The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-17
CON VENTI0N
DULY OPENED
thousands Of Epworth Lesguers
IN Detroit
THREE Bic MEETINGS HELD
ADDRESSES OF WELCOME AND
RESPONSES.
THREE BIC MEETINGS HELD

Detroit, Mich, July I5.-yben the
sixth International convention OF the
Epworth League opened this afternocn
there were, it s estimated. 1890
leasuers in the city.
The convention was opened at 2.30
O'Clock with three great meetings, one
in Tent Ontario, At the corner of
Fourth and Lafayette avenue, one in
the Detroit Opera house and one IN the
Central Methodist church. Each meet-
ing followed identically the same pro-
gramme, addresses of welcome, re-
sponses and a keynote address The
large chorus which was organized
among the local singers to- furnish the
music for the convention was divided
and one-third of the membership sang
in each auditorium under the leader
ship of EYangeiists John Hills, John
Black and Charles y. Tillman.
Rev. Albert Carman OF Toronto. ont,
presided over the meeting at Tent On
tario where Mayor William 6. Maybary
welcomed the delegates. Rev W Il
Shier, ID. D., followed with an address
of welcome Oh behalf of the local Meth
Odists. y. W. Roweil of Toronto re-
sporded to the welcoming addresses,
after which the keynote address. was
delivered by Rev. D. G. DOwney of
Brooklyn, n. Y.
Bishop Earl CranstOn presided over
the Central church meeting as chair
man and Rev. James Potts of this city
made the welcoming address. It was
responded to by Rev. S J. Herben Of
Ne% York, and the keynote address ct
this meeting was made by Rev. j. f..
Wilson of Jacksonville, Fla.
The Detroit Opera house was crowded
wren Rev. h w. Featherstone the
chairman, presented Governor Bliss,
himself a prominent Methodist, who
welcomed the leaguers TO the city and
state. Rev. George Elliott followed
with welcome on behalf OF the Meth
odists OF the city. Rev. H. NJ. Dubose
of Nashville, Tenn, general secretary
Of the -Epworth league of the NJ T..
church south, responded The keynote
address was delivered by Rev. William
Sparkling of Toronto The watchwords
of the convention are waiting. k--Wit-
Messing" and Working" and the
spec kers in their keynote addresses fol-
lowed out in a general way the ideas
represented by these watchwords.
Night Sessions.
-Four great Pentecostal meetings
were held simultaneously by the Ep-
worth leaguers tonight. Tent Ontario,
with a seating capacity of 5000. was
jammed to suffocation, and the opera
house and the Central Methodist Epis-
cOpal church were crowded to their ut
most capacity. while the Fort Street
church was comfortably filed. The to-
tai registration Of delegates tonight
had reached 1900. with more arriving
on every train At Tent AntsriO met
ing G. b. Galloway of Jackson, Miss.
bishop Of the Methodist church south
spoke on The Eighteenth Century
Pentecost," and declared that Wesley
and his cOadjutors were guided by the
divine spirit in their founding of the
church. He spoke of the bi-cenJennary
of John Wesley. ana said:
Let the spirit of those bi-centen-
nary days bring US closer together as
members of one great ecclesiastical
family There is spirit abroad that
calls on US, north and south, and de-
mands that we lock shields and unite
together against the common Zoe
sBishOp Galloway referred 10 the late
President McKinley's declaration. while
IA the south, that the confederate
graves should be. decorated ON Memo
rial day as We'll as the federal. and his
name was greeted with great burst
of applause.
Bishop D. A. Goodsell was to have
spoken on The First Pentecost..- -h,,t
illness prevented his attending. His
OF Minneapolis, president of the Ep-
ton
st the three other meetings and the
same subjects discussed by the speak
ers-