beyond it, which the late Mr. Swartz had planted, and Mr. Jænicke had watered; but which, on account of the long continued sickness of the latter, had not for several years been visited. After a long journey, by way of Vellore, Arnee, Cuddalore, Tranquebar, and Negapatam, in all which places he had found much to do, he prevailed, at Tanjore, upon Mr. Jænicke, though ill in health, to make the journey with him to Ramanadaburam, where a new church was to be opened. From Ramanadaburam they went to Tuttocorin, Manapar, and several other places, where there were congregations, catechists, chapels, and schools, as far as Palamcotta, where Mr. J. formerly resided for several years, and labored with great success. Having finished their business there, they set out for Madura, whence Mr. J. proceeded to Ramanadabúram, and himself to Tiruchinapally, and thence by Tanjore, Tranquebar, and Cuddalore, back to Vepery, near Madras. Mr. J.'s health was much improved; so that, although he could not yet venture to preach, yet he could speak in private with every one that came to him; and hope was entertained, that this journey would be the means of his recovery. At Ramanadaburam, however, he got a severe fit of the Hill Fever. From this he recovered; but soon after his return to Tanjore, he was seized with an apoplectic fit, which, on the tenth day of May, 1800, put a period to his very useful, though on account of his sickness, for many years, very uneasy life. His company on the journey had been of great advantage to Mr. G. as he was intimately acquainted with the congregations they visited, some of which had been of his own forming; and as he assisted in framing the regulations for enabling the country priest and catechists to keep the congregations in good order, at least for some time, without the presence of a missionary. All that was proposed and done by Mr. G. in this respect, had given Mr. J. much pleasure, and revived his dejected spirAt Ramanad: buram, he was particularly happy to see the church, which had been built under his direction, opened with much solemnity.

its.

"In the way between Madura and Trichinapally, there was no congregation to visit; and in a visitation of three congregations between the latter place and Tanjore, Mr. G. was assisted by Mr. Kolhoff. They consulted how to get catechists and school-masters for these congregations; to build chapels; and how also to meet the objections which the

Heathens would make. The road between Trichi apally and Tanjore had formerly been very unsafe, the inhabitants being chiefly collaries, or professed thieves; but since the late Mr. Swartz had been amongst them so often, and had formed congregations in those parts, they had heard nothing of robberies. These people thankfully accepted certain regulation's made during the visit of the missionarios, which regulations had also been well received in the more southern congregations; but when they were proposed to the Christians at Tanjore, objections were made to them, as arrangements which Mr. Swartz had not judged needful. To such objections they replied, that during Mr. Swartz's time, his presence and word had been instead of all regulations; and that some individuals of the Tanjore congregations were no more that good people they had been, previously to his death. Mr. G. here adverts, with serious and affecting lamentation, to the calamity brought upon the missionaries and mission of Tranquebar, by the bad behavior of a new missionary;* and observes that much might be done by faithful and zealous men, particularly in the southern parts of that coast. At Cuddalore there is a new church, and another at Ramanadaburam; there is a church too at Palamcotta, and yet at none of these places is there a missionary; they are, therefore, anxious that some good men should come out to make a proper use of them.

"The Society, however, have not yet been able to comply with the wish of their worthy missionaries, by sending out to them new fellow-laborers."t

"The Rev. Mr. Pæzold, in a letter dated at Vepery, the 10th of April, 1800, states his having been on Missionary concerns, visiting the Southern provinces of the Peninsula; particulars of which, as detailed in his Diary, he promises to transmit.

"The Rev. Mr. Pohle, in a letter dated at Trichinapally, 17th of March, 1800, states, that in the course of the year 1799, he had baptized thirty-six infants, one adult, and four grown children of Roman Catholic parents. Two persons had been received from the Popish Communion. The communicants, in the course of the year, had been two hundred and six, marriages thirteen, and burials thirty. He had also privately administered the Sacrament to a few sick persons;

"Sent out not by this Society, but by the Mission College at Copenhagen."

† Ch. Ob. vol. i, p. 129, 130.

and some German soldiers had twice communicated in the Church.

"The English school had increased, consisting of from thirty-nine to fifty-four children; and in the Malabar school, there were about twenty. The Malabar and Portuguèse people belonging to his Mission were in number two hun. dred and eighty-five. The Catechists and Schoolmasters were as before reported, excepting that a young man, whom Mr. Pohle had sent to Tanjore, had returned thence, and been successfully employed in the English school. Al had regularly performed their respective duties, without interruption, excepting what had sometimes been occasioned by slight indispositions. The Catechists often made excursions into the country, to preach the Gospel to the Heathens. The principles of Christianity many approve cf, who nevertheless do not enter into the church, being scandalized by the immoral lives of many Europeans, particularly in the circumstance of keeping women, without being lawfully married to them. It is proper, he observes, when these objections are made, to clear the Gospel of countenancing such immoralities; but this will not always satisfy those who contend that principle and practice ought to go together. had recently built a new Malabar School House, appropria ting the old one to the English scholars, instead of continuing to teach them in the Church, which had thereby been materially injured. Mr. Poble earnestly hopes, that a succession of faithful and pious Missionaries, whose principles and morals are correct, and who are true servants of Jesus Christ, may be perpetuated.

He

"The Rev. Mr. Kolhoff, in a letter dated at Tanjore, 31st of December, 1799, excuses himself for having too long omitted to write to the Society, alleging the weight of business that had been lying heavy on him, in consequence of the death of his ever honored and dearly beloved godfather, the late Rev. Mr. Swartz, and the ill state of the Rev. Mr. Jænicke's health. He acknowledges with gratitude, and much satisfaction, the receipt of his salary and gratuity, and of letters from the Secretary, and promises by God's gracious assistance to fulfil, to the utmost of his power, the duties of his station. He then details a number of particulars concerning the last days, and the death of Mr. Swartz, every account of whom serves only to increase the veneration entertained for his valuable and exemplary character,

"During the year 1797, Mr. Kolhoff had assisted Mr. Swartz in preaching on Sundays to the English and Tamulian Congregations, and in performing the other duties of the Mission; in which course likewise he had been regularly occupied the year following. Till the second Sunday after Easter, 1798, the Rev. Mr. Jænicke had also preached occasionally at Tanjore, in the English and Tamulian Congregations, after which time his repeated attacks of illness altogether disabled him from so doing. Still however Mr. Jænicke continued to be of great service by his good instruc tions, and his attention to the Mission accounts.

"In addition to his ordinary duties, Mr. Kolhoff had also been daily occupied in instructing the Rev. Mr. Holzberg, in the Tamulian language; wherein, besides preaching in English, he had lately delivered two Sermons, and administered the Lord's Supper.

"In the year 1797, the number of the baptisms had been one hundred and nine; amongst which, thirty were infants, born in the Tamulian Congregation, thirty-two Heathens, and forty-seven children of European parents. Three persons had also been received from the Popish Communion.

"In the year 1798, the baptisms had been inety-one; of which 38 were infants born in the Tamulian Congregation, thirty-seven Heathens, and sixteen children of European parents. The converts from Popery were fifteen.

"And, in the year 1799, the baptized were one hundred and ninety; thirty-eight being infants of the Tamulian Congregation, one hundred and forty-five Heathens, and seven children of European parents. The converts from Popery this year were twenty-five; two hundred and nine persons of the Tamulian Congregation had received the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, nine couple had been married, and fortynine corpses buried.

"The English and native schools had been kept up as usual. In the English school, there were then only nine scholars: in the provincial schools at Tanjore and Cumbagonam, about forty; and in the Tamulian school, consisting exclusively of children belonging to the Congregation, ninetynine boys, amongst whom there were fourteen Seminarists trained to become Catechists, and thirty-five were charity boys, maintained and clothed by the Mission. Two English Schoolmasters instructed in the provincial and English schools; and four Schoolmasters taught the children in the

Tamulian School. Six Catechists were employed at Tanjore, in instructing the Catechumens, visiting the Christians, and conversing with Heathens and Papists.

"Mr. Kolhoff states, that an event very favorable to the whole country, and to the Mission, had happened about the middle of the last year. Mr. Swartz's endeavors having been crowned with success, the adopted son of the late Tulja Maha Rajah, by order of the Court of Directors, hath been placed on the throne, on the 30th of June, 1798. On his accession, Serfogee Maha Rajah had corrected several abuses, and endeavored to make his subjects of every denomination happy, by a just and mild government; and he had been particularly beneficent by furnishing a large quantity of grain, for the support of the poor in their Congrega tion, which had been a very important and considerable relief, during a time of scarcity.

"In the month of October, 1799, the Rajah had signed a treaty, by which he transferred to the Honorable Company, the power of administering justice, and collecting the revenues of the Tanjore country. By this treaty too, the two forts of Tanjore were to be entirely evacuated by the Company's troops, and his Excellency Serfogee Maha Rajah was at liberty to garrison them. The Company's troops had accordingly marched out to Villam, on the 29th of October, and an end was thereby put to the English divine service, performed on Sundays and Wednesday evenings, in the church of the little fort. Apprehensions had been entertained that the Tamulian divine service there would be discontinued, and the place appropriated to the Bramins; but these fears had not been well founded, for the Rajah had not only given them leave to perform the Tamulian service there, but also promised to protect them against all moles tation.

"The defeat of Tippo Sultan, and the reduction of the Mysore country, had opened a great door to make known the glad tidings of the Gospel to the inhabitants of an extensive country; and it was the fervent prayer of the Missionaries, that God might send faithful laborers into his vineyard, and cause the light of his glorious Gospel to shine amongst these poor Heathens, that they might be turned from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God.

"The Rev. Mr. Holzberg, in a letter dated at Tanjore, 11th of March, 1800, mentions that he continued to be stated.