The record-union., 1899-07-25

| League constitution. Some such gen.
eral permission as is suggested would
be better preventive against ire
sponsible appeals than a mere prohi-
bition of collections.
"Seventh-Some special arrangements
should be made to increase the circu-
lation of the Epworth League Reading
Course. 1t has already been proposed
| to the publishing agents that a COM
mission be fixed for those who will en-
gage personally in it's sale. This haa
been thought impracticable. This plan
has merits, however. which seem to
justify formal request of this char
| acter
Eighth-The question of celebrating
the tenth Epworth League anniversary
by adopting new badge has been re-
ferred to the Board of Control by the
Cabinet for their favorable considera-
ton. DR.. Haven has been appointed
to secure and submit designs.
| "Ninth-The General Cabinet have
| referred to you the request of several
petitioners that the board designate an
Old Peoples day, when the Epworth
League members shall publicly enter
tain the older members OF the congre-
cation.
Tenth-Your attention is also called
to the adyisability of this board ap-
proving by some special resolution the
action of the Cabinet in calling upon
the chapters for an annual contribu-
ton of 81 on anniversary day.
Praying Gods blessing on your
labors, and that each member of this
| board may have a full sense of the
responsibility with which the church
has charged YOU"
Rev. e. L. Nagler of Cincinnati, Ger
man Assistant Secretary of the league,
| presented a report of the German
branch. His report in part follows:
THE German branch of the Epworth
League comprises all the German
speaking conferences of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of the United States,
Germany and Switzerland, thirteen in
number, and is well organized under a
President, Vice President for each
annual conference, and an Executive
! Committee, which meets once a year,
generally at Cincinnati. A national con-
vention is held generally every two or
three years. The last was held in 1897
at Cincinnati, and was by far the larg-
est gathering of German Methodists
| that ever took place.
Annual conference, district and To-
cal conventions ace held in all parts of
this country, and also in Germany and
Switzerland. Some of these are quite
large and enthusiast 's'he largest are
those . tn Cincin 7lstrict. One
was held IN unt on, O., which
was at, aoe, 40 delegates
The papers rl,.o 1tssed in such
conventions are generally in German.
In the local chapters, the young PEOPLE
use the English language to a eat
extent, as is 87ost natural IN this ,ln-
try.
The you ys' societies in g
many and teS. = d have joineu he
brought abou 54 the visit of the Ger
man Assistant Secretary to the old
country last year. The Target Ger
man Epworth League chapter found
at Zurich, Switzerland, and imbers
800 members.
I'VE have in the German br, nch #
the Methodist Episcopal Church up -
date, go chapters, with a membership
of 1890. The Junior League cause is
also progressing. We have about 100
chapters, and a membership of 2,600."
A report of the leagues work among
the colored people was presented by
Colored Secretary Rev. Irvine G. Penn
of Atlanta, Ga. His report in part fol-
lows:
THE Epworth League among the
colored people of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church has had a very successful
career since the placing of a colored
man in the field. Results in the labors
of the Colored Assistant Secretary have
| been of the most encouraging charac-
ter From scarcely no organization at
the beginning, there are now quite
1000 regularly organized and chartered
colored chapters, with a membership
of 30 900. In the educational work, the
growth is equally apparent, $4,000
worth of books and papers now being
used as against practically nothing two
years ago.
"A year ago a special convention rail-
ly was held in Atlanta, the first ever
held among colored people on South
ern SOIL and was a conspicuous sue
cess, the meeting closing with bril-
liant rally of 5000 young colored peo-
pie. The marked increase in attend
ance upon the international gathering
is also indicative of interest. The
Chattanooga convention in 1895. al
though held in the South, had fifty
less coored delegates. - The Toronto
convention of 1897 had 100 colored del
egates, while the Indianapolis conven-
ton had between 700 and 1.000..In 1896
at Chattanooga, the colored pople had
but one representative on the program.
while at this convention, they have over
twenty.
Another distinctive mark of success
in the last year in the work among the
colored people is the adoption of the
league by the colored Methodist Epis-
copal church large branch of dis
tinctively colored Methodists in the
South. Thus the Epworth League is
doing practical work in the solution of
the race problem by building Chris
tian character, and instilling hope and
faith in these people, for Him who is
More than all they who be against
them
The board will probably be in ses-
sion three days.
The afternoon session of the board
was devoted to committee work.
The board recessed until tomorrow
morning.
AN AMERICAN WOMAN
Accused Of Shop-Lifting at the