The Bulgaria mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church . of advance that Avould do credit even to a more favorably situated people. Eight of thesixteen churches and parsonages belonging to our Mission have beenerected within this period. During the same time, the gain in mem-bership has equaled that of the preceding thirty-seven years. 24 WORK OF THE WOMANS FOREIGNSOCIETY MISSIONARY The Womans Foreign Missionary Society began its work in J3ul-garia in 1884, when Miss Linna Schenck was sent to take charge of aGirls School, opened by Mr. D. C. Challis, at Miss Schenck was finely qu
The Bulgaria mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church . of advance that Avould do credit even to a more favorably situated people. Eight of thesixteen churches and parsonages belonging to our Mission have beenerected within this period. During the same time, the gain in mem-bership has equaled that of the preceding thirty-seven years. 24 WORK OF THE WOMANS FOREIGNSOCIETY MISSIONARY The Womans Foreign Missionary Society began its work in J3ul-garia in 1884, when Miss Linna Schenck was sent to take charge of aGirls School, opened by Mr. D. C. Challis, at Miss Schenck was finely qualified and set herself with un- Opposition tiring devotion to the task of developing the school andtraining the girls. But there were serious difficulties to beovercome. The Orthodox Church authorities were intensely hostileand did everything in their power to prevent the success of this officialsopenly opposed the enter-prise, and refused togrant permits to theteachers. School inspec-tors continually harrass-ed the workers,and pub-. Womans Foreign Missionary Society Home, Lovetch lie prejudice and super-stition combined in theeffort to frustrate theplan of a clean, whole-some, home school forIkilgarian girls. In spite of opposition,however, the schoolhas flourished. It has steadily held to its original plan and purpose, that is, to train girls for a usefid Christian life by means of a home boarding- A Flourishing school. It follows the course of studies prescribed by School the Minister of Education, and thereby conforms to governmental requirements. But thorough systematic courses in BibleStudy and in English are added to the curriculum. French, the officiallanguage of the country, is also taught, as it is required in all school property is admirably situated on high ground, over-looking the little city of Lovetch, and covers about an acre of is neatly walled on all sides. The buildings are crowdedCrowded to the limit of capacity. One is
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