The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20
Many Meetings Were Held mt Detroit,
and All Were Attended by
Crowds of People.
DENVER NEXT MEETING PLACE
DECLARATIONS OF THE INTERNA-
TIONAL CONVENTION READ.
Address by DIR. j. vi. Buckley, Who
Says Christ Is the Only King
Recognized by Methodfsts.

meetings tonight. all splendidly attended
the sixth international convention of the
| Epworth League, which DR.. j. F. Berry
and other officers of the league say has
been the greatest and most successful in
the leagues history, came to a close. Den
yer was this afternoon decided upon for
the next convention. The resolutions COM
mittee, which has jurisdiction over the
meeting place, met yesterday and heard
representations from delegations from sew
eral cities, including Minneapolis, Saratoga
| Springs and Denver, and decided to refer
the selection to subcommittee. The pres
sure of the Denver delegation, which has
done strenuous work TO capture the next
convention, was strong, however, that
! to-day the committee recalled the matter
from the subcommittee and decided in favor
Of Denver.
! The same programme was followed at all
of the meetings tonight Addresses were
made on three subjects: Christ Our King"
His Conquering Kingdom" and My Place
in the Army" followed by waiting hour
for the descent of the Holy Spirit The Of
! fetal resolutions of the convention also were
adopted by each meeting. They were as
follows:
Ia.
as represented in this convention of more
than twenty thousand delegates, reflects the
spirit and voices the sentiment of two thou
sand Epworthians.
Our delberati tons have known no differ
ences. Our intercourse is a delight. Dis
lance and national boundaries are inciden-
tai; We each love our country, our rulers
and our flags, yet we SO made one in
Christ that all several interests merge into
His kingdom and all souls blend in common
kinship.
10 tot T., Al
increasing usefulness of the young peoples
societies of the churches. We are Arateful
to Almighty God for the marvellous sue
efesses which have come to the Epworth
League since the last international conven-
ton at San Francisco. The experience of
the years gives increasing evidence of the
adaptation of the plans of the Epworth
League to the spirit and policy of Metho-
dism
AS in the past, we stand ready for the
broadcast Christian fraternity. We hail with
special satisfaction every opportunity for
practical cooperation with our young peo-
pies societies in Christian ministry and
service.
The Epworth League is not merely a
young peoples movement; neither is il to
be looked upon as a separate department of
the church 1t aims to be an embodiment
of all the activities of our church-a COM
plete manifestation of the spirit of our COM
mon Methodism.
First in Importance among questions
claiming our attention we place the sys-
both for our own spiritual growth and to
give fitness fpr soul winning. We consider
ourselves called TO the work of personal
evangelism, and we enjoin all our members
TO enter the fields now white for harvest
We stand for a present, an abundant and
conscious salutaton as essential to that
power of witnessing which wins men. We
thus sent out to the young people of our
united Methodism this appeal for prayer-a
holy waiting at the morning watch. a plead
ing OF the promises of the open book for a
revival which may mean to the twentieth
century what the revival of Wesley was to
the eighteenth century and to the world.
"Epworth Leaguers, let us TO our knees
that we may WELD the spirits blade. To
us, as TO the young people of no other age,
comes the trumpet call. Go We into all the
world and go we must go, lifting up our
eyes, we behold in many lands gospel OPP
portunities rapidly becoming gospel emer-
gencies.
ITO remain ignorant or Indifferent to the
cause of missions is TO sin against light and
Christs great army, place at his instant
disposal our means, our services and our
selves that the world may be evangelical in
our generation.
race is fostering of the monstrous traffic
In intoxicants. We believe the complete
of the business will
abolish dangers that threaten us and clear |
up problems that perplex us. This whole |
evil organization is fountain of fniquity |
whose streams poison wherever they flow |
1t has no redeeming feature. 1t is an en-
vironment of perdtion, hence we set our |
faces against this enemy OF God, and will |
give II no quarter in social life, in politics. |
in fact nowhere until it is relegated to its |
own place.
I'VE regard the Christian SABBATH as the |
bulwark of defense for our Christian insti- |
buttons. To desecrate the Sabbath endan- |
gers everything of Importance to the church |
of God.
I'VE recognize ourselves as stewards of |
Gods estate and We urge on all our men, |
bers such an administration of that estate |
as those who expect TO give an account |
would perform. The calls OF the kingdom /
are mandatory and definite. Hence, we ac- |
ourselves bound by the law of |
systematic and proportionate giving
I'VE are citizens and patriots as we'll as |
Christians. Hence, record ourselves as /
upholders of law and order always and |
as against all lawlessness and |
unlawful violence"