Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-22
EPWORTH STATE LEAGUE.
Continued From First Page.)
Evening Session.

| was the address of Bishop Charles B. 1 Galloway on ."The EpWorth League and 1 Missions"
 Bishop Galloway said: q count it one l of the great privileges of my life and 1 one of the great honors of my life that I
 was commissioned by my church to | visit our missions in Japan and other l countries. l returned home with "a l greater love for my own country and at | the same time a greater appreciation I of the great work of those who had | gone out from among us and a greater l love for my Creator.
 T am glad the opportunity has been | gwen me or looking into the faces of the | young people of my church. But a few 1 years ago we celebrated the Tooth anni- 1 Versary of the establishment of the Sun l day school by Robert Rakes. who is com | monly accredited with first starting it. l We Methodists, however fatter our | selves that fourteen years prior to that a Methodist established a Sunday school. Sometimes 1 read in sister churches | articles on infant baptism and l can al- 1 most read between the lines opposition | to infant baptism. They seem to pride | themselves on the fact that the addi- 1 tionS to the church were mature per l sons. A negro minister once asked me to | go down and preach for them, saying | they had had a wonderful revival and l added many to the church-all men, no l boys. A minister once lamented the fact | that during a whole year he added but | one to the church, and in whisper he | added, That was boy. That boy be- | came one of the greatest missionaries | the world has ever known. We have found that the best way to l conserve this life is to give it something to do. The old acceptation has been to | frail rather than to feed the lamb. But | the best way to do is to give it some l thing to do. That is the best way to keep the young life from going into 1 forbidden ways. We are waking up to l that. The men who have done the most 1 work for God and the church achieved l their greatness. in their youth. John 1 Wesley was in full sway of his eVangel- | lstic influence while a young man. So with Luther. And that has been the l history of all men who have wrought | their wonderful work for God. There | is philosophy in it. There is a boyish | hope in our religion that can be found | in no other religion.
 | Its the hope and buoyancy of reli- | zion that touches the heart of youth. 1 It was the divine young manhood that pronounced his benediction on the world as Christ ascended into Heaven. There is almost a universal demand | for young people for teachers Why is | it? It is the craving for this buoyancy l of young manhood. It's the preaching | of the young man the world wants. Age l will give counsel and aid, but those who | will storm the citadel and route sin are | the young. We read with deepest in | terest the great conquests of famous generals and love to follow them | through their struggles
 "A large majority of those who pro l fess Christianity are young. The most successful Epworth league I ever saw | was in Japan and it was presided over l. by young men. The pastor told me he l relied almost solely on the young men of | the league for work. One of the most | effective evidences of the work being | done in the orient is the character of the | converts. They are nearly all young. l I have stood in the temple and heard the | Buddhist priests repeat their prayers that even they did not understand. I | have stood on the banks of the sacred Ganges and seen the people bathe in it's
 waters, seeking forgiveness for their | transgressons. They know not the true | and living God.
 My dear young friends, there has never been time in the past when God was calling you to the orient, and if you do not respond His utter condemna- | ton will rest on you"
 In speaking of the China-Japanese war | the bishop said: Every bullet fired by | a Japanese gun was projectile of west1 1 ern thought. Western methods. western | thoughts, western customs and western civilization were the great forces that en- 1 abled her to win victory over China. | Christianity is making itself felt in that | country.
 "A. IeW weeks ago the EpWOfln league | of Texas agreed to send out three mis- sionaries. Won't Alabama Epworth | leaguers do something in that lne?" MT J. F. Timmons-'I move that the | Alabama Conference of Epworth leagues send one missionary to the foreign field" | Seconded by several
 | A delegate-I move as an amendment | that we make it two, instead of one. | Motion seconded. The proposition stands | for three years.
 The amendment carried, nearly all the l delegates voting in the affirma tive. Bishop Galloway-I thank you for this. l I believe it will increase your church | work and strengthen you in the cause.
 I believe the secret of our great success | has been our marvellous system, our 1 splendid organization.
 Dr. z. A. Parker-I want to put one 1 proposition to this conferences that is, l tn; we will send one missionary, and 1 two if possible.
 One delegate objected.
 Dr. J. c. Morris-I move that the pres l ident appoint a committee of three to apportion the expense of sending the l two missionaries among the leagues of l the state.
 1 pr. Parker claimed his motion had the. 1 precedence, and on motion it was laid | on the table.
 | As an amendment to pr. Morris mo- I ton a delegate moved that the amount | necessary be apportioned among all the | leagues of the two conferences. the Ala bama and the North Alabama. The | original motion intened only those 1 leagues represented should be taxed. | On motion of Dr. Parker the matter was deferred until 10 o'clock today | On motion the conference adjourned until this morning.
 | It is the desire of the local leagues that | all of the Baptist Young Peoples unions, the Young Peoples Society of Christian | Endeavor, and all other young peoples | Christian associations will assign three | fraternal delegates to the Epworth con | ference. They will all be expected to | e.nta e