Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-15
EPWORTH LEAGUERS
Third International Convention in
Session at Toronto.
TWENTY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ATTEND
The Statistical Showing Made in
Reports of Officers.
GRATIFYING PROGRESS MADE
Social Correspondence of The Evening Star


third inter- ational convention of the Ep-
worth League has received assurances that
fully c0,1o delegates will attend the meet
irgs of that body. which will begin in this
city Thursday and continue until Sunday
next.
The sessions of the convention will he
held in Massey Muse Hail. Cookies Church
presbyterian. ard the Metropolitan Metho-
dist Church. OF the latter Rev. Dr. Hugh
Johnston. now of Washington. was former
ly the pas tor.
The largest and best of the convention
auditoriums is the Massey Hail. This is
q magnificent structure, which was pre-
seEted to tine citizens of Toronto by the
late Hart \. Massey, fer many years pre-
vious to his death one of the leading Meth
cdis;s of the city. The exterior of the
buildii IS of plain design. and was so ar
ranged that the interior might be con-
Structed to the best SdVGntage for large
audiences The seating capacity of the
hall is 5000. and It is possible to crowd i'll
another Thousand by using camp stools
1t is expected that the principal meetings
of the convention viii be held there
Separated from the Massey Hall by one
short block is tn Metropolitan Church re-
putcd to be- the largest and finest Metho-
dist Church Iii the world. 1t is truly
handsome edifice, standing in the center
of a square which is one of the most yalu-
able in the city. The grounds are MAIN
tanned by the church authorities and IN
the summer months thrown open for
public use just as Though the property was
q city park The building Will comfort
ably accommodate $500 persons but on spe-
cial occasions more than this number have
been crowded into it.
South Church Quarters
Inc metropolitan has been assigned as
the headquarters of the delegates from the
Ne thodist Episcopal Church South 1t is
admirably adapted for this purpose having
a splendid suite of parlors and class rooms
In addition TO the spacious auditorium.
Seats have been placed in shady rocks
throughout the grounds, SO that it will be
an excellent place to rest during the day.
Two very short blocks further east is
Cookies Presbyterian Church. the largest,
SO far as accommodation for an audience is
concerned. of that denomination in Canada.
Like the Massey Hall, the exterior appear
ance of this church has been sacrificed to
the needs of the congregation, and'the re-
suit Is a seating capacity about equal to
that of the Metropolitan The auditorium
Is exceedingly comfortable, and well
planned that every individual can see and
hear what is said and done.
In a conversation on the subject of the
convention with a Star representative, Rev.
DIR. Robert r. D1hcrty of New York, third
vice president of the Epworth League said: :
We recount with gratitude the evidences
of affection shown by the church 10 the
young people during the past year
The commentator of the Epworth
League contained in the Episcopal address
to the general conference; the great gather
Ing at Cleveland, under the authorize ton
of the general conference; the weight at
tached to the opinions of the board of con-
troll with regard to Epworth League legis-
latiCn in that body; the comments upon our
devotional topics and the sympathetic re-
ports on our work which appear from week
a in rft.il i.al
pers. all Justify the conclusion that the
church regards the young people with i'm
plicit trust and holds in nigh est lem their
flial devotion and loyalty. We regard with
pride, also. the conspicuous services of the
EpwOrth League to the church.
Growth Is Gratifying
THE growth OF the organization is very
gratifying. There are now. in round num-
bers. 1000 regular chapters and $500 ju-
niors, with fully 1.to.0UO members in our
own church alone. The of iitera-
NIre and supplies continues to increase.
I'VE refer gratefully to the cordial CO.
operation of the Epworth League of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South and I'll.
Canadian Epworth League. The adoption
OF our now common devotional topics and
the of single volumes for our reading
course are specifications attesting their
practical oneness with US
The board of control of the Epworth
League. which is appointed by the bishops.
is composed of Bishop W. y. Ninde. Der
troit, Michigan. president: Ministers: Rev.
W. l. Haven. BTookline, Mass; Rev. J. II.
Coleman. DID, Albany, n. Y: Rev. J. w.
f.. Bowen. DID, South Atlanta, Ga: Rev.
DIR. f. NJ Mills. Elmira y. Y; Rev. DR..
s. o. Royal Troy. Ohio: iaymen: X. X. Do
herty, Pm. D., New York city; W. L. Wood
cock, Altoona. Pa. John A. Patten. Chat
tanooga, Tenn; F. A Chamberlain, Mime
apoiis Mimi; c. +. Piper. Chicago, Ill; ;
l.. 4
NJ. D.. Ann Arbor. Mich; II. A. Schwetler.
COvington. Ky: F. ID. Fuller. Topeka,
Kan. elected by the general conference
districts. First district. Charles r. Magee
bon, ionkers. y. Y. third, Rev. DR. 5. A.
Morse, Corning y. Y, fourth. F. W. Ten
nell. Germantown. Pa: nth. b. E. He'll
man. Cleveland. Ohio; sixth, Rev. VI. NJ
Aston. Griffin. Ga; seventh, Rev. DR.. W.
j.. P.irr. Kokomo. Ind: eighth. Rev. Dr.
]. b. Aicock Marshalltown Ia: NINTH
Rev. DIR. W. H. Jordan. Sioux Falls. s. d.. ::
tenth. Dr. r. L. Paine. Lincoln. Neb.: elev-
enth. Rev. ]. W. Van Cleve. Mt Vernon
Ill: twelfth. Rev. Frank Gary. Galveston
Tex; thirteenth. Rev DR.. William Koen-
ecke. BellevIlIe. Ill: fourteenth, Rev. J. w.
Bennett, Bozeman, Mont.
The Cabinet.
The members of the Epworth League
cabinet are Bishop Ninde. president; Willis
W. Cooper. kenosha, Wis. first vice pres-
second vice president; Robert II. sDoherty,
Phi. D.. New York city, third vice presi-
dent, Rev. DIR. II. C. Jennings, Chicago,
Ill. fourth vice president; Rev. DIR. Z. A.
Schell. Chicago. general secretary; Charles
f.. Piper. Chicago. general treasurer; Rev.
DIR. Joseph F. Berry. Chicago. editor Ep-
worth Herald: Rev. DIR. r. l.. Nagler, Gin
cinnati, Ohio. German assistant secretary.
The number OF Epworth Leagues in the
Methodist Episcopal Church South has in
creased from 2,Un in 1898 to about 1850.
The Junior Leagues now number fully 800.
These figures do not by any means repre-
sent the numerical strength of the work
o. there Is great number of leagues in
existence which have not yet obtained
their charters The work LIS gaining sure
footing throughout the bounds of the
church. and efficient service has been done
L. every department. There are strong
state organizations in Virginia, Kentucky
Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. louisiana
Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and California.
The Epworth League board of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South is composed
OF Bishop r K Hargrove, president: Rev
J. F.. Harrison, Rev. J. W. Newman, Pro
lessor w. r. Webb. vice presidents; j. u