History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . At Jalna, 120 miles north-east from Ahmednuggur, Mr. Allen found a society of about 50 nativeChristians, some of them members of churches in Southern India, and oth-ers converted from Popery and Hindooism by their influence. They neverhad any pastor. He baptised four, and administered the Lords supper tofourteen. Tamul Missions. The Ceylon printing establishment, which had twopresses, with Tamul and English type, began its operations on the 31st ofJanuary at Manepy. Early in the year, Dr. Scudder, with f
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . At Jalna, 120 miles north-east from Ahmednuggur, Mr. Allen found a society of about 50 nativeChristians, some of them members of churches in Southern India, and oth-ers converted from Popery and Hindooism by their influence. They neverhad any pastor. He baptised four, and administered the Lords supper tofourteen. Tamul Missions. The Ceylon printing establishment, which had twopresses, with Tamul and English type, began its operations on the 31st ofJanuary at Manepy. Early in the year, Dr. Scudder, with four native help-ers, commenced a new station at Chavagacherry, where the government gavehim the use of the old Portuguese church buildings. In October, he had 23free schools, with 1000 pupils. In July, Mr. Hutchings opened another sta-tion at Varany, still further east. The whole number of children and youthunder instruction, including 124 in the Seminary, was 5,367. The publicantion of a Christian Almanac, in Tamul, with calculations by a member of 246 HISTORY OF THE AMEKICAN
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