lReport anb mfnlltes ....

mort I) 1f n~ia ~onference OF ,HE

metl)o~fst JEpiscopal <thurcb.

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minutes of tbe ttbtrtp:=:$ixtb Session

OF THE

metbo{)ist ]Episcopal <!butcbt

HELD A'l'

LUCKNOW":

THE METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE.

1900.

~mcers of tbe (ton-ference.

President, .. Seereta'l'Y, ... .Assistant Sec1'etary, Vernacular SeCl'etu'ry, Corretponding Secretu ty, Statist'tcal Secreta?'y, 7'reas1t1'e-r for BOU1'd, (J.mjerence 7'rwsurer,

BISHOP J. M. THOBURN. J. W. ROBINSON . G. C. HEWES. S. TUPPER. C. L. BARE.

N. L. ROOKEY. D. L. THOBURN. J. N. WEST.

Finance Committee. BISHOP J. M. THOBURN, President,. C .. L. BARE, 8ecretary;

D. L. THOBURN. Treasurer; E, W. PARKER, S. KNOWLES, L. A. CORE, H. J. ADAMS, H. A. CUTTING, J. H. GILL, W. PETERS, J. W. ROBINSON and S. TUPPER, Ex-Officio; T. J. SCOTT, J. C. BUTCHER, .T. H. MESSMORE, M. STEPHEN, F. W. GREEN WOLD, H. L. MUKERJI. Alternates, G. H. FREY, J. F. SAMUEL, J. N. WEST, N. L. ROCKEY.

Auditing Committee. J. H. MESSMORE, J. BLACKSTOCK, G. C. HEWES, S. S. DEASE,

H. L MUKERJI, MISS H;OOE, J. N. WEST. MRS. BARE.

Board of Education. J. H. MESSMORE, H. L. MUKERJI. L. A. CORE, W. PETERS, C.

L. BARE, MISS M. MEANS, MISS CARVER, MRS. ROCKEYt MISS NICHOLS.

Board of Examiners. T. J. SCOTT, Ohairman ; C. L. BARE, Begistrar. J. H. MESS·

MORE, N. L. ROCKEY, D. L. 'l'HOBURN, S. S."DEASE, W. R. BOWEN, H. L. MUI{ERJI, D. A. CHOWFIN, D. M. BUTLER, A. G. MCARTHUR.

Standing Committees. Statistics-No L. RocKEY, S. B. FINCH, G. C. HEWES, G. D.

PRESGRAVE. Btate oj the Ohurch.-T. J. SCOTT, M. STEPHEN, D. M. BUTLER,

J. F. SAMUEL, H. K LIST, Sunday Schools.-J, C. BUTCHER, S. S. DEASE, GANGA NATH,

J. JACOB, NIZAM ALI •. Tem.perance.-J. BLACKSTOCK, J. N. 'VEST, W. R. BOWEN, B.

B. MITCHELL Publishing Minutes-SECRETARIES, AND AGENT OF THE PUB­

'LISHING BOUSE, LUCKNOW. To Preach the AnnualSe1"ffiOn.-J. H. GILL; S. B. FINCH, al­

ternate. public Worship.-PRESIDINGELDER AND ~E.ACliER IN C:a.ARGE

OF BAREl!,.LY.

CONFEBE ... YC'E OFFICERS.

Triers of Appeals. J. H. J\Il£SS:\IOR.E • .T. nLACK_":';'l'O(~K, S. S. DEASE, W. R. BOWEN,

N. L. ROCKEY. G. H. FREY. ~1. STEPI-IEX.

Committee on Conference Relations.

1'. J :,..q,Y9T:r~ JJ',"~L,ACI~g.!l'OCJ;::" H. I~. _~IS.r,. ~ .• ;S.:<FlNeH.

• ';'Epworth~League-'-Bo~rd' of Control ..

• J. W. HOBINSON. ;VIIS.S SHBLDON, D. L. TrrOB,[,RN, MISS SELLARS, \v. A. I,] .-"XSELL. . ..-

D,e~~~nes~.yV:0rk-.-Board of Supe.rvision: .J. C. 'Br'I\6Hl~I~',; '()h illl'flIJW : ·8. TepPER, ~1. 'S'l'EPHRN~' J. 'Y.

RomXSON. ·\Y. It. ·B'Y'.'.TE!'~ .. \Jr{·:. i'x!'ucm. :\1ns. BARE, MRS. KNO\YLES, )'1r5;;; THor-n.-({~~. ' .

S.unday School Union.

J. :\. \\:RST., Pn".;.idc;lt, G. c. fIK'iy~",Se(')'et(lr!J and T?'ws'II?·el' ..

Conference,:Histori-cai-·Society .

. ~~ L:'RoCI{El'-, P),'['l-i(leid cnid (,'jz)'(mi(-lcl'·: G. C. IIr:·wEs. Se(,?,etm·lj. • , • • '-. - .' < ~ • • " •••• , • ~. ..' ~:

'Conference Li terary: ~ociety.

. S. - s; .PEA5i~, President: . .T. H:. GILL, ncc-Presicle1l1; :,J.., C~. J1T)'TGH"E:n, SCC1'Ct(I)'!I emrl ,'l'r,erumrer.'<

Trustees of the .TheQlogicalSem'ina:-ry and Normal School. . ~/ -:.

N. L. ROCKE'1, E;W. P:\'R!:;:l~rr, -P. R.·WELSH,ESQ., '1601: ;J, GRO,,"ES, ESQ., A. G. )h;;;\rr.r.n-CR S, S .. , DEASE, IH02: It.;. A. CORl;;, C. L. BARE, MR. <;'';'Eoi{(.rELl+KE~- 190:; :':T: C LkWSON, E. MASSEY, Nprtb \Yest I,ndia Confer.ence; T. S.· J9Hl'.~SON, Bomh~y. Cqnfer­~nce; H. JACKo;;;()X, ~engal-8~1,rma~~onfereI1ce;, BISHOP .r.,;M;, THOi3TIiN, Ei-OifHo:' T .. L SCOTT; E);-01ficiO Sccretw·y. " .-

Trustees of the'R'etd'Chri5tiiu~' 'CQrfege, Lucknow.

j: W),RoW~so:;..-, ·.l.-'C. Rr.:'TC;IffiR; L.·A. CORE, 1901, IT' HOSKiNS, P M. BreI{; 'E.' W. PARKER, [JresideJlt: H)02; W. ·E. CRAWSHAW, ·:E3SQ., T . .T. Sco'r1',. D~ :\1. BerrLBR,i 90:~: C. L. BARE, Ex-OfficiO Secrdal'!I: BISHOP J .. 1\1. T~OJi,~ll~, Ex-OiJieio . .::

Lq~aJ G.otpmittee, Naini Tal ,Schools.

. J. H. MESSMORE, E. W .. ~.r\RI{ER, N .. L._RoCKEY, R. 1. FAUClPTT, S. KNOWLES, S. S. DEASE, T . .T. SCOTT, J. ANDERSON, ESQ., G. W. GREGSON. ESQ., J. G. BlT'I'CHER, ·MRS. BU'I'CHER, MISS EASTON, Mlss'CARnr:n.· ' . . ,

<.tonic renee 1RoH.

CLASS A.-Elders i~ full connection whl? have, com';' pleted the course of study.,

. .' .~~ - - .... - ~ . -~

Adams, Horace .J. :Ashe, William W. Bahadur Singh :Baldeo Pershad '.Bansi Dhar Bare, C. L. Basant Ram Bihari Lal 1. :Bibar'i'LaI II. Bhik1d Lal 'Blackstock, .T. Bowen; W. R. -Butcher, J. C. -Butler,' David :\1. -Clibbtd Lal Chowfin. David A. .cocker, 'Benj. F. :c.ore, Lewis A. , Craven, 'l'homas Cutting, Hiram A. Cutler, Lucius Dease, Stephen S. Dysell, Joseph Falls, Seneca Fazl Masih ]'inch, Superian B. Franklin, R. S. Frey, Geo. H. Gill, JOSEph H. Greenwold, F. '¥. Hancock, C. Hewes, G. C. Humpbrey, J. L. Jacob, Joseph Janvier, Joel 1'. Jawala Sing Jordan, James Kanhai Singh Karim Masih Kidder, D. P.

18-;4 Knowles. Samuel 1895, Lawrence, Shadulla Hm6 List, Henry K. 1893 Manse]], Babine 1395 Mansell, Vl. A. l~':lO. McArthur, A. G. 1894' M azhar-ul-H aqq 1892 Messmore, J. B., 1889 ,Milkerjj, H. L. 1894 'Mitchell; H. B 1875 Neeld, F. L. 1882 Nizam Ali 1885 Parker, E. W. 1893 Patras, Benjamin 1894 Paul, Chiddu S. 1892 Peters, VVilli am 1884 Philll p, B. S. 1889 Phillip, Samuel 1870 Presgrave, Grafton D. 1874 UobinsoD, .T ohn \¥. 1885 Hockey, Noble L. 1881 Samuel, John F. HUG Samuel,~.foshua1S. 18RG Scott, Thomas J. 189.3 Scott, Warren 1"1. 1894 Shipley, Charles 18~3 Speake, William T. 1889 Stephen, Matthew 1871 Solomon, Abraham 1879 Solomon, Joshua ] 886 Sweet, Aaron 1891 Thoburn, David L. 1857 Tupper, Samuel 1896 "V'Vahid-ud-Din, Joseph 1864 Waugh, James Vt. 1894 VVest, John N. 1883 Wheeler, Samuel 1887 \¥ilson, Harkua 1893 Yaqub Sbah. 1885

CLASS B.-Members in full connection jn the studies of the fourth year.

Ganga. Nath Elder .. Mohammed Hasan Jan Deaoon '94 Prabbhu Dayal,

" Albert Frank "

'99 Joseph H. Smart, "

'97

• i"zo°;'- ,

]858 1893 '1889 1892 1889 1893 1893-1861

: 1886 . i886 1881

:-lB~6 1859 i887 188~) 1879 1893 1891 1894 1892 1884 189:~ 18H6 186:3 1888 188;') 1~90 1882 1879 189f1 189:-l 18B! 1889 1894 lR5D 1893 1R89 1~'87

1882

1896 1895 1897 1897 ).897

6 OONFERENOE ROLL.

CLASS C. - Members in full connection in studies of the third year.

Nathaniel R. Childs, Deacon John H. Walter, -

" 1900

Bulaqi Singh, "

'94 Lazar Shah

" '97

Jhukkau Lal, "

'93 Prem Singh,

" James Thompkinson "

1900

CLASS D.-Preachers on trial.

Yaqub Ali Deacon II Year

" I Year Kay Silas Yaqub Singh Robert I. Faucett, Elder

SUMMARY.

Missionaries in full connection .... Hindustani members in full connection

Missionaries on t.rial Hindustani members on trial

Total

~otal

1897 1897 1895 1898 1898 1898 1899

1899 1899 1900 1900

• ..• 21 .... 70

91 1 3

4

...... 95

(tonference Bppointments. BAREILLY DISTRICT.

E. W. Parker, P. E. {Po o. Shahjahanpur.) Aonla, Basant Ram. Bareilly, S. S. Dease, Samuel Phillip.

" Hindustani Church, W. R. Bowen. " Sadar Bazar, Joseph Wahid-ud·Din.

Bhamora, Nizam Ali. Bilsi, W. T. Speake, Binawar, .supplied by Govind Ham. Bisauli, Bahadur Singh. Budaon, G. C. Hewes, Joshua Solomon. Dataganj, Bihari Lal II. Faridpur, Chiddu S. Paul. Jalalabad, Lucius Cutler. Kakrala, supplied by John Robert. Khera Bajhera, Kanhai Singh. Miranpur Katra, B. F. Cocker. Mohamdi, to be supplied. Panahpur, Joseph Dysell. Pawayan, Aaron Sweet. Shahjahanpur, John Blackstock, Prabbhu Dayal. Shahjahanpur West, Ganga Nath. Tilhar, H. K. List. Ujhani, James Jordan.. Bareilly Theological Seminary, T. J. Scott, princi pal; S, S

Dease, H. L. Mukerji, professors; J awala Singh, teacher.

r GARHW AL DISTRICT. J. H. Gill, P. E. (Po O. Pauri, Garhwal.)

Bainoli, F. W. Greenwold. Kainur, David A. Chowfin. Lansdowne and Kotdwara, supplied by Ghungar Money. Pa.m'i a.nd Gadoli, J. H. Gill, F. L. Neeld. Ramni, Sabine Ma.nsell .. Srinagar, supplied by Edward Thomson. Mission Hospital and. Dispensary, to be supplied. Supernumerary, W. W. Ashe.

GONDA DISTRICT. William Peters, P. E. (P. O. Bahraich.)

Bahraich, supplied by Arthur S. Wesley. Balrampur, Behari Lal. Bhinga, J. F. Samuel. Gonda, S. B. Finch. Kaisarganj, Baldeo Pershad. Karnalganj, Samuel Wheeler. M ankapur, J. S. Samuel. Nanpara, L. J . .McGee. N awabganj, Crawford. Hancock. Sujauli, to be supplied. Supernumerary, Thomas Craven.

CONFERE1VGE APPOINTMENTS.

HARDOI DISTRICT. Samuel Tupper, P. E. (P- O. HardoU

BilgTam, .Tukkhan Lai. Hardoi, S;1mu~l ~l'upper, " . ' Malawan,to be sl:1pplieq. by Nand Ram. , Pali, - , . ".T ohn D. Flint. Pihani, "" Sad~.L Masih .. Safipur, ",. John Higginbottom. Sandi, Robert'rurner. Sandila, , " "Baldeo Pcrsha.d. Shahabad, YaqubShah . Unao, A. G. McArthur.

K'U:IIAON DISTRICT. Samuell~no\Vles, P .. E. (P.·O. l~aini Tal.)

Bhot, Harkua Wilson. Dwarahat, N. L. HClckey, ShaduUa Lawrence. Gangoliahat, supplied by Chamrua \?\Tilson. Haldwani, supplied by John \V. Todd, Lahu Ghat, l.' ,. DeDi S. Hukill. Lobha, ., ,', Gu,uri Datt. Naini Tal Circuit. Samuel Knowles.

" Hindustani Church, to be supplied by Bali M. Dass. " English Chul'c:b, Hobert 1. Faucett. " Boys' High Sehool, J. C. Butcher, Wilfred W.

Scott, lay missionary. Pithoragal'h, Benjamin Patras. l-tamnagar, supplied by Bir Singh, Supernumerary, J. \Y. v~augh, J. L. Humphrey.

TIl.: IItAD~\'BA.D DISTRICT. L. ~-"~. Core, P. E. (P. O. Moradabad. J

Bijnoul', Seneea Falls. Chandansi, Matthew Stephen. Dhampur,Fazl'Masih, Kauth, supplied by B, S. Budden. Kiratpur, :i?ansi Dhar. . Kunc1arki. Lazar Sha;h: '" illandaw'ar, H. B. Mitchell. Moradabad, L. A. Cor-e, ~lazhar-ul-Haqq. '

" H.~ghSchool, L. A,. Core, Joseph Jacob. N agina, CharlesSb ipley. . Najibabacl, supplied by Benj. JlcGi·e~rur. Nurpur\ "" Gulab Singh. Seohara" "". Jabbhu LaIr. Sherkot, II Peter M erl'ill. Thakurd\vara", ,,:\Iohan Singh. '

(JUJ)H DISTInCT. J. W. Robinson, P. E. (P. O. Sitapur.J

Bahram Ghat, supplied by Manp'al Singh. Barabanki" Yaqub Ali. Lakhimpur, D. P. Kidder. Lucknow, Circuit, J. N. \Vest, Albert F'rank ..

"

Hundustani Church, D. M. Butler. English Church, J. H. ~Jessmore: Heid Christian College, C. L. Ba·re,.J.N. West;

Brenton T. Badley, lay mititiionary: G. D. Presgrave.

Lucknow, Methodist Pdblishing Hou~e, p~ L. 'l'4gbupn; Chas. R. Hawes, lay'missionary. '

Malihabad, Yaqub ~Hngh. Rae BareH, G. H. Frey. Sidhauli, J. H. Smart. . Sita,p~r, Ohott~ La.l, Kay Silas. " Editor;,' Kaukab i Hind. J . .H. Messmore. On leave to A~erlcat W. A: Mansell.

:';, " ' ", pILIBlnt DISTRICT. " , Hiram A. Cutting, P. E. (P.O~ Fatehganj WesL.)

Bhojipura, N. R. Childs. ' -Bisalpur,supplied by Jabbhu LaH1I. Fatehganj West, H. A. yutting, J. If. Wa~t,er. J ahanabad, supplied by Keshri Singh. Milak, Ghasa Ram. Mirganj, f$upplied by KaHu Singh. Nawa.bganj, supplied by .Girdhari Lal. Pili bhit, J ames Tomkinson. Puranpur, supplied by Moti Lal. RampUl', ,,' "Ase Ram. Shahi; " "Kaliram Singh. Sir aiui , Bhikki Lal. Supernumerary, Abraham Solomon.

SA1\iBHAL DISTRIC'l'. ,Horace J. Adams, P. E. (P. O. Sambhal )

Amroha, . W arren' Sc~tt. . " " . " Babukhera, Balaqi Singh. B ahjoi, supplied by Mathura Parshad. Basta. Karim Masih. i .. Dhanaura, Mohammed Ha'san Jan. Gunnaur, Ram Sukh·Frankliri. Hasanpur, B. S. Phillip. .' Narainya, supplied by Sa/muel Barnard. Hajpura,,, "Lachhman Siug~. " Rasulpur,,, "Manphul Singh. Sambhal, ff. J. Adams; ~me supplied by Ma.(~k S. CutLlug. Shahpur, supplied by Mauladad Khan. -. - .~ -. . Sharifpur, supplied by Ni~mal SingJ:t. " . . ...

WOMAN'S CONFERE'NCE .. BAREILLY DISTRICT.

Bareilly, Girls' Orphanage, Mrs. Wilson; one to be supplied. " City and Evangelistic work, Miss Wilson. " Medical work, Mrs. Dease " Woman's School, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. ~Jukel'ji.

Budaon, City and Zanana work, Mrs. Hewes. " Girls' Boarding School, Miss CUt'ts.

Shahjahanpur, Girls' Boarding School, "Jiss Organ. , , City work, Mrs. Blackst Ick. " District work, Mrs. Parker.

On leave in America, Miss Bryan, M. D., Miss English. " GARHWAL DISTRICT.

Paurl, Girls' Orrhanage and Boarding School, Miss Kyle. " Village schools and District work, Mrs. Gill.

GONDA DISTRICT. Bahraich and District work, :Mrs. L. Raymond. Gonda, Girls' Boarding School, Miss Scott.

" Evangelistic work and City schools, )'liss g J,J",j.

• -~. j

. '-,r:

. ..;, "i.

10 CONFERENCE 1PPOINTMENT8~

KUMAUN DISTRICT. Bhot, Miss Sheldon, M. D., Miss~rowne. Chandag I Miss Reed. Dwarahat, Mrs. Rockey. Pithoragarh, Miss Budden, Miss Tresbam, .. Naini Tal, Hindustani work, Miss Sullivan.

" Boys' High School, Mrs Butcher, Miss~;Pritchard. " English work, to be supplied. " Wellesley Girls' High School, Miss S. A. Easton,

principal; Miss Carver, assistant principal; Miss Files, teacher.

" District work, Mrs. Knowles. On leave to America, Miss Sellars.

MORADABAD DISTRICT. Bijnour, to be supplied. Moradabad, City and DistrictEvangelistic work, Miss Means.

" Girls' High School, Miss Alice Means.

OUDH DISTRICT. Lucknow, Woman's College, Miss Th6burn, principal; Miss

Nichols, assistant principal; Miss Newton, Miss Stearns.

" " "

City Schools, Mrs. Thoburn. Deaconess' Home, Miss Hardie, Miss Ingram. Circuit work; Mrs. West. Zanana work and Home for Homeless Women, Miss

Fuller. Sitapur, Girls' Boarding School, Miss Loper.

" Zanana work, Mrs. Tucker. Edit.ur, Ra.fiq-i-Niswan, Mrs. Messmore. Oudh District work, Mrs. Robinson, On leave to America, Miss C. Easton.

PILIBHIT DISTRICT. District work, Mrs. Cutting

SAMBHAL DI~TRICT. District work, Mrs. Adams.

HARDOI DISTRICT~. District work, Mre. TUPI'er •

\0'.

IDfscfplinar~ 'luestions.

I. Wha have been Received by Transfer, and from what Conferences? None.

a.. Who have been Readmitted? None.

3. Who have been Received on Credentials, and from w~at Churches ? None.

4. Who have been received on trial ? (q) In Studies of First Year.

Yaqub Singh, Robert 1. FWtlceit. !o~ In Studies of Third Year.

None.

5. Who have been Continued on trial ? (a) In Studies of First Year.

None. (b) In Studies of Second Year.

Yaqub Ali, ]{ay Sil{(,~. (r.) In Studies of Third Year.

None. (,l) In Studies of Fourth Year.

None.

6. Who have been Discontinued ?

None.

,. Who have been admitted into Full Membership? (a) Elected and Ordained Deacons this year.

John H. Walter, Jelnle8 71hompki?lSon. (b) Elected and Ordained Deacons previously.

Buluqi Singh, Lazar Shah, Jhukkan La1, Na.tlw.niel R. Childs, Prem Singh.

8. What Members are in Studies of Third Year? (a) Admitted into Full Membership this year.

John R. Walte?', JunwsThompkinsol1, BuZaqi Singh,Lazu,l' Shah, Jhukkan Lal, NathanieLH. ,(hilds, P'}'ern Singh.

(b) Admitted into Full Membership previously.

None. What Members are in Studies of Fourth Year?

Albert Frank, J()$eph B. Smrnt, Pmbbhtt Da,l!al, lJfohommeit lIasan Jan, Ganga lVath.

12 DJSCIPLJNARY QUESTIOM~.

10. What Members have Completed the Conference Course of Study? (11) Elected and Ordained Elders this year.

Shadulla Lawrence, Bansi Dhar, Nizam Ali, Joshua Solo· mon, Joseph Jacob, Babadur Singh, Joseph D~'sell, Joshua S. Samuel.

(,;) Elected and Ordained E!ders prcviou sly.

" (. 1', .. ?'-_.'J . ",. ... ~ ~~... .. None.

11. What otli'ers have 'been Elected aI.ld ·Ordained Deacons .? .~- . (a) As Local Preachers.

EW'un And}'ew, Baldeo -'!§Ts7JJ!Jl~.Prem Masill, K'lJliya SOli, A1th'l.u· S. Wesley, DanielO. Richa'lds.

W Under Missionary Rule:

Robert L l!'mlCett.

12. What others have been Elected and Ordained Elders? . (n) As Local Deacons.

None, .(b) Under Miss!pna~y Rule.

'. Robeit 1. Faucett, Gallgfi NatA.

Was the Character of each Preacher examined ?

Wilkin-

This was strictly done 8sthe name: .. of;~'~c~· pre'a~h¢f\vas~ called in open Conf.erence. - - . -_ - - - - .- - ."

Who have been Transferred; and to what Conferences? . _ . None. ...-. :. --. - '" -~.;-;::: :

IS. Who have Died? Stephen Paul.

16. Who have been Located at their own Request? None

17. Who have been Located? None.

18, Who have withdrawn? Benjamin lIfarqw~.

19· Who have been permitted to W~l)dr~w\l~d", C.hJt.rg~ 9.!:·:~pm:,) plaints ?

None.

20. Who have been Expelled ? None.

21. Wbat other personal Na'ta~ioll should be made 1 . _" '.', N,qp.e.

22. Who are the Supernumer~r, Prea~he~? .

J. W. Waugh, T. Craven, ·W~ W. Ashe~ "¥,.:::.~~~;;J;j·o~~:.j .. : L;!' Hump!:trey. ' . ".: .

23·: . Who are ~e~uper~nnuated Preachers l. --.', .'. _ Joel T. Janvier. _ ..... .

24· Who are the Triers of Appeals?

J. H. Messmore; W. R. Bowen, ., .. -Bl'aekstock" G; 'It. F1f~Y >

.S.·~. D:.e3tse, M~' Ste.phen, ,N. L. ~ock~~. ':,' ..'.. • ~ ' •. ";.... . .... .l

DI80lPLINARr Qf(E8TIONS. 13

25. What is the Statietical Report for this year? See Statistics.

26. What is the aggregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by the General Conferenc~,as reported by the Conference Treasurer?

Rs.1,8&7.

27. What are the Claims on the Conference Fund ? Rs.780.

28 What ha:s. been R:eceived on these Claims, and how has it been Applied?

Full amount was received and applied.

29.' Where are the Preachers Stationed? See Appomtments.

30. Where shall the Next Conference be held? ~areilly.

-NOTE. ~ Naines of Confere11ce 1mdergmduatcs a1 e p1'inte~1 ,in italic~.

•

<tonference lournal. FIRST DAY.

LUCKNOW, .]anum'!! 10th, 1900.

Opening Exercises. - The North India ConfHence met for its thirty-sixth annual session in th3 Lal Bagh Church, Lucl:now, on Wednesday, .January 10th, at 11 A. M., Bishqp J. M. Thoburn presiding. After the devotional exel'cises Bishop Thoburn very briefly addressed the Conference. .

Roll Ca11.-The secretary of the last conference called the roll, and eighty members and probationers answered to their names. Fifteen members and probationers were absent.

Secretaries. - On motion of W. Peters, J. W. Robinson was elect­ed secretary, and on his nomination S. Tupper was elected vernac­ular secretary, and G. C. Hewes assistant secretary.

Conference Treasurer.-On motion of W. A. Mansell, J. N. West was elected conference treasurer.

Hours of Session.-On motion of W. Peters, the hours of session were fixed at from 11 A. M. to 3 P. M.

Conference Bar.-On motion of N. L. Rockey, the conference bar was fixed for the wings and in it'ont of th.e second windows in the main body of the church.

Introductions.-R. 1. Faucett, B. T. Badley, and Misses Organ and Newton, of the North India Conference, and Miss Gregg of the N orth-West India Conference, were introduced.

Vacancies in Committees.-On motion of T. J. Scott, the following were chosen to fill vacancies on standing committees: G. C. Hewes, S. S. Dease, on Auditing Committee; J. C. Butcher, N. L. Rockey, S. S Dease, on Board of Examiners; J. C. Butcher on State of the Church; D. L. Thoburn on Sunday Schools; C. L. Bare on Con­ference Relations; Miss Organ on Epworth League; Miss Hoge, Mrs. Thoburn on Boa~d of Supervision of Deaconess Work; W. Peters, E. W. Parker, J. H. Gin, Bhikki Lal on Memoirs; J. L. Humphrey, S. Knowles, E. W. Parker, X. T. Janvier, H. L. Mukerji, W. Peters, on 00mmitteeJor preparing a memoir of Dr. Wm. Butler.

Time for Elections.-On motion of N. L. Rockey, the time for the election of delegates and conference officers was fixed for Thursda.y , the 11th, at 12 M., the elections to be held in the following order: delegates to General Conference, delegates to Central Conference, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer for the Board.

Thirteenth Question.-The Thirteenth Question' was taken up. The name of E. W. Parker was ca.lled, his character passed, and

iHiNUTES OF CONFERENCE. 15

he reported the work of the Bareilly district. The names of James Jordan, S. S. Dease, S. :Phillip, W. R. Bowen, Joseph Wahid-ud­Diq., W. T. Speake, H. J. Adams, G·. C. Hewes, Bihari Lal II, C. S. Paul, Lucius Cutler, Basant Ram, H. L. Mukerji, Kanhai Singh, Aaron Swe~t, J. Blackstock, H. K. List, T. J. Scott and Jawala Singh were called, their characters were passed and they reported their collections.

The name of Wm. Peters was called, his character was passed, and he reported the work of the Gonda district. The names of Bihari Lal I, J. F. Samuel, S. B. Finch, Baldeo Parshad, Samuel Wheeler and Crawford H anco3k were called, their characters were passed and they reported their collections.

The name of J. H. Gill was called, his character was passed, and he reported the work of the Garhwal district. The names of F. W. Greenwald and W. W. Ashe were called, their characters were passed, and they reported their collections. On motion of J. H. Gill, W. W. Ashe, at his o\V'n request, was granted a supernumerary .relation. The names of D. A. Chowfin, F. L. Neeld, and Sabine .Mane:ell were called, their characters were passed, and they report· ed their collections.

The name of S. Knowles was called, his character was passed, and he reported the work of the Kumaon district. The names of H. K. Wilson, N. L. Rockey, J. C. Butcher, J. L. Humphrey and Benjamin Patras, were called, their characters were passed, and they reported their collections.

The name of J. H. Messmore was called, his character was pa.ssed, and he reported the work of the Moradabad district. The name of Seneca Falls was called, and his character was passed.

School Fees in Statistics.-On motion of Wm. Petal's, the matter 'Of reporting boarding school fees in statistics was referred to the Central Conference for instructions.

Official Correspondence. -The corresponding s8cretary of the conference placed on the table, for examination or reference, the official correspondence of the year.

Adjoumment.-On motion ofJ. W. Robinson, after the making of the announcements, the singing of the doxology, and the benedic­tion, the conference adjourned for the day.

SECOND DAY. LUCKNOW, January 11tlt, 1900.

Opening Exercises.-The conference convened at 11 A. M., and the·devotional exercises were conducted by R. LFaucett.

Journa1.-The Journal of the previous day's session was read in English and vernacular and approved.

Introductions.-Rev. A. W- Newboult, of the Wesleyan Mission, was introduced, and on motion of J. W. Robinson he .was invited ~o a, seat within the bar and to participate in the discussions_ of. the conference.

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Thirteenth Question Resumed.-The names ot M. Stephen, C.Ship­ley, Fazal Masih, Mazar-ul-Haqq, and H. ·S. Mitchell were caned, ~heir characters were passed and they repol'ted t.heir coIiections.,·

The name of W. A. Mansell was called, his character was ·pasJ_ ed,. and he reported the work of the Oudh district. The Dlimes of'S. -Tupper, B. F. Cocker, D. P. Kidder, J. W. Robinson, D. 'M. 'Butler, D. L. Thoburn, C. L. Bare, G. D. Presgrave, G. H. Frey, Yaqub ~hah, Chhote Lal, A. G. McArthu.r and Bhikki Lal were called, their characters .were .passed and th~y reported their collections ... :

The name of H. A. Cutting wa.s called, his character was pass­ed, and he reported the work of the S ambhal district. The names' of Warren-Scott, S.B. Phillip, R. S. Franklin and Karim Masib were ~alled, their (haracters were passed and they reported their col­lections.

,Order of the Day.-The order of the day, the election of delegat'es, ~as t~kep. up. W. Peters, D. A. Chowfin, J. C. Butcher and J~ H. Gnl were appointed tellers, and the ballot on General conference deleg,ates was ordered. The ballot resulted in the election of E. W. Parker and J. L. Humphrey. The ballot was ordered for altet'nates.

Fraternal Letters.-The secretary read letters. of greeting' from if. y.;. Waugh and L. A. Core. On motion of T. J. Scott, 'the secretary ~~s requested to re.spond to these and send the greetings of the COIf­

ference, to these brethren. Theological Seminary. -So S. Dease presented the. financial re­

port of the Bareilly Theological Seminary, which on motion of W. A. Mansell was accepted. T. J. Scott presented the request of the B.o~rd of Trustees of the seminary for a change in the constitution; proy:iding for the election of visitors from patronizing conferences. On motion of E. W. Parker the request was granted a.nd it was or­dered that,in its election of visitors, this conference al'T-ange that the two visitors to which we are entitled be elected ,alternate years.

Al~ernate Delegates.-The tellers -reported, the election of W. A. Mansell and ~. L. Neeld as alternate delegates to Generai' con­

-ference . . Central Conference -Delegates.-The ballot was ordered for dele­

gates to C~ntral conference. Returned Parchments.-N. L. Rockey presented the parchIrients.of

Pancham Singh, which had. been surrendered upon the withdrawal of the holder from the misl;iion.

Water PriviJeges.-H. L. Mukerji presented a partial report of the committee appointed at the last session of conference on the priyileges ,of.Chrjstians to use wells. Thereporb ~as .accepted; but the committee was continued ,and requested to complete its" work. ..

, Census 'of 19o1.-N. L. Rockey ,presented the following resolu-tion, which on motion !Jf E. W. Parker was adopted .: '

.I~ ,preparation for the government (,'Snsus to be ·taken jn the nionthofFebrua.ry, 1901, there be furnished tQ each of our Cbristi,ans a. ticket' that will furnish the facts desired in the c'eIisus" wlth the request that they be presented to t;he takers of the census at ,'the

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propel' time.. TheBe tickets shall be distributed at the last q ual'ter­lyconference of 1900.

That socie~ies of other Christian bodies be asked to take similar action to secure a fair count of their people, and that this matter be laid before the Central conference and other missionary confer-ences.

On motion of E. \V. Parker, N. L. Rockey, J. W. Robinson and S. Tupper were appointed a committee to give effect to the re­solution.

Conference Stewards.-On motion of W. S. Mansell, J. L. Hum­phrey, J. Blackstock and H. J. Adams were appointed conference Stewards.

Introductions.-C. R. Hawes, Manager of the Methodist Publish­ing House, a lay missionary of the conference, was introduced.

Central Conference Delegates.-The tellers repol'ted the election of W. Peters, J. C. Butcher, S. Tupper, E. W. Parker, H. L. Mukerji, T. J. Scott and W. A. Mansell. A ballot was ordered for four more delegates.

Sunday Schools.--The committee on Sunday schools presented its report, which on motion of N. L. Rockey was accepted. (See Re­ports.)

Central Conference Delegates.-The tellers reported that no dele­gates had been elected on the second ballot. A third ballot was ordered.

Missionary Secretary for India.-The following resolution was pre .. sented by E. W. Parkel', and on m'Jtion of J. W. Robinson was adopted:

H.esol ved, That the corresponding secretary be instructed to convey to Rev. A. R . Leonard, D. D., senior ()orresponding Sec­retary of the Missionary Society, the hearty thanks of the confer­ence for the help we have so often received through his efforts, al!d of our appreciation of his administration of our interests during the past quadrennium.

Statistics. - On motion of N. L. Rockey, the time for hearing the report of the committee on statistics was. fixed for 1 P. M. on Fri­day, the 12th.

Theological Seminary Board. -T. J. Scott presented the foJlowing names for vacancies existing on the Board of Trustees of. the Theo­logical Semina.ry: L. A. Uore, C. L. Bare and Geo. Luke to sue .. ceed themselves, and their term to expire in )903. N. L. Rockey i!l p]act:3 of F. L. Neeld, and J. Groves in place of J. Buchan (i,n. Qn motion of E. \lV. Parker, the secretary of the conference was ordel'~ ed to cast the ballot of the conference for ~hese names.

Central Conference Delegates. - The tellers reported the election of D. M. Butler and J. Jacob as delegates to Cenkal conference. A fourth R,allot was ordered for the tW9 remaining delegates 'll~ces­sary.

place of next Conference.-On mot.ion of H. I ... Mukerji, Bareilly was chosen as the seat of the next. session of ·the conferellce.

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Central Conference Sessions.-On motion of J. H. Messmore, it was ordered that Central conference be petitioned to memol'iali ze General conference to substitute the word" four" in place of the word" two'~ in para. 8i, sec. 1 of the Discipline, so that it read, i' provided, that it shall meet at least once in four years."

Central Conference Delegates.-Th.3 tellers reported the election of p~ L. Bare and S. S. Dease as delegates to Centl'al conference. On motion of C. L. Bare the conference proceeded to elect four al­ternates. The tellers reported the election of J. W. Robinson, and on motion of J. H. Gill the secretary was instructed to cast the

-ballot of the conference for N. L. Hockey, \V. R. Bowen and 9-anga Nath, they having the next highest number of votes.

Adjournment.-On motion of T. J. Scott, after giving of an­nouncements and closing exercises, the conference adjourned.

THIRD DAY.

Ll.:"CKNOW, Januw'Y 12th, 190U.

Opening Exercises.-The conference convened at 11 A. M., Bishop 'rhobul'n in the chair. The devotional exercises were conducted by J. H. Gill.

Journa1.-The joul'nal of the preceding day's session was read in English and Vernacular and approved.

Lay Delegates.-The secretary announced from the Lay Electoral conference the election of C. R. Hawes as lay delegate to General conference.

Introductions.-H. Hoskins and H. Mansell of the North-W"€st India -conferEmce, W. D. Frater of the Wesleyan Mission and J. David, of the North India Bible Society, were introduc­ed, and on motion of W. Peters were invited to take seats within the bar of- the conference and part1cipate in its deliberations. J. Davicl briefly addressed the c'Jnfel'ence on behalf of the North India. Bible Society. The following resolution was adopted on motion of Hev. G. C. Hewes:

Besolved, That it has given us great pleasure to have received a visit from Rev. Joel David as representative of the North India Bible Society, and to have heard his representation of the work of the society: that we are very thankful to the officers of the Bible Society for the help they have given us in furnishing books and col­pot'teUl'S to many of our stations; and that we pledge ourselves as a conference to continue to take collections and subscriptions to aid in this blessed work of giving the Word of God, without note or comment, to the people of India.

J. H. GILL, S. KNOWLES, E. W. PARKER.

Order of the Day.-The ot-der of the day was taken up, S. S. Dease, H' L. Murkerji and Ganga Nath were appointed tellers, and a ballot ordered for the election of corl'esponding secretary. 'relle~'s reported the election of O. L. Bal'e. On motion of E.W.

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Parkel', the secretary was ol'dered to cast the vote of the eonference for D. L. Thoburn as candidate for the position of Treasurer for the Board.

Seminary Visitors.-On motion of T. ,J. Scott, J. Blackstock and Will. Peters were appointed conference yisitors for the seminary, for the long and short term, l'especti ,'ely. .

Book Agents and Editors.-On motion of J. H. Messm')re, Centl'al confer~nce was petitioned to so al'range that agents of publishing houses an i editors of the vernacular papers be elected only aftN' being nominated from the cabinets of the patronizing cOllference3.

Ecumenical Missionary Conference.-On motion of T. J. SJot~,

E. W. Parker, J. L. Humphrey, \V. A. Man:sell, F. L. Neeld, C. n. Hawes, .r. vV. Waugh and T. Craven were elected delegates to the Ecumenical Conference of ~Iissions to be held in Xew Yol'1{' in April.

Christian College Board.-C. L. Rare pre3ented the names of W. E. Crawshaw, D. M. Butler and T . .T. Scott to take the place of the retiring members of the Board of Trustees of the Reid Christian College; J. C Butchet' to take the place of F. L. Neeld and n. Hos­kins to take the place of \V. R. Clancy. On motion of E. \V. Parker, the secretary was ordered to cast the vote of the conference fm' these names.

Tune Book.-.J. VV. Robinson, on behalf of the committee ap­pointed at a previous conference to revise the Git ki Kitab and bring out a tune edition, stated that the work had been completed and the b00k is.3ued. On motion of \V. A. Mansell a vote of thanks was extended to the committee, and to the agent of t11e Lueknow Methodist Publishing House, D. L. Thoburn, fat' the successful completion of this work. ,;

New Discipline. -On motion of N. L. Hockey, E. Vl,. 'Parkei' was appointed a committee to translate and have issued in form of a supplement to the Discipline by the f.mrth quarter of this year, any' changes made in the Discipline by the approaching General conff'r: ence.

Christian College.-C. L. Bare repl'esented the work of the n~i(l Christian College.

Indian Witness.- J. C. Butcher, at the ·request, of the editor of that paper, represented the interests of the Imlirtl'i Witness.

Order of the Day.-On motion of N. L. Rockey, the order of the day was called and the committee on statistics gave its report, which on motion of \i\?m. Peters was accepted and ado pte_d. (Se~

lteports.) Seventh Question. -The Seventh Question, '" \Yho have been

admitted into full membership;>" was called. The names of John H. Walter (md James Thompldnson were oallcd, they answered the disciplinary'questions, were reported on by the board of examina.­HOIls,represeQ,ted by their presiding elders, reporteu theircollectiop~,

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and after signing the required pledges, wpre elected to deacon's orders and ·received into full connection.

The names of Bulaqi Singh, PI' em Singh, Lazal' Shah, N. R. Childs, and Jukkhan Lal were called, they answered the discipE­nary questions, the board of examinations reported on their cases, they were represented by theit· presiding elders, they reported theil' colleCtions and having signed the required pledges, were admitted into full cDnnection. .

Adjournment.-On motion of E. W. Parker, after the giving of notices, and the closing exercises, the conference adjourned.

FOURTH DAY.

LUCKNOW, Jarmary 13th, 1900.'

Opening Exerdses.-The conferenee convened at 11 A. M., Bishop Thoburn presiding. Tbe opening exereises were conducted by N. L. H.ockey.

Journal.-The Journal of the pl'eviolU; day's ::;t:ssion was read in English and Vernacular and u·pproved.

Fifth Question,-Thl3 l!'lfth Question, " Who are continued on trial? " was called. The names of Yaqub Ali and Kay Silas were ealled, they reported their collections, were reported on by the Board of Examiners, were represented by their presiding elders, were continued on trial and wet'e advanced to the class of the second. year.

Ninth Question, -The Ninth Question, "What members are in .tudies of the fourth yea.r ~ " was brought forward. The names of Albert Frank, Joseph H. Smart, Prabbhu Dayal, Mohammed Hasan Janand Ganga Nath were called, they reported theircollections, were reported on by the Board of Examiners and on motion of their pre. siding elders were advanced to the class of the fourth year.

S. Knowles reported the withdrawal of Benjamin M arqus from our church and ministry. His parchments were ordered to be forwarded to the secretary for filing.

Tenth Question.-The Tenth Question, "What members have completed the Conference Course of Study?" was· called.,·The na.mes of Shadulla DawrEmce, Bansi Dhar, Nizarn Ali, Joshua S. Samuel, Joshua Solomon, Joseph Jacob, Bahadur Sin'gh, arid Joseph DyseU were called, they reported their collections, . were reported on by the Board of Examiners, and on motion of the!'r presiding elders were advanced. to the class of effective elders· and eleoted to elder's orders. -

Eleventh Question.-The Eleventh Question, "Whab others ha.ve been elected and ordained Deacons? " was brought forward. 'The names of Arthur S. vVesley, Daniel C. Bicharc1s, Harun A~dl'e,v, Baldeo re~shad, PreID Masib, and Khuliya Wilkinson w'el'e called, t~eir cases were reported on by the Bo~rd of Examin~rs; arig 'dn

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motion of their presiding elders they wel'e elected as local preaehen to deacon's orders.

On .motion of VV. A. Mansell, U,obert 1. Faucett was elected to ordination to the office of deacon under the Missionary rule.

Discfpline Re.vision.~·A motion of N .. L. Rockey ~elIiorializin General conference to rescind para. 169 of the Discipline, proviJ.­iug for special election to local orders of local preachers in India, was on moti n of E. .-:. Parker referred to Centra~ conference. .

Fotlrth Question.-The Fourth Question, "Who have been receiv­ed on trial -:" was called. The names of Yaquh Singh and Robert I., Faucett were called, their case~ wel'e reported on by the !?ourJ of Ex;aminers, and on motion ('If their presiding eIelers. they were reJeived on trial. .

Twelfth Question.-The Twelfth Question, "What others have b~en elected and ordained Elders? "was called. The names of Rober.t 1. Faucett and Ganga N ath were called, and on the motio!1 of th~it;' presiding elders they were elected to elder's orders under the Mission­ary rule.

Twenty-Second Question.-TheTwenty-second Question, "Who are the Supernumerary preachers? " was called. The names of .J. W. Waugh, T. Craven, A. Solomon and W. W. Ashe were called, and on motion of J. H. Messmore they were continued in the same relation. On motion of E. 'VV. Parker, J. L. Humphrey, at his own request, was granted a SQpernumerary relation. . Twenty-third Question.-The Twenty-third Question, " \Vho are the Superannuated preachers? " was called. The nRme of J, T. Janvierwascalled, and on motion of S. Knowles he was continued in the same relation.

Twenty-sixth Question. -The Twenty-sixth Question, "What is the aggregate of the benevolent collections ordered by the General conference? " was called. The report of the Treasuel' showed the same to be Rs. 4,782.

Leave from Conference.--On motion of W. A. Mansell, Kay Silas was excused from further attendance. On motion of J. H. Gill, H. A. Cutting and :Mazarul JIaqq were excused from attendance after Monday afternoon session.

Temperance.-The report of the Committee on Temperance 'was presented by G. C. Hewes, 9.nd on motion of J. H. Gill was accepted. (See lteports.) . - .

Board of Stewards.-Ths report of the Board of Stewards was presented by J. L.' Humphrey. On motion of .r. C. Butcher the sariJ'~ ,vas referred back for further consideration. '

State of the Church.-The repol't of the 'Committe€' on the Sfa,te of the Church was presented by J.. C. ButeneI'. On. 'motion of .T. R. Messmore the sarrie \VaS recommit.ted for translaMon. "

. Adjournment. -On motion of N. L. Rockey, after the g'i\'10g of t4e noti,ces,: the singing of .the dox·ology a"ncl t4.e beilecliction, t:hecorioi f,rence adjourDed for the dar. . " .. ,',

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FIFTH DAY. LUCKNOW, January 15th, 1960.

OpeningExerci~es.-The conference convened at 11 A. M., T. J.Scott in the chair. The opening exercises were conducted by H. K. List.

Journal.-The journal of the previous day's session was read in English and Vernacular and approved.

Certificate of Ordination.-The following certificate of ordination was presented by the seceetary :-

This certifies that at Lucknow on Sunday, Janua1'y 14th, 1900, in accordance with the Discipline of the 1\lethodist Episcopal Church, I ordained to the office of Deacon, John 8. Walter, James Thompkinson, Harun Andrew, Baldeo Pershad, Prem. M asih, Khuli;ya Wilkinson, Arthur S. Wesley, Daniei C. I{icha~ds and Robert I. Faucett; and with the help of elders I ordained to the office of Eldel', Shadulla Lawrence, Bansi Dhar, Nizam Ali, Joshua Solomon, ;Joshua S. Samuel, Joseph Jacob, Bahadur Singh, Joseph Dysell, Robelt I. Faucett and Ganga Nath.

Given under my hand at Lucknow this 15th day of January 1900.

J. M. THOBURN.

Board of Examiners -:-The report of the Board of ExamiDel'S was presented by C. L. Bare, and on motion of W. A. Mansell t·he same was adopted. ' ,

Finance Committee.-The nomina,tions of the cabinet for Finance Committeewerereceived. S. S. Dease, J. Jacob and D. M. Butler were ~ppointed tellers and a ballot was ordered. '

Deaconess Work.-The Board of Supervision of Deaconesss work presented its repOl't, which on motion of J. L. Humphrey was adopted.

- Conference Steward.-The report of the Conference Steward was presented by J. L. Humphrey, and on motion of Wm. Peters the same was accepted and placed on file.

Naini Tai Schools.-On motion of J. C. Butcher, .r. H. lJessmore, E. W. Parker, ,N. L. Rockey, R. '1. Faucett, S. Knowles, S. S. Dease, T. J. Scott, J. Anderson, Esq., G. W. Gregson, Esq., J. C. Butcher, lirs. Butcher, Miss Easton, and Miss Carver were elected Local Oommittee of the N aini Tal Schools.

State of the Church.-The report of the Committee on the State Gf the Church was presented in Englil:!h and Vernacular, and on motion of S. Knowles the same was accepted and adopted.

Finance Committee. -The tellers reported the election of H L. Mukerji, J. C. Butcher, M. Stephen, T. J'. Scott aDd J. H. Messmore as members of the Finance Committee. The ballot was ordered for one more member and F. W. Greenwold'was elected. A ballot was ordered for t~e election of four alternates, and G. H. Frey, J. F. Sa.muel, J, N, West and N, L. Rockey were elected.

4 • Auditor's RePort. _ The .report of th~ A,uditing COlPmittee wae pre. .." j

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sentedby G. O. Hew~s, and on motion 6f R. A. Cutting the same was accepted and adopted.

Extension of Time. -On motion of N. L. Hockey the time was extended.

Missionary Episcopacy.-S. B. l~inch presented a resolution commending the Missionary Episcopacy and petitioning for the election of another Missiona,ry Bishop, which on motion of Wm· Peters was accepted and adopted and ordered to be sent to Central coaference. (See H.esolutions.)

Adjournment.--On motion of J. W. Robinson conference adjourn­ed to meet at 5-30 P. M.

SECOND SESSION.

Opening Exercises.-The conference convened at 5-30, Bishop Tho­burn presiding. The devotional services were conducted by J. Black­stock.

Journal. -The journal of the preceding session was I'ead in English· and Vernacular and approved.

Standing Committees.-J. H. Messmore presented the nominations for the standing'committees, which on motion of J. 1.;"1. Robinson were elected as follows:-

8tcttistics.-N L. Hockey, ~. B. Finch, G. C, Hewes, G. D. Prei­grave.

Stctie oj the Chu'l'ch. - T. J. Scott, ,M. Stephen, D. M. Butler, J. F. Samuel, H. K. List.

Suncluy Schools. - J. C. Butcher, S. S. Daase, Ganga Nath, J. Jacob, Nizam Ali.

7empc1·wnce. - J. Blackstock. J. K. '\Vest, W. F. Bowen, H. B. Mitchell.

Publishing JUinutes.-The Secretaries and the .Agent of the Luck­now Publishing House.

2~ P?'each the Anllual Sel'1Hon. -,J. II. Gil1, S. n. Finch, alternate. T"iersoj AppeaZs.-J. H. Messmore, J. Blackstock, S. S. Dease,

N. L. R-:ckey, W. R. Bowen, G. H. Fre.y, M. Stephen. Oonunittee on Conference Belations.-T. J. Scott, J. Blackstock,

H. K. List, S. B. Finch. Awjiting Com,mittee.-J. H. Messmore, J. Blackstock, G. C. Hewes,

S. S. Dease, H. L. Mukerji, J. N, West, Mrs. Bare, ~tiss Hoge. Board of Ed'ttcution.-J. H. Messmore, H. L Mukerji, L. A. COl'e

C .. L. Bare, William Peters, Miss M. Means, Miss Carver, Mrs .. Rockey, Miss Nichols.

Board of Exmuine/'s.-·T. J. Scott, C. L. Bare, S. S. Dease, J. H. Messmore, N. L. Rockey, "V" R. Bowen, D. L. Thoburn, H L.Mukerji, D. A. Chowfin, D. M. Butler, A. G. McArthur.

Deaconess Work, Bo(trd of'SU1)C?'vision,-'J C. Butcher, S. Tupper, M. Stephen, J. W. RobinsoRj W. R. Bowen, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Bare, -!\ofrs. Knowles, Mrs;i:~rhoburn. .

On motion of N. L. Hockey, the electioD Qf a Sanitarium Com-

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mitte~ was referred .to the Finance Committee, as was al:O the request of the North-West India conference for an interest in -the N ain Tal Sanitarium.

Official Journal.--On motion of W. A. b'1anilell, the printed minutes of the conference were recog'nized as the official minutes of the con­ierence, during the Jas':. quadrennium.

, Ecumenical Missionary Conference.,-On motion of W. A. Mansell, the matter oBhe number of delegates to the Ecumenical Uonference of Missions was referred to the Central conference.

Entertainment.- A resolution of thanks to the entertainers of the conference was presented and on motion of Wm. Peters. was adopt­ed. (See Resolutions. )

Bishop Thoburn.-A rAsolution of appreciation of the work of "Bishop Thoburn was presented, and on motion of Wm, Peters was 'adopted.

J. ~. Humphr~y -Dr. Humphrey, the senior lI1i<;sionar~' of the Society's work in India, addressed the conference very feelingly and expressed regret that the burdens of age compelled his retire­ment.

\Vm. Peters pl'esented a resolution of appreciation of the work of Dr. Humphrey, and of regret athis retirement fro,m active service, which on motion ofT. J. Scott was 'adopted. (See Resolutions.)

Adjournment.-On motion of N. L. Rockey, after the reading -of -the memoirs, the administration of the Lord's Supper and the reading of t.he appointments, the conference adjourned sine die.

J. \V. ROBINSON, J. M .. THOBVR~, 8ecl'etury. Pl'esident~

P[tOGRAMME OF SERVICES.

Pi'ayer ~Ject't1lq8.-Every morning at 8 A.M., led by di1f~rent members of conference.

Devoti~nallJ-Icetill,g8.-In both E~glish and Verna<;ular at 7-30 every evening. . .

Wedne-~d,';y.-5-30 P.M., AnntJal Sermon by H. A. Cutting. Tltu'}'sdrtJI.--5-30 P.M., Missionary meeting: w: A. Mansell~

Miss Hoge, R. K. List aDd J. Jacob. F,iday.--5-!)0 P.M., Anniversary of Sunday School Union, 1' . .T.

- Scott, speaker. Anniversary of Literary Societ.y, paper by J. H. Messmore.

Satu1'd '1/.-fi-30 P.M '. Anniversary of Historical Society, J. L Humphrey, S. Knowles, E. \V. Parker and Bishop Tho­burn, speakers.

Sundn.y.-S A.M.,Confer~ce Love.Feast, led by E. V-v. Barker. ~ A.,M.; Sermon in Hindustani 'by T. J. Scott and

, ordination of Deacons. . 4 P.M., Ser~on .in Hin'dusiani bY4t. Will, ,'/pet9l'S and ore

dID atlOn of Elders. Uiii....' " ., 6 p. M., germon in Engliah by' Bishop ThobUl'D.

lReports of (tommtttees. STATISTICAL REPORT.

FOR THE YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30th, 1899. We report the following summary of the more important items of the

full report (printed elsewhere), together with their comparison with last year's figures.

STATISTICAL SUMMARY AND COMPARISON WITH 1898.

M EIIBERSHIP-

Probationers }~ull members Children Total Christian Community

bAPTISMS-From among Christian child­

ren From among children of New

Converts or Adult Converts Total Number Baptisms

SUNDAY SCBOOLB-Number of Sunday Sch.ools Christian Scholars, Male ..• Christian Scholars, }j'emale .•. Non-Christian Scholars, Male ... Non-Christian Scholars, ~'emale Total Sunday School Scholars ""

WORKERS-

Christian W orkel's, Male Christian Workers Fem~tle Total Christian Workers

GOLLECTION8-Pastoral Support from Euro­

peans Hindu-

';tani Ch'~rch " ]!'or Conference Claimants Total for Pastoral Support For Missionary Society from

Churches ... " .:' " Sunday Schools,

'rotal Missionary Collection ... }4'or Chtldren's Day }4'or N. India Bible Society }4'or any Tract Society }4'or Indian Sunday S. Union For Womell's Society }4'or all other benevolences Total Benevolent Collections ... For General Conference Ex-

1898 17,597 15,421 12,812 45,830

1,026

385 97G

2,387

99,3 13,170

8,l(jfl 12,827

6,718 40,884

1,059 6-17

1,700

7,456

5,208 289

12,953

1,104 188

1,292 498 164

33 103" 616

2,076 4,782

penses 44 For Current Expenses ... 1,556 TotaJ Earned Income ••• 1,28,532 Gra.nd Total Collect.ed and Ealll-

(1d. ~n India ••• 1,48,31U

1899 Increase. Deer em;e. 17,699 102 14,389 1,03"3 11,028 1,784 43,IlG 2,714

1,081

669 1,415 3,165

1,()tJ{) 610

1,700

5,805

5,246 19-1:

11,~45

1,296 2;~5

1,521 423 162

37 ]00 470

1,2'iO 3,997

107 1,()(){)

1,tH,255

1,01,165

111 ~'70 591

1,307 2,979

37

1,651

95 1,705

75 2

3 14ti 80G 785

490 44,227

47,154

55

2S-! 43~} 778

87

il7

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SCHOOLS-

Number of Schools 577 577 Number of Scholars, Male

Christian 311 Number of Scholars, Femaie

4,244 4,555

Christian.. 141 2,716 2,857 Number of Scholars, Male Non­

Christian Number of Scholars, Female

4,307 4,211 96

Non-Christian . 1,708 1,615 Total Number of Scholars 1::l.975 13,238 263

We secretaries have experienced almost no difficulty in the returns furnished us by the Presiding Elders. They came to us promptly, ill good shap<', and better edited than in former years; several sets had not an error. 'Ve thank them for their kindness. Their continued efforts will doubtless succeed in making these figures from year to year as correct as such statistics can be. 'Ve are of·the opinion that what we present are fairly reliable figures in all of the items, and in many of them are exact.

The table submitted with the increase and decrease in each item furnishes many interesting facts which we leave for the sevocal conference committees to discover and explain. No reader of this printed report should form any opinion of the causes of increase or decrease herein indicated until he read the other reports printed in this annual report.

It is'evident that our reports from l<reaJ sources are gradually increas­ing, and that 'wise management is finding ways and means of a near approach to the goal of self-support. The story of the statistics tells some interesting facts, several of which we append.

There has been a slight decrease in pastoral Snrll)Ort from the Hindu­stani Church. Bareilly District now gives 2~ annas pel' member pel' year only (Probationers and Full"Members are cOllnted in this comparison), Garhwal3 annas per member, Gonda 5 annas 9 pie, Kumaon 7 annas 8 pie MOl'adabad 1l~ pie, Oudh 8 annas 1 pi8, Pilibhit 1 aUlla 7 pie, and Sambhai 1 aLna 7 pie, POl' member per year. This low rate of pastoral support has raised Rs. 5,308 this year.

In llaroilly District five out of oach hundrod of membership are paid workers, in Garhwal 23 pcr hundred, in Gonda \) per hundt'od, Kumaon 17110r hundred, Moradabad 3 per hundred, Ondh 12 per hundred, Pilibhit 17 per hundred, tjambhal 3 per hundred.

Most of tho circuits are now taking the more important collections, A fe." have beon negligent in this matter. Five stations did not give for conference claimants tjeven places reported no collection for Child­ren's Day Fund.

It should be remembered that all sums of annas and pie reported have been carefully carrie into the totals-and some times additions that·seem somewhat incorrect are all .right. The Income reported is mostly from Boarding Schools, Orphanages and Mission Press, and are used in better­ing the condition of those institutions: The Orphanages ask for only·a fraction of the sum that was formerly granted for their support.

N. L. ROCKEY. S. B. FINCH. S. DEASE.

THE STATE OF THE CHURCH.

The Lord hn,s put it into the hearts of a host of pOOl' people to_place themselves under the care of the Methodist Episcopal Chl11'(;h in North India. Many of these came to us because their family friends were com­ing. We received them in the name of the Lord Jesus, trusting that He who had begun a good work in them would bring that work to a successful issue. The Prince of this World h~ts not allowed this large number of his followers to take their departure without a struO'gle. He' has \vorked upon the fears and passions of the cOllverts themsefves, he ha;s 'stirred up their heathen neighbours, he has done his best to discour-age' those' who were o1licially entrusted with the care and building up of these babes in Christ. Babes they were, and most of them stillueed to be carried in the arms of faith of those to whose care they have been entrusted.

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It is to be feared that a -few of the workers have noO'lectod their charge, and tlw infant Christians have died spiritually for J~ck of food, We recommend that no effort be spared to keep these 'weak Christians in c(:mtact with our Lord Jesus Christ, that our workers be urged to give them the most tender sYmpathetic care, that every (1fiort be made to wean the!ll from her~ditary idol~trous PFactices, not 80 much by denouncing their· superstItIOns as by ll1structmg them regarding their freedom in Christ.

. In the correctiOll of records ·our preachers-in-charge should exercise great cl1re to look up those whose names are in the hooks, a.nd if they have moved to other charges, the preacher-in-charge of the other charge should be notHied at once.

'Vo regret that the number of scholl1l'sbips in Ollr Boys' Boarding Schools has bocn so serionsly reduced. "Te hop(~ that our Finance Com­mittee will see to it that as mallY scholl1rships as possible be provided in 'onrBoaruing Schools for bright Christian boys.

We furtiwf suggpst that the Board of Ed ucatiol1 modify their rules illl'egard to fees in the Boat'ding tkhools, so that the burden of the educa­tion of their children shall not pl'e~s so heavily upon our mission employes who are receiving slDall salaries.

We urge upon all anI" mission employes to set an exmple to the church and n'ot incur ullreasonable expense in the·marria.ge of theil' children, and especially that they should not go into debt for that purpose.

J. C. BUTcmm. J. F. SAMUEl.. G. C. HEWES. S. TUPPER BAS,lNT R!\M.

KALISIYA KE RUHANI HAL KI RIJ;>ORT.

~huda no ba.hnt se gl1ri'b logo!! ke dilo!! me!! is bat ko «;hlUi hal ki we shimalf Hind ki -l\1('thodist gpiscolJal Kalfsiya ko h:lth llH'!! apne ko supurd karen. In gadilon me!! S8 bahut log ha.ma1·e pas ae, is salmb se I{i un ko dost ashna nul' l~handan ke log hl1mare pus ae hui!!. Ham l.Chudawand l\Iasfh ke nam se un1H1n ·qnou1 ka1'te hain. is bat ko yaqfn kal'ke ki wuh jis no is l1('k l{Ulll ko un me!! shurll' kiya hai, us ko sath lnimyabf ke anjam pahl}DChawega. Is dUI1Yu ke shulmlde ne aplle shagirdon ki barf jamfi'at ko bagair jidd 0 jahid ke is duuya me!! chaIne na.diva. Us ne mutlushfo!! ke l~hanf 0 mizaj par tasil' 1d, 11S ne but-pl11'ast parosfo!! ko nslulya, ns ne in becharo!! ko jin ki' .snpnrdagf mp!! Masih ke shfr-khwar chhore gue the, past-himmatf dilaL Shfl'-l~hwal' to yih hui!! aur zllrur hai ki we apllf rna!! kftgod me!!rahp!! jin ld snpurdagi me!! yill rakhe gae hain. I):ha,uf ka maQam hai ki chand lUll'guzaro!! ne un se gafiat lei, anI' yih ls:hlll'{Lk 1111 pane 1d waj h se r(lh me!!' mnrda lio ·gae. Hanl chahte llai!!l<i in kamzor MasfhfoD 1m liye kof daqiqa utlu't na rnkha jawe. Hamare kal'gnzar is bat Iw darpai kiye jaW-e!}, ki we nn k1 kha­bal'girf kl1rne men pahIu-tihf na kare!!, ki hal' tam 13(' koshish ki jawe ki yih bechare bnt-parastf ke jal se chhntl,ara pakar Masilli uzadagi me!! ta'Hm diye jawe!!.

Hamare pr(char-in-chfirj apne rajistaro!! me!! l1ise logo!! ke mimo!! ko ba"l1nr mulahizl1 kare!!, anI' agar kof un ke zer nigrani se dusri jagah chalagaya ho, to wahan ke prichar-in-clulrj ko ~habl1r de we!!.

Ham afsos karte hai!! ki hamare Boys' BOI1l'ding Isku!o!! me!! wazife kam 11"0 gao hain- Ham ummed karte hai!! ki ham:'iri Finance kamiHf is bllt lea lJIulz· karegf, - taki achchhe Masihf tulaba Boarding School me!! jah~n tak·ninmkin ho SCholarship ptl,we!!.

Ham is bat lw phil' pesh karte haiTI ki Board of Educat,ion Boarding islrulon ki fis ki tarmfm kare, taki hamar! Mishan ke mulazimall jo kam tall}fhwahe!! pate hai!!, apne Iarko!! kt ta'lfm me!! qasil' na rah jae!!.

Ham apnf-Mishan.ke mulazimall se mustada'i hai!! ki we hamal'e dar­miy8.n namunehowen, aur apne larke larkion ki shad ion men itlla ziyada sarfa na.karen ki we maqruz ho j~1.we!! aur phil' us ke lJojh SG chhutkar~

. Vaill\ un ke Hye muhal 4owe, --

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COMMITTEE ON TEMPERANCE.

. While it is not felt by your committee that the evil of intempera.nce IS spreading among the Christians at large in the bounds of our conferene. yet Christian servauts in many European families are often tempted to mdulge in the drinking of intoxicauts. Among certa.in classes the old drinking habits are broken off with great difficulty. Such conditions are a menace to our church, and we realize that we must wage unrelenting warfare if we would make and keep our church free from this gres'S blight. Among the means to aid in the combat we would continue to urge the faithful instruction of our people in Sunday School, in Epwort.h League, and special sermons by the pastors. The orga.nization of Bands of Hope, Blue Ribbon Armies, or the Lal Fita Fauj, is very desirable. By interesting public-spirited men outside of our community to work with us, great good may be done in advancing the cause of temperance among all classes. It is very encouraging that in some places hUle ll~lmbers of non-Christian boys and masters are ready to loin the Lal Flta :F'auj and put on the ribbon, promising to abstain from both to­bacco and intoxicants. 'Vc would urge all Presiding Elders to endeavor to have the Committee Oll Temperance appointed in each Quarterly Conference to ta.ke up with vigor the work of purging the Christian com­munityof the drink evil. We realize that the work is difficult but our Lord wiIi lead us on to victory. J. C. BUTCHER, C1I,atrmu'll..

AUDITOR'S REPORT.

Your committee report having audited accounts as below, aftd wiih the exception of a few minor mistakes which were corrected. find the books accurately kept.

The following were audited for the entire year·: Theological Semi­nary, Famine Relief Fund for India. Shahjahanpur, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society's Treasurer, Indian Sunday School Union branch, the districts of Bareilly, Garhwal, Oudh, Sambhal, Gonda, and the W. F. M. So accounts of the Gonda, Sambhal and Kumaon districts.

The following were audited through three quarters: Shahjabanpur Girls' School, Reid·Christian College and Business Department.

The following were audited through two quarters: Mission Trea8ur­er. Oak Openings, and Wellesley Girls' School.

. The presiding elders reported having audited circuit books as follows:

Oudb-Hardoi through three quarters, and other stations through the year.

Kumaon-Dwarahat through one quarter,.Pithoragarh three qua.r­tel'S and Nailli·Tal, Haldwani and Bhot for the year.

Moradabad-Circuit and W. F. M. S. accounts for the year. Bareilly-Budaoll outstations for the year, all others for three

quarters. . Sambhal-All accounts through third quarter. Pilibhit-All accounts for the year. Gond-Colonelganj through third quarter, Balrampur, l'tfankapur and

Bhinga for the year. J. W. ROBINSON, Chatrman.

REPORT OF SUNDAY SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The number of Sunday Schools is less than last year by 87: this is largely due to the fact that last year mistakes In calculation were made by one or two brethren. The amount of money contri­buted is also less by 37 rupees. 'rhere is a marked increase in the number of girls, both Christian and non-Ohristian, the former being 970, the latter 1,307. Altogether the increase above· last year is 2,979. Bareilly station keeps its leading position; the students of the Theologieal Seminary being all engaged in this work. Lucknow sta.tion has utfUzed the services of the young men and women of the colleges, and the schools are of a high grade. Rev. Mr. Burges, during his visits to these stations, expressed himself as much pleased with what he saw. His ad­dresses, were very helpful and his large experience sqggested. ways and means which cannot fail to make our schools mQrc entc.ient. The' .cqIR-

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mittee calls attention to the small number of unpaid workers and sees the need of an increase in these for the more rapid increase in the number of our schools. S. So DE\SE, Chairman.

BOARD OF CONTROL-DEACONESS' WORK.

The Conference Board of Deaconesses met January 13th. The names of the following persons were called and their characters passed: Miss Tho burn, Miss Hoge, Miss Scott, Miss Hardie, Miss Sheldon, Miss Budden, Miss Mary Means, Miss Tresham and Miss Brown,Deaconesses; Miss Hayes, Miss ,Lawrence, Miss Alice Means and Miss Helen Ingram, Probationer Deaconesses; Mrs Tucker, Asoociate Deaconess. Rev. J. 'V. Robinson, Mrs Bare and Mrs. Thoburn were appointed a Committee to arange for examin­ations in the first year's course of study for Deaconesses. Miss Hayes, Miss Lawrence, Miss Alice Means and Miss Helen Ingl'am were continued OIl probation. J. L. HnIPHRE¥, Chairman.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS.

Report on Examinations of Foreign Missionaries: G. C. Hewes passed in Taubat un Nisah, and Mark a nd John in Per­

sian of the III year. R. I. Faucett passed in all studies for admission on trial, except Dis­

cipline, English and American Literature and written sermon. Books to be read also remain to be brought up.

1. For Local Deacon's Orders. Prem Masih passed in all studies. A. S. Wesley " Baldeo Parshad " D. C. Richard " Harun Andrew " K. Wilkinson "

2. For Admission on Trial. Ya~ub Singh passed in all studies. . . J. Thomkinson" " Hunter's Brlef History. Jhukhan Lal "" .",,, and Qa-

dim Tawarikh. 3. For I Year.

K. Silas pas~ed' in all studies, except Ohm'eh History. Yaqub Ali" .," J. 'rhomkinson passed in Filasati wg. Prem Singh " Khutut wg.

4. For II Year. Prem Singh passed in all studies. J. Thomkinson " Laaza.r Shah Jhukhan Lal J. H. Walter Bulaqi Singh N. R. Childs

5. For III Year. " "

Masih"Ibn Ullah and Tariq u] Hayat. Tariq ul Havat. Masih Ibn Ullah,

Ganga Nath passed in all stud ides. A. lj'rank Parbhu Dayal " J. H. Smart" "Except Tashrih ul Taslis and

Satmat Nirupau. Bansi Dhar passed In Isa ki Sirat. J. Dysell " J. F. Samuel" Tashrih ul Taslis. Nizam All ,. Iswi Subut. Shadulla Lawrence passAd in Tahriri Waz. J. Solomon 'rashrih" u I Taslis, llttbac,lur S]D~h" t\

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G. Fiji' IV rear . • J. F. Samnel passed in all Fasls. Nizam Ali " " Bahadur Singh J osoph Dysell Bansi Dhar ., J. Jacob " S. Lawrence " Md. Hasan Jan" " Joshua Solomon" " Imtihan denewfilon ke liye gaul'-talab: P(lhla Sal.

K. Silas am Ya'qub 'All Church Hist.Jl'Y men phil' imtihan dewen. Di'tsra S(il.

J. H. Smart Tashrfh III TasHs aut' S:ttm3.t Nirupan men phil' imtilulu dewen.

Md. Hasan Jan Tashrfh ul Ta.sHs aur Tahriri Wa'z men phil' imtihan denge. C. L. BARE, RCfjistmt.

<tommtttee 011 memoirs. REV. WILLIAM BL'"TLER, D. D.

As a Conference we feel called to formally note the death of the 1;tev. W. Butler, D. D., who passed away iu Augnst last at his home in Newton Center, Mass., U.S. A.

Dr. Butler was sent out by our Missionary Society to select a fieJd and lay the foundation of our work in this country in 1856. After consultation with other missionaries and friends he resolved to occupy Rohilkhand and Oudh, with tho Hill District of Kumaon, and in January 1857 he located in Barielly aud began his al'l'fLllgements for opening our work, as a Church, throughout the Ueld selected, as soon as reinforcements should arrive from home. His plails were broad and comprehensive. Nearly eVf>ry great interest of our work was anticipated and arrang~d for as well as could be done at that period. As we look back to that stage in our history and wnsider it in the light of the d.welopments which havo talwn place in the intervening years, his foresight and grasp of the situation seems truly wonderful. But few men indeed could have accompli':liled what he did. His cout\,geand zeal were unbounded, and his faith in God, and the Church, never wavered in tho darkest hous. A reverse, or seeming failure at any point was taken by him as an indication that his plans should be enlarged.

He seemed to us to have at all times, the picture of a great alld vig­orous mission and a rapidly expanding and powerful Native .Christian Church before him, and he planned and wrought with this ideal COIl­stantly in view. As we view him now, and tho work ho did, it seems clear, beyond all question, that he was truly chosen by God for this work. To those of us who were persoually associated with him in the carly days of the mission, and knew him well, while at times not able to keep pace with his raJ')ici and sweeping lllDvemcnts, he was yet a,t ~Lll times greatly beloved. We never doubted his warmth of heart and his gen­erous noble nature.

His memory will long be cherished in India, and by none morp, than by those who had the privilege and honor of being associated with him in laying the foundation of our great work which has grown to snch vast _proportions.

'We desire to express our deep and loving sympathy for our beloved Sis­ter Butler, who so nobly bore h~r part in the labors and sacrifices of her honored and now sainted husband, and we shall ever. pray that she may be graciously snpported with heavenly grace in her declining years. E. M. PARKER. .T. L. HUMPHREY.

H. L. MUKERJI. W. PETERS. J. T. JANVIER.

REV. STEPHEN PAUL. Bha'! S. Paul marht'wn kf paidaish shahr Barei1ly, Rohilkhand men

1849 men hu1. Chaplain Cawe sahib ke hath se baptism a paya. Yih larak­pan hi Be nek-ta.ba' tho; 6 bl)r~s. l~e sin men ~huda ne il1 ki mlidar i ;azi~

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ko lisman par bula liya, aur is! taur se chand bans ba'd walid ka bhi in­tiqal hua. Is ke ba'd 'azfz·buzurgw;ir dada ne parwarish ktt zimma liya aUf achchhi tau!' se bare naz 0 dubir se parwarish kf gal. ·Baibal kf ta'­lim sikhne ke larakpan hi se'Shauqin the, chunanchi Chaplain Cawe sahib bare piyar se Baiba1 kf.ta'Hm dcte the, aur is hi taur par un baton ko dil,par naqsh ka1hajar kiya kilMasfh maslub se piyara aur koi·samajh men na aya. Jab Masih ka piyar uil mcg.larakpan se aya, to yih sikhla­ya ki mujhe llS ke liye kuchh karna chahiye, aur yiin kllchh thora bahut apni hasb haisiyat kiya bhL USI wagt C. 1\1:. S. ke Hindustaui Padri Joseph Jacob sahib us -kalisiy{t ke p{Lsban muqarrar hue; we·is bat ke bare shaiq the ki lariron ko Masill· Id J~bidmat ke liye·taiyar karen. Ek waqt unhon ne chand larkon ko bulake piH~hha, ki tum kya ~hidmat kama chahteho? kis! ne kllChh, kisf ne kuclth kim karne ke liye l~h\Vahish zahir Id, lekin unhon ne kaha ki main padri lea kam kame chahta hlln,jo dfgar sathf larkon ne bahut tamas1:rhur kiya, ki wah, yih padri honge, chunanchi bu.-rah i ha!}si mazaq padrf ke laqab se pukal'1lo luge. San UlG6 'fswi men rasai Dr. Waugh se huf aut' is taur se 1\1. E. Church men da~hl pane ka silsna jarf lllia. Sahib i mausllf ne in ko Bareilly ke mishan chhape-l~ha­ne men Imchh Inlm cliya, aur Chiinki in ko 11liq larka samjld·is liye bahut piyar se qablll Uya am l\1etho\tist Ka,lisiya ke kull dastur ul 'amal 1\£ dil 0 jan se hidayat farm,U, lsi maba,in me!!·chluipa-l~hana llal'eilly se Lucknow muntaqil ho aya aur we bhf sahib ke hamruh tashrif hie. Chlu'i­pe-l,,:hane ke mansabi Inlm ke 'alawa Wal)tall fa waqtau shauq se manadi karne ko wa.'izo!! ke Imml'all ,ia,ya kal'te the. Jab sahib mamduh ne is shang ko dekha, to 18G8 mr:n zub{i.ui tuur se sahib mausuf ne manadi kar­ne Id ijazat df, aul' ba'd ko 1869 men Ekzlull't{Ll'lu\'·laisans 'ata farmaya. Usi siU men P~ldri Wether1ey sahib ke p{LS Bahr{tich ko tabdfl kiye gae aur 1870 'Yswi mnn un Id shadf Miss Betsey Richards ke sath hili.

Phir Sftapur Knowles salli],} ke pas tabdil hue aur dono!} ne tail i dilse E:hudakf 15hidmat ki. 1874 men Loka1 Priehar lett 'uhda mila, aur 9 J auuary san 187G men Bareilly '11m i ITalli ke madrase ko bhoje gae, ,l,,:hwu!}dagi ko l~hatm kal'lm Gomla zila' Ellenpllr Grant men tabdilf hUr. Agarchi us \\ aqt wuh jagahmisJ clary8. i shor tili pall18 wallan jane ke liye,jsrar kiya, par ba'd ko apne apylOilltment ko elil se qaotll kiya aur aisa 'umda aur maz­bilt kam kiya ld jis ki yadgal'f waha!! abhi tak maujud hai, sab log un Id dfIld{tri anr muhabbat ke is wa.qt tak qail hain. Ek chhota girja us jan­gal mon ab tak mau,iild Iud, jo ehanda, lml'ke banaya ga.ya. Mishan se kisi qism ki imdid us 1m liye na If. San 18S3 men llishap Foster sahib se Deacon ka al'Qineshan pay{t, Phil' 18S! me!! GonQa tabdil hoke ae aur Knowles sahib ke sath Imi sal kim kiya. Mishan kf kai ek barf 'imarat­on ko ta'mll' karaya, Gonga W. 1!'. M. 8. ke makan aur iskCtl ko apul mihnat aliI' jafakasili se bahnt 'llll1da taur se bl1nwaya, anr sab kam men bari tadbil' ke sath madad k1. Zamfll ko Raja Ajhudiya se hasil karne men Knowles sahib lw hamrah barf madad ki aur sab lu'i.m ko thik aur 'nmda taUt' se cbahiya. San 1887 men ·Bishop Ninde sahib ke hath se EIQar ke 'uhde par mal~hsus hue, 1889 men Barabankf tabdfl hoke ae. A'p ne hatt ul was'at ba.hut kuchh us sal,,:ht..khet men l{am kiya, jahal} tak ho saka kam ko taraqqf df am haqfqf dindiri l~hadim Injill ka namlula wahal1 chhor ae. Is ko ba'd san 18!JEI me!! Pilibhit 1;:>istrikt ke Prizaiging EIQar 1m 'uhde par llluta'aiyun kiye gae, qarib Qerh bal'as ke is kam aur khidmat ko anjam dlya. ' . Pflfbhft me!} bl1l~hal' aur jure 1d bimar! me!! aise mubtih'i. hue ki us bimar! ne pfchlu'i. nahi!} chhora, sab taur ka 'i!aj hMt par I~hnda ko yihi pasand aya ki unho!! apne pas is l~hidmat se 'alahida karke buill. lewe ; so bare itminan ke sath 4 thi Oct. ko Masill Id god men jagah pal. Agarchi aj ham is kanfarans me!} unhen nahin pate, par fmauclaron kf kanfarans i asmani men ab manjild hain. Hhai marhilm ek dindal', fmand{i.r apn! sari cluB me!} billmll be-'aib anr 1\1a8ih Id khidmat ke liye bare gairatmand the. Agarchi wuh nallin hain pal' un Itt ehal k,'i, namlllla aur un ke atwar Id raunaq aj hamare dal'miyan manjlId hai. Kash ki ham sab apni bulahat ke liye taiyar raben am sabit qa-dam aur paedar pae jawen ki jab hama­ri blllahat asm{m ko ho, barf taiyari se apne Malik ke sath cllale jawe!!. Ab .E:hudawand Masih se dilf du'a hai ki un kf 'aziz gam-zada bibi aur aur 'azfzon ki E:huda madad kare ki we us se plirf tasalli paWe!!.

AMRITA CHOWFIN.

:Mrs. Amrita Chowfin was born in Almor~ in 1866, and was the daugh­ter-;,f heathen parcnt'3 of the blacksmith caste.' She and an elder sister

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attended the bazar school and there learned to believe on Jesus as theIr Saviour. It came to the knowledge of Sir Henry Ramsay that most of the girls of this school were being deliberately kept from marrying·by their parents, who found the education they received, especially in singing, made them very profitable unmarried daughters.

He at once gave an order that every girl must be married before she was fourteen years of age. This almost emptied the school for the time being. One of the girls thus married was Amrita's older sister, who a year or two later died and on her deathbed confessed her faith in the Lord Jeans and made her little sister promise -to go to the mission before she was made over to some man in marriage. 'Very soon after her sister's death she came to Mr. Budden's study door alone. When he asked what she wanted, she said she had come to be a Christian and wished to be baptized at once before her parents knew anything about it.

Mr. Budden hesitated, but the lovely child of thirteen was so earnest assuring him that if her father and brothers heard of her purpose they would certainly take her away by force that he -yielded. He sent for two or three native preachers, and perhaps the only time in his life, dId what he considered an Irregular thing of baptizing a convert in his study, instead of in the church. This was in 1879. Very soon her brothers heard of it and came and were exceedingly angry. but the girl was so persistent in her aSFmrances that she was determined to be a Christian and if they took her she would come back as soon as she was free, that they left her. She had been a very apt pupil and when she began to study English her progress was rapid. These things and her after life proved the strength of her religious convictions. She was married to our brother Rev. D A. Chow fin, May 6th, 1886. They lived in Naini Tal till 1890, where she worked faithfully and well, and then they moved to Pauri. Soon after she came she was employed as a teacher in the Girls' Orphanage and Boarding School, which work she continued till her husband was moved to Museti in 1898, to take charge of the Kainur Circuit. It was there she passed to her heavenly home,- April 1st 1899. She was the mother of seven children, four of whom went before her and three are left motherless. She was a tender, loving wife and mother. Each time she parted with! her children it seemed to draw her nearer to her Saviour. As a teacher she was faithful, punctual and efficieut. No sIIlall thing kept her from her duties. She had a good English education a.nd -spoke and wrote it correctly, and taught. it as well a~ the vernacular.

But she did not stop with giving instruction, but was always anxious to influence them, by precept and example, to be real Christians.

She was a modest humble follower of Christ. Her Christian experi­ence was deep and constantly growing. She was always in her place In all the services of the Church and League when not kept away by illness. She never sought for honour or preferment, but was always ready to do her best when responsibility was given her. She was never physically strong and had several severe illnesses. In 1896 she had to keep her bed ·for months and we thought eonsumption had marked her as its victim. When she herself thought she could not live, she gaTe bright and clear testimony of Jesus' power to save. When she finally rallied she seemed to feel that time was short and she must work all she could for Him.

After she went to Museti she went from village to village, teaching thfl people, and this she continued till her strength failed. She was a kind and sympathzing friend and neigh bar and was beloved and honored by all her Christian brothers and sisters. Her works follow her. We pray for the bereaved husband and three little boys that the Lord may comfort and sustain them. A. BUDDEN.

lRe30lueban.

T. J. KYI.E. M. E. GILL.

Ham dil 0 jan se E:huda Bap 1m shul{rguzar hain, ~i us 11e 12 baras ki daur dhup aur sa~ht mihnat ke ba'd apne bande hamare buzurg aur har dil 'adz Bishap Thoburn sahib ko hamarf hidayat ke waste qaim rakkha hai, hamar! dlfa hal ki E:huda bahut barason tak un ko hamar{ hidayat ke waste hamare 8ath rakhe. Is ke shamil ham yih bhI kahte hain ki ~h~da ki mihrbani se guzashta 12 l:~rson men kam is qadar barh gaya .1d.

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t1l,'ajjub hoM, hai ki Bishap Thoburn sahib akele kyunkar is ko chalate haln. Ham ne sun a ki wilayat men shuru' men 14,000 Methodist ke was­te do Bishap the, aur yah an ham ek lakh se ziyada ke waste sirf ek Pas taki hamare buzurg maujtida Bishap sahib ko is 'azim l{{tm men madad pahunche, ham Central Conference se dast basta 'al'z kal'te hain ki ham­ari 'arz ko m'a sifarish, General Conference ke pas bheje ki wuh mihr­bani se ek aur aisa missionary Bishap jis se ham Hindustani log bhi apne 'aziz Bishap Thoburn sahib kf manind salah mashwara len aur madad aur hidayat pay a karen, 'inayat farm awe. . -

H. A. Cutting, .T. L. Humphrey, W. A. Mansell, C. L. Bare, S. S. Dease, S. Phillip, .T. N. West, Kanhai Singh, Ya'gtib Shah, W. Peters, S. 'Wheeler, S. Knowles . .T. H. Smart, B. F. packer, Chhote La'l, .T. Solomon, D. P. Kidder, L. Cutler, J . .TorJoD, N. R. Childs, .T. H. Walter, A. Solomon, S.Tupper, Basant Ram, J . .Tacob, G. C. Hewes, .T. W. Robinson, E. W. Parker, G. D. Presgrave, Ganga Nath, .T. Thomkinson, .T. Wahid ud Din, H . .T. Adams, W. R. Bowen, W. T. Speeke, Mazhar ul Haqq, .T. Dysel, D. M. Buttler, S. B. lnnch, F. W. Greenwald, J. F. Samuel, Bhildd Lall, C. Hancock, D. L. Thoburn.

(1.1mnslation. ) We are heartily th:tnkful to our Heavenly l!'ather that he ha.s spared

the life of our beloved Bishop Thoburn through his very difficult la­bours of the last twelve years, and we earnesly pray that his useful life lllay be still longer spared and that he may continue to live and la,boul' with us for many years to come. It is a matter of surprise that our be­loved Bishop Thoburn has been able to accomplish alolle for such a long period of time this widely extended work. In the early days we under­stand that in America there were two Bishops. when there were only 14,000 members of our church, but now here in India there is only one Bishop to over a hundred thousand people.

In order that Bishop Thoburn may have much needed assistance in carrying out his great work, we petitiul1 Central Conference ''to convey to GeneralConference our request that another Bishop be elected, who shall be acquainted with the "Hindustani language, that we may receive from him the direction and help that we need.

MIHMXNf Kf BXBAT. Lucknow ke dest aur wilayatf sahiban ke ham tall i dil se shukrgll­

zar hain }(i unhon ne bahut 'umda taul' se hamirf i'adat aUf mihmanf dil se ki. ~hudawal1d Ta'ala unhcn ziyada baraka t de.

(8d.) W. Pf'ters.

Dr. HUMPHREY Kf BXBAT. Ganga Nath.

Ham dil se ~huda l{e shukrguzar hain ki us ne apni mihl'bani se ham­are 'aziz Padri J. L. Mumphrey sahib ko itu! mnddat tak hamare dar­miyan kam karne ko zinda aur tandurnst rakha. Chunki ap phil' is·mulklko wapas na awenge, lihaza ham ~huda se dn~a, karte hain ki is safar men un ki muhanzat kare aUf har taur se aplli hlfazat men rakhe.

(Sd.) W. Peters. D. M. Butter.

C. L. Bare. (Tl'anslation.)

We the members of the North India Conference, are thankful thL t God sent among us Dr. J. L. Humphrey, and that lie has continued to

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him life and strength, so that he has been able to labour among us for many years. Now that he is l'ctiring from the active work and return-' jug to America, we pray that the care of the Father may be with him on his long journey and bring him to his desired haven in safety, and that be· may be able to continue his work for the Master in the. home land.

:mtebop Tboburnkt babat. Ha.m apne 'azfz Bishap Thoburn sahib ·lm liye ~huda ka shukariya

dil se ada karte hain ki us ne apni barf inihrbanf so aj tak un ko zinda aur sait'imati kesath rakha, aur yih ki nuke nek iutiz~In aur ban.dobast se is mulk ke logon ne bahut faida uthaya·aurjagah ba·jagah logon ne Masih ko qab'C1I kiya. Agarchi tarah ba tarah ki mnsibaten un 'par·ain. is martababhi bhar! sadma un ke farzand ke guzar jane ke ba'is hua jo ki bardasht se bahar tha, tis par bhi ~huda ke intizam aul' bandobast se 'ain razi hain. In sab mu'amalat men'apne logon ke liyc namuna hain. Ab hamar! diH du'a hai ki ~huda uuhe!! a.;;mani barakaten am' ziyada 'inayat farmae ki we hal' taur ki taqat hasil karke hamare darmiya,ll bahut mddaton tak kam kar saken.-W. Peters, S. Tupper, ·M.Stephell, D. M. Buttler.

<Iourse of Stll()\2.

A.-~FOR AMERICAN M.ISSIONARIES.

ENGLISH STUDIES.

I Year. 1. Introduction to tIle Holy Scriptures: Old Testament., pp. 1-447. Harman.

2. 3. 4.

Exegesis: Selections from the Gospe.ls. Systematic Theology. Vol. I, JJIHcy.

II Year. 1.

Plain Accollnt of Ohristian P(~I'feetion. Wesley. To h(~ read: ,Ves!cy's Sermons. Vol. II. Introductions to the Uoly Scriptures: New Testament,

448-770. Hannan. 2. 3. 4.

III Year.

Exegesis: Selections from the Pauline Epistles. Atonement in Christ. Miley. The Sacraments: Raptism and thB Lord's Supper. Watson. To be read: Steven's History of Methodism. Exegesis: ~electiplls from the Pentateuch. 1.

2. 3.

IV Year: 1. 2.

Studi,es in Theology: '1'11e Supernatural Book. Foster. 13 i blical Hermellell tics. Terry. Exegesis: Selections from Isaiah. Systematic Theology. Vo1. II, Miley.

'VERNACULAR STUDIES.

I. This course shall consist of three standards of two sections each, viz., Lower, Middle, and Proficiency Standards, ill both the Urdu and Hindi la,nguages.

II. The Urdu and Hindi of the Lower Standard shall be compulsory. :and one section, either the UrduOJ' tho Hindi. of the Middle and Proficien­cy Standards reslwcth'ely.

HI. The candida.te will be expect,ed to pass the first section of the Lower Standard examination within, or at the close of, his first year's residence, and he may be allowed to complete hoth sections in that time: but must pass in both within two years from the time of joining his con-ference in India. .

I V. All conference examinations shall take place under the direction of a board of six or more examiners appointed by the Bishop, which board shall. as far as possible, remain unchanged from year to year .

. V. 'rhe annual conference examination shall begin on the morning of the day preceding the day fixed for the opening of the conference, a ma­jority of the board being present.

VI. The following course of study, in accordance with Rule I, is pro­posed:

LOWER STANDARD.

A-URDU: FIRST YEAR.

1. GRAMMAR. Platts', omitting chapters on Arabic and sian Construction, and Derivations and Syntax

2 .. READING. (Roman, Lithograph and Type): Mathew and Mark's Gospels Haqaiq ul Maujudat

3. TRANSI~ATlON . ••. . •• (1.) Urdu-English: 10 -lines from Urdu Sec. Bk. C. E. S. (2.) English-Urdu: 10 lines from Eng. Sec. Bk. C. E. S.,

written in Persian and half written in Roman (3.) Definition

4. PRONUNCIATION :>.- CONVERSATIo.N ... ... . ..

Bead: Bishop Thobul'u's India and Malaysia.

Per-100

100 150

50 half

60 40

100 10Q

36 OOURSE OF STUDY.

B.-HINDI: SECOND YEAR.

1. GRAMMAR: KC'llogg's ...... 100 2. READING. (NagrL) MattJH'w and Mark's Gospels and

Dharm rrllia 100 3. TRANSLATION ... ... ... .. 150

(1.) liindi-English: 10 lines from Hindi Sec. Bk. C. E. S. ... 50 (2.) English-Hindi: 10 lines from Eng. Sec. Bk. C. E. S., half

written in Nagri and half written in Roman 60 (3.) Definition ... .. ... 40

4. PRONUNCIATION 100 ?l. CONVERSATION •.• .. .•. .. 100

Read: Hunter's Brief Hi8tory ofthe Indian People.

MIDDLE STANDARD.-THIRD YAER.

(Uron or Hindi Optional.)

A.-URDU.

1. GRAMMAR: Pln.tts', the whole. Kempson's Syntax and Idioms. Forbes' Persian 100

2. READING. (Litho. and Type): Lul{e and John's Gospels. Din-i-Haqq ki Tahqiq. Taubat un Nasih. Mark and .John in Persian 100

3. TRANSLATION ... ... ••• 150 (1.) Urdu-English: 10 lines·from Urdu Third Bk. C. E. S. ... 50 (2.) English-Urdu: 10 lines from Eng. Third Bk. C. E. S.,

half written in Persian and half in Roman 60 (3.) Definition 40

4. PRONUNCIATION 100 5. CONVERSATION ...... 100

Read: Muir's Life of Mohammad.

B.-HINDI.

1. GRAM~IA R: Review 100 Ballantyn's Elementary Sanskrit.

2. READING: Luke and .John's Gospels '" 100 Shakllntala (edited by Raja Lakshman Singh).

3. TRANSf.JATION ...... _ 150 (1.) Hindi-English: 10 lines from Hindi Third Bk. C. E. S._ 50 (2.) English·Hindi: 10 lines from English Third Bk. C.E. S.,

half written in Nagri and half in Roman ... . •. 60 (3.) Definition 40

4. PRONUNCIATION 100 5. CONVERSATION ...... 100

Read: Wilkin's Hindu Mythology.

PROFICIENCY STANDARD.-FOURTH YEAR.

(Urdu or Hindi Optional.)

A.-URDU.

1. GRAMMAR: Palmer's Arabic. (Optiona.l.) 2. READING: Mizan-ul-Haqq.

Gulistan. Forbes' Arabic Reader. (Optional.)

3. TRANSLA'l'ION ... ... •. . .. (1.) Urdu-EnKlish: 20 ·lines from Urdu Fourth Bk. C. E. S. 50 (2.) English-Urdu: 20 lines from English Fourth Bk. C.E.S.,

half written in Persian and half In Roma.n ... 60 Short Sermon in Persian character.

(3.) DefinItion 40 4. PRONUNCIATION 5. CONVERSATION ... . ..

. Read: S~ll's Faitl\ of Isl~m.~ .~.

100

100 150

100 ~QO

COURSE OF STUDY. 37

B.-HINDI.

1. GRAMMAR: Hindi, Review 100 Monier Williams' ~anskrit. (Optional.)

2. READING: Sat Mat Nirupan ... 100 Prem Sagar. Hitopadesha., first book. (Optional.)

3. TRANSLATION _. ... ... ... 1!10 (1.) Hindi-English: 20 lines from Hindi Fourth Ek. C. E. S.· 50 (2.) English-Hindi: 20 lines from English Fourth Bk. C. E. S.,

half written in Nagri and half in Roman ., 60 Short Sermon in Nagri character.

(3.) Definition 40 4. PRONVNCIA'l'ION 100 5. CONVERSATION .•. ... 100

Read: Monier Williams, Religious Life and Thought in India. VII. Th~ candidate, in order to pass, must obtain at least one half

the aggregate marks in each subject. VIII. The Board of Examiners, through tllf~ Registrar, shall at the

close of the examination, inform th9 candidate and the Secretary of the Conference of the result.

B.-FOR HINDUSTANI MINISTERS.

SKLKNA KA'NF ARANS KI" ~HW A';NDAGI".

DA'I):HILA KE LIYE.

1. Ummedwar Urdu ya Hindf Qawa'id Jugrafiya aur IIisab achchhi tarah se jane.

2. Qadim TawarfJi:h lUl lJi:htisar, Roman-Urdu, or Landmarks of An­cient History.

3. Hunter's Brief History of the Indian People in English, Litho­graph-Urdu or HindI.

4. Jugraiiya-i-Pak Kitab, ya Scripture Geography. 5. Discipline.

PAHLA'SA'L.

1. Fihisafi dar bab Tadbfr i Najat, or Walker's Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation, or Mat Pariksha.

2. 1):hutilt ba-lHlm Jawamtl1 i Hind, or Mitchell's Letters to Indian Youth or Sat Mat Nirupan me!} jo Hinlld kf bfibat haL

3. Hurst's Short History of the Early Church in English or in Litho­graph-Urdu or Caleb's IntiJi:h{Lb i Kallsiya.

4. Wayland's Moral Science in English or in Lithograph-Urdu or Baibal Bar- Hagg.

5. Tahrfrf Wa'z. . MUTA'L'A KE LIYE-l. Stobart's Islam or Tawarikh i Mohammad!

or Nwa-gawan Bichar. 2. Din Islam anr us Id tal'did in' Roman-Urdu or Lithograph -Urdu.

DU'SRA' SA'L.

1. Binney's Compend, or MaJi:hzan 'Ilm-i-Ilah£. 2. What think ye of Christ. (Vaughan's) or Masih Ibn Ullah or

Dharm Pustak se Mhe bhag me!} Khrfsht ka Samachar. , 3 Field's Hand-book of Theology, one half, or TarIq ul Hayat or

Dharma Dharm Pariksha Patr. 4. Introduction to Thomas' Commentary on Genesis, in Roman-Urdi't. 5. Tahrfrf wa 'z. MUTA'L'A KE LIYE-l. Clark's six Lectures on the A'rya Samaj in

English or Urdu or HindI. 2. Formen's A'rya Samaj or Miftah-ul-Tau­ret, Pap Sod han Siddhant.

TI"~A' SA'L.

1. Bushnell's Character of Jesus. ,'fsa kf Sirat. 2. Thomas' 'rash­rih-ul-TasUs in Roman-Urdu. 3. Fishers'Manuel of Cnristian Evidences in I English or 'Yswl Subut, Roman-Urdu. 4. Fields' Hand- book c;>f Theology, completed, Sa~ Mat Nlrupan me!} din 'I"swi ld babat. 5. Tab,-rfr{ ",a'z\ ' . '

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38 COURSE OF STUDY.

MUTA'L' A KE LIYE.--l. Mmdoch's Popular Hinduism or Lakshm Shankar's Primer of Biology in Urdu or Hindi.

CHAUTHE SKL KE IMTIHA'N KE SUWA'LA'T.

1. Ruhan! zindagi kya hai? Us lei &sliyat bayan karo. 2. Kyfinkar ma'lum ilOta hai ki ham men Hfihalll zindag! hai ? 3. W{i'iz ko lds tarah ma'!um hota bai ki I~huda ne mujh ko wa'z ke

kam ke waste talab kiya hai. -FASL.1.

DYNDKRY AUR AUQKT GUZA'RY KE BAYA'N ME;N.-l. l.{ba­dim ud din ke l):hass kam bayan karo, aur yib batao ki is l):hidmat ke waste kaull kaun se wasf chahiyeg.

5. We kaun se tariqc liain, jill se yih ausar bnrhte jate hain? 6. Batao ki logon ke gharon par ahw{il-pursl ke liye jana kaisa zurur

hai, aur yih kaho Id tumharf is karn men lds qadar tawajj uh hai? - 7. Yih batao ki kis tarah parhte lil{hte ho?

8. .Tab se tum kanfarans ki imtihall-bardari men ho, tab se tum ne jitni kitaben hal' siU deklli hain un sab ke nam-bat::lo?

9. Kutub i Muqaddasa ke parhne mcn tumhara kitna waqt sarf hoM. hai? aur kis tariqc se parhte ho?

FASL 2.

BAIBAL KA' IMTIHA'N.-l. Kis i'tibar se tum Baibal ko Rahim i Ilahi jante ho, aur kin dah'iil se yih tum rae rakhte ho?

2. Kis daHl se Majm(I'a i 'Ahd i' Atiq ko, jo ham men mu.rauwij hai, mn'tabar jante ho? :B:hnb~sa bayan karo.

3. Kis dalfl se we sab kitaben jo is Majmu'a i 'Abd i Jadid mel.! da­khiI hain mu'tabar 0 sahfh jante ho? Mu~htasar bayan karo. . 4. Ris tarah Mohammadfon ke is da'we ko ki Kutub i Muqaddasa mansu~h ho gai hain, galat sabit karte ho?

5. I~huruj i Misr se Yashll'a,ld·mant tak, Israilion ki taI'Hj:h ka ~bu­hisa batao?

6. Das firqon ki ba:s:awat ke muta'alliq jo ~has., waqi'at hain, Ullhen bayan karo?

7. Yahudfon kf saJana 'iden aur niz yih ki leis bat ke waste muqarrar hui thin, anI' kis tarah par ada ki jati thin, batao?

8. Khass khass nabion lee uam aur jis zamane men Ullhon ne llubu­waten kin, wuh zamane aul' niz :rih, ki we nub(l\vateI! leis bare-men thin bay an karo?

9. E:hudawand Masih ki baton se kuchh aisi mis{)Jen do, jin se zahir bota hai. ki wuh Purane' Abd ke nawishton ko mu'tabar samajhta tha.

10. Kaun sf pesh-~habarfa!! Masih se muta'alliq hain, l):hususan us ki am ad a ul' strat aur kam aur maut se?

11. Masih ki zindagf ke bahit kis kis waqt ke ma'lum hain, aur mud­dat 'ahd risaJat kis qadar thf?'

12. Us kf risalat ke l):hass waqi'at aur jahan jahan ki we guzre hain batlao?

13. J.{hass l,rhass baten mundarj i A'amaJ i Rasul batlao? 14. Mu'.iiza kya hai aur mn),izon se kyunkar ma'lum hota ,hai ki

Kutub i Muddasa min janib Allah hain?

FASL 3.

BAIBAL KY TA'LI'MA'T KE BKYAN MEN.-l. :r:Chuda ka wujud Baibal se kis tarah sabit hoM, hai?

2. Raibal se TasUs ka kya subut hai, ya'ne ki ele l.{huda men till aq­num hain?

3. Khuda ki sWi.t batlao aur hal' sifat ka subllt Pak Nawishton se do? . -

4. J.{huda ke mujassam hone ka masala jo Kutub i Muqaddasa men paya jata hai,use bayan karo, aur ,yih .-batao, ki us ta'lim ko najat Ice bandobast se kya 'iHiqa hai ? . 5 Masih ki Uluhiyat Kutub i Muqaddasa se sabit karo ?

6 Baibal ki kaun kaun si ayat Uluhiyat i Masih ke mukhalif MusaI·· maD pesh karte hain, aur tum un Ire kya ma'ne lete ho? .

7. Ruh i Quds ki aqnumiyat ka, aur Ul6.hiyat ka aur uske k{\m k~ Pak Nawishtou se subu"\i do ?

COURSE OF STUDY.

8. Kdam ke gumih ka natfja us ki aulad ke haqq men kya hua? 9 Masih ke kafare aur gunahon ki mu'aii men kya 'ilaqa hai ?

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10. M asih ke ji uthue ka subut do ? 11. Masih kf shafa'at kf asIiyat aur faida, jaisi Kutub i Muqaddasa

men ta'Ifm hai, bayan karo ? . 12. Ruh ul Quds ki gawahi ld nisbat kya ta'lim 0 dalil hai ? 13. Masihi kamiliyat ka masala jo Wesley sahib ne sikhlaya hai use

mukhtasaran bay an karo aur Baibal se us ka subut do ? 14. Nai Paidliish aur kamil pakizagf ke darmiyan jo farq hai, use

samjh~do ? 15 .. Is da'we·ke bare men ki" Jo kOl az sari nau paida hota hai is

taur se nahin girega, ki a!5:hir i lear haHik ho ~jac." Hamari kalisiya ki kya rae anr sabit karo, ki yih rae Kahlm i Ilahl ke bamiljib hai.

16. Batao ki baptisma kaisi rasm hai, aur kis garaz se hai, aur kyul! farz·hai? har bat ka subut do.

17. Sabit karo, ki bachchon ko baptisma deua munasib hai ? 18. Baibal men 'Ashae Rabbani Id nisbat kaun kaun se muhaware ae

hain. aurwuh kis -garaz se hain aur Masfhon par us ka manna kyun farz hai?

19. Hinduoll ke masala i.tanasul~h, ya'ne kaya palat 1m kyunkar galat sabit karte ho ?

20. Jism ke ji uthne ke bab men Kutub i Muqaddasa men kya ta'lim hai, hawala do ?

FASL.4.

KALfBIYKKE INTIZKM 0 TARTfB KE BAYA'N MEN-I. Ra­lisiyake tarah tarah ke intizamat bayan karo? 2. Methodist-Episkopal KaJisiya men General Kanfarans anr Annual Kanfarans a ur Rwartarli Kanfarans Ire muta'alliq kya kya In'im hain ? .

3. KaIisiya lee 'uhdedaron men" Bishop" "Prfzai(l.ing EI(l.ar" aur "Eldar "aur" Dikan" aur" Kh{tdim-ud-din "aur " Lokal Wa'iz " aur ,t M'ulj:htark~r" aur " Amanatdar" aur kiUis ke Hadf jo hain, un men hal' ek ka kitna il~htiyar hai, aur kya kamjmuUi'alliq hai, aur Ris ke samh­ne jawab-dihi hai ?

F~SL. 5.

TKRfJ):H I KALfSIYX-l. Yahudion ke J.<:hass firqe Masih ke waqt men kitne the? un ka bayan karo.

2.' Awail zamano!! men jQ aziyatcn J\Iasfhfon ne uthulthain, un ka kuchh bayan karo.

3. Un wasaiJ ka bayal1 karo, jin ke sababse ibtiMt men Masihf maz­hab bahut phaila, (Mather sahib kfTawari!5:h i Kalisiya tlsra bab daf'a 1, 2, 3, 5, 1m kekho.)

4. Gnostfkonld kya ta'lfm thf aur us'se qadimkalfsiya par kya khar­ab asar para; (Mather sahib ki Tawarf~h i Kalisiya tisra bab daf'a.85).

5. Luther sahib se 'ain qabl din i 'Yswi l{a kya hal hai ? 6. BarfIslah i Mazhabijo Luthersahib ke waqt men hM, ns kahal ba­

tao, kis sabab se wuh islah hili thi, aur kaun kaun log us men sharik i hal the?

7. Britaniya i ' Uzma me!! Methodist Kalisiy{t ke muqarrar hone ka sabab.batao aur Wesley sahib kf taril{h men J.<:hass log kaun the?

8. Methodist Episkopal Kalfsiya kis sababse ·aur Iris waqt me!! aur auwal kahan banf? (Discipline l{a bab i au wal dekho.)

9. HiniId ke mu~htalif firqeauryih ki we kahan se nilde aurun ka ba-nI aur UIl ke !5:hass 'aqfde batao? _

10. Muhammadion kedfn kf ibtidianrl\fuh-ammad sahib In'\. kuchh ba­yankaro aurmuJ.<:htaIlf firqon ka aur un ke hadfonka kuchh zikr karo?

11. Sikhollkemazhab kf ibtidakahansehaiauruse Hinud 0 Islam ke mazhab se l{y"l'il{iqahai ? -

12. Brahmo mazhab ka agaz otaraqqf aur h~Uat mauj{lda aur khass 'aqfdon ka bayan karo? .

TO BE REaD.

MUTKL'A RARNE KE LIYE.-1. !'Tal'il~hi yusuff. Josephus. (l\f. P. House Lllcknow) 2. Brahmo l\fazbab. (M. P. House, Lucknow.) 3. Augustinekelql'al'at, Augustine's Confessiolls(N. I. T. S.) ol. Hal-ul­Ashka,l (M. P. House, LuckllOW.) 5. Jami'ul l!'raiz. (Lahore, Tract Depot.) 6. Miftah ul Hinud. (M.-P. House, Luclmow)

40 CONFERENOE SESSI01iS.

SESSIONS OF THE NORTH INDIA CONFERENCE.

- -------;---------------------No. PLACE. TIME. I PRESIDENT. I SECRETABY.

-1 Luck~- Dec. 8-14,1864 IBishop E.Thompso~.J. H. Gracey.

2 Moradabad. I!'eb. 1-7,1866 Rev. J. Baunie. '1.'. J. Scott.

3 Shahjahanpur .. Jan. 10-17, 1867 Rev. T. J. Gracey. Do~

4 Bijnour. Jan. 16-21, 1868 Rev. J. M. Thoburu. Do.

5 Bareilly. .J an. 14·22, 1869 Rev. C. W. Judd. J. D. Brown.

6 Bareilly. Jan. 20-27, 1870 Bishop C. Kingsley. Do.

7 Lucknow. Jan. 12-18, 1871 Rev. J. W. Waugh. J. H. Messmore

8 Moradabad. Jan. 18.24, 1872 Rev.J.L. Humphrey S. S. Wetherby

9 Bareilly. Jan. 18-22, 1873 Rev. T. S. Johnson. Do.

10 Lucknow. Jan. 7-13, 187 ± Bishop W.L. Harris. J. D. Brown.

11 Shahj ahanpur. Jan. 6-12, 1875 Rev. T. J. Scott. Do.

12 Cawnpur. Jan. 13-18,1876 Rev. D. W. Thomas. B. H. Badley.

13 MO:radabad. Jan. 3-9,1877 BishopE.G.Andrews Do.

14 BareilIy. Jan. 9-15,1878 Rev. J. H.Messmore Do.

15 Lucknow. Jan. 9-14,1879 Bishop T. Bowman. Do.

16 Cawnpur. Jan. 7-12,1880 Rev. E. W. Pa,rker. Do.

17 Bareilly. Jan. 5-11, 1881 Bishop S. 1\:1. Merrill Do.

18 Moradabad. Jan. 11-17, 1882 Rev. S. Knowles. Do.

19 Lucknow.

20 Cawnpur.

21 Bareilly.

Jan. 10·16, 1883 Bishop R. S. l!'oster, Do.

Jan. 9-15,1884 'Rev. T. J. Scott. J. L. Bare.

Jan. 7-12,1885 Bishop J. ]'. Hurst. B. H. Badley.

22 Lucknow. Jan. 7-12,1886 IRev. H. :!Ifansell.

23 Moradabad. Jan. 5-10,1887 Bishop W.X. Ninde.

24 Cawnpur. Jan. 4-9,1888 Rev. J. H. Gill.

25 BareiIly.

26 Lucknow.

Jan. 9-15, 1889 BishopJ.M.ThoburIi

Jan. 2-7,1800 Do. do.

27 Moradabad. Jan. 7-12,1891 Do.

28 Jawnpur. Jan. 6-11,1892 Do.

29 Bareilly. Jan. 11-16, 1893 Do.

30 Lucknow. Jan. 3-8, 1894 Do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

J. H. Gill.

Do.

W. A. Mansell,.

Do.

31 Moradabad. Jan. 3-7,1895 j Do. do. Do.

32 Bareilly. Jan. 8-13,1896 I Do. do. Do.

33 Lueknow. Jan. 7-12.1897 \ Do. do. Do.

, { Bishop Cyrus D.Foss W . 34 Bareilly. Jan. 5-11,1898 BishopJ.M.ThobuflJ J. . Roblllson. 35 Shahjahanpur .JUll. 4-10,1809 iBishopJ.M.Thoburn Do.

36 Lucknow. . JU12.:.10-15, 1900 I Do. do. Do.

LisT OF LOCAL PREACHERS.

NAME.

BAREILLY Drsl'RlcT.

R. Turner Fazl U11a11 Govind Ram Gyan Masih Lakhan Singh Sadal Singh Daniel Sigler Rundan Lal J. Robert Devi Din Hemraj Ranahai Lal Bal Mukand Jai Lal Gurbakhsh Khamani Cornelius Singh Chunni Lal 11m-ud Din Ishri Dass John Pusa Munna La] Nanhe Lal Robert Posh an Sohan Lal Sadal Masi Tara Chand William Gulab Ratan Singh S.Bowen I. A.Berket J.Sukh Rae Bansi Dhar Rhola Nath Baldeo Singh Chandar Singh Andaryas S. WilSOll Ram Parshad Debi Das Dwarka Parshad Gopi Charan S. L.Harris SOhan Lal Karan Singh Ram Dayal A. John Mohan Singh Sobran Singh

... -'I

... "'1 :::J

__ ~~:~~'_J _____ ~:~::=~ ____ _ Elder '\)5

" Deacon.

I I Ujhani. iBudaon. IBinawar,

I Aliganj, Aonla. ~.amavnr, Shahjahanpur. Sa11aswan,

IKhutar, Powayan. " Bal'eilly. " Miranpur Ratra.

Local Prca<:.her. Pasgawan.

" " " " "

Aonla. Faridpur.

Do Do,

Sadarbazal', Bareilly. Bhamori.

" Bareilly Theological School.

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"

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" Tilhur . Bilsi. Tilhar. Jalalabad. Pawayan. Shahjahanpur. Bisauli. Bil!:.'i.

I<'a.l'ici]lnr. Data, Ganj.

I,

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I Islam Nagar. lllsallli.

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42 LIST OF LOOAL PREAOHERS.

NAME.

Hulasi 1\lisri Charan Khurram Singh Lalji Mal A.lrorbes Kallu Porter .Rahal Singh George Luke Kesho Ram Jai Si1!gh Attah Ullah Bhup Singh C. M. Parmanand B. S. Ferguson Baldeo Das Bhoj Ram Dhappan Wilson S. C. Chatterjee Samuel Jacob Joseph Nelson Devi Din . Moti Lal Heli Jacob Baisakhi Kehri Singh Pur an Mal Sewa Ram Prem Singh Yaqub Singh DalChand Cornelius Singh S.Judd Gulam Masih Rahu Singh Gokal Parshad Mohan Singh Itwari Lal N. R. William A. Peter

ORDERS. ApPOINTMENT.

Local Preacher. Aonla. " Barei11y.

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0'

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Binawar. Madnapur. Bareilly. Khuda Ganj. Kachla . Bareilly.

Shahi~hanpur. Binawar. Tilhar. Budaon. ~hera Bajhera. Kakrala. Bareilly. Shahjabanpu1'.

Bareiiiy.

Nigohi, Sbahjahanpur. Shahjabanpur. Bareilly. Binawar. Bisauli. Tilhar. Powayan. Bisauli. Islam Nagar, Bisauli. Hareilly. Shahbaznagar, Shahjahanpu1'. Powayan. Kundarya, Jalalabad. Wazir Ganj, Bisaull. Bareilly. Kumargawn. llareilly. Kama1'lainpur, Shahjahanpur.

GARHWAL DI.,TBICT.

E. Thomson Kwankin Ghungar Money C. Khiyali Sangram Mani Andriyas Lama Wilson Bhajni Mollan f.lal Dhan Singh Tiwari Patra~ Daud Jerafn

GONDA DISTInCT.

Lewis J. McGee Buddha Singh Prem Dass Bhupal Singh

Elder '96. Paurf. Deacon '96. Bungedhar.

'98. Pauri. ... " '98. GadoIi, Paurf. ... " '99. Mandakhal . ... Local Preacher. Nandpriyag.

" Oak Glen, Pauri. Baqi Ajmere Dogadda.

" "

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Upalda, Srina.gar. Chopra, Pau1'l. 13ha1'8ar, Kainur. Lansdowne. Ramni, Nandpl'iyag. Deceased.

Deacon '93 Nanpara, Bahraich. . . " '98 Ellenpur, Gonda. .. Local Preacher Rupaidiha, Bahralch.

[kauna, Bahraich.

LIST OF LOOAL PRMOBERS.

NAME.

A. S. Wesley D. C. Richards Khandari Singh Chhange Singh La] Karan B. R Benjamin • T. J. Todd Dharam Singh Ji'. R. Wittki Nattha Masih Ram Dival Ishri Dass Frank Peters

KUMAON DISTRICT.

J. W. Todd W. Pamuchai Gauri Datt R. M. Dass J. Uarker C. Wilson D. S. Hukill K. Willdllson Yusuf .T. Abraham Bijai Singh Hha wani Datt Yuhunnall. T. W. Gowau Jai Datt Mr. Anderson Mr. Smith 1\11'. Thompson Chhidda Singh Chanchal Singh '1'. B. Kirk A. Miller Yuhunua I. Jawahir Singh Santosh Ram Reel' Singh Chandra Singh

MORADABAlJ lJIsTRICT.

B. Me. Gregor Peter Merrill Ba)aDass Gulab Singh Mohan Singh Jhabbu Lal 11. Robert John Pilsa Kalyau Singh Dalla Singh B. S. Budden Nadir Shah Nanhe Mal Baldeo Pershad Uuddha Singh Chhidda Singh Prabbu Dass

',.

OIWJ£RS. ApPOINTMENT.

Local Preacher. Babraich.

" "

Elder. Deacon.

'04 '94

Lachhmaullnr, Bahraich. ,Birpur, Gonda. I Balrampur, Gonda.

/

GOnda. 8ahraich. Qaisargauj. Bahraich •

Ipa,raspur, Gonda Colonelganj, Gcnda.

IPachPurwa, " [Jtrau)a. "

IIHshanplll' IGorakhpur. i I

I

I Haldwani. Danna.

I Lohha. Naini Tal.

'99 (~au'golihat. t, '98 Lohaghat.

Local Preacher. Chand as.

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Oawarahat. .. Gallal. Lobha . Kelani Naini Tal.

I " IAlmora. !Pithol'agarh.

Chand~g. Deolthal. Lohaghat. Haldwani. Lohaghat.

Elder. Najibabad. Sherkot, Bijuo ur.

'93 Moradabad. '95 Nurpur, Bijuour. '94 Thakurdwara, Moradabad '95 Seohara, Bijnour. '96 Bijnour. .

Dea~~u '93 Bairampur, MOl'adabad. '94 I Kotqadar, Bijnour. '93 Moradabad.

" '96 Kanth, Moradabad. .. '96 IHjnour.

Local Preacher. Morad~bad.

" Bijno~~. Nagil1a. Moradabad.

43

44 LIST OF LOCAL PREACHERS.

NAME.

Plltras I Sadhu Singh S. HastIngs Bnddha Cutter BahaISiugh Thomas Jacob Cllirag Masill Hiram Barrow

ORDERS. ApPOINTMENT.

... Local Preacher. Hilari, Maradabad ''', Dhampur, Bijnour.

I Moradabad. I

I.'!

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" Bijnonr.

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MOl:~dabad. Chulldausi. Bijllonr.

M. J ohn80n , .. ! M. D. Seymour , 1\1 Ol:ada had.

PILlBHIT DISTRICT. ! Elder. Ka lin Singh­

Ase Ram Girdhari Lal Mati Lal Kesri Singh Jhabbu Lal Ghasi Ram Kaliyan Singh A. Lincoln Bahad ur Shah • Thau Singh KaHu Das Soh an Lal D. R. Rodgers Karhe Mal • T. Morgan Ram Hal{hsh Baldeo Das Baljit Gufzarl Lal HarSahae Khiyali Ham Gendan Lal Moti -LaI Lachhman Randan Singh Chhadami Lal S. A. Judson Lachhman Barnabas Nanhe La] S. Masih Munna Mahtah

SAMDHAL DISTRICT.

M ouladad Khan Nirmal Singh Manphul Singh Lachhman Sing Mathra Pat'shad M. S. Cutting .Sukkha Singh Samuel Bernard John Little B. Milton Fazl Masih R. White Chhote Singh C. S. Hunter P. S. Morris B .. Benjamin

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., Mirganj.

'95. Rampur. '96. Nawabganj. '96. Purallpur.

... i D~~con '94. Pilihhit.

... ! :9§. Bisalpur. "', " 9/. l\Iilal{. .0.: " '99. SIUlhi. ... ~ Local Preacher. Fa tahganj.

, Khitausa . "'1'" GUl'gauw. ... Sirauli. .. ! BaherL

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Elder

Pilihbit. Bisalpur. Ncol'iya . Shahi. MadIlI,al'. Cblmilra. Fatahganj. M irallpur. Bisalpur. Amariya. Shahi. Nawabganj. Baraur. Lilaur. Gangupur. TiJiyapur. Rampnl'. Koli. Dcoriya . Pilibhit. Kakraua ..

'90 Sambhal. '95 Sharifpur.

Dea~on '\)1 Ra~uJpur. " '95' RaJr~ura.

.,. BahJol.

... LocaI"Preacher. S~mbhal.

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Plthkhera. Narainia. Markpur. Sambhal. Hayat .Nagar. Babrala. Sirsi. SendhI'i. Amroha . Gangesri.

LIST OF LOCAL PREACBERS. 45

NAME.

--------Ol<=~ I Al'POINTMENT.

,---------------OUDn DISTRICT.

Phillip Andrew ... William A. Comfort _. Henry C. Siglct· Mangal Singh Chhote Lall II Abdul Wahid Qaisar ~adal Masill J. Higginbotham J iya Lall

Deacon '90. '93.

T..Jucknow.

Bara Banki. " " "

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'93. '91.

'92. Unao:' Hardoi.

,Lucknow. '93. l!3hababad. '97. Nalll'allgabad. :9:!. Dhaul'aru. 9.. Sitapllr. J awal1ir Lall

Ajudhiya Parghad J Ohll W. Norton Yaqub ~ingh Prem Masill Baldeo Prashad I DlLniel Ricl1ards David S. Paul

" :fl9. Misriek. ... " 99. Rae Bareilly. ... Local Preacher. Luckno' .. ·.

Masill Charall John Tilok Singh Misri Lall John D. :Flint Din Dayal Gllrdayal Singh Haruu Andrew Boaz Mohan Nathan Kesho Lall Mohan Uass Sharf Uddin Nand Ram .•. Nathaniel Hamilton ... :Frank M. Lawrie Sundar Lall llihari I..Jall Henry D. Jacob Ram Gopal B. H. McKaig W. E. Crawsllaw J. W. McGee W. Alexander J. F. Brown John David George Mayal W. M. Strete Ram Sukh J. 'l'odd W. GUllsolves Baldeo Prashad II Benjiman Cornelius Nallhe Lal . Isaac R. Maya) Bhola Nath J. Jonathan

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Bam Banki. Hardoi. Luckno\v. UURO • Lueknow. Unao. Hardoi. Shahabad. O:;itapur. Hardoi.

Bar~ Ballki. Unao. Rae Bareilly. Ham llanki. Rae Bareilly. Hardoi. [..Juclmow. Hardoi. .-3itapur. Sara Bani<i. Rae BareiIly. '3llahabad. Luclmow.

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Sara Banki. Khairabad. ~itapur. Kamal pur. Lakhimpur. Sidhauli.

" Lakhimpur. Bara Banki. Lucknow. Gola, Lakhimpur. Elardoi.

~resi~i Itg JElc,ers' lReports. _ ... uq.o,lP'",-

BAREILL Y DISTRICT HEV. E, \Y. PARKER, Pl'cshUI!{j ElclCl'.-Th81'e arB twenty-one

circuits in this dlskict. rfhree of the38, d:::., Bal'eilly, Shahjahanpul', :md B,tdaon~ are sac1al'citjes, i (., stations where Europeans reside. Tn t.hese our educational and other institutions are sit.uated.

At Bareily are the Theological Seminary and Woman's Train­ing School, the Gids' Orphanage, a :Vliddle Schoolfol' boys, and th'e Hospital and Djspen~ary for women ~nd girls. '

The Theological Seminary has in attendance fifty-six pupils. It has a reg.llar thr'ee ye~ws' COUt'se of study and is givinO' OU1' Chut'ch in Indta a tl'ained ministry. A class of seventee~ g~a.du­ates goes out this year" a:1d the m3!l \vill go to d ifferant parts of India. vVe secure for this s~h')ol two grades of mEln -one from our schooV::, who pa:;s the full entl'ance examination, and another from among tried workel's now in the ministry, who can gJ;'eatly profit by the drill of the seminarJ". DI', Scott, who has had so many years of experienc~ in this institution, is still at its head.

The 'Voman':; Trainin:; School, under Mrs. Scott, is a bra.nch of the seminary and gives efficient tl'aining and drill to the wiv~s of the students, that they may be prepared to be sUCcessful workers with their husbands wben they go out.

The Gir!::,' Ot'phanage averages about 300 girls. The nt1mber now on the roll is 290. Five have married during this year, and two are in the Medical College at-\g"a.

Miss Englbh, who has for many years done exc.ellent work jn the institution, has been compelled to take lea-ve for a f?eason. Ttle school is fortc:nate in securing Mrs. Wilson to fill the SU"periI~­telldent's place. All the work will be safe under her directiop. The Educational Department is doing well unq~r the charge of Miss Lopel' and her as::iistants.

The Hospital and Dispensaryfol'women is still in charg-e Qf Mrs. Dease, M. D. The training class being prepared for future me(Jj~al \'Vork now numbers eighteen young worpen, There have been during the year 160 patients trpated in the hospital,and 496visits have ~eg made to 319 houses to attend women and. children. T.h(3 numlJer of t},'eatments in the uispensary has been 16,850, making a tot~l of 17,506 treatments. Rs. 650-8 have been receiv~d tn· fees. .A, good year's work surely. , At Sh~hjahanpur are situated the Boys' Orphanage and ~nqU!3-trial School, a Hoarding School for girls! a Widows' llome and tndqstrial School for womep, and a Middle School for boys. 'rh~ orphanage is still doing good work, All the boys learn to \yo.~\(~ either at some useful trade, or at gardeniIlg', farming, p.elp!p~ a.~out the dairy or learning to be house servants. All {l,li;o re4eive ~u ~ducation according to their ability. The fruit of th~s iJ:i~t~t~,. tiOIl ~s seen everywhel'e in good men. So;ne of our best preacher~, best teachers, and best business men came from this ~chool. BrQ­th~r and s~ster Blackstock are still in charge.

ii PRESIDING ELDERS' REPORTS.

The Girls' Boarding School is quite full, numbering about 120 on an average during the year. The girls are mostly from the faa'mer class and the training is practi0al, according to the needs and ability of the girls. We rejoice in the arrival of Miss Organ from America to take charge. The Industrial Home in connection with this school is giving instruction to young women, widows, and othel'S, to fit them for future usefulness in Christian homes or as teachers.

At Budaon there is a Girls' Boarding School similar to that in Shahjahanpur, and a Boys' Middle Grade School. The Boarding School was until October under the charge of Miss Green, but on her going home Miss Curts took over charge and is . rendering effic­ient service. The school is rapidly increasing in numbers at pres­ent and we hope that it may suon be full again.

The Boys Middle School is of the same grade as are those at Bareilly and Sbabjahanpur. At Budaon and Bal'eil1y t.here is a boarding- house for Christian lads connected with each school. The design is to give our villag'e Christians an opportunity for edu­e~ting their boys. In these schools th~ non-Christian lads are in the same classes with the Chri:;tian, and all are taught exactly alike. The Bible is regularly and carefully taught. Many of the non­Christian boys are regular in attendance at the Sunda~' School.

For all these institutions we have thl'e,; foreign missio aries and their wives, five missionaries of the Woman's Society, and a full staff of assistants and teachers.

The Circuit or Evangelistic Work is divided into twenty-one circuits. Two of these circuits are in charge of missional'ies, who also have charge of institutions. One is under a misslOnary who is free for evangelistic work, and eighteen are under Hindustani preachers-in-charge. The missionary force for the evangelis­tic work in this large field of over 2,000,000 of people, therefore, consists of the presiding elder and one other mh,sionary and their wives, and two lady missionaries. These twenty-one circuits are subdivided into one hundred and twelve sub-circuits, each of which is under a sub-pastor who resides within his own specj al charge. These pastors are doing special work in 1,653 villaD"es where Christians or inquirers reside, though our 14,427 bapti~ed Christians live in 1,371 villages, giving an average of nearly 15 villages and, including inquirers, 150 persons to each pastor. These preachers-in-charge and sub-pastors go to their work system­atically, two or three villages being set apart for each day. Most of the villages are thus visited weekly, though distant ones are reached but once in two weeks. These pastors teach the people to pray, to sing, and to live according to the teachings of Jesus.

In many of the villages the Radis (class leaders) are learning to do their work. The work ·we try to teach t4em to do is for each to collect. the people in his village every evening for singing and prayer-a general family worship. As the Christians usually live together almost in one yard, this is easy where the wilHngness exists. These leaders can also aid much in collecting the pastor's salary, and in removing old customs and establishing the new, provided that they are all right themselves. There are at present 908 Hadis in the district. There should be more, and all should be better taught, but theae systematic plans grow slowly. Not one of these men receives any thing for the work he does.

No one who has never had experience in teaching converts where they come in numbers from idol~ters, can at all realize the difficulty of teaching the Dew Christians and inquirers regular habits of pray­er. An idolater does not pray in the Christian meaning of prayer. l!e bows down wjtll his beliLd to tue earth before an image, he pre.,.

BAREILLY DISTRIOT. iii

sents an offering, performs ceremonies or makes a vow, but has no habit of prayer. Hence converts, except those who come into con­stant contact; with ministers and meetings, learn to pray very slowly and after much Ul'ging and teaching; During the past three years the importance of teaching: the peopJe to pray has been kept before all the workers constautly. "do many of your people can pray, " has oecome a regular quarterly conference question. "How many of y'mr leaders hold prayers with their people," is another. From this is seen more clea.rly the importance of these leaders and of their special work of gathering their classes for prayer. This plan for Radis better taught· than their associates may help much in solving the problem of village seJf-suppol't, for with a Hadi in each village who will pray and sing with the people, less preachers will be requir­ed and more villages can join in supporting a pastor.

The two b,dy Village Evangelists, MISS Wil::,on and Miss Ingram, with their assistants, have done very valuable work during th~ year. Their systematic plans for training their workers, and tht-ir own per­sonal visits to the village Christians, is leading to excellent results. Mrs. Hewes is also rendering' efficient aid in directin~ Evangelistic work among women, and Mrs. Parker has during the year visited and aided 10 the work of each of the country circuits.

The special 8ervice,., in connection with our quarterly meetings, the special teachings at our workers' meetings, and the services at our camp meeting, have all combined to the quickening of the spirit­ual Ide and growth of our preachers and people. We are making special efforts for the regular instruc.tion of the younger men and their wives who al'e in the regular work. During the rainy season a class was gathered at Sudaon and faithfully taught. During the coming year one class of at leasL twenty young men and their wives will be gathered at Lodipore under Bro. Blackstock, and a second class at Budaon under Bro. Hewes So that about forty young wor­kers wlth their wives will receive three months teaching and drill an­nually.

All the workers have studied the Gospel of 1'1 atthew and the Acts of the Apo~tles during this year and examination have been held monthly by the preacbers-in-charge, seven chapters being set apart for each month, and a more general examination was held at the workers' meetings. For the coming year the Gospel of Luke and Ephesians are set apart for study. The object of this plan is to create and enfurce habits of Bible study. .

Our Primary ~chools are not as efficient as we would make them. They are doing a good Evangelh;tic work and about 2,400 children a,re bemg taught to I'ead, write, pray, sing and Jive like Christians.

We al'e continuing' the efforts toward::; securing some aid for the pastors from each Christi an and we can report progress, though not complete success. T\venty pel'sons are suppor·ted by the pastor's fund, but some of these receive bur. from Rs. 4 to Rs. 6 per month. They are, however, quite as well supported as are the people who pay them.

Were I asked for the most encouraging feavures of the work in this district I would say: 1. The gl'owth of the workers in know­ledge, Christian experience, worthy living and w(,rking efficiency. Many are still weak but they are growing. 2. Our educated Chris­tian young' people. At our mela Lea£ue quite 450 of these were pre­sent and conducted their own services. Every part was worthy of Christi an youth. It was the gl'eat day of the feast, from J ,200 to 1,5QO persons being present. 3 The preparation of the cJ ass leaders who will lead the people in praying, singing and right living.

In every effort in this work of the past year two objects have been kept in view. A present needed blessing and help, and a pre­paration for something better next year.

PRESIDINv ELDERS' REPORTR

OARHW AL DISTRICT. He,,". JOSEPH H. GILL, Pl'esicling Eld.el'.-Garhwal has seven 'Cir­

c~its,\Vith over 20 sub-stations. We began the year somewhat crip­pled for funds but not so much so as to seriously hinder our work. Indeed \ve have collected in subscriptions a sum at least equal to 3~Y former year. Twice cholera appeared, once in the village that divides Chopra from Gaddli, and in a few days seven persons died. A sequel to this sickness regulted~ in the death of a Christian artiza.n who was the breadwinner for a large family and a most worthy Christian mail •. God seems to use these. serious events 'to ma-ke hard hearts tender and each occasion of this kind opens a door of hope, by means of Christian charity and Christian sympathy extend­ed ~o thuse wh-::> suffer, which can never be shut. These oppol'tunities we have 'C~reful1y availed oursel ves of.

Our Dispensary with but lilitle financial aid and with smaH equipment h'as nevertheless (lone great g'ood ; more indeed than in any other recent year. The man who has been compounder for years pafYt, -and who served to the best of his ability, contracted severe sickness and died -at p.is post. A most promi ing and useful Christian teacher ~lso 'died during tIre year. He was a kind ofgenil1s in his way, and iIi his deathlwe mourn the loss to our church of a young man of mOl'e than common ability

. \Jur relations cas -a. t hristiancommunity g-rowing up in their mids~,'to the inhabitants of the district continue to be happy and friendly and Olll' aggressive work provokes no great opposition, alth()ugb there be some here, as everywhere else, who reg-ret to acquiesce in its pl'~ress and success.

We 11 ave aimed to infi uence:a \-,'1<1er urea by scattering our forces. It may be that victory will be hastened thereby, for there i" a proverb which reads" Divide and conquer." For the present at least the headquarters at Chopra has suffered by diminiShed numbel's, be­cause we generously parted with our choicest workers to ·enrich and to cultivate outlying places. My own touring among these out­stations has convinced me that we have not made a mistake by planting these little centres of Christian inliuence in a score 'of pl~es, (or each is a power for good. 'Sickness and the season 'being reckoned in, I have toured among the people and kept as mucbas possible in constant communication with the preachers-~n"\ch argeof the circuits. T,heytoo have faithfully itinerated in their own cir­cults and have, nearly nIl of them, done a grand good work for God and humanity, imbued as 'they are with the Spirit of Christ.

. Consecr·ated and self .. sacrificing native ministers are the hope e,f Qur .church in India; our ministers in this district, with 'one stng!eexception, are men born and brought up -in Garhwal. "

The iiemand that exists for little village schools is such that we ~annot afford from ·the smaH funds at our disposal to fully meet it. All clas~~esofpeople ask for schools and for teachers Vve are rais­ing u·p Christiau teachers and have several ready no\v. No place, so far, entirely supports its teacher wi,hout mission help. . No 'agency for good that we employ exceeds in permanent value the village school. 0 Our pupils, whether they become Christians or not, ever afterwards are our friends, and ir. is a'pleasant experience. to themissi9nary to have visits from and to receive letters from former pu.p~ls.. Four w.prthy young men were this year recommended from G&rhw.al for t·he Bareilly 'rheological School. A large Hindu schoO! will by an~ bye cel,tarinlybe started in Har.hwal. Indeed the lpvo­Dl9ters of. the seheme offerred the headmastership lio one of 'our vall1ed n-ativ-e ministers, but we cannot'spttre him from ,the charge of his circuit 'for th~ work. I have gi v ell nlY 'eudorsement to this

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rival school because I plainly see that the Government will not generously support Our school. Our diminishing grant has been cut almost yearly and each time of late without the consent of the European Inspector and without hisknowlege. But the Govern­ment educational department cannot be depe'nded on to support our school by giving' us a liberal grant-in-aid. Zeal for their own institutions prevents this. It seems to have been their aim '0 reduce the cost of maintaining aided schools At all events an additional, and a new, school of high grade under Government management will promote the welfare 8nd civilization of the people her", and in this I rejoice.

As for the mission, we can now pay a headmaster only one-third the salary which we used to pay. Reduced mission appropriations have brought about thi~ result. Kut we have nevertheless main­tained the grade of the school and thi:'> year we pasbed four boys in the English Middle ex arpin'ation. Taking an average, of seven years we have passed mote than the 25 per cent of the candidates sent up in the grade named above.

In two out-circuits, namely, Ramni and Kainur, new buildings have been erected during the year Still the Bamni pr'eacher-in­cha 'ge is without a proper shelter The chapel at Paidol ha~ been rerollJed. We always need a small sum in our annual appropriations for repairs of mission buildings. For a few .vears past thitl has been withheld owing' to scar.city of money: of course building-s detereiol'ate u'nder these cit·cumstances. Since the GohnR flood we have never seen the time When we could get an appropriation to make g.ood what we then lost, but we live in hope.

The Bible Society has generously supported a colporteur for us during the year. He has moved among the people in all directions and sold a Dumber of copips of the '\Vord of Gud. All our preach­ers without exception have helped to distribute tracts. In some circuits thousands have been c l'culated.

Our District conference and camp meeting recen'tIy closed was a se!lson of rich blessing,and all who attended seemed to partake of the blessed influence of God's Holy Spirit there poured out on us in the meetings.

The death of Mrs. Amrita nhowtin, ,vife of Rev. Dav.id Albert Chowtio, made a deep impression on the people. ,\Vith some pre­monition of the approach of death, I\Ir:, CtlOwfin used her' remain­ing strength for months before she diad in visiting neighbori~ villages, and many women were deeply touched by her testimony for Christ. She hersel'f had drunk in the Christlike spirit of Miss Mary Budden and Miss Phoobe Rowe and the influence of both characters showed itself in the force and sweetnesii of her decided Cht'iiltian life

Dr. and Mrs. Ashe are remembered among us although the year witnessed 'their transfer to efficient 8ervice els~\Yhel'e. The fi st printing PI'ess that was ever' io Ga.rhwal, and the only wheeled vehicle _that ever found its way into the interior, are, among otbei,things, monuments to Dr. Ashe's wOt'k.

The Woma.n's For~ign ~isslonary Society's buildings at Ga.­doli (Oak Glen that pa.rt is nON call~d) are I'ea.dy fOI' dedication. Much credit is due to Miss Kyle for her constant labors for their completion. A long f.elt want has certaiil:ly been met in tbe et'ection by the women of these bllildings. The futul'e chut'ch will have reason to remember Mrs. Gill, too, through whom this blessed work was begun.

1 cauno"t 1'efrain ft'om m:entioning a 'visi't, during the yea!', of Dr. Parkel' ,and Rev. J. H,Messmore. During their stay of ten days w" had, a':i "Occasion offel'ed, l'elig'iollS services which were

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well a.ttended. When Bro. Mssmore lectured in our chapel almost aU the Government officials in Pauri were present, and our chapel was filled, the chief priest of a neighboring Hindu temple being also in the audience.

I thank God for health preserved and opportunity to work for him still given, and I am glad to record my conviction that· Christ and his cause have a deep hold on the attention of a g'lodly number of the native people bere for whose evangelization and conversion to Chl'ist we are spending our lives.

Lansdowne Circuit. -The !'reai'her-in charge of this circuit writes: "I made'a tour of this circuit with my family and spent near­ly tbr'ee months thus, vi~iting also Kotdwara and the Bhabar. Many Chamars beBides Kumauni and Garhwali bill men now live there. These people seem hungry fo!' salvation. I am sure if the church b~come" pet'ma.nent in its work here the people will support tbe gospel withom out~ide help [wish to win the Bbabar for Jesus. We have witnesses fOl' Christ in four places in this cir­cuit There is a good work among the mehters in Lansdowne, for m--my of that caste are at work there. The Mission D;s­pensary, in my charge at Pauri, has also done good work during the year. The people on ali sides come for medicine and it exer­cises a great influence for the religion of Chl'ist, [pray that they may show an equal anxiety for obtaining- forgi veness of their sins that the v sh.)w for obtaininz help in sickness.

Bain:>li.-Rev F. W. GI'eenwold writes: " Bainoli circuit is com­paratively oe.v. Tne coumry aU around is thi(~kly settled, but Brah­minical influence has bound the inhabitants in fetters of caste which it is difficult fo[, man to. break. There is however hope of frui.t in our labors, for people listen attenti vAly to the doctrine of Chirst. There are people who ha.ve come to recognize thflir own bondage and who long for the day when they shall be liberated from these bindiog cu-;tom., [pray that the Lord ·Je.,u,; many give me such wisdom that I may overtbrow the work~ of atan and have victory jn bringing these pre:~ious souls to Christ. I am hoping to have additional helpertl sent t) labor with me [daily teach the Bible. My wife daily teaches women and children. I vi sit the near villages, and several have requested me to open schools. I have attended nwlas and keep up SllUuay School and Sabbath services and find great heip in my work by distributing a little medicine."

Kainur Circuit.-Rev D. A. Cnowfin writes: This circuit compris­es seven sub-stations and ha a population of 70,000, of whom only ei2'hty are Christians. 'The brethren in their several cha.rges hold ,'eli­gious meetin,£8 and visit Christian. and non-Christian people. In many places faithful and c()n~CieDticus work is visi ble, We have pr'eached the gospel contiauou3ly, preached the gospel which in due time is sure to bring forth fruit. Nearly th,'ee hundred children study the word of God in our Sunday ~chools I have paid special attention to scripture teaching', and the building up in charact,er of OUI' Christian people. We have faithfully continued to distribute hundreds of tracts and pamphlets The distribution of medicine, as far as ou!' small re..,ources would all·,w, has proved a great blessing-to the peo­ple. The Sabbath has been strictly obsel'ved as far as I am awat'e. This year both I my;;elf and the work here have sustained a heav y loss in the death of Mrs. A. Chowfin, my dearly beloved wife. who was greatly inte 'ested in Christ's work here. and who worked ent,husi­astically in it for her .,aviour. She is now happy with Jesus, whom she devoutly served and loved while on earth My earnest prayer is that the blessing of the Lord Jesus many rest now and evermore upon his people and work.

Ramni.-Rev. Sabine Mansell writes: I have spent a good deal of time this year erecting a Butler Cha.pel at Ramni.; It has a verandah

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on two sides and two ~mall rooms adjoining the room for meeting. It is very difficult to build properly in this place. I myself was coolie, overseer and engineer. I tried to make the best kind of a house with the gl'eatest economy. When storms came I could hardly sleep for anxiety lest rain should damage the walls. \l\Then I heard small land­slips in the neighborhood, I feared the walls had fallen. I was tempt­ed to continue the work on Sunday. Then I said, Everything is in the hands of my Lord. Hp, will do whatever is good. No work was done on Sunday. I simply prayed and left everything in the Lord's hands and no harm came to the building. :-:unda~' services some­times had f{)rty persons present. ! have kept up daily meetings and visits to Ramni and Guni people. I have visited neighboring villages, taking with me medicine for the sick. On these occasions I preach Christ to the sick. Some tbree hundred people have received medicine from me this year. People in sickness always welCDme our visits. Our Day School is as usual. I ha\"e had the tea.cher take villages separately and teach t fewboys continuously fOl'awhile, and then they join our scbool in HamnL After they completed reading the Hindi Primer, l'ro. Daud made a tour to the nOl·th of Ramni, and also to places lower down in the valleys. Bro. Andrias has done good work among the pilgrims passing N and-

~ pl'iyag. An apostate European from Benares visited Badrinath during

the year and imitated Hindus in their customs, but it was plain by the suspic·ous reception he met with among the Brahmins at the shrines that he was unhappy when he was returning I travelled nn foot some 250 miles to conferences, besides my tours in my own circuit. I had had ver:dew baptisms but the seed of the Gospel is being scattered and my faith says we shall in time reap the harvest. The people cling so tenaciou8ly to t.heir gods that it is hard for them to accept the new doctrine of the LOl'd Jesus Christ. The;,>" cannot easily distin-· guish between what is f~lse and what is true. They think it a mark of friendship to use foul lafJguage to an acquaintance, and that a man who does not w(lrship idols is a good for nothing fellow. Our Christi.a.n community is 23. We have several enquirers. ~jay God bless this land of h ·athen temples and hasten 1.he day when thousands and thons ands will bow before the throne of God.

GONDA DISTRICT. REV. W. PETERS, Presiding Elde1·.-1 thank the Lord that he

has preserved us for another year in His service, and has bestowed heavenly blessinlrs on the workers of this district. This is proved by the result of the work, for there is no place in which t,he preach­ers have' not attended and obtained Rome fruit of their labor. In every pI ace and from evel'y cJ ass pe'lnle joined the fold of Christ and recei ved spiritual blessings. I thank God tha.t all the wurkers have done thpir dutleR in Bis love and fear.

The spiritual condition of the Christian communities is very good. During this year I visited nearly all places on my district two or three times and held revival meetings with the help of the preachers. These meetings proved a great blessing, and many re­ceived new life and strength.

The Lord has graciously appointed this place as a basis for reaching the unopened country of Nepal. It is hoped that the preach­er of this place will soon set up His blessed banner in that country and win it for Him

During this year I was on tour over five months in different places and preach~d a~on~ Christiap.s and non-Christjanl3 with th~

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h~lp Of \Vo~·k~l,"s •. l'h~re b,ave been 95 b~pt~s.~~ ~p to ~il?til)J~; s.~i1l t:qe:'yea,r has not ended. and there ar~ in~ny enquire~1:l who are e~­pected to be baptized very soon . All the schools appear to be imp~~oving, and they are in a oetter st8;te thaD,last year. The Sun~ay schoOls Eih':lw an increas.~in P,l,llIl­bel's, In no \-yay are the boys neglect.ed; in fact, many non-Ctlristlans begin to acknowledge Christ and sing His prt:j.ises in !;Ichool.

The Epworth League work of· this district is very stro~g, ~nd supports the work of the King efficientl;v. It is a. great help ip our work and everJ' member is a true soldier of Chri~t.

This year the District conference and camp meetipgs have given us great spiritual blessings and assurance, and many threw them· selyes at-His feet and preeented tbemlSelves a living sacrifice, and resolveg to work with all their might to bring others into the Idng­dom of Christ. It is hopedhese will prove fait-hful and loyal servants for the M al:lter' s work.

This year we worked har'd in the interest·of self-support and pastor's fund, but were not quite successful, t,hough t,here is an im­prQvemellt ..

The temporal condition of the church is not very good o~ving to the famine whIch is continuing st,ill. It does not appear \Vb~t the Lord's will in the matter is, but He doeth all things well. However, • there 1,S a great a,dvance hl givin~, and we are improving in this a.18o.

We are very thankful to the Lord that not a single Cb,rietiaQ. fell away from Christ, but all rema.lDed strong a"d loyal.

The W. F. M. S. \Vorkel s also did their work wlth all their might. We are all following the footsteps of Christ and hope for a speedy victory.

KUMAON DISTRICT. Rev. S. KNOWLES, P,.,'esiding Elde?'.-( Because of the longcon.

tinued sickness of the presiding elder this report has been collat­ed at his request by N. L. Hockey.) fhe work of ~his district lies partly inthe mquntains and partly in the pl~in::l at tue foo~ of the outer range. This latter is a very malarious region and is entirely unfit for European habitation, except from December to M arch, when the climate is v~ry f~ir~y ple~s~~t, In this region we have an extented work that is under the direct supervision of the presiding eldet' and several Bindust,ani wor.liers. Accord­ing to his custom Brother Knowles spent the moutbs of ~ebruary and· M arch in this regi. ,n, Yisiting a nllmber of the sta.tiun~, but was stopped by an attack of sic~ness from which he shortly r~overed, an.d afterw&.rds officially visited Dwarahat- and spent tl1r~¢ days there. Then ca,:p1o tpe trip to tne p"esidipg elde,rs' rp.~eting at Moradabad and the regular round of duti~~ I;tt Nainf Tal, up to and including the Fina~ce Committee ea.rly ill A1,lg'ust. R~~urIliog from there. he was taken with a severe fLnd.e2i:tr~ely pain· ful illness tpa1i confined him to hii3. bed for three :qlonthtl and neCes:­sj~atEld his giving his work fo" the remainder of ~he yea.,r into otliel' 4a.:wls. -?\. division of the labor has made it possible to ~eep up .all the work to the present, but the whole district st\tff bas been overworked and deeply sympatllize with their presidiIlg elder in 4is desil't;l to do the worlr of an, evangelist l,lp to ttl-e fup meaEmre of bis love \tnd great ab.ility. .

. Dwarahat, including Lobha.-Rev. N. L. Rockj:}Y reports: "La,st winter was a hard one in the hUls. I:;now lay ip thepa,sses and f.Pf wee~s tile ro~,(lf;1 were all but impassible to ~ sc~nt4r cl~t.he4

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and bare-footed coolies that we have to depend upon to carry bed­ding, provisions, wife and children over,thesedifficult roads. We re­turned home from conference by March 3rd and in a week more I was out on my work visiting old fields and exploring new, where m.issionaries have been and where they have not. We preached to people who had never heard the word; some of whom had never seen white faces. Yet we were nowhere further than 30 miles from home 'rhese valleys and hills are so intricate that no one could cover "all the possible places in a circuit of 50 miles from home in less than a fair lifetime. It is seldom that we can make over 15 miles a day and the average is much less. I have visited all the work and traveled, up to this writing, over 750 mUles on my little pony" Jim Hippos." This means not less than fifty days in the saddle at the rate of 15 miles a lay, and an absence of much more than that many days from home. I and Jim Hippos shall probably have 200 more mile8 of travel and twenty more days away from home before the year is out. This counts only the mountain travel and days away from Q.ome during the period we have been in the mountains. Add to this the two months we were compelled to be away from home during the winter, and it does not give me a surplus of time at home for the heavy correspondence and written work that falls to mv lot.

It has been a year of sowing: little is the visible harvest, but it is not ours to bring the fruit. Our medical work is successful as ever, our schools al e on a better' basis than last year. The boys' school has been acknowledged with a grant from the government. Fur years we have had no help or s~-mpathy from the G-overnment in our 8chool work. We have occupied one new station this year and have another under advisement. All this we have had to do on diminished appropriations and with a smaller staff of work­ers than we had last year. Our God has supplied all our need accordi ng to the riches of His grace in Christ; the word has been faithfully preached in chUl'ch, school, and village fairs, as well as to hundreds of wayside travellers. We have faith that the Master will see to the fruitage."

From Haldwani, the centre ofthe Bhabar and Tarai circuit, our Hindustani brother, J. W Todd write:,;: "We have preached in the ""illage" far and near' and in our 8chool-h use at Haldwani. Besides this I have taught l'egularly in the school. I was on tour eight weeks and visited sixty villages, and in these preached over 20:1 times. I sold and distributed a large number of tracts. I have been much in my study, trying to fit myself for better service. In all my work I have tried to redeem the time. We have met our apportionment in the various collections and there have been 13 added to the church by baptism.:'

Brother Todd is a very acceptable worker and deserves much credit for remaining' so faithfully at his post in this most malarious region of the mission. His lot is not to be envied by anyone.

Brother Benjamin Patrus, an efficient Hindustani brother, has charge of the circuit of Pithoragaf'h and reports for that work, including Gangolihat and Lahughat. There work is nine days' march from the plains, in a very important agricultural centre, where the influence of the "~uropean and plains element is less felt than in other places of our work. Miss Annie Budden is his active co­worker in this field. She has charge of the women's home and farms, tlie git:'ls' schools, and she ably assists Brother Patrus in all the evangelical work throughout his e~tensive circuit. Her report is sent separately to the Women's Conference and appears in full in their minutes.

Of his own and his brethren's work Hev. Patrus writes: "I am just in from" the second round of visits to all of the nine out·

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stations of this circuit. It h::\s rna-de many weeks of travel and hard work. We have carried on 24 schools, in all of which the Bible has been faithfully taught. I kept up my travel as long as it was practicable and then in the rains we called all the workers, their wives and children, into Pithoragarh for about two months of constant school and religious instruction. Miss Budden gave daily instruction on Bible tbemes and we had services of a revival nature morning and evening. There was undoubtedly great go(}d done the workel's in fitting them both spiritu~lly for theil' ten months' life off by themselves among their heathen neighbors. It does people good to know that they, :tlthough isolated, belong to a large communit~' .

Our people have gin~ll liberally for all the cau~es they have been called upon to support. They have supported thClr own pastor and in addition to the regular work bave raised money to build ahome at Lahughat, which we b ave opened as a new station with one of the brethren we sent out from Pithoragarh. Our 17 Sunday schools haye been kept up, and we see that the people (lire gradually losing confidence in tbeir idols tltnd in the priests wbo serve them only to destroy them. ,Yithin tho year -±;~ ha vo been added to our community by baptism, and others are inquirers, whomwe pray God \ve may soon number among the elect."

Ramnagar (,il'~uit pre:;ents no report. Its preacher-in-charge within a few' months past !las left his work, not exactly like Demas forsook Paul, but with kindred reasons. This lea,-es a large circuit unprovided for, but we hope that the cold season \vill find some provision for it.

Rev. H. K. \Yilson b in charge of Bhot circuit, which lies beyond Pithoragl'ah, and extends over the snowy ranges to the borders of the t\V'o closed lands-Nep~tl and Thibet. He is a man of remarkable courage, who was born in these mountains, and knows the people and their \vays a;-j a European could not. Re had, in the large tract g·iven him tO,work for the Master, only a few scattered .native helpers and Miss Sheldon, M. D., and l .. liss Brown of tbe Women's Society. These faithful workers hold these very difficult outposts. They musL be much on the move and have several homes at different parts of their work.

A summary of Dr. Wilson's intel'osting report is appended:­•• Returning on my way from conference, 1 spent a few days with Christian and non':Christain neighbors and friends at Dwarahat and Almora. I left my children at Almora for the year and pushed on to my work. I found my nearer station workers at their posts and doing well. . Schools vrere being taught among the temporary residents. I finally l'eached Darchula, our cold­season head-quarters. Rere 1 found ::\liss Sheldon and Miss Brown, who had preceded ·me, and the workers who had held the place in our absence, all well and busy. I remained here some days while we held special Rervices and planned for the year's work. While_ at Darchula we frequently came'and went among the Nepal people who live ~cross the river. Dal'chula is low and hot. Soon the people began to move to the higher mountains with their flocks and herds. So on we went too. Chaudas, our summer home, was 19 miles further on. Here· we paused for SOlUe days., preaching, teachinyU' and holding special services. There was work to be done on our ani! and our homes needed looking after. (The ladies' ,\rork is self-suporting in a large measure. They by thrift in cultivation and dispeusing medicine and instruction get the~l' own support. They lIve art Chaudas.)

Leaving Chaudas, I took with me a young man, a convert of. l~~t year, who h~s been under ilJ.stl'uction all winter with Brothel' Wilkinson, and went on up towal'ds 'rhibet, 25 miles to Buddhi l'aUa

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Byas. Here I had left a teacher, .vhom I found at his post. Fin~ miles further on I arrived at G~rbiyong, where I keep my summer. head-quarters. Here I remained working until June~;)th, when I was joined by :\llss Sheldon, ~l. D., Miss Bl'own and Miss Lauck (a visitor for health's sake from N. I. Conferen(:C'). Together we spent sometime on the borders of Nepal, and went on up through the l'inkar Pass, where we were for a while on the Thibetun bordf-l' and could view their land. \Ve met and talked with manv of them. This pass is 10,2;30 feet above the sea, and we had plenty of snow to go over there, eVE'n in midsummer. After a circuit in this part we came into Leipu t'ass, 18,4:W feet high, a,nd thenep Y{orlied Out' \Yay back. sometimes in British t,erl'itory and sometimes in Nepal.

\rYe used to get 12 rupees a month for 1.he school work, now we have but eight. SomehO\\' \ye haye managed to keep up the wvrk, but we are gl'eatly clistressed for funds for these dif:fienlt places. "\Ve have had six :-;chool;:; with ]54 learnel's: 11 Sunday ,:;clhwls with an attendance of :2'211. One hov has been bUDti7-E'd: there- has been one marriage according to Christian rites. (l'h~ most difficult thing fOl' this people is to give up clJ mal'rige customs.-Ed. ) One person has been talwn into full conneetion, one has gone to heaven. \Ve haye met Ollr c.olleetions and tried to do all our work faithfully. There ilas been no presiding- eldf'r~s dsit in this eirc.nit this year, hi~ sickness haYing kept him away. ..\rnid dis­couragements the wOl'k has been sust.ained and we hu,'e some fruit to our ministl'v."

N aini Tal Circuit is in eharg'e of OUl' veteran missionary Dr. J. L. Humphrey, \\'ho, with TIro. Kno\,;]es, I the presiding deler of thp. district, was Dr Butler's t'arJiest co-wo1'1\:('r aIld baptized Zahur-ul­Haqq, the first conve)'t of our mission.

Dr. Humphre,\' WL'it('s: "The year now closing completes my fifteenth ;year in Naini Tal. :\Iy residence here extends over a period of nearly forty-tllree yern';,. Dl'. Bntler~ Mr. Pierce, and myself arri ved at Naini TaJ, with om' families, ahout, t.be 20th of ~-\ pril IS.')";:, having made the jOUl'ne~- throug'h the mountains from Lamlor.r, as I{,ohilkhand was still in the hands of mutineers. N nini Tal is therefore onr oldest mission station and marks the heg'lnning of n.u!' work in India. In this lon~t period the work here natl1l'aiJ;y has undergone many changes. The Hindustani serviee first began in a sheep shed, has been regularly coutinued from that day to this, and has become a service of much interest and importance. The pastor, Hev. B. M. Dass, has rendered gond sendee during the 'year, and has faithfully qared for every department of the work under his charge.·

The Eng'lish service was begun in Dr. Butler:s parlour at the same time as the Hindustani, and has been continued to the present time, and has been the means of spiritual benefit [,0 many souls, some of whom are now in heaven and many are scattered in widely distant pa.rts of the world. .My work has been chiefly connected \vith the English Chm'ch. Our congregations huYe been large and atten­ti ve. It h as been. to me a great privilege to preach to so many bright intelligent young l)eople to whom India is home, and \vho will spend their lives here. If inspired by the Spirit of Christ they may do a vast amount of good. I have ne\'er had a more responsibLe charge or one that has more deeply interested me. Many very inteI­lig'ent young people connected 'WJth t.he Bengal command are identifi­ed with us: these with t,he young people in our two excellent schoo]!';, Oak Openings and ,\Vellesley, and the outside community, make up a congreg'ation that any pastor might feel it, a pri .... ilege and an honor to minister to. I am now closing five years' continuous labou~' witb this church ~nd congregation. They~ have been yeaJ.'s

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of precious and happy service for Christ; their memory will be fresh and delightful to me to the end of my life.

I must add a few words about our native boys' Anglo-Vernacular School. Mr. S. B. Singh resigned as headmaster at the beginning of the season and Mr. E. Johol'~- was secured in his place.

The school is now recognised as a High School. The attendance has been quite as large as in allY previous year of its his tory, the fees collected have been larger than ever before, and we are antici­pating better results in tbe examination soon to take place than before realised.

The work of the Woman's NJissionary Society has been efficiently conducted under the direction of Mrs. \Vilson. with an efficient st·aft' of assistants. .

Sunda~- Scho01s.-0f these we han" had three in number. One in Hindmtani, which has done well under tbe direction of M1' E. Johory Two in English, vne of which has been held at the church and composed of the older gil'ls in Wellesley, the boys of Oak Open­ings and children of families residing in Naini Tal. It has been a well-ordered and efficient school, and has recei \-ed commendations from eminent Sundav School workers like Rev. Dr. Scott and [{eve Mr. Burges, Secretal:Y of tbe Sunda~' School Union for India, who visited us during the seaso,n and rendered very valuable service in the interests of our young people. Tbe other has been held at Wellesley under the cha ge of \1 iss Sellarh and has been compooed of the yaunger pupils )f Welle~le.v. [t bas beeu in every l'eSlJect an excellent ::lchool. The system of Bible inotruction pursued by M is-l belIal'S is worthy of the hig-hest commendation.

Our two schools, "Oak Openings" and "Wellesley," are closing a very succei'sful season. A report from the principals is appended herewith. The great importance of these sch(-018 cannot be o\'el', estimated. They are destined .0 fill an impor·tant part in the future of our church in this counkL

Wellesley, under the vel:Y able management of M iss Easton, has gained a very high degree of excellence in even' 1'esped. .Educa­tionally, it is not excelled b~' any school in India. l"inaDcially, I doubt if it can be equalled. Its magnificent property and equipment are free from debt, and the rental of two houses is now available as endowment, and· this will be materia1Jy increased in tbe near future, if the life and health (,f the principal is continued.

1 trust that "Oak Openings" under the management of Dr. Butcher, its present principal, will in a few years to come be able to rejoice over like success. Every energy should be directed to pa~ying off its debt and to paying the debt on the Poplars estate as an endowment, and its financi al interests wi 11 be ass ured.

As this is my last report, in all probability, of the work in Naini Tal, with which I have been so long connected at different periods, I desire to .add my apweciation of the generosity of Mr. Craven in making over the Poplars to us in the interests of (lak Openings.

True it was heavily incumbered, but it might have been sold fOl' more than the. incumbrance, and this inures to the benefit of the sohool. "

India's greatest'need is Evangelical Schools. They that educate the ruling classes in any land have great power under their control for good or evil. It is a sad fact that evangelical Christian· ity is not in the lead in education in this land. It ispassing strange that there is such apathy on thIS subject. India has many thousands of European youth to educate, and among them there are several thousand Ichildren of Non-Conformists, who no not believe in a

. State 9hurch and are strictly opposed to ,the H.omish tendencies of the HIgh Church parties who .control a.ll so-cll)lled Government

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institutions and teach doctrines that evangelical Chrietianity be­lieves to be pernicious in their effects. Yet these people have made no effort to have schools which they consider safe places to which to entrust their children for months out of each year. 'IV ere it not for what American M.ethodists are doing in this line, there would be no school where we can send our boys. Hamish schools, with the influence of the Government behind them. flourish in numb"ers and influence. It behoves intelligent "yangelIcal Christians to have a eare for .the school question, as well as for the qUl'lstion of t118 ownership and use of chappls.

Oak Openings Boys' High School, under the efficient care of Rev. .T. U. Butchel·, situated in the healthiest part of heantiful Naini Tal, is a safe place for boys. Its boys are known for their robust, health and gentlemanly cbaracter. There ought to be 150 boys benefitted by it yearl~Y ; and there would b(> if tbe people who desire a safe school could tI,nd would learn of its existence.

Dr. Butcher's and 1\1 iss Easton ~ s reports ar- attacbed berewith. "The Boy's High School at Oak Openings, Naini Tal, has had

a pleasant and prosperous year under tbe direction of Hev. J. C. Butcher Sixty-eight pupils bave been enrolled, of whom all but two were boarder~. Eight boys pas~ed the Government examinations last year, four of whom were sons of our missionariE's. The school has now reached a self-supporting basis, but it needs a new building for a chapel and recitla.tion ·'ooms. It also needs about 20 scholarships to enable it to educat,e the sons of poor :\1ethodists, and to compete with its Roman Catholic riyals who are educating-40 per cent ofthe children of Europeans in the North-'W'est PrOl'inces. About Rs, 5,000 ($l,GOO) would endow a full scholarship, and a less amount a partial scbolarship'"

,; Tbe Girls' High School h as enjoyed a prospel'ous year. It has had its full complement of boarders! one hundred, and quite its usual number of day pupils, about twenty Its statI has been complete and efficient. Its passes in the VIIT, VII, and IY ~tandards were very satisfactory, with one additional Government scholarship, making seven, a higher number than any other school in tbe pro vince draws. It also draws Rs. 4,;)00 per annum grant-in-aid. from Government. This, with rents from its two hou~ei5, enables it ~o meet all running expenses, to keep up the property, making from time to time improvements, and to have a margin for mission work. It has this year, as usual, had both underpaid ani} hee pupils.

FinanciaJly and educatioJI ally the school is in a satisfactory state of efficiency. Morally and religiously we believe it is doing its part of mission work. Improvement in habits, in conscientiousness and in character are observable and remarkable. Not that we have already attained, but. we press on toward the mark of the prize of our high calling in Christ Jesus."

liORADABAD DISTRICT. REV. J. W. MESSMORE, Pi'esiding ElcleJ".-Temporal interests

and necessities are not so important as those of eternity ; but, being more urg'ent, they demand attention first. The failure of the rains in July, August and September, and the consequent loss of the autumn crop, together with the prospective loss of the spring crop of 1900, have developed a condition of scarcity which is fast advancing to distress. ,·,,'There it will stop, no one can tell. The severe famine in adj acent territory on the west in­creases the scarcity here. T write at the close of November 1899. Six months hence the agricultural situation will be much worse tha.n at present, and the outlook for 1900 is gloomy ~n the extreme.

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The people, howevel', do not trouble themselves much about to.; m· .rrow· s needs. In thi8 they are happier, and perhaps wiser, than those who carry double burdens b~ra.dding to-morrow's cares to those of to-da~' .

. In the month of October I visited all the circuits of the district, except tWIl, and held all the quarterly conferences. I was impress­ed by the general tone of hopefulness concerning the work, which appeared in all the reports of the preachers-in-charge. With general u~animity they affil'med that ther'e had been real pro­gress during the year. Not progress in education. for the village schools are nearlyeverywhere lamentable failures, mainiy because the people are too POOl to allow their children to spend time in school. Seither has there been progress in comfortable reI ations with non-Christian neighbors. fOl' there hab been a noticeable increase in acts of petty persecution.

The progress reported is in the line of advancement from heathenism to Christi an ity. A large proportion of our Christian community is only partially separated from its old heathenism, and nearly all the work done on the district during the year has been among our own people. A number of idol shrines have been destroyed. In many places the people are firmer in declaring themselves to be Chd .. tians. t is an encouraging sig-n that the men who have the widest and the closest acquaintance with our Christian community unanimously present hopeful reports~ giving assurance of some progress.

And in truth there is urgent need of progress. If the tens of thousands of imperfectly evangelized nominal Christian converts are not soon separated from their idolatrous customs and idolatrous social environment, there is danger of their dragging our entit'e ecclesiastical fabric down to the social level and social disabilities of the lowest class of the Indian community. Tn most parts of this district all OUl' Christians, of whatever Ol'igin, are sociall~r and semi­officially classed with the very lowest, and more and more are made to share their social and civil disabilities. A special effort was made during the year to set on foot a movement which would gradually emancipate Ollr Christian community from this disastrous fellowship. The leading men from two Annnal con­fef-ences met in April in Moradabad, and a scheme of reform' within the church was adopted. It met with some opposition among mission aries and N ati ve ministers at the time, and h as been much misunderstood by the people. Regarding it, however, as an attempt to realise a better state of things it is a sign of pro­gress. We at least are learning that something must be done. Unless we are willing to abandon all bope of evangelizing India, we cannot allow ~he church to be identical with the sweeper caste. and if we do not W sh to drive all other classes of Christians out .of our church, we must insist upon our sweeper converts separating themselves from their heathen environment.

The Missionary Society maintains a s~aff of 136 workers; the 'V'oman's Foreign Missionary Society.has 118 agents, making a total of 254. The circuit returns show on the district an aggregate of 3,281 full members, 4,754 probationers and 2,140 children, making a Chris­tian community of 10,175. The number of adult baptisms is 84, of children 180. The small number oI adult baptisms indicates pro­gress in the direction of greater ftarefulness in administering the rite. We'hope soon to .reach solid ground in this particular and be able to affirm that, so far as is possib.1e to judge from outward conduct, none but deserving candidates have been baptized.

The mission staff, foreign and native, have paid their share of the eight thousand rupees contributed by mission agents in the N prth I.Q.di~ confel'ence towards ,m~kiog up tn-e deficiency of sixteell

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thousand rupees i:p. tl1e budget for 1899, caused hy difference in ex­change. These contributions have measurably affected the collec­tions ; the scarcity prevailing during the second haH of the year has also affected the collections, and the amounts reported are less than in 1898.

The two High Schools at Mora<labad report a prosperous year of educational work. The famine has nearly doubled the cost of living and it has been necessary to reduce the number of boarders in the Goucher boys' boarding house. There were 98 boarders in July: we are trying to bring the number down to 70. This boarding school, like all such schools in the confel'ence, is designed for promising pupils selected from the small schools. Instead of this, however, the school is practically a place were children of mission employes and their relatives are fed, clothed and taught at small expense to parents or guardians, and without much regard to the abilities or promise of the lads themselves. During the past two years the missionaries in charge -of the school have been trying to weed out the undeserving ones. But the process is extremely difficult.

Hard times accentuate the economic problems which are pressing upon the people with increasing' urgency. The number of ign01;,ant grown up lads in the schools and families of the Christian com­munity is steadily increasing. b--'ew of them know how to work at any thing, and fewer- E'till are willing to work. The outlook in this particular is very gloomy for the families of mission employes. Parents persist in marrying off their children at an early age, with little or no thought as to means of future support. The wage-earn­ers are hea vily burdened with the maintenance of those who are earn­jng nothing. Presiding' elders and preachers-in-charge are constant­ly importuned to find work for the unemployed. When the ap­plicants are relatives or dependents of mission agents it is most difficult to resist this importunity; and there is constant danger of scandalous administration of mission affairs by giving mission work to those who are unworthy.

The earnest Christian life and labours of a Christian Raj~h in the Bijnor zillah have exerted a very good influence upon the mission agent_s in the adjoining' circuits. There is a marked increase in spirituality an9- zeal for Christ wherever the preachers have been brought into contact with this earnest and spiritually-minded man.

Moradabad station has suffered much through the absence, since the 1st of June, of the Rev. L. A. and Mrs. Core. -Dangerous illness in the family necessitated a hurried departure at the end of May:Mr., Core expects to return to his work in 1\1 arch 1900, and his return will be gladly welcomed by all. The district needs a lar!er supply of capable and earllestpreachers-in-cnarge, fvreign and native.

PILIBHIT DISTRICT. REV. S. PAUL, Pl'esidingEldeJ'. (Died Octof)e/' 5, 1899.)-This

district has f01' many years been in charge of a Hindustani presi­ding elder. There is no fOl'eign missional'Y residing within the- bounds of the district, nor has any ,missionary any charge or appointment in connection with this field. All the work is done and super-vised by Hindustani brethren,

T\\<~o years ago Bro. Stephen Paul, one of our most spiritual and reliable n~tive ministers, was appointed to this district. tie was tak­en ill with Tarairever during his first year, and suffered much. As, hO,weyer, at the last conference he seemed much better, he was con­tinued on the district. But after bis first round of qual'tel'ly meet­ingshe became worse, and after several months of severe illness was

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called to his heavenly home. His last thought and last word was of the work which he loved and in which he had done his very best.

The' work on the circuits in this district i~ very similar to that 'on the country circuits of the Bareilly district. The class of people is the same and the difficulties concerning the removing of old cus­toms and establishing new, and in teaching the people to pray and to live like Christiam, are the same. The scattered condition of the people, there being an average of but two or three families in each yillage, is also a hindrance, as it is exceedingly difficult to arrange church services for them.

There are Christians residing in about five hundred vHlages, and there .are about fift~· centres of work where workers reside The en-tire Christian community numbers j,~91, including baptized children.

There are 831 boys and 297 gids in school at present, '£he entire work is evangelistic; even th·~ schools have for their special object the salvation of the children and the teaching of the Word. All the work of the district was carefully looked into during the last round of quarterly meetings, and there is evidence everywhere of faithful, earnest work, There are some weak and other careless workers , the same as in other distr'icts, but generally the people are as well taught, and the schools are ab good as in most parts of the l3areilly district. There are many inquil'el's in other castes, but the same difficulty is found here that exists in other dis'ricts, namely, the people all desire some financial help, lest they be cut off from their people and, having lost theil' caste, lose every thing. There are hundreds of Chamars in the different districts, who are well instructed, but hesitate to move for fear of financial disaster. vVere we to promise this financial aid, our converts in fmure would be limited by the amount of aid that we were able to give.

The plan for leaders, or Hadis, is'worked to a limited extent in this district also. It should·be extended. and all the leaders should be. specially taught and trained for their' wOI·k. There is a boarding school for boys a.t Fathagunj, which is doing fairly well There should be an arrangement for teaching the young workers also. Dr. Scott kindly held a short SUm1l)8r school for workers in September, which did much good,

Altogether this district is a very encouraging field for mission­ary labour, ano it calls for a strong leader and wise director, and to such it promises continued success.

NO'l'E.-Since the death of Brother Paul, E. W. Parker has had charge of this district.

SAMBHAL DISTRICT . .. REV. H. A. CU~l.'nNG, Pi'c8i(Ung Elcler.-:B'amine ! Famine II !t'alh­

ine !l! Again our people have been visited with famine. They had. not forgotten the starvation and afflictions of the last one of 1897. The same enemy again shows his face most powerfully. J,i'am­ine not only increase the price of corn but works hardships \vhich will continue for many year3 to come.

The last famine affected man only, but this affects both man and beast. The want _ of grass compels the people to sell their bullocks and cattle for little or nothing; be~ides, thousands die weekly for want of. food. So when this enemy disappears cultivators will not be able to cultivate their fields, as they will have no bullocks for plowing. But we thank God for His guidance in many ways. He guided our fathers, Drs. Parker and Messmore, to call a conference of nati ve and foreign Methodist ministers from different pa.rts of India at Moradabad in April last. This conference was a great

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blessing to our work. It confirmed the doctrinei of Methodism: m1l.de rules against idolatl'Y in the cburch, ga ve expression to opin· ion! upon baptism, the Lord 's supper~ marriage, burials~ Christian brotherhood, temperance, etc, The work of this conference result­ed in great improvement to our people. At our District conference every helper reported with smiling face, that idol-worship is going down and that our glorious Saviour wins the highest place in the hearts of the people. The blessing of the Holy Spirit rested upon our District conference.

Though the cut on the salary of mission helpers and the affiic­tions from faminp. haye tended to decrease the numbers in our ehurch, yet the membel'ship grows wonderfully in spirit. Last year we collected and earned Rs. 1 ~ 178. But this year I am sUl'prised to find that Rs. 1,286 have been coUeeted. This increase is I'eally duo to the presence of God' Spirit among our pe0ple.

For both sexes we have if> day schools in which 1,075 pllpils are taught, 102 Sunday seho ,Is in which 5,426 scholars receive religious instruction.

Our Christin.n community numbers 8,620. This gives an increase of 306 only. These are mos tly from among the depre5sed classes. We are tl'ying also to rea!lh the higher classes. They come slowly one by one. Hundreds of inquirel's are found among the Thakurs a.nd Jats. More faithful and wise rea.pers are needed to gather the harvest for our Lord.

OUDH DISTRICT. · l.'ne following i.3 a brief summary of the Statistics - for the year

1899:- .

Circuit.

Barabanki Bo.raganw Hardoi . Lakbimpnt' ... ~uckllOW (Ii,ing')J

Lucknow( Hill.d.) R.,e Bareli .... Sbahabad 8iP;~~~li .

Sf~a:p~rarid Khat-. rabad .

Unao.

w I~ ~ 00

~ .~ ] f I~ ~ ~ ~ Preacher- -.' d I - ~

in-charge. ~ ~: ~ I~ ~ ~~ ~ ...... ........... oc;. ..... _'t:1c.. 0 o 0 c

j • 0 0 ~c.. ~

• • • 00 o· • ..... ?n ~ o 0 0 I .' 0 dVJ ~ Z Z Z U1:Z z ~ O.

-- --- - - -I-I~ - Rs. Its. Ganga Nath 191 11 231 716;. °

1

' 105 110,' 133 J. H. Smart 57 9 13~ 337 .. ·... 28, ~ S. Tupper 529 41 29 1100 14 361 189 200 D. P. Kidder 118 20 71 202, 4 62 5u 66 J. W. Robin- 109 9 11 125,' ...... 1200 1319

son. I Ditto 480 22, 37; 1585,~O 906 599 363

G. H. Frey 260 24 20 1314! 9 24R 18 Ill. Yaqub Sbah 358 6 21i 1203 ! 10

1' 183 74' 37'

A~ G. MeAl'- 127

1

' Ii 15 212 .. ' ... 37 'S

ch\~t. Lall 466 26 311

1870 5' 273 259/1557

Yaqub Ally 3291~~: 1692 _~I 289 ~ .as To.t"l .. 30241294 226;~O.956?6124212iUl3892"

xyjii .... ' -::.

PltR8lDhYG ELDEl/.8' BJpPOR 1 IS.

There are periods in the development of most living beings, ,when visible growth seems to be at a stand still-when no apparent progress can be marked, Sometimes there is even outward retro­gression-a. period of •• sloug'hing ,off" as it were,-of getting rid of superfluous im}Jerfect members. 'fhi!:> p~l'iod of standing still or apparently going must not, however, be too sorrowfully regarde~. Instead of mar'king a stage of degenera.cy it may mar~ a healthy pause in the process of accretion in order that the present mass may be more strengthened and compacted and pi.-epared for another advance. it may even be necessary to undergo some purging to be prepared for: greater fl'uitfulness.

Wha~ is true in the realm of nature is more or less true also i~, the growth of intellectual and spiritual moyements-of reforms.; .and of churches. Some suchrefleetjons ale induced by an examin:' ation of the statistic's for the Oudh Distl'ict for the year just dosing'. The Christian cOlllmunity in 18D8 was 3,30:', und in 1898 it is 3,O:.!4, and this notwithstanding the increase by baptisms and by natul'al processes. This wouhl indicate a considerable falling off, but it can be partly accounted for b3T the transfer of Mohamdi circuit to the Bareilly District, and partly by omitting the ~tudents in Luck­now frolll the number repol'ted, w~erea.g they have forme'ly been included in the returns.

But 'besides this, as a matter of fact, for several years a numbel' of Christians have fallen out by the way and the registers are each year more ca"efully edited. The large n!.:!.mbers who came in dur­ing 189G at Unao have not all remained faithful-about one-half cannot now be G.ounted in OUl' l·egistel's. WhilE: a large pro­portion of this falling off was due to the famine. yet some have actually lapsed into theil' old cOlldition~ and refuse to considel' them8el ves Christians, The same cOlldiotion prevail s in a place called Lallganj, near Rae BarelL and in one or two stations in the Barabanki circuit. While these bave not yet been realJ~T received back into their formeL' castes or society, yet they are negotiating for such a reception, and at present are indignant in their denial of Chl'ist.. The cause for tbi~ is not, in my opinion, too hasty baptism, for the converts seemed sincere and ea.rnest in their confession a.nd were clear in their profession of faith, -as clear as thousands of others who have been baptized and remained faithful. But they have been in most cases a scattered and moving people, dependent for theil' 8uPP01't upon occasional employment as day la,pourers wherever wor~ could be obtained, and have thus been more easily led astray than those who have a settl!3u hO!D(3, ~. regu­fq,r service, and a community of thei.r own friends who are Christ­ians near them. The enemies of the kingdom of Christ are ever active .and hostile and doing Q,ll in t4eir power to overthrow tll~ work 3lready accomplished. . -

. And yet we are by no Illeans disheartened or discouraged. The 3",024 Ohristians reported rep .. esent a community that is every year gaining in solidity of character and ChristIan influence, arid I btl..;, HElve t~at the wopk of the past four years, since which no mar~e,d advance is no~iceable, has been preparillg us for a 'time when't1le confeasedlydifficult field of bigoted Qudh }ViII yi~ld abuDd~tlt ll'ar:' ~~sts'~or -th~ glory of Christ. - , , , ' '" . In the line of . self-support the work of. tl+e' year has been en:" ~[l~i~. The amollnt ra.is~d by the Hlndustltni chur<1b. fqr' pfistoral 'support shows an adyance 'of Rs. 72' (jver Ilts't y~ar· iit sp.~~ ,of the deqr~~s~ in~~e n:uml?er of Chri~tians. 'rhe total amopnt r~lved for collectlOns IS Rs., 0,604. For pastofal support, RS. 2/111'; 'of this, R$':i;180 is Ii'om H~ndustani Christians.

'. 'Oneiinportant item of the contributions from QUI' Indian Chris­tians' for the cause of Christ 9annQt, however, be cQunted i~ the

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statistics. I refer to the t.lU;,;tom, almosL uni versal, of supporting am orphan or otherwise helpless or needy Christian from their private means. These Christians have mnmlly no claim whatever, except that of need and of a common Chdstiai1 brotherhood upon those whose charity they enjoy It is almost exclusively a labor of love and self-"lacrifice for Christ, which ca·nnot, be measured by rupees or connted in the ret,llr'ns. Often son.e of our he,:,t workers have thus been brought up. educated. and gh'en to the work.

In geueral the wOl'k in all the circuits has been faithfully car­ried on in the usual lines. 'I'here is no cil'cuit where thel'e have not been converts, and there are in sever'al places encourag-ing openjngs where a lal'ge ingathel'ing is expected. Three far-famed '}nela.~, or religious fairs. have been attended by our workers in con­siderable force, where preaching, singing, and the distrihution and sale of tracts and rel i giou!3 literature have been continuously car­ried on during the three or four days of the mel a Other local melrfs, attended b.y ma.ny thousands of visitors, exist in nearly all our eircuits and have all been l'eg'ula~'ly visited and worked. The results of this work cannot no\V be apparent, but we sow in faith beside aH waters.

Hardoi.--The new buildings of the girls' school are being t'apidly pushed forward. This scbool, supported by the "loman's Foreign Missionary Society and .\11'. and .\11'8. John G. Holmes of Pittsburgh in conjunction, has had a prosperous year. The girls are making; excellent progress, and the school is in every way to be commended. There is pl'essing need here for a new church building. The"congregation at Hal'doi has long out,grown the little mud-walled chapel, and a struetUl'e is now l'equil'ed suitable ·for the needs of this growing and important "-(Irk. No hettel'memori­al could be devised tha.n the ei'ection of a memol'ia.! ('hapel at a cost of a thousand or fifteen hundlwl dollars at Hal'doi. Alreadv Bl'other 'rupper has made a slllall beginning- in collecti ng' funds foi­this building.

Shahabad.-Bl'othel· Yaqub Shtth came to this \\'0rk at the be­ginning of the year under pecnHn,r cliffienlties, and has made some headway agai.nst them. Tbe \vOl'k is g-raduall~- finding its true foundation and pl'omises soon to open (lut into wider ~phel'es of usefulne~s The Eg8 Memorial Cb.apel~ built by :\11'5. A. J. M. Ege as a memorial to her father. the Hev OliveI' Ege, a member of the Baltimore .. :\nnuu.l Conference from lS:,!i to 1889, was dedicated on the ::!4th November. It was huilt last year, but on account of charges pending' against Lhe pl'eviou~ preacbel'-in-charge could not be completed and dedicated till this ~-eal'

II Barabanki.-We haY8 also dedicated a small ehapel at Tikait­nagar. The entire cost of this building- was fort,;y-two 1'upees,or fourteen dollars which was raised by om' preacher, Brothel' ~jan­gal Sing'h, partly from Lon-Christians resident in that place, and partly from friends here and there. The little chapel, capabl~ of seating ttbout 50, was comfortably filled at theocca!:lion of t,he dedi­cation and ~he little flock of worshippers, belonging to u class· who arc not allowed by the rules of caste to bave any part in the wor­ship at any Hindu shrine 01' temple, were much encouraged at seeing theil' OW~ house of worship dedica.ted to the service of the God t.hey now delight to serve.

Rae Bareli --The Bntler Chapel being erected at Sataon wa.s finally taken by the GovCl'l1ment owin;;' to violent Hindu opposi­tion,ancl with the money received in compensation a small propedy WillS, purchased in u,nothel' qual'tel'. but thel'e,t(lo,. enemies· .dug through t,he roof near a corner wall and 8uC'ceeded in cauBing ·th-e ruin of ha.lf the house: Still our congregation of 60 souls- at :Sata-

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on remain firm, and look forward to the time whenthey'wtll be"able to worship God in their own meeting-house undisturbed.

In Sha.pur both schools a.re flourishing. Miss Easton's girls' 'scho"91 continues to win golden opinions from inspecting officers ~nd l'ejoices this yeaI' in an increased grant. The boys' school is also in" good condition and is looking forward hopefully to successful examinations., There are eighty boariere: in this school. The general health of the ::-chool is good. We are under great obligation to the civil surgeoll, Major J. Garvie, 1. M. S., "who, in addition to his heavy official duties, has found time to take a personal interest in the health of our schools and of our Christians in general. His kindness in this respect is beyond -praise. Indeed all the civil and military officials in Sitapur have, by their sympathy and help, very materially assisted in the work ,of the mission this 'year. Their monthly contributions have been a welcome aid to the boarding school and local help funds. The commissariat office also very kindly give a grant of 100 blankets and 30 bed-carpets for our schools.

The spritual interests of the charge have been well looked after by the pastor. Several seasons of l-pecial services have been -held! which have been of great blessing. Bazar-pl'eaching and the visitation of neighboring villages has been systematically carried on. A course of lectures on religious and reform topics has been given in our' school haIl, which have been well attended ,by the lead­ing citizens of Sitapur, and have produced a deep impression.

For about ha.lf thp year, in the absence of the chaplain of the Presbyterian troops in Sitapur, we have ministered as chaplain to the regiment and have had much encouragement in this important work for English soldiers. They are a responsive company and the work done for our soldi~rs in India is not the least important of the many lines of work t-aken' up b:r om' missionaries. The government grant received fIr these services is a welcome addition to our Treasurer's re-:om'ces.

Concerning Lucknow Bro. Robinson writes: ':The Lucknow circuit is an irregular piece of territory covering about two

. hundred square miles and having a population of over half a million people In this territory we have l~l centrAs of work and in connection with the<.:e there are 38 Sunday schools, with 1,700 attendants, 5 day schools for boys, and 5 for girls, aside from the High Schools in connection with the two culleges. On account of reduced appropriations, two schools for boys had to be closed this year. In the two new poill1..s, Bhauli and Marion, have oc­curl'ed baptisms, and dm'ing the latter part of the year there have been signs of encouragement in all the work. It has been a year of some hardship to our workers. Two have been robbed and one was seriously beaten, and one of our DeW converts from Hrahminism .was so beaten as to almust die_ Regular services in the large central Hindustani church in Lucknow city have been well attended. This church for years has been entirely self-supporting, but this year it. takes another advanced step, and from the beginning of January will send out and support its own representative in t,he distdct outside the city. The. meetings held for Hindustani Christians at the time of the Daseht'a services in the English work proved a vel~y g'reat blessing to the community, and so fruitful in conversions ~nd renewed blessings were they that it has been de­cided to hold like services yearly. It is hoped that these services will become to the Hindustani community in this part of India 'what the Dasehra meetings have provecl themselves to be to the 'Englisl1 community. ." "

The work iD" conneotion with' the Eoglish-spea.king church has

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not had the attehtionlit deserved on acc.eount oftha pressure of othe.r work. but. the congregatiori has kept up and there have been quite a number of conversions. The Dasehra meetings this yeat' were especia.lly fruitful. 'j his congregation has for many years been practica.lly self-supporting, and will next year have a .pastor who will be· able tQ. gi ve it his entire time. An Eng'lish-speaking com­munity of several thou-Iands, most of whom are entil'ely without real church connecthns, give us here an opportunity that will bring forth much fruit if properly worked. .

The school in which the famine waifs of 1896-7 were gathered, has had a successful year so far as growth in wisdom and character on the part of the boys is concerned This work was incon venient­ly situated for receiving proper supervision, so in October the _chal'ge of the school was turned over to Bro. West, who lLves close by."

Brother Robinson is' also editor of the official vernacular paper of our church ir:t Northern India. rhis paper, the Kaukabi

irtd, or Star of India, has a very wide field of usefulness. 't is not only circulated among our own teachers and preachers, but is taken very largely by workers 1 n other missions, and is by far the most widely read a.nd most influential of Christian vernacular papers in this part of India.

Reid Christian College and High SchooL-Rev. C. L. Bare, the Principal, writes: ., We havA had a.nother good year, in some respects the best in the histol'Y of the college. It has given us great pIe-a sure to observe steady growth in the intellectual and spritual life of our students. This has manifested itself in many ways, chiefly in a desire to be fillled with the Holy Spirit and to be of lasting service t,O others. The .. Mornin!:f Watch" is more generally observed by our students than ever before, and non­Christian students have been most attentive to the study of the matchless life and character of our Lord. A very general desire has grown up through the Y. M. C. A., Epworth League, Dasehra n.ndother meetings to consecrate the best to the service of Christ. Many of our brig-htest and best students will entel' the ministry. We rejoice in thi:'>. It has 1;>een said here and there that no student of Reid Chl'istiar. College has ever entered the minis·ry. We trust that this stigma will be wiped out. As many as seven young' men, now pursuing a course in Liberal Arts, have voluntari­ly signifi..,d their intention to go into evangelistic work. It is being dily demonstrated that the highest type of spirituality may.be found alongside the brightestintellect~, that the most energetic student in evangelistic. work may be the most successful in University examinations, and that to be spiritually-minded does not mean.to be weak-minded.

The yeat· closes with :{35 on the rolls, 112 of whom are Christians, 223 being Hindus and Mohammedans. These ligures include the branch school at Nakhass. The Bible is a part of thecul'ricuh!ill and is daily taught to all the students.

In the last University examinations se\'en :-;tudents passed the Intermediate or F'irst Arts examination; fom" the Entrance or Ma­triculation examination, two the School Final, and foul', the Anglo­Vernacular Middle. OUt' 8tudents were also succmlsful in the Scrip­tm'e ex-aminations of the Missionary Edncat.ional Union and Sunday School Union of these provinces. Eight received certificates, six cash prizes, one a cash BchoIat'ship fot' IL yeal' and two received prizes of books. Two in the VII and VIn grade received the h.ighest standing in these provinces. .

Our school also won distinction in 'E~ield sports Sixteen-teams troll) as 1,lla.ny· Hi~h achoolsJn Ouflh4.m.et_~.1_~~t_ Ja~uary. to CQmpet~

PRESIDING ELBElts' REPORTS.

for honors. Our team \von ht prize in quarter miie foot-race and in foot-ball and drew Rs. 76 prize-money.

The Business Depal'tment of the College has had a most !HlCCeSS­ful year. Thirty-five students have been in attendance, \1 any of these completed the course of stenography, typewriting, or book~keeping &nd penmanship, and at once receivtd good lucrative pOSitions in mills, government offices, etc ..

A lecture course was organized early in the yeal'. Hev. J. B. Bishop. of the C.M. ~. Travancore, spoke on "The Historic Accuracy of the Bii}le, illustrated by Diagrams of. Modern Ui~cov~ry;" Rev. T. J. Scott, D. D., Principal of t.he Bat'eilly Theological Seminal'y, spokeon "'The Aryan Hace, its Origin, Discovery, and Destiny;" Rev. R. Hoskins, Ph. D., spoke on "The Eye, its Use and Abuse," and Rev. A. d. Bowman, j.1. A.., of London, England, delivered tw:) lec­tures on ;, Christ or \J aterialism or Tneosoplly for India," and on "The Twice-Born" These lectures were delivt>red in the College Hall and were attended by large audiences of ladies and gentlemen. We are confident. from the very reipectful attention accorded them on the part of the non-Christian portion of the audiences, that great good was done for the canse of truth and righteousness.

Efforts have been made throughout the year just closing to get the COllege and its needs hefore the church. This has involved the expenditure of much time and not a little money. Friends in thj"i and the home land have spoken kind words for us, and have either sent us money 01' have inter..,~ted others in doing so We wish to thank our friends, one an(l all, for their kind words, pi'ayers and gifts.

In connection with the Twentieth Century movement in our church, a few enterprhle::; have been set on foot, which we feel will ill time result in bringing our college increased endowments. This is still our greatest need. Behind us is a native Christian student population in our 8chool~, which is increasing annually by hund­reds and thoubands. For these, and for the tens of thousands in our native Christian church we must have-well-educated pr~acher:3 and teachers. We should have at once an endowment of $iuO,OOO. As investment·s are now, !f'20,OOO would eodow a foreign pl'ofes­sorship, $8,0 ° a native professOl'ship, $5,000 a student scholarship, and $.50 would support a student a year. \-Ve are trying to raise !ts. ~5,000 of the $100,000 in this land. A good beginning has al­ready been made. How glad we should be if every dollar of the $1011,' 00 could be a thank-offering to th,e Lord I"

The Lucknow Woman's College and Girls' High School~ ....... Miss Nicll­ols writes: "The enrolment in the school is 150, and the college students number 17. The Freshman class is the la.rgest in the his­tory of the college, having'n students, but thE' Upp81' classes are all small. The result of the last ~1ear's Government examination wa.s very satisfactory in, the school, -the eight girls who took the Col­lege Entrance examinatioCl having all passed: but the college re­sults were POot',-only one passed.in each examination. There are now three B. 1\. graduates of tbe college, and two are to take that examination in .January.

Early in the ~ .. ear M iss 'rho burn went to Amer·ica to collect funds for the $50,000 endowment which it is desh~ed to secm's for this col­lege in connect/inn with tlie Twentieth Century offering·s. A few months later Miss Singh followed bel', 80 that although one mis­sionary returned ft'om furlough, the teaching staff has been small. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Thoburn have helped, and no\~a new mission-' ary has just been added to the staff. We hope that fl'iellds in Amer­~,seeing the importance of ,providing ·for the higher'education 01..

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our Christian women and girls in India, will soon enable Miss Tho­burn and Miss Singh to realize their object and return to India. ,:

Deaconess' Home and Home for Homeless Women,- Miss Fuller writes: ,. The women's department hal; had an unusually successful and profitable year, especially in the deepening and strengthening of the spiritual life of the women. The zan ana work, carried on by the ladies of the Deaconess' Borne, has heen and'is·yery interesting this year. Several women and girls are being taught pl'eparutory to baptism, and the calls to open new houses are more than can possibly be answered by our present staff. The vi::;i ling work among the na­tive Christians, and also the visiting Deaconess work of the English church, has been faithfully carried on by the ladies of the H(Jme, and with blessed re!:mlts. The sick have been comforted, the poor' helped, the needy sought out,' the dying blessed, and souls tia\'ed.

The Methodist Publishing House, Lucknow. -D. L. rI'hobnrn 'wr,ites: ,; The Methodist Publishing House has, during the last year', very large­ly increa~ed the size of its plant, and is turning out the largef;t amount of jOb-WOl'k in its history. During the year we have added to our outfit a new engine, a new press, and other machinery, as wen as a large amount of type for book-work.

Printing is done in four languages, and] 75 men are employed. During the year we have had the printing of a Hi-page daily news­paper, and the job-work of two railways has been done at our press.

Our ltoman-Urdu weekly newspaper, the 1(wu.kub 'i Hind,;has been doubled in size, and there has been a corresponding increase in the subscription list.

Our large expenditure for building, Dew machinery, etc., has made it impossible to reduce the debt this year, but as the income of the press has been largely increased by these expenditures, toe out­look for the future is good.':

And so the work prpceeds. There are many encouraging lights and some unavoidable shades to the picture, bJ,.lt through it all shines the glory of His presence whose.work itis, and Who will SUl'e .. ly give the final victory.

Statistics. N. 'B.-For explanations, apparent errors and remar;,s, se~ Statistical

Report, page 25. ' " / , Many reports of collections contained annas. These cannot be shown

here. They are represented in the columns by an x. The totals contain the sums of all these omitted fractional parts of a rupee.

The total income from all sources is for the most part the income of fees in schools, and is used in the running expenses. These schO(lls are practically self-supporting.· The real income is shown in the regular collections which are disposed of according to disciplinary usage.

NAMES OF

CIRCUITS.

NORTH INDIA (JONl?ERENCE STATISTiCS

CHURCH MEMBER'SHIP

Bij~~Jp::r:;:'D . . 7711 5J Hoi LIlli! J 12 18 1511 J ) 1(" 20 Ii

Chandausi . . 474 21 216 1 711 2 2 n 2 3 Hi, 14' 14 Dhampur . '1 299 85 90! 47-1: 7 19 9 7 7 231 7' 7, Kanth .. i 239 152 213 1 6041 10 ]2 6., 2 8 10 10

~~i:J~F~{ ::! ~~II 2~~ ~gl ~~I § § 16:: :: ]6, 19 1~ Mandawar .. j 5~O 418

1

~~2! 1,040 10 41 10 20 37 ()7i 16 24 Moradabad .. ! 417 994

1 ,);)1! 1,962 9 131 5 17 9 311 41 62

Nagina .. , 2891 193 2~9: 772 1~ ~: ')4 4 2 10, 8 121 Najibabad ' '1 6;> 411 :>8\ 1M - '~I ",0 5 4 29 7 71 Nurpur . > 214 120

1 100 434 10 5., ,. 2 21 71 7'

Seohara . , 481 211 " I 6il2 1 41 7., 1 8: 9, 9: Sherkot "I 4121 58 45 1 515 9 ~I 3., I 1 41 8 8: Thakurd wara " 135 130 236, 501 6 31 4" I 2 61 10 10

"i=~~1=3~~ ~~~!~~-loo =~II~~~' 84 ~~I~~~I Total

PILIBHIT , • I I DISTRICT, I, 1 ,

Baheri ' , 1791

1' 1061 1:27 412 , , ') 12 47 64 10 11i Bisalpur . , 11{) 2461 197, 553 19 17! 24 6, 251 55 8 8 Fathganj, West. . 221 476 1751 872 2 21, 33 21 31 38 15 ]5 Milak ,.. 205 1 1101 701 385 2 l' 5 .. I 111 16 • 3 4: Mirganj I 135i 40 25 200!. . 1 (j 11 31 10 31 'jl NawabO'anj ::, 1111 80 1051 2961 ij 4 4 5 1<1 23 6 7! Pilibhit 791 169 1041 35~1 f 14 111 Hi 40t nl ~I Puranpur ' ,I 46 , 71 691 186: 1 2 1 1~1 151 2~i 31 41 Ru.mpur ,.! 1091 206 1W i 514'.. 4 8! 121 24 (} 8 Shahi ' 'j 314 258 BO 7021 7 6 37 ](JI lS' (;f,1 7 HI Sirauli ',' ',I 372

1

430 441, 1,243 5 4 44 .. I 3,' tll 14 8 Jahanabad 73 37 56: 176'.. 2 3' 10 1;; 3 3:

Total·

GONDA DISTRLCT,

Bahraich BhiIlga Balrampur Colonelgang Honda I{ aisarganj l\1alJkapur Nawabgal1j Nanpal'a

Total

1-

1

--- 1-1-- --1--1 I

. ,111954 2,229 1,70\ 5.8nti~ 37 17\1 ~ ~lO, 4.i!) _~'~I , I 1 I : ' , I

HOi 148/ 801 2\10! 241

22 7 4 51 1G 101 l!li

: : I n~1 ~~I ~~I ~i~1 1~ ~6 Ii ~ 1~1 ill li i~: , ,I 84 1 50. 2!J1 163

1

9 11 4 2, 71 131 Sl 10 08/ 511 68: 217 4 5 7 6 12 25112 16 03 501 46' 189 ~ (} Ii 7 Hi :?0 5 5

, , 47 43 25, 115 5 (} 2 (j 8 16 4 9 , , 2(i', Hi 11 i 521 4 3 2.. 3 51 4 5 , , W 5f) 411 169 !) 71 7 6 2] 34 4 5

.. 773]-- ~566 --'&:9 "i,70sj86 81147 4ilm ]7°

1'-(;3-00

POll 'PHE YEAR ENDING WITH 30TH NOVE1VIBER, 1899,

AND WORK.

SUNDAY-SCHOOLS, EPWORTR LEAGUES. CHRISTIAN WORKERS.

I r I I I r ! r I ! I I

506 2141 50 45 8151 800, 1 20 .... I 1 J.i 21 1i 31 9 141 33 120 (K) 11;') 92 417 302\ 1 32" .. . ... " )11 3. (} 6 18 110 50! 27 25 212 21011 15" .. . - " ..... 1, !' 3! 3 5 13 230 501 120 90 490 129 1 22.. .. 1" ... , . ! .! 11 2 5 10

501 20 ]0 8 88 75 .... -.. ..,," "I' 1/! "I 2 1 1 5 125 llH 115 107 465, 4351 1 2~, .. I" .... _. 1 1 3 3 G 14 170 JOI 160 5 3451 2011 1 20 "I"··" ,. 1 21 3 4 5 15

: 380: 3~()! ]80 400 1,~~~ B~~I 1 164 1 136, 1 1 2 4. 21 8[ ui 3 3~, 6~ , 1201,'°1 38 301 ""~ ,)(jll 141 .. '''111 4 1 " 6 jl 1~ I 58 281 15 .. I 101 72[ 1 20.. _. '. - .. I" .. ] I 1 21 31 7 : 30 30, 25 25 110 001 I' ·11,.... '/" .... 2 2 4 4 12 , 112 (jS 5 1011 ]9.) 150: 1 351' -. I ... : •. 1. 1 5 ] 7114 : 64! 201 30 10 124 901 " ,. ",' - ":"1" 1 '~1 fll 4 12 i, . 2011~1 355!~11 71B 3001~ 251~ ---!-!'::'!Ii~,-i~~ _I ~1~1_8 __ ~ ; 2,276111411 ],'~45! 057 1 5,619 3,915!12 403/1 1361 ~I 2 2: (ii n :;!) il8: 541110: 2:-,2 -'-,-,-1-1--'-1--1

-'-'-:-'-'---.----' ; ,-

i lS0! 1(,,1 ,,: 40: 36s1 2751 Ii 25 2!:" i:! Ii l' 4 -~1--7117 !'i2!i 1;',\) ]()() l!lO! ,')75 4!iOll: 'i0.. . ·1- . i •• •• :2 3 ... "'I' '~I 8

4,1~i 2~~; .. 45 '13 7~~; 4~~ f i~,'.. ':"!' li ;i i\ 11 II! 2~ 1":i ';)1 J():): 50; 3~~! 280, 1 1°1" :2, .J. 81 1i 13

!'iO :!5 2fi HI; 11ni 10;)1 1 ]5, . - .. I .• :.... :2, 3[ ~II \) 821 231 7:>1 68; 248, 218! 1 401 '" I I" " !.! 0 15 4°1 201 50 10 1201 gai 1 ]fi, .... -.. 1')" 3[ 13 84 22 301.. 13GI 12011 501 .. 1,,,1.. 4i 2 4: 51 ]5

1Hl11l2' .. I" 22f<1 200i 11 IOlll .. .. I.. 4 5, ]i 31 13 200 100 130 100 5301 4221 11 45, _·······1· 1 4 4 3, S, 20 60 1 13 77 :i 15fil 80 1 1'.... .. / . 1 ~ ], 1 :t 31 8

-1---1-,- '- 1-- --/----

'

.- 1-'-- -:_1 __ 1,808 934 707: 43513,97412,8021!] 401..2,1 211" ,,\ .. , ! 4: 3() 3'-\ 41 fJ7 Hi5 '--I---:---i--I---- I-I---:-!-:-'----'I----

1941 06 2(;211130: 682! (lgG! 1 9s::l 68 ...... · i··; 1 i 31 :'>1 51 6 1 20 113' 08 ;:18 no, :110: 4gi).i 4 :24:?, .. , .. 'i." .... I. Ii 3 i

,,' Ii 11 5, 11 1lf) 106 2:~O' )041 5.:o! 51013 so 1 Hi·-i·· I .. : Ii 3! 3: 41 4 15 51 33 lfW 85 ' 3~;f ROD 3 52 .. "r .. : .. · , .. : 1: 2i 3; 11' 4 11 48 116 395'1110 6691 645 1 38 1 ()~: ... 1" :; 3 i Ii. 11 3i 3 111 2·1 90 51 75 42 2581 251 1 2ti 3:, .11" .. "I Ii If 3... 21 7 65 38 100~ 3n 238: 225 1 38 .. , ... '1" - ... IIi 2i ~i 2,.5 12 20 12 7] n2 155 142 1 Hi .. !.. i" i" .. .. III " ! ,:~ 1 i 2 ()

~~ .. 05 55 199~-=~~,_._. i~I~--~I~i-l:--ll--2~ ! 732 !)88 1,5(iO 7031 3,583'1 3,45317 635 51 lSI! .. i .. 2 :i; 8! 17[ 231 lsi 41 112 ,I . I 1 '" \

NAMES Ol!-'

CIRCUITS.

BAREILLY DISTRICT.

Aonla "[ llareilly .. ! BareiIlv Sadar

Bazal' Bhamora Bilsi Binawar Bisauli

NORTH INDIA CONFERENCE S'l'A TIS'l'1CS

CHURCH MEMBER'SHIP

2811 :;8~j 'i35\ 1,2131, " 1') 3:~ !I' ::'1 65: 8" 8 1' ;:1 -( I 330 50(1 ;J(j'i I,m;, J

I 111 ::4, 13i 14 51i 54: 8U

117, 120; Hi2, 3!1>' 31 31 5\' 6: 171 :~8: 1'~J' ,I Hi 197' fin: 184: .3-;1 'Ji 11 14 .. ', 4 1 18 i ",

839! 147: :>{)4 1,4UO, ~II 3, 32, 3' \I! 44110 I?' 1941 ::?4!1! 281 72~; a 7! :~O!.. li! 26 (j Ii

Budaon Dataganj l!'aridpur Jalalabad Kakrala

4691 7511 !)~I-1 1,82('11 nl 61 ;j() 4~ :ill] :~~ 1:1 14, 429 1 194 3471 970 1.. ::H .. I !if 3-1, 101 20:

"1 4401 133 2257gb 4 3 Hl HI 2S1 GG, 14 11 661 :?18 1;>5 439 11 41 141 " I 161 301 7 7

~i~i §g~ ~6§ ~~~ ~ ~I ~ ~I :~~I ~~, 1~1 1~ Khera Bajhera Mohamdi Miranpur Katra .. Panahpur Pawayan .. Shahjahanpur E .. 1 ShahjahanpurW ..

5111 6H 78 198 '. 17" I Hil 3::s 1 11' 11 42 32 21 95 2 3 3 41](J 1';' I 4! 4 156

1

126 149' 431 20 22

1

' Hi 4 121 311101' n 54 179 70 303 4 1 6 5 ::113 7 71

1441 2W,1, 117 47'() Hi, 19 71 10 ~1 38 12 1::: 1::!-4 i 112 130 366 7' GI 7 1

,.: 4 11 11 '~()I

Tilhar Ujhani

197 1 1':>5 201 ;>23 8 .. 11/ 7 :!li 441 141 27 114 266 12G 506, 1 :!() '. I:!:; 49' 1Gi Hil

.. ~I~~ ~g 900:_..2 ~I 4?!_,_. I~Ji~! _t _t'l

~ I~QI 49191 4 ('4(t 1449 "" 1<)- 1':>')1 9~')1 1')()1 3'J~ s"~ 'J~"'1313 .' a, a. .lJ ,~. '"'" I , ... ;) ':..I_~.J' .... ; - ..... ; t) J ~ ~ V~ .. d' , I

:--1-:-1----'-1-'-1--1-: GARHW'.A.L II I I", I II I DIl:lTRICT. I 1

Bainoli .. 1 ;)1 t;1 51 H, "1 211

,. I 2 2 2 lYadoli . .'1 23: fi7 91 ]81' 4 8 11 \) 41 If> Kainur . . 4~i ~~ ~f~ ~11: ~:I ,~ ,. .. I .. H 9 Lansdowne . ' 3a! ,~;) _11 "I J ] J \ 4 6 81 8 Pauri .. : HHI 1:!8 ]():i gin; :Z: 31' 111.. 13 24 11! l~ Ramni '4:" Iil 24 1 .. 1 ,. II .. I .. 1 1 3 1

1

3 Srinagar ; __ 1G: __ ,q: __ l::i~~I_'_' ;~1 __ <~_1!_41~_~!

Total . 'i_ :2:!1' 2(j~i :~I)(; ~~i-;,I~i :?SI~i~I~!~~! KUMAON DISTRICT. I I: ,!! '/ I 'i

I ' "',"' ',I Bhot . . ] 1 lOr ],~ "" I 1 3 I 3 11 11 Dwarahat .. ; ~lO K3: 52 1()5, 4 2 5 ;) 8 Hl Haldwani .. \ 143 (jJ; a(i 24(~' \1 1 (j •• i '; 131 5 t;,

Naiui Tal, Hind .. 'I 91, 42' 341m: 1 2 71 .. I :31

101 3

1

121 ~aini Tal, Eng .. ".. 371 3 '!O'., .. 3, •. , .. I 3

1 2 20

Pithoragarh . '1~,_139I' __ 10? _ .. ::."_9_1 ~l~i~:~'-~I-~I Total . . 480' 3721 244 1,090: 23 71 38, 71 :~31 GS

I 461 1181

I J! I I I

'l'otal

t,

FOR THE 'YEAR ENDING TYITH30TH,NOVEMBER, 1899.

AND WORK.

,I EPWORTH I CHRISTIAN WORKERS. LEAGUES ..

----------------------------- -~--~--~------------------

SCHOJ_ARS OF ALL .AGES. i if: ~ I j I I 11 I I~i ~ I ----=-=N,..-ON---I-I,'

~:,~ :1' III [I I II !·~Ioo ~ ~ ~ i ~ CHIUST- CHRIST- - ,..-J.. .1 @i;:1 §/ ~ 8 .!:::

IANS. cO I g ~ I' I I if5 I :::: I :-: '0 I .... ~ 8 ________ ,I ___ L_~_N~S_. -1_~cO~ ~: ,I ~: ~t : ::_,; f,' ~ I I~ II'~:~!~ I 0 I' I _~ ~ 1 ~

.... -;... -;:-: I ~ • ,e ~ ',:::' ,i sll _~ 8 'I <=:l ~ ~ I - I,!:J .- 1'-1 ......., ~ I d r-. --

I 0 ::::;~_.~; s :~: § if51~lciicil~i g : ..,:: ~::g I ~ ~ - c; 'c; .~ I'~ i~:~ IE i ~f !,n ~ I' ....

g3 ~ ~ I "@§~ Ii ~ g3 ~~ [~I: ~ !~I ~ .sl·~I~!~I~i ~ II ~ 'Ii ~o· ~o ~ ~ S d ell ~ <12 .~, li'~ ~ 11'_=_ 'I .§ jl i:j ~ I..I.< j..I.< II:;; I' ~ -5 -- I ~ __ c.;''''' ~ cO ~: :;,.. ~ .... i I;:; ,;.; ,;..: ell, 0 1 ..... ...... 0 i ~ ;::.,: ~ ! R ~ ,'L, 'J) i~ i ~ , I~ I..;... ! ..... ,:2i!,..J ~ I <1 <1 8

II I"" "', •. 17" 12a! 11 J .. I '!, 1 J 41 a 10120 315 45~: 005: 36:): l.~'\"" 3,04612 :~:Wi li 41 (j (i 32 29j 6 221 109

/• 200 301 IGO :?f)[ 41G, 325 i "I' i Ii "I,',': 1 1 31 4 2 11

l,() GO, 50 10' :~H() 1501 1 40 11 1 5 3 7 17 17~J GOi :W ]0 1 :~mJ: ]7211, 35 " I l' 3 61 8 7: 25 184 3~1 ](j 4 :~30 18011: 12" I 1 '" 4.. 21 41 10 II);) 7;i, :!l>, • :,;(j(i ~401]: 2;)1,., 6 3' 3 81 21 ~()S 1 Hi' 3() 136 4~IO 438 1

1

] 'I 511 1 tiD 21 511

5 19 37 ();') 3~ 15 .. 1::4 ]00 1 27' '. I; 3 4' 6 15 150 ;J()I 30 15 :M51 200\1, 20:.. : " .. 1

, " 3\ 2: 21 6 14

8:-1, UO 08' 30 :234, 6311341,. I'. 21 11 4 4 12 :H3 3D 100

1

IOU 8:~;): 800, 11 ~O, " 2 1] 31 41

11 133 1 43 63 40: 2811 2611 ' I.... 1 2 7 9,1 19

38 20 50, 20, 1:!8 ' 100 1] 38.. ~.. .. I 5 21 'I, 15

3'~'~ 10U l 301 50' :i:Jl 300: 1 20, .... '.. .. .. 2 21 6 01 16

1~\1 11\), 411 8;J 3-;-i 37~, 1135 ... '" .. .. .. I 4 71 61 18 108 78 04 ()(j ~·Hi 300' 1 28', ••• I"~ , .. ', . 3 51 1\ 91 19 :!\j(j 50 ;~O{J IOU (ilt; 500,] GOI] 8U 1 1 .. :Z () 11 5 41 20

: 181) IS') 4;) t,~ 4:~\) 300! 1 66 1 75 l' J 1 2 1 ~) 2 3 16/' 3:? i :!8GI 19;)1 131

1

':m (j'/,-) G50, 11 60 .. .. 1 •• 1 .. I .. 1 41 4 6

1

10 25 I 50 70 25 251 170 15°1 4 1001' ' I"" .',,\,. Ii 7 2 31 13 1--;---1-1--

'--1--- - ___ , __ -1- --- ___ 1 _____ 1 __

I 3.!i71':~'2o;; 1,8\J5il14~1 8.9201

8,860[23 9231

ri 5:?1 :i 5 (' 1(, ',:l 81 94 1: 861 ]@: 479

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Barabanki ' S7! 41! G3 191 B 1: 3 'II, 57111 23" 17 J~a.raganw 141 25' 18, ;11' l' 3 I I 9, 13i 9 Hardoi 261\ 1:28: 140 5:W' 2 1:"5)1' 167

2!;"',' 11g" 411' 2g\ 20 Lakhimpur . . 46, 3li, 3(j; 118! 2; ;: 20 ,.., ~1 Lucknow, Eng. ", 41 105; 109! •• I .. 9.... I 9 11 12 LuckllOW, Hind ... 1 2;)\) }4:; 7~1: 480; 4/' ;, 9 .. '113: 22 371 58 Rae Bureli .. : l~: ~~: 801 2~(:i ')~ I?: 2 9 13; 24 201 20 Shahabad . '1 17-:\ ~tJl 1001 3~~, '~Ol 1:>/ 2.. 4, 6 !\ 21 Sidhaui . . 56 _0 51 L I •• I" 1 4 6 11 1:> 11 Sitapur and ,i I 1 I

Khairabad ", 143 100 223 466 10, 6: 14 .. 1 1'2 :w i 311 45 Unao .. 1 244 ~1 ___ ~I~I_"_I-=i~01_1:-=-4, 2;)i 29 ~

Total __ 11,386 837!'~1 ~~,~I~:~'-= 102: :W4: 2261~ SA~IBHAL I I : 'I : 'I ',I : : I' I DISTRICT. '

Amroha .. 1 351/ 454: 110'1: 915: g\ 'Ii 18/ ! ];;i 331

ni 1O! l~asta .. ' 291 781: 264 J.3:W, 4[ 41 3~1 :: 3i)1 6 n; Babu Khera .. 1 151 1' 113/ IOU: '4:13: 41 10/ ~I 31 8' 141 (ji 11 Bahjoi . 'I 83 372

1 24] ji!Hi. ',1 II" 22 ., I]:!, 3'1 7: "

Dhallaura . . 1921 295, '>()') , nS!l t;, :i 33 11 13 57! 'j'! (II GUDllaur . . 3721 122[ 2HZ \ 7Su 3! 11' 61 171 H 14 Hasanpur ", 420 4801 1liO! 1,0501 1°1' 15i 1;")1 8, 7 301 10 12: Narainiya I 149 2241 1111 484 1 2 6: 12: •• I 14 20! 7 .' Rasulpur 113, 99 851 2~7 •. ' 3! .. I 7, 101 ()I 10 Rajpura 425! 145 258i 828 4' 3, 41'·, I 'I' 11i 8' !I Sharifpnr . . U4: 2:W 130i 444 6 8 11 i 5, 61 :~:~I Ii ]n Shahpur • . lUil 45' 1041 264.. 3' 2'1 21 5 nl 4: {) Sambhal • . 154/ 105 139: 398 2 .. I 8 41 15 27! ];)i 2()

Total .. 2,91013.455 2,255/8.G20I-W1 63/175 -WIlli 3251 1O/ 13l ! Grand Total18~9. 17,597 15,421 =,8121~~~1486147011026 ,3851 9761238711_ 9951~~(i:~i

Total 1898 . '1~7~~ ~4~~ ~1,028 ~~~'6171~~1~~1~~11415 ~~ 10821363

Increase . '1-'-'- ..!~~ -.!!2~ -.:~~;_:~ -!~~ ~J~~I-'-· ~:.-. -'-' Decrna~e .. ; 102 .. "," 1131 133

1 55; :~8414391778 87 1011 I I I I i I I I, I

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MORADABADj II I I I' I: [I' • Bij~~:TRICT. 4 5,890 I 4 5001 340' G,8,"I. , .. I •• I 4.1 47 4 99

Chandausi ,·1 4 772' 1; 1,500 100[ ') ,17')' .. 80! 181 5 23 Dhampur "I' "I " I ~i 1,:2001 " 1;2001 1,200 1

• , l!')I' , 2 17 Kanth ::, ' . I! 00" • 601 :: 15! : : 23;:: 2x 25 Kirathpur , .1 , , ' , • 'I •• I " , . I,· " I.. 15'. . 2 17 Kundarki "1 1 2;) ] i ;)00 p., I 525, , 221 ' , 30;, , 4 34 Mandawar . '1 ' , • • 3' 1.(1001 "I 1,0001., 19 " 29'. , ')x 31 l\foradabad .. ' 4, 3,),0001 7 10.5001,10,01) 55,500i, • 400' 200i 100 -;;'1) ~')I)

. Nagina "j' 11' 951., I .. I ,. ~ 951

" .. i:: I -24 ' , , '-i~ "26' ~ajibabad "I 1 4,OOOj' 11 450 i' : 4,450 " 3G: • • 241 , , Ix 26

1

N urpur .. ,. . , ' ,! ,. I ., ' ., I" "I' , 181

, . 2 20, Seohara ' ',' 2 4001 21 512 "I' 912,' , 26 ., 15 ... I 2x 17/ Sherkot ,.... I'" ., . . . . . , , , . , 211, ,'x 21

Thakurdwara , , _'_'_1_'_' -l-~i-~~I-~-:--~~i -~-I--~I~~ -=:~.:..I-!i--~ Total . , ~! 46,182!_ =1':'6~:2i~~~'_~-=~~I_~~I.!~~I~~ ~<::1_1.~ ~~ ~~

b~~~d:~i. ' I \ I' I ,: I I II I Baberi ' .! I, 1201 1 f 200 .' 320" , .• I 36, 3{j'" 1 37x Bisalpur ' ,i ] 400, 21 200: 15(11 750j, , . • I. 1111 .X 11 x :Fathgallj, West, I Ii 730: 31 1,2301 70, 2,03°1,. i ., : : 71:: 4x 75x Milak ' ,: , , I I, I ,. 1 ., 'I .. I ! ·1 32 8:~1 1 3~~1 Mirganj ,., 1\ 1O(} I! 50" I 1:50i j 24; ~ '~') Nawabgallj ,., I; 70 Ii 801 1:50, I 25/,. Ix 2f

2'ix

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Pilibhit 1 400 3 5UO 100, 1,000 [ 20 1

K~~~s~r : : I :·1 :: I i 1i3\' :.1 ~lz~:., \ !~/I : : ~\ ~!~~I Shahi .. i 1, 30'1 ~~Ol' , ~~o:., I ., 1 3U 37, 1:' ~8xl Sirauli . . I: 150 2 0"0,,, I ;)ao:.. I ., I" 771' , ~I nlX ' Jahanabad "I_l:~!~~I_' '_I_~ ___ IOOi_~ __ '_'_~~_~I~~_~ -.:~I

;:;:lA . 'l~! 2'100'_~'!~~~~I: __ 3:!11 __ ~~~' __ ' '_ II_~_I:~~I-':~I:-'-' 12~11' _44.8XI

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2'000 2,600 : 3~oi 28 1~4: . , 5:, 14H J~hjDga , ., .. I ,J 140 " 140 A, ,AI ,)S:,. 4: (j2 Balrampur 1; 3;)0 2, 80: 2001" 630 111 30/ 361,. 31' an Colone)gallg . . ,.:' . I ,. I " , . " I 24 381" I 2 40 Gonda :? 5'~OOI 3

1 8,500: 7,050 20,8501 55: 72 9() 24: 6 12lil

Kaisarganj . " " I, 3O!J .. 300 ~4 28 1" I 1 2(1

Maltkapur II' 500 III 3uo1

250; 1,0:>0:. , , , 36 48'.,: 21 riU N awabgallJ' 'I I') 18 '1 It) ,.' ., , . . . . , , , , , . . - , , I 'I Nanpara _11_~~1_~ _ 25°1' __ ' _. ___ ~~I_~-_ -~- -~ -~l-'-'-I~~--~~

Total (j; 0,6;'0) 131 ~,970 u,~ 2(),12Hj " j 4 9) 33S 400) 241 241 538)

1:. FOR THE YEAHENDINGWITB 80TH NOVElIfBER, 1899.

FINANCES.

BENEVOJ.ENT COLLECTIONS. i OTHER COL- I INCOME EARNED IN "g -.---,.--.------------i LECTIO~S, 'g ~OUTHERN ASIA. e

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I ",. i. ·1 ' 'I .. I 251 25 2xi . 'X'I x •• I'· .1 4 7x 341 (' 34 lx, x x,. ,I . ',: 1 30 34Xl (i2 G')

, Ix!., xII.. XI X 3 7XI I 2H 29 l 3x, x 1/'. . XI Ix 'j • ,49 II 4n I 2xl. , x.".··.,' , 3x I 4') 42 / !i Ix x 2. • :'11

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Us. i BAREnLY II D1STRICT.

Aonla 1. 300! 3 900' f)o: 1.2!)0, 7:? 7::, 4: 7Gx, Bareilly 3,15,073! 5 35,000 1037()() , 1.:i:-l,773i ' 4HG 3ao 207 ! 536x: Bareilly Sadar 11: 400,1 I' I I iii

Bazar 1 300; 1.000: 1.7001

' .. , 361 3G: 2-li <:Ii (ilx,i Bhamol'a 1! 5001 1 25°1:' I 7!l0 4ui 48! 4,"l!., I i: Aq Bilsi 11 5001 3 700, 501 1,2501 72: 7G, : 41 80~i Binawar I; 001 3 400! I 480 1 36' 3;) I ') il7x' BisauIi 2/ 80, 2 1.HiO! .' I 1,2401 i HG' ]01: ! 2x' 102x; Budaon 2,19.000: 3 7,H512,OfJO; 38,2051 437, :?·W (",:) 12::

1

:?x: 180x; Dataganj 1: 100! 2 1251 50: 275; illi' J7, I 2:-:: 3~jX Faridpnr 2i 400 1 3 3GO 760: i ill} 40 ! ]: 41x Jalalabad 1: 150: 2, 6(1) 75(Y 42 :18 '1 Cl\1 Kakrala . 11 J20[ 4 ;,(;() 40 fi60: 4S 4:]' ; 4xl 47:;; Khera TIajhera, 1: 4,0001 2 a.f

3J(0i)0):, 100. 7,100; 30 3\)'1' I' . 3n.

Mohamdi ., . I i 2 300: ~~4 30 3XI 3h:: lvIirallpur Katra,. 11 . 'fiO! 2: 3fiO' 410i 30, :?_.91 I. . "LJ Pana,hunr .. 1 Ii 1,r00: :2 300 1,300 'ill I 2xf 4n~: Paway'an .. : }, 1001 !i ;H~: :!·2;', Ofi5' '14' 41'] "F)! I 2' ()Ox: 8hahjahanpurE. 2 <',')00: 3 5,:200 12.0:)()1 23.7()O lH 1 14 '~1261 812,2J,8~: ." W. 2, 3.700 ~ g,~{)() 27,;):2\ 40.~~;' ltjg -:(;, 721 51 IG3~!

TIlhar .. 11 1.) 00 a 1,.lOO .' /1 2, (jOl} .. ", (il) W'.. 11 fil

Ujhani . 'I_~:~' _ ~ __ ~I_~ ___ 2301_'-, -.- -'.'- _ :~.; _ ~i.~I-~ _~::: Total . 'i~:~~~ -~,-~~~:~~~i-=2?~~!-~- _..:~~:.: ~~!=~j~~II~~~:

GARHW AI. ii' I I; Ii' D · I, I , I'

ISTRICT. I I: I' I I; I ,I,.,.. Bainoli .. ! , • • • •• I • I I I (j 6 .• ' 1 i

Gadoli .. ,' 111 4,000 ]. ;:,~O()~ 25,000/' 32,000; I,O()Oi I 2!i 141 241 3xi 41~' Kainur ", 1 1001 :~. _00. ". 300i I ,14 14: hi HI Lansdowne .. i •• i .. 2 '!,i'o(J ! 3.7001 ! 14/ 14/ IX/ 1;):\; Pauri : 41 4,??O: G 7,4~(): 0,8001 18,7501 I I 14 14 ].) 41 au: Ramlli .. : 11 3;)0, ] 1.)(J •• I 5001. . • • 14 14 ,. 2, I;; 8rinagar . ,:_._._._._._!_~ _~~ _~ ___ .3fiOi_~_:_~_I_~:_~I~:....i_-=~ __ ~'

K:::~N .. ~ --.2i 9 ()()Ol_~ ~~~~!~c~I-,:~('-)(y·OOOi-:.:-:~~; -~-~ ~".: I_'!I:I Bhc?tISTRICT. 11 720:. ..: 6,5441 7,264' 21)41 7741 .. I 72' .. I .. / 721 ])warahat 3 3,600! :J 3,:1801 2,70n, 9,(i80i.. II .100 .• I 4,') M. 10 1091 Haldwani • . 1 1,8001 2 1,W)O 1,3001 G,OOf)I. , 300, , • I 21\ 14; 1 3tl Nailli Ta1, Hind., 1\ 5,000i 1 1.000118.0001 24.00I 'i .. .. i 1441 144! .. 112X I~G! Naini '.ral, Eng, 1j25,000 3 28,0001 17g0001 !~'3:~,(jOO ... ;)2,000 .. I,. /. '1'1500 Hi 1,5151 Pithoragarh .. 411 3,500 9 4,8(iO,22,000 30,360! ., •• I 1:20 126 223/ 10 3591

-- --- -- --- .--- ----,--- ---··1--'-- --i----·-I Total •. 1113~,6:~O 20 39,14012:~9544i 3,08,304,52,204 1,174\ 2!;41 408\17911' 48x 2,247\

, 1 . I I ,

FOR 'PHE YEAR-ENDING lVITH 30TH NOVEM.BER, 1899.

FINANCES.

BENEVOLENT COLLECTIONS. I OTHER COL-I 1 LECTIONS. , ~

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FINANCES. ,

NAMES OF

CIRCUITS.

NORTH INDIA CONFERENCE STATISTICS

SCHOOL

VERNACULAR SCHOOLS,

Boys' ScnooLs. GIRLS' SCnOOLS.

, I MORADABAD 1 I

DISTRICT. ' I : ii' 1

Bijnor .. j 8 1141 30: 144! 126\ 8: 124i 28 1521 134, Chandausi I 'j' 54-I 50 104\ 771 5: 25: 30j 55! 42: Dhampur 5' 3'7'; 5 421 401 3 1 15: 41 In 18 Kanth 3 35' 12 47 20! 2; 151 sf 23: 12 Kirathpur .. i 4 33 4 371 281 1: 8 3! 111 8

~~~~:~~r ':I~' ~~i ~~I ~~ ~61i ~I 4~1 t~l ~~; ~h Moradabad 12 170; 25 ' 1951150 261 179 200 37~1; 2tlO Nagina . . 5 501' 18i 68 42i 21 20! 24: 44 1 1G Najibabad I 3 40 121 52 32 1 2 2G:,. 1 2(\! 18 Nurpur : : 61 72 101 82, 25 2: 16! Hi 3::! IG Seohara . . 5: 39 .. I 391 301 3; 26

1

" i 2(j:!() Sherkot .. / 5i 36 81 441 36 :. I.. .. I .. ,,, Thakurdw:ara .. ! 5: 59 38, 97 22 4, 25 ]2 371 14[

Total . ,/\79:- 829 -270:1~991!732 6;1- 53f5 1-385 920i675! PILmHIT DISTRICT, \-i--- ---!----,------ ---)---;-1

Baheri . . 6! 64! {j 70: (i4' l' 13; 10' 23\ ]8!

~!~~:~~j, West ~i ~~II' ']8 ~J: ~~: ~! 3g, 3~li ~~i 4~1 Milak 21 29 2D :2G: Ii 7\.. 71 6

~~~:b~anj !I ~~I" 6\ ~~I ~g "2/1 "]9 .. 1[ "20\'· i5!

Pilibhit . 4 301 28/ 58 42 2 111 23

1

34: 28; Puranpur 3 34 15 49 44 1 3 9 12 71 Rampur 61 84: 301 114 98 2 22[ 12 34 30

1 Shahi . , 7 105'1 2 107 80 2 30.. I 30 22 Sirauli . . 71 93

1

21 114 82 7 461 6 52 381

1

Jahallabad . . 21 24 5 29

1

19

1

1 5/ 2 7 3

Total . '1

1

54

1

i 700

1

131 1, 831

1

655 23 19211 __ 1051_ 297

1

1 22] I

GONDA DISTRICT.

Bahraich .. / 2 u9, 801, 1~9i 135 1 181 35 53 45 Bhinga .. \ 1 20, 341 :>4i 48

1" ••

~~~~::t:~g : :1,,1 , ,16 .. 58 .. 74; ~i:: I ..

*-~Y~:rganj ::, .. 2 .. 7 ,~lOl ,:17; .~5 '.: I .. .. ..

Mankapur .. \ 2 22 301 ~21, 40 "I .. , . . , . , ~:;pa!~anj ::1 i : ~ ~~i ~~1"1 "18

1

:: "18' i21 Total .. 10 -1431-3861-529!1452 -2\-36

1--35 -ii-5"7

NORTH INDI~ LONFERENCE STATIS'l'IOS SCHOOL

I V-ERNACULAR SCHOOLS.

1 Boy's BCBOOLS. I GIRLS' SCHOOLS.

I No. OlS" ROLL A'l' r I ..:!3 No. OlS" ROLL AT ~ I END OF YEAn, i"S i g END OF YKAR. 53

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:~~aEILLY DISTRlC~'.1 ~! GO! 6,,' 501 J 151 .. Bareilly .. ' ;), 100; 21: . 130 801 13

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1 •• 471 168~ Bareilly Sadar Bazar, 2 40: 55; H51 65 1

•• I •• i Bhamora 41 50: 51 551 40: 21 151

Bilsi 4; !)Sl 2011 118: 92: 2 "'27' Binawar 21 3,!i 3S: 2°1" . '~51 Bisanli .. 1 4! b;) 20 105! go, 2 ~ Bndaon . "I~ 3

i' I (i;~ lSi 111 i 75! 11 29! 144

Dataganj . . 1Q, ..! 10i 51 1 91' 3 Faridpur 121 .. 12: 10 .. Jalalabad 35 .. 351 231·· Kakra]a 3]1 7

411 25 1 HG: 711 1 ]8 I

Khera Bajhera 261 30: 221 21 . '24,

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251 20 .173 12S

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Mfl~~~~~' Katra .. 431 .. 501 .. 20\ "70\' 401 :: 1 Panahpur 24, 17 41/ 231 I, 12 1 13 '11 Pawayan . . 1 181 37 55 3D, 11 20 14 34 22 Shahjahanpur East,. .. .. .. .. I" i 4, .. 100 100 80

Do. West. . 4 491

30 79 63: 11 16 9 25 20 Tilhar 5 46 9 55 451 1, 10J 2 12 10 Ujhani . . 6 107 10 117 80 1 111' . 11 4

Total ., _~~~~_~~~~~II~~il-44II_-=~,=!~ 72915581 GARllW AI. DISTRICT. 1 I --I--

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Bainoli 4 10' 14: 121 , Gadoli 1 251 " .) .. , 2~~, ~!:I .. I ., . . . Kainur 5 19

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~~~~ahat g ~II· 2g 2l~1 19 -,i :: ,," J ) Haldwani 4\ 10 GO 7()i G0 1

, 2, 3031 19 Naiui Tal, Hind. l' 2fl 25: 201 3' G8 (is 45 Naini Tal, Eng. I I I .P.ithoragarh :: '20 . '45 '662 '707 435 . '4 1

• '90 . ';)2 'i42 iS2 Ramllagar I' I

Total :: ~-"6! '~751:~~i '~o-"ru!"':;59 ~~I~~

FOR THE YEAR ENDING WITE 30TH NOVEMBER, 1899.

STATISTICS.

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BOYS'SCHOOLS.

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20 33 517 .. :? :~2

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NORTH INDIA OONFERENCE STATISTIOS

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Hardoi : : I •• i2j 96 190: 2SG ::;')5, :2: 75 75 li5

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Unao "1 8 30 160 190 148 1 13.. I 13 7,

Total .. 51 - 299 _~~ ~~~I~~I=~ =~~:=~~ =~~i~~1 SAMBHAL DISTRICT. ! ., I!

Amroha .. 1 4 30 63

'1, 3G 25 41

1') 10 22/ 181

Basta 2 171 20 17 11 I') 121 91 ~:~jofhera ~ 4

431 ~~I ~~I ~~ . '1! 13 "131 'io'

Dhanaura 48 2 501 31 11 7 1 81 51 Gunnaur 2 20 20 16 .. I' i ' Hasanpur 41 20 36 56 40 21 301 "30;' 20: Narainiya 5! 48 4 52 39 2 19i 4' 231 17[ Rasulpur 5/ 461 5 51 42 3 20 4 24 171 Rajpura 2 23. . 23 20., 1 ., i ,. 1 ., I·, I Sharifpur , . 5 35 9 .44 35 3 15,.' 15 121 Shahpur , . 21 17 6 23 20 2/ 12, . 12 101 Sambhal . . 6 65 17 82 76 7 20 270 290 230

Total . , -481

- 435 --; -523 414 -; --130 -319 -449 348/

Grand Total18W .. 357 !~~ 3,1~ ~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~45 ~~692 ~~37' ~~I Total 1898 .. .!~ .!:?~!,879 !~~ ~~ 183 .!:!!~ --.!~I'!~~ ~~' Increase .. .. . 279 90. . 7\ 16 89 Wi) 115

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