Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-18
EPW0RTH LEAGUE.
DEEP INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM
MARK THE TORONTO MEETING.
INDIANAPOLIS NEXT MEETING PLACE.
Difficulty of Holding Frequent Gem
ernI Meetings on Account of Dis
tances to BE Travelied-Doings OF
Virginia Delegates.


were thrown open to-day hundreds Of
delegates were unable to obtain admis-
sion. The same story can be told OF
other PLACES Of assembly. In Massey
Hall. commencing at 800 o'clock. church
rallies for the good OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church were held. with Arthur
Edwards, d. D., Of Chicago. as chair
man.
THE American University" was the
title Of an address deliver by Bishop
Hurst. Of Washington. d. c.
1.-THE Forward Movement Among Our
Colored Young People, by Irwin G. Penn,
Of Atlanta, Ga, was an interesting paper.
"Womans Work in the Home Church.
was ably discussed by Mrs. Clinton b.
Fisk Of NV York.
Bishop McCabe spoke on "Woman's
Work in Foreign Lands"
At the Metropolitan church Bishop w.
w. Duncan, Spartanburg, S. c., presided
over a meeting called in the interest Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Address were delivered by Rev. J. j..
Tigert, Nashville. Tenn; Rev. Alonzo
Monk, Macon, Ga; Rev. W. K. Murray,
| Jackson, Miss, and Bishop Hurst, WASH
ington. d. c.
The Methodist Church Of Canada was
| looked after at a rousing meeting in
| Cookies church. Rev. Or. Carman, To-
ronto, was chairman, and some of the
| best-knOwn Methodist ministers in Cana
da delivered addresses.
The secretary's report was read. 1t
showed the league i'm Canada to be In a
most fourishing condition.
INDIANAPOLIS NEXT TIME.
The joint committee appointed by the
cabinet to select the next place Of meet
! ing OF the convention decided on In
| dianapo'is. The other candidates for the
honor were New York, Seattle, and
Omaha.
Rev. A. c. Crews. general secretary,
presented his report. Ii spoke Of the
| difficulty OF holding frequent general
me tings on account Of the distances. He
had mailed circulars to different bodies
asking for suggestions as TO changes In
the constitution. and had not received a
single reply, showing satisfaction all
along the line.
About / go Leaeuers wheeled TO Reser-
voir Park 10 attend the sunrise meeting
| this morning. Music and prayer occupied
most Of the time. though one delegate
made a protest against Sunday VIII cling
/ and another spoke in opposition to Sun
/ day cars.
PATRIOTIC MEETING.
The meeting this afternoon in tho
! Exposltion-G was the greatest Of
! the convention. Arrangements were made
| for seating 1900 people in the grand
stand. and the stand was full to over
| flowing.
At 2.SO o'clock there was a lacrosse
match between the .Ielsona and the
| Maitlands. The Epworth League COM
! mittee presented thirteen medals, TO be
| given TO the winners.
After the lacrosse match came pro-
cession Of nations. and as the flags OF
each nation was carried past the bands
| Of the Royal Grenadlers and FOrty-eighth
| Highlanders played the national air Of
| that country. one hundred young men
and women represented the nations.
At 4 o'clock a great patriotic meeting
/ was held, when addresses were delivered
| by Rev. Simpson Johnston, representing
| England; Governor Hastings. of Penn
| syEania, the United States, and Rev. Dr..
| Potts, Canada. The meeting was pre-
| sided over by Governor Atkinson, OF
| West Virginia The pipers Of the Forty
| eighth Regiment, dressed in Highland
costume, played Highland airs on the
| bag-pipes. at the request Of large num-
| Der of delegates.
The programme this evening consisted
| of three large mass meetings at Massey
| Music Hall, Metropolitan church, and
| Cookies church. All the meeting places
were crowded to their utmost capacity.
! At Massey Music Hall the chair was
| taken by Charles X. Magee, Of Boston.
| The meeting opened with deyOtions, led
| by Rev. MI Dargan, of Greenwood 5. G.
CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Three addresses were delivered on the
subjects OF Temperance and Civic
| Righteousness" The speakers were Rev.
| W. f.. Wilson, Toronto; Professor Samuel
| DicIie, Albion, Mich, and Rev. ID. Z.
Kelly, Columbia, Tenn.
The same subjects formed the topic
at the other meeting places. Al the
Metropolitan church j. W. Elayelle OF
Toronto, was chairman. The deyotions
were led by Rev. W. H.. Bowen. Of At
lauta, and the speakers were Rev d. D..
Morse. Cincinnati; Rev. b. j. Palmer
St. Louis, aad Rev Charles II. Payne,
New York At Cookies church, the chair
man was b. L. Davis, Toronto. The de-
votions were led by Rev. j. Q. Knott
Washington. and addresses were deliver
ed by Alderman +. :. Spence Toronto;
Rev. G. b. Spencer, Denver, ana Kew.
Dr. A. J. Kinett. Philadelphia.
THE CONVENTIONS CLIMAX.
TORONTO. ONT, July 17-(special)-
The climax Of the grandest convention OF
Methodism on record took place this af-
ternoon at Exhibition Park. Th5re were
g0OO0 L.eaguers in one meeting There
was intense enthusiasm and an express
sion of international amity. Governor
Atkins presided. DR.. Potts spoke Tor
canada Rev. Hamilton Boston for
America. and Rev. Simpson Johnston for
Rritaiu. pixie" played by the band, set
the sOutherners Wild.
4 resolution was adopted as follows:
'eTwenty thousand Leaguers ass mbled,
record their conviction that the time has
fullv come for an arbitration treaty be-
tween the United States and Britain, and
nrav that such a treaty may be speedily
ratified
A rally of southern churchmen at the
Ne,ropolitan church this morning was a
oreat success. Twenty-Five hundred were
nrrsent. Bishop Galloway was euloglz
In glowing terms OF DR.. MacLaren, OF
Toronto Mr.. Rawlings says: The hau
has never been told. Canada has an
nexed US This meeting VIII never be
beatsn till the convention goes 10 Rich
mond i'm go Then we will have 10 do
our best. Indianapolis. on her mettle,
will find it hard to surpass this match
less meeting"
sOTrTHERNERs MAKE IMPRESSION.
General-sscreta-y Steel: fave had
,osoni6cent success. May have larger
meetings, but will never have greater en-
80 made a great impression.
Rev. Richard Bennett: The city is Of
srrnassing loneliness, grandeur, and
nrosnerity. and there is univ rsal cour-