore, S. Can. 11 C. D. Warth (m) do 1878 Guledgudd, 8. M. 12 Weismann (m) do 1878 Chombala, Malabar 13 do 1879 do J. Jaus (m) Calicut, 14 . Stierlin (m)* do 1880 Mangalore, S. Can. 15 Fischer (w) do 1881 Anandapur, Coorg 16 'Ié‘. do 1882 . Eisfelder (m) Kotagiri, Nilgiris 17 M. Schaible (m) do 1883 Mangalore, 8. Can. 18 B . Litthi (m) Switzerland 1884 do. do 19 1884 K. Hole (m) Germany Cannanore, Malab. 20 . Berli (m) Switzerland 1885 Hubli, S. Mahratta 21 Gtz (m) Germany 1886 Basrur, S. Canara 22 oY . Huber (m)* Switzerland 1886 Mangalore, do. 23 A. Glattfelder (m)* do. 1886 do. do 24 do. 1887 do. do 25 J. Sieber (m)* W. Bader (m) G—efmany 1888 Tellicherry,Malabar 26 H. Risch (m) Go 1888 Bettigeri, S. Mahr. 27 Switzerland 1888 Codacal, Malabar R. Bosshardt (m) Fr. Volz (m)* Germany 1888 Calicut, do 29 G. Wieland (m) do 1889 Kaity, Nilgiris 30 do 1890 H.Bretschneider (m)* Mangalore, 8. C. 31 Ph. Stier (m) do 1891 Ootacamund, Nilg. 32 Fr. Boas (m)* do 1891 Codacal, Malabar 1) Stat. Ottapalam. 1* = e Date of Name Native active Station E Country Service 33. Th. Uber (m) iGermany 1892 Codacal, Malabar 34. do. 1892 Mulki, 8. Canara LS M. Breidenbach (m) AJSP 35. Tr. Lutz (m) Switzerland 1892 Honavar, N, Canara .1 36. E. Hiller (m) Australia 1893 Palghat, Malabar 37. 1894 B B P. Borel (m) Germany Kasaragod, S.Can. LW, H 38. Chr. Fritz (m) do. 1894 Dharwar, S. Mahr. |50F1 39. Joh. Knobloch (m) * do. 1895 Calicut, Malabar o, 40. India 1895 do. ao 1.8, b W. Stokes, ». &, ¢. v. €D, (m)* 0.Fr i 41 R. Schilling (m) Switzerland 1895 Chombala, do. 42 G. Fischer (m) Germany 1896 Karkal, 8. Canara BLEG it 43 do. 1896 do 9}&591 A. Schosser (m) Udipi, 44 E. Liithy (m) Switzerland 1896 Guledgudd, 8. M 45 H. Kihner (m)* Germany 1896 Calicut, Malabar 1896 i Js A 46 H. Eidenbenz (m)* Switzerland Cannanore, do. 0 %J i 47 G. Renschler (m) Germany 1897 Calicut, do 8.1 48 Chr. Durr (m) do. 1897 Mangalore, 8. C. ‘SI_ do ! ligJ 49 W. Spaich (m) do. 1898 Udipi, ! ? liss B 50 H. Stokes (m)* India 1898 Mangalore, do. b1 Switzerland 1898 Calicut, Malabar 0 \JIQ\ \‘ M. Stuckert (m)* 5 i ) 52 Fr. Braun (m) Germany 1898 Bijapur, S. Mahr. s | 53 Fr. Singer do 1898 Calicut, Malabar E;l ? 54 do 1898 do. do N W. Heckelmann (m)* 55 A. Scheuer do 1899 Cannanore, do. 56 A. Beierbach (m)* do 1399 Mangalore, S. Can 01 57 do 1899 do. do. J I. Pfleiderer (m) 3GGI@ 58 H. Haffner (m)* do 1899 Cannanore, Malab. 1 By 59 J. Maue (m) do 1899 Tellicherry, do. 60 do 1900 KBy H. Hofmann (m)* Mangalore, 8. Can. E [] Pet‘ 61 P. Simpfendorfer (m)* do 1900 do. do g o 62 W. Metzler do 1900 Hubli, S. Mahratta 63 do 1900 do B Bie E. Vogt Dharwar, Iy 64 A. Spring do 1900 Bettigeri, do M\h 65 N. ZBTWBCK, Dr. ph. & med. (m) do 1901 do. do % 66 Switzerland 1901 L0y J. Meyer, Dr. phil. (m) Tellicherry, Malab )PS( 67 Chr. Renz (m)* Germany 1901 Calicut, do 68. M. Gekeler do 1901 TR ST %i 3T1} 69. R. Bunz do 1901 Udipi, 8. Canara do H\h Karkal, § ) \Hs 0. J. Ruopp do 1901 Codacal, Malabar il . A. Grau do 1901 Dharwar, S. Mahr. 72 do . W. Miiller (m) 1902 Vaniyankulamn, M I i £ — ation Native Date of Name Country active Station e S?;'vice , Melabar aQ 3, Canara 7 o H. Simon (m)* Germany | 1902 Udipi, S. Canara 4 J. Spieth do L1902 Hubli, S. Mahratta 1, X, Ganir 75 Fr. Schweikhart do 1902 Anandapur, Coorg f, Malsbur do 76 E. Bommer do 1902 Mercara, ,go&,S,Can. 7 W. Hahn* do 1903 Anandapur, do. ar, 5, Ml 78 do 1903 Caiicut, Malabar 0. Frohling® , Malabar 9 B. Hitbner do 1 1903 Udipi, 8. Canara 10 80 Fr. Straub do 1903 Cannanore, Malabar ala, do. 81 K. Grossmann do 1903 Karkal, 8. Can. [1 §, Canars 82 A. Seiler (m)* do 1904 Cannanore, Malabar do Single Ladiés. ndd, 8. 83 1900 ty Malabat Miss A. Ehrensperger | Switzerland Calicuf, Malabar 84 Miss J. Meyer do. 1901 Mangalore, S. Can. ’nm'e’ dOI o 85 Miss L. Miiller Germany 1902 Calicut, Malabar t 86 do 1902 do. do alore 3G Miss J. Metzger o, 87 Miss B. Schneider do 1903 do. do 88 Miss Marg. Beck do 1903 Mangalore, S. Can. :‘MOY% i 89 Miss M. Stahelin Switzerland 1903 it Nalabar Guledgudd, S. Mahr 90 Miss E. Raaflaub do. BHT 1903 Calicut, Malabar ur‘, §, Nabr 91 Miss G. Wessel Germany 1904 Tellicherry, Malabar Ity Malabar o At Home. 00 1016y 92 J. A. Brasche (m) t Germany 1869 late of Udipi, S. € alore § (an 93 G. Grossmann (m) | Switzerland 1874 do Kotagiri, Nil. (10 94 do. 1874 do b -~ J. Baumann (w)* Udipi, 8. C. 1016 9 9 K. Ernst (m) | | Germany 1881 do Dharwar,S.M herts do 96 G. Peter (m) Switzerland 1885 do Cannanore, M [ores g, (m 97 | do do S. Stamm (m)* do. 1891 Hubli, 8. M. 98 J. Béachle (m) Germany 1893 do Udipi, 8. € j g Aghralt 99 . K. Mayer (m) do 1893 do Bettigeri,S. M il do i 100 A. Metz (m) do 1893 Guledgudd, do 7ol 101 Chr. Gebhardt (m)* do 1894 do Palghat, Mal 102 do 1894 do Codacal do. P. Sengle (m) do he I il 103 Tr. Reusch (m) do 1895 Dharwar,S.M 104 J. Miller (m) do 1896 do Udipi, 5. C g Cfl]]Ma 105 Miss H. Krauss do | 1898 do Mangalore,do o Pensioned in India. e 4 labt W. Stokes (m) | India | 1860 | Coonoor, Nilgiris jaly pukl all ! o e e e s e Tabular View of Stations, Agents and (h 1sst JANUARY 1904 Agents of the Mission — European Mission- Native Agents ) el aries : S STATIONS : é Qatechists and S within a station’s area Assist. Catechists Non-Christian School-masters Established in the year Approximate population Out-Stations Brethren Sisters Colporteurs Bible-women Chr. School-masters Chr. School-mistresses .‘; § Pastors and Evangelists 1. South-Canara. . 1834 368000 [y bt 2 Mangalore 24 5 2199 Mulki 1845 120000 11 Udipi 1854 126000 23 §3( S 1831 Karkal . 1872 73000 176 Basrur 1876 160000 s 1886 220000 131 Kasaragod . 14 ')1) S Qv N Puttur 1900 190000 LD b pd = O DD &3 ;i); O O W W W U O Ot == DD B e S O WM w S bl 1257000 gooloc:w»oocbc: - [\ QO DO bk = i O = O 12 S W O =t OO D G"IOOOONOH‘- 821 27 i 11. Coory. 6081 8 Mercara 1870 85657 w 2 9. Anandapur 1853 88300 S 13 i e il 178957 3 (=7} § -q‘wm O{OO 5 §—§- 313 III1. S.-Mahratta Io. Dharwar 1837 33000 [\V) s - @® II. Hubli 1839 530600 99 i} I2. Bettigeri 1841 290000 00 A Lo 10 0 e, Guledgudd 1851 300000 o 10 63 f6g 14. Bijapur 1885 457000 s Honavar 1845 454490 ig; ot bk % éz NN A~ W (](é; | 5 1 —_)— ,mwwwmm ,‘—‘U‘r-‘i-db:) § 33 2065090 11 © — oo 46 ot [e 2] IV. Malabar. it 16. Cannanore 1841 320000 12 10 17 Tellicherry . 1839 210000 1T il;z)) 2 119 18 Chombala 1849 300000 9 bE) = 2 I9 Calicut 1842 679000 10 ‘g 25/ 11 |+20 02 20 Codacal . 1857 449290 16 188 21 1886 Vaniyankulam 445500 2 138 22. Palghat . 1858 372000 2 rg ?iz} Ot e O —~ O Ot Ot 0O = O W 1D = é ) 1 I(Q - — || — 2775790 § 30 27 -~ [or] 21 95| 32 | 81 443 V. Nilgiris. 114 23 1846 Kaity 30000 2 27 24 Kotagiri 1867 16000 4 0] 2 Lt 25 Ootacamund 1903 30000 3 ? z 38 | AoLes e Bt &l ] R | S p— P 0| O __.g Ll 76000( 20 i e B e — —| S—| — W—— — T—— 15| 0| 4| 39 6 ol Grand Total ... 102 84 73 26 128f21 43 [267] 74 156 —| S— —— — — e Jenuey 1905 104 e 83 69 24 [131] 20 |40 |253| 70 |143 30§ * Including a Hindu School-mistress. 1 Including 1 Mohamedan Teacher. S o il Churches of the B. G. E. Mission. UARY 1904. ——— igsion e — Native Church 1fs Changes during the year under report State of the | Churches on Decrease Increase Total of 31st Decr. 1903 | : New :I:z Converts N | Wit DS AN OO L= TR EGES Jv el Total number of 0 Church-members on 31st December 1902 ir} Net increase Net decrease Communicants Total number of Catechumens Deaths Execommunications Departures Adults Children m: Re-admissions Arrivals from Church-members ik 11418 2799 13 157 1114 198 86 1721 2885 51 11 4] 9 850 21 78 10 35 77 18 461 868 16 105 1908 27 23 4 1857 33 — © © I 201 7 8| 206 il 176 9 10 5 19 18 110 194 131 20 0 22 72 137 i; 212 40 55 20 1119 23 g % ) 56 12 § 34 54 looo»-a S _% 899715 6081 13 % w (2} 5217 34 19249 (§ 586 |19 g 3569 8278 02 22 il 89 145 ot | ; 14 : 121 229 ; e 16 _.._g 15 '—,n—ao 38 (2) _(—)i_ 22 1 210 374 ()1 /E 235 2 67 57 146 238 1’ ) 0 ? 472 51 — DO 19 94 0 284 520 603 91 26! 89 10 272 593 10 656 10 668 113 34 88 12 296 53 2% 18 17 26 51 ]é 83 % 36 % - O N O % | 40 (::(f;)) 49 89 % e e e ——— 2114 86 15 376 — 96 10 385 33 1073 2147 VIO OO DO \46 (18 | I 192 25 31 67 23 698 1224 23 17 iHA 591 15 65 22 78 o 335 613 , f 523 40 23 220 519 1808 61 171 ot 74 174 o 2] 1198 1894 29 138 657 1394 28 48 32 71 129 27 f 170 22 + % 19 93 151 12 443 14 % 59 16 45 : 262 455 38 ;;t | | /;; % 6114 174 22 520 ; % 3 | DO Wo WO 263 10 491 ;(.:% 3463 6275 141 1kl | 473 12 110 3l 25 66 0 22| 23 451 il 411 314 ! 48 5 S 2k 47 16 141 330 T gl 0 0(! e i e Rl e 53 54 31 54 [—1 787 il D el e e 161 14 6~ 47 o e 166 48 0| 404 835 % 39 E 76 1622 146 76 668| 33 1650 440 0|8719 15909 | 275 4100 15469 |435 | B Sm— P b 159'121/585| 44| 1446 411 08508 [15469 | 285 99 3110 15058 328 |90 | 1556 mhfi/ Abstract showing the Contributions of the (h the Mission il 1n 190 = = ° ‘('L‘doilfliectio ns S uné-za. ¥ and Collections Regular Collections and Church Donations b Stations Contribu- towards towards the Donations (ollee Church towards the Orph tions Mission- Poor-funds Expenses work I. South-Canara. Rs As P Rs As Rs. As Rs ’As £s ; N Mangalore 1094 654 1t 149 467 6! ) Mulki 150 88 67 E 96 15 : ] Udipi-Malpe . é 198 14 z § 215 ? Karkal 40 14 STl ; 54 32 2 16 ;r Basrur-Kundapur 0 8! Kasaragod . 108 62 (.i:jz 14 1 46 2 ,‘ 20 14 g) 31 il 16 15 Putfiur —_—ieee e T B = 1819 12 1097 11 281 7 868 () 11 Cooryg. Mercara . 1o 18 1 Anandapur 63 10 A7 31 ? E 157 10 158 49 — II1. S.-Mahratia. 16 Dharwar 66 51 15 25 152 Hubli 0 68 51 14/ 53 i Bettigeri-Gradag. 138 86 16 % 59 112 42 27 59 10 Guledgudd s Bijapur 24! § 26 i 12 Honavar-Karwar 30 ‘)1 2 10 (g) 'y ; ;'lzj [t £ 2 Z ODIC)DOODC)DCDO 295 :%) 138 226 mlwoo@gw 7 Iv. Malabar. Cannanore 604 2 11 g 10 194 13 Tellicherry, Nettur 352 2 H 5 138 10 86 4 Chombala-Mahé 208 ] [ 125 124 ) 5 Iy | Calicut 870 223 il 178 2 Codacal . 480 89 g 76 265 ] 101 et Tt O W= O 34 & ) Vaniyankulam ST B O 13| 42 Palghat . 215 53 14 42 g 43 § ’O@OOOOU'O ‘@OOOJC!O! 2832 @Im tD‘OOOOOOO‘C 741 14 1 (=) 518 i w 4] 93 % v Nilgiris. 89 Kaity 185 (& 11 95 3 130 27 13 30 Kotagiri 54 10 10 QOotacamund. 24 SRAO (S AUEDEE (=) e (=) ; § )0‘ - 339 (=) 136 116 :;) il 149 14 o P ——4- — — L Grand Total.. 5673 6 6| 2429 161 1104 10 -—9. —| 2180 7 ]b\] In 1902 5398 4 3| 2224/ ? i 1] 1411 i | 15 s I 10| 2427 12] 4 el Xy the Churches towards their Church Expenses, i and the Poor 11 1903. Special eetions and Collections Collections Special Special for the Collections nations = Collections tfor Malabar for Bible for local Total ards the Orphanages Societies Widow- purposes r-funds fund As R s P Rs As Rs As Rs | As Rs As b 19 539 2962 10 : 14 43 10 470 3 G 10 5 9 15 — ; 910 3 e 131 224 il 112 10 132 é 17 10 66 (3] 34 § e ; 13 % 96 13 S W W W P i l:j e i | B St Ei 876 % 1 5130 14 5 % 92 % 95 12 :) | 249 13| 2 g : e At LS Pl SIS R PR L) R el R I P LA e e 16 21 12 18 421 | — 170 ) ) (SIS | P 21 101 449 10 14| § 56 14—3 367 14 (513 : —g 157 8! 9 260 -(-(; 13 94 14 P o l‘ 81 o | 1 ( %) _ ]l — — | | | —— /} i 64 157 14 1424 26 () }1 54 289 9 | 13 g (o 10 i1 1) 15 9 ! 9 10 17 189 = O 736 13| 6| 19 15 24 I 585 1 94| 10 20 35 15 55 1468 rqq 1€ 28 12 21 973 6 b — 218 18 WO Ot | 47 0 (=) fe=) 1o (e i el il anife=) (=) ==l =) 10 | (=) o) o) (o) (et N () %)) 5 % 5 0 | 380 RoRITGIPS T B - RN G —_— e VNS S e oL —_—]) —— B ) 89 a =) 111 (8] 7 159 2 &) 49 5738 ]g;; £ | b G S oy SR SR 30 10 7 1:9 2 147 649 95 ¢ 20 10 40 0 33 15 16 1 oo AR e SO el o e ot b R oA i 23 E i ! -— ~—— —_ 41 4 - i e T SRR — | e | < _— 51 1 i Skl 43 187 1023 B 11 L - | 49 2635 : P11 i 384 | 1589 | 3 “ i 13738 ‘ il —Z- = 80 2 50 8 1 103 | ol of 381 11 854 | 14] 4 o} ta052 | el il ) 91 ! / Table of Schools of the Basel fir st JANUARY 190 Pupils in Schools for Christians Scho-l Training and Boarding Schools Day Schools Non-C STATIONS Schools School Classes Number of Schools Theological Schools Training Schools Middle and High Boys’ Orphanages Girls’ Orphanages Primary Classes Middle and High 1 South-Canara. Mangalore 19 7* E = 46 ] Mulki > (&) 1% 294 151 )12 Udipi . Karkal = ) Basrur-Kundapl;r Al AU D Ly B = Kasaragod 13 § e % g g 192 59 (:g) 53 97 80 1104 19 7§ | )D)l II. Coory. Mercara Anandapur (Am.mat;i) 28 20 E 28 C)O Q& (=} \([0}) I1]. Southern Malhratta. 10. Dharwar 38 II. Hubli 160 12, 11 '31 Bettigeri-G-adag. 139 12§ 13 Guledgudd 57 é 45 970 14. Bijapur 3 15 Honavar e el e (g) ((g; 161 26 (gg ((é)(s()) (Zg) 439 Sloo oo OO 106y IV. Malabay. 16 Cannanore 167 54 i1 17 Tellicherry —t 19 139 b H 18. Chombala (Mahé) 106 73 11 Calicut L] I9 267 68 10 20 Codacal . 275 il 21 Vaniyankulam 0 bl 29 22 Palghat . e § Sj :)g 0 41 b 19 ;’(3:; g 106 | 962 144 4y V. Nilgiris. S Kaity 21 30 59 10 b} 24 Kotagiri 32 39 20 25 Ootacamund. § § (05) 0 ]30 ey @ 32 5 30 35 32 98 30 e | e —— m——— ; B | Grand Total. . 166 20 25 24071515 320 2655 371 s Total of Isthmuaryil‘gOé’ 160 o 20 14 2584 351 e 17_ 32 s 169i3{i \a 182 * 5 Girls. T Girls. = . sl German Evangelical Mission. 190 4. ARY ans Schools for Total of Pupilys under instruction Non-Christians Boys Gir!s thouls \ Total E’v Schools :% Primary Classes Middle and High School Classes Christians Non-Christians Christians Non-Christians Infant Sunday Schools 2 | 547 203 279 584 264 E 1278 ME4B 0 52 214 130 o 427 5 | 212 29 346 1Y) 52 809 9¢ | 1l 15 291 51 | 0 240 17 189 S 270 13 204 10 270 0 752 63 23 634 24 - F: 28 815 2021 318 695 2171 562 462 3890 (e ||f (o) e el (=) o) () Ejz mid 15 7 34 (=] 34 34 27 2 66 -1 10 18 49 1i 36 100 - 10 /:i‘ 80 90 201 67 2317 23 333 38 113 43 168 34 28 273 160 3 128 103 163 55 325 13 159 | 220 30 192 101 36 359 50 ol | 0 349 11 294 88 394 105 10 40‘ 161 24 118 1 161 0 | 1061 20 % 278 1172 222 173 1845 Sl OO0 OO 317 /0 {39 341 40 116 340 99 47 60 O 240 ! 395 285 57 1029 181 161 164 741 67 139 424 44 47 418 158 35 658 30 k] 708 376 200 904 181 134 1419 178 901 | 347 283 262 166 19 730 'S 07 910 | ‘11 ;? 229 128 18 291 22 26 357 43 256 80 37 125 48 266 35 28 © O Ut O O OO il i /g 2700 953 876 3222 718 356 5172 <o (@11 1104 /a 96 510 19 100 492 36 40 668 {0 130 138 46 221 Q9 5 | 99 122 117 1 122 &) () (=) 45 1011 ) 226 762 1) 13 747 83 1 199 98~ 6544 1491 2034 | 7322 1621 1041 12018 ?) 3l | §o? _5782' 1337 2034 | 6414 1595 ! 887 10930 119 1549 g ¥ . 12 St Detailed Tahle of Stations, Out-stations, and Agents. Ot Sist JamGarsy 190 2 Mul Stations Native Agents:— [t and Euaropean Agents Pastors, Catechists and Suf, 1 Out-Stations Christian Headmasters of High Schools fityan, 1. Mangalore. a) Pastoral a) Pastoral and Evangelistic Balmatha, Ullal, Rev. M. Schaible, 72 Work Jeppu, Bockapatna, charge of station, Native Rev. Obed Sumitra, Bolma, Bantwal, Church, Chairman of the Bockapatna Amyambala. District Committee R Joshua Soans, Rev B Euthi Mission Madikerigudde work in the town, literary work and schools Ca Winfred Micha, Feppu Gottlob Maben, 7Z7%. —— Rev. R. Bunz, itinerancy 3 Utlip ” Daniel Andrea, N Miss J.Meyer, Bible-women Parkala, work " Elieser Karat, yaray b) Educational Town Mission Sy, Rev. J. Hermelink, Z%eco’. n Lemuel Soens, ZBolma Tlabe] Seminary, Bible Revision, Schools Gen, and District Insp. of b) Educational Work Theolog. Rev. I. Pfleiderer, High Cat. Chr. Watsa, Semi- Schoot bl Ch. Maben, Miss H. Krauss, Girls’ } 7’1(1}’)’ School and Female Train. Gabr. Almanda, k) School High School Miss M. Beck, language n Fr. Jathanna, Congr. Girls’ School ¢) Mercantile Mr. H. Altenmiiller, Gexd. ” . Shiri, lb’am‘wa! Agent & Treasurer ” L.Fernandez,| Scioo! ” Y. Huber, Book-Depit. ” J. Sieber, M. M.-Br. H. Hofmann, ” R bl d) Industrial Mr \'flllflnlige, F. Stierlin, Weav. Est. Hudy ” A. Glattfelder, Tile-Works \ 8, Bagn, ” H. Bretschneider, Zile-Works K[lndapur, M. Stuckert, k2 Sflga k2l H. Stokes, Mec/:. Ese. ” A. Beierbach, Fress ” P. Simpfendorfer, Tile-Works Fr. Boas, " s 1) 13 Stations Native Agents:— i and European Agents Pastors, Catechists and Christian Headmasters Out-Stations of High Schools 2. Mulki. Rev. G. Ritter, congregation, Rev. Charles Gojar, Maulki v s Kadike, Orphanage, and out-sta- L'UIZg}’. tions ts and Santur, Uchila, Padur, ” Im. Furtado, Zadur con- asters Kutyar, Munderu. Rev M. Gekeler, 7tin. and gregation ols out-stations B Evang. N. Kundar, i¢nerancy vangele Cat. J.Vedamuttu, Auzyar ., . Chy Salis, Giliie ! » Gottl. Bangera, Aadike , Of’kdpzl/ilfl , Isr. Elieser, Munderu » Benj. Salins, Santur n e ha, J440" sz’(z'e en, dli Udipi. Rev. J. Bichle, congregation Rev. Nahason Vira, and ont-stalions C()!’lg?’. 4, Parkala, Malpe, Udyavara, Gudde, Rev. A. Schosser, Christian ” Tim. Furtado, Shirva " conRgr. i Misool Shirva, Ambadi, High School Madambail, Kalyanapur. Rev W. Spaich, iZn. and ” Gabr. Bangera, Udipi s, D oult-stations congvr. Rev. B. Hibner, language Cat. Sam. Furtado, Malpe » A. Furtado, Madambail e, Tile- Thealog Mr. H. Simorn, Malp Works ) Eb. Clare, Aualyanapur =l S ” Jos. Kairanna, 4mbad: ] uary n N. Suchitta, Udyavara l['}dna " Gabr. Premaya, Farkala i s y S;r',fm?f 1, “‘7 Raph. Satyavrata, Orphk. 1 'Z, " !j.r' 5;'/,‘1‘}; N William Heri, Udzp:, itin. Amruta Heri, ” ” Bt | s 4, Karkasl. Rev. G. Fischer, cong )'eg. Cat. Joseph Bhagyan, 7%7%. and itin. Beilur, Hekkadka, ” Samuel Sumitra, Zeilur Nandolige, Mudar, ” Paul Soens, congr. Mudshur. 5. Basrur. Rev. J. Geetz, congregation and itin. Evang. Stephan Jathanna, Kundapur, Beindur, itn. Sagara. Cat. Hézekiel Bangera, ” Samuel Karat, ” ” n » Joseph Sunita, 14 Stations Native Agents:— Stat al and European Agents Pastors, Catechists and Out-Stations Christian Headmasters Out-St of High Schools 6. Kasaragod. Rev. P. Borel, congr., owut- | Evang. Gerson Soens, 2. 13, Gule séations and itin. Ravaneshvara, Cat. Henry Roberts, congr. fskin Hosadurga, Bekal, Yush Manjeshvara, Kumbla, » William Fernandez, 7n. falky » Jesudasa Aarons, 2l Nileshvara. » Eb. Aarons, Manjeshva. » Benjamin Ananda, Kumbla » William Kundara, Hosad. » Ariel Sumitra, k2 ” G. Fernandez, Nileshva. ” Sal. Bangera, Ravan. 7. Puttur. Rev. Chr. Eblen, 7#n. Rev. Mark Salis, lein., 4By Rev @hr. Dirr Evang. Immanuel Soens, —— 8. Mercara. Rev. W. Sikemeier, congr. Cat. Jos. Pramodana, 74x. 15, Hongy Rev. E. Bommer, Fraserpet, Suntikoppa, langunage ”» Nath. Shatananda, , Earm Ani Chembu, Mr. J. B. Veil, M. M.-Br. ” Joseph Bangera, ” g, § Asst, Cat. Lewis Salins, , 9. Anandapur. Cat. Asser Karat, congr. Rev. J. Fischer, congregaz. I} O&nn&r and Orphanage and itin l, g Rev. Fr. Schweikhart, Jang., » S. Sumanta, ? Uy, and Boys’ Orphanage ” Isaiah Bangera, “ Mr. W. Hahn, Zantation 10. Dharwar. Rev. Chr. Fritz, congregation Ev. Isr. Dalabhanjana, iZz. Rev i Reusch, High Cat. Ananda Rhonada, cox. School, Students’ Home, [ ” Shauta Badigi, S Home School Inspector Mr B. K. Mukerji, M. A, Rev. E. Vogt, tinerancy Headmaster, High School Rev. A. Grau, Schools etc. 1. B 11. Hubli. congregation | Rev,S.Devada, Hubli congr. j"jfld{and; Unakallu. Rev. D Berli, and itin Cat. Devaputra Hebbala, /2% ""!Pirami, Rev. W. Metzler, i¢7. El‘injn]i‘ » Jacob Davali, " Rev. J. Spieth, Zanguage Asst. Cat. Ananda Gunjala, ilUn 12. Bettigeri- Rev. . Eisfelder, /7. Rev. J. Prabhakar, congr. Gadag. Rev. Tr. Lutz, congregation Cat. Jos. Dalabhanjana, i#in Shagoti, Malasamudra, and Orp/zmzzzge ” Bhagya. Alada, Skagoli. Moktampur. n Rev. Dr. N. Zerweck, Med. David Jesudasa, Med. Msiss. Mission Asst. Cat. Hermon Challa, Rev. A. Spring, 7. itinerancy £ & ey 15 — Stations Native Agents:— §i= sts and and European Agents Pastors, Catechists and nasters Out-Stations Christian Headmasters of o0ls High Schools — s, il 137 Guledgudd. | Rev. C. D. Warth, Orph., | Cat. Salo. Ramthal, congr., Secular Agent, out-stal. itiner. s, congr, Katkinhalli, Mushtigeri, Rev. E. Lithy, congr., itin. » Hanoch Eden, Swmaddi, ndes, it Halkurki. iliner. Miss M. Stihelin, language s, » Salo. Jogula, Aatkinialli anshone da, Kunbl » D. Katapur, Mushtigeri Asst. Cat. Isr. Aralikatte, ta, Hostd: itiner. y (] ” » Nijaguna Kumara, , Nilihas Halkurk: , Ravat B 14. Bijapur. Rev. Fr. Braun, congr., itin. il Cat. Stephan Sagri, /z/n. ” Channa Halli, ” Soens, s B 15. Honavar. Rev. H. Risch, congr., itin., iana. ,f'll'ilr Ev. S. Bunyan, /Zinerancy Karwar, Anilgodu, Bible-revision, Chalrman nanda, + of the S. Malkr. District Cat. M. Jayanta, congr., itin. Herangadi, Samshi » Jason Challa, Bible-rew., = eIl itliner. Sa}insv 1 — 18. Cannanore. Rev.K.Hole, congr., schools Rev. George Peter, congr. t, ol ane | il Chowa, Chirakkal, Rev. A. Scheuer, iZinerancy Rev. Tob. Chembankodan, Taliparambu, Payyanur. | Rev. Fr. Straub, language Chowa congr. Cat. Jesudasa Melottu, 7., 4 Mr. H. Eidenbenz, Weaving or, Establishmernt Chirakkal / » H. Haffner, Zailory » P. Mackadan, /% , Talip. H\jflfl?vr l” » A.Valiatingara s " Luyy. \Oflada! i » B.Ponon, itin., Cannanore giy Sh HM" Asst. Cat. Ebenezer Bethel, itinerancy, Chowa E{é’fjiv o Reyv. St figh S 17. Tellicherry. | Rev. L. J. Frohnmeyer, Kallat, congreg., Congregation, Theological Tedlickerry town / Anjarkandy, Huttuparambu, Seminary and Training Rev. Noah Edapalan, Nettur qlll’ll‘ /,‘mz;]’, School, Chairman and Erinjoli. Rev. Samuel Ambattu, Zo. bl Secretary of the Mission 1 Rev. Cat. Cypr. Arunajalam, itzn. i, W. Bader, Christian High School » Daniel Edakadan, ” : Gunjdjz" Rev. ] Mavuve, Farsi High » John Amengara, Clhrist. School High School ¢ [ (oM » Lawrence Puvattur, Rev. Dr. J. Meyer, Z%eol. ‘m]].iflfll l Seminary Seminary 1‘)31 5 ’“Zo' i Asst. Cat. N. Kalarikal, 72/2. 5 Mr. P. Tharian, B. A., Head- Il master, Chr. High School Chall i/[}lf'/tf""y N 16 o e Stations Native Agents:— Stati and Pastors, Catechists and European Agents Christian Headmasters an Out-Stations of High Schools Out-Sta @at. Salathiel Soens, Maké 18. Chombala- Rev. I. Weismann, congreg., 3. Vani Mahe. Orphanage, District Insp. Abia Edapalan, conrgr. ] of Sclhoods Mahé, Kandappenkundu, ” Stephan Kalangarath, lisaipy iliner. Badagara, Muveratty, Rev. R. Schilling, ZZn. and Trat, Perambara, Nadapuram oul-stations ” Alphai Kallan, ” Shoran ”n Stephan Chattotu, » Asst. Cat. Elia Nambi, n Rev Stephan Chandran, 1-9. Calicut. 1 Rev. J. Jaus, congregation ” Gr. Renschler, #¢/n. and €017§'7’. — Putiarakkal, Coilandy, owut-stations Rev. Charles Hermon, Zu. Markat, Manjeri, 30 g Malapuram, Annasheri. Mr. J. Knobloch, High Sck. | Cat. Paul Selvam, Cal. congr. Wy Miss Anna Ehrensperger, ” Isr Chowalaur, Futia- Vdrtone Girls’ School rakal congr. gy, Yy Miss J. Metzger, , ” " T. Valiavalappan, iézin. Dr. W. Stokes, Med. Mission ” Ignatius Jacobi, A. S¢/. Miss L. Miller, ” Lazar Kallat, Coilanrdy ” Lazar Pavamani, Mr. H. Kiihoer, #. M.-B7 , Sec. Agen? of the District | Annasheri, itin. Fr. Volz, Weav. Est. Bethuel Poyayil, B Ryt O. Frohling, , ” Markat, itin. ierrhaa@! s 'W. Bernhardt, 7. .- 5. Devap. Amengaran, Manjeri, itin. mm) Hilg W. Heckelmann, kuma St Tibe-Works ” Joseph Hutten, , ” U ”» Chr. Renz, Zailory ” Abel Katuparambu, Medical Mission Miss E. Schoeider, n Asst. Cat. A, Pavamani, én. Miss E. Raaflaub, language Mr. John Kurian, B.4., Head- master of l/l% High School | 20. Codacal. Rev. R. Bosshardt, congr., | Rev. Asham. Tumaran, Coda. \ itin. congr. 4 Paraperi, Ponani, ! K()tagn Pallat, Chittatakara, Rev. P. Sengle, congr. and | Cat. Isaac Amattil, Furaper., Chalasheri, Tritala, Orphanage Orphanage thu, Mullasheri. Wl Rev. J. Ruopp, language, n Isaac Laban, 7¢in. i, Xflfl“ Schools ” W. Mantody, fonani, , Tadfl"fldx fil Mr. Fr. Singer, Z%e-Works Sal. Mackadan, Mulia., » ” ” St. Parakandi, Crkiza., ” n Luke Napalli, Ckala., n i} Ootae&‘ » C. Kottavalapil, 77¢, " il Asst. Cat. W. Martin, £al., ” % sh'hra Tllle Nllhh"a‘ s AN 4 17 e §i~ Stations Native Agents:— sts and nasters and European Agents Christian Headmasters of Pastors, Catechists and 0ols Out-Stations High Schools —— s, Mok Rev. 2]. Vaniyan- S. Waliter, congreg., Cat. A. Arangaden, Hosp:. 1, congr. kulam. itin., Chairman of the ” Malabar District Jos. Mantodi, #Zn. angatilh Angadipuram, ” ” Rev Jacob Chiran, iliner, Trikatiri, Ottapalam, W. Miiller, langunage, ” Elias Muthodan, , Shoranur. schools n, ” Noah Benjamin, ,, 47g. ttoly, » ” Edw. Peter, " n bl 5 Asst. Cat. J. Valiavalappan, e itliner. andran, [flifgl'. Rev. G Kihnle, COJ’Zg?’Eg. Rev. Timothy Parakandi, mon, B 22. Palghat. and itinerancy Melparambu, congr. Cal. congte Melparambu, Cat Wadackencheri, Rev. E. Hiller, congregation Henry Menzel, Zalghal, lur, P and schools rougr. Panayur, Mankara. abl ” Z. Pilalcaden; itin. app"m’ iljil- ” M. Simon, Wadacken., , obi, B b ” D. Hutten, Fanayur, ” {, ol Asst. Cat. Satyarthi, » mflmv yasherh 10 Cat 23. Kaity. Rev. Wi Eitze, congreg. Abr. Madia, Aeity con. OWYH; and schools Kerehada, Salemuru, n Samuel Satyanathan, Harkaly 1 Rev. G. Wieland, itinerancy, schools Woderu, Kokalhada, engaril Hunde, Nerkambe, schools Im. Jivottama, ” o Coonoor, Hulikal. Mose Kari, Z¢iner. ften, » i} ” Karl Satyanathan, goantl L Cooly- Mission zl’lfll ” M. Kaleb, ” il lmmdni» Asst. Cat. Is. Konga, itin. ]Z:id‘ an'AU[ 4 il » ” Is. Nerkambe, ” yHig/'ZS . Umarafl; (:f:l.‘:- 24. Kotagiri. Rev. G. Grossmann, congr., Rev. Jacob Kanaka, congr., ik schools Jakanare, Milidenu, Orplanage Ca.t. Henry Kodot, itin. i, A" Honakore, Kukal, Denad, Naduhatti, ” Isaac Bella, ”» 0/?.%41{4?';" il Tandanad, Kotanad. Asst. Cat. Mathias Bella, , “1 ‘ f I, it » ” Che. Ao, n i;m, Ml i it -.25. Ootaca- Rev. Ch. Stier, /. Cat. Johann Philipp, 7/47. mund. | i e » Paul Mada, » :IaPil’ Tfl:' Sholar, Tuneri, Pfll‘f ! Nellakotta, | art'lfly g ,,,,, But be W= S G o Ohmst Alresse LTI DO ——— peple, i God, [ CHANGES IN THE AGENCY. e th ind eve A. European Workers (cf. Tables pages 3—5). ad stor On the 381st December 1903 there were in the field g 84 Missionaries and 73 Missionary-ladies (64 Missionaries’ wives tharge g i atey and 9 single ladies). 10 an gy Departures to Europe: M and. Mrs. ErnsT, Mr. and Sy, Mrs. StamMm, Mr. and Mrs. MAyeEr, Mr. and Mrs. METz, Mrs. Uil KEPPLER, Mr. PETER and Miss KAUNDINYA. Arrivals from Europe: Mr. and Mrs. EBLEN, Mr. and B Alliye Mrs. ErsFELDER, Mr. and Mrs. WIELAND returned from furlough, e whilst Miss MARGARETH BECK, Miss MARrA StTAHELIN, Miss \lrfllflh he EMMA SCHNEIDER, Miss ELiSE RAAFLAUB, Messrs. B. HUBNER, Yooy W. HAuN, Fr. STRAUB, O. FROHLING, further Miss KAUNDINYA il (now Mrs. HECKELMANN), Miss BERNECKER (now Mrs. HAFFNER) TO\\'&I‘( and Miss HERMANN (now Mrs. RENz) joined the Mission. Our Mission in Canara lost one of its most experienced The Rev. fi%]{?lll' Jjw and faithful Missionaries in the spring of 1903. Y Gl Christian Keppler was born on the 12th November 1849 in IS(er, W 10 Wirttemberg (Germany) and was sent out to India in 1879. liy 183 He was stationed at Karkal, Mulki and finally at Udipi, and spent the greater part of his Missionary-life as a itinerating Tulu-Missionary. (eg Being rather of a practical turn of mind he was very useful in taking up work, which not every Missionary suowing } would be able to engage in. He started the Tile-Works at s fy, f Malpe in 1888 and initiated the Orphanage girls at Mulki into agricultural work. In social questions he took a special interest. mtel-} MY& 5 19 ST But he was seen at his best as a brave and patient witnesé of on bazaars and at Hindu festivals. His Christ in streets, addresses, being plastic and lively, did not fail to attract people, and he was also not lacking in that patience of a man Much of God, which is so highly appreciated in this country. more than the derision and mockery of a Hindu audience and even more than their personal attacks in the form of clods and stones, he suffered in beholding a low moral and a low religious standard in some Christian congregations he was in he il charge of. His end came on quite unexpectedly. Mr. Keppler s VTS had attended a Hindu festival at Perdur and went from there to an out-station, where a Catechist’s house was under con- M. struction. There he was attacked by fever and went homeward. gy, M Unable to stand the shaking in the bullock cart, the poor man had to walk, fever-stricken as he was, for long seven hours. The case L. o He arrived at Udipi at one o’clock in the night. developed into an inflammation of the kidneys, and on the 26th oo March he fell asleep with a joyful belief in his Lord and I, JII ‘_ THiBYE, Saviour. Much sympathy was felt with Mrs. Keppler and the children at home. e Towards the end of the year two Missionary widows at FLARREH home, two sisters, who had spent a considerable portion of J0D. On the 29th their lives in India, were called to their rest. November died at Basel Mrs. Johanna Biihrer, the younger The e sister, who worked with her husband, the late Rev. A. Biihrer, ol g0 LE from 1863-1881 at Mulki (Canara) and Kotagiri (Nilgiris). By n I her humble and unassuming spirit and her self-forgetting love L'(hpi', w she endeared herself to all those who had the privilege of ifinel'mflg knowing her. She was tried, purified and led on to perfection 0 g it ¥ by the heavenly melter in the furnace of intense bodily suffer- st ings for five long years, and up to the last her thoughts and o prayers were with the Indian Christians at Kotagiri.—Her elder yli 2 sister, Mrs. Susanna Ammann, the wife of the late Rev. J. i | 3* . i g 20 Ammann (buried at Udipi), was in India from 1845-1866, hand ¢ and belongs to a Mission period, almost forgotten by the Supt Mr. Ammann was one of the founders of present generation. alditio the Tulu-Mission, he was a prominent personality as an the p evangelist and as the organiser of the first Tulu-congregations, il he and his name will not be forgotten as the name of the first Fthey translator of the Tulu New Testament. Mrs. Ammann, whose (techi heart was concerned about India through a widowhood of Wemt almost 40 years, died in California, where she stayed with one lood, of her sons. She died within two months after the death of The her younger sister. % ) 11 gt B. Native Workers. Iy i The number of Pastors and Evangelists was 26 in 1903 Lasterg against 24 in 1902, and those of Catechists and Assistant ety Catechists was 128 against 131 i 4902 some very sad H.l'. Wl@ dismissals being the cause of this decrease in number. We Duni] are glad to say that, as far as our knowledge goes, no death the happened amongst our Indian workers during the last year, Weflgq although some of them have been heavily tried by the loss of their wives (cf. chapter III, 3). The falling off in number is essalrt (h( also partly accounted for by the still scanty supply of new l Do hands from our Theological Seminaries (only two from the A I Nettur Seminary and none from Kaity); but we are glad to say that the days of scarcity are drawing to an end, as we b of have in Mangalore and Nettur pretty full classes in our Seminaries, and so we may hope that from 1906 onward a yearly increase of Catechists may be expected In all our districts the Indian workers meet once a year for a course of instruction, conducted by the senior Missionary L of the district and some other assistants. Thus from 14th to 31119 1)] lp 19th December, to give an example from the Nilgiris this "]}, time—the Catechists met at Kaity. They had to write before- ll@\x (h&tl] y‘—‘*"x &7 21 IS Ry L5-1860 hand an essay on ‘The development of evil according to the by {he Scriptures”, which was then discussed at the meeting. In nders of addition to this, time was given every day to the exegesis of / [ the Epistle of Jude, and in Church History the Church offices and the Church discipline of the first period was taken through. egationy the fint Further practical exercises were made in Church preaching, n, Whos catechisation of children, and on every morning the whole staff hood ot went out to preach in the Badaga villages in the neighbour- hood. with one The number of our Christian Schoolmasters was 267 against eath 1 253 in 1902, and there were 74 Christian Schoolmistresses against 70 in the previous year. In a similar manner as the Catechists also the Christian s 10 masters meet every year for a course of instruction held by the Inspector of Schools or another Missionary appointed by him. Assistanf ey S Mr. Wieland (at Kaity) last year went through the book of Daniel and gave the outlines of a life of Christ in English; 1her. fie o del the criticism-lessons gave occasion to make remarks on the Jost JE8 method of instruction and a small portion of Church History el was gone through. The Schoolmasters too had to prepare an et essay, the subject on this occasion being a biography of Daniel the prophet. Iy Of 1 A little tea-party at the end of such meetings brings the fyom {1 o gl { j hearts of all present still nearer together, and in an unofficial od, 8 e manner important questions will be touched such as could not be dealt with within the programme of the meeting. g B W ! II EVANGELISTIC WORK. 106 0 o 1 Evangelistic work was encumbered with very much the ;\fissimm*f same impediments in 1903 as in 1902. To the two districts il 4 ? fe visited by plague (Southern Mahratta and Canara) was added a i new district, namely the Nilgiris. As far as the majority of the 1te be i P 22_ ave population is concerned, the rather pessimistic remark of a city- missionary will hold true more or less for all districts and for Trang all times. He writes: “The rich are already satisfied, the his, & hit no educated know already better, those working for their daily flene bread have no time, and the studying youths are already pre- judiced.” Characteristic for the last year all over our own Mission- nder field was the increased activity of all the progressive parties stonare within Hinduism whose presence formerly had been scarcely Als perceptible. Christian workers have every reason to wel- LEW ¢o come any movement of this kind. It 1s true, most of the fl Ie () adherents of these liberal fractions in Hinduism, on the one Poong hand not satisfied with “the vain manner of life handed down g ¢ from their fathers”, and on the other hand anxious that all fle 1 » progress should carefully avoid any thing like disruption and tly, 1 move on national lines, seem to be lost to Christianity, and e gg they seem to take refuge in a Samaj and other societies to ad hyp escape the danger of Christianity. They will, however, willingly b o or unwillingly help to pave the way for Christ’s entrance Ioble i into their country. In Canara we hear from Mangalore and 1] gy Kundapur, that prominent preachers of this persuasion have by, | been invited and tried to revive and organise these so- g called “protestants’” of Hinduism. One Rev. Bhai Baladeva i) the Narayana from Bombay came to Mangalore, and a theosophistic iy m Ling preacher came to Kundapur, where a vakil felt so much gy, strengthened in his faith afterwards that he felt confident to 15 Jomyy inform the Christian Evangelist: “People in future will not { Yy listen to you, because our religion is the first and whatever we require we can find. in it.” On the whole we hear that the QUGS he poorer classes more readily hear the Gospel which since the filse fea days of Christ has been the case. The higher classes sometimes Mo g shrink back from the ethical commands of Christianity, thus 8¢ unconsciously testifying to the moral superiority of our religion. Ilann) W From Kasaragod, however, we hear that also wealthy people (f tig A =T 22 a iy have become very accessible, and one of them said to our nd for Evangelist there: “We did not understand your manners up to d, the this, and so we were rather stiff when you entered our houses, In the rural districts of Canara r daly but now you are our friends.” y e the new land assessment, it seems, has embittered those suffering \[ission- under it, against Europeans in general, and also German Mis- sionaries are made to feel 1it. paies Our scatcel Also Southern Mahratta had its social conferences. fo ek new co-operators seem not yet to appreciate the work done by of the the Christian Missions. The ‘Sharada Sadan of Ramabai in fhe one Poona was the cause of such a conference at Dharwar, and ol domn owing to the presence of the Collector the fling intended at that dl the Missionaries, who had been invited, was dealt out merci- fon aud fully. The topics of this social reform on the whole were the same as those at Madras, and it was refreshing to hear openly ity il and honestly acknowledged and deplored, what Missionaries iefies 1 had pointed out during the last hundred years. If all the illngl noble words would be accompanied by noble deeds, one would epfranct feel confident to speak about a morning-red dawning up over lore India. At Hubli too a Shastri coming from Sikarapur in the on hare town-hall delivered 8 lectures on the perfections of Hinduism. hese S For the same purpose the Lingaits started a journal. A clear Balade\:fl and true statement of Hinduism, as it exists, and an earnest ()b()phl‘HL endeavour to stir up the bulk of the Indian population from 40 lnulh fdent ! its ignorance and apathy to religion we have every reason il 0 to sympathise with, of course simply praising a by-gone phase whate! ef of the Indian religion, the life of which is extinet or the embellishing of modern Hinduism with borrowed colours and l fhat Th*’ Still fe false feathers cannot be called a legitimate business. e finé more objectionable is the practice of some of our antagonists, 3()1119 g who instead of telling us what they really know; abuse Chris- i) gl tianity, which they evidently neither do understand nor know. p el Of this kind, it appears, was a publication of the Arya Samayj py JF 24 circulated amongst the people at Hubli.—Evangelisation was the w again greatly hampered by plague in S.-Mahratta. At Bettigert They and in the neighbouring country it was worse than ever before. ilvays if the Out of the 600 inhabitants of Shagoti, we are told, not less than a hundred died. the Ch Malabar again for another year has been wonderfully of par spared from the awful scourge of plague, although it is lectt The attitude of endangered now from the North and East. High § Curon the people in general towards Christianity has not changed. On the whole our agents are kindly received everywhere in A cony the country. A rude behaviour on the part of the Malabar i they people is very seldom; if it takes place, it will be in the houses 0 that of Nayars and Moplas chiefly. What our people complain of jj What is not so much a spirit of great opposition, but rather a (0mmy; general indifference and apathy in matters concerning religion. Very disagreeable is also a kind of passive resistance. Some e seem to have found out that either by agreeing to everything e, that the Missionary and his people say, or by remaining absolutely iy g silent they can get rid of the matter in the shortest time and Wl g 1in the easiest manner. Happily the acting upon such methods trut) is not altogether left to man’s option; if God wills to speak to Mogre a man, he will effect finally an attentive hearing. Also 1n “The Malabar our Theosophists and Samaj people have shown signs RGN of greater activity. \ A Bengali-Brahman came to Calicut and W b delivered lectures on the Bhagavat-Gita, and great enthusiasm fil‘e 0 f was caused by the lectures of Mrs. Besant, who came to open nlal‘tl\vl,sl the eyes of those to whom she belonged in her former birth lplg against the danger of religious ignorance and the danger of Sy Christian Missionaries. This, however, falls outside of last S0rgl V1 year’s Report. On the whole the attitude of the progressive igml'flm party towards Christianity is rather friendly and in dealing U, with them, it seems to a sympathetic Christian, as if he would One is reminded of ) move in a partly Christian atmosphere. g AN - 4 25 \ IR the word of our Lord: “He that is not against you is for you.” etigen They exhibit a great respect for the person of Christ and are hefre always ready to pay a tribute of praise and honour to the Light ot s of the world, they take a kind interest even in the affairs of the Christian Church and lecture us occasionally on the habit derfully of partaking of animal food. At Calicut in the Vidya Shala h 1 B a lecture on Christ was given; the Manager of the Christian tide of High School was invited and allowed to give his opinion too. hangel Curious to say, our friends get mervous and excited, only if here I a conversion to Christianity takes place, and are greatly relieved, Melabar if they are in a position to report that it was only a rumour or that the erring sheep has been re-admitted to his community. o housss What these would-be-followers of Christ will do, i the 1plain if community in general would come to the same conclusion as pather @ the Tiyyans at Tellicherry, namely, that Brahmos and sympa- eligin thisers with Christ are no Hindus any longer, remains to be . Some seen. The convenient distinction between Christ and Christi- \'er‘\'t‘llllflg' anity and between Catholicism and Protestantism in Hinduism oot will scarcely be a permanent shelter for such as are of the fne ot: the truth; but the time will come when our friends | metho progressive party will have to experience what the editor of gpeak ! ' Also 18 “The Theistic Light” (Calicut, March 1904, No. 12) has Tl expressed so happily in saying: “Where was there a victory own S in which some men had not to bare their breasts to the enemy’s i flicm il fire or fall lifeless into the ditch? No noble cause but has its afhusi? p f0 Opl?ll martyrs.”—It was a year of lecturing, the last year: also the Moplas had their revival-preacher at Tellicherry who was e B8 swrrounded every evening by crowds of people. Our Moplas (g i sorely need to be enlightened upon their own religion, their 6 Ofl s ignorance being the greatest obstacle as to the propagation of 104! £ i\ Christianity amongst them. deflhm On the Nilgiris for a more effectual preaching of the he ol Gospel in those villages scattered all over the hills and in a ndel? 4 26 et SI01 part -of the Wynaad, a new centre of operation had to be established. A Missionary was stationed at Ootacamund, not oty o1 to work at that place, which is looked after by other societies, e ou but to work from there in the Todanaad district and in the 11 then f0 for Wynaad until a more suitable centre of work will be decided upon in the midst of these districts. jou cal @) As to the experiences of our itinerating Agents during Frange 1903 we meet in Canara with the interesting fact that in {ance g Mangalore the adherents of the Brahmo-Samaj begin to imitate 0 that Christian customs and institutions. Under the guidance of their feel fhg apostle from Bombay they introduced regular family prayers to Ay 1 secure the coming generations for the new creed. Not only auly of that, women go about in the houses in the manner of our e Bible-women to get influence over the conservative female Tty po part of the community. To bring the hearts more closely ittent together and to keep them warm, even the agapes of the ancient fllmg b“ Christians have been introduced.—Mr. GEKELER, the itinerating 0 Missionary at Mulki, found the hearts of the Bants to be b very hard. The high moral demands of Christianity they do Wafling not relish; and to be saved by mere grace through the merits % thyy of Christ sounds to the ears of a Tulu audience just as it g sounded i1n the ears of St. Paul’s audience in Corinth or il 5 Athens. With greater understanding they listened to a lecture bty 1 on agriculture delivered by Mr. Gekeler. The cock-fights offer Uty the great opportunity for preaching in the Tulu-country. Before e the fighting begins and before the passions of the people have 8 thy been aroused, our messengers get a good hearing, and not seldom 1t happens that the audience itself delivers our people from a troublesome disturber of the peace by sending him o hoy away. Evangelist NaATHANIEL KUNDAR relates about a very in- teresting conversation, conducted by a distinguished Konkani, | lig i, oy, Iy at which about 50 persons were present. God, Christ, transmi- 0l gration, caste were the topics discussed. After two hours’ dis- Ll | 27 ol e o e cussion the chairman in summing up said: “It is true, there is d, mot only one God, and what we practice is in many respects wrong. Clefes We ought not to worship bhutas and demons, neither believe n the in them. But we are scarcely in need of Christ. If we were Jecided to forsake our idols and believe in the only true God, whom b When the you call Jehovah, we might hope to go to heaven.’ Evangelist in conclusion showed them the necessity of repen- durng that 1 tance and of faith in Christ, a part of the hearers even agreed Jmitate to that.—Almost touching are the endeavours of some who feel that the old wine has gone and who try to preserve at of ther any rate the old skins. We are told that the holy Tulasi is agers 0 ot aily only of sanitary importance, that the lamps near it are lighted i of our in the evening to show people the right way to the house, the The , fomal water poured down means only the watering of the plant. reverential circumambulations round the holy fig-tree are no- lostly thing but bodily exercises. Others indulge in jests referring o anCI ineratiy to old superstitions. One at Puttur says, “I have got all the s fo b bhutas in a basket up there in the chimney, there they sit wailing and whimpering.” On the other hand, of course, there are thousands who seem not to be aware that the world has he el changed during the last century in India. A Brahmin near st 881 ()H.lfi’h 0 Mulki in real earnest assures the Missionary that his very breath must needs pollute the surrounding atmosphere, and g Jectut another one near Puttur puts out his “beautifully shaped and ghts Ofier parted tongue” in proof of his divine descent.—Tragi-comical . Bdfillfi was the compassion of an old woman in the Puttur district, e 1" when the Missionary with his fellow-worker passed her house: and fiOf “Look at these two nice men,” she cried out, “two fine figures, il ! p 80 look how they perspire and how dusty and dirty they are! il DO hflfl i What is all this for! Since I heard that you came here, I pitied pl \el‘ you. Leave this business; you can do very well without it. People all say that it is useless and hopeless what you do, they t Uau?l] I will not believe in your Jesus. What a pity, what a pity!”— otk sdl 4* 28 AR R v oS In the Kasaragod district a wealthy landlord has been exceed- He erected a comfortable shed mdole ingly kind towards our people. for them, very well furnished, and had friendly intercourse Touses with them. Another one went so far as to encourage the hiry Evangelists in saying: “Do not be disheartened, if just now Il Ihe people seem to be refractory, they will all come some time follow; A in large numbers. Formerly nobody manured the tobacco-fields Nprey with fish ; one began, and almost all do it now.” The Mis- and sionary said: “Why do you not make the beginning? you read ) o the Bible and all our tracts in Canarese?”’ He said that the Whergg question of transmigration greatly exercised him in his mind. Condipo “Is there really only one birth, and is it sure beyond all doubt () we that there is eternal life after death?”’ he asked. It is refresh- Besinny ing to hear a real big question instead of those dishonest so- ey phistries of such as care for nothing but for the prerogatives In of their caste or the tiresome idle tirade of so many, who inform oy us that Christ, Mohammed and Krishnan are all the same and 59 that every body should worship God according to his creed, commy unconcerned whether it is true or not. Mr. JATHANNA of Basrur 0 they met one of the latter kind, who said: “Itisinsulting, if Christians I55g, i always say that only their religion is true. Good things need (i 1gy not to be offered from house to house, people will come and g ) ask for them!” The KEvangelist replied that according to the dlEam\ Shastras it is right to convince one’s neighbour of being wrong, trg] and as to the offering of good things people indeed come un- @ oy invited to the toddy-shops, but milk and butter are offered, walk- ing from house to house. ‘A grim old man in the Kasaragod The E\ : district has even succeeded in defining the caste of our Lord Jesus. “Our Shastras,” he cried rather angrily, “tell us about Of the 1: your Jesus, that his occupation was that of a shepherd; a Peraiy guru of such a low caste I shall not accept as my mediator!” Waty Owing to plague our itinerating agents could not for some On their Ul time preach in the bazaar at Virajapet (Coorg). ! fl‘()m th( /4-"—"'\\ A\ 29 SR TR yeeel: tours from house to house they did not pass by the houses of the e she indolent and proud Coorgs, and were pleased to find in many 100U houses whole Bibles or New Testaments. The defence of 1do- ge fhe latry, where it is defended, seems to be in Coorg the same as 18 0w in the low country. At Gaje a Coorg brought forward the f 1 T following arguments: (1) the gods are compared with the co-fells Supreme Godhead the same what governors, comimissioners, he s and collectors are with reference to the King of England; o eal ( (2) idolatory is merely a kind of object-lesson; (3) how and that the wheresoever we imagine God to be there He will be ac- cordingly; (4) these gods help us in days of need and distress; is mind (5) we cannot depart from the way of our forefathers.— 11 ol pefrel Beginning with the 5th and last argument the preceding four onest 8 arguments seem to be superfluous. In Southern Mahratta and North Canara the reception ;r()%)‘fifi\'ei amongst the lower classes is all that can be expected. There 0 IO is a knowledge of the Bible spreading more and more in the Same ul country. hi‘ Cl’({etl. The Brahmins and wealthy people either keep aloof Of Pt or they stand upon a trifle in order to escape the matter at 1ssue. s Some who have gone to Mission Schools in their youth An itiner- i can never quite get rid of the Christian influence. ngs JE i ating Missionary met an official who was greatly troubled by gome & l 14 dreams. He dreamt that he had died and had to stand his N2 tO [h = trial before God, the holy and all-knowing God. He saw a g WOl sea consisting of fire and whilst asking God for mercy he come I awoke. Now he wanted the Missionary to appease his mind.— ol walkj The Evangelist of Dharwar relates about a great disappointment Kflwagmi of the poor Hindus there. To attract many people the gurus Jli o had promised that on occasion of the festival at Mandira the s prevailing drought would cease and all rivers will be full of epherdi water. The gurus, evidently very deficient in the science of ediet®” meteorology, promised in vain: not a drop of water fell down '} fs” from the skies. The people were directed to another place, OU [héf l s 30 but with the same result.—The preaching-hall in the bazaar of of (h Hubli has proved a success. People who find it disgracetful Jests to stand in the crowd at some corner of a street, come in fxpert and listen. Mr. BeRrLI lectured four times on creation and love N man’s fall. Mr. SaLomoN DEvADA, the pastor, gave 5 lectures lsepl on the origin of the Bible. The life of Christ was shown and disciph explained by means of a magic lantern. Mr. Berli con- Th templates giving a course of lectures on temperance now. nfhe lenty. In Guledgudd plague was very bad last year and no much in Canng the way of preaching-tours could be done during the year. The same sad news came from Bijapur, where the fear of Derieng death was so awful that between the Hindus and Mohamme- Sty dans an exchange of their gods took place. Hindus entered oliceny upon a contract with Mohammedan saints to be saved. The bim g Mohammedans took the money and then confessed that they d ]0} couldn’t help in this calamity, whereupon some of them 1(01 A fy received a sound thrashing from the Hindus. In such a time him, ) the real value of a religion will be tested. In some places Whogs the Hindus carefully compared the death-rates between the atend Christians and non-Christians. Although in most places by mlffll ] God’s grace and by the precautions taken by our people the elebygy death-rate was not so awfully high as amongst others, this ity is not -the point, but we hope that our Hindu friends will Q\'le\'thj come to see that a real believer in Christ, even whilst entering into the jaws of death, will triumph over death through Christ, of fhe who is the resurrection and the life.— Mr. BANYAN, the COUI‘[SO“ Evangelist of Honavar, shows in his report how Christianity sometimes may be demonstrated ad oculos. The substance of 4 (gt a conversation was the following: ‘“Wherefrom came your help g Hin during the last famine? The Indian princes did a little, the ki Ol rich merchants enriched themselves still more through your Wi\u& 0 poverty and desperation. Luxury went on as usual. From Europe and America we got corn and money from the disciples mode%y r’% R R 31 4 7aat ot of Christ. What reason had they to care for you? The Lord macell Jesus in whom they believe is love itself. His love they have ' ome 1 experienced in their hearts, and thus in their hearts the fire of love was enkindled. should never abuse the on aud Hence you disciples of Christ, but rather become His true and faithful Jectus ywm aud disciples.” mh o The Evangelists in Malabar were fortunate enough to travel ce DO in the length and breadth of the country without the impedi- much 1 ments experienced in other districts. A colporteur went from Cannanore to Coorg and sold 145 Malayalam Bibles. He ex- he et 0 perienced God’s special providence. In a wvillage the Moplas , fear 01 ohame: surrounded him in a rather threatening manner. Suddenly a ; enfael policeman, personally acquainted with him, appeared and set him free. o, Tt On his return to Cannanore he gave an enthusiastic and joyful account of his journey, and will start a second time fhat ther for a tour in this direction, taking this time 500 Bibles with of then ' him Mr. SCHEUER, the itinerating Missionary of Cannanore, o a e whose district includes 820,107 souls and 52,938 houses, me plicé el fhe attended big Hindu festivals at Payyanur and Taliparambu. When he and his co-workers preached before the walls of the p}aces Iy celebrated Perumal temple in Payyanur, people listened very enpe attentively till some unmannerly fellows appeared and spoiled thers, s everything. The audience, however, felt indignant and dis- jends ™ approved of their rude behaviour. In spite of great opposition # etertd of the high-caste people the reception on the whole was i (st courteous and kind everywhere. In Pudiyateru a local dis- NTAN, fhe turbance by God’s kind providence must have helped to secure s tianiff\: I a quiet hearing for our preachers. The Moplas did not allow 1bstflflce () the Hindus to disturb our work. And why so? A Hindu had quled committed suicide and his people had buried him within the s f il walls of a Mopla-mosque under construction. Thus the ouflh P Moplas took the side of the Missionaries. A Brahmin in his i l A He modesty declared himself to be God and hence sinless. 16 el T 32 was questioned about the qualities of God, and whilst attribut- asuf ad tl ing them to himself he mentioned amongst others also ommni- science. “Well, being omniscient”’, the Missionary said, “you improy Hopla will be kind enough to give the names of the Catechists standing before you!” TUnder the applause of the Moplas he had to s ad retreat. In Walarpattanam (station “Azhikkal’’), one of the house-t citadels of the Moplas, a Sheikh coming from Coimbatore had fious | caused a split in the Mopla community and by preaching and they by so-called wonders he had won over about 3000 Moplas to his 1 Nopa sect. The orthodox party, greatly perturbed in their minds ity be about the matter, did not object so much against our preaching aul g as formerly, besides a Catechist by means of homoceopathic other medicines became popular amongst them. Our agents were I 10l e even invited to preach.—Besides at Cannanore, Taliparambu and Payyanur a first trial was made by Mr. Scheuer with b f; lectures in English for the benefit of the educated circles. Sy In the fisher village of Tellicherry our Evangelist met a former L6 \fy candidate for baptism, who himself confessed that a sting in I Yy his conscience has been left and that he does not feel happy, Ly although he prays to Christ, holds family prayer and attends filof ¢ the weekly bazaar-preaching at that place. He has got a good knowledge of the Scriptures, but being sick now, he does really not know what to do. Highly interesting and instructive reading | Ihe P( it is what Mr. SCHILLING, the itinerating Missionary at Chombala, 4 abat writes about his experiences in all the different activities of an g evangelist. As to bazaar or street-preaching he who remains IO dea] quiet in the midst of all kind of teasing, provocation and abuse egegy has won the day. At Payoli a Mopla asked: “Is it really true 3(0]’]&3 k “Yeag. that your Jesus ascended to heaven?” Missionary: ety 0 Mopla: “Will you answer me a question?” Missionary: “Yes, if it is a reasonable one.” Mopla: “Well, did Jesus ascend to iy heaven by means of a ladder or on horseback or how?” “Why & 3y no answer?”’ Missionary: ‘“In the Zabur we read: ¢Sit not where bl oy ,fl*’% 33 b a scoffer sits’; in the Injil we read ‘Shun profane babblings!’ ) Ol and the Mussulman cries out in the mosque: ‘Mockery and d, “ym impropriety let be far from us!” What shall I say then?” The tandng Mopla was confused and the Missionary had got a text for As to ad t0 his address, namely, he spoke on the way to heaven. house-to-house visitations Nayars are often proud and contemp- o of {he fore had tuous before one has opened his mouth, Moplas only after hing ( they have been addressed. But Mr. ScHILLING writes also about s to IS a Nayar, who had many questions on Hinduism and Christian- ity, he listened to the word like a hungry and thirsty man ir s and accompanied the Missionary and his Catechists also to jreacling other houses. The person of Christ and Christianity attracted ceopatt him powerfully. ““What shall I do, being quite alone?” he asked. For the time Mr. Schilling could only advise him to iparambu isearch for truth together with like-minded friends.—But not only e Vil Brahmins consider themselves to be without sin, Mr. RENSCHLER 0 s ;o fomne near Manjeri met a Cheruman (about the lowest class people in Malabar), who also claimed to be sinless. He pretended ) sy ! never to have spoken a lie, never to have stolen even a hand- ¢l hflPPfi ful of corn from his master. But when he had gone as far as e this a woman cried out: “Will you even deny this? Oh how of 8 g often we have done this!” The polemic spirit of the Moplas 068 el in the Ponani district, of which we reported last year, has not " eadg yet abated. They collect money for employing preachers ol l against Christianity and publish a monthly magazine intended f16s i to deal with Christianity in the spirit of Ishmael. Their 0 remflifls exegesis of scriptural passages and their distortion of Bible and i stories baffles one’s comprehension. Not so. bad is their call tmi version of creation: “A light is floating to and fro before God. 1e 16 Finally He happens to look upon it and the light begins to 1T perspire and drops fall down. The big ones are the prophets, el the small ones the remaining men; at the end the light itself i falls down and this of course is Mohammed.” A Mullah wanted 10 e 5 34 ot Sl e to cure a sick woman by a miracle in presence of our Evangelist fo th Mr. CHARLES HERMON. He failed in his exertions and now husha The becoming furious he said that the presence of these Christians has frustrated his endeavours. The Catechists belonging to een the Vaniyankulam station visited last year the first time a place lome considered to be a very citadel of Hinduism. Liow castes are broug not admitted there at all. A woman there said: ' “(Oh that the JIst time would come soon which will set us free from the bondage When of the Nambudiris!” And a Nayar went so far as to prophesy Swore that a time will come, when with the whole country the same with | change will take place as with the hill, on which the Basel took Mission has settled down and which formerly was a habitation threy | of demons and robbers. A rather amusing controversy took 1 Tudy place in the Codacal district, where two Nayars led Mr. BoSSHARDT Ji b to a neighbouring house, where he would find people competent Tih 18 to defend Hinduism. Arriving there, he was astonished to find Axlopg about 20 pilgrims, all having fastened a piece of tin on their (ng mouths and thus under a vow to be silent. Their ears having .y not been shut up Mr. Bosshardt commenced preaching. When of e he finally exhorted them to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ expla instead of trusting in Subrahmanyan, they could no longer the stand it: they tore off their tin and began to cry and to beat Wsfopy their drums in a quite frantic manner. At Gurawayar last year the Ba‘ a company of Tiyyar with their gifts was refused admittance honozu, there. Angrily they went away saying: “Thus after all the th 1y Missionaries seem to be right. God is no respecter of persons (haractE and the idol in this temple cannot be the true God.” () JBre As to evangelisation on the Nilgiris, last year plague was a great hindrance. The most inaccessible parts of the hills are ay y, the villages in the meighbourhood of Coonoor, owing to the toddy-shops there. How under the Badagas the women aré ]ak‘f\nal treated may be seen from the following occurrence: A woman Wag d‘ with two children, the wife of a prospering contractor, comes 35 gelit to the Mission-house at Kaity and asks for admittance, as her | nov husband does provide her neither with food nor with dress. 1St1D8 The well-fed husband came and flatly denied all that had ng o been complained by his wife. “The good clothes are all at ) et home and I shall send for them,” he said. The clothes were 6s ate brought, but the woman said: “These are all not mine, they have hat the just now been borrowed from some neighbouring houses!”’ ondage When the husband, laying his hand on the head of his son, ophey swore that he would treat her well in future she went away with him. 8 SAE As soon as they had arrived in their village, he o Bl took the children and the new clothes away from her and threw her out from his house. As a rara avis last year also bitafion a Toda came to Kaity; as he could not persuade his wife to sy IDOk join him, he returned. Mr. WIELAND was received everywhere GSHARIE with respect, and it is satisfactory to hear that people are so mpetel anxious to buy tracts. Boys often run a long distance to get o ful one Also Badagas have their problems: A Badaga asked 00 thel Mr. Wieland: “Supposing there is a God, how can the eclipses o having When of the moon be explained?” When a Catechist ventured to ' explain the matter, he was very angry with him. Even on 5 Chl'is[ the Nilgiris Hinduism seems to aim at a revival and at a o long restoration. Mr. KaNaka, the Pastor of Kotagiri, relates that {0 het the Badagas at Jakanare celebrated last year a new festival in s 1 honour of Jadeya Swami, the god of tufts of hair. Besides ttanct R the usual pujas, there was dancing on a heap of burning coals, characteristic for this new festival. The swami had once f pepflfl appeared to their forefathers as an ascetic, living in the jungles. He was afterwards displeased with the villagers, disappeared loue \\(1 and went to some “other villages. Some time ago two men polls & were possessed by the spirit of the god and warned the 7 m Ih Jakanare people to re-institute his worship, which accordingly el u was done with eclat. Mr. STIER, the new evangelist for i Omflfl Todanad and Wynad, entered upon his work with great energy, p ((]Hle 55 36 e e but plague rendered it very difficult to travel about with the Jressi necessary freedom. People would ask him, when plague jj yery | surrounded them: “What shall we do?” His answer was: | punis} “Repent, believe in the Gospel and place yourself under the ¢onso] protection of the true and living God!” heavil ; In going through the reports of Evangelists and after that s home through those of our Bible-women, it strikes one to observe groun that the male agents are inclined to make the conservative bbb fakir-y women responsible for the anxious reluctance of so many men walkir inwardly convinced of the truth of the Gospel. Very likely a flme ; good many of those belonging to the strong sex, if urged to A oy decide for Christ, take refuge behind the alleged conservatism Tife o of “females in the family”. But our Bible-women on the With g other hand report in quite a similar strain telling us that so Jou g many women have decided for Christ in their hearts, but they How sorrowfully ask us: “What shall we do, as long as our husbands iy are in opposition to it?” These two kinds of statements, 10 ady contradictory as they seem to be, may be mere excuses on O og both sides or they may be equally true. At Cannanore a 131(1 1 woman had already taken refuge in a Christian family, but and } after two days she was detected and had to go back. The klllam lady conducting the Bible-women’s work at Tellicherry relates (0} pe| about an amiable girl, only 17 years of age, who took a great 4 KQI interest in God’s Word and felt unhappy to leave the place, 2 g as she had been ordered to marry. Thinking about her ap- LT proaching marriage, she would say: “I believe in the Gospel, but ey what am A to do?’ § She was told to become a good and Somel ] faithful wife to her husband, to read the Word of God and to tey il be earnest in prayer, and God would show her an opening out of all difficulties. “fllers ( And He did so! We were glad to hear that th her husband was favourably disposed towards the Christian E g o g religion. For a New Testament which the lady sent her oy before her departure she thanked in the most touching ex- \\'ent S N 37 yith fhe pressions. Shortly after her marriage she came home being - lage very ill. At the beginning she looked upon her illness as a 6 WSl punishment of God, and oh how thankfully she received the nder the consolations of the Gospel for all those that are weary and heavily laden. God in His wisdom and kindness took her fher tht home to finish His work, as we do hope, on a more congenial ) QhseIve ground.—The Bible-women at Chombala met again with the servae The woman fakir-woman of whom we reported last year. a0y 1} walking on nails went out for a new pilgrimage, at the same ey time asserting her belief in Christ and declaring all idolatry wged 0 a pious fraud. The Bible-women at Calicut tell us about the Servatsl wife of a police-inspector, with whom they could associate as ) 0l e with a Christian sister. Her husband would say in jest: “I see s that ¥ you will deprive me of my amiable wife by your instruction!” ut g How sad, that she suddenly died from cholera. At Vaniyan- ushand kulam an awful accident gave our Bible-woman an opportunity to administer the consolations of the Gospel by word and deed. tatements geuses O On occasion of a Hindu festival an explosion of the materials, flflflfl@fé I laid up there for fire-works, took place. Many were killed 111111‘ l!\H and those wounded were brought to the hospital at Vaniyan- kulam. ack T The accident itself and the Christian love shown by 17 16 Jatd our people made on some of the women a lasting impression.— 01\ ) 076! At Kotagiri the conversion of a young woman may be called the P a direct fruit of the work of Bible-women. Our Missionary- ladies and Bible-women, very often to their great disappoint- f her ¥ I ment, sometimes have to speak to men as well as to women. Some men will not leave them alone with the women, sometimes ool 10 they do so from suspicion and as a measure of precaution, ol ol 1 others do it to give annoyance, and some take an interest in enilg ! the matter. The last class is always welcome, sometimes an hedt i (k Ik i old grandfather will explain the matter more fully and will confirm the communications of the Bible-women. A Brahman g it g went so far as to say to Mrs. RiscH (at Honavar): “Yes, yes, i 38_, whol yours must be the true Shastras, for in them you find pardon, the peace and salvation, whereas we have only foolish tales.” b) The Basel Mission always believed in Schools for Stiece Hindus as a power for the evangelisation of India. We value A the 1 the department of our Primary Schools out in the district Of course more than in any other (o not less than anything else. branch of work all depends on the Christian character of the frien Schoolmaster, who in many cases is the sole representative of We fi Christianity and who most of his time will be without control thing of 0 of his superiors. Some stations (f. 4. Mangalore and Kasaragod) have a whole net of such schools, most of them being Upper Tnany Primary, some Lower Secondary Schools. Mr Lurar at ey Mangalore writes of one of these schools that it clears the way f the to the hearts of the people, who otherwise would be rather HLUH averse to the preaching of the Gospel. From Kasaragod we T I6 1 hear that two new schools could be opened: a Girls’ School at ff] lb 1§ Hosadurga and a Boys’ School at Puttur. At Basrur the teacher (@ eg) of a private and rival school with flying colours joined our the N school with 60 pupils. Such alliance after a feud of long heing standing was duly celebrated by a festival, at which the e ¢ stomachs of the old and the new pupils were liberally taken lake into consideration. Also at Beilur (out-station of Karkal) a ('ateeh? new school with 95 children was opened for use with great d { sbolemnity. REight Hindu gentlemen delivered addresses on this Whey occasion.—Especially in districts where plague was prevailing mflstel, and the itinerating work could scarcely be carried on, it was Dupils a consolation that anyhow the children (at Guledgudd 200) Qi are not neglected, but get regular instruction. Of course in some places, f.i. Mangalore and Bijapur also these schools had to be t closed. T ouy Some of these schools do really excellent work. Mr. MoLLerR at Vaniyankulam reports on the Primary School of Oy at Trikatiri, ‘tha‘t the results at an examination of the Bible f the lessons were most excellent. The boys were able to tell the t t 1gg AN [} e L ard whole of a Bible-story; they had not to be helped, and related the stories, not verbatim in the language of the book. Mr. Miiller ols for succeeded in the Lower Secondary School at Vaniyankulam in o valie admitting ‘three boys from the caste of shoemakers, although istoe the matter caused a little commotion on the first days. Of iy other course, the work 1s not without troubles. Tenaciously our Hindu p of e friends cling to what they are accustomed. On the other hand ative of we find it sometimes difficult to make them persevere in some- thing new. Schools are opened with great eclat and on account oot of some rival school they empty after a few months. A school- saragol manager at some places must be on the look-out for certain g e il emergencies and constellations like a banker. A former master {he v of the Girls’ School at Tellicherry started a rival school, and about 30 children left our school to come back after some time. he T2t The master in our Panchama School at Erinjoli, Dr. MEYER pagol tells us, has to lead the children almost every day to school ool o teache (a real paidagogos). Sometimes on having almost reached el O the school abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit and the poor master being himself a Cheruman, may try with another one. Other- | of I wise the school is really a factor of Mission work. The children WhiCh [‘fif take interest in the Bible-lesson, sometimes our itinerating lly fi Catechists stay there, questioning the children and seeing them ) qith g and their parents in their houses. On the 20th December, when Dr. Meyer gave a Christmas-treat to the children, the master enjoyed a quiet day and had not to search for his Pre\'flih’fl‘f pupils. At the end of the festival a child got up and with a ol 1 f i i 9 ) stammering voice he said: “We thank all the children in Europe g‘ud (L # - b who contributed to make us so happy this evening, we shall $ 80 try our best to honour and love the Saviour, whom we have pad ¥ I come to know in this school, in future more and more.” —Some it | ‘01\ of our best Primary Schools are in a great perplexity on account 1y g As of the financial returns in connection with fixed grants. fhe B the receipt from school-fees must be calculated according to il i 0 AR R 40 Government rates, which in rural districts are not actually had received and cannot be levied, in the very best of our schools. of Pars there will be an apparent surplus of income, in consequence: The of which a well earned and an absolutely necessary grant will be lost. As it often happens with laws aiming at some misuse, Jear also in this case those for whom the law is intended will be e ingenious enough to escape it and the honest will suffer.— thosy On the Nilgiris, where village-schools form a very considerable thm) fully part of Mission work, many schools had to be closed on account of plague, We read of a boy who on a festival left the place, our when the worship of the idols was about to commence. The (606 \ school at Konakore (Kotagiri station) is attended by a Irula (eath and a Kurumba boy, which is a rare case on the Nilgiris. formy The Manager of our High School at Mangalore, who is in 2y the most trying and most difficult position of all our managers fo I i ( ¢ of High Schools, is to be congratulated on the excellent work US g done by him and his staff, under the most discouraging in hig circumstances. Plague did not interfere greatly with the work the ge last year, but there are so many flourishing rival schools at Witeg Mangalore, that a real success is quite out of the question. Jea g There are 48°/y Brahmins in the school, but all poor. The situation has become more difficult last year, as in consequence by of plague new Lower Secondary Schools have been opened out 0n g in the district. Of course the school has chiefly to suffer on Wy account of its being a Mission School, which is not the case Dersoy everywhere. In view of all these difficulties Mr. PFLEIDERER lt ag 1s the more to be congratulated on the very creditable results GOVen at public examinations. In the Primary Examination he passed shi 10 out of 11 and 3 in the 1st class, in the Lower Secondary hldia, 7 out of 11, and in Matric. even in this year of slaughter 7 out 0\'91’ ( of 14.—Towards the end of the year plague was again very bad at Dharwar and 4 pupils of our High School there succumbed to it. of g The new headmaster, a strict disciplinarian, and p 41 ctual had to fight his way, but he prevailed to the final satisfaction schodls of everybody.—Our High School at Tellicherry (the so-called uent Parsi High School) also in 1903 continued its onward march. I A 1t vl l i The building is now almost double of what it had been two DISUS, years ago and what is most important, all this space is wanted. illle A reading-room has been opened, where the connection with ffer— those who have left the school can be continued. Mr. MAUE ideralle thinks that a good many of the pupils feel themselves power- fully attracted- by the Gospel. But, of course, the biggest of acount our schools will always be the High School at Calicut o pltt (606 pupils). The school has sustained a great loss by the 0 T’I’f g It death of Joseph Verki, a Christian graduate, a master and a He joined the staff of the school I, former pupil of the school. 21 years ago. He was a painstaking master and always ready o 1 mantgt? to make himself useful. But what endeared him especially to ent 08 us was his sincere piety and humbleness. There is an entry 30111'a§‘fi'~3;-' in his private diary on the 1st of January, which reveals to us the secret power of a life devoted to duty and to God. He fhe i writes : “Dear Lord, help me that this year may become a chotls year of joy and peace! Be thou always with us, for without quegtin}ll‘. 0! The Thee we never can be really joyful!” And the year indeed became a year of joy and peace. He was born in 1880 and died e on the 29th August 1903. Mr. KNoBLOCH once asked the boys: gened ol “Why can you not come to an inward assurance about the Sufi'e!‘ [ person of Christ?” and one of the pupils was of opinion that - the ¥ it was on account of the English Government. The English il i Government indeed needs strong shoulders to take the respon- ot | sibility for all what is laid upon her by our good people in he Pflggefi | India.—There is a great demand for more High Schools all sl over our Mission-field. Perhaps Southern Mahratta would T | ' have a first claim, as the district is somewhat behind in matters g 1 g‘fll of education. The people in Kasaragod, Badagara, Ottapalam ol fet : and Palghat all would like to have a Mission High School, but o } 6 42 i S our Mission being a society of very limited means and besides being being engaged in almost all branches of Mission-work, cannot of m afford to give undue prominence to one Missionary activity. and 1 2. As to the result of all these exertions, if nothing but outward conversions are acknowledged as a real fruit of work, seour of course—considering the big apparatus of the Basel Mission Himg and the numbers of non-Christians on our field—the baptism ied of 146 adults (against 159 in the previous year) and 76 Hindu 1ol children (against 121 in 1902) cannot be called a glorious oo result and a rich harvest. Even if it all would be corn and {hem not so much chaff in it as there usually is, it is really very W little in the way of visible fruit. We do value even this small had | number of conversions very much indeed, not only because Temg they mean the salvation of individual souls, they are besides Ty ¢ a manifestation of the power of God contained in the Gospel. mh ; But on the whole the present work in India scarcely can be (o called more than a preparation of the hearts for the real Missig acceptance of the Gospel by the nation as a whole. Looking tate, upon our final aim to win India for Christ, perhaps even more s fh important than the small number of baptisms is the change { s\\‘h of mind which gradually as a result of Mission-work takes he ¢ place in the population with reference to their attitude towards (egj Christ. We hear from our Evangelists and Bible-women that (e especially in towns there are families in which they can speak Aty and have intercourse almost with the same freedom and in g which they meet with the same understanding as in a Christian Bt ¢ family. This shews that the leaven of the Gospel has really untlie‘ begun to leaven the meal. Our account of the reception which the Gospel found on our Mission-field last year contained g | a good many indications in this direction. When in an assembly turm of Hindu gentlemen at some town in Malabar one of them Hil]d\ made a contemptuous and silly remark about the Lord Jesus Proy Christ, another Hindu got up and protested against such remarks o = beside being made in his presence. This is not only an exhibition Canno of moral courage, it is a confession of Christ (Matth. 10, 32), i) and it is a sign of a new time dawning up. g bt Again we hear from plague-stricken districts that this awful f work scourge had not the desired effect upon the hearts. When at Mlssion Mangalore the daughter of a Brahmin, attending our school, haptis died from plague, the mother said: ‘‘Now I neither believe in “To the , Hind idols nor in God, none of them could help me.” Jomots g poor the Gospel is preached” and we are told that amongst om Al them it is in many cases appreciated. At Karkal on Christmas Hy (i) 14 persons were baptised. All very poor people. A youth is sl had heard the consolations of the Gospel and he brought the [ecaust remaining members of his family. There was nothing in the esides way of outward attractions, they had to earn their livelihood with their own hands. Some would like to come, but they Gospé cannot yet see their way. At the foot of the hill, where the ¢ e e 16l Mission has settled down at Karkal, a youth was in a dying state. Tiookng His people wanted to bring a sacrifice to the bhutas as their last resort. The youth implored them, not to do it. el mt\l"f “What I have learned up there in the Mission School is truth,” changt he said and then he died. The father after that came and § fa fowai desired to become a Christian, his wife opposed him, his el [hfl? creditors threatened him, and in addition to all this he fell sick. n 51] t&!\ After the Missionary had prayed with him he felt strengthened and again he came and said: “I shall become a Christian.”’ ol But the opposition of the others increased, nothing was left st Il o = untried to intimidate the poor man, and so he is wavering still. il In consequence of the morally low conception of their Gods and in consequence of Vedantism, consciousness of sin, the i turning point for a mnew life, is the one great difficulty with lb\e ml‘l‘ Hindus. So it is good news, if an official whom his relative i e pronounces to be a lunatic, because he showed an inclination [d Jest towards Christianity, says: “Yes, indeed, if I do not get rid of I‘Emflrk’; Gvk e -+ my sins, I shall become a lunatic!” At Mulki even a Mohammedan Jett 101¢ by listening to the bazaar-preaching awoke to a consciousness of his sins, and he came to the Mission-house with his seven hear children. His wife ran away and by his co-religionists he ISy was harassed with good and bad words so persistently that he Warn ad thought his life in danger and with a sad heart went back again. A few people could be baptised in Southern Mahraita. Very feem often, and this is something very natural and proper, Christians old | try to win their relatives over to Christ. It is a sign that have ma they are mnot disappointed and they feel responsible for the souls of their brothers and sisters according to the flesh. Thus I from Kardenhalli (Guledgudd) a family came to Dharwar, where Iy their sister Christina lived. Abel and Rebecca, the new converts, I The did not show a great understanding in spiritual things, but they exhibited an uncommon sense for what is proper and Conye righteous, and they try their best to walk worthy of their calling. 00 the i Mohammedans very often do disappoint, but from the neigh- 16 fi] bourhood of Bijapur a Turk came to Dharwar against the will the of his father, but with his knowledge. e stays now in the the D Students’ Home and makes the impression of one rejoicing in of the the mercy and faithfulness of God. May God perfect the good G work begun in him! A very sad case is reported from Bijapur. Whey Last year we mentioned a man from Kunnur, in the neighbour- the hood of Bijapur, who had handed over one of his fields to the back Mission. For some years we had every reason to consider g ( him to be a secret disciple of Christ. Last year he made up fllel‘e. his mind to confess Christ. The Sunday was already fixed, on liag g which Doddappa was to be baptised. On Saturday evening hl\ lel he told Mr. BRAUN that he could not undergo baptism. His hith friends had made a last exertion to shake his belief in Chris- tianity and they had succeeded. Strange to say, they did so \\p 0 by introducing ‘the Babel-Bible question’: the Hamarabi- Caliy codex, Prof. Delitzsch’s lectures, and even the German Emperor’s de(lm .a""\"* 45 et letter were employed to confound the poor man. Of course medan I none of them understood the question at issue, still less its § Seve bearings on the Christian belief, everything was distorted and misunderstood from the Hamarabi-codex down to the Kaiser’s ists e warm confession of Christ. fhat he But alas, it served the purpose and Doddappa has not been seen since then. His conversion k aga seems to have been after all a mere intellectual one, else an 1, Ve hristans old babylonian codex and a German Assyriologist would not o i have upset him. As the Babel-Bible question was discussed in a Bijapur newspaper with an absolute carelessness as to facts, for the Mr. Braun tried to set things right, but his article was declined h, Ths 1, whert by the editor. Mundwus vult decipi! comverty Most of the baptisms of last year took place in Malabar. The young Nambiyar at Nettur (Tellicherry station), whose g}, but conversion we mentioned in last year’s Report, was baptised per il on the 12th July 1903. His case was a matter of great anxiety. r callng 16 neigi'r The first excitement having been over and a nasty inroad into the Mission-compound having been repelled, we hoped that e il the poor boy would be left alone now. But on the evening \ m Ih@ of the 26th April he was enticed by an old friend and forcibly olcng i carried off. For some time we did not know anything of his e g0 whereabouts and the authorities could not help us much in B the matter. He was detected after some weeks at Calicut, came jgbott back and after having been hidden for some time at Chombala s o O and Palghat, he ventured to return to Nettur and was baptised C()HSMEY there. We earnestly hope that after all the tribulations he mfllltt hp has gone through and after all the trouble he has given to fixed- o S his relations and to us, he will grow in grace and turn out i a faithful disciple of Christ. The greatest number of baptisms m took place at Calicut. Of course, these are not all to be looked iy (b7 upon as the outcome of the Mission-work done at that station. Calicut is a convenient place to go to for all such who by a it decisive step will lose their livelihood and do not know what e 46 to do. A big family, consisting of 20 souls, decided for Christ e e at Tellicherry. For obvious reasons they found it too difficult LEVer to take the decisive step at Tellicherry and went to Calicut. And But apart from these Tellicherry people, Calicut had a rich Im th harvest from its own field. At Annasheri the house of Catechist (rmam LazArR was consecrated to become a centre of much blessing fth- in that part of the country. Moplas were present and were agad pleased to hear the bell rung as a time-keeper for the surround- 2 Tell ing localities. The greatest and most bitter opponent of our there, work there died suddenly and his wife at once joined us; the knew endeavours of her many enemies to ruin her socially proved had all abortive. Also a family of Cherumars consisting of 5 souls lie e came to Annasheri, and about the same time also a Brahmin 10§ fee appeared. He had been engaged formerly in carving idols, Self-sac_ and behold, now during his stay at Annasheri he works with et his hatchet as diligently as any ordinary son of this earth. Stlog] The family who came from Tellicherry belonged to the Vannan- the () Dr, ) caste (the women wash, the men are sorcerers, ph}fsicia.ns, tailors and schoolmasters). One of them, whose name was Dasse Chantu, had been a schoolmaster. At this time he heard emply Mr PrrER (itinerating Missionary at Cannanore) teach at his (‘hum school which seemed to have made an impression upon him. g | Whilst candidate for baptism his wife was enticed by her St relatives at Mahé and carried away. Being over-cautious they help b did not take the train, but travelled by boat, so that by means lve £y of telegraph and railway they were overtaken and the woman was -regained by her husband at Badagara. Chantu (now a g Satyavratan) is undergoing training asan Assistant-Catechist. Mgy At Calicut even a Badaga youth, who had accompanied a tngyg soldier’s family, was baptised before he left. He had shown a Went ¢ real desire for salvation: Instructive as to the ideal of Indian Loy sinlessness is the following: A Nayar appeared as an inquirer. ace He was quite in earnest, when he assured the Missionary that N lle 4 e 47 (Chnst he never committed any sin, except perhaps in a former birth, fhcalt never a bad word or an impure thought occurred to him. allet And the same saint on the following day absconded, taking with A 0 him the wedding-suit of his neighbour and the golden nuptial techns ornament of his neighbour’s wife. And all this in his present lessng birth!—Some sensation has been caused by the conversion of 1 e a graduate, Bappu is his name, at Palghat. He is originally ot a Tellicherry man, belonging to a well-known Tiyyan family of our there. It was not a sudden conversion, and for such, who 15 fll“ knew him, it did not happen quite unexpectedly. His father P L0V had wished to become a Christian, and lying on his deathbed 5 sl he encouraged his son to carry out what he, the father, did The mother led a life full of il ! not feel himself equal to do. 0 1&101 self-sacrifice for her sons, to whom she desired to secure a good education. g Wil Bappu was a student in the Basel Mission High g e School at Tellicherry up to Matrie, and afterwards he read in the Christian College in Madras, where the Bible-lessons of qnnl Dr MmLER made a lasting impression upon him. Having passed all his examinations with great distinction, he was e hIf employed in the Calicut High School of our Mission and in the ol el Christian High School on Nettur, was Supervisor of Schools for ot some time, and finally became Headmaster of our Lower 00 il i Secondary School at Palghat. The obligation he was under to by | help his mother in the education of his younger brother and the s 4 love for his wife and children made him hesitate for a long time. y e 1 011]3” But his brother having passed his B. A. examination he appeared H(\“ I\ as a candidate for baptismi. Partly to avoid unnecessary i | al I ol sensation and partly on account of his mother, the family »Hflled : consisting of Bappu, his wife, two sons and two daughters, went to Calicut, where on the 20th December they were baptised. [0 ! From there they informed their mother of what had taken f ol Il place, and on their return to Palghat she was only sorry that il she had not been informed of what was going on. Exertions i ot S AL Gy 48 were made by the family to gain Bappu, whose name is now those Timotheus, back, but we are sure that one who has really hous Anan found Christ can never be happy without Him. fhe Mr. LiuTze at Kaity on the Nilgiris feels very sorry about a young man from Ketore, who was a candidate for baptism IV and had given great satisfaction. His relatives left nothing Kark untried to get him back, but even their law-suits failed. So qly fom they had recourse finally to a devilish stratagem. Messengers came and told him that his younger brother being on the hou point of death longed to see him once more. Now, this i1s a fal rather common trick, and the actors must have played well to he deceive him. He went to see his dying brother, but never Kong returned. §thog Christians have been warned not to enter that village, as they would be sorry for it. So the case 1s rather clear.—At Tuneri Mr. STrER has been privileged to baptise a Bl few Badagas. In August the parents of Cat. PAUL were L ¢ o | baptised, he himself having prepared them for the holy rite, which must be a quite overwhelming matter to a son. A girl BV had come from Ebanaad, but the raging tumult of about 60 S Badagas who came to force her out again, the poor girl was Cong not equal -to resist. sty ahoy I THE NATIVE CHURCH. Pag 1 The Church has increased by 440 souls (last year 411) L} tl and counts now 15909. The increase is due to an admission e of 222 souls from outside, and to an excess of births (668) ) over deaths (435). The death-rate is rather high, probably due U 0pe A) to the unhealthy condition everywhere, at some places also to ht‘, W plague. ht Wy Not a sign of an outward increase of the Church but Jnem otherwise a very necessary enlargement was the building of a o new Mission-house and of an Orphanage at Anandapur. The tbg new house is built on a hill, and we are exceedingly glad for the & LA 49fi ' 15 00F those, for whom it did not come too late, that a healthier s 1eally v house on that feverish place will make Mission-work at Anandapur more efficient and more agreeable. At Karkal on 7 abou the 22nd March a nice little church was dedicated to the bapts service of God. Once the heathens used to say: “You ab nothing Karkal have not even a house to worship God in, you have o, 0 -only a stable.” May this pretty church, rising up as it seems o Nbenut N from the green waves of a refreshing grove, serve as a light- The Calicut on 1t house to many a weary and hopeless traveller. t IS 1§ d station has got a new cemetery, far away from the town, and | yell the old one in the midst of this city had to be closed. At Konakore (out-station of Kotagiri) a house for a school and a 15 2 1t schoolmaster was built. for 2 Educational Institutions of our Church. Not much iy ! is to be said about our Congregational Schools. We should apIse i like to keep our Christian children at school up to their 13th f el or 14th year of age. We have not yet succeeded in this A il | everywhere. Either we must have for this purpose a Lower 0 Secondary School for each congregation or, as it seems to be ébom ] .contemplated by the Educational Department, the course of girl s instruction for a Upper Primary School must be lengthened by about two years. The position of a Christian master in a One of the Parochial School is not always an enviable one. .veal' .fl“ weakest points in a new Church seems to be the family- education of children. If a boy gets well-deserved punishment s at school in England or Germany, he will behave exceedingly s (i properly and will be uncommonly quiet at home after that, ally 0 e he will not think of complaining or crying about the matter, g ol 0 he will be very thankful to his classmates, if they do not mention the matter before his parents, or if the master does \H(h b not call at his house about this time, for he is in great danger ing to get an additional flogging at home. Not so with many of il the parents in our congregations out here. The boy enters O]fld il 1 B 50 his house as a martyr. The father feels imdignant that the time, master has been so rude as to lay his hand so heavily on his a i immaculate offspring. Without much inquiring into the matter, Hea merely trusting into the account given by his son, he will go for th and abuse the master, or, if he is an educated man, he will Ivite write an indignant and offensive letter to the master. Thus e’ masters in such schools very badly need to be backed by the peak authority of the manager or of the pastor of the congregation. pupil Hindus by their “gurubhakti” are not so much liable to fall there into such a mistake, but one does not see why Christians adm should not show rather a more 1intense and more sincere the 1 A timid master or one gurubhakti than mnon-Christians. bays lacking in moral courage under such circumstances will be them, intimidated and the discipline of his school must suffer. Let I by us hope that such parents as have been described above, in QHOUg proportion to their more fully realising their great responsibility o () as Christian fathers and Christian mothers, will get rid of all 00 g those symptoms of childish weakness. fromy Last year (1902) the Canara Orphanage for Girls at Mulki the ¢ was surrounded by all kind of diseases, in the year under With report the unpleasant guests entered the institution. In the (rag spring there was an epidemic of measles. Some were sent g home, two of whom unfortunately died, others came back Stoy apparently convalescent; then they began to suffer from of after-effects, but by God’s help and the medical skill of ladg Mrs. RiTTER they recovered. The Orphanage also in another &flm case- experienced God’s special providence. About 150 feet Lay distant from the Orphanage is the well of the institution (about t'“'() ‘ 50 feet deep). Sabine, one of the bigger girls, when quite meQ( alone, fell into the well and nobody knew about it, nobody at B happened to be occupied in that part of the compound. It feart was fortunate that she could swim, but finding nothing to take Ty, hold of she was gradually becoming exhausted. After some Of ag £ 51 b the time, which seemed to be an endless time to the poor girl, m s a Hindu happened to pass by and heard her cry for help. QUEY, He alarmed others, and the girl was rescued. A great festival il g for the whole school is the day on which Joseph from Taudlachil i vl invites the Orphanage with its whole staff to taste his “new Th rice”’, which includes a lot of other delicious eatables, not to b the speak of coffee, the modern ambrosia of India.—15 of the il pupils in the Boys’ Orphanage at Udipi joined the High School fo fall there, others took up different handicrafts. 31 new boys were S admitted, so that at the end of 1903 there were 97 boys in since the 1nstitution. Mr SCHOSSER wonders sometimes that the o1 016 boys are not more naughty, which of course he will not tell ull | 13 them. What he means to say is this, that they are lacking i in buoyancy of spirit, that they are not frolicky and boyish ove, 1 enough; some do not like even to jump about and play. The bl two Orphanages at Anandapur would have suffered a good deal 1ol i on account of the sickness of Mrs. FiscHER, had not Mrs. VEIL from Mercara been kind enough to come down and look after il the children, which she has done with great devotion. A child undfl with whom uncleanliness had become a habit and upon whom h] Iht drastic measures had lost all effect, Mrs. Veil cured first by attracting the boy and gaining his confidence, telling him Bible ) bflck stories and other stories and thus having strengthened his power . fon of will, the promise of an extraordinary Christmas present was made in case he would get rid of his evil habit. One of the il ¢ children said: “Oh, I myself feel disgusted with stealing, but / I am too weak to resist this bad desire!” The children in these ( abo two institutions have plenty of out-door-work on account of the coffee and rice-cultivations at this station.—The Orphanage : : quite at Bettigeri had an anxious time last year. Plague was raging whfldy fearfully at that place, and also the Orphanage did not escape. d J Two boys died from plague, one of them, a child seven years of age, belonging to the shepherd-caste, often cried in a delirious g 7* 52 state: “Father in heaven!” The children, although surrounded i by death, were not much troubled by cares and lived on merrily. Sdl Some Hindu boys have been admitted, one handed over by Th the Collector. It 1s always an uncertain matter with such Ina strays: they are accustomed to vagabonding and prefer this U} with all its miseries and dangers to a regular mode of life. One of these, an amiable child otherwise, having been cured a and properly fed, disappeared, another one did the same, but Ko not without making the necessary provisions for his long The journey.—The Girls’ Orphanage at Sumaddi, near Guledgudd, al was in the same danger, but no death from plague occurred. the Sometimes the orphans are visited by their Hindu relations 5§ and not always with a good intention. On the other hand leay this gives also an opportunity to offer salvation to such people. 10§ A new curriculum has been introduced by the Educational il Department of the Bombay Presidency, in which prominence 10 1 is given to the object-lesson and a more rational method in o needle-work. The girls have taken to the latter with great W0 nterest. The children are happy and show also signs of g0l gratitude. They are always ready to contribute from their Ma pocket-money a little to the Mission or to the Bible Society. hrg At the public examinations they did fairly well.—The case of hag the Mopla girl in our Orphanage at Chombala, mentioned M in our last Report (the child was claimed by her mother after Jea six years, as we have reason to believe, for immoral purposes) Camg was decided in the District Court in favour of the Mission and froy for the good of the girl. An appeal has been lodged against bt this decision before the High Court. Of the Boys’> Orphanage at Codacal (Malabar) Mr. SENGLE reports that the school has chi Ve been raised to the standard of a Lower Secondary School, which With will enable us in future to teach able boys up to the Lower ap dl Secondary Examination so that they may enter either the Training School at Nettur or the Christian High School there. ey e ] p— 53 nded Mr. Sengle also made a beginning with a Dhoby or Washermen’s | School and (9} ~ boys undergo training under a Hindu Master. ) The boys have taken cheerfully to it, and if they persevere, we such may hope that they will earn their livelihood by a work, which r {hs up to this has been taken up only by Hindus and Mohammedans. f e We have nothing to report this year of the Boys’ Orphanage aned at Kaity (Nilgiris). The Girls’ Orphanage for the Nilgiris at g b\‘t Kotagiriwasunderthe superintendence of Mr. and Mrs. GROSSMANN. Jong The younger girls attend the congregational school, which is rlgudd a Lower Secondary School. The official language is Tamil, fllile i \ the children’s own language in most cases is Badaga, Canarese Jafion is the church-language, and a little English they have also to o learn at school. So their linguistic faculties are apparently ol not neglected. Those who enter the institution as grown-up ationt girls are taught Canarese by the matron so as to enable them nence to read their Bible and Hymn-book. Besides they have plenty thod Il to do with needle-work, cooking, gardening, gathering of fire- ) gl il wood and other domestic work, in which, of course, the school- 0718 0 going children will assist them in their leisure-hours. A widow, ) Ihfh Madi is her name, from Milidenu, entered the school. Her )00 161} brother came before and died in January 1903. The mother s ! had prevented her for a long time and wanted her back, but Il 100¢ I Madi was firm, and she is an able and diligent girl (about 18 ol flt[{“ years of age). Another woman, won by the Bible-women, s came from Kerebetta, the place where our first converts came i OH (uhl from. Her husband often talked about his becoming a Christian, but always hesitated; finally Belli, his wife, went alone with her flo’fifl‘ hands* child. The husband took both back again. When Belli again ol 1 went to the Mission-house he followed and even drank coffee with the Christians. it The relatives, however, persuaded him again and so he married another wife. Belli has now lost all her ngl relatives, but she has gained Christ. The wild twins, of whom ol m" fhet we related last year, have now been tamed and baptised. 54 AR In Southern Mahratta we have not yet a Christian High 6 School, but in connection with the High School at Dharwar we fuf have the so-called Students’ Home. Three students went up 00 for Matriculation, two passed. Three students were admitted Ui to the Theological Seminary at Mangalore. In a place like fa 1 Dharwar much opportunity can be given to the students to enlarge their general knowledge and to widen their spiritual 1 horizon. They heard lectures delivered at the High School 10t and in the Government Training College, they attended the il ne services in the Church of England and listened to the addresses of Mr. W. H. Stangs, an English Evangelist, and to the beautiful {04t songs and the violin-playing of an Indian Evangelist. There edr were entertainments by means of the magic lantern and onl Mr. ScHIFFLER also gave startling accounts of his journeys on Sig the bicycle round the world. Excursions were made and ! cricket-matches were arranged with the students of neighbouring 10 schools. When Mr. ErNsT went home, the students in his Chr honour gave a performance of the history of Joseph in living far pictures, which was a very good idea indeed and gave general of satisfaction.—The Christian High School at Udipi did very well ag again at public examination. A real treat it is to hear the We students of this flourishing institution sing. The compiler of th this Report had the pleasure of hearing them sing in December un 1903 and does not hesitate to say that he never before had Son heard such excellent singing in India, even within the Basel for Mission. These musical achievements are still more to be fe appreciated, when we hear that they are the result of private the efforts on the part of a Christian graduate who is a Master of Owy our High School at Udipi.—The Christian High School at Nettur the (Tellicherry) had its building considerably enlarged; there is in ¢ also an increase in the number of students, especially if we Xq look a few years back; in 1898 there were 94, there are 194 now. Lt We hope that the results at public examinations, the A 55 Hioh especially in the Matriculation Examination, will be better in IR future. To a large extent we are in this respect dependant Ll on the material sent to us from the district. Mr. BADER, the [t Principal of the institution, bears witness to the efficiency and ce lle faithfulness of his teaching staff. He is very much pleased ents with some of the Hindu students who show not only an interest xplll{‘dfl in the Bible-lesson, but who are anxious to get an insight VALl into the pragmatic connexions of the history of God’s kingdom led pll 1l on earth. As to the Christian boarders Mr. Bader found it ddr (poe ‘‘‘‘‘ necessary to make the first year after admittance a year of eattl trial in order to get rid of boys who are utterly unfit for higher 1l education. It seems to be abnormal that out of 60 boarders Pl o ) Al only 5 belong to Calicut, the biggest Malabar station. A hopeful e S0 sign it is that the boys in general are no longer satisfied with a pass at the Lower Secondary Examination, but are anxious il Je i { to continue their studies. It cannot be denied that our hourmé Christian boys have begun to realise their situation and show o 1l i I tar more diligence and energy than formerly. In the 3 classes Wi llete of the High School department Greek has been introduced pery again last year. The Students’ Prayer-meeting for Mission- work is still going on, and the boys are anxious to contribute peat I their mite to the Mission. The High School for Girls at Calicut, pl et ¢ under the management of Miss EHRENSPERGER, had a trouble- )e(tlllw | sSome year. There was difficulty in getting Christian graduates fore) o for the higher classes, and owing to this the school failed to e B ; w 4 get the recognition of Government. People, who had signed the petition for a Girls’ High School, did not even send their v | own children. Otherwise Miss Ehrensperger is very hopeful for o5 for (! the future. A Hindu girl in the 1st form got the first prize it A » in the Bible-examination. There are 190 girls, who after the fhere examination for promotion, when the school was closed, got H‘ i it 19 ](11 little presents, provided by a Ladies’ Committee at home; so there were no tears on that occasion, not even from the eyes ll il o 56 of such as could not be promoted.—The little High School at 0l Kaity suffered somewhat from the plague prevailing in the Y distriet. Mr th LtTze, the Manager of the school, lost two valuable assistants. A Hindu graduate, who was so much 118 initiated into Christian literature, that he even read Merle Th d’Aubigne’s History of the Reformation, vanished without leaving dk a trace, and his able successor had to resign in order to continue 1 his studies for M. A. The boys of the Matriculation class had 01 to appear as private candidates last year, one Christian Badaga il boy passed. Of the Christian boarders in this school we read Di that they wash their own clothes, that they gather firewood Th and that they do on the whole a good deal of manual work. They all also contribute from their poverty to the Church-building Fund at Kaity, and many of them pinched themselves in their daily food yes to join in the thanks-offering on the Bible Society’s Centenary. I The report of the Theological Seminary at Mangalore has gy not yet been published. The classes are full again, and this offi year an examination took place and a few students were Whe consecrated to their holy office. The Seminary is very regular T in bazaar-preaching. Such of the audience as seem to be 10 attentive are invited by Mr. HERMELINK to come to his house, 6X; an opportunity of which they but seldom avail themselves. ye A Mohammedan preacher gave trouble for some time; by help u of the police the preachers got rid of his molestations.—From ] the Theological Seminary on Nettur-hill in March 1903 only one Catechist and an Assistant Catechist passed their examination and - were Chay consecrated for their work by their Principal, de(1( Mr. FROENMEYER. There will be two small classes for two 9 Al years to come and then we will be able to send out from 3 to 4 Catechists every year, which will be quite sufficient for our A work in Malabar. Four students from the Christian High Schools Cauty have been admitted at the end of the year., One is a passed 1§ th Matriculate, as on principle all our students in the Seminary Wy Ny il ought to be; another one was expected to pass, and we shall the give him another chance this year. We are very thankful o that the Christian High School from which our Seminary recruits much itself, has begun again to teach Greek; for our table in the Merl Theological Seminary is so crowded with theological subjects, that we really are at a loss to begin with the fundamental lessons AvILg e in Greek. Besides for the Exegesis of the New Testament one The W hfld ought to know some Greek before joining the Seminary. ol students conducted by the Catechists of the station and by o el Dr. MEYER went out on Wednesday evenings for street-preaching. They conducted two Sunday Schools, and once or twice a year el They all classes attended some Hindu festivals in the neighbourhood. Tndat The Training School on Nettur has done well in the last y ol year. Our first assistant, Mr. SATYANATHAN, is the right man in the right place, and almost the whole of what the depart- tenall: AL ment requires, is laid on his shoulders. The departmental ad 8 officers were pleased with the working of the school and the whole appearance of the students. Our course of training is § el two years, as we have to teach a good many subjects in addition I egul&l to those prescribed by the department. There is a Mission- o e 1 joust examination in religious and other subjects at the end of every \[& year, and a master will be considered by the Mission as fully llbe1 qualified, if he has passed in the Mission-examination as well by belp as in the departmental examinations. 10 3 Not much o o The spiritual life of our congregations. il change can be expected from one year to another, and for mna o J | deciding whether there is a healthy growth in single congre- e ) gations or in the church on the whole or the contrary, also a for longer period of time is required. We give simply the facts o ju and even conclusions from these must be drawn with great for 1l caution. A very pleasing fortune of the Mangalore congregation Sehot? ol is the many young men’s associations, of which Mr. SCHAIBLE p writes. There seem to be not less than five in the different ! 8 o parts of the station, there is also one for young women. Oux (h hopes and our fears for the future of our church centre round q 10 our young men and women, and how many are the temptations for them in a place like Mangalore or Calicut! A matter of (0 be tremendous importance in such places is the temperance question. A native pastor writes about his section of the congregation: 4l “Drinking is on the increase and is consuming the very marrow hal of the congregation.” For the present Mr. Schaible is confident Bl to write: “The family-life and matrimonial life of our people Wa contrasts favourably with that of the surrounding non-Christians.” the If this speck of light is not to vanish away, an open war must the be organised against drink, the curse of all family-happiness. Ku From another congregation we read about the peaceful departure th of a presbyter’s pious wife. Her pastor calls her a living aff Christian. She was welcome amongst Christians and Hindus 2 0 in time of sickness and other distress; all respected her and et she has given nobody offence. She went to Jesus in a triumph- hag ing faith. The same might be said about the wife of our e Catechist at Malpe. In her family-life and in the congregation \'Ql‘: she was a model to others and died with a sigh of prayer on the her lips. Our people at Shirva are very poor, and under great Ing disadvantages they have to earn their livelihood. They make T however both ends meet without begging. Some have to go 10 to the hills for work and being without spiritual ministrations H]an‘ there, the pastor of Shirva began to keep up a correspondence ang with them. Very sad news is what we hear from the out- R station Ambadi, where 13 Church-members relapsed into (OH')[ heathenism for their bellies’ sake. But what we read from other iy out-stations of Udipi may be called glad tidings. At Kalyana- theyg pur a wife has become the spiritual guide of her husband. 1y He had gone to Mangalore as the servant of a Roman Catholic Oh master and became a Catholic. Now he was ordered to go Ky back and fetch his wife, as she also must become a Catholic @\'er‘v ..... 59 O Christian. The woman flatly refused and said: “They have ot got idols as many as we and the number of their bhutas is Ao not small. If we must leave our caste, let us go to the Mission fer of congregation !77 Both of them did accordingly. A curlosity eston between! At one out-station the people on the christening of o a boy contribute to the Church-fund Re. 1, if it is a girl, only IEDVO half a Rupee!! Gudde, the oldest out-station, celebrated on the pfdent 3rd of November a very enthusiastic harvest-festival. There peapl was much singing, the little church was ornamented up to 14l the horns of the altar, offerings were made chiefly in kind and the hymn sung was composed by the pastor. In Madambail- i s Kurkal, Mr. Bicure tells us, there are living Christians and ppiness. thus in spite of much poverty family-life and the outward %pfll'ml't | h\illg affairs of life are in good order. At this place a family baptised 20 years ago, which soon after had relapsed into heathenism, Hmdh\ returned again, and they said: “Since we left you all happiness Jer a0 has gone.” Parkala is called by Mr. Bichle an oasis in a pumpk of ou desert.—The little congregation at Kasaragod (232 souls) was very liberal in her contributions to Church and other funds, el they collected Rs. 322-2-3. At Anandapur (Coorg) the young men’s association is called still a blessing to the congregation. o] el The many sudden cases of death must be an earnest warning x} mak% e 108 to that Church. The pastoral work at Karkal is beset with many difficulties. The Christians are almost all new Christians ot and ought to be frequently looked after. They live, however, ondeat so much scattered about, that for a tour in this widespread congregation Mr. FiscHER must travel 68 miles. Some have ol il 1S also to go to the hills to earn their bread and they return from il there fever-stricken. “How happy are the Christians in our industrial establishments!”’ Mr. Fischer remarks. What a Christian heroism under most trying circumstances Daniel at Cath@lii‘ Kerevashi has shown during the last year! The Hindus drive :1 {0y il every day their cattle into his field, without a word of complaint Caflmhf 8* b AB 60 he drives them out again. When advised to have recourse to (et Jast more drastic measures, he will reply: “God will help me!” the His bullocks run away and the plough passes over his foot that without hurting him; he says: “God, I thank Thee for this kind keeping!” He falls sick and without murmuring he says: Soul “God will not forsake me!” He is engaged to a girl and she lepe throws him over, because no fishes can be got at Kerevashi. at ) He only said: “God has disposed otherwise.” When he was for sick, his house and stable were burnt down, three pieces of his cattle and all his straw perished in the flames, he thanks God e for what had been left to him. Finally he succeeded in getting Cat a diligent and good wife, and one may imagine how thankful 10 ¢ the lonely man must have been. The little congregation on a Aiss chil Sunday morning collected Rs. 18 after his house had been burnt down. for The congregation at Hubli (Southern Mahratta) has always fitat a high number under the heading: “arrival from other stations”, e which does not always mean gain. The Night-School, we are glad to say, was carried on also last year. What a blessing aga Sta in a congregation, where all the young men go either to the cotton-mills or to the work-shops of the Railway Company. tho Also in this congregation the temperance-question is a burning 812 question. The pastor is not satisfied with the liberality of the be “There shall be ten and I shall be the eleventh” congregation. the bee‘ is their maxim, but even if there are ten, they will not give, is his opinion.—The Bettigeri-congregation had an awful time, \Qp ' as from 24th September till 3rd November not less than 1) 20 members of the congregation died from plague. We cannot 4§x ra refrain from mentioning one case: Johannan, 14 years of age, gy was nursed by the Bible-woman Elizabeth, who had brought (ng up his father. The boy in his last moments sang the Canarese 3] translation of the German Hymn: “Wenn ich Thn nur habe.” ha‘ We earnestly hope that this time in which the shadows of the e L 61 IS¢ 10 death were hovering over the congregation, will not be without Jillg lasting blessing Drink and playing of cards Mr. LuTz calls the two besetting sins of his congregation. He also regrets I foot or {hs that the Mission has got no industrial establishments in Southern Mahratta. He remarks: “Here too our people are 6 S on others, but without Christian influence.” nd 0 dependent el Mr. Warth gives a very favourable report on the congregation at Mushtigeri. The people are all peasants and they will call e as for the Catechist in the midst of the night to offer a prayer g of i In the evenings the M before they begin to thrash their corn. ks G Catechist conducts a kind of night-school, not exactly according ol to educational rules, but still very useful! —At Honavar a hank Mission Primary School has been started, so the few Christian on 04 children are not any longer compelled to go to a Hindu school i e for instruction. One of our Christians has got a weaving establishment of his own, in which regularly, morning and g al\\'fl‘\v-q evening, prayers are held. s The Cannanore congregation, as we hope, will come round v ot 1)L again and the troublesome times and the unhealthy circum- bl i stances have taught us many useful lessons. We hear that )| 10 {hr those church-members who are employed in private weaving omp} It would establishments are very irregular as to church-going. pumi¥ be interesting to know whether this came to light only after ol they had to leave our Establishments or whether they have 3]6\'311[‘9“ their become lazy and indifferent to the Word of God after o bl separation from the HEstablishment. We are, however, glad O 1l to hear that Mr. HoLe conducts every Monday a morning 2 fh [ prayer in one of these private establishments and that arrange- \'e oo ments for such devotional exercises have been made in another S Ui‘ one. A Malayalam Bible-meeting on Sunday evening and 10 i D a Prayer-meeting on Monday evening at the Mission-house g (ot have been very well attended. The sectarian party of I hflhe the ex-catechist D. also gives lessons to our Christians.: ik d é 62 “Extremes meet:”’—These over-spiritual people during the last year have taken to gold-digging on moon-lighted nights, by which they have shown us what we ought not to do, but if an old mother amongst them together with a young man go out, Bible in hand, and disregarding mockery and scoff bear a witness of Christ, they show us an example of what we ought al o ido: In the Tellicherry congregation, the greater part of fo W which is located on Nettur-hill, the death-rate was uncommonly high last year. Some of these deaths may be really called W gain, not only as the end of long suffering, but as these e brethren and sisters went home with a firm assurance of eternal il life. fo Also an end, causing terror, took place, the end of a very bad life. 3t The Nettur congregation being the oldest of our Malabar Churches, containing many old Christians, the Christians al living all closely together in one place and having been always g under close control, having also the Christian High School H ha and Seminaries with their big staff of Missionaries, Catechists and Christian masters in their midst, may be expected to be i in a more satisfactory state than other congregations with T many new Christians. We dare say that the majority of the church-members are well founded in the Word of God and f some are very anxious to improve their knowledge, approaching f the Missionary with lots of questions as to scriptural difficulties. As to the Calicut congregation we insert the following remarks from .the Native Pastor’s report: “There are many true I children of God, who by word and deed and demeanour glorify It their Redeemer’s name. On the other hand Mr. Jaus and myself were even subjected to legal proceedings, both civil and criminal, lodged against us by our own people. But, thank §i God, He has not allowed the power of darkness to prevail W against us. There are many whose only aim it is to obtain worldly benefits from the Mission and nothing more, and I must say, that injudicious liberality encourages such people to s 63 But there is really the play various tricks for duping the donors. It much spiritual life in the congregation. The ¥. .M. C. A, and but Y. W. C. A., various Sunday Schools, weekly prayer-meetings, g conducted by the elders at their different circles, are manifest- ations of such life.” Mr. ScHILLING tells about a Christian girl Jea s at Badagara (out-station of Chombala) whose confirmation had ot of to be postponed again and again on account of her apparent OIL weak understanding. But when finally confirmed she did very Only a lle well, surprising the minister by her good knowledge. year and a half after that she was to be married, but God’s hi 1 il It ruling was otherwise. She fell sick and resigning herself entirely ) to the will of God she went home willingly and peacefully. o Her parents and her intended bridegroom she directed to Christ and with the name of Jesus on her lips she died. A Syrian (118 guest of our congregation has started a Sunday School for i h ol T Hindu children at Badagara. The congregation at Codacal IS had to pass through severe “trials. Cholera was raging in that district and death held his harvest also in our congregation. 10 e There are hard cases, fully known only to our Heavenly Father. il Such a case is that of Lydia. Mr. BossHARDT communicated fhe | ant the following: Four years ago her husband had run away, then two children died. These tribulations led her to Christ oy and she became His devoted disciple. This poor woman in qlfies SRS 1902 brought Rs. 5 to the Missionary, as her gift for the ik fue Mission! Finally God heard her prayers and her husband returned and they lived happily together for some time. Then Aol cholera broke out. Lydia nursed her parents who died. Then e her turn came. When her last hour came near, she wanted to | ul She turned to the wall and 4 say something, but she could not. fhatk wrote on 1t with her feeble hand: “Rs. 3 of my money give to the Mission.” Her husband followed soon after. The ohtal? Native Pastor tells us that during the time of cholera the anll people met daily in prayer. A segregation-house proved to be rple 0 o a great advantage. Many of the new Christians, but also some very old ones who ought to know better, give great trouble by not sending their children to school and to the catechisation at the church on Sunday afternoons. As to the congregation at Palghat Mr. HILLER is greatly pleased with the liberality of our Christians and their readiness to help each other, but he complains of the many quarrels and even law- suits in consequence of a very doubtful kind of lottery (called “kur1” in Malayalam), of which our people cannot get rid. On Sunday evenings the Catechists of the Kaity station (Nilgiris), accompanied by the Y. M. C. A., go out and preach to the Badagas. The Kaity Christians are very anxious to get a place of worship becoming to their situation on the hills. They do whatever they can to enlarge their fund for this purpose. Now and then they will give half of their wages or they will put something in a box hung up in some houses . f for this purpose. The writers at Hulikal (near Coonoor) together with the Christians of this out-station meet for a Bible and D prayer-meeting once a week. e Looking upon our congregations as a whole we fully endorse for all our congregations, what Mr. RiscH, the chairman of the Southern Mahratta district, gives as his opinion regarding that district: “With reference to a real co-operation in the § work of furflwring the coming of God’s kingdom on earth our congregations have not yet grown to maturity. The chief (8 § (; problem for the future will be: how shall we raise the spiritual q and social standard of our Christian congregations so far that according to the intention of Jesus Christ they will become a light and salt for the surrounding world?” In conclusion we think it proper to mention that from the 23rd to the 27th of November the General Conference of our Mission was held at Mangalore. On the Sunday evening before the sessions commenced, there was a Divine service at church I Ay P 65 with a sermon in Germall and at the end all present partook of the holy sacrament. HEvery morning before the work commenced there were devotional services, which were a great blessing and a spiritual refreshment. The following objects were dis- cussed and on each of them one or two papers had been drawn up and circulated amongst the members of the Conference. There were first of all the reports prepared by the chairman of the three districts, which, of course, gave occasion to the discussion of a good many questions. (2) A petition from the Christian Schoolmasters of Malabar with reference to their Pension Fund, further to the relation of the former V. Grade Teacher to the present Primary Teacher, and finally some desiderata concerning their houses and their travelling 15 allowances. (8) Petition from the Pastors and Catechists of I Malabar for increase of pay. (4) The Bible-women, their position, S their training, pay, etc. (5) Greater financial powers of the re- 7\ presentatives of the Home-Committee out here. (6) Continuation d of religious instruction after the baptism of adults and after the confirmation respecting the school-going time of Christian 156 children. (7) The Basel Mission and higher education. (8) Means of and ways as to how to awaken in our Native Agency, in the Iy members of our Synods and in our Presbyters a more vivid he sense of responsibility and a more self-dependent co-operation. il (9) The temperance question. Of course all the resolutions the et Conference arrived at, were only proposals and suggestions, il and 1t will rest with the Home-Committee either to sanction hl or to decline our proposals. e ld IV. MEDICAL MISSION. I We are indebted to Dr. STokeEs’ Report on the Medical e Mission at Calicut for the following remarks: U I They all come to us for relief from bodily pain and suffering, 9 e i 66 but scarcely any have a desire for cure from sin, because they do not realise their soul is ill. On the occasion of the coronation festivities all our hospital patients and the inmates of the Leper Asylum who could without injury to their health enjoy a hearty meal were sumptuously fed by Mr. Rarichan Moopen, a wealthy landloxd at Calicut; in addition each patient received a white cloth. During the year under review we had 313 in-patients in the hospital; about half of them were on their own diet. 140 were Christians, 158 Hindus and 15 Mohammedans. In the out- patients’ department 13818 were registered and treated for various diseases. The number has far exceeded all previous years. As to typhoid patients the hydropathic treatment was carried out, which the natives cannot understand. The native idea is to apply heat to counteract the fever, for instance a hot iron to the head. A father, who brought his little boy suffer- ing from dropsy, after having tried all sorts of native medicines, was not at all ashamed to confess that the red marks on the child’s body came from hot iron. He was not a cruel man, on the contrary a very loving father. It is always cheering to us when we see the gratitude of some of our patients. A Nayar brought his son, who was in a pitiful condition, but on account of caste prejudices he could not be persuaded to leave the child in the hospital. He lived 4 miles distant from Calicut, but every day the boy was carried to the hospital till at last he had recovered his health and strength. Father and son came several times afterwards, expressing their thankfulness and, to give it an outward sign, they brought eggs, plantains etc. “If my child should get ill again, I would leave it in your care, as I have learned to know you and your hospital,” he said once. In our lying-in-hospital ‘Bethlehem’® we had many serious confinement cases, the most difficult one being a case of T s 6/ ecclampsia Miss MULLER had sometimes a very busy and anxious time of it The opening ceremony of the new Leper Asylum at Chevayur 3 miles from Calicut, took place on the 25th of October with Mr. KrisaNA Rao, Sub-Judge of Calicut, in the chair The Rev [.. J. FROENMEYER laid the claims of the lepers before the general public and gave an account of the good work done by the Leper Mission throughout India and the Kast There is at present room for 20 patients buty 27 have been accommodated by closing in the verandas and utilising one of the out-houses Under treatment there were 16 Christians, 17 Hindus and 7 Mohammedans 7 died, 6 left without leave, and at the beginning of this year there were 28 on the roll Mr. Jaus in his description of the first baptism at the new Leper Asylum at Chevayur mentions that one Choi an old man, when reciting the Lord’s Prayer, broke down in the midst of 111 To the great amusement of the large audience he I quietly turned round to his friend Krishnan and said “Y gl g0 on now, you know much better than I!” One Hulda, feeling her end approaching, had only two requests to make first she I asked for the Lord’s Supper, and secondly she wished that after I her departure from life all the lepers in the Asylum should be treated with coffee. Both of these requests were granted and she departed in peace. il }l The Medical Mission at Bettigeri has overcome the first difficulties and the following remarks of Dr. ZErRwECK will be found interesting ] The Medical Mission at Bettigeri has begun to take root amongst I the population there 1849 patients have undergone treatment Amongst the 25 operations of a more serious character there were 30 plague operations On the whole 105 plague patients 1y were treated in 1903, which does not include the many cases f g% 68 where the diagnosis was uncertain, but a case of plague was highly probable. 500 people were inoculated in the Mission Hospital, of whom two only died, although plague was raging fearfully at Bettigeri and the surrounding district. Dr. Zerweck is of opinion that it was inoculation that brought plague to a standstill in the Bettigeri congregation; but he feels doubtful whether the Hindu population will come to understand such lessons or whether they will continue to believe that plague goes to places where it is invited by the crowing of cocks and thus will prefer the slaughter of fowls to inoculation. Dr. Zerweck reports with great satisfaction that his staff has been increased by a special Catechist, one of whose duties it is to attend to the spiritual needs of pa,tiehts waiting for admittance to the consultation-room; of course such people are not always in a mood to listen to an address on a religious subject, and there is too much to disturb them, but much can be done in this direction for in-patients, and especially when patients are visited at their own houses. We take this opportunity to offer our hearty thanks to different medical gentlemen who in times of sickness never got tired to render their most valuable help to Missionaries and to members of our congregations: Dr. Carpoz at Hubli, Dr. LarreNAts at Tellicherry, Dr. VErRGHESE at Calicut and Apothecary Mataias at Udipi have been mentioned in the reports. V. INDUSTRIAL MISSION. There was a time in which the Basel Mission chiefly was known as the Mission that makes tiles and towels. We should feel really sorry, if nothing else would be made in our Mission. The industry in our Mission is one of the solutions of a problem, with which gradually all Indian Missions—a few perhaps excepted which happen to be fortunately situated in this == ot 69 respect,—will have to deal; it is the social problem, which from the beginning has been very acute in those parts of India, where by God’s providence our fathers commenced Mission- work. We are placed before the alternative: either to feed our Inquirers, without giving them work, which is absurd and immoral, or not to concern ourselves with their outward affairs, which every Mission will do and gladly do, wheresoever it is possible, which in 99 cases out of a hundred cases is a sheer What impossibility, and if still done, will not be Christ-like. our Mission, led by God’s providence, has done from the beginning and gradually has had to do on a large scale, must be done in one form or the other, under the name Industrial Mission or under some other name in almost every Mission. At Mercara (Coorg) we have a Mission-shop. The coffee business is not so prosperous there as it was, and some think that Coorg will be ere long reduced to what it was before coffee was introduced. This and a great competition from all sides are of course not favourable to the Mission-shop, on which the greater part of the small Mercara-congregation depends J entirely. The clerks are Tulu-people and, as Mr. VEIL tells us, o will risk consumption in Coorg, if their lungs are not strong enough. The wife of one of these clerks, a daughter of Catechist GABRIEL ALMANDA, died from consumption. She had found grace and died with full belief in her Saviour. Owing to the sickness of clerks Mr. Veil was put to such straits that he had to employ some Schoolmistresses and two pupils of the High School to keep up his Establishment. In a dark rainy night thieves came with the intent to clear Mr. Veil’s store- room. About 30 tiles they broke in pieces, and whilst taking [ counsel, how to pass through a window shut by a grating, their matches fell down into a tub full of water. They had to retreat and these matches and the broken tiles revealed their Iintentions. Mr. Veil has many acquaintances amongst the Coorgs and along with his mercantile transactions he is anxious to win them for Christ. He 1s sorry to say that they are loath to hear God’s Word, they are not willing to buy Bible- portions or our tracts. Still they may be persuaded to buy sometimes a publication of the Madras Tract Society. Mr. Veil says that sometimes one feels tempted “to shake off the dust of one’s feet for a testimony unto them”, and he adds that perhaps the proud and self-conceited race must become poor first, before they will lend their ears to an invitation for salvation.—Similar Mission-shops we have at Mangalore and Calicut. Mr. BERNHARDT was in charge of the Calicut-shop. He was a young, promising gentleman, who has been very successful last year in his business. He closes his report in writing: “I ke my work more and more and may I be permitted threugh the grace of our Lord to stand on this post for a very long time.” Kight months after having written this s he went to his rest. The Tile-Works at Calicut and Codacal and the Weaving Establishments at Calicut and Mangalore were represented at the Exhibition in Madras. They carried away some of the prizes. At Codacal 117 men and 73 women are employed in the Tile-Works, only 2 Hindus and 3 Mohammedans are amongst them, all the rest are our own people. Connected with the Weaving Establishments at Calicut and Cannanore there are two Tailories. Mr. RENz at Calicut has succeeded in founding a home for his apprentices. It is a matter of great satisfaction to know that these youths outside of the workshop are properly supervised and looked after in a place like Calicut. Mr. HAFFNER reports on the Tailory at Cannanore that the number of apprentices is about 20, in the Tricot Tailory 12-15 women are employed. He thinks that to become a perfect tailor one must be trained for 5 years. And Government trains a schoolmaster within one year! Since June 1902 Mr. Haffner has opened a kind of Night-School for his apprentices. They get instruction in ordinary drawing and professional drawing, and a clerk gives them lessons in English. These lessons are very much liked by the youths. The Weaving Establishment at Cannanore about the time of the Delhi-Durbar was scarcely able to carry out all the orders. As a proof how close the relations between the industrial department and the spiritual department sometimes are and we mention that Mr. EIDENBENZ, the always should be, Superintendent of the Weaving Establishment, expresses his special gratification over the fact that one of his best weavers The left him and was appointed as an Assistant Catechist. Weaving Establishment at Mangalore is an old institution too. Mr. STIERLIN tells about two old good men, who had to resign work and get pension owing to old age. The grants given from the Sick-Fund in this institution last year by far exceeded the deposits. The work in all our Establishments is commenced every day with the reading of God’s Word and prayer, and it I is Mr. Stierlin’s heartfelt desire and prayer that not only the work of the hands of his weavers may prosper, but also that [d God may make His Word a blessing to the hearts and lives of I g his workmen. This Establishment employs 145 persons. It 4 has a branch at Mulki, just as Cannanore has branches at Tellicherry and Chombala, and Calicut at Codacal. In Canara [0 we have three Tile-Works: one at Kudroli, another one at )0 At Jeppu (the oldest of all), and one at Malpe, near Udipi Kudroli, Mr. BRETSCHNEIDER tells us, 279 persons (185 Chris- 4 tians, 14 inquirers and 80 Hindus) are employed. In addition [ to this 120 persons are at work outside of the Establishment. 4 Thus this one Establishment gives work to about 400 people. ) Plague did not interfere with the work. The South African war (l being over, our tiles have a great run, which Mr. Bretschneider ! ) acknowledges with great thankfulness after four meagre years. 72 = What a great benefit, Mr. Bretschneider remarks, it is for our Christians, who for the most part come from the poorer classes | to be provided with healthy work in Kstablishments, where even by a Pension-Fund, a Sick-Fund and a Poor-Fund, as far as possible, provision is made with the view of the uncertainties and adversities of this life. We mention finally the Mechanical Establishment at Mangalore. Mr. StokES, of course, cannot expect every year a work like the erection of the Kadimbilla Bridge, but the KEstablishment has done good work also in 1903. It gives employment to 72 persons. “Tts. chief aim is”’, as Mr. Stokes puts it, “to train up young men not. only to be industrious and clever, but also to help them to guide their lives in the paths of integrity and honesty. It 18 a great pleasure to me to watch some of them growing up into steady men. Some have left to join the railway and are, I believe, doing well. Our Night-School is making fair progress.”’ Mr. EIpENBENZ in the concluding words of his report compares the work of the Industrial Mission with the work done by St. Peter according to Acts 3, 6. 7. In both cases an act of Christian charity! If the Industrial Establishments could do nothing more but to educate our people so far that they entertain respect for manual work and acquire the habits of industry and devotion to duty, they would be justified in glorying in their work and it would be a work greatly assisting Mission work. But such of our Industrial brethren as are real Missionaries will do far more than this, they will, as well as itinerating Missionaries and Kducational Missionaries, use their influence and use the opportunities granted to them through their work, for the salvation of the souls entrusted to thex}n and for the furtherance of God’s Kingdom. | | 73 VI OUR LITERARY ACHIEVEMENTS. Sale of Tracts and Books from 1st July 1902 to 30th June 1903. J Our own Publications. Copies. Rs As 91,374 Canarese Religious Books 1,369 12 80 2,774 Tulu ” 9 18,388 Malayalam ” ) 90 10 34,688 (Canarese School 9 5,895 11 3 44,879 Malayalam 2 Y 6,288 15 10 27,612 Miscellaneous Books and Maps 6,722 157 Canarese Government Books 60 251 Malayalam 7 V) 55 14 150,123 (COPIES Torar. Rs 91,270 i < 9 Other Publications. 4,318 Bibles and Bible Portions 450 9 176 Bangalore Tracts and Books 23 2 93,270 Commission Sale 7 17,493 5 10 6,000 about Sundry Eng. and Vernacular Books 5,861 % 253,887 Corres GrAND ToraL Rs. 45,099 The Religious Tract Society in London has again been kind enough to come to our assistance with a free grant of 125 Reams Double Demy Printing Paper and 10 Reams Cover Paper and the National Bible Society of Scotland, Edingburgh, with a grant of £ 10 for each of our Bible Colporteurs working in S. Canara, Coorg, Southern Mahratta and Malabar. To both Societies we tender our best thanks for their invaluable assis- tance and encouragement in this branch of our work. mon L e 10 74 LIST OF BOOKS AND TRALCTS Printed from the 1st November 1902 to 31st October 1903. I. Canarese. Edition clze Pages Copies 1902 —1903 80 192 825 Satyadipike, Vol. VII Dy A Garland of Canarese Christian Lyrics 11 B2 44 2000 Bible Stories in Canarese, 1I. Part, New Testament . I1I » 192 4000 Knowledge of the Supr‘eme Spult I1I ” 92 1200 VIII 114 3000 Good Words ” The Decalogue . II 59 2000 The Married Life, I. The Weddxno‘ Y o 54 3000 - Ten Errors Refuted » { 6 3000 Rev. II 162 48 3000 The Story of Four Princes The Heart Book 1X 80 3000 Heaven and Hell 45 2500 3000 Lingaitism Examined n 48 The Supreme Guru I. ” 48 3000 Action Songs 0 Cr 50 2000 Rules for the B. G. Evangelical Miss. Church in S. W. India Rev. II 91 600 Canarese Third Reader, by E. Marsden, B. a. 1o 100 10000 Fourth I1I 130 10000 ” ” ” ” k2 " ” Seventh ” » ” ” Rev. II ” 164 2500 History of India for Middle Schools Part I IT ” 96 5000 Easy Lessonsin Indian History for Prim. Schools IIT 102 10000 V. ” 40 10000 The Primer, by M. S. Hari Hara Aiyar, B. a The IV. Standard Arithmetic 1Vv ”» 72 2000 Canarese Primer IX ”» 40 6000 Full Notes on Canarese Fourth Reader 111 48 2500 Object Lessons for Primary Schools III 46 2000 Suggested Instructions for the teaching of Object Lessons Dy 80 47 3000 A Catechism of Canarese Grammar VII 120 60 3500 IIT 1000 Notes on Poetry Selections for the Third St 16° 15 ” ” ”n ” Fourth ,, III » 24 1000 Full Notes on Canarese Second Reader ”» 44 3000 The III. Standard Geography 1V Roy 27 2500 A Family Guide to Biochemistry Cr 140 1000 Description of Coorg, by Marsden, B. A 10 ” 68 2500 Canarese Almanac for 1904 Dy 80 G4 4700 i o (O e II. Malayalam. Edition. Size. Pages. Copies. . Dy 80 £92 425 Kéralopakari, Vol. XXX, :‘Um(‘)pakfiri ”n XVI. No. 79 and 80 24 1275 On Pollution . 1i62 96 3000 II 21 2000 The Good Teacher Ry S22 228 5000 The Gospel of Matthew ” ” John 192 5000 Dy 22 5000 Sermon on the Mount Jonah 14 5000 The Essentials of Malayalam Grammar XII Ry 162 32 6000 The Infant Reader, by J. Muliyil, B. A. VLT Cr 48 12000 . I1I 80 4000 The Lower Primary Arithmetic, Part IL The Primer, by M. S. Hari Hara Aiyar, B. A. » 38 10000 The First Standard Reader, by J. Muliyil, B. A. VI ” 60 8000 92 6000 The Second Standard Reader, ” » ” III ” 80 15000 Second Reader, by E. Marsden, B. A. Third Reader, by ” ” I1I n 116 10000 Easy Lessons in Indian History for Primary Schools II 1452 5000 Geography for St. III, t.)y E. Marsden, B. A. b 28 5000 A Geography of the Madras Presidency, , LV 124 5000 A Malayalam Anthology, First and Second Standard XI n 12 5000 Do f:or T;li!‘d 'Stan(.}ard .. VIII 16 5000 Longmans’ New Malayalam Readers, Third Standard ” 112 5000 Balavyakaranam, by M. Krishnan, B. A. III ” 81 5000 E A Catechism of Malayalam Grammar VIII Ry 18° 157 3000 Cr 16° 39 2000 Objeet Lessons for Primary Schools A Full Analysis of the Geography of the Madras Presidency b2 " 80 2000 School Panchatantram IX 264 2500 ” Morning and Evening Prayers Tl Dy 12° 36 2000 Malayalam Almanac for 1904 ” 80 72 1800 15, Tulu. Second Catechism Rev v Dy 122 30 1500 The Book of Psalms, Reviseé{ transl. S. Ry 24° 220 1000 The Book of Proverbs . ” 83 1000 10* 76 —_— Edition Size Page Copies The Fate of two Cities 1 Dy 16° 19 2000 A Bad Mind Changed o II ” 16 2000 The Conversion of a Minister and his Service 80 22 400 On Confirmation 16 300 Rules for the B. G. Evangehoal Mlss Chu1ch in S. W. India IT Cr 1612 91 600 IV. Sanskrit First Book of Sanskrit in Kanarese v Dy 1.2 222 3000 V. Anglo-Vernacular The English Primer, Anglo-Malayalam VI Cr 16° 64 5000 ” " k2 ”» Canarese v 64 8000 " An Introduction to the Comparative Study of English and Malayalam, Part II k2l 7l 1000 Three Hundred Canarese and Engl. Proverbs Dy 32 1000 A Grammar of the Kannada Language in English, by Rev Dr F. Kittel Ry 80 491 1000 Anglo-Kanarese Translation Series, Book II Iv Dy SO 141 3000 ” ” ” 11T v 140 3000 VI. English Arithmetic for Beginners 16° Cr 316 2000 Indira Bai ° ” 242 400 The Sixty-third Report of the B. Gr Evgl. ‘\’hss Dy 80 57 1200 VII. German. sUnter den TelugusY, Report of the A. B Mission at Nalgonda Dy 80 37 1500 »,Das Erntefeld“, a Monthly Paper publxshed by Rev. A. Friesen 108 1600 | 3 Subscriptions and Donations towards the Mission-Fund Received during the year 1903 2 e K~ All sums received on or after the 1st of January 1904 will be acknow- ledged in the Report for 1904 = = — ] | MANGALORE Rs As. P Rs As P.| G. R. Moore Esq 15 12 I Christmas offering from H. G. Grant Esq I Karachi 30 0 0| W.J. Simpson Esq 12 Through Messrs. Warden & Co., Bombay. | A. H. Jackson Esq 12 H. E. the Right Honourable John Logan Esq ] Lord Northcote, G.C.I1. E 1 Percy Tipping Esq 10 [ B ; J. W. Gerrard Esq % / R. Dunk Esq Dr. R. F. Hiley 10 0 G. O ; | H. Akville West Esq M 5 10 0 Mrs. Sophie Devarike H. G Norman Scott Hsq Richardson Esq 5 A. Brockmann Esq 0 0 3 Mrs. Morton 2 ) P. Nanjappa Esq 0 : S. Kariappa Esq 2 (i) ey )i e () o) () o) et i) em) )i =) Il 5 % DHARWAR =2 ° D’ I]z ; Towards the Students’ Home g~w>wmwguoomm & G 5 'L Shaw Esq. 10 Hon Mr Justice Aston ? 5 S o000 oo OO0 @O D () e (i) e oY oo (oSl o) (o (= (oot () ) 20 0 | M. C. Gibb Esq. ) D. Davies Esq. 3 0 BASRUR | Rev. Canon W. Horne NN 10 O 5 I MERCARA AR s T L Miss E. Y. Granger | M. P. Khareghat Esq. 10 E. Richter Esq. 60 | 8. Mackenzie Esq. S OO OO OO % | From different other English ANANDAPUR Gentlemen 18 (=) 0 Towards the Orphanages E. Meynell Esq 100 Towards the Orphanages al 49 Guledgudd and Bettigeri E. Richter Esq Mrs. Payne 20 ol. M. S. Lyons 25 S 0 Mrs. Sidha Timaya 15 c Gibb Esq. 20 0 Mrs. Grant 12 (), () =) ey ) g :1\7[ M 18 0 0 ackenzie Esq. 78 i P Tudor Owen Esq. Mrs G. Sinclair 12 Mrs. Haldwell 12 A. Hudleston Esq. I. Shaw Esg. Mrs. J. Groves 12 N. N. Rev. I. H. Bishop 12 M. P. Khareghat Esq. H.H.the Maharajah of Mysore 10 Miss E. Y. Granger j(:j;) § Pg Geo. Maddox Esq. A. M. Hurst Esq. GULEDGUDD. Mrs. I. P. Prince N. N, towards the debt 25 Lord Bishop Morley Miss A. E. Daniels BIJAPUR. Mrs. Hamnett Towards the Schools. Dr. E. Hultzsch 20 I. B. W. Biddle Esq. E. H. G. Schnarré Esq. K. R. Bomanjee Esq. 10 A. Butters Esq. C. R. Roper Esq. 10 W. C. McMurray Esq. Capt. Hooton 10 Mrs. E. Reed G. Arthur Thomas Esq. 10 Mrs. Harlick C. A. Cama Esq. 10 SO0 @O O SO SO O E. F. W. Penn Esq. Rev. E. S. Carr HONAVAR. Hon. I. M. Thomson 10 S Master Bob Curtis H. Legatt Esq. Capt. H. Lincoln Miss Aileen Hope Penn T. G. Hutchinson Esq. 0 Mrs. D. McFarlane CANNANORE. Major W. Marshall N N Mrs. W. E. Smith > Mrs. W. G. McIvor TELLICHERRY. P. Tiedemann Esq. Meclver Esq. ot H. C. Atkins Esq. CALICUT. A. Richter Esq. Mrs. A. W. Macrae Mrs. G. David I. Sebastian Esq. PALGHAT. C. Job Esq. 5 Rev. W. I. McDonald C. W. Cotton Esq. Mrs. A Schnarré G. Barlow Esq. (for Hospital or poor) 8] - Rev. Slate W. B. Mys. J. E. Dupen 10 [<=] () In memory of Mrs. Tomlinson 5 D. David Esq. Mrs. M. Perkins KAITY. Mrs. I. Henzinger H. E. Lord Ampthill, Governor" C. R. James Esq. of Madras 20 Mrs. M. Copcuth C. A. N. John Liebenrood Esq. 148 Mrs. Minchin Hon. I. M. Winterbotham 25 A. S. Cowdell Esq- 25 Mrs. Walsh } Mrs. Boggie — Mrs. A. T. Prinkle. 20 Mrs. Carrick L. K. 12 Mrs. Baker 12 | Mrs. Sherman ocoguguuuupuu—.uawwmmmmmmwmwwwwwwwmwuxmmmwwmm l{kmml\')OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOU‘OOOO(DO[::OOOC‘OO%OOOOOO OOOOOCCOOOOOOOOCOOOCOOOC’COOOOOCOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOO Col. Stevenson 12 Rt L H. Mrs. W. Elwes 12 G. Claasen Esq. 12 COONOOR S W. E. Schmidt Esq. 12 . W. Bell Esq. {2 (=) Mrs. C. T. Studd 12 SO0 0O CcOdoouo (Sh (=) (=1 ) el ) ) o) 5y B v b = - N. Groves Esq. IZ . 79 b w Rs As P 0 KOTAGIRI Th. Stane Esq o 2 Baroness von Engelhardt I. F. Fellow Wilson Esq., for § Catechist’s work among the Th. BEagan Esq 3 John Eagan Esq 3 coolies on the Tuttapullum Mrs. H. A. Byng Ghat 50 0 2 150 O H. Dashe Esq F. Groves Esq J. Dashe Esq Mrs. D.Cockburn from Ladie Mrs. L Nash Work Meeting 150 0 Mrs. D. Cockkurn 40 o Mrs. Deschamps [) Mrs. Butcher ? (=) ooy (o= () ) (o) (e ) e (o) OOOOOOOOOOPU iss M. B. L. Cockburn 30 0 F.Cockburn Esq.,towards the ] Konakore school-building 63 Towards the Cooly Mission I. F. Hill Esq 30 ) Hillgrove Estate 120 Miss M.Ewartfor Bible-women 60 10 0 Pilloor Estate 120 D. J. D. Cockburn Esq 0 H. Herklots Esq 60 G. H. Cockburn Esq 5 o OO O w O C OO | 60 Rev H. D. Goldsmith, Th. Stanes Esq 0 M. N. Groves Esq 36 for the Mission 0 C. N. Stephenson Esq 12 for Kota Night-School ‘J L. Porter Esq W. Deane Esq ) Mrs. Hayne 1 (=) o2y e (o) @) (o) Hamy (e S SFOIONO DUS R. Griffith Esq ot OV UL O 0 T. Clarke Esq [ F. Scott F ) OOTACAMUND Mrs. I. G. Vernede { 0. O. Bannatine Esq I. Hawkins Esq (=) (=1 ) () (a2l (e (e)ies) o) { I. McKenzie Esq Mr. I. K. London ) Mrs. Sheldrick Miss Norfer 0 Mrs Windle 0 L. W. Grey Esq ) C. B. Barclay Esq F. Sherman Esq ! F. W. Fletcher Esq S oo C oo Mrs. Haddock 0« Mrs Primrose 0 ] C. Miller Esq [ H. Walker Esq Mrs. Griffin I E. Hardy Esq Mrs. Thornhill 0 Chr. Stocking Esq Do H 0 J. Rue Esq © 4 o DD DD BRD W v O o WOOoOOoOOoOOCOOoOCCO DO OO Mrs. J bt ek e ek ek = = DO D DD DD W B OU é PO POOHRLOPOOCLOODOQQOOQ ) Donations from Members of the Congregation 0 () and other Native Friends. [l f MANGALORE Rs. As. P B [ Messrs. L. Joshua & Sons 60 0 Mr. L. Fernandez 0 ) ” Arnone & Aiman 25 ” S. Gold 0 S. H. Muttu 0 N.N 10 I Mr. A. Aarons 9 ” H. Aiman (11}3 0 ” Th. Ramappa Nigger box ’E\;\r omen’s-work Meeting WO D W® ® B WO OO O w I N. N. W ot Ot O (i) el e ) S o) o) SISO C OO OND ) 80 Rs. As. P Rs. A B :‘ Towards the Churchfund. DHARWAR Messrs. Arnone & Aiman 5 Mr. Bh. B. Angadi, for ‘Mr. Th. Roberts 1 Orphanages » S. Peter HUBLI. N. N. g o oo -0 O O (c=>) (=) Mr. Solomo Parupatyagar Towards Orphanages. ” Thim. Dhawle : < (=) | Solomo Gundimi 43 — =) ‘Mr. Th. Roberts 12 BETTIGERI Towards Local Mission Fund. ‘Mr. Th. Roberts 6 0 Mr Sanga Kodakall i Shanta Nirmanika MULKI. ” Gabriel Mathapati T.ate Chr. Clare’s legacy 2 » Siddha Bhasme’ Mr. Vedamuttu, Uchila Devap. Medagoppa i Chr. Salis ” Dan. Parupatyagar ‘Some Christians at Uchila Joh. Prabhakar Mr. J. Vedamuttu, Kutyar Q Jos. Dalabhanjana " Sam. N uchitta ” Mrs. Elisabeth Katriki 1 ‘Offering box of orphan girls — Padma Kallbandi i i % » Others by Rev. G. Ritter DD WO OO OO (9 Cp ) (=) BY (=) (=) ” Bhagya Alada O D DO e pd ek et pen b e e QO [ = oo i o Y e P e S = R e i e B ) OISR 9 OGCe OO O UDIPI. GULEDGUDD. Mr. Joh. Kari Members of the Congregation 2 e Ne N Mr. Sol. Ramthal BASRUR. N. N. Mr. Mattheeus Jesupriya N. N. NN Mr. Gideon Gokavi Mr. Joseph Sunita 2 ” Sol. Jogula N Hesekiel Bangera Thanks-offerings, Mushtigeri :% o Warsooowoo SicEOIo & o oS ‘Devaprasada Somapriya Esra Soans ?) ;éj (=) Sl (=) () (el ) HONAVAR. Mrs.-Debora Manjaru r KASARAGOD Mr. Samuel Bunyan ‘Missionbox of late Ananda SRS Roberts CANNANORE. Missionbox of different schools {83 N. N. Weavers’ Missionbox 33 10 Towards the Poorfund, "Mr. Athan. Fernandez 0 TELLICHERRY. ( ” T. Jathanna Mr. Elias Muthoden "Late Devamma’s legacy " Charly Titus £ Ot Students of High School and Towards Orvphanages. Seminary 11 7 Mr. G. Roberts (14 Missionbox of the Weavers 15 Mr. Satyanathan 1 PUTTUR. 0 (E ((;): -Offerings 10 A girl, sale proceeds of eggs .CHOMBALA. MERCARA. e NG ‘E. F,, Thanksgiving < Mr. Daniel Verki NN 0 -1 Ot O From the Congregation AN 81 b w CALICUT. Rs. As. P Mr. Sol. David Mr. Albert Arangadan 3 Immanuel Kalla ” Thomas, Dresser 0 Late Tabita 10 Ananda g § Sam. Sele Others Rathna CODACAL R. P. Barnabas Mr Timothy Spadigam Jakob Kanaka Samuel Panyankad Gnanasigamany Francis, Overseer H. Ambrose Mark Kollien N. P. Francis 3 3 3 3 Howa Wavoor = DD O N N LS © O O (=) =) (=) e, (=) S e Jos e ot S PUE e e John Jakob PALGHAT A friend Mrs. Ben. John P. I. Itteyerah Esq. S. Selvanayagam Esq. Mr. Mose Bommanna (@) ()i} (o)t (o) Hemyi[@n) {oo) Ao (o) - (=) el (o) ey 172 ¥ Q0 Q0 Q0 @@ G @ G G O G @@ W OOOOOOOOOOOOOO’-U Mr. P. Govindan Towards Kaity Church-building. » G. P. Venkoba » P. I. Chinnaswamy Pillai (=) (=) em) iy () Collections of the Congregation 14 IO = = D O O (=) (o) K (e ) () (S1} Mr. David Malli 0 Missionbox of Sunday School ” Abraham 1 C. W. I, KAITY. 10 Mr David, Writer T D N. S, B, 1 DD Ao ek S @I D Collections among the boys of K. Murugeshan Samuel Satyanathan [ the Orphanage 10 S V. Joel Hulikal Congregation, collec- Isaac Nerkambe tions at the weekly Cottage Immanuel Jivottama Q@ W WV OO w Prayer Meeting Mose Kari Coonoor Congregation 152 ;’:’::’: Tuneri Lawrence Joseph R:a v Gnanamani Mr. Lemuel S(’:ans Hulikal Congregation O OO =@ 12 (=) ==}l \2) Jesaya Konga Carl Satyanathan Mrs. Rebekka Shanta, thanks- S. V. Absalon Pillay offering for the recovery of a child J. 8. Benjamin : I. Peter Mr. Satyapriya Sele Kaleb ” J. David, Writer | Mrs. Ruth Chenné E;. % S O O | B. Alfred Jakob Nerkambe n Katharina Christian, S. Benjamin thanks-offering W. 8. Snow Esq. Aaron Titus S. Jeppagnanam Mr. P. Jesudasan é Baroness E. von Engelhardt 20 § S o OO0 H. Shantappen Manasse Bella David Malli OOTACAMUND. ==Y Mr Im. Devasakhayam John Phillipp B. A. Maduranayakan H. George Jesudasan Paul J. Jesudasan I. K. David I. N. Chakravarti I. David G. John Michael Nerkambe H. N. Isaac P. Jesudasan J. Joseph Samuel Dawar I. Methusalah 3:}3333:33333:33:}333:’!35 Jes. Daniel OO OO OO DO O o kb b e ke b e b R s e e b e R DD W D DDDPPDODDODODODOODOOODOOSOOOO QD ® T = = T = T B T == T = = T == T - T = T T < T B = e i - B = i e i o B B =B =T = B = A = B = R = e % K. Nathanael S @ W ww oo OO S OO0 OO OO b - 00O OO = 82 : As b= e} KOTAGIRI Mr Rev. J. Joseph Belli Kanaka Joseph Hiria Mr. H. Kodoth ” Simon Bala ” M. Susai ” Benj. Samuel Chr. Ajja M. S. Gnanapragasam V. Gnanapragasam N DD W O Gabriel Kanaka Isaak Bella M”rs. Hanna Belli g Mathias Bella 0o 0o SO B O C OO g Sunday School — D0 b = OO ® — NICOH@ SUSHSIO S OOOOOOOO).‘J Pie Collection. As Rs As. P Mangalore 15 12 Dharwar Mulki 12 Hubli 161 Udipi 15 14 Guledgudd 10 151 Karkal 6 Honavar 15 i Basrur 2 0 Codacal Kasaragod 12 Palghat Puttur Kaity 17 14 Mercara kil Ootacamund 14 Anandapur 14 oomuxoo—-flow"" Kotagiri 16 12 EESISLOION® - I a] towards the Poorhouse and Subscriptions and Donations Leper Asylum at Mangalore. Rs. As, P Missionaries 56 N. N. N. N. 52 N. N. Mr. Th. Roberts 12 Mr. E. Peter N J. Zacharias Tt N. N. LW W= Ot v ! Messrs. L. Joshua & Sons Mr. Matthias Mr. T. Maben [=2) ” S. H. Muttu n Th. Ramappa S. J. Gold Ch. Theodore J. Junghenn Lo R ) OOO@OOOO: OOOOOOOOFU NGNS ot Ot Ot (el (o) (=) o) (=) () e SISO OIS S 83 Subscriptions and Donations for the Mission Hospital at Calicut. Rs. As. P. Rs. As. P. A. W. Maecrae Esq. 50 C. W. Wood Esq. Mrs. Macrae 36 G. T. Verghese Esq. w W (e Jl i =) N. Macmichael Esq. 30 F. Volz Esq. 50 W. Bernhardt Esq. > A. F. Pinhey Esq. Miss E. Schneider D. W. Macfarlane Esq. 10 33 Miss A. Ehrensperger [y J. Christie Esq. E. Davies Esq. 6 Miss B. Manackjee M. Miller Esq. no Rev. Whiteley W. Bruce Esq. 18 Dr. J. Meyer 14 W. Waite Esq. Sydenham Clarke Esq E. E. 18 J. K. Lancashire Esq. T. B. Evans Esq. W. B. Wilson Esgq. N. 8. Brodie Esq. Captain Bowden Schindler Esq. Ot DO o B O W WD O = O (=) (=) (e (il (o), el e (o) - (=) Rev. B. Redding 1805184, é T. Stanes Esq. OV i (<= (= A. Brown Esq. A grateful patient H. W. Whymper Esq 24 Rev. W. Bader ot Ot :;) Mrs. G. Kiihnle (54 { F. Mackay Esq. 29 Henke’s Tile-Works 50 Mrs. E. Hiller ot [} H. Rinne Esq. 10 Miss J. Metzger B H H. Kiihner Esq. o Ot Ot oo o e & o c co oo 0o o o OIS S S © O OO DN F. Schlunk Esq. 14 D. Cockburn Esq. e oo e o oo oo oo OO0 S OO oo oo o000 0O0Cc o000 0O00ococ oo 9 T. Bedford Esq. 0o E Mangalore, 31st December 1903. D?J H. Altenmiiller, Treasurer. 0 I e c‘"‘& c A © @/ sl = :)‘E_——a}::»—‘___ 11 S— S < = Subscriptions and Donations will be thankfully received by My. H. Altenmiiller, Mangalore, Treasurer of the Society, and by all the Senior Missionaries at the different Stations. At Bombay Mr. S. E. Warden (of Messrs. Warden & Co., Hamam Street), at Madras Messrs. Arbuthnot & Co., and in Liondon Mi. I. P. Werner, No. 27 Finsbury Square E. C., have kindly undertaken to receive contributions for our Missibn-. oS i — 2 &> e —— —— ct— —— ) P Y . 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