"Malabar & Nilagiri. 1885 / Letters and Reports from India: North Kerala and the Nilgiris. 1885."

This volume consists of the following sections: Malabar District Conference and Synod (18 documents); District Conference Executive Committee (19); Cannanore (6); Tellicherry (21); Chombala (16); Calicut (21); Kodakal (10); Palghat (11); Keti (50); Kotageri (9). Selection of interesting documents based on a reading of the captions in the section indexes: District Conference October 1885 minutes and reports in the section Malabar District Conference and Synod, documents 1-5.The District Synod October 1885 minutes and reports are documents 6-15. They include (documents 9-15) reports on individual station areas. That for Calicut is by Jonas Padiath (document 11). Timothy Vengalan is given as a joint author of the Chombala report (document 10). NB both Conference and Synod discussed at length the responsibility of indigenous personal for the pastoral care of christians. Three missionary reports on this theme are at documents 2-4, and reports by the catechists S. Chandran and Cornelius Hutten are at documents 7 & 8. Should there be a second resident missionary in Kodakal? (District Conference Executive Committee document 25). Accounts for land, rents etc in Paraperi and Kodakal 1870-1884 (District Conference Executive Committee 34-36) First impression of the weaving workshop in Cannanore (Cannanore 41) Lives of the pastor Abraham Mulil and his wife Elisabeth (Cannanore 44) The Hindu festival in Payawur (Tellicherry 56) Work among women (Tellicherry 58) Preaching journey to the north-east of Tellicherry (Tellicherry 64) Bible women in Tellicherry (Tellicherry 65); in Chombala (Chombala 81). Life-history of Paul Karunagaran (Chombala 73 & 75) Gustav Peter’s first Quarterly Report (Calicut 90) Problems with Mapillas (Calicut 92) Life history of Rev Jonas Padiattu (Calicut 94) Purchasing land in Kodakal (Kodakal 105-109) Missionary report on Hindu views of the Malabar congregations (Palghat 118) Cholera (Palghat 121) A sanatorium in Kunnur (Keti 141-158) Contact with Badagas (Kotageri 180-1) The correspondence for 1886 is filed in the same way as that for 1885. It is, however, 15-20% more in volume than 1885.

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