The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-25
FADING LEAGUERS LINGE9.
ao,uD OF CONTROL CONSIDERS
v,TTERs OF IMPORTANCE.

viii Remain in Session Three Days.
Reports of officers Being Received.
General Secretary Reported Prog
ass of the League-Rev. +. l..
NaeIer Reported ms Did Rev. Penn,
coIored, of AtIanta-He Showed
procress Among His Race.
Indianapolis, Ind, July 24.-The board of
,orrro, of the Epworth League met at 10
,.-lo,k today to hear reports and con-
sf5ar matters pertaining to the league
pisbop W. y. Ninde, Detroit, president OF
The board presided.
Tin, report of Rev. Edwin A Schell, gen.
oral secretary of the Epworth League, was
submitted as follows:
"Dear Brethren: Many of the great ex-
rs,tations entertained at the meeting OF
rhe beard of control two years ago have
been fully realized. We have steadily
crown. until Today we number g. $50 chap
,sr. with a membership of more than l.
-,o1o, IN our own Methodist Church alone
New chapters have been established in
Liberia Hawaii, Alaska Russia and Bish-
m NcCabe is eagerly watching an oppor-
unity to plant us in Mania. Our ia,
nsDese and Chinese chapters have rapidly
increased in numbers. A German chap
Ter in Zurich, Switzerland, numbers 800
members. The banner colored chapter IS
At Charleston, S. c.
There has been, moreover, observable
deepening of the spiritual life of our
members New attention has been shown
to securing the membership of the boys
and girls in the church; the diffusion of
our social spirit has disposed hundreds of
thousands to a friendly attitude toward
tie church. and secured to literal thous-
eu5s au actual grating into the great
vine. That the spirit of Methodism is
more generally appreciated; that our Sun
d3y congregations are better attended;
that missionary facts are more widely dis
semnated; that an honest attempt has
been made 10 answer the question of the
presiding elder, Have the rules for the in
srucuon of children been Observed that
Menodism is more firmly set for the ap-
soiute prohibition of the liquor traffic.
against sinful amusements, for the study
Of Gods Word, for maintaining the es-
senJials of the class meeting, and for Civ
ing the peculiar Wesleyan a fuller ex-
empldcauOn in daily life l am ready to
stouly affirm"
Rev F. L. Nagler of Cincinnati. German
assistant secretary of the league pre-
scented report of the German branch
A report of the leagues work among
the co.ored people was presented by Col
ored Secretary Rev. Irvine G. Penn OF
Atlanta His report, in part, follows:
The Epworth League among the col
ored people of the Methodist Episcopal
Church has had a very successful career
since the placing of q colored man in the
field. Results in the labors of the coored
assistant secretary have been of the most
encouraging character. From scarcely no
organization at the beginning, there are
row quite 1000 regularly organized and
chartered colored chapters, with a mem
bership of 10000. In the educational work
the growth is equally apparent, $1,000
worth OF books and papers now being
used as against practically nothing two
years ago
"A Year ago a special convention rally
was held in Atlanta, the first ever held
among colored people on Southern soil,
and was conspicuous success, the meet |
ing closing with brilliant rally of 5000
young colored people. The marked in
crease in attendance upon the interna-
uonal gathering is also Indicative of in
tefesL The Chattanooga convention in
49, although held in the South. had
MY eolored delegates. The Toronto con-
Nenuon of 1897 had 100 colored delegates
While the Indianapolis convention had be-
tween leO and 1000. In 1895, at Chatta-
hoosa the colored people had but one
itpiesentative on the programme, while
al TINS convention they have over twenty
Another distinctive mark of success in |
The last year in the work among the
eolofed people Is the adoption of the
league DV the cOlOrad Methodist END.ecO,,oI
lauren, a large branch of distinctively
coioied Methodists in the South. Thus the
hpWorth League is doing practical work
IA me solution of the race problem, by
p0Admg Christian character and instilling
nope and faith in these people for Him
VINO Is more than all they who be
against them"
Inc board will probably be In session
three days.