Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-27
EPWORTHIANS
IN CONVENTION
Elizabeth District Met at West
New Brighton Yesterday The
Report.

from every part of the territory COW
cred by the Elizabeth District Ep-
worth League met in the fifteenth IN
nual convention of that organization
yesterday. The sessions were held in
Grace Methodist Episcopal church,
West New Brighton, S. |. A dele
CATION of Perth Amboy Epworthians
attended.
The convention opened at 9.45
was followed by devotional exercises
lnder the leadership of the presiding
elder of the district, Rev. Daniel Hal
leron. d. d.. Addresses of welcome
and response were given by Rev. r.
|. Watkins, pastor of Trinity church,
West New Brighton, and by A. Y.
Tomlinson. president of the district
league. Following his address Mr..
Tomlinson took charge of the 0 IN
vention, appointing his committees
and conducting the business session,
during which the election of officers
took place. Departmental confer
enees closed the morning session,
World Evangelism Mercy and
Help and Literary and Social
Work. being the subjects consid-
cred.
After luncheon, which was served
in Trinity NJ. e. church, the depart
mental conferences were resumed.
Rev. r. /. Coultas, d. d., of Rose
Vile, made the principal address of
the afternoon session. other speak
ers being the Rev. c. C. Woodruff, of
Roselle Park, who conducted a half
nour devotional service; and the
Rev. Charles S. Kemble, of Park M.
E. church, Elizabeth, who told of the
Denver international convention.
At the morning session w. H. A.
Austin presented his annual report
as corresponding secretary. 1t was
in part as follows:
I'VE present to you a report of the
work accomplished by the various
societies throughout the district for
the year just ended, and would invite
your careful study of the same with
a view to ascertaining just where
your league can improve during the
coming year, that Il report may
then show for you an improvement
as satisfactory as many of those
herewith submitted, let the watch
word be Forward all along the line.
"A workman should be familiar
with the tools with which he works,
so should a Christian with his Bible.
If you haven't already done so, form
a Bible Study Glass this winter and
see how much good the study of
Gods word will do our league. Five
classes have been formed this year
with an enrolment of 116 members.
I'VE would again recommend that
our devotional meetings be conduct
cd in such a thai the CHIEF
object will be the saving of souls and
the development of a more complete
spirit of conservation upon the part
of those who are already Gods chill
dren.
There has been a most gratifying
growth in the study of missions.
Twelve classes with an enrolment OF
1870 members have been formed since
our last convention, but there is
much room for growth in this direc-
ton. Experience has proven that a
Mission Study Glass will result in a
blessing to the league forming it.
Try it!
I'VE regard the work of missions
TO be of so great Importance that We
would recommend to this convention
that provision be made to have this
work on the district placed in charge
of a competent person.
cone of the greatest causes for
qualification is the large increase in
Junior League membership. We
should keep our children interested
in the work of our Master. let them
feel they are responsible for and
have a part in the work. then instead
Of having 10 win them back to the
church in later years, we Will always
keep them. We believe the Junior
League can be utilized as a great
means toward this end.
Our thanks are due to the pas
tors. secretaries and other officers of
the local chapters for the prompt and
courteous manner in which CORES
pondence in connection with the Dis
trict League has been handled and
due o which we are enabled to pre-
sent 10 you on another page the tab
ulated statistical report, with few
minor exceptions, complete"
The report of the treasurer, A. II.
Stiles, of Plainfield. showed the total
receipts for the year to have been
$1O2.95 with disbursements amount
ing to $100.77.
Last night the principal feature
was an address by Rev. DR.. David g.
Downey, of Brooklyn. DR.. Downey's
subject was THE Privileges and
Power of the Twentieth Century