The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-21
EPwoRTH LEAGUE CONVENTION.
Twelve Meetings Were Held fester-
day Beginning With Watch Ser

Detroit, Mich. July 17.-There was no
lessening of enthusiasm among the Ep-
worth leagUre to night, and tent Onta~
rio, auditorium Epworth. the Detroit
opera house and the Central NJ. E.
church where tonight's meetings wer.
held, We're crowded to capacity again.
DR.. H. NJ. Hammil. of Nashville. Tenn,
talked On The Field Near at Hand
at the tent meeting and in his address
referred to the negro question.
nave made the negro" he said, q
thing to be- batted to and fro by poHt-
ical parties and we have forgotten hls
religion in a large measure. we
need to spend more time In putting the
grace Of Christ in the hearts o. the
black people. What we need to 90 toe
negro pSoblem is to transform m
instinct Of savagry that may exist IN
the few Of that race in order to stop
the lighting CT faggots and the raising
of stakes. 1t is u only hope and Wnen
| you of the north write resolutlons con-
demning mob law, remember that IL Is
not Methodist hands that pull the ropes
and light the fires"
Rev. A. B. Leonard. of New York,
spoke on The Field Far Away %nd
he too referred to the negor question.
| He described Africa as the land that
| has been more terribly blistered and
| peeled by the cruelty and avarlce OF
| man tina any other in the whole
world:
Nor is America free from the shame
and sin OF depressing and cruelty treat
ing the children of Ham. Brought here
without their consent as human mer-
chandise, liberated after two centuries
| of slavery by the ~eXigencleS OF war;
they are now outcastS socially ana po-
htically and, often denied the right OF
trial by jury, they are shot or hanSeu
or burned at the stake both in the
north and south American Chrlstlans
must seee to it that the negro shali
have a fair chance in the race Tor lie
in America and also do their utmost
to gis him the gospel in his native
land"
Beginning with a watch service a
$50 o'clock this morning. today's pro
gramme for the Epwortn Leaguers Wht
are attending the sixth international
convention of the League comprised
twelve meetings during the day anc
evening Despite the early hour Their
was a good attendance at the meeting
watch, which was presided over b!
Rev. S. 3. Towne, of Green Castle, In
diana, in the Central Vi. E. church.
y NAONh 4Ooi NStS
ferences began, which occupied the res
of the morning. They were splrltua
work in the Central NJ. z. church, mis-
sionary work in the Detroit Oper;
house junior work at the Central Pres
byterian church and literary and socla
work at the Fort Street Presbyteria1
church.
General topic of the three meeting
in Epworth Auditorium, Tent Ontari
and the Detroit Opera house was wit
Messing.
The same programmes were folloWe
at each meeting. Following are tn
subjects discussed:
The Epworth League and Persona
!. Testimony 1.-The Epworth League an
Our Unsaved Associates'; The Ell
worth League and the Indifferent Mu
r titude.' and The Epworth League an
l the Boy Problem"
p, In addition to the addresses on tines
subjects n the usual devOtlonS an
e singing there were Is minutes of "mt
ment of waiting during each meeting
At the headquarters of the receptio
committee, it was said today that the
are approximately 1890 delegates
: the city today. This estimate, 'Chaj
d man Southwick says is conservative, {
Y half of the incoming delegates do n
) take the trouble or the time to reglste
The record for attendance therefor
was y, 900 at San Francisco two yea
r ago. The weather is cool with a d
lightful breeze blowing.