Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-29
DISTRICT EPWORTH LEAGUE
Held a Quarterly Conference Yesterday at Wesley Chapel in JonesYiIe-0rder
 of the Exercises.

The Birmingham district of the Ep- 1 worth league held the quarterly confer | ence yesterday in Jouesville at Wesley chapel
 l MT. George D. Reynolds, the president,
 presided over the morning session. Devotional services were conducted by
 Rev. J. D. Ellis of East Lake.
 The welcome address was appropriately delivered by Miss Harriet Bostick of Jonesville, which was responded to by
 Mr. John E. ELS of Elyton. A beautiful music solo was sung by Miss
 A. c. Ruter. This was succeeded by the
 topic for the forenoon session on the
 Literary Department" Rev. s. NJ. Hosmer spoke on the Read ing Course"
 "The Study of the Bible" was treated
 by Mir George Stoves of Wyfam.
 Rev. M H. Wells of Fairview offered valuable hints on "Doctrinal Teaching Interesting short talks were then made hy the delegates in the general discussion that followed. After the transaction of miscellaneous matters the conference ad- journed until 2:30 o'clock. Afternoon Session. President R. s. Ruter called the confer- ence to order, and the devotional ser vices were conducted by Rev Thomas Armstrong.
 A vocal solo was sung with charming effect by Miss Salle Whitson of Wood lawn
 Rev. G. c. Kelly of the First Metho- dist church began the afternoon topic with an instructive talk on Christian Citizenship" in which he pointed out the requisites to that end
 After the music Rev. B. C. Jones of Bes- semer spoke on the Present Day Political Abuses"
 The afternoon session closed with a gen, eral discussion, which was participated in great of the delegates, Evening Session. The evening session was begun by MT. Howell Moss, president of the Wood l lawn league. The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. w. K. Simpson | of the Smithfield St. Paul church. 1 Twenty minutes were given to the ex-
 ercises of the Wesley Juniors, which con- sisted of interesting recitations and es- | says.
 Miss Carrie Emerson of Pratt City re- | cited a selection with becoming grace | and merit.
 | Prof. R. B. Algood of Avondale made ] an interesting talk on the observance of 1 the Sabbath day. The day was ordained l for the moral, intellectual and physical l improvement of man. The Sabbath was l made for man. He pointed out the good | accrung from a religious observance of | the day and the evils resulting from l worldly amusements and vices. The sa- | loon is the most active evil against the | Sabbath. Within the next generation
 the young people of the church will be l able to put down the Sunday saloons. 1 Next to the saloon the most active evil agent against the Sabbath Is the corpora | tion. Many of, them require their em- ployeS to work seven days out of the week. Man requires one days rest out | of the seven.
 Sunday Dinners. Did you ever stop to consider how much I,l. | dinner? Roast turkey, cranberries, | sauces. relishes and the steaming hot | side dishes. How much better for the l health, as well as the observance of the | Sabbath, to prepare dinner of cold meats
 and bread on Saturday and serve it on 1 Sunday.
 | Rev. w. E. Morris of Bessemer follow l cd with a short address on | 'Our Duty as Leaguers.'' l He gave historical account of the Sab bath. It Is of divine origin. Nothing that | God has made has been made in vain It has a purpose. Some people say that they will not accept Gods Sabbath but will map out the time for their own lives. We, as members of the league, are build | CTS of character. You want to build l well rounded character. Why should we l observe the Sabbath? Our mental phys | ical and spiritual natures demand it. 1 If we neglect this we neglect that which | our instinct demands. We find that when Moses went on the mount and re- | ceived the commands of God one of them 1 was: Remember the Sabbath day and keep 1t holy" A man who works hard | and labors all the week has his physical 1 powers below par on the Sabbath With | that days rest his forces are re- | cuperated and he can start out with new determination and new zeal for | the work of the coming week. It is our | duty to influence others to obey the Sab l bath day. Remarks are made about ev- l eryones conduct In life. If your life is l good--if you observe the Sabbath-you will influence others to observe the Sab | bath also. We should make the Sunday | school bright and attractive, and use all | of our influence towards increasing and | maintaining the attendance. | After general discussion of matters | pertaining to the work of the leaguers, | the conference adjourned.