The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-07-04
GREAT DAY AT CHATTANOOGA
Rev. s. b. Turrentine Speaks Against
Classic Music

Rev. s. b. Turrentine Speaks Against
Classic Music.
Saturday was great day for the
Epworth Leaguers at Chattanooga,
Tenn.
The greatest fervor and Methodist
fire marked the devotions, which were
led by Col. F. A. Hardin, of Free Port.
Ill. The Illinois delegation unani-
mously elected DR., S. A Steele, general
secretary of the Southern branch.
member of the Illinois Conference of
the League. Rev. W. B. Murray, of
Jackson, Miss, presided over the as
semblage in the tent in the morning.
Rev. ii. kindling, of Lebanon, Ind.
leading In the devotions. Rev. Chas,
Stuart, of Chicago, spoke first on the
Esprit of Methodism," followed by
Rev. ). b. Turrentine, of Winston, in
line with strong undercurrent
against classical music. The latter
speaker said I'VE must guard
against the use of secular hymns as
sung by Goddess choir" methodist
FervOr" was ably discussed by Chas
A. Littlefield, of Watertown, Mass,
who furnished a capital Illustration
of his subject. General Secretary S.
Y. Crews, Of Canada, spoke of Cath
olicity,"'. taking the place OF N. w.
Roosevelt, who was absent, while Rev.
G. w. Kirby, of Toronto, closed with
a solo.
The afternoon tent service was pre-
sided oyer by Rev. John III. Coleman,
of Albany, N. Y. An interesting de-
yotional programme was carried
out. At 4:30 p. m. came the Junior
League.
The report of the committee on
resolutions was presented by the
secretary, DR.. Jesse Bowman Young.
Toronto, Canada, was chosen as the
next place for the biennial session OF
the International Conference of the
Epworth League. But one other city
made bid for the convention and
that was Seattle, Wash. A strong
delegation from the coast town came
with guarantee from the city council
of so, 900 towards the expenses of the
meeting and railway fare beyond
the Missouri river.
Among the resolutions adopted were
the following:
Resolved, That the Conference re
joices at the friendship and brotherly
love that has prevailed throughout
this Conference.
Resolved, That we are unalterably
committed to the prohibition of the
liquor traffic and that we are deter
mined to fight the saloon until this
deadly foe is destroyed. This resolu
tlon was adopted amid the waving of
handkerchiefs.
We exhort our young people to culti-
yate their evangelistic gifts and to CO.
operate with their pastors in the work
of bringing sinners to repentance.
Let us not neglect this duty of saving
the lost.
We believe that uniform prayer
meeting topics and uniform Bible
topics ought to be used by the three
ference.
We urge the Epworth Leaguers to
make large use of their denomination
literature.
We eXhOrt our young people to study
the questions of government and to
do everything within their power to |
expedite the cause of good citizen
ship.
We urge every Epworth Lacquer
to do all within their power to
maintain sacredness on the Sabbath
day.
Section 9 took the form of of a mes
sage of fraternal greeting to the inter- |
national convention of the Society of |
Christian Endeavor in session in Bos-
ton, from the 200 Epworthians in |
session in Chattanooga.
Section 10 was the resolution of |
thanks to the citizens of Chattanooga |
for their hospitable entertainment. |
The thanks of the convention were |
also voted to the railroads and to the |
residents of Chattanooga for their |
Before closing the session a resolu-
zion from 1880 Epworth Leaguers |
at Chattanooga, Tenn"
was unanimous passed and telegraph
ed to Bishop l. w. Fitzgerald, who is
absent in Berne, Switzer-
of the day were the eXer-
Uses Of the Junior League. The adult
singers in the gallery made. way for
900 bright-faced children, taken from
The Chattanooga Union. They had |
been thoroughly trained by Musical |
Williams, and the change
made every one relax and feel as
though a cool breeze had been waited |
the tent. A Wellselected |
lessons were happily carried out Miss |
Florence M. Campbell, one of the
speakers. listed to address the young
people, sent regrets from Europe. |
where she is visiting.
Saturday nights grand concert, |
looked forward to as the brightest |
memory to be carried from the Con-
ference fully met expectations. In |
the trained chorus of 10O:voices were
both numerous and rare talent. The
choir was assisted by an orchestra of |
25 pieces. The famous Park Sisters, |
Mrs. Corinne Moore Lawson, OF Gin
cinnati, known as the "Queen of |
Song;" McKensie Gordon, of New
York, and the Arion and Mosart |
clubs, of Chattanooga, were special |
ties that combined great range of |
musica, ability.
v;ca unu ~ esen wy wv wa1 RiShnn
of Nashville, closed the |
work of the second International Con- |
ference. One of the innovations Of |
this convention was new hymn en- |
titled "Look Up, Lift Up" which |
was initiated by the Conference Sat- |