The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1891-04-15

peculiar. Carbohydrates and those
allied with him. have been partic-
ularly careful to keep ." in touch"
with foreign money. Before the
war in 1861 the doctor was sup
ported by the United Synod. When
the war cut him off from the Synod,
he turned to the American and For
eign Christian Union, and was sup
ported by 1t. When the Union was
dissolved, he turned to our own
Church, and was supported by us.
When he withdrew from our mis-
sion, it was with the professed OBJ
ject of being Independent of foreign
support. At that time he requested
our Executive Committee to with
draw Mr.. Sampson from Greece, so
that it might be apparent that he
and his fellow Greeks were not sup
ported by foreign money. Yet, at
the very time he was doing these
things, he was trying to arrange
with the American Bible Society to
be supported by it, In a letter
which l wrote to him April oath,
1886, l said:
am sure that the Committee
would be disposed to give due weight
to this consideration which YOU
urge, but for one fact we have not yet
seen any evidence to show that you
and those with you wish to be in
dependent OF foreign support and
influence. You will remember that
tba fret ip+;D,o+;C,, NO LoJ 90 ,,o,,,.
purpose to sever your connection
with us, was letter from the
Secretary of the American Bible
Society asking whether we had any
objection to their giving you an in
creased work, which meant, of
course, an increased support and we
learned afterwards that this letter
was the result of proposals which
you had made in person when you
went to Constantinople As far as
we have seen, therefore, you have
not been seeking to get rid of for
eign support, and we have no rea-
son to think that YOU and the Greeks
with you, are not being supported
more or less by the contributions of
foreign Christians"
From the letter quoted by Mr..
Lyle it would seem that DR.. Kalopo-
thakes has taught other Greeks his
own peculiar ways. Mr.. Bosto-
giannes and a fellow Greek. the
signers of this letter, clear their
skirts of the great scandal of the
propagation of gospel work among
tDn (.raAl-c Of
money, and under foreign control"
and they gravely state that they
reached this decision especially
after the appointment of brother
BostOgiannes as agent of the Bible
Society here" So it appears that
Mr.. Bostogiannes first puts himself
in the kindly care and support of
the British and Foreign Bible
Society, and then bravely proclaims
the advantage of being free from
foreign money and foreign control
| am informed on the best authority
that all the Greek workers who are
lnconnection with DR.. Kalopothakes
are at present paid by the British
and Foreign Bible Society, and re-
ceive all foreign aid possible from
all sources. DR.. Kalopothakes has
at Athens the control of valuable
mission property and printing
establishment, bought with foreign
money, by which he may well sup
port himself.
4. The letter of Mr.. Lyle makes
it necessary that the Church should
know all the facts of this case, and
l, therefore, proceed to another
statement.
The course of DIR. Kalopothakes in
this matter has been paralleled by
that of a minister of our own
Church, who was formerly a mis-
sionary to Greece, and is now
member of the Synod of Texas.
This brother has also publicly
declared that Protestant Greeks |
with singular unanimity have con
cluded that foreign aid is no longer
desirable" He pleads that "Ameri- I
can money" shall be sent to other
mission fields Yet / have before me
the translation of letter which he
wrote to an elder of the church i'm
Salonica, which Mr.. Sampson or
ganized, urging the church to get
rid of Mr. Sampson, and i'm it he
says Must Sampson continue to
represent you? / believe that if.
you are Independent, it would be
possible for you to find much more
money than YOU now receive