Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-17
LEAGUERS
To Number Of $4,000 at Con.
vention at Detroit.
Mayor Mayburg and Presiding Elder
Shier Extend Welcomes.
Meetings at Once Begin, Every One
Largely Attended.

| Drought ITO footet ~ Dwell the hOStS of
Epworth Leaguers and hundreds more
arrived on the morning trains. both
regular and special, until when the
sixth international convention onened
this afternoon, there was, it is esti-
mated, $4,000 of the leaguers in the CITY.
The convention was opened at 2.3O
| o'clock with three great meetings one
| in tent ontario at the corner of Fourth
and Lafayette avenues, one in the De-
! troit opera house, and one in the M r
| church, each meeting following identi-
cally the same program, address of
welcome, responses and keynote Az
| dress.
The large chorus which was organ
| lied among the local singers to fur
nish music for the convention was di-
vided and one-third of the membership
sang in each auditorium under the
| leadership of Evangelists John Hills,
| j. NJ Black and Charles D. Tillman.
Rev. Albert Carman of Toronto, pre-
sided over the meeting in Tent On
tario, which was we'll filled when he
introduced Rev. John Handley of Long
Branch, N. j., who opened the session
| with devotions.
|
gates who attended the meeting and
Rev. w. H. Shier, DID,, presiding elder
of the Detroit conference followed with
an address of welcome on behalf of the
local Methodists. N. w. Rowell of To-
| ronto responded to the welcoming ad-
dresses, after which the keynote ad-
dress was delivered by D. G. Downey
of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Bishop Earl Cranston, D. D., LII. D..
| presided over the Central Methodist
| Episcopal church meeting as chairman,
and Rev. James Potts of this city made
| the welcoming address. 1t was re-
| sponded to by Rev. S. ]. Herben of
| New York, and the keynote address at
| this meeting was made by Rev. J. c.
| Wilson of Jacksonville, Fla.
The Detroit opera house was crowd
| ed when Rev. w. HI. Featherstone of
Hattiesburg, Miss, the chairman of
| the meeting presented Rev. Alfred
| Brown of Windsor, Ont, who invoked
| the Divine blessing. Governor A. T.
Bliss, himself a prominent Methodist,
| then welcomed the leaguers to the city
| and state. Rev. George Elliott followed
with a welcome on behalf of the Meth
! OulSlS Ol lIle CITY. NcN IL NJ Dupolo
| of Nashville, Tenn, general secretary
of the Epworth League of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church of the South, re-
sponded to the welcomes. The keynote
| address of this meeting was delivered
| by Rev. VIM. Sparkling of Toronto.
| The watch words of the convention are
waiting" WITNESSING" and Work
| ing" and the speakers in their key
| note addresses followed out in a gen.
eral way the ideas represented by these
| watch words.
About 400 leaguers from Illinois and
| New York who arrived after midnight,
were compelled to sleep on pew cush-
| ions in the Central Methodist Episco-
pal church. 1t was so late when their
| trains arrived that the entertainment
committee could not send them to their
stopping places.
Tonight four great pentacostal meet
| ings We're held by Epworth Leaguers in
Tent Ontario, Central M. E. church, the
Detroit Opera house and the Forst
Street Presbyterian church. Tent On
tario with a seating capacity of 5000
was TANNED to suffocation and the
| Opera house and the Central M. e.
| church were crowded to their utmost,
while the Fort street church was COM
| fortably filled. At the headquarters OF
the convention committee, tonight, 1t
was said that at 10 o'clock the regis
| tration of delegates had reached 1900
with more arriving on every train.
At Tent Ontario blazed a great cleo
| trio Epworth League emblem in colored
| Ca1Inw1N nf Lack
son. Miss. bishop of the Methodist
| Church, South, was the first speaker
on "The Eighteenth Century Pente-
cost"
| Bishop Galloway described the pente-
costal meeting in 1889 that resulted IN
the founding of the Methodism of John
| Wesley and his associates and graphl-
cally pictured the men who were pres
ent at their meeting. He declared that
Wesley and his coadjutors were guided
by the Divine spirit in their founding
| of the church, for, he said, nothing con-
| ceived entirely by human instrument
tally could have achieved such mighty
things as has Methodism. Men talk
the bishop said, "of the wonderful Or
ganization of the Methodist church, put
our wonderful system of theology has
done more than even our great church
organization"
/ Bishop D. A. Woodsell was TO nave
spoken on 1.-The First Pentecost, but
ILLNESS prevented. Bishop l. w. joyce
of Minneapolis, president of the Ep-
worth League. spoke in his place ana
was given a splendid tribute when ne
stepped to the front of the platform.
Rev. E. M. Hills of Elmira, N. T., was
the third speaker of the evening AT the
tent. discussing 1.-The Object OF our
| Present Waiting"
| The same program was 1olioWeu DIT
the other three meetings and the same
| subjects discussed by the speakers.
| DR. ]. f. Barry, general secretary OF
| the Epworth League, presided over the
| Detroit Opera house meeting. Inc
there were as follows: THE First Pente-
| COSTLY e. H. Hughes, Maiden, Mass.
1.-THE Eighteenth Century Pentecost'
Rev. J. s. Ross, Walker, Walkertown'
Ont THE Object of Our Present wait
| ing" Dr. J. w E. Bowen of Atlanta, ga.
At the meeting in the Central M. II.
church. the speakers were as 1olloWs'
THE First Pentecost," Rev. Dr. WHIT
| ing of Toronto. '"The Eighteenth Cen
1 n