Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-22
EPWORTH LEAGUE
CONVENTION ENDS
Most Remarkable in Organizations
History
OLD STYLE LOVE FEASTS,
All over San francisco, In Churches
OF Many Denominations, Meet
ings Were Held.

San Francisco July 21,-Bishop Isaac
w. Joyce, president Of the Epworth
league. reviewed the fifth interna-
tional convention as IL closed today,
as follows:
II have only good things to say Of the
Epworth league international conyen-
ton. II has been in every way great
success. Many of those who have been
at the preceding ones think this one the
best ever held The attendance has
been delightful surprise to us all. All
discussions Of subjects have been Of the
highest order. A delightful and broth
erly spirit peryaded the convention
from the first hour to the last moment.
We shall always carry With US delight
ful memories Of this great convention
and Of San Francisco. / DO not see
how any people could have done more
for us-fur our comfort and happiness
and for the success of the convention,
than the people OF San Francisco have
done. The daily papers and the rail-
roads and the steamer lines have also
ANAtAltbhANh lHtil CHult ~ tue dHluH-
ishing success OF our convention"
Rev. Joseph Berry, general secretary
said:
"The Epworth league convention has
been the most remarkable I'm the his
tory OF the organization. The attend
ance has been enormous The speeches
have been unusually able and the spir-
IL Of the meetings has been uniformly
good. Enthusiasm rose mOuntain-high
at the Sunday meetings. and the clos
ing scenes have never been approached
by any religious meetings / have ever
attended.
The religious enthusiasm aroused by
the international convention Of the Ep-
worth league reached It's elimination
at the grand meeting held this after
noon at the Mechanics pavilion.
About 10000 persons were In. attend
ance and not a seat was vacated until
the conclusion Of the sermon preached
by Bishop Joyce. president Of the
league. His theme was Faith In
Christ" and no address more eloquent
or fervent has been heard since the
assembling Of the convention. At its
conclusion the bishop was rendered
an impromptu reception, not being al
lowed 10 leave the platform until near
~ all the members OF the great con-
gregation had grasped his hand.
The influence Of the league was not
alone felt In the central meeting. All
over the city, in churches OF many de-
nominations, services were held. and
in every place the local pulpit was oc-
cuied by a visiting divine. At Grace
Episcopal church. where Rev. ]. Nj.
Buckley OF New York preached. II was
impossible TO gain admittance long be-
fore the time announced for the OPEN
ing Of the doors, and In none OF the
churches was there a vacant pew Old
fashioned love feasts We're held In the
early morning In more than a dozen
places. including the japanese and Chi
nese missions At II o'clock came the
regular services OF the day. which were
by exceptional feryor.
In the afternoon an enthusiastic chill
drens meeting was held in the Alham-
bra theater
The closing meetings OF the conven-
tlon were held tonight IN the Me- |
chanics' pavilion, the Alhambra thea
ter the Metropolitan temple and the |
First United Presbyterian church. At |
the evening session the report Of the /
committee on resolutions was read and /
adopted viva yoce.