Church Missionary Society—

Summary of the North-India Mission.

(As given in the Forty-first Report.) Stations, 14-Europeans: Missionaries, 25; Catechists, 3; Female Teacher, 1Natives and Eurasians: Missionaries, 3; Teachers, 119; Female Teachers, 10 Communicants, 285-Attendants on Public Worship, 3090-Schools, 54-Scholars: boys, 2401; girls, 482; youths and adults, 109: Total, 2992.

WESTERN-INDIA MISSION.

Bombay-1819-George M. Valentine, John Stuart S. Robertson: 3 Nat. As.Schools, 13: boys, 524; girls, 77 — Mr. Robertson has been admitted to Priest's Orders Pp. 183, 429; and see, at pp. 388, 389, some particulars of the Mission, and Money Institution.

For additional accounts of this Station, we refer our Readers to the subsequent pages of the present Number.

Mr.

Nassuck, in the Deccan, about 150 miles E of Bombay: the seat and centre of Brahminism: inhab. 30,000-1832C. P. Farrar, John Dixon, Charles C. Mengé, Christian F. Warth: Frances S. Davis, Schoolmistress; 11 Nat. Schoolmasters. Mr. and Mrs. Mengé arrived at Nassuck on the 23d of February. and Mrs. Farrar embarked for Bombay in October last Pp. 183, 224, 471, 520; and see, at pp. 389-391, a general view of the Mission-Schools, 12: boys, 444; girls, 90. We shall insert the last accounts which have been received from Nassuck in the latter part of the present Number.

SOUTH-INDIA MISSION.

Cochin on the Malabar Coast, 160 miles NW of Cape Comorin: inhab. about 20,000, of whom half are Romanists1817-Henry Harley: 1 Catanar: Natives; 5 Cat., 4 Readers, 13 Schoolmasters -Seminary, 12 pupils: 10 Schools; 304 boys, 12 girls in the Boarding School— Congregation, 340-Communicants, 75— Pp. 183, 324; see, at pp. 339–341, a Report of the Mission, and Account of the Baptism of a Brahmin Family; and see, at p. 511, a notice of the Bishop of Madras confirming 55 Candidates, and State of Congregation and Schools.

In alluding to the death of the Rev. Samuel Ridsdale, mentioned in our last Survey, the Committee, in their Report, observe:

Mr. Ridsdale had been abounding in the work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope, in the Lord. Indefatigable and zealous, speaking fluently the Portuguese and the Malayalim Languages, Mr. Ridsdale was distinguished in most of the qualities which constitute a useful Missionary. He, through the mercy of God, raised up large congregations at Cochin; and, at the Day of Judgment, many

doubtless will rise to call him blessed.

One of the Schools of this Station is for the Black Jews of Cochin. Mr. Harley reports, in general, favourably of the Schools.

Cottayam 30 miles SE of Cochin, and near the Syrian College-1817-Benj. Bailey, Henry Baker, Joseph Peet, John Chapman John Johnson, Cat.; 11 Nat. Readers and Catechists; 24 Nat. Schoolmasters Communicants, 134 - Schools, 16: boys, 454; girls, 65-P. 183: see, at pp. 305-308, some particulars of the Mission; and see, at pp. 509, 510, an account of the Bishop's Visit, and of the Ministerial Labours carried on in the district.

The Rev. J. Chapman, assisted by Mr. J. Johnson, has now undertaken the charge of the College. The Rev. B. Bailey resides in the Cottayam-Village District; and the Rev. H. Baker superintends the Cottayam District.

The long-pending question concerning the College Property has at last been happily settled: and there is now a prospect that the labours of the Students, under the care of the Rev. J. Chapman, may henceforth be carried on undisturbed by the vexations which formerly arose out of the circumstances connected with the unsettled state of this question. [Report.

The Bishop of Madras was much pleased with the state of the College, under the care of the Rev. J. Chapman; and thus writes to the Rev. J. Tucker:

I would earnestly entreat you to commend the Cottayam College to the Society's most favourable consideration: for my own part, I look upon it as a future nursery of civilization, upon the purest principles of Gospel Truth: and so long as it is conducted upon the present system, it shall always command such support and assistance as I am able to offer.

Mr. Peet, who labours at Mavelicare and the surrounding Villages, writes:

My Changanoor congregation is increasing. My Mullappalli people still stand fast; and the Church is building, with the 300 rupees granted

by the Committee. Seventy-six of my people, from all parts of the Mission, were confirmed by the Bishop; and had his Lordship gone to Mullappalli, there would have been thirty or forty more.

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Allepie between 30 and 40 miles S by E of Cochin: inhab. 30,000—1816— John Hawksworth: E. Ross, Cat.; 8 Nat. Catechists and Readers; 11 Nat. Schoolmasters-Pp. 183, 184.

In consequence of the death of the Rev. Thomas Norton, the first Presbyter of the Church of England who went out to India, where he laboured for 25 years, and then fell asleep in the Lord, and of other difficulties which have arisen in the Mission, the Rev. J. Hawksworth has been greatly over-burdened on his first entrance on his duties at Allepic. He has not been able to send a regular report, but the general account which he gives is satisfactory.

Mr.

[Report. TINNEVELLY-The Mission in this Province is now divided into Five Districts: Palamcottah, George Pettit, Stephen Hobbs, Edward Dent, John Devasagayam; Northern, Paul P. Schaffter; Satankoollam; Suviseshapooram, J. J. Müller; and Meignanapooram, John Thomas. Rev. J. Müller has rejoined the Mission. Blackman and Family, at the date of the last information which has reached us, were on the point of embarking for England Pp. 184,185, 224, 272, 502: see at pp. 269 -272, 299-305, 503-509, many details of the Mission; at p. 395, notice of the Death of a Schoolboy; at pp. 473-475, a Memoir of Asirvadam Pilley; and, at p. 522, a Notice of Deaths of pious Native Converts.

The last returns which have reached us, and which include some of the Reports for the half-year ending June 1841, supply the following particulars:

Villages, 360-Churches, 165: PrayerHouses, 63-Families, 4991-Head Native Catechists, 18; Native Catechists, 197; Native Schoolmasters, 140-Baptized, 4509; being 1454 men, 1286 women, and 1769 children Unbaptized, 13,317 - Communicants, 849-Schools, 187: boys, 4955; girls, 579.

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With deep thankfulness to Almighty God, your Committee report that Tinnevelly is presenting a very promising appearance. single district, where the Missionaries of this Society are labouring, has so much been done toward the formation of a Christian Church. If Committees, and Missionaries, and their supporters remember that it is not by might nor by wisdom, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord, they ought not to doubt about the successful

termination of their labours in Tinnevelly. After making every allowance that justice to the character of your Missionaries will possibly allow, the Committee cannot but see in these facts grounds for humbly rejoicing; and they believe that they would be falling short of their duty, if they did not call upon the Members of the Society to praise the name of the Lord for His work among the Heathen at Tinnevelly. [Report.

Mayaveram: 160 miles SSW of Madras: inhab. 10,000-1825-W.T. Humphrey : C. J. Taylor, Cat.; Devaperasaden, Nat. Cat.; 5 Nat. Schoolmasters. Mr. and Mrs. F. Rogers left Madras, on account of the ill health of Mr. Rogers, ou the 28th of February, and arrived in London on the 1st of July. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey arrived at Madras on the 5th of May-Pp. 185, 325, 392: see, at p. 269, observations on the necessity of rooting out Caste from Christians; and see, at pp. 394, 395, an Obituary Notice of a Brahmin Boy -Communicants, 15-Schools, 5: boys, 277; girls, 6.

Mr. Taylor has been appointed to this Station, by the Madras Corresponding Committee,

as a Catechist. He has entered on his labours in a cheerful spirit. In this spot, which has so long been wholly entrusted to Native Catechists, there are some Baptized Converts, and 15 Communicants; while the Schools number nearly [Report.

300 children.

Being anxious to know whether the Christians maintained family and secret prayer night and morning, I have begun an examination of them on this point. I have been much gratified at the manner in which they have acquitted themselves. When it came to the turn of an aged blind woman to repeat her prayer, she bent forward in a devotional attitude, and in very simple language, the substance of which is as follows, said: "O Lord, I am a poor beggar! teach me to pray; give me Thy Holy Spirit to enlighten me. I am unworthy of Thy mercy; but I ask, for Christ's sake, the pardon of my sins! Preserve me and my family to-night," &c. This shews that some of our poor people practise serious reflection, and the making known of their wants in the simplest form of

speech; which encourages me to hope that they who use it are sincere. [Mrs. Rogers.

Madras-1815-John Tucker, Secretary to the Corresponding Committee; John Fonceca, As. Sec.: Joseph Henry Gray: 6 Nat. Cat., 22 Schoolmasters. Rev. J. J. H. Elouis left Madras, on account of ill health, on the 23d of January, and arrived in London on the 11th of May. Mr. John Gunning Seymer arrived at Madras on the 22d of September. Rev. J. Tucker em

Church-Missionary Societybarked on the 30th of October, and reached Madras on the 9th of January 1842. Pp. 185, 186, 272, 310, 325, 520, 556, and pp. 120, 174, of our present Volume: see, at pp. 268, 269, Popery a Stumbling-block to the Heathen; see, at pp. 398, 399, Facilities for Propagating the Gospel in the Diocese of Madras, and the Importance of a Native Ministry; and see, at pp. 539, 540, the Bishop's Notice, in his Charge, of the Christian Villages - Communicants, 109-Schools, 13: boys, 57; girls, 322.

Mr. Gray, in his Annual Report of the Institution over which he presides, remarks:

I have noticed with peculiar pleasure, that as our Students grow in years, the prejudices of an early education and limited Society are diminished; their spirit of affection toward one another and toward us their instructors increased; their minds expanded; and their interests in their future work deepened. Their aptness also to communicate instruction in the way most suitable to the Hindoo Mind is such as to afford a good hope that, through the continued blessing of the Lord Jesus, and the teaching of His Holy Spirit, they shall be workmen that need not to be ashamed. There are at present seven Students in the Institution.

During the earlier part of this year our trials were neither few nor light: during the latter part, our peace has flowed, I might almost say, as a river: we have enjoyed almost uninterrupted harmony. There has been the occasional, but only the occasional, exhibition of an ungoverned, a wayward, or proud temper. We have now, though a small, I trust a happy and united family; and if God spare us to commence the labours of another year, I fondly hope it will be with a solid foundation laid for future happiness, in a knowledge of each one's infirmities, a spirit of mutual forbearance, and the love of Christ shed abroad in every heart. The Committee say on the subject of Education:

The need of enlarged measures for the education of the Natives of India is yearly becoming more apparent. Without a Native Ministry the work of Evangelization cannot be carried on, on a scale at all commensurate with the wants of inquirers. European Ministers cannot be supplied in sufficient numbers; and the numerous converts require the constant pastoral superintendence of Ministers, who know the character of the people and speak their language. But in the existing state of India, such a body of Ministers cannot reasonably be looked for, except through the medium of the education of Natives. And as God works by human

instrumentality, the Committee have resolved to adopt all practicable measures from which a Native Ministry may reasonably be expected. Hitherto, at Madras, there has been no school for Natives of the higher class, in connection with the Church Missionary Society. The Committee have therefore determined to add an Institution of this nature, which renders their educational establishments at Madras complete. They will have two Educational Establishments in Madras of their own, and another in close connection with them. The Christian Institution is designed to train Youths of promise and piety for Ordination. Bishop Corrie's Grammar School, which is in close connection with the Society, is chiefly designed to train up Country-born Boys; and the New School is for Native Youths of the higher classes. The last two are especially looked to, as the sources of supply for the Institution. The Committee have engaged the services of Mr. John Gunning Seymer, a Graduate of the University of Oxford, as Second Master of the proposed new School.

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Teloogoo Country-1841-Robert Turlington Noble, Henry W. Fox. Mr. Noble and Mr. and Mrs. Fox sailed on the 6th of March, and reached Madras on the 5th of July-Pp. 63, 173, 429.

The number of Hindoos who speak the Teloogoo Language amounts to ten millions: so that the population far exceeds the Tamul, or any other people in South India. A considerable part of the country inhabited by this people is one of the oldest of our territorial possessions, having been peaceably obtained by a grant from the Mogul in 1765; and it has remained in almost uninterrupted peace to this day. The people are acknowledged to be naturally one of the most interesting and hopeful in South India, possessing a greater manliness and independence of character, stronger natural affections, and less of deceit and dishonesty than most of their countrymen. And yet no Clergyman of the Church of England has ever been known to preach to any of these ten millions in their own tongue. The English residents have long made great efforts to commence a Mission among this people, and to remove this reproach from our own Church. The Committee have commenced this Mission under most favourable circumstances. Two Graduates, one of the University of Oxford, the other of the University of Cambridge, offered themselves for this particular service they were accepted, and have gone forth into this wide field. [Report.

Summary of the South-India Mission,

'(As given in the Forty-first Report.) Stations, 16- Missionaries: 19 European, 2 Native, and 1 Indo-British-Euro

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pean Catechists, 3-Lay Agent, 1-Native Teachers, 465-Communicants, 1214Attendants on Public Worship, 13,995

Schools, 234-Scholars: boys, 6333; girls, 1028: Total, 7361.

Calcutta-1816-George Gogerly, A. F. Lacroix, Thomas Boaz, John Campbell, James Bradbury, Rodolph de Rodt: 4 Nat. As. Rev. Dr. Roër has retired from

the Mission-Pp. 136, 187-Communicants, 115-Schools, 9: Scholars, 686.

Almost every day, two or more Places of Worship are open, and hundreds of Hindoos and Mahomedans have had an opportunity of hearing the words of eternal life. Many thousand Tracts and portions of the Word of God have been put in circulation; lengthened conversations with the people have been held; and every means in our power resorted to, in order to enlighten their understandings and convert their hearts.

In Calcutta and its immediate vicinity, we have seven chapels belonging to the Society; and the use of an eighth, belonging to the General Assembly's Mission. At Bow Bazaar, Tontoneah, and Chitpore, we have always large

and sometimes crowded audiences, who very respectfully listen, and anxiously wait the conclusion of the Service to receive our Tracts. At

Simlah, where, at the request of our Scottish Missionary Brethren, we have regularly preach

ed, there are likewise large and attentive congregations. There are symptoms not to be mistaken, that a crisis in the moral history of this people is at hand. The eager desire for every kind of correct knowledge, the marked innovations on Hindoo practice, the absence of practical persecution toward the Missionary, and the complacency with which the spread of the Gospel and the advancement of science is contemplated by the masses, together with the lack of any vivid effort to uphold Hindooismthese, and other equally prominent facts, are, to an observant mind, tokens of good.

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The Female Department of the Christian Institution, under the superintendence of Mrs. Campbell and her sister, presents a highly enand order, the industry and frugality induced couraging aspect. The habits of cleanliness among the children, and the piety evinced by some of them furnish powerful incitements to persevere. In the Native Female School, conducted by Mrs. and Miss Lacroix, some of the girls are able to read elementary books. They are all carefully instructed in the rudiments of Christianity by means of a Catechism suited to their capacities.

The Theological Class, conducted by Messrs. Lacroix and De Rodt, contains 6 regular Students; and is occasionally attended by 5 lads belonging to the Christian Institution. The

plan of instruction, carried on exclusively in Bengalee, has, during the year, included a

systematic course of reading the Sacred Scriptures. The evidences of Christianity and com

position have likewise received attention. Three the people on the subject of Religion with proof the young men are already able to address priety and efficiency.

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The Public School at Bhowanipore has nearly 400 on the list. Many of our lads have ceased to be idolaters: of some of them I have good hopes. Most are from the country, from distances as great as 500 miles; so that the Institution is known, and its influence felt far and wide. Of the nature of this influence, I may give you the following example:

One of our Brethren being recently on a Missionary Tour, passed through the district of Krishnaghur. He saw a number of Christians sitting under the shade of some trees, attentively listening to a man who was reading and explaining a chapter of the Testament. On inquiry, he found that the young man was a Hindoo, who, as he was passing, had observed these poor Christians trying to read the Scriptures, but not understanding what they read. The lad asked them to lend him the book, and he would explain it to them, as he had learned it in the Missionary School at Bhowanipore.

The lads of my first class, in particular, are seriously inquiring after truth, and their minds are in a very interesting state. These have renounced idolatry: they believe in the truth of the Gospel; and some of them, to my knowledge, are in the habit of reading the Scriptures in private and praying in the name of Jesus, and yet they have not made a public profession.

London Missionary Society This may appear strange, but it must be remembered that there is no people in the world so devoid of moral courage as Bengallees.

[Mr. Campbell. In January and February 1841, Messrs. Gogerly and Lacroix visited parts of six zillahs, and, in the towns and villages on their way, preached to the people, and distributed among them about 5000 Tracts. A large supply of medicine was also taken by the Brethren, which they expended in relieving the bodily infirmities of all who sought their aid. [Report. Chinsurah: 22 miles N of Calcutta: inhab. 30,000-George Mundy: 2 Nat. As.-P. 187.

Mr. Mundy has continued his labours, both English and Native, with little or no interruption: the Catechists are abroad morning and evening, prosecuting their useful labours: one of them is a very acceptable preacher. A small chapel has been built at the entrance of the Hooghly Bazaar.

The Native Schools continue to afford every encouragement. They are well attended, and the knowledge which the children possess of Scripture Truth is highly pleasing. The Portuguese and the Infant Schools, under the care of Mrs. Mundy, are also prospering, notwithstanding the fluctuations in the attendance: the schools are appreciated by the class of persons for whom they are intended. [Report.

Berhampore: 120 miles N of Calcutta, and 5 S of Moorshedabad; with a surrounding population of about 20,000 1824 James Paterson, T. L. Lessel: 3 Nat. As. Mr. Glen has removed to Mirzapore. Mrs. Paterson, on her way to Berhampore, arrived at Calcutta on the 18th of March-Pp. 187, 188, 312. The Congregation has defrayed the expenses of the chapel.

Two of the Native Christians, and three boys belonging to the Orphan School, have been removed by death. One was Komal, the Senior Catechist. The Missionaries remark:

By his death, our Mission has sustained a great loss; as he was a most able and diligent preacher of the Gospel among his countrymen, by whom generally he was much liked, on account of his mild manners and his patience under reproach for the name of Christ. has now, we trust, entered into the joy of his Lord.

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Benares-J. A. Shürman, James Kennedy, David G.Watt, J. H. Budden: 1 Nat. Preacher; 2 Nat. Readers; 10 Nat. Schoolmasters. Mr. and Mrs. Buyers arrived at Falmouth on the 13th of March. Mr. Watt reached Calcutta, on his way to

Benares, on the 2d of June. Mr. Budden embarked on the17th of June, and reached Calcutta on the 3d of December-Pp. 188, 224, 310, 429; and p. 174 of our present Volume-Communicants, 11-Schools, 10; Scholars, about 500.

There are two chapels in the city, and one in the suburbs, in which Native Services have been held on Week-day evenings. The Brethren have likewise frequently preached in the morning, in open verandahs rented for the purpose. During the year, the Brethren have put in circulation a great many copies of the Testa

ment.

Mr. Buyers will devote his chief attention, during his stay in this country, to preparing for the press a second edition of the Romanized Testament. A complete Translation of the Old-Testament Scriptures into Hindoostanee has long been desired; and the Committee of the Calcutta Auxiliary Bible Society have requested the Missionaries at Benares to execute this important work. [Report.

Though Benares is called the Athens of India, very few of its inhabitants can read. Most of the Brahmins who chaunt Sanscrit slokas do not know the meaning of them. The greatest number of the Mussulman Priests who read or rather chaunt the Korân do not understand it. The melodious Hindoostanee is despised by the Mussulmans, because it is not so sacred as the Arabic, and not so sonorous as the Persian; and by the Brahmins, because it is not Sanscrit and holy; and by all the educated classes, because the vulgar speak it. But the great obstacle to education arises from the variety of characters. The Mahomedans use the Persian Character; the Brahmins the Devanagari; the tradesmen the Kayathi; the bankers the Mahajani. On this account, few can read any printed character, and, among these, only a small number can read fluently, or so as to understand. Whenever a man takes a Tract and reads it properly, we may be almost sure that he has learnt to read in the Mission School. Vernacular schools, in which from 50 to 80 boys may receive daily instruction, can be established and supported at a monthly expense of seven rupees each. [Missionaries.

Mirzapore: a large commercial city, 30 miles SW of Benares: inhab. 60,0001838-Rob. C. Mather, Wm. Glen: 3 Nat. As.-Pp. 188, 189.

A tour was made to the Allahabad Melá, where, in conjunction with the American Missionaries of that Station, discourses on the great doctrines of Christianity were delivered to large congregations every day. An impression favourable to the Gospel seems to have been produced. [Report.

The English and Native Services have