The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-17
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WORK REVIEWED.
Annual Gathering of Ep-
worth Leaguers at Rond-
out Next Week.
SERVICES AT MOUNT TABOR.
Programme of Exercises at Both
Assemblies Great Subjects
From Great Takers.


Epworth Leaguers of Hudson county
are looking forward with eagerness and
Impotence to the great annual conven-
ton of the League, to be begun next
Friday, at Rondout, N. Y. 1t will last
three days. This convention will en-
brace Conferences Of Newark. New Jer-
sey, New York, Troy, Delaware and
Wilmington, and are classified under
what the Leaguers know as the Second
Conference District. Each district will
send six delegates-three ministerial and
three laymen. Besides these, each chap
ter in the district will send its delegate,
and as there are many hundreds of them
the conference will be a great array of
earnest church workers.
The official programme has just been
announced, and it is in full as follows
PROGRAMME OF SERVICES.
Friday, 10 A. M.-Sacrament of the
Lords Supper; IL A. M, address of well
come by the Rev. P. l.. Dow, President
of the Troy Conference; response by the
Rev. Vaughn S. Collins, President Sec
ond District League; organization and APP
pointment of committees; adjournment;
2 P. NJ, devotional service; executive
session; reports of President, Vice Presi-
dents. Secretaries and Treasurer; adj
dress, THE Way to Study Methodism."
the Rev. J. T. Boswell, d.. D., of Engle-
wood. Newark Conference; 1880 P. NJ,
devotional service; address, "Sainthood
and Citizenship" Hon. William H. Beach
of this city; discussion of subject n
adjournment.
Saturday, 8 A. M.-Praise service; ex-
ecutive session, including election of Off
GERS; 10 A. M, League work, a SYM
postum, MERCY and Help by Miss Eliz-
abeth K. Scott, Galena, Md; discussion
of subject; 10345. 1.-THE Junior League
by the Rev. w. G.. Rooms, Wilmington
Conference, and the Rev. Wilbert p.
Ferguson, President Hackettstown Col
legiate Institute; open discussion; 11:4o,
Journalism for the League by George
w. Vail. Brooklyn; 2:3O P. M, devotional
service; League work, a symposium, 'sThe
Secretarial Office" by the Rev. Edwin
n. Crasto, B. D., Irvington; open dis
c%ussion; address, Social Work" by
Howard s. Kennedy, Troy, N. Y, fol-
lowed by open discussion; address, Lit
erature and the Epworth League" by
the Rev. Jacob Embury. Price, b. D..
R. strong, Pfttsfeld. Mass; both adj
eyeTSes f salsS,ea 7 6y an so5 ope Ter discussion;
- e-t1OI NV oS1i6 oO4 fA&ps o. Ill
Work" the Rev. x. S. Kavanaugh' South
Norwalk, Comm, followed by open dis
cussion, the installation of officers and
the adjournment of the executive and
business sessions.
Sunday morning-Sunrise service. con-
Quoted by Rev. George E. Stockwell,
Troy conference; 1920 A. M. sermon by
Rev. John Potts. D. D.. of the Victoria
H,niyersity: Toronto, Canada: T. M.
J s CHADWICK. 2. p. New York. east
mington conference and others; 1880 P.
NJ, conservation service. led by Eugene
NJ. Travis. Brooklyn, followed at 8 M.
by s sESf1Vf Hssvi ir a Mo1 1%alfuF TagoR
Epworth League Day, which falls on
Saturday next. will be celebrated at
Mount Tabor with most interesting SER
vices. These will be opened in the morn
ing by Rev. c. S. Kemble and the Rev.
w. Mast Broderick. D. D.. will deliver
an address.
In the afternoon Miss Hough. of New
ton. N. j., will sing a solo at the de-
| votional exercises.
Mr.. C Y. Kilbourne, of Orange. win
talk on THE Bible-What It Is" and Mr..
c. A., at Orange, will tell the congrega-
| ton "How to Study the Bible"
AT three O'Clock Miss A. Josephine
Taft. of the Woman's Branch of the New
York City Mission, will make an address
in the day: Mr.. Arthur Lucas, State
of "The Bible and the Department of
| Spiritual Work. and this will be followed
| by general discussion.
Rev. W. J. Keatby will CONDUCT the
| G.. vogel and Mr.. R. N. Collyer will
1 take mart.