The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-10
EPWORTIIS
CELEBRATE
Tenth Anniversary
of the Leagues.
SPECIAL SERvICES on SUNDAY
Program for the Annual District
Convention to Dc Held
IN This City.

The Methoiis,a are making prep
srattonS 20 celebrate with great cer-
emory the tenth anniversary OF the
organization OF che Epworth league.
next Sunday. A special program
has been prepared by the general
secretary. Rev. Edwin A. schsll. and
has been sent TO the ia.soo chapters
OF the league.
In the morning Il IL understood the
pastors of the Seattle Methodist
churches viii preach special SERMONS
60 the Epworth leaKuers. and a.
might the churches win be- given over
90 their services.
At the Battery sssreet NJ. r.
eharch. two papers viii be read nj
the evening service. ono by Miss
Reeves and the esther by Mrs. Har,
card. The pastor. Rev. II. u. Brown
viii make a short address an what
the .eaxue Is doing"
Il Is understood that the leagues
at the Grace. Madison. Trinity and
Haven churches win hold their ex-
cruises IN the evening
At the First church an elaborate
program has been prepared II g
as follows. Prayer by members.
Scripture reading. music BY choir.
The birth % eur league" Mr.. en-
f~tt: The growth OF our league"
Miss Porter. OF the Madison street
ieaxue. our pledge rreised In unIs-
on; Gods ,enth.s T. $. Lpry; "our
commission. Miss Burbank. ~Ep-
worth Herald" y. L. Blaine
breadth and intensity ce our
league as expressed by our notices e
spiritual aim % the Fpwnrth
league" by Rev y. ". Randall r..
conserratior service.
Tho Epwurth league was fsrnesi
May ~. isss. at Cleveland. Ohio. az
The call % the Young Peoples Meth
csist alliance. At that tlme taers
were ave separate organizations In
the church working amenE The YOUNG
men and women These I've hodien.
all Of which sent delegates TO the
Cleveland conferences. were. beasde@
the body calling the meeting. the
Oxford league. ne Ycuur Peoples
Christian league. the Methodist
Young Peopie's union. ard the Meth
odist Episcopal Alliance Of the
Northern Ohio conference.
Next week viii be a busy and i'm
rortant one for che f.pwarth league
Of the Seattle district The second
annual convention will be held in
this city in che Battery Street ". r.
church. commencing Tuesday even
Ing ard continuing until Sunday
evening. The district embraces al
leagues % Seattle and those west ~
tsse mountains 70 the northern
boundary line Of the state. There
are over twenty seven leagues and
II n thought that fully 100 Delegates
win be present.
The following - the program a.
arranged now by the eornmittees
THURSDAY Evening. Tao - Address
Of webeorne. John Palmer. president
Battery Street chapter. Seattle: res
ponse, A. y. Cornelius First church,
Wv NHAttHt1s A%ffttttls rev - w
Kendall blaine. social hour. IN
charge Of Battery Street chapter.
Friday Morning. ss19 - Devotions.
Id by wtlmot q. Whitfield. Ashury
church. Seattle; reports Of district
officers and minute hussnesas paper.
'.Fferoic elements n Methodisn."
Mrs Theo. Feeaier. First church.
New whntcogn: paper. Church 10y
altv." VIII y. Pratt. Trinity church.
New Whatcom. symposium. The
Epworthian'.. tat Ills tools" Miss
Garnett Kendall. blaine. % HIS
associates" Mira Minnie crumrlne,
Bay View.
Friday Afternoon. f'a0-Devotions
led by Mr. Covering. Haven church.
Seattle: paper. RED lights" Miss
Kate Reeves. Battery street church,
Seattle: paper. Reverence for Gods
House." Mrs. II. VI. Wallace. First
church. Seattle: department confer
eHces led by the District cabinets
presidents conference. ]. W. Miller.
district president; dept. Of spiritual
work. Chellis Osborne. district first
vice president. dept. % mercy and
help. Niles Rhoda Blood. district Sec
ond vice president: dept ~ literary
work. A. r. Cornelius. district third
vice president. dept. ~ social work.
Miss Alice Stark. district fourth vice
president; dept Of records and cor
respondence. r. II. Chamberiin. dis
trfot secretary: dept. Of finance. r..
l. Meyer, district treasurer.
Friday Evening. 7.s0-Praise SER
vice led by Miss Steele. Maryaville:
sermon Rev. irving X. Loveioy. Ev-
eretf.
Saturday Morning. s.s0-Devotions
led BY Roy =. Peabody. Trinity
church, Seattle; reports OF depart
ment conferences. papers. THE true
place of the league In the church."
Miss Ella Mccormick. LaConner. n.
6. Ward. ballard: educational
meeting. Rev. Uflmot whitfield. y.
d. president Puget Sound Univers-
Try; report of COMMITTEES on noTnln-
atiOns.
Saturday Afternoon. i.so-Dovo-
tional led by Miss Edith Tucker,
Grace church cattle. election Of
officers anu minute business; paper.
Faults and fault finders" Allen
Moran. Snohomish; papers. Mis-
siOnary spirit in the league" Mrs. W.
". selleek, Grace church, Seattle.
Mrs. A. $. Gregg. Madison Street
church. Seattle.
Saturday Evening. 7.30 - Pralae
service led by =. Spencer. Everett;
sermon, Rev. y. H. Chamberlln, La
Conner.
sunday Morning. g.gO-Love Feast
led by Mrs. Wiim0t Whitfield, As
bury church, Seattle; II O'Clock. SER
mon Rev. J. w. Miller. New What
com.
Sunday Afternoon. s-Mass meet
Ing led by Seth II. Norford. preni-