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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN the translation of a Welsh book. Rev. Jones used the Roman script. He was aided in his work in the next few years by a other Welsh missionaries and the first two Khasi converts were baptised in March 1846. In the same year a station was opened at Jowai in the Jaintia Hills. In 1846, Jones established the first church in Meghalaya in Sohra. But soon after that, tragedy struck and his wife, Anne, died in childbirth. He fell out with the missionary and established his own mission and church in Pomreng. He married again, but this caused him even more trouble with the mission as his new wife was only 15. He then condemned the malpractices of a local businessman who came from Europe who was powerful enough to have him barred from the area. He returned to Calcutta, where he contracted malaria and died on 16th September 1849. At the age of 39. Here is his grave which says "In loving memory of Rev. Thomas Jones I, the founding father of the Khasi alphabets and literature and the pioneer of the Welsh Presbyterian Mission in Khasi Hills. Died 16th September 1849." The Christian Church grew slowly since Khasi converts were ostracised by their communities. By 1866 there were 65 schools with some 2,000 pupils and ten churches with 307 members. Because of the sharp difference between the local religious practices intertwined with culture, it became necessary to insist upon higher standards for those who are converted. In addition to renouncing heathen practices candidates had to be able to read. 1891 there were 2,147 communicants with four ordained Khasis. The New Testment was translated into Khasi by 1891 and all the Christians were literate. In 1895 the growing Church was organised into five presbyteries. Medical work in the region commenced in 1878 with the arrival at Mawphlang of the Rev Dr Griffith Griffiths and his wife. Here a medical dispensary was set up to be followed by a hospital in 1883. Griffiths preached every Sunday in Laitlyngkot in East Khasi Hills while his wife, Annie Phillips, set up a tea stall to encourage people to give up liquor and drink tea instead. After the great earthquake of 1897 when every building in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills was destroyed and many lives lost, medical work was transferred to the neighbourhood of Shillong. Here in 1922 the “large and well-equipped Presbyterian Hospital” was opened. As a tribute to Griffiths, the villagers in Laitlyngkot and Nongshken have named portions of the hills as Lum Griffiths (Griffiths Hills). Griffiths left Khasi Hills in 1906 and the Welsh mission to India ended in 1966. In 1864 a General Assembly and an Executive Committee were set up to which the direction of mission affairs was transferred. The Rev John Roberts was the first Secretary of the Mission who was succeeded in 1866 by the Rev Josiah Thomas. The years 1905-06 saw a great revival in the Khasia Hills, when an estimated 8,000 persons were converted. The revival movement was particularly spectacular among the Mizo people of the Lushai Hills where, it is estimated that there were 27,720 Christians by 1921. (http://themathewz.blogspot.com/2010/09/thomas-jones-of-cherrapunji-meghalayas.html)( http://www.mundus.ac.uk/cats/51/1042.htm) 224
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN Today over 75% of the Meghalaya are Christians. The missions clearly distinguished between culture and religion and hence was able to sustain. Thus the traditional matrilinear inheritance and importance of women in social life were kept in tact while dealing with magic and witchcraft. To counter the impact of <strong>Christianity</strong> under the influence of Hinduism a new organization called Seng Khasi was formed under the leadership of a non-Christian Jeebon Roy Mairom in 1899 Presbyterian, Anglican, and Roman Catholics form the major portions of the population with a very few Muslims. The state of Meghalaya is considered a strong Christian country that the Hindus are sending their missionaris as Meghalaya Hindu Mission in Mawkhar using education and health care. NAGALAND It all began when life-giving rains Stayed away for many seasons And the deprived land sickened and died Even the birds and beasts fled The barren un-yielding earth. In desperation the elders consulted The village arasentsur*, who 225
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