RAMALLAH

[s. 632] : A village in Palestine, Turkish Empire, situated about 5 miles N. of Jerusalem. Station of the AFFM (1869), with (1900) 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 22 native workers, 7 outstations, 1 place of worship, 4 Sunday schools, 4 day schools, 2 boarding schools, 1 dispensary, and.34 profe ed Christians, Station also of the CMS (1877), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 2 women mi ionaries, 2 outstations, 1 day school, and 1 dispensary. Church statistics of the station are included in Jerusalem statistics of CMS. 614 RAMIAPATAM A town on the Bay of Bengal, Climate not India, about 43 miles N. of Nellore. unhealthy, but generally debilitating. Mi ion station of the (1869), with (1903) 3 mi ionaries and their wives, 1 woman mi ionary, 20 native workers, 5 outstations, 2 places of worship, 4 Sunday schools, 5 day schools, 2 boarding schools, 1 theological cla , and 2,000 profe ed Christians, of whom 727 are communicants. The name is also written Ramapatam.: ABMU RAMNAD: A town in Madras, India, situated about 65 miles S. E. of Madura, near the line of islands stretching toward Ceylon, which are known as “Adam’s Bridge.” Of this “bridge” the princes of Ramnad used to be the guardians. Station of the SPG (1825), with (1903) 1 mi ionary, 24 native workers, 3 places of worship, 6 day schools, 3 boarding schools, 1 industrial school, and 665 profe ed Christians, of whom 217 are communicants. 632