Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-15
CORAL GE rs BANNER
Epworth League Circuit Meet
ing in Coral St. M. E. Church.
An Interesting Program Carried ort-Ad-
dresses by George E. Whitaker on
Toronto Conv,ntion.

Worcester Circuit of Epworth Leagues
met, Monday evening, in Coral Street
NJ E. Church, where very interesting
and helpful program was carried out.
The church was very well filed, not only
with delegates from the local Epworth
leagues; but many of the leagues out
side the city propcc sent representatives
to gain aid and inspiration from the
service.
The affair began at O'clock; and for
an hour, while the lelegates We're arriv-
ing, a pleasant social and Interchange
of greetings were in progress III the YES
try. At o'clock the lcaguers, with
many Of their friends, assembled in the
auditorium Of the church. 10 carry out
the program that had been prepared
The usual praise and deYot Jnal service
followed by roll-call and the collection
occupied the first half hour.
The principal address of the evening
was made by George f. Whitaker of
Grace M. E. Church. He spoke Of the
Toronto convention, 81, telling some
thing not only of the meetings held
there, but of the city itself. Toronto
is beautiful place" he said THE
streets are kept clean, anu there are
miles upon miles of asphalt paving. It
is a great place for bicycles. They be-
Heve in Sunday iE Toronto No livery
stables are open there; there are no
sunday papers; no Sunday trains. When
we We're there, the street cars had only
heen running on five Sundays, and they
Wee not being literally patrcnized. The
EpWorth Leaguers who attended the
convention do not break the Sabbath,
and, they did not ride on the cars; some
OF them walking as far as five miles in
order to attend the services. | believe
the motormen and conductors have as
much right to rest on the Sabbath as
other men, and do not think good Ep-
worth Leaguers should ride on the
street cars Sunday, even if they do it in
order to go to church
Toronto is a Methodist place There
are % Methodist churches, and they
nave 40,0GO regular attendants. One per-
son of every five you meet IN the street
in Toronto is a Methodist. The mayor
is good Methodist; and at one of the
love feasts, held Sunday afternoon, he
gave US a good old fashioned Metho-
dist talk"
The speaker then gave in outline some
OF the more important meetings of the
convention, which extended ever five
days
Papers were presented as follows:
NHow to have a good prayer meeting"
B. G. Priest, Trinity; "Glimpses," Miss
b. A. Potter, Trinity; Some literary
aspects of the Bible" R. A. Coan, Trim
ity; The social development, Miss Flor
ence Turner, Trinity During the eve
nlhg, solos We're rendered by Charles
Hastings and Miss Cora Saunders
AS usual, a great deal of interest was
taken in the announcement of the per-
centage averages, the league having the
largest attendance percentage at the
meeting being entitled to have the ban
ner until the next meeting, which will
be held in two months. The Coral Street
Church won the banner with a percent
age OF AZ; the Park Avenue M. E.
Church was second, with 3S. The stand
ing of the other leagues were. Cherry
Valley 2S, Lake View q, Webster
square lS, Laurel Street II, Shrewsbury
13, North Grafton 10. Trinity 9 T,eices-
ter s, Millbury 5, Grace and Spencer a
each; Greenville 8.