Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-30
GLORIOUS SUCCESS
Was the Meeting of the Ep-
 worthians at Chattanooga.
MUCH GOOD ACCOMPLISHED
Resolutions Read and Adopted-Interestng Exercises Closed the Final Day-TO-
 rOnto Next Meeting Place.

l lLOuSSdiQ peOpie auleHQeu lnS SuIIlSS prayer meeting held on Lookout moun- tain this morning. Every train on both
 roads from 2 a. m. till daylight was crowded. The greatest fervor and Meth odist fire marked the devotions, which
 were led by Col. Frank A. Hardin of | Freeport, III.
 The Illinois delegation at meeting
 today unanimously elected Dr. A Steele, general secretary of the southern
 branch, a member of the Illinois con- ference of the league.
 Rev. w. B. Murray of Jackson, Miss. presided over the assembly meeting in
 the tent this morning. Rev. II. L. Ken dig of Lebanon. Ind. leading the devo-
 tions. Rev Charles Stuart of Chicago spoke first on Spirit of Methodisin," fol-
 lowed by S. B. Turrentine of Winston,
 N. G. in line with a strong undercurrent
 against classical r1usic The latter speaker said: We must guard against the use of secular hymns as sung by l Goddess chorus.'
 The Park sisters, cornetists. of Boston 1 are favorltes with the conference. l Methodist Fervor'' was ably discussed l by Charles A. Littlefield of Watertown 1 Mass, who furnished an appropriate illustration of hislsubject. General Secretary S. Y. Crews of Can
 
 place of N w. Roswell. who was ab- sent while Rev G. w. Kirby of Toronto elcsed with a solo.
 Toronto, Canada. and Seattle. Wash, l are represented by strong delegations pulling for the next place of meeting.
 The afternoon tent service was pre- l sided over by Rev. John H. Coleman Of l Albany. N. Y. An interesting devotional l programme was carried out. At 4:30 D m came the junior league. The report of committee on resolutions was pre- sented by the secretary, Dr. Jesse Bow man Young. This committee is composed
 of Bishop l. W. Joyce, Bishop C. B. l Galloway, Rev. R. N. Burns, Rev. Jesse
 Bowman Young, Rev. J. w. Newman, Rev. George Bond, Rev. J. E. Prince, J. R. Pepper and N. w. Powell. The reso- lutions as offered were adopted section l by section. In order they read l Section 1. We recommend that the next i biennial session of the international con l ference of the Epworth league be held in the city of Toronto, Canada After the selection of the meeting place had been ratified with great demonstra- l tiveness by the conference Rev. $. V, i Crews. league secretary for Canada, | arose and thanking the conference for its 1 consideration lauded the claims of To- | ronto to the skies. But one other city made a bid for the convention, and that | was Seattle, Wash.
 | A strong delegation from the coast 1 town came with guarantee from the l cHIy cOunClt or SlUuUO lOW cApcHoCS Oi l the meeting and railroad fare from the | Missouri river.
 Sec. 2. Resolved, That the conference rejoices at the friendship and brotherly love that prevailed throughout this con | ference.
 Sec. 3. Resolved, That we are unalter- ably committed to the prohibition of the 1 liquor traffic, and that we are determined 1 to fight the saloon until this deadly foe | is destroyed in the land. This resolution was adopted standing amid the waving of handkerchiefs | Sec. We exhort our young people to 1 cultivate their evangelistic gifts and to 1 cooperate with itheir pastors in the work of bringing sinners to repentance. | Let us not neglect this duty of saving the lost.
 Sec. 5. We believe hhat uniform prayer meeting topics and uniform Bible topics ought to be used by the three great leagues represented in this great confer ence.
 Sec. 6. We urge the Epworth leaSuers to make use of their denomnatonal the ological literature.
 Sec. z. We exhort our young people to study the question of government and to do everything in their power to expe- dite the cause of good citizenship Sec. S. We urge Epworth leaguerS ev- anywhere to do all in their power 10 maintain the sacredness of the Sabbath day.
 Section took the form of a message  of fraternal greeting to the international convention of Christian lsndeavor soeie- ties in session in Boston from the 15,e00 EpworthianS assembled in Chattanoog;l Section 10 was the resolution of thanks to the citizens of Chattanooga for their hospitable entertainment and to all who had contributed to make the conference so grand success. The thanks of the convention were also voted to the rail- roads and to the press of Chattanooga for their courtesies.
 The report was then adopted as whole viva voce.
 Before closing the session resolution from ''l5,000 Epworth lcaguers assem- bled at Chattanooga, Tenn" was unan- 1mously passed and telegraphed 10 Islsh- op I. w. Fitzgerald, who is temporarily absent in Berne. Switzerland
 pleasing finale to the final programme ot the day were the exercises of the junior league. The adult singers in the gallery made way for 1000 bright-faccd children taken from the leagues in the Chattanooga union They had been thoroughly trained by Musical Director Williams and the change made everyone relax and feel as though cool breeze had been waited through the tent
 A well-selected programme of talks and illustrated lessons was happily car ried out.
 Miss Florence M. Campbell, one of the | speakers listed to address the young peo- pie, sent regrets to the convention from | Europe, where she is traveling
 Tonights grand concert looked to as the brightest memory to be carried from the conference, fully met expectations In the trained chorus of 100 voices were both | numbers and rare talent. The choir was assisted by an orchestra of twenty-five | pieces. The famous Park sisters, with Corince Lawson of Cincinnati known as | the Queen of Song" Mckenzie Gordon | Of New York and the Arion and Mozart | clubs of this city, were specialties that | combined great range of musical abil- ity.
 The number of visiting ministers ex- l ceeded 800, so that after every pulpit | in the city is supplied from their ranks | many of the parsons will fill laymens' | pews tomorrow In the evening watch | night service. presided over by Bishop | R. K. Hargrove of Nashville closed the | work of the second international con ference. One of the innovations of this | convention was a new hymn. entitled, l Look Up Lift Up" which was initiated | by the assembly today.