The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
First Days Session of Epworth League Convention Marked
 a Success.
Able Speakers Praise God and Ridicule the Present System of City Government and
 Political Ambitions.

were served. A reception will again be
 held this afternoon between and o'clock. Monday afternoon the vts-
 visit Mount TamalpaIs, and in the
 evening will hear a lecture delivered by 1 the well l-known speaker, John P. D. John,
 Howard-street church, and will deliver 1 his celebrated reply to Robert c. Inger-
 soil on Did Man Make God, or Did God | Make Man"
 This afternoon special musical pro- gramme will be rendered at Golden Gate
 Park: Sunday morning sunrise prayer
 meetings will be held in the various
 will be held in all the churches at Il o'clock. and the visiting pastors will oc- cupy. the pulpits. If found necessary, an overflow meeting will be held at the Gen. tral Church. Sunday evening will close l the convention and mass meeting will be held in Metropolitan Temple. No ser vices will be held in the churches on the evening in question.
 The evening session was opened with prayer and song. The church was crowd words of T. B. Hutchinson Esq. and Rev. k. R. Dille, D. D. During the entire evening the audience was at a high pitch snd daS to the sIeTR 9I Whch drowned the
 sung Re fRe church 9%9 gn %a kasd br ly lighted and the decorations showed to the best advantage.
 T. B.. Hutchinson was the first speaker. He had chosen What Constitutes a Good Citizen" as his subject, and in well-chosen words held the audience seemingly spell bound. In part he said; We have all become enthused with the proper spirit. IT a call to arms should come we are reaCy and even anxious to avenge the Spanish insult which threw an entire na- uon into mourning at the loss of hun dreds of brave men" At times the speaker referred to the flag and then country and the politics, which were stated to be corrupt, received a portion of the attention of the speaker.
 He was followed by Rev. E. R. Dille on People As the speaker stepped to the | platform he was greeted with cheers, waving banners and hand claps and for a time seemed to be overcome with the reception accorded him. After the burst ot applause had died away the subject was taken up. Among other things he said: As rule any large city Is wholly governed by the most ignorant of her citizens. In consequence the rising gen. eratlon IS met with a difficulty hard to overcome and gradually growing In many places until 1t would seem that the cor rupt classes would never be put down. The cities are growing to an alarming ex- tent, ana as they grow corruption in creases. To have a successful man we must have good government and have it Tb1ta remain r so; oi,o At . the present time the with corruption, and our hard earned taxes support race course. Oakland is also corrupt. l have a friend who de- clareS that he never drinks water as 1t has tasted of sinners since the flood. and the water across the bay also tastes of the sinners who. sold the city to the water company but a short while ag. We have borne almost all that any ons IS capable of bearing and yet there seems to be no slackening of the pressure
 We have had men whose names will always live in the minds of the people for their honored and patriotic acts and praises should be delivered to the Az mighty for that fact"
 There will be no exercises this after noon, as the members of the league will visit places of interest in a body.