The evening times., 1896-06-25
CONGRESS OF LRAGUERs
Young Epworth Workers Ara CO.
ing 10 Harrisburg.
Great Crowd to Attend the Annual
Convention OF the Fourth Gen
eral Conference District.

A large number OF delegates from this
city will attend the fifth annual convention
or the Epworth League OF the Fourth Gen
erai Conference District OF the Methodist
Church will be called to order in Grace
Methodist Church on West State street,
Harrisburg, Pa, this evening.
There will be "A general reception OF dele
gates, ana conservation services. bishop
Foss. president OF the Epworth League; Rev
DR.. Jesse Bowman Y Oung and other proini-
nent clergynen will be present anu take
part IN the proceedings. There will be Il
thousand deleg ates, representing fhiia-
delphia, Baltimore, PittsDurg, Washington,
ana other large cities aud towns in tie dis
trict. There are over hundred thousand
Epworthians in the district. Mayor Pat
terson aud Rev. DR.. Dininick Will Lel.er
addresses OF welcome and Prof. Eugene c.
Foster OF Philadelphia will respond.
Tile pre- gram Will be or varleu and
interesting character. The first session OF
the convention will be opened with prayer
by Rev. w. w. Evans, ID. D., who is the
wel!-known presiding elder OF the Harris
burg district. After this the Rev. William
W. YouEgs SOP OF uniontown, in the Pitts
burg conference, will conduct a consecra-
ton service. This will be followed by
handshake reception to the delegates.
The convention will again convene on
Friday morning at O'Clock, when
prayer meeting will he conducted by Rev.
L. b. Patterson, Phi, D., OF jamestown,
n. Y. At $3.50 Rev. F. II. jacobs will
begin song service, which Will be fol
lowed by the communion service, which
will be conducted by Bishop Cyrus ID. Foss,
ID. D., LII. D.. or Philadelphia. AT 10
O'Clock the department OF spiritual work
will begin with an address, " The work of
hi. n. rtf nj
meeting" by Rev. Charles n. Boswell,
superintendent Church Extension Society,
OF Philadelphia, Pa; 1920, Conference
on spiritual work. by W. B. Mathews.
Moundsvile, w. Va; 11:l5. address The
Gospel on Wheels" by Rev. Madison Swa-
dener, superintendent Church Extension
Sociesy of Cincinnati, Ohio. At neon the
convention will adjourn for luncheon
Aftc. reconvening devotional exercises
will be conducted by Rev. 3. j. Cotton,
OF Charleston, W. Va, and at O'Clock
the reports OF the officers and committees
will be received. The work of the de
partment OF mercy an help and the junior
league work will occupy the rest of the
| afternoon.
7 In the evening there will be a song
service and good citizenship rally.
conducted by Rev. James NJ. King, ID. D..
| OF New York, and Rev. A. B. Leonard,
committee on resolutions will make its
report.
A prayer meeting at Q o'clock on Sat
urday morning will open that days pro
| ceedings, and will be followed by 4 testi-
inony meeting At 9:15 there viii be a
| Quaker meeting" at which the theme
Considered viii be the money question.
! On Saturday evening there will be a song
and prayer service, after which Rev. Homer
! c. Sturtz Will deliver an address on India
| for Christ"
| On Sunday morning class meeting will
be held and at O'Clock the convention
| sermon will be preached. From 3 10 4
| O'Clock in the afternoon there will be
evangeistic services, and ON Sunday even,
| ing at $50 a league devotional meeting
will be conducted. by Prof. Eugene c.
| Fdste-. and at 8 O'Clock the closing con-
vention sermon will be preached by Rev.
| Thomas j. Leak. d. D.. OF Pittsburg,
after which will follow the farewell
| service.