The Bulgaria mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church . tter of evangelical training for Bulgarian present there is no educational work for boys, greatly as it isneeded. The Boys School, opened in 1881, and maintained in spiteof early difficulties, including imprisonments and uprisingsNo School against the Protestant schools, after changes from place tofor Boys place, was finally closed upon the return to America of the lastsuperintendent. During the four years of his administration, 23 Bishop Vincent, seeing the dangers that threaten the Chtircli when noopportunity for education is
The Bulgaria mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church . tter of evangelical training for Bulgarian present there is no educational work for boys, greatly as it isneeded. The Boys School, opened in 1881, and maintained in spiteof early difficulties, including imprisonments and uprisingsNo School against the Protestant schools, after changes from place tofor Boys place, was finally closed upon the return to America of the lastsuperintendent. During the four years of his administration, 23 Bishop Vincent, seeing the dangers that threaten the Chtircli when noopportunity for education is available except in the national schools,where the teachers openly scoff at the religious tenets taught, andrealizing the need for educational privileges in an atmosphere of evan-gelical faith, constantly and strenuously urged the necessity of open-ing a school for boys in the Bulgaria Mission. Thei-e is ample roomfor snch a school. Every year boys from the territory of our Churchso over to the schools of the American Board, south of the Balkans, *^-^^. Methodist Parsonage at Village of Hibilee in sufficient numbers to form a nucleus and to demonstrate the needfor a school of our own. The missionaries send favorable reports ofthe work of these boys, and we do not like to lose them. The Bulgaria Mission and its peoj^le cannot fairly be judged on thebasis of statistics previous to the last decade. The church records ofearlier years were incomplete and inadequate. During theInadequate past ten years, in spite of its handicapped conditions, theStatistics Mission has shown a degree 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, whe
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