-- 1, \..... THE y. SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SANTAL MISSION OF THE NORTH ERN C H U R C HE S (TH~ INDI.\~ HOHlt MISSION 1'0 'rhf. SANTALS) FOR THE YEAR 1929 ---~-- DUMKA 1'1'IlLINH~D BY THE SANTAL lussion OF TBF. NORTHERN CHURCHES 1930,
THE SANTAL MISSION OF THE NORTHERN CHURCHES coc ~C(rctilrlJ ;lll'b.: ~rc~$\trcr. :' ': 9~ R ROSHNLlJND Dltmka, Santal Pa1'ganas, Biha1'., JiUssiottilt"lC 1..' B.\Gta:I:, :\11:. &; ~IIl:-:. V (arr ill India Dco. 1925.\: June 1926). ~ald()ha. BJERKE~TI:~X\-l, ~fr. & l\fr~. O. S. tllrr. in 1mlill ~pri1} 192!)),,Mornni i > Tea Go.rden BODDl~G. REY. & ~rrs. P n. (arr. ill India.Ja11. 1800 & Xm'. HH5),. M ohulpahnri. BilGH, Dn. &: ~It::;:. B. 13. (al')' in Tn~lia Dee. Hll.,) &. Jan. HU9),l'etil'ed(/'{J/1/ 1.10.29. BI:T~EDA.iIr;, M[ss MAG!\HILD; (II"'. in Tudia De'cembAr'1927) Harnpu1n DIESEN, ~Irss XAXC, (Ilrriv('d in India Decembcr;191l), on fl/r!.' RIE, Mr. & Mrs. O. (o.rrived in Indio. Ocro"f'r, 1920). on/"rz. G.H':";[HL, REV.,\: ~[r:s..j. (an. ill llldia XIl\. IH];).\- Jan 1919), Bcuagnl'ia. GIRTZ, REV. &; MJ:;-;. J. ~l. (arrive,l in India April,19:?::). As,am Co}ouy. Gnl\,E~, REV. & ~ln:;. E. (arr in India Ff'J)ruary, 1925.\.. Pee. 1927). R&8t'tkundi HELLA~\D HE'-. & ~II:~. B. A. (arri\'(~cl in Indin Oct ]!I~6), KaeraLani. HOLTEX, Mb:- GrIH!L'X,(arr, ill IJJdia floc 1927). Bonagll,ria. JEXSEX, j{rss.:\.:-::0., (arri~e<1 in Illdia March, 1908), Maham. KAlll'l', Rr.v. &' ~[ns. R. P. H. (arr. in Tndia XliV. 1915.\:. March, 1918). :Sarainpur KlUSTL\'X;o;E~, RE, & j11{s. A. (a:t. in India Dec. & Nov72.19), Joema. Lou,XE, }Ir~s LAUIU,. (arrived in 1 m1ia Oct. 1923), on l'u,ri. LOWE, MISS ERIKA, (arrived in India Nov. ]924), Dumk... MILDE, MISS HrI.DUR, (arrived in India Oct 1923). on flll'l. MILLER, MISS LhGMAR, (altiv~d India,N1)vembel', 1920 ). Haraputa. NIELSEX, ~lj~;o;. Dl~A, (arrived in ~~v. 1912), on fn"'. OFSTAD, HEV., ~ ~I&s.. J. J. (aitivod in India Dec. 1903 & Oct. 19(7).. -,. ",, '.:: (in furl. OFSTAD REV. & )lmi. K.{arr.in IndjlJlNov. HH5 &, I'by, 1917), Kaerabani. OrJKSEN, MISS A~XA, (a.rrived in Indi&. April, 1925). Saldoha. OPSAHL, MISS,A.sTA, (arrived in ludia. :S-ovmnuer, 1922),011 fllrl.
OSTERGAAIW On. E. (arl'. in.. India, for. 1Y28). Bellagaria. PEDERSEN Miss Anna, (arrived in India March, 1920), Koroya. ;! PEDERSON, Rev. & MRS. M. A. (arr in India Oct. 1904), On flf1 Z. ROSENLUND, REY. & MRS. R. (arrived in India Febr.191O), Dumka Tau, REV. & MRS. A}{NE, (arrived in India March 1920), Benagada lr:~ :I.lORG, REV., &: M:rs. ~!t. _.(arrived in India Sl'pt. 1920 ~ Oct 192~), " i'l...' /"', v,,' " i~l \ ':,.': :I ",,;,,-': f- '_ on. fu/'l 'VINDIX.;, Rgv. & Ml~~.. H. (arri:v~d ill India :\Iuy 1917 & Decem.ber UH6).1oema. Assam, 111 HEV. R. ROSJJ;N.LUND. Dumka, Santal Pargauas. RIGHT ItEv. B. STOYLI!.:N, KltISTIAl'SAND, NORWAY. HEV. COUNT \rlggo MOL'rKE, ASMINDEROD, FtmUENSBORG" DENMARK. REV, A. J. HUL1'ENG, -Grand Forks, North Da.kota.U. S. A., ~.! ~ f H,EV. J. J. OF!o;TAD, ON FURLOUGH. Attorney: RE~T. JORS. GAUSDAL, Benagaria. H~,\'. M. A. P.lWJmSON, ON FURLOUGH. Attorney: H.,q'.. J. ~f. GUt'l'l, Grahampur. ~;Oll\ C ~o(ll lh'. THE NORWEGIAN BOARD FOR THE SANTAL MISSION. P/,(',..;/J,ertt. RECTOR HANS HOI.l;G. r/(~{;-pr(""t de')/.t. P.uOF. KM~.IJ.' YOLn. 8c('l'rin'1'Y. HEr J. K Y 1:-:'1'.\ 0, HlH..'81CRGS PLAlJS 7. OSLO. '1'l'ea/wJref".' Ml~S. AS'l'A Ul':';AIlI" HULnEuus PLA lis 7. o~!..o. '\i18:5 M. KINiEK.On,
iv REV. M. JOHNE. REV. A. :it tet!.r~. S. H.AI.BO, Advocate of High Court. THE DANISH BOARD FOR THE SANTAL MISSION President. REV. P. OLDBNBURG, VALBV, Copenhagen, Secretary. REV. VALUe OHRISTIANSEN, A&RBUS, Treasurer. RBv. C. CHnIST.I!:NSEN, Villa Alba, Kongells Tvervej 14., Copenhagen. MR~. SVELMO THOMSEN. REV. n.an J. C. CHRISTENSEN. Rlv. DEAN K. HJORTKJAR. REV. A. THELLE. REV. OOUN'l' V MotTKE. CARLSEN-SKIODT, EtiQ. RIGHT H...:y. H. FONN~SBECH WULF. Mr FIBIGER. THE AMERICAN BOARD FOR THE SANTAL MISSION AugstJurg 8eJltill.ary, Minneapolis, Mi1t1l U. S....4.. RBV. A. J. HULTBNG President. Rlv. J. C. AABERG Vice President. REV. ~L A. l'edehso~ Sec y and Trea8. REV. W- M. HAGEN. Rsv. O. J. NORBY. REV, A. R. PE'l'BBSON. REV. S. O. ROltiDES1'VED'l'. MR. Ol'TO RoOD. PROF. A. HELLAND Ohal'rman MH. SlY.EltT ~I'HoMPSON. EJ-,-C01Jl. R~v. S. l\1.sn:nby. REY. J. C. ROSELAND. The Committee of the American Danish Evang. Lutb. Church. lh:v. A.DAN, President. REv. J. C. AABI'.:UG, Secretary. ~JU8. KAltvLIN(I; B. KJOLUfl.:1JK, GRAYLING, MICH. Trea.fJUr.fJf
SANTAL PASTORS. Dha.no Murmu, (retired) Dhorompur. Jalpa Soren, 1901, Narayanpur (Teor P. O. Dinaipur.) B.atia Meeh, 1911, Haraputa, (Assam Cokmy.) Kambo Murmu, 1916, Benagaria. Dhunu Kisku, 1916, Mohulpabari. Musui HasdaR:, 1916, Tilabani. (Mokulpakari P. 0,) Kisun Tudu. 1921, Rantzaupur. (Assam Colony.) Sugda Soren, 1923, Ha,ripur. (Pakuria P.O.) Bajnath Murmu, 1923, Tarni (Katill;und P.O.) Lodo Soren, 1923, Sapadoha. (BetUlgaria P. 0.) Dhononjoe ()jha, 1923, Maharo. Palu HasdaK J 1923, Domboria. (KaeralJani P. 0.) Tika Hurmu, 1924, Chondorpura. (Katikund P. 0.) Andreas Murmu, 1924, Dumka. Baijal HasdaR, 1924, Gamharpahari (Benagar;a P.o.) Mondol Murmu, 1924, Saldoha. (Mokul/Jakari P.o.) Cham pai Hasdak, 1924, Pipra. (Malsera P. 0.) Khela Pastor, 1024, Assam Colony. Stlnaton Hembrom, 1925, Basetkundi. (.:JfaMS/JlIY P.o.) l\iinghu Soren, 1926, J oema. (Gosaingaon P.o.) Galu Soren, 1928, Kaerabani. Pitor HeIubrom, 1928, Mornai. (Dingdinga P. 0.) Simion Murrou, 1929, Khoribari (Muckia P. 0.) Emanuel Tudu J 1929, Dhorompur (K.",NOad P.o.) ~.D,ali Pastor. Mazumdar, 1929, Rampurhat.
THE SIXTY THIRD ANNUAL REPORT FOR 'l'he YEAR 1929. -~.. ------- When writing OU1' alloual report we ought t.o k 'ep ill mind the WOl'd about u npt'ofita.ble sel'vaots (Luk, 17, 10),.The mf)re so as we might finti it difficult to "assui'e onl' beal-ts before Him" as to whether we have done that which it was our duty to do, \Va have cel't:linly been busy, but something more is needed. It is the grace of God that has carried tbe work and us through this year', s befol'e, and as it must also be in the future. The year might be ctdled a. normal year. Thel't:! has nothing very unusual, no scarcity of auy serious ature, nothing extraordinary to stir the feelings or the m;lgination of the masses (at least among the Santals). bout the work as a whole nothing more should be said 'nthese iutl'oductory remarks. I,refer to the reports: from
2 THE SA:NTAL 1I18S10N OF 'fhe NOR.'1'RERN CHUHCHES. the districts and institutions. I shall here only report some outstanding events. We held our conferenoe from 31st January to 5tll February. Shortly afterwards we had the privilege of having 8adhu Sundar Singh among us. He visited BenagariH, Mohulpahari. Dumka, Mahar(l and Kaerabani and left impressions which will not easily be forgotten. It is not too much to say that this was one of the most important events of the year. The SR.dhu felt himself very much attracted to the Santa1s. In April he started for Tibet, and since then he has disappeared. He told us before he left 08 that this time he might not return, he was prepared to lay (lown his life in Tibet. 'Ve remember him with gratefnl hearts. He had hoped to he able to pal take in the Santal CODvention in Bamdah in the Church of Scotland Mission bot he was at that time engttged in work in other places. In March we held t1lat convention, and all who partook are thankful for the experienca of fellqwship we got. 'Ve tender our heartfelt thanks to our friends in the Church of Scot. land Mission for the good days in Bamdah. Since then our friend the Rev. Dr. J. M. Maophail has left this world. We honour the memory of his long life of unselfish a.nd able work and service. Rev. Dr. ~fa.cphail was always eager to further and ~trengthen co-operation between the missions. As a step towards a closer cll-operation should here be, mentio~ed that c Litera.ture Committee for Santali jliterature was formed at the Bamdah Gonveotion. The Training 01868',at Maharo,w,hich was starte
SlX.TY l'bibd ANNUA.L REPORT. 3 during the year will; we hope, serve the purpose, besides being in itself a long needed and useful means of helping the Santals onward on the of progress. same very road In October His Excellency Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenso~, K. C. S. 1. K. C. 1. E., 1. C. S., Governor of Bihar and Oridsa, and Lady Stephenson visited Santa.l Parganas. We are very thankful to His Excellency and Lady Stephenson for their kindly ta.king interest in and doing us the honour of visiting Saldoha Leper Colony and our schools in Kaerabani and Maharo. Concerning the IlllSSlQn work during the year the following should hbre be mentioned. Tha.t our new sta.tion for work among the Boros has been so fa.r completed that Rev. and Mrs. Kristiansen are now living there and ha.ve entered into this perhaps somewha.t difficult but promising work. And that three new pastors have been ordained ~fozuuldar In Rampur Hat (Bengali work), Simeon 10 Maida and Immanuel in Dhorornpur. Chul'ches have been dedicated 1-' Gadiapani, Jalwae and Kormu (the la.st named church built at the expense of a poor Santal), and 4 churches in Joema district. The "Pl{stors Meeting" for the old country was this year held at Kaerabani, the last meeting we shall have of that rather private sort, next time it will be a more officiai meeting of representatives of the congregations. Besides the ordinary changes in staff on account of missionaries going home on furlough and returning we have had to bid farewell to Dr. B. B. Bogh and fa.mily. Failing health compelled them to leave the work out here but we remember our friends with thankfulness for fellowship an4 2
4, TR~ SANTA!. luss[ott OJt THE NORTRli:Rl'I CHURCHES. for their work, among us and for the people out here. Before closing this introduction to the annua.l report I would d,raw our attention to the happy arrangement. of connection a.nd co-operation with our friends Mr. and Mrs. A. W- Brandt and Miqs Stenberg of the Swedish Mission in Cooch Bihar. It is Bengali work over there and in many ways a difficult work In a lonely place. We are thankful for eilowship with our friends in Coooh Bihar and the Home Committee in Sweden. BE~AGAHIA DIsrrRICT. Work in the Congregaiion. It seems to us who have been here in the year J 929 that this work has practically been at a stand still. But perhaps it is only an unavoidable result of the times when so freqnent. changes are taking plnce among the station leaders. The centre of the Christian community that eome~ under Benagaria is Beuagaria congregation itself. rrhis congregation has also had its difficultiee thi~ past year. Conditions in the village Kaumahal are very poor. The same oan be said of other places. This is true especia.lly of the central congl'egation, to a lesser d,egree of the small congregations here and there in the country. The greatest ditiiculty of the la.tter is that Benagaria itself takes up most of the time a.nd energy of the missionary who is station leader, and also the greatest part of the funds. The one must be taken ca.re of without neglecting. the others. At the present time the most urgent work see~s tq l'~ lq belpin~ t\1e small~~ congr~g~tiod~.
SIX'fY"l'HIRE ANNUAL RiPOn-f. The year's baptisms' are as follows: From Christian Parents From Non Christians Belbuni 1 1 Gamhar Jithia Dimbadoha... Lalpahari Benagaria... Sapadoha... Sohor, Itor 1 3 ( ) 15 2 8 81 18 Total 49 The workers are about the same as previously. Old Anpi has had a hard time because of some difficulties with her family. Kambo pastor has been sick a great deal. Gradually new energy and younger blood is becoming necessary here. We had the sorrow last year that two of the younger workers made themselves impossible. The one lost his temper 80 completly that he wanted to choke a eo-worker, and the villagers had to separate them. rrhe reason for the quarrel was a chicken. ~'he other was led to pli.rtake in drinking aud dissipation. In spite of these and other weaknesses I believe that the future i~ bright. God has mewy pious S'Juls here, morc then we know about. Ou Clll'istmass Eve a mall came to me to buy a book of sermons. He wa.s unknown to me and was frum H. village where we do not mnully reckon with any faithful Christians. Here a large numuei' take part in the Lord's supper. It seems to me tha.t the possibilities are ~ood for the comming of a new era here. That comes th rough tiw consecration of the heart aud labour, and that a~ain is ofteu attained only through da.ys of trial. \Vhell (~hrist become::;... o o 4 3 4 3 3
~ THE SANTA]:, ~us8ion Olf 'rue blorthern CHtIRCHl:S. great and man becomes small, when t he salvation of the souls is placed above all else, then a new da.y will brake over the congregation. May that come soon. THE CHILDREN'S SCHOOL. The two schools here in the station (there are no boarding schools here) ona for boys and one for girls, have been carried on as usual and' Government has renewed it::, grant. As there is no school house available for the girls they must m~t for classes on the v.eranda or under the ~esj as the weather permits. The two headmasters have given their statistics as follows: Puplis registel'ed 134 average atten BOYS' SCHOOL: dance 83. Result of la~t annual Examination. 01808S. Appet'l'8d. Passed. U. P. 0 2 2..., 4 3 {) L. P. 3 7 6 2 12 9 Infant I A 16 I" () I B 20 15 I C 19 7 I D 36 ]2 Total. 115 67 (Sd) J. Surendra MandaI. GIRLS' SCHOOL: Pupils registered 61. Average attendance 42. Result of la~t annual Examination:
BIX'l'Y-'rHi~D.,ANNUAL REPORT. Class 'Appeared Passed U. P. 5 1 1 4 8 n rj L. P 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 5 5 Infant 51 35 Tota.l 66 48 (Sd) Lodo Hasdak In this part of the country there are no Government Schools. It is therefore of immedia.le importance that we try to get the country schools going. At the end of the year the following figures are given: VILLAGE TEACHER No. Of Pupils Belbuni Khela Kisku 22 Dudhakandor Sagram Marndi 16 Dimbadoha Petor Hembrom 27 Ma.njladi Dibu Marndi 8 ~imanijor Lubin Marndi 12 Buruamchua. Arjun SOI'en 15 Matiajuri Sorkar Murmu 14 Chondongadia Dasmat Hembrolll 10 Atuda. Urnes Haske 19 Sulnnga Rebeka Murmu 14 Gam hal' David Hasdai 20 Jithia Borson Hembrom 23 Also the school in Hor in Sohor. THE IN DUSTRIAL SCHOOL: Doring the past yea.r we managed to put gajvaniled iron roofing on the carpenter school bu ilding.,. The carpenter
8 THE SANTAL MissioN OF 'l'1:le :NORTHERN CalJRoall:S. school is very popular. Every year more apply then we have room for. In the weaving department they have in the past year learned to make a greater variety of things than they were accustomed to. 80me of the new things are quite in demand. Especially some broad pieces of cloth which they use to wrap themselves up in. Government showed us the kindness to promiss us its grant for three years. We are very tha.nkful for that, because it helps us over a period of extensive reparations, and besides enables us to send some young men for further instruction to Serampore and Ranchi, for wea.vers and ca.rpenters respectively. THE PRESS; Besides the monthly paper "The Sa.ntn.l's Friend" and the qua.rterly "The Bengal's Friend" the following books were printed during 1929: 1. Luther's Catechism, 1000, Revised Edition. 2. School register, 1000. 3. Annual Report of the Mission, 400. 4. Annna.l Report, Santali, 600. 5. Luther's Catechirsm in Bengali, 500. 6. Rev. P. O. Bodding's Small Grammar, 7GO. 7. Do~ar Puthi, Santali reader, 1000. 8. Rev. P O. Bodding's large grammar II, 500. 9. New Testament, 3000. With this the whole Bible became (available ill Santali, in ODe book. 10. Sari dhgl'qm, 1000. 11. Boro pahil Puthi, 1000. 12. Daily Shedule for 1930. C. M. S. 13. Calendar in Santa.li for 1930, 1800. 14. Pahil puthi, 2000.
SIXTY THIRD ANNU AIJ REPORT 9 15. Santali Copy Book, '2000. 16. Sadhu Sunder Singh, "Sermons", looo. Besides these books which have been completed there has also been worked on the followi ng : 1. Hymn book with notes, 250, besides stereotyped plates. 2. Arithmetic in S'mta1i, 800. 3. Geography in Santali, 800. 4. Bible Stordes, in Boro. 5. Rev. P. O. Bodding's large g:rammar Vol. I, 400. Besides the printing of books a number of forms etc, have been printed. The Zemindary: \Vith exception of th~ Moluti terl'etory, which has not yet been fnl1y settleu, all the other cases which were pending in connection with the 7.emindary have been setr.!ed. 1'he list of taxes has beell 81'1'angeJ In such a fot'm that it ~hould be easier to follow the wol'k in connection with it. As we bid farewell to the work thanks to so many people for faithful III many ways. God ble~s H is work! * here we owe our work and assistance BASErrKU~DI DlSTJUO'r Mr. Gimne:;; writes. :- We took over the station beginning of March 1929. I was work and I have also experienced great to see w hat God has done from Gausdals ld the looking forward to the much joy. It IS truly and what hij is doing
10 'l'be S~N'l'AL MISSION O~' THE NOR'l'HE&N CHURCHES. among these people. As could be expected we 'have also experienced sorrows and anxieties. A report from the different stations ol1o,,'s: Baromasia. Total number of Christians 93..Jujhar has been transfered and in his pla~e Ragda. has been appointed as a leader. The congregation IS holding together well a.nd there are encouraging signs of life here. A few hea.then young men who are able to read are now bieng instructed for baptism. The old church which was too small has been rebuilt. Average church attendance 39. Baptized: 5 children of Christians and 8 souls from amongst the heathen. Kormo. 1'otal number of Christians 13. On uccouut of the long distance to other churches it was difficult for the Christians here to attend the services. So this yeal' olle of the colllparati\tely poor sa.ntal~ hus built a i;:nall church with hi~ own mouey. 'rhe elders at Baromasia conduct services in Kormo. Average church attendance 14. Baptized: 1 child of Christians and 2 souls from amongst the heathen, Simoldohi. Total number of christians 180. Unfortunately we have experienced quite a disturbance in the coagregation as Baghrae, the leader, was suspected of having fallen into SID. He has not been abll~ to clear himself of this charge and has been dismissed. Jujhar was appointed in his place, and as he is a young man it is a difficult position for him to fill. However, there is now hope that the congregation will soon be built up again, although much harm has been done by the former leader.
SIX'fY THmn ANNUAL REPORT. 11 Average church attendance 71. Baptized 4 children of ChristianE! and 17 souls from amongst the heathen. 3 died. Hatimara. Total number of Christians 57-The workers are the same as last year. We have ~een no special progress in the work here. A verage church attendance 16. 1 died. Kakjol. Total number of Christians 111. The work has been going smoothl~~ with Pitho as lea.der. A day-school and a Sunday-school have been started. Average chu rch attendance 32. Baptized: 1 child of Christians and 2 souls from amongst the heathen. Chandpur. Total number of Christians 165. Lubai, the leader here, seems to be wholehearted in the work and some progress has been noted. Avenlge church nttendance --1-9. Baptized: 4 childt'en of Chri..,ti'llls and 17 souls from among:-;t the heathen. 4 died. Sirampur. rrotal Ilumber of chri4ians :38. The work in this dish-iet is ratline difficnlt The elder, Ba.rsa, is now living in Sirampnr. The work proba.bly has been hindered by the fact that a Christian pargana III the district has again ta.ken up heathen customs. Average church attendence 14. Haripur. Total number of Christians l29. The work here seems to be hindered by the presence of a liquor shop in Pakuria bazar, and the Santals h~itaw to give up their qrin~s. 8.
12 THE SAN'I'.AI, MISSION OF "'HE.NO'RTHJl:RN CHURCHES. Average chulch. attendance 3,0. ;Baptized: 3 children of Christians and 4 souls from amongst the Iheathen. 2 died. Cunpora. Total number, of christians 7 -l. Average church attendance 24 Baptized: 1. child of Christians. :3 died. Sidpur. Total number of Christians lo-t. Anta, a hea.dman, IS sti11 leader of,thlsoongregation~ but. he is assisted by an elderpa.id by the mission. The Christians have on their own initiative and with their own means, oommenced building a new church. The site for the building has been donated by Bhiku of Ba.gjobda. _-\.verilge church Patpabari. attendance 39. 2 died. Total number of Clll'istians 98. It has been a difficult., ear for thil" congl'e~ation. A few of the Christians at Kharipahari \'illage h'\ve disagl'eed regarding some land. The result is that some of them attf'nd church at Tal'lIi where they formerly belodged, and the others continue to att.end services at Patpahari. A school has h,een started ami an elder is now assisting the lea.der, Bhiku, in the work. Average chllj"('h attendance 23. Ba.ptized: 4 children of Christians. 5 died. Basetkundi. Total number of christians 228. We are sorry to report that some of the Christians here as well as a few other places, have backsliden, but we are gladt1bat there are others who have been baptized, and especia.lly one of these, a former ~ovefnment 1;.eacher, h~ given us much cause
slx'fy THIRD ANNlJAL REP0l6', 13 fori rejoicing. He has been 'very eager; to learn auout ChriRtianity. Average churcha11tendauca. 94. Baptized: 8 children of Christians and 17 souls from amongst the heathen. U died. Total number' baptized from all congregations: 31 children of Christians and 67 souls from amongstthe heathen. 1 confirmed, Married 9 couples. Dea.d 2G.. The district council has lllet three times. It has proved to be a useful organisation. We have this year had. religious instruction in 18 government school:3 with average a.ttendance of 212. Our 12 village. schools have had an averuge attendance of 133. (Sd.) E. Gimnes. THE MIDDLE NORTH FIELD. OHONDORPURA (With outposts in SARU A, GADIA PANI and RANHA) TARNI (with outpost CIHAPArrHOR) and SALDOHA (outpost ;\1.USNIA). About the work that centers round Saldoha.nir. Bagger has written in his report. 'file outpost Musnia mig/it become a more importa.nt place than it h~s been. We are thankful to the Deputy Commi. ssionul'. Saut:11 I'arganas) for granting us the lease of the abandoned site of the Dak Dunga.low there f01' C IIlstl'uction of a school. In future we might al~o start out uoor tl'c:u.tment of lepers there iu culluection with tile :::ialduha LL:per Colony (4. miles to the west from t.here). Pastor Udjuat in Tal'ui is gt!ttiug old anj hi~ he"lith has been failing. We must find 11 lllan to l'eplace hi 1l1. Bajrwt has been a faithful ami eager' \\,ol,kel'. In the r~gion round Ranga it is uphill work a.nd ha.s been so for some years, in the old times it was otherwise and, 'we, hope to see truit- 0[' the work o,g'aiu, Ln the rest
14 THE SANTAL MISSION OF THE NORTHER.N CEtuuih:s. of the district the work has been encouraging as thestati.. sties show. Heathens have been baptized that is one thing to be thankful for. Comparatively many young people have been confirmed which is a good sign. The monthly meetings for prayer and bible reading have been continued. A new church ha.s been built in Gadiapani on the site of the original church which was burned down many years ago. The church which had been built at a little distance had become too small, it is now used as a school only. In the working staff this change should be mentioned that the evangelist Ramu (who has been in the Bible School) has been transfered to Bagjohda in the far South because an elder there died. SALDOHA LEPER COLONYA.ND DISTRICT FOR 1929. Mr. Bagger writes :- Also during the passed yea.r have we experienced God's blessing upon the work here in Saldoha. In the colony we have increased the accomodation through ncw building's, so that in a few month..; we will have room f01' 300 lepel's, which will somewhat meet the pl'esent need of this district. rrhere has also been progress in the medical work in spite of the fact, that we have been handica.pped through lack of a medical officer for the last six months. The compounder staff have worked faithfully, and the general state of health i~ felt to have improved amongst the leper inma.tes..\11 increasing nuw ber of children suffering from leprosy are now brought to us, the total Dumber being now 40, of whom about 30 are regularly attending Sunday-school. Seven of them were baptised during the year. Also the attendance at Sunday services and weekly bible-reading as well as at the
SIxTY 'rb1j~d AN.NUAL REPORT. 15 4 day-schools of the colony has been good. S Heathens and 1 child of Christians were baptised. In the District there has been little visible ~ruit. But it was a great encouragement, when a family came> froni the nearest villa.ge Bhalki and asked for baptism, the first Christians of that village. All together 5 hea.thens a.nd 11 children of Christians were ba ptised from the District. (Sd). V Bagger. THE MIDDLE FIELD. MUHULPAHARI, TILABANI, KARIKADOR and DUMKA (with outposts in DUM and RANG A). In the eastern part Muhulpahari II heathens have through baptism joined the congregation. In the region round Dumka. several heathens have been under instruction for baptism and we hope to see them enter. Various hindrances have kept them back (strong oppositif)n from rela.tives or some superstitious fear for the consequences). Partly it is young people who feel themselves attracted by the Gospel. The life ill the collgl'egatiou~ gi,'es good hope for the future. The wurkel's have been th~ same as previously with the exception of Nonda, a young man from Ranga near Dumka. He has been iu the Bible School and is now stationed in his own village where he has a some what difficult task owing to some strong family antipaties. Although it has been a "quiet" year in the largest pa.rt of the district the outlook gives us hope. The Tilabani district is and has always been hard to work, what the reason might be is difficult to find out. The work in the village schools round Dumka has under ~liss Lowes supervision shown progress.
16 THE SANTAL MISSION OF THE Nt:m'rHERN CHURCH~S. Mi~s' THE NORTH-'VEST FIELD. A.' Pedersen has given the following report:- KOROYA. The year' 19!9 the work in Koroya has been' carried on as usual. The workers are the same as last; 'year 'the Station leaaer' Kbudia Nt a.rndi two elders and two biblewomen. The church attandat.'s,basbean good. Total llumher of Christians 15i; Seventeen have moved away and 5 died. We have two Sunday 'sch~ol clases every Sunday morning and 2 classes f-or a.dults, ODe for women ana one for men after s~ice8~ So we have tried to have monthly meetings for the workep8 and tea.chers together for bible stud.y. and prayer,ld8eting~ The Orphanage At' present \ve have 37 children In the home for orphans. Two' babies have been adopted by two christian families in Dumka and two children have returned to their fathers. The same two matl'ons and two nurses are still working ill the orphanage. The School. In our da.y school we have 67 pupils and foul' teachel's. The daily,~ttenda.nce. has been good. RESU~TS' OF LAST ANNU:AL EXA.Mr~ATION :- ellas8' V 9 children appeared () pa.ssed IV :i J, 8 " II[ " 2 2. i, " " " " II 6 6 " " " "
I 10 " Infant. 2nd year II lst'y88t20 J',.Total 61 Majdiha,8IXTY T,BIRD,ANNUAL REPORT. 17 " " 8 " " 16 " " " " 49 " " ".' ',,; 8 Mansin Tudu is still the station leader and together withhirnl;ll'e four elders working in the district. We also have a day school with,24 boys in Majdiha. Most 'of them are heathens. The teacher is a Christian' and is working.faithfully. In Silingi is also a village school with 18 pupils. There a very young teacher ha.s been working about two Y(;la.rsnow and teaches the children outside his 'house in his own courtyard. (Sd). AOlla Pedersen. MAHARO. 'fhe NORTH-"VE~T FIELD. The grea.t e\"ent wus th.l t we got a church III J alwae. :Hiss Lohne hild been staying in ('a.mp out there--it is feu' out NOl th fl'om Maharo-and been working very much for that church. Now we have got it. The Christians out there are people who feel their re:-;ponsibility as Christians, it is a joy to visit them. ~ow we ha"e also starte(l a. school there. It is an outstu.tion of importance. A.s a whole the wo rk has been going on as usual. I have mentioned before that a man ina village out west from Maharo started work preaching to the heathens and walking long ways to vicit lonely Christians without getting ally salll.ry. He is still coutinuing which I am gla.d to be 1. a.ble to report. i. 'rhe olltlook ishopefuj.
18 THE SAN TAl. MISSION OF 'fhe NORTHERN CHUHOHES. DHOROMPUR DISTRICT. Sickness and dea.th have to some extent hampered the work this -year. But it must be said that the workera have been working well aud faithfully. It is somehow a "hard district", there is much drunkenness among the Santals. The workers are at present mostly young but working well together with the old ones. A visit to Dhorompur is always encouraging, I feel. There is a good spirit in the workers and they have a. good hope for the future even if their statistics do not show progress as regards baptism of heathens. It is not always advisablfl to judge the work according to visible results. There is a problem in Dhorompur district about a milch needed church in Amg-aci for which it seems difficult to get a building ground where we can legally build it. :Money has been saved and put aside for the purpose, but whether we shall sncced Ot' we shall have to build the church in some other village where it might lie quite as needed ha~ not yet been decided. 1.'he owner of the huilding gronuj in questio;j i~ Ij\Tin~ ill some other pa.rt of India and his overseers have until now been hindering the church building. The congregation in Dhorompur regrets that 1\11-. Gimnes has been trans ered to Basetkundi. Ab long time as Mr. Gimnes was here in Dumka. he did a very good and useful work in superintending the work in Dhorompur district. And before that as our friends know, Mr. Thu was stationed there for some years. So that the congregation had beoome accustomed to have their own "Saheb", and they miss it hard now. KAERABANI DISTRICT Tf:l~fe is P'Qthin~ pa.rticularly new tq tell about the work
SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL UPORT. 19 in this district. There are no mass movements toward Christianity here. Peo.ple. in this distriot are hard. They are not anxious to hear the Gospel. However, the year has not been without fruit. Twenty people have come over from heathen and have been baptised. And of these twenty there are some who had to. endure a deal of persecution at the hands of their relatives arid friends. But, nevertheless, they adhered. So we can surely say with joy and thanks that the Lord has been with us in the work. In addition, two families, who were among the backsliders, have been readmitted to the oongregation. We are sorry to report that it was found necessary to excommunicate about ten members. It is a difficult task to excommunicate people from the Christian congregation, but it is sometimes neces. sary, in order that all ma.y know that not everything is tolerable among Christians. That which makes the work so difficult here in the Western Field is the presence of so many backsliders. The staff of evangelists has not changed at the main station and the out-stations. 0, how we wish that we were all more eager and spirit-filled. Two of our evangelists have passed away, but we have not filled their places. In this a good deal of caution is necessary. Our new young pastor continues to be in every way a desirable and praiseworthy worker. He is very zealous. As far as the village schools are concerned, we feel that it is difficult to gather the children. It is perhaps the fault of the teachers that there is so little progress. The latest Conference decided to do something to encourage village school work, and we hope that it will help. Concerning the congregation's internal growth and development we feel that matters are moving in the right direction, even though slowly. Attendance at services is improving~ L.i~ewiBe it seems tqat larger and larger nllmbers take part in i
,20 THE 8ANTJ.L MISSION 0F TRM NORT.JIERN CHURCHES. "the Lord's tjupper. 'ilhere alte some people who 'have requested individual OOmmullion -.oups.'it -maybe that the ll88:of" Jntlmdasl chauees will cause more to take part. 'th~ 'cus~m_aj'y monthly woi;neq's JDeetings are h~jd, with ~911ec~joJUi. f()rtlte bedeji~ of the. popr. Part oftb~ fup,d is ued '~8upport.a Biblewoman Ilnd a girl,at Maharo. Further:Qu>re, the' Christmas presents for the Biblewomen are paid. for Ollt of this' fti.nd. the wqmell's weekuy pray,er meeti~gs oontinu.e.. At acoltgr_ational meeting held early in the year it was.decided that a nee bank should be storted for the benefit of the poor. The p.eopje gathsj"jid a eonsider&bje amount. "pleased-to see hojvwell theydidiotbis. I was whole we feel that the work is progressjng III Onth~ the right direction and that God is helping to estawish the work. And finally I want to express our heartfelt thanks to our friewls in the homelands. We remember you constant. J y and thank God for your help. Kr. Distad. K:AERABANI MIDDLE ENGLISH AND TRAINING SCHOOL. The seb~ol year 1929 was a Imppy and pl"",nt y~r of work. We felt that the ~pirit and attitude of ~be. boys, to~.rds theil', lv9r~ h,d itnpj'()v'~.over tht' p~vjous years. T~, r~ho.{'. ~n.l:ltjsfi&qtory resultqf the p~vious Yl$r in tp~-. finq,1 e~mjnation h$d put Q. bit of fear' into th~dljpds 9f the bo;ys. F.Jl.rtbe~mor~" 1 d.i~qljlhjed sqme bol~ who ti.eem~d
SlX1'Y 'fhibd ANNUALBBPORT. 21 to be at school mainly fbi' the purpose' of, eating. This too htid 0. quickening eifec!t. It brought 'tbe rool number dbwd a little; but I think the generi:l effect, was gooo. The higher classes remain large. Last year's Seventh Cia, il1; which there were 44 and of ""hick 38' appeared for examination, was Kaerab<lfii's largest grad:nating class. Of the 38 who were sent up, them were several for 'whom we had very little' hope, but they were such &erys' as have been in the school many years. So I - thought it best to gi~e tbe'm a cbance to try the Government examination, with the understanding that if they failed they could not reenter the so'hool. However, we were happy about the restt1t, everythin'g considered. Dalu Soren,a Santal boy who is the only Christian in his family, r&~ived a scholarship. We are very happy about Dulu, because -he gives promise of b~coming a good Cliristian worker. Tile other boy w~o received a soholarship is son of our Head Pandit. Besides these two scholarships, our boys reoeived five distinctions and three honours. W espent considerable time on agriculture. During the rainy season the boys had very good vegetable and Hower ga.rdens. I t is so difficult to get vegetables for the boys in this out-of-the-way place, that we are very gla.d when the garden yields well. They are ju~t now beginning to eat of their cold season vegetables. In a letter to' the papet's 1 have told a.bout the rice which the boyr raised this year. \Ve iri~end to extend this work. We are especia.lly interested in instructing the boys concerning seed selection and fertilizers. The beaching steji remained a.bout the same. Jonas Mahamihad to be permanently dropped on- account- of illn~ss;
22 THE SAN TAL MISSION OF THE NORTHERN CHUROHGS~ Anthony Benham, the young N epaii who was fostered ld Benagaria and has since become a matriculate, filled out the year. He helpedespeoially with the Scouting and athletics. The Sunday Sohool has been carried on with three classes a8 usual. But we are contemplating a change whereby we shall have at least eight olasses. Severa.l boys have been baptized and some have been confirmed. It is our policy to admit only a few non-christian baorders, and only those who come recommended by some pastor or elder. These sometimes beoome ba.ptised while here at school. The boys are faithful in churoh attendanoe. We feel that the spirit of the boys is good. The leaders among the boys are the best boys. Progress has been made In singing during the.year. Jacob is still the fa.ithful leader. He goes down to school early and lat~ to drill the boys in music. He seems to have a - passion for music. The band has played a number of times, but there is a deal of room for improvement in this work. Perhaps the three outstanding events of the year were the visits of Sadhu Sundar Singh, the Director of Public Instructionas, and the Governor. The Sadhu visited us early in the year. Crowds gathered from everywhere to hear him speak. The boys seem to have bean profoundly affected by his visit. They often speak of him and his message to us. The Director of Public Instruction, Mr. FawcuB, visited us in Maroh. It ie the first time that the ('.hief educational officer of the province has visited Kaerabani. He seemed to be interested in Santal education. He made several suggestions with regard to extending the work. He recommen-
sttty-'l'hird ANNUAL REPORT. ded the establishment of a High School for Santals. He approved of giving the Sant&ls a more practical educa.tion. The visit of His Excellency, Sir Hugh Lansdowne Stephenson, Governor of Bihar and Orissa, has been described fully in an artiole for the papers. We oertainly appreciated the visit of His Excellency. Our pla.ns for the future include more parctical handwork and carpentry. My wife has taken up a deal of school work. She IS In the school practically as much as I am. We both enjoy the work. We pray that we my receive strength from the Lord to carry on. We ask our friends at home to remember our boys in their prayers. Sincerely, Bernhard Henand. KAERABANI MISSION M. E. & E. T. SCHOOL. 1. Middle English School 1929. A ve rag A No. for the last twelve months : Boarders 191 Day Scholars 50 Total 241 Average daily attendance Boarders 170 Day Soholars 35 Total 205
EmminatJi()n ReSUlts for' the year 19'18. " " " Total Boarders.. 811% Day Soholarif frio For both, 8P% Gov't. M. E. Exam. VII Class 19 appeared 6 passed (1 J>aard6l' a San thai ChriRtian ~oy received a scholarship) VI Class 39 appeared 3G passed V Class 43 33 IV 51-34 lit 52 40 II 20 20 Total Boarders appeared 175 " " passed 131 Percentage 74.85 Total Day Scholars appeared TofB1 Day Seholars passed Percentage Pereentap, f.or, both 49 224 3& 77.55. 7.5.40 ~ination Results for the Year 1929 169 Oo.v't. M. E. Exam. VII Class 38 appeared 22 pas~ed (Two ~~:; ",!, : boys received scholarsliips~ 8 passed with Honours, and 5 with distinc..,'11:,,.-i.;u I tion.)
,;SlxtrY.. THlRD.AJlNUAL REPORT. "25 VI ClasS V IV " lit " II " Tot..l Bparders.appeared 177 " "passed 16 1 Percentage 85,31 Tot&l Day Schola.rs appeared 34 " " " pmled 26 P~cen~e 7tL47 Percentage of both 83.88 2. Elewelltary Tr~ning SchoOl " 33 appeared 28 p.ssed 31 29 47 43 38 32 24 23 Average Roll for the last 12 months 5 Average attendance 4.2 Percentag-e of attendance 8400 MAH4RO GIRLS' SCHOOL. "My 80ul praises the God and does not forget His benifits"psalms los; 2. I feel the need of placing these words over my annu al report. That does not mean that we had no difficul. ties, for, we always have a little' of that also. But,the Lord b.as been so near to us and blessed os in so many ways. We have felt the blessed 'pe&0e' anti comfort of t1t~ Holy Spirit. We have also heen.favour(mi, with tw~: won derful :yisits--'-first, 8adbu Su~dar Singh in F~ruaryJ and later from 1&. B. '8. Yunas in July. Both of these men were of great ':blebsi1'jg to us, and the' Lord used the~ to
26 THE S.A~TAL MJ$SJON OF THE NORTHERN OBUROB1I:8. bring salyation.; ad~ r~generation to our congregation. As nothing has been heard about our dear Sadhu or from him since he last April left for Tibet, it looks as if he has been called to the Great Rest. He sent me his last new book with a good letter a few days before he left. He writes there that he has learnt to love the Santals and that he remembers them in his prayer. Our 240 ohildren have for the most part been very healthy during this year. The work has gone well and several have received stipends from the Government to continue their studies. Our new Teachers' Training Class bas given us grea.t joy and encouragement, and both the C. M. S. and Scottish Missions have sent their students to this class. It has been a great joy to me to work with them. We have also obtained a good teacher for this class-the daughter of our Pastor Dhononjoy. Up till now we have not received help from the Government as far as money is concerned, but we have hopes that we will get it; and they have also given us recognition and showed us t sympathy in other ways. Miss Lohne went home o.n leave in the beginning of September., She used to visit the villages and looked after the women and children, and helped' all the sick ~ both here' at.th~,school and in the district. We ask a,l,l;:onr friends [that they will accept.j" our heart-feit greetings both from our dea.r students and from 'iite w~ol~,~dji'e;atioq, We ~haqk lou for your 'help
SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL BPOnT. 27. and for remembrance in prayer. We thank those who ha.ve sent presents to the children. Remember that our dear Saviour will reward again for all that you do for His little children. About two weeks ago we had the joy of again welcoming our dear friend Nancy Diesen on her return to Maharo. She is, however, expecting to go away again in order to study Hindi when our new friend Miss W oui comes in the last part of January. God bless you all. Miss Anna Jensen December 31st. 1929. BENAGARIA DIVINITY SCHOOL. Before the school started this year 21 Santals had applied for admission. Some of them had scarcely any training and they were asked not to sit for the entrance examination. Fourteen candidates appeared for the entrance examination and of these twelve were accepted. During the year we got a new student from our mission and one from the Church of Scotland San tal Mission. But out of these fourteen students only nme completed the First Year. One of the students had to be sent home on. account of illness and four students had to be sent away on account of disobedience. During the year we have gone through the first IS chapters of the Gospel aocording to St. Matthew, the Introduction to the Writings of the New Testament, the Geography of Pa.lestine, the Prophets in the) Old Testament~ ij
28 THE SANTAL lussion OF THE NORTHERN OHURCHES. the Church History of,pe1'8i& and Arabia up to the Mohammedan Period, and we have gone throngh extracts from the Church History of India. There has. been delivered lectures in Homiletics and there has been given instruction in English, Copy-W rltiog, Song & Music. K. R. Ghosehas been teaching the English Olass. Mrs. Thu has given instruction in Song and Mnsie. For about two months Miss Holten acted as 8ubstitute for Mrs. Thu in the singing olass. Fonr times a week Mrs. Thu has gathered the wives of the students for sewing and Bible study. Two of the wives \\pere illiterate, but they hoo ve learned to read during the year. To promote the spiritual life of the students we have let the stud'ents in turn oonduct the daily devotional meetings and once a week we have gathered in prayer meeting. Once a week during the first term the studeuts preached the Gospel to Non-Christians in the surrounding villages. In oonneotion with the M.issionary in charge of Benagaria Mission station the students have conduoted the Sunday Sohool class for boys. Once a month we have had sooial evenings where we discussed practical subjects which rise in oonnection with a. religions life. The Annual examination was held in the ~iddle of November and in the begiodiag of December. The result of the examinatioa was very satisfactory as the studen ts got from 684' to 84% of total m&tks. Rev. Gaus~al and
SJXTY.THIRD A.NNUAL REPO.wf. 29 Rev. Kamp'P acted as Censors, In the middle of March the school had the great privilege of attending the Santal Convention which was held at Bamdah. And at the close of the year we attended the Convention of the Federation of the Evangelical Luthern Ohurches in India held at Ranchi. Both these meetings were of a great experience for the studants. Some of them had never travelled by train before and they had not seen more of In.dii than the part of Sa.nta! Parganas In which they were born and bred. Now they got the. opportunity not only to see parts of India bnt they also got an opportunity to meet and to make friends with Indian fellow Christians from different provinces of India. In the past year the school has been visited by Pastor C. H. Koomar from the C. M.. S. It was a great pleasure to listen to what he had to tell about the beginning of the O. M. S. work among the Santal!. Flom our own mi8~i\)n the school has been viaited by the Reverends Winding, Gausdal and Kampp. R&v. Winding told abou~ the mission work in Assam. Rev. Gausdal delivered a series of lectures on Hymnology and Rev. Kampp gave a series of lectures on Hinduism. The old school building which WaS nothing Jess than a miserable hut has been rebuilt a.nd is now much better suited as a school house than it forcuerly was. The work with the nine 8tud~nts who completed the First Year has been a real pleasure. They have worked diligently and faithfully and they have helped each other hy a.~r",,~giag OQlloquitl8 where the toors ~okwa.rd students
30 THE SANTAL :MissION OF THE NORTHERN CHURCHES. have had an opportunity to compare notes with the more advanced students. A spirit of Christian love and real brotherhood has been felt amongst the students and if they will go on as they have. started we may be SUfe that they will be good and faithful servants in Christ's Church among the Santals. Arne Thu. NARAINPUR BENGALI WORK. Mr. Kampp writes. We felt the first part of the year as a more fruitful period for the work than the latter half, during which much disease occurred and also a bad woman became the cause of hindrance in several places. Particularly an epi~ demic of Beriberi proved very serious. Some cases also among the Christi ans proved fatal, while others of the patients have not yet entirely recovered. We lost the teacher o the girls' school during that period, so it has been almost at a stand still since. It is only at the be ginning of the new year that a new lady teacher has arrived to take up the work anew. OUf Bible woman also died j she was with us for a few months only, but did good work during that short time. Her name was Khiroda Bala Bisw&s. She came to us from Margram, where she was formerly a teacher. Also a strong reaction both from Hindus and Mohammedans on account of the previous baptismals caused much opposition against our work and a temporary check. As usual many came here to Narainpur for medicine.
SIXTY THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. We took down 1059 names in that connection. The con. gregation here took the first steps towards cultivating a plot of land tha.t it is hoped in a few years time will yield sufficient to support a pastor here. Four young men came here for teaching in the hope of becoming p~eachers in time. Of them Cornelius Honomali Rojok passed by the end of the year the final examination of our course, but hopes in future some time to have a chance of reading on at Serampur. The other- three continue their studies while assisting the elder preachers at various places. At N alhati Srinath Biswas, at Tilabani Bipin B. Sircar and at N arainpur Romesh Ch. 80rkar continue as before. The last named lost his wife 111 October and was himself unable to work for a long time owing to illness. At Rampurhat J. Mozumdar continued, having been ordained a minister. He also had much illness to contend with. At Benagaria Atul Babu continued his work at the bospital 8S before. The paper "Hongo-Bondhu" has appeared regularly. Church rituals in Bengali for all occasions were printed and published at the beginning of the year, being the same as used in Santali in our mission. Also a translation of Luther's Small Catechism was published and a few tracts and hymns in Bengali. In March we had a small Bengali convention here at Narainpur. During the rains the younger men here formed an association, called "Sowalochona Somiti" for the purpose of mutual help and stimulation towards better undet'standing of Christian life and activity. We are still longing for more missionaries to come out and join this branoh of the work, and the longiug is rat~er intensified as the time is nearing when we are due to f;o si
home on furlough. 20 were baptized during the year, of whom 12 hom Hinduism, 1 hem Mohammeda.nism a.nd 7 were ohildren of Christians. Besides one Mohammedan was baptized near ~set,kundi in connection with the Santal congregation there. H. P. Kampp BENGALI WORK IN DUAtlKA. ltfr. Sh-car pas been_ alone in the work, visiting viua ~J bolding services and carryin.g on witlt the reading foom wor~.. Owiqg to ~v~ral qircumstances his helper Da.~l OJ~a has had to live in his ho~e near Kaerabani. W ~ hqpe to ~et him bach; to Dumb very soon. One of the chief difficulties is the language problem, the Non-Santal population speak different dialects. During the year we have by a. sort of makeshift acquired a house which could be used for a acheol. DINAJPUR. MALDA. RAJSHAHI. The dil!ltances between the congrega.tions are very much gre~ter than we are accostomed to in Santal Parganas. The Sant~18 live much more scattered than in -the " old country" or in the A!sam colony. A large number of them have not got land of their own but are working for others. They might be earning more in thil!l way than th~y would be able to in Santa} PtTgafta-s. but their oatlook is uncertain. AccorcHng to my Impre8sioas maoy ef
SIXtY 1BiBV ANNUAL.l!lPORB~ 88 the Santals now living in these districts will after Bome few years ha.ve moved away to other distriots. But neverthe.. less here and there a Santal village might. be found where they have got land to cultivate which is their own as far as this could be said under Indian circumstances (the landowner is the zemindar). In such places Santais might oould bo found who are oompared with the Santals in the old oountry rioh people. Such people are not likely to to emigrate. A oertain Santal element will no doubt continue to exist in these regions, but always as a minority. For some years a movement to the North has been going on, especially in the Rautnagor "corner" of Dinajpur district. Here we have spent most of the Jubilee Gift of 1926 in building a new church with mud walls and corrugated iron roof. The old church is now used partly as a school partly to accommodate elders who come together here for meetings. The church was dedicated and the leader Mongol ordained after the year had closed. Mongol is doing a good and faithful work out from this centre. Many SantalR have been passing along the road just outside the station on their way to the "closed land" Nepal. And no many are returning by the same road as they are not allowed' to stay on in Nepal. Some of these are not trying to settle in the neighborhood. Most of them are very poor as yet earning a livelihood as day labourers. VVe hope thai many of them will become Christians. There is no doubt that Rautnagor is already an important mission station and will become even more so iii the future. It will relieve pastor J alpa to some extent that we have now got a pastor there. 'fhe. work has been going all in the three districts verr lduch as ~n ~h~ :previous yeaf ~D(~et the supervibioq
84 i'he SANT4L MIBSrONOF THE. NORTHERN CHURCHES. of pastor Simeon in MaIda, pastor Champai in R~j8hahi and pastor Jalpa In Dinajpuro Jalpa has a.lso had some supervision of the work in th~ two other,distrioth as before. The 1\1. E. Boarding School in Narayan pur (Jalpas i~tion) was visited by Mr. Helland who reported good progress. For details see the statistics. I. Congregation: GRAHAMPUR. THE 8.ANTAL COLONY, ASSAM. The work here has gone 8S usual, with Lokhon Elder assisting us. The church attendance has Leen good, and many ha.ve partaken of the Lord's Supper. 'fhere are 1043 christians. 39 childt'en of Christians and 16 from amongst the heathans were ba.ptized. There were 34 boys and gir Is confirmed, and 9 couples married. HARAPUTA. This is our largest congregation, with a roll of 1550 memhers. Ratia pastor and Doman Elder a~e still carrying on the work here, being assisted by the ladies residing there in the Sunday School, Confirmations classes, and the l:riday rneetings. There were 82 chilaren of Christians, and 27 from the heathan batized. 50 boys and girls were contirm ed, and 23 couples were married.. MANJADABRI. This is the smallest congrega.tion, there being 488 mem ~l11. f>qrqued. Khela Pastor has been ill better healt~ this
year, -an4 has bee_~ ab~e to d~ some missionary work besides his regular ra8toral~uties. Kalidas Elder h_as been made a full time elder. -26 ch.ildren of Christians and one f~om the heathens was baptiz~d here. 19 were confirmed and 4 couples married. RANTZAUPUR. There are 119G Christians on the roll- here. Kisun Pastor ::Lnd Saona Elder are continuing here. They are not of one mind, and work very poorly together. 'iv e hope this condition may change, otherwise it may be necessary to shift them to othel' fields. There were 44 children of Christians, and 12 from among the heathens baptized here. 29 WE:re confirmed, and 23 couples married. II. Self-Support. Altvgether the work has gong on fail'ly well In our congregr.tions this year. The Pa~tors and ElderH have worked hard, and there has been a real desire to adv&.nce the Kingdoln of God. The Pdoston now keep the accounts for each congregation, and the Church Councils have assessed and coliect~d membership duos, which has been set at Rs. 4/- per family annually. 'i\t e have a small balance after paying a large de ecit from last year, so it can be said tha.t the congrega.tions are self-sustaining..a. total sum of Rs. 6139-6-3 \Vas collected in the Colony,whell we include tha.t collected for the Haraputa. new Church and fu!' VillagA Schools. HI. Village Schools.. 'Va have employed' 19 teachers -in 11 schools. 'Ve co:ubined in Hl1raputa and Grahampilr, having two teachers 6
36 TBE SANTAL MISSION OJ' ~.'HE NORTHERN CBUIlCBES. -in each school. We beheve that the solution of villagt:l schools lies in cooperation, having more than one teacher in each schoo], so that the pupils may be divided into classes. But the parent.s are unwilling to send the children any distance, and the teachers find it hard to cooperate, so it is no easy task. But with patience and persistant persuation something might be done. There are 652 children on the rolls. IV- Village Elders and Biblewomen. We try to keep one Yillage Elder and one Biblewomen in each village, or hamlet. Their talents are often few, and their work is done in all weakness; but we be1ieve that they also have their share in the work of building the Kingdom, and many of them are lights in their villages. They are all unpaid. v" Dispensary. No change here. Our Compounder, who has had only 3 months training in Benagaria Hospital, is a geed man and well meaning but he is not able to cope with all the sickness we have here. He sells much mediljine, and calls on many sick both in the Colony and outside, and does what he can to alleviate pain and suffering. He has sold a good. deal of medicine, as has also been done in the Bungalow. We need a European Doctor very badly here. Wonder when he will come? VI. The Loan Fund. Loan Fund Capital January 1, 1930 Deposits, iotal Total Capital under care.. Rs. 88, 706 9 0 18, 560.. 2.3 57, 266-11 3 VII. The Grahampur M. E. Boarding School.
SIXTY -T HIB,D ANNU AL REPORT. The attendance is lower than it was. This can be explained by the fact that now each boy must bring his own food, instead of eating in the Mission Boarding, which was always run at a great loss, and of which the fees could Dot be collected. We feel that this is a decided stip in advance, and in the direction of self-support. The teaching staji is not the best. We have changej teachers, and our present Hd. Master and Rd. Pundit are both Hindu. We hav~ a new pucca-building, which is a great boon to us who before had to live and have classes in mud and str~w huts, which are always out of repair. The statistics are as follows: September 1928-Decembel' 1929. Total enrollment 108 85 Average attendance 92 58 No. of Boarders 16 57 Average attendance 72 53 Average Average Holl-Attendance-Roll-Attendance Classes A. & B. 40 36 24 17 Class 1 11 9 Ii 9 Class II 15 13 8 6 Class III 23 18 ~2 15 Class IV )5 13 11 6 Class Y 3 2 6 4 Cless VI 1 1 3 2 One hoy appeared and passed in the Government M. E. Examination. J. ){. Girtz.
38 THE SAN'l'At, )flssion OF THE NORTHERN CBURCHES. MORNAITEA ESTATE. We are thankful to the Lord of the Harvest for giving us "another good year. In the statistics for Mornai it will be seen that the total number of Christians has increased consider~bly. This is-due to the fact that J'oepur, a. village in the Colony, has been added to the Mornai Congregation. Petor Pastor has again this year shown by his efforts that he has the Lord's work and the saving of souls at heart. Ten children of Christians and two souls from the heathen have been baptized, and there are at present eleven under instruction for baptism. A class of fifteen were confirmed" in. March and thirty boys and girls;~are now receiving instruction for confirmation. The Sunday school, sewing school and Friday afternoon meetings for.women have beeu well attended. There are fifty children enrolled ) n our day school and our two teachers, Petor Hembrom and Bijoy Das have been doing good work. The two village elders and three Bible wom~n have been fa.ithful in conducting services in the villages. 'l'he Joepur Villagers have bui1t a new meeting bouse in which to gather for their' evening devotion!:!. In November we had the pleasure & Mrs. Eie back to Mornai after an than two and a half years. of welcoming Mr. absence of more J;nthe practical' work we have had another, good year. Tea. prices ha.ve been low and mcny gardens have worked at a 1081:;, but God has' a.dded His blessing to the work
SiXTJ-THIRD 'ANNUAL REPORT. 39 in snch a way that we end the year with a substantial profit. We return thanks to Him for His ble~sings and we wish to thank all our friends who remember also this branch of the work in their prayers. ST ATISTICS. Baptized children of Christians 10 " from the Heathen 2 Confirmed 15 Married couples 2 Average No. of Communicants 66 Church collection during the year Rs. 509/7/3 Mornai January ]3, ]930. o. S. Bjerkestrand. HARAPUTA. One big indeed the big event of this year IS the building of one sorely needed new churd) Lut as it is entirely in the hand of our Colony Supt. l\fr Girtz will relate the details. As previou.sly my work has been in the district trying to he!p the women get most possible blessing from their weekly meetings, taking care of the sick in so.. far as is possible, and teaching the confirmants. (a) In the village work we feel the loss of two Biblewomen discharged because of witnessing' a, heathen festivity and two Biblewomen also of Haraputa. congregation have passed a. way; one.an ::ald:: tried. ': Uhristian and::. the :! ether; a. young mother. Harapnta congregation womens meetings ofieribg
40 THE SANTAL MISSION OF THE NORTHERN CIiUROiiES. amounted in 1929 to Rs. 438. At our monthly meets with the village Biblewomen we have throughout the year been studying Acts. (b) Some of our sick and ailing folks come here for treatment but as I have no quarters for keeping them here, they either return to their homes or stay with relatives iu the immediate neighbourhood. Others I see in their homes. (c) One Harapnta. confirmation class was started in September with an enrollment of a little better than 50. Most of these girls and young women are daughters of Christian parents, others are grown up young women who seek instruction for Baptism. One young woman came for daily help and was baptized some time ago but she still attends the Sunday classes and seems to be a promising Christian. Her parents, broth ers, and sisters are all still heathens. Several others in the c!as~ are being instructed for Baptism. This field offerds a splendid opportunity to sow the blessed story of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. For some little time I have been taking charge of the confirmation class of Manjadabri. This class of young girls gi.ves me much real joy and encouragement. Both classes hope to be confirmed some time during May. The year so it seems, has been a good one, 1.'he LOl'd IS working! Dagmar Miller. HARAPUTA GIRLS' SCHOOL. 1'he first of.march 1929 I began my work at Haraputa Girls Sch~I. And it seems to me the year was a goed
SIXTY~THIBD ANNUAL REPORT. 41 one. There has been no serious illness amongst the boarders. And I feel that is mnch to be thankful for. When I came here I found a good decepline in the school, both in the classroom and out. And 80 I have tried to carryon according to that rule 80 well known by girls, housemothers, and teachers. Now and then some sad things will happen. And we feel our own helplessness and how lithe we can do in our own strength And so in this place too. But at such times God showed me who is leading the work, and how wonderfull He can change sorrow to joy. At the beginning of the year we had about 40 girls in school, 16 being boarders. After the mid year holiday there were a.bout 60 coming to school, amongst these 26 girls were boarders. In the villages here near Haraputa are girls enough to fill a big school, and it seems to me the people are getting more interested in the school work. And the girls themselves seem to be enjoying coming to school, and that to me is a great encouragement for the future. There had much real pleasure in teaching a class of about 50 boys and girls in the Sunday School on Sunday mornings. M. Buttedahl. JOEMA DISTRICT. The work has been very much the same as last year. Not nearly so many have been baptised, but many are under instruction at differnt places. The work has been divided, so that Mr. Kristiansen looks after au the Boro work except the Boro work at
~ THE SANT.1L,}llSSION,:,OJ!" THE NORT~EIt~ CRURCHES. J~a., itself and the p~ople' who attend church here. Because of this division the number of Christians in the ~tatistic have decreased ~ut are put up under Gaurang.,The same applies to number of b8cpti~m, churqhes, and "church contrihution. 'One Santal church has been dedicated -far East neal' the Manas 'river at Isaipur" village for people who nave.moved' out 'there from 'the Santal Colony. Also a small 'Bora' cburch has bee'n built near Joema at Samajhora 'village. We have got a few more sohools and more 'pupils jn the schools. We had the great sorrow to loose our alle.teacher at Mokrambel who died quite suddenly, and have not I been able to replace him yet. In all we have regular Sunday services at 14 different places.,va feel the great need of more pastors, evangelists and teachers. Besides the contril,utions, from the Boros here West (who thi~ year paid the money to me) Rs 456 -,5 3 and from the.santals Hs 804-15 - 6 all churches have been kept in repairs by the Christians themselves. Also half of village school masters pay have been paid by them. Our boarding school lor boys at J oema has done well. Government has beem good to give grant in aid towards.~ers,sa.lary and have also giv,en. a. building grant for hostel We also got a scholarship for one of our boys who appeared in government. exajdiu~tipn at Dhubl'i. At the dispensary quite It'.n umber ofsiek poeple have.been: helped.
48 Baptised Children of Christia ~s { Heathen Confirmed Marriages Contri butions Santal pastor " preachers Boro Schools " Pupils Teachers Biblewomen Sunday schools Christians RB. 88 55 12 11 1261,- 4-9 1 14 3 10 202 12 2 3 1;;91 H. "rinding GAr RANG. Oue event in the work of the Mission add especially in the work among the Boros is that the new station, Gaurang, was built in 19~9. Up to the summer vaoation we stayed in Joem3, but since Ootober we have lived in the new station. The statiod is practically located with regard to the work, and quite comes up to expectations. At Joema I had the joy of ba.ptizing 36 Boros, but besides the~e there have not been many batisfi)s during the year, those that, ha.ve been being chiefly ohildren of Christian parents. The rewfojl for tllis i. t4at the Boros. 7'
4,4 THE SA.NT.&LlII~ION 01' 'EH& NORTHERN OHUROHES. have a marked tendency to move from one place to a~other. It must be sa.id that the doors are open and that -there are great po.ssibilities amongst the Boros. From a recently I m1.de estima.te we find that there are 579 -Boros who I are waiting to be ba.ptized, but it is very difficult to provide I faoilities for instruction of that number of people, who live sca.ttered in a. la.rge district. There are 705 baptized Boros in Gaurang District. As the n_me Gau rang district is a new term, it is probably well to explain it a little. The Ganrang district is the country: lying outside of the Colony aqd extt-'nding as far east as the Danos river. This does not include the territory covered by J oema and the Boros living there, who na.turally go to Joema Church, where they have two Boro elders. At a conference with the Scottish :Vli~sion the Sankhos river was decided upo;.:. as the western boundary line, but on the condition that the Scotch mi:ssionaries, at Ie.1'it te:nporarily, have permission to work among their Christians in our district. The American Baptists work among the Boros ill the eastern pa.rt of our district, a.nd have a few Curisti:l..ns there. In Gaurang district ther'e are 11 small churches built by the Boros them~elves, besides the, large ~hurqh at Gaurang. Thtlre arti 14 elders, but ~everal of these receive only ha.lf pay. There is a -great ~eed c f~r more Elders and those that we have are greatly ~n need of more instrllction.,frequently people ask me for an Elder and the need is usually great. Another definite need is for more teachers. The Boros ar~ beginnin~ to understand that in order to hold their own,in tbe battle for existence, they must have more -education. In jihe' non-rchristian Boro villag-es one frequently finds 'that. there are sohools. In many places they: ask me
SIXTY;''1'lURD ANNUAIJREPORT.. 45 to send them a teacher. FOl'the preservation of the Boro iltoguage, schools taught in that language is a necessity. In 1929 a small Reader was printed in their own language and a Bibl~ stories from the N. T. have been sent to the Press. Here in Gaurang ~ group regularly gathers in our little Church, many coming from long dista.nces, and we have a..cla.ss that is receiving instructions 01' baptism. Wo have a small Evening school for young men, and a class in the, afternoon for women, and soon we hope to have a little school for children. A. Kristiansen. Dr. Mrs. BODDING'S REPaRT~ There is much that might be mentioned,. -but an annual report is sca.rcely the place to go into details, however much~, one might be tempted to do so. Hence these few lines only. The work has during the lacjt twelve-month been ca.rriej on very much in the same Wily as in previous year8. My assistant:; ha.ve been the same as last year; they are all fa.ithful and willing j they work well and according to their a-bilities. l'he spiritll!":l.l side of th3 W Jrk ins been ca.rl'ied on about as in previolls yea.rs. \Ye have preaching to all and personal talks with the patients; but we should Hke, as I have mentioned in previous reports, to ha.ve something more than we at present have, a Clrristian" worker with Benga.li or Hindi \)f his mother tonga's...
46 \~ I. c,j THE SAMTAL.IBSlON OF THE 'NORTHERN CHURCHES. The statistios printed here below. will show the numoor of patients arid codsultations. In the verypritnitive conditions of work that we have here, it is unnecessary to mention that there is much that cannot be done, much that I should like to treat, but that it would be unjustifiable to attempt with the very limited assistance and primitive state that I have. It is hard sometimes to have to send a patient away that one might be able to help, if one had not to expose the person to unavoidable possibilities. I am glad to be able to point out that the proportional number of. Santal patients is also this year a little larger than previou81y~ I thank God for being permitted to work j I am grate. ful to the many friends who have included also me and my work in their prayers and love, especially those I should mention who have sent me material assistance, in specia.l cases of snch a nature that I feel the difficnlty of accepting the trust. DURING THE YEAR JAN.-DECBR. 1929 WE HA.VE HAD: New patitmts Consultations Of these the men were and the women The Hindu patients were The Mohammedan " The Santa! non-christian The Christian " " and ~ the Christians were nearly patients were more tha.n '.0 pot. 11.195 18,408 55.95 pet. 44,05 pet. 49,11 pet. 10,28 pet. 88,54 pet. 1,01 pet. au Santals, the Santa!
SI,xrt--THJRD,ANNUAL REP01IT. The id.pa~ients were The operations were 402 471 Christine Bodding. MR. BODDING'S REPORT. Some remarks are due to let our friends know what through God's grace I have been permitted to do during the year now olosed, that is to say, in connection with what is called literary work. As mentioned in previous reports I have among other matters been working on wha.t I have caned Materials for a Sao tali Gramma.r. The first part of this work, dealing especially with the phonetics of the language, cam,e out some yea.rs ago. This is now sold out and a. fresh edition, really a reprint,vith a few, not important alterations, is being printed, and onght to have been ready some time ago; I understand it will be completed in February 1930. A second part of these M.aterials, dealing especially with the morphology of the language, was completed during the year. It is my hope, that it may be of use for those who study the language, whether they are missionaries or others. A third yolume is required to complete the work. Materials bave heen collected for this, but nothing has as yet been writ. ten out. A s bol't gl1~mmar for beginners. has also been edited this year. I should, whoever, be very sorry, if anyone who has to use the 'language shoald rest satisfied with masterjd~ the content! of tbis small book only.,
48; THE SANTAL MISSION OF THE!lORTHE'RN OHUROHES. A third volume of the Santal Folk Ta.leS,' Santal text with English translhtion and notes, has been edited by the Norwegian Institute,for pomparative Cultural Research, Oslo. We have cause to be thankful to the Insti tute for the splendid way in which these materials for the knowledge of the cultural life of the Santals are being made available. In our ~ast annual report it was told, that the Norwegian Academy of Science and IJetters, Oslo, has undertaken to edit the Santal dictionary. Afirstp&rtl of this, containing all words commencing with a' and f) is Qut. With every word the grammatica.l use is shown,examples are,given, and 80 far as possible the etymology is shown, Qf, it would perhaps to be more correct to say, that the origin of borrowed words-and the Santal l~nguage has, a very larg~ amount of these-is shown, besides which, when borrowing cannot, be presupposed, but words having the same or a similar sound and mea.ning in other languages ~re fonnd., these have been referred to. This is especially the case with words occurring in a number of languages found in countries to the East of us. For a number of words origin or relationship has not been tr~eable. My wish ha$ betm to try to make the dictionary the means of Jea.J;nJng - to. know the people, its. way of thinking and living, its ideas, custo~sj culture, etc. This ~eqtlires space. About one third of the whole is ready in manuscript by this time. It is hard work, but I a.m thankful to be permitted to be occupied with it., We are much.,indabted to the Norwegian,Academy' for I pnblismng this work and for the Wily in wuieh;it is done ; the typography and all are :fimt " elasb.:
BIXTY-TlIIRD A.NNUAL,REPORT.' What -other sffia.lr ma.tters may have been edited, I -shall,not ta.ke up space mentioning. This year' has, however,,in one way been important. A.M our friends know, the SBntals have for many years now had the Bible in their own language. But up to this year they have had it in two books,. the new Testament having been edlted in a' small 'size unly, so it could not be bound up with the Old: Testament. When we had finished printing the second edition of the Old Testamen"t, it was decided that the New Test.ment 'Shol,lld lje printed in the same size. In September this was ready, and now the Santals also have their Bible in one volume. I may add that when a new edition has been printed, the translation ha.s been carefully gone through trying to make it as good and faith Eul to the originals as possibie. Better. than others 1 know ho\v much m~ht be better rendered. In many cas~s it mi~ht have been not difficllit to get some easier language; hut this would hilve meant a parai)hr:lse and not,a transla.tion; this I have niit da'red to resort to. I may add, that it has all through ")een a -princ; pie so.far as possi hie to use the language of the villages}. not of those who have got t,leir language more or les:..; "educated". We owe ve1 Y much to the British and Foreign Bible SocieliY for their constant r94dy assista.nce In this work and fat',their hea.rty cooperation all through. Tiley have paid for the printing and the biuding, partly also for the pa.per (most of the pa.per for the Uld Testa.ment wa.sgiven by honie friends). Our friends may like to know that the paper comes from Norway. 'rhe Bible bonnd in cloth is sold 8 t about one,thrrj, I believe, of its cust, apart from. what' it' ha$ east to ~etthe translation.
io THE SANTAL MISSION OF THE.~ORT~'JmN -oaunolies The first copy, beautifully bound in morocco.with glit edges, was sent me from the Ca.loutta I\uxilary, as a present j shortly afterwards they sent me a very cordially worded invitation to become one of their Vice- President, which I gra.tefully accepted. Before everything els8 I humbly thank the Lord that He has permitted me to spend so much of my life in connection with His own word. P. O. Bodding. BENAGARI! HOSPITAJ.J. This last year has seen several changes in the affairs of the hospital, the greatest of which is the retirement of Dr. Bogh from aotive work out here. That he and his family are missed goes without saying, and their absence is oftelj felt during the days work. After Dr. Boghs departure, in March 1929, and until I returned from the hills in June, Dr,. ~nerjee was in charge of the hospital, while Rev. Thu was kind enongh to look after the building that was in progre'88. I am very much iudebted to those two for keeping the accounts a,nd all in such good order', as well as to Dr. '80gb, for arranging things 80 well before he left. There was hardly any difficulty in overtaking either the accounts or the, work. ~r my return in June, I stepped right into the work, and as Dr. Banerjee was 80 run down that he had to go on a VIlCcttioD at once, there was no lack of something to, do nor of an opportunity to practice wbh.t little Bengali that I tla.cllearnt. I :Pale trie4 to reserve an bour ar two ~J',for
SIXTY-TRIJlD ANNUAL REPORT. 51 language studyt but only with varying degrees of succe88, for when the work. in the hospital is. waiting and has to be done, then of course the language study has to Buffer. During the yen,1" the number of. patients coming to the hos,pital has decreased somewhat, but that was to be expected in a year where so many changes were taking place. Otherwise the work has been carried on in much the same way as previously. ~o changes of significance have been made, and the entire hospital staft as well as the other permanent workers, with the exception of' one sweeper, have remained, and are willing and faithful in their work. One often wonder at the amount of work, even that involving a great deal of responsibility, that one can entrust to such a. group of indigenous workers. Of new buildings, the mens division has been completed and taken into use. In its large ward there is room for 12 patients, and in the single rooms there is room for foor more. As the womens division is similar in size, it follows that thel'e is room for 32 patients in this new building. Besides this, one part of the ('old ward" has been repaired, and there is room for eight patients. For all of these we now have "hug proor' iron beds, 8 nd for nearly all a corresponding ver,. nice, little table. In the rest of the old ward there is, room for an additional 15 patients, ma.kiog the total number of boos 55. It is a. source ofgreu.t joy for us to have such nice airy rooms for our patients. The spiritual side of the work is chiefly in the hands of Atul Babu, the Bengali preacher. He does a splendid work among the patients, a.nd has the enviable ability of m~ng friends with them, and in rillterestin~ the individual. in a qonversatioo, ~
'52 THE SANTAL, MISSION OJ' -THE NORTHERN CHURCHES. 'whieb 900ntnms to religious snhjects. He also preaches every day to the oot-patients when they gather on the veranda. Unfortunately he knows very little Santali, and because of that he cannot work much amon g the Santals. For that reason Rev. Gausdal was good enough to let me have the services of one of the elders of the Benagaria station, whose work was to be to talk with and preach to the San tali speaking patients. U nfortunatejy., he has not seemed,to enter fqijy into the w()rk, hut we hope that it will come. Every morning for devotional services~ and on Sunday for Bengali services; the patients are invited to gather with us in the little church cmpel. T.h~y usuauy CQme very faitbfully too.., add many se~m ~ger to hear. Visible re~mlts of this work are ad JDittedly few, but hope that some of the seed sown is taking root even if not visible to us, and it is our prayer that we may be able to work and live in such a manner that some of -God'swonderflll love may shine again from our lives and into the li:ves of those among whom we work. And we do QOOasiaaly have the ebconragement *0 see that one of the patients comes flo htly a. bible or.some smaller pan1- ph lets, or in other ways show theil' interest in learoing more &bqut Christianity.. 'Vhat it may lead to we do not bow. This-last year we also obtained a much needed addition to our staff, in that Miss Holten came to take charge of the nursing at the hospital. We were greatly in need of 'someone to take over that work, and it hasheen a great relief to be able to put it in the hands of someone adequately trained for it. STA XISTJCS. Indoor patients 'Outdoor " 507 12,862