Arizona republican., 1902-05-27
j. [. STURGEON Pioneer Meat Market Only Cold Air Storage on the south side of the river.
TEMPE

Mrs T. v. Wilbur. mother of our towEsman. " T. Wilbur, leaves this r1or-ing fG ,tkc east via the Santa Fe. where ste vriI join her husband wlo left 10 Washington six weeks 4--o. They will visit in the east for thr.e month";
 James Goodwin has completed lis course in r:i-i.G at the university ;>t Tucson and returned home.
 J ". Wooic is the po@sessos af a ha7.dsone $s5 seidIe purchased cf s,. Schmidt.
 Mrs A. E. Tora.inzcn visited tsle cap ital yesterday
 Willis Graadar. tic peaular leader Of the Tempe AEerc,lanJs- band. leaves next week fer . three months vacation in Colorado The members of the band deeply regret his departure and have decided tC @i.r 2 bali il his homer osl next ThIrs,;2s e=-cniaS in the Curry h7H- The 5oys wiI ne pleased 10 see al f-2eir -Iie2d- n attendance.
 Among thosc who visited Phoenix yesterGs:y Vcre Attorney Ckas. vEaoI-. A 4. Walaworth and \. J. Peters.
 Mowers have been started or NiaIs PcteGso-'s ranch fer the second crop of alfalfa.
 The "kIondika so-ial" to be given by the Epwolth League of the II. |. church, at the home of thafr pas or. this evening. pron-ises to be a very nc- vel affair, and -o furnish barrels cf fun The league ext, ,.ds a very cordial invitatiOn to ever, body.
 Fl. D. Lowry oc lesa passes through Tempe ea routa Inr the east today
 Prot. J. l. Johnston is cn the ai-s list.
 Miss Lulu !sekr.i5t has aaceptad g position with the Misses Hale in their millinery department.
 The celebration of the fourteenth ar- niversary or thz T5p.vortIl League c,l Sunday evening. at the Nj [. cllg:r, il. was the occasion cf q most interesting and entertaining service. The meet ins. presided over by NJ. Black. f Phoe2ix. opened with devotional axc.- cises possessing the clements of jaeo spiritual living that has always given charaC ter to the N r. church as a i-s- ligiolls organization 2ir. Edgar -A.-fi- sen of Phoenix was the frs speaker of the evening. EIr. Wilson spoke Cn The qualifications oE E.pUorth League prayer neting leaders" Ea empha- sized the leaders need Of earnest pray CT in his preparation for the service, a careful and thorough study of his subject, and 2 live and sincere interest in the conversion Of the 1Inconverted. and closed Uith the following practical suggestion: Be earnestly. bs StUii0us- ". be Drayerfu!iy prepared for the ser vice. He was followed in his address by Mr. Bennett, secretary of the PlCe- nix chapter of the Epwcrth I-eaz1le. The Sepaher chose as a subject for his remarks Testimony" His frs. as=aI- tion was that everywhere argument is useless without testimony. His see- ond that Christians testify by word and fife, and again he stated that the char acter Of the testimony Of individual Christians is 2 true index to the lie and spiritual worth of church. He spoke at some length on the power of testilnou-- declaring that the testimony of men like Luther and Knox mad brought about the reformation. and that testimony can revolutioai1a the world Following GIr Bennett,s Ic- marks Dr. Pratt of Phoenix was pia- Sented to the audience. althuueh hss introduction vas unnecessary. as the doctor is widely and favoraIiy known for his zeal. earaestness and :if;ilitE in religious work Dr. Prstt's tnere5. fir discussion was The League in the church, or what is the place Of 5he League in the church and what can t do-' He began by saving that Chris tials ought not to rift buu ought to have and must have an aim an tb- ject. before God will use them. lie en- sured the practice of Epworth Leaguers attending the League meet fngs and absenting themselves from the nf J1a ~I, the first mission of the League was to prepare young Christians for church work: remarked that church attend ance is by no means church work. IJr Pratt then spoke Of conversion. saying that among the fruits of conversion are love, joy and peace, and that when enc