REPORT AND MINUTES
OF THE
]farth-We$ India Gonfeience
OF THE
ßöeiljoäist Spiscopal (Xfyirclj.
1898 .
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iixth ||n n u al R e p o rt
AND
MINUTES OF THE SIXTH SESSION
OF
NOBTH-WEST INDIA CONFERENCE
OF T H E
l e t h o d is t
¿E p i s c o p a l C
hurch
HELD A T
AbbAHABAD, J A N U A R Y 13-18TH, 1898-
LUCKNOW :
M e th o d is t
P u b lis h in g
1898.
H ou se.
© S teers
o f
President,
Secretary,
Assistant Secretary,
Vernacular ¿.‘ecretary,
Corresponding Secretary,
Statistical Secretary,
Treasurer,
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C o n fe r e n c e .
BISHOP JAMES M. THOBURN.
D. C. M ON ROE.
L U T H E R LAW SON.
T A F A Z Z U L HAQQ.
J. E SCOTT.
M. T IN D A L E .
R, CLANCY.
J fm a n c e c o m m itte e B ishop J. M. T h o b o r n , President, Ex-officio.
J. E. Scott, Secretary,
„ H. R . Khan,
R . Clancy, Treasurer.
,, M. Tindale,
H. Mansell,
„ J. Lyon,
r . M. Buck,
„ D. C. Monroe,
C. W. DeSouza,
D. Buck,
J. 0. Lawson,
„ Tafazzal Haqq,
R. Hoskins,
„ Mahbub Kban.
C. Lake,
Alternates,
„ J. T. Robertson, C. Elomer.
8 utrítíng ©ommíttee*
M. Tindale, D. C. Monroe, Luther Lawson, J. T. Robertson, Tafazzal
Haqq. To represent the Womxn*s Conference : Miss Lawson,
Mrs. Matthews.
ISoartr of fEbucaüon.
The Presiding Eldeys, E x officiotland D. C. ^Monroe, J. S. Joseph.
ISoartr o f Examiner*.
J, E. Seott, P .M . Back, R. Hoskins, 0 . W . DeSouza, Mahbub
Kban, Charles Luke, Daniel Bock, J. T. Robertson.
Triers o f Appeals.— James Lyon, Mahbub ifhan, Matthew Tindale,
J. D. Ransom, C ; Plomer, E. T. Farnon,
Daniel Buck,
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CONFERENCE OFFICERS.
Sbtan&ing com m ittee*
Statistics.— M. Tindale, R . Hoskins, D. Buck.
Self-support.— P. M. Buck, Hasan Raza Khan, Charles Luke, Isa
Dass, Kallu Das.
State of the Church.— H. Mansell, Mahbub Khan, E. Massey
J. I). Ransom, Tafazzul Haqq.
Stewards.—M. Tindale, O. W, DeSouza, C. Luke.
Sunday ¡Schools.— Luther Lawson, CbaB, H. Plomer, Chimman Lai,
M. S. Budden, J. Little.
Temperance.— C.
W. DeSouza, Dennis Clancy, Taj
Kban,
E. T. Farnon, Bhola Nath,
Public Worship.— J. C. Lawson, Kallu Dass.
Publishing Minutes.—The Secretary.
To Preach the Annual Sermon.— Hasan Raza Khan.
Conference Belatiom.— R. Hoskins, R. Clancy, J. Lyon, D. C. Monroe
Chimman Lai, D. Buck.
S e a c o n m S&ovfc-Soavtr o f Sttpitfttsiou.
H , Mansell,
J.
Lyon,
J. 0 , Lawson,
Mrs. Matthews.
Mrs.
„
Miss
„
Clancy,
Monroe,
Rowe.
Sullivan.
Stmtrag School tOJnton*
President.— J. E.
Scofcfc.
Secretary.— R. Clancy.
CONFERENCE S O C IE T IE S .
lEptoort!) iLiagtte«
President.— Mifs Try on.
Secretary.-—Miss E. Scott, M. D.
© o n fc r e n c e
Hiterais Socfetg«
President.— Miss Marks.
Secretary.— Luther Lawson,
Lecturer.— Miss Emma Scott.
eoitfm ttr* f^tstottcal Soctetg*
President,—«H. Mansell.
Secretary.— J. E, Scott.
CONFERENCE OFFICERS.
CONFERENCE IN S T IT U T IO N S .
ZtMteets of the ©geological Seminars antr Notrnal Se&ool*
H. Mansell,Term Expires
E. Massey,
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J. C. Lawson, „
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ftvttstees o f t^e piiilan& et: S m itft E n stitu te, iE tis s o o tte »
Bishop J. M. T ybu rn ,
Rev. Dennis Osborne,
,, J. S. Woodside,
D. C. Monroe,
Capt. Thos. Lee,
H. W. Gilbert, Esq ,
Bgde. Surg. J. H. Condon,
Col. A. M. Muir,
W. Bedford, Esq.,
T. L. Ingraiu, Esq.
© rtts te e sio f t i e © ir is * f^igf) S e & o o l, © atonpove*
Bishop J. M. Thobutn,
Key. S. S. Dease,
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C. G. Conklin,
„ J. E. Scott,
Rev. W. A. Mansell,
A. Beer, Esq.,
T. T. Bond, Esq ,
J. Armstrong, M. D.
Mies Thoburn.
CONFERENCE ROLL.
M em bers .
Licensed E ntered
to
travelling
preach, connection.
NAMES.
1 Abdul Rahman W esley
2 A lbert Phillips
S Bhola Nath
4 Brij Lai
5 Buck, P hilo. M .
6 Buck, Daniel
7 Ohheda Lai
8 Chimman Lai
9 Chunni L ai
10 Clancy, Robert
11 Conklin, Charles G.
12 DeSouza, Chas. W .
13 Elias Masse j'
14 Farnon, Edward, T.
15 Fazl H aqq
16 Fazl Masih
17 Gay, Edwin W .
18 Hasan Raza Khan
19 Hoskins, R obert
20 Isa Das
21 Isaac Franklin
22 Ishari Parshad
23 Jai Ram Caleb
24 Jhabbu Singh Joseph
25 Joh n Little
26 Joseph Cornelius
27 Joshi Sumer
28 Joshua Simon
29 K allu Das
30 Lawson, James C.
31 Luke, Ohas.
32 Lyon, James
83 M ahbub Khan
34 Mangal Singh Budden
35 Mansell, Henry
36 Mohan Lai
87 M onroe^D . C.
38 Plomer, Chas. H.
39 Prabhu Lai
40 Ram Sahai
41 Ransom, John D .
42 Scott, Jefferson E.
43 Tafazzul H aqq
44 Taj Khan
45 Thakur Das
46 Tindale, M atthew
47 Tulsi Ram
43 Yaqub Cornelius
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H om e Conference.
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N orth-India.
N orth -W est India.
North India.
Do.
M on trea l, Canada.
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South India.
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North India.
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East German.
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West W iscon sin (U . S. A .)
N orth India.
Delaware (IT. S. A .)
N orth India.
N orth-W est India,
Pittsburg (U . S. A .)
North In d ia.
Central New Y o rk Confer«
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PROBATIONERS.
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3
4
5
6
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A nthony Jacob
Luther Lawson
Puran M ai David
George Gordon
James Jacob
Bartholomew
Habib-ul-Rahman Khan
Furan M ai
2nd year.
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NORTH-WEST INDIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
AGRA D ISrR IC T .
J. E. S cott, P. E. (P. 0 ., Mu t t r a .)
Agra, David C. Monroe, Elias Massey.
Bharatpur, supplied by Chunni Lai.
JBrindaban, Isa Das.
Digg, John Little.
Firozabad, Bhola Nath.
Hathras, Mahbub Khan.
Kosi, Ram Sahai.
Mahaban, supplied by Kallu Singh.
Muttra, Mangal S. Budden.
Tajganj, supplied by Banda Din.
Shikohabad, supplied by Tori Datt.
AJMERE DISTRICT.
C.
W . DeSouza, P. E. (P. 0 ., A jm ere .)
Ajmere, Jbabbu S. Joseph.
Bikaner, John D. Ransom.
J>ir, supplied by John Net Ram.
Kidhang&rh, Mohan Lai.
Kucha wan, Joshua Simon.
Merta, to be supplied.
Nagaur, Puran Mai.
Phalera, Chas. H. Plomer.
Pisangan, supplied by Joseph Stephen.
Rupangarb, supplied by R$n Bahadur.
A LIG A R H D ISTR ICT.
J. 0 . L awson , P. E. (P. 0 ., A l ig a r h .)
A lig a rh , K a llu Das.
Atrauli, Taj Khan.
Gangiri, Thakur Das.
Gurgaon, supplied by Nirmal Singh.
Iglas, supplied by Robert John.
Khair, supplied by Bhajnn Das.
Rabupura, Tafazul Haqq.
Somna, supplied by P. L. McGee.
Tappal, supplied by Ballu S. Edson.
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CONFERENCE A PP O IN T M E N TS .
A L L A H A B A D DISTRICT.
R ockw ell , C lan cy , P. E. (P. 0 ., A l l a h a b a d .)
Allahabad, English Church, Dennis C. Clancy.
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Hindustani Church, supplied by Robin S. Brave.
Banda, Yaqub Cornelius.
Chunar, John F. Deatker.
Karwi, supplied by K. H. Joseph.
Manauri, supplied by Bhika Singh.
Manikpur, supplied by Madar Bakhsh.
BULAN DSHAHR DISTRICT.
C harles Luke , P. E. (P. 0 ., Bulandshahb.)
Anupshahr, supplied by Muassi Singb.
Aurangabad, supplied by B. Wilson.
Bulandshahr, supplied by Boyce Sterling.
Dankaur, supplied by John Williams.
Gulauthi, supplied by Masih Dayal.
Khurja, Albert Phillips.
Mirzapur, supplied by Henry Angelo.
Shikarpur, supplied by Nihal Chand.
Sikandrabad, Puran Mai David.
CAW NPORE DISTRICT.
o s k in s , P . E. (P . 0 ., C a w n p o re .)
Akbarpur, Chheda Lai.
Bitbur Circuit, Brij Lai.
Cawnpore, English Church, John T. Robertson.
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Hindustani Church, Chunni Lai.
Etawab, supplied by Chas. D. MacFarland.
Kalpi, supplied by J. Hamilton.
Kanauj, Prabhu Lai.
Orai, Joseph Cornelius.
Paphund, James R . Caleb.
Supernumerary, Chas. G. Conklin.
R obert H
KASGUNJ DISTRICT.
h an , P . E. (P . 0 . , K asganj .)
Aliganj, supplied by Mohan Lai.
Etah, Wahid-Ulla-Khan.
Jalesar, Habib ul Rahman Khan.
Qaimganj, Tika Singh.
Karauli, Naim-ud-din.
Kasganj, Hasan Raza Khan.
Marera, supplied by Zuhur Khan.
Patiyali, Tulsi Ram.
H asan R aza K
CONFERENCE A PPO IN T M E N TS.
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Sakit, Ezra.
Bbagaon, supplied by Debi Din.
Sinkandra Eao, Ishri Farshad.
Soron, Benj. Gardner.
MEERUT DISTRICT.
P. M. B uck, P. E . (P. 0 ., M eerut.)
Dehli, Fazl Haqq.
Ghaziabad, supplied by Prabhu Das.
Hapur, Fazl Masih.
Meerut, English Church and Boys’ Boarding School, Luther Lawson,
Abdul Rahman Wesley.
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Hindustani Circuit, Chimman Lai.
Mosvana, supplied by George Gordon.
Mozafarnagar, Daniel Buck.
Panipafc, supplied by Ganga Dutt.
Sonipat, Isaac Franklin.
Superannuated, Edwin W- Gay.
MUSSOORIE DISTRICT.
H enry M ahsell , P. E. (P. 0 ., M u ssoorie .)
Deoband, Joshua Sumer.
Hardwar, supplied by Oharan Das.
Lahore, Matthew Tindale.
Lakhsar, to be supplied.
Manglaur, supplied by R. Rubin.
Multan, supplied by John W . McNair.
Mussoorie, English Church, supplied by W . H. Daniels.
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Hindustani Church, Anthony Jacob.
Patiala, Edwin T. Farnon.
Kazi ki pur, supplied by Lalji Mai.
Rurki, James Lyon.
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Hindustani Circuit, supplied by Vishnu Singb.
Transferred to South India Conference, A. T. Leonard.
W O M A N S CONFERENCE.
AGRA DISTRICT.
Agra, Circuit work, Mrs. Monroe.
,, Home for Medical Students, Miss Seymour.
Muttra, Deaconess Home and Training School, Miss Sullivan, Misfl
Wright.
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Brindaban Medicul and Zeaana work, Miss Scott, M. D.,
Miss Johnstone.
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District work and Superintendent of Evangelistic Teachers,
Mrs. Scott.
General Evangelist, Miss Rowe.
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CONFERENCE A PP O IN T M E N TS .
ALIG ARH DISTRICT.
Aligarh, General and Evangelistic work, Mrs. Lawson.
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Girls’ Orphanage, Mrs. Matthews.
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City and District work, Miss GalKmore.
A JM ER E DISTRICT.
Ajmere, District work, Mrs. DeSouza.
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City and B o a rd iD g School, Miss Marks, Mrs. Tryon,
Phalera "Woman’s work, Mrs. Plomer.
A L L A H A B A D DISTRICT.
Allahabad, District work, Mrs. Clancy.
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Orphanage, Miss Pink.
Chunar, General work, Mrs. Deatker.
B U L A N D S H A H R DISTRICT.
Bulandshahr, District work, Mrs. Luke.
C A W N P O R E D IS T R IC T .
Bithur, Mrs. Bond.
Cawnpore District work, Mrs. Hoskins.
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Girls’ Boarding School, Mrs. Worthington.
Girls’ High School, Mis3 Lauck, Miss Bobenhouse.
K A S G A N J D IS T R IC r.
Kasganj, District work, Mrs. H. R . Khan.
M E E R U T D IS T R IC T .
Meerut, Girls’ Boarding School and District work, Miss Lawson,
Miss Livermore.
M U S S O O R IE D I S T R IC T .
Lahore, Circuit work, Mrs. Tindale,
Multan, Circuit work, Mrs. McNair.
Mussoorie, Literary work and English School, Mrs, Mansell, M. D, ,
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Hindustani work, Mrs. Jocob.
'Rurki. Circuit work, Mrs. Lyon.
D IS C IP L IN A R Y Q U ESTIO N S.
I .— W h o h a v e b e e n
r e c e iv e d
by
tr a n s fe r , an d
from
w h a t C o n fe re n ce s ?
John T . R obertson from the N orth I-udia Conference.'
D ennis Clancy from the R ock R iver Conference.
I I .— W h o h a v e b e e n r e - a d m i t t e d ? N one.
IIT .— W h o h a v e b e e n r e c e i v e d o n c r e d e n t i a l s ,
w h a t C h u r c h e s ? None.
a n d from
I V .— W h o h a v e b e e n r e c e i v e d o n T r i a l ?
a.
I n studies o f the First Year.
G eorge Gordon, James Jacob, Bartholom ew
H abib-ul-R ahm an Khan, Paran Mul.
b. I n studies o f the Third Year. N one.
Gardner,
V .— W h o h a v e b e e n c o n t in u e d o n T r ia l ?
a.
b.
In studies o f the First Year. None.
In studies o f the Second Year.
Paran Mul David, A nth on y Jacob, J. F. Deatker.
c.
d.
I n studies o f the Third Year. None.
In studies o f the Fourth Year. None.
V I.— W h o h a v e b e e n d i s c o n t i n u e d ? None.
V I I .— W h o h a v e b e e n a d m i t t e d i n t o f u l l M e m b e r s h i p ?
a.
b.
Elected and ordained Deacons this year.
None.
Elected and ordained Deacons previously,
Isaac Franklin, JBrij Lai, Elias Massey,
Thakur Dap, Jai Ram Caleb, -Joshua Simon.
John
L ittle,
V I I I .— W h a t m e m b e r s a r e in s t u d i e s o f t h e T h i r d Y e a r ?
a. A dm itted into F ull Membership this gear.
Isaac Franklin, Elias M a s s e y , John Little, T hakur Das,
Jai Ram Caleb, Joshua Sim on, Brij Lai.
b.
A dm itted into Full Membership previously.
None.
I X .— W h a t m e m b e r s a r e i n s t u d i e s o f t h e F o u r t h Y
ear
?
Joseph Cornelius, Mangal Singh Eudden, A lbert Philip,
A bdu l Rahm an W esley.
X .— W h a t
m em bers
have
C ou rse o f S tu d y ?
c o m p le te d
th e
C
onference
D I S C IP L IN A R Y QUESTIONS.
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a- Elected and ordained Elders this year.
Bhola Nath.
b. Elected and ordained Elders 'previously.
Prabhu Lai, Tutsi Ram.
X T ,— W h a t
OTHERS
HAVE
BEEN
ELECTED
AND
ORDAINED
D eacon s?
cr,
Local Preachers.
Prem Daa, Bhajan Das, Agru Singh, Balia Singh Edson,
Kaliyan Singh.
b. Under Missionary Rule.
Luther Lawson.
X I I .— W
hat
E
others
lders
iia v e
been
elected
and
o r d a in e d
?
O, A s Local Beacons, None.
6, Under Missionary Rule.
Luther Lawson, George Gordon.
X I I I .— W a s t h e c h a r a c t e r o f e a c h P r e a c h e r e x a m in e d ?
This was strictly done as the name of each preacher was
called in open Conference.
X I V .— W
ho h a v e been tran sferred,
feren ces
and
to
w hat
C on­
?
Stephen S. Dease, to tlie North India Conference.
E. S. Busby to the Rock River Conference.
A, T. Leonard, to the South India ponference.
XV.— W h o h a v e d i e d ? None.
XV I.— W h o h a v e b e e n l o c a t e d a t t h e i r o w n r e q u e s t ?
None.
X V II.— W h o h a v e b e e n l o c a t e d ? None.
X V III. — W h o h a v e w i t h d r a w n ? None.
X IX — W h o h a v e b e e n p e r m i t t e d t o w i t h d r a w u n d e r
c h a r g e s o r c o m p la in ts ?
None.
X X “ 'W ho h a v e b e e n e x p e l l e d ?
None.
XXI.—
W
h a t o t h e r p e r s o n a l n o t a t io n s h o u l d b e m a d e
None.
?
X X II. — W h o a r e t h e S u p e r n u m e r a r y P r e a c h e r s ?
C. G. Conklin.
X X III. — W h o a r e t h e S u p e r a n n u a t e d P r e a c h e r s ?
E. W. Gay.
Z X I V .~ W h o a r e t h e T r i e r s o f A p p e a ls ?
M. Tindale, Mahbub Khan, James Lyon, Q, H, Plomer,
E. T. Faroon, Daniel Buck, J. P. Ransom,
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D IS C IP L IN A R Y QUESTIONS.
X X V .— W
h a t is t h e
S t a t is t ic a l R
e p o r t f o r t h is y e a r
?
See Statistics.
X X V I .— W
hat
op
the
benevolent
c o l l e c t io n s , a s r e p o r t e d b y
the
C onference
T
is
the
reasu rer
aggregate
?
Four thousand five hundred and bwenty-eight rupees.
X X V I I .— W
hat
are
the
c l a im s
on
the
C onference
th ese
c l a im s , a n d
F und ?
One hundred and eighty rupees.
X X V I I I .— W
hat has
b e e n r e c e iv e d on
h o w h a s it b e e n a p p l ie d
?
One hundred and eighty rupees and paid to claimants.
X X I X .— W
h e r e a r e t h e p r e a c h e r s s t a t io n e d
?
See Appointments.
X X X .— W
here sh all th e n ext
Aligarh.
C onference
b e held
?
CONFERENCE JOURNAL.
F ir s t S essio n .
A llahabad, T h u rsd av,
January 13th, 1898.
Opening E xercises. — The North-West India Conference oí
the Methodist Episcopal Church convened for its sixth annual session,
int he Methodist Episcopal Church, Allahabad, at 8 A. m , January 13th,
1898. Bishop Ttioburn called the conference to order and conducted
the opening exercises.
Roll Call.— J. C Lawson, Secretary of the last conference,
called the roll. Thirty-one members and ten probationers answered to
their names, thirteen members and one probationer being absent.
Election o f .Secretaries.— On motion of J. 0 . Lawson,
D. C. Monroe] was elected Secretary, Luther Lawson was elected
Assistant Secretary, M. Tindale, Statistical Secretary, Tafazzul Haqq,'
Vernacular Secretary.
I n t r o d u c t io n s .— After a few introductory remarks, Bishop
Thoburn introduced Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, L. L. D., and explained
how the joint chairmanship of the Conference would be conducted.
He then read the following letter from the Corresponding Secretaries
of the Missionary Society to the Indian Conferences, containing the
commission of the Rev. J. F. Goucher, D. D., to examine and report
upon the work of our Mission .*—
New York, July 21st, 1897R e v . J. F. G o u c h e r , D. D.
D ear B ro .
At the meeting of the Board of Managers, yesterday, the follow­
ing was unanimously adopted :—
,
Resolved.—That this Board has learned with pleasure that it has been arranged
that one o f its members, the R ev. J. F. Goucher, D. I )., will accompany Bishop
Foss in his official visit to India and M alaysia during the coming autumn and
w in te r; that the Board affectijnately commends D r. Goucher to the fraternal
attentions of Bishop Thoburn and our missionaries in that empire ; and that we
request him (1) to particularly familiarize himself, by personal inquiry, with all
facts and questions of finance connected with our work in that field, to the end
that the administration of this department of the India work, w hether by' the
Board and office at home, or by the representatives of the Board in India, m aybe
.guided to the highest possible point of equity and efficiency ; and (2) to further
study o u r educational work in India, in which he has already taken such a wise
and generous interest,.and its relation to the ultimate Christianization of the land.
Sincerely yours,
S te p h e n L . B a ld w in ,
Recording Secretary.
M IN U TES OB C O N FE RE N C E.
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Speech. — Dr. Goucher then made a few remarks upon his
impressions of the work since coming to India.
H ours o f Session.— R. Clancy moved that the hours of con­
ference be from 11a. ji. until 3 p. m., and it was so ordered.
Conference Bar. — The Bar of the conference was fixed at the
aisle back of the sixth bench.
Conference Treasurer. — R. Clancy was elected Conference
Treasurer.
N om inating Com m ittee.— The Bishop appointed the Pre­
siding Elders a nominating Committee to present names for election
to the Standing Committee.
Thirteenth Question.— The thirteenth question was taken up.
The name of J. E. Scott, Presiding Elder of the Agra District and of
Charles Luke, Presiding Elder of the Bulandshahr District, were called,
their characters passed, and they reported their districts and collections.
A djou rn m en t — Notices were given, the doxology sung, the
benediction pronounced, and the Conference adjourned to meet at
1 1 A. M.
Second S ession.
A llahabad, T hursday,
January 13th, 1S98.
Opening E xercises. — Conference was called to O lder by
Bishop C. D. Foss, a t 11 a . m.5 J. C. Lawson conducted the devotional
exercises.
J o u r n a l.—The minutes of the preceding session in English
and Hindustani were read and approved.
Transfer. — The transfer of J. T. Robertson, an effective elder
of the North India Conference, was announced.
Introduction.-^-Rev. Julius Smith of the Bengal-Burma Con­
ference, J. T. Robertson and G. W. Walker, Esq., of Chunar were
introduced.
‘ Thirteenth Q uestion. —The thirteenth question was again taken
up. The names of C. W. DcSouza, Presiding Elder of the Ajmere
District; Hasan Raza Khan, Presiding Elder of the Kasganj District;
Rockwell Clancy, Presiding Elder of the Allahabad District 3 J. C.
Lawson, Presiding Elder of the Meerut D istrict; H. Mansell, Presiding
Elder of the Mussoorie District; were taken up, their characters
passed, and they reported their districts and collections.
Nominating Committee Report — The Nominating Com­
mittee made the following nominations for the Standing Committees :—
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Sunday s c h o o ls — Luther Lawson, M. S. Budden, Kallu Dass.
State o f the Church.— M. Tindale, D. Buck, M. Khan.
Tem perance. — James Lyon, C. Plomer, Chiuiman Lall.
S61f-Support.— Tafazal Haqq, E. Massey, J. D. Ransom.
Conference R elations — It. Hoskins, D. C. Monroe, H. R.
Khan.
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P ublic W orsh ip.— Rockwell Clancy, J. E. Scott, J. C.
Lawson, Isa Dass.
Thirteenth Question.— The thirteenth question was again
taken up. The following brethren were called, their characters passed,
and they reported their missionary collections.
Agra District.— D . C. Monroe, Kalla Dass, Isa Dass, Mahbub
Khan.
Jjmere District — J. S. Joseph, Mohan Lall, E. H. Plomer,
J. D. Ransom.
Kasganj District.— Ishri Parsbad, Taj Khan, Talsi Dass.
Meerut District.— Fazl Haqq, Fazl Masih, Chimman Lall, Daniel
Bock, E. W. G»y, Tafazal Haqq.
Mussoorie District.— Joshua Sumer, M. Tindale, E. T. Farnon,
James Lyon.
Allahabad District.— Yaqub Cornelias.
R a m S a h a e .— On motion of the Presiding Elder of Agra Dis­
trict the name of Ram Sahae was referred to the Committee on Con­
ference relations.
R eport o f Conference Treasurer. —The Conference Trea­
surer made bis report. (See reports.)
Propositions for constitutional c h a n g e .— The propositions
of the Rock River Conference, concerning equal ministerial and Lay
Representation and of the East Maine Conference, concerning changing
the ratio of representation in the General Conference, from forty-five to
sixty, were laid before the Conference and were referred ta the following
committee :— J. Lynn. Charles Luke J. C. Lawson and R. Clancy,
Bareilly T heological S c h o o l.— H. Mansell, whose term of
office had expired, was re-elected a trustee to tbe Bareilly Theologioal
Seminary.
Thirtieth Q u e stio n —The thirtieth question was then taken
up and Aligarh was chosen as the place for holding our next Annual
Conference.
Philander Smith Institute Trustees.— H. Mansell present­
ed the following nominations for Trustees of the Philander Smith
Institute, and they were elected
Philander Smith Institute, Board o f Trustees.
Rev. BiBhop J. M. Thoburn D. D.,
...
... Bombay.
Rev. Dennis Osborne,
...
...
... Poona.
Rev. J . S. Woodside,
...
...
... Landour.
Capt. Thomas Lee,
...
...
... Mussoorie.
T .L . Ingram, Esq.,
...
...
...E n g la n d .
H. W. Gilbert, Esq ,
...
...
... Sitapur.
Bde. Surg. J. H. Condon, M. D.,
...
... Mussoorie.
Rev. D. C. Monroe, M.A ., ...
...
... Agra.
Col. A. M. Muir, 1. S.C.,
...
...
... D«hra Dun.
W. Bedford, Esq.
...
...
... Landour.
Recess.—The conference then adjourned for a recess of thirty
minutes.
MlNtfT-ES OB V O B F & R B N C b .
H
T h ir d S ession .
A lla h a b a d , T h d b s d a y ,
January 13i^, 1898.
Opening Exercises,— The conference oame »to order, -at the
call of Bishop Foss, after one and a half hours recess, Devotional
exercises were conducted by R . Hoskins.
J o u rn a l — The minuteB of th e preced in g sessions ■were read
and a p p io v e d .
Tenth‘Question.— The tenth question was taken up. W ’fcat
members have completed the conference course of study ? The
names-of Prabhu Lai, Tutei Ram, and Bhola !Naiih were called, their
characters passed and the committee on examinations having re*
ported Lhem -passed in the studies of the fourth year, they were ad­
vanced to-the class of effective elders. Bhola Nath Tvas Elected *to
elder’s orders. The name of Joseph Cornelius was called, bis Charac­
ter passed, and he was continued in the studies of the fourth year.
Ninth Question,— The ninth question was then taken up.
Who are in the studies of the fourth year ? The names of Mangal J3.
Budden, Albert Philip and A. R. Wesley were called, their characters
passed, rand having passed their examinations they were advanced
to the class of the fourth year.
Fifth Question.— The fifth question -was "then taken up.
~Wbo have been continued on trial? The name of'Puran Mai David
was called, his character passed, the Examination committee rejiorted
that he was advanced to the second year.
Seventh Question.—The seventh question was taken up.
The probationers of the second year were called forward and addressed
by Bishop Thoburn* on .the duties, responsibilities aud privileges
of conference members.
Twenty Second Question.— The twenty-second question
was called. W,ho are the supernumerary preachers? The names of
R. Hoskiws and P.. M. Buck were called, their characters passed, and
on motion of H. Mansell they were restored to tbe effective relation.
Transfer.—The transfer of E. S. fhisby, supemrmnerary to
the Rook River Conference was announced.
Adjournment.— The notices were then given, the doiolojry
sung, benediction pronounced and conference adjourned at 4-1'5 T. M
A l l a h a b a d , P e id a y , January 14th, 1S&&
Opening Exercises.— The conference was called t o order by
Bishop J. M. i ’hoburn at 11 a .
by Mahbub Khan.
m .,
devotional exercises were conducted
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.
Minutes.— Tbe Vernacular minutes of the second session also
the English and Vernacular minutes of the third session were read,
and after correction, approved.
Constitutional Amendments.— The committee on Consti
tutional .Amendments reported in favor of the Rock River Confer­
ence Amendment and against the East Maine Amendment. The
vote of the conference beiug taken, thirty-four were in favor of the
Rock River Conference Amendment, and seven against, and thirtytwo in favor of the East Maine Amendment, and four against.
Seventh Question.— The seventh question was again taken
up. W ho have been admitted into full membership ? The following
names were called, their characters passed, the committee reported on
their studies, and they were elected to full membership. Isaac
Franklin, G. Massey, John Little, Thakur Das, Jai Ram Caleb»
Joshua Simon, Brij Lai.
The name of J. F.Deatker was called, his character passed, and
he was continued as a probationer of the second year.
Fifth Question.— The fifth question was taken up. W ho have
been continued on trial. The name of Anthony Jacob was called, his
character passed, the Committee on examinations reported favor­
ably, and he was advanced to the probationers of the second year.
Thirteenth Question.— The thirteenth question was again
taken up. The names o f Chunni Lai, J. T. Robertson and Cheda
Lai were called, their characters passed, and they reported their
collections
The name of C. G. Conklin was called, his character
passed, and he was given a supernumerary relation.
The Committee on Ram S ihae reported as follows :—
In the case of Ram Sahae, we recommend that his character be
passed ; and that the Bishop so appoint him, that be may be placed
in the charge of one of our experienced missionaries.
R . H oskins ,
D. C. M onboe ,
H . R. K han .
Trustees, Cawnpore Girls’ High School.—The Secretary
read a communication from the Principal of the Girls* High Scbpol,
Cawnpore, nominating the following as trustees, who were duly
elected:—
Bombay.
Bishop J. M. Thoburn,
Bareilly.
Rev. S. S. Dease,
Cawnpore.
„ C. G. Conklin,
Muttra.
„ J. E Scott,
Lucknow.
„ W. A . Mansell,
Cawnpore.
A . Beer, Esq.,
T. T. Bond, Esq.,
E. Foy, Esq.,
J. Armstrong, M. D.,
Lucknow.
Miss Thoburn,
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Letter from Dennis Osborne.—a fraternal letter from
Dennis Osborne of Poona, a former member of this conference was
read, and the Secretary was instructed to write a suitable reply.
Resolution.— Mabbub Khan presented the following resolu­
tion which was referred to the cabinet:—
Is liye ki imsal kharch bahut hi kam hal aur Isai aur mutlashi bahut hain'
Bishop aur Presiding Elder sahibon se yih arz hai ki kam na barhaya jawe, ki
imsal koi naya distrekt na baniyi jawe aur ki kisi distrikt k i koi earkit ek Tahsil
se ehhota na;ho aur ki koi larkit kisi ke aupurd na kiya jawe jis ne Ordination na
pay*.
M ahbub K h an ,
C himman L al ,
C. L ukb ,
T aj K h an ,
R . C lanct ,
E.
T. Fabnon ,
J . S. J oseph ,
I sa D as,
I . P krshad ,
A . P h illips .
Adjournment.— Notices were then given, the doxology suDg,
the benediction pronounced and the conference adjourned;
y H IR D
pAY.
A l l a h a b a d , S atu rday , July 15th, 1898.
Opening Exercises. — The conference was called to order
by Bishop Foss at 11 a . m , devotional exercises were conduct­
ed t y Dr. J. F. Goucher.
Introductions.— Bishop I. W . Joyce, one of the General Super­
intendents, was introduced to the conference.
Central Conference elections.- i t was then voted that the
conference proceed to elect six delegates to the Central Conference, that
they be elected by a majority vote, and that if more than the required
number receives a majority, those receiving the highest number shall
be the delegates and that three alternates be elected in the same
way.
Tellers.—A . R. Wesley, J. Lyon, C. DeSouza and Daniel
Buck, were appointed tellers.
Eleventh Question.— The eleventh question was called*
Who have been elected and ordained deacons ? A s local preachers»
the names of Prem Dass, Agru Singh, Ballu S. Edson, Kalliyan
Singh, Bhajan Dass were called, their characters passed, the examina­
tion committee reported them passed in their studies, and they were
elected to deacons orders. The name of Luther Lawson was called,
his character passed, the examination committee reported h im .
passed in his studies, and he was elected to deacon's orders under the
Jdisfionary Rule,
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T w dfth Question — The twialftih question wee then
Datien ii£. What others have been elected and ordained elders ? The
names 6! Luther Liwson and George Gordon were called, their charac­
t e r passed,- the examining committee reported them- as passed in
their studies, and they were elected to elder’s orders under the Mis­
sionary Rule.
Fourth Question*— The fourth question was taken up, Who
HtoWe been received on trial in the studies of the first year ? The
names of Georgia Gordon ana James Jacob were called, and having
been1 favorafelyf reported by the committee on examinations, they were
elected to the class of probationers of the first year.
Election of Delegates — The tellers then reported that the
total number of votes cast for delegates to the Central Conference
was 39, necessary to'electioa 20. H. Mansell received 36, J. E. Scott,
# 4 ; R. H'oskinte, 24-:; 0. Luke, 2 3 ;' and B r Buck,, 2-1-, and were
declared elected.
Speech by Bishop Joyce - -Bishop Joyce addressed the Con­
ference speaking of his travels in Eastern Asia and of his pleasure in
coming to India and seeing the work.
Introductions-—The following brethren were introduced, F.
H. Morgan of the Malaysia Mission Conference, D. H. Lee, of the
Bengal-Burma Conference and Ganga Nath of the North India Con­
ference.« .I>t> was moved that the brethren be invited to*a seat
within the bar o f the conference and to participate in the discussions.
• ’ E lection*.— The tellers then reported tb&t the total number of
votes CBBt lor delegates wais forty-three, of which twenty-two were
necessary to a choice. Mahbub Khan received twenty-'six and was
declared elected.
Alternates.— On motion, the vote to elect by billot' was
reconsidered and it was decided that the members having re­
ceived! the highest number of votes next after the elected1 cfefegates
be considered the alternates. The following were accordingly declared1
elected
R. Clancy (2 0 ), C. W . DeSouza (20),Hia-san Raza Khan ( 1 2 )
Fourth Question.—^The fourth question was afgain taken
Who have befen* received on trial t In the Btudies of the first year; the1
names of Bartholomew Gardner, Habib-ul-Rahman Khan, and Puran
Mai1 ^¿recalled, and the committee having reported favorably on their
examinations, they were elected probationers of fche firet year.
Committees Repofrta.—'The following, Standing Committees
gave their reports an<d they were accepted : Sunday Schools, State
of the Girarch, Temperance. (See reports.)
The Committee on self-support reported but action- was deferred
until Monday* Notices were given, the doxology sung, the benedic­
tion pronounced by Bishop Joyce and the conference adjourned at
MtN&TES OF Q.ONFEIIENG&.
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j? o u fcth JD’A Y.
A
llahabad,
Monday, January 17th-, 1898.
E x e r c i s e s — The conference was called to order by
Bishop J. M. Thoburn at 11-30 a. m. Devotional exercises were
conducted by Daniel Buck.
Minutes.— The minutes of the preceding conference session
were read in English and Hindustani, and after correction, approve!.
Twenty-third Question.— The twenty-third question was
called.
W ho are the superannuated preachers 1 The name of E. W.
(lay -was presented by bis presiding elder and he was given a
superannuated relation.
Committee, Deaconess W o r k . — The committee on the
supervision of deaconesa work reported, and' the report was adopted.
(See reports )
Recess. — It was then moved that a recess be taken, fox half an
hour to enable the committees to- prepare their reports* The Con*
fbrense sgain came to order at 12-30 p. m.
Report on Self-support.— The committee on Self-snpponb gave its.report which, after amendment,, was adopted. (See reports.)
Dr. J. E. Scott made the following motion which after dis­
cussion was a d op te d —
O p e n in g ,
Whereas, .in this conference we are greatly dependent upon monies raised
from our people therefore:
Rtsolvtd.- (1) That we aurthorize the Presiding Elders to dievise some plan
whereby each circuit ahalL have apportioned to a certain amount to be raised from
the people, said amount to be distributed per rata to the salaries of the workers on
the circuit which amounts shall be supplemented by grants-in-aid from mission
funds.
Resolved.'— (2) That we refer this whole matter of Self-support to the Central
Conference, asking that they may arrange and adopt some uniform plan looking to
greater success in this work.
North India Bible Society-*—The Key. T . S. Wynkoop,
Secretary of the North India Bible and Tract Society, was in­
troduced and made a speech concerning the Society and the col­
porteurs within the bounds of the conference.
Adjournment.—Notices were then given, the doxology sung,
the benediction pronounced by the Kev. T. S. Wynkoop, and the con­
ference stood adjourned to 10-30 a. m. to-morrow.
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j^ I F T H
-----p A Y .
A llahabad,
18tb January, 1898.
Opening E xercises—The Conference came to order at 10-4&
a . m.,
Bishop Foss in the chair.
exercises,
J , Lyon conducted the devotional
MINUTES O F CONFERENCE.
C. G. Conklin.— The Secretary was instructed to write a letter
to C. G. Conklin, conveying the fraternal greetings o f the Conference;
Certificate of Ordination.-—The Bishop presented the fol­
lowing certificates of Ordination : —
This certifies that I have this day ordained Lather Lawson,
Oeorge Gordon, Pretn Das, Agru Singh, Ballu Singh Edson, Bhajan
Das, Kaliyan Singh and Ganga Nath to the office of Deacons in the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
A llahabad :
I
J. M. T hobobh,
January 16th, 1898. J
This certifies that on Sunday, January 16th, 1898, in the Metho~
dist Episcopal Church, in the city of Allahabad, India, associated by
Elders, I ordained Lather Lawson, George Gordon, and Bhola Nath,
Elders in the Church of God.
A llah abad :
7
I saac W . J oyob .
- January 17th, 1898. )
Standing Committees.—It was moved that the Presiding
Elders appoint the standing committees and furnish a list to the
Secretary for publication.
Corresponding Secretary.—J. E. Scott was elected Cor­
responding Secretary for the coming year.
Memorial to the Central Conference — It was moved and
carried that the Central Conference be memorized to consider the
question of the restrictions on obtaining land and building in the Native
States. C. W . DeSouza was appointed a committee to prepare such a
memorial.
Financial Committee.— The election of the Finance Com­
mittee was then taken up. The Bishop presented the nominations and
the following were duly elected :—
M. Tindale
...
... (33)
J. Lyon
...
... (29)
D. C. Monroe
...
... (23)
D, Buck
...
.. (25)
Tafazzul Haqq
...
... (25)
Mahbub Khan
...
... (21)
ALTERNATES.
J. T. Robertson
...
C. Plomer
...
... (17)
... (14)
Auditing C o m m itte e .— The following were elected members
of the Auditing Committee— M. Tindale, D. C. Monroe, Luther
Lawson, J. T. Robertson, Tafazzul Haqq, Miss Lawson, Miss Matthews.
Board o f S te w a r d s .— M. Tindale, O. W . DeSouza, C. Luke,
were elected Conference Stewards.,
Twenty-sixth Question.— Question twenty-sixth was then
taken tip. What is the aggregate of benevoleat collections as re­
ported by the Conference Treasurer ? Rs. 4,528.
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Report o f Statistical Secretary.—The report of the statis­
tical secretary was then given and after correction sdopted. (See
reports.)
Triers Of Appeals-— The following triers of appeals were
elected :— Matthew Tindale, Mahbub Khan, J. D. Ransom, C. Plomor,
Jame3 Lyon, E. T. Farnon and Daniel Buck.
Price of M inutes — The price of minutes was fixed at three
annas, and the members stated the numbers required.
Fifteenth Question-—The
have died n ?
fifteenth question was called.
And the answer was given, none.
W ho
Twe ty-seventh Question.— The twenty-seventh question
was called. What are the claims on the Conference Fund ? Rs. 180
was reported.
Twenty-eighth Question.— Twenty-eighth question was called
and the Treasurer reported that the claims had been paid in full.
Conference Stewards’ Reports-— The Conference Stewards
then presented their report and it was adopted and placed on file.
The Board of Education.— The Board of Education present­
ed its report which was adopted. (See reports.)
The following members of the Conference Board of Education
were elected:— The Pre&iding Elders D. C. Monroe, and J. S. Joseph.
Board Of Examiners.— The following persons were appointed
as the Board of Examiners: —J. E. Scott, P. M. Buck, B . Hoskins,
C. W. DeSouza, Mahbub Khan, Charles Luke, Daniel Buck,
j . T. Robertson.
Deaconess Board — The following were elected as a Board of
Supervision of Deaconess work:— H. Mansell, J Lyoo, J. 0 . Lawson,
Mrs. Thoburn, Mrs. Matthew, Mrs. Clancy, Mrs, Monroe, Miss Rowe,
Miss Sullivan.
The following resolutions were then presented and unanimously
carried :—
Whereas.—Bishop Joyce and Mrs. Joyce have shown their deep interest in
our India Missions by coming to visit us
Resolved.—That we as a Conference put on reeord and express to them our
deep appreciation of their presence with us. W e have received great spiritual
help from Bishop Joyce’s Evangelistic services, and should he ever be appointed
to preside over our Conference conjointly with Bishop Thoburn, we should give
him a most cordial weleome.
R ockwell C lanot,
Whereas.—Our beloved Bishop Thoburn has most graciously assured the heavy
responsibility of raising a large sum of money to supplement the appropriation
of the Missionary Society and thus to enable us to maintain our current work on
the basis of 1897 and whereas:—
In our opinion the health of Bishop Thoburn requires a change out of India
for a few months,
Resolved—That we unanimously request him to visit England at his earliest
convenience to secure the interest and help of the Churches there for our work
and also to recruit his health.
R . C lakct.
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Whereas-—T h e ‘Rev. John IF. ;Goudher, D . B ., Bceaident df the 'Women’s
College, Baltimore, U . S. A ,, and for m any years a member of the Missionary
Committee o f our Church, lias been deputed by the Board of Managers of the
Missionary Society, to accompany Bishop Foss and inspect the financial) educa­
tional and other interests df the Society in Southern A sia, and,
Whereas—In pursuance o f this object Dr. Goucher has visited all the Con­
ferences and travelled extensively throughout the Empire, looking carefully'and
thoroughly into every department o f our work, and by his large experience, sound
judgment, and great prudence, greatly helping our Missionaries in their plans
for the advancement of the C hu rch; and,
Whereas—Dr. Goucher has attended throughout the.sessions of this Con­
ference and has been present at and participated in the discussions and delibera­
tions o f our Finance and other Committees, and has by his Sermons, Addresae*
and Counsels helped and encouraged us and all our people; .therefore.
Resolved— T hatw e as a Conference express our tharfks to-the B oard Tor haring
w n tiD r. Goucher, and our heart-felt gratitude to him for the great help 'he has
renderd us by his advice and counsels, for the love and sympathy he has shown
in all his official duties, and for the personal interest he has taken in our wide­
spread and varied work. W e desire to assure him th at we are ever m indful of
the many years he has given t o planning for the advancement of our beloved
Indian Church, and for the large personal benefactions he ¿a s .bestowed upon our
educational work resulting in untold good, and for the kind fraternal spirit he has
ever shown in correspondence with our missionaries ; and we trust tthat the
inform ation he ¡has gained ¡concerning the ¡details'of our wonk and the .grgat needs
o f our rapidly growing Church may enable him to arouse the home Church to
devise more liberal things and to inaugurate a forward movement. Jn conclusion
we shall ever pray that Dr. Goucher may be spared long to continue the noble
work in which he has for so many years been so earnestly engaged and that the
choicest blessings of Heaven may ever abide upon¿iai,am d his.
H
en ry
M
a n sell
J. E. Scott,
< 3. L u k e ,
J. ¡C. iLAAVBON.
Whereas —In fulfillment o f the provision of th e la s t General (Conference and
toy •the-appointment df the Board o f Bishops, one o f their member, JJishop Cyrus
D . Foss, D . D.., L. L . D ., has been deputed to make an official visit to an d
inspect the work of our Church in Southern Asia, and to administer conjointly
with Bishop Thoburn, the Conferences ; and,
Wihtneas—l n .pursuance o f ibis .plan, Bishop Foss Jias travelled .throughout
the length and breadth of the empire, visiting thoroughly and ably inspecting
every department of the work, and has presided conjointly witti Bishop Thobura
over ^several‘districts, and over all the Annual Conferences !io .the delight and
profit of all; and
'Whereas—'Bishop Foss, a s a part o f these m anifold duties, has attended and
presided over several o f the sessions of this Conference its Finance Com­
m ittee and other meetings, and preachedito and addressed those wiho ¡have attend­
ed 'various «services held in connection .with the Conference« and by ¡his wise
counsel and advice greatly helped us in our many and gra.ve difficulties
Resolved—(1.) That we do now and hereby express our great pleasure and
satisfaction at thawmg among us and visiting our varied and extensive work, this
able, wise and sympathetic chief pastor and official representative of our Church.
^2.) That too express to ¡him our sincere personal .affections and esteem and
lender toJtiim Iheartfelt thanks for .the kindly and brotherly manner with .which
■Jie hftB.discharged the dutiesiassigned-him, and assure him that he will be .ever
follow ed by our prayers. (3.) That we respectfully request,hiimto ¡.convey ¿ o
¡the Mother Church, the love and fidelity of her Indian Daughter, who assisted
and guided by the matyrnall gifts and counsel, ever earnestly seeks to “ spread
scriptuial holiness over .these lands.”
BENRfr .MANfiWJU,
.J- ;E. Scopr,
C. L ckb,
J. C. L awsok,
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Whereas.— W e the member and visitors attending the present session of the
Annual Conference have been most hospitably sustained and cared for during our
stay in this beautiful city, therefore :
Resolved— That we do own and hereby express our heartfelt gratitude to
Brother and Sister Clancy and their fellow workers for all their kindneasand hospi­
tality, and we shall ever pray for their success and prosperity.
J . E . S cott,
M an sell .
H.
Ham tam&m North India Conference ke shuraka, Ur. Coucherjeahib ke tahe dl
84 ahukrguzar hain ki ap ne apni t?shrif-awari se ham sab ko sarfaraz kiya aur
apni umda pur tasir nasihaton se asada kiya. Haqq to yun hai ki Dr. sahib apne
M unji ki muhabbat menlabrez hain aur yun ruhani barkaton se mamur hokar aur
bahuton ke barkat pahunchane ka sabab ho rahe hain. A b Khuda ae yih du£hai
ki wuh sahib ki zindagiaur ziyada kare taki bahuton ko faida pahunche.
D . Book,
J . COBKBLIUS,
C h ih u a n L a *.
Ham tamam hazarin i jalsa apneun buzurgan sahiban ke jinhon'ne apni tashrif
awari se is jalse koraunaq o zinat atafarmai, tahe dil se shukrguzar hain ki sahi­
ban Kanfarans ko umdagi o aahuliyat se anjam ko paunchaya, aur apni nasihat
dene se jalse ko khush aur taza kiya.
Khuda sab ki yane ‘Bishop Joyce sahib aur Bishop Foss sahib aur Bishop
Thoburn sahib aur Dr. Goucher sahib aur niz M em sahiban ki zindagi bhar tak
madad.kartarahe, aur apnà jalal zahir karwta rahe, ta ki is Hindustan men sahiban
mausuf fke zariye se hazaron balki lakhon ruhen apni khwab gaflat se bedar ho
kar Khudawand Yibu M asihke tufail we hayat i abadi kohasil kar lewen aur gunahon se khalasi pa wen aur Khuda i Qadir sahiban mazhura ko safar ke har khatron
aur bimarioD se bacha kar nianzil a maqaud’ko Bath.aram ke paunch jawren. Am in.
yAQUB COKKELIDfl,
J h a b o o S i n g h J o s ir a ,
C h cn n i La i,
6 . D. R
ustam .
Tbe following Conférence Soceity Offioers were elected:—
Epworth League.— Miss Tryon, President ; Miss E. Scott, M. D.,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Literary Society.— Miss Marks, President ; Luther Lawson, Secretary;
Mrs. Emma Scott, Lecturer,
Conference Historical Society.— H. Mansell, President ; J. E. Scott,
Secretary.
Sunday-School Union.— J. E. Soott, President ; R . Clancy, Secretary.
Annual Sermon.—Hasan Raza Kban was appointed to preach
the Conference Sermon next year.
The Secretary reid tbe minutes and they were passed and it wng
ordered that after the appointments were read, we stand adjourned
sine die. The appointments were then read and th e Conference
adjourned.
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PRO GRAM M E 0 1 SERVICES,
P R O G R A M M E OF C O N F E R E N C E A N N IV E R ­
S A R IE S A N D R E L IG IO U S S E R V IC E S .
Morning Prayer Meetings. Daily at 8 a . m. Conducted by Bishop
Thoburn and various brethren.
Evening Prayer Meeting, Conducted by tbe Bishops.
Thursday Evening, p. m. Reception to Bishops Foss and Thoburn
*nd Dr. Goucher.
' Friday, Evening, p. m. Literary Society, address on “ The Mis­
sionary Society and its Funds” by Dr. Goucher.
Saturday Evening, p. M. Epworth League, address on tbe League,
by Dr. Goucher.
Sunday, 8 a . m . Sermon, Bishop Foss, Ordination of Deacons ;
10 A. M. Sunday-School address by Mrs. Joyce.
3 P. m . Communion, Love Feast and Ordination of Elders.
6-30 p. M Sermon, Bishop Joyce.
Monday, 6-30 p. w. Self-support and Evangelistic Service,
Bishop Joyce.
REPORT OF COMMITTEESYour Committee are exceedingly thankful to the Father o f M ercies for the
special causes for congratulation and praise which meet
I
their in the collected statistics of 1SK7, as connected
State o f the Church
with the advance of the Church in this Conference. An
increase of 723 baptisms in the face of overwhelming
famine and financial difficulties, marks an epoch in our work since it pioves that
G od’s power and 3 race are all abounding and the workers responsive thereto, in
spite o f such m iterial difficulties. The increase of Membership by 1,740, and of
Probationers by 602, prove the same facts. The great aim and object of the Church
through its leaders should be the teaching and uplifting of the 34,762 full mem­
bers and probationers and the getting them into small self-supporting local
charges. This end cannot be accomplished without special unremitting efforts in
preaching but more specially in prayer and class meetings. The testimony meeting
is specially adopted to secure these results so that very shortly we may indulge
the hope that in ercry M ohulla there will be a number of fully saved men
and women who will not only be ready to contribute of their means, small as they
may be, to the support of the cause but who will be united in local church fellow ­
ship, so that the L ord’s Supper may be administered regularly in erery charge and
sub-charge o f the conference. Y ou r committee would emphasize the necessity for
regular earnest and whole-hearted endeavour in this direction. The fervour and
devotion of the Native Pastorate will be the measure of successful organizing and
building up of new disciples. There are possibilities in this direction which
your committee views with unfeigned thankfulness and joy. A ltogether the
progress and advance of the past year makes us thankful to God for His mercies
and render u* hopeful for the furture.
M . T indalk ,
1). B uck ,
M ahbub K
h an .
Y ou r Committee beg to report as follows :—
I . The subject o f temperance is old and yet ever new and it requires incessant
II
vigilance in order that we may save our Church in
Committee on Temperance. India form the curse o f intemperance.
I I . W e strongly urge that this question be kept'before the church, the workers
and the entire Christian community.
I I I . We would also recommend that we continue as heretofore to assist in every
possible way all temperance organizations in their efforts to abolish the Drink Traffic
and would further recommend likewise that due assistance be given to those
•ontending against the Opium Traffic.
J. L ton ,
C. P lomer ,
Ch im m a n L a l l .
Y o u r Committee are gratified to report an increase in the number o f schools
also o f officers. W e are sorry to note a decrease in the
HI
attendance especially since this is from the Christian
Sunday Schools.
scholars. This ought not so to be. The increase in the
number of non-Christian scholars is very pleasing.
We believe the children are the hope of the Church and urge upon the Christian
workers the duty of looking carefully after their spiritual instruction and we
believe one o f the best places for this training to be in the Sunday school. W e
would urge the extension of the work in every possible way and would recom­
mend the employment of competent unpaid workers. But this extension must
not be made by neglecting work already begun, only by caring for our own, ean
we show to others our right to extend our borders.
L ethkr L awson,
M. S. B udden ,
K ullu D a s s .
IV. Report of the Committee of the Board of Supervision of Deaconess work.
The’ characters of M iss R ow e, Mr*. Matthews, Miss Sullivan, Miss Wright
were passed.
28
R E P O R T S OF COMMITTEES.
On motion it was decided that M iss Johnstone be continued on probation
she not having reached the age of admission. The character of Miss Tryon was
passed and it was decided on m otion that she be continued on probation. M rs,
W orthington was recommended for consecration at this Conference.
Miss E lla Pink was received on probation.
H . M a n s e l l , Fretident.
C. E. C lanct , Secretary,
W e are thankful that God.has greatly helped us in the matter of spreading
the Gospel. During the past year Self-support has
IV.
greatly iucreased although the land has been suffering by
Self-Support Report» famine. Our new Christians follow in the foot-stepB of
the older ones and give freely for this purpose. T h «
«hurch has given as detailed below
From Europeans.
...
From Native«.
A gra
. Bs. 2,278
Bs. 521
291
A jm ere
... „
90
209
Allahabad
... ,, 2,700
912
Bulandshahr
Cawnpore
... ,, 3,749
1,017
923
Kashganj
... „
1,037
M eerut
... ,, 3,600
413
Mussoorie
... „ 6,649
Total
...
13,036
T otal ... 5,328
Total from both sources, R s. 18,389.
W e have begun well but it is essential that uniform system be established for
all our work, so that every Christian will understand that he is expected to do
, his full share in spreading the Gospel. A complete list of all our Christians
should be kept in each charge and every person should be encouraged to give as
God has prospered him for the support of the Gospel. The Finance Committee
should estimate the amount that each community can give and this amount should
be placed against each worker so that the worker’s salary may be in the form of a
grant-in-aid. I f the worker fails to collect such an amount his allowance from
the Mission should be proportionately decreased.
The worker who fails to develope the financial interests of his eharge leaves
his Christians untrained in a m ost vital matter.
T afazzal H aqq ,
E . M assey ,
J . D . R ansom .
V .-R E P O R T O F T H E C O N F E R E N C E T R E A S U R E R
O F T H E N .-W . IN D IA C O N F E R E N C E .
R s.
C onference Claimants F un d—
4,804
Balance in hand, January 1st, 1897 ...
5
Collections
Book Concern D ividend
927
284
Interest from N .-W . In d ia Conference 1896..
,,
„ M ethodist Publishing House,
96
Calcutta, to 31st D ecem ber, 1896...
A.
P.
12
10
8
3
0
6
Rs.
0
0
•9,117
Preachership Endowm ent Fund—
Balance from 1896
...
...
.. 1,036
Donation Zabardast K han ...
160
50
Interest from N.-W . India Conference, 1896 ..
11
7
0
12
1,247
A llahabad :
January 13th, 1898.
ROCKW ELL CLANCY,
Conference Treasurer,
ttEPOHTS OF COMMITTEES.
20
■ The Board o f Education reports that there are now w ithin the bounds of
thi6 Conference four Orphanages caring for 300 boys and
350 girls ; two High Schools with an enrollment o f 200,
eight Boarding schools, three for boys and five for girls
with an enrollment of 534 ; 401 middle grade and primary
schools enrolling 7,496 scholars.
2. Our orphanages organized this year at A ligarh and Allahabad are now
earing for and educating more than tiOO orphan waifs many of whom are learning
industrial work as well as knowledge from books.
3. W e report that 6,200 out of the 7,600 scholars in our schools ate in the
primary department and this number is a little less than last year, accounted for,
doutbless, by the extreme poverty of the people preventing their regular attend­
ance. We urge that greater attention be given to these primary schools on the
part of the presiding elders, for our higher grade schools and boarding schools will
fail without efficient primary schools.
4. We are glad to report that while there are not many schools known as
Qoucher schools m this conference yen it is well known that many of our best
workers were at least partially educated in these most valuable schools.
5. W e are also glad to report that Rs. 38,449 have been collected from all
sources for educational purposes during the year. W e are pleased to mention a
donation of $3,000 from the estate of Mrs. Adaline M. Sm ith,_of Oak Park, I I I ,
TJ. S. A . toward the erection o f a H all to be known as “ Standish H all” in connec­
tion with the Philander Smith Institute, Mussoorie. For this gift we are very
grateful.
6. Y ou r committee has adopted the following rules and regulations for
Boarding sch o o ls:—
IV.
Board
of Education,
Buies relating to Boarding Houses, Scholarships, Fees, etc.
We recommend t h a t :—
1.
The Finance Committee be asked to fix: for each of our Boarding House a
definite number of scholarships instead of granting as hitherto a lump sum. These
scholarships to be as fo llo w s:—
R s. a . r.
(а) Low er Primary Classes ...
...
...
... 2 S 0
(б)
M iddle School section ...
...
...
... 3 0 0
(e) H igh School
...
...
...
... 3 8 0
These scholarships shall be in the hands of the persons in charge o f the B oard­
ing House. He shall arrange for food and clothes for the holders in his school,
subject to the direction and approval of Reference Committee, hereafter provided
for. But receiving a scholarship shall not exclude a parent from paying fees, and
providing clothes, as far as he is able.
8. T he Board o f Education appoint a sub-committee of five, known as the
Reference Committee, who shall have supervision o f scholarships and fees of
Boarding schools, and such other matters as shall be referred to them from time
to tim e by Board o f Education. This Committee or some member of it designat­
ed for that purpose shall visit, and if deemed expedient, examine every Boarding
■ehool in the Conference once a year.
3. N o scholarship shall be given except on satisfactory examination, and if
the applicant has been in attendance at any other Boarding House, he shall
pretent a transfer certificate. Those boys passing the best examination in the
studies o f the V I for the present year, but Standard to be raised next year to
lower primary class. Vernacular course, shall be eligible to competition for
scholarships. Below this grade no boy can be received into a Boarding H ouse on
scholarships.
4. Examination of candidates for scholarships shall be held under the direc­
tion of or by the Inspector of the district within the two months previous to the
opening o f the school year. Those boys passing highest shall be entitled to any
vacant scholarships or to any falling vacant durjing that year.
5. Failure to pass the Annual Examinations shall cause the forfeiture of the
scholarship. But if because o f sickness or unavoidable absence, a boy holding a
scholarship shall be unable:to pass his examination, the Manager of the Boarding
Hous on the recommendation of the Head Master and two of the teachers may
30
R E P O R T S OF COM M ITTEES.
grant him a second trial the follow ing year. But in case of a M iddle or Entrance
candidate, who shall have passed the test examination satisfactorily, and then
fail in the Government Examination, he may be given a second chance, but he
shall not have a third.
6. 'No Presiding Elder, or Preacher-in-charge should em ploy in his work any
boy, who by reason of lack o f application loses his scholarship, except he be
specially recom m ended for work by the Reference Committee, and then on the
lowest possible salary.
7. W e urge that no scholarship holder who. has by reason of idleness fo r ­
feited his scholarship shall be recommended for, or be received into the T heolo­
gical Seminary, except he be specially recommended by the Reference Committee.
Only those, however, who have passed some Government examination should
receive recommendation.
8. T he following resolution adopted b y the N . I. Conference concerning a
Central Board of Education and General Secretary was adopted by the Board and
referred to the Central Conference
Resolution on the organization of the Educational work o f the entire mission
ordered, presented to Central Conference for favourable consideration, by the
North-West India, Conference.
Mesolved.—T hat we hereby call the attention of the Central Conference to the
■nptprtance of arranging some system by which our educational work in India
be more fully unified and made 'efficient. ' W e recom m end:
(1). That a General Secretary of Education be appointed for all India, who
Bhall give special attention to our educational interests, so far as practical,
throughout all India, but shall specially look after the Vernacular schools in those
parts of the field where our w ork is spreading most rapidly.
(2). That each Annual Conference shall appoint in such way as that Con­
ference may direct, a Board of Education for the Conference, composed of not less
than five nor more than eight members. This Board of Education shall elect from
their number a Secretary, whose duty it shall be to secure reports of the condition
o f £¿1 the institutions within the bounds of the Conference, and lay that report
annually before the Board of Education. This Board shall have full charge of the
educational work of the Conference, directing concerning examintions of th e,
schools, and of teachers, and giving general directions to all t’he work of ed ucation'
within the bounds of the Conference.
The Secretary o f the Board of E ducation
for all India, and the secretaries of the several boards of education of the con­
ferences shall together form a Board of Education for all India. It shall be the
duty of this board to secure information concerning all our schools, and to, as far
as possible, secure uniformity of method in schools of the same grade in different
parts of India, and to secure greater efficiency in all schools in all parts of our
•work. This Bonrd, shall, through the General Secretary, report the condition of
our educational work to the Central Conference at each o f its sessions.
(3). Fees shall be paid b y the parents of all scholarship holders according to
the following scale :—
W here the parents receives a salary of between Rs. 7 & 8 and clothing.
„
,,
i,
,,
Rs. 8 & 10 as. 0-4 ,,
„
,.
„
„
„
,,
„
„
„
„
„
„
„
R s. 10 & 12
R s. 12
R s. 15
R s. 18
Rs. 20
R s .2 5
& 15
& 18
& 20
& 25
...
as
as
Re.
Rs
Rs
Rs
0 -8
,,
0-12 „
1-0
„
1-8
„
2-0 ,,
2-8
„
F or salary above 30, fee R s. 3, or whatever the actual expenses of board, e t c ,
m a y b e . Where there is more than one boarder supported by the same person,
the charge for each one after the first shall be two-third of what it would be, if he
were the only one from that family. N o other reduction shall be made except on
the recommendation of the Presiding Elder to and on the concurrence of the R e :
ference Committee, and these shall be made only so far as in the judgm ent of the
R eference Committee, the financial condition of the Institution -will admit, and the
necessities o f the case may require. But in no case shall the M anager, or Princi­
pal make any reduction on his own responsibility.
All persons who have used a scholarship shall on leaving the school sign
a stamped paper, promising to refund to the school a certain sum of the 'money
received b y them ,-according to the follow ing scale ;—
31
R E P O R T S OF COM M ITTEES.
Those who have passed the B.’ A., and F . A . should refund according to the
college rules. The Entrance should refund Rs. 60, those passing middle only Rs,
3 5 , those stopping with the 4tb elass Rs. 20. But should their parents have ¿paid
fees, these sums may be reduced in proportion to Jthe amount of fees paid.
Scholarship holder shall refund to. the school from which they have passed. In
case they have given their note in some lower grade sehool, tnis note on ¿their
passing the higher examination shall be cancelled.
The Children’s Day collection for the year past amounts to Rs. 351. Rupees
250 of which aro under the rules norr available.
J . E . S cott,
Secretary.
Results of the N .-W . India Conference Examinations , 1898.
N ambs.
Luther Lawson
Y bae .
...
I.
J. F. Deatker
R . Clancy
D . C. Monroe
Habib-ul-Rahman
Khan
G. Gordon
J. Jacob
B. Gardner
Puian Mai
Anthony Jacob
P. M . David
Jai Ram Caleb
Thakur Dass
J. Little
E . Massey
J. Franklin
...
Brij Lall
Joshua Simon
M . S. Budden
A - Phillip
A . R- Wesley
Bhola Nath
Tulsi Ram
...
PraVbhu Lall
...
J o s e p h Cornelius ...
B. S. Edson
Agru Singh
Kaliyan Singh
Bhajan Dass
Prem Dass
A iia h a e a d
:
I.
IV .
IV .
Admission.
J»
99
99
V
itxitM ty 12th, 1893.-. /
E xaminku.
Stcdibs.
J. E. Scott |
•••
•••
Rbsdlt.
Translation \
Passed.
Grammar J
Not prepared.
R. Hoskins ... All studies
Passed.
99
99
99
)!
ff
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I.
I I.
II.
II.
II.
I I.
II.
II.
III.
III.
III.
IV .
IV.
IV .
IV.
L. D.
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99
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. ...
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Not prepared.
Passed.
94
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B. SCOTT,
Chairman, Board o f Examiners.
CO U RSES O F STU D Y.
A .— FOR AMERICAN MISSIONARIES.
E N G L IS H
I T ear.
I I T ear.
I l l Tear.
I V Tear.
S T U D IE S .
1.
Introduction to the H oly Scriptures: Old Testament, pp. 1,447.—
2.
2.
4.
Harman.
Exegesis : Selection from the Gospels.
System atic Theology. Vol. I, M iley.
Plain A ccou n t o f Christian Perfection. W a lty.
T o be r e a d : W esley’s Sermons, V o l. 11.
1.
Introduction to the H oly Scriptures: New Testament, 448,770.<
Harman.
2.
S.
E xeg esis: Selections from the Pauline Epistles.
A tonem ent in Christ. Miley.
4.
The Sacram ents: Baptism and the L ord ’s Supper.
T o be r e a d : Steven’s H istory of Methodism.
1.
2.
3.
E xegesis: Selections from the Pentateuch.
Studies in T h eolog y : T he Supernatural Book.
B iblical Hermeneutics. Terry.
1.
E xegesis: Selections from Isaiah.
2.
Systematic Theology.
Vol. 11.
Wation.
Fotitr.
Milty.
VERN ACU LAR S T U D IE S .
I
This course shall consist o f three standards o f tw o seetionsjeach, vit,f
Lower, M iddle, and Proficiency standards in both the U rdu and H indi
languages.
II.
T he U rdu and H in di o f the Lower standard shall be compulsc r y ;
and one section, either the Urdu or the Hindi o f the M iddle and Proficiency
standards, respectively.
I I I . T he candidate will be expected to pass the first section o f the L ow er
S t a n d a r d examination within, or at the close of, his first year’s residence, and
he may be allowed to complete both sections in that tim e : but must pass in both
within two years from the time of joininer his Conference in India.
IV, A ll Conference examinations shall take place under the direction of a
Board o f six or more examiners appointed by the Bishop, which Board shall, as
far as possible, remain unchanged from year to year.
v . T he Annual Conference examinations shall begin on the morning of
tha day preceding the date fixed for the opening o f the conference, a m ajority of
tha Board being present.
V I.
T he following course of study, in accordance with B u ie 1, ia
proposed,
COURSE
01< S T U D Y ,
33
LOWER STANDARD.
( To be completed in two years.)
A.—Urdu.
1.
2.
8.
4.
t.
Gt tnmar:
Platts’ omitting chapters on
A rabic and Persian, Con­
struction and Derivations
%nd S y n t a x ..............................300
Efliding- (Rom an, Lithograph
and Type).
Matthew and M ark’s Gos­
pels. Haqaiq-ul-Maujudat 100
Translation
......................... 150
(1). U rdu English
10 lines from Urdu Sec.
Bk. C. E. S.........................
50
(2). _ English U rdu:
10 lines from English Sec.
Bk. C. E. S.
H alf written in Persian and
half written in Roman ...
60
(3). Definition
...............
40
Pronunciation............................. 1 0 0
......................... 100
Conversation
Bead : Bishop Thoburn’s In ­
dia and Malaysia.
B —Hindi.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Grammar: (K ellog’s ) .............
Beading. (IS’ a g r i):
Matthew and M ark’s Gospels,
Dh arm T ula..........................
Translation
.........................
(1) Hindi and English
10 lines from H indi
Sec. Bk. C. E. S...................
(2). English and H in d i:
10 line? from English Sec.
Bk. C E. S.
H alf written in Nagri and
half written in Roman
...
(3). D efin ition ..........................
Pronunciation .........................
Conversation
B ead : Hunter’s Brief H is­
tory of the Indian people.
100
100
150
50
60
40
100
100
MIDDLE STANDARD.
IS—H indi
A -U rd u .
1.
2.
8.
4.
5.
Gram mar:
Platts’ the whole, Forbe’s
Persian
.......................... 100
Kempson’s Syntax and Idioms
of Hindustani.
Beading. (Litho and T ype)
Mark and John’s Go*pels.
Din i Haqq ki Tahqiq,
Bagh o Bahar
.............. 100
Translation
......................... ISO
(1). Urdu English:
10 lines from Urdu Third
Bk. C .E . S.
(2). English U rdu:
10 lines from English
Third Bk. C. E. S.
H alf written in Persian and
half in Roman
..............
60
(3). Definition
;.............
40
P ro n u n cia tio n ......................... 100
Conversation
...
100
B ead : M uir’s Life o f Moham­
med.
I.
2.
3.
4.
6.
Grammar: (R e v ie w ).............. 10
Ballantyn’s Elementary
Sanskrit.
B ea d in g ;
Mark and John’s Gospels ... 100
Shakuntala (Ed. by R aja
Lachhman Singh.
Translation
......................... 150
(1). Hindi E n g lish :
10 lines from Hindi
Third Bk. C. E. S.
... 50
(2). English in d i:
10 lines from English
Third l!k. O E. S.
Half written in Nagri
and half in Roman
... 60
(3). Definition
..............
40
P ro n u n cia tio n ................ 100
Conversation
......................... 100
Bead: W ilkin’s Hindu M y ­
thology.
34
COURSE
OF S T U D t.
PROFICIENCY S T A N D A R D .
A -U r d u .
B.—H indi.
Grammar:
Palm ers Arabic
..............
Beading:
M izan-ul-Haqq
Gulistan
Forbes’ A rabic Reader
/...
Translation
(1). U rdu English :
20 lines from English
Fourth Bk. C . E. S.
(2). English Urdu
20 lines from English
Fourth Bk. C. E. S.
H alf written in Parsian N
and half in Roman
Short Sermon in Persian
character
(3). Definition
..............
Pronunciation ......................
Conversation .......................
Bead : Sell’s Faith of Islam.
1.
Gramm ar:
H indi (Review) Monier
W illiam ’s Sanskrit ..............
100
2.
100
150
3.
50
60
40
100
100
4.
5.
100
Beading:
Sat M at Niropan, Prem
Sagar, Hitopadesha, First
B o o k ......................................
Translation
..........................
(1). H indi E nglish:
*20 lines from H indi
t
Fourth B k C. E . S.
(2). H indi E n g lish :
20 lines from English Fourth
Bk. O; E . S.
H alf written in Nagri and
half in Roman
..............
Short Sermon in Nagri
character
(3). Definition
P r o n u n c ia tio n ..........................
Conversation
B e a d : Monier W illiam ’s
Religious L ife Thought
in India
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V II.
The candidate in order to pass must obtain at least one-half the aggre­
gate marks in each subject.
V III.
The Board of Examiners through the Convener shall, at the close of
the examination, inform the candidate and the Secretary of the Conference of the
result.
B .-F O R
H I N D U S T A N I M IN IS T E R S .
S A LA N A K A N F A R A N S K r ^H W A N D A G T .
D&khila ke liye—1. Um m edwdr U rdü y i H in di Qawäid, J u g rifiy a aur H isib
achchhi tarah se jäne.
2.
Qadim T a w irik h ke Ikhtisar, R om an-U rdü, or Landmark of A ncient
H istory.
3 .. Hunter’s Brief H istory of the Indi iu People in English, Lithograph-U rdü,
or H in di.
4. Jugrifiya P ik Kitäb, y i Scripture Geography.
5. Discipline.
PAH LA SAL.
1. Filäsafi dar b ib T adbir i N ajat, or W alker’s Philosophy of the Plan of
Salvation, or Mat Pariksha.
2. Tfhutüt b i-n im J.iw in an i H ind, or Mitchell’s Letters to Indian Y outh,
or Sat M at Nirüpan men j o H in üd Jci b ib a t h a i.
3. Hurst’s Short H istory of the Early Church, in English or in LithographUrdu, or Caleb’s Intikhab i Tawarilch i K alisiyi.
4. Wayland’s M oral Si'ienoo in English or in L ithograph-U rdü or B aibal
B&r-haqq.
5. Tahr rf Waz.
Mutalaa ke liye—1. Stobart’s Islam or T aw irikh M oham di or Awigawan
gich&r. 2. D in Islim aur us ki tardid in R om an-U rdü or Lithograph-Urdü
COURSE OF S TU D Y.
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DUSRA SA'L
1. B inney’s Compend, or Malihzan Ilm-i-Ilalif.
2- W hat think ye of Christ, (Vaughan's) or Masili lbn UllJ.li or Dhartn
Pnstuk se ddhe bhdg men Khrisht kd S imachdr.
3. F ield’s Hand-book o f Tiieology, one half, or Tariq ul Haydt or
Dharmd Dharm Pariksha Patr.
4. Introduction to Thomas’ Commentry on Genesis, in Roman-UrdiS.
5. Tahriri waz.
Mutalaa ke liye— 1. Clark’ s six Lectures on the Aryd Samdj in English or
U rdii or Hindi. 2. Form en’s" A r y l S am ij or Mift.dh-ui-Tauret, or Pdp Sodhan
Siddhant.
TI'SRA SAL
1.
Bushnell’s Character o f Jesus. Isa lu Sirat. 2. Thom as’ Tashrihnl-Taslis in Roman-Urdii.
3.
Fishers’
Manual
of
Christain
E v i­
dences, in English, or Tswi Sublit, Roman-Urdri. 4. Fields’ Hand-book oi
Theology, completed, Sat Mat Niriipan men din Iswi ki bdbat. 5. T ahriri
Wg,z.
Mutalaa ke liye—1. M urdoch’s Popular Hinduism or Lakshmi Shankar’#
Primer of Biology in U rdii or Hindi.
C H A U T H E SA L K E IM T IH A N KE SU W AL1T.
1. Riihdni zindagi kyd hai ? U s ki "asliyat baydn karo.
2. Kyunkar. malum hotd hai, ki ham men Ruhdni zindagi hai ?
3. Wdjz ko kis t irah lngtliim hota hai ki I£hudd ne mujh ko waz ke kdm ke
wdste talab kiyd hai ?
Fasl
1.
Dindari aur auqdtguzari ke b&yan men.
4,
Khadim ud din ke khdss kdm baydn karo, aur
yih batao ki is khidmat ke wdste kaun kaun se
wasf chahiyen 'i
5. W e kaun se tariqe hain, jin se yih ausdf barhte jdte hain ?
6. Batao ki logon ke gharon par ahwal-pursi ke liye jdnd kaisd zurur
hai, aur yih kaho ki tumhdri is kdm men kis qadar tavvajjuh liai?
7. Y ih batldo ki kis tar all partite likhte ho ?
8. Jab se turn Kanfarans ki imtihan-bardari men ho, tab se turn ne jitni
kitdben har sdl dekhi hain un sab ke ndm batldo ?
9. Kutub i Muqaddasa ke pnyhne men tumhard kitnd waqt sarf hotd hai?
aur kis tariqe se payhte ho ?
F a s l 2.
Baibal ka imtihan. 1 Kis iatibdr se turn Baiba 1 ko Kaldm i Ildhi jdnte ho,
aur kin daldil se turn yih rde rakhte ho !
2. Kis dalil se M ajm ua i Ahd iA tiq ko, jo ham men murawwij hai, mu^ta
bar jdnte ho ? Khuldsa baydn karo.
3. Kis dalil se we sab Kitdben jo is M ajm ua i Ahd i Jadid men ddfehil
hain muatabar o sahih jdnte ho? Mukhtaaar baydu karo.
1. Kis tarah Mohammadion ke is dawe ko ki Kutub i Muqaddasa mansulfh
ho gai hain, galat sdbit karte ho ?
5. ?h u rd j i Misr se Yashiia k i maut tak, IsidelioQ k i tdrikh kd Ifhuldsa
batdo ?
6.
Das firqon ki bagdwat ke mutaalliq jo khdss wdqidt haiUi u n h e Q baydn
karo ?
7. Y ahu dion k i sdldna Tden aur niz yih kikis bdt ke wdste muqarrar hdi
thin, aur kis tarah par add ki ja ti thin, batdo ?
8. Khdss khdss nabion ke ndm aur jis zamdne men nnhon ne nubiiwateo
kin, wuh zamdne aur niz yih, ki we nubuwnten kis bdre men thin, baydn karo ?
9. Khuddwand M asih k i bdtog. se kuchh aisi misdlen do, jin se zdhir hotd
hfti, ki wuh Purdne Ahd ke nawishton ko muatabar samajhfd thd.
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10.
Kaun sí pesh-khabarián M asíh so mutaalliq haig, khusúsan us k í ámad
aur sírat aur kám aur maut se?
11. M asih k i zindagi ke hálát Ids kis waqt ke malúm hain, aur inuddat ahd
risálat kis qadr thi?
12. U s k i risálat ke kháss wáqiát aur jahán jahán k i we guzre bain
batlio?
13. I£háss kháss báten mundarja i Aam ál i Rasúl batláo?
14. Muaij iza kyá. hai nur muajizon. se kyúnkar malúm hotá liai ki Kutub i
M uqaddasa min jánib A lláh hain ?
F asl 3
1. Çhudà ká wajúd Baibal se kis tarah sábit hotá hai ?
Baibai k í talímát ke
2. Baibal se Taslís ká kyá subút hai, yane ki ek
bayán men.
Khudá men tin aqnúm hain ?
8.
Khudá kí sifát batláo aur har sifat ká subút Pák N awishton se do ?
4. ÇhudA ke mujassam hone ká masala jo K utub i M uqaddasa men páyá
játá hai, use bayán karo, aur yitabatá), ki us talím ko naját ke bandobast £e kyá
jláqa hai ?
5. M asíh k í U lúhiyat Kutub i Muqaddasa se sábit karo ?
*
6. Bail bal ki kaun kaun sí áyat U lúhiyat,i M asíh ke m ukhálif Musalmán
pesh karte hain, aur tum un ke kyá mane lete ho ?
7. R ú h i Q u d s k í aqnúmiyat ká, aur U lúhiyat ká aur us ke kám ká P ák
nawishton se subút do?
8. Adam ke gunáh ká nati ja us k í aulád ke haqq men kyá húá ?
9. Masíh ke kafáre aur gunáhoii kí in u áfí. men kyá iláqa hai ?
10. Masíh ke j í uthne ká subút do?
11. M asíh k í shafáat k í asliyat aur Ifáida, jaisí Kutub i M uqaddasj m eo
talím hai, bayán karo ?
12. R úh ul Quds k í gawáhí k í nisbat kyá talím o d a líl hai?
13. M asíhí kam álijat ká masala jo Wesley sáhib ne sikhláyá hai use
aaukhtasran bayán karo aur Baibal se us ká subút do?
14. N al Paidáish aur kámil pákízagí ke darmiyán jo farq hai, use sam jhi
do?
Ft Iß. Is dawe ke báre men ki “ Jo koí az s a r i ñau paidá h o ti hai is taur se
n a h io giregá, ki ákhir i kár halák ho jáe,” hamárí K alísiyá kí kyá ráe
aur sábit karo, ki yih ráe Kalám i lláh i ke ba-m újib hai ?
16. Batáo ki Baptisma kaisí rasm hai, aur kis garaz se hai, aur kyún farz
hai ? har bát ká subút do.
17. Sábit karo, ki bachchon ko baptism i dená munásib hai ?
18. Baibal nen Ashá e R abbání k í nisbat kaun kaun se muháware áehaig,
aur wuh kis garaz se hain aur M asíhíon par us ká mánná kyún farz hai ?
19. H indúon ke masala i tanásukh, yame k áy áp ala t ko kyúnkar galat sábit
karte ho ?
20. .J is m k e j í uthne ke báb men, Kutub i M uqaddasa men kyá tglím hai
faiawála do ?
F a s l 4.
Kalísiyá ke intizám 1. Kalísiyá ke tarah tarah ke intizámát bayán karo.
o ta rtíb k e bayán men 2. M ethodist Episkopal Kalísiyá men General Kánfarans aur Annual Kánfarans aur Kwarfcarlí Kánfarans ke mutaalliq kyá kyá kám hain ?
3.
Kalísiyá ke uhdedáron men “ Bishop” “ Prízáiding Eldar,” aur “ Eldar,”
aur “ Píkan” aur “ Khádim -ud-dín” aur “ Lokal W á iz ” aur “ Mukhtárkár” aur
‘ ‘ Amánatdár” aur kilás ke Hádí jo hain, un men har e k k á kitná ikhtiyár hai, aur
k yá kám mutaalliq hai, aur kis ke sámhne jawáb-dihí hai ?
F asl 5.
Táríkh i KalÍ8Íyá.--l. Y ah ú díon ke kháss firqe M asíh be waqt men kitna
the, un ká bayán karo.
2. A w áil zamánoQ men jo azíyaten. M asihíog ne u^háí hain,un k i kucljh
bayáq karo,
.
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COURSE OF STU DY.
3. U n wasdil kd baydn karo, jin ke sabab se ibtidd m eg Masihi mazhab
babut phaild, (Mather sdhib k i TawäriJ^h i K alisiy d tisrä b ib daffca 1, 2, 3, S
ko dekho.)
4. Gnostikon ki kyd talim th i aur us se qadim Kaliaiya par kyd khardb
asar parä r (M ather sahib lei Tawdrikh i Kaliaiya tisra bdb dafa 85)
5. Luther sähib se ain qabl din i T’swi ka kya hdl hai ?
6. B ari Isldh i M azhabi jo Luther sdhib ke waqt men hüi, us kd hdl batao, kis sabab se wuh isldh hüi th i, aur kaun kaun log’ us men sharik i hdl the ?
7. Britdniya i Uzmd men Methoids^ Kalisiyd ke muqarrar houe ka sabab
batdo aur Wesley sdliib k i tdrikh men khdss log kaun the 'i
8. M ethodist Episkopal Kalisiya kis sabab se aur kis waqt men aur auwal
kahdn bani? (Discipline kd bdb i auwal dekho.)
9. Hinüd ke mukhtalif firqe aur yih ki we kahdn se nikle aur un kd bdni
*ur un ke khdss aqide batdo ?
10.
Muhammadion ke din k i ibtidd aur Muhammad sih ib kd kuchh baydn
karo aur mukhtalif firqon ka aur un ke had ion ka kuchh zikr karo ?
11.
Sikhon ke mazhab k i ibtidd kahän se hai aur use Hinüd o Isldm ke
mazhab se kya ildqa hai ?
12.
Brahmo mazhab kd agdz o taraqqi aur hdlat mnujuda aur khdss aqidon
kd baydn karo ?
TO BE READ.
1.
Tddlch i Y iisufi, Josephus. (M. P. House, L uckno
Mutalaa karne ke 2 . Brahmo Mazhab. (M. P. House, Lucknow.)
live
"
3. Augustine ke Iqrdrdt, Augustine’s Confession. (N. I
T . S .i
4.
5.
6.
Hal ul Ashkdl. (M . P. House, Lucknow .)
Jdmi ul Fardiz. (Lahore, Tract Depöt.)
M i ft ah ul Hinüd. (M . P . House, Lucknow)
SESSIONS OF THE NORTH-WEST INDIA CONFERENCE,
N o.
P lace.
T im e .
PRESIDENT.
S eobetaby.
1
Agra.
Jan.
18-23,
1893
2
Gawnpore.
Jan.
12-1G,
1894
do.
J. C. Lawson.
3
M uttra.
Jan.
10-15,
1895
do.
D o.
4
Meerut.
Jan.
22-27,
189G
do.
Do.
5
Cawnpore.
Jan.
15-20,
1897
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Do.
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Allahabad.
Jan.
13-18,
1898
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j C. D. Foss
1 J. M . Thoburn
C. W . DeSouza.
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B . S. Edson
Edward
T ej Singh
Bhajan Dass
K aliyan Singh
E . H . Payne
U dhe Singh
J . H . M urray
J . D’Souza
E . S. S cott
D. Elias
W . Newton
Buddhe Singh
P . L. M agee
H . C. Harris
J. Goldstou,e
Muttra
M ahaban
Itmadpur
M uttra
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Chaman W ilson
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Kalian Beg
A . Forbes
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A l l a h a b a d D i s t r ic t
Manauri
Bhikha Singh
R . S. Brave
M adar Baksh
K. H. Joseph
Bihari L all
R . A . W aleski
B. R . Richards
Kanchan Dass
M . C. Newton
Simon Jacob
G. W. W alker
E . M . deMonte
J. F. Deatker
A lla h a b a d
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Karwi
Sliiwrajpur
Allahabad
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B ulan dsh ah h
D is t b ic t .
Puran M ai L av id ... Sikandrabad
Gurgawat.
Nirmal Singh
Anupshahr
Muasai Singh
Jahangirabad
Rahu Robin
Gulauthi
Masih Dayal
Dankaur
John Williams
Benjam in W ilson ... Aurangabad
Shikarpur
Nihal Chand
Bulandshahr
J. R. Soule
Boyce Sterling
H . Angelo
Alfred Phillip
Kalian Masih
Kan Singh
Iniyat Masih
Masih Gharan
Dharam Singh
Mirzapur
Bilaspur
Khurja
...
Pahasu
Chhitan
Dibahi
Mirzapur
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C a w n p d b D i s t r ic t .
N .T . Childs
A . Beer
K aliyan R ai
Chand Masih
M . C. Dhai
B. S. Testor
Malibub Masih
J. DeCosta
K huni Lai
Har Baksh
Baldeo Pershad
Fazl Masih
Cawnpur
Jalaur
A w riya
Cawnpur
Koonch
Cawnpur
Kanauj
Koonch
Bethur
Kanauj
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Cawnpur
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Chande Charles
Kathu Barnes
J. C. Koe
Bahadur Dutt
M ate Ishof
Lachman Pershad ...
M ohan Lall
Daya Singh
R am Singh
Khan j an Lai
J . Hamilton
Zabardast Khah
R obin David
Charles Macfarland,
S tation .
Cawnpur
Sheorajpur
Shekohabad
Auaysa
Krtipi
Cawnpur
M oth
A uraiya
Balh&ur
Kalpi
Cawnpur
Kamalganj
Etawah
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NAME.
Passed 1st E x ­
amination.
Passed 2nd E x ­
amination.
Passed 3rd E x.
amination.
Passed 4th Examination.
Date of D eacon’s
orders.
Date of E lder’s
order&.
1
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K a s q a n j D i s t r ic t .
Habeb-ul-Rahxnan
Khan
Bartholomew Gardner
Naim-ud-din
W ahid-ull*h Khan ...
Tika Singh
Azra
Khuahalli Ranyaii ..
Ghasi Ram
Lachhman Singh ..
T ika Ram
M ohan Lall
Jh and uM al
BaldeoMasih
Behari Lall
D e v i Din
P op Singh
Indriyas
Bulaqi Ram
L. D. Wishard
Kallu Mai
Lukkhan Lall
David Gardner
Zahur Khan
Edward Gardner ...
Etah
Soran
Kasgunj
Etah
Qaim Gunj
Sakit
Jalleshwar
Karouli
Marahwa
Qaim Gunj
Aligunj
Kasgunj
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L . Lawson
Khub Chand
Chhedda Das
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Prein Ma»ih
Parbhu Dass
M eerut
ncvler a
N ajafgarh
1887 1888
Shahpur
1892 1893
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L877 1878
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Gaziyabad
L878 1879
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1889 1890
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M eerut (C onl .)
G. Gordon
Nanahe Mai
Govind Parshad
Thom as Lovelette ...
M asih Dayal
Bihari Lai
J. 1). Newton
R obert Gardner
M . G. Samuel
Munna Lall
Silas
Prem Dass
H . M . D aris
M . M athew
S. Gardner
Alexander
Ganesh Pershad
MaBih Charan
Jermy
Tulsi
Ratan Singh
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R U L E S OF ORDER.
I.—All the business of the Conference, excepting such as may be
brought forward by the President, shall be introduced by motion.
I I .— All questions o f order shall be determined by the President,
whose decision shall, in alt cases prevail, unless over-ruled by an
appeal to the Conference ; and three members dissenting from the
President's judgment, shall have a right to appeal.
I l l — The President shall appoint ¡til committees not otherwise
epeci lly ordered bj the Go ftvence.
IV -— Ail motions or resolutions introducted by any member of
the Conference shah be reduced to writing, if the Secretary or any
member request it.
V .— No new motion or resolution shall be entertained till the
one tinder consideration shall be disposed of, which may be by adop­
tion or rejection, unless one of the following motions should inter*
vene. Namely, indefinite postponement, postponement till a given
time, to lie on the table or to amend j and these motions shall have
precedence in the order in which they are placed.
V I.— Every member eHall have a right to speak on any motion
but shall not speak more than fifteen minutes at any one time, nor
more than once on any one subject, until all have spoken who desire
to do so ; unless by special permission of the Conference.
V II.— Every member, when he speaks, shall rise from hie seat,
and respectfully address the chair ; and shall not, on any occasion,
use personal reflections or intemperate language.
V III.— When a member intends to make complaint against
another, having a bearing upon his moral character, be shall apprize
such brother of his intention before he brings it into Conference. "
IX .— No member shall absent himself from the services of the
Conference, unless he be sick or unable to attend.
X.— It shall be in order for any member of the Conference,
w h e n he thinks a question has been sufficiently discussed, to move
tbat the question be taken without further debate ; and if the mo­
tion be sustained by two-thirds of the members present and voting,
the main question shall be put without further discussion.
AGRA DISTRICT.
R ev.
J. E . SCOTT, P r e s id in g E l d e r .
MUTTRA.
R r v . J. E. S cott ,
M rs . J. E. S c ott ,
M. S. Buddest,
Miss P. R o w e ,
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Missionary.
Assistant Missionary.
Native Minister.
General Evangelist.
M edical Missionary.
W .F. M. S. Deaconess
Home and Training
School.
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Four members of Conference, nine local preachers, forty exhorfcers and sixteen Bible-readers.
Agra District has had, in many re&peots. a prosperous year. The
three centres of Agra, Aligarh and Muttra have grown stronger, and
the cluster of Circuits around each, under the Superintendance of the
three Missionaries on the District, has expanded and become more
aggressive, and the whole work is more solid and permanent than ever
before. There are now villages Christians who can read and write
and who can intelligently engage in worship. There are somethings
which are a test of prosperity Among these are :—
1. Statistics:—
Paid workers ...
222
Baptisms
... 1.423
Members and Probationer
... 7,130
Native Chiistian Community ...
... 9,771
Sunday School Scholars
... 4,778
Day School Scholars
... 2.000
Money Rinsed in Indin :
... Rs. 3.000
Benevolent collections
Ministerial support
... „ 2,233
... „ 2.707 Rs. 7,9
Others collections
Se’f-support collection: —
... Rs. 1 ,66.)
From foreigners
From Natives
... „ 1,124 Rs. 2,7
2.
Evangelistic Meetings — These have been held not only at the
chief centres but in all the circuits throughout the district. Tne
Presiding Elder has held them in connection with his Quarterly
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Conferences. The preacbers-in-charge have held them in the villages^
any of the pastor-teachers have held them in the houses and
mohallas. They were held daily for six weeks in connection with tbe
summer school.
The Hathras camp meeting in November was
spiritually profitable.
The Epworfch League devotional meetings
have helped much, liberations and tours have been made by our
missionaries and evangelists b o that almost everj’ part of the district
find almost every village have been reached and the Christians taught.
Many of the meetings held in connection with the Quarterly Confer­
ence have been very encouraging; not only because of the members
attending and the interest taken, but because cf the deep spiritual
feeling prevailing. This h hs been espec:ally noticeable at Bharatpur,
Digg, Mahaban, Brindaban and Hathras.
3.
The iuork among the women.— There has been noticeable, in
parts of the district especially, more activity and interest among the
village women. More of them have attended the services and have
taken part. In some places they have themselves alone sung hymns
and prayed. A t the summer school one of the most encouraging
features was the attendance and participation of about thirty village
women«. Arid upon the last Sabbath when all the Christians marched
through the streets of Muttra to and from Flora Hall these village
women, forming a group of their own, sang most heartily in praise
of Christ The preachers-in-cha' ge are more and more careful to
baptize the people in families, and never to baptize a husband and
father without the wife and mother.
In the Muttra training
school the women are given the same opportunities enjoyed by their
husbands. It is encouraging bo find improvement where the wor e has
herttofore been the weuxest and most discouraging.
4 S e l f S u p p o r t. —In these times of unusual poverty it is not
to be expected that our people would or could accomplish anything
very brilliant in the line of self-support. And yet there is a quiet
work going on all the time. The annual self-support meeting at
Hathras was full of enthusiasm. The secretary reported that more
than one thousand rupees had l.een collected from the native church
during the year. Force have given their ten h All the employees
give money and many of the village Christians give in kind. Alto­
gether nenrly eight thousand rupees have been collected on the
distiict and expended in its c irrent. expenses during the year. Some
of the leading pastors and many of the pastor teachers are supported
from this fund.
5.
The Schools.— All our leading schools have done good work
during the year
Agra district can boaBt of quite a variety of
schools. There are two orphanages, one for boys and one for girls,
organized this year at Aligarh.
There is a home for Female
medical stulents at Agra. At Muttra there are two boarding schools,
one for boys and one for girls, three training schools, one for
European young women, one for Bible readers and one for village
A G R A DIST R ICT .
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men and women, and an Anglo-Vernacular middle grade school in
the city. A ll these schools are in a prosperous condition.
6. Buildings.— The new dormitory for the boys’ boarding
school at Muttra^ the gift of Mr. W. E. Blackstone and friends, of
Oak Park, 111., has been completed and is now oooupied. The com­
modious addition to the Deaconess home and trainin'; school,
Muttra, the gift of Mrs. Budlong, of A m erica, was completed in May
and is occupied; also a new dining room and c ok house for the
girls’ boarding school at Muttra. New dormitories and other needed
buildings have been erected at Aligarh. All these, to the v,*lue of
more than ten thousand rupees, have been built without cost to
the mission, and for all of them we are very grateful
7. English Work.— In Aligarh, Agra, and Muttra considerable
attention is given to English work. A nd in turn o u r Englii<h work
helps the native work. It keeps the missionary in touch with that
form of work and is a stimulus to closer study ; it keeps the
English people in touch and sympathy with the native work ; it is in
itself a form of evangelistic effort; it is a financial help to the direct
native evangelistic work. The district is richer by more than two
thousand rupees on account of the English work of the year. Jn
Muttra a prayer room and coffee shop are kept open all the
time and are well attended and are self supporting
Seven services a
week are held and many have been converte 1 or otherwise helped.
8 Medical W ork.— Special note should be made of the fact that
Agra district has again been favored by the appointment of a medical
missionary.
Miss Scott, M. D ., has opened a very successful
medical mission at Brindaban, which is quite a help to all our work.
Through this usefu: work we have gained access to all classes, and
especially to the higher classes in Brindabm and in the civil district,
while her good influence upon the local church lias been very
marked.
ALIGARH.
J. C. L a w s o n ,
M ks. J. C. L a w s o n ,
,, G. F . M a t t h e w s ,
Ub v .
M is s G a l l im o b e ,
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Missionary,
Assistant Missionary.
Girls’ Orphanage.
Evangelistic Worh.
Native Minister.
Three assistants, nine Bible-readers, nine preachers, thirty-one
exhorters and teachers.
Concerning this work Brother Lawson writes :—
“ The work has been making such marked progress and there is
so much to be done that there is little time for reports. What we
have to say is briefly as follows :—
1.
Glass Meetings.— These are carried on by the native pastor
and helpers, and also by Mrs. Lawson, Mra. Matthews, Miss Galli-
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more and helpers. These are means of great spiritual profit. They
ought not to be substituted by prayer meetings.
2. Epworth League.— Our leagues are very practical.
Four
meetings are held monthly. The first is literary, the second is for
temperance, the third is missionary, and the fourth is for consecratioa.
"Work is done outside by the ready workers.
3. ¡Sunday Schools.— These have been strengthened by placing
printed sunday school registers in each school. These registers are
only one anna each, and can be had at the North India Bible Depot,
Allahabad, or the Methodist Publishing House, Lucknow.
4. Schools.— Our schools are growing. They may be much
improved, however.
5. Orphanage,— The Aligarh boys’ and girls’ schools were
constituted the conference orphanage by the finance committee at
its August session. The girls have good accommodations and other
buildings are being erected. Land has been purchased for the boys’
orphanage and buildings aro now going up. The boys are in charge of
Mrs. Lawson, who has secured most of the money for both orphanages,
and the girls in charge of Mrs. Matthews. Both ladies have their hands
very full of work for these famine children. Mr. Keventer, of the
dairy farm, Aligarh, has helped in every possible way, and it is
laigely through his kindness that the boys are getting on so nicely.
There are 165 boys and 181 girls. This number will be gradually
increased by others. Both boys and girls are becoming quite profici­
ent in induftr al w o ii. Thus head, hand and heart are being culti­
vated. This feature of the work is most encouraging.
6. Lecture and Heading Rooms.— These rooms were opened a
little over a year ago. Gospel meetings are held every Sunday
evening, and lectures on week day evenings are frequently given,
By menns of these the educated class'es »re being reached. The rent,
Rs. 15 per mensem, is being paid by a Swedish friend.
7. S elf Svpport-— About Rs. 1,000 have been collected in one
way or another for self support. This, is much more than ever before.
The native pastor and others give tl.eir tenth regularly.
8. Sunday Services. •—The attendance upon our regular Sunday
morning service for the Hindustani Christians more than doubled
during 1896, the average being about 125. So the attendance this
year has more than doubled, the average being about 260. This
increase is largely from the famine orphans.
Besides the above our “ missions ” have been : ( 1) Tract distri
bution among the Hindustani people and English soldiers. (2 ) Sale
of Bibles, Testaments, and portions by the missionary and leading
workers. (3) A small training school for evangelists, both men and
women. (4) Bible class and teachers’ meeting in Hindustani every
Monday evening. (5) English gospel meetings every Friday in the
railway institute, by Mrs. Lawson. (6) Ward work, which comprises
preaching And house to house visitation. (7) Bazaar preaching.
(8) Itinerations among the villages (9) Services for servant«.
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A G R A D IS T R IC T .
Thus the happy year’s work has beeu done.
word and work are precious.’ ^
God is good.
His
AGRA.
Missionary.
Assistant Missionary.
Native Minister.
E lia s M a s s k y ,
M is s S e y m o u r ,
Medical Home.
Conference members tbree, local preachers eight, exhorters and
teachers sixteen3 Bible-readers seven.
Concerning the Agra work Brother Monroe writes: The past
year has been a happy and profitable one^ the Master has been
■with us and. in His presence there has been stiengtb and help.
There have been obstacles and difficulties but notwithstanding there
has been advancement along the whole line. Our membership has
increased to 655, and our probationers to 860; our baptisms number­
ed 313; our Sunday school scholars 1,120, and our Christians 2,068.
W e h a r e 23 day schools with 552 in attendance upon them. These
figures show that the work here is deeply rooted and also demonstrates
its piogiessive character. The work this year, has been done with
very great difficulty. Eamine has been abroad in the land, and thous­
ands have actually perished with hunger, while every one has felt the
pressure of famine prices and the very poor among whom most of our
work is done have suffered greatly from lack of food.
It has been difficult to keep the attendance up to the proper
mark. The people say that each attendance on the services means
one meal less, and there is a tendency among the poorer people to let
drop the services of the church. In the face of the dreadful famine
I count it wonderful that we have increased our money given in selfsupport from Rs. 145 to Rs. 191, and our total collections from native
sources from Us. 153 to Rs. 234^ and even more wonderful that our
number of Christians has increased from 1,572 to 2,068.
The work this year began with a new native pastor, and to bim a
great deal of credit belongs for the increase along the various lines.
The village work has greatly increased and shows unmistakable
signs of great expansion the coming year, Work has been opened
across the Jumna river, and we have had several very promising con­
versions
There is urgent need for a school there but with news of a
reduction the coming year we cannot open one. We have a training
school in our church where the pastor-teachers and exhorters can be
daily under instruction and so become more efficient. Into this school
all the boys we can muster are gathered together, and so we help others
while we help ourselves. W e teach the teachers and then not only send
them to other schools to teach, but teach scholars in that very
school also.
The Leagues have gone on well the past year, there are now 130
members in the three branches, mostly in Agra.
Bbv. D, C. M o n e o e ,
M b s . M on e o e ,
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P R E S ID IN G E LD ER S 1 REPORTS.
There has been some famine work done op our compound the
past year. Work was given t i the starving who came to us for
nearly three months. W e only had lis. 300 in all, but we believe
that many were saved by it from starvation.
Religious work was done among those who came to us, and the
force of the gospel Qf love was none the less potent frona tbefact that
the pangs of hunger had been assuaged before the good news of,a
Saviour was given.
>
Prayer meetings are held in each mohalla weekly, and‘a schedule
is made out so that each prayer meeting has its regular leader.
These have been very useful and many have been converted in them.
There have been two kinds of work taken up which is very help­
ful, though not belonging directly to the church or rai'nion. 1st. I
was elected Hon. Secy, o f the Bible Tract and Book Society, of Agra.
This gives me many chances of meeting educated natives and of speak­
ing a word for the master. 2nd. I was chosen almonerfor the Agra
Charitable Association for the past year. This brings the unfortunate
and the vicious to me, and gives us the means of helping mHtiy in
various ways. One of the most'suggestive facts this year'has been
the increased interest taken.in getting to the mela. Though it was a
famine year, and the people hungry, more went from Agra than ever be­
fore. This is a proof of a greater desire for spiritual life and light.
The general outlook is good. The famine is slowly abating and work
is resuming its normal phases. Agra is a large center. Here are
magnificient opportunities. Something has been done the past year,
though but little compared with what might be accomplished with
more money and more men. W e have been helped the past year.
There hns been good done, and we have nothing but hope and faith
for the future.
AJMEEE DISTRICT.
Rev. C. W. DeSOUZA, P r e s id in g E l d e r .
AJM ERE.
The yeir 1897 on this District has furnished us with many oc
oasion* for regret as well as thankfulness. It has been a yeir beset
with signe.1 difficulties and has called for harder toil and more pa­
tient endurance on the part of oar workers. Chief »mong these diffi­
culties has been the famine, traces of which will go down for many
years to come. The summer w?s hotter than usual and the closing
of the rainy season exceptionally sickly. Disease and death have
invaded the home of nearly every worker. Some have buried workers
in far-off villages with none to speak a word of Christian comfort totheir aching hearts, and others have given up “ little ones " amid
scenes particularly heartrending.
Like men just coming forth
from the shock of a great contest or emerging from the waves with
which they have battled long and wearily, many of our workers are
just recovering themselves and gathering fresh energy for the duties
Mid responsible ties of the hour.
S >much for the difficulties ; but let it not be assumed that there
has been nothing to relieve this gloom. In many places these very
trials have been but the channels of signal blessings and victories.
The famine has brought to our doors many who were as hungry
for the bread of life, ns far the bread which perisheth. It has imposed
upon us new obligations and responsibilities but it has also brought
within the reach of our influence and instruction many
little on es"
who will son;e diiy be strong men and women, possibly leaders in the
c lurch of Christ.
In the city of Ajtnere. the many interests of our many-sided
work have ¡miv. d ail inspiration to those whose privilege it has been
to take niiy p-tit in it. In our mohalJa city day schools and boaiding school*, over 300 have received religious and secular educa'ion
d a ily .
In our industrial school some 35 boys are learning to weave
cloth" and b'aiikets, to make date matting, baskets, rope, reed chairs,
etc., while in our training school, six students, some witli their wives,
are being inst ucted for the work of preaching the*Gospel to their
bwn people in their respective village homes. Our mohalla and Sabbith schools have an enrollment of over nine hundred scholars with
an average attendance of nearly eight hundred each Sunday. The
Sabbath congregations fill our preaching hall to over-crowding
and the spectacle of the people presenting offerings of rice, dall,
flour, pice and shells at each Sabbath service is an inspiration.
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In the villages and towns in other parts of the district there
have been some very encouraging features in spite of the ravages of
famine and disease among our people. Bro. Plomer’s heart has been
cheered as all through the various Bub-circuits of the Phalera circuit,
he has been enabled to minister to the temporal wants of the dis­
tressed crowds and to witness the turning away of many from the
worship of idols to the worship of Christ.
There have been nearly 100 baptisms in this circuit this past
year, among whom are some very promising families.
In far-off Bikanir, across the desert, where the heat is so intense
that in the month of June the thermometer inside a room at 7
o’clock in the morning, registered 105°, Bro. Hansom and his
colleagues have worked nobly and bravely, ministering to the
poor, feeding hungry starving children, and building up the church
of Christ. About the middle of the year, Brother and Sister Hansom
were called to p;iss through the furnace of affliction when they laid
down their youngest child amid the sands oE this far-off out-pofct.
There have been over a hundred baptisms in this circuit during the
year.
In Merta— one of the chief cities of Marwar— “ The place of
death,” our workers were just gathering together, amid many hard­
ships and trials peculiar to this place, a nucleus of what promised
to be a thriving Christian community, when death invaded, and our
brother Mohan Lai, the preacher-in*charge of this circuit, was
bereaved of wife and child within one brief fortnight. But our
brother hag endured as seeing Him who is invisible, and though the
heart is sad and the home is clouded, the hope is strengthened, and
new purposes of activity actuate our brother. Like the “ last
straw ” the year’ s difficulties approachod a climax, when as we were
preparing for a great gathering of our people for District Conference
and camp meeting, we were informed that the plague restrictions
in operation at Ajmere would render it impossible for us to have
anything like a mela, and we were- compelled to hold merely the
District Conference, in accordance with the requirement of the discip­
line. A report of the Ajmere District would hardly be complete
without men lion of its needs. Other districts, may talk of the need
of schools, churches, property and such like, but Ajmere District
needs at least three more missionaries, for it is not merely a district
or one state, but a Province with 22 Independent States.
MUSSOORIE DISTRICTR s v . H E N R Y M A N SE L L , P b r s id ik g E ld e r .
In none of the civil districts in the Mussoorie Ecclesiastical Dis­
trict was the famine described as accute, yet there has been more in­
tense pinching by more than famine prices than I have ever known.
It has been a year of progress however- We have had 1427 baptisms,
which is double the number of last year. W e have increased the
ratio of full members to probationers; we have full members 693,
and probationers 2,290 in a Christian community o f 3,330, which
shows that a great deal of work has been donein teaching the converts.
On the Roorki circuit some hundreds of lapsed Christians have been
hunted up and restored. This work is harder in Mussoorie District
than in any other in oar conference, as the population is not so dense
as in th eN .-W P. and the converts are only a few in »village, and
the T i l l a g e s are farther apart, making more travel and taking more
time. The Presiding Elder also has harder work. He has to travel
nearly 1,900 m i l e s to make one round of quarterly conferences.
Two of our local deacons resigned this year. We have not had
money enough to supply their places and are very short-handed, and
likely to be more s o for the coming year.
Our District Conference just closed in Patiala, was in every
respect the best one we have ever had, and our men and women
have gone to their work in good heart. Miss R o^ e, our beloved sister
general evangelist, was present and presided at the Zenana District
Conference and helped in the daily religious services. Her presence
wag a benediction, for God is with her of a truth.
D E O B A N D CIR CUIT.
Rev. Joshi Sumer, has charge and has one local preacher, two
exporters, two pastor-teachers and three Bible Women to help him.
in the care of 950 Christians and the evangelization and conversion
of about 8,500 Hindu and Mohamcdans. He has baptized 200 this
year and reports that the Christians are growing in intelligence, and
are strong in faith and con fid en ce to confess Christ before their
heathen and Mohamedan neighbours, as well as in the presence of the
native and English magistrates and officers.
LAHORE CIRCUIT.
Bbv. M- T in d a l b
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Mrs. Tindale, assistant.
...
... Missionary.
Rev. James Jacob in charge of the
Hindustani Trork, two English local preachera and two Hindustani.
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P R E S I D I N G ELDERS’ REPORTS.
The English church has had a year of harmony. The debt has
decreased some and the Christian community has increased. So we
hope to have ere long a representative Methodist church in this
capital and representative city of the Punjab, which holds a popula­
tion of over thirty millions.
The Hindustani work has had a hard struggle this year. The
famine pinched hard, and many of the poor Christians left their
.villages for fear of starving, and thus many are not found. D. M.
Soloman, local deacon, kept in a chronic state of displeasure at his
environments, and in the middle of the year resigned and left our
w<?rk. James Jacob was sent from Rajpore to fill the place and he
has done fairly well. After severe fever he has tried h*rd to find all
the Christians and build them up. Only 40 baptisms have 03cured
as there, were none to care for the many other enquirers, who wished
to be baptized.
This circuit has the most meagre support of mission-paid agents
of any in the district, and but for the excellent self-supporting
workers, both in the English and Hindustani churches, it would
certainly fail far behind the other circuits.
M U L T A N CIR C U IT.
Rev. J. W . McNair, Missionary. Mrs. McNair, assistant,
with two local deacons, three exhorters and one teacher. Multan is an
off-shoot from Lahore and\is the last circuit that has been added
to our district. It is a real live Methodist circuit. The Christian
community that has been collected and converted consists ot 345
Hindustani and 28 English Christians. There are two missionpaid helpers and all the others, including the missionaries, are selfsupporting. The influence is very widely extended. One of the
converts has gone to Quetta and is there working as a licensed
exhorter. A little band of converts keeps up Methodist service in
Montgomery 200 miles away. One h&s b^en asked for in Srinaggar,
in Cashmere, and another in Sukkur, half w»y to Karachi. Sixtysix have been baptized this year, and the former converts seem
established and unified into a living, working Methodist community.
Mrs McNair has borne the burden of tha women’s work and
carried it forward without the slightest shadow of help or even
appreciation by the W . F. M. S. till she seems almost*crushed by it.
God will carry on His own work which He has opened up throughout
the Punjab.
M U SSO R IE CIRCUIT.
H en ry M a n s e il ,
...
...
...
M issionary.
Mrs. Mansell M. D., assistant, four local preachors in English
charge and one exhorter. Rev. A. Jacob, local elder, two local preach­
ers, five exhorters and two Christian teaohers in the Hindustani
charge.
M V S 8 Q 0 R I E D IS T R IC T .
ENGLISH CHURCH.
Rev. J. Lyon, of Roorkee, served as pastor for six weeks, and
Revs. J. W- Robinson and W . A . Mansell, of Lucknow, each for six
weeks. The remainder of the season the P. E. was pastor, and got
such help in preaching as was possible.
The station was almost empty most of the season, and our con­
gregations were spare till towards the close of the season. Yet they
Were intelligent and affective and much good was evidently done.
The Christian Endeavour Society, under the leadership of the
Misses Murray, Miss Swetenham, Miss Lee and others, was the right
hand of power to the pastors both of the English and Hindustani
charges. The Sunday sohool was smaller, but very efficient. Rev,
Mr. Osborne was much missed by all.
P H I L A N D E R S M IT H IN S T IT U T E .
R ev.
H. M
an sell,
M. A., D. D.,
...
... Principal.
The school^ on account of the famine, no doubt, has not been so
full as last year, but has done i t 3 usual good work with its usual
success. One of our boys, Mr. E, L. Glass, in the F. A. examination
passed f i r s t in the f i r s t division and was awarded a scholarship. The
moral and religious t o n e of t h e school has been higher than ever. A
students’ Y . M. C A. has been formed in the school.
We have finished the new house for the principal, a laboratory and
teachers’ room, and an office for the head master thus adding about
Iis. 13,000 to the vulue o f the school property. Also the heirs of the
sainted sister Pilander Smith have offered funds to build a new’
gymnasium and assembly and prayer hall to be named for her Standish
Hall. The site is being leveled.
H IN D U S T A N I CHU RCH .
R e v . A . J ac o b ,
..
...
...
. . I n Charge.
His son, Rev. J. Jacob, wa9 transferred in the middle of the year
to Lahore, which has devolved very heavy work upon him. He has
baptized 51, and h«s a Christian community of 218.
We were unable co rent the house in the bazar which we used for
school, chapel and preacher’s house, as it was up for sale, and so we
were obliged to buy it for Rs. 5,500 the interest of which is about the
same as we paid for rent. Also the roof of the chapel and school
house in Rajpore was burned and we were obliged to re-roof it at a
cost of about Rs, 1000, so we have involved ourselves in a debt on
mission property of about Rs 6,500.
PATIALA
CIRCUIT.
P er. E . T. Farnon, native missionary in charge, Mrs. Farnon
assistant.
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He has four exhorters' and two pastor-teachers. He has baptized
forty persons this year ancj has a Christian community in this native
principality of 654.
The training of these seems more difficult than in any other
circuit in the district, yet he is succeeding and this year we see a
growth in grace of all bis helpers, which assures us of better things
in the near future.
ROO RKEE CIRCUIT.
R kv. James Lyon,
...
...
.. Missionary.
Mrs. L yon ,
...
...
... Assistant Missionary,
Two loo&l deacons, three local preachers, seven exhorters and ten
pastor-teachers.
Her. Lyon has baptized 798 adults and 225 children. He has a
Christian community of 1,334. He has untiring energy and prevailing
faith or he could never have surmounted the difficulties of his field.
But be has collected workers, and as a master general organised five
sub-circuits and marches on to victory, reclaiming the lapsed, building
up the believers and baptizing new converts.
The leper work is encouraging. It is glorious to see these lepers
worship God ; to hear them sing and pray, and testify to having been
saved from the leprosy of sin and having received the hope of eternal
gloryThe English congregation is not large, but does its best in
Sunday school work and in all the other E nglishVork and also helps
the Hindustanti work. Rev. Dixie has been especially helpfull, tak­
ing servicejrery acceptably in the absence of the pastor. He has just
been licensed as a local preacher. The Lord will continue with us.
ALLAHABAD DISTRICT.
Rev. R O C K W E LL CLANCY, P re sid in g E ld e r .
R ev . R ockw ell C l a n c y , and M b s . C l a n c y .
Miss. E. F in k , and Mbs. T h om son . . ..
.. .
...
Missionaries.
As»istants.
OHUNAR.
Rev. J. F. D eatk ek , and M b s . D eatk er .
M r. W. J. W a l k e r , and M r s . W a l k e r .
...
...
Missionaries.
Helpers.
Total European Workers eight. Total Hindustani Workers 38.
The Allahabad district formerly consisted of the Allahabad and
Gawnpore circuits, A t the Annual Conference held in January,
1897, the district was divided forming two new districts : Cawnpore
and Allahabad.
The Allahabad district is raa^e up of six circuit?: Allahabad,
Chunar. Mnnauri, Manikpore, Karwi, and Banda. The work is divid­
ed into English and Hindustani.
E N G L IS H W O R K .
At Allahabad there is a strong English churoh, organized more
than 20 years ago by Rev. Dennis Osborne. During that time more
than 20 members have become active mission workers, a number of
whom oooupy important positions as leaders in the church in differ­
ent parts of India. The spiritual condition cf this church has always
been of a high order ; and the past year has been marked
by a number of clear conversions ; and many of the members have
entered into a higher spiritual life. The church is deeply interest­
ed in our Hindustani work, and several members are teachers in the
Hindustani Sunday schaol. Some of them visit the* villages from
time to time to preach the Gospel. Our English Sunday sohool
numbers about 80 members. The missionary is pastor of the Eng­
lish church and acting chaplain for the Wesleyan troops in the
station ; and the soldiers attend parade service at the charch every
Sabbath morning. The morning and evening services are well attend­
ed. Tne Young People’ s Society of Christian Endeavour, organized
seven years ago, is held every Saturday evening in our mission school
room, and is a great blessing to the young people of our ch u rch , as
well as to those of other churches who are members of the Society.
This Society has undertaken work among the soldiers in Cantonments
and in the F o r t; and a number of its member* regularly visit the
hospitals.
The members of our church give very liberally to the support
of the Hindustani work, The church stewards have collected more
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than Rs. 300 with which the church has been thoroughly repaired and
matted.
At Chunar, where Mr. and Mrs. Deatker, and Mr. andMra.
Walker are stationed, there is a very encouraging English work. The
meetings are he'd in a private house, as we have no church there.
Chunar is visited hy a Church of England clergyman once or twice a
month} and with thiB exception, until our work w»s opened, the people
had few privileges of hearing the Gospel preached. They have gladly
welcomed our workers. W e hope to seoure a building which wiil
provide a hall for English and Hindustani services.
HINDUSTANI WORK.
This work was formally organized in Allahabad in 1887. Several
workers were stationed in the city ; but the work did not meet with
success.
A t the end of 1891 it was practically abandoned.
In 1893,
six native Christians and the missionary met together for prayer in
the vestry of our English church, and consecrated themselves to God
anew. From that day the work has grown until now we are working
in a large number of villages in the suburbs o f Allahabad, and have
11 ou^-stations where our Hindustani workers live. The workers in
each station preach in the surrounding villages. During the past
year our district has endured the horrors of the terrible famine.
Systematic village work has been impossible, as many of the villages
have been almost depopulated, all the people who were able-bodied
having g >ne to work on Government relief works. Some of the larg­
est relief works in the country have been within our d ’slricfc. These
places have been regularly visited by our preachers. When the
famine began the Lord laid the care of deserted and orphaned child­
ren upon our hearts ; and we promised Him that we would not refuse
to take any child who might be brought to us. W e had no money
for the support of children • but believing that God would supply all
our needs, we received all who came. Our Hindustani workers in the
villages collected the little ones ia their homes, fed them from funds
sent to us, and after careful inquiries had been made, the ohildren
whose parents were not found, were brought to our orphanage Soon
all our available accommodation was crowded, and tents pitched in
the English church compound were soon filled. The condition of the
children was indiscribably sad. Many of them were so emaciated
that they could not walk alone. It made our hearts ache to see these
poor little, naked, filthy, living skeletons. W e have always had a
love for children, bat it required a great deal of love to care for these
poor little waifs who had always lived without any regard to sanitary
laws, and who knew no better than to follow their accustomed village
habits in our mission compound. It wad not long until a report was
made to the Chief Magistrate of Allahabad by some of our neighbors.
4 visit from the Sanitary Commissioner followed, and a few days after
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an official letter from the Magistrate requested U3 to remove all famine
children outside the muneiptl limits withm a week. Our hearts
Bank at this apparent blow to'lhe work to which we had devoted our.selves; but this order proved a blessing. It first led us to send a
number of children to our orphanage at Aligarh ; but they had no
sooner gone than large companies of other children took their places.
At that time our only accommodation for these children was in the
English church compound. Two j'ears before we had bought the
large property adjoining the English church, but the houses of that
property were rented to pay the interest on Rs, 15.000 of borrowed
money. Our workers wrote us that they were bringing in more child­
ren. Where should we put them ? After earnest prayer for guidance
we were convinced that the Lord would hnva us dismiss the tenants,
take possession of the buildings for the children ; and trust Him to
pay the debt. Wa acted accordingly, and after a few busy days of
wall building, we had a place ready to accommodate 6 girls, and a
laTge number oE boys.
But it was not long until all our available
accommodation was taken up, and still the children oame. Arrange­
ments were made with the railways to send the children to distant
places at reduced fares. Children were Bent to Peshawar, Meetufc,
Aligarh, Muttra, Ajmere, Bareilly, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Calcutta, and
Poona. The work of taking in children and Bending them to other
stations still continues. About 700 little ones were re?cued, of whom
more than 250 have since died, most of whom were under 12 years of
age. In the cemetery in Allahabad there are two rows of little graves
showing where the skeletons of 82 of our famine waifs lie to mark
the terrible famine of 1897. The fight with death has been awful.
Some of the children died after weeks of indescribable suffering, from
diseases too horrible to mention in this report. Only those who
helped care for them can imagine the awful ravages of famiae among
children. To the glory of our Father we wish to report that tne
money we required to pay the debt on the property, and to care for
the children has been 6ent u s ; and in addition to this we have
distributed help to thousands of starving people. A t one time 700
people a day were t e c e i v i n g help in our mission compound. We
distributed about 60,000 pounds of American corn brought out by
Dr. Hobbs to more than 15.000 villagers from 20 centres
We now have about 200 boys and girls for whose support we
reoeive nothing from the Missionary Society, or from the Government.
God has cared for them, and will continue t > do so.
We are
negotiating with Government for land and buildings on the banks of
the Ganges to which we hope to remove all our boys, so as to leava
our present premises for girls; and we expect to open industrial
departments for both boys and girls. We shall require scholarships
for these children at twenty dollars a yea*-, and shnll be glad to
give further information to any who may write us on the Bub,eot.
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S E LF SU PPORT.
A t Chunar, Rev. J. F. Deatker, who is a member of the N.-W.
India Conference, and Mrs. Deatker, are giving their whole time to
mission work without any salary from the Missionary Society. Bro.
Deatker was for many years in Government service and retired on a
good pension. They are glad of the privilege of devoting the rest of their
life to God’ s work without charge to the mission. Mr. and Mrs. Walker
of Chunar, are also giving their service to the mission free. For
22 years he served in a Government office; but having received
a definite call from the Lord to devote the rest of his life to mis­
sion work he retired on his own private income. A t Allahabad,
Mr. E. M. DeMonte, a civil engineer is so interested in mission work
that he devotes all the time he can spire from business to mission
work. He has two classes a week with our Hindustani boys and
young men, has a Bible class in the Hindustani Sunday school, and
does village and bazar preaching. He is a local preacher, and gladly
give3 his servioes to mission work. Miss E. Pink gave up a good
position and joined our mission as an assistant. During the famine
she devoted all her time and strength to the care of iamfne waifs,
nursing the siok ones, looking after the food of the weak ones, and
making clothing for the naked. She worked entirely among the
children. Our native Christians are entirely supporting two workers.
The boys and girls are voluntarily giving a portion of their daily
food for this work. Their offering is carried into the church iu a
large basket, and presented when the regular c Election is taken every
Sunday. The Hindustani congregation hopes to support their
preacher-in-charge next year.
W e have baptized 813 persons, the majorty of whom are
ohildren who have come to us from the famine villages. K large
number who have been sent to other stations will be counted in
the Christian community of those places.
S P IR IT U A L G RO W TH .
A t the beginning of the year we were deeply exercised over the lack
of spirituality among our Hindustani workers. V ery frequently we
were called upon to settle disputes among them, and because of this
we began to pray especially for the out-pouring of the Holy Spirit
upon them. At nearly every service, and at every quarterly con­
ference, the promise of the Father to pour out His Spirit upon His
children has been brought before the workers. For a time Satan
seemed to be more active among the workers than ever before, but
prayer continued to be made until viotory came. Our District
Conference, which met early in December, was remarkable for the
perfect harmony among the workers. It was the first time during
the year that all had met together. The sermons from the native
brethren wera more powerful than any I have ever heard from natives
in India. God manifested His presence at every meeting. Qua
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European brother, who was present at nearly every meeting, said
he had never felt so much of the power of God in any meeting
before. Ih e prayers of months were answered; and we believe that
many of our Workers received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The
meetings continued for a whole week, every morning being
devoted to Bible study and prayer. The last twp days were given
entirely to devotional meetings. We are expecting a forward move­
ment on all lines of work during the next year.
W e are deeply grateful to God for the way in which He has led
us. Burdens, which we never oould have borne. He has oarried.
Surrounded by sickness, the missionary and his family, and all others
connected with this work of mercy, have been kept in health. “ Now
unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we
ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto Him
be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world
without end. Amen.”
MEERtJT DISTEIOT.
R e v . J. 0 ,
LAWSON, P r e s id in g E ld e b ,
God commanded Moses at the crossing of the Red Sea ! “ Speak
Unto the children of Israel thatjthey go forward ! ” and forward they
went dry-shod, to the other side. During the happy year that has
jUBt closed, we too, have “ gone forward ” under the guidance and
protection of the ever-present pillar of oloud by day and of fire by
night.
One of the many encouraging things that has occurred on the
Meerut District during the year has been the marked revival spirit.
This feature we have tried to make first and foremost. A number
of persons have reoeived the new birth, others have received clean
hearts, and upon still others the Holy Spirit has come in abundant
measure for glad witnessing and ripe servioe.
The Hindustani Christians are growing in grace.
Thpre are
many families in which family prayers are held, and there are many
•who are able to pray intelligently for themselves and for others.
These are nearly all new Christians. A t one place a Christian far­
mer’s family came seven miles in his bullock-cart to attend the
quarterly meeting, and it was with difficulty that we could make
ourselves believe that we were not attending a good old-fashioned
quarterly meeting in America.
On another circuit some dear
brethren from the Chumara came 50 miles on foot to the quarterly
meetingPersecutions there have been. One dear old Christian woman’s
things were stolen, and the native officers made false charges against
her, but she and her loved ones prayed to God. The stolen things
were recovered, the native officer was struck with astonishment, and
nothing was done against either her or her loved ones. Right heartly
did they praise the Lord for their deliverance.
At the beginning of 1896, under the direction of Bro. P. M.
Buck, a plan was introduced of having the quarterly conferences
select from the village and muhalla communities of Christians, men
to serve really as leaders among their people, but under the name
of chaudries, so far as suitable persons could be found. These men
are expected to have the watch-care ¿of the Christians in the several
communities for which they are chosen, especially in the absence of
the mission worker who is over them ; to help in gathering the
people when religious servioes are h e ld ; to see that the children are
in attendance at the school ; to assist in raising funds for self-sup­
port; in a word, to serve as humble and unpaid helpers in our work.
M E E R U T DISTRICT.
The names of these men are presented at each quarterly conference;
and their character and work is inquired into, and if considered
worthy, their character is passed, and they are by vote continued in
their office. One successful preacher-in-charge gives the chaudriest
«under his charge a certificate of appointment for three months only,
signed by the presiding elder. This encourages them in their work
and more closely allies them with the other mission workers.
This whole plan has proven more successful than our most sanguine
expectations, and is everywhere received with very hearty approval.
A bout 130 chaudries have been appointed. Here we have indigen­
ous resources that can be utilized to great advantage. May we nofc
have here an answer, in part at least, to the problem, How may we
take care of our thousands of new Christians, and reaoh the thousands
more of people who are ready for Christian baptism.
W e have endeavored to put our educational work on a better
basis, and have had partial success. A few new Bohools have been,
started, but these may be much improved. I am confident that
this work may be done and done well. One difficulty is to select a,
proper time, but this can be done. One native brother teaches the
boys just after the pigs are brought in and put into the pen. Another?
teaches by candle light. And still another leaves his own village,
early in the morning, arrives at another village at 7 o’clock and,
teaches till 9, when the Christian boys go to their work. Thus this,
school work goes on.
The district training school for pastor-teachers, in common
with all other training schools in the conference, has suffered because
of the hard times, yet it is full of promise. Ten men have just gone;
out to work for the Master, and others have taken their place. This,
agency is one of great^importance, and the future usefulness of our,
work depends very largely on it.
One of the most satisfactory things of the whole year has been
the manifest spiritual growth of the workers on [the district, and
the great help they have afforded me. I once heard one of them,
speaking in public about the social and sinful depths out of which,
they had been drawn and contrasting with that state of things their;
present saved and happy condition, and my heart was strangely
moved at the recital. It is these things that cause us to love this
noble band of helpers, some of whom are hard-working itinerants.
I take muoh pleasure in making special mention of the preachers-in-,
oharge for the care they have taken o f the great work committed to
their charge.
The matter of self-support is more hopeful then ever before,
more having been given this year, by both Hindustani and Eng­
lish Christians, than last year. This is most certainly very encourag­
ing in the ,face of the famine year we have had. Some of the leading
men give their tenth regularly.
Our good friends and fellow-workers in the Master’s service,
Mr, and Mrs, X. Lewis Ingram, have, as usual, taken a very spegial
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interest in the Rubupura work, having contributed for the purpose
R b.3,600 during the past year. The missionary who wants to learn
how to earry on good village schools would do will to visit Rubupura.
Here solid work is being done, and ¡boye are becoming thoroughly
familiar with gospel truths. W e cannot speak too highly of this
work, and it is always an inspiration to visit it.
A greater stand than ever before has been taken against idola­
try and superstition. Quite a number of preachers-iri-charge, having
Secured authority from Government, have performed marriages,
which has had a tendency to do away with heathen customs among
our new Christians. This matter cannot be over-emphasized, as it is
not only a partial remedy for heathen rites but also for early
marriages.
The Chumar work still prospers and is encouraging.
Time and space will not permit us to describe what good work
our Epworth League, Sunday-schools and boarding schools are
doing.
The Christian mela at Meerut, beginning on the 29th of Nov
ember and dosing on the 6th of December, waB a very blessed one
It was larger than ever, being attended by about 600 Christians all
told. Numbers were soundly converted to God, and with glad heartand happy faqes said they would never forget the date of their con­
version. Some “ entered the valley of blessing so sweet,” and stilB
others had their glorious Pentecost. The workers at the mela showed
their intense love for the Bible by bringing it with them, as well as
their hymn-books, and that they had become careful students of it
by the intense interest they took in it. Once we asked all who had
brought their Bibles and hymn-books to the mela to hold them up,
and nearly all did so. This is as it should be, and shows how
careful Bro. P. M. Buck has been in this matter.
The English work in. Meerut has had a most prosperous year,
under ■Bro. L. Lawson as pastor. Quite a number have been con*
Verted to God. Besides this work, Bro. L. Lawson has had general
supervision of the training and boys’ boarding Schools, taken care
of the flick, and been hard at work learning the Hindustani
language.
Miss Lawson has had the girls’ boarding school, district work,
the treasury ship, a new W. F. M. S. building to erect, and a
large number of other thingB to attend to. She has been the stay
of the work. Miss Marks was our faithful and able aide-de-camp
for a few months, and then was transferred to Ajmere.
Miss Rowe, unobtrusive, and wanted everywhere, has spent
much time with her faithful band of workers in the Meerut District.
Her work, and advice have always been a great help,
Besides the Meerut District, we have had sole charge of the
five Aligarh circuits, where we have been ably and gladly seconded
by Mrs. Lawson, Mrs. Matthews, Miss Gallimore and Pastor K allu
Das, v?ho have hadtheir hands full in the Aligarh orphanage, school,
M E ER U T D IS T R IC T .
city, district, evangelistic, and other work. Land has "been seoured
for the conference orphanage at Aligarh, and buildings are in
process of erection.
In closing may I make an appeal ? As one goes from village
to village, one of the glad things that one oomes to realize is the
fact that the nominal Christians are in our hands, and by careful
direction, coupled with the agency of the Holy Spirit, will make
,strong pillars in the church of God. This fact, together with a
proper realization of the spiritual needs of the teeming millions of
heathen and Mohammedans all around us, calls for our utmost zeal.
Maokey of Uganda said : “ If Christianity is worth anything, it
is worth everything.
I f it calls for any measure of zeal and warmth,
it will justify the utmost degrees of these, and that there is no
oonsistant medium between reckless atheism and the intensest warmth
of religious zeal.”
How true these words are ! Stirring times call
for stirring men and women. Let us all, then, have a holy enthu
siasm for the salvation of these multidudes of beloved India.
CAWNPOBE DISTRICT.
R ev.
S. S . DEASE, P b e s id in g E l d e r .
The Cawnpore District includes circuits in the following districts.
Cawnpore, Furrackabad, Mainpuri, Etawab, Jalann, Jhansi. This
will show how wide-spread the work is and -what important centres
it include*. Though these circuits have been recently organized,
the preaohers-in-charge having had experience in other fields, have
systematized their work and are carrying it on most successfully.
The converts are mostly from the lower classes, and being very
poor, have suffered most severely from the bard times. The help
received from America in the shape of money and corn has been the
means of saving life in all the circuits. Baptisms have been com*
paratively few, not because of lack of candidates, but beoattse it was
difficult to judge whether their motives were sincere.
The condition of the Industrial School in Cawnpore is reported
on by the Inspector as being much better than it was last year. A fine
school building has been erected during the year for the girls in the
girls* boarding school. This school has grown in numbers and has had
a most successful year, the only drawback being the spread of cholera,
which caused the death of one of the girls. Mrs. Worthington’s
care and nursing saved the lives of others who were also attacked.
The girls’ high school has had a good attendance and a remarkable
exemption from serious sickness. There has been much to encourage
the ladies in charge. Especially is this true of the spiritnal condition
of the pupils. It is remarkable bow many workers this school has
given to the mission during the years of its existence.
The popular and hard working pastor of the English Church, Bro.
Conklin, has suffered for some months from a serious illness. Bro.
Robertson has taken his place and done it most ably. Mr. Conklin
is much loved by all who have been privileged to know him, and it is
the prayer of e&oh and all that he may be soon restored to health,
BUUNDSHAHB DISTRICTR ev, C. LUKE, P residing E lder .
We thank God for his infinite goodness and blessings through­
out the year. He blessed and helped us at times of need.
In our diafcriob there are 7,955 Christians, who live in 464 villages
all around ; members 2,554 ; probationers 2,952 ; children 2,449.
This year we endeavoured to make our village Christian com­
munity to be a praying congregation, and thank God, we have been
successful; and the results have been that 1,310 have been prepared
-to pray and their prayers are lull of interest and influence. Secondly,
we have been trying that our village Christians may be able to read
the words of their dear Saviour ; we thank God for the success we
have obtained in this branch of the mission work. There are now
’371 who can read the Gospel. This year there have been 1,600 con­
versions and 695 have been baptized.
We have sixteen day schools, with an average attendance of
880 Christian boys and girls; Sunday Schools 119 with an average
attendance of 7,134 Christians and non-Christians.
W e have two colporteurs who are being supported by the
National Bible Society of Scotland, and they have sold this year, and
sometimes distributed, fifty-one Bibles, 60 Gospels, and 2,500 por­
tions were given out as free distributions ; these colporteurs also help
us in other mission branches.
There is a training school of seventy students being supported
*>y the Bishop Fund. They and thoir wives, when trained up, are
sent out as pastor-teaohers in the villages.
In each of the circuits in our district we have daily Bible
classes; and prayer meetings and class meetings are also regularly
conducted, and these have been the speoial means of spiritual growth
and strength among our converts. There are seven Epworth
Leagues in our district with an attendance of 375 village Christians,
who derive much help by their taking part in the programme.
Itinerating.— With me Mrs. Luke made an itinerating tour in the
distriot and b e li revival meetings in different villages, and there
has been a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We take much in­
terest in this work of great importance. W e have no appropriation
for this kind of work, and if God provides for any means, there is
no doubt, thousands of Christians will soon become zealous for tha
cause of their Saviour.
Prayer.— From thejeports of all the circuits it has been evident
that our Christians have great faith in prayer; when somebody
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fftlls siok at any time, they at once send for some of the preaohera,
Banana workers, etc., eto. and apply to them for prayer at this critical
moment, and strange to say, that by their faith and the help ol God,
the patient gets relief, Thousands of Christians, who never knew
bow to pray, now have special fondness for prayers, andttheir prayers
have worked wonders.
Work among Santiya Tribe.— Those are notorious plundering
people, still under the Government custody. We should say the
Government has up to the present tried much to redeem this tribe, yet
they have failed to do s o ; but thank God, our work was opened among
them last year, and more than 300 have been baptized and not one
of them has been found guilty of any kind of crime. They are being
made true Christians, and it is a surprising success that they pive
for the glory of their Lord’s work. ’Ere this they never thought of
giving, but plundering. This year they have given for self-support
two cattle, 120 lbs. of mixed grain and Rs. 6 and 8 Ans. There aTe
still hundreds of people of this special tribe in the district, but
owing to the lack of pasfcor-teaohera, we cannot baptize them.
Self-support
The annual anniversary of our self-support was
held at Bulandshahr, November 27th, 1897, and oar Christians have
contributed in cash and kind as follows:—
Gash, Rs. 8 0 3 -4 -0; 4,088 lbs. of mixed grain ; 400 lbs, of
flour; 4 cow s; 3 young cow s; 3 young buffaloes- 10 goa ts; 1
horse; 1 young g oa t; 1 young dog ; 7 hens and chickens; 29,eggs ;
17 winnowing fans ; 10 baskets; 4 brooms ; 1 tree ; 1 table; 1 glass ;
3 silver ringB; 2 shawls; 6 brass plates, 1 L ota ; 1 turbani; 1 piece
-of cloth ; 1 gold piece ; sw eets; vegetables; in all Rs. 1,009
Sunday school collection: 281 lbs. of mixed grains; 31,024 shells,
Rs. 15-7-3.
Need o f Education.— Our Christians express special desire fop
education. I f we could make any arrangement for their education
there is no doubt that they would help us more in our selfsupport; cause.
In our district three deacons, one preacher and one Bible-reader
are entirely supported by our self-support fund. In this present
famine year our Christians, who hitherto have so greatly given for
this glorious cause, are now serving under very hard times, and some
no doubt starve.
Evangelistic Work.— This year we have opened a new branch
of work, and happy to say, much benefit has been derived. Brother
H . Angelo is appointed to carry this work. He has arranged so as
to gain each circuit, and staying there three or four days, as needed,
reached nearly eveiy village and held revival meetings. Some 1,400
conversions have been reported. The Christians all around, have
enjoyed much, and our district conference has felt much, the need for
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this, aad hence appointed Brother Tullan Maaih to assist him ia this
Yery responsible duty.
W o have 18 preachers, 30 exhorfeers, and 10 pasfcor-teachers,
and 20 Bible-readers. By this it appears that fcherfi is a very small
supply of helpers for the two full districts of Bulandshahr and
Gurgaen combined in one.
IASGANJ DISTRICT.
HASAN R A Z A K H A N , P b k s id in q E l d e r .
*Phe word of God is true.
Ask and it shall be given you, and
knock and it it shall be opened untoyou. Thanks be to
the Lord
for a new year ot health and power to woi'k. Whenever I have
asked Him, He has «» ven me.
For the last few year3 the workers
in the Kasganj Distnet have prayed and worked with heart and
■oat for four things. The four things are :—
1. That every Curistian in this district should be filled with the
Holy Ghost.
2. Ttut every m tive Christian should pay for Jesus Christ
“whatever he can, out of his income.
3. Ttmt our Christians suould be taught bo read and write, and
read the Bible.
4. That the teaching of the Bible may spread in other nations,
and that they receiving the truth, may be baptized.
Returning from the Annual Conference, I fixed the date for a
revival meeting at Kasganj and invited all the preachers-in-charge
to join it, in order to obtain a new power and spirit to work. The
brothers and sisters, together with the preachers-in-charge, came and
we pr>tyed tw ce or thrice a day for four days, and the Lord heard
us and gave new power, and the result was that about 250 of us
bore testimony to being purified from our sins. The meeting being
over, I decided that three or four workers should 'g o around their
circuit at a time, holding revival meetings, preaching to the congre­
gations, and giving new life to ths member* as well as to the new
converts.
Brethren and sisters being one-minded, went around tba
circuits and prayed with the congregations in the villages. Many
■were filled with the H oly Ghost and a holy peace came to their
hearts. The meetings continued for two months and resulted ia
great good to our new converts.
In March last I decided to fix the date of another revival .meet­
ing. For this purpose I invited Dr. T. J. Scott, Principal of the
Theological Seminary, Bareilly, as well a-s our workers. He aceepted the invitation and came te Kasganj with Mrs. Scott. He was
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with us for four or five days, preaching and benefiting some
1,000 Christiana of the district who had joined the meeting and
the congregation of Kasganj and the Holy Spirit of eternal love
came upon all who seemed to want it. For this we are* much
indebted to him ; for most of the brothers and sisters were filled
with peace and the love of Christ, and bore testimony to being purfied from sin.
The meeting was followed by a self-support meeting, and the
brothers and sisters gave afa, dal, fowls, eggs, corn, fuel, goats, etc.,
with pleasrre. They sang songs of His praise and shouted the
ja i ja i ¡car of Christ. Most of them received new spirit and new
life in Christ.
In November 1897, the Kasganj district and the Agra District
conference and Isat mela was held in a grove at Hathras, and we
had about 1,300 men and women and children from both the dis­
tricts. Most of them had come on foot from fifty or sixty miles
distant and the mela was honoured by the presence of Bishop
J. M. Thoburn, from Bombay, Bishop Foss, and Dr. Goucher,
from Am erica; the Rev. E. W. Parker, from Shahjahanpore; the
Rev. W. A. Mansell, from ljudknow, and other missionaries.
The mela lasted for ten days, with four meetings daily. We
sang praises to Christ and bore testimony to being purified from
sin and enlightened by the Holy Spirit, In short, the whole year
we had revival meetings and meetings for prayer in Kasganj Dis­
trict, and about 2 000 Christians received deliverance from sin and
w«re so benefited that they will never forget it. My experience has
been that when they have gained nearness to Christ in true love
and harmony, they will gladly pay for His cause. Tney are glad
to give what they can for His sake, either in money or what they
have ; and they will be able to give more in the future.
The
world knows what the condition of India has been in the year 1897.
A desolating famine has been prevailing throughout India,
Thousands of lives perished from starvation and the people sold
their property for food, and still begged from door to door. Our
kind and benevolent Government helped the people in a wonderful
way, and succeeded in saving thousands of lives. Besides the Hindus
and the Mohamedans opened poor houses and orphanages for the
Welfare and benefit of their country.
Oar Christians in this part of the country were already poor
and the famine made them poorer. I f our American brother« and
sisters had not sent help no doubt thousands of Christians would
have died hfre. We remember them in our prayers. Thanks be to
the Lord Christ that not a single soul perished of starvation in our
district, though many of them suffered greatly.
When such was the state of the country, and the Christian com­
munity was poor, I thought it impossible to raise money. In the
togittuing of the yew I was aosioui for tbe “ self-support ” gauss
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P R E S ID IN G ÊLDÉRS’ ÏÏEPORTS.
and I feared for iny own support, for tha condition of the Christians
was pitiable. They could get but one meal a day, and if we did
not come to help them they would surely die. I prayed to the
Lord Christ. He heard and helped me, and did not leave me in
' this famine.
In the year 1896 there were six ordsined preachers in Kasganj district on self-support, and we had hopes to make an increase
’ in the number, but owing to the famine wé could do nothing. This
• difficulty will be removed in 1898.
The money raised fromKa3ganj district in 1897 is as follows : —
For Pastor’ s Fund
,, Missionary Fund
j, Sunday Schools
„ W . F. M. Society
„ Bishop's Fund
T otal R s . 1,028
I am astonished to Bee this sum, which was more than I had
expected. W e expect to go on increasing the “ self-support ” fund,
and we will be able to open new work, from the money locally
raised.
*
There are 79 Christian schools in this district. The teachers
are pastor-teachers, exhortera, and local preachers, and there are
none among them who have not passed the fifth standard of the
Government school. They can read, write, and do work in arithme­
tic, and are hard working and intelligent. The number of the boys
and girls on the roll is 1,334, oub of which 1,250 are Christians.
They all attend the school daily and receive regular instruction.
The schools are supplied with daily attendance registers. There is
a large school at Kasganj with forty Christian scholarship holders.
This school teaches up to the English Middle examination, and is a
source of benefit to the community. I have introduced some statis­
tics for the schools,
The pastor-teachers mark in them the
monthly attendance and the names of the boys and sends them to
the preicher-in-eharge of the circuit, who sends all such forms to
me on the fifth of every month, and thus I come to know all about
the schools.
W e have derived a great benefit from these statistics, and the
pastor-teachers try to improve the condition o f the schools aiid
teach regularly. Besides, there are two visiting school inspector*
at Kasganj who go around their circles quarterly. They examine
fcha schools and send the results to me. Besides, I myself visit the
schools whenever I go on tour. The management of the schools in
this district is regular, and the instruction good. About 1,500 men,
women and children have learned to read the Bible from these
Schools.
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31
About 200 workers have been prepared from these schools and
they are working in this district as pastor-teachers, exhorters, local
preaching deacons and elders, Some of them are working in other
districts, and every year four or five students from these schools are
sent up to be trained at the Theological Seminary at Bareilly. I f we
require a greater number, besides these workerg, we can at once
select about 100 young workers from theee schools and set them to
work as pastor-teachers in congregations. Out of the present working;
staff, all except 20 or 25, the rest are prepared from these schools. If
the same system can be extended, no doubt, thousands of young
persons will be able to read the Bible in ten or fifteen years, More
such scholars are wanted for our work.
Besides the said schools we have 180 Sunday schools in the
Kashganj District with 5,334 Sunday school scholars, who very gladly
sing Bhajans, pray and learn the word of God. I have established a
•• Kauri a Pal tan ” in these schools, and the students bring cowries
for the sake of Christ, and those who cannot gat shells, bring did,
$dl, etc.
We have further good hopes from these students as a sum of
Rs. 40, has been subscribed bv them. Some of the students are ac­
customed to save their cowries for the Sunday schools. These children
are becoming brave soldiers for Christ.
There are 8 Epworth Leagues in this district, of which the mem­
bership is 300. There are 13 circuits in Kasganj District, and the
said number of 11.056 Christians live in 725 villages in 4 zilahs form­
ing the Kasganj District - and some of these villages are 130 miles
distant from each other. I have a large field but a small number of
workers, and for this reason several villages are put in charge of one
worker, and all the workers work with honesty and steadiness.
In the beginning of the year, I had made up my mind not to in­
crease the number of nsw baptisms, but to improve the spiritual and
intellectual condition of our people. We formed this idea only for
two reasons. Firstly, because a famine was spreading, and secondly,
because the number of workers was insufficient. We gave more atten­
tion to the education and instruction of the village Christian community
as well as the old converts; but still the number of baptisms for this
year is 1,226.
I came to learn from the reports of the preachers-in-charge, as well
as my own personal experience, that about ten or fifteen thousand
persons could at onco be baptised; and besides these, thousands of true
seekers are found. 1 am very much perplexed as to how tbn work can
be maintained ; for every year a decrease in money from America
takes place, and the work is rapidly increasing and cannot be limited
or stopped. About 40 or 50 congregations have no teachers at present,
and members oome to us and ask for teachers. Others send similar
requests,'telling us that the mission has forgotten them. TBey
cry out that they with their children are left in ignorance. They-are
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P R E S ID IN G ELDERS* R E P O R T S .
constantly asking us forpastor-teachers to tell them of Christ. Hearing
these constant requests we wish to send teachers to them, but when we
ask ourselves how the teachers are to be paid, we are sorry and silent.
I want to take the advice of my pastors and benefactors, in this heavy
arid important task, as to how the work shouli be carried on. Most of
the congregations have no teachers and there ar6 thousands of seekers.
We do not require good preachers for this work, but we want
some pastor-teachers on Rs. 6 monthly each. We have a number of
young workers ready with us, who can at once be put to work. These
will discharge the duties well. Ttiey will teach the children of the new
converts daily and teach Bible also to the converts in the morning
and evening. One pastor-teacher is enough to look after 100 Christ­
ians. The work is heavy and necessary, and requires immediate
attention. PleaBe make haste to help us.
Thanks be to the Lord Christ that our work is rapidly increasing.
Every year we give a part of our work with the workers, the Christ­
ians and the seekers, to other districts, as for example in 1897 I gave
the Shakohabad Circuit to the Cawnpore D istrict; but still our work
suffered no loss. Every year w3 open mure work than we give to other
districts. Ripened field is ready, but we require a number of more
reapers. My dear Christians, please help us for two or three or»more
pastor-teachers as you p»n for the work of the Lord Jesus Cnrist. I
will appoint intended teacher or i.eachers where necessary and send a
■report of his or their woras to the helper quarterly or yearly as the help­
er prefers. One pastor-teacher will teach Christians and their children
and will bring seekers to Cnrist, and the school in which he works
will be given the name of the donor, and you will see that in a
short time thousands of persons will embrace Christianity through
you. There are four setools in Kasganj District supported by Dr.
Goucher, and if I write all about them a book could be prepared.
About 2,0u0 men and women have been baptized since the establish­
ment of these schools here, and about 100 young workers from these
schools have been prep ired and set to work. The present number
of the students in these schools is 100, out of which 20 are young
and able to be put to work as pastor-teacher. The pastor-teaohers paid
by Dr. Goucher have 650 Christians under their charge. The congre­
gation, ti»e workers of which are paid by Dc. Goucher. r.hink -of
him as their fatner, and daily pray tor him. He has planted a garden
in tndia, and so long as ttiB world exsts his name shall never be for.gottensbut his plants and flowers will continue to grow and flourish.
May the Lord our Saviour pro!onghis life and give him worldly and
spiritual blessing, that thousands of lives may be saved from the slav­
ery of Satan for Christ through him.
I maae a r e q u e s t of the Christian world and especially the
-C h ristia n s of th e United States of America. A C hristian compound and
ehurch is urgently required at Kasganj; for h e re we have no house te
4ive iu nor a church in which w worohip, We have an old rented com*
K A S G U X J DIST R ICT .
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pound on Hs. S00 yearly, the term of which expires on 31st Maroh
3898. We have everything of our mission in this compound. W o
live, we worship and do every thing in it, but the houses in it are so
built that when ever it rains or the wind blows strong the inmates
suffer a great deal of trouble. Besides great disorder takes place in
our daily working routine. There is a large Christian community
at Kasganj and the number of Christians increases daily, but I am
very sorry to say that owing to the want of a church and a mission
aompound our work suffers loss. Bishop Tboburn has seen the con­
gregation at Kasganj, and he as well as other missionaries very well
know the troubles we have. They prayed with us for a church and
a compound. The house we have on rent belongs to a Hindu Raja
who wants to sell it and if the matter turns out so, we shall not ba
able to rent a house at Kasganj and then the difficulties and troubles
will be much greater for U3, and the work will suffer a great
loss. This work requires immediate attention, as it is of an impor­
tant nature.
I do not want a grand church and a good mission
compound, and if more money cannot be,had I'shall be contented with
money enough to buy a piece of ground and therein to build a bouse
and church of Kacheha bricks. Instead of rafters and ceilings and
lime we can use thatches of tiles to cover and erect the building. The
work can be managed economically on Rs. 12,000 or a little more.
Every year in my report for the information of Christian bro­
thers and sister, I tell my troubles and give a concise descrip­
tion of everything, but I am very sorry to say that Christian people
do not seem to notice our work and its needs. I f our Christian bro­
thers and sisters could see our trobles 1 am sure they would sell
their property and all they had in order that they hight help us.
Dear Christians, the work is not to be overlooked, but with all
possible haste it should be attended to and helped, in order to make
everything best for Christ.
I have a full trust in Christ and whatever I wish to do is for
His glory. My body, my soul, my health, my wealth, and all that I
have is for Him. A ll brothers and sisters are requested to remember
me when they say their prayers and pray for me that 1 may be able
to save thousands of souls from the slavery of Satan, and bring them
to Christ.
N O R T H -W E S T I N D I A CONI E B E N GE S TATISTICS
FOR T H E Y E A R ENDING W I T H 31s« DECEMBER, 1897.
S T ATISTIC S N o. 1.
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Jvirozabad
Batras
Iglas
Itm adpur
K hair
M ahaban
M uttra
Somna
Tajganj
Tappal
T otal
12
320
650
850
325
550
244
273
350
150
200
450
400
200
134
40
19
230
50
213
276
100
245
310
50
81
18
366
388
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9
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98
5
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67
3
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21
17
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2
20
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67
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236
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400
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Bir
Kishangarh
Kuchawan
Mangaliawas ...
M erta
Phalera
Pisgngan
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8
2
358 94 3
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470 170 2
870 125 3
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212
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122
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325
237
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373
425
80
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300
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300 20,000 1000
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223
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50
480j 480
480
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T otal
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6
183
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2
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FOR T H E Y E A R ENDING W I T H 31s* DECEMBER, 1897.
N O R T H -W E S T I N D I A CONFERENCE S TA T IST IC S
STATISTICS No. 1.
GENERAL
B E N E V O L E N T COLLECTIONS.
SU N D A Y -SC H O O L S.
BAPTISM S.
CHURCH P R O P ER TY.
K asganj
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10
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10
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66
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1
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65 189 2
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15
25
70
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15
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85
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35
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89
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6
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26
30
16
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51
49
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60
115
89
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160 Ï
160
100
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105
225
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6
1
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1
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28
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17
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225
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CHURCH P R O PE R T Y .
FOR TH E Y EA R KNDING W IT H 31si DECEMBER, 1897
STATISTICS No. 1-
M H isT E E rn r
SU PPORT.
N O R T H -W E S T I S D IA CONFERENCE S T A T IS T IC S
SUPPLEMENT TO
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3
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71
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6
20
42
35
131
158
26
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57
5
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242
163
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71
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1.498
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1,102
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NAMES OF
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STATISTICS N.<. 1
Amount raised for Self-Support.
SUPPLEMENT TO
FOR THE YEAH ENDING W IT H 3ls< DEQEMBt.fi, 1897.
Amount raised for Conference Claim­
ants.
NO RTH -W EST I N D IA CONFERENCE STA T IST IC S
50
100
126
100
50
65
160
36
126
100
10U
106
132
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9
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6
14
7
13
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8
25
29
68
37
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1
1
3
1
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3
7
1
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4
5
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42
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79
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125
10
78
34
47
13
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13
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59
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92
109
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112
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508
198
424
432
301
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1.429
1,856
809
450
1383
250
229
1072
265
617
204
100
328
715
2,000
454
329
1,400
6,936
2,869
9,805
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650
300
950
663
242
280
158
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51
38
182
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126
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Deoband
Lahore Eng,
Do. Hind.
Multan
M ussoorie Eng
Do
Hind.,
Patiala
R urki Eng.
D o. H ind.
Total
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
4
1
•••
. ..
1
1
4
2
‘" 5
...
1
4
16
0
3
1
5
6
”8
29
7
«
...
1
. ..
2
1
10
15
15
200
6
40
15
45
9
16
14
15; ...
'47
13; ..
34
'*32
-----I 119;
"*8
’*”4
4
1023
1023
----- ------ —
16 1389
23 1428
1,288
3422
225
1,123
2
10
4
342
27
11
68
1,513
7
191
548
4,545
20
977
237
1780
750 3896 26,944
194
78
...
166
350
...
165
22
987
241
1,780
...
2Ö6 32,285
299
177
418
172
...
...
...
188
...
...
...
...
371 4523 3896 27,138 j 188
...
265 36,381
...
I
...
...
...
...
1
...
55 510 260
7 190 510 649
...
...
...
2
46
N O R T H -W E S T I N D I A CONFERENCE STA T IST IC S
SUPPLEMENT TO
STATISTICS No. 1.
N a t iv e C h r is t ia n
A cc essio n s .
W orkers.
FOR T H E Y E A R ENDING W I T H 31 si DECEMBER, 1897.
J From
J From
*3
43
c
H
c3
a
p
3
6
0
F oe Sc h o o ls.
o
o
JTotal accessions.
IslamiBm.
Workers.
Hindus of all castes.
or other­
J Other Paid
•e
+3
O
-C
X
«
G
Q
<D
T3
cS
O'
2s
<D
3
S3
Colporteurs, not Exhortera
wise counted.
J>
U
O
Ph
Christian Teachers not Preachers or
Kxhorters, both Male and Female.
Ü
Local Preachers.
cd
Native Members of Conference.
Missionaries’ wiveB,
09
.2
c8
0
.2
C IR C U IT .
W. F. M. S. Assistants.
N A M E OF
W. F. M. S. Missionaries.
\
so
a
.2
00
"C
-S
0
S-.
<u
-S
0
•o
E
cS
S p e c i a l it e m s o r d e r e d b y
C o n f e r e n c e , I t e m s ok
Local Im portance, e t c .
M o n e y C ollec ted in I n d ia .
C O M M D N IT i.
a «
<D a.
<
B clan d sh ah b
D is t r ic t .
A n u p sh a h r
A u ra n g a b a d ...
B u la n d sh a b r ...
D a n k au r
G u rg a o n
G u la u th i
J a h a n gira b a d ...
K h u r ja
M irz a p u r
1
” ’l
...
Pahasu
Shikarpur
” 1
S ik an da ra b a d ...
T ota l
3
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
.. 3
...
16
2
4
6
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
4
29
1
2
7
2
2
2
2
3
4
1
1
1
5
2
2
1
1
2
2
l
28
19
1
” ’l
2
’ 1
1
"2
*"l
* "l
2
1
1
K&nauj
Orai
S h ekoh a b a d
D ecrease
98
486
86
572
15
12
11
35
15
16
6
45
13
‘" e
45
19
6
1
l
1
1
2
1
2 * 2
5
3
3
2
10
4
5
2
1
7
9
8
4
4
8
-
29
2
2
3
4
3
3
4
4
5
2,
4
5
1
4
1
2
1
1
14
25
11
2
16 110
39 1029
35 6405
520 6960
7
906
45 5928
528 6501
32
123
" 1
6
...
3
.
15
13
12 ' 17
37
173 253
258
199
13
12
12
io
14
41
136 228
244 186
16
3
1
2
1896 Totals ...
Increase
53
6
46
6
10 21
15
12
80
8
16 130
30
4
30
5
10
3
80
4
27
6
50
6
145
137
278
304
104
287
251
260
148
133
235
423
777
468
534
924
345
795
601
580
349
423
509
1,312
4,912
2,705
7,617
20
25
45
632
331
256
620
241
508
350
320
2U1
290
274
40
41
125
33
40
28
41
43
46
15
24
37
91
513
32
32
48
44
44
244
37
45
31
45
49
52
19
30
13
13
158
10
9
17
684
368
10
51
33
10
13
31
•
A uriya
Bithur
Cawnpore E ng...
D o.
H ind...
G ra n d T o ta ls
1
1
C aw npobe
D is t r ic t
T otal
47
40
11
3
72
114
*26
25
7
76
2i
44
7
8
22
7
8
...
3
...
37
4
25
...
-14
13
3
"io
...
’” 2
50
31
54
15
" ’6
31
1
56
64
55
15
2 208 / 44 254
477
10
459
8, ...
280
113
184
184
23
100
464
136
28-1.
36
19
2700
857 1111
62
40
30
597
332
929
116 3750 1111
20
1082
1082
’“ 3
953
34,184 15,906 50,090 4529 15,899 6545 29,893 536
29.596 15,024 44,620 13,364 15,297 6383 40,704 3917
882
602
5,470
8825
16
22
260
22
35
950
7013
50 2124 59,576
144
708 443 80,950
144
658
162
1681
10,811 3381
21,374
25
25
75
2820 535
12,013
375
•73 2603
140 8646
217
395 3367
STATISTICS.
Total average daily attendance.
Average daily attendance.
Total.
Non-Christians.
Christians.
Total.
Gills’ Schools.
END OF THE YEAR.
Average daily attendance.
NO. ON BOLL AT THE
END OH THE YEAR.
Non-Christians.
M0
75
10
5
No. ON ROLL AT THE
Christians.
115
105
16
12
Boys’ Schools.
Non-Christians.
Christians
Girls’ Schools.
Average daily attendance.
Total.
Non-Christians.
Average daily attendance.
gra
N o. ON ROLL AT THE
END OF THE YEAR.
Total.
A
Christians
Number of Boys’ Schools.
N A M E O F C I R C U IT .
%
GRAND TOTALS.
A N G L O -V E R N A C U L A R SCHOOLS.
Total Number on Rolls.
VERN A CU LAR SCHOOLS.
No. ON BOLL a t the
END OF THE YEAR.
W IT H 31st DECEM BER , 1897.
17
15
5
6
6
1
7
4
3
7
7
7
4
2
2
13
7
5
6
6
1
8
4
2
3
7
20
4
2
4
437
525
156
167
197
33
140
25
53
35
100
271
40
29
25
400
450
110
105
150
30
110
20
45
30
56
212
35
20
21
Total Number of Teachers.
SCHOOL
FOR THE Y E A R E N D IN O
Total Number of Schools.
N O R T H -W E S T IN D IA CONFERENCE S T A T IS T IC S
D istrict .
A gra Eng.
P o . H ind.
Aligarh
Bharatpur
Brindaban
D igg
Firozabad
Hathras
Iglas
Itmadpur
Khair
Mahaban
M uttra
Somna
Tajganj
Tappal
7
11
4
5
6
1
6
4
2
7
7
5
4
1
2
•••
•••
Total
122
180
90
105
100
25
90
25
25
16
70
30
36
12
3
200
40
50
50
97
8
38
60
75
7
8
10
3
1
1
55
30
10
19
30
30
4
2
22
322
220
140
155
197
33
128
^5
35
35
100
60
40
14
25
1,529
1,217
53
75
65
24
21
30
56
50
20
18
28
1
1
6
7
13
6
20
26
20
2
56
49
"¿ O
15
96
60
80
40
1
62
"lO
7
20
5
15
173
140
...
300
185
100
100
150
30
100
20
30
30
56
50
35
10
21
9
4
...
1
9
3
1
"l4
4
...
10
12
...
15
12
3
18
185
108
1
50
100
150
929
600
3
3
2
2
2
22
65
12
8
10
’ 12
13
20
117
98
215
172
2
90
45
20
17
17
45
**70
30
15
12
10
40
6'
2
56
35
1
2
2
20
5
33
90
25
20
10
17
12
60
174
234
177
10
113
60
•••
60
1
61
1
42
•••
15
10
293
225
...
. ..
72
120
190
...
•••
•••
•••
•••
...
...
...
1
200
..
18
. ..
...
...
...
200
. ..
•••
•••
•••
...
...
...
...
1
•••
...
1
50
100
150
120
2
1
53
22
75
66
1
260
1
261
232
93
92
2,233
1,794
56
53
5
3
2
3
4
12
3
2
2
5
206
65
24
34
73
175
50
20
28
63
56
53
17
24
402
336
" 'l 3
5
1
2
4
’ 10
S
1
2
3
4
*258
95
20
17
24
65
210
70
15
12
15
55
28
25
479
377
A jukrk D istrict .
Aim ere Hind.
Bir
Kishangarh
Kuchawan
Phalera
Total
12
...
...
*13
13
56
...
...
10
10
1
27
3
25
30
91
105
. ..
...
56
1
1
i
A ll a h a b ad D istrict .
Allahabad Eng
Do.
Hind.
Banda
Chuñar
Karwi
M&nauri
Manikpur
Total
-
7
3
1
2
2
2
17
20
7
...
“ *60
. ..
...
...
. ..
1
62
...
...
...
10
72
60
...
...
...
...
8
...
...
NORTH- W E S T I N D I A CONFERENCE S TA T IST IC S
FOR THE T E A R E N D IN G W IT H 31st DECEMBER, 1897.
STATISTICS.
No. ON ROLL AT THE
o
Total average daily àttendance.
¿
Total Number on Soils.
Total.
Christians.
Boys’ Schools.
'A
03
‘S
JS
o
Average daily attendance.
0D
«5
a
10
3
10
9
60
98
119
93
26
57
304
21
79
136
43
144
166
45
91
107
84
23
63
290
17
70
120
40
130
166
88
93
1,334
1,226
6
7
9
9
12
5
8
15
93
103
142
267
66
80
96
222
1
4
6
17
6
1
4
6
16
6
CO
O
NO. ON BOLL AT THE
END OF THE YEAR,
THE YEAB.
NAME OF CIRCUITS.
GRAND TOTALS.
Total.
O b'
Christians.
END
Girls’ Schools.
END OF THE .YEAR.
Non-Christians.
N o. ON BOLI, AT THE
ESD OF THE YEAR.
Average daily attendance.
No. ON BOLL AT THE-
A N G L O -V E R N A C U L A R SCHOOLS.
80
66
205
65
” *14
60
64
165
66
65
73
1,028
792
3
3
40
30
”*12
2
1
2
12
7
2
9
4
6
”311
16
116
98
194
274
14
92
89
160
Total Number of Teachers.
V E R N A C U L A R SCHOOLS.
Total Number of Schools.
SCHOOL
K a s g a n j D is t e ic t .
A liganj
Atrauli
Etab
Gangfairi
Jalaisar
Karauli
43
80
103
75
18
51
18Q
14
59
103
35
114
130
KasgdJij
Kayam ganj
Marehra
Patiyali
Sakit
Siknndra Rao
Soron
62
Total
43
80
103
75
18
51
229
14
59
103
43
114
130
49
1,005
57
50
74
109
28
20
40
75
95
70
16
48
7
18
16
Ï.8
220
75
7
26
272
•••
5
30
35
25
30
27.?
229
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
70
15
25
...
•««
...
...
5
20
3¿
4
7
8
6
3
4
16
3
6
10
3
10
9
...
...
14
7
8
6
12
55
95
40
105
125
1,062
5
16
12
...
...
...
...
...
•••
...
...
...
•a.
•••
...
...
...
...
...
...
•**
...
4
7
8
0
3
4
20
3
0
M b e b d t D is t r ic t .
Delhi
Grhaziabad
Hapar
M eerut H ind
D o. Eng.
Muwana
Muzaffarnagar
Panipat
Rabupura
Sonepat
.
55
112
-10
128
101
80
60
165
55
" 14
50
50
130
48
288
802
599
40
40
30
103
77.
180.
160
7
514
'
125
15
70
96
"]8
"*18
80
60
40
55
Total
70
84
10
33
100
10
12
...
...
...
12
1
14
...*
...
...
•••
14
4
35
20.
...
•••
...
83
26
13
81
1
14
121
7
106
7
1
*‘ *10
103
103
...
...
99
...
...
•••
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
109
1
•••
••
...
•••
...
...
14
13
*10
8
...
...
1
103
...
99
103
M u s s o o b i e D i s t r ic t .
Deoband
Lahore Eng.
D o. H ind.
Multan
Mussoorie Eng.
D o.
H ina.
Patiala
Rurki Eng.
D o. H ind.
1
•
88
36
200
Total
439
113
8
124
105
3
60
200
'Ï7Ô
’ 5
‘ **60
552
472
14
170
20
70
•••
•••*
65
...
258
115
16
•••
...
82
...
...
115
98
92
89
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
*60
88
...
1
2
...
213
‘
:::
...
4
141
82
223
189
...
...
22
18
260
216
64
49
1,033
874
N O R T E -W E S T IN D IA CONFERENCE S T A T IS T IC S
SCHOOL
FOR THE Y E A R E N D IN G W IT B 3 h t DECEMBER, 1897.
STATISTICS.
A N G L O -V E R N A C U L A R SCHOOLS.
V E R N A C U L A R SCHOOLS.
Average daily attendance.
t£
a
.S
00
CO
‘C
!’-5
SS
Ü
à
o
£
to
o
3o
H
N o. ON BOLL AT THE
No. ON BOLL. AT THE
END OF THE YEAB.
END O Ï THE YEAB.
to
Girls’ Schools.
N A M E O F C IR C U IT .
Number of B oys’ Schools.
END OF THE YEAB.
Average daily attendance.
NO. ON BOLL AT THE
a
'.2
-13
to
•a
O
C
.3
‘43
«
‘S
à
O
55
3
©
£
G R A N D TOTALS.
NO. ON BOLL AT THE
END OF THE YEAB.
o
o
BCLANDSHAHB DlBTBICT.
Anupshahr
Aurangabad
Bulandshahr
Dankaur
Gurgaon
Gulauthi
Jahangirabtbd
K h utja
M irzapur
Pahasu
Sliikar pur
Sikandarabad
23
50
56
38
42
61
63
48
20
25
23
50
20
44
46
20
32
45
45
34
15
20
20
45
12
.479
386
2
10
4
*"*12
10
16
9
14
1
1
2
4
8
55
34
"5 5
42
" 40
38
2
”* 4
.55
55
“ *48
..
T otal
...
2
4
5
2
2
3
3
4
2
2
2
3
23
50
56
38
30
51
53
48
20
25
23
60
34
467
1
2
*12
2
"*34
” *34
“ *28
14
28
42
23
50
132
38
42
61
53
48
39
—
34
20
34
28
12
15
12
15
9
11
'** 6
9
6
...
14
28
42
37
39
27
20
44
113
20
32
45
46
34
15
25
23
50
20
45
555
463
22
31
18
25
273
51
226
44
” 55
48
432
361
20
C a w n p o b k D is t r ic t .
A uriya
B ith u rCawnpore Eng.
D o.
H in d.
Kanauj
Orai
Shekohabad
18
" 3
T otal
...
13
77
101
178
149
4
3
33
36
26
Grand Totals
...
301
3,608
1.443
5,051
4,168
84
866
335
1,201
962
305
3,999
1,273
5,272
4,241
90
817
357
1,174
2,123
1896 Totals
...
Increase
...
Decrease
...
...
...
4
391
170
».
49
...
221
73
6
...
27
22
...
...
1,161
11
104
114
114
98
18
114
114
98
34
18
86
104
88
355
355
710
600
533
534
482
401
417
7,496
6,212
301
403
704
554
296
298
258
410
396
7,448
7,176
46
237
236
224
21
48
54
964
N O R T H -W E S T IN D IA CONFERENCE S T A T IS T IC S
For the year ending S h t December, 1897.
N o. o f O f f i -
ALL AGES.
Total.
N o n -C h r is t ia n s .
Female.
Male.
Female.
Total.
W om en.
Men.
f
C h r is t ia n s .
(
Total No. of Schools.
No. of Schools for both sexes.
No. of Schools for Girls only.
No. of Schools for Boys only.
N A M E O F C IR C U IT .
N o, o f S c h o l a r s o f
1
CEBS AND
T eachers.
S c h o o ls .
M ale.
N o. o p S u n d a y
Average attendance of Officers, Tea­
chers and Scholars.
S U N D A Y SCHOOL STATISTICS.
A g r a D is t r ic t .
A g ra E ng.
D o. H in d.
A ligarh
Bharatpur
Brindaban
D igg
Firozabad
Hathras
Iglas
Itm adpur
Khair
Mahaban
M uttra
Somna
T ajganj
Tappal
10
27
8
Ö
6
1
...
I
6
•••
6
9
7
7
13
10
10
2
6
Total
120
1
...
1
3
2
a
a
2
30
1
22
34
9
30
30
...
7
8
8
7
...
1 ; 10
8
...
14
4
15
1 1»
10
...
4
2
y
3
9
13
4
6
9
3
8
4
3
2
8
9
2
3
6
7
8
17
1
6
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
10
2
2
2
SI
201
91
66
1
3
17
3
5
2
3
4
1
4
5
2
4
5
3
3
2
3
3
1
4
5
2
1
8
1
10
17
30
5
12
11
4
9
6
4
3
11
19
4
5
7
28
30
...
58
150
75
85 390
80
185 225 150
50 610
200
20 150 30 400
375
75 700
50 200
162
9 290
7 112
50
25 150
50
25
202
24
48
274
150
50 ■50 . . .
250
100
50 100 100 350
45
32 180
17
86
100
90 300
50
60
300
20 450
70
60
41
10
51
...
60
40
15
57 172
11
50 213
2, 150
157 2159 770 1286
30
350
- 550
205
575
200
100
260
210
300
165
225
400
40
140
200
623 4838
3950
50
342 139 748
27
122
25
360
128
75 553
80
45 325
127' 85 237
5
3?,
7
130
93 373
200 135 425
35
15
80
40
664
108
320
427
300
204
28
300
375
65
8 l 1044 568 1101 592 3305
2,831
A jmere D istrict .
A jm ere Eng.
A jm ere H ind.
Bikanir
Bir
Kishangarh
Kuehawan
Mangaliawas
M erta
Phalera
Bisangan
Rupnagar
1
2
1
9
3
4
i
20
6
«
11
6
9
1
14
11
4
45
17
29
91
49
35
1
27
8
4
2
2
3
1
3
5
16
3
2
2
3
3
8
5
2
1
1
1
3
13
21
5
3
3
4
6
25
100
25
5
1
27
5
7
3
4
8
14
9
55
34
21
55
303 215
...
...
15
4
7
5
2
1
...
11
...
4
2
D
•••
...
4
6
...
Total
A llah abad
...
7
22
6
8
4
6
7
2
8
10
4
30
20
196
71
55
40
200 135
218 132
150 50
15
10
10
10
100 50
50
40
20
10
D i s t r ic t .
Allahabad Eng.
D o.
H ind.
Banda
Chuñar
K arw i
Manauri
M anikpur
T otal
•••
4
...
32
20
•••
33
55
80
100 400 100 700
40 30
20 115
70 50 120
20
2
70 112
8 100
50 153
15
25 125 198
645 415 ■1478
70
600
90
100
85
130
170
1,245
N O R T H -W E S T IN D I A CONFERENCE STATISTICS
For the year ending Slst December, 1897.
N o. o p O f f i ­
cers and
T ea ch ers.
N o. o f S c h o l a r s o f
ALL AGES.
m
Î5
2
S
<n
5
«
9
¿
or?
55
<3
H
02
£
»
o
o
Total.
Male.
Female.
M ale.
Total.
W omen.
a
Men.
Total No. of Schools.
No. of Schools for both sexes.
N A M E OF C IR C U IT .
No. of Schools for Girls only.
No. of Schools for Boys only.
S c h o o ls .
Female.
N o. o f S u n d a y
Average attendance of Officers, T ea­
chers and Scholars.
S U N D A Y SCHOOL STATISTICS.
K a s g a n j D is t r ic t .
A liganj
Atrauli
Etah
Ganghiri
Jalaisar
Karauli
Kasganj
Kayainganj
Marehra
P atiyali
10
8
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
7 135
20
25
6
6
2
11
3
9
15
7
3
14-
10
3
3
4
2
6
6
11
9
5
45
45
fiO
1
1
4
31
20
2
2
1
2
6
7
3
5
3
16
90
26
35
61
136
185
35
35
30
560
36
69
35
5
1
1
475
250
256
95
65
580
35
335
215
125
5
15
6
3
10
40
11
4
4
2
70
13
114
0
G
8
21
4
8
11
S a k it
Sikandra Rao
Soron
Total
3
2
11
5
2
ft
2
2
19
7
8
4
2
17
19
8
6
1
9
3
4
39
27
180
88
38
2
11
11
13
15
62
9
7
13
18
4
6
12
fi
2fi
5
7
13
5
410
13 245
11
12G 3221
185
166
626
460
3 30
70
150
660
496
10 361
5 155
8 119
20 1250
14 110
439
2 4 325
176
15 665
25 495
563 1404
146 5334
4869
33
20
83
105
125
150
80
93
473
100 1475
120 1170
30
40 855
728
50 295
28 385
254
90
414
1 ,300
900
637
393 6758
4,988
500
408
...
•* .
20
75
135
100
1164
100
4 00
3 00
145
6 00
455
M e k r d t D istrict .
Delhi
Ghaziabad
Hapar
M eerut Hind.
D o. Eng.
tMuwana
Muzaffarnagar
Panipat
Rabupura
Sonepat
2
ññ
2
7
3
...
17
1
16
9
...
...
2
12
8
7
7
9
1
1
2
1
12
9
9
17
96
27
fi
12
T otal
20
1
25
3
15
4
8
4
40
210
19 1120
n
n
33 570 400
6 10 20
30 505 250
12 400 328
60
...
7
14
9
9
17
150
75
20
3
121
54
182
11
2
11
209
45
62
185
99
51
15
1
5
2
3
1
1
12
9
7
4
2
2
4
2
4
2
150 3335 1393
65
26
800
676
284
300
200
M o s s o o r ie D i s t r ic t .
Deoband
L ahore Eng.
D o . Hind.
M ultan
Mussoorie Eng.
D o.
Hinfi.
Patiala
Rurki Eng.
Do. Hind.
fi
4
1?
Total
37
2
4
11
4
1
1
7
10
8
2
•i
8
2
1
32
18
32
10
44 i
92
55
1
1
8
500
3
Ifi
10
6
180
65
4
20
10
15
9
75
5
11
80
12
12
2 )9
2
9
15
25
275
38
93 1313
20
106
40
285
64
79
10
62
40
16
430
80
95
366
388
14
600
...
• ••
...
325
...
185
810
181 2489
12
397
80
90
360
260
12
660
2,1 6 9
N O R T H -W E S T I N D I A CONFERENCE.
For the year ending 31si December, 1897.
S U N D A Y SCHOOL STATISTICS.
N o . o f O f f i­
cers a n d .
T eachers.
N o . of Su nday
S ch oo ls.
'S
o
"c
o
pq
s
to
'S
o
¿3
o
to
'S
O
'S
o
m
o
6
%
0
«*-«
0
w
0
ó
(Z5
©
BQ
m
t>>
o
N A M E O F C IR C U IT .
5
GO
O
©
£
0
OD
0
O
O
•S
CQ
6
ti
U
o
u
£
W
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£
CD
3
a
50
£
<
H
00
2
Ä
0
O
c
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s
0
£
i
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9
£
0
\
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«
0
H
<D
H
, ce'
03
O
X
©
CO
¿5
ré*
à
N o . of S ch olars of
ALL AGES.
'S
S3
'S
S
0
Eh
ni
6
*03
§
03
(Î
S
'S
0
H
ai
a
m
0
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C 03
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60 *
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*
‘
C “
BuLANDSHAHB DISTRICT.
Anupshahr
Aurangabad
Bulandshahr
Dankaur
Gurgaon
Gulauthi
Jahangirabad
K hurja
M irzapur
Pahaßu
Shikarpur
Sikandarabad
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
10
9
9
7
8
7
7
12
3
3
4
11
10
12
14
9
10
9
9
14
4
4
5
13
5
5
8
4
5
5
7
6
3
2
4
7
1
3
6
2
3
20
90
113
61
26
4
8
1
1
5
9
2
•26
9
13
5
4
8
5
30
11
10
7
1
69
75
" 3
T ota l
...
S
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
6
8
14
6
8
7
9
8
4
3
5
9
45
250
75
30 400
81
40 127
80 328
190 151
98 182 621
108 162
17
3 290
114
10 287
43 120
155
66 >70 29 320
10
160
35 265
60
30
101
70
58 259
140
32
3 175
140
15 "6
9 170
8
135
5 165
17
59
258
75
29 421
87 1832
806 590 473 3701
345
264
526
265
250
285
225
235
150 1
145
132
375 1
3,197
C awnpore D istrict .
Auriya
Bithur
Cawnpore Eng.
D o.
H ind.
Kanauj
Orai
Shekohabad
"2
Total
...
"¿3
8
8
5
"3
1
5
...
56
11
2
"7
14
2
4
2
5
8
12
44
13
14
9
20
40
20
100 225 350
25
12
45
40
97
50 114 1020 2Ó3 1387
93
60 366
7 206
440 200 660
20
130
65
65
30 105 298 226 1798
708 3030
37
300
70-t
987
300
500
94 ,
2,288
Grand Totals
...
485
164
337
986
552 305
857
13,405
4726 8271 3531
29,933
25,627
1896 Totals
...
384
156
403
943
542 298
840
14,3i>3
5281 8101 2434
30,179
25,564
Increase
...
101
Decrease
...
43
8
...
00
10
...
7
17
...
170 1097
...
958
555
...
246
37
N O R T H -W E S T IN D IA CONFERENCE S T A T IS T IC S .
For the year ending Slst December 1897.
Amount of sales of
Rs.
A gra D istrict .
Aligarh
Bhartpu
Hathras
Iglas
Khair
M uttra
Somna
Tappal
Total
all kinds.
No. of Tracts and Books sold and distriouted.
Total No. Bibles, Testaments
tions sold or distributed.
and
P or­
or distri­
Portions
No. of English
buted.
sold
Testaments sold or
New
No of English
distributed.
No. of English Bibles sold or distributed.
sold or distri­
No. of Vernacular Portions
buted.
Testaments sold
No. of Vernacular New
or distributed.
C IR C U IT .
No of Vernacular Bibles
buted
’
OF
No. of meu employed as Colporteurs.
NAME
sold or distri
COLPORTAGE STATISTICS.
10
10
9
10
2
50
175
50
710
2
3
4
3
7
5
8
15
5
5
4
80
100
8
60
53
70
1,183
20
19
18
40
1,200
222
562
8
2
58
3
35
42
96
1,984,
8
4»
8
2
25
23
4
10
48
1
1
1
1
1
5
8
6
4
9
16
21
25
30
30
754
499
793
623
460
5
32
1
1
1
20
2
1
1
3
...
10
199 12,000
325
72
200
787
500
81 2,000
155 5.000
10 2,000
65 4.000
25
25
45
1,369 26,025
117
?/)
A P,
(1
n
n
n
8
n
«
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
n
0
6 0
A jmehe D istrict .
A jm ere
Bikanir
Phalera
Total
1
1
...
6
500
12
2
1,311
225
613
3,887
52 8 n
8 0 o
32 4 0
17
2
2,149
4,387
92 12 0
37
25
6,000
500
1,495
500
1,000
0
0
(1
0
0
o
0
0
0
0
...
62
9,495
0
0
•••
...
775
628
827
660
501
►
A llahabad D istrict .
Allahabad Hind.
Banda
Karw i
Manauri
M anikpur
•••
...
Total
...
...
...
K asganj D istrict .
Channi
Etah
Kasganj *
Soron
Evangelist Colportage,
Total
1221 3,129
...
3
3
2
...
8
...
3,291
580
43 3 3
1,310
53 7 6
2,425 112 0 0
2.650
78 1 0
1,400
85 8 0
8.365
371
3 9
N O R T H -W E S T I N D I A CONFERENCE S T A T IS T IC S .x
F or the year ending 81st December 1897.
Amount of Bales of
all kinds.
No. of Tracts and Books sold and distri­
buted.
Total No. Bibles, Testaments
tions sold or distributed.
and
P or­
or distri­
Portions sold
No. of English
buted.
Testaments sold or
New
No of English
distributed.
No. of English Bibles sold or distributed.
sold or distri­
Testaments sold
No. of Vernacular Portions
buted.
C IR C U IT .
No. of Vernacular New
or distributed.
N A M E OF
No. of Vernacular Bibles
buted
No. of men employed as Colporteurs.
sold or distri­
COLPORTAGE STATISTICS.
Rs. A P.
M eebut D istrict .
Hapar
'
M eerut H ind.
Muwana
Muzaffamagar
Panipat
Rabupura
Sonepat
6
2
2
14
96
15
20
500
25
12
4
10
1
20
22
660
2
5
74
•••
2
...
1
...
...
Total
1
1
96
22
22
523
25
2
...
3
27
200
8,000
330
97
50
5,000
240
715 13,917
1
5
1
25
0
1
0
8
0
5
0
5
2
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
34 12 0
M dssoorie D istrict.
Deoband
Lahore Eng.
Mussoorie Hind.
R urki Hind,
26
1
Total
5
12
12
12
4
16
10
10
25
1,207
600
449
1,751
8,000
250
1,500
63
19
87
60
10 9
0 0
6 0
4 0
3,614
21
38
47
4,007
9,750
230
4 9
569
390
595
376
18 0 0
12 0 0
959
971
30 0
1
3
27
17
48
95
1,078
600
336
1,600
5
70
217
1
...
•••
...
...
B ulan dsh ah r
D istrict .
Bulandshahr
Gurgaon
9
4
34
16
*525
370
1
1
Total
2
13
50
895
1
1
1
95
12
60
16
400
428
25
• 8
40
12
25
14
645
490
50 0 0
60 12 0
2
107
76
828
33
52
39
1,135
110 12 u
19
341
669 12,317
93
131
...
0
C a w n p o r e D i s t r ic t
Cawnpore H ind.
Kanauj
Total
Grand Totals
...
1896 Totals
...
Increase
...
Decrease
...
21
2
303
454
9,580
38
215
2,761
...
95
2
106 13,687 72,910 987 2
79
1,068 13,587 144695
52
2,100
962
-
...
71,785
867
6
1 3
120 1 3