BALI

[s. 79] : An island situated E. of Java. The people are heathen, but a few Mohammedans and some Christians are found there. The language is allied to the Javanese. The Utrecht Mi ionary Society has a station island and seems, after many vici itudes, to have gained a stable foothold. upon this BALIGE: A village on Lake Toba in the North Central part of Sumatra, East Indies. Station of the Rhenish Mi ionary Society, founded in 1881. It is occupied by a mi ionary and his wife, -ndth 10 native workers, men and women. There are 5 outstations, 4 village schools, and 1,400 communicants. BALL, Dyer, M.D.: Born at West Boylston, Ma ., June 3, 1796; graduated at Union College, 1826; studied theology at New Haven and And over; ordained, 1831; was agent in 1833 for Home Mi ionary Society in Florida. While at the South he was much engaged in labor for the In 1835-37 he studied colored population. medicine with reference to foreign mi ion work, and received the degree of M.D. from the med- He sailed in 1838, He was the ABCFM, for Singapore. stationed there two years, teaching, preaching, healing the sick, and superintending the printing In June, 1841, he went to of Chinese books. ical institution in Charleston. under Macao, and then to Hong kong. To him it was given to be the pioneer in opening the city of Canton for residence of mi ionary families, and Ballan tine Bautu Race to open the way for excursions into the country His medical services were of great a istance in conciliating the good-will of the people. His Almanac was for many years a most acceptable publication. He was most laborious in out-of-door work, mingling with the people on the banks of the river or on the ferries, and then extending his visits to the villages and around. market. In this way he became widely known and more and more respected as his true character and the nature of his labors were understood. In 1854 he visited the United States, His constitution returning, in 1857, to Macao. was much broken, and before his death he was During confined to his house four months. the last seven years of his life, the old man, bowed down by his infirmities, and leaning upon his cane would make his way downstairs and totter out to the little chapel opening on the street, and there, seated in an arm chair, he would distribute tracts or speak to pa ers who might drop in to look upon his gray hairs; for He died March the Chinese venerate old age. 27, 1866, after twenty -eight years’ mi ion service. 80