3 9002 07494 4506 0 T^r SECOND i s n i d $ * | « t i OF TH E STATIONS OF THE o f t h e !^ .i u u METHODIST EPISCOPALfiCHURCH; U.S.A. ■CO> ii A - For the Year 1836. 1 ! B d ix £ & A ' j. : V. 2. LUCKNOW: PRISTEP AT THE^i ST MISafOX PRKSS. I- i m I X D IS X .. I. PREFACE, ................... II. STATION REPORTS,— 1.— Bareilly, 2.— Girls’ Orphanage, 3.— Budaon, 4.—Nynee Tal, 5.—Shah j ahanpore, $.— Pilibheet, 7.— Lucknow, S.—Mission Press, 0.—Seetapore and Lukiinpore, 10.— Gondah, ... 11.—Roy-Bareilly, ... 12.—Nawabgunge, ... 13.—Jloradabad and Chandausi, 11.—Amroha and Babukera, ... 15.— Sambhal, 16.— Bijnour, 17.— Gurliwal (PaoH), TTT- APPENDIX A . Conference Statistics. 11 B. .Colportage Statistics, " C. Donors and Subscribers. SECOND » « i l i i e r t i i » i i m i m ï -ô i ««iFiasifis METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUBOH, U.S.A. For the Year 1866. LUCKNOW: PRINTED AT THE AMERICAN METHODIST MISSION PRESS. 1867. PREFACE. T h e Metii odist E p is c o p a l C i i u ; c h M i s s io n in India now seucis out its second regular annual Eeport. I\iissionaries should not be too much concerned about what a certain class of per­ sons say in regard to their work, nor be too anxious to convince them of the importance and success of Missions. Generally their objections and criticisms come from a want of sympathy with Christianity, or from a concealed opposition to it, which cannot be easily overcome by any array of facts. Still for the satisfaction and encouragement of those who are interested in the spread of the gospel, it should be an agree- able task to report from time to time the progress of evangel­ ism wherever Missionary work is kept up. The true friend of Missions in India will always be gratified by any indication that success is crowning eiToits put forth for the salvation of this people whom Satan hath so long bound. In this particular Mission field, during the past year, we have had encouraging evidence that evangelistic agencie« are not applied in vain. Apart from those doubtful cases where a manifest mixture of motives leaves the Missionary in some perplexity as to the. genuineness ol results, we 1 ave had some indisputable evidences that the gospel is yet the power of God * fe* 6 REPORT OP BAREILLY STATION. Pentecost, suddenly the spirit came down upon them, and many began to cry with great earnestness to God. for mercy. The result of this was that after continuing the meeting some days, twenty-two of the g i r l s professed to find peace with God through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and seme thirty others to be more or less blessed and profited. We record this to the , praise of G od’s great name, and we are encouraged to look for j greater things, and not put far off the day of the Lord. E nqfttceks.— W"e have some very hopeful enquirers. O f these, one a Maulvi in the city, and the other a Zemindarin the country, have much encouraged us. The Maulvi is one of the first scholars of the city, and we hope ere long to see him on the side of truth and in the way to Heaven. rlhe Zemindar came in from a village about three or four miles from Bareilly, and wish­ ed to be baptized. Two others were with him as seekers also, but we feared they were more anxious for the bread that per- isheth than for that which endureth unto life eternal. H ow­ ever, the Zemindar on being questioned stated that he had been reading the Testament for some months, and had become con­ vinced that the religion of his fathers was false, and could not save him. He further stated that he had never conversed with any Missionary, but had received a copy of the Testament, which he had read for more than a year, and oflate lie had been reading it to his neighbors and friends, and explaining it to them as well as he could; particularly he had. taught them ! to observe the Sabbath by ceasing to work, and come together I to hear G od’s Word read. Thus the man had really become an Apostle to his own friends, without the aid of a ’Missionary or even a Christian. W e could but feel that the good Spirit had been directing- the man into the way of life, and had now sent him to us, that we might instruct him more fully. So the work goes on around us. God works by his Word and Spirit where the living ministry has not gone. REPORT OF THE GrP.Ls’ ORPHANAGE. 7 j ' ; S chools.— W e have in Bareilly two Boys* Schools, one ii> • the city .and one in the Cantonments. During the year we have built a school house in the city, and have had our school in it j since the middle of August. A school house was much needed j for many reasons, and our school would not have prospered well i without it. This school is now7 doing’ well, and I trust will be a source of great good in this wicked city. The other school, which is in Cantonments, is small, but seems to supply the pre­ sent need there. The population there is very fluctuating, so that a school can not expect to retain the same students anv great length of time. GIELS’ ORPHANAGE. As the Committee appointed to visit and examine this Institution have noticed in their Report nearly every thing which the public will desire to know, my Report this year will necessarily be brief. I will only make the following few state­ ments,— viz : Number of Orphans at present in School,.................................................... 126 “ Deaths during the year, ............................................................ 1 " Marriages, ..................... 7 “ Orphans received during the y e a r,.......................................... 7 " Baptized, ....................................................................................... 7 " Eeceived into full Membership in the Church, ................ 22 " “ on Probation, ............................................................ 31 "We take pleasure in stating that during the year the girls have all made very creditable progress in their industrial pur­ suits. In addition to Rs. 112-1-0 profit realized from the sale of their manufactures during the past year, we have in hand over Rs. 1 0 0 worth of articles unsold, and of working materials. g REPORT OF THE GIRLS’ ORPHANAGE. A large number of the girls have, during the past six months, been engaged a portion of each day in spinning cot­ ton. W e have twenty spinning wheels now in operation, and very encouraging advancement has been made in this department of our work : and we hope soon to be able to introduce wea­ ving, at least among the larger classes of the School. W e have also made some valuable improvements to our buildings and compound ; and, what I am certain will be pleasing to all, we are still able to report a small balance of funds in hand. The educational and religious interests of this Institution are both in a very hopeful condition. During the past year our kind Heavenly Father has been pleased to favor us with a gra­ cious outpouring of his Spirit and grace. About forty of our oldest girls professed to have been made new creatures in C hrist: and we look upon this gracious manifestation of God’s good­ ness and love, as the most encouraging feature of our Orphan­ age work during the past year; and our earnest prayer to God is, that H e may be pleased during the ensuing year to bestow upon these dear Orphans still greater spiritual blessings. Wre have also great pleasure in stating that unusually good health has prevailed in our school during the entire year. There has never been a year since the establishment of this Orphanage in which we have had^so little sickness, as during the past year. In conclusion, we take this opportunity to sincerely thank our friends and patrons for past favors and sympathies, and again in behalf of these poor and helpless Orphans, beg the continuance of their support and prayers. D. W. THOMAS, Principal. REPORT OF BUDAON STATION. 9 BÎTDAOÎT ST A T IO N , Iîey. T. J. Scott, Missionary. Joseph Angelo, Native Preacher. In presenting1 a Report of mission work at Bndaoii for the past year we have no marked or brilliant resuits to record by which to arrest the attention and enlist the sympathies of those into whose hands this Report may fall. W e can only pre­ sent the ordinary labors and results of the year for the encourage- I ment of any who may wisji to inquire “ W hat of the night?” desiring to know the progress of the kingdom tyhjch “ cometh not with observation.5' Progress we have had, quiet yet per­ manent and unmistakable. Attention is asked to the Pastoral, Educational and Evangelistic work of the station. I. PASTORAL WORK. Here the reader is invited inside to glance at what has been done and is in progress for those who have been gathered in from the greqt mass of idolaters and false religionists. The native Church at Bijdaon is yet small— a little nucleus, steadily g; rowing and surely training* strength. A careful effort is made to develop and establish those brought in— to secure conquests made, in the belief that it is specially to the native Church that we must look for the evangelization of India, and not to foreign missionary agency.