The Iola register., 1899-08-25
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETS
A Well Dressed, Good Look
ING Crowd in Convention
at the NJ. K. Church.

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One of the best looking, we'll dress.
ed crowds that you ever saw
in your life, gathered at the Meth
odist church, in what is called an Ep.
worth League convention, but every.
body was welcome there: they even
made newspaper reporter at home.
They are gathered together for the
purpose of studying the best ways
and means for the promotion Of their
Lord and Savior.
The convention proper opened Tues
day afternoon at four O'Clock with
a conservation meeting, led by the
President, Mr., Benton, of Iowa. I'M
mediately followed general hand
shaking Here is where the Metho-
dist excell Everybody got acquaint-
ed with every body else, and talked
and laughed and felt good. Then the
reception committee assigned the del.
egates to their respective places, and
they settled down for n season of good
work
Wednesday they went at it again
before most Of the people were up,
with n sunrise prayer meeting. And
the church was filled. Mrs. p. B.
Knepp. of Mount Ida, was leader, and
a very pleasant hour was spent.
After break fast the convention
opened about eight o'clock with half
hours talk by Rev. Gamble. Mr..
Gamble is very pleasing tallter and
kept his audience interested in his
maps and explanations for a good half
hour. Then the Temperance Hour
was taken up. Ralph Pickle had
charge of this exercise, and it was
red hot hOur-so says the good Mr..
Hruner. Here Rev, Jones, Of West
phalia, related how he had been fight
ing the dive element of his town. He
says he had to fight the joint element,
some of the citizens and even some
weak backed church people. He told
how he had been warned to leave the
town or he would he annihilated, and
woand up by saying that he would
have been to this convention earlier if
1t hadn't been for the fact that his
fight won and he stayed there yester-
day and helped pour the booze into
the streets. He won the hearts of his
hearers and made the cause of tenn.
perance many friends.
Al 0:45 they turned themselves loose
ON their songs and sang for fifteen
minutes, and it made the heart glad
to hear such music.
Rev. Edward Hislop, Of Bronson,
followed with n talk about the things
he liked about BAKER University, and
this was followed by a discussion Of
his remarks.
After 1880 half hour was spent in
discussing the works of the Junior
League. Mrs. c. \. Hale, of Yates
Center, led the meeting.
The Junior League of lola occupied
the next half hour with their exercis.
es. These were about the most inter-
esting number on the program. Then
Rev. j. ID. Smith, Of Waverly, in
pleasant manner, told what he saw
and learned at the National Conven-
tion.
After an adjournment tor dinner,
the convention reassembled and the
following program was carried out
during the afternoon:
Devotional Meeting Miss Ollie Session
Kincaid,
The Epworth League and its 2Oth Century
Obligations, financial and spiritual, Prof S A.
Lough, Baker University. General discussion,
led by Rev. F. W. QUO, Ossawatomie.
symposium Expansion. tO National Horl-
zon' Rev. NJ. $ Rice, North Ottawa. tbl League
Miss Lora Anderson Quenemo. (cl Individual.
Miss Minnie l.. Manley, LaHarpe.
Memorial Services for Prof W. N. Simpson,
NJ J. stickel, Baldwin.
Fra.ernal Address, Rev. Henry J. Coker,
D. D., Presiding El der Emporia District.
The program Thursday, which
closed the session, was as follows:
Sunrise Prayer Meeting, Geo. W. santee Wi.
liamsburg,
Opening exercises rev. Larkin Martin, Colony.
Spiritual work OF the Epworth League, Mrs
Q. II. Constant, Ottawa. Discussion.
Song service.
Experience in literary work, sup't Homer S.
Myers, Garrett
The Reading Circle and It's work, REV. c. s. Nus
baum, Ottawa.
recitation, Prof A. f, Leach, Baker University
reports of Officers.
reports of Committees,
Counsel and Observation by the Presiding
Elder rev. Chas Durboraw, Ottawa.
Rev. q. $. Murphy was not pres
ent and so his paper, "Tlthing," was
omitted and Mr. Beck, superintend-
ent of the Bethany Hospital at Kan
sas City, occupied the time with
very able and welcome talk on that
pride to every Method.
ist.
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