The Bulgaria mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church . young man said: I can do without anything else, but 1 cantkeep away from those prayer-meetings of the League. One of theseBulgarian chapters has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. Itsbeginning was modest indeed. The first year it was a greater distinc-tion to be an unofficial member than otherwise; for there were onlythree more members than were required to fill the offices. The chap- 30 ter lias steadily grown, ami now, in spite of stringent rules prohibit-ing drinking, smoking, games of chance, and questionableA Thrifty amuseme
The Bulgaria mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church . young man said: I can do without anything else, but 1 cantkeep away from those prayer-meetings of the League. One of theseBulgarian chapters has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. Itsbeginning was modest indeed. The first year it was a greater distinc-tion to be an unofficial member than otherwise; for there were onlythree more members than were required to fill the offices. The chap- 30 ter lias steadily grown, ami now, in spite of stringent rules prohibit-ing drinking, smoking, games of chance, and questionableA Thrifty amusements, and after a rigid pruning, it has a membership ofChapter sixty, and is a strong, thrifty chapter, able to meet scrutiny in any department. Probably nowhere is it more difficult to secureadmission to membership, are applications more closely scrutinized, andapplicants kept longer in probationary waiting. The membershipcontest has never been heard of in Bulgaria. As a residt, member-ship in the Epworth League is acknowledged proof of good An Epworth League Basket Picnic admitted alike by friend or enemy. This chapter maintains all thedepartments, according to the plans of the Central Office, doing efficientwork in each. During 1901-5 Sunrise in the Sunrise Kingdomwas adopted as a text-book for mission study. Of necessity, the work of the Mission Study Class in Bulgaria Avas less com-Mission Study prehensive than the full possibilities contemplated by the Young Peoples Department of the Missionary So-ciety. These Bulgarian Epworthians have not the libraries for side-reading, so suggestively arranged by the Department. Only a minor-ity of them can do anything with English. But they have what helpsmaterially in the final outcome of any undertaking—good organiza-tion, purpose and persistence. In addition, for several years the I^eaguehas maintained a flourishing weekly Bible Study Class, using the reg- 31 ular League text-books. The same chapter, through private wo
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