Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-20
CITY AND DISTRICT.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING.
Annual Gathering of Washington
Union, VI. T.. Church South.

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Union, VI. T.. Church South.
The annual meeting of the Epworth
League Union of Washington city and vi
entity, VI. f. Church South, was held in
Epworth Church, corner It'll and A streets
northeast. Monday afternoon and evening.
Delegates We're present from Alexandria,
Del Ray, Village Chapel Occoquan, Lewis
Chapel. Manassas, Falls Church and Herr
Con, Va; Rockville, Goshen, Potomac, Hy-
attsVille, Savage and Branchvilla, Md, Ep-
worth ard West Washington, in this city.
The church was tastefullv decorated With
the league colors-cld gold and white--and
with choice plants. Notices were displayed
bearing messages of welcome
-Four separate and distinct meetings were
held in the church parlors at $50 o clock
the meeting of first vice presidents being
Cnder ;he direction of Harry y. Beach Of
Falls Church. Va. that of the second vice
pres.den,s. under direction of Or. w. r.
Andrews OF Rockville, Md: that of the
third vice presidents, under direction Of
Fred l.. Woodward of Washington. ID. C.,
and .nat of the Junior LeaSiic work, under
the direction of Warren ChOIta OF Rock
willie, Md.
At I.3G o'clock President Geo. II. Lamar
of Rockville, Md, called a general meeting
in the Sunday school room, and reports
we're received from the above named chair
men
Several amendments TO the constitution
were adopted, among them one adding to
the list of officers "superinte lricrt of ia
nior League WORK, and ar.o,.:tr calling for
the election of an executive committee of
one from each chapter in the unlon.
The following officers were duly elected
fer the ensuing year: President, Frri T..
Woodward of Washing ton, ID. c., vice pres-
Cent. Henry a. Beach of Falls Church. Va
secretary. L. Pierce Bote.er o. W lshinSton.
L. G.; treasurer. Gilbert ID. Fox of Hyatts-
vile Md; suparin Ident of JunIor League
work Warren t'nCJtg of Rockville. Md.
Mr.. Fred T.. Woodward. the newly elect
cd president. is "A member of Chapter No.
14W, connected with Epwo-th Church of
this city, and has been identified with Ep-
worth League work ever since its organiza-
ton. He is CORES. ending secretary of the
EpW orth League organization Of the Bdlti-
NOR conference. ..aG also o. ;he Washing
to-. district IN the Virginia state WORK
AT I, o'clock recess was talk L, ard the
delegates were conducted 10 the homes Of
EpWorth people, where .I.ap!e provision mad
been made for their temporal welfare. The
committee having this matter IN charge
was Miss Roberta PaXson, Mrs. w. A Hart
ranft, Miss Bessie Moore. Miss Nellie Van
Mdtre, Miss Missile Moore and Alice Wing
ling.
The evening service consisted of song
and praise service. conducted by Mr.. Page
Zimmerman. assisted by Miss Salie Mason
and u chorus choir from Mt Vernon Place
Church; two songs by the Junior League of
Epworth Church, under the direction of
Miss Mary Trumble and Miss Alice Wing
ling; brief addresses by MIR. ]. Finney
EnSle, president OF the Washington Dis
trict Epworth League of the NJ. L. Church,
who extended words Of fraterral fellow
ship and Rev. John q. Knott. pastor OF Ep-
worth Church, who introduced Rev. w. j.
Young, d. D. OF Norfolk, Va.
DIR. Young delivered an address to the
Epworth Leaguers. on Personal Known
edge Of Christ and What it Inspires.
Prayer was offered by Rev. j. W. Duff
fey. ID. d. of Mt. Ven on Church, and the
benediction pronounced by Rev. W. II. Mel
willie of Hyattsville. Md.
Other prominent league workers present
We're Revs. c. P. Smith of Laurel, Md; W..
+. Locke of Marion. ID. l.. Blahemore of
Manassas. George Gather of Occoquan, j..
Il. Williams and j. III. Wells of Alexandria.
A A. Edwards of Rockville, j. w. Beall of
West Washington MIR. L. Il. Kemp, Frank
J. Pollard ard Miss Anna Summers OF
Alexandria, G. w. Prettyman, Mrs. DR.. An
drews and G. W. Welsh of Rockville, A Z.
Myers of Potomac. Md: Chas. S. Clayborne
of Baltimore, Md: Earl p. Hamlin ana
ChaS. III. Chase, first and fourth vice presi-
dents, and Miss Jennie Watts, superintend-
ent of Junior Leagues in the NJ. r. Church.
The next mass meeting will be held in
West Washington, about the middle of
June, in the Mission Chapel of Mt. Vernon
Place of which Rev. W. Beall is pastor.