New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-10
THE MISSION IN BULGARIA.
"A LIVELY DEBATE IN THE METHODIST
MISSIONARY COMMITTEE.
DR. aIcK1EY DECLARES THAT THERE Is LITTLE
TO SHOW FOR THE BIG sum OF MONEY

SPENT IN THAT FIELD.
A. ,,a third DAVIS session. yesterday. Of the
conaral Missionary Committee OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church now being held In the Hanson
Place Church. Brooklyn, a lively debate occur'eu
over the mission in Bulgaria The Rev. Dr BUCK
lev severely criticised the management OF TINS mis-
sion and declared that the results OBTAINED from
&c workings had been extremely unsatisfactory
in view of the large amounts OF money which nao
been spent upon it. The mission was deienueu
by several OF the bishops, and finally inc matter
twas put till to-day
> The Committee for Bulgaria reported that d"
appropriation of $3.50 be granted and placed at
the disposal Of the board; and second. that a
commission be appointed to confer with the Ai"e,
lean Board to secure consent TO the COMMITTEE
entering Sofia or to transfer Its WORK IN huisa''"
10 that board. A motion was made to ADOPT the
report Dr. Buckley opposed this notion ana
gave his reasons in part as follows:
advocated this mission for three or four years
thought 1t was dsslace =, 70 M tbo"ighi would
do we'll investigate il. did So ana as re-
but when about ready do telegram from
Bishop Foster changed the minds OF the cQiilll.
Foster thought ought to try FIVE years more
And did all could to secure good aPproptrhaIons
opportunities OF learning about the WORK, Dut a.,
the 6sen aee do ss IN the
work. is TO the effect that there Is not any per
Bishop Joyce was there. they passed a resolution
in ignorance of contract with the American
Board. TO establish mission in soma
The Doctor stated that he had documents show
ing all that had been published In the church papers
concerning this mission. with all letters ana state
mems from the beginning until now, and said they
were 1.-The most extraordinary meIange OF contra
dictions and absurdtes that could be found in the
English language" Continuing. he said: I'VE were
told that it was to be the door into Austria and
Poland. AT another time we were told II was 10
open the door of Greece and Athens Dr. Buckley
then read extracts from the reports issued from
year 10 year. beginning with 1870 and coming down
TO 1894. and commented on them as he proceeded
with the reading which led Bishop Hurst to re-
mark: These comments very confusing. for
] cannot always distinguish between what is COM
ment and what is report
Dr. Buckley replied: II thought l changed my
voice that you could understand
Bishop Hurst re;orted: You did, but you
changed it the wrong way; to which DR.. Buckley
answered: Il accept the criticism and will read
without comments" DR.. Buckley then continued
our schools are broken up. one was run as
theological school for years without theological
student in it, Printing material mat nat was pough,
paper were printed regularly that had not circula-
lion of over 300 400. Books printed at our eX-
a house We are not making any impression at
all there If aNishop goes from here ne VII get "a
four half dozen OF the congregation can be
We have spent 1891 900 there poured 1t INTO a ser
bonan bag, taken from the widows, won ny me
and all that shows Is 24o members, and don't know
that all those members. But you are CON
an advance of $1,000 there Can We not take ii
from this mission? 1t is absurd to ask the Amer-
sion with this record Of failure. 1t is insult
common sense and courtesy ...so. s,.o,,ss,or
in the afternoon and Bishop Joyce called for the
MISSION o! This e report was then read to the effect
tha; correspondence with America on the part
Of bs the Changes Seen carefully
gated and the Misrepresentation traced to their
ssSop Walden have not had time for
the s full Syss s 1T hss tina, when
Bishops visited the field special efforts were made
on the people, and said he y was not aware OF any
such thing when | was there her ta,.,s Nv adding Il
don't wish appea, against a sickly child nut
d that s has had paP un u naf ought to
charge up TO the present administration what oc
s sSEsed might Tsaso no be
in the period Of S pressebers to Stop going
TO certain places. His motto was TO 60 "here 'hes
ht Bishop Newman followed DR.. Buckley IN the de, de-
bate and made stirring appeal II, Iema,n IN The
sasl mlsn0 Of the @ with American
BOARD II that cannot be done he was IN favor OF
The subject then POSTPONED until to, iOd %nrn,Dx
session, made personal statement about the Work
j" The Rev Dr. A. b. Leonard presented the report
of the Committee on the South American missions,
with the statement that after careful consideration
the committee could not see where the appropria-
ton could be reduced from the amounts named IN
The subcommittee report. motion was mace
10 adopt the report of the committee relating 10 Inc
work east of the Andes but upon the objection OF
tho Rev DR. Buckley that there are other foreign
missions that need inperativey an advance or are
dependent not being cut down for reasohappie
hope Of prosperity the report was M'a on '"e
table. -, -. -o.a
The report of the Committee on INDIA was read;
=, noiIad for an increase for the coming year Of
900 600 This was also laid on the table.