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THE M. E. CHURCH IN AMERICA.

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WOMAN'S FOI\EIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

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lHE M. E. CHURCH IN AMERICA.

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Pl,tINTED AT THE AMERICAN METHODIST MISSION PRESS.

REV. T. CRAVEN, Superintendent.

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BAREILLY.

BAREILLY STATION.

lIRS. JUDD, I MRS. SCOTT, I MISS SW AIN,M. D., J? MISS PULTZ, MISS SPARKES,

LINDA. COlT, M. H. THOMAS, FANNIE MASON, }"ANNIE MOULTON, CLEMENTINE BUTLER,

NA.NNIE, WALAITI, rSRa, NARAINEE.

Misnmaries..

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... ... ... ... ••• ••• Teachet's.

MRS. JUJ]])'S REPORT.

OUR Christian women in Bareilly number about forty, and the work among them has been carried c.n much as ,in former years and with no marked difference in results. Con­stant efforts are made to bring them into the public services, Sun .. day School, social Meetings &c., and we trust they are making a.dvances·, yet the work is one that requires much faith and love. Many of the women were girls that have been educated in 9ur Orphanage, and though they are no doubt far above the women around us, they require great care and instruction. Having been so long considered inferior in intelleot and ca­pabilities, many of them do not even yet comprehend their pri­vileges for improv-ement, and seem content with a mere nominal Ohristianity, bence' the need of constant urging to a higher life. And when we remember how much this is required in

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Christian lands, it is not so wonderful that this is our great­work; here. Severdl are employed as Bible-women and are no doubt -doing much to hasten the day when women even in In­dia shall arise to the position designed for her both socially and morally.

MRS. SCOTT'S REPORT.

Girls or Zenana Schools.

WE have under our supervision sixteen girls' schools among the higher classes, and also three visiting places in different parts of the city, where quite a number of women and girls of the lowest caste are taught every week. Only four of these schools cost the :Mission anything excepting the ex­p~nse of taking the Missionary lady and Bible-women to and from them, but we have every opportunity of teaching the Bible:in the latteT, that we have in these- supported by the Mission, and we fail not to give religious instruction in all.

We have been greatly encouraged in this department of our work during the past year, though we aI'e -not without some discouragements. Gradually superstition an-a bigotry are ghwg way before t,he pure Light Df the Gospel. In the schools, for Hindoo gids especially has there been advance­lllent towards the Light. Some of the teachel's and women whom they teach here become so much interested in the Scrip­tures as they have heard them read by the Bible-women, that they buy ~opies of them whenever opportunity affords from Colporteurs that may be at their melas. They often ask the Readers for copies.

In every school Chl'iBtian hymns are taught, and the Bible read and explained. We met with opposition to this in schools for 1\{ahomedan girls at first, and several left off attend~ iug, but we informed all that unless we might teach the Bible, the schools would be closed, but even in these schools we see luuch to make us glad. Besides these week day schools, we' have two Sunday sohools, in the city. There are in all about

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three hundred and fifty girls and women taught regularly from "God's own Holy word," by the Bible women in our em .. ploy.

There is also a little, school taught at the Mission house for servant's children. In this, besides reading and writing in

,the vernacular, the Bible and Catechism are taught as text books: two of 'the boys twelve and thirteen years old, whose parents are Hindoos, express a great desire t~ become ChI·is­tians.

Bible Women's WoJ'l~.

We have had four Christian women as helpers during the past year. They have all worked regularly excepting Fannie 'Moulton who was unable to work for six weeks during the hot season. Three of these visited in the city every day, but Sun­day, most of the year. Linda Coit's work was among the meldar

women and her labours have been blessed. A whole family in one of the 1nokallaks where she has a school, have declared themselves candidates for baptism. M. H. Thomas and Fan­nie\Moulton had the sixteen high caste schools between them, for their visiting places while Fannie Mason until within the last thl'ee months taught the Mission House school, hut she too is working in the city since October and we ha.vehired a teacher for the little ,school. Mary H. Thomas bas recently been removed with her husband to a village near, where she has opened a good work among the village women. In her place Clementine Butler has been put. We had a woman by that name working. at Pilibheet last year, and for a few months of this year, but her health being poor she gave it up, and we were unable to find A suitable per~on to take her place there­sa we think:we are justified in putting one by that name in our work here. We feel truly thankful that we have such l'eally good helpers in these our n~tiye sisters. Most of then: were educated in our Girls' Orphanage and are now preach­ers' or teachers' wives. May God bless their labours of love.

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Medical Work .. C. A. SWAIN, MRs. JANE SHEHY,

:MRS. REBECCA GOWEN, } J\iRS. EMMA SHIPLEY, JAXE PAUL.

Medical Missioll,ar!J. Zenan,a Visitor.

lJispensU/l'!/ Assi8tants.

The close of the present year finds our long anticipated Dis­pensary and Hospital Buildings quite completed ,and already in use; much o~re has been taken in the. arrangement of the buildings to suit the taste and convenience of native women, and to ensure their seclusion as' far as their customs demand. The Dispensary was opened on the 10th of May 1873. Since t~at time sixteen, hundred women and children }Iave received Medicine at the Dispensary. During the year there have been sixteen indoor patients: three of these were removed by death and five are still with us. The total num­ber of patients treated during the year is two thousand. Two of the girls of our Medical class have given us valuable servioe in the Dispensary, as well as in taking CMe of the indoor patients. The plan of our Hospital is much like that of an Eastern Saraie ( or Hotel) only :nore with a view t~ home

, comfort. A piece of ground two hundred and fifty feet by one hllilldred and seventy-five is enclosed by a wall eight feet high. At the front of this stands the Dispensary building. At the right within the enclosure is a row of Dormitories extend­ing nearly the whole length of the wall. Across ,the end opposite the Dispensary is another row; a little more commo­dious, designed for patients r~quiring more roomy apartments. The opposite side of the enclosure is left vacant. The Dormi. tories to be built when required. In the centre of the enclo­sure is a fine large well so arranged that each modern Rebecca. stopping with us oan draw water for herself, with her own bucket· a.nd rope. as is the oUl;tom of people of caste in India. The grounds are tastefully laid out, and in due time will be beautified with trees and shrll.pberies. The Zenana work has

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been much inoreased during theyear~ We have been called to fifty new fa:milies. Four Bible women and teachers have been regularly employed in Zenana work; under the supervi­sion of Mrs. Shehy who was formerly myinterpreter. It is her duty to visit each family under instruction once a month and direct the Bible women in regard to their teaching and their course of readmg among the women. We also hold meetic.gs on the Sabbath with the women. They are general"; ly willing to listen to the reading of the Scripture and some­times allow us to pray with them. Our hearts were much encouraged last Sabbath by hearing both the man of the house and his wife join with us in reading- the Scripture lesson and in singing hymns and assenting to the prayers.

C. A.SWAIN.

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Working Staff. MISS FANNIE J. SPARKES,} MISS LIZZIE M. PULTZ. • ••

MRs. SEDGEWICK,

MISS .A.nAH RoBERTS, MIss FANNY ROBERTS, MOULVIE, PUNDIT NUND KISBORE,

Teachers.

... Managet·s •

Matron.

MOONSHEE J. WILLIAMS. HARRIET R. SOULE. SARAH MATHEWS. JANE R. GAY.

As the year 1873 draws to a. close, we feel we have abun­dant. reason to be grateful for OF kind Father's care and assistanoe in the work of the year.

The health of the girls has been very good and they have generally performed the tasks allotted them with cheerfulness and energy,. The number at·pr.eseilt is 153 girls, .being a

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larger number than at any' previous time during the history of the Orphanage; twenty-six new ones have been l'eceived du­ring the year, an excess 6f seventeen over last year, and of twenty-two over the year previous. Four of our number have been removed by death. .Harriett Bennet, who died after a severe and protracted attack of fever; Catherine Newman and Mary Alice Smith two little clay eaters: and a few days since Caroline Vandewater who ha? never been well since she came to us a sickly half starved child. Caroline was only seven years old, but was very womanly and old :for her years. She knew she could not live but always said she did not fear to die, and when asked the reason would say, Because I am going to live with J esllS, and I am His little girl. She was very desir­ous that all her little play-mates should learn to pray and only an evening or two before her death engaged . in teaching one of the little girls to say" Our Father," until becoming quite exhausted she begged one of the older girls to finished teach­ing her. Caroline's great wish was to live to enjoy one more Christmas day with us, after which as she frequently told ihe girls she wanted to die quickly; but it pleased our Father to take her home just two days before Christmas.

Two of our nu~ber. ha~g b~~ome hopelessly insane have been made over to the Insane Asylum in this place. Six of our girls have married, and gone out of the school during the year, aU of whom with one exception are employed as missionary helpers.

We have enlarged our Orphana ge premises somewhat during the year. We have now openmg into the main com­pound a large enclosure in Whioh two houses have been built, as a reformatory. We freq~ently have large girls come to us whose former lives have been such as to make it seem unwise to allow them to mingle with the other girls. Three who came this year, we were obliged to put in the reformatory where they

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remained tbree months. They are now living with the other girls and so far aS'we have been able to judge have in every respect beep, consistent.

The progress of the girls in their studies during the year has we think been very good, considering our small corps of teachers. The first class has finished the course of studies marked out for them, but will not be formed into a Medical class, as Miss S wain will not be able to take charge of one the coming year; they will act as teachers in the Orphanage for the present. A few of the older girls frequently visit the Ze­nanas and schools in the city in company with those engaged in, that work, and six of· the first class girls teach regularly a Sabbath school class in the city; others teach classes both in . the Orphanage Day school and Sunday school. In this way they are learning gradually to taKe work and assume respon­sibilities which we hope will be their's to meet in the future.

Our own Sunday School is a pleasant feature in our Or­phanage work. We have been taking the translati~n of the Berean course of lessons and all have:seemed greatly interested in 'the~. Our prayer and class meetings have been attended with the usual interest, and we trust, profit. In this depart­ment Mrs. Judd has render~d i~valuable service.

Twenty of our older 'girls were permitted t~ attend a Camp meeting in November about 30 miles from here, which we think did them much good. They nece'ssarily see sq little of the, world, they are always made stronger by' listening to the religious experience of others: they have returned with a stronger love for Chr~st, and as some have expressed it with a determinliotion to work for others until all in the school shall be converted. We may add thus far their efforts have not been unsuccessful, as a number have already been converted since that time. We hope should we be permitted to engage in this pleasant work a.gain, to begin the new year· with in­creased coul'age and faith.

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KHERA BAJERAH.

RACHEL MARTIN, Btole .wonuin.

THE school here this year numerically considered, has not been as successful as at many other times. The want of the immedia.te supervision of a missionary lady has always been apparent here, as we have so few helpers who are, capable of

'keeping up suoh a school alone, hence the school has always . . been varia.ble. During apart of the year it has numbered but three or four, and we were linable to ascertain the, reason unless it was more especially that the Pundit ,who from the first has been employed was inefficient on acco1l1l't of poor health, and the Bible woman not being able to visit as much as formerly in tne villages, the girls were not drawn Into the 80hool. We have dismissed the Pundit and eJ;t1ployed a second Christian woman, so that the two can together visit the homes of the girls and carryon the school. Thus far results are enoouraging and the school· has increased to seventeen in less than a month. We have no doubts, that this school was commenced with the direction and blessing .of God, and though the results we might desire are not' al­ways apparent, we cannot think it is kept up in vain, but expect the fruits shall yet be gathered and Bome come up to shine in the i kingdom of our Heavenly Father saved through its instrumentality.

S. A. JUDD.

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MORADABAD.

MRS. PARKER. } MISS BLACKMAR, MRS. ZAHU'R UL HAQQ~

... Missionaries.

SUHLLUK. Medical Bible Woman.

Bible Women and:, Teachers.

FANNY AMI, AI,MIRA BLAKE, : ••

:MAHALA A~IES, ..•

BEGUM,

MRS. BANERJIE •.

LIZZIE.

KATHRINA.

TEN NON-OHRISTIAN TEAcilERs.

GirZs' Schools.

THERE have been the same number of Schools as last year, ten for Mahomedan girls and three for Hindoo girls. The number of HindDo girls have incr~'ased very encouraging­ly. We have had many applications fo.r opening new schoolS which we have been o.bliged to. refuse. These schools are very important auxiliaries to our work as thrDugh them we are able to. reach many women who. would otherwise be inaccessible to us. Whenever we visit the schools, we have an opportunity to ta,lk to a large number' of. w?men who live in the vicinity -of the sehool.

The Sunday SchDol paper prepared especially for Sunday SOho.o.ls is read in all the schools, and the girls watch eagerly for a new paper. There is an increasing interest in the Bible lessons, and Ohristian instructiDn given.

Two Sunday Schools for Mahomedan girls and women have been kept up regularly, and Dthers will be opened as SDon as we can obtain suitable teachers for them.

Since the 1st of May, Sunday School work has been earried on in a ,Hindoo Sohool, in cha:rge of a Christian WD­man. Beginning with nine girls, twenty .. fi.venames have been

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received, several of whom are very intelligent, comprehending the lessons with surprising qui~kness. A few women jQined the school. One brings her little daughter of seven or eight 'years. When the child recites a lesson, it is touching to see the glance rof loving pride .from the mother, who is herself quite intelligent. With very imperf~ct sense of tune, they hll.ve yet succeeded in learning several of our hymns. The l3hajans or Hindustani songs, being a kind of chanting music, . are by them more easily learned, and they greatly delight in singing them. Their voices have been much improved by practice of the musical scale. Several of the girls have learn­ed the commandments, and the first lesson of the Catechism, and the Lord's prayer. The pictures in the child's lessons of the Berean Series are a great attraction, and by them, they have readily learned the lessons. '11hey are much interested in the texts on small cards in Hindee, never seeming to weary of them, but each Sabbath eager to recite one, see it marked and returned with another. It is a work full of delight, and we dare hope that this Sunday school work in the cities is a seed sowing over which the Lord of the har­vest has an especial care.

C lwistian Girls' Boarding Scnool.

In the Report 6f last year, it is ~tated, that the first class of the Aml'oha Christian Girls' Boarding School was in Morad­abad part of the year in order to secure better advantages~ . The first of this ·year it was decided that Moradabad should be th~ place for the permanent location of such a school, consequent-. ly the w,hoie school was brought here. The 1st of February, the school numbered twenty-one. Soon after, two of the first class girl8' married men to whom they had been betroth­ed while children. One went to a village in the district,. where she was put in c~arge of a school und is doing well. The other remains here, continuing her studies and. teaching

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two classes. Sixteen mOl'e have since entered, making the present number thirty-six. '1'here are a1)plications for other who will enter after the holidays.

These girls are nearly all daughters of native preachers and Christinns scattered about the district. Nearly an board together.

The work of training these girls is most interesting and encouraging. Upon finishing study here, they necess~ily 1;e­turn to their vilhtg-es or remain as teachers of this school, or those of the city.

To make them thorougbly useful, to send out a worker in every girl who completes the course of study and training; one who is ready and willing to use her strength in lifting to a higher plane those whom custom as yet chains at h.ome, will certainly be a great r.eturn for the labor expended. The girls pursue the usual studies in Urdoo, lloman Urdoo, Hindee and English, and special attention isgi ven to singing. There has been an endeavor to regularly classify the school, and prepare a course of study. As yet the plans are not completed. The' girls have had much practic.al instruction in making and mending t~eir own clothes, knitting, &c, as well as exercises in the culinary department.

Two of the girls go with the ladies to the city to assist in the singing and .teaching of the Sunday schools. It. is al'·

ranged to give each of the oldel~ girls training work of this kind. They are all interested in the Christian Sunday school, and through the Berean lessons are acquiring an important educa­tion in the Scriptures. The whole school attend the. general prayer meeting upon the Sabbath, and general class ocqurring once a month. They also have their own regular meetings. There the subject for prayer given in connection with the lesson for the week is talked about, texts of explanation read, and the children taug!J.t to make th~ subject the burden of their pra.~er.

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Sometimes they cooclude to have private prayer meetings, and have been"found conducting these with all the gravity of

,their elders and the interest of childhood in anything par.,. ticularly pleasant. On one occasion, being called to get ready for sleep, irrepressible Lydia with her .large eyes wide ope'll rushed out exclaiming to the teacher, "0 MilS Sahib, we children have had a prayer meeting, singing ~nd class meeting: do you not think it a very good thing! "

It was thought best to take them to theOhandausl caf!1p meeting. How delighted and amused they were, by their ride on the cars, by the many new and to them wonderful sights can only be imagined. To them it was a new world. 'They returned with new impression and ideas. They had 'ad­vanced in then: education, as they could not have done in the same time at home. Better still, several were blessed in the exercises of the meeting. Ooming back to school, there was an increaSEd interest in the work and closer applic~tion to study.

In various ways, the girls earn a few pice each month. Part of this they give toward the support of a village school in the district. They seem to think it a privilege to give a part of their little earnings, and a disgrace not to have any thing for the treasurer at the monthly meetings of the~ Woman's Mis­sionary Society. This society was organized about three y~ars since, and all the native Ohristian wom.en of the church in Mo­radabad are members. Each member who is a teacher, or who visits schools or zenanas is called upon at the meeting to give some account of her work. Some of the accounts are very in­teresting, and show that the Christian women are working, and those in darkness are surely being led to see the light beaming from the Gospel. By means of this society, the in­terest in the wonk is kept up more effectually. By the money -collected a school is supported. 'rhese are profitable lessons, for the schoolgirls who liste:n", and who will one day be ready to help to.carry on the blessed work.

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Bible Women.

On account of the removal from the station of lmme of the 'yomen employed last year, changes have been made, but the number of persons employed has remained the same. This part of our work is steadily increasing in interest and impor­tance. Every week new places are opened to us, and urgent requests made that some Christian woman be sent regularly to teach the women. The instruction given to the women in a quiet way in their hom'es is having an influence for good even among those most ignorant and. degraded. We are thanl<ful that we have a few who can devote themselves to this kind ·of work, as all necessary expEmses for travelling, books, &0. are sU:pplied by ladies in Amerioa.

One of the Bible-women in a recent report of her work writes as follows :-" I am very happy in the work of teaching my Hindo6 and Mahommedan sister., who are so ignorant of the true salvation through Christ. They treat me so kindly that it is evident that they are not so much prejudiced as for­merly. They listen to the word of God with eager desire, and many seem to be striving to follow the truth in their private lives, but few of the world and traditional rules and customs prevent them ffom advancing further. Several hig~ class women who have never before been accustomed to go away from their own homes, come often and sit with me in my house, son!etimes for four or five hours, so that in this way aleo I am able to teach them."

Our MedioalBible-woman is well known all through the city, and she has, constant opportunities for doing good among the siok. She has done muoh to open Qur way in the city es­peoially among those .of the higher olasses. This part of our work constantly enlists our interest and sympathy. In the , schools, the zenanas; and in the streets wherever we go, we find the sick who' appeal to us for relief, and if we are able to do anything for them we at once find a way to theil' hearts.

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We very much neea a lady'physician who can take charge of this part of the work, and also a lady who can pay special attention to the school work in the city.' The staff of laborers

" here is small compared with the work ~ve have, and with in­creased aid our work might be greatly enlarged.

AMROHA CIRCUIT.

MATILDA. ADAMS,

LOIS JUDD, .A.G~ES ELIZABETH, GREsa.

.1J[artlta's Vineyard Bible woman.

... Bible W81nen.

Soon after our last report was written, one of our oldest and most experienoed Bible-women Mary Angelo Andrias, was called from her work on earth to her reward in heaven. She was a most faithful laborer, and we can but hope that the fruit of her labors will yet appear. The school she opened in Kant last year, id dolng w~li, and others are caring for the work she so well commenced.

Matilda Adams has worked a~ usua~ in Bashta and the neighboring villages. During the cold season, !She acoompanied her husband in several long itinerating tours. She always found in every place they visited some opportunity to talk with the women. Sometimes large numbers came together to listen while she told them of Jesus and his love.

At the ~ommencement of the rainy season when she was obliged to confine her work to the places near Bashta,she opened a small schoof for Christian girls. The expenses of' the school have been met with money raised by the Morada­bad W oman's Missionary Society.

Agnes one of the Boarding school girls was married early" in the year, and went to Babukhera where she has a small school. She also visits the women of the vill~ge.

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In Hasenpore, the native preacher's wife has regularly visited several families who have received her kindly and listened. attentively to the Gospel message. During the visit of a

Missionary lady there early in the year, large numbers of high caste.- women came to visit her. 'While she was talking to the women ar~mnd her, the housetops of all the near houses were covered with women and girls. They said that the men h~d all gone to the bazar,- hence they had dared to come, but some had been left to keep watoh, so that all might be oalled home before the men returned. ,\Vhen asked to visit the Missionary in Moradabad, great astonishment was expressed that such an idea could be advanced. They were only women and had to remain at home.

There are many little Churches in th"lS cirouit, and in each one of them a Bible-woman teaches the women that have been brought in from heathenism, that they may become intelligent Christian wonten. This work has recently been increased as of a large number that have received baptism, there are at least forty women and girls. The girls in the Moradabad Boarding School are mostly from those vill~ges where there are no schools.

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SUMBHAL CIRCUIT.

MRS. BAILEY,

JOSEPHINE MERRILL,

LYDI.A,

Missionary. In c/I,arge of Sc/wol.

Bible-woman.

Those in charge of this work have reported favorably of it from time to time during the year. The sohools in .Sumbhal have been doing better than formerly, still it .is hard to interest the girls suffioiently to their:regular' attendanoe at school. Al­though Sumbhalis a noted Hindoo city, the work thus far has been chiefly among the Mahomedans. A few Hindoofamilies receive the Bible-woman, but many are not williDg to have her

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enter their houses. Those who learn to read in the schools often ask for Christian books, and they listen attentively to the reading of the Bible. It is still the sowing time here, but the reaping time may not 'be far distant. In this city where so ma.ny bow doWn to dumb idols, and where multitlfdes assemble yearly to visit, the place where the "holy incarnation" is ex­pected to appear, it seems most desirable that there should be established a- cburch of the living God, that there should be raised up here from among these people, many who can testify that the true incarnation has come. For a time there seemed an increased spirit of inquiry among the people, but it was

closely follow~d by a violent spirit of oppos~tion .

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BIJNOUR.

The Girls' schools at Bijnour were for a whil8 so unsatisfac­tory that they were closed. Others have been opened and are more ,promising. They are among the lower classes and are taught by Christian women.

Mrs. Paul during her stay at Najibabad visited the sohools very regularly. There has been a great deal of opposition, and conseq ue11tly_ some falling off'. There are still three sohools superintended by Mrs. MacGregor, the wife of the Head teacher

. in the Boys' ·school.

At N agina Mrs. Banerjie . has not suoceeded in opening scbools. She continues to visit the zenanas and is frequently invited to new places where she is kindly received. Her at­tempts to read the Bible and talk on religious subjects are generally opposed. There is -a. fear among th~ Hindoo women that if they hear the Bible read, their gods will be displeased

with them.

There is one school at Chandpore which has done well throughout the year. The attendance has been good and all

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the scholars have made progress in reading. Mrs. Plumer's health has much improved, so that she has been able to ~ake frequent visits among her neighbours.

Thus quietly the seed is being sown, the youth are being instructea and many are receiving new ideas on a new subject.

What a blessed ohange Chl:istianity will work for the igno­rant and secluded women of India. They feel their burden and rejoice in the instructions that afford them, sure comfort and occupation, in their long lonely hours of imprisonment. The Gospel will make them free and,then will the day of India's redemption come.

MRS. BROWN, FANNY,

SIDNEY.

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SHAHJEHANPORE.

Kissiona1"!/. Superintendent oj School. Teacher of Village School.

Upon the division of the Shahjehanpore Mission into two charges last Conference, the Girl's schools were also divided. In this division four schools' in the city and thre~ in the country were put under my care. Soon after reaching the station we went into Camp near Qne of the country schools­and upon visiting it, it proved so inefficient in every respect, that we thought best- to close it, especially as it was eighteen miles from the Mission House,' and no one but a heathen woman .of doubtful ch!Lracter to look after it. Anoth~r country school at Tilhur has made good improvement during the year, notwith­standing there is no native Christian woman to care f01' it.. I have been able to visit it only twice this year. We hope to -send Fanny our efficient helper out frequently as the school is on the railroad, which has recently been opened in that ditection.

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Our Native Preacher -living near the school, 'visits' it occasionally, but according to Eastern custom can ·see only the very smallest girls. He manages, however, to hear'the others read without' seeing them. This is oertainly a blind way of examining a school, but better than no examination.

With two exceptions, all our girls' schools are composed of Hindoo girls and women. Some of these schools were com­menced several years ago, but the custom of early ma~riages sadly interferes with the progress one would naturally expect in these schools. Girls wh~ have iust made a fair start in reading and are beginning to appreciate education, are married off by their foolish parents ~nd compelled much against our wishes to leave school. These marriages sadly interfere with our work, and it is no wonder we grieve to see them go out from our care to become wives of men who will shut them up in close unhealthy ap~rtments and treat them as slaves instead of companions.

The; .first Makommedrtn School.

At the urgent request of a Mahommedan women of some education, we have taken up a school among ,her people. So far the school is satisfactory, and we hope and trust it may prove an entering wedge among these people who are general­ly great bigots.

A' Ohristian School.

In a village, several miles from the city, the wife of one " .

of our native helpera has a small school of women and children, who have but reoently abandoned heathenism. Sidney the teacher has very poor health ,and it is feared, she will not be able to continue in the work. This is to be regretted, as the women and chHdren in her sohool greatly need Christian in­struction as well as education.

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Sunda1J Sclwol among the Women and Oltildrel1.

It is with much pleasure we report the opening of a Sunday School among the girls and women in the City. From forty to fifty girls and women are present every Sabbath, and are generally very attentive often when we are singing Bhajans or Hymns, the exclamation is heard" How good !" " Just listen to tha~ !~' anrt when the time for closing the sohool comes, we are almost held back, and urged to stay awhile longer. One Sunday an old woman said.in a plea.ding tone "Mem sahib do stay a little longer I've walked a long way to hear you sing; and it is so good, I could listen to you a long time, I may never hear you again." I am glad to say the old woman is in her place in the Sunday School every succeeding sabbath, and our prayer to Him who touched the heart of Lydia, is that he may draw this poor old Hindoo by the cords of his love and number her among his people. The girls can almost repeat the Lord's prayer from memory. A native qhristian woman, not in Mission employ has rendered me good service in my work part 9f the year. Our great want has been a suitable Ohristian woman who could devote her time to visiting and examining the schools. I am happy to say, this want is now supplied as we have secured for this post "Fanny," who has been trained in the work by Mrs. Parker. I think more Sunday Schools ' could be opened if we had Christian wo~en to conduct them. The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are . few.

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LODIPORE AND PANAHPORE.

.MRS. BUCK'S REPORT.

Panahp01'e Clwis#an Village.

MINERVA ADAMS,_

RANEE,

Native Pasto2"S wife. Bible Women.

NANCY, CLA.RIlfD.A., } 'reachers.

Our work here is of unusual interest. The village is located about twelve miles East of Shahjehanpore, and contains a popu­lation of about 220; situated in the midst of a wild jungle, its green fields which have grown beautiful under the careful tiller's hand, surrounded by nature in its unimproved state, reminds us of the difference between these upon whose hearts the hand of grace has been operating; and the masses about them who live in the darkness of idolatry and sin; and as we behold these striving to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, the pro­phetic predictio:p. seems to have a fulfilmeD~: "The wilder­ness and the solitary places shall he glad for them; and the desertshali rejoice, and blossom as the rose." The work: here among the women is most important, some of them have just been lifted up from the degradation of heathenism, and need much instruction, that they may form a worthy Chris­tian character themselvEls: and train up their litHe ones in'the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Minerva Adams, the wife of the native pastor, is from the orphanage, was rescued from death during one of the terri­hIe famine of this country, by one of the missionaries and plaoed in that institution. We think her one of the brightest ornaments of the Ohurch in India. She is a woman of wonder­ful faith in prayer, is very energetic, and we have often thanked 'God for her inFluence over her Christian sisters. She gathers them togethep, prays with, and instructs them daily. Ranee is the Bible woman for the surrounding villages, but for some,.,

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time in oonsequence of sickness and family CUl'es she has not been able to do all that could be desired. Nancy has been teaching the girl's school. There are about twenty girls of sufficient age to attend school. Clarinda teaches the women; but the people of the village generally ,are so poor and having their family duties, they find it difficult to find time to att~nd schools, and then of _course they do not as a rule, know how to appreciate the importance of education as those who have been reared under different circumstances: but as far as possible, we are anxious that they be taught to read the Bible. They all attend the regular Chapel services and Sabbath School; and earnest effort is made to raise them all to true womanhood and godliness.

LODIPORE.

KASIA, Bible ~ooman.

LODIPORE is a village about a mile from the city of Shahjehanpore, just in the border of which as located the Boy's Orphanage. There are living in the Mission premises quite a number of Christian' women, the wives of teachers, helpers, servants, etc. Services are held with them regularly. The Compound School, owing. to circumstances, pas been closed most of the year. Reoently, however, it..has been re opened, and the girls and those of the women, who especially need instruotion 8l'e being taught.

The people of the village, who with a few exceptions are Mahommedans, have .been quite bitterly opposed to us, and {lur work. During the Mutiny a few years since they wefe noted for their deeds of oruelty, in trying to overthrow the British Government, among other things they murdered jn the most brutal manner the Chaplain' of the Station during the past year. Kasia the Bible woman has been worI~ing among

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the wernen of the Village, and they no w receive her kindly, and many assemble to listen to her words; and some have promised to let their chiidren attend our School.

Oity Work.

Three schools have peen kept up during the year, and another has recently been opened,some of the girls are getting on quite well with their studies. The teachers are Hindoo pundits, but the schools have been visited regularly, and the girls taught Christian hymns, the Oatechism, and the Bible. Many are thus learning at least the theory of our holy religion, and the seed is sown with the prayer of hope, that at no distant day the fruits of the seed will be seen in the salvation of many of the daughters .of India. In one of these schools, we have an "interesting Sunday school, which is

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attended waekly by from thirty to forty girls and women. ,- There are numbers of zenanas open to us in the city whioh we

visi~ as opportunity offers: and every where we see fields wait­ing for the seed, if not white for the hal'vest.

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MRS. HOSKINS,

'MRS. SOPHY REED, •••

'P AMELIA POST,

MARTHA J. BRUCE, .••

NELLIE MPRRICE, MAHARANi,

LACHHMI M. ELIZA JOEL.

SARAH ALLEN ROSE,

BUDAON.

Gnota.

Jl issionary.

..• Bonool In8peotre88.

... , ... I ... '> ... Bible Readers. ••• j • •. I

. .. J

Bible Reader.

Fourteen Mitsalman£ Schools. Two. Hindoo, " One O}wi~tiall, "

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aur sobo'ols have been oa.rried on as usual during the ye'it-i' under the supe'l'idteIidelioe of a Cliristian WOlU'eU, and during' the latte]: part of the ye~r, the'w'ork nas b'een divided among' the Bib~e.,vo'n:ien: iIi ordei- that ea'oli B'oho'ol may ha~e' even: closer illspedion and iristructioti~ Xn important step has'beeH gained tliis ye'8J: in the a:ispl~o'e'ment of male tea'ohel's and, the appointm'ent of female teachers iIi nearly an of our oity schools'. By this means ,ve gain aocess to more 'Yomen ill our visits, arid our Christian women: furd ii; elisier to spread' the) glad tidings of salvatiuft.

," .., .. ,~ " " .': ':' " '..' " "',.. ~ The Zenana work of the CIty, though lImIted, compared

'Y,ith other places, is yet very encoUl'aging and IS inorea.sing~ ,\Va have'h'ad c'aUs to-thtee' !rew places in the last two weeks:

In sonie of these places, thie wdmen m;a:nife~t much 4i­ferest in our religi~us books, and the eo~versation of the Christian women~ Several are readmg th'e Bible and. portions' 6f Scripture; an'd matlY, ,,'rho are not. themselves learning to' • read, gather in to iisten fo the lessons.

We hav,e seventHtm S;und'ay s'choois in dur~rent pru.·ts of' 1\he city', with an average of 247 plipils, besid'es Dl'any others~ who come in: to see an'd hear what is going on. The 8chools' are opened with: singin'g, tl1en'thbs~ w'1lo are able read a por­tion of SbHpture-,us~~lly,.the Bel'e~ les~on for the day. In! schools' wh'ere th'e girls are not 80 far advanced, the Chr~tianl

teaoher I'ea'ds- and; explains the ie~on. Then they sin'tf again' and recite their verses and the Cateohism, a'nd an.'swer ques.c

~ions upoh. th'e last' B~ble lessob.'. Si'ngin'g again! 01' Lbrd>~! Frayer and; dismissal.

We have' adoptea the plan' ofgi virtg out small' Ch.r~ ort which' a' text in' Urdu or Hili<Ir is printed, and wht3n ~ of" tbese have been r~oeivedJand recited ~e takethem' a~ru.~l andl

give a picture cal'dicoiit'aiIilng a verse ill. one' of t'h~ &haiacters: Thtl Medical work' has far od£stripped our expect'aEons.'

People hlve come from distant vilIliges to receive aid!; ~hid' ~,.d' 4"

a~' grad to I'acord that our Medica.l Bible woman has been: able to benefit many in this way_

Our Missionary·S'Ociety completed its £ir&t year in A ngust., The total colleetion: £01' the year was thirty ooe l'u-~e8 and eight annal, nineteen rU'Pees and eight annas of whieh was­contributed by the native €Jhristian wom.~nl.

'. The wor~ ill' the' out-stations is progressing favOl·ably'. In Bilsi, Bissowli, Sahesw8in, MU9-dia, Hosainpur, Gho~a, Kak .... rauln and other places the Christian women are leading' exemplary lives, and are endeavoring to bring their ueighbols­andfriends to Jesus the only SaviGr. T'well'ty-foUT women have­been converted and received' into,the Chureb: d:ul'ing the year. 1?hirteen of these conversions can' be clearly traced to the l!tbo}!s~ 8£ the Bible women and· the <Dhpistiau' womeR- of the villages.,

$1.ljJpOf'(ed' oy' 6.. E: BrtmfJn. Mrs. Sophy Reid'.

EIght Musalmaui Suhool~;

St. Louis Branch", lLAcHHMI, ••• Bible R/eadel1;·

New York B'J'aI},lCn, Jet'sey' City .A.uziliar!lJ.· Sa.'[a;h· Ellen: Rose.

OgdelUJbu'rgk hUJJilial'Y;'·

N ellie Morris~ Martha J. Bruce;·

Roche~.ter ' .&uiViliar!l~ Pamelia Post.

New Y01-k Brancll-•. Ma.harani, Eliza JDe!.

Six :fdusaiinam. Schoolsi-

'Pwo Hindoo· (9ne Ohristian

and· the work of. the out-stations.

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MRS. HUMPHREY,

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NYNEE TAL.

" RAl\IOTIAH BA RKE~ ." CHASTINE n.e.:s, ." FLORENCE GOWAK, • , 1tiARlJ'lIAJ A NYLE.R.-I­

" .M. E. W ILSO:N:.

1 I .~ J[edicalaml Bible Readers . I J

The medica.l elass im NYE.ee Tal, was diseontitllu~d this year, t(1}wing to Dr. Humphr.ey's ill health, but the medical work has been carried. OIl with it ;good degree .of .e:ffiewncy and with most eJJ.,cour~ging r.eswts..

Mission dispensaries have been open through the -ear at J

Dwirahath, abGu.t forty miles west of N yne.e ~::1, at Uhra;i, about midway between. Nynee Tal. aD.'~ Dwanlhath, and at Drum Tal tw<:lve miles from NYJ':-;e'Tal in the opposite direc .. tion.

IIa.rkua Wilr;n and wife were stationed at Dwarahath. J ohn na1.'k~,: and wife at Ubd.rl and laB. Das and wife at BbiJ~ 1'al. ..

Of course these dispensar~s are open to men, women and children of all olasses. . The wives of the bretl:ren in charge see the female pa.tients and often Visit them in their homes. Many openings are gained in this way for the introduotion of religious hooks a.nd in~truction.

In Bhlm Tal partieularly an exeellent impression s~emB to

have been made upon the oommunity, and especially upon some high Baste Hindoo families who have called upon Chas­tine to visit th~m in siokness. I regret to say that Chastine is now in very bad h~aIth lind we have considerable anexity about her.' She is an exoellent worker, and we would gladly have her spared to do good if it be the Lord's will.

About 600 patients hQ,ve received medioines monthly in tbe,!e dispensaries a.nd about the saIDe number at the Govern­ment dispensary in Nynee Tal, ~hioh has been under Dr. Humphrey's charge through 1873.

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~artha J anvie?-" and ~lqrence Gowan have visited femaie vatients in Nynee Tal, and have to SOlne extent improved the ~pportuI;lit~~s-presented in this w~y for 4Qi~g gooe,. to the soul~ piS w,ell ~s t~t.e·pqq.i8S of their poup.try women. .

Wit!? ~4e p~coptiQ:q. qf a few h.ighcaste faIlfilies, the Nynee tral bazaa~ ie quite opeI}. t.o Pllr ~ible ~eader~ ~nd to the mis!' fJion.ary, and a Ij:ttle per~istent effort -Wquld ~oqn btea~ dow~ "the few re~~iiling barriers iij. oq.~ w~y. I regret t4at the pressure ot other dutie~ and ill' health ha¥~ pr.ereIfted m.e fro~ raUq~ing up the QPPJ?ings, ~hat hav~ b.~el?- m.a4~, as plq.s~ly a~ I wished ~_do. . . . ... ~:--"

There are t~o ~;: three Bengali families conn~pted with thtl ~nglish shops, who liv~' in.i1!_~ Nynee Tal ba~aar anp. s~ver~l pther families who come up every 40t season with the Lieute~ pant Goyerij.or's office; and' it WDuld be _-~l! to have a Benga~

lee Bible Reader to worlf among them as th~fare Rotonl, willing but extremely anxious to re.ceive instruction~' I gained ~co~ss to Jay-eral of t4e~.e fawilies t4rQllgh an excell.ent womftJ)J a oonverte4 M~~mani ~4q was bapt~eA- ip. Nyne,e T~l fo~r !~a~s ago anq. wllo Jives in t11.e b~aa~'" .

Even the bigoted hill men begin to feel t~ pr~SBure of the ~dva.~cing tide qf public opinion as regar~s ,female educatiop.. ~hey are s~i+l b~ward in allowing the femal~ members o~ t4e4' f'p.m.ij.i~s to go out from their' homes for \DstructioD, hQ.p t.hey often provide teachers for t~em at hoIlle a~d evep. ~noW

(J~r~stia.n books ~o b~ !~a~~

~chool$.

Florence Gowan ha8ha.~. schQol often or twelye girls~q ~ Yl+e~ Tal this year, q.uring t4e ~t apd rai~y seasO]ls, an4.

pas ope~eQ. phe· :q.su~~ s.c4oo~ in Jf.~14'W~J?j this ~p.~er~ Tl?-i~ 'd~shQol h~B )Jeen st.eaP.-ily increasipg ip. ri~p.ers ~very ye~r! . Last year there were thirty-seven girls at th~' height o! thE)

fje~$on! ·and this ~n~e~ ~here ''Were ~hi;rt! in at~~~~p.p~ b~fo~@

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ehrist~as, so that it is prob9-L1e the nnmbf'r :will i:e gr(,J.l,te ~4is year than bst befo~'e the olo&e of t!.l,H season.

Among ~he Ol~r~st~'t!fs ill t~e yill,ag,~ ,of phapla and Chup:­rah, a little iJ.?struc:tioll }.to-s been gi vep to gjr),B us well as boys, put no !~gu~a:r gir}.s' s.eho,Q~ .h.as ,ye~, b,eep :{'.staplisl~ed ~mollg n~,em.

~p.s. VVEAT~ERnY, ~ MRS. GIL.L, ' $ ~lissidJlal"ies..

PH.ILEMON,

;B,ACI;IF?L, .':: In cltq,rgr. of Girl's Ot·pltanage .•

~ ,SARAH ODJPL~! ",' T~ac1t.er in " " 'fHE work in Paori hf,is heen una;voidabl~ int€ITupted hr

the frequent, buJ n.eeessary chooges of missionaries.

Mrs. W eat4erby ca~e 4ere ~ew ,to this place after Confer,:, pnce, but p~ aCGou1f~ of the sjckness ,of h~r fap.:lily was obliged

~.o leav~ for ho~e in ~ llly. QnJy arriving here -the first p8.ft pf August, a stranger to the people and work, I .can ,si~p].f ~epo!t the little I have done and learned of it in the last four ~onths. lconti:nlled Mrs. Weatherby's plan of holding weeklf class nieeti~g with the Christian women and girls and also pf p.avi~g the orpha~ girlS" come daily to the house for instruction in sewiQg. Thef are learning to out and ne~t~F make thiil: Q~n clothes which to.m~ ,seep3.S yer! desirable.

lp. addition tQ t}lis I Q~ga~ ~o t.ea,ch the~ to read an<J. '\write English and thqs far they 4ave made cpmmend-ahle pro:,

IJress. ~~ey ~;r~ sm-art, int,elligent a~d williR-~ to ~.earn~

Qi1'l's D.rphanrrge.

'fhe building is still inco1Jlplete, but there is room Sl1ffi.!"

9~ep.-t for t~e prese~t j~lfN?-~e,B~ rp"er,eltt~ t~p gjr~Sj s~~ 9~d~, 4 ~

( 30 1 .om~s receiving daily instrueti.on in school, and four between one :RUO two years of ag~. 'rhe fO'l'rner form. a class in Sunday­Bchool and by the aid of our translation of the '" Berean Les .. .Bons" are being taught that truth whillh Jrul,looth wise unto salvation, and which well- rooted. in their hearts maybe the means of leading many of tlieir poor ignora.nt sisters to the same SOlll·.ce of truth and light.

There has been no regular Matron, but Philemon and his wife h$ve ao»tinlJed to live in the Orph.ana.ge and Look after the gu-ls ..

There hnve been no Fegular Bible Readers t~i. year. Mildie's health was too poor to engage in this work as formerly, Bnd Alice who had begun to assist her oould not be sent out to the villages 31ono. There was no other person or persons suitable. KhiyBJ.ee, Hildie's husband, was moved during the latter parl of the year to Chippleghat, a village a day's march distant to begin work there, I hope she will be able to do good tn this new fi~ld another year. A new boy's school has been opened at which there are a few girls in attendance, as there ara also at several other boy's sohools out in the district.

We expect to open a Girl's Boarding Bohool a.t Paori the coming year, as Boon as we can get ready a suitable building for boarding; we think this oan be done on the same plan a~ tha.t of the Boy's School which is working very successfully, t'iz; of giving them rooms to board themselves, where they can cook their food a.nd live in theil' own way and give them a. small scholarship.

SREENUGGlJR,

This city is seven miles .distant, bllt l'e·ally a pa.rt of OUl'

work~ We have there now two Christian women, the wjves of the native preachers, Benj~min Luke, and of the head-ma.ster in the Boy's Sohool. I have once"visiteCl there and went with Mr. and·· Mrs. Luke and my husband to see and examine tho Girl's sohools, of which there are now two. Two of tha

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fOiin'ef schools have been consO'liJated in one' and dIere is an! attendance of from twenty-five' to thirty. I was pretty weH Jll'Sased with this school :' many of Ure girls could 1end and write' Hindee and a:nsweretl general questions in "'Arithmetic and Geography;: they had! MSO b~en taught some of the Catechism; eouid sinlg'some hymt$, and :Mrs, Lu~e' Wa's teaching them to' sew and knit .. 'l'hi~ OO!l1e being held in the-mission eo-m'pound, had' the con'Stanii ()'~"e'tsiglrt of Mrs. Luke. The other had an atten­dance of twe]ve girls' and was t*ught hy 8l young Hifide>o Pundit" who', it w~s' e~id:eD1; thought IDmre' of the small sum he received lOr his 89:rvi~8s, thaB' of fhe F'ro~res8 of his: FtJ.'Pil18.. It is so faJ!' nistant that Mrs. Luke nlOi being \V'eU could Hot visit it. If con­tlinued it ooeds more' cwref~11ot>king' muer by 80m'S on~'interested! ..

I am ~y not to' be' abre' to re]>oTt mO'Pe' work dfme, but }. ha.ve been hel'e lOD'g enoli'gh, to'see wbat a great work Beeds t<i be done for the women and girls- of tMS mountain: district .. Their lot is- ev'en hardel' and ml()1le sad than that of women o~ the plsMlfJ'. Their lives 00' not <bag ou.t in we&.ry captivity Iiktt­those of so man:y~ of the latter,. but they are m~:re aru:mals and bea.sts of bupdeOi. To' th~ir parents,· Hit-loS are only v8l1ued fo~r

their physioC&t sllpeng:tb and bean.ty of fOl'Bl M' face w~l-~h hringzr them m'OBtCy in the' market,. f-olf they all seil tbel:1 di&ttg1&tel'~ either to' becoml6 wives' 01' tOI houBes M sin: aBd shamre' h! iihe' I!arg.e cinies- OD the plaine-. 'FO'their h-usbaBdfi they ~em only "falua'bl.e' f~ the hatrd work they ean do. It is' no WlCOmmORi

thin3 iE 8/ m'o BtaSi more 1anw than he caR cultivate 110 buy 8/,

second! w1fe' ~ help' illi tho' field.a :. they cultivate the fielciti, tR.k~~ eare o£ the' elllttle,. cn-t BInd brl-BIg the wood 8IIld grass and hrinlf' i!he w8liler" in short 00' all the h6rdiBBt amd mast laborious work-.­Married ~t the' teRdel' age o! thiTteel3l ott f.aul'teen,- they begiIll this life of servitude n'ot stopping to' rest even: before and aftep' 1lhey become' mrothers. Their burden of work is not lessen,edi "efore and a few days after they are again' a.t their tasks 'oaiTym~' flheiiLt ehl1~en w1tbt t~m.,

idd td this SC:lllty 610thing in H c&td climate and 1)0'01 &arse food" wh~t wohder that th:eil' l'8>.tllY }!>l:etty girl's f~ces soon:­grow hagg'~u:d l"l'uiluglj, fllnf thiey Ibse a'll thieir stren."gtli and beauty lon!g' 1:)~tote they aTe 01& '1:'ll'eE,-e girls"' ate often 6ast ont frie'ualest? nud ulle'area fo\.. Nfy h'eal'£ often li6hes to' see these preni'atIl1:el~y old ~Oii\~eh'; alld, 0)1 how t pity these ~eople who know n1othil'}:g of tha£law' fhat teaches us to alw;IYd

llC!)l~6r :md lo-\te OUT lilatr;eifts< all\,1. to respect and oiii'e fut' ord age!:

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LUCKNOW.

inss THOB"tTRN,' f' JtiRS. qRA YEN, MISS TINSLEY, ... MRS. CUNNINGHAM;

}'fRS. MOONEY; ~ :MISS ROWE, } . - -

Mi,ss.'Jilispelaarl 1; Miss Singh, IDs. Davies~, ' Miss Hay'~~' ., ," Munshee )3~1 G6bind', Motee Khapum, Y l3egama Sahio, j' Fahiman .A:isa; I

Zahnra Begum:,. !

~ishna,. 1

Catherine Indr!Lma'n.

Mrs.Pris,Jii1J1; M!lsih,; 1.1 " Catherine Masfh" " OaroliIie' Richards, ~, ,., ,Rosamond' Herting, I

lfiss Ellen' . Richards; J: Mrs. Elizabeth.

•.• Assistants.:

-. . '"

Bible-tcotnen.'

" In the various department of the work the past year half fftloWn steady but not riial-ked' progress.

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The (hristian Girls' Se/wof

ts. at present in a flourishing condition. It closed for the Christmas holidays with 97 pupils, 40 of whom. were boarders, During the year, an a.ddition of five bed-rooms, a matron's room~ and a large dinIng hail has been bullt to the 'boarding hall; A schooi house is also in' process of ereotion which is expected to be oocupied in March. It contains six ciass rooms and a large aud.ienoe room, whioh can also he used ars a school room when neoessary. It will seat comfortably InO pupiis. The whole tone of the school is much in advance of iust year. It com­mands the respect of not only the best native people but a

,humber of Europeans have asked admittance to the olasses. The Direotor of Public Instruotion has reported very favol'ably of the regular examinations, and has recommended an increased Grant-in-aid. God has greatly blessed us in the conYersioh of nearly all the boarders. Chiefly through the untiring efforts of Miss Rowe, they have given their hearts to the Saviour. They bear a clear testimony to a changed life, both in words and deeds. The health of the girlS' have been remarkably good throu~hout the year.

Hind" and 11fakommedan Schook.

No new sohools have been opened in the oity; but the eigut before established have improved in oharacter. The pupils are more reguiar in attendance and the teachers more efflcient. This has been partly owing to a ,better system of pr~e giving, and to a monthly meeting of the teachers, which is conducted like a normal class, and each is re~u.lr~d to l'efl,q. Dlonthl, reports of her school.

Sunday Schools.

Seven Sunday schools are in progress, twa of Which are Zenana sohools. In all, the attendance is better than during the week days, and muoh interest is manifested. by the women a.nd girl-s, espeoially the latter. There is reason to beli9n~

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fhat some are reoelvmg the seed.in good ground, and that already it is bearing fruit in their daily lives.

Zenana leaching

Has been continued as far as time and means permitted. Reading, sewing, and fancy work have been taught in compara­tively ~ew families-only twenty-five in a.U-..:.but in vel'y many nlore weekly visits have been madQ, the Bible read and the way of life explained.

The Bible Women

Have been the principal agent.s in carrying on this work whioh has been most interesting and_ enoouraging during the whole year. They have visited the better classes in the zena­nas, but more frequently they have gathered the laboring women aI'ound them and under a tree or in a lowly doorway, ill a quiet lane ·they have truly p1'eaohed to congregations of from ten to.fifty women. Each month all the Bible women and some of the missionaries have united in spending a work­ing day in ~ome of the suburbs of the oity. From the mission Bchool as a centre they go out two and two in differentdij:ec­tions, and before- they meet again in the evening, they talk with hundreds of women who hea.r the word gladly.

The English and "Hindustani Missionary Sooieties have been continued. The former has chosen for its special work the care of a H?use of Refuge for homeless women, In this some good has wen done and muoh evil has been prevented. Friends in· the station and elsewhere llave generous~y con­tributed to its support,

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MRS, McMAHON,

SALOME ISA DAS, } HARRIETT }"ISKE, AGNES DOMINGO,

ANGELINA BARNABAS, --BEGUM.

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ROY BAREILLY.

} ...

Nissionat'p.

Bible Rwaers.

Teaehfj·$.

THE year opened with Mrs, Plamer, a most efficient zena­na Missionary, in charge of the Bengali zenanas; Elizabeth, Oity Bible Header; Susanna in charge of . the Mission Com­pound school, and Salome at Bhojpore, thirty miles from here, where her husband was stationed in Dre. The women in five Bengall Zenanas were taught reading and writing, needlework and religious truth. 'fhe plan was to give them a Bible lesson at ~he close of the visit and teach the,ill a Bible verse. These instructiona have been very well received, so well in one fam.ily that the husband and brothers used to assemble. to. listen. Af­ter leaving the station, the Baboowrote a letter expressive of the greatest gratitude for these' instructions in the right wny,

'l'he work done by Mra. Plomersinoe March, has been gratui­tous. Havin~ <?pened a school for Ohristian children at her own house, she .. has only been able to visit once a week, one or two Bengali families living near her house,

Elizabeth was faithful in going to her work and had ten or twelve houses where she made weel<ly visits, reading tlre

.r Bible and" preaching "as the Bible Readers generally ex­press it. But she left the station in July with her family who were leaving.

When the children of the Mission compound school fairly tmderstood th~t they we~e to receive no more pice for attend­ing school, they dropped off one aft~,r another until. th~ school was closed: The teacher Susanna alsQ went away in July. In the last of August, we sought for girls in another direction, among a low caste grass-cutter, and by giving thet;n one

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fourth of a pound of grain daily and rewards of clothing no,v and then, we succeed in collecting from six to eight girls daily. rrhe progress in learning has been very slow, though better of late, and some of these few who oome seem to have a. real love of learning. The wife of the Head l\faster of the boy's 8choo1 has been teaohing these girls since the middle of Septem­ber, and. is a model for them at Christian patienoe and sweetness. These girls oome to the ohnpelSunday school and the smallest of them even repeat hymns and texts, and answer intelligently primary questions about God and their being, where in the be­ginning they seemed not even to know that they were oreated.

rhe Fort school ha6 Bome encouraging features. The Be­gum silently took the pice-giving into her own hands, and kept her girls from leaving, so that rea11y, th€\ pice system has only ohanged distributors, but it seemed best to say nothing about it, rather than have our best girls pass from our influence. The ohildren are improving, espeoially in writing. Some are studying the elements of Arithmetic. In September an exam .. ination was held, and two grades of scholfirsqips given to foUr of the best girls, to be rent:wed according to ptogresB after SUt months. We think this is keeping two of our best girls, who have been promised in marriage in the. sohool. We have a. Stmday school in the same place, ahd the girls sing very sweetly. We hear of their singing and ttl aching the Bongs in the zenanas

Salome h~s not been idle at Bhojpore, though WlthOllt salary ~lntil the past ~onth. She has taught some old women and little girls all who would come on Sunday, and two or thret; little girls, during the ':Veek, While there in November, we conoluded the best opening for work was Bible-reading in the villages as the parents will not seud their children to school. 8alom~. writes "I have regularly visited seven different. villages since you were here. Some hear gladiy, while others becoin~ very angry." The other J?ible Readers are newly herB and though they seem aoceptable we have yet to ·see the value of

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their teaching. The power of the Lord is the same, notwith­standing our weakness, but it may encourage the friends or the cause to know tha.t the Missionary ill charge; in face or many discouragements, never felt 80 sure of the faithfulness of a faithful God, who in His own good way and time will make

this desert blossom as the rose.

GONDAH AND BARAIClr.

:MRS. BADLEY, ..• KITTY DOWNEY,

Missiona1'Y' Teacl/'er.

OWING to the detention in IJucknow of the Missionary and family who were appointed to Gondah, the work has been mostly under the supervision of the native preachers. While there has been no grent advance, we are convinced that the work has steadily progressed. The reports whioh have been lent are hopeful, and we do not. oount the teaohing of the year as vain.

In Gondah, the sohool mentioned iIi our .last report has been sustained aU year, and fo~ several months has been under the care of Mrs. Downey who has labored faithfully to make it luccessful. It is both a day and Sunday school and the 24 girls who attend are well taught .

. The work at 1:3araioh has not been very flourishing IB;tely as for two or three years no resident ~issionary has been there. Sohools have been commenced however, and the work of the ChUl'ch is .superintended by Johh Barnard, it native pi:'eaoh~r: The field is a most interesting one, and our Mission nWDS property in the oity. We hope soon to see an A.merican Missionary on the ground and oultivating it. It oertainly wiil yield much fruit.

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The wife of the native pl'eaoher does as .muoh as ·ahe oan in going about through the moh ullahs of the oity, v~iting the 80hools etc., but having a large family-of course she cannot do s.s muoh work as is needed. The women of the plaoe seem to be inclined to hear the Gospel when spoken. Several intefest .. inggirls' sohools are kept up, alld there is a demand for others.

There are 20 girls in the Gulamallypura school, four of whom are somewhat advanced. The others study, spell, and learn the Oatechism. In the Kaugopura sohool there are at present 16 girls and the number is inoreasing. We feel that-this is but a small report, and yet in these schools we see the beginning of what we trust will be a great work in that densely populated district,

In Oolonel Gunge tbere are two girls' schools:· the atten .. dence is not large, and some difficulty is experienced in secu .. ring proper teachers. We hope however, that under personal supervision these schools may become powers for good.

·Our work is discomlected, and we have felt it a trial to be separated from it. If there has been progress~at all, it has not been owing to oureffioiency, but solely to the favor of our Heavenly Father. We trust this favor may be more largely vouchsafed during the coming year.

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SEETAPOR.B:.

.MRS. CHERINGTON ... Jfisnonaf'1/ •

·BETSY PA.UL, } HARRIET FISK, ••• JESSIE MASSIE.

.. . Bible Reader3 and Teacke1·s.

WE had tlfree girls' soh~ols in Khyrabad. the first half of the year. When I visited them, many of the women and child­ren of the city would be gathered in to meet us, but I found the actual daily attandanoe of the soLools was very small. We

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thought best to close them and open schools nearer home which we could frequently and unexpectedly visit. We ha.d a. fine sohool of bright girls in old Seetapore for a time, also a Sunday school, but owing to the inefficiency of the teacher, th~ school declined, and we thought best to close it .also until another teacher could be procured. At present we have but one school, -situated a mile and a half away. It has an attendance of fif­teen girls. J essie Massie and Harriet Fisk were Bible Readers, but part of the year as they both left the Station. Betsy Paul has visited and read the Bible in many houses in an ac­ceptable way. She is constantly improving in manner and spirit and promises to be successful in her future work. There has been much to discourage in the work, but we have found many places and times in which to thank the Lord, and where failure has been recorded in the past, we hope at the end of anothel' year to find written victory.

W. J. GLADWIN, ...

DIANA,

JAMM.!. KURA, ...

PUNDIT,

CAWNPORE.

JlUSW1Ul1'1/. Bible Reade". Zenana Peacke,',

THE work in this station has been assisted by visits from the mission ladies from Lucknow and by the ladies of the Eng­lish Church in Oawnpore. Mrs. Knowles who has been in the station for the past two. months taught a woman's class and visited the schools and zenanas.

A Bible Reader has been employed in regular visitation reading and explaining the Scriptures to the women and 'Children· and scores have thus heard th~ word of life.

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A zenana -teacher, a Brahmini, has carried fOl"ward an interesting and useful work in giving secular education in the families of Bengall Baboos and others. Many doors are being opened among the higher classes and ill. the families of educa­ted natives who are convinced of the truth of Christianity, hut are held back by the influence of our heathen homes.

A girls' school is in operation,- and in the face 'of all the difficulties of a new work, good results have been realized:

A work of grace among the English ladies of Cawnpore has been prepal'ing valuable auxiliary laborers for our work among tha heathen. Twoladies' prayer meetings have been held weekly during the greater part of the year .. _ The Cawn­pore Auxiliary Society reports twelve members and six copies of the Heathen Woman's Friend are taken.

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WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY,

APPOINTMENTS FOR 1874.

l{oradabad.-Gi1·l8' Boarding Bekool, MISS L. E. BLACKMAB.

Zenana Work.-Mrss L. M. PCLTZ.

Bareilly.-Medical ])epar~ment, MISS CLARA SWAIN.

Girls' Orphanage.-MIss FANNY SPAnns.

Zenana Work. -MISS SARAH LlwING.

LucknoW.-Gi1'l8' Boardim{j Sclwol, MISS ISaBELLA TgOBUltN,

Zenana JV07·k.-~I8S JENNIE TINSLEY.

Medical.Depctrtment.-Mrss NAN1'iLE MO~ELLE •

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• J\tI [NUTES

OF THE

•

OF T.nE

, WOMAN S FOF\EIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

OF

THE M. E. CHURCH IN AMERICA.

HELD AT

LUCKNOW~ JANUARY 8·14-, 1874.

MnmTES of' the Third Annual Session -of the Woman's j\f issionary Society connepted with the India Conferenc!;) of the Methodist Episcopal Church. .

The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis­copal Church in India met in Lucknow, Thurs:1ay January 8th, 1874, at ;3 o'clock P. M.

The following members were present:-

Mrs. Parker, :Mrs. Hoskins, Mrs. Knowles, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. McHenry, Mrs. Badley, l\frs. Mudge, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs. Buck, Miss Leming, Miss Tho­burn, Miss Tinsley, Miss Swain, and Miss Blackmar.

The devotional exercises were conducted by Mrs. McHenry The President then requested the Secretary to read the consti­tution, after which officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows :-M"rs. Hoskins, President: Mrs. Brown, Vice Presi­dent: Ml'S. Parker, Cor. Seoretary and Treasurer: Mrs. Mc­Henry, Rec9rding Secretary.

On motion the reports from the auxiliary Missionary So­cieties of the different stations were called for. Miss Thoburn reported the Lucknow Societies, Mrs. Parker represented Mo­radabad, Miss Swain, Bareilly, and Mrs. Hoskins, Budaon.

Several societies were not reported owing to the absence of any representative and at some stations no auxiliaries had been organized.

On motion the presenting of estimates from the se,eral stations was made the order of business for the next meeting.

The Society adjourned on motion to meet at 11 o'clock A. M. Friday, January 9..

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:Priday, January 9tll.-Society met pursuant to adjourn­nlent. Devotional exercisQ)s were, conducted 'by MissThoburn. The minutes were read alid approved. A letter of greeting and cheer from ~l·S. Warren \\-as read. On ~otion the Cor. Sec­retary was instructed to answer Mrs. Warren's letter, thanking

··her for her interest and sympathy so often eXl)ressed 'and for the encouragement ~erived from .the, visits. of th~ "Friend" and also promising to aid her work as Editor by frequent com­munications in regard to our work in India.

The order of the' day was taken up and estimates for Bareilly, Shahjehanpore, Panahpore, Paori, Moradabad, Bij­nour and Budaon were presen~ed and approved.

In'viewof the fact that no reply had been received from the General Executive Committee to tl:,e request made by this Society last year, ·that certain ch~nges be made in the retters of Instruction given to the missionaries of the W. F. M. So­ciety, it was moved that a Committee be appointed to draft re~ solutions calling the attention of' the Committee again to this matter. The Committee was appointed consisting of Miss Thoburn, Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Craven.

After singing theSoc.iety adjourned.

Saturday JanuaJ'Y, lOtlt.-The Society met pursuant to adjournment. Miss Tinsley led the devotional exercises. The Minutes were read, corrected, and approved. Estimates from 'Cawnpore, R()y Bareilly, Gondah and Bahraich, the Orphanage at Bareilly, Miss Swain's :M:edic~1 Work, Luoknow, Barabunki, and Nynee Tal were presented and approved. On motion it was resolved to ask the Society at home to send out an addi­tional teacher. A motion was made and carried to include the minutes of this Sqciety in the Annual Report. On motion a committee to consider the revision of the COUl'se of study was appointed consisting of' the committee that prepared the same, with the substitution of Mrs. Scott, in the place of' Mrs. Il,um .. phrey, who is to return to Amerioa.

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Monday, January 12tlt.-The Society met at the usual hour. Mrs. Johnson rend Psalm 103, and followed in prayer. A motion to reconsidel' the vote to print the minutes was lost.

The Committee on the revision of the course of study pi'esented their/report which was ,adopted. (See Report)

Tuesday, January 13tlt.-The Society met pursuant to ad­jourllment. Miss Swain conducted the religious exercises.

. The Committee bn resolutions reported as follows :-

Whereas, we have received no reply from the Sooiety at home to our request concerning the case of Mrs. Buck, nor to the resolution which read as follows: That this Sooiety request the G~neral Executive Committee to return to the original Letter of Instruotions to ladies sent to foreign missions, thel'ejoJ'e~

Resoked, that our opinion is unchanged concerning the importance of the subject of the previous .resolutions and that we again ask the ladies. to give them favorable consideration.

MISS THOBURN, 1 '. MRS. SCOTT, Committee. MRS. eRA VEN.

The Oot. Secretary was instructed to accompany the reso­lutions by a copy of those passed last year to which these refer.

rfhe Committee on examinations reported that the follow­ing ladies appeared before them and passed examination:

Miss Spal'kes, Miss Pult~, Miss Blackmar, Miss ThobUrD, Miss Tinsley, Mrs. Bllck and Mrs. Badley .

. Two or three of the ladies had not completed the whole of the pre3cribeq course, and were requested to bring up arrears at next examination.

On motion the Committees on examinations for next year were appointed.

For the first year ~ Miss Thobul'n, Mrs. Knowles, and Miss l3lackmar.

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For the seoond year; Miss Sparkes, Mrs. Soott and Mrs. Hoskins.

For the third and fourth years; Mrs. Parker, and Mrs. Hoskins.

Mrs. Parker suggested the propriety of ho~ding the monthly meetings of the various stations on the same day and at the same hour.

It was moved" and unanimously adopt'ed, that the auxili .. ary missionary sooieties hold their monthly meetings on the llrst Saturday in each month, and that the hour of meeting from October to April be 3 P. :M. and from April to October 7. A. l\I.

Wedne8day Evening, Janum'Y 14tl~.-A short session of the Society was held in the parlor of the India Mission Home.

The following resolutions were presented and adopted:­

That we request the Executive Committee to oonsider the advisability of ohanging the financial year of the Woman's Missionary Society so as to oorrespon~ with that of the Parent So~iety.

That as in our judgment it would promote the interest of the work at home and abroad, if oneSeoretaryand Treasurer were appointed for the whole work; we request the Executive Committee to consider the appointm~nt of such general agents for transacting the business of the Society.

The following resolution were also passed :~

Wltereas, our beloved sisters J oanson. and Humphrey are about to leave us, and the work in whioh they have labored so long and faithfully to return to America tlwte/ore.

ResoZved;-that we tender "them our heartfolt adieux, that we will not forget their work of f~ith and love when among UB,

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and that our prayers shall ascend for their safe guidance on their journey, and for theil' happiness and usefulness ,while iu America.

The Society then adjourned until the next session of Con­

fel'ence.

l\lAHY A. MoHENRY, RECORDING SECRETARY.

India W. M. Society.

a.1

Estimates for Ute work of tlte Woman's Foreign Missionary

Society-in India fm' tl~e year commencing JUly 1st, 1874.

OUDH DISTRIOT.

S ets. Cawnpore Schools and Bible-women, 300 UO Seetapore,

" " " 200 00 Roy Bareilly

" " " 400 00 Hurdui

" " " 120 00 Gondah and Bahraieh

" " 390 00 Lucknow Medical Work, 350 00

" Bible Women, 360 00

" M;iss Rowe's Salary, 320 00

" Mrs. Mooney's. do ..•• 180 00

" Buying a horse for Assistants, 100 00

" Repairs, ... ... 200 00 Christian Girls' School, ...

," " 600 00

" 6 Scholarships, do. do. ". 180 00

" Oity Schools, 4'50 00

Barabanki Schools, 180 00

Total for Oudh .Distriot, ... 4,330 00 ---

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KUMAON DISTRIOT.

Nynee Tal l\Iedical Bible-women, ...

" "

Traveling-Expences, Girls' Schools,

Paori Girls' Orphanage, ..•

" Medical "\Vork, Scholarships for Boarding SchGol, ... Srinugger Girls' Schools, ... . ..

" Bible-women and Itinerating, A. Lady Doctor asked for Paori, Eastern Kumaon ¥edical Bible-women,

" " Girls' Schools, Pulee :Medical Bible-\vOlnen,

" Girlti' Schools, ...

Total for Kumaon' District,

nOHILOUND DISTRIOT.

Bijnour Ghls' Schools and Bible-woIllen, .... Moradabad Girls' Boarding School,

" lfedioal W ()rk,

" City Schools, , .•

" Bible-women, ...

" Zen a na Teacher, ....

" Ladies llome and School house,

Sumbhal and Chandausi Schools, ... Amroha, Kant and Bashta Schools,

" " " " Budaon Schools and Bible-women, Bareilly Girl~' Schools,

" ~ible-women, It.

Carrir:d ore1',

$ cts. 240 00 180 00 130 00 415 00, 200 00-

360 00 100 00 50 00

100 00 150 00

80 00 120 00

2,125 00 ----

250 00 600 00 300 00 2-50 00 250 00

"300 00 5,000 00

1 Q-"';) 00 ]25 00 JOO 00 800 00 £40 00

240 00

K,f)t30 00

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$ eta. B'I'ougllt lor'ward 8,580 00

Bareilly Medical Work, 1,080 00

" Girls' Orphanage, 2,250 ,00

Kherl1 Bajherl1 Girls' .scuools and Bible-women ]20 00 Aligunge

" " " " " 60 00 Shahjehanpore Girls' Schools, 330 00

" Bible-w-omen, 96 00

Panahpore Girls' Sohool and Bible .. women, 360 00 Tilhar

" " " " 60 00

Ramapore " " " " ... 30 00

Total for Rohilound District. 12,960 00

Grant Total.

One Teacher and two Lady Doctors asked for the District.

19,415 00

A.pproved by the India G01?ference, January 13th, 1874.

J. D. BROWN, Secretar!!.

THE REVISED COURSE OF STUDY IS AS FOLLOWS:-

FIRST YEAR.

Forbes' Grammar. , 1Vriting.in one ,of the Vernaculars, optional. Translation of English 2nd book C. V E. S. New Testament in Roman Urdu. Writing and spelling in Homan Urdu. Conversation in lIilldusbni.

1IIIIDijiifiilllii 3 9002 10638 8938 ,

SECOND Y E.a.n.. r:i

Forbes' Grammar -reviewed. Writing continued, optional. Translation of English 4th book O. V. E. S. Psalms in Urdu. Mirat-ul-ArUs. John in ffindi. Dharm TuIa.

THIRD YEAR.

:Bagh-o-Bahar; Two stories. Mumnksh Britant. English Translation into Urdu.

FOURTH YEAR.

Bagh-o-Bahar completed. Forbes' Persian Grammar. Hindustani Oomposition.