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FOR THE YEAR 1924·25.

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DUMKA .

) PUftLISHID EY TBE I.lNTAL MISSION OF THJI: NOItTHERN CIlUKOHES.

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FIF'rY-EIGHTB ANNUAL REPORT

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THE SANTAL MISSIO-N ",

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FOR THE YEA.R 1924·25.

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DUMKA.

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1926.

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<'. PBINT.lD. AT THE SANTAL MISSION 'FRESS, BENAGAIUA.

rREB~ PROPRIETOR: THE 8ANTAL MISSION OF THE NORTHERN CHURCHES,

8ECRBTART: REV. R. ROSENLUND.

THE SANTAL MISSION OF THE NORTHERN CHURCHE&

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~t.ctdatn anb ~tta.Utet. Rev. R. ROSENLUND.

Dumka, Santal ParganaB, Bihar.

c#lissionatie.s.

'MISS GERDA BANG (arriv~d in India May,1919), on fU1·lough.

REV. & MRS. p, O. BODDING (arr. in India Jan., 1890). Mohulpahari.

DR. & MRS. B. B. BOGH(arr. in India Dec. 1915 & Jan. 1919). Benaga.rja· ELI BOGR, ESQ. (arrived in India December, 1919), Saldoha..

MISS NANCY DIESEN .(arrived in India December, 1911), Maharo. ?dr. '& Mrs. OLUF ErE (arrived in India October, 1920) Tea garden.

REV. & MRs. J. P. GAUSDAL (arr. in India Nov.'1915 & Jan.' 19i9). Basetkundi.

MISS ANNA JENSEN (arrived in India March, 19(8), on {u1·t

REV. & Mrs. J. JENSEN (arr. in·India Dec. 1916 & Jan. 1920), on furl.

REV. & MRS. H. P. H. Ku[PP (arr. in India Nov. 1915 & March, 1918).

MISS LA.URA LORNE. (arr. in India Oct. 1923), Maharo. MISS HILDUB. MILDE (arr. in India Oct.: 1923), Ma.haro.

Naranpur.

MISS DAGMAR MILLER (arrived in India November 1920), Assam Colony.

MRS. L. P. NIELSEN (arr. in India]Nov. 1912), Koroya.

REV. & MRs. J. J. OFSTAD (arrived in India 1903 and 1907), Kaerabani.

REV. & MRS. K. OFSTAD (arr. in India Nov 1915 & May 1917), on furl. MISS ASTA OPSARL (arrived in India November, 1922), Koroya. Miss Anna Pedersen (arrived in India March, 1920), Assam. Rev. & Mrs. M. A. PEDERSON (arr. in India Oct. 19(4), Benagaria.

- MISS HELGA RINGSTAD (arrived in India Sept. 1921), Benagaria.

REV. & ,MRS. R. ROSENLUND (arrived in India Febr.1910), Dumka.

REV. & MRS. ,F. W.STEINTHAL (joined the Mission 1913), Benagaria.' REV. & MRS •. A. Thu (arrived in India. Ma.roh 1920), Dhorompur.

REV. & Mrs. KR. TROMRORG (arr. in India .. Sept. 1920 &; Oct. 1923), Assam Colony

REV. & MRS. H. WINDING (arrived in nuua May 1917 & December 1916) onfur~,

REV. J. Y. GIRTZ (al'l'ived in I~<li~ April 192·5) K&erabani.

MR. OLE S. BJERKESTRAND (arrived in ,india. April. 1925)' Tea ga.rden.

Miss MABEL P. HANSEN (arrived in lndia April. 1925) Bsuagaria. I

MISS HAZEL ALBERTS (arrived in India April. '1925) Benagaria.

MISS ANNA OLlIIBEN (arrived in India A.pril, 1925) Basetkundi.

'mntsttts.

REV. R. ROSENLUND, .DUIlKA~

RIGHT REV. B. STOYLEN, NORWAY,

REV. OOUNT VIGGO MOLTKE, ASMINDEROD, FBBDENSBORG.

Denmark. PROF. J. H. B~EGEN,Augsburl; Seminary, Minneapolis, Minn.u.B.A. REV. J. J. OFSTAD, Kaerabani. REv. M. A. PEDERSON, Benagaria.

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THE DANISH BOARD FOR THE SANTAL MISSiON

President. REV. p, OLDENBURG, VALBY, Copenha.gen, Secretary. REV. AAGE KROHN.

Yreasure'l". REv. C. CHRISTENSEN, Villa Alba, Kongens Tvervej 14, Copenhagen·

MRE. SVELIIO THOMSEN. REV. OOUNT V. MOLTKE.

REV. DEAN J. C. CHRISTENSEN. CARLSEN-SKIODT, E6Q.

RBv. DEAN K. HlORTKJAR. RIGHT REV. H. FONNESBECH WULF.

RBV. A.. THBLLE. Mr. FIBIG.lCR.

THE NORWEGIAN BOARD FOR THE SANTAL

MISSION·

President. RECTOR HANS HOEG.

Vice-President. PROF. KARL VOLD.

Secretary. REV. J. KVISTAD, HOLBERGS PLAnS 7, OSLO.

Treasurer. B. TANGEN, Esq., HOLBERGS PLADS 7, Oslo. S. HALBO, Advocate of High Cou~t.~REV~ A. E. LEERE.

MISS PETRINE ESSEN»ROP. O. NESJB ESQ.

REV. M. J ORNE. STRAND ESQ.

AMERICAN COMMITTEE

PROF. J. H. BLEGEN, Bec. and T1'eas. Augsburg Seminary, MinneRpolis, Minn.

REV. A. J. HULTENG, Preside'l1,t. REV. P. M. PETERSEN. Vice-President. REv. J. C. RoSELA.ND. PROF. A.NDREAS HELLAND.

REV. O. S. MELAND.

REV. C. J. A.ABERG.

MR. OTTO ROOD. REV. S. M. STENBY.

R'&;v. L. HENNINGSI':N.

MR. JENS DIXEN.

MR. SIVERT THOMPSON.

REV. S. O. RONDESTVEDT.

REV. O. J. NORBY

The Committee of the American Danish Evang. Lutb. Church.

REV. A. DAN, President. REV. J. C. AABERG, Secretary. M~s~ KARO~NE B. KJOLHEDB, GRAYLING, MICH. Treasurer .• '

Santal Pastors.

DUANO MUBMU. < LODo SOREN.

JALPA SOREN. DBONONJOB OJHA.

KAlIBO MURMU. Puu HASDAK.

DauNU KISKU. TIKA. MURMU.

Mustrc HASDAK. ANDRI~S MURMU.

SURAl TUDU. BAIJAL IIAsDAK.

RATIA MECU. ALMA HEMBROM.

KISUN TUDU. MONDOL MURMU.

SUGDA SOREN. KARU MARNDI.

BAJNATH MURMU. CHAMPA! HASDAK.

L. L. DUTT, BENGALI PASTOR.

THE

FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT

FOR TIlE

YEAR 1924-1925·

.And He said unto them, When I sent you forth without purse, and wallet, and shoes, lacked ye anything? .And they said, Nothing. (Luke 2~, 35)

Hitherto our mission h,lS been so well equipped with

all that which we consider nece~sa.ry that the abovd quoted words of our Lord at first sight merely seem to point us out as being different from His first witnesses.

And we have to admit that it is so, lest \Ve lose our right to apply these words in their original meaning as an encouragement for the days to come.

A mission in our modern times is - as we all know­a huge machinery of organisations and institutions. And we do not understand ho~ the amount of work which is being done in our mission field could possibly be done without such contrivances. The justification of our working methods we do not look for in our statistice where the "results" ar·e counted but not weighed. What is of much· more value, as an encouragement to go on, is the feeling

we hare 0.£ a spiritual life and growth in the Gongrel?ation.

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And the people we are living among are in Elore need of ,?-plifting and education for which purpose we need institu­tions, as for instance our boarding schools, our medical mISSIon work, etc.

An uncertain financial outlook confronts us. ,And when, looking round for assurance we question the mst witnel::ses who had such a strong assurance of never Jacking anything we find that they were sent out without purses.

The case with us is tbat we are sure to be suppJied with, a pUl'se with most of the money we seem t9 need, but have we got in ourselves the faith whiJh was in the apostles, the unflagging assurance that we shall be supplied with all that is really needed in our work? We can not do without that assurance. And we are earnestly trying to retren,ch on all points where it seems in any way possible. It may be that we have yet some new lessons to 1enrn.

When writing about our financial situation I must mention the teagarden. It is considered to be one of our financial resources and certainly as far as money is concerned the teagarden has helped us through 2, critical years. We are thankful tor' that. Rut Jet it be said to our Home-land 'friends' that at pt'esent we have not got

. sufficient money in' the mission to pay what we owe to the Pension Fund' (which fund in itself is yet too small to form any secure base for pensioning).

And this year there has been a crISIS in the tea business (unfavorable weather at one time, later on over­production in all Assam teagardens, and resulting low prices). 'Ve shall not get the amount which we have entered in our budget as expected profit. I must admit that the teagard~n has got a reserve fund ~£ about Rs.50,OOO. That is the sum which our Managing Agents in 'Calcutta consider necessary for so uncertain a business ~s ~ teagarden. A-nd WQeIl it '18 !J. "bad rear" both fOt

the teagarden and for the mission itself it IS not very advisa.ble that the mission; should borrow from t~e yeserve­fund of the teagarden.

In the present financial difficulties it is encouraging to feel that there is a growing understanding in the con­gregations of the necessity of progress in "self-support". B~t sound progress will necessarily be slow.

This much about money. How the work itself is going on is reported under

the various stations and districts. My personal impres­sion is that the outlook is bright. There is still before us an "open door" It sounds such a common place remark when it is said also this year, that III several places some heathen have become Christians. But this fact is humanly speaking very interesting. Only think what it means for the future history of the Santal people that year by year some individuals and some families break away from beliefs and customs thousands of years old and visibly become happier in a new faith, a Dew way of living and a new moral standard, and t~at they do so of their own choice. And then from a Christian point of view it means even more than that. '['he work has been carried OD as in the previous year', nothillg' unusual has happened bu t we have felt the growt,h gomg on slowly perhaps but steadily.

During the year we hlove h:t.d the gt'eat joy of weI. coming out here the old workers Rev. Kampp with family and Dr. B. Bogh with family and the following new workers M.iss H. Krogh, Miss E. Lowe, Rev. Gimnes. Rev. J. M. Girtz, with bis fiancee M.iss. M. Hansen. Mr. O. Bjerkestrand with his fiancee M.iss H. Alberts, and Miss. A .. Olesen.

Rev. Johs. Jensen with fa.mily and Miss G. Bang

have gone home on furlough.

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BASETKUNDI DISTRICT.

Mr. Gausdal writes:-For our mission- work it has been a normal year. During

3 or 4 months after New Year there was much handi-drinking in the heathen villages owing to a good harvest. This to some extent hindered our preaching work. But before 8:nd after that period- we have had good opportunities nearly

everywhere. We are sorry that some families who were under ins­

truction for baptism have gone back owing to pressure from the heathen.

In September we heid a "confirmation class" for 2l girls. Out of these only 8 were able to read. Besides instruction for confirma.tion they were also taught needle­work and knitting.

Our new church is the visible monument of the year under review. It is now finished and we hope to have it consecrated on the 11 October. Our hearty thanks to all friends in our home lands who through their gifts to , the mission have enabled 1:;.S to build this church.

The stations.

Baromasia. One of the workers Rengha has been

transferred to Chandpur because we were lD need of a

new worker there. Pa.ndu 13 now leading the work In

Baramasia assisted by Rajull. 'fhey have not had an

easy time. Daring the year 6 children of Christian parents were

baptized and 11 persons from among the heathen.

Simoldohi. Pitho is the leader. Harma has left the work. We have had much encouragement in the village MUl'gadangal where 4 families have become Christians.

They are all related ta Baghrae the school master .in Simoldohi who seems to be tho most influential man in

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the congregation. He has a large attenda.nce of Christian children in his school which means so much f01' the con­gregational work.

Baptized 6 children of Christian parents and 20 persons trom among the heathen.

Hatima1'a. We have had to dismiss Ram and his hel per they were both unsatisfactory.' N ow we have placed a young man Manu there as leader with another young man as his helper. Manu has been trained in our Bible School at Benagaria. No baptisms during the year.

KakjoZ: A number of backsliders have joined the" Babajee in Hatimara because he allows them to drink handi.

Old Suphol Kamar died during the year. He had some­thing to do with the starting of lllission work in Kakjol. After having lived outside the congregation for some time he became reconciled before he died,

During the year 5 children of Christian parents and 10 persons from among the heathen were baptized.

ChandpuT. l1h~ workers are' now Rengha and GaTbhu. There are some difficulties and some friction. However in the last months there has been peace as a result of earnest endeavou I'S to settle the disputes at a workers meeting, for which we are thankful.

One of the most influential Christians in these parts has died, Paeu . who was a teacher in a Government school at Asondangal.

Baptized 3 children of Christian parents and one person from among the heathen.

Sirampur. The s~tuation here is unsatisfactory. There has been much trouble with a man lD a leading position who had built a small church and has since t hen had to be dismissed from the work.

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U ~l'ilE SANTAL :Mls~ioN OJ!' lfHE NOR'rHERN OHURCHES.

Haripur. There seems to be no progress this year. Besides pa.stor Dhunu and Sam a llew man Pandn who has fOl'[nerly been a teac!ler in the Kaerabani Boys School was app::>inted durin~ the year to assist in the mission and congregational work. The -work ha.s- increased here as the. Haripur workers 'besides looking after Sirampur also have to attend to the work in :Cunpora.

2 Uhildren of Ohristian parents have' been baptized.

Cunpora. It has been difficult to keep the peace In

this congregation. In the rainy season they were divided into 2 parties who could not go to church together. That is the reason why we had to strengthen the work in the neighbouring Haripur i~ order to supervise Cunpora from there. There is in Ounpora (congregation a certain spirit of independence which is not altogether bad.

3 children of Ohristian parents have been baptized and 24 persons from among the heathen.

Basetkundi. We have not this year baptized so many rom among the heathen as in the ,previous year. But the people who have become Ohristians have come -from places where there have been Christians before, which is a good testimony, Some backsliders have a.gam entered into Christi<:Ln fellowship. The workElrs have been working har­moniously together. In Patpahari 5 miles to the west from Basetkundi Bhiku is about building a church -for his own mOlley for the Christians there (Bhiku himself is living in another village far from there.)

Baptized J 0 chiidren of Christian parents- and 15 persons from among the heathen.

Vitlage schools. There is a long distance to the ideal. But the christian spirit in these poor schools has made, itself felt to such an extent that the heathen in several places as a sort of reaction have started schools of their own.

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There is progress in the congregation. More are now coming to church and more are. partaking in the H()Iy Communion. In self-support we have also seen progress. Rs. 120 has been pa.id by the congregation towards pastors salary and several poor people have been helped from ·the church collections. Besides that I could also mention that. a rice depot has been started by the Christians.

One of the di flicu lties in our district is the fact that the Santals --are moving 9.bout so much. This is chiefly due to their poverty, they wander about in search of work to support themselves.

CHONDORPURADISTRICT.

It is always encouraging to look in at Chondorpura station. There is a good spirit in the Christian community there and Tika is a real leader. He and his IJelpers have done a faithful work, 36 have been baptized fl'om among the heatlJ8Ds and 14. ('hildren of Christian parents.

Good progress has been made towards self-support. What is specially encouraging is i the erection of a new church in a place called Sarua near Narganj. This church was built mainly by the Santals who contributed either labor or money. For us out here who know how helpless

and destitute the Santals generally are, this means a great encouragement.

At 'and liboutthe outstation Gadiapani the work has also . made progress. 7 heathen have become baptized and 4 children of Christians. Bhaero is the only "elder" at the station and the Santals do not like to be alone but Bhaero is always cheerful. ~ young Christian teacher from the neighbourhood comes there with his flock of pupils and study in the chu!ch. This school is progressing.

About the outstation Ranga (not far from Basloa river) tpere is pot much to report. No baptisms during the year, Alld

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no visible change .. There are a lot of backsliders about there.

We need an experienced and energetic leader in that place,

perhaps apastol'. It ought to be said however that to the west from

Ranga neal' Silingi' there arB some people who have expressed a wish to become Cllristians, it is from the neW cohgregation in Sarua that they have received an impression which they are not able to forget.

Tal ni. Here pastor Bajnath has continued the work. 9 ·heathen have been baptized and ;3 ohildreH of Christian parents.

DUMKA DISTRiCT.

The most visible progress. in the Dumka district we have had in the North-eastern corner, in the mission work centred in Dum where 19 from a.mong the heathen have been baptized and 80me more are under instruction for baptism. Simon is now permanently stationed III Dum and is doing a good w,lrk assisted by his wife. Besides the Uhurch we have now also built a house for 2 elders and 1 teacher. 1'he Christians ill the neighbourhood have given some assistance in the form of unpaid la.bour in building this house. As yet Simon is the only preacher stationed there.

About Chundobha Ranga and Dumka itself there is not, much to tell as regards the work. Andreas pastor

is working diligently and faithfully He is very much on the move looking after Dum and Uanga also. All the workers have been co-operating harmoniously except in one case where we had to dismiss an elder for allowing his son to Ii ve with a heathen girl.

As rega.rds self-suppprt I think that it can be said that there is a growing understanding. The women give

a. good cOlltribution at their meetin~s {once ~ month here

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and' in Dum,. besides what is given by the churchgoers every Sunday. The women have promised to pay half the pay of the bible women. The congregation has paid the pastors salary as in the previous year.

We are thankful 'for our new and beautiful church and hope that the congregation will grow to fill it.

Makaro. The sa.me could be Baid as in the previous r~port. Weare sorry to say that the Asonthar church has not yet risen from its ruins. But as mentioned in last years report there is midways between Asonthar and Maharo the little "circle" of Christians in 4 villages who keep well together. At one time some Adventist Santals tried to influence these people but without results. At another plJ1ce there has been quarreling as in the year before. In so large a district as Maharo several difficulties and disappointments will be felt during the year but there seems to be progress even if not very ostensible.

Dhononjoy and the other workers have done a gOdd work. It has been a great ~ncouragement and !te1p for them that Miss Milde has now and then been doing camp work here and there in the district.

And some Christian women have under the gllidance of the lady missionaries in Maharo ~tarted voluntary unpaid work in the congregation.

Pastor Dhononjoys salary has 'been paid by the congregation.

KOROYA. Mrs. Nielsen writes:-In the ~ission work it, has been a quiet year~. The,

workers are the same as be~<?re ~th 2, ex-eeptions that Cunu has gone to the Bible ~chool in Ben~gari~ and that pastor ,Almas wife wheQ $he got .. h~r seco~d ,child, had to leave the work~ , <- ' .

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But the work has been carried on as usual. Some di8appointm~nts we have had, of course, but also encourage­ments. The. church attendance has been fairly good. The Wednesdays meetings have been continued as before and we have tried to hold monthly meetings with the pastor, the elders. a~d the· teachers. for bible study.

Our postmans .2 girls who were not willing to be baptizea~ . together with their parents have now been bap­tIzed, ~nd ODe :family is under instruction for baptism •

.In ~he Orphanage we have 26 children. We have got some new ones this year. One of our . girls has been married,' 3 small .children have died - they are often brought h~re.· in a very weak, condition. Among the bigger children the general ·health has been good and the children have behaved well. The same 2 matrons for the big ones and the same 2 nurses for the small ones have been doing the work as in the previous year.

It is with thanks to God and to our faithful friends at home that we close the review of this year.

KOROYA SCHOOL.

Mr. Asta Opsahl writes:-At the beginning -0£ the year we had 36 pupils at

the close of the year 33. 19 'out of these are our own orphan children. 3 o~hers are .Ohristian .boys the ;rest 11 are heathen village boys. The attendance has been good.

Since January the day scholars have been paying some smali school fees.

We have got a' well trained teacher Gupinath and besides him 2 girls who have :passed the Ma.haro school.

13 - 15 Bengali boys are reading in an evening class and those boys seem to be interested in biblical instruction.

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Majdiha.

Here we have a day school with 20 pupils most of them heathen boys, the teacher is a' Christian who' is working faithfully. To some extent be ishanipered by havi~g boy~ of very different ages in the school.

Galu who was the station leader has now entered the Bible "School, to replace him we have got Kalu who is working well together with 3 other elders.

We have hel~ meetings for the Christian women twice a month. Some fruit of the work we hav~ been permit. ted to see. 12 heathen have been baptiZed during the year.

TILABANI DIS~RICT.

The workers- in Tilabani and Karikador ar . the same. Jasai .has moved from Karikador to his home in T~labani

owing to sickness but is still doing his work as elder, Khudia has thus been left very lene1y in Karikador

However he has worked with good cheer and not without visible result. 2 heathens have been baptized 1 child or Christia.n parents. The congregation is small but the situation is hopeful perhaps more so in Karikador than in Tilabani where no heathen have been baptized during the year. 5 children of Christian parents were baptized.

One encouraging sign is the fact that Tilabani con· gregation has been able to close their financial year' with a. balance in their church treasury Rs. 325/12/2.

DHOROMPUR.

Mr. Thu writes: .. In the year that is just 'passed the work has . been

carried on in much the same way as heretofore. The elders have, as a :rule, been .. diligent~ -and conscientions in their

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labor as evangelists. Throughout the district w.efeel that it is. much easier .te .gather the people, and they hear more willingly' than they did before.

. This has been a year of . trials for our . Christians. Much sickness and a number of deaths. has occured here. The sickness has been of' a. pe'3tilential character, in that. whole, .families have, been stricken at one time. Es­pecially is this the case in Dhoromp~r, .where ',three women ~~ed in_ a short time, the' one leaving a large flock of c.hildren. . ,

Schools.

The Sunday-school has grown. Before we had only 8 class for 'boys, now my wife and one of the lady teachers have gathered a class of women and girls.

The class for sewing has been conducted as last year, with a steady increase in attendance.

The day·sohoolhas, under the circumstanc~s, been going well. But at one time there were hardly. teachers nor pupils, for ei~her the boys or else the teachers were sick. Ruben, one of our teachers, su:ffered a severe attack of pneumonis. For several days . he lay struggling with death. But God was good to us, and gave him baokto us alive. We owe Miss Milde a debt of gra.tit~de for helping us during those dark days; for she it was who cared for Ruben and others who were ill.

Amgachi.

Last year . the 8e~enth Day A.d~eil:tists disturbed us somewhat here, but we have felt nothing:ol them this year.

MQst o~· th~ . cold season' this. y~ar was spent in the district arround AmgJlcmi. ·This camping· trip was very encouraging. During the last trip we had the joy and the privilage of baptizing a family in the village of Vhua­Qoha. In this part of the district. a door has been open~d

unto us, under much .opposjtion.

(ju~ hope of getting a ne~ .ou:tstaion in this district. south of Amgachi is, at the writing of this report, not yet realized, alld prospects ·are . not ,tl1e brighrest. But if we continue in prayer and in our labors we shall suc­ceed, to the glory of God and the ad vancement. ~f His Kingdom.

KAERABANI.

Mr. J. J. Of~tad writes :--:-About the congregation, and life in the congregation,

1 shall not write much, as 1 know Jensen wrote a.t l~ngth about that last year. And besides that, I have beet;t out and arround so little, I hope it may be better when the cold season comes.

Church attendance has been go04 here in Kaerabazii, -and· I am of the opinion that it has. also been in the out-stations. The statistics -I submit concerning church attendance guests and at the Lord'·s Supper is only approxi­mate, and they are therefore set: quite low. There were many guests at the Lord's table last Sunday, and I think that the peoples' desire for the same is growing.

There has thus been much to rejoice over in the congregation, but also mueh to cause sorrow. The Seventh Day -Adventists ·have been disturbing the Hock, and two families will be stricken from thQ .rollof the church. Yes, poor Adventistst instead of furthering the cause . of.. God,

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they are serving Satan. In all events, . that is the' way they: are worikinghere. Bu.t I -hardly think they will make much progress 'amongst us.

Our stafi is the same as last year. (See report of. year before l!lst). The village schools are the same, with the same teachers. There are some 20 from the heathen who are being instructedj 'whom we hope tob~ptize in the near future.

Will the friends pray for us, that the Kingdom of God may come in might and power. Our new church is a source of great joy~

BENAGARIA··DISTRICT.

Mr. Pederson writes:- i

A. . Outstations.

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The little band of Christians in the Soh or country has struggled along bravely in spite or many difficulties. They: hUTe practicaly gone thro'ugh a crisis this year and have come out .victQ"rious. The leader, Lutu, is getting old and. not able to get about as much as formerly so the staff of workers will be increased both as to Elders and Bible women. They have had regular visits from one of the pastors here. Some faHEm Christians have been readmitted. to the congregation and 14 souls have been baptized.

Belbuni.

Hadu. Soren has been thc leader:' this' year assisted by Barsa and Pargan.' Church attendance is very poor' and also church collections. ] 4 son Is; have" been baptized ; during the year.

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Gamltarpa hari. The workers here are Pastor Baijal, Sodanando,· Mongol

and Sumbha.. .Th.ere are alSD tWD Bible WDmen. Good wDrk has been done. There are several families in th~ district who seem tD be near the Kingdom and the 'outloDk is hopefull. 22 sDuls have been baptized. BDth the day School and the class for Bible study have been kept up during the year.

Jithia. Lokhon is still . the leader here. Jasai died after

working for a few mDnths. He was a. devDut and gifted yDung man. In his place the teacher, Lokhon jr. has been ap­pDinted. The school being closed on account of lack .of interest. PrDgress has been made. 13 souls have been baptized and several families are under instruction.

Matiajuri Mondol a.nd Ram are the wDrker here. No prDgress has

been made. The .year however ends with a few people under instruction fDr baptism and the outlDok is a little more hope£ull. A school has been started.

Buru ·.Amchua. The workers are the same as last yain, Hikim and

nasu' at Buru Amcbua and Sundar at Sohorpur. Services have been held regularly at both. places. At Buru Amchua especially bDth church attendance and church collectiona 'could be greatly improved. Two souls have been baptized and others are under instructruction.

Dimbatlolta. The statiDn leader, David has .been alone the. most of

j;h~ Y~~f Mopd has had a great deal .of sickne~s. in the

16 THE SANTAL MISSION {\F TBE NORTHBRN OHURCHES.

famimily to contend with. We have now managed to get an assistant for him and the outlook is brighter. 'Church attendance has been good and fonr souls have been baptized. Lodo pastor has conducted communion service$ there regularly.

8apadolta. Lodo 'pastor conducts the work' in this district, assisted

by Somae, Singrai, Bar sa. and Gundhu. There are also two Bible women. Church attendance has been good~ Services have also been held at Jhunki and Ranidi, especially during the rains. i9 souls have b~en baptized during the year. There is a good Sunday School at Sapadoha. On ·the whole the outlook is brighter· than it has been for yellrs in this district.

B. The Head Station. Benagart'a. As far as outward aud visible results are concerned

the year has been an uneventful one. Stress has been laid on instruction and upbuilding of the Christians. Church attendance has been fairly' good, but there is still' plenty of room for improvement. The workers are, Kambb pastor, Ram, Chutu, Manoda, Dasmat, Khade and Jadu" Besides these we have eight Bible women. They not only work about the h,ead station 'but assist at the out stations when necessary.

The class in Bible study for future Christian workers has been kept, up during the year. At, present there are five pupils. .

Twenty souls from the heathen have been baptized, 22 children of ChriBtians.

In February last aSantal convention for the deepen­j.ng of spiritual life was held h~¥e. It WAS the :fi~

FIFTY ElGH'fH .ANNUAL RE-PORT. 17

convention conclucted entirely by the .Santals and it was a success in ~very way. Th~ attendance was good.

A small stride has been taken in the direction of selfsupport and so~e of the older and more advanced Christians are beginning to understand that a day is coming when they must bear their own burdens.

SCHO,OLS.

We have two Sunday Schools under the same leadership a~ last year. The average attendance during the year has been 88. The Sewing School and the study classes for 'women also the Thursday Bible study class has been carried on and are doing good work.

, The Industrial School has beea carried on with the

same '3taff as last year. The attendance has been 15 in the weaving department and 22 in the carpentry. For the last named department especially we have had many more applicants than we have beeh abie to accomoda,te', The Government continues to give us a grant.in-aid of Rs. 2,800 yearly __ ior this school.

THE PRINTING PRESS.

The working staff of the pre3S is practically the same as last year. The printing of the Old Testament has now reached the Second Book of Cronicless. So.me of OUr

school books have been reprinted, a pamphlet on the Sab. bath and Lords Day, Daily Bib]e Readings" Annual Report, Calenders, the monthly paper, 'Peril, Hor an~ a la.rge number of forms ~or the Local Government. The C, M. s;

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18 THE SANTAL MISSION· OF THE NORTHERN CHURCHES.

Prayer books ·both .in the Santali and in the Paharia languages are in hand alid making progress.

Printed for the Mission 1,74,800 page'3. For 18,'73,500

" Total 15,48,300

M. A. PEDERSON.

DINAJPUR and MALDA.

As from other working fields so also from the .regions over there not much has happened of an unusual nature. Also here the work has.been carried on as before and not without fruit. The Middle English Boarding ·sohool in Narayanpur is of course a heavy drain on the resouroes. Part of the expenses are as before met by the parents but only a small part. As pointed oU,t in the previous report, the -Santals over there earn their living mostly as day labourers or by renting lands from Hjndus or Muhamedans which means that there is an uncertainty about their livelihood and their position. As far as I have understood there is now . an emigration going on from MaIda into Purneah and even into Nepal (or the boundary region in the foot hills up there).

This uncertainty explains to some ·extent why it is proving diffioult . to move the Christians over there further on towards seIfsupport. Not that they are unwilling but they want us to understand -and they are right - that we must have some patience with them. What they might be able to lay aside will often have to be spent in ,a sudden emergency in connection with a dispute of land, and the more well-to­do will have to' help their poor brethren,

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Nevertheless some advance is being made. And the whole situation is encouragi,ng~_ Heathen are becoming Christians and the scattered congregations are really shining lights in the surrounding darkness.

During the )ear pastor L. L. Dutt, our Bengali pastor in Dumka visited the few Bengali ·Christians in Maida district the responsibility for whom we in some way over­took w.hen the Baptist Mission Society made the mission district over to us.

THE ASSAM COLONY.

Mr. Tromborg writes :-"The harvest is great, but the laborers are few."

Thus I introduced my last- report, and I find no better introduction now. A great deal of the work has been sadly neglected, for wa~t of workers. It grieves me to write about this, but it ought to constrain us to pray more ea.rnestly tha.t God would thrust forth laborers.

I think we can sa.y that there has been progress in the ma.jority of places, but the work needs more attention than it has had the last year.

We all rejoice to think that Mr. 'Vinding and his wife will shortly ·come and care for the work in the Joema district. rfhe new house in Haraputa is now also nearly finished, that will relieve those who work in the colony and give them more liberty to do more direct mission work during the coming year.

The new house at Haraputa has taken much of my time, causing me to neglect other work. Nevertheless I rejoice that we have done that work, and now the school for girls which was started in Joema last year can continue in Haraputa after New Years.

,20 THE SAN TAL MISSION OF THE NOR1'HEBN CHURCHES.

ViUage Schoola.

There are between twenty and thirty day schools and evening schools in the colony. But this work is of that which has been neglected most. Many of our teachers have too little training to make proficient teachers. The number of children that actually attend school has decreased. We hope -to do better in the coming year. I think that our village schools with good christian instruction will be one of the means of most effective missionary work.

Contributed for schools by those in the colony this year, Rs. 1,134/.

Bo.artling Schools.

Last year some 40 ,boys attended our boarding school here in Grahampur. Now the number is about 'iO, and ~five' or six come from tb.'eir homes every morning. We hope to get our school accredited as a Middle English school, if we can manage to pay the expenses. More than half of the boys are Meches,. (or Boros). Many of them have learned a good deal o~' San tali here, but most of the teaching is done through the medium of Bengali.

The boys have for the greatest part behaved well, although occasionally some regretable ,thing occurs. We hope and pray that t~e boys may become good and usefull workers here in Assam in the future.

The boarding school for girls is now in Joema, but will be moved to Haraputa after New Year. We hope to complete a fe w necessary buildings.

Miss Anna Pedersen has worked faithfully and well during the year, ill spite of difficulties, and it is good to ,see that the work is progressing. It is a pleasure 'to visit the school and see how nicely the poor buildings are kept, and how neat the girls appear.

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Instr-ltction for Confirmation.

We have continued our confirmation classes as in former years. They bring us both joys and sorrows, but certainly they are some of our most important work.

Life in the Oongregations.

There is a comparatively good church attendance all over the colony. It is perhaps J>est in Haraputa where some 6 800 people gather every Sunday. At the meeting last

New Year at Grahampur some 3000 people were gathered About 500 of them took part in the Lord's Supper. As a rule many partake of the Lord's Supper at our services.

Self support.

The amount of money given this year toward church work is more than last. That which is collected on Sun­days and at the Friday meetings by the women, together with the ingathering of the first-fruits at New Years time suffices to pay the pastors, elders, sacramental wine etc. Rs. 2,000 were collected, and Rs. 2,000 were expended. Then Rs. 675 have been collected for church bells in Haraputa and Rantzaupur and Rs. 1134 for schools. Making a total of 3809 which is Rs. 809 more than last year .

.Before I write apout the different congregations I just want to mention that Miss Miller has worked faithfully amongst the women. She has cared for many sick, both men and women. She has had confirmation classes on Sundays during most of the year, and has often gone out to visit in the vilJages.

Mrs. Eie has also found time to visit ma.ny villages, and to come to the meetings for Bible Women, for which we are ~hank£ul.

22 THESANl·At MISSION O~i THE NOR'l'UEBN CHUBdHES.

THE CONGREGATIONS •. (lrakampur.

Our dear pastor, Kalidas Hembrom, is no longer amongst us. It was· a great sorrow and loss to us that he died about a half year ago'. But our sorrow is not un mingled with light and joy.

It was a happy experience to see him leave this 'earth, confident and happy. Easter morning as the first rays of the rising sun came stealing through the mists into the room where he lay.

The evening before' he died 1. asked him if he wished to live. He answered that he did not fear death, but he would be glad to live and work amongst his feIl­lows for the advancement of God's kingdom. In the mo.rning just shortly before-- he died he stretched forth his hand firmly ·grasping mine and said quietly and, clearly: "Johar Saheb !" In the same .manner he bade farewell to his wife and two sons who were present, and sent a greeting to the third.. Then a few more sighs, and he quietly went to . his heavenly ~ome .

. Every time I think of him, and that I do J.'ealoften. I think of this Easter morning. All -vied with one an­other to honor him at the funeral. He was robed in his white pastoral robe, and, decked with many flowers. Just as the last slanting rays of the sun of that Easter day, cast their golden beams over the land, his remains were laid to rest.

When K.alidas died we were all agreed that Khela pastor fro~ Manjhadabri, who wasordianed a year ago, should ,move to Grahampur. Nothing has come of this. He. feels .called.to the work outside the colony, and since the need is greater there, we must wait, even though we need

him badly in Gl'aha.mpur ..

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Thus we have had no Santal pastor for some time, and because I have been 80 busy elsewhere, the villages arround here have not been visited much.

We hope to get one of Kalidas's sons as elder here, Lokhon Hembrom. If we can find a man tbat we dare ordain we will do the same, but as yet I have found no such ma.n.

There is great need of pastors both within and without the .colony, and I would ask the friends at home to make this a speCial object of their prayers.

Rantzaupur.

Kisun pastor and SaoDa the elder work there as formerly, and the work goes as usual. They have recently gotten a large beH for their church there, and for that they are happy and enthusiastic.

Haraputa.

In Haraputa will be found the largest cbUl'ch within the colony, and Ra tia is most certainly our ablest pastor. He is an eloquent speaker, and a man of great power. Many people gather here every Sunday.' We must soon buiJd a new church. here that will :seat about 1000 people. The church they .have now is too small, and in a poor condition. Doman, wbo is an elder in Haraputa is doing good work, and it appears as though he and the pastor work well together.

The new Bungalow is soon finished bere, and I hope the girls school will ·begin here after ,New Year.

Manjhadaori.

Khelapastor and.a couple of unpaid ~lders a~e ~orking here. I ~elieve there is good progress in .the' work. It i~

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always pleasant to visit the congregation, which has built their own churoh, which seats some 200.

Khela must soon move from M.anjhadabri to some place outside the oolony. We know not who is to take his place.

Bamaguri.

Dorkanto, the Bora elder in Samaguri is getting old, and the work is not going very briskly, and as we wish that it should. Then some time ago he caused us sorrow by drink~ng home-made liquor in company with some new Christians outside the colony. He excuses himself by say­ing it was only a little because he had a cold, but drink is such a thing to our people that we cannot allow it in any form. He has been suspended for the time being, and one of the Bora teachers from the school here at Grahampur goes out there to conduct services every

Sunday.

We have no longer special services for the Bengalies. This work has gone on v~ry slowly. The elder we had was often sick, and of little account when he. was well. So it is no loss that he has left us. The few Bengali Christians we have attend the Santal services .

. Mornai,

Mr. Eie will report on this work. Only let me say thot it gives me joy to visit the congregation here, and to see that it is growing. Mr. and ltirs. Nie are doing a great work as missionaries, besides all the work that they must attend to in the t~a-gaiden .. Some of the people who Jive in the villages: in the garden gather regularly

every Sunday for services.

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Medicine.

During' the year a 'great 'a'mount' of medicine has been C"give;n lana sold ' to the' irerlple.: w ~ ne8d a' good doctor. 1~ ',:' \ve &rild':; g~t ' 'a' good.' , na~i ve ChTisti~n, things would be

better. But better Still if we could'iet a ~edical-missi~mary

from the homelands. At present we get help from,' our doctor in the tea-garden. He is a good man, but no Christian.

Village Elders and Bible-women.

In every village we have elders to lead in th~ ~veni~g

devotion. We also have Bible.-women who ']e~a the Friday meeting for women. These folks get no p:ty, bu't a gift, at

New Years of about Rs. 5.

Statistics.

Pastors Paid elders ... Village elders Village Bible-women Village schooIs Oontributions from C()l1gr~gations ... Baptized:

Child'ren of Chrsitian parents Fro m the heathen

Married, con pIes

3

4 57 47 25

Rs. 80~/

182 24 206

--===- 206

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JOEMA DISTRICT (BAHRE RASA).

~Ir Tr.ornbprg w~'ites:-

J. : JO,ema 'mission-stati01t. "

d. {

'ChUl'ch'attendanoo has' not :materia.llj" ehanged" "Sev.eral children 'and adldts h~v~beet1, 'ba.pti~d, ,~:,:'

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26 THE SANTAL l.HSSION OF THE NORTHERN CHURCHES.

Matla Kisku, who is the elder in Joema has, as a rule , contlucted the worship. He is not such an eloquent prea-cher, but a good Christiau apd above the average in many respects. Miss Pedersen and Miller could hardly expect

. to find· a better h~lper than him for the new mission station

. ~t J oemo. and the gi~ls' school there.

2. Mandaria

The work goes on about as it did last year. The laa­der of the congregation, Minghu Soren, has complained that it is harder than heretofore, hut I hardly ,think that there is retrogression.

Minghu is one of our best Chirstians, and . faithfully helps the Christians in Mandaria and other places in Joe­rna - district.

3. 'KoZabari.

There are two churches m Kolahari, one for the, San­tals and one for the Boro, where services are held each Sunday.

In . the course of the year Basiram Boro has moved to Kolabiri~nd he is the leader of the congregation there. Jhinka Boro who before cared for the work in Kolabari has the last half year had charge of the little congre­gation in Panbari, some 5 miles from Kolabari.

Chandrae Tudu and Ratu Marndi f each on half elders pay, have worked in the Santal congrega.tion in Kolahari. During the last half .of,uthe year Masia. Tudu, a brother of Chandraewho ha.s been at the Bibleschool in Hena­garial has also assisted· therer on ·full par.

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A family had to be excluded from the congr~gatioll ~ome

time ago; and we ask that prayer be made for the~ that . they may return.

4. -Atiabari.

Hopna who was the leader of the work in Atia'bari died some months ago from fever. He was a very good elder as long as he was well, and we miss him now. We have not yet found anyone" to fin the vacancr ·so the other elder LelWa Hasdai: must work alone. Lebha is not so very gifted, while a good Chir.istian, and we hope soon to get an able ma'n to help him. If we do not I am ~fraid the cause will not prosper.

5. Amlaiguri.

While no progr,ess can be traced in .<\mlaiguri, I think' the work is going in the right direction. Things are more settled now; some time ago it looked as though there would be division in the flock. ','

Pandu Tudu is the leader in this place. He is gifted a.nd able, and helps ont in many places in this district. He is, in a way, a leader for the newer and younger workers III that district.

It is not my Intention to writ~ at length concerning each elder and every place where there is mission work. I have mentioned the most important. There is worship some twelve fifteen places every Sundy. This will vary 8.ccor-. ding to· the SEfaBon. During the rains it is not ~lwyas possible to cross the rivers, and then they must gather on both sides now and tQpn.

28 THE SANTAL· MisSlO~ OF ~HE 'NO~TBERN ciItJRCH:\l:S.

Ratia pastor ha~" often visited the l Chistians this year and administered the Lord's Supp~r. It is he who has baptized the most of those who have been added to the congregation this year.

Kisun pa.stor ~ho is from Ranzanpur has also' visited the Cqristians in Joema district this ye~r. , ... ~

. Bahadur .Bolo .. has visited the Boro Cqngregations. He is per~aps too young ~o ordain as yet, but he .is a

soul'ge of real joy, ~nd it seems that h~. is-,- ,~~riously con­cerned about -the work. ': " ," 1

'-'l'here are both sorroWS 'and joys of which to relate in' this" report. 'Let -me begin with the ·sa.d portion thait the happy portion may come at the, close.

It grieves me to think of how the work has suffered for want of supervision. When one man must care for .such . a large tract· as the Santal Colony, and J aema dis­tl'ict, and beside the buildings' in Haraputa, then much must of,· necessity be negl~cted. Even ·though I have no qualms of conscience as far as my" work goes; I feel sad to think of aU that which has been neglected. Every time I have -gone ilihrough the distriet i1~av.e seen hew great lthe need ~ was, far' beyona my P()W~t to' l do.

In connection with this I want to mention· a little congregation tha~ has reverted to heathenism in the course -of the .year, I baptized four Sorb families earlier in the year.. Now these and others ·haye againratnrned 'to their heathen ways. Will the frien4s .pray t.bat these folks.m~ ag~in com~ back . t.o. Gt?u's gracious fold. lPerhaps.· the little, ,congregation in·Sara.gaon would ,not·so ·soon ·hale ·gene ·away -if w~ .. ~uld·have cared for it properly. How we ·do need a worker, a missiona.ry Jor these Botos or Meches .....

.J<'IFTY EIGH'llll ANNUAL REPOIiT.

Now .for the joyful portieD, and that which inspires hope. I begin by s~yingthat the contribution of the Christians for' mission work is almost tWIce as large as last year. I believe there are great possibilities here, and I would not lharvel if we within comparitively sho~~ time reach thrice or four times the figure.

But what is hetter still, the number of Christians is growing, . and appears as though their number will increase more rapidly still. we oould have baptized more during the year, but we ~oncluded that they should have more ins­truction than they had heretofore.

The elders from all over tell us that in many places the heathen ask ·to be instruoted for baptism. 'This is true

both of Santals and Boros. In one place called Boldi there are some 60 or 70 Boros who are receiving instruction for baptism.

There are sign of progress in this district, and now that Mr. and Mrs. Winding. have been permitted to returQ., and are to give their full time to this work, there is all reason to be hopeful. Then I commend this field to in­tercession of the friends. \Vhere there are 'many- open doors, there is also much .opposition.

Statistics:

Baptized: from heathen III Children of Chiristian

parents. 30

Santal ·Elders .............................. 12 Boro ,., .......................... ;.. ...... 8

Bible women...... . . .... ... ..• . . . . ....... ..• 1. Teacher ... " ..•.• ~........ .............. ·3. Contributions of c.ollgrega,tiollS lls. 550)-

NARANPUR.

Mr. Kampp writes:- Work among the 'Bengalis.; It would not be right to say that this first year afte,r

our returp'" from furlough ha.s been an .easy and fruit full one. This we knew beforehand, 'and we cannot hardly saY that it has been harder than we e~pected, we have much to be thankful for~ We '·have all been well for the most part, and we ourselves saw the beginning of the work among the Bengalies, for which we have waited twelve years to start.

When we returned it was decided that we should live in Benagaria while wehuilt a house in Naranpur, which lies' in the same district as Benagaria, as far as the Santa! work is concerned. It is only seven miles away, but the roads are bad. The site where we we~e to build was a barren and desolate spot, and there was no pOSe

sibility of us staying there. It has been very difficult to live ODe place and build at another. Not being able to constantly supervise the job has made the work more ex­pensive. Then,. too, the e~onomical situation of the mission was bad, and that necessitated delay. Thus after nearly a year the house is not yet complete. However we plan soon to move in to that pa.rt which is finished.

Neither baye we been able tc build houses for preachers or helpers in Naranpllr, 80 the two wc have changed off camping on the place. Therefore not much has been dona of direct mission work. For my own part most of my

'time has been spent in travelling between Benagaria and Naranpur and supervising- -the work. But something has been done to getin1i9t;1ch with the people in Naranpur. We have visited them, held meetings on their verandas ttnd market plaoes. Some come to see us when they take:

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their evening wa.lks. They' come to see how the work is progressing, and to talk to us. We have shown lantern slides, distributed tracts, and sold books from the Bible in Naranpur and elsewhere 1Ve have been able to reach.

~either has it been possible to gt;'t a house for a Bengali worker in Benagari~. Therefore the work here has been somewhat of an uncertain character. But there has been two fixed points, the gathering of the Bengali Chris­tians every Sunday for divine services, and on the part of some of them showing a living interest in the begin­ning work for the Bengalis. They began at New years to collect money for this work, and have gathered not a mean S1,lm when you consider their circumstances, some Rs. 55/. Besides one of them, Dr. BanneJ'ji, has given an alter ser­vice, for the church to buil4 at Naranpur, and another, the wife of Gopal habn, a niece of Bolae Datto, has given 5 benches for the same. The other point is Dr. Bogh's hospital, where I have been asked to take part in the spirit~l work among the patien~sJ the greatest part of which are Bengalis. Since Dr. Bogb's return there has been regular services every morning for the Bengalis, with a short sermon for the patients, of which I have had my turn when I have been in Benagaria. It has often been a matter of delight to see how intently they listened to the old, yet ever new gospel of salvation in Ohrist Jesus. Some of them h~ve shown signs of being influenced, but -as some of them have deeply regreted themselves-many of them live so far from this place that it is impossible to continne communication with them after they have left the hospital. On market days, Srish Babu from the Press, has spoken to the people waiting on· the verandas. Every Sun­dar morning we have haq a somewha.t long morning devo--

32 THE SANTAL MISSION OF THE NORTHERN OtiURCHES,

tion, and as soon as we get some sort of g, church or chapel we win have regu1ar services there in 'Ben'gali.

"

Our Bengali workers in Tilabani have had their own houses, They are: .John Sorcar, who began work with us some time before I went on furlough, Bipin Behar~ Sorcar, a man who is somewhat older, but who came into' the service of the mission about half a YBa~ ago. Then ·there is Kulo Chondro Biswas, a young man who gets hardly enough wages to maintain himself ~hile he' is studying. He also goes out preaching as much as he is able. They also long for more' stability in things, and wliile o11e of them win move to N aranpur, one of the older men to­gether with ~lo habu will continue i[l Tilabani.

I have been to Saldoha and Kaerabani on invitation and preached to the Beng~lis there in their own langu­age. Vve have had real good' services.

In Dum ka pastor L. L. Dutt visited the people .and preached for them, besides his work of instucti ng two youIlg Bengalis and one Mech in the Scriptures.

Thus we am only in the first stages of the work among' the Ben,galis: Will the friends at home continu,s to intercede for us, that a good foundation may be laid upon which to rear the superstructure.

DU~IKA

"r ork among the Bengalis

Rev. L~ L. Dutt wri~es :-I came here, in December, 1923. At :fir~t, I used to

preach to the peaple . by ca.lliqg meetings and, I talked on religious matters in the houses of the Bengali and Bihari residents of Dumka •

•

FIFTY JUGRTlT ANNUAl, R.'F.PORT. 33

For I some time I have done preaching work assisted by Miss Krogh (who' is 110\V studying Bengali with me)

and with throe of my students of· Theology in the local hatia & bazaar. And we have been able to sell some copie~ of the Scripture, incluling two copies of complete Bible in Bengali. We have also prellched in some villages out­side the town of Dumka with good results and, appreciation.

Since the opening of our new church in Dumka I am conducting Bangali services in it. every Sunday after­noon when I am at the station. Some Hindus are attend~ng the services but most of them are fearing and hesitating to enter in to the church. However, it is hoped that this fear and hesitation will soon pass away.

I have also had occasions to preach to the boys or the local high school on moral subjects. We have also started a Sunday school ror the litUe children. The number of its pupils is increasing every Sunday.

My wife and my eldest daughter are yisiting the Zenana lV' e "re trying our best to sow the seed in this soil and we hope to reap the harvest in god's Good time.

THE TRAINING SCHOOLS.

A.-The Boys. Mr. Ofstad' writes:-The work has been encouraging. Several boys :expressed

a desire to receive instruction for confirmation t.hey were longing for admission to the Lords Supper. A special confirmation class was formed and we had some very good hours together. In the beginning of September I confirmed 33 young m'An rejoicing at the thought that these young men are to becqme leaders among tlIeir people .in the future.

84 THE BANTAlJ MIS$ION OF THE NOflTHERN Cal! ROBES.

The Saturday prayer meetings are being continued llnd are felt to be helpful· for us all.

The outlook for the school is bright . and hopeful because the Lord is with us.

Hearty greetings to all friends with our best thanks for encouragement and support.

STATISTIOS.

I. M. E. SOHOOL.

Average roll for the last 12 months ............ 296 Average daily attendance for the la.st 12 months 237 Percentage ........ :': .• , ...........•........... 0 ••••••••• 80.07

II. RESULT OF THE LAST YEAR. (Aj One boy appeared for the gov't scholarship examination

and gained the scholarship.

III. RESULTS OF THE LAST YEAR. (B).

Appeared. Passed M. E., A Sec. or Ol;l.ss VII 14 14-M. E., B Sec. or Class VI 17 15 U. P., A Sec. or Class V 22 20 U. P., B Sec. or Class IV 38 29 L. P., A Sec .. or Class III 42 40 L. P., B Sec. or Class II 61 55 Infant 2nd year, O:r Class IA 18 ]8 Infant 1st year, or C1ass IB 17 15

. Totals 229 206

IV. G.T .. Class. Average roll for the last 18 month~ 10 Average d~ily.attendance for the last 12 months. 8 Percentage 80

85

B.-The Girls.

Miss. Diesen writes :-The state of health in the school has been good, for which

we are thankful. Maharo is a healthy place for the children.

The work has been carried on as usual the teachers working faithfully. 9 girls passed the M. V- examination: (the largest number sent up from Maharo at any time) 5 passed with distinction. One of them received a Scholar­ship and 2 get Free Studentship. They are now in Deo­ghar Girls school studying for the 'reachers Examination.

The number of pupils has gone down during this year from 189 to .175. The reason for this decrease is partly that we have got more small girl ·schools here and there, a~d partly that school fees have been introduced (as yet only some few annas monthly) and that the parents have to supply clothes for the children.

We are sorry that 2 girlshaq to be sent home on account of bad behaviour. But since that happened the spirit in the school has been better.

We have conducted a Sunday school for Christian girls from the villages and our teachers Jogot and Gumid have done the same for the boys.

Twice a month we have gathered the Christian women from . /

the villages in which work we have had much encoul'iLgement.

Miss L. Lohne and I have been working together. Miss Lohne has besides studying Santali been doing much work both in the school and attending to the sick who come in fi'om the villages.

Our hearty thanks to the mission-friends for all help ill this year. We feel in many waYI::l that you are sup­porting us in prayer and Jove.

BENAGARIA BIBLE SCHOOL.

~here are perhaps f~w missions that have as many Indian ,,"orkers as. we, but perhaps also few who are satisfied Wi~h . as little training for their, workers as we; the oua ,!>~ing ,a consequence '0£ the other. The many new mis~

,~iona.ries have sure improved conditions at the different stations, but much, remains to be done. It is the, task and aim of the Bibleschool to give those best qualified a more thorough and systematic training, in order that

they. may become leaders in respect af Christian'know­ledge and conduct.

With this in view' it is not with full satisfaction that 1 lookupoD those who completed their training in the last part of April. Three out of eight failed to get the required percentage to pass the ex.aminations. And among those ahd the other five there were those that I could not in my report concerning the exa.mination l'eCO;tlmend as spiri­tually mature and fit to be leaders in the congregations The five who p~ssed were:

l\1,auu, Tudu., ................. 68 c/o Lokhou' Hembrom ............ 660/0

Budhrai HasdaR:" ........... 63 0 / 0

Raote Tudu .................. 56 fJ !D llasia Hasdak' . .. ... .. ...... 520/0

Of theBe, Lokhon and Basia ruturned to Assam. During the exa.mination Lokholl's father, pastor Kalidas, died. This great sorrow he c.arried as befits a good Uhristian. Budhrai ,,-ud Raote returned to their home ill Dinajpul·. Manuel"

as Manu likes to be cal~ed, has been l)laced III Sultana bad, where his hQme is. During his schooling. he has proven to be the most gifted and the best developed Christian of the lot. With his energy and his happy disposjtion and g.enuine piety, I am sure he will become a blessing in the congregation. We will hope and pray also for the others that they may be a blessing. The most thankful one of them all waH one who did not pass, J adu from Sohor, an older man. He had come late and had a poor memory. But he was a pious soul, and with his good sense and spiritual insight he had gleaned a good deal from his course, and was happy about that. All examination is not always the decidi~g factor.

After the summer vacation we began with 8 new scholars, which with some difficulty had been gathered. It 'Was thought to gather only those who had some training, who had passed the' :middle-school examinations, > and been some time in practical work. When I say that I do not want to take right from the school, I maintain that it is better

"that they have been SODle time in practical work. How­ever this presents a difficulty, for too often the missiona­ries do not want to let their workers go, and often they a.re satisfied with the schooling they already have. We got only one such. The rest were poorly trained, and it was proven by the entrance examination that it was better to strat a three months preparitory course. This course con­sisted of Bible history, the books of the Bible and their origin,_ a resume of the religion of. Israel, and tha.t· of the Santals. Besides this geography, composition and arithmetic. We hope this pl'epal'itol'Y work will help ill what follows.

They. were all merl ill spite of

eager to learn their differeut

and pleasant young status. Five of

38 'l'HE SA N~l.'AL MISSION OF '!'HE NURTHEUN CHURCH.l£S •

. them were baptized as grown which makes for a cer­tain freshness and receptability, but also has its difficulties .. One of the eigh·t was sent home since he was not able to gather anything of what was taught. He had also been treated for four ·different diseases, so he was at least helped In this respect.

AU were examined· for hook-worm, a worm that is much widespread and which robs the strength and ambition of its victim. Not l~ss tlian five of the eight proved to have :this malady and thei' were rid the pest.

Besides a ·very refreshing preaching tour to Chondor­pura and Saldoha at the beginning of the year, and occa­sional visitors, both European and Indian, who brought us news from the outside, th~ work has gone on quietly with prac~ical exercises I in preaching, visiting in villages and Sunday-school work. The last·mentioned with an average attendance of 12, with numbers varying from 5-6 to 16 • .18 according to the season. My wife has sought to help their wives in reading and the knowledge of the scriptures, in order that they may become a help to their husbands and be a good example in the congregation. She also helped to' teach the scholars to see and expJain Biblica.l pictures, a thing. that many of them have no conception of. It was pleasing to see the fruits of this in the Sunday school.

Outside of school work the _ scholars take pa.rt in the meetings for young people here at the station. They also attended the successful gathering of Ohristians in February. Here also a number of the former pupils of the Bible. school were preseut. We took advantage of the oppor­tunity and gathered them for devotion and prayer. In this way the old ties were made; stronger.

FIF'l'Y-EIOHTEI ANNUAL REPORT. &9

In spite of our own weakness we thank God for the year that is passed. We also thaIlk our fellow.workers and intercessors who have labored with us, and who will not forsake us in the days to come.

F. W Steinthal.

BENAGARIA HOSPITAL.

In the year that has passed Dr. Bannerji has led the work up till that time I returned in the beginning of :M arch. After that time ~e have worked together.

Concerning the first half of the year I have there­fore little to remark. but let me take the opportunity here to say that during my absence Dr. Bannerji has worked conscientiously and faithful]} , and I rejoiced to see the way he has kept the work going. He has, ~. g. during my absence operated upon 165 patients for cataract,. This means that he has not alone been successful'from a technichal point of view, but what is more difficult, he has won the confidence of his countrymen to such an extent that they would risk their eyes to his skill, the eyes being one of man's most sa.cred possession. There are few Indian surgeons because the· people lack confidence in their o.wn feHows.

There has been some difficulties with my compounders, during my absence. But with reference to them I must than,k God, for most of them are beyond the average both in regard to technical ability and spiritual maturity, and

I have some good friends among them.

The compounders often must carry the heavy burdens. It is often a very difficult matter to find the patients in the right time that mqst be tended to, when the hospital

40 THE ~ANTAL ~ISSION OF 'THE NORTHRRN CHURCHES.

is overcrowded, and. they come in endless streams to the dispensary. During suoh times our tempo is not ,that, of the SantaIs: "what you do not do to-day you call do to .. morrow or anothst, day~" Oftentimes I have admired their optimism when their meal hours and periods of sleep has been infringed upon, and when they must forego going to the market-places to buy and hear the news, which to the Santal is a great pleasure.

The number of patients has decreased, which must necessarily have been the case during my absence. But now they have come in full nu,mbers again, and we fear to think how it will be if their numbers are increased.

As it always folJows in 'mission hospitals when they become well established and get complete equipment, the greatest burden comes to be with those patients who are operated upon and kept for some time in the wards. Then even if the number' of outpatient~ become less the work becomes heavier, because those who come for treatment and go again are SOOIl cared for while those wuo we operate upon require more attention, an d the work requires more time and more of oor -strength.

We suifer intensely for the lack of sufficient wards. We have at present only 17 beds, and they are in such places that any Euoropean doctor would· despondetly shake his head if he had not first been in In(iia and seen places even worse. The average number of patients has been ·3-35 during the last half year. This of course goes without saying that is bad for the patients, more difficolt and nerveracking and unsatisfactory for "the whole s taif, and makes the wor k of nursing almost impossible.

We dream of. the better days. We ha ve .the old buil­dings that like the hospital belongs to the olq school buH-

FIFTY JDIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT.

ding. Here we can maKe room ·for some 40-patients be')ides a. chapel ·and other things. We . have the -plans finished for the remodelling. But· in these ,lean "years "our economical status 'will -not permit of such, even though" it ~s;

only a modest Bum that is needed. . , But while we dream of better days, f)£ "beautiful

wards full of satisfied patients, we Fray for grace to do a good and faithful work under onr present conditions.

In the spiritual work we suffer much under two diffi­culties. Theone is this that the whole staff is so occupied with the labor of the "day that they have little time or energy to do anything else. And then there is little de­mand for such from the patients. They tell of their aches and pains and gi ve us no rest unt ill we have alleviated their suffering but "having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them, becuase of the blindness of their hearts" they do not know tbe riches of glory that is to be had from God, and therefol'e seldom ask for spiritual aid.

The other difficulty is the confusion of langauages, which makes it necessary to conduct services both in Santali and Bengali, which makes the work don ble.

We have always striven to do our best" and Missionary K.ampp and his Bengali wprkers have .aiqed' us m.a.~e~I1y in continuin5 the morning services. J t i~ very imPo~ta,nt_" ; that the sermon every; day is fresh and comes 'fro~' a''''

warn heart, and that the preacher never becomes a talking machine and his sermons without spiritual content. There­fore we do all we can to keep our s~r'vices and wards open for those who" \vill and can"' w:it~ess concerning the goodness or "God. Srish Ha.bu from the: -,Press has mostly spokea twi~ a; week' 811d often Dr: .B~nn"erji and the COIll-

pounders have taken their turn. " F

42 THE SANTAL·l\IISSION OF THE NORTHERN CH·URCHES.

Results in ~-the form of l:l~ptism.s c~n be long: l!I0~gML in a hQsp~tal. as the patients are there only a short while. However ,we are .eagerly looking £or'th~ ,.word to b~a~ fl"uit:. in the . hearts of :the .people,. : and pften' we see tbe:' efe~ts of the word. Perha.ps we must not ask for more, We will Q,ot

try . t()us~ artificial· means .that bring no results for e~rnity.

The .statistics are as follows:

New patie'nts ....... ~ ........... · ... 6131 Total ·Consultations .. ~ ........ , 9347 Visits or si'ck in Homes ...... 300 . . Patients in hospital............ 301

Operations. Cataract... . . . .... . . ... . .. . .......... 174 Major operations ............. . j.... 8

Minor " ... .. . ...... .. .. ..589 Total Operations.................. 71 Anesthetics administered...... 190

B. B. Bogh.

MOHULPAHARI HOSPITAL.

Mrs. Bodding writes j .

n'uring thetwelv~ month £r~m the 1st Octolier 1924 to the 30th Sept~mLer 1925 I have . had

~. 6,866 new patients

and :10,559 cons.ultations. or these pati~nts the race~ and creeds were as £oilow~:'

JIilldu,s ......•.••........ 4.· ••• ',' .'. 90.0 J 0

Mohammedans..... ......... 14.50/.0 SaJltals.. .. . .... .•• .•.. .. ... . .. j 8.1 0 I·· Ohris·tians .... '''P''~''.'' •••••• 7.4 0/ 0 ' ,

FIFTY 1IlIGHTH. ANN UAL REPORT •. 43

As most of the Christians attending c were San~aIs, t¥ .. p~rcentage qf Santals is about one quarter of all patients, .a larger percentage than I have had in pre:\Tious yeara. Of . the patients 4,075 were males and ~,79,1 fexn&\esJ. th~

latter be ~ng just a little ·more than two fifths of the ·whole numpe,r.

Since the month of January 249 Operations,: ·have . been perform~ of these 20 major ones, 24 "a'nder~ chlaro­form, the rest partly, as cata-mct operations, witb,and partly without local anaesthetics; Just a fe-w l'emarks in connection 'with aboYB mentioned statistics. Oar dispen­sary was at the beginning. of th-e year·just recently opened, and we there£~rehad comparati~elJ few patients 'during the first . months, but there was a steady increase in the number of daily attendances, until I, at the end of April, .Ieft for Dairjeeling. When I am away from home I h8ive no others than the Compounders to do· the work, and &1·

. though these' do thair very ],est and. do all they can, there 'is naturally much wltich· is outside their,compatence, oonSle~ quentIy' there is always. a. marked decrease in the pumber of patients -during holiday times. Now again in the last 'few months there has been a ma.rked increase, and in the last month we have had more than double' the number we had during the same month last year, and the income for medicines, medical fees etc, has been more than ten times the income during the same month last year. Of course only those, who can afford it, pay for their medicines etc. a great mallyget .ev~ything free. Qne of our .gt'eatest .difficulties·. is, to~ find room for thepatient~, \Yhp hay~, tp ~ay after' operations, as .welf as for tho!l6, ,,!hp ,:,~me and want to s;tay .. for some .time ~o~ ~re.at~nt, an~ there. is a ~te~y' ,increase J.n both classes. Yl e. ,have tW? smaii r~~ms in: connection : ~th tbe. dispe,nsa~y;., th~8e~r~ always occ~-

44 THE ~ANTAI;; M1SSION' or TtlE'NonTnERN CHURCHES.

'pied: ~by'. patient's, . who have· undergone an ~peration; and jhey~ do not ·suffice even: for those. Many times we' have. ·h'ad:-.o : carry'- . patients . from· the opera.ting-room rather a.

lOng i distance ·t-o': a vacant· room· or veranda. some where in

the>'cotnpou'nd,' aild it ma.y -be, clear to anybody, that this not only puts unnecessary trouble in the way of the cw6ik,

!Qu~, w:hat: ·is,:~more .. iJ~portp.nt, m~kes::the treatment much

more ~detlic.ult ,;Lnd unsa.tisfactory in every. .respect.,.To have

~QJ:1itUe:· . .room ,~kes. it· vi3ry ~'. difficult: to; help, those,' who

n~e~t help; .. H·ke one ,.would wish to doiti.; ,And:.it ".feels

very: : hard;· not: to. be able to take in ·pa.tients"because here

j8.:no· room, .. ·more so,. whe,n t~hey have come from· a long

~ist~nee, a.nd~ . often. ' have, . a.pent 3.4 .. days· on the . road . in t& ·,hllllock ,c~rt or' have come by tra;i.n or. motor lorry. It

hits,>very often, .been the, case,. ·that patients, who have come

!for· daily.), tr.eatment, ".have- had ,to 'hire'B! room from, the

liinciaos t in the village' :e:i:ose' by, because we, could find

(tlo:roomJor. them here and this. is, not. wha.t it- ollgh~: to be. ,From: ~he'" medicaL;·point 'of view it .is .,unaatisfactory t9 'ha.ve: : pa..tie:nts: living. like this,. they . do.' .not ~ get what' they

,might.orl would -get when here. F:L'om another point 'of

view- it i is even more' unsatisfactor.y. They .will always be

'exposed; to the . superstitions' and often low morality of

-.their, surroundings' and not get, what we, more ;than a.n~.

;thirig 1.else,; would wish tu give, them both for- their :bodies

(and,. for" their .souls. I ~ ~. !.'

IJ .have had ~the same three.compounder~ as the'. pre.­vious: yeEirB '; all-· of them, .·especia.lty the eldest;,;work. steady

~a:nd well~; Lately' I : have been obligel" to get a. 'fourth com,;.

Jpo~rid~r,. as there~ at· times'has"'been more 'work~ than· th'e 'tithers reasonably could do, and the patients' stifter, when

tliere is too little '·help.; Besides these I have two women

io help, chiefly in the treatment of female patients, and one . of them fa quite good tD assist at operations.

Like in previous yea.rs we h:1ve bad prea.ching and singing for the 'patients, and it has been our a.im with all our work to bear witness' for Him, who· is our Saviour,. and also theirs, if they will accept Him. Above the entrance to' the Dispensary is written in Santali and Hindi "God is love" . We try to serve in this spirit.

I ~~ose. with an expression of hearty thanks to God and t-o those friends, who carry also this work In their love and their prayers.

SALDOHA LEPER COLO~Y.

Mr~ E~ Boghwrites:-The' year has not been what might be called event­

full; Weare, thankful for progress in the general state of health. Malaria is decreasing steadily. We have had .less . dysentery owing to more wells' being opened. All other. smaller ailments that usnally aCGompa.ny leprosy are also on the decrease as the result of regular medical treat. ment and healthy new wards.

As rega.rds leprosy we are not in a position to report progress towards definite cures, we are where we were when the previous report was written : No cure but great relief in all cases under treatment.

We are now able to produce in the colony the costly medical preparations for the specific treatment of leprosy thus lowering' our medicine budget considerably.

Our Indian fellow workers have advanced far in pro­ficiency. Dr. Ghose, Bosonto Duttand John Sircar have together :'with the' Santa} helpers done faithful and effi. cient work. The daily routine work is now entirely done

46 THE SAN1'AL MISSION OF' THE NORT~ERN CHU aCHES.

by, them so. that the 'Missio.n~ry Sup~rintend~Dtis .no.w In

a po.sitio.P to. use mo.st o.f· his. time f9r spiritual work In

co-operatipn, ,with pJlosto.r ,M:ondo.l.

The 'villa.ge Byt;tem:, in the co.lo.ny is wo.rking well, In

all villages' we have no.W -- aft~r some changing of 'persons '~OO:' headmen.

Building o.peratioDs 'are in pr6grd~s. Wehave been concen­trating o.n cOtDpleting' ithe staff ibui'ldingsand ' continuing' the erecti6n of buildings '£orthe generll.l institutio.nal 'work. Besides 'that we have in the last part of the year under review been enable to go o.n with the building of wat{}s for the patients.

We are thankful to the Government of Bihar and Orissa for the promised yearly grant-in. aid as well as for the retrospective grant received i~ Ma~lch ,and' the grant .of ~s. 20J qOO for continuing building operations .

.. We thank our friends who.' helped us with prayer.and jJQPpor~. TOOre are in the: .:oolony 179 .1epe,rs (l22 males and 27 females ) 124 are Santals, 41 Hindus~ 12 Muham­medans and 2 Paharias ..

MORNAI TEA,GARDEN. • "to 1 ' .....

Mr. Eie writes:-, "The c~ngr~ga'tioDal work here ln

has' be€m' caioried out very much in

l,~styea.r. The Oh~rch at~end'ance on

b~t~.~r) a.~oogs~, other re~sons !beeause joy' to see the: peopl~ in the vil~age~

• .' I., . .

attend more' regularly. _'I·:~. ~ ~ .... ' ~ '/: ~ .

Morna{ Te~ garden the same ways as Sundays has" been

we have h~d" . the rouqd ·th'e Ga.~den

" .;" ;; 0llf . . ,~ldeF ,Bith,o: has :been wor,king f~ithfuUy. He'h~s

_~;~d~ct:~d ~e~~i~gs, in the V~1la,g8s of ,th~ G~r~~n and. has ~een a, tg~o~ ~elper. His wife has b~~n,pa,rta~iqg .. in tl1e

FIFTY EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 47

w-ork a~ong the women, and -we .hope . she' wiU be of still more help as time goe.s ,b-y and she obtains .some mora experienoe it) ,the work.

Kalidas the Pastor at 'Gra'hampur, died in the morning of Easter day. He used to conduct ,comm,union services once a month, and now' we, mi~s him .very much in the congregation. We must say that the attendance at the oommunion seryio~s has peen very gOQd, whi,ch we find

very encouraging.

The congregation consistr-;' of very much the same races as last year, narnelySantals, 'Kamars and Mundas. Some of' the Christians have -left the Ga'fden !Lnd new ones have come in their place.

,The Church building now being very 'old we have commenced the construction of . a new one.

With regard to the Tea Garden no doubt at the close or the year we shall be able to show some surplus. But the Tea market and prices have not been as steady as

. -

last yea.r. It is not possible to say how much the profit will beuntill after the close of the season. ..

In :June we had the grea.t joy to \velcome the .Nor­wegiaa.;American Mr. O. S. Bjerkestrand 'who'willstay at the Garden and assist in ,the work. However, sihce:July he has baen' out in another Tea Ga.rden not belonging to' the Mission' fpr _ the 'purpose ,of obtaining knowledge 'about teama.lcing and· teaplanting. It is. of 'course -:£or a ,Teaplan-· ter of' grea.t importance ·to gather experience from diffe.rent·· places. But we are looking forward t\>,the .day" when Mr.; Bjf:l!"Jcestr~D,c;L ,will r.Btu~n, ~to Morn~i .to tales. p~J:t.jnt,he con­re~tion,al .. as l'\ViH H:S,' the 'praotic~i" w9rk:

48 THE SANTAL MISsioN 0.' 'l'HE NOltTRERN CHURCHES.

Dear Friends, let us thank God who has been with us in the work and blessed it in so many ways.. Thanks for all yonr intercessions dilring the past year.

StatiBticts

Baptized from Heathen ... , ........ 11

" Children of Christians 10 'Communicants . ( average ) ....•. 60

Church Collections--Rs. 240-12-9.

MR. 130DDING REPORTS.

By ,the grace of God we ar~ through another year, and a few wards are due also from me concerning the

work done since the last report was written.

As our friends know) my present work is or a socalled literary nature; whatever else may be said, my time has been very fully occupied, and I am thankful to be able to say ,that I have not been hindered in my work by

ill-health.

The work in connection with the new edition of the Santali Bible has b~en progressing although slowly ; we have not as yet seen the end of the Chronicles. During the last months of the year the, speed has improved some­what. Hitherto the slow progress has not 'been due to any fa.llit ::of ·mine ; how ,it will be when we reach' the poetica.lparts of the Old· Testament, I cannot Bay. Before ' sending copy to the press I go carefully through the " transla.tion. I ask our :friends to remember me in connec­tion ,with this and' all:·other work; ,:·my only wish> is to

be permitted to serve.

I have been,· not a' li~t1~ 'handica.pped by' lack of em .. ' cient Santal assistants; myoId' eo-workers are partly dead

FIFTY EIGHTH ANNUAL REPOHT. 49

partly incapacitated by the infirmities of old age. Those I have had might have been better. I am glad I have quite recently got an old Santal who I trust wil~ be of real assistance.

Besides the Santali Bible I have been working with a Santali grammar and, to some ~xtent, with a Santali dictionary. Some progress has been made with the gram­mar; one of the great difficulties here is, that Santali is an ag-glutinating language; to try to work on the lines of the g-rammar of an inflexional language is apt to lead both oneself and one's readers astray. The dictionary will take. years to finish, I am afraid; but I trust, we may be able to commence printing before long.

A few small art:icles for the Santals, also some few hymns, renderi ngs of some of those in our languages, have been edited.

In might also he m'1ntioned that some other matter has been printed durin~ the pa~t year. One publication is called A Chapter of Santal Folklore, eiited by the Indian Institute of the RoVal Frederik Uriiversity ( Norway), ano­ther Santal FolkTales, Vol. 1. edited by Institute" for samtnenlignende kulturforskning, the last with a Preface by professor Dr. Sten Konow. Both are printed in Oslo, Norway, and contain a number of Santal Folk Tales in Santali with an English translation and notes. The Asiatic Society of Beng-al has in its Memoirs published the -San­tals and Disease, the- first pa.rt of a lar~er wOl'k called Studies in San tal Medicine and connected.: Folklore. The greater part of this was, however, written several yea.rs ago. The a~ove mentioned works are all intended to be of service totliose who study folklore, and also to i mission­aries to help them to know those ~mong who~ they work,

G

50:, THE SANTA'{, MISSION I()F THH :NORTHEBN-:CHUIlCHE,S.

STATISTIOS.

N umber of Christians on the 30th of Sept. t 924 26,392 B1I.ptized during the year; among the heathen 505

" "" children of Christian parents 506

loaU lOll Deduct--deaths 176·

Net-increase during; the ,year. 885

Number of Christians on the 30th Sept. 1925., 27~22.7

We tender our grateful. thanks to the Government of Bihar and Orissa and the local authorities for their continued lioeral grants-in-aid to our Training schools and the Hostels connected with them, to our village schools and Industrial school, and to our Leper Colony in SaIdoha.

We would also most heartily thank, .on behalf of our whole ,mission, all our· supporters. and friends in India and the Home lands, in Er1glanll, Scotland" Denmark. and Norway, in, the United States- of ~merica, and.; in New Zealand, both single individuals and associations and specially all the Ladies' Assooiations, . for. their faithful! love;' their prayers . and their gi.fts~

We beg to thank- those who have giyentime and labour in~, :connection with the. collection of· fqnds .for speoial purposes'.

We think, that· our, friands_~and· we agree that -it is a p.oivilage .to· be allowed to work for and in the Santol Mission. Le~, us remain faithful I to Him who called us.

Hearty greetings to all friends. -..... :.

R. ROSENLUND.

District or Station.

Basetkundi Dist. • •.

Chondorpura" ...

Dumka " ... Tilabani " ... Kaerabani " ...

Dhorompur "

Benagaria " ... Saldoha Oolony

" Station ....

Dinaipur Dist.

Malda " ...

Naranpur "

Assam Colony

" Outside.

Total

DISTRICT STATISTICS. 1924-25.

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Ave .... l!e Aver"g' e Ba.ptisms. ~ '0 I co h 1 S} I" S J 1 Contributions 1 __ ;--_.---_..,--_ chur~h'ilt- com~n. ~ '§ ~ a! Total __ "_<' _°_0 1"_' ___ l' 100.,· C 100 S _______ _

ai tendance nicants. 1----:----- Confirmed Married Dead. = .~ S.- ~ S n,n~b,:r of . ~ ~ 1 .... :Ji c; ~ • ,,""t I

Workers.

'; couples 0-::: 5 Q) ~ Clll'lBtl<l.lIs ";:::!:. ~: -.: 0":= -L ~ "= -3 ;;1. :; I Children rr th \!!. "d 0 ~ > c; ~:: ~ .:= . ;:; ~ --= .... 0 ~ -S Rs. I A 1'.

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144

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16 7 1] 530 98 37 2 I

6 4 4 75 22 8 6

3 28 18 19 568

*

* 2 1 15 613

1 14 i 4 4 2244

31

I

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80

82

38

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182

108

43

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4 56

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11 1:30

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8 146

9 175! I

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396

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• No Statistics. 17,7-'2..7

STATE'MENT O'F AC'COUNTS.

52 SANTAL MISSION OF THE NORTHERN CHURCHES.

Statement of General Mission Account

Dr.

RECE1PTS. Rs. A. P. Bs. A. P.

To Balance in hand on 30th Sept. 1924 ... 26,377 6 2f " Norwegian boa.rd, per Treasurer ... 70,326 6 3

" " " disbursed in Norway ... 5,661 8 0

~ 75,987 14 3 " Danish board, per Trea.surer ... 63.373 10 0

" " " disbursed in Dennark ... 11,149 8 0

-- 74,523 2 0 " America.n Committee, per Prof. Blegen ... 27,382 8 0

" " "disbursed in America. ... 104 12 0 I

" The Danish church in America, per Mrs . )~jolh~deJGrayling. Michigan ... 15,590 0 0 i

----- -- 43,077 4. 0 " J. N. Christensen, Palmerston. North N. Z 395 14 0 " John Roxburgh Esq., Liverpool ... 25 1 10 " A. P Anderson, Minnoapolis ... 28 0 0 " Ole Paulsen, U. S A. • 267 16 0 ... I' Cbarley Johnson N. Dak. ... 4,582 15 6 ,t Rev & Mrs. M. A. Pederson, towards

Churohbell in Kderabani .. , 100 0 0 " Two Friends ... 350 0 0 " Special Donation to Haraputa from U. S. A. 203 0 0

1- 5,952 14 4 " ~ornai Tea Garden ... 75.000 0 0 " Advanoes refunded by Buru-Amchua Co-

. operative -Hank ... 208 8 2

" " refunded by Missionaries ... 40 0 0

" Balance of Passage money refunded by Misflionaries .. , 1,361 10 3

" Mr .• T. 1. Ofstad, towards bis Motorcar ... 50 0 0 .. _- --~ 76.660 2 6

.. Tea soJd in Denmark ... 3.443 13

1 " " ,. ,. ... ],274 11 (}

I It Books & Frnit sold ... 132 10 6 ---- 4,851 8 3

" Zemindary ... 5,000 0 0

~ • , GaTt. Grant·in·aid to Training Schools 4,896 0 0 .. " " " Ho~tels . .. 1,620 0 0

It t:icholarship ... 82 0 0 I t. " "

" " " " Benagaria

Industrial tichool 2,800 0 0

------- 14,898 0 0 " Maharo scbool fees ... 250 0 0 • , Contribution from the Santal

Congregation ... 926 0 0 " Monthly Contributions to Mission in

Dinajpur & Maida ... 148 2 6 --- ----1-'------Carried forward Rs. 1,324- 2 6 321.82t; S fit

F1FTY EiGHTH. ANNUAL REPORT. 53

from 1st October, 1924 to 30th September, 1925.

EXPENDITURE. Rs. I r As. P. . Rs· A. P .

By Missionaries in the Field ." 63,236 12 0

" " on furlougb ... 8,218 0 0

----- -- 71,454 12 0 " Su1tanabad : Pastors, Elders. Teachers ... 3,600 0 0

" " Upkeep & Repairs ... 2,746 14: n ------- 6,346 14 7i-

" MiddleField: Pastors, Eld~rs. Teachers (Dumb, Mobulpahari etc) ... 5,733 10 ° . ' " Upkeep & Repairs ... 2.535 6 9

" ,. Administration ... 2,127 IS 3

" ,. Dumka Municipality Ti~xes ... 322 9 6

--- - -- 10,719 7' 6 Western Field: Pastors, Elders, Teachers ... 3.185 0 0

" " Upkeep & Repairs ... 3250 0 0

II " Agricultural expenses ... 300 0 ° -------- 6,785 0 0 " Nankar : Pastors, Elders, Teachers ... 6.007 15 0 " Benagaria Station: Upkeep & Repairs '" 4,060 0 0

--- - -- 10,067 15 0 " Tilabani ~ Pastors, Elders, Teachers ... 1,554 0 0

" " Upkeep & Repairs .. , 640 0 0 --- ---- 2,094- 0 0 " Chondorpurb: Pastors, Elders, Teachers ... 3.539 7 0

" " Upkeep & Repairs ." 1,326 14 5 - -- .t,866 I 5 5 " Dhorompur: Pastor, Elders, Teachers ... 1,488 0 0 " " Upkeep & Repairs ... 1,926 0 0 1 ---- - - 3,413 ! 0 0 " Saldoha : Management ... 6,804 4 0 I " :, Medioine ... 2,256 9 u --- -- -- 8,560 j 13 0 " Dinajpnr & Malda ... I

14,799 1 2 0 ., Assam Colony ...

29,600 I 0 0

" Tra.iuin~ Schools: BOYS i Teachers .. , 4,640 0 0 i

" ! An other expenditure including ! Doctor, Medicine, Food, Repairs j & Boys training at BhagaJpur .. , 1l,379 0 6

" IndustriaJ School ... 800 0 0 I ---- ---- 16,819 0 6

I I

" GIRLS I Salaries ... 3,600 0 o I

" All other expenditure ... 9,232 . 9 o 12.83219 0 -----

Carried over Rs. . ...... ... ... 198,20~. 15 t . _a .. _._

54 SANTALMISSIONOF THE-NORTHERN CHUCHES.

Dr.

RECEIPTS-continued. Rs, A. p~ Rs. A. P.

Brought forward 1,324 2 6 321,828 3 :5i

" Interest· from Bank on current ale J52 0 0 ,. ,. on War Bonds ' 823 0 '0

" " . G'ovt.Bonds 179 ° ° ----- 2,478 2 6

,; Fixed Depoaits transferred 1'7,923 5 10 ",. " Rents 1,019 12 ° ---"--- - 18,943 1 ·10 " 'Bank-overcharge refunded 0 'i 0

" Cheque cashed for 'Rev.: Dutt 75 0 0 ------- 75 7 ° ,,:Overdrawn cJa. at Chartered Bank ... 1,482 11 2

-'Carried Forward Jis. 344.807 9 lli

FIFTY ~IG:HTH A~N"UAL REPORT,. 55

EXPENDl TURE-continued. Rs- .As. P. lI.a. A. P.

Broug~t forwal'd. ... ... ... .. . . .. 198,208 16 i

By K O1'oya MiFision & Orphanage ... B,200 0 0 I " I' Horse & Buggy .. , 835 9 0 I " Divinity School ... 1,300 0 0 I " Benagalia Industrial School ... 4,000 0 0 -- - 8,885 i 9 (j " Mech ;evangelists training ... ]69 (I 0 ,,' Samuel Tudus " ... 134 9 6 " Medicine for Maharo & Koroya ... 102 l() 0 " Land bought for Kaerabani school ... 2,427 18 0

-- 2,834 0 6 " Medical Attendance to Maha.ro & Koroya 7fiO 0 0 " Benagaria Hospital: Management ... 3,875 0 0

" " Medicine ... 1,323 5 6

-- 5,948 5 6 " Bengali work: Dumka ... 1,902 0 0 I, " "

Nll.ranpur ... 1,438 0 0 - - -- 3;340 0 0 " Rents of Mi8sion stations ... 495 H 9

" " " Agricultural land ... 94 3 6i

- 590 2 3t " Audits Fee for last year ...

420 I 0 0 " Legal Expenses '" 176 0 0 ------- 596 0 0

" Congregational expenses ... U6 9 0 " Bihar & Orissa Mhsionary Union ... 120 0 0 " Conference expenses ... 248 4 0 " Expenses by clearhlg Xmas bU:Aes ... 272 9 0 " Printing of Annual Report ... U8 0 0 " Books bought ... 107 10 6 t, Tea bought for 8ale. to Santal;.; ... 938 3 0 " ,. ., In Denmark ... 1,867 10 R " Office expenses ... 92 13 0 " Stamp~ & Postage commissions ... )611 0 0 If Inla.nd Telegrams ... 35 10 0 "Foreigt;l " ... 23 8 6 " Banks 'postal charge ... 120 1 0 " Sundry expense~ traveling etc. ... 973 3 6 " Convention ... 51 0 0

------- 5,251 1 9 " Rev P. O. Bodding's literary work ... 854 7 0 ,. Printing for Rev, P. O. Bodding ... 91 9 0 " Mohulpahari Dispensary ... 2,195 14 9 --- --~ 3,141 14 9 !I Types for Press ... 800 0 0 " Printing of, Pera Eor ... 500 0 0 " Zemindary expenses ... 226 13 41 1,626 13 4i

--------------Oarried over Bs. ... ... ... ... .. . 280,272 14 21 - .

56 SANTAL MISSION OF THE NORTHERN CHURCHES4

BlBC EJPTS-concluded. Rs. A. ·P.

Rrong~t forward .. 844,807 9 11 i

Tout ~s. 344,807 9 111

.FIFTY EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 57

_.- .. -

EXPENDITURE-O Jncluaed. Rs. A. P. Rs. A. P.

Brought forward . ,. ... ... . .. . ... 230,272 14 2t By l[js~ionaries PafsagE'S to Europe ... 6.187 14 6

" " " from

" ... 6,335 0 0

!, " sE'tting up household ... 365 0 0

'" " Hill Allowance ... 4,800 0 0

" " Medical

" ... 082 2 0

" " Cycle .. . .. 849 9 0 Jt "

Income Tax ... 1,961 12 0 --- - -- 21,181 5 6

., Indian workers Pension Fund placed on Fixt:d DepoEit ... 6f'2 12 0

" Placed on Fixed Deposit ... 35,943 1 10 --- - -- 36,626 13 10 " Dumka Church Building ... 5,987 15

gj " Kaerabani " " ... 9,186 6

" Sultanabad " " ... 7,632 5 " Building at Saldoha ... 13,646 13 6

" " Karikador ... 330 12 0

" " Mohulpahari ... 2,132 0 3

" " Bena~arja Hospital ... 5,COO 0 0

" Jt ,Baraputa ... 203 0 0

" " Naranpur ... 10.725 10 0

-'--- -- 54,743 15 a " Private paid out to :Mis8 Ringstad ... 178 0 0 " Deposited money refunded to Mr. Kamp 229 7 0 " Cheque cashed for Rev. Dutt. .. , 76 0 0 " Missionaries special allowance ... 480 0 0 - - - 962 7 a I, Balance in band 80th Sept. 1925 .. ,

-- 1,021 2 6i

M4,8071'9 --Total Bs ... ......... ... ... 11i:

58 SANtAI. lIISSION OF THE NOltTHERN CHURCHES

FIXED DEPOSITS

·on 30th September, 1925.

Chartered Bank of India, Australia &; China.

Date of DfjJOsit.

3rd October 1924 No. 67/1137 for 12 months at 5 p. c. '0. Rs. 5,744 10 ° Interest to date Rs. 284 13 0 6,029 7 0

19th Febr. 1925 No. 68/179 for l2 months at 5 p. c. ... Interest to date

19th Feb. 1925 No. 68/180

Rs. 17,000 0 0 521 12 9 17,521 12 9

for 12 months at 5 p. c. ... Rs. 1,365 8 8 Interest to date 41]4 0 1,407 6 3

11th Octbr. 1924 No. 67/1153 for 12 months at 5 p. c. ... Rs. 17,923 5 10 Interest to date 868 12· 3 18,192 2 1

6th May 1925 No. 68/4.88 for 12 Months at 5 p. c. . .. Interest to date

28th Sept. 1925 No. 68/1074 for 12 months at 5 p. c. . .. Interest to date

28th Sept. 1925 No. 68/1075 for 12 months at 5 p. c. In te rest to date

In Banks Custody: 5 ~ p. c. Indian Govt.

Rs. 26,253 7 0 525 1 0 26,778 8 0

Rs. 10,698 9 ° 2 15 6 10,701 8 6

Rs. 48,689 3 0 J3 8 3 48,702 11 8

Loan Bonds 1928 Rs. 15,000 0 0 6 p. c. do. do. 1931 3,000 0 0 18/000 0 0

FIFTY-EIGHT ANNUAL REPORT. 59

Certified that we have checked the Books of the Sauta1 Mission of the­Northern Churches for the year to 30th September 1925 as follows :-

TIle General Callt Book has been examined with the Subsidiary Books and Vouchers aud is correct. 'rhe BJ.uk Pass B:lok has been checked and agreed, aud the Bank Deposit Receipts have been examined as at 30th. September 1925.

The Tea Garden ACCOlbnts will be audited and certified separately.

Tlle Zemindary Colle(Jtion~ have been examined and de tails of Zemindary

Collections appear on folio 201.

The Colony Cal'" Books have been checked as follows:-Such Vouchers as arE' available have been checked and all remittances from

the Mission have been seen to be duly entered, all postings of the Loan Books have been checked a.nd the Total Balances of Loans and Deposits Out standing have been agreed therewith

(Sd) LOVELOCK and LEWES,

Cllartel'cd .A ccountantsl

Calcutta, Brd November 1925.

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