St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-18
Eugene Hornbrook Again
Honored With the League
Presidency.
The Place Of Next Meeting
Left With the Cabinet
officers.
Hamline University Given a
Rafting Send Off
Gratis.
A Regulation Sunday Pro-
gramme Prepared For
Today.

The Epworth league convention met
yesterday morning at the early hour OF
O'Clock with good attendance. The
session was held i'll Central Park church
with President HOrnbrOok in the chair.
Rev. w. S. Cochran, of st. Paul, opened
with prayer, which was followed by
devotional exercises conducted by MISS
Hattie Ii. Foss, of Chatfield. William
II. Rouse, of Lakefield, discoursed on
missions. G. S. Innis, of Hamline,
talked on the value of systematic Bible
study. DR.. E. ID. Runtley, Of Duluth,
delivered an Grafton on 1.-The Amen
Corner" which was heartily enjoyed.
The afternoon session was opened
with a song service under the direction
of Mr.. Willis, and then reports were re-
ceiYed from two of the committees. The
committee on credentials reported an
attendance of 261 delegates. represent
Ing sixty-eight chapters. The committee
Oh nomination reported officers for the
Ensuing year as follows: President. E.
&. Hornbrook, Winona; first vice
president, Rev. J. F. Stout, Min
heapolis; second vice president, F..
NJ. Rule. Mankato; third vice presi-
aent, Miss NJ. A. Anderson. St.
Paul; fourth vice president, Rev. r. n.
Avison, Owatonna; secretary. Nj. +.
Hanson. Winona; treasurer, Willard
Secor, Winnebago City; superintendent
of Junior work, Miss Alice A. Brown,
Red Wing. Both reports were adopted,
The latter by rising vote. A discus
sion arose as TO the next place OF meet
Ing, and invitations were extended
from Duluth, Waseca, Winona and
Mankato, but no decision was made, the
matter of selection being referred to the
cabinet.
A most complete and interesting
paper was read by Miss Christie ANVIL
Jams. of Duluth, on the junior league.
Having first sketched the organization
and growth of this branch of the work,
Miss Williams described it as the kin
iergarten of the church - the place
where the preliminary instruction was
Impaired to the infantile minds. She
urged close interest among parents in
The Junior societies and recommended
that. while each organization should be
thorough. it should be carried out on
independent lines and according to
methods best suited to its peculiar con-
nitions. An appeal on behalf of the
AShbury, hospital was made by j. b.
aingsleyAof' Minneapolis, and resulted
In considerable sum being subscribed.
About S120 were contributed for carry
Ing on the state work. The rest of the
afternoon was devoted to routine work.
The evening session opened with a
song service as usual. after which Miss
Mabel Del Peart recited a beautiful Sc
lection, THAT Changed Voice" The
address of the evening was delivered by
F. B. Colwell, of Hamline. on the league
md "Higher Education" Higher edu-
cation, as he thought. increased mans
power to work for Christ. On this line
he spoke tervently to the young people,
urging them to secure the best
education possible; urged it on
Ihem as duty to them
,elves and their church and their
yociety and their Master. Mr.. Bache-
Tor, of Hamline, then in the old-fash-
lOned Methodist fashion, as he said,
made the application. lie laid before
The assembled young people the ad,
vantages of Hamline college as an edu'
rational home-recommended 1t on
financial and spiritual and social
basis and assured them that they could
do no better anywhere than they could
right there In Hamline. He urged the
voung people to come. Then slips OF
paper we're distributed through the au-
dience so that any one who chose might
write his name and address on them
and they might feel assured that they
would hear from the president of Ham
line In letter Of sympathetic advice
The meeting was closed with hymT
and prayer. The league meetings vii
be continued through the day today.
TURNVEREIN PICNIC.