Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-15

ituSt, treasurer; feE- Dr. >. n. steele, gen
eraI secretary; J. p. RAIDER, J. T. Brow
ninski. J. d. Crooks, J. f. Wray, A. E.
Whitaker. w. +. Thompson, ]. A. Clifton
and w. w. Pinson. executive committee:
Bishop Harsrove. Prof. Webb. Rev. Mr..
Harrison, J. L. Rust and Rev. DIR. Steele.
The Work in Canada.
The Epworth League in Canada has made
considerable progress during the past year.
IL now numbers about 1000 chapters. an
increase of about 800, with membership
CT nearly 5000, an increase of 5000. Ac-
ccrding to the last report received at head
quarters the leagues last year contributed
about $.ynOO fer various church purposes
The churches are coming to regard the Ep-
worth League as no longer an experiment
but as permanent part of the church
machinery. Organization of conference and
district leagues has gone on rapidly, until
nearly all in Ontario and Quebec are equip
ped for work
The forward missionary movement" has
made progress. and the students mission
airy campaign. an association of young
men inside the Methodist Church. has
greatly stimulated missionary interest.
The officers of the Epworth League in
Canada are: Rev. DR.. A. Carman. general
superintendent. Belleville. Ontario presi-
dent of Epworth League board: Rev. A.
C. CreWe, Toronto. general secretary: Mr..
j. w Flarell. Toronto. general treasurer;
VIM Johnson. Beleville: Rev. DIR. Ford
Clinton: Rev. r. W. Wordsworth, Wood
stock; ]. S. Deacon, Milton. and Rev c.
W. Watch. Brighton, vice presidents.
Statistical Showing.
The statistics of the Epworth League in
the United States so far reported show
the following results: Alabama. 80 Ep-
worth Leagues. Junior Leagues; Arizona,
Epworth Leagues, l Junior League; Ar
kansas. 5i Epworth Leagues, Junior
Leagues; California. 292 Epworth Leagues,
~ Junior Leagues: Colorado. iO7 Epworth
Leagues. Is Junior Leagues: Connecticut,
ia Epworth Leagues. II Junior Leagues:
District CT Columbia, - EpwortE Leagues, 10
junior Leagues: Florida, n Epworth
Leagues, Junior Leagues: Georgia. IO1
Epworth Leagues. Il Junior Leagues:
Idaho. - Epworth Leagues, IL Junior
Leagues: Illinois, 1.iJ1 Epworth Leagues.
30 Junior Leagues: Indiana. 12S Epworth
Leagues, 3n4 Junior Leagues: Indian ter
ritory. Epworth Leagues, Junior
Leagues; Iowa 1.167 Epworth Leagues.
:S9S Junior Leagues: Kansas. $40 Epworth
Leagues. PA Junior Leagues; Kentucky,
rs Epworth Leagues. ~ Junior Leagues:
Louisiana, - Epworth Leagues. l Junior
League: Maine, III Epwort Leagues. &c
Leagues. ~ Junior Leagues; Massachu
sets, 31J Epworth Leagues. 116 Junior
Leagues: Michigan. 4o6 Epworth Leagues,
2's Junior Leagues; Minnesota 345 Ep-
sissipp 134 Epworth Leagues. Junior
Leagues: Missouri. 49, Epworth Leagues,
% Junior Leagues; Montana. % Ep-
worth Leagues. II Junior Leagues; Ne
braska, JI1 Epworth Leagues, 20J Junior
Ii agues; Nevada, Epworth Leagues,
Junior Leagues; New Hampshire, 90
Epworth Leagues, - Junior Leagues:
New Jersey, 1870 Epworth Leagues 25G
Junior Leagues; New Mexico. 10 Epworth
Leagues, Junior Leagues; New York,
1,JS9 EpwOrth Leagues, 491 Junior Leagues:
North Carolina. - Epworth Leagues.
Junior Lea CUES North Dakota, 20 Epw orth
I ga JuniOr OhiO En-
worth Leagues, 52G Junior Leagues; Okla
homa. - Epworth Leagues, II Junior
Leagues; Oregon. 131 Epworth Leagues,
Il Junior Leagues; Pennsylvania. 1856 Ep-
worth Leagues, All Junior Leagues; Rhode
Island, AZ EpwOrth Leagues, II Junior
Leagues; South Carolina, 1o4 Epworth
Leagues, Junior Leagues: South Dakota,
40 Epworth Leagues. II Junior Leagues;
Tennessee, oh Epworth Leagues, - Junior
Leagues: Texas, 132 EpwOrth Leagues, e
Junior Leagues: Utah, IA Epworth Leagues,
IL Junior Leagues; Vermont, 40 Epworth
Leagues. ~ Junior Leagues; Virginia, -
Epworth Leagues. !, Junior Leagues; Wash
ington. 16T Epworth Leagues, II Junior
Leagues; West Virginia. De Epworth
I.eagu IS Junior Leagues; Wisconsin, 40
Epworth Leagues, I.r, Junior Leagues;
Wyoming. IA Epworth Leagues, . Junior
Leagues; foreign. 40 Epwo-th Leagues. II
Junior Leagues.
In Other Countries.
The remarkable expansion of the Ep-
worth League in the United States is
equaled, if not surpassed, by its marvellous
growth abroad. In our own country the
league found Immediately upon its organi-
cation church prepared to give it
Hearty welcome. But in various mission
fields the need of a yourg peoples society
Was not so marked. The Sunday school
YVES doing all that seemed possible to be
done. Moreover, the missionaries were
overworked and could not be expected TO
give much time to pushing the interests of
another organization. Yet in spite of all
difficulties the league has obtained foot
ing in nearly all of the countries where the
NJ. E Church is organized. In "a few for
eign fields it has become aggressive
missionary force. carrying the Gospel to
out-of-the-way places and organizing
churches.
A striking feature of the leagues growth
abroad is its enlistment of native workers
In many places natives are the inspiration
o. the movement, and so remarkable has
this phase Of the work become in India
that II is believed to be an answer to the
question. how to make missionary work
eH-propagating.
Leagues have been organized in Mexico
south America, China. India, Japan. Italy
Norway, Sweden. Denmark Finland and
the Sandwich Islands. An estimate of
chapters and members. according to the
NOS; reliable data at hand is as follows:
India 30 chapters. 1860 members: Mex
leo, 10 chapters, 400 members: South
America. > chapters, 200 members Italy
chapters, $40 members: Norway ~ chan
tiers. LOO members; Sweden, G., chapters
2,6D members: Denmark IL chapters GIN,
members: Finland. chapters 100 mem.
bers; China and Japan, ~ chapters, I.oOp
members; Hawaii l chapter, Is members
Total, 40 chapters, ,935 members.
German Societies.
The organization of the Epworth League
was hailed by the German Methodists with
| great enthusiasm. Young peoples societies
| of different descriptions had existed pre-
| vious to this. but their organizations were
| disconnected and scattered and were not
accomplis hing the work that needed to be
| done There are in the United States about
! 600 well-organized German chapters with
Yearly 10000 members. The territory of
| this German Epworth League is as large
| as The United States, Germany and SWitZ-
| erland, and is known as the thirteenth
| general conference district.
| The German plan is d modification of The
! English, containing only three departments
| instead OF five: /. Spiritual life and mis-
| sionary work; >. Intellectual Improvement:
| j. Social life. The German district is well
| organized. and has annual meetings in DIFF
| ferent parts of the country The next
| annual convention of the German EpWort h
| League will be held next week in Cincin-
| natl. Ohio. 1t promises to be the largest
| gathering that German MethodiSro hos axar