Chapter 10 The Telugu Mission 101-113

Madras, next to Calcutta and Bombay in thrift and importance 103

Baptists have done most for the Telugus, as Congregationalists most for the Tamils 103

Statistics of our mission are most encouraging 103

Self-government, self-support, self-propagation, require time 104

Conference at the house of Doctor Ferguson brings together men from four separate fields 104

The theological seminary at Ramapatnam, in charge of Doctor Heinrichs 105

Our reception by teachers and students, and value of their work 105

Ongole and the work of Doctor Baker, the successor of Doctor Clough 107

Laying the corner-stone of gateway to the new hospital 107

Country tour into the heart of Telugu-land, and open-air preaching to the natives 107

Vellumpilly, where 2,222 were baptized, and Sunset Hill, where Doctor Jewett prayed 109

Kavali, and the work of Mr. Bawden for a hereditary criminal class 110

Industrial education side by side with moral and religious 110

Nellore, our first permanent station in South India 111

Its high school, under Rev. L. C. Smith; its hospital, and its nurses' training-school 112

Mr. Rutherford, successor to Dr. David Downie, and Mr. Smith-all of them Rochester men 112