ne Anglo-Indian and Missions. fPROM THE KAt"KAB I HIND.)

The Anglo-Indian is destiDed to playa '"ery important part in the mission work of this OOUDtry. History teach~ t.hat almost invariably the nation that CODque~ and occupies anothf'r oountry gives ita religion as well 88 its rule to the subject peopl~. Mexieo, lfadagMCaJ", thft Philippines, South Amnica, all ten this Mm~ .tory. And the stamp of Ililigion transmittefi • the .. me &8 that posseased by tJle ruling race, with every feat ure that look8 roward priestcraft and ritualism somewhat lllar,"Difted -8 remIt of the reaction of the conquered faith. South .America, and also Mexico un I il recently, are a.." strictly Catholic aM were their conquemrs, while the superstition that wn.." ill dle faith of the- original: inhabitant., hu, 8fl

a:natuml Jlle8ult<, made those countries morP subject to prWstly domination and ritualiml dum eTen the home of IWmanism itself.

The domi""'lt form of Christianity among the .\nglo-Indians for the Rext thirt~·-ti\"e years is going to decide the kind of Christianity that

oJ

will prevail here for the next two centuries . . \~ a lIission we ~ striY'ing hard to win eon­n_~rts from tlnlong the heathev. but the hOlll£­

authorities only toll~r ate, and nhuost Ill'\'t.'r en­conr.!!:!'. work among the .\ll!:ln-Indians. .\nd \f't the type of Christianit:- that i~ ;:t'ttill~ hold of thp:-\t' people as a cla~:-\ is one that does not giY'e any prolnise for t ht' future.

The ~cll(): :l~ are a !!\H HI place in ,,-hich to f('p}

the religious I'ul"t' nf a ('n!lllnunit~·. and t hp fol­lowing- tahle, ~b()will!.!' the attl'ndance of .Anglo­Indian..; in the Xorth-'Yt· ... t Pnnill(,t·"and()udh for the last four \'t'at·~. is (uod for Sf'rilJll:o­

reflection Other parts of India art) still In()~ lwfavourable to us than this.

DeDorr iluti"n of :-\.,h, "I~

Church of ED~laDd RODUIl ('alh·.i.e C'n:a~b M. E. )11...'00 Pr ... byt.o-ria.o Mia90tJ Baihra,. eompao;e. Priule In. i .. ldu..U. [,,-JQ! C"mDlitke

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3

It is well known that the Roman Catholic~ a.re making desperate efforts to get bold of the ruling class, and this table shows with what success-almost fo' ty per cent of the ,vbole number of pupils in these provinces ar(' in theil' schools. But &\\ the Church of Englaud schools are High Church, so lnuch so that in some of them confession is being tolerated, and as tbe milway and private schools fire also under the l'eligious direction of the Church of England, we hn\"(' the startling fact to faee that about seventy-five per cent of th(> young men (uul woruen arp under ritualistic influences. The eleven per cent of the JIethodist and Preshyterinn ~l issions, both American, are a.huost the only ones receiving c\'angelical training, though it is only fair to say that a part of the schools under the Inanagemen t of local c(lmlnitt(,(,s are at p,·.·stmt evangelical also. nut counting only fiv(' per cent of these latter as against ns, we are confronted ,,~ith the fact that at lOOl"t eighty per ccnt of the educa­ted and tmincd AnloClo-fndians are growing' up into a ritualisnl that will a.'pca1 strongoly tu and attract t he remnants of the superstition in the decaying religions of the em pi reo There is not the slightest doubt l)ut that India "ill be-

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("Orne Chri~tian, but we fMrthat unl~ a gl"pat­~T effort is Inrult~ hv the e'-8n!,!'f'licnl C'hurch(" w get hold of the _inglo-Indian, the ChI"i~ti8n­itv of the futurp in this countM" will ht' on u le;rel ,nth that of th{' ~outh _\merican and other Roman Catholic ~tat(·~_ ()ur own ChUTt.'" is spending ~t Sllln~ of money in Lutheran C-rermanv and ~eandill;l\-ia and CIltholic Itah' and Bul~ria. trvin!,!' to b~k do"rn an idoi· atrons rftuali~ln: H'ow ver\' np~Sllrv is it th'll they al~ dpl"ot(~ ~l)llW ('I1',')rt ttl kN.'p· this land. w'ith its lnillion .... frotH drifting into that '-('n' eonditioD ! . .1 small alllOtlnt of Inon(" uspd i;\ this direction now will ae~Jln plish n;ol"(l t.han great .:urns after th~ hann has ')('fan O( 'ne. Th~ people. as a rule, incline to u .... 8S j ... witnpss(~ b~ the relatively large foUowin~ we ha,e. eompared witb tb~ ~manrlP"'s of th(~ MTort put forth.

Prom a strictly mi"'sionllrv standpoint it will pay evsn~iieal Chri~ti~nitr to ~irh·.· harri for the _\.nglo-Indian.

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Tot al ()udh

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Cemparative List of Baptisms.

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TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT S .' .. ~ ., ;;<):: ::

.or 11m

t:!ORr.~ INDI~ ·co~g~~ ~ · / f ?~OY-::: / &'7J- ..

----P.aTHODIST fPISCOPAL FHUl\CH,

,.,.¥ HELD I.T

MORADABAD. JANUARY 7-12, 1891 •

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LUCDOW: TDE JlBTBOD18T PUBLlSDINO BOUSE STEAM PRmTlNG WOBKS.

-.... .... J. W ••• voa. ». I)., .amrr. 1891. ~---

\~\\!l'.:ary of t~.~.

8dx M19v v,27"~2.

PRESIDING ELDERS' REPORTS. OUDH DISTRICT.

RBV. H. MANSELL, PRESIDING Et.DBR.

Oua statistics now sent forward are for but eleven months, dur­ing only eight and one-'half months of which the charge of th~ Dis­trict baa been in my ba.nds .. The English Church at Allahabad was made o\"er to our Conference by a commission, and this gives us fifteen Quarterly Conferences each quarter. Our increase bas not been great, but it has been steady, 80 we are undoubtedly establishing the Church of God in these pro,·inces. Arnong these 20 millions of hea­then and Mobamedans in our District we have 1,550 communicants and a Cbristian community of about 3,000. Weare teaching in day­ICbools 4,833 children and youths, and in our Sunday-schools 12,681 acholars of 3J1 ages, most of whom are heathen. And we hope the work will lOOn break out as in Rohilkund when we shall baptize t.bons­ands. There are indications of the coming revival in three or fOllr charges, but our preachers in Oadh have not yet leamed how to use their achoola. Christian teachers indoctrinate the people and teach them the pure worship of the one true God.

< We have built one very substantial church and school house in (.,'Barabanki, costing about Its. 3,000,' and we urgently need such in ',jollr other cities. The Deaconess Home at La! Bagh has been en· <~ larged and greatly improved by the addition of two wings and &

\-.portico. A. very permanent and commodioas buildiDg has also been '- erected in Sitspur for the Girls' Boarding school.

Each Missionary in charge represents his own work. The \'statiatioul year closes September 30th. *

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, -' .1-.

LUCKNOW. Rav. B. R. BADLEY, Miasitmarg. -'av. M. STEPHEN, NativtJ Po.et.or.

ABEv. OHIMMAN LAL, J.Vativ, MiAiater Rlid G1aapIl. ..... , (B. c. Boac, P. Andrew. A. G. l\lcArtbur, lIenry Angelo,

O. D. Presgrave, Orange Judd, Buddha Singh, Jbukkan Lal, Local Pr«ui/t".: 8 &1uw'6,..: '( _Clt"";"c",,, ~~er,: 2 CDport.r,.]

'ur: ,,"'we' • ~O'J'r..-Ja the varjowIltationt. re~ted work amoug women and girls

III the 8~ of Boarding, day 1\1..1 Sunday-acboola, Medical and Zanaa .. wont is ~I'y _oa.rried OIl ; bUt u' a .~te :Report is UUlually pul>Uahed. no men­tiOo of .... Ia ..... work ii made in tIlia Beport.-BDimL]

PRE81D1NG EtDER$ BEPORT£

TnB work in Lucknow goes steadily forward year by year with bat few cbanges in methods. All legitimate agenCip.8 are used, and all are bles8ed. We have a self-supporting Native Church with two preaehing 8ervices and Sunday-sohool every Sllbbatb. The Pastor is now finishing his 'ninth year-acoDlpliment tobis faitbfulpesaand seal. In the early part of the year the \\?ork. was considerably inter­rupted by influenza, but ser\'iccs were regularly held.

The local preachers and exhorters have labored faithfully. There have been thirty baptisms, eighteen adults nnd tweh'c children. Part of these were baptized iu the church and part at Ueid Chapel. Several of the new converts have been sflnt to ot.her stations as helpers.

During the ypar a new carpet and tell new lamps have been placed in the church; the members contributed Rs. 70 towards the cost. The Missionary collection is nearly fifty pH cent. abo\·c tbe assessment: it was gladly J,!iYCD. tbe eXl'I'('is,~s being in the hands of tlle two Nath'e ministers. The boys in the Conege Boarding House cont.ributed Rs. 26. We are loath to S(>t.' so llLr~f' n part of tile :Missionary collection applh'd year by year to the support of preachers in the United States, and hopt' our Church lDay SOOIl have its Foreign Missionary Society. The total contributions of the ~ati"c Church lor the year amount to Rs.70n.

The Cih- Schools bave heen conducted as usual. One or two new 8und.y-ach~la han· been opened. Tbe Chri~tma8 Sllnday-school flh was a success. Mr. Dyson, officiating .Judieinl Commissioner, kindly presided and delivered an address to the tt'ilchers nnd scholars. Friends in Lucknow v.-ith their usual liberality supplied the funds for thc flt4.

Bazaar preacbjJ1~ has been successfully carried on: 8& a rule, large crowds listen to the nwssagc.

Two colporteurs hR\'c been cmplc)'ed jn s(>J1in~ hooks ancl tracts. We distribute weekly I J Ooo copies of Bishop Thoburu's l-('rm(muttes.

An "Epwortb League -, WAS organized in ~(ny, An:l bi~ fair to do a good work.

We haTe at last been able Ll open an out-iOtation in the Lucknow district: during the last year a ~R.th·e pt"Twher hilS been laVorifl~ at Chinhat, six miles from the city. There hllb i)(lcn one cou\"('rsion (n. cultivator) and two other fnmities :.re rer1dy for baptism.

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LUCKNOW CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. BE\,. B. H. BADLEY. BE\·, 'V. A. 'MAX8ELL1

RE". T. S. JOIINSO~, REV. D. \\'. THOMAS,

Prif~)al.

J. Klf-11r i tU ipal.

FifUJJlcial Agenl. Do. cZo •

. TRJl College b .. bad a ,ucccssfcaJ yCAr. 'rho onroUQ)cn t (in two cl~) U ~2. ~D~lourtb., of thfJ8C arc Chri.tian young ruon. repro­aent.mgvanou lIJ"lODI~ "e hope the dlly may lOOn como whon All our ltudent.t may 00 Obristians.

OUDH DI8'PRI07'. 3

In November last the affiliation of the institution was extended from the" Intermediate" to the "Bachelor of Arts" standard. Owing to our lack of room we were unable to open a third year's class this year: we expect to do this in 1891.

In December last we were happy to welcome to onr teaching staft' the Rev. 'V. A. Mansell. )[. A •• lJ. D., an experienced teacher. 'Mr. Mansell is 8 ftraduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, of Delaware, Ohio, and is supported by the students of the University, a practica1 expression of their interest in miRsionary work among the young men of India. 'Ve congratulate this noble body of stud­ents for their zeal and liberality, and trust that some other great literary institution in AmeriC'& may place our College under similar obligation by Ronding UR another teacher.

The absonce of the Principal duri:ig the greater part of the year, occasionel by iJ1ness. has thrown an amount of work larger than usual upon the Vice-Principal.

Our first. cnndidates for exnmination (Intermediate) were pre. sented in March of this year. Three (out of six) were successful, the proportion being the same a~ in Canning College.

During the year st'vf'ral temporary scholarships (~ 30) haTe been receivp..d, .. IHO two pennancnt schftlarships (g 500). lir Oliver Allen. of '!\richi~an, has ~i\'on P. second scholarship (S 500), and a gentleman in Brooklyn has gi\"~n the same amount.

In the interests of India Methodism we would lay atreaa upon the need of scholarships in our College.

The number of Satire Christians who are able to support their son.8 and datl!:hters in the Boarding School and College is happily in­creasing from )'f"ar til ~·ear. For this class we ask nothing save symplth~· and l'ra~·('r. Hut in the Mission circles, of which Lncknow is t.ht» ct'fltr('-Oucih Rnd Ilohilkund an; the a.djacent districts of the ~orth·Wc~t PrO\·in<"'CS--th('· ... are tnanv ~ath'eChristiaDs whose income is so small that it j .. out of the qUf>'stion for them to support their children in school. \\" c feel it oar duty and prhilege t" assist such people. and Wll have many nssuranC('s that the help given is appreciated. Our nim no; Misaionari('c:, i" to build up a strong. healthy and intclli~(\nt Xati\,fl ('hurt'h: we want our Xatin~ Christian young men to be well f.'dut'.a.tf'd so tbnt tllPy may command good positions in Govcnm){'ut service o.d f·J:;~\\·hi.'rt'. There are also Native preachers. catechists and helpers with salaries so small that they cannot nclucato their children: some are laboring in remote l"illages where tiWI"C are no Rehoots. Among' the :-:tudents who have t'..njoyed the bent'fit of BCholf\N\hip.c; this yenr we hAve had two orphaoB, nine 80ns of "~idows. and !O>"\'('ntt~cn !'ion!' of ~Ativn preachers and belpers.

Converts from Hinduism and ~[ohamedsnisru (YOUD1! men) con· stitute another class of applicants f,)r ht'lp. It oftt~n happens that a Miuionllr,' finds a ol~"'(lr Hindu or ~Iohi\medan v.luth well \~t'rsed in the ScriptUl"\lS. r~a,j." to ~ haptilf'tl and anx'ious to continue his atudins. Our BoardinJt nOU~(\ is opt"'n for such conn!m. This is onl' ot tbe moat interesting ft'atures of our work. Xot a year ppsses that docs Dot bring us lome luch oandidate. At present we ha~e

PRESIDING ELDERS' REPORTS.

at least seven in 1IbeBoarding House whose relat4vN are all heathen. ~o have come this year-one from Ajadhiya, the atroJllbold of Hinduism, the other from Shabjahanpore, & Thakur youth recently baptized. These new converUl, while preparing themselves for use·

• fqloeas in the Lorcrs vineyard, do not forget their relatives; where allowed to do 80 ~hef visit them in vacations, and where dley afe for­bidden to enter the old home they are constant in their petitions to God for the salvation of their dear ones. A chapter could easily be written on this subject.

We are constantly receiving calls for help from theae various c1aaIes, and are desirous of assisting them. The Bum of S 500 founds a perpetual scholarship in the College, Rs. 1,000, in the School De­partment.

We regret to have to write that onr OoUege bUilding is not yet begun. Early in the year a propoeal was made to the Board of Trustees by which we were to receh'o S 17,000 on oertain conditioDs : the Board aocepted the conditions; hut, owing to reasons which need Dot be detailed bere, the arrangement failed, and We were SAdly disappointed. The Missionary Committoo at its nnnual meeting in ~overnher last made a conditional appropriation of the amount need­ed for the building; and \\'ith this endorsement we hope to secure the amount before the present year cloaca. 'rhe building is urgently needed: during part of this year the ColJege claases have met in the :friacipal's residence.

In writing this report it will not be out 01 place to call apeoial atteution to a recent decision of the High Court of the North.West Provinces, which is destined to favombly affect missionary work in these parts. The case referred to is that of u Sarat Chandra Chuckerbutty V •• Rev. J . .J. Lucaa, I), D., and Ref_ H. FormAn, of the American Presbyterian AI iuion. to Oil the 25th 01 December 1887 Mr. }~orman baptized a Hindu youtb named Satya Saran Cbucker­batiy, about fifteell yeArs of age, wbo had heen educated at tbe Mia­lion school in Allahabad. After a few months, the new convert. bamg joined tbe Lahore Mission (,~}lIfg('1 tbe older brother, IS tbe bead of the family, made au applicdion to the llit>t rict J udp of Al­lahal:ad, ukiDg that the boy btl made O\'.·r to hiru as CUltodian and legal guardian. The application "'as rlljp.ctcd. Tbe brother t.ben appelled to the High Court of the N rtb· 'Y «5t I'ror'inCCL The cue - .. tried before a Bench .,rt\\'oJud~c~. AIr JU8tiCf.! Htmigbt and .Mr. Justice Mahmood. and as a rctlu\t the appeal \'faa di.lniaaed Illld the OOIlvert .aa' allowed to continue hi, .tudiea in the l[i~.uon College and to live "ith his Christian frit!uds. (V'id, .. I.dia,. IWaflg.lic.1 lUrMw" for July, 1890: Pp. 66-7';.)

It h .. tbUl been decided by Hw higbf'1it authority in these Prov­jDca tbat the baptiam of If. minor j, lr!glll provided tllf~ minor under· !lunda what be is doing and acta of his own froe will II The Majority Act does Dot appl1 to matters relating to rt·ligion. ti Mi"ionarica will DOW be at libert, to baptise inquire", undc·r ei,iltcen. Tb'l import .. at decision will doubtl .. be frequently qunted in 1eAI'I to COUlC ..

we bate e.uea like the above in our Miui(IU .cbooJ. nearJr erel)' loar.

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HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

The total enrollment for the year has been about 400. The IOhool bas recently fluft'ered by the opening of the H Yadr~~ Islam­iya." In this and other neighboring schools our students are en­ti~ away, given double promotion and admitted free so far as fees are.concerned, a course of prooedure entirely antagonistic to discipli~e and success. The matter has been official1v referred to the Director of Public Instruction, and it is !toped that an order may be passed requiring tb6iC new schools to observe the Inter-School rules. A co1-~ even unaided, which fails to obser\'e the 1 nter-College roles forfeits ita aftiliatio~ and it seems only fair that the same principle should be applied to High Schools.

In the last Entrance Examination out of nineteen candidates nine passed (two in the fir5t division). About the same number pasled in the Middle Examillation.

SpeciaJ leetun·s have been deli\'ered as follows :-" The Claims of Christianity:' Lord Ibdstock ; "The ohjects of an Education," Rev. H. :\[llnsell; I. On the dll)ir:(O of a School," ,; American Colleges and [llh·crRities/· He\'. W A. ~tnnsell ; "Temperance/' Rev. G. F. Hop­kini ; " The Death of Christ ., and " The Simplicity and Truthfulneas of the Christian Scripturcs," lIr. n. C Bose.

The ahl(l<'·nt..: in the Boarding Department ha.~e been regular in attending Divine services, Sunday-s<:hool and the meetings of the Young Men'. Christ.ian .A.ssociation. Quite a number go to the city regularly as teachers in our Sunday·scbo'Jls for Hindu and Yohamedan boyB: the nldpr students ll1s) nccornp:my the Sative preachers to the local mt!ia8, whern thr'y do good sen-ice in singing and in diatribu~ iog tract'i. Two of the Sf lldents ,are exhorters.

Two prayer-I1H·l.'tings !Ire twIrl weekly for the Christian students, one in English and one in Hindustani. These are \'f·r.\' helpful.

As usual, December :!hh was ohsen-c,.l as h Sports Day." The Christian h ~·s cAI'ried off most of t he prizes: se\'cral of these excel in oricket and halOP.1Hll. ,,"to. are stiil hoping t:.at l'-'lUe friend will come fOf"-arll with H ... 500 for our gl"C'!\tJy-needed ~ymnasium.

We now bB\'(' sixty boy..; and young !J;('n in our Hoardiog House, all l'hristilluS. 'fbI- llumbt"r is st~':l\lih' incrca!'-ing- aud wiU soon reach a hundred. w~ nrp clad to ~.\\' t.bat 110 deaths hat'c occurred this year: then' bas been but little lIicknns, The conduct of the boarders has been gOld.

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LUCKNOW ENGLISH CHURCH. REV, O. }<". HOPKINS,

(.T, A. Stl~~. Esq .• Y'("! Pr('od.m-.]

Till year bllS heen Ml t, \·(tntful onc. Fin-t. Ht1.\'. G. W. Isham and wife, the f\'qulruly appointrd mi:'$innari~~. "'ere dela}'ed in ltladru for more tball a munth. during whid. tin,(' Re\". 'r. A. Mansell acted ft8 lupply. Then, sIlon aftt.r" Ihl'ir amnl, Mrs. Isham was ordered to America by the physician, and I was appointed to take up

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the work; ,but we are very thankful that the lives of all the misaion­aries have been preserved, and that our congregation also ha.oJ been spared the sorrow of Ulany bereaved.

Our English work is importAnt in many ways. It was 80 con­sidered by Bishop Taylor, "'ho stro,-e to reach the masses, to preach the word in all simplicity and power, and so to train our people that thpy might become saved, and save ot.hera, and he a fit example to tbe Native Church in aU ~i,dlitH'i\s. This is our purpose and effort. We. have at present three clnss meetings Wf'1J cnnducted. Sume 80uls have been convertpd. and mauy are enjoying a briJ.!htf"f Christian experience. .. The Young People"s Rocif'ty of Christian Endea,?or." mentioned in last year's report. bas had a constant illcreaso hoth in interest aDd membership. Pray<'r Dlf'otings nrc held w('("kly, and literary meetings monthly, conducted 111 ,·anous members of the society. Thus workers are trained for the Master.

Our Sunday-schoo numbers 126, many of whom are children of Church of England parents who nro we)) dispo!lcd toward the ~fi8sion.

The Church is fully alive to UH' caulK' of temperance; young and old are joined togt'ther in varion" total ahstinencf' societies. Finan­cially the Church i3 entirely self-l'uf1porting. ,md in addition giv(.g RB. 300 for ~ti~ ... ion" and R·.. 10il for Childreo's Day, besides individual donations to otber worthy object:;,

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METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE. REV. A. J. lL\x\rELL, .Agtnl. BEV. J. W. "-Al:Gll, Do. J. A. STAGG, EsQ., JlaJtQ96"_

[Tbe I!e\"". A .• J. ~hx\fell. who bad ~n hand the pr('paration of the report for tbe pal't year, i1a"iOrlS\\\'ny to hi:-: cterual h·,m.", ()ctober 20t.b. Bence no report is available.- E1HTOft. J •

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SITAPUR. REV. J. C. LA \\~OX. JlilximUl"1'.

[G. MAVal. C. Burge, Cbatinr Sln~h. nAuli Du, Sadal. Local Prectilu:r, ~ Ii E.rl1oyUf',: • Clu'i~;fi(m 1'eac]ur.: :.! ColpQrlt1u· •. ]

TatS repnrt must ncoossariiy bl! i~ the mai~1 f,)T ,the firat 111~1' of the year, the last half beibfot cbaracterlze«1 by. epldcW1C!i, lC'ourg~, floods. aDd absence from the work [·n acco tln: I,f fll{'knl'!HL •

, Tbe cOI)1 ~a!!()nt frum t.he ht !\ o'{'Dll .. ~r to tlH~ 1 ~t Aprtl, \\"IS

de,oted to the Di~trict nil.! Annual ("'Jl({': .. nc~: the _.~u.nJay. ecbool CbristUJu F4!te and ChnAtmn .... tl'OO, ••. Chlldu!fI!I l}~~·. Illluma·

tion~ thrf1ugh the \·Hlag('1\. Tn" chiJ'ln'~: HIfHluJ nfl!l. Y ,,}~ft1Uef~.hl included. gr ... tly enjuy .1 ~.!hil,lri'n'l I )/lY" an,i at was A b« .. uurul ,1gb&. this year to !l00 them wllh happy, ~1I1111ll~ face. ""IUl" tn HlP fr!tnt of tbe altar railing and. dtpo~it their. ~lit... in ttu'. contribuUpfl ... lalt~~ Thu the, are heiDg t.ught that .. It 1. bettcr l.o ,lfO than to reoe.'e..

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The itinerations were neither so nnmerons nor 80 productive of visible results as in some former years, yet thousands listened to the Gospel who never had the opportunity before. These itinerations were performed both by the missionary accompanied by his helpers and by tbp latter alone. One of these t(Jur~ was made to the not~.d Hindu sbrine called Neemsar, 22 miles south of Sitapur, on the right bank of the river Ghogra. Here, as t.he tradition goes, the great Ram Chandra "planted his fnotsteps," and here one of the five famous Pandava brothers made his abode. 'Ve were forcibly reminded of the asceticism of Oledireral Europe 8S we yisited the curicus underground monasteries of this celebrated shrine. Hundreds of Hindu monks plod their long, weary way here, crawl through the little hule of a door­way, two ft'et by two, PhS::; along !.he dark, winding passage to their lonely, ~ilt'nt retreat, nnd sit, pray, and meditate, hOl'ir.g to become absorbed intn the lJeity. Tl,ousan is of l,j;grims montbly, and other tens of thousands yrarly, journE"Y here to wa~l, away t.heir sins in the so-called h.,ly wuter:; oi the large circular bathing innk. The water Bows out in great \"ljlUlllC ir.un this tank, and uS there is no yisible inlet, th(' masses belil~re that it bur~ts f,)[th from Patnl, the infernal regions. The Brahman:; tli('r:' tell tbe 5t, ,r)" that eyen the great English (;uveruruent could nut stop its flow, i'Jf thE'S tried Lut failed. On a gentle slope, t) nnc side oi the main thoroughfare leading to this batldng-ph,t'." f,'r days we preached the Gospel to thousands of the cumUlIIIl }1I'1,pie wbo lisumcrl g;~Hll)". Oh, how aUenti,e tbey were, aDd bow thi' hlessl.!,j "'!'"ri came it.nH' to them like a welcome rerela­tion! ='11 doubt in btlavnn we sha;i weet many who there for the first time heard about J c:;us. 'V c hare \Oisited AjudLiya. Brindraban, Opia Gukranoath, aoi other n')t{>,i plaees oi hea~ben pilgrimage, bot nefer berore laaH' WP been ~" .. trangely t"tl'h('d with compassii..tn and filled \"ith 10it' ior any rui:"guidf'd l,e"I';" as we were at ~et'msar. The great lhr\lng~ of P"'If, ignorant. i::s.:rim5 w(iuld rush penmell to the bathinl{ pitH'(', 8 ~rcat Fur~i!lg, s('Nhing. nw\"in; mass of wild and reeklcss human ht·in!!!'i. XII w,.nd'o~r that the dear SHiour had com­passion upon such multitude::. \YilO that h·:-his these lines will come to help in Jeadill;: tbe~l' lln~!lr{!il ones to Uiml

In tht> latt4-r 11art (,f the c"t1l season. se\'"eral days of renTal:een"ioes for the ~.tiY(l ('hristiRns w('re beld, the He,-. Dr. Yansell.of Lucknow, lU\\"in~ charge; numbers, mi_,:,tly b~)ys .rd girl~, were 54.undl)' converted to Gud, and the mecting5 w~m' specinUy charaCleriztd by the earnest., nnwarering way in wbich the {',)n,-ictl·J lInt'~ ihlU;hl the Lord, never giving up unti1lllt'~' had foun:l J>enct'. Tilt, ~.ti,"e Church at Saapur Will fernaUy l'tn'Uj:tilt'lH'1 by JUeans of thl'~(' speocial w~tiDgs.

The latter bali oC the 1t.'8r, from April to St't,tclUbt:·r. has been a continned !Ot'ri.·!' of disa.:'tt'Ts. li"ir':'t came the in6aenza, tlum fiuods, caused by the excc!,\'ii re rains. then ('ill!lcra~ all or \filii.'h. h'~t~tht'r with sickness in tl,e lDi.8.ion.r"-~ raulily, C&u$ing ~·hfl'r(,~( .. J absence from the elation, greatly hindt,rcd tlH~ work. H"we\"f!'r. in tbt' mid!:'l of it all ~rhxi and raithful soniot' 1m..; bt",u dotH' h\- Lbo ~A,ife P:u~tor and the oUler helpers. Church, bazaar. and \"iU.g~ l)r~·a('hillg. SCU,)l'l. and col­portage work havo been carried lID as regularlJ lUi pouible. &18 have

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passed this year as usual in the Anglo-Vernacular Middle Clu8 Examination from the Khairabad and Thompson Gange Mipsion Schools. The latter school also passed a boy named Har Dayal Singh in the Scripture Scholarship EXRDlination. This Scripture Scholarship idea is a grand one. and aids greatly in bringing the Hindu and Mohamedan boys to a knowledge of the L lrd J esu~.

When tile missionary fell sick in April, :Mrs: Lawson, his wife, hurried him off tq th~ hills. and, cbarac~risticaUy, }lcrself took up the heavy donble-burdl'n of circuit suporvision and the erection of the Native Christian Girls' School buildings. Thus it hns been prored once again that India.n missionaric$' win~s nre not .. impedimenta." "~hell Mrs. Laws"T! was telegrnpbed for to hasten to the hills, 1\lis~ Foller caDle forward and gladl~' a~sumed tilt! various rC'I!-,onsibiliti('s of the work.

Th~ erection of tilE" new bt;l'k building's (if Fl' XntiH' Christian Girls' Boarding SdlOd, pf which Yr~ Law:;oll is the Superintendent, has demanded h\lIre attention t.han an\' other feature I,f lhe work. When tht'se buildings Ilre filli:,h(ld, whiei') we trust will be befl.rf' the first of January, there will be gouJ accoUlmodation fllr at least one hondrt><i girls.

This iii J:fobably the last year that t h(' missitlDsry will spend at Sitapur, and he wish .. :, here to thank pnp and all. both Englitlh and Himiustani, who han" 0.:" kindly ai,It·d in the hlf~StH'.i work of bringing' the people to Josue'. Our :-'~"en yrars at Sitapor Ilftn~ groatly cndcard these pt'oplc t.o us, and 'Y(' !eavt> tbem wilh ft"elings akin l<o those of the disctplcs wben Paul left tbem at FJll",~u~ nt the crod of his l,)ng miniltry there. Sections of the fiel'l arc ripe unt.o the barvest. Mer there 800n be a great ingathering!

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LAKHIMPUR.

REV. KANHA! SINGH. J/iuidcr.

[8. David, Chhote Lalit Matthias, LO(41 PrtJac}uJr,:" £;rhorltr.: 7 Cirilli./ln T~'.]

Pa~usr. bo unto God for his grace hy which we tll ,·c been BUBtained to labor in bis vineyard another )'{,11 1'. Auotbcr houae lu .. heftn purchuHed adjoining the (Jllf~ bought lw;t year, SO we have a good lSite for church and school-house. and JlOW nood mODoy to put up permanent buildings here in tbe city wbt!rl' we bun~ good opportunity for bazaar prelLching.

There are four places in this circuit WhCN~ pre.chQn~ are station­ed. from which ccntrf~S work is carril'·1 OUt We b8.\·c Gil Christiane luge and small, and 1 r. bavf~ l-efm bni.ti1.{!d this ycar. Esp,t< . .'inlly in Lakbimpur and Of}l. Uokmnnatb tIll' 1.0r(1 l1u opened doors of uae· fulnea among the lower CWlt~. \Vo 1Ut. n~ grCL,t hopei Cor tho futUfO at there are many inquirers.

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GONDA. Rav. S. KNOWLES, REV. E. JOEL,

Mimonary. Minister.

REV. PETER GllAY,. Do.

rJ. R. Downey, Bihari Lal, Sadlu, H. C. Sigler, Local Preacker,: 7 Ba:7wrter.: 10 Ohrutian 'l'eachers.]

Gondp, City.-In this station we have two schools, both verna­oular, with an average attendance of 140 pupils. The Bible.is taught in these schools, and they are both under the superintendence of Rev. E. Joel, who visits them regularly and gives Hpecial religious in­struction to the scholars. There are also four Sa.bbath-schools. They are held OD Sunda.ys in different parts of the city. There have heeD

three convel'sions in these schools. Our helpers ha\'e preached regular­ly in th£> bazaars l'f the city and in t}lf> surrounding \illag(>s. \Ye lost a nnmber of our private members through influenza at the beginning of the year; and we ha\'e the sad duty of recording the death from the same di:!ea.se of our head Native preacher, Rev. P. Gray. He died as he had Jived in the fea.r of God and in the grace of our Lord Jeaus Christ. His last words were: •. The angels haTe come for me." In him we have lost an earnest worker for the Lord of the Harvest. He leaves a widow and six children to mourn his loss. There have been fifteen baptisms in Gonda City.

Balramptcr.-Tbis out-station is worked by the Rev. Bibsri LaI, and is one of our best and most promising out-posts. "-e have bap­tized over forty persons in this place during the year, mostly among the Lal Degi clus. There is a good \"crnacul&l' school in this town for tbe children of our inquirers and baptized coll'·erts, in whi,:h are four boys under special training. The Gospel i:, preacbed regu­larly in the town aDd hamlets ahout. The ~l&haratli cf Balrampur hu be€'n most kind and helpful to our work here as in other pJa.ces ; and our hcl\t thanks art' due to :\lajor and Mrs. Anson for the kindly and act}W intere8t they have taken in our work and in the welfare of the Christian f&milics residin~ in the l~in' Bnd district.

Malmatl'n.-This is an ou~post of llal~wpur. worked by Jhau­dull. Masih and his excellt'nt wiie, who u few years ago were of the Sat.'Ia-A/tlrg caste, doing penance under a tree ill this very place; now, having found morcy for all their sins, and grace t~) help in cl"ery time of need, arc working according to the light that is in them for their Urcat Master. There is a l"cruacular school here for children of inquirers and converta. There b .. ,'c been six. baptisms of wi\"es a.nd chUdren of some of our male con\'erts. This place is visited by Rev. Dihari lAI once a mouth. The Cbristiw families are all doing well

XcruIClI'!1QrV.-This promising- OUHHatiou is in cll!lrge of lIr. Badiu YUill. lIcrt.~ too wo ha\'t.' a vt'macular school for our converts. We have baptized fiftcon in thki station, all among the Lal Begi tribe except one, who was a Br&.hman. "·0 have n few Ghristian families

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living in villages round about who are gathered in for 'worahip and iDBtrnction on the Sabbath. During the year Badiu was joined by Parmeshwari Das and his wife, both good workers, and both trained in Gonda for the work.

M4akapur.-Tbis is a new out·post established during the year. It is the junction for Lakarmandj, Bahraicb, etc, for the B. and N. W. Railway. We had much opposition from the Thakurs of the place in opening Mankapur for Mission work; but the Lord wonderfully opened the way for us and gave us the victory. We have begun a work here among the Barwars, a clf188 of proclaim­ed thieves. We have baptized a few of this interesting claaa, and hope to see further results. This work, however, is greatly compli­cated by the connection the Thakurs htu'c with these Barwara. W'e have opened a school for the latter. which only a few have taken advantage of as yet. \Va have baptized fourteen persons in aU up to date in this new place.

Elknpvr.-Anand ltbsih, one of the oldest Oudh converts, i. labouring in tbis jungle out-atation. Our converts here afe all agriculturists. There is a Native peacher's h(lu!'C', and a nice little chapel for worship. There ha,'s been no adults baptized in this place; but the Native Cbristians have grown in grace and knowledge daring &he 1&8r.

ColoRdganj.-This out-station is to be brought nearer to us by • branch line of Railw.y to be opened next year running to Bahram .. ghat. We haTe two vernacular schools in good condition in this place. The Railway, with the Lord's blessing, will gin} a ncw lease of lifo to this great com-markf't.

C/taftdanpur.-Josepb It. Downoy and Kanhai Lal, with their families, hav{~ been living in these vast jungles., and earnestly work­ing among the Tbarus, during most of the y.-ar, or up to the rains in June, when tbey had to retire to Balmmpur, and work there until the way opened for them to return. Tbrough the help and kindness of .. Major Anson we have l)C(n able to put up a Native preaeberts houae of a more subata-nthl kind; and tbrough tbo kind help and interest of Rev. ,\~. A. M8.Il8ell we bave been AIIilt­ed in laying the foundation of a Ulore abiding place of worship, which we hope to lee finisbed &8 soon a.a the helpers can enter tbe foreata with wety. :AIr. J. R. Downey reports very favourably of the Tharu work. liama Baha. n Tharu who h&~ boon under training, is left at Chandanpur to carry on what work be CAn till the breth­ren can rejoin him. One Tharu boy we have lent to our Lucknow Oollege, and pray he may return an efficient worker. Three other bop we have under ill!truction in DalraJupur. This work il p'niall, supported by the kindness of W. O. Sturgeon of" Kan.au, U. S. ,A., to whom we render many thanks,

We cannot close thiB brief report without beartily thanking our many kind friends who hav" helped and encouraged U8 in our lAbours; and .pecially Surgeon .. Major C. Cameron ror his uniform belp and kiudne5.1 in giving his e.-nice to our )lil8ion families grati!. We pr., God~, bleasing f,o richly reet upon and abide with him ud them.

Rm. W. PETERS, REV. S. WHEELER,

OUDB DIS'PBIOT.

BAHRAICH.

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Minilter. Do.

, [.T. F. Samuel, Baldeo Parshad, Erastus, Local P"eaiher': 3 E.17horte,.,.]

CoMPARING all that happened in past years with the events of the year undcr report, I feel coDvinced tha.t GO(rS grace is a.lways propor­tioned to our needs. Peraonally speaking, the sad occnrrences in my own family have been sooh as to try me severely, and although it is beyond human strength to be always equal tt) the fiery trials that we have til pass t hrougb in life, yet to every believer there are in them indications and sure proofs of God's lo\"ing concern for our spiritual good. Xothing should in this world hamper us in "running the race set before us," or divert our eyes from Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. On the 4th of December last it pleased God to pluck the choicest flower from my garden to bloom in His own para­dise. Bis will be done. I feel the loss, but I feel also that I am loyally bound to submit to Him in all tbings, e\"en to the sacrifice of what I lleld dearest amongst earthly objects. Aly wife died leaving eight little one.s bebind, onc of whom W&!J a babe only twenty-five days old at the time; and this new burden I am trying to bP..ar with patience and love.

All my assistants and helpers in Mission work hat'e faithfully done their duty. \Ve have enjoyed peace and quiet; and whilst there have been evident signs of spiritual progress, the devil bas been less forward in leading us into temptation, The regular Sunday and other services with revi ,al meetings have been held as usual j mvhaUa work and bazaar preaching ha\"e been carrid on zealously; and a few converts have been made, while otbers are under in~truction. This has been a very successful year, and we are cheered with very good prospects, as news has been received of inquirers preparing to receive baptism.

Our Sunday-8cbools art> also ~(ltting on rigbt well. the teaching and the attendance being botb satisfactory; some of the pupils are Dot only anxious for the sah,ation of their souls but read\" to receive baptisui. 'Ve ourselves besitilte tu administer the ri~· to them on account of tb€'ir minority. Arrangement hiS been lately made for the boarding and tuition IA poor Chri::;tlall lad~! the object being to afford them as muclt religinus and 5ecular knuwledge as Dleans would allow, so that in time they tuay be fit to go back and work amongst those from whenl they b"'"e heeD brought.

I made wCllti"n i~ It. previous report of a new station established at Ropaidiha, on the confines of t\ t'pal. The work here, though started a short time ago, is already ~i\'inJ.! proofs of God's special grace upon it. Our brother Pram Das, who is in charge of i~ has made himself vety popalar, and notwithstanding tbe {net tllat he is earnest in the cause of Christ, and people have clubraood Christianity uuder his teach­ing, yet the inbabitants of the plaee without exception speak highly of him. showiog no ill.feeling as they do in other l'lace:s, where after

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years of lahor even a single parson happeus to renounce Hinduism and profess our religion.

The Vernacular School has been doing well. The Government Inspector saw it last winter and was satisfied. Only three could be sent up this year for the Yernac!llar Middle Examination, and one passed. The Cbristian boys attending this school are thirteen in number now, and it is hoped that wany more will join them in time.

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RAE BARELI. RBv. A. T. LEONARD, RBv. ISA DAB,

[J. Higginbottom, Ajudbiya Parsbad, Qaisar, Lo«U p~,: , &momn: 4: Ohri&tian TeacAtrl.l

Is the early part or the year we mad(' a tour in the Circuit, visiting 1 i5 \illages and preaching to about 4,000 persons. This we ha,e been able to do more satisfactorily to oursel\"(·~, and. we trust, with profit to our hearers by the ui,j of a !tagic Lantern, with scenes illustrati \"6 o[ the life of Christ. Again and again has a whole ,·illage, men, women and children turned out~ ~at and listcned in the quiet evening hour to the I, glad tidings of great joy!' fbm(' inquirers were found: ODe man, a ParuJ..it, came asking for a Te:;tanli~nt that he might inquire wore fuUy about thi~ Jesus wholD we preached. On receiving it he immediately began io read from the first cbapter of St. Matthew. lteturning next day he said he bad read as far as the third verse of til" sixth chapter, and "a..~ impressed "ith the lofty h'3cbing of Je·:;QS. 'We urged him to continue his rea.ding and pray tll God for li;:ht : be promised be would do so.

Baptmn8.-lA"c have haptiz,l!l hut thr("6 from ht>at.henit.m. ODe st'rn~ us faithfuLy and i.; learnin~ e\'cry da)': one is distant from UB,

and the lither ha~ gllne away_ ,,'f' have lI')W a \"(~ry intelligent in­quirer. \V E! Dotit'£' llti:- yeara more yielding l"pirit. and less "l'po8ition eferywhere than in years pa.,t.

Sunda)!.Ii/wol4.-Fnriack of t{'u("bers u f(·w have been dilCuntin. Qed. We have now 28 io!ch()()l~ in aU with un an:rage attendance of 6bO acbolars. ~l(frc systematic nno thorough in-truction lIas ~n given in the Catechism and Le~~ons.

Da!I-,clwoh.- \V e llave thirteen with an average attendance of S25. Our lliJdin Clai'i~ 8et'lion has becn di~Nntinued for lack (if

a;}yanced pupils. " St{f-ftpport.--l)roportionutf>ly, there has ooen an ad"ancc in Ud,

line, II also ill tbe c"llection for 1fh~ionst Children's Dll', and local contributions. •

Literature h .. boon distributr. .. l 8TRti~ as foUows :-ChiJdrf'n'a Papcn 11,iOo, BithopTboburn'll'ract4t 11,~50, LcssonLnAves 2.400, besides bther tracts and Scripture p"rti~,n8 which the colporteur h •• ffflld.' 8, we are sowing and reaping.

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HURDUI.

B:sv. S. TUPPER, MinUter.

[Yaquh Ali, .T. Dysoll, Local Preacher, : 3 E:c7wrter8: 4 Olzri8tia'A 'l'eacher,. ]

I WAS transferred from Cawnpore to this charge last Yay, and ~ God for the encouragement which He gives in the work done.

In this Oircuit. the total number of Christians living in eight dif­ferent I)laces is about 100, of whom three persuns are l.amindars and own aix different villages and purwcu. There are only two local preaohera and three exhortere working in the Oircuit, at Hurdui, Shahab&d, BandHo, and Saudi. Two day-sebools have recently been opened, and wn Sanday-sohools. One Hindu zamindar bas promised to build a school house in his village for us. At present the boys are taught in his MauptiL

!'his Circuit is mostly full of Brahmins and Thtikurs, and almost all of them receive us very kindly an'! respectfully. There are several big towns in this Circuit that require preachers. The Gospel is preached to all foIMts or men in and (Int of the cit,v.

\Ve bt"'e \'isitt·d and rm~acb(·,i i~ aboat 50 ",illages be~ide5 the places where our preachers n,'e. \r e meet people who love Christ in heart, but they f·,·ar t? be publicly baptized in His name. There have been elc\'cn boptifWS during the year.

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BARABANKI. Rsv. S. PAUL, Minuter.

[Rev. lV. Fisk, S. Jacob, Local Pr(adur8: j E:r.hfJrl8rs: 4 CANt. ian 1'eacJ,erl.]

Tar: ycur in review has Lrought us much to be thankful for, par­ticu:arly for many hlt·,ssings which attt·tlded our ,,"ork.

Till C/nArd.- \\' c Iw.n· a Christi~n eommunit~ 0(7[, in Barabanki Oircuit. The u .. unl sen'ices Wert' rt'£!'uiariy held luring the yeu.

Pruu:Jliny: JJaralJtlIlA-i, -Prcacbin~ l,oth in city and villages rounel about i~ carricli on (Oxtcnsivt>ly and energetically.

Our work bac; lwon (~:,pe<"illlly among tbe low ~tegt "it., lIiht&ra. Chalnari, dc. This feature .,.f tile work has been most encouraging. The Scriptures ar~' taught toO mAny )"'ung men and boya. They glad­ly join us in singing Cbristian hYIUIlS and b/uljatl8, ana aflbrd us op­port.unity for prayiu~- TIt,,·y bid fail' to become true disciples of Christ, and it iii hoped tJmt "re long th(!Se young men and b;lYS will be inatruwcut.a.l ill brin~ill~ llltlfl)' otht-r:- t\} Him.

BClltra,nghat.-Tlw \tork here is in dUlrgeof Rt'v. "". Fisk. One of the o.,.t6I of tilt. Mihtal"$ is 8t'E'kiu:..:' after truth, &Dd his conversion will greatly open the way fur the work. '

FuUlApore.-Tbe work tH~re is entrusted to ~, Jacob. There ate a few inqWreI'll. Lately a Mob&medan has embraced Obristianity.

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D~.-:Manga1 Singb works bere, and bis work is in &

flourishing condition. He has also opened work in a new village of Kunnir, Pw, and Ohamars. A few of them were brought to the fold of Christ through his efforts, and mllny others are alinost prepared to accept Him as their Saviour.

Shahadatganj.-Mission work was opened two years ago in this station and is in charge of J. D. Flint. One man has been baptized.

School.t.-There are seven schools in which a large number of boys are taught; religious instraction is also given to them •

. Sunday-lChools.-Wre hal*e fifteen Sunday-schools attended by 665 scholars. They take an interest in the Ca.techism and in singing hymns and b'hajans. Tbese Sunday-schools have made fair progreu.

OhurcJt building.-We praise God for tbe cousu mmation of many prayers and long waiting on the part of the Bara.banki congregation for a church building which was in the course of erection for a year or 80 and ia now finished. J t has room enough for 300 peNon&, and stands in the vfry heart of the city. But to our great regret 'it has not yet been dedicated to the service of God, because we have no money to furnish the chapel with benches, pulpit, l&mpa, carpets, etc, and to a buy a Communion service.

'Ve stand in need of RH. 301 I for these things, and in spite of an appeal to the public we have not succeeded in collecting the required lum. A gentleman from MussoorUt kindly eent me Ra. !i. Our hope is that it will not be long before whut is still needed will be givan.

BapNnIB.-This yearninetecn persons were baptized in Barabanki district. We thank God "'ith our whole heart for this result.

REv. R. HOSKINS, REV. E. T. FARNON, REv. CRUXI LAL.

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AI inioNJr!l.

Mifti.t"..

Do. [Rev. Zabardast Khan, Bhikba Sjll~h. Ganga ~ 8th, Abdul Wabid

Ahanjan Lal, Local PrUUhtr8: 6 EX/lOrin": 1 t I OJ,riltiafl Tea~: 2 ColpurteuTl. ]

C ... WNPORE is an exceedingly busy place, and waJtes are more re­munerative than in most cities of India. There arc sixteen factories herc, and reliable Christian men find no lack of employment. As in moat communities there IlfC a few bere who are abiftlt'SS and improvident, and aid given to them only makes them more oareJeaa. This year the men ha,'c had to depend on their own exertions, nnd consequently they have been more diligent. A few in the Cbristian colony were found to be intractable; they were required to vacate thoir hou8('8, but others have come in and all the bouaes nrt' occupied. W p b&,·o Ulore houses than are really desirable. Tbn men become better Christians "hen the.f are left more to tb('ir own ('x('rtioDs.

The problf~m of the Industrial ScIH)ol is working out fairly weH: only a .mall portion of the graduates from t},i8 scbool remain here.

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• Of the grown-up men who were assisted at the beginning of this work not a single one remains in the mills. Very many who do well in the factories go to other places for other work when they are sent out from the Orphanage. One is personal servant to the Joint Magis­trate of 0. neighooring district; one joined his brother in the Forest 'Work; one went to Lucknow and is employed as bearer; one took service on the Railway expecting to become fireman, and one became teacher in a school sustained by an English gentleman. Perhaps one-fourth of all the boys will settle down here; of these 8 few are constitutionally tired, and their ambition is to get into some easy work with good pay. None of the graduates of the Orphan School ha.ve developed much manliness; some of them earn good wages, but their personal 'wants absorb all their earnings, and as yet they have not become especially useful as lay Chri:-tian workers.

Thirty,eigJlt persons have been baptized, and two of these give much promise ru; Christian workers. One who is a personal servant of a military officer has already prepared and presenred eight persons for baptitiID. and we have engaged him to open work in the new departure inaugurated by Bishop Thoburn. In a city twenty-five miles from Cawnpore a large number of the relatives of this brother lh-c. Our preachers have been to visit them and they find fifty persons asking instruction preparatory to baptism. This brother has been working in a community who live in the cantonments here; there are abtJut one hundred persons who ask for Christian instruction.

In July we sent two workers on an exploring expedition to a place which is situaV!(} in the middle uf t~e District, and now the call comes for a Christian teacher, with the avowed purpose of accepting Christianity.

Our workers have ,"iaited the princiPlll centres uf the District, and we ha\"e laid tiut plnns to occuJ'Y three new central place::. A far-spreading work is gra·.iunl:y ocyelltpin; among the Lal Begis. A large Dumber of them ha"e been baptized during the past four years, and now we arc :-:yslematizing and mak;ng thorDugh arrangements to care fur tbis peo}';!'. In C.~wDpi)re City there aTC three large com­muntics of Lal &J.!is who art' ,'cry f,H'orahly inclined to Christianity; in l\vo of these we have established schools. and in the third we must do the sarn.e. The Chamar element i~ "ery large. and there are t,wo YCTY promising openings. This kind vi work cannot be pushed into proper position ill a £0'" months, bnt a stead] persistent effort will bring forth satisfactorv results.

The Sunday-schools have not materially increased, but tht'y have cunsiderably irnproH·Ll in eJIecti\"l~ne~!i ; still there is room (tir improve­ment. The children's minds art.' Tery recepti re, all,1 a full hour and-a­haH should be given to instruction iu eAch 5chool.

In our City church ,'cry many Hindus and ~fohamedana attend the Sunday afternoon preaching ser\'iCt1s, and we expect to make this a ,'ery attractive e"angeliallo service.

The outlook for Cawnpore is encouraging. Tht, Native Church docs fairly well for tho support of the work, the contributions of the purely Native part or our coUllUunity have averaged Us. 25 ller month, and there is a good pruspect for & considerable increase in their con.

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tributions for next year. Our devotiODal meetings ha.ve been weU .t.­. tanded. and ten persons have come into the olear light of sins forgiven. and at the present time there are a few others who are seeking Obrist.

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CAWNPORE ENGLISH CHURCH.

lbv .. J. B. THOMAS, ...

[J. H. Condon, Esq., A. Beer, Esq., Local PrtacMr.: ou~ E:iltorur. ]

GOD bas been with us doring this yenr ; some ha"e been added to our numbers. Divine scmccs have been well attended, tile G()~pel hal been faithfnly preach(>(}. t>arnt'~t efforts IJ8"e be(,D lliade t.o reach the un­saved, and we trust Ulany Ilt'lif'\"er~ have been lifted illto a bigl1erand closer union wit1} Oui}. The Sunday-schnols art' in 0 prosperous con­dition, collectilJIb for the year hn,'c bt'\en vcry ~Ood, all the current ex­penses of the chul1'b hal"ing been paid, lx:sides f;(lDlC old standing Jebu. Cawnpore is a mndel of :,clf-support in I ndin. Result~ which have been produced by the ~ ative work in connectiull with this arc encouraging.

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UNAO.

RBv. J. W. McGREGOR, Minia'"..

[L. J. McGee and \r. A. Comfort, [.«al Preachtr,: 6 E.d.Drter,: 3 Chri.tian TeacJur,.]

TnE number of Christians in our community is ;,7 including chi1d­reno There ha"e been ten baptisms; of thest.· three were sent to tbe Bareilly Theological Seminary.

Thf:'TC i~ very great need of morf' preaclwf:-, tllNe being many large towns requiring tbem. The I,npulation of this District is about one million souls, lla, God grant u~ more workers.

Tbcle are five schoe/l:;: ('nf' teaobi>B up to tilt' Middle Standard; in it 71 boys arc tau~ht, and it i!4 h"ped t.hat u grant·in-aid may be received durinS the enAuiog year; se\'cn boy8 are exp~cted to go up to the next Middle CJas§ examination The remsining four are primary IChoolt, for which n grant of itA. 54 \\'ftf' received after in­spection o[ the Ildwols h~· the Deputy InspectPf fif Schools.

There are t,.·o Frey Schools; tb@ I )oputy lo!tpector's examination showed good resultR. and n. reward of RI. 6:J was obtained.

Sundag«}lOo1 •• -Thero are eig-hteen in all, attended by children of both sexes. Thero bu been steady improvement.

Bazaar preaclling i. held on market daye twice in the week, and the brethren go out aDd preach in the villagfl8 around. There ia preaching t.hree times a week iu tbe small rO()JU M the MissionarT8 bOWie which requires enlargement a. it is Dot sufficient even for the Chriatiaa memberl.

OUDE DISTBIOP. 1'1

There is no colporteur, but there is great need of one; at present when we go to the fairs we are obliged to sell the books ourselves. The sales realized B.s. 14.

REV. J. W. W AUGHt REV. W. R. BOWEN,

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ALLAHABAD.

MiuioM"1I­MinUter.

[J. D. Ransom, and B. H. Barnes, Local Preacher,: 2 Ezhorter.: 2 Chriltian Teachers.]

[Dr. Waugh had this year the charge of Allahabad Circuit, in ad­dition to his heavy duties as Treasurer of the )fethodist Mission in India. He directed Brother Bowen and his helpers, and wrought faith­fully himself till .T uly 1 Rt, when Brother llaxwell fell ill, and was not expected to recover. Dr. \Vaugh was then appointed Agent of the :Methodist Publishing House in Lucknow, and came here to this another hea\'y work. The Mohamedans continue their opposition more or less fanatically, but the work goes on. The Native Church i3 steadily growing, but the great want is a place of worship, and a preacher's house. ". e hope soon tJ be able to estimate for them. God blesses our mi55ion in .A.llRhabad, and we hope the Board at home will stand by us.-H. M.]

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ALLAHABAD ENGLISH CHURCH.

REV. L. A. CUUE,

LA. C. 'Viseman, Esq., Local Preacher.] Om Church has been for years laboring under the burden of a

hoavy debt. This, together with otht'r unrortunate circumstances, has greatly crippled its usefulness an.] disheartened some of our workers. But we hope, through the blessing of God, soon to see a returnof form­er prosperity.

A Young Poople's Christian League has been organized this year and has kept up an increasing interest. Through it we expect to see many of our young poople brought into the Church.

The Pastor has held a pmy(>r lUeeting ~\"f'r)- week among the 801-

diers in tho barrack. prayer-fO',HllS. This has bt>en well att~nded, and bas resulted in 1\ nuwb,,'r of C'llIl'"l\rsion:", :"\) ~hat there i:, now in the regiuwnt stat;.mt,,-l here a ball..i I'! good Chri .. tiRn workers.

Tho Church 8,'rvi~ htl'"e maintt.illed their ususl int~r(,5t. There are two services each SUl1\iny. b 't It of which are fsirly well attended. Tho Churcb ha~ thi .. year beel! :,\'If-supportin~ ; and the Paswr's salary thoogh small has been paid rogularly. If (lur Cburch "'ere free from the embarrASsment of a long shm,ling debt! it has abundant opportu­Ditoa of doing much &'Ood in Allahabad.

PRE81DIN(1 BLDliJRB' ·REPORTS.

AJUDHIYA.

REV. A. C. PAUL, Jiini8tdr.

[3 Er"wtg,: S Claristilm Teac7.6r,,]

BIX heathen have been baptized during the year. We 11&Ve Iii: primary schools for ~~ and girls, which a.rc in a flourishing state.

Preaching in bazaars, villages, and mtla8 has been faitbfnlly conducted; our helpers 8lld teachers arc doing well. Difine ser\'icea have been conducted thrice 8 week; besides our own community. nlaD1 heathen assemble on one side of the verandah, facing the public road, "lien we have our services. A house fur worship ia much needed.

KUMAON DISTRICT.

REV. J. H. MESSMORE, PImsmlNO ELDER.

REV. T. eRA YEX, REV PATH.AS I, C

RE\'. J. H, MESSMORE, REv. F. W. FOOTE,

NAIHI TAL.

MiuiOIl6'71_ Mini8ter.

.. Panor. Engli,h Ohvrrh, Principal, Boyi High School.

[Ue'·, J. Barker, Fu.al lfaaib, John 8hibwa, Mabbuh Masih, Bho:a Singh, Local p,.,acner,: 6 &'hortt:r8 and Christian Tta.cher,.]

THE Kumaon District has not had its iull share of missionary supervision this year. He\', J. H. Gill, summoned from Am~rica by eable in January, reached Pa.ori April 1st ; He\'". T. Craven has been absent on six n:ouths' furlough. TIll' Piwrngarh Circuit has had no missionary. and the work bas been Tirtulilly in the hands of the "-. P. M, S. Missionary. Miss Budden. The Presiding }:lder, being also pastor of the English cOl1gre~tion at 1\ aini Tal, could not do mucb for the statiotls out of ~ ailli Tal.

The out,.~tations of the Naini Tal Cireui: are mainly found in the plain at the base of the mountains or HI the foot of th~ hills just above them. Nost of the people spend half the year on their lands below. aud half the year (Ill the mountains. On this aecount it is not easy tIl maintain scbools or any ,·a.ridy vf ptirmuuent work &U.I,ug theDl. The same disadvantage is still more seriously felt in ~ aini Tal itself, as moat of those we n>&ch in our work go down with their employ­era to the plaiDa and are sC&tu~red all o'''er 1\ ortb India. Much aasistonce haa beell given by the missionaries \;&iting the sanita­rium, throqh "hose aid the interest in the ~ar church ser\'i~ Sabbath and week day, haa been .ell maintained. The SUDday­achool baa boon in 8. very Jlouriahing condition during the season, and from 150 to 17 [) ohildren. boys and girls, Christians and Hindus, have been in regular attendance. Sicknosa and death ba \'e bowcrer very eeriouaJy interfered with the pr06e<'Ution of 11 ission "'ork aDd tbe pr08perity of the Church. 'rbe death r()ll .6 unusually la.rge.

The Suuday-achool oonllocted "'ith the English cong~atiou has bce.u It $im~ aJ.aaoIt, broken up on &C()Ouut. of various forma of iick.

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ness prevalent in the schools. The congregations have been rather larger than last year, and the financial interests have been well maintained The two High Schoo1s in Nailli Tal have enjoyed a very prosperous year. The Boys' High School numbel'S 70, being an increase of 30 l)\"( r last year. The Government Inspector examined the school in Septemher. His report is encouraging to the patrons and credit-able to the managers and teachers of the 8chool. Not a boy failed to pass the examination. The 8chool is now Company UE" of the Naini Tal Volunteers, and all except the smallest boys enjoy the benefit of military drill and practice of soldierly deportment. Nine sons of missionaries of the North India Conference bave been in attendance this v ear. 'rhe cxistl'ncc of such a school in such a place as Naini Tal "'is thus of great advantage to the Missionary Society J since it is nlRde JlOssible for mis~ ionarica to remain on the field longer than would otherwisf' be cxppdil'llt.

The Girls' High School is ('UjOyill~ lht, most pro!!perous Yl'arof its existence. About 90 naUH'3 fire 011 tilt' roll; the pupil8 have SUCL"e8ded fin~ly in tho recent examiuations; thl' reputation of the school is such as assures yet greater popularity and prosperity.

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PAORI.

REv. J. H. GILL. REv. F. W. GREENWOLD.

M imcmary. Jiini.ter.

f'Rev. Khiyali, J. \Y. ToJd. S.l.,-l\\'fcncf', LachmanBhajni, Man­gal ])u Pancham. E. Tbomsorl, D. A Cbaufin, Locai J'~achtJrl: 1 bZJwrtu. and ['I.nstian 1'eacAer, ]

"TELL US of the com-,'r:.ions ,. was the emphatic reqUNJt of the Miuionary Secretary. Hi,tt' is tilt· f(·ply. Then> ha\'c been ",,;;s baptisms in this Circuit (if (;arhwal blUL'I' } ".,17, \\1H'1l till' first occurred. Out of the num1wr ~ 1 took I'lzwt' tbis year. Thf't,· is now here a total .:\ ati n~ Christinn community of t;:,;;) including cbildren. \Ve a.re preparing Bnd 11n \' c now ft t work a stu ff of helpors of aU grades from the ordained wini .. tcr to the Cbristinu teachcr,­natives of the ('ircuit.

Of tbe ~(jO Christian children in our can' it i& our aim to cdu· cate and train aU who are old enou~h to lcarn and who arc froo to attend scbooJ. It ia a great lack thlLt we ha\'c no work.abop of lUly kind. Those who are nt the Chopra {;t·ntrnl Sdwol help in .-\'cry way they are able by bringing material. for building, ami by turns caring for tbe 1'C&t of tbeir companioflft in hou8ehold affaire. We could h.,,·c a worbbop if ,,'e b.d thE' funds.

~inc~ my arrival in April I have compl,·t(-d th.' achool builciing in the villJt~t, of Haio ; made bf:!8\'Y atntionPTY lK'ud,f'N in ti(\\'CIl of dIU rooro~ of tbe C.·ntns! :--1'11"..,1 huiltliu~; u}"'''f'd u bmnrh .whool for carpeDted' chiJdroo in :Sriu.p!', another in UWpart1uO. lWot.bur in

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ToJ.ae. We have now 16 day-schools and 21 Sunday-BChools in opera­tion with about 700 children attending.

During a break in the rains I managed to get over the broken mountain paths and made a tour of the sub-circuits taking about ten days for a hurried visit, preaching to the Christians, examin­ing the schools and encouraging the workers in E'ach place. Lans­downe (Kaladanda) is the new military cantonment occupied by tbe S .. 6tb Gurkha Regiment.

At the invitation by letter of the Colonel I went to spend a Sabbath and prea.ob in English to the few British officers and families there. I had the pleasure of preaching the same Sabbath to over 50 persons in Hindustani assembled in the Colonel's own bungalow. We need a plot of ground here and buildings to accommodate a visit­ing missionary during t11f' summer, and another plot and building for permanent occupation hy a native preacher. The ground will cost only a trifle. The simple buildings needed would cost for the mission­ary's house $ 500, for lhe nath'e house S 100. Brethren in hut plains stations would find a delightful climatp. here 6000 feet above sea level for th~ summer months. Indeed Brother Parker has written rut; suggesting the feasibility of this plan for supplying this new work..

I forbear more than reference to the erne-Jlle in the Chopra School during February. It "'as (l serious time for the two ladies here. It bas been incorrectly spoken of as (l religious distnrbance. The whole trouble arose in the teaching staff of the Central School. The changes since made haye settlt'd the troublE'. 50 that "'ork runs smoothly. a.s before, There are at this time i4 Hindu pupils in the boarding hODses (which is really moTt' than can be comfortably accommodated), silo"'ing that there is no disafit..'>Ction among us.

lre greatly np(·d A ,,·~Il·fitted set of dormitories for the Christian boys. A thousand dollars would nut supply these. The extra rooms at Srinagar school. which were begun by my predecessor, are still as he }(·ft them, incoUlph·t~· from "';tIlt of fUllds: th~y nre nEK'ded. A builJing is n('('<lt'd also f, r the branch schocl there.

The disp~nsary in Chopra do(\'$ good work and is appreciated. It was lL mistake for GO"ernment to cut dOWIl the grant of supplies from Rs. ]00 t., Its. [)o per year. The natil"e Christian Doctor has clll ... ·rfully visited, wben callt>d, t.he Yillaf.,re5 within reach and attended to tbe sick, 60mctimes being J,!oue over ni~ht.

The year bas bad its anxiety in othtr matters. "·e were met in the spring by tbe prospt'ct of a fluuine. It bung o,oer us until we were well into tbe rains in July. E\"erywhcre sl'arcity &lld famine prices in food prc\'ailed, but by July tbe prospt'Ct of harrest brighten­e~t but then cholera apllCareci. Quite a number of the inhabitants (hed, but onll a £0"· with wbolD W8 ,,·ere iu contact.. One poor coolie wh? carried a load to KOblwaTa Wbl'U Illy own two boys :'luted on tbf'lr way to school died there in Kotdwara. He lfllt a widow and babe. He was a Hindu we hl\(llon~ known, and a faithfulm&u.

Tlh~ work keeps ftoing on. :-\illf'i' tilt' l,nptisms abon· rderred W \\'8

1u1\'e had tt.igbt tuure this week. Tbe tiir:s' Orphanage needs enlarge. 1B1Ilt, and a lChool building, for "blob we hayC a site in readineu.

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DWARAHAT.

Rsv. S. S. DEASE, Ninitmary.

[So Mansell, Bhio Datt, Local PrMihtrB: one Christian f'McMr.] THIS bis been n very trying year in this section of the country­

Tl:e failure of the fall and winter crops resulted in n soarcity of food, and the people hn\"e suffered consequently. If the Government had n~t opened depOts for selling grain, there is no doubt the mor­tality du~ to stan'ation would have been great. The depOt bere was placed in the cbarge (if the missionllry. and Wfl8 superintended by him for five months. The GO\'crnor of theie provinces thankt~J the missionary for the aid be had rendered t lIe Government in its efforts to SR\"e'the pcopll' from stollfvation. By th~ gratuitous distri· bution of a litte grain, the poorest of tho women wen, got together, and instructed by the mis. .. iollary's wife. Following on the scarcity came the cholera, and for three monUlB it continued to d&troy ita 'Victims in many of the \·mages. A llumbt>r of cases of cholera occurred among the memben of the Christian community, but througb God's mercy there were no fatal ~u 1 ta. .

The twenty-four Christian boys nnd young men in tho boardiug school have pursued their studies in the school here. It is ex-pM. hat' a few °0&1'8 th(:~~butl.!£:_~tor6 ~f QJuj~tinl~£2~m!!.~!!i­

ties in tb{'5e be school is of a I,h:h gr;Ule, has a large 'Itaff 01 teac era, and is aiming to teach up to the Entrance eXiUllInatioQ.

The Entrance class hu been r~gularly taught by hI..' mimJionary. wbo bas also instructed n class of "'owen iu the ditl~'rcmt branches of the study of Uledicine.

W'ork opened in a dist.ant vi1ln~c has borne some fruiL It has been" great draw hack to tlw wllr~ that then· hLL"; hl>t!'} 110 nath'c preacher:. but this need is now met. TIlt! upt'nin~ -(Ilt work are iiif'Iiierous and encouragin~. and as tho surrounding", becumc Inore favoIU'able, these will be followed up (;( .. 1 has \v:cn miuJful uf Hits people in this little hi.l atation. flnd bas kept u" in a wonderful way, for whicb we give Him our heartfolt tluwka.

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EASTERN KUMAON. BEY. R WIU30N,

fB. Marqus, Local Pr~A~r: two &tltflrWlf. J TifF. larger part of the work don., in E •• tem KumAOb i. in till!

har. Iii of the "·omen'. Foreign MiMionary Socil\ty. And All "'0 haTt' had no nlj*&i~nary t.b(!r,· thii JNlf t J ... mann~cmctlt of the work hu 00('11 .,blCf!d 10 the hands of Alia Budd'·Il. the \V. I+". At 8, Mu.ion. arytbere. ,Ouro~p work appeara pmaciptJlJ.iD tho eleva aohGOIa,

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in the Sunday-schools. in the medical work and village itinerating carried on by our native minister Ha.rkua. Wilson. Through his agency two schools were opened in N ePMl, but the Government of tha.t country has recently issued an 0 er to close the schools. b B1'other Wilson is at present on an itinera.ting tour toBo~ then snowy region of the upper Himalaya. adjoining Kumaon, ~d on account of -bis absence this report is left without thoBeparticular items of interest which he would be ablo to give.

AMROHA DISTRICT.

REv. ,ZAHUR-UL-HAQQ, PRUIDING ELDER.

THERE bas been much evangelistic work done in this District this year. New village Ct'ntres of work ha\"e been opened in Meerut and Bulandshahr Zilas, and converts gathered in. A Tory encouraging mission has also been commenced on the estates of our friends Mr. and Mrs. Ingram, which is supported by them. This and several of the new openings arc Tery promising. '1'he whole number of Christians is 2,561 living in 206 Tillages. 'Vork is carried un fronl forty-three eentres, and there are 408 Christian cllildern in our 8chools. The increase in membersbil) tbis year has ht'cn 639. There is no American or European :Missionary working in this District. All tho work is done by natives and is under natiYe supervision.

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SAMBHAL. Rn. Z. HAQQ, ... Minilur.

[Yazhar-ul-Haqq. Giyan lfasih, Local PrttAChl'rl: 2 Erhorter,: 6 ChrVtian TeacJur,.]

TSB evangelistic work bas been carried on most 8ucceaafolly ~uring the year. God bas touched t be hearts of tbe heathen, &0 that :!8 peraons have been baptised. There are 12 muhallM in Sambhal wbere daily teaching i8 kept up. There are I:! day-scboolF, 11 vernle olar Lower Primary and one Angio-Ycrnaoulnr. One boy hn!'l passed tho middle class examination. There ~rc 10 ~unJaY-hdlL;()ls in the Circuit. the attendance of nearly c,"cry school is g','od. The Cbri!itian commu­Dity of this C:rcuit JiviDg in different mWUJllu8 And \'illages num­bers 801. We have a boarding house with 1::' Christian boytl in Bambbal.

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AMROHA. J. N. PETTER,

[Maul_dad Khan, Local Pl'u.lcl,er: 2 &:ljOrkr, : '7 Chnni.afl Ttllc'A".,.)

TRIS is a large city, with mlny rilla~cs connect~1 with it. in a circuit.. Both iD the city and in tho ",ill" ~(1~ tht· work has incrcast·\! duriog the ,ear. Ninety-five persons ha\'e been bap tisod. There .re six d.,-tcbools. The Chrifltian coDlmunity if< being confirmed daily ill the faith and 101"0 of Christ. nazar .lnd tIIuhnUa fm~lcbiDg hu been conlinued during the year. In one of tilt' mu1a41Io" we haTe erected • church building. Ten Sundl,.aehools are regularly conducted. Bitbop Thobum ~8 weetly sermon! hare been diltribuWd exteJlBiTel, in the citr.

PIlESI~/NG ELDBRS'RBI'OBTS

HASSANPUR.

(Natha Singh, LocaJ Preacher: 2 Exlwrterl: 3 Chriltian T84oien.]

THE special work of the Circuit is teaching and confirming Chris­tians and teaching boys in the schools. During the year five persons haTe been baptised. so that there are now 118 members, 27 probationers, and 70 Christian children. There are seven Sllnday-schools and also seven day·schools, and all are doing good. The Christian community is growing each year in independence of character, in Clu'istian exper~811ceJ a.n4 in the standard of morality.

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NARAINIYA.

[Rev. Gardiy&l Singb, Local Preacl~r: 2 Christian T~ •. ]

TUIS is a country Ci rcuit. The Christian community is scattered through some twenty different villages. Twenty perEons have been baptiz'!.l this year. There i~ but one school in this Circui~ but it ig a \"ery good one indeed, and tl1f' SunJ.y·~r:h')ol is also \"ery good. The pastor pn~':" l'IH'cial attention to ttl" prayer and c;uss meetings, and hence the Cjui~tiaDS, DCW and old, stand firm.

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llABl"KHEHA. SHAIlPrR A~D SHARIFPUR.

[Iter. Manphul Singh, BLola :-:'ir!gh, Local PrulcJurl': 2 Chrilti4. Teaclurs.]

TSliiF. three Circuit.;; uo much alike. eacb has 8bont 15 villages where Christians Ii \"(. : ('t.ch ba~ ~tbered in a good Dumber of converta. The number of schools in tllt' 8hahpur CIrcuit Las increased. and 80me

of these schools, notahly those at Sirsce. art' doing \"cry well indeed. There aro many inquirers.

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DllA:SAURA. REV. W. ~I. SCOTT. ... Jfjftimr.

(,Fi", ChrMtiall TtaMtrl.)

Du.uuou is a largo hu~ines8 t,)WD and th~ centre of a~ large circuit (If mi~ion wnrk. Tlle Cbristian (Y1Ullllunity r;umbfrs 343, and f'.7 ~.ve bp('11 8(lded hy hlpti~1U thi~ year. Tilt, t'Onrerts ber(at first dl:>lhltel '-"ry Illu('h til c-i,·o up till·ir nld marriage custflm. and were unwirin~ t" ll.r., th.·ir childr\.'11 marri.'ll i,\' A mini"lt'r. and un ace 'ont (If tiH':,\t' cu~tOIl1~ tltt"> WN.' nfraid to S<~HJ dil';r .. hilJrcn h' school Tht.'~t· fears and hilldr~nce~ are J'n~~ing away, And aU the Cilri:,lians ar~ becollliog maro established. There lire ~o Christi&ll children ~

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the schools now, and a number have been sent from this Circuit to the lIoradabad High School. One new station has been opened this Y •• which has some very hopeful features. The chief of a large re­ligious aect resides there and is yery friendly.

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BULANDSHAHR.

~. Yaqub Cornelius, Rev. Mawasi Singh, Khub Chand, Lowl PNac1&en : 4 Ezlumerl .. 'i Cl.riltian Teacher,.]

Twa Circuit contaiDs five outstations where local preach('rs, ex­horters and teachers are working faithfully. TJlere h8"C been ~q per­Bons baptized this yflAr. There are six day-scbools, some of "Mob are doing very good work, anrl ~unday-scbools 111\'e been regularly con­ducted in each day-school. There is a Christian community of :!:!r) per­Bons. Preaching in the bazan, villages and mela. has been faith­fully done. .Brother l1awasi ;ojingh works at Anupshahr. 8 ,-cry IIHl!'­

perous eity, where a guod work is ~iDg dODe awong Chamars, aud two families have been baptized.

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RABLrrnA. (Tafaz:zul Haqq, It Yassey, Local Preacher,: one .Satit·t Doctor:

ODe Ohri6tian Teac1ur.]

THIS is • new Circuit open~d on the ~t~h:"';; of Mr. and )Irs. O. L. Ingram, and it il' supported by their rund:, in Ht'ry respt'ct. The Circuit contains many \"iUagcs, but tile work has boon C.)t1lUlt'llCtd

specially in eight. There are rl"O i,rcRcber;;, tt\"(-. t('Dchers amI one lhldnT.

Althougb the work is quite nl~W, yt't we ha\"o n firm It· 'l'" for its bett.·r progress for the fnture, bt-cau ... ,· !.\ "ry work ,j"i'" ", ... 11 up to the l'rcs~nt time. There "ere .-i,;ht baptisms in th .. lK'giljJHlI~ (If till' !('oAr, tut on ftC­ClOut of persecution, and being lr"ul)ll~d about ca~tl~. titt'Y did Dllt !nand firm in the faith of Christ, and turned i'li('k. TillH' Ar(' ~/Jme trth" in­quirers, whom we trust to become Cbristiam~ ... hnrtly. Th .. y Art' r"jlpf'<.~t­able men. May God bl~s this new lit'll! llr. and ~lr~. lnsram bave given as 8,,,ry aid and tllc,-,uragmucnt in this work.

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MEERUT. Rev. C. LUKE, ...

~. E. ,V. O.y, Puran ~r1L!. PtAbbo I};)". }t'a~llIanih. l(.,ib Dayal. LOl:41 Preackr •• ]

Tata i, a YNylarge circuit \1'Cllt. or till} O.n't~. "llich from Oc-h,· btr lit, of tbiJ ,ar was made o,er to the l{u,~iojtJUric Vi~trid. There i~

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some work in Meerut city. Some pf the servant class have been con­verted, and this work we believe will increase. The larger work, how­ever, is in the country among th£" town IlDd villages.

Dr. Parker and his band of evangelists helped os in a tour throo~h these, and many new centers of work were opflned. Since then, the minister in charge, Brother Luke, bas opened a few other places, and this work promises success. Small schools and Sunday-scbools were opened in all the new centers, and the teacher-pastors are teaching the Christians and inquircr5 more fully. The baptisms this year number 409. In onc village we have an interesting work among lats and Brah­mins where the Llly~ have learned the Creed, the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandment!'! by beart, and in one village we bave had some promising converts among Chamars. Thus the work opens among vari­ous c1ns!'ws. This zila sh'lUld be made a cenu,r of work for the west of the Ganges, and a b;;srding school for Christian girls and one for Christian boys shuuld be opened either here or at Aligarh as soon as funds can be secured.

ROHILKHUND DISTRICT.

REv. C. L. BARE, PRB81DING ELDEn.

TBlS has been a year of marvelous growth in this District. Four thousand nine blUldred and sixteen persons this year re~h'ed baptism in the name of Christ, Three hundred and fifty-eight new places were opened. Eight hundred and nine Christian "orkers, all but twenty-nine of whom are nath-es, worked the field from 229 centers; and Christians liTe in 1,039 cities, t{lWOS and villages. The ehurch now numbers 9,508 mombers and probationers, and the Chris­tian community more than 1(;,(100. This is an increASe of nearly 3.000. I;'our hundred and five day-sc11oo)S enroll an attendance of 8,818 pupils, while 14.933 persons ha\"o been gathered into 468 San­day-schools. All this in len than thirty-three years! "·hat hath God wrought 1

The work now is largely self-propn.l!ntin~t flprE'ading rrom member to member of the same family, and tht'h irpm fomily td family in the same caste and from village til ,-i:lng-l' along CA!ote lines, aud now and then lHping OTer these be/nudaries and entering inllJ and spreading througb other caste!'. But tbese :,UCCC3:!('S briu~ upon U~ "ery grave responsibilities. This \\"lIrk Ulll!'t be cuns"n-t<d, and the,.e pt'f'plc taught and led into tht- I,(~t<!,,,,!':,iun of spiritual bleating!. Only mell and women of !'ome eJucati'lo and Chri .. tian eXE.erieoCt" can du this. Benoo we .tand in HI,re li(,f-d of m .. f\' m .. rWl" for this work. \\" e can­DOt possibly keep up with the adrancing <"tJI"tlJfl:o witbont ml'8ns to I11pport pastor-teachers who wili build up and t:staLlilh the r!'cent conferta. Who will come t{) our help ~

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BAREILLY.

lin. F. L. NEELD, , .. Rav. SEBECA. FALLS, , ..

Alimonary. . .. l"'atitlc MiftuU'r.

[46 Pret:UiMrl, including etadents in Theological Seminary, 8 C1u1 ... tian 1 eachty'l. ]

Lu". December I traTeled thr.,ugh the naberri Circle of vi)· l'gea preacwng, baptizing. cx..milling Dnd ,>:atlling litde I('bouls. At t.he Hprmg CVI.dercnc., "t! ('U'ctet1 H:dlt'rrl lUlu a tt'1*rate chafse. There are IHJW in that circJe :!(; 1 ebridians; ."17 l,uJ'ilb au t.be tclwol., .9 uf wl.om lie Chrittia.,. ; and 134 ChildtoD iD tho SUlld.Y·lohuola. Fit'1-l,. peJ'lODS were bap1.ized.

ROHILKHTJND DIlITRICT.

The work in Bareilly Oity has been pushed along in the old lina and some new centers have been opened up. There has been 8 steady growth in all directions. Preaching, teaching, lecturing, and tract distribution have been kept up inoessantly and as rigorousiy as the strength of the workers permitted. The" Epworth League" and " Ready Workers t1 have been the means tof enlisting voluntary help. and these workers of various kinds are doing and will do much good in carrying the Word of Life to the masses abo!1t us. Fifty-thrte persons were baptized. In the Hareilly schools we ha,-e 511 Christian pupils, and 555 non-Christians. The Dible is taught in all the schools.

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BAREILLY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND SCHOOL.

FACULTY:

REV. T. J. SCOTT. Principal and Profe,~oT of S!18umatic Thtology and HOTl,ikti~.,_

REv. F. L. NEELD, Prrift,s8fJT of Ertgui8 and C1IUT~h Bu«»-y.

B.&v. H. L. MUKERJI, Head Jlast~'r in A·orrnaZ

"~ith five other Tellchcrs.

SclloA and Au"taRt i,1 ScmimJry

~·un&fxT of Stud.rnt. enrolled fvr the year:-

In S(>minarv In the ~or;u&l School Bible-womau'!! School

Total for Institution

Whole number of Theological graduAte! Partial C.lorsc Normal graduates

60 23 50

133

140 4() 40

,." AJUO:O that this Roport must be .;('y('rely oompre:,scd, we can onll ~n\' t" til(' ('hurch tbat till' iDlportAllce of this lustituli"n to our work cinuot be e,til1latcd. "'ith an 1H.·~'t':-;si\,t) now at the rate of fi'\'"e or six thousand .nnually ttl our Cbrietian C\'nlUlUllit)·, Ull> training llf qualified ('\'atl~elitits .i)d 1).tUM"!' i!' n pr('~l":!lg 11(\'\ .... 1. ~8tife preaeh­en. under notl, lUust Sft\"t! India. \Y., ,l:iTl\ iustrurtiou in t\TO dia­leota t.hat reach 1,)O,OOO,('t'U of fouls. Tilt, quality of those who cowe to tbi~ lnlilitution itl iWproTUli. The ,,-i\'es ()£ the students are train· ed II teachers of the Dible. }'ilty "'owen banl been enrolled during

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the year, and receive instruotion under ::Mrs. Soott and four teaohers. Calls frequently conle to us for worker::. The openitlg is a great one,

and we are conslantly prl':,~illg it.;; u(·t·ds through Sllcretaries and Buard and Ohurch. ,V ~ f1lttst lu\\".., lUore ellduwmclll and enlllrged facilitieS. Whatever the Church Ulay leave w(;ak in its missionary work, it can­not atr\)rd to lea re this Institution weak.

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FATEHGUNGE.

REV. A. SOL0110X~

[11 P,-,acherl, :?l CJ,ri,tian l'eaclur8.]

I THAn God tbat II e has enabled us this year to open work in twenty-fhoe new villages. Fourteen hundred and thirty-~jx Christians now livt' in 1 ~5 Tillages. or tiH'~t' ,-.;00 are member:", :?ll arc proba­tioners, and 42;) are ('hildren. lIilst fir tiwse are poor; mnny are day­laborers, some are cubiTal-ors, yet thf'Y arc true to their new faith and are making I'rlll;rrs.:; in spiritunl thinf!'~. ,re are gaining ,.ictnries on e,"ery side. ~{y work hu!'i sprpn! into t}).<' X flwab of .Rnmpur's domin­ion.&, and oonvcrt~. D-,t only from the low ca>:t(,5 but also from the higber castes of IIillfjU5 and fNlll }loJmmf'danism, ba\"~ b('cn won. There are only f.igllt I,n'aeilers and fire exh"rtt'r:; on thi~ Circuit, l'ut they llan' brought t, Chri ... t ·1;; person:' this y'~8r: this numher hRS been bapti%~J in the name elf l!t.ri~t. Our wh.,lp ,'e..;in- fj,nd efforts ar.~ tbat all thcse ntlw Chr:stiau:, lIlay recein"! tile lh'\\" birth: several haye beeD b<}rD again. Thf>y sUI.p~rt tiwir pn:;tor, lmt'in~ ginUl U •• 142 this year, and H!'i. :!IJ for llis~ionary r;,)cicty and lii!ihoI/s support.

I have itinerated tbrougb my whole Circuit and tbe average of attendancc in every mooting WBS ncar M::ycnty-fire, and aU greatly benefited.

Ther~ ,arc twcnty-fh'c schools attended by [,e;, boys and gjrl~. o( "hom 819 are Christians and :!1 G are Hindus and Mob"mOOaDI. These school::; are Dot enough, u ther.· arc man~' ('hri"tian children and children of inquir,~r~ \thQ are g ,ing witilQut daily ill!truction. I need more than a.s maDY more.

There arc twcnty·fjyc SumlnY·8cboc,ls, with sonw .bOV Chri:>tians and "then in attendance. '1'1.[' clliltiron art:' learning tbe Lord's Prayer, Ten CommaDdUlent~! the ('IlI('cbism.(;'Jldf·D Tn.t.. etc., and are distributing Bitbop rhi.burh?! tract..lJ. Tb{:lie are rITl'l\'l·d and rcud with great delight. III C\'cry \tay tbe t;l"ry of the Lord i. being manif.ted. M.y the day soon COUte w bell tbere \Till be ODO llock &114 ono shepherd !

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PILIBHIT.

REV. D. p. KIDDER, Miniater.

[6 Preacltera: 16 Ohriatian Teacher8.]

\VE are very thankful to God that He has looked upon our feeble elorta and helped u~. ". urk is carried pII in Pilibhit in nine mohailas (wards). In connection with .Jahsnabad (an vutstation) work is being dt/ne in nine viilage:-:, 811d in the vicinity of :Xawabgunge (an­other outstation) in twelre rillagl's.

There bas been 11'1 church building in Pilibhit prior to this year. Through the kindneEs {Ii friends in India and of our esteemed f,)under of the mi6~ionJ Itt'\". l'r. Butler. we were enabled to l..iUild a beautiful ciu'1"'l, st'ntiu~ !-'ome :;';1". 1t:5 lIOW ab,ut completed, and will make a uwst ('(tlllt'lf"udJ;" bouse ill wLil..'h tu Lvid our sen"icef, SUlld;ly-:-cil d iJl, E!,w"rth Lenguf', cte., (:tc.

We Ua\(' "I"'IH'd lell II"W 1'L.('··~ f,·r w"r·, thi5 year, and we thank God that He 1:' gifjn~ u:" both Hindu and lIohamedan COD'erts. OUf greAt need is 011 ·n' 111'; p~r:" - UlO!'-tly H.·hl.'iJ('r:; of \"iUag-e scbools. '" e ha\'\.' dBY ani ~ur.duJ·:-dHols in which Christian and other child­ren receive instruction. We orgatllzcJ an Epworth League this year that is duiog well.

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AONLA.

Ilf:v, :\A~P RA)1 SIL.\;"', Ministn-.

[';' Pr(.ac1urs, 16 Cl,,-i,l.an Teac1ur8. J

TUE 1.1.·$~in~ ,.f (; ,J h:lS rl, .. t~·1 npflr, til;:- Creuit this year, There arc I:!; \'iUn,,:,'s in which ~<I:I C lrri:-La 1I~ lift'. Thirt\'-six c-i these \"iHng.~s Wt're "1*uol thi!' yt·nr. Two hUL •. h..·J and tiftY-fhe )('rsons Wf'r;.' baptizoo. Titr w"rk ('t)llt;mlt'~ t·· !'-j'rt'ad nUh.nf! the Chamar (leather.dr~ser) Cl'l~t{\. "'hilf~ llW·q of tot' C:lll\'erts are frplll tbt> low t'ast~s. "'0 arc! not nt\g;('{'rin~ tlll\ hi~h(\r C!H·tt'S, A hcsvy zemindar (land-holder) bM obtuined ft nihIl' a.nd has l)(>gan t;.) read it fr,)m the beginnin~. Til,'r.' are ~t'nlrnl Hin!u and lfdlDnU'.lSn ;:('Lt~f'ult'n who reguiarly r".d our re:i::i(IU"; JiI'rio.i ~;:ll .. and Hi,;,hop Thnburn~~ tmcts.

Tbcro art' hun~Ir{.<l~ d '"i:l:\I:!'" wh"H> ::q:: .. rd'~ Ii\'(' and are r,'ady tn becoIDt' Chri .. tif\tl~, but \II •• w:sh (.j ~iql in~lrueti'll 1\. aI: "t~ bllptitf', and bttnet:· \1'(, Illu .. r gn S;tlW;)', .\;; tht' pr"!'ldlt~r~ llu,1 t'xLort~rs ket·p a di!&ry .. C ttwir til1l1y ,,"-Irk find rt'pn mouth;.'" what thE')" hll,·e dllne, all,1 "'ht'll nml "i"'f", At til"':;t' ",,'ilt hh" 1l1n't ill;':' tilt> Bible is. taught and the wur~hjp of God is l·nt.:ug~-d {ll with ~rl'at profit to all.

PRESIDING ELDBBS' REPOB'l'8.

There are twenty-t"o SUDday-~cbQOls attended by 362 Christian and other children. The Catechism, Lord's ~l'Qyer, Ten Command. mentl$. IlDd Christian bhajnIls arc taugbt.

Our Church has gi ven Us. 88 for self-support, RB. 72 of whioh went toward3 the support or a pastor, and RB.7 for Missionary Society.

The poor people of my Circuit receive great benefit from the small mission schools in their v ill agcs. There Ilrc 15 8uch schools attended by 2:!:1 boys and girls, 12;) of wllom arc Christian child­ren. )[ay the Lord bless this Circuit and greatly strengthen the church in all goodness. .

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SHAHJAHANPUR. REV. N. L. ROCKEY, REv. C. S. PAUL AXI) nEVa BIHAR! LALL,

J/ .. iMlll'1le

Nat;l'e Ali,",tn-..

WE w~re appointed to Sbabj6hanpur last January, only eight montbs have passed since then. Jo"'irst years are always wellepent in learning the peculiarit4:'s of a Dew appointment. This i. DO where more true than in India. \V' e ha"c been It'arning wh~re t·) strike and how. ,re art~ ubi • .' tf) report o\"cr a banJrld haptisms from idolatr)', an ad,'ance over other yean; an 1 an ad\'"ancc iI4 every other bl'!lnch of our w,_,rit,

The Girls' Boarding ~l'bo·l :~ especially doing well. It has now 65 enrolled and no fO;)[tj f!)r WI,r{'.

The little rail rHall !l"\\" buil.lin:; wi;!, by Spring, take us into a very p"'pol"us afl,i promising field, which we will suun occupy. Wi' must enter. The pt~'Jfrle call and ... ~ CJlu't refuse. People say c. You're going t/K) fast! Ho:d (.n!'" ,rcli that is what we are doing. Liko the Hedman whi' had lU'i'lf;ed tlu: L,)(!OIll'.t i ve, we find ,hat we are not the CODtroUing power, and that we can't let go, 80 we wust • hold on' and keep pace.

BOYS' ORPHAN'AGE. B ..... J BLA.CKSTOCK, J[iai~R4"",

[2 P~,:Ol ChN/itlft Teak,.)

J)UBIlfO the nine mrmth~ , .. ~t. ei~ll~n ncw boy. Jllve boon ad. mitteti I,) t:he tJcliool Yet the nmnlwr in the itl~titution i. DOW 1 •• thn it WAIl at the dllfe or the 8C~hoH,l 'fOnf in ~h,.. S""f'ral "-UIOS

have led to tim. Some of tl", .d\·.ncol boy. r~ei.ed "ppointmonU as t-.chon i.n other itatioDi, lomo who had learned a trade .. up

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for themselves, fonr have enterea the Cawnpore Mills, others have gone to farming encouraged by their friends, and still others, .being tired of the restraint and routine of orphanage life, preferred to try an independent life, and four have died. There are at present 123 in the Institution.

Our Industrial School consists of shoe-making, carpentry, rope­making. tailoring and farming, At present there are 37 boys in this work. \Ve have introduced the manufacture of spring-wire mattresses at prices which come within the limite of those of very moderate means. The obj{'ct is to not only teach the boys some useful trade, but to aid in mectingtbe necessary heavy orpbanage expense. There is an Epworth League fur the senior boys, and also one f(lr tbe small boys, both ()I whicb are very u3eful. In connection with these there are four bands of .. Ready " .... ()rkers" who, on Sunday morning ~rter the Orphanage Sandlly-school, go out into the afl jacent villagea to engage in Sabbath 8chc)ol work. Tbere are f{JUf such schools held by thc~e band!' with 811 average attendance of 170. On one afternoon of each week also these bands go out to wilness for Jesas alJd to distribute tracts ill the city. ,,-(~ bave J!"reat hope of the result of tilis work.

This is oar first yenr iu tbis kind (,f mission work, aud though we ha\'e fallen below the me~ure of (,ur upectation5 we are glad to be here to aid, sa rar as we can, these boys to a purer, better and more ueefullife.

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PANAHPUR.

REV. H. J. ADAMS, MininM-.

[8 p,.tac1~,..: 4 ('''Ntian Teathtr.,]

TOEIl! are 230 full members anr! probationers in this Circuit, and the whole Christ.iall community including children is 390.

These lovt' tlJ('Lord Jesus Christ and delight to give their tes­timony f'Jf 11 im in baui,'S and 111"10.$, and meetings d \'arious kinds. Thf'Y nff' growing in the knowlcd~e of God, Rnd in fidelity t.owards Him. The church j" Illl1lunl1y Ilh'!'E'uillg in number aod strength. It wiJ) yet 00 a mi;:hty power for good in all this region.

\VO have tmpti1.cd 34 11(>r8onl' , These are from nine different CA8te..~. iliad it will b~ ~ll from thi:- tlHlt we are working among all Then· arc g,'ores of inquirers. l)ec'l'it' like our Christian tt>Robing, and thou~htfulJy Hstcn to our pn~aching. ThORO who ba\'e become Cbri6tinfl from atuol1g the Brnhruan~ and 1haA:t,rs are '-ery (lamest, and Ilre working that tlu!ir relath'(>s become Christians.

Tiaere are four day and six ~l1nday.achoola which are attended byaome 3G:! children. \Ve arc "pry ~atf'ftll to God that He has been ~ith UI thil year nnd in ('\'tory difticu1ty ha~ lu>Jped us OUT prayer 13 that tbia wboJe Circuit may speedilv btalieve on the Lord Jeaws Ohriat and be laved. - .,

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PREBIDING BLDER8' REPORTS.

JALALABAD. ~. H. J.. PST, MiniM.

[2 Pr~r8,o 6 C1,n·,/.ian TeaMer •• ]

~EBB are 60 "illages in this Circuit in 'which work is oarri(>d on. There ar~ 150 children whu Ih'e in 20 different village... All the boys in the Otucber 80bool at })araur accepted Jesus this year and were baptized. So my prayer is that all the boys and i;irJa of all the Goucher schools IDa V become Chris! ians. i'be work has opened nieely in AUabgunge, just across the line in the FI,rukbabad dis­trict. The zamindar (land proprietor) provided a house for us in the nath-e inn or the place He annount'ed to all his people tbat no one should gil'e trouhle to the Christian worker:'. and if anyone dettired to become a Christian he was not to bt> hinderrd hy anyone. He bas a)so Off'CI'ed us land free of rent on which to build a chapel and a house for the preach PT. Our Chri!'ltinn people have suffered great 1088 this year from flo- dB: many h:l\'t lost houses, cattle, grain. eYerytbil1g. .May tile Lord bi(·f,f, tilt nl linn NnJort thfm. iLe field ill large here but the laborers few. ~lay Ho 8end laborers into His harveSt.

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BUDAON. Rav. PEACHY T. WIU30X,

[15 Preacher': 45 CJwi8tian Ttacl,er,.]

Fao. my statist,ics it will be :-t'I.~n that God has ~i\'cn U5 an open door. During the 11 montl18 juaL dOled tlH~r(\ ban lou·n 1,163 baptisms in this Circuit.

1 have not been able to hl'cd an thf' call" of lll\' hu·thrcn when they write .• CoOle nnd b·.IJtiz.' pcoph: ... bl) iU't! anAi~u8 to be CDJoll(·d as Christiana."

Since Lbe year closed, ~l r:" \\"iisnn and UlyacH, in c(lmpany with a Rlis.&ionary of tbe Fret.' C'Jurcb of :-il'pt:lllld, "J" tit four day, in a diatant PlJrt of our work, wt,il'h ia hard hf aceo... ". e found a yillinl peupie "bo had lx.-en calling UI for four UJonths, and our Scotch trieud baptiud il of tbeae l'flOpl.: in t.hl{:l: dll)'s. (;(,d'~ thoogbta are not &"'ay. like ou~; \ll~ },iallliod t., tll\\'(Y the..' oultured and reapettable people j ',,"(. tdueated tJu,;Ol ; ti,t,), \x>t'hJtW R(:(IUlliJltt.d

with CJur 'Yltem of ethics find religio'l, al.e! f,(Jn,t~ of ll,(-rn c.'Il.cd to care mucb for tbe:r 0.-& rl'liglon, out we f· und them with rare eJ.ceptlOlJl unwilling to bt.ar the jf'pJouth of Cbri&t. Great is tbe baked of Christ aU1or.g lhf~ bt:tter cif,tlht,!, it. Jhdia..

The mia.ttOfUu it Ii \\·bo .UHC l.tH.It·d ir, J.Ii tiliitl to t.~me in tl.eaG put. hafe t)~t'll led to Cf llbilicr the (, or. '1 Lt., .. ~ l'Cath'ftd 10

t.itbfuU,. by (.tber handl t.a1S aprung up ~lud I Lt, hun (:~t i,. rjl"~'lirl;';, We take the n!J)rvach and preacb tbe GUlpd to th., ))tor, and UH'y

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are coming &9 doves to our windo".. We adore God that He aDo •• us to Ii ve in such a place, and at such a time, and that He hAs C()oi~ mitted to us a Gospel with power in it to save tho poor and to lift up the outcast, and make him an heir of God and a juint heir with Chtat.

We need three things :-1. Power to go and preach the Gospel that the peopl& Uiay be

aaved by repentance and faitb in Cbri~t. i. Wisdom to supervise and guide this work aocordiDg to

the will of God. :3. Power in prayer to ask and receive men, mone" and an

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KAKRALA. Rsv •• JAYES JORDA~,

[~ Preacher.: 4 Chri,tian Teacher.,]

TRERE are about 40 villagl's on this Circuit where Christian families reside. There are 6 \·c centres of work among these whete either a preaCh.. er or exh"rtor or teacher is lab:)ring.ln thc5e regular weekly ser· vice! are held for til,· Chrutians. There are 259 full members and pro­bationers. \Ye han· opened th:!< yfl!lr ,,",)rir. in ten new vdages. One bund rcd and fOllrteen pNS.US have received Christ this year and been bapt:zcd in Hi! naUlt!. I hare been able to open a school among some of them.

I (h):,;rt>,l thllt all the mis;;ion \\,ork·>fS sto.:ly and a lv&nce in spiritual things, :-;0 I (':1:;'.0 them n~l in during the h It Seas·ln and taught theDl. au,l hd') :"'n'ioos tipt>ciaLy for them and other Christians who came. Very many e 'llif~S';,.j their weaknf:'';, ~!LY(, the:nsdn~s a:rt':,h t) tbp 1A~1, 8ml receircd a nt'\\" heart. 4)ur church in this Circuit is composed of poor P('()i!l,', still ·Jlt.~y gi tt' t·j tilt> support of tueir pastor; some give pie . ., 6 .me ;~Taint S'III}\' kauri, {6h~h5).

TII"re art! six d.~ -sch\)·ll~ with an attcndanoo of 183, 62 of whom are Christians: I\tl'l If'n'll :;:.lOda v·sc:ho >ls Wilh 300 children. Tilev leMn with delif,tht th,> '1'.'11 C"m{JlandUl:'nt~. LJrd':, Prayer, Catechism: etc.

The work i.., spreading .. n aU side ... The G-lspel has been preached in bazal'8 ~n 1 ull-lt'8. The Lord is lJl~'uing DB.

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BILSI. Rev. CHARLES SHIPLEY,

[ ·1 I'r~h(!f": C Ch,·i.ti4n T .... ~,.,.]

Turs Cireui t is a part nfthe Sadaon Civil District. I am very glad to rep',rt till' work ur this Circu:[ Gd iw hlessed us in every 'lurk of this year. La.§t.year tllt,l"t, \\"er~ 201 Chri:ttians ,mly. I bave given bap. ti~ln tt) ~18 UlOrl' this ycur. The Christian comwunilY this 'tear is ~lt

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1he1liv8 ill '5 ditJerent Tillages and are doing many kinds of work. Some of them are cultivators. iome are watchmen in villages in Govern· ment 88l'vice, and 80me arc day laborers. I held meetings in several "ril.lages and many were cvDverted. In this Circuit there are: one Oonfenm08 Member, one Local Preacher, three Exhorters and four Bible-readers in Zenana work. We have 13 Sunday-schools and 10 day-achools, eight being for boys and two for girls. These schnols are SOiDg OD Te'l"j we14 and are very useful to our poor Christdan8. Tbis year 50 boys passed in the Government examination ud received 50· rupees 88 aid. There is increase everywhere. Last yeu we had 27 vil­laps in which Christians lived; this year 40. There is a large increase in pastoral supports; some gaTe hens, some eggs, some grain, and some pioe ud hw';'.

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BISAULI.

Bn. B. F. COCKER, Mim.tw.

[6 PrUlMe1'I: 2 CArinian TetitMr •. ]

GoD has gi ven U8 many opportunities for showing forth His glory by bearing fruit in t.his Circuit, for which we arc thankful. The work at the end of the statistical year stands tbuo! : baptisms during the 1eAr 225, members ai~. probationers 347. and Cbri!!ltian' community 725. These reside in 63 different villages. most of them are famwn4, and many are in Government sen'ice 11:0 village watchmen. Though our Cbristians in th.s Oircuit are mainly from the poorH clas.<;.·~, yet they are generally growi.ng in gra~ and knowledge, and their oi~l cus­toms are being dl'l.>pped as Cbri.stllln cust(Jlll~ are undcr:-I<>Od. In CASt' of siCkness or trouble the unlearned Christians are often aevcreJ,. tried. All their neighbonrs and friNds tell tin-Dl tbat their trial hlUi c(,nw upon them on account of forsaking ~be oU worship, and that. IIImall idol.­troU.5 offering or soryjoo will restore them to (."or. \\"ht'll otlt' is a Chri .. tian it i. one against many. Many peopl(l who set' tbe:l~' Cbristian!4 as.!t them wby they bl\'e become Christians M they are unlearn.,.1 and can­Dot fully compare religion. The Christians g-i\'c three limple rt'asona for their faith: (1) we are tared from idol.wor .... ;up and many or its ('us­tom that we know are bad. (2) This religi.,n wvf,;bips voJ and we Dnd a Sayiour or men here. (3) TtIOliC of u.s wbo are Christiaos han been benefited and eIel'.ted in ef~ry way.

The.te people are unlearned truly. hut th",. havr, their own gO\ld fro­SObS for their faith. III this Circuit two l,rutractf'l mf't·tifl;~ were lh'ld dariAg tbe lear, reeDiting in the quic\i.(·hing in divim, lifc~ of believl'r!\, and maDY received tbe joy of sios forgiven. In tillS Vln'uit Arc 17 8aoday-tchools. Heathen bo,s are singing our Cbri.tian bbajaDl e'Yefy Suda,_

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CHANDAUSI. Rav. KALLU DAS, Minister.

[2 Preacller.: '; Ohrinian Teac71ers.]

TIllS has bep,n a year of grent blessing in this Circuit. Twenty Christian workers opera.te from fh-e centres. There is a Christian community of 850, living in :'w villages. Sixty-six persons have been baptized this year, and eight new villages have bean open­$I. The moat 8UCCC8S~ul opening among the populous caste of Chamars (lciLthor dea!ers) of all in this district has been made bere. Some six fa.milies from tMs class have received Christ this year and been baptized, There are se"eral promising young men among the new Chamar con\~erts. Day and :-;anday-school work is vi6orously prosecuted. The people are supporting a pastor in large part, This is the location of the Hohilkhund District Con­ference and Christian ~ela that meet in December: O\'er :!,OOO Chris­tian~ were in attendance last year, besides a thousand or more from the Hindus and Yubamodans.

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MORADABAD.

RE,,". E. W. PARKER AN'D C. W'. SI~lYuXS. Mulioftanu.

RE\'. H. A. CrTTl~C, ,-, ... Sati~ l/inimr.

[1 G Preaclu-r.: 3, C},,-utian Te.acl.erl.]

REV. SU!:yo ... ~ who CnU1IUf'!H't,j hi .. work in Ill/lis so hopeful­ly. faithfuliy and dlieiently Was c'JIll}wlled by sic;,ne!':i to leave and go to America. II .. it·ft only when compelled r" do ~o

The e\'an1:e~is! ic work iu th(' city ha ... b·>! n carried on through a "arid), of I\~t·lld.,s during this :n·~.r, Thr e";Ul~elist~ and pB&tor­teachers ha\"f~ IlllH1rl' j coust:mth' in t:u- lllobaUas. Sundav-school Wilr" f II" boY!l anti girl,; has b&:11 d'lll! in oycry part of the city. Open air .·\<t·ning {'xlm s"niu's WCft' heLi in lDql1iring communi­tit·:, twfnrt' th .... r.iny s."a.son, all,! cil'lpel St'f\ ices durin; the rains. Bpside tlua, "oluutary bands 0: ,. H('ldy Workers.,'· young people, ha\'" \'i5it~d certain moh"Ul\s wC'ekly i'in~ing. praying and witnessing for.J ~5US. T.·fl or tw(·l n' places n.~' "islt-t'd weekly by thfS{'> bauds. E\'ery part of the city is tbus t'Cl\chNI l'~' tllt'~ na.nons agencies, and many Iwrsoll!\ h;l n~ hl','n it,d to .J "St1!' thi .. year.

The Xllti\"l' ('hllrch is IBr~t.;)· (.'()mpost~i of young Ilt"ople, tbe teachers and sturl\.·nfs "f {lur '-ariou!> !'l'bools. There i:, how(>\'er a constant;." growing t'hri!'.tHHl COllluHlt,ity in the \iitft'rt'llt mohallas of the city, \thi~'h at prt'sl'n: llumIH'r:< at It''a.qt ~:,o ill'rs\11ls. A. U(>W

cburch bas h(~'n Iln·\,[(·d:nr tbnw I.enAe in one part (fth(> l'ity. so that now We bnl',", thrt'(1 cburches and hoht thn-c regular ~;L:lbath services, beside tbe work of the pa'.Stor.tt~\Chers in the hloba.Uas. Christian

88 PM81DINfJ BLDER8' REPORTS.

homes are found in many parts of the city. The central ohurch congregation. both at the SUlldoy-school se..vice and at the evening preaohing service. is encoura~';ngly Ituge, usually numbering Ofer 40U. 'J:he young people's Epworth IJ0sgue meetings on Fri~ay evenings and their prayer mE'etings on Sunday evenings have been kept up without intermission during the year, and hl\\'e done much good. The annual meeting of the Robillihmlil District League was beld at Moradabad attendt>d by delegates f:OlU every part of the dlstrict. and led to renewed cODsccrM.joD to God and greater devoti.·n to voluntary work for Jesus lLlUong the young ppople. The benda of Beady 'W orkers 8."0 under the direotion of the u>ague.

The two H4th Schoois. oue for hoys aDc ODC for girls, have each about 150 Christian students in attendance. The schools bave never had as many pupils in tbe higher classes 8..'1 at present. In the Boys' school. c.spec,ally, all of tlw big-her classes are well filled and the Goucher Boarding H'iUS(' cohtain!; a larg~ numoor of lads well advanced. Two Christian young tOttn Wt'rC SHut to the Luck­now C-oUege this y<>ar. and the prl'lilnt Entrance cla58 has seveu Christians lads on its lol!. The GirlS' school enrolls hut few nOD­

Christian pupils. ~'(>t of those fLttl·udil1l.:. onc nwy intelligent Drah­mini woman has becomE' A hopt'ful Christian. and tU'r husband laas also receh·ed Chri-t. Tho Bo~ /1' 8l'!lOOi bUI about nn (·qual at tt'Ddance of Christian and n ,n-('tra.tiall student&. In tIle other two church buildings Anglo- V I'rtulculnr 8ChooJ~ tuu'c ht'en o~rlf'd. t!!lpecialJy f')l" inquirers snd Chri .. tian;; in their ,-icihit ks. \\'o I1ttW ha,'c no Je&t than 400 Christian childrt'f) in "ur \Ioradahad achools.

The ,-iilag'" work I'" grndually "pn'wJing. Eight new centres are being 01'L'!Icd thi!4 p-ar. al.d many pcr50Ils hd.'·c beel! bnptiz.:d and placed under prolJllr watch-C;Lfc

AU the work··f/' of th~~ Woman'.. ~[iuionnrv Soci .. t r are also worldlll: faithful:y for the ono object ki'pt in \'i~w hy ui 11:1, vi: t

the Ewangel:ZltioD of th·· !""'ple, lind tht· bui;dih~ up of an illldli­gent COD\'erted nath'C churCh. .\ good bt J6prtAl buildiD~ has beun secured for the m~icml wurk. which 18 " i.:n~u.t h.·lp. A.I the work of tbe JaJiC$ i!t wen done and is hu,'C"y;.aiul.

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GENERAL EVANGELISTIC WORK.

Rtn'. E. W. PARK gR •.•. Aliuio,&IIry.

WUEN tbiB appointment WH." mn.1e the objoot sought bv th., evangelist was to aecun' n. n"'in .. 1of ovan;.:"listic work. 1,K)kiut; fur din'ct and cooataDt rf".-Suitll flU over our nuuioll field in ... n·ry part of India. In thitl w(' In·li,·vo thllt UJuch "uCC~!t;.. it Lt.jUf,; htt .IUnd. A DeW' interest. 1.,1-'1 IJCf~tl aWA~CfWdt and n··· ... · etf -, t.I "re liCing made to turn preaching and Icl1001 work nlOff~ etr~tul4ll y to t h., I. yjus of the 1*})10 now, and to gat.horing them into littlo churchea Wldor

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pastoral w&tch .. care. In the Yoradabadt Meernt, Bnlandshahr, lIu. zaft"a,rnagar, Aligarh, Eta-b, Agra, Ajmereand Khanrlwazilasthe work has received new impetus, not in every case by the direct work of the special eVl\ngelists, but by the oounsel and assistance given. Including tbe ph.ccs opened through the (>xtra aid secured by Dr. Peck and Bishop Thoburn, which the ~ucce.ss (If this work called out, more than 200 new centres will be opt'ned by the end of October, and more than :Wo places are still c1\lljn~. These centres are scatter­ed all o'oer India. Of course most of this work j!o, dODe by the re~ular labort rs in the various circuits, and thus our olJject is being secured of turning attentinn to this kind of work, waking up an int.,rest in it, and securinJ{ the means needed for it. We call do but little per­sonally, but if nil oVt"r Indin. the effort .. of ou,. rJCoJJle can be turned into channels of SUCC('ss in bringi II ~ the people. \\'/;0 are 8.Cl;essible and n·I\{ly. to Jesus nt/w, and in huilding up a na:it'f'I chun:h, our ob· jcct will be atlnilitJ. Let no oue ht'Hc\'e flr l ne moment tbat our obj(>(·t is t-O haptize uH~n';Yt all converts c.n: placed under the watch­care of Chri~tilln I,:l:-tIJr-teac1I("l", aLd sch'lol~ nrc opened for their cbildlOn. WI' open no new Cfll~tl!' W1WIJ we cunnot supply the pas­t"r-teacher. who t~'aches the children t I read and write and the in· quirers and Christians the way of life more fully.

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BIJNOR.

RElO. J. C. nrrCBER,

THE history of tlw pi ••• Yt'1.T can l~ told in a word, t';':, ,.,.,,­

gre.,. As lau;. year the work hilS been divided into 6,-c sub-circuit&, each ill char~e of a III til t' p:l·ucht"r.

1. }Ja,fta.-Tilt' work fUll. Uf'tm pushed well in this oldest IJdtl. Chandpur, the cnpitnl d the L.hsi!. La .. b('t'n oo\:cupied throu:,:h the Hbt-raJi! v of Mr. l."wi:, Fleh·hcr. EL:iu. Ill. Two boY6~ SChOL)JS. a girls* 'school. and otb('r w\)rka !Lr" well I-~ nit',!. and 1 i adults and l~ childN"D ha\'!> hC't'f1 bapti1.t'li. TRjpur, fh~· rt'sicl('nce of a titular Raja, a nicc t"Wtl of 5,0\"', hns h"'ll (I(,t'upi{'(l and 24 ndlllts Rnd 12 children baptized: r'''M\ons lun'" bt--en hlp! ·z~·(l in &eyen np\\' \+il­lagos be.id"s. In 1\11 tlu~rt~ ha\'c h.-t'n 1 :)'" hapti~ms in th(' whole Bub-circuit. and the ntltuh.'r of l'hril': :allS has l.lt>E'1l iucrtmSt:d to 4:iOJ

living ill 43 towns lind \-ml\~es. !!. Bij,&tJr.-l'JII· Ut1\'!'O; n"al-ciiu!.! :'1'11001 haa increu.t>d to 45 boys.

many of wbom are "Clung men who it, no n~ar or t w() will l~ pn'pared to go out int.. the' ('mantr" to t!mcb d·('mcmt.r\· f'dwols. anti their wiv. arc recoi'-ing aimilarl)reparation in the Girls' Boarding Scbool.

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We have put up n new substantial but sma.ll brick building for the use of the boys' school with money, part of which was raised locally and part sent by friends from home. \\. e bave also made a beginning in villages near Bijuor, people having been baptized in seven of them. There are 296 christian!' living in nine towns and villages. 123 of whom received baptism this year.

3. Nagtna.-Tbt, Boys' An~lo. Yernacular school bere i8 flour­ishing, the receipts from fees baving more than doubled. But the village work has been most interesting and fruitful, there ha\'ing been III baptisms. and nine fl(>W piaet'R opt'ned. Three of tbe fh'c schools given by Mr. Elisha ~n,"age of Bert-&, Ohio, have been locat­ed in this Circuit, ,,;=., at I\ot Kadir. PurRini and Akbllrahad. tho last being the head of the 011:)" psrgana in the Hijnor zil" heretofore un­entt-red. There art' in the Nagina Circuit :!3"'i Christian&, living in 13 towns and villng('s.

4. DlulmpuT. - Thrre hn\'e l)ccn fewer evidences of progress here than in thp orber t'in'uits, on::' one ncw "lll,,~c ba,oing been entered. Hut there han· ltf'f'tl 6~ haptisms all told. and the possibi­lities of this region nre "cry 1!reat. ThNi' art.' ] 99 Ch'istians !i\'iug in six V,WIl!i and \Oilla~(·s. TIlt're would probably haw boon more bap­tisms here if the preacher had hecn all orduined man.

5. Slurl-ot-This promises to be one of our most fr..aitful fields' though it is much the ncwest. Fi\'e new place~ have been cn­tered, and in &11149 baptisms been gi\'cn. There are DOW 204 Chris­tians living in seven towns and Tillages..

Poi"t. of profPtfl.- Fh'c hundred and eighty-three baptisms as against :~04 last year and 13G the yt'ar bpfofe. Two yean ago only tf>n of til(' fifteen parganas of t t.t lila had l·{'(·u enter­ed, now all are OCCUpil-d. La .. t. }'(tlr ilur native church ':&\'c R .. 65 toward pa~itornl support. this y('t~r !th. 105. Lut y,'ur, with th(' exoeption of lilt' Basta ('in~uit, our w!>rk was all in towns, now in e\'ery sub-circuit work has t$('U1 bf'f!un in the villages. There are now 16 to\\06 in which our \\'OrkNS lin', lut ."ear only 11. Perbap ... 110 point ill the "bolt· 1.tI,1 i~ moru than tl~tl nduit distant frool IK)llle One "f our Ulu,siou ht;~t:I)fU'. alld of c .ursu Ulost p. laDcau are lUuch Df'aH~r ; tile hulk IIi the )"'\iP],' afC wlthin fin~ f.nih.". 7he atatilStics of 1~1"; showed t hnt aile in 1,:~ttH of t.ht' l,t·Pill.· of Bijnor tila was a Chrintian; that of l~~~ .. tlf.",cd ClUO ill 900; daM- of l~sn, one in 600; tbOiC of 1 :"'~to. (jIll' in 30i). ('ur slabaica "how uniform progrHS, &lld our itinerat iotl'" among the T*0l,it· ro\'(·.1 the filet thllt our new ~ 'bri8tian4J are hf:(:n,njug "Itul,lit\tlt·,i. We bav(~ t rlals, difficul· tieat d'BaI'~Jifjt!Uenh, curt~ but in nn\ orall. 1hM the 14lrdhld~ doue for us, "'e can t,ut tbflJlk 111m and tal.' courage, Tliree-fourth, of the Christians of tili!i zila h,ne b.'en hApt:1.t·d durin~ tilt' laat thr('t' yea"" and .till live in tbeir old bonIeSt 8urrouudt'd by bC'ltllt'll and h.·.Uumi!'hl wbich ", i: I IU:'Cf~atjJy hindn tb" "I'irit lInJizatiOD. But that work is of God. and He "bo IIiLi ginu t ilNn 11 ia Son, bu\\' ah.U ne not alto with IHt.o frooly give thell} all tilwg ••

BOBILKUND DISTRICT. "1 MANDAWAR.

}l1Y. YAQUB SHAR, •.. Mini8ter.

[(J Preachers: 10 Olnutian Teacher •. ]

TUBRR are ~~)6 Christians on this Circuit, living in 48 villages. people were baptized ill 22 new villa!!cJ; this year. 'Ve have only ten teachers wild walk long distallcl's liJ the ,-Wag/'s and gi\~e instruc­tion. ~"our cxj,()r:(~rs a.re also eugaged in preaching to the people. 'l'bere are HeOf!'n of village:; in which inquirers live. From this ClaS8

480 ha\'() beeii bSI;tized this year. The condition of this Circuit is this, that the harvcst is ready, but the luhoren; arc few. Our prayer it that the Lord way scud us more laborers.

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NAJIBABAD.

UEV. B. MeG REGOR, ... Mini.ttr.

(..I C Jcristian Teachers.)

,rF. hf\VO nine RundBv-schools on this Circuit. The boYS and girls attend rf'guhrly, and giad;y ;parn t h,· le5~i)nS for tlie day_ .. There aloe ';3 00\'5 in the An~lo. Y t·rna(·ular School: Wp ha,-c raised the grade of tllf' school one 'class, from tlw ;)th t" the 4th. \\?ork has been opened in sereml nflW I,lat"'s tLi" '"";1T, where before there Vias none, and a I 'hristi:ln tencher ~(·t o,"or this work.

It is with sorrow tbnt 1 rcft'r to t ltp dE'aLh of Lachman Sin;!h, local preacher. H •. , was an industnOllS youn~ man. :H1tl had come here to lahor f If tilt' Lord. We nocJed his focr"i(,I\!" &t iJ the Lord has greatly blessed us this yf'ur. \\' e IHn'e bapil<·d 6$ persons. -1:! of wbom wore children. We ba~c ~atllt'n.>d th~ dlildrcn to:.!"f'ther, all(1 religious instl"Uction i~ regularly g-in'l1 th!'lU. A:, houzh r ~l"se people arc poor, ~till thf'~- ~iY!' for the support {If thf' (:P<:P'1. There are many inquirers who will erc lon~ ftel:\'pt ,11'.,\15 (:hri:;! 118 their Sa \"iour. BIshop Thohllnl'S trads ill Urdu Cl!1d Hindi arl' d":og great good, people rogulllrl~' 10,)& for tiH'lO anJ 1"('(~i{'\"(' and road them with delight. llay the Lord bell' us all to be more faithful and fruitful.

KASGUNJ.

REV. nAS.\~ nAZA 1\:11..:\;\,

[3 Preat1t~r8: 10 CJ.ri~ti3n T~<·Jj(r~.]

t. AV Ycry ~rt\t.('ful to tltt' Lord .l(,SUF ~hrlst that IIe b:1.. .. hc1pt'd me thi8year. He hn~ grt'At h" hl~sW\1 and JIll'l'CUSOO my ,,·ork. Last year there were .boll, 400· CbriatilWS living in Bixtcen ditleren$

PRB81DING ELDERS BBPOR'l'.

plaoee; now there are 815, who live in 45 villages. They obse"e the customs of our Christian religion; and if anyone docs not "'alk circumspect)y~ he is corrected by his village brethren. They gladly attend our divine ser\'ices, and sillg our Chri5tian bhnjcuUl and pra.y our Lord's Prayer. They are also giving of their mealls towards the support of a pastor. 'Vhenc\'er I or any of my helpers go among them, they receive us gladly and treat us mosth08pitably, and listen most a.ttentively to the "ord of God.

I observe a wonderful condition of things on this Circuit. From every direction people are callillg me and sn)'i'If{, U OOOlf' and baptize us, and arrange for the in . ..;truction of our chiidren. • "-t· nre ready to giTe ourselves and them to the Lord Jesus,'" My cu:-;tOll1 is to show them, lifjort. bapti6.n, that thi~ \\'ork is wboll)' supported by charity, and to take up a collection from them for the support of the Gospel and then baptize them. I !lavc rCl't'i,'oo in thiti way from people. not yet baptized, rupe~ eight this last year. They ga\'c it glad­lyand promised to continue to give to the support of tbe Gospel, and it is worthy of mention that thesa poor Christian ],(·op1t· not only grow in outward appearance, but in spiritual Dlfltt.t'rs they arc making great progresa. I held special med ings this year, in which flearlya 100 persons were greatly blessed. They arc \'f·ry dt'sirous that their children be taught to read, and ask u" only for teacht·rs. I am perplexed sometimes to know how to do this.. Men nnd money fl.re nef-d· ed: for in cv('ry village there lUI' Chri~tiflB boy~ and ~irh; "..tao would make great progress in reading if tiJ('y bad an ol'portunit)", clId many a fine worker for Christ would be soourd. H ) could bl.'CUre mom"f for the support of twenty or twenty-6\ 0 mort' workers. at from nipeea five to rupees six a month, I could baptize vcry soon from t\\"o to tbree tbousand people.. Tbis field stands ripe} 80 I zu,k all brolitren .ho may read thi.s report to reflect upou what til(' Lord i~ ~iving us her4: and to lend • helping hand t I aarc tbiB people. 11 tht·rt.' is joy in the pre.fCllCC of tbe angels ot'erone linnt'r tint repcnt.,th. what muat the joy be wben thousands or iHlOple, lou$.: lU1'It iL tho night of idol~ atry. return unto God and accept Ihs :;'vn Jcsus Chrittt! I bate beeD permitted to hap: ill: t hi~ Y"nr of thCfo,p I,.~opi!· 41 fl.

There arc fourteen day-scboohs for hoys aud girls on this Circuit, with an attendance of [.05, of tlwht, 31v an- ('hri:-.tllHHS. In the fiCIn;· anJlual examination lU7 I);~txlt 1Wd drew till' (~(IH'rmJH'nt Gmnt-in­aid. ""ill all readera of tbia report rewcl1lbt·r u.s aud our "'ork at Ku .. 'l­pj in prayer.

REV. F. H. NOHTnnOp, Rp. lfAIIlJe,l; KHAN.

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AGRA.

• -, .:11 iniorulf"Y. _. NalH't .Jl/willm'

AaJUVIXG on the field in February lrult. we found three fin~ build· iDp well adapted for tho work, cUIJd. paaouge.w Medical Gira'

ROHILKUND DISTRICT. 43

Home. which apeak well of the work done by our predecessor, Rev. W. R. Clancy. Our work in Agra includcs both EngliBh and Na­tive work. It has heen impossible to fairly shepherd the fonner, superintend the latter a.nd study with effect the Vernacular. With God's help we ho.ve done what we could.

Onr I~ngli:-.II Sahbo.t h-school and preaching scmces have changed but little durin~ tilt· Yf'ar t exC('pt in thp attendance of English-speaking natives, thcre IJping often a lorge numher of Hinqus and }{ohame­dans in the cOl1~n~gl\.tiOll. Believing the "Gospel of Christ" to be $I the power of (;0,1 unto s:dn1tiou to every one that belie\"eth," we trust t hpir clluliug is not iii vain.

{' nder the y~·tt·nm worker. lfahhub Kha.n, the native work has opened up in n 11l:LlltlCr ma.rvclous to our eyes. After due consultation it \\'as !ll"cidf·d to do.;t, ~(mi(, of our Hill'lu schools among the higher castt'~. to lea\,(' the !'.lzar pmaching to be done by ()tber missionaries. as finc "l~z:Lr I .r,,:\C'hCfS as arl' t, be found in f lldia., and to turn our et!0rts to wilrk ill the tllohnllns of the low cu:-t-: people. The re­sults iaa VI' justili.·d the chan;.:;'. TiH' m('SS;l~C W,L" received gladly, scores b&\"o bt,pn btlptil"ll and mnny lllore nre enquirers. Ha\·ing but IIIIC sallLnod workt:!r, l){?$iJ.>:- t h·· nat:\'e pa.~tor, we ha\'c selected from thesp hUUlhle l'(l()I').·, B half dOl-f'n tt·a.dwrs and workers, estai.,lished our R:·hool!l, tdllgilt the chi~dn~D and preached tLe GospeL The na­tl\'" pn';\L'hltlf! scl\'icf' and :-;u!lday.~,:hOQl, held in thl' chapel, have stt':ldily i!wmn.,scd in attendance, and a spirit of enthusiasm pervades tbe wnd~l'r~,

\Vt· han' on!' ,ily-school for our crude toachers.. and brightest Christian bnyii which we I, 'pe will provc the nucleus of larger things ill the ilit-ure.

Truly .. TIH~ L,'rd hath done grest things for us, whereof we are glad.1i

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MUTTRA.

REV. J. E. 5('01"T. Mi#wMry.

{8 rrtadl~'r$: .s Cijris~iiHl 1 (T:-1,,·rs.j

Mt'1'TIH Cir('uit i .. not an (,xJlI>rimcnt. Mot'l, tItan a hundred conVNta:\ Yt'{\f hal"t' justitlt,J ;t.s c" ::-;t, lh·~\. ~lt;:~ ip1yillg inqnirers. nttf'Jlti\'f" t:onr:I'l·~:~t'on!t. and ::rnwin:: opportunities t·!woura~ to ~rI'Ah'r "trlrt. Til!' rit·ld i:. "1'~\'IHiid}~' bt~l (lilt for work,. \\·ithin tht' s.Al'r{~~l pr;,\·iUi.'lS {I:1':;" 1:: (,i.,. four ()f ti~\' li\~' most l1nl~Ort!lnt plnct'S arc (ll't'lil':l.J. Til(" ! \",,1 O~:t ~t~lil,ms p! lL\~br!\" and ~;k lndra Ibo han. bN~ll (·x,"·t'.[m,:h· f:·;:i~:111. ~'lt 1\ m~'!lth ha.; pa~'''t,l without act'.'.!Wona. *rite ~h;lN'h.>s which h:l\',· ~pnm~ up ther\' dur. iug the p •• .st twn y"n~ aft' groW;!I~ lltmlt'r~".',\.ly and sp:rin •. 1.:1y and iu POW(11' lflr "~..!rt.''i.l>iVt. work.. .;\rnm~'nwnts aft' htlm~ made to build a luuaU \''OwbiDeJ chapel and scilool·house t!.t Ullthms.

PRESIDING ELDER$I REPORT.

Muttra is a famous place for religious festivals (meldl). Scaroe-11 ft. month passes without one or mor'e. During the rainy season, especially, the tJ"ll,lus (,(llllt! clowded wit,h piigl'ilJls who t IlI'oug the sacred resort;:). Mud. work has been done IllUong tbe pilgrims. Tbe great (Car) fC5tiYal, (K";81wu llq.tI • .lId!;) a.t Hrindalmll was "Well attended by missionary workers, who prtmched to large and attentive audiences. ..:\ttt':ltiIHl has been gin'II to the distribution of ('hris­tian literature, t·.spl~l·ilLlly to gh'ill~ 'llut tract:' : uwn' than one hundred thousand of Bisbol' Thvburn':; tra.cts alone ha\'i.ng been I,ut in the hands of pilgrims &nd othcrs during t he year.

A soldier's clulpcl. C,):,t ill~ Ra. ,I.' Ht\1 bas been built on a site Biven by the Milit;~ry Authurit.ies in the CAtltollmcnts. It combines an audience- room, prayt'r and r.·adi!lg.rooUl and cotlOe-shop. 'Tile English sen;C{'s huy\) tWt'lI well g ttcnded, U III a lllllU}>i~r of conver­sions b8.'0 taken plat.'e. .At Ilf\'",('Ul tilt' ser\'ices of the llindustui Christian congrt'~:ltion arc:' hdd in this hu:;ding-.

The !HHhc'~'r of Chri;';t ian children who ougbt til be in school on the Circuit, cnilloudiy for a rt·!ltr.~! Botlrding-tM:bool at Mutt m. The Mutua ('ity School has so pro:-.p ... red, and the Sunday cOIl~rl.'g'l.tion has M!) gro~·n. thi\ l\ SChfUI-hou.sc and ball f,.1' their an'(luHnodutiOD

are imperatiyely deman,k:i. It is Do \\ i~.· IJOllry thllt tuUO\\'8 up the 'Work nni p:J~"cs on \\'ht,rc light Lrcnk~ ill Uili sue,:··,,'i i.s a.ssun',l.

The "'h, ~(> h)':-;tl!1Il of mis~i"lll1ry 1,roP:\.:.!!LH·ii,;m: prcnt:bir.g, teaching, ". malla. zrw,,"0. Hud me lJ~'al work, i~ org!lfiiu'<l und at work, und i=, lun'in..: its ib!!ucllce iI; thl.' downLdl of thi .. ~'h.p,;t;q>i"v;, 8~i91 i',nus of work. such noS puhlic !,·(_'ruret f,. particular t'b'lU.~" mediet.l ittni'r:~dol1s. nm;..:ic iant .. r:; f'\:bihitJoll"t r I .. " Itult'nlllt,s' t:lub, .Ly"o:th L:.;.~ul'~ .te .• }U1\'c an l)'T!1 klT,t up alit inu:~ I lll:>t·hu.

Anv (li;:.,:u~tit·s·~ I ':.ntY. i :;; t It't pt:S1'IilUi~t:i ami wcak·kuced thoori;i;.t; ,,~t debPOlhlchtly !",j:~tlt·rillg t!H'm. 'VI' have no lilll! .

•• (J::f tbuhb ;~r· trai~"r~ • . \:..j flu,kc u'" i".(;t~

Th·, ~ "' • .:1 w~' 11ft' WI,~ wJ .. di win, 1):;- f"l~!'il'~ t" .. ·tl.'=q.( ....

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MOHAMDI.

[,4 Prt'QcJur.o' i' Cnn.lta" T(·od,cr,.]

• ~~J: ~ very gr~teful to Cod for lIi~ r:fHat i,lt's.¥ing. upon our Circuit.. I1H'n~ are lour ""Ht,'r~ of workK .... :" 'lob_lUdi. U.k~ha., Shahpu.r. AlA Alinagal'. Tit.·,..· af(~ now ;0 Chr,l\{i"'HI on thi. Cirnait living in lWien \·iJlngf:l. Tftf·uty·ninc JWI ~,'Iua Al· .... 'j.,.d Ct,n," this ,ear ulid wen: baptized in ilia wuue. Then.: arc Leu S.w<ia.)'-.chooll,

BOHILKUND DISTRIOT.

with an attendance of 215 children. There are small day-schools also. All this bus been clout! during the Pl:tst three and a half years. Then til'!fC was not a. Chri::-tia.1l on this Circuit; lJOW there a.re 70 and a number of inquirers. Truly the Lold hath ble::ised His servants.

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BISALPUR.

UEV. KALLU DHAH., Minilter.

[,] Preachers: 5 CI,yi8lian Teachers.]

TlllmE are 3", \'illage:-, in which 350 Christians live. There has been an illcrclI,se in pastortt.l sUH,ort this year. I have opened five new plac('s, and baptized 52 persons. Sunday-stbools are held and children c.lme gladly. There art: a great many iuquirers.

1 held special meNjJl~:' this year, in which til(- people received great good. A fI"',\" ch:lJwl. s"at iug :;omc ::00. bas lJI"'h built in Bisal­pur. This will be of great hl,;~IJ h) us in our sl..:n-ice::i.

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KHERA BAJHERA.

Mi"i.rtn-.

TnEltB baTe h~";1 tWf'nty,oI:!' ba.Fism~ at thi:; place tijs yca.., and til" work is full .A prot::i~c. 1 ~··:,:v. . .l.r iH.:r:-.lst-t;'!lt efforts will 5UC­

cct:'d .. ~\"t.:1I lwn~. --:0:--

l1.<f C>F VW.;\L J)ItEACIl1:1~':-: L" l~nnlLKrXD DISTRICT.

!tf( hnn Lal, Tika S:!l::h. )1. C. }'l'"mcr, J .. bco\t. In;':iLn ~ al h ('(: cr, W :-i. Plumer. Andriatl Ibbaji, lWa 1I.1!'. l'lubhu 1 )i~.!'. John Pusa, Halla :-;m~h, I. WlllliOfl

Kallu Si:\~l~ Jail. Hri!o('Pt' Ali llaiLHlu:. Chhiddu :Siugb,

\ '. . . i:;:::l!l).

lloradabad.. 11, .. 1)0.

{}d.

1 ),l.

Do. 11, '.

I'~ ~i ri~ tIl ;l~ r. ~i l'~a.j~ bad.

1)0. ~:l wabganj. Jahau;1had. l':Lhhit. Kbuciaganj.

46 PRESIDING BLDERS' REPORT.

Mohan Lal, S. B. Finch, C. S. SlUIluel, Daniel Ricbard, ••• Ebola Natb, Taj Khan, S. fhillip" tachh!lll Singb, ... Nium Ali, Gobind Ram, Natbu lYim, A. Frank, RamSukb, Basant Ram, L&kban Singh, O. K }"erguson, ... rmmed ~in .... h Chhidda SiD~bt Jummau Lal, Aei, ... Simon l'eter, Bhikki Lal, R. Turner, Pnncia Peter, J. 'William, Fazl I: llab, 1. H. n. lI08crop. D. Buck, D. ~l. Butler. A. Street, Geo. Luke., A. R. Wealey, Xesbo, 1a.epb Wabid-ud·dio, John Net Ilam, Gbasi Ram, U mmed Singb, )tam Sabae, Cbunni La), Paul Haqq, .A. mOl, Diu Kusey, .bgar Ali, J. A. Deeouza, ApD. B. McGregor, P. llerrill, .tha.bbu La1, Bahadar 8mp, ..•

... Bisalpur.

... Flltchganj Wett.

... Miranpur Katra.

... Shahjobanpur.

... Jalel!ar. Atrauli.

.. Hudsun. 1)0.

. .. Jt.:lnmnagar.

.. , Gunuaur.

.,. Sai!4\\"sn.

... Shahjebanpur. Uam.pur. Paagawan. llcufU. Lodhipur, Shabjobanpur. Mili\k. liui.i. ShailL Mirgunj. I"atehguuj, :\ orth. Siroli. }lirapur.

..• Shiopri.

... Sherrarb. Kbcra Bajbera. Bareilly.

1)0. Do.

Faridpur. Uareilly. MutUa. Bart-ill". Do. . ripal Tbana. Etawab. llatbrnl. llab.ban.

..• Gobar Dban. Sikandra ltao. Aa.ei • YuUra. Sikandra. ltao • .\gra.

Ho, ~njibabad.

••• Sbcrkot. •.. 8eohnnt ." Dbampur.

Gulab Slngh. Kallu Singh, Danai Dhar, Tori Dutt, Chhote Lal, :Mohan Singh, NadiJ Shah, Tulsi Itam,

BOBILKUND DISTRICT.

•.• Mirpur. • •. Barhapnra.

Kiratpur. Bbamora. Mahmudpur. ~ajibabad. Mandaur. Harema.

41

NORTH INDIA CONFERENCE

PETHODIST fPlSCOPAL FHURCH,

lUtLD 4:

IIORADABAD, JANUARY 7-IZ, 1891.

~tfiCttS of tbe @onfettnct • Pruidmt, ... ... BISHOP JAMF~ M. THOBURN. &cntarg. . .. Auidemt &Cr{Mry, YtnUlCUlar &crMary, ... Co~iIi!ag 8«retary. ~~ 8M:rtta~~. .

JOSEl)H H. GILL. \\". A. MANSJ.4;LL. ,,'. PETERS. E. W. PARKER. J. E. SCOTT. J. W. WAOOH.

~ommfttttl of Examination.

Fint Y«lr.-A T. L.;o~.\Rr', X. L. Roc"\', Asn ~fA.ufll·n KnAS. &totmd gll!Gr.-S. KsOwl..t;, .... H. A. CI'TTtSO, ASI) S. S. DIWJt:. TlUrdy~ar.-J. B. C;U.l .. H. J. AOUfS,ASO STt:I'IU:'; l'At'L. FwrtA g«lr.-R. HOSK1~S. Esocu .JOE1 .. Asn J. fo; 8coTT. ~"..ftJtyt!JtJr.-1'. J. SroTr. WM. P.:Tl:"-"', .\SO H. L . .MOKElUE£. ..4.~w. and Local Orders.-T. CIUVl:S, M. STI.I'UES, AND T. S. JOHNtKl!(

~ommitttt on ~onCtrtntt l\tlati~nl'.

T. J. Scor.r, P. T. "~lLlO", S. K:fO""Lt:9, H. A. Currnco, ASD A. SoLOIIO!C.

Sfuantt teommitttt .

.: f;oord of CQnf~Tt"d" TrtUt~. and Buard 'l Co"I"~Jln St~uYlrd ... ) nLo;flor J. M. TIlODl·.'S. Pn,itknt. &-O!fi<"£I). K W. l'Awa=R. .'Secretary, do. T. CaAT'L1IC •

TI. SwTT. • J. ,,', \".ltmu. do. J. H. M_lIoBlt. do. P. T. \VIUli)S, do. ZA.mra·trlrH..lQQ, do. J. E. Scurr. flll. J. e. Br"!'(,'7tn, do. A. SoU>fIIO!'. do. Il.u.u ILLu Ktu". du,

S S. DUI .... "-. I'a:Tt:Id, C. 1.0"" A 11,,'.,.a I, .. :..; K IIfOW"LVl. R. H~IUIfJl, H. A. Ccrnl!'OO.

iJoarlJ of Put.tto,,-J. n. )h!SAr01Ur, PMidmt J. E. Soon, &c:rt.c4ry, E. W. l' A..Bltltn, P. T. Wn.aoJl. J. C. BV'I'CBU,

~n..IIAQQ. A. SoLOMON, lLUlA.Jt nA~A JUu.., :\. L. RocDl".

i:u.ba!~J:'tJool Onton. J. B. TsoJU.A, Pr~. ". A. W.alIIULL, /Wy .• J. c. nt'TC~ 'hftu.

J. W. W AUG!!, Pruilknt, T. J. 800rr. Yioe-Pruidmt,

E. W. PAJUCRn., &C1-da1?/, J. BLAcx.srocx." Treamrer.

I.fterat! ~oeietJ!. J. )). SCOft". Prwitkftt. I P. T. WIIalJf. Pi06-PruidMt

T. J. ScOTl', &crdary. '

~ru.tttl of tbe frbtololJital ~tmfnaf! .1t~ jl.ermal ~tlJool. TN"m E.1:piru.. Tota Erpire~.

1':. W. P UK.B. Pre6Uient. 1898. IN. L. RocoY 1892. t: ~. I~UIl.LI~'S, 1893. H. O. BrnDltN: EsQ., 189"2. J. \~.McUlumoB. lA93. T. (''lu.n~ 1894. P. T. WILSON. lOO'.l. R. 110SKI~8. 1894.

lIB.. (tHOnGS Lmm, tum e:rpif'ef. 1894. T. J. SCOTT. Er-Ojficio. &cretary and~ . ../

Snltsttt. of flit l..utlutotD ~"riutfan ~Ontgr.

T.C1U.nN, 'P. J. 8coJT. J. C. BL'TCUV.IL, J. W. WAllGR. lI.a. It. C. Bou,

K W. PAJU>lUl. W. A. MA~tlJ11.L. J. Il NawSOX.

n.. ErpiIw. Tt'AI RrpiNit. 189'.!. I K. 1UJL.~.ur SI»OB, 0.1... 1894. IflJ'.!. J Ju.aWOOD. 1sQ... 1f\t4. l~':'.r.!. I }lATrIlE.,... 8'r&PBU. l~. lA113. E. W. l' AnKE~ PruUknt. 189:t J",!13. B. II. BADLlfY, &.(11

', 8tn'tfmy.

BISHOP J. M. TIIOJ!t"1l.'f, D. D .. Bl."-OffK'io.

E/l'f't«i. l"'~·ll. I T. T. noNn, E8Q... E/.f'CUd. l~)l. ,. ItA.! L It. UoG.urs. .. J8'OO. .t l~';..ll. A. D~ ~ 1890.

J. Ii. eo"l><.)s. Ir!. D •• claUd, liDl

I.oul ~ommttttt, I(affti «.at ktooll. Lt.t"I'. O.KaLU. Rllt lJ. RAMSAY. C. B .• K. C ~.l, 0lI..., { •. B. ltB.UnrE.

P. '1'. WWlO. .... J. It MawDloaIt. T. CU\ ... Jt. S. 8. D&.u.&. J. WOODBITU EsQ .. AMD T. J. ScotT.

J. W. WAUGH, J'. T. WU,IIIPM'. )(. ST.Pala".

T. J. Sl'OTT. Jt A. CL~lIO t )1-. L. S. Pun~

j Ma.tI. .. 1( •• \. B4DLtY. MIS!" F. Y. ExowH. Jbss I. THOBOD.

I.

DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS. --:0:--

I.-Who are received by transfor and from what Conference? DAVID C. MONROE, from Central New York Conference; JOBS

E. NBWSOM, from Bengal Conference -; JODN O.DUNUlO. from Illinois Conference.

2.-Who arc admitted on trial t SUA-DULLA LAWROCI, DANIEL BOCK, c _ AND SU(UEL PWLLl1'. _ S.-Who remain on trial 1 DAVID C. MONROE, S. TUPPER, E. T. FAll-

NON, CUEDD.\ L.u, GEORGE H. Fan, HItSRV K. LIST, KALLU DAS. BEnAR! LAL lit WILLIAM T. SPEAKE AND S. WHOLES •

•• - Who arc discontinued? S. HASTUiQS.

5.-Who are admitted into full connection 1 Cmnou S. PAUL, 161 DAi, CHUNSI LAL, :FHAt(K 'V. ~'OOTB, ,It', H. NOllTORu ..

AND L. A. Coas. S.-What Tra\~elling Preacbera hllYC been elected D0ac0D8? FILUflt

W. FOOTE.

g.-What Travelling Preachers have been ordained Deaco1ll1 Fa.u'1: W. FooTE.

lO.-What Local Preachcrs hayc been eleeted Deacons? DuraL BuCK, B.LHADUB SIHGH PUILUf't HAX St'KU FH'\~KLlS'. SAXOIU.

PSILLIP, MOBAN L.tL, ROllBRT Tua.EIl, BUOL.L ::;1508, CVRCtl

BURGE .A.o'iD JOIn( A. STAGG.

lI.-What Local Preachers ha,·c been ord&iocd Deacons! D.urtEL BUCIt, B.UUDVll 81110B PUILLlI', RAM St:Kll }'IlUfJ:Ll., S,.-11£.L PIULLIP, MonA. LAL, HOBERT Tt:R."CER, HllOU. SINOH.

OnltIB DClldE ASD JOWl" A. STAGG.

12.-\Vho are the Travelling Deacons of the First elMS '? CUU)l)t1

S. P.lta .. ISA DAS. Cutnnn L.lI., 'i'''JlAXK \\1". , .... 001'&, 1". H. NO&TItBUP AND L. A. CoRE.

lS.-Who are the TraveUing Deac-Hh of the Second Cl ... ! WUr LUX A. l£A •• ELL, KALLL' Du.lB, W.nuu M. Scu1"f, FAUDl1~ PUSGJU VE AJrD PATR.U L

14.-What Travelling Dcac'ln.t; have boon elected Eldera '? lIAnuA WILIOlI, P'''aAS I, K.",wnAI SINOH AXD Ln"18 A. CoaL

15.-Wbat Travelling Deacons hAve been ordained .Eld~ra? IIAkKUA WI1.ao~, PA-T1U.8 It KANIlAl 81.0D, LI'WII A. Colla AIIID l1&JUlY B. HITCJmL.

ll.-What Local DoaconI bave been elected Eldera? \Vu.ava Fln "Jr» FAn U LUB.

17.-What Local Deaoo .. have been ordained Elden? W1Uva FJlK, It' &n U LUB.

lS.-Who are the Sup«oumerary Preechen f .,J. X. MoMA.Off T.B. JODIO!f. C. L. BAU,'a K ..... au., F. L NULl> un .J. c. LAWiON. •

19.-" ..... 0 are tho Saporannuatod.Preachonf JOlt T.I • ." ...

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20.-Waa the character of each Preacher examined? This was strictiy d~n6 as the name of each Preacher was called in open Conference.

21.-Have any died? ALLAN J. MAXWELL, AND PETER GRAY. 22.-Have any been transferred and to what Conference? JOHN

O. DBNNIlIO, to the South-India Conference; D. W. TBOIWJ. to the Blue Ridge Conference; G RORO E 'V. ISBAll, to the Nelraska Conference; and C. W. SllUIO!\S, to the Iowa Con­fe~nce.

28.-Who arc selected for Triers of Appeals? J. W. WAUGH, P. T. WILSON, J. H. MESSMORE, J. E. SCOTT, 'V. R. BoWES, N. R. SILAS AND MATTHEW STEPIiES.

29.-\Yhat is the Statistical Report for this Conference year. (See Tabulated Staumczt.)

!111.-What are thA Claims on the Conference Fund? :: 491. 81.-What has l>C('n Reeehoed on these Claims, and how ba.s it been

Applied? S 491, which bas he(,ll applied under the order of the . C.onfercnc('o 32.-"'here are the Preachers ~tationed? (Su Appointfnent •• ) 33.-Where 611&11 the Dext Conference be held '! At Cawnpore.

DAILY PROCEEDINGS.

fIRST PAY. Moradabad. Wednetday. 'azuwy7tb. 1891.

The Openlng.-The North India Conferenco of the Methodist JlpiBQOpal Church convened for ita twenty-soventh seeaioJ\ in the Cq. tonment Mission Ohapel, lIoradabl.d, Wednesday, January 7th. 1891, at 11 A ••• , Biabop James 11. Thobllrn presiding. Tho hymn,

u 0 for 8 thousand tongues to ling," was sung in English and Hindustani, after which prayer waa offered.

The Bishop briefly addressed the Conference, referring to hia 1'&0

cent visit to America., aud the deep interest of ~he home ohurch in our york.

Roll Call.-The Assistant Secretary of the lut Conference, O. L. Daze, called the Conference Holl; sLxty-four members and p~ bationers reeponded to their namea. It was noted that two membel'l of Conference had died duriug the year. Eighteen were absent on roll call; of these five are in America and one Poter Tickhoff, a mem­ber of the Bulgarian llission. at work in his nati fO land.

EleetlOD of Seeretarles·-J . II. Gill was elected Secretary. W. A. Ka.naell, Assistant Secretary, and W'il1iaw Peters} Vernacular Secretary.

Traa.sfers.-The Bisbop read tho following certificatea of tran ... fer:-Thatof Da\'id C. Monroe, a probationer of the first yoar from the Central New York Annual Conference, and that iJf John E. NO.lOm, an FJder from the Iowa Annual Conference. . .. \ letter signed by Gen. N. Power. Secretary of the Iowa Ooniercllce and dAted Keokuk Iowa. September 17th, 1890. stated th'\t ,. Bro. J. 1': :Scwsom, though or­daiDed an Elder under the Mil~!4ion.ry ruIn from the Deacon. ot tbo fint claa, baa pa.~acd highly satisfactory examinations before &11 tho Com IIli tt(e9. The put year be u,et tho c;)wmittoos of tho t.hird and fourth years.

Rules of OPder.-It WaH moved and seeonded that the rulea of order of the Jut Uonference 00 adopted.

Time of _eeUnB.-On motion of T. J. Scott, the hoUR lor Con­ference ee.ion. wore tlxod at 11 A. M., to 3 J>. !If.

StattstJes.-J. E. Scott, 8t.atilJtical Secretary, presented the .ta· timet for the past year.

COrrespoDdenee.-E. W. rukor. Corresponding Secretary, placed on the table the correspondence for the year.

P1r B. PhUemon.-E. \V. l)arker, pr0400ted to be pJI\.Oed on file the ordination certificate of Pir B. I'hilemon, a n.COD, who hal left the 1iethodiat Bpilcopal Cburch •

• A4m1aJoD or Womsn.-O. I.. naro preaentod a letter from Daricl a Koruoe, Hecreta.ry of the Oen(lrol Conforonce of 1888. utuag

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for the .~ial Nturne from this Conference of the vote on the .. Admis­~on of Women as Lay Dele~ate8,"

Lay Repreaentatlon.-The Bishop uked for a vote on the pro­,position (Jf the Genera.l Conference of 1888 concerning Lay Represen­tation looking toward the ohanging of Section 2, Paragraph 68 of the Discipline. The feHult of the vote was 31 for, 13 against.

Date of closing Statlstles.-On motion of S. Knowles the date of closing the annUAl statistics was 1ixed for December 31at, by a vote of 21 f~r, and 7 against.

Oue set ot Statistlos. -On motion of C. L. Dare it wu decided that ODe set of ItatiBtica be prepued for the reports of the P1'8Iiding Elden, and for tho Annual Conference.

On motion of J. H. :Messmore, tJu Pruicling E1.de-r, tC6Tt iutt"Ud.ld"' collect. the statistic8 from the cbarges on their districts, aDd give the same to ttbe Conference Statistical Secretary on the first day of Conference.

lntl'Oduetlons.-The following brethren were introduced to the Conference: n. C. Monroe from Central New York Conference; J. E. N(lll'SOm, from Iowa ~nference; lIr. Uooort W'augh, son of J. 'V. Waugh, from AmeriC&; n .. W. Mun~on, from the Ya.laysia lI.is­aion; and Denni, Osborne Bnd P. M. Buck, from t,be Bengal Conference.

On motion of J. C. Uutcber. it was voted that all visiting bretbren be accorded the pri,-ilege of participating in the di!lCWlsions of the ConFerence.

I Statistical Secretary. -J . E. Scott was re-elected St&t..i8tie&l Seorctary.

Pllnutea of iOhllkund DiBtPlet ConfePeDBe.-The Presiding E~aer of Uohilkund presented a copy of the Minutes of the Rohilkund District Conference .

.standing Commlttees.-On motion the following brethren were appolntOO on tbe Standing Committees :-

Ou &atiltd. -1. E. ~tt. C. Luke, A. T. Leona.r~ aDd S.~. Deue. (h, Sun.d4y-ScJwoJ".-J. C. Lawson, F. lL :Xorthrup, 'Warren

Scott. aud J. H. Gill. On SUJU of tM Clmrd •. -J:. Hoskius, s. ~. Dease, B. F. Cocker

and Luoius Cutler. -0" P.bli67;.i'19 Mmutu.-The :-:tcretaries. and the Agent of the

)Jo\.hQdist Publialllug House, Lucknow. AuditiJtg COf1~mitt"--T. Granm, F. L :Xetld and L. A. Oore. OrlStlf-AlpporL-J. C. Dutcher, 'r. l'eten. F. ,,~. Oreenwold

and lIabbab Khan. On Confmm.c~ R~latio,. ... -l'. J. SooU~ P. T. WiboD,8. .Knowles, n. !. Cutting and A. ;-\olomoll. On TttmjMratU'(.--, J. :K ~tt, A. T. Leonard, X. L RockeT.

~&~oo~ah~ • 0.. EtHlRgtlUtic U"'orl:.-E. 'We Fuker. Yaqub Shah aud H. A.

Cutting. Ci.ndtdates tor Adm1ss1on.-lt 'Wn~ mo,~ed b,· l. C. Butcber that

allOOlldidutee for admin.on t..) Annual C()nfert'n~ eubmit tbeir ere­dentiala to tho OommiUoe on Couforeuoo Rolat.iona. It wu adopted..

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C&ncl1datea for Local OI'ders.-It was mO'Yed by E. W. Parker that all candidates for Local Deacon', and Looal Elder'. Order. submit their credentials to the Committee on Conference Relations.

Dr. W. Butler.-A letter from Dr. W. Butler, of Newton Center, Mus., wus read concerning his work in the interelta of a Chapel Build­ing Fund. Be haa already secured $4,783. A motion was made by C. L. Bare and adopt.ed by the Conference. that all matters rolating to this fund be placed ill t.he hands of a committee of which E. W. Parker be chairman. The following members were appointed: 1. W. Waugb, P. T. ',il8on, S. Knowles and H. A. Cutting.

Albert B. Norton.-A letter dated lIedina. N. Y., November 8th, 1890. from Charles 'V. 'Yincbester, Secretary 01 tho Genesee Conference, oonoerning Brother Albert B. Norton, was presented by the Bisbop and read to the Conference. The letter 8tat~ tbat A.. B. Norton had been by that Conference re-admitted into the travelling connection on trial, and that the Genesee Conference pa8sed a relOlution reque8ting the North India Conference to restore Brother Norton'. ordination parch­ment, or to grant a certificate of ordination.

00 motion of J. H. lIessmore, tho Conforence resolved that the re­quest of the Genesee Conference be grante':l. and that Brother ~ orton'. parcbmenta be restored, and the certificate Mkod for forwarded. .

Committee on MemolPs.-On motion of W. Peters a committee on memoirs was appointed as follow.: S. Knowlee, F. L Neeld and C Luke..

School Fees.-Dr. T. J. Scott, called for a report from the Cor· reapouctiDg Secretaries concerning certain instructions recorded in the Conference Minut138 of our last ~iODt page 84, on the matter of a reduction in the fued rate. for school ft>ea. The Corresponding Secro­tary replied that no tatisfactory answer was reeeiYed.

Self-suppol't. -T. J. S~Qtt. e&lled (f)r a r('port on the printing in the vernacular of last yearts report on the .abject of " Sc)!.anpport. tI

It waa found that the report haa been tr.nslated but not printed: a.ntl on motion li. Mansell was uk(.'<i to prepare it tor 'he Prea nlld hayc it printed.

Sunday-8ebool Lesson Leaves.-A motion was made by J. H. Meamore aDd adopted by the Conference in barmOD)' \\'Uh a limilar one made lut year and recorded on paqe 61 of the mlnutea of 1890 lUI

follows !-That the Vemacular 8undaj-tiChoo} Letson bclps he lll'rt· after furnished in tile Vrdu, Hindi n,rd u'oman cbaraCkln, aevenlly, bat in only ODe language, t'i: .• simplo Urdu. . a. II. Badle7.-A letter from Brother D. H. Badley to the Oon ..

ferecce W'u read. and the &crct.ary waa requested to aend a suitable reply- .

T. S. Jobnson.-Thc Bishop atated that he bad also recei,.eda letter. Dot nOW at band, containing fraternal grootfnga from Dr. T. S .. , Johnlon and Mra. JobnllOn t at pr(!sent in Ameri~ and if} tho n.bacnN' of the letter iu.elf he presenterl the greetill~14 verbal1,. .

Brothor NOWIJOID "'a~ appointed to CODduet the opening roUgiou4 .. moe. at the IeCODd day'IIICI&iOD. . ,

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, The annoWlcemonts for future services were then made. Th. DOIology was sung. the Uev. Dennis Osborne pronounced the Bene­diction aad the Conference adjourned.

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fEC01'\.D PAY. Monulabad, Thursday, January 8th, 1891.

Openlng.-Conicrcnce assembled at 11 A. H., Bishop Thoburn in the ohair.

The opening religious exercises were conducted by J. E. Newsom. Journal·-The journal of the preceding ~e:::::i(m was read, and after

oorrection approved, Boll-The roll WIlS then called. Vote on Admission of Women, fl'om Membership.-H. Mansell

reported till! vote on the ndmission of woml?n to General Conference irom the Ou·lh District: 131 fOT, ;9 again~t.

('. L. Bare reported the ,'ote from Rohilkund District; 169 for, 99 againtit.

No t'(,t·..! was taken in Kumaon nor :\ mroha. 'fotal \'otc of the ~orth India Conference was: hr 298, against

17h. majority in ia\"our of 120. A rep"'fl on .. FinaDcial Plan" ordered by last Conference was

l)resent.eJ t'y T Crarcn which, after reading, was returned to the Com­mittee.

Twentieth Questlon.-Thc tw('ntict 11 disciplinary (juestion wa.s then taken up ... Ira, (l~ rhdrOL.l,f'r of each PreacJH'r aamin«17- J. H. llcssmorc reportcJ the K umaun DisLricr aIIJ bis character passed. The nam('~ of the r'Jlivwing brNhren were lhen called, Rltd each reportoo his

.missillunry collect.i(ln and hi~ character pn~~t·.j: -:" :'. I }t:ase, H. Wilson, J. B .. (jill. F. "-. Uroonw,.U, auJ T. l'nn·,'u. n. )In!':'l':l rcp(.rted the Oudh Ui:iuict and hili character passel Tile cbam:~·.'r$ r,f th~ i,·!h)\\"­ing blethrcn passed :-J. ,,-, \raugh t \r. R. Bvwen •. \. C. Paul, ,Yo PeLera. S. Paul. R. Ho:;kiu:i, :::. Kuowlc!Ot E .. Toel. Ii, H. D:tdley. G. F. Hopkins, (the :-;'';.lnd Ye~r'~ Examinatil.)U CJmmittce reported that Bru. H·.pkilU puscd Li~ ~econd year':, l'x&uUnatiou$ in Bagh-o-Babar and Mirat-ul-t;' rus ill li nlu 4n1 in Dhanu Tu1a and Fil'3t Book in HinJi, Ilt' had prcrillUS!.r completeJ his ClIur"t' in En;lish), Chim­Ulall La1. M. Stephen. A. 'r. Leonard, (Bro- ~(ln!lrd appeared before the CtI11tuittec of tll'" Fif.}1 Yt'sr and pa!'sc.l a cfi·jit!ible ('xawinatioll in Arabic), J C.),..aW!uo, nnd J. "'. llcGn';.!or. Zahur-ul-Haqq reported tho Annoba District nn.l bi:: character p;\~:-nl. C. Luke was called and his character 1'I\S~t':t. C. 1.. narc TlTortcJ the l~ ,hilkun3 Di~trict and his charuoter paued.

Bishops' CollecUon.-On uFo,ion uf J. ,,~. 'raugh it \TIS ordered that tbe brN tUOD repvft the Bisbt\l'~' c~llootion \Then their names are called.

Tbc loll.)\fing nAm~5 were called and tb~ir cbaraclers pused:-Kah .. bub Khan, N. R. SUu, r. L. SMid, 8. FaUs, J. C. Butcber, (puMd the

58 . ..illlNUTBS OF CONFERENCE.

Vernacular Examination for the third year), Dilawar Singh. C. Shipley, B. It'. Cocker, P. T. Wilson, A. Solomon, James Jordan, H. It. Khan, Yaqub Shah, H. B. Mitchell, H. A. Cutting. J. E. Scott. H. J. Adams, D. P. Kidder, N. L. Rockey, (the examinations of tho Fifth year to be brought up), J. Blackstock, T. J. ~.: ·tt, H. L. Mukerjee. E. W. Parker Lucius Cutler, and C. Hancock.

IIarrbure of NatlveCbrlsUans.-l'he Bishop &Skedsome question. concerning die marriage costoms of the X ati fe Christians.

On motion by J. H. G ill, a committee was appointed to report to the Conference on the subject of the marriage of Native Christians. The Bishop appointed J. H. Gill, T. J. Scott, and E. \V. Parker.

Simpler Ritual.-On lUotitlU of Ii'. L. Neeld a committee watl ap· pointed to n'purt on the feasibility of using a simpler ritual embracing the following suhjt'ct.5 :-Marriage, Burial, BaptislD, and the Sacramen~ of the Lord's Supper, and to report to the Central Conference. 'fhe following brethren were appointed: T. J. Scott, E. 'V. Parker, and W. Peters.

StatJstle.s--The report of the Committee on Statistics was called for, read and adopted. (SH Tablu.)

EcluoatloD.-The Report of the Committee on Education was pre­I8Ilted bI J. E. Scott. After the I't'nding, a discussion followed. 1'. T. \Vil!on read a series of resolutions on the same subject. On motion of J. H. lIes.more, BrQ. "·iL;()n's resolutions were ordered to be trallti­Ia&ed and made the ortIer of busineo for 1 P. 11., to-morrow.

Barellly Theological Sehool.-T. J. Scott preaented a report of the Tnutees of the B&reilly Theological SchooL It wu staUd that a debt of 60me lu. 9,000 had been incurred during the year for new buildings. Tbe report waa placed on file.

Sa.nJtal1um.-A r~lution by ~. I ... Hockey on'the ,object of the lanitarium ".. read and referred to a committee of the Euro­pean members of the ('unit'renee.

Coarse or Study.-'fhe CommittEe appointed Jut Ybuon Confer­ence examination., reported progrc4s, and t be Committee wu continu­ed. It was mOTed by 11. llanttell and adopted by the Conference that the book ... WeeJey'. Christian Purcction," at pretJent omitted (rom tho Preacher's course of stud" t be inserted, and tbat the matter be referred to the abo,"e Committee to ICC it done. -

HlItorica1 Soe1ety.-}'. L. Neeld rcaigned bia piau 8/' Secretary of the o. Conference Hi.torical ~iety." aDd E. W. Parker wu e1eoted to fill the place. 'rhe r~lution. of lWlt year 00 page 67 of the lIiDutes of Conference were renewed, and it wu ordered tha.t each Pte­aiclios Elder be reaponeible for the hiltoriaal report. of bi. own dietriet.

Maseum.-On motion or F. 1 ... Neeld it waa re!!oJt"ed that all arti­del of hi.torioal inu,reat to the Minion be, aa far as pouible. collect.­ed del depotited for naCety iu the lluaeum of tbe DareiUy Theological &hooL

PrbltID&' Coane of Study.- OD motion of A. T. Leonard it WILlI

rNOh'ed that the COI1J'H of Itud)' for tra".liDs ljeMhm be printed auually iu the Confetenc. lfinutel.

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C. W. SlmmODl.-F. H. Northrop read a fraternal letter from. C. W. Simmons, and it was ordered that he be requested to reply on behalf of tbe Conference.

The Doxology was then luog, tbe .Benediction was pronounoed by R. W. llanson, of Singapore, and the Conference adjourned.

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.lloradabad, f'rlday, January m,b, 1891.

TUB Conforenoe a.asembled a.t 11 A.. H., Bisbop Thobum in the chair.

OpenJnlr.-Rey. P. Y. Buck conducted the opening religious l6"ices.

JoU1'Dal.-The minutes of the preceding session were read and approved.

TPansrer of J. O. Dennlng.-Bishop Thoburn announced the tranafer to this Conference of .J. O. Denning, an Elder from the Illinois Annual Conference.

Methodist PubUshlng House.-On motion of J. H. ~fessmoret a communioatioJl concerning the Methodist Publishing House was, by vote of the Conference, referred to the Local Publishing Committee at Lucknow.

Dr. J. L. PhWlps.-Dr .. J. L. Phillip::. General Secretary of the Indian Runday·achool Fnion, was introduCt'd to the Conference, and &

resolution was passed requesting hill) to address the Conference at 1 P. )I., on Saturday.

Time tor Votlng.-On motion b" J. H. Gill, it WlUI resolved that on Saturdav, at 2 P. III., the ,"ote of t'be merr.bf'rs of the Annual Con­ference be taken on the tp(·~tion of "Admissiln of "·omen as Lay Delegates to the Electoral and General Conff>rt'nce."

Shabjehanpore Schoois.-On motion b" X. L. Rockc¥, a I'fSOlu· tion, concerning the Orphanage and City ~fis~ion Schools, Shabje­han po re, was I'(\ferred to Conference Bo ... ~rd of Education to be reIKJrted back to tbi. Conference.

ThIrd Questlon.-The third qUf'stion was called: ., Who rroaaUaOfl trial 1 11 The name of each of the following brethren was called, his charaoter pused. Ule Examining Coolmittee report:e.i him passed, and he wu contiuued on trial:- Cbcdda Lall. r'Aiward '}'. Fa.rnon and 8. Tupper. The east's of 000. II. Frt'y and W'illiftID T. Speake were referred (for report to this Conference) to the Committee on Conference Relatio&8.

Th1l'teenth QuestlOD.-Tbe thirteenth disciplinary questionwu taken up: lV'},o arr llu IWJ.·~'II" DMf·Ota$ qf tM 6erorul r/au ,

. On tho motion of J. (~. Buteh€.\r tht' ('<lllferencc requested the Bishop to ask .,"oh of t.ho brethren of this class, whether or not he had been faithful to his promise, to wholly abstain from Ule use of tobacco doring tho put YOlU'.

JlINTJ7.'ES OFCOA"'FEItENCli.

The oDara.cters of the following brethren paued. they reporttd their collections, ,vere reported passed in their studiea. and 'Were advanced to the second class of deacons :-William A. Mansell (paIS­eel third year in English, and first year in \~ ernacular. exceIJt writing of Urdu); Kallu Dbar, (passed thE." studies of tbe third year): Warren )1. Scott (passed the studies of the thi~ year).

Fourteenth Question·-The fourteenth disciplinary (Jueation was taken up. I. lYhat travelifUJ D«JtoftI Iral't! been ~lecttd Elder, t " The character of the following brother was passed, be rl'portcd his missionary collection. was reported passed in t1.e studies of the fourth year (except. Jama ul faraix, Hal ul Ashknl, and Miftah til Hinood. to be read) was represented by Lis Presiding l:lder and was elected to Elder's Orders: Kanhai Singh.

The DaUle of Faredull Prcsgraye was called and his chAracter passed. His examination in l\mf('r(~lH'c Course of study no~ heinl{ satisfactory. it was \'oted that he remain another year in this c1as. ... The name of Patrns I. was called, his cbam<:ter passed. Hia ex­amination in t.he Conrercnce course of :;tudy not being satisfactory, it WkS ~oted that he remain another yenr in this d:u.s.

J. B. Thomas.-Tbc name oi J.B. Thomas. an effect.h·c Elder. was called and bis cbaracter pASSed. The Committee on Examination re­ported him passed in fOUIth year"s caul:'!' of study in English and the tnt year in \" ernacular.

Ed.ueatlon.-The order of the day. l'i:., the report of the BflArd of Education was then taken up. and after being leud And amended, was passed. (8« lltpc;rt~.)

On motion of E. 'V'. Parker, J ~ E. Scott was r(~·clcctcd a mem­ber of the Doard of Education to sen-e t .. o n'Ars.

S. L. Rock,,), wus ('h.'c~(·l t) take pla~(! of n. H. Hadley who resigned.

Thlrty·thlrcl Questlon.-Thc Biahop thl'n read the thirty-third di.tciplinary qUf>:-otion: "Jr/U'r( ,1,all t},( M(n C("~'trOl(( 1,. luI" '/"' On motion of E. \V. Parker t Ct~wllpon' was ChO&c'D.

Tenth Qaestlon.-Tbe tellth ditci!,litllll'Y que.atioll "'as then taken up: ., JVhot Local Pr«vJvr, hart 1"ll ,.Ll<:trd /hatofU'·· The following brethren being duly recomm~iIld(d and reportNI paasOO in their prescribed :;tudiC".i t were eJc(,tNi to Local Deacon', Urdf'Oi J.~rom Robihund District Conferer..ct', Daniel Buck, Bahadur Sil1gb Phillip. Ram Sakh Franklin, Samuel Phillip. }Iohan LaI, and Robert Turner. From Amroba District ConfercuC'(', ntwla Singh. From Oudh Dis· trict Conference. Cyru. Burge.

On motion of J. C. La.eon the time wu extended. Fourth QuestloJi.-Tho iourth qucst.ion wla then called! n?o

anJ liI«nttil&v«ltn On motion of C. L. Bare, B. Hutings wu diBroll­tiaued.

Second Qaest1on.-The ICcond difoi{)tinl.r,. qUe.ltiulI wu tben taken up: t. JV1ware odmittdi flra Irian" Thl} following Lrt"lhron being duly recommended. wore reported p ... Md in the pracribed ItudiCII, were report. favorabl, bJ the Committee in Conference Relation •.

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were. repreaentAtd by the Presiding Elders, and were admitt.ed into the traveling connection on trial :-From the Kumaon District: SbaduUah Lawrence. From the Rohilkund District: Daniel Buck and Samuel Phillip. . A motion to adjourn was adopted, the announcements were made, tbe Doxology lung, and the Benediction pronounced by Bilhop Thoburn. --:0:--

Morad&b~ Saturday, January 10th, 1891.

openlDI'.-The Conference assembled at 11 A. 1.1., Bishop Tho­bum in the chair.

William Peten conduoted the opening religious serviceE. JOUI'DAl.-The minutes of the preceding session were read and

approv(':i. Bishop A. W. Wllson.-Bishop A. '\V. Wi!son, D. D .• of the

Methodist Episcopal Church. South, U. S. A., was introduced to the Conference, and invited by the President to & Se9.t on the platform.

George C. Stebblns.-Yr. George C. Stebbin3 of Brooklyn, N. Y., r. 8. A" and ReT. H. C. Stuntz of the Bengal Conference, were introduced to the Conference.

Th1rd QuestloD.-Tbe third question: "JJno remain on trial1" WA!I called. Tbe name of William T. Speake was called, and the Committee on Cunference Rel:1tion8. to whom his case had been referred, reported. On motion of E. 'V'. Parker the case was postponed until Munday. The name of Geo. H. Fray WI.S csHed, and on motion of C. 1. Bare the Conference TOted that be ~main on trial another vear. David C. Monroe "1.9 c·,ntinued on trial. •

W. F .•. S. BaJanoes.-A reqnest from the Treasurer of the North India Conference or the 'Vowan's Forejgn lIissionary Society WAS read concerning balances..

00 motion of E. W·. Parker it was referred to the Conference Finance Committee.

AudltIDC Commlttee.-Tbe Report of the _~uditing Committee was read, (,t, RlpOrtl) I.nd it WAS resolved that the part of it which refers to the account. of the Amroha District be re(em.-..d to the FinAnce Committee.

LlmJt ofSpeeches.-A motion by J. \V. Waugh was adopted, that DO one be allowed the floor more than three minutes.

Sixteenth Questlon.-The !'ixlettnlh question: "WlaJ Lottal IhtWtnl haN bun Kt.eUd I!.'ld."t. WIS called. The following brethren hiving been duly recommended and reported IS pused in their pr&­scribed Iludies, and haYiDg satisfied the Committee on Confctrence Relltions, were elttcted to Local Eldt·r·,. ordl'f$:- \Vilbuf Fit'k, from. the Oudb District. Ful rUsh, from the RohiJkund District.

Tenth QUIIUoa.-The tenth queslion, .. }JAm Locol Pr«uiJanc 7. ... '1 *" ,"ft«l Deateru I tt was taken lip, and .. nlme of J oha A..

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Stagg was oalled, being duly reoommended and reported paued in the presoribed studies, he was eleeted to Local Deaoon's Orders.

Pourteenth Questlon.-Queation fourteenth, U JY/~at 'I'av,Uing DIIUJOfU W6T., dldct~ Eldm-"" WN taken up. The following brethron passed. they reported tho collectioDS, not having gi ven examinations. they were permitted to bring up the prescribed studiOi next year. they were represented by their Presiding Eldera. and on the motion of I. H. Messmore were elected to Elder's Orders :-Harkua 'Yilson and Patras I.

Lewis A. Core was elected to Elder's Orders under the Mis­aionalY Rule.

S1lDday-8chool Lesson Leaves wIthout the Ten.-T. J. Scott offered the following r~5 .. !utic.n, which was adopted :

Ruol~d,-Tbat our Publishing Committee be instructed to take into consideration the quostioll of publ.wung tho Suntiay«'hool Loaoll Lea\'os in part wit.hout the Text. T. J. SCOTT,

Becess.-On motion of X. L. Rockey, the Conference took a reoesa of ten minutes.

After recess the Bisbop re~'Um(\d tho chair and Mr. and Mrs. Steb­bins entertained t~U) Conference with singing.

Add.res, or Dr. J. L. Phllllps.-Tho order of the day was th(,D taken up, and Dr •• J. L. PhilJiJ)s gavo a fltiroog address OD Suuday­schools in India.

Vote on admission or Women : Ayes and Noes.-Thc ncxt order of the day 11'&8 calhd and tbe C~DfereDce llflJceoocd tn take the 'fote on "The Adailision or ""omen u:, Lay 1 )t:;t',.;at-s to the Electoral and ~oeral Conference." Tile A \'OS anJ ~ c)'" were calle, i f\.,r and were taken as 101l0W'1 :-A1~. E. 'V. Parker, T .• Y. :-i'ott, II. Mansell. P. T. Wits')ut Zahur ullIoqq. R. Hoskins, J. E. SC!Jtt. H, J .. \18015. H ... \, Catting. l1abb(l~1 Khan. F. \V. Grecnwold, A SQ;UIO(lO. C. L. Bare, F. L. Neeld, J. C. LIl,uon, Yaqub Sh.h. ,Jarues ~L.rJaat CbariP! Luke, n. F. Cooker, S, L R lOkey. Lucius ('ut.ler. J. \r. KcGrCf;or t

D. P. Kidder, C. :4biplt'y. J. C. Butcbpr. H'-f)("'" Falla, n. 11. Kitcbell. Hasan Rau Khan, DB.war 5irl.l~h. Faredun Preagravo, P.tra~ I, KalIu Dbar, G. l~. Hopkins. J. Bi.ckstock~ and J. E. XCWAOm. Total.:l5. Noet. S. Knowles •• J, \V. \raugb. J, U. l1e~iruore. T. Cra\·on. J. H. Gill. \V. Pewrs. S S. Deue. 1I. Stephen. StophCll Paol, Cbimman Lal. C. Hancock, A. T. u..Joard. J. B. TbomAJi.'V. A. lIauell, Wanen Scott, and Rartua \Vilsnn. Total 16.

On motioll of J. C. L'\\'~oll tbe time w •• ext4ncled. FIfth Claestlon·-Tbo fifth di5ciplin.ry que~tioJl: II W"ho ar,

ad.itUd iaIo Full Co,..~u,,, 1· Wa.5 taken up. The candida .... were oalJeJ torward aad addressed by Di.&hop Thoburn on the qu.JificatioDJ aDd work of the miniJtry.

Tho characte" or the following brethren J'I\.ned. they reportoJ their collection •• wore re,)rC;.4Jent.<i by tl)('ir Pretiding f!ldo ... , and were admitted ioto fall oonnectivh. Chid .. H. Paul (pa.ued ill tlw .tudies 01. the.teCODd ,ear): Iu. D ... (pasaed in tho atudict of the HCODd ,ear)i OhDJllli L&J <P-ed in the at.adiea of tho aecoDd 1ear); Fo W. FOOht

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(paued in the English stuuies of the second year and elected to Deacon's Order's); F. H. Northrop (passed in the studies of the second year's English and first year's Vernacular course); L. A. Core (passed in second year's English).

Committee on Finanoe.-The report of the Committee on Finance was then read by T. Craven, and on motion of C. L. Bare, its discusaion WBS postponed till 11 onday.

Sunday-Sehools.-The report of the Committee on Sund.y­schools was then read, amended and adopted. (Su Reportl.)

Third QuestlOD.-Tbe third disciplinary question: ., WIlD remain on trial ,n was called. The following brethren 'Were called, the Com­mittees reported, and they were continuel on trial another year: H. K. List (pas!cd in the studies of first ycar); Karu D~ (passed in the studies uf tbe first year); Dibari La.! II. (passed in the studies of the first and sel!ond ye.1.fS.)

The Doxology was sung, the Benediction was pronounced by Ref'. 11. C. Stuntz, of the Bengal Conrercn~ the announcements were made, and the Conference adjournc.l.

Mahbub Khan "ppointed to open ~be Conference on Yonday.

-:0:-

Moratlaba.l J ,MondAY. ){orniDg ;-;':::~i"n, January 12th. 1891.

Openlng.-Thc Conference convened at 11 A. )I., Bishop Thoburn presiding.

Tbe opening raligious exercises 'Were conducted b,' llahbub KhfUl. .-

JOurnal-Minutes of the preceding s~sion were read and ap­proved.

Certificate of OrtUn&UOD.-The following certifiste of ordina-tion was prNented by tbe Bisbop : ,

"This cerhfica tbat on Sunday, January 11tb, 1~!l1. I ordained' the followiDg pcn;OIl1i to the office of llt-acon in t he Methodist. Epis­copal Churcb, namely :-

John A. Stagg, Cyrus BurgE', Da.niel Buek, Bahadur Singh Phil. lil', Ham Sukb franklin. Samuel Phillip, Mohan Lal~ Robert Turner, IJbola tJingb and }'rAnk \f .. Foote.

Also on tho samt day, wit.h tbo assistance of the Elders, I ordained tho rl,)llo .. in~ peraoll. to the oftioo or }o;lder in the llethodi.t EpilOOpal Ohurch, nault-l, :-

,.. Lewis A. Core. Kanhai 8in~1t. :F.1.l rU&h. W'ubur Pisk. Harkua \\ l!sOD, Patras I, and H~nry B. :\Iitchell.

Done at Moradabad. J. Y. THOBt'RN. Con.seoratlOD or Deaoonessea.-Alao the followiDg 11'&5 present.

eel by tho D"bop: ., I'bis certttiOlll iliat on ~11!d'Y1 JaDaarJ 11th. 1~~11, I 00Ilseera.t­

eel the rollo"iDS penon.s to the ollico of DeaCO~h in the Iletbodiat

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Episoopal Church: Phebe Rowe. Luoy W. Snlli1'&ll. Gertrude F. Mat.thews, and Martha A. SheldoD.

Done at Moradabad. J. M. THOBURN.

Bishop Thoburn also'presented the following statement to be in­corporated into the Minutes :-

" The custom of formally setting apart persona for sacred offices, or special work. by the imposition or hands, baa the aanction not only of ancient usage but of 8criptural precedent. In our own Churcb, however, the practice has heretofore been limited to the ordinatioD of ministers and the consecration tlf bishops, &nd hence an impression prevails to some ext~l1t amoog our people, that a formal nnd official act of this kind confers ministerial functions upon the persoDa seL apart.. This, bowe'-er, is a miitAkc. When 1 lay my hands upon these consccro.ted women, 1 can confer upon them no power. or fanc­tions beyond those authorized by the Church as pertaining to the office of a deaconeas. In as much, however, as tbia office is a peculiarly sacred on~, authorizel by the b 19t)(~t authority of ·the Church, and in 118 much as these candidates have, after due probatioD, been formally elected to this office by a duly appointed Annual Conference Board, 1 thlDk it in every way proper tbat they should be formally conteCrated to thia service by an appropriate and impressive ceremony, and shaU therefore introduce into the form of service prepared for the occaaion, tbe scriP"' tu.ral prt-cedeot of laying on of handa. n

Sbabjehanpore SehoolJ.-A special item referred to the Board of EducatIOn was reported on by thaL body a! follows, and their report was adopted:

.. The reeolution with reference to t.he r.mAlgam&t.ion of the Boys' Boarding-aool and the middle clus of Un: Doya' Orpbaoage at SbabjehaDpor(', whiCh WAI referred to thl:' Bo&rd of Education. hu been con!i.idert!d b\' tbern, &lad tbcy would n.-comrn·:nd that the matta be l~fl in the hud.s of t.be Presiding Elder of Ule Distrid And the Preacber-ill-charge of tbe atatiOl1 for tlnal con­lideration and action, pro\'it!cd that, lUi • r'-'5ult of their action, no additioJlal

1 uptDditure of money recein .. t from the Board be incurred..

J. };. SCOTT. &cNt4rg of OnutiUH.

!peeIa.l Report on Flnance--Tho final report of the SpecW. Com­mittee on Fmance "u Adopted u followa :-

Your Committ.ee on I'-inancc beg lcat"c to report as (ol1oWI :-For tbe due care oi lliaflioD Prol.K!rty, and tht· di~llOil.l of MiNion .'unth.

we have OUT Finance C'Jtnmiu~. We rccomm~nd that thi, Committee 1M­etm.ftituted he~aft.·r or the foLlowiDK mumbel'ft, the MiAioll Board and Secretaries in ~.nv '"ork. concurring therein:

p,..uu.t,-Tbe Bilbop of Jodia aud Malayi'lia. Jiu-Prui4mt.- Thu Treasurer of the MiNion. ~.-Tbe CorrL~nding Secretary of. the Mi.uoD. TOI'Itber with the I~re$.ding Elden and lIi.x ot.hen. tbrue llindultuU antl

three fOrei~ tl) be e lecwd bY ballot by tbe Conference from double tbe number, tbat it, twelve mcnnberi, .b: beiag lIinduat&ni aDd liz bo.lDa for, dp IIOminatod by the Cabbie ..

".. ~ CoJuUu.. Ihall be the hIpOIlIiblt part1 to ,.,ona the followiJaa dati .. ;-

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(l.} Make out all estimates for the work of the J.fissiol1 for.the enau­~ year and submit the same through its Secretary to the lfission Seaetely

at (:f Distribute all appropriations 4ccording to the action of the General Committee and Board of .Manager •.

(3.) Sanction the return of .Missionaries from lndia. to America and arrange for the expenses of the same. .

(4.) Sanction the erection of all buildings or their enlargement, of a value of over Rs. 2[,0, ulJon .M ission propert y or propert y eont~mplated as Xi88ion; and to concede whatever right or prh-ileges tLere may be in Misaion property when n.ppiiL'<i for.

(6.) Fix or increase all salaries of preachers taken on in India ,and exhorters, subject to vresentation of a report touching th~ examination of the applicant in Studl6S prescribOO and alae bis usefulness.

(6.) To take cognizance of all estimates made for pastor's support and appropriate the same as part of the allowance.

T. CRAYE~. }'. L. ?\EELD. 11. A .. CCTT1NG •. '''11. P1:.~ERS.

ThlPd QUestloD.-The third disciplinary question: "lV1w remain OR trial 1" was again called, aMl the ca~ of Jr_ T. SpUl.ke W88 present­ed., On motion of II. lhu:-ell, he was continued on trial another year, and required to gi\·c his cxaminhllt1llltJ;!'Hiu at t:ae next Conference.

Indian Wltness.-The follo,,"in:: rt':-olutlOIl WliS rc&d and adopted, aher which the ltav. H. C. :-;. untz briet!y addressed the Cunfert-nee.

AJ patrona, 6ubscribt:rl'l nn,! Tt'adrr:- of tilt' lruJiall Wit71fM. 'we would remember the important l'osiri'!Il occuJ.ie1 lJY tha~ pt'riodical. would acknowledge tIll' ~rt'llt good It i.~ ace' lInpli~:.ill~, and would n·r cf'l1tlidE'T it potentially in our work Bnd a.n ('!<l-~'I1tllll chaJlnt~l br inter-comDluuic.:1tion amoty; ('ur widely ~pArated cb\lrdlt~ ~.n tbis ~rt'ilt ('.(lnti~t".llt. then>fore-

RtM)l~d: (1). Tha~ w,, tlt'arttly i,j,-<igl' it\;~cln·s to u.s l'UIJport by ~CUl· ing subscribers, writing fur it.s pag l '!!' and in t'Yt'ry WbY incrt-asing it~ influ­ence. (2). That we art' ruwny!' gill'! to W("i(,»Ult· it", Ed.itor among us and will everf."'Y for him anli hig ilUl,ortant ~(lrk, lLSSur!ng him tbbt in aU his arduous aboU1'8 to build up a f'trong. in·e, t:'YtmgelicaJ papt:r, Ill.' 1186 our heartiest sympatby and co-operation.

J. E. SOOTr. r. L. NBELD. R. HOSKINS.

Temperanee.-Tbe Committ.{lc on Temperance presented its nr port wbich WAI adopted. (St., RtJ}(/rta.)

Dlvlslon of the MIssionary SooletJ.-The following resolution was prelented and adopted by the Conference :-

"'AeM.I-The Methodist Episcol)al Church, with CO~UI I~al and great faith, has extended it~ misslonary (,\pcrntions tn tl!e renlot~~t part:- of the earth, anI) i. heroically endt"6\'oring to carry the Word of Life t.o the UJl­gotpelec;l million. of t'\"('ry contiUt'nt ; Ilud-

H"At7M.-J'lroaenl indicatiot\$ go to abow that this foreign missionary wort. already uncou.ragingh- su~afull wouJd ad\-nnet.> .tiU mo~' rapidly if carried forward with ~r leal and a l~r expenditW'\\ of money; and-

W'ifNLt-W(' ~.t1y d,~i~ th(l i'}lt'.-'Iy l'nmgt>Jizat.ion ofthtdand deer ~&laYOI~1 the (Uill'<i Slah'" uf Amt'ric3. and :-ha11 tn-erlll'Byfortbe Home ~ work I &Ild-.JY~"e Are fully a"ured that under th~ pJ"tiel1t arnwgementB

1.~ II it ia)the Church will neve.!' roalilc if.$ ruponaibility t<) the

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J._thea. or the golden opportunity for helping t III'm now offered, and will thus fail of doing its duty in this gloriou..; cause; thl'rt'fort·-

ll801tt<<l :-(1.) That woo tbf.llh·mhcrs of the ~f1rt h 1 ndia Confer(mct> of the}[ethodistEpiseopal L"'hurch. fol't'i,.,ttl and natin-, do hf'Tehy mONt ('nrrH'stly petition the approaclting Session of tilt, (il'uernl Conft'rt'IH'/', t n hi' held in lIaf.1892, to proride by proper It.~gislati(1fl for t lw di\"h;ion of our ~I ittsionary SoCiety into two branches. so that tht'T\' shall llt'-

(I.) ... A Foreign llissiotUlr\' Societ\':' (2.) q A Borne Missionar\" SOeil' t y .t, Raolval.--{!?) That tf1t' Corr\'~p()!lding :-:i'('rNnry of the ~(lTth India

Confe.reDce be bereby appointed a Sp.·cial Cnmlmttt'P to COrTl'-IJ1ond with all our Foreign M~ssion.s a1?d .• 'orej~n C:Hlfcrt,Ilt'!·, .... to .,n';,·Il! ! Ius 8ubjf>Ct and urge tbe adoption of a !umllar l'\:'~,)lut}('n to the al){l\'\' III paeh; and that all thee reaoluUons be proJ.Wrly placed lx·fllr,· tht· said (it-nem! Confl·f,·nee.

H. n. IUI>LI.;\·. H. ~I.\.'\~I;LL. T. J. 5'CUTT .1. W. W.\l'GIl. 1:. W. JtAUK}O;It. l' T. WIL:-'u~.

state of the Church.-The C ... mmittcl~ on the State of the Church presented ita report, "'hich was adopt!'.!. (Sfe R€port~.)

Tztu.stees of the Ba.reUly Theological School.-The follo\ling WNt'

elected Trtllt.ec& of the Bart·illy Theological ~('minnry an'l 1\ onnal School :-It Hoskins. in the place of F. L ~eclrl: ~. L. HflCk(·y, in the place of H. Mansell; G. Luke, E$'.h WftS fe·e!t'dcd to sene two ,ears; T. Craven wu re-elected to srrve two yf'n 1:'.

BalDI Tal Scbools.-On the Local Comn.ittt·e for the Xaini Tal Schools, the DaUle of P. T. 'Vilson was substitutc-l for thli.t of J. W. Waugh.

LucJmoweonege Trustees.-The follo\\';fl~ chnng-I.'joi \Hm~ votctl in the Trustees of the Lucknow Christian ['ollege :-)htt hew StPpl1l'o, in the place of H. AtaMeU; J. llarwP(,d, E~{! .. in tite place (If H. g. JlcIaf)', Esq .• to serve three yeaf:- ; Kunwar Harnam Singh. C. 1. t:. waam-elected to serve t.bree years; J. C. I~uL!bcr, in tbe I)lac~ o[ J. C. Lawson; T. J. Scott., in t be placll of .{\. J, :\1 n x n t.·ll, tu &en-e uno yea r ; 1. W. \\l'augb. in the place o[ C. L. I;an'. t,· sern.! tNl' years.

Cawnpore Sehools.-On t.be B·)urtl o( Trust('f'~ of the (Ja\\~nporc EDglisb Schools, the nam.- of E. \r. Parker wa~ substitut··d fl.lT that of B.llanaell: the DaIDO of \\'. A. lJaru;cll, iu tile Jllne!' of J. \r. \V ough, reaigued; the DAme of J. E. NewsNu, in the l,lacc or J. n. Thomas; 7'.1'. Bond, Esq., WL~ added to the nuulber 1'£ Trustees.

LuckDow.CoUege Tl'ustees.-The following rC!401utic.o waB pre­aeated and adopted by the Conference :-

RMoID«l:-"fhat theeDluing s.. ..... iof1 of tlw ~urth India Annual t'onf"I'\Hlcc be .. ked to 8&I1Ct.iOD tll.; [ol)()\\'ing ('b~lU;:!! (whit'h \l'l' lU'r«~b~' ndo}," Hl Para. 1. Sec. V. of thl) Rul.· .. nnd nl,~glJlatifJnl'> uf th,- Luckuow Cbristian CuI· lete. makiDg the hid PAra. to ,., .. ad aM folll'w~ : ,~ ..

.. 1. TbeBoard of TMl.tttt'(r.'I or tbl! t'f'llt(mnial High :"chool amI Lutkuil\~ CbriAiaD CoU!SC.ball ('(IU!!j.t. or-(1" ~ho 1;",II"i' o~ tll"!' Mt·thudi,,: l;pllocopal Church for India and Malayal .... ·x-(,l1k,o; I:.! .. I ttll' 1'r1l1('lp"l (If Un' UJ."lltllllll/l.

a-olldo; (3) six memb/!rt< of thl- ';\orth Illwa ('ollh;ft:Un" vf Lhe: M~lh,tdll>l BpiIcop&l Claucb; fWd t 1) t.b.r",,,, laymuu."

D. U. HADLEY. &creta'i. OO(lrd qf T rlUt«.l.

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Twenty-ftrst Questlon.-The twenty-first disciplinary question: " Rave any died? " W!l5 then asked. 'I'he Committee on Memoirs pre­s~nted ~heir rCI'flrt (pn!\'i(Ju!"ly read in the Lt)ve-Feast on Sabbath) concerning Allau J. Maxwell and Peter G ray. (See Reporu.)

. In this CtluJl!'L!ti()u a. part of a letter from Mrs. Dr. Butler wu read expressing !iympath}' with the bereaved family.

The following mso]utinn was ado(,ted:-lluolllttl :-Thut w.~ t!xpress our vcry sincere sympathy with our

afflicted tii"tt'r ~faxwt:lll, and we IH'SlJr!' her that the prayers of the Con­fcreD(,..e shadl follow Iwr anti her litt 1,~ da.ughter wherever they may go.

Re60/l'rd :-Tlla! our Corrt·~prJl1ding Secretary be requested to Call the attention ol tlw Board in :\"W York to her condition, that she may receive needed aid W3 is w.ua.l in ouch cases.

E. W. PA.RKER. U. lL~SSELL. J, W. WAUGH.

Eighteenth Questlon.-The eighteenth disciplinary question: "Who are tI,t ..... ·ujI(·rTUl1lltTary Preachers '!" was tak.en up. The name of J. T.lrc~labon was calle I, hi~ character pnssed. and he was continued on th(> supernumerAry 1i .. .;t, The following brethren were granted a super­numcran' r"!lltjdU: T, ~. J LJhU~0n, }". L. Xeeld, C. L. Bare, J. C. Law:"wn ·awl H. ~I :i!l~('Il.

Chlldren's Day.-Tbe f·.lllowin~ resolution was presented by C. L. Ihre and a l"ptNI Ly till' C .. uiercnce:-

Jrllt'ret,,--nl': I: ,,\!"d of J:,!ucatiou ,.f the ~tuthodh:t Episcopal Church tlesiretl trl 111\\"- a mufnnn fwd., of pr iCt..>du.re ill dealing with all Conferences at b,]m" nnd 1I,hrllfid: thf'rdl)r'l~--

/(t""/I'f"ti >-1. Tbat Wt' In'!''!')" olin'd all our Prl'I1chers-in-cbarge to hold (,hildI'Nl\. Day f"'l"\·ie(·~ nl thl' al)llOintoo tim.-s, I-i.:., on the Plains on the third :O;unday of )Iurc!l lultl in t 1t' Hi:: ... !l}t lat"'r than tbe t.hird Sunday in June. and th.:~· tIl!' ('')!It,(·tinn .. be fnrwa.rdf·d at tIl!' latest by the 30th of g.'pt,'ruber tv the Trea.sun·r of tbe Hoard of Education of the !'iorth India C'lII f~·r"I)(·(·.

IlnAct"d-·:.!. That t h(' Trc,,-t;un'f of tl1" 8,)111'\} of Edacation of the Sortb itHlia t."Jll£(":-,·n"t· 111' ht.·rt·hy ap;t:>intt-d officiaJ corresJ1ondent to cor­rt'IIPllll'! with the Hom~' lJollrtl In ",·g.lr.l t') cducatioIlAl mt..eresu, remit­tUllC!.'!, d.:!.

B. n. BADLEY. C. L. BARE. .1. E. SCOTT.

India's Young Folks.-- Tho t<>llowing rosolution concerning " l"s1)U'S YO{·SI' l",'Lltel" wns rcad and ndopted:-

I:Mol,"(,/ -Thn~ in ,'tn\' of tht' t'al~i,l!y J:1'Owin~ English..apealdng com­munity in Indl:L Wf' I'~i,r··~~ nur higb I\i'prt·(.'b~i()ll Qr the grand work and 1I.·itl uf the" IS1)1.\'11 \',)1:'\1; F01.Ktl." Wr· !It'tLfl il\' th'cond the efforts of the Editor'of lht· pal)t'r hi dt""(c and l"!lri~ti:l1lizc Young India..

t'. If. FOOTE. J. U. ME.')SMORE. J. B. TllOllAS.

. Blshop ~. W. Wilson. D. D.-The following r:soluUon CODoenaiDg

Dishop ''''ilson's frl'temal \'i:;it WAS read and heartily adopted:-

€Ii; JllNUTE.'1 OF CONFBRIINOB.

~'Hd :-That we do hereby p)aM upon record our hil{h apprecir.tlon of the privileges we have enjoyed at thiaSosaion of Conference m tlie presence and pulpit ministrations of Bishop Wilson of the Methodist Epi8COp&1 Church, South. and that we shall be happy to receive his visits whenever b may be convenil1ut fur him to plUlS through India.

J. H. MESSMORE.

A Genel'al EvangeUst.-A resolution ooncerning a General EvaD­gelist was ad\'pted as fullows :-

&&O~d .-Ham apne tlZiz Bishop dbib k,' tah i elil se sbukrguzAr haio, k{ ~ib i mausUf np llahf hidAynt !'i'- 1lL<e Gem1l'111 g\"angelist ko muqarrar fumayA.. ki jo baqiqat rn'!U ruhfln{ Rur har tiB ~liz baiD. K4m aur Ka)am Be is mub4rak \lhde ke Itij(t halD. Yilt sir! zubflni Mt nab in par haqfqf aur tajribe kf haL U$ k4 znhdr 0 shahtidat ham,,", dihAti flur ababroo ke IsU ld ruban( taraqqf 0 ~bllSh{ St' l.1yaU hai. aut" in Vistrikt Ktlofara.n.soD aur fs4f meJoD ke membartn kl ruhani tnbd(l{ 0 tllrnqqf 8t~ z4hir hai.

Kub ki ~budA\Vand karim hanu\n' ~z () bar dil q.zlz (it>neral Evangelist kf bam logol] ke. liyt' liyAda mubnrak furm6.we UUT rdluinf 0 jisw&nf '-'q .... too Be ziyllda m~l ti.uuiUarwa. we.

WK. }J.:TERS. 11. A. CUT'TI~O. J. W. ~tcGREOOR. Z. flAQ(I. c. LrJiE.

Butler Chapel Fund·-The Committee on the Dr. Butler Chap­el Fund pre .. elitt:d it~ rCI)ort, which wu adopted. (00 Report6.)

Committee on Evangelistic W~rk.-The Commiuee on Evangel. istic Work pTC<l.-nted it .. report, wbi(.'h Wfl.'! adOI)tcd. (Stf'Rcpart..)

JUneteenth QUestJOD.- Tbe nint'tecnth disciplinary quostion: " lVIw art tht 614})I~ra"ufllltt:l prau/url ..," WIS taken up. The charac­ter of .Joel T. J AhT'icr WU~ pM5ed, and he was continued on the super­annuut·:d Iibt-.

Thirtieth Question.-Tbe thirtioth diteiplinary (Iueation was _keo!: .. Jflutt are tlu claim. on tl.~ Confertmc.e Funt.U Itt }'OUl

handred and ninet y-onl' dollan. Tbil'ty-ftrst QaestloD.-. The thirty-first quctiHon was uked.

It What Iuu btt4n rt«ifled on tJu .. e c14im6, (1M how luu it bee" npplud '" Four hundred aod nint .".one '.loHars which baa been applied aocord­jug to tbe order of the Conference.

Conference Board ot Stewards. - On motion of n. llanaeU the Pinanee Committee 'Wae appointed a Hoard of Conference Stewards..

Clalm&nts..-OD mot.ion of J. W. \\~aug~ the l'reaideut of tbe Conference wal authorized tAl dra 'A" on the Claimanu' Fund in the New York .Book Concern Dividend and the Chartered P·und.

Finance Committee. -On motion of E. \r. l'arker. the Bi.bop 'Wu requested to pre.ent ten names from which the Conference may elect the Finance ComlXJiltt~.:.

011 motion, T. Craver. was granted leave of abaence from CoD­ference during the relnainder of tho aCHion.

Sel'-nppoPt:. - Th~ Committt~" on SeU·Support presented ita report., which on motion of.J. C. Butchor wu adopted. (&, RfPO"CI.)

fre&Ohel'S' Wlves·-On motion of E. W. Parker tl»lollowio, reeo1utioD WIS adopted :-

MINUTZ/3 011 CONFER:EzrCE.

Bao/TJ«J :-That when, in the opinion of the Presiding Elde? and preacher.in-charge, the wife of a minister or preacher is able to work and yet neglect8 to do 60, the C&.'1e should be reported to the Finance Committee at ita Dext session.

Adjournment.-On motion the Conferenc9 adjourned to meet at the call of the Bishop. The Doxology was sung,llnd the benediction pronounced by H. ManselL

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fIFTH PAY. ~foradabadt Monday, (gvening Session) January 12th, 1891.

Openln.,.-Tbe Conference convened for the evening session, Bisbop Thoburn presiding. The opening religioD8 sernces were con­ducted by Rev. H. C. St.untz of Calcutta.

ConterenceSecretapY, and Treasurer.-On motion.E.W.Parker was re-elect.ed Conference Corre6ponding Secretary, and J. W. Waugh wu nominated Trf'.CUttrfT of the Nortb India Conference.

Auditing Commlttee.-The Audit.ing Committee presented a lupplementAry report concerning the audit of the books of the Treasurer of the 'V. F M. H. (Su Reports.)

S&D1tar1um.-On motion of N. L. Hookey the resolution con­cerning Sanitarium" previously entrusted to a committee of the Euro­pean Members of t,be Conference, was now made over to a committee consisting of the European memhf:rs of the }'inance Committef'.

Committee on Sanlta.r1um·-On motion of E. W. Parker the following persone were appointed Committee on Sanitarium :-J. H. Yes.smorf· T. ('raven nnd X. L. T~ockf',".

Eleeilon of FInance Comm1ttee~-On motion the Conference proc!'eded t{) elect .ix m('mbt>r" of the Finance Committee. The fol­lowing brethren were duly elected :-T. J. !'C(ltt! To Cra\"en, S, ~. Dease. W. Pt'ler3 and C. Lukt'; alternates ~. Knowles, R. Hoskins and H. A. Cutting.

Resolution of Thanks. -The fonowin~ resolution, introduced by J.II. M:eumore. was duly passed by the Clnfl'fcnce:-

Rl'.o/~,d:-Tb&t we hereby exp!'elS our senS(~ of obligntion to the friends at Moradabad for their killd and gt>neroua entertainment protided for ns at Uiil aeA8ion of our Confere.occ..

B. B. Badley.-Tbe following reaolution WAS adopted by tbe Con­ferenee :-

H'MI'fd- .-Ow- Brother B. H. Badley. who is prtn'('nt~l from attending Ol1r ConlOft'..Ilce on aooount of iUne&!l. haa ecn'cd this <. 'onfereuco faithhilly fGio many yeaN u Socrdary. {:i"ing hy his kiIHlllt ......... o;.. ('..&ref," a.lhmuoa aad ~ dldl~UCy u.Ulf.ctiOb to u11 a.t all UU1C8 ; ~hercforo-

ltMoJ.r«I :-1. That we herehy .,xpresa to Bra. IhtUey our higb appre-ci. aUon of hie work bot only at tlw (:Oofereu('c ~ion. but &.lao ib t.he publica-­t.ion of our mioulaa. and in general ,,"ork fer the Couiet'eDOO daring each year t.hrough ao mnny yeA ....

i. \V •• 11<) d,*rt' to expn-e. our ~inC":Cl"O .ympathy "itb Uro. Badley And all40 :ii.wr llAtUey in tht. protracted illneM, a.od we will \"'Onsuntly pray ~t. il Goel wil.l.l. our brother may be eoolll'Oltored to WI and hi:- lon,d work.

E. W. P A.RKER. C. L. BARE.

10 JfIB7JTES OF' CONF8RENC8.

Bishop Thoburn.-Tbe followin~ resolution was preaented to the Conference and dul)' adopted:-. RH4)~ :-That w~· put Oil recol'tllui a'( 'onr\'!"l'IKl' our sincere gratitude. to God for His goodnc&! in keeping tHlrdy pur Hitlhllp "'hile on his extended' tours ill the past y~nr. also our l:ppn'l'iation of the kindly welcome with which be was greet~d t·n-rywl.l·I"t! ill ;\uwriuQ. Qh&bling him to lupply greatly Ilf~lled fUluis for our c\ \)~\lHlinb puhli.llhing intcrt'ats, :ll()rt' especially for the Cnlt'utt. l'r~·ss. as "c 1 ,,, .. timdy Bid tl) tlOnl,l,' us to !lu}lply tbe uemand­for bolpen to barn,"st ripened fruit w this uroad tiutd.

K \\'. J>;\ RKEn.. J. H. (;lLL.

Twenty-elghth questlon.-Tbe twcnty-eigbtb disciplinary ques­tion: H Who are da·td to bt Tr;er8 ,!f .tIppea14?" ""as taken up.

On motion br J. n. Thomas, the following brethren wero chosen by the ConforeLCe: J. \Y. 'YRugh. 1). '1'. Wilson, J. B. Meumol'e,. J. B. Scott, W. n. Uowen, X. l~. SIlas and lIatthew :-;tf\phoo.

Board or DeaeoneSSes.-On motion of H. Matl!lt,ll, the (oHow­jog persons were duly elected to be members ot the Hoard of Deaoon­eaes: J. W. Waugh, P. T. ""illion, Y. :-::cphen. T. J. Scott, H. A.. Cuttmg, lIra. L. S. Park(-r, ~li~" F. lI. Englisb, Mias J. Thoburn and Yrs. Y. A. Badley •

• r. and mrs Geopge Stebblns.-Tbe foUowing ftsoJution was pretented to the Conference ani b~artdy adopt (.J :--

/Lol)/rl'd.-Thnt it bu gi\"er& Ufl fl'. or'!ulilry pJcUUrt, to welcome among 11!, ~nd In'lke the ~ta.intAot"t.' ~)i ~lr ~ud Mf'l!. I ioo: l '. ~h:hhin .. of llJ"O(~kl1n, t, !'S. A., the W')rl·l-n;tWl.l n.,,1 tH,,!,d .!>tngcn-, Their awO(t illl.! lOul ... t.unllg 1Ong¥ have touched and tJt'IIC!~ttA'! ;dl our ;1('","$, WI' l;i,Lnk tlwm in t.lle ume or thi!! Confert!DOO !ttl.; of dl (,Lri,:i;ln llidia tur thc:ir wurk a!n·.c!y dOGe in thl.ll count!')·, and we wi .. h tiwm ,'nntihUf'(1 .u{·C'C-..... hile th~y may remain in hnUa and where\" r t hty lHil y go, in thtir t~fTurta t() do gOod in ~ PAUle of our common ~JiUltcr. ill t!.dr milli:-try 01 lOng,

J. W. w.\l·(;n. 1-:. W. I'ARKJ:I-t

D. L Moody.-The followillg n'''(',lutioll c(Jn~'rning D. L. lI00dy .... adopted witb eM hUt-ium \ty a ri!l.tJl;;: ,'ote:-

"",;ut'(U--We ha\'c b~·.:i with cltnnnt'l plc4.!tUF'C of tbr very tinudy aid IeC'UJ'Dd for ~ur lli"...toh io Ind~ tbrOl~;.:h tb~' etTart.of til" .;~·a.u8elilt ~Jt. }). L. Moody in tbt" ~h·lIliJu:.ry C.oIl\'C'llt.l'Jll .,! College ~tude~t. ... Nort.hfteltJ. MaaachWletb: and ....

1J-,terta .. -TbL<J munificent culh!CUon of $.1000. tnt tho cmplt:>ymt.nt of 100 e\"&ngeliJt t"4dlt~nI 1m,!! n!l,~-hnl U.l nt a timewbCII a great duct lif Yoork baa heeD f'Jpt'fH:d lJ'!·f'JfC \Ui; thertl,hlff:'~

llMI:JIPi!d :-1. Thnt our warJUt':~t thank.. Btf' he-mby tendered to )Ir. Moody for t.hb Ultlnifc:.tAtion of prnctlcnl intm"~t ill miulun work.a.ud throuMh bitu to &lie kind fric::nlb wbQ aided ill fHfiki!lg up t.h.i. lIium.

2. That 'ht: e(Jrtutpufuhtl¥ S~·rlrf.Ary uf thi. ("u!"n'tlC4Y b(' boreby fa • .uucted to ('(,fwey to lfr. MO(J(ly thi~ "'(f,rnAlhm of otlf .roluu&llo _'tj, 'llo '''''''lOWt that WI) will nnt 004''''~ to , .... y lor ti ... mrft'ful~(i aut'C«'. uf It .. uwn gn.t work. abo lh •• ~ We uant.,tly rUllu_t UlM \If. ~J'''lJ)' IUJU bi.t a.a.j. &4D hi COtlU.nUCl to r.rJntfmJ~r UII inpnayt'r aud .YUlpntby.

I. That. if en'r M t. ~r(Jif:Wj y can Jn4ko AD t,vanS.,lb"tc tour ill IhdlA, III YO hope be mal. we .ill give him .. DloH ht!arty ",Cleowt'.

T.J.~. J. W. WAt'tift. E. W. j"AHKt:n.

71

Transfer of Ajme:re Circuit to lfol'th Indla..-The Bithop an­nounced (as authorized by the Boundary Commission of the Central COJlferenco~ thc transfer of the Ajmere Circllit from the Bengal to iha N ortb India Conferenc", including the transfer of James Lyon and 'Guru Dayal Singh. trll vt·ling preachers.

Transfer of Allahabad to North-India.-At the same time the 'Bisbop din~r:tnd to enter in the Journal, the transfer of Allahabad froro the Benga.l to the Xorth Iudia. Conterence, including the transfer

e of L. A. Gore. The ni~hnp annonncc 1 the f ,;} twill!! Committee :-Committees of Examinatlon.-Ftr81 Admil.sioll and Local Order6.

·-T. Crlll'en, ~1. Stepben and T. S. J{JillJI'on. Firlt J/mr.--A. T. LCl1nard, X. 1... RockfY and Mcihbuh Khan. Stccua, !lu'r,-~. Knowles, n. A. Cut.ting and S. S. Dease. Thircl year.-J. H. (;;11. H. J. _-\rlam~ and St{~rlhe!l Paul Fourth t!Nr,-IL IIo~kin!O. Enoch Joel and .J. E. Scott. F~ft" !It:dr,-T. J. Scott, \\'" m. Pete::; and H. L :\lukcrjee. To PI'each .4.iU.ual Sam ,''.>--T. J. :-;8:':;', 111:erna.te, and J. H.

Messmorf. Standing Commtttees.-"(rl~i"li~.-J. E. S:ott, C. Luke and

A. T. Leonard. Slilt!" 1/ Ilu C1U'I'r11.-J. H. (rill, S. T,p;.t:r and D. r. lUdd03r. Suwlay-8clj'JJ!.,'.-John Hlatk!'lock, "-arl'en ~i.ott a.nd G. T.

Hopkin". PuUiJf1ii"9 .llinfl!N.-:-;t!crdnri(>~ and A~ent Publishing Hou!Oe. Aliditilirl C(lm'nitt!'~.-T. ('r(n't'~l, \\. A. ~hnseU and D. :Buck. S({f-.rllj;POr-t.- ~lahhub ~ iHJ.I1. \\ •• J'dt'f'i and F. \\~. Greenwold. C,ddtrOl((, /:,:',{ft'IJIS.- T .. f. :':ua,:'. Knowles and ". R. Bowen. 1'~J'~prranu, - A. T. Leol1ard, J. B. Thomas n:d ~~('ph·.n 1)8u1. It was '\"otcJ that aft.er t!l'~ It'31ir:!.! of tlit' J,):lrnal, the Confer-

ence adjourn. . Final Adjournment.-·Thl\ Journal WIUl read .. ,::,,1 appronm, the

Ditibop addre1\.,!,1 t ho C,)~t:.'renc~. a:l I r~·:d r he appointments. The Sacrament or tht, Lord'" ~upper was t!wu ndminil'ter~,d, tile n .... xologr WM Hung, Bishop Thohu rn Jlronuunced t be B~ :lcdict iOD, and the Coo· forence adjounlcd ,.lllt. ,(1(.

12 ItlI}'7J'l'ES OF (JONFEBBNOE.

ANNIVEB.8A.RIES AND RELIGIOUS SERVIOES.

Wednesday~ lanuary 7th, 6·30 P.]I, Eduo&tional Meeting.-Pre­sident, Rev. S. Knowles. Addresses by, Dr. J. C. Butcher, Dr. J. E­Scott, Rev. Hasan Raza Khan and Rev. Dennis O.borne.

Thursday, January Nb, 6-30 r. M. Annual Sermon by Rev. W. A. Mansell.

Friday, January 9th, 6-30 P. 11, Temperance Meeting.-Preaideot. Dr. T. J. Seott. Addresses by Bisbop J. Y. Thobum, Rev. r. 11. Back and Dr. J. T. Phillips.

Saturday, January 10th, 6-30 P. M.-Annual Meeting of tbe Con­ference Literary Society.-Dr. J. C. Butcher, Secretary preaiding. Address by Rev. T. J. Scott, D. D., in U The Evangelization of Ell1'ope."

Sunday, January 11 th, Sunday-&chool Anniversary, 8 .I. ... -Iley. J. 1). Thomas presiding. Addresses by Dr. n. Hoakitu, W. M. Peters. and Dr. J. L. Phillips. 11 A. H.-Sermon by Bishop A. W. ""ilIOn, D. D., of the Methodist 1-=pi~pa.l Churcb, Routh, followed by the Ordina­tion of Deacons. 3 r. K.-f'\crmon in Hindustani by BYbop J. M. Tho­born, followed by Ordination oi Elders. 6-~JO p. ..-Consecration of Deaconeue!t followed by Conferenrc Love-Feut. 8-30 r. It.-Services of Song. by Mr. and Mu. Stebbins ar.d eon.

Devotional Meetings were held daily at 8 A. K. aDd 8 r. K.

APPOINTMENTS FOR 18C)1.

AURA DIST&I('T. J. E. SCO'l"l', PBESlDING ELDER.

Ap, F. H. Northrup, Mahbtlb K.htn. AJmere, James Lyon, Gurillayal Singh. Fatehpur Sikri, to be supplied. Hathraa, supplied by U mmed Singh. J&leaw&l', tt " Dbol! N!th. Mattra, J. E. Scott.

ALIGARH DISTRICT.

HASAS RAZA K.n.ui, PB.ESlDL-'G ELDER.

Aligarh, supplied by Taj Kh!n. Aliganj, 't "Mobao lAL. Atrauli, I, " Uholt\ Singh. Kaaganj, lIaaan Raza Kban. KanAuj, supplied by Tuhrl R!m. Soran, " t, Tfk4 Singh.

AMROIU DJSTRICT.

Z.Un.-"B-t:IrHA.QQ, l~mI!iG ELDu. Amroba, IUpplied by ManIa Dad KhAn. Anupsbahr,,, .. MuUld Sinph. l~bu Ahern,'J .. Manphlil Slngb. najoi. t... CiulAb Singh. BuJandahahr, ('harles Luke" Dhanaura.. Warrell Scott. Huanpur,tiupplicd by Natha Singh. Gulauthi, " "Ganga PerSbad. .Toa, Khurj&, " Punm Mul. Narainiya, ,. t;urdia18infh. Rahapur, .. T a.ffaxal Haqq. &mbhal, 7Alllir-ul-HlUltl· Sbahpur, supplied by Jaubarf LAl. Sharifpur. " tt Hhola ~inJ;h. Sika.Dcirabad,,, .. J. WilLhHl.

HARRILL\" DISTRICT. P. 1'. \\"lL8O!\, PB.&SJDDOG ELDu..

AonlA~ Nand Ram ='ilu. &reilly. s. ~. l~. :'oocca Falla. llilai, ('hulv. Ship!.'y. Biaaauli, B. F. ('.JOker. Bndaon. 1). T. Wit"on, S. rhillip. I>Ataganj. ChcdA Ul. J&1alab.d.n.K.Ll.It. Mobamdt. C. ll.anrock. KAkralA. JAm.,. .JoNan. Poway an. Hiharl I..All. Kbora &jborn. supplied by Fad·ul·lah. Panabpur, H . .T. Adam •. Tilhnr. Cbi.\(iti ~. Paul. Ujhiui. F. I~",*gr .. \·o. Shabjobaupur. 1'\. L. Rodeo", G. H. Frey.

00. .;U~ .1. mack.took. BareUly Theological SamiJwy aDd Normal School, T. J. 800"" S. S. Deale

11. I... 11 ukoriL C. L. &r... F. 1... Neeld. ~upt'rnumorary.

74 JlINUTEl~ OJ! CONFBRENCB.

KCMAON DISTRICT. J.uu\S n. lIESSltOBE, P&E81DL'fG ELDD.

Dwvahath, supplied by Shiv Datt. Eaatem Kumaon. Harkua \Vilaon. Gvhwal, J. H. Gill, F. W. Greenwold. Shadulla Lawrence. NaiDi Tal, T. Cra"en, }'atras I.

Do. ~1ish Cbureh, J. H. Meamorc. Do. Bora' Higb St,;hool, F. \V. Foote.

JdORADABAD DISTRICT. J. l," BO'fCllEB, PaESlDUfO E.LDn.

Bubta, Luciws Cutler. Bijnol', J. B. Thoma.&, Dihiwar Siogh. Cba:ndauai, Kall6 Dass. KUDdarki, H. B. Mitchell. ldoradabad, J. C. Butcher, H. A. Cutt.iog. ldondabad, DUIg. Hindwstani Church, supplied by IWA Du.. N~ 'V. T. Speake. NaJibab.d, wpplied by B. ~1C{'regor. lIandawar, Daniel Buck. C. W. SimmoWl was tra.u.sfernxl tn the Iowa Conference. Georac W. l.eham, do. do. !\ebraaka. do. D. "II: Thomu, do. do. Blue Ridge. do. J. O. Den.uiog, do. do. Sout.h India, do.

OU Ull DISTRlL"T. £. \\'. PARKU", l~IDfN(; E.t.1Jt;n [Po O. l!OJU.D.U..,&}.

AIla.bAbacl, L. A. Core, \\'. R. Dowen. AjudhJya., A. C. Paul. BAhraich, W. Pete~ S. "'beeler. Barabanki. S. l~au.l. Cawupore, R. Hoekina, Cbwml Lal.

Do. EugU .. h <!burc:h. J. K NCWIOtll. Gooda., S. A.ooWl~, K Joel. Hardoi.8. Tupper, t:. T. }o'al1lou. Luclwow, It H .. BadJey. w. A. lJIIUlIUUf Chimman IAJ a.ud Yaq_b Sb&h. Lock.now .:ngllah Church, G. }'. Hopkin..

Do. HiodUitani Church, M. St~hcn. Roy BareIJl" A. T. LeoIW'd, ba 1.>U.a •• ~C.M.""'" .Ka.o bai S llllb. Uaao, . \'1. McO" .. ,r. .Ageo~ Luclwow Mc&hod.iat l'ul11i1i11in¥ HOllIIO, J. W. Wauah. Princi~ of LuckDOW (;hrUtiau College, n. U. BAdl.y, Vic..I'riDalpt.l

\\ . A. lIaueU. Evangclletic "'orkt K W. Park!'t.

MINll'l'ES OF OONFERENCE.

WOIIAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

AG RA DISTRICT.

Agra, Mrs. F. H. Northrup. Do. Home for Medical Claa. auppUed by Mias Seymour.

Ajmere. Mra. Lyon. ltfattra, Mra. J. E. Scott.

Do. Medical Work, Mia K. AI. M'DoweU, M. D. Do. Dea.ccm_' Home and Training ~ Miu M. A· She1do~ M. D.

School. l Mrs. G. F. MAthews.

KUMAON DISTRICT.

Naini Tal, School and Zan&na "·ork, ... 1 Do. Wellesley High Scbool, ... )

Pithoragarh, Mia Annie Hudden. }Jaori, hi •• J. H. GUl.

Mrs. J. H. Messmore. lIrs. M. C. "'lUthy. Miss 8. A. Easton. Miss R. Sellars.

BAREILL Y DISTRICT.

BareiUy, Glrla' Orphanage, Mias F. M. F.dlglish. Do. Cbriatian Woman's School. :\1r.-;. T. J. Scott. Do. Circuit. ~Ira. S. S. Deaae. Do. Medical Work, Miss 'ttl. Christiane)". M. D. Do. Scboola and 7..a,tuwa Work, :\1bs Anna E. LaWlOIl.

BudaoD. Mra. P. T. WilRon. Shahjebanpur, ~Irl'i. N. L. Rockey. ~bahjehanpur Eut. lIra. J. Blackstock.

MORADABAD DISTalC!'.

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~Irtl. R. lV. Parker. Moradabad, Girls' Schoola. '" ... ltr~. J. C. Butcher.

Mi~ M. E. 1>&y. 00. City Work. to be suppUed.

Bljnour t !tIra. J. B. Thom ....

OUDU DISTRICT.

Luckaow, W01l\&D'. College and High School, ... { ~:~. ~~.

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n____ . B ( Yia P. Rowe, E,"an~t. Do. ~D088 ome. '" i :Miss L. W. Sullivan. Zatwla lli.laioo.uJ. Do. at)' Sobooll .. ?tIl'S. J. W. Waugh. Do. Homo for Homel ... '''oman, under ca..re of Deaooneees. Do. Editor ... Ra.fiq i Niawan/' ~IML. B. H. BAdley.

I"\., Oir'-' UJ"'b ('!~l.ool ( MiM.1-:. L. HArTey. '-4WDpore. lit &-"6 .;wu ~ ••• \ Mila S. ~lt:Bu.rnic.

Do. CbrUua.u Womu. lira. Hoeki.D.8. Do, Schoo!. ud Zanan. Work. Mia T. J. Kyll'.

Slt&pu.r Oirla' a-N.iAg &hoot, Kn.. ll. C. l.iOIlt"OC. 00. &boola uad 7.aauaa \Vork. lff ... l1. A. Fullct'.

OObda Cit)' &hoole and ZaDI..D& \\~OI'k. Mr'iI. S. Mowle&.. Do. ~ School. »Iu Anna OWlmore.

&,. Buellly, Mn. A. T. LeoIwd, ••. OIl Lea .. :-KiIIIl. Rcted. AUII C. DeWDe)" aDd lUll E. De'm ..

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. -:0:--

I.-STATISTICS.

YOUR Committee would submit the following Summary of the Statistics of the North India Conference for the year eleven months ending September 30th, 1890.

Statistical Summary, 1800 :­Items.

Confenmoe Kember&, Foreign, Do. Native, ...

Local Preacbers, ••. "!'hole ~ o. of Paid Workers, .,. Members, Probationers. Native Christian Community,_ ,. Baptism.&, Adults, .. ,

Do. Children, ... Churches", Parsonages, Schools, Scholars, Sunday·scbools, Scbolan,

CoUectioD&, lliuiolWY Society, Children'. nay, ...

Pastor,

Total collected in India,

28 47

167 1,4 ~17 5,~II;O

i,7Zt' 1 !t,t !i:! :i,:}! -; 2,661

66 10·' G94

19,34:. 7:-.,0

31,;1.)7

Us. 1.;; .,

436 ('R 7.894" ,_ 11/172 loS. 31'j~,)

._. 1,00,143

Incl'C88O.

11

!J~I)

2,935 5,859 1,256 1,051

1

117 2,104

44

Upon the above we will rcwark:-1. That cwly about,. 'PO'QIIlt., out of our adult Christian com­

muDity are paid worken. Thia i8 a good argul:18DLto ulJe agai(ljt t.bOtii' who., that all our Chriltiana are .upport~d by the Minion.. 2. In ele"-eu month. there W8B an incf'Ca..'\(> over last year of O\-cr

two thousand ~ S. There hal been 8 health, growth in both tbe secular and

8tmda,«hoola. 4. Over one lakh of rupees have boon collected in India to carry

on the work. Thi~ not only abo •• that. the Church in IndIa. ih a growing one, bat that the buill of her auCOOSI ia \\'it.b IOrell1l mOlJ(I)'.

IS. More than nlpeea Nixty-three tboWWld have been coUectt,>d from Grantl-iD .. jd of school. Rlld from feet paid for edoc:at-iop.

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YOUI' Committee would recommend tbat eachCircmit and btiOB make up its statistics at leutquarterly, and thatat the close of the year the completed and carefully corrected statistics be forwarded in ample time for the Pretiding Elders of the respective district., 80 88 to enable them to complete their district tables before the Session of Oonferenoe.

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J. R SCOTT, For Com mitt«.

II.-ON SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.

THB sustained and increasing interest in the Sunday-school work within the bounds of our Con.ference is noteworthy. In fact, enthusiasm in this work is greater than ever before. Nine years ago, at Moradahad, Brother Craven, prophesied that \\·ithin ten years our Sunday-school anny would number 311,000. This prophesy bas been more than fulfilled, for we now have nearly 32,000 scholars, and, but nine years have passed by, then there were 13,111 scholars, an in· crease of 18,656 during that time. At this rate of increase there will probably be at least 75,000 scholar8 at the end of the present decade. In view of the great success God has gi yen us.. one docs not dare to attempt to foretell the possibilities of our Sunday-8Cbool work for the coming oentury.

It is 0. mo.tter of congratulation that, largely through the etTorts of the Rev. Dr. T. J. SC(/tt, the interestM of our Sunday-schools have been materially ad,'anced hy the appointment of the Rel"". Dr. Phillips. 88 8ecret&ry of th(l Indian Sunday--BchIJol t'nion. '~e wish Dr. FhiDips God-speed, and pledge ourselves ro co-operat.e with him in his work.

Your Committee is glad to note that of the 31,~6; scholarsat present in our Sunday-echools. H,69::!, or De&rly one-third, are ChriJt., ians, the number of Christian scholars ha\'ing mom than doubled during the past fin" yclU'Sy while that of llon-Christian scholars falls far ahort of this rate. The greatest increase in this respect bas been in the Robilkulld District, doubtl~ss l~'1\u~(, of the faot that the people witbin its bounds ha.'!6 been becoming Christians more rapidly than in any other district. Let us 80 labour that \vben the year 1900 comes. our ~und&1-8Cboo1a may become more efficient in the salvation of the children of India.

For tho still groat.cr success of thia wo!'k, your Committee would recommend the following 1-

1. That Sunday-school ma.u-mectings be held, yearl~-! at our District Conference in connection with U Epworth Leagoe,u and LQ FiW Fauj mootinga.

2. That Brothm Craven, Hoskins, and J. E. Scott. Mahbub Khan and Ohimmau La!, be a Committoo to dmw up 1\ scbemeforthe better r,roviaion of Vernacular Sunday-schoo) literature, and AS the ftdviabllity of puhlilhiDl the M Ku.llR Ks.U, ... U-l!L-Atf'AL" in the

REPOR'l'S 01' COJEJlI'l'T:BE8.

Roman as well as in tbePel'lian character; the iuuiDg of new kina of pictures, reeord tiokets, etc., and report at our next annurtJ aeaaion.

S. That we show our love for Sanday-eohool by making the work. of the Conference Sunday-school Union more prominent, _d by aubscribing for the journal dovoted to the work.

4. That our delegates to the coming session of the Otntral Conference emphasize before that body the interest of our Sunday. school wort.

J. C. LAWSON, F. H. NORTHRUP • ... --:0:--

III.-STATE OF THE CHURCH.

Tu.E large increase in our Christian community will cause a con­siderable re-adjuatment in our work and workers this y8&l'. We havo recei\"ed over m thouand pel'llons who livo in fourteen hundred wide· Iyaeparated villages.

The indie&boDs are, that our next Annual Confereace will report twelve thousand more. How to successfully evangelize tbese pe.:1-pie is the duty that it laid upon us.

The general principles of Christianity are pretty well known to these people who ba';"e been accepting the truth of CbriatiAuity, and they accept t.he great fundamcntAI principles which gOTern their con­duct a.nd belief.

The Goucher School and Moody Yillage Missions, and other simi­lar schools, arc specially ,'aluable at this t.ime: tho children aro being tramed and aa,"ed from sin, and fitted t.1l OOcome co-workers in the s.J. Taaon of their fellow8. ''''e can indelibly imprcu on their minda. through prayer and oft.repeated lOng!', the (;o!'pel Me.SAlc. Mauy of our WOlken among thelc HCatterod ,-mage communities will be lOon of meagre attainments, they kno\lli' but little of exegesis. but, t.bey CAn

lD81DorUa practical Yeraions of the Gospel: many of the Kabiri and Ram-nandi Guru. are uneducated. but (hey will hold their congrega­tion for bours by tbe:recital of thoir versified 5acted books. ". e hive not .. ret fully utilized this element of power.

There are IOOr •• of dO\'oted, but uneducat«l, Chri.tian !DeD in aU parts of our work; they may not be able to profit by a full Theological ooane, aDd they t;bould:not be put on lL acelo of living whieb tbo ,",illage OOIJII'eptions cannot lupport; bnt a pUfe)ylBiblical caUlH of iD.true­tJoD, covering nino or ten monta.. to which the man could returu for. leCOud term if properly rccommcndcd~ would be very valuable_

In order to keep thom in their aimp)" \illage habit., DO atiptmd abouJd be giveD, but only plAin food. and two or thf(w smtl of olothiog for the year.

It woald be better tbat their f.m.ili •• remaiD at boma during their ahort coune of .tad,.

Tbe P.reaid.iDa Eldera .hould take care that a .ufficicot Dumber of fit pel80DI aro 1iceuted to perform marriaJe.; it will not 40 to allow

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our people to contract marriages which will not stand the test of the courts, and which well tempt the weaker ones to disown their families, and which render the ohildren illegitimate. Cases have occurred where the children have lost valuable property, because of the lack of con­formity to the Marriage Act on the part of their parents.

We should choose out a few of our very best, most effective evan­gelista, who should spend their whole time in visiting the village con­gregations. and so presenting Christ that our people shall enter into the joys of ains forgiven.

We should by no meanH allow the spiritllAl enlightenment and new birth of our people to take a secondary position. If these new con­verts booome new men in the L9rJ Jesus, they will draw thousands to the Cross of Christ.

R. HOSKINS. S. S. DEASE.

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IV.-ON AUDITING.

THF. Auditin~ Committee wisil t, fCp()rt as follows :-The books of the Presiding Elder:' of tlle Oudh Di.qrict, and Robilkond District haTe bccn audiU>d anI {nord correct. The book.s of the Treasurer of the }<;ducationul goard hR\"C been RllJiteJ IUlJ found corred. The books of tile Pr('~idiIj~ EidN of Amrolul l>i.:'trict bBTe been audit­eli, and ~he conditi'!l c~i tlw J);:,trid !-fa;.wn to be as fc;<lLw:-.: credit of the \\". It'. M. !". Rs. G:I:~·14-!); and d,.-hit of the Parcnt Society lis. 1,346-2-8, plus l~s. 1:, l-I.;.G, balanl'C of 1 ,'~~\.

T. eRA rES. F. L. NEELD.

\\\' ha\'"e this day o .. amiIW.l the fH'l',,:,unts of the Treasurer of tbe \V. F. M. Society of the ?\ orth India Conference and found them correct.

1lolUDlnA n : 12th Jcrm.urry, 1 ~~ 1.

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Y.-SELF-SUPPORT.

T. CRAVE-,\,. F. L. XEELD.

TnE subject of self-support continue-s to receiTc the serious atten­tion of the Conference. 'Vc rt'i"ft :-l.-'fbe collections from till' ~nti\'e Cburch continue to steadily

iDCrcL~C. 2.-The donations fr,)ln our poor \'illagr Chri~tiatls are sti:I not much

more t.han nominal. but tht'ISC of \,mr lllembers who are earning comfortablo li\"in~~. usoally ('Ontributo -rery lioorally to the liUpport of the Church, tht' ruit' bcin~t generally. t,') giftt OTer thrctl per cent. or groas 64bri('~ t(l tht' Pa~t,,\r Fund, besides giv­iIlg freel,. to the ,'arion! benoTolent oo1lections.

so RBI-OBI'S OF COMN/TrAIlS.

II S.-We note the fact that the number of Native Christiana has increased

to suoh an extent, that at present only ono of every ono hundred and Wrty-three is a paid mi&aion helper.

'.-Heretofore we hu.\"o boon obliged to press evorypromisiDg layman into mission employ; but in the future an increasingly smaller proportion of laymen will be thus employed, 60 we may reason­ably hope that uur laity will become better able to assi8t in the support of the church.

5.-We gladly note that our Qaartcrly Oonferences are getting to ap· preeiaie more and more the importanoo of establishing tho aelf-supportiJlg principle, and that our native brethren aro themselves suggesting and developing pla.ns to bring about self-support.

G.-We recommend a patient, persisU!nt eRort to enforce the principle on all our people, and that our HindustAni brethren be given the largest liberty in testing the various plans they way propose, provided, that all be done in a seemly way unto the t.'<iifying (.f the church.

7.-We further suggest, that in our anxiety to make the church self­supporting, \TO must Dever lose sight of the fact that oar first 'Work must be to make a churcb, and we doubt not that t.he Holy Spirit, among other gift.:-, will confer upon aD of oar 1l6ople a zeal for the propagation of the faith, that ,will lead thew to consecrate themselves, and their all. for this work.

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J _ O. BUTCHER. w. Pl!.VfERB. F. \\". OHEENWOLD. M.ARBUD KHAN.

VI.-TEMPERANCE.

YoU& Committee would call att~lltion to the fact that members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by virtue of their UlOlUbcrahip, belong to onc of t.he I5trictOlit total abstinence organizations in the world; that the General UWl'Il fdrbid, " 1 )ruuknnnou, buying or acl· ling spirituoualiquonl, or drinking them, unless in caace of extreme neoellity," (para. 32) and that for the habitUAl riola.tion of thij rulc1

a member not only CAn but must he expelled. (para. 2'2.) Fur­thermore. \bat, the Book of Discipline regard! "Voluntary totAl al)o­.tineo08 from all intoxicants AI the true ground of penowrJ tempor­ance aDd complete legal prohibition of the traffic in alcoholic drinkt .. tbedDtl ofeim Govcrnwcnt," and dcclan.,-a that temperanoo '-lm­pli .... A .bordiu&t.lon of aU tho emotions, pauiona IUld apIJCtita to ~bfJ ooauol of reuon and CODICience.. N (Para.. :!76.)

Upon this platiorm we take our Iwd. In ~rclaDoe with it, it iI over jllcumbcat upon u.s, AI a church, to be a.oUve awi alert to keep

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tht' wily and insiduous foe from making inroads upon UI. We have not oDly to guard ourselves from the evil, but it becomes our duty to comba.t the enemy abroad. "'0 tbink we are safe in saying that intemperance, especially in the use of intoxicating drinks, is on the increase in India. M.any causes contribute to this. HaDY things bave a tendency to cheapen liquor and encourage its sale and coDsump­tion. The drinking habits of Europeans, the canteen system of the British Army, the lack of popular sentiment in favor of temperance, the imitat ive nature of the people, their desire to assume Western hahit:- nnd follow European ways; these things help to cbange this naturally temperate people into a rapidJy becoming nation of drunk. ards. In tbese days, not only dl&obiu (washcrmp.D) and mochiu (sboe­makers), but the briLiaul Bengali Babu and the pledged follower of th(' Qaran, and e,'en tilt· nath"e Christian, are learning to drink. We are glad that most of our "WIl people ba,e been S8\"OO from this curse ; but H eternal nf,rilance is the price of liberty!1 and we are bound to do all that wo can t.o to!\Y6 all classes of the community from this evil, and to lrnd our aid to all dlort s to banish it from the face of the earth. 'VI~. tbcrefof(" lUi a Conference. would again pledge ourselvee to help, hy perj;onal seTV;I!', by lllOrlf'Y ('lntr:bntions, and by our pray­prs, t.hose who arf' endCa\·,'\~riug to arouse public feeling against the manufacture and nale of ir;toxirating liquors, or who are petitioning Go\"ornment against the evil, and 'We are more t ban e,er resolved that we ,,·ill neither .l makt·. buy. sell, furnish nor cause to be fu.rniBbed intoxicattng liquors 3S a \){·\-Hage. i,t~t will do all in ou.r power to dis­eourat:e t beir use in t.he comm ::n:: f:'

Your Commitr.·(· wouLi urge I'iu; as in these Jay:, large numbers of conHrt:-. c:'i'l',:ially irom lHn')~J~ the lower classes, are joining us, t bat aU our mir;l'ionnrics and preachers ani! eachers should very care­fully instruct them '..:1'on the sUhjd:t .·f temperance, and endeavour to eradicatr from nnwn~ them any irJtI lDpHate habits which they may hal'S b('en habitut.lwd to in tlwir old rdizilln. and that the habitual use oi opium ur Mall!! or rlltTrtJS or 9t11iJa bC cnnsidcred a safficien' reason tor ('xdusiClfl from uwmbt'rship in our Church.

Your Gommitt<'t.l are glad that t.here appears to be a growiDc Hcntiment 8ga.in~t tbe evil hnhit of :l:,ing tobacco, that tbe organiza­tion knoW'll n!i t,bo LeU Fila f(wJ, is (',('r inc.reasing in numbers and influence. that at tiw recent Chan,lauai Camp llcetin~ its aDni\"'enary wasJargely ath·ndl'd .• n;,l tbat. thert, Wil" reported tbe following mem­bership for B('l"t-rnt lr:tdjll~ 1'lations. t·iz~. Yoradnbad 1,000. &reilly GpU, Dudaon 1l!), "atdl~IUlj H'~' and LUUllOW bit.

lIow('\'(~r. tlWftl is olle ph:1JiO:uf the tobaoco question, which is a cause fllr 6crioul regrot. ulundy. that many of the members of the LeU FilIi F<lc~:' l"1'lllain (lhstlliuefS for only !\ short I't-.riod and then go back to the o!t! haOit.. It has .. Iso bct'n brought to our attention that 60tnQtimcs P'rsous arc led t J pin upon apecilll occ.a.sious me.rely to swell the numlwrs. and not for purl'0Sl"~ of J1byaical good or moral rt>fonn. Your Corumitt(~ 'Wouirl d~plore another fact which baa come under their obacrration, t I:., that c\-tn IOllltl (If our members of

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Conference, and local preachers and exborters have failed to keep the 101e1llD vows made before t heir brethren, in Conference assem .. bl.-4, to wholly abstaiu froUl t he use of tobacco; so, that in being checked for one evil, they fall into a grester, and the lut state is worse thaD the first. While your Oommittee would deprecate anytbing like uadue harabxwsa upon this subject, yet they feel bound to urge that our people be more careful in making, and Dlore faithful in keeping, their proIDiaes upon this subject.

With a sincere desire for the spiritunl wt'lfarc of the Church, your Committee would caU the attention of all our preachers and peoplo to the Jl~ity of being careful to live pure and chaste live&, obaening acrapuloWlly the spirit of the Seventh Comruandmcnt, as inter­preted by ODr bleSSrti Lord in the fifth chapter of t he Gospel accord­ing to St. Matthew. \V.~ are here in tIlt' midst of this J.!feat people Dot ooly to pnatA n p\1n~ nnd holy (i():"\l'f'll but to exemplify it ill our liTes, and tD recommend it by our example.

Deeming it to be within th~ jurisdiction of this Committse to OODsider loeial topics, 80 far 88 they I'crtai tl to the 8U bject of temper .. ance, )'Our Committee would exprc~"i thamse}",('!; in nylnpathy with aU effort. now being made to abolish child-marriage. to rai80 the age of couaent.. and, in general, with all reforms dMigned to ameliorate the social condition of the women of t his land and to emancipate them from the aelfi."htl~t;s ~nd liCf'utinUSIH'5fi of men.

Further. tbat 81 a liill has been introduced illto the ("luncil of the Governor-General of lndia for the amendment of the t'Indian Chriatian Marriage Act," but said Hill not contcJlll':atin~ the raising of the age at which native Chri~( ian! can bP mMricd. your Commit­tee would recommend thnl this COllfcrcnC(' joio oth,-r missionary bodies in uking that the age fflf men be rai8Cd from 16 to 18, and for women from 13 to 15 V~.4r!.

10 oonciuaioo, your Cornmitw(> would lift a prayer to Heayen that we may be kept, 88 a Church, Il pure Church, that wo mny be uved from aU fonns of internpcrann .. thAt "'f~ may neithf'r toach, taste nor handle any undean thing, fiO that It laat we may be preamted before the throne of God t,lanwlCH and without spot.

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J. E. SCOTT. A. T. LEONARD. X. L. ROCABY.

VII.-BOARD OF EDUCATION.

I. I .. pH your C()mmittee pleaauro t.n report that amid the diJoeet aottre evange1jlltie efton. of the Conference. and .. hiJecoo"erta. .. , ••• U, from amoDg tho lower c1a..et, multiply; tho cau •• of Reio­catioe • D~ bei.q Degk«~. Thil i. u it abould be. Science i. the baDd-ataid of reJitioa, and tho ",jelling-book Ibould aocompu)' the Bible.

RbPOR'l'8 OF COMMIX' TEES.

2. Your Oommittee is glad to notice, that as the years It> by, our educational .ystem is becoming more and more complete: 80 that from the humbleat lower pimary Bcltool. to the Christian College, there ia & gradual, sY6tematic and natural progress. We have our Theo­logical, and Normal Scbool, preparing young men for active Ohristian work; our Cbristian Colleges, for both sexes, in the interest of higher education, counteracting the prevalent scepticism of many other sehoola, and providing au opportunity for the education of our Christian youth at home; and immediately below t hem, tin: high schools, with fOlty­eight middle grade, a.nglo-vernacular; and six hundred and forty upper and lower primary schools. In aU these six hundred aDd ninety-four scbool. there arc nineteen thousand three bundred and forty-on8 pupils; six thousand three hundred and twenty-eight of wbom, or more thaD one-third, are Christians, Bud two thousand one hundred and fifty of them, girl ••

\V' e recognize the importance of maintaining all the educational institutions necessary to Lrain up our C!lribtians into strong, vigorous woman and manhood,

To do this wo Dfed our existing l'astor-teacher schoob. primary, upper primary (fifth edition anglo-vernacular) and high achoola and Christ.ian college8.

However t while we cease Dut t-o 'reeogn.i1.e in the ao-calJed mi .. sionary lecular education of Ilon .. (:hristians a powerful agency for good in the moral education of India, and a most Taluabie evaageliBtic aid in keeping Ut; in lout.:h with nIl d3l'M'S in a way most helpful to our work in this country. we r(*cogni4t' that the time bas come when we should cease 10 (:,xpend funti~, received from the Board, to maintain in­stitutiona not Dt.'CCtlSar,\ tu teach and develop our Christian community.

,,-e recommend that the a.t.J(\\'e be considered our missIon policy. na it regards our educational work; &Ild that, with the 8&I1ction of tbe Biaho}), the ,Finallcc Committee so adminl:-t.er grant. from the Board for echools, that Cti~1 to be given to the ab<,,-e potiey at the earliest practicable dnh·. :\t:\'crtt.t'les~. each school ~hllll be reported to the }~inanct' t'vmmittcc, and t;ball be oollJ>;idcred OB it.s own merits, and the said Commitu:e ~haU ha~e power to do~e or to ('ontinue tbe sohool. Your Committee is of opinion t ij,~r tb(· sy~!t'm tlf employing te.aeber­pastor!') lIO\\' in \'ogm', t'~p('{'iully in the parh- of our~tleld where C'.on\'t+rt. are multililying ra.pidly. i.:i a most cxceHeut one. It is oomparati",eJ~ inexJlen8i,e~ it COllSCrvl'S aud unitlth.-i our rapidly growlUIt Christian (''ODUnUllitiell. it insufl's at leut elt~menbry 8ecular and rt·iiF01lIl.eacb­in" and partly 8Oh'Y tbi' perplexin~ quC'stion, recurring again &Dd again, of how to reaob the mas,scs. \V c wouic t heref ore heartilv com~ mend every effort bt'ing madt' tc ~('cure contribdiolls toward this noble object, and rejoice that our beloved Bi .. hop hns recent1r ~l !lO

s\lCCeuful in 600uriug i lUuLl for t bit; Purl)()r't'. ". e would acknowl­edge the grual goud tbat i& bel!l~ accompli. .. ht,d by the Goucher aDd· Frey Scboolat and wvuld poillt to this titlld &oS a grand opportunity forr the oxercile of furtl.wr benevolence 011 the part of Christian philau­tbtopiata.

RBPORTS OF OOJ.llHll.'TEES.

While attending, bowever, to the immodiatA needs of our hum­ble converts, we would deplore any indifference to, or neglect of, higber education. We are laying foundations for the future, as well as yorking in the present. Methodism in India, u well 8S in China and Japan, must haye its Christian College. It is with much regret tbat we learn, that the nece58nry funds have not yet been collected to enable the Trustees of the Lucktlow Christian College to erect the necessary buildings for t.he accommodation of the scbool, and we would again commend the cause to the Churoh, and tlrge that efforts to secure the needed funds be continued. A little oyer ~15tOO(J has been collected for t~be "·oman's College. Of thb sum ~:.!,4()O was paid to the Deaconess's Bome, in lieu of their inturest in tho property occupied by the oollege, to provide quarters lor the l.!1nana workers. Rs.25,OOO have been deposited a8 endowment. and the balance will be used to build additional recitation rooms and dormit(lri(·~. The success of a. Woman's College must delMmd largely upon the support and sympathy giv-en to higher education in all our girls' schools aud in our Native Christian community: it ill hoped that it may continu,­to be encounged by the ConfNt'nca. ~o mnny yeung mf1n hn,"c heen recommended for the Theological School that ndthcr :,dlOlarlihips Dor dormitories have been syailable, and it hS1J OOf!11 found n('consry to 8Dl&rge the building, and it is hoped that through the libenlir y of patrons and friends the scholarsbips also will Le great ly incroR8cd.

Tbe Truatoos of the Theolo~lcal Seminary, at a recent meetinr:, adopted the following rC6olutioll~ whid) ure herein pn·~f'nt..ed to the Conference with the Committ{,(;'d recommendation for their favorable ooDlideration.

After 8Oa:e discussion on the ques: ion of increased force on tho teuhing staff of the Sominary, ~be following was pn~~I,!d :-

&1I01D«l :-That it ill tIt·· opinion uf thi~ Board that til" full time &lor! dreDgtb of two foreign mi.li-~i',unrH:~ "houl,i tj(' f.:IHU til tbi~ aru.titutiuu.

"On motion, the qnestion of 8 modith.><l courae of Tl!9':)logic:L! and Biblical study in the Seminary for short term bt udents was re­ferred to the coming session of Annual ('onft'flmcc."

The Engliah High Schools at Naini Tal are prospering. The Girls' High School at Cawnporc in it. m'w q\UU't(!r, i. doing well and is looking forward to the early c")mpletion of it.; fint' new building. The Boys'and Girls' Iligb Scbools at lIoradablldzSfl·necompli.bing ft ~at york in educating our ChriatilUl youtb, and we would recommend t hut. prorided they can be obtained from other than money received from the Board, the ecbolanhjps of the lJaYI' &hool be 10 increued 811 to permit a larger Dumber to .'-ail thomsch'ca of tbe ndvantages of the iDstitutwn.

On behalf of the H Children', Day Fund:' we n'grf't tllroport a c1ecreue in the collection!; of about It'J. :.!OO, QJJ compared with Is!'! fi:- ThiI decrea~ Call largely be acc!)unh!d for by 8ickno... 1 n

ch, when tho collection •• bould havo been taken. t be iU.Oue"'1-. wal preYalent in all farta of the Minion, making it .Immlt imp()futible to hold .. ChildreD • Day Benice •. " Epidemice in t.he Naini Tal En;liJb

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schools no doubt explain wby no collection is reported from the Eng-lish Ohurch of that station. '

The Board has this year extended help to several girls, as well as to boys. Where help is needed, we desire that daughters, as well as 80ns of native preacbers should be aided from the Fund.

The Board of Education would urge, that all our missionaries, including those o(the 'V. F. ~1. D., take a deeper interest in this good work. Here is an opportunity for liberal giving; while the Hindus­tani children cast iu their hard·earned pice, let us drop in our rupees and encourage others to do so. Let us rally around this cause and increase the collections to ItB. 1,000 !

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VII I.-DR. BUTLER CHAPEL FUND.

Resol"td :-That this Conference hereby renew its expression of appreciation Ilud gratifica.tion for the good work which our be­loved friend an I forIller superintendent hal! done in se~uring the establishment of this fund for village chal'el~. During this year, by the aid of this Fund, chapels have b~n erect.ed or are being erected in the following places :-:-\hahi, :'llI:r;arh, !-,irnuli, Hathra.ss, Pa.tiala, Gilllgoon, Bilram, Kachla, (;onaur, Lotanpur, Ubamora, Hijnor, Xa­giua, Dallg, I>ilibhit, H.ethari, Hayatnnoar, :-likandrabad, .Aliganj, ll<~raoRnki, Lakbilllpur. ('awnpore, :'ll.lhabad, Gulauthi, Rabtaul, Kburja, and JahaIl~irbad. Your Committee suggests:

1. That this Fund be known as the Dr. Butler Chapel Fund. 2. That local aid ~hould be s{·\..'ured, in any place, from the

Hindustani Church, according to the ability oi the people, before applying for aid from this Fund.

3. Only snch ehapds should be erected as arc adapted W the circumstanco.-. of the people alllcng whom they nre erected, and such as tilt' people thenlli~"hcs l';~l\ kt·t.p in repa.ir ill the future.

4. \\"c rt~ommeud that till! rC<Jucst of Dr. Butler for a special comJUittl'~: bt, accepted by us &J.d sucb comwitt.ce be appointed.

5. Thnt we renew our a<hice to all Circuit.s that they take up a collection allllual!)' for this "cry iw portant work.

E. "-. P ARKEIL J. 'V. 'r.!l~lia P. T. 'YILSOS. ~. l~:\ 0 W LES. 11. A.. l'rTrl~G.

NOT£:-ln accordance with the above report the following wera appointed 011 tbe CowUlittt't' :---

Biabup J. 11. 'rbobunl t E. 'Y. Parker, ~1. \\ ... \\~8ugbt J. H llc88U1ore, P. T. \\. il~on, Zahur-ul-Haqq, J. E. ~l'ott. J. C. Butcher, A. Solomoo. Hasan ltua KluUl, T. Cru\'t'u, T. J. SooUl S. S. Deue, W. fetlers,. O. Luke.

llBPORW OTt (JOJlMl~f'E8S.

IXt-EXAMINATIONS.

FIRST YEAR.

\V. A. Mansell, passed in Vernacular (except Urdu writing); J. B. ThoD1RS and F- H. Northrup, passed in aU the Vernacular; Chheda Lal. U. H. }'rey, E. T. }"arDOll, S. 'l'up)M'rand W. T. Speake; passed; He K. L:st., Kalin Dass, and Bihari Lal, finished back atudit>8.

SECOND 'l'1~R.

G. F. Hopkins, passed in \~ oml cuIat'; r.a Dasa, Chunni La1, C. S. Paul and Dihari Lal, passed in all: L. ..\. Core and }4". H. Northrop, pa&8t.-d iu Pope cwd Harm&n: F. W. Foote pueed in .Pope, and Harman complete.

THIRD YE:\H.

J. C. Butcher, pa.5Sfld in all the remaining Vernacular, Kanu Illl/u' and ,,-srrCfl Scott, passed in aU; \V. A. Mansell, ~ in Pope and Harman.

FOURTH YEAR.. . Kanhai Si.ngh, paUet! a fairly good examination; but .hould read lama-ul·faroiz, H&l.ul·Ashi.has and lIiftab-ul·HiDood. J. B. Thomas pa.8800 in the Englisb studies.

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X.-EVANOELISTIC WORK. DOaUlG tbe put ytar, evangelistic "'orlt baa increased in aD en­

couraging dt~:;"'T(.-e in IUIWy place6. 'rhi. work baa tJCeU of two kiDdt: (1.) Opening ncw field. and briogifl'; in a.nd baptitio.: the disciplee made, .d briDging in and baptizing thf' dUieiple. in the old 6eldl; and (2 ) If.."ading the baptized di~t;iplea through several aervicee into A now apiritval life: \"ery much ha"" been d'·DC in both of tboac kind. of work. Some 200 Dew ~nten of "'ork ha \'0 been opened and lUany have been ",·ed.

At the lut Confeft1lC8, He,.rat person. were Mt apart rOt' evan­plSic York. The object lpeeially IJOUght by tbeae mOIl w" to brillg about a re\·jval of work tbat would be direot. ud that. would pther in t.be peopl& at onoe allover our Indian M iAi01l Selda. Hence. ~b the weana of circular lct,ton, much direct co ..... ~ &04 by tbe eecuriAg of apecial fwult. fWd •• wi'll .. bJ direct,.....&1 efFort, t.hii work baa been pUlhcd forward. W, belioYe that tM .... -

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prove the wwciom of the movement. Should the exigencies of the work prevent the appointment of a general evangelist for the coming year, tho correspondence, the advice by circular letters and the spe­cial sWarts by all, should be continued until a revival flame shan sweep over our entire Indian field. \Va shall keep in view these things:

1. 'Ve should arrange in some way for fOpecial services for the deepening of spiritual work of our converts in all towns a.nel villages whpre the dil6iplea of Jesus reside.

2. We shan giye special attention to our old fields where we h.,-e workers anti schools already established, and where we can teach more converts wi hoot extra £>1: cndita onev that in these many more dismplef' may gilt ere in.

3. We muat continue to foHow the leadings of the spirit and gn] forward into n .... fields juSt as fa;.;t a.s He If.':!.ds, but no faster than w(' can arrange for th ... reli~iot1!' teaching and training of the people.

1-:. ,r. PARKER .. H. A. Cl:'TTI~l;. Y AQUB SllAH.

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XI.-MEMOIRS. REv. ALLAY J. \1 A. 3: "·EU. wa.c; born in Crawford, County Pennsyl­

,·aniA, OIl May 13th. 1 ~:"d. He attended 8chool at the Pierpont Academy in Ohio, nfterward!:i att{nding and. ~radnating from the Pennlylvania ~t4te ~onllal School, in thf> ~'p:~r 1 ~i3.

He then t:ngaged in teaching scholl}: hut, two y(·a.rs ]at~r, t'ntered upon hi.s college cour~!" in ,,- e .. t.~rn l~f's(,rT(, l'o!l(,;!t', wbich he attend .. ed for one year; fr,'fll !lpn- he wcnt to .:\:]'-';': h(,!lY ('oI:e;!l' and finished the D. A. Course. Bl' ttli'll went to the B(l!'\t\..1:l Cllin"r:-:ty School of Theology, graduating in till' year 1 "'''~. While attending t{ere be was zpalously engaged in work among the sailor:, anJ n~·.:lL'Cte(l people.

His first year in dw mini .. rry W3}'; in Jackson. Michif.ran, where be was a pastor, greatly hcloY('(1. In 1 ........ 3 he r&ct'in·d his call n come to lndi.e.as a llis.sionan-, (ud with cbaract~ristic de~'ision ol)('yed the call As soon as he ftrri~'cd among us, we saw t hat he had c:.,me to work and help and spend bia str('n~th in th~ Master's scmce. During his first four yoars of faithful work on his cba~ in Cawnpore, he won many souls for J I'SWi, ma.lp st rong the he:art.s of the WllVering and strengthened the hands of nIl his ft"Uow-laborers.

He loved t~) prench t 1, I\nd "Bit aW0IH!, tbe po:'plfl: and d('P!,ly regretted to give UI) bia pulpit whtm 1\ SN·ere thN.tLt difficulty male it 11 neceeaity. 'Vbile in Cawnporo he ~ga.n !!\IlU'!" Yot·~,; Fou~s. a.nd when tra1l8ferroo to tAke dmrgc of til(' Press in LucknoW', he still continued to speak to India's yC"'lIn~ Il('()ple by mcan:, of his pen.

During the last thrl't" y~nni l'f his lift', bc fought ~)ura.goously against diaeue, but not aUowill~ Wt"'!\rillcs.s or dise.n.st1 to make him think of stviDg up hislo\'cd work"; fiually. when &CUlt' disoosc disabled

REPORTS OF COMlIl1'1'EBS.

bim, and he was preparing to go back with his family to America; that swift destroyer Cholera attacked him.

On tbe moruing of October 20th, he W08 in tbe Press, at his post, and at 10 .. 'clock at !light, our devoted, loved fellow-work.er had left our ranks for the better and lorger life abovA.

Onr dear brother was most do,9oted t.o his work; cool, clear, de­cided in his opinions, loving, ",ann and tru~ as a friend, sympathetic, strong and helpful as a minister.

The memory of his dO\'oted life is a precious legacy to our Indion Church.

Bali PETER B. GRAY sahib shabr BaD8.ra8 k.i braf kisi basH met) paida hue, jis waqt un 1;.1i sin (Jarib 1 (I turns kti tbli· wuh 1):buda ki muzi sc S&:l I ~;;9 f~wi mOll Orphanage meo ba m"qam Bareilly lAe gu. Bachpan hi se bhai sIihib ko llal'iibi ;;i: aur bbljn.n ke gaDe ka babut hi sbauq ths, aur llihayat sbidn 8wliz St, g.ihf:w:ile the. Jia waqt bha! mausUf ka sin 20 bans ka bUli wuh tu KbudawanJ kf l;.bidmlt.t. ko JiyC

maJhs6s kiye !!ne, sbu.n.i hi meu wllb Kh€'f(.' Bajbero meD Yi~hlln L· lriste kam karne b~l'. aur chand f)r8e ke bf,d wuh Bareilly Theological Semina.ry meu san 1" 7t

' m(!ij wast~ basil karne ilm i Illihi bh(>je gac. Tin ba.rns komi! pun l;.hwa.ndagi basil kn.rkc Local Preacber ki sanad basil karke Oudh ki ta.raf tabdil kiye g'(I, u~ taraf bhlii mausuf hama­tan ~buda ki ~Udmnt mt-O ma..;hrul rab kn !Ian 1 ,,~:? Tswi mou ordina­tion para.. Bbtii Gray sahib dindrir aUT fttwi-dost aur har dil-~zil; I be·. Khuda ko yih pasand sly:i i-i wuh hamare l,}Ul1 10 .pne pas rakhe, pas 15wiv April l ... no meu wuh hamare darmiytin lie bula Bye J:8e, aUT

apDf bfld aur bachcbou Ito is l.amiu par chhorke apne .. (smani Rip ke pH arim karte aur tu ke jahil meo l$.lu.l .. hi pate bei r.

S. K ~ OW1..1·:'~. F. 1. :\ EELD. C. LrKE.

REVISED COURSE OF STUDY.

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SXLIYXX.~ KXNFAItANS Kf IPIWKNDAG!,

Fon AJ)~I !S~JUX os TlllAL.

Ddt),;!" i"e l;:re.

1. "Cmmedwar rrdu y;i Hindi QawBid, Jngrsfiya aur histib ach­cbbl hrah se jane.

~" QadfID tl1wuril;i.h lie ikhtitlfLr, Homan ['rdo, or Landmarks of Allci(,lll Hi"t~ory"

:1. llunter'g brief IHlitory of the Indian People in EngliJb, Litho-graph. rrdu or Hindi.

.1. Jugrliliya Ptik :'ittib, pi :-\cripture Geography. ;" Disci plint·.

FI1t:-\T YEAIt.

1. Filasafi dar bab ladbir i nnjtit, or 'Vnlker's Philosophy of tha Plan of Sal'\'ation, or Mat l'aribhti.

2, 1):hutut ba ll;::n jaW'limin Hind, or Yitcbell's Letters to In-dinn Yout h, or Sat Yilt Ninipsn meo jo H unud ki blibat haL

3. Hursfs Shvrt History (If tilt! early Church in English or in Lithograph-rrdti, or C.dt:h·!'< IIltl~bb Tawliril;Jl Kalisiya·

o

4. WM"lan-J's Moral S\,.,it:YlCe ill English or in Lithograph-t rdu or Uaibal Ha~haqq.

:J. l'ahriri W~l. Ttl HE l~EAD.

1. ~tobart's lahim {Ir Ta"°firil;.h lIahamdi. or .. 1wagawan Bichar. ., Din Ishim SUf us ki tardid in R<mllul-rrdii or in Lithograph-

{'rdu. :-: E('()~D YE.-\ l~.

1. Dinncy'8 Com~ndm.. or Ynlthhlan llm Ihihi. 2. ""bat tiJink ~~t'l of (thrif't. ". 8ngb&l}·~) or :M'uth Ibn rruab or

Db&rm Pualak lie adho bhtig Dlt'U Khri~t lui Sam:khnr. 3. I"ield', Hand·hook of Tbll()lo~. one ball, or Tariq uJ Hayat

or Dharma dharrn Parikaha Ilatr. 4. Introduction to Tbomu' Commentary on Genesis •. in Roman·

rrdu. G. Tawi ""l.

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TO BE READ.

Mulcil(,o ke li!le.

1. Clark's six Lectures on the Arya Samaj in Engliah or Urdu or Hindi.

=? }'ormans' Arya Samaj or Yiftih-ul· Tauret, or Pap Sodhan Siddh:int.

THIRD YEA.R.

Ti.,.a Slil.

1. Buahnell's Character of Jesus or fsi ki &irate 2. Thomas Taabrib-ul·TasHs in Homan-Urdu. 3. FisbeJ'!1 Manual of Christian 'Evidences ill Englisb, or fswi

SubLit, Roman-lrdd mell. 4. }'ielfs Hand-book of Theology, completed, or Sat Mat Nir6p­

an men Din T,wi ki babat. 5. Tahriri Wf.\z.

TO BE UEAD.

MultiiQtI i.:e /iy(.

1. llurdocb'& PopulAr Hinduism or La.khshmf ~hankar'~ Primer of Biology in l rd6 or in Hindi.

J;'OrHTH YEA n.

Chaut],e .cil l:~ imtiiu;u ke Suwalcit.

FA8L 1.

billlMri mlr Cl1llltit !JIt!{iri I-t boyd,. nutf.

1. H6bani zindagi kyti. h'li '! r. ki a6Hyat hartn karo. 0) Kyuokar m",him bo!~ hni. ld bam lllq,l Rtihnnf 7.iudngi hai? 3. "rAjI ko kis tarah m~him bota hai, ki ~b:.ldti nt' mujb ko "'1)1

ke kAm ke wlhte tAlah ki";l hai? 4. l:badim ud diD k'e ~b'js kim bayiin karo, aur yih batao ki i.

,bidmat ke waste kann kauo fi~ wusf chilmye '! Ii. "'uh kann .e tariqc baiu. jin Ie yib ataM barbte jato haiu? 8. Batao kj logou Ito ;:harou pAr ahwdl-l'UNIi ac liye jin', kaiiA

7.arUr bai. aUf yib kaba ki tumhnri ill nm meo kia qadr tawajjub hai ~ 7. Yib batlAo ki kit tArnh },arbte likbte ho '! 8. JAb.8 tam KAnfarall4t ki imtihuu-banlai.ri mt"1,} 1.0. tab Ie tum D. jital. When har .al dekhi baiu un -ab kc nAm bat lao ? t. Kalab i l[urladdua ke p:,.rlme meo t.umbtirli kiloa "oaqt sarr

hotA bai, aut Ii if; t&rfqe &e parhte ho '!

1"',&S1.. 2.

iJoihal hi i mti/uill.

1. Kia ittiWr Ie tum Baibal ko X.1'm i UAb{ ianU! bo, aur kin c1alUl Ie tum yib nle ",kbte no '/

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2. Kia daHl se MajmulJ. i Ahd e !tiq ko, jo ham men muraw­wij hai, m uotabar jante hof 1;Chulasa bayan karo.

3. Kis dalfl se wuh sab kitlibeu jo is Majmw,. i !bd e Jadfd meo d8Ji.hil hrun, mUl).tabar 0 sahih junu, ho? Mujbtasar bllyan karo.

4. Iiis tarab Mahammadion ke is d".we ko, ki Kutub i lluqad­c1asa maDso\tb ho gal haio, galat sabit karte ho '!

5. ({huruj i Misr se Yashtj ki maut tak, IsraelioD ki tarfl.ch 1m ,bulan batao.

6. Das firqot). ki bagawat ke mu5a.q.lliq jo 1}bass waqiat baill, unben bayaD karo.

7. Yah6diou ki s&.l'ina. Tdeo aur nil. \'ih ki kis hat ke wute muqarar hut thie, aur ki~ t arab par ada 1.1 j:t.i tLiu, batao.

8. Khsss Js,ba!>!'1 nabioo kc mim aur jis zamnne me!) nnhon ne nub6wateu kiu, wuh 7.amtinc aur nil yib ki wuh l1ubtiwatcn kis bale meu thin bayun karo.

9. ~hudtiwand Yuill ki btitou :;e kuchh ai~i mi.;Jcn do jin Sf zabir boli bai, ki wub IJurs!ne :~hd ke nnwj~httJU ko mU\lta~ar samajhta tba.

10. Kaun "i l'f.':-h-k!.ablri 1'0. Yasih til: mntq.lliq hait), ~husUsan us ki amnd nur :,ir;.· aur kli.m aur mliu~ Sf: '!

11. 1I1l:<ih ki .(n<1 l;i ice hu.lht kis kis wa'It kc m~lum haio, aur muddat lJhd i ris,;lat kb qnrir t!ti '!

I:? tS ki ris:dat kc ~bliss wa'lht Bur j'1haO jabau ki wah guzre haiu, batao.

13. ~llIi:-. }s.lu1ss bliteu muudnrjs i A,mril i UJ\stiI batao. 14. YUOjiZll kyli hai n:lr mu).~·vV fie kyiiukar m~um hotS bai

ki Kutab i lIuqaddau min-janih .\ !ltih baiu '!

F.:\~L :t

iJail,all.:i tJ,linuil kt! IJoy(cll iii!!,!.

]. l\hllj,i ka wnj~.d Illihal se kis lamh s;ih:l bob! hai? 'J Uai;,al tit' Ti1~l:!'\ kti kya :'-1ih •• t bai, ytJne ki ('k Khudi mel} tin

aqnum bail) :3. \:buda ki sifat batao .. ur har !!ifat kti sabut rtik N Iwishtou se

do. .1. &hudli Icc mujassam hone b, masala j\.) Autub i Yuqa:ldaaa

meu pays jnt:i lllli, usc bay tin karo. aur yih blt!io ki us t~Hm ko Daj't ke bandoba. .. t !<it' kya ib'i '\ hai ?

5. Mn.. .. O) kl r~t:'hiyat hutllb i YU'laddssa sc s:ibit karo. 6, Dnibsl ki kaull kaun ~i aytit 1:1libiyat i lhsih ke mu,bilif,

Musa.lman peeh knrt.(' hnin. nur t tim un ke kyn m~ne lete hv'? "i. Rub j (luci .. ki 39numiyat ka.. &ur rluhiyat kti aur U~ ke kam

ka Ptik nD.Wi4bwu 'c lubut do. ~. !dam ko gUlloh kai nntija u!\ i.e aur us ki au.h\d ke bn.qq mel)

kya hoa '! 9. Yuih ko kaflir(\ aur guulihoO Iti mU$£i mel) kyu j;sq& hai? 10. lIufb ko ji utboe k!i 6ubut do. 11. Uasih ki ahaf'ot Iti uliyat aUf fiida, jai$e hutub i Muqad­

dua meg ttlim hai. bap,n karo.

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12. RUb ul Quds ki gawtlhi k.i nisbat kya ts)Hm 0 dolil hai? 13. Yasfbi kamaliyat kn masala jo ""esloy sahib no sikhl'ya hai

use mulilituaraD baynD karo Bur naibal 8e us kti ,"ubut do. 14- Nai Paidaisb aUf kiwi! ptikizagf ke darmiyliu jo rarq hai

use aamjha do. 15. Is d~wc ko bare mel) ki h jo koi 61. sar i nau paidai bot8 hai

is taur so nahiD giroga ki lll.~hir i ktir hallik bo jaic," hamar! Kalisiya ki kya rae hai ~ aur aubit karo ki yih nit, aulam I lllihi kf.' bamujib haL

16. Batao ki Baptisma kalsi rasu.: uai, aur kis garal. so Lai, aur kyUv fan hai? har bat. lui subut do.. ., . .

17. Sliblt karo k1 bachchou ko bapttsmsl denu mUD8sIb hal. 1~. Baibal mel) ~8h' e Rabballi Jd nitiuat. knon kaull H' moba­

ware &e haiu, aur wuh ki:; garaz se luiu aur Masibioll IJur U8 ka man­na kyUU fau hai ?

19. Hinduol) ke muale tanns~b, )"I,lIlC kayO. palat ko kyugkar plat .bit karte ho '!

20. Jism ke ji utlmc ko bab meu, Kut-ub i Yuqaddas8 meu kyu ttlim hai? HawCs do.

KaU";!la ke iilti:'.im 0 tarlill k( ''''!lun W(U.

1. Kalfaiya ke t.arab tilrab ke intita mat ba)-an karo. 2. Mct-hodist Epi.;kopal Ka1ilii)"u meo (jcnernl Knnfarans aur

AI!Dual Klinfaran1' aur KutirtSlrJi Kallfarans ke mutn~lliq kyri kyti. kUIU ham?

a. Kalisiya k·· l..Ibdcdaro!) moo" lii!hol' I~ aur •. rrcsiding 1-:111(1JO " aur "Elder r, aur " J)ikan II nur •. lCbaidim ud din ., nur .. Lok8~ waiz" aur so l[a~htark6r H aur •. Amnnntt!,ar r aur killis ko Hadi jo baio, un meg bar ok ka kitna ili-htiy:ir hai, aur ltya kim mUti,mll bait aur Iii" ke Wnhne jawib-dibi bai '!

j'(; I i~·Jt i K ali"~ !,U.

1. Yahudiou I. .. ~h~!; 6r(I'-. lluib ke waqt mOD kitn~ Lbe? unka bayan karo.

2. Awail 7,amtinon UUl) jo llziyateo l[Il."iLiIJV no uthai baiv. un ka kuehh bayan karo.

3. to "uail ki baylitl karo jin ko sah,b 8C iLtida meo lIasihi mazhab bahut phant, (M.tlJ(~r IUibib ki Tawarf\;b i KrJisiya tiara bab, dafp 1,2. 3, ;, ko dokho.)

4. ODOttilwlI kJ icY' t')Hm t hi aUf UI Je ()l'Hlim Kalbliy! par icY" ~b uar para? (Matber titihib U Tuwdri\i.b i KaH.iyti tiua kiL cIaf .. ~.)

6. Latber .hih Ie "in 'lab), lJin i (liwi Jill kyo hil h.i :1 6. Bart leJ4h i Knbabi jo Lur hor aahib Icc w"'Jt meu lnh. Ul'

kA hi1 battio, Id. aabab 8t1 wub maih litH lbi, aUf kaun kaut) loa u, -eo abarik i hal the'~

REPORT/} OF COMMITTEES. 93

7. Britaniyu. c Uzma mell Methodist Kalisiya ke muqa.rrar hone ka sabab batllo, aur ,,, csley sabib ki tahrik meD ~hass log kaun the?

s. Methodist ]~J)ibcopal Kalisiya kis sabab se a.Uf kiH waqt men aur auwa1 kahuo bani '! (l.>iiisiplin ku bah i suwal de!,ho.)

9. llillud ke mul,~btalif firqe aur yih ki wuh kahnu s(nikle:aur un kti bani Bur ulJlw I;.haes l,u!ide battio.

111. Muhammadiuu !a~ din ki ibLidu aur Muhammad sahib ka kuchb bayan karo, aur mu~htaiif fi'lfOU kli aUf unke hadioo ka kuchh zikr karo.

11. Rikhotl ke ma7.hab ki ihtidli kahuu se hai aUf use Hinud 0

Islam ke Dlazhab se ky;i i:.iqll hlti '! 12. }1rabmo mazhah k:i l:;;az 0 t:.ra'1'll aur b6Jat maujll(ia aur

~ha&S ,qidoD kri boyan karo.

1. a)

:S. ,I.

6,

TO BE l!E.\D.

~lIu.tcil(l.a l'aMll l.·e li:/t.

T,irilj.b i Y(umfi, Josephus. (Yission Press, L!lcknow.) llrnhmo lIuzhab. (Yission I)ress, Lueknow.) .\ lI;:li~r ill ke iqrlirtit'l Augustine's Confessions. (X. 1. T. ~,) Hal u1 AsbkaJ. (Mission Press, Luckl,"w.) Jtirr.\· uJ Fur;iir.. (Labore, Trac~lJ'·II\".1 -'I:ft'ill ul lIir1uJ. (lE,:;iV!1 Pre:-:-, L"\:~;I:('W.)

94 aOlfFERBNOE BILL.

ELDERS IN FULL CONNE(,'TION ,\rno HAVE COMPLETED COURSE O}' STUDY.

CLASS A. AluuVED IN AUI'VED If'

~UIE. INDIA. OR

NUlL IlfDu. OR

JOINED JOINED Co!tFEBL'tCt;. CoNFERSNCE.

Samuel Knowles 18..1)8 S&ephcn S. Deue 1881 James \Y. ". augb 1859 Fraak l.. N ecld 1881 Edwin W. Parker 1859 Jame. C. Lawson J~l James H. M.essmore 1861 Yaqub Shah lS~2

Thom&! S. Johaaon 1863 Matthew Stephen 1~2 Thomu J. Scott 1~3 8ttlllhcn l'",ul lS~2

Bmry lrrf.amJell IH63 Wi iam R Bowen If(82 Peao¥. T. Wilton 1863 JamCi Jordan 18&1 Joel . Janvier 1864 Chimman La! 18H3 Zahur-ul.H~q 1864 Cbarlca Luke l~

Hobert Hoakma 1865 B('njamin fo~. Cocker 1,"~

Ambiea C. Pa.ul l~;n Nand k. SilM 1 s. ... , John T. Mcllahon 1870 J. W. Mo(irogor 11"\..'\.")

Tbomaa Cra"en V-;O D. 1'. Kidder ISS:; Joseph B. Gill 1~;1 C. Shiploy ls.s.) Brenton H. Badley I~';2 Lucius Cutler l~".j

Jeffenon :K SLott 1~;3 ~. f'aJ1s I,~tj

HOJ'ilCe J. Adams 1~7·1 C. Hancock 1~,"i6

Hiram A. Lutting 11\';4 11. L. ~Iuhrji l"~ ltbhbub Khan 1";" Hn.."'IW ltv ... Kban 1SS6 Eoocb Joel It'l79 Uilawar ;-;ingh l"''''ti William l~etellJ l~;~' A.T.Leonu.rd 1,,"'7 Frederic W. Greenwold 1"'79 .1. Bla.cktltock lSOO Abrabam Solomon IS;:J JAm. Lyon 1891 CharI. L. Bare 1880

Total "9

ELDERS I~ FULL CO~~FL'TIOX \\'UO ARlo: Pt:1tst;lNG THE t:UL"RSE 0.· STt:DY.

CLASS B.

PASSED. PAISt:P

N. L. Rockey. 1885 Ver. }\-, J-. n.., 1889 \"(,T. II. J. C. BIl\eher. lH.A6 .. HI. ChUDi 1.al, 18WJ II . B. B. .MItchell, 1~ " IU. Jamt'.e B. Thom .... , 1890, JWahaI Smgb, 1~7 u }\,,'. .:hg. wmr;.lfHc... ., I. F. ~l'ew 188i Ill. ,nUiam A. laDMll, lA90, Hark .. Wl1son, 1887 IU. RDg. III ._ J. Pauu L 18.'(,' In. F~derick II. Northrup, W. M. Scou. ISRR "

rUt IHHO •• ~I ••• .. I. Kalha Dbar. ltt88 '" Ill. IAWi. A. 1800 ... Eog.l1. O. P. BopkiDa, 1888. EDit· John E. Newwom, lWl, COJD~ ... " II. &,. compJtJt.o ...

Chi4dU 8. Paul, 1889 ... " U.

Tow 18

OONFERENCE BOLL.

DEACONS IN FULL CONNECTION PURSUING THE COURSE OF STUDY.

CLASS C.

95

PASSED.

Frank W. Foote. 1888 Eng. n. DEACONS ON TRIAL PURSillNG THE COURSE OF STUDY.

H. K. List, }I\,\!I

S. 'Vhooler, ] S,\!, Behan La1 II, l,..ifj W. T. Spe&ke, lR90 Cbedda. Lal, 1890 E. T. FUUOll, 1890

CLASS D.

PASSED.

Y·.:r. I.

Ycr. II.

,'"r, 1. Ycr. 1.

PASSED.

Goo. 11. Frev, 1890 ler. I. ~. Tupper, f890 " I. D. C ~Ionroe, 1891 'OO

G uro Diyal Singh. 18~ Daniel Buck, Hs91 s, Phillip, 1~91

Touu 12

t:NORDAlNED I'I~EACHEP.S O~ TRIAL

SbaduUa La'R'TeJlce, 1891 Pel t r 'fickotl

CLASS E.

Total

96 CONFERENCE SESSIONS.

SESSIONS OF THE NORTH INDIA CONFERENCE.

No.

-------·------~--------·--~----------------I,----------I Luoknow. Dec. SoH, 1864 , Bisbop E. Thomson. J. T. Gracey.

2 Moradabad. Feb. 1-';,18661 Rev. J. llaume. T. J. & .. ott.

3 Shahjehanpur. Jan. 10-17.1S61 i Rov. J. T. Gracey, Do. I

4 Bijnor. Jan. 16·21, 1868 I Re\', .J. ~t. Tboburn. Do,

5 Earcil.Iy.

6 Bareilly.

7 Lucknow.

I

Jan. 20-27. }S";(J Bishop C. Kingtt.l(~y. J

Jan. 12-18, }S';"1 H··". J. W. WI~ugb.

J. lJ. llrown.

1)11.

J .H.MCIdlorc.

S ! Moradabad. Jan. lS·:'?-I. }!->";2 Be\·. J. L. Humphrey. S.H. Weatherby

9 BareiUy.

10 Luano ...

Jan. 16-22, lS;:i . Rcw. T. S . .J'lbIl.lOD. Do.

Jan. -; -13. 1,,"; 4 , Bishop W. L. H&rria. .J. D. Brown. I

11 Sbabjehanpur.\ Jan. G·I:.!, 1"1;:; ; Hc". T. J. ~r{)tt. I

Do.

I:.! (,;awDpore. ! .Jan. 13-1s, h";t:; I~t·" D. W. Thomaa.

13 Moradabad. Ja.n. :)....~I, 1"::7 nW10p K (;. Andrews..

14 &reilly. Jan. ~l.j, 1";" He\". J. II. ~h·.'!.!Inj(Jn:.

15 Lucknow. Ju. 9·14, l!oi';' Bishop T. Bowman.

16 Ca1l"Dpore. Jan. 7-12,1'\'\1' Ro\·. E. W. Parker.

17 BateWy. Jan.. 5-11, 1881 I Uiahop s. Y. Merrill. i

18 Moradabad. JaD. 11·)';, 1--s2 , Rev, S. KnowlCl.

19 Lucbow. Jan. 1 ()..} 6, 1-''1.1 m~hop R s. r(}.!it .. ~r.

m C&wnpore. JAIl. 9·1[,. 1~~4 Rc!t'. T .. t. Scott.

21 &reilly. Jan. ;-12. IS&') Bi.thop J. Jo'. Hunst.

22 Luokoow. Jaa. 7·12. 1886 Re\'. n. ~fiUl.8clll.

23 ltoradabM. JIUl. 6-10, 1~~; Bishop W. X. Ninde.

14 Cawupore. JIUL 4·D, J8881 He\' • • J. II. (jill.

2a BareWy. Jan. 9-15. lS"I1l . Bilbop J. M. Tbobum. I • LaokDow. Ju. 2-7, 1800 I Du. do.

f'1 ~. .la. i-12, 1891 I no . do.

n. II. Brui1!')"

llo.

lJo.

llo.

DQ,

Do.

Vo.

l'. L. Bare.

B. B. UaJJoy.

00.

Uo.

Do.

00.

Do •

I J. If. Ow. I

CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFERENCE LITERARY ASSOCIATION.

--:0:--

AUTICLE I.-This socit·t y shall be called the Literary Association of the Xorth India Conference of the :Methodist Epis­copal Church.

AlttlCLE II.-The object of ttlis Association shall be the advancement of it s members in those branches of knowledge, bearing cilpecially on mission work, by public lec­tures and disCU8!'io:ls, and by the perusa.l of books on til(' lii"tHry, religion!", literature, manners and C'U"U'In-; of the ntlti\"'e peoples of India; of books Of] philology, tl"B nslations of Oriental works, and touch other volumes as may be decmed ,'aluable aids in work.

AU!I:'LE I1I.-Any ucmher, or prohationer, II!, their wi\"'£>s, of the :\ ort.h India ('''ldtrcuee; or any ~Ii.ssionar.YJ or I:lf'!11 l'er ttf the ". omnll's Forei~n llissionary S"t:if'tV. rnav become a memh£>f of this Association.

AHTll'1.£ 1 \".--Tl'l' o:iic·cr .. , { this .\:-~oc:ation shall be 8 JlH~,~ident, 8 \" j"c·Prciiidcnt, and a =-,ecrttary who sbr;;I also nct as Tn·a5urcr and Librarian, to be elected aunua!!\'.

Anleu: \-.-.\ L .. {'~an:r and an aha!lat{\ ~::~ll be appointed an­cunll\" on t he nomination of the o!!lcNs of the .\5-f'(lf'ialio!l, f'urh 8;lil(,i!;!i('!" ha"ing been connected \\ ;:b tlu:' ('onfer01Ct" cr )Iiss:on at les::.t 6\"c teart! wben !o,,:C{'!!.,1. Tile 1l1tttrn!l.h" if Ih,r call~ on bcff'!"l'. fih;~:l 1.1.' the nppoiLtee f('f the fdlon-jug y(·~l.r. =,., l·,!'tl:n:r fObaU \.1; ellgibl(' ivr the l,o:>t agaIn u'ld .. -r ti,-.. · \ears,

ARTICLE Y I.-Tilt' It'C~ ~H ('r shall di$Cui<s fiuhject6 n-lating tJ India, a6 \'''iu:gdi,:atioll, t ht'(.ry and brms (If mis.sion work, religioul' histor~. ;t::t i,pt:r~·t '14ugua.;te. and etbnology.

AnTICt.E Y 1l.-.\rufI;;::,'uH.'ntl' ,b,n lot' m!ldt' b\" t !~(' c:L't"r:o: of tbe .:\"''i~iation. \\ iwr. prnc~jcabit'. "to puhll!'b leadl lr-o­ture in 1'1l<'h nUmb\'f:- t ildt lUcmbenJ of the .h:-oci­ali,l!l may ;.:t't ttt' D\:mber of ct.lpit-~ tht·~· rf.!:.ir(" 81ul t 113t ('{'pit'>:, m;:y be firrni~h(·d t(. the L:br.c.!lC:i (Jf tbt) ('Ol~:tn:hl(, lu:-ti(utilln~, aud be .. Is.) i,l!\('(\J among lobe t\miac'lH.'C r('cCOrda and wi~i) tY'.;.r lils­toncal SOCi~lY.

COURSES OF STUDY. -:0:----

A.-FOR AMERICAN lfISSIONARIES.

FIRST Y.EAn. .

1. H"mdostani Gr&mmar (Forbes or Williams.) 2. ltufid-ul-Atfal. (.Methodist l'uhlishing House, Lucknow.) 3. Haqaiq-m-1(aojudat. (Methodist Publishmg Houle. Lucknow. 4. Bac-o-Bahar (fint Story, omittinft the II uqaddama.) 5. Writing lind TTaAilat'io11. Englilh }t"int IteMier (C. \". }:. Roo .• )

the fint tbirty pages to be translated into Hiodu.trini and wriltf'n hy the candidate in tbePeman characteraJ1d preeonted for Exn.mination.

6. OflWW.alWA in Hindust.hi between the candidate and tho examiners.

1. To be rMii: Hunter's Brief History of the .Indian l~('(l?!c.

f':tI~(X)~ J) Y E.\ R

A .. -t: nnlt LA ~wt,. .un:.

1. Ba,-o-Bab'r 6nilbed. :t.. llirat-uJ-t'rlls, (NeW'al Kishore ['rpo.) 3. Written Sermon in the PeniaD charattf'f.

B.-IIJ~DiLAs{; {' Ma:.

1. modi tint· Roo'( (~rt·tbN1i.t; PubHsbi.og JIotuO, Luokllf)W.) ,. Hriallt ka ".rnan (Ne .. ,.! Kl'ihofo Pre.",) 3. Dbaon Tol .. (.A)lzdu\h3.d llef4!1ioll Prt~~1i) 4:. Cam'tntll;lnl in Hindi between Lbo CUldidate and the ellminer 8

. , TlIIlU) r 1-:'11.

A.-t'ltn6 LUWt:M!E.

1. l~ln,an .. u.Sat .. JJ.-lInwi L.t.~OVAOE.

]. Grammar (Etherington or Kellogg.) 2.. Sat Vat S .rapan. 8. 2"mMiatilJrt lind Jrrilii'!1' EngU.b lintn •• der (C. V. F: ~.)

J)P. OO-rtO. t,o l~ fr,n*!"Je-d into Uinal and writt;('n by ,be CAndid" in lUgrl character Aod pmented for .Exam .. iDation.

CONFERENCE MANUAL.

FOUItTH YEAR.

Candidates may choose between the courses marked A. aDd B. TU reat marked 0. and D., ill compulJory.

A.-HmDi .un &xSJtIUT OOt1B1B.

1. Prem sagar. ~. Ballantyne'.Ii ElementAry Sanskrit Grammar. 3. llitop&desb, F'irat Book..,

B.-PERSUli CoUBIB.

1. PCrsiJlft Gramm'lr (Forbes.) 2. The Gospel of Matthew. 3. lluntakhabat-i· First

C.-'VSITlll'O ABD COJlPOStTlOB.

An Ems, in llincli or Peuian (written in the cb&racter.)

D.-EsGLlSlJ.

To hi read, Uobinson's Hinduism in ita I(elations to Clariatianity.

FI}'TH YEAR.

Caudidates have the samo option as in the fourth year.

A.-:~hssli.alT CotlltS£.

1. (irammar (l[onier ',"iUiamL) 2. llil;opadeeh, Second Book.

B.-PEBSlU ASD AIl.HHC Coval£.

1. OuliatAn (omittinglbo Uuqaddama.) 0) Arabie Urarumar ~ Fur~tCli or Palmer.) 3 Arabie l~el' (l"orbeL)

C.-"'JUTI~O .un TR..\.SSLA'l"I05.

99

Short En~li~b EXtfCi1!cS furnished by the Examiners to be translatep iatv &nakrlt or Arabie. Ilnd written III the character.

D.-E.'iGLI:UL

To be n4.d: ~'. Faith of I~am.

100 NOBTB INDIJ. CONFE8ENCB BrATISTIOS

ROHILKUND DISTRICT.

, BAPTISMS.

1----;----CnollCH PBOPBBTY.

DUTHS

or CIRCUIT.

' ..

]JOB THE YE..4R ENDING SEPTEMBER BOth, 1890.

SUND.A.Y-SmrOOLS.

GENERAL STATISTICS No.1.

FOB MISSIONS.

BENBVOLENT CoLLECTIONS.

FOREDU-CATION.

101

NORTH INDIA aONFERENCE -8'1' ..A.!I!lTISCS,

ROHILKUND DISTRICT,

WOlUtBBB.

fi.uIE 01' CIRCUITS.

1 Agra.

!2 Aonla

3Baberi

4 &reilly •••

Ii Bijnour

• lBisalpur •••

" Bilai

fl Bisauli

$ Budaon

11~ ~'" j

12 lIalalabad ._

"'.. .

1 2 4. 2.9 6 ...... 35

I ... ... 2 3;... ...... 7 11 ~~~ "'3 "'2 ···S 4. 3· 6: 4i! 22i 7 1... 98

... 11 1 ••• 2' 31 41 17i ~nl 21 1

... ... ...... I' 21 4 51 11 ... 27

1

104

51 18

•.. ... ... ... •.• I! l' 3 111 3

1

",

'" ::: •• .., .•• 1\ ···1 i 71 31

... ... 16

1 1 .•. 2 I! 6: 9, 50; 10'1 1 ••• 81

2: 21

; i I ... ... .., ... = ~! ... 91 ~I ~I ~ ::: :1:: ::: ::: ::: 1 ::.... 11 .. · I ~ 81 ;il ~:: :~I' ~2: ... . .. I'" ... ... Ii ... -, 4i .. 1 :,

l~~anj ••• ... ... · .. 1··· ...... Ii 21 2; 15\ VI' •.. \ n 15~war... ... • ..... 1... ... . .. ! }' 1: fJ 10: 7,' ••• ..!O

I I I! I i I I I IUr'0hamdi .0: ..• .... .. I ... I ..• I ... II l~ "'1, 4l 3: 3i'" I 4. ]5

l'iiMora.dabad '0' ~ 2 2 2 3 10, 71,' 54, 9, )1' 2 ~ ! .•• I I I I

18jM.uttra... '0' '0' 1 1 2 4, ... I 6

1

' 3, g, 81 1 15 4.0

191Najibabad ... ... ............... 11'" Ii 4i 4 ... 1 .. · 10

~Puahpor ... ... ............... l' 41 41 'I 6... ... 19

:~IP'ilibhit ... ... ... 0.0 ••• [..... 1 31 5, Hli 10 ••• a 88

r~ ~:~~ ~:: ~I : .:: .J ... 3~1 :, ":I~: ... 4 ••• 1 :

-- -1- - 6E Total ~.~... III l~ 7 18i 28 1 851 138 1(J 851

1 §. t ~ __ , .... J, .. '.,_.,.,~ _'~"':>!~ .,.~

FOB THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1890. 103

144

48

1134 306

... j 101

i

SCi 35i9 I

... I 60

I ... i 281 t :

110; .. , 5i 151

182

'''j ... , 35

112; .......... 1 ::

... 1 .. ·1 .. · 571 149

9321

132: 3S014S{': 1S52i

134;... ••• . .. I 2288

S; 625

2001 ...

394:

528

1925

3109

104 NORTH INDIA OONF'ERENOE Sl.'M.'ISTIOS,

BOBILKUND DISTRICT,

VERNACULAR ScHOOLS,

No. on t.he Ron at -is No, on the Roll at Q

the end of the yea.r. ~ ~ the end of the year.

~ ~ CII

NAME OJ' CIRCUITS. 8 ~ 0 0

ttl .0 .~ ~ ~ j .0

..: ~ ~ CD. . ~ C)

&l :::: gz lB g c=-,J:J .! z·e i ~

o~ 3 s >t ... iZ< 't: =' g ..Q e ~ ~ 6 0 :z. 0 0 E-4 -- --I----------f-I Agra ... ... '1 ... 128 128 9:1 2 . .. tn 51

J Aon1a ... .. , Sl 110 26 136 100 e 15 72 87

3 Baheri ... ... f) 49 88 87 70 ... ... . .. ... 4 Bareilly ... ... 12 199 238 437 334, 12 52· 2'23 275

I 3~1 lilBijnour ... ... 29: 247

.. ~~ 424 12 42 11S 160·

6.Bilsi I

170 2701

2 30 301 ... ... Bi 205 ... I 1

36 I

'li:isalPur ... .., 3l 361

30 1 ... ... . .. ... !

4301

~oo ... . ..

;1 S3fi ti3:i

1 5 95 60 16.'>

9Budaon ..• ... 3S<l 3 553: 460! 16 60 256 316, I 11 1 ndausi ... 8; 50 11·

~1 12~ 7

~ 100

\

1961 60 11 FatehguIlj ... 20: 2451 425 5 74 1241 i , I

~ j

32' 11°1 C)!

1~_' .,. 6

1

'j fi. ~ 9·1 "I 4 20 i I

1 .•• 421 <11 B~); ~II <); 30

1 e" 4, .... 1

121 3011 19S! I

21 14 j ••• ... 25{J

6Ob' 41!!! 12\ 301 15

1

I

16 war 501 300 !W1 6 .. J ... I I 271

351 "' 16lMohamdi ••• ... 2;

IJ 2°1 27 21 2

1 I a 17~orad'bad ... 231 2C9 ! a7~ 300 l~ J 301

'_I

351 18· uttra ••• 15-~1 184 160 7: ... 4; 92

19,- ajibabad 41 3tl i

31 ... 23 59 34 . .. 63 63

21 ! 4~ 2OranahPur

..• ...

121 ... 3[) 85 25 1 1 41

21 Pilibbit ••• ... 95 !IIi 1M 17')j 5 41 41 82 I 220i 22!Sbabjt'hanpur ... 21 81 301 21t< 16 4 S02 300

I

23 Do. &It ••. ... ... ... . .. ... . .. ... . .. . ..

I--- ~71C;S~ Total •.• !66 2843 4381 111 .. 2101 mil

~ cs .3 -:;; >.

~ CD • e8 :i .., --

40

70

. .. . 230

125

22

... 115

280

128

110

20

26

S5

00

28'

430

98

48

13

7tt

263

. ..

~l

.~.

FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH 1890. 105

SCHOOL STATISTICS

ANGLO-VERNACULAR ScHOOLS. GJU.ND TOTAL. -

No. on the ~oJ.l a.t rb I No. on the Roll at .g . aj the end f the year. ~ :rj the end of the year. S ~ ~ 0 ......:l .... ,:$

o «I C I ~ ..f! vi ~ o .=:- 0 ~ ~ CD :::: >. 1="; ri ~ r5.,j ri ~ g .g ~ :; ..:~ ~.~ c,;'f.; ~.~ ~ () ~ :5 "d

~ ~ :~ ;r~ 3 ~.~ ~ ~ t~ I -;; 1 ~i)g ~ ~ § ~8 =~!:: _ 0 ~c; =.E -1=! ~ ?«. •. §~ z= Q CI~ < ~ o. B:~':;:; ~ ~ ~ < ---------------'-------------

179

223

87

1066

735

133

170

70

900

592

227

30

106

OF

CIRCUIT.

NORTH INDIA CONFEREJlCE ST.A. TISTICS •

. For the Year Ending Septem7Jer 30th, 1890.

nOHILKHUND DlSTRICT.-SUNDAY ·SCUOOL STATISTICS.

S~OOLS. !On:lCKRS ANDI

'fKACHE1~. ScHOLARS OF ALL AOES.

ClIlUSTIANS. NON·CHRISTIANS.

110

1131

1233

400

40

500

832

650

327

800

195

ItWi(J

t'()O

184

290

108 NORTH INDIA. OONFERENCE ~r;1.'ATlSTICS

~ !

NAME

OF

CIRCUIT.

1------1

I Amroba

AMROHA DISTRICT.

MBKBBRSlIIP. I BAPrtsxs.

DEATHS.

CHUlLCH PWPBRTY.

·r. : ... III as

t .§i~ . 8. 'g~:g.~ J! QS ~ 'g ~I.§ ~

~ ... :?f.,,'" <II 11- ~ • <II ~ :a ~ I=lo.ala .0 ~..t: ..., _ciS:geQJa.

~ - ~ • ~ 'S!'j OJ:'l.'C,;O< = ~ :: = ~ ~ .c .0 .c:::' if::.l o I $ c.. ~, • ciS '0 ... f = (,) "-1"'" ~:=;t ....... .5 ~!! "7J cD = cd <II ..8:::o~c:5 .c ;; 00;: ;:g '3 '3 ... :I ~:I :I." ,.. 'O.c Q, ... e =a &:a .g .;:: ." c ~ CO ~ 'a ~ ~ 0 '; \,,;I ~ ~ ""' 1=W ,..J Q "CI ~~,~::.,~e:. ~ ;> ""' ~ ,,",0

••. 7I 139' ~ 4 24 611 8: .. 1 .,. I 000." 8 ••• • •••••

2'l'Babjoi ... 2pl 53, 2 3 2 2, !:! 4 ,.11

••• 2 500 ••• ... .. .......

I ~IBulandshahr... 12), 35 4 1... 43' 81 124 "'I! ... ... . .. 1 i

.4lBabukhera ... 5ji 32 1... 2 7; 10 17 1 259 1 150: ..• ... • ....... .

5}Dhanaura ... IS! 132 2 2 ~ 36 14 5(1... ... 1 sol... ... .... .... .

I

t".raniY" .. ' e"lloo I .•. ... 91 11 2( 1

llllRabupuro .•. ... 712 ... ... .., ... "'1'" 11IRasu!pur •.. 7 lI8r" 1 1 6· 4 10 I

ll! Sambhal '" 81 7414 2 1 7 211 2Il 2 8003

20... • ••

10 1 20 ...

1200 ...

... ... . ......

i 95 56' 1 4 ~ 15

8 1111 4 '"

13 Shari£pur

14!shahpur 19 21 40... • ••

11 2(l 1 18 1 80 ...

20 •••

8 ...

12 ...

I -1-1-1-----·---- -----TIYI'.u, ••• 8631 9S2j2-'i 2" 2{ 282 638 82C 9 14m 15 3895... 281 ... ,'"

- FOR THE YE.J.R ENDING SEP1'EMBER30TH,1890. 109

8C1tOLARS.

GEYERAL fn'ATI~'TICS No.1.

DES'EVOLRKT CoLLECTIONS. MINISTERIAL

SUPPORT.

l~oR. I' I FOREDU' I PASTOR. I. Mlf\SfONS. CATION.

- <II c ~'J I g (jj ~ - t '':;\' - ~ 6

• tl_-w.i -.--, --I ~ 111_;;,..... ~ to -" ';\91,~_:' -I,'-~'h 8 ~ i ~ 'E .g I' ~ '::'0 ~ ~.~ ~ ~_:J to I fiI CD

~ ;a m.;:: ~,.. ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ rJ5 ~ I' ~ I ~ 8 ,.; ~ '" ~ I ,.. '5:; - ~ ~ 9 J...: l~ -:5 <II vi lEl CD

J.,~ s ~ t? ...: ... ~ "2 \ .g '. .e \ t \-: ,_. ~ ~ §' ~ II~ ~ § = ;2 -5 I = ~ § § ~ 5 ~ :§ .z -: ~!:5 ~ ~ ~ ~ g z as 3 5 ~ :::. ~ I t GIrL ~ O! C Z; I~ 1 0 ~ ~ Z13:: ,0

l~~-~:-:!-lO' ~.-=--=-:-=- ... -=--=-[:·~1-=--5 -=-I~+ 2 4· 5 36 50 "" 2 .•• .,. "'1'" ... ......... ... • .,. 1 ... \-

3' 10\ 12 :!OJ 125 155 3 ••• ... . .. ,... 1 ... ,...... ... 4 ••• 25!·_I·"

) 2 4i 601 25 85 2' ... '" ... \"1 ... J ... i .. ·· ... 2 •.• 16 ···1 "

51 5i '\ 151\ 36 187 5 ... ~··I .. ·I .. i .. ·1··· ... ), ... : ... 17 .••• _

"I 'I 'I ~): 2GO 23C 2

1'" ... I'" 1"1 11 ... f:'" ... • ... 15

12\_

'I 1 :1: ~ i 1

2

2:'1"', 2~ 1 ••• I '"1''' I"j ... i'" i ",' i'" 1 ... ".J~ ... 8\ 9\ 10 • IlX\ 2'!5 15 '" I'" ." :"', 3 .. · .. f·\ ... 18 ... I -i (-

91' 11 2 00' )Oi 3' ' .. I ... i ... \ ... \.l... '" :.! ... ... ..·1 1O:.j .. I t\ - \ I I Ii " I 1 ,. - IiI '>'. 70:: \ 1" I 1" II 3 1'.... 14 3

1'" '''1'''1'1 .. ' i ",' ," i" ..' i ": \.

11 4 5 35\ 591 0' Ii ... "', ... · .. 1 .. · i · .. 1·· ... \ ... 1...... : ... \ .. \ Ii: i I

43 400 4.1~' ',(,I ......... 5' I .... 23... 501 5 ... L\ - , ... i ... 1"1'" I I

321

15 47 2... .•. ...... 1\... ... 1 ... 4... 91 11'" i

14 4 5 In 300! 319 :!I ... I·.. ... r" '" ..... ... 1 ~ ... 3 \ .•

- . I I I , ,I ----:-\- __ ' ___ -'1_'1_'_1 __ 1_ -:-;-1-

12 94 6851' 13u(1; !:!O·13 631\... ... .,. ... 11 570\... 2 131 ';7'; ... \ :!7}11 :!(.

i . J

12 12 IS

2 4 13

110 NOR PH INDIA. OONFERENCE STATISTICS.

AMROHA DISTRICT .•

WOHKJ<:ns.

NAME OF CmCUITS.

8Meernt

9 Naraniya

l()~npura

llBasulpur

12Sambhal

13lsbarirpur

...... /

... .,./... ... .'

... . .. ! ··1 '.' I . I

I I ., .... /"'!,.,/". .,. ... '" I... '" .,.

6 3 ..

11

7

23

4

4

3

17

1 11

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1890. HI

SUPPLEMENT 'TO STATISTICS NO.1.

:i ••• 4 ... 82 50 132 2 10 .•• 12

~... 17 ••• DB 51 149 2 16 ... 18

4 ..• 124

1

.. ,

50

1

.. ,

f •.. I fi ...

:: ...

I ••• I ••• 59 24 5 t ... 26 ... 4 255 163 92

297 6 17 ... 23 136 161

233 24 17 96 5... ... . .. 145 89 3 146

7 ... ... 84 26 110 1 1 ••. ......... 1 2

741 ...

175 ... • 101 .•. ... .•• I ... ... . ..

1:' 133 15i .. • ... 5701... . ..... 11

...... 1

01 11···1··· ... I ••• ! ... i 251 55 3()i,: 721 lO' ... !.. ...

! i I . J

43/,1 10 ••. ••• ••• 1/1 "'II ...J 15

10

1

19' g; 4 ••• ••• ••• .'.j." ... I

-~f:I-~ -:;,1 ~~::: ~-: -:,-: ~-II~-~

8 ...

I 20: ...

I

H ' ..•.. 1 ...

I 10/ ...

s:l ...

11 .••

12 •••

l~ ...

u ...

2S, •..

40 ...

26\ ...

588 92 422 18

10 125

J I

152:

718

1

522 'j(l

178 151

113 BORTH INDIA OONFERENOE ST.ATISTIOS,

!NAME

OF

CIRCUITS.

J:,:\mroba.

!afBabjOi

31Bulandshahr

4IS._ ...

Ji Dhanaura

CI Bassaopur

.8iMeerut

SIN.tanir, lO!R&bupura

11 Rasulpur

12Sa.mbbal

13jSbarifPur

H;;;:!iahpur

TOTAL

AMROHA DISTRICT,

VERNACULAU ScJlOO.LS.

No. on the Ron at Ii' No. on the Roll at -t:s ~ the end of the year. i ~ the end of the year. i g .!!- g --- t>-.

~ ~ ~ g

~ ~ • ~ ~ Ii ?is ~ = .~ ~ 00 ~ ~~ ..: asu ~ ~ o~ ~ lf8' ~ 1= ] ~ I ~; :: ] z] .g ~ li = 0 0 E-c t41 ~ t..J 0 ~ 4l

9 50 :ro 1---;: 1 1& 18 10

3 1

14 10

14

2 30

11

5 9

... I ... n 12 -i

I 10: ~oi 30

'" ! ... / ... '" I 1(; 16

81 107' 6 115

4 49

5 so

155

10

10

11

25

10

20

14

95

20 30 601 40

25 123 1481 1301 I I

4Cll 301 .,.

51

/

43 II 14! ...

150/ 1251 21... 35

1 121 '" 12 9

1

...

15 56,1 1()(1. 156 125i 1

... . .. I··· ... I

Vl"j "'1".1,.. so, 80, v 1,,1 3u

I vI I 1[;1 Hi~

1 10 28 ..•

19 6 28 3 ••• 207 207 175

~ 0 0 := 0

..: 00

$~ S:.... ~~ --1. ..

2 .. ,

8 ...

l' l' 61'" 7~ ...

811 I P(

1\" I

11(", 121 l!

13 ...

14 ...

FOB THE YEAR ENlJING SEPTEMBER 80TH 1890.

SOHOOL STATISTIOS.

ANGLO-VERNACULAR ScHOOLS. GRAND TOTAL.

No, on the Roll at ..cs No. on the Roll at I rg the end of the year, s:: ~ ~ the end of the year., ...,

~ ., ~ as 0 d al eli

t>-. 0 to ~ ~ ~ ::z:: ~. "0 ~

~ ui '0 :,) ~ ~ .§ 0 ~ ~

= :n .Q c: CD CD u ~ .Q CIS ~:E f~

z, CIS ~ ~ 0 CI.l E-4 """ 'z ~

r~ ec i

til ~.;!t .... ;2 .i: 3 ~ ~ '0 - s:l 'j;; ~ ::: CIS

Q. - 0 0 ..., > ;: ~ ~ .Q U 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 ~ <CI'l :; 6 too <:l Z Z Z -------- -1-- --;-- ---------10 10 98

4 4 61

11 12 162

2 3 4(J

5 6 65

I'" 7 7

1 1

185

12

9 2; .... I

14 14 20"2

I··· 1 1 30

5 5 S5

45

15' 367

1 3-1

7 7 232

113

..cs s:l (U ~ ~ CIS

~ '2

'" CD

~o ~~ ~CIS "'4 --

eo

50

140

30

54

150

9

162

20

70'

39

310

28

195

I) Q" ~ I ~), I ... -"1'- - - -- --- -,-----:--,--

- 29 sa 11_ 8,(.. ••• .., I ... I ... vli

".j lOW! 13.>1

114 RORPH lJ.VDIA CONFERENCE ST.A.7'ISl'[CS

For the Year Ending Septembe'l' 30th, 1890.

AMROHA DISTRICT.-SUNDAY·SCBOOL STATISTICS.

·-r--------~------~O~f-·F~ICF.~.~--~~D~------------------~ SCHOOLS. TEACHERS. SCHOLARS OF ALL AGES. ~

NAME

OF

CIRCUIT.

CHRISTIANS. NON,CHRISTIANS.

~

8 = IG

~ ~~ ~ ~o

!1 ~ ~ ... ' - ~. §>t;Z S5 _0 _s z - ~ ~ ...: ~"tS S ~ " . ~ .: E -;; Q) ~ - s:: S!:' =

I ... ~ ~ I '0 ~ ~o '0 a; 1:oJ Qj Q:i 0 ~ cd

=~~I ______ I._~_.-!:...:i::!~ ~. :: L.::_ ~!~j_~ __ ~_ ~ .r:l

':1 Amrob. '" 5 1~! I,. 81 21 Ie 5J lsi 31)' 1O! 10< 00

11 iJIabioi ... 3 I 4), 30\ 61 40 10 6tl 75

;;b,:,~!It1B.(I1anc1ababr ... 11' ... ' .. : )( 12... U ,... I 125 ... )5f 140

,W IBabukhera ••• ••• ... 2 ~ 3 1 4 40 20 15 10 Sf 60

llthaD>.ur.

6:ilassanpur

)Jo& Lt L . 9·,aralllya

; lO\RabUPura 1) lRa.sulPur

12rbbal 13(harifPur

14!Shabpur

... "'1"'151 ' 6 2 1

5: 2 '''1 7 4 3 1 31)1'"

e.. ... ... 1\ 1 1 1 ~ Ii :;. • ..

2 1 61 ~ 7 3 10 100 IS

62 89

•.. ... .•• 1 1 2 12 8

•.• ••• ••• 1 2 9

......... 4 4 3 21 :i 20 15

I 4 i 12 12 (;, H'

I 35 8

1 ... 1 ~ 2 !:!l 4 24 8

3 1 ... 4 4 1 fi J7

21 15 18i 151

70 23C 200

2S 19

85 225 190

8 3C 20

14 10

25 94 75

l1.i 442 350

IJ 47 35

20 2801 3Ul 275

116 NORTH INDIA CO.NFERENCE Sf'ATISTICS

OUDI-I DISTRlCT.

1thn.llllmSUlI'. BAPIISMS. Cnuncn PUOPERTY.

NAME

CIRCUIT.

2 Allaha.bad

3 Bahraich

~Hardoi

9' Lakhimpur

60

915

160

FOR THB YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1890. 117

GENERAL STATISTICS NO.1.

SUNDAY -SCHOOLS. llENEVOI..ENT COLLECTIONS. MINlB'rnRIAL

SUPPORT.

118 NORTH INDIA. OONFERENOE STATISTIOS

NAME OF CIRCUIT.

5 Cawupore (Native.)

6 Do. (English.)

r°da

JOardui 9 LakhiJnpur

l() Lucknow (Native.)

11 Do. (English.)

lllt Baroilly

ttopur 14 Unao

TOTAL

OUOR DISTRICT.

:1 I

}'

···1 "'1

4:

i

••• I ···1 ...

I :

Iii 11 21 11 3; 3

1 , I

Ii I II ... : ... / ...

I I ... ; ... ; ...

<1

WORIlERS.

8

4

2

(}

15 21 Ii ......

51 12... 6: 32

18i 4) 2 2 46

I I

41 '''1··' ... I

14

10 I N! .\ 2 48

1 11 27 4/ 41 2/ 3,... 4 15

20, 81 2: ...

I

'l" J! 6' 1 ...

,I 51 21 •••

6

21

31

3 fi ... 2 19

FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1890.

ACCESSIONS.

8 .. ,

12 ...

13 ...

14 ... ,. •

SUPPLEME~'T'f TO STATISTICS NO.1.

~ATIV~ CHUlS1'IAN CO)l!lUSITY.

MONEY COLLECTED IN INDIA.

119

206

120 BORTH INDI~ OONFERENOE STATISTICS

NAME

OF

CIRCUIT.

1 Ajudhiya.

~Allahabad

3iBahraich

4 Barabanki

:lCawnpore (Sa.tive).

., Do. (English) •••

1 Gonda

sr-rooi rpm .. . lOLucknow (Xatin) .. .

11 Roy BareUly

12 Sitapur

18Unao

TOTAL

OUDn DISTRICT.

\' EHX Acti LA It ScHOOLS.

I----------------------------~-------------~---I I I No. on the Roll at "§ Xo. on th(~ Roll at ~

tho eud of the year,l ~ 5 the end of the j'l'ar'l ~

o ~

~. 0 B ';j tIl _

~ ~ r: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ C: .§ ~ :.: ~ .;: • ce ~fJ c)

lfc <ii C ~ ,.....; <"! (..0 i .... ! rr. ~~ ,.....; <e u ;; .;:; ;.--; ';:; 1.5 t = i ::::: . ';:: ;..-; ';:; 5 t ;::: ,...., ..:::: ..:::: ~ :.- d I ...... I..:: ..:::: 0 :.. d ~ v\...· E-< <: I::!c.." U E-< <

4

4

4

7

lu: j

4

--- --1-- --i--j--:-- --I--a U1 100 751 21 21 53 55! 30

3 110 113 ] •.• ... I ... .., .,. J 2101 285 -'''I 1 '" 25 25 18

16 13,1i

150 1301 1 2 25 27 18

I ... I

I 1;;'

I ,

4:

i I i

120'

I ... I ...

i

GOO 550

lEb

13(: 110

i i

] S:,' 116

140

137

I I

W; ... 1:-11 I

l::;~ Ij

I ! I

... I ... ···1··· :, 31 J'" ]

"I ... i)', iJ'l

" _<)1 ')') "'11 tJ_; IJ"";

9 ~I ... ~I ~)i .... [ r~ u~,:

J J 'I I i): til U-1

200

100'

100

45

29

220

U3

~-------------------

11'j3 820

FOR TIiEYEAR ENDING SEP'I'EMBER SOPiI, 1'890. 121

SCHOOL STATISTICS.

ANGLO-VEI~!-.'ACULAR SCHOOLS • GRAND TOTAL.

. ~--------~--~--.--~---.~

I No on the Roll at I ~ -.\ :\0. on the Roll at \ ~

. the 'end of the year. E :·f the c-Iltl of th~ year, c:: 'n I ~ !..: I::: tti ........... ..2 '3 \ ----I I I: ':~ 1 \ ~. ~ ~ ~ ~ I . I I 1]::=' i : :3 .g ~ ~

~ '1 i .§ I; ,§ I I tr:: '~\ ~ \,~ .4. i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ::. 'f. I,~ ;:!;! -; : ~ ~ ~ ~ ,!: 11 r:;., ." 1 ~ - • • ' :: :: i ::: " ':: \ ~ '::;-; =: ~ -= ::,;; <'; c 0 ~ ::: -' \ ~ I :-- i ,- !".. ,~ ... : '-' ! C,.t k I -< Z Z

~ ~i-~i~i-=-l--"-I:t--\-- -'-1-- --6--6- 155

1·1 ... I .. ' I ... I ... I"ill I i 105

"I I I

"1 !

f ...

}( j' I

1: <lfl, ~(), C) .. ;': 1 ; -" ~ I ]""1 I

90: I

i 01'

i ,

1 i

I i . ..! I

I I i I \

l...\ \ \ ! I! I I

1 0:; 9~' J 22 221 : 1

I

I '

i !

3:~ ... ' i \

I , I

100

46

I 1 : !

J l I

50

6

11

11

29

7'

17

17

HY

143

310

I,.

100

:] -~->\ l.l'\

I I

'162)

134

200

148

388

95

65()

230

139

1261

~5' 241

312

I \ ' __ ' __ -- - -- -,----- -- - -- --1-1-- \ \ .,J. ~01 }"-" ~7;'i 3~~)till 4341

18 137 1260 1397 112G1

5\ 2~~1 4!~! ~\ <), i

~ B ~

122 NORM INDIA CONFERENCE ST .4fl'ISf'IOB

For tM Yea,. EMing Septembe,. 30th, 1890. OUDH DISTlUCT.-8UNDAY ·SCHOOL STATISTICS.

bOOLS. 1O ... ·leERS AND

SCHOLARS OF ALL Ames. TnCBlmS.

Qlnl'stuNs. NON-CBBIS. TIANS.

NAME

OF

cmCUlT. ~ ~

rIJ t ~ :3 i ci cP ~ 6 .8 ....l

~ ~ a) Ii ] d 8 .s s::: ~ ... ... a.. ~ 0 3 a:; -; 0 ~ ~ 0 0 ~ E-t =s ~ E-t ~ ... :a ~

~ E-t - - --I-- - ---- -- .- --

1 Ajudhiya. ... 41 2 ... t 4 2 € 3 2 116 62 lSi

2fAnahabad ... 4' I C)l .'" ~i ~ :5 . .. li 12 10 174 5 201

3 Bahraich ... 5 211 e 11 4 15 21 17 381 25 45C

4 Barabanki ... 11 2: 2\ V' 12 5 Ii I) 6 503 46 564

f>lcawnpur (Natit'e) 12 I I

3:i 1.457 S50 1,9n 9'}' ~ 25 10 116 50 I

fJ .Do. ,(English) ... ... S ~ 6

1

14 2C 100 40 80 2(1 24C

'1Gonda 12 6 4 22 5{l 48 1,800 60 1,9~ -. 1:1

16\ 31

8Bardui 10 :5 S IE 4 934 200 1,200 ... 3! 10 12

9Lakimpur ... 12 61". IS 8 sl 11 19 15 855 lil 500

aul 6( 1(1 Luclmow (Native) 12 11 1 24 36 110 90 1,200 400 1,800

10111 11 Do. (English) ... ... 1 1 :; 52 N . .. . .. 12Cl

1!1 Rae Barei1ly ... 20 6 2 2f 10 6 IE 8 '1 4so1 155 65(J

13Sitapur 4·! 14 1 6( HI· 13 2{J 24- 56 1;403 3li 1,800 ... i1

I I

18 14 Unao ... S 5 :; 12 ! U 8() 27 $83 180 ~2(J

- - -!- - - - ------ --TOTAL ... 156 68'26

I 249 172 119 29J 572 446 9,266 1,981 12,26ll

; 1 E-4

"S IS)

§ 'g. ~! ceo Q)~ ;~ ~~

41 --126

190

430

roo

1.'165

200

1,800

1,000

S80

1,850

96

640

1,100

MO

10,726

1~4

NAME

OF

CIRCUIT.

1 Dwarllhath i

NORTH INDIA CONFERENCE STATISTICS

KUMAON DISTRIl,,"'T.

:M:l!lIUERMIlII'. ('1It'llo'lI I'r:OI'I:UTT.

T'~I,~-I I I I I I '

1(; 21 351)(1' _ 3tO(I; ~.)fl

i ~ I:'l5tt'rn Kurnuoll, Ii 11 0) 2,jOo', b20o' J~,,;;n

TOTAL

(i a"hilkunu

';' &mroba !

I {1:KIlIDllOIl

Oa.urn TOTAL o'

lOLlUt YeAr

;: l 47 S! ,0 .,"(" ,

Ifl 1270(; I !

2(;f)O(), [1001) I"~ tIO !(I' I

l'ii)(X,' 10 i 1 ! ;

.1)01;' 155000

I, i i ! I ! :--!

I

! .

l! , I

3!1.ti 3G:: Ii- In I! [,,' G:' 1::: .. :0 ;;~;I,~' I) :JG::!Oi'21CNV,<, __ [ __ 1_- __ '

701; t ',,; .. ,

--1--1-

i ; :-.; It~ 1: blj t.i!-t l2~ :" rj~;iJ'l{i 111 5G')OOI·~l"'·'j.Irf' i - r 0>',

I

. . __ 1--- ,'''- --- -... --. '--,',~ ''''''r "" ~~'i ~~' ";Ol ""',"~ ",:~. J'~ .= i =' =; ~:~ '~=I: 1931,989:1;:;';' 1[,(;(';!:!!I!,:r;:1I • •.• .:(t;il~, 11 :,;jl:.:;/:,HliJ:! 3S3:>C: 'l~~}It;l0i005 Ii' J '. Ii; i / I

~~~, ".1 ''''(M''; J :11," '''I ~mi '~'I ~I ~ -..

3001

362

! 110

FOR THE YEAR ENDING REPTEMBER 30TH, 1890. 125

'1 :

- --!--.---'---,--82," lO~4 ~t).-~~~

I --t~ -~~. '--- -]1 180, 9. • • _"A' ::()S1j(,), 281

i !

l

GENERAL STATISTICS No. 1.

.-- --1--- --'-- --:-;! ; :

It-9~' :2~~' -11( :1:,7 ~,4.36; 2'25.1?-li 206,10;>&', 167

---i--- -- -- --'--i---l-I--

l--

-j "" 1"; "":",,,1 ... :11

I 8, .. 2811 .. I ..

1531

I

12 ••

55 .•

20 .•

• S94 ~3110J 16! .•

--!-- ---10914

liS ••

.. 14

126 NORTH INDIA CONFERENCE STATISTIOS

XUHAON DISTRICT.

WOaKltIU.

HAllE OF CIRCUIT.

- ----------!--1 Dwarahath

8 Gurhwa1,

« NaiDi Tal (Native) ••

I) Do. (EDgliah) ••

8 RobiIkhand

7 .A.mroha

8 0a4h

9 ltumAOll

GaUD TouL,

10 IMt,., 11 IJUnue

1J Decreae

1

. ~ 1 ••

1

1

222

4

1

2

1

I)

10

1

6

13

•. I

I

4

16

6

-----j-I--6 S " 6 8 18 19

2 1

8

10 1

12

12

46-

4S

W

25 1.8

I ., 11 10! 'I 181 ~ && US 851 188 10 86 861

:: ;~';; I ;l~ .: : : : ~.~ ~ :: .. ~-l\~'~~i~ -~ -=-~I":': .. ..1 24 I.t 181 n ... 24' "'" 27. .. '22 "or -----1----------- -

... ,.1.. ..

6

1

oS

9

10

11

FOR THE YEA.R ENDING SEPTEMBER 80TH, 1890. 127

SUPPLEMENT TO STATISTICS No. L

ACOB:8BIO!l'e. N .. TITS CaB18TIAlJ

CO.UUJNITY. 1t{OlfEY CoLLECTED ur Ili/DtA.

3

'I

81

SO

t :S o 'I:S

~ ; Q, o ;; ~ /lOa! El; s-0:-'; ..

~] :g ~u .fII --1--

52 24 \ 28

107

W)

66

195

118

635

100 50 160

For &Iboo18.

4S

1M

72

60

.. CI)

~

SO 240 351

58 4SO

52 I 2390

43

858

60 960 350

HI 1446 4168 7640

--------200

250 29

60

12

815

1014

83S2

1420

13401

----- ----839 1010 4G5' 1646 I 8188 \ 9218

I

-.-.-!-.. -\ -:: ~ -,:: 121

19 4800

828

2U

121

" 671

---- --- -- --- --- ------------

.. _ 4879 13505 .",,,,. ..... 173671<691 1808 ... 1 ass .... .....

... 1 -\ 207 \ .. , ... '20 "'1 • .' I·· .6GS 2 \ 1870

S8 1618

, 611

567 12185 I 4S86 \ 5592 \1:!56~ 114OS; 565.. 50 11540 85110

S39 1010 46511646' 8188 9lH.8 •• •. I 450 101 20098

I i I _- - - - - --1-\-:-1-\----S3 0163 188 12785 6101 19492 15932 19901 :3S5-.c;Q i~Gi ; 2963 \ SID I 885 5929 9S9i2 I I : ._-'--- --:- --------- --- -------1--1-1\ . \ '

:: ::: '~ ~"~ ~l \ ::

.., .S,.. \ ..

J. E. SCOTT, Mm-rBA, Stati4tical SecretarY.

128 NORTH LN'DI.A OONFERENOE STATISTICS

NAME

OF

CIRClTIT.

KUMAON DISTRICT.

------.-----------.------.-~--.---No, OD the Roll at t11., ~ No. on tht, Holl at the 4

r:ri end of the yE'llr, 1:1 !S end uf the F'ur. ~ ~ ~

! ';j 0 Gi

E ~ 0

i = j ..; '; 0 ~ III :1::

I g '0 rLI . '" '" 1:1 c:> c, .. w i ' '" iF. ~

11(;' g.- :f~ 0 .... ca ft Z·!.f ..:I 0'" ;.... 1: ¢>" ~ Z'e ~ t~ 2 t3 ~ '0 p.4S ,Q '0 ",,01

0 E-i -< (!) [i 0 Eo< ~ - :---- ---- ---- --- --- -- --- ---- -_.- ----1------------1 j Dwarabath . , " i , !

2j Eastern Kumaon . , 10

4

375

1

Si5 213 6

4 58 02

124 124

sa

120

3, Gurhwal

41 Naini Till (Xdi\'e)

6 Do. (Englitili)

TOTAL

6, Robilktmd

I ,;, Amroha

! g Oudh

II.. Last Year

'~41 1"') I 228 I 164

341 4: I 44') r 260

•• 10

•. 14 I

, ... j

8

4

4

18

.. I !

43 47

102 120 100

~ ---1---- ----1---1--- ---'1--- ---- --··.34 481 9G3 }(l:J-S' G:l, ! Ii 26 327 853 293

-- ---,---'----1---1 ___ ---- --- __ I __ _

1 I I

I II I 2:;13, 2557 5370 i 4:}S:! i 1:>1 1 600

I I I

",./ 6981 '033/ 870 /'8 " ' '"

2101 2710 2221

••. 10

47' 8SO

115/ 2310' "", ,.,':,'" 3!' I 821 m31"" 3t i 4S 1 968 1038 6S1 Ii 26 ! :32. I 358 293

I I ' .-/--- - --I --- --- --- I-__ i----' ___ ---124: s:m: 6527 I 9875 7914 :.lln I 1048/ 8G61 I Hill' 3iB

I . I !, --1- -------1--- --- --- ----:---- _._--. __ _

.. 101 1276

~ ! I 61:)4) 8416 6943 206 (i"" 37 HI i ·13m 8li87

I 97 1400 le81 10 401 349

6'1

1·)­_.

I J~ ---

FOR TIlE YEAR ENDING SEP1'EMBER SOTH,1890. 129

SCHOOL STATISTICS.

A)l'GLo-YERNACULAR ScHOOL8.

No. on the Roll at the ~ No. on the Roll at the.t!, I ~ eo' .'the,_. i i endo' the, .. ,. ! i I t i ~

~!!1 ~ ~ ori ori ~ ii 8l ~ ~ i;':Ii '" 1~ ~,~ '" OJ E-i ::; Q

~ ~~ -:i !~ I !S ~ ]~ ai e21 -::; -::; j 5 f~ "C M'" .:s <:.>" I ~ .... M1: .,. '" Q • • • <:'>"

_~_~ __ ~ ___ ~"-,i'_ ~_~_I_~ __ ~'- ~ -,g ,g ~:-1 1 25 88 113 95 \ •. . . .• I . . . . 6 18 U5 13:1

4 100 100 I f)4 I 1 66 •• I .. I.. 18 I OS 655 ... , 1

fIl ... 3021 ",1' 77 •. "I., 161" 649 ...

.. 153 ,../ '""I" .. ' ",' ., .... 28'''''' ... 3 2

.6 1 61 • • 671 65 I 1 95 • . 95 85 2 141 162 140

--- - _____ L_! __ - -- --1---~-l--)l_-'--1 I; I! I

1 176 6S6 7i7! 588 i 6 249 I 30 279: 2~ 64 I 114, 2391 1760 I I ~ ! 1 ----.-- ---'--:------- ;--- ---;-- --}--I---i---I ! I! 1 : i i I !:! I / i! I I I 1 .,. ... -iu"l 6 fIlO I • 116 1....... 5251"'''5: """

"I .. 112 1 1111 •• ··1·· ··1·· .. "1 161'1''''

f 16

f 2

... '260 ""1'''' \ 6 ..,. i • "'1 ,., '38 275 " ... ' ....

$, 176 ... '"'I""· ... I SO "'I'" "'I'" ,.,.. liOO

--1----1-- --: ---1----j----j-- - ----sa 857 2798 SM6 2965 16' 1161 8t 11t61103S 694 I 1002 la34l 15151

- - --- --1---- -------,---1------.~ lit no IIS'O .... 1....,. 821 '" ....., Il'l'I II 905 172U am

11 4 147 • • 1261 61 8 ISO 24 ~ 186 117 97 2100 1328

11 •••. 11 .. I ••• • ........ ..

I I

J. E. SCOTT. M'O'TTlI.A, ,statinical B«retary.

130 NORTH INDIA.. aONFERENOE SPATISTIOB

For the Yea". Ending Septembe". 30th, 1890. KUMAON DISTRICT.-SUNDAY-SCHOOL STATISTICS.

SCHOOLS. OFFICERS AND SCHOLARS OF ALL AGES. TEACHERS.

I I NON.CHRIS-I NAME CHRI~~~ 00 QJ

OF x IV

00 ai 0Cl

~ CIRCUIT. -5 a3 t>-. -;:: ~ c) CD 0 C5 0 CD 'ii c; c) C6 ..; .0 P=l ..c c; ci S c)

S S 0; 5 0; ~ .. .. .. .j.J Q) 0 .j.J IV Q) 0 ::I 0 0 0 0 =s ~

0 ~ ~ ~ ~ E-t Z ~ ~ r:., E-t E-t

- -------~ - - '- - - - ----------I Dwarahath ... ... ... 2 2 5 4 !l 28 18 112 8 16fl

2 Eastern Kumaon ... 1 1 ... 2 5 6 11 10 108 761 . .. 194

1-91

I

3 Gurhwal ... 112 2] 25 19 44 110 34-11 89 702 ... ... I VI I I I I

4 Naini Tal (Native), 4 3! 7 14 19 6 25 56! 21 284 45 406 1 !

, I 1 51 Ie I I

12( 1) Do. (English),

'''1'''1 1 5 5°i 7°1 ... . .. i

I

~~I22 -1- --I~-- -- ----

TOTAL ... 4( 59 401 99 303: 327 8lG 142 158t I ---1-- ---1-----,--

RECAPITULATION.

I 6 Rohilkund ... 1242 126 95 463 395 208

1

60

'

42391 212°1

6399 3Ul 1586~

I 7lAmroha ... 30 10 32 72 68 26 94 503! 182 808 552 2045

I

BOudh ... 155 68 26 249 172 119 I

291 572 446 9266 1981 12265'

i

9Kumaon ... 5 4 22 40 59 40 99 303! 327 816 142 15BS i i - - - - - - - --1-- -------

GRAND TOTAL ~32 824 I ... 208 175 694 393 1087 56171 3075 17289 5786 31767

I----- - - -- - --,--:US1185 10 Last Year ... 378 781 590 387 977 4355 3195 14608 6242 2840(

. .. 1". 11 Increase ... 54 43 104 6 llQ 1262 . .. 2681 . .. 3367 ,- "

10110 ... [ ... 12Deerease ... ... .. . ... ... 120 ... I 456 ...

..... o~ Cl),!!! °0 c..= "'0 'Coo !Jd ~~ Cl)..cI btl 0 011." "Cl)

~~ oC!j --

100

150

5~

300

100

1181

--

13821

1690

10726

1187

--27424

24738

2686

. .. J. E. SOOTT, MUTTBA,

Statistical Seer,tary.

J.VORTH INDIA OONFERENOE S'I'ATISTIOS. 131

For the Year Ending September 30th, 1890.

.b ~.

.~~ ~~ CIRCUIT rtlrtl ......... ~-= AND <1)-'> bl) :::

<1 ..... STATIONS. .... '1:!

o~

",15' ]-a E E 0<1)

Z ---

Ajudhiya. ... Bahraich ... Bareilly ,., Bijnor ... Barabanki ... Budaon ... Bisalpur ... Cawnpur ... Gonda ... Garhwal ... Hardui ... Kas Ganj ... Lucknow ... Lakhimpur ... Mohamdi ... Moradabad ... Muttra ... Rai Bareilly ... Sitapur '"

Shabjehanpur ...

Una<>

Total

Last year

ncrease I

D ecrease

...

...

...

...

...

1

-... 1 1 I 1 ... 2 1 ... 1 ... 2

...

... I 1

1

1 2

4

...

--

20

--21

... 1

. rtl <I)

Eo« '1:!

~] ttJ~

:5~ ..... .., ~rtl ,..;e ~ttJ

'3"'d Q<I) <':ls:: = .... ,.. <':l

:';;:"" --

4 ... 55 62 3

69 10

120 48 8

14 8

40

2 5

199 10

18 41

55

4

--

773

--644

129

...

COLPORTAGE STATISTICS •

. a... tE "'"' rtl <I) :a Eo! C1l 'gaj = 0

~ 1j . ~ k m.o 0 <I) ..... 0.. -J.< .0",",

'" ..... rtl <':l Q:I;e '3. Q'1:! ~~ <':lQ)

:=~ ~..,

""~ ~E ~.o ril --- ---

50 2 . .. .. . 73 4

249 11 154 48 34B 12

20 ... 160 18

60 10 27 4

160 4 20 7

250 55

28 . .. 15 2

110 , .. 300 5

40 5 355 50

88 54

600 4

------

3107 295

--- ---2927 228

180 67

, .. ...

~.i: CDb1) J.<~

~.;.;> ~ ..... .;.;>rtl ",",.a... 0.. ..... o..~

..... '1:! ';::'1:! rod a... QeQ rllB CI.I

Cl),.!:<j "'"' 0 Q a... 0 'E~

0

-~ g: 0'1:! ~

CD'1:! CD

= ~~:i ~ ~ ~~-d 0

OOQ) .l:I ,.cQQ) ,.!<I;;'"

E~~ ~OCD .!4 ...,0..::: a...

~E-.o ~~.;.;> 0 Z a: ----- - -----------

Rs. A. P.

1356 3 6 6 Locally. 277 13 0 0 Do.

23682 88 5 9 N. I. B.S. 6500 42 5 6 Do.

205 13 0 0 Do. 2023 68 5 6 N.B.S. S.

30 5 0 0 Locally. 4320 120 0 0 N. I.B. S. 2000 64 1 6 Do. 1009 5 0 0 Locally.

75 24 4 0 N. B. S. S. 36 36 0 0 Ll)cally.

64000 108 0 0 N. I. B. S. and N.B.S.S.

30 1 0 0 Locally. 3000 2 0 0 Do.

16462 106 3 0 N.r.B.S; 100000 200 0 0 Locally and Metho.

Pub. House. 12613 9 0 0 Do. N. I. B. S. 10646 65 10 9 N. B. S. S. and

N. I. B. S. 66212 83 11 3 Do. N.I.B.S.

608 I and Locally.

13 2 6 Locally.

------ - -

314484 1072 5 3

----- - -137868 1073 0 0

176616 . .. . .. ... . .. . .. 10 9

J. E. SCOTT, MUTTRA,

Statistical Secretary.