ALLEPPIE

[s. 34] : western A seaport at the foot of the in Travancore, India. Popu22,000. In 1816 the CMS founded a there, principally for the purpose of redeeming the Syrian (Jacobite) community, which had been settled there since ancient times, but had utterly degenerated. In the beginning the undertaking seemed destined to succeed. The Syrians even allowed the mi ionaries to preach in their churches. But in 1836 a new bishop suddenly broke off all relations with the mi ion, and the mi ionaries addre ed themselves to the heathen. The mi ion is now carried on by one mi ionary and his wife with 26 native workers, men and women. It has 8 schools and a special mi ion to lepers. The Mi ion to Lepers in India and the East also has a station and Leper Asylum here. reform movement originating in the Jacobite Church Ghats, lati on, station A now promises good results. ALLGEMEINER EVANGELISCH-PROTEST AN IS CHER MISSIONSVEREIN. See Germany, Mi ionary Societies op. 34