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\ THE NORTH INDIA CHRISTIAN ! TRACT II BOOK SOCIETY
AUXI LIARV TO TH E RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, LONDON
80TH aNNUaL REPORT 1921-28
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CONTENTS Page Rules of the Soc-iety ... i Officers and Committees 1928-29 ix A nnual Meeting • 1 The Rev. O. A~ R. Janvier, D.D. 3 Annual Report ._ 5 Production 6; Oirculation 16; Finance 19; Subscriptions raised in India 22: Bodbak 25 ; Conclusion 27. Acoounts 83 B"uilding Fund, 33; Cash Acconnt, 34 ~ Oontri butions from M.issionary Societies 36; Church Offertories and Donations 37. New Publications 58 lleprints 60 n~~~ ~~ Circulation and Publioation 63
The Mission Press, Allahabad RULES
OF THE North India Christian Tract and Book Society
(Oorreoted up to 13th August, 1928.)
Founded I8i8. ] [IDcorporated 1891. 1. Name.-The Society shall be known and styled " The North India Christian Tract and Book Society" and its headquarters shall be at Allahabad. 2. Object.-l'he main objeot of the Society shall be to supply religious traots and books in various languages for sale and free distribution among Christians, Hindus and Mohammedans and others, chiefly in- the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, Central Provinces, Central India and Rajputana. a. Scope.-Taking for its model the Religious Traot Society in London, the Society shall seek to disseminate the Evangelical Principles of the Reformation, but it shall avoid in its own publications such denominational dootrines as are peculiar to any particular Evangelioal Churoh. 4. Mem bership.-The Sooiety shall be oomposed of Obristian men and women as follows :- (i) Two representatives appointed by eaoh of the organisations and Societies detailed in Appen dix A. (ii) Ministers and otherfl in the year following that in whioh they have paid not less than three rupees each as subsoription. (iii) A person in the year following that in whioh he or she has oolleoted and remitted to the Society fifty rupees. ( Ii )
(iv) A subsoriber of two hundred rupees to be oalled a Life Member. 5. Office-bearers.-The Office-bearers of the Sooiety shall be- -(i) ·President. (ii) One or more Vioe-Presidents. (iii) One or mors Seoretaries. (iv.) A Treasurer. The number of suoh Vice-Presidents and Secretaries shall be fixed at the Annual Meeting of the General Com mittee. 6. The business of the Society shall be conduoted by the offioe-bearers, a General Committee, au Executive Com· mitee and Sub-Oommittees duly appointed; 7. Annual Meeting of the Sooiety.-The Annual Meeting of the Sooiety shall ordinarily be held in October. At this meeting the report for the year, as appl'oved by the General Committee, shall be. read, and an abstract of the accounts, duly audited, shall be presented, and the follow ing eleotions shall be made for the eDsuing year:- (i) Office-bearers. (ii) Fifteen members of the General Committee, of whom at least one-third shall be laymen. Twenty-five members shall form a quorum. S. General Committee.-To direct in general the working of the Society, and to settle all questions of policy there shall be a General Oommittee constituted thus :- (i) Offioe-bearers elected at the Annual Meeting of the Society. (ii) Fifteen menibers eleoted (vide rule 7.) (iii) Two representatives appointed by each of the Mis sionary Societies mentioned in the Schedule annexed. f iii (iv) Life Members. (v) Annual contributors of Rs. 25. (vi) Members of the Executive Committee. 9. Annual Meeting of the GeneralCommittee. An Annual Meeting of the General Committee shall ordm arily be held in October Members may attend in person or by proxies duly appointed. Every matter to be considered shall be: inti mated to the Secretary by the 1st September in the form of a resolution. The Secretary shall communicate all such reso lutions to the members of the General Committee a month 'before the meeting. At the meeting, questions of polioy relating to the Society shall be oon~idered and determined or adjourned or referred to a Special Sub-Committee for report or final determination as may be resolved on by the Committee, and all matters finally detHmined shall be binding on the Exec utive Committee and other Sub-Oommittees. , Nominations made by the Executive Oommittee for the offices of President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary or Secre taries, Treasurer, members of the General Oommittee (vide rule 7) shall be considered and forwarded to the Annual Meeting of the Society for approval, and members of the Executive Committee shall be elected. Fifteen members shall form a quorum. 10. Exeoutive Committee.-An Exeoutive Oom mittee shall be appointed to conduct the business of the Society in accordance with the policy l:.tid down from time to time by the General Oommittee at their Annual Meet ings. 'l'he Executive Committee shall consist of :- (i) The Office-bearers. (ii) Five members elected by the General Oommittee at its Annual Meeting from among its mem- ( iv )
bers who are residents of stations other than Allahabad. (iii) All Ministers who are members of the Society and resident in Allahabad. (iv) Not less than ten lay members who are mem bers of the Society and resident in Allahabad. Such members shall be elected by the General Committee at its Annual Meeting. 11. Meetings of the Executive Committee.-The meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held at least on.ce a quarter on a date fixed by the President, or in his absence from Allahabad by a Vice-President. Seven mem bers shall form a quorum. 12. Prooeedings. -'rhe proceedings of the meetings of the Executive Committee shall be recorded in a minute book by the Secretary, and presented at the next meeting for confirmation. The proceedings of the Annual M.eetings of the Society and of the General Committee shall be recorded in the saine book. 13. Duties of the Exeoutive Committee.-The duties of the Executive Oommittee shall include the follow ing:- (i) To arrange for acquiring and safely holding and preserving the property, moveable or immove able, belonging to the Society. (ii) To prepare a budget for the ensuing year at least a month previous to the expiry of the current year. (iii) To keep a true and correct account of all pro perty, receipts and disbursements, and other transactions. (iv) To have the accounts of the Society duly -audited by a competent person. (v) To call Special or Extraordinary Meetings of the Society or -Q£ the ~eneral Oommittee on ( v )
requisition as provided in rule 17 (vi) fro comply with the directions and to carry out the decisions of the Society or of the General Committee passed at their Annual Meetings or at any Special or Extraordinary Meetings. (vii) To nominate Office-bearers and members of the General Committee (vide rule,S), and also mem bers of the Exeoutive Committee (vide rule 10). (viii) To fix a suitable date for the holding of the Annual Meetings of the Society and of the General Committee. Notice of both meetings shall ordinarily issue a month. before the date. (ix) To prepare and submit the annual report, and to present the accounts duly audited, for approval at the Annual Meetings. (x) To appoint at its first meeting after the Annual Meeting three Standing Committees, eaoh con sisting of not less than three members, for English, Hindi and Urdu respectively, to whom all· questions regarding the publications in these languages shall, in the first instanoe, be referred. (xi) To appoint at its first meeting after the Annual Meeting a Finance Committee of at least five members fur considering the monthly state ments of acc.ounts, and usually all questions reJating to finance, the Secretary and Honorary Treasurer to be ex-officio members. Four mem bers to form a quorum. (xii) To appoint at its first meeting after the Annual Meeting a Mass-Movement Committee to:ar range for the preparation of Ohristi&D Litera. ture for village work, to report on manusoripts and books which may be received for publi cation, and to advise on all matters appertaining to that branch of evangelistic work. .(VI
14. Property.-All property, m.oveable or immove able, belonging to the Society shall vest in the Executive Committee. Any transfer in respect of such property or endorse ment of Government securities or other securities o! any other negotiable instruments belonging to the Society may be validly effeoted under the signature of the President, ~f the Secretary, and of the Honorary Treasurer for the time being. The Society may sue or appeal or apply to take any legal step or be sued or appealed or applied against in the name of the Secretary for the time being. 15. Staff.-The Executive Committee shall have power of appointing, dismissing or otherwise dealing with the mem bers "of the Staff, and the Secretary shall have suoh powers in respect of servants on the establishment. The members of the staff shall have the right of appeal to the General Oommittee 16. Ad interim Vaoanoies. ...:-rrhe Offioe-bearers (Presi. dent, Vice-President, rrreasurer, and Secretary or Secre taries (if honorary,) as well as members of the General Committee, Executive Committee, and Standing Oommittees shall hold office till the next eleotion, and any ad interim vaoancies may be filled up by the Executive Committee to hold good till the next eleotion. 17. Speoial or Extraordinary Meetings.-The Exeoutive Committee shall, upon requisition for the pur pose made by either 100 members of the Sooiety, or 40 members of the General Oommittee or 15 members of the Executive Committee, summon a Speoial or Extraordinary Meeting of the General Committee or of the Society as may be required. One month's notioe shall be given to each member of the Society, stating the object or objects Qf the meeting, and no other business shall be conducted a.t B'aQh meetings. ( vii..) General Provisions 18. The year in the rules will mean, unless other wise ordered by the General or the Executive Committee, the year beginning wi,th the 1st July and ending with the 30th June. 19. The Executive Committee may frame rules for carrying on the business of the Society, and mode of procedure in ordinary meetings. 20. The Schedule set out in Appendix A may be altered, amended, or added to at the Annual Meeting of the tleneral Oommittee, and the Societies entered therein shall be entitled to nominate two representa.tives on paying an annual contribution of Rs. 50 per annum. Such Societies shall transmit to the Secretary, at least by the 1st Septem ber of each year, the names of their representatives. 21. The Office-bearers and Members on the General and Executive Oommittees shall enter into office the day after the close of the Annual Meeting of the General Oommittee. 22. No action of the Society or the General Committee or the Ex.ecutive Committee shall be oOD8idered invalid on account of any defect in the number or service of members. This rule will not affect tbe question of quorum. 23. No rules of the ~ooiety shall be repealed or altered, or amended, or added to, or substitut,ed instead, but on the proposal of the Executive Committee, or at the motion of a member of the General Committee and passed at the A.nnual Meeting or at the Special Meeting of the General Committee, called for the pp.rpose, and all such changes in the rules shflll require a two-third majority of the members of the General Committee. Motion for such proposed ohanges shail be aocompanied by a report on the matter by the Executive Committee. Notice of such pro posed changes should reach the offioe of the Secretary not later than the 1st of September. ( viii )' APPENDIX A 1 America.n Mennonite Mission. 2. Baptist MisEoionary Society. 3. Bible Churchmen's Missionary 'Society. 4. Ohurch of England Zenana Missionary Society, C. P. 5. Church Missionary Society, United Provinoes. 6. ditto Central Provinces. 7. Disoiples of Christ, India Mission. 8. Evangelical Synod of North America. • 9. Friends' Foreign Missionary Assooiation. 10. General Conference, Mennonite Mission of N. America. Ii. Methodist Episcopal Ohurch, C. P. Conference. 12. ditto Luoknow Oonference. 13. ditto N. 1. Conference. 14. ditto N. W 1. Conference. 15. North India Mission of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. 16. ,Regions Beyond Mission Union. 17. S. p, G. Mission. 18. United Church of Canada Mission. 19. United'Free Church of Scotland Mission (Rajputana). ,2D. W.esleyan Methodist Missionary Society. 21. Women' s Union Missionary Society of America. North India Christian Tract I Book Society
-..vt~si~~lti ~m~rltu~:- THE RBv. J. J. LUCAs, D. D.
OFFICERS 7lHD COMMITTEES FOR 1928"'29
.OFFICERS:
President.-RBv. W. v. K. TREANOR.
Vice-P1·esidents.-THE REV. BiSHOP J. W. ROBINSON, D.D.
H. D AVlD, ESQ.
REV. CANON J. S. C. BANERJER.
REV. J .. FRA'BRR C.lMPBEI,L, D.D.
I£ony. Treasurer.-Rnv. J. C.. MANRY, Ph. D.
Secr~ta1'Y, - RAt B.-\HADUR N. K. MUKERJI.
GENERAL COMMITTEE
I. Officers.
2. Representatives of Missionary Societies.
UNDER RU(,E 4 (i).
E'Vangelical Synod of North Amm'ica REv. TH. H. TWBNTR.
American Mennonite Mis8ion •• REV. G. J. LAP!'.
MISS J. SLATRR. Baptist Missionary. Society • { REV. P. JOHN •.
B'ible Churchmen' 8 Mis81'onavy Society. . REV. H. WELCH. Ohurch of England Zenana Missionary Society, Oentral Provt'1zces DEECONRSS J. BARDSLEY. Ohi(rcJ~ lffisi;-ionary Boo i'ety , <'{ REV. W V K. T'REANOR u,p. CANON J. S. C. BANERJBE.
Ohurch Missionary ,Bodet!!, C.P. REv. J. H. ROBINSON. REv. E. C. DAvIs. ,{ REv. T. N. HILL. Friends' Foreign Missionary Sodety G. W. MAw, E"'Q.
General Oonference Menn01~ite '{, RB'V. P. 'We PENNeR. llf£ssion REV. F. J. 18A-'c.
Methodist EpiBCfJipal Church :-
Oentral Provinces Con- lo{ R"v. E. L KING. fm'ence REV. D. M. A UNER. ' REv.J. H. 'WILKIE. Ltecknow Conference { REv. B. R. FRANKUN. NOt,th Ind'ta Oonference REl". M. T. TITUS, D.n.
NOl'th- West India Oon- REv. J. DBVADASAN, ference { MusS. C. HOLMAN.
North I ncNa Mi.s:~ion of Pre.s f RBv. G. B. DGORN. byterian Church U. S. A . .. l W H. WISER, ESQ.
United F'ree Ohurch of Scotland REV. D. C. WILKIl~, B. D. Missi01~ { Rav. W.J. ORB, B. D. S. P. G. Mi'88ion :f S. K. BUDR4, ESQ. , E. R.FRANK, ESQ. Regions Beyond lJlis8£onary {Mas. I. Z. HonGR. Union A. THOM A s, ESQ. United Ohurch of Oanada Mi8sion ~ISS B. D. 13ANKS. Wesleyan M1'Bsio'nary Bodety j. • REv. J. R. . 'HVDS0.'N. { REV. W MACHIN. Women's Union Missionary Society oj:4merica '.... ,MISS A. DURRANT. Life Members 6ndeT Rule 4 (iv.) R.ev. F. A. Goetsch, Bisrampur.
Members Elected' 'Under Rule 8 (i) Miss A. L. Ernst, M. D. \ Canon B. R. F. Fisher.. Miss C. L. Justin. .Rev. W·~ Machin. Miss V Rinman. Rev. J. N. Mukand. Rev. Ahmad Shah, M.R.A.S. Rev. P. A. Penner. E. Ahmad Shah, Esq ,M.L.C. Rev. H. Perfect. Rev. J:R. Chitamber, D.D. C. 'l'obit, Esq. H.ev. S. J. Edwin. Rev. Yohan Masih, D.D. Rev. A. G!,Atkins.
J:xecuttv.e Committee
Miss E. Fisher. Rev. A. Ralla Ram. Miss A. Frederick. &v. Sukh Lal. Rev. A. G. Atkins. S. W Bobb, Esq,. Rev. J. R. Chitambar, D.D. Major A. G~ Dallimor,e. Rev. Canon B. R. f. Fi8her J. M. D~vid, Esq. Rev. B. Gardener. W B. Hayes, Esq. Rev. Har N arain. S. Bigginbotton, Esq., D.Phil. Rev. O. 11. Hazlett. W. Hindle, Esq. Rev. J. R. Hudson. B. B. M alYea, Esq. Hev. E. P. Janvier, Ph. D. Rai Sahib B. P. M.ohun. Rev. H. G. Kribs, Ph. D. Rai Bahad ur A. O. M ukerji. Rev. D. P. ~·ow. Dr. B. K. Mukerji. Rev. J. N. Mukand. N. O. Mukerji, Esq. Rev. B. K. Mukherji. J. J. Simeon, Esq. C. D. Thompson, Esq. ( xii. )
SUB-COMMITTEES
English
N. C. Mukerji, Esq. I S. Higginbottom,Esq.,D.PhiL Bev. Canon B. H. P. Fisher.
Hindi
H. David, Esq. 1 Rev. Yohan Masib, D.D. Rev. Hari N arain. Rev. J. N. M uk and. "Rev. E. P. Janvier, Ph. D.
Urdu Rev. Ahmad Shah, M.R.A,S'I Rev. A. RaIla Ram. Hev. J. n Chitambar, D.D. Rev. W; .. Machin. Rev. Sukh LaU.
Pinance
H. David, Esq. W. B. Hayes, Esq. Rev. Canon J.B.O. Banerjee Major A. G. Dallimore. C. D. Thompson, Esq. J. J. Simeon, Esq .
.Hony. Trea.surer and Secretm'Y (ex-officio.) 'Annual ~~~ttng ---
'1-",HE 80th Annual Meeting of the North India Christian Tra.ct and Book ~ociety was held at the Tract Depot, Allahabad, on Tuesday, the 27th November, 1928, at 5 p.m., with the Rev. J. J. Lucas, D.D., President Emeritus of the Society, in the" chair. After the singing of a hymn, the Rev. D. P. Low read a passage from the Scriptures and the Rev. Th. H. Twente offered a prayer. The Rev. Dr. J. R. Chitambar proposed a reso lution expressing the feelings of the Tract Society at .. the sudden demise of its President, the Rev. Dr. C. A. R. Janvier (the resolution appears on page 4 The Secretary presented the Annual Report and accounts for 1927-28 which were passed, and the officers and members of the General Committee were elected. The Right Revd. the Lord Bishop of Lucknow delivered the following address:
MR. OHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, When Mr. Mukerji asked me to give this address some months ago I left his letter unanswered for a long time as I felt that there were "others who knew much more than I do about the subject, but I accepted for two reasons: the first because if I have little knowledge I have a great appreciation of the work of the "Society, and the second because the preparation of this address has helped me in learning more. Years ago when I was offering myself for the Priesthood, Oanon Hooper, one of my Examiners, criticised my pape;rs ~n these words : ., Mr. Saunders has read some books about the Bible but does not appear 2 to have read the Bible itself." Canon Hooper was in a sense right, but I feel that I was riglit too, beeause there are a great many people in the world like myself who need to be led to the greatest ideals by means of various small beginnings. This Society-is serving a great purpose by taking care of such small beginnillgs. Ai; Kurja in the Bulandshahl' district I heard villagers coming in for a service singing as they came, and on enquiry I found that their Bhajan was one of many printed by the Tract & Book Society. Singing has always been characteristic of Ohristianity and among Ohristian vdllagers it is of one of the small beginnings which are so important. I notice with pleasure that among 1,92,000 copies reprinted this year no less than 90,000 copies are hymn books. I hope and trust that in India Christians of all denominations will avoid denominational hymn books and' will' unite in singing the same hymns fl'om the same books. This brings me to the main subject of my address which is co...opera tion. On page 15 of the Secretary's Repor.t there is a. qu()tation from Volume VII of the Jerusalem Meeting Report and in the same volume the following words occur: 'Many types of c
(2) ·If differences are in themselves of some value. then those. dif ferences are most valuable which are made to contribute towards a more concerted life and action. (3) Every honest effort to use .differences so that a larger life and action benefit from their exi~tence brings out as a fact of exper ience the much vaster field of agreement between those who entertain differences than was otherwire anticipated, and the very differences, therefore, have again llew value in this experience to protect the more concerted life and action from a gray world of uniformity. (4) It should never be forgotten that there is nobody living in the - world tQ-day who hasllctually experienced Ohristian union. We are, however, beginning to get a glimpse of what it can be, by co-operation in little things, which leads us on to a great desire not only for co-opera tion in the deepest things of life and religion but, just because the differences are brought together by co-operation, for the richness of union itself. The Chairman conveyed to the Bishop the appreciation of the gathering for his splendid address and endorsed his appeal for co-operation. Dr. ~ucas referred in m(1st feeling terms to his assoeiation with Dr. Janvier, whom he met asa lad when he passed Allahabad on his way to America, after the martyr ... do.m of his father in the Punjab. The meeting was closed with the singing of a bymn and the Grace pronounced by the Bishop of Lucknow.
'l'he R'ev. C. A. R. J'anvier, D. D. The last Annual Report of the Society contained the words" As the report was in course of printing, we were stunned by the news of the passing away of Bishop Westcott." A similar sad incident occurred when this report was in the course of preparation. The Rev. O. A.H. Janvier, M.A., D.D., President ()f the Tract Society. passed away very sudd·enly on th~ 4
3rd Novemb~r, 1928 under most tragic circumstances. He was coming down the stairs, after teaching his last class in the Ewing Christian College, when a stone slab suddenly gave way and he fell through to the floor below. He immediately became unconscious, and in spite of everything that was done, he passed away within five hours. The following appreciative resolution of his ser vices to the Society was moved by the Rev. J R. Chitambar, D. D., at the Annual Meeting of the Society, the entire audienQe standjng in silent approval :-
RESOLVED that this meeting record its acute sense of the loss the North India Ohristian Tract and Book Society has sustained through the sudden death of its beloved and revered President, Rev. O. A. R. Janvier, D.D., on the third day of this month-only just over three weeks ago. Among the many interests which claimed the JlttentioIl, of such a versatile' and keen missionary as our late President, the interests of the Society ranked very high. Dr. Janvier was one of those who not only believed whole-heartedly in the power of Ohristian literature, but also gave practical evidence of this· belief by expenning much of his time and thought in the services of this Society, which he considered the best agency in North India for realising the ideals: Dr. Janvier was elected a member of the Executive Oommittee in 1914, Vice-President in 1922, and when in 1924 the President's chair fell vacant through the retirement of the Rev. J. J. Lucas, it was obvious that no mOl'e suitab~e .appoi~tment could be made than that of Dr. Janvier. In the chair at Lnnual and Execntive Oommittee meetings, and on many less formal occasions, Dr. Janvier's knowledge of the work of this . Society and its constituency, as well as his balanced and ripe judgement, have been proved ~gain and again. With many other Societies and interests we to-day mourn the loss of a leader and friend; and it only remains to us to tender to Mrs. Janvier, his son Rev. E. P. Janvier, and his other relatives our affection :~te. sympathy in their,great,1oss. Eightieth Annual Report OF THE North India ChrIstIan Tract & Book SocIety
From September 1927 to June 1928
Founded 1848 I ncorporated I 89 I
With the completion of eighty years of service in the cause of Chri9tian literuturr. a ne\,r st'ige in the Society's work thas been reached. India is rapidly changing. Different schools of thought are out to effect radical changes in tIle ad mini3tration of the country; social and religious reformers are out to eradicate the evils which are re tarding the progress of their country and its people. The British Government is endeavouring to find out what adjustments are possible, and has appointed a Statutory Commission for the purpose. An All-Parties Conference has produced a draft con stitution for the Government of the country, which is now being scrutinized by all concerned. But there is, unfortunately, no unanimity on the subject, and this can hardly be expected in face of the deplorably strained relationship existing between the Hindu and Muslim communities, numerically by far the largest communities in the country. In th~ midst of all this tremendous upheaval through which Indiais passing, the Christian Church and the various Mi~sions have continued their work.. ( 6 ., It is true.that some of the old methods have had to be given up and new lines of approach initiated. The open hostility to Christian missions which was noti~eable during the Non-Cooperation days is not so evident n0wadays, but it would be futile to say that there is no opposition on the part of Ol'ganlza·~ tions, like the Arya Samaj and other sects, which· often seem to find a reason for their existence in circum venting the activities of Ohristian bodies. In spite of it all, India is slowly, silently, but surely, learning the spirit, the ideals, and the teachings of Jesus Ohrist. His message of peace and, goodwill has been emp hasised, in large measure, even by those who do not op~nly acknowledge allegiance to Him. The Bible, the Tract and the Christian Literature Societies, all over India, have continued to do quiet and telling work, and to sow the seed of the Gospel through the printed pages. The activities of one such 'agency are detailed in this report. Our year has, up to 1926-27, run from Sept ember to August, but it has been decided to close the Society's year, in future, on June 30th, as furnishing a more appropriate starting point for the new year in India, with the beginning of the mon soon, and when the annual stock-taking can be done with the least inconvenienco to our customers. Be cause of this change this report covers only 10 months, September 1927 to June 1928.
'PRODUCTION: NEW TITLES 'Fifteen new books and tracts have been pub lished during the period under report. A perusal of 7 the list which appears as Appendix E will show that it includes books of various tJpes. A brief description is given here for the information of our friends and supporters:
ENGLISH
The. JJeity of Jesus Christ by the Rev. O. A. R. Janvier, D. D. 3 pies. This tract does not attempt to deal with philosophical aspects of the doctrine, but simply states the teaching of Scripture. It is not based to any large extent on individual proof-texts, but on the general trend of Scripture thought and on the inescapable implica tions of language used by and about our Lord. A thoughtful Indian Christian said recently, after having read the booklet for the first: time, "The argument is overwhelming. There can' be no answer to it from anyone who in any sense accepts the authority of God's Word."
HINDI
Baibal Arthat Parmeshwa1' ka Antim Sanv/U. (The Bible: God's Final Message) by Dr. S. M. Zwemer, translated by tbe Rev. Yohan Masih, D. D. 1 pice. At the annual meeting of the Bible Society, Mussoorie, Dl. Samuel M. Zwemer gave ten reasons why the Bible should be received as the word of God. The address is cond~nsed in this tract, with the permission of Dr. Zwemer. He is an Arabic scholar, many years of his life being spent in Arabia and Egypt. He is an author ity on questions relating to the Koran and Arabic literature. This tract is issued in the ho})e that it may lead many in India to read the ·Bible, especially the Gospels containing the narrative of the life, death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Bo,lk0'l1 ke liye Baihal ke pa~h. (LittleOhildren'a Bible) Stiff 10 annaa and Cloth Re. 1.
This is:a bo~k which will fulfil our greatest need in teaching our children. These stories are in the very words of the Bible. In tho beginning there are a few stories about the first Christmas and then come those which Jesus learnt from lIis Mother, that is to say 8
the stories of the Old Testament, and in the end of the book there are a few hymns of the Old and the New Testament. The book is illustrated with eight coloured pictures by Harold Copping.
Gupt Chele (Secret Disciples) by the Rev. F. E. l;{eay, D. Litt., translated by the Rev. J. W. Richards Netram. 1 picf'. This pamphlet tells us of the danger of not acknowledging Christ before men. Those who think that they can be Christians and still keep their faith secret will get much help through this tract.
(() Mission lskUlo'lj mB'Ij BalkotJ lea IJharme Shiksha ke Liye DarJa Tin lei Pustak (Handbook for Class III) by Mrs. Pelly, translated by the Rev. Yunas Sinha. 9 annas. In continuation of Mrs. A. C. Pelly's Course of Religious Training for Mission Schools already favourably known in English (C. L. S., Madras).
Mulcti lea Marg (The Way of Salvation) by the Rev. F. E. Keay, D. Litt., translated by the Rev. J. W RichaJds Netram. 1 pice. The author describes the Way of Salvation as found in the Holy Scriptures. The tract will be useful in evangelistic campaigns.
Murti PuJa (Shall we Worship Idols?) by the Rev. F. E. "J{eay, D. Litt., transl,ated by the Rev. J. W Richards Y otram. 1 pice. The que.stion of idol worship has been discussed by the author in dialogue form. Satyaguru Das deals with the matter in a very in teresting way, inducing his friends to believe that idol-worship is sin.
(0) Nauratan Sangralt (The Oollection of 9 Gems) by the Rev. A. G Danielsson, D. D. 6 annas. This is a translation of "The Power of the Olden Days and Eight Other Stories" by Dr. panielsson. Like his other works, this, too, has a purpose. In all the nine stories you may well see the power of the olden days. The bo~k will, attract both young and old alik~. It is written· in simple Hindi and the print is very clear. A story book like this should find a place in, the libraries Qf QUr Ohristian hostels as well as of preachers and pastor~. 9
Prat·tkna Shakki loa Blted (PraYf'r The Secret, of Power) by the Rev. E. Stanley Jones, lJ. D., translated by the Rev. J. W Richards Netram. 1 pice. The author's name is_a recommendation by itself. The tract will be useful to Ohristians as well as to non-Ohristians.
Prayasckit(Aton'sment) by the Rev. F. E. Keay, D. Litt., translated by the Rev. J. W Richards Netram. 1 pice. The authat· discusses the argument of a father's love for his child, thus hrin.ging out the s91ution of God's love for the sinner in the form of Atonement.
Ram Lall .(Story of Ram Lull) hy the Rev. J. n. Lawrence, D. D. 6 pies. Ram Lal is a schoolboy who through conversations with his father and others and by experiments learns the cause and treat ment of malaria, small pox, sore eyes, and also the need for feeding the sick. This is presented in story form, large type, simple vocabu lary. 75 pages. Price 2 pice.
'Sackcaa Sanyasi (True Sanyasi) ry the Rev. F. E. Keay, D. Litt. tral1f'lated by the Rev. J W- Richards N etram. 1 pice. In this tract the author gives a picture of a true sanyasi as revealed in the life of our Lord Jesus Ohrist. Skikskaaayak Kananiya1J: (Instructive Stories) by Mrs E. Chaubey. 2 annas. The compiler of these stories has done a great service to her Hindi-reading sisters by collecting and translating these 71 short stories. Preachers aild pastors can also draw immense help from thrEe stories for their addresses and sermons.
Strio1J: ka Samdukh Sahayak (Words of Comfort for Women) by Mrs. J S.MacKay. 12 anntls. Fourteen of the loveliest New Testament stories are to be found in this beautiful little book. Each one is given first in the Bible words and is afterwards retold and explained so as to appeal directly to the heart of woman. The Saviour's tenderness to suffering wo manhood, His healing power 101' body and soul, His understanding sympathy are vividly portrayed in several stories. Definite teaching ( 10
as well as skilful portrayal is in chapters like "Khoye hue, ko J:hir Pane ka Anand." Two shining gems are contained in "Atmik Pyas Bujhanebdrd JaZ" and "Ek Pa,pini ka Paschatap." There are in truth but two portraits throughout-woman, in all her special human need, and Jesus, human and Divine, all-sufficient, ever-present., In the final stories of the book we'see her striving, and serving, last to leave the cross, first to reach the empty tomb. Besides general pen-sketches in black and white it contains six coloured reproductions of Oopping's well-loved pictures. This beautiful little book makes an excellent gift-book. Ohri~ian women will find valuable and deli&htful the exposition of their favorite stories: non-Ohristian sisters reading it will not fail to understand and feel something of the Love that has for cen turies uplifted and ennobled the heart of woman the 'world ever.
CO) Yt8U Ehrisht Kaun hai? (Who is, Jesus Christ ?) by the Rev. Yunas Sinha. 4 annas. There are seven chapters or answers to the above question. Each chapter is complete by itself. The chapters are (1) Jasus Ohrist, and historical reality; (2) Ohrist the Prophet of ,God; (3) The Oharacter of J'esus Ohrist; (4) Ohrist the Physician of the Soul; (5) The Divinity of Jesus Ohrist; (6) The Atoning Death of Ohrist; and (i) The Second Ooming of Ohrist or Jesus the Judge of the W orId. The book will be useful to those who work among educated Hindus.
A copy of this bookl if lent to a non-Ohristian, is sure to accomplish its mission.
ROMAN-URDU
(0) Hellen Keller lei Sarguzaskt (A life of Hellen_Keller). 5 annas. This b08k won a prize which was offer-ad a few years ago. (0) Rasu!on lei Sawanih Umari (Lives of the Apostles) by Rev. Jiwan Das. 3 annas. An interesting buok which will be found especially suitable for young people. 11
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The books ma.rked with a " C " have been issued under the ausplCles of the Christian Literature Society, United Provinces Branch. Since the Tract Society and the United Provinces Branch of the Christian Literature Society exist to supply the needed literature in Hindi, and work in perfect harmony and co-operation, the Tract Society's Com mittee desires that the public should become equally familiar with the publications of both the Societies; ( 12 )
MONTHLY HANDBILLS The four-page monthly handbills in Hindi have been published regularly and are very widely circu lated. They are supplied to 72 a~dresses, the individ ual monthly orders varying from 50 copies to 2,000 copies. These "silent messengers" are very much in demand, and though small in compass th,ey give an opportunity to Christian workers to pave the way for the purchase of more comprehensive books or tracts. A plan is now under consideration for issuing the monthly handbills sinlultaneously in Hindi and in Urdu. This would enable a preacher to distribute these printed messages to all readers in an audience where (as generally in our area) some read one character and.some another. COLOURED •BIBLE PICTURES WITH SCRIPTURE PASSAGES Special mention should be made of the beauti- ful coloured Scripture "portionettes" which have been supplied through the kindness of the trustee of the Milton Stew~rt Evangelistic Fund. Many mlsslonaries have used these leaflets for in teresting people in the purchase of a complete Gospel or Testament or other Christian book. The last supply received is now nearly exhausted. Con sidering the extensive demand for these illustrated Scripture leaflets the Committee ventures to hope that, in spite of the fact that the, Milton,Stewart Evengelistic ~.und has been closed, Mr. Blackston~ will find it possible to continue the publication or' this pleasi~g and popular type of tract which has be~n so richly blessed in use. The issue of new books and handbills is made possible by the kindness of those authors who have most readily and without any financial remuneration given their time and thought to this branch of Christian work. The Committee desires to record its profound gratitude for their help and, further, assures them that the entire Ohristian movement in India is indebted to them for their literary contri.. butions to the spread of Christianity.
Fig. 2. Tot", I Number o( Copies Prmted, N.I.T.S. ahdC.L.S.(u.p.) combined. includtnq MQl';thlv ILmtb, I :::::1 l,oOqoac
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MANY OLD TITLES AS POPULAR AS .EVER In the period under review we were able to re-issue 24 books and tracts, the total of these second ( 14 ) and later editions of the Tract Society's own publica ~ions amounting to 1.92,000 copies and 5,642,000 pages. It is remarkable how some of the old favourities are still holding the field and how their republication is called for every year. BhaJan Sangrah is now in its 56th edition; Dharam Tula in the 40th; Kalyug Katha in the 25th; and Manlagan BhaJan in the 26th. Some of the tracts which are still called for were written very many years ago, and as much water has flown under the bridge· since then, they have been revised in order to make them better adapted for circulation under the changed circumstances and in the largely new thought-world of present-day India.
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J.t.fI. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ :t 1,;t ~ l ~ ~ J. .!. ~ ~ ~ ~ !i .!, ~ It,. ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ~ !-~ How far we are from "occupying" the field in Chril!t ian literature is shown by the fact that we are printing only about .one page a year per literate forour field, and the rate of literacy is increasing year by year. ( 15 With the new books, tracts, and handbills and also the re-prints of old favourites, the Society has taken no small share in the building up of the Ohristian Ohurch and the extension of Ohrist's Kingdom in this land. The task is stupendous and
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much still remains to be done. The needs are so very varied and urgent that without the assistance of our friends it would be impossible for us to supply them. We need not only their financial assistance to meet the printer's bill but also the consecration of ( 16 ) their literary gifts to the glory of God. The Oom mittee will be glad to get ~nto touch with those who wish to take a share in this work. The Oommittee has facilities for editing or revising books and the Secretary will be glad if missionaries and Indian Ohristians who have any special message to give to the people by means of the printed page will call upon him for any aid that the Society may be able to give.
CIRCULATION: ACTIVE DURING THE YEAR
The details of circulation are given in Appendix H. During the period under report 976,000 copies of all kind~ of books and tracts were sent out from th~ Tract Depot. This figure includes all books and tracts ; the circulation of the Society's own publica tions is shown in Ohart 6. The Rev. G. B. Ogden of the American Presby terian Mission, in referring to the changing attitude on the part of the people, writes:- A local mela, to which both men and women go in large numbers. was being held near Kasganj. A baniya and his wife and children were passing along the road where a worker was selling literature. They stopped to look at his tracts and gospel portions. The wife wanted to get some. Her husband said "Yes take all you want," and she selected nearly a dozen different pieces to take home with her. The sales man was much surprised at the generous attitude of the baniya who was not only willing to pay for the literature but was willing for his women folk to read it. ( 17
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The peaks of the three curves in 1921-22 corres pond to the peak of high prices after the War, and the decline since has largely been due to loss -on account of exchange, which I:lhould, not continue to affect us adversely.
The Committee takes this opportunity to thank missionaries and other friends who regularly order Christian and generalliteratllre from the Tract Depot. It is in a position to deal with all ordars for religious and other literature in English and the vernacu lars; also stationery for personal, office, and school use. It is hoped that the public interested in the Tract , Society and its activities win increasingly patronize its Depot. 18
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The following letter of the Rev. J. J. Lucas, D. D. shows one of the ways in which the Tract Society has been able to assist missionaries in giving wide circulation not only to the Christian books and tracts published by the Society itself but also to those .published by individuals or other agencies :- It gives me great pleasure to say how greatly I have been helped by the North India Tract Society during the past ten years, and up to the very present, in sending out tens and tens of thousands of tracts of from 2 to 20 pages in Hindi, Urdu and English, which that Society has sent out to addresses furnished by me. These tracts were published by me out of a grant from the Milton Stewart Evangelistic Funds, t:qrou~h the nay. W.E, Bl~ksto~e of Ol\lifQmia. They were a1;Qck~q at t~e 19
Tract Depot and through its Secretary and staff were ·sent out not only all ever North India but far beyond to colonies of Hindus scattered in different countries, separated as far apart as the Fiji Islands, South Africa and North America. . As the Milton Stewart Evangelistic Fund is now being wound up, probably grants ceasing with the close of the year, the X orth India Tract Society has taken over some of the tracts published by this fund and is re-printing large editions of them. Among these is a bact of 24 pages in Hindi entitled "How the Death of Christ differs from that of Prophets, Martyrs and Patriots." This tract has been issued in edition after edition in Hindi during ten years past, and the Tract Society has this year taken it over from the Milton Stewart Evangelistic Fund. It has found its way all over North India and through some of th(l Indian States and !'ar beyond. A letter came from Singapore asking for copies, the writer saying that as he finished reading he fell on his knees to give thanks for its message concerning the Death of Christ. It seems only fitting that now, near the close of the grant from the Milton Stewart Evangelistic Fund for the publication of these tracts, I should express my appreciation of the very great help given me by the Secretary and the staff of the North India Tract Society in sending out these tracts. Without that help, so constantly and cheerfully given during these ten years past, I should not have been able, without employ ing trained assistants, to send out edition after edition of these tracts at little cost. I still have tracts in Hindi, Dxdn and English in the Tract Depot, and until these are all sent out I hope to continue to avail my self of the kind offices o£ the Secretary and the staff, and so my indebt edness to them will go on growing through the coming year, and perhaps longer.
FINANOE The summary of the Cash Account for the 10 months under report appears as Appendix B. In Appendix 0 is given a list of the Missionary Societies which are represented on our General Committee, with their contributions. Chart 1 exhibits graphically, for the past twelve years, the way In which the missionary organizations work .lng In North India have been helping the Tract ( 20 Society financially_ Appendix A deals with the
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BacI:!. mission contributing Rs. 50 per annum or more ~s entitled to two representatives on the General Committee. In view of the increase in all costs since this rule was adopted, our Treasurer feels that the minimum amount should be Re.75 instead of B.so 500 Any missionary organizations not yet re presented on our General Committee are hereby invited to qualify at once .
.On. the last date of the period under review the debt on the Building Fund stood at Rs_ 200. The €ommittee is glad to be able to report that it has since been wiped off and now the Society owns its pr.opertyfree of any debt. Fourteen years ago, when -the Bible Society, which up till then had shared our building, decided to move into premises of its own, ( 21 ) the Trac t Society was called upon to pay'to the Bible Society Rs. 20,000 for their share in the property, although no funds for the purpose were then in sight. :u ut those who were in charge at t.he time-we recall with gratitude the names of nlany friends, among whom were the Rev. Dr. J. J. Lucas, the Rev. Canon E.H.M. Waller (now Bishop of Madras) and the late Rev - A.H. Ewing-acted in faith and urged the Com mittee to close the transaction. Surely God has been with us in this matter. Help has been received from several unexpected quarters. One friend alone gave a contribution of Rs. 7,500. To all contributors the Society tenders its grateful appreciation for their help and interest. The Rev. William E. Blackstone has, for many years past, helped us with an annual contribution of $1000 from t.he Milton Stewart Evangelistic Fund. But for this generous help the Society would have found it Illost difficult to carry out its literary pro gramme. The Committee hopes that though the Milton Stewart Evangelistic Fund has been wound up, its generous trustee will find it possible to interest some other friends in America in our work, and secure an equally generous contribution. Otherwise we fear' t.hat our publication work in 1928-29' will have to be, greatly curtailed. The Religious Tract Society, London, assisted us with a grant of £ 242 in cash and £ 52 in pub lications, which is most gratefully acknowledged. Every year the Parent Society enables the North India Auxiliary to publish a number of books in Hindi. This ~ regular 'help is most encouraging ftn.d 'we '''can assure the Parent Society that we s'hall 'always e'n'deavour to continue worthy of the confi dence w·hich it has shown in us.
The Na~ional Christian Couneil, through its Indian Literature Fund, contributed Rs. 480 towards :the remuneration 'of two literary workers 'and Rs .. 500 on ac'count of the preTiminaryexpenses 'in curred ;on th'e Hindi Btble Dictionary. The Com mittee thankfully acknowlkidges this' assistance.
" " t - ~_ . ,; , SUBSCRIPTIONS RAISED IN INDIA
Individual Ifriends and churches have helped us with a sum of R's. 4,134-6-2 as defailed in 'Appen "dix D. Year after year our appeal is presented 'and year after year we receive a most -generous repoIise. This s'erves a double purp'ose-it provides the neces sary funds for the publication of nooks and tracts, and itis3.1so an evidence 'to our 'supporters in the West of the place which the 'Society has in the estimation of the local Christian public. The Committee is most grateful to the kind friends who, in spite of their being overloaded with other work, were able to make time to circtiHite our appeal in their stations or isslie an appeal to the churches for "an offertory. ( 2~
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~iss C. CaIppbep, Treasurer, ~uild~r }1::~.l!1.q~~l, Church, Mhow, writes:- Tract Society's Sunday was observed.in the Builder Memorial Ohurch, Mhow, on September 16th. The body of the church ~as' ruled witli an attentive cohgregation. The "meeting was led' by 1\&'. E. J. Brown. After praise, prayer and Scripture reading, Mr. Gaik~~d read the Society's report. ¥r. Brown made a very earnest appeal for the Society. This was followed by short addresses from two ladies telling of the results of. the work of, the Society in various places. The girls from the Mission School sang and a party of. I'unjab OJ:u-istians from the :ij.egi- 24" ment stationed here sang a hymn of thanksgiving. The meeting closed with very earnest prayer for blessing on the work. The collection amounted to Rs. 12-10-0.
The Rev. Walter G. Menzies of Pendra Road writes :-
I am enclosing to you towards the work of the Tract Society the sum of twelve rupees from the Ohurch at Kotmi, Pendra Road District. I have this church and station in my charge now as well as Pendra Road and this offering comes to the Society from the church. The church is small in numbers but I trust will not forget to be rich in good works. Last Sunday I pr.eached to the church here on the work of the Traot Sooiety as we could not do so very well on the previous Sunday. But it was just as well that it happened that way. I have never seen the ohurch so enthused over the work of the Society as this last Sunday. Our contri bution has gone to you for the church but we fully expect to add to it. I have pleaded with each family that they not only support the work with their gifts but with purchases of books and I seek to make this part of the work here.
Mrs. E. B. Harvey, of Sharannagar Mission, Nawabganj (Gonda) forw-arded" Rs. 65 with the following letter :-
I am enclosing Rs. 65, the Ohristmas offering from the Mission Ohurch. Our church is composed of widows and orphans for the most part but they wanted to give a Ohristmas gift for Jesus. One young woman had saved up for months until she had Rs. 3 and this she planned to use for a Ohristmas gift for her baby but when she heard about the Ohristmas gift for Jesus decided to give her B.s. 3 to Jesus. Others also sacrificed; perhaps their offering was only four or eight annas, but it meant a sacrifice. We wanted to give the offering where it would do the most good in spreading the Gospel and as we had already given one offering to the Bible Society we felt that we would like it to go for the printing of free literature. lam sending this money and the Re. 13 which you have to my credit will be used in buying literature. I would like you to send me a few thousand of the illustrated tracts in Hindi and several thousands of the h~d-biUs"l\.t:ae 1-4-0 :per thQ-qsa.nd m Urdu and Rmdi, ( 25 ) The Rev . .A. W Macmillan, who was for many years a missionary of the London Missionary Society in the Benares District but who is now settled in New Zealand, has sent us one pound with the following letter :- I have much pleasure in sending you this week a money order for one pound as a donation to the funds of your Society, the same being a collection taken up at a Lantern Lecture given by me last week in a neighbouring Presbyterian Ohurch (Somerwell Presbyterian Ohurch, Remuera, Auckland.) My pictures included some description of your work and this was the response. I assur~ you that I will be on the look-out for any other opportunities for -helping your splendid cause.
BODHAK: THE HINDI VILLAGE TEAOHERS' JOURNAL
For four years we have been publishing an edi .. tion of The Village Teachers' Journal in Hindi. It is based on the English version so ably edited by Rev. A. E. and Mrs. Harper of Yoga, but as it did not exactly correspond to the English and Urdu ver sions it was regarded as a disadvantage to those who wished to use all three versions, or two of the versions, in a given area. Arrangements have now been made whereby the Hindi edition will contain ex actly the same matter as the Urdu edition. It is confidently expected that this will increase the circu lation of the Journal. The Oommittee is grateful to the Rev. J. W Richards N etram for acting as editor and also desires to express its obligations to Mr. and Mrs. Harpel' for co-operating in the matter, ( ~: ),
A BIBLE DICTIONARY FOR INDIA
Sinc~ the last report considerable progress ha~ bee,n made with the preparation of a Bible I?ic tionary adapted to Indian readers. The followi:qg Editorial Committee has been appointed, all' th'~ persons invited to serve on it having aocepted the S9ciety's invitat~on to serve:' " Rev. J. C. Manry M. A., Ph. D., Managing Editor Ewing Christian Colle~e, All~hab~q. qi~y. Rev. Yohan Masih, D. D., Hindi Editor Indore, C. I. Rev.. Canon, B. H. P. Fisher, M. A. S. P. G., Cawnpor~.. Rev. II. J. Sheets, M. A., B. D. Bareilly rrheological Seminary Bareilly. . Rev. John, Drake, M. A., B. D. North IJldia Unite4 Theological Oolle,ge. ~~haranpur, U .. P. Rev. W. Machin, M. A. We~Jey;an ~issiQ~ Benares, U. ~,
.A. %e.eting of t~e Editorial Commit~ee 'fas ~eld ip March, at which detail~d arrangements were rp,.ade < • , .' ~ • 1 '. '. • fo~ car:r:ying on the preparation of the English b~sic Ip.anuscript, a:Q.d for i~~. t:rans~,tio~ in,~o ~Pfd:i ~s ,~~:t q.~ th~. a.r:ti~les, ~re app~oyed by a~ l~a.s~ ~'Y0 members of the Editorial Committee. 4- large number of shorter articles have been already passed in their English form, and quite a few longer articles. ( '27 Dr.yohan 'Yasih has bee'n tr'ansl'fiting these into Hindi, each article on a separate sheet of paper, so that it will be possible always to keep the English articles arranged in accordance with the English alphabet and the Hindi articlEs in accordance with the Hindi"alphabet. It is gratifying to be able to announce that a request for permission to use the English basic manuscript for the preparation of a Bible Dictionary in Urdu has already been received from the Punjab. This is evidence that the lines along which we have been working are sound, and that in this piece of work the Society may make a contribution far beyond the Hindi language area. It is naturally difficult to predict just how long the work will take, but it will be pressed as fast as the resources of the Society permit. The expenses of bringing out the Hindi Bible Dictionary are esti'mated at Rs. ~,OOO.A special fund for the purpose has been opened, and contributions for this special cause will be welcomed. The Society will be glad to conside~ requests from responsible publish ing agencies for the use of the basic English manu script in preparing Bible dictionaries in other Indian vernaculars.
CONCLUSION The 'conclu:diIlg portion of the report is' by the :R:ev. J.C. Manry, Ph. D., Hony. Treasurer of the SocIety. Dr. Manry's interest in the work of itne Ti~a'ct'Society is'so'welPkuown that'it need hardly ( 28 ) he referred to here in any detail. He was elected a lllember of the Executive COlnmittee in 1917, and Houy. Treasurer in 1926. For the past few years he has been presenting, at the Annual Meeting, the salient features of the Society's annual report through several charts which entailed careful and painstaking work. In order to make the~ available to a larger circle of the Society's supporters they have been given a place in this report. In spite of his being busy with Inore than a man's normal share of work, Dr. Manry is ever ready to help the Secretary and the staff in furthering the cause of the Tract Society.
CLOSER AND MORE EFECTIVE CO-OPERATION NEEDED This report would be incomplete without a re ference to the findings of the Jerusalem meeting of the International Missionary Council on the subject of Christian Literature. In Volume 7 of the pub lished report (Oxford University Press) which deals with "Internatiunal Missionary Co-operation"-we urge every reader of this report to study the find ings of the Jerusalem Council meeting -we find the following trenchant passage:
THE PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION AND CIRCULATION OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE "It is generally recognized and admitted that this is . the most neglected part of-the miss,tonary enterprise. There is possibly no other missionary subject on whi~h 'so many resolutions have been passed and so few put into effect. It is not -necessary ( 29 ) here to indicate the many kinds of publications- books, pamphlets, periodicals-which are demanded, 'but rather to emphasize certain facts of critical im portance. "The need for literature, both for the rapidly growing indig~nous churches and for the vast number of literate non-Christians, is enormous, and is destined to increase greatly during the present decade. It is urgently necessary to supply this need, even on the negative grounds of counteracting or supplanting the ever-increasing amount of literature subversive of character and faith. It is still more important, however, on the positive grounds of developing intel ligent churches and a well-furnished leadership for the Christian forces of to-day and of supplying a modern apologetic for the present most inquiring generation. The greater intelligence of both Chris tians and non-Christians, due to the marked recent expansion of the educational movement, both govern mental and missionary, calls for Christian literature far better in quality than that which now exists, and this, in turn, requires the services of more of the hest-furnished scholars, thinkers and writers. The need is urgent in China, Japan, the Philippines, India, Africa and Latin America. Possibly nineteen-twen tieths of the volumes needed can better be p1'oduced by the Christian forces of differen t lands working in conce'F.t. "All this requires such an outlay of money and demands so many expert workers that, on grounds of economy and efficiency, it is futile to expect to ( 30 )
meet the need by working on merely denominational and national lines. In almost every mission field, therefore, steps should be taken to bring together into an effective united scheme the various denomi· national and national literary enterprises. When ever complete union cannot be brought about at once, there should be secured the closest possible co-operative arrangement." (Italics ours.) The Tract Society exists to provide for the ful lest possible co-operation of various denominations and nationalities in the great work of Christian literature. Its officers and committees are under no delusion as to the pitifully disproportionate pro vision that we are making for literature as compared with other forms of Ohristian influence. No great missionary society in our language area should con s,ider that it has done its share toward literary work in this North Indian neld when it has paid the pit tance prescribed for representation on the Society's General Committee. It should inspire men and women to produce,help them to discover unmet needs for literature, and then give them opportunity t9 prepare broadly Christian books, pamphlets" period: icals-such as will serve the needs of all evangelic a~ Christians bodies. The Society would be glad to associate any such literary workers with itself for longer or shorter periods of time. Any of our readers who can point out, cases where Christian literature already produced or being produced in other fields might be adopted with advant~ge to our field, will confer a real service ( 31 ) by calling 'sue'h instances to the attention of the Secretary. They should become more and more numerous. The sort of thing we mean may be illus trated by the work of Miss C. E. Padwick, The King of Love, first prepared in Egypt for publication in Arabic and circulation among the children of Arabic speaking Moslem lands. Last year it was brought out in Urdu by our sister-society, the Punjab Religious Book Sooiety, and now our Society is planning to bring it out in Hindi.
THE INDIAN CHURCH IN THE WORK OF LITERATURE, PRODUCTION AND CIRCULA.TION In Volume 3 of the Jerusalem Report (page 204) it is recommended that indigenous churches should be more and more closely associated with the pro duction of Christian literature. It is stated that there are Christian publishing societies in India "whose policies are con trolled, even in details, by committtees in London." We are glad to be able to testify that this remark in no way applies to our Society. On each of our oommittees there is a large Indian representation, and not content with having Indians as co-opted elected members, the Exeoutive Oommittee is trying to devise some method of having representative members from Indian Ohurch or ganizations, on somewhat the same lines that we now have representatives of missions. This must be done in such a way as not to weaken the feelipg of responsibility for Christian literature on the part of the missions. The main difficulty in the way of a solution is that the distinction between Ohurch and ( 32 ) Mission, as also the relation between the two, varies so much in the different denominational modes of organization. Whatever constitutional change may be made in this respect, or even if no change is made, the Society is and will always remain res ponsive to Indian Christian thought, and in no sense under foreign control. "Indigenou.s talent freely exercised is ne cessary -for the creation of literature for any people. It is to such writers that the c'hurches must look for the literature that will be -most helpful in the nurture of the -religious life of its (sic) members and for the exposition of the ·Chl'istian message that will appeal most effectively to their fellow-nationals ... ,._ "One of the ways in which the older church es can most effectively foster the life and assist the service of the younger churches is by streng thening the financial resources of these church es for an enlarged programme of literature, and by putting at their disposal the experience and technical skill acq aired in producing and in distributing liter.ature." (Vol. 3, pp. 214- 215.) A. good illustration of fine co-operation men tioned in this last paragraph is the way in which the United Church of Canada Mission in Central India has made it possible for Dr. Yohan Masih to give.a large part of his time to the production of Christian literature in Hindi. APPEmDIX A
Summary of OaslJ Account of the BUI~lding Pknd for ien months, from 1at September, 1927 to 30th JUlie 1928.
Receipts, Amount. Expenditure. Amount.
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. To Opening Balance 41 15 7 By Repayment of a loan 1,000 0 0 " Room Rent 1,000 0 0 " Interest on above 87 ° 8 " Loan from General A/c. 145 5 " Bank Charges 0 4 0 c;., CI.:I " Olosing Balance 100 0 0 '-'
Total Rs. 1,187 4 8 Total Rs. 1,187 4 8
Debt on the property at 30th June, 1928-Rs. 200.
Examined and found correct. N. K. MUKEBJI, J.O.MANRY. BARRI NIGAM & 00, . Secretary, Hony. Treasnr~r, Audito1's. N. I. O. Tract and Book Society. N. I. O. Tract and Book Society. APPENDIX B, 8umma'l'Y of Cask Account for ten months/rom 1st September, 1927 to 30th June, 1928. keceipts Amount I ExpenditUl'e Amount
Rs. a. p.1 Rs. a. p.
To Sales 36,689 6 10 By Opening Balance 3,069 10 6 " Donation and Ch urch Collections 2,761 1 2 " Purchase of Stock 27,074 6 2 " Packing Charges -' 1,580 2 0 I» " Donation Milton Stewart Evangelistic ~ Fund per Rev. Wm. E. Blackstone " Publication Charges 9,379 0 3 ($ 1000) 2,722 8 0 " Editorial Charges 490 3 6 ." Subscriptions: Missionary Societies .. 1,775 0 0 " Purchase of Paper 399 14 0 " Grant : Religious Tract Society (Cash £242) . . . . 3.295 3 6 " Advertisements. 233 3 0
" National Christian Council 980 0 0 " Lucknow Ry. Bookstall 323 15 9 " Oompound 50 0 0 " Establishment.: Salaries· .. 9,.580 12 3 .". Closing Balance 8,306 13 9, Provident'Fund: " " 710 Ii 9' " Advances Recoverable 372 10 0
" Postage and Telegrams " 503 8 9 1J Printing and Stationery 98 15 0 " 'Travelling Charges 225 3 0 " Audit Fee 137 8 0 " Furniture, Pixtures and Fittings 127 7 0 " Rates and Taxes 524 5 0 " Repairs 726 9 8 " Insurance of Buildings (part) 42 8 0 " Compound 14 7 3 g; " Charges General 226 8 9 " Interest on Overdraft 738 7 8
56,580 1 3 fotal Rs. 56,580 1 3
Examined and found correct N. K. MUKERJI, J. C. MANRY. BAHRT NIGAM & Co. SecretarYt Honom1'y Treasurer~ Auditors, N. I. o. Tract and Book Society, N. I. C. Tmct and BoDle Socwty APPENDIX C
Oontributions reoeived from the H;88ionarv Sooieties repre8ented on the General Committee.
1. American Evangelical Mission 300 0 0 2. Am.eric~n Mennonite Mission (two years) 200 0 0 3. Baptist Missionary Society .. ' 50 0 0 4. Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society 50 0 0 5. Women's Missionary Society of the United Ohurch of Canada 300 0 0 6. O. E. Z. M. Society, C. P. .. .. 50 0 0 7. Church Missionary Society, United Provinces 50 0 0 8. ditto Central Provinces 50 0 0 9. Disciples of Ohrist, Indian Mission 250 0 0 10.' Friends' Foreign Missionary Association 100 0 0 ~ 11. General Oonference, Mennonite Mission of North America 200 0 0 en 12. M. E. Church, Oentral Provinces Conference .. 100 0 0 13. Do. Lucknow Oonference 75 0 0 14. Do' N.I. Conference 15. Do. N. W. I. Oonference 16. North India Mission of the Presbyterian Ohurch, U. S. A. (part) 100 0 0 17. Rajputana Presbyterian Mission .• . . . . 50 0 0 18. Regions Beyond Missionary Union . . . . 19. S. P. G. Missionary Society .. 100 0 0 20. Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society 50 0 0 21. Women's Union Missionary Society of America 50 0 0 Note-Credited in Appendix B. Rs.1,775 0 0 Received after the close of the year's account Rs. 350 0 0 ------Total Rs. 2,125 0 0 2,125 0 0 APPENDIX D Ohurclt O.lfertories ah'd Donation8 (Amounts raised in India).
Stations Ohurch Individual Total Offortories Oontributions
Rs. a. p. Rs. a, p. Us. a. p. AGRA :-Havelock Ohurch per Rev. E. W Jackson 30 U 0 Rev. A. O. P. Rigg 5 0 0 Rev. J. I. Hasler 4 0 0 Rev.Oanon A. W Davies 5 0 () .- Dr. G Rutherford 2 U () G. Isaac, Esq. 1 0 0 K. Nelson, Esq. 1 0 0 '::i St, John's Girls' School 2' 0 U J. D. Talib-ud·din, Bsq. 1 0 0 - S. Fairlie, Esq. 1 0 0 F.'McBride, Esq. 1 (} 0 H.B. M. 1 0 0 R. W.T. 1 0 0 S. G, T. 1 0 0 ~P. N. N. 1 0 0 T. D. S. 1 0 () Q., V. H. S. 7 10 0 A.R 1 0 0 A.J. N. 1 u 0 EWJ 1 0 0
~--. ------~.--~-- - Church Individual Stations Offertories Oontributions Total
Rs. a. p. Re. a. p. Rs. R. p. B..R. 100 V. I. O. 100 Swall contributions 4 10 0 ------75 4 0 AJMER:-UIiited Ohurch of North Indiaper Kastut' Ohand, Esq. 16 5 0 16 5 0
ALIGARH:-DairyFarm Church per Ohhiddami Lal, Esq. 5 8 0 Do. St. John's Church per Miss O. H. Ramsden 8 0 0 -. Do. M .. E. Ohurchper Rev. R Lanse . 27 0 0 co'(X): ------40 8 0
ALIJABABAD:-St. Peter's Ohurch, Muirabadper -A. J. Eusibius, Esq. •• 9 1 0 Naini Leper Asyhini'PIW D.B. Mackenzie, Esq. 120 0 0 Annual Meeting Tract Society 40 1 9 M. E. Ohurchper Rev. B. Gardner 3 12 0 ,~"'''--.----- Lady Meat:s 10 0 0 The Hon'ble Mr. Justice O. H, B. Kendall 5 0 0 J.O. Smith, Esq. O. I. E, I. O. S. 10 0 0 The Rev. J. J. Lucas, D. D. 25 0 0 The Rev. O. A. R. Janvier D: D. 25 0 0 The Rev E. P. Janvier, D. D.· 20 0 0 Mission Press 25 0 0
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W Fieldbrave, Esq. 10 0 0 Rev. C. H. Hazlett 10 0 0 F. R. Oollins, Esq. 10 0 0 Rev. H. G. Kribs, Ph. D. 10 0 0 W. B Hayes, Esq. 10 0 0 Ral Bahadur N. K. Mukerji 10 Mrs. Emerson 0 0 5 0 0 .Re,:,. J. O. Manry, Ph. D. 5 0 0 MaJor A. G. Dallimore 5 0 0 Miss M. Leetch 5 0 0 S. K. Rudra, Esq. 5 0 0 Rev. W. V K. Treanor 0 0 Miss A. Fredrick' 5 5 0 0 . The Rev. B. K. Mukherji R W. Bobb, Esq. 5 0 0 0 (J Rai Bahadur A. C. Mukerji 5 R. L. Ghose, Esq. 5 0 0 Miss E. Fisher 5 0 0 Miss M. Berry 5 ·0 0 The Hev. D. P. Low 5 0 0 M. W. McOlay, Esq. 5 0 0 Dr. B. K. Mukerji 5 0 0 J. J. Simeon, Esq. 5 0 0 J. E. Jacob, Esq. 3 0 0 A. P Brooks, Esq. 3 0 0 Rev. B. Gardner ,3 0 0 Miss H. A. Downs 3 0 0 H. David, Esq. 3 0 0 Rev. Sukh Lal 3 0 0 3 0 0 z.,., Ohurch Individual Stations Offertories Oontributions Total
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rai Sahib B. P. Mohan. 3 0 0 W. Hindle, Esq. 3 0 0 Rev. Canon J. S. O. Banerjee 3 0 0 13. D. Malvea, Esq. 3 0 0 Rev. Hari Narain. "3 0 0 N. O. Mukerji, Esq. 3 0 0 E. M. Mowatt, Esq. 3 0 0 W. W. Outting, Esq. 2 0 0 D. B. Mackenzie, Esq 2 O. 0 S. M. Shah, Esq. 2 0 0 $. E ..M. Sircar, Esq. 2 0 0 C. F. Tressler, Esq. 2 0 0 E. R Frank, Esq. 2 0 0 J. T. Dass, Esq. 2 • 0 0 J~ J. Paul, Esq. 2. 0 0 H. Drummond, Esq. 2. 0 0 A. J. Eusibius, Esq. 1 0 0 W. James, Esq. 1 0 0 J. O. James Esq. 1 0 0 A. E. James Esq. ." 1 0 0 M. H. Bonifacius, Esq. 1 0 0 Chil'ag Din, Esq. 1 0 0 O. D. Pratt, Esq. 1 0 0 J. S. David, Esq. 1 0 0 ------500 14 9
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ALMORA :-M. E. Hindustani Church per Rev. B. S. Paul 15 () 0 Per Rev. E. M. Moffat : Rev. E. M. Moffat 500 Miss N. B. Waugh 500 Miss L. W. Sullivan 500 Miss J. I. Peters 300 Rev. E S. Oakley 3 0 0 N. Jordon, Esq. 3 0 0 39 0 0
AMERIOA :-Rev. and Mrs. F. E. Goetsch 648 8 0 548 8 0
BADAUN :-M. E. Church District per E. T. Frey, Esq. 71 0 0 71 0 0 ~ 1-00' BAMDAIT :-Mission Ohurch per Rev. J. M. MacPhail 10 0 0 10 0 0
BANGALORE :-Basel Mission Press and Book Depot 10 2 0 10 2 0
BANKA :-Lord's Portion 4 0 0 4 0 0
BANSWAR.A :-U. C. C. Mission per Miss Soni Moti Ram 30 8 0 30 8 0
BAREILLY :-Oowieganj Church per H. C. Sircar, Esq. 12 0 0 12 0 0
~!-RHAJ BAZAR :-S.B. Mission Church per G. Benjamin, Esq. 1 20 7 0 20 7 0 BEAWAR :-United Church of North India per Bhim Sen. F,~fI . ' 15 0 0 15 0 0 Ohurch Individual Offertories Oontributions Total
Rs. R. p. Rs. a, p Ra. a. p. lBENAREB :~"":'Wesleyan Hindustani Churoh per' 'Rev. J. R. 10 0 0 Hudson. 'Per Miss A. B. Mount : C. M. S, Normal School 4 0 0 The Rev. S J. Edwin 3 0 0 Mrs. N. K. Norton 50 0 0 Rev. J. R. Hudson 5 0 0 Miss A. D. Snelson 2 0 0 - ~ Miss G. Willis 1 0 0 t.:> Mi.;s 1. M. Spencer 2 0 0 Benares (G. B.) 2 0 0 A friend 1 0 0 - Rev.W. Machin 3 0 0 ------83 0 0 13EWAR :-Presbyterian Ohurch Home Mission Workers per Rev. J auki Pershad 10 0 0, 10 0 0 llHAGALPUR :...... Ohlist Ohurch, Indian Oongregation per Rev. H. Perfect. •• 5 10 01 5 10 0
13BOPAL'-Friends' Mission Church per Pandit Ganpat Lall Misro 3 3 0 Pandit Ganpat Lall Misra, •. 2 0 0 ------5 3 0
BILASPUR:-Disciples Ohurch per Rev. F. E. Harner 30 0 0 30 0 0
BINA:-Mission Oh~~chper Miss M. W. Burgess 5 0 (J Do. per P. A. Sherman, Esq. 18 0 0 ------23 0 0 Total
BIRRA:- Sukh Lall, Esq. 100 o 0
BISRAMPUR:-Outstation Ohurch per Rev. 'r. H. Twente 10 0 0 Mission Do. per Rev. J. Purti 15 0 0 ----- 25 0 0 ,...... BULANDSHAHR:-Per Rev. A. J. Harvey :- O. M. S. Hindustani Church 13 6 0 ~ C. M S. English Ohurch 12 6 () Rev. A. J. Harvey 10 0 0 ------35 12 0
OALOUTT A:-Miss D. Ohandra. 5 0 0 5 0 0 OA WNPORE:-Per Miss O. M. Reach :-. Sir Logie Watson, 25 0 0 Mrs. B. Briscoe 10 0 0 Mrs. A. West 10 () 0 Dr. O. O. S. Milne 10 0 0 A. Rankin, Esq. 5 0 0 Individual Stat'ions Ohurch Total Offertories Contributious
Rs. a. p Rs. a p. Rs. a. p. R. Wilkinson, Esq. ·. 5 0 0 Mrs E. M.Watts .. 5 0 0 "':Mrs.:Valentine .. 5 0 0 B. Young, Esq. ·. 5 0 0 -Booth Esq. ·. 5 0 () Dr. Senet ·. [) () 0 Dr. L. Lorenz o. S 0 0 Mrs. H. Oooke .. 3 0 0 - M. Wat~iDs. Esq. ·. 3 0 () Miss 0, M. Beach .. 1 () u O. Tobit, Esq. .. 3 0 0 S. P. G. Oongregation per Rev. Ahmad Shah ·. 27 0 0 Rev. Ahmad Shah .. 3 0 0 ------133 0 o
CHAMPA:-Rev. and Mrs P. A. Penner e. 5 0 0 Lepers of Bothssda Home pc,. Rev. p. A. Penner 25 0 0 ------30 0 o
OIiAMPANAGAR :-The Rev. H. Perfect .. 5 0 0 5 0 o OHAMPAWAT :-Mission Ohurchper Miss Hayes ·. 6 0 0 6 0 o
CHIOOLI :-Swedish Mission Ohurch per M. Dalquist, Esq. 590 5 9 q. CHHINDWARA :-'Miss V. Rinman 500 500 C. P. OONFERENOE OF THE M. E. CHURCH Pe'l' ,. Rev. H. Lanham ;r. 100 0 0 100 0 0 DALTONGANJ,:-Per Miss A. G. Pigg'ott: Church of Ohrist 9 8 0 ~. M. Dhar, E"q. 10 0 0 G. Meares, Esq. 2 0 0 F. N. Outler, Esq. 5 0 0 Mrs, S. Khuda Baksh 5 0 0 Mrs. L. Seal 5 0 0 Mrs. A. Hay ling 1 0 0 - Mrs. A. V. Afzal 2 0 0 Mrs. S. O•. Dey', . ~. ., . 2 0 0 Mrs. J. S. Ghose' 5 0 ." 0 Mrs. G. Moses 2 0 0 Miss A. Oha'rIes 1 0 0 S. Minz, Esq. 2 0 0 S. Barla, Esq .. 2 0 () Mrs. M. RichlU'd 0 8 O· -.---_.- 54 0 0 DAMOH :-Church 'of Christ per Dhan~wan ·Raja Ram, Esq. ------53 12 0 53 1~ 0
DEHRA DUN :-Reformed Presby. Ohurch pM' Rev. Jesari Singh 5 0 0 United Church of North India.per..Re¥__ M. R. Ahrens 26 0 0 Ohurch Individual Total Stations O:IIertories Con tribu tion s ______I ______---- ______I~----
Rs. a. p Rs. a. p. Ra. a. p. Some Friends per A.Ibadul-lah, Esq. 10 0 0, ------.---- 41 0 '0 DRAMTARI :-Per Rev. E. D. Each: Rev. J. D. Graber 10 0 () Rev. E. Edully 5 0 0 Rev. L. S. Kins 5 () 0 Rev. M. C. Lehman 500 - Dr. and Mrs O. D. Each 10 0 0 Leper Oongregation 23 2 0 Sunderganj Ohurch p~r Rev. J. D. Graber (> 0 0 ------64 2 0 - DRAR :-Per Rev. F. H. Russell· United Church of N. India 25 0 0 Rev. F. II H.ussell, D. D. 10 0 0 Dr. M. McKenzie 10 0'0 Rev. H. E. D. 4.shford 500 Miss O. V. Baxter 500 - ~hll.mshoom, Esq. 200 Zakhi, Esq. . 100 Rev. S. W. Patole 1 0 0 P. A. Gaikwar, Esq. Small contributions ~ ~ ~ 60 7 0 I ------
DHAROHULA :-'Methodist Ohurchper Rev. Nain Singh 080 080
ENGLAND-BHADFORD :-W. H. Ginn, Esq. 6 14 11 6 14 11
ETAH :-United Ohurch of North India per B. Chester, Esq. 35 0 0 Dist. Church workers per Rev. H. C. Dyche 400 ------39 0 0
FALAM (BURMA) :-C. M. S. Hindustani Ohurcb per Lall Singh Basant, Esq. 15 0 0 15 0 0
FARRUKHABAD :-Dr. Mrs. R. J. McLean 15 0 0 15 0 0 FATEHGARH :-Railway Institute Church. per Rev. R. D. - Oornuelle •• 700 Preachers' Bank per Rev. E. Graham Parker •• 260 Dr. MiRS E. Greenwold 5 001 Miss A. J anki N ath 5 0 0, ------19 6 0
FATEHPUR :-Per Miss M. W. Haines: Miss M. W Hdines 50 u of A. Friend 5 0 0 E.P. 2 0 0 ------57 o. 0 FYZABAD:- Wesleyan Ohurch per Rev. G. Spooner 15 0 0 15 0 0 ,Qhu;J;ch ,I Individual \ "TdtaF:' (:; .. '." Stat~ons , ',. ( .. t • ~~cr. " ' Offertorie's: Contributions I ", " ._"',' " ~'---r:-- Rs. a. p. RB. '8.. p. Rs. a. p. 8 GHAZIPUR :--Wesleyan Mission per Rev. A. Saunderson " 8 10 0 " 10 0 j c ~ ," ',', ::,GAYA :~Baptist'Oh~rch peT Miss McLeod 10 0 0: 10 0 0
GIRIDIH :-Maranatha Mission Ohurchper Miss G. E. Brown •• 5 0 0 5 0 0 " GOMOH :-Gomoh District per Rev. James Lyons 5 0 0 [) 0 0
GORAKHPUR :-St. Andrews Church per F. W. '-"~ Richa.rdson. Esq. 16 8 0 , 00 ,~ Ohrist Ohurch per J. H. Frere, Esq. 6 0 0; 22 8 0 ,---: ------~ " NARDA :-Mission Church per Rev. M' Luther 16 0 0 16 ,0 0 " HATPIPLIA:-United Church of North India pe,' Miss A. E. Glendenning 50 5 0' 50 5 0
DATTA :-Disciples Ohurch per Rev. F. E. Livengood 8' 0' 0 '8 0 :"0 "INDORE :-Per Rev. J. T Taylor, D,. D. :- ,,' , Miss E. McMaster, M. D. 500 Miss A J.' Anderson, M.p. (5 0 0 Miss Scheifele 3 0 0 ' 'j Rev. A. A. Scott 5 0 0'
- Watson, Esq .. 2 0 0: D. P. Goodwin, Esq. 1 0 0: Miss J Duncan 5 0 0. Miss K. Caswell '2 0 0 Rev. J, W. Riohards-Netram 100 Rev. Dr. King 500 Rev. Dr. Yohan Masih a '0 0 B. H. Singh, Esq. 200 Miss L. Robertson 400 E. Jhool'Y, Esq. 100 Rev. Dr. Taylor •. 50 0 United Ohurch of Northern India per 1. Matthews, Esq, 20 0 0 69 0 0 INDUS RIVER CONFERENOE,Methodist Church: Per Rev. G.H. Thompson 126 12 0 126 12 0 ITARSI :-Per G. W. Maw, Esq. : Friend's Mission Church 10 0 0 John Franklin, Esq. 1 0 0: Mrs. John Franklin 1 0 0, Dr. Mardan Sing 1 0 o! Dr. S. Jacob 1 0 0 Miss E. A. Bevan 1 0 0 Dr. R. J. Gittins 3 0 0 G. W. Maw, Esq. 5 0 0 Small contributions 0 14 0 ------28 14 0 Ohurch Individual Stations Offertories o ontribution Total
Rs. a. p. Ra. II. p Re. a.~ p.
J AGDALPUR :-Methodist E. Ohurch per Rev. J. H. Lenham 15 6 0 15 6 0
JAIPUR :-Indian Oongregationper Rev. W. G. Orr 5 0 0 5 0 0 JANJGIR:-Per Rev. P. W. Pen-ner :- . Mission Ohurch 33 0 0 Rev. P. W. and Mrs. Penner 10 0 0 c.n Miss M R. Burkhalter 8 0 0 0 Miss Nellie A. Penner 5 0 0 J otis Qhandra Asna, Esq. 2 9 6 Miss Agarmatti N. Penner 2 0 0 'Miss Jane Abraham 1 0 0 Miss Naomi Gynik 1 0 0 Miss Ormolota Nath 1 0 0 Nabinch Jogendra Nath, Esq. 1 0 0 Ischwal'das, EiJq; 1 0 0 Amarsingh Kedhmna, Esq. 1 0 0 Lakhman Farmer, Esq. .. 1 0 0 Yantra Ram, Esq 1 0 0 SmallcontribUlhlons 5 4 0
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JHANSI :-Pet· Miss E. J. McOunn : Dr Miss A. L. Ernst 10 0 0 Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hawtin 10 0 0 Rev. Dr. J. Wilkie 10 0 0 Rev. W. H. Hezlep 10 0 0 Miss S. E. Oook 10 0 0 J. L. Oheshire, Esq. 10 0 0 Miss A. L. Whatling 10 0 0 Miss E. II:. Thurrott 10 0 0 Rev. R. n. Spence 10 0 0 C. E. Society of W. U. M. S 10 0 0 Miss E. J. McCunn 10 0 0 Mrs. L. Abbott 10 0 0 Miss H. R. Ree 5 0 0 Rev. H. R. Ferger 5 0 0 Miss A. Mackay 5 0 0 Miss F. I. Stringer 5 0 0 ~ Mrs. A. W. H. Matthews 5 0 0 ~ D. Deans, Esq 5 0 0 Miss M. L. Clark 5 {) 0 - Rev. R T. N. Hill 5 0 0 Miss Gideon 5 0 0 K. N. Dass, Esq. 2 0 0 Small Oontributions 3 4 0 Per Miss B. M. Lawton :- Panna Lall Mohalla Sunday School 5 0 0 ------175 4 0
JYOTIPUR :-Ohristian Ohurch pel' S. Ennet, Esq. 25 0 0 25 0 0
KHANDWA :-Methodist E. OhuI'ch per Rev. S. Phillips 6 8 0 6 8 0 Church Individual Stations Offortories Contributions Total,
;l.~~· ., '. ~ I Re. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs: a. p. KHARUA :-Per Dr. L. T. Daniels :-
Mission Church 20 0 0 J Ditto Special 28 10 0 D. Hilliard, Esq, 5 0 0 Rev. C. D. Donald, 5 0 0 W. J.Baridram, Esq. 5 0 0 Miss G. Patterson 5 0 0 Piyari Bai, Nurse 2 0 0 Miss I. B. Singh 2 0 0 A. Andith, Esq. 2 0 0 Dr. L. T. Daniels 1 6 0 Miss S. Honour 1 0 0 Of Miss J. David 1 0 0 ~ ~Ganesh, Esq. 1 0 0 " RupLall Sewaji, Esq. 1 0 0 Mrs. Antoon 1 0 0 John G. Singh, Esq. 1 0 0 N. E. Dukhie, Esq. 1 0 0 Small Contributions 5 10 0 88 10 0
KOTAH :-Mission Church per Pandit Daniel 9 10 0 9 10 0 LAHERIA SERA.I :-Assemblies of God Mission Church per Miss. K. Cooke 30 0 0 30 0 0
LAHORE :-Mrs. G. C. Singha 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0
~A.KHN.A,DON :-Rev Dr. W. S. Urquhart 13 0 3 13 0 0
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LALITPUR:-Reformed Episcopal Mission Ohruch pe1'Rev.S.S.easeL ", 22 8 0 22 8 0 LUOKNOW :-Wesleyan Ohurchper Rev. Thomas Singh 7 14 0 Wesleyan Garrison Ohurch pcr Rev. W. Harner 15 0 0 22 14 0 LUOKNOW CONFERENOE of tho M. E. Ohurch per Rev. M.C. Singh 149 4 0 149 4 0
MAINPURI .-United Church of N. India per K. P. Ganguli, Esq. 2u 0 0 20 0 0
MAKORIYA :-Friends Misssion Church pcr Simon Peter, Bsq 6 5 0 6 5 0
MANDALA :-Y. W. C. A. Jcr Miss E E. Smyth 20 0 0 20 0 0
MAUHADEI :-Muuhadei Oongregationpe1' Rev. J. N. Kaufman 15 0 0 15 0 0
MEERUT :-Rev. J. W. Alexander 2 0 0 2 0 0 c:Jf' MHOW :-0. E. Society per N. N. David, Esq. 15 0 0 ~ Rasalpura Oongregation per C. V. Noah, Esq. 25 0 0 ------40 0 0 MIBIDPUR :-St Andrew's Ohurch pet' Miss S. Patterson 10 0 0 10 0 0
MIRZAPUR :-B. O. M. S. Mission Ohurch PC1' E. J. David, Esq. 8 2 0 8 2 0
MORAR :-Mission Ohurch pet' Miss M. E. J ohrison 10 0 0
Miss M. E. Johnson 10 0 0 20 0 0 MUNGELI :-pcr Rev. :hI. J. Shah ; Rev. M. J. Shah 200 Rev. I. E. Moody 500 Rev. O. E. Benleh 500 ------~~------~~~------~~------,
Stations Ohurch Individual Total Offortories Oontributions
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" Rs. a. p. Rs. R. p. Rs. a. p. Rev. Phllip Sydney .. 1 0 0 O. D. Hira LaH, Esq. .. 1 0 0 D. Nichol, Esq. .. 1 0 0 Fostepur Ohurch per Rev. M. J. Shah .. 5 8 0 20 8 0 -MUSSOORIE :-PerMiss A P. Howlett:- Miss A. P. Howlett .. -5 0 0 Rev. L. H. Ahrens .. 5 0 0 Mrs. E. Leadenpoon -- ~ 0 0 Mrs. H. P. Butterfield .. 2 0 0 Miss Rich .. 1 0 0 Miss M. Massie .. 1 0 0 Miss E. Bain .. 1 0 0 Mrs. S. W. Hyde .. 1 0 0 Miss Varmdair .. 1 0 0 Miss B. Dennis .. 1 0 0 Mrs. Miller 1 0 0 D. N. Ransom, Esq. .. 1 .0 0 E. M. Clements, Esq. 1 0 0 Miss E. \1. Jones .. 1 0 0 Miss M. Wyckoff .. 2 0 0 Mrs. M. A. B. .. 1 0 0 J. F. Merian, Esq. .. 1 0 0 Dr A. L. Eukenland '0 1 0 0 Miss Ohristina Maxwell .. 1 0 0 Misses Bion .. 1 0 0 Mrs. W. O. Hunder .. 1 0 0 Miss A. E Lawson .. 1 0 0 W. A. Zoemer, Esq. .. 1 0 0
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Miss R. M. Monro 1 0 0 Miss G. E. Monro 1 0 0 Mis. Leamon 1 0 0 Mrs. R. L. Duggan 1 0 0 Mrs F. U. Shutz 1 0 0 A F. Hanson, Esq. 1 0 0 Rev. E. M. Rugg 1 0 0 Miss D Sheppard 0 8 0 Rev. J. Fraser Oampbell, D. D. 20 0 0 Per Mrs. G. O. Pollen :- . Miss E. M. Jones 3 0 0 Miss M. Wyckoff 6 0 0 Mrs A. E. Harper-Tafton 2 0 0 Miss M. Oampbell 1 0 0 Major G. A. Bridge, R. A. M. O. 5 0 0 Ek. 1 0 0 E. M.P.M. 1 0 0 C)1 H. Western, Esq. 3 0 0 01 M.W.M. 3 0 0 M.A.M. 1 0 0 O.E.P. 1 0 0 , Mrs G. O. P. 2 0 0 . Kellogg Memorial Ohurch per Rev. A. E. Parker 15 7 6 ----- 246 16 9 MUTTRA :-Methodist E. Ohurch per Miss H. H. Wells 19 6 0 19 6 0 MUZAFFARPUR :-Methodist E. Ohurchper Rev. W. Willamson 13 3 0 13 3 0
NASmABAD :-Mrs. K. Elias 7 0 0 United Ohurch N. India per J. Martin, Esq. 18 3 0 25 3 0 -NAW ABGANJ, GONDA :-Sharanagar Mission per Mrs. E. B. Harvey 65 0 0 65 0 0 Ohur(lh Individual Station~ Total O~~tol,'ic~ Oontributions
'._" ._._~ft ... _ Re. a. p·i Rs. a. p. Ra. a.. p. ~NEEMUOH ·:~HinduE-tl1ni Church 1)e1' Rev. J, S. MacKay 40 0 0 . .., - Rev. J. S. MacKay 15 0 0 .05'0 0
NORTH·WEST INDIA CONFERENCE :-Methodist Church per Rev. S. W. Olemes .. 119 4 0 119 4 0 , NOWGONG :-Fl'iends' Indian Ohristian Mission per Miss M.M. Smith. 20 0 0 20 0 0 PANAGAR :-Holy Trinity ChUlchpe1' Miss Turpie 5 0 0 5 0 0 c:.n P.A.RTABGARH :-A.8s€mblies of God Girls' School per Miss H. -CD Haoker 6 6 0 6 6 0
RAIPUR :-Ohl'istinn Endeavour per Rev.D. Bajpai 5 0 0
Methodist E. Church pe?' MrR. M. D. Abbott 10 0 0
Ml'R. ,J. J. Shah 25 0 0 40 0 0
RAJNANDGAON :-Mission Bands in India lJer Rev. E. A. Fiddler 20 0 0 20 0 0
R.ANIKHET :-W:esl€yan Ohurchper Rev. G. Spooner 10 0 0: 10 0 0
SAUGOR :-B. O. M. Mission Ohurch per Rev. H. Welch 14 3 3.
Swedish ,j u ~ per Rev. A. J ako bsson 12 3 0 26 6
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8IWAN :-D~strlCts per Rev. A. L. Banks 52 0 0 52 () (I • SOHAGPlJR·:-Ohristian Oommunity Pel' S. H. Jameo, Esq. 5 () 0 5 0 0 SONEPAT :-Methodist E. Ohurch per Miss O. L. Justin 5 0 0 5 () (I
UJJAIN :-Canadian Missionary Socie~y.per Miss A. B. Munns 5 0 0 5 () 0
------_. ------Total -----2,346 10 9 ------1,887 11 4 4,234 6 2
MEMO.
Credited in Appendix B 2,761 1 2
Received after June 30, 1928 1,473 5 (l
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4,234 6 2 APPENDIX E List of New Publications
Serial Titles Pages. No. of Total No. No. CopIes of Pages. ------1----1------ENGLISH
L 1 The'Deity of Jesus Christ by the Rev. C. A. R. Janvier, D. D., 3 pies l5 3,000 45,000 HlNDI Baibal Arthat Parmeshwar ka Antim SaI].vad (Bible God's Final Message) by Dr. Zwemer translatod by Rev. Yohan Masih,. D. D. 1 pice 14 3,000 42.000 2 BalakoI]. ke liye Baibal ke Path (Little Children's Bible) stiff 10 annas and cloth Re. 1 132 3,000 . 396,000 S Gupt Ohele (Secret Disciple) by Rev. F E. Keay, D. Litt., trans- lated by Rev. J. W. Richards Netram, 1 pice 11 3,000 ~3,.OOO .. 4 Kalendal' 1928 by the Rev. W G. MUl'phy 4 ·annas 12 500 6,000 ·5 Mukti ka Marg (Tho Way of Salvation) by Rev. F. E. Keay, D.- Litt., translated by Rev. J. W- Richards Netram, 1 pice •. 14 3,000 42,000 .() MurtrPuja (Shall We Worship Idols? ) by the Rev. F. E. KeaYa: .~~.'.1 '. D. Litt" translated by the Rev. J. W. Richards Netram, 1 pice 18 3,000 IH, 0·0 0 ,
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7 Prathna Shakti ka Bhed (Prayer, 'fhe ~ecret of Power) by Rev., Stanley E. J onel'l, D. D. translated by the Rev. J. W Richards I N etram, 1 pice . 11 8.000 33,000 8 Prayashchit (Atonemont) by Rev. F. E. Keay, D. Litt., translated by Rev. J. W. Richards Netram, 1 pice . .. 5 3,000 15,000
.9 Ram Lall (Story of Ram Lall) by Rev. J. H.' La wrence, D.D. 6 pice 45 3,000 135,000 01 Sachcha SanyaS! (True Sanyasi) by Rev. F. E, Keay, D. Litt., trans- lated by J. "'tV Richards Netram, 1 pice 11 3,000 33,003 11 Shikshadayak KahallhiI]. (Instructive Stories) by Mrs. E. Chaubey, 2 annas 45 1,000 45,000 12 StriolJ ka Samdukh Sahayak (Words of Oomfort for the Women) e"r by Mrs. J. S. MdckjY, 12 annas. . . 175 1,000 175,000 <:0. ROMAN-URDU
I Kalengar 1928 lty the Rev. J. W- Murphy, 4 annas 12 500 6,000 2 I RasuloI]. ki Sawanih-17mri (Life of the Apostles) by Padri Jiwan Das Sahib 3 annas •• 58 1,000 58,000
" ---;W -34~CO 11.i 1S ,OOO APPENIHX F. List. of Reprints Serial Title No. of No. of Total No. No .. pages copies of pages --~------I ------.------.-- HINDI Adbhut Oharitr Darpan (The Miracles of Ohr'ist) 7th edition, 3 t>ies 24 5,000 120,000 2 Bhajan SaDgrnh (Populnr Hymns) 55th edition 3 pies 20 20,000 400,000 3 BhAjan Sangrah (Popular ~ymns) 56th editiou 3 pies 20 20,000 400,000 - 6 0 4 Dharm· Mela (The Gospel At The Fair) 7th edition 6 pies 53 3,000 159,000 5 Dharm Tula (Inquiry Into True Religion) (Revised) 40th edition, 6 pies 55 10,000 550,000 G Guru Gyan erhe First Catcehism) 19th edition 3 pies 20 3,000 60,000 7. Guru Gyan (The FiI:st Oatechism) 20t.h edition, 3 pies 2W 3000 60.000 8 Jai Singh. ki Katha (StOI'Y of Jai Singh) 11th editioD; 3 pies 25 10,000 250,000 H Jat Pat ka Varnan crhe Oaste System) 6th edition 3 piss 21 5,000 105,000 10 Kabir Gyan (Wisdom of Kabil') 12th edition, 6 pies 3'j 5,000 175,000
11 Kaljug Katha (The Kaljug) 25th edition, :3 pies 23 20,000 460,001 1
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12 Manlagan Bhajan (FavoUl'ite Hymns) 26th edition, 3 pies 21 20,000 420,000 13 Manushya Pd.riksha (Man 'l'ested) 7th edition, 3 l)ie'j 26 5,000 130,000 14 Masihi Bhajan (Christian Hymns) 6th e ition 6 pies 24 10,000 240,000 15 Mukti ka Marg (The Way of Salvation) 11th edition, 3 pies 24 5,000 120,000 16 Preriton ke Kamo:Q, ke Bakhan ki Vikhyawali 3rd edition, papel' Re. 1 and stiff Re. 1-4 218 1,000 218,000 17 Sat Guru Khoj (Search After True Master) 27th edition, 3 pies 24 10,000 240,000 18 Shadi Lal ki Katha (Story of Shadi LaH) 18th edition, 3 pies 21 5,000 105,000 19 Shiv Pariksha (Shiv Tested) 14th edition, 3 pies 29 5,000 145,000 20 Vedant Bichar (Vedantism) 4th ~dition, 3 pies :20 5,000 130,000 21 Yishu ke Kai Drishtan.t (The Teachings of Jesus Ohrist) 5th edition .....Q 3 pies 20 2,000 40,000
rERSIAN-URDU Bhajan Sangrah (Populal' Hymns) 14th edition, 3 pies 10,000 320.000 2 Manlagan Bhajan (Favourite Hymns) 11th edition, 31)ies 32 5,000 160,000
ROMAN·URDU Masihi Bhajan (Christian Hymns) 2nd edition, 3 pies 27 5,000 1_135'~ Sf)O 192,000 5,642,000 APPENDIX G List of Hand bills
Serial I No. of Pages Tptal No. No. Title \ Copies ,Pel' copy of Pages -\ ---- 507 Atma ki Ba?umulyata, by Rev. Yunas Sinha. 20,000 4 80,000 508 Injil ka Mahtav, by Rev. YunaR Sinha 20,000 4: 80,000 .~. 509 Yshwar ke Das Hukm, by Rev. G. B. Ogden 20,000 4 80,000 510 Bara Din Kaise, by Rev. E. P. Janvier, Ph. D. .25,000 4 100,000 511 Ha~i A ur Lahh, by Rev A. T. Dean 20,000 4 80,000 r.-...~ 512 Akshai Dhan, by Rev. A. T. Dean 20,000 4 80.000 513 Tum Molliye Gae HOt by Rev. E. P. Janvier, Ph, D. 25.000 4 100,000 514 Kya Mirtak log ji U~benge ki Nahi:g., by Rev. A. T. Dean 30.000 4 120,000 515 KewaI- Yishu-Reprint 25,000 4 100,000 516 I Pap, Trankarta au~ Tran-Reprint 25,000 4 100,000
PERSIAN-URDU
510 B"ara Din Kaise? by Rev. E. P. Janvier, Ph. D. 10,000 4 40,000 ------_. Total 240,00(} 44 960,000 ( 63 )
APPENDIX H
Circulation No. of Copies
Books and Tracts published by N. 1. T. S. 201,730
Leaflets and Hand bills 192,4i4 " Illustrated Scripture Portionettes (Milton Stewart) 162,434
Books and Tracts of other publishers 12,866
Publications, R. T. Society, London 2,101
Publications of other foreign publishers 11,111
Publications, C. L. Society, Madras 11260
Total 683,976
Publication No. of No. of Copies. Pages.
New Publications 34,000 l,1l8,OOO
Re-prints 192,000 5,642,000
Monthly Handbills 240,000 960,000
Total 466,000 7,720,000
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