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CHRISTIAN FREDERICK HEYER

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The Telugu Mission of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church North America Containing Biography the Rev. Christian Frederick Heyer, M. D.

BY

GEORGE DRACH

GENERAL SECRETARY THE BOARD FOREIGN MISSIONS THE

GENERAL COUNCIL THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

NORTH AMERICA

AND

CALVIN F. KUDER

MISSIONARY RAJAHMUNDRY, INDIA

PHILADELPHIA

GENERAL COUNCIL PUBLICATION HOUSE

1914

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Copyright, 1914, the Board Publication the General Council the Evangelical Lutheran Church North America All rights reserved

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PREFACE

AT the sixth convention the General Council the Evangelical Lutheran Church North America, held Akron, Ohio, November 7-13, 1872, resolution was adopted instructing the Executive Committee the Pennsylvania Min- isterium, which was then entrusted with the administration the foreign mission work the General Council, request the Rev. C. F. Heyer 'to prepare for publication history his mission work India and the Missions there, with which had been connected. " The founder the American Evangelical Lutheran Missions India made effort comply with this request and began copy and compile some of the letters which had written from India various corre- spondents America; but even the task copying what had composed the strength and vigor his manhood was more than the pioneer, the advanced age eighty years, could accomplish; and before had proceeded very far, the angel death called him his eternal reward. Since the death Dr. Heyer much has been written about him, but serious effort has been made, far know, to write full and complete biography this remarkable man who was not only the first foreign missionary the Lutheran Church America, but who, also, other spheres of service minister the Church and preacher the Gospel, home missionary, pastor congregations Pennsylvania and Maryland, officer number synods, leader several important movements our Church his day, and one the founders the General Council, proved himself man unusual ability, great initiative, indefatigable activity, strong faith and true piety. What Dr. Heyer the feebleness old age was unable do, have attempted the following pages.

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offer this "history his mission work India and the Missions there with which was connected, " convinced that the story this missionary's life and career deserves to remembered and told from one generation another in our Church, not only because marks the beginning foreign mission work our Evangelical Lutheran Church America, but also because furnishes one the strongest incentives which can held out our people, both ministers and congregations, give their very best efforts the great task carrying the Gospel all the world, and serve this cause either person abroad, called and commissioned workers, regular supporters home earnest prayer and systematic contributions, obedience the great com- mission the Lord, our Saviour, the Saviour the whole world.

GEORGE DRACH.

PHILADELPHIA, Advent, 1913.

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CONTENTS

PART

CHRISTIAN FREDERICK HEYER AND THE AMERICAN EVAN-

GELICAL LUTHERAN MISSIONS INDIA

THE BEGINNING FOREIGN MISSION WORK THE EVAN-

GELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH AMERICA

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I. -TBE FirsT FOrREIGN Mi1ssiON EFFORT THE EVANGELICAL LUTH- ERAN CHURCH AMERICA. . . uve tee eee 11 II. -THE First FOREIGN MissioNARY, THE Rev. C. F. HEYER, M. D. . . 22 III. -HEVYER'S FIRST JOURNEY INDIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. ouv un. 35 IV. -THE SELECTION THE FOREIGN MissioN FIELD INDIA. . . . . . 42 V. -THE FOUNDING THE GUNTUR MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5I VI. -How THE GENERAL SYNOD GAINED CONTROL THE GUNTUR MISSION. «ttt eee eee 50 VII. -DRr. HEYER'S SECOND TERM SERVICE AND HIS SUCCESS THE PALNAD DISTRICT. . . . . . . . . . SERRE ANAL IRICY. o. vs; c» 72 VIII. -THE FOUNDING THE RAJAHMUNDRY MISSION AND How 1T BE- CAME AMERICAN MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c0u. n. . . 83 IX. -THE FiELD THE FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 X. -A PERIOD TRIALS-HEVER LEAVES THE MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . 107 XI. -DRr. HEYER HoME MISSIONARY MINNESOTA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 XIL-THE CRISIS. . . ttt teeta eee ete ete 119

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PART

THE HISTORY THE TELUGU MISSION THE GENERAL

COUNCIL THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

NORTH AMERICA

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I. -THE BEGINNING FOREIGN MIissioN WORK THE GENERAL COUNCIL (1860). . . vettiiieae teeta een. 133 II. -HEYER CoMPLETES His LIFE-WORK (1870). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 IIT. -TrE GENERAL CouNciL's MissioN FIELD INDIA. . . . . . . . . . 156 IV. -STRUGGLING FOR EXISTENCE (187I~74). . . . . .0cuvuuuuuenunn. . . 162 V. -DISHEARTENING DIFFICULTIES (1875~77) evvvineinnn enn. . . 174 VI. -IMPORTANT EVENTS (1878-70). . cvvn ivi. . . ) 184 VII. -PROGRESS EVERY DIRECTION (1880-82). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 VIII. -BETTER ADMINISTRATION (1883-85). . . . . . . . . . . c0vevnnueon. . . 212 IX. -THE HOME-CHURCH LAGS (1886-87). . . . . . . cove. . . 234 X. -THE HAND DEATH (1888-80). . . . . . . .0ivviniiinenn 248 XI. -WoMAN MISSIONARIES (1800-01). . . vvierneeinnnnnn. . . . 265 XII. -INCREASING FRUITFULNESS (1892-03). vee vvvneinnnnnnnnn. . . 281 XIII. -FroM MisSIONARY'S DIARY (1804). . . . . 296 XIV. -THE JUBILEE YEAR (1805). . . ccvuuuneiiniiiiie naan. 307 XV. -DISSENSION THE MISSION (1806-00). . . . . . . oovviuniennn. . . 315 XVI. -RECONSTRUCTION (IQO0-02) uvueivnieennannanaannnnnnnnn. 330 XVII. -UNDER Dr. HARPSTER'S LEADERSHIP (1003-05). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 XVIII. -MANIFOLD ACTIVITY (1006-00). . . . . .00ureerennnannnnnn. . 356 XIX. -RECENT DEVELOPMENT (IQ00=I2). . . . . . ovunniunnnennnnn. . 370

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CHRISTIAN FREDERICK HEVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece THE RELIGIONS INDIA. . . ite iii nnns 20 Hinpu SNAKE CHARMERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . irs SIE SURE PR, el. 21 A PALANKEEN FOR BRIDES AND BRIDEGROOMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0. . . . . 40 A JINRIKISHA. . «itt tit tee tae ete ieee ete casi eennnennns. . . 40 A BULLOCK BANDY. . . . . . ieee ieee 41 AN ELEPHANT CART. . . iti itt eee eee eee eae 41 THE BEGINNING TELUGU LETTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ccu. . . . 60 A Hinou TEMPLE RAJAHMUNDRY. . . . . . . . . RRR. vo, 6o A TELUGU BARBER WORK. . titi itie iin eteeieiaieeieannns 61 TELUGU WOMAN GRINDING CURRY. . . . . citrine iiennenn. n. 61 CHARLES WILLIAM GROENNING. . +00 vvvvrnrnnnennnnnnnnns eee 84 A TELUGU BRAHMIN. . . . . a1 v1: =: ool Cree 8s CoCOANUT PALMS INDIA. . . . . . . . . . iii iii 102 A MANGO TREE. . . . . . 2c c= RNR 102 CUTTING BUNCH BANANAS. LL. . . iinet iinneennnn. 103 A BANYAN TREE. . . iti ieee ieee iain 103 TELUGU POTTERS WORK. . . 0. ite ieiieinnennnns 120 TELUGU GOLDSMITHS. «tive ttn ttee eee eee ete ete enn 120 TELUGU BASKET MAKERS WORKING FRONT THEIR HuUT. . . . . . . . 121 TELUGU CARPENTERS SAWING LoG WOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Mar THE GENERAL Councit's TELuGu MissioN FIELD. . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Map THE GENERAL SyNoD's TELUGU MissioN FIELD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 PAsTorR NELAPROLU PAULUS. . . . . . . . . . . 146 Pastor TOTA JOSEPH. . . . . . . 146 PASTORS JERIPROLU WILLIAM, VENKATARATNAM, AND PANTAGANI PARA- FEET cco 147 THE HINDU GODDESS KALI. . . . . iii iene 160 THE ELEPHANT-HEADED GOD GANESHA. . . . . . . . .00itinnneenneennnnnn. 161 'RIVERDALE ""-MISSIONARY'S HOME RAJAHMUNDRY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 "THE DOVE PEACE"-HOUSE BOAT. . . . . . 000i. 175 'THE AUGUSTANA "-MIsSION HOUSE BOAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ccciunn. . . 175 ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, RAJAHMUNDRY. . 0 tiini eee eineeeeenennnnnn. 184 MISSION CHAPEL VELPUR. . . . . . . . cooiiiiniinnneeeiiiiainnnnnns 185 Tre Hiwpu Tr1AD Gops: BRAHMA, VISHNU, SIVA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

THE MONKEY-GOD HANUMAN. . . 104

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MAP RAJABMUNDRY TOIO. . . uuu unt aneneneen eae eennnns 195 Dyinc Hinpu Hoping Cow's TAIL. . . . . . . . . . . . o. oo. . . 204 A Hier CASTE TELUGU WOMAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . ovine. . . 205 HINDU FAKIR BED SPIKES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0oviiuiinnnnnn. . . 216 THE CAR THE GOD KORUKONDA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c0. . . . . . 216 THE SACRED HILL KORUKONDA. . . . . . . . . . . . .0 viii. . . 27 TrE TEMPLE KoORUKONDA HILL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 RELIGIOUS BATHING THE GODAVERY RIVER-PUSHKARAM. . . . . . . . . . . 228 Toe BRIDGE OVER THE GODAVERY RIVER RAJAHMUNDRY. . . . . . . . . . 228 LoApING RADARI BoaTs WITH RICE BAGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 A CONGREGATION TELUGU CHRISTIANS (MALAS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 MISSIONARIES SCHMIDT, BECKER, POULSEN, CARLSON, W. GROENNING, A RTM Lotte ete tee eee 246 A TELUGU FAMILY. . . . eee 247 A CONFERENCE NATIVE CHRISTIAN HELPERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 WomAN MISSIONARIES: SCHADE, SADTLER, SWENSON, WOERNER, ROHRER, NILSSON «tte ttt eee eee eee eee eee 264 "THE ZENANA HoME"-FIRST RESIDENCE FOR WOMAN MISSIONARIES. . 265 A CANAL SCENE GODAVERY DISTRICT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265। MissioNARIES Pohl, ARrpS, IsaacsoN, KUDER, HARPSTER, FICHTHORN. . 280 Miss KATE L. SADTLER AND PuriLs HER HinDU GIRLS' SCHOOL. . . 281 Purirs AND TeacHERS Miss E. L. WEISkKoTTEN'S Hinpu GIRLS' SCHOOLS. . ote eee Lo. 281 Miss1ONARIES Tour L1vING TENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 THE GORGE THE GODAVERY RIVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 AFTER EXAMINATION VILLAGE SCHOOL CHILDREN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 A TELUGU VILLAGE. . . ttt ett tee eee eee eet 297 EMMANUEL CHAPEL DOWLAISHWARAM. . . . . . . . oovniirnnnnnn nnn. 308 MissiONARY'S HOUSE DOWLAISHWARAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cooounn. . . 308 AUGUSTANA CHURCH SAMULKOT. . . . ootvreeettin eee. 300 INTERIOR AUGUSTANA CHURCH, SAMULKOT. . . . . . . . . .00vuneennn. nn. . 309 GIRLS' CENTRAL ScHOOL, RAJAHMUNDRY-MAIN BUILDING. . . . . . . . . . . . 322 GirLs' CENTRAL SCHOOL, RAJAHMUNDRY-DORMITORIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 GROUP MISSIONARIES. . «ooo vite eee eeee eeeeeeeens 323 At THE WELL THE GIRLS' CENTRAL ScBOOL COMPOUND. . . . . . . . . . . 323 MissioNARIES E. NEUDOERFFER, A, F. A. NEUDOERFFER, WACKERNAGLE, WOLTERS, LARSON, ECKARDT. . . . . . . . . . . . . citi. 330 WomaN M1SSIONARIES: WEISKOTTEN, MRS. J. H. HARPSTER, MRS. E. NEU- DOERFFER, MRS. O. V. WERNER, TATGE, BORTHWICK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 THE HINDU GIRLS' SCHOOL ARYAPURAM, RAJAHMUNDRY. . . . . . . . . . . 344 Miss CHARLOTTE SWENSON TEACHING CLASS BIBLE WOMEN. . . . . . 345 CATECHIST A. ANANDAPPAN, WIFE AND CHILDREN. . . . . . . . . . . . c. . . . . . . 356 TEACHERS AND PupiLs, Boys' CENTRAL SCHOOL, RAJAHMUNDRY, 1912. . 357 MISSIONARIES SCHAEFER, WERNER, HOLMER, SIPES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 ComuissIOoNERS C. T. BENzE AND C. W. FOSS. . . . . . . . . ovvviennnnnn. . 360

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Pace A GROUP LACE MAKERS. . . . . oivt iiieiiiin iii, 361 DiSPENSARY BUILDING RAJAHMUNDRY. . . . . . . . . . . . . co0ovrueinn. . . . 361 Boys' CENTRAL SCHOOL DORMITORIES, LUTHERGIRI, RAJAHMUNDRY. . . . 366 Bovs' Hic SCHOOL, PEDDAPUR. . . . . . . . cuiiiuiiein inne. 366 WoMEN THE GENERAL COUNCIL WHO HAVE BEEN PROMINENT MISSIONS. . . . ovieeenenn. «v4 367 Birp's EYE VIEw THE RAJAHMUNDRY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND [195 24.63 0.23 03 376 HosPITAL MAIN BUILDING. . . . . . . oii iii ieee iin iiennnnn 376 "MEepicAL HoME''-RESIDENCE MEDICAL MISSIONARIES. . . . . . . . . . 377 PATIENTS FROM THE CHILDREN'S WARDS AND THEIR AYAHS. . . . . . . . . . . 377 THE BOARD'S SEAL INCORPORATION. . . . . . oviuiriinnnnnenenennnn. 382 THE CHURCH CoUNCIL ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, RAJAHMUNDRY, 1910 382 PRESIDENTS THE BOARD FOREIGN MISSIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 ExEcuTiVE OFFICERS THE BOARD FOREIGN MISSIONS. . . . . . . . . . . 388

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PART 1

CHRISTIAN FREDERICK HEYER

AND THE

AMERICAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN MISSIONS

IN INDIA

THE BEGINNING FOREIGN MISSION WORK

IN THE

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH AMERICA