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have been registered in the General Index under the catchword Christian. 19.110 Dutch prayers translated into Ja vanese : cod. 5541, NBS 70 (compendium). 19.120 Dutch hymns, translated in Java nese verse by C. F. Winter: cod. 5795. 19.200 Christian tracts, Kristen J a w a. In the second half of the nine teenth century some Javanese Christian au thors, prompted by Dutch missionaries, wrote original treatises or adaptations of Dutch tracts. In some cases Christianity spread in Cen tral Java, independent of the Dutch mis sions. Some Javanese converts established themselves as Christian preachers, in many respects following the example of Muslim kyahis, masters in Islamic mysticism and religious lore, who of old occupied an im portant place in the country. In the nine teenth century independent Javanese

preachers and their congregations were called Kristen Jawa. At first Javanese treatises current in Kristen Jawa circles were not given the attention they deserved by Dutch missionaries. Rasa Sëjati, by Paulus Tosari, written about 1872, was not published by the missionary press before the third decade of the twentieth century. In the course of time independent Kristen Jawa preachers in Central Java conformed and joined the established presbyterian Javanese churches. 19.210 Sermon on God’s paternal love: cod. 10.819. 19.220 Christian didactic-moralistic tracts in verse: cod. 5763. 19.230 Parjgugah, by Asa Kiman, a Kristen Jawa preacher, in verse: cod. 5786. 19.240 Rasa Sëjati, by Paulus Tosari, in verse: cod. 10.818.