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In the Balkan States

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 9, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 41.

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In the Balkan States

By H. F. Schuberth

SERVIA.— In Servia, with its three millions, only the Greek Church is recognized. We have a church in Belgrade, the capital. As there is no freedom of public worship for unrecognized congregations, services are frequently interrupted by the police.
BULGARIA.— Here are four and one-half millions, and the Greek Church is the state church. The headquarters of our mission work is in Sofia, the capital. Some of the members reported opportunities to bear witness to the truth while in the army during the recent campaigns.
ROUMANIA.— Again the Greek Church is the state religion. One worker tells how a priest of the church interrupted a meeting to denounce the Adventists. “I answered him from the Gospels,” says the worker. “How dare you read to me out of the Gospels?” the interrupter said; “only stupids preach sermons with quotations from the Gospels. A reasonable minister speaks from his head, not with the Bible in his hand.” The listeners were amazed, and gave the man to understand that they wanted to hear the Word of God.
H. F. SCHUBERTH.