# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S84
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84 Proceedings of the 25th General, or

...[progress has] taken place. The two schools in Krishnagiri, which
three years ago together had 60 to 70 pupils, are now attended by over
200 children, which made necessary not only the hiring of several new
teachers but also the enlargement of the school buildings. Besides in the
town of Ambur, Missionary Mohn has now founded schools in three
other places, attended altogether by about 125 pupils. The Vaniyambadi
station now has four schools instead of one, with about 100 [pupils], and
our newest station, Bargur, has two schools with about 60 children. So
in 12 schools some 500 heathen and Muhammadan children are daily
instructed in God's Word as well — surely a cause for great joy to all
who care that the Gospel of Jesus, the Savior of sinners, become ever
better known to the heathen.

"The number of our missionaries has, unfortunately, increased by only
one in these three years. Mr. Candidate A. Hübener, of the Saxon Free
Church, trained at our seminary in St. Louis, was sent out toward the
end of 1900. His commissioning was carried out, at our request, in his
father's congregation in Kolberg. He has devoted himself with great
diligence and good success to learning the Tamil language, but has also
taken every opportunity, in his dealings with natives — especially
English-speaking young Brahmins — to testify of Christ. He has
recently moved from Krishnagiri to Ambur, to take Missionary Mohn's
place during his mountain furlough. Starting in March of next year he
will take over Missionary Freche's station, since the latter must go on
furlough to Europe. Our other missionaries, too, will have to take
furloughs in the coming years, and it is therefore urgently necessary that
new workers be sent out. Two of this year's candidates have personally
declared themselves ready to go to India. God grant that they enter our
field of labor there. — The Committee has been eagerly striving to win
one of our younger pastors for mission service in India, but so far
unfortunately without success.

"As for the physical development of our stations, suitable houses have
now replaced the two provisional dwellings in Vaniyambadi and Bargur,
both of which, as reported, have turned out very much to the
satisfaction of their occupants and visitors. The cost came to about
6,300 rupees (a little over $2,000.00). In Krishnagiri, as indicated above,
a new schoolhouse was erected for 350 rupees (a little over $100.00). The
dilapidated school in Ambur had to be rebuilt, and Missionary Freche is
presently engaged in converting his former provisional dwelling into a
suitable church-and-school building.

"When word reached us of the great famine that prevailed in India
three and two years ago, in our circles too [collections were made] for the