REPORTO F T H E

American Marathi Mission(A . B. C. F. M. AND WOMEN S BOARDS)

I n W e s t e r n I n d i a , 1923€dited by REV. & MRS W . H. McCANCE

Statistics by REV. R. S. ROSE

P r in t e d b y t h e Sc o t t is h M iss io n I n d u s t r ie s Co ., L t d . (J. E . E a s o n , M a n a g e r ), E a s t St r e e t , P o o n a ;

P u b l is h e d b y R e v . W . H . M cCa n c e ,(f o r t h e A m e r ic a n M a r a t h i M is s io n ) a t V a d a l a .

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P R E F A C E

The 110th Report of the American Marathi Mission this year seeks chiefly to show the important place of the Indirn Christian in the work of extending the Kingdom of God in India. With increased work on every hand, evangelistic, educational, medical, and community, and with insufficient missionaries it has become paramount to place the Indian Christian in more responsible positions. In the Mission’s history there has never been so much responsibility, financial and administrative, as now rests upon Indian shoulders.

The day for Indian leadership has come at an opportune time...Indians are calling for self-expression, and for a chance to work out their own ideas. The American Marathi Mission in many ways, notably through its Indian Mission Board (see article ps. 1) is answering this call by making it possible for the Indian to assume his rightful place of leadership among his brothers. And so, we take pleasure in dedicating this report of the 110th Milestone (year) in the progress of the Mission to Indian Leadership.

C O N T E N T S

Nagar Church PAGE

Poem— Our Aim*

M issionary Catechism

The Indian Mission Board ... ... ... i

A Globe-trotter’ s Glance, etc. ... ... 4

With the Young People ... . . . ... 9

G uides! A ttention! ... ... ... 9

S co u ts! Salu te ! . . . ... 10

A Contrast— In dia After S ix Y ears ... ... 13

Station News ... ... .. . ... 16

Ahm ednagar ... . . . ... 10

B a rs i ... ... ... ... 28B om bay . . . ... ... ... 29

K ah uri ... . . . ... ... 32

S atara ... . . . ... ... 33

Sholapur ... ... ... ... 35

S irur .. . . . . . . . . . . 44

V adala ... . . . . . . ... 45

W ai ... . . . . . . ... 50

The Indian Mission Board, etc. ... ... 53

Personals . . . . . . ... ... 56

Alphabetical List of M issionaries, etc. ... ... 59

Donations .. . . . . ... ... 61

S tatistics ... a*

N agrar C h u rch

Calls New Minister

In calling the Rev. R. S. Modak to the pastorate of the EirstChurch, the Christians of Ahmednagar have made a vei‘y good ehoice. Now, one of the leading churches of Western India has a leading Indian at its head. Rav. V. S. Makasare, the assistant pastor, continues in his . faithful service. -

OUR AIM

When you read of distant India With her centuries of lore,

With her sacred, books. and teachers In the ancient days of yore;

Of India the beautifulWith Taj and- temples grand,

Do you wonder why we needed To come to this great land?

What is it then that we can bring,What do we come to teach ?

What great thing do we try to put Within each person’s reach ?

Do these people really want usTo change their lives and ways?

And are they going to look to us,Or need our help, always ?

Come and see the poor and needy,Sick, burdened and distressed,

Whose loads are very heavy,Whose lives have found no rest;

The child that has no childhood,The parent seeking light,

And sadder still the aged onesWho wait death’s hopeless night.

From us they get the clothes and bread, Schools, hospitals for all;

But more than these they hear of Christ, And answer to His call.

He tells them of their sins that blind, And ignorance that kills,.

For it is these that bind their souls And bring their many ills.

And this we try and do to help The land that needs help so.

We teach them all these many things So mind and soul w7ill grow7.

As years go on, our aim is this—They, having seen the light,

Will take this whole big task in hand And win the hard fought fight.

M ISSIO N A R Y C A T E C H ISM

Who were the first American Missionaries?They were Messrs. Judson, Newell, Hall and Nott and

their loyal wives, all of old New Efigland »Congrega­tional stock.

Why did they come to India ? .Behind the haystack at Williamstown, Massachusetts,

these students faced the need of sending the gospel to other countries. “ We can if we will,” was their motto, and they followed it!

When and where did they arrive ?They landed at Calcutta, in 1813, and from thence

Hall and Nott went to Bombay and Judson went to Ceylon.

Did they suffer hardships ?After a hard six months voyage in a sailing vessel

they were refused admittance to Calcutta; in Bcmbav they were sent to court as spies. Sickness and untimely deaths in a land of tropical diseases, and many discouragements and hardships fell to the lot of these early pioneers.

Among whom did they work, and how were they received ?They found the millions of outcastes in dire need,

and, like their Master, started work among them. Thev were looked upon with suspicion and even hatred; their touch and their shadow defiled the proud Hindu.

What are the results after 110 years of missionary effort ?Results of work cannot be measured by figures, but the

following will give some idea of the growth and development:— 50mispicraries ; 600 Indian workers ; 70 organized churches; 200 schools; 16,500Christians.

What is our aim ?To spread the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ;

to educate, in the three R.’s and in Christian character; to alleviate pain, and suffering;-and finally, to train Christians to.help themselves.

How is all this made possible?By the faithful'^service of missionaries and Indian

Christians ; by the genius of the Board ; and by the loyal devotion and generosity of the American

T h f i INDIAN M ISSIO N BOARD

A SU R V E Y

B y t h e Re v . S. ;L. Salvi

Secretary and Treasurer

The awakening of national consciousness and’ the aspira­tions it has put forth during the past few years hare revealed many a responsible son of India, who is eager to come for­ward and take up the burden of building up his country politically, socially and religiously. In this sacred task of reconstruction there is no; worthier foreign agency in India today than the Christian foreign missions. - With genuine sympathy and love they have been labouring towards this goal and their success is indeed worthy of praise. To devolve on Indian Christians such responsibilities as Missions have .been bearing all the past century is the aspiration of every Mission in India. In view of this fact the American Marathi Mission has brought intb existence what is called the Indian Mission Board. Although this Board is quite new in its construction, yet such attempts at devolving responsibilities

I n d ia n M is s io n B o a k d .

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on Indians are by no means novel. They go back tothe year 1854, the very early part of the history of thisMission. No less than nine such experiments have been made and each was a step forward. The present scheme is an improvement on all the previous ones. Fuller trust in and fellowship with Indians is the outstanding character­istic of this new Eoard.

The area transferred over to the Board by the General Council is

(1) Sirur District, excluding Sirur Town, which is superin­tended by the Bev. E. W. Felt;

(2) Parner District and } superintended by the(3) Kolgaon District, 3 Bev. B S. Modak;(4) Jeur District superintended byMr. B. H. Gaikwad;(5) Nagar District superintended by the Bev. B. P. Umap.

We have under cur supervision 41 Village Schools with over 1,000 pupils, 48 teachers, 22 preachers and 2 Biblewomen. We are also supporting 92 boys and girls in Ahmednagar in different Boarding Schools.

The finances of the Board are not altogether satisfactory. Every district account of this Marathi Mission is run on a deficit, and by the privileges of “ devolution” the Indian Mission Board inherits this fate for its five districts ! Our assured annual grant— regular and irregular— was for 1923 Bs.. 26,028. The total deficit that we were expected to collect during 1923 was Bs. 3,498. Our collections were not more than half the expected amount. This obviously caused much perplexity and anxiety in the conduct of our work. But does this mean a failure of this new Board ? By no means. The newness of the Board, the unsystematic methods of appeal for money, the inadequate financial policy of ;the Board, the natural aversion of the non-Christian public; for Christianity and Christian enterprises— these and other causes explain our financial embarrassment. We have taken the situation as it has come to us, and with patience and persever­ance have done our best to make this scheme a success.

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We would say that the ability to collect money and adminis­ter the same is by no means the only important aspect of devolution. Most important of all is our ability to lead the Indian Christian Church into the saving knowledge and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to prepare her children for a consecrated service.

The spirit of harmony and regard for each other was a constant source of encouragement and joy. Frank and bro­therly towards each other and honest in our convictions we have had successful business meetings. We longed for fellow­ship and we have enjoyed it. We have discovered many good and sympathetic friends among both Christians and non-Christians, who have rendered help by word and deed. We have prayed more than ever for the guidance and help of the Almighty Loving Father. And so if such cordial relations and fellowship among the members of the Board continue, and if the sympathy alnd co-operation of the friends of the Board increase, this Board will show marked success in the matter of devolution.

“ Why are you always dirty ?” asked a little fellow of his friend. He replied briskly, “ Oh, I was clean once but it made

me feel cold. ”

Ted arrived fresh from America in the little village of Vadala, (which boasts of only a few mud houses) without sufficient clean linen. “ I will have to step out and buy a collar, ” he was heard to remark,-

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A G L O B E -T R O T T E R ’ S G LA N C E A T T H E A M ER IC A N M A RA TH I M ISSIO N

By t h e Ee y . E. F a ib b a n k

Missionary. “ You say you have never seen mission work and have little idea of what it is ? ”

Globe-Trotter: “ You’ve said it. I ’ve been nearlyaround the world and have yet to see any mission work— sort of sceptical of the whole thing any way.”

Missionary: “ Will you give me a chance to show alittle something of one single Mission right here in Western India ? ”

Globe-Trotter'. “ Why, yes, 1 guess so. My steamer is delayed and I might as well spend my time in this way. They make such a lot now-a-days of foreign missions at home any­way.”

M is s i o n a r y “ All right, come along. Jump into this victoria and we will see a little of what is being done in Bombay.

“ Here we are at the American Marathi Mission High School in Byculla. Mr. Buell, the present Principal of the High School, is a product of Mission Schools and has just recently left the principalship of a large Jewish High School to give himself whole-heartedly to this Christian service.

“ Here is Bowker Hall, where the girls who attend the High School find a home in this big city.

“ Closely connected with this institution is the Hume Memorial Church, right in the centre of one of the most congested districts in Bombay, a grand place for a Church. It is strictly an Indian Church. The pastor, a graduate of our Bombay High School and of the Mission Theological Seminary, is intensely interested in the life of his people.

“ On one side of the Church is the dispensary where Dr. Gurubai Karmarkar has worked for almost thirty years. She has had access to hundreds of homes of wealth and standing. On the other side of the Church are two residences for missionaries. Just step in and see the Editor of the Dnyanodaya^.a, paper now carried on in the interests of seven fission s, a live,.up-to-da;te

A GLOBE-TROTTER'S GLANCE 5

Christian weekly. Here, too, in his office is Mr. Dongre, a Christian leader who is in touch with hundreds of Christians who come to Bombay for work from our Mission districts up- country. In the next house is Miss Millard, who has done a substantial work for the blind children. Here is Dr. Emily Bissell just back from the United States, whei-e she received the degree of Litt. D. for her literary work for Marathi-speak­ing people.

“ Do you begin to get the multifarious lines of missionary work? Let us now be off for Wai and Satara, one hundred and fifty to two hundred miles by rail and'motor.

“ Our work at Wai is noted for its hospital, not a large one, but one that is overrun with patients. They go back to their villages well and strong, and are then followed up by preachers and Biblewomen who go to seek them out and keep them in touch with Christ’s healing power. Look at those Biblewomen, some of the most faithful workers to be found anywhere, going into the homes of this city of pilgrimage aud telling the women about the Saviour of the world. There áre Mission Schools, too, in the city and in the district.

“ Our next place is Satara, twenty miles south, manned, (no, not ‘ manned ’ at all, but worked !) by two women mis­sionaries. You will find here a sample of the best Boarding Schools for boys as well as girls, thoroughly organized, neat, clean and efficient. There are day schools also in the city. The district missionary lady is found here and there and everywhere in the villages helping the plague-stricken, the dying and the orphaned, as well as seeing to schools that have been opened.”

Missionary : “ How is it, do you care to see any more ofmission work ? ”

Globe-Trotter: “ Sure, of course I do. I ’m just begin­ning to understand what Missions are really up to.”

Missionary : “ All right, we are off for Sholapur the cityof cotton mills. The novelty in mission work here is that for Criminal Tribes. Government has handed over to our Mission the charge of about four thousand and more professional

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criminals who are kept under surveillance. These people are .given day and night-schools, industrial and welfare work.

“ Another remarkable institution here is the School for Training Kindergarten Teachers. You will also find here one of those Boarding Schools which is doing so much for the girls of India, putting new Christian ideals before them to trans-

-form their dark homes. You might be interested in the Church too, one of the largest in Western India.

“ Now let us go to Ahmednagar, the largest station of our -Missions the centre for our training schools.

“ First, , there is the Union Training School which plates -before boys the ideal of the the true teacher.

“ Hereare two large High Schools, one for girls and- one for boys, doing their share in fitting the young for leadership in home and community.

“ The Industrial School is of interest. Boys are being trained here for service which they do not learn in their

-villages. There is the Lecture Hall, the home of the Divinity College. Scores of men have received their theological train­ing here for the very difficult work of Christian leadership as

. Bible teachers, preachers and pastors. Side by side with the -teaching for men is the'training of Biblewomen, to go into the Indian homes and give ignorant as well as educated women some knowledge of what Christ means to the home and to

. the individual.“ Here in Ahmednagar is the largest Church in Western

India, with a building unique in its Indian architecture. It houses the large Conventions of Christians held every year and the special occasions, as for instance, the great gathering

: of-the Christian Endeavor of Western-India just held” .“ At Wai you saw a hospital for men, women and

children. Here there is one just for women and children. Step in and see it. This, too, is full to overflowing. Nurses are in training here in connection with this hospital. Hospital and dispensary work everywhere gives admission to homes and the opportunity to tell of Christ.

“ You must be dead weary of all this sightseeing.”

A GtiO B fi-TR O fT^B ’S GLANCE 1

Globe-Trotter '. “ This work is all new to me. Show me anything more that you want.”

Missionary: “ All right, come out into the villages ofSirur and Rahuri and Vadala and see the work going on in these stations : the boys’ ' schools, the girls’ schools, the kindergartens, the Anglo-Vernacular schools— all in the stations. But if you want to see the real beginnings of things, come out to one of a hundred little villages where there is a Christian school. Here we are— thirty-five children from every caste in the village in this mud-wall building. The teacher has a wonderful hold on the people. He and his wife are placing before these children and the people ideals of the Life through Christ. Through this little school over a hundred have been brought to a knowledge of Christ and a Church has been established. The effort now is to make the Church financially independent.”

“ There! You have ‘ done’ our Mission. What do you think of i t ? ”

Globe-Trotter: “ This is all very fine. I never realizedthe' extent of your work before, Tell me, what are some of the outstanding events of the past year’s work? ”

Missionary : “ Well, the Indian workers are showing akeen interest in the development of all departments of the work, as you would see if you stayed longer. And with the quieting of political disturbance in India the Christians of the cities are giving more attention to the Church, while in the villages they find it easier to get along, because there has been no famine this year.

“ The missionaries themselves have decided on a forward step in administration by reducing the number of standing committees from about twenty to seven.

“ The Indian Christians, together with the missionaries, contributed a goodly sum for Japanese relief, an evidence of universal interest and sympathy.

“ Two. new bungalows .were completed this year, one in Wai and one in;Sataraij while in.Kpdaikanal two bungalows

S ' A GLOBfi-TROTTER’S GLANCE

were bought, from our Madura Mission for those who will go to that delightful hill-station for vacation.

“ Another important step forward in Mission Union was taken when the Presbyterian Mission voted to join us in the management of-the Union Training School for village teachers.”

Globe-Trotter: “ I see. It ’s great, really! You certainlyare on the job.”

Se e i n g O u r s e l v e s a s O t h e k s Se e U s .

( Overheard in a criminal tribes settlement ) : .

“ These white folks say we have funny weddings. ’ But have you ever seen one of theirs ? This is what they do. The bride and groom stand up in front of another man, the minister. He says something to them and they answer. Then everybody sits down and holds his nose while the minister repeats a charm. And that’s all there is to it.”

A P e r f e c t l y G o o d E x c u s e .

A little Hindu boy ten years old is absent from school. Teacher : “ Where is Baboo to-day ?”

Voice from one of Baboo’s cliums: “ Please, Ma’amBaboo is getting married !”

The Dliobinbai (Indian laundress) knew a little English. While counting the soiled linen from the kitchen she asked, “ Where are the chicken towels-? Madam Saheb ?”

WITH TH E YOUNG PEO PLE

QUIDES! ATTENTION!

B y M iss M a r g a r e t S. W e l l e s

Girl Guides and Boy Scouts are parallel organizations. The Girl Guide movement is grooving by leaps and bounds in India ; it includes girls of every nationality and every reli­gion. In the American Mission this past year it has had its beginnings in Bombay, in Sholapur, and in Ahmednagar. In the Byculla High School of Bombay, the leader has been one of the secretaries of the Young Women’s Christian Associ­ation. In Sholapur, there are several flourishing Christian, Hindu and Parsi patrols started in June and carried on enthusiastically by Miss Hoxie and others with the help of several interested English ladies. They are a very live organization, with the different patrols busily working away for their badges. At a meeting in the Zenana Mission of Mohammedan and Christian girls of High-School age, it was amusing and yet pathetic to see one of the young, untrained Bible women valiantly trying to do the drill, hopelessly con­fused as to which was her right foot and which her left, but bravely carrying on in spite of the giggles of her companions. Is not perseverance one of the virtues of a Guide ? A camp­fire for all the Guides with songs and drill ; a glorious enter­tainment given in the municipal theatre of Sholapur, with actors from among English civilians, missionaries, and Indians, with a fabulous sum of money realized, are only two of the good things which the Guides of Sholapur have been doing.

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In Ahmednagar they are changing from Girl Messengers to Girl Guides. The former organization was started* several years ago in Lucknow, was modelled after the Camp -Fire Girls of America and was especially adapted to Indian girls. As the Guide movement is becoming more universal and as it is wiser to have only one organization instead of two, the Messengers are becoming Guides. There are certain specially good features of the former organization which will doubtless be absorbed into the latter. The period of transition is rather confusing in Ahmednagar. The girls scarcely know whether they are Messengers or Guides. They have not got far beyond the knot-making stage of guidehood ! There are eight patrols, each one with a membership of seven or eight and with one of its own girls as leader. Indeed, one of the values of the Guide movement is the training of leaders.

Do you imagine that Indian Guides wear khaki uniforms ? How the girls would laugh at themselves if they donned skirts, middy-blouses and felt hats ! Their costume is a dark blue sari with a narrow white border, and very attractive they look as they stand in line to salute—not the Stars and Stripes but the Union Jack !

S C O U T S ! S A L U T E !

B y M r . Ja m e s S. P a r k e r

Boy Scouts, Christian Endeavour Societies, Volley-ball Leagues, Young Men’s Clubs, Cricket Clubs, Student Volunteer Associations, Greek letter Fraternities— what a confusing num­ber of organizations for work among boys! But all are moulding the characters of the young men who today are students in the schools and other institutions of our Mission but who tomorrow will be leaders of the Mission and of Western India. They aim to build strong bodies, keen minds, and hearts which burn with a passion for righteous living and for human brotherhood,

.,Scoufcing, .that greatcaste-breaker, has had, a suc-» c e s s i u l y e a r*

A b o u t f o j: t y! . scouts, from . the seven troops of the' „Mission at­tended the rally

. for. Bombay Pre­sidency scouts at Poona. The Ah­mednagar High School t r o opwent home with}iw o out of the .five chief .prizes

of the rally, given.for first place in the relay race and the obstacle race. The Bombay High School troop also won a prize for its exhibition of hut-building. There are three troops m Sholapur, ( two in the Industrial Settlements, one in the Middle School); three in Ahmednagar (Union Training School, High -Sehool, and Industrial School ); and one in .Bombay, with a total membership of more than 125. eager lads. All seven Scoutmasters are Indians. -

Out-standing in the Christian Endeavour work ; for- the year is the Inter-Mission Western India Rally held in Ahmed­nagar November, 8-11. More than 200 delegates from 43 societies, located in 15 places, attended. The theme of the convention was “ Christian Friendship.” A kirtan ( musical sermon, chanted by the speaker) began the meetings and an impressive- consecration service was ■ a prominent feature. The various societies were asked to engage in specific forms of social service for the removal of the liquor traffic from India in order to demonsti’ate their spirit of friendship. Friendship between different racial, religious, national, com­mercial, and-family' groups-through the aid of the supremo friend., Jesus Christ, was stressed in the services.,

W ÍTH : TH E YOÜNG PEÓPLE Í Í

Sc o u t s ! S a l u t e !

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Although all kinds of games are played by Indian boys, their organized sports’ clubs are not numerous. In Ahmed­nagar a Volley-ball League with a membership of seven teams is functioning successfully. There is a Cricket Club in Sholapur, in which a team of Christian teachers plays. Many of the boys get their athletics through the scout troops. Hockey, cricket, football, volley-ball, basket-ball, atya-patya, and kho-kho are the most popular games.

An organization which fills the purpose of the Student Volunteers’ Association in America is the “ Christian Volun­teers of India,” organized two years ago in the Ahmednagar Union Training School. This band has already sent about fifteen boys into Christian service, and has a membership of twenty-one boys at present. It aims to bring before Indian students the needs of India and to stimulate them to give their lives to Christian service.

Kappa Sigma Pi, a Greek letter society which teaches the ideals of St, Paul and the English name of which is “ Modern Knights of St. Paul,” has a chapter in Ahmednagar High School and in Sirur Middle School. A Young Men’s Club of 100 members meets once a week in Sholapur. Mem­bers play indoor games and have a period of general fellowship. Several young men from the Mission attend “ The Christian Students’ Camp of Western India,” which is held each year during the Christmas holidays.

The dhobi (laundry man) is the original optimist. He tries to break stones with silk shirt-waists.

The girls composition class was asked to make out an order from a catalogue, as part of their exercise. One read as follows, ‘One decanter, please, capacity one pint.’

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INDIA AFTER SIX YEARS

B y t h e E e v . A. H. C la r k

When I left India six years ago she was in the midst of the Great War. She had a million and a quarter of her young men in service. At the same time India was facing a radical constitutional change. Mr. Montagu, the brilliant and sympathetic Secretary of State for India, had recently given in the House of Commons, “ the most momentous utterance ever made in India’s chequered history.” The heart of this utterance was that Great Britain intended to give India by progressive stages a government responsible to the people, and that she planned to take substantial steps in this direction at once-

This announcement was a recognition of India’s loyal support during the war and of her capacity to carry. greater responsibility.

Six years ago India’s thought and interest was centered to a remarkable degree on the framing of the new constitution called for by Mr. Montagu’s announcement. All sorts'of meetings were being held and innumerable public and private bodies were seeking to impress their views on Mr. Montagu and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy. For the first time the common people of India were aroused in great numbers to consider their political needs. It was a most valuable experience.

At the same time the Christian Church of India, from the rank and file to the leaders, was greatly aroused to plan and work, as they never had before, for the development of Indian initiative and control.

During the six years of my absence India has passed through the trying period of post-war disillusionment and adjustment. It is not the purpose of this sketch to go into the turmoils and anxieties of those days with their anti- Western feeling in nation and in Church, their strong influ­ences from Moslem Turkey and Bolshevist Russia, their

A CO NTRAST

A CONTRAST?

development of the unique and remarkable personal influence of Mahatma Gandhi, their actual experiences of the reform scheme in politics and of developing responsibility in the Christian Church.

The India I found in 1923 was in externals surprisingly like the one I left in 1917. I have seen no such visible evidences of this six years of struggle as I had expected. Anti-Western feeling is not so apparent as it was in the days of the Swadeshi movement of 1907-8. Everywhere I have gone and among whatever classes I have moved I have found ¿he -old time courtesy and appreciation of Western co- bperatidn. On the other hand, it is evident that what had been in 1907-8, often a wild and angry assertion of Indian rights which in a period since sometimes expressed itself in bomb throwing and rioting, has now settled into a .quiet, insistent purpose to gain full control of every aspect of,India’ s life 5 political, economic, religious.

This is perhaps the outstanding aspect of the situation to-day. India is determined to be mistress in her own house. Politically this has shown itself in the sweeping victory of the Swaraj, or radioal party, over the moderates in the recent elections. The defeated moderates were generally men of remarkable ability and devotion while their successful op­ponents were often men of lesser calibre, yet they were carried in on the wave of nationalist feeling.

Religiously, we find both Hinduism and Mohammedanism becoming more aggressive. Alongside of this new aggressive­ness for Hinduism-and Mohammedanism there is among pon- Christian Indians a very marked increase hx reverence for Christ and appreciation of his teaching. He is more and more recognized as one of the greatest leaders and often as'the greatest religious leader of the world. Mahatma Gandhi’s open reverence for Christ and recognition of his debt to Him has spread His influence broadcast in India.

Aniaspect of the present movement.which is of great' im­portance and one which may'affect our mission * work is the definite effort of the Bombay. Legislative Council to establish

A CONTEA ST mcompulsory primary education in the towns and villages of Wèstern India. What the exact BffQcti on our wide-spread system of Village Schools will be we cannot yet predict.

The Christian movement reflects the general situation in India. The process of Indianization has made marked pro­gress. When I left India we had our “ Joint Session” of Indians and missionaries which considered a restricted number of questions. At the annual meeting of the “ General Council ” which settles all questions of mission policy and work, Indians now sit with equal voice and vote with the missionaries and form about one third of the voting member­ship. Similarly, the work in each Station is now controlled by a Station Council in which the number of Indian members may equal the number of missionaries. The “ Indian Mission Board” is another evidence of the same development. I find the Bombay High School with its boarding department, which lias always been under the charge of a missionary, now efficiently run by an Indian. The Eepresentative Councils of Missions which were powerful Protestant bodies in the different provinces of India and were predominantly Western are now transformed into “ Christian Councils,” in which the

-Indian Church is fully represented and in which at least half the members must be Indians. Thus foreign missions are gradually merging themselyes in the general Christian move­ment in India.

Not only in Missions but also in the Indian Church I find that the most significant change of the last six years is the growing Indianization. Indian Christians are identifying themselves more with their non-Christian fellow Indians in politics, education, business and religion. ' Christ will Surely win for Himself a mighty empire in this imperial land.

Teacher in Kindergarten, “ Children, catch hold of the clothes o i the child in front and follow in line.” Babti stands bewildered. In front of him stands little Rama with oo ^iothes on at a ll! . ' ' ’ : T . ,

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STA TIO N N EW S

A hm ecinagrar

D r il l a n d Su p e r v is e d Pl a y in A h m e d n a g a r

H ig h Sc h o o l Q u a d r a n g l e .

Leaders in (he Making

In the Harris Hall dormitory, there are over 100 Christian boys and a few non-Christians drawn: from many parts of Western India; in the High School there are some 650 students, Hindu, Mohammedan and Christian. The Vernacular and Middle School Departments including all grades up to the High School proper, are under the efficient supervision of Mr, Razaramji Chandekar. He reports one Hindu boy in the Vernacular School so deeply interested in the Bible teaching he had received there that he went to the

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regular Sunday School and was one of the speakers at a special Sunday School occasion. In the Middle School an interesting experiment is being tried with older pupils of advanced vernacular education. By intensive study of English these boys are satisfactorily completing three English graces in one year.

The most interesting event of the year in the High School was the yearly celebration. There were sports and speeches as usual. The unusual fact was that over 1,000 old students of the school sat down to a common meal. Moham­medan and Christian, Brahmin and outcaste, they signalized their fellowship by sating together.

Mr. James S. Parker lives in Harris Hall and not only carries a full schedule as a teacher in the High School but does much to lead the Harris Hall boys in all their work. He writes:—

<l Harris Hall, is training future leaders of the Mission and of Western India through a system of self-government which combines squads with a council. Each squad numbers eight boys, one of whom is'the squad leader. The thirteen squad leaders, with the Head Master and the Principal, form the Harris Hall council. The chairman of the council, who is directly responsible for most of the life of the dormitory, is known as the head squad leader. Each squad leader holds this office for approximately one month. Care of the dormi­tory building, discipline of all kinds, and the general life of the boys is guided by the council. Turn by turn the squads do the “ chores ” of the dormitory: sweeping, carrying grain, food and water, etc. During the past year, three junior boys have been added to the council, which was formerly composed only of seniors. By giving boys actual experience in ad­ministration this system develops practical executive ability. Whenever possible, suggestions and rules brought forward by the boys themselves have been adopted. Greater initiative and willingness to take responsibility are the result.” Ex­perience shows that the life of the dormitory is safe in the

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hands of this council of older boys. We are sure that some choice future Christian leaders are now securing their training and inspiration as students of this school.

Wider Interest in the Union Training School

The big outstanding event for the Training School this year his been the coming of two more Missions into our union organization. We have been hoping and longing for this for many years. Both the American Presbyterian Mission and the Church Missionary Society Mission have officially joined, and have each appointed a representative on the Governing Board, also agreeing to-keep five or more pupils in the school. In June an important conference ex­pressed appreciation for the work done by the U.T.S. during the past fifty years and recommended that all the Missions of Western India co-operate in the work of this school.

Practically all the burdens in connection with the school are borne by the staff. Mr. Shelke, our boarding master, has been with the school for many years, and is a man of ripe experience ; and all the teachers woik together with a splendid spirit of co-operation.

Sixty-nine boys from seven different Missions make up the student body, which successfully runs on the system of self government. Pedagogy is mainly taught during the final year of the three years course. Our social and religious organizations are flourishing under the fine supervision of Mr. Navagiri. The Boy Scouts are active, and the boys take a keen interest in athletics such as football and volleyball.

The principal objective which we keep ever before us, is to send out teachers who will radiate a genuine Christian influence, bringing others to Christ. We are grateful to all our friends for their interest and their generous gifts.

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Girls’ High School

One fine Indian woman said to me recently, “ When you return from furlough, do real missionary work. Don’t do school work.’ - Many people at home hold the same idea. To preach in villages, and to tell stories to the poor Moham­medan women, shut in both physically and mentally, seem more like real missionary work than to train hundreds of children daily in the class-room. The former are certainly more fascinating and extremely essential' to the progress of the Kingdom, but is not school work with the constant contact with young and developing minds equally a part of God’s plan for the redemption of the world ?

Another erroneous idea is that children out here are more sanctified than . .children in America. Children, however, are the same the world over, and petty naughtinesses, thefts and lies are common among children of every nation and cie<d. Do not compare thè thrice-blessed children of Christian America with our little ones; but with the untutored, unclothed* uncared-for horde that play around the squalid huts from which the children’s parents came. A beautiful

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sixteen-year old girl, and bright in her studies, has caused us anxiety and sorrow by her rudeness and untrustworthiness. One day her mother came to see us, a veritable hag, un­lettered, quarrelsome, unlovely in every way ; and we could only marvel at the contrast between mother and daughter and be fleeply grateful for the grace of God which had made the transformation.

You at home' in America must, think of us in the Girls’ High School as working daily over the problems of obedience, promptness, and trustworthiness: obedience for those who never learn it in their homes ; promptness, which is lacking among people devoid of timepieces; and trustworthiness, the ideal for children of every land.

R e a d y f o e W o r k .T h e H e a d s of F o u it D e p a r t m e n t s in t h e I n d d s t r iAi *

S c h o o l A h m e d n a c j a k .

Leaders of Industry

One of the principal items this year has been the addi­tional responsibility taken olrer by tour Indian Christians; £he Metal, Wood, Automobile and Boring Departments iare

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now entirely in charge of Christian artizans who fix iheir own rates and employ their own men, and who have done very well. At first they were not willing to fly, and had to be pushed out of the nest before they would sti’etch their wings. This has proved to be a step in the • right1 direction, and we trust that they will more and more become less dependent on the Mission.

Aside from regular carpentry our work includes looking after buildings, repairing cars, and recently most of the Mission property in Abmednagar has been lighted by electri­city generated in our workshops. The Hostel has continued to shelter all artizans and workers who need assistance. A number of lads having made good progress at their trade have gone out into the world to paddle their own canoe, and others have come and taken their places. Night classes have been held with great success for those who desire to improve themselves; and not alone for studies comes the desite, but it has been also encouraging to see the longing after the things of God manifested in some of our employees. Some have been doing evangelistic work on their own initiative after they have done their day’s work in the workshops.

We are something like a fully equipped army without ammunition. We have the men, the equipment, and also the opportunity ; but not having a cent of capital to work on, we have to let opportunities pass by : this is very hardto bear.

The Ahmednagar United Divinity College

From January to March the instructors were Dr. H. Fairbank, Eev. E. B. Douglas of the Free Church, Eev. S. L. Salvi and Dr. R. A. Hume. After a course of two years study, in March a Marathi class of eleven left the institution. In April the Principal, Dr. H. Fairbank, went on furlough. Dr. Hume has since acted for Principal Fairbank. In June a new Marathi class of twelve students was formed. The former English class of six will finish their four years’ course

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in March 1924. Since Jun6 the instructors have, been- Dr. Hume on Theology, one Old Testament and one New Testament book; Rev. S. L. Salvi on Introduction to the Bible, New Testament Exegesis, and Church History ; and Rev. A. H. Clark, Jesus’ Teaching on Society. Occasional instruction was given by Rev. J. F. Edwards on the Holy Spirit; Mr. D. N. Tilak, B.A., on Marathi Poetry; and Rev. E. W. Felt on Jonah. The• students have exercise in Volley Ball in the late afternoon, and on the playground get valuable lessons in co-operation. This department is superin­tended by our sympathetic instructor, Professor Salvi.

The Dorcas Society

The Women’s Dorcas Society of the First Church of Ahmednagar is a very promising organization. This year a number of new members have been added, young teachers in the Girls* School. Other members are Biblewomen and mothers of families. They made various kinds of garments and they had a sale during the time of the Church yearly meetings. From its proceeds they are now busily making clothes for the children of the very poor families of the community. These garments are to be given out at Christmas time and will make many small children happy.

A Deserving Institute

Mrs. Taibai Hivale, wLiuw of the late Anandrao Hivale of the Ahmednagar Church, is continuing her most helpful work in the “ Sir Ratan Tata Institute for Destitute Children,” though under heavy financial burden. Caring for orphans in India is a tremendous undertaking both because of the large numbers, and because of their intense poverty.

This institution which includes a few youthful widows, now numbers in all 206 children. It is made possible largely through the generosity of an Indian lady, the honourable Lady Tata, and other Indian contributors. A helpful source will Stop in 1924, and Mrs Hivale will then be thrown even more

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o h her own resources if the work is to continue in full. The spirit in which this Indian Christian woman cares for the children, and trains them through the help of the Ahmednagar Schools, is very inspiring. She knows in whom she has believ­ed and she is willing to trust in His unfailing providence.

Music hath Charm*

In Biblewomen’s work in Ahmednagar three distinct methods have been used this year in reaching non-Christian women. First, through classes :— as teachers, Biblewomen are assigned classes which are examined twice a year, and if tli3ir work has b9an satisfactory, the women who have been taught are given prizes. This instruction method has been followed for some years, and is excellent among illiterate women.

Second is the teaching of carefully progressive lessons embodied in story form, which has required much preparation on the part of the Biblewomen. In connection with this study the Marathi translation of the little book called “ Twenty-four Bible Stories for Mass Movement W orkers” was used. The Biblewomen have used these lessons in their work in various sections in Nagar city, and. have found them informing, impressive and effective, leading to conversions in communities of the depressed classes.

The third mathod is the Bhajan. This has proved the most effective way of reaching non-Ghristian women. The Bhajan, a service of devotional hymns is very soul-filling, and needs careful preparation, with the hymns thoroughly committed to memory. The leader should have the gift of magnetism in order to give the message in a pleasing and convincing manner. Indian music is most enjoyable when skillfully accompanied by special instruments, including cymbals and castanets, deemed proper for Indian women to use. In the hot weather these Bhajan services were used in Nagar city as well as in the near-by towns, the band.being financed by a special gift for evangelistic wprk.

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Biblewomen’s Leader

In 1923 thp Bible Training School for Women had two classes, the more advanced of which graduated four women at the e:il of Mireh. Tha closing exercises in the Alice House were attended by numerous invited guests. Bach graduate, looking attractive in her simple dark sari, and with unusual dignity and self-possession, gave a well prepared address, followed by Marathi hymns. Then Dr. R. A Hume addressed the class, giving them helpful spiritual suggestions. Miss Gozerabai Gaikwad has been the chief instructress, and has carried nobly the brunt of the beaching of this class.

The less advanced class of eight women has continued its study and will graduate next March, to be followed by a new class. The regular Principal of this school, Miss Gertiude Harris, whose place has been so efficiently substituted by Mrs. Hume, has returned, and will hereafter conduct the school.

Self-supporting Widows

The Chapin Home or Widows’ Home has been full this year. Satisfactorily, each woman has been able to support herself by the work she has done. Two have, also, each supported a child. They do various kinds of work; for example, one woman has been sent to take care of orphan in­fants in the Nagar Mission Hospital; several widows who could not be taken in as inmates have been cared for and put into training for work by which they could support them­selves. The spirit of the Home is good.

Generous Home Response

Isn’t it “ A gran’ and glorious feelin’ ” to have every­thing you want! If you don’t know what that means, get yourself transferred to the care of the Western Maine Branch and before long you will think the entire State of Maine is interested in supplying your needs, for that is what happened tQ ns ! We were paying a huge milk bill every month, and

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still could not afford as much milk as we needed. A letter home brought money for two buffaloes and twelve goats. Now we have plenty of milk, and money enough for food for the animals for a year. When one of the nurses said, “ Doctor, I am so hungry for bandages I am nearly starved,” I repeated it in a letter, ahd again came material and bandages. A box of dolls; money for dishes and spoons; money for starving babies, and food for the sick ; besides a “ birthday box,” have come. The latter enables us to pay the tuition of a boy who otherwise would be obliged to stay at home. The gift of a Ford has come this year, which is such a continual aid in so many ways. All these besides the regular annual quota! How happy we are here: and such response is duplicated throughout the Mission.

The assistant, Dr. Mathurabai, and twelve nurses have given untiring service for many in-patients, nearly nine thousand dispensary patients, and visits to the sick in the city and suburbs. There is much appreciation of this help in the non-Christian and Christian communities. The interior of the hospital has been repainted, whitewashed, and renovated, ard the buildings have been lately equipped with electricity. This latter is a great boon. Visits from Professor Eliza Kendrick and Miss Mary Smith of Wellesley College, Dr. George L. Richards of Fall River, and others have been helpful.

Dr. Ruth Hume expects soon to return to this hospital; then the two American lady doctors and the staff will cope even more with the immense medical needs in the city and district.

Teacher and Leader Dies

Bhaurao B. Chakranarayan, who died in Ahmednagar in November, was a faithful teacher in the Union Training School for more than forty years. He served as secretary of the Sarvatric Aihya for many years, besides being a deacon in the First Church and a leader in the Ahmednagar community. He is the author of several useful books in the Marathi language.

M ISSIO N G L IM P SE S

T h e a g e -l o n g f e a r f o r t h e t e r r ib l e

B r in g in g h o m e a d e e r

M S S IQ Ñ GLIM tSÈS

TWO HOPKFUL MISSIONARIES

A n I n d ia n Ch r is t ia n P a s t o r w i t h h is f a m i l y

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Burned! Out of Home

Laxmanrao and his family, whose picture appears at the left on this page, were burned out of their home at one

‘ o ’clock at night last Septem-B urked Out . bei% after his and all his neigh­

bours’ doors had been fastened from the outside. One can’t imagine how fast the fire can lick up the thatched roof of one of these- little Indian houses! j

You see, they had become Christians and the villagers wanted. to kill them. They nearly succeeded. The family was the first in twenty years to come out in the Mogalgi from that particular (out) caste group. But Laxya’s old dad was sleeping out that night in the shed in front of his (the next) house and with the flames curling above his head, he smashed a hole through the side of the house. One by one the father hurled

his five terrified children out to safety, then pushing his screaming wife ahead he managed to squirm out of that smoky death-trap. Isn’t it fun to be a Christian ! Gentle reader, there’s about as much chance of Laxmam-ao going back on his newly found Jesus as there is of you becoming a Hindu.

Here’s another^ There’s probably been more persecution :to the square inch in Jagji ( in the Mogalai, too) than in any other village of our mission. Rev. P. M. Bandive, three times badly beaten, once burned out, poisoned ( his brother

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died of it ), and mutilated, all in this Brahmin dominated village, sat with the deshmukh, Jagji’s un-crowned ruler, the other day. They were in front of the hut of a Christian in the despised quarter of the village, chewing pan supari, and spitting of course ! The deshmukh told Prakàshrao with a chuckle how lie and others had smashed up the Brahmin school. “ The folks are waiting you know, for your Christian school now.” Then the pastor slapped him on the back telling how that very day we had secured the best site in Jagji for the school.

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Indian Evangelism in Bombay

When I returned from my five months’ furlough last Good Friday (March 30) I was more than gratified, but not at all surprised, that my Indian brethren under the resourceful supsrintendency of the Rev. Sumantrao R. Dongre, had during my absauca maintained in full strength thé daily street- preaching among Bombay’s millions, the three day-schools, and the half-dozen preaching services every Sunday. In addition to this, Brother Dongre had attended to all the innumerable details arising out of the difficult work among our Christian people from up-country places who live in Bombay, and had kept the flag flying over the camp of the Mang Garudis, the criminal tribe of the thieve-caste now being civilized and redeemed.

In the months that have elapsed since my return I have still left much of the supervision of this important work in the same capable hands, while I have been more than fully occu­pied daily with editorial duties on the weekly Dnyanodaya, in the taxing work of the Marathi Bible Revision Committee, and in the heavy task of Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Bombay Christian Council now comprising 28 Missions and hundreds of Churches?.

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One of the most promising fields in our Bombay area is the day-school started in 1918 at Yadala Siding, five miles from Byculla, for the children of the Bombay Port Trust Rail­way employees. Where nothing at all was being done educa­tionally, there is now every day a school of over 200 scholars iu a school built by the B.P.T. authorities at a cost of over half a lakh of rupees. There is also a growing Sunday School and a regular service for Divine worship.

Leadership of the Blind

One of the most difficult problems in conducting a Blind School is looking after the future of the boys and gills. They think of the school as their home, and of us as their parents ; thus we feel obliged to find situations for them. Below we have the results of a number of those who have gone from our school.

W e taught one blind young man the work of caning chairs. He had been a carpenter and learned easily ; but he tried several places in a few years, before he could settle down. Finally he secured a place in a Mission Industrial School, but soon became dissatisfied with his small wages, and left his jcb altogether. It isn’t often, however, as bad as this.

Two of our young men are Musical Evangelists in Satara. Their services are highly thought of in the villages where, with their portable organ, they sing praises unto the Lord, as they go about with the Evangelists. Those men are married and have their place in the Christian community of Satara. Another young man works in an Industrial school; two in a Bombay factory; two others are Bombay musicians ; while two more have been honoured teachers in our Blind School for years. One quite satisfactory youth, though nearly sightless, supports his wife, two children and an orphan nephew com ­fortably, by caning chairs. He has influenced several relatives in becoming Christians ; showing that even the blind shall lead them. It is a pleasure to meet him when he gratefully calls on us, never asking any favours ; and touching to think that his last baby has been named for. us.

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We have helped many young men to find wives, which is a difficult task. Some have a wife with but one eye, thus insuring at least one good eye for the family. One lame young Theologue has a lame wife ; and still others are hopefully wait­ing for wives.

Situations for blind young women are more difficult to find. The girls have less ambition and need more protection. However, two are at present successful in singing and reading the Bible to patients in Women’s Hospitals.

These blind workers are a continual wonder to those who ..have only thought of the blind as helpless.

From an Indian Principal

Ours is the only Anglo-Vernacular High School in a loca­lity of many Christian and non-Christian children. As the most important activities cf our Station and Church are centred in this locality, we have the responsibility of minister­ing to the educational needs of these young hopefuls.

Times have changed, and the present requirements of educational institutions in Bombay demand an up-to-date staff of trained and efficient teachers with up-to-date

;equipment. To meet these demands in a satisfactory way, with limited resources, is a difficult task.

Mr. Wheeler’s transfer to Abmednagar and the resignations of Messrs. Atre And Tilak forced us to look for competent teachers elsewhere. Notwithstanding these discouragements at the start we have a good staff of teachers, two of whom are graduates with honours in English and Sanskrit. The satisfying remarks,of the Educational Inspector show that the School maintains a full staff of adequate and well qualified teachers.

What are the real needs of the Christian and non- Christian parents for their children in the locality where God has ealled us for service ? This w7as our first question. Then the problem as to the best way in which our school could rightly fulfil these reasonable demands faced us- We are glad that the labours iu this direction have.not beep in.vain.; there

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is slowly but steadily an increase in the number of pupils in the High School and Marathi School. This and the hearty co-operation that exists between us, is encouraging. Miss Simpson and her Assistant, Anubai Kamble, Mrs. Buell, and Mr. Patet are managing Bowker Hall, Clarke Abbott Home, and the Eiske Hall respectively, and their work is com­mendable.

Thanks are due to our benefactors in America who are the mainstay of our schools. We are specially grateful to our sympathetic and benevolent friend Dr. Abbott, and to Miss Wheeler who is endearing herself more and moie as a real mother to the many orphans in our schools.

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Enthusiasm Promotes Progress

We in Rahuri feel that the year has been one of distinct progress. In the villages the schools have a larger attend­ance, and they have been rewarded with much increase in Government grants. The masters are working with greater interest and enthusiasm. A new school has been opened in Warundi and has nearly thirty children ; and another school has been re-opened for the Christian families in Deheri. The Station schools are also very encoux-aging. Our new girls’ Vernacular school has opened with 15 girls in the fifth stand­ard. The new matron has made the dormitory a joy instead of a burden. It has been voted to close the boys’ A. V. department to avoid duplicating with Vadala and also to give room for our growing Vernacular school.

It is always hard to estimate results in evangelistic work. We have had baptisms in the Station and in the district and feel that our workers are awake. A new circle has been opened at the south and a new preacher has been located in a promising village to the north. We have been fortunate in having money, received from the sale of property last year, to use iu much needed repairs,

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Practically every Christian woman in Rahuri is enrolled in a Bible class. And they attend!! They are trying out their class teaching in voluntary work in different sections of Rahuri and in the nearby towns. The ultimate objective is to stimulate voluntary work and to inspire our Christian women to feel.the responsibility for their non-Christian sisters.

We are particularly happy that the church here has called to be its pastor Rev. R. A. Ravade of Sholapur. He comes to us after many years of experience in district and city work, and we truly expect “ great things for God ” from the church under his leadership.

We are very grateful for all the interest and help from our friends during the past year. Our new tent and its equipment for district work seems to us a practical expression of their faith and love, and gives great hope for the future of our work. Whenever the tent stands in its place under a spreading tree near a village, it will signify that our friends are working with us for the Kingdom of God in Rahuri.

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Interesting Christians of Satara

The outstanding features of the year in Satara have been the awful plague epidemic which has for months ravaged the city and the many villages of the district; God’s marvellous goodness in protecting every member of our small Christian community from the scourge; the faithful and effective service of our Indian workers; and the rare loyalty of friends at home whose generous gifts have made it possible for us to carry on successfully for one more year. Even the plague has been the means of opening many hearts and homes to the Good News of a Saviour who has conquered death.

Our two blind musicians win' such .a welcome from people of all classes as they travel about, singing and playing the matchless gospel lyrics of the famous Brahman convert, Narayanrao Tilak. These “ boys’ ’ as we affectionately call

thegi, w§re; educated in t^e-I^M^d School in ^ o m ^ y . Wheir faithful, untiring service,, musical ability and sterling charac­ter give them a unique opportunity for bringing home the Christian message. , ,

. Our nurse is a Christian wiclo w trained in the Ahmed- nag'&r hospital, ’«’li jge painstaking efforts as a compounder,

-dispenser and nureebave resulted in bringing, relief to over seven thousand patients this year. It takes real courage to go among patients in all stages of the bubonic plague and do what',little can be done to relieve their awful suffering.

Hariba Gaikwad! a live, radiant, human saint, seventy- seven years old, with an unquenchable sense of humour and a deep, impelling prayer life, is a spirit that counts in the life of this whole district. He has served God in this Mission in countless ways for fifty-seven years. He is the last of his class in the Ahmednagar Theological Seminary, and we thank God often for the privilege of fellowship with his rare-spirit.• In his life indeed the promise is fulfilled that “ at evening time it shall; be light ”

R e v . a n d M r s . H a r ib a G a i k w a d . .

Themse-are, a few of. products .of Christian Mission^ who are devoting their.lives here in Safcara to humble, quieiO

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'Service', passing on the message which lias made them what they are. There are more in this small, independent, self- supporting church, where practically every member pays a full tithe: and in addition they make generous gifts to many other agencies in India. They sent Bs. 150 to the aid of their suffering friends in Japan, and are each month putting away a considerable sum toward the Building Fund for their new church, the site for which they have already bought and paid for.

Is the Satara work worth while ? YES. Give us your prayerful good wishes for the coming year, and SEND US THAT MISSIONARY FAM ILY!

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New Responsibility for the Sthanik Aikya (or Churches Union)

The Sthanik Aikya, composed of Indian leaders and two missionaries, has taken up the work in the East and West district of Sholapur, since the death of ‘ Father Gates ’ and the return to America of ‘ Mother Gates.’ There are seven schools and three churches witih a corresponding number of teachers and preachers working in this area, under the supervision of the secretary ofj/he Aikya, Rev. R. A. Ravade.

Two incidents are told which show that the evangelistic spirit of the former leaders is being fostered to-day. Vithalrao had taken his education in the Mission schcol, but left before graduation for fear of baptism. For fifteen years he avoided this, but secretly yearned for Christ, and at last overcoming his fear and outward prejudice, he decided to be baptized. Then learning of the death of his friend ‘ Father Gates,’ he put it off and later mèt his 'death in an attack of cholera. The death changed his wife, Godubai, so that she asked for the baptism her husband had sought. Now she has become an ardent Christian with the earnest desire that her son will be a pastor of thè Christian flock,

• .l&eshav and. Mverti - were two brothers Who felt -the Christian boarding school nearly ten years ago. In their little village-.they lived as Hindus, but the germ erf Christianity Which bad found root in their hearts never left them. This year they have shown a keen interest in pur religion, and once while cpmhsg here they were caught by their Hindu relatives and carried biick to the village; Undaunted they- returned a week litter, and very bravely accepted Christ.

From Mohol, a very orthodox village where for the last twenty years the people have been much opposed to Christian­ity, there comes the interesting statement that because of the rush of pupils to the little school, a second teacher has/been placed there, who finds it necessary to hold his class out of doors for lack of room inside. *

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T ip : M i l k Su p p l y f o e S lio lapu r B o t s .

Just B o y s !

“ Boys m ay come and boys m ay go, but. boys go -on f o r e v e r t h a t ’s tb6 Way we feel when we try to sit on our box of boys to keep the numbers: aud find t^a t jfrhe lid- p

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continually pushed up. With all, our clearing out we still have eighty-five boys in our family. It is usually jolly and good- natured and its members live together in very good fellowship. All are willing and ready lo “ play up, play up, and play the game.” They have sufficient clothes to wear, plenty of good plain food, a chance to be educated just as far as each indivi­dual boy has the capacity to go, and time for relaxation and play ! What more could any boy want ?

Mr. M. R. Yaghmare our excellent head master, who was trained in the Government College in Poona, is the leader of a very good staff of teachers. He takes a real interest in his pupils, holding an overtime class for those about to sit for the entrance examination, for High School.

The carpentry department is under an exceptionally fine Indian Christian leader, Mr. T. G. Ghodke, who is also trea­surer of the Church. The bigger scholars work two hours every day in the carpentry school, and a few boys train in it all day, to learn carpentry as a vocation.

As these boys grow up,.effort is made to raise up leaders by giving every possible scope to Indian initiative. One of the most pleasing proofs of this is the fine way in which the flourishing Sunday School is running itself without any supervision from missionaries.

Lantern and other lectures, sorgs, and plays on Saturday evenings are much appreciated by the boys and by others, and some house-to-house visiting is done. But in this large industrial centre with a population close to 120,OCO there is a crying need for organized social service and community work. It ought to be for both Christians and non-Christians, and it must have a missionary specially assigned to it instead of being a side-line among the countless jobs of a general missionary.

Five Former Pupils Are Teachers

One of the former pupils of the Woronoco School has just finished her Kindergarten Training course, and is doing good

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work in the first class of her Alma Mater. She is the fifth of the former pupils who are now teaching in the school. The 139 frupils on the roll this year show an increase over last year and the efficiency and progress of the school is encouraging.

Sul'ochanabai, the head mistress of the school, com ­pleted 28 years of efficient and devoted service in the school on Sept. 1. She has bèen a loyal and dependable leader, and has been able successfully to carry on the school during my absence on furloughs. Because of her example, other teachers are beginning to develop a helpful spirit of leadership in the work.

Alumnæ Day, the usual celebration of the anniversary of the bpening of the new school, was especially interesting because of the presence with us of Mrs. Reed, from Westfield •Mass. Woronoco, the name of the school, is the old American Indian name for WTestfield. Another visitor was Major Caince-Cross, who gave us a very interesting lantern lecture on his expedition to Mt. Everest.

The organization of the Girl Guides, of which we have three patrols, has given much pleasure in the drills and tests. The influence has been most helpful, as the girls have tried to be faithful in carrying out in their daily work the principles for which the Guides stand.

Thé Sun Bëams C. E. Society has continued to be active. In October it gave a concert to raise money for Japanese relief and àlfeo to send delegates to the C. E. convention at

• Abmedna^ar: It realized more than eighty rupees, sentfortÿ-two rupees to Japan, and partly paid the expenses of thirtëen delegates to the convention. The delegates began to put into practice what they had heard, on the return jouriiey, endeavouring to show the evils of smoking to some women who were smoking on the train. One promised that she would try to break the habit by smoking less and less every day.

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Blind Biblewoman

One of the three Bible women of Sliolapur is blind, and creates much interest among the people because she can read. She always gets eager hearers for her messages. The Bible women meet four or five times a week just before they start out to carry their messages of the gospel to the different parts of the city. ' It is very interesting to hear their reports of the comfort they have brought to the hearts of many discouraged women. They have taught these women the futility of temple sacrifice and have comforted and blessed them by telling about the love pf the True Physician.

ITraining Tots

The Mary B. Harding Kindergarten Training School is the largest that it has been in any year of its history, except one. The total number in June was thirty-five. Three have left, leaving a total of thirty-two. Every year the standard of the school is higher, because the type of girl' sect for training is better. We have some splendid girls in the two classes at present, who will go out and do a real service. We are terribly handicapped because of lack of dormitory room. There are only three small dressing rooms and three small box rooms for twenty-three girls. We are hoping that some Fairy Godmother will enable us to build more rooms. (About $800 would do it). Where is our Fairy Godmother ?

Our Girls’ Messenger Service of last year, has merged into the “ Girl Guides” which has been started for all of Sholapur. Its principles and discipline are having a-very helpful influence in forming the girls’ characters. MissEolt gave them a splendid start, and now Miss Labaree is here to

carry on.”

The Josephine Kindergarten

The three divisions total seventy-seven, not so large in numbers as last year, but ahead in the development of the

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ehildren. l ’or the first time in the history of the school we have done^away with “ calling women.” Most of the children come by/themselves,; and the rest are brought by parents or older brothers and sisters.

The .daily cut) of milk has made a difference in the physical health *of the children and we are deeply grateful to the friends who have sent money for it. For the new. aluminium cups, we thank Miss Emily Wheeler. We also send a hearty Christmas thank you to all of the Vermont ladies for their most generous supply of gingham dresses for the children’s Christmas. They are just the pattern they like.

'We cannot let this year's report go in without a grateful and hearty tribute to Miss Agnes Rolt, the fine young English woman who volunteered to help in the Training School until Miss Labaree arrived* Some of you have had letters frem her. She was like a whole flood of sunshine in thé home,. and rendered a consecrated service such as we can never repay. She has just joined friends in Bombay, and our love and gratitude go with her.

“ For Our Daily Mil s ”

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“ A Backward Glance ”

Seven years ago this Settlement looked like a Criminal Tribes Settlement, ■with emphasis on the criminal. Big robberies and dacoities were common in Sholapur, and too often traceable to the work of the Settlers. The chief source of pleasure seemed to be, on the part of the men, a “ big booze” on Mill holidays and after pay days; while the women teemed incessantly quarrelling with each other or urging on their men folk to faction fights and blood letting, accompanied by foul and noisesome abuse.

We haven’t yet reached the stage when we can say these things are of the past. There are still occasions when some of the' settlers get drunk and disorderly, or when a particular tribe decides to settle a dispute in the old jungle way; but such times are as rare now, as they were plentiful seven years ago. No ! from the standpoint of thrills, the Settlement is certainly not the place it once wTa s! Only to-day a police official came to me and said: “ The police have anested thegang that has been responsible for the jewellery robberies that have lately been taking place in the town.” Lg,st week a railway official said : “ We have now got the gang that hasbeen robbing on the railway between here and Poona.” No Settler’s name appears in either list!

Rewards for good conduct, and concessions for continued clean records are figuring among the problems we now have to face.

The Sunday services are being attended by those whose idea of worship a few years, or even months, ago was to indulge in the most fanatical orgies; accompanied by excesses of violence and intoxication. These men now.wag their heads in sympathy with the Gospel truths they listen to.

And so the work goes on !

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: What will she be in a few years henoe ? At present she is a winsome little Kaikadi Kindergartener, nolrafraid to snuggle up to the missionary, -even though her parents may -1)6 receiving a rating for a breach of, settlement rules. ‘ J&jgbt above the average, there are hundreds like her, being moulded day by day, in the aohools, into dependable citizens. Many will beeonaa Christians. Their parents were daooits.

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G ------------- , a Kan jar or Guzerati Bhat, has been achief, or leader of his .tribe for many years. He lost half of his left arm in a fracas with the police one night, when axes were indiscriminately used. He is one of the very few irre- eoncilables, and has two wives, and some good children.

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S i r u r

Two Severe Trials

Like the Egyptian under Pharaoh, only to a somewhat less degree, Sirnr has been suffering under “ plagues ” this year. First it was the plague of unfaithful sinful living. This spread during the winter among several of our teachers, working unseen like the vile serpent it was, and gradually revealing its dire effects in a spiritual deadness, and moral paralysis that almost completely killed all forward-looking plans for the work in Sirur itself. Only a thorough cutting off of these members of the community, whose lives had become besmirched with suspicion or whose misdeeds had become too flagrant to be longer concealed, has helped to cure this foul disease.

The other plague that came like a blight upon our little community in the spring and summer commenced its work during the month of April while we were away at the hills. Eats began to dia in the town, and soon cases of bubonic plague broke out. Inoculation began at once, and the Christ­ian people were among the first to be treated. The town became a city of the dead, scarcely a soul being seen on the streets. Almost all of our Christian community went away to safer places. Schools all stopped, and we who were left spent most of our time caring for the sick, and burying the dead. There were altogether seven cases in our little neighbourhood among the Christians. Of these, three children died. For four weeks we were very anxious, but at last about November first the epidemic seemed to wear itself out, and by the middle of November we were able to start our normal activities again.

V a d a l a Ch u r c h , B u il t w i t h F a m in e L a b o u r .

One Indian Leader and His Boys

Jiwanrao S. Gaikwad, the headmaster . of the Vadala Boys’ School has faithfully taught here for over twenty years, during which time he has established „an esprit de corps/and a high grade of loyalty among the staff of eight teachers and the pupils. These latter come to the Anglo-Vernacular School after four years of instruction in some one of the forty village schools of .this district, as raw recruits. Under “ D aia’« ” careful instruction they learn something of what it means to be a gentleman, as well as their three “ R’s,” before going on to the higher schools in Ahmednagar. Perhaps this record is not so surprising whett one knows that this man is the son of the late Rev. Shetiba Gaikwad,

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Through a system of squad leadership the boys do their own work. They carry water, clean the dormitory and the school, wash and mend, and make breads. The last inovation was not accomplished without much persuasion and effort, it being so contrary to custom, but the results have proven it to be a valuable asset.

The Hindu boys, of whom there are at present sixteen, are now voluntarily attending Prayers each morning and also studying the Bible with the Christian boys at a regular assigned period. Government has recently issued a state­ment urging that non-Christians be not compelled to attend Christian instruction, when the Christian school is the only one in the area. In Vadala there is a separate boarding department for the non-Christians, but the fellowship between Christian and non-Christian is very open and genuine.

A Capable Matron

All the honours for the care of the girls of the Vadala Girls’ School fall at the feet of its capable matron, Tarabai Waghchoure. In a quiet and loving way she is a living ex­ample to the girls of what a fine Christian woman can be. The school takes girls from kindergarten through four grades of the Vernacular, and then passes them on to the Mission School in Ahmednagar.

We rejoice in a new school recitation building this year, erected in memory of Mrs. Lay. It is twice the size of the olii building, and teachers and pupils alike do better in quarters that aren’t cramped. The kindergarten children are overflow­ing their quarters, and they will also need to spread out into a nice big room some'day. A Domestic Science class for a few has been carried on with success, teaching not only cooking and house-work, but buying as well. The girls draw their own water at the well, and true to Indian custom, do their own grinding of grain, three girls at each stone, instead of one ; and their songs while they grind are trebled in power, till they make the echoes ring.

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The girls also have sewing classes. Here they Ifarn, the- use of the needle, an art almost entirely unknown to Indian women. And. they do exceptionally w ell! The work is graded according to their capabilities, so that when they leave school to go on to Nagar, they know all the useful stitches, and can make garments.

Conversions and Gifts Increase.

Because conversions are more numerous and because every village is giving more generously for the church than it ever did before, the Churches of the Yadala district are in a much healthier condition. Last year there were few baptisms, but this year many more have come forward to confess Christ. Many others are receiving instruction preparatory to"being baptized. Hindus as well as Christians have given gladly during the year. In one village five men gave.Jjiteen ru^es, the equivalent of an average farmer’s income for one mapth. More money was given by five villages this year than was gi 'en by the forty yillages of the whole district a few years ago. !

The Yadala district, as well as the whole Marathi Mission, has lost a great-hearted, noble Christian leader with the death of Rev. Shetiba F. Gaikwad. His wise and Joving handj of guidance will be greatly missed. May his mantle fall on others for the great work of this district!

The Gangthadi Aikya (association of churches) consisting of the Churches of the Rahuri and Yadala districts, l^ave decided that more efficient work can be done by a geographical division into two parts. The Yadala section is now the, Eastern Gangthadi Aikya. The churches are already respond­ing to plans for greater independence which have been put forward.

Patharwala offers a new example of the power and useful­ness of our common village schools. A year ago I was met by the people of this village and a crowd of children, who besought me for a school, as they had done before, but never with such urgency. At last a teacher \vent to them. Soon the call came

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for an assistant teacher— too many children for one teacher ! When I examined the school on tour I found it had almost' fifty children in five grades. What an opportunity, children from every caste and out-caste ! They all knew stories of Christ,even the smallest tot among them. During the year there have been baptized twenty men, twenty-one women, and twenty-nine children, a total of seventy. A singing band has been started, arid there is an earnest desire for better living. When the offerings were handed in at the' close of the evangel­istic service, more than twenty-six rupees were in the hands of thj6£)astor.

An Indian Patriarch Passes

Rev. Shetiba Gaikwad, who died on October 31st, 1923,worked for fifty-seven years in Ahmednagar and Yadala, holding positions of respon­sibility in connection with the Marathi Mission. The large gathering at his funeral service in Yadala, showed the feeling of esteem of all classes fôr him. Not only Vadala, where he had spent the last thirty-two years of his life, but all of Christian Western India has lost a great friend and leader.

The source of his power was not in birth and social position, for he. came from the humblest classait was not in education, for he had only a normal school educa­tion, followed by a course at thé theological seminars' after he had proved his

character and ability as a teacher. Both courses were in

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the Vernacular, for he had not a word of the English usually thought so necessary for reaching a place of position and wide influence. His power came, instead, from the fact that he had utterly consecrated his natural good abilities along practical lines to the service of the Master he loved, and to the Master’s children. There was no little child he did not notice, no home jn which he was not a common visitor in joy or sorrow, no matter too small for him to give it his most careful attention,, no man or woman in trouble whom he did not help, no con­fidence which he ever broke. His love for the individual made him keen to the needs of the community. Recognizing the value of organization, he constantly pondered over plans for the development of the Indian church and community, bringing for the solution of their problems wisdom that was sought by all.

He must have known the esteem in which he was held, but he gave no sign of feeling it as a personal honour. He never asked for pay commensurate with his labours, but was content with what kept him and his wife, a true helpmeet, in simple comfort. From their home they have sent out a family of children who hold positions of trust throughout Western India.

The tribute of missionaries who have spent twenty-five years in close daily contact with him is that they have seen in him no ignoble ambition nor trait of character; as a Christ­ian leader, as a friend, and as a member of the community, he has measured up to the highest tests for wise judgment, sympathy, tact and spiritual insight.

T h e N e w C h i ld r e n ’s W a k d W a i H o s p i t a l .

Healing in Wai

The year 1923 has, beeji % gre. t year of progress. "ppide- rnics of plague and cbiolera kept down the number qf patients at the hospital to 80,0 and at-the dispensary to 15,000.

The Abbott Memorial Children’s ward was opened in December. It offers a special attraction in having a play­ground on the roof, where the- recuperating youngsters m>ay find enjoyment; In the hospital, the surgical cases predo­minate. To see a villager from forty miles away come thin, weak, unable to keep food in his stomach and after an operation go home iat and grinning ; to see a man led into the operating room groping, and after his cataracts are removed go home without the need of cane or relatives to guide him : these and

/ many others make the work seem worth while.Our maternity ward has had a brilliant year under the

guidance of Dr. Bose Beals and the association of two Indian

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doctors, Dr. David until July, and Dr. Kurian. the second six months. Many cases own their lives to these doctors. Recently, a village family were awestruck to see a live little boy born by Cæsarean section and the life of the mother saved.

Thé greatest need has been met by the arrival of Miss Andrews to take charge of the Nursing department.

It is impossible to state how many who, while helped physically, have received spiritual help, through the Sunday services and the daily talks and prayers of the pastor, three preachers, and Biblewomen. Many have come saying “ we came hearing your name.” Our hope is that many have gone, to their homes knowing His name.

Unity and Goodwill in Church and Schools

The year has been uneventful except as each day has been a great event packed full of opportunities for varied, absorbing, satisfying service. Constantly have we had proof of God’s wonderful love and care for us.

In the Church and community, the.spirit of unity, good will and helpfulness has prevailed.

The Abbott Home contains a big happy family, where the old and weak are lovingly cared for by the others. This year a young widow who had but recently been baptized, has come to us with her three little ones who are the joy of the home. Also two orphan girls, have come, and a wee girl of eighteen months was recently given to us. Her mother who has not long to live, was once a pupil in one of our girls’ schools. She said, “ Others want my baby but I want to put her where I know she will be cared for and have a better chance than: I had. ”

Under an efficient staff, the Station school continues to grow in numbers. The Government Inspector in his report speaks encouragingly of it as, “ a good deal of a model in­stitution in many respects.” In the girls’ schools our teachers have grown greatly in self reliance and ability. In three of the village schools the teachers have tried having

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night school to keep hold of the hoys who have left to go to work, and in one village there has been a weekly gathering conducted by young men under supervision of the teacher. The subjects chosen have been well worth while and all who attended have been helped.

Our devoted Biblewomen and preachers in addition to their work in the hospital and dispensary have faithfully, by word and deed, proclaimed the Good News in town and surrounding villages. They meet an appreciative response everywhere, for great influences are at work and people are thinking and reading as never before.

Advice to new missionaries.What to bring ? A good disposition, a barrel of patience. What not to bring ? A fur coat—a lawn mower— a pair of

skates.

Answers to Exam Questions by Indian Students.(a.) Monsoons are fertile gorges between the Himalayas.(b) When England was placed under an interdict, the

Pope stopped all births, marriages and deaths for a j7ear(c) Liberty of conscience means doing wrong and not

worrying about it afterward.(d) The German Emperor was called the Geyser.

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The Parner District

About 2000 have named the name of Christ in this district and for these there are 8 primary schools, 8 village Churches and 18 preachers and teachers. The regular monthly meetings of workers and interested villagers are a recent feature. Interesting and helpful themes are discussed and good, sound advice concerning the conduct of the work is given.

The foremost Church, at Hange, is pleased to have Eev. L. S. Hi wale as its pastor. Through his influence this Church, which has had a steady growth, called a large meeting in November for both non-Christians and Christians. Over 500 attended and heard inspiring addresses about the Saviour of the World. Last year a well-known Hindu Gosavi was baptized in this Church, and has now become a forceful preacher.

The Kolgaon DistrictHere there are 6 Churches, 10 primary schools,-and a

good staff of workers and Bhajctn singers. The Bhajans, or song services, are a great attraction and most helpful in the evangelistic work of this district. The Christians, though poor, have given generously for God’s work. Earnest enquirers have come out and in two villages especially a large harvest for the Kingdom is expected. The memory of the late Rev. H. G. Bissel, who worked in this area for a number of years, is still a living inspiration to the people. This district as well as the Parner district is supervised by Rev. R. S. Modak, chairman of the Indian Mission Board.

Jeur District

Jeur, is the last but one in area and finance of our districts, but it is by no means the last in interest and service. The Board received this district with 6 village schools, 7 Churches,

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8 teachers, 3 preachers and 2 pastors. Apart from this statistical aspect, the district came over to us with all its encouraging and discouraging problems, but by God’s grace we were led to face them with hope and cheerfulness.

The Board had to spend much timé in the study and adjustment of affairs, but in so doing it was able to cohtiniie the old work and in addition to Open a new school arid to support more boys and girls in the Ahmednágár Boarding Schools. The regular monthly»- business meetings are held at different places in the district, where apart frôm rëgulâr business, time is devoted to Bible study and intercession.

The students of the Divinity College and a professor kiùdly cb-ojîërâted with us in an evangelistic campaign in the month of August. . This bariâ, in groups of two or three, went from village to village with thé good news of the Love of Christ. The Bhajans and lantern lectures were very impressive ; the former w6re all formed from our own district villagè congregations. Pinhpalgaon, one of the chief villages, suffers severely from malarial attacks. Dr. H. J. Clark very kindly went to this village with medicine and was a great relief to the people. May thé Lord fructify all these labours.

We are happy to say that thirteen adult members were admitted into the fold of Christ by baptism. We xegret the death of the Rev. Regunathrao Gaikwad, through which the district lost an experienced, enthusiastic and hard working leader.

Nagar District

In this Nagar District there are four Churches with over 500 Christian communicants and eight schools with nearly 200 pupils. More and more evangelistic work is being done in the district in order to inspire Churches into a new spirit and encourage others to listen to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world. We were greatly éncouraged when a large number ôf people camé to hear our BJiajan and to listen to the good tidings,

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The Chas Church has been very much inspired this year. Its m3mbers realized their sense of duty for evangelization. They themselves contributed, made arrangements for food and invited many friends for one special occasion. They decorated the church building, and lined the road that led to the Church with arches. A large number of guests came in addition to the people of the town, and they were received from the road by a band of singers who led the party into the Church. Bhajans were sung and good speeches were made. This was a fine occasion that helped the members of the Church as well as those who came. After some months just such an occa­sion was again held in another place with equal success. At this time Dr. & Mrs. R. A. Hume were given special honour for their long service in India. Garlands were given to them and much appreciation was shown. The Church was full, and in all, the meeting was an inspiring one.

Rajaram Gosavi who was a well-known and honoured reli­gious teacher among the Hindus in this district is now having much Christian influence here. For many years he worked against Christ and His religion; but the Lord graciously changed this old man’s mind so that now he accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as his only Saviour. People are surprised to hear why and how such a change took place.

This year 6 men, 10 women and 5 children in this district were baptized, and many more are ready to be baptized.

There is a growing need in this district of more workers and buildings. We look to God for help.

Note.— For the leaders of the above districts see article page 1.

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A 60t h A n n iv e r s a r y .

All hail to the four new missionary ladies ; Miss Labaree, Miss Grace Woods, Miss Phillips, and Miss .Holland ! They aite most welcome additions to our group.

A tiny hopeful joined our Mission on October 30th; Barbara Anne was born to Bey. and Mrs, J. L. Moulton. She is their third child.

W e are glad to welcome Bey. Alden H . Clark back to the field, and are looking forward to Mrs. Clark’s returning.

Mrs. Katherine Gates has recently returned to. take up work again, bringing fresh ideas on community and educa­tional work.

Miss Gertrude Harris has returned to India after her 3evere llness. We are thankful for her complete recovery.

In March Bev. J. P. Edwards returned from a short furlough in America. He writes, “ To all whom I met on my brief visit to the States last winter I would say a hearty Thanh You for the grand time you gave me. What I told you then at every possible opportunity I repeat now: America is setting a unique moral example as a joation

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by .her Prohibition La w. Make sure; that you do not mar that example by an imperfect enforcement of that law. India in particular is watching bow America acts, for if American Prohibition is thoroughly enforced, then India will not be long in following America’s example.”

Miss Clara Bruce; Mr. & Mrs. Charles Burr; Rev. it Mrs. Henry Fairbank; Rev. & Mrs. Arthur A. McBride and Rev. & Mrs. William Hazen have all left this year on furlough.

Mr. Robert Fairbank went to America for a three years’ course in Hartford Theological Seminary, after which he hopes

• to return to India.

We miss the enthusiastic and devoted inspiration of “ Mother Gates” who returned to the United States.

Miss Frances WToods has gone from our midst, but we are glad that her husband, Mr. Irving Brown, has only taken her as far as Bombay.

Miss Loleta Woods is gaining in health and strength and looks forward to her return to India.

Mr. Max Kirjassoff, American Consul in Tokio, and his wife, tragically lost their lives in the Japanese earth­quake. Mrs. Kirjassoff was a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W- O. Ballantine, who are now home on furlough.

Miss Emily Bissell was honoured when at home this year by being given the degree of Litt. D. at Mt. Holyoke College, for h^r literary work for the Marathi speaking people. Miss Bissell writes as follows with regard to her literary work for the year: “ It is a pleasure to find, on my return to Bombay, that the twelfth edition of the Marathi hymnal is through the press, and seems to give general satisfaction. I find that already a second edition of the Marathi Kindergarten Song Book is wanted, and have begun work on the manuscript for it. The manuscript for a book of animal stories is also nearing completion.”

PERSONALS

A helpful and w&ll-written little book caUsd “ Jeremiah, Prophet and H ero” printed in both Marathi and English, claims Rev. Edward Felt as its author.

Dr. R. A. Hume has printed several English and Marathi booklets, tracts and newspaper articles, one of the former of which is being translated into Telegu and Gujarathi. He has improved living conditions in Abmednagar by erecting a row of six model houses for Indian Christians.

Mrs. Bruce celebrated the 60th anniversary of her joining the Mission at a breakfast at Mahableshwar in the hot season, with all the missionaries present. Mrs. Bruce may be seen at the left in the picture on page 56.

The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on Rev. Henry Fairbank by his Alma Mater, Amherst College.

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A lp h a b e t ic a l L ist o f M iss io n a r ie s o f th e

A m e r ic a n M a r a th i M ission

N ame W ork Location

* Rev. and Mrs. W . 0 . BalkntineEvangelistic and Medical,

Women’s work .. . RahuriMiss E . R. Bissell . . . Literary, Visiting

among women ... BombayDr. and Mrs. L. H . Beals Hospital and Dispen­

sary, Mission Treasurer... Wai* Miss C. H. Bruce . . . Principal, Girls’ High

School .. . AhmednngarMrs. H . Brace .. . Retired . . . Panchgani

* Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burr Principal, Boys’ HighSchool, Women’s work... Ahmednngar

Rev. A . H . Clark .. . Principal, Bovs’ HighSchool ... Ahmednagar

Dr. H . J. Clark ... Women’s Hospital .. . AhmednagarRev. and Mrs. W . S. Deming Union Training

School, Women’s work... AhmednngarRev. J . F . Edwards ... Evangelistic and

Literary ... BombayRev. and Mrs. E . Fairbanlc

Evangelistic, Mission Chairman Work for women, Educational Vadala

t Mr. 11. W . Fairbanlc ... Boys’ School .. . Vadala* Rev. and Mrs. H . Fairbank '

Divinity College, Farrar Schools ... Ahmednagar Rev. and Mrs. E. W . Felt

Eviingelistic, Educational work,Women’s work ... Sirur

Miss E. B. Fowler ...Educational and Bible-women’s work Sholapur

Mrs. Katherine Gates...Girls’ Educational work... Rahuri Miss J . P. Gordon ...Educational and Bible-

women’s work ... WaiMiss G. Harris ...Biblewomen’s Training

School ... Ahmednagar* Rev. and Mrs. William Ilazen

Edupation^J work ... Bombay

6 0 ALPHABETICAL LIST OP MISSIONARIES, E t c .

Miss E . C . Hoxie ...Educational work,Criminal Tribes ...

Miss M. Holland .. . NursingDr. and Mrs. R . A . Hume

Divinity College, Literary work, Biblew Work for widows

* Dr. R. P. Hume ... W om en’s HospitalDr. and Mrs. Walter Hume Hospital and

Dispensary ... J Miss C. G. Labaree .. . Kindergarten

Training School Alias A . L. Millard . . . Blind SchoolRev. and Mrs. J. L. Moulton

Evangelistic and Educational...* Rev. and Mrs. A . A . McBride

Criminal Tribes’ Settlement ... Rev and Mrs. W - 11. McCance

Educational work, Language study...Miss I . B. Nugent Mr. J. S Parker Miss R. M. Phillips

Miss L. Picken

Rev. and Mrs. R. S. Rose

Miss R. V . Simpson

Miss C. 1). Smiley

M rs. E . H . Smith Rev. and Mrs H

Educational work Boys’ High School Girls’ High School,

Language study Evangelistic and

Educational Evangelistic and Educational

Educational work, Language study

Girls’ High School, Farrar Schools

Girls’ High School H. Strutton

Criminal Tribes’ Settlem ent...Miss M. S. Welles Miss G. F. Woods Miss M. L. Wheeler

+ Mr. W . C. Wheeler

Girls’ High School ... Girls’ High School Kindergarten Training

School Boys’ High School

SholapurW ai

omen,AhmednagarAhmednagar

Wai

SholapurBombay

Rahuri

Sholapur

Vadala Satara Ahmednagar

Ahmednagar

Siitara

Sholapur (Barsi)

Bombay

AhmednagarAhmednagar

SholapurAhmednagarAhmednagar

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vQu furlough in Ameriou. t .S'.iQrt tq.'.n completed. July, { S^avt torn» worker

D o n a tio n s R ec e iv ed in 1 9 2 3

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A H M E D S AGAR Rev. B. P. !;,»■<p.

Girls' High School.

Miss E. 0. Wheeler, Brooklyn, X.Y.

Woman'« Missionary S'iciety, Am. Pres'». Church, Montreal, Canada -

Bible Class. First Cong. Cliureh, Docorah,Iowa

Mis« Eleanor Foster Mrs. Theron Jayne Miss Mary Jenness Mrs. GileMrs. A. T. Hale for

Library Spriu it field friends Mrs., G. E. Ilenry Estate of Sarah

C. Whitromore, Buff ilo, N.Y. Older by Dr. H. A. Iluine

Junior Church Aid, Winter Mill,Somei villi

Miss A. Hildebrand Asylum Hill Church Friends for duty Difference in exchange

on donations

Union Traini it y School.

Asylum Hill Chutch .. 000 0 0Dr. R. A. Hume .. 15 0 0Henry Sheafer-, 15«q. .. 4SI 1 7Al ime inagar Club .. 150 0 0Thro’ Georg? Butler, Esq. 47 1 1 4American Board Higher

Educational Fund .. 1500 0 0Dr. .S. B. Weld .. 7S 1 0

Boys' S ig h School.

Miss E. C. Wheeler 2nd Cong Ch. Beloit Mr. Nathan Heard Miss S. B. Higgins A Friend

3440 10 0 321 14 0 47 0 3 fi O 0 32 10 0

Rev. A . H. Clark.

Plymouth Church, Minnapolis

Mrs. L. S. C.Amherst College Mrs. E. I. Buffington Interest of Fund for

Native Workers H .P. Kendall Si i Stanley Reed

(Community Work)

11s. as. p.A. B. C. F. M. 1158 0 0

Rs. as I'- Talcuttfund 552 0 0Bates fund 45« 0 0

370^ 14 0 Governmentgrants-in-aid 272 0 0

Western Aikya 50 0 0Dr. R. A. 11 lime 54 0 0

too 0 0 Rev. H. M. LawsonSouthbride Mass 29 4 0

Rev. H. M. L 'Wson1/4 0 0 Agani Somhbride Mass 70 1 0|) i 0 (I Rev. R. S. Modak 9 0 0

5 85 10 0 School fees, etc. 4 2 015 S 0 Tithes of worktrs (¡5 14 031 7 0

7s S 018 0 0 Received by Dr. R. A. Han,".13 0

J. G. Talcott .2230 15 0I1'. H. Tuihell J610 0 0Mnsxes 1C. and

,307 0 0 J. Williams 1901 7 0Mrs. Buffington 154 1 0Miss Moore iU 13 0

no 0 0 Junior Choir Ccntial7 Ci 0 0 Church 15 13 0(i 1-2 0

iO 0 0

107 0 0 Receiccd by D>. R. A . Hi', nitfo r Modi I Houses.

D M Wadia, Esq. 300 0 0Sir H. A. Wady a 150 0 0J. F. Starkey, E.sq. (541 15 0R \\ . Deforest, Esq. 039 15 0S- E. Baldwin, Esq. 041 15 0F. II Vakeel, Esq. 100 0 0J. B. Petit, Esq. 100 0 0R S. 1’ouvala, Esq. 100 0 0li K Kolah, Esq. 50 0 0N 11 . Vakeel, Esq 25 0 0.1. A. Vakeel. Esq. 25 0 0R M Pui:day, E.-q. 2', 0 0n B Chitile. Esq. 25 0 0G. Monteath Esq., I.C.S... 50 0 0A Fr end ‘.5 0 0R. 1! K. V. Joshi, Esq. .. 25 0 0C. X Seddon, Esq. 25 0 0V. I). Velji, Esq. 25 0 0c ft.Maratlie, E*q. 25 0 0V. G. Mahajain, Esq. 25 0 0M ■s. R. X. Wadia 2' 0 0K azi Meer Chiraghuddin 10 0 0Kazi Syed Ennaitulltili .. 15 0 0

BOMBA Y :—

1545 7 0 M iss M illard .315 0 0 Red Cross Fete 3,500 0 0521 s 0 Miss Emily Wheeler S95 7 0IU 4 0

Sir Henry Proctor981 1 050 0 0

05 11 0 Rev. R. M. Gray 15 0 0300 0 0 IT. F. C. Collection 100 0 0

Miss E. W. Keith SI 12 0100 Cl 0 Miss A. Allen 46 0 0

62 DONATIONS

Donations—Gontinued.R A H U lil:—

R e c e iv e d f o r R a h o r i .Rs. as. r-

A Friend 14 10 0Wellesley Cong'l. Church 31 0 0Mrs. Whitin

(tent-personal) Sirs. Trask

3H 15 0304 0 0

T. H. Yoder 31 11 0Friends (trnt-pevsonal) .. 24! 15 0Mrs. Thorat 5 0 0T. S. Yoder --83 3 0Mrs. Tra^k 160 7 nMrs. Hollister i l 0 0Poniac Mich. Women's

Class 240 0 0Blackstone C.E. 00 0 0

126S 3 0Miss Wheeler Spec’al 6887 4 0Medical fees 37 15 3

S A T A R AMiss Picken.

Westchester Church White Plains Women's

Society Scarsdale Women’s

Society U-Come Club Kev. and Mrs. Henry

Dyckinan Miss Elizabtth Nash Mr. and Mrs. Samuel

W (x »lverton Mi«s Janet Woolvei ton .. Friends, through Misi

Ina Keith Orient I riends through

Mrs. M. M. Stephenson “ Tlio Busy Bees”—

Orient Miss Madeline Howe Miss Henrietta Lantz Misses Grtene and R>use Mrs. Marsh and Mrs.

Kiu*Mr. a-id Mrs. J. F.

Hardin Miss Q. E. Bigelow Mr«. Buckner Mr. Taleoti, through

Or. R. A, Hume Mr. and Mrs. McCance .. Indian Villagers Indian Christians On Exchange

M iss XtHJfHt. Mrs. Kuoblock Mr. C. 8. Campb 11 Mias It. Snow Mrs. Hacklin Mrs. D. Gay Mrs. R. A. Wilcox Mrs. T. S. Lee Scarsdale Women’s

Society

3501 10 10

255 0 0

001 4 0317 7 0

310 0 0320 10 2

100 0 0412 8 s

732 11 4

120 9 11

190 14 00 5 03 0 0

R2S 14 0

010 4 0

333 0 0150 0 0

77 7 0

012 0 0000 0 0

7 9 90 15 0

SI 0 0

345 5 3ISO 0 0343 0 0

13 0 0075 0 0188 5 400 12 0

1F5 14 7

Miss Elizabeth Blizzard . Miss Freda Mitchell Miss Flint MisiM. Adams Scarsdale Primary S.S. Miss Mabel Hileher Miss E. Merrill Miss E. Nash Mr. and Mrs. Wolvurton ' Mrs. M. 8. Smith Miss M. B. Howe Mr. Burnside Holland Scholarship Natara Orphan ge Fund’. Miss Wheeler Von Come Club Difference on exchange

Rs. as. -p. 125 9 3 30 0 C 58 0 030 11 3 124 2 0

158 9 031 11 0

5001003288

S IR U K :—Rev. and M rs. E. IV,

Park Ridg*-, 111.Community Church ..

Lyle Minnesota Sunday School

Pa'k Ridge III Sunday .School

Miss Agnes Wood II. Hunter5th Ave. Cong I. Church

Sunday School Minneapolis

Bible Society (Britioh and Foreign)

Miss Florence Felt Miss Carter Sharon Conn. Queen

Esther Circle Mrs. J . Clearwater Miss Van Yal ken berg M.s. Stockweli Messrs. Ford VIcClintouk,

Houghton. Hunter, Boyd, Mrs. Beals and Bible Cla-rs—Galva, 111.

Galva III. C. E. Society .. Mis. E. Ilunier Galva III. Sunday School Th.) Fell Club. Old South

Church Worcester Mass Miss Gordon Mr. Hopfe Mrs. KnoxMessrs. G. A. Bevans,

Crane, and Smith Canton, 111 Sunday

School Mrs. Tiebotit Miss Wheeler Carpentersville, 111.

C E. Society 01*1 South Church

Sunday School Worcester Mass. Class No. 30

Mr*. Wilkinson and Jamaica L. I. Sunday School

liho Kappa Club Old S .uth Church Worcester Mass

Mrs. PierceMiss Hattie Hutchins ..

120 .0 00 0

1 0 0 0 76 13 0

3274 0 0 330 0 0 30 13 0

Felt.

320 15 0

121 9 9

151 15 0 >1 2 0 318 15 0

117 0 0

00 0 0 40 0 0 25 14 0

111 0 0 79 5 0 79 7 0

0 3 0

209 0 0 SO 0 0

190 10 0 100 u 0

322 15 0 31 12 0 31 13 0

313 15 0

30 0 0 3 3 0

5317 3 0

110 0 0

75 0 0

00 0 0

225 0 0 15 0 0 lfr" 0 Q

és

D o n a tio n s—Continued,

S RO LAPU R :— Received by M its Fotcler.

Rev. and M rs. R. S. Rose.

Rs. as. P'Mr. Natlian Heard 660 0 0Wauwatosa C.E. 72 0 0

Primary S. S. Framingham 72 0 0

Dorcas S. S., Peabody .. -■> 0 0Wauwatosa Quarter Club ij'.i s 0Mrs. Tracy 75 0 0Miss E. C. Wheeler 5103 8 0Washington (D. C.)C.E... 300 0 0Groveland Cong. Churrh.. 126 0 0Mrs. Huntington 72 u 0Fort Atkinson Quarter

Club 76 0 0Providence 'Loch Lomond

Club 71 0 0Triads, Allston S7 0 0Miss Albert 3 0 0Mrs. Fergusson 6 0 0Mrs. BreckenridKe 12 0 0Tlialian Club 75 0 0S. S. Class,

Bridgeliampton 75 0 0Wakefield M. F. B. 7ö 0 0Wakefield Quarter Club .. 3 0 0Mr. Breitzke 75 0 0Boonton Women’s Assoc. 75 0 0Mil lis C E . 45 0 0Phillips O.K. 21 8 0Mrs. Newman 74 0 0Church of Christ,

Wilson 120 0 0Ladies' Auxiliary,

Auburn 75 0 0Fort AtkinBon Look-Out

Band 144 0 0Girls’ Mission Study

Class, Watertown SO 0 0Miss Ruth Raymond 15 4 0Mrs. Emily C. Hedges .. 75 0 0Mr. and Mrs. H. A. . Cook 15 0 0

Roslindale Friends 60 0 0Miss Muriel Hall 15 0 0Wauwatosa Gills’ Club .. 45 0 0Miss M. Morison 7 3 0Government Grant 519 0 0(Spécial) 232 .0 0Railway Institute

Offerings 61 0 6Mrs. Gâtes 50 0 0Mrs. Acker and friends .. 45 0 0Miss Gorman 15 3 0Mr. Chas. Miller 10 0 0Miss Culver 9 0 0Miss C. Brown 297 11 1Mr. Howie 1 0 0Mrs. Brydone 7 4 0

Received fo r Sholapur S a it and 1 Test District.

Mr. Warren Pritchard Mrs. L. S. Gattis Hiss Adams Mies Brothers U.S.A.

226 0 0 150 0 0 22 0 0

6 0 0

Miss Hill, Cambridge, Mass.

Elvira B, Smith,Brighton Mass.

Jliss Fannie Thompson, Conn.

Fiiends at Home, U.S.A." Dr. J. E. Abbott,

Summit, U.J.Mrs. F. H. Gates Mrs. Birliop, Seattle,

U.S.A.Hiss Bessie Coveelins

Nevala Mrs. Metting, Framing­

ham U.S.A.Miss Emily Wheeler

U.S.A.Woman’s Guild

Providence R.I. Brighton, Mass. S.S. Morison Miifs. S.S.Miss Wakeman and

Miss Asborne, Bridge­port Conn.

Miss Rolt Alibag Dr. Storay, 8helapnr Dr. Vakil, Sliolapur Mukindrao Bhalerao Kasab, Bombay Sun Beams, C. E. Soe. ..

Us. as. p.

10 0 0

14 8 0

108 12 0 1-10 1 0305 15 0 40 0 0

Of) 3 262 S 0

46 4 7

1087 5 0

45 0 0 00 0 0

132 0 0

00 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0

0 012

2876 8 7

Received by Rev. R. S. Modul-

F o r t h e I n d i a n M is s io n B u a k d .

Talcott Fund 658 0 0Misses K . R. and J. P.

Williams thro Dr.R. A. Hume 13-20 0 0

Govt, jrrant 532 0 0St. H. Church, Portland 2075 0 0Mrs. It. Crafts 90 0 0The United Church,

New Haven ISO 0 0Mr. L. W. Feltcr 159 1 0Mrs. T. G. Emory 160 15 0Mr. A. N. Lewis 488 0 t)Mrs. E. J. Buffington 225 0 0Mrs. B. Findly 15 11 0Sust. Fund giant 465 0 01'avner TitheSirur „ 1 Nagar ,, 1 836 15 0Aikya ,, )P. Bunter 25 0 0Thro. B. S. Hi vale 26 0 0Church of the Lamb 240 0 0Dist. Collections 37 12 0Thr. Dr. H. S. Gaikawar 82 0 0Dr. R. A. Hume 0 0C. S. Campbell 30 0 0Thro. G. L. Hivale 100 0 0Thro. G. L. Hivale

T. Thorat 50 0 0

DOTATIONS

D o n a tio n s—Continued.

Boarders’ foes Govt, grants iu Kid 'Ihro. V. C. UziigHi’c Thro. V. C. U/.agare

P. T. Natlioji Rev. A. H. Clark

Its. as p-741 0 0785 0 0306 S 0

55 0 02091 0 0

VADALA:—Received by E. Fairbank.

RiMe Society of Scotland 155 3 0Miss C. Y. Lowe 62 5 cMrs. Gillespie 79 10 0Amherst College Ladies .. 63 12 0Miss Peppavd 45 10 0A. C. James 7365 4 0M»pie St. Cong. Ch. S S.,

Danvers Mass. 151 0 0

W A I:—W ai H ospital.

Miss Pearsoll, Panchgani R ho Sulieb K . S. Yarai .. 15. M. Sathe, Esq., Wai ..

0035 0 0

40 0 75 0

Mrs. Bruce, Pancligani Miss Nugent, Satara Mr Hveiett P. Wheeler Mr. Robert W. Fairbank Miss Gordon Robert Stedman

Memoiial Fund A frit-ndMis. A. II. Thorndike Miss Patterson,

Pancligani

Rs. as. p.25 0 0 10 0 031 13 0 1 0 025 0 0

79 1 6 15 0 032 6 0

25 0 0

Received by Miss Gordon.Miss Wheeler . 4676 4 0Hev. I. Steenson . 6 8 0 0Westi liester Church . 235 K 0J. W. Gordon, Esq. JSl 14 0Mrs. II. B. Henwi.otl . 102 10 0Miss Payne •-'0 0 0Miss Lillcmi Williams 95 0 0Miss Spalding 05 1! 0Mrs. Bosauqnefc 73 6 0Dr. Grieve •24i S 0Hev. O. G. Navalkar «Oli 1 0Mrs. Evans . 117 c 0

M ED IC A L S T A T IS T IC S FOR 1 9 2 3( October, 1 9 2 2 — Septem ber, 1 9 2 3 )

Out-Patients.

Hospitalor

Dispensary.

Physicians and others in

charge.

New

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O

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Dispensary. ... Dr. H. J. Claik 5,000 3,063 8,068

1

3,013! 2,000 2,950 ...

1

100; 927

Bombay :Dr. Raz.usbaiDispensary. 1,975 1,77-i 3,749 600 17S 2.688 197 86

Sholapur : Umedpur

Randive.

Dr. A. P. Pillay j 2,957

I

9,504 12,461 12,330 131Dispensary. ...

Kalyanpur Dispensari-. ...

O. B.E., Mrs. Aliilabai

Compounder 1,045 900 1,945 1,500 323 122

Vadala : Dispensary.

A. R. Joshi.

K. C. Ghodke. 2,187 1,44S 3,G35 1,849 56 1,030 700: ..

Wai :Hospital and Dr. L. H. Beals 11,828 10,608 22,431 19,333 1,464 1,634 812Dispensary. ... Dr. Rose F. Beals

Dr. W. F. Hume

TOTAL for year, 24,992 27,292 £2,284 38,625 4,021 8, £55 1*7 S86 1789

I. AGENCY AND GENERAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1923. [O ctober 1st, ¡9 2 2 -S e p te m b e r 30th, 192$.

•!ji ’ * F o r e ig n M is sio n a r ie s . I ndian W o r k e r s . T he C h u r c h , S, S. AND C. E.

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Bombay 6 1813 100,000 1 ... 3 1 3 4 J 2 0 19 22 4 5 28 30 6S 6 1 1 9 478 10 287

f Ahmcdnngar .. 3 1831 200,000 3 1 6 3 3 9 12 3 6 3 67 36 13 25 7f> 74 150 G 3 2 3 742 3 700

t Parner 14 1831 84,000 ... 3 4 10 1 17 1 18 17 10 10 275f Kolgaon 12 1857 55,000 ... ... 3 10 ... 2 1 14 2 15 12 6 p 246

t Jeur 10 1888 18,000 ... 1 2 6 1 9 1 10 17 8 0 263 ...Vadftla 39 1857 60,000 2 2 2 2 4 1 S 40 6 7 2 59 13' 72 ' 39 15 1 43 1,246 2 ‘ 327

Rahuri 23 I860 70,000 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 2D 3 6 3 29 fl 38 20 10 I 20 500 3 60

t S ii u r 11 1841 123,000 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 17 ■ 7 3 1 84 10 34F

4 1 13 336 3 121

Satara 0 1840 650,000 2 E 2 2 3 17 10 3 5 24 16 401: 2 2 1 8 460 2 81

Wai 5 1892 102,000 1 1 2 2 3 5 1 3 7 10 3 7 12 18 30 2 1 1 11 475 2 62

Sliolapur 12 1862 300,000 1 4 1 1 5 r> 3 3 3 34 41) 4 81 93 72 165 *17 5 1 13 2,452 18 407Barsi 5 1912 218,000 ... ... ... ... 1 6 1 7 1 8 7 5 8 180Missionaries on fur­

lough 4 1 1 6 5 7 12 ••• • ‘ ...!11 ... ... ...

! Totals for 1923 . . 146 1,980,000 13 1 2 2 18 16 16 34 50 9 31 34 262 137 45 130 392 247 639 170 70 9 156 7,643 38 2,045 .

Totals for 1922 . . 145 ... 1,540,000 12 1 3 2 22 14 .15 36 51 S 42 32 259 147 50 78 365 243 608 193 68 9 182 8,203 34 1,144

^ w i l l be counted in more than one column.. . *+* >-*f -.Paruer Kolgaon and Jeur, and the district trork of'Alimednagar arid Sirtar Are managed by the Indian Board.

ST

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II. CHURCH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAfe 1923 (October 1st, 1922-September 30th 19231

Namos of Churches.

Communicants.•8

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in charge of Churches at the end of the Year.

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1827 Rev. John Malelu ... 326 16 16 11 27 3 18 52 68 158 127 285 17 163 22 470 400 2 1Rs.

2,755Rs.

1,552Transferred 31 ... ~ 31 ... ... ... 31

1833 Rev. H. S. Modak 1403 39 10 49 7 56 6 8 9 649 801 1450 29 595 65 2.110 1,662 2 41888 ,, R. D. Gaikwad .. 59 ’ 1 1 £ 6 3 2 5 24 36 60 1 40 100 39 2 2 ’#8 ‘ 3188S ,, B. G. Bhingardive 44 1 's 4 2 6 ... 3 3 31 16 47 5 50 ’9 106 42 1 1 231888 ,, R. D. Gaikwad ... 6S 2 1 3 20 39 65 1 39 6 110 28 ! 1 2 231S92 Mr. B. N. Gaikwad ... 45 ... 2 2 25 18 43 3 61 6 110 36 2 2 2818961901

Hev; B. G. Bhingardive ,, R. D. Godkwiid ..

6431 ïi 11 ii

2 2 3720

2522

0242 " ’3

4732

56

11480

4011

22

22

1120

1914 Mr. B. N. Gaikwad ... 7b ’ï i 43 34 77 54 2 183 32 ! 2 2 21 ..1892 Mr. M. Ilamb.u chatty 123 8 8 ... 1 1 84 46 130 10 84 214 125 : 2 811

Rev. T. Gaikwad 6045

27 38 60 23 8 91 13 1 2 131856 ,, P. K. Ilawade ... 191 2 2 5 7 43 2 75 78 . 153 " ’ 3 192 18 363 325 2 4 560 1271902 Mr. L. Shinde 40 ., 8 8 8 3 3 26 19 45 2 11 15 71 11 , 6 6 •••1914 Rev. R. Suryavanshi... 70 2 2 43 45 2 2 , 60 53 113 57 7 177 17 ! 9 9 4P 2 ...1914 Mr. .T. Kasote ... 80 9 9 ... 9 8 3 46 ■ 40 86 ” 5 58 25 169 28 8 8 ...1856 ,, M. ¥. Khisty ...

Rev. B. S. Hivale ,, R. M. Londhe ...

35 8 8 8 ... 22 21 43 3 25 30 98 12 5 5 4818791888

92186

125

125

... 125 Ï 24 25

5798

3688

93186

110

24100 14

117300

4035

22

85

7963

1888 ,, B. B. Gorde 51 1 1 1 1 *2 3 34 15 49 24 10 83 12 2 8 491898; ,, R. M. Londhe ... 70 4 4 4 ... ... 46 28 74 " 2 22 10 106 10 1 51897' ,, L. S. Ilivale 118 Ï 6 7 "2 9 "2 "3 4 9 77 41 118 5 27 15 160 40 8 6 lifl1908 ,, T. Y. Sonavane ...

Sir. A. T. Borde132 8 8 ... ' 8 71 69 140 4 51 10 201 IP 1 4 28

1911 07 22 22 ... 22 "2 ... ... 2 52 86 87 5 20 50 157 15 2 6 481908; 1920

) 1922

Rev. T. B. Gaikwad ..,, T. B. Gaikwad ...

Mr. B. B. Suryavanshi

40 12341

”4 9 is ...13 ••• “ • •••

236216

177425

40 13641

• 19 71 15

105510

6926266

7206

121

241

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£12.

B

BombayLalitpur-

Alimednagar 1st Ch. Shendi Jeur Vadgaon Pimpatlgaon Bahirvadi Savedi Dongargan

Alimpflnagar Oli.of the Lambi

Malirada (Branchi). Sirur Pimpälner Palwa Ranj'uigaon Pa^ner Jambgaoi* Hingangaon Kanhur Dliajfralpuii Hanga Nimbalak Clias Astegami Limbodi

l is Î O.S-

** -H Ig-S I-^ cS 1 •C-W '

Kliandala Mitajgaon Hi vre Valki Halegan

, Kliokar ! Shingve Nnik

[fallato Vfttnbori Rahurl Kateirad BallainniBaragaon Nandur..ÖölivtmrChitaliChandaPtichugaonDedfytonSlii'igîive Tukai ..

' K'arajgaon (Sonai) Jàvkheda Vadala Miikindpur Avellana Nevasa Kbarwnndi Kavatha Klppri- Tamasvadi Bhendii

SataraWai

Sholapur 1st Ch. ...AngarMadhaShetphalSholapur, Lepers .. Dhot.roPadoli—Watwad ...MiiiijarìBtosiJagji

186718T81893190019001913

1855 1S55 1858 1800 18131: 188618991900190119141856 1858 1858Ì 1860 1867 1887 1890 1»93 189619011902 190819111912 1914

18551872

186418861S8618861901187418751902 191S 1922

Rev. £>. 6. Uzgare „ B. 8. Ghodtee„ B. V. Bhosle,, V. C. Uzgare,, V. 0. Uzgare,, E. S. Ghodke

Rev. R. A. Gorde ,, G, Lokhande

Transferred to M. E. . ltev. G. Ullonsle

,, J. L. Moulton ...,, G. Bhonsle,, G. Bhonsle,, G. Lokhande,. R. A. Gorde

Transferred to M. E. ... Rev. B. M. Ankaipagar

„ K. Ii. Hivale ...„ T. S. Dethe,, B. M. Ankaipagar ,, K. R. Hivalti„ J. G. Hivale„ J. S. Raliator ...,, J. C. Salve,, J. G. Hivale„ J. C. Salve„ K. R. HiVale ..,, B. M. Ankaipagar ,, S. S. Garud ...„ K. U. Hivale ..,, T. S. Detohe

Rev. R. G. Waghchonre K. H. Gaikwad ...

Rev. T. S. Bhonsle„ U. A. Ravade,, !{. A. Ilavado,, R. A, Ravade„ B. A. Ollol

Mr. T. M. Gaikwad Kev. P. M. Randive ,, P.M. Kandive

Mr. T. M. Gaikwad Rev. P. M. Randive

li_8| ...

Totals for 1923 ..

Totals for 1922...

9165

89»!)

175 193

127 117 161

i 78 42 12t . . 60 21 2t)l 29 9 443 28 61 30 27 123 17 3 3

. . . 28 31 5$ 1 31 13 ■ 10a 28 2 8*67 27 04 . . . 55 rii 165 21 3 146 24 7C 2 47 7 124 11 1 2-

2 37 24 61 47 19 127 !) 2 34! 40 89 39 32 100 25 s 2037 32 ÜU . ' 93 12 174 20 3 6

, 122 . . .27 59 7Ì 10 140 25 '.j 3

I j i US 29 t. 131 24S 078 245 5 527 25 52 34 7 96 7 2 34fe 38 8(J 15 7 108 20 2 2'¿z 32 04 01 15 140 5 5 15127

iii 44 103 97 25 225 46 4 1774 04 138 89 227 24 "3 "3 1134*J 41 85 52 ÏÔ 147 28 2 2 89

. . . 20 194 3UÖ Ü 353 : 23 772 250 9 12 803i 9a 84 182 104 286 22 3 6 765> 46 98 1 59 22 179 12 1 7 6S

. . . 4 21c 211 421 14 262 30 713 67 3 so 1404 197 244 441 2 105 35 041 399 3 3 90430 35 70 70 40 180 25 5 6 147150 127 2s3 8 181 20 484 30 3 20 110. . . 44 61 105 1 147 60 312 34 2 10 1317 8 15 18 4 37 5 1 1 30

. . . 1 - ' lu 4b i 80 15 13m 0 1 1 61(j I l4 12» 303 42 305 66 074 20 0 17 34733 41 74 59 5 13s 3 1 4 2541 37 78 2 17 10 106 20 3 3 471 1 45 42 87 13 92 30 209 180 1 8 9763 45 70 115 4 131 246 223 1 5 935

2 10 39b 408 806 45 642 175 1,623 700 5 7 1,806-. . . 40 30 70 2 16 86 18 4 9 3.lb li 29 1 10 39 7 1 68 7 li 1 5 20 9 1 1

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til. EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS FOR 1923. (ÒCtober 1st, 1922—S ep tem ber 30th 1923)

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y-v 'Bombay—High School

„ School for the Blind..,, Day-schools

Alimednagar—Divinity College.,, Union Training School„ High School ,'i Girls’ High School „ Bible Training School ,, Nurses’Training School „ Farrar Schools,, Common Schools

Parner Village Schools Kolgaon Village nomiols ■Jeur Village Schools ' «. Vadala Station Schools

,, Village Schools Rahuri Station Schools

,, Village Schools Sirur Station Schools

,, Village Schools Satai'a Station School

iy ‘ Common Schools Wai Station School

,, Common Schools Sholapur Boys’ School

,, Gills’ Sohnol

”. TrainingSchool.,, ‘ Settlement Schools„ City Soliools

Vijlfige Schools Barsi Commdn Schoola

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1 17 13 13 43 1 23 34 13 7 77 1 9 •1(1 4 I 24 79 65 106 38 81 8 152 . 47i 11843 1 41 88 80 3 37 46 83 1 162 79 84 163 790

10 3 13 1 22 44 23 2 91 1 9 19 8 1 37 75 60 104 37 45 141 7739 8 159 0 123 295 13 282 167 128 295 1896

13 13 1 110 47 157 1 36 5 • •• 128 47 175 80 . . . 175 995 7511 38 2 40 1 1 79 1 .99 136 3 1 138 IOS ï 147 1540

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