Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-07-23
EPWORTH LEACUERS
The international Convention Of the
Society Opened at Detroit.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND OF THENB CITY
The Large Chorus Divided Up Among che
Different Meeting Pisces atchwords
Of the Convention-Fou Pentscos-
tai Meetings Held NJ Night

Detroit, Mich, July 17.-When the
international convention Of Epworth
leaguers was opened It was estimated
$4,000 of them were In the city. The
convention was opened at $3.50 o'clock
yesterday with three great meetings.
one In Tent Ontario, at the corner OF
Fourth and Lafayette avenues; one In
the Detroit opera house and one In
Central Methodist Episcopal church.
Each meeting followed identically the
same programme, addresses of well
come, responses and keynote ad-
dress. The large chorus which was
organized among the local singers to
furnish music for the convention was
divided and one-third Of the member
ship sang in each auditorium under
the leadership Of Evangelists Hills,
]. M. Black and Charles D. Tillman.
The watchwords of the convention are
Waiting" witnessing and Work
ing" and the speakers in their keynote
addresses followed out In general
way the ideas presented by these three
watchwords
Four Pentecostal meetings were
held by the leaguers in Tent Ontario,
the Central M. e. church, the Detroit
opera house and the Fort Street Pres
byterian church last night. Tent On
tario, with seating capacity Of 5000,
was jammed to suffocation, and the
opera house and the Central M. q.
church were crowded to their utmost
capacity, while the Fort Street church,
which is only a short distance from
Tent Ontario was comfortably filled.
At the headquarters of the convention
committee last night 1t was said that
the total registration Of delegates had
reached 1900, with more arriving on
every train.
Rev. A. G. Crews, the chairman OF
the Tent Ontario meeting, announced
that Rev. G. A. Reeder, Of Cleveland.
would open the meeting with prayer.
Bishop G. B. Galloway, Of Jackson,
Miss, bishop of the Methodist church
south, was the first speaker on "The
Eighteenth Century Pentecost." He
described the meeting In 1893 that
resulted in the founding of Methodism
by John Wesley and his associates.
Bishop Galloway declared that Wesley
and his coadjutors were guided by the
divine spirit In their founding Of the
church, for, he said, nothing conceived
entirely by human fundamentally
could have achieved such mighty
things as has Methodism. He spoke
Of the bicentennary Of John Wesley
and said:
"Let the spirit Of thoue bicentennary
days bring us closer together as mem
bers of one great ecclesiastical fam
fly. There is spirit abroad that calls
on us, north and south, and demands
that we lock shields and unite to-
snther against the common foe"
In the course Of address Bishop Cal
loway referred to the late President
William McKinley's declaration while
in the south, that the confederate
graves should be decorated on Memo
rial days as we'll as the federal, and
his name was greeted with a great
burst Of spontaneous applause.
Bishop D. A. Goodsell was to have
spoken on 1.-THE First Pentecost," but
illness prevented his attending the
convention, and when Chairman Crows
announced that his place would be
taken by Bishop I. W. Joyce, of Min
neapolis, president Of the Epworth
league, the great audience broke into
applause.
Bishop Joyce was given a splendid
tribute when he stepped to the front
Of the platform. Rev. q. M. Mills, Of
Elmira, N. Y, was the third speaker
Of the evening at the tent. discussing
''The Object Of Our Present Waiting"
The same programme was followed
at the other three meetings and the
same subjects discussed by the speak