The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-06
DR.. DuBOSE ON THE
EPWORTH LEAGUE.
SCHOLARLY ADDRESS IN THE INTER-
EST OF THE WORK
Heard Last Night With Close Attention by
One Of the Largest Audiences Ever
Assembled in Central
Methodist Church.

| The public address before Con-
ference last night was delivered by
DR.. H M. DuBose, General Secre-
tary Of the Epwortll League, of
the NJ. E Church South, and was
in the interest of the League.
Probably one of the largest au-
diences ever assembled in the Meth
odist Church vas present.
| The address was interesting and
instructive. At times the speaker
waxed eloquent, using beautiful
and poetic language, of which he
is master. He outlined the work of
the League, telling of the good
which it has done, and the grand
results which can be accomplished
in the Church only by the organi-
zation of Leagues in each congre-
cation within its bounds. Through
out he held the undivided atten-
tion of his large audience.
DR.. DuBose has gained a ma
tional reputation as 4 League
worker. He has also become we'll
known as poet, and has issued a
volume of poems which have been
widely read. He has wonderful
vocabulary and deals in beautiful
flights of imagination 1t has been
| said of him that he carries the
| sun in one pocket, the noon in the
/ other and plays with the stars.
DR.. DuBose comes of South Caro-
lima stock, and has host of friends
and admirers among all denomina-
| tions in South Carolina.
Devotional exercies were con-
Quoted by Rev. W. A. Rogers, with
praper by Rev. Peter Stokes.
Rev. E. o. Watson, President of
the Epworth League of South Caro-
| lima, made a few opening re-
marks outlining the work of the
| League and urging the members of
! Conference that they direct their
| efforts towards making the annual
meeting of the League to be held
| in Charleston next spring the most
successful in its history.
| DR.. DuBose, the speaker of the
/ evening, was introduced by Rev.
w. A. Rogers.
DR.. DuBose prefaced his remarks
| with the words of another, that the
| nineteenth century was an age of
| endeavors, the twentieth century
| was to be an age of achievement.
That the nj 10TH century was an age
of great endeavors had been proved.
Whether or not the twentieth CEN
tury was to be an age of great
achievement was to be disclosed.
| Pre-eminently the greatest move
ment that characterized the closing
decades of the nineteeth century
was the young peoples movement
in the Church.
This movement, while it was to
be considered tonight in connection.
with the Methodist Church, be-
longed to the whole of Christen-
dom. Some probably thought that
the movement was a twentieth con-
tury fair, thing that came with
the moment and wonld pass with
the moment. For this reason, he
wanted to bring to attention the
fact that the young peoples move
ments in all the different churches
was the greatest thought in Chris
tendon in this age.
1t is character that is behind
every thing. There is nothing great
in the world but man, and there is
nothing great in man but mind.
But mind was raw material that
must be made into fabric and trained
so as to be worn gracefully 1t is
character that is needed in the
Church. Character does not come
as a gift nor does it come from
heaven. 1t comes out of the earth,
from seed gathered in heaven and
is garnered and woven into beauti-
ful fabrics.
The speaker said this is a time of
great development, time of kingly
peace in the world, and it is easier
to do things now than formerly.
He spoke of the great progress in