113 1854.] BOM BAY. 113 the reason for other and reviling Christianity ; however these have the ability to had an initial-lived life. T hello do much in order to diffuse tips, in order to ruin count on when you look at the common superstitions. C H You R C H R Age L IG IO U S M Age Age T From inside the G S S C H O-o L S. T w o persons was basically admitted on the goal chapel through the the season to your profession, you to definitely new partner from a native Religious out-of Ahmednuggur, and also the most other a young man, and away from Ahmednuggur. One to feminine user might have been omitted, plus one frozen. T h elizabeth level of users is actually twenty-four. Four newborns have been baptized in the year. The new teachers and you may state-of-the-art scholars of one’s vernacular schools fulfill at the this new chapel getting spiritual education from the seven o clock for every single Sabbath day. T the guy dominant Marathi solution, always attended from the about 2 hundred persons, is actually stored an hour afterwards ; and there is an English provider, at which regarding forty persons are usually present, at the four on the afternoon. T the guy month-to-month show within the Marathi is observed from the native missionary neighborhood to your basic Saturday of every few days ; in addition to native brethren invade a significant portion of the time. T the guy number amassed at this performance inside the 12 months is actually regarding the fifty-a few bucks. In the night of the identical big date brand new concert is seen when you look at the English, concerning the the missionaries of your 100 % free Chapel out-of Scotland while some. To the Thursday night a general public prayer fulfilling are held throughout the chapel, which was went on in the place of intermission for many years, which is w ell went to. There are even many other weekly functions. Mrs. Hume has actually one or two meetings within the few days having women, where they look much curious, and something together with to the people, that’s attended by the a significant number. Three-day schools to possess boys, and you will around three getting girls, had been sustained, the former superintended by the an intelligent indigenous sibling, while the second because of the a very brilliant and advanced Religious woman, whom devotes much of their unique time to providing spiritual instruction so you’re able to the children. The female boarding university, to which Mrs. The fresh new blessing away from Goodness has been manifestly onto it, claims the’report, and you can an excellent goodly level of their prisoners has, occasionally, been delivered, even as we trust, so you can a preserving expertise in possible. introduce about three of the large girls try members of this new church.
114 114 BOMBAY. [Declaration, C O L-p O Roentgen T A g E T H Elizabeth P Roentgen Age S S C O N C L You S IO N. T h age Scriptures and spiritual tracts are nevertheless circulated widely from the marketing. You to colporter has just ran about 400 and you may 50 miles to the the inside of the country, and cut back more than eighty rupees, the fresh avails out-of Religious tracts and you can instructions ended up selling into residents. An alternate ran southern as far as Goa, more 3 hundred miles, and cut back eightyeight rupees. Occasionally, persons purchase these types of e-books by the wide variety, during the faster prices, and you will shopping all of them on their own account. Sellers of heathen guides will pick supplies away from Religious tracts in the this way, to market because of their own money. Sometimes nearly the complete stock in trade consists of the new prettily got up Religious courses of goal press. T he simple fact that money is covered these publications, suggests that there can be an interest in them ; as well as the field having tract functions during the West India proceder al sitio generally seems to become especially fascinating. When you look at the 12 months, a modified and consistent model of one’s ent has been complete for the Bombay Bible People. Of this. Dr. Allen is actually the principal publisher. Given that he left Asia, one of many missionaries of the Chapel Missionary Neighborhood enjoys provided his put, Mr. Hume having declined this service. That thousand copies of this works was indeed posted on the area because of the mission force in a royal octavo quantity of 398 users, and you may five-hundred duplicates in quarto. T he whole quantity of print into the season was 10,838,794 pages, from which 1,362,000 users have been of your Scriptures; and cuatro,215,500 pages were spiritual tracts. Entire number of users right from the start try 135,719,747. T h e purpose periodical, this new Dnyanodaya, that is still composed immediately after in 2 weeks, and contains a circulation nearly comparable to that all almost every other Marathi paperwork make, is believed to own exerted good and delighted determine. Since there is no goal printer at the Bombay, Mr. Fairbank are constrained, against his inclinations, in order to devote a lot of his for you personally to secular labors regarding the latest drive ; plus the missionaries desire the importance of sending an excellent printer ink, and then have a separate preacher to strengthen the newest purpose. T h ey be that it is especially-crucial, in view of your own wants of women boarding school and you will other universities, as well as the female people in the chapel while some a lot more or less pertaining to the latest purpose, along with look at this new society of the nation plus the general belief of the people, which they really should not be as opposed to a lot more female helpers. Mrs. Hume has grown to become the actual only real woman pertaining to the fresh purpose ; and also the state from their wellness is really as to render they extremely important you to she should be treated for a while. She’s got stayed
